A 1000000 clue cruft good to have you with us President Trump is due in financial wisconsin today bringing his Reelection Campaign to the city torn by race related Violence Police shot and paralyzed a young black man there over a week ago trump has refused to condemn a white teenager for later fatally shooting 2 protesters during the violence democratic challenger joe biden says trump is fanning the unrest this treasure long ago forfeited a moral leadership in this country he cant stop the violence because for years hes formatted you know he may believe malvina words law and order makes him strong. But his failure to call on his own supporters to stop acting as a normal country shows how weak he is the violence. Same talking points of his same agenda for our nation and even his strange speech today. In pittsburgh it didnt mention the fact and he didnt mention the far left mention of the far left. If you mention the word. Of a closer look down the events and our show which has made the city americas new epicenter of racial tensions. This was the scene in can osha just one week ago protesters clashed with police and set fire to cars and buildings as anger boiled over following the Police Shooting of jacob blake on august 25th. The 29 year old africanamerican was shot in the back 7 times a close range while his children looked on blake is said to be paralyzed from the waist down and investigation into the incident its ongoing. The shooting triggered 3 nights of violent clashes in connection nationwide protests video also emerged showing vigilante groups in the city with police appearing to support them last tuesday 2 of the protesters were shot dead and a 3rd one wounded the suspect a white 15 on t. V. The 17 year old was caught on camera shortly before the attack. With a semiautomatic rifle he tries to approach the police who merely tell him to leave hes now been charged with homicide local authorities called in the National Guard and imposed a nighttime curfew to regain control the unrest surrounding and he raises in protest has taken center stage in the campaign for novembers president ial election with donald trump promising to restore lauren oded given the tension some Community Leaders have asked the president not to visit this can be is trying to trying to move. This morning time and its not the best idea. Peaceful protests are still continuing every day in connection with some protest is leaving no doubt about that thoughts on the president ial visit. And israeli commercial aircraft made its 1st ever trip to the United Arab Emirates last month u. S. Brokered Peace Agreement made the flight possible its the 1st truce between israel and an arab state in more than 20 years and theres something in it for each of the parties israel deigns a formal ally against iran the u. A. E. Can boost its political and economic stature in the region and the u. S. May be able to sell more high tech weaponry to the emirates. A Maiden Voyage of historic proportions. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu called in to congratulate the delegation onboard. Showgrounds going to school this is a historic day you are flying the 1st israeli flight over saudi arabia in broad daylight on the way to making historic peace with the United Arab Emirates and i am excited because i have worked for this for decades and have always believed that its possible to make peace in exchange for peace. The 1st ever commercial flight from tel aviv to abu dhabi comes after the United Arab Emirates as the 1st gulf country and only the 3rd arab nation normalized its relations with israel on the flight as part of a new pact brokered by the us over the last years people have spoken about all of the bad things that have happened in the middle east and all the conflict in the chaos of the division has existed for the last decades but i do believe that this is a suring in new hopefulness months all people that peace is possible and that theres a new chapter that could be read it. In another historic breakthrough the israeli plane also received permission to cross Saudi Arabian airspace this is the 1st public sign of saudi cooperation with israel after years of behind the scenes dealings and it goes against the longstanding palestinian position that relations with the arab countries should only occur if israel withdraws from occupied territory and accepts Palestinian Statehood a clear touchdown for israel and for the trumpet ministration in the middle east and that with just months to go before the us elections. Lets have a look at some other stories making news around the world. Opposition leaders in belarus say theyre launching a new Political Party in the online video area called us to call the and. Victor baba rico announced the new party called the myth which means together protests in belarus have been continuing for weeks after a disputed election handed its long time president Alexander Lukashenko another term in office. Venezuelas government says its parted more than 100. 