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displays and authorities, when they are taking decisions that affecting people they have to consult them and inform them get to how they're going to affect it. so they're saying this is going to make it impossible for them to, to, to win this case. because this is people are not consulted, so we expect that the judges to make a final effect to take the end. but it is expected that there may be allowed to stay or at least longer than a june that was used to. so kumato from pretoria. thank you very much for the update on that story. business news is up next time. been for solon c, next l ah . people and trucks injured when trying to flee the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away. families, planes on that is the reason for these credit owners with
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administrative people lean, extreme accounting, 200 people with around the world. more than 300000000 people are seeking refuge. yes. why? because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. d. w, made for mines. ah, ah, 25 years later has peace brought prosperity to northern ireland. look the anniversary of the good friday agreement. what the deal has meant for the province in recent years and weather break that tensions could spell trouble. also on our show muslims around the world are feeling the pain of higher food prices at ramadan
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will visit iraq and lebanon. i'm from beardsley in berlin. welcome to our show. it's a deal that helped deliver greater prosperity to northern ireland, but stands on rocky ground falling brags it the good friday agreement turn. 25 years old. on monday of the u. s. broke at peace accord, sought to settle 3 decades of conflict between pro u. k. unionists and catholic republicans with some success. g d, p in northern ireland, has sword since the agreement, benefiting from tourism and attack boom and neighboring ireland. but for exit trade barriers have inflamed political tensions. again, despite efforts by london to reassure all sides and made acoustic guitars from loudon guitars in northern ireland, sell very well abroad. most of them are delivered to the e. u and the rest of the u. k. breaks it was a shock for founder george loudon. one of the 1st things that that i said
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was maybe we're gonna have to move the workshops over over to the south of our nearby. we're going to have to do that so far that hasn't been necessary and i hope not only have a quick look at it because northern ireland remains in the single market. louden can continue exporting to the you bought some of the most expensive guitars now need an additional license when they are shipped to mainland britain before brags it. that was not the case. in the end, we find out that there were some there. there had been a small number of restrictions between ourselves, the u. k. a directly as a result of graduate. well businesses, the northern ireland are benefiting from being inside the u. single market. great britain is still northern ireland biggest trading partner. so any freaked in at the border causes kansas. the british government and the european union have recently
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agreed to reduce trade checks at the board at a minimum that helps importers in northern ireland, such as mac brown, whose daily, and belfast has been in his family for 3 generations. for him, it is more difficult now to receive some product like certain cheeses from small producers in england and scotland. sometimes there's a delay. you don't know if you're going to gather. i was going to get stopped and you know, the factors i need thought, you know very quickly on of those get delayed. you know, you sometimes shelter like return it and say, i'm sorry, but i mean us for days been delivered. fresh fruits discarded and yet insecurities over breck said remain. some politicians are still unhappy even after the recent improvements for trade with mainland britain, they continued to boycott northern ireland street. no government. political stability is really important for all businesses. so i would like this. there's
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this, this whole question put to bed as we would say, finished shorted. i agreed. and let's get on with the oscar on the show. george, loud in hopes that political problems cause bad breaks it can be solved so that he can focus on growing his business. for more on this, i'm joined by mike holly, clifford kuhn in in studio corporate. want to talk about briggs it in just a moment, but can you give us 1st, an idea of what extent the good friday agreement has helped the economy in northern ireland. but i think the northern ours economy is transformed economy. it's a fragile transformation and there's still a lot of issues there, but peace has completely changed the economy. i remember going there in the late ninety's, you will get stopped at the border by the soldiers. there were constant security checks and it was very difficult to get anything done because the 2 communities were so at odds to with high level of tension on within
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a year. everything was gone. the board was god or no. yeah, you just drove straight in even that sort of thing was incredible and it was really has sort of we seen we talk about the peace dividend and there has been a genuine peace dividend, you know, used to be quite a depressed place. and belfast, for example, is the city transformed by, by piece and, and the economy has really benefited, but other say it's still quite fragile. is a fragile, we talk about the disturbances caused by brakes it and the disruptions to trade, to what extent could that further hamper the growth of this economy or even set it backwards? well, it's interesting, you know, the one thing about breck said is that it made people hearken back to the days of the border. the idea that you have these delays that suddenly northern, are we going to be isolated again, you know, and i think that's very deep in the psyche of the people and that you know, that influences how the economy works. and i think that and basically breaks it with a big fear. but now you have this ironic situation where northern ireland is going to get an exception and away from breakfast. so it's going to get the best of both worlds as british prime minister with which he's basically saying that it's going
