germany. why not i'm with. you learning course. german. news africa coming up on the program a defeat for africa's most wanted fugitive the alleged financier of the one genocide will face trial in tanzania after a french court rejected his appeal to be tried in france instead i'll be joined by the chief prosecutor. and. he came out dearie the 26 year old is breaking barriers in farming in northern gaza where women don't feature much on the agricultural scene.

it's good to have your company a french appeals court has ruled that the man accused of funding the one genocide can be handed over to the united nations tribunals in tanzania. had wanted him to be tried in france where he was arrested efface is charges of genocide and crimes against humanity relating to the horrors in wonder during which 800000 people were killed in 1904. the businessman made much of his wealth from t. farming. strong links to the former rwandan president juvenile. and the then ruling m r m d party dominated by the hutu ethnic group. accused of setting up and providing funds for the hutu militia that carried out massacres against rival

tutsi people and moderate hutus he also founded a notorious radio station that played a key role in inciting the genocide. i wanted man evaded arrest for years in africa and europe despite reports of him being cited in different countries. after he was eventually arrested in paris in may he appeared before france's supreme court his lawyers said he was in poor health and in no condition to be tried elsewhere. and i am now joined by mitzi is the chief prosecutor for the international residual mechanism for criminal tribunals that is the international tribunal handling the london genocide trials welcome to date of the news africa mr brown it's phyllis you. wanted to be tried in france your preference was that he be tried at the un's tribunals intends anea what

is the significance of where the trial takes place. if that is not the course of preference it's a question about jurisdiction. whether you want to do the close few years ago the residual competencies were given to the mechanism especially in relation to the if we remain in me species and couple as one of those 3 so based on the set of the mic and exam which has been put in place by the security council to the mic and using is evil me competent jurisdiction to deal with a computer is ok so you say it is a competent jurisdiction but mistook a bill that has say it through his lawyer is that a u.n. court in africa would be biased against him is it your view that he is guaranteed a fair trial at the u.n. tribunal in africa. there's absolutely no doubt that. you know the

wonderful union for me can easily result in reading from what into the years there's been dozens and dozens of cases our judges our international judges coming from different parts of the world say for the investigation prosecutors it is the united nations tribunal with all the independence and the partiality necessary to make sure that it will be a fair trial. mr thomas this is a very important case for the people for wanda and if memory serves me correct president polk i mean to has that at some point hinted that justice would be better served if mr hoover would be tried in one that in the event that could god he requests to have missed a tried in one day and i understand that that is a decision that the u.n. security council would have to make but do you have any reservations about that for mr couple that to be tried in rwanda. no personally i have absolutely no as

a vision in these regards you know in general terms as an international prosecutor i'm always in favor of having trials taking place in the county where crimes have been committed where the victims communities are leaving but also of the perpetrator communities living so where it is possible have always been been supportive to trials are taking place at the national level now today this question of course is not on the agenda if i may say because it has been appreciative of justice for the want to have been awful to me and he's and we have the legal authority to have this trial taking place at the mechanism and we are absolutely ready to move these trials forward of course if there would be a decision by the security council right side into changed the mandate as prosecutor whether we are updating our case file and we follow wards is decided

what is new is that trial these taking place what is important is that victims and survivors will be heard and for me personally this is the main issue not if the trial is taking place in you know i was going to go. ok and are you confident that you are going to secure a guilty verdict recently you were on a fact finding mission and rwanda what can you tell us about that. well it will be up to 2 judges to decide at the end of the trial about guilt or innocence as prosecutors of course you know this investigation started in the ninety's of the arrest running some $97.00 of course my baby sister said already collected evidence even though it's no international arrest warrant or indictment would be a big issue for all concerned now obviously the case. has now been active if

