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hello and welcome to "gmt" on bbc world news. i'm stephen saccum. will this go down as the day google was gagged? eu call it right to be forgotten. others call it censorship. who will decide what information will disappear? the rape in india causes public anner and raises
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questions about the role of police. kiev claims advances the in military campaign against separatists in eastern ukraine as the u.s. warns rebels have their hands on sophisticated weaponry. >> we are concerned separatists have access to weaponry and resistance from the outside. also in the program, we have the information. >> poroshenko as they threat ton turn off the taps to ukraine unless they get money it says they're owed. very warm welcome to "gmt." sit midday in london. 7:00 a.m. in washington d.c., 4:00 a.m. in silicon valley, home of online giant google.
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the internet search is one of the most basic functions of our online age. from today in europe it comes with new strings attached. thanks to a ruling in europe's highest court, search engines like google must now give citizens the right to have personal information removed if it's deemed to be outdated or inaccurate. google, the giant of the search business hates the idea. from today it is providing european users with an online forum asking a rewrite of their personal online identity. critics call it alarming censorship. >> google yourself and don't like what you find? now european users of the search engine can do something about it. google launched this form will where you can ask for outdated data be erased. fill out details, the site and why you think it should be
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removed. the case was brought to the european i don't know europe court by a man who claimed the information enfringed his privacy. google processes 90% of all web sevens in europe and will consider whether there's a public interest in keeping information online when making decisions such as evidence in financial malpractice or criminal convictions. this is a case by case basis. the time frame of when it will be removed is unclear. page is warning this change will have serious consequences. he says it will be used by other governments that aren't as forward and progressive as europe to do bad things. he says other people will pile on for reasons most europeans find negative. he's also warning resources spent complying with the ruling could damage the technological
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innovation of europe going forward. >> for anybody that uses the internet, this is a big deal. to chew it over, i have our correspondent and emma with the big brother campaign group. i want to get basic clarity here. because the european citizen has the right to fill out the request for amendment of what appears online, it doesn't necessarily means google or any other search engine has to comply does it? >> well the law has been processed to the highest court in the land. now what we're seeing is google rapidly coming up with a process to deal with it. google forum says it clearly. there are all sorts of reasons we may not remove information. if it gives material about previous convictions. if you've been involved in
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scams, frauds, if you're a prominent public figure. the person at the heart of this was an obscured spaniard. every time he put his name in, what popped up was an ancient newspaper cutting which nobody would have found without google. it gave details of where his house had to be sold to meet debts. he wants had the changed. >> it wasn't false was it? it was just old. >> it wasn't false. what he and others say, should we allow google to have mastery over our online identity? >> that's an interesting question. let me bring in emma. you're worried about censorship and surveillance issues. do you worry about this new power that has been given to google? they don't want it but got it any way. >> absolutely. one of the things is the ruling differ ed from the the rulings
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that came before that. the advocate general was clear previous to this that this would be a form of censorship. if information is accurate, it shouldn't be taken down. >> but there's always been accurate information about people online. shouldn't people have a right to take it down? >> google had a process if information was illegal or inaccurate, it would be taken down. that process was already there. i'm with the opinion, if information should be taken down, it should be request of court. i don't think google should be making this decision for themselves. >> do google want to make this decision? >> google absolutely does not want to do this. it lost in the final stages and accepted defeat. it's being pragmatic. what's likely to happen, a lot of people will be unhappy with the result. their links won't be removed. they'll appeal to their local
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data commissioner in britain. it's called the information commissioner, data protection. it's another layer to go through. >> what worries me -- of course i never google myself. i know an awful lot of people that do. what if hundreds of thousands if not millions and millions of citizens filled in the form and demanded change to what comes up. it would overwhelm any system. >> exactly. people are saying this gives a bit more on the side of privacy scale as opposed to free expression scale. >> that's important. emma, would you accept right now a lot of individuals around the world, not just europe, worry about privacy online? >> this does seem to be boosting rights to privacy. >> absolutely. this is why i don't think this is the right to be forgotten. i think a much more sensible thing if they want to tackle the
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right is stay off social media sites. if you leave, information is deleted. we won't hang onto it in case you decide to come back. that's the right to be forgotten, not this. >> do you believe there will be a fight back? are all search engines around the world going to go down this same path, do you think? >> i think if you're working in the european union, you have to choice but to go down this path. we're going to see a high threshold in terms of public interest. that's absolutely correct. the ironic thing is it may be deleted on your local google. it's all going to be available on google.com and original publisher. >> it's still out there. if you do the search from the united states or asia, the whole thing will appear. >> that's the case, but the original spaniard at the heart of this. that's not the problem.
