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Welcome to News from the b.b.c. World Service I'm Julian Marshall activists in Miramar of stage the biggest protests yet against the coup the British ambassador that tells us that international pressure on the military authorities will succeed despite the fact they say they are not interested in. Criticism but. They do take. After a change in u.s. Policy what is the chance of the warring sides in Yemen will agree a nationwide cease fire also one Mexican mothers search for her disappeared son after 2 years of tirelessly searching hospitals pre-sentence nearby towns I found my son in a mass grave that I excavated myself and why did women in Switzerland have to wait so long to have the right to vote that's all coming up after the latest news. B.b.c. News Hello I'm Tom what the Egyptian authorities have released a journalist working for the Al-Jazeera network after more than 4 years in detention Mahmoud Hussein has never been brought to trial our of affairs editor Sebastian Usha reports but not his saying was arrested in December 26th Dean while he was visiting his family in Cairo he was questioned for more than 15 hours then released but arrested again days later region authorities accused him of spreading false news and receiving foreign money to defame Egypt's reputation his arrest was seen by many as another attack by the Egyptian authorities on his network Al Jazeera which they see as hostile he was never formally charged what his detention was extended numerous times in a major reform to a state controlled economy the Cuban government is to allow small private businesses to operate in most fields the measure will expand to permitted private activities from a list of 127 to more than 2000 these already include artisans taxi drivers and tradesmen the Labor ministers said over 120 exceptions would remain in state hands Chile's interior minister has promised justice after a street performer was killed by a policeman in a popular leg side resort prompting street protests this report from Jane chambers in Santiago Francisco mightiness was shot dead after he refused to show his id card to the police when they stopped him juggling in the center at the date site town. Demonstrators were so angry about the killing they police offices and government buildings to the ground they talk on Friday night protests about the incident spread to Chinese capital Santiago a police officer has been detained for the shooting the security forces say he was acting in self-defense because the jacket was threatening the officer with a machete weapon chit isn't Terry a minister Rodriguez Delgado condemned the arson. 6 days after the coup in Myanmar there have been signs of growing confidence among protesters defying the military and the largest such demonstration yet thousands of people marched through the city's The through the streets of Yangon Jonathan Head has more details. The crowd grew as it headed towards the downtown area but now just city. Where a line of police blocked their way I was offering a perfect backdrop for the Hunger Games salute that's become the symbol of popular defiance in this region the protests was broadcast as it happened on a dozen or more social media pages but the military began shutting down the Internet and blocking popular apps so that through the day we watched Myanmar slipping back towards the digital dark age of a decade ago Saturday also saw protests in the capital Naypyidaw and Myanmar's 2nd largest city Mandalay world news from the b.b.c. . A Russian rights group says 2 gay Chechen men are in mortal danger after they were seized from a city several 100 kilometers east of Moscow and forcibly returned to Chechnya the Russian l.g.b. T. Network said it had helped select mother Maggie Mahar of and is male it's a half a skate from Chechnya last year after they were reportedly tortured by police. Italy's 2 largest political parties have indicated they could be open to joining a government headed by Mario Draghi a technocrat who formally headed the European Central Bank Mr drug he has completed a 1st round of talks with all parties as he tries to form a broad coalition they endure Sarahs the 5 Star Movement said its decision would depend on Mr druggies policy proposals one of its M.P.'s said said there were important issues at stake you're going to. 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World Service coming to you live from our studios in central London I'm Julian Marshall and we go 1st to main Mar where for the 5th night in a row people have been banging pots and pans a traditional custom to drive away evil and for those taking part the evil is the military who on Monday this week assumed absolute power in a coup and detained the country's elected de facto leader and son Suchi earlier on Saturday protesters took to the streets in cities across the country to tell the army to go back to their barracks and set free missile TCE emir Mas main city and gone many wore red and gave the 3 finger salute both associated with cheese n l d party police carrying assault rifles kept a watchful eye and some were handed flowers by the protesters these are 2 of the protesters the 1st a man who said he hadn't been paid and like he said pro military protestors. I'm really pleased with what I see but these protests are not used to taking part in demonstrations I'm a teacher an English language teacher the people here are genuine but have not been paid to come out and protest. As a citizen born in this country I cannot accept the unjust seizure of power by the military dictators many of our lives have been destroyed because of the military dictatorship we cannot let future generations meet the same fate immediately free our leaders who have been unjustly detained immediately released our leaders to ask the people return democracy to us. Well in a video message posted on Facebook a top official in Mr Cheese part of the National League for Democracy in your thank people for taking part. In. Thank you to all the citizens especially the civil servant who are participating and will not live under this dictatorship this is helping the Union of Myanmar doctors and nurses and not just caring for a single patient but helping the country deal with the pandemic situation and help the government offices who are in need of help by giving them some soup or something to eat stop the company from becoming a military dictatorship this situation won't last long and our success is imminent has been condemnation of the coup by Western governments but not yet the emergence of a strategy to reverse it while a meeting of the un Security Council this week although calling for the release of Aung Sun Suu Chee failed to denounce the coup in order to garner the support of China and Russia Britain's ambassador to min mark Dunn Chugg is in yang gone I spoke to him on the telephone because of the shutting down of the Internet by the military how would it be in the city today if I think that the Greeks and the sadness of the last few days is gradually turning to anger. With everything increasing number of people out on the streets or just very small protests yesterday but larger protests. So the newly installed military government is trying to deal with that by cutting off the internet and cutting down the phone lines and communications streaming difficult What is your information I mean have there been protests elsewhere in Myanmar so we understand that there's been small protests in different parts of the country and slightly larger ones today but it's very difficult to get information but it's clear that there's a civil disobedience movement which is going on around the country and that doctors are refusing to work and civil servants have been refuted. And people are being signaling the. Unhappiness with a 8 o'clock protest every evening with Beacon homes and buying power and there's quite a sense around the country of unhappiness of what's happening there and outrage really and will to do something about it but for the moment the military a taking what might be described as a light touch approach to these protests at the moment there's been no reports of any violence there's quite a heavy military presence on the streets there are vans and trucks with large numbers of armed police but at the moment everything is quiet and peaceful but the protesters are all taking a risk I mean that is something that the British government has acknowledged in a statement released immediately off to the coup there was a risk it said the demonstrations could provoke a violent response taking mammo back to the doctor as the $988.00 operas single the 2007 Saffron Revolution in which schools of civilians were killed well that's right people of had experience of this before the military has been brutal and as ruling of the country for many years and it's really early in the last 10 years that those were people restrictions have been arrested people remember what happened in 2007 and like one Creation of course the worst flood 7 most times and the military has a record of being prepared to do that it is not forget that even in recent times that has been conflict around the country people will know about the kind of state but on the Chin State and some state and others that continues to be conflict in this country which is suppressed very brutally by the military have you Mr Ambassador or any of your debts of magic colleagues had contact with the military since the coup I was invited to a briefing yesterday from unions foreign minister and also read the cooperation of the stuff along with other good they gave a readout of the version of events over the last few days but it also gave me the opportunity to express the U.K.'s who wants to. As for the media and of the state of emergency and the response to that was I was one of several ambassadors who made those points and also to restore power to the Democrats elected governments respect human rights of course to release the president we were meant to and Suci immediately they just took notes and they did respond in a meaningful way across the challenge facing not just the British government the governments around the world who would seek to reverse the coup is how you actually go about it and this week the un Security Council though it doest for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi didn't mention the fact that that being a coup I mean is it going to be difficult do you think to muster an effective international response what we need has been doing since the start of the week is very actively engaging around the world and you mentioned the Security Council course the u.k. As president of the Security Council this month we convened a meeting and we were actually very pleased to have a statement which was agreed to by all 15 members of the Security Council which expressed the concern and called for the immediate release and for the upholding democratic institutions and processes in those kind of things that my my from very much but actually this is the 1st statement on the political situation in Myanmar which has been agreed through 2008 I think to get China and Russia to sign up to that statement shows just how serious the situation is not just by the u.k. But by countries around the world I mean since 2030 in the British government does the encouraging investment by British companies in men more as a way of promoting democracy in observance old human rights when I was wandering the Na the country seems set on a backwards palls maybe now is the time to encourage disinvestment Well it's one of the tricky issues for the country right now in my family's here but the people are the ones who've suffered for so long. Military rules since the early sixty's until 10 years ago and during that time people have suffered terribly and the economy suffered terribly and there's poverty around the country there's conflict around the country you have things like drug production is the world's largest producer of methamphetamines There's also a rigorous roads that go on with neighboring countries and the people suffer from all of these actions by the military and so this is a difficulty because we were going to the economy to grow to lift people out of poverty to help people ordinary people in this country who suffered so much and retrofitting don't want to do anything which will support the military regime or to do anything that legitimizes or helps them in any way so these are the challenges which people are faced with one of the corn looks unfortunately like we don't have to face in the Gulf but this week here in the Japanese company walked away from a joint investment with me in the end because all the new one of their concerns was the extent to which the military has a stranglehold on the economy that is to say by investing in me a mob one could be accused of getting into bed with them in a tree when I was right and Kiran and. I'm up there is owned by the ministry basically and that is something which people have been aware of not just in the last week but has protested to Kiran about 4 Japanese company our advice to British companies has always been to do the diligence extremely well the they want to be engaging with the military have a great want to be encouraging with military companies for the reputational risk that causes them and this is something which companies are very well aware of you don't think it was a mistake to have encouraged that investment in the 1st place you know like I said it's really important for the economy can grow here by growing the economy back and let people out of poverty people here die from malaria they die from to be they die from horny trysts. Children are stunted because of poor nutrition and so if oppressed pretty poor country and the way to deal with I was to change as well as through them so what we've been promoting over the answer is it is not to engage with military companies it's to provides goods technical sound investment into the country which will help the economy grow and I suspect the way and the other is aspect of it as well is that where Western companies are not present Chinese companies will be present as a problem from now Mark that they need to seek goods at a coal investment from reliable responsible companies who will act and behave in the right way in this country so that it can develop in an appropriate way and the very thing to have good Western investment and that's the sort of investment we've been promoting it's about me as military from your experience sensitive to international criticism in a minute saying to ride out the widespread condemnation of the murderous military campaign against the ranges I'm recalling States and I think that the British embassy was one of a number of emphasis that issued a warning last week to the military in May and Maw not to mount a coup when that was very much on the cards and yet they went ahead and did it anyway the Myanmar military will say that the world's press had been for decades and had no effect on them. They take pride in the fact of they pay no attention to international condemnation but the reality is that what being from our screen if you says does make a difference and particularly when the international community can be reunited and the funny thing about the situation here is actually many people believe that one of the reasons for the minimum of the terrorist had to open up a few years ago unprepared to democratize was because actually they did want to be treated in a different way by the international community and but as a military they wanted to professionalize and as a military they didn't want to be completely reliant on China and I think one of the ironies of the situation this week is that the end up being more dependent on China than other of the pool so I think despite the fact that they say they're not interested in the international community and really criticisms but I think actually they do take notice of those things and it does impact upon them and I think actually even given the military there will be people right now very unhappy about the situation that has done chugged British ambassador to speaking to a spy Simon from young gone because the military has imposed effectively in snap blackout and to he was speaking out about protests in a number of cities in law today can still manage the protests is also to Montauk to release some songs to cheat you're listening to the b.b.c. Was sadness on German Marshall this is news. Still to come a year in the life of a palleted care doctor during the pandemic you are literally barricaded behind a mosque and 5 layers of plastic and if you imagine that experience from the point of view of a patient for the baby they arrive at hospital they literally do not see another human face that interview in full in about 30 minutes at the latest headlines from the b.b.c. News from an Al Jazeera journalist has finally been released from jail in Egypt after 4 years without trial Cuba has announced a major reform of its state controlled economy allowing the creation of hundreds of small businesses and activists in Myanmar a verged Internet providers to restore services as they stage the boldest protests yet against the military authorities. This is Julian Marshall with news our live from the b.b.c. In London. Mexico's president down there as smuggler Lopez Obrador has said of his country that it has become an enormous mass grave on account of the number of people missing or disappeared at the figure surpassed 82000 at the end of 2020 while drugs cartels and organized crime groups are often the main perpetrators in the disappearances in some cases security forces are also involved and behind each disappeared person is the pain of a family on shore what has happened to their