rich. but in europe there's a sharp warning whoever accept money from the new superpower will become dependent on it or committed rather shaky the chinese state has a lot of money at its disposal here and that's how it's expanding and asserting its status and position in the world to be very difficult for a new. chinese gateway to europe start feb 19th on d w. we're all consumers this shop till you drop culture originated in the industrial revolution when mass production and out goods to be manufactured in large quantities. product design emerged as a new discipline with goods adapted in accordance with the tastes of the era but the results haven't always been attractive practical all safe there have been some

real design disasters. welcome to tomorrow today the science program on d w. it's a well known fact that germans love their cars for decades they've been more than just a mode of transport their design has changed with the times to attract buyers vias who were nearly always men in this high octane world the needs of women are still often disregarded. and. the world we live in is one very much more he entered toward men resulting in what is known as the gender data gap crashed. just

use male dummies meaning the results are biased. traffic accident experts show us the dummies usually deployed in such tests. this facility has just one female dummy and she is designed to sit on the passenger seat plus the figure has the dimensions of a 12 year old so has little in common with your typical real world woman you know. who do you think the week to go the average woman would be considerably taller and heavier. about 15 kilos heavier and 15 centimeters taller than the dummy we have here but all of my words all say in the real world vehicle occupants vary greatly in height and shape but the most commonly used dummy is an average science man one meter 77 tall and weighing 80 kilos. or new regulations do not yet stipulate including female dummies and crash tests to do

she could for our tickets there's no dummy representing the average woman that is so crash tests are not representative. even though i was due to stick show that women have a higher risk of injury than men in an identical accident form don't follow any previous research has shown that women are almost 50 percent more likely to suffer serious injury in a car crash. only a few tests are conducted with the female mini dummy which in europe is restricted to the passenger seat while a male dummy is at the wheel. but women have a 3 times higher risk of suffering whiplash than men. with a fall could move with dizzy here you can see the woman sits far further forward of the rope she's a lot closer to the airbag. and practically goes under it. occurs with

a far higher number of women. one factor are the neck muscles which are weaker than with men. and women are generally lighter. and feel a lot of features designed to provide protection from rear end collisions do not take women into account. not taking women into account is sadly an all too familiar story. and the gender gap is by no means limited to crash tests it comes up in practically all areas of life. in offices the standard temperature is secured to men which can be as much as 5 degrees celsius too low for women. in supermarkets the top shelves are often too high for women to reach. for restrooms because women sit to

urinate and are perhaps more likely to have a child with them they tend to take longer. but for some reason women spill it it's are no bigger than those provided for men leading to constant lines. of problem the professor aleksander enough and switzerland does not need statistics to be convinced of. anything as long as you know it's a real drag at the movies the ladies restrooms are always crowded during the break them on the man they can just pop in and out but we have to queue up for ages and might miss the start of the film. she takes us along on a little tour around town where the gender gap is evident and all kinds of places. you might have children with you who are a bit slower. or a fish chat. yes. and if you're pregnant too you might need longer to make it

across the street. the timing they use the standard is based on men. cannot enter team it is circular for a city of applied sciences of creators a simulation with virtual reality goals the aim is to visualize what a city of tomorrow might look like a city better accommodated to women and their specific needs. up till this the simulation shows a city of the future. on the mobility front it's not cause the to dominant but people. all the monks and for the growing state. of virtual city more attuned to women statistics show that a majority of pedestrians and users of public transport are women whether on their way to work shopping or doing the school run that's a factor that needs to be incorporated in future urban planning. all the things

they take for you know that how male dominated planning and development teams are all that they can see in a different perspective would really help their working world and instead of cementing the gender data gap we're currently seeing we could be building cities for the future that would be fair for everyone from the nb or were that the only good after the. affair or world is something this man also wants to see. accident researcher marcus mussa is a member of the european union project that uses virtual models. of his or her kids were trying to resolve this dilemma of manufacturers being unable to cover all body sizes and female dummies. our solution is to take the whole thing into the virtual world and construct models there. those models and

without doubt. and in the process create an average woman for a car crash female models are now being computer generated for future virtual tests creating physical expensive tests the virtual equivalent is far cheaper also opening up new opportunities. i can adapt the model to have weaker muscles and a different weight or height to have the end atomico features of a woman. in the virtual world i can completely close the gap with dummies. the ultimate aim is to improve safety for women on the road. as is so often the case it might take years for the new virtual test to translate into real progress

for women. shows up in other fields as well because for example often tested mainly on. the fact that they could have a totally different effect on women is completely overlooked. personalized medications could offer a solution there are even efforts underway to prevent them. from nigeria wanted to know more about 3 d. printing. can 3 d. printers print everything the answer is almost everything shoes. i sing even footbridges and motorcycles are no problem for modern 3 d. printers. they've been used in manufacturing for over 40 years.

