hello namaskar this is first post and you're watching vantage with me py Sharma [Music] [Music] [Music] the latest flash point between New Delhi and Beijing India plans to build Hydro power projects in arunachal Pradesh China is protesting and threatening to weaponize Rivers against India we'll bring you the full story meanwhile NATO is training its guns on China calling it a decisive enaer of Russia's war in Ukraine we'll tell you how Beijing has responded also in the US it seems only two people want Biden to run for President Joe Biden himself and his opponent Donald Trump he'll discuss how the president is causing the biggest crisis in the history of the democratic party in Pakistan the government has outdone itself they've borrowed more than 11 billion in 445 days we'll tell you why and how is the global auto sector in crisis why is this being called the best time to buy a car who is lamin yamal the football Wonder kid Making Waves in Europe the new UK government has crabbed the Rwanda plan but London has already spent $400 million on it and Rwanda refuses a refund the debate on Spain's famous bull fights and whether animal cruelty should continue in the name of tradition why are rich people rushing to freeze their bodies and their wealth in the hope of a future Revival and what's a sugar tax does it even work more than 100 countries have it all this and more coming up the headlines first 66 Chinese aircraft suround Taiwan in the biggest sorty of the year it comes as Beijing conducts exercises in the nearby Waters in recent months China has rammed up its military presence around Taiwan Beijing claims the self-ruled island as part of its territory Russia Wars NATO as it holds its Summit in the US Moscow promises a response to the quote unquote very serious threat from the Western military Alliance the Kremlin says NATO is fully involved in the Ukraine conflict Turkish president RP Eran voices concern of a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO Pakistan's Army targets Balo activists protesting against Force disappearances the police lobed tear gas shells at protesters in qua injuring three injuring several people the protests have been going on since last month the Pakistani army has been accused of forc disappearances and custodial torture Kenyan President William Ruto fires almost his entire cabinet this comes after widespread anti-government protest Ruto says he took the decision after listening to the public the president now plans to form a quote unquote broad-based government Cape Town in South Africa flooded after heavy winter rains many roads including major highways are water logged several houses lose their roofs due to the strong winds electricity outage is also reported across Cape Town and South Korea names Kpop group new genes as tourism ambassadors the group will serve for a year but will have no actual diplomatic responsibilities last year more than 11 million tourists visited South Korea an increase of nearly 250% compared to [Music] 2022 We Begin tonight with the India China border conflict there's a new provocation from the Chinese side over arunachal Pradesh the northeastern Indian state of arunachal Pradesh that that China claims as its own and call South Tibet now it is broadening its bogus claims and extending them to water bodies that's what the latest R is about China is vying for the control of Key Water bodies it began with some new news reports about India's developmental projects India plans to build 12 power stations in arunachal Pradesh these will be Hydro power projects they'll use water from rivers to generate electricity New Delhi has cleared the plan with a budget of about a billion dollars the money has been set aside and the plan is likely to be announced later this month in the budget speech scheduled for the 23rd of this month 23rd of July the First Union budget of the Modi government's thirdd term it will be presented by India's Finance Minister nirmala sitaraman that's where the Hydro power projects in arunachal Pradesh are expected to be announced it's a good plan with clear benefits the domestic demand for electricity is rising in India and the current sources of Power are insufficient so Hydro power could help bridge the gap plus there scope to expand in this direction in the last Financial year Hydro power accounted for less than 10% in India's overall power output so there is room to do more the new plants will contribute to the development of arunachal Pradesh the cost will be covered by New Delhi and the state will get electricity so it's a win-win but China has a problem it is a objecting to India's plans Beijing issued a statement today it said India has no right to build these Hydro power plants the statement said in I quot South Tibet is China's territory like I said Beijing claims arunachal Pradesh as part of China and calls it South Tibet now no one agrees with this there is no International recognition or support for China's claim there is no legal or historical basis but China keeps bringing it up to provoke India so what should India do go ahead with the plan India has every right to set up this project it's inside Indian Territory funded with Indian money and for the benefit of Indians