you know what it's time old boy says one time i'm going to 77 percent talk about the issue. from the color t.v. to flash from i was a good time this is where they are. welcome to the 77 percent. this weekend d.w. . a very warm welcome to the program glad you could join us today europe is still in the middle of the fight against the corona virus right now it's especially the mutated forms of the virus that are

a major concern there spread is bringing intensive care units to their limits some european countries are almost out of i.c.u. beds high risk patients are particularly in danger for them and infection can be fatal. people like edie's had emotional bitch are afraid that this may become their fate he has asthma and right now he's plagued by the fear of cold at 19 and the stifling him right outside his house he lives inside i have all the capital of bosnia and herzegovina his home is among the cities with the highest pollution levels not just in europe but worldwide. i it is yet another day of misery for eddy's had to most of each small group especially in winter these issues problem in sarajevo and it is getting worse days like today we're told meant for people like eddie's who suffer from asthma. but

i'm getting my supporting to yesterday's measurements here once again one of them was polluted cities in the world well for what it's this is constituencies for us. and i am new exceptions on both the last night i'm healed a 2nd job was seen with normally i just eat one do as per day it was in my name somewhat we had many thoughts. just talking briefly in the polluted a stress is it is so much that he has to inhale get again. the measurement results of sarah about his health department a catastrophic scenario a sucky high each regularly delivers bad news she says the values are alarming. to moment to problem and i think fine particles are the biggest problem. up to $52.00 micrograms per cubic meter. but currently our daily values are much higher than. the range between $150.16 micrograms that's 3 times higher

than the limit. small good is making more and more people ill according to a world bank report every year over 3000 people in bosnia die from the effects of pollution. every year profess a disturbing diagnosis more patients with chronic respiratory diseases her findings are clear. so. i can say with certainty that there's a direct link between air pollution and lung disease. i do know there are words small harms all organs in the body. this scares chronically ill people like any such emotion which because now during the corona pandemic it puts him in the highest risk group took on the new normal because of it in the air pollution in one because as little as possible for example when i must go shopping or when i have

a business appointment i then he has to head downtown where the air is especially bad 150000 cars make their way through several every day many of them all with very high emission levels in winter there is additional pollution from studs often heated with anything that burns. small and hangs over the valley basin of sarajevo the view from one of the surrounding hills shows how big the problem is on a normal sunny winter day the city literally disappears in small experts say the modern high rise buildings are also partly to blame they impede the effluent in the city. i bet to urban planning and more public transport unaided explains the minister of environment and urban development we made him on his last day at work he is frustrated with the help of the e.u. his ministry had developed

a phased plan to tackle the city's environmental problems but then there were elections in sarajevo and then you can tunnel govern. and simply dissolved his ministry. almost what they're doing is simply criminal and someone should be held responsible. in my opinion this is pure corruption and a new majority in the new government simply decided that there will be no more special planning nerving development and therefore no more attempts to improve their quality. i years of planning in vain he blames the construction sector lobby. that's just mafia that's here i it is does not believe anything will change in the foreseeable future today of all days he must go to the office located on the main road in the city center i did not have to go to work

today. it's really hard for me to breathe because the here is soon. which is. small and fast money and on top of that the corona threat to ed is this winter is torture. i. turkish president trichet to one is regularly under fire for ignoring the rule of law in his country just recently the e.u. commission criticized turkey for what it's called in the absence of an independent justice system the popular businessman and philanthropist. is one of many people held in take us prisons he has experienced what is living under a biased justice system means even though he hasn't been convicted of any crime he has spent the last 3 years behind bars. or

treats. adorning his empty office for over 3 years the turkish human rights activists is being behind bars in the meantime a snake you know has been running an adult truth and asian on his behalf. it promotes intercultural understanding and human rights projects even if that is becoming increasingly challenging. they fight people like austin kavanagh advocate closer integration with the european union amicable ties with one's neighbors democracy in place or living in a paranoid atmosphere or dissidents are condemned and simply branded terrorists i have. been stopped short of turkish authorities have accused of being a left wing terror supporter as well as policy and islamists who. initially the public prosecutor accused of having bankrolled the 2013 gezi park protests but

