germany is a strong country. that we have achieved so much we can do this and if something him to resign we must overcome it. going where it's uncomfortable global news that matters w made for mines. some people find it amusing the hordes of chinese out conquering germany with their cameras. but some of these visitors have their eye on very specific things technology and machines made in germany and they're not here for the perfect souvenir snapshot china has come to shop and it's buying up dozens of german companies. to be my son most of our acquisitions are associated with strategic interests going to the turkish interest that china wants to shake its image as a producer of cheap goods and become a leader in global markets in just one year it invested more than ten billion euros in germany. from i'm just going to invest in germany in the us it's a win win situation as i know when. when when what about job security. is life the initial reaction is shock. some experts fear for the domestic economy to see this in.

base germany has changed germany is an immigration country it's supposed to be an integration country so we have to talk in schools in a different way about the holocaust and shouldn't be just a chapter in the history class but it should be connected with what happened in the middle east after that's what at that time was going on there how did people all regimes position themselves to this what was the outcome of this holocaust in europe concerning palestinians and their being you know. fourteen and being pulled out of expelled from their country so by by connecting this with other countries to make it more international the way of talking about it we keep it as one important pillar for german identity events and what do you think needs to happen the former head of the central council of jews in germany has called for the federal government to create a new authority that would monitor and defend against the rise of anti-semitism as we said there have been calls for mandatory visits to concentration camps what steps do you think need to be taken now here in germany i think the fact th

in germany. more and more journalists in turkey are being jailed more people are being put on trial and we will continue to write about being sent to speak out to people in our homeland because so many there cannot. on the evening of the referendum i did one appeared on the balcony of his palace and he looked more worried than we did and i probably sixteenth nearly half the voters said no to giving him more power despite the crackdown on his opponents and all the manipulation. of that point we started to smile. does john consider the referendum result a victory for the opposition i feel victorious really yeah i mean. at least we saw that the people is behind us i mean we got together with them. and which is. the result was indeed close but the opposition still lost. many church in germany celebrated the result. president add one won by a wider margin here than he did in turkey. i did some research on the german results only half of the turkish voters registered in germany took part in the referen

germany because of lyme are introduced a constitution that gives the president of germany funk. in this case powers actual powers only in this scenario and he was quite stern in effect he forced his own party the social democrats back into these talks with angela merkel after the social democrats had on election night ruled it out so the nothing will shake democracy of germany and i think it's it's a lot of it is overblown as you can tell the country is very complacent that is the risk in the grand coalition would make it worse but the country is currently running fantastically well with low unemployment and surpluses and gifts to be doled out dealt out everywhere that shows you the ordinary german citizen isn't very concerned there is a not an economic crisis as you said but a political crisis underneath i happen to think that in the medium and long run this grand coalition which would be the fourth in post-war history and the third under angle on merkel would actually make the political crises crisis worse in the long run ok we'll talk about that in just a moment but of the se

it's the day after germany's federal elections the far right a.f.d. party will send more the ninety delegates to the bundestag the german parliament. after the results were released because he immediately posted an article on the n.g.o.s social media platforms denouncing the politics of hate what does he think about the election results. if in this leader this find it disgusting to be forced to watch child politicians or openly hostile to jews for more whole families and a phobic and racist have been voted in the parliament in such large numbers of its parliament could be had for ins and. human rights watch wants to make sure that the topic of anti semitism is taken more seriously by the next german government. patrick ziegler is director of the and frank center in berlin he is also one of the authors of a report on anti semitism submitted by a commission of experts to the german parliament in march twenty seventeen i think . it's fate's an example to stop thinking that a good will or does a big german government is still lacking an overall strategy a

is germany breathing a collective sigh of relief. well if it is germany also needs to know that there's still quite a lot of time ahead if really you go listen government come be called out because. right now what we have seen is only the end of the talks in front of the talks and now the party buddies have to decide which is already taking place the social democrats held in holding their party board meeting right now behind the doors here behind me on the same counts for the christian democrats a fungal americal who will also be sitting at their party headquarters now and discussing the agreement that has been reached between the social democrats on the conservative block of. this already is not the end because after all afterwards the . social democrats are going to take the decision to a party conference sunday in a week from now and this is going to prove the most complicated part of it now let's first talk about what they agreed on broadly telcel a bit more about that. well they have agreed on a. bit of the paper they have agree