i may say for so many years so as of the normal dead as a prosecutor we are updating the existing it case file but we are also looking for additional evidence to strengthen the case. i was myself in kigali only 3 weeks ago for 2 weeks i have in fact a permanent team there which would be there for a number of months it's not just a fact finding it is really a minimum for the next 6 months if not the long work that i would have several prosecutors even the gators panelists. contacting witnesses which have testified in the past updating information looking for additional evidence but it's the the normal way to proceed if a new arrest is taking place many many years after the indictment was issued right so the rest takes place many as off of the indictment issued what kind of fit time

span are we looking at for the actual trial very briefly if you can. well it's. it's up to the judges once to try to chamber has been. put together you know what i can tell you based on previous cases we've. received in place of the one to be released after you look. up one year between the train for the. individual. and just out of the trial we would definitely not see a trial you start seeing somebody. all right that search from it thank you for that . you know sort of. let's take a look at some of the stories making news across the continent now south africa stage road in line has suspended its operations as it struggles to raise a bailout of almost $600000000.00 u.s. dollars the airline has long faced financial difficulties and was put on the

business risky measures at the end of last year and the whole program ones that torrential rain and floods all worsening humanitarian conditions and selves are done more than 700000 people across the country have been affected by flooding since june. and zimbabwe's parks and wildlife 40 say a bacterial disease could be behind the dips in offensiveness comes a week off the bill to blame to talk since will killing more than $300.00 innocents they involve it has now same song pulls from its state in defense of the tests aboard. not much of africa women provide the bulk of labor inputs in agriculture in fact bank estimates that that number is as much as 80 per cent but golden dawn is an exception because they more men than women are involved in agricultural activities now you're about to meet one woman who is refining farming.

whenever her tractor rolls up cross the bumpy field he came up to katie he was a rush of joy she's the 1st licensed female truck driver in northern uganda as well as the money to integrate the farms on the outskirts of tamani the 26 year old plays much events have made her a role model for many young farm is. ours the 1st. in a train and in region drag and then. also. training when i came back to it so on nice to see you my face in history to driving a truck. i'm nice and due to dad's in need is like my joint. and our number. just a few kilometers away he came up to a radio station as well as a farm where he might also host

a radio show show she gives advice to pharmacy madonna's northern region she office tips and advice for growing green raising cattle and the right kind of harvest the much virtue of people in ghana small are dependent on agriculture by small farmers often luck specialist knowledge. just read you a short. young woman also benefit from the program the land how to increase yields and provide better care to. benefit a lot i can sell the eggs buy food for my family and i can give the eggs to my children when i look at them so they stay home and they will be my. turn. to always work positive feedback she qualified as a senior. this means she can whip. self and more truck has

she spearheading a path for a young woman like yourself and is keen to convince them to enter the world of agriculture comparing it to. farming is easy and then you can get some money out of it so i think the money if you're going to farm and you make money and then you help your farm in the. radio presenter truck driver role model he came up to is driven by the support of obvious she dreams of a future where even more truck drivers like care will be able to feed themselves and their families. and that is a check out of the stories on. africa or on facebook and twitter today will be viewed with some more pictures of women falling across the continent.

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what connects people is stronger than it separates them. was so strong that it can be torn down. we celebrate the 30th anniversary of germany's reunification october 3rd on t.w. . alabama. hello and welcome with the 30th anniversary of german reunification coming up this saturday very own rachel stewart gives us a quick history lesson on how it all came about also coming up we continue our series revisiting the 19 ninety's and discover that environmental activism is nothing new. and the mixing up of stories by visual artists is the subject of an exhibition in the western german city of baqubah.

