these are not an option. i'm on and are stuck in the spanish border area. i'm sorry other young people there waiting for a chance that will probably never come. shattered dreams starts january 18th on t.w. . the pandemic has inadvertently brought families closer together especially at the dinner table the lockdown has also dropped in the fold on the need to rely on locally available produce and food obviously you can get a fundamental shift in not a nation ship with food that's what we talk about to me hello welcome to eco india . coming to you from the streets of renewable by for the last few months my family

has been experimenting with cooking with my grandmother's recipe largely because a lot of the ingredients have been very easily accessible to us that means we're ready to littles and in lot of coconut garden and rice and not just we met in bangor who before that is encouraging his community to tell unique project don't do the local and seasonal fruit. of. a typical traditional indian meat rice parade so with a variety of side dishes each made up of a number of ingredients. but as india has used so too has the weights people eat meals have become foster easier and much less diverse with many ingredients even being flown in from around the world a study found that around a 3rd of board indians eat. comes from abroad.

gendron is a campaigner for the revival of traditional from a mother of 2 she set up a god in the for in the towers she grows through and vegetables. from limes introduced to tomatoes and ginger much of its native to india it fulfills almost all her needs. it's a cycle in the past from my kitchen goes to the tardis and most come to get. the gender and just want to be able to feed herself and her family she grows mostly indigenous seeds in an attempt to preserve and works with others who are trying to do the same so what people do is the least. it's shared. you don't get to. you don't get to see them in the market they're made to see. their family. the force behind the movement to save indigenous

foodstuffs is artist and god and so. he has founded a revival project called poorer countries it encourages people to grow locally and seasonal foods that have slowly disappeared from their lives actually this didn't change but they were given this so people when they're made in the big season they would add $15.00 to $20.00 kind of greens in one county now it is 3 types which most of them are buying from the shops and the shops are selling what farmers are growing and farmers are growing what the seeds are people are selling c'mon runs a community garden on the outskirts of bungalows in the village of. holly it is filled with interesting crops that are hard to look at this is squashed ripe fruit used as a vegetable and cooking as a bottle of good we have to break open despite. the prejudice inside it isn't the seeds. so you see it can be at least 10.

and. it can be i don't like. it can feel like 23 families. as foods with a better taste and flip seeds top to produce more nutritious food and vegetables many edible plants want to group around the village but will litters have lost the skills to harvest them. that the current generation doesn't know what is and is not the most of the can go in for us and we want to the the mission to go and run the landscape is not clean anymore you see a lot of stray dogs a lot of construction moving around and things like that so that is the reason actually i want to revive them. and it is not just learning to forage in past months at least 15 rule families have been inspired by the project they have a stock of their own kitchen gardens that meet around 50 per cent of their daily needs. for good gendron growing their own food is something she enjoys doing

but with that income are in this village she can see how the garden project can be important in the larger scheme of things. you know a fact that the really just the farmers don't grow their own food it's more for the market so they are you know and he was taken to he had taken to this project to make them grow they don't forget and so it was i was more than happy to we create. all do it might not be so important to our livelihood gentry's found another sense of purpose to her garden. it has changed me as a person. since i'm also working. for it i'm so i have this kitchen garden has helped me is i mean the stress. it has helped me to unwind and then to the day no matter how busy the day has been so i don't know if the day a few minutes going and sitting in the garden just looking at the. and everything

has made a lot of change to my mind and body she hopes to the project more people are able to eat healthier and learn to respect natural and traditional systems of food again . now india is an agrarian country but the to be a farmer and practice agriculture for a living has been steadily decreasing for the last many many of the 100000000 migrant workers who move from their religious to find work in indian cities used to be farm was the pandemic has thrown life out of balance for many of them some are now thinking of giving farming another. never under a single heart is doing well driving a tractor but much of the rest is new to him all of a sudden this spring he became an organic farmer working on his father's farm and roger stone he was building a greenhouse. this pond is to collect rainwater the rains begin in

july in this desert landscape securing a supply of water is crucial and he has so far invested 7000 euros in his new career many of them in this method that have almost one and a half hectares of land on which i have built a poly house and dug a pond for the work of the plastic sheeting to line the pond is yet to be completed i'm farming the remaining land open to get bigger. he is now back in his home village of. after more than 4 years in the big city there he was a textiles merchant now it seems like another life. he ran a shop in surat with his brother selling fabric. then from one day to the next their livelihood was gone. it was a story true for millions of migrant workers across india.

