but the lack of proper waste management is flooding plastics and other harmful garbage into india's rivers and cities. addressing waste effectively remains a global challenge. the international monetary fund has revived a one and a half billion dollar bailout plan for sri lanka the program was suspended over a power struggle last year when the president sacked to the prime minister and call new elections the two month political rally that followed it drove economic growth to its lowest in seventeen years the i.m.f. expects relaunches growth to improve to three and a half percent this year and the i.m.f. loan is crucial for sri lanka as it struggling to repay nearly six billion dollars in foreign loans due this year. the crash of the turkish lira has not only hit average citizens hard even the rich are now feeling the pinch and for many of them the only way out of the crisis is to sell their properties dozens of luxury villa say istanbul are currently up for sale for bargain prices and some of them are eagerly snapped up by wealthy arabs because they come with a priceless added bonus turkis

the office that takes care of waste management in the city says only forty to fifty percent is disposed of in the landfill outside the city. to get less than the rest is either burned or there is littering that creates messy areas to power. but there is a small army of private plastic collectors now who make their living by taking waste to be recycled. and. if we don't collect colusa waste from the garbage. that we usually collected from different offices and restaurants near the city center especially near the morning market. they contact me once they have enough to sell. out the recycling centers where they take the plastics to be sorted admit though that what they do barely scratches the problem surface. you know. we work as a middleman for both parties sellers and buyers. although it does help the community we only collect about one percent of the total waste out here and it's better than doing nothing at all. in. very we collect approximately one tonne of plastic but we can only sell about six hundred to seven hundred kilos. in east asia is producing wasted a faster rate than any o

environmentalists feel that the government should not just past regulations but also improve waste management from where i sit i think that you could do a little better in terms of planning and what we need to think about these long term management of this kind of material and how they're going to be disposed of. in the event that they're not useful anymore. to the economy. kenya still lags behind in waste management with recycling a the done by private companies or informally by people who work at dump sites. but still no alternative to the nonmoving bags perhaps this latest battle forced kenyans to be more aware of the impact they have on the environment. south sudan has been enduring a wave of fighting with millions of people displaced from their homes now a so-called peace tournament sponsored by the un mission in the south of the country has inspired hope among the population it's yet another example of football bridging differences and bringing people together. when the whistle blows people in the town of ye can put their troubles to one side football players here taking part in the pea

but the lack of proper waste management is flooding plastics and other harmful garbage into india's rivers and seas. addressing waste effectively remains a global challenge. take a look now at some more adventurous around the world u.s. bat syrian defense forces are clearing the last pockets of so-called islamic state militants holed up in the village of baquba suspected dyess fighters and their families in surrendering to rest their forces outside the town i guess is the group's last stronghold after losing control of fast swathes of territory. north korean leader kim fell on has been meeting with vietnamese president no end food troll it's been described by north korean media as a goodwill visit it comes a day after talks between chairman kim and u.s. president donald trump in vietnam were cut short when they couldn't agree on conditions for sanctions relief. they have been cers out tsunami alerts in chile after a powerful earthquake struck in neighboring peru the magnitude and magnitude seven event to hit north of us and god and province media reports say the trend was felt as far away

digital technology is also coming to waste management people can dispose of cans and bottles in i trash machines and get a voucher in return which can be used for bus and train tickets promoting sustainable transport. machines sharing data to make our lives easier and more sustainable this could be just the solution our future needs. some clever ideas there let's go to taipei to our correspondent william young william smart city. just about what you've just seen or does it mean more so smart say taipei is the city why initiative that is that using a distributed leisure technology to create debt of driven services and in the case of taipei one makes us smart as the government as a citywide framework which satisfy citizens' needs through technological innovation block chain is plays a role here that move relatively new technology improves quality of life in a city. so new technologies like tango technology makes life safer and more efficient than before for example with marci taipei's there's little i didn't fiction system is a new program that utilizes the german company tengo id technol

on the show how to turn trash into a fruitful business opportunity to go to india where new waste management systems create jobs and clear the streets. ellen welcome to d.w. business asia i'm going to get germs in berlin thanks for joining us so the truce between one and beijing has been extended but the fallout from the still and results of the u.s. china trade conflict as nevertheless taken a toll on factory output across asia activity in china's vast a manufacturing sector contracted for the third straight month raising questions about beijing's ability to stabilize an already cooling economy japan's factory gauge fell at the shoppers pace in two and a half years amid a slump in orders and data from south korea shows its exports plummeted only india is bucking the trend with the expanding of the fastest pace in over a year. now that's a lot of data of course let's bring in our market correspondent buson to fill all the data.

