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well come to tomorrow today the science show on d w. in the past half century a human diet has undergone huge changes not just in industrialized countries many developing countries are also seeing big changes in the amount of food available to people. at the same time if these city and intestinal disorders are on the wrong hands scientists in germany are studying the effects of the calorie rich guys in a surprising place. relentlessly as one of the biggest lakes in northern germany. here to biologists are investigating a revolutionary idea. that getting help from tiny creatures in these plastic test tubes their hydrogen all freshwater polyps they

turn out to be a good model for understanding how the micro biome of the human gut works like our intestines the skin of the polyps is covered in bacteria the researchers want to know whether the amounts and kinds of nutrients in the lake influenced the organisms health ones of this year. we're interested in knowing about the balance between an organism and its bacteria how they interact and if there is an imbalance whether it triggers disease. when we put hydras or freshwater polyps which are there bacteria. on the outside into a more nutrient rich environment like this you trophic lake we see that the creatures become ill. to lush made from kill university and his colleague peter diners have another hunch that this might be similar for people could excessive food intake throw the bacterial colonies and got out of balance.

over the past 50 years food availability has grown enormously in industrialised countries at the same time there's been a dramatic increase in gastro intestinal diseases such as crohn's disease. to better understand the relationship between bacteria and their host the researchers have started a feeding experiment with the freshwater polyps in their lab. one group of bacteria is fed a more protein rich diet for humans this would be the equivalent of eating a lot of dairy products and other animal proteins. the other group perceives a rich and complex mixture of carbohydrates fats and proteins similar to an unhealthy diet with lots of meat and sugar. how do the polyps bacterial colonies in the 2nd group change into their excessive diet.

there was amazing how quickly the entire system reacted within 24 hours we observed a drastic change in the composition of the bacterial colonies a strong increase in bacteria and initial signs of illness in the hydros themselves . one of the signs of disease can be seen here in fast motion the hydra polyp cell material breaks down that tentacles get shorter within a single day. to learn more about the different types of bacteria that were fed the researchers cultured them for 24 hours in a nutrient medium. what changes did they see. as a good quality was a video of the control group looks like usual probably a lot of corby backed or doesn't it as always if you climb on your seat. while nothing unusual was detected in the 1st group of bacteria the overfed bacteria reproduced extremely quickly. to identify the micro biota exactly

the researchers come to the bacteria and analyze their d.n.a. that finding overfeeding resulted in the uncontrolled increase in certain kinds of bacteria while other kinds were displaced but what does this have to do with humans . fewer can be seen in many illnesses including in inflammatory intestinal diseases for example that they're often associated with are accompanied by changes to the micro biome which raises the question is that the cause or just a symptom i'm from the ems and to the city folk here and his friends. peter dinah's and tim lucky it suspect that a micro biome that has been thrown off balance by an unhealthy diet could itself of course diseases. using a c n n money as an example they demonstrate which reactions extreme overfeeding of the micro biome could lead to. the and then many in the bacteria that live on it have

been exposed to excessive nutrients. and this is what happens under the barratry conditions if the creatures get sick from an imbalance microbiota they do everything they can to bring their bacterial colonies back into balance. they completely shed their. good humans clean the sick gut flora by fasting for instance. if you dig for various studies about people fasting we're not doing studies with humans but they seem to be parallels to our experiments when it comes to fasting or doctrine of food intake the got bacteria are no longer nursed so strongly by our food. instead they have to focus on sources that are available such as the intestinal mucosa and if one's in the. in the dark. cell could abstention bring an overfed microbiology back into balance research is still underway but it seems clear that both in quantico been isms and humans the

