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Monocle 24: The Globalist
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"Live from London, this is the globalist with me Emma Nelson, a very warm welcome to today's program, coming up, Russia tells the UN Security Council that Ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb. Kyiv and the west say this is merely an excuse for Moscow to escalate its war. Also ahead. Our goal simply put is a peaceful and stable region and world. Until the regime in Pyongyang changes course, we will continue to keep the pressure on. Senior officials from the U.S. Japan and South Korea meet to address the latest threats from the north, but how ironclad is a U.S. commitment to its allies against North Korea. We'll look at Israel's balancing act between the U.S. and China, flick through the day's papers, and hear how U.S. domestic politics impacts the country's foreign policy. To be clear, the extremes of both parties have significant isolationist wings. The challenge we have is that the extremist side of the Republican Party has come to absolutely dominate. That's all coming up on the globalist life from London. First of a quick look at what else is happening in today's news. A senior Ukrainian official has said that Russian forces are digging in for the heaviest of battles in Hassan, a group of liberal U.S. Democrats have withdrawn a letter to The White House urging a negotiated settlement to the war in Ukraine, and Norwegian police have arrested a suspected Russian spy in the Arctic town of tromso. The man who worked as a researcher at the local university had posed as a Brazilian citizen. Stay tuned to Mona 24 throughout the day for more on these stories, but first, Russia is to claim at the UN that Ukraine is preparing to use a so called dirty bomb as part of the continuing conflict. The allegation has been vigorously contested by Kyiv and senior figures in the west say this is Moscow trying to find a pretext to escalate its own conflict. Or Jenny mothers is a senior lecturer in international politics at aberystwyth university. Welcome back to any good have you with us? Good morning. Jenny, could you just explain to us what exactly is a dirty bomb? Sure, so a dirty bomb is really the combination of conventional explosives, could be dynamite, for example, with radioactive material and the idea is that the conventional explosives are used to spread that radioactive material is widely as possible. And then the wind was meant to spread it further if the weather cooperates. So it's definitely not as dangerous as a sort of a nuclear weapon. However, it is still a weapon which will spread radiation and therefore it will create damage and potentially loss
Monocle 24: The Globalist
"emma nelson" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Globalist
"There's no purpose except for demonstrating their superiority and this impression with those ridiculous flight suits that they're sort of tough. It's sort of like, I think another problem is super powerful people often have experts around them. They have a physical trainer, a guy who's really, really fit if they get financial advice that somebody's really, really smart. And they themselves are just eh, so they like the idea that they themselves can go from the air to oh my God. It doesn't make them a good leader. A lot of people are intimidated and bow down to power. So for people like that, they say, wow, you know, I wasn't sure about having Jeff Bezos coming to my neighborhood, but now I think I want to get rid of all my local small shops. I think look at what this man was able to do with his money. Tell me a little bit more about whether actually what you have just described as a necessary part of successful leadership. Because you've written you've written a book that's suggesting that you can be a leader and actually be a nice person. Yes. So think of all the powerful people who would not waste money doing this, who are aware that going into orbit is very different from like bouncing above the Earth's atmosphere and falling back down. There's all sorts of sensible people who wouldn't do such a thing. There's some old family trusts, which do a lot of stuff with a charities and investment. Could you imagine. The people who did the Gates Foundation, Melissa Gates? Can you imagine her saying, you know what I wanted to? I want to take away several 100,000 pounds from what I'm doing to helping children around the world who are ill. And I want everybody to look at me, dress up and pretend flight suit. And I can pretend I'm as tough as Amelia Earhart. I've got about ten seconds to ask you. The names of the, you mentioned Melissa Gates. Yes. That's a woman. Yes. She wouldn't do it. 'cause her IQ is higher. Her emotional intelligence is higher. Thank you. David. Thank you so much. For joining us here on the globalist. That's all we have time for today's program. Many thanks to our producers, Emma sale and Tom Webb, our researchers, Laura Kramer and our studio manager with Steph chenggu. After the headlines, more music on the way, the briefings live at midday here in London and the globalist back at the same time on Monday, but for now from me, Emma Nelson, goodbye. Thanks for listening. Have a good weekend.
Monocle 24: The Globalist
"emma nelson" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Globalist
"Finally, we head to barley the location of this year's celebration of world tourism day, the theme was rethinking tourism, ministers from dozens of countries have been on the Indonesian island for this event and a G 20 meeting. Emma Nelson, who appears to have landed the cushy as gig in all the world, is there. Emery, you having a fabulous time in Bali. Oh, well, I mean, there's nothing like being trapped in Paradise for focusing the mind. We were all enclosed in a conference room yesterday in a luxury hotel in the south of Bali. So make of that what you will in terms of this is a good job, but there was a big job ahead of this. There was an acceptance of a huge shift, I think, in what tourism means in its overall position. I mean, we had dozens of tourism ministers gathered in the same room, realizing that actually in the old world, we used to think that tourism was something that was nice to have that we did and dealt with after we'd done the serious business. But of course, COVID hit tourism the first, it hit it the hardest and it hit it the longest. And as a result, tourism now occupies a place in the political mainstream and just as you said a moment ago, the U and WTO, the United Nations world tourism organization had a meeting that followed immediately after a closed G 20 meeting on the subject. They are taking this super, super seriously. And the atmosphere was one of exploration that you felt as if people were sort of staggering blinking out of the pandemic. Very optimistic, very bullish, but wondering what they had. And what specific issues were raised. Well, we had some meaty issues with no easy solutions. And as is always the case in these things, you get a bunch of ministers in a room, they're