no evidence was there were present it's about this. meeting so turkish president everyone is convinced the cabal is guilty all through their foreign forces seeking to spark unrest in other countries. the man who acted on behalf of these people in turkey. is now behind bars that he actually wanted to set this man free. well that america. 63 year old holzman kabbalah was born into a family of industrialists who amassed a great fiction as tobacco computer traders. think about over the family business he decided to pour his wealth into nonprofit culture projects so he's especially eager to foster dialogue between turkey's various ethnic and religious groups. and it's going to. turkish authorities responded by reminding him in custody for nearly

1200 days in this prison just outside of istanbul. turkey ignored a ruling by the european court of human rights to release kabbalah. but the turkish court followed suit is one teacher headed for the jail to collect him but within hours authorities issued a new warrant for his arrest. but. the closest you stop believing in justice when you experience something like that. there's no justified reason to keep. up in jail not a single. but they can fabricate one at any moment you know. here's a more simple. answer for now as you know doodle continues to work a loon today she's taking us to a disused tobacco warehouse in central istanbul. this is where for many years now his friend has been exhibitions and events centered around sometimes politically

sensitive topics like turkey's reconciliation with the armenians or the kurdish issue. international human rights experts are appalled by cavelos incarceration just anyone who comes across it from outside the country and looks in and sees this trial going on wonders what's this about why is this necessary. why can a man who a stent simply works in civil society and mainly in arts and culture become such a problem for the government the moment i think of. to engage with his critics. they didn't he always said well let's try to get turkish culture authorities on board for our projects and he wanted to cooperate with different municipalities even when they were controlled by the ruling a k p party he insisted on this to an extent which sometimes bothered me but he was adamant the law was. wife says all those jail time is taking

its toll on her husband. the last few things she visited. a new system beginning to lose hope in just treatment. he's not someone who complains but sometimes in our conversations he says sentences like well i ever get to see these things again that typically troubles me every time i took sides. supporters of you miss a cultural philanthropist eager to forge an understanding between peoples to turkish authorities however valid is just a dangerous agitator. in france the covert 1000 friends i make is affecting almost every aspect of people's lives they can't leave their homes it's night schools and restaurants are closed and this has given a boost to the frenzy international market the french who are famous for their exquisite cuisine well they miss going out to enjoy a good meal but now while they are waiting for restaurants to reopen many have

decided to treat themselves any way they are buying fresh produce at markets and making their favorite dishes at home because who says you can't have great food just because there's locked down. france has the corona blues the french haven't been able to eat at restaurants in months for a nation of goldman's that's hard to swallow. but the international market in gorgeous native paris is saving the day at 5 am vegetable trader boris fischer is already hard at work not sure who's been put on here here and the young looting team. from 3 until 6 in the morning the big trucks arrive here at the quay and we unload the dishwasher the merchandise is then taken into the market and. europe's biggest market is booming during the pandemic they have sold $90000.00 tons of fish and seafood 270000 tons of meat and more than $1200000.00 tonnes of

fruit and vegetables even though the restaurant business has dried up. local distance at a large supermarkets decided to stop importing fruit and vege and focus on french projects it created a real buzz people said let's eat well despite through no sales of asparagus and strawberries sward that's got it but since the pandemic began the french are eating more and better than before cheese in particular hundreds of varieties a soul that the whole just market right now cheeses for recollect and fondue are very popular for us to give us well here we have better run cheeses in theory a sizes your winter cheeses that are produced from september to march you can you can ward. really creamy and a whole saw that and then people considering that he will and he said with a spoonful of. the only disadvantage of eating so well it is not so

