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conditions apply. This

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is the Global News Podcast from the

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BBC World Service. I'm

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Paul Moss and in the early hours of

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Monday, the 22nd of April, these are our

1:14

main stories. The Israeli Prime

1:16

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that

1:18

Israel's military forces will soon step

1:20

up their attacks on Hamas. Ukraine's

1:23

President Zelensky says the new US

1:26

package of military aid could bring

1:28

victory over Russia, but delivery must

1:30

be rapid. And a

1:33

pro-China party has won a landslide

1:35

victory in the Maldives parliamentary election.

1:39

Also in this podcast, we look back at

1:42

the life of

1:49

Andrew Davis, the accomplished and

1:51

entertaining classical music conductor. Israel

2:00

and Joe Biden's administration in Washington.

2:02

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

2:04

has warned Israel will soon step

2:07

up its attacks on Hamas. Speaking

2:10

on the eve of the Passover

2:12

Jewish holiday, he said further painful

2:14

blows against Hamas were needed to

2:16

secure the release of hostages being

2:18

held in Gaza. That

2:20

is unlikely to go down well

2:22

with President Biden, who has continued

2:24

to urge caution against using excessive

2:26

force in Gaza. And

2:28

now there are reports that the administration wants

2:30

to place sanctions on a unit of the

2:32

Israeli military. The Netzah Yehuda

2:35

battalion is accused of being at

2:37

the center of several incidents of

2:39

violence against Palestinian civilians, including

2:42

the death of an elderly

2:44

Palestinian-American Omar Assad. The

2:46

Israeli Prime Minister called the reported

2:48

sanctions the height of absurdity. I

2:53

will fiercely defend the IDF, our army

2:56

and our fighters. If

2:58

anyone thinks they can impose sanctions on a

3:00

unit of the IDF, I will fight it

3:02

with all my strength. As

3:04

our soldiers are united to protect us on the

3:06

battlefield, we are united to protect

3:08

them on the political field. Together

3:11

we will fight. And with God's help,

3:13

together we will win. So

3:17

what might the U.S. measures consist

3:19

of? A diplomatic correspondent James Landale

3:21

explained to me from Jerusalem. What

3:24

we're talking about here is not sanctions in the

3:26

sort of traditional sense of sort of stopping people

3:28

buying and selling things or traveling or anything like

3:30

that. It is a very

3:32

specific thing where the United States has

3:34

this rule. It's called Lihe's Law after

3:36

the senator that came up with it.

3:39

It basically says the U.S. cannot give

3:41

military aid if there is evidence

3:43

that the people who are getting the military aid are

3:46

or have been committing human rights

3:48

violations. The State Department

3:50

for some time has been making an assessment

3:53

about whether or not a particular

3:55

battalion in the Israeli

3:57

army Had breached. Some

4:00

of those rules and had committed rights

4:02

violations. and last Friday Tony Blinken the

4:04

sixties state said at a press conference

4:06

that he had been considering this issue

4:09

for some time and he said he

4:11

says that the results very soon you

4:13

know I have made determinations. He said

4:15

this you know with actually naming the

4:17

price, name of the predict about the

4:19

time and involved but that sit there

4:22

is has running and as caused pretty

4:24

sexist backlash in know in Israel to

4:26

have any idea why the United States

4:28

might do this at this. Time I

4:30

mean dare I say it is the internal

4:32

politics within the U S serve in play

4:35

here. This is actually something the speaking on

4:37

Scotland to it's it's a long process. Most

4:39

of the allegations that have been looked at

4:41

occurred long before the October attacked by Hamas.

4:43

so this is is a long term thing

4:46

and I think it's just one of those

4:48

things are just sort of coming out. Now

4:50

there is a sort of diplomatic issues in

4:52

a you don't want to be of having

4:54

to be with your key ally in the

4:56

middle of the war but equally the same

4:59

time within the state. Department's There are.

