and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you the united states has called a meeting of the u.n. security council to urge the international community to back men as well as a self declared interim president wedo european union now says it could join the u.s. and recognizing kwaito if elections are not held in the coming days. watching the news from berlin more coming at the top of the hour thanks for watching. once upon a time there was a young girl. with a burning ambition. to become a conductor. i was a very curious child and very excited and in love with music and i would go to concerts with my parents and i always. here and for being on stage

with the musicians and being part of that magic it wasn't difficult for the first. real. world famous come talk to excuse me for the last. start feb eighteenth on t.w. . the swiss mountain town of davos hosted the movers and shakers of global business this week at the annual world economic forum. with the leaders of the us france and britain canceling all the more attention was given to those who did show up. the film on them with german chancellor angela merkel.

the other guides. it's global i think we should understand our national interest in the way that we think about the interests of others and from that create win win situations that either precondition ferma to lateralization from within that the violence and the. commons appear to be aimed protectionists like donald trump who boast about putting the interests of their own country first on meanwhile china used the opportunity in davos to affirm its free trade credentials and to appeal to the us to help resolve the trade complet between the two nations when we did you see the chinese in us economies are mutually indispensable so their relations must be legally beneficial and when when. so cooperation serves the interests of both sides well confrontation harms them.

this is a basic principle and. japan's prime minister shinzo abbé also made it clear in davos that he remains committed to open markets no growth without free trade. have a focus the bubbles on digitization and borderless data traffic the engine for growth if you think about it it's fewer it no longer. but war on war by this style data. the vulnerability of international data traffic has been highlighted in recent years by a series of spectacular cyber attacks the a-c. was addressed in davos at a meeting of ministers from seventy five nations including the u.s. and china they launched talks aimed at drawing up rules to global e-commerce. dishes for the full time may have sounded

a little melancholy by the next on the w.b.'s these here including scotland when all likelihood have left the e.u. . with confusion still wife of a break that prime minister to resign may stays away from davos. the german chancellor was in town but prefer to steer clear of questions about greg's it. it was left to her minister of economics to address the issue. but of course praxedis . fundamental a fundamental thing that would effect if not organized an orderly way it would affect the economic relationship a gross europe and perhaps even on a global level and that means we are of course prepared in germany for all possible. outcomes but we certainly want to avoid the practices so it wasn't only british journalist wondering whether he meant he expected

a hard break i'm not here to negotiate the european union has negotiated. with one wise over the last two years we have been clear from the beginning we have been constructive from the beginning what is also clear is the eagerness of many european governments to resume their focus on other issues prime examples being the creation of a digital european infrastructure and the challenge from china on the technological front. brakes that chaos also means turbulent times ahead for us the aircraft consortium fears major disruptions to its supply chains across europe its c.e.o. has warned that the company may have to relocate its wing building operations in britain and cut thousands of jobs of course it is not possible to pick up and move all large u.k. factories to other parts of the world immediately. however airspace is a long term business and we could be forced to redirect future investments in the

event of a no deal breaks it and make no mistake there are plenty of countries who would love to build the wings for kraft their bus currently has two factories in britain with a total workforce of fourteen thousand. sony has also joined the growing list of corporations to exit britain the japanese electronics conglomerate is reregistering its european headquarters from london to amsterdam the company said the move would help minimize customs issues tied to bragg's it although it has no plans to physically relocate personnel operations it's not the first japanese company to relocate to continental europe due to concerns of a break that last year panasonic moved its h.q. to the netherlands. china's growth rate has slipped to its lowest point in almost three decades fuelling concerns over a knock on effect on the global economy. with china's growth right now seen as an

indicator for other countries the announcement of the news was highly anticipated. appeal much on the limb and every estimates the total value of china's g.d.p. was ninety point zero three trillion you are only a six point six percent year on year increase that outstripped the anticipated goal of around six point five percent. to thirty. six point six percent pretty impressive by global standards except for one thing. a decade ago chinese economic growth was hovering at around ten percent in the year since then it slowed steadily and what's worrying investors is that no one knows when that decline is going to end. there are manifold reasons for china's slowdown domestic issues like a slowing property market are putting pressure on growth. but even more concerning for the global markets is the continuing trade dispute with the united states the