micro biome reacts more sensitively to diet than was previously thought. once upon a time computers was good. no not these computers these computers that tell a computer describe the job done by people carrying out mathematical calculations by hand for example hundreds of women worked as human computers calculating life from lesser. nowadays such jobs that done by electronic computers and they're growing ever more powerful. what will the city of tomorrow look like how does a galaxy involved and what weather can we expect for the next few months just 3 of the many questions that might be answered by germany's new supercomputer interested gart in this case scientists from the university of 19. our tasking the computer with simulating extreme weather conditions for the rest of the year while detailed

forecasts are not possible the system could identify major weather events several months in advance. so tedious material earnest would be ideal is to use a global model and what's called an ensemble approach is to compute uncertainties what's coming extreme weather events and assessments we see whether we can expect droughts or heavy rainfall on major storms which occur relatively frequently in europe. using an older computer scientists have mapped most of the planet but regions around the north and south poles are still missing and that final 17 percent is crucial for a workable weather simulation. and that's where the new computer comes in it might need 2 weeks for this highly complex task but that's still 4 times faster than its predecessor so just how fast is this supercomputer.

one times with. you can do a direct comparison and say that the processes are similar to our own personal p.c.'s similar because they're a little more involved. in one system here you have the equivalent of 15 or 20000 p.c.'s insisted that it was also right here and stood guard that one of the world's 1st high performance computers that cray to was built that was 1985 what was back then cutting edge technology had roughly the same computing capacity as a modern smartphone that. the average figures in the us this is don't forget that in the 1980 s. the cray tus were extremely fast machines. and since then technical developments of unable to us to go smaller and smaller. were at the end of a 35 year evolution or a speed has been doubled every 18 months it's really difficult for them to

supercomputers have also become more energy efficient although they still need as much elektra city as a small town with 40000 residents but they're simulations can help make wind farms for example more effective. this footage is from the predecessor of the new computer the aim here is to calculate wind turbulence and how it impacts on potential interference between individual turbines. and supercomputers are helping to improve those simulations the scientists already have a preliminary 3 d. model of particulate matter pollution and write down to each street. this data might later be used to create a prediction model for the level of pollution on your own doorstep the scientists also want their models to be accessible to the man and woman on the street. is one of them 10 or 15 years ago these systems were only seen in research and to a degree in industry but today we have simulations that are far less. technical and

older more relevant for the general public if that is the focus. and scene in this depiction of an entire city in which residents can glide from a to b. but some simulations are simply there to be hold such as this recreate of the birth of a galaxy a picture that would not need a 1000 words but 10000 years on a regular home computer. problem is red white are great but only a few. do you have a science question you've always wanted answered we're happy to help out send it in and if we answer it on the show you'll get a little surprise as a thank you. come on just ask. you'll find us at our website d.w. dot com slash science or on twitter. iverson

kingdom wants to know. why do volcanoes erupt. they look so peaceful until then not dozens of arcane is erupt every year. most lie at the scene where tectonic plates on land alternated ocean push against each other or move apart making the earth's crust unstable. volcanoes other planets way of letting off steam. the earth is made up of layers in the thick mantle around the core and beneath the fin outer crust rock melts into magma under great pressure and temperature. the magma expands and pushes upward when it breaks through the surface it's called lava. there are different kinds of a can a corruption if a massive column shoots into the sky it's called a plane eruption. when the magma heats up water causing an explosion of steam it's

called free attic. subglacial ones occur when mother meets ice usually under a glacier. these are just 3 examples there are several more categories. conical may be the iconic form but in fact for cain has come in many shapes and sizes when larger breaks through a crack in the earth a mountain can form quickly or it can take tens of thousands of years. it depends also on how many eruptions occur and how much lava comes out. the temperature of lava hugely ranges between $51200.00 degree celsius depending on the chemical composition of the rock from which it formed. in me when does sound. become noisy is.

the answer could vary according to individual tastes and cultural norms but what physics sounds noisy or not pressure waves propagating through the air and impinging on the. sounds with intensities of more than 85 decibels can harm your hearing and your health for example in the workplace. are open plan offices an endless nightmare. a source of perpetual stress. morning. germany's federal institute for occupational safety and health indoor moaned lars out all for his team are looking at why working in a busy office can put a strain on our health especially when it's very noisy as. the entire you can be serious with some terms such as agitation anger and mental distraction this harms our psychological well being and it needs to be taken seriously.

