tributes are pouring in for germany's greatest writer -- for one of germany's greatest writers, gunther gass. he had a body of work that includes his masterpiece, the tin drum. he was a polarizing figure, criticizing political movements on the left and right. seen for decades as an embodiment of he served in the ss during world war ii. steve: it is his literary magazine he will be remembered for. the german president embracing for capturing the fears and longings for generations. >> he made an appearance to celebrate the opening of the state -- of a stage adaptation of his most popular work, the tin drum. edit just on whether the question of ordinary germans were responsible for nazi germany. >> it is as if evil spirits came along and seduced the poor german people. as a teenager i knew that was false. >> born in 1927 he fond in world war ii, eventually taken prisoner by u.s. forces. he trained as a stonemason and studied art. in the 50's he joined a group of writers known as group 47. he became one of germany's most influential authors. >> he wrote the tin trauma, a truly great novel.

home today to the largest populations of turks outside germany itself, germany is eager to maintain good relations with the turkish government. >> during world war i, germany and the ottoman rulers were allies, and germany did nothing to stop you armenian massacre. now within the past 24 hours germany took a big step toward recognizing that as genocide. >> representatives within the armenian community were in the german parliament to hear political leaders declare what they had long believed. >> what happened in the first world war and ottoman empire under the gaze of the world was genocide. >> lawmakers from the governing parties. >> out of solidarity with the victims and their descendents, we must describe the crime as genocide. >> you cannot bring people back to life, but we can try to help restore their dignity. >> the opposition parties could assess the government, saying it had been too concerned about upsetting turkey. >> if they had had it their way, we would still be repeating the turkish narrative that there was no genocide. >> all the subtle formulations are shameful and undig

new reports say germany's new of the danger and remained silent -- say germany knew of the danger and remain silent. brian: and profits tumble. we begin this program in nepal where the country's worth earthquake in almost a century has claimed more than 4000 lives. supplies are not getting through to hard-hit regions and hospitals are overcrowded with injuries. laila: powerful aftershocks continue to shake the country spreading panic and further, getting rescue efforts. many remain buried -- further complicating rescue efforts. many remain buried. time is running out to reach them. erdogan is -- reporter: it's a scene of devastation. this is gore cut -- is ghorka. officials said the damage is greatest in places where traditional building practices were most common. kathmandu was also affected. i nearly 200-year-old tower was -- a nearly 200-year-old tower was destroyed. that's nothing compared to the effect that the quake had on the people of nepal. as the death toll continues to climb, rescue workers are trying to reach those buried beneath earth and rubble. often, it is recovery rat

not only germany but all europeans risk-averse. one of them the most disappointing news i get in my time was in the beginning of 2011 to be a ss the major company in fruit implement technology moved off it's not only reserves but all the production from europe from germany to us not on behalf of german that on behalf of european. it's one of the key problems we have a different view. manipulation. the best expert. they are risk-averse. how can we link the needed innovation capacity. if you look at the knew technology, we all know that it's a must. it was opened last monday morning this prime minister. and, of course teaches the economy. i think we have that will be successful. very engaged. successful. very engaged. but when it comes to data protection. we should start to discuss how we can find a good relation between the revolution a communication system and the value. privacy and not to be manipulated. and to controls? not only only for your also for us. sometimes to fund normally -- normally us his forehead in the development a

not only germany, but all europeans are riskers. one of them, most disappointing news i get in my time as finance minister, the beginning of i think, 2011, that basf the major company all over the world, in greens and technology moved all its research capacity from europe, from germany, to u.s. not on behalf of german regulations but on behalf of european regulation. it is one of the key problems. we have a different view on being manipulated -- i am not the best expert on this. we are risk givers. we have to discuss how can we link the needed innovation capacity to speed up innovation? if you look at the new technology we all know that the digitization of the country is a must. last sunday, it's the industry 4.0 was opened. industrial. i think we have taken this to be successful. the government is very engaged in this. if it comes to data protection, you know the discussions in -- it's what i meant. i said we should start to discuss how we can find a good relation between the -- use in communication systems and our values. of cours

