a hearing their dreams, ah metty to me this week on d. w. ah, this is g w. news live from berlin, uncontested, and unopposed. she ging ping seals. a 3rd term as head of china is communist party, surrounded by loyalists. she retains his grip on china is only political party cementing his place as the most powerful leader in decades. no let up in the protest against the regime in iran activists defy the crackdown by security forces

with a 6 week of nationwide rallies rights campaigners warned. the demonstrators are risking their lives and get out immediately. that's the message from russia to civilians in the occupied hershawn region as ukraine's counter offensive gathers momentum. ah and a warm welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm michael. ok. president. she ging ping has she all the 3rd term as leader of the chinese communist party. he's now confirmed as china's most powerful ruler in decades. cheese appointment wrapped up the week long party congress in the great hold. the people constitutional changes cemented. she's dominance. he also shook up the party senior ranks promoting several close alex i asked correspondent fabian crash mary in

beijing. whether she now has complete control over china's communist party. i guess you could call has power absolute by now. i mean, just look at the 7 member standing committee that was announced today. the list is full of allies of him. and basically he appointed the people of his political network that he, you know, got to know during his last decade as a party secretary in several provinces. and they were not rewarded or you know, because of their qualifications, but rather because of their low yellow t at or seating ping, it's a list full of yes men and m. he also, i mean, teaching ping broke with several norms. decade ought norms are the most obvious is of course it, and now he's serving a 3rd term in office. but also there was a golden rule, basically saying that am, you know, the 1st rank of party congress. they should retire once they hit 69. but of course,

a seating ping did not care too much about that any more. he also appointed an people who are already older than that. and that gives you an idea that you know, he feels so an hour, his grip on power. so firm that he doesn't really need to care about those old rules so far, been the question, all political observers were asking, today is, what is this mean for china's future? what am, let me point out a 2 aspects, for example, the economy and the most likely a future prime minister will be leach young. that's are the 2nd most powerful man in china right now. and what did he do? he served as the mayor in shanghai when the city impostor biggest corbett, locked on in history of the spring. and yet he did so by being very loyal. he followed orders of paging, but he did a lot of damage. am to the most wealthy and most economic am powerful city of the country. so for example, if you're an, an international company here in china or i don't think that's very reassuring

message that you know, a very dogmatic leader who are dealt such a blow to shanghai now becomes a most like then the next prime minister. in other aspect is our gender equality. i mean it's not a surprise at the am a standing committee, the desk know a fema party carter but not even in the whole pilot brought the 25 member poly bro . there's not even one single fema politician. of course, the says long term effects on gender equality. there's not really a role model for young chinese women to look up to am. so just to give you a tour are like 2 ideas. how are the am that yeah, how this announcement off the standing committee will transform the country. that is a correspondent forbidden. freshman in beijing. many fact security forces have made dozens more rash as anti government demonstrations in iran enter week sex rights. campaigners say the protesters are putting their lives at risk.

the death of a young woman held by the show called morality police shut off the 1st unrest growing into a nationwide protest movement. a brutal crack down by the iranian authorities has not stopped hundreds of thousands of people taking to the street. once again, iran's young women took the lead, removing their head scarves, chanting anti government slogans, and facing off against the security forces. a seeks the wake of nationwide protest, sparked by the death in custody of gena masa armine. the protests began with demonstrations against the mandatory he job. but they've grown into the greatest challenge to the islamic republic since the 2009 grain movement over disputed elections. shopkeepers, students, and factory workers a showing their support for the nationwide protests, security forces have responded with violence, firing live rounds and dispersing gatherings with

t gas rights campaign is say more than 200 people have been killed. public anger about a means death has gone global from tokyo to berlin. in the german capital, 80000 people joined to rally and solidarity marches, led by a women's group made their way through the city. in the autumn sun. i'm hoping that leaders up the free board to hear the voice of you radiant people. they ask for that. i believe that robert man not to negotiate with that. can we not government and to have people to be able to be able to choose the kind of need there are some governments on like one to me. i'm amazed. it's the 1st time that our nation that so many people in our nations are i united a regardless of their political beliefs before evolution are really proud to be here. waving flags

and holding signs, criticizing iran's clerical rulers. they chanted women, life freedom i as activists, the keen shook i. e, whether demonstrations outside of iran have any influence on the regime. in my view, definitely, and i think in your report you kind of assigned to those things to you. radians talked about it at wonderful they were in, in this la mac republic. government tried for 40 day, 40 years to say that there's, you know, unity outside the runners. no leo opposition. there's no alternative for us. so if we go, it would be, it would become like iraq or unstable, like syria. so you have to deal with us, you have to try and reform redeem and say with us. this demonstration shows that there is that unity outside iran, maybe for the 1st time in years. but it's, it's

