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and we'll take you to south korea which has turned itself into a global hub for electric mobility. welcome to the program urgently needed covert relief for u.s. businesses it still won't happen u.s. president donald trump says he was ending negotiations for a new congressional penn demick relief package which was likely to include aid for unemployed workers airlines and small businesses as the from tweeted he instructed his representatives to stop negotiating until after the election democrats and republicans in congress have been struggling to reach agreement divided on the price tag and exact priority u.s. employment remains stubbornly high with industries like the aviation business taking an especially hard hit. president trump's unexpected tweet came hours after the u.s. federal reserve chairman urgently appealed for exactly this type of

a from congress jerome powell warned that without further help the u.s. could enter a recessionary downward spiral with tragic outcomes here's some of what he had to say the burdens of the downturn have not been evenly shared the initial job losses fell heavily on lower wage workers in service industries facing the public job categories in which minorities and women are overrepresented combined with the disproportionate effect of coded on communities of color. and the overwhelming burden of child care during quarantine and distance learning which has fallen mostly on women the pandemic is further widening divides in wealth and economic mobility i'm joined now by arthur sullivan from the business and chelsea delaney our financial correspondent in frankfurt and welcome to both of you arthur let me start with you president trump call of the talks with democrats how badly is this kind of aid needed that's very very badly needed because there's been various

economic elements to the pandemic in the usa so in the 1st few months of the pandemic there was a very substantial multi-trillion dollar aid package successfully passed by congress however chris since july the end of july a lot of those benefits have dried up particularly for unemployed people and federal supplements on employment benefits so individuals households small businesses and large businesses badly need a new injection of cash democrats of all something but now this possible delay will create further headaches for all those individuals and if we look at for example the airline industry which is obviously the large businesses several large airlines just last week had to temporarily lay off tens of thousands more workers so the fact that they no longer can pay their bills or not able to fly very much means that some of those layoffs could very soon become permanent as opposed to the temporary ones that they are the moment so it's a range of headaches trainee that it raises for unemployed individuals all the way up to large companies like airlines and we are of course talking about the world's largest economy chelsea over to you in frankfurt how have markets been reacting to the news. we've seen

a lot of volatility traders all across the world have been watching these negotiations very closely and this is it a shock because all of the statements that we have heard from the white house from trump himself to democrats like us the house speaker nancy pelosi all have been very positive over the past couple of days everyone seems to be on the same page about the need for the stimulus and seemed to be behind finding some sort of solution before the election in november so this did obviously come as a shock we have seen stocks come back a little bit today the dax here in frankfurt is they sickly flat as we also have heard new tweets from president tribe indicating that he could be behind potentially passing some standalone bills so that would. allow for help for the airline industry for example but also another round of these $1200.00 stimulus

checks so that has helped cushion the blow slightly today. back to you here in the studio this obviously has major implications for the united states but what about the rest of the world it would i think it is important to emphasize that this at the moment is a u.s. problem it's a domestic problem however you know the demick has as you know in terms of infections and the economic impacts every country is fighting its own battle on this so that's the 1st thing to consider however it remains the case that the united states is the world's largest market for imports so if you're a huge exporting nation like germany or china and america's economy is in the situation of santa potentially deteriorating as we heard from general powell that's not good news for exporters it's never good news for the global economy when america is struggling so in that sense it's important for the global economy that america as quickly as it possibly can gets its own house in order and frankford what's the number you are investors expecting going forward. well with trump i think investors have to always expect the unexpected so this

could really go many different ways. it's not clear yet if this is a negotiating tactic if he's trying to get democrats to come back to the table if you really is committed to passing these standalone bills but clearly there is a massive need for a stimulus package and the standalone bills that he's proposed most recently the $1200.00 stimulus checks for example that's not the same as a 2 trillion dollars stimulus package it won't do at the it won't be as strong of a boost for the for the u.s. economy and it won't help people as much as an extension of. unemployment benefits what for example so this is not really a substitute for a broad scale stimulus chills really mean frankford. here in berlin thanks to you both. now while 2020 has been a year of rising on employment and economic recession there has never been

a better time to be very rich the gilded lead have seen their fortunes grow through out the coronavirus pandemic and 2017 the mega rich were worth just under 9 trillion dollars they are now worth a record $10.00 trillion dollars that's a 15 percent rise according to a study by u.b.s. and pricewaterhouse coopers king of the billionaire class is who else amazon founder jeff bezos has personal personal wealth ballooned from roughly $115000000000.00 to more than 200000000000 dollars this year the u.s. is the main billionaire hotspot with the number of $788.00 china is next with $342.00 and germany is the european leader with $119.00 billionaires seems like it is a good time to be rich of the month and it is to china and the annual golden