5:01

People. Officials that he believes that

5:04

actually that was the best on

5:06

today's because it demonstrates the Us

5:08

to follow rules and gotta remember

5:10

that this is coming. I'm almost

5:12

the same twenty four as when

5:14

the United States as Representatives has

5:17

I'm authorized thirteen billion dollars have

5:19

fresh military aid to Israel. We've.

5:21

Spoken about the strains in the

5:23

relationship between Benjamin Netanyahu and and

5:25

just Joe Biden Personally this presumably

5:28

is not going to improve Matters

5:30

Met Went I mean Mr. Netanyahu

5:32

has issued a very very clear

5:34

natives objects into this Betty Dance.

5:36

Another member of the War cabinet

5:38

has some put out same say

5:41

that he spoke to Mr. Blinken

5:43

personally about it's and is urging

5:45

him to reconsider. So the Israeli

5:47

leadership are really pushing back hard

5:49

on this one. James. Landale

5:51

said we're in a finishing stretch.

5:53

The Us House of Representatives has

5:55

voted in favor of a new

5:57

military aid package for you crane.

6:00

Now it's up to the Senate

6:02

and then President Biden to approved

6:04

legislation probably in the next few

6:06

days. but the people in Ukraine

6:08

know this dithering in Washington is

6:10

not some abstract is you have

6:12

political machinations. While they been waiting

6:14

they seen Russian missiles and drones

6:16

raining down destruction without the kit

6:18

they need to send these off

6:20

and Russian land forces of also

6:22

exploited their vulnerability. Russia on Sunday

6:24

claim to have captured a frontline

6:27

village. Spoke to Nice. Got close

6:29

to the strategically. Important town of

6:31

Jersey Vr. Against this background, Ukraine's

6:33

presidents Alinsky welcome the aid package

6:36

but stressed the importance of rapid

6:38

delivery man the need for long

6:40

range weapons stairs or Ukraine Correspondent

6:43

James Ward House. Of.

6:45

The six months of a Costly Ways

6:47

Ukraine. The. News finally came from

6:49

Washington on this vote, the Asia three hundred

6:51

eleven and the Naser one hundred and twelve.

6:53

The bill was passed. President

6:58

Zielinski welcome the decision to

7:00

think this support will really

7:02

strengthen the armed forces of

7:04

a trail and will will

7:06

have a chance for the

7:08

three day. nothing was that

7:10

he is a crane really

7:12

vs of he never a

7:14

system of a longer a

7:16

share of artillery it because

7:18

we need long range weapons

7:20

to not lose people on

7:22

the frontline Mike Adams of

7:24

Arab descent wouldn't be as

7:27

a is crucial. He

7:31

maybe someday means a service of St.

7:33

Michael's Cathedral and under the Golden Dawn's

7:36

everyone seems to be aware of how

7:38

significant this news is from Washington. Go

7:40

for you, you don't go you through

7:42

of course. I'm very grateful to the

7:44

Americans as the whole have to worry

7:47

about. Even during this difficult time to

7:49

pull the elections they were able to

7:51

come to an agreement gun for you

7:53

have to follow morning this miserable move.

7:55

The underground metro will always trump the

7:58

which streets above. Are

8:03

white and never. Whole

8:06

slew. Of

8:08

rain. So.

8:11

And of office or say

8:13

I'm a bit supported it

8:16

it alone club for anyway.

8:19

Let them. Know.

8:21

Yet green and would be supersede the

8:23

results in the Yakuza. Cruz

8:26

of Ukraine survive without decent. It's

8:28

not you replace the screen the

8:30

only the aid from the Us

8:32

and European countries can save us

8:34

consumers like it's been so many

8:36

that it is impossible. We really

8:38

want house for our children to

8:41

survive. So we're waiting. Could do

8:43

to who choose to. Live

8:46

among the most of the the reason. We.

8:48

Call a beer Skulls is a

8:50

military analyst we need to upload

8:53

current that it's but we need

8:55

to sink about hypothetical eventual it

8:57

is as a next package know

8:59

of a the U S minor

9:02

be able to pass through. That's

9:04

why it's up to European states

9:06

for Uk for continental Europe to

9:08

increase production and the the able

9:11

to meet Ukraine your requirements on

9:13

the contingencies at Us is not

9:15

able to do it cause we

9:17

see that. More and more Republicans

9:20

and fortunes less skeptical towards aid for

9:22

for Ukraine will the I'm looking of.

