china is expanding in the united nations' feels a lot of gaps when the u.s. pulled out but i think there's a lack of conditioning it also on human rights protection and i think now we have five human the states in the security council to permanence three nonpermanent and still china should be more cooperative for example to refer severe human rights cases like in myanmar the case of the international criminal court or the human rights council itself to find opportunities to work together but do you agree with the term systemic rivals are we wives or are we partners well i think we are partners i think the term is i don't agree with what terminology rival is very limited to being a rival on the economic market i see the european union also as a political entity and they are we should refine our hurting and seek opportunities to work together by the same time critiquing where we have different for example different values. professor who. says that his rivals at an economic sense with china but would you argue that china is also has political aspirations of domi

properties a while back they recovered some three hundred million u.s. dollars worth of luxury items jewelry watches and also cash but that's all just a drop in the ocean because as you said there's four point five billion u.s. dollars that are missing and the malaysian finance minister has already admitted that realistically they're only likely to get around one third of that amount back sara. and heartache thank you very much. you're watching news still to come on the program we will visit a party that picks up more than just your. but first now it's to ethiopia where the prime minister ahmed is marking one year in power the country faces daunting challenges millions of internally displaced people ethnic conflicts and growing frustration that politics isn't changing fast enough but the leader has also chalked up some notable achievements and enjoys wide support among the country's people. the capital of ethiopia there's a new energy here people have invested their hopes in their prime minister. good he brought us change and that's why i call him a prop

it's expanding in the united nations fills a lot of gaps when the u.s. pulled out but i think there's a lack of conditioning it also on human rights protection and i think now we have five you member states in the security council to permanence the nonpermanent and still china should be more cooperative for example to refer severe human rights cases like in myanmar the case of the international criminal court or at the human rights council itself to find opportunities to work together but do you agree with the term systemic rivals are we wives or are we partners well i think we are partners i think the term is i don't agree with what terminology rival is very limited to being a rival on the economic market i see the european union also as a political entity and they are we should refine our hurting and seek opportunities to work together while at the same time critiquing where we have different for example different values. professor who. says that his rivals at an economic sense with china but would you argue that china is also has political aspirations

officials say that any shortfall could be picked up by other countries as the u.s. itself and persian gulf allies saudi arabia recently increased production. to trumpet ministration has issued a blunt warning to nations buying oil from iran after may second there will be no exceptions to sanctions norway various nations that continue to buy uranium oil will be made to suffer more we're going to zero going to zero across the board we will continue for sanctions and monitor compliance any nation or entity interacting with iran should use its diligence and err on the side of caution the risks are simply not going to be worth the benefits pump a zero said the u.s. had granted enough time for the affected countries to wean themselves off the rainy and oil and find alternative suppliers. before washington re-impose sanctions against around last year to run produce to rent two point three million barrels of oil per day that's around five percent of global i pushed until now washington had granted some importing nations waivers on the oil sanctions china and india are the b

think china could do much more now china is expanding in the united nations feels a lot of when the u.s. pulled out but i think there's a lack of can. visioning it also on human rights protection and i think now we have five member states in the security council two permanent three nonpermanent and still china should be more cooperative for example to refer severe human rights cases like in myanmar the case of the international criminal court or the human rights council itself to find opportunities to work together but do you agree with the term systemic rivals are we wives or are we partners well i think we are partners i think the term is i don't agree with what the terminology rival is very limited to being a rival on the economic market i see the european union also as a political entity and they are we should refine our hurting and seek opportunities to work together while at the same time critiquing where we have to friend for example different values. professor who. listens of his rivals at an economic sense with china but would you argue that china is also has political aspirati

here at the council building said she ones the thirtieth of june to be the brakes a date now but the u.s. is not trusting anymore and the leaders are saying we have to push back this breaks a date longer in this paper is maybe there's a road map any of these the conclusions which the twenty seven deliberate misses may leaves the room and the conclusion say such an extension should last only as long as necessary and in any event no longer then and then there's nothing to date has to be filled in it might be twelve months it but be nine months but for sure go beyond the european elections that means that britain has to take part in these elections and also has to keep a kind of this since cooperation after that not to block and the e.u. business these are the conditions that will be applied and now the big question is mrs may accept this long the extension which is more than she actually wanted but everybody is frustrated here this is already is a second summit within fourteen days dealing with the organization of an orderly breck said how difficult will it be to get every single member st

secretary general yen stoltenberg has marked the alliance is seventieth anniversary in an address to the u.s. congress so it's said to nato is not seeking a new arms race all cold war with russia but he called for greater efforts at the terence and from member countries to increase by defense spending.