a massive unity that people would drive and take trains, 4 hours to get to berlin from across europe to show their solidarity with a radiance inside and asked the governments of europe for to, for, for a thing that is another level, something that dangling in demonstration, demonstrators inside iran are asking for it that the legitimacy of this government is not accepted by the people inside the run. and it shouldn't be accepted by foreign governments. we know, like in, in years before, i'll be quick about this that, that the governments have been dealing with iranian government in a way that saying like, we got to give you some money. and we know those money went to wine crackdown and several civilians, equipment and asked why they shouldn't do any deals with iran, women's rights activists. the keen shira e in london, russia is again sending the alarm to civilians in the occupied region of her son.

ukrainian forces are pressing their counter attack in the south, hoping to retake the territory. the kremlin wants people to leave the areas of hershawn under its control, moving them to russia itself, or other occupied zones, but removing civilians from their homes to enemy territory counts as a war, cry. dumb attila, sanguine mosul, is a senior lecturer in war studies at kings college, london. i asked her why she believes pro russian authorities in occupied hershawn or telling civilians to leave. i think that it looks very much like a retreat. ah, they are trying to save the forces that are based in here so on which was stuck between the advancing ukraine an army on the rivers. they couldn't cross it that near but river. so they are probably thinking that he makes more sense to save some of the valuable troops, them, or profession on fulls. is that what acknowledging that area further to the south

on the south east to protect these full says, but there is, of course, a big question mark as to whether russia and dandy do sort of make some explosions in the dom in the a nova gulf cra, on in some way sort of flood the region on that was the intention. no so made sense to ask for it civilians to leave on for the military to leave. so i think that we cannot exclude that these 2 elements come hand in hand, that there was a plan which was in a way, uncovered by a western intelligence. i'm, you bring an intelligence out of sort of, you know, in some way making an explosion, exploding more attacking or in some way of knowing up the dom. well, that would have not created, i make your pret tasks of he and that's why it may be that was the reason why they were asking most of people's indians to me. tell us, what do you believe is real intention of rushes targeting of civilian infrastructure and can that plan of action succeed when russia has

a city, i mean, city and my view of the objectives in mind when he's trying to heat into these. so sort of infrastructure, which is very important for they say strengths of the ukraine and economy on, on lives of individuals. so it is trying to really denigrate the ability of ukraine to function as an effective staging to donating my sort of completely dysfunctional economy. when people cannot go about their daily lives, i think tension in that respect is then so that they get the people on the government fees on the pressure. went into some kind of negotiations with russia. and of course also today billy take the military ability of ukrainians to advance because if you break up a many of the infrastructure sort of or nodes, it's makes it hard to follow the ukrainians to carry out their operation to have the right logistic support to move their full says, so i think it has as a series of objectives to really stop that ukraine and advance militarily,

but also to sort of denigrate your village of ukraine to function as an effective state. again, dumber taylor sagamore, so of king's college london, a distinguished ukrainian writer and musician has won the german book trades peace prize, sir. hey, john dunn is one of the most important voices in contemporary ukrainian literature . he received the award and 25000 euros at the frankfurt book fair, the prize honors personalities who have advanced the cause of peace and literature, science, or he's never afraid to get involved. ukrainian writer and musician said he hadn't known for his poetic and unsparing reflections on the war in his homeland and its impact on human minds. his books had been widely translated and won many prizes, the loan officer and of course on the whole order. everything that happens right now, every prize, every accolade, every publication or translation is an expression of people solidarity with ukraine,

leaves us whispers, or mac was to groom. the jury recognized what they called his outstanding artistic work, an unequivocal humanitarian stance. you think the early nineties said he shaddon has been exceed figure on ukraine's cultural scene. he says, culture is a fundamental lifeline to ukrainian identity. who own? with our concerts are also charity events. we collect money and donations to buy things that are urgently needed or the donations are used to buy food, medicine and clothing for citizens, even cars, military, out fitting and drones for ukrainian troops. shaddon is one of ukraine's most popular and radical voices. since russia's invasion in february, he helps wherever he can in his besieged home city. a high chief, often boosting morale with a bit of poetry or a song. like here in the heart of keith metro. ah. his 2017 novel. the

orphanage is an up close account of the war and don bass. an account at western leaders could have taken more seriously alerted measles. best western society still look at everything that happens in eastern europe through a russian lenses overseas for the entire school. or if we change perspective and look at ukraine, lithuania, latvia, estonia and georgia, southern states that can act independently. the picture is completely different. physical konami's. awesome sir. ah. the new peace prize winner said he, john, inspiring the people of ukraine to keep fighting for peace and self determination. ah,

