you dorothy here for this is dw news from berlin. you can find much more at our website, dw dot com. ah, line always comes at no cost, most times at a moral price we pay, but when the life threatens the most powerful democracy on earth. well, the stakes are a lot higher in a last minute agreement. fox news settled a defamation lawsuit with election tech firm dominion voting systems. rupert murdoch network will pay $3.00 quarters of a $1000000000.00 to keep the case out of court. dominion claimed that fox had knowingly spread baseless allegations about their machines being used to tip the 2020 presidential election and jo bind's favor. now the case may be closed, but the dangerous lie of the rigged election lives on. i'm nickel, really, him, berlin, and this is the day ah,

this does send, i think, a big message through the industry, wise to have consequences. will it go to clean up? all of this information in law is insatiable ism. this information will not go away. doubtful. but i do think they'll have to be more careful of $787500000.00, represent vindication and accountability. cobrin was holding her hand over her mouth and no one of my little one could hardly breathe. go as i saw her terrified eyes, which were begging for healthy for ortho form ultimate to show the defamation lawsuit between fox news and the voting machine maker, dominion ended in a settlements, but not before shine in

a light on the networks approach to truth, dominion accused fox and its parent company news corps of ruining its business by airing claims that its machines were used to rig the 2020 us presidential election . fox agreed to pay dominion $787000000.00 and avoid trial. fox dodged that legal bullet, but a further multi $1000000000.00 case is looming, this time by another voting machine maker. smart magic. the company alleges fox knowingly spread false claims that it's software to was used to change both the dominion case has badly damaged foxes reputation. so where does this leave the u. s . is most watched cable network well, after the settlement fox news release this statement, part of which says, we acknowledge the court's rulings of finding certain claims about dominion to be false. this settlement reflect fox is continued commitment to the highest

journalistic standards and it goes on. we're hopeful that our decision to resolve this dispute with dominion amicably instead of the acrimony of a divisive trial allows the country to move forward from these issues. max sandy is a media reporter with the news website. them a for he joins is now from new york max. good to see you. so we have a settlement, but some say this was really a win for fox. what's your take? i think that wall, it's not necessarily a winning for fox. i think that the company on the network avoided the worst possible scenario. and let's just be clear, ah, fox is going to have to pay $787000000.00, or it's a lot of money, even for a company as large as fox that i know has billions as billions in cash on hand. and

it's, it's still a lot it's, it's a major, it's a major san, ah, you know, they've also taken some serious reputational damage in so much as you can damage and, you know, fox reputation. ah, you know, the dominion lawsuit laid bare of the inner workings of fox and, you know, confirmed a lot of suspicions that critics of fox had had for a long time about rupert's involvement. i in eat a lot of the news programming. ah, and in the fact that, you know, some of the things that fox has on air people, the hosts, people in charge the company may not actually, um, believe so. i think that it was a massive loss for fox in both of those ways. but at the same time, a fox was able to avoid a, some of the worst possible scenarios which included, you know, putting rupert murdoch up on the stand, putting some of these other hosts up on the stand. and, you know, possibly a, you know, a jury, a warning and even larger, even larger damages i to,

to dominion. and so i think that wall wall fox, you know, definitely is, is taking a big hit here, both from a financial standpoint and reputational standpoint. they avoid it or what would have been 6 weeks of a really, really difficult of a really, really difficult trial. yeah. let's hear from the theo of the many in who had this the say falling the settlement fox has admitted to towing lies about communion caused enormous damage. my company, our employees and the customers that we serve, nothing can ever make up for that. next, nothing can ever make up for them. but on the other hand, dominion has said that the settlement secured accountability, but really between you and i didn't just put a price tag, i'm lying to keep the rating. so i think that that's definitely a fair way to read it. uh, fox did not have to a crucially did not have to issue an apology. you know,

