coincidence. that there are the previously it's earth was just a messy chemistry lab i thought mission. where the i'm. going to the office for the creation of our solar system with our planet is a bit like winning the lottery there is only. one earth would you need a short september 18th on g.w. . what if planes could fly without leaving a carbon footprint the synthetic fuel could hold the key. adapting to summer heat waves how a different method of building in the city could help cool things down. and do the electric cars live up to the clean image of that and more coming up.

well come to you tomorrow today the science show on d w. during the mid 980 s. europe was split and impenetrable border divided east from west but one german entrepreneur refused to accept that could believe that science transcends board is he set up a prize awarded to research projects where scientists from eastern and western europe work together. endowed with 1000000 euros the cover price remains to this day one of the most prestigious and lucrative science awards in europe this year it went to 100 gary a neuroscientist based in switzerland. boston is a city constantly on the move. full of colors and contrast. shades dimensions. actives. we perceive them with our eyes. but

this window to the world closes for people who lose their sight. reopening that window is the foremost goal of the institute of molecular and clinical ophthalmology. their medical scientists to boat on to costa is working on ways of giving blind people back their eyesight. my main goal is to understand vision and to use this understanding to create new treatments for blinding diseases. while the eyes outer appearance may be fascinating the real miracle of vision happens on the inside. at the back of the eyeball is the retina a layer made up of millions of cells of on your different cell types. because team has succeeded in making individual cells of blind retinas receptive to light again

. the retina is a biological computer made of 100 different parts. and it is very difficult to repair a computer so we don't prepare it for the receptor layer we have to repair a computer and we have to understand the parts of these computer and come up the ways that really benefits the patients this is a so-called retina or going to ride. you know. think of it as a stand in for the actual retina that scientists are able to grow from the cells of a visually impaired or blind patient when placed upon a microchip the researchers can test the organ ords individual cells for light sensitivity that enables them to determine in the lab whether a specific type of gene therapy would improve the our side of a particular patient. i bet awards us to study the disease that there was

asked to test gene therapy in the particular mutation that patient has so it's a completely new for me in basic research or basic medical research because we can now look on the retinas of a given patients. this patient who is almost completely blind. who suffers from richer niters pigmentosa today incurable disease which incapacitates the written as visual receptor. the new gene therapy could help to reactivate the retina at least partially. my biggest wish is that our sterile piece start to work in patients. to achieve this and the institute in basel takes an interdisciplinary approach. of oscar who's head of molecular biology research in the laboratory. his colleague 100 short leads

a team of doctors in the clinic keeping in touch with the patients. who gather they work as a team. in the past the 2 fields are entirely separated. medical doctors did their job they reported their disease and basic scientists virg in their own institute closed in in which they tried to address a problem but they were not really a very of the real problem so very often in basic science of amazing technologies but they're not addressing the right problems. crossbows team has taken a major step to remedy the situation they successfully equipped blind retina cells with light sensitive protein channels grown from bacterial genes now these cells react to light once again. the researchers tools are so-called vectors minute shuttles that transport genetic information into the target cells 1st in the organ or and eventually directly inside the patient's

retina. we just take these gene and then insert the gene into gene therapy vector the gene therapy factory spec each to interpret shall and the inject this into the eye it's a simple injection as would be an other injection be than other medicine. the experiments on the organ or it may seem like primitive reactions in a petri dish right there an important milestone in the quest to restore eyesight by means of gene therapy. what has been a great success in the lab must now passed the test of clinical treatment in patients. 5 people have already started gene therapy to treat their retinitis pigmentosa the results are pending but the researchers are optimistic that blindness may 1 day become reversible in many cases. nor

how to restore vision we have the technologies what we are missing is details and we're missing virk force and investment from society. bet justice cancer get a lot of investment to deal with a problem now blindness needs a lot of investment from private and public entities. roscoe's a bringer of hope for many thanks to his conviction that science needs the cooperation of many talents for success much like in music. in art in music we have a composer who works on the d.t.s. of a piece and artist is giving it to the audience in a key is off by a many scene the basic scientists the are preparing a new treatment they are coming up with a new treatment and it is

a clinicians who then offer it to the public but patients. their work is not yet complete. team ever achieved a great deal already. and they plan to continue their quest so we can expect to hear much more about the basel based scientists and their trailblazing work in the future. to get. it out that is right why i only say hey. do you have a science question you've always wanted and said send it in and if we answer it on the show you'll get into little surprise as a thank you. i come on just ask. for more stories from the world of science go to our website will find us on twitter.