policymakers are tackling the problem starting in twenty twenty one new york will become the first u.s. city with a congestion charge forcing drivers to fork over big bucks likely twelve dollars for cars and twenty five dollars for trucks not everyone's happy. we don't see any incentives there for drivers they're still punishing their vehicles on bad roads and yet being asked to pay for the bulk of the funding to fix the subways and. commuter route railroad because that's where the money is said to be going improvements to the city's public transportation system it's almost hard to overstate the importance of what happened in wall with the early this morning getting congestion pricing after fits and starts and frankly years and over a decade of failure or incredible achievement by the go governor and legislative leaders and while most people opposed paying what amounts to a special tax new yorker seem to agree that the current situation is bad and any change to traffic patterns would improve things taxis congestion construction movies being filmed just a whole bunch of chaos from every

now let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world the u.s. city of chicago has elected its first black female and openly gay mayor laurie lightfoot defeated her opponent by a landslide the political novice told her supporters they have created a movement for change the issue of gun violence economic inequality and political corruption dominating the campaign. thailand is preparing to hand out face masks at an upcoming summit of regional finance ministers in chiang rai as the country struggles with soaring air pollution across nine northern provinces authorities have already given nearly two million masks to the residents in the region. still to come on the program we'll visit a party that picks up more than just your spirits. but first now we're heading to ethiopia where the prime minister abi ahmed is marking one year in power the country faces daunting challenges millions of internally displaced people ethnic conflicts and growing frustration the politics isn't changing fast enough but he's also chalked up some notable achievements and enjo

china could do much more now china is expanding in the united nations feels a lot of gaps when the u.s. pulled out but i think that there's a lack of conditioning it also on human rights protection and i think now we have five human states in the security council to permanence three nonpermanent and still china should be more cooperative for example to refer severe human rights cases like in myanmar the case of the international criminal court or the human rights council itself but to find opportunities to put to you agree with the terms systemic rivals are we rivals or we partners well i think we are partners i think the term if you don't agree with what terminology rival is very limited to being a rival on the economic market i see the european union also as a political entity and there should we should refine our hurting and seek opportunities to work together while at the same time critiquing where we have different for example different values. willis is that it is rivals at an economic sense with china but would you argue that china is also has political aspirations of dominance

it's time for another round in the u.s. trying not trade talks chinese vice premier you he will resume negotiations with his u.s. counterparts in washington today won't know bring a breakthrough. also coming up diana opens a new factory in moscow the carmakers hoping to profit from a rapidly growing russian market. welcome to your business i want to get jones in berlin good to have you with us a chinese delegation has made.

and facebook expects u.s. regulators to penalize it as much as five billion dollars for recent data scandal does that mean the impunity of tech companies in the u.s. is finally coming to an end. also on the show hundreds of tons of illegally mined gold are smuggled out of africa annually robbing countries of urgently needed revenues miners say it's their only chance for a livelihood. i'm stephen birds in berlin thanks for joining us merger talks between germany's two largest lenders were greeted with skepticism when announced six weeks ago as well as outright opposition now those discussions between deutsche bank and combet spog officially collapse the fusion would have created the country's largest financial institution and likely bled tens of thousands of jobs the banks themselves said today that a merger would have been too costly and complex take a look at bellin wanted it to happen but that wasn't enough to unite the two chairmen giants banks said right from the beginning we would only go into these this

the u.s. justice department has released the long anticipated munna reports which examines a legit russian interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election it concluded there was insufficient evidence that president trump's campaign colluded with moscow but did not clear trump of having illegally obstructed the probe.

