blissed in swiss medics registered. as opposed to most european countries the usa allows compensation for blood donations this practice is legal. we enter the premises which are under heavy surveillance impossible to speak with the static kill just yank it just kind of taking shit you drain me you know we'd be from you know from the ok for as the create an accessory just get this straight. yeah. the center is in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods. cleveland is a devastated city the financial crisis of two thousand and eight was a fatal blow. pastor lester williams knows the reality of life in this neighborhood many of his church followers sell their plasma. to. goodwill that. would i guess you know it's legal i will probably get it does will people just do that but what is strange is that the companies they can cheat. but which is a donation way when you pay someone luring people and so make your money on it and both work you know because a little bit they're giving to these people is not very much. in cleveland al

we also find octo pharma the swiss company which produces tamara's drug. like that to. the end of the full market goes there twice a week to sell its plasma. but i'll buy. budget right now where for thirty two bucks for red forty five dollars for the full fifty dollars a sure so that's a lot of the same ballpark. to twenty five. and i found out that i can with a plasma or you know or you know that's the problem when you're on tight budget it's a fragile thing you know. we wanted to go inside with him to speak with the people in charge this turned out to be impossible the hostility increased the closer we got to the center and. looking at you you and i were and public property it is that everybody that is now my friends meeting so we question donors outside in the parking lot. first those this kind of like the extra money thing you know just to get a little money on the you know the new bills and indian it just kind of you know became a regular firstly first start you get fifty dollars the first five times as a new customer in after day on tuesday or thursday as any two

the swiss medical experts reassured us that the plasma for swiss drugs didn't come from paid donors. well they did it all for. the. find it all for document. but all that is still much of it. all. those those old. opals. it's all to spend going to see to quote even us on its old savageness a pledge event is it as unique i don't know i mean i get them both sized all the bits all the spent and the told to spend the good don't mean to hit you and use theo's it as it is. of the submission this ignition to the those flaws models in this right but all. been committed it's a bit salt. and you're. in the industry terms the money paid to donors is compensation not payment a play on words in germany for example donors may receive a small fee which is limited to three times a month but the fees offered in the usa are much higher enough to let the poorest survive. we'll see keep that pre-fab unsound don't depress mouth they will do and you know that's not the fancy free us that says irish i said this is south and if i'm not so to you and his creation of us the truth and asked. to spend the ten t

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is indicating the overvaluation of the swiss franc continues to decrease, but the swiss franc remainsis point. as you can see, we continued to see some of the unwind continue this morning. out, can i just point forecasting inflation for the third quarter of 2020 seems like a terribly difficult job. that is still a long way from now. i would be interested to know what they are expecting from the currency to come through at that point. that will be an interesting aspect in this. if they continue to see the overvaluation of the currency coming down, that should be inflationary in the same way the u.k. is experiencing an inflationary push at the moment. that effect -- i guess the snb template numbers in and make projections based on that. as we have indicated, inflation remains difficult to see exactly. matt: we will have a great conversation with thomas. guy: our colleague catherine bosley is going to be talking to thomas yourdon later. that will follow a press conference. we will bring that to you as soon as we get it. strategies atd of socgen, freddie lait -- kokou agbo-bloua, is still

dipping in and warming up the insides with swiss cheese fondue. i'm just desserts enjoying a winter treat in the mountains of austria. when it's cold outside people tend to favor warm hearty dishes for them meals as opposed to light and fresh cuisine in the summer months a country like poland generally has cooler temperatures for the majority of the so it's no surprise that most of the dishes a wholesome rich and warming a modern influence has cooled to top restaurants to appeal more to the international market so in one of poland's new the craziness tab is meant chef sylvester at least shows us how he keeps up with the times whilst maintaining polish traditions. the tucked her mountains in southern poland are among the most popular tourist destinations in eastern europe. not far from any book away natacha is where chef sylvester elise has his restaurant. he's famous in the region. and one of his specialties is leg of lamb. clearly japanese arm of the maronite chile papa finally put it on the lounge to give it spiciness. i want to create a confron