this week's viewer question comes from chris humphries. why does the earth have an atmosphere. an atmosphere is not all that unusual many bodies in our solar system have one like the giant planet jupiter and its moon europa. a planet develops an atmosphere when gases amerge from within it and when it collects volatile substances from collisions with asteroids and comets. the earth's atmosphere is a complex multilayered system up to an altitude of 90 kilometers it consists mostly of nitrogen along with the oxygen produced by living organisms. our atmosphere extends far into space reaching to the moon and even beyond.

earth has enough mass to hold on to its atmosphere through gravity in contrast to mars. the red planet's gravity is only one 3rd astronomers hours causing it to lose a large part of its atmosphere it's as thin on the martian surface as the air is 30 kilometers above the earth's surface earth's atmosphere also has a magnetic field to protect it from the electrically charged particles of the solar wind. mars lost its planetary magnetic field 4000000000 years ago the solar wind can blow its atmosphere into space but the earth is also losing air into areas near the poles the particles of the solar wind penetrate deep into the atmosphere creating a wrong rose and carrying away several 100 tons of oxygen every day. biological processes such as photosynthesis in plants can largely compensate for this loss

even so the mass of the earth's atmosphere is slowly decreasing. the earth is. and able to hold on to its atmosphere for so long because it orbits close to the sun and because it rotates that keeps the atmosphere warm enough to prevent the gases from freezing on the surface. as carbon dioxide does on mars for example. of all transport modes flying produces the most greenhouse gases so how could it be made more sustainable. flying less isn't that likely to take hold. on the contrary 2019 set a new record with 188901 flights recorded her day. in the. course of the flying is something we take for granted

nowadays but gone is the romance of taking to the air replaced by worries about climate change and light shade. before the pandemic the skies were full every day we burned 11500 liters of kerosene worldwide per 2nd carbon that had been locked away in the earth's crust for millions of years in the form of crude oil entered the atmosphere as carbon dioxide where it accelerated climate change. but what if we could produce aviation fuel that doesn't put any new c o 2 into circulation made of nothing but water air and sunlight. that's exactly what's being researched here at zurich's technically university especially developed solar furnace on the roof of the swiss university produces

fuel from the ambient air with the help of concentrated solar radiation it's the life's work of scientists he and his students have been researching and working on the furnace from within a decade. by 50 of having what we have here is a complete mini refinery for solar fuels that i fill. with their furnace the swiss were able to show that their theory that fuel can be produced from sun air and water also works in practice. in the 1st step areas drawn in and the water and carbon dioxide it contains are collected using the mirror dish the sun's rays are concentrated on to one of the 2 reactors heating it up to $1500.00 degrees celsius at the heart of these reactors a catalyst takes care of the 1st conversion.

the sponge like catalyst is coated with the rare earth metal syria mock side. the components of water and carbon dioxide are split apart. reassembled to create what's known as sin gas. this mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide can then be converted into liquid fuels such as kerosene it's rather like a chemical construction kit when the fumes produced in this way is burned it only releases c o 2 into the atmosphere that had previously been removed from it so does this solve the problem unfortunately not completely all madonnas to the production volume of this system is still very low it's less than $100.00 milliliters per day so the production costs are still very high. by comparison a transatlantic airliner burns on average almost one leader per 2nd or around 3000

liters per hour. university of zürich has meanwhile inaugurated a larger test facility in spain but even the haunted he's produced here are just a proverbial drop in the ocean but it shows that this sun to liquid method can also work on a larger scale. so why don't we build huge plants in the desert right away and the main problem is the price of kerosene from petroleum is still unbeatable a cheap and fuel costs make up a 3rd of the price of a typical airline ticket in fact kerosene can already be produced synthetically and mostly sustainably in many ways such as in large algae farms airlines began pursuing this option a long time ago but the results so far have been disappointing the production is still complicated and too expensive. in the end the decisive factor will be who

