this is d.w. news live from birth land britain's prime minister seeks an urgent plan for bread set to receive a urges the readers to break the deadlock and move things forward but they say it

is not enough progress. and that there is is there any way out of the impasse. also coming up showdown in spain catalonia defies a deadline to abandon plans for independence madrid says that it will start taking back control of the breakaway region on saturday. and the soccer fair play demand fair pay denmark's women's world cup qualifier is cancelled and a rout over wages the danish national team simply wants the same conditions as the man could this be a landmark moment for the women's game. plus an explosion at a factory baking firecrackers exposes the dark underside of india's festival of lights environmentalists welcome the new ban on fireworks but some people aren't happy our social media team has more. and asterix and all blix the beloved comic book heroes are back with. a new adventure this time their creators are

sending them on a bad dash across italy. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. leaders are meeting in brussels for a two day summit to discuss issues such as migration and the deadlock brags that negotiations british prime minister theresa may has called for renewed urgency in moving the braggs of talks along but european council president donald tusk ruled out a breakthrough ahead of the summit. the british prime minister arrived in brussels with one aim to push talks on britain's divorce from the e.u. to the next phase that means post break the trade ties between london and brussels it's also about looking ahead to how we can tackle the challenges that we all share across europe that means

a fool's continued cooperation cooperation which must be at the heart of the strong future partnership but for tourism as european partners talk of future relations is premature even for french president emanuel my com who's been pushing for progress progress has been made on the rights of e.u. citizens in the u.k. but the issue of what britain will over the e.u. once it leaves and twenty nineteen is proving more difficult as unfortunately the market will mean we've made some progress but not enough to start the second phase of negotiations by the fall to begin also on the agenda in brussels is turkey chancellor merkel was vocal in her calls to and turkey's e.u. accession talks during last month's german election campaign but she's unlikely to repeat that call here since she can't count on support for that among her e.u. counterparts meanwhile the french president is seeking support for his proposals to reform the e.u. they include a two speed europe to accommodate both that stronger and weaker economies. waddle

says sure but i know we want to take our own program forward with leaders of the new member states based on our own ideas and initiatives is good news and i'm pleased that the issues of migration north korea and u.s. president trump the wavering support for the iran nuclear deal are also on the summit agenda. and. as an brussels covering the summit i asked him how other european union leaders were reacting to teresa mayes bed to get trade talks started before december. she wanted to get trade talks started much earlier than december the hope and that was the plan from the beginning to get them started after this summit but the e.u. twenty seven so all that you member states excluding the united kingdom have come to the conclusion after talking to michel year the chief negotiator of the e.u. commission that they haven't made sufficient progress in phase one phase one just a reminder of settling the divorce issues as they are calls for example the border

between northern ireland and ireland the status of e.u. citizens in the united kingdom and of course the so-called bragg's it bill and especially in the dregs of bill there has not been sufficient progress but here's the thing it seems like the e.u. is moving towards the direction of theresa may a little bit at least we saw the draft conclusions and they say that if everything progresses as and to support it they will be able to start face to so trade negotiations with the united kingdom. but max in the meantime i mean does it seem as if you know there's also a back up plan being formed a potential no deal scenario. everybody denies this very strongly in brussels in the european institutions but we've talked to some sources and they say of course we have to think about these things because if we start preparing a no deal scenario let's say for five months before there is no deal that's just

not enough time just think about what would happen in you know on the borders in the ports in dover in cali in france for example where now there are virtually no controls over the control maybe five hundred trucks a day and then that would go into the thousands so you need capacities for that you can't just start you know a couple of months before that course we still have more time and the official stance is we are not preparing for this and how have the leaders been reacting to the news coming out of spain about catalonia. the elephant in the room if you wish of course the leaders were asked this question but they're all in line saying this is a domestic issue and we're all talking to one person only and that is why hoyt the prime minister of spain and nobody from catalonia word has it that in money we might call the french president will talk to reporters about this today but i think it's safe to say that over dinner those different leaders will ask for highly what exactly his plan is for the region and for the weekend when he wants to or maybe

