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that's right brian might pence and the u.s. administration said nato allies must spend more and must tell how they're spending that money so we've just wrapped up a nato defense ministers meeting where these written plans were shared for the first time and sixteen of the twenty nine allies did have their written plans thirteen did not but there are more countries joining that magic two percent club germany is not among them in fact one of the countries that has no intention as far as we know of spending two percent of its g.d.p. on defense everyone agrees that things are moving in the right direction including with germany's defense spending and donald trump takes credit for that but as we'll see the munich security conference is going to be focusing on other effects of the trim presidency. has the impetuous foreign policy of donald trump pushed the international border to the brink of catastrophe or has the us leaders bullying been a blessing in disguise edging europe toward the self-sufficiency it's a long known it means all
that's right brian might pence and the u.s. administration said nato allies must spend more and must tell how they're spending that money so we've just wrapped up a nato defense ministers meeting where these written plans were shared for the first time and sixteen of the twenty nine allies did have their written plans thirteen did not but there are more countries joining that magic two percent club germany is not among them in fact one of the countries that has no intention as far as we know of...
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delegation to have more u.s. content in north american made automobiles that makes the deadline to wrap up talks by the end of march the man vicious to many observers the pressure is on the negotiators to reach a resolution before the mexican general election in july and u.s. midterm elections in november. and briefly in other news u.s. government investigators say they've struck a major blow against an international cyber crime syndicate the justice department says it's charged thirty six members of the crime ring with offenses thing to your credit card and oh i think fifty four least of arrested thirteen members of the organization fold in order in the u.s. astray the of britain france cost of over and savio investigators say the group was a key credit card fraud it's believed to have forged over five hundred million dollars in losses. unfold investigations and angry have reached prime minister back to obama's family and gary and prosecutors following a recommendation by the european and fraud office to investi
delegation to have more u.s. content in north american made automobiles that makes the deadline to wrap up talks by the end of march the man vicious to many observers the pressure is on the negotiators to reach a resolution before the mexican general election in july and u.s. midterm elections in november. and briefly in other news u.s. government investigators say they've struck a major blow against an international cyber crime syndicate the justice department says it's charged thirty six...
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the u.s. is response is also a mixed bag american vice president pence is meeting regional leaders ahead of the games he's already warned the u.s. is preparing more aggressive sanctions on the north and he promised korea's president that the u.s. wouldn't rest until pyongyang abandons its nuclear ambitions. and allow me to do assure you. the people of south korea that the united states of america will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on north korea until that time comes when they finally and permanently. and irreversibly abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions. the world may be coming together for the winter olympics but the gulf between washington and north korea is as wide as ever. and joining me tonight is a familiar face to our viewers aging foster carter he has written about both koreas for the past four decades joins us tonight from leeds university in england it's good to see you again you know those pictures we just sa
the u.s. is response is also a mixed bag american vice president pence is meeting regional leaders ahead of the games he's already warned the u.s. is preparing more aggressive sanctions on the north and he promised korea's president that the u.s. wouldn't rest until pyongyang abandons its nuclear ambitions. and allow me to do assure you. the people of south korea that the united states of america will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on...
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in the u.s. or on powell is kicking off his tenure as fair share with the hawkish tone in his first report to the u.s. congress he said that interest rate hikes could be necessary to stop the economy overheating markets declined on the news as investors speculate on the possibility of four rate increases in twenty eight teams inflation is expected to pick up pace as the economy grows and president trump stimulus measures take effect many factors . listening very closely to that speech was our financial correspondent on wall street yes it's good to see you well yes we know that first impressions count so what was that first impression of your own power on wall street. well jerome paul seems to prefer a clear language other than his predecessors ben bernanke and janet to yellen he is not necessarily an academic he's a trained lawyer later he worked as an investment banker and by the way he also sort of mentioned that it might be the right time to loosen financial regulations quite a bit but he is p
in the u.s. or on powell is kicking off his tenure as fair share with the hawkish tone in his first report to the u.s. congress he said that interest rate hikes could be necessary to stop the economy overheating markets declined on the news as investors speculate on the possibility of four rate increases in twenty eight teams inflation is expected to pick up pace as the economy grows and president trump stimulus measures take effect many factors . listening very closely to that speech was our...
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k. a terrorist organization and that the u.s. as well didn't give any ground on saying that the wife is not a terrorist organization and is in fact the best chance to fight isis in the north of syria so as a defense about secretary mabus said there is common ground and there is uncommon ground but he also said that there is a lot of honesty and transparency in their discussions and that he believes that they will continue negotiating in this way and it is very urgent because obviously we've seen there are heavy civilian casualties in the north of syria and nobody wants this situation to continue any longer than it than it absolutely must carry shows at the nato headquarters in brussels thank you very much. you're not going to take you live to south africa to pretoria read the new president saddam was a is addressing parliament let's take a listen to what he's saying of the metra by talking about a pro to or to them and how we can work together to put our country first that is precisely what our as president of the republic would
k. a terrorist organization and that the u.s. as well didn't give any ground on saying that the wife is not a terrorist organization and is in fact the best chance to fight isis in the north of syria so as a defense about secretary mabus said there is common ground and there is uncommon ground but he also said that there is a lot of honesty and transparency in their discussions and that he believes that they will continue negotiating in this way and it is very urgent because obviously we've...