week holiday normally sees millions of people travel internationally but this year due to the bend they are staying in china the country's tourism ministry said $425000000.00 people traveled within the country during the 1st 4 days of the holiday week alone that's $425000000.00 ticket sales from china's biggest online travel portal shows that local tourism is already back at 80 percent of pre pandemic levels china hasn't reported any local coronavirus infections for business . and as china's gold we call the days are drawing to a close i asked our correspondent so what's on hand in taipei what we could learn from the economic figures during this period. even though the domestic tourist bandying draws more than 30 percent compared with the same period last year is still a mark to rebalance from the role of levels. of consumer spending in. the outbreak of the corn of ours and during this period millions of chinese families have taken

. advantage of the break to meet their families and friends and these people made out of 600000000 tourists everywhere in china many of them still wear face masks but they are not required to do so the only thing they have to do is to show their health q.r. codes when crossing problems this or enter into certain tourist hot spots so you can see the how china has recovered from the pandemic and with this social vitality china is suspected to be the only major country to achieve positive economic growth this year now this cold read spending seems to feel helping hong kong to boost its economy this time why is that. well according to the data released by the hong kong government the number of men live visitors to hong kong from october 1st to the 4th was only 658 it's

a 99 percent plunge from last year's total number of around $670000.00 arrivals and it's mainly because metal interests are still some objected to a composer record holder which has been extended to the end of the year meaning that they will still have to be quarantined for 14 days after entering hong kong and that's why only so few people wanted to go to hong kong and turn hong kong's corn week into this freezing cold week. correspondent so sun hand in taipei thank you electric cars are pegged to make great strides in the coming years as the batteries for these cars are running further and faster than ever before south korea has now taken over top spot in battery production with new technologies to shake up the market for. the future is electric and all over the world the race to roll out the infrastructure associated with there's a is he saying up nowhere more so than in south korea which this year over talked

china to become the number one producer of electric batteries. writing high on the trend s.k. innovation the energy and chemical company telling d.w. that improving battery capacity is top of the agenda. the energy density the distance a car can travel on one charge has increased from 150 kilometers to more than $300.00. and i think that in 3 or 4 years we'll see the development of fast charging batteries they can be charged in just 20 or 30 minutes. but high powered batteries come at a cost and to achieve its goal of having a 1000000 electric vehicles on the road by 2025 the south korean government have been luring buyers with subsidies of up to 15000 euros. i didn't really consider

the environment much when i bought the car but afterwards it made me feel better to protect the environment and save money with saving money and the promise in south korea battery makers are leading the charge towards electric. and reminder of the top story we have for you at this hour u.s. president trump and me go she turns over a stimulus package for the country's economy the federal reserve warns failure to reach an agreement will cause quote unnecessary hardship for americans who have been hard by the current ninety's and. that's a show thanks for watching every stop the success of.

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a lot i think he also loved the attention when i was at home so much of why i think it's. the studies show that physical contact is helping people cope with a crisis. but just how effective is it when your liaison can't talk back. well it's the same case with a 6 stall business is booming plus the technology has advanced you still can't have a conversation with these next robotic sex aides but people do take them on road trips as you'll see in a moment a little warning some of the sounds in this report may get your pulse racing. now that she's got a head say hello to lucy. for 5 years she's been learning to speak but his circuits still require a bit of tinkering. and. because

it can connect to the net well it feels. lucy will one day be able to hold a simple conversations because these dolls are meant to offer more than just sex re sing about is. as. we don't want. the whole talk something that you. make human up says so total make him part of something posted i love your all your other best or something like this . for now let it loose dolls are limited to little more than a moan making them good enough for their primary purpose and the microchips in their heads mean they can grown in english japanese and chinese apparently. a good market for the dolls is germany but leonard says their lack of german hasn't proven

a problem so far. when i see. reviews from customers when they get their dogs very happy that's why to say with his air france oh i got nice stuff from iran. oh i feel so happy oh my life chen is with. can come into my life. so when i see it is it bad emails all of it bad reviews on the internet i fear on the and i am. more prepared for the further movements in this business for those this is a like many sex doll factories demand for the products here has doubled during the coronavirus pandemic leonard lu has received countless photos from happy customers after all dolls are exempt from rules around face coverings and you can take them

anywhere with you regardless of physical distancing rules. during lockdowns they help their owners forget how alone they actually are leonard lou thinks he's doing a service to humanity. i say mom and create indoors for man. and they do have a request they have needs and it have it has big market. and then my mother said ok well you have others who can do that since it is not illegal you can do that if you can help others. and with his vast array of fabricated friends he could help just about anyone. else bringing in psychiatry as their own john biology of india's national institute of mental health and your sinuses 1st of all is