wants to trigger article one fifty five to take over powers from the regional government. max hoffman with the latest from brussels thank you. that crisis in catalonia is escalating spain is preparing to take full control of the semi autonomous region after the cattle out leader refused to give up demands for independence the central government in madrid has said that carlos pushed him on ignore the thursday deadline to withdraw catalonia plans to break away and now he must face the consequences. game of brinkmanship eats up cattle and lead to collars pushed him on at the regional parliament for the latest showdown camera struggles to get a good glimpse of the man who is refusing to back down in his latest letter to the spanish government he warns that the catalan parliament could fota to claire independence if madrid tragus article one hundred fifty five this allows spain

central government to take over any of the country's seventeen autonomous regions if they break the law which declaring independence is deemed to be. the spanish government's reaction to double down. the government will continue with the processing of article one hundred fifty five of the constitution with the goal to restore the law in catalonia. spain says it will hold a special cabinet meeting on saturday to activate article one hundred fifty five this is never been used in modern spanish history so what does that mean in practice it would allow madrid to sack regional office holders dissolve the regional parliament and assume control of all regional authorities. new elections would be held in catalonia until then madrid could fill key interim positions after invoking the article it won't come into effect straight away it needs parliamentary

approval spanish prime minister mariano rajoy needs an absolute majority for that and he only has a slim one in barcelona catalan residents are prepared for a standoff. this is the main doesn't love us they only love our money they want our money i'm not sure if i'm explaining myself clearly all the things they've done for catalonia are not really for catalonia they won't let us go because the money is here. they are making people more pro independence with these games they are playing. in. the rain maybe putting off demonstrators from taking to the streets at least for now. let's get more now on this political brinkmanship that is underway in spain has been our correspondent barbara faisal who is standing by with the very latest from barcelona so barbara i mean there are still a couple of days before this article one fifty five could be triggered with each of these sides not backing down is there any way for them to save face at this point.

there is no really real sense of any exit strategy at this point because somebody really would have to turn around and say oh sorry this was all a big mistake madrid is not going to do that and neither are the people in the palace behind us here carlos put demand in his regional government because they have really committed themselves to this process but someone has now referred the decision about every new day declaration of independence to parliament so he's still playing for time but it's a matter of days and of course the left wing in his in his coalition government is a really really pushing him and saying let's do it right now let's not wait anymore what madrid does is a provocation let's go and there is so much to lose though for catalonia and for pushed him on himself i mean spain very clearly making some threats and so far those threats that they have made they have executed on them how is all of this

playing out there in the streets of barcelona today is there a sense of fear among some. there is no sense of fear but there is a sense of misgiving among people i mean we have to consider that not everybody is for independence here infected population might be rather evenly divided it's not quite quite clear how the numbers stack up bought to everybody who says look at the economic situation let's think about this again about seven hundred companies have already in knowns that they're going to sort of move away from barcelona tourists have been canceling their hotel reservations so the consequences are already being felt now the ideologists in the camp of the independents that they say all this doesn't matter let's go ahead it's for a great purpose however many people in the street or if you talk to people in the bars the waiters and the many of our researchers who make their living here of tourism say we really don't like the way this is going. the clock is ticking and

the future of catalonia is at stake part of a cell with the very latest from the streets of our salon thank you and daniel winter is here with us now with more on one industry which is actually celebrating what i think we can call a bit of chaos right down your house right sara there's always someone to profit in a crisis spain is one of the euro zone's main economies of course and it's set to enter unchartered political waters that's weighing on european stocks they lost about half a percent on the day but there is a winner in all of this is a clue flag makers producers are going full tilt to satisfy growing demand from both sides of the session dispute the rallies of only grown in recent weeks but the political uncertainty is bad for most of the business. it started with the banks now hundreds of medium sized companies have either left or are considering leaving

the region since the independence referendum they include financial institutions like ayesha bunco sabah down utilities company guys not around and sparkling wine maker fresh anette spain's economic minister blames the cattle and regional government for the exodus the population is growing uneasy still he's not afraid of a run on the banks. out there that's the two large catalonian money institutes are both protected by the safety mechanisms of the european central bank the spanish guarantee fund in the federal government and that's why we don't think there will be any limits on the money that the customers can withdraw. the firms pulling out site turnover as their main reason for departure with spain their most important market they fear a catalan declaration of independence could lead to the country boycotting kettleman products independence for catalonia could have a detrimental effect on the ailing spanish economy to catalonia is the industrial heartland of spain the region generates

