this is it over news live from berlin it's decision day here in germany top political leaders have just a few more hours left to reach a deal on starting talks to form a new government will they meet the deadline and what happens if they fail also coming up the european union throws its weight behind the iran nuclear deal after meeting with iran's foreign minister they see the agreement is working and they challenge president trying to come up with a better alternative plus thousands rally in pakistan to protest against the rape

and murder of an eight year old girl with a killer still at large they want to know why the police were so slow to react. also tunisia deploys the army to try and quell violence under arrest in several cities demonstrators are protesting social inequality and price rises is the cradle of the arab spring on the verge of a crackdown. and a once hocks and what's not at the consumer electronics show we take a look at the latest tech inventions chances of making it to the market. as a pleasure to have you with us the clock is ticking for political leaders here in germany who are bracing for a long and difficult night of negotiations conservatives and the center left s.p.d.

are trying to see if they have enough common ground to enter formal coalition talks as the exploratory talks enter their final day a chance americal set the stakes were high and the outcome far from certain. with the borken often there are still big hurdles to overcome. through the seeking from my party i can say we'll be as constructive as possible in our search for compromises. but of course we're also we're aware that we want to deliver the right kind of deal for the country that means it's going to be a tough day. with the hope that talk via. the chance of their speaking earlier today will be. pots is at the social democrat headquarters she is following those talks for us their show their earnest standing is that they left the most contentious issues for a last walk us through some of the major obstacles and how tough it will be for

them to meet halfway on those issues. exactly they did leave the most contentious issues for last when hearing that today they've been discussing several issues such as refugee policy a very controversial issue ever since the refugee crisis of two thousand and fifteen and especially the issue of family reunification for refugees from civil war torn areas we're hearing though that the social democrats are willing to compromise on and. i think that issue maybe. towards the conservatives but there are other issues such as the budget there forty five billion euros that can be used for different projects so the question is who gets what for which projects and the issue of europe that was discussed this morning we are hearing successfully in terms of prioritizing it's a priority for both parties to further integration the question though is how how

will financial integration how much financial integration should there be and will there be so a lot of can and contentious issues still to be discussed here and from what we've been hearing politicians remain confident they remain optimistic that a deal can be reached at some point. in the early morning hours heading into friday but of course still big to overcome ok big hurdles to overcome but as you're reporting they are cautiously optimistic if these exploratory talks are successful what happens next what's the word map for forming a government. well here starts the tricky part because the leader of the social democrats really has to sell these results of the x. of the exploratory talks to his party base and the grassroots of the social democrats majority at the moment they don't want a continuation of the grand coalition so what is going to happen is he's going to

campaign the country campaign in germany he's going to complain for the issues and the. and in about a week time there will be a party conference of the social democrats where the delegates will vote whether to head into coalition talks with the conservatives or not so that is a huge hurdle to overcome after that coalition talks if successful will start and then the membership of the social democrats will have to vote on and so a lot of a long road ahead a complicated road ahead and in the end in any of these steps coalition talks could fail but even if everything is successful it will be weeks or months even until germany has a new government in place now at what i'm hearing is this not a done deal yet did of you charlotte potts reporting outside the s.p.d. h.q. thank you. well to find out more about what germany can expect from a renewal of the grand coalition let's hear now from a senior member of the center left social democrats thomas opera he spoke to do you

know when you were poor had a cleaver most of them in the gem of the status mint seems to be pushing towards another grand coalition it feels a bit like a good strain with no weather ups and is this really a choice does germany have a choice here. well the grand coalition is something like nobody loves it but everybody believes the government is needed and there is no other government in sight beside a grand coalition so we have we have serious negotiations about a new grand coalition it is difficult of course but i am optimistic that it can be successful. now a wise man once said that village democracy needs new ideas and new people to come in will it be any new ideas from what would effectively be a continuation from the same government as we just had it cannot be