got all of a sudden the coronavirus spread it ruined our business we ended up with nothing with a lockdown no movement was allowed no public transport but somehow with great difficulty we managed to get back to our village. his parents were happy to have them back home they are pleased that now render wants to stay and they are keen to support him as much as they can. i'm retiring in 2 months time i'm giving my entire fortune to my son he should prosper here in his native land will go to iraq and whine about it i was sad when he left to work in the city. the son has applied to the government for a farming subsidy but it could be months until it's approved and paid out other farmers are offering useful advice. but i have plans to grow fruit and vegetables here he came out i'm child or he is a key source of useful advice he has already helped 300 other farmers to build

greenhouses and adopt organic farming methods. instead of pesticides he recommends plastic sheeting to kill weeds and other unwelcome guests. this chic was fixed here a month and a half ago for soil solarization to control weaves soil borne pathogens and pests by covering the moist soil. chowdhury advises colleagues for free for many poor farmers he is the only source of information about new farming methods he also teaches the basics. but other thing is to get well versed in crop and plant diseases and new farmers need to stay abreast of the markets so their crops can command good prices but not at that 1. $400.00 greenhouses have already gone up around the village chowdhury also explains how farming can flourish when you take

a circular closed loop or holistic approach. the ponds not only supply water they are also fish farms and thus provide another source of income drip irrigation is efficient and doesn't use much water the technology was developed in israel where it is widely used. to meet it and they're saying this many israel in my village has given me confidence to turn to farming i am now assured that agriculture is a very lucrative business and organic farming is most profitable. he is enthusiast about his prospects as an organic farmer his brother however plans to go back to the big city. libs would then i have decided not to return to sue rice because i will earn more here give me i'm sure it will be twice the amount i used to earn. for

a red nursing bra how much the kopechne $1000.00 crisis has opened up new opportunities if all goes well his new career will benefit not only his family but also the environment. there was a time when chickens were only seen becky and scratching in the countryside so long to open spaces that's no longer the case in the us backyard chickens are popping up in suburbs and cities and while the pandemic may ensure that this trend is here to stay. is it is pretty emma bossy. trudy is feisty and mary lays an egg every day. the 4 hands have been guests at the home of felicity of burkart and craig are vendler in the northern suburbs of berlin for a year now this is how it came to pass. as an absolute i know guns inside none more meant just that i was once stuck in

a traffic jam at some point and there was a livestock transporter in front of me. is fenced a tad towards that got me thinking about what kind of lives animals leads on the net and if one could give at least a few really good life as they had off almost i wanted to get to know how chickens lived and he didn't and since we have a garden i thought they'd feel right at home here. and they would have plenty to eat and they'd also give us many us might have been doing funding for. their diet consists of grains and fresh greens but also kitchen waste. in the summer time for the hens lay an egg almost every day. and to the south of berlin mathias schmidt an environmental engineer by profession took up chicken breeding 4 years ago he rents out the offspring of a man who's been rising and not just during the coronavirus crisis. moment you go

to the. key is not a scam dollar we keep seeing scandals in the food industry. started the bad eggs animal stalls sprayed with toxins that end up in food that you would to god you know antibiotics and chicken pigs and cattle. would come moving so well every time that happens people stop and think for a moment what are we doing what are we eating. berlin is home to almost 4000000 people and the growing number of chickens some big city dwellers come from the countryside and find that having a feathery friend reminds them of home. but chicken love can turn sour more and more abandoned birds are found wandering the city streets this animal shelter has its work cut out. as a commitment to