a fifth of the country's economic output. now the timing could hardly be what's ahead of japan's elections this weekend yet another corporate scandal is shaking the economy this time around it's nesa the comic has shut down all its factories in the country that's because unqualified workers were put in charge of quality control it's the latest in a litany of serious errors from japan's biggest corporations. and another gesture of humility and another apology from the company boss he did so cycle admitted that the scandal at nissan was much worse than originally thought final vehicle inspections were carried out by un qualified employees it all came to light about a month ago over a million cars have to be pulled off the road for of nissan six factories were involved in the shoddy work now nissan has to put the brakes on production all domestic factories will remain closed for at least two weeks the recall is going to

be expanded the string of company scandals in japan continues more than a week ago kobe steel japan's third largest steel concern and a nissan supplier admitted to falsifying product data and they did it for ten years around two hundred customers were affected it could be that nissan was cheated by kobe and received inferior materials profit before honesty unscrupulous practices at the cost of safety japan's industry remains stuck in a deep crisis of trust. and here in berlin the shape of the next government is being hammered out sarah absolutely and we're talking about nearly a month after the country's general election here german chancellor angela merkel is now holding talks with potential coalition partners the parties from across the political spectrum say their first meetings have gone well but they are warning that it may take a while to bridge their differences. all eyes on two parties that don't

really fit together but are now working together on day two of exploratory talks the business friendly f.t.p. met the green party and try to find common ground. mishaps i. might come ott to the talks were lively we listened to each other carefully and managed to see things from the other party's point of view i am lassen was it's on this on the jamaican color still appear exotic in german politics never before have the business friendly f.t.p. and the environmentalist green party negotiated to form a federal government together it's a challenge as their positions couldn't be more different. for instance on the european union the green party is calling for an end to austerity measures and wants a collective pact on texas and investments the free market liberal f.d.p. on the other hand to strictly against any kind of death mutualization within the

e.u. and on clean energy the environmental greens have very clear goals they want one hundred percent renewable energy by two thousand and fifty they also want to ban combustion engines in automobiles by two thousand and thirty a no go for the business friendly free democrats. migration could be the one issue on which the f.t.p. and green party could find common ground both parties have been calling for germany's first immigration law. these clowns on both parties realize that we have a long way to go but we also understand that if we want a common government then we need to find common interests and not follow the conservative party's well worn path. on friday the conservative c.d.u. and c.s.u. parties will join the talks behind these walls all four potential coalition partners will negotiate together for the first time after thursday's talks

ended i spoke with our political correspondent thomas sparrow and i asked him whether the greens and the three democrats found any common ground today but i think the idea sorry to be honest was to try and see where there was a possibility of finding common ground this is only the first meeting between these two parties and as we saw in our report the key word i would say is minimum level of trust that's precisely what they were trying to find today it was not about finding a compromise on those very tricky issues that we saw in our report are something that will come in the process in the next few weeks and months for now it was a first meeting trying to set the framework for what will come next and what will come next are very difficult negotiations not only between the two parties that held talks today but between all parties involved in this possible coalition so what sort of timetable are we likely looking at here thomas. well the first big

event if you will will be tomorrow there will be more than fifty politicians of all parties involved talking right behind where we're standing of all parties trying to find what i mentioned just a second ago that type of common ground and based on that they will have for example working groups to try and discuss every single issue in detail what we're looking at is the possibility of germany having a government by december if that's the case then most parties would actually be happy but obviously before that happens they also have to consult their bases and that's something that could take some time and thomas for our international viewers just remind us i mean germans are quite familiar with this process but what does this mean for germany's place in the world the fact that this is indeed taking some time well for some people germany is now looking inward and that's certainly the case germany is now focused first and foremost on what type of

government will lead the country for the next four years but at the same time it's important to say sorrow that germany obviously still has a working coalition now that deals with some of the issues that i worry that concern here in the country both internationally and nationally so we can say oh there are both aspects playing together thomas sparrow with the very latest from our land on his coalition talks thanks for your reporting this week the w. is inviting international journalists who have been given refuge in germany to speak their minds about their host country today ugandan journalist morris evoke or at shares his thoughts with us. yeah germany i have a few words to say to you wilds of a demonstration love disappointment and hope. vastly i am thankful that living in this country means i have the peace and security that i once like my name is more this will give me a book write

