Podcasts about Timor

Send us Fan MailSeptember 1999. On the small south-east Asian island of Timor, demands for independence from Indonesia which had ruled over the population there since annexing it in 1976 had grown to such an extent as to spark open violence between those who wished to remain Indonesian and those who wanted the island to take control of its own future. This forced the United Nations to intervene, creating a peacekeeping force predominantly led by Australian defence forces to intervene and secure an open and fair referendum on independence. To assist with this difficult task, the Australian government turned to its two longest and most natural allies namely New Zealand and the United Kingdom for assistance. Dubbed the International Force for East Timor or INTERFET, it included a special operations detachment which arrived in theatre aboard a Royal Australian Air Force C-130 Hercules transport flying out of Darwin, Australia. Disembarking from the aircraft in their specially modified Land Rover Defenders was the small British contingent of around 20 troops who were captured briefly on camera by a news crew. For the British civilian population back home, this was one of the first real glimpses they'd had of arguably their country's most secretive special forces units – the Special Boat Squadron or SBS. In this episode, we are going to examine the often-overlooked origins of the SBS and cast some light on this most shadowy of groups. Welcome to Wars of the World.Support the show

Tinha 28 anos em 74, estava desde 1969 na SEDES, ajudou a fundar o PSD. Fez a tropa em Timor,filmou a ilha com o "repórter de imagem" José Ramos Horta.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jornalista e ex-diretora do Público, decidiu aos 17 anos que queria escrever. A profissão levou-a a cenários de guerra, foi correspondente em Nova Iorque e, mais tarde, rumou a Timor, onde deu formação a jornalistas.

In this episode of the Animals at Home Podcast, I'm joined by reptile keeper and podcast host Adam Sehy for a wide-ranging conversation about reptile keeping, outdoor husbandry, podcasting, breeding decisions, and balancing reptiles with real life.We discuss Adam's journey into reptiles and podcasting, how his show evolved from a curiosity-driven learning project into a successful reptile media platform, and why he recently decided to scale back recording frequency to focus more on family and avoiding burnout.We also take a deep dive into Adam's current collection, including Argentine boas, jungle carpet pythons, diamond pythons, blood pythons, Timor pythons, and Texas indigos. Adam shares his philosophy on keeping a smaller, more intentional collection, his preference for natural-looking animals over morphs, and how he evaluates whether or not an animal should be bred.One of the most fascinating parts of the episode centers around Adam's outdoor reptile enclosures in Florida.We discuss:Keeping diamond pythons outdoors through winter cold snapsNatural temperature cycling and fasting periodsEnclosure construction and insulationPredator and parasite preventionMonitoring temperatures with sensorsThe risks and rewards of outdoor reptile keepingWe also touch on:The evolution of reptile husbandry over the yearsLessons learned from old reptile forumsPodcasting in the reptile spaceSocial media and reptile content creationHealth, fitness, and balancing hobbies with life responsibilitiesSHOW NOTES: https://www.animalsathomenetwork.com/251-adam-sehy/SPONSORS: Visit The BioDude: https://www.thebiodude.com/ Visit Zoo Med Labs here: https://zoomed.com/JOIN US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/animalsathomeLINKS FROM THE EPISODE:https://www.youtube.com/@Snake_Boihttps://www.instagram.com/official_snake_boi/https://www.facebook.com/adam.sehy/00:00 Intro02:27 Adam's podcast journey & reducing episode frequency9:55 How reptile podcasting changed his husbandry philosophy34:52 Growing up with reptiles & early keeping experiences52:40 Adam's Collection 1:01:08 Why Adam Won't Breed His Jungle Carpet Python1:08:20 Why Argentine Boas are Amazing1:21:45 Diamond pythons outdoors in Florida & Sub Zero Cold Snap1:43:42 Texas indigo snakes & feeding challenges1:49:20 Social media, reptile content & podcasting culture1:55:25 Where to find Adam & closing thoughts

Ngày 11/04/2026, nhân chuyến thăm chính thức Tòa Thánh, chủ tịch Quốc Hội Việt Nam Trần Thanh Mẫn đã chuyển bức thư của tổng bí thư kiêm chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm mời giáo hoàng Lêô XIV đến thăm chính thức Việt Nam “trong thời gian tới”. Chưa biết chuyến thăm đầu tiên của một giáo hoàng tại Việt Nam sẽ diễn ra vào lúc nào, nhưng lời mời của ông Tô Lâm đánh dấu một bước mới trong quan hệ giữa Hà Nội và Vatican, cho thấy hai bên tiến gần hơn bao giờ hết đến bình thường hóa bang giao, bị gián đoạn từ cách đây hơn 50 năm.  RFI Tiếng Việt phỏng vấn giảng viên lịch sử Đông Nam Á Trần Thị Liên Claire, chuyên gia về lịch sử Công Giáo Việt Nam, Đại học Paris Cité. RFI: Xin chào bà Trần Thị Liên Claire. Trước hết bà đánh giá như thế nào về lời của ông Tô Lâm gởi cho giáo hoàng Lêô XIV? Tác động của chuyến thăm này đối với Giáo hội Công giáo Việt Nam sẽ như thế nào? Trần Thị Liên Claire: “Lời mời của chủ tịch nước kiêm tổng bí thư đảng Tô Lâm thực sự rất quan trọng, nhưng đây không phải là lần đầu tiên, vì chủ tịch nước Võ Văn Thưởng đã từng mời giáo hoàng Phanxicô vào tháng 12/2023, nhưng chuyến thăm đã không thể được thực hiện. Lời mời này thực sự là một phần của mối quan hệ ngoại giao đang phát triển giữa Việt Nam và Vatican. Đã có rất nhiều chuyến thăm chính thức của các đại diện cấp cao nhất của Việt Nam tại Roma, gồm cả tổng bí thư, chủ tịch nước hay thủ tướng. Năm ngoái, phó chủ tịch nước Võ Thị Ánh Xuân đã đến thăm Vatican vào tháng 6. Vì vậy, đây thực sự là một điều đã được duy trì trong nhiều năm. Đối với người Việt Nam, chuyến thăm này đã được mong đợi từ rất lâu. Mọi người đã nghĩ rằng khi đi thăm Indonesia và Singapore vào năm ngoái, giáo hoàng Phanxicô sẽ đến Việt Nam, nhưng chuyến đi đó đã không diễn do tổng bí thư Nguyễn Phú Trọng qua đời và quá trình kế nhiệm phải mất một thời gian. Các Giáo hoàng đã đến thăm tất cả các nước châu Á khác mà chưa thăm Việt Nam, trong khi Việt Nam có một trong những cộng đồng Công Giáo lớn nhất tính về tỷ lệ phần trăm. Vì vậy, chuyến thăm của giáo hoàng thực sự là một tín hiệu vô cùng quan trọng đối với Việt Nam, và nhất là là đối với người Công Giáo Việt Nam. Thậm chí tôi có thể nói, chuyến thăm này mang tính biểu tượng không chỉ đối với người Công Giáo mà còn đối với toàn thể người dân Việt Nam, bởi vì trong một thời gian rất dài, các nhà cầm quyền, dù là vào thời phong kiến hay dưới chế độ Cộng sản, thường nhìn thiểu số Công giáo Việt Nam với sự nghi ngờ, và ngược lại, các nhà cầm quyền lại bị coi là chống Công Giáo. Vì vậy, chuyến thăm này sẽ thực sự chấm dứt những nghi ngờ từ cả hai phía và mở ra một chương mới trong lịch sử Việt Nam và lịch sử Giáo hội tại Việt Nam. Chắc chắn là như vậy.”  RFI: Theo bà thì lời mời giáo hoàng Lêô XIV sang thăm Việt Nam có sẽ thúc đẩy tiến trình bình thường hóa giữa Hà Nội với Vatican? Trần Thị Liên Claire: “Cả hai phía Vatican và Hà Nội đều đã nỗ lực làm việc trong một thời gian dài cho quá trình bình thường hóa quan hệ, vốn đã bị cắt đứt từ năm 1975. Các nhóm công tác hỗn hợp Việt Nam - Tòa Thánh đã họp từ năm 2009. Họ họp hàng năm, khi thì ở Roma, khi thì ở Hà Nội. Nhóm này đã hoàn tất cuộc họp thứ 13 và đang giải quyết nhiều vấn đề. Trước hết là vấn đề bổ nhiệm các giám mục, rồi đến vấn đề nhà đất của Giáo hội. Có nhiều chủ đề quan trọng khác như giáo dục và thành lập trường đại học Công giáo, nhưng một trong những chủ đề chính của nhóm công tác hỗn hợp là tái lập quan hệ ngoại giao.  Lời mời giáo hoàng thăm Việt Nam là một dấu hiệu của việc hai bên sắp tái lập bang giao, dù nó diễn ra trước hay sau chuyến thăm. Dầu sao thì chuyến thăm chắc chắn sẽ diễn ra vào cuối năm 2026 hoặc năm 2027, vì lời mời này trùng với Ngày Giới trẻ Thế giới, dự kiến ​​diễn ra vào tháng 8/ 2027 tại Seoul. Hơn nữa, kể từ năm 2024, đã có một đại diện thường trú của giáo hoàng ở Việt Nam, tuy chưa phải là sứ thần, đó là Đức ông Marek Zalewski, trước đây là đại diện không thường trú của giáo hoàng tại Việt Nam, trú tại Singapore. Đây thực sự sẽ là một sự kiện lớn: Việt Nam sẽ là quốc gia Cộng sản duy nhất ở châu Á có sứ thần Tòa Thánh và thiết lập quan hệ chính thức với Vatican. Dường như Hồng y Parolin, Quốc vụ khanh của Vatican, giống như là thủ tướng của Tòa Thánh, hiểu rất rõ về Việt Nam. Ngài đã đến Việt Nam từ năm 2009 để quản lý quan hệ giữa hai bên và dường như sẽ đến thăm Việt Nam trong năm 2026. Ngài thực sự là người kiến ​​tạo nên mối quan hệ này. Hồng y Parolin thường nói Việt Nam và tình trạng quan hệ giữa hai bên thực sự là một kiểu mẫu, thậm chí là kiểu mẫu cho quan hệ ngoại giao tương lai với Trung Quốc. Việt Nam thực sự là một điển hình về khả năng hiểu biết nhau và khả năng đối thoại từ cả hai phía, cho dù hai bên không phải lúc nào cũng đồng ý về một số điểm. Thực sự đã có một khả năng đối thoại được phát triển kể từ năm 2009, và đây là kết quả của một thời gian dài gặp gỡ và đàm phán, là kết quả của các ê kíp ngoại giao Việt Nam - Tòa Thánh và đặc biệt là của Hồng y Parolin.”  RFI: Thưa bà, trong quan hệ giữa Việt Nam với Vatican hiện nay, còn những vấn đề nào cần được giải quyết để khai thông mọi bế tắc còn cản trở việc bình thường hóa bang giao? Trần Thị Liên Claire: “Đúng là quan hệ giữa hai bên không phải lúc nào cũng suôn sẻ. Năm 2025 là giai đoạn rất bất ổn, với việc chủ tịch nước Võ Văn Thưởng mất chức và trước đó là cái chết của tổng bí thư Nguyễn Phú Trọng, dẫn đến việc cựu bộ trưởng công an Tô Lâm lên nắm quyền. Tất nhiên mọi chuyện không hoàn toàn dễ dàng trong quan hệ giữa Việt Nam với Tòa Thánh, cả hai phía đều giải quyết vấn đề không phải một cách toàn diện, mà là một cách thực dụng và theo từng trường hợp cụ thể. Vấn đề nhà đất thực sự được giải quyết theo từng trường hợp cụ thể và tất nhiên là không phải ở mọi nơi. Vấn đề bổ nhiệm các giám mục thì theo một quy trình nay đã trôi chảy. Cụ thể, Vatican đề xuất tên của ba vị và sau đó chính phủ sẽ chọn một trong ba vị đó. Vì vậy, về điểm này, họ đã đạt được tiến bộ đáng kể.  Vẫn còn nhiều vấn đề cần giải quyết, nhưng chính sự hiện diện thường trực của một đại diện Tòa Thánh đã góp phần rất lớn vào việc cải thiện đối thoại. Đối với chính phủ Việt Nam, mong muốn của họ chính là thể hiện mình là một cường quốc tầm trung đáng nể, có khả năng đàm phán với Vatican và, theo một cách nào đó, đảm bảo rằng người Công Giáo luôn trung thành với chính quyền, đặc biệt là thông qua các mối quan hệ chính thức này. Vatican thì tìm cách duy trì mối quan hệ tốt để cộng đồng thiểu số Công Giáo, chiếm 7% dân số, có những điều kiện tốt nhất có thể cho việc thực hành tôn giáo trong một quốc gia Cộng sản.” RFI: Theo bà, Giáo hội Việt Nam có tầm quan trọng như thế nào đối với Tòa Thánh, nhất là nếu hai bên tiến tới tái lập quan hệ ngoại giao? Trần Thị Liên Claire: Việt Nam là một trong những quốc gia có tỷ lệ người Công giáo tuy không bằng các nước Mỹ Latinh hay một số nước châu Phi, nhưng đứng hàng thứ tư châu Á sau Đông Timor (98%), Philippines (80%) và Hàn Quốc (11,3%), cao hơn đáng kể so với Trung Quốc (1%). Hơn nữa, Giáo hội ở Việt Nam cũng là một trong những Giáo hội năng động nhất, với số giáo sĩ thuộc hàng đông đảo nhất châu Á. Vì vậy, Việt Nam thực sự rất quan trọng đối với Vatican, và như tôi đã nói, đó cũng là một dạng thử nghiệm cho quan hệ giữa Tòa Thánh với Trung Quốc, vốn phức tạp hơn nhiều. Vatican rất coi trọng kinh nghiệm về quan hệ với Việt Nam và về sự thành công, nếu họ thiết lập được quan hệ ngoại giao.  Tất nhiên, mọi việc vẫn chưa ngã ngũ, chúng ta vẫn phải xem điều gì sẽ xảy ra trong hai năm 2026-2027. Nhưng lời mời tổng bí thư và tân chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm rất quan trọng, nhất là vì chúng tôi thấy việc ông thâu tóm quyền hành đã gặp khó khăn hơn dự kiến, và chúng tôi không biết liệu điều đó có ảnh hưởng đến mối quan hệ này hay không.  Thực tế chúng ta có thể thấy rõ kể từ năm 2009, bất chấp mọi thay đổi và đặc biệt là trong bối cảnh quốc tế nhiều biến động, hai nhóm nhà ngoại giao tại Hà Nội và Roma đã gặp gỡ thường xuyên và xây dựng được năng lực đối thoại rất tốt. Điều này khá độc đáo đối với Việt Nam, không như các nước cộng sản khác trong khu vực, dù là Bắc Triều Tiên hay Trung Quốc. Đây quả là một trường hợp đặc biệt đối với Vatican, và tôi xin nhắc lại, Đức ông Parolin rất thân thiết với Việt Nam, rất được các nhà ngoại giao Việt Nam nể trọng, và điều này đã góp phần quan trọng vào tiến trình dẫn đến  lời mời này. Tất nhiên, mọi việc chưa ngã ngũ, nhưng dù sao đi nữa, các tín hữu Công giáo Việt Nam đã chờ đợi rất lâu và có lẽ vẫn khó tin rằng chuyến thăm đó cuối cùng sẽ diễn ra.”  RFI: Đối với chính quyền Hà Nội, lợi ích đối với họ là gì, nếu Việt Nam được tiếp đón giáo hoàng và bình thường hóa bang giao với Tòa Thánh? Trần Thị Liên Claire: ”Tất nhiên, như tôi đã nói, không thể so sánh với các nước lớn như Trung Quốc, Hoa Kỳ hay các nước châu Âu. Nhưng xét từ cả góc độ quốc tế và trong nước, tôi xin nhắc lại, thiết lập quan hệ chính thức với Vatican cũng sẽ đảm bảo lòng trung thành của người Công Giáo đối với chính quyền Việt Nam. Và mục tiêu của họ, sau cùng, là duy trì quyền lực của đảng độc quyền lãnh đạo. Vì vậy, trước hết và trên hết, họ mong muốn trở thành một cường quốc kinh tế đáng kể - đó là ưu tiên - nhưng cũng là một cường quốc được quốc tế công nhận. Tóm lại, tôi cho rằng đây sẽ là một sự kiện lịch sử, bởi vì đã hơn 50 năm Việt Nam không có sứ thần Tòa Thánh và chưa từng có chuyến thăm nào của Giáo hoàng trong toàn bộ lịch sử Việt Nam. Trên bình diện chính trị và địa chính trị, đây là một thành công đối với cả ba chủ thể chính: Vatican, Nhà nước Việt Nam và Giáo hội Việt Nam. Và vì vậy, xét về mặt tôn giáo, tất nhiên đối với người Công giáo Việt Nam, đây là sự công nhận tầm quan trọng của Giáo hội Việt Nam trong Giáo hội châu Á.”

