when actress and stars in the sinai find blockbuster valeri and she's got over forty million followers virtual kisses all around. them bringing in at number one kendall jenner the reality t.v. star and kim carr nash instead of sister has eighty five million followers and twenty seventeen she was also ranked the best paid model in the world. and that was this week's ranking now virtual objects in the real world b.r. headsets are currently being tested by all kinds of companies the hope is that the modern technology will save time and money in the future. in deca a company based in high upon in southern germany develops all commented reality apps for businesses employees on testing the functionality of smiles goggles with a virtual object that's been projected onto a transparent disk uses wearing hollow lens equipped glasses can touch the blink

chain virtually with then. they each have a different perspective of the object since the glasses work independently of one another. the forms for just the simplest way to understand how mixed reality might be used in future is to consider machine repair or maintenance in a place far away. everyone can get their head around the idea of saving someone the trouble of getting into a plane to go somewhere to fix a machine on site of it electronic is testing the use of smart losses in its service maintenance department it produces electronic circuit boards and exports them whenever the weld but if one of the special machines breaks down then the production chain stolz there are few service technicians so delays are inevitable that they could all change. just the first time so very promising in practical terms it will mean fast. reaction times because there will be no traveling and

fewer costs of course the opening of course in the tests a staff member is connected to a service technician via smart glasses the distance between them is of no consequence. so if i'm here do you have an image of yes look at the white part of. the technician can give advice and forward crucial information. i can see the blinking light if you like i'll send you a circuit diagram soon as this technology has perfected. technicians to handle repairs directly on site. it's not about using makes to reality to project something but about improving processes in the long term. and giving engineers and customers the possibility of trying things out testing them in a way that wouldn't be possible without mixed reality. in the future people will be able to invent virtual objects in analog spaces and shoring up the effect

it. shifts says the future is here. now we'll test preamps in our shift after shocks. perfectly knotted neckties tend to make an impression there are plenty of apps that can help those who've not yet mastered that art including time outs. and how to tie a time. has a small selection of knots you can learn and it's very easy to use. the instructions and the large illustrations are a big plus but there's a lot about retiring unfortunately and the cost to your own twenty nine. as does.

this operates with a camera and a commanding voice leaving users hands free megs. there's a limited selection of not here but all the classics are included. the free version of how to tie a tie also has a lot of advertising and a lot of knots but if you want to spare. yourself the ads you'll have to shell out three euros forty nine. the instructive graphics and animations are a big plus they make tying a knot seems super easy. our favorite is clearly how to tie a tie it's intuitive and it's easy to use it can really be a lifesaver if you have to impress someone. if you've got an interesting app you'd like to tell us about right to it said shift at e.w. dot com we'll test the best tips in our program. that was this week's upshot.

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i'm not a real person i'm still just a piece so. scientists around the world are working to measure how we're emotional . so hopefully i can be helpful pieces so with. a virtual person as a therapist or a robotic as a teacher neither would have human empathy what does the machine need to do to create empathy and a medical context would i disclose more information to a person or to a computer in this case. a few dozen healings of the instruments that steer us and whoever can control these feelings has great power over us even possible algorithms instead of feelings measuring emotion starting december sixteenth on t w.

this is. a high stakes election that could cut donald trump senate majority in the u.s. state of alabama republican candidate roy more moderate in sex allegations he's up against democrats and doug jones in a race that's too close to call this is three women who say the president sexually assaulted call on congress to launch an investigation also on the program. germany's jewish community begins observing hanukkah amid tensions over. israeli flag burning the country's ambassador to germany gives his reaction to. makes me very sad. to see an israeli flag burned in berlin especially in berlin.

and french president emanuel micro says the world is losing the battle against climate change he calls for action i don't paris summit seeking to unlock funds for the global shift towards clean energy. i'm phil gale welcome to the program. poses in the u.s. state of alabama goes the polls today to choose a new set of sets of send to washington election is attracting national and international attention after president trump threw his support behind republican candidates roy moore but the state supreme court justice has been accused of sexual misconduct with teenage girls more than thirty years ago which he denies they said these women. had not come forward for nearly forty years

but they waited thirty days before this general election to come forward. if you don't believe in mark here don't go. let's get more than from correspondent cast of a nominee who joins us from washington a welcome cost and what impact allegations having on the race. well it was already a very tight race even before those allegations came out roy moore has been a controversial figures for many years in alabama he was removed from the state supreme court twice for not obeying federal laws and court rulings and so normally in alabama any republican should easily win but in this case the democratic contender doug jones is actually ahead in a few polls of course most polls to see roy moore had but the bottom line

