even as a played out on television. this is about protecting our republic and articulating in defining the standards of presidential conduct and if you want this to be a standard for totally appropriate presidential conduct going forward be my guest but we're headed for a very different kind of country at that point mr president the democrats are likely to gain a conviction as few republican senators have come out against trump who remains popular among republican voters. both parties are a get to move to a final vote which could come as soon as saturday. but all signs point to it as a partisan draw a 2nd acquittal for donald trump. and for more on this i'm joined by do you deborah porter william blue crossed one thing i'd like to understand the defense was given 16 hours to make its case but it took less than 4 what does that mean. well

democrat house managers the prosecution in their time also didn't take their entire 16 hours a lot of but they did take more 'd than the 3 or 4 hours that we saw yesterday from the defense i mean it basically says that they don't think very highly of this trial they want to get it over with they know that the outcome is pretty much assured they don't have to mount a very strong defense to get republicans to vote with them and therefore acquit donald trump and also know where they were repeated shakeups in the trump legal team so that probably affected planning and organization and just who was doing what really the effort was very clearly reflected by how poorly they did in that 1st time around even donald trump was reported to have been outraged at how weak their original defense was and you could hear in there so much stronger more muscular defense yesterday very much with having donald trump watching this and many of his supporters in mind when they went through airports in iraq and how overall once the defense got going did their arguments compare to the

prosecutions do you think. well democrats the house managers they laid out of very long consistent case not just on january 6th but in the weeks leading up to it in fact all of donald trump's term in office where he repeatedly used rhetoric that was joking this kind of violence or this kind of anger that we saw erupt on january 6th and the defense only focused on january 6th only on that one speech the fight like hell speak just before the mob attacked the capitol that was part of the articles of impeachment that democrats are arguing that they brought trumped trial on but that is not the entirety of their case and the defense just ignored all of these other points that they were making that they made quite a what about is a case drawing a false equivalency between trump's actions and words and other instances in different contexts of democrats and liberals doing much this much the same thing

but in a completely different context and not not really explaining what that context why so it was a very much a cherry picks kind of kind of defense that left a lot of people scratching their heads what it was really about. ok we're expecting a vote today largely along party lines it looks like a foregone conclusion the republicans will vote to to acquit is there anything else to look for. yeah i mean we know we're unlikely to see 17 republican senators join democrats to convict trump so the question is how many will we know 5 to 6 republican senators voted to have this trial taking place so we expect to see 5 or 6 republican senators vote it could be more will it be 10 will be 12 will be 8 that will be interesting the ultimate number and as well as who is voting to mitch mcconnell the leader of the senate leader of the republicans formally the leader of the senate and enabler of dollars of all these years has really distanced himself

from donald trump and has left that very open as to how he's going to both be theory very interesting to see if ultimately votes to convict or not and then what that means for the republican party going forward all right we'll be watching that closely all day thank you william blue cross for that insight. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. american president joe biden will seek to close the guantanamo bay detention facility by the end of his term in office for the review process the intention to close the prison which houses approximately 40 prisoners echoes an unfulfilled campaign promise from barack obama's estridge. germany has suspended broadcasting c.g. t.n. china's multi-lingual cable news channel or german state media authority said the move was triggered by an earlier decision by the united kingdom to revoke the chinese stations permit. and had been broadcasting in germany under a license sharing agreement with the u.k. . the un's top human rights body has passed

a resolution urging mean mars military to immediately release. she and other civilian government leaders detained after a coup earlier this month pressure on the military is also growing within me and mar where large crowds have been taking to the streets nationwide and demanding the restoration of civilian rule. our combined american there will to keep up the fight remains unbroken and. it was the biggest day of protests yet. hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets and even the water to cool for democracy to be reinstated in ma. now they have been given backing by the un's top human rights body. the human rights council passing a unanimous resolution urging manaus military to release on sunset she and others

civilian government leaders it was i think that reflection of a very strong view of the world looking at this outrageous act by the tatmadaw than the military of overthrowing a developing democracy a fragile democracy is and then the aftermath of this with the massive protests and the very heavy handed us of the of the military. and the military's crackdown on dissent is getting more heavy handed by the day. the red cross reports 3 people were wounded when police fired rubber bullets in the southeastern city of milan me i am now on that. arrested protesters were taken off giving the 3 think it solution defiance. meanwhile the military regime announced the release of more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of