these ingenious the. isis no longer need to print using plastic power. nowadays sand dough. aluminum and other metals are also relatively easy to form into new shapes. but how do these marvelous machines actually work. it's worth mentioning that not all 3 d. printers are the same. they operate in a variety of ways. but they're all based on the same principle and similar classifiers instead of being so molten materials are spray from the nozzle onto a base. the computer controlled nozzle follows a preprogramed 3 d. track to build up the object layer by layer. 3 d. printers are also used for medical purposes. for example they can be used to make prosthetics which can be tailored to meet the needs of the individual user.

3 d. printer technology is still a long way from reaching maximum potential it's still very much in development. but it may not be long before the question which shoes should i wear to the opera to night can be answered by turning on your printer. did you know that modern 3 d. printers can produce entire houses. this is a printing building project in a village in southern germany. printing houses is still relatively new so it remains to be seen how robust they are and whether they could rival the likes of the medieval castle in our next report which has certainly stood the test of time. where in southern germany in the very end alex to visit what's left of $15.00 bed cost content. man's bag and.

on a rather unusual photo shoot here. we were the ones that only were going to use our drone to capture images of the castle to see whether it has anyone expects that could make it unstable and. fast they take a look around on foot the research isn't making a close inspection of the masonry to see where it might pose a danger to visit has. now it's time for the drove to get to work its task is to shoot photos from all possible angles.

each individual photo is just a normal snapshot what makes the difference is the large number of images from so many different perspectives. in the next week to the want to hear you might hear the drone is coming from one angle and now we're going to take the same point from a slightly different angle and where these 2 lines of sight intersect we can plot the point in space we don't just do that for one point but for millions of points that gives us a cloud of points that enables us to generate a 3 d. model into. the cloud of points can be used as the basis for a widely used calculation method the object is divided up into small segments like a puzzle the properties of each one a calculated allowing conclusions to be made about the entire building but the munich research is they've added another element that revolutionizes the price. yes

. i mean and look out the you take aaron constructed around the object and then you have a much simpler structure which once again you can divide up into cubes and you just give each material point to its corresponding property for example air was solved in stone is hard and with this simple trick you can easily depict very complex structures to talk to and i thought after. the research is include the new demain they've created around the object in their calculations it's as if they packed it in a box they then calculate the transition from soft surroundings to the hard structure that defines the surface of the object and gives information about its stability. they want to use the new method to determine the stability of historical monuments and other objects of cultural significance like the statues displayed in munich's clip to take museum.

how stable of these historical works of ox. when might they need to be restored. the researches have taken many photos of this statue. 'd again they put it in its virtual packaging and then analyzed its stability the problems that are seen in red is in the area of the ankle. the research is aimed to coax a wealth of invisible information out of the images. of course you can simply look at the statue and try to see whether it's going to hold but we want to look inside of me i love you boy you know and charm our aim is to discover more in the image than is visible with the naked eye we can. ancient scientists can be a big tourist draw. unstable arches or. columns could pose

a danger to the public. the researches have already analyzed the cistern of the eye or to club basilica in southern turkey back in the 1960 s. one of its columns broke and had to be replaced with a concrete one. the scientists followed the usual steps 1st the cloud of points then packaging it in a box this revealed lines of strain in the system's vaults. their analysis shows that the columns are still stable but under considerable tension. the munich scientists new procedure can even be applied in the medical sector it's intended to help doctors diagnose problems because mechanical stress occurs in the human body too in the area of the spine for example. stephen clemence very good common skin always are with this calculation and this stuff on coleman's back i can

