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with me py Sharma, it has been an interesting news day, the war has taken a backseat and thank God for that, on Focus tonight there is a national sale in China where the government offers discounts on washing machines. and automobiles, you may wonder why this is their grand plan to revive the Chinese economy. Makes sense? It will work? We will bring you the projections. Meanwhile, U.S. college campuses have become political battlegrounds, with widespread protests and arrests over Israel's Hamas movement. War in Asia Turkey and Iraq have signed an important agreement, we will tell you why this is politically and economically significant for the region in the UK.

Rishi Sunak's controversial Rwanda deportation bill has been passed. Why is this a victory for the Prime Minister? are disrupting elections in India with dead leaders turning up to campaign why Pakistan's What will this evaluation season be like? dry promotion why saudi arabia neon project is in trouble and trying something new will help. We'll explain the headlines first. More than 200 aftershocks hit Taiwan. It comes more than 2 weeks after a deadly earthquake hit the island. The tremors lasted more than 12 hours. no casualties on April 3 Taiwan was hit by its strongest earthquake in 25 years since then there have been more than a thousand aftershocks hisbah says it launched a drone strike on Israeli bases earlier today an Israeli drone strike killed one of its members in southern Lebanon this is Hezbollah's deepest attack into Israeli territory since the Gaza war began since October tensions between the two have been rising Ukraine wants to bring AED military men home to fight Russia this month KF toughens penalties for Dodgers as well as age of mobilization from 2 years to 25 Ukraine is fighting on the battlefield amid relentless Russian attacks Armenia and aeran begin border demarcation work is part of normalization efforts between regional forces last month yavan accepted baku's demand to return four border towns to the two countries have been locked in a decades-long conflict over nagoro kabak and there is good news for indian travelers: new shenen visa rules will make travel easier to Europe Indians can now obtain multiple entry shenen visas with extended validity period 25 of the 27 countries of the European Union are part of the Shenen area, our main story tonight is about the largest offer on Earth and not , this is not at your local supermarket or your e-commerce platform or your favorite fashion brand.

This is an advertisement in China, their government has launched a great offer for people during They allow them to buy new cars and appliances such as washing machines, and the Chinese State offers them great discounts, which means that the government is subsidizing these purchases. Imagine that an entire country is offered subsidies for purchases and not just any other country, this is the country of the world. the second largest economy, but why does China do it? Why are you so desperate to send your people out shopping? Because their economy is suffering and they want to revive it.

The Wuhan virus brought down its growth, and President Xi Jinping made things worse. Now, to be fair, China's GDP grew. at 5.3% this was in the last quarter so it's not that bad for an economy its size but the target they set was much higher and this is the slowest growth in many years so Beijing is quite concerned and this is the solution we have come up with a government-sponsored national sale. This is what they plan to do. Beijing is in charge of planning. Local governments have been invested for execution. They have been given broad priorities and objectives to get people to buy home appliances. just like your daily appliances in cars people should buy them and replace or upgrade the old ones and for that they will get discounts especially on electric cars also on air conditioners refrigerators and washing machines all will be subsidized to encourage people to buy , the government has done it too. a plan for heavy industries such as petrochemicals and steel here focuses on machinery and equipment and the first announcement came from the city of suzu is located in the east the city launched its subsidy program suzu has set aside more $13 million for subsidies for cars, so if a local resident wants to buy a new car, they can get almost $1,000 off pre-ordered appliances.

More than $2 million there is a discount of more than about $200 for each item you buy and in other Chinese cities. They are expected to launch similar offers, but how does it help the government? How will this sale boost China's economic growth? Beijing is betting on simple rules of economics to boost spending to revive growth get more people to buy by offering discounts and this should increase sales They hope so, but this is what experts say retail sales will see an increase of only half percent and this will boost China's economy by 0.6%. That's what Goldman Sachs predicts is 0.6% growth.

Here's another report that says China's growth will increase by 0.7% next. this exercise, so the overall impact will be modest this big sale may not have a big effect if Beijing wants a significant jump it may want to review its military budgets and by extension its priorities need an urgent review a top US general has made a statement his name is Admiral John Aquilino he is the United States Indo-Pacific commander and he says that the Chinese economy the Chinese economy is failing their economic data is quote unquote remarkable and despite this economic crisis they are spending aggressively on the military, in fact, let me quote him that he said that despite an economy in crisis there is a conscious decision to fund military capacity and that worries me, it may or may not worry him, but it should bother the people of China.