an amnesty. and mass clearing of the country's jails as authorities step up their response to the unrest shows no sign of updating. the former head of the european central bank mario draghi is about to be sworn in as the new prime minister of italy the 73 year old economist said he was ready to lead a new national unity government draghi was asked to take the job by at least president after prime minister g. sepic conti's administration collapsed draggy read out his proposal for a new cabinet which includes both outside experts and seasoned politicians the effects of the coronavirus pandemic have sparked a deep recession in italy and dragons new government will be in charge of planning the distribution of over 200000000000 euros in grants from the e.u. code 19 recovery. journalist seem

a group to what we could expect from the new prime minister. well he will actually be sworn in later today and then he will present his policy plan in the houses of parliament next week to a vote of confidence that we expect to be a formality and we'll go through that we'll have a clearer idea then but what he said so far it's very clear it's both the health as well as the financial crisis that the country is facing now up until now more than 93000 italians have lost their lives to cope with 19 and the vaccination program is really a priority both feet as well as president surge of matter relative highlights that it started out well but it's been stalled some regions in italy are doing better than others so clearly this is an issue that druggy has said that he wants to tackle and of course you have the financial crisis the the pandemic has created and even worst economic crisis here in italy in the last one year more than 400000

people have lost their jobs on top of that the economy has shrank by 8.9 percent the one of the highest in europe and so clearly of these are issues that he has to deal with but the moment though a recent survey said that some 68 percent of the talons are in favor of the government led by money a druggie ok and briefly what does the composition of his new cabinet tell us about the course he plans to take. well we do know that out of the $23.00 cabinet positions 15 have gone to political figures across the political spectrum so it's going to be interesting to see how they work together but some key ministries it's interesting point since the important finance minister is an individual a technocrat from the bank of italy and so clearly he wants someone in that position to to get to work immediately on those key issues and then of course we also have this new ministry of ecological or green transition so maybe that will

give you an idea of how he's going to spend that 200000000000 euros on top of that 7 of the ministers continuation of the previous government particularly the key issue of the health minister dealing with the pandemic ok sima gupta in rome thanks so much for that insight to business leader football now and 2nd place leipzig host of the evening live sick had a chance to move within 4 points of lead leading byron with a win and they managed it with a bit of controversy in a bone chilling temperatures. there were few places colder in a bundled up germany than leipsic minus 10 degrees celsius before kickoff with the temperature falling but there was controversy to heat things up for visiting augsburg goalkeeper rafal geeky pitch saved the penalty kick but was told by the video assistant referee he moved ahead of the goal line before he was allowed to do

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what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus of data the coalition special monday to friday on w. this little device has basically become part of my body it's always at hand and i never leave my flat without it do you also use your smartphone more than you'd like and stay tuned because they didn't detox is today's topic on shipped. around the world people were spending an average of 3 and a half hours on their phones per day and that was before coronavirus during the 1st month of the pandemic the global average shot up 70 percent at the top of the list

of the philippines everest any phone use there is over 5 hours what effect does using all phones so much have on many people and i'm definitely one of them feel permanently pressured to be digitally connected one solution is a digital detox but is that even possible in 2021 i gave it a go. the 1st challenge of the day is removing the sim card from my phone and turning the wife i off it gives me an uncomfortable feeling. on a normal day i would now read the news on this or briefly check twitter or instagram account with it anymore so. i read the newspaper instead. of course the paper doesn't have the very latest headlines like many people i normally listen to music or podcast on my way to work the projected 620000000 people across the world are streaming music regularly in 2021 with that option not

available to me today my old walkman gets a chance to shine. during the been damaged i've been opting for cost sharing to get to work by 2025 there will be an estimated $36000000.00 car sharing users in the world but the service won't work unless you've got the right app and a stable internet connection. so i'm taking that when does the next one leave this doesn't help me today. google maps for me either the episode over 1000000000 active monthly users. public transport information is still available on good old paper 5 minutes great at least it gives me time to get my change i've got just the right amount i'm used to buying tickets on an. already getting withdrawal symptoms the average user checks their phone 58 times

a day. i have the feeling of getting to work completely unprepared normally i would have already checked my email as i would have an overview of the current use situation that's not get into whether that's a good thing but i'm working more and more on the go i'm almost always reachable and to be honest i expect the same of my colleagues. and those but just the 1st 2 hours of the day during the pandemic my phone also became my fitness coach meditation guide shopping center and i was spoke with friends and family is that likely to change post and then make out is one reason we find it so hard to put down off phones is that most apps designed to keep us glued a quality the tech industry calls stickiness. smartphone apps are supposed to be fun but they're also designed to keep you glued to the screen. that's why app developers have started incorporating reward systems like push

