for his 4 year ban on russian participation in international sporting events really here this month of aside us the board voted in favor appealing to the court of arbitration for sport in switzerland soon the russian political figures including president vladimir putin had indicated they wanted an appeal filed following the water out ruling. all right thank you so much for washington ferguson is up next with news about a strike at lufthansa subsidiary german wings i want to sign also male rock in berlin i'll see you in the new year. both senses of going to need to keep a debate on the books both for the over the rich and home the fortune for the most recently that we can invoke cloture that missed the boat on most of the families at the last dragons in this world has called the home country music to agree books on . 50 years of religions for peace and people from many

different states are working together toward a common goal the peaceful resolution of the privileges conflicts. no female members are religious for peace from the middle east or demanding the larger media. the female peacemakers story string we fish. no contact phrases for more strike action flight attendants at subsidiary german wednesday they'll stage walk ons on monday turn one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. also coming up wheeling and dealing it's been a rough year for the auto industry but a fascinating one for cars we'll take a look at some of the automotive highlights from 2090. 9 once upon

a time this middletown in the year old didn't have much of the future and to add things are looking sweeter in time for the power of. big business on k. ferguson welcome. germany's biggest airline is gearing up for more strikes the all for union that represents cabin crew has called on staff i'd love to hang a subsidiary german wings to stage walkouts for 3 days starting on monday it's the latest development in a long running dispute over pay and benefits a 2 day strike in november stranded thousands of travelers. on thursday the german cabin crew union had already threatened another round of strikes following what it called failed arbitration talks with lufthansa last weekend but they refused to say when or for which airlines finally the union announced that its members working at lufthansa subsidiary german wings would stop work for 72 hours of starting on monday before said the decision to target the carriers subsidiary rather than

disrupting the lufthansa group was a warning that if it fails to win concessions the limited industrial action could be a precursor to full scale strikes targeting the parent company. the long running dispute began over a demand for a 2 percent pay increase to cabin staff but has grown to incorporate other issues for accusers lift times of failing to offer cabin crew clear perspectives under its plan to merge german wings roughly 30 aircraft and 1400 employees into flight operations of its may just subsidiary euro wings around 30 percent of your rowing's is scheduled flights starting in germany still carried out by its little sister german wings the 3 day strike is likely to affect some 230 flights starting in germany flights which euro wings had a lot of to german wings. u.s. stocks have continued their strong performance art for thursday's record breaking hinds the benchmark s. and p.

was just a half a percentage point shy of logging its best year since 1997 this the day after the nonsuch crossed the $9000.00 point mark for the 1st time on lists a robust festive spending strong u.s. economic data and hopes of an imminent trade deal between the united states and china are driving the highs. and to break down all the numbers that's crossed 90 detail please financial correspondent jose luis de haro on wall street 3 lovely to see you jose tell me what you think is driving all this optimism on wall street out so u.k. but there are several reasons i 1st wanted years ago to be continue to be receiving . holy days those numbers are coming even stronger specially for online retailers on top of that we are in the middle of traditional center rally which since the 1950 s. push gains the s. and p. 500 on average of 1.3 percent during the final 5 trading days of the year and

because we are about to close debate is europe for you is sacred you since 1907 we can see the ease a clear case of. fear of missing out on the ongoing bullish market which has been going on for the last dick ok so phone no if big problem there was a what can you tell us about this strong data coming out of china are today. it's the 2nd largest economy worldwide seems to be saying it's a slowdown made not produce as a beer and don't turn a previously feared. china's industrial firms past the spaces in november while washington and beijing are in close to figure out when to assign to face one of their trade agreement so us for no it seems to trade war. and these are positive for the trends economy and also for the rest of the walk. ok

louis thanks so much for your time i. mean while german business leaders are looking ahead to 2020 with cautious optimism a survey of the country's 48 business association suggests that while economic leaders aren't expecting a crash they're still feeling plagued by uncertainty. in 2019 the german economy just scraped by without falling into recession in the coming year german business is still face the major challenges international trade disputes digitalisation end of the political debate around climate change are all pulling business down according to 32 of the 48 associations that took part in the survey the economic situation of the changeover from 29000 to 20 he's worse than it was a year ago but german business is showing no signs of hitting the brakes there are no plans to reduce investment. towards despite the poor sentiment in

industry they'll still be strong investment and that's mainly because companies can't simply stop investing in the digital transformation they can't just delay their investment plans. most german companies believe they'll survive the dry spell without resorting to layoffs they avoid by the belief that economic trends for 2020 will deliver some growth around point 9 of a percent. than many of the world's biggest car makers and that's plans to scrap thousands of jobs this year but that didn't stop them and some individual enthusiasts from coming up with some pretty bizarre innovations. is this what the world was waiting for. ladies and gentlemen that knew or should tai-chi. the 1st fully electric porsche starting price $105000.00 euros the porsche take on is the biggest competition the tesla model s.

has seen yes. yes the tesla in november test known baled 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. but oh well. maybe that was a little too hard. was 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 annual geneva motor show here french luxury manufacturers' bugatti presented what is supposedly the most expensive car in the world complete with handmade wheel rims it will set on a buyers back 16000000 euros what makes this race race is. this is for sure.

not to compete the 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 why. horsepower for 0 emissions. the horse drawn car stands for a global trend making new out of old. also in london was this morris minor built in 1953 which used to run on petrol but is now always plugged in at night it has from a start up that makes its money by retrofitting old cars. why scrap there isn't actually anything wrong with them except for the power train. the

only thing classic cars con to yet is fly other inventors are working on this maybe 2020 will be the year the flying car goes into mass production. night to a change of pace life in rural russia can be hard many young people leave for jobs in the cities and those who are left behind often struggle to make ends meet but in one remote village in the ural region an entrepreneur has had a sweet idea for touring people back. 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 a ghost town only 20 of its houses have residence from a previous population of 500 only 50 remain. but then who's arrived. goodell 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 flasher but it is pasha greetings from the town and thanks to. pay sergei thanks from ali to rush hour with . a small thank you video for each customer because whoever orders jam from 20 helps the village. fortune letting them who do most of the right 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 monday to rush are 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. bellino 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 just called me he said never ending change for us when we can sell him 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 you know says her grandparents built it and it is still sound she's hoping to find work because they'll said 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. that i think. that molly to rush 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 here. even if she. can't see that so i'll. take i'm just cat. come to me to look. for the cause can't teach you. all through our german children and their christmas wishes

to your christ child. in 45 minutes. i'm not going to think out of the gym well i guess sometimes i am but i said nothing will happen to me that you haven't thinks deep into the general culture of looking at the stereotypes question if you think this piece of country that i know not. needed to take his grandmother down to you it's all that. new i'm rachel join me to meet the gentleman from. b.w. . paused. i'm scared that my work not hard and in the end is a me your not a lot of the year and more we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers we're alliance of. what's your story.

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