a continuation of what we had because. we have serious problems ahead of us right now germany is in very good shape we have a strong economy we have higher and prime and we have a surplus in revenues but that will not stay the way it is unless we invest a lot of money in infrastructure we have a great deficit huge deficit unless we invest a lot of money in our educational system and unless we stabilize the european union . all these questions have to be solved and there have to be you know new ideas of course. to continue this government otherwise it will not get together but just i mean that the problems are not new the people are not necessarily going to be new if it does come to a grand coalition how are you going to shake it up. i don't know yet it depends

on you know what. the negotiators will come up with. we have seen that. we have done good work in a grand coalition we have improved the lives of many people for example by implementing a minimum wage in germany for the first time but that did not help us in the election. we got our worst results since one thousand nine hundred forty nine and so it cannot be just a continuity ration of the last grain coalition definitely not we need new ideas more justice more investments if that doesn't happen it probably will not take place we have a party that has to give the green light for real negotiations and at the end the members of our party will make the decision the other party that everybody in

the world is looking at towards it in germany is the f.d.a. alternative to germany they may well become then the largest opposition party and in the german parliament how would you in no position as vice president of the parliament how will you give them their democratic right to speak without allowing that the german parliament become a sounding board for a far right use that would be a real. political hard consequence if the a f t. would be the strongest opposition party in the bundestag the leader of the opposition practically. but the a f d who was elected by the german people and they deserve equal opportunity like any other party in the bundestag no special treatment i believe that we should not give them the

opportunity to describe themselves as victims of the political establishment that is what they really prefer to be appear. and we want. to give them we don't want to give them that kind of opportunity the world is watching germany waiting for germany to get a government organized what would you tell people would you tell other governments apart from it's all going to be ok. well the world may be waiting for a german government the fact is in germany there is no crisis because we don't have a regular government just a preliminary government. but it is true that we do need a government that can actively. shape the european future together with michael who is still

waiting for months now to get a response to his reform suggestions and i believe that this is a great opportunity even though we have right wing parties all over in europe it is a great opportunity to really make the european union more attractive and more stable and that is what we need a government and i hope hope i hope that we will have it before easter ok so if you're a betting man as a way to put your money well i would not bet on it but i'm optimistic thank you very much thank you terry. and dan you were heard mr offerman in that interview described the german economy as being in pretty good shape so this political stalemate the german economy can weather the start absolutely is in fantastic shape at the moment but just imagine the know the snus for german business as if there were new elections less political direction means more uncertainty for those looking to invest as we've already said the other side of the economic calling is

rather sunnier though europe's economic engines are a two point two percent growth surge and twenty seventeen a political conclusion tonight would be the cherry on the cake. for a lot of books soaring exports and a shortage of skilled workers to handle the load germany's economy is thriving and exports are forecast to grow a further five percent this year as well flying start for the next government which can look forward to a tax revenue bonanza so there's money there which germany's industry federation in the b.d. i once used to modernize the country it warms the new government not to waste any time. we have to invest more which means public investment but also means private investment so preparing the conditions for. intent more intense private investments in the sector of digitization in this sector of public transportation. but also in different sectors starting from schools and

universities he set or other problems are also waiting for an incoming government the global economy is laden with risks the b.t.r. is especially worried by the threat of trade barriers and increasing state interventionism german companies cite china's behavior in particular. china is a very important market for our companies especially for the industrial part of our economy. on the other hand we see that china has a very strict strategic agenda. the increasing influence the political party. into the individual business but even the u.s. and britain are becoming increasingly unpredictable trade partners the p.d.i. says it's high time for a new government to take office here to start taking the necessary decisions. to many he is a hero but to the state he was a villain locks leaks whistleblower del toure leaks documents laying bare shady tax

deals between luxembourg and hundreds of international companies back and twenty fourteen he was judged guilty of passing on secret information but today has reason to celebrate. anton del toro a smile to see arrived at court today and for good reason the luck seeks informant was previously charged with a one thousand five hundred euro fine and suspended prison sentence for stealing private legal documents but today the third ticked was overturned. arguments have been heard at the concession court considers that the appeal courts misinterpreted the european court of human rights jurisprudence and this is what we wanted to demonstrate by going to say she said this is a victory. but his former colleague rafael let's not say that the court decided that the nature of the documents tell a divulge the press did not qualify as relevant information status and rejected his