9:24

This bill has shown is that democracy

9:26

takes time. You can be schools that

9:29

imitation of Russia doesn't have as many

9:31

political hurdles when it comes to military

9:33

spending For President Zielinski, the challenge now

9:36

is keeping the politics away from the

9:38

fighting has he'll be under pressure to

9:40

make this American package count James Ward

9:43

House in Ukraine Russia has an minced

9:45

his words in responding to America's promise

9:47

of more aid. For Ukraine and eat

9:49

his sword to touch on what is perhaps

9:52

a national rule nerve in the Us. In

9:54

a post on social media spokeswoman marie as

9:56

a car of our said the Us would

9:58

end up being human. The aged in

10:01

Ukraine just as it had been

10:03

in Vietnam and Afghanistan. In any

10:05

case, he added the extra military

10:07

aid would only lead to more

10:10

Ukrainians dying is Nicky Cardwell. Strong.

10:12

Words for Murray as a caravan

10:15

on the social media tunnel Telegrams

10:17

after the news broke that Congress

10:19

had following months of stalemates, agreed

10:21

to send billions in a to

10:23

Ukraine. She dismissed the deal as

10:26

direct supported terrorist activities and evidence

10:28

that the U S wanted Ukraine

10:30

to fight to the last Ukrainian,

10:32

and she widened her criticism think

10:35

the American soil which also contains

10:37

support for Taiwan and Israel would

10:39

exacerbate. Regional Security Crises.

10:41

Around the world, As and State

10:43

Television has focused on opposition in

10:46

the Republican policy. To the A package.

10:48

Translating clips of lawmaker mods retailer

10:51

Greens angrily accusing the Speak for

10:53

the House of Representatives my John

10:55

sense of betraying us interests the

10:58

his decision to help the they'll

11:00

pass others Focus on comments made

11:02

by the American entrepreneur one of

11:05

the men behind Propel David Sex

11:07

on X formerly known as Twitter.