so do you want years ago the berlin wall fell signaling the end of the cold war and paving the way for germany to become one country again after decades of division between east and west and this country did reunite quickly within one year in meet the germans today rachel stewart has been looking at the history behind this and finding out if 30 years on germans now really feel reunited. can i interest you in a bite of the east german style just this funky looking snack is a cat for us also known as the east german hot dog it's a reminder that not all that long ago germany used to be 2 countries in 149 germany was divided into the federal republic of germany and the german democratic republic in 161 the berlin wall went to stop the flow of east germany to the west in $1809.00 the wall fell and one year later the german reunification was officially a big change for those in the west was that the capital city our national

parliament moved to berlin but the people in the east the sudden switch from socialist a capitalist society completely changed their everyday lives. become to massive all . of. the you know all this kind of information on. shift music to schools and for hope for a lot of these in dimension i started going this is putting food on your board must proceed from i don't need to. put simply about a 100. good reason there are storage. gunston for in normandy but i should just leave the top of your lot of thoughts and think you will be around the former if she'll still find architectural reminders about 5 on. like the plucking about prefabricated apartment. and looming savior at memorial 30 years after reification many argue that the gap between east and west is still too large unemployment is higher in the east and wages much lower although the cost of living

is. or any many young people have moved away from eastern towns and a lot of local industries and completely died out and he's gemini's about the position of john smith the 50 years but there are still disproportionately few easter in leading political positions even the german national football team tells the tale in the 2014 world cup winning spot on a course was the only also on the pitch with some voters in the former east venting their frustration by turning to the right germany has a political divide to deal with as well october 3rd is officially target arginine hyde on the day of german unity so the germans really feel that the country is now united in the care for fulfilling. his one wonders why was. it when does she. feel you should mention on the. into some of us believe in the truth as you look this up at the food get to mothers who do enough toes to introduce this go to this young team oh it's so i'm going to go through to stuff

once upon a certain sorts fight a close. run through feud sides not so in cup. this has been the this is i'm for. i'm cause it's not dr sophy and for. the decade that began with reunification was one of the most significant in shaping how germany is today we dug into our extensive d.w. archive for our weeklong series revisiting the 1990 s. when so many changes came about in society here now everybody's heard of grazer tune back the climate change activist but she was by no means the 1st person to stand up and fight for the environment. i think current world leaders are trying and we will not let that happen anymore. the fridays for future movement initiated by activist. there's never been

a larger global environmental movement but it's not the 1st one. fridays for future did not invent youth environmental activism you could say we were the fridays for future of the ninety's. can't deny man has been an activist since the 1990 s. in 1905 she was the coordinator of the youth climate organization in berlin and helped organize the youth climate conference which ran parallel to the un climate change conference. we have representatives from every country in europe where the delegates of the european use environmental movement we exert influence through action and by having people there on location the un delegates know very well that we're here and there were watching. this woman was under special scrutiny at the summit german environmental minister and chair of the un climate change conference in berlin and i'm going to map. the theme in my

opinion the issue of global warming is one of the most important issues of environmental policy that we have to address as. we were already warning against climate change back then that's true my feeling is that people didn't take it very seriously and there were the same arguments as there are today how do we know the rising c o 2 levels as manmade climate has always changed with ice ages and warm periods. so there was more the feeling that it was something abstract and not a clearly tangible threat. but all was a more tangible threat was nuclear waste. for. 10 years after the reactor. meltdown in chernobyl nuclear catastrophe remained a nightmare scenario in people's minds. at home i perceived nuclear power and nuclear waste and also the nuclear weapons that were still installed everywhere

as a very definite threat and a very acute one. that was one of the things that drove me to protest. the protests against nuclear waste transports made history in 1906 they were accompanied by almost 20000 police officers at that time the largest policing operation in the federal republic radioactive material was scheduled for transport to an interim storage facility in the town of godley demonstrators staged sitting still stopping putting their bodies on the line for their ideals organizing such protests was more complicated back then than it is now. in can see but it was really quite soon after the berlin wall fell we were organized internationally at a time when the main medium of communication was the fax machine and the internet