a small fuel it sounds great to get fresh eggs from your own head on your balcony the problem is most people have no idea how to look after chickens properly what they need to be happy how every species has its special needs chickens in the in a city or in my own starter in my view stop this is neat if they don't belong on a balcony on the 11th floor they need space a yard imagine that it will. my ts smith does most of his business with clients in the suburbs who have gardens. he rents out for hands with a big cage stall equipment and feed for about $300.00 euros a month. the league and family considers it educational as we will not and cannot we wanted to show the children where food comes from animal products don't just appear in the supermarket so this is one small way to bring the matter home to them literally where things come from meat

from chickens and also eggs you know. rented chicks started in the united states but it's catching on in many parts. of the ts smith also rents to kindergarten schools and old people's homes. and trudy ilsa and mary however are for keeps but they also risk getting eaten when the time comes their designated dual purpose poultry giving eggs and meat but will their foster parents actually do the deed. is go about saying to you i don't think you'll ever be able to slaughter a chicken at least not any of our 4 if we call them by their names we couldn't do it we're very fond of them and. so these 4 birds and it up with softies others aren't so lucky. another advantage of keeping chickens

watching them can be very very calming. like this something the germans are very serious about it's brit in fact german print is even known to miss schools intangible cultural heritage list but in recent years the franchise because have been growing at a few want in few traditional businesses the big. in some parts of the country but a whole community. traditional because but help is on its way and it's called bread off expedition vehicle we join the one of the for the pandemic restrictions were put in place. f.a.q. on the. guy and his elite troops take heavy equipment into what they call the bread desert. their mission to supply this thinly populated region with decent grain. bakery situation in brandenburg

a serious more and more small craft businesses are closing down. that forces people to depend on discount retailers and i wouldn't say that the discounters threat is all that good. something had to be done before. the objective today is a small town of just under $6000.00 north of. even here freshly baked bread is a rarity this is a job for the bread as it expedition vehicle and once used by the military in mutual switzerland where the need was probably not quite as an agent. to try to help the swiss have 168 of these vehicles about one for every part of their army they were meant to supply the military in the field of course they've never been used since the army just exercised with them. in the early 2000 all these mobile bakeries were decommissioned and sold. number 130 in the.

space in the expedition vehicle has to be used. it has a needed machine. and the gas the rest is done by hand. unesco has listed german bread culture as an intangible cultural heritage over 3000 varieties of baked on a daily basis but the baking is the work fully in depend. and lee have to climbed over the past 60 years in germany from 55211000 big chain and in-store bakeries have taken their place often using ready mix dough with artificial additives fluid and on their uses only water flour and salt his recipe for sourdough is a secret the lactic acid bacteria and yeast add flavor through fermentation that's the big big difference the acidification answers the changed it's a totally different kind of bread a different food. slowly undone bag-o.

also owns a stationary bakery in villain but he never actually trained to be a baker for most 20 years he worked in logistics in australia switzerland and points in asia. he also met his wife in asia in 2015 they decided to open a bakery together. i was really really surprised at how germans love the upgrade i was like wow if we do open the big feet then you know that it's fine then this is a different lifestyle is something where we can both work together because in a previous job he was always he was the break we know so now this is like you know before all of us can do it together as a team all the great desert expedition vehicle accomplishes its mission it's on the road in brandenburg for 70 to 80 days a year mostly at markets and festivals these entire seems to appreciate the fresh bread service as well because of you know preservatives but rather fresh natural

and regional ingredients that's the best thing you can do. with every foray into the bread there is that floatin down there comes closer to his goal good bread for . for many of us food is pleasure it's a part of our culture and history but can you imagine food without water access to clean water is still a long. actually in some indian cities many lubow in south india for example is quickly drying up and with more and more people moving to the city the demand for water has increased multifold fortunately for bengal a group of water warriors has been silently working on providing water security to the city one recharge well at a time. every morning visits the tree outside his village. it's very special to him. the lake nearby that once knowledge that has just