Ngày 11/04/2026, nhân chuyến thăm chính thức Tòa Thánh, chủ tịch Quốc Hội Việt Nam Trần Thanh Mẫn đã chuyển bức thư của tổng bí thư kiêm chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm mời giáo hoàng Lêô XIV đến thăm chính thức Việt Nam “trong thời gian tới”. Chưa biết chuyến thăm đầu tiên của một giáo hoàng tại Việt Nam sẽ diễn ra vào lúc nào, nhưng lời mời của ông Tô Lâm đánh dấu một bước mới trong quan hệ giữa Hà Nội và Vatican, cho thấy hai bên tiến gần hơn bao giờ hết đến bình thường hóa bang giao, bị gián đoạn từ cách đây hơn 50 năm.  RFI Tiếng Việt phỏng vấn giảng viên lịch sử Đông Nam Á Trần Thị Liên Claire, chuyên gia về lịch sử Công Giáo Việt Nam, Đại học Paris Cité. RFI: Xin chào bà Trần Thị Liên Claire. Trước hết bà đánh giá như thế nào về lời của ông Tô Lâm gởi cho giáo hoàng Lêô XIV? Tác động của chuyến thăm này đối với Giáo hội Công giáo Việt Nam sẽ như thế nào? Trần Thị Liên Claire: “Lời mời của chủ tịch nước kiêm tổng bí thư đảng Tô Lâm thực sự rất quan trọng, nhưng đây không phải là lần đầu tiên, vì chủ tịch nước Võ Văn Thưởng đã từng mời giáo hoàng Phanxicô vào tháng 12/2023, nhưng chuyến thăm đã không thể được thực hiện. Lời mời này thực sự là một phần của mối quan hệ ngoại giao đang phát triển giữa Việt Nam và Vatican. Đã có rất nhiều chuyến thăm chính thức của các đại diện cấp cao nhất của Việt Nam tại Roma, gồm cả tổng bí thư, chủ tịch nước hay thủ tướng. Năm ngoái, phó chủ tịch nước Võ Thị Ánh Xuân đã đến thăm Vatican vào tháng 6. Vì vậy, đây thực sự là một điều đã được duy trì trong nhiều năm. Đối với người Việt Nam, chuyến thăm này đã được mong đợi từ rất lâu. Mọi người đã nghĩ rằng khi đi thăm Indonesia và Singapore vào năm ngoái, giáo hoàng Phanxicô sẽ đến Việt Nam, nhưng chuyến đi đó đã không diễn do tổng bí thư Nguyễn Phú Trọng qua đời và quá trình kế nhiệm phải mất một thời gian. Các Giáo hoàng đã đến thăm tất cả các nước châu Á khác mà chưa thăm Việt Nam, trong khi Việt Nam có một trong những cộng đồng Công Giáo lớn nhất tính về tỷ lệ phần trăm. Vì vậy, chuyến thăm của giáo hoàng thực sự là một tín hiệu vô cùng quan trọng đối với Việt Nam, và nhất là là đối với người Công Giáo Việt Nam. Thậm chí tôi có thể nói, chuyến thăm này mang tính biểu tượng không chỉ đối với người Công Giáo mà còn đối với toàn thể người dân Việt Nam, bởi vì trong một thời gian rất dài, các nhà cầm quyền, dù là vào thời phong kiến hay dưới chế độ Cộng sản, thường nhìn thiểu số Công giáo Việt Nam với sự nghi ngờ, và ngược lại, các nhà cầm quyền lại bị coi là chống Công Giáo. Vì vậy, chuyến thăm này sẽ thực sự chấm dứt những nghi ngờ từ cả hai phía và mở ra một chương mới trong lịch sử Việt Nam và lịch sử Giáo hội tại Việt Nam. Chắc chắn là như vậy.”  RFI: Theo bà thì lời mời giáo hoàng Lêô XIV sang thăm Việt Nam có sẽ thúc đẩy tiến trình bình thường hóa giữa Hà Nội với Vatican? Trần Thị Liên Claire: “Cả hai phía Vatican và Hà Nội đều đã nỗ lực làm việc trong một thời gian dài cho quá trình bình thường hóa quan hệ, vốn đã bị cắt đứt từ năm 1975. Các nhóm công tác hỗn hợp Việt Nam - Tòa Thánh đã họp từ năm 2009. Họ họp hàng năm, khi thì ở Roma, khi thì ở Hà Nội. Nhóm này đã hoàn tất cuộc họp thứ 13 và đang giải quyết nhiều vấn đề. Trước hết là vấn đề bổ nhiệm các giám mục, rồi đến vấn đề nhà đất của Giáo hội. Có nhiều chủ đề quan trọng khác như giáo dục và thành lập trường đại học Công giáo, nhưng một trong những chủ đề chính của nhóm công tác hỗn hợp là tái lập quan hệ ngoại giao.  Lời mời giáo hoàng thăm Việt Nam là một dấu hiệu của việc hai bên sắp tái lập bang giao, dù nó diễn ra trước hay sau chuyến thăm. Dầu sao thì chuyến thăm chắc chắn sẽ diễn ra vào cuối năm 2026 hoặc năm 2027, vì lời mời này trùng với Ngày Giới trẻ Thế giới, dự kiến ​​diễn ra vào tháng 8/ 2027 tại Seoul. Hơn nữa, kể từ năm 2024, đã có một đại diện thường trú của giáo hoàng ở Việt Nam, tuy chưa phải là sứ thần, đó là Đức ông Marek Zalewski, trước đây là đại diện không thường trú của giáo hoàng tại Việt Nam, trú tại Singapore. Đây thực sự sẽ là một sự kiện lớn: Việt Nam sẽ là quốc gia Cộng sản duy nhất ở châu Á có sứ thần Tòa Thánh và thiết lập quan hệ chính thức với Vatican. Dường như Hồng y Parolin, Quốc vụ khanh của Vatican, giống như là thủ tướng của Tòa Thánh, hiểu rất rõ về Việt Nam. Ngài đã đến Việt Nam từ năm 2009 để quản lý quan hệ giữa hai bên và dường như sẽ đến thăm Việt Nam trong năm 2026. Ngài thực sự là người kiến ​​tạo nên mối quan hệ này. Hồng y Parolin thường nói Việt Nam và tình trạng quan hệ giữa hai bên thực sự là một kiểu mẫu, thậm chí là kiểu mẫu cho quan hệ ngoại giao tương lai với Trung Quốc. Việt Nam thực sự là một điển hình về khả năng hiểu biết nhau và khả năng đối thoại từ cả hai phía, cho dù hai bên không phải lúc nào cũng đồng ý về một số điểm. Thực sự đã có một khả năng đối thoại được phát triển kể từ năm 2009, và đây là kết quả của một thời gian dài gặp gỡ và đàm phán, là kết quả của các ê kíp ngoại giao Việt Nam - Tòa Thánh và đặc biệt là của Hồng y Parolin.”  RFI: Thưa bà, trong quan hệ giữa Việt Nam với Vatican hiện nay, còn những vấn đề nào cần được giải quyết để khai thông mọi bế tắc còn cản trở việc bình thường hóa bang giao? Trần Thị Liên Claire: “Đúng là quan hệ giữa hai bên không phải lúc nào cũng suôn sẻ. Năm 2025 là giai đoạn rất bất ổn, với việc chủ tịch nước Võ Văn Thưởng mất chức và trước đó là cái chết của tổng bí thư Nguyễn Phú Trọng, dẫn đến việc cựu bộ trưởng công an Tô Lâm lên nắm quyền. Tất nhiên mọi chuyện không hoàn toàn dễ dàng trong quan hệ giữa Việt Nam với Tòa Thánh, cả hai phía đều giải quyết vấn đề không phải một cách toàn diện, mà là một cách thực dụng và theo từng trường hợp cụ thể. Vấn đề nhà đất thực sự được giải quyết theo từng trường hợp cụ thể và tất nhiên là không phải ở mọi nơi. Vấn đề bổ nhiệm các giám mục thì theo một quy trình nay đã trôi chảy. Cụ thể, Vatican đề xuất tên của ba vị và sau đó chính phủ sẽ chọn một trong ba vị đó. Vì vậy, về điểm này, họ đã đạt được tiến bộ đáng kể.  Vẫn còn nhiều vấn đề cần giải quyết, nhưng chính sự hiện diện thường trực của một đại diện Tòa Thánh đã góp phần rất lớn vào việc cải thiện đối thoại. Đối với chính phủ Việt Nam, mong muốn của họ chính là thể hiện mình là một cường quốc tầm trung đáng nể, có khả năng đàm phán với Vatican và, theo một cách nào đó, đảm bảo rằng người Công Giáo luôn trung thành với chính quyền, đặc biệt là thông qua các mối quan hệ chính thức này. Vatican thì tìm cách duy trì mối quan hệ tốt để cộng đồng thiểu số Công Giáo, chiếm 7% dân số, có những điều kiện tốt nhất có thể cho việc thực hành tôn giáo trong một quốc gia Cộng sản.” RFI: Theo bà, Giáo hội Việt Nam có tầm quan trọng như thế nào đối với Tòa Thánh, nhất là nếu hai bên tiến tới tái lập quan hệ ngoại giao? Trần Thị Liên Claire: Việt Nam là một trong những quốc gia có tỷ lệ người Công giáo tuy không bằng các nước Mỹ Latinh hay một số nước châu Phi, nhưng đứng hàng thứ tư châu Á sau Đông Timor (98%), Philippines (80%) và Hàn Quốc (11,3%), cao hơn đáng kể so với Trung Quốc (1%). Hơn nữa, Giáo hội ở Việt Nam cũng là một trong những Giáo hội năng động nhất, với số giáo sĩ thuộc hàng đông đảo nhất châu Á. Vì vậy, Việt Nam thực sự rất quan trọng đối với Vatican, và như tôi đã nói, đó cũng là một dạng thử nghiệm cho quan hệ giữa Tòa Thánh với Trung Quốc, vốn phức tạp hơn nhiều. Vatican rất coi trọng kinh nghiệm về quan hệ với Việt Nam và về sự thành công, nếu họ thiết lập được quan hệ ngoại giao.  Tất nhiên, mọi việc vẫn chưa ngã ngũ, chúng ta vẫn phải xem điều gì sẽ xảy ra trong hai năm 2026-2027. Nhưng lời mời tổng bí thư và tân chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm rất quan trọng, nhất là vì chúng tôi thấy việc ông thâu tóm quyền hành đã gặp khó khăn hơn dự kiến, và chúng tôi không biết liệu điều đó có ảnh hưởng đến mối quan hệ này hay không.  Thực tế chúng ta có thể thấy rõ kể từ năm 2009, bất chấp mọi thay đổi và đặc biệt là trong bối cảnh quốc tế nhiều biến động, hai nhóm nhà ngoại giao tại Hà Nội và Roma đã gặp gỡ thường xuyên và xây dựng được năng lực đối thoại rất tốt. Điều này khá độc đáo đối với Việt Nam, không như các nước cộng sản khác trong khu vực, dù là Bắc Triều Tiên hay Trung Quốc. Đây quả là một trường hợp đặc biệt đối với Vatican, và tôi xin nhắc lại, Đức ông Parolin rất thân thiết với Việt Nam, rất được các nhà ngoại giao Việt Nam nể trọng, và điều này đã góp phần quan trọng vào tiến trình dẫn đến  lời mời này. Tất nhiên, mọi việc chưa ngã ngũ, nhưng dù sao đi nữa, các tín hữu Công giáo Việt Nam đã chờ đợi rất lâu và có lẽ vẫn khó tin rằng chuyến thăm đó cuối cùng sẽ diễn ra.”  RFI: Đối với chính quyền Hà Nội, lợi ích đối với họ là gì, nếu Việt Nam được tiếp đón giáo hoàng và bình thường hóa bang giao với Tòa Thánh? Trần Thị Liên Claire: ”Tất nhiên, như tôi đã nói, không thể so sánh với các nước lớn như Trung Quốc, Hoa Kỳ hay các nước châu Âu. Nhưng xét từ cả góc độ quốc tế và trong nước, tôi xin nhắc lại, thiết lập quan hệ chính thức với Vatican cũng sẽ đảm bảo lòng trung thành của người Công Giáo đối với chính quyền Việt Nam. Và mục tiêu của họ, sau cùng, là duy trì quyền lực của đảng độc quyền lãnh đạo. Vì vậy, trước hết và trên hết, họ mong muốn trở thành một cường quốc kinh tế đáng kể - đó là ưu tiên - nhưng cũng là một cường quốc được quốc tế công nhận. Tóm lại, tôi cho rằng đây sẽ là một sự kiện lịch sử, bởi vì đã hơn 50 năm Việt Nam không có sứ thần Tòa Thánh và chưa từng có chuyến thăm nào của Giáo hoàng trong toàn bộ lịch sử Việt Nam. Trên bình diện chính trị và địa chính trị, đây là một thành công đối với cả ba chủ thể chính: Vatican, Nhà nước Việt Nam và Giáo hội Việt Nam. Và vì vậy, xét về mặt tôn giáo, tất nhiên đối với người Công giáo Việt Nam, đây là sự công nhận tầm quan trọng của Giáo hội Việt Nam trong Giáo hội châu Á.”