They have had an unwritten, tacit pact with the Communist Party. continues to govern as it pleases, continues to restrict political and other freedoms, and in return generates economic growth and prosperity for the people of China; that has been the deal until now, but now the Communist Party is not keeping its part of the bargain: prosperity. They promise that at risk the Chinese economy needs a bailout, a real stimulus package, not discount coupons for appliances and cars, but Xijinping won't do it. He has put the military above the economy so that the PLA can fight future wars.

The question is who will do it. assume the cost of this military supremacy to which he aspires, how will Xi Jinping finance these wars if the banks of the Chinese economy are a vulnerability that the United States wants to exploit? Reports say that Washington is looking to sanction Chinese banks, we don't have the names yet, but we can tell you on what grounds these sanctions could be imposed. The United States accuses Chinese banks of helping Russia and its war machine. We now know that the Russian banking system is already under international sanctions. The accusation is that Chinese banks are helping Russia evade these sanctions.

At least that's it. what the US says. China, of course, denies it. It is extremely hypocritical and irresponsible for the US to introduce a large-scale aid bill for Ukraine while making baseless accusations against normal economic and trade exchanges between China and Russia. China strongly opposes this, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin is visiting China this week. Will you bring up the topic? Well, we'll have to wait and see, but one thing is pretty clear: China's economic rise fueled its rise as a global power and now China's president has overplayed his hand, so both the economy and power are at risk.

The United States has a new battlefield. They are their university campuses. We're talking about elite institutions here like Yale Colombia and MIT. All of them have been affected by student protests. Oh, what Israel's war on Gaza has divided these! campus in the middle we will start with the Colombia protest, the students occupied the campus lawn last week and they wanted support for Palestine. They asked the university to reveal their ties to Israel and also any aid they received from companies that invested in Israel, but this protest was not authorized so the university called the police around 100 students were arrested and taken away look at this defeated United States United be defeated it was Colombia but now the protests have spread on Monday New York University students began demonstrations again occupied a plaza in Manhattan without permission, so late at night, the police moved in, arrested dozens of students, finally there were protests at Yale, dozens of students blocked roads near the campus, around 45 of them were arrested, imagine if this had happened in Delhi or Dhaka, students would have been dragged away and arrested from their homes. campus protests broken up by police officers western outrage would have been immeasurable but now the world is silent without criticism or sermons or outrage it is as if arresting university students was normal, just another day in the land of the free, But all of this raises an important question, too, is why American universities are so divided, and it's not just these elite universities across the country that have reported protests;

There seem to be two camps here, one is the pro-Palestine camp, they condemn Israel's war in Gaza, they also won their university to reveal any ties to Israel maybe a donor or an investment or a corporate partnership this group says the US and Israel They are carrying out a genocide the other side is the pro-Israel camp they ask how can you forget October 7 why don't you criticize what Hamas did Even President Joe Biden has expected and condemned anti-Semitism on American campuses. I condemn anti-Semitic protest, which is why I have created a program to address that. I also condemn those who do not understand what is happening in power.

It's complicated for a couple of reasons: universities have become very diverse, so it's not just an ideological battle for students, it's also a personal one, some of them may be of Arab descent, others may be Jewish, so passions can flare quickly and B both. The parties are right, they cannot deny that Israel has crossed many red lines in Gaza. They also cannot deny what happened on October 7 and therein lies the problem. Neither party is willing to listen to the other. Both can be maintained in extreme positions, so what is the way? Well, first you have to recognize the problem: about 73% of Jewish students have experienced anti-Semitism on American campuses.

It has only increased after the Kamas attack. The same goes for Islamophobia. Anti-Muslim incidents increased by 216% after October 7, so both communities are under threat. the question is what should be done it is easy to suppress student protests it is also easy to dismiss the idea of ​​student politics but that is not the answer university politics plays an important role in all societies in the US of all places They should know this in the 1960s campuses became the center of protest against the Vietnam War and ultimately forced the US to end that war, so student politics is not the problem , how it is carried out can be a problem to begin with, it cannot be allowed to be hijacked, there are professional protesters in the streets, people who have nothing to do with students or universities see a protest and jump in and the president of Colombia is concerned about this look at their statement these tensions have been exploited and amplified by people who are not affiliated with Colombia who have come to campus to pursue their own agendas and this is not just a Colombia problem, it is a problem everywhere, Therefore, it is important that student protests are carried out by students, not by political parties, nor by activists, nor by NOS.