is this race now is too close to call and why is the senate race getting so much attention wiped away the international audience can well because this is a lose lose situation almost for the republicans and basically it is also a test election all on trump and his agenda donald trump of course has after some hesitation now fully backed roy moore and he is banking on the fact that his core supporters are also roy move his core supporters at least in alabama so but it's a lose lose situation as i said because if the democrats win in alabama that would further diminish their majority in the senate to fifty one to forty nine votes and that could mean that donald trump might have difficulties getting through

his agenda then again if roy moore indeed wins he would be a liability to the republicans in the upcoming midterm elections because he might be electable alabama but he is definitely a liability in most other regions of this country now the man who helps mr trump enter the white house is also advising in alabama what to steve bannon been saying . well steve bannan is still on a crusade to change the political landscape of the united states for good and he's fighting not only the democrats but also the republican establishment and what he calls the mainstream media we actually caught up with him at one of the rallies for roy moore another bomber here's what he had to say about us journalists information today is part of political warfare just cut and we can answer that i'm not a politician that means you're not the political process you all the mainstream media are part of the opposition party ok that has become

a familiar message is anybody listening or absolutely at least among the core supporters of donald trump that they don't trust what they call the mainstream media i would say media not necessarily reflect the views of these people but they don't trust the media they don't trust the political class in general from both parties democrats and republicans there is a certain amount of anger still here in this country an anger that brought donald trump into the white house and many of these people don't really care who goes to washington as long as he disrupts the political process and destroys what they see as a rigged system and custom phenomenon in washington state with us if you would as we look at the allegations of sexual impropriety swirling around the president in which won't go away three women who have previously accused mr trump of sexual harassment calling for

a congressional investigation he says he is the target to false allegations and fabricated stories of women who i don't know and or have never met. for these women investigating donald trump is both a fight for their personal honor as well as a matter of principle. but it's when he put his hand started put his hand up my skirt and that was the last time i wore skirt traveling. and i managed because i'm not a small person i. managed to wrestle myself out of the seat and stood up grabbed my purse and went to the back of the airplane i want to believe that as americans we can put aside our political inclinations and admit that some things in fact do transcend politics that we will hold mr trump to the same standard as harvey weinstein and the other man who are held accountable for their reprehensible behavior white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders has rejected the claims against trump or look this president said himself he thinks it's

a good thing that women are coming forward but he also feels strongly that a mere allegation shouldn't determine the course in this case the president has denied any of these allegations as have eyewitnesses and several reports have shown those eyewitnesses also back up the president's claim in this process but one of the highest ranking women in the trumpet ministration said the accusers had a right to speak out. when men who accuse anyone should be heard they should be heard and they should be dealt with and i think we heard from them prior to the election and i think any woman who has felt violated or felt mistreated in any way they have every right to speak up the women accusing president trump say this two thousand and five video which surfaced during last year's presidential campaign proves that trump made unwanted advances towards women i moved you know who moved on or on the field. i did. trump has dismissed the

comments in the video as quote locker room talk and so far there's been little sign that congress will open an investigation into his past behavior. and phenomena in washington cost and these allegations are not new is anything new likely to come of them this time. well i don't think it will have any severe consequences for the president of course it doesn't look good and it might have consequences at the ballot boxes in two thousand and eighteen i mean donald trump's approval ratings are already very low compared to most other presidents before him and of course again a lot of people might finally say ok enough is enough i won't have any of this because the republicans say well first of all many of these allegations are not true and secondly people knew about it and still they voted for trump but in

a way that was in a different era if you like because this year as so many women have come forward and have found the courage to report allegations or events where they experience sexual misconduct from men sometimes going back a lot a lot of years and this is different from the silence that we encountered before so this might have an impact again at the ballot box and if the republicans lose the senate and or the house that will be a problem for donald trump because a phenomenon in washington thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world bangladeshi counterterrorism officers a question in the relatives of the man accused of detonating a bomb in new york's port authority bus terminal on monday u.s. authorities are holding the twenty seven year old bangladeshi suspect on terrorism charges and say it was inspired by the islamic state group. nato has reappointed

against stoltenberg secretary general until twenty twenty a former norwegian prime minister has held the post since twenty fourteen a term up by security challenges including increasing tensions with russia terror attacks and foreign fighters returning from the middle east. an explosion as a natural gas plant in austria has killed one person and injured more than a dozen police say it was triggered by a technical fault of facility is a major pipeline delivering gas to surrounding countries italy has declared a state of emergency because of the disruption to its energy supplies. there watching the d.w. news life for ballots still to come for one planet climate summit begins in france the focus convincing business leaders to invest in clean energy and make fossil fuel the column is a thing of the.