most organizers didn't apply for permits expecting they wouldn't be granted and ahead of the protests authorities warn security forces would be deployed citing concerns about the covert pandemic. going to. refrain from participating i have to warn you that law enforcement agencies will ensure that the necessary order is kept in the city. arrests were made in cities large and small across the country as part of the largest opposition action in years. and alexina volleys anti corruption foundation is calling on its supporters to prepare for another wave of protests next weekend. and our moscow correspondent emily sharon has been out all day covering these demonstrations and why were so many determined to go out onto the streets and risk arrest today. people

certainly did know that this was a risk today going out the authorities have made it very clear that these protests planned by now via news team were not authorized and they had there have been signals as well before that there would be a crackdown with some of these allies being rest even before the protests began people that i spoke to at the protest told me that in part himself was a bit of an example for them they said you know look he returned to russia despite the fact that he knew he most likely would be arrested and after what he said was the poisoning by the security services here in russia themselves he returned they said to me so we have to be brave as well and they were chanting free now violently but there were also other chance today for example people were chanting that putin is a thief and that he should leave office and some of the people i spoke to said that

it was actually many of the people said that it was their 1st protest they sort of felt that in a way this week with the arrest of not with that video that now by news team published which was an investigation into the russian president vladimir putin's allegedly palace and his riches his alleged corruption people sort of self that this week was kind of the last straw for them and they had to take to the streets and do something despite the risk. ok so very big protests and also what appears to be a very big crackdown is that likely to give a lot of impetus to the opposition in russia. it already seems to be giving a lot of amendment momentum to the opposition here. these are as you say the biggest protests i think we've seen for the last few years the biggest number of arrests as well and it was unusual today to see that protests didn't just take

place in moscow and st petersburg which usually sees big protests in these cases but also across the entire country and the team these anti corruption fund have already announced that they're planning for new protests next week presumably those 2 will be across the country and they also have announced in the past that they're likely that they want to publish other investigations as well other anti corruption investigations presumably into politicians here in russia so it does seem that the opposition here and now behind these team in particular are trying to keep the pressure up especially ahead of upcoming elections in september. and emily is there any indication or do you have any feeling that what happened today is likely to change anything for mr novelli who is in prison for at least a month or indeed for president putin well i think for me the huge numbers of people on the streets today did show that he does have

russia wide support or at least his cause has russia wide support and for the kremlin i think it also changes things especially when it comes to how they should deal with vineet going forward so far they've kind of downplayed his significance but i think these protests prove that he is a force to be reckoned with and certainly an inconvenience going forward all right did abuse emily sherman who is at the protests today in moscow thanks for that insight. take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. hundreds of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets of chile's capital santiago riot police fired water cannon and tear gas on demonstrators protesters are calling for reforms to pension health care and education systems. dramatic pictures show threatening storm clouds rolling in over yet the province in northern

spain lightning heavy rain and strong winds battered the catalonian region market square in one town suffered extensive damage as the fast moving storm swept through no injuries have been reported. veteran u.s. t.v. and radio broadcaster larry king has died at the age of 87. king was best known for his talk show larry king live on c.n.n. which he hosted for a quarter century the journalist is reported to have died after battling covert 19 you also suffered several other health problems in recent years. a rare portrait by the renaissance old master sandra but to cheli is that to fetch at least as much as $100000000.00 at auction the work they did to $1480.00 is titled young man holding a roundel painting is the star attraction at an art auction in new york next week.

british prime minister boris johnson says there is now evidence to suggest the new coronavirus very 1st detected in the u.k. is not only more contagious but more deadly as well new taishan has now spread to more than 60 countries and britain itself is struggling to bring factions under control. lining up for the chance at immunity the people in this queue at a mass vaccination center in glasgow will soon join more than 5000000 others in the u.k. who have had their 1st shot against code 19 but the british medical association has now want the government it should reconsider making people white to long for their 2nd jab. and no other nation in the world hasn't dropped it that 12 weeks delayed like the u.k. i mean all these other countries are also suffering similar precious they have

their scientists have adopted their position to try and keep their manufacturers. guidance but also the w.h.s. own proposal of a maximum of 42 days in the u.k. adopted its 12 week policy to give as many people as possible a 1st dose of the vaccine quickly but the manufacturers of the 5 the biotech vaccine specifically recommend an interval of only $3.00 to $4.00. or weeks between its doses so we don't think this will have a major impact on the rollout of the vaccination program this won't reduce the numbers who can be vaccinated but it what it would do is is vaccinate people in accordance with the best available evidence and with the greatest assurance of protection after the 2nd dose their concern does not involve the astra zeneca vaccine because manufacturers have approved the 12 week delay between jabs. it comes just one day after government medical advisors revealed that the new virus