appeal. because we will keep going until we reach the european court and as this is where the case is going we could say that everything is going to plan and as anticipated in two thousand and fourteen luxembourg's decision to prosecute was met with widespread public outrage with many showing up to support him in court today the luxe leaks sparks parliamentary inquiries across the wild and helped shape major reforms in the way multinational companies are taxed. wal-mart is going to pass on the benefits of america's new tax law to its workers with a pay rise they'll boost the starting wage from nine dollars to eleven valmont will also hand its most loyal employees a one time thousand dollar bonus however you'll need to be at the company twenty years to qualified all of the new benefits come with a casual mot is rolling out more automated checkout technology meaning few

employees will be needed during your shop and there's more business to come later on including how a taiwanese tech is putting the nation back on the map back over to you looking forward to that thank you so much danielle the european union powers are urging president trying to endorse the nuclear deal with iran and that's after a meeting with the iranian foreign minister britain france and germany said there was no alternative and that the deal was essential for international security their concern president may be planning to torpedo that pact trump is expected to decide on friday whether to sign a waiver and keep the nuclear deal alive. for the iranian delegation brussels was of reassurance couldn't come at a better time the foreign ministers of britain germany and france as well as the e.u.'s foreign policy chief reaffirmed their support for the iran nuclear deal which u.s. presidents donald trump best threatens to lead to the deal is working it is the

living on its main goal with two main street thing the iranian nuclear program in check and i would say the survey against any played an important role in crafting the landmark nuclear court in the summer of two thousand and fifteen she has lobbied hard to convince washington to keep the nuclear issue separate from other contentious issues with tehran such as its ballistic missile program what the nuclear deal could however facilitate is talking about these issues something all ministers emphasized in brussels today should refer to or within you know of course we must also address the situation in iran we are all very concerned regarding the rights of those demonstrating in the streets we are convinced that people have a fundamental right to demonstrate was on top of that we also need to talk about iran's actions in the wider regional individual of it we. got deal announced that iran had committed to a dialogue over its role in war torn yemen and syria but whether the nuclear deal

and the diplomatic channels that come with it remain intact now depends on the u.s. president's donald trump is expected to decide on friday whether to reimpose sanctions against tehran. officials here in germany have launched an investigation into a senior iranian cleric who has been receiving treatment at a hospital in this country my mood. today is the former head of iran's justice ministry after discovering he was in germany the local kurdish community and human rights groups file charges against surety accusing him of crimes against humanity well german authorities say they're continuing to investigate the claims despite reports that the cleric flew back to iran earlier today all right i'm joined now by max zander he is at hamburg airport where surety is believed to have flown from max good to see you what do you hearing on the ground can you confirm these reports

that mr surety has left the country. well yes there have been reports that mom is convoy from hannover where he was under medical treatment arrived here at the airport at around one o'clock this afternoon and i was during that time i was here on the flight terrace of the visitor's terrorists here at hamburg airport and i was able to see preparations that were underway on the iran air aircraft bound to tehran one thing that was highly unusual was that there was a second gangway put on place on a very small aircraft and most likely to give mom a little bit more privacy making a chair that he could draw less attention while he boarded the aircraft and it's two o'clock with about how half an hour delay the aircraft took off so it's quite it seems quite likely or it's it seems quite obvious that he managed to leave germany via hamburg airport but there were plenty of people here at the airports

protesting and making sure that he would not be able to leave a notice here in terminal one it was a group of iranians about two dozen people holding up flags chanting death to come in may the supreme leader of iran death to the president rouhani and calling shruti a terrorist ok well let's talk about that what are some of the charges being leveled against him what are they to kucing him of having to. we showed he's a very important figure in iran he's a possible successor of supreme leader hominidae he's a cleric and member of a important political body but most importantly between ninety nine and two thousand and nine he was the head of the judiciary and during that time thousands of death sentences were carried out in iran and most of them some serious human rights violations some minors as young as thirteen years old were tortured and executed in public hung from cranes and then i talked to the organizer of the

