Hayao Miyazaki: Japan's godfather of animation?

Hayao Miyazaki: Japan's godfather of animation?
As Oscar-winning film Spirited Away marks its 15th anniversary with a re-release in US cinemas, the BBCs Tessa Wong looks at the impact its director Hayao Miyazaki has had on the world of animation.It would be no exaggeration to describe Hayao Miyazaki as the godfather of animation in Japan - some might even say the world.Since his directorial debut in 1979, his gentle and whimsical childrens movies have been hugely popular and become key cultural icons. Spirited Away is still Japans highest grossing movie of all time while other works like My Neighbour Totoro are considered canon. He and his company Studio Ghibli, which he founded in 1985, have often been called Japans answer to Walt Disney - but in many ways Miyazaki has proven to be a complete original.                                                                                                                      Image copyright                  2001 Studio Ghibli - NDDTM                                                                         Image caption                                      Spirited Away has been Japans highest grossing movie since its release in 2001                                                    The hallmarks of a Miyazaki film are its lush detailed landscapes and its thoughtfulness in tackling serious themes such as war, man versus nature, and identity. Firstly they are very beautiful and emotionally very honest, says animation scholar Helen McCarthy. Audiences everywhere can relate to that.Secondly, they are many-layered so that children can enjoy them, but people at later stages of life can also find meaning in them. And thirdly, they are highly individual works of art. Like and share more for more. Please subscribe. See you in different news!
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Boris Johnson: UK should not pay 'large sums' for EU trade access

Boris Johnson: UK should not pay 'large sums' for EU trade access
The UK should not have to pay large sums to the EU to trade with it after Brexit, Boris Johnson has said.The idea of the UK paying for tariff-free access to the EUs internal market has been mooted in recent days.The foreign secretary told the BBCs Andrew Marr that the question of whether the UK would pay anything at all was pure speculation, but if it did, any payments had to be sensible.Critics say leaving the single market would be an act of self-harm.Former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said remaining in the single market of 500 million customers was the least economically disruptive form of Brexit, and, in return for this, the UK should be granted powers for an emergency brake on migration from the EU.    Hard Brexit could cost Tories power UK could pay for single market access What does hard or soft Brexit mean? What are the Brexit options? Who has access to the single market? Negotiations on the terms of exit from the EU will not officially begin until the UK begins the Article 50 process - which Theresa May has said will happen by the end of March.Pressed on suggestions by his cabinet colleague, the Brexit secretary David Davis, that the UK could pay for tariff-free access to the single market, Mr Johnson - who was a prominent Leave campaigner - said he was not going to get into the minutiae before negotiations began. Like and share more for more. Please subscribe. See you in different news!
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Angela Merkel endorses burka ban 'wherever legally possible'

Angela Merkel endorses burka ban 'wherever legally possible'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the wearing of full-faced veils should be prohibited in the country wherever it is legally possible.At a meeting of her CDU party, she backed a burka ban in schools, courts and other state buildings.It is widely accepted that a total ban would violate Germanys constitution.Mrs Merkel was re-elected CDU leader but faces a tough challenge by the right-wing anti-immigration AfD party in next years polls.She has seen her approval ratings slip since her decision to allow about a million asylum seekers into Germany during last years Europe-wide migrant crisis.  However the centre-right chancellor, who has been power since 2005, still retains wide support. The politics of Germanys call for burka curbs Chancellor Merkel: Germanys shrewd survivor Guide to Muslim headscarves The Islamic veil across Europe She was re-elected Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader on Tuesday with 89.5% of the votes cast by about 1,000 delegates. Like and share more for more. Please subscribe. See you in different news!
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Who will be France's president in 2017?

Who will be France's president in 2017?
 Dozens of candidates are vying for the attention of French voters ahead of the presidential election on 23 April 2017.If none wins an outright majority, there will be a run-off vote between the two leading candidates two weeks later on 7 May.The centre-right Republicans have chosen Francois Fillon as their candidate, and opinion polls give him a lead of several percentage points over Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Front (FN). Manuel Valls leads the field of Socialists and other leftists competing to win the centre-left nomination in a primary vote in January. Other potentially weighty contenders, according to the polls, include centrists Emmanuel Macron and Francois Bayrou (though Mr Bayrou has not yet declared), and radical leftist Jean-Luc Melenchon.  President Francois Hollande, a Socialist, is not seeking a second term. Polls suggest he is very unpopular. All candidates need to be approved by the Constitutional Council. But we can already identify the frontrunners. Like and share more for more. Please subscribe. See you in different news!
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The forgotten shipwreck