variant in the u.k. could be more deadly than the original strain when we look at that we've been informed today that in addition to spreading more quickly it also appears that there is some evidence that the new variant the varian that was 1st identified in london in the scythe east may be associated with a higher degree of mortality the new assessment is based on sparse data but more research needed but it's a stark warning to remain vigilant for the country with the world's highest clothes one tane death right. and earlier we spoke to our correspondent back at mass in london we asked her if these new findings are likely to change the u.k.'s response to the pandemic. for the moment the on cell phone the prime minister says no because the u.k. is already in a pretty strict lockdown i live in central london the streets here are really mostly empty because people are not coming into offices to walk they are staying at

home they're working from home if they can. schools are closed sencha workers can send their children to school so they say it is already pretty straight however also we know from from data that the mobility is still a little bit higher than it used to be in the fast lot and so so questions keep being also exactly who is more mobile than is that really is that really necessary and for example finds. should there be more fines almost strict enforcement off the knocked on rules hong kong has locked down a densely populated area and ordered residents to undergo compulsory testing after a new outbreak of coronavirus some $10000.00 residents on the couch. been affected and thousands of police have been deployed to enforce the lockdown the government says people have to stay at home until everyone has been tested. hong

kong's 1st coronavirus lock down the territory had been largely able to keep case numbers low but a new stubborn wave of infections led authorities to take this unprecedented step they hope to stamp out the couvade 1000 plus quickly. we are working hard to get this done within 48 hours our aim is to fight the virus together to achieve 0 in this area and the government has arranged sufficient testing equipment to test the people in this neighborhood as quickly as possible. a neighborhood that's poor and overcrowded people here live in cramped subdivided apartments with shared bathrooms outbreaks in buildings with inadequate ventilation and plumbing are on the rise in hong kong one of the world's richest cities.

in this area that we've drawn up we noticed that sewage samples in some of the buildings show relatively high positive results compared to outside the area. residents will only be able to leave their homes with proof of a negative test authorities hope that people here will be able to return to work on monday. and a quick reminder of the top story we're following. police in russia have detained more than 1600 people left and to put in demonstrations across the country the wife of jailed kremlin critic alexander valley is among them. and don't forget you can always get news on the go just download apps from google play or from the app store and like give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you're part of a news story you can always use the d w after send us photos and videos from what's happening in your part of the world.

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a lot of money at his disposal of the book and that's how it's expanding and asserting its status and position in the world. china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th on d w. the pandemic is hitting businesses except for amazon. the american e-commerce giant has doubled its quarterly profit compared to last year what does amazon's market dominance mean for us as cost the most and how does it affect e-commerce in general our topic today on shift. in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus crisis online shopping has been booming the reasons appear to be obvious many people around the world voiding shops prefer to

shop from home the following products where is specially popular during the 1st weeks of the crisis in germany headsets on an increase of more than 900 percent that makes sense as germans are known to be hardworking and had said simply met working from home more efficient free weights an increase of 2740 percent for that little bit of exercise between work calls so saw an increase in online demand of close to 3000 percent the current boom in online shopping has especially benefited one company amazon the american financial analyst tom ford says covert 19 has been amazon's growth hormone what does amazon do so much better than other businesses that's what we asked the economist from cologne she says is based on several factors a muslim amazon takes a different approach from other companies where the customer is 100 percent the sole focus and their strategies are consistently geared towards customers and their

needs that's what makes them so successful. success is based on several factors the seemingly never ending choice on its website there are about 300000000 products for sale price many products are really quite cheap and delivery is often cost free . availability amazon delivers right to your doorstep and usually the very next day . claims exchanging or returning something is pretty simple amazon is becoming increasingly integrated into everyday life i can listen to my music there i can watch movies and t.v. series there are many many connecting points. one shortcoming however is being increasingly criticized. the control of products offered by 3rd party suppliers. with products of counterfeit quality the company tries to make the sellers responsible for not always easy to reach. but despite some bad apples usually on

amazon the customer is always right sounds great but what consequences do retailers and producers face when almost everything is. today over 50 percent of all online products directly on amazon this is hitting small and medium sized businesses especially they are dependent on participating in amazon's expensive shipping program to remain competitive on the platform. created the marketplace for amazon today he consults other companies on how to successfully sell products that . your products show up in. your product. so. you basically have to accept that if you want to. use the shipping program to be amazon has. its own products.