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his neighbors are googling him. he doesn't like that coming up. >> this is a fascinating debate. it will continue on "gmt." thank you for coming in the studio. in other news, the husband of a woman who's condemned to death for announcing her islamic faith told bbc he's hopeful the appeal against her sentence will be successful. he visited his wife in prison wednesday when she gave birth to their baby girl. the formal campaign period for the referendum on scotland's independence has begun. strict spending limits will be applied. voters are asked to decide whether the country should become independent from the rest of the uk. the former chief executive of microsoft, steve ballmer has acquired to buy the los angeles
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clippers basketball team for $2 billion. the sale came after the previous owner was banned from the agency for making racist remarks. this is the second highest ever sale for the sporting franchise. another gruesome rape and murder case is making national headlines across india. two female cousins aged 14 and 15 were allegedly gang raped and hanged from a tree in northern india earlier this week. their families say they're outraged at the way the police responded. speaking to the bbc, the father of one of the girls says he was ridiculed by police when he tried to register the crimes. this took place in the northern state of uttar pradesh in the village. now we are in delhi. it's fair to say this case -- again using the words shock and
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outrage. it infuriated and discussed india. >> it took a few days for this to hit national media. it took place not in delhi as the earlier case in december 2012 but also took place in the area about 220 kilometers from where i am in a remote village. the two women who were killed belonged to a low class community. it's taken a while for it to hit national headlines. >> i use the word fury because there's anger around the village at the behavior of police and lack of police response. it seems to be tied to the low class of the victims. >> yes, that's right stephen. the family as you said accused the police of not acting simply because in their eyes the police
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belong to the same community or class as the alleged attackers. since then, two of the policemen were suspended. they may have been removed from service. the wider implication is this happened in a part of india primarily because these two girls belonged to a community that's often been at a disadvantage of position socially and economically. the family and the local villages protested at the site of the attack for a while before the police started to move and carry out arrest. >> you and i talked about this before about the fallout of terrible sexual abuse and rape cases in india. you've said before the authorities now making noises saying they are really going to
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crack down on this sexual abuse and violence. not only this case, another case in the news now of a mother who was beaten to almost the point of death because she filed a rape complaint against local men. a group of men attacked the mother. how are authorities going to convince anybody they're taking the this challenge on? >> well i think to start with, the more you hear of cases, the more people are skeptical about authorities and ability to contain attacks. more importantly trying to train their law enforcement officers to act and behave differently as they have in the past. the other thing of course is that the mere fact that this is making the news and certainly in this case and other cases as well, police and the rest of the authorities actually did something only after it hit the national headlines. that's something we've seen
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that's been significantly different from several years ago. the fact sexual assault crimes against women in india make it to the news. it's widespread. the fact is they tend to make it to news more often than not. in the two instances made just now, something follows. we've been told possibly this is taken up in a fast track court. maybe the legal system will deal with this differently than it has with similar cases in the past. we'll certainly keep reporting on it. thanks for joining us from delhi. thank you. >> do stay with us on bbc world news. still to come, it's a difficult journey more and more are taking. we are given figures showing a rise this the number of migrants heading to the european union.
