every journey begins with the 1st step and every language the 1st word and nico is in germany. why not permit him. to suffer it's simple online on your mobile and free. using the learning course. german made easy. greenhouse gases trash and heavy metals we humans are really hard on the earth. but many industries have been really thinking how they work and science is lending them a hand. today we take a look at a few funded projects that are hoping to reduce c o 2 emissions or eliminate them in time they.

come to this edition of tomorrow today the science show on t.w. . records we accompany a german research it the united arab emirates. the arab country in the arabian gulf was long known for its high energy consumption. but now it's that has attractions and glitzy mega projects may be a thing of the past the country's oil wealth is drawing up and the climate crisis is growing ever more. could come to the rescue. greenhouses near abu dhabi in the united arab emirates the plants here can only survive in this environment because they're watered by an expensive irrigation

system and protected from. climate change is already having a major impact here. genetically modified plants that are better adapted to the heat be part of the solution and even help slow down climate change. in his experiments. of university has found a way to get tobacco plants to absorb more c o 2 which could help pull the greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. he's collaborating with mohamed nasim a biologist who works in votes borg and abu dhabi so exciting to meet you they have weekly meetings from one greenhouse to the next thousands of kilometers apart. they're hoping to modify plants to bind more c

o 2 and boost their yeo's that would be especially helpful in desert countries like the united arab emirates. you've used to snow the. desert is a real threat and just a few kilometers away from the university the government wants all professors to make a contribution to the fight against global warming. and on lies stood it's abundantly clear that the amount of fertile land is shrinking as a god it is seeing carbon fixation is very important so that we can feed just as many people with less land. the scientists are hoping to supercharge plants to make them better at absorbing c o 2 during photosynthesis leaves consume carbon dioxide and release oxygen using the enzyme rw biscoe but it's not a faster efficient process so up to 50 percent of their conversion efficiency is

lost. to a standard car and just colleague elena and sort of are modulating the plant's metabolism to make it easier for their leaves to bind c o 2. they're working with bacteria and synthetic enzymes which are introduced into the plant cells the goal is to slow down foetal risp aeration process and. c o 2 was released instead of stored a synthetic metabolic cycle will also give the process a boost. in. building 2 things into the plants the synthetic cycle enables them to fix to much better. it's quicker and a larger quantity is stored. the other has to do with photo respiration c o 2 is lost in this process and i can block this undesirable cycle by changing the

mix of enzymes so that c o 2 is either not released or is immediately recycled recycled so far these climate friendly plants only exist in the laboratory but the car and his doctoral student. have developed a computer model that shows what their super charged plants might one day be able to do. i pass info to respiration and modulating the metabolic network will keep carbon dioxide inside the plants instead of releasing it into the atmosphere plant's modified this way could bind 5 times as much c o 2. as apply in mathematical terms the model works that's a really important result that has come up with in her calculations. and that means that i can perfectly augmented blocking of c o 2 transporter with the synthetic cycles. and.

these computer simulations are being put to the test in abu dhabi the university greenhouses growing tomatoes and. will their supercharged plants have a higher yield and bind more c o 2. genetically modified plants are permitted in the united arab emirates under highly controlled conditions one to supercharge plants might be grown in secure green. thousands and the technology might also be used in other applications. trees for example could be enhanced to store more c o 2. algae that grows in the flooded sand pits near cement factories could be modified to bind more smokestack emissions. and golden rice which already boosts vitamin e.

might also become more climate friendly. visit this is an important moment in time where the c o 2 imbalance is still unstable years where new conditions have not yet been established as the ice free polar caps like the thawing of permafrost is that is why we need to research fully reversible and mild climate mitigation strategies so that we know which way to go when things get critical in say 10 years time. the scientists hope that green genetic engineering could help. and at the same time we do c o 2 emissions. if their research pays off supercharged crops could help solve 2 of our biggest problems. global hunger and global warming.

pulling greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere is one solution. but eliminating emissions would be even better. the steel industry is one of the dirtiest industries in the world the blast furnace is that he said with coal are a big part of the problem. might find it in the a green a solution a german steel produce it is betting that it could. tousen corp is germany's biggest steel producer and also its biggest c.e.o. to produce its factories pump out around $20000000.00 tons of carbon dioxide a year amounting to almost 3 percent of total c o 2 emissions in germany and the furnace is they use to play a big role in that. afraid of the vision is a blast furnace one with a conventional design that normally uses iron ore and coke as an additive for you.