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resolutions u.s. law for misusing the u.s. financial system. we want to thank you very much bruce clayton are senior research fellow at the heritage foundation and former cia deputy division chief for korea we appreciate it. here in germany a potential crisis in agel america's new government before it is even formed the outgoing leader of merkel social democrat partners will not hold office in the new administration martin schulz today abandoned his claim to the post of foreign minister that's after growing discontent in the s.p.v. over his leadership style. in just three days martin schultz has managed to hit both a political high point at its low point on wednesday after a long and exhausting wrangling his pride announcement we have a coalition agreement in a marathon session of talks lasting more than twenty four hours the two parties have fought argued yelled at each other and finally agreement. is of i can see that we had a strong influence on this agreement and we are grateful that in the end we achieved some compromises that were hard fo
resolutions u.s. law for misusing the u.s. financial system. we want to thank you very much bruce clayton are senior research fellow at the heritage foundation and former cia deputy division chief for korea we appreciate it. here in germany a potential crisis in agel america's new government before it is even formed the outgoing leader of merkel social democrat partners will not hold office in the new administration martin schulz today abandoned his claim to the post of foreign minister that's...
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the u.s. response is also a mixed bag american vice president pence is meeting regional leaders ahead of the games he's already warned the u.s. is preparing more aggressive sanctions on the north and he promised south korea's president that the u.s. wouldn't rest until pyongyang abandons its nuclear ambitions. and allow me to do assure you. and the people of south korea that the united states of america will in you to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on north korea until that time comes when they finally and permanently. and to reverse of late abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions. the world may be coming together for the winter olympics but the gulf between washington and north korea is as wide as ever. oh i'm joined now by one is muslim with the graduate school of east asian studies at the for university here in berlin a familiar face to our viewers it's good to have you back here at the big table how do you read the military parade t
the u.s. response is also a mixed bag american vice president pence is meeting regional leaders ahead of the games he's already warned the u.s. is preparing more aggressive sanctions on the north and he promised south korea's president that the u.s. wouldn't rest until pyongyang abandons its nuclear ambitions. and allow me to do assure you. and the people of south korea that the united states of america will in you to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on...
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moreover the u.s. air force had hoped to be seventeen's would be able to fly missions without armed escorts. that proved to be a miscalculation. in just three months the eighth air force lost more than three hundred brand new bombers. gen henry h. arnold commanding general of the u.s. army air forces was dismayed the u.s. military couldn't afford to keep losing aircraft at that rate. newcomers to bombing warfare the americans had botched to and from c. . but u.s. bombers would prove their destructive potential in other campaigns in other places . in july nine hundred forty three the war entered a new phase the landing of allied troops in sicily launched a ground offensive and ground troops expected support from bombers. for the u.s. air force this was a second chance italy was less well defended than germany. bought it a day it was like a china shop almost all the italian industrial sites were located near architectural treasures. how could the allies even in the name of liberty destroy the cradle of w
moreover the u.s. air force had hoped to be seventeen's would be able to fly missions without armed escorts. that proved to be a miscalculation. in just three months the eighth air force lost more than three hundred brand new bombers. gen henry h. arnold commanding general of the u.s. army air forces was dismayed the u.s. military couldn't afford to keep losing aircraft at that rate. newcomers to bombing warfare the americans had botched to and from c. . but u.s. bombers would prove their...
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u.s. american keep losing takes a look at germany.
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the u.s. special council has indicted thirteen russians accused of meddling in america's presidential election and that is putting kremlin backed internet propaganda in the spotlight in an exclusive report russia correspondent yury rich châteaux spoke to a former so-called troll she worked at the internet research agency in st petersburg that's a body identified by u.s. investigators as a factory for fake news. we're not allowed to disclose an exact address not even the district this young journalist could face repercussions two years ago she was working among russia's so-called internet trolls she had a job with the russian agency for internet research that's the official name of the st petersburg troll factory whose buses have now been indicted by the united states . employees at the troll factory get a list of topics every day that they have to work through bad news about the united states was always one of the more important topics. it was getting. two years ago we tried to make contact w
the u.s. special council has indicted thirteen russians accused of meddling in america's presidential election and that is putting kremlin backed internet propaganda in the spotlight in an exclusive report russia correspondent yury rich châteaux spoke to a former so-called troll she worked at the internet research agency in st petersburg that's a body identified by u.s. investigators as a factory for fake news. we're not allowed to disclose an exact address not even the district this young...