think about talking again with the palestinian side but there are also speculations that maybe the u.s. administration might publish a release this so-called peace plan they have said that many times but some u.s. officials had suggested that after the israeli elections they might release parts of this plan so this would be also very. important to see how this will play out. in jerusalem thank you. ok let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world new zealand's parliament has voted to ban military style weapons in the wake of last month's deadly mass shootings just one lawmaker voted against the ban fifty people were killed in the attack on two mosques in christ church a white supremacist is facing murder charges. the dalai lama has been taken to hospital in delhi as a precautionary measure after feeling chest pain a spokesman said the eighty three year old is in a stable condition and has been ordered to rest the exiled tibetan spiritual leader said recently he hoped to live long enough to see political change in china. german police have raided ninety off

think china could do much more now china is expanding in the united nations feels a lot of when the u.s. pulled out but i think there's a lack of conditioning it also on human rights protection and i think now we have five you member states in the security council to permanent the nonpermanent and still china should be more cooperative for example to refer severe human rights cases like in myanmar the case of the international criminal court. or the human rights council itself to find opportunities to work together but do you agree with the term systemic rivals are we rivals or are we partners well i think we are partners i think the term is i don't agree with what the terminology rival is very limited to being a rival on the economic market i see the european union also as a political entity and there should we should refine our hurting and seek opportunities to work together by all at the same time critiquing where we have different for example different values. professor who. says that his rivals at an economic sense with china but would you argue that china is also has political asp

we will not stop until we are all like to see your monstrous trade commissioner she wasn't afraid of u.s. threats there is no other partner in the won't like the european union or negotiating as many trade agreements countries are lining up to negotiate with us but it's a slow process you need to leave the dough to rise overnight not a swedish night in winter they never and ten hours should do it. then add a few drops of squid ink pitch black like a polar night. now roll both goes out nice and thin. spray with. water then sprinkle spices on top conditionally new to sesame oil cumin but i particularly like salt a mixture of roasted sesame syrian his sub and margarine these fobs all hail from the middle east and that's where many of the microbes come from who applied for asylum in sweden in two thousand and fifteen. a record breaking one hundred sixty three thousand people no other e.u. countries taken in so many refugees proportionate to its population. next roll this over though just like liberal sweden is being rolled over by right wing populist for a long time other countries looked up

former u.s. vice president joe biden has promised to change after four women claimed he touched them inappropriately in a video posted on twitter biden promised to be more mindful of other people's personal space he's seen as a likely contender for the twenty twenty democratic presidential nomination. was to japan now where police have arrested the former nissan chairman carlos go in for a fourth time that over new allegations of misconduct. prosecutors say the arrest is based on the suspicion he diverted five million dollars to a company linked to him when he was chair of nissan denies the allegations he's called for governmental assistance from france where he's a citizen owns least on bail over separate charges last month. monica jones joins us from good of your business now with more on the latest developments monica load you a japanese police have gone a step further today haven't they now drawing in one of those family a. prime case of being at the wrong time at the wrong place carlos ghosn

former u.s. vice president joe biden has promised to change after four women claimed he touched them inappropriate a lot of in a video posted on twitter biden promised to be more mindful of other people's personal space he's seen as a likely contender for the twenty twenty democratic presidential nomination. well it's to japan now where police have arrested the former nissan boss carlos going for a fourth time over new allegations of financials conder prosecutors saying the arrest based on the suspicion that go on diverted five million dollars the company went to him when he was term he's on. his lease from jail after posting nine million dollars bail he is denying the allegations. mark jones from business is here with more on this what else do we know about the smaller of one we know that this is huge huge drama brian this is the fourth wrist it comes apparently in the moment going he's giving an interview to a journalist and it also happens just a day after he took to twitter valuing that he wo