the uk lobbies germany for help. plus: he was once hailed as india's richard branson, with an airline, a drinks empire, and a formula 1 team to his name. now, vijay mallya is fighting extradition from the uk over fraud allegations. we will get the latest from our team in mumbai. and on the markets, shares from sydney to shanghai are on the retreat after a stellar start to 2018. we start with brexit, and the future of britain's huge financial industry once it leaves the eu next year. today, uk chancellor philip hammond and brexit secretary david davis are in germany trying to win support for a favourable post—brexit trade deal, especially when it comes to financial services. the financial sector is the uk's biggest exporter, accounting for 10% of the entire economy and 2.2 million jobs. but the uk argues the city of london is also important for europe. mr hammond and mr davis will remind germany its firms need access to london's financial markets. the bosses of barclays, insurance giant aviva and goldman sachs inter

meet the germans new and surprising aspects of license culture in germany. u.s. american keep losing takes a look at germany it is increasing at their traditions every day lives and language eleven.

this is a big problem inside germany. melinda: i want to talk about what affects the change in climate has. we have a short film. in recent years, berlin has seen a rebirth of jewish life but could this increasingly be perceived as a less than welcoming place? we can listen now to the voices children.michalski's [ video clip ] highway thought it was better to say i was not jewish. -- i always thought it was better to say i was not jewish. i hardly told anyone. not at university either. >> i do not keep quiet about it. to me, that would feel like something i should be ashamed about. even though it is not the same for you. it is not a secret. i am j jewish. if people do not like it, that is their problem. has the mobbing experience that your son went through changed children's attitude? if you look toward the young israelis who in the past years have been coming to berlin with great alacrity, would you say to those thinking about coming, better stay away? mr. michalski: i would not say better stay away better brace yourself

in germany intellectual property is protected by the german patent office in munich but patents in germany aren't worth much in china they have to be registered there and the requirements are different in germany inventions must truly be new in china it's often enough for the goods to simply be new to the market that leaves room to patent blatant rip off is that also part of the chinese strategy attorney usually involve combat counterfeiters on behalf of german companies which takes a lot of time and energy. and who knows what else to and china you have to submit a lot of paperwork before a judge will even look at the need to develop a very broad strategy all. so than in any other crowd because you never know which emanuel forages the deal with intact on property rights in china will be responsible for your kind. of the property rights will ultimately help you win that case it varies from the plagiarism and. if a case does go to court it's still not easy for wagner and his client chinese companies generally when locking your has the impression the state is interested in supporting its own

dates germany has changed germany is an immigration country it's supposed to be an integration country so we have to talk in schools in a different way about the holocaust it shouldn't be just a chapter in the history class but it should be connected with what happened in the middle east after that's what at that time was going on there how did people all regimes position themselves to this what was the outcome of this holocaust in europe concerning palestinians and their being you know. fourteen and being called out of expelled from their country so by by connecting this with other countries to make it more international the way of talking about it we keep it as one important pillar for german identity mensah missions what do you think needs to happen the former head of the central council of jews in germany has called for the federal government to create a new authority that would monitor and defend against the rise of anti-semitism as we said there have been calls for mandatory visits to concentration camps what steps do you think need to be taken now here in germany i think the fac

base germany has changed germany is an immigration country it's supposed to be an integration country so we have to talk in schools in a different way about the holocaust it shouldn't be just a chapter in the history class but it should be connected with what happened in the middle east after that's what at that time was going on there how did people all regimes position themselves to this what was the outcome of this holocaust in europe concerning palestinians and their being you know. fourteen and being pulled out of expelled from their country so by by connecting this with other countries to make it more international the way of talking about it we keep it as one important pillar for german identity in some shots what do you think needs to happen the former head of the central council of jews in germany has called for the federal government to create a new authority that would monitor and defend against the rise of anti-semitism as we said there have been calls for mandatory visits to concentration camps what steps do you think need to be taken now here in germany i think the fact