so China has no say in the matter the problem is Beijing is going Beyond statements it is trying to establish an alternative reality and leverage geography to put pressure on India now one part of the Sinister plan involves rivers in region specifically the brahmaputra river among the largest in the world China calls it the yarlung Sango that's their name for the brahmaputra the river originates in Tibet a region controlled by China and then it flows through two countries India and Bangladesh the state of arunachal Pradesh falls on the Rivers's path it flows through the northern part of the state and the brahmaputra is an important river for the region more than 130 million people depend on it their lives and livelihoods and China wants to control and Leverage The brahmaputra by building a dam the project was announced a few years ago a super hydr power Dam it will be built in Tibet on a section of the brahmaputra reports say that this Dam would have more capacity than the three gorgees Dam the three gorgees dam is the biggest dam in China it is the world's largest Hydro power fa facility built on the yangi river so the dam in Tibet is expected to be bigger than that now India had lodged a protest against this project but China has not changed its mind today it has expressed outrage over India's planned projects they could act as spoilers for China's project in Tibet which makes it all the more crucial not just for India's energy security but also for its sovereignity in recent months China has challenged India India on multiple occasions earlier this year Prime Minister Modi had visited arunachal Pradesh and Beijing had protested the visit the China India border issue remains unresolved and India has no right to unilaterally develop the Chinese Southern Tibet region India's related actions will only complicate the Border issue and negatively impact the situation in the Border areas of the two countries then Beijing released a new list of Chinese names for territories in arunachal Pradesh since 2017 China has released four such lists and given Chinese names to almost 100 Indian territories all in arunachal Pradesh and now it is going after power projects and Indian Rivers it is time for New Delhi to draw a line it should push back harder against China's bogus claims [Music] we can and will defend every inch of NATO territory and we'll do it [Music] together now let's turn to the US where a summit is underway to mark 75 years of NATO the North Atlantic Treaty Organization now NATO is a relic formed in the Heyday of the Cold War the geopolitical competition between the US and the Soviet Union the Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore it is now just Russia so NATO should have ceased to exist as well instead it just keeps growing this year's Summit also celebrated a new member Sweden it is NATO member number 32 and the alliance does not not plan to stop there it keeps dangling membership before another European nation one that is desperate to join Ukraine NATO declared that Ukraine's path to membership was irreversible but when will KF join the block who knows no timeline has been set all that NATO has promised was that it would happen eventually which means after the Russia Ukraine war ends so if NATO plans to expand even after the Russia Ukraine war is over who will the alliance be fighting probably still Russia but the by the looks of it they're gearing up to take on another four and that is China the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is now looking further a field it is now eyeing Asia and preparing to confront Asia's biggest bully all in the name of stopping Moscow China has become a decisive enabler of Russia's war against Ukraine and and China's support increases the threat Russia poses to EUR Atlantic security NATO is finally taking aim at Beijing it has called China a quote unquote decisive enabler of Russia's war in Ukraine yesterday the block put out a declaration China was accused of providing raw materials to Russia's military industrial complex but China is the main enabler uh because as you refer to they they they they are delivering uh uh the tools the Dual use equipment uh the micro Electronics everything uh Russia needs to build the missiles uh the uh the bombs uh the aircraft and all the other uh systems they use against Ukraine NATO's claws are out it has stopped tiptoeing around the issue and decided to challenge China directly obviously Beijing wasn't thrilled the NAT to Washington Summit declaration Hypes up tensions in the Asia Pacific region and is filled with cold war mentality and belligerent rhetoric the China related content is full of prejudice smearing and provocation China accused NATO of smearing its image Beijing said that it has never supplied any lethal weapons to Russia and that it has strict export controls on Dual use materials it added that all its trade with Moscow is normal and then China went on the offensive China urges NATO to abandon its outdated concepts of Cold War mentality block confrontation and zero sum game correct its wrong perception of China stop interfering in China's internal politics and smearing China's image and do not create chaos in the Asia Pacific after creating