good for your figure. but we don't have any statistics but it's probable that people are gaining on this if we. are eating more. to enjoy life and they are getting less exercise and force up with what i the only products for which there is little demand are the exotic fish which are normally served in restaurants but overall the markets manager is very pleased with sales. for you but this is no longer the traders who ordered the whole tree work concerned that wouldn't be able to sell it at christmas was as no more than 6 people were allowed to dine together even in that small point well i thought. it was so if you could normal. 9 in the morning at mush it illegally in paris at this popular market projects from approaches is on sale giving parisians some joy division in the

corona crisis but we pass the time cooking and eating so what do they cook all the production lots of hearty dishes a beef bourguignon. and sauerkraut and some more often i think of it if you contact my family and sometimes 1st i'm going to make a scallop carpaccio then i'll sautee the scallops insulted better and serve them on a bed of leaks we treat ourselves to good food we cook it and share it with one another. but back at the religious markets fruit and vegetable trader bars which shows work day is coming to an end he moves unsold produce into the cold storage room he's proud to be helping so many of his fellow frenchmen get through the pandemic is that their trash is a bit let me do. this profession requires a little so of love here because we're here at 3 in the morning if you don't listen

you do it's deadly but let me ask you but listen. in france to the end of the corona crisis is nowhere in sight still the traders that this famous market near paris complain. it's just the spy who loved me it's not just the title of a james bond movie starring roger moore it's also the title of a chapter in the lives of british women like kate she thought she had met the man of her dreams but after years of a happy relationship it turned out that the man she shared her life with was on a mission to collect information about her and fellow activists in fact she is not the only woman that this spy took advantage of. lisa often went hiking with her boyfriend whenever they could they would get away together and enjoy being out in nature it was one of their hobbies lisa's face

isn't being shown in this report because it could negatively affect the clarification of her case. she was my life partner i really thought that we were at the beginning of something that you know we had to feet together. lisa lives together with mark for 6 years a case since christmas and their nights together. they come in family life in such an intimate way and in such a you know it's it seemed quite intrusive to think that he you know that when i found out who yet really was to know that he'd been that i was closest to him it's you know the times when i'm when i've just lost my father and the 1st person i ring when i'm leaving the hospital is having just seen my my father die he's the 1st person i call so you know it's it's very close. 50 years ago

lisa with a dedicated didn't fire mental activist she took part in climate change demonstrations and in her group organized protests against power plants mark was always in on the action. years later while they were on holiday together she came across mark's id with a completely different name on it she was really an undercover police officer who'd been assigned to report on her and those around her. felt to me like the ground was moving on to my feet like like the mountains went solid anymore it was really really de stabilizing made me made me afraid because i just didn't know what to believe what was true and what wasn't. several times a day mark would inform his police contact about what was happening in the environmental activists. after his cover was blown he agreed to be filmed to explain how his job worked you can used to once more you. must govern intelligence

all the left wing movement on the 20 freshest movements on environmental and what it means not infiltrating people and. selling crack cocaine or selling it gone or selling child children. into sex a joint filtration people who'd never sanction functions. whatever environmental activists plan protests like this one at a coal fired power plant at rochester market passed on info to its contacts in advance so the police knew how to prepare for the demonstration with just enough but not too many officers but doesn't fabricating a relationship cross the line for undercover police operations. and anyone well we will fall in love you know i think things just happen. the police issued an official apology acknowledging that their agents went too far because after marks

covered with blood more colleagues were unmasked at least 30 women were unknowingly in relationships with undercover police officers kate at least one of them she was also together with mark but before he met lisa cates pitched a tent in their garden so we could talk to her during the corona pandemic she's taking legal action against the police her case is now before the therapy and court of human rights. what they were doing was terrible and the units were institutionally sexist and they were using women as an operational tactic. he had accuses the police of contravening the european content. and on human rights she says her right to privacy was violated because as her partner mark pried into all areas of her life she feels the police demeaned her.