00 people including opposition politicians and activists the 1st of those pardoned left prison on monday the move comes ahead of elections there for december which the countrys opposition led by one white go says it will boycott because of unfair conditions. French president emmanuel markov has arrived in lebanon on his 2nd visit since the massive explosion destroyed beiruts port and devastated the city is calling for quote deep reform of the country sectarian sectarian political system back home will also attend National Centennial celebrations. The man whose life saving actions during the rwandan genocide inspired of the film hotel rwanda has been arrested on terrorism charges by rwandan police. Paul resave again a stands accused of founding and funding a Terror Organization he says hes the victim of a Smear Campaign supporters say reserved again it has faced governmental harassment for years to do due to his vocal criticism of rwandan president paul kagame e. Here in germany im going to medicals ministers are taking heat over a wire card a fin tech giant that went bust in june the company is accused of inflating its books by more than 2000000000. 00 in a legit fraud that would make it one of the countrys largest ever accounting scandals short sellers and investigative journalists have been raising red flags for years which went largely ignored thats raised questions on how major auditors and germanys own financial walked watchdog failed to uncover the massive wrongdoing. Earlier Political Correspondent kate brady told us the German Parliament may launch a special investigation into the matter for that to happen they would need to be the supports all the at least 25 percent all of the lawmakers in the bundestag and that is looking more im only likely already the business friendly free democrats on the left posse have said that they would support a deeper investigation and were expecting to hear white possibly a similar voice of support from the green party as well tomorrow a deeper investigation would enable for more files to be viewed and also for more witnesses to be questioned but that kind of investigation would take as well into 2021 which of course is germanys next big election year. Poland is marking 40 years since the foundation of the soviet blocs 1st Free Trade Union solidarity it was a key moment in a long struggle that led to the collapse of the soviet union and independence for Eastern Europe now while marking the anniversary poland leaders have drawn parallels with the prodemocracy Movement Across the border in bellers now. Opening the historic gate number 2 on to the shipyards of this is where the polish anticommunist movement started helping bring about the end of communism across Eastern Europe the Solidarity Trade Union gave the movement its spark. This triumph was the greatest in polish history the old order was conquered and we made friends of it. In 1980 after a series of strikes for better working and Living Conditions the communist leadership allowed an independent trade union to form i the official documents were signed exactly 40 years ago the union soon had 10000000 members had become a Freedom Movement a year later solidarity was banned the government imposed martial law and arrested the leadership but the movement couldnt be stopped in 1909 it swept National Elections and took power. Polands current president praised the historic importance of the union. They changed just Solidarity Union brought freedom to our region to this part of europe that was behind the iron curtain that led to the fall of the berlin wall but at least giggle. Solidarity leader lets see something similar going on today in neighboring bellerose. The people in belarus today have reached the point where we were decades ago. A reminder to poles that the fight for freedom goes on. Their shelf and thus we can do it those famous words from german chancellor Angela Merkel 5 years ago led to over a 1000000 mostly Syrian Refugees coming into the country hoping to restart their lives shattered by war and persecution he has been checking in on germanys newcomers following up with 2 syrians we 1st met shortly after theyd arrived. Baby rosa di hoop and her father 4 years. Ago. And today its the diab family from syria has been living in germany for 5 years theyve integrated into German Society even making friends with their once skeptical neighbors that it would have to at the beginning they were very reserved but thats all changed now. I have a few friends who speak arabic but i speak mostly german in school. But. Their new home is in the eastern german city of magda book thats where gay stylebook landed his 1st job 4 years ago in a d. H. L. Logistics center it was a great opportunity for him back then he says but today hes glad hes not there anymore. Ok enough theres no more night shifts. A year ago he started his own company a quick turnaround Auto Repair Shop hes called dr al gore and the business is doing well. If the bank gives him a loan his company can grow it and im trying to open a 2nd doctor ill talk shop as we do fast repairs a 10 minute tire change or 10 minutes to change the oil. Meanwhile a guy he says one time colleague a nurse from syria has been promoted in d. H. L. I think that argument that. Hes now in charge of a team of 14 staff if i have my its better now i have a lot more responsibility and if i can show them that i have potential here i can move up the ladder. Rank among voters are. 300 people work here one in 3 of them are refugees. And us thinks about syria every day. I do. I mean if my familys still there. Thats why i cant stop thinking i dont see right here any for. Why i felt then and now. That its the same for the diode family old photos wake memories of the war and their friends scattered around the world but they at least are together in their childrens new homeland. And finally well bring you a little bit of music k. Pop sensation b. T. S. Have become the 1st korean actor debut at number one on the u. S. Singles charts the boy band single dynamite is their 1st song