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To its limits its also introducing a nighttime curfew for parents and 8 other cities. Thailands government to balance large gatherings as prodemocracy protests against steam in the capital bangkok a group had to carry out such as count outside the Prime Ministers Office. I mean if i must come across europe the number of new Coronavirus Infection is surging and so have a number of new restrictions to stop that search german chancellor Angela Merkel has outlined new measures agreed as a marathon meeting in berlin the aim is to slow the spread of the virus in urban hotspots negative ones that if the rapid rise in cases is not stopped the situation wont end well she also peel to young people to put that passing on hold for now. Votes and im convinced that the actions we take and do not take in the coming days and weeks will be decisive in answering the question of how we will get back. To me home. We are seeing a rise in the rate of infections a steep rise and there is a very high rate of infection in certain regions of germany. In 15 w. Political correspondent kate brady outline the measures that will now be implemented at well there were a number of new measures announced by the chancellor this evening a mainly as i heard thats about limiting the contact between people so what well see come into play depends on whether certain cities or regions overstep the threshold for these new measures to kick in so anywhere for example a city or region that reports more than 35 new cases per 100000 people in the last 7 days in those places people will only be able to have a maximum of 15 guests as a private celebration this has been a big issue in germany actually because a lot of the new cases have been traced back to celebrations as well on top of that for those same figures mask will also be required in more places as well but one of the other big new measures to come in as well if a city or region reports more than 50 new cases per 100000 people in the last 7 days then there will be a curfew imposed on bars and restaurants from 11 pm thats something that weve already seen in various cities around germany including here in berlin thats been in place now since saturday so well have to see in the coming days if not the next couple of weeks exactly what effect these new measures have but of course germany will be watching closely as well to see exactly whats going on in neighboring countries as well because of course whats happening right now in france is exactly what germany desperately wants to avoid. And then france president corps has reimposed Public Health state of emergency saying france is in quote a worrying situation when it comes to the corona Virus Outbreak and the televised interview the president announced that paris and 8 other cities will now have a 9 pm curfew he stressed that the virus isnt out of control but warned that the Health System has little Spare Capacity it comes as french authorities reported over 20000 new Coronavirus Infections for the 3rd time in a week the president says Everybody Needs to do their part to successfully contain the virus. We have not lost control we are in a situation which is worrying and which means we shouldnt remain inactive but we shouldnt panic people have been. We are really learning what it means to be a nation that if we had slowly got used to being a society of free individuals we are a nation of citizens who stand side by side we cannot get through this if everyone doesnt play their part so im saying very clearly the message i came to convey this evening i need every one of you we need each of us moves of wus one lives on this world he w. Correspondent who is send this update from paris on what the decision to reinstate a nation like emergency means for france. Well that actually just means that the government or local governments can impose local or nationwide lockdowns now thats obviously something that france just as germany wants to prevent from happening thats why the government has now decided to impose that curfew in several cities just like here in paris so if i want to go out after 9 oclock at night i need to have a good the right reason as the president put it the government is also recommending for people to only meet up with about 6 people to you know if they meet at home or in the street they should limit their circle of friends to 6 people but the government has said in the past that they cant really impose that measure measure its a recommendation but thats really the president really wanted to appeal to the common sense of the people here to limit the spread of the virus and the curfews are part of that measure really lets turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world the vatican has opened its 1st unknown trial against clergy accused of sex abuse one priest is accused of molesting an altar boy in the vaticans use seminar seminary between 27 and 2012 another priest is accused of covering up the crimes the vatican started investigating only after the victim went public in 2017. And the landmark ruling a greek court has handed long prison sentences to the leaders of new Nothing Group golden dawn the groups leader nikos michel only a course and several other members were sentenced for running a criminal gang the former Political Party has been linked to a number of violent hate crimes. In thailand the government has banned gatherings of 5 or more people after protesters set up camp outside the Prime Ministers Office in bangkok prodemocracy demonstrations have been gaining strength in recent weeks with calls with calls for situational reform they also demanding an overhaul of the monarchy to boot topic in thailand where criticism of the king is punishable by law. Valen to remain outside the Government House until their demands are met thousands of