he was prepared to chastise germany. to amend germany make germany a better place. then and only then would germany be fit to be admitted into the community of nations. the war ended very quickly. the germans made one last great push in the summer of 1918, but they had by this point run out of steam. and i think the fact that there were now a million americans in europe and more in training camps, two million more in training camps in the united states, that tremendous american support of material, manpower, fresh, a fresh approach to the war, was now counting against germany. the germans simply crumbled. they were no longer capable of sustaining the war. the german homefront was collapsing. by autumn of 1918, german allies were beginning to fall away. and so the germans the high command who have continued to assure the civilian government the shadowy civilian government that has very little power, have continued to assure the civilian government that everything is going well. suddenly, panic. we have to have an armistice. the german government, hoping i think they

the spain germany spread, the italy german spread, all narrowed. some of the biggest moves we have seen in the market. convergence is absolutely clear. let's see what the detail is in terms of what is happening with the greeks. the greeks are going to receive a little more liquidity in terms of emergency funding. 10 points or 11 points coming off the london market today. dividend housing marks & spencer's doing a little better. in london equity markets are opening a little higher despite china seeing a slowdown in manufacturing numbers. let's get to some individual stories we are keeping an eye on. deutsche bank is said to be nearing a 2 billion euros settlement. ubs said $1.5 billion in settlement. that was their record. some companies had 6.5 billion dollars. will they settle with regulators? stock up 1.4 5%. i suppose the issue is to get big litigation out of the way and crackdown on re-organizing your bank. they had a sales number at novartis that was interesting. operating numbers will be ahead of what they were originally. the stock up 2.2 pe

germany's very irritated about that. we had feisty talk from the minister today coming out and saying it is tom and stupid and the two things simply don't belong together. greece does not see it the same way. for greece, they are linked especially for the greek people. it's not going to go away anytime soon. i think germany will have to revisit the issue in the near future. >> we are joined by our correspondent in athens. the german government has rejected the greek commands and call them dumb. they say athens is wrong to conflate its budget problems with reparations. why is the government raising this issue right now and what does it want to achieve with this? >> this is hardly a new claim from greece, but it is a new leftist government that is moving forcefully and rigorously as far as this claim is concerned. the prime minister himself has said -- he does he himself who raised the issue to angela merkel in face to face talk not too long ago. it's also the defense minister, his coalition partner, who is coming out and

germany has it this year. what are germany's priorities? reporter: apart from the crisis that needed attention, this is something the german foreign minister stressed today -- the meeting is different from easing off the crises. this involves yemen libya which is the country threatening to descend into a civil war-like a situation. but there are also more bread and butter themes like climate change, which is also linked to stability. and we are expecting a statement from the german foreign minister on maritime security, which is a very important issue, with 90% of good being transported on the world sees, often through very difficult political and security circumstances. so a lot is still to come. anchor: also talking about maritime security, which brings us to our next topic. thank you very much. anchor: and another item on the g seven agenda is battling piracy on the high seas, keeping seas open is essential for global commerce and development. anchor: international cooperation is needed to deal with the problem. in cases where countries

if this would have been done in germany, the legal framework it fits existed in germany we would have seen a pregnancy, but not a quadruple pregnancy. this gives us pause as to how we go about regulating. a blanket provision only exacerbates the problem because it sends people into other markets where they can get what they want. anchor: so if there were better regulation here, she would not have left the country and probably not have ended up being pregnant with four children. guest: exactly. anchor: there is the argument that people would say why should her ability to conceive children be limited? guest: there is a legal question of course as far as harm that can come to the mother and to the babies. on the other hand, there is an ethical question which is what kind of responsibility does she bear on possible sufferers she might be producing question mark she might not just be producing babies she could be producing babies that suffer through early infancy. so this is an ethical question. anchor: older man who conceive children are actually more dangerous for future offspring than o

he was an important voice for germany and he spokes spoke of a new germany, yet at the same time look forward and have a discussion about things that could not hither to have. >> was it surprising for a man like him to be not in favor of unification, what was that about? >> i think one it was a generational thing and it was fair of what germany could become. we must remember he was not pro-conrad adenhauer when he came to power. he preferred the idea of a federal germany. >> thank you very much indeed for your thoughts on the subject, thank you. >>> now fighting has returned to eastern ukraine after more than a month of relative calm. the conflict between pro-russian separatists and government has killed almost 6,000 people. the ceasefire announced in february. officials are due to meet in berlin to discuss the ceasefire agreement. >>> thousands of supporters of a march in germany, organized by the antiislamic pegida movement. recently supporters have dwindled. >> translator: if you love germany then raise the alarm. if you love your husband or wife you must raise the alarm. if you lo