wasn't that widespread at that point and email had really only just started to connect the networking has become much much easier back then it was analog today it's digital access to information is easier it's become easier to set up structures which remain the same as the dedication the enthusiasm and the feeling of doing the right thing the urgency with which the topic is represented as a. dentist came off a table that a quarter of a century has passed then has now environmental activists are committed to the cause with heart and soul and the message remains there's only one planet earth and it must be protected. now the visual off. this cross giora book. is not a particularly new phenomenon the great god i. was mixing it up at the beginning of the 20th century however today thanks to modern technology the divisions between

different genres has become more porous and office can blend different styles with relative ease this so-called double life is the subject of an exhibition in ball. laurie anderson gained fame outside the art world with the song superman number 2 on the u.k. charts the video to the hit single is on display in the exhibition lives. we asked music journalist and pop expert christiane bowles to explore the show with us. artists also make music as an act of liberation from the rigid rules of garment. and that's what this show is about the freedom of art and the way fine artists

disregard the rules of their musician colleagues fearlessly and innovative late. yoko ono has shifted between performance art and music for 60 years she's considered a hunk of art. he's given her voice cracks and if you look at different kinds of heavy metal singing for instance a priest say just so much for vic was. the exhibition contains a number of challenging acoustic experiences but there are also creasing and catchy videos icelandic artistic like knockout tones on the dresses the role of the artist in his work in his music video the one he appears as a pop artist. unconventional

completely bypassing the classical rules of composition that's a common denominator of all the video displayed on the room filling screens in the plane this can stop. mike kelly an art star of the ninety's also had a band destroy all monsters. with a little which is fine art and which is music they're very closely related. to political artists collective noir slovenija couldn't stop or new slovenian art also makes music under the name light but probably cation image and sound here they cover freddie mercury head. on and then the former favorites clean crumble away you know rock music law and order rock talks about freedom and sells you fascism and here is a band that uses fascists that expire and actually sells their freedom. and i defy

. whether it's deliberate rule breaking or just out of a sense of fun 15 music videos in the exhibition show artists who play around with rock or pop star poses dissonant provocative and delightful. finally today the australian singer songwriter helen reddy who has passed away at 78 was the biggest selling female vocalist worldwide 973 and in 124 she had many number one hits but will be best remembered for her great feminist stand from from the seventy's i am woman that coincidentally is the title of a brand new film about her life just on general release when she rest in peace is the song. wrong. names you know. comes to.

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place . this is it every news why some girl in america's presidential candidates if the campaign trail after their 1st televised debate descends into a chaotic shouting match while white supremacy the coronavirus and taxes firm on the controversial topics covered in an angry have to head now fears are mounting that the election process will be far from people's fault also coming up bracing for a tough time. that accused piece of the poem the stock tanks on the america warns the german public the pandemic is far from over in difficult times lie ahead with

the threat of a 2nd wave louis large can kill many of you and another national opt out and a fun year battle ends in success an iranian canoeist in germany wins his fight considered for the refugees at next year's tokyo olympics. thank you so much for your company everyone u.s. presidential candidate joe biden has described moments ago president dahl transfer formants in last month's televised debate as a national embarrassment while the discussion over issues including the kohen of virus race relations and the economy quickly descended into a series of interruptions and insults prompting horrified reactions from around the world presidential debates are meant to eliminate educate and engage this one

offered up little of that and instead a chaotic skied of lies insults and interruptions mostly the work of donald trump who made hectoring an art form. you should go out and vote you're in voting now vote and let your senators know how you get on or you for your vote not in a pact make sure you in fact let people know it is or senator i should i'm not going to answer the question why we're here today because your question to the new issue is yours is the radical left would usually without reason who is on your list joe there's a reason you know like john is i think this is a little less on the right attacks according to you set the tone trump defended his record on covert 19 and attacked by dint over his handling of swine flu. taken you could never have done the job that we did you don't have it in your block you could have never done that yet i know how to do the job i know how to get the job where you don't do very well in swine flu h one n one you were

