say it to the present day germany has still not paid poland war reparations to poland lost twelve million of its citizens and fifty percent of the territory no one has made amends for this. carolyn of the guru is an expert on historical memory and poland's jewish community she says the law was rushed through in a hurry and is dangerously vague it is visible that the government did not expect such or such a reaction that the law was actually poorly prepared and that they werent able to foresee the consequences. we head toward only surviving pre-war synagogue before the holocaust the city's jewish community numbered some three hundred thousand people today fewer than ten thousand remain but how is the new law being received here people do not feel restrained as such but people feel is there a place for me in poland today and it's a harbel statement for me to say the poles suffered horribly during world war two there were fantastic euros of the righteous among the nations the best people in the world and you also have individual poles and sometimes even groups of poles that collaborated with

it to the present day germany has still not paid poland war reparations to poland lost twelve million of its citizens and fifty percent of the territory no one has made amends for this. carolyn of the guru is an expert on historical memory and poland's jewish community she says the law was rushed through in a hurry and is dangerously vague it is visible that the government did not expect such or such a reaction that the law was actually poorly prepared and that they werent able to foresee the consequences we. head to warsaw is only surviving pre-war synagogue before the holocaust the city's jewish community numbered some three hundred thousand people today fewer than ten thousand remain but how is the new law being received here people do not feel restrained as such but people feel is there a place for me in poland today and it's a harbel statement for me to say the pulse suffered horribly during world war two there were fantastic euros of the righteous among the nations the best people in the world and you also have individual poles and sometimes even groups of poles the collaborated

it's in the present day germany has still not paid poland war reparations poland lost twelve million of its citizens and fifty percent of it territory no one has made amends for this. carolyn of the guru is. an expert on historical memory and poland's jewish community she says the law was rushed through in a hurry and is dangerously vague it is visible that the government did not expect such or such a reaction that the law was actually poorly prepared and that they werent able to foresee the consequences we head toward only surviving pre-war synagogue before the holocaust the city's jewish community numbered some three hundred thousand people today fewer than ten thousand remain but how is the new law being received here people do not feel restrained as such but people feel is there a place for me in poland today and it's a harbel statement for me to say the poles suffered horribly during world war two there were fantastic heroes of the righteous among the nations the best people in the world and you also have individual poles and sometimes even groups of poles the collaborated with

so is poland really willing to bite the hand that feeds? support theority do far right policies, but there are individuals fighting there are battles, aren't there? reporter: yes, many are trying to make changes. we did meet with a 26-year-old student so appalled by the fact that the government was closing its borders, she decided to take things into her own hands to open a restataurant that wouould only employ migrant spirit she is hoping through food, because these migrants will cook local, traditional food, they are hoping they will reach polish people's hearts and they will refugees at home. we also met with two women who started a really daring campaign, because they printed out massive billboards across poland calling for reproductive rights. as you know, at the moment, there could be a new bill presented to parliament ring discussed very soon, essentially banning abortion. being discussed very sin, essentially banning abortion. they are essentially defying the church, defying the government. there's a lot of religious pressure. there

poland senate approves a bill that seeks to criminalize anyone who blames the country for nazi war crimes that is despite warnings from israel and the u.s. . at the f.b.i. publicly opposes the push by the white house and republicans to release a secret memo alleging bias in the agency. early release video appears to show evidence of a massacre of a henschel muslims and me in mar last year associated press says it's confirmed at least five previously reported mass graves the video appears to show the bodies of four half buried men it's thought the killings took place in group r.p.n. and august newsagency stick to villagers to say up to four hundred people may have been killed in mars the government has regularly denied that any massacre was committed so far it's acknowledged only one mass grave which it says can. tain ten terrorists more than six hundred fifty thousand have fled across the border to bangladesh since august they say they're feeling a crackdown by mean mars military that the military says their operations are only targeting armed groups bangladesh and me and more have reache

how likely is poland to comply with the eu? the government reshuffle meant that took place in a month ago was meant to mend relations with the eu but i do not see these government is able to back down on the judicial rule reform and it is uncertain if they are ready to withdraw certain steps that it undertook in the previous month which caused this spat with the other eu memberstate. which caused this spat with the other eu member state. how likely is that the eu to withdraw voting rights from poland, do you think? how likely is it that this process will go all the way? i think it is very unlikely. at the moment we are discussing article seven procedure, not withdrawing the voting rights but issuing a political statement about the violation of riot. even thatis about the violation of riot. even that is not likely to happen any time soon because many eu member states are sceptical about the procedure and do not want to provoke a major rift which perhaps could be a major rift which perhaps could be a consequence of such a step. o