protest here at the airport she openness to really and she's in touch with many people in iran and in contact with victims' families and she told me about some horrific stories that took place tell me about women and women who had been stoned to death for committing adultery which in reality means they had been raped so we're looking at some serious human rights violations some serious some serious allegations here and most importantly the question how could somebody who was most likely responsible for all of that to come to germany and leave without even being questioned max and are reporting thank you. i want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news this hour wiki leaks founder julian assange has become the citizen of ecuador he's been living in that country's and london embassy for five years to avoid arrest ecuador's foreign minister announced the move on thursday and said she hoped britain would now recognize songe as

a diplomat and give him legal immunity. a turkish court has ordered the release of two journalists from detention that's according to local media moment and pay were jailed along with thousands of others in the wake of a failed coup attempt back in two thousand and sixteen. israel has given final approval for building hundreds of new homes in settlements in the occupied west bank that's according to an anti settlement group israeli house construction in occupied palestinian territory is a major roadblock in trouble peace talks which have been frozen since twenty fourteen. a new front line has opened in the battle against climate change in the democratic republic of congo the country is home to vast peat bogs the slow global warming by storing carbon but now some european logging companies want to chop down the forests that protect the pete bogs apologist say this would

have a devastating effect others say the key is to strike a balance between conservation and development. the start of a new day in the democratic republic of congo. behind the villages doesn't swamp land. satellite images have revealed the existence of a peat bog here in the forest. biologists say it's one of the most important of the discovered that's why a team of british and congolese scientists have embarked on a joint research project getting to the peak both involves an arduous hours long hike through the swamp everything is soaking what english geography simon lewis has been surveying have for years trying to better understand the development of the bug which began forming tens of thousands of years ago made up of decomposed plant material the piece held some surprises for the researcher was that this is peak bodies so this is the partially decomposed plant matter that in

a store of carbon. needs is now sampled every fifty centimeters and this is to me to do three an interesting one of the surprises that we thought that peter here would be maybe fifty centimeters maybe one meter maximum and actually we've got much deeper so that suggests that potentially we haven't done all the work yet but potentially there's even more carbon stored on this side of the congo river. the scientists now calculate that the bulk is far deeper than they originally estimated the peak is up to six meters thick in places and covers an area about the size of great britain that's why maintaining the area is so important for the environment as you see there is the seas rounding the forest to the forest is also still is bringing the carbon stroking the cardboard so it's a double stocking cobhams above ground by i must turn it into carbon and also the

underlying deposit and if you want this forest that's we are double times releasing the cob one more card one india st the forests of the congo basin around the ever increasing pressure. similar primeval woodlands and asia have already disappeared and deforestation is now also a threat in this part of africa illegal loggers taking down more and more trees meanwhile the government is granting licenses some according to environmental groups under g.p.s. circumstances but as local populations grow so does the need for the land to plant kosoff for instance. farmers like valentina gobo say they have no choice to acquire new fields they say they have to drain at least some of the most. rigs we have to maintain a balance between preserving nature and survival yes we need alternatives to

deforestation but it's not that easy it would be seen. there are no projects in place to help people pursue of a livelihood that's why the environmental organization greenpeace has stepped tend to support the scientists financially and logistically and to teach the villagers more about why environmental protection is vital to a government official explains the difficulties the country is facing. we would have to provide aid to the people here so they don't take resources from the forest he bugs such projects cost money money the government doesn't have. that's why we need the financial support of the international community. the activists say it's imperative to develop a strategy that provides financial support for the entire region otherwise the congolese authorities will continue to permit looking which will eventually lead to the release of vast amounts of sequestered. unison internazionale it is we need to

find international solution is not only to help these countries protect these primeval forests but also to further study that peat bogs in order to protect them because they contain huge amounts of carbon in my own interest with which there are some thirty billion tons of carbon trapped in their prices that's the equivalent of three years of total global emissions from coal oil and gas combined. grants that the scientists have finished for the day but it'll take months to record an analyzer all the data they've collected providing more insights into one of the largest call them reservoirs on the planet. you're watching new delhi news we still have a lot more to tell you about here's what's ahead. outrage in pakistan protests erupt after the shocking murder and rape of an eight year old girl south of world war she was the twelfth miner to be sexually assaulted and killed in a span of