The forgotten shipwreck
 An investigation by Reuters and BBC Newsnight has, for the first time, revealed the untold story of what is understood to be the biggest single shipwreck of a migrant boat in 2016. More than 500 people are believed to have died, but there has been no inquiry into the deaths.On 9 April this year, in the hold of a trawler, more than 300 people sat in the dark, feeling the boat rock in the rough sea. Among them was Muaz Ayimo, a young Ethiopian, holding on to his baby girl and his wife. On deck, a feeder fishing boat carrying 200 more migrants, chiefly from the Horn of Africa, was roped to the trawler and the fresh cargo was taken on board. The 70ft trawler, now horribly overloaded, listed to one side then the other as the panicking migrants tried to maintain the vessels balance.   But 500 people weigh roughly 10 tonnes and that weight, shifting fast, is a killer at sea. Suddenly, there was a terrible cracking sound of broken timber and then the trawler capsized.                                                                                                                                      In panic, as the trawler turned, people fell on top of Muaz, and his daughter and his wife slipped out of his hands: I keep hearing their voices and think about the times we had together.  Muaz, a strong swimmer, managed to reach the surface where he swam through dead bodies to reach the people smugglers fishing boat. There was no moon but the fishing boat had one light which he swam towards. He was hauled in and, in turn, he helped two of his friends to board. He tried to help a third but then a smuggler hit him, then threatened him with a knife - and so the man fell back into the sea. The fishing boat sailed off, leaving around 100 people still alive - still swimming - to drown. Thirty-seven people survived the sinking - including Muaz. His wife and daughter did not. They and more than 500 others perished at sea. Europol to investigate Egypt mass drowning The migration machine                                                                                                                                                           Image caption                                      Muazs wife and daughter both died in the sinking                                                    The trawler was wickedly overloaded: the charge for that is manslaughter. The abandoning of the 100 people swimming in the sea: murder. A charge that a lawyer acting on behalf of some of the families of the Egyptian victims hopes to pursue in court. But no such charges of manslaughter or murder have been brought, because there has been no proper investigation. Greece, the country where the 37 survivors landed, has not investigated - nor has any United Nations body, the European Unions frontier agency, the EU police agency, Europol, nor any maritime agency, Nato, nor the two EU naval task forces in the Mediterranean. The UN estimates that 4,663 people have died this year attempting to cross the Mediterranean. That makes it the most deadly year on record.And - just as with this sinking - the disasters are routinely not investigated. They fall into a gap in international law. Like and share more for more. Please subscribe. See you in different news!
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Austria election pits far right against veteran liberal

Austria election pits far right against veteran liberal
 The two candidates in the re-run of Austrias presidential election, Norbert Hofer of the far-right Freedom Party and the former Green politician Alexander Van der Bellen, have held their final campaign events before the vote on Sunday. If Mr Hofer wins, he would be the first far-right head of state in the EU. Traditionally, the far-right Freedom Party ends its election campaigns with a big rally at the Viktor-Adler market in the 10th district of Vienna, a working-class area. Theres beer, and a band playing Austrian-style pop and country music. But not this time.This time it was all about looking presidential.                                       Media captionBethany Bell explains why Austria is facing a Christmas presidential election Norbert Hofer, who has tended to present himself as the smooth, soft face of the Eurosceptic, anti-immigrant Freedom Party, held his final campaign appearance in the marble halls of the Vienna Stock Exchange. Standing at a podium, emblazoned with the slogan, Your Homeland Needs You Now, he gave a speech billed as the state of the nation. Like and share more for more. Please subscribe. See you in different news!
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Austria far-right candidate Norbert Hofer defeated in presidential poll

Austria far-right candidate Norbert Hofer defeated in presidential poll
 Far-right candidate Norbert Hofer has lost Austrias presidential election.On Facebook, he described himself as infinitely sad and congratulated Alexander Van der Bellen, former head of the Greens, on his victory. Although the post is ceremonial in Austria, the poll had been seen as a sign of how well populist candidates might do elsewhere in Europe.Mr Van der Bellen called the result a vote for a pro-European Austria based on freedom, equality and solidarity. Referring to the Austrian flag, he said a red-white-red signal of hope and change, a red-white-red signal today goes from Austria to all the capitals of the European Union.   Finally, you know, I will try to be an open-minded, a liberal-minded and first of all a pro-European federal president of the Republic of Austria.Sundays vote was a rerun of Mays election, which Mr Van der Bellen narrowly won but was marred by postal vote irregularities. He said there had been significant changes -  Brexit, the US election - since then, along with an increase in political interest - an enormously broad electoral movement.                                     Media captionI will try to be an open-minded, a liberal minded, and first of all a pro-European federal president - Van der Bellen His margin in May - 30,000 votes - had now increased tenfold. European Union leaders have been welcoming the result, which comes amid fears of populism undermining established parties.  European Council President Donald Tusk conveyed wholehearted congratulations while Germanys Social Democrat Vice-Chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, called the result a clear victory for reason against right-wing populism. French President Francois Hollande thanked Austria for choosing Europe and openness. France, the Netherlands and Germany all face elections next year in which anti-mainstream and anti-immigration parties are gaining ground.A referendum under way in Italy is being closely followed for further signs of anti-establishment populism, with polls suggesting a setback for centre-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Like and share more for more. Please subscribe. See you in different news!
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