loved one many organize their own searches often after to Pops about the location of the corpse and I got burial of Rojas has been speaking to Cecilia Delgado a mother who took matters into her own and when her son went missing and just a warning some the snows may find the following upsetting for. Me That's all I'm on my gayness about is my name is Cecilia Elavil my son has to come on Martinez disappeared on the same with a 2nd 2018 state police took him away here in a must see to Sun order in the north of the country after 2 years of tirelessly searching hospitals price since nearby towns I found my son in a mass grave that I excavated myself I unearth my own son. Only let them in the corner says look at our borders was black I knew immediately that it was him I recognized him because of his braces and his with them tooth he still had his currents he still had his hair and then I saw his clothes I knew I screamed and cried No it can't be. But it was confirmed with the d.n.a. Tests I get along with on that and that means. I'm also you are. With the different groups and now with my own group was covered Asperger past so nada I have found 176 treasures that is what we call our loved ones for us they are treasures because we find them in concealed mass graves unfortunately by them their corpses. You know lost so yes both good man most of America. Is gone the most one of the discoveries that affected has the most was when we found Richter who was the son of my friend and the now we found him under cement and his mother was right there when we took him out it was so emotional. These are not all of us only love the men and although it is frankly said that our children are only in thing one way or another with drug trafficking that is a violent I if I lie because there are many in my group alone of totally innocent people who have nothing to do with all going to crime and they have been taken away women youth and even children me one sort of year why don't they think they could go on yes my son was 34 years old when he disappeared I left 3 children the most affected is my granddaughter the youngest only 5 years old when she saw the coughing she starts screaming my dad grandma why did you take some long to find him. Me a whole thing because they've eaten it even now although I found my son I have to continue searching because my nephew myself has source of being missing for the past 4 months and I have promised him my boy I will find you. I'm a governor lover of House reporting and the b.b.c. Reached out to the Sonora public prosecutor's office who said they couldn't comment on Cecilia Delgado's case as the investigation is ongoing. Thousands of Chinese social media users of paid tribute today to Lee were Leon marking the 1st anniversary of the death of the doctor who blew the whistle on the corona virus outbreak Dr Li was one of a group of doctors in Rouhani who shared posts on social media warning of a sounds like virus spreading in the city in december 29 teen for which he was subsequently briefly detained his death after catching the virus from a patient prompted a national outpouring of grief as well as anger at the government's handling of the pandemic but the Chinese government has since promoted an official narrative centered on the way it has officially dealt with the pandemic compared to other countries Lee One is Asia tech columnist for The New York Times who monitors Chinese social media a year ago tonight it was February 6th around 9 pm I saw social media some journalists even had the whole thing that stopped and even the I was in critical condition and shortly they said Ok only had I and people just started acting holes and it was a very memorable night as a whole night by them only I told you to as you New York I just we pleased. Oh revolt of the Chinese people you describe it as an online revote What were people saying it was a revolt because so many people hold on Lot and and rave and it was not just young people what dissidents it was state owned enterprise executives rancher capital investment bankers was something I hadn't seen China for many many years so there was there was grief and anger at the death of a man who people believed to be telling the truth about the outbreak of covert 19 in Ruhani hand the refusal of the of the authorities at that time to acknowledge that there was an outbreak people close to the videos of the sample you hear the people seen and they shared when the dolphin these quotes repeatedly a healthy society should not have just when boys and people really realize at that moment that they need more freedom and the Chinese authorities I would imagine would have been very nervous is clean got night and response to Dr least that overwhelmed China as a whole for propaganda machine and they began as a tremendous behind the scenes effort to make sure that the census took control at even the most local level and according to Chinese officials the police investigated were otherwise they are 17th all the people who they said had Frederick it it was read they pandemic related information you know it just imagine efforts who are into changing their narratives and I think that night really was kind of scary to the Chinese government but of course I would. The past year the Chinese authorities have regained control of the narrative of being able to convince their own people that they are in control and have brought the pandemic under control unlike other countries in the world yeah this is something that is a little bit complex not even considered a hero by many Chinese but at the same time many Chinese also believe that the Chinese government has done a good job humanity in the pandemic that's because by March the pandemic has reached your Kate and the u.s. And infections and that really provide the prize evidence that the Chinese government and they could argue look how well we have managed and hole that they have met and wage. Journalist Lee what this is the b.b.c. 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Welcomes President Biden's shift in policy on Yemen but will it bring the warring parties to the negotiating table why were women in Switzerland only given the vote 50 years ago and breathtaking caring for the terminally ill on ventilators in a cobra. That's hard to use. B.b.c. News the cattle are based a television network Al-Jazeera has welcomed the release of one of its journalists from an Egyptian prison Mahmoud Hussein had been held there for more than 4 years without being charged the acting head of Al-Jazeera said no journalist should suffer for doing his or her job Cuber is to allow small private businesses to operate in most fields the measure will expand permitted private activities from a list of 127 to more than 2000. 6 days after the coup in Myanmar there have been signs of growing confidence among protesters defying the military with thousands marching through the streets of Yangon people across the city have also made another show of resistance by banging on pots and pans doctors in Honduras are staging protests in several cities to demand that all health workers be provided with adequate protective equipment to avoid contagion from cave at 19 around 70 doctors and 40 nurses have died with Corona virus in Honduras. For the 1st time Pope Francis has appointed a woman as an under secretary of the Senate of Bishops sister Natalie Becca will also be the 1st woman with the right to vote in the Senate the body of bishops that studies major questions of doctrine. Sudan says any unilateral step to fill it Theo Piers vast dam on the River Nile later this year would pose a direct threat to its national security its edge to the United States the European Union the United Nations and the African Union to act as mediators in the dispute between Egypt Sudan and Ethiopia a Russian rights group says 2 gay Chechen men are in mortal danger after they were seized from a city several 100 kilometers east of Moscow and forcibly returned to Chechnya the Russian l.g.b. To network said it had helped sell like Mag I'm out of and is male as I have escaped from Chechnya last year. B.b.c. News. In a moment on use our after President Biden announces 2 significant policies intended to help end the war in Yemen will hear from the u.n. Secretary general spokes person about what this means for the people caught up in the fighting it creates hope and removes an obstacle so we grabbed hope where we can but 1st the Russian dissident Alexina Barney who's jailing for nearly 3 years on Tuesday has caused a diplomatic rift between Moscow and the West and led to widespread protests in Russia was back in court on Friday this time he was accused of slandering a 2nd world war veteran who appeared in a pro Putin video from Moscow Steve Reza bug reports on the growing protests movement across Russia. Russia has witnessed 2 weeks of protests triggered by Mr the by his arrest but fueled by economic hardship and resent that of the authorities at these rallies police have detained thousands of people across the country supporters of the jailed opposition leader have now declared a pause in the protests until the spring but both of those who remain behind bars it's theirs and yours Nick Levy with neighbor of the governance. We managed to contact 2 men recently arrested in connection with the protests surrogate and Dmitri are among hundreds of people locked in a makeshift jail a 2 hour drive from the Russian capital in Moscow there's no room left in the cells surrogate is a prominent journalist he was that the protests but he'd retreated a post that mentioned that and for that he was sentenced to 25 days behind bars. In. The authorities see journalists now as part of the protest movement so gay says we're coming under pressure. I don't think they're over there and even outside the detention center people have been queuing in the cold for hours to deliver food parcels to loved ones inside their shoes if. You're going to face that I'm so proud of my child says Oksana whose daughter was arrested at a protest earlier this week she's brave all those youngsters inside they grew up under Putin but they know a different life is possible to. Live with you here tells me her political views have changed since her husband was put in jail I used to vote for Putin she says but I never will again the one thought is a trying to scare us but all it will do is make the people rise up with the suffering of the fifty's if that's the of the Russian authorities can crackdown on dissent they can disperse what they say are illegal protests what they can't do is force people to remain loyal to the Kremlin but reports from the B.B.C.'s Steve Rosenberg in Moscow You're listening to the b.b.c. World Service this is news on. I'm Julian musher Lund this is news a coming to you live from the b.b.c. In London President Biden this week signalled his intention to draw down the 6 year war in Yemen which has claimed more than 100000 lives and left millions of Yemenis on the brink of starvation he's announced an end to somebody's true support for the Saudi led coalition which has been backing the government in its battle against who 3 rebels this war has to end. And to underscore our commitment we are ending all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen including relevant arms sales. The same time Saudi Arabia faces missile attacks u.a.b. Strikes and other threats from rainy and supplied forces in multiple countries. We're going to continue to support and help Saudi Arabia defend its sovereignty and its territorial integrity and its people and Mr Biden is also revoking one of the final decisions by the trump of ministration of the designation of the Iran linked to the rebels as a terrorist group of the affairs that that decision could deepen the humanitarian disaster in Yemen Iran is welcome the shift in policy is saying and I quote It could be a chance to correct pos mistakes I asked Stefan Jerrick spokesperson for the un secretary general what he made of President Biden's policy changes on Yemen 2 parts of this on the revocation I think it's a very important reversal of what was the position up until a few days ago that had been put in place by the previous administration that the impact that would have had on the commercial sector 'd let alone the humanitarian sector could have been devastating for millions of of Yemenis who depend on imports for everything and so this is a very good step and it's going to bring profound relief to millions of Yemenis so he could I just interrupt and perhaps you could explain that for as long as the Who things were designated a terrorist organization commercial organizations and humanitarian organizations couldn't have any dealings with them on the humanitarian end for the u.n. I think we could have gotten some waivers but what this would have done on the commercial end is that it would have increased the cost of doing business because you could companies could have applied for waivers whether they get them or not it complicates things and it puts companies in a position where they could have come across and finally did us law so it's clear that he would have had a dampening impact on the commercial import sector and Yemen imports I think 70 percent if not 80 percent over. We think that it needs and most of that is through the commercial sector so we've got rid of that threat and I think that it's a huge relief not only for us but especially for millions of Yemenis and you know that there are 14000000 people in Yemen who are at the risk of famine 20000000 Yemenis depend on humanitarian aid to survive there are those who say that the by the ministration has got nothing in return from the Who thiis for lifting or revoking his some designation of them as a terrorist organization I'm not speaking on behalf of the by administration I don't you know. For them the standpoint of the u.n. It is we're trying to move forward on getting a political agreement it creates hope and removes an obstacle explain simply by the booth is not being a terrorist organization makes them more likely to come to the negotiating table we hope. It will not make things more difficult let me put it let me put it that way. Mr Martin Griffiths who is our lead envoy is continuing to to press the parties to come to the table to get a political agreement and you know in the meantime we've had small successes we've had discussions on prisoner exchange that are there ongoing so we grab the hope where we can but I think if you take a step back and compare Yemen to what is going on in Libya where just yesterday the parties came together Libyan leaders came together countries that have an interest in Libya or supporting this and we have an agreement so political framework moving forward I think it's time for all those involved in Yemen to put the interest of the Yemeni people 1st I mean could I pick you up on that comparison the 2 I'm making with Libya that that may be a desire to make peace by those inside the country a but there are no. Now a lot of foreign players and in the case of Libya both Turkey and Russia and correct me if I'm wrong and made no attempt to withdraw their troops as being required under previous agreements and likely Likewise with them Yemen we now have the involvement of Iran we have the involvement of Cata it's become a lot more complicated Well of course I mean I think the involvement of various external parties always complicates things and always moves further down the chain the interest of the people of the country and it's important that it Yemen just as in Libya where we have seen progress those member states that have an interest put that interest in a constructive way and push everyone back to the political table to think Saudi Arabia is perhaps now more willing to come to the negotiating table now that it will no longer receive offensive military weaponry from the United States and Ok again it's tough for me to speak to the Saudis what I what I can tell you is that I think there are 2 positive movements that we've seen in the last few days and how do you see the shape of any political agreement that will end the war in Yemen what we need is a nationwide cease fire it will then be up to the parties to figure out what that political solution looks like and for that to work countries like Saudi Arabia Qatar Iran must also sign up to that agreement all those countries that are involved in one way or other will need to support the final agreement and it's closer now than it was on account of the shift of policy of the Biden ministration we have to be very careful in terms of predicting the future what we've just seen are steps that move us in the right direction and bring more hope to the people of Yemen. But a step on the Jerrick spokesperson for the u.n. Secretary general for. Women in Switzerland remembering a key moment in history this weekend the 50th anniversary of finally being granted the right to vote Switzerland lag far behind its neighbors Italy France and Germany becoming one of the last countries in Europe to offer women equal political rights image and fix reports from. My name is Nina Stanley and I was born 26 years after women had the right to vote it's outside Switzerland's parliament student Nina is reflecting on a milestone for Swiss women the 50th anniversary of getting their vote and the verse 3 so you're happy but it's still like to think that it was just like 50 years ago is also like joking. Not that positive to think that it was just so short I go. By sitting in Swiss women just like their European neighbors began demanding the vote at the start of the 20th century thus far. And finally British women succeeded Italian women German women why did Swiss women have to wait so long in other countries governments or parliaments granted women the right to