the human right who exists above all to identify when states abusing human rights and if we can establish that it is an abuse of human rights then that goes some way towards. making it preventing it from happening again. still can't be sure of that although the british government has officially condemned the police tactics it hasn't acted accordingly in london an inquiry into undercover policing has been going on for months but has produced surprisingly few results and the government itself has just able to bill in parliament that would expand rather than limit what undercover agents can do that would even allow them to break laws much to the surprise of fellow conservative m.p.'s and top bill deals with participation in criminal conduct by covert schuman and intelligence sources

this is an important and unique tactic by working their way into the hearts of criminal groups choose are able to access intelligence that other investigate shoot powers may simply never detect how is that using the human rights act to underpin the rights versus the way in which agencies are required to act under the spillway is that they can actually way that is inconsistent with the conventions right. so british laws would offer no protection against too much spying only the european convention on human rights the police would have less control to fear in future. anybody working undercover for these organizations is going to have a. root to be authorized to commit crime and to face no legal consequence for that so i think it definitely still going on lisa's relationship with mark ended a decade ago but it's hard for her to find closure as she fears this kind of spying

will never end. finding 10 years later that there are still new depths to be to be you know these new things coming out a new reasons to be angry all over again. mark spent more than 7 years spying on his partner yet the information he obtained never led to a single conviction. we now take you to a paradise for many animals the she is it's located in romania in the danube delta to be precise in the village of left you'll find a forest with wild horses and now it's maybe attempting to jump on one of them and ride into the fans but the horses probably prefer being left alone. the removed the new delta is once a few retreats for wild horses in europe. they find shelter in the unspoiled nature

of the d.t.s. forest an extraordinary place for not only some birches group but also leon us just conservationists to keep up with c.n.n. . tropical forests in the world this is because of the. migration of the birds who came from north of africa and bring some seeds from that in doesn't know if you're some plants that that the climate or. all the speak loud forces appear next to us to take a refreshing break it's a pool in the forest. a few years ago some conservationists voiced concerns about the large number of forces eating away the unique forest. i think he works with an animal welfare organization which is organizing birth control for the forces this week to help to maintain the balance between the forest and the horses

. and these horses are unique in europe you can't find so many wild horses together in one place anywhere else by. the sight of wild horses trotting feeley see nature is magical however it is taking 30 years to research awareness for the benefit force protection. for my. daughter for the more people who don't have many opportunities to earn money 10 years ago people sold a horse to a slaughterhouse for 20 euros i told them that they could earn much more by keeping the horses alive now with villager who shows the horses to tourists can earn up to 400 euros a day. protecting the wild horses is cookies life mission. he is convinced that the forest and the forces can continue to strive together in harmony. well those beautiful

images bring us. today's show remember that you can always get the latest stories from europe on our website that e.w. dot com thanks for joining us today please tune in next week until then take care and going back.

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the state of the news line from lame international criminal court convicts the ugandan former rebel chief of crimes. against humanity lord's resistance army commander. committed offenses including torture child sexual slavery and now faces life in prison also on the program. mean mass military rulers block social media platforms claiming they're being used to teach stabilize the country the protesters against the swedes could continue to call for the release of arrested leaders including sushi. world cancer day we meet

a young health worker in cameroon trying to raise awareness about screening for cervical cancer after breast cancer it's the 2nd deadliest for women around the world. i'm phil gail welcome to the program. international criminal court has convicted a former ugandan rebel commander of war crimes including multiple murders rape and systematic forced marriages justices in the hague found that dominick on one ordered the killing of civilians including children. is a former commander in the lord's resistance army was found guilty on 61 out of 70 charges will be sentenced later and could face life in prison we'll hear from our correspondent in a moment 1st we'll take a look at his. own what and how he ended up on trial in the hague the