a cliche. in he keeps the tree alive because it provides shade to his late wife who is buried under. he says i come every day to take care of this place. really almost died 20 years ago when i come every day to water it back i collect 20 buckets from the lake so my wife can rest in peace. and no one looks after it more than just me. belongs to the money over the community of well diggers. they live on the outskirts of bangalore city and have traditionally provided people with access to water in recent years this entire region has seen

a dramatic drop in water levels. and the demand for welding has seen a corresponding decline. more than he says around 15 years ago there was a lot of work for us but these days there's very little if no one wants wells now they bore with machines that go deep into the ground and the demand for our services has fallen what i meant. all the roads like this one once served as bangles main source of water. as the city developed it began to bring water into pipes from the river kawiti but the supply is insufficient. to make up for the shortfall people began extracting water from aquifers underground with mechanized pumps. moreover the booming city is increasingly covered in concrete. rain water can no longer seep in and replenish

the ground. the stress is immense. bangalore is predicted to become unlivable by 2025 and signs of this crisis are everywhere. what export issue or not she can say i believe that the money over the community and the city can come together to help one another. he started a project to build a 1000000 vici that use the community skills but this time to dig wells that put water back into the ground rather than extract it. what every child will does is it picks rain water from the rooftop traditionally or from strong water drains. in water and push it into bangalore has been to. find solutions to problems one of the solutions which is required. to get through the fog logical security and the quicker we get these 1000000. been flooding we

have the motive groundwork of the charge we have in the mode of supplementary what we have for the city will be in a solution space which would provide comfort to the city. people who like the idea have begun to high odama krishna and his team need to build recharge wells in the homes of complexes. to gather the money for those 1st dig a pit that is 20 feet deep and line it with forests and mentoring. this will eventually fill up which mean water also facade on off which will percolate into the ground. the entire community benefits as the ground water is eventually shared by the city. he says recharge wells of the link between green and the ground water might grow in water we love our work and no matter how tough it is all we want to do is build wells the

i only feel satisfied when the job is done well some of them. once when i was working in bangalore the owner of the complex gave me a bit of water when i was about to waste what i didn't need when he stopped me and asked me whether i knew the value of water and going forward that's how we need to be and learn how to save water to get them. especially rainwater that is the most precious in a while in a district where the new. so far the money orders have dug 113000 wells. they intend to dig 1000000. when the ground is renomination they hope their livelihoods been flooded once again . the pandemic is proving to be a p. with for nearly every aspect of fall life and food contradictory be excluded from this tell us about what changes one making to your 4 habits right into was an eco

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this is the deadly new life from family and a stinging defeat for president trump in the final weeks of his presidency republicans i'm just democratic senate since united vote to override the president's veto of a major bill on defense spending the 1st time congress goes over to the truck feet are also on the program countries around the world will not coronavirus vaccination programs but with stocks limited some experts are recommending a rethink of the way doses on delivered. times 2021 of rights to

stales back celebrations around the world just 5 usual spectacular midnight fireworks coronavirus restrictions mean crowds were encouraged to stack home to watch on t.v. . i'm phil gallo welcome to the program. the united states senate says delivered a major rebuke to donald trump in the final weeks of his presidency republican and democrat senate says united to override the president's veto of a major defense bill the vote passed by more than the required 2 thirds majority and follows a similar bipartisan motion in the house of representatives it's the 1st time congress has overridden the trump veto the move unlocks more than $700000000000.00 worth of military spending. straight to d.w. correspondent out of a solid to washington welcome all of what's the significance of congress's move.

well it's certainly a humiliating blow fill because simply it has never happened since donald trump took office that senate and congress over rode such a veto off donald trump an unsympathetic ular it's interesting and important because we have to remind our viewers that the senate is held by the republicans so the republicans hold a majority in the senate the party of donald trump of course and we've seen some extremely partisan politics through all donald trump's presidency if you just think back of the impeachment proceedings were a lot of evidence was produced damaging evidence against donald trump but the republicans and senate decided to back him to exonerate donald trump in the end so now we've seen a different motion here the senate approved of a defense budget that actually is now against donald trump's will that also challenges to all chum's plans to pull out 12 thousands of the currently 36000