u.s. aviation giant boeing has revealed that the company's grounded seven thirty seven max airliners are suffering from an additional software problem regulators say it must be fixed before the aircraft can be cleared to fly again the problem relates to software affecting the flaps and other flight control hardware. amazon owner jeff bezos and his wife mackenzie have agreed on the biggest divorce settlement in history she will receive twenty five percent of the online retailer shares now you've got about thirty five billion dollars the deal maker the third richest woman in the world will base those will remain the world's richest man. crowd. a new zealand court has ordered the suspect in the christ church mosque shootings to undergo a psychiatric evaluation that will determine whether he's fit to face trial on fifty counts of murder and thirty nine counts of attempted. well is to turkey now where officials are recounting votes in that country's largest city istanbul after president bunch o

u.s. president donald trump's controversial ban on transgender troops in the military goes into effect today the regulation bars openly transgender people from service and blocks them from health care if they transition to another gender while the defense department says transgender people may serve if they do so in the sex assigned at birth. the disney entertainment company is set to launch a video streaming service designed to topple netflix disney plus will were allowed to in the u.s. in november with much lower rates than the industry pioneer while disney plans to extend the service internationally in the coming years. german chancellor angela merkel has vowed to stand by ukraine in his effort to maintain territorial integrity merkel's pledge came during talks in berlin with ukrainian leader petro poroshenko but the meeting was overshadowed by another issue for shakers bit to keep his job in a closely fought election back home. sometimes it's not about who gets an invitation but who do

really complicated issue for the u.s. president donald trump's controversial ban on transgender troops in the military was into effect today the regulation bars openly transgender people from service and blocks them from health care if they transition to another gender the defense department says transgender people may serve it if they do so in the sex assigned at birth. tweaked about britain's opposition labor party is urged the government not to extradite wiki leaks founder julian assange to the united states a sign she was arrested on thursday in the ecuadorian embassy in london after ecuador were drew his right to asylum he's wanted in the u.s. for revealing state secrets but his supporters say he will not be given a fair trial. german shows on america has vowed to stand by ukraine in its effort to maintain territorial integrity america's pledge came during talks in berlin with ukrainian leader petro poroshenko but the meeting was overshadowed by another issue for shanker his bid to keep his job in a closely fought el

movement now women across iran are doing the same thing regularly and let's also not forget in the u.s. state of louisiana in the summer of two thousand and sixteen here we go this woman was a nurse who had traveled across the country to participate in a black lives matter protest movement that is still going on or is really ramping up in twenty sixteen and she was arrested and this photo unlike the other two was taken on a professional camera by professional photographer and has now been compared to that iconic tank command photo of the tiananmen square massacre yes in one thousand nine hundred nine yeah exactly my sweater as always thank you. each radio telescopes in different locations across the globe have made the invisible visible . swelling milky way as a massive unseen object a black hole it's so dense. it sucks up anything that comes close even light itself the point of no return the boundary beyond which there is no escape from the black holes gravitational pull is called the event horizon. world famous scientist albert einstein predicted the size and shape of this boundary o

and a standing ovation from the u.s. congress as nato secretary general against oldenburg marks the alliance's seventieth anniversary with the pleasures there will be no new arms race with russia. thanks for joining us i'm married i haven't seen. with fears growing that britain could exit the e.u. without an agreement the german chancellor is heading to ireland the only e.u. state sharing a land border with britain ireland's economy could take the biggest hit from a disorderly bragg's it and uncle americal is concerned about the security situation there so we'll have more on that later but meanwhile in london prime minister theresa may is continuing talks today with opposition labor leader jeremy corbin in a new push for a compromise on brags that she needs to present a plan to e.u. leaders by april tenth after they've rejected her request for a brief extension main corben held a first round of talks yesterday. but the crisis rumbles on for to reason may the british prime minister is desperately trying to break the brake

well maybe the question should not be why u.s. prosecutors are so much fosco by why it took germany so long but if you look here at the u.s. prosecutors often have their own political political agendas so there might be some extra motivation to speed up things and then we shouldn't forget that folks watching is a foreign car companies so they're not that crucial to the u.s. economy as that would be the case with some of the big u.s. carmakers so that might also be another reason i'm saying may be why a u.s. prosecutors are a bit sharper when it comes to foreign corporations than to their own car industry . i also asked our correspondent how much this scandal has hurt folks lagan in the united states where it was having a hard time anyway. it has been very painful for for folks like me here in the united states and first there was the money i mean they already did pay and had penalties in the amount of a good thirty billion dollars just here in the u.s. just last month we got a new laws to the wood that got filed from the securitie