but what does this look like in practice we do a little informal experiment bianca is an experienced secretary who is used to stress. she gives us a sample of saliva so we can measure the concentration of the stress hormone cortisol. we then leave bianca alone in a small quiet office to do a performance test at the end 4 hours later we get a 2nd saliva sample. and the next day the idea is going to take another test but this time in a busy open plan office would you feel more stress and with her cortisol level be higher the researchers and have developed a program to model the noise in an open plan office before it's even been built. the arrangement of everything from desks to printers to room dividers makes a big difference. this is what it sounds like in

a corner configured open plan office in. a now with room dividers. removed suffered in funding how software helps make people who are going to design an office more aware of the issues we can only work with a representative example of office design that's a limitation because reality presents a far broader range of factors that we're unable to incorporate the. so after the test in the quiet individual office bianca now has to deal with the noise of his open plan office where she again gives a saliva samples. she feeling more stressed than on the previous day. bianca's cortisol level does rise slightly joining her for hours in the big office in the single office decreased over the same period of time though the initial levels up day was a lot higher our experiment is more of

a snapshot than hard evidence. it is. worth my researchers have yet to conduct long term studies on how working in a big office affects stress levels it is however clear that less noise is much better than lots of noise in an office environment. this is a very good. sized. business you have to look very closely at what actually goes on the nature of the work what kinds of communication and social interactions take place and you really have to involve the staff listen to what they say their needs actually are. i get he's in. c.s. m.m. is a consulting an architecture company in munich and this is open plan office the team designs offices for other firms. whether an open plan office is a blessing or a curse for the people working in us to pen's on the space available on tablets

crafted and used. then i'm going to name an unfit on if a company wants us to design an open plan office just so it can save space and because . it's already game over it will not go well for one. nowadays there's a lot of emphasis on teamwork and corporate settings stuff are expected to be flexible and no long. we're bound to a fix workplace. but i'm stiffed with a plan a laptop and a phone i can work anywhere i may still have a desk but my workspace might well get smaller and smaller than my client at the same time we need to create other spaces that are a lot larger. that means rooms for meetings where an entire team can discuss and plan together. and small quiet corners to talk without disturbing everybody else. as well as ones where you can be alone.

we need to create such spaces as well not just rooms for team meetings people need to be able to take a break and get away from the others and be alone somewhere quiet and peaceful. means escaping the bustle of an open plan office the researchers in development have developed concentration tests to determine what kinds of noise calls the most stress and so always a question of volume quiet noise this can be very annoying to such as the dripping of a top. of n.p.r. or if it's very noisy while you're trying to concentrate your performance will probably decrease. back to bianca to see what that means she took our test twice 1st alone then in a busy office that. while on her own she completes 11 out of 20

tasks. but in the big office only 10. that difference may appear minor but if everybody's performance declines by that amount you have a problem as onus on with the basic open plan office you may save a little space and cut some costs but if your company's efficiency drops 10 percent that would be a disaster and. that is to say sound planning. not just for company bosses but also for their stop. bringing up babies is just full female not necessarily studies show that it doesn't predict who is caring for children instead who have a spends more time with the kids. that can be measured in changes to the brain and hormone levels not just in humans let's take

a look at parenting and relationships in the animal. world are classic loners in the animal world both males and females spend most of the year foraging for food alone each marking their territory with scent from glands on their paws. mating season is time to account for their insecure food supply the animals typically reproduce twice a year so should there not be enough food for any young in the winter there's always a 2nd chance. this australian species of bat lives in a kind of harem. that's do not normally commit to long term relationships but in this case it is common for one male to hang out with a number of females. the advantage is that while the females are out looking for food the male guards the offspring and it kind of kindergarten . some chimpanzees species live in groups with