charges from fix this trial has been years in the making with thousands of witnesses providing testimony. was a senior commander in jos of kearney's lord's resistance army after having been abducted himself by the group in his youth. kone founded the group in 1988 amid widespread ethnic fighting in uganda. the group committed rape mutilation torture and murder as it moved across uganda the democratic republic of congo and the central african republic as well as south sudan the international criminal court also heard hours of recordings of commanders ordering atrocities. many former child soldiers have been rehabilitated after a childhood from hell. in the half ducted in the night in 95

when i was still 90 s. so i stayed there for 5 years had come back they picked me. from my parents and then after all for 22. nineteen's has been killed. so i said life among us. a leader joseph koni is still at large but the group is just a shadow of its former self now trial has been a chance for victims to confront an ongoing trauma the effects of which are still felt today they w. correspondent a well the basher has been following this story a welcome when they talk us through the key points of the verdicts in this case which the judge described as exceptionally extensive and complex. you know. as we all know the me going when it was only to today by the i.c.c.

for war crimes and claim against humanity but also for 6 royal crane that included rape forced marriage and forced pregnancy we also have to know that. 7 count crime before due to quirks and also the complexity of this case is the fact that the mini-con weight was a chat soldier so the question is how when when someone who was a victim and it is in. war and disc facts can be very. late in the case the judge say that the fact that he was a child soldier it's not that irrelevant because there is no doubt about its responsibility in all at the way and instead they got the guard is. and what role did dominico when the victims played in the trial. this is the 1st time

where in a case we have 4000 people participate in the trail as a victim because the specific city. that we're here we are doing a city we also have to know that the jury didn't tell you process the community actually 25 local communities was that he basically turned it on the process by your ring barry you indiscreetly of every state of due process. in many places where the meek own way it was in fault for the batch of d.c. . and we heard in the report that joseph cohen here another kid figure in the last resistance army he's still a loose so how does evaded capture for so long. yes we all know there is many organization for example invisible children. working to

get it right and tragically in. some places still according to the last information you may use more. at the border between sudan and south sudan but no one had afforded more meant in many states the regions and also the international law of the states try to people underground to find for to find him and to bring him he certainly some master next april entire process but joseph kony still in freeman today and many people for example in your gunna steal abroad that situation thank you for that correspondent when you basher. a timid moer a group of recently elected lawmakers has defied the new military government by convening a symbolic meeting of the parliament that was prevented from opening this came

after the military cut the country off from facebook a popular news source and which has been used extensively to coordinate the growing campaign of civil disobedience was opposing monday's coup medical staff who say they're refusing to work for the military government the power grab has sparked international condemnation. this video of anti to protest as in mandalay on thursday was shared on social media. which could be one of the last for a while. resistance to the coup had been surging on facebook with calls for civil disobedience the platform was often used by the nih as did government to make announcements the new military government's move to block facebook apps including instagram and whatsapp has left many in the dark yet. we have no access to any news no news about my own son's hoochie i feel so sad it

gives me a pain in my chest. blocking facebook means the freedom of young people is restricted . this military coup has started costing assad jobs and our education is in trouble too. with armed soldiers back on the streets of major cities most of the protests have been under the cover of darkness residents and young gone by and so over night and homes car horns. among those who have openly shown opposition a medical person though who have declared they won't work for the military government. you know this government was not elected and verted for by us we don't accept them or work under their command so we have stopped providing services a government hospitals instead we will consider providing free medical services through external doctors and in other ways. it comes after the detention of aung san suu kyi and other civilian leaders on monday plunging the southeast asian

nation under military rule. suchi has not been seen in public since she was detained is being charged for illegally importing walkie talkies. the military has justified its coup by alleging widespread photo for during november's election which when by a landslide. there's more of the stories making headlines around the world u.k. regulators have stripped china's state television channel c g t and of its broadcasting license forcing the channel off british media watchdog of com said it was against u.k. broadcasting for china's communist party to control the chinese beijing has hit back accusing accusing britain's public broadcast at the b.b.c. of inaccurate reporting on coverage 19 in china. the poll is facing a nationwide strike in protest of the dissolution of parliament at least $77.00 protesters including a former minister were arrested in the capital. parliament was dissolved on the