troops that are stationed in germany dull tom wanted to pull those troops out of germany and that plan is effectively put on hold and also another blow. that comes with this decision of senate the big question is really what does that mean for the republican party what happens to the republican party and are we seeing the support that the republican party has given donald trump are we seeing that crumble now and where does this put off before coming down off the state of georgia. well the ronaldson georgiou fill are a part of the election that took place on november 3rd and as you know a part of the senate seats were up for grabs in that presidential election as well and there are 2 very decisive seats that are that are up for a run of election here in fact and those were needed to determine the majority in

the senate and they were too close to call and that those seats are very crucial because they decide who controls the senate in the next presidency in joe biden's presidency the democrats will have to win 2 seats that are up for grabs there in order to be able to have a powerful presidency so and also another hurdle is that it's a republican stronghold of course in georgia so a difficult task a difficult undertaking and joe biden needs that victory if you want to undo certain trump policies of migration or simply america's role in the world and doing . america 1st policy so it's all about the question will joe biden be able to be a successful president a powerful president or will the republicans in senate be able to obstruct him by the time he takes office and all of a funk you have a summit in washington. well hours after the u.s. welcomed in the new year it's

a past more than $20000000.00 confirmed coronavirus cases that's according to data from johns hopkins university the u.s. is the epicenter of the pandemic with more cases than any other country experts are now warning of a surge in deaths and new infections following gatherings over the festive period countries around the world are now rolling out coronavirus vaccination programs for many a form of well behind their targets but king some reconsider the way doses are delivered . a familiar sight from coronavirus testing but in this florida drive by people are now receiving something much more hopeful back seem shots and yet the race to inoculate millions of people across the world against covert 1000 is off to a slower and messier start than expected insufficient supplies and complex logistics are backing down the process many countries including the u.s. and germany are falling far behind projected rolled out speeds the main issue is

that the biotech pfizer vaccine the 1st one to be widely approved requires cumbersome refrigeration at extreme temperatures and 2 shots within 3 weeks to be the most effective. this has sparked a debate among experts about whether the time between doses should be stretched to 3 months some argue that it is better to give many people some resistance to the virus then to give fewer people full protection. the immediate urgency is for rapid and high levels of vaccine uptake. recommends that delivery of the 1st dose of covert $900.00 fax in should be proud ties for both pfizer vaccine and astra zeneca vaccine britain recently became the 1st country to authorize the vaccine developed by oxford university and astra zeneca

trial data suggests it is somewhat less effective but much easier to store and to transport it just needs a temperature rather than the minus 70 super cold storage the vaccine requires some experts say it could change this situation entirely unlike its biotech pfizer competitor this vaccine could be more effective when the 2nd dose is given 3 months later leaving enough time to knock you late much of the population and then dowden with partial immunity the u.k. plans to vaccinate a 1000000 people per week from january 4th but what may turn out to be the most promising development on the horizon is still pending approval johnson and johnson's yancy and vaccine requires only one dose that could simplify the logistics considerably if approved this single shot jab could be in use by february . the pressure is now on governments to speed up this crucial process

i hear some of the developments in this pandemic 2 weeks into its vaccination program israel has delivered 1st doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine to a 1000000 people that's 10 percent of the population french president emanuel macro has promised to speed up his country's program fewer than $200.00 people have been indoctrinated since the vote began on sunday and from the 7th of january candidate will require a rival's to test negative for corona virus the p.c.r. test taken within 72 hours of departure. it's more international stories now in bosnia herzegovina the army has been setting up tents to house hundreds of migrants left homeless in freezing conditions the new company public places one of the bird down after it was closed the u.s. migration agency says proper permanent accommodation is still needed. israeli troops are fired projectiles and tear gas at palestinian protesters throwing stones

at least one protester was reportedly injured by shots to the head of the palestinians are protesting the establishment of a disputed israeli settler outpost in the occupied west bank. rescue say they found the body of a person killed in wednesday's landslide in norway 9 people still missing several buildings were swept away in the slide which occurred about 30 kilometers north of the capital of. prancercise delivered his traditional a blessing on new year's day despite ill health it missed earliest ceremonies because of pains in his leg the urge people to remember the children suffering in the ongoing war in yemen and spoke from the papal library instead of peter's square in order to discourage crowds. after nearly half century partnership britain has finalized its split with the european union the channel tunnel linking the country with france a seen by many as a symbol of european cooperation hours after the separation at midnight the