as part of this deal. and if you look at the statements that fox put out since, you know, they said that this was just another example of, you know, their high standards for journalistic integrity that they were willing, you know, to, to, to pay the settlement to, to admit their mistake. so i think that there are a lot of critics of fox, um you, a lot of people who are, you know, people on the left, you know, here to america and, and other people, the media who think that their journalism and you know is, is not up to snuff, ah, you know who, who are disappointed here and who didn't want to see. ah, you know, rupert, i'd be put on the stand and you know, to be held accountable to see tucker carlson and sean hannity. and maria bar ramos are the people who allow these claims to be a to, to be put on air. they wanted to see them a face real tough questioning, which is not something that any of these people are really normally are subjected to. ah, you know, so, so in that way i do think fox, i was not they,

they were able to escape really what, what, what would have been an embarrassing and, and very difficult a 6 weeks or so. so i think, i think some of the, some, some liberal critic certainly certainly have a point there not but, but i will say that's actually just, just one more thing on, you know, a lot of people had to give a very uncomfortable depositions. and so, you know, there are very revealing things as part of those depositions as well. so i don't think that should get lost. now one thing the settlement is not established is that fox news apologize or even acknowledge the lies on air and they are unsurprisingly not covering the defamation case on their channels. so potentially the die hard fox audience could never find out about that. how significant is that? oh yes, that's right. fox only covered it. i only mentioned this the settlement just a few times on air yesterday. i during the news programming hours, i wasn't really a subject of their a more highly rated opinion shows. so a,

and this has not been something that fox or news max, which is also another conservative network that's being sued by dominion. oh dear, not talking about this at all. so i think it is, there is a high likelihood that a lot of the viewers of fox what no idea about the outcomes of this. but, but i will say this, you know, some of those people are also fans. many of them are fans of a former president, donald trump, who has actually been, you know, talking about this and he posted something untrue social a just a few days ago, saying that fox shouldn't admit to. ah, you know, it shouldn't admit admitted to, to any sort of wrongdoing or any false claims here. so there are still a few people that, you know, ironically enough, the person who is still talking about this is a, is donald trump. so maybe some of those fox years will, will hear from him, but certainly they will be hearing much about it all on the network, which really wants to be bond. this is not the end that foxes legal troubles is a let me read out a statement by the lawyer for a smart magic,

another voting machine firm that is doing fox, he said, dominions litigation expose some of the misconduct and damage caused by foxes. this information campaigns smart magic will expose the rest max smart medic lawyers sounds very confident of succeeding and their last soon had the company's chances improved. following the settlement with dominion. yeah, i mean i think that they, they have a roadmap here. a smart magic is a lot further behind a, in a, in it's a trial in its case against fox dominion was a, was the for, it was the one to go 1st and now smart medic knows, i know that it has a playbook. the companies are a big difference and i think that there, i think that the cases are in, are interpreters addictions, if i'm not mistaken, you know, so it's not going to be exactly the same thing. they've also adopted somewhat different tactics here on dominion. had a really media forward a strategy they wanted to get as much of this stuff out there as possible. smart

medic hasn't necessarily done that quite yet, but they are a bit further behind. but they've seen that there is a price that fox is willing to pay. and you know, smart magic is actually seeking more damages then that dominion was. i think that they, i think they certainly feel good after say, but, but fox, you know, fox is continuing to stand firm and saying at least in their statements that they'll go to trial with this one as well. but i think again, once again, it all really depends on, you know, what smart magic turns up in, in their discovery efforts. and it really depends on, on what their, what, what their goals are. but certainly this is a, a, they've seen the roadmap here, which hasn't been laid out by dominion. now can you think that i'll do anything to change foxes editorial policies, especially heading into the 2024 election. that's really the question, isn't it? no, i don't think that they necessarily, i certainly don't think that they enjoyed this, this process one bit. and so i do think that certainly there will,