in english it notched 33000000 streams and 300000 sales in its 1st week. Theres a little bit. Like earth you want to cling to and. Coincidence. Little happened. Its on a bit like winning the lottery. First or unique start september 18th on g. W. Feeling lonely around a lot of people isnt a contradiction in terms. Of his been living in hamburg for 6 months hes a biologist who moved here for work. Now all he needs is a new circle of friends. To come i come from a small town with 20000 residents a big city has lots of people but you can feel lost. Or you see other people since you dont know them you still feel lonely if i thought i maybe even lonelier because there are so many people. Fascinated ive never been the kind of guy to go into a bar and chat to people. Maybe as a student in a student pub but otherwise ive never done that its just not my thing. His family lives far away in southern germany christiane lived in before taking the job and homework leaving his University Friends behind. Openly admitting youre lonely is still a social taboo yet one in every 10 people are thought to be affected by it with grave consequences. Studies show that chronic loneliness can make people ill physically as well as mentally. Yet doctors and scientists are only beginning to understand why that its. His loneliness a personal problem or a serious social issue. Like christiane many people feel lonely and isolated after a move. Germanys federal Statistical Office says each year 6 percent of the population moves home. Christiane works on his own out in the field with no colleagues for companionship. One fun thing it at 1st i spent many nights sitting at home on the sofa but because i didnt know where to go to meet people mystic often couldnt summon the energy to find out how to finish the noida. Christiane adi says apartment is located in southern humble work in the enix of a Single Family home. Originally he planned to move in with his long term girlfriend but then they broke up. I think im someone who doesnt much like being alone but im trying to enjoy the single life and learning to deal with it. Even though its quite an adjustment and not so easy in this office. First i just feel so lonely and socially isolated as i live off the beaten path. Sam a bit depressed because i just miss people human contact and its you conduct. But how can you find new friends its not easy to meet other singles in this neighborhood which is mainly home to families. But Single Person households are increasingly common in europe in germany 41 percent of people live alone. In sweden its a huge 51 percent while in portugal in slovakia its just 22 percent. Christiane decided to take action after finding out about a friendship app called 25 friends registered users can meet up at gatherings or activities with a limited number of participants christiane quickly created a profile providing his name date of birth and a photo now he was ready to meet other users the bigger the city the more invitations there are to join in Group Activities they didnt these days on line dating is commonplace so i thought why not i mean its worth a try. I think for me itll probably be perfect for me thats why im on the go a lot so i can get to know people in the city on the way of a magic and a national joke. But the whole university in the western german city of both researchers investigate the effects of loneliness on the human psyche. Michael woman is a psychologist and her research she differentiates between being alone social isolation and loneliness. Against misty she says im kind is important to realize that loneliness isnt the same as being the love and we understand loneliness to be the subjective feeling that the social contacts the relationships you have arent enough that you have fewer than youd like all maybe the relationships on just good as youd like people suffer from that it hurts as much as physical pain. Some people need a lot of social contacts others feel well connected with just 2 friends. But being a lonely for a long time changes a person and possibly others to good story and be leading their own studies which suggest that loneliness is contagious one of the effects of loneliness is that you withdraw from others all simply become a somewhat more unpleasant person. The size that means relationships suffer when a person is lonely and in the long run your partner can start to feel lonely too and some of. The causes of loneliness are as diverse as the people themselves however there identifiable risk factors primarily Health Problems or major life changes like a separation a move or unemployment or Mental Health issues like depression. But what about being poor. Sociologist sebastian link is the coauthor of a study which examines how poverty influences social relationships. Then the fun are moved when we talk about poverty we need to be conscious that poverty is a phenomenon thats accompanied by social withdrawal and a sense of shame and charm good food and im here and of course that also makes the poor less visible. I didnt see it. In germany anyone who earns less than 60 percent of the average net income so less than 1100. 