and in germany the right leaning a.f.d. parties proposal to verify the age of migrants is roundly condemned by all the other party. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron good to have you with us this hour now we start with breaking news the turkish defense minister has announced his country has launched a military operation in syria's kurdish controlled african region starting with cross border shelling cannot get the latest from artie's paulus lee who joins me live paula what do we know about the situation in africa at this point. well as you say we're hearing from the turkish defense minister that a de facto turkish military operation has the gun across its border now this is been corroborated by the syrian kurds the white p.g.d. who say that since those day night some seventy shells have been fired by the turkish military on to their villages now it's one of the only a statement by the turkish president at a one in which he said that the united states had admitted to establishing a t

dates germany has changed germany is an immigration country it's supposed to be an integration country so we have to talk in schools in a different way about the holocaust it shouldn't be just a chapter in the history class but it should be connected with what happened in the middle east after that's what at that time was going on there how did people all regimes position themselves to this what was the outcome of this holocaust in europe concerning palestinians and their being you know. fourteen and being pulled out of expelled from their country so by by connecting this with other countries to make it more international the way of talking about it we keep it as one important pillar for german identity. what do you think needs to happen the former head of the central council of jews in germany has called for the federal government to create a new authority that would monitor and defend against the rise of anti-semitism as we said there have been calls for mandatory visits to concentration camps what steps do you think need to be taken now here in germany i think the fact that we will

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news live from but it can germany and turkey patch up a damaged relationship the two countries top diplomats hold talks as a long list of sticking points new strong migration to terra to dispute his arrests of german citizens our correspondent has the details also coming up. the tell all book that u.s. president donald trump trying to stop from publication the white house hits back at you were a scathing claims in it including that close trump associates consider him a child unfit to govern. and deadly winter weather blasts the northeastern united states we'll take you to massachusetts where the coldest paralyzing communities along the east coast. time had an all free good to have you with us germany and turkey have pledged to take steps to calm tensions between the two countries german foreign minister. and his turkish counterpart move it to one meeting to discuss recent dispute. a wave of arrests in turkey following the failed coup in twenty sixteen at least nine german citizens were among those arrested including then as you check out a correspondent for germany's devote newspaper he has

after twenty five years in germany only times in which turn this dumb country in kazakhstan to. women to mining. in forty five minutes faulty double lives. buying dortmund's leipzig the biggest favor seamlessly got all the best golds we've got all the action the double is the home of job and the gold share the experience of every man if someone does league of the weekend cheer on w. o dropping bombs on civilians. more troops the situation escalates there's no longer in the schools with ruthless calculation military leaders were coping extent of the past. technological sons of the conflagration massacres. starting february third on w. c prosperity optimism that's the power of global trade global three thousand by d.h. oh. good. place . this week global three thousand tents to one of sumatra as last remaining intact stretches of rain forest to find out how local iraqi towns a fairing in the wild. in iran remains.

germany's economy. sweeping up every willing and able worker in the country driving unemployment to the lowest level since east and west germany where reunited way back in one nine hundred ninety germany's jobs agency says joblessness dropped from six point one to five point seven percent last year as domestic demand war to head and exports continue to search that means a total of just over two and a half million men and women in germany were registered as jobless at the same time the number of peeping people holding a job reached an all time high and experts expect that figure to rise further over the next year and more analysis of germany's labor market let's bring in holger schmieding he's the chief economist at bear and bird bank he joins me from our parliamentary studio welcome to the program what is the main driver of the growing employment numbers in germany there are two main drivers of the growing german employment figures the first is germany is simply a good place to invest and to create jobs

talent show the voice of germany to hopes to make the final in lisbon come my. maverick folk music outfit box club is another nominee. who gets to represent germany for the euro vision extravaganza will be decided on february twenty second per. ray just currently rampaging across europe. in february the power metal bands world tour continues in south america and asia her arrest . rely. on her arrest. so trying to do all milky chance is about to embark on another tour of north america but get your tickets fast many gigs are already sold out. as. to spotify little. every week bob explored publishes a new play list on spotify with twenty songs from all made in germany. you'll also find a chart toppers new releases and classic kids' follow proper export on spotify. time to let your hair down as we look back at the battle of the bands contest at back an open air and separate shows we profile each of the five winners this time in music or from ice dance called them selves an experience a movement ants a plague. clinton forged from the deepest darkest completists corne