now it took 10 more years for it to be actually spelled out as such here in germany. brent: is anyone there in politics talking about what this could do to germany's relationship with turkey? michaela: no doubt, this is something that will not go down well in ankara. this is due to the fact that the ottoman empire is still seen as something very positive. also, the word "genocide," which has been used by the multis prime minister -- the maltese prime minister in relation to those deaths of hundreds of migrants in the mediterranean, that implies intent. that implies wanting to kill a group of people, and ethnic group or religious group -- an ethnic group or religious group for who they are. it is a very strong violation of international law. brent: no one is saying germany is leading the way with this decision. france has done this. the european parliament, the pope. michaela: absolutely. germany was not leading the way on this. more than two dozen countries who came first. this can be criticized, but, of course, there is a large turkish community here in germany, so i

talk to me about exit and germany. guest: what grexit means for germany? jon: the british exit. brexit. guest: brexit would be a bigger shock for germany and something more difficult to handle. if you compare the two economies, greece's 1.3% of the eu's gdp and the u.k. is about to overcome france as the second-largest economy in the european union. i think germans should be concerned about brexit in the future. jon: one is a monetary union and the other is a trade union. should i be looking at the tab that germany might have to pick up? guest: that is one aspect. mostly, the u.k. is a favorite destination or german exports. and direct investment. the market would lose 15% if the u.k. would leave. germany would lose their second-largest net contributor. these are economic cost of brexit that germany would feel. jon: would it be good for britain? we hear horror stories about car manufacturers relocating and jobs running abroad. does it have to be that bad? guest: not necessarily. it would depend on the kind of arrangement the u.k. would have after brexit. in london we calculated

a union that says immigrating to germany may create problems. >> in germany, you have to supplement the state pension with a private pension fund if i understand it correctly. there are some differences. reporter: many young french people cannot begin to find steady work. france's unions rejected germany's more flexible approach to the job market. they have ideological issues. >> the main reason new jobs and not being created in france is the tendency for companies to put profit above all other priorities. this is happening here, too. in the statistics prove this quite clearly. they show corporate profits continue to rise. they are not creating jobs. reporter: in germany, nobody thinks there's anything cheesy about making money. anchor: new job figures will only reinforce the labor market. reporter: march was a record breaking month. the lowest it's been in 24 years since german reunification. in the past, a booming german economy has not felt employment for the country's workers. that's because many companies outsource jobs places where the wages are lower. around 65,000 were in other

they were shaken from tackling between two distinct worlds, america and germany. and the other face the reality that their lives have been saved by german soldiers on american pilots. for me and many of the children from crystals to be they survived their journey as they devastated japan and germany and returned to the united states. to me they are heroes of world war ii and this is her when she was growing up. they came back first on a liberty ship to the united states after the war was over in this is them and their youngest son gunther. and so i just want to show you this beautiful family. [inaudible] they went through the customs and italy. they did not call it post a manic stress disorder, but he had that at the time and he died very early of the heart attack. and he was left with all of these beautiful children, which were raised. one has a college degree and they are doing fantastic and she said to her. and then there is gunther. [inaudible] she did get back from the war and mrs. joanna. she who only wanted to be in america, she loved coming back to the uni

when germany laid the heel of the bismarck in 1936, but toshiba germany had ever built, stalin tried to unlike ship built in america because russia didn't have the capability. fdr defended the project even as anti-so the u.s. naval personnel sabotaged it by threatening to withdraw all future naval basis of any company that was interested. fdr's new -- fdr new stalin wanted it and stalin was informed of fdr's involvement. in 1939, increasingly concerned with the menace of hitler, roosevelt tried to strengthen stalin stand against hitler. fdr pushed a reluctant british foreign office into responding to a russian request for a military alliance with britain and france. it was only after the british foreign office or alternated between rudeness and procrastination that russia opened up talks with nazi germany that ended up with the signing of the nazi soviet pact. fdr meddled further has realized that english russian negotiations had failed. he said the stalin a letter by devious route warning them not to sign on with hitler. it was of course too little and too late. fdr had no delusions

so they are in germany here. the train left the station and even pace. about eight kilometers east, the train slowed to a tunnel. as it snuck its way through the tunnel to the other side the conductor blew the whistle once. then a separate glass filled the air and suddenly the train lurched forward and picked up speed. the passenger straightened in their seats. outside the windows snowing mountains and forests. something was wrong and everyone on board knew it. then ingrid heard the sound of airplanes above the train followed by blasts of machine gun fire. mathias moved to the end of the train and looked outside were ingrid followed in rapid strides close behind. eight american yates flew above the mounted with 24-barrel machine machine guns. attack, attack killed the conductor in german. she watched from her seat and her mother cradling the baby had the aisle seat. get down joanna, get down. eyes wide open she strained to see the action has machine gun bullets at the side of the train. she heard around each time the planes made another pass overhead. jo