prodemocracy demonstrators are demanding the Prime Minister resign this is the latest in a series of antigovernment rallies that started in july the crowds want to complete government overhaul that includes fresh elections and a new constitution but many also are pushing for a less powerful monarchy a move that is raise the political temperature and cause further divisions. I think royal supporters are out here because they love the country but were out here because we love the country as well i want to win but i dont know how everyone seems to have the same goal but i dont know how much we can do. You. Earlier scuffles broke out between protesters and supporters of the monarchy thailands royal family is backed by the military but still enjoy support of many but they came as less popular than his father who died in 2016 the kings motorcade being met with chants and with the 3 fingers salute would have been unthinkable in earlier times the gesture has become a prodemocracy symbol borrowed from the hunger games films about a dystopian totalitarian regime. Demanding reform of the monarchy would have been unheard of just a few years ago but many now question the kings extravagant lifestyle hes been absent for most of the Coronavirus Crisis spending months in a german alpine retreat with an entourage of 20 women. Criticizing the royals has long been off limits in thailand due to harsh defamation laws now a new generation of young protesters is breaking that taboo. Concerns are growing over the failure of a ceasefire to stop the fighting between the forces of armenia and azerbaijan in the disputed and. Russia is urging both sides. To observe the truce and to end the conflict so diplomacy the 2 former soviet republics claim each other for breaking an armistice that came into force at the weekend. The cathedral of stepan accurate a place of worship no longer its roof ripped open and its interior in ruins the church has fallen victim to a conflict that has cost hundreds of lives interrupted last month the congregation my prays in a makeshift shelter but i cannot escape the want. Of or ceasefire was supposed to come into effect last sunday but the shelling continues destruction and death a constant companions empty streets after thousands fled stepanek at the capital of a selfproclaimed republic within azerbaijans formal borders. 30 get after its very elderly in wheelchairs who have stayed. Its scary and you can even imagine whenever the shell flies we dont know who its going to hit but we tremble in a basement what if it hits here again every day we live with this fear but far far from it it was you. On the other side of the front lines are telling the fire is also raining down in the town of terror to her residence have sought safety in their cellars. Oh then what can you do we have no choice the armenian guns and cannons made us come here we run we fall dont we stand up again we get injured and now were here hiding we fall down again and then we hate again what can we do i got injured here here here. Armenias Prime Minister nicola blames azerbaijans ally turkey for the field cease fire he says ankara is looking to expand its influence in the region homos of of that. Im convinced that for as long as turkeys position remains unchanged as a by young will not stop fighting to. Longworth or. Talkie for its part has called on armenia to withdraw from as a by johnny territory it currently holds so far the International Community has been unable to broker peace talks with the 2 sides refusing to come to the table peace remains a distant prospect for the people here. And to some football now there is no rest for buy in munich and their players then x. And the german cup on thursday against 5th Division Side f. C. Duren starting a run of 8 matches and 23. 00 days the underdogs from dern will be looking to take advantage of that although there is a modest to say the least. Quaint. Isnt used to the big time 100000 people call this place home its also home to 50 vision site f c. The crowds pride and joy is this stand the oldest in germany now the latest chapter in this clubs history a cup game against the mighty buy in munich. For the moment of course weve been having a bit of a joke about it just get them out the way and then will be one round closer to the final rule excited you dont get drawn against by and every year will be a huge experience for us. To browse niche the game will have some personal significance used to play at youth level. And with current brian style. They remain in contact to this day. We write every so often how were all doing the distance is a problem and now were both parents we dont see each other too often but were still in touch and get on really well. Friendships will have to be put to one side during the game the team has been stepping up its preparations and then add a match a shake they have a form a bond is league a player in this court. We havent spoken a huge deal about by and yet or analyze them in any great detail but i think everyone knows what to expect its hard to find any weaknesses with them so its just about giving it all we have enjoying the game and then seeing what happens at the end. He usually when a lower league side meets a team like by and they shy away from setting themselves targets but not f. C. Ger and. Maj and if we manage to concede fewer than 8 goals in the game then we can say were better than shall occur in barcelona and thats worth something. And barcelona have both found themselves on the wrong end of the buy and go machine in recent months success after all is all relative. Youre watching did every news and heres a reminder of our top stories at this hour german chancellor im glad they are going to has announced a new National Restrictions that will limit social contacts and covert hot spots as the country tries to tackle it arrives