00 euros per month is said to be poor. Link study shows that poverty makes it hard to build and maintain social relationships poor people dont fully participate in society. Today is a must and link is visiting a neighborhood project in berlins quotes back district he greets the organizers. Anderson this is us. Social workers Carla Miranda in tim organized neighborhood meetings along with free cooking courses art classes and yoga sessions. They lend a sympathetic ear to the locals problems they just might catch up on the forget if i know i dont have much money where can i meet new people if i cant go to restaurants to the cinema thats hard to see this here is very low threshold but i just come in and theres something for me there are people who greet me and want me to stay. And most of whats on offer here is free. Of what they cost and also and. The boston link study shows that after 2 years of living in poverty people are less likely to meet with friends and so mean that almost all the longer people live in poverty the more their social fabric changes. For instance we can see that when people have been poor for a longer period of time there are fewer contacts who are rich in resources in their close social network. And thats that. Cooking with friends is a free weekly event today over 30 local residents are taking part. In. Student and single mom jennifer hope now feels shes in good company here. Thank you and again its really a question of money i dont get any student grants or any other Financial Aid from the state i have to and the money myself and with 2 children its not that easy to meet people to days or anything like that. And here i can come into contact with all kinds of people and bring much of the long haul thats a huge help to her and then take classes that they can possible. Creating meeting places and letting everyone participate fully in society are important for combating social isolation and loneliness. The swiss town of talk isnt one of the worlds richest countries but even prosperity cant always keep loneliness at bay. My own woman tyler is 77 years old and lives alone. Esteemed that youre sad and it makes you tired. You think what do i do now. And withdraw a little bit i need to cut it she says that its just awful to feel so lonely and so and someone just. My other partner died 2 years ago they lived together for 21 years and she nursed him right to the end. After his death my own health began to decline as more time for a fight but you just have to go on. And there are days that go really well where youre happy. So you cant understand when suddenly the sadness hits you. But when youre so alone and theres no one around to talk to and its not easy but if. Dennis and i sign for heart. These sometimes you dont want to go out anymore youre just blocked somehow they have their country. And some part of my loneliness in old age is particularly challenging because especially among the very elderly loneliness has very specific causes that are almost impossible to combat for example or Impaired Health thats simply age related or the loss of a close relative. Those cant be easily replaced you can just tell someone and find a new spouse and all will be well again. Mine used to be well connected in her neighborhood she also met her former partner here. But the older people went away and younger ones came for 4 people used to have time for a chat but that happens less these days just as i mean. The ones provincial town of talk is now a booming Business Location that attracts expats from all around the world. On a fast didnt he was born into spells out the consequences i think you get out of here and soon its evident how many single households we have how many expats who are here for a few months or years and then disappear. People have less and less contact with one another so the family unit is in decline and fall off if we keep Building Family homes which are then occupied by singles. Its problematic when we see neighborhoods going to pieces and the resulting lack of solidarity. It was on a fast bend is cofounder of the Kiss Foundation short for keep it small and simple. Since 2016 its team has been establishing new Neighborhood Networks and soup to prevent social isolation altering our idea is to strengthen social cohesion too quickly i say quickly in quotation marks to quickly get people connected so that they can support one another and this is the basically they take responsibility on their own to strengthen solidarity thats whats most important this week he said. This helps neighbors help one another with car rides shopping or going out on walks no money changes hands instead networks 200 members document the time spent its then credited to their time account. So they can seek help in return or save up credit for later. The biggest demand is for conversation 1960 hours were booked last year alone to. Help with everyday activities was next but 1917 hours. Coos has changed my as life. Through it she meant you did fisher whos been paying my regular visits for a year now. Where you are. Going to make the money that would then go out. And if you did is a lawyer who lives nearby today shes helping my attend her garden something she cant do on our own. Regular interaction has been shown to increase peoples Life Satisfaction kiss member unit fisher profits to. Oh yes molly steamer you months that i 1st time someone from kiss is always on hand they introduce the people and see if theyre a good match. I hoped that we would get along. But when i saw her i knew right away that she was right for me. And so we found one another. Shes a wonderful woman who always helps me. Even. Knowing that their help or is being compensated with a time credit makes it easier for some to accept assistance if. They dont feel like theyre accepting charity. So this kid can see here this conflict gives both of us a sense of security i can go away on holiday knowing someones