tell us exactly where forces are acting which of the vertebrae are under more strain. and if we can simulate therapies it might be possible to change them to ease the pressure on the particular spinal disc and relieve the patients pain but we can just tell by looking at the images we need these biomechanical calculations ready. here you can see how much strain is being put on each vertebra the number vertebrae can be stabilized with screws to help. dangerous stresses can be identified before the operation. even factious seen here in red can be calculated. in the meantime the scientists have assessed the data relating to the bavarian castle are its walls stable or are they in danger of collapsing. the calculation show that this large opening in the

masonry is stable. and they can sound the all clear here to the tower that looks like a hollow tooth is also safe. that just leaves the leaning wall. and i think there was concern that it might topple over but the research is show that the leading wall of one fire bag is secure although only because it's made of stone the research is can simulate what might happen if it were made of another material if it were built with loam for example it would fall over. the skin on a short we've taken a very close look at this and there are a few points where you might think that its stability is in danger but the entire structure is solid because of the ball that nevertheless it's interesting to

analyze it would seize new methods that are here or in the pool and i'm trying to put. the research is conclusion the ruin is stable no part is at risk of collapse. and the view from the horn flyback castle is really stunning. it's not only buildings that need to be durable comparatively speaking our head is almost as strong this steel a single human hair can carry around 100 grams of weight that's due to the head structure. it's in a most layer contains the soft matilda which is surrounded by several layers of twisted carrots and the same material that makes up out fingernails. finally the out accusing coal has scaly cells that function like the bark of

a tree head as wool can keep us warm but wool doesn't have to come from sheep. francisco studies textile technology and she's on a quest for sustainable fibers she's all too familiar with the lasting legacy of the fast fashion industry. that again in mr i prefer to not produce the plastic waste of tomorrow i'd rather produce textiles that customers appreciate and that don't need 300 years to break down. and i'm nuts. and that means avoiding the synthetic fibers that are key to fast fashion but some natural fibers like cashmere and gora and mohair are also taboo for their production involves clean sheets to animals and an enormous amount of resources. she then met on cut. the brooklyn based fashion designer had an idea that might have sounded bizarre to most people but francisco was convinced right away. i was watching my

mother come to hear of her 2 long haired dogs and something just clicked and after that i decided right away that i wanted to use their software to make yarn and it worked well so i could couple. only certain breeds of dogs like this summer yet. beneath the top layer of hair it has to be combed out regularly when their coats change in the spring they shed huge amounts of hair from their undercoat the majority of which ends up in trash cans the 2 women now want to use this dog hair and pee people to collect it for them under no circumstances would they want to promote the idea of some kind of industrial farm. the textile engineer is thrilled by the quality of the dog's hair. the plan is now to tap into a germany wide network of dog owners and breeders so that they can acquire the

amount of hear they need. they found a spinning mill to transform the dog hair into yarn 1st the raw material has to be washed which is easier than with sheep's wool for example due to its lower fat content. what temperature do you use when your dog's 1242 degrees celsius start at this time of. gora as it's called is already being stocked in some shops mixed with other hand-made wools sales will tell the jew innovators how well dogs will might catch on. this is the new color dark brown it's from collie in black a parka. matters and as much a type the 1st people say what dog hair no way we tell them it's no different from sheep for a lot of each of course they ask if it smells when it's wet that's all we say no it's not perfectly normal you can just give it a quick squid is perfectly normal it's good. so they buy it.

but there's a long way to go from handmade wool by hobby knitters to a resource for the clothing industry. we've already spoken with companies but it's always important to keep contact to find out what customers need from us because we're developing the product. and when they say ok come back to us once you can produce 15 tons well that's a big difference from supplying to hand knitters we're producing 200 or 400 kilograms is enough. whether the results from the laboratory college can be transferred to the industrial processes remains to be seen fortunately even if you are getting funds from development programs. feedback from the 1st customers who can processing the world professionally is

especially helpful one well known designer from the sustainable fashion scene is using dog hair for some of her new items. i've brought along samples of her new industrial yarn we're now able to spin it so fine that we can use it in industrial knitting machines. or perhaps a great combination it has a vitality that gives it a high quality and this goes with it wonderfully because it looks so elegant with the down the dog hair. from. what i was an early adopter of what i saw right away that it was a concept i'd like to use in my work because it's made from a material that would otherwise be thrown away it's also produced locally which is just wonderful. the challenge in the beginning was that it shed a bit you either get used to that old or just don't wear black which is quite

difficult for a designer. we don't know what up. there's the issue of how customers like it i made a sample that i wore for test purposes i'm really curious to see how people will respond to the idea of wearing. the yarn from dog hair would revolutionize the wool industry but it could raise more awareness of alternative and sustainable textiles. it problem is red white are great i am very patriotic do you have a science question you'd like us to answer. send it in. if we featured on the show you look at a little surprise from us as a thank you. come on just ask. for mostly in stories check out our website d w dot com slash signs or look for us on twitter.