up to 80 members monogamous relationships are unknown here scientists refer to polyamory. the males go out hunting together and also defend their territory together. the alpha males do not tend to mate more frequently than their brethren isn't that a disadvantage. to the mentioned this in the. past the males mate with a number of females who in turn made with several partners the males don't know which of the young are their own and as a result the males are friendly to all the young chimpanzees. and that reduces the risk of the young chimpanzees being killed. or true toll. so a range of different sexual partners can cultivate only help to ensure a group survival. this penguin is busy incubating an egg together with its

partner both of them are male. ensues this behavior often resists eyebrows but in fact it's not uncommon. homosexual couples are especially prevalent among bird species. and male flamingos have been observed stealing eggs and then incubating them together. with giraffes homo sexual relations are actually more common than heterosexual ones. and they're also seen among cows and other domesticated animals why is there. some i know that for that i think. it seems to reduce sexual tension. at the same time because the benefit of the learning effect. with some species the animals have difficulty raising their 1st offspring so including nest building. and so this gives them the

opportunity to get some practice if. it was recently discovered that female albatrosses often raise their young with each other a surprising revelation for researchers and when they cannot yet explain. in the aquatic world it's often the fathers that take care of the next generation. probably the most famous example are sea horses here the males carry the eggs and their power until they hatch. and with these a labyrinth fish or grammys the males also assume parental care and duties in addition to building and tending to the nest they guard their young from predators and found oxygen rich water over them. by then fish and by the mice most species of fish of external fertilization once the female has released

the eggs the male releases the semen over them the female is done 1st as it were and can therefore leave the male alone with the young. clownfish change gender tracking down a partner in their core rate habitat is difficult so if the mother female of a group dines the dominant male in the group member place her that option of changing sex unable the fish to continue reproducing. but the nuclear family does exist 2 in the animal world given its live in close knit units of mother father children. in the wild mainly eat fruit but the supply tends to function weight. one tree alone would not provide enough fruit for a larger group but a small family on their own would have enough to eat. animals have developed some pretty inventive mating patterns and family structures the assumption is that they provide advantages just sometimes we don't know what they

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this is either we do is lie for girl in the battle to succeed chancellor america a majority of leading members of germany's christian democrats say they support our mean blush it has the conservative blogs candidate for chancellor polls tell a different story to the german people they want as rival also coming up valuing were event shiran accuses israel of sabah targeting a key nuclear site causing

a power outage on saturday tehran says it knows the identity of the perpetrator and has the right to take action plus indian authorities hope to stop a dramatic surge of covert 19 cases by pushing for more vaccinations the states say there simply is not enough vaccine to get the job done. on a lark thank you very much for your company germany's conservatives are battling to decide who they'll put forward to succeed chance on the american jobs go to the polls this fall to elect a new government and after 16 years as chancellor angela merkel is not running again on our c.d.u. party and it's been a very insistent party the c.s.u. are trying to choose between 2 candidates armin lisette on the left has already

succeeded americal in one respect he is the city use party leader but marcus surtur on the right also wants the job is the variance to. the premier and leader of the c.s.u. mr sanders national profile has grown during the pandemic. and today has seen several key developments in the race to succeed chance america for i'm now joined by g.w. correspondent simon young simon earlier the c.d.u. back to mr to fill merkel shoes as chancellor is the leadership contest basically decided now well lol you would think it would be because the c.d.u. is the larger of these 2 parties it normally has priority particularly in this question of who will run for chancellor and so you think you know if the c.d.u. leadership supports the recently elected chairman of the c.d.u.