the message to leaders, hooton is venerated in germany -- putin is venerated in germany merkel is sinking. >> they accompany things like these graphics that are often vulgar and racy with captions that read, any questions? everything where it belongs. spot 10 differences. putin and merkel after 16 hours of negotiation. each day marat had to write the equivalent of three pages in a newspaper. >> when you turn on the tv or read the news you find that those are all of our topics. that can only mean that they have been determined by those in charge. maybe from the kremlin or the government. >> they are also active on the facebook and twitter pages of the english speakers and broadcasters and his english speaking colleagues earned more. the former geography teacher watched as the trolls began to believe what they wrote. he applied out of curiosity but said the work seemed more absurd, day by day. when he quit he said he got a flood of hateful comments. >> if these numbers don't warrant action, what does? more than 3500 migrants i'd trying to cross the mediterranean last year. the number of dea

you look at germany's industrial strength. they see india and their burgeoning middle class as a real opportunity. you compare it with china, almost 10 times as much trade with china as with india. india has their own problems. they have a bureaucracy. mr. modi has been cutting down red tape. mr. modi is advertising his own country, but there seems to be an acknowledgment from mr. modi and the german press that india needs to tweak their economy make it more open, for this relationship to really blossom. guy: pons, thank you very much indeed. francine: here's a look at what else is on our radar this monday morning. after months of speculation, hillary clinton has announced that she will seek the democratic nomination for u.s. president in 2016. clinton made the announcement in a web video yesterday. it is the second presidential run from clinton who will become the country's first commander in chief who is female if elected. guy: wolfgang piech throwing his support behind martin winterkorn . piecjhh said he was kidding himself

because fdr insisted on the unconditional century renter of germany -- surrender of germany and refused to deoffend what he meant, stalin did also. because ftr insisted that china be one of the father major players -- four major players in the post world war organization, along with great britain america, and the soviet union stalin agreed. because fdr insisted, stalin agreed to free and unfettered elections in poland, but he trusted fdr stalin signed an agreement whereby russian troops would invade japan before american troops. because fdr insisted stalin agreed that any nation could bring up any subject for discussion in the security council. roosevelt began influencing stalin in 1941, when stalin was desperate for help, when it looked as if hitler's army was about to take moscow overwhelm russia. fdr greaterred a group of reports to the white house and told them about the russian constitution that granted freedom of conscience and freedom of religion in russia. the first results were fix. when congressman fish heard about it, he suggested the president event stalin to the house so he

that touches a nerve in eastern germany. in recent weeks there has been a situation when an asylum center was set on fire. that points to there are certain parts of society which are troubled by germany's asylum policy. the asylum policy is one in which the main political parties in germany support. >> thank you dominic kane from germany. >>> died at the age of 87, simon mcgregor wood reports on the life of a man many described as the moral conscience of germany. >> he was the german writer who most boldly confronted his country's nazi past, while hiding his own membership in the ss. in 1999, his work was rewarded with the nobel prize for literate. writing well into his 80s he was a well spoken if divisive figure. he was against german reunification. he was critical of danish cartoons but defended salmon rushsalmanrushdie.man rushdie. >> the writing is exceptional. he is one of the great german authors if not european authors of the 20th century. i think the political voice may diminish over time but the work will stand true

germany at .16%. the u.k. has seen movement after the bank of england minutes suggested that raise rises are once again more likely than any rate cut but expectations pushed for that rate rise over the next month or two into next year. greece remains elevated. let's look at the euro. a little bit volatile this week. it's recovered significantly. some distance in the past as we look at things now. pushing 109 up .5% today. the u.s. dollar losing a little ground. aussie dollar up .78 and the pound rallied since the bank of england minutes but of course the trend over the last month or two has been one of sterling weakness against the dollar and that of course slightly referring to the election. let's have a look at asian market which is have been overall strong today. this paints a mixed picture but in general they have been strong particularly following that record high for the nasdaq in the u.s. yesterday. shanghai is giving up .5% but of course it continues to be the amazing story in asia. it's up some 40% si