vote but in Switzerland journalist Gaby oxen by next Blaine's big decisions always go to a nationwide ballot Don't forget that Switzerland was the only country in Europe where people could vote on the subject only the men could vote on this maybe in other countries I think that the men would have voted in the same way and and rejected. Swiss men vote very often and so when 1959 a referendum was called by men would vote on whether to allow women to join them at the ballot box as in 1950 s. B.b.c. Journalist discovered the signs were not promising she wanted to tell it through them absolutely against them as far as I'm concerned I think it is against nature I think it's a mess so lacks a state because women's wealth is exposed so there has been any way Yvonne Lindt slinger now 80 was 18 at the time heading for law school and hoping to be able to vote 2. More jobs. Are. On the council. You know we could have been asked. Out. The men voted no by a majority of 67 percent Yvonne remembers that day well only there was a large. Asian with flares and not you many speeches it was more. Again the women did not they wanted by a large majority it was Sam. And so the radical sixty's passed with no change Gabby oxen by and her 2 sisters were growing up in a household where wrongs were still strictly defined my mother she couldn't vote at the time and I think she she understood dismissing rights she wrote was a good student but she couldn't go to university her brother could well then learn about where I grew up in a middle class area where women were at home family matters I learning cleaning washing and oh man went to work 100 percent. Sure. But Swiss women kept on protesting and finally in 1971 there was another referendum one of the Ike humans not putting their women to the right to vote was because their brains are too small and I think it was one of the like and . Oh. But by this time the women's movement had become unstoppable and on voting day finally the men said yes. Later that year it general election Swiss when it became members of parliament 50 years on for reform Nina and Gabby this anniversary is a day to remember my person really more yes yes. I became. A did the Socialist Party I didn't have to think twice that now I can participate and I think I really never left out one day of voting just a very nice person not to be more and I know I always was I think look like really a privilege to be able to work and so I because I can i should participate and vote and give my voice and never missed any of these elections I always went on my daughters do the same so somehow I taught them that this political right is important for us in Switzerland. Image of folks reporting from Switzerland there on the 50th anniversary of women finally being granted the right to vote and indeed you might like to know that Swiss women won that right nearly 80 years after women in New Zealand 65 years after Finland and the elite 3 decades after France are listening to the b.b.c. World Service I'm Julian Marshall and this is news. This is the b.b.c. World Service revealing the Kenyan warriors who are now elephant caretakers we work with them in the bush and was living with them in the night that bond that we have such strong sometimes feeling where you will also feel like going to talk this is a story about people and animals they protect the lost a big part of his truck unfortunately got bitten off by a hyena diverse tribes and ethnic groups all coming together gonna Yes of course we have so why I live in we understand we were not in good relationship with them before because we know my life right it was a dream post here how elephants became a catalyst for kids with me Michael can look it follows elephant us brought us together warrior elephant Guardians at b.b.c. World Service dot com slash documentaries. A reminder of our top story this hour Miramar has had its biggest day of protests since the military took power in a coup 5 days ago the British ambassador to the country town chugged told news are that people had shown great determination to be had the grief and the sadness of the last few days that gradually turning to anger. With everything creasing number of people out on the streets there's quite a sense around the country of unhappiness of what's happened and how rage really amounted to something about it also this hour an Al-Jazeera journalist has finally been released from jail in Egypt after 4 years without trial and Cuba has announced a major reform of its state controlled economy allowing the creation of hundreds of small businesses. You're listening to the b.b.c. World Service I'm Julian Marshall and this is news here in the u.k. There are good reasons to believe that the country has passed the peak of the latest wave of the coronavirus pandemic but deaths are still hovering around a daily rate of around a 1000 more than 31000 people remain in hospital of whom more than 3 and a half 1000 around ventilators as elsewhere in the world British hospitals have been overwhelmed by the number of patients and for them the medical staff treating them and the patients relatives the past 11 months have been a time of bleakness and fear Dr Rachel Clark has been on the front line for much of that time a pallet of care doctor she looked after the most seriously am well patients on the quay with 19 wards of her hospital during the 1st wave last year and has written a book about it it's been inconceivably how different the ways in which Cove it forces doctors away from their patients and nurses away and indeed family members away is just one of the cruelest aspects of the virus you are literally barricaded behind a mask and a 5 layers of plastic and if you imagine that experience from the point of view of a patient from the moment they arrive in hospital they literally do not see another human face all they see are pairs of Ari's disembodied and that's really difficult because one of the things that's most important in and of life is the simple vital facts of somebodies humanity at the bedside helping a frightened dying patient know that they're not alone and the barriers make that so hard and we've had to learn to just do everything we can go the extra mile to ensure patients still see. Well as though there are people who care about them as he would beings around their bedsides and how do you do that all kinds of ways so we have used technology so screens tablets to have video calls with patients to bring their loved ones into their hospital room even if they can't be there in person and we talk to families and find out what matters to each patient sometimes they might write a letter and send it to us and then we will sit and read it at the back side or we may play a favorite piece of music that we find out they love and sometimes it's incredible how simple symbolic tiny gestures can Terry such weight in difficult times so in my hospital the local community knitted little tiny red hearts and we will give a patient a little heart to keep somewhere in their room and give another heart to or in a pair to their family and it's a way of just saying symbolically or connected even if you can't be their families you lose a relative to cope with 19 in hospital sometimes most distressed at the thought that that father that mother might have died like you try to ensure that that doesn't happen we absolutely do and even in intensive care where conditions can be so overwhelming and so hectic we've been absolutely determined that if at all humanly possible if we think that someone is in their final hours moments of life we will make sure that there will always be someone there. Or health care assistant sitting with them holding our hand talking to them even if there are conscious and I think in a way that was there a kind of non-negotiable cave it takes so much. Yes And we have been absolutely determined that no matter what it takes it's not going to take our core basic part of humanity we don't allow each other to die alone and so we try our hardest to make sure that never happens one of the indicators of how seriously a country is experiencing a wave of coronaviruses the number of patients who are on ventilators and I was particularly struck in your book by b. Process of intubation whereby a patient is connected Vajra to to a ventilator and I never realized that it was such a complicated process Yes absolutely so you only ever in an emergency connected patient to events later because they're very very unwell and in the case of covert patients it's the Lowell's almost always that are failing and so ventilation is is really an act of desperation it's a way of supporting the lungs doing the work of breathing for a patient and giving them enough time to recover from the virus by artificially pushing air oxygen into their lungs but when you are actually in Tripoli to patient there's a period where you have to take our oxygen away in order to insert the tree into their throat and in those moments there are certain levels plummet they're already very low because of far coronavirus and there's a real risk that they can pump so rapidly that suddenly the patient can have a cardiac arrest and their heart may stop beating so it's one of those desperately no bar to moments where literally your patient's life is hanging in the balance and any doctor who performs intra patient has to have really nervous of steel. In order to do it I mean even the most experienced the medics working in a hospital at the time of this coronavirus pandemic has been harrowing but at one point do you actually you had to induct some new new recruits and how do you go about preparing them for what is to come Yes Well in my hospital the medical school was filled with several 100 medical students and they all unanimously voted tapes to do whatever they could to you help out and a group of them were assigned to emergency departments but many of them had never been close to death and die and they'd never seen anybody die and we were aware that they may be confronted with very traumatic experiences so I conducted some training sessions a for zoom over video with these very young. Twenty's to talk to them about what it's like to be up close to people dying and how do you communicate to them how do you protect yourself and I think the most important thing to convey is it's hard for everybody to have those conversations and you get through it as a team so you share the difficulties with each other and you just try and hold on to the fact that at the end there's always a human being a patient and even if you're fumbling a little bit hard you're trying your best to support them and just show them some humanity at the bedside and I hope that was a comfort to these very young students Dr Rachel Clark author of breathtaking inside the n.h.s. In a time of pandemic and that's all from this edition of News from a jail in Marshall and the rest of the team in London including mark on the panel who's retiring after 40 years with the b.b.c. Good buy. This is the b.b.c. World Service I was walking around the hospital like a zombie I memory key where I'll be exploring the idea that we can feel too much empathy and compassion right now I can't face taking another parent up up the floor and how can we still ourselves against the distress without becoming hard hearted the fatigue that we have is not letting ourselves feel that compassion fatigue at b.b.c. World Service dot com slash documentaries. And in 30 minutes Martin so be it is just 4 years old and desperate need of a stem cell definitely could save his life join me Ritchie to as I follow Peter and his family back to the limitations placed by the coronavirus to find his life saving knowledge stay with it any easier it is next on the b.b.c. World Service the world's media station. B.b.c. World Service It's 22 hours g.m.t. This is all of a common way with the news room protesters defy the military in Myanmar. Activists calling on internet providers there to restore services shut down by the coup leaders we have the latest Cuba opens up its state controlled economy allowing the creation of hundreds of small businesses Egypt's releases an Al Jazeera journalist detained for 4 years without trial a year on from his death from Corona virus China remembers the Wu whistleblower it was a very memorable night as they ate up the whole night by a morning I told the editors you New York I just wait dazed lines revolt of the Chinese people and later many people think they made a sound to me tries and they send in things that they found on the shore which say so or fully instead garden and we have a look at them all meteorites going under the hammer 1st the news. B.b.c. News Hello I'm Tom what the Egyptian authorities have released a journalist working for the Al-Jazeera network after more than 4 years in detention Mahmud Hussein had been held under preventative detention without his case ever coming to trial he was greeted by supporters as he returned to his family . Are a bit of affairs editor is Sebastian Usher But now to say It was arrested in December 26th Dean while he was visiting his family in Cairo he was questioned for more than 15 hours then released but arrested again days later we dip in authorities accused him of spreading false news and receiving foreign money to defame Egypt's reputation his arrest was seen by many as another attack by the Egyptian authorities on his network Al-Jazeera which they see as hostile Al-Jazeera says he suffered physically and psychologically. In a major reform to its state controlled economy the Cuban government is to allow small private businesses to operate in most fields the measure will expand permitted private activities from a list of 127 to more than 2000 can disappear at has more details apart from hundreds and thousands of small farms Cuba's non-state sector is composed mainly of small private businesses run by artisans taxi drivers and tradesmen almost 40 percent operate in the island's tourist industry which has been severely damaged by the pandemic in tough u.s. Sanctions the labor minister Martha l.f. a Tour said the expanded list would not include $124.00 activities although she gave no details as to what they were doctors in Honduras are staging protests in several cities to demand that all health workers be provided with adequate protective equipment to avoid contagion from Cavite 19 around 70 doctors and $49.00 ers is have died of the disease there so far members of the Medical College of Honduras have called for the resignation of the health minister 6 days after the coup in Myanmar there have been signs of growing confidence among protesters defying the military in the largest such demonstrations yet thousands of these people marched through the streets of young gum after the marches dispersed amid widespread power cuts people across the city made another show of resistance by banging on pot pans and drums tint us way on a list in London says people don't seem to be worried about protesting tomorrow morning they are planning to hold admission while tests. And I really did ask people I am not scared to go out and people who have contacted. Me don't seem to be scared they are quite looking forward to going out so that shows this protest has a mess of support you're listening to the latest world news from the b.b.c. . Italy's 2 largest political parties have indicated they could be open to joining a government headed by druggy who formally headed the European Central Bank Mr druggy has completed a 1st round of talks with all parties as he tries to form a broad coalition to deal with the twin crises of the coronavirus pandemic and economic recession. For the 1st time Pope Francis has appointed a woman as an undersecretary of the Senate of Bishop's sister Natalie Becker will also be the 1st woman with the right to vote in the Senate she has been a consultant at the Senate since 2019 John McManus reports for some time Pope Francis has been elevating women inside the Vatican's bureaucracy having insisted in the face of some opposition that they do have a greater role to play in the life of the church last August he appointed several women to help oversee the back to conserve finances an area of were not for the fainthearted yet this new appointment is different because it gives a woman sister Natalie Baca a vote in the Senate to Bishops which advises the pope and in recent history has deep baited controversial topics such as the treatment of divorced and remarried Catholics Sudan says any unilateral step to fail if the O.P.'s vast dam on the River Nile would pose a direct threat to national security Sudan's irrigation and Water Resources Minister Abbas told the Reuters news agency the us the European Union the United Nations and the African Union should act as mediators between Egypt Sudan and Ethiopia. A Russian rights group says 2 gay Chechen men are in mortal danger after they were seized from a city several 100 kilometers east of Moscow and returned to Chechnya the Russian l.g.b. Network said it had helped select megamart off and Ismail is I have a scape from Chechnya last year it said the men were detained by police on Thursday in their apartment in Ms ne Novgorod b.b.c. News. Thank you very much a listening to the newsroom from the b.b.c. World Service with all of the calm way following the military coup in Myanmar on Monday people have been showing their opposition through civil disobedience and nightly banging of pots and pans today those sort of fyrst large scale protests on the streets tens of thousands marched in the main city young gone and elsewhere chanting military dictator fail fail democracy win with words in other words. I am really pleased with what I see in these protests I'm not used to taking part in such protests I'm an English language teacher These are genuine