On a remote monastery in the 1940s, so the backdrop is the second world war. And the monastery is being presided over by a nun, who i play, whos officiating mass, the priest is dead. And one night, unceremoniously, a young indigenous boy is dumped on the doorstep of the monastery to be cared for as part of the reprehensible Government Policy of assimilation of indigenous children, in order to separate indigenous children from their culture. And this powerful spirituality of this young boy destabilises the surety of the catholic faith there, and these strange miracles start to happen. Which we see so vividly in the performance by this little boy, by aswan reid, just nine years old, and you cant take your eyes off him when hes on screen. Hes absolutely magnetic. Erm, i mean, we were so lucky to find him. I remember warwick. Warwick thornton and i started to have these conversations over the pandemic, as a lot of people did, you know, and he was talking about this story, and he said, but
Designers for architects. Wherever yourejoining me from Around The World, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. You know, our cities, theyre home to governments, cathedrals, universities, hospitals, hundreds of millions of homes and billions of people. They dominate the Global Economy, but they also generate the vast majority, 70 , of the worlds carbon emissions. The world, it has become more populous than at any point in history. And since 1980, the proportion of People Living in urban areas, it has soared. In that year, it was just over 39 . By 2007, for the first time, more than half of the global population were living in an urban setting. And here in 2024, that number is now nearly 60 . Its projected to be 68 by the middle of this century. And if that trend continues, more than 80 , or four in five of us, will be living in towns or cities by 2080. That means therell be six times as many big cities with a population of more than a million people. But some regions
Multiply each other. Yep, the future of our cities theyre the engines of the world economy, driving 80 of Global Economic activity. And despite taking up just 2 of the planets landmass, cities are the home to well over half of the worlds population. And that share is growing rapidly, set to be nearly 70 by 2050. Im going to be discussing all of that with these two. There they are. Ones a Top Urban Expert whos worked with 400 cities on everything from Transport To Demographic Change and climate planning. And the leader of one of the worlds most liveable cities, known as australias garden city. Were going to find out from the mayor of melbourne why its so appealing. And how do you balance the needs of five Million People living side by side . Also on the show, were going to take a look at what it takes to create our spaces. Im going to bejoined by the big boss of autodesk. Its the worlds top Software Designers for architects. Wherever yourejoining me from Around The World, once again, a
Donor conference raises more money for aid but falls short of its goal also on the program. But its Prime Minister to resign may delivers an upbeat speech to parliament about the progress of bracks it talks you take a look at one time in the u. K. Where people cant wait to leave the European Union. Also was a new u. N. Report says it will take one hundred years to end Child Marriage in west and Central Africa we look at how want a woman so we look at one womans fight to end the practice in belonging and how its paying off shes campaigning for girls to stay in school rather than marry young like she did. And in school who is hamilton takes out another major prize he was out to win his fourth a full battle one title of the u. S. Going to break in texas will see whether he managed to bring home the silverware. Im phil gayle welcome to the program. The United Nations says it is a textbook example of ethnic cleansing hundreds of thousands of range of muslims facing persecution and violence
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