there are many precepts. there are many answers. and there are many stories. make up the mind. w. made for minds. as american bold mike is put the former president on trial and hung the new one joe biden faces his 1st fight on foreign shores opiate one with familiar combatants germany wants a gas from russia america wants to flex its diplomatic muscles and russia this time wants america to stop meddling in its business i'm anthony howard in berlin and this is the day.

days of the united states rolling over the face of russia's repressive actions interfering with our election. poisoning its citizens are over the family just came in handy in my opinion if not there would be something else. really a link a case in a family to approach i'd like. anyone who fundamentally questions north stream to must also consider at least years strategically what consequences that will have. i'm against burning all bridges to russia. also on the day concerns of a new coronavirus variance late germany to ban travel from check border regions and austria's to roll they w.'s family for sharp reports from the populous ski region.

there's plenty of domestic tourism all strains with holiday homes or even day trippers and when they leave to rule in many cases the virus leaves with them. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with germany's twin political headaches stuck between russia and the u.s. and joined by a controversy or gas pipeline added to the mix domestic political angsty in the form of kremlin critic alexei navalny who is back in course this time on charges of defaming of world war 2 veteran who appeared in a government video valley has recently been sentenced to several years in jail for allegedly violating his probation while he recovered from a poisoning attack. o. e.u. leaders have called for his release they've also been considering sanctions on russia with the nearly complete north stream to gas pipeline between russia and

germany a possible target earlier russian foreign minister sergey lavrov threatened to sever ties with europe used. short of if we see again as we have felt more than once sanctions imposed in some areas create risks to our economy including in the most sensitive spheres such as supplies of parts and components i'm convinced that with regards to the military we've become completely self-sufficient we need to achieve the same situation in the economy. yes once again we don't want to be isolated from international life when you get you but we must be ready for that if you want to be prepared for war. group which need to go to school or for more on this sebastian schaeffer is the managing director of the institute for the danube region and central europe a is an expert in a russian relations and he joins us from vienna sebastian welcome sir lab broad

sentiments were strongly expressed in the context of diplomacy we must add he used the word war do we now take his words as a real threat to the political status quo. well thank you very much for having me i mean lover is known for his martyr this statement and. as we heard he said if you want peace you need to prepare for war but nevertheless this is a link in the diplomatic relations if you expel diplomats of member states of the you talk to people matter is in moscow this is just a power play and unfortunately despite luck or of being in office since 2004 the u. has never found a way to find consensus on how to deal with this number 17 years back then the central and eastern european countries had just joined the e.u. which was a big success but the necessary reforms in the institutional set up have never been

implemented and this is why they constantly level. so what then is the german government's approach to sanctions here especially when it comes to their position that runs in parallel on the controversy the gas pipeline the train the 2 countries . germany has been traditionally reluctant when it comes to those sanctions it's due to the history of the 2 countries but also of course because of nordstrom to now a discussion about this would be a whole different topic i would rather argue for another reason why sanctions are not the best opportunity to deal with the situation there will be heard right dominantly the general population sanctions very rarely in the history have worked to put pressure on the regime and force

a regime change and if we further alienate the russian population this is contrary to what i believe that the european union and its member states should do the biggest danger for the putin regime is that the people in russia on the stand that it is possible to live in a real liberal democracy this is why a further approximation of ukraine for instance is so dangerous for the current run about expansion to the borders preserving traditional values it's a it's a facade to madness if the population has the possibility to improve their life without any strong man in russia go the system work lapse and so germany is walking a fine line here this trouble in every direction but it has been in the recent past been an advocate for beth a dialogue with russia as the temperature rises now between a you and russia could we say that flowing on as a chinese that manifesting in

a change in germany stance the time with which they deal with russia. well 1st and foremost dialogue is a good take and in my opinion it's the only option that you have if you want to foster your russia relations but we have sort of forgotten what dialogue actually means we need to listen to each other we need to try to understand and if we get in an argument we should have to principle assumption that the other person could be right not only listening to simply respond to get your points out we must not forget that it's not the russians it's the kremlin it's not that you it's member state in the language matter and words become actions and actions have consequences and if we don't stop this blame game which is dominating the discourse in the relationship you know you have done this and therefore i can do that. will not get