20th of december at the direction of the prime minister new elections were announced for april and may. syrian state media have accused israel of launching missile strikes from the disputed golan heights a briton based syrian observatory for human rights says israel targeted a military post for regime forces and probably rein in militias syria's anti defenses retaliated israel has not confirmed or denied the operation. cotton belt of the sentence the diplomat to 20 years in prison for masterminding a foil bomb plot as a dollar a savvy who is based in the austrian capital vienna was detained in belgium iran has condemned the sentencing calling it illegal and a violation of international law. today is world cancer day for women around the world cervical cancer is the 2nd deadliest after breast cancer many women in

developing countries are not getting screened often because of a lack of information or because of religious beliefs or cultural ties one young health worker in cameroon is trying to raise awareness but finding that changing the narrative is difficult. he wanted diana magnay who was holding her weekly circle cancer awareness talk in cameroon's capital yeah. the meeting is one hour long and the audience is almost entirely female 27 year old diana is a nurse and cervical cancer activist for 2 years she's been fighting cervical cancer by raising awareness. in what i would almost a constant hope the. one that is equal to the hospital this is where we find money it's its base that's why the kind of money it's business although thing to be diana facilitates mass cervical cancer screening for women in disadvantaged communities at this hospital owned by the local baptist church the screening is done for $10.00

this is less than 10 percent of the usual screening fee in cameroon cervical cancer is life threatening if not to texted early that is why diana's goal is early prevention. put it back on but it's a fight. so screening is all it says back on for the month. because when that begins there is no science. if all it tests that can prove that the current that that cervical cancer is caused by the human papillomavirus and can be prevented with a vaccine however many women in cameroon are skeptical about getting vaccinated worldwide one woman dies every 2 minutes from cervical cancer. the majority of deaths happen in developing countries like cameroon. an estimated 1000 women died annually from cervical cancer in cameroon. so you got. a.

problem until you're on. the wrong place in sub-saharan africa. west africa according to. our report principally. to miron is the country that cuts our presidents which means it's quite a few extra deval when she was younger diana lost loved ones to survive cancer. now she is on a mission to make sure every woman in her community is away or of cervical cancer so here olympics chief are you sure maury has apologized for his sexist comments during a limb pick board meeting this week. 83 year old former prime minister has refused to step down despite his remarks sparking sparking

a firestorm on social media he said women talk too much and have difficulty finishing which is annoying was also in the spotlight earlier this week insisting the games would go ahead this summer. 10 young panda cubs of by their public debut in southwest china in celebration of the upcoming lunar new year the cubs made their appearance in a playground adorned with traditional decorations at the china conservation and research center for the giant panda they range in age from 4 to 6 months way about 10 kilograms china prides itself on its efforts to preserve the panda which are a symbol of the nation and part of its cultural diplomacy. just $109.00 to our top story at this hour the international criminal court has convicted a format ugandan will come out to of war crimes including multiple murder and rape

and systematic forced marriage. will be sentenced later and could face life in prison. in situ of today's i'm off to get a glass of water stephen frears a house your business update in just about as good. what secrets lie behind these walls. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d.w. world heritage 360 get the maps now. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing.

measures are being taken. what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus of the coastal special monday to friday. post its 1st annual profit in 6 years we'll look at whether germany's top lender is finally a merging from its hard times and then another german banks still firmly stuck in them. also on the show would be super mario to the rescue head of the e.c.b. mario draghi is putting his crisis management skills to the test. again attempting to lead the entire government. and service from a robot will show you what a south african hotels up to with their newest receptionist. welcome to the show.