chef in syria now she's a refugee in germany and she's trying to teach him germans how to cook classic syrian dishes even the german chancellor is a fan of her food we've got that story for you coming up next in just a few minutes. but first last month this image went around the world and israeli flag set on fire at a pro palestinian rally here in berlin now the anger there was directed at israel but this site in the country that was responsible for the holocaust well it immediately raised the alarm let's take a look now at the figures on anti-semitism here in germany an average of fifteen hundred hate crimes reported against jews every year between two thousand and one and two thousand and fifteen but the number of on reported cases well it's likely to be even higher and many jews who live in germany say they experience and do semitism in their everyday lives a study by the university of bilal feld says that twenty nine percent of jews in germany say they were insulted or harassed within the last twelve months three percent of them said they have been physically attacked now anti-semi

in germany intellectual property is protected by the german patent office in munich but patents in germany aren't worth much in china they have to be registered there and the requirements are different in germany inventions must truly be new in china it's often enough for the goods to simply be new to the market that leaves room to patent blatant. is that also part of the chinese strategy attorney usually involved counterfeiters on behalf of german companies which takes a lot of time and energy. and china you have to submit a lot of paperwork before a judge will. need to develop a very broad strategy. any other kind of. property rights in china be responsible for your kind. of the property rights will ultimately help you win that case. does go to court. and his client chinese companies generally win. the impression the state is interested in supporting its own patents. china launched a major initiative a few years ago they wanted to see millions of peyton's filed within a few unfortunately the innovations. on the standards here differ from those in europe but chinese companies sometimes wi

it's the day after germany's federal elections the far right a.f.d. party will send more the ninety delegates to the one just talk the german parliament. after the results were released mccoskey immediately posted an article on the n.g.o.s social media platforms denouncing the politics of hate what does he think about the election results. if in the us media this i find it disgusting to be forced to watch child politicians who are openly hostile to jews who are openly xenophobia can racist have been voted in the parliament in such large numbers of its parliament could be avoidance and. human rights watch wants to make sure that the topic of anti semitism is taken more seriously by the next german government. patrick ziegler is director of the and frank center in berlin he is also one of the authors of a report on anti semitism submitted by a commission of experts to the german parliament in march twenty seven thousand i think the front and its face an example stop thinking there but it will what does being the german government is still lacking an ove

base germany has changed germany is an immigration country it's supposed to be an integration country so we have to talk in schools in a different way about the holocaust it shouldn't be just a chapter in the history class but it should be connected with what happened in the middle east after that's what of that time what's going on there how did people all regimes position themselves to this what was the outcome of this holocaust in europe concerning palestinians and their being you know fourteen and being pulled out of expelled from their country so by by connecting this with other countries to make it more international the way of talking about it we keep it as one important pillar for german identity mensah michel what do you think needs to happen the former head of the central council of jews in germany has called for the federal government to create a new authority that would monitor and defend against the rise of anti-semitism as we said there have been calls for mandatory visits to concentration camps what steps do you think need to be taken now here in germany i think the fac

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sales of electric vehicles doubled in germany last year but the real boom is. billet he is really taking off almost eight hundred thousand electric vehicles were sold there last year up more than fifty percent from the previous you. at wharfs the market in germany where fifty five thousand electric cars were sold analysts say conventional petrol engines are likely to dominate german roads for at least another decade. the eighty third birthday an international green week has opened to the public the focus on plant protection and animal welfare the timing couldn't be worse with african swine fever spreading through wild boar populations in europe culling is underway in many countries to stop livestock getting infected germany is the e.u.'s biggest pork producing nation. there's a lot to see and even more to taste burlington's killing of walker will green week brings together more than sixteen hundred exhibitors from sixty six countries one big topic the recent spread of african swine fever across large parts of eastern europe the disease is no threat for humans b