people you know there are fake protesters. Was among them I'm well as a citizen who was born in this country I can't accept the interest seizing power by the ministry dictators and many of our lives have been destroyed so I can't let our future generations me the same thing as long as the protesters come out I will join them the editor of the b.b.c. Is a berm a service so when fan told me more Today's protests is the 1st time that we see since the military coup lots number of people are coming out to the street but large a number of people from their homes they are joining they just come out onto the streets and clapping their hands sure they are solidarity and also handing out drinking waters and stuff to the protesters they feel that you know the democracy has been robbed from them because they did not want to see another round of military rule in the country because it's like the older people have experienced the brutal rule of the military in the late eighty's until today but then there are so cause for the nationwide protests from tomorrow gauging today's mood o.p.p.r. Would be much and wouldn't because there is not active crackdown by the security people yeah and how will this campaign of civil disobedience how will that affect the military leaders the civil disobedience movement has been gaining momentum we have seen. The doctors working out of the hospitals civil servants refusing to work with the ministers appointed by this new military council people are calling more and more civil servants to join the military also was quite well prepared they have trained medical doctors they have trained ingenious but they don't have any other trained people in other civil servants so we expect that the military will ask these striking civil servants to get back to work or they could be dismissed and how much of a problem for the protesters is this shutdown of the Internet by the authorities the 1st said on Facebook on Thursday Facebook is the main media where people exchanges the information communicates through the messenger. So military knew that that's why they started on but people are quite clear about the use other means like you know today we saw people flock to the sim card shops to buy international calling sim cards so that they could buy Piper's the internal restrictions and then they sent out the s.m.s. Messages but still it's quite disrupted for the movement as well as ordinary people yeah and that leads to the rumors swirling around including out of the whereabouts of. Suchi And of course the whether the coup leader is still in complete control Yeah the rumors came out this evening that our society was released so people came out in lots numbers celebrating cars honking but until now we couldn't confirm that that could possibly be Room us because you know that better is quite clear some people just drive bus or walk bus in a residential area and shouted like the West Fraser people were coming out and joining Burma what some believe that this is the psychological warfare States by the military to diffuse tension because tension is gaining and building up in the country so in turn of the b.b.c. By me service Cuba's communist government has decided to open up much more of its economy to the private sector people in more than 2000 different types of jobs will now be allowed to set up their own businesses or work for privately owned companies . Some economic sectors will remain under state control Cuba has experienced a sharp economic downturn since the cave in 1000 pandemic from Havana will grant reports when the Cuban government 1st loosened its stranglehold over the economy to allow more private enterprise around a decade ago it produced a list of jobs which were permitted to move into the private sector over the years that was expanded to around 130 different private activities from head dresses to taxi drivers however anyone carrying out private work not on the list ran the risk of falling foul of the authorities this decision expands the except to build jobs list to over 2000 and only prohibits 124 activities from going private exactly which 124 jobs are still obliged to remain under full state control is yet to be published. Experts on Cuba's tangled and complicated economy say the step essentially opens up almost all economic activity on the island to some form of private enterprise a significant shot in the arm for those families and individuals who harbor hopes of moving beyond just the very small businesses into medium sized ventures given how slowly reforms tend to moving Cuber it may still be some time before the change is noticeable in daily economic life however these decisions are being dictated by the di a state of the economy which contract it by 11 percent last year amid a sharp downturn in the tourism sector over the cove of 19 pandemic correspondent Will ground today marks the 1st anniversary of the death of a Chinese doctor who raised the alarm about a SARS like virus that was spreading in. Hopefully when Liane was briefly detained for his social media posts but his death after catching the virus from a patient prompted a national outpouring of grief as well as anger at the government's handling of the pandemic Dr Lee was later exonerated and honored as a hero by the communist authorities the un monitors Chinese social media for The New York Times and remembers what happened a year ago tonight it was February 6th around 9 pm I saw on social media some journalists in the whole city that stopped and even the I was in critical condition and shortly after that they said Ok lead had a guy and people just started acting to hopes and it was them very memorable night as the whole night by the law only I told you to as you New York I just we pleased. Unlined revolt of the Chinese people and it was not just young people what dissidents it was they'd own and surprise executives rancher capital investment bankers was something I hadn't seen in China for many many years people posted a video was of disarm to your hear the people seen and they shared one of these calls repeatedly a healthy society should not have just when boys and people really realize at that moment that they need more freedom is clearly that night in response to Dr least that overwhelmed child knows how for propaganda machine and they began as a tremendous behind the scenes effort to make sure that the census took control at even the most local level and according to Chinese officials the police investigated it were otherwise now 17000 the people who they said had redbrick 800 were spread the pandemic really to permission imagine efforts who are into changing their narratives and I think that night really was kind of scary to the Chinese government. Of the New York Times a quick look at some of the other stories we've been following today with Tom as zookeeper has been killed after 2 critically endangered Simonton Tigers escaped from a zoo on Borneo island the female Tigers escaped from the sinkers 0 after a landslide caused by torrential rain damage their enclosure the 47 year old zoo keeper was found dead close to the Tigers enclosure after the animals escaped late on Friday one of the animals was captured after it was hit with a tranquilizer dart the other was shot dead after attempts to tranquilize it failed . An Indonesian village has been inundated by blood red water after flooding hit a local Batek factory the crimson dye was released through the streets of Genoa got in Central Java on Saturday the area south of the city of the long term is famed for its traditional wax and diabetic textiles thousands of social media users shared images of the colored water washing through the village a local relief official confirmed they were genuine and farming groups in parts of north western Spain are calling on the local government to control populations of wolves after the animals killed at least 59 sheep in one attack that took place on Thursday in the province of Zamora northwest of Madrid technology that can predict bushfires has been developed in Australia one of the world's most fire prone countries it will offer real time information about how far is likely to spread over the past week dozens of homes have been destroyed by fires on the outskirts of Perth in Western Australia from Sydney Phil Mercer reports it looks like a freight train coming up through the bush I could see a fire by the bushfires are a perennial many soon Australia this week Perth has confronted twin emergencies raging flames and a coronavirus lock down when I had to evacuate I didn't want to come to the question center because obviously the lock down I was so concerned that this was going to be like a craven hotspot Yeah grab it to my animals and just headed straight for the bait actually I ended up trying to sleep in my car and emergency or a natural disaster can happen and I knew where you were with a unit high. Travelling fire fighting in Australia is becoming increasingly sophisticated and you simulator is being developed the teams to predict well in advance how bushfires will move across the landscape it could give emergency crews a critical advantage we take real time weather as well. Satellite data feeds for being able to predict the bushfires we also take your visitation in ports talk to Mahesh pro-car she's from Australia's National Science Agency the c.s.i.r. Oh we're also working with state based emergency management agencies who are trying it as we speak on a monthly basis while we are developing new features in the system as well as making a more robust and official report into Australia's devastating black some a disaster of 201920 warned the bushfires would become more complex more unpredictable and more difficult to manage film reporting for people who have everything meteorites are the ultimate out of this world possession increasingly popular with celebrity collectors prices have increased tenfold over the past decade more than 70 of the most spectacular meteorites ever found will go under the hammer at Christie's Auction House in New York next week and a sale that is expected to generate millions of dollars Richard Hamilton reports a slice of meteorite that's fallen from the moon is expected to sell for up to $350000.00 but some large rocks from Mars and elsewhere can fetch millions Christie says meteorites are experiencing a rise in popularity as they capture people's imaginations and they are extremely rare some of the world's richest people and several celebrities are expected to watch this auction called Deep Impact when it goes online on Tuesday one Indian multimillionaire Naveen Jain who's hoping to build a spacecraft to mine gold and platinum on the moon owns the world's largest private meteorite collection that's valued at more than $5000000.00 other collectors include the director Steven Spielberg the actor Nicolas Cage The Illusionist a year ago. And the founder of Tesla and Space x. On mask many people think they may have found a meteorite and they send in things that they found on the big show which say so or fully instead garden and things like that so we have a look at them all and we investigate whether then we try to not many of the prospective meteorites and such auctions are sent to Sarah Russell a professor of planetary sciences at the Natural History Museum in London so you can usually tell me Troy just by looking at it it's a little bit denser than ordinary rocks and also as they come through the atmosphere the outside most millimeter or so melts away and it makes this very thin crust cooled a few quests surrounding the whole thing and it also has a distinct shape so they're kind of rounded in them that's quite distinctive so we usually can tell right away but if something looks hopeful them we'll do some chemical analysis to do some more detailed investigations to find out if it's really a me what type of maturity test she says she's not surprised that real meteorites have become so desirable many are chunks of asteroids from the beginning of the solar system which can tell us about the formation of the planets She says they're known as the poor man's space probe because each has such an amazing story to tell Richard Hamilton reporting if you saying with us on the World Service we have a round up of all the sports next and then a full summary of world news in about 10 minutes that's it for now from the newsroom. Well small from the b.b.c. With me coming up in the next 10 minutes Manchester United draw a Premier League thriller with Everton at Old Trafford will round up all the action from England and the rest of Europe and the Kansas City Chiefs are landing in Florida ahead of their Super Bowl $55.00 meeting with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just over 24 hours time for the start of the English Premier League where Manchester United threw away a 2 goal lead then went ahead again in the 2nd half and then conceded with virtually the final kick of the game as Everett's and battled to a dramatic 3 all draw Old Trafford Dominic Calvert Llewyn was Everton's hero with the injury time strike I believe and we all believe that we're capable of much more and you know when we let teams get away from us like that when we come here to you know when they gave this frustration so I think credit was to was also a man to show the spirit to get back in the game and because he delayed this 1st off there's no Probably worst time to concede a 2nd goal and then there's no better time to score than early in the 2nd law so it was it worked both ways for us and then to to level out I think just we're home in there and feel like deserve to be called away with a point and Paul Pogba was forced off with what appeared to be a hip injury in the 1st half that puts him in doubt for United's f.a. Cup game against West Ham on Hughes day Newcastle played the last 18 minutes with 9 men but still held on to beat Southampton 32 in a thrilling match outs and James's Park the hosts had Jeff Hendrick sent off early on in the 2nd half when they'd already used all of their substitutes when fighting in Shar was stretchered off with a serious injury late on but 2 goals from a moron and a joke will it strike in the 1st half proved enough to take the 3 points and Bennett just Steve Bruce was proud of his size resilience I think every bit that. Goes with the help. It is what got along and I think. We've got a great hole. With. The floor. We were half an hour with 20 minutes with I. Know how difficult it is. That we played a good. Goal of a goal here that I still. Think of. Were terrific and the. Behavior to get a result was pretty evident on us now 5 straight defeats for Southampton in the Premier League and manager of housen hotel was hoping for a big reaction to the 9 old threshing by Manchester United he is still confident they can turn their former their way to give something back to the group and in the book really disappoints me a lot because that was not so our team would be normally like to see us if we are in the moment but we know that we can do it better we have shown it for a long time of the season but the Premier League season is a very long one and it's not possible to win games with a 7080 percent this is not possible you have especially not me without you know I mean we know that the on the strong need to play our best football in the moment you don't elsewhere only walk ins goal in the 2nd minute to prove decisive as Aston Villa beat Arsenal by a goal to no walk ins has now scored 4 goals in 5 big treat moves Villa up to 8th in the table manager Dean Smith praising his side's strong reaction to their loss at West Ham just been told that's the 1st time with the double over Aston since the inception of the Premier League now it's you're not a 3 so these players like to make history as as we've seen over the last couple of years but it was a hard working performance I thought we got away from the Wednesday. People talking about us being a good team you still got to work hard and work hard for each other we've got the quality school goals have been the same as you as people have seen but that was more like us it was a really dodgy display against a really good offensive team that is now back to back to feats for Arsenal who remain 10th and make a lot at us as they should have won both their matches this week extremely disappointed to lose a game on there where we lost it I think we were the. Overall we control every department we dominated the game completely and you can away in full matches if every When you do something like that to get that consistency result is impossible you play 4 or 5 times already in this is only 10 men you give this type of a rose is that means Walsh with this has to win more games by far and you lose boards and is the rounds on the West Ham boss David Moyes said he was embarrassed for the officials in their goal a straw full of the Thomas was sent off for elbowing forums Alexander Mitra elsewhere if finished one all between Burnley and Brighton plenty of action from around Europe's big leagues offical reporter James Gregg rounds all the action up for us starting in La Liga where there was nearly a surprising result bottom side quest hadn't really had much to cheer about but when one opened the scoring against reigning league champions and giants of the game Real Madrid it looked like a remarkable upset for the day at least was on the cards the fact that in a Deans Dan was demanding respect for his players before this fixture from the media after they lost 11 say last weekend looked like it was to be in vain but Rafa Alva ran scored twice to get rail back on the winning trail 21 win means at that 2nd in Little League but still 7 points off leaders and city rivals Athletico Madrid boss or can level them on points with a win Bettis on Sunday when Germany is disappointing