Equally important is peace and decency. Your protest cannot cross certain red lines. but on many US campuses we have heard chants like death to Israel, death to Zionists and even some prama slogans listen to this student protester in Colombia moving okay we are H wow you are what yes we all are now, this cannot be accepted your freedom of expression cannot be a call for genocide the same with violence just consider what is happening in Colombia and each and every in-person class has been canceled there why because the teachers and students cannot get to campusbeen blocked by Pro Palestinian Groups again, this is not acceptable, so what we need is a moderate policy.

You are free to disagree with other students, but you must listen to them first and you cannot abuse them or cancel them. Additionally, student demands should be carefully thought out and asked to critique them from your university. Israel is one thing, but asking it to abandon Israeli donors is quite another. There is a lot at stake here, perhaps scholarships or infrastructure projects or teacher pay, so it is not a call to students, it is a decision made by responsible administrators and students. You must remember this, your protest and your voice carry a lot of weight, but they must be exercised responsibly.

War isn't the only thing happening in West Asia, there is progress and it comes from an unlikely place. The war against Iraq On Monday, Turkish President Erdogan visited the country. It was a rather strange visit for him. The last time Erdoan traveled to Iraq was in 2011 and relations have deteriorated since then, so this trip was to restore ties. He got an honor guard in Baghdad, met with Iraq's prime minister and signed about 20 agreements. Of these, a four-way agreement for a transportation corridor stands out, it is called the Development Highway Project. The plan is to link the Gul coast of Iraq with Turkey, via a series of roads and railways, and from Turkey this route can extend to Europe, so it is basically one Europe. to the Asian Corridor how much it will cost around $17 billion along with Iraq and Turkey, two other West Asian players are involved i.e. the AU and Qatar, their ministers were also in Baghdad on Monday.

Everyone signed an agreement to build this Corridor, but what will it be like? impacting the region for Iraq could be a game Cher better infrastructure easy access to oil fields and more trade they may not have the funds to do it alone but with Qatar and the United Arab Emirates they can do the same with Erdogan, he wants to take ad

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of the location of his country. He sees that Turkey spans both continents, Europe and Asia, making it prime real estate for a transcontinental corridor. Erdogan says the project will bring stability and prosperity. for the region the vital importance of the Highway Development Project is emphasized in terms of this objective.

With the memorandum of understanding that we signed, we strengthen our determination regarding strategic planning that will greatly contribute to the stability and prosperity of our entire region, especially Iraq. The problem, although the Erdogan Corridor is not the only one, another Corridor was announced at the G20 Summit last year, the India, Middle East and Europe Corridor, and this one takes a different route: from Europe to Israel, from Israel to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and from the United Arab Emirates to India. Most European and West Asian countries are part of this corridor, but Turkey is not, which is why Erdogan had opposed it - listen to his comments at the G20.

This is what he said, they cannot be a corridor without Türkiye. Türkiye is an important production and trade base, the most convenient. The line for east-west traffic has to go through Turkey, so the position is pretty clear, there is no Turkey, there is no corridor, so it is pushing its own now. Both routes have a few things in common: they both bypass the Egypt Canal and also use a network of roads and railways plus a common partner and that is the United Arab Emirates. They are investing in both the India Europe Corridor and the Iraq Corridor, but there are also key differences, the biggest being Israel.

The India Europe Corridor had a political motive to link Israel and the Arab countries. united states to unite their economic fortunes. The hope was that this would speed up normalization and perhaps lead to Saudi Arabia recognizing Israel, but all that has been put on hold. Israel is fighting a war in Gaza so that Arab states are in no rush to normalize relations. How can you build a corridor in the middle of a conflict? And Erdogan knows it. He has a short period of time to move forward with this project and complete it before everyone else, meaning he could have a first-mover advantage.

Of course, there are also challenges, for example Iraq. It may not be a war zone, but security is still an issue there. Multiple Iranian groups operate from Iraq. They often clash with American forces. There are also remains of the Islamic State. United Nations data says up to 7,000 Isis terrorists remain in Syria and Iraq. could target the trade corridor, so Iraq or Israel the problem remains the same security-wise, and it's actually quite unfortunate because the potential is huge. Asia and Europe are two economic giants. Trade between them is almost $1.5 trillion, so there is room for multiple brokers.