about a new dynamic for germany not only a new beginning for europe but for germany as well that's very obvious that mr. cd you will work toward these goals and make sure that we negotiate swiftly. i think the people expect us to found a government quickly so i'm both optimistic and very determined that we achieve results and i think it's possible in the brief time window. does this all in and for place was a bomb site is annoying almost for the new government must give germany packets proper role the one we should play is the strongest economy in the european union operation when you will not structurally stark's that europe needs a strongly pro european germany to meet the challenges coming from china and the us . i say this on a day when we are expecting to hear from the u.s. president in davos that america is moving in a different direction so strongly pro european germany can only happen with the social democratic participation in the government and should organise at home to make germany fairer and more modern under the international level to make it once again a leading power in

this is interviews lined for berlin it's decision day here in germany political leaders have just a few hours to go to reach a deal on starting talks to form a new government while they meet the deadline and what happens if they fail also coming up. thousands rally in pakistan to protest against the shocking rape and murder of an eight year old girl with the killer still at large they want to know why the police were so slow to react and why it was this senior iranian cleric accused by activists of crimes against humanity allow him to get medical treatment here in germany. where the rock is great to have you along. political leaders here in germany are bracing for a long and difficult night of negotiations on the americans conservatives and the center left s.p.d. are trying to see if they have enough common ground to enter formal coalition talks so as the exploratory talks enter their final day chance on what markel says many hurdles still remain. lobbying groups have been protesting outside the talks every day now among them trade unionists who fear the end of coal mining in germany an

germany because of lyme are introduced a constitution that gives the president of germany funk. in this case powers actual powers only in the scenario and he was quite stern and in fact he forced his own party the social democrats back into these talks with angela merkel after the social democrats had on election night ruled it out so the nothing will shake democracy of germany and i think it's it's a lot of it is overblown as you can tell the country is very complacent that is the risk in the grand coalition would make it worse but the country is currently running fantastically well with low unemployment and surpluses and gifts to be doled out everywhere that shows you the ordinary german citizen is very concerned there is a not an economic crisis as he said but a political crisis underneath i happen to think that in the medium and long run this grand coalition which would be the fourth in post-war history and the third under under law merkel would actually make the political crises crisis worse in the long run ok we'll talk about that in just a moment because of the senses jus

it's the day after germany's federal elections the far right a.f.d. party will send more the ninety delegates to the bundestag the german parliament. after the results were released immediately posted an article on the n.g.o.s social media platforms denouncing the politics of hate what does he think about the election results. if in this leader this find it disgusting to be forced to watch child politicians who are openly hostile to jews for more whole families and a phobic and racist have been voted in the parliament in such large numbers of its parliament if he had fought and. human rights watch wants to make sure that the topic of anti semitism is taken more seriously by the next german government. patrick ziegler is director of the and frank center in berlin he is also one of the authors of a report on anti semitism submitted by a commission of experts to the german parliament in march twenty seventeen i think it's the fourth loopholes and it's fate's an example to start thinking that a good will or does a big german government is still lacking an

why did i choose germany in fact it was germany that chose me while i was in prison i wrote a book and it was later published in germany the weekly german paper did cite hired me to write a column writers associations offered me fellowships i want to ward summers invited to speak to distinguished audiences about the situation in turkey. in the one nine hundred thirty s. and korea welcomed german jewish intellectuals who had fled the nazis now in berlin can return the favor. since the nine hundred sixty years large numbers of times have emigrated to germany the majority of them now support and one. like me many people in germany are concerned about the way the turkish government has cracked down on its opponents. for example denice eugen turkey correspondent for the newspaper to events has been held without charge in jail for months. i notice that john is still a little nervous here in germany. he hesitates when i ask him why he doesn't use taxi cabs after many discussions with the drugs the drivers decided to take or taxis and. driving is better for me and that's why. i decided to get

license culture in germany. us american keep mussa takes a look at germany it is increasing use of their traditions every day lives and language in there come out of. so i'm ok i'm good at. the bigger fish guy i'm going to g.w. dot com make the germans. sustainable protection for the earth ideas designed to preserve our ecosystems bassist around the whole. global ideas takes the next step protection for our planet's biological diversity trailblazing projects. such as d w dot com slash global ideals. that people of the world over information they provide the opinions they want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter and up to date and in touch follow us. good. dropping bombs on civilians during the launch of the situation escalates. there's no longer an interim force scruples going to with ruthless calculation of military leaders were killed the extent of the mischief of control of the airspace as it does an efficient technological to preserve the conflagration missouri destruction. aerial bombing from get me com