turmoil in Europe that last point was interesting Beijing urged NATO not to create chaos in the Asia Pacific and that's a bit Rich coming from China this is the same nation that has problems with all its neighbors India Bhutan Vietnam the Philippines Japan Mongolia you name the country and China will come up with bogus territorial claims China is the most destabilizing nation in Asia it is a threat to Global Peace and security NATO says says that these developments in the indo-pacific directly affect Euro Atlantic security so the block wants to nip the Chinese threaten the bud and how will they do this with the help of four allies in the East Japan South Korea New Zealand and Australia together they are called the Indo Pacific 4 group or the ip4 indopacific 4 they become regulars at NATO Summits the four nations were first invited in the year 2022 and the current one is their third Summit in a row NATO is holding detailed talks with the ip4 today and the alliance plans to expand its influence in the East but how will the rest of Asia react to these developments well some places might welcome an expanded NATO role like Taiwan the Philippines and of course the ip4 they will welcome this but most countries will be wary NATO is a Western Alliance and Asia has learned to be wary of Western military presence that's the case at the moment but it may change over time especially if China continues its aggressive behavior you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain famous last words from The Dark Night today they ring true for Joe Biden for the last four years the US president has slammed Donald Trump criticized his aggression and panned his arrogance but now it looks like Biden is taking a page out of the Trump Playbook he's becoming the man he opposes it's election season in America June 27 saw the first presidential debate Biden went against Trump and he faltered badly ever since then Trump has gone silent he's basking in the success but Biden is on a media blitz he dialed into a morning radio program he gave an interview he attended multiple rallies he addressed a NATO Summit he's even choosing spray tan tonight he will address another press conference his first solo one since last November so Biden's strategy is simple to him offense is the best defense look I have a cognitive test every single day every day I have that test everything I do would you be willing to have the independent medical evaluation watch me between there's a lot of time left in this campaign it's over 125 days so the a decision the right answer right now is no you you don't want to do that right now no I've already done it but looking more orange is not buying him sympathy there's dissent in his party the Democrats want him out and they're trying to achieve it in two ways one is direct confrontation around a dozen Democrats have asked Biden to step down this includes Democratic congressmen Senators high-profile donors and even Hollywood actor George Clooney they're not meeting about the bush they've told Biden to resign you know the fighting spirit and pride and courage that served the country so well four years ago helped Joe Biden win will bring the ticket down this time he he just has to step down because uh he can't win but some others have taken a different approach like former house Speaker Nancy Pelosi she's a senior Democrat an influential voice in the party Pelosi is trying to appeal to Biden's rational side she hasn't asked him to step down she says he should make a decision soon because time is running out and looks like she even lost her cool over it do you believe you should run fore election I'm not am I speaking English to you I'm not going to be making any statements about any of that right now in the hallway she's upset but she's also right time is running out for the Democratic party they're facing their biggest crisis ever we are in the month of July the election is slated for November so there's around four months to go if Biden has to step down it must happen now the Democrats will need the time to mobilize their resources and rally behind the new candidate but it's also unprecedented incumbents don't usually step down it's very very rare they're certainly not not forced to step down the first example is Harry Truman the 3 third US president in 1945 Truman was then President Franklin D rosell's vice president he was the VP after Rosell died Truman took over and he served out that term then in 1948 he contested the election and he won but in 1952 Truman was done he had already been in power long enough he thought he did not want to continue technically he could seek another term but Truman stepped down the Democrats went into a huddle they picked another nominee but he lost the elections the SEC second example is Lyndon B Johnson he was the 36th American president he became president in 1963 but his fate was sealed in Vietnam the war made him lose support So Johnson stepped down it was another Scramble for the Democrats they fielded a new candidate again they lost the White House so history does not paint such a good picture two democratic presidents both left under pressure and the party lost the White House but here's how this one is different Truman