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moscow next to. the u.s. senate will tonight receive the article of impeachment against donald against donald trump accusing him of inciting the storming of the capital we'll gauge the mood in washington and ask why impeach this ex president. come to the program the spread of a more infectious mutation of the corona virus is adding to a sense of alarm here in germany at the continued high number of daily case isn't this a hospital in berlin was closed at the weekend to new patients after some of its staff and patients tested positive for the new variant that recently emerged in britain it's just the latest twist in germany's continuing battle with covert 19 no new patients no visitors for at least

a fortnight and more than 1500 staff and 400 patients in clinic and now in quarantine. and they should it's not nice for the patients they're not allowed any visitors i'm really sad my daughter is inside she's waiting for food and drinks and i can't go in. the hospital's closure comes after 14 patients and 6 staff members tested positive for the highly contagious new coded 19 strain that originated in the u.k. stuff who tested negative only allowed to travel between work and home all patients and staff will continue to be tested but things aren't looking so good yes thank you can the 1st results are starting to come in now and we are not optimistic we hope to have a better overview of the situation in the coming hours and days but we can already see that the number of cases is increasing as optimism in the us to fight such tight it's

a blow to the government which is already facing criticism for extending the lock down and for a slower than expected rollout of vaccines and now the german interior ministry says it's preparing for possible attacks on coronavirus vaccination centers vaccine shipments all vaccine makers by anti of axis and conspiracy theorists germany's health minister is trying to reassure people and says the government say has to offer all germans the job by the end of august. even though we are at the peak of the pandemic now we have started a way out of the pandemic i know that many people feel it's not going fast enough and i too would like to have more vaccines available more quickly so that more people can get back to the natives. bon has also now announced germany will be the 1st e.u. country to use an experimental antibody treatment to fight the virus that's the one

donald trump took to help him recover from covert 19. chief political correspondent . melinda crane reports now from the homo's clinic as more details emerge authorities are bracing for a raft of infections here and we have 20 confirmed cases here so far 14 patients and 6 staff members but as the report said the clinic is now doing widespread testing some local media reporting that there may be as many as 50 more cases here at the clinic but that number has not been confirmed neither has it been confirmed that in all those cases this would be the the $117.00 you taishan that's the british mutation that is so very highly infectious we're also hearing from the clinic leadership is that there is no evidence that this mutation was brought here by a patient or a member of the staff traveling back from britain or elsewhere in other words it

appears that this virus mutation is now circulating here in berlin. and some news headlines from around the world now chinese state media is reporting that the bodies of 9 more miners have been recovered from a mine shaft after being trapped for 2 weeks the death toll now stands at $1011.00 workers were rescued alive on the weekends it became trapped at the gold mine and shandong province after an explosion damaged the exhibits uganda's high court has ruled that the house arrest of opposition leader bobby wine is illegal a judge ordered security forces to immediately leave one's property saying the turned politician has been unable to leave his home since elections on january 14th with its wind claims were rigged in favor of incumbent presidents the way we move 70. scientists say the us ice is melting almost 60 percent faster now than in the mid 1990 s. as global warming accelerates a new study published in the cryosphere journal found that some $28.00 trillion

tons of ice have melted in the past 3 decades causing sea levels to rise 3 and a half centimeters. e.u. foreign policy chief joseph borel has announced he is to head to moscow in early february to press the kremlin on the arrest of russian dissident the insane avali burrell's visit was confirmed at a meeting in brussels where e.u. ministers debated the block's response to this arrest and the detention of more than $3500.00 of his supporters and decided against imposing punitive sanctions for now of ali is facing 3 and a half years in jail for breaching the conditions of a suspended sentence while we're covering in germany from a near fatal poisoning with the nerve agents not to talk. at a press conference after the meeting bro are blind to the use critical stance on russia's treatment of the valley and his supporters for their arrest now valley and the crackdown supporters there conceal considerate it completely unacceptable