Bunder sleekest season continued as they were beaten 2 won by Freiburg but comfortable wins for Leipsic and Wolfsburg saw them close the gap on leaders by and to 7 points it means that buy in will have to hit the ground running when they return to blunder sleep action after their quest to win the fee for World Club tournament James Craig elsewhere and so they are Christian of an elbow ended a run of $3.00 games without a goal he scored his 23rd goal of a season and event assist to no win over Roma that puts you into 3rd above Roma and 5 points. Of study out leaders into Milan and still with a game in hand as well to Africa the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football has chosen to set aside the recommendation by its own governance committee to restore as a presidential candidate for next month's elections saying fee for should have the final say on Friday the government's committee decided the 61 year old was eligible to stand after the Court of Arbitration for Sport temporarily lifted his 5 year fee for a ban. Gimmee have taken 3rd place at the African Nations Championship after a 2 know when over hosts Cameroon in the 3rd place play off it is Sunday that sees the final why Morocco will defend their title against Mali now to the Super Bowl where assistant Kansas City Chiefs coach Britt paid will miss the game of the police launched an investigation into a car accident the linebacker coach who is the son of head coach Andy Reid is under investigation for driving while impaired following an accident that left 2 children injured the rest of the chief squad has just landed in Tampa where the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will become the 1st team in history to play a Super Bowl in their home stadium Ryan k. Russell is a former Buccaneers defensive end the city of Tampa one is a super loyal fan base they've been through it with the Buccaneers in the past couple years in the not really having that success so to be the 1st team to have a team in Marion host of home Super Bowl game is amazing I know they're going crazy whether it's at home quarantine and certainly doesn't then or they can go or tailgate sorry that's going to look that city deserves it and I'm really glad that they got here Serena Williams says she is super confident that a right shoulder problem will be fine as the Australian Open tennis gets on the way on Monday the 23 time Grand Slam champion was due to play world number one Ash Barty in the young a very classic semifinals but withdrew because of the injury u.s. Open champion I mean a soccer and Victoria as a rank and also withdrew from their warm ups with injuries in cricket England captain Joe Root's become the 1st player in history to score a double 100 in their 100th Test match route may 218 his Ben Stokes who contributed 84 Yeah makes us all feel you know pretty rubbish Oh even by the look on course prize the run down with the 6 to bring up a double Yeah he's in phenomenal full just made. Things are very very easy and the way they play spends well the minutes is incredible to watch I don't think is happening and but when they spend in the way that he does he's got an answer not for everything us yeah it's just that the lights watch. Close the 2nd day of the opening Test against India in Chennai 555 for 8 elsewhere Bangladesh well placed to beat West Indies going into the final day of the opening Test in just a gong they need 390 to win this is the b.b.c. 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This is being on the outside he's like any other 4 year old boy but on the inside the age little body is fighting a battle a battle which could take his life joined me up to for heart and soul what we follow Veda and his family as they urgently search for a matching stem cell donor and we hear how their belief in God is giving them strength during that painstaking search that's 3 months to save my son's life after the b.b.c. News headlines. B.b.c. News the Capitol based television network Al Jazeera has welcomed the release of one of its journalists from an Egyptian president Mahmoud Hussein had been held there for more than 4 years without being charged the acting head of Al-Jazeera said no journalist should suffer for doing his or her job. 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And this rare condition means that his bone marrow is not functioning properly and in a scene he won't be able to produce the blood cells that he needs to survive so it's very serious. And to cure this there is a cure is if we can find a matching stem cell Jonah and they can do stem cell transplant which is great the problem is is that we're missing that much from stem cell Jonah at the time when we got the diagnosis we were told that he probably doesn't need until after he 6 so we thought hey we've got some time on our hands Sadly the. Last year there's counts started to tear it quite quickly. And over the last course the last few months we're realizing that his by marriage transplant is going to be needed a lot sooner than anticipated although we thought we had 2 years we ended up having just a few months to find his perfect match but ily all religious We followed the chain Malaysian and that has been a lifeline it's really helped us put things into perspective and so we're using our faith in the religion to prepare us. Venus monk at a bar and that mirror of Indian heritage living in the south of England there are in a heart wrenching race against time to find a stem cell donor who can save best son's life. Gupta for heart and soul of the b.b.c. World Service I've been working closely with the family to document their efforts as they battle through the lock downs and limitations placed by the krona virus to try and find a stem cell much due to the pandemic of not being able to meet up with the family as I would have liked to have had to keep in touch with them with radio calls but I've also provided goodbye with a recording device so she can keep a diary of her thoughts and emotions during this most challenging of times. I've been campaigning since 20196 months of campaigning are extremely busy in a we were working flat out we were staying up till. Midnight 1 o'clock every night and then getting up at 6 am still our normal 2 to go to tea in a truck the kids in school around all of our normal day to day lives are then in our free time just focusing on campaigning. And that has been extremely tough. Mentally it's been for me especially it's been really really hard to. Just today your own we were just kind of learning about this condition trying to accept that all but also just having to just do what we can to chime raise awareness and raise the number of them so there's enormous help there and other people like him and it taken a lot of my time away from my kids which is just not what I would have wanted to do if I've heard that my son's got everything their illness. But anyway it's something we have to do I think if we didn't do anything I feel like we would look back and we think oh why don't we do more there. Why are you going with. Them so. If the time comes who needs to have his transplant before him he'd have to have extensive chemotherapy to prepare his small body for the new cells. Get on knows that this is going to be a particularly traumatic time for the family so to help feed and 7 year old sister Sawney understand what's happening she regularly speaks to them about his condition and what may lie ahead for them. So there is what do you have do you know what you have why is it. Thank you Neal what does that mean I can't you don't know does it mean that you know well or not well you know well not well why I was not well about you. Know do you feel I'm well. I mean do you feel do you feel like you're not well now you know you're always happy and I care. And germ the one time where you had to go into hospital in the you to sleep yet what did they do thanking you to know if we got lots of toys and games that you got to watch t.v. Isn't at the hospital are oh yeah man Ok now I'm going to ask so honey is that a. Big. You want to bite the Hoff this is. Going to marry me I can't kill it same b.p. Had some honey say what can you tell me what does Very have a high ranking you niña I know what does that mean that he's got fined 10 means he's got to lead genetic to say I always go around that is I will don't you know what that means you know it means that when he was born he had something wrong with his blood do you know that So what does he need what are we looking for and we looking full and that matins. Not a match with them so don't not look at a day now. How do we find a match with him so Dana. You need to do your cheek swab. The money still she said and then mommy fine I don't know what will happen do you know what all they do to bear with. You they well they. Don't really know you don't know. They'll basically get that person's blood and they'll put it in the you and make it better than they did that the way she asked time did you remember we were just a video Yeah who really know how the new school then yeah you would be going to school for a long time at that time. Ok then why do you think. I'm going to school right now results you've had your after the field hospital I went. Back to send you now and we're hoping that it's going to be c. And maybe he'll go into hospital in a few months Ok Ok Ok let's get. All this you know. Today the family have a visit from the blood cancer charity and to me Nolan They're using real story as part of a publicist a campaign to help drive up the number of people registering to come stem cell bonus 2nd. Goal very much so only 2 percent of the U.K.'s population are registered donors and a much lower number with them but come from black Asian or ethnic minority backgrounds for Vade that means his chances of finding a much much lower than a white counterparts who are around. 9000 on the pandemic has also meant that the family have had to completely stop events in the u.k. And India where they were trying to get people to sign up so opportunities like this to raise awareness true. These times are really precious but. The starry eyed tree reveals the constant time and effort required to keep the company in going it's taken its toll. We know that campaigning can help anyone in need of us them so Dana so we are fortunate that we have an opportunity to help lots of other people there are at it and that is the kind of thing that is making it worth it for us I think this hardship is worth it but it is a constant emotional baggage in having to think of ways that Ethan China's by other people to register all the time that we spend all the energy that we spend on the and just emotionally having to talk about your story in about your story to other people is it's hard. It's affecting my mental health for lots managing everything in juggling normal life as well as this as well as figuring out treatment options are there and you know it's that mental and emotional it is overwhelming it's been a time so. We've chosen to just carry on keep doing what we can do. It's just some fortunate thing with nary thing this limited things that we can do and we're not very good with social media where I was still learning after year campaigning but. Yeah you know we're not getting huge numbers of people registering but we're getting people and we just need that one person right to hell they say we'll keep going. Yeah. I. Think it was religion I. Mean do you like going to them on their. What do you do at the Monday where. We had to either sion. And am. Think. Like that like a butterfly on. A cross your legs. And then went to deal hands hands together and he said they're nice back straight. And who do you pray to do in the Monday or. Mojave or. Mojave Air And what's your name. Your name is my hardware Well your your name is very. Short from my heart there. Yes short for Mojave and what does Mahathir mean. It means brave and say You very brave. Yes you are very brave and so proud of when you go to the hospital you go have your blood tests you don't get scared don't cry your so brave. And you are a superhero. You know. Spider-Man is a superhero but your c Perry t.v. You know. You're listening to heart and soul on the b.b.c. World Service I'm glad you've got them all I've been following parents get a part in it of as they battle against the odds in order to find a stem cell donor that could save their 4 year old son's life. Due to the pandemic mom get a bar has been keeping a regular audio diary for us and I've been keeping in touch with the 2 of them through video calls it's now been a few weeks since the parents were told that rather than having years to find a matching stem cell donor for viewed it could only be a matter of months before one is required of caught up with them in order to find out how they're coping with it now. When your you know you've got a few months left. I was in because I was a lot more we're right it's kind of it was a different world we were in before when we were at that point when we when expected that kind of need to say and I think it took a. To get like 2 days of just while owing like we are quite positive people but especially for me for those 2 days I couldn't I couldn't function because I couldn't keep trying to keep a great face for there for sunny all the time but those 2 days I just couldn't do out just thinking we're just we were nowhere near ready or I could think about without ever so much that we had to get in place and we were told at that point it could be in the next 2 months or we just was just awful it just took a long time to kind of cool for me especially to pull myself together and just think a look how we Gates deal with his parents as opposed to just wondering in the moment you know it was hot Is there a feeling that this is all unfair Why yes there's a come into your mind. It did initially like when fast and as diagnosis I think it's natural to think like how and why this happens you ask how could this be like and especially in there I've said here is this come from a red because he was like he looks a fine a nice a fine is like any other 3 year old at that time he was but then we had Western religious background and a family like we were able to. Put it into perspective like quite quickly considering that we would hope this life changing means that we were able to kind of think well we know that it could happen to anyone Yes it's a bit of a shock but it's happened to us I guess it's something that was always meant to be fair and fast and think and if we carried on thinking oh why ask it's not going to solve anything isn't going to change anything is going to make anything better than a way that things will be better is if we remain positive kind of really quickly just get even A's questions in our head you mentioned your religious background so your James How has your faith helped you with everything that's going on at the moment yeah so Rick Perry is a one of the key got on teaching is that everything that happens in our lives dictated by Karl Rove and so whether good or bad everything that's happening to us is you do our past karmas and we you know in our past lives or even you know really in this life and so we all of course a 1000000 of karma which is the day you can what will happen next you know our in our future and so fundamentally we've got blame anyone by then there is no other higher power that's great enough for us that's what our religion States is just major playing out for us dictated by what's happened in our own past so that there is quite a powerful. Concept that there is a lot of kind of empowerment in our thinking some people will find that really hard to contemplate. You're saying that because essentially you're holding yourselves responsible or at least past life misdemeanors for the situation that presents itself now and you're saying but helps you yeah I really helped us to think up to think Ok well this is why it's happening to us and it is happening to us and like I said if we think of this in a negative way and we act on this in a negative way and get really angry about Teo get really upset about it or is going to do is just find more bad things happen to us than they be any way that we can make this a positive situation if we be positive and we act at them as if something that's that's coming our way we have to deal with this and things could have been a lot less you know like this situation there are other kids that have got his condition Franconia need me at the bar worth and him he's got this problem with his blood but there are other kids that have problems with their hearts with they have learning difficulties they're only has this problem and so I guess if we think about it that way day to day he's leading a normal why we're not happy to see him suffer right now so you know it could always be a little less and I think we have to always think about the positives and I think the religion helps us the that you feel like you become more religious as a result of all of this so we already had some level of we know practicing the religion and following the religion and learning about the religion I'd say for me a license to come misdiagnoses I think I've been pushing it more into practice and I found just very recently since the lockdown I'd say like I've been going to the temple a lot more because it's a lot more it brings that in a p.c. Name when they say much chaos and the outside about and I feel like if I'm going to make time for anything and going to make more time for learning about the religion and because I know that that will help dealing with what we have coming ahead with . They're the kind of principles by which we expect we will get to. This process that we're going to because you know what I mean fundamentally it's all about