Life Lessons From Jeremiah Pt. 2: Be On Mission By Louie Marsh, 5-10-2026   IF I'M GOING TO SERVE GOD…   1) It helps to know WHAT I'm supposed to do!   See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant." Jeremiah 1:10 (ESV)   The three pairs of verbs-pull up/tear down, take apart/demolish, build/plant-are all-involving. In the way of faith we do not escape because it is too much for us; we plunge into it because we are commanded and equipped. It is not our feelings that determine our level of participation in life, nor our experience that qualifies us for what we will do and be; it is what God decides about us.   · To uproot and tear down   "13He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up." (Matthew 15:13, ESV)   "7If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, 8and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it." (Jeremiah 18:7–8, ESV)   • Sin-corrupted structures must be pulled up at the roots (Jeremiah 18:7-8; Matthew 15:13).   • "Tear down" pictures dismantling false worship, injustice, and empty confidence.   · To destroy and overthrow   "52he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate;" (Luke 1:52, ESV)   • Intensified verbs stress total demolition of prideful kingdoms.   • Nothing withstands the Lord's decree—not Jerusalem's walls, Babylon's empire, nor modern idols (Jeremiah 25:29; Luke 1:52).   • Destruction here is mercy: it halts evil before it devours further   · To build and plant   "6I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not pluck them up." (Jeremiah 24:6, ESV)   • Judgment clears ground for restoration.   • "Build" promises stability; "plant" promises fruitfulness.   • God never leaves ruins unattended; His ultimate aim is a people and a place flourishing under His reign. · This is Jeremiah's MISSION STATEMENT.   Other Biblical Mission Statements:   John the Baptist;    A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah 40:3 (ESV)    Jesus:   "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."  And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." Luke 4:18-21 (ESV)   Paul:   But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you, delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles— to whom I am sending you to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.' Acts 26:16-18 (ESV)   For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. 1 Corinthians 1:17 (ESV)   My Mission Statement:   To go anywhere, at anytime, to teach anyone God's Word, and to Empower Disciples.   2) To fulfill God's call I need lots of REASSURANCE!   · 1st Assurance – God is WATCHING over him.   And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I said, "I see an almond branch." Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it." Jeremiah 1:11-12 (ESV)   The almond tree is one of the earliest trees to bloom in Palestine. Before it puts forth leaves, it puts forth blossoms, white and snowy.   The vision is accented with a word play. The word almond and the word watching are nearly identical in Hebrew. "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I see a shaped ("almond"). "Good eyes! I'm sticking with you. I am shoqed ("watching") my word to make every word I give you come true. I am watching my word like a shepherd watching his flock.   ·  2nd Assurance – BELIEVE that God limits evil in this world.   The word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north." Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north disaster shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land. For behold, I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the LORD, and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah. And I will declare my judgments against them, for all their evil in forsaking me. They have made offerings to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands. Jeremiah 1:13-16 (ESV)   "I believe in getting into hot water, it keeps you clean." - G. K. Chesterton   The subject of the vision is negative (in contrast to the almond vision) but its message is positive, for its effect is to contain evil. The boiling pot is a container of evil, and it poured out by someone – it is limited and controlled.   The boiling pot reduces evil to a location and a use. We cannot afford to be naive about evil-it must be faced. But we cannot be intimidated by it either. It will be used by God to bring good.   "7For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way." (2 Thessalonians 2:7, ESV)   The first vision convinced Jeremiah that the word of God bursts with wonders and that its wonders are not illusions. The second vision convinced Jeremiah that the world is very dangerous but that the danger is not catastrophic.   3) I must be SHAPED by God's Word & Vision, nothing else!   Jeremiah was shaped by the visions, not by the fashions of the day, not by his feelings about himself. We know that he often felt terrible and that he was treated terribly. He often felt weak; he often was near despair. In fact, he was always strong. His emotions often failed him; his faith always held fast. His strength was not achieved by growing calluses over his highly sensitive spirit.   "18And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. 19They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, declares the Lord, to deliver you."" (Jeremiah 1:18–19, ESV)   Educated by the almond rod, his inward responsiveness to the personal, whether God or human, deepened and developed. Educated by the boiling pot, his outward capacity to deal with dehumanizing evil and to resist depersonalizing intimidation became invincible: "impregnable as a castle, immovable as a steel post, solid as a concrete block wall." Not bad for someone who started out as "only a boy."   4) Now it's time to get to work – be PROFESSIONAL.   But you, dress yourself for work; arise, and say to them everything that I command you… Jeremiah 1:17a (ESV)   "6Now John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey." (Mark 1:6, ESV)   Pictures – map of E.Timor, story of when you first taught this.   THE UNLIVED LIFE – taken from The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. (Gates of Fire) Resistance is the most toxic force on the planet. It is the root of more unhappiness than poverty, or disease. To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be. If you believe in God (and I do) you must declare Resistance evil, for it prevents us from achieving the life God intended when He endowed each of us with our own unique genius.   Genius is a Latin word; the Romans used it to denote an inner spirit, holy and inviolable, which watches over us, guiding us to our calling. A writer writes with his genius; an artist paints with hers; everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center. It is our soul's seat, the vessel that holds our being-in-potential, our star's beacon and Polaris.   WHAT IS THIS RESISTANCE?   · I won't let my FLESH stop me.   For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. Romans 7:14-20 (ESV)   5) To overcome I must RELY on God's strength.   … Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them. And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, declares the LORD, to deliver you." Jeremiah 1:17b-19 (ESV)   · God's strength shows itself in my WEAKNESSES.   Jeremiah 1:17b-19; 2 Corinthians 4:7–10, 12:7-10   "17... Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them. 18And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. 19They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, declares the Lord, to deliver you."" (Jeremiah 1:17b–19, ESV)   "7But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our bodies." (2 Corinthians 4:7–10, ESV)   "7So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong." (2 Corinthians 12:7–10, ESV)

Schreib mir gern dein Feedback!Am 20. Mai findet in Bochum das Veteranenkonzert des Musikkoprs der Bundeswehr statt. Ich habe mich mit ihrem neuen Leiter Timor Oliver Chadik getroffen und wir haben über dieses Ereignis gesprochen. Im Zentrum steht eine Uraufführung, die emotionaler wahrscheinlich gar nicht sein kann. Aber hört selbstInstagram:@das_musikkorps_der_bundeswehr@andyschreck_Das Veteranenkonzert 2025:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcNfKa-r5d8&list=RDYcNfKa-r5d8&start_radio=1&pp=ygUQdmV0ZXJhbmVua29uemVydKAHAQ%3D%3DUm diesen Podcast weiterhin so regelmäßig machen zu können, würde ich mich über eure Unterstützung bei Patreon freuen.

Yvonne L. (35), die in ihrem ganzen Leben noch nie einen Strafzettel bekommen hatte, wird völlig blind vor Liebe, als ihr sechs Jahre jüngerer Freund Timor (ein Ernährungscoach) nach einer Reise nach Barcelona eiskalt mit ihr Schluss macht. Statt die Trennung zu akzeptieren, redet sie sich ein, dass er sie noch liebt, weil er ein gemeinsames Foto mitgenommen hat, und verwandelt sich in eine waschechte Stalkerin. Sie unterzieht sich einem radikalen Makeover beim teuren Friseur, besorgt sich freizügige Leder-Miniröcke sowie High Heels und verfolgt Timor und seine neue, deutlich jüngere Freundin Oksana in diversen Clubs. Als all das nichts nützt und er ihre Geschenke (inklusive Flugticket nach Paris) ablehnt, bucht sie unter falschem Namen sein Ernährungsseminar im bayerischen Rothenburg. Sie mietet einen sündhaft teuren Ferrari und kreuzt im sexy Look auf dem Parkplatz des heruntergekommenen Fitnessstudios auf. Doch statt Timor zurückzugewinnen, wird sie von ihm aufs Übelste beschimpft und abgewiesen. Erst als sie kurz darauf von einem schmierigen Passanten begrapscht wird, der sie tatsächlich für käuflich hält, wacht sie aus ihrem Wahn auf ** Dieses Mal war die wunderbare Elisalex Henckel-Donnersmarck bei uns zu Gast und hat ihren Podcast “Kniefall – Die Radikalisierung der Karin Kneissl” mitgebracht! In der sechsteiligen Investigativ-Podcast-Serie geht Elisalex der Frage nach, wie sich politische Haltungen verändern können – und was passiert, wenn persönliche Entscheidungen plötzlich internationale Tragweite bekommen. Unbedingt reinhören, wenn ihr Lust auf starken, erzählerischen Journalismus aus Österreich habt! Hier geht´s zum Podcast (natürlich auch zu hören auf Spotify & Apple Podcasts): "Kniefall - die Radikalisierung der Karin Kneissl"  Folgt Elisalex gerne auch auf LinkedIn & Bluesky!  Produziert vom tollen Team von HAPPY HOUSE MEDIA ** **Euch hat diese Geschichte gefallen, aufgeregt oder ihr habt euch darin sogar wiedererkannt?** Das interessiert uns brennend! Schreibt uns in Kommentaren über Facebook und Instagram unter @drama_carbonara_podcast. Dort werdet ihr auch die in den Geschichten besprochenen Fotos finden und endlich sehen können, was wir sehen ... Falls ihr noch mehr fantastische Geschichten mit uns lesen wollt, können wir euch schon jetzt versprechen: das Repertoire ist unerschöpflich, wir staunen jedes Mal aufs Neue, was möglich ist. Abonniert Drama Carbonara auf allen gängigen Podcast Plattformen Über Sternchen, Bewertungen und Kommentare freuen wir uns natürlich auch extrem und feiern diese gern auch prominent in unserem Social Media Feed! Jede zweite Folge kommen ja großartige Gastlerser*innen zu uns ins Wiener Drama-Hauptquartier und unterstützt uns mit Interpretationen und Improvisationen. Wenn ihr einen Wunschgast für uns habt oder gern selbst mal vorbeischauen wollt, sagt Bescheid! Wir können nichts versprechen, aber wir freuen uns immer über Vorschläge. Wenn ihr Lust auf Extra-Content habt und euren Lieblingspodcasts auch finanziell unterstützen wollt , dann tut das herzlich gern mit einem Abonnement auf Steady und kommt in den Genuss des kompletten "Drama Carbonara"-Universums! Falls ihr daran interessiert seid, Werbung in unserem Podcast zu schalten, setzt euch bitte mit Stefan Lassnig von Missing Link in Verbindung. Verbindlichsten Dank! **Link zur Podcast Hörer:innen UMFRAGE!Danke für die Mitarbeit und euer wertvolles Feedback :) & hier zur legendären Spotify Drama Carbonara Soundtrack Playlist - folgen folgen folgen!! liebe Freund:innen des unberechenbaren Musik-Algorithmus!

Sign up for the new free Friday newsletter! www.send7.org/newsletterWorld news in 7 minutes. Thursday 9th April 2026.Today : Iran-US ceasefire. Israel Lebanon bombing. Timor crime. Finland TikTok. Greece social media ban. Ukraine Russian oil hit. Eritrea defections. Benin election. Anthropic too powerful. Flying baby.SEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.Our supporters get access to the transcripts and vocabulary list written by us every day.Our supporters get access to an English worksheet made by us once per week.Our supporters get access to our weekly news quiz made by us once per week.We give 10% of our profit to Effective Altruism charities. You can become a supporter at send7.org/supportWith Stephen DevincenziContact us at podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.We don't use AI! Every word is written and recorded by us! We do not consent to the podcast being used to train AI.Since 2020, SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) has been telling the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Juliet Martin and Ben Mallett every morning. Transcripts, vocabulary lists, worksheets and our weekly world news quiz are available for our amazing supporters at send7.org. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated daily news in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, TEFL teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they use SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it.Get your daily news and improve your English listening in the time it takes to make a coffee.For more information visit send7.org/contact or send an email to podcast@send7.org

durée : 00:03:47 - Le Billet politique - par : Jean Leymarie - Dans son conflit avec l'Iran, le président des Etats-Unis impose ses mots et son tempo. L'Europe peut-elle rester en retrait ?