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s also worried by the new u.s. decision to radically sink corporate taxes mission to avoid firms moving their headquarters from europe to the u.s. and we'd like to avoid any slowdown of investment those are things we'll discuss that's important because what it comes down to is keeping jobs in europe. germany's acting finance minister said he hopes for support from people in the u.s. they continue to want a good relationship with brussels. for a time to cross over to sufficient correspondent on wall street tell us what are the reactions to the wrath rake centering around this possible trade war what are you hearing. what wall street does not like carrots or really any kind of trade barriers funny and the reason for this is investors here not only retaliate in a quid pro quo like situation the e.u. china canada or mexico you name it what impose perez on american important to them to have some leverage and vest it all from. we're terrorists because there are some studies and also events in history that show the damagi
s also worried by the new u.s. decision to radically sink corporate taxes mission to avoid firms moving their headquarters from europe to the u.s. and we'd like to avoid any slowdown of investment those are things we'll discuss that's important because what it comes down to is keeping jobs in europe. germany's acting finance minister said he hopes for support from people in the u.s. they continue to want a good relationship with brussels. for a time to cross over to sufficient correspondent on...
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looks to the u.s. economy because it highly it's highly dependent on the u.s. economy also growth and not to mention how anything that's happening in the u.s. will to do things will bring down the value of the stocks of asian stocks the value of asian stocks as well as you know a threat to the flow of money into asia considering volatility has returned as and dry is pointing out down or how european trade is managing to keep their cool. well they're trying to rock the day i guess ban but this morning when i came through the stock market yes they were again very frightened after this massive landslide happening on wall street and yes we have been dealing with quite some volatility here at the frankfurt stock change as well by about two hundred points i guess in general investors here trying to keep thinking a little bit more realistic again they are not that scared of higher interest rates in the united states for example they are telling me that here at least in the euro zone they are very sure that interest rates will remain unchanged at least until the end of
looks to the u.s. economy because it highly it's highly dependent on the u.s. economy also growth and not to mention how anything that's happening in the u.s. will to do things will bring down the value of the stocks of asian stocks the value of asian stocks as well as you know a threat to the flow of money into asia considering volatility has returned as and dry is pointing out down or how european trade is managing to keep their cool. well they're trying to rock the day i guess ban but this...
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the u.s. national security adviser a topic master spoke directly after lavrov melinda can you help tell us what his response was to that. but just a additional word on what mr boucher of had to say he went on to say you know what we're being blamed not only for involvement or interfering in the us election but also for the referendum in catalonia and for breck's it and frankly it's all myths and mr macmaster the national security advisor of the us countered that with very strong words he said i quote the u.s. will absolutely will expose and act against those who are using cyber space for espionage or for purposes of subverting democracy and he also went on to make a bit of a joke mr the offer of had referred to russia's cyber experts having looked into this issue and concluded that there wasn't evidence of russian interference and mr macmaster said he was surprised that there were any russian cyber experts with any time on their hands get it given how many of them had been involved in the work
the u.s. national security adviser a topic master spoke directly after lavrov melinda can you help tell us what his response was to that. but just a additional word on what mr boucher of had to say he went on to say you know what we're being blamed not only for involvement or interfering in the us election but also for the referendum in catalonia and for breck's it and frankly it's all myths and mr macmaster the national security advisor of the us countered that with very strong words he said i...
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a social media movement is driving change in the u.s. the hashtag and already calls on businesses to end their relationships with the gun lobby and firms are listening rental car companies including hats and i say that ending that discount programs with n.r.a. members. u.s. airline delta has also ceased its n.r.a. discounts. and the first national bank one of the largest private banks in the u.s. has said it will stop making n.r.a. branded credit cards the reaction from customers it's mixed. it shows just how deep the divide here is. for these fans cutting ties to the n.r.a. it's largely a symbolic decision. driven by youth led protests following last week's deadly school shooting in florida. state governor rick scott was also moved to call for tighter gun laws i want to make it virtually impossible for anyone who has mental issues to use a gun we will require all individuals purchasing firearms to be twenty one or older those pushing for change say that's not enough this tweet is from cameron caskey who's organizing the large march on w
a social media movement is driving change in the u.s. the hashtag and already calls on businesses to end their relationships with the gun lobby and firms are listening rental car companies including hats and i say that ending that discount programs with n.r.a. members. u.s. airline delta has also ceased its n.r.a. discounts. and the first national bank one of the largest private banks in the u.s. has said it will stop making n.r.a. branded credit cards the reaction from customers it's mixed. it...
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and shadowy russian meddling in u.s. affairs remains a pressing concern crawl's also likely to target november's midterm elections according to the combined heads of the american intelligence agencies. all right it's been an eventful day eight so far at the winter games and chung we saw history on the ice in a major shock on the ski slopes. force and joins me now to break it all down so alina let's start with that big upset in the women's super tell us what happened so it was definitely one of the biggest upsets in the history of the winter games so what happened. there catherine she's a twenty two year old from the czech republic she's a two sport athlete her main sport is actually snowboarding and he seals skis those are not even that she had to borrow them from somebody what else and she was really seen as a threat people didn't realize how good she was and at the end because i really thought when it comes along and she just knew everybody away. and until today it's really interesting because you can even see the shoc
and shadowy russian meddling in u.s. affairs remains a pressing concern crawl's also likely to target november's midterm elections according to the combined heads of the american intelligence agencies. all right it's been an eventful day eight so far at the winter games and chung we saw history on the ice in a major shock on the ski slopes. force and joins me now to break it all down so alina let's start with that big upset in the women's super tell us what happened so it was definitely one of...
