this is a bus you're on that's what it's always been a passion of mine and i like to show my country to people because i have seen that many people from europe like germany do not have the right image of our of out the rich they can do or do but was that is and. that's why he also offers tours of parts of the old town where tourists rarely venture the mark hash of the moroccans just around the corner from the shiny facades of the modern tower blocks. hakim's main message is that morocco is a liberal country including in religious matters he calls it islam lite. fundamentalist islam he says is not very popular here. all this bakery does is take the customers mix the don't them selves the baker just pushes it into the oven. mara

cash is hot even in october temperatures reach 35 degrees celsius so almost no one has their own oven. but prosperous tourists sometimes encounter the poverty here. a friend of hakeem new haleigh sells paper tissues she is 14 years old although school is compulsory and morocco she has never attended because she has to help support her family. her dream job. the dr. mara cash a city of contrasts in manifold ways. this is all that undeserved stuff is what's special about this city is that the modern and the ancient lived side by side of the money you can see traditional life and modern

life together with other living tools i mean you might find a really old door from the 14th or 15th century and next to it is an i phone 7 or 8 i phone zeven or the i phone. it's a similar scenario with taxis new alongside old. one horsepower versus $150.00 you also have mercedes models of all ages alongside their modern rivals. and as everywhere rule number one is 1st come 1st served usually. give the most likely that there are always disputes here but after that everything's fine again because people intervene and they help the others to reconcile the next day is a new page. in mara cash taxis have to wait outside the old

town due to the narrow streets and alleyways and the city's most famous square gym a elf not a good mess the world heritage site is in any case off limits. it's where you'll find the jugglers snake charmers musicians artists fortune tellers the sellers of miracle cures and street traders. one meaning. is assembly of the dead as it was once the venue of executions. in april 28th 11 the square saw a new tragic loss of life. and a terrorist attack killed 17 people. today the tourists are back enjoying the squares flare especially after sundown.

at 5 o'clock in the morning mohammed wipes the last grains of dust from his 124 the most common taxi model and mark ash. he then sets off south for seti fatma in the atlas mountains i. pods diesel powered car has more than a 1000000 kilometers on the clock it's only a little younger than its driver leave the valley is an insider's tip among tourists and a popular destination for the locals less than an hour from our cash. there's a great appreciation for water in areas north africa the restaurants and bars along the way offer a special feature getting your feet wet i but life in the mountains

is tough with farming very limited many people here look for work in mark hash others get left behind especially unmarried women. this is painstaking manual work 1st the nuts are peeled then the hard shell is cracked and finally the omen shaped kernels are ground up. this is how our gun is created the oil so beloved of the global cosmetics and food industry and its production provides many women with a small income. a number of cooperatives have been founded in the valley they employ widows divorced women and single mothers the argonauts only grow in the south of morocco in the i go to region but the oil is extracted here from 30 kilograms of nuts the women can produce one liter of oil. from there there's

a thought that the 1st reason to do it by hand is that it preserves tradition. in morocco you do everything with your hands. the 2nd reason is to maintain the quality because when you do it with machines that oil will not be good for very long. it's sold locally either as cooking oil in which case the nuts are 1st roasted to remove bitterness or as a cosmetic oil. moroccan swear by it because it makes the skin so soft. and mohamed brings the customers here in his taxi. said the fat man lives in the greek a valley at the foot of the high atlas it's $1500.00 residents are berbers who lived in the atlas before the region's arab ization in the middle ages. for mohamed this is literally the end of the road the inhabitants cannot afford

a taxi any way they walk or take many buses then to models made by mercedes. if you want to go further up into the mountains as a tourist you have to look for a driver with an s.u.v. in this case it's a land rover looking back down on set he fatma in the fertile river valley. the atlas is the highest mountain range in north africa it's an inhospitable area the highest peaks are in excess of 4000 meters the 1st snow already falls in october. there are only a few villages in these parts the people keep sheep and goats. on some of the steep slopes they've created terraces for farming whoever can leave here does so to look for a job in the city. perhaps as