a journalist from uganda where i once worked as an investigative journalist and paid a high price for the truth eight years ago i came to germany where now having a rest in state i was lucky i have realized that just basic human rights such as freedom of speech exemplary in europe and while over. understandably the or the a few minutes of this great nation i clearly due to hard work and sacrifice. however in my observation and experience your question of social progress were all especially in regards to much unless groups such as immigrants remain largely unsolved. integration is not as successful as how to be. does anyone ever wonder why even educated immigrants find it so difficult to continue with their career even after the top rating well as a journalist with immigrant by brown i feel so disappointed that i still can't find

a job as a journalist. in my experience it's in the best interest of migrants to rebuild their set of lives while contributing to their devoted to this great nation peace and security is not everything i believe proper operation of migrants into humans walk force is the best solution to the so called here for you crisis. all that is your war this book right. you're watching news still to come on the program after a dispute between denmark's women's football team and the football association over fair pay we will look at their dwindling chances of reaching the football world cup . but first a quick check of some other stories making news around the world and afghanistan at least fifty eight people have been killed in a wave of attacks across the country one assault nearly wiped out an entire army

camp in the southern kandahar province over the past few days the taliban claimed multiple suicide and gun attacks targeting security forces kurdish female militias have vowed to fight on to liberate syrian women from the brutal rule of the so-called islamic state the announcement was made today during celebrations to mark the liberation of iraq but with much of his former stronghold lying in ruins the hardships facing civilians are far from over. pakistan's former prime minister nabil sharif has been indicted on corruption charges the charges stem from leaked documents known as the kind of the paper's investigators say that the documents show that sharif family held unreported assets overseas the family has denied any wrongdoing. the new zealand labor party has completed coalition talks with and formed a government with the new zealand first party and the greens thirty seven year old

yes cinda are down becomes the country's youngest prime minister and its third female leader here's a little of what she had to say when she announced the coalition deal labor. believed that government should be a pattern. and ensuring an economy that will live is for new zealand. we also believe in a government that looks after its environment and that all humanly looks after its people and i believe that labor has found true allies and paula meant to deliver on that wost and b. is may be a bother at home but they are crucial for a healthy environment a new study has shown that the number of insects in germany has dropped dramatically and experts here are racing to figure out what's to play.

nature's thrives on diversity if it weren't for bees wasps and butterflies we'd have no blossoms honey or fruit but the buzzing is getting quieter since one thousand nine hundred nine the number of insects in germany has dropped by a staggering seventy six percent volunteer insect experts from the city of clay fed have collected the data. of course the fact that our findings are being publicized right now is good news for us on the other hand the results are very worrying because they show that these negative developments are not restricted to just a few isolated locations. in the bug followers have been observing the fate of flying insects for nearly thirty years they set up traps and collected data at over sixty locations in three german federal states but it's still unclear why so many insects are dying. and

studies have revealed that the environmental impacts of agricultural practices are substantial that includes pesticides that are supposed to kill insects but there are effects go far beyond the fields. other likely causes of the insects demise are over use of fertilizer too few green spaces and climate change researchers are urging restorative measures before germany's natural environment suffer serious damage. in sports denmark's participation at the twenty nineteen women's world cup is in jeopardy a pay dispute between the danish football association and the women's national team has reached a depth but the players refusing to train and response the danish f.a. canceled friday's world cup qualifier against sweden which could result in heavy sanctions from fake. it looks like business as usual but the danish women's national team is on strike negotiations have broken down with the danish f.a. over a new pay agreement after boycotting two official training sessions the team met on

officially to prepare for friday's crucial world cup qualifier against sweden and that's where they found out the danish f.a. had cancelled the match. it's a serious announcement it's incredible that you want to cancel an international match the danish f.a. say they had no choice after a reported offer to increase annual investment in the women's team from three hundred fifty thousand euros to six hundred fifteen thousand and was rejected. his decision is quite sad no question about it we have to inform the swedish football association and favor that we won't have any players available for friday. it's a dramatic turn of fortune for a team which shone as finalists at the race in your pain championships now they face sanctions from u.i. for in face of the cancelling the match including possible explosion from world cup qualifying. to fall if this leads to a penalty or if they lose these two upcoming matches and end up not going to the world cup as