was tired Johnson was politically battered none of them was too old or too unfit to contest and there's another thing to consider Truman stepped down around March so did lyen B Johnson basically the Democrats had time to recalibrate but this time they're pressed so right now they have three options number one Biden contests the election he loses against Trump and the Democrats lose the White House option option number two or scenario number two Biden steps down they choose another nominee elections happen and the Democrats get a fighting chance they may still lose the White House but not without trying to keep it and option number three Biden refuses to go his party forces him out it leads to an ugly scenario making both sides look bad Joe Biden and his party so they must make a decision and do it fast the Democrats say they want to save American democracy but before that they must must save their own party now let's look at Pakistan the South Asian Nation known for its Financial mismanagement a new report came out today showing the country's latest borrowing spree in 45 days the Pakistani government borrowed 3.2 trillion rupees that's about 11.5 billion at today's exchange rate and this wasn't some giant loan that Pakistan got from its usual array of global lenders no Pakistan borrowed this money domestically at exorbitant interest rates let me break this down further between May 15th and June 28th this year Pakistan went to town they reached out to local banks and they picked up about 11.5 billion dollar that's about a quarter of a billion a day on average the amount is absurd because it's almost the exact amount that Pakistan borrowed in the past in the financial year ending 2023 but that was over an entire year the recent borrowing spree took place in just 45 days more than 11 billion in 45 days it shows just how dire the financial situation is and the dates are important to note Pakistan borrowed this money after miday after they had already declared their expenses for the last Financial year this means that the fresh loans that the government took will not be registered for a while not until the middle of 2025 basically this was an accounting trick done to mislead the public and of course Pakistan's endless list of creditors it seems Islamabad does not want the world to know just how indebted it really is and it gets worse Pakistan hasn't just been borrowing from Banks it has also tapped the bond market some of you might know what a treasury bill is for those who don't it's a type of a Government Bond and investor lends the government money for a short period of time it's usually 3 or 6 or 12 months and after that point you get the money back with interest almost every country every government issues bonds and treasury bills when it needs money it's a common practice but Pakistan is on a completely different level let's compare Pakistani treasury bill returns with those in India look at the numbers Pakistan's average yield is about 20% compared to about 5% in India so Islamabad borrows money at four times the price that New Delhi does for all the investors out there it's best to not get any ideas there's a reason Pakistan offers such a premium on its bonds it's partly because the government is desperate for money and most people don't want to lend them any but that's just one reason the other is because their currency is very volatile the Pakistani rupe is worth almost half of what it was three years ago half the value in June 2021 the exchange rate was about 160 Pakistani Rupees to a dollar today it's about $280 to a dollar so who knows when the currency will go belly up again that is why Pakistan borrows at such ridiculously high rates and this has far reaching consequences a a few days ago Pakistan released its budget for the next financial year and it was a brutal budget they plan to increase tax revenue collection by over 40% for Z it's unprecedented and the tax hikes will be borne by ordinary citizens these were the reports from Pakistan today they're seeking a new loan from the IMF the international monetary fund the IMF wants the country to raise taxes further this time on agricultural income the tax rate could go up to 45% and it seems that Islamabad has accepted this it is willing to tax its citizens to such an extent for an IMF loan a $6 billion IMF loan that's about half of what Pakistan borrowed in May and June in those hectic 45 days this is the perfect example of Economic mismanagement and the citizens will be paying the price for years to come are you planning to buy a car soon if yes then the story is for you the global car market is going through a rough time sales are down inventes are piling up this may spell trouble for the industry but for the C for the customers it could mean good news we're entering what many call a buyer's market let's begin with some Global Trends leading car maker folks swagen is under pressure it's a German Auto giant its profits could fall this year Volkswagen has lowered its forecast for 2024 earlier it was projecting a profit margin of around 7 to 7 and a half% yesterday it lowered the forast to between 6.5 and 7% and why is that because of a Slowdown in sales deliveries in China are down by almost 20% the