especially with germany. he has removed his outspoken finance minister. >> he was elected with a mandate to end austerity. he has announced the possibility of exactly what he campaigned against. if not greeks could have another choice to make. >> this mandate limits me. of course, not with elections. i want to be clear about that. >> it would be the choice of accepting austerity and giving up the euro as currency. parliament has been trying to hammer out a comprehensive reform package. it will mean larger contributions from healthy greeks in the form of attacks on net worth. and attacks on luxury goods -- a tax on luxury goods. some would be privatized like the port and 14 regional airports. it has ruled out a default on loans. they stress the priority would be to pay government wages and pensions. they plan to raise the price of museum tickets. laila: you can be put on trial for lying to the courts. brian: five former current deutsche bank executives have gone on trial accused of misleading the court in a ca

and germany cannot do everything it would like to do. >>reporter: but thoughts like that do not pacify people in greece who say eu imposed austerity policies have killed jobs and livelihoods. many say germany should still pay reparations from the war in the 1940s. modern german governments have rejected that saying they pay more into the eu budget by billions every year. >>> still ahead on the news hour we'll be live in switzerland where we've heard there will be announcement shortly on the iran nuclear talks that have been going on for some time now. extended past the deadline. we'll have the latest with our diplomatic editor. >>> also nigeria's newly-elected president turns to problems facing his country, including the economy. >>> why the care takers of a third of the planet's woodlands aren't taking enough care. >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> a globa

these videos are from germany and poland. well, these are the images we have been seeing. a powerful wind storm continues over central europe causing one death in germany and disrupting travel. calls were made to fire departments for help during the heart attack-strength winds on wednesday. major travel delays have been seen not just to trains but trains and roadways. roads became completely blocked by falling trees due to the very strong winds. in munich, train services were completely shut down. this is the coming easter holiday weekend, so i know a lot of people will be traveling. unfortunately, well, the winds will be on a weakening trend, however it won't be wound down enough for it to not hinder traveling. the isobars are still close to each other, and that indicates strong winds, up to about 105 kilometers, winds still really likely in and around germany, poland as well as the czech republic. there will be a risk of isolated tornadoes as well, and frequent lightening along with that. the brish -- british isles will see a break. we have a warm front that is stretchei

germany's dax gained .3%, ending at 12,001. also up on the day was the eurozone euro stoxx 50 nearly .5 percent gain there. over in new york, traders are still on the floor, but the dow is in negative territory. the euro currently trading at $1.07. the german government has approved plans to allow fracking of shale gas for testing purposes. this legislation still has to pass parliament. ben: some government deputies are threatening to join the opposition in voting against the bill. they are concerned environmental controls don't go far enough. fracking involves pumping water sand, and chemicals into the ground to extract gas or oil. it has been linked to pollution. at least 11 people have died as a result of a storm raging through germany and austria. sarah: the storm reached hurricane strength in some areas and caused traffic chaos and left thousands of people without electricity. >> with fallen trees and severely damaged roofs the cleanup operation has not been easy. in berlin, the iconic television tower was not spared. gale

factory orders in germany fell for the second consecutive month in february. the dax dropped .75%. u.s. stocks 50 fell more than .5%. trading is still underway across the atlantic, on currency markets. >> time for some sports news. a new face is set to appear in this month formula for series, a stepping stone to formula one. >> he is 16 years old, the son of the legendary former formula one champion, following in his father's footsteps. >> could this man carry on the family's racing dynasty? he's the son of a seven-time world champion. media interest is huge for the 16 year old as he moves toward a professional racing career, but he won't be giving any interviews quite yet. >> he's got so much to learn now on the racetrack that he will just have to postpone dealing with the media. and a kindly ask you to practice restraint. >> the drivers in formula for a drive machines with 160 horsepower to reach speeds of more than 200 kilometers per hour. last year he finished second in both the world and european championships. it's the stepping stone to the world of formula one. and eight for

when germany laid the heel of the bis mark in 1936 the largest ship russia built stalin tried to have a light ship built in america. fdr defended the project even as the naval personal stab -- sabotaged it. stalin was informed of fdr's involvement. in 1939, increasingly concerned with the menace of hitler fdr pushed a british foreign office into responding to a russian request for a military alliance with britain and france. it was only after the british foreign officer alternated between rudeness and procrastination that ended with the signing of the nazi-soviet pact. fdr medaled further and realized the russian nugauche ace -- negotiations failed. he sent russia a letter warning not to sign on with hitler. but it was too little too late. fdr had no delusion about stalin. in 1940, at the whitehouse he said stalin's dictatorship was as absolute as any in the world and he was guilty of the killing of thousands of innocent victims. fdr was thinking of how to curb russia's might after the war was won. one night fdr conifieded in the canadian prime minister. i am quoting from his diary, t