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that he's come on. every week he touches blocks of conventional ice from mount sion bottoms. and sells them at the village market it's not old news was a little different since the refrigeration was made distinction training school books on city. council. good to see you again you're watching the news only a rock in berlin these are main headlines right now german chancellor angela merkel says she's optimistic she can strike a deal with social democrats and head off new elections but there are still big hurdles to overcome the two sides must settle a host of divisive issues today to move ahead with formal coalition talks. going to tell you now about that harrowing story out of pakistan where there rape and murder of an eight year old girl at

a shocked the nation the incident sparked violent demonstrations two protesters have died in classic clashes with police saying that i'm sorry is the twelfth miner to be sexually assaulted and killed in her hometown over the past year demonstrators accuse police of being slow to act leaving the killer to remain at large. boils over the death of another little girl and investigators failure to find out who killed her. through the tone of targeting the local police station officers opened fire and chaos ensues. protesters attempt to carry away the injured. the girls' families over the police response to the protests. seen ups father told d.w. that he wants justice for his daughter. and that the government take steps

to ensure the safety and protection of this country. i'd also like to appeal to the army chief and the chief justice that steps be taken to avoid such tragedies like those taken in many army counter-terrorism operations. this is a community in grief. vanished on her way to us last week. this is the last image of her alive and. holding her hand. police discovered her body on this trash heap on tuesday is believed to have been raped several times and then strangled to death her family wants a fair investigation. the murderer be arrested alive the police shouldn't look to lift the burden from themselves by killing some innocent person and then seeing no you have justice. the high court chief justice has ordered the police to take swift action in this case but with residents furious

at what they see as a failure to properly investigate previous abductions there could well be more protests to come. well as murder continues to send shock waves through pakistan demands for justice are also dominating social media and for that it is keeping a close eye on developments there for the very sad story scene of story has visibly shaken pakistan what are some of the reactions that you have been seeing online yeah absolutely it was today was another day of protests not just in cassar where this happened but also in other big cities in pakistan so just crash in punjab this is really shocked the country and we're seeing a huge outpouring of support we're seeing several prominent figures of from the country and also speaking out activists and nobel peace prize laureates malala say heartbroken to hear about cena this has to stop politician imran khan saying

condemning this and saying it's a horrific rape and murder of lisa exposes once again how vulnerable children in our society are and look at this is a pakistani news anchor kiran as she even brought her own daughter into the studio in sign of protest and she delivered a really powerful speech saying the smallest coffins are the heaviest and the entire society is burdened by the weight of zeno's coffin so really strong strong condemnation from all sides of pakistan and screw me goosebumps just hearing you say some of those reactions there from pakistan of course she's a fully the latest victim in a string of child murders. and her death appears to have exposed a rift in pakistan about how to deal with this problem absolutely and on the one hand there is a rather strong voice that is saying i for an eye tooth for a tooth and we're seeing this picture circulating on social media that tells the

message and this is a woman here writing publicly hand. the hang of the predator who brutally murdered and raped zainab until you don't make an example out of these demons this will never end we're seeing this message reverberate across pakistani society this is actress my hero saying do what it takes to find him and make an example out of him then in sharp contrast with this approach we also have a more moderate voice and some people who say if we really want to to change things we need to tackle the underlying problem we need to change the culture and we need to especially educate people particularly the youth about child abuse and we have pakistani. writer been tweeting you start by talking to young children about the private parts of the body and that no one is allowed to touch