there will be some soul searching. ah, you know, by, at least by the, some people at fox who don't want to make this miss this mistake again. but at the same time, we saw in the, in the documents that, that, you know, some of the only people who've been actually pushed out the network over this for some of the people who were saying that these dominion claims were not true in the 1st place. and, you know, fox was really scared about losing its hard core audience up to 2 other places. and you know, because they were willing to make some of these fraud claims. that was actually the crux of dominions dominions case in court. so in some ways i, it's unclear whether they learn their lesson or not. i think, you know, the lesson that they've learned is that they don't want to pay $787000000.00 again . so i think that they'll try to avoid that, but they, at the same time, don't want to alienate their viewers. who, ah, you know, who believed a lot of these claims and wanted to see evidence of fraud. so, you know,

fox remains in the same position. it remains at the, at the behest of its viewership, you know, who, who believed a lot of these claims. so i think that the network is still in an incredibly tough position. but at the same time, it's the most successful cable news channel in america. you know, they print they, they really always print money over there. they're more successful than m a and b c and cnn by far. so i really do believe i believe that they're, they're feeling they're feeling okay. yeah. donald trump once called rupert murdoch, a great friend. what did we learn throughout all of this about his role in this about rupert murdoch's roller or about trump's role for? yeah, i mean, what yet, what, what we learned is what, what we learned is essentially that murdoch plays a will be, is very, very tuned in, i know to the kind of micro elements of the business. you know,

he cares about the he cares about the daily ratings. he's looking at them. he cares about everything, including, you know, down to a random contributors on the network. he's watching segments daily and he also does care about electing conservative politicians in the united states. in some of the discovery documents, he talks about the georgia special elections. ah. but at the same time, i think that he felt, and you can see this, you know, he felt that the act, what happened on january 6th was what was terrible and was concerning. and i think that he clearly was not in favor of these are, you know, these dominion, you know, these claims that were being made about to 1000000. but rupert is always going to put, it's always going to be about the bottom line. and it's always gonna be about the strength of the business. so right now, at this current moment, ah, the energies of fox are, are being put behind people like rhonda santas and other, you know, possibly electable on, you know,

republican alternatives to trump. but if it's good for foxes, business it, and it's good for, for news corp. ah, that's essentially all that matters to. that's the thing that matters most of it to, to, to murdock. so he's going to him, he's going to emphasize that and that's going to be always his 1st priority or will stand cheering for that max timing of them a for i thank you so much for all those and faith. ah lou, millions of people, mostly women and children, started fleeing ukraine when russia invaded the country more than a year ago. there was an out for of solidarity around the world with families opening their doors and hearts to the displaced. but others took advantage of the refugee on her ability. many ukrainians fell victim to trafficking exploitation and physical abuse. he w meds, one ukrainian woman who traveled with her daughter all the way to the u. s. just to end up on the run again. oh, senior immune him in everything to each other. when war came to the home near

odessa senior took her daughter and left. yeah. michelle at the roster, whatever. and i fled the war. so my child didn't see any violence on it, but me experienced it here instead of a fall apologize. the player came to the yes via a sponsor. there is no automatic right of asylum for people fleeing war. senior had followed thousands of others on line to find that sponsor the system for ukrainians offers 2 years residency, if a refugee has certain financial guarantees from a u. s. citizen, she thought she'd got lucky when she got the reply from a woman in california. but it no, yeah, i'm a google, she said she couldn't support us financially for europe in their time. she would teach me programming what it will and then find me a job in her company process outlined sounded great. kenya left the war with miriam who was due and moved in with her sponsor family. ah,