company also owns the Audi BR brand now the and Audi has a plant in Brussels Volkswagen is thinking about closing it the car maker is dealing with excess capacity capacity it has more production facilities more than what it needs to serve the market plus there is increased competition from Brands like Tesla and Chinese car makers there's a lot of competition so Volkswagen wants to bring down expenses focus on profitability the company has a plant in Mexico it is considering using this facility to make the next Audi electric car the company's yet to make up its mind but if it happens it would be a significant step Volkswagen hasn't closed a plant in the last 40 years this time they may not have an option as they say desperate times call for desperate measures globally the Auto industry is witnessing a reset mature markets like the US are over saturated there are fewer buyers overall here in India as well a similar story is playing out there's a Slowdown in sales car dealers are sitting on thousands of unsold cars this inventory could be worth 60,000 crores of unsold cars that's over 7 billion Us and how many cars would that be anywhere between 600 to 650,000 Vehicles these cars are ready to be sold they're sitting inside dealer warehouses with no takers so what's causing the Slowdown one big reason could be this car loans are expensive right now India's Reserve Bank bank has kept interest rates un unchanged so the banks are less inclined to cut interest rates on loans and that's affecting Auto Sales car dealers are trying to woo customers back into showrooms they're rolling out discounts maruti Hundai Tata Motors and Mahindra these are India's biggest car sellers all of them have either slashed prices or they're offering incentives to buyers but it may not be enough car makers like maruti are pushing for government incentives especially on high cars to supercharge their sales and some state governments are listening a few days ago the utar Pradesh government announced a waiver up utar Pradesh is a North Indian state it has waved the registration tax on hybrids this could lead to significant savings for customers they could save up to 350,000 rupees or around $4,000 on the purchase of a hybrid the central government may follow suit it could Grant some concessions on hybrids they could be announced later this month when the union budget is presented Reports say the Indian government May reduce the 15% cess on hybrid cars this is a form of a tax it is charged on top of the GST the goods and services tax which is around 28% 28 plus 15 so overall it's a good time to consider a purchase sales are down across the board there is intense competition among dealers to win customers this usually gives buyers some negotiating power but don't fall for their sales pitch exercise your own judgment after all it's your hard-earned money our next story is about a football Wonder kid he's 16 years old he plays for Spain he's the youngest Euro goal scorer and he is now being compared to lonel Messi his name is lamin yamal like Messi he was in Barcelona's Youth Academy fun fact in 2007 Messi posed with him for a photo shoot he gave him a bath so he has the blessings of football royalty but can yamal become the next Messi he's already making a lot of noise but you see football Wonder kids have fizzled out in the past so will yamal defy the trend our next report tells you the year was 2007 lonel Messi was in Camp new all ready for a photo shoot he cradled a baby in his arms bathing it in a small t the football Superstar was all of 20 then his talent was making waves but present in that room was another Wonder kid lamin yamal over a decade later he is one of Spain's best football players compared to the greats like Messi himself yamal was born near Barcelona his dad is Moroccan his mom is from Equatorial Guinea yamal hailed from Rocka Fonda 304 it's one of Spain's poorest neighborhoods so he's no stranger to adversity but lak to shown Upon yamal take the photo shoot with Messi his family won it in a UNICEF raffle draw so that was his right to passage he was already baptized by the goat but childhood wasn't easy for yamal his family was poor his father borrowed money from relatives to buy him some football boots yamal soon went to trials that's where he started to attract attention a Barcelona Scout spotted him and soon enough he was part of the famed laasia Barcelona's football Youth Academy it's also where his Idol Messi started 8 years later yamal caught the attention of another man Barcelona star zavi Hernandez he was the club's manager then zabi watched him for 10 minutes and decided that yamal would play for barcelon 's first team it was always apparent that yamal had something special in him his game is flexible he makes good decisions he can wriggle through small spaces and fires up the crowd with his dribbles his first coach says he's touched by God though he's come a long way he hasn't forgotten how it started every time he scores a goal yamal celebrates with a 304 sign and ODed to his roots through euro 2024 he's dazzled the crowds but often the coach substitutes him at the hour mark why because yamal is only 16 years old he's a minor and German labor law prevents miners