can manufacture synthetic kerosene in industrial quantities at the lowest cost. as this there's still no real end. anomic rationale behind these projects they're all part of this whole discussion about the carbon is asian and germany's transition to green energy and. you conversion is head of the hide a refinery in northern germany this is where the fuel for hamburg airport is distilled. the refinery wants to become part of the shift to renewable energy in aviation. has a plan to produce sustainable kerosene here instead of using the sun like the swiss project he's looking to harness surplus wind power. and there's lots of electricity that's not even generated in the 1st place the systems are switched off because there's simply too much electricity in the power

grid and that's where we come in our plan is to convert this unused electricity into hydrogen and then turn the hydrogen entry into synthetic fuel especially kerosene and he was in small. what's particularly attractive about this power to liquid process is that the carbon dioxide needed to produce the fuel is drawn out from nearby factories rather than letting this climate damaging gas escape into the atmosphere it's then processed into fuel using water and electricity. when this synthetic kerosene is burned no new carbon dioxide enters circulation but instead old carbon dioxide is recycled so could heavy industry actually be part of the solution to the climate issue at least an aviation researchers at the university of braman in germany think it can it's one of the partners in this project. refineries have the expertise to handle and process hydrocarbons from fuels and they also have

the infrastructure in place today for their operations but we will also need that if we want to operate a power to liquid plant. and in the pause. but i lot of the time when. within 5 years the plan should be producing synthetic kerosene for lufthansa. our 1st goal is to cover 5 percent of the requirements of hamburg airport. sustainable kerosene will have to come from many sources in the future the decisive factor will be who can produce the alternative fuel at the lowest cost but if aviation hopes to slash its c o $2.00 emissions by half before 2050 it must rely on projects like those of the university of zurich and the haida refinery. in. quiet and green electric cars have a secret their batteries contain problematic substances like cobalt lithium

extracting this mineral requires a lot of water and most lithium resists are in some of the driest places on earth. so our electric cars really the future of. the mobility is about more than just getting from me. at least. right it's like you're floating it's so nice. from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 4 seconds flat on green dark christiane's and also lights having a good conscience of the road. if i'm driving through town with queues of cars coming towards me i can say at least my car doesn't stink. it's not completely clean either. electric cars do produce particularly matter even if they don't spew exhaust emissions. once the debate over combustion engine

started i was glad to have nothing to do with them anymore. although not quite nothing better reproduction consumes electricity which is generated for. dirty sources. most battery manufacturers are based in countries that still have coal based power plants. a bigger battery therefore means emitting more c o 2 during its production. automakers like to stress that big is beautiful on the battery front too. except that it isn't. the more powerful an electric car the more electricity is required to charge its battery and as that electricity comes from the grid in countries like germany that means a fair proportion of coal generated power this together with battery production emissions means that some larger electric cars are responsible for more c o 2 than

a mid-sized diesel fuel car. so emissions free driving is still not a reality one solution could look like this smaller and lighter cars with a shorter range and lower driving speed and therefore a lower carbon footprint. such ministers wants to fuel her car with her own solar powered generator. my big goal for the future is to be able to produce electricity for the car myself. but for now she also has to resort to regular power from the grid on days when the sun . our cities are heating up the so-called urban heat island effect means areas in the city don't cool down as fast as the surrounding countryside. that can be hazardous for human health densely populated areas are especially at risk so urban planning is need solutions we had

a look at some of the ideas out there. researches in switzerland where king to create the perfect city asphalt. engineer and a blue man has been commissioned by the government to conduct experiments under traffic conditions on this test track. our goal is to bring the temperatures down during the summer heat waves having cooler nights as the main back. past found to reach temperatures of 70 degrees celsius the black surfaces get hot during the day and release heat at night meaning the city can't cool down. if you look at a city from above that you see about 40 percent buildings and 20 percent growth the

buildings all belong to someone but with the roads you have a bit more scope so. eric is leading the experiment if it's to be it's found his job to develop the perfect asphalt pier on the test site they select the asphalt mixtures that will be in the running for the heat and stress test. roads are made up of several layers superstructure has a base course layer and on top of that there's a binder layer and a surface layer. asphalt road so usually around 95 percent rock and 5 percent. it's this finding agents that makes the asphalt black spot layer is lighter in color it will absorb lefty. one option is to lighten the ass found by covering the top layer with chippings light colored stone that's pressed