11:10

He said that it would not

11:12

make any difference. And Ukraine

11:14

would fail anyone. Online Many

11:16

pro war blockers. Has stopped

11:19

to the familiar narratives that the Us

11:21

is only doing this to week and

11:23

Russia with one saying it's a warning

11:25

for Moscow to beef up it's military

11:28

preparedness ahead of a nice size of

11:30

the war. Mickey. cardwell while

11:32

russia continues to press on with

11:34

it's invasion of ukraine is also

11:36

seeking to extend its influence elsewhere

11:38

including in west africa that been

11:41

a series of military coups in

11:43

the region with regimes coming to

11:45

power that seem to be leaning

11:47

more towards moscow than the west

11:49

me there is one of those

11:51

countries and sunday sort of protest

11:53

in the northern town of either

11:55

dez people demanding that american troops

11:58

to part American

12:06

troops have been in Niger, as elsewhere

12:08

in West Africa, at least in part

12:11

to fight Islamist militants. But

12:13

France has had troops there even longer. Indeed,

12:15

Niger was a French colony until 1916. So

12:18

why have coup leaders there turned against

12:21

them now? A question I

12:23

pose to our Africa regional editor, Will

12:25

Ross. What Niger

12:27

has done since the coup

12:29

last July is look

12:32

at how it can take advantage of

12:35

what there was, this growing anti-French

12:37

sentiment, kind of use that to

12:40

push out the French who they've kind

12:42

of for a long time seen as

12:44

still using their colonial

12:47

influence in an unfair way. The

12:49

America situation is slightly different because

12:52

I don't think Niger has a

12:54

huge problem with America. I

12:56

think the Americans are pretty reluctant to stay

12:58

on in the country if

13:00

there's a significant Russian presence. There

13:03

have been these demonstrations in Nagadez

13:05

in particular calling for

13:07

the Americans to leave. But bearing in

13:10

mind the investment that the

13:12

Americans have put in, including this drone

13:14

base costing $100 million, it was

13:17

a big hub for their effort to

13:19

tackle Islamist militants. So this is quite

13:21

a big blow for the Americans. What

13:24

is the effect going to be across the region? Because

13:27

it's not just in Niger that we've seen this turn

13:29

against the West, is it? That's right. Well,

13:32

this is the big unknown really. So in Mali

13:34

and Burkina Faso, we've had a similar

13:36

pattern where there have been military coups

13:39

and then pivot towards Moscow. What

13:42

we don't know, of course, is how

13:44

the Russian influence is going to change,

13:46

if it will, the whole fight against

13:49

the Islamist militants, the authorities

13:51

in Niger, and to a certain extent, people

13:53

on the ground say, look, we've had all

13:55

this foreign intervention and it

13:57

hasn't managed to stop any

13:59

of the... the attack. So let's try Russia.

14:02

But the unknown is what would have happened

14:04

if the French hadn't been there

14:06

and the UN force hadn't

14:08

been in Mali and the Americans hadn't

14:10

been in Niger and elsewhere. We don't

14:12

know how much worse it could have

14:15

been or whether the presence of these

14:17

Western military forces is

14:19

kind of provocation to the Islamist militants

14:21

and it kind of spurs them on.

14:25

Bill Ross and as we record this

14:27

podcast the Nigerian army says that six

14:29

of its soldiers had been killed by

14:31

militants in Niger. It said two officers

14:33

were among those killed during an ambush

14:35

by what it called terrorists. An

14:38

army statement said a number of the attackers

14:40

had been killed and others were still being

14:42

pursued. There

14:44

was another battle over Chinese influence

14:46

on Sunday in the Indian Ocean

14:48

nation of the Maldives. Parliamentary elections

14:50

there seemed to have resulted in

14:52

victory for the pro-Chinese party the

14:55

People's National Congress. Lipika Pelham

14:57

reports. With its pristine

14:59

white beaches and luxury resorts the

15:01

Maldives is known to the world

15:03

as a top holiday destination. But

15:05

in recent years it has become

15:07

a geopolitical hotspot as the Indian

15:10

Ocean island nation continues its shift

15:12

towards China and away from

15:14

long-standing ties with India. Sunday's

15:17

vote was seen as a crucial

15:19

test for Mr. Muzis' plan to

15:21

press ahead with closer cooperation with

15:23

Beijing. Lipika Pelham. Millions

15:26

of people in southern China are

15:28

on alert following widespread flooding. Forecasters

15:30

say that heavy rain will continue

15:33

making conditions worse in the days

15:35

ahead. East Asia regional editor Miki

15:37

Brista has the details. One

15:39

river in Guangdong province could rise to levels

15:41

seen only once in a century peaking

15:44

at nearly six meters above the warning level.

15:47

Elsewhere people are thought to be trapped

15:49

following a series of landslides although no

15:51

deaths has so far been reported.

15:54

Transport along rivers roads and rail

15:56

has been disrupted and hundreds

15:58

of schools will be closed. on Monday. People

16:01

have already had to be rescued from

16:03

flooded homes. Chinese forecasters

16:05

said the rain is expected

16:07

to continue until at least

16:09

Tuesday. Mickey Bristow Members

16:13

of Japan's lesbian, gay, bisexual and

16:15

transgender community have been celebrating, with

16:18

Tokyo holding its annual Pride

16:20

March. But the music, dancing

16:22

and general festivities come amid

16:24

disappointment. Recent legislation in Japan

16:26

has liberalised various laws around

16:28

marriage. And yet there are

16:30

no plans to allow same-sex marriage, making

16:33

Japan the only country in the G7

16:35

group of nations to forbid this. Ella

16:38

Bicknell reports. A

16:43

parade of rainbow flags, eye-catching costumes

16:45

and elaborately decorated floats only

16:47

add to the vibrancy of

16:49

Tokyo's cherry blossomed lined streets.

16:52

The city's rainbow pride, held

16:54

in late April, is one of

16:56

the largest LGBTQ festivals in Asia.