from working after 8:00 p.m. but age is just a number for yamal he's already breaking records he's the youngest to play for Barcelona the youngest to play for Spain the youngest goal scorer for his country the youngest goal scorer at the Euros reports suggest that Paris San want him for $268 million he's already being compared to Messi like the Argentine he's a left footed player another Barcelona prot but what does yamal have to say about it he laughs it off he's mature enough to understand that the comparison is premature football has seen plenty of Wonder kids before there was bjan crickit another Spaniard he fizzled out after a few years Javier saviola an Argentine who failed to make a mark and even yamal sior anuti who struggled after showing great promise so what will it be for yamal football greatness like Messi or will he crumble under the burden of his talent on Sunday Spain will go against England in the Euro finals a day before yamal will turn 17 he was asked what he wanted as a birthday present and all he said was win win win our next story is from Africa from Rwanda the country famous for its migration deal with the UK the previous British government had signed a deal with Rwanda any migrants coming to the UK illegally would be deported they would be sent off and Rwanda was supposed to accept these migrants house them and deal with any paperwork like Asylum applications if the Asylum claims were legitimate Rwanda would bear the responsibility of hosting the migrants this in a nutshell was the Rwanda deal to Outsource the problem of immigration it wasn't so much about Shifting the Asylum Seekers it was more about generating fear migrants were supposed to be scared of being sent to Rwanda The Hope was that it would act as a deterrent the Rwanda plan was championed by the former British government the one led by the conservative party also known as the Tories the Tories had ruled Britain for 14 years and they had been championing the a deal for the past three but it never got off the ground and a few days ago the Tor government got the boot the British public decided to go another way and they brought in a new prime minister this man K stama and here's what he had to say about the Rwanda deal the Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started it's never been um a deterrent um look at the numbers that have come over in the first um six and a bit months of this year their record numbers uh that is the problem that we are inheriting it has never acted as a deterrent starmer's labor party had always opposed the deal they had promised to scrap it if they came to power which is what they did but there was a slight problem the Tories had spent years working on the deal more importantly that spent Millions on it about 32 million that's more than $400 million us that is the amount the Tories had already spent without deporting a single illegal immigrant so where did this money go 400 million dollar in setting up infrastructure in Rwanda you you may remember these pictures of the UK's former Home Secretary suel bravoman last year she was looking at some under construction buildings in Rwanda well those were built with British money given to Rwanda by the Tories you can understand why she's not pleased about getting the plan scrapped where not seeing K farmer you know install his government scrap the Randa plan for example you know years of hard work acts of parliament millions of pounds been spent on a scheme which hadn't been delivered properly would have worked you don't know if it would have worked but the money was spent so is there any way to undo that to get a refund well Britain was looking into this rwanda's president Paul kagam had said that it could happen he said this in January so perhaps the UK was hoping it would all work out but then a Rwandan government spokesperson set the record straight actually it is the UK government that has terminated the treaty and not Rwanda this was not a loan given to Rwanda this was money sent to Rwanda to carry out specific actions these actions have been carried out there is no reason why these funds should be returned as far as the permanent dwellings it was stipulated that Rwandan share them with the migrants today the migrants are not coming anymore rwandans will live in those dwellings so Rwanda has no intention of giving the money back and the houses that were built the ones Braven had examined so carefully will now be going to Rwandan citizens well this is a win for the African nation and maybe add a lesson for London now let's talk about Pamplona it is a pictur city in Spain but it's known across the globe for its famous bull fights every year thousands run with the bulls getting injured even killed in the narrow lanes and what happens to the Bulls well they're made to take part in the bull fights where they are tortured or killed Spain says it's their tradition but even Spaniards disagree serving say 60% of them disapprove of bull fights so why then is Spain continuing with this and why just Spain why are animals tortured and killed across the world for entertainment our next report tells [Applause] you every July Spain celebrates the Festival of San fine palmona is a wash in red and white