a taxi driver. we're now back in egypt driving along the nile delta. tariq the taxi driver from cairo is on the way to that small city full of old mercedes coos. like it was just full of. good. because it says something people. who's a god knows. you know. he's got. the market square in fact who says also the main stop for the shared taxis some are over 50 years old in addition to that stroke age the

w 110 known as the fin tail is omnipresent. and it was 1st built in 1961 the rare long wheelbase mercedes models are especially popular with 3 rows of seats for 7 passengers. thank you for in this case 11. despite appearances everything is organized precisely here and runs according to a strict set of rules. it's the coordinators job to ensure this. way over to the system here is that every car going to saudi hire takes 6 passengers the fare is 5 pounds $25.00 euro cents. it's simple never gets there 1st those who register 1st that's pretty handy ali has had

a fin tail for 27 years twice a day he drives to 80 kilometers away the taxi is his only source of income but he's not doing badly one day has 2 houses 2 wives and 5 children 2 of whom are currently at college. in this city everyone loves the most eighty's cars because most eighties is a german product but under tough car. must say these are great the shops he is strong on a come a stand a lot of stuff. the cars developers were convinced of this almost 60 years ago. that's a 1000000. get this he is and i keep the bush learned. from kilometer . oh. well i. think that the next thing you know me to.

recent issues. i had finished in on in the automobile and discuss i'd like to get to some deepest issues that while i'm dead so are the fish when they get so i don't think you know me to. and rather make the cats go kind of. i. fers who gets right. on a group post made stuff to post the plot of this link. and i'm leaving the topic. and wish that when they get so i'm safe don't you know me to. head for the in memphis in good family can see 2 or 3 only in china so i'm going to . tariq the taxi driver from cairo

has problems with his engine it could be due to the poor quality fuel in egypt there's a tight network of repair workshops in fact who's but of course they specialize in mercedes. repairs are made in tiny workshops mechanics make spare parts with self made templates original spare parts are too expensive so you have to improvise . somehow they always manage to keep the veterans alive fuck who will probably remain a mercedes city for a good few years seattle and secure the livelihood of countless taxi drivers and mechanics but eventually the almost indestructible stroke apes and fin tails will have to be retired. perhaps they will then be replaced by the successor models of 123124. but someday it will all come to an end new cars have too many electronic parts for the inventive repair artists here some of these

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. the big. this is due to the news live from the world starts welcoming n 2021 with new year's celebrations dampened by the chroniclers friction fireworks light up sydney hava deals are seized in australia urged people to stay at home and watch the show on television also coming up to the last trucks cross between the european union and the united kingdom ahead of britain's final the concept from the e.u. single market places today the u.k. costs also cost a century of close ties to the company. and on the eve of

a year the same time they've also german chancellor angela merkel calls for patience and insurance in tackling the pandemic a crisis she describes as a once in a century challenge. i'm rebecca richards welcome to the program it's a year that's been defined by coronavirus fictions and lock downs and people around the world a more than ready to show 2020 the door straight was one of the 1st countries to say hello to 2021 sitting welcome the new year with a fireworks display at the harbor bridge access to the area was limited because of the pandemic parties people to stay home and watch the show on television in japan and south korea i'm next in line to ring in the new year.

meanwhile here in europe the united kingdom will leave the e.u. customs union and single market at midnight central european time finally bringing an end to its membership of the european union the u.k. will then trade goods with the 27 member bloc under a new treaty a grade last week with brussels britain's the punch that brings the curtain down almost 5 decades of a u. membership. goods from britain role of the ferry at cal a france it's the last day of the year and the last day of the united kingdom place by e.u. rules from midnight brussels time the u.k.'s membership of the single market and customs union ends and with it friction free trade. the deal struck on christmas eve will ensure that goods will continue to flow without tariffs but increased red tape such as checks and paperwork could cause delays for whole is. one of the concept the smallest even just

a couple more minutes for drivers to prove that their merchandise is customs approved with the right documents and the right bar codes if that takes just a couple of minutes we know that even with normal activity there is a risk of those in from the traffic use that all on wednesday the british parliament voted on the trade deal agreed with the e.u. lawmakers had just hours to scrutinize the $1200.00 page document become only a few voted against it even though many agreed that it did not fulfill boris johnson's breaks it promises. but for the prime minister the goods were delivered. here it is very good and i do question you ask yourself this if i was really young yes. this deal is going through but also. at the port of dover the last day of the year began with clear skies and clear passage to europe 4 and