his opponents say couples initiative would cost thirty million swiss francs.it will be at the scale where the money come from it have to be taken out of domestic agriculture there certainly wouldn't be any more direct payments or subsidies and that would mean more discontent amongst farmers in one of the them but the battle against the horning is really about creating more nature oriented agricultural policies something armen couple plans to keep fighting for now he must find funding for his referendum campaign he paid for everything himself so far but now his wife has taken the bull by the horns and forbidding him from doing it again. that's all from us here at focus on europe on behalf of the whole team we wish you a very happy twenty eight let's make it a good one thanks for watching. the be. the best . and. the but. the but. just one more to max it this really is the last minute some of the money i'll save . and the health benefits i'll be so much of the arab any kid does have a it's a new year it's a fresh start i can do this becoming a nonsmoker and stay

andy swiss, bbc news, adelaide.ill resume here in a few hours‘ time, 268 runs ahead, with six wickets remaining. england will be hoping they can skittle them out, give themselves a chance, but australia still favour itself to go 2-0 australia still favour itself to go 2—0 up in the series. that would be a long way back for england. thanks very much. that‘s all for tonight. now it‘s time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday — i‘m jessica creighton. coming up this evening. a glimmer of hope for england — they rip through australia‘s top order in the second ashes test, but it‘s the aussies who are still in control. the fa cup third round draw throws up a merseyside derby — everton will travel to liverpool next month. the fallout from the russian doping scandal continues — former british heptathlete kelly sotherton is set for an olympic bronze medal, 11 years after the beijing games. good evening, welcome to the bbc sports centre, lots to come over the next ten minutes. but let‘s start with england

went as full as the popular all over the world and the swiss region of the house is always busy at this time of year the both is just one of the many resorts the thriving right now that's because long before it became known for its winter sports people came to the town for health and wellness we take a look back at the history of this town and how it's a vote over the years. davos is a swiss winter sports resort nestled in the alps it attracts snowboarders and skiers on around three hundred twenty kilometers of peace that's. home to a population of about thirteen thousand is a blend of traditional and modern one of its newer landmarks is the luxury hotel intercontinental which opened in two thousand and thirteen also affectionately called the golden egg. but it was the congress center built in one nine hundred sixty nine that put davos on the map as a location for international business and medical conferences the best known is the annual world economic forum. is what. professor talk of the founder of the world economic forum with professor dr klaus schwab and he decided it should take

he was heading the swiss unit.d of -- accompanied by other changes of the executive board. a new chief operating officer and also a new head of the swiss unit. this was yesterday raising further speculation about who will be the next ceo down the road. this is what we are understanding as of now that blessing is largely to be seen as a top candidate for the job. not so much experience with wealth management, but well-regarded within the bank. this is what we have an understanding so far. mark: what is going on with swiss private banking right now? we had musical chairs. what is behind all this sudden movement? >> you know zurich. this other movement announced a couple of weeks ago, the ceo stepped down and now there is speculation that he might be a possible candidate. we have not had anything confirmed. he could be a good fit for the job. it will be more speculation. on the other hand, they say they stage and at this we have not said this is just an interim solution. we have no reason at this point in time to spec

andy swiss reports.e, but would this be another day for english ones? well, it seemed so at first, as dawid malan and johnny bairstow picked up their marathon partnership where they had left off, bairstow completing a superb century. after his now infamous incident in a perth bar, he celebrated by head—butting his helmet. england were enjoying themselves. but out of nowhere, guess what. malan went to a brilliant catch by peter handscomb for 1110. and the rest crumbled in all too familiar fashion, losing their last six wickets in 48 mind—boggling minutes. theyjust made it to the 400 mark, but it should have been so much better. well, to be all out by lunchtime here wasn't exactly part of england's plan. that was some batting collapse, even by their standards, and australia are suddenly right back in this. so could england's bowlers repair the damage? well, they made a decent start, craig 0verton removing both openers. but further chances slipped through theirfingers. they were difficult ones, but they pro