this n-day Festival has concerts religious processions feasts and lots of wine but the Highlight is this Pomona's famous bull run it begins at 8 a.m. participants run with six Bulls across the city's narrow Lanes the runners have less than 3 minutes they must outrun the heavy animals or risk being injured or worse killed the Run leads the Bulls to the pompona bull ring bull fights are held there and the animals are either injured or killed by the matadors today 11 people were injured during the Bull Run since 1924 16 people have died due to this the last death was in 2009 but how many bulls have died well nearly 60 every year hundreds of others have been injured or tortured it's a medieval horrible tradition um where Bulls are killed every single year at least 60 roughly per um year at this festival San fmin alone however in the full year can be up to 7,000 bulls that are killed so we're here today to remind people that it is a terrible tradition not something that should be celebrated it's something that needs to be phased out because animals feel pain in the last decade protests have grown against the running of the bulls and the infamous bull fights in 2007 Spain had 3,651 bull fighting events in 2022 it fell to 1,546 Spain also canceled a national bull fighting prize it awarded a prize of over $30,000 to the winning Matador this has been scrapped for good so will Spain ever ditch bull fighting for good the country argued it's a part of their tradition but opposition is just growing 60% of Spaniards disapprove of bullfighting the Canary Islands banned it in 1991 in 1997 Catalonia followed suit other parts of the country are yet to take such a move but subsidies for bull fighting are scarce now and it isn't just Spain's bull fighting that's under Fire Mexico has a similar bull Festival where animals are force-fed alcohol and dragged across rivers in boats South Africa has um kosi ukw Young Warriors chase a bull around an enclosure and wrestle and kill the animal India has jalik KATU a traditional bull taming sport participants try to tame Bulls in order to win a prize it often leads to the death of the animal the Pharaoh Islands have a grinda drop it's a sort of Drive hunting entire PODS of whales are surrounded by boats and forced onto the shore where they are killed so it's happening across the globe animals are being tortured or killed just for the sake of entertainment countries can defend it as their culture but the point is we must evolve with time so while sports like bull fighting are steeped in Tradition its continuity in the modern world is fraught with ethical and moral challenges do you think that TR time travel is possible you may say no but what have we told you that there are scientists who are planning to make it happen they want to transport people to a distant future and thousands of participants are willing but they will not zoom through black holes they will not travel in spaceships or fancy cars bars they will be frozen the concept is called cryonics where a person's body is frozen in the hope that a future civilization will reanimate it that is the eventual aim that one day the frozen body will be rewarmed and revived kind of like a less gross version of mummification with the expectation that the mummy will come back to life now in day-to-day medicine freezing is already a useful technique albeit on a smaller scale Dr freeze blood cells bone marrow sperm and embryos but freezing a human body that's another ball game cryonics can begin only after a person is clinically and legally dead you cannot start freezing before that you have to die after death the procedure needs to happen quickly first dry ice is used to keep the body at a lower temperature so the body can can move to uh can be moved to a storage facility and once that happens the body is put in a chamber it is infused with chemicals the temperature is slowly lowered further below - 130° C this cold allows the cells to survive and the body is preserved much like people in a long-term coma except there's no no metabolism uh so to them you know no time is passing so people say well if they're not alive they must be dead well no there's kind of an in between states which is not really alive or dead uh you know by by kind of a crude analogy you have daytime and you have nighttime uh but you also have Twilight in between because they kind of shade into one another so in our view uh dying is a process and cryic stops that process it puts dying on a pause and let you go into the future where we have greater capabilities to reverse that and bring you back to life it sounds like science fiction being frozen in time then Reawakening if successful this would be a massive breakthrough but it's a very big if even the scientific Community is skeptical cryonic is generally viewed as a pseudo science in other words words quackery while it promises to defy death there is no proof there is no evidence that cryonics can revive people absolutely no guarantee or precedent the only group that you really see getting excited about the possibility are people who are sort of people who specialize in studying the distant future or people who have a stake in wanting you to pay the money to do it I don't