a half years after britons voted to leave the european union a cliff edge breaks it has been avoided but rough seas could be just over the horizon. to talk about what more could lie over that horizon i'm joined by a long time watcher and political analyst john worth john nice to see you it's been a while and what kind of relationship is the u.k. going to have with the e.u. in the future and doris johnson seems pretty certain it's going to be a close one is inevitably got to be a relatively close one simply britain's geographic proximity to the rest of europe not least with the island on one side and france on the other side but you report there was correct there's going to be some extra friction in the relationship if you do you can overdo it between britain and the rest of europe you new customs procedures and greater barriers to trade but we don't quite know exactly how all those systems are all going to work out from tomorrow with those great insecurity among businesses to try to work just get one of the big criticisms of the deal is

that it says almost nothing about trade in services why is that when the vast majority of britain's trade with the e.u. is in services. that's the big part of the deal which is essentially missing for the u.k. but ultimately that's because forest johnson in negotiating this deal is it had very defensive interests and the interests that were essentially political and rather than economic he simply wanted britain nothing this phrase to take back control and he took that to mean take back control politically and if you start from that point it's inevitable you're going to end up with some greater hit to your economy and particularly to service industries so there's going to be the fights for the next few months are going to be on what terms can the banks in the city of london for example still sell their financial products into the european union at the moment we don't know the answer to that but ultimately this is a triumph of politics over economics and that's why those things are not there to steal well then of course there is the issue of the future of the union itself and

bax it has bolstered the independence movement in scotland how concerned are people in britain about this this is an issue which has been rising up the political agenda but there is a great degree of denial in london and in the political circles in in and around westminster about the difficulty of this issue which is that fish is going to get an hour in just 5 months because there is a scottish parliamentary elections scheduled for may 2021 and so ultimately the danger is that scotland could be on a track towards leaving the u.k. with a new referendum on that question perhaps by the end of this year or into your all in the end of a 2021 hour into 2022 but there is very little in the way of offer to scotland from the westminster political establishment of the moment and if you don't be opinion polls as norris hall and majority of scots will be in favor of leaving the u.k. and then with the aim of rejoining the european union so the very future of the

united kingdom is there some question just at the moment. could be quite a bumpy road ahead john with thanks very much for your insight thank you. let's take a look at some other international stories making headlines at the moment the number of people killed in an attack at aden international airport in yemen has risen to at least 25 a series of explosions rocked the area as members of a new unity government returned from saudi arabia a saudi led coalition blamed rebel hooty forces to the attack and ordered air strikes in retaliation. the u.s. says it will increase tarots a range of goods including wines from the u. it's the latest development in a 16 year battle subsidies paid by both sides of the aircraft manufacturers boeing and airbus you charges of being slapped on airplane parts as well as brandy's in fronts and germany. the vatican has announced that pope francis will not hold new year's eve and new year's day ceremonies due to back pain the pope has suffered

from the condition in the past it's the 1st time in years that he will not fulfill his papal duties. german chancellor angela merkel has called on germans to help beat the pandemic by sticking to the rules in the wakes and months ahead and what's likely to be her final new year's address nachle said that germany faced hard times not that there was hope in sight now that vaccinations have begun . after a year dominated by one issue it came as no surprise that the main theme of chancellor angela merkel's traditional new year's address was the pun to make. the call one of us pundit me of the coronavirus pandemic was and is a once in a century political social and economic challenge serious and has to it's a historic crisis that has demanded a great deal of all of us and too much of some of us it's biased us i know that mustering this historic effort has required tremendous trust and patience on your