condemned mass detentions and police to brutality over the weekend and we call on russia for did release of me certain about me and those detained are you for the consular while my intention of visit him was cool attending. a long lasting invitation from reach telegraph it's going to take place in the 1st week of february it will be able to prove to nitty to discuss with my russian counterpart all relevant issues to pass clear messages about the current situation there couldn't get contentious on. but right to freedom such an offer to have a nested asian discussion on our relation with russia as

a pro speaking then all let's go to our brussels parity for example for nominalism of the e.u. is sending growth to moscow but is holding off on further sanctions for now why. well according to german foreign minister. the foreign ministers decided to hold off on imposing for us fresh sanctions on russia in order to wait and see what happens to legal proceedings against sin of ali he was sentenced to 30 days of pretrial detention and the foreign minister is wants to see if he actually actually will walk free after this time at the same time burrell is traveling to moscow to further press the kremlin to change its behavior we just heard stu to pass clear messages and also to start a strategic discussion about the future relationship between the russia. the baltic states in particular have called for harsh sanctions against russia has this

huge response been the united one while e.u. foreign ministers managed to speak with one voice condemning the crackdown on peaceful protesters in russia and demanding the release of alexian of ali but he writes there were staves the baltic states for example who were pushing for new restrictive measures but there were also states for example germany who are promoting a more cautious approach so for now they decided together not to impose new sanctions however this topic will be on the table if alexina vallone is to remain in custody as you said germany were promoted to a more cautious approach that was. well germany has been traditionally promoting a more cautious approach germany has strong ties to russia and is also interested

in working with russia together but as i said i think that also for germany it will be important to reconsider new sanctions if another volley will not walk free after this 30 days of pretrial detention in russia our brussels bureau chief for some of a number of porting the thank you links on to egypt now which is marking 10 years since mass protests erupted across the country and led to the ousting of longtime president hosni mubarak the uprising was part of the so-called arab spring revolution it was seen as the dawn of a new era for egypt but a decade later many of those who took to the streets say little has changed. they call it the day of raw. and day that still

thousands descended on cairo's tapir square to demand president hosni mubarak and ruled egypt for almost 30 years believe police and security forces cracking down hard. in just a few bloody days hundreds dead and thousands more injured. but 2 and a half weeks after the start of the january 20th levon protests the jubilation. mubarak is out. 6 months later the muslim brotherhood takes power with islamists mohamed morsi elected president. a year later he too has gone in a military coup. in the weeks that followed hundreds of his supporters are arrested. and many killed it grow into herbert their seeable but the crew

was led by army chief general abdel fattah el-sisi by 2014 he is president el-sisi has done all he can to silence any opposition. and often changes to the constitution he could stay in power until at least 2030. for many the hopes of january the 25th 2011 buried somewhere here in tallahassee is square. to the us now where the house of representatives is due to send the article of impeachment against former president donald trump to the senate that will trigger preparation for an impeachment trial which would be the 1st faced by a president after leaving office trump is charged with science in the attack on the u.s. capitol by a violent mob of his supporters trump previously faced a peach within 2019 over his attempts to pressure ukraine for personal political

gains but the republican led senate at the time acquitted him. earlier i spoke to did of the washington bureau chief even as paul and i asked her whether it wasn't strange to try to remove a man from office when the man has already left office we have to keep in mind the whole trump presidency has been a strange right so also there are isn't much president for the kind of events we witnesses over the last couple of weeks specially on this generates 6 so the us never has impeach the president twice and they have never had to face an insurrection in modern politics by the gallup many democrats really have the feeling they have no choice but to make an example of a president that challenges the democratic process that has held this nation together for centuries always with the birds if you just pull reporting them sports

now in the german bundesliga leaders by munich have improved the title hopes with a 4 nil with against the 2 teams at opposite ends of the table faced off on sunday . it's lonely at the bottom of the table where shall kids sit stuck and at the top where by and have the chance to extend their lead after their 2 closest rivals both lost on saturday. shall get held the fort for 33 minutes went by and broke the deadlock. the hosts 1st left us were commish and then thomas miller completely on mocked. after the break the defending did not improve and by and got their 2nd robot live and dusty bundling in his 23rd goal of the season already one small commish was the provider this time with a long range pass to find the league's leading scorer. commish then made it a hat trick of assists teeing up thomas miller for his 2nd and byron's 3rd. the