it's at the present day germany has still not paid poland war reparations poland lost twelve million of its citizens and fifty percent of it territory and no one has made amends for this. carolyn of the guru is an expert on historical memory and poland's jewish community she says the law was rushed through in a hurry and is dangerously vague it is visible that the government did not expect such or such a reaction that the law was actually poorly prepared and that they werent able to foresee the consequences we had to warsaw's only surviving pre-war synagogue before the holocaust the city's jewish community numbered some three hundred thousand people today fewer than ten thousand remain but how is the new law being received here people do not feel restrained as such but people feel is there a place for me in poland today and it's a hireable statement for me to say the poles suffered horribly during world war two they were fair. testicular rose of the righteous among the nations the best people in the world and you also have individual poles and sometimes even groups of poles the colla

say it to the present day germany has still not paid poland war reparations poland lost twelve million of its citizens and fifty percent of it territory no one has made amends for this. carolyn of the guru. is an expert on historical memory and poland's jewish community she says the law was rushed through in a hurry and is dangerously vague it is visible that the government did not expect such or such a reaction that the law was actually poorly prepared and that they werent able to foresee the consequences we head toward the only surviving pre-war synagogue before the holocaust the city's jewish community numbered some three hundred thousand people today fewer than ten thousand remain but how is the new law being received here people do not feel restrained as such but people feel is there a place for me in poland today and it's a horrible statement for me to say the poles suffered horribly during world war two there were fantastic euros of the righteous among the nations the best people in the world and you also have individual poles and sometimes even groups of poles the collaborated

it to the present day germany has still not paid poland war reparations to poland lost twelve million of its citizens and fifty percent of it territory no one has made amends for this. carolyn of the guru is an expert on historical memory and poland's jewish community she says the law was rushed through in a hurry and is dangerously vague it is visible that the government did not expect such or such a reaction that the law was actually poorly prepared and that they werent able to foresee the consequences we. head to warsaw is only surviving pre-war synagogue before the holocaust the city's jewish community numbered some three hundred thousand people today fewer than ten thousand remain but how is the new law being received here people do not feel restrained as such but people feel is there a place for me in poland today and it's a harbel statement for me to say the poles suffered horribly during world war two there were fantastic euros of the righteous among the nations the best people in the world and you also have individual poles and sometimes even groups of poles that collaborated

bill criminalizing anyone who suggests that poland or its people work implicit in nazi war crimes under the bill people who speak of polish death camps for example could receive a three year prison sentence poland's ruling party says that the legislation is needed to ensure that poles are recognised as victims of the nazis the move has caused outrage in israel which calls it an attempt to rewrite history. the vote in the polish senate was decisive fifty seven in favor twenty three against two abstentions but it may not be the quick fix the government would like. paul and as long struggled with the legacy of nazi run death camps on its soil like auschwitz birkenau where more than a million jews and others died poland was one of the countries most affected by nazi atrocities and many here feel they've been unfairly branded as villains and it hasn't gone down well when american politicians among others referred to polish death camps for many years history has been falsified it has been presented in a false way we did this for the poles for our dignity and truth. but the bill's passage come

tensions between poland and israel are rising. poland's president now has to decide whether to sign the bill into law. translation: i feel sorry for the poles and it hurts me that i need to dig out these memories to put them on the table again. i am still hoping that since the new bill still needs the approval of the polish president, that he will approve it. the row has caused a rise in anti—semitic incidents in poland. the israeli embassy in warsaw says it has been the target of a wave of abuse and ahead of the city'sjewish community told the bbc it has also witnessed similar incidents. scientists studying the decline in the survival rates of polar bears have observed them expending more energy than they can consume as they hunt. the researchers found that the bears have a higher metabolic rate than previously thought. victoria gill has more. a polar bear‘s view of the arctic. these remarkable images were captured cameras inside tracking collars that scientists fitted to nine solitary female polar bears. the researchers had

it's of the present day germany has still not paid poland war reparations to poland lost twelve million of its citizens and fifty percent of it territory and no one has made amends for this. carolyn of the good. a is an expert on historical memory and poland's jewish community she says the law was rushed through in a hurry and is dangerously vague it is visible that the government did not expect such or such a reaction that the law was actually poorly prepared and that they werent able to foresee the consequences we head toward only surviving pre-war synagogue before the holocaust the city's jewish community numbered some three hundred thousand people today fewer than ten thousand remain but how is the new law being received here people do not feel restrained as such but people feel is there a place for me in poland today and it's a harbel statement for me to say the poles suffered horribly during world war two there were fantastic euros of the righteous among the nations the best people in the world and you also have individual poles and sometimes even groups of poles the collaborated