party as the candidate well then that would be. 0 to says no i'm not throwing in the towel we should think about this a little more and we shouldn't only listen to the leadership we should listen to the wider party local associations activists also members of parliament and he obviously thinks that some of those people might well prefer him to lash it out well let's continue on that now because mr senator is very confident he feels he is more popular among the german public and some of the polls a bear that out and he's refusing now to concede defeat he's not going down without a fight that that is clear cut that tactic succeed in the setting. well it looks like a long shot at the moment zidane self said that he can't be the candidate against the will of the c.d.u. and after this decision this morning by the c.d.u.

leadership to back them man ahmed lash it well it's pretty clear what the will of the c.d.u. is in that sense but marcus has tried to say well you know we should look at policies we should look at the content and how we're going to try and appeal to voters come the general election later this year he is saying that we don't quite have the clear profile he points out that the cd un the c s you have been kind of losing support in polls and in some regional elections in the last few months the conservative share of the vote has been dropping badly so something needs to be done he says and he thinks that he's the man with the clear a policy platform ultimately to put that to the voters so he thinks he is still the man so there's that mean that this contest is still wide open well looks like it could run on least for the next few days i would say that it all depends really

whether any leading conservative figure has come out tonight or perhaps to morrow and say that they are backing marcus not lash out if that happens then that might force the c.d.u. leadership as well to think again about its choice and. possibly ultimately come out with a different choice at the end of this time to have the simon young reporting thank you. when we pivot now to the mideast where israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will never allow iran to tame nuclear weapons mr netanyahu made the comments after tehran blamed israel for sabah targeting its largest nuclear facility israel has not directly claimed responsibility but israeli media report that an israeli cyber attack was behind the incident a spokesman for iran's foreign ministry says the his country will retaliate against

israel in due time the natanz enrichment site suffered a large scale blackout on sunday just hours after uranium enrichment was restarted at the plant the incident took place barely a week after you back talks in vienna are reviving the international nuclear court with iran. i'd like to welcome and now mr anon tabata by in distilled or if in iran analysts or a very warm welcome what do we know about who and what was behind the cyber attack i guess we're still in the zone awls more or less educated guesses and it makes perfect sense to describe the rationale behind this attack to the israeli government and its intelligence. organization mossad we know the israeli position on the jessie j. is continues to be extremely hawkish and the nuclear agreement that you already

referred to which is now discussed in vienna to restore the nuclear agreement is something that is worrying the prime minister that benjamin netanyahu in israel a lot so this is why everybody's pointing his or her finger to to israel at the moment now iran says that the centrifuges that were damaged were so important about this particular infrastructure. well the centrifuges are essential to to conduct enrichment and iran has been. using connecting using an cascade centrifuges also in a way to to exert pressure on the parties to the nuclear agreement using more modern more efficient centrifuges and this is certainly something that is supposed to raise eyebrows internationally so that the nuclear agreement is more seriously tried to be restored and that's also why this nuclear site is so

important and why it may have come under attack from israel the timing is very significant absolutely it's key and we saw an attack on the iranian ships last week. apparently there are concerns that these talks in vienna are leading to the restoration of the nuclear agreement and that is something that has some serious opposition mainly in israel but also in saudi arabia and other countries that are allies to the u.s. the arc enemies of iran. now what will the impact be on those talks where do they stand. currently it really looks promising i have to say it looks as if the u.s. and iran the 2 most important parties arguably to the nuclear agreement are trying to work out a path that both sides can sell domestically and to serve the poor the purpose of what the j.c. has been about and the talks in vienna were halted for the moment on friday but are

expected to resume as early as this week and there has been some progress in this respect but lots of the tiny details of it are in fact now in progress and that makes it so sense of a sensitive at the moment and possibly such events such as yesterday can make it even more complicated but i obviously hope that all sides will stay focused on what mung on what matters here on analyst ed nonna by many thanks for joining us my pleasure. and let's get you caught up now with some of the other stories making headlines around the world mean mars ousted leader and son soon she has again demanded a face to face meeting with her lawyers after the military brought new criminal charges against her so she faces multiple charges that could see her barred from office for life she has been in custody since the military seized power back in february. russian prison officials have threatened to begin force feeding