looking after my garden someone who knows about gardening as you can see. And in turn she knows that if somethings up she can call me on the roof and say that is so reassuring isnt it today you did has added another hour to our time account it could be an investment that will pay off in the future when she herself might be in need of companionship or practical help. Put it. At the university of casa sociologist yarnall shore been conducts lectures and research on social isolation and friendship. Now and then he enjoys being on his own and having time to think but being alone by choice is not the same as being a lonely. And while there was sort of taking time out and focusing on yourself are ways in which you also test the boundaries of being human and science and science a haustus that in a way being alone is a very particular and in the modern day also highly prized the Life Experience that i was and its a specifically human one would you want encounter any other way. And this withdrawal is actually a unique opportunity to learn something about yourself so you can view it positively 2 thoughts on ones or qualities that. Still few people can stand being alone for too long. After a certain time the desire for contact interaction becomes overpowering. Experts call this impulse to seek the company of others the real affiliation motive. Here mentions its how it isnt possible there are social creatures which ultimately means that we as a group needed others to survive think about the stone age alone as didnt get phone lines and according to this theory the feeling of loneliness evolved as a warning signal so that when we were 11 and missing our group when we no longer feel part of it we suffer. And that makes us try to rejoin now try and stop them thats what does have his rwanda cope of. The biology of loneliness is also being probed in southern germany. Here near xylem and Lake Constance 200 barbary apes live on 2. Hectors of woodland in groups of up to 40 animals. Behavioral ecologist like Nadine Miller kline hope their research on these primates will provide insights into Human Evolution and that we cant really look at whether animals are lonely because thats subjective what we can look at is social isolation and integration and asks how do they influence the health of. Barbary apes have very differentiated social relationships the males tend to forge a close alliance of similar human friendships those who dont make enough ties remain on the groups fringes. And you always choose one animal to be your focal subject and then collect data for certain amount of time once youve gathered the data you can see how many partners you animal interacted with how many it groomed and how many partners it came into contact. From that you can draw conclusions about the animals relationship structure as. Well connected males are more successful in the fight to climb the social ladder they also make. The news in the palm side when lots of aggression occurs like now during mating season and animals have a lot of aggressive interaction that can be stressful but the animals who have strong connections experience less stress the animals who have few strong connections and are bit isolated are far more affected by the stressful situation that i thought is a stress exhibits one few female. She tests for the presence of a stress hormone cortisol in the animal species. Apes release cortisol when they feel threatened as a human. This response triggers our emergency fight or flight response. That boosts our Blood Pressure blood sugar level and circulatory system. Our immune systems and digestion are dialed down. Chronically Lonely People become chronically stressed which can seriously impact their health. The risk of having a heart attack rises by 29 percent a stroke by 32 percent and the likelihood of dying prematurely by 30 percent. So chronic loneliness reduces Life Expectancy as much as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Having high Blood Pressure. Or being obese. In the u. K. The British Red Cross says loneliness has reached epidemic levels here over 9000000 people for almost one 5th of the population have said they are always off them only. In 28000 the government appointed a loneliness minister. Tracey crouch pursues a strategy called social prescribing. We find out how it works and from the south west of england. From in the mendip district in somerset has just 28000 residents but it boasts an Extraordinary HealthServices Network run by doctors and dedicated locals. Today a few of them are paying a visit to the mens shed. Its a workshop designed to combat social isolation. Men often find it harder to admit theyre lonely than women. Patrick abraham started the project 2 years ago. If you put 12 men over 65 in a room so talk to each other about your life your relationships your health and your aspirations 6 will leave the room immediately on the other 6 will sit around the walls and say nothing if you throw a broken little mother in there and say hey guys fix that within 2 hours i will know whos what i was a skills i have who they are and then names and Everything Else. The longer people are socially isolated the tougher it is for them to reintegrate thats how it was for even williams after a long stint living in australia he returned to frome 2 years ago. Although his sister lives here hes had trouble meeting people my phone so im a bit on the out so hes not like a group of people when youre on the outs so if youre going to make the effort to step in and well show you 