president trump will release the memo on friday also coming up poland backs controversial legislation making it a crime to suggest that pows were complicit in the holocaust the move has angered israel will get reaction from the simon wiesenthal center and a court reverses lifetime bans for dozens of russian athletes accused of doping but it is still not clear whether those athletes can take part in next week's winter olympics. i bring golf it's good to have you with us in the united states the f.b.i. has condemned plans by the white house and house republicans to release a secret memo the memo alleges that the f.b.i. abused its surveillance powers when it investigated donald trump's presidential campaign the agency contests the documents accuracy while democrats say its release could undermine the investigations into russian interference in the twenty sixteen election. was really still. at work on. a quick exchange overheard after donald trump state of the union speech on tuesday night the us president reassures a republican lawmaker that he has every intention of putting out the memo

israel has objected to the draft was saying poland is trying to rewrite history. some historians say it others were complicit. president putin has welcomed a decision to overturn lifetime doping bans on 28 russian athletes who'd competed at the 2014 winter olympics in sochi. sport's top court said there was insufficient evidence to prove doping. the decision means the athletes could take legal action against the international olympic committee. russia is already proposing that they be entered for the winter games in south korea. the mayor of calais has called for extra security measures after clashes erupted between migrants on thursday in the area. lots more as a lwa ys thursday in the area. lots more as always on a website and you can get in touch with me via social media. time now for sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: why the lifting of lifetime bans for 28 russian athletes could have serious consequences in the fight against doping. it's first blood to barcelona in their copa del rey semi—fi

and its ability to accept a much more nationalistic government in poland. the u.k. court is expected to announce later today the result of an appeal by wiki leaks editor julian assange against an arrest warrant for breaching bail in britain and here in a week ago maintaining the warrant he's been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for over five years after seeking asylum that honest looks at his fight for freedom. when one door closes another door opens but not for julian a songe holed up inside the ecuadorian embassy in london for years on end he has heard all after hurdle to overcome to walk a free man without being forced to look over his shoulder but the seemingly endless international saga could be about to turn a new page as a judge in london continues to consider whether the arrest warrant against the weak you leaks founder could be dropped last week amidst a media frenzy it was decided that the suspension of an investigation into alleged crimes in sweden that first led to his arrest was not sufficient reason to drop the warrant but asuncion and his

to get to the present day germany has still not paid poland war reparations to poland lost twelve million of its citizens and fifty percent of the territory no one has made amends for this. carolyn of the guru is an expert on historical memory and poland's jewish community she says the law was rushed through in a hurry and is dangerously vague it is visible that the government did not expect such or such a reaction that the law was actually poorly prepared and that they werent able to foresee the consequences we had to warsaw's only surviving pre-war synagogue before the holocaust the city's jewish community numbered some three hundred thousand people today fewer than ten thousand remain but how is the new law being received here people do not feel restrained as such but people feel is there a place for me in poland today and it's a harbel statement for me to say the poles suffered horribly during world war two they were fed. testicular rose of the righteous among the nations the best people in the world and you also have individual poles and sometimes even groups of poles the collaborate

and poland backs legislation making it a crime to claim polls were complicit in the holocaust israel has sharply condemned the move saying no law would change the facts. i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to the show on just over half of germans thank chancellor on the macro should stay on at the country's helm but polls indicate her approval rating is sinking more than four months after germany's national elections she still has not managed to form a new government and germans are losing patience the numbers while they are even worse for her potential coalition partners the social democrats germany's largest center left party is looking at its lowest approval ratings ever. germany's social democrats need to regroup they're still the second largest party in parliament but their standing has been flagging since the party's poor election results last september the latest polls suggest if people voted now chancellor angela merkel's conservatives would score thirty three percent of the vote far ahead of the s.p.d. which would get only eighteen percent and that's just four points ahead of th

carol: and some revisionist history threatens poland. julia: this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ carol: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i'm carol massar. julia: and i'm julia chatterley. you can find us online. carol: in the economic section, a credit squeeze is on in china just like other parts of the global economy. julia: but in china specifically, the corporate titans are feeling the pinch. carol: here is editor christina lindblad. christina: in china, authorities have been particularly worried about debt in the corporate sector. rather than use benchmark interest rates, rather than use them, they are using targeted measures so as to not compromise growth. so, i think the alarm bells started sounding in 2016 when chinese companies went on a huge m&a binge that wilted them to number two in the global m&a. behind the u.s. that was a wake-up to chinese policymakers. a lot of these deals were happening abroad. and a lot of them were debt funded. carol: talk to us about the levels of debt. we have had short-sellers come on and