jailed opposition leader alexina volley that's according to mr vollies legal team the kremlin critic has been on a hunger strike since late march is protesting what he says is a lack of proper medical treatment at his prison facility east of moscow. england is easing some corinna virus restrictions today spaces at pubs have been allowed to reopen as well as non-essential shops hairdressers and gyms minister boris johnson is calling it a quote major step towards freedom buildings come after fast that see roll out and fall in numbers of corner virus cases and deaths. you're watching to reduce still to come in the morning think of lines such a late goal to secure 3 crucial points in the relegation battle against a long. but 1st india has recorded a new surge in covert 1000 infections daily cases have topped 168000 that

means india has now were courted more infections during the pandemic than any other country except the u.s. authorities are hoping to slow the spread by imposing new restrictions and trying to persuade more people to get vaccinated but many states are complaining of a vaccine shortage fears are also growing that many are failing to observe rules on social distancing. from the banks of the sacred beaver ganges brimming despite india soaring infection rates mill. ians are expected to attend the ku mayla festival covert 1000 tests are required to enter the area but other precautions are ignored still worshippers have faith that they're safe. for their baby boy a sure thing david moyes should. they have to put it off by reading moscow. has been in some sort of distancing for both. yes we were afraid

to come during covert 19 but nothing should happen to us by the grace of mother goddess ganges everything will be fine there are no problems. but there are problems for the police who say they are too overwhelmed to enforce the rules. we are appealing to people to follow the guidelines but in the riverbank area social distancing becomes difficult if we try to enforce it severe accidents or situations like stampedes can occur but make it is also based on the. prevention measures in india very luck downs are in force in many areas including maharashtra the hardest hit state it's also home to mumbai india's economic powerhouse. across india another event is attracting attention the so-called vaccination festival

a 4 day drive to accelerate the national rollout. india's inoculation program had been relatively successful but several states are reporting vaccine shortages. in contrast to this festival authorities hope the vaccination festival will help bring infection numbers down. since forces now free in the bundesliga mines boosted their survival chances with a lame victory against the 32 when continues their climb up the table but the result means the end of the road for cologne coach marcus it is still he's been fired with the team stuck in the relegation zone. marcus gives dos cologne hadn't won in 7 games for home coach would have feared the worst one minute scored with their 1st shot on goal john paul boy put the finishing touches on a neat new. clothes and were handed a way back into the game on half time penalty the verdict on 3 tutors equaliser

just rewards for cologne's efforts that domination continued in the 2nd half the free kick finding its way to elliott skeery who headed the host since we deserved leads. the football can be a cruel game when you're fighting for survival cologne barely had time to enjoy that goal as minds hit back with a sucker punch. but devastating council rounded off by karim. the visitors had found their way and it was another break down the left that won them the game in injury time to. play on 3 pereiro the minds here are you picking his shots past emotionless t.-mo form. heartbreak for the hosts who seems not to believe what they were seeing but the reality came quickly after the game stole given the sack with cologne in big big

trouble. well meanwhile bottom of the table shocker earned their 2nd victory of the season as they beat augsburg one nil. the only goal came after just 4 minutes when so what senator took advantage of some sloppy goalkeeping sardar was celebrating his 24th birthday it was shock us 1st when the in 13 games but they're still in our business is up next with rob watson and i'll see you at the top of the hour. carefully. still soon. to be.