not going to say much apart from what we want to save the world. We want to say the planet, but there are a couple of things that came up very importantly. Firstly, was climate change. No one could ignore that. We had Fiji's minister talking to me about how he'd spent the last few days permanently relocating 40 of his citizens because their village was sinking, yet two minutes later we had another delegate being praised for flying halfway around the world to be in Bali. So that's a big thing that no one's quite got to grips with yet. Also the enormous issue of staffing. There are tens of millions of hospitality jobs that need filling. So lots of calls for education, training, but also a tacit acceptance that the industry could have been behaving better during the pandemic. They were cause for education, job security, making tourism, a career to aspire to, but everybody recognized that some workers have been let go absolutely brutally during the pandemic. We also had some local voices. A young man had stopped talent from leaving his village on a mountain in Java a few years ago by starting conservation programs where he was promoting tourism and also there's a big emphasis on public private partnerships. We had Canada coming along. Netflix talked about the soft power of including destinations in TV programs and Airbnb with that talking about restoring old buildings and the republic of Korea to revive a semi rural economy. So everybody was thinking of trying to weigh their way through the really sticky issues. Now you've mentioned lots of big names there. Were there any new voices? Old names new voices, the two big ones were Bahrain, firstly, a really impressive tourism minister. She's educated in the UK. She's smart as paint. She talked to the brilliant marketing campaign, her Bahrain has incorporated a tourism strategy for the first time into its economic recovery plan. She talks about diversifying revenue, the other one, the big noise, the Saudi Arabia, very carefully, very precisely where the statements from then said, all the right things about cultural exchange promoting jobs for all, they've had a thousand years of religious tourism. They're now opening up for leisure. And they will also be the host the next year and WTO meetings. So everybody was looking toward Saudi Arabia, would you believe? Which is slightly odd. Were there any other awkward moments? Well, there were some genuinely baffling ones, which was happened actually this morning. So after we'd all been in our suits and grown-up clothes, everybody, of course, is in a nice hotel. So we're all now swimming at swimwear and you're like bumping into the Libyan tourism minister in the queue for breakfast and he's in his shops and you don't really know what to ask him. The weirdest one though is the fact that this is a G 20 gathering as well as U and WTO, Russia was here. And they had sent a hard faced delegation of young women and the speech that closed G 20 meeting apparently slightly marred by a fact that there's headphones that you put on to try and get a simultaneous translation. They all seem to malfunction just at the moment when the minister opened their mouth, which made it arguably impossible for anyone to get what they wanted to talk about. And at dinner, they could have sat quitely awkwardly in the big room. You know like that sort of unwanted member of the family who has to come to the wedding. It very much felt like that. So there was this real feeling that tourism is important to great leveler when you're all in your swimming costumes. But boy, is it still got politics stitched into it? Absolutely. Emma have a wonderful time. That was Emma Nelson talking to us from Bali. And that's all for today's program. Thanks to our producers Emma Sel and Sophie monaghan coombs are researchers Lillian fawcett and Emily sands and our studio manager nor a hole with editing assistance from Callum McLean. After the headlines, there's more music on the way and then the briefing is live at midday in London and the globalists will return at the same time tomorrow. I'm Georgina Godwin. Thank you for listening.
Monocle 24: The Globalist
"emma nelson" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Globalist
"I think probably because nobody wanted to think about it, or nobody believed it really, given that the queen looked frail when she met the new prime minister and kissed hands. But there was an assumption that she would carry on. So yeah, this is the kind of thing that, of course, no prime minister for 70 years has had to deal with. The last one was Winston Churchill. So it is a really historic monumental challenge that Liz trusts faces. I suppose the good news is that all these things follow precedent and there's tradition and it'll all be decided what has to happen. We already know, as you can see in the papers today, pretty clear that the protocol and what's going to happen over the next few weeks. But yeah, certainly as an incoming prime minister, you don't, especially one with such a massive in trade in terms of the economic and political geopolitical challenges that this government faces, you really wouldn't expect to have this challenge as well. This duty to perform as well. But as I say, I think the good news is, and this comes to the heart of the monarchy, doesn't it? It's all about tradition. It's all about history. This is has not happened for 70 years, but there are systems, processes, traditions that swing into place. And I think in these very uncertain terms, even though we are shocked by the loss of Queen Elizabeth, that actually is quite reassuring. And I think one of the interesting things for this trust, I mean, obviously she has all of this to cope with suddenly. But it has the slight advantage that politics as usual will be completely suspended between now and probably the start of the party conference season later on in the autumn. Parliament is going to come back MPs will come to Poland, but only to pay tribute to the queen and they will be a couple of days of that the queen will be lying in state in Westminster hall and civil servants are effectively put in the kind of perda now during the period of mourning, which is quite similar to what would happen in an election period. So no big announcements, no big policy changes for that whole period. And given that Liz truss is announcement on energy was completely overshadowed by the news of the queen's ill health. It's slightly gives them a breathing space before before real politics starts to sort of kick in again. And Simon Brooke, thank you so much for joining me on the globalist. And thank you for listening to this special edition of the globalist on monocle 24. That is all we have time for today. The warmest of thanks to all my guests and to the producer to Emma cell. Our researchers were lilian fawcett, Christie o'grady and tanden Howard, and our studio manager was Nora hall. After the headlines more music on the way, the briefing is live at midday here in London, the globalist returns at the same time on Monday, but for now, from me, Emma Nelson, goodbye.