the 100 meter tall furnace is filled much like a pepper grinder a fan blows in hot air and coal dust at the bottom ion occurs naturally in oxidized form so the oxygen has to be extracted to obtain the pure metal that's where the coke or carbon comes in. the byproduct is carbon dioxide. as the gas rises the crude pig iron melts and flows to the bottom. to do sport based company wants to reduce those c o 2 emissions and eventually eliminate them. they're carrying out tests to see if hydrogen could be used in the furnace instead of carbon. currently completing the initial phase 1st you have to figure out a good way to get the hydrogen deep into the furnace office to find.

it's a tricky process because hydrogen is a highly reactive element when it's combined with oxygen it forms a highly combustible gas oxy hydrogen every 2 hours the steel workers tap off the fresh. samples are sent to the laboratory on site where the quality of the iron and other raw materials is checked. the hydrogen technique is also a new territory for the engineers. yes. and it was have been part of this transformation as a huge challenge it's not as easy as people might think that if we're now injecting hydrogen into the furnace that means our tests also have to be changed to death of the composition of the gases different and we might have to change other parameters today. in the labs trial fantasies the engineers carry out test runs with a variety of additives and gases. they need

a huge amount of hydrogen which is also a major challenge. these blue cylinders supply just one of the furnace is 28 injection nozzles. and so at the moment we have 2 trucks delivering the hydrogen to us in rotation multiply that by 28 and you can see we have a crazy number of deliveries here it's not feasible over the long term which is why we're laying a pipeline. 130 kilometers south of deuce book is a company that knows all about pipelines and that's also investing in hydrogen production the shell rhineland refinery is the largest refinery in germany. shell is now building the world's largest electrolysis plant here on site the facility will use electricity from renewable sources to produce green hydrogen.

the coronavirus pandemic has slowed down construction work somewhat. but the water pipes are already in place. the mayor see if you are with us most of it might just be water but it has to travel 700 meters we had to use some pipe rack with stainless steel it has to be heated to prevent freezing it's not just an ordinary pipe. now it's on to the next stage the refinery director is coming to the site to see how things are going. he's already making plans for the future. you just wake up with a payphone fame mayor of us in this project has a capacity of 10 megawatts it's a start and we can learn from it we want to get the technology up and running to see if it's scalable to 100 megawatts or more what we learn will help us move the

technology forward and that's what makes it so fascinating it will fall on the spotlight thought it will force you. shall hopes that one day it might be able to export its green hydrogen. the steelworks induce also a promising customer they also have big plans in store. by 2050 at the latest to suncorp wants to use no coke at all in its furnace is. for that they'll need an all new blast furnace one that will be fed with iron ore pellets and hot hydrogen. instead of dirty c o 2 the byproduct would be h 2 o. water in the form of steam. and they want the furnace to be powered with thermal energy sources from green electricity. they've already seen some promising results. are false but this is

what you've already managed is to shift the conversion of the hydrogen deep inside the furnace interior then the hydrogen doesn't just combust but extracts the oxygen from the iron ore leaving us with workable pig iron in the end. pig iron produced with this method is higher in quality too when coke is used to pig iron contains unwanted by products like sulfur and phosphorus. which have to be removed but that's not the case with hydrogen it's a truly clean fuel. germany did it in 2020. that it tested it almost 20 years ago. but the ban on plastic bags hasn't made much of a difference a. altena tips made from natural jeet haven't caught on. now a scientist in bad today may have found

a solution that. this is a market at the edge of the bangladeshi capital dhaka. the fish section is very busy as all those. many species are on sale at the stalls. and everywhere single use plastic bags everybody uses them. genger has been selling fish here for 10 years. he knows that plastic bags are bad for the environment but he says his customers should take responsibility.

but on the back and up i does. these bags are everywhere and that's why we use them if we could get different ones we would use them people who shop at the market should bring their own bags or baskets but nobody does well. i say. right beside the market is a lake it's very polluted and plastic trash is everywhere. disposable plastic bags have been banned in bangladesh since 2002 but the authorities don't enforce the ban. one reason is the lack of alternatives that are slight and cheap and easy to use as regular bags made of polyethylene. eco friendly bags are available for sale but they are rarely used bangladesh is the