Bougainville devrait devenir indépendante en 2027. Dans «La Story», le podcast d'actualité des «Echos», Pierrick Fay et Théophile Simon racontent l'histoire de cette île du Pacifique et les difficultés auxqelles elle risque d'être confrontée.« La Story » est un podcast des « Echos » présenté par Pierrick Fay. Cet épisode a été enregistré en mars 2026. Rédaction en chef : Clémence Lemaistre. Invité : Théophile Simon (journaliste pour « Les Echos »). Réalisation : Willy Ganne. Chargée de production et d'édition : Clara Grouzis. Musique : Théo Boulenger. Identité graphique : Upian. Photo : Alamy Stock Photo. Sons : La 1ère, extrait du dessin-animé «Ulysse 31», de «My Island Bougainnville» de Crisis Survivors, d'une publicité pour «Timor», @AdamConstanza (Youtube).Retrouvez l'essentiel de l'actualité économique grâce à notre offre d'abonnement Access : abonnement.lesechos.fr Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.   AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Melodifestivalen 2026 - Interview with Sanna Nielsen (at Media Conference) Melodifestivalen 2026 - Interview with Meira Omar after first Dress Rehearsal Melodifestivalen 2026 - Interview with Smash Into Pieces (at Artist Hotel) Melodifestivalen 2026 - Interview with Timo Räisänen (at Artist Hotel) Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision 2026 National Finals with Ross Bennett (Final in the current series) Eurovision News with Johannes Vitt courtesy of www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests        Melodfestivalen 2026 - We have a Winner:  The Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 took place on Saturday 07 Mar 2026 in the Strawberry (Friends) Arena in Solna near Stockholm. Radio International was on location and conducted interviews with the participating acts. Visit the photo album to see great pictures and video clips from the Interviews, Rehearsals,  the Live Show and the Aftershow Party.    Congratulations to Felicia    for winning Melodifestivalen 2026 out of 3888 entered songs into the competiton with the song "My System". With this Felicia will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Semi Final 1 in the First Half.   Melodifestivalen 2026 - The results For the Photo Album of Melodifestivalen 2026 please - click here.   Sanna Nielsen (Melodifestivalen 2026) Interview with Sanna Nielsen (Melodifestivalen 2026:  It is Sanna's eights participation in Melodifestivalen having won it once in 204 with the song "Undo" which came 3rd at the Eurovision Song Contest from Copenhagen's Shipyard. In the meantime Sanna Nielsen has become mother but also has been hosting a number of years Sweden's most popular Summer Sing-a-long shows "Allsang pa Skansen". 2026 marks Sanna's 30 years in the show business in Sweden and to celebrate that she entered Melodiestivalen 2026 with the song "Waste your love" which came 10th in the Grand Final of the Swedish National Final.        Smash Into Pieces (Melodifestivalen 2026)   Interview with Smash Into Pieces (Melodifestivalen 2026):  It was the group's third participation in Melodifestivalen 2026 with the song "Hollow" which came 4th in the competition compared to their previous two entries where they came third on both occasions with "Six Feet Under" in 2023 and in 2024 it was with "Heroes are calling". In 2026, Smash into Pieces participated in Heat 4 and made it to the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen. Radio International had the pleasure to meet the Group at their hotel for an interview which you can hear on the show this week.      Meira Omar with JP (after the Melodifestivalen 2026 Grand Final)   Interview with Meira Omar (Melodifestivalen 2026): One of the nicest performances in the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026 is the one from Meira Omar and her dancers in the song "Dooset Daram" which came 9th in the competition. Meira already took part in Melodifestivalen 2025 with the song "Hush Hush" coming 10th and returned to the competition in 2026 into Heat 4 via the FinalKval into the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2026. The Team of Radio International had the pleasure to meet and interview Meira at the Media Conference which you can hear on the show this week.    Timo Räisänen (Melodifestivalen 2026 - Heat 4)     Interview with Timo Räisänen (Melodifestivalen 2026, Heat 4):  Debuting at Melodifestivalen 2026 was Timo Räisänen with the song "Ingenting är efter oss" which ended up 4th in Heat 4. JP from Radio International had the pleasure to meet the singer together with colleague Tanja from ESCPanelen for an indepth interview in the Artist Hotel in Malmö. Find out more about Timo and his career in the interview on the show this week.      The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision National Final Season:  The New Eurovision Year 2026 has started and with that also the National Final Season for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is in full swing with countries selecting their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. JJ won Eurovision 2025 and with that Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in the Wiener Stadthalle on 12 and 14 May 2026 for the two Semi Finals and the Grand Finale to take place on Saturday, 16 May 2026. Until the end of March 2026 the National Final Season for Eurovision 2026 is on and Radio International's team members will be highlighting the best picks of the national finals. Ross Bennett wil be closing out the current series with taking a look at last bunch of  Eurovision 2026 entries that have been released over the past seven days.  In the new series of the Eurovision Spotlight as from next week the Radio International Team will be taking a look at the Eurovisionk 2026 countries in geographical reasons as tradition continues.    Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and lots more. For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

On this week's podcast, I speak with former Australian Army Combat Medic Jody Tieche, a man whose story is built on service, resilience, and the experiences that come from operating in some of the most demanding environments imaginable. Jody served as a combat medic with the 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, a role that puts you right in the thick of it. When soldiers are wounded and every second matters, the medic is the one running toward the danger — carrying the responsibility of keeping his mates alive. Jody served in Timor in 2006 and served two tours of Afghanistan, Rotation IV with Task Force 66 in 2007 and Rotation VII in 2008. In this episode, we're going to talk about Jody's journey into the military, what it's really like serving as a combat medic, the realities of battlefield medicine, and how those experiences shape the person you become long after the uniform comes off. After Jody left the military and went into the mining industry, before moving into Oil and Gas as a Paramedic. In 2021, Jody applied and was successful in securing employment with the South Australian Ambulance Service through the Internship program. Shift work and juggling on-road workload, plus young toddlers, became too much for Jody and his wife. Jody put his family first and concluded his internship. Jody currently works for BHP as a Paramedic/Emergency Services Officer. It's a raw and honest conversation about service, sacrifice, and the bonds that are forged when people rely on each other in life-and-death moments. Presenter: Adam Blum Guest: Jody Tieche Editor: Kyle Watkins

On the next episode of the Zero Limits Podcast, host Matty Morris chats with Mick Albrecht — former Infantry and Intelligence soldier turned comedian.Mick served in the Australian Army for 11 years. He began his military career as a reservist with 25/49 Royal Queensland Regiment in Brisbane before transferring to full-time service. He later served as a paratrooper with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, deploying to the Solomon Islands.Mick then transferred to the Intelligence Corps, where he deployed to Timor and later completed two deployments to Afghanistan as part of the Special Operations Task Group, supporting combat operations conducted by the SASR and the 2nd Commando Regiment.In recent years, Mick has turned to comedy and now regularly features at stand-up comedy events. He has also teamed up with Kara Robinson as co-producer of Shellshocked Comedy AustraliaSend us a text however note we cannot reply through these means. Please message the instagram or email if you are wanting a response. Support the showWebsite - www.zerolimitspodcast.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/zero.limits.podcast/?hl=enHost - Matty Morris www.instagram.com/matty.m.morrisSponsors Instagram - @gatorzaustralia www.gatorzaustralia.com15% Discount Code - ZERO15(former/current military & first responders 20% discount to order please email orders@gatorzaustralia.com.au Instagram - @3zeroscoffee 3 Zeros Coffee - www.3zeroscoffee.com.au 10% Discount Code - 3ZLimits Instagram - @getsome_au GetSome Jocko Fuel - www.getsome.com.au 10% Discount Code - ZEROLIMITS

Vi snackar om att rätt låt vann barnprogrammet Melodifestivalen, barnrock, att Jocke Berg envisas med att släppa ny musik, turnélåtar, minnet av ett fint turnépaket, konserter med Avantgardet, Hurula, Albin Lee Meldau & Arvid Nero och annat smått och gott.Dessutom har Ricky Holmquist lyssnat på sina gamla favoriter med Håkan Hellström medan Mikael Mjörnberg lyssnat på Puscifer och fel "Wake Up And Smell The Coffee".I den stående punkten "Skivcirkeln" diskuterar vi Timo Räisänens coverplatta "...And Then There Was Timo" från 2008.Musiken som diskuteras i avsnittet hittar ni här: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6EcLS2IDLDNm81SBc6nTDd?si=db226d3c904e44e6Vinjettfoto: Martin Wilson (https://www.facebook.com/fotografmartinwilson)Vinjettmusik: Systemet (https://open.spotify.com/artist/72k91zc6DR3LSq87r4fnVO?si=dcfb98a9377e428a)

Episode 104 and I'm joined by Keegsy. Keegsy signed up to the Australian Army in 2009 at just 17 years old, joining the Infantry and posting to 8/9 RAR. In 2010, he deployed to Timor — a young digger getting his first taste of operational service early in his career.By 2012, Keegsy was heading to Malaysia alongside 6RAR, continuing to build experience, strengthen his skills, and forge the kind of mateship only infantry life can create. After four solid years in green, Keegsy discharged in 2013, stepping into a new mission — building a career as a mechanic and navigating the transition to life on civvy street.From joining the Army as a teenager, to deployment, to life after service we dive into the journey, the lessons learned, the brotherhood, and what it really looks like to transition young. Food Hub opening soon. (7) it'll take a tribe - search results | FacebookFind us on Instagram and Facebook. @5withadiggerpodcastThis podcast proudly sponsored by @Gravelempireholdings @Cuzkell_pty_ltd @Eliteboxingclubadl @MinorityInfluencesClothingUse "5WITHADIGGER" at checkout for 15% off on Savvy Touch Products.Merch available at www.crewapparelprint.com.auLike. Subscribe. Tell your mates.YOU'RE NEVER ALONE! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's podcast, I speak with Arron Ferguson, a former 23-year NSW Police Detective and 24-year Australian Army 1st Commando Regiment Special Forces Operator. Arron joined the army first as a commando, and two years later, he was offered a spot on a deployment to Timor. However, the NSW Police also offered a full-time policing position at the academy. Arron lived a double life as both a Detective and army Special Forces reserve soldier. Arron was involved in hundreds of domestic police investigations and then deployments to Timor and highly kinetic operations in Afghanistan as part of the special operations task force. He was forced into early retirement due to a genetic muscle disease, which took a toll on his mental health and, not to mention, his physical capabilities. In this podcast, Arron talks about the loss of mates while he was deployed in Afghanistan, how policing has changed from when he joined and the true mental cost of serving as a first responder and in the military. Arron also talks about the mental health aspect of loss of purpose and finding purpose again after being diagnosed with this genetic muscle disease, and what every veteran and first responder struggles with transition back to civilian life after living a high kinetic life that veterans and first responders live. Presenter: Adam Blum Guest: Arron Ferguson Editor: Kyle Watkins

Israelin ja Palestiinan kiista ei ole vain tämän päivän politiikkaa, vaan kertomusten kudelma, joka ulottuu vuosituhansien taakse. Kysymykset alueen hallinnasta ja omistuksesta ovat yhtä vanhoja. Raamatuntutkijat Paavo Huotari ja Kirsi Valkama avaavat teoksessaan Kuningas Daavidin pitkä varjo, miten muinaiset raamatunkertomukset – kuten Daavidin ja Goljatin asetelma – elävät yhä nykyretoriikassa ja poliittisessa vallankäytössä. Miksi Raamatun tekstit vaikuttavat edelleen siihen, miten konfliktin syitä ja ratkaisuja hahmotetaan? Miten Islam ja Koraani suhtautuu kysymykseen? Ja miksi ylipäätään uskonnolla on tässä asetelmassa näin korostunut rooli? Aiheesta ovat keskustelemassa tietokirjan tekijät Paavo Huotari ja Kirsi Valkama sekä tutkija Timo R. Stewart. Ville Talola toimittaa.

Timor Leste became independent from Indonesia in 2002, after 24 painful years of Indonesian occupation built on centuries of Portuguese colonisation. Both regimes were deeply violent and extractive, and as my guest today argues, drew Timorese society into different forms of a valorised armed masculinity that would have repercussions well after Timor's independence. It's in this post-conflict context that Mel Johnston examines Timor's gender interventions. Gender mainstreaming is a global set of strategies, interventions and approaches that seek to address the inequality of being a women in policy-making. These set of principals have particular traction in the region. Gender mainstreaming has been mandatory in Indonesia since 2000. In Timor Leste, gender mainstreaming is so important its crystallised in the actual constitution. And yet, Mel went to East Timor to investigate women's lives after independence, she found deep tensions between the goal of peace on one hand and gender equality on the other. Why would this be so? Did Timor's independence transform the role of women in Timorese society? How did major gender reforms like microfinance and the law against domestic violence impact ordinary Timorese women? Today we will be talking about Mel Johnston's prize winning book, Building Peace, Rebuilding Patriarchy

On todays Zero Limits Podcast host Matty Morris chats with Rob Mugridge 2nd Commando Regiment Born in New Zealand and raised across Australia in a military family, Rob enlisted in the Australian Army at just 17. What followed was more than two decades of service across infantry, special operations, and instructional roles—spanning East Timor, Iraq, and Afghanistan.Starting in the Royal Australian Regiment, he deployed on multiple operations to Timor and a trip to Iraq before successfully completing selection and special forces reinforcement for the 2nd Commando Regiment, where he served as a sniper, assault team leader, TAG operator, and special forces advisor. During his service as a special forces operator he deployed on mulitple combat rotations to Afghanistan, a PSD rotation and also deploying to Iraq during the ISIS offensive.Rising to the rank of Sergeant, he later helped shape the next generation of soldiers through Special Operations training, Defence Force Recruiting, and as Operations Sergeant at the Queensland University Regiment.**************Due to technical issues the last segment of the podcast was cut offSend us a text however note we cannot reply through these means. Please message the instagram or email if you are wanting a response. Support the showWebsite - www.zerolimitspodcast.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/zero.limits.podcast/?hl=enHost - Matty Morris www.instagram.com/matty.m.morrisSponsors Instagram - @gatorzaustralia www.gatorzaustralia.com15% Discount Code - ZERO15(former/current military & first responders 20% discount to order please email orders@gatorzaustralia.com.au Instagram - @3zeroscoffee 3 Zeros Coffee - www.3zeroscoffee.com.au 10% Discount Code - 3ZLimits Instagram - @getsome_au GetSome Jocko Fuel - www.getsome.com.au 10% Discount Code - ZEROLIMITS

Kate Rowe's life has been full of wild adventures and hard living. But when she found sobriety, Kate discovered something big about herself. CW: This story contains discussion of childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault and some strong language. Please take care when listening.Ever since she stepped off the boat at Circular Quay as a 20-something 10-pound Pom, Kate has run fearlessly toward outrageous adventure.As a young woman Kate travelled around Australia picking tobacco, hitchhiking and sometimes spent her weekends running riot in Kings Cross.Then in 1974, she tagged along with some random guys she'd met who wanted to walk across the island of Timor. From there, Kate ventured into South-East Asia, where she began smuggling bricks of cannabis from Thailand into Nepal.But everywhere she went, Kate took herself with her, and so all kinds of baggage from her early life came along for the wild ride.Eventually a cloud lifted, and when Kate found sobriety she realised something big about herself.Content Warning: This story contains discussion of childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault and some strong language. Please take care when listening.How the F*ck Would I Know is published by Power Writers Publishing Group and can be found online.This episode of Conversations was produced by Meggie Morris. Executive Producer is Nicola Harrison.It explores trauma, healing, recovery, England, London, disordered eating, eating disorder recovery, substance abuse, addiction, drug trafficking, drug dealing, heroin, opium, alcohol, alcoholism, addiction recovery, therapy, counselling, sexuality, LGBTQI+, queer community, Mardi Gras, 1978, lesbian, women's Lib.To binge even more great episodes of the Conversations podcast with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.