that's the law in germany. they're the most successful capitalist country in europe, and they give more power to their workers than any other one. the notion that if you were to do that you would cripple the capitalist potential--uh-uh. it's the same silly argument that says, "gee. those europeans, they're just not doing real well because they have such a big social safety net," national health for everybody, basically free public higher education, and all the rest. germany has one of the most expansive programs of welfare for its people, and it's the most successful country. their unemployment is significantly lower than that in the united states, but on the other hand of course, for a german worker, like for most european workers, being unemployed doesn't have the meaning it does here because since they all have a national health system you get your national health whether you have a job or not. when you lose your job, you do not lose your health insurance. you can't lose your health insurance. it's yours by

nato at once expanded to east germany. gorbachev, naturally are, objected. but he was informed by washington that these were only verbal commitments and nothing in writing. the kind of unspoken implication is that be you're naive -- if you're naive enough to accept a verbal gentleman's agreement with the united states it's your problem. [laughter] clinton came along and expanded nato to the borders of russia, and as another leading international relations scholar recently pointed out in the major establishment journal foreign affairs he pointed out that the indications that ukraine might be assimilated into the western system, possibly even into nato, could not fail to be threatening to any russian leader. we need only imagine how the united states would have reacted at the height of soviet power if the warsaw pact had taken over most of this hemisphere and now mexico were paragraphing to join the russian-run military alliance. last december the western-backed ukrainian parliament voted 303-8 to rescind the policy of nonalignment that had been adapted -- ado

is your complaint over germany over? and did you agree or did you discuss the sale of drones to italy? thank you. >> translator: three questions in one. you just asked. three questions in one. >> a special offer. >> a specialist at that. >> translator: first of all, the timeline for reforms -- i think that i can safely say that the american investor who is wish to invest in italy, but italian investors as well, finally have a labor market which is more flexible. this has been achieved. let's say that we have done this. with, then they have an institutional system, the taxation system public instruction, in the next six months, everything, all this reform will be done. so what needs to be made absolutely clear is that even if in italy everybody wants to start or many people would like to start from scratch again, reforms have begun. they're on their way and there's no way anyone is going to block them. people who wish to invest at this time find a labor market which is simplified. they find the quality of the engineers, t

one suggest education is a proposal by stalin in 1952, offering to allow germany to be unified with free elections on condition that it not join a hostile military alliance, which was hardly an extreme condition in the light of the history of the preceding half century. stalin's proposal was taken seriously by the respected political commentator, james warberg, but apart from him it was ignored or ridiculed. actually recent scholarship has just begun to take david view. a soviet scholar, takes the status of stalin's proposal to be an unresolved mystery. washington, he said wasted little effort and flatly rejecting moscow's initiative on grounds that were embarrassingly unconvincing leaving open the basic question was stalin genuinely ready to sacrifice the newly created german democratic republic, east germany, on the the altar of peace and security that could have been enormous. melvin leffler is one of the most respected cold war scholars that recently published a review of research in a released soviet archives. he observes that many scholars were surprised to discover quoting him, th

in so doing he laid the cornerstone for germany's oldest

there is a feeling that the far right here in eastern germany in particular has arisen. i was covering a story last week of a center for asylum seekers that was attacked not far from here actually. and massive asylum seeker who came from syria who spoke of the welcome he received here in germany. we have to be careful not to equate the two issues strongly, but there is a sense from the people here, that they are worried about islamfication they're worried about the number of asylum seekers they believe are here in germany. but is actually worth saying that the political parties generally and wider society is in favor of those things. >> so we'll definitely be keep angle eye on those developments throughout the day. thank you. >>> nigeria's election commission has declared the winner of the river state governmenten. the party of president goodluck jonathan who lost recent presidential elections. he stand down next month. >> winning winning river state it has a lot of influence in the niger delta. it is the oil-produceing hub of the entire nigeria economy. whoever wins the

nato at once expanded to east germany. gorbachev naturally objected, that he was informed by washington that these were only verbal commitments and nothing in writing. the kind of unspoken implication is that if you're naÏve enough to accept verbal gentlemen's agreement with the united states, it's your problem. clinton came along and expanded nato to the borders of russia, and as another leading international relations recently pointed out in a major establishment journal of foreign affairs, he pointed out that the indications that ukraine might be assimilated into the western system possibly even into nato could not fail to be threatening to any russian leader. we need only imagine how the united states would have reacted at the height of soviet power if the warsaw pact had taken over most of this hemisphere and now mexico we are preparing to join the rush and run military alliance. last december the western backed ukrainian parliament voted 303-8 to rescind the policy of non-alignment that had been adopted by the ouste