andy swiss reports.y when english cricket was rescued by some very english weather, but for how long? it had started out a damage limitation exercise to restrict australia's gargantuan total. the video umpire helped, finally dislodging steve smith for a mere 239. some hefty late—order took australia's total way out of sight. commentator: sailing overhead... for england's batsmen, it was now all about survival. oh, dear. josh hazlewood's brilliance did for alastair cook, and worse was to follow. joe root, the captain, remember, what was he thinking? but as his team—mates fell around him, james vince stood tall, a fluent 50 starting the recovery, until the ball of this or perhaps any summer. mitchell starc, the stump destroyer. just watch this zigzag off the pitch at 90 miles an hour. unplayable. dawid malan and jonny bairstow helped calm the nerves with an unbeaten partnership until a deluge sparked delight among the barmy army, but their team needs something very special. got two guys at the crease that

but the swiss we here at hotel adler add a bit of corn starch and cherry liquor. the restaurant uses four different swiss cheese is in its fondue giving it a rich taste the cheesy treat dates back to the seventeenth century and has changed little since. then finally izzard's toas christmas tree belongs to the superior class of borel locke hotel which has turned its front yard into a winter wonderland the hotel dates back to eight hundred forty four and boasts a long line of prominent guests including german composer richard wagner but bora locke also does its part to give back to the community. as an acquisitive class impact we have a large douglas pine tree outside in our park which we decorate with many lights were peace and this year we've installed a new technology which lets the light shine more brightly and beautifully. see those there are now seventy thousand lights making it the biggest christmas tree in switzerland when mom and on the friday before the first advent we offer a gifted zurich's residence and that is an open invitation to the hotel. festive l

so much here on the whole of the swiss army knife the swiss army knife in time discovering yes exactly this time through some things ok lights. ok. so well i see something you must know his own is cameras basically we work very hard to finish and cameras. digital still camera one fork a camera here basically we are interested. very. alone we always call them in on this the the from . the team expects to see a vertical wall of ice dropping five hundred meters from the surface but instead there's a surprise. they discover a huge underwater cavern beneath this part of the glass in. the sea water is warmer than expected and this is unusual evidence of now we're really close to the ice and discovered that it was really rotten ice everything was going to play out in a way with still going to a lot of. yeah completely rock that we were not expecting. a lot especially in this depth so far into the. warmer ocean currents and now flowing further south towards antarctica. scientists believe the kind of melt we've seen here who contribute more than a major to global sea level rise by the end of th

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conference from london — we are expecting to hear from thomas bach, and also samuel schmid, a former swisshored one of those investigations. running a little bit late but how do you feel this is going to go? well in the last few seconds we have had a statement from the international olympic committee announcing their decision and we will hear from thomas back in due course but in the last few seconds the ioc have announced the russian olympic committee has been suspended with immediate effect. that means that russian athletes under strict conditions it says will go to the olympic, the winter olympics but they will run under the name olympic athletes from russia so effectively competing under a neutral flag. athletes from russia so effectively competing under a neutralflag. that is their decision in the last few seconds from the ioc. they will compete with a uniform says the statement bearing the same, olympic athlete from russia and there will run under the olympic flag. and the olympic anthem will be played at any ceremony and not the russian national anthem. in addition just going throug

our correspondent andy swiss is at the waca for us. can england pick up where they left off?ust when they needed it most, they produced their best day of the ashes tour so far. they won the toss, chose to bat, lost alistair cook early. his struggles with that continue. they lost captainjoe route. mark stoneman battled really well against some hostile australian building —— bowling. when he eventually went to 56 given out by the umpire caught behind, england we re the umpire caught behind, england were in some trouble. they dragged the initiative back, thanks to wonderful partnership between johnny ba i rstow wonderful partnership between johnny bairstow and david milan. david milan unbeaten on 110, his first test century in an ashes test in front of his parents who are watching. it was some day to him. england in a strong position. australia will have a few thoughts about what they can do. this third testis about what they can do. this third test is so pivotal for the series. it is, really, because england a 2— you're down in this ashes series. they know that if australia win