In Part 2 of my conversation with Irish cyclist Tomas Mac An T-Saoir, we continue his nine-year journey around the world by bicycle. We begin in Syria and Afghanistan, where Tomas shares what it was like to travel through regions affected by conflict and have frank, human conversations with the people who live there. One powerful story includes an Afghan woman who was permitted by local authorities to guide him through her city, offering him a rare window into daily life under restrictive laws.From the Middle East, our conversation shifts right back to New Zealand, where this chapter of Tomas's journey actually began, and where Covid lockdowns meant he ended up staying far longer than he ever expected. His time in New Zealand eventually led to Australia,  and onward to Timor Leste and Indonesia, where he dealt with blistering heat, remote roads and even a major earthquake on the Indonesian side of Timor.We also explore something many long-term travellers quietly struggle with: finishing. After nine years of life on the road, how do you return home? What happens to your identity when the bike stops moving? And how do you make sense of everything you have seen and experienced along the way?If you are interested in bikepacking, long-term travel, culture, human stories and round-the-world cycling, this episode offers an honest look at both the extraordinary and the everyday parts of life on the road.Follow Tomas on Instagram - @anbotharfada

Nous vous emmenons à la découverte d'un pays méconnu : le Timor-Leste, aussi connu sous le nom Timor oriental. C'est l'une des plus jeunes démocraties du monde. Après des siècles de colonisation portugaise et 25 ans d'occupation indonésienne, cette île grande comme la Slovénie est indépendante depuis 2002. Près d'un quart de siècle plus tard, son économie repose sur l'extraction du pétrole et bientôt du gaz, mais 70% de sa population dépend de l'agriculture et de la pêche. Préserver les ressources naturelles est donc aussi une préoccupation. Les communautés de pêcheurs ont ravivé un système de protection coutumier pour préserver les aires marines : le Tara Bandu. Juliette Chaignon est allée à leur rencontre. Avec l'éclairage de Christine Cabasset, géographe, chercheuse associée à l'Institut de recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine (IRASEC) à Bangkok, ancienne directrice adjointe de l'IRASEC entre 2018 et 2022 et associée au programme Asie-Pacifique de l'IRIS.

Episode #461: “I think this time, there is even more hope for a fundamental shift and change in [Myanmar],” says Gus Miclat, co-founder of Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID). He contrasts today's Myanmar resistance with earlier elite-led struggles, seeing in it the potential for “a more systemic change.”Miclat traces his activism to high school protests in the Philippines, sharpened during Ferdinand Marcos Sr.'s dictatorship. He became a journalist, educator, and organizer, later co-founding IID in 1988 to build “South-South solidarity” linking democracy and liberation movements across Asia. Early work focused on East Timor, where IID organized the landmark 1994 Asia-Pacific Conference, defying government pressure and catalyzing a coalition that contributed to Timor's eventual independence.In 2000, IID turned to peacebuilding in Mindanao, helping to bring civil society into negotiations that led to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. That experience informs IID's renewed engagement in Myanmar since the 2021 coup, which Miclat views as uniquely promising because of grassroots leadership, ethnic unity, and what he calls a new “culture of care” among activists.Miclat highlights initiatives such as exchanges between Rohingya women leaders and displaced women in Marawi, which bridge local struggles with regional advocacy. He also stresses the need to adapt activism to authoritarianism's resurgence, harnessing social media without losing sight of real-world organizing. His focus is always, first and foremost, centered in the importance of people being mobilized and acting, and not on institutions, governments or media attention.“Even the smallest act,” he says, “is part of a larger effort. A little wound in your pinky is felt by your entire body… Healing one scar helps heal the whole.”

L'offensive de la Russie sur l'Ukraine inquiète toute l'Europe et au-delà. Les pays de la partie orientale de l'Union européenne montent en puissance et prennent une posture de plus en plus défensive. Le Danemark, par exemple, renforce son armée et pour ce faire, les femmes vont être à leur tour tirées au sort pour effectuer un service militaire. En 2ème partie : Reportage au Timor Leste, la partie la plus à l'est du Timor, envahie il y a tout juste 50 ans par le géant indonésien. Les femmes soldates au Danemark sur le front de l'égalité  Le Danemark s'apprête à franchir un cap historique : les femmes seront bientôt comme les hommes, tirées au sort pour effectuer leur service militaire. Aux armes, citoyennes ! Une réforme dopée par le nouveau contexte géopolitique, c'est-à-dire la menace russe et la volonté d'assurer «la pleine égalité entre les sexes» dans la défense du pays. Mais derrière ce principe affiché d'égalité, les jeunes conscrites affrontent un défi bien réel : se faire une place dans un milieu majoritairement masculin. Un Grand reportage d'Ottilia Ferey qui s'entretient avec Jacques Allix. Timor Leste : L'intégration régionale comme espoir de salut Le Timor Leste n'est indépendant que depuis 2002. C'est un État insulaire entre Australie et Indonésie. L'Indonésie, de sinistre mémoire, puisqu'il y a tout juste 50 ans, les Indonésiens envahissaient le territoire. Allaient suivre massacres et oppression. 27 années noires, après 4 siècles d'occupation portugaise. Mais le Timor Leste veut aller de l'avant. Fin octobre 2025, c'est enfin l'adhésion à l'ASEAN, la grande Alliance économique et politique d'Asie du Sud-Est : un espoir de stabilité économique. Un Grand reportage de Juliette Chaignon qui s'entretient avec Jacques Allix.

Timor-Leste - Đông Timor đã chính thức gia nhập ASEAN với tư cách là quốc gia thành viên thứ 11 – một thành tựu đạt được sau nỗ lực trong hơn một thập niên. Khoảnh khắc này đánh dấu cả một chiến thắng về ngoại giao lẫn một chương mới cho quốc gia non trẻ được tôi luyện từ hàng thập niên đấu tranh. Đông Timor đứng trước vận hội và thách thức nào?

Embora Portugal tenha permanecido neutral durante a Segunda Guerra, as suas possessões a Oriente sofreram o impacto do conflito. Timor foi invadido pelo Japão e a vida em Macau alterou-se radicalmenteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hiện có hàng chục nghìn lao động đến từ các quốc đảo Thái Bình Dương và Đông Timor đang làm việc tại Úc theo chương trình PALM (Pacific Australia Labour Mobility). Đảng đối lập hoan nghênh việc chính phủ liên bang rút lại quy định trước đó, cho phép các chủ lao động linh hoạt hơn khi tuyển dụng lao động ngắn hạn từ các quốc đảo Thái Bình Dương.

Israelin ja terroristijärjestö Hamasin väliset epäsuorat neuvottelut panttivankien vapauttamisesta ja Gazan rauhansuunnttelmasta ovat käynnissä Egyptissä. Yhdysvaltain presidentin Donald Trumpin rauhanehdotuksen mukaan pian perustettaisiin väliaikainen Rauhanneuvosto hallitsemaan Gazaa. Rauhanneuvostoa johtaisi Trump. Ensin Hamasin pitää kuitenkin luovuttaa kaikki panttivangit, ja Israelin lopettaa sotatoimet. Onko nyt mahdollisuus saada alkusysäys rauhalle Gazassa? Haastattelussa tutkija Timo R. Stewart ja Suomen Lähi-idän instituutin johtaja Susanne Dahlgren. Toimittajana on Linda Pelkonen.

Diplomat Grant Dooley was inside the Australian Embassy building in Indonesia when a bomb went off, killing several people. This was just the beginning of a series of devastating events that Grant had to come to terms with years after moving back home to Australia.In 2004, Grant Dooley and his wife, Kristan, moved to Jakarta with their two young children to start a three-year posting at the Australian Embassy.In September of that year, Grant arrived at the embassy complex for a brief visit. Not long after he entered the building, a bomb went off outside, which partially destroyed the building and killed many people.The Australian Embassy had been the target of an attack plotted by Jemaah Islamiah, a terrorist group with links to al-Qaeda.Little did Grant know that he and his family had arrived in Indonesia in the middle of a horror show of bombings, natural disasters, and geopolitical tensions, which would not end for the next several years.The embassy bombing was followed by the Boxing Day Tsunami, a second Bali bombing, the Garuda plane crash in Yogyakarta and more.Not only was Grant a witness to these events, he was also a first responder to some of them.Further informationBomb Season In Jakarta is published by Affirm Press.This episode of Conversations was produced by Meggie Morris; executive producer is Nicola Harrison.It explores terrorism, diplomacy, expats, Bali bombings, Sumatra, earthquake, tsunami, Schapelle Corby, Bali 9, drug smuggling, banged up abroad, how to become a diplomat, the real life of diplomats, PTSD, post traumatic stress, Jemaah Islamiyah, jihadist organisation, al-Qaeda, Paddy's pub, Sari Club, Aceh, John Howard, Alexander Downer, Kevin Rudd, Prabowo Subianto, Megawati Sukarnoputri, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Joko Widodo, foreign affairs, books, writing, memoir, modern history, Abu Bakar Bashir, 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing, East Timor, South East Asia, Iraq, Afghanistan, war.To binge even more great episodes of the Conversations podcast with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.

En juin, l'inflation en France a atteint 0,8 % sur un an, portée par la hausse des services malgré la baisse des prix de l'énergie.Traduction :In June, France's inflation rises to 0.8 % year-on-year, driven by service cost increases despite falling energy prices. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Why have Asian states - colonial and independent - imprisoned people on a massive scale in detention camps? How have detainees experienced the long months and years of captivity? And what does the creation of camps and the segregation of people in them mean for society as a whole? Detention Camps in Asia: The Conditions of Confinement in Modern Asian History (Brill, 2022) is an ambitious book surveys the systems of detention camps set up in Asia from the beginning of the 20th century in The Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Malaya, Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam, Timor, Korea and China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Why have Asian states - colonial and independent - imprisoned people on a massive scale in detention camps? How have detainees experienced the long months and years of captivity? And what does the creation of camps and the segregation of people in them mean for society as a whole? Detention Camps in Asia: The Conditions of Confinement in Modern Asian History (Brill, 2022) is an ambitious book surveys the systems of detention camps set up in Asia from the beginning of the 20th century in The Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Malaya, Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam, Timor, Korea and China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

Why have Asian states - colonial and independent - imprisoned people on a massive scale in detention camps? How have detainees experienced the long months and years of captivity? And what does the creation of camps and the segregation of people in them mean for society as a whole? Detention Camps in Asia: The Conditions of Confinement in Modern Asian History (Brill, 2022) is an ambitious book surveys the systems of detention camps set up in Asia from the beginning of the 20th century in The Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Malaya, Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam, Timor, Korea and China. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/southeast-asian-studies

Why have Asian states - colonial and independent - imprisoned people on a massive scale in detention camps? How have detainees experienced the long months and years of captivity? And what does the creation of camps and the segregation of people in them mean for society as a whole? Detention Camps in Asia: The Conditions of Confinement in Modern Asian History (Brill, 2022) is an ambitious book surveys the systems of detention camps set up in Asia from the beginning of the 20th century in The Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Malaya, Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam, Timor, Korea and China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

Send us a text however note we cannot reply through these means. Please message the instagram or email if you are wanting a response. On today's Zero Limits Podcast host Matty Morris chats with Hamish Maclachlan New Zealand SAS and Australian SASRHamish enlisted into the NZ defence force in 1997 as an infantry soldier posting to 2/1 RNZIR. Hamish deployed twice to East Timor as an infantry soldier. During this deployment in Timor he encountered the NZ SAS which led to him attempting and completing SAS selection and training cycle and was badged in 2003. In 2004 he deployed to Afghanistan and during this rotation he was there on the day and witnessed when Willie Apiata VC displayed acts of gallantry which led to be long awarded the Victoria Cross.After a joint training exercise with the Australian SASR Hamish decided in 2008  transferred across to the Australian SASR and deploying on multiple Afghanistan combat rotations fighting the insurgency. During one rotation he was part of the famous battles in Gizab and Tizak both very successful SASR operations. Whilst in Tizak Hamish again witnessed actions by Ben Roberts Smith that led to being awarded the Victoria Cross. www.3zeroscoffee.com.auInstargram @3zeroscoffee Discount Code 3ZLimits Website - www.zerolimitspodcast.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/zero.limits.podcast/?hl=enHost - Matty Morris www.instagram.com/matty.m.morrisSponsors Instagram - @gatorzaustralia www.gatorzaustralia.com15% Discount Code - ZERO15(former/current military & first responders 20% discount to order please email orders@gatorzaustralia.com.au Instagram - @getsome_au GetSome Jocko Fuel - www.getsome.com.au10 % Discount Code - ZEROLIMITS

Celebrando os 50 anos da diáspora de Timor-Leste na Austrália, o projeto Hamoris Lian Timor (Revivendo o Som de Timor) traz onze artistas de Timor em turnê por várias cidades. Os shows do Hamoris Lian Timor prestam homenagem às gerações que levaram sua cultura através dos tempos, preservando a língua, a música e a identidade ao longo de décadas de deslocamento. Conversamos com o idealizador Paulo Almeida sobre o premiado projeto.

Agência da ONU diz que país de língua portuguesa, no sudeste asiático, priorizou combate à doença desde a restauração de sua independência em 2002; com entrada do Timor, lista de nações sem a doença aumenta para 47 e 1 território.