a result it will have big consequences for country success may be forgotten wage disputes are not new in women's football a strategy a negotiated a new deal in twenty fifteen after striking with the u.s. following suit in april twenty seventh saying earlier this month the no wage an f.a. introduce equal pay from twenty eighteen on words. at the center of the danish dispute is the white race but the women also want equal conditions as the men when it comes to training grounds meals and accommodation but want to resolve the impasse but a may come to light for denmark's world cup hopes. back in a few minutes we will see you soon you're watching. the. next arab spring could be a feminist why would you let the muslim women took to the streets demanding their rights but their fight began much earlier starting in the mid twentieth century

there were calls for reforms. is a more conservative form of islam no driving women to the new their protests. seventy six in china in forty five minutes. why forty million people in east africa threatened by starvation what are the causes of the situation. we focus on five specific problem areas. this huge journalistic project tries to find the answers why africa goes hungry our topic this week on don't you don't mind. to be our fighters want to start families to become farmers or engineers every one of them has a plan. that the children who have already been the lawyer and those that will follow are part of

a new process. they could be the future of. granting opportunities global news that matters d. w. made from minds. good at the debate that w. we speak your language our spanish program on your children. always will inform what's important and i can loiter always close to the action but i'm not going to go focus on the why didn't you get that up to the minute news and opinion of the background to political developments. d.w. we bring you more of the oil. welcome back you're watching news from berlin i'm sorry kelly our top stories the spanish government has announced that it will move ahead with suspended the autonomy of catalonia this after the region's leader threatened to declare

independence interest says that it will discuss the next steps at an emergency meeting on saturday. british prime minister theresa may is urging the e.u. to break a deadlock on braggs a talks she made the comments at the start of an elite or summit in brussels take more than a migration policy will also be on the agenda today meeting. former soccer player george where has taken the lead in liberia's presidential election the country's electoral commission announced that he had received nearly forty percent of the votes counted according to liberia's election rules candidates need an absolute majority of votes in order to be declared president where will now face off with current vice president joseph boca and a runoff that the current president came in second this will be the former football star second attempt at the presidency back in two thousand and five where one the first round of the pole but lost in the one. off. of them well let's cross over

to our correspondent john philip schultz who is joining us from lagos who cover this election for us so tell us a little bit more i mean who stands the best chances now in this runoff election. at the moment it's very difficult to say we had a quite similar situation in two thousand and five we were in the first rounds and everybody thought he was definitely become the next president but then he lost to ellen johnson sirleaf in the second round he said that the elections were rigged and his supporters. that they don't accept the results but a lot of observe us back then said that president ellen johnson sirleaf was just informing strategic alliances with the other candidates that didn't make it to the runoffs and i think the same thing will happen again it all depends on the other

candidates now and the question is what will they tell their supporters who to vote for and we mentioned that george ware has now apparently taken the lead if that remains and if he does indeed win this election how would that change the country. well his critics say that she is too inexperienced politically and that see would not be able to change much but certainly has a lot of support among the young people in liberia especially among the young frustrated unemployed people so definitely his first priority will be to revive the economy and to try to create new jobs for those young people that have. supported the whole time i want to talk a little bit more about the legitimacy of the these elections and the general election process because i mean there have been allegations for example on that there was foul play here how is that affecting would you say the upcoming vote.

i think this is quite serious we have to keep in mind that other major candidates that didn't make it to the second round all of them said that they have witnessed too many irregularities and that they are planning to take legal action a charles brown skin who was the third strongest candidate candidate and who is a lawyer and says even said. he ones this election's to be repeated and she won't accept any results so. there were some irregularities during the election process but they say those were rather irregularities so the other candidates have to prove have to find evidence. so what they say is true that there was major rigging going on but it is definitely a very difficult situation because if the other candidates don't support the second