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mostly up. she has connections here than and money or, and i had absolutely nothing in young young children yet. museum is safe. now senior is thankful for the help she go to california. she's looking for a job. they can leave the shelter if i'm be in dependency lather the basilica data . oh, now what have your car stopped working and you couldn't buy a new one because manufacturers can't get their hands on a teeny tiny but tremendously important component needed for the vehicle to function? well, that's been a real problem around the world due to shortages in micro chips, also called semiconductors, is also cause the major security headache for governments with micro chips being crucial for transport networks and defense systems. now the european union has struck a deal that would boost production of semiconductors and help the you break its reliance on suppliers and other countries. prior shortages were largely attributed

to supply issues. ling to coven, 19 factories in taiwan. 7 and china making the chips have reopened, but the backlog remains significant. and ben vega joins me now from brussels for more band. first up. why are semiconductors and an increase domestic production so important for the you? microchips or semiconductors are an essential commodity for the digitalized economy in europe and all over the world. it's as essential as water electric power or you name it. and so the you have the feeling that the, the supply of the semiconductors has to be guaranteed. and that's why they want to produce more semiconductors year in europe term, especially during the corona crisis, or there was his experience with broken supply chains from asia and out of the war, the russian war against ukraine is boosting. this feeling that you have to be

independent from other world regions and to have the essential things you need to produce to work and to live. and that's why this program is now under wave, 53000000000000000 euros in the making for public and private investment. to boost the production in europe over the next 8 years. the ear wants to take a 20 percent share of the global market inches by 2030. how realistic is that? well, it's ambitious to say the least if you look at the numbers 20 percent market share in 2030 means you have to cred, drupal the production in europe because of the demand is also doubling in the next 8 years. now europe stands at 8 percent market share in the roads and to reach 20 you have to make good fourfold. the united states have 12 percent and the rest actually comes from asia, almost 60 percent from taiwan. the rest from south korea also very important. and

china, so to have a market share that is essentially is very difficult for the europeans and you also have to decide what semiconductors you want to produce. do you want to produce high edge of high performance conductors which are, for example, built into i phones makes? does that make sense to do that in europe? because the i phones will still be assembled in china and elsewhere? or is it better to produce a easier or the simpler ships that are used in the european car industry? so these are things that have to burke been worked out and you're, but also invest in research and development because they're the share is much higher of 40 percent of the research and the development of these contractors actually done in europe already. so this is also feared herb herb this program shall boost output. yeah. and you need skilled labor rank getting people to work in

those factories. and this is found thing to be an uphill battle, as you describe it how united is the you in this, there tends to be difference of opinion when it comes to big investments. well, of all you have to say that all 27 member sits want this program. they want this chips act, but of course they're also competitors of for the, for the sir. everybody wants a piece of a slice of this cake. and most of the money will go, of course, to germany, france, netherlands, and other leading countries as have bridge, who have already big companies, little silicon valley's in their regions, and the eastern companies. and these, some countries will not get such that much money. and as of course, is, herb is a point of tension within the u, and we get in vessels. thank you so much. ah, blood clots are to blame for strokes, heart attacks and pulmonary embolism is responsible for countless death around the

world. each year. researchers have turned now to an unlikely source to learn more about how to prevent the dangerous class hibernating bears understanding the science behind. this could have major implications for human health. bears may seem an unlikely source of inspiration to prevent risky blood clots in humans. but scientists were willing to weather the swedish winter tracking through the snow to analyze the animals. after noticing an interesting quirk in their biology, certain people, for example, people who are in mobilized. so you, someone who is paralyzed a wheelchair down tend not to be an increased risk of having decrease from bosis, despite the fact that they're not moving a legs. so why is this? so we turned to an interesting solution to this problem, and that was to look brown best. because bromberg hibernate for long periods of the winter. they don't move to, yet they seem to be protected from,

from bosis. along with hibernating, brown bears, the scientists investigated patients with back injuries who were mobilized alongside on injured volunteers who took a months bedrest as part of the trial. the bad live in a reserve and also in sweden. they could easily be located because they were tagged with gps tracking devices. scientist took blood samples from the sleeping bags in winter, and then again when the pads were active in spring time. they focused on a protein called h. s p 47. that is important in the closing process when they are awake, on average there was a near total reduction of h as b $47.00 in the blood of the hibernating. bez in the resting human volunteers levels of the protein where on average 50 percent lower compared to when they were active. the bears showed that reducing levels of the protein plays

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