1st really seen sister found out about the men shit on the internet through the Health Connections network and urge him to go there. Point came down and open the door. For the body looks like the usual puppy know he was open to all who came nobody looks after you if you didnt know what were on even could if they were said come in come in you know we have a laugh and a joke of that when we talk about talk about things in general we know that we can fix breakfast in 3 minutes for you and a lot all the stuff you know once a week gives you something. So aim for to calm you know you have got to calm you come because you want to and because you want to meet people. Today julie carey downs is also visiting the mention she works for Health Connections mendip and has an overview of all the networks initiatives its her job to maintain and expand the network. News in just a year. She asks at the shed could open in the evenings to so younger men could come i think for a few people who are working with d. V. D. And starting to come in because its like once they finished but they quit i suppose actually they expect if they forgot they promised yes its just 7 kinds of symptoms so i stopped at my new cases because this is why im julie culture still a Health Connector thats because she connects doctors and patients with the many public and private outreach programs for people and from. The community itself and fall of to feel that good all the stuff that theyre not being. Told what to do or where to find things that actually part of it they feel because i know that i once people how fast they tend to. Sort of join in things are more. 6 years ago a doctor at this medical practice declared war on the lineas. Local dr helen kingston realized many of her patients were suffering from social isolation. And so was their health. To this community it matters to me what happens here and i know my patients very well ive been here for over 20 years so when you see individuals that youve got to know very well and see them struggling its a human instinct to want to try and turn things around and make a situation response to those needs than just the medical ones. Over the years helen kingston observed that around 70 percent of her appointments werent just about physical complaints but she lacked the resources to help these patients. Very much more. Than in 2013 she finally got the resources to make a change she built up a team of people whose 1st task was to gather info on all the services and Assistance Available to the people and from everything from choir rehearsals to debt counseling and selfhelp groups. Now when doctors are talking to their patients they have the in forth their fingertips and can offer advice. Good deal is known as social prescribing for patients needing more support to refer to a Health Connector like julie carey downs what i like about it is its quite a holistic approach that youre asking people about their health and well being without obviously not clinical or medical and its supporting them to become more in control of their own health and wellbeing in a more resilient. Kingstons team instead break the vicious circle of social isolation and illness in many cases they succeed people end up in crisis less often they end up in hospital less often and as a result of that those very expensive emergency admissions that are using up so much results within the n. H. S. Have reduced. One study found that the number of unplanned hospital admissions and from fell by 14 percent. In the surrounding areas admissions rose by 28. 5 percent during the same period. The project has successfully tackled a serious problem and some kind of hacked learning is has Serious Health implications and thats why its so important to combat social isolation to learn and this is problematic when it becomes chronic when it occurs for long periods in such cases loneliness can lead to illness we know that loneliness is associated with a whole range of physical complaints including cardiovascular problems obesity and possibly dementia. There are numerous studies which show that Lonely People even die. In the mentions were forced out of. Their own right and can i see kind of yes you know they look. At it and can make. Evelyn cohen move to from from london to be near her family to live with her daughter and son in law. She lost her husband 31 years ago so thinks ago we were at the moment i guess is that Everything Else you know i dont think so i quite. I didnt think i did was wrong as i have to you know im 99 i would hide if i did turn next september i should be a 100. I used to have loads and loads of friends and you know but im the only one left the whole circle my role the rest of got. A year ago evelyn suffered a severe blow when her only daughter died from cancer at the age of 73. Evelyn withdrew but she didnt want to burden her son in law and grandchildren with her grief meanwhile her health steadily deteriorated. You dont know what is happening and why it is happening you know when. You dont know if you can cope or know but its a case of got to admit. Doctors were concerned so Health Connector contacted her and now visits regularly. Evelyns condition has gradually improved. Somebody that is what you call neutral more or less you know when they can sort of help. If you can talk the new can that the tears roll down him and you know do the relay and make it feel much better yeah it was like a lifeline really and is there anything that you want to ask me at the moment to sign the thing that you need to