16:58

And although its first and foremost

17:01

ace celebration, it's also an opportunity

17:03

for activism. I'm

17:07

a lesbian. I live with my partner, who's

17:09

a woman, and our toy robot. There are

17:11

various everyday worries and obstacles when you live

17:14

as a non-standard family. So

17:16

I'm taking part today to make us more visible. Public

17:20

opinion in Japan tends to be positive when

17:23

it comes to LGBTQ rights, but there

17:25

are few laws that defend them.

17:27

In fact, it wasn't till last

17:30

year that the Japanese parliament passed

17:32

its first-ever law on sexual orientation

17:34

and gender identity, promoting understanding and

17:37

avoiding unfair discrimination. As such, it

17:39

remains the only country in the

17:41

G7 that does not

17:44

legally recognise same-sex unions in

17:46

any form. Riko Nakata

17:48

is taking part in today's march. She

17:50

says it's long overdue. Well,

17:54

we're all the same. We only live one life.

17:56

We all want to live happily together with the

17:59

person we love. love. So I think it

18:01

would be good if everyone could get married

18:03

and become a family." And

18:05

she is not alone in calling

18:08

for the Japanese government to do

18:10

more. Last month, ambassadors to Japan

18:12

from six other G7 countries wrote

18:15

a joint letter to the Prime

18:17

Minister Fumio Koshida, urging him to

18:19

enact legal protections for LGBTQ people.

18:23

But the Japanese video game

18:25

company Nintendo has got ahead

18:27

of the government. Last year,

18:29

it announced its support for

18:31

same-sex marriage and said it

18:33

would recognise employees in same-sex

18:35

partnerships. Hello, Bignell

18:40

reporting there. Still

18:44

to come. I remember being

18:46

very young, probably kindergarten, and could tell

18:48

that the other kids seemed to feel

18:51

things that I just didn't. If

18:53

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18:55

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next to northern Kosovo. There's

20:08

been a referendum there over whether to

20:10

kick out four local mayors. The four

20:13

are all ethnic Albanians and

20:15

were originally elected only because ethnic Serbs,

20:17

a majority in the district, boycotted the

20:20

contest. Now the referendum on Sunday

20:22

gave voters the chance to have the four

20:24

removed, but it seems Serbs

20:26

once again boycotted the voting. And this

20:29

isn't just some minor matter of local

20:31

municipal politics. As our Balkans

20:33

correspondent Gaideloni explains, it has

20:36

wider implications. Kosovo's

20:38

international partners had hoped that the recall

20:40

of the ethnic Albanian mayors would ease

20:42

tensions and majority served north Kosovo, but

20:45

the vote turned into a farce as

20:47

Kosovo Serbs refused to take part. In

20:50

one municipality's Vecan, nobody cast a

20:52

single vote. In total, only a

20:54

few hundred people submitted ballots from

20:56

a voter list of almost 50,000.

20:59

A tiny turnout means the

21:01

mayors will remain in office. Kosovo's

21:03

authorities forcibly installed them last year,

21:06

triggering violent scenes in several municipalities.

21:08

The mayors had only gained votes

21:10

from a minuscule proportion of the

21:12

electorate due to another Serb boycott.

21:15

The US and EU wanted Pristina to

21:17

remedy what they viewed as an untenable

21:19

situation, but the Kosovo authorities dragged their

21:22

feet. They finally agreed to the recall

21:24

vote, but Serb parties said it came

21:26

with unacceptable conditions. They complained it was

21:29

unreasonable to require more than 50% of

21:32

the electorate to vote for the mayor's removal when a

21:34

mere 3% had elected

21:36

them. Kosovo's partners must now find another

21:38

solution to the problem. Gaideloni

21:41

The Prime Minister of India has made

21:44

one key promise to his country. I

21:46

will bring you economic development. That's

21:48

certainly his promise to voters, with the

21:51

country just beginning a general election, citizens

21:53

casting their ballots over the course of

21:55

six weeks. But economic development

21:57

can of course bring problems in its

22:00

wake. environmental problems in particular, and

22:02

particularly when the climate is rapidly

22:04

changing. Take Bengaluru, the

22:06

southern city formerly known as Bangalore.