3rd biggest producer of jute in the world. the abundance of this resource inspired scientist mubarak ahmed khan to develop a biodegradable polymer derived from jud fibers and then bags made out of it. when i lived. in bangladesh called the golden 5 i think that's why the prime minister gave product the name calling back. it's recyclable if you dissolve in water you can dry it and make something new with it watching. the tsunami back went through a long period of development and testing before to change its present form.

if a bag is burnt it doesn't release dangerous chemicals the way polyethylene does. waste other source materials for the backs they look as if they're made of regular plastic but they're not. like that i'm not the least put it 1st if we be true to you to tell it's white you know should. thank you i'm no cinema star it's to put in then we extract cellulose from it but it may soon be so we processed the cellulose to make it water soluble am i going to get that are not money due. to me then we out of finding agent what it is that the i'm not the bindings of an addict and that yields the solution if you don't mr good at the solution to. a solution to that solution we produce the box when you say various methods to make them. politically.

conscious the manufacturing process is entirely natural unlike that for bags made from other plants such as manya for the peel of sugarcane. our bags are completely biodegradable good compostable and water soluble water but they're also dependable and we can produce bags that last as long as customers need them to. protect. the pollution of the sea the land and the air is a big topic right now. to learn from our bags are a good environmentally friendly alternative to pull our money finally back. the government back to pilot project to manufacture them proved a success. the challenge now is to develop large capacity machines and scale of production so that so now the bags can be made available across the country.

and now it's time for your questions this time we've got one from south america. here hello my name is. and i'm from colombia and i have a question for tamara today why is plankton imposing for a. town. dealer my good question let's take a look at sea water one teaspoonful contains. up to a 1000000 organisms viruses fundi bacteria tiny algae and other creatures. all organisms carried along by the current a cast as plankton even large ones like jellyfish but most are so small you need a microscope to see them. it's quite beautiful and when they multiply a lot you can even see that from space. plankton are extremely important for the

global ecosystem here are 3 reasons why number one breathing without plankton we couldn't breathe phytoplankton that is plant like plankton a photosynthetic their fuel by light energy from the sun and give off oxygen in the process the way trees do too but all in all in phytoplankton release a lot more oxygen than trees do photosynthesis also involves the consumption of carbon dioxide so phytoplankton help combat climate change by pulling c o 2 from the environment number 2 eating plankton a key to the global food chain phytoplankton a region by 0 plankton that is tiny animals eat tiny plants fish and other larger aquatic creatures eat plankton and even some of the biggest animals eat it like some species of whale. and a lot of what we eat was reared on plankton without them the entire food chain

would collapse. which brings us to number 3 building plankton are also the source of raw materials what do these buildings have in common like instead. it's formed from the shells of dead microorganisms that gather on the sea floor. over a 1000000 years or so the debris is cemented together into rock. one cubic centimeter of chalk a kind of limestone is made up of hundreds of millions of tiny shells. just think how many there must be here. plankton maybe very small but sometimes it's the little things that play a very big role. by the way the amount of plankton changes seasonally and in response to other factors

. but in some regions there's been a massive decline in. the us and expands what can we do to protect plantain. to inform the arc was filled with the biggest factor is reducing atmospheric carbon emissions. the same as that is related to fish or ice the larger creatures zollo plankton and fish are important for the mineral nutrient cycle. or for the outside says if you take those creatures out of the system by overfishing for example then you also change the mineral nutrient cycles. than ended mine i'll do you know that also has a direct impact on phytoplankton because they need mineral nutrients to grow to vaccinate people on their own. in town as plankton research changed over time.

to our hearts more investment from land we used to base our approach to the oceans and what we knew about land ecosystems. at 1st scientists focused primarily on how mineral nutrients are distributed in the ocean and how phytoplankton respond to these nutrients of these and they are. used many years in but we are now discovering that the many interactions among the plant. it might be more important . to go. into that as the direction research is now going in. looking at the interactions which species that are together how they are distributed and that kind of thing. won't do that and i can best use in cats and the data shows that these interactions are very important that one of the most important involves predation. grazing pressure from

playing. if we look at these types of interactions in detail then of course rediscover completely new facets of playing to ecology. and why a facet or form planned to an equal a typical example diatonic. with the fifty's car surges have examined the robustness of their salissa fied cell walls and which animals eat such creatures and how the structure of these shells offers protection from various predators. there shouldn't. be too. the problem is right why are they even. if you have a science question you'd like us to answer. send again as a video text. if we featured on the show you'll get a little surprise from us as