former u.s. vice president joe biden has promised to change after four women claimed he was a touch them inappropriately in a video posted on twitter you promised to be more mindful of other people's personal space he's seen as a likely contender for the twenty twenty democratic presidential nomination. well steve japan now where police have arrested the former nissan c.e.o. carlos cowen for a fourth time over new allegations of financial misconduct prosecutors say the arrest is based on the suspicion he diverted five million dollars to a company linked to him while he was chairman of nissan he denies the allegations. this is the moment carlos ghosn was taken out of his temporary accommodation and back into the custody of take his police force it's the fourth time he's been arrested in japan media that say his latest detention is part of a new case looking at payments made to a dealership in amman. none of them got old but then if what purpose they had to take him into custody say this is a show

military and u.s. diplomats especially in iraq where many militias and iraqi political parties have close ties to iran and revolutionary guard so how are you going to address those concerns i think it's a two part question on the first part this. it is a tool that congress gave us in one nine hundred ninety seven we have over that time designated almost seventy various terrorist organizations as foreign terrorist organizations that has not impeded the conduct of our diplomacy and it won't competed in this case complicated in this place the second part the i.r.g.c. and their expansionist operations that is the biggest threat to american troops and if we were to guide our foreign policy on the basis of iran's threats to retaliate we would be playing under their rules and when you play by house rules the house always wins we think this is very important to expose the i.r.g.c. in the ca's force for what it is it has all of the attributes of a terrorist organization and we should not lie to ourselves that t

judge will decide whether there will be an extradition to the u.s. which has asked for this and you need a source was arrested at the ecuadorian embassy as we said on the ecuadorian president lennon mourinho explain why didn't a son has been through and out let's first take a listen to what he had to say. today i announce that the discourteous and aggressive behavior of mr julian assange the hostile and threatening declarations of its allied organization against ecuador and especially the transgression of international treaties have led the situation to a point where the asylum of mr assad is unsustainable no longer viable ecuador sovereignty has decided to terminate the diplomatic asylum granted to mr song in twenty twelve. video shop was describing julian assange as discourteous and aggressive hostile and trick what's behind this. well the relationship between julian assaults and his ecuadorian hosts there at the embassy have always been tense these past months rather years they have cut him off internet access just recently in these past months ha

the u.s. city of chicago has elected its first black female and openly gay marriage lori life but defeated her opponent by a lab saud political novice told supporters they had created a movement for change issues of gun violence economic inequality and political corruption dominating for her campaign. the former prime minister of malaysia has gone on trial for his alleged role in a massive corruption scandal brawls act is accused of misappropriating four and a half billion dollars from a state development fund if convicted the sixty five year old could face life in prison. while a law is set to go into effect in the state of brunei today that makes gay sex and adultery capital offenses punishable by death the country's new islamic laws sparked an international outcry with the u.n. calling it cruel and inhuman but eyes to a penal code introduces death by stoning as the punishment for homosexual acts and adultery. salton. says that he wants to strengthen sharia law and islamic teachings. for mor

vice president joe biden has hit the campaign trail after announcing his candidacy for u.s. president he joins a crowd of the democratic field he also faces questions about his own past. and watching the news next a special program even elections and why they matter to africa i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day. of the protest things for the europeans are full swing and we're standing here today any of the last plenary session of this particular european parliament because we'll have a new one coming and the result of that election is going to be closely monitored and i think that this is a continent to a chance yes of a complex relationship with europe you elections why they matter to africa. d.w. . takes it personally. with . some special. federal troops. to come. online. welcome the campaigns the different campaigns for the european elections are in full swing and we are here at the last plenary session of this particular european parliament because there will be a new one come a and that is being noticed outside of the european un

