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who called the soft among the brics economies brazil russia india china and south africa are meeting in brasilia but this year's summit raises questions of whether the brics may have hit a wall. also on the show we look at nigeria's so-called sandwich generation young workers trying to start families while supporting their elders leaving little for themselves. and chooses berlin for its new european gigafactory.

german engineering the facility is planned for the region near the new airport but did anyone tell him that hasn't gone well. this is the. one in berlin welcome a meeting between the leaders of brazil russia india china and south africa kicked off today in brasilia the so-called brics countries are trying to strengthen economic scientific and security cooperation not an easy task for rather divergent group especially economically china is miles away from the rest of the pack its gross domestic product exceeded 13 trillion dollars last year india's population is almost as high as china is but its g.d.p. was a 5th of that the next 2 are closer to each others levels brazil at $1.00 trillion russia at $1.00 and there south africa at just under half a trillion. now on gallagher is our correspondent in south africa she joins us now from cape town hi alison oh these countries have all ended up in different places

economically many have wondered whether brics as a grouping still makes sense so can you tell us what does south africa actually get out of this membership ls are you with us can you hear me. yes and last you know i can hear you again. i would just like to repeat my question that i wanted to ask you what does south africa actually get from this number said of the brics group oh it's incredibly important for south africa mainly now because it's going for exactly the south africa's khana economic growth it's very low so you need the investment the need bilateral trade and they also need loans won't be very important for south africa as well as well as the brics that new development bank that was set up and 15 by the brics countries as sort of breaks countries have been lending money to south africa to escala which is the power utility which has been struggling here so there

has been struggling to keep the lights on and also investment recently in infrastructure in south africa and they need to upgrade to maintain a toll roads here and that of course africa hopes will get extra jobs so that after going to relationship this incredibly important so very vital relationship so for south africa but as you said now south africa is of course the smallest and weakest member of this group now what do the other numbers get out of south africa's membership. yes the skepticism about south africa's membership i think from the start but what he's key for for these members is to have a photo in africa on the continent so he said africa is still very important in the continent and mainly countries like india and china seen that didn't want to increase their footprint not just in south africa but as well the rest of africa so that has been a strategic partnership for them as well 4 and the trade has been going up i mean

we've seen for example just this that aren't available is june 20042014 we've seen a 400 percent increase in bilateral trade between south africa and the awful so although south africa's economy is weak also some people are say it's so weak now it's hit rock bottom out and that the only way pamby up so yeah hopefully that is the case that's what many south africans hope and africa now hope to take away a great is a bit of a brighter future and maybe more relationships again thank you very much alison delta into town for us now if you're planning on flying with south african airways any time soon you might need to make alternative arrangements cabin crew are starting a strike on friday to protest against plans to cut more than 900 dogs the airline hasn't turned a profit since 2011 and has relied on a government bailout to stay afloat unions representing some 3000 workers say the

strike will continue indefinitely. in nigeria young professionals can only think of themselves when payday rolls then they have to consider the needs of their parents and other family members in a country with a lot of functioning social welfare coverage surviving also means turning to the young generation who then has to put their lives on hold. getting ready in the morning without running water isn't uncommon in many parts of lagos all abandoned solomon all of corn has to make the most out of his 5 metre square room. he works in a small saloon giving money curious and pedicures. very closely decided i think there's something so if you're going to go for it he can't afford to lose another client it's the rainy season and business is slow but that doesn't stop the

messages from home his family still asks him for money i get a message from my sister about the school fees and that's that so day i've seen you from one of the hair of the cloth i would never do whatever you came to go to school is find a new salary changes every month depending on how many customers he gets in a good month he might and about $600.00 euros about half of this goes to his family i dislike it i don't like it but. you're trying to stop me doing just blasting a bad person but i know it's not supposed to be like that on his way to work on a bungee visits his father he lives alone and lost his job a few years ago but thanks to his son he still gets a warm meal every day without his son support he says he wouldn't some 5. 101 he told me that i shouldn't call on him as you offer because he's planning his

own life to right through right now on the bangi is unable to build his own life or start a family in nigeria people like him a cold to the sandwich generation he is stuck in the middle taking care of the older generation while also wanting to raise a family of his own. needs 3 to 4 clients a day to a decent wage but today he was on the hunt upon this client understands all up on just a limit which affects many nigerians very own that but i know that the older you problem the problem was the government issue you've got the government you do have a social welfare system here so people especially those i really like the discretion of the prophet most affected by this if you are only used to model. this billboard promises a different reality retire to a nice full volume it's for an insurance company advertising private pensions but even those who earn a good wage can't afford to put money away for their retirement. to build its

1st european car battery factory on the outskirts of berlin. musk says he chose germany because of the country's reputation as an engineering giant it's caused somewhat of a sensation here with the intense competition over who would get to host the premium electric car maker's facilities and thousands of jobs in the region. the location couldn't have been more apt clutching his award for the tesla 3 he learned musk broke the news. that evening with the markets make up here we've decided to put those we're going to for korea europe in the berlin area. the presenter was lost for words and the new factory will create 10000 new jobs but in senate if economics was swift to express her delight those who have vision come to berlin welcome tesla tesla already has a gig

a factory in shanghai shown here it's roughly the size of $120.00 football pitches soon around half a 1000000 vehicles will roll out of here each year the complex took just 12 months to build a record the berlin plant will be a similar size it will specialize in the compact s.u.v. model y. and producing lithium batteries the factory itself will be close to the city's long planned new airport referring to the now 11 year construction period for that musk tesla would certainly be stepping up the pace so fran is the world's most valuable spice up until recently the people who harvest it have had to struggle to survive and we're all man saffron region many harvesters mainly women are joining cooperatives which has had a life and hands in effect. was our picking in the dark

and singing to boot it might not be apparent but these women are under some time pressure saffron flowers have to be harvested before the sun shines and the blossoms are only out for 2 weeks to come so. we start early at 5 am before dawn. we head out on to the fields and collect saffron flowers for a couple of hours. and then we go home to have breakfast cooked for the children and take care of the animals. then it's back to the purple blooms the precious stigma have to be removed from the flowers within a few hours of harvesting known as red gold saffron is the world's most expensive spice the highest quality can fetch 4 and a half 1000 euros per kilo morocco is one of the world's leading saffron producers and almost all of it comes from this region tell you mean most is exported making

the country around $7000000.00 euros a year until recently very little of that reached the harvesters themselves but thanks to the establishment of cooperatives that's changing sure the women receive a fair way double what they used to be here. we separate the red stigma and till our eyes. in the past we were suffering we could only sell the saffron for a very small amount of money in our local market. but now we have the co-operative. that helps us sell it for a good price. and there are $130.00 such cooperatives in the area they're helping the women keep a song in their hearts and just waiting in their step. of starbucks well like this next story the world's biggest brands is opening in

chicago this week the 4 story building is a fully functioning bro story as well as a cafe the coffee beans are sent between floors through transparent to customers will be able to sound for rare coffees from around the world through various brewing methods it'll employ around 200 people. and that's it for me and the d.w. business team for more you can always go to d.w. dot com slash business are following. on social media i'm to tell them a lot in berlin thank you very much for watching.

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