them no matter whether they are a friend or a relative so a pretty strong clash there between two different voices those who call for revenge those who call for a cultural revolution nonetheless it's a strong call for action that the country will have to be dealing with in the they had these ahead for the of archer thank you. are and i want to move on now to tunisia. to the show has been rocked by a third night of violent clashes unrest over government imposed price hikes intensifies right police have used tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital tunis and four other cities one man has died scores have been injured and more than three hundred arrested the prime minister had warned writers to expect a heavy security presence on the street. not even threats of a clamp to keep them away hundreds of disaffected tunisians clashed with riot police and another long night of violent unrest with both sides trading tear gas

and draw. some coming off washed away. i was trying to talk to one of the policemen and suddenly one of them help me with his baton. that's been. seven years ago to near zero was the cradle of the arab spring after a revolt against rising costs that revolution may now be history but its spirit and its cause lives on for many in the rural heartland economic frustrations confused go hand in hand. there was no one who couldn't. because of how good we had to endure these clashes after a day of work. even our bus was attacked with tear gas. we need to find a solution for our youth politicians raised our living costs you know why don't they take a pay cut we have to suffer taking two buses to the factory to earn just one

hundred euros earlier this week one protester paid with his life and dozens more have been injured as economic hardship leaves its mark on china's ear. well let's get a sense now of the situation on the ground correspondent sara america is in the capital tunis sara good to see you set the scene for us why are people protesting now. so tunisia has been going through a very difficult to kidnapped economic situation since drug aleutian and town and country alone and growth rate is very low. down again on. and for example last year it was really how to play she looked prices from eating at a whole set up by over ten percent and at the end despite his really high debt due to support from the international community but this is the same time on the pressure from the international monetary fund to cut subsidies and state expenses

and this is where his new international law comes that's the kind of practice and the beginning of generally long measures are higher prices to subsidise the us and one percent rise in the sales tax according to some tunisian comments means that spend in an average house will go on one hundred here a month just to go doesn't effect minimum monthly wage of two years yet it's just about one hundred thirty year and the average income at slightly more at two hundred euros so these measures really but a strain on a while after yesterday's that's very very drastic sarah what's been the government's reaction to these latest protests. so the prime minister is the chair tries to calm down citizens he said in an interview yesterday that people need to be patient and that two thousand eight hundred will be the last really difficult year that economy is picking up on the other hand to security forces have been cracking down since the protests started more than six hundred people have been arrested and it seems that it's not only doesn't trouble the civil society

organizations say that many members of them have been arrested only for handing out flyers and slogans on the wall and one member of parliament of a leftwing popular fly into several parts of numbers have arrested today in different regions and country so there's like a whole dragnet being used in tunisia is the birthplace of the arab spring that monumental movement that spread like wildfire throughout the region and toppled leaders why has the transition to a stable democratic nation been anything but smooth sailing for tunisia. has made some important steps as to iran's alum devil doctor the constitution of parents free elections but only other hand there are things that like a guarantee for democracy like constitutional court some are saying for example if you started to work two years ago what's the market and place the international presence was assured a report today that warns against a fall back into old process structures and that's

a fear that is shared by many observers of the current current political situation here samaras reporting from the tunisian capital tunis thank you. for many years made in taiwan was a label of quality consumer electronics and is that still the case today well less with hardware but they've still got plenty of trustworthy brands to rely on taiwanese brands enjoyed a solid reputation on foreign companies like apple all i.b.m. manufactured there but the local electronics hardware sector now faces a dwindling market share real profits come from software these days so taiwan is tied into its start ups to invigorate the tech sector. this patient's movements may look a bit clumsy but he's making a lot of progress by walking a few hundred meters it's all possible with this exoskeleton engineer change