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u.s. has voiced concern that pro russian militants in eastern ukraine are using advanced weapons in the conflict there. the comments following the shooting down of a ukrainian military helicopter near sloviansk. 12 were killed. >> we are concerned by the violence in eastern ukraine including reports separatists have shot down the military helicopter killing 14 people. we cannot yet verify details of reports. we are concerned this indicates separatists continue to have access to advanced weaponry and other assistance from the outside. we are also concerned about the fact that a group of osce monitors is held by separatists in sloviansk. >> all right. there we hear the concerns from the white house to test them against what we believe is
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really happening on the ground. i've got a doctor here, research in the royal united services institute in london. do you think the americans are right when they say advanced weapons now clearly in the hands of separatists rebels? >> that's absolutely correct. they have launched antiaircraft missiles. that is correct. they have threatened grenade launchers which may be used in city fighting. that's effective. >> these are from russia aren't they? is that clear? >> it's not absolutely clear. it seems they come in a direct way. there are assumptions that led to the conclusion they might come from not kremlin rule of russia. >> for weapon or rebel fighters,
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for them to get to ukraine, they almost have russian authorities right? >> yes. effectively there's no border between russia and ukraine. it's like between united states and mexico. lots of empty space, nearly impossible to conceal it. it's easily perpetrated. ukrainian military have seized some of the missiles. they are not russian. >> is there a real arms market inside ukraine, black market? if so, what sort of prices does one pay to get a shoulder launched air missile? >> you cannot buy shoulder launch missile in ukraine. you can buy assault rifle or machine gun. it's difficult to get shoulder
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launch missile. these are in the hands of rebels. >> is it your analysis this is actually going to get worse quite quickly? the amount of legal weaponry in the conflict zone is going to spiral? >> it might go up because one of the objects of rebels attacks is the huge storage in sloviansk which contains several million. >> i've heard about this. it's a massive weapon store. if rebels control it, why haven't they stripped it bear and handed out weapons to allies? >> because they're not controlled fully. that is the problem. the problem is that it's mainly small arms. they do not have missiles there. they do need supply from outside. it's too early to say where it
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came from exactly. there are signs it's announced the grenade launchers are not in register of ukrainian army. it was not from ukraine. >> interesting stuff. thank you very much for joining us on "gmt." now it is a difficult and perilous journey with no guarantee of success. the bbc has learned there's been a sharp rise in the number of migrants heading for europe in recent months. even before the so called annual migration season which reaches peak later. world affairs paul adams has this exclusive report. >> dramatic pictures from across the eu this week. in one of spain's north african's enclaves, migrants celebrated after they scaled the borders. there was anger has authorities
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moved in to did he demolish makeshift camps. along the main drought, 25,000 migrants aarrived in the first four months of this year. the italian government says that number has surged to almost 40,000. there are other routes with smaller numbers, but based on existing eu data t the total this year is probably in the region of 60,000. this is more than at the start of 2011, a year which eventually saw the arrival of 140,000 migrants. according to the eu borders agency, if the current trends continue and with the summer months approaching, there's a strong likelihood numbers will increase further. where do migrants come from? a glance at the faces we saw this week gives idea. from south africa to asia, they come wide and far. largest groups are from syria
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and afghanistan experts say we shouldn't be alarmed. >> as long as we have the major conflicts in syria, ukraine, iraq, afghanistan, mali, nigeria, egypt. you name it. as long as these problems won't go away, a very small number of people will need to seek shelter. >> small numbers in relative terms, but it seems too much for europe to cope with. italy complained it's spending 300,000 euros a day patrolling the patch of the mediterranean. the success of anti-immigrant parties in last week's elections suggest europe is not in a particularly welcoming mood. >> paul adams has joined me now in the studio. paul, last point you made about the political context in europe is a powerful one. immigration is an issue now in
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europe. let's be clear. is this a surge, would you say in immigration to europe from outside? >> it's a little hard to tell. it does seem as though from the latter part of last year into the first four or five months this year we have seen quite strikingly high numbers. certainly the level for the first few months is higher than it was in 2011 which resulted in total of 140,000. the people say it's a little bit less seasonal than it used to be. people are simply coming all year around risking all kinds of extra dangers. >> what's the explanation? if numbers are materially higher, there must be explanation for it. is it conditions in countries? >> combination of. that you have to look at the ongoing war in syria to realize some pressures get worse by the day. the other thing that's important is situation in libya.