millimeters and they start off of as large pieces of plastic and then due to littering runoff pool waste management and up in the marine environment and when they're exposed to sunlight the sunlight makes them vestal and the action is the wind in the ways just breaks them down and they become smaller and smaller they don't biodegrade or ever really go away and because they're very small and they can be readily ingested by number of different mean and they can reduce the and mind. they consume and in thailand that hands a knock on effect on groups and reproducibility we're fine michael path takes everywhere we feel that we found on the surface of the ocean with and see the wood . cullen we found them in animals like crabs and ones that live the boss and the bad. plastic we're getting if we were. twenty five million tonnes of plastic waste is produced by your ph here in france alone five million plastic cups a frying away anyway. like many other countries across the world france faces a monumental plastic waste problem and this is driving a growing number of campaigners and entrepreneurs to challenge

the lack of proper waste management is flooding plastics and other harmful garbage into india's ririvers and seas.s. addressing waste effectively remains a global challenge. phil: take a look at some more events from around the world. u.s. have backed -- u.s. backed syrian defense forces are clearing so-called isis militants. they have been surrendering to forces outside the town, their last stronghold. kim jong-un has been meeting with the vietnamese president. it has been described as a gogoodwill visit a day after tas between german kim and u.s. president donald trump in vietnam were cut short when they couldn't agree grand conditions for sanctions relief. tsunami alerts in july after a -- in chile after a magnitude seven event hit. media reports say a tremor was hit as far away as brazil. turkey's currency has been on the slide for months. even the rich are feeling the pinch. many feel the only way out of the crisis is to sell their property, so many dozens of luxury villas are on sale. eager foreigners are snapping them up and not just because of the low prices. as a bonus, turkish

waste management, jim fish doing an amazing joj and fifth third bank what do we have in a cosmetic companya bank, we have a medical, we've got company involved with waste and an auto, and i say fine. all right. let's go to ron in pennsylvania. ron? >> hello, jim. >> ron, how you? >> the czar of the stock world. >> let's go to work. . >> i want to thank you from investing by listening and reading your books >> thank you >> my top five stocks are enterprise products, epd, cyrus one, like an income stock instead of a growth stock. >> yeah, i'm familiar with it. >> apple, aapl, and crown castle cti. thank you, jim >> okay. let's go to work [ buzzer ] the largest exporter, apple you know and own it. don't trade it, right? con ed, utility different, crown castle, a tower company, you see the towers the top of buildings, and cyrus one a good real estate investment trust it does not conflict with anything and utility, oil pipeline, tech company, telco, let's call it, the stock is going down because of craziness involving t-mobile. i'd be careful and then a real estate investment trust i'm going sa

millimeters and they start off of as large pieces of plastic and then due to littering runoff pool waste management and of in the marine environment and when the then they're exposed to sunlight the sunlight makes them versatile and the action is the wind in the ways just breaks them down and they become smaller and smaller they don't biodegrade or ever really go away and because they're very small and they can be readily ingested by number of different mean animal and they can reduce the end mind. they consume and in thailand that hands a knock on effect on groups and reproducibility we have fun michael path takes everywhere we feel that we found on the surface of the ocean with and see the world . cullen we found them in animals like crabs and ones that live at the bottom of. the plastic we're getting if we were. twenty five million tonnes of plastic waste is produced by your ph here in france alone five billion plastic cups a frog in a way anyway. like many other countries across the world france faces a monumental plastic waste problem and this is driving a growing number of campaigners and ent