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u.s. is neglecting its role abroad some of the conference a calling for europe to take on more responsibility. fewer weapons and fewer wars demonstrators carry a message of peace to world leaders attending the munich security conference now in its final day the conference is taking place under tight security a mirror image of global uncertainty. truants opium for us europeans it must be clear that in order to maintain our values or prosperity in our security in the world of tomorrow we have to stand united. an appeal against nationalist unilateralism protectionism and for a joint european defense policy at a time when established security structures are under pressure strained by the war in syria tensions between the u.s. and russia and disagreements between both key nato allies and within the european union brics it for example is raising questions about a future defense policy without britain. but prime minister to resign may try to calm fears by calling for a new european security deal
u.s. is neglecting its role abroad some of the conference a calling for europe to take on more responsibility. fewer weapons and fewer wars demonstrators carry a message of peace to world leaders attending the munich security conference now in its final day the conference is taking place under tight security a mirror image of global uncertainty. truants opium for us europeans it must be clear that in order to maintain our values or prosperity in our security in the world of tomorrow we have to...
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the u.s. seemed less concerned about a military escalation than about the increasing power of jihad as forces there were some people in the administration who worried that cause had been at the end be toppled in extremis would take over those of us who were following syria more closely kept telling them stop worrying about that the extremists are no stronger than a lot of the moderate elements and they're not going to take over it might just shift the fighting a little bit but there will not be an islamic state declared in damascus the controls syria. must side interpreted the president's decision as a sign of weakness and used the situation to his advantage he knew that the western leaders feared that if he were overthrown there would be chaos they seem to be more concerned about the threat posed by the islamic state group than by his regime. the sheva said that if bashar decided that if he focused on fighting the jihadists the west would be less inclined to attack him surely out of shueisha
the u.s. seemed less concerned about a military escalation than about the increasing power of jihad as forces there were some people in the administration who worried that cause had been at the end be toppled in extremis would take over those of us who were following syria more closely kept telling them stop worrying about that the extremists are no stronger than a lot of the moderate elements and they're not going to take over it might just shift the fighting a little bit but there will not be...
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this isn't normal it's got to be because of the plunge in the u.s. i thought the economy was actually in good shape now i'm concerned what might happen at united in a. simple profit taking automated sell orders whatever the reason it all began in new york. now heading in the opposite direction of the markets it could be the most powerful rockets in operation that is if it works the space x. falcon heavy as you to launch in twenty minutes time is designed to push out five million pounds of thrust to lift seventy tons into orbit a capacity unseen since nasa put men on the moon behind it all found in a long musk is pulling out in front of the new commercial space race. it wouldn't be an airline must production without the usual flair for one the rocket payload will be a cherry red tesla roadster seated in the front seat handle the wheel a dummy by the name of star man his fate following the test an outward bound journey from earth's orbit preferably to a david bowie soundtrack at least according to the promo video. behind musk's humor or bold ambitions
this isn't normal it's got to be because of the plunge in the u.s. i thought the economy was actually in good shape now i'm concerned what might happen at united in a. simple profit taking automated sell orders whatever the reason it all began in new york. now heading in the opposite direction of the markets it could be the most powerful rockets in operation that is if it works the space x. falcon heavy as you to launch in twenty minutes time is designed to push out five million pounds of...
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people saying is the u.s. government shutdown contributing to the volatility. volatility you mention it is really a big topic here right now at the trading floor and investors and investor i was telling little bit earlier in the normal market situation most likely that they have seen any big wins because of this shutdown happening about the market right now is so nervous so when something like this is happening at the u.s. government level of course this also has a direct impact on the market as well. trying to thank you. the us magazine forbes has just published the first list of crypto million as that is a ranking of the richest people in digital currency at the top is chris lawson founder of the block janet world report he's worth an estimated eight billion dollars also on the list cameron and tyler a wink ovals the twin brothers who famously feuded with facebook founder mark zuckerberg and later founded the digital cards currency exchange forbes calculations though were made january nineteenth that's important because you must remember that reason volatilit
people saying is the u.s. government shutdown contributing to the volatility. volatility you mention it is really a big topic here right now at the trading floor and investors and investor i was telling little bit earlier in the normal market situation most likely that they have seen any big wins because of this shutdown happening about the market right now is so nervous so when something like this is happening at the u.s. government level of course this also has a direct impact on the market...
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media based here and there have been articles sort of missing these issues by by many u.s. outlets and from their bureaus here the washington post c.n.n. and the associated press i'm a bad sort of raise this issue but if the indian newspapers are anything to go by in terms of of what the reception is here you might think that that he's actually being received with open arms you have got the times of india from a few days ago and you see here there's a four page ad on the front page of the times of india sort of advertising that ship and if you just go into the second page here. is that an image of donald trump jr and it's saying you know chump is here and advertising that potential chance to have dinner with him which a lot of people are raising as an issue that you know essentially advertising access to the president's son exactly i'll just let let me ask you this question what what signals of the world's biggest democracy is he sending to other countries i mean i think the signal that's being sent is that business is a major priority and so that's why you've got the charm
media based here and there have been articles sort of missing these issues by by many u.s. outlets and from their bureaus here the washington post c.n.n. and the associated press i'm a bad sort of raise this issue but if the indian newspapers are anything to go by in terms of of what the reception is here you might think that that he's actually being received with open arms you have got the times of india from a few days ago and you see here there's a four page ad on the front page of the times...