Turkey and Iraq building one, you have India and Europe building one, you also have Iran and Russia planning the International North-South Corridor, that's what they are planning. These roots could make trade more competitive and cheaper, but only if conflict and petty politics are set aside. Our next story is from the United Kingdom, where Prime Minister Rishi Sunak won a major battle. The British Parliament finally passed the Rwanda bill. It is a controversial law that allows the UK to deport asylum seekers and send them to Rwanda, a country in eastern Central Africa. The British Parliament has approved this law now it awaits the approval of the Monarch when King Charles III signs it the law will come into force so what does this really mean?

What is this Rwanda bill? Why is it controversial? How will it work and will it really help Rishi? sonak to make sense of this bill we will use a metaphor do you know what a scarecrow is? It is generally a figure or model made of straw in the shape of a human being and placed on a farm what is the purpose of the scarecrow as its name suggests to scare away crows it looks like a human being the hope is that the crows think it is a person believe it is dangerous and stay away the straw figure acts as a deterrent deters or deters crows from landing on the farm and that is exactly what The UK Rwanda bill is a deterrent with no real power, but It's something they hope will keep immigrants away and that's how it works.

Rwanda's bill says immigrants can be deported, not all illegal immigrants, just people arriving from a safe country like France. the United Kingdom via France after crossing the English Channel in small boats now all those who have entered the United Kingdom in this way from France are eligible for deportation illegal immigrants, that is, around 52,000 people who may be sent to Rwanda without their cases being heard in court until now these refugees had to approach the British courts, they could ask the court for asylum, but no longer, even if a refugee's case is genuine, it will be Rwanda's call to While the UK is washing its hands of the issue now, on the surface this law appears to have teeth for everyone. those who entered illegally will be expelled without court hearings no exceptions but think about it for a moment 52,000 people is no joke imagine having to round up that many immigrants and then put them on flights without hurting them in the process and making sure they are medically fit to fly and at the same time fighting legal challenges from lawyers representing these immigrants.

How quickly do you think the UK can achieve that? For 52,000 people, let me show you some numbers. In fact, the maximum number of people Britain deported in one year was approximately 15,000. people in a year deported this was back in 2012 since then the number has decreased to approximately 5,000 per year that is the number of people that can be deported, even if Rishi sonak manages to bring deportations to 15,000, it would take him 3 and a half years to send immigrants to Rwanda and these are the 52,000 that are currently in Britain, it will take 3 and a half years meanwhile more continue to arrive, last year almost 30,000 immigrants arrived through the English Channel, so if this is done Same Maths, the Randa plan doesn't really work unless of course people stop coming, if they are too afraid to come to the UK in the first place, if the channel crossing stops, if the inflow is lower than deportations, only then the illegals from the UK The immigration problem ends and you could say that is the true purpose of the Rwanda bill.

It's not so much about sending people to the African country as it is about scaring people who are thinking about entering the UK. A sonak has been given permission to stay for the morning. a scarecrow and his plan is already in motion but we are ready the first flight will leave in 10 to 12 weeks of course it is later than we wanted but we have always been clear that the processing will take time soaking says the first flight will leave in 10 to 12 weeks, which means July is still a few months away, but look at the impact, if you know before you come here, they say you know they send me to Randa.

I never come here. Would you have come to the UK if you would have known you could end up in Rwanda. No, you never think that will stop other people from coming. Yes yes I am telling everyone aside not to come to the UK so it seems to be working now and acting as a deterrent if this continues. So Sonak may actually reduce immigration numbers, but we won't know for sure until the first flights take off, at least until July, so we have to wait and see, but Rishi Sunak won something yesterday. He won an important political battle.

He passed his signature immigration law. and this has happened just before the elections, we now know that sonak is deeply unpopular, his party is about to lose the next elections, so if he manages to take off even a symbolic flight to Rwanda, he could recover some votes for politics of her party afterwards It's all more about emotions and messages than facts or effectiveness, so Sonak has a new electoral trick. What about the other side of the story? What about Rwanda? Well, they are getting millions to take in refugees. They have already received 290 million. get at least another 100 million plus £20,000 for every migrant they have taken and 10 million after only 300 migrants arrive in Rwanda.

Sak's office has refused to make the final bill public, but Rwanda is definitely making a fortune thanks to British taxpayers, so the African country could be the only real winner in this story now let's talk about the Indian elections one decline phase is over six more to go It will be a long summer for the political leaders who are campaigning across the country and campaigning to the voters they now have to compete with a new and disruptive Force, something that some of them also They are trying to cooperate. I'm talking about AI deepfakes that are causing all kinds of chaos.