positivity you know living abundant life. You know I guess where we're doing the time. And then why. Me. One of the biggest challenges for kids and never of is that on the outside he looks perfectly well he's funny he's a charming boy always bouncing and playing around with his sister but what's going on inside his body could make him seriously on well I mean moment to help keep across on just how well he's doing he has to go for regular blood tests every 2 to 3 months and it was off to one of these routine checks the last time I get a ball and never were told that in your situation it was far more urgent than anyone had ever expected he's got another blood test coming up and it's always a stressful time for them. And tomorrow we will be having a blood test. I think today I think he'll be still having his blood tested by now but. It's just the whole anxiety around it that he's just who comes back within the next coming he hasn't had to blood tests in September actually so. You know it's been a bit nice in a way not having appointments not having a blood test because then you don't know what's going on which is a good thing about being a good thing because you don't like you know thinking about it and because you don't know if anything is wrong better or worse or whatever you're not worrying about. Saying much it's just every time we have an appointment we know a challenge and it brings it back and brings it back to reality what with facing So yeah feeling about anxious today we kind of Easter that now they say we're all worried about crave it and. Anxiety to it but we've been feeling really safe been the last few times that but to say this one a day that fills I worried about that and all say there is very good when it comes to platters I think he quite likes the fact that he may still get a sticker at the end of it and he's very good and quite compliant say that's not saying much the worry is just the results are going to be. Recently we've made to couple more bruises on his arm which might indicate that his platelets have dropped . And he said I can occasionally feel a little bit more tired so I was wonder if that means his blood to drop but we'll find out tomorrow just hoping it's Ok anyway update tomorrow off of that test. And oh yeah yeah he's been his no without really. Yeah. We're just blood tests and they show that his condition is relatively stable apart from a drop in his white blood cells which means he's now more bondable to infection you know for now. It's one of a number of issues his parents discuss on my latest video call with the consultant who has an unexpected surprise in store is there any way that we can do another set to see what our current situation. Yes Are we. Asked. When she certainly ready. Is ready you can embrace school. Oh so that we don't either we know about ready to go in. 2 or 3. Years. Our Nancy turned 10 well. So does that mean so what do we know about these things that they are. Willing to do and in a with the way that they need to have his procedure. Ok they have now taken care of. Yeah yeah yeah. That is really good that even made our day with that knees thanking. That's a big kind of relief that he's now that there is a least one more option now yes I can bugger. All right now I think he. Needs to finally. That was. Yeah that was good we got right. Love the way you think if to set the match. I've asked since like results of recently I'm going to have to do another sentencing on what I mean much in between oh gosh anyway Ok so that's really. Everyone Good to see you all had. A little of the kids how you find in the lockdown club. Yet all wrong. How do. You to raise a family that's not really been told by my guy until. Now for the well so am I that So guys what do I start good you've had a chat with your consultant and he's given you some amazing Yes yes. We are a nice price to have about Re have a 90 percent match that we were not aware of just amazing because you know that's what we've been campaigning for a a match for there. For a very. Grey and we always wanted a 100 percent match but. You know we were told today by a consultant that it's not likely that we were sent much so I think we and he was it to say that we should be happy with the fact that we've got in mind is a good enough match and yet we state. What that does mean though is the inevitable transplant could happen any time soon so I understand things are being a bit delayed by Cove it but that must be quite a scary thought then things could get quite dramatic very very quickly from here on in yeah I mean the whole plan one thing is very scary. Situation right it's going better everything that we're going through right now we know that the whole confidence in our is going to be legion bound beyond what we've experienced so far . You know he starts off with a few recent chemotherapy right so intense such an intense thing for anyone to go through now don't forget Ok right so long we know that's going to be really shocking time actually so you know you're mentally prepared for what's going to be to be on a city like Home icon even that my head think that because it's so scary like . Every time we think ahead it's just it's just it's just too scary think about so I think we've I've trained myself this year just to think Ok just let's just take each step as they come but to prepare ourselves the fact that we have this time to kind of reach out into the religion and better really help us get into that mindset before it happens so you mentioned your faith again that you think that's going to be the key thing that gets you through all of this now definitely and I don't think I would have been able to get through just this period of finding out about the diagnosis and dealing with everything we've had to do it so far without Frank and I'm sure that without it we couldn't have you know that faith is the thing that's going to help us in the air. And soul was produced and presented by me which cooked up. The old. This is the b.b.c. 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Would be much and wouldn't because there is not active crackdown by the security people world news from the b.b.c. . Doctors in Honduras are staging protests in several cities to demand that all health workers be provided with adequate protective equipment to avoid contagion from Cavite 19 around 70 doctors and 14 says have died of the disease there so far members of the Medical College of Honduras accuse the Health Minister of failing to provide adequate hospitals to deal with the pandemic. Chile's interior minister has promised justice after a street performer was killed by a policeman in a popular Lakeside resort prompting street protests Jane chambers reports from Santiago Francisco Martinez was shot dead after he refused to show his id card to the police when they stopped him juggling in the center of that they excite town. 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Hello and welcome to this latest edition of Business Week with Lucy Burton it's good to have you with us as we look at some of the biggest business stories of the week dominating the business knees was of course the announcement that Jeff Bezos is to pass on the mantle of Amazon chief executive to someone else so that he can apparently concentrate on exploring the galaxy and saving the earth rich ephod increases what good could he do if he really put his mind to it and later on the show will be looking at the rise of online gambling as people forced to stay at home thanks to cave it turned to online slot machines and the like just what are authorities doing to protect vulnerable players Let's begin though with a military coup in me and on Monday the army seized control of the country placing the democratically elected leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi under arrest although her party the National League for Democracy won the November election by a landslide the military claims widespread voter fraud something that has not been backed up by international observers who say the election was fair later in the week there were subdued protests against the coup health work has effectively went on strike and residents banged pots and pans in protest think. The country was under military rule for many years and the general still willed it a lot of political and economic power after the country began the transition to democracy 10 years ago as Ed Butler reports. The sound there of an elected member of parliament being filmed by his wife as soldiers enter his home and arrest him early on Monday morning dozens of his ruling National League for Democracy seized this way as news of the military coup including the arrest of the country's state councilor and figurehead and saying city has so. Elph spread through the streets of Yangon there was an uneasy quiet it was made quite a still by the restriction of many phone and broadband networks although there were some people celebrating the news. These supporters of the military leadership were parading in vehicles crowing over the n.l.b. Rivals only a few government supporters were brave enough to go out and express their outrage at what had happened said Only now do you know that you're going to do I feel like the army assaulted them because they took over in a career of our civilian government elected by our people our country is just a bird learning to fly totally Now the Army broke out. I don't like I told you it was a Democrat the ruling military under which under the Constitution has a guaranteed share of parliamentary seats has been claiming that the recent elections held in November were flawed in fact they say The n l d had rigged what was an 80 percent landslide in his favor little or no evidence has been produced to back this up the electoral commission dismissed those claims in fact but it has been the pretext for the coup and the arrest the rearrest In fact I should say of Suchi the Nobel Peace laureate who back in the 1990 spent years under house arrest and was the world's best known political prisoner at the time basically the point is Myanmar people have known little except the rule of the generals over recent decades and Mahdi's an incredibly rich country is reaching terms of natural resources the economy has been growing 57 percent a year for the past decade saw projected to be calm I mean the Lincoln County that's Rocko Macchiavelli He's head of the international growth Center program for Myanmar at the London School of Economics I asked him. What the rapid recent growth in the country was mostly based on. Gems precious stone those have been an important part then still remain a very important part of the exports of the country but at the same time the process of economic reform has also seen the rise of Myanmar you know other sectors is a wonderful country so it is becoming an important the tourism destination and then finally garments and our product which is a very important sector which has led to sustain growth and industries initially in all the neighboring countries the garment sector clothes that shoes and this is what international brands are sending money in who is investing in me and most of the investment the foreign direct investment that goes into sectors like. Gas Power real estate out of the every sector that attract more stuff the money but at the same time a lot of foreign direct investment has gone into the production of apparel and garments and most of these come from China and all the regional neighboring countries he's basically counties that are already power hours in the global trade and that are relocating production to me and Mar which is a cheaper production place a place for production but say you know the cost a layer of China or Korea or or there are countries that have become richer Ok so that's the money I mean who is making the money inside of Burma who are the power brokers economically inside the country that's a difficult question but clearly the country has been very close political and economic regime for a 78 and so large parts of the economy are controlled by the military or by cronies of power brokers and they have been traditionally close to the military this is true for a large segment of the legal economy it is also true of Northern economic activity Myanmar which is sort of illicit drug. Largest producer of opium and although the production of opium as been decreasing in the past few years we have seen the rise of the production and export and trafficking over methamphetamine Myanmar is a power hours in the. Production and trade of my time for them so people close to the Army traditionally have a controlled large parts of the economy and the trafficking of j. And you know and team but and so forth so as Professor Macchiavelli says a mixed economy not all of it legal and much of it controlled by the military which has been the dominant economic as well as political force over recent decades so who exactly are then these generals in charge the individuals leading the latest coup and I don't care what you got where with whoever wins or whoever wins I will respect you if they win fairly you know who. Was the assessment of one of them Ming line the reclusive figure who as of today is back in primary charge in Myanmar for a decade he has been the general leading all the other generals back in 2015 shortly before the 1st accepted civilian elections he told the b.b.c. That the army would eventually be withdrawing from public life in Myanmar but only once the civilian parties proved themselves we're going to end any Arlo again and we will have to keep going up until there is disarmament demobilization and reintegration then if the government can give some security to its people then I'm sure military will just stay in a military role but the time frame depends on the situation it could be 5 years or 10 years I couldn't say. Well it certainly hasn't seemed to work out that way has it it seems odd in fact to some people why would the military ride roughshod over a constitution that they themselves helped to draft just a few years ago and which guaranteed them a share of power into our sway is a form. Editor of the B.B.C.'s Burma she's now an analyst focused on the region she thinks general ming on line his personal situation may have played a role in all this when you reach 60 you're expected to retire from the Army but he decided to extend his position in the Army and now this coming July he will be 65 which means he will have to retire from the army so do you think it's a coincidence that there's a coup just 6 months before he's due to retire it's very difficult to imagine this is school incidents just before the elections there been a lot of the rumors been speculating that Gen me online aiming to become president the entry system is 25 percent of the seat is appointed by the military and they were hoping that the u s d p party which is military affiliated but he could win 26 percent so he was hinting that with the support from the military he could easily get enough votes to become president but when the election took place people voted overwhelmingly for the and no the National League for Democracy led by Also Suchi so us to be party one even less than 10 percent so history him was not going to happen so what does this lead to it's not surprising that he took over control of the country while the move has prompted international condemnation from the European Union the United Nations and the new Biden administration in Washington which has promised to retaliate with what it calls appropriate action. And other an elderly leaders are released immediately Jennifer Psaki is President Biden's spokeswoman she was guarded about what and when political or economic measures might be announced in Washington the United States I should say were missing. Over the past decade based on progress toward democracy the reversal of that progress one assessed to take an immediate review of our sanctions laws and authorities followed by appropriate action so that's the u.s. Position but the response from me and Mars regional allies countries like Thailand and China has been notably more muted they've called simply for resolution of peace and security saying that the unrest in Myanmar is a domestic matter the analysts into sway doesn't think that threats from the West will pose too much of a problem for the generals we have been through this before for many years under the military government Western government put pressure they imposed sanctions on the military government they were regarded as fair a state but nothing seemed to work the refused to give up the political power so this time even Western governments are going to impose sanction I don't think it's going to have much impact on him I think the military will still make money are you pessimistic I can see that the military is going to be in power for many years so they will just use this event to really force cement their position immutable position as being at the center of power yes you could say that Tinto sway me and my analyst and former editor of the b.b.c. Burmese service and in that report by Ed Butler you with Business Week Lee on the b.b.c. World Service this week Jeff Bezos the billionaire chief executive of Amazon announced he was stepping down from the role to spend more time with his spaceships Defendo Amazonian says he wrote to employees I need to focus on the best fund Blue Origin that is space exploration outfit the Washington Post and my other passions it was a surprise me from the man who came up with the idea for Amazon 27 years ago on a raid trip to Seattle since then the company has become a hammer employing $1300000.00 people. Making a record $125560000000.00 in the last quarter of 2020 Mr Bezos himself is either the richest or 2nd richest man on Earth depending