anywhere some better for a little i do want to ask you i'm sorry to interrupt but by the end of this year we have a big money angle america will no longer have a german chancellor she has long held a direct line to mr pic she speaks russian will her leaving make a difference to they taught us. well that the relationship between matter and putin hasn't been the best of recently especially after the annexation of crimea. and it's good when you speak the same language putin also speaks german but as i mentioned if you do not go into a real dialogue then it doesn't matter which in which you speak if you if you don't try to understand and listen to each other sebastian shifa is the managing director of the institute for the danny bridge and central europe thanks so much for tom thank you very much. well meanwhile u.s. president joe biden has confirmed he will take part in next week's munich security

conference becoming the 1st sitting american president to do so event organizers say the conference will be held virtually this year and broadcast live in munich security conference is a key event for addressing international defense issues ivan has attended the conference in the past while vice president to barack obama according to a white house press secretary biden is expected to push for greater cooperation between the u.s. and europe worse. or one area where berlin and biden don't see eye to why is the north strain to pipeline that's plan to bring russian gas under the baltic sea to northern germany destined for european markets washington argues that the pipeline makes the continent dangerously dependent on russia and biden has called it quote a bad deal for europe moscow and germany say it's simply a commercial venture. nordstrom's why anyone who fundamentally questions the north

stream to pipeline and you can certainly advocate that opinion must also consider at least geo strategically what consequences that will have it will drive russia and china closer and closer together and it will create the largest economic military alliance there is and i don't think that should be the strategy of the west in this dispute and that's why i'm against burning all bridges to russia or in this context. well i'm joined now on the line by us political consultant and lawyer andrew at their andrew welcome it's the modern day heavyweight fight for influence russia germany the u.s. and china the battlefield is gas but it's about self-interest with those words of the german foreign minister hike of mass in mind will joe biden be just as hostile to the pipeline as he's predecessors were.

yes there you. will yes you will know it's not just to find out is not one of the lead american. and why even one back to just learned and number 4 another 2nd round of meat roots nations sort of walk like wine so are you britishers on one hand or on the other. american lawmakers i mean you all want one so europe gets gas from the deal buying billions of euros worth of from russia germany says that's better than the alternative the alternative as solve a hike and muss says that if germany doesn't buy russian gas that russia may be forced to turn to china which could be the beginnings of the biggest military and commercial alliance on the planet is that a real possibility. absolutely

magic when the young. yes. you're. not. getting. your money on the war. you might have. much more vulnerable position. security. or whatever. in area. that could happen but at the moment right now.

you're only out. here and there are no matter what the outcome think the fight will be a limb and i think if china is the biggest market the german industry where does america sit now will this 5 give us an insight into the global picking order for that german lantz. yes you wouldn't sign of. unity. in the new year if you try and you know that aren't you the number one or number 2 export market. element are. however your meat in a military alliance united now you have now been military personnel and their family living in germany. and used to go and earn military

commanders saying you know your enemy you know there's nothing like the u.s. european military alliance nothing to china and they were do that anyway that well why are asian. why aren't. the 301 still number one political force to be reckoned with andrew quickly before we go germany has recently penned a trade deal with shaun of the smiled warmly at the new american administration in the same way the russian opposition leader returned home from a bill in hospital all while this pipeline brings russian gas close to the german soil can berlin really keep juggling southern many heavy diplomatic bolz. well a great question that might not. be. easy why did. you why do you what would. work you little hartman right now in berlin you know only

about the new administration what. in what region or new thing you're in the next now you gather what i think are you is. your stream. now. that i'm going to quote my. line i know what we can do in our cooperation in other areas. why. your work will. you china. and then figure out what you north you might think that would help if one of all. great to get your perspective that this very interesting moment and row there thanks so much and you alexei navalny is the focus of a growing diplomatic crisis between the e.u.