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any. for. this is to build a new life robot. and former french president. jailed after a 10 day trial of paris court finds the 66 year old guilty of corruption and influence peddling also on the program. to me and mass military attacks protesters with tear gas as demonstrators returned to the streets undeterred by a chant crackdown this was ousted civilian leader song suchi appeared in court by a video nic. i've been. david to sink deeper into crisis as they fall

short against. the hot. i'm so welcome to the program. former french president nicolas sarkozy has been found guilty of corruption and influence peddling course in paris sentenced him to 3 years in jail 2 of them suspended he was found guilty of offering to help a judge obtain a senior post in exchange for inside information about an inquiry into his campaign finances mr sarkozy was due to return to court this month this time to face charges of illegally overspending in his failed to 2012 reelection campaign. straight to the french capital where we joined d.w. correspondent lisa lewis welcome lisa talk us through this complicated case.

well as you're saying it is very complicated because there are several judicial affairs into into twined with each other really so officials were investigating investigating allegations of possible illegal campaign financing in 201314 while they were listening in wiretapping nicola say cozies and he's a lawyer is saying lines they found out that there might be actually the basis for another court case that has now been touched here in paris today because nicolas sarkozy and. we're actually talking about possibly influencing a judge at the court of cassation france's highest court of appeal to hold nicolas sarkozy in another matter matter actually to prevent the justice system from continuing to do use his agenda for for for other court cases really now and he could have sarkozy has been sentenced to 3 years in jail 2 of which a suspended sentence and even the one year actually he could spend at home with

a brace that bright ankle ok so what is this likely to mean for him i don't know personally and politically. but it is a real blow for nicola cortese not only because as you said there are other court cases pending actually the next this coming up in 2 weeks' time and he could. sarkozy was obviously hoping that he would win 1st points symbolic points today that hasn't worked and also it's will have certainly a bad influence a huge impact on his political career because the economic cycle you see the former president he was president from 2007 to 2012 we're still hoping to maybe stage a comeback for next year's presidential elections and not that's now seems quite unlikely reading ok so very clearly as damaging to his political fortunes how is it viewed in france. nicolas sarkozy this kind of a hate love relationship between he him and the french some people really adore him

some people hate him but he has a lot of supporters on the right in the conservative party really so many people were hoping for him to come back and mind you in france it is possible even if you have been condemned at court or if you have been out of court at the you know you get actually can make a political comeback that is seems really impossible in other countries such as germany for example but here it would have been possible now it seems quite unlikely though with today sentence because it just doesn't give him a lot of time to clear him of all charges lisa lives in paris thank you. dozens of prominent hong kong pro-democracy activists and politicians have appeared in court charged with conspiracy to commit subversion $47.00 were charged under the new national security law which beijing imposed last year critics accuse china of using the law to stifle political dissent around a 1000 pro-democracy supporters gathered outside the courthouse but have since been

dispersed by police. flashing the 3 finger hunger games salute hong kong is using the same symbol as fellow democracy campaigners in thailand and myanmar. this is one of the biggest protest gathering seen in hong kong in many months the crowds are here to support some of the city's best known activists brought to court on charges of subversion. they were your highlights and he today sacrificed their future for hong kong and maybe this is the last chance to see them or say goodbye that's why it means so much to me that although all that. the activists alleged crime organizing an informal primary election last year the hope was to select pro-democracy candidates to run for legislative council elections every teen matter in much of the world but it took place shortly after the national security law took effect and for china's rulers it was

a threat one they say was manipulated from abroad. a small number of countries are vilifying china by spreading lies about territories including hong kong they're up to their usual tricks of politicizing and weaponize their human rights issues to interfere in other country's internal affairs and we will resist this. the activist taken to court in these vans today face up to life in prison if convicted . $47.00 individual being charged. with chinese non-corporate he promised the financial security to be used in a very narrow sense. it's clear that iraq is no longer the. 50 sorry for such margaret and with a number of other foreign countries the international community can see the results of the hong kong people we want to judge just to be fair to be independent and to be objective and give them

