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to express his feelings i am not very creative yet but i would love to be considered an artist one day looking for new perspectives. to hanging out with reclaiming scraped rubio coming up doing things differently. come to the place where we reflect on society. march 25th. the fight for the rights to sell ivory at a top level u.n. meeting in geneva officials clash over demands by southern african nations to trade in protected species but conservationists say it only opens the door for criminals . poisoned water threatens the livelihood of cop fishermen and. government

balance fishing is being widely ignored. this is business africa. as welcome should come trees and southern africa be allowed to sell otherwise with strict animal products like ivory and shock fins in tightly regulated circumstances that's the controversial question at the center of this weekend's meeting of cetus that's the united nations body regulating international trade in products finding an agreement is the. behind the push for the rules change or botswana namibia zimbabwe and zambia countries rich in the elephants targeted illegally for ivory and poor and national income all are parties to 1989 un convention banning the ivory trade which they now want modified they want to sell ivory to selected countries under strict conditions the 4 countries point to growing elephant populations but's want to for example counts herds numbering 150000. the un

convention has allowed one off sales of ivory stockpiles in the past in 19092008 with china and japan buying. n.g.o.s have come out strongly against the proposal. we still the last sale back in 2008 and the following decade we've lost hundreds of thousands of honor elephants 60 percent of the forest elephants in africa following that stock sale and this is primarily because these legal marquees that opened up after news for criminals to traffic illegal ivory into those markets central to the debate is whether nations have resource rights to animals within their borders like they do to minerals a question with no easy answers. to zimbabwe finance minister. has announced plans to end a 20 year standoff with international creditors will in restructure more than $9000000000.00 of external loans and privatized staind owned companies the news

comes amid violent protests in the capital about winds once again taking to the streets to protest against wage compression and plummeting living standards food shortages fuel rationing and power cuts are now commonplace the government says the nation will have to endure more economic pain before the situation improves experts say it could be years before the bout was economy recovers from decades of mismanagement and corruption. is it a health crisis or an economic crisis those were the 2 options given to one riverside town in the west central african country of double after hundreds of cops washed ashore in july health officials officials placed a temporary ban on fishing a key industry for the local economy and fishermen were not happy. these cars or a common sight at the markets in the japanese town of la boheme they are an economic and dietary staple but the town's government has implemented

a ban on the fishing and trade of carp due to fears of mass contamination the move has angered many. i don't doubt it. and then but any carp is the income for young people it is the only activity we can do here and it allows us to make ends meet. and that's how people pay school supplies and feed their families from selling fish despite the active ban fishermen continue to cruise that a river potentially poisoned carp are caught and sold for resale at the markets body in a residence say this beats the alternative. does the carp industry is our only activity here if they ban the carp what will we do then we'll go robbing and others will steal and the police will come after the people and that's not good we should keep selling carp i'm talking to the government they have to let us sell our fish.

the ban is set to be lifted before september in the meantime the people of number they are making sure that carp continues to keep their wallets and their stomachs full despite the health risk. now to some of the other global business stories making headlines today u.s. officials have warned the u.k. it's decision to release an iranian oil tanker could threaten relations between britain and the u.s. the u.k. should consider its position with the fun minister boris johnson pushing for a trade deal with the americans. turkey's military pension fund has reached a provisional agreement to take over british steel it hopes the deal will close by the end of the year but in 2nd largest steelmaker and $5000.00 workers as another $20000.00 in directly but it was put into compulsory liquidation in may when its current owners failed to find new funding. in the world of geopolitics to

a small town in the west of job after world war 2 u.s. troops were stationed in via spot. is left whole apartment block stood empty until 2 entrepreneur came up with an idea building a base in germany for made in china will do business in europe to do it he's moved through this family all the way from the chinese megacity of gwangju vias in southwestern germany population 3 and a half. first some of her hopes are the worst just instantly google google map it onto google. like you have to very very big to see it is. provincial backwater no more. is now home to the headquarters of the world's factories