develop the walking robot first that the i t r i research institute and now it is own firm free by onyx. his colleagues testing the device he's one of some seventy million people confined to a wheelchair worldwide. through they got a car they can think about it. but they're going to help. taiwan is one of the most high tech places on earth companies like h t c account for around a fifth of the country's g.d.p. by producing computers laptops and smartphones for the entire world but with cheaper chinese rivals breathing down their necks companies in taiwan need to keep their technological edge. in showrooms like this one they're focusing more on software. virtual or argument to the reality. we're seeing. from many past. experiences like you've only to holler the margin

lower and lower after. the the third analogy get commodities so only doing the how were is not a very good strategy for the long term established companies are turning to startups to tap new markets this firm develops artificial intelligence for surveillance cameras the more it software sees the more it learns it can differentiate between vehicles and traffic that's important for urban planners founder sean gone received ten million dollars from investors to develop the software the big tech names are also willing to pay for the latest know how. this is the power of the sauce and come on say hey we can go software and we know how to go we can help you rise you see this big of corporations like the top ten they all start to have their venture capital for like their corporate car and it's like

investing in the market for artificial intelligence is expected to grow to one hundred thirty billion dollars worldwide by twenty twenty five and that opens up huge opportunities for a new generation of entrepreneurs in taiwan. let's keep the tech theme going at the consumer electronics show in las vegas it can be easy to be distracted by some of the flashy exhibits by top name brands from phone makers to com on a factual but as our reporters found out sometimes it's the scrappy young startups that are more likely to surprise. at the c.e.o.'s it's show time. in the main hall visitors are well out by the wall to wall exhibits. big companies like intel bosch and dime there are showing off their latest tech. this contraption lets you be taken for a high speed ride in

a driverless car. them out that shows but i think that's what it is interesting in there is a start up in the other place ok because there you of the your other car at the beginning of the innovation. here in eureka park there are around eight hundred startups from around the world and insiders are here looking for the next great innovation. i'm here to see the start of which of these companies i think really have the necessary. second set of business to go along with like a school tech because it doesn't matter what you're making if you don't have the business skills or the business people needed to be successful then they're going to flop. but which new products could make it to the market there are so many here how about underwear that protects men from cell phone radiation or maybe three d.

holograms which are created using every defense. and one of the big highlights is a little robot named buddy for those who are curious you can learn a bit of programming thanks to my application. for this robot has been under development in france for the past three years but what is it for so that it has been invented for being a companion robots for a family so he's a man to be a new member of the if i mean yes for cameras so he can see entreaties he can see the distance he can see you he can see your face he can recognize your face can recognize your voice you can recognize your body shape so he knows who you are exactly in the family. but he will be available to buy this year. and over a thousand bodies have been preordered the price will be around thirteen hundred euros. you can as well find out what's of it whether he's so used to is or if there was

a shining in that case is very you know united states on the if you keep it stallman one of these you can be sad as well so it's like you and me. gets you get information from the real world and he makes his own moods according to the. city but he seems to be in a good mood he's definitely cute and that's attracting buyers but but he has other good qualities too. sorry sorry make room guys. the c.s. has shown that the big companies have the power and the money to offer big shows full of colors and full of life and full of a terrific technologies but clearly the more realistic and useful technology in every day life and here at eureka park where the startups are. all in i don't know

about you but i just want the robot to make me coffee and fold my clothes he doesn't need to done so smile and i had second that. he's to facilitate our life thank you so much that i greatly appreciate it and says force news now for you to draw for the australian open took place in melbourne on thursday and roger federer's title defense won't be easy that's despite the world number two being the favorite to win the tournament with injuries to top players weakening the competition federer is in the same half of the draw as fit again novak djokovic and could face the seven time winner in the semifinals all that clash good crissy this potential final against rafael nadal. now all athletes have burdens to overcome but laid chin way has battled through more than most as a competitive rock climber he was named the. asian champion four times before an accident cost him his legs but rather than give up lake came through what he calls one of the lowest points in his life well now he's become the first person from