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particularly in germany. they have had quite a pick up in private consumption and exports are doing okay and we don't see a pick up in investment. so it's really the copper sector that's very cautious but there are reasons to think in the second half of the year obviously if we don't have a major accident along the way investment spending will pick up. >> i know you're an economist and not an equity analyst but i still wonder if we're seeing a little weakening in the european recovery might be good for sentiment overall given that it might be less likely for the ecb to pull back their stimulus prematurely. >> as long as they don't point to a major weakening which is not the case at the moment i would agree with that. clearly the biggest drivers of the rally in equities the ecb policy the euro which boosted the profitability of the companies. whether it's 53 or 54 doesn't make a difference in my opinion. in any case i have been looking for a slow recovery. the numbers are not surprising. >> you'll stick around

but germany had same problem. shockingly, germany's roads are in terrible condition, which is a problem for their companies. robert: i testified before the senate finance and banking committee a few years back. whatever you bring up infrastructure bank or infrastructure financing authority, they think of it as a gse. they think of fannie and freddie and the government involvement but nothing could be further from the truth. this is the essence of private-public partnerships. we have a project for france we are announcing next week to along with the other -- a project for finance that we are announcing next week to go along with the other things we are doing. but this is a multiplier. for every $1 billion spent, it has over 25,000 jobs. this is a joke that we have not moved forward with this. olivia: and again, it seems to be a consensus. one in 10 bridges are deemed structurally deficient. we came into the segment talking about california. is it that much worse than the rest of the country? robert: california, wit

in the north of germany, it was the same story. the few who remained alive were staggering on the verge of death. they were the survivors and these were the rest-- hurriedly murdered lest they be set free to live a normal life. the authorities in the camps took special measures to make sure that a man would neither live normally nor die normally neither should he sleep normally. he was surrounded by barbed wire and he had to sleep on barbed wire. ohrdruf. here was carnage and desolation. prisoners had been dragged from the sacks of straw in the hovels called hospitals, shot and hastily disposed of by the first means to hand. there must have been some feeling of guilt or presumably there would not have been an attempt to destroy the evidence. in the outskirts of leipzig, an effort was made to prevent 300 forced workers in a factory from being set free by advancing allied troops. 300 were locked in a mess hut and burned. this is where it stood. some of the desperate, screaming prisoners broke out. flame throwers and machine guns were

wildizaza posed his support to germany. >> if you love germany raise your alarm. if you love your husband or wife you must raise the alarm if you love your children you must raise the alarm. the threat that islamization poses. >> jean maria le pen made comments which prompted his daughter and party leader marine to tell him to step down. >>> nobel prize winner gunter grass passed away at the age of 87. simon mcgregor wood reports on the life of a man many say is the moral conscience of germany. >> he was the german writer who most boldly confronted his country's nazi past while for many years concealing his own. he was propelled to fame by his 1959 novel the tin drum about a boy growing up in grass's home town of danzig. now the city of gdansk. another famous son of gdansk paid tribute. >> translator: it was a great intellectual, one has to say. when we were exchanging books i wrote in dedication to a gdansk citizen from birth and from choice. we were both from gdansk. we were sure the young citizen learned lessons from the past. >> write well into hiss his 80s. h

it was a dream for me to arriving in germany. why asylum seekers a looking at germany to build a new life and the challenges with that process. success for mercedes in shanghai. but nico rosberg and lewis hamilton are certainly not seeing eye to eye. full details coming up. saudi arabia said it's carried out many air strikes across yemen. eight were killed in recent attacks in tiaz. aimed at soldiers loyal to the former president ali abdullah saleh. some of the fierce fighting is in the south, where the houthis are trying to take the city. there has been resistance from local tribesman, especially in ibb and shabwah. more than 600 have been killed and 2,000 injured in recent weeks. saudi arabia said it killed more than 500 houthi fighters and has the support of yemen's tribes will provide them ground support to confront the houthi rebels. >> translation: there has been considerable interaction with the yemeni tribes. they declared their loyalty to the sovereignty and abd-rabbu mansour hadi and to defend yemeni citizens and resour

