carsten: that is what we are looking at., there is speculation around three pages or something like that. it will involve all this wording theresa may needs to get this through west -- westminster because that is the key political battle. anna: vague enough to get her westminster and give her political cover and satisfy the europeans. doesn't that push the cliffs edge into the distance? carsten: it does, and for the u.k. specifically. base case, we end up with a withdrawal agreement that covers the back end of the ireland. will be kicked out after the transition period 2020 and at that point, the choice of the u.k. will be accepting the backstop as agreed or ending up with no trade agreement at all. anna: what do we expect from theresa may today? she response to boris a little, maybe not fighting him by name and hoping the set doesn't collapse. carsten: the best thing she can do is focus on areas she can portray herself as a strong leader who delivers on some of these key concerns of brexiters. this whole new immigration reg

join us now is carsten brzeski -- joining us now is carsten brzeski.out look on in the -- on italy. carsten: they are little bit too optimistic but the italian government says the measures they're going to take next year will be supportive for -- supportive for growth. therefore cason the plans they put on the table or to some consent extent -- consistent because they say their growth supportive. it may be a bit too high but consistent. anna: the eu would possibly have less of a problem if more was going into infrastructure and investment. the italian government would say given the citizens -- giving the citizens income also boost growth. how much growth do you get out of giving citizens income? the lower paid we tempted to save less than spend more. say it'sthe economists very clear that giving people more money, especially lower incomes, we'll have an impact on growth because they will consume. it will a newly show up in gdp growth numbers. at the same time, investing more in infrastructure and the structural shape of the economy will increase the lo

carsten on and michael is joining us from our washington bureau michael the f.b.i. is saying that this is a hate crime what more do we know about the suspects and the motives for the attack . the suspect a robber. a white man in his forty's from the pittsburgh area and he had previously held anti-semitic and white extremist views and he had stated those on social media accounts and he apparently also stated anti-semitic slurs during the attack itself but what is interesting is that the authorities said that they have no indication that that this suspect was known to them before and while they are treating this as a as a hate crime they have not said that that the motive for this crime could be enticing medic motives but it seems fairly clear from the suspect's background and the attack itself that they suspect that this was an anti-semitic attack michael we heard a pitts it's beneficial talk about how deeply moved he was by what he witnessed what do we know about how the attack unfolded what do you know about the victims. well the attack apparently occurred this mor

and city air how urban life can make you ill and now here's your host dr carsten laid out today i'm in the middle of the live.

and city air how bourbon life can make you ill and now here's your host dr carsten lake which out today i'm in the middle of it and a big city is something amazing that a lot of things there exhibitions there theaters they're shopping malls they have jobs this doctor's so everything is perfect. not really a city can be in knowing all that hacks tick and the spin and all that hassle and bustle and on the other hand the loneliness the city can make you sick and. there's a global trend towards urbanization megacities are growing on every continent according to a united nations study two out of three people now live in urban environments. with so many people crowded together stress is inevitable in large cities people compete for territory and for influence it's a constant close contact with countless individuals the tempo of city life please people tense and stressed. and then there's the noise it all has consequences. depression and anxiety related illnesses are far more common in urban centers that rural areas so enjoy city life at your own risk. it's very interesting let's dig a little

just like the public pool in bamberg carsten passive house can save energy in many ways. he doesn't need additional heating and the solar power system supplies power for his house and his electric cars. good ideas can work everywhere and that certainly holds for our next story it's about a german ugandan joint projects they have developed a method to turn maize spend also enter briquettes a great way to make use of biomass waste they want to see people in uganda using less firewood and more of these natural briquettes for cooking and heating are it purports that went out to investigates. in dead to university in century uganda provides meals to one thousand eight hundred students every day. and uses huge amounts of cooking wood in the process. the university is looking to change that with the help of a german engineer brett smit is working with the energy research center to replace wood with most the sin of the cats make from corn waste. the first new stuff is already in operation. it was a former fire wood stove and we adopted the two to break it already planning to adop