person to admit such such abuse but it's the first time in the twenty years of the existence of the swiss press that we received. such demons from a journalist association which is supposed to support to to support the press freedom for whatever reason it is taboo no one in the mainstream media or in western governments says anything remotely critical of the white helmets you remember ever hearing anything unflattering. reporters without borders has all but taken sides let's not forget in two thousand and sixteen they named a syrian rebel activist and the journalist of the year is taunting syrian conscripts buried under rubble he says he wants them to taste a slow death a swiss press club has made the point not to judge from me i cannot see myself in the mirror or if i am big censorship or deciding you have the right to speak you have not the right to speak because you are representing the bab the supposed bad part and it is paid off they've received an outpouring of support internationally and they vow to continue doing what they do irregardless of pressure i also received many people cr

our next stop is the swiss alps. we're driving a nissen leaf one of the world's top sending a lecture because. the car just glides along it's totally quiet or so all electric and like a little dream on the strikers and climbs. the japanese car can go nearly two hundred kilometers on one charge. but it can't keep pace with this one and electric racing car which clocks zero to one hundred kilometers an hour in one and a half seconds even a formula one car is slow by comparison sadly we're not allowed to take it for a spin. we're meeting students from the e.t.h. in zero eight who hold the world record for acceleration. every year students at the university build a new electric racing car. without fuel more toward. this for motors and the motors are inside the wheels you can see they're very small but each has fifty horsepower lecithin so we have two hundred horsepower overall for a bit more actually. and it went by and get just one hundred seventy kilos less sounds like it could be pretty fast yeah super vast that's the

today on "leaders with lacqua," we meet one of the most recognized names in swiss banking, the vice-chairmanf blackrock, the world's biggest money manager, which handles more than $5 trillion in assets. after the financial crisis, what have we learned? philipp: we learned that we had too much leverage in the system without any doubt. when you have too much leverage, bad things happen. not only do they happen, but when they happen, things tend to be amplified. so that is the key take away from it all. we have also learned that this notion of letting the market be totally free, that governments really should get out of the way, that wasn't a good idea. i think what stands out is banks needed much more capital than they had at the time. we had capital levels that were excessively low. i mean in some cases, these banks were leveraged nearly 100 times. and that, to me, has always been the key takeaway. in some ways, i wish we had focused more on the capital issue, and less on all of the other things that have made it into the regulatory reform realm. francine: but is there concern now that we are

today on "leaders with lacqua," we meet one of the most recognized names in swiss banking, the vice-chairmanf blackrock, the world's biggest money manager, which handles more than $5 trillion in assets. after the financial crisis, what have we learned? philipp: we learned that we had too much leverage in the system without any doubt. when you have too much leverage, bad things happen. not only do they happen, but when they happen, things tend to be amplified. so that is the key take away from it all. we have also learned that this notion of letting the market be totally free, that governments really should get out of the way, that wasn't a good idea. i think what stands out is banks needed much more capital than they had at the time. we had capital levels that were excessively low. i mean in some cases, these banks were leveraged nearly 100 times. and that, to me, has always been the key takeaway. in some ways, i wish we had focused more on the capital issue, and less on all of the other things that have made it into the regulatory reform realm. francine: but is there concern now that we are

negotiations against brittain and the swiss frank is up.'s take a look at european markets now more broadly we can see the ftse 100 up 3/4 of 1%. xetra dax up 1/4 of a percent. the ftse may be up more than 1% as well. take a look at u.s. futures as well a few hours ahead of the open, s&p 500 looks to be opening 15 points up. the dow jones up and the nasdaq also looking like it's going to open strongly. >>> the latest twist into the russian investigation involving the trump campaign have been dominating the news. a lawyer has taken responsibility for a weekend tweet why president trump fired michael flynn. he pled guilty of lying to the fbi. tracie potts joins us from washington, d.c. what's been the reaction inside the white house? >> reporter: well, we saw the president on twitter all weekend long, defending, deflecting to other topics when it comes to the russia investigation the reason that that particular tweet is important is because it essentially said that the president knew that flynn lied to the fbi before he fired him, which also