reigning champions now have a comfortable 7 point cushion in 1st place while shell could only have 7 points in total and look ever more likely to go down. and that's it from me and the news team but do not go away. as the business news for you right after this thanks for. the i subscribe to do you know where your books are something more in the world than what we make our capture 5 point. 3 books on to. the new year mean yes yes we can hear you and how last year's german song so now we bring you an angle a man called as you've never tired to have surprised himself with what is possible

who is magical really what moves and won't hold somebody who talks to people who follow along the way admirers and critics alike how is the world's most powerful woman shaping her legacy joining us from eccles law stops. will the world of work ever be the same the international labor organization warns of a staggering loss of work due to the pandemic we talked to the director general of the ilo. 2 years after a down collapse left hundreds dead and devastated part of brazil people there are still waiting for answers. and saudi spain became snowy spain earlier this month we'll look at how growers there are recovering from

a record chill. this is d.w. business i'm joined now the allowin in berlin thanks for joining us. the coronavirus pandemic has dealt a crushing blow to the labor market even worse than the one dealt by the 2009 financial crisis you might have even felt it yourself now you've got the latest report by the international labor organization to back you up nearly 9 percent of working hours worldwide were lost last year compared to the end of 2019 now if you add up the total work hours lost last year we're looking at the equivalent of $255000000.00 full time dops gone like up and that work is worth $3.00 trillion dollars in lost wages and not everyone has suffered the effects of this labor disruption in the same way when men and young people have been especially affected now the director general of the ilo which released that report

is a guy writer and he joins us now now mr writer if i may start off by asking you were you surprised by any of the facts that you read in the court as you read them. not really because we've been tracking the impact of the virus on the world of work since march of last year and we've seen the impact over the years so what we've done in our current report is make the balance sheet of the whole 2020 with the results that you mentioned this extraordinary loss of of work acquittal and to 255000000 full time jobs but what we try to do is to break that down and say well what are the realities behind that headline figure and what you find is that about half of that loss of work is due to people working shorter hours sometimes no hours at all but staying in that job and the other half is about loss of employment

unemployment as such has gone up only i say only by 33000000 but we seen 81000000 people leave the labor market become inactive that's particularly the case for young people and i think that's a very worrying message and it's one the grandmother shocked me when i read this report so they're obviously degrees to this loss of work now what do you say that enough was done by government to protect jobs is this high that of losses unavoidable or would you consider it a failure on the part of these governments. well i think there's no doubt with this is dramatic loss of jobs as you said probably 4 times the employment impact of the financial crisis back in 20082009 but the reality is and i think one must recognize it is that governments around the world have mobilized in unprecedented ways and spent unprecedented volumes of resources to support enterprises to

supporting comes to keep the economy moving i think behind that aggregate story again as from very different national experiences some countries have the resources the means the access to financial markets to sustain that effort but if you go to the developing world the emerging countries they have much more difficulty and i think this an even notice of the impact of the crisis and the unevenness of the capacity of governments to respond to it is one of the things that we have to keep firmly in mind as we look to the recovery ahead now picking up on got on those even in passing impacts. by the pandemic what has to be done to make sure that developing countries are not left behind. yeah i think there's 3 or 4 things that need to be priorities firstly wait governments are able to they need to mend kain

the economic effort of support to keep this going it would be a mistake to withdraw into fiscal consolidation too quickly and secondly that has to be supplemented by a much greater effort to come to the support of the countries which don't have these for financial means that includes obviously rolling out the faction that also things like debt relief investment and the rest of it to keep the economy going and at the same time this aunt's as your point about the unevenness of the impact on different sectors of the workforce we need targeted support for those which have been hardest hit you've mentioned women and young people and i want to really emphasize the situation of young people but also those sectors which have been really hard hit and they're the ones i think you know about it's food and accommodation it's retail it's manufacturing and we need to sectoral dimension to

the recovery policies as well guy ryder is the director general of the international labor organization thank you very much for your time today for now speaking of work we turn to one group that's historically faced challenges in securing daubs and australia unemployment among people on the autistic spectrum is 3 times the general unemployment rate of people with a disability and nearly 6 times the rate of people without here's a story of 2 artistic men and their work lives. these 2 men in canberra have new jobs as a data analyst on a software developer had a government agency that has been a struggle in the past for them to find meaningful employment they have autism and they found standard interview prestigious can be overwhelming. you get a room with somebody and you kind of go into. this discard doesn't make eye contact so we couldn't possibly trusting to do to do any work force the hiring is part of