round if they don't accept the results it will be very difficult to have a runoff election in early november d.w. correspondent john philip schultz with the latest on liberia's presidential election with that runoff there we appreciate it well the united nations is warning that twenty million people face starvation in eastern africa south sudan and somalia are the worst hit but the regional power kenya is also suffering a huge increase in the price of food is affecting the middle class as well as the poor in drought hit areas and many people say it is not only a lack of rain that is to blame they point to a failure of political leadership in this country for more we have this report from an echo and philip schultz they sent us this report from kenya. dark clouds hover over to see them which is fields. but as the farmer suspects they

won't deliver desperately needed rain. three rainy seasons have already come and gone in south korea where to see luna's wife christine live all they can find to pick are some legumes otherwise the entire maize crop their main income source has dried up. now that i've been visiting new thumb of the need to keep my family for. two to three months but not. even need to keep me for a week seven years ago he began a video project to document the climate changes in his region he's experienced a lot of weather extremes including droughts and floods but it's never been as bad as it is now. instead of being able to sell his harvest the farmer has to go to

market to buy his maize. a staple in the kenyan diet the amount he can actually afford keeps getting smaller and smaller. feel neglected because. feeding my family but the government themes and wants to. support us. in the capital nairobi the so-called corn crisis has been a source of bitter controversy for many months. maize prices have skyrocketed by more than one hundred percent the problem is that the corn silos containing the emergency reserves were depleted soon after the drought started whether the maize had been stolen or had rotted away is not clear. and those responsible have yet to provide a clear answer. eventually the government stepped in importing me and launching

a subsidy program to bring prices down. but according to alicante the whole system is totally corrupt the financial expert says both politicians and business people are enriching themselves through special import licenses. folks are able to get access to those licenses and make seriously big and windfall profits at the expense of course of the rest of the country. big windfall profits and you know the fear is that all of this money circulating back into political spending. those very officials bristle at the corrupt allegations. they claim the government has done its best to counter the country's food shortages from the get go. the president declared and not a national necessity and he called upon all the other stick around us to join hunt and support the government so anybody who is interested in helping to join hands

and help now those people are not interested in helping this or to shut up not talking everywhere nonsense. former has long stopped looking for political solutions instead he and other farmers are working together to design homemade irrigation systems for their fields they still have to work out the kinks but it's enough to start growing some tomatoes and there's hope that this means they'll be able to grow maize again next season. well now it is back to business with danielle and we're going to talk about china getting used to lowering expectations right that's right so especially when it comes to the macro economy chinese economic growth slowed marginally in the third quarter six point eight percent isn't really that bad at all but that's slightly down from previous quarters on target for the year as a whole despite that indicate instability the national statistics agency warns of volatility it says the economy is at

a crucial stage of restructuring and trying to central bankers warning about a sudden collapse and asset prices after so much growth may be opening the economy could help that's all the talk at this week's communist party congress but critics say they've heard that before. it's a project that typifies the extent and speed of china's growth in just two years time this building site in beijing will house what could be the world's largest airports at twelve billion dollar investment that comes as chinese president xi jinping hailed a new economic era it's all about looking outward freedom if you will push forward a new situation of complete openness openness brings progress closing yourself off will inevitably lead to falling behind china's open door will never close it will only be opened further. but critics say the door is far from open many

foreign companies complain about the difficulty of accessing the chinese market and accuse the government of failing to implement necessary reforms. one big issue the government is trying to tackle however is soaring desks the sum total of what china oh this is now valued at two hundred forty six percent of its g.d.p. that sparked fears of a financial collapse for the world's second largest economy the true cost of debt fuelled growth has yet to be revealed. but one thing we can say for sure is that it's a lot more wealth in china it now tops the list of global billionaires with six hundred forty seven of them that's according to the who run rankings a surge in stocks has propelled guinn to the construction magnate to the top of the rich list his firm ever grond builds upon middle class homes and he's streets ahead of the competition with forty three billion dollars to his name next pony ma and is

extremely busy in his roles as founder president c.e.o. and executive board member of internet and media company ten sent all the work is paying off clearly his net worth has risen by fifty two percent this year to thirty seven billion dollars now this could be the man you expected to see topping the list jack mont slips down to third this year and here's a fact for you forty three people working for him have also made it on to the rich list of chinese people with over three hundred million dollars each to their names a lot of money sloshing around in china. another nation under pressure to reform its economy is france and president manuel signed his contentious labor market reform into law last month it aims to drive down the stubborn unemployment rate by making it easy to hire and fire trade unions say it's an attack on workers' rights what do businesses think. here in the heart of paris guy thomas