22:08

It's right at the forefront of

22:10

India's new economy, something of a

22:12

tech hub. As James

22:15

Kumarasamy reports, residents there have been

22:17

learning about the drawbacks of economic

22:19

growth. We're

22:22

heading out to the eastern edges

22:24

of this rapidly expanding city in

22:27

what appears to be an almost permanent

22:29

rush hour. All around are signs of

22:31

construction and huge glass fronted buildings which

22:34

belong to tech companies

22:36

attracted to this Silicon Valley

22:38

of the East. But this

22:40

rapid expansion as well as bringing opportunities

22:42

has also brought huge challenges. At the

22:44

moment there are significantly higher temperatures than

22:47

usual for this time of year. We

22:49

are all sweltering and there's been no

22:51

rain at all for four and a

22:53

half months. Bengaluru is suffering

22:55

from a major water shortage. Hi,

22:59

I'm Zibi. I live in

23:01

Whitefield and I'm a community volunteer.

23:04

Zibi is part of a residence

23:06

group in Whitefield, a Bengaluru suburb

23:08

that's prospered and modernised with the

23:10

IT boom. But unlike

23:12

central Bengaluru, which pumps in water

23:14

from the state's main Kaveri River

23:16

around 100 kilometres away, these

23:19

residents rely largely on groundwater for

23:21

their supplies. Zibi says

23:23

the current shortage shows that's not sufficient

23:25

for the city's flood of incomeers. There

23:28

is a crisis happening in

23:30

Bangalore, especially not in

23:32

the central areas of Bangalore but in

23:34

the outer areas which are not serviced

23:36

by Kaveri, with the rains being not

23:38

so great this year. Water bodies of

23:40

Bangalore not in an optimum

23:43

state and also at the same moment

23:45

the population has increased to this point

23:47

that we are having this crisis now.

23:52

Business, somewhere, it's very

23:54

difficult. We don't

23:56

have sufficient water. those

24:00

filling the gaps. His six multi-coloured

24:02

vehicles make up one of the

24:04

many private fleets of water trucks

24:06

that rumble through the city's parking

24:08

street. They're usually filled from the

24:10

four wells that he's drilled in

24:12

a dusty parking lot. In

24:18

part, if one of his drivers fills a

24:21

6,000-litre truck, he tells us that two of

24:23

his wells have run dry, so he's had

24:25

to hike prices, and that's led to accusations

24:27

that he is part of a water mafia.

24:30

All right, time

24:32

to get into the water

24:34

truck. All right, thank

24:37

you very much. We

24:39

set off on a delivery journey with

24:41

a cab's-eye view of the city, above

24:43

us a modern raised metro system, on

24:46

the roads in front of us, dozens

24:48

of water trucks and tractors pulling water

24:50

containers. The fact they're all needed

24:52

speaks to a wider problem, says Sunita Narain,

24:54

director of the Centre for Science and Environment

24:57

in Delhi. So, Bangalore is a

24:59

classic case. It's a case of every

25:01

Indian city, and I would argue with

25:04

you, it's a case to every

25:06

city in the world, which

25:09

has had the arrogance of

25:11

thinking that it can bring water

25:14

from longer and longer distances. They

25:16

bring their water from Kaveri River, which is

25:19

100 kilometres away, where

25:21

they have to pump the water up.

25:24

They lose 50% of

25:26

the water in the transportation. Now, this

25:29

is where Bangalore, like Cape

25:31

Town, like Delhi, and like

25:33

I would argue even London,

25:36

needs to rethink, seriously rethink,

25:39

water in times of climate change.

25:42

Sunita Narain ending that report by

25:44

James Kumarasamy. Now,

25:46

if you know 20 people, it's likely

25:49

that one of them is a sociopath.