germany because of lyme are introduced a constitution that gives the president of germany funk. in this case powers actual powers only in the scenario and he was quite stern and in fact he forced his own party the social democrats back into these talks with angela merkel after the social democrats had on election night ruled it out so the nothing will shake democracy of germany and i think it's it's a lot of it is overblown as you can tell the country is very complacent that is the risk in the grand coalition would make it worse but the country is currently running fantastically well with low unemployment and surpluses and gifts to be doled out dealt out everywhere that shows you the ordinary german citizen is very concerned there is not an economic crisis as you said but a political crisis underneath i happen to think that in the medium and long run this grand coalition which would be the fourth in post-war history and the third under under law merkel would actually make the political crises crisis worse in the long run ok we'll talk about that in just a moment because of the s

critically is feeling from the alternative for germany the c.s. you are says they have understood that's why they're so outgoing about. social justice issues despite there being a near full employment in particular in bavaria but they've understood that this is an issue that really concerns last reports of people here and many so they will keep making policy from the opposition benches that's for sure but if there was fresh elections and that's the big concern amongst the big parties they could gain even more and that's what everybody's afraid of sitting around this to do you think it weighed heavily on the leader of the s.p.d. knowing that if he joins the government you have the always in the opposition you know making their case. look that's that's the political democratic game is used to that kind of bloc in the european parliament he's a man who has faced some very difficult choices right now his main concern is to keep his policies together and to get his posse behind him and then we'll see what the next step there is but one thing is so we'r

push on clear has begun we'll go live to our correspondent in istanbul for the latest also coming up germany's social democrat delegates prepared to vote on whether to join chance i'm going back to school to pull a new government for good to the opposition. and tomorrow marks one year in office for donna trunk we'll take a look at the highs and lows of twelve months in the white house. kind of a warm welcome to you i'm shima. turkey's defense minister says an operation has now begun against the kurdish controlled enclave off awfully in the reports coming in that turkish forces are firing shells across the border earlier this week the turkish president who won threatened a full military intervention into syria to stamp out what he called nests of terror on his country's border on korea deployed tanks and military equipment ahead of the operation but in ankara at odds with the u.s. which plans to set up a thirty thousand strong border force in syria's north according to some reports joining us now from for the very latest is our correspondent in. dorian jones dorian we are humoring we're just wa

a question of whether or not germany's role in europe or germany's sense of who it is will become perhaps more front and center in the medical was able to do a lot of good during the last twelve years but there's a lot of pending questions out there need to be answered and i think the next shall we say replacement the consonantal have to face those we got about half a middle me ask you about this grand coalition and they're trying to have a repeat of that do you think that's going to happen i personally do but it will be a hair of a majority because there's what i just said i think holds true for yesterday as well as throughout the country but my feeling that now you asked me tonight a monday vote yeah i think something would actually sunday i think they're going to pull it out ok well we'll see what happens jesse james president the american institute for contemporary german studies as always it's good to have you on the show thanks for coming in here. turkey has reportedly extended in state of emergency for another three months the crackdown that followed an attempted coup with the summ

yes, strikes in germany! i think most of our leaders of the great unions know strikes only from history! i don't think we will have strikes a! so, what do you think as the rest of europe watches this round going on between unions and the manufacturers, as i have mentioned, which form the bedrock of the german economy — do you think there will be any discomfort elsewhere at how this is unfolding oi’ elsewhere at how this is unfolding or not? of course. we have a good employment situation, and therefore, the trade unions are in a strong position. and i think it would be good also for the other countries of the eurozone if we will have higher wages in the manufacturing, because in the last year's, from germany, in the last year's there was a pressure from germany to other countries because of too slow wage increase. so, you think that if they get their wages increases in germany, we could see wage increases across the rest of the continent? i don't understand? so, if they get these wage rises in germany, do