REDIFF - Morgan, aventurier, a survécu seul, blessé et perdu au bout du monde. Un voyage dont il aurait pu ne jamais revenir... Il raconte toute son aventure dans le livre- "Cinq jours au Timor" aux éditions Premier Parallèle.Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Imagine um documento que quer simplesmente dividir o mundo em dois! Separe trinta minutos do seu dia e aprenda com o professor Vítor Soares (@profvitorsoares) sobre o que foi o Tratado de Tordesilhas.-Se você quiser ter acesso a episódios exclusivos e quiser ajudar o História em Meia Hora a continuar de pé, clique no link: www.apoia.se/historiaemmeiahoraConheça o meu canal no YouTube, e assista o História em Dez Minutos!https://www.youtube.com/@profvitorsoaresOuça "Reinaldo Jaqueline", meu podcast de humor sobre cinema e TV:https://open.spotify.com/show/2MsTGRXkgN5k0gBBRDV4okCompre o livro "História em Meia Hora - Grandes Civilizações"!https://a.co/d/47ogz6QCompre meu primeiro livro-jogo de história do Brasil "O Porão":https://amzn.to/4a4HCO8Compre nossas camisas, moletons e muito mais coisas com temática História na Lolja!www.lolja.com.br/creators/historia-em-meia-hora/PIX e contato: historiaemmeiahora@gmail.comApresentação: Prof. Vítor Soares.Roteiro: Prof. Vítor Soares e Prof. Victor Alexandre (@profvictoralexandre)REFERÊNCIAS USADAS:- ALENCASTRO, Luiz Felipe de. O trato dos viventes: formação do Brasil no Atlântico Sul, séculos XVI e XVII. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2000.- BOSI, Alfredo. Dialética da colonização. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1992.- BOXER, Charles R. O império marítimo português: 1415–1825. Tradução de Maria Celeste Leite Costa. Lisboa: Edições 70, 2002.- CABRAL DE MELLO, Evaldo. O negócio do Brasil: Portugal, os Países Baixos e o Nordeste, 1641–1669. São Paulo: Editora 34, 1998.- CORTESÃO, Jaime. A carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha: estudo histórico e geográfico. Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional, 1956.- FRAGOSO, João; FLORENTINO, Manolo. O arcaísmo como projeto: mercado atlântico, sociedade agrária e elite mercantil em uma economia colonial tardia (Rio de Janeiro, século XVIII). Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 2001.- HOLANDA, Sérgio Buarque de. Visão do Paraíso: os motivos edênicos no descobrimento e colonização do Brasil. São Paulo: Companhia Editora Nacional, 1959.- MELLO E SOUZA, Laura de. O diabo e a terra de Santa Cruz: feitiçaria e religiosidade popular no Brasil colonial. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1986.- THOMAZ, Luís Filipe. De Ceuta a Timor. Lisboa: Difel, 1994.

Od pustinje Gobi do japanskih kampova i severnokorejskih puteva. U 324. epizodi podkasta Pojačalo, Ivan još jednom razgovara sa Snežanom Radojičić u trećem delu sage o njenim neverovatnim avanturama širom sveta. Ova epizoda vodi nas na izuzetno lično i uzbudljivo putovanje: od surove pustinje Gobi, gde je doživela svoj prvi (i poslednji) pokušaj pljačke, preko solo pedaliranja kroz Tajland, Vijetnam i Istočni Timor, pa sve do Japana – zemlje koja ju je osvojila gotovo nadrealnom čistoćom i tišinom. Snežana otvoreno priča o životu na točkovima, o kulturnim šokovima, o štednji koja nije beda, i o tome kako je u Kini završila u školi sa 72 đaka u razredu, borila se sa birokratijom i izbegla ozbiljne posledice zbog "pogrešne" boje kose. Tu su i fizički izazovi – poput diskus hernije i planinarenja kroz Kirgistan, ali i vrhunac putovanja: tura biciklom kroz Severnu Koreju, pod strogom kontrolom, u zemlji gde pasoš vidiš samo kad ulaziš i izlaziš. Iskreno, neuvijeno, uz obilje fascinantnih detalja i lucidnih opservacija, ova epizoda nudi uvid u život van granica komfora – ali i u snagu žene koja ne zna za granice. Podržite nas na BuyMeACoffee: https://bit.ly/3uSBmoa Pročitajte transkript ove epizode: https://bit.ly/4eoBqDG Posetite naš sajt i prijavite se na našu mailing listu: http://bit.ly/2LUKSBG Prijavite se na naš YouTube kanal: http://bit.ly/2Rgnu7o Pratite Pojačalo na društvenim mrežama: Facebook: http://bit.ly/2FfwqCR Twitter: http://bit.ly/2CVZoGr Instagram: http://bit.ly/2RzGHjN

Die Freundschaftsbrücke führt über den mächtigen Mekong und verbindet Thailand mit Laos. Hier beginnt Lorenz Schröter seine Reise, kurz vor seinem 65. Geburtstag und fast vierzig Jahre nach seiner Weltumradlung will er es noch einmal wissen und fährt mit dem Fahrrad in Richtung China über die wichtigste und längste Straße von Laos, die Nationalstraße 13. Vorbei an Reisfeldern, buddhistischen Tempeln, Tümpel mit Wasserbüffeln, Autowerkstätten und Garküchen. Die Straße passiert die Hauptstadt Vientiane und führt nach Luang Prabang, dem spirituellen und touristischem Zentrum des Landes mit seinen berühmten Tempeln und Nachtmarkt. Die ersten 400 Kilometer sind asphaltiert, dann nehmen die Schlaglöcher zu, die 13 wird zu einer breiten Stein- und Lehmpiste, die sich über die mit Wäldern bewachsenen Berge schlängelt. Kautschukplantagen und Bananenfelder verdrängen mehr und mehr den Urwald, in denen noch ein paar hundert Tiger, Elefanten und das geheimnisvolle Saola, eine Antilope, leben. Westlich liegt das Goldene Dreieck, immer noch ein wichtiges Anbaugebiet für Opium. Chinesen investieren im Land, sie übernehmen Fabriken, Plantagen, haben die neue Eisenbahn finanziert, und im Norden an der Grenze zu China eine Sonderwirtschaftszone eingerichtet. Das verschlafene Dorf Boten wurde so zu einer sündigen Boomtown, in dem chinesische Gesetze gelten. Die Nationalstraße 13 ist beliebt bei Langstreckenradlern, fünf hat der Autor unterwegs getroffen, auf deren Reise von Aachen, Warschau und Belgien nach Ost-Timor, China oder Australien. Sie alle suchen das Abenteuer und den besonderen Blick bei 20 km/h an der frischen Luft.

Năm nay, SBS kỷ niệm 50 năm phát sóng, cung cấp dịch vụ quan trọng cho nước Úc đa văn hóa, thông qua việc thúc đẩy sự hòa nhập và cung cấp thông tin bằng ngôn ngữ. Đây cũng là kỷ niệm 50 năm làn sóng di cư lớn nhất của người Timor đến Úc. Trốn tránh xung đột, cộng đồng này đã thiết lập được nguồn gốc trên khắp đất nước, trong khi vẫn duy trì ngôn ngữ và truyền thống của mình.