china to be nominated for a loris for its fourth award and here's why limbering up to lift not only his body but also his wheelchair like he why it was a champion rock climber until a car accident in twenty eleven left him paralyzed from the hip down but he wasn't going to let that stop. the hong kong native has kept up his passion despite the extra challenges that come with being paraplegic by physical and logistical. i love rock climbing before there was a lot more freedom i could go to various indoor climbing spaces or if i wanted to i could go rock climbing outdoors i could do it whenever i wanted but now that i'm in a wheelchair i need to consider a lot of things is it appropriate for me to climb is it safe are people there to help me or heaped all their his greatest achievement came on the fifth anniversary

of the crash when like climbs hong kong's lyon rock scaling the summit of a mountain that reaches to almost five hundred meters become placements or lie nominated for the laureus sports awards and sums up his answer to towards life. i understood from a young age that you only get one chance at life so i didn't want to regret anything. like she why hopes his story inspires other athletes with disabilities his triumph over adversity will surely see him reach even greater heights. when the year ago on january eleventh the elbe philharmonic concert hall opened its doors in hamburg it took six years longer to build and scheduled and cost almost ten times more than originally estimated robert merrill is here to tell us the lay of the land because how did it fare since it opened its stores well very well it's

had a really difficult start as you mentioned of a bunch of the six years later and everything but it has definitely now become the landmark of hamburg the city of hamburg. indeed a lot of local grumbling because most of it was funded by tax money there but the have the hamburgers i should call them the locals love it now and there's been so much talk about the actual building but we should concentrate on what it's there for the concerts whole and this is its greatest success the been of this six hundred concerts in the last three hundred sixty five days and you have to fight to get a ticket. local to call their new beloved concert hall if you. get tickets to a concert at hamburg filoni that's almost as difficult as winning the lottery the demand exceeds ticket availability many times over with over eight hundred fifty

thousand people attending concerts in the last year that's without doubt a success story. but even those who couldn't get their hands on tickets enjoyed the elfie for free over four point five million visitors flocked to the plaza the viewing tacked on the eighth floor which offers a spectacular panoramic view across the city and the elba river. the elfie is now a celebrated landmark but it wasn't like that at first the huge project cost eight hundred sixty six million euros a sum that infuriated many hamburg locals and it was delayed by sixty years the long wait and the money spend was worth it says artistic director just off the . i think we agree that it makes sense to spend a lot of money on an exceptional building like this of course exceeding the

estimated costs wasn't the original plan for the sword but the music especially because it's classical music adds a great deal to hamburg's cultural scene. now that the trouble of the past seems to be forgotten it's not longer about the money but just about the music. well it looks and sounds terrific i may say but a lot of money was spent on the acoustic so how good is it i mean did it pay off incredible acoustics i have to say it's partly down to the design of the concert halls and also to the acoustic version that's just who he toyota from japan a great man let's talk about the design this by hit so good there on this huge architect who did the tate modern they did the bird's nest olympic stadium you know

they do things on the grounds anyway the two thousand one hundred concert goers that you see in this concerts in the whole none of them are more further away from the old for than thirty meters the seating is kind of stacked up rather like a modern football stadium and when it comes to the acoustics you can see here these honeycomb light walls return thousand of these fiber panels in the hole that reflects and display. and let's hear the french countertenor fit it was a very pure voice just hear a few seconds of tears comes to. you you think he's almost in the room with you don't you know it is as i said it's incredible classical music and i've witnessed that but with the i have to say they

do have other concerts there's some pop concerts i haven't witnessed one friend of mine has the said for pop music with amplification it's not quite so suited but it is made for task it's mainly for classical music but other it's also been used for the venue is being used for other events as well when it is a spectacular event venue and it's actually had more visitors to the platform there the noise. last year and indeed what happened in december they had hamburg grazes song. actually held a fashion show there and of course it. did have a slight no sicko fame and he indeed did get the local chamber orchestra to play and it is i think this will be a five going to spend big company big companies big companies here but lagerfeld as a size start to go off as he always does and anybody who's the booking manager i don't think i think the phone is ringing off the hook to book that plane sat and we can get tickets counting still a call to. set me up setting out thank you so much for that greatly

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