a site with office blocks for 300 chinese companies who are trying to break into the european markets with party paraphernalia plastic articles chinese wine or in will long case medical technology the us supplies most of the equipment for genetics labs in germany will one is company holds only 10 percent of the market for now i can show them their products in china the same machine can do the same scenes which made in china can do like much better work much cheaper. me your ac. my god. take years ago jane who and under shots came up with the idea of attracting chinese companies to sedate little hop step and virus but the campaign highlights its central position in europe the countryside for low costs right now they're busy planning another 14 office buildings on the site nowadays we already have around hundreds units in

a future he had the vision we want to help 500002000 now it's a vision i wouldn't describe it as megalomania perhaps it contrasts with the region that could well be marked with a line. on the region has changed since the newcomers arrived. now one in 4 people living here is chinese. and they're popular with the locals. is why i passed them and greet them politely and they greet me back hello it's an international greeting and it always works. in that they're all relatively financially well off. so they're not bringing any economic problems in with them instead they benefit us economically. who will warm invested 250000 euros in coming to germany even buying this cafe he says the chinese prefer

accumulating property rather than paying rent soon he wants to buy his own apartment here because it's also a lot cheaper here than back home. by 2015 and 30 years 2 thirds of the world's population is expected to live in urban areas with food shortages of possibility could urban farming be the answer already trying it out here's a look at new york city. tending to your crops with the statue of liberty looming in the distance this is the setting of new york's largest urban farm the idea behind the project is to deliver vegetables directly from the rooftop to the place this is 140000 square feet and it's our largest farm so far it's our 3rd farm that we've done in about 10 years. the farm grows $36.00 tons of vegetables

every year the project is sold to restaurants and farmers' markets. there are no synthetic fertilizers and you see here the thoughtless a mixture of composite and lightweight stone which makes it efficient at up thawing water. huge point of surface area across our city is the impermeable roof surfaces so when the water hits that it goes straight into the system so we can slow it down and absorb millions and millions of gallons and spaces like this urban farming is a growing trend in every sense in the future rooftop gardens could be a common sight in cities around the world. looking forward to that it's one of the most recognizable brands across the globe the 3 stripes of us 70 years after a german shoemaker named r.d. dust. opened his 1st factory company established has become europe's

biggest sports unaffectionate today i did as employees 57000 people around the world generating sales of 22000000000 euros it's come a long way from just 2. this is how audi das sees the future automated digital and fast but this is how it all started in august 1949 and opened a train a factory with 47 employees within 5 years he was world famous when with the help of his flat football boot germany performed the miracle of burn and won the 1954 world cup. to this day out he does still has its headquarters in bavaria but it looks rather different than it did those decades ago the main building looks more like a sports arena sport in the workplace is encouraged and there are no more fixed offices that he dances grown into a global corporation of its 6 board members just 2 were german its c.e.o.

is danish and countless international stars have been welcomed into the adult us forward such as alpine skier mckayla schiff friend go for sergio garcia and american football arran rodgers. argentinian football star lenell messi is also signed up. over the modern focus is not just sport but lifestyle production mainly happens in asia where it's cheap but 3 years ago the company shifted some manufacturing back to germany with a fully digitized factory a 2nd has also opened in the u.s. where customers can order shoes in the morning and wear them in the evening. the founder and visionary addie tassler would surely have taken pleasure in such innovation.

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do they stand a chance. and they save the good. mike i'm here to stand up for values and contribute to something important that ship. the future of europe starts september 2nd on d w. this is africa coming up in the next 15 minutes brutality on the streets a symbol be at peace peace opposition supporters to peacefully protest it despite a bad pull we see. more scenes like this in the coming days the m.d.c. has vowed to continue the demonstrations. and comic relief for the ones who have lived through our offices in the central african republic are using theatre to make

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