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to be like it was before rex's. so he's undermining breaks that of the concept. but in some ways this, this does a lot to address that. jealousy can have pressure is soon act and the u. k. under to, to suit this tray to smooth straight, i should say, especially when you consider that yes present your buying is making a visit to mark this occasion. the 25th anniversary is also made it clear that there needs to be some solution of these problems. if the u. k is going to get any trade agreement or further trade provisions with the us. well that's it. i mean, the u. s. has been central to, to the whole piece agreement that the whole piece process in the north of ireland. and a lot of that has been the fact that it brings significant economic muscle to the table. a lot of the investments that we're seeing in there are coming from, from the u. s. you know, we're seeing microsoft, you know, a lot of the spill over even from the boom and the south is going to the north, largely being driven by, by u. s. pressure. they've made it clear that if they don't, if the u. k allows brakes it to get in the way of the peace deal that there won't
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be a trade deal, which the u. k needs post breakfast. so biden's really and he's really pushing his irish routes. so i think it's going to be central to how this plays out. all right, my colleague for coon and thank you very much. let's go now to some of the other global business stories making headlines. tesla will build a new factor in shanghai to produce large scale batteries. the roughly the size of a shipping container and can power $3600.00 homes for an hour when demand from the local power grid is high or during a blackout. elan mosque has pledged to expand energy storage business to be on par with the company's car operations. german employers association has rejected a trade union demand for a 4 day work week with the same pay for employees in the german steel sector. bosses say it would be 2 exorbitant cost increases is that would also make german steel companies uncompetitive and couldn't danger jobs. the world bank and
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international monetary funds, spring meetings are taking place this week like on the agenda, reform of the world bank to make it better prepared for tackling long term issues such as climate change. the meeting comes against the backdrop of economic challenges, including high inflation and weak economic growth. so, shifting gears, moving to africa, kenya, and uganda are moving to further criminalize l, g, b, t q. people with relationships are already deemed illegal in both nations of this month. you gone to lawmakers, proof harsh penalties for any one who engages in same sex sexual activity. meanwhile, kenya is cracking down on what it sees as advocacy for l g b t, q writes, and schools. now some major global companies are speaking out, saying laws are not just wrong with it. they're bad for business. google and mastercard, uni leave i and deloitte. these are a few of the major companies with operations in uganda that any known sing the latest anti l g
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b t q plus legislation passed by the countries parliament. they are part of an international coalition of leading firms called open for business. they argue the loss will damage uganda us economy by curbing investment flow and deterring tourists. it puts business is in an impossible situation. either violates the law in uganda. on the abilene use, international asked hundreds of corporate responsibility, as well as human rights laws. all the countries in which the i had the bill, which is still awaiting the president's signature, criminalizes identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. it also imposes the death penalty for same sex relations and requires businesses to report stuff they perceive to be algae b t q plus open for business, says the vol would ona my and the ability for companies to recruit a diverse and talented workforce. it cited its own study,
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which found that countries that didn't criminalize consensual same sex relations attracted $4.00 times more foreign investment than countries that did n type edgy b t q plus legislation in kenya cost the economy $1300000000.00 claims. but even economic incentives are unlikely to sway president was 70 against signing the bill into law. the people around the world. many muslims are currently observing ramadan, meaning they don't eat or drink during daylight hours and traditionally break their fast with a meal in the evening. but getting food on table has become more difficult in times of surging prices. took look for muslims around the globe. if the holy month of ramadan, at sundown, those who observe the holiday break fast with an if tar meal. but the sky high cost of basic goods is making it very difficult for many to afford this important ritual
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. in baghdad, iraq prices have risen due to a combination of insurgencies and political and economic crises of our little foot saw their families who suffer from difficult conditions that we can't even imagine . sometimes that not all citizens can afford a simple bottle of cooking oil. it's very difficult for those families even to afford pakistani or whose back rice. they may not even have a ration car from the government to get these items at cheaper prices. many families have gone through difficult things like displacement, moving from one region to another to little so they could be missing these cards, minute because the mother mikhail before. so charities are stepping in to soften the burden on families. this is also the case of lebanon, which has endured massive economic contraction for years. its currency as devalued, 95 percent pushing millions of people into poverty. most of it is the idea and the cinema more meals this year, even though the economic situation is very bad. but thank god,
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there are good people who are helping. we've received a lot of calls asking for our aid. we're covering as much as we can. i it was sent him to lucky nominal up. the i'm now that i'm in the west bank the i'll takia abraham soup kitchen, serves 4000 people each day, an expense that adds up to 260000 euro for the month of ramadan. in the face of hardship, a shared faith, keep the less fortunate afloat. and finally, we've been reporting on french protests over new pension rules. well, while the country debates whether the new measures are constitutional protesters are enjoying something of a musical interlude for orchestra playing equivalent needle hamas set off in a seato, that's a popular workers anthem from chile, the french government recently increased retirement age from 62 to 64, the protest came fast and loud and have rarely been as pleasing to the year. alright, that's our show. i'm seeing beardley in berlin like to walk in ah,
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