Monocle 24: The Globalist
"emma nelson" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Globalist
"All around the world. 7 46 here in London, you're with the globalist with me, Emma Nelson. Now the airports are bursting. Morning skies are criss-crossed as vapor trails and to all intents and purposes, commercial air travel is thriving in a way that two years ago airlines could only dream of. But with excruciating amounts of debt accumulated during the pandemic, a return to profitability will be a struggle for many airlines, except for Ryanair, the budget carrier known for its rather robust approach to customer relations. It's made its first spring profit since before the coronavirus pandemic, a healthy €203 million. Also tell us why, I'm joined now by murder Morris and head of strategic content at flight global good morning murder. Good morning, Emma. So what's gone right for iona? Well, I think Ryanair had been one of these airlines sort of consistently got it right. I mean, they are the airline that we all love to loathe. But Ryanair's performance generally has been very, very good for the past 20 years. They've made the right investment decisions at the right time. They bid the right expansion decisions at the right time. And as you say, their approach to customer care can sometimes be a little bit basic shall we see. And what they are very good at is resourcing correctly and getting to their destination on time. And rhinos on time record has been very, very good. They've canceled far fewer flights in the latest crisis than any of their competitors. So they are a nearline that is very, very efficient at what they do. They you mentioned the fact that they canceled far fewer flights. What are the other things that Ryanair did during the pandemic? Which other airlines failed to do or chose to talk to operate differently? Yeah, no, that's very interesting because I think all airlines, as you said, the airline industry came to complete standstill in the summer of 2020. And all the airlines had to make had to make really sharp cuts to their operations. What Ryanair did less than their competitors was massively offset of skilled staff of pilots and cabin crew. They kept them on, which cost them money, but they gambled correctly that there would be a rebound in demand when the pandemic restrictions lifted. The problem that other airlines EasyJet, British Airways and many others are in is that they've let go of a lot of stuff and are struggling now to recruit the staff that they need to have the sort of capacity to meet demand. We've seen it as well in the airports where there's a shortage of everything from security staff to baggage handlers to ground handlers. So what Ryan did was sort of bit the bullet really and kept on a bigger stuff than they had to. And this is allowed them to recover quicker when demand is come back. Murder, did you ever think you'd see the day or we would see the day where we would all be preferentially booking flights with Ryanair because we knew that you might get from a to B on time efficiently and perhaps with someone smiling at you? It's interesting. The customer, if you know what you're going to get with Ryanair, they don't compete directly on a lot of big city to big city routes that some of their competitors do. They've always specialized in leisure routes and secondary routes and really tapped into that demand for direct no frills air connections between these sort of cities that has seen enormous demand. So if you know if you expect what you're going to get, you're not going to get a wonderful inflate service. You're not going to get it's not business class on a full service airline. They are what they are. There are no frills airline that do that that are an efficient carrier. They get you to your destination in time and they cancel far fewer flights and many of their competitors. And as a result, especially when it comes to the world of short haul and we went when we look at the IR to general director general Willie Walsh saying that the way that aviation has to operate now is Lena tougher and nimbler. Are we looking at a more permanent business model that we can compare with Ryanair when it comes to other slightly more flagship carriers such as BA and Iberia? Yeah, I'm not so sure about that. I think the industry went through that sort of transition after 9 11. So 20 years ago, when the flag carriers, the so called flag carriers, were forced to simplify their short haul product to compete with the very aggressive expanding low cost carriers like Ryanair and EasyJet. So they've sort of been through that. I'm not sure that will be the case. I mean, airlines have always got to operate efficiently. There are a lot more efficient the industry is a lot more efficient than it was 2030 years ago. There's a lot less waste. But as the crisis has shown, a lot of airlines and airports have been unprepared for the return and demand. And I think lessons will have to be learned from that. How prepared do you think that aviation is now for a potential return of COVID? We had chief executive Michael O'Leary of Rio, saying there is a COVID autumn on the way. And all intents and purposes when you look at bookings when you look at airports at the moment, it's almost as if people are partying like it's 1999 that they know that very, very soon. Then maybe further restrictions imposed. Yes, it's interesting and it is the sort of depressing thought that we've all got to have in the back of our minds to return of a new variant and restrictions. I think it would be very difficult. We're into a whole different territory they were talking about the restrictions coming back. But I think for rhino to say that, I think it's interesting because Michael O'Leary and his colleagues have always been traditionally very bullish about the future. They've always said that everyone else is too cautious that they're the ones that are going to be anticipating demand. So for them to say that there are these warning signs ahead for the autumn is sort of slightly concerning and slightly unusual. And I think it reflects that uncertainty, passengers are booking, yes, they're booking a lot at the moment, but they're booking later. They're not booking their holidays months in advance, like perhaps we used to, because you just don't know what's going to be the situation three months in advance. So people are leaving booking until the last minute. And I think that adds to the uncertainty that the industry is having to operate in. Morrison, thank you as ever for joining us with the globalist. Finally, on the program, it is time for the latest news from the big screen with the film critic Karen krasnov. Hello Karen. Good morning. Good to see you. Thank you. Great to see you too. Thank
Monocle 24: The Globalist
"emma nelson" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Globalist
"On the flights outside of Yemen going out of sonar at the moment now are being passengers are being prioritized of those who are seeking help. Healthcare because otherwise it's at least 14 hours by road for Yemeni civilians to get from Sana'a, which is northern Yemen, which is the most densely populated part of the country to get all the way across the country through checkpoints to aid or to the east and see the other airport that's open in order to be able to get out of the country and obviously for a lot of people who use health in the best estate doing those kind of journeys can be incredibly difficult, if not dangerous. And so this means a lot of people now who are for things like cancer treatment and crucial operations are going to be able to get out of the country and get that medical care that a lot of them have been trying to get for months if not years now from northern Yemen. And the wider context of peace here, we've got the Norwegian refugee council saying the take off of this first flight is a stepping stone towards a lasting peace for the country. How correct is that assumption? I think it's part of a package really. So it was a confidence building measure really within the ceasefire that began at the beginning of April and is due to a sort of run out in just over a couple of weeks. So prisoner swaps were also part of that which have happened the kind of lifting of restrictions on her data port on the West Coast, which have happened as well. What haven't happened and people are still wanting to happen before the deadline is reached in June of the end of the ceasefire is for roads to be reopened around the city of tyres, which has been under partial siege for 6, 7 years now by the Houthis. That hasn't happened yet. So there are still other measures that need to take place that were part of this deal before we can even then really talk about a peace process or a political process being in place that can progress. We're not at that stage. But yes, it is a stepping stone in the right direction and it is a positive step for sure. But yeah, I think we're still some way of calling this even the beginning and the end of the conflict, but it's a process and this is part of it. I'm going to Craig. Thank you so much as ever for joining us on monoclonal 24. You're listening to the globalist with me, Emma Nelson, the time is 7 28 here in London, a quick summary now of some of the other news headlines. Turkey's.
