to indoctrinate but to listen. plus 90 connect to an unbiased agenda subscribe now on youtube. germany's most prized to export the car is in for some competition the east has taken europe by storm now it's up to the continent's biggest economy to decide if the scooters are a hazard or hero. boeing has an update for the software that may have caused the deadly max 8 crashes but the passenger jet remains on the ground. and how the easter sunday attacks have devastated sri lanka's prized tourism industry. and

painful let's do business it's a clash of lobby groups environmentalist's against the all powerful car giants germany is said to decide if he should be allowed on the streets the commuter kids most have invaded pavements across europe pedestrians want protection many motorists see them as a has it. their compact and they run on electricity the scooters could be coming to german streets and these 2 women are test drivers sophia and selena both from bombay are. neither of them britain and east scooter before now a representative from the public utilities company gives them a crash course in how it works and they're both excited to hit the street on the new form of transport. in terms of traffic rules it's like being on a bike and will have to see how it goes with cars and buses in the main. helmets

are required here and there are once those are on sophia and selena are off. after practicing in a parking lot they head into city traffic the scooters go up to 20 kilometers an hour east gooders aren't allowed on sidewalks or during the official test phase riders have to use the bike lane if there isn't one they have to go on the road. as traffic builds up sophia and selena have to stay focused as if in this a big this soon turning is tough you have to do you say many things at once you have to concentrate on going forward to keep an eye out for the traffic check behind you and put on the brakes one of i miss but i'm so. so far there haven't been any accidents here in town but if the new form of mobility grows in popularity it's just a matter of time before they begin to occur on friday the german government will decide whether the scooters are safe enough for the country's roads and sidewalks.

but spoke to a founding member of the federal association of immobility. when the car was born it's had a whole lot of various competition i mean there were horses on the road pedestrians were allowed to walk around where they wanted why the hysteria about and. i think because it's new it's something different never been before like this and suddenly there's a new vehicle kind of flexible very fast going to the people so this and desired t. this could hurt people is it dangerous. you know 1st of all we're talking about speed of 6 to 20 kilometers per hour 2nd we see in san francisco they already have a sharing of scooters and they were driving 2000000 kilometers and nothing happened just 2 injuries but nothing big happened so we think it's not that they

join us as people think right now in paris for example they've had problems with trying to keep them off the pavements as well of course i mean you know it's a beginning and i think people have to get used to it because now had a certain half to share with both kids gooders but the main idea is to bring it on the bike path. they really green what about the environmental aspect of course they're green because 1st of all they're really tiny that's not the big production behind it and it's a simple the eco nothing big so and again they are running with electricity and for sure they're green but a lot of the electricity here comes from coal powered plants in germany so surely to be truly green they'd have to be using green green energy no 1st of all we're really proud to have 40 percent of renewable energy in germany right now so you know it's quite a lot 2nd these small weak us have so less energy that we shouldn't talk about it

because it's very very very little and it's minimal. what to lobbyists then stand to gain in this fight it's a real. rivalry going on between environmentalist's and the cod giants who also don't really want to see these guys suddenly at. taking cars off the road i guess the cob johns have to think of a new chances you know because this is a new chance and of course like folks spawn and b.m.w. already have small because for micro mobility what you reckon it should be making a scooter is exactly so they're going to stud so that's a new market and in the future car producers are not anymore car prue's they have mobility provider and mobility in the downtown area with a kick trike. and what do you see this is more a of a connection say way you get off your train and instead of getting into a car you get into a nice good role as a you get go in

a nice go to within the city and then you're in a car out of the country exactly that's the point you know you have a bigger variety of mobility you're not stuck with a car you're not stuck just was a public transport patients system you have a variety and suddenly you have something in between between a car between the subway between whatever so it has a big a variety of mobility and it gives you a freedom func let's look a little further down the road in a decade from now how are our streets going to look at we're going to have whole the boards endings screws and all sorts of different ways flying taxis that you can catch to work. i guess the flying tack is taxis a little. i don't think i don't see them and in a mass production in 10 years maybe in 15 or 20 years but we will have a big variety of vehicles small because it's also smaller cars you know

not the big ones as we see you know 2 seaters one seeders so that the huge variety of different kind and very important sustainable electric driving vehicles the horse won't make a comeback. i don't see it right now. with a very large for coming in today. china has accused the united states of a smear campaign the trump administration has added the chinese tech from way to a trade blacklist beijing says its trade war with the us will never bring the country to its knees. what way is the biggest telecommunications equipment company in the world and it has close ties to the chinese state that's why u.s. companies have long accused huawei of using its technology to spy on something the company vehemently denies that hasn't stopped trump from signing an executive order to hinder who always operations in the us china has reacted angrily.

the us is abusing its national power to constantly and deliberately smear and suppress certain chinese companies this is not honorable nor is it just people can clearly see their intentions we call upon the us to stop using the excuse of security issues to indiscriminately suppress chinese companies. trying to decree doesn't just affect one way but also u.s. companies that work with while away their business relationships will be closely observed by u.s. authorities and risk being officially prescribed there are fears that the development of the super fast 5 g. mobile data network could be delayed in the u.s. without huawei on board the company itself doesn't seem too worried. he is what you call. business in the united states is not that big global operations any change in one country has little impact on our global business.

but at the political level the paper has already made its impact for escalating the trade spat between china and the u.s. . boeing says it's completed a software patch designed to fix its flight control software it's implicated in 2 deadly crashes the company hopes they will get the 77 x. 80 back in the air officials around the world have grounded the once popular passenger jet investigators blame a new and he still system used by the american playmaker since the groundings it's been accused of rushing the production of the next 8 series to compete with its main rival europe. and for more on this crisis of confidence for the company over to our financial guy in frankfurt ashutosh pandey. boeing's boss says this update will make the 737 max a one of the safest aircraft around what's there to feel safe about when it could have been a software glitch that caused the crashes. and that's why we need some

convincing. to actually convince the passengers aboard the plane safety it should be somebody else saying that the plane is safe and that's other than saying it's safe that's saying that the plane and it's safe and that's when the passengers would be a little more. expectations. because when they see the planes flying. that's when they would see that they have. just get on to them where the plane still grounded what about its share price. well the share price is going to be. 16 percent since the crash it would have been was had it not been for the door open. there not many options there so the 16 percent down since that crash ashutosh thank you very much for bringing us up to date. only

planets top destinations this year sri lanka devastating easter sunday attacks of mold it's truism industry in a popular surfing destination in the southwest many hotels the closest. competition for a deck chair used to be stiff not anymore restaurants to have been struggling to draw in visitors since the easter sunday attack 3 lanka has seen an 80 percent drop in tourism with fears over a piece of a devastating attack like this one keeping people away. most of the hotels in this area have closed those that have remained open are relying on local to make up for the drop in foreign visitors still managers are keen to convey an optimistic message. leave before we let. you stay here you. know we're much. too deep in the fortunes.

to go out. and i believe yeah this is nation. but. let me just note that tourism employs half a 1000000 people in sri lanka and accounts for almost 5 percent of the country's g.d.p. . reassuring holiday makers it's a difficult balancing act boosting security tends to make people feel safer but it may not put them in the mood for a vacation. because

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