technology which the u.s. is pressing them not to do also the threat that china poses in buying up for example ports in europe that nato may have to use if there was a conflict so there will be some very serious issues on the agenda but the most important thing for nato will be that it comes out of these meetings showing that they are united. no matter what the threat from the outside the challenges from the inside are going to definitely be be bridged by this meeting the seventieth anniversary meeting that was correspondent teri schultz in brussels speaking to me a short time ago. now last september a member of the russian activist group posi riot was rushed to a hospital in moscow after suddenly losing his side his hearing and his ability to walk after a few days giotto verus loaf was airlifted to germany where doctors diagnosed a likely poisoning he's now back in moscow where he talked to our correspondent drug storage. people to vs off was happy and healthy when we met him in a restaurant there is home in

military and u.s. diplomats especially in iraq where many militias and iraqi political parties have close ties to iran revolutionary guard so how are you going to address those concerns i think it's a two part question on the first part. this is a tool that congress gave us in one thousand nine hundred seven we have over that time designated almost seventy various terrorist organizations as foreign terrorist organizations that has not impeded the conduct of our diplomacy and it won't competed in this case complicated in this place the second part the i.r.g.c. and their expansionist operations that is the biggest threat to american troops and if we were to guide our foreign policy on the basis of iran's threats to retaliate we would be playing under their rules and when you play by house rules the house always wins we think this is very important to expose the i.r.g.c. in the ca's force for what it is it has all of the attributes of a terrorist organization and we should not lie to ourselves that this i

to think about talking again with the palestinian side but they're also speculations that maybe the u.s. administration might poplars a release their so-called peace plan they've said that many times but some u.s. officials had suggested that after the israeli elections they might release parts of this plan so this would be also very important to see how this will play out the w. senate came out injuriously and thank you. have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world these events parliament has voted to ban military style weapons in the wake of last month's deadly mass shootings just one lawmaker voted against the ban fifty people were killed in the attack on two mosques in christ church a white supremacist is facing murder charges. the dalai lama has been taken to hospital in delhi as a precautionary measure of just feeding chest pain a spokesman said the eighty three year old is in a stable condition and has been ordered to rest exiled to. betton spiritual leader said recently you hoped to live long enough to see political change in china. german police have ra

u.s. officials to say that the u.k. is making preparations to take part in the upcoming european union elections those are coming up in may let's get more live from. in brussels there are what can you tell us. well what i can tell you is that due to recent has informed donald tusk in a letter that is a total of three pages and i'm looking at it right now that the u.k. is preparing. for the european elections seeing that she is asking for a longer extension a longer then today in a week's time that is the time the e.u. has given so far unless she would participate in the european elections then she could get a longer extension for bracks it and that is apparently what the british prime minister is heading for she is asking in that letter that the united kingdom proposes that this period for an extension should end on thirty's of june two thousand and nineteen so it is slightly longer than what the e.u. has in visit for a longer extension and we'll have to see if you leaders on a special sum

in the u.s. the number of reported cases is nearly four million. these include defective heart pacemakers artificial hips and insulin pumps but the industry has managed to weaken some of those strict regulations. it was the pump that probably. gave stephen the overdose of insulin and killed him. in the manufacturers keep tight controls on product information. german authorities don't have any idea how many devices are actually on the market. the companies are required by law to report problems that may damage patients' health but they often don't and the companies face no penalties. companies such as medtronic have been accused of playing down possible effects with their products. tronic is the world's largest manufacturer of medical devices. last year the company agreed to a forty three million dollars settlement with investors over allegations of improper payments to surgeons to cover up problems with a bone growth product. the company denied any wrongdoing. paul factor is an investigative journalist who's done research on possible conflicts of i

officials say any shortfall can be picked up by other countries as the u.s. itself and persian gulf ally saudi arabia recently increased production to trumpet ministration has issued a blunt warning to nations buying oil from iran after may second there will be no exceptions to sanctions norway various nations that continue to buy iranian oil will be made to suffer more you are going to zero going to see or across the board . we will continue to monitor compliance any nation or entity interacting with iran should do its diligence on the side of caution the risks are simply not going to be worth the benefits pump aoe said the u.s. had granted enough time for the affected countries to wean themselves off a rainy and oil and find alternative supplier it's before washington reimposed sanctions against iran last year to run produced around two point three million barrels of oil per day that surround five percent of global i pushed until now washington had granted some importing nations waivers on the oil sanctions china and india are the biggest buyers of rainy an

ten years after the financial crisis u.s. lawmakers have called up the country's biggest bank chiefs for a day of reckoning but did they get what. also on the show a first time visitor to croatia chinese premier league giants there and he's brought gifts but the e.u. fears that they may conquer at a price. and adding vaults to vent edge cars one british startup finds a way to preview life into.