Monocle 24: The Briefing
"emma nelson" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Briefing
"Self proclaimed inventor of the discotheque, where the regime who's died age 92 really was behind the creation of the double turntable in the DJ who transforms our nightlife is a matter for debate, but it doesn't detract from the story of a woman who became known as the Queen of the night, but joining me to discuss in the studio is monocle senior culture correspondent and disco aficionado, Fernando agusto Pacheco. How I was there dancing at a regime's clubs. I mean, what a woman, Emma, I mean, she died 92 years old. What a story she's an actress, a singer, a nightclub entrepreneur, and her voice is what I was quite special was looking some interviews this morning. She has kind of a slyly recipe voice that is very charming. She's got a late night voice. Exactly. And she loves. And there's so many quotes of her that I can tell you. One of them is if you calm down, you can't make love. I think that's quite a beautiful quote. Goodness, ma'am, not starting to worry. So let's go back to the origins of this. And she sets up this little event, this tiny event in the Latin quarter of Paris, because she was fed up with the jukebox in I think she had an open basement nightclub. Patron starts to a jukebox because she couldn't afford live music. But the duke box posed a problem, didn't it, in an interview she gave, she said, when the music stopped, you could hear snogging in the corners, using that particularly British expression and it killed the atmosphere. So I installed two turntables so there's no gap in the music as barmaid dormant bathroom attendant hostess, hostess, and I put on all the records. I was the first ever club disc jockey. This was not a woman for whom humility was a great issue. And I think that's great. And you know what? I believe her. You know? So she was the first one to introduce this joke. I mean, if that's the truth or not, I mean, who cares at that point at this point? And it is true. Some snogging can be a bit distracting. So I think with this joke is I think she kind of fixed that problem. But it's interesting you're right. I mean, she started with this kind of fairly small club, but the Latin quarters in the 50s, but the expansion of her empire is absolutely incredible. I think at some point she had 22 clubs around the world, including my home country, Brazil had three clubs in Brazil. So I heard that was also covered there. Of course, in New York regimes as well, which was quite iconic at the time. And you know, one thing our she understood the power of celebrity as well as a nightclub owner and her list of guests are being Sophia Loren, Marlon Brando Salvador Dalí. I mean, she had a great kind of list of contexts under her as well. I really, I love the little stories that always emerge when characters like this disappear. The fact that she once wore a live book and stricter, which was a gift from frederico fellini, astonishing. And she wants to turn to Mick Jagger away for turning up in sneakers in trainers. This was a woman who absolutely embraced excluded exclusivity, wasn't it? Yeah, it's funny. She did that, of course. I mean, you know, it was quite expensive, actually going to her clubs. And even the locations of the clubs, they're using prime spots in the cities. But I think she was also beloved by the French, because we're talking her about her empire here, but I think in France, she's also known as a chanson singer. And sergeant's book wrote songs for her. Sheep, she was in the charts as well. She was also an actress, and that at the same time as being the owners of all those clubs. So it was not that she started an actress and then she gave up, so it's all kind of mixed in her career as well. So when we go out, where do we see a little bit of regime in our evening? Honestly, it's quite hard to see it these days, but you know, we see a lot of members clubs, right? I think in a way her club's war sort of members club. And I think that's she was a bit of a head of her time in that sense as well. But I think we all need a little bit of regimes in our life. And we need to dance. Again, apparently she was known to stay dancing to the closing time, so she was not just the owner of the club. She lived that life. I think she enjoyed and even though most of her clubs closed by late 2000s. She was still around in French media. She was a guest in talk shows she was talking about nightlife with pleasure. She was, you know, I think she never really retired. And I think that's a beautiful thing as well. It is a beautiful thing. Before we go, let's play a beautiful thing. I think we're going to play out today's program with it Fernando in a moment I get you to introduce a song because of regime did everything. But before we do that, let me thank you for coming on the program and thank all my guests too because that's all we have time for today's edition of the briefing. The producer was Reese James and Paige Reynolds are researcher as Samson and bogo and our studio manager was Christie Evans, the briefing is back tomorrow at the same time. I'm Emma Nelson. Goodbye, thank you for listening. Fernando play us out with, is it just? Yes, that's regime's take on our survive. Let's have a listen. Should we teach you come up with even more girls that's why I make all day. If you decide to eat under these looks of it though I don't blow out..
Monocle 24: The Globalist
"emma nelson" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Globalist
"On today's program, think of any major band or musician over the last few decades and almost all of them can trace their roots back to playing their first gigs in a small pub or club. It's where they cut their teeth, throwing out their sound and winning their first audiences. Arguably, it was these venues that suffered the most during the pandemic as what modest incomes they did have were wiped out. Well, this week, the spotlight shines right back on them. And joining me now from Huddersfield is sybil bell. The founder of independent venue week, good morning sibyl. Good morning and how are you? Very well. Thank you. And delighted to hear about independent venue week. What's it all about? It's really a chance to shine a spotlight and celebrate the people and the venues all around the country that really give artists and crew their first chance to be to build a career in the music industry. These spaces take all the risks with bands that perhaps people haven't really heard of, providing a really vital, vitally important service to their community in terms of bringing arts and culture. So it's a really great chance to give a stage to the people that give stages to the artists. Indeed, just explain to us just how important places like these are when it comes to bringing new voices and new sounds to the world. Well, they're absolutely are because if you look at if you look if you work backwards and look at artists that are headlining, stadiums or arenas or even festivals. Any artist worth their salt has started out in a grassroots music venue. It's so important to learn your craft somewhere safe, where the venue owners and operators understand that. They understand that they're not always going to get packed venues as bands just start out. They understand that the artists are going to make mistakes. It's like everything in life making mistakes is really important. It's just about how you do it and how you deal with those mistakes and how you build on it. And these grassroots music venues are such a vital part of that. And it's not just about the artist that's on stage. It's also about people wanting to work behind the scenes, the crew, the tour managers. And it really is a melting pot of trial and error, exciting music and really learning your craft. And for communities all around the country, those communities that do have venues, there is some way for people to go to discover new music that's not on a screen that's not on television or your phone. And it's just a really great chance. It's almost like real life social media before we had social media. This is what people did. They went out. They went to a venue and it's much more than just about the music you see what people are wearing, you look at the artwork on the walls. You immerse yourself in a local subculture really. And without that, I don't really really understand how we would continue to be able to have a thriving music industry. Tell us a little bit about how hard you've been hit with the pandemic. Or rather, let's focus on the recovery because at the moment we still have tours and gigs being canceled at the last minute because I will run the band has got COVID or that the capacity is only ever half full. I mean, how much help do independent venues need at the moment? Well, it's been the toughest periods of pretty much everybody as well. It's in the toughest period for them. But I think what COVID really did demonstrate is how much of the creative industries and music especially is built around freelancers and people on project cycles. A lot of people that work in venues are freelance, or they're part time, they have other jobs. A lot of art is most artists, if not all artists, and they first start out, have other jobs. And when you can't play or perform or work in a venue, that's an income stream taken away straight away from you. And the venues themselves very often are buildings that are least not many people own there, they knew some do but make most don't. And depending on who your landlord is, you know, you face the last 18 18 to 24 months in very precarious position. And arts cancel England and DCMS really did pull all the stops out to provide support. But I think in this latest round of ongoing restrictions where things haven't been very clear cut, it's been much harder for venues to keep going because some shows that were due to happening spring 2020 are on their fourth reschedule if you can imagine. So people are working incredibly hard behind the scenes to try and find places for these artists to play in dates for them to play and then that time coming round and somebody in that either in the artist's group or the crew or the venue has got COVID and things have to be curtailed. So it's been particularly tricky. I think for us with independent and unique this year, we really felt that we might be able to have some in person shows last year we were completely decimated and had to turn everything digital, which was very much against the ethos of IBW we've created IW so that people will get out of their screens and back into venues and back out in public. So it was tough last year, but I think what we're seeing this year is slightly more optimism NHS has done an incredible job with the vaccination rollout and there is a measured sense of positivity and certainty coming back gradually now. And I think a lot of people are using the week itself. We're hearing from our venues and artists and promoters that people want this to be the week that they really come back out in for. Bill, thank you so much for joining us. That's all we have time for today's program. Thanks for our producers MSL, Charlie filmer caught in Sophie monahan combs, our studio manager was Christie Evans. After the headlines more music on the way, the briefing is live at midday here in London. The global list is back at the same time tomorrow, but for now from me, Emma Nelson goodbye. Thank you for listening and have a great week..