a disaster your own chief or it stands out in disaster team 1000 people died not 200000 there were develop their economic class session or you made a rhetorical arrows no or just made a point but i know and there was no one no we didn't shut down the economy this is his economy and speed he shut down any attempt at meaningful debate was spoiled by cross talk. to the scientists that are in charge the way they will have the vaccine very says it doesn't fit with you guys here is not right a minute you get the final word will it's hard to get any word in with this clown excuse me this at one point the exasperated moderator ton teacher scolding donald trump i think that the country would be better served if we allowed both people to speak with fewer interruptions i am appealing to you sir to do that perhaps the moment that will live longest in the usuals was when trump to claim the invitation to condemn white nationalist groups then you give me a name give me a why is

a problem that's unlikely to can die out process on right proud of my boys stand back and stand by but i'll tell you what i'll tell you what somebody has got to do something about anti fair and the left because this is not a right there is a levy. it kept on an edifying spectacle in which donald trump people over his policy blindspots and his competitor joe biden people over his each that they are managed in this u. of formalization t. he was the consensus where knowing when to say. some lowlights there for you for make your presidential debates alyssa take you now to washington to our correspondent there myra schneider. one of the most talked about moments is that last exchange that we just of broadcast in our report president trump basically declining not basically declining to use the opportunity to condemn white nationalist groups. yeah well this is

a president to now really misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity to condemn white supremacy we've seen his his aides and his proxies all over u.s. media this morning and last night trying to clean up what he said walk it back a bit but it really tells you all you need to know that white supremacist groups are incredibly happy with what they've heard last night now this is a president who has occasionally in the past condemned white supremacy when pestered to do so his most infamous moment of course being after the attacks in charlottesville in 2017 when a white supremacist rammed his car into a group of protesters killing someone the president said oh there are very fine people on both sides so you know this really lays out what is coming out for the u.s. election now this is a president who has repeatedly refused to disavow or disown anyone who supports him even if those people are neo nazis now my of the evening was filled with honestly

as surreal moments in another surreal moment was a simple question about voting. yes so biden traditionally as is tradition put forward that yes he would accept the results of the election no matter what that result is both candidates it should be noted tried to play down expectations that we would know the night of november 3rd what the result of the election is there are many reasons why we might not know for several weeks i do think it's notable that both sides are taking that stance however trump when asked the same question did not directly answer at all and instead told his supporters to go to the polls and watch now poll watching is a thing both parties do it however to be a poll watcher you have to be trained and you have to probably in most states as per the law are only allowed to do poll watching in the precinct where you are registered to vote you cannot just show up and stare that is voter intimidation and

that is illegal and. how bruising has this debate been for both candidates i'm going to say very there were really no winners in what happened last night biden did come across looking better than was expected but what's interesting is that his expectations were already very low as per the president the president himself was downplaying biden's abilities trying to paint him as doctoring a little an easy on his feet trump came on very hot very aggressive and even if you look at headlines coming out a very right leaning media in the us today everyone has agreed that this was a mess dilute biggest losers were voters no one really learned anything from this in conclusion in my head this was the 1st of 3 planned debates are they going to go ahead with the other 2 were going by what we saw yesterday. well so far it looks like at the bottom campaign has already come out and say yes there are 2 more

debates we will be attending them and nothing from the trump side so far my show the reporting for you from washington thank you. well as i now about some of the other stories making headlines right now wildfires ravaging world famous one regions in the u.s. state of california have spread rapidly and claimed 3 lives tens of thousands of residents have been evacuated in sonoma and napa valley 2 of california's most celebrated wineries have also been destroyed in the blaze. belgium has a new government after almost a year and a half of negotiations the flemish liberal leader and former finance minister alexander the crow will lead the 7 party coalition as prime minister. authorities and by the looser have to suspend that the country's main in the pen the news outlet for 3 months the websites coverage of more than 7 weeks of protests against the by the russian government frequently went viral the outlet says it