it to the present day germany has still not paid poland war reparations to poland lost twelve million of its citizens and fifty percent of it in territory no one has made amends for this. carolyn of the guru is an expert on historical memory and poland's jewish community she says the law was rushed through in a hurry and is dangerously bake it is visible that the government did not expect such or such a reaction that the law was actually poorly prepared and that they werent able to foresee the consequences we had to warsaw's only surviving pre-war synagogue before the holocaust the city's jewish community numbered some three hundred thousand people today fewer than ten thousand remain but how is the new law being received here people do not feel restrained as such but people feel is there a place for me in poland today and it's a harbel statement for me to say the poles suffered horribly during world war two they were fair. testicular rose of the righteous among the nations the best people in the world and you also have individual poles and sometimes even groups of poles the collabora

it to the present day germany has still not paid poland war reparations to poland lost twelve million of its citizens and fifty percent of it territory no one has made amends for this. carolyn of the guru is an expert on historical memory and poland's jewish community she says the law was rushed through in a hurry and is dangerously vague it is visible that the government did not expect such or such a reaction that the law was actually poorly prepared and that they werent able to foresee the consequences we head toward only surviving pre-war synagogue before the holocaust the city's jewish community numbered some three hundred thousand people today fewer than ten thousand remain but how is the new law being received here people do not feel restrained as such but people feel is there a place for me in poland today and it's a harbel statement for me to say the poles suffered horribly during world war two there were fantastic heroes of the righteous among the nations the best people in the world and you also have individual poles and sometimes even groups of poles the collaborated with t

swastikas and profanities to be marked on the entrance to poland's embassy in israel this is after poland's prime minister suggested that jews were among perpetrators of wartime atrocities a comment slammed by his israeli counterpart the polish pm says further dialogue with israel about the holocaust is necessary. it's not going to be punishable i'm not going to be seemed. to say that there were polish perpetrators there were druggies perpetrators as there were russian perpetrate perpetrators are there were ukrainian not on the german perpetrators. of the polish prime minister's remarks here in munich are outrageous there is a problem here of an inability to understand history and a lack of sensitivity to the tragedy of our people the president of the conference of european rabbis also criticize the polish leaders comments. by the polish prime minister is totally unacceptable to call jews perpetrators of the holocaust is unacceptable to any person who knows history knows you and wants a bit of future and we did not expect the polish prime minister to say such things but it all comes in the

swastikas and profanities have been marked on the entrance to poland's embassy in israel itself to poland's prime minister suggested that jews were among perpetrators of water i'm atrocities comment slummed by his israeli counterpart the polish pm says further dialogue with israel about the holocaust is needed. it's not going to be punished of i'm not going to be seemed. to say that there were polish perpetrators as there were jewish perpetrators as there were russian paper to perpetrators as there were ukrainian not on the german paper turtles that were actually the polish prime minister's remarks here in munich are outrageous there is a problem here of an inability to understand history and a lack of sensitivity to the tragedy of our people the president of the conference of european rabbis is also criticized the polish leaders comments it was a search by the polish prime minister is totally unacceptable to call jews perpetrators of the holocaust is unacceptable to any person who knows history knows you and wants a bit of future and we did not expect the polish prime minister to say such

has provoked with israel poland's prime minister added fuel to the fire by suggesting jews were among the perpetrators of wartime atrocities israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu has slammed the claim it's not going to be punishable not going to be seemed. to say that there were polish perpetrators as there were jewish perpetrators as there were russian perpetrate perpetrators are there were ukrainian not only german perpetrators but the usual issue of the polish prime minister's remarks here in munich are outrageous there is a problem here of an inability to understand history and a lack of sensitivity to the tragedy of our people the president of the conference of european rabbis has also slammed the polish leader's remarks what was said by the polish prime minister is totally unacceptable to jews perpetrators of the holocaust is unacceptable to any person who knows history knows you want to build a future and we did not expect the polish prime minister to say such things as mentioned the new law bans accusations the country collaborated with nazi germany during world war two s