Monocle 24: The Globalist
"emma nelson" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Globalist
"About dealing with people who are not vaccinated. Equally, if you're one of many companies suffering staff shortages right now because of difficulties at this stage in the pandemic, you have to think about that consideration consideration too. Time, right. Thank you so much for joining us as ever on Monaco 24. You're listening to the globalist. Finally, one of the areas of life to be hardest hit financially by the pandemic has been culture and the arts, tales abound of musicians, writers, and those who work as support in the industry, having to abandon a life's work and do something else simply to put food on the table and pay the bills. In Ireland, however, the government is stepping in. A new scheme will see approximately 2000 artists act as musicians and other performers paid a basic income for three years. Well joining me down the line to discuss this is Kona Cusack his manager of the Irish electronic folk jury saint sister at IE music. Good morning Connor. Good morning. How are you doing? Very well. And probably almost as well as those 2000 people have been told they're going to get a wage. This is brilliant news for you. Yeah, no, it's a fantastic initiative. It's still a pilot scheme so they're still working through the kinks and kind of figuring out how to process is going to work, but certainly speaking on behalf of the music contingents of the artists that potentially might receive funding and we're really happy and think this can be a game changer for the creative credit workforce in Ireland. It's an amazing initiative. Now friends and colleagues who work in the arts and culture have been talking for such a long time about how you never know what's happening from day to day and things in the world can just the floor can just drop from beneath you at any given moment with cancellations. What's it been like over an island? It's been extremely challenging. We've been kind of one of the slower countries. It's not as low as country in Europe to reopen and put it in place full capacity concerts that kind of happen starting in July at reduced capacity and really I think only in September. That became possible again. And that only really was feasible for about a month or 5 or 6 weeks and then they reduced capacity to half again. So there's been historically a lack of road map to recovery and kind of inconsistent messaging around what the what we can do and ultimately the government pushed back and made the artists and the businesses decide themselves that they couldn't do the shows because it's not really feasible to run a concert at 50% capacity. We can't make the numbers work. So it's been very challenging. They have been in Ireland funding initiatives that the government has put in place, which have been helpful for them. Yes, I think everyone here just wants to get back to work and know that when we go back, hopefully this is the last time that we can continue to put on shows and plan because as a manager at an absolutely nightmare enjoy deal with this ongoing battle of organization across different countries where everything is changing, it's a landslide company. So 2000 people, it sounds pretty good, but it's not a great deal. This is how much is this actually going to cover the problem? Well, I suppose, again, to reiterate this is a pilot scheme. So if they can get this open running successfully, the whole could be that they would expand further. And because there's a lot of artists, there's a lot of musicians, there's a lot of painters. We're very environment creative economy here and a huge variety of disciplines. I mean, I think Ireland is known worldwide for its culture. It literary works music. That is our footprint in the world. So we have so many people that if they could receive this funding and yeah, it could potentially create a renaissance in Ireland for the cultural movements following it. I mean, how much and how much is the government going to have to put the bill for this? The government is stepping in to do this. Is there ever a fear that the government will want to say actually we have to stop this? Because there are huge pressures on every single system at the moment. And the money can't last forever. Yeah, I suppose, I'm not rapping here on my hospital government. I can't speak to how they will find that I want their what that process will be, and they will withdraw it, but certainly it's still in the pilot phase being introduced. So you would hope that this would continuously throughout the pilot and then beyond. Yeah, hopefully a source of funding for the potential could come from increasing the opening hours and the licensing reducing licensing restrictions, which is something that we've been battling with here for a number of years. So if we can make more money through nightclub staying open and venues being open late into the night, hopefully some of that money can be sipping into the into this new pilot scheme and beyond. Kind of, congratulations, a better luck with that. Thank you so much for joining us on Monaco 24. That's all we have time for today's program. Many thanks to our producers. Marcus, hip Paige Reynolds and Charlie Phil mccort. To our researchers, Sophie monahan combes and lilian force it and to our studio manager Christy Evans. After the headlines, there's more music on the way, the briefing is live at midday in London and the globalist is back at the same time tomorrow, but for now from me Emma Nelson. Goodbye. Thank you very much for listening and have.