into the normal rolled as found. to be it is testing various options with different colors and quantities of chippings the more you add the lighter the road. the lightest one can be seen here on the far left but it's a balancing act. it seems that too many chippings mike the road unstable. there's not enough group. chippings or pre-code that also changes the color we don't know yet what exactly fronts that makes to the temperature if you can see that some of it is more yellow and that would alter the light absorption. of for be uniform from the. another possible q. ling technique is to use a highly poorest. the poorest can absorb and release water known as

passive cooling. and it has great potential. to heavy traffic there would still be obstacles. challenges that the pores get clogged over time but these types of coding have already been used to reduce noise so if that's possible then it's conceivable that we could use them for cooling surfaces to. one thing they know for certain the lighter the road the cooler which is. put on a lighter colored road would you be able to see white paint markings like parking spots and traffic lanes and if these were painted in a different color would it be confusing to the driver that's part of the many tests and of them. with the most important test just making sure the road can support the traffic with it but also that the cooling effect lasts and doesn't just wear off as the road gets older i mean one of the seats one needed to stand out.

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being told start september 16th on w. . this is day 2 of the news live from ballet bella bruce's embattled leader looks to the kremlin for support alexander lukashenko meets president permits him in russia to ask for help as anti-government protests back home tied into a 6 week also on the program a european union leaders hold talks with china on everything from trade to the climate with a major investment treaty in the balance but critics are asking what if in e.u. and germany after too close to beijing.

i'm still gal welcome to the program embattled better president alexander lukashenko is holding talks with president vladimir putin in the russian city of such seeking support from the kremlin after more than 100000 people joined government demonstrations in the baton rouge and capital minsk over the weekend once again secured. forces detained hundreds of protesters calling for president lukashenko to go into the 2 leaders 1st face to face meeting since the disputed brothers in the elections in august. we can go to w. correspondents universe in moscow and nick connelly in minsk for more welcome both let's start with you you're in russia what's only a journey of these talks. while there are obviously still 2 main aspects of both politicians have been talking about the political aspect and then economic one

as for politics the russian president putin spoke about that the constitutional reform that apparently will take place in belarus in the near future and which in he subpoenaed would be the right approach he said that that was the proposal of local shankar to carry out of that reform was logical and came at the right time on the one hand this is interesting because putin has been talking about a necessary change in the rules whatever this change might be however look at schenkel status quo could be changed on the other hand putin himself initiated a constitutional reform in russia only a few months ago which security's power here until 20 or 36 change in the constitution of the it was doesn't necessarily mean that the question could stay in power as long as what it means is that from now on the kremlin strategists will probably be able to work hand in hand with the political advisers in belarus especially on the future political model for the country so make calmly how important is russian support for president.

he has nowhere else to go. tried to keep hold of position between the west and russia essentially trading to russia for financial support from the kremlin every time the kremlin on that support he made overtures to the west trying to get more support from vladimir putin's kremlin for most of the time successfully now that option is gone the west is not going to give him any kind of support given the brutality we've seen on the streets of minsk in recent weeks and so now basically he's in the position. to be totally dependent on russian support financial and military to put down these protests and soon. have to make significant concessions to the russian side. and that calmly men's community in moscow. now we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world will start hearing birthday where doctors treating the russian opposition leader alexei know found

they say his condition has improved and that he's now able to get out of bed he's been in a medically induced coma following what the german government says was poisoning with a nerve agent nabil chalk says specialist labs in sweden and france have confirmed this diagnosis. astronomers say they've detected a potential sign of life on venus using telescopes in hawaii in chile they spotted a gas coal phosphate and they planted some hot sulfurous atmosphere on earth phosphate is only produced by bacteria the researchers say this means microbes could inhabit inhospitable neighbor. the european union has added its voice to the international outcry cry over the execution of iranian wrestler nuffield after cari iranian state media reported mr of cards execution on saturday he was convicted of stabbing a security guard to death during anti-government protests in 2018 his family said

he confessed under torture and later retracted his statement. paula ruses of agave who was betrayed as a hero in a hollywood movie about rwanda's 994 genocide has been charged with terrorism appeared in court for the 1st time in kigali on monday following his arrest his family say the charges against him a politically motivated claim was kidnapped from dubai. that's in italy where children have begun to return to school more than 6 months after they were closed because of the pandemic some regions have postponed the reopening some schools are unable to meet the new requirements but for those going back it's a time of excitement and apprehension. social distancing has already been abandoned in this school as children flock back after half a year without class. and i believe that. it will be somehow different. but it will be an unforgettable experience. that the school year will be more