two countries are currently holding a ninety day trade truce which presents donald trump and she's in ping agreed to join the g. twenty summit in argentina back in november for the trade talks are set to take place in the coming week but the prospect of a resolution is far from certain a further escalation could have a dramatic impact on the chinese economy. oxfam published its latest poverty report this week with a stark message about growing wealth inequality according to the study by the charity organization the number of billionaires has almost doubled since the financial crisis at the same time the world's poorest people became even poorer. oksana accuses governments of exacerbating the income gap by failing to tackle inequality. under taxing corporations and the wealthy while underfunding public services.

one group of business people were at this week's w e f in davos to promote wealth and development for the poll. among the group of social entrepreneurs was. from south africa he's made it his goal to improve his country's health care system. from a demographic point of view a lot of growth is going to come from africa most of the world growth is going to begin to slow down africa is just rising and it is critical that we get it right for africa and part of getting it right is ensuring that you have a healthy population and that their social and physical wellbeing is maintained. other social entrepreneurs came with thought provoking ideas that they envisage on a larger scale like you not eichler who knew it would be easy to gain attention at this high profile event his project in israel which organizes jobs for disabled people has been very successful the main difference is that all business an

entrepreneur's are looking for the same same thing for profit social entrepreneurs are trying to solve different and different problems so we bring another thing to the table we bring different things to the table and it's a great opportunity for us to give it a different angle of things to the business entrepreneurs and to the government and vice versa they want to move mountains and change business as usual the foundation set up by the hosts of the w e f supports the work of social entrepreneurs also by giving them a highly visible platform. we all caught up in the same problems and this makes it easier to resolve them so one person alone will never manage that social entrepreneurs can't do it the governments can't and businesses can't either if we all work together including research and universities. make a lot more progress right to social entrepreneurs who are also in davos to discuss new business models with experts working together rather than at cross purposes

that's what indian social entrepreneurs cheap come here to emphasize in the new social order collaboration is going to be the key word and globally collaborating social enterprises are going to make the change the vision of a feral world and the need to work towards common goals ideas that also found a voice in davos. during w.a.'s week complete strangers stop muhammad has someone not on the street to ask his opinion and experiences unfamiliar as the freezing weather conditions as mom and her son came here straight from a refugee camp in kenya a world away from the upscale ski resort of davos. the suffering we have is the stuff of living without hope and certainty not knowing where i will be i don't have a passport i don't have documents i don't have an identity. his home is the kakuma refugee camp in northwestern kenya on the border to south sudan he shares it with

one hundred eighty five thousand other refugees the residents need special permits to leave the camp mohammed has been living here for the past twenty two years i just want people to understand we are humans we are just real people we are not animals we are not bees we're not flies we deserve dignity and we have dreams you have hopes we just want to be part of society and that's all we're asking he never gave up those hopes pursuing an education and learning how to use a computer and becoming community leader for the camp's youngun habitants and then he was invited to the w.f. in davos after a protracted but successful beazer application he wanted to raise awareness about refugees. and if we do that here we are not going away we are here so many sort of denying or closing your eyes maybe we can find solutions human solutions to the refugee problem because i have been out of fiji my whole life and i don't want the

next generation over if you used to soften camps like the way suffered. he used his precious few days here to leave his mark in davos talking to big players from the world of global business and politics. i just want to see this message and next week i go back to look and this is not the what i live it's not my life and we get to deliver that message and i go buck the case hopeless for globalization to enable everyone to be part of society and that was your business week in review. in good shape. go ahead and start i meditated on. what the best way to leave behind the strengths of. what next each will take in scope more than also burnham's. how does mindfulness help.

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not have put myself and my parish some of the danger to the bottom of the game with the davis label. of one cubit but that one little bit of the give them i had serious problems on a. personal level and i was unable to live there but it might i'm going to. want to know their story. find and reliable information for more grace. welcome to the end good shape coming up. the healing power of meditation. the search for inner calm.