millimeters and they start off of as large pieces of plastic and then due to littering runoff pool waste management and of in the marine environment and when they're exposed to sunlight the sunlight makes them vestal and the action is the wind in the ways just breaks them down and they become smaller and smaller they don't biodegrade or ever really go away and because they're very small and they can be weirdly ingested by number of different mean animals and they can reduce the and nine and. they consume and in thailand that hands a knock on effect on groups and we produce a been a t. we have found michael path takes everywhere we've seen it we found on the surface of the ocean wave and see the water column. we found them in animals like crabs and ones that live at the bottom of. the plastic we're getting if we were. twenty five million tonnes of plastic waste is produced by your ph here in france alone five billion plastic cups a frog in a way anyway. like many other countries across the world france faces a monumental plastic waste problem and this is driving a growing number of campaigners and e

and her studio here in dubai has now joined forces with a local waste management company to put lotsd use. so, you don't call this recycled glass anymore, you call it upcycled — why? we try to take the glass in the bottle in its originalform, and try to make it something having a lot more value, and that is what makes it different from recycling. hence "upcycling." but it is all sustainable? it is absolutely, so what happens is if we had not made a candle stand out of this bottle, it would have probably ended up in the landfill, and it takes a million years for a glass bottle... a million years? absolutely — for a glass bottle to decompose in a natural environment. one of the things i notice when i'm here in dubai is everything is bling, everything is flash, it is all about new, and old and second—hand doesn't seem to me to be something that people here in dubai are into. the reason why you see a lot of things here which are new and bling is because it's a young country, a lot of the things and structures that you see here have probably come up only in the past few years. but having

millimeters and they start off of as large pieces of plastic and then due to littering runoff pool waste management and of in the marine environment and when they're exposed to sunlight the sunlight makes them vestal and the action is the wind in the ways just breaks them down and they become smaller and smaller they don't biodegrade or ever really go away and because they're very small and they can be weirdly ingested by a number of different mean animals and they can reduce the end mind of food in a consume and in thailand that hands a knock on effect on groups and reproducibility we're fine michael path takes everywhere we feel that we found on the surface of the ocean move and see the world . cullen we found an animal like crabs and ones that live at the bottom. the plastic we're getting if we were. twenty five million tonnes of plastic waste is produced by your ph here in france alone five million plastic cups a front away anyway. like many other countries across the world france faces a monumental plastic waste problem and this is driving a growing number of campaigners and entrepreneurs to c

millimeters and they start off of as large pieces of plastic and then due to littering runoff pool waste management and of in the marine environment and when they're exposed to sunlight the sunlight makes them vestal and the action is the wind in the ways just breaks them down and they become smaller and smaller they don't biodegrade or ever really go away and because they're very small and they can be weirdly ingested by number of different mean animals and they can reduce the and mind. in a consume and in thailand that hands a knock on effect on groups and reproducibility we're fine michael path takes everywhere we feel that we found on the surface of the ocean move and see the wood . cullen we found them in animals like crabs and ones that live at the bottom of. the plastic we're getting if we were. twenty five million tons of plastic waste is produced by your of each year in france alone five billion plastic cups a frog in a way anyway. like many other countries across the world france faces a monumental plastic waste problem and this is driving a growing number of campaigners and entrepreneurs

here in dubai hasjoined artist, and her studio here in dubai has joined forces with a local waste managementthat unwanted glass to good use. so you don't call this recycled glass any more, you call it upcycled, why? we try and take the glass in the bottle in its originalform, and make it something that has a lot more value, and that is what makes it different from recycling. hence upcycling. but it is all sustainable? it is, but if we had not made a candle stand out of this bottle it would have probably ended up bottle it would have probably ended up in the landfill, and it takes a million years for a glass bottle... 1 million years? million years for a glass bottle... 1million years? for million years for a glass bottle... 1 million years? for a glass bottle to decompose in a natural environment. one thing i notice here in dubai is everything is flashy, it is blank, it is all about new. an old and second—hand does not seem to be something that people here in dubai are into. the reason you see a lot of things here which i knew and flashy is because it is a young country, a lot of the things