difficult because of the coronavirus my previous school had fewer pupils but let's see little work out some how. many schools don't have enough desks to ensure the kids are kept apart teachers a voiced concern that infection rates could soar in classrooms which do not look less crowded than they did before the pandemic the prime minister acknowledges the problem. will be difficult especially in the beginning. our schools have been underfunded for years and the pandemic has made this even more obvious. i would if you have to do your part by following the rules so that your health and that of your loved ones is protected. the pupils are forbidden from sharing school material which is kept in a box after lengthy preparations the measures are put to the test but not in all

parts of the country rising infection rates have delayed school reopening in some regions. german chancellor i'm going to macro says european union trade with china must be on a level playing field german economy holding a huge rotating presence he said they chancellor joined the e.u. officials in speaking to reporters following talks with chinese president xi jinping. europe's demand for a fact competition was justified given china's rapid economic growth of the last 15 years and she added that he you have not shied away from bringing up sensitive issues including china's human rights record. cooperation with china must be based on the principles of reciprocity fair competition as well we are different societies we have different social systems but we acknowledge the importance of multilateralism an importance of rules when it comes to climate change and climate

protection. the e.u. and china welcome the paris agreement that is extremely important and we want to have a high level dialogue take place which doesn't just take place off the cuff but is rather more of a systematic nature so a dialogue between the e.u. and china where we talk about the glasgow climate conference at the end of the year we managed to talk about other topics which are michel as already mentioned and to topics which are difficult where we don't always agree hong kong for example the treatment of minorities and the issue of human rights. so i feel that today we had a good open and honest dialogue which should be continued. let's go more from our europe correspondent martin said brussels well what else have we heard from this meeting. i think statement by it was enough on the line the president of the

european commission who participated in that meeting sums it up quite nicely and she said china has to convince us that it is worth having an investment agreement now for that agreement the e.u. has been preparing for years and the hope has now been that we're closing in towards the end of the year now that hope is still alive but a lot of conditions have been put on the table on the e.u. side there's been some progress has been made on the line made that clear for instance on the issue of forced technology transfers where negotiators have agreed but when it comes to market access and that is really the key the e.u. commission made clear today that meeting halfway won't do what the e.u. commission wants to see is that european companies get market access in china in crucial industries because that is exactly what chinese companies have when they come to europe people are saying the relations between the e.u. and china their worst for decades why is that. there's

a number of reasons really let's start with the political ones and the most complicated ones because predominantly the policy of the european union so far have been guided by the principle of change through trait but looking at the political side of course you have the security law the controversial security law in hong kong human rights violations and here it was quite interesting today to hear the council president charm michel bring up a whole list of demands what china has to do including international independent observers accessing a part of china where there have been alleged abuses human rights violations against the local weaker muslim population now that will be interesting how that will play out so that's the political side of it then you have the corona crisis where europe somehow has realized particularly germany for instance that there is a dependency on supply chains particularly when it comes to medical supplies so that didn't go down well with a number of member states and finally you have as i mentioned the market access

issue and that is really at the root of the problem the e.u. commission today but also the german chancellor representing your the euro the presidency of the european union have made very clear that they do want to see concessions on the chinese part when it comes to business business together with the german chancellor angela merkel she did have high hopes for the original something that was planned for today how she achieve them. well let me quote the german chancellor here when she said we have to find solutions even if we're crawling for a 5th by bit and that is what we did today so she said she she experienced a good and honest dialogue and i thought it was interesting to hear that she also talked about political will but what i was missing and many observers here in brussels were missing were clear conditionality the long list presented of political and environmental demands for more sustainability for instance where not directly linked to that investment. trade deal and that is something we'll have to

observe in the in the months to come to what extent that will play out. this in brussels thank you. it's sad september is usually a time for cooler temperatures but western europe is experiencing a late summer heat wave in northwestern fronts reach 34 degrees celsius today with temperatures across the country expected to set new records for mid september. summer blazes on as the season shows no signs of changing and fronts much of the country is experiencing a heat wave with some regions juicer reach highs of 35 degrees. the french are taking full advantage of the long hot summer i'll be it amid concerns of global heating. on the national scene we're lucky it's a beautiful day. in september it's really no usual to go to the beach. well you