William Bligh makes his miraculous voyage to Timor in the small launch, and Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers take the Bounty to the uninhabited Pitcairn Island. Meanwhile, 16 of the Bounty crew remain on Tahiti and are captured by Captain Edward Edwards of HMS Pandora. The Pandora itself wrecks on the Great Barrier Reef, killing 31 crew and 4 of the prisoners. The court martials result in Bligh being exonerated and 3 of the mutineers executed. The mutineers establish a settlement on Pitcairn Island, and their descendants still reside on the island. In 2012, the Bounty replica sank off the coast of North Carolina after being caught in Hurricane Sandy. This is Part 2 of a 2-part series. Written, edited, and produced by Rich Napolitano. Original theme music for Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs by ⁠⁠⁠Sean Sigfried⁠⁠⁠. Go AD-FREE by becoming a Patreon Officer's Club Member! Join at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com.shipwreckspod⁠⁠⁠ Join the Into History Network for ad-free access to this and many other fantastic history podcasts! ⁠⁠⁠https://www.intohistory.com/shipwreckspod⁠⁠⁠ Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Merchandise is available! ⁠⁠⁠https://shop.shipwrecksandseadogs.com/⁠⁠⁠ You can support the podcast with a donation of any amount at: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/shipwreckspod⁠⁠⁠ Follow Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs ⁠⁠⁠Subscribe on YouTube⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Follow on BlueSky⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Follow on Threads⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Follow on Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠F⁠⁠ollow on Facebook⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last time we spoke about the second Okinawa Offensive. In the brutal Second Okinawa Counteroffensive, American forces confronted staunch Japanese defenses, with Captain Ryan leading a valiant charge for territory. Despite fierce resistance and heavy casualties, his troops managed to seize crucial ground, enduring intense hand-to-hand combat atop Ryan Ridge. The battle raged on, with American forces fighting through exhaustion and dwindling supplies, while the Japanese, though determined, faced declining morale as they lost ground. The relentless struggle exemplified extraordinary sacrifice on both sides, but it foreshadowed a turning point in the Pacific campaign. As American advances continued, the tide shifted, marking the beginning of the end for Japanese dominance in the region, ultimately paving the way for Allied victory. This episode is the Battle of the Malacca Strait Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945.  After the failure of their second offensive, the Japanese turned all their energies toward waging a prolonged battle of attrition. Their losses did not impair immediately their defensive capacities; thus the 24th Corps found no weak point in the Shuri defenses resulting from the ill-starred offensive. By throwing fresh troops into the attack of 4 May Ushijima had been able to maintain his strength all along the line. Nor was there any breakdown in his command and staff operation. Front-line units were reorganized without seeming loss of effectiveness; available reinforcements were carefully allotted to existing regiments; local counterattacks were timed for maximum effect. General Ushijima's chief task now was to keep sufficient combat troops at the front to man his Shuri defenses. It was apparent by 7 May that the strength of the remaining regular infantry was not great enough for this task. Consequently, Ushijima converted service units into infantry combat groups. By mixing service troops with the "regulars," he exacted from them their maximum combat effectiveness. "One man in ten will continue with his rear-echelon duties. The remaining nine men will devote themselves to antitank combat training," one order stated. The reorganization of the 32d Regiment, 24th Division, was typical of the resourcefulness of the Japanese. The regimental headquarters received 5 men from the 24th Transport Regiment. The 1st Battalion kept its own surviving members and was allotted all the survivors of the 2d Battalion, 20 men from the 7th Shipping Depot, 90 from the 24th Transport Regiment, and y from the 26th Sea Raiding Squadron. The 2d Battalion was totally reconstituted from the 29th Independent Infantry Battalion and other units. The 3d Battalion was reorganized in a manner similar to that used with the 1st. It was by this process of piecing units together that the 32d Army was able to stay intact long after the original combat units had been virtually destroyed, a capability which at the time American intelligence officers found "baffling." After his offensive failed, the enemy formed a line in which the relative position of the major units was to remain roughly the same until the end of the battle. On the east the 24th Division, reinforced by two independent battalions, held the line as far as Shuri, with its 89th Regiment on the east, its 22d in the center, and its 32d on the west. The remnants of the battered 62d Division were stretched from a point north of Shuri almost to the west coast, holding about one-third of the line. Along the Asa River estuary was a battalion of the 44th Independent Mixed Brigade. The Japanese husbanded their remaining heavy weapons, especially their artillery, as carefully as they meted out their manpower. On 6 May the Japanese 5th Artillery Command directed its units to "revert to the [defensive] situation which held prior to the attack situation of 3 May." Once again the protection of individual pieces was a cardinal feature of enemy operations. Artillery units were ordered to "use ammunition with the utmost economy" and to "wait and fire for effect against vital targets." Along the west coast, preliminary plans were underway for the deployment of General Shepherd's 6th Marine Division to the front lines, while General Del Valle's 1st Marine Division continued its assault on the Dakeshi-Awacha hill complex. Colonel Snedeker's 7th Marines secured the coastal flank after capturing the north bank of the Asa River. Meanwhile, Colonel Arthur Mason's 1st Marines focused their efforts on the western approaches to the Dakeshi hill defenses, but they were ultimately repulsed by the tenacious Japanese defenders around Hill 60. In the Awacha Pocket, Colonel Griebel's 5th Marines faced fierce opposition, resulting in only modest territorial gains. To the east, after successfully fending off multiple strong enemy counterattacks, General Bruce's 77th Division advanced 800 yards south toward Hill 187, establishing control over the southern slope of the Maeda Escarpment. Finally, operations in General Arnold's 7th Division area were confined to robust patrols aimed at securing the approaches to Conical Hill and eliminating the remaining fragments of the failed Japanese counteroffensive. Convinced that the Japanese had nearly exhausted their fresh reserves, General Buckner began planning a comprehensive assault on the Shuri defenses with his two corps. On May 7, General Geiger was assigned to command the 1st Marine Division within the 24th Corps front and oversee the southern movement of the 6th Marine Division, with General Buckner taking direct tactical control of the two-corps assault. Heavy rains on the morning of 7 May delayed the projected IIIAC advance until tanks were able to negotiate the muddy terrain. In the 1st Marines' zone, the new regimental commander, Colonel Arthur T. Mason, ordered 3/1 to support the attack of the 2d Battalion on Hill 60 with all available weapons (four battalions of artillery, a fire support ship, and 81-mm. and 60-mm. mortars) by firing into the enemy reverse slope defenses. All morning long the regiment's mortars concentrated on the enemy position, and at 1400 when tanks finally reached the front lines the battalion attacked with Company E in assault. Artillery fire covered the foot of the objective while mortars and assault guns blanketed the crest and reverse slopes. The company swept to the top of Hill 60 by 1422 in a vivid demonstration of "the effect of properly massed, supporting fires in front of assault troops." Once the company entered the impact zone, however, and supporting fires were shifted to other targets the enemy defenders emerged from their caves and engaged the Marines in hand grenade duels. The fighting was at such close range that it was impossible to keep enough grenades on the line, and the marines used rifle butts against Japanese who tried to storm their position. Gradually the volume of Japanese fire of all types "grew noticeably stronger and progressively more intense so that it was evident that the enemy was receiving large reinforcements." The troops lost their hold at one point, then fought their way to the top again, yet the continuing Japanese fire from the reverse slope of Nan Hill was the decisive factor. The threat of a strong counterattack measured against the dwindling strength of Company E forced Lieutenant Colonel Magee to adjudge the company's advanced position untenable and to order a withdrawal to the previous night's lines. To the west, the 5th Marines steadily advanced approximately 400 yards in the Awacha Pocket, while the 77th Division gained up to 500 yards of enemy territory despite increasingly fierce resistance. By the end of the day, Colonel Coolidge's 305th Regiment had relieved the weary 307th. On the east coast, Colonel Green's 184th Regiment resumed its southward push, quickly capturing Gaja Ridge and William Hill, but faced greater opposition as they approached the western flanks of Conical Hill. Meanwhile, Colonel Pachler's 17th Regiment continued its assault toward Zebra Hill but could only secure How Hill and make incremental gains on Kochi Ridge, depleting their strength. The following day, as General Bradley's replenished 96th Division prepared to relieve the 7th, the 184th Regiment managed to occupy the forward slope of Easy Hill near Kibara without armored support. Throughout the rest of the 10th Army front, relentless cold rain effectively canceled planned offensive operations, leading the 1st Marines to focus on dismantling enemy positions on Nan Hill. Colonel Schneider's 22nd Marines took over from the 7th Marines along the Asa River just as news of the victory in Europe reached the infantry units, prompting a somewhat indifferent reaction from the rain-soaked soldiers preoccupied with the ongoing fighting in Okinawa. Exactly at 1200 every available artillery piece and naval gun fired three volleys at vital enemy targets to apprise the Japanese of the defeat of their Axis partner. On May 9, Japanese kamikaze pilots launched a series of scattered attacks, damaging the carrier Formidable and two destroyers. In preparation for Buckner's general offensive, the 22nd Marines patrolled their front to identify suitable crossing sites over the Asa River. Meanwhile, with Nan Hill fully cleared, Mason's 2nd Battalion renewed its assault on Hill 60, while the 1st Battalion advanced into the high ground to the east, successfully capturing their objective this time. Reinforced by elements of the 7th Marines, the 5th Marines also launched another attack on the Awacha Pocket but continued to encounter fierce resistance. In response, Griebel was tasked with reducing the Awacha defenses using two battalions, while Snedeker's reinforced 7th Marines pressed the offensive southward. To the east, General Bruce focused his efforts on the 305th Regiment's sector, resulting in the 3rd Battalion securing a foothold on Hill 187. The 17th Regiment, which had fought tenaciously to capture Kochi Ridge and the high ground west of Conical Hill, was relieved by Colonel Dill's 382nd Regiment. Concurrently, Colonel May's 383rd Regiment moved into forward assembly areas behind the 184th and on May 10, took over the positions north of Conical Hill. Both fresh regiments of the 96th Division were then able to destroy enemy strongpoints that had impeded the progress of the weary 7th Division and capture key hills that protected the approaches to Conical. On the west coast, after stealthily constructing a footbridge across the Asa during the night, three companies of the 22nd Marines successfully crossed the river. However, two Japanese "human demolition charges" emerged from hiding and rushed the south end of the footbridge, destroying it. Despite the challenges, the attack south toward the town of Asa continued, successfully establishing a bridgehead that stretched 1,400 yards long and 350 yards deep by the end of the day. To the east, the 1st Marines launched an assault on the western end of Dakeshi but were pushed back by intense enfilading fire from the ridge. Similarly, although the 7th Marines initially advanced rapidly against scattered opposition, they were ultimately forced to withdraw under heavy Japanese fire. Behind them, after fending off two fierce night counterattacks, the 5th Marines failed to isolate the Awacha Pocket but made significant strides, penetrating deep into the heart of the Awacha defenses. Meanwhile, the 305th Regiment captured additional high ground leading toward the crucial road junction north of Shuri, where the reorganized and reinforced 32nd Regiment had established its primary defenses. The remnants of the 62nd Division were gradually being withdrawn toward Shuri, with General Suzuki's fresh 44th Independent Mixed Brigade taking over the western sector. On May 11, General Buckner initiated his general offensive against Shuri, planning to envelop the town from both the west and east. However, this offensive was preceded by Admiral Ugaki's sixth mass Kikisui strike, during which 150 kamikazes launched successful attacks on American shipping. That morning, the 721st Kokutai's Sub-Lieutenant Yasunori Seizo led six kamikazes out of Kanoya. By 10:02, Admiral Mitscher was informed of possible bogeys infiltrating the returning TF 58 strike to reach the US carriers. Two minutes later came an overhead Corsair's sudden frantic warning: “Alert! Alert! Two planes diving on the Bunker Hill!” Almost immediately, Yasunori's Zero dove out of low overcast toward Bunker Hill and released its payload. The 550lb bomb pierced the flight deck, exited the side of the hull, and exploded above water. Simultaneously, Yasunori's Zero caromed into the center of Bunker Hill's flight deck, its gas tank exploding among 34 manned, armed, and fully fueled US fighters, before careening blazing over the side. One minute later, Yasunori's wingman Ensign Ogawa Kiyoshi roared past Bunker Hill, climbed steeply into a roll, and then dove straight at the carrier. Ogawa released his 550lb bomb, which scored amidships and exploded in the gallery deck, slaughtering much of Mitscher's staff. Simultaneously, Ogawa deliberately slammed his Zero into Bunker Hill's island just 100ft from Mitscher. Mitscher's operations officer, Commander Jimmy Flatley, had just left the gallery deck when Ogawa's bomb struck, searing his back. Mitscher had observed the entire attack in silence, and just then emerged from the bridge to gaze at the blazing flight deck. The Flag Plot was choked with billowing smoke and Mitscher's chief-of-staff, a gasping, wheezing Commodore Arleigh Burke, ordered it evacuated. A third Zero then dove on Bunker Hill, but anti-aircraft fire sent it blazing into the sea close aboard. Aboard Bunker Hill, a cascade of gasoline explosions erupted from burning planes aft, while tracers sprayed haphazardly from detonating machine gun ammunition. Speed fell to 10kts and as the crew began intensive firefighting efforts, a slight list developed. Cruiser Wilkes-Barre and three destroyers came alongside to fight fires and rescue 300 men forced overboard, yet most of Bunker Hill's fighter pilots had been asphyxiated in their ready room. By 11:30, however, damage was largely stabilized. Nevertheless, Bunker Hill had lost 393 men killed and 264 wounded. Although horribly outnumbered, the Americans' Corsair CAP shot down 50 attackers before the Japanese got through at 0800hrs. Over the next 90 minutes the two violently maneuvering destroyers would claim a combined 42 kills before Evans was disabled by four kamikaze hits. Minutes later Hugh W. Hadley was knocked out by her third kamikaze hit. With his ship dead in the water and blazing uncontrollably, Hugh W. Hadley's Commander Mullaney ordered all available colors hoisted: “If this ship is going down, she's going down with all flags flying.” Escorting the destroyers were three LCS(L)s and one LSM(R), who themselves combined to splash 14 Japanese planes before the action mercifully ended. All six ships survived, but the destroyers were towed to Kerama Retto, having suffered a combined 60 killed and 94 wounded. East of Okinawa, a G4M Betty bomber and four Ki-43 Oscars attacked RPS-5 at 0800hrs. One plane crashed destroyer-minelayer Harry F. Bauer (DM-26)'s stern, the kamikaze miraculously “plowing through the rack of depth charges and shoving them into the sea with none of them exploding.” Escorting LCS(L)-88 splashed two Oscars, the second scoring a posthumous 220lb bomb hit on her which killed nine and wounded seven. Back on the west coast, supported by tanks and artillery, the 22nd Marines advanced toward Amike. Their 3rd Battalion established control of the high ground overlooking Naha after an 800-yard advance, while the 1st Battalion gained the coral ridge in front after a series of costly assaults. The 2nd Battalion further extended the line to connect with the 1st Marine Division. Del Valle's advance was spearheaded by Mason's 2nd Battalion, which successfully secured a foothold on the high ground west of Wana despite a heavy artillery bombardment. In constructing the Wana position the Japanese had "taken advantage of every feature of a terrain so difficult it could not have been better designed if the enemy himself had the power to do so." With this natural advantage, the enemy had so organized the area that in order to crack the main line of resistance it was necessary for the 1st Marine Division to wheel towards Shuri and attack directly into the heart of the city's powerful defenses. Any attempt to drive past Shuri and continue the attack to the south would mean unacceptable losses inflicted by artillery, mortar, automatic-weapons, and rifle fire coming from the heights that commanded the division's flank and rear areas. The southernmost branch of the Asa Kawa wandered across the gently rising floor of Wana Draw and through the northern part of Shuri. The low rolling ground bordering the insignificant stream was completely exposed to enemy fire from positions along the reverse slope of Wana Ridge and the military crest of the ridge to the south. At its mouth Wana Draw was approximately 400 yards wide, but it narrowed drastically as it approached the city and the ridge walls closed on the stream bed. Guarding the western end of the draw was Hill 55, rugged terminus of the southern ridge line. The hill bristled with enemy guns whose fields of fire included the whole of the open ground leading to the draw. Defending the Wana position was the 64th Brigade of the 62d Division with remnants of the 15th, 23d, and 273d Independent Infantry Battalions, the 14th Independent Machine Gun Battalion, and the 81st Field Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion under its command. The 7th Marines advanced approximately 800 yards, establishing a firm hold on Dakeshi Ridge, while the 5th Marines eliminated the last organized resistance in the Awacha Pocket. In the center of the front, Bruce's two regiments needed to coordinate more closely with neighboring divisions than with one another. As a result, the 305th Regiment advanced up to 500 yards against fierce resistance, while Colonel Smith's 306th Regiment struggled to make headway against the formidable defenses of Chocolate Drop Hill and Wart Hill. To the east, after repelling a series of night counterattacks, the 382nd Regiment consolidated its positions on Zebra Hill and continued probing toward the Dick Hills area and the ridges northwest of Kuhazu. The 383rd Regiment quickly secured Easy and Fox Hills, subsequently capturing the summit of Charlie Hill. However, over the next two days, efforts by the 1st Battalion to dislodge the defenders from the top would be thwarted by withering fire from King Hill, while the 2nd Battalion cleared Gaja Ridge and the twin villages of Tobaru and Amaru. On May 12, Dill's 3rd Battalion executed a successful assault, capturing Baker Hill, although the 1st Battalion's attack on Dick Baker was repelled by the defenders. To the west, the 306th Regiment only provided support for the advance of the 305th, which faced difficult terrain in the broken ground west of Route 5, managing to gain about 500 yards. Meanwhile, the 7th Marines solidified their hold on Dakeshi Ridge against sporadic opposition, but the 1st Marines found themselves pinned down while trying to improve their positions west of Wana. The vulnerability of the 6th Marine Division to direct fire from the western slopes of the Shuri massif resulted in significant losses for Schneider's 2nd Battalion as it fought to seize the high ground overlooking Naha, ultimately being repelled from Sugar Loaf Hill. Meanwhile, the 1st Battalion advanced steadily in the center, capturing the high ground north of Asato, while the 3rd Battalion secured commanding positions and conducted patrols through the suburbs of Naha. At sea, scattered kamikaze attacks damaged Admiral Spruance's flagship, the battleship New Mexico, and inflicted further damage on two additional destroyers the following day. In retaliation, Mitscher directed Task Force 58 to strike Kyushu once again. Back on Okinawa, as Schneider's 3rd Battalion reconnoitered the northern suburbs of Naha, the 2nd Battalion launched another unsuccessful attack on Sugar Loaf Hill. In light of this resistance and the heavy casualties suffered by the 22nd Marines, Shepherd ordered Colonel Whaling's 29th Marines to reinforce the effort, but they could only position themselves northwest of Makabe. To the east, while the 1st Marines faced heavy losses and were repelled at the mouth of Wana Draw, the 7th Marines finally secured Dakeshi Ridge. In the center, the 305th Regiment continued its determined advance into the extremely rugged terrain north and northeast of Shuri, whereas the 306th Regiment once again failed to capture Chocolate Drop Hill and Wart Hill. Coordinated with this, the 382nd Regiment attacked the Dick Hills, successfully securing Dick Baker and Dick Able against light opposition, but ultimately being pushed back from the latter. Further east, May's 2nd Battalion launched a frontal assault on Conical Hill, successfully reaching the northeast crest of the ridge, where it repelled several heavy Japanese counterattacks. Back at sea, Task Force 58 launched another strike on Kyushu during the early hours of May 14. In response, the Japanese dispatched 28 kamikazes alongside 40 escorts, inflicting heavy damage on Mitscher's new flagship, the carrier Enterprise, in what would become known as the last action of the Gray Ghost.  At 05:25, some 28 Zeros, armed with 1100lb bombs, sortied from Kanoya towards Mitscher's carriers cruising 130nm southeast of Kyushu. 40 fighters escorted them. Around 06:45 Enterprise detected 4 incoming bogies. 3 were shot down over TF 58, but the fourth, flown by Sub-Lieutenant Tomiyasu Shunsuke, continued closing. Using clouds for cover, Tomiyasu approached Enterprise from astern. Already struck by flak, at 06:57 Tomiyasu's blazing Zero suddenly appeared 200ft above Enterprise, which erupted with anti-aircraft fire. Although seeming to have overflown his target, Tomiyasu suddenly snap-rolled his burning Zero onto its back and dove almost vertically into Enterprise's flight deck. Observing from Enterprise's exposed bridge wing, Flatley rushed back inside and shouted to take cover just as Tomiyasu's kamikaze hit. The thunderous explosion blew Enterprise's forward elevator 400ft in the air, rattled the carrier's bridge, and flung shrapnel against her island. As Flatley emerged from cover he observed an unsmiling Mitscher, arms crossed, standing amid the smoking wreckage. “Jimmy,” Mitscher growled, “tell my Task Group commanders that if the Japs keep this up they're going to grow hair on my head yet.” Enterprise remained on station, but her flight deck was out of action. TF 58 splashed 3 more planes before Japanese attacks ended at 08:00. That evening TF 58 retired from Kyushu. The following morning, May 15, Mitscher transferred to carrier Randolph, his third flagship in 5 days. Enterprise would detach for repairs in the United States on May 16, having lost 14 dead and 68 wounded. Her war too was over. Honestly for those of you who might not know, the USS Enterprise is the most decorated ship of all time, an absolutely insane history. She was so impressive, my patreons voted for me to do an exclusive episode on her and it took two full episodes to do. If you are interested in the history of the USS Enterprise, please check out my exclusive podcast. At Okinawa, as positions on Conical Hill were being consolidated, May's 1st Battalion renewed its attack on Charlie Hill, successfully securing a foothold at its northern end, which was later extended down the southern slope. Simultaneously, Company L launched an assault on King Hill, managing to capture the entire crest. To the west, Dill's 1st Battalion attacked and captured Dick Able and Dick Right, although they had to relinquish Dick Right after a vigorous Japanese counterattack. The 3rd Battalion also advanced toward Dick Right, establishing a tenuous hold on the position. Further west, the 306th Regiment committed its last remaining strength, a composite battalion, to advance beyond Wart Hill, but it was quickly cut down by overwhelming flanking fire. Similarly, the battered 305th Regiment made little progress in the rugged terrain. Meanwhile, the 7th Marines advanced to within 100 yards of the ridge crest north of Wana, where they were ultimately pinned down by heavy fire. Concurrently, the depleted 1st Marines launched an assault that captured the western tip of Wana Ridge, aided by tanks and artillery, though a fierce night counterattack forced them to withdraw before being relieved by the fresh 5th Marines. Along the coast, the 22nd Marines successfully pushed toward the north bank of the Asato River, but the main action was poised to occur at Sugar Loaf Hill. Though Schneider's 2nd Battalion successfully seized the forward slopes of the protective hills north of Sugar Loaf, including Queen Hill, they faced intense enemy fire whenever they attempted to maneuver around or over these hills to launch an attack on Sugar Loaf itself. Nevertheless, the Marines pressed on, and by nightfall, a group of about 40 men under Major Henry Courtney managed to storm the hill, throwing grenades ahead of them and subsequently digging in at the summit to withstand a night of heavy mortar fire and constant counterattacks. This attack was further supported by the 29th Marines, which, after overcoming initial hardships, secured the forward slopes of the hill northeast of Sugar Loaf. During the early hours of May 15, the embattled group atop Sugar Loaf gratefully welcomed the arrival of reinforcements, though it was not before Major Courtney heroically fell while leading a grenade assault against the defenders on the reverse slope. Despite the reinforcements, enemy pressure on Sugar Loaf intensified, ultimately forcing the battered Marines off the hill. This triggered a fierce Japanese counterattack across a 900-yard front, compelling Schneider's 2nd Battalion to relinquish the ground immediately north of Sugar Loaf. Fearing a breakthrough, elements of his 1st Battalion seized the hill northwest of Sugar Loaf to help blunt the force of the enemy counterattacks, while the 3rd Battalion relieved the exhausted 2nd across the line. Additionally, the 29th Marines not only played a significant role in repulsing the enemy counterattack but also effectively strengthened its hold on the high ground north of Half Moon Hill.  To the east, while the 7th Marines reorganized and cleared out Dakeshi, the 5th Marines launched their first tank-infantry assault against Wana Draw. At 0630 on 15 May the 5th Marines completed the relief of the 1st, and Colonel Griebel assumed command of the zone of action west of Wana. The 2d Battalion was in assault with the 3d in close support and the 1st in reserve. On the recommendation of the regimental and battalion commanders of both the 1st and 5th Marines, the division decided to subject the high ground on both sides of Wana Draw to a thorough processing by tanks and self-propelled 105mm howitzers before 2/5 attempted to advance across the open ground at the mouth of the draw. With Company F of 2/5 providing fire teams for protection against suicide attackers, nine tanks from Company B, 1st Tank Battalion spent the morning working on the positions at the mouth of the draw. The tanks drew heavy small-arms, mortar, artillery, and AT fire, and accompanying infantry was dispersed to reduce casualties. Because of the open area of operation, the fire teams were still able to cover the tanks at relatively long-ranges. Both sides of the draw were honeycombed with caves and the tanks received intense and accurate fire from every sector at their front. During the morning one 47mm AT gun scored five hits on the attacking armor before NGF silenced it. About noon the tanks withdrew to allow an air strike to be placed in the draw and then return to the attack in reinforced strength. Naval gunfire again silenced a 47mm gun that took the tanks under fire, this time before any damage was done. With the approach of darkness the tanks pulled out of the draw pursued by a fury of enemy fire. The 5th Marines, convinced "that the position would have to be thoroughly pounded before it could be taken," scheduled another day of tank-infantry processing for Wana Draw before making its assault. In the center, the battered 305th Regiment continued its relentless advance through the irregular terrain west of the main Ginowan-Shuri highway. Simultaneously, Colonel Hamilton's 307th Regiment finally relieved the exhausted 306th and launched simultaneous attacks on Flattop and Chocolate Drop Hill. The 3rd Battalion slowly maneuvered toward the northern base of the Drop and the north slopes of Flattop, while the 2nd Battalion advanced toward Ishimmi Ridge through the open highway valley. Concurrently, the 382nd Regiment supported the assault on Flattop with its own attack against Dick Hill, successfully capturing its crest but failing to cross the skyline. Meanwhile, the 383rd Regiment struggled to make progress against intense enemy fire from the hill complex southwest of Conical's peak, although some elements managed to advance up the northwest spur from King Hill amid thick mortar fire.  Now, it's time to shift our focus from Okinawa to the sea, where we will cover the last destroyer actions of the Second World War. At the beginning of February, with the Southwest Area Fleet staff isolated in the Philippines, Vice-Admiral Fukudome Shigeru formed the 10th Area Fleet to defend the shores of Indonesia and Indochina. The 10th Area Fleet was comprised of the remnants of the 2nd Striking Force. This consisted of the two converted battleship/aircraft carriers Ise and Hyuga, forming the carrier squadron, and the two heavy cruisers Ashigara and Haguro, forming the 5th Cruiser Division. Two more heavy cruisers, Takao and Myoko, were at Singapore where both had reached sanctuary after being badly damaged in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Myoko had made one attempt to escape back to Japan in December 1944, but had been torpedoed by the US submarine Bergol on the 13th, and had then returned to Singapore. The cruiser Oyodo joined the fleet from February 5 to 20 and a fourth cruiser, Isuzu, joined on March 25 but lasted barely a fortnight before being sunk, on April 7, in a coordinated attack by the US submarines Charr, Gabilan and Besugo, with peripheral assistance from the British submarine Spark. In February Ise and Hyuga were also recalled and sailed on the 10th from Singapore, bound for Japan, carrying aviation spirit and other war materials. With such valuable cargoes the Japanese took great care to safeguard their passage and, by a combination of good luck and bad weather, both evaded numerous attacks by air and by submarine and reached Moji on the 19th. Haguro and Ashigara, and one old destroyer, Kamikaze, were now the only sizable warships left in the 10th Area Fleet to protect the troop evacuations. At this stage, the Japanese aimed to hold Java, Borneo, and Sumatra for as long as possible while planning their main defensive efforts in Malaya and Indochina. Consequently, they began withdrawing their garrisons from the outlying islands of the Moluccas, Timor, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and the scattered islands of the Panda and Arafura Seas. Anticipating a similar evacuation of Japanese garrisons in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Admiral Arthur Power's East Indies Fleet had dispatched destroyers on a series of anti-shipping sweeps in the Andaman Sea, successfully destroying several relief convoys. On May 10, Fukudome decided to commence the evacuation of the Andaman Islands, dispatching Vice-Admiral Hashimoto Shintaro's heavy cruiser Haguro and destroyer Kamikaze to deliver supplies to the islands and return with troops back to Singapore. Additionally, a secondary convoy consisting of one auxiliary vessel and one subchaser was organized to perform the same mission for the Nicobar Islands. As Allied intelligence uncovered these plans, Vice-Admiral Harold Walker's Force 61, primarily composed of the battleships Queen Elizabeth and Richelieu and four escort carriers, sailed from Trincomalee to intercept the Japanese ships. However, the Japanese were unwilling to risk a battle, and upon receiving an air reconnaissance warning, they returned to Singapore. Nonetheless, Walker decided to remain in the area, awaiting reinforcements in case the enemy regained the confidence to launch another sortie. On May 14, Fukudome finally resolved to carry out the evacuation again, this time first sending forward his secondary convoy to the Nicobars. This force managed to reach the islands unmolested during the day and successfully embarked 450 troops before setting sail for Penang, although they were later spotted by a patrolling Liberator. In response, Walker dispatched the 21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron and the 26th Destroyer Flotilla to conduct an air and sea sweep off Diamond Point aimed at intercepting and destroying the enemy. On the morning of May 15, some Avengers encountered Haguro and Kamikaze as they returned to the Malacca Strait. As Captain Manley Power's destroyers rushed to the area, three Avengers launched by the escort carrier Shah attacked Haguro with bombs in the afternoon, causing minimal damage that only compelled Haguro to alter its course eastward. However, this diversion effectively allowed the destroyer force to intercept Hashimoto's convoy during the night. As the flotilla closed in on the enemy during the early hours of May 16, Hashimoto reacted desperately by fleeing at full speed to the north, thwarting Power's carefully laid ambush. Soon after, however, Haguro turned to port, crossing paths with the destroyer Venus, which was closing in at full speed from the west. Surprisingly, Venus failed to launch its torpedoes, prompting Hashimoto to turn south and back into Power's trap.  Haguro's violent turn away changed the situation dramatically. Saumarez now found the enemy racing down towards her port side at a relative speed of nearly 60 MPH. Kamikaze, following astern of Haguro, passed so close in front of Saumarez from starboard to port that Captain Power had to swing his ship hard to starboard and back to port again to avoid her. Kamikaze passed very close down Saumarez' port side and was taken under fire by both main and close range armament. Opening with star-shell, Saumarez shifted fire to Haguro herself at 0108, the enemy replying with main and secondary armament. The two enemy ships could now be clearly identified from Saumarez' bridge, Haguro at about 5,000 yards and Kamikaze about 2,200 yards range. ‘We had a glimpse of the cruiser by starshell, but now it was dark. She looked pretty big and her direction easy to see by her bow-wave and wash. Inclination vague but obviously broad. I thought she was going very fast. Her side was shining like a wet wall, with the reflection of her own starshell from behind us, I think.' To Lt. Reay Parkinson, also in Saumarez, Haguro ‘seemed to tower above us like a sky-scraper and her guns were depressed to their lowest angle'. Haguro's fire was accurate and splashes from near misses drenched the bridge personnel, binoculars and sound-powered telephones. But, as Captain Power philosophically remarked, ‘if you are only getting wet there is nothing to worry about'. However, Saumarez was unfortunately not merely getting wet. At about 0111, when Captain Power was just considering turning to fire, ‘one boiler got hit. There was a lot of steam and smoke amidships and a sort of queer silence. The ship was obviously slowing down and I thought she was going to stop.' Saumarez' torpedo tubes had been trained to starboard, ready for the bow attack, with torpedoes angled to run 70° left. There was no time to train the tubes to port. Captain Power swung his ship to port ‘like a shotgun' and at 0113, as Saumarez was slowing down but still swinging hard to port, a salvo of eight torpedoes was fired at Haguro's beam, at a range of 2,000 yards. Still under heavy fire, Saumarez continued her turn to port to open the range, telegraphs being put to ‘Full Ahead' to get the utmost speed from whatever engine power remained. A minute after Saumarez' attack, Verulam made an unmolested attack from 2,000 yards on Haguro's port bow, firing eight torpedoes. Saumarez and Verulam were rewarded by three hits, shared between them  ‘very distinct, three gold-coloured splashes like a Prince of Wales' feathers, more than twice as high as her bridge'. Now Haguro was under fire from the destroyers and everywhere she turned there was another destroyer waiting. At 0125 Venus fired six torpedoes and scored one hit. Two minutes later Virago, ordered by Captain (D) to ‘Finish her off', fired a salvo of eight torpedoes and obtained two hits. She reported that the cruiser's upper deck was now awash. Missed torpedoes were racing all over the battle scene; in Venus, at the height of the action, the Engineer Officer and the Chief ERA in the engine-room actually heard the whirring sound of two torpedoes passing very close along the ship's side. Saumarez had retired some five miles to the north-west to collect herself and examine damage. The engine telegraphs were still at ‘Full Ahead', and Saumarez withdrew further than Captain Power had intended. Vigilant had been rather ‘left in the cold' and squeezed out by the other destroyers and was not able to attack until 0151 when she fired eight torpedoes, with one probable hit. Haguro was lying motionless in the water, in her last throes. ‘The rest of the flotilla were snarling round the carcass like a lot of starving wolves round a dying bull. I was too far away to make out what was going on and told them all except Vigilant (who I knew had torpedoes) to come away and join me, with a view to getting formed up and the situation in hand. Of course they did nothing of the sort. I should not have done myself.' Venus was ordered to ‘Close and make a job of it' and at 0202 administered the coup de grace with her two remaining torpedoes. At 0206 Venus signalled that the cruiser had sunk. Haguro had gone, in a position about forty-five miles south-west of Penang. Fifty miles away, Cumberland and Richelieu had had tantalising glimpses of starshell and lights but were too late to take part. Saumarez transmitted Vs for Victory and Captain Power signalled: ‘Pick up survivors. Stay no more than ten minutes.' Kamikaze sustained slight damage from the gunfire but managed to escape, returning the following day to rescue approximately 320 survivors. Nevertheless, over 900 Japanese soldiers lost their lives in the battle, including Vice-Admiral Hashimoto and Rear-Admiral Sugiura Kaju. While the evacuation of the Nicobar Islands was successful, the evacuation of the Andaman Islands proved to be a resounding failure. By the end of the war, with the food situation in the islands becoming critical, the Japanese committed several atrocities against the civilian population. This included the transportation of 300 so-called “useless mouths” to the uninhabited Havelock Island, off South Andaman, where all but eleven of them perished. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. During the intense Battle of the Malacca Strait, Japanese forces attempted a desperate evacuation, facing relentless Allied attacks. Despite fierce resistance, the Allies advanced strategically, leading to significant Japanese losses. Caught in critical confrontations, the Japanese ultimately succumbed, marking a pivotal moment in the Pacific war and shifting the tide toward Allied victory.