notifications and infinite scroll on losing social media feeds keep you hungry for more making the apps. this is useful for the senate because. the more money develop its make through any purchases in games for example or by collecting data. avion which can be. smart phone design is also benefit from high uses screen time the more you use the data they have the more they can lower their devices to suit their customers needs. is really hard to resist the psychological tricks developers used but can you actually be addicted to your phone and that is what experts say. things built by brace and light up they constantly go our attention and tempt us into multitasking but sensory overload can over activate our brain which triggers the release of stress hormones

like cortisone these negatively impact our performance and in the long run our body . your heart starts beating faster you start sweating and your blood circulation also increases as more blood flows to your muscles. and you have this type of stress response while you're sitting with your smartphone and hand and all the energy in your body isn't used as it was intended to be so instead you try to regulate it in a different way and that can lead to for example increased appetite and you eating more than is healthy. i'm feeling. as our phones increase our stress levels our prefrontal cortex becomes evident and overtaxed prefrontal cortex can result in concentration loss and diminished logical thinking what's more many apps are addictive especially social media whenever someone likes or comments on

one of our posts or photographs outbrain releases a small opening dose last month what happens is that those parts of the brain that deal with the boards are quickly activated especially in the beginning after a while this positive effect starts to get smaller and smaller so that you form hubbert the positive feelings aren't really there any longer. but when you don't follow the habits you feel bad. that's when addiction settles in. it. according to a study by the university of hurdle berg addictive use of smartphones can decrease activity in certain areas of our brain and even make parts for these negative effects are similar to the impact of drug addiction. excessive use of smartphones can also lead to withdrawal like symptoms such as anxiety and problems concentrating sleeping. the good news is the human brain is an organ that changes throughout our lifetimes experts believe the negative effect smartphones have on

our brains can be reversed by more conscious use. so the key was conscious and aware use i definitely wouldn't want to give up my phone because it really does help me in my daily life and gives me instant access to information the nuns are becoming on the other hand in excess this can cause stress the so-called foam or fear of missing out this is now recognized as a real phenomenon the psychological effects of which have been well researched and it can lead to chronic stress. you can check your digital stress levels on your phone models google has the digital wellbeing and apple has screen time both analyze phone use for example i spent nearly 5 hours on my phone yesterday around 74 minutes where for work i unlocked my phone 109 times and got 66 messages mostly on microsoft so is that ok or is it too long let's not forget

these well meaning apps and all further increasing my screen time what can i do to avoid over using my phone here are some tips from experts. and for the 1st especially with behavioral addiction is to find out exactly which. use of my smartphone or online and whimsy for how long how frequently and at what time of the day keep a record of this and every time you look at your phone noted down what i just threw off why did i do it and how long did it take me to get because much of this happens in a consciously of a sloth. that let's face it this patient enough to keep a record of their entire phone use. ironically apps like screen time could help. when done vote among fast you tried to delete the upstart are causing the addiction

because usually it won't be all of your apps and you have different levels of addictiveness just depends on factors like the prevailing of social feedback and rewards and the goal would be to abstain from those while learning how to use the internet and smartphone in a healthy weight on the internet so again i would have smartphones and. if it's too hard to delete some of your favorite apps you can always try the activating them 1st that will help you get used to being on them less. guns guns are very important aspect is what you do with the tell you how good. i decided i want to put my phone down and use that glass of that i'm just putting it down it generally doesn't work so well. about what's new i'm still and if you say instead of using my phone tonight i'm going to do this concrete plan maybe even a plan for the week this week that works well for most people isaac bookish good

but in our most mention. instead of spending hours on social media during corona you could go outside and leave your phone at home a walk in the fresh air is a great way to recover from infinite strolls liking and sharing. time or was what helped me moderate my social media consumption. it automatically closes the after pre-selected time you can reopen but the time i helps build your awareness of how much time you're wasting on instagram and if you're looking to do with full digital detox and have some spare cash you can book a holiday in a smartphone free camp or retreat. instruct to. text conscious breaks from connectivity. for how when i was a teenager when it was normal to make

a plan and stick to rather than constantly changing by text. instagram facebook picked up and designed to be tempting and addictive now you can practice abstaining from then on specially designed retreats digital detox is have become a successful business model ironically you find most office online with thousands of reviews on social media. it's easier to stay offline as a group like here in camp breakout where you don't bring your smartphone or computer. of course this isn't realistic for a normal day to day routine. health of your digital future which we're in control of our devices. are in charge of. the devices. and. 3 days of media abstinence here cost about

$300.00. of those truly addicted to social media the can't cannot replace proper therapy but it does provide a setting to go offline. almost 5000000000 people don't have a social media account and over 4000000000 don't have a smartphone what about you do you use your phone. more than you'd like do you see the value in offline time or is this digital detox nonsense that is not on facebook or even in aletta i and see you next time.

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