can't complain but when we think about it we tell ourselves that it is normal. in paris where the temperature lingers around 30 degrees the heat is worrying experts say these exceptional temperatures and extreme heat events will likely continue in the years to come the new secret unity this year we had a summer but that doesn't mean that the summers to come will necessarily be hotter on the other hand the underlying trend tells us that we are going to have longer and hotter summers with. tourists and purrs eons alike enjoy the un seasonal heat in the capital the climatologists warn of the consequences on the planet as the climate continues to warm. well have a look at some sport now will start with tennis. team has won the u.s.o. men's singles for the 1st time after beating germany's alexander sparrow have both players were looking for their 1st grand slam title tim came back from 2 sets down

to win the match in the 5th set tiebreaker the 1st time in 71 years of play has won a title after losing the 1st 2 sets. in french football and alleged the race. says the incident on the pitch this is perry's out of your man and star player neymar who hosted bitter rivals must say they must says he was the target of racist slurs from must say alviro gonzales and later in the match a punch to gonzales in the back of the head the clash of boiled over into a full scale brawl 5 players were kicked off a must say won the match one nil gonzales later denied name allegations. before we go here let's take a look at some mountain biking here in germany not in the mountains but in an abandoned quarry after months away from the sport because of coronavirus restrictions fat riders from across europe got together to practice especially distance tricks and radically transform setting competitors matters

a couple of firsts in the competition including the 1st ever back flip boss sprint a cliffhanger. they make it easier every can look easy to do that he says he wants to say i was a good day out of what's as your business up things just. like. my gorgeous was before the russians so. steep. and so many different walks of life. some water pumping. oddly trying to get all

of that come straight from the heart you are seeing even when there's no more you delusional mush 4 inches. from the feet of the long road to their final resting place the russians d.w. documentary. take to make that choice for software company all recall appears to have been chosen by bite down to take over its us all after president trump ordered the business be. sold off. opec turned 16 but it's not such a happy birthday blow crude prices put the cartel in a bind oil giants forecasts a lasting damage from the corona. and as the e.u. edges china to play fair in business we'll look closer at the chinese taste the taking over german businesses. faces the daily business on robots in berlin it's

great to have you with us software company oracle appears to have won the race to take over the u.s. arm of video at tick tock the company has confirmed its part of a proposal submitted to the white house by to talk on a bi downs the us government says it will review the plans over the past day it's emerged that bite downs rejected a bid for microsoft president trump ordered the sale of the u.s. business threatening to ban it otherwise. on this let's speak to alison stewart alan who is c.e.o. of london based international marketing partners which advises organizations on how to expand worldwide alison oracle may not be known to many of our viewers know and ordinarily a business software company is it a good fit for tick talk. well one could argue the only reason it might be a good fit is because oracle supplies all of the sort of cloud computing technology

so that all of the information that tick tock gathers about its users their habits their preferences about what types of short form video they like it's there almost like a data organizing company and so you could imagine making the case that maybe that's where the fit is however it seems a much more obvious fit with microsoft because microsoft has experience of engaging with and selling to consumers like us whereas oracle's experience is really with businesses they don't really understand consumer marketing in the same way they have interesting to hear from buy downs why they've made this decision but if they do divest their american business can they be successful without it. well that's a really good question i mean obviously the global population without the united

states is still a very big number so i have no doubts at all that china and the bite dance owners tick tock owners will want to look at other opportunities you know markets in southeast asia in terms of short form video and entertainment and social media are exploding with enthusiasm and there's huge opportunity there there's opportunity in india although currently tick tocks not legally allowed and there are opportunities throughout the rest of the world so even if the u.s. market is closed to them they've got plenty of other opportunities in a lot of other places meanwhile back in the u.s. what is it about tick tocks that has had the likes of microsoft clamoring to get control of it. well numbers is really what it's all about and data so we know that in the social media world it's all about the data and given the number of users

that tic toc has microsoft would be in heaven if it could access that kind of target population of customers they might want x. boxes in the future they might want video games they might want some of the where's that microsoft sells so you're presenting microsoft in a lot of ways with an added customer base that maybe they otherwise wouldn't have had and therefore profits that come with that but it appears that oracle has won this race we'll see what the white house makes of those proposals alison stewart allan from international marketing partners thank you for joining us thank you. to some of the other business stories making the news. japan is following china and south korea in suspending german pork imports officials last week confirmed a case of swine fever in germany's why would bore population german pork exports