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the funnel for the largest single route. for a while last year, authorities more or less cut that route off. it opened again as a result of political instability in libya and the enormous pressures there towards the end of last year. there are suggestions that as many as 300,000 people are -- if you are in libya use that route into europe. >> that's alarming thought as we look at refugees in their boat trying to make it across the mediterranean. i have heard european officials say they are going to take effective counter measures to stop this sea ward migration to europe. they don't seem to be working. >> there's a process or body called y called set up last year. lots of talk about the sharing
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welcome to "gmt" on bbc world news. i'm stephen sackur. in this half hour, rising political tensions in the heart of the world's oil rich nation. after two muslims are sentenced to death, we report on the rising tide of sheer anger in the dominated kingdom. from young to old in just 20 minutes. we test drive the high-tech suit that makes you feel ancient before your time. also in the program, we are
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here with business including a look india's economy. >> a fresh challenge for modi as india's latest growth figures are released. we'll have the latest. a warm welcome back to "gmt." in saudi arabia's eastern province, protests have gone unreported. two young men were sentenced to death after being convicted of attacking security forces. tensions remain high. in a special investigation for the bbc "our world," we have gained unprecedented access to film in the region that sits on the world's largest oil field. she's spoken to activists and
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uncovered how the community is reacting to a violent government crack down. >> reporter: this is a coastal region in the province of saudi arabia where most the minority live. they claim they suffer discrimination from the rulers and get little benefit from the wealth created from the area's natural resources. the uprising kicked off in early 2011 with protestors demanding the release of nine men held for years without trial. security forces were swiftly sent in. dozens were arrested. the protests didn't stop. three years on, check points still ring in the area. even though i'm saudi it's difficult for me to move around with a camera, and i could be arrested. i want to know why activists are risking their lives to
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demonstrate. although few have spoken media, i tracked down men. they wanted their faces unidentified and voices altered. i meet dozens of protestors in secret meetings. it becomes clear there are to unified demands. all want major reform in the country. in the early days of the uprising, protestors say they
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were unarmed. i found proof that one protestor used a gun against security forces. the government has always maintained they had been fired on. he has closely monitored the uprisings in the gulf. >> the ruling family or elements now in charge don't want any political reform and want to show the iron fist. the only reaction to that can be apathy or violence. there's no way of engaging with the state at the moment if your reform in saudi arabia. >> two were killed by activists in the shootout. five are now entrenched. there's a plot for those killed during the uprising.
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for more than 14 months, bbc has been requesting an interview or written response from the saudi government. we've yet to received a response. >> the reporter that made the film is with me in the studio. welcome. i want to begin by being clear about the nature of this tension and violence in eastern saudi arabia. would it be right to see it through suni confrontation? >> this is what brought people on the streets specifically. i do not see the crack down the government did on the shia. there is a limit to demonstrations and protests. >> for example, you in the report put it in the context of
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demands for political reform. i wonder if there are people demanding political form that are siding with shia protestors whom you filmed on the streets. >> some do. in general it's become difficult to have that -- there's no general opposition in saudi arabia. you have different camps that are calling for reforms in the country. there is no yuunified camps. then there's the women calling for removal of their husbands who have been in jail. there's their own reasons for demonstratin demonstrating. there's no group that unifies. >> understood. what proportion of the majority is shia? >> majority. >> clear majority. okay. you talk about police crack downs. you filmed undercover and witnessed confrontations.
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talk to me about the nature of the violence and who's sort of firing upon whom, where the guns are and that sort of thing. >> it's as with the other countries, it's never a clear line. there's no black and white of who is and isn't. there's such little space for political descent with the protests in the streets. some people did come up and use weapons against the government. >> some protestors are armed? >> yes indeed. that's the problem. they see it as self-defense as if the government is attacking us and shooting us, so we have the right to self-defense. >> when you tell me that, i wonder if there's possibility in your mind this could move past clashes and become organized
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insi insurgency as we've seen in other parts of the world. >> at the moment i hope not. it's how the government deals with the situation and calms it down. like the situation before with the death sentence with the two young men in the past week. that's the pressure on the people on the ground calling for stopping the violent protests and things like that. it makes it harder to justify to young men. it's like look the government is going to give reforms. when they don't see that happening, it's more and more difficult to stop those developments on the ground. >> it's a fascinating story. thanks for coming in. thanks for making the film. i know a lot of people enjoy watching it on bbc world news. you can see the full report this weekend on bbc world news. it's the "our world" program. it's on at various times. find them on our website.