part and continues to do so. the pandemic and its effect on german society dominated the speech it was also a message of hope with machall paying tribute to the german scientists who developed the biotech pfizer vaccine already in use in several countries and after 15 years as chancellor to the end of her political career beckoning merkel ended on a personal note in oil or not there will be federal general elections in one month and i will not be running for re-election falls is not a slow day i'm likely speaking to you on new years as federal chancellor for the last time. is thinking i don't think i'm exaggerating when i say that never in the past 15 years have we all experienced such a difficult year for or near and never have we greeted the new year is so much hope it's despite all of our concerns and some skepticism also vinci and so you and your

families have my very best wishes for good health confidence and blessings on the new year 2021 months. joining me to talk more about michael's new address and her legacy is data chief political editor. hi thanks for coming in so this was probably going to last new year's address we expect after 15 years in office what's your take on this this year over what we expected to be the last because unless coalition talks continue into next year this will be her last one and i take away that she's trying to be very stateswoman like again she is actually she says she's speaking on a personal note but then she's sounding rather reserved again like the angela merkel we know she said new motional standards throughout this year of crisis in the pandemic when she spoke of how it was breaking her heart to see shops close and everything so i think compared to what we've seen this year it's a very reserved machall something those speeches have been really emotional.

surprising to see they were gripping and she really did set a new emotional standard this year and so compared to what we've seen this year this is forward looking this is trying to show empathy that she feels for those people who've lost loved ones in the covered 19 crisis and although she says it's not only covert pretty much her speech was only covert only mentioning in passing those big overarching issues like climate change like the position of europe in the world so that was clearly missing particularly with that trade deal between the e.u. and china less than 24 hours old clearly she decided that that was something she didn't want to press upon as they are very inward looking right now yeah when she said it's been the most difficult year of her chancellors if in fact how satisfied are germans with her dealing of the pandemic they are very satisfied angela merkel

is doing what she does best which is crisis management and while she set out into the. year which also in the 2nd half saw germany's e.u. presidency we expected her to build her legacy which would have been much more of an uphill struggle with the german public than actually fighting a crisis which she's proved in the past when we took a look at the financial crisis we thought we'd be talking about the migration chants come this time around and now we're talking about the woman who's seen as a champion in fighting covered $900.00 pandemic of course behind against the backdrop here and many of those numbers soaring right now so it is a more intense crisis than it was less than a year ago but always being that warning vote voice and always remaining transparent with the public that yes mistakes would be made and she didn't have the overall on so possibly dealing them head of the pandemic likely to be her legacy i

think so i think her legacy will be a lot more than just the top to heading migration that is for sure yes also the european leader the one who dealt with china but over seeing a crisis manage the world has probably not seen a kind before. thank you very much. and you can watch the full length of the michael years address from 7 pm central time here on news and. well as people begin to welcome the new year and say good riddance to 2020 w. correspondents around the world have been asking people what they wish for in 2021 and surprisingly there was a common thread with most saying they wished for one thing above all. they're. just just be able to do the normal things again. that everything goes back to

normal i want to go at the school see my friends this stuff i want to go back and noble. as i was you don't know model i want everything to go back to normal or. just normal i thought no money to the money but. my hope for 2021. is that cove it will be over because 2020 has brought a lot of hardship back and of what i hope will be able to see each other again without masks i hope people will be more cheerful and kind with each other i think result. i hope the coronavirus goes away in 2021 and we've got a good amount of work to do. you write him your best under him and i wish everyone to be peaceful and for the pandemic to go away so that we can all be kind to each other with the hots and that's what i really hope i'll be able to travel again catch up with the time i don't. i don't want things to go back to normal because i

want things to be better than they were before. i echo those sentiments and you know up to date here on these business news is coming off for a short break stay tuned for that i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news headlines from maine and the inside scene there in that in a very happy room. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a new town dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and if you newspapers when official information as a journalist i have worked on the streets of many cantrips and their problems are always the same 14 solution equality a lack of the freedom of the press. who can afford to stay silent when it comes to

the fans of the humans and see them right through fools who can't decide to put their trust in us. my name is jean paris and anchorage. the big day is finally here britain set to break its close ties to the e.u. almost 5 years after its present referendum we'll look at how relations between the 2 sides will change and what it means for businesses. also on the show it's been a wild ride for stock exchanges this year we'll look back at how 2020 rocked the markets. close welcome to the show i'm seeing beers in berlin well it's finally happening 4 and a half years after its brags that referendum britain is set to walk away from the

