if the european population felt that it was important to be white and to stay right by supply. and contempt culminated in forced sterilization under the nazis. this documentary examines the few traces that remain of their existence they call them the children . storage january 11th on d w. the u.s. capitol with scenes of chaos in washington the world will ask how america's trading partners are feeling about the peaceful transition to a new u.s. president coming up as the rest of the world battles coronavirus europe's farmers are fighting another outbreak of bird flu has already led to the culling of vast

amounts of poetry. has done away with. the system but simplified money hasn't made for a simpler life so. this is business and. welcome to the program. washington d.c. has witnessed extraordinary scenes after an angry mob supporters of president trump stormed the u.s. capitol building there was chaos like the u.s. has no seen before and yet wall street stocks ended the day record high spike of violence investors which senate runoff results in georgia that should make it easier for president elect joe biden to push through his economic agenda includes a comprehensive stimulus package stocks in asia also performed well in thursday trading and the main indexes in germany and friends made gains just as congress confirmed by the election will. discuss the reaction of markets with our financial

correspondent shortly but 1st we should really look at the wider implications of what's been going on in washington let's speak to. who's president of the kill institute for the world economy here in germany thanks for joining us on t.w. business the unusual scenes we've been seeing in the u.s. this is a pound assault on u.s. democracy is that the sort of thing that might concern america's trading. yes of course it is concerning because it just shows that the presidency of 2 biden will not be a presidency that is outward looking a group you looking good will have to mend those frictions that have become so terribly divisible last night in washington. any one of their competitors to the u.s. on the world stage that might be watching what's going on in washington and think actually there's there's an opportunity for them and. yes you're right rob oh but

we see is that. shining city on the hill is luck shining very much these days the united states look weak with these pictures of course politically weak it's not totally a surprise of course what has been happening because of the big gaps in the american society have been visible for the last peak 8 or so that things can go so wrong is of course some sort of a surprise but of course it's we need to see what the next days with news really means the transition to power is not were. you know that we have to look to the further events of the next days yeah i mean how important is a peaceful transition to power for the u.s. economy itself. is the mentally mentally important of course.

you know any commie is as strong as its political system if we see that the institutions are we can to washington for those little trials that we have experienced the become a more regular pattern that would of course we can the united states' economy on the other hand do know all about the fundamental strengths of the united states and we do know that at least in the 1st 2 years of the biden presidency this government this administration will be introduced it has maturities and that is the good news but all were i think we need to say that the state of the american society is not a good one and that will reflect on its economy there's no doubt about that yeah i mean it's now less than 2 weeks until biden does take office how are. america's trading partners around the world positioning themselves for that moment. so very

clearly the european union is looking forward to the biden presidency the last 4 years were very difficult there was not a good basis for cooperation even tammany cation was very difficult there will change the europeans of think that they can push the agenda with the joe biden for example on climate change but also when it comes to the reform of the world trade organization and other multilateral institutions so hopes of very big and now that the biden has a maturity in the senate as well that these hopes seem realistic china on the other hand i think we'll see pressure go up because the the american administration will act more in cooperation with its allies with the e.u. with asian partners that will be more difficult for china i think than the last 4 years have been despite the rhetorical trumpet that rhetorical change under on the job biden but the fact that now it bigger coalition will be there possibly led by

the united states is an important element however i would say in the next 2 years at least the united states will be inward looking it will have to. build up so as the economy but also to society back and that means there will not be much political momentum. much political leadership of washington on the international scene the 1st 2 years of joe biden will begin with looking. in the 28th of january feeling very far away at the moment. from the killing city for the world economy thanks for joining us you're welcome. and alex cross to our financial correspondent in frankfurt shall see lanie a markets in new york actually ending a records highs on wednesday despite everything going on in washington markets in asia europe safe doing well as these optimism coming from.

leered we've also seen attacks just hit another record high as well so investors are very much brushing off that chaos that just ended on washington d.c. last night investors seem very focused on the runoff election and georgia yesterday which will deliver democrats control of both the house and the senate and the white house of this clears the way really for a big stimulus effort on the u.s. it's part that could include checks to americans as well as infrastructure spending all of that means that the u.s. economy could be getting a boost and the rest of the world this fall just a delaying things for a. time now for a quick look at some of the other business stories making news the new york stock exchange reversed course again on wednesday and is now planning to delist 3 chinese telecom equities from trading after old the flip flop by the. remove china telecom china mobile and china unicom exchange back to its original policy last week.