really see any mainstream brain scientists physiologists people from psychi who study the mind they're not lining up saying I think this is a Sound Idea moreover I don't think any of them do it but this has not discouraged the enthusiasts men of Science Tech Moguls like Jeff Bezos Sam Alman Larry Pig included they've pledged hundreds of millions of dollars towards this cause 500 people have Frozen their bodies already they're now stored in Vats around the world mostly in the US 500 people have already done it more than 5,000 people want to follow follow suit they've signed up to be frozen usually the takers are uber wealthy which should not be surprising regular people have the real life to worry about not the afterlife so the also the procedure costs upwards of $200,000 the rates are lower if you just want to freeze your brain inside your severed head that happens too clearly buying Islands building rockets and planning a trip to Mars is not enough so the wealthy are not only freezing their bodies they're also freezing their assets they're creating a Revival trust it is like a trust fund except it will not be passed down Generations it will be created by and for the Frozen dead it will be saved for when they come back to life basically if you're crazy Rich then your money can be immortal too but there's a slight problem this immortality depends on a tower of assumptions and a lot of questions are you alive if your body is cryonically preserved if you are revived are you the same person in the eyes of the Lord no you cannot reverse a death certificate not yet also we don't know if the bodies are being frozen successfully so far the freezing services are crude soon after death parts of the brain stop working so imagine waking up 100 years later if you do wake up only to be a shell without a working brain kind of like a cognitive vegetable I'm still not clear how this works and cryonic does not have the answers but it promises to Never Say Never at best the concept comes through at worst we have a bunch of white walkers living amongst us about 2 million that's how many people suffer from diabetes in Australia the health concern is only growing but now Australia may have just the solution a sugar tax in other words a tax on sugar sweetened beverages like Cal drinks energy drinks and sports drinks Australia wants to raise the price of drinks with added sugar to reduce their consumption if the tax tax is implemented Australia will join 108 countries in doing so 108 countries already have a sugar tax but is it effective and how does it work here's a report every 5 minutes an Australian develops diabetes that's more than 300 people per day in total that's 1.9 million Australians understandably diabetes is a major health concern in the country especially because much of it is avoidable type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease meaning it can't be prevented but type 2 diabetes is largely preventable its causes include poor diet sedentary lifestyle and smoking yet type 2 diabetes accounts for most of the cases in austral Australia more than 1.3 million cases which is why recently diabetes became a matter of discussion in the parliament an investigation was held and subsequently a report was released it made a number of recommendations but the strongest among them is a measure that has already been adopted by 108 countries a tax on sugar sweeten beverages in simpler terms a sugar tax as the name suggests this is a tax on drinks with added sugar like soft drinks sports drinks fruit drinks and energy drinks often even fruit juice and milk-based drinks the tax raises their prices and this has a two-prong effect it is a disincentive to buyers and it encourages companies to make drinks with less or no sugar so that they can avoid the tax and how much should the tax be in Mexico there's a tax of one peso or 0.056 per liter in the UK the tax depends on the sugar content the higher the content the higher the tax while there are variations the World Health Organization has one standard advice the tax should increase the retail price of sugary drinks by at least 20% that's the recommendation to make the tax a success which brings us to the next question is sugar tax effective evidence from several Nations proves that it is it has been a success in Mex Mexico the country introduced its tax in 2014 by 2016 there was a 37% reduction in the number of drinks bought or look at the UK sugar tax was first announced in 2016 it came into force in 2018 but only 3 years after the announcement was made the amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks hared in the UK it reduced by a third in adults that's a significant drop what's more the suar tax may have prevented 5,000 cases of obesity every year it's a no-brainer that Sugar Tax Works experts know it research proves it and citizens want it according to a poll conducted by the World Health Organization a majority of people globally support increasing taxes on sugar sweetened beverages so what are the governments waiting for Australia has taken the first step in the right direction now it's time to make the deal sweeter by implementing the sugar tax and now 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