A warm welcome to arts 21. 00 this time from weimar for a special edition devoted to the good to medal every year since 955. 00 germanys go to institute on ars luminaries whove made outstanding contributions to International Cultural exchange well the theme of this years awards is the burden and benefits of contradiction which simply put is in treating us to avoid black and white thinking and to engage in the kind of debate that encourages a more profound reflection well its certainly evocative of the work of the 1st of our 3 go to medal recipients british author ian mckeown and because hes currently sitting out the pandemic at his residence in the car. Its wild west of london we conducted this interview with him over skype. Mckeown has a keen eye for detail little escapes him hes interested in every aspect of the Human Experience the murky depths of our souls our political debates the latest developments in science his insatiable curiosity as reflected in his novels an essay. With wha
Elections saying its the only way out of the crisis. As Michael Bennett when you know we we cannot face these problems unless we have early elections to elect new politicians and a new parliament we need a new political elite and a new parliament we need to Work Together to overcome this difficult period we know and i know the people have questions about the catastrophe and how the government plans to handle it the catastrophe is way bigger than anyone could imagine the impact my stay forever. In other headlines the number of people have died of covert 1000 in brazil has passed 100000 according to a brazilian media and Media Consortium see only only the 2nd country to reach that tragic milestone after the United States activists of marked the moment with a striking event on rios famous copacabana beach they set out 100 black crosses released and released a 1000 red balloons one for every 100 people who have died president bill scenario has consistently played down the crisis thousands
They say were kept in unsafe conditions for years at the port several officials are now under house arrest. Lebanons main grain silo was destroyed at the port leaving less than one months reserve spokesman for the u. N. Says the damage to the port of beirut does pose a major humanitarian challenge for both lebanon and other parts of the region. We expect that the damage to the port will significantly exacerbate the economic and Food Security situation in lebanon which imports about 85 percent of its food. Our colleagues at the office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs also expect that this will of affect our ability to provide aid to syria because the port in beirut was one of the ways that we should be in need and of course we also use the airports so well need to find alternate plans but 1st joe will need to do a Damage Assessment and see what is needed. To repair the port and to go about our operations help is arriving Turkey Russia qatar iran and the European Union are am
Government bans the purchase of new 5 g. Equipment from the chinese tech giant holway. 14 people are dead in ongoing cross border fighting between azerbaijan and armenia. And im really wanting is with the sports news and saudi arabia tries to tell you. Newcastle united it announces that its canceling the license of one of the premier leagues biggest calls partners in sports details coming out this hour and beings reaction to. The International Court of justice at the hague has ruled in favor of qatar in this dispute with 4 out of countries that have imposed a blockade on the gulf states and have prevented qatari aircraft flying over their airspace the court said the u. S. Civil Aviation Agency has jurisdiction in this case. Because of one. Unanimous. Reject is the other the froth by the kingdom of bahrain the art of that bubbly coffee get the kingdom of saudi arabia and the united at of immunity to. Buy 15 both the one. Told that the council of the International Civil Aviation Organiza
Empire the long running Television Show cost has had its day all that unrest in the u. S. Has broadcasters reconsidering what Television Shows are appropriate viewing the advertising model that corporations can use to convince us that they care about more than profits we here at the company stand with our friends in marginalized groups regard its educational and rwanda revisit it justice has finally caught up to the man who was calling the shots at the Radio Station behind the genocide. The story of that Police Killing of a black american george floyd the video that captured his slow death and the weeks of protests that have followed in the United States have sent ripples across the atlantic triggering demonstrations in the u. K. The defining image from those protests has been the toppling of a statue in the port city of bristol a monument to Edward Colston a slave trader whose wealth help. Bill that city statues and monuments are built to memorialize to remind people about history and