because it is continuing its rally trading as over $37000.00 and hitting a new record high today institutional investors have been scooping no secret currency as a hedge against the u.s. dollar which is wall owing 3 year alone. now german biotech firm cure of ak is in the event stages of producing a vaccine against college 19 and it's linking up with fellow german pharma company bya to help develop and distribute the corporate giants will also assist in getting the m r n a based vaccine approved cure back expects its 1st results from its phase 3 clinical trials by the end of march it hopes to supply hundreds of millions of jobs once it's ready. to vaccinating against covered $1000.00 is one thing but another virus is lurking bird flu is not harmful to humans but it can wreak devastation on

farmers more and more countries in europe have been reporting local outbreaks in recent months of 200000 chickens and other poultry have already been cold but the epidemic seems unstoppable. a few days ago french farmer marilyn back east was surrounded by the lively sounds of ducks on her farm but the farm is just 3 kilometers from the latest bird flu outbreak and her pastures and stables are now silent discus in the months. and tells saturday morning there are a lot of ducks here and over there and then you open the gate take the animals bring them to the truck load them up and the van disappears. and with it your income you're left empty handed. the recess already had to slaughter 600 of her ducks and what happened to the remaining 300 she finds out yes a mass. going wrong. good morning your transport day is wednesday the truck arrives

at quarter past 9 a lot of 300 animals have a nice day. free range poultry are particularly at risk from the virus because it's transmitted by wild birds but putting them in stalls is out of the question for bay reese that's against tradition and doesn't necessarily protect against infection. the local agricultural association warns of the devastating consequences for farmers in the region. i think we're going to see a 1000000 ducks slaughtered in the near future since nothing can stop the virus today and we risk moving towards a generalized slaughter of poultry in our region. bird flu which originated in east asia 1st appeared in europe in 2014 cents then there have been repeated outbreaks of the disease. cuban consumers have had

a rough start to the new year they're facing price hikes and long queues in shops after a major monetary or for reform and of boosting the economy the government has done away with the country's geo currency system but cubans is struggling to work out whether to leave them worse or better off. there are long queues at the banks in havana as cubans scramble to stock up on national pesos since currency reform in january 1 it's the only way to pay in the shops market oriented reforms have led to tensions. i think stores should continue to take the convertible pesos so as to make it easier for people to change their money and so people don't have to stand in lines at banks in the end that's a lot of people and with the situation with the virus i think it's unnecessary. for more than 3 decades to currencies have circulated in cuba state run economy the peso on the convertible peso pegged to the dollar now they're stuck with the

strongly devalued pay so many subsidies have been abolished and as expected prices are already rising because of a scarcity of dollars widely used on the cash strapped island. no pressure on my god it was about iraq prices increased even for some items that were not subsidized they increased in the same way and let's not even talk about the basics we're talking about other items that should not have been increased. with on. the economy was already in trouble before the pandemic there were long food lines since the pandemic tourism which generates precious foreign currency has plunged energy prices have soared and the trumpet ministration sanctions are taking a toll monetary reform is the government's most radical measure to transform the communist country and crucially cubans are hoping for a reset in relations under the new u.s. government under joe biden. just time for

a quick reminder of our top story the world reacting to the storming of the u.s. capitol which interrupted congress's attempts to certify joe biden as president elect that has since happened in the u.s. markets around the world. from a. visit our website slash business for us on facebook and twitter so next time by and take. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing. the latest research. information and contacts the coronavirus update 19. on t.w. . that 77 percent. are younger than 60.

that's me and me. and you know what it's time. the 77 percent to talk bobbie is. this is where. the 77 percent this weekend on. staying at home during a lockdown with much time to eat and little movement at the same time no wonder that many people all over the world have gained weight during the pandemic and while it is quite a stretch from too much comfort eating too straightforward gluttony too much body fat is bad for our health in fact those additional pounds can increase our risk of

severe illness from code 19. overweight and our i think i need to do is a bit overweight so the drug cases are good inferred from not dangerous all. excess weight has always been a health risk in times of a coronavirus pandemic it could be lethal. welcome to occur overnight in special on news some want to johnson berlin good to have you with us now then when it rains it pours it's the perfect idiom for overweight and obese people these days they already have enough health worries as it is and now a tiny virus is added to their plight putting them into the same risk category as the elderly and especially vulnerable. dr marcus riser heads the coven 1000 unit here in clinical test

a hospital in western germany most of the serious cases they've seen here during the pandemic are elderly patients as well as another high risk group. unit is that patients who are overweight especially those who are morbidly obese have worse outcomes in this infection they're more likely to meet intensive care. studies in several countries have shown a link between excess weight. is overweight and she survived a cool bit 19 infection in early march 1st she developed a sudden fever and a dry cough a few days later she tested positive. i was in the hospital and they told me i was a risk patient and that it couldn't fatally. 2 years earlier she had been diagnosed with diabetes to get the disease under control she changed her diet and lost a lot of weight she's convinced that helped her to get through the covert 19 infection relatively easily. if that 19 had appeared

a year earlier than it did i don't think it would have ended that well for me. with poorly managed diabetes and high blood pressure and much more excess weight and now 35 kilograms. i think that would have finished me off. that's going to. become a global phenomenon usually expressed using the body mass index. which is the ratio of a person's body weight in kilograms to the square of their height and meters. a b.m.i. of 20 to 25 is considered a healthy weight 25 to 30 overweight 30 to 40 is classified as obese with over 40 severely obese. we don't just have a covert pandemic we have an obesity pandemic all around the world and in germany. at clinic on fast specialized obesity center martin boozing is