intends to continue operating. units french president and milan michel has condemned comments by turkey on the latest flare up in the caucasus as reckless and dangerous as after turkey voiced support for azerbaijan's efforts to take control of nagorno-karabakh from armenian separatists dozens of people have been reported killed in the worst clashes seen in the disputed region in decades. here in germany chancellor angela merkel has warned of a tough winter ahead she's announced new coronavirus measures aimed at avoiding a 2nd nationwide lockdown but the pandemic has already put the brakes on large gatherings and events including germany's world renowned. it a normal year germany's october fest would have been in full swing by now but not this year instead of ariens adorning their leader has and dolls in small groups in

munich bavaria state capital face masks and now compulsory in some busy outdoor areas and authours he's a consider in a targeted alcohol ban local responses like this to the pandemic remain the method of choice for chancellor angela merkel is germany heads into the most difficult autumn and winter months the island nation that's leaving. we all want back to life as we knew it is specially our country's young people. but we're currently putting everything that we've achieved in the past few months of risk. we must not allow nationwide restrictions high economic and emotional losses again. we cannot allow a dying person in a hospital or nursing home to die all alone because their loved ones aren't allowed to hold their hand to say goodbye. shaking i'm speaking here because i want to do everything i can to prevent another nation what shut down. since may people visiting bars and restaurants in germany have been required to leave their contact

details as part of the country's track and trade strategy but many guests have been leaving fake details donald duck has become a particular favorite from now on however anyone leaving fate contact details could be handed a minimum fine of 50 euros the number of guests permitted at celebrations in public or rented spaces will also be limited in future to 50 if the number of new cases exceeds the recommended threshold otherwise the basic rules of recommendations remain the same keep your distance wear a face mask and wash those hams and a german favorite even in those winter months crack a window. so this force news now for you and one was like a side show could have appointed former oxburgh boss manuel baum as their new coach all about replaces a david wagner who was sacked after just 2 games of the season while ball around

with the club entails after 2 defeats and would move to financial problems the 41 year old man is all out as work in the bundesliga for 2 sousa's before being dismissed asta. the referee for tonight's german super cup stein house has announced she is retiring 6 years before will state that she has to do well the 1st female wrestler in the men's bundesliga says she will give reasons why she's quitting at a later date the german football federation has said it would let's her decision has been a referee in the bundesliga since 27. and iranian canoeist has been boosted in his bid to represent a team of refugees at the tokyo olympics next year say. excuse me trains and competes in germany after fleeing his homeland in 23 day while now after a rule change he's one step closer to realizing history. science is

more motivated than ever to rein in refugee now has a clear way forward to next year's olympics in tokyo he's hoping to represent the refugee team after you've turned from the international canoe federation. one said and she we've now decided it will support site competing for the i.o.c. as refugees. fled iran in 2015 after taking a selfie in front of milan cathedral at home that was viewed as him converting to christianity punishable by death germany gay felt a place to train and compete he's since been working hard both out on the water and in the complicated process of severing ties with the iranian reading team who want to avoid a conflict with iran the international community federation had insisted its rules mention can grant him refugee status even though he has documents proving otherwise

. bass was a hard journey 5 years long i just cry if i want to go to the olympics i have to give 100 percent. be that. now fast lula needs to meet the sporting requirements in selection ultimately in the hands of the i.o.c. . usually. whoever has such a story behind them clearly deserves the support of international sporting bodies therefore we hope that common sense prevails. seek. after the setbacks hopes the federation will keep to its words so he can concentrate fully on his sports. our rooting for have an armada now of the top story that we're tracking for you this hour u.s. presidential candidate joe biden has described president all times performance in last night's televised debate as a national embarrassment

a series of interruptions and personal insults dominated the discussion touching on the coronavirus the economy and race relations. you're watching the daily news my colleague monitor joe johns in just a moment with the business headlines only a little rock n roll and i hope to see you again tomorrow. is going to go managers cannot go to day nothing could change you know the banks minds and so was the language of banking money. speaking the truth. that matters d.w. made for minds. talk show. strong honest clear positions from international perspective it's like every week we get to the point