know. Increase. How much of thats. Ok yeah. Something nice to get i dont take it. Julie has one more appointment today a Training Course at a high school in front. She wants to know if loneliness is an issue for the pupils. Im cheveley im from have connections made 1st of all ive got a brief power point im going to get you to do some work while. His. These young people are in their final year of high school. So julie hopes to convince them to become volunteer Community Connectors. The idea is how do we get everybody out to the community to know about our website know that we have based in the medical practices to support people and also get them to let us know where the gaps are and last where Community Connect is come in and what youre going to be doing is signpost and youre not going to take in anybodys information youre not going to become slushy not taken anything like that youre just going to tell people about where they can go to find out about groups and services. That. Injury. Patients but 1st they need to understand what influences health and well being. The next one weve got is social media social media thats why i think important everyone says its always youve always got you figured out youve always got people who are spaced way better than you so you can really damage your self image and yourself were in fact a lot of young people feel isolated and lonely and i think that is an area that we are trying to lock up set in groups for come the new year. But sometimes social media can help young people make friends. Christiane ids is heading for home board city center. He hopes to help make some contacts there through the friendship about 25 friends. Tonight theres a gathering where people will eat burgers and play billiards. With total strangers. And some elders are registering is one thing you are going as another you have an accounting to go but you must set off and dare try and. But even in the real world social media has a big influence. Some people post their entire lives on instagram you think how awesome theyre doing great every day theyre on vacation or doing call stuff but it depends whether you like to influence you or not if you say ok im jealous or a few things rationally and say stupid to be true. To date theres little reliable data on how social media is changing our relationships but the us study found that people who use social media for more than 2 hours a day were twice as likely to feel lonely as people who used it for less than 30 minutes per day. In my is the sure the problem with most of the studies on this topic is that we cant tell whats cause and whats effect does social media make people oduya already Lonely People tend to use social media because they have fewer contacts offline viewing or contact offline and. The studies cant answer that question in principle you can say that social media can enrich and expand social relationships past when they start to replace offline relationships when people only chat online and dont have any personal contact in one on one and then it becomes problematic and as soon as you contact its probably much. The group is arranged to meet in front of the burger restaurant. Boy. Im sure they only got 25. Until then with this if. You. Have anything. From the speed of what it was like i. I promise ill take one of the founders of the friendship app organize this event. 20 participants have registered but just 8 have shown up at this time last night its really interesting the staff are turned on by getting them to reset. The apps target audience is 25 to 35 year olds it attracts people whove just moved here like christiane and those who just want to expand their circle of friends. Help us make of life make use of what is in the physical thats here at the ash bank to get to these best and look at. Them this isnt just because i got stuck and wish dot. Com its after finding friends to play sports with over an Online Platform rahman i tell you realize there is a real need for a friendship app. Not terribly sexy to say youre using a friendship hop but this is a real problem that many people have. We organize Group Gatherings and try to make them as not true as possible so that removes some of the shame the protection of being in a group is also an important factor so its all good people like coming to such events because they dont make them feel strange. The group has reserved 2 tables at the Billiards Club next door. With. Some of the guys tell us why theyre here. Stephanie says shes pulling which is tough for me. I know a little german. But when you come to a city where you dont know anyone nights like this are quite helpful and its a modern language feel my long term relationship ended and through that i lost all my friends and getting to know folks in a big city is tough so the ups being good for that so far. Have the sun ride thats it ive told people about it when they asked what are you doing on the weekend i said playing billiards and in burgers who with total strangers people dont think thats strange these days lots of things are done on line its not the 1st time its like meeting up with 10 or 20 complete strangers at 1st you have to make small talk but once the conversation flows it is better to nice being quite nice. But will real friendships emerge from this 1st meeting. At the university of casa Young Children in his Research Group or working on friendship networks. Specialist sociologist knows that for around 10 percent of germans friends are more important than family. When i can to a certain degree