a fair trial. activists are concerned that the court could be pressured to impose severe sentences in a bid to cripple the democracy movement once and for all. hoping for international support. they say hand comes last freedoms are at stake. fasm in our police and soldiers have fired on protesters who returned to the streets after a weekend crackdown that killed at least 18 people and wounded 30 others according to the u.n. a police in young gun used tear gas and rubber bullets to clear protestors on monday local radio one person was injured it's now been a month since and when she crew which was prompted daily protests called for every turn to democracy as did civilian leader i was on cinci has appeared by video link in a closed court a lawyer said 2 new charges have been added to the allegations against her. where you can get more on this from journalist dave group about who's reported

extensively from a 1000000 mom and joins us now from kuala lumpur malaysia a welcome dave. lawyer says the additional charges against her include inciting underdressed what is this likely to refer to. i mean this put out a statement that was set up before the 2 actually happened as there was thoughts that it might happen that basically told the public hey do not back down do not accept this military takeover fight for democracy that's what that publicly refers probably refers to but the bottom line is this it is more trumped up ridiculous charges on song suchi i mean if you look at some of the charges they have on her they're using in some cases colonial era laws that you can twist and turn to make anything a violation the bottom line here this new military junta in myanmar is just taking pages out of the playbook that the old military was used to use they have been

fighting. for 30 years and they can beat her in a fair fight the november election is just one example of that where her party won by a landslide and now the generals are coming up with this way to try to use the country's judicial system which is not independent to try to put her away for good that way because they cannot beat her fair and square so how will these additional charges affect the protest movement do you think i mean this is just going to add more fuel to the fire and their bellies they hear that she was in court they see that there's more trumped up charges against her and just a theory it's them even more you see so many protesters they march with pictures of on some sochi calling for her release and now they see that she's got more of these additional ridiculous charges on her it just gives them more incentive to keep going. foreign minister of the association of southeast asian nations that used to hold a video conference tomorrow to discuss they scribe's has what is their view of it

and can they bring any pressure to bad. what wasn't if you look at past history has generally been a toothless organization but they do have the potential i stress potential to really have some influence here now in the short and the reason why i should say is because me m.r. the generals included value their membership in an auction more than they value their membership in the united nations even auction is the one members of that they value the most but i wasn't in the short term it would be an accomplishment if they could just get the generals to agree to no more lethal force against the demonstrators and if the generals actually stuck to it long term though to defuse the situation and come up with a workable situation is going to takes is going to require some difficult diplomatic acrobatic work i mean just last week reuters leaked a plan that agin had some members of it act to have an election roughly a year from now and i sure would send observers to make sure it was free and fair

well so many demonstrators were furious about that whole idea because they believe they had their free and fair election back in november and the n l d won by a landslide and because the generals didn't like the result they took out her government on february 1st but the demonstrators want their votes from november and the people that the elected into office back in november they want those people back in their elected seats dave group about. sure thing. first for some headlines from around the world starting in garner where the country's president or not. and his wife have become the 1st of the world's 1st recipients of a coronavirus vaccine from kovacs it's a global scheme to procure distribution or kill a sions for free for poorer countries the 76 year old said he hoped to encourage others to get vaccinated. india's prime minister narendra modi has received the 1st dose of his country's a homegrown corona virus vaccine as the country starts vaccinations beyond

frontline workers people over 60 of those over 45 suffering from certain medical conditions are now also eligible for the job. thousands of police and soldiers in the czech republic are forcing tight new coverage 1000 restrictions banning people from nonessential travel to other countries so 500 checkpoints have been set up to help stop the spread of the highly contagious u.k. coronavirus variants republic is currently one of the news hardest hit countries. and history was made at this year's golden globes for film and t.v. the 78 editions or chinese own become the 1st woman to make it to take the best film with the movie know madeleine starring frances near dormant the job also became in the 2nd woman ever to win best director the golden globes are awarded by the hollywood foreign press association. sports and bonus league of football

armenia b are found to have parted ways with coach noah houses they remain stuck in the relegation zone the to bosch meanwhile is still in charge at leverkusen despite the club sinking deeper into crisis after a loss to freiburg the now without a win in 5 matches the coach is under mounting pressure. like the coach peter bush and fans have been waiting more and more in patiently for the remerge and save the side that lead the league early in the season hosting freiburg the intent was there if not the execution tonight by the hand of florian miller several times they would pay the price in the 2nd half when the visiting side chances came they were taken. and married into mirror of each gave freiburg the lead in the 50th minute and it was too right on the hour. when lucas hurler was just the right side of offside to make things very difficult to live accusing leon bailey she made left on the edge of the area to get things going in the right direction after 70 minutes but it