again, our top story, this, our present charging thing has sealed the 3rd term as leader of the chinese communist party. she has strengthened his dominance by promoting loyalist and for the 1st time in a generation, there are no women at the top of the party. we'll have to ended their shift, ask how we can shake our addiction to our smartphones. that's coming up next. i'm michael. ok, and of course i'll be back with more news as always at the top of the next out. imagine how many pushes of love us her now in the world right now, the climate change very hot. the story. this is my flex, the way home just one week. how much was can really get

we still have time to go. i'm going on with foot 5th. his subscriber all morning was like a what people have to say matters to us. but me. that's why we listen to their stories. reporter every weekend on d w. i ever wake up at 3 i am and the 1st thing you do is reach for your phone. a quick scroll through your latest messages, and then you check snapshot your instagram fade take talk. i used to be addicted to instagram so much though that i actually had to delete the app altogether. these apps are meant to be addictive. the tricks develop is used and how you can avoid getting hooked. that's our topic today on

ah, so how do develop is gauge the success of the apps? well, it's all about the retention rate, the percentage of users who continue using the app within a given time. in other words, the amount of users staying glued to those screens. the goal of these developers, they want to spend as much time as possible on their app. the biggest, the engine for engagement and habit forming products is always a variable reward. so a variable role a study by be a skinner, the father operant conditioning. and he found that when a reward is given on and a variable schedule of reinforcement, this increases the action the desired behavior. so in all sorts of things that we find engaging, you will find a variable warranty. app developers want to know as much about us as possible. many apps collect our data and create incredibly accurate user profiles. these are then

turned into profit through targeted advertising. getting uses hooked is not only a strategy used by social media apps like instagram and take talk. it's also used by shopping apps like the chinese clothing retailer sheehan. earlier in 2022, she was estimated to be worth about $100000000000.00 us dollars. more than the valuation of zora and haitian m combined company secret to success. using our data for clever marketing, they have a blended business model which is on the e commerce, but also social network. honestly, they also have a pretty robust operations, physical operations to list preschoolers, social media, data, data operations, data it's all orchestrated and combined is gives them the clothing retailer sheehan harnesses user data to tailor the perfect marketing strategy. it has created an entire ecosystem around its products. the app is a hybrid platform of sales and social media. and one tab, you can browse through items and in and either you can watch influencers,

modeling the looks. you could of course comment or like, or simply buy the product with a tap of a button. and they're getting more information about your preferences as opposed to just saying, hey, do you like this? sure, if you like that, sure you're commenting or liking or watching a video where somebody is using one of their items and that makes the product better with use. so called p opinion leaders, booster brands value, katie perry, little ness acts, and rita, or just a few of the celebrities who have collaborated with she in the perhaps even more important is the army of micro influencers. she works with some are awarded for their tick tock, post with free clothing. others are commission for the clicks on their post that turn into sales on she and website. it's easy to get drawn in by these celebrities and influences and as uses we reveal exactly what we luck with the help of smart data analysis she and can identify trends at lightening

speed and produce clothing quickly and cheaply. if any given autumn goes borrow, it can then be reproduced, an al data helps feed this cycle. she and uses a variety of tools to find online fashion tracks. the aim is to identify our desires and capitalize on them, compelling us to spend more time on the app. she in isn't only collecting our data, it's cross linking it to they are pretty efficient in data triangulation, which is combining data from different sources. they have basically more relevant data than 0 or any other. that's a normal fast fashion. brent. by running such data through smart algorithms, she and tries to predict what items might interest customers in the future. precisely how such analysis works remains she ins, well guarded secret, tick, tock, instagram, and youtube also use algorithms to show users videos. they may like tick

tock, especially excels. at this, the app uses a i to scan and identify certain elements and videos and play them for users with similar viewing habits. on tick tock, it's possible for anyone to get their 15 minutes of fame with a popular video on instagram. going viral depends more on craters, reach and how their content has performed in the past. with a steady stream of new and attention grabbing content. it's so easy to just get caught up in an endless, scroll through tick tock, and also develop his art total experts at playing without sense of foam up. all fear of missing out. they just use pretty standard, so called behavioral design methods. it's over use may cause people being cooked into so called infinite loops. it's a pretty clever notifications which if you dont open it may cause this syndrome ok here are missing out there is this limits this behavioral design when it starts to

