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the latest tragedy of u.s. sanctions against russia come into effect today officials in moscow say they're bracing for lower growth and a weaker ruble as a direct result until now the kremlin had dismissed the big falls in the currency as market volatility. you know it's a notice russian reporter is saying that the u.s. is now banned exports of gas turbines to russia along with key items for the aviation industry like jet engines and electronics. until now the kremlin has been demonstrative leon ruffled by u.s. sanctions especially since an earlier round had long reduced trade in military goods but the mere announcement of this list sent stocks in large state owned companies tumbling on the moscow stock exchange. kerry aeroflot slid twelve percent of the beginning of august when the sanctions were decided. on the ruble

exchange rate has dropped sharply in recent weeks foreign minister sergei lavrov has outraged so. it's quite obvious that these sanctions have nothing to do with syria ukraine or crimea. they're being used to enforce unfair trading conditions or to hobble the russian economy to. a further round of sanctions lined up for november could target banks u.s. russian air links imports and exports and diplomatic relations. they would hit russia's six largest state controlled banks as well as the country's entire oil and gas industry all of which would have dire effects on the russian economy. europe is baking and it's hot. and there's hardly any rain as threatening the livelihoods of thousands of farmers drought is causing havoc around the world no clouds in sight in europe as you can see from the international space station in the footage that means. and wildfires

white areas of australia are also stricken by drought the worst in decades farmers are finding it hard to keep stock alive state aid has been allocated to plant holders the u.s. state of california is also facing severe drought water supplies have been declining for decades but this year is especially grim more. than can be produced reserves a dwindling. germany is the amount of three hundred forty million euros to help farmers hit by drought that's the result of a cabinet meeting today help can't come soon enough we visited a couple of farms just outside. the fields and brandenburg are some of the sandia sin germany and it hasn't rained in the region since april for weeks drought related damage has prompted the german farmers association to demand rapid financial aid now that the government announced millions of euros in assistance the

farmers lobby says prioritization will be key. i would like to stress that it's important to support the farms that have suffered really bad setbacks losses of more than thirty percent oxygen we don't want to cast a wide net. we want to target the aid where it's needed most. is to allow the farms to continue to operate. that could make the fener farming call for it if. ahead of the government's announcement it said it's lost seventy percent of the crops it needed to feed its cattle it wasn't able to build up large reserves due to poor harvests in the past. for out of the drought which means that we have a considerable shortage and he. did even the one time we couldn't fill the contracts are not included with the agricultural co-operative due to poor yield

sized co-operative has a deficit if you thought of five hundred thousand euros this year. it's from. the german farmers association expects this year's harvest to be down twenty six percent this again is likely to make prices rise. it's crunch the numbers with our financial correspondent daniel cole as we heard there billions in damages in the millions in aid what went wrong. well but when you consider that for quite some time it was not even clear if those farmers would receive anything germany's agriculture minister you look and she's by the way the daughter of a wine grower has been very careful in the past week saying that she needs a complete overview of the situation and she can't promise the money everybody wants so i guess the millions are at least something now that's also what germany's farmer association has been saying today as with a statement they were already prepared for a scenario in which farmers would not have received anything because guess there

are farmers that have really suffered this summer we're talking about ten thousand to urgently need this money but there are also others who even prophetess with this whether wineries are expecting and most of the german reason excellent graves also farmers with pumpkin plants or fields they have also benefit fed if it is so yeah at least they're getting some money but yes they wanted more was going to say the one grows up having a great time but what about the farmers from hit hard will they invest that money in irrigation that this still so dependent on the rain and it's not coming. exactly well this money is mostly for those farmers who would be bankrupt after the season without support and yes not much rain is expected at least it's going to cool down i was just checking it in the next days but not much more can be changed in this season also we have in some areas of germany quite

a water shortage at the moment so that wouldn't even work it will be more of a support to survive this year and hopefully again have better results in the coming years but if we can't trust the weather experts who are saying that also the next summer could be like that farmers might need a plan b. it sounds like it's going to drive for a while. for us thank you. most takeaway containers and coffee cups contain polystyrene the plastic is hard to recycle it ends up in landfills and oceans but there's good news the canadian startup may have found a solution which is also profitable. it starts to go in solution we just third a little bit. starting also ok all what you have to do is expand polystyrene dissolved in a solution and then turned into recyclable pellets it's the first time it's ever been done the montreal based company police turns environmentally unsound garbage

into a valuable product. founders. says their recycled pellets are much cheaper than buying new polystyrene. since you are reuse the point are when you don't have to extract gas china has stopped buying canada's waste it's an emergency situation for the north american country but for brewer it represents a great opportunity you have to see the waste as a resource and to use it locally to create jobs locally and twits just enable products locally so that's a green if you lose that china doesn't want to it's waste and you know they're completely right now police hopes he can convince communities to add polystyrene recycling bins. they to escape for a while about delving into the world of gaming it's not just the kids as. it's found out at a trade fair in. bangalore and you're

inside the game not just on screen the recent mega fortnight breaks with tradition rather than playing the survival games games come visitors can test their real world skills playing is free anyway and has attracted one hundred twenty five million people in one year the community is why the game is so successful even little things like new emotes or new skins are very well received in that kind of explode within the community. and these features are what players pay for. others have reached a point where they get. paid for play. hard core gamers read the heart of games gone when it started ten years ago and they still are but each sports has brought them from the basement to the stage. and these are not someone pull them on most but we used to be happy to get

a mouse pad or hardware or anything really now if you play in the national league it's one and a half to two thousand euros per month further up you can make five digits on this and we'll give them what you want to contend that. it's the largest ever games come with over one thousand exhibitors ranging from p.c. titles on hard work to mobile products and console games. virtual reality is now developed mostly for amusement parks and movie theaters. alexai stick the richer reality hasn't really picked up in sales and it may be more of an experience game that is if i hope that what's really driving the markets i asked an expert was a cloud in the end it took the older generation as the fastest growing user base those over fifty already make up a quarter of all gamers and that continues to grow that means of course the supply of games for this target group is growing could use a. fixed and games for the mass market are often simple and don't require

complicated skills much like these classics that are making a comeback as internet games or can be played directly on mobile devices. gaming is only one of the reasons smart phones have made games accessible everywhere to everyone now new fears me i've got some very important business to do here. just in business with it. and. cut. cut. cut cut cut cut. cut. cut.

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