A little gender feel stories that make the game show special. True for. More than football mine. Who calls the sox among the brics economies brazil russia india china and south africa are meeting in brasilia but this years summit raises questions of whether the pricks may have hit a wall. Also on the show we look at nigerias socalled Sandwich GenerationYoung Workers find a start families while supporting their elders using little for themselves. And berlin for its new york indigo factory in long last praises the. Ramin engineering the facility is fun for the region near the new airport but did anyone tell him that it hasnt gone well. This is the. One in berlin welcome a meeting between the leaders of brazil russia india china and south africa kicked off today in brasilia the socalled brics countries are trying to strengthen economic scientific and Security Cooperation not an easy task for a rather Divergent Group especially economically china is miles away from the rest of the pack its Gross Domestic Product exceeded 13 trillion dollars last year indias population is almost as high as china is but its g. D. P. Was a 5th of that the next 2 are closer to each others levels brazil at 1. 00 trillion russia at 1. 00 then there south africa at just under half a trillion. Now gallagher is our correspondent in south africa she joins us now from cape town these countries have all ended up in different places economically many have wondered whether brics as a grouping still makes sense so can you tell us what does south africa actually get out of this membership. Are you with us can you hear me yeah. I can hear you. I would just like to repeat my question that i wanted to ask you what does south africa actually get from this membership of the brics group. Oh its incredibly important for south africa mainly now because its going very badly to cite africas. Economic growth its very low so you need the investment the need to buy electric trades and they also need loans wont be very important for south africa as well as well as the brics that new Development Bank the west set up and 15 by the brics countries as sort of breaks countries have been lending money to south africa to escala which is the power utility which has been struggling here so that has them starting to keep the lights on and also investment recently in infrastructure and in south africa and may need to upgrade to maintain a toll roads here and that will force africa hopes will get exploited job so that after going to relationship this incredibly important so very vital relationship for south africa but as you said now south africa is of course the smallest and weakest member of this group now what do the other numbers get out of south africas membership. Yes the skepticism about south africas membership i think from the start but what is key for for these members is to have a photo in africa on the continent so you said africa is still very important in the continent and mainly countries like india and china weve seen that didnt want to increase their footprint not just in south africa but as well the rest of africa so that has been a Strategic Partnership for them as well 4 and the trade has been going up i mean weve seen for example just this that arent available is june 20042014 weve seen a 400 percent increase in oil actual trade between south africa and the awful so although south africas economy is weak also some people are say its so weak now its hit rock bottom about that the only way so yeah hopefully that is the case thats what many South Africans hope and africa now hope to take away a great is a bit of a Brighter Future and maybe more relationships again thank you very much Alison Gallagher and for us now if youre planning on flying with south African Airways any time soon you might need to make alternative arrangements cabin crew are starting a strike on friday to protest against plans to cut more than 900 dogs the airline hasnt turned a profit since 2011 and has relied on a government bailout to stay afloat unions representing some 3000 workers say the strike will continue indefinitely. In nigeria Young Professionals can only think of themselves when payday rolls then they have to consider the needs of their parents and other family members in a country with a lot of functioning social welfare coverage surviving often means turning to the young generation who then have to put their lives on hold. Getting ready in the morning without Running Water isnt uncommon in many parts of lagos all abandoned solomon all of corn has to make the most out of his 5 metre square room. He works in a small saloon giving money curious and pedicures. Im very close it is out and i said theres something so if youre going to get rid of it you cant afford to lose another client its the rainy season and business is slow but that doesnt stop the messages from home his family still asks him for money i get a message from my sister about the school fees and i thought so. I think if im one of the hair of the earth i would never do it for your kid to go to school is find the salary changes every month depending on how many customers he gets in a good month he might and about 600. 00 euros about half of this goes to his family i dislike it i dont like it but. Youre trying to just be i think youre a bad person but i know its not supposed to be like that on his point to work on a bunch of his its his father he lives alone and lost his job a few years ago but thanks to his son he still gets a warm meal every day without his son support he says he wouldnt survive. He told me that i shouldnt call on him as you often because hes planning his own life to live through right now on the bangi is unable to build his own life or start a family in nigeria people like him a cold to the Sandwich Generation hes stuck in the middle taking care of the older generation while also wanting to raise a family of his own. Needs 3 to 4 clients a day to a decent wage but today he was on the hunt plan this client understands all up on just a limit which affects many nigerians are very aware that what i know about the ocean the problem the problem lies with the government issue youve got a government we do have a social welfare system here people especially those i really want to disregard the problem most affected by the if you are only the least amount of. This billboard promises a different reality retired to a nice of you its for i mean sure its Company Advertising private pensions but even those who earn a good wage cant afford to put money away for their retirement. To build its 1st european car battery factory on the outskirts of berlin. Says he chose germany because of the countrys reputation as an engineering giant its caused somewhat of a sensation here with the intense competition over who would get to host the premium electric car makers facilities and thousands of jobs in the region. The location couldnt have been more apt clutching his award for the tesla 3 he learned musk broke the news. Good evening with the markets make up here weve decided to put those were going to for korea europe in the berlin area. The preventer was lost. And the new factory will create 10000 new jobs but in senate if economics was swift to express her delight those who have vision come to berlin welcome tesla tesla already has a gig a factory in shanghai shown here its roughly the size of 120. 00 football pitches soon around half a 1000000 vehicles will roll out of here each year the complex took just 12 months to build a record. The berlin plant will be a similar size it will specialize in the compact s. U. V. Model y. And producing lithium batteries the factory itself will be close to the citys long planned new airport referring to the now 11 year construction period for that musk tesla would certainly be stepping up the pace saffron is the worlds most valuable spice up until recently the people who harvest it have had to struggle to survive in moroccos maine a saffron region many harvesters mainly women are joining cooperatives which has had a life and hands in effect. Now a picking in the dark and singing to boot might not be apparent but these women are under some time pressure saffron flowers have to be harvested before the sun shines and the blossoms are only out for 2 weeks. We start early at 5 am before dawn. We head out on to the fields and collect saffron flowers for a couple of hours and then we go home to have breakfast cooked for the children and take care of the animals. Then its back to the purple blooms the precious stigma have to be removed from the flowers within a few hours of harvesting known as red gold saffron is the worlds most expensive spice the highest quality can fetch 4 and a half 1000 euros per kilo morocco is one of the worlds leading saffron producers and almost all of it comes from this region. Most is exported making the country around 7000000. 00 euros a year until recently very little of that reached the harvesters themselves but thanks to the establishment of cooperatives thats changing the women receive a fair wage double what they used to be here now we separate the red stigma and till our eyes. In the past we were suffering we could only sell the saffron for a very small amount of money in our local market. But now we have the cooperative. That helps us sell it for a good price. And it is their own 130. 00 such cooperatives in the area theyre helping the women keep a song in their hearts and this way and in this step. Of starbucks well like this next story the worlds biggest branches opening in chicago this week the 4 Story Building is a fully functioning growth story as well as a cafe in the coffee beans are sent between floors through transparent to customers will be able to sound for rare coffees from around the world through various Brewing Methods itll employ around 200 people. And thats it for me and the v. W. Business team for more you can always go to d. W. Dot com slash business are following. On social media im going album a lot in berlin thank you very much for watching. Im secure in the fire more not hard and in the end this is a me your not a lot of the more rules and you. Are you familiar with this. With the smugglers were lions of the bee whats your story. d on what numbers of women especially are victims of violence. Take part and send us your story your train or with understand this new culture. Another visitor another you want to become a citizen. 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