world's largest trading block at midnight friday brussels time it's been a messy split sending the british pound into turmoil and forcing businesses on both sides of the channel to seek cover more on that just a moment but 1st let's take a look at what the separation itself means for both sides. fishing rights like many of the headlines in the final days of talks. complete control over british water is turned into a symbol for the entire brics it movement. but much like the larger trade deal compromise won out in the end european fishermen are now giving up just one quarter of their previous quota. it's an imperfect deal for both sides trade across the channel becomes more complicated beginning friday involving customs forms and inspections. that means longer truck queues at the borders delaying shipments it's needed and obama is now official flexibility and downs and

. it's a dying treaty don't introduce christmas eve and we're fully implemented days. ahead. and. perhaps most significant the deal guarantees tariff free trade in goods between both sides there's also now an agreement that the u.k. and eat you hold to similar social and environmental standards government subsidies will also be closely regulated to prevent dumping on e.u. markets the deal also means an end to freedom of movement between the 2 sides complicating worker flows. the biggest question marks around the u.k. services sector where the deal did not smooth axis that's 80 percent of the british gross domestic product and includes london's powerful financial sector. on the positive side britain is now free to make its own trade deals with nonie you partners including the us china and india on its own terms.

so there's the big picture view of bragg's that with plenty of uncertainty looking ahead now for companies in the u.k. uncertainty has been a fellow traveller for the past 4 and a half years without clarity on a trade agreement till just last week business owners struggle to offset risk now that a deal is all but ant they're taking a new look at exactly where they stand gregory mcdonald likes to hedge his bets a few months ago the british businessman bought this factory for construction tech in the u.k. . he produces switches and cable docks there. but his other factories produce parts for the car industry. with his most important customers located in the e.u. . exports of always.

since rights have to think about sitting at school think about not a part. of the side effects it. was also why this is the best way to decide this things old domestic was producing for the home market and for export to the e.u. a complicated balancing act but he doesn't really have a choice whether he likes it or not breaks it has brought fresh uncertainty to his businesses from here he supplies parts to mercedes and b.m.w. having decided a while back to keep working with e.u. based customers that's why he's planning to build an additional factory in e.u. member countries slovakia britain society for motor manufacturers and traders has predicted factory closures and job losses in the u.k. for years so the fundamental problem is that practice today and business is right they need certainty and best of what we've seen is

a direct result of uncertainty as investment into the pickguard it's very. limited as it breaks it we're in bad enough the coronavirus crisis added to the worries gregory macdonald slovakian expansion plans came screeching to a halt or covered 19 has sessions back because we don't have the reserves that we had before to expand further. you know we need cash reserves to expand in slovakia so we have to wait and build those up again 2021 and beyond after we've got cove it out of the way so it's such a spot. mcdonald still sees a future across the channel post brags that he's just waiting for an end to the pandemic for now he's focusing on rebuilding the reserves he needs to push ahead with his e.u. expansion plans. and for more on this my colleague rob watts is with me here in the

studio rob good to see you let's say that i'm a business owner in the u.k. what changes for me tonight at midnight well i guess that depends on your sort of business stephen but if you are sort of business that has been relatively easy easily sending goods to the you or importing them from that from 11 o'clock u.k. time tonight midnight brussels time tonight you're going to become an export or an importer in a way that you really weren't before because the u.k. is about to become a 3rd country so far as the e.u. is concerned with that comes obstacle as we're talking about safety checks customs decorations that maybe changes in the way you can transport your goods for example if you are the sort of business that sends sausages and burgers roll meat to the you can have to start sending them frozen from tonight this is going to eat up all my time and yeah exactly you're going to spend all that time storing them out of the other end as well if you happen steve to work in the services sector so talk