in corona virus cases and france says its reinstating a Public Health state of emergency from saturday as numbers of new infections their search about 20000. Thailand has found gatherings of 5 or more people after protesters set up camp outside the Prime Ministers Office and bad clock the demonstrators are calling for a constitutional reform and changes to the monarchy as a touchy subject in thailand where criticism of the king is outlawed. Youre watching news from berlin up next is news africa i mean a phenomenon thanks for joining us. Literature invites us to see people in particular that i like to see as the find. On youtube. The hughes crime fighters are back africas most successful in radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on. Prevention and insisting the introduction of the reserves are Available Online and of course you can share and discuss on africas Facebook Page and other social media platforms. Or insiders to news now. Were here. At the. This is news africa coming up on the program the power of. Young nigerians have taken to the streets forcing the government to act on day demand for Police Reform theyve demonstrated how effectively the masses can be mobilized but when its bring change with the idea that the whats the word ditto to of your local reality t. V. Why would they be. People of any of these i doubt as i do that it out yeah look thats not here is what it comes and ill sell it and Teaching School girls in togo how to spot signs of Breast Cancer and cost on the message. Hello im christine wonder its good to have you any young nigerians protesting a nice back on the streets again today keeping the pressure in a campaign that has forced the government to disband and a Tourist Police unit in a raid on station to people power in africas most populous nation nigerias police say a new unit will replace the controversial special robbery squad or sauce which was dissolved following protests over accusations off which had but the announcement of the new special. Tech tactics team or swash has not calmed the anger on the streets as protesters continue to call for Police Reforms. That was Nigerias Young people standing up to injustice incidents of Police Brutality have triggered days of nationwide protests forcing the government to act it has now disbanded the controversial saas police unit but human Rights Groups say up to 10 people have been killed after police opened fire at separate protests including this one in lagos protestors a question in the governments commitment to reform. The. Protest of the still shot up to the test as us. Now said for simply its the size of the fundamental human rights if you are really serious populist reform if youre really serious if such sounds really good and you know why are we still seeing these forms of police misconduct. Nigerias police has ordered the release of all those arrested during the protests. And the presidency says it will investigate the alleged violations by saws and other police units but protest as a skeptical they dont trust the new police unit that is to replace. And fall to keep up the pressure. Were going to have to see if that one afternoon im not going to get caught me. They say theyll stay on the streets until they see real commitment to reform police. And im now joined by hero omo whos hes been taking part in the demonstrations and hes actually joining me now from one of the protest sites and lagos heifetz hirose you are at a demonstration at a toll gate set us more about why bet specific location. Its not. Definitive yes just on this is. This is a. Because this is. One of the demonstrations at one of the demonstrations someone held up a placard that read that the power of the people is stronger ben the people in power what do you believe thats true right now do you believe that you guys really have the power. To assess. The problem. In the long run but its not the lecture on sure. And if youre going to report. Your weve seen young people like yourself turn out to demonstrate across the country what is this what is the symbolize you did refer to the election but what is the symbolize. So. The notion of trust is an issue that doesnt do anything until theres another one else. Under sometimes them just on their terms of the streets i want im sure you can understand. Because i know if youre just upset about whens the last meal and this is. Just the drug bust open any time soon. On that missile. Ok. Ok thank you thank you. Hugh. And for more on this story and the process every scene of this movement or any of that were seeing in nigeria im joined by tony let it go at the table with me tom its good to see you so lets just see him for gerry are they at a person hes quite right its been days at the protests that have been coming out but just tell us more about how this protest has been coordinated it started as a movement on social media and now people on the streets yes it did start on social media thats how 1st of all the news about these incidents of brutality Police Brutality was spread anyway as a video going viral people then beginning to tell their own personal stories and people sort of rallied around each other using the internet using twitter and other forms of social media around the hash tag and saws and this is hash tag has been there for a few years but now i think this latest video i think was on the 3rd of october when it when it started being shed and it just thought peoples emotions and they decided they were going to come out to the streets theyve been crowd sourcing resources lets take a look at some tweets that just show a bit more of the of of what theyve been doing. In terms of getting themselves together this tweet says people from our 2 lists over 600 nigerian lawyers have volunteered to be stand by for arrested protesters so were seeing peoples expertise being brought together by lets go to another tweet that says. That to and Police Brutality victims of Police Brutality in nigeria deserve to be properly acknowledged and compensated if you know or have been a victim of Police Brutality filiform and theres a link there here thats another element of trying to bring people together and let people tell their stories one final one quickly is. So the families coalitions bitcoin account has already has over 1000000. 