25:51

That at least is the claim of

25:53

a new book by Patric Gagni, who

25:56

diagnosed herself as suffering from the condition,

25:58

and then spent much of trying to help

26:00

others like her. She spoke to my colleague

26:02

Julian Warricka, telling him first about

26:04

the time she realized there was something different

26:07

about her. I remember

26:09

being very young, probably kindergarten, and could

26:11

tell that the other kids seemed to

26:13

feel things that I just didn't. I

26:16

had a sister, so I knew what

26:18

complex emotional development looked like,

26:20

and I knew that I wasn't on track.

26:23

As soon as I recognized that,

26:25

I also recognized that saying that

26:27

I didn't feel remorse, I didn't

26:29

experience guilt, was not met favorably.

26:31

And I think that really speaks

26:34

to how this personality type

26:36

develops. If left unchecked, this

26:38

tendency to hide, manipulate, lie about

26:40

how you feel or don't feel,

26:43

which starts out as a coping mechanism,

26:45

ultimately develops into a life strategy.

26:48

And as you continued your time at

26:50

school, how did that behavior

26:53

play out? I remember feeling

26:55

a pressure, and I couldn't

26:57

explain why, but I felt urges

27:00

to be destructive. I remember sitting

27:02

behind a little girl in school,

27:05

and she had two barrettes in her hair, and

27:07

I was feeling particularly pressurized that

27:10

day. And the impulse

27:12

was, take one of her barrettes and you'll

27:14

feel better. As soon as that barrette was

27:16

in my hand, all of the tension that

27:18

I had been experiencing evaporated. So take

27:20

it forward from there, you get older, no

27:23

doubt the behavior continues. At what point were

27:26

you able to identify whatever

27:28

was going on? I was in

27:30

a psychology class, and I heard

27:32

the instructor discuss

27:34

sociopathy, which she

27:37

described as an emotional or

27:39

a personality disorder that resulted

27:41

in individuals not being able to access

27:43

a full range of emotion, and that

27:45

they act out in an attempt to

27:47

access some emotion. And that's really when

27:49

it clicked, this sounds like this is

27:51

what's going on with me. Truly the

27:53

first time I made that connection. I

27:55

remember one day driving home, I had recently

27:58

discovered that sociopathy is belonging to me. leave

28:00

to represent five percent of the population.

28:03

And I remember feeling a sense of

28:06

sadness for them and I thought

28:08

this feels like empathy. If I

28:10

can empathize with others like me

28:12

perhaps I can grow that empathy

28:15

beyond myself to other

28:18

groups of people and I started to work at

28:20

it from that angle. And over

28:22

the years have you reached out to

28:24

fellow sociopaths and had those kinds of

28:27

conversations? I have not reached out to them but

28:29

they have reached out to me. When you

28:31

say to people, oh by the way I'm

28:33

a sociopath, what do they say? They

28:35

always smile. In terms of

28:38

the book itself, Sociopath, a Memoir, I was

28:40

struck by the word memoir because

28:42

that to me says it's all sort of behind

28:44

you whereas clearly it's not. It's

28:46

a daily thing that you're still dealing with.

28:48

Sociopathy is a mental disorder. It doesn't

28:50

really ever go away. The ways in

28:53

which I learned to manage it have

28:55

certainly evolved and it's my hope that

28:57

others like me will read this and

28:59

perhaps find their own coping mechanisms that

29:02

are constructive as opposed to destructive.

29:04

Patry Gagney talking to Julian Warricka.

29:08

Sunday was a record setting day at the

29:10

London Marathon. A greater number than ever took

29:12

part. More than 50,000 running the

29:15

42.1 kilometer course just

29:18

over 26 miles through the Capitol.

29:20

With many fundraising for charity there

29:22

were plenty of eye-catching costumes on

29:24

display. One competitor dressed as

29:26

an aeroplane others as a camel and

29:29

a shark. But the

29:31

most important record was set by the

29:33

Olympic champion Perez Chepchichir making

29:35

it the fastest time ever for a

29:38

woman. Meanwhile the men's race was won

29:40

by fellow Kenyan Alexander Mentizo

29:42

Munyao while two Swiss athletes Marcel

29:44

Hug and Catherine de Bruyne took

29:46

the wheelchair events. Joe Wilson

29:48

sent this report. The

29:54

London Marathon is sports great shared

29:57

experience. An Estimated 50,000 began. The

30:00

Elite and the six our hopefuls

30:02

were all heading for the same

30:04

finishing line in the London Marathon.