owned by a chemical company that in the past has received a number of government penalties over waste managementse of the explosion is currently being investigated but with safety standards often not being enforced properly, these types of industrial ink -- properly, these types of industrial ink —— incidents are becoming more and more common. let's go to brussels. where the german chancellor angela merkel is speaking. the german chancellor angela merkel is expected to speak. there are reports she has been a little cross with some eu leaders for pushing britain so hard over brexit. it'll be interesting to see what she to say. we will hope to go back to brussels relatively shortly. i think she was supposed to be speaking earlier but she is somewhat delayed. we will take you to brussels as soon as we have angela merkel and we will have the business news shortly but first the headlines. the eu agrees to delay brexit beyond the 29th of march, after late night talks in brussels. theresa may returns to london, to try to convince mps to back her deal — she says mps have "a clear choice". and one week o

suspended for two years and they were basically found guilty of violating regulations governing waste management as well as air pollution so this is a company with a record now we understand the boss of the company the man who received that suspended jail term is among the injured also i can tell you that twelve years ago in this same county there was another deadly chemical explosion so this is a reminder that in that corner of china where so many of these dangerous industries are concentrated that accidents like these are no longer rare. thank you very much for that and that is adrian brown with the latest from thank you. still ahead on the bulletin more facebook is dealing with logic obviously and security lapse plus . i'm far into the week in northern thailand a political stronghold of a party that was removed by a military coup almost five years ago and the people here are vowing to turn out in huge numbers to vote in the upcoming election. we've got more wet weather more when she weather just effects in the fall northeast of the u.s. is latest band of cloud making its way through in the fo

suspended sentence two years ago after being found guilty of breaching regulations really related to waste management as well as air pollution so this is a plant with a poor safety record we also know that in the same area where there are a huge number of plants involved in the processing of chemicals there was another serious explosion twelve years ago an explosion was largely covered up by the authorities this time it's different the media is pumping out updated information almost by the hour but this of course was not china's worst chemical explosion that was in te engine in northeast china in august two thousand and fifteen when more than one hundred sixty people were killed after an explosion at a facility storing chemicals but it's possible that this could well be on course to become china's second. worst chemical explosion. still ahead on the bulletin we travel to one of the regions hardest hit by side plan a diet my fan base. and the human cost of war we follow the plight of one yemeni family. how i welcome to another look at the international full castillo's in bits and pieces a clout on the

reporting that the plant's owners were found guilty over violating rules governing air pollution and waste management two years ago one of them is among the injured adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. well time now for the weather and everton is where there is ever so what's the latest on those two storms that are bearing down on history and you know just a couple of days away now this is only a second time in recorded history we've had two storms this strong make landfall similar tiny asli over australia have taken the satellite pitching see the strongest one is veronica sustained winds around two hundred five kilometers per hour gusting to two hundred fifty it's a slow mover those only moving at four kilometers per hour you can still walk a lot faster than that the swim fast that actually tropical cycling trevor on the other hand well this is slightly weaker but it's still strong enough still intensifying actually and this is what is going to make landfall around about nine or ten hours winds gusting over two hundred kilometers per hour is moving more quickly though eleven kilometers per hour and that

reporting that the plant's owners were found guilty of violating rules governing air pollution and waste management two years ago one of them is among the injured adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. weather is. why a new study is describing the deadly. wave. when. three eastern zimbabwe many people was sleeping. and i'll tell you why this is one of the worst i think today.

suspended sentence two years ago after being found guilty of breaching regulations really related to waste management as well as air pollution so this is a plant with a poor safety record we also know that in the same area where there are a huge number of plants involved in the processing of chemicals there was another serious explosion twelve years ago an explosion was largely covered up by the authorities this time it's different the media is pumping out updated information almost by the hour but this of course was not china's worst chemical explosion that was in te engine in northeast china in august two thousand and fifteen when more than one hundred sixty people were killed after an explosion at a facility storing chemicals but it's possible that this could well be on course to become china's second worst chemical explosion. still ahead on the bombers when we travel to one of the region's had hot and spicy i plan to die and mozambique. how i welcome to look at the international full cost of us in bits and pieces a cloud on the right i mean little bit of snow to just push into parts of the middle