00 in donations already thats just under 3000. 00 theyve raised a lot of money 10. 00. Thousands of dollars at the moment to keep this movement going ok so its effectively a coordinated as well its a but whos leading the protesters thats the interesting thing about this there doesnt appear to be a leader or a group most kinds of protests of this nature in nigeria have been backed by a Political Party or a union or Civil Society this one has been organic and its people coming together they have acknowledged the support theyve got from some of these prominent activist but they insist they dont want a leader but we see the margins for example of women taking leadership you see individuals in certain roles right but overall this seems to be a very open with an ok and one other thing tony is the nature of these demonstrations in other countries in the world where people have been protesting something that Police Brutality weve seen violence right these protests violence people burning things all sort not the case with these protests no weve not seen you know the anarky or vandalism or looting that hasnt been a staple of this weve seen in fact cases where police have opened fire on people but there hasnt been the kind of violent response from these groups for example hitting back at the police its generally have been a few isolated incident right overall this tends to have been peaceful and thats part of the message these young people are trying to get across that they have a point they kept trying to get and the government has to listen to them right tell us about these young people this demographic i mean we saw a figure there this is of course is a tech savvy people take it how to effectively use the tools that are available to them just give us a sense of who this demographic is most of the people who prominence in this are born in the in the ninetys and on words these are people who are young and of a different generation who have been accused of being ignorant of nigerian history and i suppose maybe thats whats worked for them because they dont have the same hand ups that older generations have they dont have the fear of the government they dont have a kind of deference to older people into authority that other generations have not. Why maybe thisll feel as on they come up the way they do theyre not reliant on traditional media they go out on social media and do the work themselves theres a case where police accused protesters of shooting at Police Officers and these people came out quickly and showed video to say no no your Police Officers were the ones who fired while widely wildly and this is how Police Officers themselves got injured so theyre doing very few cation against misinformation and thats what sets them apart from. Other groups in the past the would unprecedented gets overused and times but i think it does definitely apply in this case ok and well leave it there tony thank you so much for that. Now intel go and medical student is Teaching High School girls how to detect Breast Cancer in its early stages the ideas for the girls just spread their knowledge in their community Breast Cancer is the most common type of cancer found in women worldwide and the earlier Breast Cancer can be identified the better a womans chance of survival. Breast cancer what is it and how can you tell if you have it. Thats what these teenage girls at the revelation high school in the me are here to find out today in 2017 young trainee dr beauty so dark in this business of more than 20 high schools in tokyo to promote Breast Cancer awareness its called a tool was i mean that m l a to a rose could positively influence the future of africa because our initial goal is to end the current trend of detecting Breast Cancer on the in its advanced stages so once the kurds are informed about Breast Cancer detection they go home and have to try to share this information with at least 10 people. And but what sidonie does after attending the m. I. A. To of course workshop the 15 year old shared what she had learned about tumours and breast examinations with her friend to friend and her mother. Before the cause came to our high school i didnt know anything about Breast Cancer for. My make gone but i learned a lot when they came they also showed us how to detect Breast Cancer. Cells are starting to work too according to the World Health Organization more than 3000 people in tokyo died from cancer and 2018 alone almost 750 women died from Breast Cancer the majority of the population in total lives below the poverty line this makes it more difficult for. To access prevention measures and other important commission about cancer diseases. Beauty so duchene works in the train in your role or just at the Teaching Hospital in. The 25 year old was nominated by the Global Health council as one of the female leaders in the field she believes that it is more important to invest in prevention rather than treatment. We have noticed that at the hospital many women who are. Breast cancer women who have no idea about the disease and dont know anything about what we call breast selfexamination. The quakes i read this. So far have already trained over 6000. 