so works tirelessly all day every day washing painting and repairing to ensure his business is a success. with two other friends from the suburbs to found a rather original kind of start up a sneaker care service mazower expects a man or woman cohn's election as the new president of france to give his business a boost. supports young entrepreneurs in school i always got the impression that i was expected to just find a job and subordinate myself to some bosses but my caller said don't look for a job look for customers. with. hiring staff to service sneakers is expensive plus getting into a conflict with employees can seriously harm a small business operation. french labor laws are very employee friendly and it

makes it almost impossible to fire them. butcher seshat me low for example has lost several court cases against staff now he's much more careful. oh my goodness you don't know he can do nothing it's as if you're married to them. and it's hard to break up one of them. every time you have to pay significant compensation and ensure that they get focused you know training that you don't play you that's a major burden for a small business i see that you put the point that you don't focus well. but the unions insist on the stipulations if labor law were to be softened they say big companies would exploit the situation to hire younger staff. the unions are concerned that my cone is a bit too business friendly. mcglone wants to exempt

big companies from having to report profits earned abroad that means they can declare french profits via branches abroad it isn't difficult so then they say they've made losses in france so they can fire people and then employee is it will be unable to go to court to demand compensation that i bought before twenty quarter final plays guitar mazower has never wanted to work for another company he's part of the young creative and hard working friends that president might call envisions and that more and more french people are identifying with. and tragedy mas celebrations in india south. of course about the festival of lights there in india because today marks the high point of deval the celebrations one of india's biggest festivals and an important hindu holiday but the festival of lights has been overshadowed this year as we heard eight people died after a blast and in a legal firecracker factory in the eastern state of. the explosion completely

destroyed the make shift structure there explosions like this are not uncommon on licensed tractor is the supreme court in the capital delhi has now introduced a ban on fireworks during the festival let's get more on this story we are joined here in the studio by our social media editor for the week of baggio who has been following the story very closely for us how it has been developing there on social media why the band this time fredricka well so are we see how we can fireworks can be dangerous for people who are also dangerous for the environment and this is why the supreme court this time has said the priority has to be to tackle the issue of air pollution in delhi which is a big debate at the moment and they decided to put this ban into place last week and it will last until the end of the month now as you said i mean fireworks are a big part of the celebrations and millions of them are usually you know fired but

this so this year the pollution issues too important and this to give an idea of how bad things can get this is how things looked like last year after devalue celebrations and many people in that he posted pictures like these and so you can see how how bad it can get and last year the world health organization they said that the concentration of fine particle of pollutants it was thirty times higher than what they deem to be a safe level so it really it really makes for a quite serious public health issue especially considering this for. records are not the only thing that are contributing to pollution in the meantime though how have people been reacting to this ban well certainly we've seen support we've seen people in delhi saying this is this is what we need to do is also seen a number of complaints on social media different hashtags being used such as no

fire crackers or police pollution free. we have a number of activists who are trying to complain for a less polluted devalue here is one of them she went from school to school talking to children and trying to persuade them not to use fire crackers this year and to try and celebrate in a less polluting way on the other hand though sara there's also a number of many people are also upset about this ban and it's not only because it's such a big tradition but also because it's in the firework industry is a big business in india and many people rely on it and so for them this ban will also be you know very very it will affect them directly and we've been asking users on our hindu facebook page what they what they think about this and many of them has told us that they they are not planning on respecting the ban and actually we are beginning to see pictures like these on social media many users are posting

videos of firecrackers being set off this is from a couple of hours ago so you can see not everybody is willing to abide by this ban absolutely if you're running it's out there thanks so much fredricka baggio for telling us a little bit more about this there in india during the festival of lights we appreciate it. there's nothing quite like oysters and champagne for those who like to enjoy them but not everyone is into slurping the squishy things out of their shells if you are a fan denmark is apparently the place to go a yearly oyster festival is underway which is not just about filling stomachs it is also about lending the environment a helping hand. is a very colorful place grey skies and beach sand oh yes and of course there are the red buckets those buckets and others are being filled with oysters which will later be brought to the barbecue and eaten grilled around the half shell. among you can

take as many as you can carry they can keep for up to four to five days with no problem. the oyster tourists harvest them well into the evening these only stairs came from the pacific and stowaways on foreign ships and that's why it's so important to pick them they were introduced into an environment where they take away nourishment from native mollusks but the tourists don't care where they come from they're just having fun finding them. that's who and everything you collect from nature by yourself is a greater joy when you get back home and fish hunting the primal instinct. at the camp it's time to crack some open and new innovative ways. the one with strawberry was great. as one tourist said this is my first time here but it won't be my last.