proved to be all they've accuse and could muster in finished with pride big deserve to one winners and i'm the european places let mchugh's in are still there just that the outlook is bleak could look at the other results from much state 23 of 34 beat colona dormant brush past votes for what against heter got scored 5 times against both we shall leipzig beat bremen surprised front for true with hoffenheim minds last housework and as we just saw they were beaten by freiburg. now police in spite have detained former boss alone after the president out here sent the boss the bottom are you for questioning after reading the club's headquarters on monday morning police say all the detentions were made but didn't say who or how many clubs made no official statement it is however due to hold elections for club president in less than

a week. as it you up to date i'll have more world news of the top of the cake fergus of hostility w. business updates in just. a good that the for. the for. different. here women are in charge. the archipelago has had a patriarchal system for centuries and. their form of society.

differently than. what they. were. and how sustainable this culture. means or. starts marching on. if day one and the jobs for new world trade organization condo it will be a lot she inherits a host of challenges from internal reform to global issues like the vaccine. distribution and growing protectionism. also coming up could a sub-saharan africa as a vibrant startup scene dr post recovery will speak to a next 1st. i'm sorry long time farmers are back open in germany new virus variant

circulates the government is warning people not to let their hair down just yet. there's no sign kate ferguson thanks for joining me for the world trade organizations 1st female and 1st african boss has officially taken office. has pledged to abandon business as usual in a bid to revive a body that is beset with in turn all problems including a currently malfunctioning resolution system she also inherits a host of global challenges ranging from growing the trade tensions to covert 19 vaccine distribution. for many africans the appointment of a condo where there is a particular reason for hope especially as economies across the continent struggle to deal with the fallout of the pandemic last year sub-saharan africa posted its biggest ever contraction due to cope at 19 the world bank is expecting a moderate recovery this year though and i will see our next report some of that

growth could be driven by an increasingly vibrant startup scene. every morning to make them as safe as possible for customers. but south africa's banks are not just up against the coronavirus their very business model is under threat. or making the banks lawyers hard technologies are constantly being developed which allow customers to do business with ease and contact free. they're mainly financed by international investors last year foreign bankers invested around $1310000000.00 u.s. dollars in african startups the lion's share went to fin techs but sustainable technologies and health tech also received considerable cash injections. kenya constantly ranks high among african destinations for investment attracting more than 300000000 in foreign investment alone last year. to talk more about this i'm

joined now by moses c.e.o. of a burnin based company that promotes african european business ties in tech i little something to talk to you tell me kenyan is start of seem to really be leading the way when it comes to drawing investors what is the country doing rice and. kin governments is really doing one thing that is super unique and that is engaging naturally into the nurse to come up with the right policies and i think that is something that has driven border technology and innovation to the next time and i try to know it's really best as to coming in slowly not easy and knowing that the police is not right for them to invest in. ok in this tech companies in particular i see a huge growth at the moment why is this industry thriving right now. the main reason why i think tech is actually trying so much is because most of african countries they actually have been built on what we call

a prepaid system whereby you need to pay before you get a service and that actually makes thing to underline in i would say you know vision line and line in sector that is very important likewise the banking system where always used to the fact that they use the old system where there was listen ovation and that means that people have to actually walk to the bank before they can get a service now seem to come zinc and change their whole way of doing things and that is actually making it possible and even more attractive for a lot of services to come back online and now we can actually see that even during this pandemic there's been a lot of investment going to be in tech because a lot of people are restricted from getting into contact with each other but they want to do business there want to engage more and so this is actually the reason why thin tech is actually striving more in this current era i want to talk a little bit more about that resilience that you mentioned because it's not just fame tech startups that i doing well a lot of other industries have also been thriving despite the pandemic what is

behind this crowd of. one thing i would say and i call it a lot of us going into print i guess you know when there is a challenge it's actually brings opportunities and that's something that a lot of afghan interpreters of norn if not by from bet and so when challenges like this happen they used to already understanding that any time there is a challenge there is no what unity and they get a lot of these are going to have even become more innovative so they know they shouldn't plus the ease of access to technology has actually made it more interested and again i did end of it all is how do you reach your customer ease and this is something that they are doing very well and this is actually pain back greatly for them. all right so a little bit of a bright outlook there for what's most awkward thank you very much he said once now here in germany hairdressers and hardware stores have been allowed to reopen