swastikas and profanities have been marked on the entrance to poland's embassy in israel that's after poland's prime minister suggested that jews were among perpetrators of water atrocities a comment slammed by israeli counterpart polish pm says further dialogue with israel about the holocaust is needed it's not going to be punishable i'm not going to be seemed. to say that there were polish perpetrators there were jewish perpetrators as there were russian perpetrate perpetrators as there were ukrainian not on the german paper turtle's. of the polish prime minister's remarks here in munich are outrageous there is a problem here of an inability to understand history and a lack of sensitivity to the tragedy of our people the president of the conference of european rabbis also criticize the polish leaders comments what was served by the polish prime minister is totally acceptable to call jews perpetrators of the holocaust is unacceptable to any person who knows history knows you want to build a future and we did not expect the polish prime minister to say such things but this comes in th

role in the holocaust nazi occupied poland was the second world war site of some of the worst horrors of the holocaust the concentration camp birkenau has become its most potent symbol but poland objects to terms such as polish death camps instead of nazi ones pointing out poles were victims of invasion then occupation is what is meant will go we are very sad and surprised our fight for the truth for the dignity of poles is perceived and interpreted in this way. the bill would punish without the three years' imprisonment anyone accusing the polish nation of complicity in the extermination of the jews the domestic opponents of the proposed law its terms to group this. sort of public discussion should take place without any obstacles it cannot take place under the supervision of the prosecutor after poland's lower house voted the bill through last friday israel's prime minister called it an attempt to rewrite history demanding the proposed legislation be amended israeli government says it adamantly opposed to this second vote adding that no law can change historical truth and there is s

a new controversial law in poland is causing a stir in israel. for the sure right. we have a great team but we need to strengthen it before the free world. to keep it to the back. in one thousand nine hundred two that must qualify for the european championships at the very last moment no one believed in us but we won and i'm hoping to bring some of that waving spirit to the. recently i had a lot of practice so i can guarantee you that peter schmeichel will be the best since my last. thousand zero zero zero zero. left left left more or less ok. joining me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see them. come back to the program an advisor to the polish president has come under fire for what some are calling m t is really comments he was defending a new law that prohibits polish people from being held responsible for the crimes of the nazi regime against the jews. in israel comes from the feeling of shame and the passivity of the holocaust. the new law also makes it illegal t

tensions between poland and israel are rising. poland's president andrzej duda now has to decide whether to sign the bill into law. translation: i feel sorry for the poles and it hurts me that i need to dig out these memories to put them on the table again. i'm still hoping, since the new bill still needs the approval of the polish president, that he will approve it. the row has caused a rise in anti—semitic incidents in poland. the israeli embassy in warsaw says it has been the target of a wave of abuse and the head of the city's jewish community told the bbc it has also witnessed similar incidents. the former lead singer of the temptations, dennis edwards, has died at the age of 7a. he joined the group ini978 and died at the age of 7a. he joined the group in 1978 and featured on a number of their hits. he left in 1977 only to rejoin them three years later. he died in hospital in chicago one day before his 75th birth day. scientists studying the decline in the survival rates of polar bears have observed them expending more ener

and the latest in our focus on poland series this week. view onage citizen's the wave of nationalism that is growing across the country. first, though, our top story live from paris. ♪ genie: we start first and eastern ghouta, the suburb just outside the syrian capital of damascus. that area held by rebels has been pounded by those russian and syrian airstrikes with devastating consequences. at least 250 people have been killed in two full days of bombings, with half the when aies tuesday hospital was to sort your scores of children are among the dead. for more on the situation, let's bring in "france 24" chloe kim in beirut. what is the latest on the situation? intensifiedombing this morning over eastern ghouta. it is impossible at this stage to give a precise number of casualty as the large bodies are rubble, and it is impossible to independently verify this information. as you have mentioned, the ngodon-based observatory for human rights has reported over 250 casualties. if true, i it would mamake it te most violent episode since 2015

the citywe travel to of devils, poland, where -- of .avos, poland when communism ended, they felt like a new era had begun. the decade for struggle of democracy -- poland seems to increasingly slip away from western values. long gone are the days when the port city -- communism in poland. three decades ago. stanislav remembers when he joined the strike, led by the shipyard electrician who became the country's first democratically elected president. >> they wanted to see where he lived. there it is. >> stanislav often drives by y e home and rewinds to that dark time. the soviets ruled with an iron fist. the economy was battered. when he joinedhe protestst, he was fired from hisis job as a sp cook. >> i would do it again if i had to. i would not want communism to return. not ideal,on is though. those in power only care about themselves and not about the ordinary people. ,> when the soviet era ended free market reforms were introduced, and poland joined the eu. many are worried that the country has become a bastion of the far right. what is left of the revolution is a place of pilgrimage.