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he u.s. ports to the u.s. jumped to sharply last year while the bloc imported only marginally more from the u.s. the use resulting trade surplus rose seven percent to more than one hundred billion euros. u.s. president donald trump highly critical of the trade imbalance has accused the europeans of unfair practices saying e.u. import tariffs in many sectors are higher than those imposed by the us. posted losses of four point five billion dollars last year this as the on demand taxi service has a real from scandal and legal troubles including shareholders ousting c.e.o. travis colonic last june optimistic after improved fourth quarter results new management says the company is still on track for an i.p.o. next year. this conspicuous structure is actually a mini market located in a commercial district outside beijing it's fully automatic there's no staff stores like this are being touted as markets of the future the idea is simple customers use an app to access the store locate products and pay for them. there a
he u.s. ports to the u.s. jumped to sharply last year while the bloc imported only marginally more from the u.s. the use resulting trade surplus rose seven percent to more than one hundred billion euros. u.s. president donald trump highly critical of the trade imbalance has accused the europeans of unfair practices saying e.u. import tariffs in many sectors are higher than those imposed by the us. posted losses of four point five billion dollars last year this as the on demand taxi service has...
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in the u.s. resistance to the national rifle association grows many u.s. companies are cutting ties with the gun lobby now in the wake of the florida school shooting take a look at the social media company taking on the powerful group. and the curtain closes on the frenzy and film festival a surprise appearance from hollywood to veteran actor bill murray picks up the best director award for the friend request anderson for the big prize goes to remaining a director as you know continue to take home the golden bear for controversial film touch screen on the water all the buzz is about. time you just can money thank you for joining us the u.n. security council has voted to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria now russia agreed to back the deal at the very last minute on condition that there be no specific ation of when the truce could start the cease fire is aimed at. allowing desperately needed aid to reach civilians in eastern guta more than five hundred people have been killed in the rebel held area near damascus in
in the u.s. resistance to the national rifle association grows many u.s. companies are cutting ties with the gun lobby now in the wake of the florida school shooting take a look at the social media company taking on the powerful group. and the curtain closes on the frenzy and film festival a surprise appearance from hollywood to veteran actor bill murray picks up the best director award for the friend request anderson for the big prize goes to remaining a director as you know continue to take...
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well there's a lot of continuity in u.s. policies over administrations and that's not a bad thing it's you don't want u.s. policy very one hundred eighty degrees every four or eight years so you know the trying to ministration like the obama administration is talking tough on sanctions but is still pulling its punches on a number of things the u.s. could be doing to a more fully enforce u.s. law that said they have sanctioned additional north korean entities and a handful of chinese and it is but we're really holding back on. sanctions on chinese banks as well as other chinese businesses which are in violation of if not un resolutions u.s. law for misusing the u.s. financial system. we want to thank you very much bruce clayton are senior research fellow at the heritage foundation and former cia deputy division chief for korea we appreciate it. here in germany a potential crisis in agel america's new government before it is even formed the outgoing leader of merkel social democrat partners will not hold office in the new admi
well there's a lot of continuity in u.s. policies over administrations and that's not a bad thing it's you don't want u.s. policy very one hundred eighty degrees every four or eight years so you know the trying to ministration like the obama administration is talking tough on sanctions but is still pulling its punches on a number of things the u.s. could be doing to a more fully enforce u.s. law that said they have sanctioned additional north korean entities and a handful of chinese and it is...
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i think the u.s. had very little political leverage at the moment for and that's the result also of a strategic choice i think what they can do now is excess the pressure they have on the wife e.g. to keep a low profile to withdrawal to two of the continents in the give up a frame basically to withdraw to to contents of the east and to somehow try to preserve and defend what they have and then pressure turkey to stay away from from further interference here but then we have to also reckon with the russians we have to put the russians into the equation because this this rift between the u.s. and turkey is a strategic goal in my view and also a strategic asset for the russians that's why the russians are not interested in somehow. you know easing the situation but they are interested in further escalation which i think yes the wife knows that this is somehow it could fall victim to this but it knew this from the very beginning all this conflict has been announced of the operations of turkey have been an
i think the u.s. had very little political leverage at the moment for and that's the result also of a strategic choice i think what they can do now is excess the pressure they have on the wife e.g. to keep a low profile to withdrawal to two of the continents in the give up a frame basically to withdraw to to contents of the east and to somehow try to preserve and defend what they have and then pressure turkey to stay away from from further interference here but then we have to also reckon with...