eurostar train service from london pulled into the french capital for those on board it was a glimpse into the future of post press a travel. at 1st glance it could have been any other day for the eurostar train service that connects the u.k. with mainland europe on closer inspection that paris is garbage no station some new red tape was already apparent. but how was the mood among the 1st travellers from the u.k. to arrive in paris on this historic occasion. it was it was fine i mean it was a we knew that there'd be checks to do with. why we're coming here and that we had a covert test but other than that it was kind of like normal i think most of that most of the checks were due to the coronavirus restrictions rather than the regs it necessarily i thought i guess or anybody's that day is not what we buy it for you have just got this happen and really get as ed said is

a democracy so you have to kind of respect the rules now just go with it got it got to be dividing and already divided out. in here what can you do here. many e's citizens at the station expressed similar reservations. was if you saw frankly it's sad to see the united kingdom leaving europe like this. city you know britain was a pillar of europe. it's unfortunate. we needed a country like great britain in europe. that are disappointed as deception on the english side in the sense that i think we all need other people. i think the europeans have a lot of work in london the english here not so much as we said not. anticipating potential chaos as the new regime kicks in france has recruited over $700.00

additional customs officers to worth at its borders with the u.k. their duties could include patrolling the eurostar trains to make sure travelers have the right paperwork for whatever they're carrying. a manchester united striker edinson cavani has been banned for 3 matches for using a racist term in social media the striker from posted the message after he was congratulated for scoring a winning goal in november he later deleted the post when he was told of the word in spanish could be considered racist. didn't contest the english football associations charts and his post was insulting and abusive and said the comment was meant affectionately. well the world's been celebrating the 1st day of 2021 under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns and curfews made it to new year like no other people bade farewell to a year that many would like to forget. new year's eve in times square new york city

. the last 12 months seem to have changed little but look close a year ago a huge crowd caroused in midtown but this year people were encouraged to stick to socially distance pods in what was a relatively intimate get together. the bright lights were switched off on rio's quite pick up on a beach to only the turned up to watch a few fireworks go off. with brazil's death toll from the virus still climbing many locals are in the mood to mourn not sell a bright. eyed girl and brenda beck gite the stick calculi chair was strictly made for television this year revelers were told to stay at home and the downtown was deserted and like 12 months ago. the lights were still on in sydney too but there was basically no one out residents were banned from taking the show along the house before shore. and most opted to follow the government warnings

watching t.v. at home instead. only in a few places like hanoi vietnam and oakland new zealand did authorities let the party go along in hot. and this new year's day the sight of so many people gathered together is almost a stunning as the fireworks in the skies. i think that said joe up to date more world news at the top of the hour underscores around the clock on our website that's t w doc call social media as well at the w. news of new.

they want to know what makes the devil. join. away from the. unlighted of the world. and everyone would lead a world in everything. are you ready to meet the germans then join me right just do it under. the new year yes yes we can hear you and how it all stands germantown so we bring you i'm going to back off and you never cards have surprised

you so good god is possible who is mad who really want to move sad and. who talk to people who follow along the way i admire and critics a lot now as the world's most powerful woman shaking her legacy join us from eccles last stop. the. phrase it is reality we haven't seen a repeat of that trade chaos on britain's borders with the e.u. yet experts warn the steady flow of traffic could soon turn into a. pandemic his call to millions of africans in poverty could you continent wide free trade zone and turn around their fortunes. amongst the world's inoculating code 19 can we expect a v. shaped vaccine recovery natural course for the folks who have to hear it. to get