about banking architecture accounting you're about to lose your automatic rights to work in e.u. markets now we don't know the full extent of the services sector yet that's yet to be decided but we know the implications are going to be significant that qualifications for example if you've been to fashion qualification in the u.k. that stops being automatically valid in even member states you have to go to each individual member states if they will accept your qualification when it comes down to it and then business travelers are going have to leave a little bit of extra time as they make their trips because they going to lose access to that only queue at the airports are plenty to contend with ok so not just small changes here but at the same time i've had 5 years almost 5 years to prepare for this moment right there shouldn't be ready as a business or looking at all the options what's coming you know this is a been told oh businesses have been told you know you have months of years to prepare for this but the question has always been for half a want and we've only known for less than a week now exactly what shape the relationship is going to get and even then as i

was talking about the services sector we. still don't fully know what the implications are going to be said there is expected to be disruption businesses have been trying to prepare for the disruption at places like dover in a ports of entry the side they've been trying to find alternative ways to get their goods to the e.u. so for example in aviation the starting to increase the number of flights so even the british government accepts that it's going to be a bumpy ride the full extent we see all right businesses rob watts thank you very much. all right we'll take a quick look now at some of the other business stories making headlines. the u.s. says it will raise tariffs on a range of goods including wines from the e.u. it's the latest development in a 16 year battle over subsidies paid by the 2 sides to boeing and airbus further charges are being placed on airline parts airplane parts rather as wells brandy's from france and germany. factory activity in china slowed modestly during

december that's according to the purchasing managers index released on thursday demand for chinese exports was hit by fresh lock downs and strip containment measures in key markets including europe and the united states well it's the last trading day of the year and most countries of some trading floors are already closed and what's most was here has been for exchanges around the world our financial correspondent frankfurt. takes stock of 2020. the world is in the middle of the worst recession since the 2nd world war but you wouldn't know that by the performance of the stock markets. the open markets kept breaking records after records even as log downs shuttered forms and costs millions of jobs tech companies like apple google and amazon outperform the index so did the so-called stay at home stocks leg zoom and netflix but it was tesla stores the shoe

soaring more than 600 percent this year but the miracle of the year was oil prices turning negative which meant traders were essentially paying bias to take oil off their hands prices were battered by a record slump in demand due to the pandemic and a price war led by saudi arabia they finally recovered some lost ground when riyadh and moscow agreed to unprecedented output cuts the pandemic added to good safe haven appeal the precious metal breached the $2000.00 an ounce milestone for the 1st time but gold's tunder were stolen by bitcoin the cryptocurrency emerged from the fringes and forced mainstream investors to take notice bitcoin enjoyed a wild run splashing records after records as institutional investors and public companies joined the party the global rally was supported by governments and

central banks which kept the money taps wide open that's something the markets would be hoping to continue even in 2021. financial correspondent ashutosh pandit there well caviar is a new year's eve tradition for some black fish eggs are among the most expensive foods in the world but a change of color can make them even more valuable take a look. this is caviar but not as you might recognize it white caviar can be more than 3 times the price of its black equivalent and austrian fish farm of it insists it's worth it. because the white caviar is even softer even more creamy tasted i think it's the only way you can properly describe it. at 13 you're is a gram most of us will just have to take vultures word for it the source after delicacy comes from this the albino sturgeon there are no more than 40 breeders of

this rare fish worldwide. youth white caviar production is perhaps one percent if not less of total caviar production it's a very rare product and is not available in sufficient quantities. so we call it. this single 16 year old sturgeon contains 600 grams of roe that's 8000 euros worth of white caviar. around a 3rd of overall caviar sales happen during the christmas and new year period alone . and that the price people are willing to pay every single gram counts. and before we go let's have a look at where the world of robotics leaves us in 2020 take a look that's right dancing this is a computer generated it's the real thing and these guys are just good dancers they're experts actually at remote inspection and sensing that's their day jobs and

they have become extremely flexible and accurate in every move on the dance floor and the robots themselves are developed by boston dynamics a company that was recently snapped up by south korea's hyundai and is valued now at a cool $1000000000.00. that's it for me and the business team here in berlin we hope you have a happy and safe year. what keeps us in shape what makes us see and how do we stay healthy. my name is dr carson because i talk and. watch them at work. and i discuss what you can do to improve your health. state you and let's all try to stay in good shape. in this.

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