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"And at that time, I was responsible for finding materials to be used and a lot about sustainability was coming up at the time. But what I learned was that there were not many sustainable materials available. And once you started looking really deep into how the materials that we use for construction are made, I learned of a lot of CO2 emissions that we were not aware of as architects. So that was the first step in starting to take a critical role of looking at how materials were made. I became fascinated with cement. I learned how some it was made and why. It was responsible for so much CO2. But then later, when I went into practice right before I began my career in academia, I was reading a book called biomimicry and it changed my life. In the book, Janine benia goes through different scientific researchers who are studying barnacles, muscles and something that I took away from the book was that barnacles can make a glue that stronger than anything that we can make, man-made. And it's all done in ambient temperatures underwater, just using the material source in the marine environment. And I had a thought, you know, if nature is able to produce materials like these and nature's able to grow strong and durable cements, why can't we? So that's when I began my search of, okay, how can we grow cement? I lived across the street from a 24 hour library when I was teaching architecture. I immersed myself and biomineralization. I started to understand just how coral reefs were formed. And I learned about a symbiotic relationship with microorganisms. So I converted my second bedroom into a lab, and began working with bacteria to gross cement. After I moved to the UAE to take another position and teaching, I again turned another bedroom into a second bedroom lab, as well as most of the house to really push the technology to get a proof point. Once I had a proof point, I applied for an award found out that I won the award and then had two weeks to decide what to do. And the answer for me was very clear. I knew that this technology had the power to change the world that we needed to take a critical look at how we were making cement and offer a solution such as one from nature. So I quit my job teaching and started by mason. And that was in 2012. And since then, the company has grown tremendously. We do have a licensing model because to make a deployment of a technology on the world. You have to fit within the manufacturing infrastructure. So we wanted to be the ones to understand the biology and make it just as easy to use by adding water so that our licenses could make whatever they want to make concrete wise with biosimilar. I guess from your perspective and from the perspective of buyer mason as a corporate entity, what's the kind of the next key marker obviously you've got some very ambitious goals that I mentioned right at the top, 25% reduction in carbon emissions from the whole concrete industry by 2030, which we can see is hugely ambitious and demands drives real real change. What are the markers as you see it? How far ahead do you look? Is it a question of, you know, again, another cliche, taking each day at a time or do you necessarily have to be like that and say, you know, 2020 twos headline is going to be this. 23, 24, 25, and so on. How do you look ahead when the scale of the challenge is so vast? Well, we actually look ahead further than that. So we look ahead further than 2030 because 25% is just one of the goals. So a lot of it for us becomes what supply chains will be available in 2030, 2040, 2050. It's about making the right decisions today that put us on the correct path. So for us, it's about zooming in and zooming out, looking ahead, making plans, but also looking at, okay, here are the stepping stones that we need to achieve. What must be true for this to be able to be possible. And I think this goes back to even the day that I remember sitting on a stoop in London with my husband and cofounder, you know, we knew that this needed to be a licensing technology. We needed to deploy this by putting this technology and others hands. And so that is how you and deploy across the planet. I mean, it is an aggressive goal. We do have multiple plans on this, but it is a Manhattan Project style execution. And it is about being able to have the correct data in front of you of looking at where things fall out, if you will in terms of supply chains. So those decisions that you make today, the organisms that we use, the supply chains that are needed to simplification of the technology, all of those have to be true to be able to hit that 2030 goal and actually think that's why we did it. We did the 2030 goal so that we could understand what must be true today to be able to get there. And of course, things will be nimble and we will have to re articulate as we go. But I do believe that the standard curve has been established on how we do that. I think the rest of it is the data points and details that come in in terms of ensuring that we are absolutely on the critical path and that we have the measurability to enforce that. Ginger creek doge is talking to monocles Tom Edwards. That was all we have for today's program. Many thanks to our producers Daniel beach page Reynolds and Charlie Phil mccort, and our studio manager Chris a Blackwater. After the headlines more music on the way the briefings live at midday in London, but for now from me, Emma Nelson goodbye, thanks for listening, have a great week..
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"Grow it for their personal use. So trade is not allowed, you can't grow cannabis for a friend and pass it on to them for free. So it's very much just for consumption inside your home. But Luxembourg's government sees this as a first step towards legalizing recreational cannabis, which is what they promised in the coalition agreement. In 2018, but we're still far away from that, because sales are not allowed. It's only allowed in these specific conditions. But yet, Luxembourg is the first country in Europe to take this step. It's often a little bit confusing, because other countries are tolerating the possession of cannabis taxes. Famously, the Netherlands, but yet Luxembourg is the first nation to allow the growth and the use at home. In most beg the question, how big a thing is cannabis and Luxembourg. I mean, it's not necessarily hit the headlines globally until now. Well, according to our justice minister, some Thompson, it is a big problem in the country. It's the most used drug and it makes up a huge part of the illegal market. So by legalizing the growth at home, the government hopes to keep users away from the black market, which we know is called very problematic issues around production, trafficking, dealing. So by legalizing it, we're hoping to turn our back on this black market. But also, if users can grow their own, they can have a high quality product. So yeah, we can consume a product that is safe to use. So all in all, the plan, the government's plan is to have a state regulated production chain, both of seeds and of plants were still far away from that, but this is a first step towards that. Finally, we have but a few seconds to discuss this, but is this likely to be something that paves the way for change across the European Union? I can imagine that it might it might lead to change across the European Union. I mean, there are already nations as I've already said the Netherlands have criminalized the possession, Portugal as well, the Czech Republic. Luxembourg isn't the first in that respect, but it's taking it to another level. But yet I have to say that there's still a lot of that there are a lot of negative reactions in the country. People aren't quite sure it seems a bit like a half measure. We have kind of legalizing it, but not really, so those who are in favor of it in the first place aren't happy because it's not fully legalized, those who are against it aren't happy either, because they are worried that now it's going to lead to a boom in the use of drugs or cannabis. And they are thank you so much for joining us on the program. That's all we have time thanks to our producers Daniel Bates and Charlie Phil McCourt, research of tofu monaghan combs and studio manager Christie Evans with editing assistance from norah hole. For now from me, Emma Nelson goodbye, thank you very much for listening and have a great week..