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go to bbc.com/our world. now we are here with a look ahead at important economic news coming out of india. >> absolutely yes. new government stephen. will there be gross in the indian economy? we go to india where gross figures may underline the challenges faced by the country's new government and prime minister modi. they're likely to show the worst slow down in a quarter of a century. he's working on the only order they have here at the moment. this factory makes ovens and mixers used to produce biscuits. there's not much bright news. with no understand from inside india, they're just about getting by on small orders from a broad. >> it's very difficult. raw material prices are increasing 60%.
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my labor force double. the salary of my people i was giving, now it is double. >> it's been the same story for manufactures around india. big or small, they're all going through a slump that's been particularly bad over the past year. in the months running up to the election here, it seems to virtually come to a stand still around the country. businesses have stopped expanding. consumers stopped buying. everyone was waiting and watching to see what the results would be. now india has a new government led by narendra modi who's party swept elections with a strong majority. their promise of good governments and speeding up growth makes many hopeful the months ahead will be better. >> the first priority and expectation is that the growth
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side starts to see arrival. investment projects stuck because of lack, the ease of doing business has been slowing down. it starts to pick up. >> they can't afford to neglect inflation either especially over food prices. one of the main reasons the last government was voted out. rains this year are expected to be below normal, so the new government will need to strike the right balance between keeping the cost of living down and getting growth to pick up. bbc news. >> a stark reminder of power russia can wheel through the gas reserves. russia state gas company has told ukraine it will cut off the gas supplies tuesday unless it pays billions of it says it's owed. let's look at numbers now. by the end of next week, they say ukraine will owe $5.2
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billion, a figure kiev disputes and can't afford to pay. ukraine signed a contract in 2007 that locked it no buying gas $485 per 1,000 cubic pete er r s -- cubic meters. the former president rejected a trade deal with them last year. when he was ousted, russia tore up the deal reinstating the original price. officials are brokering talks in berlin today between the two sides. it's worried about the effect. half of the gas comes via ukraine. let's hear from an analyst about the challenges ukraine faces. >> they're trying to broker a peace deal. they're pushing ukraine to pay the $2.5 billion they owe and exchange we hope agreement to
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renegotiate the terms of the contract at the european average price around $380 and the elimination of minute volume take. we think we're close to a deal even though there's political rhetoric now. they're pushing ukraine hard to accept the deal. this is a case as to whether or not we can expect pragmatic relationship between new president of ukraine and russia going forward. bad and good news in the government's battle to boost the economy. last month the consumer prices rose annual 3.2%, highest since 1991 and represents the strong recovery from two decades spiral of falling prices. here's the problem. japanese household spending down 4.6% in april, a figure worse than expected. it seems shoppers are deterred by higher prices after a big rise in sales taxes at the beginning of the month. we report now on the dilemma
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facing the japanese government. >> on april 1st, the japanese government put up sales tax in japan for the first time in 17 years. today for the first time we see the results. has inflation here in japan gone up? the answer is emphatic yes. it is less now to well over 3%. for the japanese government that is good news. it is intent on ending 20 years of deflation of falling prices and getting inflation back to the japanese economy. it appears to be succeeding. it means shops and businesses are willing for the first time in years to put prices up. in fact some are doing it by quite a lot. i had my hair cut earlier this week. the price had gone up 8%. the japanese government is happy. businesses are happy. how do consumers feel? >> before the tax rise, i was worried and stocked up on lots
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of household stuff she says. after the tax rise, i forgot quickly. now i'm back to buying stuff just the same. >> translator: before the tax rise, if my family and i went out to eat sushi it would cost 10,000 yen. now we end up spending more. i've decided to stop going out for sushi. >> how consumers here in japan respond to high prices in the next few months is absolutely key. if they look at high prices and say there's nothing i can do and carry on spending then it can create a positive cycle. high prices should mean higher profits. higher profits in the end should mean higher wages. so on it goes. if on the other hand japanese consumers look at prices and say prices are going up but my salary hasn't, i need to stop spending, it could have the opposite effect and push japan