AI is being used to spread fake news, resurrect dead politicians, and even fabricate endorsements. It is being used rampantly to influence unsuspecting voters and it appears that regulators have no idea how to tame this new beast. Our next report explains what Amir Khan ranvir Singh Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi have in common in first impressions, not much, but in recent times. months, they have all been targets of fake videos. Amir Khan and Ran Singh's videos were used to evoke false endorsements. A few weeks ago, Prime Minister Modi was complaining about fake videos featuring himself, while Rahul Gandhi's face has been repeatedly altered along with others from the opposition.

Campaign ad leaders. Some of these forgeries were easy to recognize, but each instance highlighted a disturbing fact. Each of these clips was viewed by millions before being flagged, and in several cases, many of these videos are still online. An avalanche of deepfakes is coming. The scale of India's election season is not surprising: almost a billion people are eligible to vote in these elections and almost 900 million Indians have access to the Internet given this scale and Internet access spaces in India have been become a battleground for political parties. The fight for votes and AI tools are quickly becoming the most formidable weapon in the hands of politicians.

The technology is widely available and cheap to use, but that is not the most compelling reason for politicians to access AI. AI-powered campaigns are giving politicians what they most want. Active attention voters are not only noticing AI-powered political ads, but they are also absorbing and engaging with their message to Congress leaders like Vijay Wasant. AI tools have been revivedSuccessfully recalling memories of his father, late H Wasanta Kumar, from the time when he was a popular politician, his son has used his father's AI-generated voice to evoke nostalgia and seek votes. More politicians from the South have used the same tactic like Tamilnad DMK and AIA DMK.

They have used AI to reproduce the voices of their leaders as karuna. nidi and Jita in eastern India, the left took AI campaigning a step further instead of a fake voice, they used a completely AI-generated news anchor for their campaign efforts in another incident in July 1995, There is a flood of AI-generated political content in all major vulnerabilities that have been highlighted by the tech giants themselves a few weeks ago. Microsoft has warned how countries like China and North Korea can target Indian elections and use artificial intelligence to influence votes. Major developers have responded by limiting access. to political content in their AI applications, but so far it has not been enough due to the absence of clear regulations to monitor AI systems.

India's elections will continue to be a playing field for deepfakes, so the technology is everywhere, which also makes it a target. Just look at their social media. media platforms WhatsApp is banned in China during the elections that have been It has been more than 2 months now and the platform is still banned in Pakistan. Do you know why let me quote the government's response? This is what they said. The decision to impose a ban on Twitter or X in Pakistan was taken in the interest of maintaining national security. Public order and the preservation of the integrity of our nation.

What if your national integrity doesn't come from social media? If so, you have some work to do, but let's be honest. We know the real reason behind this ban. Imran Khan's followers have used X to gather. support, they have bypassed the ban by using VPN, so if the ban is lifted they would flood the platform, which is why X remains unavailable in Pakistan. The American publication asked its foreign minister about this. Pakistan's foreign minister heard his response. Can I ask those countries? that they have banned certain apps so one country is ok but Twitter banned in Pakistan is not ok now, to give you some context the minister was talking about Tik Tok in the US last weekend, The U.S.

House passed a bill that could ban the app. It's basically an ultimatum for Tik Tok to sell its US business within a year, otherwise its app will be banned in the US. Both Democrats and Republicans passed this bill, it is part of a broader foreign aid package next week, it will head to the US Senate and after that, to Joe Biden's desk, how is it Tik Tok responding to this? Its position has always been clear: we do not share data with the Chinese Communist Party, any ban would trample on freedom of expression, that is what Tik Tok says and it has remained in that position now.

To be clear, a ban is not a certainty at this point, if Joe Biden signs the Tik Tok bill and moves it to the courts, they can say it is a violation of three speeches, which brings us back to Pakistan when They banned X, the United States was quite angry with Washington. We ask Pakistan to restore access. We are concerned by any reports of restrictions on the exercise of freedom of expression and association in Pakistan, including government-imposed partial or complete internet shutdowns, including, of course, social media platforms. Please continue to call on Pakistan to respect freedom of expression and restore access to any social media that has been restricted, including Twitter.