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"Live at midday in london. Globalist is back at the same time tomorrow but for now from me emma nelson goodbye. Thank you very much listening and have a great week. Ubs a proud to present a nobel cause a book that celebrates more than half a century of the nobel memorial prize and economic sciences. A nobel calls gave an overview of the anti four winning laureates and their influence on global society. It builds excitement around economics by talking to the laureates and unpacking their theories from a pioneer in the field of the economics of climate change to an israeli psychologist changed the way we think about thinking the winners stories make an incredibly diverse read as well as real life case studies have applications of the prize winning theories. You'll find an illustrated history of global economics alongside look ahead at what we can expect over the next fifty years. You discover the story of alfred nobel himself and legacy of his awards on sale from october. Twenty twenty from monaco. Ubs purchase the book from retail stores offer monaco dot com and nobel colds. Asking the questions that shape our..
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"The same time tamar finance from me emma nelson goodbye. Thank you very much for listening and have a great week. monocle and ubs a proud to present a nobel course a book that celebrates more than half a century of the nobel memorial prize in economic sciences nobel calls gives an overview of the anti four winning laureates and their influence on global society. It builds excitement around economics by talking to the laureates and unpacking their theories from a pioneer in the field of the economics of climate change to an israeli psychologist who changed the way we think about thinking the winners stories. Make for an incredibly diverse. Read as well as real life case studies of applications of the prize winning theories. You'll find an illustrated history of global economics alongside look ahead at what we can expect over the next fifty years you can discover the story of alfred nobel himself and the legacy of his awards on sale from october. Twenty twenty from monaco and ubs purchase the book from our retail stores offer. Monaco dot com and nobel calls asking the questions that shape our..
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"At jobs in all the images and stories. That are coming out of. Afghanistan are not only shocking. There've been taking by local african journalists and photographers. Many of whom are currently risking their lives and have been doing so for the last few months. One of them is the photo journalist. Masoud saini born in afghanistan masud has been chief photographer at the associated. Press and a photojournalist at funds oppress his won the pulitzer prize for his work in the country and a couple of days ago he and his colleague. Lena donna were in afghanistan covering the taliban takeover of the country fearing for their safety they flew out of kabul last sunday just hours before militants entered the african capco. He's safe in the netherlands. Now and he spoke to monaco's emma nelson who spoke to he. Now new show the globalist earlier in the week. Let's welcome to monaco. twenty four. it is good to know that you are alive and well and safe. Just tell us what happened to you. Well unfortunately i am experienced immediate trustful week when i was in kabul awhile before that we were Me and my colleague over covering Herald war and I so i feel that the war was really really a clothing to people. Our life and the government was completely disabled and already was broken and failed from inside. They couldn't fight and resist with taliban and we were witnessing a lot. And a lot of the things. And when i get back to kabul i and my colleague. We both decided to leave afghanistan soon as possible so we booked a flight and while in the night before our flight Kind of takeoff Taxes talked at around kabul. And i unfortunately because the government of any was really unprofessional and ignorant team in the palace so on weekday never listened to any people any community and inked weist and we were just insisting that the palace but again i need needs to reorganized akeem and pro now employ professional people not people who are relatives or friends or whatever but unfortunately they didn't listen and Taleban before that they take over the cities they were. They won the propaganda war and myself as the personal and as a citizen. I tried my best to duet but unfortunately when heroic and other cities fault and the day the night before that we wanted to less leave afghanistan so propaganda work against talk at at a around two. Am and then a read a news and every information which was attacking to the social media in afghanistan was so disappointing and I i could hear a boom being around kabul as well that night so early morning i decided to drive to Airport and to the in the way that was no police are tall. And there was no government. Security forces or anything related to government can could be seen in the street. So i i realized that the kabul already are fall has fallen and i kind of was under Really really stressed when we got to the airport. Eight airport was a mess. You know a lot of foreigners a lot of people who had the ticket Wanted to leave and it was a lot of nerve and the angry people around and when we live than when we stand our passport and got into the turkish plane and then when we took off it was a really hard emotional moment for me..
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Afghan Photojournalist Flees to Athens
"The images and stories. That are coming out of. Afghanistan are not only shocking. There've been taking by local african journalists and photographers. Many of whom are currently risking their lives and have been doing so for the last few months. One of them is the photo journalist. Masoud saini born in afghanistan masud has been chief photographer at the associated. Press and a photojournalist at funds oppress his won the pulitzer prize for his work in the country and a couple of days ago he and his colleague. Lena donna were in afghanistan covering the taliban takeover of the country fearing for their safety they flew out of kabul last sunday just hours before militants entered the african capco. He's safe in the netherlands. Now and he spoke to monaco's emma nelson who spoke to he. Now new show the globalist earlier in the week. Let's welcome to monaco. twenty four. it is good to know that you are alive and well and safe. Just tell us what happened to you. Well unfortunately i am experienced immediate trustful week when i was in kabul awhile before that we were Me and my colleague over covering Herald war and I so i feel that the war was really really a clothing to people. Our life and the government was completely disabled and already was broken and failed from inside. They couldn't fight and resist with taliban and we were witnessing a lot. And a lot of the things.
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"emma nelson" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Globalist
"Hundred thousand seven twelve here in london new with the globalist live on monocle. Twenty four with me. Emma nelson now new zealand faces another full lockdown after the country recorded just ten cases of covert the stay at home order will be in effect for just three days but it is a sign of how stringent the government's approaches to stopping the spread of the disease. Let's from door walters. A journalists based in new zealand's good morning. good afternoon laura. Good evening. Excuse me. I must get my time. Zones doesn't just bring us up to date with what is happening here. Because i think quite a few quite a lot of people outside the new zealand or other slack-jawed at the the the reaction to such a comparatively small number of cases. It almost seems kind of disproportionate. Doesn't it so win. The nationwide lockdown was announced last night new zealand. Time to twenty four hours ago there was only one confirmed case and you could understand why people especially people the world not new zealand might be gobsmacked that the entire nation is going into a hashes legal of lockdown. We just one community case has been confirmed. But what what has happened with their case is that The officials in the government were actually able to trace it unable to link it to the border and before able to isolate it and do all of that context tracing and 'isolation work that needs to be done in order to stop the case from spreading further so. They made the decision very quickly to put auckland in another region. The carmando with a swan case traveled and to a stephen day level four lockdown and for the rest of the country. We've been put into a three day legal for lockdown and then of course that will be refused. I'm so it almost seemed like an overreaction but what we've seen play out so far today in the twenty four hours since this case was confirmed shows that it probably wasn't an overreaction specially in the new zealand contexts where the hasn't been any community cases. You know that the country is going for this elimination strategy so it was seen in the past twenty four hours as that. There are more confirmed cases. Coming through this morning i think there were four more cases by the save nang. There was the title of teen cases. And what we've seen the is that this person has been moving through the community without the covert being detected for possibly as much as two weeks so that means that they could easily right now be as many as one hundred cases in the community in new zealand The visited places like at some of the plight cases. Sorry had visited places like a casino on a saturday night that visited a church are one of the crisis works at a school. One is a nurse at a hospital so you can say how quickly this could sprayed in the government sore that the only way to to isolate these cases to track these cases in to to make sure that it wasn't speeding. That was to put the entire country into this hash. Lever for lockdown. Do we know exactly how this one individual caught it when the nation has effectively been closed for more than a year so that's am currently got official stumped through genome sequencing today. They have managed to link the man's case towed the the new south wales outbreak in But they haven't been able to figure out exactly how that case came into new zealand. So that's what the officials and health workers will be working on. I'm over the next twenty four hours. They'll be trying to figure out whether it somehow linked to any of the cases.