a 6 stolen effective treatment for chronic loneliness. you know. it's very individual so it might be because some it might not be post some other it depends on the need for social dutch as you were mentioning the need for physical proximity which has decreased to doing that lock down times saw it's one reason looking at it but then again. it depends it depends in societies cultures about it's acceptable to eat and whether it can be a replacement for a human touch our human proximity what about. pets have actually been studied are all over the last 6 months there's been a lot of studies especially with cats dogs fish. and they have classically been seen to improve the human connection it's seem to

relieve depression anxiety loneliness and specially when you're not able to meet others to help you to stay connected to the feeling of human the feeling of being a human is retained so pretty useful measures and have been studied quite much indeed so how else would you advise someone who's feeling lonely and forced into isolation. i think virtue of the d.m. have really taken up. the speaking virtue of the year and staying connected to at least 4 or 5 keepers. is the major key one thing that we keep telling people who are isolated are in quarantined that that makes sure that at least you talk to one person beat a stranger and one person's ability and whatever hobbies you have i think the lock down and all that situation have given us plenty of opportunities to nurture

that and that's a real relief to stay positive so takes being given a very special british survey shows one in 10 people experienced loneliness before the great loss down 2 weeks in that rose to one in 4 and young people with 3 times more likely to feel those feelings why is that i mean i saw young people spend most of their time in for their mobile phones. yeah i think as you rightly said corbett has brought to us the real difference between a digital interface connectivity and human connectivity we have been doing some work on the concept of touch hunger like we feel hungry for food because people want to we also have a cause that's hunger that can become chronic and especially in this unprecedented situation when we are not able to physically need people no matter how much virtually does and that affects specially people who are in you know that a dollar since we were young because human touch social touch affectionate touch

are very important in stages of human development and mostly that will be affecting the young and also the older people specially those who are of up at the pipe it's the i like to call in the season for i just want to point out a quote you used in one of your papers you you said all of humanity's problems stem from our inability to sit in a room alone what's wrong with us. yeah i think that served something which really made me reflect when i wrote the code that imation in from a people on social isolation and loneliness. i also mentioned that it we need to convert the loneliness into sight it should be it is you know the green lines are quite subtle so i believe that this break some part of the break was needed and it's a critical balance between knowing how to spend time little one cent versus socializing

and if either of it is not enough then that's the problem so one thing that the lockdown of the coffee crisis has also helped us in is trying and understanding how can we spend time with ourselves you know having a saudi children having enjoying our hobbies reflecting on us and that's one which really we can use to deal with this chronic loneliness not only in the pandemic but even after that really briefly after the pandemic what happens then people ditch their dog or that sexed old woman's mental health be such an issue. of course i think this is just the tip of dice book and the beginning we're looking at next 6 months to one your mental health issues are going to race. i think as a mental progression of my posts and it will be that people will try to at least you know the devil learn to spend more time with themselves virtual medium will be a medium of communication and of course things like pets you know as you're

mentioning sex dolls or you know even robotics there even virtual robotics artificial intelligence these will come up gradually in mitigating that nobody else will have to leave it with you know priests thank you very much for being on the show. thank you. now if you've got any questions on the coronavirus write to us or now you tube channel is our science correspondent. there any countries that seem to have achieved had immunity. the answer to this is a resoundingly no but it's still worth talking about herd immunity again at at this point in the pandemic just a reminder herd immunity is what we all want it's the tipping point when enough of the population is immune to the virus that an infected person on average in facts

less than one other person so the number of new infections falls on immunity can come either from having had the disease or receiving a vaccine it doesn't matter which most estimates say herd immunity will only be reached with cove at 19 when between 60 and 70 percent of the population acquires immune status and that could prove hard to reach especially if the munity to source code to proves to not be a very long term and those who've had it or in those who've been vaccinated which brings me to the country that i want to talk about i'm suite which last spring swam against the lock down tide by largely leaving society open there and it was hit pretty hard by the virus and return although reaching herd immunity was never explicitly part of its government's coronavirus strategy it's logical to expect that we would possibly see an effect in

a place that had such high infection rates for early on so are we seeing one well interestingly maybe despite its looser restrictions the average daily number of new cases in sweden remained quite low throughout the summer even when they began rising again and many other european countries were. with tighter restrictions that's not direct evidence that the beginnings of herd immunity could be playing a role there but it's a tantalizing hint that it might be. going

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