30:06

The best women run separately without

30:08

mail. Pacemakers still have to mean

30:10

says intense Racing Paris if to

30:12

tear Waited until Buckingham Palace to

30:14

make her move a break from

30:16

her rivals for the line. The

30:18

winning time was to our sixteen

30:20

minutes sixteen seconds. To

30:24

give teachers astonishment see taken nearly

30:26

a second off the previous women's

30:29

only world record. And so

30:31

has This was a daisy three upsetting

30:33

to run a lot of. I knew

30:36

we will make it but that was

30:38

other stuff into the. Me can use

30:40

Alexander Mathias Ammonia was a clear

30:42

winner in the men's race, ahead

30:44

of the vet certain Kenenisa Bekele

30:46

early in third and fourth to

30:48

British foreigners Emil Terrorists and Muhammad

30:50

Mohammed. encouraging signs of life as demo

30:53

far up in a wheelchair race

30:55

is, there were two dominant Swiss

30:57

victories catherine to Burner and muscle hooks.

30:59

They've won before, but this time

31:01

for the first time they earned

31:03

the same prize money as the other

31:05

London winners. That equality may have

31:07

been the Marsans most significant. Advance

31:10

Joe Wilson Classical Music doctors sometimes

31:12

have a reputation for being brother

31:14

moody difficult to work with Babs,

31:16

but that was never said about

31:19

Andrew Davies, the acclaim maestro who's

31:21

just died at the age of

31:23

eighty. If Sir Andrew had any

31:25

particular reputation, it was for having

31:28

a lighthearted approach, willing to indulge,

31:30

had indeed amuse both is orchestras

31:32

am a routine says that Culture

31:34

Correspondent new in Nz reports. on

31:44

today's is conducting at the bbc problems

31:46

in two thousand and twenty two one

31:48

of many times he did so as

31:50

a career that spanned sister yes the

31:53

much less my stylist one of the

31:55

longest serving chief conductors of the bbc

31:57

symphony orchestra he also brought him to

32:00

his performances. The last

32:02

night of the proms is a joyous and

32:04

sometimes raucous highlight of the British Cultural Year,

32:07

and in 1992 he delighted the

32:09

audience by singing the traditional conductor's

32:11

speech to a much-loved Gilbert and

32:14

Sullivan tune. I trust that one can say

32:16

it without fear of being cavalier. These concerts

32:18

simply wouldn't be the same without this rebel

32:20

here. And yes, in this moment it's promenadeable

32:22

and esophore. This is the very model of

32:24

a modern music festival. Sir

32:27

Andrew performed a wide range of repertoire

32:29

ranging from contemporary to baroque. Speaking

32:32

to the BBC in 1986, he

32:34

said he enjoyed every single concert. It's funny, sometimes

32:37

one isn't even feeling like he did something, like,

32:39

oh my god, I've got to have a concert

32:41

tonight. And then you walk out on stage and

32:43

there's something really magic can happen for no reason.

32:45

I mean, you may be feeling physically tired, but

32:47

it's that sort of unpredictability

32:50

of making music. And of course,

32:52

any re-creative art is

32:54

extraordinary because no two performances are ever the same. After

32:57

retiring from the BBC, Sir Andrew

32:59

moved to Chicago, which is where

33:01

he died from leukemia. Tributes for

33:03

him have flooded in, including from

33:05

the director of BBC Proms, David

33:07

Pickard. He said Sir Andrew's

33:09

enthusiasm for music knew no bands

33:11

and all his performances were to

33:13

be cherished. Nor

33:16

an Angie on the life of the acclaimed British

33:18

conductor, Sir Andrew Davies, who's died at the age

33:21

of 80. And

33:24

that's all from us for now, but there'll be a

33:26

new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If

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