on our current topic. controversial comment is the right. to point. out. it's lights out in several south african regions the nation's state owned utility takes down illegal palla points and cups applied to municipalities that failed to pay their bills will get the latest from take town also coming up in a chaotic at a time so i was tempted to buy. u.s. president still much stronger and rival joe biden demonstrates the gulf between their views on how their country's economy economic recovery could look like from the coronavirus and facing the music and iconic nightclub in south korea is

forced to close its doors permanently because of the coronavirus content. business i'm going to johnsonville in good to have you with us the struggle for reliable and legal in energy is coming to a head in south africa the country's state owned energy provider s call my has decided to implement power cuts to municipalities that to pay for the electricity supply eskom has long been struggling to keep the lights on in the country now the utility is taking tough measures. security employees are breaking down a gate where a new install transformers located its delivering free electricity to hundreds of people living in the deep slow township north of johannesburg there is outrage amongst the residents and they're still together who care less about where they have a problem here at our shacks we live in

a dark place and criminals take advantage and break into our properties. we try to install a tricity so that we can see at night that children and women are being raped at night. why does the government not pity us we are unable to do anything about it and no one of. the real crime is the illegal connection which interferes with eskom infrastructure. for this if you're not going to get even with the police in an informal. or even it's easy to be convinced they didn't need to even say that it tends to be a good to be mean we continue to do our best to do because they can we know that if they persist in. excessive usage of electricity resulting from illegal connections overloads transformers the result outages can last for days and leave all homes

traffic lights and to businesses in the area without power. severe outages have been weighing on africa's 2nd largest economy. the electricity problems have even factored into decisions by readings agencies to downgrade south africa's debt moody's move the country to junk status earlier this year. of a more let's bring in detail the correspondent ellis who is joining me from take town. ellis 1st of all i mean this is a problem the has been ongoing why is electricity supply in south africa such an issue. look crazy as you say has been going on for a long time and we need to go back to send yeah basically historically there hasn't been enough infrastructure built to to keep up with the growing population so you have that massive gap on top of that we see poor maintenance of existing old power

stations and then there is a basically mismatch mond's of escada state utility company people getting jobs that are unskilled for jobs and even worse people getting jobs within new jersey the company that had ulterior motives so we've seen a lot of corruption within nasscom on a lot of money disappearing so that's all part of this big crisis that africa about given south africa's overall economic problems and they started long before the pandemic the pandemic just made things even worse as come as a state owned company shouldn't it be in the interest of authorities to to result of this problem how can that be done. no definitely and so does that is that they have been printing money into to ascot and i must say as well that the current president's rumor. he's very much anti corruption zozo he is trying to kind of sold this crisis the restructuring to a company that's not a step taking into generation transmission and distribution and it's as sort of

hope that will help and on top of that basically since recently they've been saying maybe it's time to open up the energy sector in inside africa 90 percent of south africa is reliant on housecall and so actually the government now has been saying we should start procuring from diverse resources outside eskom solar wind energy and also coal that's used to our laws that are across the aisle and it's also motivating cities to to start looking at what they can do and they can generate their own lexus right now and while all this overhauling the energy sector is going on things could probably 1st get worse before they get better perhaps the silver lining on the horizon is that south africa is getting ready to open its borders again making traveling easier would that also help to get more foreign investment into the country. well that's certainly what i hope from tomorrow international

flights are allowed again as rest can come again although there is a list of over 50 countries that are high risk and those people can come in but they are making an exception there if you are an investor and you can prove you're an investor actually you castille come so yeah they definitely hope that of course the european economy will benefit from a from opening up again after half the year but investor confidence is down and one of the reasons is electricity so you need this reliable resource so i'm not sure if that many people who jump on a plane straightaway tomorrow and choose that africa is they're investing in this nation maybe they bring along some candles but obviously that's not the solution is found in cape town thank you so much for this when staying in the region south africa not its 2nd biggest to trade surplus on record in august government data