in 2009 company. company amazon basics this brand every day. prices. is constantly. very long term perspective they're prepared. to keep coming back this company has a key. or advantage and the other is amazon's marketplace gives them access to the competition data this online day said let's amazon identified. and use that knowledge for advertising their own products. they're also persistent claims that amazon copies successful products. stacy michell represents small and medium sized businesses in their fund against amazon there's a company called green design that makes laptops stand they have done very well on

amazon and great customer reviews and then long you will begin to. create it and exactly. the amazon marketplace can cut both ways it grounds companies access to a growing number of potential customers but also collects huge amounts of data for its own pet misses. products labeled as best sellers or the deal of the day most successful the same goes for real supermarkets too for vendors the so-called buy boxes on amazon equally important the small check boxes on the website shopping screen that allow cost the most to place products directly into their shopping cart but the algorithm but it terms which seller gets the buy votes is kept secret what we do know is that pricing reviews and distance between product and customer all influence how sellers are ranked but the most promising key to success is f d a f e a means fulfillment by amazon vendors that agrees with this deal which essentially means

paying more for amazon services have higher chances of scoring a buy books stacey mitchell has been monitoring amazon for 10 years and it's consistently causing him more discomfort 3 critical remarks from grew up on the view. it's amazon's marketplace and the rules of who can sell their on what terms they can sell their products how praising works are said by amazon it would. he is though wal-mart you know not only came into your town and opened up a big store but also bought up all of the commercial real estate and suddenly any business that wanted to open and competing with wal-mart would have to rent from wal-mart and wal market decide whether they got a storefront or not and how much they paid and you know so it's a monopolization it's on another level. what is true is that amazon actually benefits from counterfeits amazon and uses

than and as leverage against suppliers so we saw this a few years ago with the shoe company birkenstock they had been complaining to amazon because there were lot of counterfeit birkenstocks on the site and they could not get amazon to do anything about it and eventually amazon said oh yeah you have to sell us your full line issues on the terms that we want and then we'll clean up the counterfeits. those that do you find away. may find if they're successful or 2 or 3 years in the actually begin to build up a bit of a business doing it and hire people and wows really works well once they sort of get to a certain size certain amount of say oh it is though amazon kind of notices them at that point and then it starts to get harder suddenly there are more fees and it

becomes more and more costly and more and more difficult to be successful the more successful a kompany is on amazon the more expensive it gets for them to use the platform to sell it sounds like a pretty bad deal for individuals salads can we as customers do something about it yes but the alternatives usually require a little work one example checking off as directly on manufacturer's web sites usually as cheaper than you think and it even might be beneficial for your warranty they also platforms but icons of climate change and sell products which are free of plastic or make sure to use carbon neutral delivery global e-commerce is the stream of profitable which is why other tech giants i'm now trying to catch up who wants to focus on expanding its e-commerce business and is currently testing a new app shop to the actual short clips of influenzas presenting products which can then be directly audit shopping to target audience is instagram uses so far

it's mostly been about beauty products facebook has just introduced shopping on his platform to. increase its paper produces greeting cards for part of a growing trend amongst small american companies the firm your own business from charleston south carolina uses antique printing presses to mint the carts and the new online shop and facebook to sell them. introduced only in shops to facebook and instagram during the corona crisis he says it's to help retail. as receive some of the financial losses suffered during the pandemic this is going to make up for all of the lost business but it can help and for lots of small businesses during this period this is the difference between staying afloat or going under over 160000000 small businesses use facebook's infrastructure to advertise products and services they use posts to embed links to their products but 1st the users had to leave the

app and buy products directly on the retailers websites but not anymore. in meats paper is one of just a few small businesses and now to test the new e-commerce features jamie no june the owner loves it. when like amazon and sellers here don't need to rely on an expensive shipping program. setting up shops is free no programming skills required . the we want people to handwrite words of love instagram's audience really. kind of helped us and telling that story so as we looked at their e-commerce features that were coming out. you know it was like wow this completely reduces the friction of going to a separate website once your credit card is registered you can use it's own all apps across the platform it's convenient and it increases how long you stay on the

site institute for local self-reliance fears that facebook is using this as a back door to collect data on consumer behavior the whole business model is based on data stacey mitchell says he is using this moment of desperation to position facebook in the market facebook may in the moment be offering a little bit of competition for amazon another way or small business is to get to market but you know we should remember that facebook itself is looking looking to corner the market dominating the market is key facebook introduced the new shops feature amazon is offering an all inclusive experience and apple has been excluding troublesome cell us from the i o. s. universe who can stop the big 4 heads of state as well as small time online sellers regularly complain about their dominance but then nothing happens that might be about to change though in the u.s. home to these tech giants opposition is growing the big 4 tech executives came

under strong scrutiny in an anti-trust comedy hearing in the u.s. house of representatives whether it's through self preference ing predatory pricing or crying used to buy additional products that donna platforms have wielded their power in destructive harmful ways in order to expand that's spot on the bigger question is whether the u.s. will take action which means working against the interests of big american companies what do you think do kompany is that dominate the market like amazon need to be broken up or is the markets have regular tory that is not what you. think on facebook on v.w. dot com and if you want to know more about amazon's founder jeff bezos make sure to check out our you tube channel that's it for me goodbye your next time.

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