germany has set up a task force to take a look at flight safety. one of the issues they will discusses how to improve identification checks. >> passengers traveling with any 26 countries don't have to show any identification before they board and that has complicated efforts to identify just who was on the plane when it crashed. >> present your tickets at the gate and head off for your flight. that is the reality for millions of passengers. the luggage gets checked, but not id will stop >> i can imagine as far as ids go, people will want to introduce stricter measures than the ones that exist at the moment. i have every sympathy with the interior ministry's ideas. >> controls were relaxed 20 years ago. the agreement covered large parts of the eu and marked a milestone toward european unity. but it means there is no systematic oversight of who is going where in most of the european union and the interior minister says that is a security risk. when the german wings lane crashed, it took police too long to identify who was on board but the opposition

money going into germany. just seven points from the critical zero level. will germany go negative. u.k., we have got the data coming out of the united kingdom. unemployment, 5.6%. will we see jobless claims. 29,000 is the estimate. let us have a look at what we are seeing on the dollar. we are seeing a bit of a pickup in the u.s.. over the week, we have seen downward trends in the u.s.. coming behind estimates. industrial production, making people reassess when they think foreign costs will rise. pushing it back to september. economists we survey think it will be september -- think it will be september. euro, yen having their best week in about a month. it is up 1.5% against the dollar. the data stacked. letters have a quick look at some of the stocks. nestle, let us have a look. weakness in china and u.s.. europe is growing. biggest maker of bottled water. syngenta ag up by 3.26%. -- down by 3%. unchanged in terms of last year. $4 billion is what they pull in. banca monte posse, take a look at this. jon: caroline hyde, thank you. another morning of losses and store. grexit >> -- g

driving the red army the forces of nazi germany back to berlin. they aim to reach the can you remember german capital may 9th, but they say they'll stop the riders at the border. they're worried about the riders from the nationalist night wolves group in the convoy. >>> in the next hour we'll see the election of the togo president. 300million voters are choosing between five candidates. elections will be over the next ten days. the electronic system was abandoned over fears of over its reliability. let's hear now from the capital. >> this is the polling station where the main opposition candidate cast his vote earlier. the whole place went while as they inspect the different polling stations after they cast votes. the incumbent is going for a third term in office. and this debate whether the president should have a third term in office is something that is being talked about across the continent. in this west african region there are only two countries where there are no presidential term limits. that is here and gambia. so that is why there is a

it is rational to put it in germany. jennifer: in -- jonathan: in athens where the pleasure of having you today. are you seeing signs of dissent over the last couple of weeks? the public, is a turning? vassilis karamis: they were opening polls and around 85% of positive opinion. the last few weeks bankruptcy is coming closer as a possibility, you see the positive opinions are going down around 55% at the moment. jonathan: let's bring it into our world. i am looking at the markets free something interesting happened. a scenario of 2012 starting to seek back in. do you expect the risk aversion to play out? ramin nakisa: we have been advising clients to lock in their profits when the stoxx 600 reached 400. we were 406 on friday. a 10% selloff of where we are now. long term, we are very bullish on a euro. short-term, people should buy protection. what we did was to buy that would expire before these huge redemptions of 3.6 billion. there's no way greece can pay those unless they agree to the terms of the institutions. i thin

laura: guenter grass lived a life that merit germany's past. now for the music industry, where old-fashioned records are getting a new lease on life as fans flock to vinyl. sales hit a two decade high last year. it's not just the older acts getting in. bbc's colin to reports. >> can you remember this one? colin: vinyl has been giving its own singles albums and charts. a it has proved to be markedly resilient in the digital age. >> a younger and younger generation -- a younger generation is realizing there's something missing that physical milk -- the physical music hopes to fill. colin: 1.2 million were sold last year and figures predict it will grow by 70% in 2015. -- by 17% in 2015. a closer examination of the final charts reveals they are not all about new releases. also about three releases. and number five is -- when it comes to top 40 of the new vinyl albums charts, there is nirvana, stone roses, and three albums by led zeppelin. vinyl only makes up one point 5% of all our sales. considering that seven years ago its share was 0.1%, this i