their doors again after being closed for more than 2 and a half months for those battling with unruly lock time locks it's a big relief but the government is warning against complacency over the weekend authorities strengthened border controls in an attempt to slow the spread of dangerous new variants of the coronavirus for commuters working abroad it's anything but business as usual. there is widespread relief across germany as he addresses reopen and some of those homemade hairdos get much needed correction. in berlin hairdressers a mourner goes in ski admits she's worried but assures the salon is taking measures to open safely and she's overjoyed to be allowed to open again this is a it's a fabulous feeling we've waited a long time for this and we're now very happy to finally be able to work again the phone rings all the time we already made appointments for next week it's crazy

we're really happy to be back at work. but while the shears may be clicking again and of the appointment book filling up not all workers are benefiting every day an estimated 16000 people cross the border between france's moselle region and the cylon in germany to go to their jobs on sunday germany declared the mozilla high risk area for virus variants prompting tougher border crossing rules from midnight on monday they'll have to present a valid negative p.c.r. test every 48 hours. for the last 33 years i've been working at a company in germany and this is the 1st time i've had to take a test i don't get it i'm going to work with my german colleagues they won't be tested so why differentiate employees have to be one we've also more focused i got a p.c.r. test costs around $80.00 euros and that's about half

a day's wages some residents here say they'll try to find ways around the police checks financial correspondent chelsea delaney is following the government's efforts to ease the law and she sent us this assessment from factors. many businesses here in germany are hoping that their reopening today of german hair salons nail salons flower markets is the beginning of a return turner malady for the churchmen economy but all of that is really being thrown into question now many health experts warn could be the beginning of a 3rd wave of infections here in germany and there out here at this will all come to a head on wednesday when state and federal leaders meet to decide whether they want to extend the current lockdown measures or actually to ease measures increasingly both businesses and people here in germany want to see the economy reopen but leaders here in germany say they have to be very careful because they don't want a situation in which they allow businesses to reopen now only to have to close them

again to combat this new wave of infections. chelsea delaney there now to some of the other global business stories making news facebook has been ordered to pay $650000000.00 in compensation to citizens in the u.s. state of illinois the company is accused of collecting by all natural images from its social talking teacher without consent it's the biggest consumer privacy settlement in u.s. history affecting around 1400000 people. china's factory activity grew at the slowest pace in 9 months in february hit by a domestic flare up of covert 90 week demand for exports from countries under lock turn measures china has still recovered much faster from the pandemic than most western economies. for years europe why it has been one of site america's best performing economies but those days are now

over the pandemic has triggered a poverty crisis so severe that many are now relying on soup kitchens to feed their families. 5 volunteers who work in the soup kitchen that. every day they turn groceries like these peppers into a delicious meal for the needy. clean record has been working here for a year she used to work at a restaurant until she was fired without notice. often months will get lost in march right at the beginning of the pandemic i was laid off and i didn't receive unemployment benefits and i have to struggle through because i worked in the restaurant off the books. today they've made pasture with vegetable source the food is provided by private donors since the beginning of the pandemic poverty here has been growing the number of corona virus infections has increased dramatically in the country since november the health crisis is happening in the midst of an

economic one many companies have to shut their doors. and revenue from tourism has dropped sharply as well. jacqueline regarded as afternoon is all about child care aid organization offers children from poor backgrounds the opportunity to have their birthday parties in this house many children live with their single mothers a large number of them like directly lost their jobs during the pandemic here at least for one afternoon the children can forget their worries at home and just have fun. unemployment and poverty has been on the rise in europe since the pandemic began. the problem in europe why is the current cuts in spending. many companies are laying off their employees. some are using the

pandemic as an excuse to get rid of starfish. one sign of the economic crisis is the return of soup kitchens like the one run by sally dartmoor why for the 1st time in 15 years you are going ns a dependent on food donations just put another soda a lot of people are living on unemployment benefits these days hunger is back in our country and the state doesn't care enough about the poor. that's why we run our soup kitchen. so early that will go i care for 180 people here in the capital montevideo they all hope that the pandemic will soon be over and with it the economic crisis which has caused many of them to slip into poverty. i think you know. and that's all from me in the business team here in berlin from where you can check out our website at d w dot com slash business we're on facebook and twitter as well due to office

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