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is also worried by the new u.s. decision to radically sink corporate taxes emission to avoid firms moving their headquarters from europe to the u.s. and we'd like to avoid any slowdown of investment those are things we'll discuss that's important because what it comes down to is keeping jobs in europe. germany's acting finance minister said he hopes for support from people in the u.s. they continue to want a good relationship with brussels. as back of an outsider terry thanks helena well here in germany the central f. social democrats have started voting on whether to enter a second coalition with i'm going to michael's conservatives party members have a little over a week to cast their ballots and the result will be announced on march fourth the deal has deeply divided yesterday's rank and file and it's a battle that's pitting the party establishment against its future leaders kevin kernot the leader of the party's youth wing is leading the rebellion against a new coalition he's been holding a series of meetings ar
is also worried by the new u.s. decision to radically sink corporate taxes emission to avoid firms moving their headquarters from europe to the u.s. and we'd like to avoid any slowdown of investment those are things we'll discuss that's important because what it comes down to is keeping jobs in europe. germany's acting finance minister said he hopes for support from people in the u.s. they continue to want a good relationship with brussels. as back of an outsider terry thanks helena well here...
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the u.s. and its allies to put pressure on the rebels is usually a blame game has started between the two sides where do you think this would lead well in the short term i dealt with see any real move on the political side as you said this is the typical blame game where russia and the forces that russia supports say that it's actually u.s. backed rebel groups who are responsible for the vast majority the lion's share of the violence and this is actually kind of a play we've seen often in the syrian conflict where before a larger cease fire actually takes and it takes in effect the syrian forces backed by assad and also the russian based military strikes are kind of used to change the facts on the ground before a general cease fire starts so at least in the short term i doubt we'll see any real motion on this issue and and are likely is that russia will at some point back this thirty day humanitarian truce rich voted in favor off as of the weekend in the u.n. security council as you mention. w
the u.s. and its allies to put pressure on the rebels is usually a blame game has started between the two sides where do you think this would lead well in the short term i dealt with see any real move on the political side as you said this is the typical blame game where russia and the forces that russia supports say that it's actually u.s. backed rebel groups who are responsible for the vast majority the lion's share of the violence and this is actually kind of a play we've seen often in the...
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the u.s. u.s. relationship with with allies when we talk about iran is of competition we're talking about really competition between our free and open societies and closed and repressive societies and i would refer you to the highly readable national security strategy that the president the president just released at the end of last year and when we speak about arenas of competition what this is really is a shift away from what had been really a hopeful view of geopolitics and that there would be a great power condominium that would help solve some of the biggest problems that we haven't and would lead to a a an era of enduring peace and prosperity. i think those dreams were punctured by the invasion of georgia in two thousand and eight you can go back to the you can go back to the dot to knowledge service attacks against the stone in two thousand and seven. so what we have seen since then is a pattern of revisionist powers who are advancing what they perceive as their interests at the expense of f
the u.s. u.s. relationship with with allies when we talk about iran is of competition we're talking about really competition between our free and open societies and closed and repressive societies and i would refer you to the highly readable national security strategy that the president the president just released at the end of last year and when we speak about arenas of competition what this is really is a shift away from what had been really a hopeful view of geopolitics and that there would...
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the u.s. and turkey support opposing sides and in europe their spread set and the rise of right wing populism. less armament fuel wars protesters want to make their message loud and clear to world leaders attending the munich security conference nolen it second day the conference is taking place under tight security a mirror image of global uncertainty. for us european said must be clear that in order to maintain our values our prosperity and our security in the world of tomorrow we have to stand united. an appeal against nationalist unilateralism protectionism and for a joint european defense policy in a time when established security structures are under strain the war in syria tensions between the u.s. and russia disagreements between key nato allies and within the european union breaks it for example is raising questions about their future defense policy without britain but prime minister theresa may try to allay fears calling for a new european security deal. europe security security and
the u.s. and turkey support opposing sides and in europe their spread set and the rise of right wing populism. less armament fuel wars protesters want to make their message loud and clear to world leaders attending the munich security conference nolen it second day the conference is taking place under tight security a mirror image of global uncertainty. for us european said must be clear that in order to maintain our values our prosperity and our security in the world of tomorrow we have to...
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u.s. director wes anderson's isle of dogs has opened the berlin film festival the movie is about a japanese city that the ports dog store garbage dump island during a canine flu outbreak it's among nine hundred films vying for the coveted gold and silver bears will be awarded on february twenty fourth. for. a financial frenzy on south african markets as traders anticipate and are going to make recovery under a new president investors believe an era of corruption has come to an end. coming up the power of. china turns to factory style farms to boost production to squealing new heights. this is your business update on helena home free in berlin thanks for joining me south african stocks all suddenly in demand often nine years of jacob zuma his presidency punctuated by scandals policy uncertainty and stagnant economic growth this hope of a turnaround and local currency the rand has soared to a near three year high against the us dollar equities also searching and now parliament's elected a.n.
u.s. director wes anderson's isle of dogs has opened the berlin film festival the movie is about a japanese city that the ports dog store garbage dump island during a canine flu outbreak it's among nine hundred films vying for the coveted gold and silver bears will be awarded on february twenty fourth. for. a financial frenzy on south african markets as traders anticipate and are going to make recovery under a new president investors believe an era of corruption has come to an end. coming up...