00 girls but there is still much more ground to cover. Increasing awareness is just the 1st step in the battle against the most common type of cancer found in women worldwide. And thats it for now be sure to check out the stories on. Africa and were also on facebook and on twitter about it without. Entering the conflict zone. A deep grief divided america is heading for its election my guest this week from washington this caricature merely the actual number 2 at the department of Homeland Security which course the uproar after a fortune to say jews used Excessive Force during recent protests in total dollars can use to help keep the peace conflict. In 16. What secrets lie behind small. Discover new adventures in 360 degree. And explore. Sites. World heritage 36 to get the. Right. What does the future hold for the u. S. Economy but the president ial election just 3 weeks to get away well look at a fresh analysis comparing how the contenders plan to manage americas finances also coming up. How the coronavirus pandemic is proving to be a page turner and well meet the german booksellers who say business is booming. This is either we have business in berlin welcome to the program. Its only 3 weeks away the outcome of the u. S. President ial election will have a profound impact on the american and the worlds economy u. S. G. D. P. Has grown over all during President Trumps 4 years in office this year and of course but that trend upwards as were about to see because of the coronavirus pandemic experts are expecting the u. S. Economy to slump by 4 percent in 2020 lets also take a look at the job situation during trumps presidency unemployment fell gradually over the 1st 3 years after President Trump took office that was in january of 2017 so we can look at 2017201820 extension 19 here surly dropping but again credit hours put paid to that a drop of unemployment of 7. 9 percent in america during september again in large part a result of the Coronavirus Crisis so what can be expected if donald trump secures a 2nd term as u. S. President what would Joe Bidens America look like when i speak to mickey levy chief economist for the u. S. And asia Capital Markets which has just published a report into the likely consequences of the election thanks a lot for joining us dr levy just how different are the approaches of trump and biden when it comes to the economy. Well theyre really dramatically different trump if reelected would just pursue what hes been pursuing that is higher spending higher deficits cant hold on hold the line on taxes further deregulation and of course being tough on china and erratic and unpredictable. Biden quite different. He proposes the most expansive spending increases and tax increases in the last 50 years in the u. S. And and reregulation and so he really proposed Different Things to Critical Issues we have to keep in mind. Firstly what happens in the senate will determine the extent to which biden can we can propose what hes campaigned on and secondly will biden tone back what he proposes and into a. More scaled back policy i think president some might have lights who have used the economy more to his advantage during this election by trying to virus as hes made it a bit more difficult we were just looking at the figures how much credit can president take for the 3 years of Economic Health that he see. Well i think you know when you cut through the personality and the erratic behavior he does deserve some benefit for the deregulatory environment that Business Investment and in the u. S. Prior to the pandemic had the lowest Unemployment Rate in 50 years so i thought well Overall Economic performance its not an 8 plus but its a its a service pretty solid. Yet pretty solid the big negative of course was was trumped his his his terror for his trade wars with china just created so much uncertainty for the world and dampened global trade yeah Foreign Policy is going to be a big difference between these 2 candidates as well here in europe for example who is going to be hoping is elected to the white house who. Who who do i expect i mean i expect biden will get elected. Very good here and you know nothing is here the European Union the e. U. More likely to want to see in the white house in terms of their Foreign Policy its all i think definitively they they would love for trump to lose and almost anybody to get in biden would if elected we reengage with europe and other allies and readmission you know diplomacy in contrast to President Trump who has you know aggressively been combative with his traditional allies so mickey levy thank you very much for giving us your insights the u. S. Chief economist at back to back Capital Markets thanks for joining us and here. Well thats life after the us election but lets look at the here and now and financial correspondent correspondent in new york quarter yen what impact is the election which is on its way fast having on markets right now. And by the way im standing in front of a bank of America Branch they came out was earnings on wednesday not so stellar the stock down by a good 5 percent but other than that actually wall street has been pretty stable and quite solid in the past couple of weeks clearly what wall street does not want is unclear pictures to a contested election that would be probably the worst outcome for the Election Center so we will see the clearer this picture the better for wall street at this point if wall street really has a favorite its tough to say on one end side donald trump has been pretty good was lower taxes and less regulation but this fierce just im heard also connected was a lot of unravel and on the other side what wall street would not have to fear from joe biden is surtitles regulation on the Financial Markets and hes been senator for delaware for decades so he has not been necessarily tough on wall street and banks on the other side texas will probably increase there was an interesting survey out that probably the ultra wealthy would shift hundreds of billions of dollars to their kids before joe biden would get elected president because it would pretty likely increase texas like a state texas for example. In new york thanks for bringing us up to date. Now a brief look at some of the other business stories making the news g 20 finance ministers have agreed to extend the suspension of 14000000000. 