to school and that's the business britain and the e.u. are officially divorced from today customs checks are in place with the u.k. leaving the block single market the busy route between the english port of dover l.a. and france is on the front lines of the changes but there was less disruption than many had expected trucks go through without major hassle so the boat you move traffic was lower than usual. ferguson has been following this story for us. i heard a lot of companies delayed deliveries to avoid any sort of chaos at all they certainly did they were expecting a far more chaos than we actually saw today ben and it's important to know that we recently did see long lines of trucks i don't over because of coronavirus border closures but this of course is a story which affects ports up and down the country the likes of london on grimsby you don't see much laurie traffic but they're responsible for millions of tons of u.k. imports and exports or oil and gas tankers container ships they're all affected by

the new customs rules that britain can't afford to let these ports become a bottleneck shipman's the tween the u.k. and the e.u. a kite for over 40 percent of all british port traffic the u.k.'s ports are major are should raise for british trade without them working efficiently britain's businesses could face shortages or price rises that's why getting port traffic moving is a top post for exit priority to keep the question is how much longer will things actually run smoothly after talking about breakfast for 4 and a half years today seem to fit anticlimactic didn't we were expecting chaos but we didn't get any and as you mention there are reasons for this one of them is that companies were prepared it was only last week that they find out that there was going to be a bracks deal at all so what they did was stockpile in advance and to supposing all this chaos on a regular day you'd see $10000.00 trucks between dover and cully today it was less than a 10th of that and of course the other thing is that the british government only

released its document 300 pages of information about how trade should work in the future a few hours before the rules came into effect that it's not easy to understand i don't think customs officials or companies had time to sift through. what about that role the politics plays in business of the 2 always go hand in hand and nowhere is this more apparent than in northern ireland because it of course is part of the united kingdom but it shares a land border with the republic of ireland which of course staying. part of the e.u. to avoid conflict and chaos there under this new arrangement northern ireland is going to follow most of the e.u.'s rules on trade so that will mean that they'll have to be customs checks between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. so that means that c that's an important psychological shift because those who want to see a united ireland in the future are going to say well this shows that cooperation is closer on the island and on the mainland what about the other relations that the u.k. has with other nations and trading blocks and the e.u.

should relations with other other nations both sides are very busy looking for new friends at the moment of the past few years britain has agreed about 60 new trade agreements most of that that were covered under its old rules with the e.u. even though in the last couple of days it's a great deals with vietnam and turkey it's been doing a lot of copy and paste it hasn't e.t.a. you probably see fit so in therapy that in those talks the e.u. has been following its own course as well this week we saw that the big investment poc with china signed that's going to make it easier for european companies to do business in china not without its critics of course a lot of people joining at human rights violations in china so a lot of people not happy about that and it's not all about just goods is it it's certainly not so over the next few months it's going to become apparent what's not in this deal it does not cover a services and services account for 80 percent of the pressures economy and i present we don't know whether pressures banks and insurance companies are going to have easy market access in the e.u. and that could cause a lot more chaos what we're saying that could be just the come before the storm ben

ok i shouldn't hold my breath i would never do thanks for coming in interesting stuff well africa's free trade blog is now open for business but it's not all that free there is still disagreement on the scrapping of tariffs as many african nations rely on that revenue agreement could take years. the catch was meager and to make it almost sure had to go far out last night with the fishermen used to fish has been cut off by the military the kenyan government is spending a huge deep sea port off their island in the indian ocean. they want. to see. the. people in law move make a living from tourism and fishing but they're victims of a new era in the age of africa's streatch trade zone lemuel is set to become an

international logistics center soon the excavated recent dump trucks will be replaced by cranes thousands of shipping containers will pass through a brand new port sylvester kazoo cool who runs the mammoth project says new rows in train lines will make the area essential transport hub for all of africa. to be becoming a signature infrastructure for the integration of the african continent to realize . it can yes biggest juice factory they can't wait to reap the benefits of the free trade zone 200 tons of fruit a process here every day they can peel and i feel our brands every child in kenya knows and the boss commando kendo would like to export to more african countries the problem so far lack of infrastructure and high tariffs but those are history now as of january 1st 90 percent of goods can be sold entirely free of tariffs