carroll: and some revisionist history threatens poland check from brussel. julia: this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ ♪ carol: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i am carol massar. julia: i am julia chatterley. you can find us online at businessweek.com and on our mobile app. carol: in the economic section, a credit squeeze is on in china , just like in other parts of the global economy. julia: but in china specifically, the corporate titans are feeling the pinch. carroll: here is editor christina lindblad. >> in china, authorities have been particularly worried about debt in the corporate sector. rather than use benchmark sorather than use benchmark interest rates, rather than having the people's republic of china raise interest rates they , are using targets to measure the problem so as to not compromise growth. so i think the alarm bells started sounding in 2016 when chinese companies went on a huge m&a binge that bolted them to number two in the global leagues of m&a behind the u.s. , that was a wake-up to chinese policymakers. a lot of these

where where he is now located given that he is in poland nicolas do you think that ukraine has seen the back of him i mean last time he simply marched back in as cross the polish border into ukraine. well exactly i mean because it's really is nothing if not brave in december he was running across the roofs just behind me here on kiev's my don square trying to delay his detention by people saying camouflage as this time around that time he was able to prevent his detention his supporters turned up in big numbers and were able to free him. i think he said we can definitely i can expect some exciting and very colorful stunts from and the last time around he was able to get some fairly senior ukrainian figures to wait for him at the border and to bring him across so i think that's definitely one of the options i think he'll be taking stock of his support he definitely has very good connections historically to poland's current government they were very much on his side of the time of the two thousand and eight war with russia because he's fly flew to tbilisi to give them their support hi

for more than three million jews lived in poland before the second world war most of them were killed during the conflict the auschwitz birkenau camp which was built in poland under nazi occupation was responsible for the deaths of one million jews former u.s. diplomat jim jatra says the problem is both poles and israelis view history solely from their own perspectives. well look i think all we have here is a clash of nationalisms that obviously the israelis and the jewish people see the events of world war two through the lens of their suffering what happened to them and the people in poland have a somewhat different recollection of it based on their understanding and their suffering in the millions of poles that died during the war and i think this is rather unfortunate that they would be conflicting in this way how they recall things poland i think i think the main point poland is trying to make is that they were victims of the nazis that they were not these were not polish death camps they were german death camps set up in occupied poland and even though there were obviously there

swastikas and profanities have been marked on the entrance to poland embassy in israel this is after poland's prime minister suggested that jews were among the perpetrators of water time atrocities it's a comment slammed by his israeli counterpart polish pm says that further dialogue with israel about the holocaust is needed it's not going to be punishable not going to be seen as crimean taught to say that there were polish perpetrators there were druggies perpetrators as there were russian paper trail perpetrators are there were ukrainian not on the german perpetrators. of the polish prime minister's remarks here in munich are outrageous there is a problem here of an inability to understand history and a lack of sensitivity to the tragedy of our people the president of the conference of your appeared rabbis as also criticize the polish leaders remarks. what was served by the polish prime minister is totally unacceptable to call jews preparatory those the holocaust is unacceptable to any person who knows history knows you and want to build a future and we did not expect the polish pr

tensions between poland and israel are rising, the president of poland now has to decide whether to sign the bill into law. translation: i feel sorry for the polish and it hurts me that i need to dig out these memories, to put them on the table again. i am still hoping, since the new bill still hoping, since the new bill still needs the polish president's consent, that he will delay its. row has caused a row in anti—semitic incidents in poland, the israelis embassy in warsaw says it has been the target of a wave of abuse, and the target of a wave of abuse, and the head of the city'sjewish community has told the bbc it is also witnessed similar incidents. cameron norrie has produced a remarkable comeback to level great britain's davis cup world group first round tie against spain in madaya, there is no andy murray or kyle edmund. —— marbella. the top two are not available to this. liam broady lost the first match of the day, cameron norrie was two sets down against roberto bautista agut but giraldo brilliantly to win the next three sets and square the time against a next three sets

brent: now to poland, lawmakers have backed a controversial bill criminalizing anyone who suggests poland or its people were complicit in nazi war crimes. people who speak of polish death camps for example could receive a three-year prison sentence. the legislation they say is needed to ensure poles are recognized as victims of the nazis. the bill has caused outrage in israel was called it an attempt to rewrite history. reporter: a new taste from the polish holocaust bill, israel's ambassador leading -- leaving after a speaking with the senate, not making nice. >> the vote in the polish senate was decisive, 57 in favor, 23 against, two abstentions, but it may not be the quick fix the government would like. reporter:: has long struggled with the legacy of nazi death camps on its soil where millions died. poland was one of the countries most affected, and they feel they have been unfairly branded as villains. it has not gone down well when american politicians among others refer to polish death camps. for many years history has been falsified. it has been presented in a false way. we did th