and today's culture news with care and we are talking about a big day for comics fans apparently asterix and they are back for yet another adventure now this one it sees them racing around ancient italy at break neck speed so karen you have to tell us a little more about this because i mean there's there's a sense of in a stalled that goes into this they haven't been around for a long time are they still popular today absolutely they've been around for fifty eight years ed and not only are they still popular sarah these books are literally flying off the shelves already today in fact asterix in the chariot race that's the name of this new edition is set to become possibly very possibly the best selling comic of the year with first run print of five million and if passed additions are any indication obviously they're going to sell it pretty fast now this is the german edition so aciphex in italian now asterix in italy is the title in german

it's the thirty seventh asterix book and contrary to the title it's this time who gets to play center stage so let's have a quick look at the story. asterix and his sidekick take it up with the romans once again the new story is set in the ancient into. italy in mind and then i had the idea of a chariot race a sort of a rally from ancient times a trip across the peninsula leading you from city to city. this time the two heroes don't just have to deal with pretentious romans they have to win a race and beat some fierce competitors including. and from nations and challenge also for tuna's. there are lots of details when you have chariots for horses and you need to fit them into small boxes and it gets complicated. asterix

and also make friends along the way they team up with the attacks a tribe that is seeking independence from the powers in rome and somehow that story sounds too from a. politics has caught up with us although we didn't plan for that with all that's happening in catalonia right now our album has become even more relevant that's the big question in europe today do we want to win this race together or sabotage each other. maybe asterix and the chariot race has some of the answers he needs. the new edition which was only released today it's already a hot seller. so interesting little political relevance there but you know i have to tell areas i have to admit i was just already giggling by page three and what is so interesting and incredible about these books is that it seems to me that they manage to get the humor right no matter what language they're translated into are

translated into over one hundred languages so whether it's you know from the french whether it's german whether it's english whether it's italian they they seem to get the right cultural spin for each readership with which i find is an amazing feat and so you know big big huge praise for the translators who always only get a tiny little mention at the very back of the book rather than that i mean that is no easy feat really show our know and help out the original writers as well because i mean obviously you have to have a good story in order for it to resonate with other course and they have a legacy i mean we just saw the newest team that's cartoonist did conrad and the writers really shifty so they teamed up together as a duo in two thousand and thirteen and this is actually their third work together but the original creative team is of course. going to go she knew who first published a story about us to fix in peanut magazine back in one thousand nine hundred fifty nine so their first book appeared a couple of years later and they published about want to year in their success was simply exponential no wind. died in one thousand nine hundred seventy seven

continued the series alone and he then retired in two thousand and nine and he's he still actually has what they call a supervising role but the current authors say that he gives them a pretty free hand and i think their success has been pretty much unabated and as most things if you have success on paper are that often translates to success also absolutely elna absolutely huge success in the movies and and again amazing how long they've been around the first one came along in one thousand and sixty seven there are thirteen in all nine animated films and possibly we can still have a typically pictures here you can see the. first the animated films definitely stick very closely to the story as i say nine additions of those really great stuff for kids and then of course later on kin for action live action films that were huge box office hits in france and starring of course the unparalleled. you could see him there as the enormous. the superhuman gall who fell into that magic

strength potion when he was just a baby and obviously a role that was absolutely cut i'm treated as you can see he's a very impressive and he loves to he loves to drink just like you. and he definitely still has the show in these movies so a lot of stuff to catch up on there if you haven't seen the french wine i would assume although they're going to add only the magic strength potion not allowed to drink that's a very very specific care and frankly it all down for us i meant it too and that's what exactly i have some catching up to do apparently because you have to date now and. you so much for watching.

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