and russia moscow says it's ready to cut ties with brussels if the e.u. goes ahead with harsh economic sanctions one possible target is they can play gas pipeline between russia and germany but some people say linking the project to human rights concerns is a bad idea. the north stream too is ready at least the german end of the nearly 2500 kilometer long pipeline it starts here in the baltic sea town of lukeman the receiving terminal with its thick pipes and heavy safety valves has been ready to go since the summer. lupin's mayor axel forked is concerned that despite this the russian gas pipeline might never be operational. but. it would give us a very bad public image if we had an investment disaster of this magnitude and the political debate continued to be so heated i suspect that would also scare off investors we'd like to keep out of. this 150 kilometers of pipeline

has become a hot topic. the section has yet to be completed on the bottom of the baltic sea. but calls for tougher sanctions against russia are getting louder. after the reported poisoning of opposition politician alex enough ali many demanded a halt to the construction of the north stream to local authorities refused to believe that construction might be stopped. being finalized can you really link the case of nevaeh in the to a project like north stream 2 above what would it be better to look at these 2 events separately especially when the facts at least according to my assessment are not yet clear enough to place the blame on russian government. the mayor is voicing the opinion of the citizens of lukeman a seaside resort on the baltic sea because of the coronavirus there aren't enough tourists but there are also very few locals on the beach their opinion is almost

unanimous. people think everything the russians do is bad that's not right and the volley is unimportant north stream is important to. us can we afford to waste millions millions compromises have to be made i think it must be completed in the mas dismissed and about the. only one person dares to criticize russia even the longer they were historically a reliable partner as long as it benefited them for political reasons i would not continue this project. if you just for your. poor folks all that matters is a consistent supply of energy after germany's nuclear phaseout gas will become essential he says even if it comes from russia we find russia including vladimir putin to be a reliable partner in social and economic life in the state of mecklenburg western . and especially here at our energy and business site i see no reason for putin or

the russian government to be sidelined like that in the loop mean expects russian natural gas to flow through these pipes soon. or governments across europe are scrambling to contain new more infectious covered 19 variants germany is introducing new travel rules for arrivals from the czech republic and austrians to roll region health ministry is the measures are necessary because variants are spreading rapidly while infection numbers in germany are dropping spawn 9 times the extra restrictions are simply unavoidable when in fact if infection numbers drop enough regionally further rules relaxation is possible that being said we need to prevent more virus variants from entering the country that's why the german government yesterday decided to clear the czech republic the austrian province of tirol and slovakia as virus variant risk areas this means that

there is a travel ban now in place without exceptions tests must be taken before entering the country and quarantine is mandatory. well the german health ministry says the new roles of mandatory quarantine and testing well only be a temporary measure for travelers arriving to the country many people are asking whether this travel ban is too little too light the leader of the southern german state of bavaria says the mountainous border region of to role needs to take tougher action as they wus funny for shock reports it seems like a deja vu we're driving through to roll the very same state you know that was a major corona hotspot in europe when the pandemic began is making headlines by becoming a hotspot again this time with a new variant from south africa and most cases stem from here shots a district in to rule 60 percent of at least $400.00 cases this makes austria the

2nd most infected country after south africa with the corona virus mutation 7. but with carnival season in full swing the people here don't seem to be worried much maybe only met up for a little fun and will be home again in an hour visit have it at the house of a beat the kite this is this. it is the same thing that happened in ishqiya last year there is a concentrated move to look for someone to blame myself i know. but it's always to blame anyway people's behavior politics opinions are split over this question here and i hate the show and feel that the should have had buddha checks much. better he could also have been prepared much earlier last year when the coronal are strange orange yellow and orange. is the restaurants and hotels remain

closed and foreign tourists away there's plenty of gymnastics tourism austrians with holiday homes or even day trippers and when they leave to roll in many cases the virus leaves with them starting today. people leaving to rule to other parts of austria must present a negative call the test pharmacies like this one have set up testing facilities to meet the demand but the south african variant has already spread beyond the state borders a few rule other measures to set up the phone calls now too little too late. as you say is just one measure out of so many i believe measures like these cannot be put in place from one hour to the next because a logistical challenge. and a political one to austria is a federal state both the central government and the state governments need to coordinate how to respond to a crisis which takes time exactly what does not happen.

on the way this year i wish for good spirits for everyone the arc symbolizes hard work so i hope everyone will work hard this year the will do you mean king is very powerful he'll ward off the pandemic so everyone will be healthy. a bold demon king is a legendary chinese ox character on the stage we will take good news from any myth or legend john is communities around the world are marking the start of the lunar new year today the year of the ox in china itself it's normally a time when millions travel back to their families in what is commonly called the world's largest annual human migration but this year's festivities are overshadowed by the pandemic or thirty's of told those same people to ignore tradition and stay at home to avoid spreading the virus. delivery driver who said it's with his wife and daughter in northeastern beijing. normally at this time of year the family

