Garages. And the little town of the year olds have no jobs and no future until the local bush has started selling jam. This is a business asia im Stephen Beardsley in berlin thanks for joining us firefighters in australia many of them volunteers need all the help they can get now the Australian Army is joining the fight against bushfires in the east and south of the country meteorologists are forecasting a heat wave and strong winds potentially worsening the situation in the coming days since october around 4000000 hectares of forest and 1000 homes have been destroyed by the bushfires tourism has also been affected some of australias most famous sites are now engulfed in smoke. And for more on this im joined now by my d. W. Business colleague ben physician whos been travelling across australia in recent weeks been good to see you. Ben youve been severely bruised and now you were in sydney what are your impressions so far how are these fires affecting livelihoods basically the biggest sector at the moment is the group that is if that rule Tourism Sector farm stays have been bringing in a lot of extra cash for farmers whove been hit by the drought now these bushfires have hit its a double whammy and its hitting that farm states as well you know tourism tourists heading out to farms seeing that bookings wiped out thats hitting real communities because the farm is the backbone of those communities thats also having knock on effects for all businesses and there are concerns that whole towns could eventually be shut down because of this its really a wiring state of affairs and listen a lot of these firefighters are volunteer firefighters which means that they have normal day jobs i saw the woolworths was extending paid vacation to firefighters do you see a lot of this going on right now. Theres a total rethink underway at the moment because the system is so reliant on these volunteers. You know you cant expect them to give so much of the time this is unprecedented this is a catastrophic moment for a stranger in these bushfires have been going on for weeks if not months and the cost is just absolutely huge but these volunteers the other thing you have to consider is some of them blames some of the time for stopping these fires some of them want to be heroes some of them want to be seen as saving someone or saving communities and when they start these fires and these fires rage out of control its a terrible situation and the Australian Government has shown to this point little interest in fighting Climate Change ill show you is the Worlds Largest coal exporter is this causing any kind of rethink amongst normal australians. I think theyve been 1st of all huge protests others think you dont see anything whatsoever between Climate Change and these bushfires i mean scientists is saying there is no direct leak but scientists have been warning that with longer periods of dryness and australia droughts and. That it could mean more intense bushfires and that is certainly what were seeing at the moment whether or not it means a reef sink and the way the Government Supports the coal industry and its reliant heavily reliant on cultural power as well. Thats yet to be said. All right been physical in their force in Brisbane Australia thank you very much over europe now were German Airline live tons of could see more strikes before the end of the year the union that represents cabin staff says details of the planned walkout will be released on friday its part of a long running dispute over pay and conditions recent months have seen walkouts a for loop tons of subsidiaries and a 2. 00 day strike in november a total of 1500. 00 flights were canceled leaving 200000 passengers stranded and we go now to early barres our financial correspondent frank for more on this early the prospect of more strikes full of tons of what could this mean for the german fire. It could mean that theres going to be disruptions in a very sensitive time you already mentioned that its a very travel heavy time these next few days and union is saying when we announce what were having planned then it will affect the last days of the year that is any time from now until jan you until december 31st and the course the 1st days in the new year as well when people will either still be flying out or wanting to return and then meeting disruptions and the worst part of it is no one knows what is scheduled what is planned how how deeply this thing will range until the the union reps step up to the microphones a few hours from now here in frankfurt and that puts the pressure really on love tons to get going with the with the negotiations on cabin crew of course also for love tons of theres so much at stake the profit so far this year nothing in comparison with 2018 right there for us in frankfurt thank you. The past year was an especially difficult one for german Car Companies caught between declining sales in the one side and the need to invest massive sums in new technology on the other the biggest automakers each announced plans to shed thousands of jobs in the coming years but that didnt stop them and smaller team careers from showcasing some bold and even ridiculous new ideas in mobility take a look. Is this what the world was waiting for. Ladies and gentlemen. Or should taichi. The 1st fully electric porsche starting price 105000 euros. For sure take on is the biggest competition the tesla model s. Has seen yet. Yes the tesla in november test on bail their latest number an electric truck with apparently dont break the windows at least thats what it said in the cyber truck brochure yeah it didnt work out. Quite that way. Not much but oh well. Maybe i was a little too hard. Was this for demonstration purposes or was the cyber truck still a work in progress. Garnering fewer headlines was the ingenious invention of a ukrainian beekeeper in june he presented the worlds 1st homemade electric car that he drives through his b. Highs every day. Not one for the big car shows like the annual Geneva Motor Show here french luxury manufacturers bugatti presented what is supposedly the most expensive car in the world complete with handmade wheel rims it will set on a buyers back 16000000 euros what makes this race race is one of water this is for sure. At the completely opposite end of the spectrum is v. W. 1st purely electric car the id 3 which is aimed at the mosque marcus. The idea 3 is opening the next chapter. Fulfilling vision to become actually 0 emission brands by 2050. This yr 0 emission goal had already been achieved in january by a russian schoolteacher. Exactly one horsepower for 0 emissions. The horse drawn car stands for a global trend making new out of old. Falso in london was this morris minor built in 1953 which used to run on petrol but is now always plugged in at night it hails from a startup that makes its money by retrofitting old cars. Why scrap actually anything wrong with and except for the power train. The only thing classic cars con to yet is fly other inventors are working on this maybe 2020 will be the year the flying car goes into mass production. Life in the country is hard for young people especially when the city offers more jobs but in russias remote rural region one woman has made it work with some social media savvy and a few bush goes. Welcome to mali tourist a small village in the euros its like many in russia and like so many it was threatened with becoming a ghost town only 20 of its houses have residence from a previous population of 500 only 50 remains. But then to sell arrived. Gazelle says she might be small and looks like a boy but dont underestimate her she calls herself a social entrepreneur and is rarely without her phone flasher pasha greetings from the town and thanks to. Pay sergei thanks from mali to rush hour with. A small thank you video for each customer because whoever orders jam from gazelle helps the village. Which in letting them do the most isnt the right people need to know that theyre doing something good each person has buys becomes one of us an entire army of people who want to make a change. Strawberry and raspberry jam from money to rash or shipped across russia even single jars. They do everything themselves even cut the labels. And they produce tea from ingredients that grow in the area. Most people working here are retired they tell us they are all grandmothers. And they get to decide who can work here. They also make sweet spoons for cups of tea its their very own invention they use a syrup made from wild herbs and dried berries their newest variation include sea berries and cinnamon. A Health Food Shop in moscow has just ordered 8000 spoons. You know was so impressed by the changes she decided to move back to the village from the city she inherited this house this year and is fixing it up shell soon move in with her husband and child. He trusts the Committee Everything changed for us when we met can sell it again now we want to try it out were fixing up the house and trying out village life on the phone for you to get in. The house isnt large it has a small vestibule and 2 rooms rally in a says her grandparents built it and it is still sound shes hoping to find work gazelle says she needs a manager. At the workshop the delivery for the Health Food Store in moscow is getting ready to go the bush goes are in a great mood as usual. Im. 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