a beriah trick surgeon he can hardly keep up with the many obese people seeking gastric bypass surgery and other weight loss procedures in germany their numbers are climbing at the moment more than 2000000 people in the country would qualify for this kind of surgery with a b.m.i. of over 41. people from. severe obesity goes hand in hand with a number of other conditions including diabetes respiratory problems cardiovascular diseases doctor puts this development mainly down to poor dietary habits and over consumption of sugary drinks. what i see again and again in overweight patients is that they simply can't drink plain unflavored water soda water or tap water they always need some kind of sweetener in it it's developed into a kind of addiction. better prevention can help but when it comes to that health

systems often fail and the food industry has a powerful interest in the nutritional agenda both these problems explain why the doctors here continue to battle to pandemics over 19 and obesity. now for more i'm joined by susan jep nutrition scientist and. professor of diet and population health at the university of oxford skit to have you with us. let me start straight away with the way our report ended to it mentions there that we're battling 2 pandemics obesity and covert 19 which you could agree. i absolutely words i mean in the u.k. we're bracing for another piece out situation the 2nd 2000. that's all for 2 tracks headlines every single day but the fact is there's around $60000.00 people's deaths are attributable to obesity every single year this is

obesity is a problem which has been with us the decades and shows no sign of going away there is no vaccine for obesity right so it has been a big problem even before the pandemic however now with the pandemic it seems to be exacerbated and you've conducted a study involving 7000000 people looking at the connection between obesity and kovi 19 what are your findings. well some colleagues have a contrasting data set to reach drools on data from primary cat health records electronic health records social anonymized we have seen these people who do have data about their weight and about whether they have heart or positive test where they've been on which it will spin i'm sorry will what we were able to look at was the relationship between people's b. and i that were to mass index a measure of their weight status and the likelihood of going into hospital or being

admitted to intensive care or dying from catered to and what we saw was that there was a striking association with the stiff you like severe outcomes from k. that in particular admissions to intensive care so for people with the body mass index of the level that we say people have clinical obesity actually your chances of going into intensive care are about to retire. than somebody read a healthy weight by the time you are 40 it's a the 6 times higher now i don't have the problem the problem is to a large extent a lot of people on the away. suddenly not aware of their b.m.i. on that they are viewed as at obese and at such risk. well many people might not consider themselves to be living with obesity but i think many many people are aware that they're a bit heavy at impacts is good for their health the problem is that we've struggled

to convert that sort of you know general understanding that weight so that's the problem into a real sense of the need to act on what task it has started to do is make us really recognize that obesity isn't just about how really actually the really important issue is the effect it has on our health and obesity is that every single organ system of the body says we know it leads to more diabetes my heart to see these many different cancers are increased people have problems with the joints there's a whole raft of their own health that goes with obesity so it's perhaps not a very surprising that this extra strain that being overweight works on your body also increases your risk from caves and of course we hear all the time that we have to protect the elderly and the vulnerable but nobody ever talks about protecting the overweight the obese what can we do about that or we need to recognize

that being severely overweight creates real vulnerability and so i think we need to kind of at least one list of people who need extra take extra care during the term . right susan jett the nutrition scientist and professor on diet and population health at the university of oxford thank you so much thank you. before you step on a scale at home now to check if you've gained a few pounds too many let's bring in another aspect of this country science and its ability to solve problems time for your questions and a science correspondent derrick williams. covered vaccines work the research help developers create that seems for the common cold could cover 19 lead to a huge step forward in this area i love questions like this because they don't involve where we are now which in europe at least often feels like

a pretty dire place but instead they look forward to the end of the pandemic and they ask whether all the misery might lead to anything positive but while it's possible that the vast numbers of research projects being driven by covert 19 could lead to breakthroughs in fighting coronaviruses as a whole there's still a lot we don't understand about how they in general evolve and how they're transmitted what's called cross reactivity would certainly play a central role in research into any future offshoot of vaccines and that's when the weapons that your immune system produces to fight one virus might also work at least to some extent against other viruses that share similar characteristics some experts believe that cross reactivity from earlier infections with cold causing

perona viruses in some people is influencing how badly they get coded 19 or or how easily they fight off the disease but we still don't know nearly enough about it one promising avenue for example that could help in the development of future coronavirus vaccines involves molech you are subhuman it's in despite those those proteins that stick out of their services. that allowed these viruses to tell a lot john to cells and in fact them researchers have discovered that some of those areas look. conserved in all of the coronaviruses that infect humans and they're so they're quite similar across the group that's a great starting point for future work but but it's still just a starting point so so when you ask whether covert 19 could contribute in a big way to coronavirus research in general i'd say it already have those but

i also don't think that will necessarily be enough to spawn vaccines in the near term for the corona viruses that cause colds though i'd be happy if that prediction proved wrong. and they're equally as has so many morons says so do keep sending a question just send an e-mail to feedback a dot. dot com type expert in the subject line what if a comment on our you tube channel that's all thanks for watching. us it has arrived in the middle of the colona pandemic. it's a disaster for the british health care system since qualified personnel from d. you countries place an invaluable role in hospitals and nursing homes. now many are needing britain for good leaving

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