there was in the devon years a lot more fear the top of the hour and we do need you with some pictures of pandas at washington d.c.'s national zoo doing what they do best frolicking in the snow. i'm secure that volume or not hard and in the end this for me you are not a lot of the year and more we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers were lions of the what's your story.

i mean when i was a women especially of victims of violence to take part and send us your story we are trying always to understand this new culture. another visitor another yes you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. on. the market jitters continue asian stocks were trading mixed on wednesday as investors remain nabbous about the u.s. economy we go live to singapore for more also on the show the two koreas are joining forces to restore crucial infrastructure projects across the peninsula.

could robots fill the staff gap in nursing homes and hospitals we need some highly skillful machines carrying out their duties. alone welcome to do business and want to get germs and berlin good to have you with us this boxing day european markets are still closed for christmas but stocks in asia were trading today showing investors are still cautious with regards to economic uncertainty in the united states markets in a south korea and china were down while japan's nikkei managed to recoup some early losses to finish the day up by almost one percent wall street is set to open again later today after markets had seen the worst christmas trading days since the great depression in one nine hundred thirty one presidents don't much trump said that there was nothing new with regards to ending the partial government shutdown. all right let's get the view from asia now and it's cross over to andrea hang with

standing by in singapore good to see you japan's nikkei rebound somewhat but overall asian markets are struggling is it all down to the u.s. or does asia have problem of problems of its own. merry christmas monica indeed not a very merry what though. it is very much higher the almost entirely due to the what's happening in the us it's affecting a global wrote. even more so then they don't mistake the reasons behind it all here in asia obviously it's that recent remarks from donald trump about the federal reserve and how it's being managed statement in commands that also did little to call in business any. pointing event. possible a global recession so that scaring in this is a little bit here i can imagine and of course let's focus on one particular company

in asia currently going through some rough times this one of course making headlines for all the wrong reasons just to remind all of us what happened on tuesday a japanese called granted bail to the former right hand man of detained x. nissen chairman carlos kelley a tokyo based u.s. citizen who was an executive at nissan was arrested along his boss on november the nineteenth go on his aid kelly and the comic itself have been indicted over and ledged understating of goans pay package so a big scandal then with that. i mean how is this an coping with this latest twist in the scandal. you would think that is a lot especially choice this season at the end of the year surprisingly nissan is taking this very calm session with it even even with this numbers on the up in the midst of all the drama this happening in the asian markets in the past few days know that automates heston's issued

a couple of direct both to investors as well as to its employees and this is of course in anticipation of the release also. kelly and gone and that one of the directives is mainly to tell a boy all contact with either party and that they found evidence of misconduct are definitely within their own investigations as well all right and essentially holding its head above water there and i hang in singapore thank you so much. well north and south korea are moving another step closer to each other on wednesday the two countries broke ground on what is set to become one of the biggest infrastructure projects on the peninsula to modernize north korean railways and roads and connect them with a south. north korea seen from the south across what used to be one of the most impenetrable borders in the world it is all changing now and this train heading

north and carrying one hundred south korean officials as part of the process hopes are high for the two koreas to grow closer together after decades of separation. from north reconnection of railways the roads means more than just the physical reconnection people and supplies will come and go through the roads and we will have closer cooperation in culture sports tourism and health. from the north a call for the people to come together. well you know in touch throughout all the results of the raid and road project hinge on the spirit and will of our people we cannot accomplish that reunification if we hesitate and fail to care about other countries. not to you. for now however a major hurdle is the north korean regime itself construction on any rail and wrote

links can start any time soon as necessary materials and investment are banned under un and us sanctions still in place they will not be lifted until north korea commits to denuclearization. germany like so many western nations as an asian society the number of people in need of care is rising by the number of nurse staff isn't spots robots could step in and fill the gap. you already had an m.r.i. examination. no paper the japanese robotic asks patients questions there are no forms to fill out the chat before the m.r.i. examination helps see how open patients are to modern technologies in the clinic the robot sealed paro is also used on the geriatric ward it reacts to touch and aims to reassure restless patients such as those suffering from dementia that helps take the strain off the nursing staff. as

a test of contact it allows us to maintain human contact and that's really very important in our profession. pyro helps keep the patients calm and that makes our work easier. patrick eon is in charge of nursing research he says there will soon be even more robots in hospital wards but he says the nursing profession shouldn't feel threatened instead it's an opportunity. to put in the greatest potential here is that people can stay in their careers longer because the stress level will be lower and young people are also more likely to choose this line of work. the german air space center is also researching the care of the future. one example is eden a remote controlled wheelchair with a robot arm it is intended to enable people with limited mobility to live a more independent life electrodes allow it to be operated by minimal muscle

movements it's still a research project but almost sixty percent of germans say that they can already imagine being cared for by robots the. we don't want to replace caregivers but we're trying to support them such as by performing repetitive tasks that the robot can easily do. that would give the caregiver more time for those in need. the researchers here are already giving us a glimpse of the future the robots may still be relatively simple but even they can make things a lot easier for overworked nursing staff sixty women from rural communities in certain countries have come together in india to become cell append technicians many of them come from villages without electricity to them they're not just bringing new skills to six months that india staff would call it but also an opportunity to give the communities life off the dock. god wanted me to go to india

. or i all right here i remembered the i said to you. that i'm doing this for my children. three women who've never been away from home three mothers undergoing training in india to become solar panel technicians they come from mexico kenya and indonesia. the course of the barefoot college in india lasts for six months they're learning to install and maintain solar panels and to make solar powered lamps the trainees do things over and over to live become second nature kenyan. comes from a village which has no electricity. i like to my comment we all know that darkness is not the best so bringing light to the community is form

big achievement. a lot of things become harder after sunday something west timor born you mean are also knows. without light my children can't do their homework and when it gets dark they have to go to sleep when i get home we're going to have solar lamps. and. the women's training is organized by the so-called solar moment as an indian development project. leila davey has been training women from all over the world since two thousand and three. well the electricity from the grid can go out at any time whereas solar electricity is reliable the sun god shines for everybody and doesn't care if you're rich or poor. if you can't pay your electricity bill power is cut off. with solar

lamps you buy them once and then you can relax the. human is slim for mexico as well. i have no idea what i'll be able to earn now but what matters on sat is that i've learnt so much well i gave all that them people at home will see that i can do good work. it's been quite a sacrifice to come here to learn something new what happened there i want my book . the indian government funds the women's project and when they return home after six months they have enough stories to tell to last a lifetime. that's your business update here in g.w. thanks for keeping us company.

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