I believe it is now known as x uh we. I have and will continue to emphasize the importance of respecting these fundamental freedoms during our engagements with Pakistani officials. I suppose the Foreign Secretary was right. The Foreign Minister of Pakistan. If America can ban Tik Tok, why can't Pakistan ban X? Logically, it's fair. argument but it also reveals the problem social media platforms have become so powerful nowadays that they can influence elections they can shape public opinion so every government wants to control them or in some cases ban them these governments can give different excuses but the end goal is always the same to control the political narrative and social media platforms are also guilty for 2 months X has been banned in Pakistan.

Did you hear anything about it from Elon Musk? No, his company said he is working with the Pakistani government. Compare that to his response in Australia Regulators in Australia asked X to remove a video, it was footage from Church St in Sydney last week, an incident that has been called terrorism and guess what Musk did? He said no. Musk says the video has been censored in Australia, but he won't. he's somewhere else, so the prime minister of Australia lashed out at Elon Musk, he called him an

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, back in the United States, who thinks he's above the law Australian and is fighting for the right to be violent. videos on their platform something that can cause harm to the young people we know and a lot of anguish something that will increase social division in this case the government is right the attack on the Sydney church triggered violence in the city hundreds of people clashed with the police , two officers were injured and 10 police cars were destroyed, so Australia was right to take on X, but Pakistan is not the only question: how is this distinction made?

It is done by building a case. National security and integrity are vague statements. you have to limit it, you have to explain how social networks are harming your country. Australia did it. Pakistan didn't see how the Americans are doing next and now let's go back to Europe, although maybe that's a bad choice of words because it seems like Europe is changing. Reports have emerged in recent months about GPS services in Europe. There have been a number of problems. Flights are losing their way. GPS signals are frequently confused throughout Europe. Thousands of flights have had GPS services blocked, especially in the east.

Of course, all fingers point to Russia. Reports say that Russia is jamming GPS, that Moscow is a threat to European flights, or that Russia is putting innocent civilian passengers at risk, but is that really the case or is there more to this than meets the eye? Here's our report on how you find directions today, probably through an app on your phone, pinpoint where you are and mark your destination well. Airlines also use the same system, not a mobile app, but the same GPS navigation system, which stands for global positioning system. So what happens if the GPS is not working?

Planes end up getting lost, of course, not because all planes have backup systems. Something to switch to if there's a problem with the GPS, but look at these headlines. GPS spoofing is now affecting aircraft in some parts of Europe. GPS signal interference report Russia is to blame for thousands of flights to and from Europe affected by suspected Russian interference That latest report came out on Monday says that since last August thousands of flights have been affected 2,300 Ryan Air flights around 1,400 for wiiz a and 82 For British Airways too, these were all flights to and from the UK, but that is nothing compared to Eastern Europe, where 46,000 flights have faced problems.

These figures are alarming, but is it really a crisis? Is Russia really trying to wreak havoc on civil aviation? If so, then. We should have heard about more failures when you look at the data, things start to appear except two of the reports cited data from a website called GPS Jam. shows a map and areas with GPS disturbances this is the GPS status in Europe taken on the same date for three different years, the first is February 20, 2022, a week before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, then Fast forward one year to February 20, 2023 the sky looks redder GPS is locked in two major locations inside Russia and over the Black Sea, then fast forward to February 20 this year.

GPS has been blocked in more territory, so Europe is worried, but think about it from Russia's perspective. is fighting a war, its opponent Ukraine is using GPS to target drones on Russian territory, so Moscow has scrambled GPS to defend its skies and blocked possible entry points abroad, such as the Baltic Sea region or Eastern Europe , so it seems like a defensive move on Moscow's part. It is not an attack on civilian flights and Russia is not alone in its look at Israel. Heaven on April 4 of this year when he expected an attack from Iran. The GPS was also blocked in Israel, no it doesn't work, it says we are in But the Israeli people understood why there are some warnings that cruise missiles or unmanned aerial vehicles can be sent here, something guided by GPS.

I understand that they are trying to disrupt this and that is basically the idea, so Russia may be doing the same for defense. But don't Russians need GPS for navigation? Russia actually has an alternative called the global navigation satellite system or glas. Other countries also have similar satellite services. India has the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System or irn NSS. China has its BDS, the beu navigation satellite. system and the one Europe has is called Galileo Russia relies on its shiny Nas while blocking GPS signals. It also has other systems to fall back on so Moscow can block GPS without worrying about internal problems.