released on tuesday showed exports rose 6.6 percent from a month earlier that's thanks to the surging sales of precious metals and stones along with a course to customers abroad imports have also begun to recover from a steep slide this year as a nationwide lockdown and its economic fallout reduced south africa's demand for foreign goods even with a recovery in august imports are still down 21 percent this year and the economy is still headed for its worst annual contraction since the 1930 s. . moving to the world's largest economy now and the upcoming us presidential election last night's much anticipated debate between donald trump and rival joe biden may have been an ordeal for many of us but did it clarify their positions on the economy unemployment trade with china taxation at least all came in for a comment people out there need help but why do you do it over again in the last 25

years not because the economy was supposed to be trumps calling card for this reelection on tuesday it was a liability to be shifted to his opponent. limits or the pandemic has taken a toll on the u.s. economy business activity is picking back up but unemployment remains stubbornly high over 8 percent uncertainty is taking a toll business planning has been halting as new infections loom for months trump has wavered between ignoring the virus wishing it away and calling for states to reopen he showed a similar impatience during the debate people want their schools open they don't want to be shut down they don't want this state they want their research gentleman biden has argued that economic recovery hinges on bringing the virus under control . you can't fix the economy until you fix the covert crisis and he has no intention of doing anything about making it better for you or at home in terms of your health and your safety a debate that like the pen demick won't disappear anytime soon. and now

a brief look at some other business stories making news. the number of unemployed germans spell for the 1st time since the arrival of the covert 900 pandemic by more than 100-0022 point 85000000 in september unemployment is now at 6.2 percent that's lower than most industrialized nations due to the government's short work program which is keeping millions employed. the u.k. house of commons has passed the controversial internal market bill which overrides part of the brics to deal with the e.u. westminster says the bill guarantees trade between northern ireland and the rest of the case the e.u. says undoing part of the brics it's deal will damage britain's international reputation. for a week which has appeared in a munich courtroom making him the 1st person to face criminal charges in germany over the diesel gate scandal and 3 other defendants including a former porsche board member accused the 4 to falsifying documents and false at

the times. luxury conglomerate l b m h that's more your head is see we don't know has filed for a counter suit against tiffany in a dispute over that failed 16200000000 dollar merger and also just the latest legal spat between the 2 companies over what would have been the biggest deal in the auction block. well the world's 2nd largest economy that's china is recovering steadily in september manufacturers received more export orders to several months of shrinking sales that's according to the purchasing managers index experts also say the week long golden we call it days which started thursday led to a boom in consumption causing factories to speed up production ahead of the break the closely watched p.m.i. is seen by some as a more accurate reflection of economic activity in china than government data. for not clubs around the world to the coronavirus came and it wasn't good the

potty stopped long closures brought on by lock downs have seen off some the news that will read the struggling among the casualties is one of souls most iconic music clubs. one last dance party to say goodbye to an institution of south korea's nightlife theme for more than 25 years the country's oldest underground music club closed its doors last week and corona virus is to blame. there was no more a body when i heard the news i became worried whether this was the start of a decline for the underground music scene in the club and he has a famous long history. the news that the club closing down made me emotional and heartbroken and. they want to know where the. south korea's economy has been spared the double digit contractions facing many developed countries the industries are still suffering here not least of all entertainment venues like m

w g night clubs have been forced to close their doors due to government restrictions some for good you don't matter. if your heels as if my limbs are being torn from my body right now there are no words to describe how i feel. south korea has seen crown of virus infections jump in recent days ahead of a holiday break where many are expected to travel the government again tighten restrictions this week on restaurants bars and nightclubs but means it likely won't be the last of south korea's fame clubs to go dark. that's your business update here on the w. from in the team thanks to. conflicts

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