be harmful and i guess she is an extreme ups. lexi internal visit into a kind of game and one which you don't always win from a psychology standpoint. the she and app really leverage is what's called a variable rewards or intermittent reinforcement. and this is the center of what i call the hope model. much like you go to casino and there's this, the excitement of gambling because there's uncertainty around what you might when the fun of watching a sports match, right? you don't know where the ball is going to go next. what team is going to score? there's a very similar mechanic in an act like she in or social media for that example that scrolling of searching and searching and scrolling is amplified and she and, and now brain totally falls for it. there are various situations which dopamine is released in our brain. for instance, when we eat exercise or receive the present, this neurotransmitter activate feelings of happiness and the rewards center of our brain. motivating us to repeat the same behaviors. ah,

there's kind of his popular perception in the media that doesn't mean as like cocaine, that it gets you odd to, to do things against your will, and that's totally inaccurate. that domain reinforces learning. it reinforces lease mileage shifts between the neurons in your brain to make those connections stronger . that neurons that fire together wired together. and so doberman is like the sealant for the glue around these connections. ab developers take advantage of the motivating effect of dopamine. they keep us coming back with virtual trophies, bonus points, and progress notifications. the audio book service audible, for instance, rewards members with badges and vouchers for extended listening. our brain learns that listening for longer is good. the strategy here is gamification. gamification means to use game like mechanics and non gaming environments, points, badges, leader boards typically, ah,

language learning apps like this to and to only go also use such mechanisms. progress bar is show how far were advancing in our lessons. this motivates us and even partial success is released dopamine in our brain. hearty congratulations from the app mix as even happier, as does moving up in the ranking. is it a bit manipulative? yes. but is it bad, per se? well, that depends. of course products are designed to be engaging. that is their very purpose. so for an app can't get you to go exercise. if it can't get you to learn a language, if it can't make you more productive at work, that company's going to go out of business that the whole point of these type of products. so gamification elements help motivate us, for instance, to learn for this can become problematic when money enters the picture. the practice of using gamification to get users hooked on an app and then start charging the money is fairly common. in the free version of dual lingo, only

a limited number of mistakes are allowed before you have to restart the lesson. extra attempts can be made in exchange for payment in the paid version. there's no limit to how many mistakes you can make. many fitness apps like strosver or adi, does running only on mark group challenges and trophies in the full versions she and also uses game elements to keep us on the platform for longer users get points for logging in daily and reviewing products and points can be exchanged for discounts. now, when there are products and services that might take more or something more valuable, so it's not just your time and attention but your money, then we have special conditions, right? then we need special restraints to make sure that people are making decisions that they know don't low regret later on, on average, people spend about 3 hours a day on their phones. of course, that number varies greatly depending on how old you are and where you're from. and we check our phones $58.00 times a day,

and that's just an average. the problem isn't solely how much time we're spending on apps. it's also how frequently we're using them. studies show that every single interruption hampers our productivity. so reaching out for potential means we'll likely have to put down our phones to prevent apps from taking over our lives. it's crucial to set boundaries to save us from our so need to prevent distraction with paths. a package. when you make a pre commitment to do what you're say, you're going to do. so if you say ok, i'm going to use a twitter for 30 minutes and i have a alarm clock that goes off. and if it go, if i'm still using after x, y, z, i have to pay a penalty, or i'm going to have a friend and force it, or whatever the case might be. all kinds of ways that you can use these packs to make sure you do what it is you say you're going to do with your time. you can start out by analyzing your own behavior. functions such as screen time on phones

and digital well being on androids review, how much of your time each app consumes. that will help you determine which apps you should take. a break from. instagram has a feature reminding users to take breaks to get them fresh air or to tackle or to do. there are also apps designed to boost productivity by game of fine, your daily life. with super better you team up with others to take on tidying up challenges, for instance, with apps like epic when or how bit occur you can watch your avatar ascend through gaming levels that you tick off to do in your real life. you can exchange gold coin for better equipment for your avatar, but beware, even these apps can't guarantee motivation in the long run. many times gamification doesn't work very well, because it's doing what we call selling chocolate covered broccoli. i'm going to take something, people say they want, they say they want to eat healthy broccoli, but they don't really want to. so i'm going to take chocolate and i'm going to put

on top of the broccoli, and now i'm going to serve it to now will you eat? it? will know nobody wants to cover broccoli. it's gross. now it's important to decide what you want out of life. and set intentions because with an inner sense of purpose, even the most addictive apps will be powerless against you. one more tip to help save you from addictive apps at least at night time, instead of your phone, try using a classic alarm clock. that way you can banish your phone from your bedroom, resulting hopefully in bed asleep, better concentration and more productivity. what tips do you have against addictive apps right in and let us know that's all for today. see you next time. ah, ah,

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