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back in deflation. >> whether to eat sushi or not to eat sushi. >> always a dilemma in my house. i want to bring you news from the organization of security and cooperation in europe which has just confirmed that it has lost contact with a second team of monitors in eastern ukraine. remember another team of the monitors are still held by pro russian rebels. the osce says it lost contact with the second team made up of four international workers and one ukrainian translater sometime thursday. that's two lots of monitoring teams who are out of contact in eastern ukraine. we'll bring you more on that as we get it. do stay with us on bbc world news. still to come, here's a
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[gasps] there's my steps! i should stop talking. perfectly paired savings. now, that's progressive. welcome back to "gmt." i'm stephen sackur. the top stories this half hour. this internet giant google launches a service to allow europeans to ask for personal data to be removed from search results. the families of two teenage indian girls who were raped and murdered say police ignored their calls for help over 12 hours. now around the world, societies are aging fast which is perhaps why scientists are putting a focus on the science of ageing and better
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understanding of the needs of the elderly. now researchers at the massachusetts institute technology have developed a suit and goggles. it's 60 years of aging achieved in 20 minutes. we have been finding out more. >> this is agnes, age gained now empathy system. >> it simulates the aging process. >> it gives empathy. this allows you to walk in the person's shoes. >> can i have a go? >> sure. we'll give you an idea of what it feels like from 20 to 80 in 20 minutes. this serves as the frame of the suit where we put the belts, buckles, straps. we'll impair different parts of
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your body from joints to neck movement. women have the hump because their entire frame is weighed down by weakening bone structure as well as muscle structure. this is adding weight and restriction. one of the issues around aging in a physical body is not just what you can't do but the amount of money you expend to do simple things such as opening a jar to reaching to something on a shelf. it adds weight. now you're going to start to feel not just the strain of your hamstrings pulling but take a few steps. your gate changed. we see folks slower with fewer steps. it's muscle tone and weight. these are latest fashion in shoes. we tend to lose fact at the bottom of our feet. quite often your feet hurt, and you blame your shoes. it's your feet. we have a variety of goggles to
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symbolize blurred vision and natural aging. >> it's blurred. you need corrective lenses. >> we're going to put the helmet on. this will hold down your back of your neck and head to give you the hump. as on older adult, if we don't change the environment around us, older adulthood is turning inward and truly retiring. we want to make it more successful and youthful even if we're not necessarily young. >> my feet are hurting. my knees are feeling pain. my lower back and head feel like i actually do want to sit down. >> what a difference 20 minutes makes. >> it's not easy. what will the future look like in 50 years for me? >> it will be a lot better and easier for you than it was for your parents.
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an aging society is a reason to reinvent society to live longer better. >> regina there. i'm going to give you quick news. political protest miss the wake of the presidential election. voters are demanding a revote. one person has been killed in clashes today. political violence in malawi. if you had to rank the traits you'd like to see if your country's leader, what would be at the top of your list? religion, age, what about gender? >> we asked what people consider most important in a new presidential candidate. now we report on the striking results. >> let's say you want to be
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president of the united states in 2016. what characters would give you the best chance? the research center got good insight recently when asked what traits americans wanted in a president. topping the list, military service. 43% of americans said they're more likely to support a veteran for president. you can even see this historically since 31 out of 44 presidents have done some kind of military service. now in recent years, most presidents have gone to p prestigious universities. it wasn't always like that. harry truman never went to college. do americans really care? almost three quarters said it didn't gnmatter if the presidential candidate goes to a top university.
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candidates love, love, love to talk about how they're washington outsiders. early in the 2008 campaign, a candidate's washington experience made 35% of people more likely to vote for them. now check out how the numbers have flipped. yep, stay out of washington if you can. now barack obama made history becoming the first black president. 71% said it wouldn't matter if the candidate was female. a gay or lesbian president, 66% said it wouldn't matter. an atheist, well that's a deal breaker. if you don't believe in god, more than half of america is less likely to send you to the oval office. bbc news washington. >> before we go, a recap on our breaking news. that's the organization for
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