a shift in australia where firms of beginning to embrace who recruit is according the autism advantage. and from our perspective what we've got by simply keeping an open mind is people that have the skills that we require they're highly specialised and they're highly desirable for baptists but. i had time to tell you specializes in finding jobs for people on the autism spectrum but gordon and nick forward there was only one job that i wanted and i was the 1st pick for so . great and it seems to be working out well whatever the opposite of bullying is that's that's what i've experienced here but there's still a long way to go but more than 2 thirds of working age people on the spectrum are unemployed. time now for a look at some of the other business stories making news. british retail chain that is to close all of its department stores with

a loss of $12000.00 jobs the 243 year old company collapsed last month online fashion retailer boo says it has bought the company's intellectual property and plans to keep the men and brand going on line. credit suisse is among a group of european banks saying they will stop financing trade include oil from ecuador the lenders were facing pressure from environmental campaigners who say they've become complicit in the destruction of the amazon rain forest. now 2 years ago today a dam burst in southeastern brazil killing hundreds in an avalanche of mud the down was part of an iron ore mine older by brazilian multinational valley one of the world's biggest mining companies compensation talks are still underway as is the search for those responsible. 2 years after the broome agin your dam disaster

survivors commemorate the victims they want justice and for those responsible to be prosecuted. if you hear me i lived very well with my husband with a lot of love a lot of divinity and hominy the mining company came in and just took it all away from us i want justice i have no words to describe how much pain we've suffered. many will never forget the dramatic images on january 25th 2019 an iron ore mine belonging to brazilian multinational bali suffered a catastrophic failure an avalanche of mud buried 270 people alive and laid waste to villages and farms the region is now contaminated with heavy metals from the toxic sludge several bodies have yet to be found survivors are still waiting for compensation. still so not only did the volley online collapse destroy my family lives it destroyed countless other families as well many people

die and we can't smile anymore because they are. also he. a brazilian judge has frozen the equivalent of $1300000000.00 in the mining companies bank accounts as collateral for the damages facing charges are both valley and employees of a subsidiary of german auditor tooth zoot which had certified the dam a safe 4 months before the tragedy occurred. if no agreement is reached by january 29th a court will decide on who must pay how much as well as other penalties. parts of spain are still dealing with the aftermath of record snowfall earlier this month the bitter cold brought by storms in amanda has proven a major problem for for vegetable growers. something rarely seen here days after the snowfall the southern spanish hinterland is still white the consequences can even be felt in on libya close to the mediterranean sea biologist yonder blome is

in the greenhouse assessing the damage to the tomatoes. and i'm going to show in a simple must in some zones not far from the coast we had minus 3 minus 4 degrees celsius that caused a lot of damage in many of the greenhouses the new england. the region around on the rio supplies large parts of europe with vegetables and fruit. prices have gone up noticeably that might not seem bad but most farmers don't benefit from it because they can't produce involved. and we just keep this issue asian is different for these artichoke producers 200 kilometers away from the rio their fields have been lucky with only 15 to 20 percent of the crop affected by the frost but the cold has had another effect. on the cold has forced these plants to stop growing so they won't be at the market if it doesn't

get warmer it will all stop growing. at ole it means that another processing line has to close down there's not enough to harvest but the company is taking the situation in stride. within 3 days the price for artichokes went up from 90 cents to 3 year is pretty low the prices exploded that's why people at ole can stay relaxed but things look different for vegetable farmer diego graham not us he grows zucchini but his harvest is ruined the frost just cost some of the vegetables to burst open he's suffering losses of up to 30000 euros on this field alone. we've already pulled out half of the crop with the rest will have to wait and see we sprayed the plants with something that might revive them but we'll have to wait

another week and then i guess we'll pull those out to you know the i mean i know. that no one yet knows how extensive the damage is in europe's vegetable garden the full scope of the damage will only be visible in orchards and in greenhouses over the next few weeks. and that's all for me and the business team younger look thanks for watching. passion drama competition drive marketing numbers atmosphere that's how intuition love hate money millionaire fans primes fans fans and fans all. on you tube joining us. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll. just 3 of the topics covered in the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like

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