tom smith runs solid waste management.rputting out new idelines when it comes to recycling certain items, like glass. tom says the cost to transport and recycle glass is going way up, more than doubling in th m past couple ths. add to that increased standards from china and india, who purchase many of our recyclables, making it not worth the cost of recycling. >> for all the glass going in your bin, it is going back to ll the land >> reporter: this is perhaps one r the most disheartening parts of the process, foose of us who hope that by recycling, do we'rg something wneficial, something thatill be repurposed and put to good use. instead, many of the items including glass now in places like prince william co and really parts across the country are rejected. the recycling plants are unable to process them, too expensive and so they're put back into the landfill. to help guarantee certain items get recycled, choose a focused or cycling approach in your own home or office. >> if you focus on newspapers, cardboard, aluminum an

i won at the waste management. middle of the pack again in mexico city.to contention and tied for second at honda. last week in the middle of the pack, so it will be a good week here. vonnie: you are already number seven in the fedex rankings, thanks to your win in phoenix. so how do you stay at this level, how do you prevent yourself from slipping back? tough, especially right now. i am on a four week stretch and this is the end of that run, so i am looking to two weeks off coming up. i want to relax, recharge and get ready for the masters. for me, players is a big start to the big events to the year. this is our championship, so i want to go out of this four week stretch on a good note. vonnie: you mentioned the masters. we are on a different schedule this year, it is starting a bit earlier and we will have things a little bit earlier, so how will that impact how you tackle these tournaments this year? rickie: in the long run it will help space out the big events better. having the players here in march, that way when you get to them may to august stret

mentioned two of them and we echoed them in financials and energy >> microsoft, oracle on that list waste management >> cisco comes to mind as well health care which may not be setting 52-week highs but have come off of these lows that were set by the house of representatives if you ask me with the democrats thatare pushing things like drug control and plmedicare for all we're getting reasonable views that's not likely to happen and the health card got way oversold the broadening of this rally helps the rally continue >> what gets you to change your mind ian >> the big egest thing that wou change my mind is if the fed gets more dovish. >> there's no indication but aren't they there? >> they could go further they could say that will think about cutting rates. they haven't gone that far i think that could be something that would be considered bullish at this point. if china's growth starts to improve. i think that would clearly be something that's at a consensus right now. i think that would be something as well. >> good set up for our next conversation the big factor on whether stocks can hit new how

millimeters and they start off of as large pieces of plastic and then due to littering runoff pool waste management and of in the marine environment and when they're exposed to sunlight the sunlight makes them bristol and the action is the wind in the ways just breaks them down and they become smaller and smaller they don't biodegrade or ever really go away and because they're very small and they can be readily ingested by number of different mean animals and they can reduce the end mind. in a consume and in thailand that hands a knock on effect on groups and we produce a been a t. we're fine michael path takes everywhere we feel that we found on the surface of the ocean move and see the world. holland we found them in animals like crabs and ones that live at the bottom of. the plastic we're getting if we were. twenty five million tons of plastic waste is produced by your a peach here in france alone five billion plastic cups a front away and you really. like many other countries across the world france faces a monumental plastic waste problem and this is driving a growing number of campaigners and

reporting that the plant's owners were found guilty of violating rules governing air pollution and waste management two years ago one of them is among the injured adrian brown al jazeera beijing weather is next but still ahead on al-jazeera why a new study is describing the deadly opioid epidemic in the u.s. as the third wave plus. wins like loaded dice with three eastern zimbabwe many people were sleeping i'm how do we toss it in court and i'll tell you why this is one of the worst affected in. we got plenty of warm spring sunshine into central parts of europe at the moment which was the west actually really doing quite nice to be got a little bit of disturbed weather just brushing the fall north of the british isles but that aside slipped in pretty good as we go on through the next couple days because high pressure is in charge the law says spring sunshine further a spin not quite done with winter just a little bit of snow in the forecast the western side of russia to celsius for most go cold even for mosca and a fair bit of snow as you can see but at the central areas seventeen cells is there fo

