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i'm with him. it's simple mind on your mobile and free. w z e learning course. german made easy. the market jitters continue asian stocks were trading mixed on wednesday as investors remain nervous about the u.s. economy. also on the show the two koreas are joining forces to restore crucial infrastructure projects across the peninsula. and could robots fill the staff gap in nursing homes and hospitals we need some highly skillful machines carrying out their duties. well and welcome to do

business and want to get jones and berlin german business leaders are having mixed feelings about what to expect in the new year economists still expect a healthy growth in twenty nine thousand of the brics and chaos the trade dispute between the united states and china as well as ongoing tensions between washington and brussels and of course a dramatic shortage of skilled labor all weigh heavily on business and to mint it now appears to be a global trend the economy has lost momentum has the bull market and fewer homes are being built in the u.s. chinese retail figures have fallen to their lowest level in fifteen years and things aren't looking great for german industry. new orders were down for seven out of ten months this year twenty eighteen began with lackluster figures before two spikes in may and august but the clear trend is definitely downward. experts now

expects germany's economy to only grow one point five percent next year much lower than berlin's of forecasts of one point eight percent business leaders are especially concerned about britain leaving the e.u. without a deal a so-called hard brags that a deal between london and brussels looks ever more unlikely despite fewer than one hundred days left before one of the e.u.'s biggest economies exits the union and then there's the trade spot between the u.s. and china the effects of an escalation would be immeasurable for the global economy german business leaders have even more to be worried about the lack of skilled labor in the country but that's the good news germany has a stellar job market the unemployment rate is at its lowest in decades. while european markets 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 south korea and in china up and down 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 day since the great depression in one nine hundred thirty one president donald trump said that there was nothing new with regards to ending the partial government shutdown he also said the recent interest rate hikes by the federal reserve are a sign of a strengthening economy in the u.s. . north and south korea and moving another step closer to each other on wednesday the two countries broken ground on what is said to become one of the biggest infrastructure projects on the peninsula to modernize north korean railways and roads and connect them with the 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. 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. too. 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 and under you and then u.s. sanctions still in place they will not be lifted until north korea commits to denuclearization. germany like so many western nations is an aging society that means that the number of people in need of care is constantly rising the number of nursing staff isn't quite the opposite tens of thousands more are needed but the vacancies can't be filtered least not with humans perhaps robots could step in and fill the gap research in the german city of are exploring the potential of robots caring for people. who already had an m.r.i. examination. no. paper the japanese robot 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 that. it allows us to maintain human contact and that's really very important in our profession. 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. 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 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 voice. 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. and not a story about women who bring lights sixty women from rural communities and set in countries have come together in india to become a solar panel technicians many of them come from villages without electricity to them they're not just bringing new skills home after a six months that india stafford college but also an opportunity to get their communities life off the dock. god wanted me to go to india. where i am writing to here i remember about the year. 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 spending the need. of course at the barefoot college in india last 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. a light to my comment we all know that darkness is not the best so bringing light to the community is. big achievement. a lot of things become harder after sundown 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. the women's training is organized by the so called solar. and 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 from mexico as well. voice and media want though i have no idea what i'll be able to earn now but what matters once that is that i've learnt so much. that that 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. and that is your business update here on you at this hour don't forget you can also find all our news reports online. dot com business and for the latest to follow us on twitter for now thanks for watching and see you again within the hour.

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