congress ukraine will no doubt be a topic a u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi invited stoltenberg to speak his acceptance sends a message to donald trump the u.s. president and his policies have left us allies including nato wondering do the old rules still apply a question tonight for my guest who is considered an authority on geopolitics security and the role of the u.s. in our world order his latest book the jungle grows back america and our imperiled world is a warning of what our global order could become if the u.s. were no wonder its guarantor he served in the u.s. state department during the reagan presidency and is now with the brookings institution in washington d.c. i'm happy to welcome tonight to the day robert kagan who joins us from washington mr kagan it's good to have you on the program i want to ask you what is the purpose of mr stoltenberg address to congress is he strengthening the ties that bind or is he trying to save those ties that trump has not already sever. well i suppose you could say he's doing both i think

president and his policies have left u.s. allies including nato wondering do the old rules still apply a question tonight for my guest who is considered an authority on geopolitics security and the role of the u.s. in our world order his latest book the jungle grows back america and our imperiled world is a warning of what our global order could become if the u.s. were no wonder its guarantor he served in the u.s. state department during the reagan presidency and is now with the brookings institution in washington d.c. i'm happy to welcome tonight to the day robert kagan who joins us from washington mr kagan is good to have you on the program i want to ask you what is the purpose of mr stoltenberg address to congress is he strengthening the ties that bind or is he trying to save those ties that trump has not already sever. well i suppose you could say he's doing both i think it's a very strong statement by a bipartisan majority in congress that they support and continue to support the nato alliance that served american intere

a very accurate word down there their telescopes and ceiling and hawai and on the south pole if the u.s. and mexico and spain eight in total so it's a very important scientific network and that works very accurately to gather all those important data rightly am ok well we're actually going to go live now to the press conference. to find out more about what these international scientists have got to reveal at one the size of the distance between these telescopes truly turning the earth into a virtual telescope all the sites that we used to seeing here we have telescopes from hawaii to arizona to mexico to chill a to the south pole and spain but even these even this broad global network is not enough by itself to make an image you can think of them as being silvered spots in a large global mirror the key is that the earth turns during a night of observing we are able to sweep out more baselines more coverage of this virtual mirror to make our image so on the left you'll see the earth turning every pair of telescopes provides us with one point on the center panel which fills in the earth s

between the u.s. and countries and countries is also this is promotion of the shared values it means that to have standards tenders two to have a good governance to work together so that we have to unite for sure it is a love to do and not only all countries. know that nigeria for instance is not. the same it. was no but kenya was can i just also a good example of that said that implemented so they are some knows but now we have to also get specific a specific italy to see why for instance nigeria is not the other. thing is because so little dealing. who is double dealing with the euro because there should be that and that is what is largely creating mistrust if you are going to do this africa. but africa happened to accept an african agenda on an african free trade area and also to adapt our as our regional agreements to do what you planned because i think it's we have profited the europeans amongst hours trading amongst ourselves that is has made us strong and wealthy and i would wish that this afri

over the years got to a point where it's paid four point three percent which is very unfair and the u.s. g.d.p. especially under me because the g.d.p. is going up so much because it's four point three of a much larger g.d.p. so we're paying for a big proportion of nato which basically is protecting europe so we're protecting europe let's go straight to brussels where nato has its headquarters and interviews terry shell standing by for us good morning terry president trump there again pressing nato allies especially germany again to spend more on their militaries as nato marks and seventieth birthday can you give us a picture of its overall financial health. that's right brian and let me break this down a little bit because it is very confusing this spending issue that president trump talks about all the time what he really means is that he wants european allies to spend more on their own militaries because need only has a very tiny administrative budget but it's made up of the collective militaries of its twenty nine allies so the mark by which it's measured is how much countries spend

