today is world cat day it was created nearly 20 years ago by the international fund for animal welfare and it has fans around the world like here at this shelter in hollywood california just hurrying with joy a recent estimate put the number of cats worldwide including dozens of breeds at about 600000000. and since being domesticated thousands of years ago they've remained a human aloof mysterious complicated companion i'll say to get. we'll be right back. what keeps us in shape what makes us see and how do we stay healthy. my name is dr . i talk to a medical expert. watch them at work. and i discuss what you can do to go ahead. and let's all try to stay.

calm d.w. . much of it. surely is from africa. your link to exceptional stories and discussions from news it's easy to count with safety deputed comes much traffic join us on facebook. for. europe's economic engine is sputtering german economists warn of recession as trade wars escalate and economic data disappoint us. also want to show how bright it can get in between breaks and our bacon. and melting ice bergs. becomes

so called the glacier waters for the reds and thirsty. this is b.w. business i'm joined now the milan in berlin welcome experts say europe's biggest economy could already be in recession the big german engineering firms car makers and suppliers are all in crisis hit by profit downturns a lot of companies are cutting jobs or reducing hours it raises the risks of a global slowdown europe's economic motive may be running out of gas would a mode of supply a continentals and it profits slumped 41 percent in the 2nd quarter and the company has announced plans to shut down an entire factory competitors shiflet and bush also lowered their earnings expectations and said the stuff would have to be let go falling demand is hurting steel companies like sun corp to the company is bracing for a loss this year. and exporters are feeling the squeeze from the u.s.

side no trade war and brics it worries for economists the signs are clear germany is heading towards a recession overall industrial output in june this year was down one and a half percent compared to made that was a far bigger drop than analysts had been forecasting compared to june of last year it was an even greater fall 5.2 percent the biggest decline since the financial crisis broke a decade ago industrial output is expected to drop further in the next 3 months. the trade spat between the u.s. and china is only getting worse but some reprieve on the economic front as beijing pulled this out of its hat chinese exports rose 3 and a 3rd percent last month on the same month last year analysts had predicted a full given the trade war but china's imports from the us did decline 1000 percent year on year and china is no longer america's top trading partner it's now below

mexico and canada. our financial correspondent yan's car that joins us now from new york a welcome yes so just how are these export numbers from china being viewed on wall street. well for no there was a huge relief when we got those data and if you look at the comeback came here on wall street all of the session on when stayed until the end of the session here on thursday the dow jones industrial average gained about almost 1000 points in the value of the big question is what those numbers are really worth they got published for the month of july so that was really before us donald trump announced that he would like to increase tariffs on the $300000000000.00 worth of imports from china by september 1 but at least for for now there was

a little bit of good news from the economic front and therefore we saw a huge comeback here on wall street. numbers with a grain of salt but wall street is taking what it can get stay where you are young because there's more market moving use to chat about and ride healing service has set a record but probably not the kind it wants it posted a loss of $5200000000.00 for the 2nd quarter its deepest reported so far as a revenue rose of 14 percent on the year to $3100000000.00 its lowest quarterly growth rate the company has struggled to overtake concerns it would ever make money and it's back to yes quarter on wall street yes are you there we should see you in just i mean i meant but hello yes how are investors reacting to those numbers from hooper they're not great are they well i mean ober is facing

a couple of battle it's all over the glade with regulators with competitors with drivers and those numbers clearly were worse than expected in an initial reaction and after all we're trading the stock dropped by as much as 10 percent that then after a c.e.o. spoke and was kind of upbeat that at some point he's convinced over might become profitable we did see some of the losses narrowing down a bit so clearly no good number spot overall it's wall street still seems to be well not certain but does use a certain shot instead to over can be profitable eventually but the stock also clearly trades below its i.p.o. price over and over became public here on wall street by early may investors writing a hopeful wave thank you very much chance carter there in new york for us. at

the end of october britain is set to leave the european union with or without a formal departure arrangement with the e.u. a so-called new deal brags that would cause major disruptions to travel in trade causing food shortages and raising food prices by as much as 10 percent europe's largest part producer has said supermarkets could struggle to stock their shops. in normal times britain assumes pigs would end up on british dinner plates danish harrods produced beacon beloved by brits but these are abnormal times the growing chances of a new deal breaks it has left utopian farmers like her fearing for their futures. i am a little workers but. we have had 3 years to get this so i think we are well that we have made a very special product for the for the u.k.

market i think it will be very sad if. it cannot sell it for an initial enemy anymore. at the danish crime processing plant the preparing meat for the global market the company is the largest pork exporter on earth which is handy as the bleak forecast is forcing bosses to search for new markets elsewhere because we need to look at them. at turn to because if you look at the rhetoric coming out of . the british from the british government and it's do a diet and for british consumers it isn't any better more expensive products. could mean empty shelves quite possibly it's not just food as much as half of the free trade crossing the english channel is expected to face disruptions the u.k. government is warning people to brace for shortages of medicine and other vital supplies. back at the pic farm however the prime minister boris johnson's do or die

approach may yet find snorts of approval. now to some of the other business stories making news samsung has unveiled its new galaxy note smartphone it hopes it will have of the i phones market share the south korean company is quizzing more battery life into its latest devices by scrapping the headphone jack something it mocked competitors for doing. sprinted to strong profit growth in the 2nd quarter earning over half a 1000000000 euros but sales grew less than expected sending its shares down the sportswear maker says its biggest problem is overcoming supply chain bottlenecks to meet demand in north america. italy has been cruise ships from entering venice residents have long complained the one and a half 1000000 tourists are arriving on cruises every year create congestion rubbish and spend too little on the businesses following

a collision in june when the liner struck a boat the italian government says it will now recruit ships away from the historic city. as the world is getting hotter more of the world's polar ice is melting where some see a climate catastrophe others see a business opportunity take a look. yes that's an iceberg and this is how edward keene now makes his money the 60 year old canadian fisherman hunts ice that's. to the north and drifted south to warmer waters his team breaks the giant birds apart sometimes with the help of a rifle fishes them out of the water and holds them into the a boat where they're thrown into a container to melt all for this bottled glace see a water welcome to the profitable side of climate change with the arctic swarming waters come new opportunities for the business minded in canada and not just for

bottling more tourists are flocking to iceberg once frozen corridors are now opening giving visitors the chance to reflect soberly on the revenues of climate change. the region is benefiting from the boom which has helped to offset the decline in the area's traditional fishing industry part of the newfoundland and labrador coast has even renamed itself the iceberg corridor or keep getting better every year we get to a bus coming your nose if you can't see beyond you there but we decided to are going to now we're going to under 3540 tour buses you know with older people coming into town every every season so. back on cain's boat he's got a hole to deliver he can collect as much as 800000 liters from may to july which he'll sell locally for a dollar a liter the same water will be sold again eventually fetching as much as $12.00 a bottle target market luxury shoppers in europe and the middle east keane is philosophical about his role. going to 3 weeks. naturally

back to make sure. we're here for our climate change appears to be unstoppable modest will make a little money in the process. and speaking of climate change and money could the battle to save the planet be prompting germany to review a. frugal fiscal policy a senior official is reported as saying the government may ditch its much cherished balanced budget to fund an expensive climate protection program for years strong growth and high employment have allowed to boost public spending without taking on fresh that but shifting away from fossil fuels will cost some 37000000000 euros meaning germany might have to enter budget deficit territory after all. that's your business update thanks for watching.

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