would have already left their one room apartment and be on their way to their hometown in gansu province in northwestern china to celebrate the new year with their family but the pandemic has put paid to their travel plans. therefore we have to get a diagnostic test done and a certificate issued if we want to go back home that's really inconvenient so our plan is to stay in beijing. who sit by is one of millions of migrant workers in china affected by the restriction rules are different across the country but in most places people are being required to quarantine for weeks on arrival in their home villages and then again when they return to their workplaces many for many including who said by that the trip is not worth doing. and to come back to beijing i'd have to record teen for another 14 days i thought it was too much trouble some just staying in beijing for this new year. to dissuade people from

travelling the government has offered incentives such as free phone data and online films they say is a result of the number of those undertaking the journey home has been reduced by as much as 70 percent compared to last year for many the decision to stay put is a difficult one as a new year is the only time in 12 months that they get to see their children and other relatives. for who surprise family new year in beijing is not as much fun as at home but he says they will eat something tasty together and try to make the best of it until next year. a math anyhow that's it for may for now on this edition of the day but remember the day never ends here on day w. you'll find us on twitter at the w. news we'll leave you now with lunar new year celebrations right across the enjoy.

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dependent on. china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th on. this is the w. new slot for building ramping up the pressure on the generals in that miasma the united nations human rights council calls for the release of the ousted leader. protesters accuse the military of using excessive force we'll hear from the un's top diplomat on me and. also coming up donald trump's lawyers raft about the case for the defense that the historic 2nd impeachment trial his the former u.s.

president is the victim of a witch hunt and did not incite the capital the trial says the defense is an act of vengeance. also coming up kremlin critical accent evolving in court again when he jailed these now charged with slandering the ball better tensions between russia and the european union has been a valley's faith uprising. american held working at the show the un's top human rights body is calling for the release of ousted me and my laid out one son suchi in a special session the council also words the military leaders to restore civilian rule sochi was detained by the military that seized power 12 days ago blaming the civilian government for failing to investigate allegations of fraud in the november election the election commission has denied the claims. close to or about this now

with tom andrews the un special rapporteur on me and ma who took part in this meeting tom welcome the resolution was adopted unanimously russia and china meanwhile staunchest supporters and act is also agreed how is that possible. that's a very good question as you know china has just traditionally been the protector of me and ma from the united nations particularly the security council they provide them with weapons and trade and and so it was i think deborah flexion of the very strong few of the world looking at this outrageous act by the tatmadaw the military of overthrowing a developing democracy a fragile democracy after an election on november the 8th on the very day that the new government was was forming so it was it was outrageous and it was inexcusable and i think the fact that they did this under these circumstances and then the

aftermath of this with the massive protests and the very heavy handed ness of the of the military combine to make it i think very difficult for anyone including china or russia to vote against the resolution can you get the message through to myanmar as military leaders and what do you think that will do and say in response . well they're saying that they had no choice that they had to do this there were millions of voter voting irregularities and so for the good of the country they just had to overthrow the government you know regardless of what kind of irregularities light have existed you don't address problems you have an election by destroying a democracy it's just completely outrageous so we have found in the past that mean more generals will often say they're impervious to international pressure so don't even try but when pressure has been tried but typically targeted economic pressure

sanctions it has had an effect and the progress that we've seen made in the democracy of me and mark is precisely linked to the sanctions that have been established in the past so i think if the international community can respond strongly clearly forcefully and begin to build clear sanctions economic sanctions and arms embargo diplomatic pressure it could have an effect but it's critical that it does because the heavy handed tactics of the military on the ground it is showing in increase that of course we know what this military is capable of so so it we have a lot of work to do to mantras un special rapporteur on men thanks so much to washington now and president trump's defense lawyers have wrapped up the impeachment defense they have rested their case denying the trump played any part

in inciting the capitol hill riots they decreed a decried run of the case as political vengeance and called the trial and witch hunt that position was cleared from holds no responsibility for the violence of the january 6th riots they said that only does who actually stormed the capitol to blank. the article of impeachment now before the senate is an unjust and blatantly unconstitutional of political vengeance this appalling abuse of the constitution only further divides our nation when we should be trying to come together around shared priorities we have reason to believe the house managers manipulated evidence and selectively edited footage if they did and this were a court of law but they would face sanctions from the judge i don't raise this issue lightly and from the u.s. here are some more of the other stories making headlines around the world now and