and its ability to accept a much more nationalistic government in poland. later today u.k. court is expected to announce the result of an appeal by wiki leaks editor julian assange she against an arrest warrant for breaching bail in britain hearing a week ago held up that warrant he's been stuck in the ecuadorian embassy in london for over five years after seeking asylum there and has to see a check and looks at his fight for freedom. when one door closes another door opens but not for julian a songe holed up inside the ecuadorian embassy in london for years on end he has heard all after hurdle to overcome to walk a free man without being forced to look over his shoulder but the seemingly endless international saga could be about to turn a new page as a judge in london continues to consider whether the arrest warrant against the weak you leaks founder could be dropped last week amidst a media frenzy it was decided that the suspension of an investigation into alleged crimes in sweden that first led to his arrest was not sufficient reason to drop the warrant but asuncion and

and poland senate approves a bell that seeks to criminalize anyone who blames the country for that see war crimes despite warnings from israel and the u.s. . welcome more details of the violence. state are coming out the associated press has released a video showing what they say is a site of a massacre at least five mass craves when contacted by al-jazeera the b. and. government declined to comment told the video scott high the reports from young gold. the associated press news agency has released a video it says confirms reports of a massacre of revenge of muslims in myanmar last year a.p. says the pictures of here to show the bodies are buried may. its investigation suggest at least five previously unreported mass graves have been found the news agency spoke to villagers who say the number of dead could be as high as four hundred. wherever was injured but still life after the attack was thrown into flames young men like myself managed to escape the attack but others like small children and women couldn't run away in time they were either killed or tied up and thrown inside homes by

poland's president must sign the bill into law. to get more on this, our correspondent is standing by in jerusalem. for israel, this is about: wanting to change history. what have reactions been to this today? >> there have been reactions all week, since this story first arose and it looked like this was going to be signed into law in poland. the reaction was at first confusion and then outraged because if there is one place where the history of the jewish genocicide in europe is still vy alive in europe, it is here. what israel's prime minister said is that we cannot have revisededing changed, him and that this could lead to holocaust denial, so we have seen the israeli ambassador to poland being called in to talk to the prime minister, the polish ambassador being calalled into the foreign ministry here, and today we have calls from israel's ambassador to be recalled from poland and the leader of the opposition movement whose father was a holocaust survivor has been very strong on this, has been very determined against thiss bill,

mikhail saakashvili was at this kiev restaurant when masked men with guns seized him and he was flown to poland and his lawyer says it was illegal. from over bringing the kidnapping another detention because a detention should be based on either report decision or other official proceedings and that was not the case unfortunately it looks like an illegal attempt to deport me from ukraine move it on this word from our to recuperate. and also on the program a syrian film director talks about his films of fathers and sons and return to homes here's a taste of what's to come. and can often long saw that. this is. i. if. i. can use it to ten or twenty or thirty. more on that coming up a little later in the program but first he used to be the president of georgia then mikhail saakashvili joined the ukrainian government fell out with the government became a protest leader and now he has been deported to poland unidentified men and army uniforms reportedly grabbed him from a restaurant in kiev earlier on monday he was then taken to an airport and put on a plane to poland the country from which he illeg

carol: revisionist history threatens poland check from brussel. julia: this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ ♪ carol: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i am carol massar. julia: i am julia chatterley. you can find us online. carol: in the economic section, a credit squeeze is on in china like in other parts of the global economy. julia: but in china specifically, the corporate titans are feeling the pinch. >> in china, authorities have been particularly worried about debt in the corporate sector. rather than use benchmark interest rates, they are using targeted measures to address the problem so as to not compromise growth. i think the alarm bells started sounding in 2016 when chinese companies went on a huge m&a binge that bolted them to number two in the global m&a. behind the u.s. that was a wake-up to chinese policymakers. a lot of these deals were happening abroad. a lot of them were debt-funded. carol: talk to us about the levels of debt. we have had short-sellers come on and talk about the chinese debt. put it into perspective for