rates are jumping 3% today according to the waste management of alameda county, the increase is aimed at offsetting the lost revenue because of tighter recycling restrictions in china. hayward houses a 35-gallon garbage container withere and wl see the monthly bill jump $1. >>> happening today, the world's largest collaborative mural will officially be unveiled in the south bay. it's not often that you get to take in a record-setting work of art. here is the first look at that finished product. this is at first street and east san carlos near plaza de cesar shah advise. 3x3 foot works for a 900 square foot mural. go to our website for the full story from nbc bay area digital journalist jennifer gonzalez. >>> it is 5:38. i've driven past that mural and i want to say, shout out to all of the artists because it really makes a difference in the way that the city looks. it looks beautiful. it's amazing, plus great chance for instagram photos, tag the artist, give them credit when credit is due. an overall look at the bay area and i'm so sorry, we have a couple issues popping up. the first

whether by card or mobile phone opening hours around the clock digital technology is also coming to manage waste with so-called i trash machines cans and bottles can be disposed of and the machines can even give you your deposit back in buses and trains can use it as an incentive for recycling. the future is going to be a ton a mess when these machines around us make our lives easier and we see ourselves as your neighbors off this future because there's the inherent business model behind it the smart city of the future has machines that communicate autonomously with each other based on specific data but it also means that data protectors need to be even more vigilant in preventing the misuse of personal data. bus doing business with you. the be. mob. good luck. with. the film. just how egalitarianism germany. is worth compensated. and who decides how much it's worth. with the focus on. productive easy. pay. and the pressure from living in an increasingly on society. made in germany in ninety minutes on d w. the floods have taken every female now despair is a good. climate refugees from the odd d

. >> reporter: tom smith runs solid waste management.n items, like glass. tom says the cost to transport and recycle glass is gng way up, more than doubling in the past couple of months. add to thated incre standards from china and india, who purchase many of our rescyclable recyclables, making it not wortt the cos of recycling. >> for all the glasgs going in your bin, it is going back to the land. >> reporter: thiss perhaps one the most disheartening parts of the process, for those of us who hope that by recycling, ething oing s beneficial, something that will be repurposed and put to good use. o instead, man the items including glass now in places like princeou william cy and really parts across the country are rejected. the recycling plants are unable expensive them, too and so they're put back into the landfill. to helpta guarantee c items get recycled, choose a focused or cycling approach in your own homer office. >> if you focus on newspapers, cardboard,luminum and steel cans and plastic bottles and jugs, it is going to get recycle

our investigative team was already digging into cost management and potential wasteful spending. we object teenaged a list of all contractors, as well as a list of all charges by contract managers known as dispute invoices. we found more than 600 questionable invoices. one example, this company that was hired to lay track that's don't existiest. and $275,000 in lodging and unapproved expenses. and this $17,000 bill from a consultant who tried to charge the state for a new office that had not been authorized. they've 1,200 bill from uc davis for two classes even though one of the classes had been canceled. >> i lay the fault right at the door step of the authorities. >> he's been a critic of the high speed rail since the beginning. he called for an audit. >> the big problem is that the high speed rail authority has been making it up as it goes along. that's the danger point. >> he agrees. >> they made mistakes. they overspent. >> our analysis discovered a third of what high speed classified as questionable spending involved a single consultant. parts onlies brinkerhoff. they provid

waste. host: what specifically do you do? caller: safety management. host: tell me about your job. what are your responsibilities? caller: i develop training programs for the employees. , safetyt training tailgate talks, do site audit inspections. host: how did you get involved in the industry? caller: i went to college for it. host: is that something you need a college degree for? educationpecialized when it comes to people with jobs like yours? caller: no. there are people in my field who did not have a college degree specifically, but it certainly helps. based on your skills and experience in other applicable fields you can certainly get into safety management without having a degree. host: that is erin in pennsylvania who was involved in waste management, how she is making more when it comes to her wages. let's hear from stafford, virginia. judy will be next. caller: good morning. quickly, i work in higher education. my wages went up but that is because i switched jobs closer to northern virginia. i am in the i.t. industry. the bigger issue is in this field i have three masters

