i will see you tomorrow. ah. people in trucks injured when trying to flee the city center. more and more refugees are being turned to way order. families play involvement, syria for these correct only with people seeing extreme ground. rough getting 200 people for something around the world. more than 300000000 people are seeking refuge

as to why? because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines a. ah, us economic growth is slow is in the last quarter, but the latest figures still provide a positive surprise. we'll ask if america can dodge a recession, staying in the states, or take it in nevada, where the race to mine, lithium has ignited a legal battle between indigenous people and the federal government. and we're also off to any delay australian item to see how the pandemic lead to the discovery of a touristic kitten gen. receipt of your business on robots in berlin. welcome to

the program. u. s. economic growth slowed during the 4th quarter of 2022. according to the latest government estimate, g. d. p expanded by 2.9 percent at an annual rate just down from the 3.2 percent posted for the previous 3 months. nevertheless, the figures still outstripped unless expectations, thanks to higher consumer spending and exports. according to the commerce department. spending is however, expected to ease as households try to cope with the inflation economies, say the u. s. we need to maintain a strong labor market if it is to stave off the risk of recession, but it's cost over to the states and to wall street and our financial correspondent, sabrina kessler suppresses sabrina. sorry. so i did a piece of passing expectations. why? while you shouldn't forget, we're talking about the final quarter all for last year. the big holidays chopping season, where consumers have already always been spending

a lot of money. so yet we did have a decline in consumption in december, mainly due to inflation. but overall it has been, yeah, the consumer ruled up a pretty remarkably and is still pretty resilient. i mean, we still had some trade slash inventory contributions. we had some better government spending. and as you said, the labor market is still strong, but overall it's, yeah, the american consumer, who by the way to attribute 70 percent to the american g d p as the backend of 2020 to sorta now 2023. and this recession is a coming, or is it not to be getting a, any sort of light on that well, i mean, it's, yeah, pretty unclear how deep that recession is going to be a be about. it's quite like me that where you going to see an economic slowdown at least than the 1st 2 quarter. now if you speak to analysts to economics, they say that we just, yeah, probably see a mild recession. and if we have

a look at forecasts at data, and it's not going to be that big, we probably see g d p growth of point 5 percent. now, what's the reason for it? yeah, we definitely have an environment of rising interest rates. we see facts on housing, we see effects and corporate profits and on certain investments. but in the end, as i said, it all comes down how the consumer behaves year and you as and as we saw right away yet with earning some off mastercard and visa credit card spending, end consumer spending overall is still going strong. because sabrina kessler, the new york stock exchange for us, thank you very much. staying in the u. s. on the government in washington is in the middle of an ambitious push towards green energy or keep part of the plan in both switching to electric mobility. but the lithium needed for e v batteries is still in short supply at present. there's only one operating mind in the country and plans for new operations. pat faca passes its gold in the or

a state of nevada, have ignited a legal battle between indigenous people and the federal government, or put a stuff on simon's visited the potential site. ah, believe it or not, this is the only major operation of this you mind can do. so the peak mine in nevada, so the peak is a so called groin mine, lithium is drawn and extracted from brian that isn't a ground war. office involves a network of $22.00 con, spending 21 square miles and takes 18 to 24 months. at the end, there is lithium or white gold, as they want to get up to you in between. upwards of 8000 matter times an annual production. $8000.00 metric tons of lithium per year. soon. sounds like a lot. it is not. in fact, it will be less than what was the demand for lithium in the u. s. 3 years ago in 2020 air go the u. s. as a lithium problem,

just about 50 miles from the bad us northern border with oregon thick pass is supposed to be the future side of a massive lithium, open pit mine and process facility spending. at least a 1000 acres or 7300 hector's. it is believed to hold the largest this im deposit in the united states. not only do we need this project for national security purposes, but we need it for the environment. so we're, we're committed to doing it right. we're moving forward with preparing for construction. it. however, took a pass is not only the traditional homeland but also sacred ground for the indigenous vases of the war. she shook the per you and the show at least 2 tribes by the lawsuit. that ends of the project in sec appears completely that the people know that mining does it also just bring jobs,

but it also brings annihilation to homelands and will, will annihilate indigenous peoples way of life. there are also none indigenous people who have concerns about lithium mining attack a pass queue mex wilbert, for him, a member of deep green resistance, an environmental group that some brand as radical. the idea of mining effect pass is fundamentally wrong. no matter what. going up, the mountain isn't green and blowing up a sacred site isn't right. there's nothing more to it. i here is where different worlds views kalonde. a court decision about the pending lawsuit against the mining project is expected to be issued soon. simon's reporting from nevada that now to some of the other global business stories making the news german software giant. s a p is to cut