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u.s. economic data the previous week as part of the reason for the sharp drop closing was tough and in the past couple of days has been little bit of a hangover from those friday's pharaoh's numbers and in particular the shot draw is in wage growth and that i think has really crystallized concerns the federal reserve on a much. tightening cycle and that's pushed bond yields up but it's also put pressure on the u.s. stock mall case and not only u.s. markets the panic spread to asia where investors went on a selling spree on tuesday tokyo's nikkei index fell by nearly six percent. this is a normal it's probably because of the plunge in the u.s. i thought the economy was in good shape with share prices going up but a sudden drop like this makes the future outlook unclear. the stock prices went up too far without reason it's time to hold tight and there were big losses in europe too although shares recovered slightly on wednesday only to slide again later in the week analysts tried to look on
u.s. economic data the previous week as part of the reason for the sharp drop closing was tough and in the past couple of days has been little bit of a hangover from those friday's pharaoh's numbers and in particular the shot draw is in wage growth and that i think has really crystallized concerns the federal reserve on a much. tightening cycle and that's pushed bond yields up but it's also put pressure on the u.s. stock mall case and not only u.s. markets the panic spread to asia where...
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the u.s. special council's decision on friday to charge thirteen russians suspected of meddling in america's presidential election that's thrown international attention back onto a kremlin backed internet propaganda news has been speaking to a former internet troll who worked at the internet research agency in st petersburg with u.s. investigators say is a fake news factory she told the moscow correspondent you were shadow that those thirteen arrest barely scratched the surface of what she describes as a nasty operation. russia's second cities and petersburg apparently the center of the fake news operation aimed at disrupting the twenty sixteen race for the white house two years ago this young journalist was working alongside the so-called internet trolls at the russian agency for internet research the official name of the troll factory whose buses have now been indicted by the united states. employees at the troll factory get a list of topics every day that they have to work through bad news
the u.s. special council's decision on friday to charge thirteen russians suspected of meddling in america's presidential election that's thrown international attention back onto a kremlin backed internet propaganda news has been speaking to a former internet troll who worked at the internet research agency in st petersburg with u.s. investigators say is a fake news factory she told the moscow correspondent you were shadow that those thirteen arrest barely scratched the surface of what she...
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staying in the u.s. new details have emerged about last week's florida school shooting that left seventeen people dead police now say an armed officer assigned to the school waited outside the building during the shooting and did not confront the killer this news comes as president all trump is calling for tighter background checks and for some teachers to be armed. this is the coffin of chris hicks and hailed a hero for trying to stop the shooter at the florida school he worked at a u.s. navy veteran he was given full military honors. as families lay their loved ones to rest more details about the fateful day are emerging surveillance footage has shown that the armed officer on duty scott peterson never went inside the school to confront the gunman was radio at a point in time. and he took up a position where it looked like he could see the western most entry into the building and stay where he was never wanted. peterson has now resigned and is under investigation. the latest the shooting has led to a r
staying in the u.s. new details have emerged about last week's florida school shooting that left seventeen people dead police now say an armed officer assigned to the school waited outside the building during the shooting and did not confront the killer this news comes as president all trump is calling for tighter background checks and for some teachers to be armed. this is the coffin of chris hicks and hailed a hero for trying to stop the shooter at the florida school he worked at a u.s. navy...
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while the u.s. and food bank is just one of a number of facing similar problems in germany to talk more about this i'm joined by simon young from the political desk good morning simon why has this issue sparked such a heated national debate well i think because this decision by the food bank smacks to some people all of the foreigners sentiment even of racism you know this statement that they're not going to need people to their register of people who can get free food if they're not german citizens you know seems to contradict the essential charitable purpose of this organization i would say you know calling people who dedicate. does that tell aim to handing out food to the needy nazis seems seems frankly ludicrous but behind this of course there's the smoldering debate about migration and about the pressure that it's putting on public service calling these people who are giving their time freely nazis is just one of the tip of the iceberg of the criticism that's out there some of it now directed o
while the u.s. and food bank is just one of a number of facing similar problems in germany to talk more about this i'm joined by simon young from the political desk good morning simon why has this issue sparked such a heated national debate well i think because this decision by the food bank smacks to some people all of the foreigners sentiment even of racism you know this statement that they're not going to need people to their register of people who can get free food if they're not german...
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were blather the american national security adviser said the u.s. will expose and go after any attempt to use cyberspace to subvert democracy that was day two at the munich security conference i'm willin to create. also in munich turkish prime minister banal of the era issued a strong defense of his government's right to defend itself he said turkey was a constitutional country where the rule of law is strong and said no one has the right to question their government he also said relations between germany and turkey are improving this a day after encore released a turkish german journalist after a year in prison a free man once more after a year in custody speaking from berlin. said he'd been held hostage by turkey he didn't mince words describing the turkish justice system just as my arrest had nothing to do with justice and the rule of law my release also has nothing to do with either of those. in a tweet you chance that he's now left germany and his with friends it's not clear what triggered the journalist sudden release some have speculated it c
were blather the american national security adviser said the u.s. will expose and go after any attempt to use cyberspace to subvert democracy that was day two at the munich security conference i'm willin to create. also in munich turkish prime minister banal of the era issued a strong defense of his government's right to defend itself he said turkey was a constitutional country where the rule of law is strong and said no one has the right to question their government he also said relations...