former european central bank chief jerry druggy has a great disservice the new prime minister of italy the 73 year old economist said he was ready to lay down a national unity government designed to manage the effects of the pandemic and a deep recession the new government is to be sworn in on saturday. dozens of chinese ians have blocked roads in the course southern region of town have been in protest of what they see as broken government promises last november the government pledged to create hundreds of jobs and fund to support economic projects but protesters say those have not materialized. ukrainian president followed a missile then he has visited the frontline of the conflict in eastern ukraine after 2 ukrainian soldiers were killed there in clashes with russia backed separatists selenski said attacks had increased recently and accused the separatists of wanting to disrupt a ceasefire agreed last july. china's space agency have to release the 1st

footage showing its tongue when one probe entering the orbit of mars after a 6 month journey the craft slowed enough to be captured by mars gravity it's the 2nd spacecraft to reach the red planet this month. for the kremlin critical xo in the valley has appeared in court accused of defaming a world war 2 veteran the russian opposition leader is already in jail for violating his probation while recovering from a poisoning attack a youth leaders are calling for in the valleys release and considering sanctions on russia the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has in return threatened to sever ties with the book. how russia treats this man and his supporters is affecting the country's relations with the european union opposition leader lexi never was arrested in january after he returned to russia and jailed soon afterwards neville knee is facing more court cases which his supporters say

are politically motivated the e.u. is considering new sanctions on moscow during an interview with the russian new to challenge russia's foreign minister suggested that the country could break ties with the e.u. if sanctions become a reality we should have we don't want to be isolated from international life but we must be ready for that if you want peace be prepared for war which screened a spokesman for the kremlin tried to play down the comments and said russia wants to develop ties with the bloc but relations are at their lowest point since the cold war. a meeting between the e.u. and russian foreign ministers over in a values treatment ended in a diplomatic route last week. during the 2 orcs moscow announced that it was expelling diplomats from 3 e.u. states for attending protests by novelli supporters. after

the incident the block's foreign minister for all said that russia is going down a worrisome thora tarion route some e.u. lawmakers say they do not believe that russia would separate ties. look even if you . lost my nose dished from my point of view this is saber rattling no one should be surprised about that russia would be shooting itself in the foot if it wants to break off ties with the e.u. . and north stream 2 was one of those ties this gigantic pipeline project is meant to bring russian gas into europe it's not clear where the new sanctions would affect this project worth billions of euros the venture is controversial and some e.u. member states oppose it but is committed to it. while the beginning

of the coronavirus pandemic sweden decided not to follow other governments in imposing a harsh lockdown sweden has suffered a higher death rate than its nordic neighbors but fewer fatalities then some countries that did close down the relaxed approach is a magnet for young visitors but many swedes themselves are not so sure. at 1st glance this looks like life before the pandemic friends hugging each other and going on a shopping spree in stockholm here lot to do this sweet and hasn't imposed a lockdown instead authorities rely on people to use common sense and these young people see this as an invitation to come visit corey mar says he came from ireland 2 months ago to enjoy life and quickly found like minded people. who got a coffee and. jam in the fields. trying without being accosted by possible police members or possible security teams it feels good to be

a lot of other feels good to be like existing a young person should be existing many of the other guests in the stockholm hostel agree they've come here from across europe from italy france and germany many are fleeing the covert 1000 restrictions in their homelands. right here as we discovered that he was full of other ones like me but you know what the same reason . to be alive they live in rooms like this with 8 beds and no windows for weeks at a time linda came here after graduating from high school. when i came here a week and a half ago and saw people in restaurants talking and eating together normally without masks i thought it was dreaming on the other hand i can't forget what it's like in germany right now. sweden has both mandatory and voluntary restrictions residents who can are asked to stay home there's

a ban on serving alcohol in the evening and masks are only recommended during rush hour there have been more than 12000 covert 1000 deaths in a population of 10000000 this is left some doubtful when 82 year old krista anderson fell ill doctors refused to give him intensive medical care but after pressure from his daughter he received treatment off osama. angry i wondered if this really is the right way to go why are we doing this it's not working. we know that young people can spread this disease and the whole thing is far from over it will keep us busy for some time to come but corey marr is enjoying the freedom of the swedish way like going to a cafe or a bar it's something the irishman no longer wants to do without so he can't imagine returning home anymore instead he's looking for a job that will allow him to extend his stay in sweden. or with most gyms and