$3000.00 jobs that's 2 and a half percent of the company's labor workforce. the company says it wants to cut costs to focus on its cloud business and is considering selling its remaining stake in us software. make qualtrics. it follows a mass mass louse, a google, amazon, and microsoft. germany's economy minister robert harbor says nearly 2000000 jobs need to be filled in the country, i think is significantly higher than the 800000 vacancies, released by the federal statistical office. the government says it wants to change laws to address the lack of workers. and british annual coff reduction has dropped to the lowest level since 1956. that's due to global shortages of semiconductors which have limited capacity to make cars at all. you case. biggest foreign earned auto manufacturers made 725000 vehicles in 2021, 41 percent fewer than the previous year. many parts of the world,

food costs are continuing to climb. but once even market in southern france has found a way to begin reducing its prices, the community and ma say, has turned to a tried and tested concepts that many thought it had its day. if you want to shop here, you have to be a member of the super cough, which co operative which boasts more than 1250 customer so far. but before you can buy leaks or fruit, you have to buy cooperative shares. once you purchase 10 units for 10 euros each, your membership is valid for life. for people with lower incomes, it costs less. the other requirement is working there just 3 hours a month from us sample on the server. for me, it's important to know that my purchase does not contribute to an ultra capital a system with shareholders and everything else. that's important to me. come in and put on for more. but at the same time, i want to drink a good coffee every day. and there's some here and, and the price is i don't remember exactly how much it would cost in

a supermarket. yes. but i assure you it's less here. mit who's us focusing more. 2 and a half 1000 items are already on sale. the goal is to have twice as many and to attract even more customers. the shop will need them if it's to be economical. but the focus here is not on profits. it's on social aspects, quality and regional cooperation, c o c and fit that model. come on, so it good. it's also of model of how he would like our society to be equal about div in a cooperative friendly way. oh, from one place it to show that it's possible to do things together. i've been logged on to coexist with everyone getting something out of it more so than 112. so including the producers, for example, a male fit. we will never put pressure on growers to get the lowest possible price law proceed with if it's particularly satisfying. being a customer co owner and employ all at the same time. and it has an advantage. if

you have a complaint, you know how to find the manager. now because see a mind back to the height of the current of ours pandemic. many of us were limited and where we could go as a result, lots of people chose to explore the own country rather than holiday abroad in them . and the discovery of local hidden gems that have now become established tourist destinations. even now that the restrictions along gum long beaches, warm water, and the pleasant climate. for many australians, great capital island of the countries east coast is paradise. it became a popular get her way during the pandemic, more trillions than ever before. came to the small island with all the complications of guided and obviously all the sadness that surrounded coverage. after the initial 7 weeks locked down within coins land. we did very,

very well and we had our best year and there was a really, those are, those are gone launching there for us and, and people who were getting a bit of cabin fever could get out and get away. well, only small huts on the great capital islands. it's located at the southern end of the great barrier reef. here you can dive and enjoy the magnificent i know water world i think in some ways for his chinese tourism, it's great. and for us, it's the opportunity for me to say our country really, really thoroughly and highly amazing country. and this means good business for stores and restaurants. a lot of queensland to see came in to explore their own state. we saw implicitly been coming back, which is great. they bring their friends, they're not going to bobby, they're not going to thailand. they're saying, hey,

we've got beautiful islands here in australia. let's support local. many people here hope that the flow of australian tourists will continue. now, even after the pandemic, it's nice, isn't it? and that's all from man. the business, the pool ah, signaling latvia. he had to beat scott is worry about rushing propaganda is spreading like poison will to sins media will divide the country off to all. every 4th person here has russians, roots, and nearly everyone has a t, v, a next in

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