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from the time i know my. son to leukemia could. make or break i am going to d.w. dot com meet the germans. las vegas has been hosting the world's largest consumer electronics show. many of the biggest names including intel boss and dime learned are among the four thousand exhibitors unveiling their latest innovations over one hundred eighty thousand visitors attended the trade show. there are a lot that shows but i think that what is interesting is that it is a start up. in the other place ok. because there you of the you are the

who are at the beginning of the innovation. here in eureka park there are some eight hundred startups from around the world and insiders here are looking for the next great innovation. i'm here to see the sort 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 to make it to market there are so many here like underwear that protects men from cell phone radiation. or three d. holograms which are created using l e d fans one of the highlights is a little robot named body you can learn a bit of programming thanks to my application but it's been on

a development in france for the past three years but what's it for. so that he has been invented for being a companion robot or family so same to be a new member of the family yes for coming to us so he can see entreaties weekends use a distance he can see you we can see your face you 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 later this year over a thousand bodies have already been preordered the price will be around thirteen hundred euros. feel of books a full and exports of booming last year the german economy grew two point two percent the strongest expansion in six years. the next government can look forward to rising tax revenues. so there's plenty of money. which the federation of german

industries or i once used to modernize the country. we have to invest more which means public investment but bridge also means private investment so preparing the conditions for new intent more intense private investments in the sector of digitization in the sector of public transportation. but also in different sectors starting from schools and universities he set or the government will have to tackle some other problems as well the global economy is laden with risks the beady eye is especially concerned about the threat of trade barriers and increasing 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 there and receive an increasing

influence of the political party. into the individual businesses but even the u.s. and britain are becoming increasingly and predictable trade partners p.d.i. says it's high time for a new government to take office here to start making the necessary decisions. emmanuelle macross first state visit to china began in a city with symbolic meaning she on the starting point of the ancient silk road that connected china and europe. beijing's been wanting to reconnect that trade route for years but the response has been lukewarm until now. mccrone said it was time for europe to get behind the trillion dollar project. should also get more good and i think that the new silk road initiative can bring our interests

into alignment those of france and europe if we give ourselves the means to work together. the plan will see gleaming new road and rail links through central asia drastically cutting shipping times but it's raise concerns of chinese expansionism markets flooded with ever cheaper chinese imports. the french president said the new trade route had to benefit both sides. and these roads cannot be one way they must be comings and goings. and if these roads cannot be those of a new head germany that would transform the countries they cross into vassals. there's not much chance these chinese soldiers will be marching into europe but emanuel macross still have to allay fears the silk road won't become a conveyor belt for chinese mass production.

french prosecutors have launched a preliminary investigation of u.s. tech giant apple over alleged deception and planned obsolescence of its products under french law the company could face a fine of up to five percent of its annual sales apple admits to slowing down its phones to control power spikes and lengthen the overall life of the gadgets. alabama has japanese carmakers toyota and mazda are building a new factory in the u.s. state of alabama for one point six billion dollars. the facility will employ some four thousand people production is slated to begin in two thousand and twenty one with three hundred thousand vehicles rolling off the assembly line every year. spain continues to be a hot spot for tourists last year the land of bullfights and flamenco reported a record eighty two million visitors that's

a nine percent jump from the previous year despite the catalan political crisis barcelona remains. popular. spain is the number two vacation destination worldwide after friends and a head of the united states. until recently a young p.r. not ski had more than one hundred pigs on his farm now they're all dead some dead wild boar were found nearby it turns out they were infected with african swine fever. in response authorities ordered that all farm pigs in a radius of fifty kilometers be called. they came and made a list instead of weighing the pigs they made a riff estimate of their weight in this at all of them had to be killed and disposed of. an insurance policy for animal diseases paid

only a fraction of the pigs value to the bee are not skis six months later they still aren't allowed to buy a herd. we had two young to retire now we just take each day as it comes we received money from our insurance but it was almost nothing. the entire region in eastern poland near the village of rudnicki has been on their corn team for months due to african swine fever and is not in sight many farmers here had large herds no one here thinks that the sector can ever recover from this blow the residents of this village are even afraid to keep a pig for their own needs something that used to be commonplace here. it was here the share keeping just one pig poses a risk that can infect large groups of pigs even three hundred. african swine fever

is being spread primarily by wild boar which have been infected with the virus the disease is always deadly for the animals there's no medicine to fight the illness the vista low river forms a natural barrier to the spread of the disease but last month infected poor were found on the west side of the river now there's a danger that the virus could spread to germany. these shaky steps are actually a miracle this wheelchair bound person can now walk several hundred meters it's all possible with this axis skeleton engineer chang one who developed the walking robot first of the i t r i research institute and now at his own firm free by onyx his friend just testing the device he's one of some seventy million people confined to a wheelchair worldwide.

think. they are 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 cheap chinese rivals breathing down their necks companies in taiwan need to keep their technological edge established companies are turning to start ups to tap new markets and that opens up huge opportunities for a new generation of entrepreneurs in taiwan. cape town has the ocean added store step but amid the worst drought in centuries the city faces a severe shortage of fresh water and the drought is threatening the survival of many area businesses. an estimated fifty thousand jobs in the western cape region could be lost mainly agricultural workers but everyone from car wash attendants to

gardeners and hotel cleaning staff could face unemployment water rationing is affecting everyone even the five million tourists who arrive annually have been asked to keep showers to two minutes and under current restrictions water can no longer be used in gardens in march twenty seventh seen the marriage declared the city a disaster area reminders are everywhere about the importance of conserving water. you still want water to drink if you still want to make your cup of tea your cup of coffee i think we need to encourage our neighbors friends and family not to misuse water city officials keep a close eye on supplies they look for leaks and other sources of waste households must limit consumption or face heavy fines agricultural and commercial use is also restricted authorities are preparing for days zero april twenty ninth the latest date when city taps are expected to run dry and that event there will be water

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