looking forward to this. because. there will be uniform. and therefore that's open market the african free trade zone will be the biggest in the world every african country except it it is taking part it creates a domestic market of 1200000000 people. the world bank estimates that free trade could help 30000000 africans escape poverty but it's going to be a long road here at the construction site and lamu workers earn just 4 euro a day a pittance and they're working for chinese construction companies china has long recognized how strong the african market will be. it sure has i asked analyst lindo brutal when tariffs will be scrapped because something that could take years yet there's a lot of conversation about that throughout the you know the pandemic one kind of

then secretary general of the yes yes he has been moving around africa is talking to ministers of trade and different groups grab that. you know private enterprises to ensure that there is a way to create revenue sued to to sue to ensure that in time it is and use hopefully we would see this in the future but there's a lot of that lot going on to ensure that that happens and until those conversations you know and who she asians comes to completion i will not know exactly when this is going to happen but the the expectation is that terry's will be refused and 90 percent of trade between the continent and this is what we are it's eggs and. if he. time now for a quick look at some of the other business stories making news tesla has started selling its chinese made model why customers in china can expect to live for years only is this month the world's biggest comet is offering subsidies for electric

vehicles as it seeks to kind of missions. english football club chelsea made a profit of over $44000000.00 last financial year that's despite the pandemic interrupting play paid its money from qualifying for the champions league and selling expensive play is like belgian winger i didn't bother. americans face higher costs for medication the likes of pfizer and glaxo smith kline have already reportedly braced their prices drug makers argue the pandemic means fewer visits to the doctor and fewer prescriptions which means lower profits. and the german vaccine make a biotech has warned the e.u. could experience supply shortages until other coping $1000.00 jobs are approved the blocks come under fire for being slow to authorize the buy and take pfizer inoculation and for half as many doses as the u.s. . so what's in store on the global economic front a 2021 hour financial correspondent in frankfurt. takes

a look at whether vaccines can drive recovery if the year 2020 was all about the coronavirus and lockdowns this year promises to be about vaccines and a return to normalcy the pharma industry created several vaccines in record time it's about getting those shots into the arms of people all around the world global markets so impressive rallies last year despite the pandemic wreaking havoc vaccine breakthrough suggest market participants could ignore the immediate pains and look forward to a swift post pandemic recovery the jury is still out on how global stock markets will fare this year some experts say that the markets have already factored in a vaccine ledger coverage others say there is still a lot of steam left however days little doubt when it comes to shares in travel and tourism companies airline stocks took a battering last year as a pandemic brought international travel to a virtual halt they could be ready for takeoff once restrictions are lifted and

then there is the biden factor the incoming u.s. president is seen as less combative and more predictable than president trump and that would be a big relief for global markets which are still reeling from tranced trade wars and that means global trade is likely to continue its impressive post pandemic recovery last year saw a 9 percent slump but the w.t. who expects global good straight to right 7 percent in 2021 that bodes well for germany's export reliant economy the global recovery has so far been well supported by government cash and ultra cheap loans from central banks any premature tightening there could spell doom for markets and the mutating why this may yet throwing a cobol or 2 but fingers crossed. and a reminder of the top business story we're following for you customs checks have been reintroduced as the u.k. exited the e.u.

single market people good sense services the busy road between the english photo but in collecting is on the front lines of the changes both to have was less disruption there today many had expected to fix things that might. cause your business if it. conflicts you don't hear a lot about it in your fees days but for more than 2 months follow carry compulsed finance you corruption and government demonstrations my guest this week from sofia to speed so such a minister and social of a spider she contributed to the books mistreating its most vulnerable people they should it's human rights organizations conflicts the phone good.

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how much worse can really get. we still have time to. keep. the subscribers like this. when the government going to get the message. we are getting a lot of the messages that your government afraid of the truth they'll see me being afraid. we're going to spend a lot of problems you don't hear a lot about food in europe these days but for more than 2 months. financing corruption anti-government demonstrations for 7 years in a row it's on the dubious distinction of being the most corrupt country in the e.u. my guest this week from sofia is the. minister of labor and social policy.