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curfew to keep up the pressure by gathering for friday prayers outside army headquarters also coming up u.s. president donald trump's ban on transgender troops serving in the military goes into effect he says it will improve the army's effectiveness but at what human cost and a high tech spy in a growing number of homes we take a closer look at services like amazon's alexa a smart speaker listening to dark and deep work. on will iraq thank you so much for your company everyone. pro-democracy demonstrators as saddam has flooded her to streets once again protesting against the military council that has taken over the country or protest leaders say they're against the military state a plan to rule the country for two additional years before calling elections well the army has taken over after arresting president omar al bashir but the last thing most sudanese want is soldiers in charge of their country. the music of defiance these protesters refused to go home after the army declared a curfew some have been here through the night for many the moodies extatic yet they also feel they've been che

benefits of this agreement you cannot make partnership agreement essentially agreements are between the u.s. and countries and countries is also this promotion of the shared values it means that to have standards standards to to have good governance to work together so that we have a united for sure it is a love to do and it's not only all countries. know that nigeria for instance is not. the same it. was no but kenya was also a good example of that said they implemented so they are some notes but now we have to also gets to specific a specific italy to see why for instance nigeria is not yet. clear is because so little bill dealing. who is double dealing with the europe because there should be that and that is what is largely creating mistrust if you are going to do with. africa as an entity but i have a key happened to accept an african agenda on an african free trade area and also to adapt our plans our regional agreements to do what you planned because i think it's we have profited as europeans amongst hours trading amongst ourselves that this has made us strong and wealthy and i would

it'll be an epic deal but it'll take another four weeks that's what u.s. president told the world following a meeting with a chinese vice premier in washington we'll talk to a u.s. political advisor to find out what exactly is going on. also coming up some of the rebels out its first five g. capable smartphone in south korea the euphoria is distance five plunging profits in the first quarter. come to this.

president and his policies have left u.s. allies including nato wondering do the old rules still apply a question tonight for my guest who is considered an authority on geopolitics security and the role of the u.s. in our world order his latest book the jungle grows back america and our imperiled world is a warning of what our global order could become if the u.s. were no wonder its guarantor he served in the u.s. state department during the reagan presidency and is now with the brookings institution in washington d.c. i'm happy to welcome tonight to the day robert kagan who joins us from washington mr kagan it's good to have you on the program i want to ask you what is the purpose of mr stilton baird's address to congress is he strengthening the ties that bind or is he trying to save those ties that trump has not already sever. well i suppose you could say he's doing both i think it's a very strong statement by a bipartisan majority in congress that they support and continue to support the nato alliance that served american

president and his policies have left u.s. allies including nato wondering do the old rules still apply a question tonight for my guest who is considered an authority on geopolitics security and the role of the u.s. in our world order his latest book the jungle grows back america and our imperiled world is a warning of what our global order could become if the u.s. were no wonder its guarantor he served in the u.s. state department during the reagan presidency and is now with the brookings institution in washington d.c. i'm happy to welcome tonight to the day robert kagan who joins us from washington mr kagan it's good to have you on the program i want to ask you what is the purpose of mr stoltenberg address to congress is he strengthening the ties that bind or is he trying to save those ties that trump has not already sever. well i suppose you could say he's doing both i think it's a very strong statement by i parson the majority in congress that they support and continue support and then alliance that served american interes

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u.s. the number of reported cases is nearly four million. lees include defective heart pacemakers artificial hips and insulin pumps but the industry has managed to weaken some of those strict regulations. it was the pump that probably. he gave stephen the overdose of insulin and killed him. the manufacturers keep tight controls on product information. german authorities don't have any idea how many devices are actually on the market. the companies are required by law to report problems that may damage patients' health but they often don't and the companies face no penalties. companies such as medtronic have been accused of playing down possible effects with their products. tronic is the world's largest manufacturer of medical devices. last year the company agreed to a forty three million dollars settlement with investors over allegations of improper payments to surgeons to cover up problems with a bone growth product. the company denied any wrongdoing. paul factor is an investigative journ