on which list you look at up there with men like Rockefeller and Carney in terms of wealth and influence so what exactly does he want to do next and how will that help define his legacy and he missing in the case founder of the management company a and b. Equals He told me why he thought Jeff Bezos had been so successful I think there are 2 things that mark him the 1st one is focus he is relentlessly focused focused on his business and focused on innovation via constant future focus constant innovation focus is really really important the other one of course is luck it's like saying it's a coincidence the holes in the cuts for where its eyes are you know it's like he landed at the right time and someone else of that generation in terms of a retail offer was going to win and it was Bezos his timing and his focus on innovation were those things that worked I think that the focus on innovation also about him was that it wasn't just about the one product he is. Basically understanding what he has of value and then pivoting to extend the of so for example Amazon Web Services in terms of we have the service we have this backend what can we do with that spare capacity and then innovations that toy in like Amazon Prime and then saying Ok if we have this service which is knocking people into this relationship what can add value to that relationship and then you end up with you know a prime mover and you end up stuff like that if we talk a little bit about the projects that he's going to be spending more time with the Fund day one clue Arjun are they philanthropic projects are they if you think perhaps of new origin vehicles to fill. Has anybody I think this is a very difficult question I think the idea of philanthropy the idea of charity this is the World Service we're speaking on you know I think the listeners around the world will understand the relationship between a Western philanthropist and a Western charity and egos to get involved in my challenge with Bezos is the amount of money that he's put into it compared to the amount of money he has leaves it vulnerable to the accusation of being a vanity project when he has the resources to not make that song and make it real by devoting a larger amount of incredible wealth to wards the causes that he says he believes in he has well that most of us can't even begin to get ahead I know it's unfathomable Well it's Father of all if you basically do the sums and if he started counting the days when you know the Bible had Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and he kept clicking his fingers with a dollar a 2nd every 2nd he'd still be clicking today that's how much money he's wealth amounts to is absolutely incredible amounts of money and so the question is if he just retained let's say something conservative but still pretty generous 500 years' worth of seconds don't forget a 1000000000 is 32 years or 500 years worth of finger clicks in his back pocket you know to retain for his business and the other over 5 millenia worth of finger quick 2nd dollars he basically put into good causes that is an awful lot of good that he could do and I suppose some of the people that were for him some of the delivery drivers the people in the warehouses that people have been trying to unionize in the States might feel that this is not a man that necessarily cans too much about other people that is a possible accusation in his letter to his fellow Amazonian when he around. Announced his resignation I think it didn't mention his honoring a $15.00 an hour minimum wage when anybody mentions minimum wage I minded of Chris Rock the American comedians joke about minimum wage he said the minimum wage means if I could pay you less I would so I think that the delivery driver is being paid and seeing them out of money that the organization masses in the people who work nights in a distribution center might have something to say about that so maybe maybe one year of those 5 point. Worth of seconds he could spend 1st distributing around the workers who have the mass that perhaps the other thing of course is the collateral damage of other economies people who talked with wonder about disruptive business and I don't know if it was the same for you when you were at school but you know if it was disruptive kid in the class you know nobody want them chucked out right and if that disruptive kid played in the art class and got playing everywhere the teacher made them clear up well I do believe that disruptive businesses do have an obligation or a responsibility for the disruption they leave behind so actually one of the places that I think that his money could go would be to tax the general taxation to be able to say Ok the streets that these delivery drivers drive down the health care systems that these warehouse workers rely on all of the infrastructure some of actually created the conditions you know don't forget that the Internet via originally was a government project write these things that created the conditions for his enormous wealth vait is a pay back so they can continue to innovate and. People he regularly know that the company deals in far more than just goods it runs an entertainment streaming service prime and an ai service and some people might even a that u.s. Intelligence agencies easy count computing services but the big thing Anderson do. Eales and is data every time we click by now we're giving the company more information about ourselves that says the company helps them improve the customer experience and they're far from being the only company that does this ever notice that you browse online to see a pair of slippers and for days afterwards fluffy house shoes for you on the Internet the B.B.C.'s technology reporters every client has been keeping a diary of how had data is being captured come out for a walk and even here I'm sharing lots of data if I'm using a map or a fitness jacket and of course looking at where I am aware and during my phone is constantly pinging the nearest mobile phone must that in itself is like a giant beacon and let's not forget that lots of the apps that you install want permission to access different bits of data on your phone all the time even if they don't necessarily need them includes your question for the past year or say we've all been roaming around the Internet far more than normal so I asked slowly if we've been giving away more of our data than ever before it's really interesting isn't it to consider how much data you share all the time not always when you intend I just got this video diary a sort of day in the life and we're in lockdown here in England at the moment say really not doing very much a toll and I started thinking oh you know there's loads icons include I can't talk about what happens when you log on to you know free Wi-Fi on the bus or the train I can't I can't really do any of that but actually even even just going about my day you are constantly creating and sharing data from the moment you wake up if you switch your photo for you not the minute you switch it on it starts pinging letting everything know that you're awake and you're active and you know not only sort of alerting you to any messages or notifications you might have but that's a 2 way street isn't it it's also alerting those big tech firms that you are lined and to engaged and you've also got to bear in mind you know things like if you take a photograph and you feel threatened share it on a social media for you know there's data within that photograph the. Is identifying data about where you are that has identified data about you your face or the you know the people who are in the photo with you in some cases it might even sort of be picking up the kind of clothes that you're wearing to pick out what sort of clothing you're interested what the weather's like way and that's just a sort of innocuous active of sharing a general photo so I think you know being in lockdown has not really changed the way in which we're constantly sharing this data and what we're getting in return of course is a free service you know if you if you're not paying for a product with money then you're paying for it with something and what you're paying for it with is your data so what are these companies doing with all of our data it's all about selling ads it's an enormous industry un you have to look at the profits of the likes of Facebook to know that this is a business model that works really really well so it's doing 2 things it's building up a profile of you in order to target ads that you and the more information you give it will work out your gender your age do you have a family are you maybe you know at an age where you're thinking about having a family all of that is valuable to advertisers because it puts you in a sort of grief if you like that they can target but grief is the key word that because of course they say you know if you're interested in buying a dress well great that might be one sale that's $60.00 for a dress but of course if they want to sell one dress they want to sell hundreds of dresses so they need to find hundreds of people like you and say they're using this data to create these big groups which they can target ads and hopefully generate multiple sales we know the regulators are keen to clamp down more on big tech is that an area they'll be looking at the thing well I think we're seeing changes coming already I mean Apple has already sort of not go so far as declare war but it certainly clamp down on the way in which advertises can get data from Apple products uses Google saying the same thing it's introducing changes to it's Crame browser which again I think is going to make it more difficult for these trucks. To operate now is that a question of jumping before they're pushed then quite possibly it is and there's no doubt that regulators have really weigh in up to what's been going on with this mass harvesting of data and what it's like I said it's really difficult to put a value on an individual I'd love to be able to say you know every time you write something on Facebook you're giving Facebook $5.00 that account because it's not easy to monetize but clearly you can see that it is making an awful lot of money precisely because people aren't really aware of how valuable it is the B.B.C.'s very kind man coming up in the next part of the show will be meeting the woman whose pet duck has been keeping her company during lockdown Yes Really lockdown pets have provided many of us with companionship joining the pandemic good for us great for pet businesses back to the scene. This is the b.b.c. 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Coming up in the next half hour on this news weekly we'll be looking at the rise in online gambling since the beginning of the pandemic the u.k. Government is increasingly concerned that more people are becoming addicted another unexpected side effect of the pandemic is a big rise in pets I ration puppies and kittens is lead to a big beam in the pet trade but what's going to happen to those animals when we'll head back to the office that's after the. 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Hello and welcome back to business weekly with Lucy baton the pandemic has made most of us live our lives virtually we speak to friends and video cools rather than impasse in our business meetings are conducted a busy you know teams fitness classes are on line as are religious services doctor's appointments and of course shopping and some of our vices educated for virtually as well their worries that the number of people gambling online has risen on Tuesday the gambling regulator in the u.k. Did a series of new measures designed to protect players including limits on the speed of online slot machines but other countries including the Netherlands Germany and Ukraine it used to legalize online gambling this year so are we heading for a big rise in gambling addiction Mike Johnson reports. So you are stuck at home you're staring at a screen. That much to do really everything shot you might have just seen an ad for a gambling company on the television or on social media perhaps or maybe you saw the name of a gambling brand on your favorite football team's shirt so you enter online gambling into your search engine press enter 175000000 results slots Roulette blackjack who on line welcome bonus 25 free spin monster jackpot over a 1000000 dollars that one on blackjack $100.00 free spins scrolling on through bonuses of up to $2000.00 goodness me there's just so much of it there's so much choice my name is mighty gearing senior addiction therapist put Colin very rehabilitation. Centers the largest provider of residential addiction treatment services in Ireland for Michael GEARIN addiction to gambling is a health issue just like the misuse of alcohol or drugs he seems a 50 percent increase in inquiries from new problem gamblers or their families since Ireland's lock downs began last March that 50 percent increase that's probably a conservative estimate of what is going on alter because of the use source dressin strain of the covert 19 pandemic and in some cases because these people had a lot of time on their hands because they were and working in their fall and they started to use online gambling to almost self medicate or distract themselves from the very serious situation that was evolving in the world around them no almost a year since the 1st cases were pretty much convinced that there has been a scenario me of of individuals who are from themselves for ling the fall of online gambling dependence and these are a sense in which online gambling particularly raises the stakes in the sense that it may be easier to lose more money if you're gambling online it's definitely easier to stay engaged in the hallmark of a gambling dependence in any problem will tell you this is secrecy the platform and the modern technologically are almost everybody is carrying a smartphone or owned in their pocket makes it saw easy for individuals to hide the fact that they are gambling to problematic levels within just the next 2 years the global online gambling market is expected to grow by more than 50 percent to just over $90000000000.00 It's a business which is already well established in the u.k. Every 20 seconds we make someone a winner. Let's play bingo Paddy Power stuff in 10 pound bonus. $1000000.00. Television ads for betting firms are frequent in Britain the shirts of 8 out of 20 Premiership football clubs are sponsored by gambling companies but the human cost of compulsive gambling can be enormous by feeling quite suicide or even self pongs a few times. Pure hatred of myself how can you get to do that to your family. Awful position it just having to play a lot of monster is just awful Jane Velez is 35 she lives in southwest London with her husband and 2 teenage children her road to addiction began before lockdown in October 28th seen once both the children had started secondary school I think I just kind of felt their. Locker didn't really have any purpose I don't know why actually ever even I put in a pound I can't say for sure and I never ever gamble before it went for money it was probably more of the lives and money in my accounts it was ferret out that I know very well Jade used her smart phone to bet secretly at home without the knowledge of her husband or children she eventually gambled away more than 20000 dollars using online slot machines the most popular type of gambling game on the Internet. If part of the trans to be honest any fink that was going on around me wouldn't matter to me it was almost thought billions of somebody fired from the minute my husband went to fire and markets were in school that was there I was just completely transfixed on my mobile phone do you think you would have got addicted to gambling so easily if you were able to gamble online if you had to take the trouble to make a journey say to a casino or a traditional betting shop Absolutely not if it meant No At into a bookmakers or anywhere to bet I would have ever ever been addicted to with the support. The gambling charity Jade Valis kicked her habit last May She lives in a country which leads the world when it comes to gambling both on and offline the u.k. Is said to have more active punters than any other nation most of the bets are now placed online after Internet gambling was made legal in 20051 survey last year though suggested at 1400000 adults in Great Britain had become a problem gamblers the u.k. Government has now announced a review of its gambling or as a result is the u.k. Minister for Sport tourism and heritage Nigel Huddleston announcing the review to parliament in December this review will seek to strike a careful balance between giving individuals the freedom to choose how they spend their own money while protecting vulnerable people and their families from gambling related harm according to reports in the u.k. Press at the weekend the review could lead to a complete ban on gambling company sponsorship of all sport shirts It may also lead to a cap on the value of online steaks and new affordability checks on players so what's happening elsewhere well in Germany gambling online will be legal from July but slot machine stakes will be limited to one euro per spin in the United States meanwhile as the coronavirus piles new pressure on local budgets more states a keen for a slice of the valuable tax revenue which Internet gambling brings in the state of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is pressing for online sports betting he is unveiling his latest budget last month many states have done sports betting but they basically allow casinos to run their own gambling operations that makes a lot of money for casinos but it makes minimal money for the state and I'm not here to make a scene as a lot