this here and out of the teenager's garages. and a little town of the year old had no jobs and no future until some local babushkas started selling jam. this is business asia i'm stephen beardsley in berlin thanks for joining us firefighters in australia many of them volunteers need all the help they can get and now the australian army is joining the fight against bushfires in the east and south of the country meteorologists are forecasting a heat wave and strong winds potentially worsening the situation in the coming days since october around 4000000 hectares of forest and 1000 homes have been destroyed by the bushfires tourism has also been affected some of australia's most famous sites are now engulfed in smoke. and for more on this i'm joined now by my d.w. business colleague ben physician who's been travelling across australia in recent weeks been good to see you ben you've been severely bruised and now you were in

sydney what are your impressions so far how are these fires affecting livelihoods well basically biggest sector at the moment is there proof that it's the cruel tourism sector farm stays have been bringing in a lot of extra cash for farmers who've been hit by the drought now these bushfires have hit it's a double whammy and it's hitting that farm states as well you know 2 hours of tourists ending out. this bookings wiped out that's sitting bull communities because the farm is the backbone of those communities that's also having knock on effects for all businesses and there are concerns that whole towns could eventually be shut down because of this it's really a barring state of. illicit a lot of these firefighters are volunteer firefighters which means that they have normal day jobs i saw that woolworth's was extending paid vacation to firefighters do you see a lot of this going on right now. there's

a total rethink underway at the moment because the system is so reliant on these volunteers. you know you can't expect them to give so much of the time this is on preset ended this is a catastrophic moment for a stranger in these bushfires have been going on for weeks if not months and the cost is just absolutely huge but the volunteers the other thing you have to consider is some of them blames some of the time stopping these fires some of them want to be heroes some of them want to be seen as saving someone or saving communities and when they start these fires and these fires rage out of control it's a terrible situation and the australian government has shown to this point little interest in fighting climate change australia is the world's largest coal exporter is this causing any kind of rethink amongst normal australians. i think dave being 1st of all she protests others think you don't see anything whatsoever

between climate change and these bushfires i mean scientists the saying there is no direct link but scientists have been warning that with no longer periods of dryness in australia longer droughts and weather that it could mean more intense bushfires and that is certainly what we're seeing at the moment whether or not it means a breach sink and the way the government supports the coal industry and it's only reliant heavily reliant on on coal for power as well. that's yet to be seen all right been physical in their force in brisbane australia thank you very much. over europe now were german airline tons of could see more strikes before the end of the year the union that represents cabin staff says details of the planned walkout will be released on friday it's part of

a long running dispute over pay and conditions recent months have seen walkouts that for loop tons of subsidiaries and a $2.00 day strike in november a total of $1500.00 flights were canceled leaving 200000 passengers stranded. and we go now to early barres our financial correspondent frank for more on this really the prospect of more strikes full of tons of what could this mean for the german fire. it could mean that there's going to be disruptions in a very sensitive time you already mentioned that it's a very travel heavy time these next few days and the union is saying when we announce what we're having planned then it will affect the last days of the year that is any time from now until jan you until december 31st and of course the 1st days in the new year as well when people will either still be flying out or wanting to return and then meeting disruptions and the worst part of it is no one knows

what is scheduled what is planned how how deeply this thing will range until the union reps step up to the microphones a few hours from now here in frankfurt and that puts the pressure really on love tons to get going with the with the negotiations on cabin crew of course also for love times of there's so much at stake the profit so far this year nothing in comparison with 2018. hours they're forced in frankfurt thank you. the past year was an especially difficult one for german car companies caught between declining sales in the one side and the need to invest massive sums in new technology on the other the biggest automakers each announced plans to shed thousands of jobs in the coming years but that didn't stop them and smaller teenagers from showcasing some bold and even ridiculous new ideas in mobility take a look. is this what the world was waiting for. ladies and

gentlemen. or should time come. the 1st fully electric porsche starting price 105000 euros the porsche take on is the biggest competition the tesla model s. has seen yet. yes the tesla in november test known bail their latest number and electric truck with apparently don't break the windows at least that's what it said in the cyber truck brochure yeah it didn't work out. quite that way. not much but well. maybe i was a little too hard. with this for demonstration purposes or was the cyber truck still a work in progress. garnering fewer headlines was the ingenious invention of a ukrainian beekeeper in june he presented the world's 1st homemade electric car that he drives to his b. highs every day. not one for the big car shows like the on you will geneva motor show here french luxury money sure bugatti

presented what is supposedly the most expensive car in the world complete with handmade wheel rims it will set on a buyer's back 16000000 euros or makes its way through this is a wall of water this is for sure. not the completely opposite end of the spectrum is v.w. 1st purely electric car the id 3 which is aimed at the mosque marcus. the idea 3 is opening the next chapter. fulfilling vision to become actually 0 emission brands by 2050. 0 emission goal had already been achieved in january by a russian schoolteacher. exactly one horsepower for 0 emissions. the horse drawn car stands for a global trend making new out of old. falso in london was this morris minor built in 1953 which used to run on petrol but is

now always plugged in at night it hails from a startup that makes its money by retrofitting old cars. why scrap actually anything wrong with them except for the power train. the only thing classic cars can't do yet is fly other inventors are working on this maybe 2020 will be the year the flying car goes into mass production. life in the country is hard for young people especially when the city offers more jobs but in russia's remote rural region one woman has made it work with some social media savvy and a few bushes. welcome to mali tourist a small village in the euros it's like many in russia and like so many it was threatened with becoming it ghost town only 20 of its houses have residence from a previous population of 500 only 50 remains. but then who's l.

arrived. who still says she might be small and looks like a boy but don't underestimate her she calls herself a social entrepreneur and is rarely without her phone flashing pasha greetings from the town and thanks to. a circuit thanks from ali to rush hour with. a small thank you video for each customer because whoever orders jam from gazelle helps the village. or to lend them to the mrs and the like people need to know that they're doing something good each person has buys becomes one of us an entire army of people who want to make a change. strawberry and raspberry jam from mali to rush or shipped across russia even single jars. they do everything themselves even cut the labels. and they produce tea from ingredients that grow in the area. most people

working here are retired they tell us they are all grandmothers. and they get to decide who can work here. they also make sweet spoons for cups of tea it's their very own invention they use a syrup made from wild herbs and dried berries their newest variation include sea berries and cinnamon. a health food shop in moscow has just ordered 8000 spoons. you know was so impressed by the changes she decided to move back to the village from the city she inherited this house this year and is fixing it up she'll soon move in with her husband and child. he trusts. me to have everything changed for us when we met can sell it again now we want to try it out we're fixing up the house and trying out village life and i think the bomb. didn't take. the house isn't large it has

a small vestibule and 2 rooms rather you know says her grandparents built it and it is still sound she's hoping to find work gazelles says she needs a manager. at the workshop the delivery for the health food store in moscow is getting ready to go the bush goes are in a great mood as usual. i'm. that malita rash will one day run things and dependently of her then she will move on to the next village and create a start up there too. and that's it for me and the business team i'm saving thanks for watching.

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this is due to a news line from berlin a passenger jet went down in kazakhstan killing at least 12 people shortly after take off the back airplane crashed in the city of almighty slamming into a building miraculously dozens made it out alive it's also coming up no let up australia continues to battle wildfires raging much of the country the people are bracing for an.