friends can qualify as a substitute family. From what weve seen in studies that applies across the board. So all the forms of practical support you need in life can generally be provided by friends childcare helping build you up again after emotionally tough phases of life. Where i see major difficulties is in the area of caregiving personal hygiene washing calming everything that goes into basic day care and the stats show that friends hardly ever do this. For his research Young Children and allies of lots of statistics but he also conducts many biographical studies. Today hes interviewing a subject. And the student narcissa has volunteered to take part in a detailed biographical analysis. And were doing a study on up the holes in peoples lives and asking how you perceive them specifically how they change your social network in the end zone what if and that one starts this basically there are a few constants in my life. My family. And the 2 or 3 friends ive had since grade school like my gosh with. The last major upheaval in narcissus life occurred a year ago she and her then boyfriend split up. The end of a relationship is one of the biggest risk factors for loneliness. And thats my circle of friends has actually changed and that the best of apart from my best friend that is shes almost like family is so. Far as it so shes friends with your mom and sister too yeah yeah you could say that yes. Whats interesting about this case is that the most stable relationships are those that are also connected to family so the friendships which survive the breakup were those where there were also relationships to family members a friend from her neighborhood a close friend had other contacts in the neighborhood and through them her network was refilled or healed. But even Family Structures can break down reducing the number of people that someone can turn to in an emergency. And calls this a shortage of connective resources. Is complete there are definitely situations where it becomes clear that theres no longer anyone there or just one or 2 people or what i hear the discussion revolves around how they deal with that how do they bear such a phase of extreme social isolation without anyone to support them and then we go into details again that on insta thai. People who suffer from chronic loneliness often require psychological help. I mean the consequence for lines on coyote paradoxically one of the consequences of loneliness is that people withdrawals so its incredibly tough to reach Lonely People because by definition theyre not easily reachable. And one of the symptoms of loneliness is not being able to go and seek out other people and also and thats precisely the problem for many programs all measures designed to tackle loneliness they arent able to get through to the people theyre actually trying to reach. One. Mid january and humble. He says had some luck in finding a friend. Thinking theyre going. At an event organized through the friendship that he met terrence they hit it off right away. If i often imagine ive always been this way i never had tons of friends just a couple really good ones and i count terrence as one of them. So to love point of this is how its all going to come to the friendships i want to feel i can trust someone confide in them and long and the source. But also that you can rely on one of the other one of the dear to bring up things that are on your mind that. Have taken that might make it easier for the other person to do this as one of lots of lifestyle. Finding a friend over social media for christiane the gamble has paid off. Though hes not likely to forget the pain of loneliness for a long while to come. I think thats when you can find something positive in everything positive. In my case id say its how you only know the value of friendship when you no longer feel so alone as well and if you knew it then if you are nice it is and how bad you felt before what you only notice that afterwards. Being alone is part of being human to avoid becoming lonely it helps to take action early on and build up a social network. We can all contribute but it takes much more than that here if we as a society speak out and stress that learning this is something normal something many people feel that would go a long way to helping those affected of course that wouldnt solve the problem but it might encourage us to talk about it a bit move on the sphere. On a smartphone by sprint the mom smokes. The materials extremely hard. To build seldom. Saw different environmental pollution child labor harsh working conditions fast for the short blocks of ourselves closer. Than 30 minutes on the beach. Hows your view of the world. Where i come from but all of that to get to cisco just like with chinese food thats a natural way i believe this reminds me of home after decades of living in germany chinese food is one of the things i miss the most that by taking a step back i see things a little different to acknowledge the end of fluid suppress as an articulation that exists as a part of the law which havent been ever invented in china thats why you cannot have chinas people wondering if theyre going to save a lot of people have a right to another explosive that is this is the job of just under them how i see it as a deficit why enough of my job because i tried to do it exactly it is a day by name of the uninsured and i wore the attitude that you. 2 claim. This is the w. News live from berlin the president ial campaign in the u. S. 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