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"Manager. Chris evans editing assistance from jack jewish after the headlines on the way the briefing is live at mit den. London and the globalises. Back at the same time tomorrow but for now from me emma nelson. Goodbye thank you. Very much for listening Monaco and ubs a proud to present a nobel cause a book that celebrates more than half a century of the nobel memorial prize in economic sciences. A nobel calls gives an overview of the anti four winning laureates and their influence on global society. It builds excitement around economics by talking to the laureates and unpacking their theories from a pioneer in the field of the economics of climate change to an israeli psychologist. Who changed the way we think about thinking the winning stories make for an incredibly diverse. Read as well as real life case. Studies have applications of the prize winning theories. You'll find an illustrated history of global economics.
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"The us and china have reached stalemate beijing's vice-foreign minister said that relations between the two superpowers are facing serious difficulties. His comments follow a very tense. First day of face-to-face talks between senior. Us and chinese figures in chinese society of gin will stewart lowers editor of politicos. China direct newsletter. I'm delighted to say good morning to it. Now let's just begin with She things statement. I mean to say he gave it with both barrels. Israel and understatement isn't it. This is the very fist ferocious. Press release absolutely in line with the kind of who for diplomacy that we've been seeing from chinese officials. But more importantly i think it. Is you know an exercise. Webuye yuna chinese officials are basically telling us officials red lines not to cross. It wasn't astonishing event. Wasn't it on his his comments that the united states is the inventor and patent and intellectual property owner of coercive diplomacy. What did he mean by that. So basically china sees the current administration as inheriting the kind of trump administration and china policies. Although you know the rhetoric seems to have been a little bit toned down by the accent more like an adult in the room of course embiid as far as the agent is concerned. Actually a lot stays the same. You know the kind of us. Embargoes unsettling chinese technology for example but from beijing perspectives. Even more effective that the by the administration seems to have been going along is to muster the kind of international coalition having been in europe or in the uk or lining up. Canada japan the indo pacific. So i think you know that is definitely a key difference from the last administration.
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"The United Nations has warned Russia and Turkey to act urgently to avert a bloodbath in the Syrian province of it live the region is in the hands of rebels. But Syrian government forces have been massing head of what may be a major offensive will. The call for peace, came from the UN's envoy to Syria, Stephan the Mr. and to discuss this. I'm joined on the line by Anna Borshchevskaya. She's senior fellow at the think tank the Washington Institute, and she focuses on Russia's policy towards the Middle East and everyone welcome on twenty four. Just explain to us what is lead Stefan demus door to openly urge both Vladimir Putin and reg type outta one to talk on the phone and stop what's being described as an imminent bloodbath in it lip. Sure. Ama- it's it's great to be here Stefan domestic comment. You know what's what's fascinating about it is it excludes the United States. It only mentions Russia and Turkey and I, it shows how how little of a role the United States is playing in Syria at the moment that it's come down to Russia and and Turkey. And the reason why this conversation of so important is because if history's any guide every offensive that we've seen in Syria had absolutely horrific horrific consequences for civilians and and that was the result of both Assad spawning and Russian bombings. Both of them have led to severe civilian. Casualties in inland has a very large number of children. The very large number of civilians, I believe about three million civilians total many of them children. So a blood shed a bloodbath that that he mentioned really eminent. And if history is a guide. Russia's, not the right, not the right state to stop it. Tell us why it lip has suddenly become disgraced, focus. Webuye people like Stephan did Mr., have to wait into stop all this carnage. The last rebel stronghold in Syria. We've seen we've seen other cities, fall fish as the fall of Aleppo. If it looked falls, this will be the last of this. This will pretty much be the end of rebellion against Assad and Assad will unequivocally stay stay in power. Now, the issue of course is there's very few places for refugees from to run to in Syria at this point, they could run to Turkey and, and this is another reason why turkeys is so important. Some analysis suggests that an offensive and Illit could be not as major some suspect, but but perhaps an attempt by Russia to force turkeys hand to act more aggressively in it. Live precisely out of fear of over massive Rasheed. G flows into the country thereby basically shielding Russia from continued international condemnation. Rightfully so for their human rights abuses instead putting putting the weight on Turkey putting the weight on Turkey, but we're hearing reports in the last few hours that the have been bombing raids on it lib, and they may well have been carried out by the Russians. That's absolutely correct. That's another exactly the same reports that I've seen. And therefore, you know, it remains to be seen how the scenario is going to play out at very, my may well be that, you know, if I very well may be that it will be the major -fensive that really ends and and they'd lip. But another possibility could also be something on a smaller scale, but still something that forces turkeys hand. So there's two possibilities that we can see playing out how much of a real influence do they have the however you talk about the the interplay between Russia and Turkey? Yes. At the end of the day, the person who can stop any huge offensive on it. Lib is neither the president of Russia new. The president of Turkey is the president of. Syria? Well, Assad you know, it's interesting you say that Assad is an is he feels very confident he's, he clearly wants to regain all of all of his country, and he talks about it in his actions, suggest feeling of confidence. But the fact of the matter is militarily he's quite weak even though he's captured a lot of territory.