of money I'm here to raise funds for. State people who treat gambling addicts in New York though a nervous at the prospect Elizabeth to me from the New York Council on Problem Gambling in Syracuse believes the state will have to make more money available to help people who get addicted as a result are marring you can do it absolutely anywhere you can do anything in your home from the comfort of your own couch you can do it at work you can do it in your car you can do it anywhere so excess ability is a big concern we need to make sure that we have a plan in place and allocate fines for that here in New York State is a responsible thing to do what's the view from the industry entertain is one of the world's largest betting firms with brands including love Brooks coral bet m.g.m. And euro bet entertain currently operates in 20 countries but has big plans for a new international expansion as more nations and us states legalized gambling online Gornja Hersey's entertains director of regulates re affairs and safer gambling did she worry that the online gambling boom could lead to a big rise in addiction there has been a real step change in player protection across the industry we have a wide range of tools for customers who can manage their own play more than that setting time limits or deposit limits or timing out or setting days of the week or the month that they don't want to gamble with us but on top of that we have a technological safety net in place which looks for unusual play whether customers are chasing their losses or spending more time playing on our site at nights and if we see unusual activity that then causes us to intervene with players to nudge them back to playing safely with us if for any reason they continue to ignore that then we would either freeze their account temporarily until they change their play or block them completely drop. People though who believe the status quo is not acceptable that companies like us aren't doing enough for example in Germany there's going to be a limit isn't there one euro per spin for online slot machines isn't it time for more limits on online gambling like those limits on how much you can spend if we see onerous restrictions on customers so whether that blocking particular product or limiting the amount of money that they can spend all we do is see those customers move to the black market they've You look at international comparisons for example in Norway where there is a state monopoly on products you see that they're black market is 60 percent and in fact their problem gambling rate is a double What ons are in the what about the money spent on advertising on television on radio on social media sponsoring football shirts the advertising boards around football grounds with the names of betting companies the free speech and the temp people to open accounts has all of that gone too far many people say it has it's just too tempting to push people to overstretch themselves we're actually the 1st operator to ban sponsorship on football in the u.k. And also here in the perimeter boardings from football grounds because of that very reason so we think that there is a lot of young children for example see those brands and so that was one of the reasons we took that decision as regulators try to get to grips with online gambling former addict Jade Valis isn't taking her recovery for granted I asked if she was still vulnerable to the lure of the online casino it's hardly just over 250 days I have 4. Days. I know for fact that my marriage with a. Husband won't stick by me again after marriage for 58 years. Of a. Not just my pain not one of their I but I really. Recovering addict Alice and in that report by might Johnson the rise in on one gambling is one example of the darker side of lockdown but what about some of the other things we've been doing at home over the past year cooking reading taking up a new hobby we can probably all take something off that list but none of it really stops the loneliness or boredom we feel when we're not able to spend time with our nearest and dearest So there's been a huge rise in the number of people getting pets to keep them company whilst working from home I have. Noticed water in. Our planet will respond to. What's going to happen to all of these cats and dogs when we head back to the workplace Mandela said across the reports. It's a very mild afternoon here in my usual dog walking route just outside London Monte my dog loves coming here and everything coming here for the past few years but I have to say that since the lockdown since the lockdown started early last year the number of dog walkers here has risen hugely I used to come across one or 2 or 3 usually in the morning now they're absolutely everywhere which is great for my dog Monty because he gets to sniff out lots of other 4 legged friends. That come to sniff out but also to bark at government effects. Pet ownership in the developed world has soared since more people have started to work from home a Bank of America survey found 37 percent of Americans have adopted pets in the last 6 months alone in the u.k. a Survey by Ipsos Mori found that 41 percent of current pet owners got a new pet during lockdown It's a picture repeated across Europe in the Netherlands the pet insurance company pet plan said it's. 60 percent more pet insurance plans in the month of April last year than in the same month the year earlier the Dutch even have a name for these new pets who are now homed or Corona dog or that demand means the cost of buying a puppy in many countries in the developed world has soared in the u.k. It's more than doubled during lockdown with dogs now costing almost 1900 pounds that's more than 2 and a half $1000.00 on average in a moment the dark side to all of this because what happens to these pets when and if people start returning to work or people lose the job that pays for the pets upkeep but 1st what's with this sudden craze for a furry friend in lockdown Anyway my name is Georgina and my little town pets is called Luna she's a Labrador we got her on the 23rd of March 2020 said literally there at the start of top 10 but we've been thinking about it for a long time and I probably given it more thought than I gave to having children because I knew it would be a huge responsibility and she's been wonderful she's Ben It sounds cliché but she has been the best thing that's ever happened to us she's great with the children she's very gentle she has a 1000 pounds which for Kennel Club pedigree dog isn't that bad and I think that was just before the prices started going up with the lock down and the biggest surprise I suppose is that my husband who wasn't keen on getting a dog at all and is taking her soft with her and has her in his office and votes on her Georgina owner of Labrador Luna so companionship something to sit at your feet in the home office isn't good for the kids what's not to like on pizza lorry on the interim chief executive at Battersea Dogs and cats I'm about to see is one of the best night and best loved animal rescues anywhere in the world we've been operating since 860 we help in the region of around 5000 dogs and cats every year but we also run a global academy which is a training center for animal rescues from vice around the. Wells and here are Peter's concerns about the boom in lockdown pets what we've seen recently is dogs particularly coming in have been bought from from breeders sometimes less reputable breeders and their owners often discover medical issues so we've had a spitz puppy called Rocco who was brought to Battersea after the owners of Bolton from a grader they discovered he had quite serious health problems they couldn't afford to treat we've also seen Poppy who was a very young Bichon Frise cross again the owners couldn't afford the veterinary costs and when our vets had a look at Poppy we found quite serious conditions with airs and has skin Parkinson's that people have been buying puppies often for vast sums of money actually compared to normal times from all sorts of places and through all sorts of channels and sadly quite a number of these dogs I often subsequently found to have either challenging behaviors and or challenging medical conditions to that need veterinary interventions it's not just puppies there's been a surge in demand to adopt pets from animal shelters like Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to I think we were slight taken aback by the sheer strength of that demand I think it was perhaps inevitable so many people spend so much time at home working from home of course as well that the idea of acquiring a pet entered many people's minds I think in many cases their circumstances allowed them to have a pet at that point the big question I suppose a big unknown is what will happen after that how many people will still be in a position to look after a dog or cat appropriately and there are some indications now across the rescue sector that there's a slight increase in the number of puppies and slightly older dogs coming into Iraq and now from owners who are saying we thought it was a great idea at the time to get a puppy but we're now fully appreciative of the challenges and sadly in some cases some animals are being given up and we expect that may continue in the months ahead rise you having to rescue more dogs and cats at the moment we start the season early indications of that and I think the months ahead will be critical for us I think at this 2. She's here really for us one is that the pet population is much bigger generally and a study that we ran recently showed that nearly half the people who adopt the puppy during the 1st lockdown have sense regretted having that pet at some point so they may be looking to give up those animals in the near future the 2nd challenge is an economic one and the last recession in 2008 we saw a significant increase in the number of stray dogs in the u.k. And a report that bats it published recently shows that we're likely to see up to 27 percent increase in the number of stray dogs in Britain over the next 5 years and that would amount to thousands of additional stray dogs and that must be a challenge because as you said I mean we're in the middle of an economic slowdown I mean everyone suffering at the moment and your reliance on donations aren't you for keeping you guys afloat for keeping you guys doing what you're doing so must be quite challenging on that front as well joining the pandemic we've had to cancel a lot of our fundraising events and our ability to attract new regular donors has also been impacted too so we're having to modify the way we fundraise and create new opportunities for donors and supporters to engage with us but as a sector as a whole charities generally animal rescues particularly are all facing the challenge of how do we fundraise how do we keep our income streams going what should someone listening who is considering getting a pet given that they're working at home or what should they consider when they're thinking about getting a dog or a cat what would your message to them the overwhelming message is is to contact a local reputable rescue center because they will be the best place to to speak to the perspective owner At understand what sort of animal they're looking for in terms of species but type behaviors as well and then find a dog or cat that was so their owners lifestyle and that's really important so it be very simplistic me to say that people in this situation might want to consider these types of dogs every dog is different every catus different and every perspective. Just different and it's about finding the for the visor not Peter Lorie that interim chief executive to see dogs and cats he may be looking ahead with some worry but someone who isn't president of Banfield hospital so Banfield hospital where chain of veterinary hospitals across the United States we specialize in preventive care everything from normal vaccinations routine checkups and even to dental work really everything that your pet needs every single day basis so we specialize and we think about coming to veterinary visits Banfield Sol 14 percent increase in puppies and a 20 percent increase in kittens last year and overall business has been great you know with everything that's been happening in our lives and approximately we see almost half a 1000000 more pets in 2020 than we have in 2019 in this last year what kind of issues in particular have you seen people come. And even we've actually seen some weight gain actually in October 24 percent. Had gained a little way in the 1st 5 months of the pandemic we're probably spending a little too many times too much time given him some treats and maybe over feed them a little bit what do you go forward because obviously at some point people are going to go back into the place people have new pets What do you consider front I think the concerns from my standpoint is about separation anxiety when I go back to the office I'm going to miss my cats. So I think about going back to an office situation or a setting I think there's going to be an increase in separation anxiety for both pets and their owners So we're urging everyone to partner with your veterinary team to make sure that you are talking to your veterinarian and using them to be on this journey for little tips and tricks about how to how do I change my routine in a way that's not too aggressive for myself and for my pet but this is a business this pandemic Well I think pet ownership great for society in general we're seeing it increase in. And pet ownership very strong rates so as an example the millennial generation is the largest generation of pet ownership generations e. Who's now graduating college and coming into the workforce they're adopting and at the same type of rate so while we're all facing different circumstances right now we're seeing the trends have been very strong around pet ownership for specifically Banfield what we offer our wellness plans an optimum wellness plan is a plan that really bundles all the necessary services that a pet needs essential customisable packages of recommended preventive care and a monthly price that way everyone understands how much it's going to cost to take care of this pet on an annual basis kind of price ranges and we're looking at. How much does it really cost to really take care of your pet properly so those prices range depending around maybe up to $40.00 a month u.s. Dollars for a cat and they can go up to about 60 $5.00 depending on the types of services and offering you want with for your pet. Which they did if they did I would have a lot more of everyone where it is well if there's someone listening and they're thinking of getting a dog or a cat because that's what. The spending more time at home would you would you encourage them or would you say think about it before you jump in know do it and make sure you have multiple pets by the way. We're hearing from so many pet owners that only have one pet that what they're worried about going back to the office isn't what they're going to do with their pet they're actually worried about their pet having a friend at home I know how important pets are and in anyone who doesn't have a pet I would encourage them to get one or 2 or more just because you're going to go to create lifelong memories well he would say that wouldn't He's president of a huge chain of pet hospitals in the u.s. Brian if those costs are likely to put you off and all the economic uncertainty then it's worth bearing in mind that it's not just a choice between getting it done getting a cat. With my quarantine guinea pig Smalls I've been thinking about getting a pet for quite some time of the living up there flaws with no outdoor space are very limited in my choices I want to the path that we thought well I want I could teach tricks to so that rid our last of my initial plans of getting things spiders birds or fish Piggy was a mere 25 pounds. Of food Holt's bedding free snacks Hey I'm patient see powder which brought the initial call for 204 pounds I got him from a local pet shop where i Mesh are 2 of the one not pins and I look down pet is echoed by 15 week old female cocky Campbell duck echo is a house duck and she lives with us she is great company she's friendly and she's very entertaining she's coming to bring my foot she also loves doing tricks in return for Payson sweet cold she has her own room that she lives in in all helps with her den Scott had better food guys and that's why she sleeps overnight but during the day she comes out and she spend time with us around the house and she snuggled up on his nuts with adults and she's a she's a lovely pet to have and I'm so pleased that we had during lockdown. This case will probably loving you. Know. Jane Atkins ending that report by men last summer gossip and listening to that I can't help wondering how you housetrain a duck Have you bought a look down pat ps do send us a photo to World Business at b.b.c. . Or on Twitter you see batten we always love a good animal fight perhaps we should try a new careers and still can catch the 2 cities pets have company and if we do make it back into our places of work well perhaps they could come with us I don't know if my dog would be a welcome addition to the b.b.c. News room he's no so loud he had to stab every single show that's over today thank you so you. Much for being with us the show was produced by Matthew Davies and edited by John Big 3 I'll be back at the same time next week in the meantime you can get all the latest business news on our sister show's World Business Report and business daily or of course on the website. B.b.c. To come forward slash business and device that's killed in the Bold. Best. This is the b.b.c. 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