Other countries also need to develop their own systems or risk becoming collateral damage in someone else's war it's that time of year again the winter dream is over in some parts of the world it's time for cherry blossoms in others it's Appraisals are an annual right of passage for all of us, a time of evaluation and reflection for both employees and employers. So what will this year's testing season be like? The year 2024 began with massive layoffs. Companies laid people off. The economy continues to struggle in the midst of all this. Employees have only one question: will they get a good salary increase this time?

A new report analyzed companies in India and this is what it found: The average salary increase this year will be around 99.5%, which is a little lower than in 2023, last year's average was 99. .7% so there is a slight drop and the report says it is due to the change in business sentiment so the average will be 9 and 1.5% of course a lot depends on your industry some may see a higher salary increase, such as engineering companies and fintech companies, others could see lower increases, such as e-commerce and startups, for Indian startups, it is a particularly gloomy season, funding has been mediocre, layoffs have loomed large, your employees are used to double-digit raises, but this year they may have to settle for less, most startups plan to keep their raise below 20%;

In fact, 62% of founders, according to one survey, echo the sentiment; some, however, want to buck the trends. 6% say they made total increases close to 40%. I would do it. Congratulations to those employees, you are beating the trend, but overall it will be a poor season and we say don't get discouraged, take comfort in the fact that you will be an increase of sorts because now a new trend is also coming into fashion. called dry ascent, what does it mean? Imagine you receive your increment letter, you open it in advance you see a new appointment, your heart leaps with excitement and then you look at your revised salary, there is no change, it is the same as last year, you may think it is a misprint but most likely what you have is not a promotion your job changes you can have more work you can have more responsibility but when it comes to monetary compensation there is no increase basically you can do more work for him The same salary is a promotion dry and more and more companies are opting for it.

In 2018, only 8% of companies worldwide did this by offering new jobs instead of money, this has now risen to 13% and is a reflection of the state of work. global market you may rememberthe big resignation when employees presented their papers and companies spent millions trying to retain them then came the global economic crisis the labor market contracted there were fewer jobs on offer and that gave companies the advantage of being able to hire for less money it weakened the power of employee negotiation and I suppose you know that the expectations of this evaluation season are modest apparently most people are already looking 82% according to a survey 82% people want to change jobs for different reasons 54% want leadership roles 41% want more transparency in the workplace 38% are demanding remote work options, so in short, this testing season will truly be a below-average mix.

Increase mediocre increases for new companies. Dry promotions and imminent burnout. These are the defining trends, of course, that doesn't mean. Whether your increase is like this, a salary increase is a very subjective issue, after all, it depends on many factors such as your boss, your performance, your company's profits, etc., so here we are only talking about general trends, We cannot predict its increase. We're not fortune tellers, although it appears Jenzi is turning to astrology for answers. Inquiries related to her career are apparently at an all-time high for her. Digital astrology platforms have seen an increase of almost 60%.

Users are also opting for live sessions like tarot card reading. to understand where her career is going, but if we don't want to leave it to the stars and the cards, here are some things she can do that can help you in this season of evaluation. First of all, know the rules. Understand how evaluation works in your company. Secondly, the company highlights your achievements, no one knows what you have achieved better than you, so talk about it. Perception is key and you must actively shape it. Third, be honest, self-evaluate, talk to your manager and tell them what you want.

All this can help you in the long run also don't beat yourself up over factors that are not under your control like the financial health of your company, a race is not a T20, it is a test match, you need patience and perseverance to play the long innings and you also need Faith In Yourself fight hard for what you deserve because no one else will in 2017. Saudi Arabia announced a mega city built in the middle of the desert. It was supposed to be a futuristic car-free utopia, but it looks like the project is underway. Smoke, do you know why?

Because Neom is priced at $500 billion, that's too much even with all that oil money, $500 billion, so now Riyadh is turning around Tac, it's attracting more and more investors this week. Hundreds of investors will visit the mega city they will seek. Riyadh is also seeking Chinese funding for the project, but will that be enough to get Neom off the ground? Our next report tells you: mirrored skyscrapers, flying taxis, billions of trees glowing on dark beaches, a fake moon, this was the plan. for neome, a futuristic Saudi megacity being built in the middle of the desert. Nom was announced in 2017.

It was the brainchild of Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman. A way to diversify the Kingdom's oil-dependent economy. It was built as the chapter of humanity, but the project had an investment of 500,000 million dollars. price and that has since attracted attention Architects questioned its viability while investors questioned the cost and the project has not made much progress in 2022 MBS presented the line that will run a 170 km straight line through the desert that was expected to out 33 times MBS said the size of New York City by 2030 its population would exceed one million, but reports suggest otherwise. First, the project is moving very slowly.