discovered. subscribe. documentary on. the phone. what does the biden presidency mean for africa the new man in the white house has promised a dramatic change in foreign policy we'll look at what impact that will have on trading partners on the continent. also coming up in normal times the heart of the trade is the largest in the world with these are normal times so how would it do

online. plastic waste everywhere sudan is struggling with a massive pollution problem that stifling economic growth in the north east african country. this is the real business in berlin welcome to the program the new u.s. president has promised a fundamental change in american foreign policy post trump bass raised expectations in africa for key issues are expected to determine whether the new u.s. administration can really live up to those expectations according to the german institute for global and area studies firstly for years washington has paid billions of dollars towards the fight against islamist terror particularly in this the hell region nigeria somalia and mozambique so to what extent will that continue there's also climate change that could be an overall whole market the biden presidency and with his signature african aid program there is already an initiative to reduce africa's dependence on fossil fuels next one of the major

corporations within the u.s. and africa has been on fighting diseases such as hiv aids the white house may well double down on that in an effort to counterbalance so-called vaccine diplomacy by china in the region and finally trade between the u.s. and africa it's actually fallen sharply in recent years so is that something that would change under president biden while i put that exact question to christiane forms from the german institute for global and area studies. i don't expect a major drastic change here so the trade between africa and china is way ahead of that compared to the trade between the u.s. and africa but i would expect a more switch egypt approach a focus on the main goals the main areas for economic cooperation particularly when

you compare to what the trump administration you mentioned china that china is at the forefront of the white house's mind when it comes to trying to africa or isn't it yeah so one of the main reasons for that is the particular approach of china when it comes to its relationship with africa they propose provide a package deal when it comes through infrastructure investments so they would provide financing they would provide building an operation even of large infrastructure projects just as one example they build a train track from. the capital of if europea to djibouti to the harbor there to provide access to the sea for this landmark country and this really solves the distinct problem the company has and one of the focus areas of the u.s. administration could be to emulate this approach to some extent also to to support

african parton's what about money flowing from the u.s. into africa in the form of aid is that again something that's likely to change and the president biden and where that goes. yeah so to start with there is a all over the last years i would say since the administration from george w. bush actually advanced a fairly strong bipartisan consensus in the u.s. when it comes to u.s. africa policy so i would not expect a major shift here one of the main areas when it comes to development and support is or has been the support for health so tackling. diseases like hiv aids for instance and i would expect the biden administration to follow suit and also of course focus on 19 and like fighting fighting this disease

and you know aspect could really be climate change though that more investment go in so carbon neutral energy production and there is dire need in the u.s. in africa to really strengthen and a good energy production system from sourced from the german institute for global and area studies thanks a lot for joining us on day to be business thank you. now the one of the trade fair is normally the largest event of its kind in the world however things are a little different this year with the showcase moving entirely online the 2021 edition focuses on artificial intelligence machine learning reportings and normally the city of hanover would be buzzing with guests from across the globe but the coronavirus pandemic has made it impossible this time around germany's machinery companies have proven resilient during the crisis but falling output in february shows they aren't going unaffected. a lot of tracting international

exhibits albeit digitally only new nick is developing into a kind of german silicon valley big names from siemens to apple and google are investing big that it's a pot thanks to both various 1000000000 euro high tech agenda which attracts qualified professionals and help support a live least autopsy. the intelligent robot arm carefully grips the tomato without crushing it the special thing about this robot is that it sees with the help of cameras it was developed by means of the robotics founders nicholas out and stefan lock blown up in their munich based startup their aim is to make robots for everyday use and to revolutionize the market can you know what our core innovation is camera based sensor technology this means that we can greatly simplify robotic hardware we can build robots that use simple motors and are controlled entirely by software and cameras that would allow us to build very inexpensive robots that

could be used on a vacuum cleaner for example and some critter. the 2 have their office in munich's vaca a subsidized startup center for 35 digital startups here they conduct experiments and work on their business models. it's not just the building in the infrastructure that you get here you get exchanged with other founders who have similar issues and that's one of the most valuable aspects there is a large network of mentors including large companies which are available here in munich in a variety of ways they're increasingly interested in working with startups to develop the great solutions for tomorrow markets and they can the high tech industry seems to be drawn to bavaria apple has just announced the establishment of its european center for chip design in munich google is hiring 1500 new employees and computer giant i.b.m. opened its development center in munich's high like towers 4 years ago to focus on