it's good to have you with us well it's the news investors have long been waiting to hear germany's top lender into the year with profit propelled by a strong performance from its investment side and low credit losses the question now whether that performance is a pandemic here anomaly or the results of its recent overhaul as a city under lockdown frankfurt had hoped for some good news but its major banks have delivered mixed messages this results season one of the bright spots bank $113000000.00 euro net profit for the year 2020 is a sign of light at the end of the tunnel after years of struggling with failing divisions litigation and i t troubles well i think that when full gained from the pandemic well all client have to restructure the financing situation in much need for capital lot actually

loans they need there over to mr jasper response fall into situation and all this is good for the larger budget because they come provided full service argument on that far fewer pandemic loans are going sour than expected that's good news for the bank the outbreak of the pandemic may even help the bank to cut costs many of its employees are working from home a trend the bank wants to keep up the outlook for coal matts bank germany's 2nd biggest lender is not as rosy the bank is said to cut $10000.00 jobs about 20 percent of the workforce no wonder that in an internal survey of course. only 20 percent say they're optimistic about their future. former european central bank president mario draghi has been tasked with forming a new italian government as head of the e.c.b. he guided the eurozone through times of crisis the question now can he do the same

for italy. they call him super mario for a reason it was tonight he was single handedly calm financial markets at the height of the euro crisis. we need our monday within our monday these c b is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. and believe me it will be enough. that he gave markets the confidence they desperately need it fast forward to decades today that is home country is in dire straits the coronavirus pandemic hit in the midst of an economic downturn exposing a lack of infrastructure and straining the public coffers the country's government debt has steadily grown for years and is expected to hit new post war records this next year clocking in at almost 160 percent of gross domestic product.

analysts say italy needs labor market and pension reforms and stock he knows it won't be easy. and we're going to feature it is a difficult moment then the president has spoken about the dramatic health crisis and his great effects on the lives of people on the economy and society the seriousness of the emergency demands answers that are offered to the task. be given responsibility it's a little secret soon. many on the financial markets believe that he is up to it that after fixing the euro that he might just be the right man to fix it all too. let's take a look now at some of the other business stories making headlines. plans to split itself into the automaker says it will spin off its truck and bus operations into a new company to be listed on the frankfurt stock exchange the remaining business will house its car operations and be renamed mercedes benz. consulting giant

mckinsey has reportedly agreed to a $573000000.00 settlement over its role in the us opioid epidemic mckinsey advised purdue pharma the now bankrupt maker of oxycontin as well as other drug makers to aggressively market opioid painkillers according to lawsuits. shell has reported a net loss of nearly $22000000000.00 for 2020 that follow similar losses for other oil titans like b.p. and exxon mobil shell says it may now need to cut production and has previously announced job cuts of around 9000 worldwide. u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen is meeting financial regulators thursday to discuss the game stop stock trading frenzy shares in the videogame retailer had surged more than 1600 percent as users of the reddit for wall street bets banded together to drive the stock higher that rally left hedge funds betting against the stock with

huge losses and spurred complaints that the reddit users were manipulating the stock now the stock is on track to lose more than 70 percent this week silver and other stocks including movie theater chain amc have also been hit by the turbulence . and we're talking about those demonstrators behind the search i'm joined now by one of them evan keegan he joins me from new york evan thank you so much for coming on the show i want to ask you 1st you invested in game stop how would you describe these past 2 weeks. yeah absolutely so you know i think the word that i would use probably is quite turbulent and i and i said that for 2 reasons you know in an incredible opportunity probably the 1st time in my lifetime that i've really been able to i think capitalize on a move in the market so quickly or perhaps he didn't have the knowledge to be able to do so much for things to you know what's now being dubbed as wall 'd street

that's the subgraph it you know that has now won 8000000 upwards of 8000000 users and. so i think it's great i see 2 things i see this amazing opportunity that just happened but i think what people really are talking about on the other side is how well you know the average retells the average investors portfolio on the retail side is also affect you know specifically seeing things like you know the regular the rest of the markets you know down last week you know next month things like that down so on one side and i'm making money off this think ratable opportunity on the other sites you have you know losing money and some of the other investments that have been are you still holding game stop i do not know so you know and that goes that because i actually was one of the people that. you know saw this opportunity is exactly what it was it's