At last, I am back with another episode for the podcast! So far this has been a difficult year for me. Not only has the weather been bad enough for my state to be declared a disaster area, but I lost my wife in January. For this episode, we finish our multi-episode look at the island of Timor, by covering its history in the late twentieth century. Now what place will we visit next?Do you think you would like to become a podcaster on Blubrry? Click here for the details on joining. Enter my promo code, HSEASIA, to let them know I sent you, and you will get the first month's hosting for free!Support this podcast!And here is the Podcast Hall of Fame page, to honor those who have donated already!Visit the Patreon page to become a long-term supporter of the podcast!

In this episode, Stephan Levera interviews Ethan from Bitaroo, discussing the current state of Bitcoin in Australia, regulatory challenges, the importance of self-custody, and the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency exchanges. They explore the implications of regulations like the FATF and AFSL, the role of banks in facilitating or hindering Bitcoin transactions, and the need for consumer protection and self-responsibility in the crypto space. The conversation also touches on proof of reserves and market trends influencing Bitcoin adoption.Takeaways

Hear about travel to Timor-Leste as the Amateur Traveler talks to Jonty Crane about this small out of the way tropical country where he is doing volunteer work. Why should you go to Timor-Leste? Jonty says, "... Because nobody else goes if that's your thing. It was quite a shock when I went to Australia, and there were tourists. Whereas going around Timor, there's almost no tourists. So that's a bonus. And it has world-class snorkeling, world-class diving, world-class hiking." Jonty recommends an itinerary for Timor-Leste that spans approximately a week, balancing time in Dili, nearby islands, and exploring the mainland. Here's the suggested breakdown: Day 1-2: Dili Explore Dili City: Visit Timorese Resistance Archive and Museum for an overview of the country's history. Stop by Santa Cruz Cemetery, the site of the 1991 massacre. Take a walk in Tasitolu, an area with three lakes, significant for bird watching and local culture. Cristo Rei of Dili: Hike up to the iconic 27-meter statue of Jesus Christ. Enjoy panoramic views of Dili and surrounding beaches. Relax at nearby beaches like Cristo Rei Beach or Back Beach for snorkeling. Dili Traditional Dishes: Try local cuisine at restaurants like Pro Ema or Dilicious Timor. ... https://amateurtraveler.com/travel-to-timor-leste/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices