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A break in fighting in the disputed region of nagornokarabakh as civilians flee azerbaijan agrees to meet International Mediators in its conflict with our media. Attention to a women away another 2020 nobel prize in chemistry for their work in developing a method for editing genomes emmanuelle shop plenty of france and jennifer doubt of the u. S. Are recognized for what the academy calls quote rewriting the code of life. Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show we begin in the United States where republican Vice President mike pence and a democratic contender Camila Harris are preparing to battle it out in the Vice President ial debate 2 hours from now it comes after President Trump returned to the oval office into the white house for the 1st time since he was released from ha. Spittal where he was being treated for cope at 19 with his health under scrutiny tonights debate is being watched especially closely well be carrying it live for you once things get underway but 1st heres a look at what to expect. This spot like turns to the Vice President ial candidate city utah after days of president Donald Trumps corona virus infection dominating the airwaves but the wife has i brake is still set to take center stage in Salt Lake City with plexiglass barriers providing an infection shield carrying the debase its just one safety measure in place as come along Harrison Mike pence come face to face almost a week after it was revealed the fires had infiltrated the president s inner circle with trump let it come falling to the wires has its pences nice to convince voters the ticket should be elected for another term. Were looking very much for the Vice President ial debate. Make sure this election never been higher. George never been here and i look forward to the opportunity to take on the American People for 4 years the President Donald Trump in the water. Democratic contender have a smidge her own run for the white house before trapping edge of the race in indorsing joe biden. And despite her failure to win over voters in the democratic primaries she was chosen to be his running mate in august. I set your nomination for Vice President of the United States of america. Only needs convince the American People to vote for biden she gan has to prove she has was it takes to be president because she would step into the role if biden wins the election but doesnt complete his 4 year term. Straight to g. W. Correspondent check carolina chinmoy in a washington d. C. Given the state of the president s health tonight a Vice President ial debate is going to be watched especially closely what do you have Vice President mike pence and democratic nominee come on harris want to get across tonight. Well clear in the latest polls from this week joe biden is edging out in some of the key swing states like iowa while we sconce in pennsylvania and also florida and these are states where donald trump won 4 years ago has come out a hair is us his Vice President candidate has a clear advantage according to this numbers as well but she still will have to find the right words not only to convince the minorities and the democrats but especially to win the white voters without College Degrees this is the core constituency also the outbreak of the current i was in the white house and the president s inspection served as a reminder of the main role of a Vice President so both hands and harris will have to make the case that they are ready to overtake the duties of a president of the United States well as you say every day seems to bring more positive tests at the white house how is the administration handling the outbreak. We know that at least 12 people at the white house are infected however the white house is making little efforts to end investigate the source of this outbreak and it is though highly likely that this super spreader event as it is called and what was where the president and the 1st lady and the 3 senators and other guests has been infected was the 110 days ago at the white house in the rose garden and despite the fact that this could have to be the superstar event of the white house has not trace the contacts or the guests at this event or the Staff Members so we know that different experts have for example the center for disease to control and prevention of the United States they do come fear that tracing is an essential piece an essential tool to investigate an outbreak and also a key tool to stopping the virus from spreading but this is not being banned from the white house the c. D. C. Was actually waiting for a request for Contact Tracing some scientists who fear into it but the white house did not request help in Contact Tracing after this event and where exactly are we on at this stage of the president s health what we know about his condition and what dont we know. Well his physician dr cawley gave a statement early today and he said that the president is sentiment free and that he doesnt need any supplements all oxygen and so told the president that hes feeling great and we know he got an experimental antibody cocktail of a he was like novels and also at least 5 pills as a friend as of year and i met a nose so this is a drug that is being given to patients with that critique 1900 times in order to help him breathe and on friday he apparently also received an infusion for a treatment that is still being tested in Clinical Trials so having a view to this whole historial of his of his medicines and his tracks it is likely that hes feeling good now but we dont know when he was tested latest negative and we still dont know if he is allowed to be at the white house because he is still come to. Mind his doctors will be watching closely im sure in washington d. C. Thank you. Lets turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world. A greek a court has found leaders of the countrys far right to Golden Dawn Party guilty of operating a criminal organization the group was once greeces 3rd Largest Political Party and its leaders now face up to 15 years in prison one of the groups of supporters was also convicted of the murder of an antifascist rapper in 2013. Derek chauvin the former Police Officer charged with the murder of george floyd has been released from prison on bail after posting a 1000000. 00 bond charge floyd died in may after show been oppressed his knee against his neck for several minutes despite mr floyd telling him he couldnt breathe. In kurdistan demonstrators have taken to the streets again as the country continues to slip deeper into political chaos it comes a day after opposition protesters stormed government buildings forcing the Prime Minister to quit and a parliamentary election to be a no its at least 3 distinct groups have now attempted to claim leadership. Was or by a foreign minister is due to meet International Mediators in the countrys conflict with armenia as deadly fighting over the breakaway nagornokarabakh region enters a 2nd week as iranian officials said the minister will hold talks with diplomats from france russia and the United States during quote a working visits on to geneva on thursday days of fighting have left hundreds dead and driven civilians into hiding. The remains of a supermarket instapundit karats the capital of nagornokarabakh residents say it was destroyed by forces both sides in the conflict are unrepentant. Well beat them we only have 120000 people they have millions but believe me. Yet another explosion everyone flees to the cellar. He. Quickly quickly shouts a french journalist people have sought shelter here since the conflict began. Each week we dont sleep were being terrorized we sit here with or without water with no toilet its cold. The world to give us peace that. Civilians are suffering on the other side too. As a by johns 2nd largest city there are dead and wounded but the countrys authoritarian president sees no room for compromise. To encounter as a by john anyone to conquer nagornokarabakh. As he retired to 3 we must take it back and we will take it guided it. Does it by john has International Law on its site under supported by turkey but the armenians see to go back has been their land for centuries the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people over the years has turned the area into a powder keg armenia is making threats of its own. By johns military leaders believe that they can attack step on a carrot and other settlements then the nagornokarabakh Defense Forces will react immediately. With severe consequences for us or by john. The conflict shows no sign of easing hopes lie with mediation from russia considered an ally of armenia but with ties to both warring parties. Well the winners of the prestigious nobel prize in chemistry have been announced in stockholm this year the prize it goes jointly to Jennifer Doudna from the United States and france says emmanuelle. For their development of a method of genome editing the technology is already contributing to new Cancer Therapies and could help cure inherited diseases a few years back and visited professor in her lab to learn more about her work. It was a great breaking discovery 8 years ago Emmanuel Chapin together with jennifer did not find a way to rewrite the code of life or d. N. E. Neither the scientists have been recognized for their break 3 with the nobel chemistry prize. Yes its true you know. To receive these ideas from cognition from sweden and d. C. Its a great discovery had not very happy to be one of the years. Of cease discovery. The 2 scientists figured dietary bacteria defend themselves against invading viruses in the process they discovered that this natural mechanism can be used as a tool to modify d. N. A. The result was the crisper cast in genomes that theres. A simple quick and precise tool to change the genome. Heres how it works the sensors are actually a protein which is given a kind of search term for example e. G. Seen. In this simplified model our d. N. A. Is made up of lots of different combinations of codes like these this says are protein scans a copy of the d. N. A. And when its found the search word says are activated and they cut the section i. Then a different section of d. N. A. Can be inserted. Work i think is what is the most interesting and fascinating about this discovery is that you you dig into the nature and you try to understand that try to make his arms over life anew and decipher and make any isms that you can we use and this photocopy of. The genome says are already being used by plant researchers to create a higher yielding strain of corn as well as mushrooms that stay fresh for longer. Unknown allergenic peanuts. The discovery has sparked heated ethical debates about the manipulation of nature. But there is no direct about its current potential in the future it could also be harnessed to treat cancer or other genetic diseases. Well in International Football in germany drew but with a churchie in a 6 goal thriller on wednesday night in cologne germany talk about lead 3 times only to see turkey come back and equalize every time 33 the final score next up for the germans is saturdays Nations League clash against ukraine. That is your news update at this hour im Claire Richardson in berlin for me in the whole team thanks for watching. The best. Cash in the drama competition viral marketing numbers atmosphere the fight thats hot and traditional love hate money as fans from fire stand and from. On you tube. Is from. Beethoven is for. Beethoven is for. Beethoven is for covering the beethoven 20. 250000 or verse 3. This is steve every news after that coming up on the program 2 men have been found guilty of aiding the minute tailed 67. 00 people at an upscale mall in nairobi in 2013 and i would now be drawn into this case. And enjoying the view from the imagine in cape town but why have these activists illegally occupied this naturally hold. Also thousands of muslims have descended upon state holy city to vote for the annual grand mogul both of which there are fears it could become a super sprint event call home igniting. Im krissy moderates could have your company it was one of the worst attacks by is anonymous militants ever seen in kenya now a course in the ruby has found 2 out of 3 men guilty for their roles in the 2013 assault on the westgate Shopping Mall the judge found that the 2 defendants mohamed atta met abdi and as Saddam Hussein was stepha conspired with and assisted 4 gunmen from the Somali Militant Group alshabaab to carry out the attack a 3rd defended was acquitted on all charges at least 67 people died when the attackers opened fire at shoppers and then engaged in a 4 day standoff with Kenyan Security forces the government and later the gunmen were also killed but critics say the main perpetrators were able to escape. And for more on this story im joined by investigative journalist john allen now moore whos been covering this particular story for very many is welcome to day to day news africa john just tell us a little bit more about what these men were on trial for. So that the men were part of a number of other suspects who were charged with conspiracy to commit a terrorist act assisting aiding and abetting terrorists and commissionable terrorist arctic area that being the westgate siege of were september the 21st. 13 and we share 67 people that at least one believed to have been killed about one of the most high profile terrorist attacks in the countrys history so its one that had a lot of international attention. John how is this verdict being received this much anticipated verdict. Well from what we can see in terms of a legal opinion as well as just Public Opinion its being received very positively the westgate of course left a stain on the conscience of kenya and security agencies because of the way it was handled but more importantly the it left a huge mark in terms of the lives of the people who were affected and of it into left who were killed on that big and westgate of course was a turning point in terms of that the ramping up of the war games the number of times it went to police and the review is no love lost between members of the public and about terrorism. And john well can you be able to now draw a line and of this tragedy. I dont think sort of the war against the out of our still ongoing in so much specially along very long and very porous border between kenya and somalia starting way up north in mind their own gleam all the way down to look horst. There have been many many attacks and many incursions that have taken at least. At the various parts of the border right tools that are 17 you of course kenyan. Military Defense Forces are part. Of the African Mission in somalia who are fighting rightly fighting the ouch about they have been upturned only in terms of the number. But what are the other the war is still ongoing right jan i do want to bring you back to this specific attack in way skates because they came in government has always maintained that Security Forces killed to be attackers or the gunmen who stormed the mall but theres also always been doubts about that. I think that all springs from the fact that the one nor bodies found that could be laid might be any evidence to the terrorists who made their stand in the mall well or a number of reports that came out from the f. B. I. In 2014 added that there was the it didnt the attackers didnt make their last stand in the mall and there was no evidence that the a skate especially from the out would have celebrated that victory so in terms of force of conspiracy theories it still out there and much earlier reporting and writing clued in reporting that we had been apart suggested that they might have escaped but that night also is open to yeah interpretation i see john you were talking about the fact that alshabaab remains a threat in kenya why is the government struggling to rein in these 16 a script. It is with any guerrilla conflict. It is is in the manner in which these these these attackers are able to meet these atrocities 1st they are covered up especially in the southernmost part of the border of the only forest which allows them to come in and out in the various communities secondly there have been allegations that there has been some Community Support for the out about when theres a modern state of the border and its really just been difficult to supplement them based on the amount of support that the government in the early years when im up 2011 on whats inside somalia about the big factor and he also has quite a bit of local support for people who would agree and join the arch about through the ages of 1011 all right thats journalist john allen now more thank you john. On a story is in capetown way a group of activists illegally occupying a mansion in an affluent suburb of the city they say they want to draw attention to law and housing issues and court has ordered them to vacate the premises by thursday he krishna ticket story. This is cam space one of cape towns most beautiful and exclusive neighborhoods houses here can easily cost several 1000000 euros most president s are white 26 years after racial segregation and dips but not in this bill or last month a queer activist collective booked the luxury holiday home for 3 nights and has been occupying it ever since. Is one of the supporters. Compared. To weigh in before is it a big difference in the. City tour in the. Next. I cant complain about that. Is this is the best one ever. Known used to live in ca you need cape towns biggest township he was often discriminated because of his Sexual Orientation including by his parents who kicked him out of their house. Cape town is seen as the most liberal city on the continent like some news articles labeled as the gay capital of africa even if thats not the case because there are many different cape town. So you have to tell these contestants. So where can tongue into being a snake for you need to be given again it is because we can improve innovate in q weve been one of the 1st countries to pas. The policy into the constitution like gay marriage etc you know like this this thing about you can be visible weve had pride but like with everything that that that comes with a caveat that even depending on which space youre depending on which class youre depending on protected you are because of that and in cape town is that if you go thats really into race. I mean its inexcusable. And its linked to having this city having done almost like nothing to reform they just this is a plus this struggle for rights and Affordable Housing for the elderly beachy community is now a metaphor the courts to decide the buildings owner who lives in europe has demanded the squatters leave immediately effectively this property was watching heres pictures of what the cause was you know the reasons really went into the property this was done. And it was that moved from. You cant go into a property and think that you can stay in that property and under false pretenses the lawyer says the rule of law is at risk more such illegal occupation is could result in chaos would ensue the judge said he understands the course of the protests but does not agree with the means to be there for. Protesters to leave the house by thursday or face eviction and the payment of all the good costs involved. The activists have so far refused to say whether they will leave or face the consequences. When it was tens of thousands of muslims descended upon cynical as holy city this week for the annual grand mogul pogrom age thats a tradition in west africa that some fear could become a super spread eventful call the 19 organizers are expecting 3 to 5000000 pilgrims this week despite the main ceremony on tuesday being cancelled it if its to lower the risk of coronavirus contagion of the events of being video streamed to avoid overcrowding. They have come in their thousands despite the penn demick every year the mughal pilgrimage can attract up to 3000000 people here in the city of tuba the ones that are here have been given clear instructions. What i worry we follow the guidelines which are given by the caliph that they are where mosques and queue up for prayers in an orderly manner. The mcgough pilgrimage is the 1st large scale gathering in senegal since the corona Virus Outbreak must hand gel and paperbacks for storing shoes a part of the measures being taken by social distancing is almost impossible. Had been the best that it was allowed what happened there lots of people here thats why were wearing gloves and masks. All of us as it was so we can heighten the Awareness Among people. About the disease is always here and we are doing our best so it will pass as well as. The land borders in synagogue are still closed so only a few foreigners have come but still thousands are here that makes the authorities worried. That people here are going back to their home regions we feel we will have more corona cases here and to book but we will have to thoroughly analyze in the next 10 days the evolution of infection in all the regions of senegal because as you know people from all over the country have come for the pilgrimage. The. Synagogue was among the 1st african countries to report covert 900 cases but so far it has been able to avoid the high death tolls the authorities here now hope that this will still be the case in the weeks following the market. And that is a full hour be sure to check out our as. Stories on dot com forward slash africa were also on facebook and on twitter we always interested to know what you think about the stories that we have a hill program and the stories that we should be covering see you next time about. The new year yes yes were going to do and how the last 2 years german sausage now we bring you an angle a makeover and you know how to have a whole surprise still so it was a disposable who is magical really what moves. All some who talk to people who follow along the way admirers and critics alike how is the worlds most powerful woman shaping her ticket to join us from eccles la stops. Every journey begins with the 1st step and every language but the 1st word emerged from the. Coaches in germany to learn german why not come with a simple online on your mobile and free to shop for the d w z e learning course nikos free german made. Another tweets another Market Reaction wall street encouraged after u. S. President donald trump backs off a delay for new crowbars aid and the man standing. Deals for the airlines and Small Business. Also on the shows africans hit the streets theyre angry about jobs and corruption times are already talking before the pandemic now many say the situation is becoming unbearable. And will take you to south korea which has turned itself into a global vote for electric mobility. Welcome to the show im stephen beards in berlin its good to have you with us we begin in the u. S. Where wall street has bounced back from tuesdays late session slump following president Donald Trumps renewed interest in corona virus 8 the dow closing almost 2 percent up wednesday after trump later demanded immediate approval for 25000000000. 00 to support airlines and a further 135000000000. 00 for Small Business both items were already part of a comprehensive package being negotiated with democrats until the president abruptly ended those talks which we dont tuesday that inter led markets to tumble. And for more on this we go to our financial correspondent in new york yen scored a yes good to see you mark it seems reassured today but can the president can democrats republicans really deliver on these measures that hes demanding. Well that is pretty tough to imagine because look what happened in the past couple of weeks a nancy pelosi of the leader of the democrats in the house of representatives and the finance minister or the head of the treasury Stephen Knutson were negotiating for weeks and then all of a sudden the president comes out of the hospital and says we either do it this way all we dont do it at all so maybe they can agree on an aid package for allans in the amount of 25000000000. 00 even if that is not certain clearly saw. Gaining quite a bit in the wednesday session the Dow Jones Industrial average was up by more than 500 points almost 2 percent the best day since mid july but im really not that certain that its realistic to get it definitely not a biggish deal but maybe also not a couple of small teams of deals done before november 3rd are years when asked yesterday about a Congressional Panel releasing a report on big tech that includes Companies Like facebook amazon and pointing out what it called unfair competition today those companies didnt really seem fazed in terms of their stock value does this mean that investors dont really see a danger to them. Definitely it might take some time before you really would make changes to. The laws and this seems to be a bipartisan agreement that something has to be done if you look at the history of antitrust lawsuit in the United States so they havent really changed in the part of a couple in the past decade the 2 main is that you would say actually were positive in 80 in 90 and in 1914 so thats quite some time of gold there is talk that there should be something as weve seen in the financial industry of the closet from 19 to 33 is what theyre calling it the 4 x. 4 and the internet so something might happen but probably not anytime soon and then it also depends on how the elections will actually play out not just who will be the president but also how the majority might change in congress so at least for now the Big Tech Companies and the investors do not seem to be too varied yet. With the latest from new york thank you. And we go over to south africa now an emerging economy that in recent years has struggled to find its footing rising state to slow growth and failing infrastructure have frustrated South Africans corruption too and that was before the pandemic now the picture is even bleaker and the mood among workers souring. This is how it looks like when south africas largest trade Union Federation all denies this is a protest during the times of pandemic almost 2000000 members well to either just stay at home or go out and join picketts and motorcades like this one here in cape town that are happening throughout the country yes. It is unusual. But on the other side. We have not expected that the term is going to be like this we are very surprised and we appreciate the support that we are receiving from all members. Of this pandemic. You know for the. Obligations that stooping to the number that we have we must. Have that things but this is a very big surprise to us. Even. Demonstrating for a variety of issues a reform of the public transport sector Decisive Action against gender based violence and a stronger stand of the government against corruption you can read over here or option is the biggest threats to our hot one democracy and the past years under the watch of the governing party a. N. C. Corruption has been rampant in south africa and although president Cyril Ramaphosa promised to change things there has been any high profile arrest and fat people saw more and more scandals coming off. For example around the procurement of personal protective equipment during the president many people here are angry about that. To me theres still a long way to go theres still a long way to go and there still. Needs to be made because theres people that we know that have done this action you know that has not been dealt with people who wants to see results people who wants to see people being not you see that is the seriousness that we are looking to see people being arrested going to jail for what they did but of course theyre also calling for better Economic Conditions around 3000000 people have lost their jobs because of the pandemic and a 6 months locked down the union calls for decisive state intervention in strategy jack sectors of the economy and a strengthening of the public sector. That includes small investments and struggling state owned enterprises. They must remain public entities because those outlays of those of the public we cant sell them to any private person or any private institution because of those are that is what the looms that is the transfer. Of the public at the end of the day but further investments into state owned entities are controversial within the government and amongst the people here billions of runs have been wasted in the past because of corruption in Companies Like south African Airways the National Airline but also the National Railway Service Money has been looted and wasted for a long time and even if the government was willing to invest more money into these entities in the future will it be able to afford it because of the pandemic of the South African government came up with a 25000000000 euro relief package for the economy thats 10 percent of the countrys gross domestic product. And the government had to take loans from International Institutions like the International Monetary fund with an expected decrease in tax incomes in the next months and years the country might face massive financial problems in the future and already now south africa. Is writing from all 3 Major International rating agencies. There in south africa lets take a brief look now at some of the other business stories making headlines poland has fined russias gas problem almost 6 and a half 1000000000 euros for building the nord stream to gas pipeline without warsaws approval the project concerned about moscows dominance of European Energy supplies polands anti monopoly watchdog also fined 5 companies a total of 52000000. 00 euros for financing the project. Spains as it will create a greener more Digital Economy with 140000000000 euros of e. U. Pandemic recovery aid and create 800000 jobs over the next 3 years recovery money is being raised from the use collected budget spain says about 70 percent of funding will be used for green energy and digital transformation. Air b. N. B. Reportedly burned through more than 1200000000. 00 cash 3rd of its reserves head of its upcoming i. P. O. With millions of tourists canceling vacations work trips and family visits there b. And b. Says it is allocating 250000000. 00 to help offset losses incurred by hosts air b. N. B. Founders took no pay between april and september. With the future of the electric car hinges on Battery Technology the good news is that progress is coming fast with charging volumes increasing and charge times falling in the way for companies in south korea. The future is electric and all over the world the race to roll out the Infrastructure Associated with this is heating up nowhere more so than in south korea which this year over talked china to become the number one producer of electric batteries. Riding high on the trend s. K. Innovation the energy and Chemical Company telling d. W. That improving Battery Capacity is top of the agenda. The Energy Density thats the distance a car can travel on one charge has increased from 150 kilometers to more than 300. 00. And i think that in 3 or 4 years well see the development of fast charging batteries that can be charged in just 20 or 30 minutes. But high powered factories come out of cost and to achieve its goal of having a 1000000 electric vehicles on the road by 2025 the south korean government have been luring buyers with subsidies of up to 15000 euros. I didnt really consider the environment much when i bought the car but afterwards it made me feel better to protect the environment and save money with saving money and the promise in south korea battery makers are leading the charge towards electric. All right and thats it for me and the. Dot com slash business im saying theres a thanks for watching. Culture. Hair. Super food. Stall icon. Lifestyle. Would be our fighters want to start families to become farmers or engineers every one of. The thing is just that the children who have already been the boy. And those that will follow are part of a new process. They could be the future of. Granting opportunities global news that matters d. W. Made for mines. Every day. For us and for our planet. 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