a short squeeze it ended up selling off my invest my my holdings. and was in one what was your what was your reasoning in the 1st place for buying game stop for different reasons for different people but what was your motivation. yeah and you know for me i saw this really purely like i said as what it as really what it was as an opportunity for a short squeeze an opportunity to make out to make money quickly you know for me it was less so and i know for a lot of people it's sort of this opportunity to quote unquote stick it to wall street you know and certainly there are there are conversations important conversations about that need to be had. you know about how that how hedge funds work how people are investing and democratizing investing things like not that are that are important conversation but i think for me it really was exactly and you know what i said it really was just a short squeeze out which today that i took advantage of you know you you mentioned

that this community of course 8000000 believe users he said right now has some private how important is that to you compared to say what we would consider the traditional avenues of financial advising for example it seems like a lot more people are turning to these online forums. i think yes perfectly i think what is so for me easing about the technology that we have at our disposal is that a platform like reddit richards designed really just to be a challenge for him is actually being used to drive people's investments as an avenue for getting your financial information and i think that that has you know in strength in that it really allows people to have access to information to conversation that they might not have really been able to before and be able to enter into the conversations that maybe they were excluded from but on the other side too i think what you have is that you don't really know what to believe and i

think that's what a lot of people are finding out now is this conversation with post-game stock is you see these drones that are popping up about what's next what it which over maybe and there's really a good consensus because there's no clear leader and there's no clear push that's emerging what's next and i think that's that's sort of the perhaps downside of having all of your investing all of your your money behind you know what someone said on a on a forum. do you mostly rely on forums like that for your investment. activities or do you also have more traditional avenues do you invest outside of robin hood for example or is that primarily these platforms you're primarily avenue for investing. yeah i would say i think the full of what i do where i get my information is fraud and you know budgets are financial advisors. as well as from the news from you know but i think what's interesting and i think what the

conversation that needs to be had it is going to be had in the coming weeks is how much stock are people even institutional investors and financial advisors how much stock are they already putting its you what i value we're having some technical difficulties there i'm afraid we're going to have to cut it short there we do appreciate your time though thank you so much evan keegan joining us from new york he's one of those demonstrators who also invested in game stop as well some others thank you so much evan thank you. all right over to africa imagine checking into your hotel and being greeted by a robot oh a guest house and johana sport has become the 1st in africa to embrace just that idea robotic receptionists take a look at. what china's brick to say. cannot 3 stern g.'s open for nice sakes 32 techniques nasty midweek and on from there a one to 3 humanoid robots in johannesburg hotel sky they can do more than just

answer gas questions they can also carry luggage and deliver room service they sort of how about with the smaller things a people needs more things and we stuff would you leave it running up to fulfill is to deliver a meal or delivering 2 meals now we've got the facility where they can control the robots in cells in sanded off and they can also have the jackboot on saying questions that we have usually taken at a time when robots are finding their way into new roles in rich countries but they are rare in developing nations at this hotel guests and staff are happy about the addition the hotel manager says. it just creates such a nice vibe and excitement for the stuff in the in the stuff to have the. inside africa fall is a fishy way they have the opportunity to to be part of this journey and being the innovators inside if you get to tell it to change. the manager insists that his goal is not to replace staff in a country where nearly a 3rd of the workforce is unemployed. he believes the whole lot could help keep

hotels open even during strict lock downs and help save jobs that will be. a ghost of the future that's it for me and indeed of the business team here in berlin as always you check out these and other stories online dot com slash business also facebook and twitter it's always thanks for watching. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and a few newspapers with official information as a journeys i have worked on the streets of many characters and their problems are always the same core to the social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. corruption weak on the floor to stay silent

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