It's supposed to be 170 km long, but only 2.4 km will be built by 2030. Plus, new projections say only about 300,000 people will live in the city by the end of the decade, so it's not even close. less than the original plan and that is due to the investment. Most of the money for neor comes from the Saudi sovereign fund. Foreign banks have been hesitant to grant loans, that is because the project does not have a government guarantee. Investors have also moved away from him. They question its viability and future. Neo's idea may seem great, but there's a lot of mystery around how it's being built, where it's being built, what the final vision is.

It will seem that all this has affected financing, so Saudi Arabia has a new plan, a spectacle for investors. Hundreds of bankers and investors will descend on the megacity this week. They will be shown the progress. The idea is to dispel any doubts in this regard. Show investors how much work has actually been completed. Riyadh is also holding Road Shows for investors. He just took his Neom Road Show to China. Neom officials visited Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, all to meet with Chinese investors. No deals have been signed yet, but Riyadh is now headed. For Europe and the US, the idea is to secure as much financing as possible because, while the project may be the jewel in MS's crown, Riyadh has realized that it needs constant and sustainable foreign investment to for Neom to succeed because a cutting-edge city can be easy to build.

Imagine it digitally, but building it in the middle of a desert is not easy at all and right now Vision de riad definitely does not match its reality. The fancy serum you were eyeing is now mixed in with your skincare products on the shelf. What was once a great romance. has transformed into a familiar face across the table and your roommate's scream has become background noise. Things that once amazed or horrified you, over time become commonplace and this is a common human phenomenon that scientists have named it, they call it habituation, where people respond less to stimuli that are repeated.

Sometimes this can be a good thing, it increases your threshold for dealing with an annoying boss or the traffic in your city. You get used to it, but sometimes it also creates problems. When things seem too ordinary you establish a routine and welcome your best friend Boredom Soon every day seems to become a blur So is there any way out? Can time be stopped from flying? According to researchers, yes you can and science supports the answer: a new study has been published, it urges you to look for something new if the days go by quickly, try something new, this could be a new or old activity in a new environment and, How will doing new things help you?

It will slow down time, not literally of course, if that were true anti aging creams would disappear. Novelty is for your brain's clock. When you try something new, your brain is more focused, fueled, collecting unknown information, and working harder. Now this experience seems to be over. It lasted longer, let me explain with an example, think about your time as a child, when most things were new, so you were constantly creating new memories. Now, when you remember your summer vacation as a child, you think that it was fruitful and fun, but as an adult this summer is like any other, an ice cream here, a vacation there, and the summer passes by you, which is perfectly normal, the Routine is part of life, we do the same things over and over again and we are rewarded with productivity, precision and speed, but there are some disadvantages, such as monotony and boredom, and this is bad for companies, employees do not Engaged workers can cost employers an additional 34% of their salary due to absenteeism and lost productivity, it is also bad for people, causing stress and insomnia, increasing the risk of depression and anxiety fueling poor performance and generating lack of motivation, so it's a good idea to escape the same old routine and maybe try this step: reducing pseudo-fun, basically leisure activities that don't inspire joy or connection, like Doom scrolling on social media or binge eating. watching Netflix try to avoid that once that happens go to step two try something new this could mean setting big goals like learning a new language it could also be something small like planting a pot or doing something you always wanted to do but could never include things that you wanted to master as a child, like riding a bike or learning to swim.

It's daunting to be a beginner as an adult, but learning isn't just for the young, so choose any activity that can be creative, whimsical, calm or challenging, anything goes. As long as you have fun, you will participate and reap many benefits. Studies show that you will feel refreshed, happier and less stressed. You will also be more productive, creative and friendly to outsiders and in a state of feeling focused and present. You will be less self-critical but, most of all, you will create memories that will last and that can last forever, literally, and now it is time for the Vantage images that tell the story in Malaysia, two Navy helicopters collided in mid-air and killed 10 crew members on board. in China, cars were swept away by floodwaters after heavy rain in the south and in Canada, a train caught fire while traveling through central London and finally we'll take you back in history, on this day in 2006, it got on the first video to YouTube.

YouTube co-founder Jaed Karim titled me at a zoo in San Diego. Since then, this video has garnered 3.177 million views. We leave on that note, thanks for watching, see you tomorrow, really, long, long, um front and that's it. Great and that's pretty much all there is to the railway. Put your email.