parents treat video gaming a little bit more as an opportunity to learn than just a waste of time.anna wiernicki: sports managementrofessor lisa neiroitti agrees. she says especially if high schools require esports players to maintain good grades to stay on the team...lisa neirottisports management professor, george washington universitytake cg @ 1:18-1:23so they are going to be a more well-rounded joining an esport team.anna wiernicki: and esports may even open doors for students after high school. right now more thirty u-s colleges and offer scholarships for gamers. in washington, i'm anna wiernicki, wiernicki, i'm anna in washington, i'm anna wiernicki, coming up next at 6:30.. more on tonight's top national story .. the completion of the mueller report on russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election.. coming up in sports..... the warriors blew out the pacers.... with six warriors scoring in double digits last night... we'll recap and hear from steve kerr....next.... (lawrence)and i'm tracking your weeknight forcast... that's just ahead. if you're watching us on the 'kron on' app - our news coverage cont

twenty million people live in legacy generate about fourteen metric tons of waste every day and while finding ways to manage it all seems don't tend. and dozens of young environmentalist every little bit counts. so they are in our hands on the beaches plastics even in so many products that we use every day it can be really hard to know just what it is you're buying a lot of cosmetics for instance contain micro plastics how can you avoid that well this week's doing your bit introduces an app that allows consumers to check the counter products before they buy. the shelves of shops and supermarkets are lined with products packaged in plastic but there are micro prospects hidden inside some. especially cosmetics so how can consume and stay clear of products containing the tiny bits of plastic compass now at hand with an app. for a barcode scanner and reveals a complete list of products contents as well as an overall rating but it's kind of friendliness. gratings in the quarter actually based on experts like greenpeace w w f our friends of the earth also we have our own scientific team who writes products based

before the governor said that last summer, our investigation team was digging into costs, management and potential wastefulpending. we obtained a list of all contractors paid by the authority, as well as a list of managers known as disputed invoices. we found 600 questionable invoices. as part of this bill for a company hired to design, demolish tracks that don't exist yet, a disputed $275,000 in markups and unapproved lodging expenses. and this $17,000 bill from a consultant who tried to charge the state for a new office that had not been authorized. even this $1,200 from uc davis from two different classes even though one had been >> i lay doorstep of the authority. >> reporter: jim patterson of fresno has been a critic since the beginning. he called for an audit. >> the problem is the high speed rail authority has been making it up as it goes along. and that's the danger point. >> they started they should have. >> reporter: state senator jim bell of san jose agrees. >> they made mistakes. they overspent. >> reporter: our analysis discovered a third of what high speed rail classified involved a single co

. >> reporter: our team was already digging into contracts, costs, management and potential wasteful . we obtained a list of all contractors paid by the high speed rail authority as well as a list of all charges flagged by contract managers known as disputed invoices. we found more than 600 questionable invoices. one example, has part of this $9 million bill from a company hired to design, demolish, construct and lay tracks that don't exist yet. a disputed $275,000 in markups and unapproved lodging expenses and this, $17,000 bill from a consultant who tried to charge the state for a new office that had not yet been authorized. even this $1,200 charge for uc davis for two different classes even though one of those classes had been cancelled. >> i lay the fault right at the doorstep of the authorities. >> reporter: assemblyman has been a critic of high speed rail since the beginning. he called for an audit that reconfirmed the misspending that we first found. >> they've been making it up as it goes along and that's the danger point. >> they started things before they should have. >> rep

she has bludgeoned us black and blue with a brain food deal on her robotic manager of it's my deal or no deal this is a waste of time and a waste of time for our chamber and that should not be happening what we should be to is thinking am asking now a way forward and a life full weight is to extend article fifteen british people are sick in the spirit so that most people in this house are a third so-called meaningful vote on teresa mayes breaks a deal will take place next week if m.p.'s reject it she wants brussels for a long deadline extension potentially lasting years depending on the reaction back home that could trigger a general election or a second referendum but if m.p.'s past made a deal last brussels for a shorter extension until june thirtieth if no extension is granted or no deal agreed and whatever timeframe is adopted the u.k. could crash out of the box with no deal and associates looks at the latest developments in westminster. it's been a very hectic week here in parliament with a series of votes meant to eliminate certain possibilities of what bracks it might end up looking like if you recall