By was johnsons plan passes its first hurdle in parliament. But he faces big obstacles in the house of lords. Heated debate President Trump clashes with california state officials over whether Climate Change is causing wildfires in the region. And the acts falls at the the citi,lls at citigroup resuming job cuts. Anna absolutely, lets talk about the jobs market, specifically in the u. K. , we are getting jobs numbers coming through. Jobless claims arising by 73,700 in august. To give you some context to that, that is lower than the previous number. In the prior month, jobless claims numbers rose by 94,000 in july. Perhaps if you are looking at that rate of change or the pace of the surge we have seen in jobless claims, it is not as much as last month, but we are living in a very strange o job market in the uk given the furlough scheme that is keeping in a lifesupport certain businesses thereby limiting the number of jobless claims. In the unemployment rate, the same applies. For threeo
Is still streaming night sky is an ever rarest sight for most people on the planet the night looks more like this. We shipmans can shield ourselves from too much artificial light. But plants and animals especially insects are defenseless against Light Pollution we meet someone whos trying to help them the 1st night Protection Officer in a german city. On this autumn evening Sabrina Frank goes out looking for sources of Light Pollution in her home city of folder in central germany she discovers a brightly illuminated plane tree on the university campus. This gets me really annoying people forget that trees have a biological rhythm to the one in the light still has all its lee. Well the one next to it is bad some call that. Too much artificial light has convinced the tree its still summer pronk is germanys 1st socalled night Protection Officer she goes around with a light meter measuring and recording the outdoor illumination 5 lux as the minimum intensity required here for squares and s
A womens march in the capital minutes wakely protest has become one of the largest antigovernment actions since a disputed president ial election triggered on wrist in the Eastern European Country Police have begun to round up female protesters in recent weeks. Prodemocracy protesters have gathered in thailand to demand the prime ministers resignation and reforms to the monarchy tens of thousands have so far turned out for a weekend of rallies student led demonstrations are calling for democratic reforms and changes to laws against criticizing the time monica. This is datable the news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram d w news is the handle over is it our website they w dot com. Betty sets. Today to take a glimpse into the world of insects. No other class of animal has so many species. But a german study has shown that they populations up planets have. How do you actually count insects. The answer to that and other questions coming up. Well come to you tomorrow today the s
Questioning its safety and whether or not it will actually bypass Central Banks well for more on this were joined by political host ben so on and christiane i ben lets start with you because this is something that weve talked about multiple times on this show that the fed will soon attempt to create its own Digital Currency now i think its fair to say this move doesnt catch you as a surprise break down what this could look like would we have a digital wallet separate from your regular Bank Accounts well essentially thats probably what would happen i guess thats what theyre trying to get in my teeth to take a look at whats fascinating about this is the feds terminology ive been saying for well over a year the fed was going to do this at some point very soon in fact i think i even said it this week and yet here we are at this moment where the fed is saying well were going to create a hypothetical Digital Currency is not hypothetical dont even talk like that right thats ridiculous termino
The United States and good luck to them right now when you watch whats happening with big coing now on the rise again headed back towards 12000. 00 and probably from there so i think its going to be an interesting kind of process to watch this happen but theres a 2 to 3 years thats an eternity in the lifespan of Digital Currency that gives a bit quaint a chance to go even higher but kristie you 2 have been very critical of this idea as government backed Digital Currencies are not the same thing as crypto currencies are you weary of this move by the. Extremely this is very very concerning because the entire point of crypto currency was to have Financial Freedom and bypassed the central bank as a whole so now its c. B. C. s us centrally or something going to counter the exact same problems that we currently have with the us youre going to be subject to the manipulations by the central bank whether or not they want to tighten or loosen their Monetary Policy theyre going to be subject to a