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especially the generation of immigrants who came to the u.s. as children known as dreamers last night trump said that he wanted to work with both parties to give dreamers a path to citizenship his offer did not go we'll go down well with everyone take a listen under our plan we focus on the immediate family by limiting sponsorships to spouses and minor children my duty and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber is to defend americans to protect their safety their families their communities and their right to the american dream because americans are dreamers to. cover they know we know that the disagreement over the future of these dreamers is already led to one government shutdown and it could lead to another one in two weeks' time has a progress been made. hello grant well not really because the whole trump underlined again his proposal for offering the citizenship to one dollar eight million undocumented migrants but only in exchange to the financing of his u.s. mexican border while also under the condition of ending the gr
especially the generation of immigrants who came to the u.s. as children known as dreamers last night trump said that he wanted to work with both parties to give dreamers a path to citizenship his offer did not go we'll go down well with everyone take a listen under our plan we focus on the immediate family by limiting sponsorships to spouses and minor children my duty and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber is to defend americans to protect their safety their families...
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that some fifty seven billion out of sixty eight billion u.s. dollars. the iraqi government is currently looking for investors for refineries pipelines and production facilities at its manned you can all field one of the country's largest the government hopes to double output and the chinese led consortium could be the favorite to take over the field. state owned petro china is already the largest foreign investor in iraq and it could work with us chevron and francis to tout to exploit the field other big players include exxon streets the story for those to lazy to find a bin for their trash and jenin city is taking on the disposable coffee cup culture and it's burned up quite a nice idea. street sweepers in hanover have had enough of disposable cups with all too many pedestrians simply dumping them on the street as soon as they finish their coffee the explosion of coffee takeaway outlets in recent years has unleashed a steadily growing flood of extra trash and pick ups take up a huge amount of space in trash cans it only takes four or five large ones to
that some fifty seven billion out of sixty eight billion u.s. dollars. the iraqi government is currently looking for investors for refineries pipelines and production facilities at its manned you can all field one of the country's largest the government hopes to double output and the chinese led consortium could be the favorite to take over the field. state owned petro china is already the largest foreign investor in iraq and it could work with us chevron and francis to tout to exploit the...
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forces are present and the u.s. have said they will not remove those forces so potentially going forward the operation does it send them on bitch them to nato allies have the prospect of facing off. durian how is that news going down in turkey what is the mood like there at the moment. well even though we are getting reports of a mounting death toll of soldiers and also along with the growing reports of humanitarian concerns of flights of tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the eye for an enclave support within the country behind this operation and that's because they do buy into what the turkish president. claim is that this is a battle for the future of the country they say that we need to the feet this kurdish insurgency both in sight turkey and outside of turkey for the future of the country as igs is at stake but there will be concerns in turkey. as a number of turkish soldiers are increasingly killed along with the concerns over the civilian plight but they could be a growing opposition to this operation
forces are present and the u.s. have said they will not remove those forces so potentially going forward the operation does it send them on bitch them to nato allies have the prospect of facing off. durian how is that news going down in turkey what is the mood like there at the moment. well even though we are getting reports of a mounting death toll of soldiers and also along with the growing reports of humanitarian concerns of flights of tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the eye for an...
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now that u.s. data came out just ahead of the market close here in europe so here's what our front markets reporter told us earlier about that european market reaction. that's right and it's an astonishing reaction you just said that the retail sales in the united states being a bit slower mitigated the effect of the inflation but you know everybody was staring so decidedly and waiting so intensely and anxiously for the inflation figure when i saw that two point one percent figure i thought that's going to make the dax tank and the rest stops and wall street and the euro and that's what happened initially but it's amazing it's been a long time since i've seen of recovery like this basically the dots being sent to jail not passing go not collecting two hundred dollars and immediately the get out of jail free card again. some people you know what do you make of this recovery inflation and rate fears of the market know a but they're scrambling themselves for a really plausible explanation but this doe
now that u.s. data came out just ahead of the market close here in europe so here's what our front markets reporter told us earlier about that european market reaction. that's right and it's an astonishing reaction you just said that the retail sales in the united states being a bit slower mitigated the effect of the inflation but you know everybody was staring so decidedly and waiting so intensely and anxiously for the inflation figure when i saw that two point one percent figure i thought...
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the u.s. formally complained about russia's intervention but otherwise took no action. that. in september twenty sixth seen the u.s. and russia agreed to undertake joint measures to stabilize the situation in syria. the u.s. appeared to have dropped its demand for a sense of resignation and that is precisely what the syrian president was trying to get washington to do. it was part of his overall strategy to convince the west that if he were to step down syria would descend into unprecedented chaos and that could only benefit the radical islamists. assad has been very effective at leading this conflict to a place where it seems like it's his regime or isis and the worst of the terrorists and you can find that immoral and frustrating and despicable and it's all of those things. assad has been able to hold on to power only by military force several hundred thousand people have been killed in syria's civil war and millions more have been forced to leave their homes much of the country lies in ruin
the u.s. formally complained about russia's intervention but otherwise took no action. that. in september twenty sixth seen the u.s. and russia agreed to undertake joint measures to stabilize the situation in syria. the u.s. appeared to have dropped its demand for a sense of resignation and that is precisely what the syrian president was trying to get washington to do. it was part of his overall strategy to convince the west that if he were to step down syria would descend into unprecedented...