have been soaring after the disease devastated pick stocks in china. and european carmakers are calling on the e.u. and u.k. to avoid a no deal breck's it they want to cost sector 110000000000 euros in lost trade over the next 5 years failure to security you would mean tariffs and vehicles more expensive and hitting demand. for the organization of the petroleum exporting countries opec is celebrating its 60th anniversary it's marks the occasion by downgrading its outlook for global oil demand for this year a coronavirus pandemic has pushed already low oil prices down even further that's proving a disaster for oil reliance economies particularly in africa 7 of opec's 13 members are african nations including algeria nigeria i could tauriel guinea and congo. so we can now speak to n.j. i accuse c.e.o.

of security and law group which specializes in oil and gas law in africa how are africa's oil exporters doing are they struggling even more than the likes of saudi arabia and iran. abscess absolutely you know what a saudi arabia. iraq and some of the our producers when they have a recession african states having depression because they rely so much on these products huge parts of government spending come out of our house so when you how during these difficult times get to the beach and i think harken states are suffering and beyond that a lot of projects have been counsel and a lot and jobs of the last i knew that the market can recall and you can move out of these really really good car times what's the solution here is it diversifying away from oil and gas and doing it quickly or is it is it getting

money from elsewhere the world bank the i.m.f. i mean we always will cause i mean i cheated arkadi chan but we always opposed just good we do want to get an assay from oil from the world bank does not we have to use an african resource used to get africa walking again and that's what we need to do so diversification is really key we need to look at a quarter when you look at the truck coming because we need to look at building or doubt or doubt any of the industries i like to mention payout 60 we are to also celebrate got because that is point we have an african that is champion mohammad's and this is back in build i think this is the time where we get to support team and doctors file economy so that we can we have got a stone to come in the future because you would be understanding of each other is just the opinions of these we are reading now you mentioned the 60th anniversary of

the founding of opec now the majority of member states are african countries there's africa have a big say in aipac. of course after casting big say over what we've nigeria don't forget we have a very brilliant charismatic leader or hold it right now for harmison is the baccy deal that is really he was risk the one who is responsible who did declare a state of cooperation to get a few years back let's see if the oil industry expanded will there ever russia all the opec countries to get to where you want true on your problems and that is do you want to sit in your market today but it doesn't stop there you only you know you have to always fight to be on the table because you not only table you going to the big africa is the african side of cattle. we have to use a word t.d. surely diary's if i could only have the strongest sea and all the industry for work

but also don't forget and if you poverty and if you transmission climate change these are going to be issues that africa all pick would have to deal with and we should not forget that because we i don't want what we have even refuted people who would know access to and we know that. that have to be energy poverty is going to be something that opec would have to young we need a future no matter what happens thank you very much enjoy chrome century and don't know a great thanks for joining us thank you for having me now he has called on beijing to make further concessions on market access has passed of investment agreements between the 2 powers and leaders of the european council and commission germany's angela merkel and chinese president xi jinping discussed economic relations in a video conference on monday he affirmed to have long complained about the lack of

an uneven playing field chinese firms have easy access to your pay in markets but not so much the other way around yet some european businesses say they've been lost without china's support. german made kitchens like those from pub and pole are among the best worldwide now though the 120 year old half it based kitchen maker has been taken over by a chinese company you know what was done from poor to ensure the compiler could survive and stay here in half and long term we had to look for a buyer. the coronavirus crisis certainly sped up the process. halford is in westphalia one of germany's strongest economic regions the area's business association is concerned about the number of potential takeover candidates their companies struggling due to the pandemic doesn't tend to michelle i don't know if it's a trend but we clearly keeping an eye on things. we support open borders and so

foreign investors are very welcome of course we expect our investors in china to receive the same open markets and conditions as here that's not the case in all sectors though for 4. or 5 totem pole is not a one off after running into financial difficulties some years ago feel a fed based starting machine manufacturer to do a cop was taken over by chinese investors some fear that the chinese would steal the company's peyton's and stop producing its machines in asia but few wins for us and look it was a really good move it represented strategic progress a step in the right direction under our chinese oda we've made substantial developments and been very successful. nonetheless the local chamber of commerce fears that chinese companies could stop buying up large numbers of ailing german companies china is investing billions world white and its german

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