leadership has fallen to thirty percent germany has replaced the u.s. as the top rated global power china at thirty one percent is now in second place you see there the united states comes in at third slightly higher than russia which is the fourth rated global plough powered the ranking itself shows a major rethink in just the past year now what is just as remarkable the change for each of the four countries since trump took office for germany china and russia there have really been no changes it's the u.s. where global perception has shifted with the rating dropping as you see eighteen points year on year. in a moment i'll ask the author of what's the matter with kansas to help explain what's the matter with the world but first the people in promises that converged on election day in twenty sixteen to make dumbell trump a president our washington bureau chief alexandra phenomena takes us to ohio a swing state that swung for trump what do they think now one year into the trump president's. valley in ohio a longtime democratic stronghold that was once a

s biggest pork producing nation germany. well then i think that there's been resignation to the fact that this disease has been out there for awhile that it's been slowly making its way across and that like many things with farming or livestock production it's sort of this act of god that there isn't a whole lot of. sort of methods or manners to fight right now at the same time there is a lot of concern about what they can do what should be done what measures should be taken and so i talked with one farmer today who was talking about this he has maybe a sort of a regional smaller size. operation he was saying that's what he wants to see is more work on the transportation sector in terms of those people who are coming over from the lands where there is swine fever already they want to see more instructions over you know being careful about spreading the pathogen how to limit its spread including farming machinery all that kind of stuff that sort of spread between the two lands these types of incidents are also big political i

those values germany is a strong country. that we have achieved so much we can do this and have something hinders us we must overcome it and. going where it's uncomfortable global news that matters w made for mines. josef mengele was born on march sixteenth one thousand nine hundred seventy in good sport before area in what was then part of the german empire he was the eldest of carl and valborg a manglers three children his father was the founder and owner of a flourishing agricultural machinery company the magna name was known throughout the varia. the family firm was so successful that adult hitler himself paid a visit in good spoke. to gives him a lot of shorty about what he wants to do but he doesn't want to follow his family into agriculture he wants to become a doctor and of course you know that's fully encouraged in a daddy's a respectable profession. mengele was a good student interested in music art and skiing after finishing secondary school in april one thousand nine hundred thirty he went to study at the universi

meet the germans new and surprising aspects of choice and culture in germany. us american g. news a take a look at trying to distinguish the two spoke of their traditions everyday lives and language in this model because i'm talking to a dog ok i'm going to extend the length. of the trick i am going to d.w. dot com me the germans. painted houses in. the bay area on my way.

but let me tell you, germany and all the talks i currently hold and will continue to hold, germany wishes to be a country that will lend its contribution also in future to solve the problems of the world together. we think that shutting ourselves off against the rest of the world, isolating ourselves will not lead us into a good future. protectionism is not the proper answer. we believe that, if we are of the opinion that things are simply not fair, that there is no reciprocity, then we have to seek multilateral answers to this and not pursue a unilateral protectionist course while we isolate ourselves against the other. obviously, it is of the essence that we form a government as soon as possible. in germany, i hope we will be able to do so. we hold talks. we are guided in those talks by two main thoughts. the first one is how can we ensure and secure prosperity for the people of germany, for our country? right now, we are in a very good situation. we are doing very well. we have had growth for 11 consecutive years. the last time that happened was in the 1950's. we have more people gainf

in germany the i thirty m. starts at a little under thirty thousand euros just seven hundred euros less than the gold. but with a few added features and one dies renowned five year warranty. as this list i feel competition may be fierce in the german lecture you state or station wagon market says ronnie but lobel has been a successful player for decades it's very night he is a very convincing newcomer to the scene let's take a closer look. at the city and carmakers has been refreshing as premium products bring them the ninety is the third model in the ninety series after the plug in hybrid x e ninety and the s. ninety executive sedan. run he's testing the deep five all wheel drive diesel with an eight here on a matic transmission. that's one of what will only uses two leader four cylinder engines nowadays sometimes you feel the lack of pick up two but the need five does pack some punch even at low revs and tools along quite happily even though it weighs a ton it is by no means a diesel does. google says it cons