artificial intelligence. i think we have a lot of advantages we have manufacturing companies here small and medium size companies there are customers and we want to be close to them we really do have world class universities here where we find the top talent precisely in the areas we need. added to this is prevaricate is 1000000000 euro high tech agenda among other things 1000 new professorships are being planned munich's university is the team you and ellen you play an important role in the cooperation with i.t. companies. of course it brings new research ideas and enables our students and junior scientists to work on topics that are really relevant. engineers new stephon look borna had started doing research on their robots at the t.v. you munich and continued in their startup they now build intelligent robots for

several companies in germany and europe. now for a look at some of the other global business stories making the news stocks in emerging markets suffered their worst drop in nearly 3 weeks with the turkish lira losing further ground inflation expectations for the country have jumped in recent weeks on doubts over whether the central bank of turkey will keep policy tight it's expected to make a decision on interest rates later this week. french lawmakers have approved a ban on short domestic flights they want to abolish domestic flights on routes that can be covered by rail in under 2 and a half hours government is seeking to lower carbon emissions even as the travel industry reels in the global pandemic. the 1st rated restaurants and small business owners have scuffled with police in rome during protest against continued coronavirus restrictions around 200 demonstrators tried to reach the office of prime minister mario draghi the 2 are held back by police in full riot gear.

now sudan will receive $400000000.00 from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to fund the country's agricultural product production imports this year according to sudan's news agency suna it's money that could do a lot of good for farmers that if it wasn't for another major problem plastic pollution excessive waste is hampering growth and threatening livelihoods. on the streets of khartoum they're everywhere plastic bags from local stores and markets way too many in a country that often doesn't have enough in sudan traders pay a ridiculously low price for the bags for customers there free of charge available nearly everywhere. in the plastic bag business run smoothly and users can keep them for a long time and they don't easily break or where. they will

get the most. plastic bags that are no longer needed are usually thrown into the streets garbage bins are rare garbage collection is sporadic sometimes not coming by for weeks and the consequences are devastating every year and as to mated 50000 tonnes of plastic waste of all kinds and up in sudan's in chanting landscapes on streets in bush's on farmland causing immense damage environmental experts are worried the country is suffocating in garbage this huge amount of face i've given this in the environment affects food is going to cut short of soy you know that this makes it degrade the soil and the poor soil and so. it causes the clues in all of production and even the food production for the economy recycling is still in its infancy here children

will sometimes pick up plastic bottles on the streets to earn a few extra cents the bags however are simply left lying around there are just 5 companies in the capital that sort clean and recycle the plastic bottles far too few they're working at full capacity and struggling with all kinds of problems. you have got obama and we have the problems with the lecture city one day it's on the next day it's not but that's the case all over sudan. actually the solution to the plastic plate is obvious educate people tax plastics strengthen recycling companies everyone can benefit. not lists than $50000000.00 u.s. dollars annually if we could make a proper plastic recycling policy and this is going to sort of the environmental of the plastic and it's going to make up for the elevation for more than 50 cells and

. the government however is asleep at the wheel on this problem people and the environment are unnecessary only suffering from the plastic flood. so for me in the business team here in berlin for more to head over to our web site www dot com slash business you can also find us on facebook and twitter asked you to be a business that's watching and so next time to buy a 2nd. thing up today don't miss our highlights w. program. w dot com highlights. the amount of cost it is increasing every year many i'm gonna working on the. holiday destinations and drowning in cost one thing and the.

interest here you're exposed through tons of plastic waste. is the way. after all the informant has interests like little. make up your own mind. w. made for mines. this is due to other news asia coming up today the island that. taiwan has recorded just over a 1000 cases of the cold of august in a population of 24000000 so how did you do it and what lessons are there for others . for countries like the philippines perhaps struggling with an alarming surgeon

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