00 of debt payments by the poorest countries for an additional 6 months the decision opens the way for developing nations to concentrate on health and the pandemic rather than debt repayments in december. As for lanka caught his find the captain of a super tanker that caught fire off the countrys coast in september 65000. 00 he faced charges of negligence and pollution carrying 2000000. 00 barrels of oil the empty new diamond left to long trails a few. Paste for lanka over 2000000. 00 to recover the ship. Meanwhile germanys book industry appears to be thriving during the coronavirus pandemic the Worlds Largest literary trade x 5 a frank book fair is just getting under way with the right of our system in place of course as a small bookshops say theyre seeing something from an expense. There on a small bookstores been busy these past months childrens and young adult literature are selling especially well known. Or crazy about books reading sparks your imagination the books are wonderful different board all you have to do is pick up a book. Sales of childrens and young adult literature ive seen a 5 percent increase in germany this year but other segments have suffered sales of travel books dropped 27 percent through august year on year the day looked on lockdown had a serious impact on the book industry of course just like in other industries we saw sales drop up to 70 percent on the other hand after the lockdown we saw our sales rise theyve been higher every month compared to last year for you know both in terms of the small book shops have been doing particularly well with the lockdown and the cancellation of many cultural events many people seem to have rediscovered. Their love of literature and their fondness for the book shop around the corner. I can make deliveries whenever even at midnight as an independent bookseller i can be a lot more flexible and people seem to want to support local businesses especially now theyve gotten a taste of what its like when theyre closed. During the lockdown ebooks were popular afterwards people started heading back to the bookshops where they can also get tips on what to read when theyve got more time on their hands. The same time with working at home and short time work you might have a bit more peace and quiet to pick up a book in the evening in. So many small booksellers have been writing out the pandemic surprisingly well. Destry was prepared for a situation like this every bookshop has an Online Platform where people can place orders booksellers got the books and put them in front of their doors for pick up they showed a lot of creativity and commitment and they really brought customers back to the book shops and asked. Our customers are incredibly loyal many of them offered to help me deliver books cookies or cake or stopped by for a chat through the window of course it was a lovely time in that respect. And now it seems the next generation of book lovers is waiting in the wings. And im more coronavirus good news the glamour is back as fashion week tokyo finally kicked off this week following its postponement in march because of the pandemic demick rules do still apply theres a runway but no audience the entire event is being live streamed 39 brands are participating and design is a trying to merge real and Virtual Worlds to appeal to fashionistas and watch as event runs. Until saturday. And also from a in the business teamhair umbrella and if you want more from this check out our website dot com slash business were also on facebook and twitter. Was the 1st International Tribunal in history. Trial some. 75 years ago high ranking officers of the nazi regime of foreigners judging by the allied forces. Were the 1st criminals to be held accountable for their crimes. Im im. Going. Right. Now are 2 part series the 3rd reich dog starts nov 12th on d w. 100 small fields in my times. Where i come from remains an import of transmitting and form ish and when i was young my constant was wrong. The war people. People would cause them. To see. If ones mind to 2 in one. Just say so everyone in the calm cool listen to music. Letting cars in from inside my own coffee and enjoying not mortars on. Us i was into it and. My choice in the scott because given no way to transmitted the screams. And in the crash my much and i. Did have. The full. Publishers are feeling the pandemic but its not all bad how the worlds biggest book fair is coping with the coronavirus coming out on arts and culture and iconic designs by one of films top costumers go on display in berlin and a little later on the show 50 shades of grey more like 3000 our reporter rachel thats familiar with german bread culture. Welcome to arts and culture for book lovers theres nothing like it the biggest publishing event in the world the Frankfurt Book Fair but this year with the coronavirus its a radically different. Digital affair still its attracting headliners including canadian author Margaret Atwood shes one of the big names set to grace the online event with a live stream. Last year more than 300000 industry professionals and visitors came to the Frankfurt Book Fair some 7500 exhibitors meet at the most important industry show of the year. But this year because of coronavirus the trade halls are empty and the book fair has gone digital the message music and the trade fair holes wont be the same of this year as well as a decentralized event weve had to come up with a relatively large scale Digital Concept and most. Many publishers said that interview their own authors and then present the results at the fair thing