sports venues closed it's no surprise that many people have given up their fitness routines but one jan german senior citizen here hasn't let the restrictions get her down she's been taking such a maybe a by storm with her fitness videos. no sign of lockdown fatigue 81 year old eric harris has become a star on instagram and take. it all started with some videos she recorded for her family. and in the lockdown started and my daughter and i decided to do a video on to talk. and after lots of positive comments and appreciation really just carried on i'm not about to conduct. the clips that mother and daughter record in their living room have done at the 100000 followers and nearly 10000000 views on ted talk. and he's going to come into the kitchen in the morning i look at my

tablet how many more followers how many likes have i got now. erica's fitness videos of content the u.s. the wall street journal interviewed her and she has appeared on good morning america. and sometimes erica gets her husband to join her in some moves. it's funny sometimes he gets the choreography quicker than me also. sorry to beat your lockdown fatigue to get off the sofa and chill in erica. and so on has rung in the new learned linen new year kicking off a wake of nationwide festivals colorful eliminations and red lanterns a symbol of good luck welcomed in the year of the ox it's the 2nd year in a row that covenanting has cast a shadow over the celebrations holiday normally sees the world's biggest annual migration as people across china visit their families this year though the

government is telling those people to stay put. they're watching david lee news on anthony howard on the white house to convince leaders on the white van with business looking at the bottom ministrations plans. to address the global shortage of microchips remember you can always get the latest news on our website has to be found at www dot com and also follow us on twitter and instagram as well they handle you need is at its plus and. be there and be even and this is climate change brags it's sex. happiness in 3 books. this is the book for you. to get smarter for free to believe books. in mexico many foolish old loves us right now right now

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big companies. and it's carnival season in rio de janeiro but the coronavirus is boiling the party a tough hit for a city that counts on big money from its big celebration. welcome to the show in berlin it's good to have you with us oh by the administration says it's planning to address the global shortage of microchips which has hobbled u.s. auto production as well as other industries the white house saying thursday it was talking to companies about how best to intervene and the president joe biden would sign an executive order in the coming weeks focus on supply chains demand for semiconductors has recently outstrip supply with car companies in particular are feeling the pain for g.m. and volkswagen have all recently suspended some production due to chip shortages. in court as our financial correspondent in new york and he joins me right now for more on this good to see you what's behind this chip shortage.

you know it's a mess of problem i'm standing here in front of a local used car dealer so i don't know how advanced those vehicles hard but in general especially if you look at modern cars especially in the luxury sector they can have more than $100.00 just built in and specially early in the pandemic last year the car manufacturers scaled back their orders for chips those ships are partly it went to consumer electronic companies for instance and now there is a mess of shortage and that's not not just the challenge for the u.s. car industry but actually for the global industry i've seen some estimates that in the 1st quarter alone about 700000 cars might be build less globally then was originally planned for and that's because of the shortage for computer chips that are also desperately needed for common your factory is

especially after dumont has recovered tremendously in the past couple of months 700000 cars that's a ton what can bike really do to change this what kind of order do. yeah and again globally we're talking that revenue this year alone in the car industry might be $40.00 to $60000000000.00 impacted so want to president joe biden is talking about possibly signing an executive order at some point that would mean at the beginning there would be a review or so that it's going to take a couple of months so we've already heard from some executives from some of the business because if you as a chip manufacturers like a.m.d. you qualcomm or intel for instance asking for financial aid from the government to drive up production of semiconductors here in the united states but clearly all of that is going to take quite some time and probably won't help the industry and i

really mean the global industry. to produce enough semiconductors in the next couple of months but this in general a very interesting discussion because we also do that from the pharmaceutical industry for example it was all the global to upright chains and so on and so forth so that clearly there is a national interest to bring more production back to the united states it's also true for other countries but as i said all of this is going to take quite some time . with the latest from new york thank you. well not just a pinch in sydney conductors that's hitting the global economy also shipping space containers have become hard to find sending their prices soaring just another example of how the pandemic has knotted up global trade dynamics. cities are all decked out for china's most important holiday the week long new year festival chinese family celebrate together anxiety is increasing in europe demand for goods