this is about a new dynamic for germany not only a new beginning for europe but for germany as well that's been visited states. will work toward these goals and make sure that we negotiate swiftly with him and i think the people expect us to found a government quickly so i'm both optimistic and very determined that we achieve results and i think it's possible in that brief time window. does this all in and for place was if i shall bomb site is annoying almost for the new government must give germany packets proper role the one we should play is the strongest economy in the european union operation when you're not structurally sharks and here are needs a strongly pro european germany to meet the challenges coming from china and the us . i say this on a day when we are expecting to hear from the u.s. president in davos that america is moving in a different direction so strongly pro european germany can only happen with the social democratic participation in the government and should i consider that home to make germany fairer and more modern and that the international level to make it

germany needs a new government and they say too late is under pressure to deliver. neither the social democrats lay them out and short no christine democrat chancellor angela merkel can guarantee a positive outcome but going into the talks they were hopeful. newsom's in a b. and b. a court will lead the negotiations in a constructive and inclusive way here. let's go but i believe we can do it we're committed to working together very rapidly and intensively. but migration in europe divide the two sides the social democrats want the families of refugees to be able to join them here right when conservatives are against that plan on the e.u. martin short says big idea is for a united states of europe key conservatives remain skeptical. the social democrats hosted the first day of talks at the party's headquarters day like angle america's conservatives achieved their worst electoral showing in post-war german history and after september's election they said they would go into opposition but now they say what the country needs is a stable government. partly because it's t

not in romania not in the czech republic not in lithuania our software is made in germany made in germany founded in one nine hundred ninety city and employs around one hundred people in gurlitz. we are planning to grow continuously we have a double digit growth and we can only grow through collaboration with expertise and know how to use it well and we want to recruit more staff here me toward over here what a given maybe from here zeman has announced it's shutting a steam turbine plant with nine hundred employees in gurlitz and that's not all rail vehicle maker bombards he is planning to slash a thousand jobs here. what will the future bring for the region if two of its biggest employers pull out. investors are interested say local economic developers although they don't give any concrete details. nominee then one we won't name names until it's a done deal but i can tell you they come mainly from the emo billet the sector the logistic sector in the medical sector that's it in a nutshell. chis there are lots district just the district in the state of saxony with the highest percentage of

went from written on to germany to look for protection because he knew that. things going on against him all that well things going on against him which are due to conflicts inside the communist party and its a struggle for power inside the communist party yes and all what happened afterwards is in this lion ok so what can germany do they will be looking at here is a case of someone being kidnapped from this country and taken to vietnam is there any recourse germany. germany took position and spoke very strong and put on ice the strategic partnership between vietnam and germany that means no new projects started you took a lot of other messages kicked out to off the embassy of vietnam and said we have other points on the table yes and they are obviously conversations between vietnam and germany how to solve tours of auteuil to calm down this political conflict is nothing that would directly impact the earth even help the case one hundred not part of this conversations but i support everything germany has done is doing and will do in the future for my client do

in germany intellectual property is protected by the german patent office in munich but patents in germany aren't worth much in china they have to be registered there and the requirements are different in germany inventions must truly be new in china it's often enough for the goods to simply be new to the market that leaves room to patent blatant. is that also part of the chinese strategy attorney usually involves counterfeiters on behalf of german companies which takes a lot of time and energy. and china you have to submit a lot of paperwork before a. very broad strategy. any other. property rights in china are responsible for your kind. of the property rights will ultimately help you win that case. does go to court. and his client chinese companies generally win. the impression the state is interested in supporting its own patents. china launched a major initiative a few years ago they wanted to see millions of peyton's filed within a few unfortunately the innovations. on the standards here differ from those in europe and the chinese companies sometimes with tax advantages. and then pars

growth in germany last year is everybody happy over there frankfurt. well i figure that we're talking pretty much every day here about new records yes the german economy is strong it was strong in two thousand and seventeen it's most likely also going to be strong in two thousand and eighteen as well the immediate reaction at the stock exchange i guess you can see it in the background shares were actually jumping and they were appreciating that that's what investors are telling me also senor economist of unit credit bank was stating a little bit earlier that germany is really jumping from success to success but in two thousand and eighteen there are still some factors that could be harming the economy as well breck's is still a very big topic some are saying that at the end of brics it could be also become quite expensive for germany and then we still have this i'm going crisis off the united states with north korea with two presidents who are very unpredictable what they are going to do and you also have to talk about the surplus production of germany