made in china is huge traders are filling up their warehouses manufacturers need supplies to revive production but few freight containers are available. following last spring's coronavirus crash shipping companies reduce their capacity by about 20 percent now there's a bottleneck that's reflected in the price less than a year ago it cost $1400.00 to ship a freight container from china to europe now the prices soared to $8000.00. but it's not just ocean freight that's congested assembly lines are at a standstill due to a microchip shortage. steel is also in short supply and key role materials such as copper are almost impossible to get the supply chain disruption is becoming a hindrance to economic recovery even though demand has begun to pick up worldwide

companies are having trouble getting the materials they need to ramp up production a look there at the difficulty of and tailing supply chains let's look now at efforts to police supply chains of 3 years of wrangling the german the german cabinet has finally agreed on a new draft law to hold german companies responsible for the environmental and human rights violations of their suppliers a measure threatened steep hill teams but also provides significant legal options for companies. of bright stay for human rights that's how the german government has described the completion of its draft supply chain law soon germany's biggest companies will be responsible for ensuring they source materials and labor without harming work is full of the environment the 3 ministers who announced the law on friday said it was the right thing to do. for unfold what it's about the responsibility companies have also for their suppliers it's about

respecting human rights in global supply chains and humane work. but the law hasn't been universally welcomed business groups have warned it could harm the competitiveness of firms based in europe's biggest economy folks vog and for example has more than 40000 suppliers worldwide keeping track of all of them could be expensive but the german government says the law will help protect the world's most vulnerable. for example we're talking about around 150000000 children who are forced to work it in textile factories in bangladesh or gold mines in mccain a facet half of these children are below the age of 12. the punishments for breaching the law haven't yet been set out but ministers say fines could run into the millions of euros either way when it takes effect in 2023 the supply chain

law will have an impact on workers the world over miriam saga moss' vice legal director of the european center for constitutional and human rights in berlin i asked her earlier why she believes the draft law doesn't go far enough starts already that it's only covering really large companies step from what i understand 3000 with the 1000 employees only in germany that is that excludes a number of companies that are especially. active in higher with the human rights questions something we can strongly criticize is that this law does not include civil liability which means that it does not necessarily enable victims of human rights abuse in which german corporations have been involved to bring direct civil compensation claims in germany. now look at some of the other global business stories making headlines. the u.k. economy the u.k.

economy rather sought for its worst ever annual slump during 2020 g.d.p. shrinking by 9.9 percent it's more than double the previous record drop provirus restrictions cause output to fall in all the main sectors of the economy with construction at the worst. because it hit another record high on friday briefly trading at over $49000.00 the new peak comes as companies like the n.y. bell and mastercard and tesla have warmed up to the crypto currency the coin is up more than 60 percent since the start of the year. over south america now in a typical year carnival brings over a 1000000 people to rio de janeiro and pumps billions of dollars into the city shops who tells and restaurants well this is no typical year and the week long celebration has been suspended and will most likely be canceled altogether all of rio feeling the pain. carnival time in rio

a raucous riots of costumes and. if people performances except not this year the world famous samba dream will host vaccinations not crowds and sampras city is open desert it. without the parades and the people the performers who would normally be rehearsing here or out of work . which is normally you have the 102120 people who are working producing everything for the parade and then on the day of the parade you have other jobs like the float push at security even more people. as well as the many thousands of jobs that depend on it carnival also brings around $2000000000.00 into rio's economy each year according to brazil's tourism industry businesses he would usually make

a killing selling to the festival goers now have to go without a much needed boost. fares it's terrible our sales are down 90 percent we're not buying anything given the lack of work that was available last year with the shopping activity at present we can't buy anything . from. the parade floats will have to stay in storage this year however things could be looking up brazil has now begun vaccinating its citizens bringing hope that in 2022 years streets could once again be rich with the rhythm of carnival. and finally the words global pandemic don't really suggest romance but it is valentine's day on sunday and greeting card companies are determined to bring some love out of this plague well this year's cards include clever messages like will you be my quarantine maybe

that's quarantined and i'm bored of lockdown i'll never be bored of you proving of course that there really is always a card no matter the occasion thoughts. all right that's it for me and the business team here as always find out more about these and other stories online t w dot com slash business facebook and twitter as well some seniors are watching. to the point of strong opinions clear positions of international perspective such. as coverage night takes an ever harsher told him in their hopes on vaccines developed in record time yet in many places there rollout has been patching the race for covert vaccine to british against tor our top they've got to come to the

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