and poland backs legislation making it a crime to claim poles were complicit in the holocaust israel has sharply condemned the move saying no law will change the facts. but also on the show a special report from malta more than three months after the murder of an anti corruption journalist v.w. meets local residents carry news on the fight against organized crime. and saving the olympics italy lends a snowmaking hand to make sure there's plenty of stuff on the slopes for the winter games in south korea. bryan thomas a very warm welcome to the show. just over half of germans think for all america should stay on at the conference helm but polls indicate her approval rating is thinking more than four months after germany's national actions she still has not managed to form a new government and germans are losing patience the numbers are even worse for her potential coalition partners the social democrats germany's largest center left party is looking at its worst ever approval ratings. germany social democrats need to regroup they're still the second largest party in parliament but thei

carol: revisionist history threatens poland check from brussel. julia: this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ carol: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i am carol massar. julia: i am julia chatterley. you can find us online. carol: in the economic section, a credit squeeze is on in china like in other parts of the global economy. julia: but in china specifically, the corporate titans are feeling the pinch. linda: in china, authorities have been particularly worried about debt in the corporate sector. rather than use benchmark interest rates, they are using problemto measure the so as to not compromise growth. i think the alarm bells started sounding in 2016 when chinese companies went on a huge m&a binge that bolted them to number two in the global m&a. behind the u.s. that was a wake-up to chinese policymakers. a lot of these deals were happening abroad. a lot of them were debt-funded. carol: talk to us about the levels of debt. we have had short-sellers come on and talk about the chinese debt. put it into perspective for us. linda: there i

role in the holocaust nazi occupied poland was the second world war site of some of the worst horrors of the holocaust the concentration camp at auschwitz birkenau has become its most potent symbol but poland objects to terms such as polish death camps instead of nazi ones pointing out poles were victims of invasion then occupation as motivation it will grow we are very sad and surprised our fight for the truth for the dignity of poles is perceived and interpreted in this way. the bill would punish without the three years' imprisonment anyone accusing the polish nation of complicity in the extermination of the jews the domestic opponents of the proposed law its terms to groove this. sort of public discussion should take place without any obstacles it cannot take place under the supervision of the prosecutor after poland's lower house voted the bill through last friday israel's prime minister called it an attempt to rewrite history demanding the proposed legislation be amended israeli government says it adamantly opposed to this second vote adding that no law can change historical trut

polish all makers at wage israel by approving a bill to find a jail anyone who suggests poland was complicit in the holocaust. and twenty eight russian athletes have their lifetime limpid bans for doping lifted but can they compete in the upcoming winter games. kenya's high court has ordered the government to reopen the three t.v. stations that it shot down on choose stick the country's top t.v. networks were taken off the air after they tried to broadcast a mock inauguration ceremony held by opposition leader raul a dingo some journalists have been sleeping in the office fearing arrest if they leave the shutdown provoked an outcry from human rights groups and journalists but despite the ruling t.v. stations and taking them off the air catherine sort before it's lunchtime news art and t.v. one of three t.v. stations switched off by the communications or far easy of kenya on tuesday the news bulletin was only available online cutting off millions of iranians nationwide who can't afford the internet. here's why opposition leader right loading or taking an informal oath swearing to be as he cal

really is now back in poland and he's vowing to fight on i love poland but my fight. and sack is really says he remains confident and he says he'll soon give a statement on his deportation. and how exactly will he fight to the end for the very latest let's go to nic calmly standing by for us in care of next season warsaw now he's described the incident as a kidnapping as we just saw he was detained by masked men what's the latest on the situation. good morning brian well it certainly was a pretty dramatic afternoon here in kiev yes it's true the actual detention happened without much in the way of official procedure these were people in camouflage but without any uniforms on they later turned out to be agents for ukraine's border guard service it seems that once he was safe got to the airport it got a bit more official and he was handed some documents by customs officials before being put on a private plane and spirited off to warsaw i think the really important thing here is that the ukraine thought she's had to learn their lesson to extent that they would have to do

and its ability to accept a much more nationalistic government in poland. britain's opposition labor party is facing claims of discrimination after it sent out a very specific invitation to an equality conference the invite from young labor says that you have to be under twenty seven and be from at least one of these groups minority ethnic helgi bt disabled people or women we talked to a director of a human rights group who was supporting the event. it's quite ironic that a conference that's focusing on discriminated groups. has now the focus has now become about people who are. who are in a dominant position there's obviously a feeling amongst those with the lived experience that they need a space where they can discuss things that pertain to them and their demographic and then share with the world about how to make the world a better place the reason that discriminated groups are recognized as needing a space is because there is an imbalance there's an imbalance in politics if you look it's not representative well there already calls from m.p.'s in the ru

and its ability to accept a much more nationalistic government in poland. the labor party in the u.k. is facing claims of discrimination the party says that straight white men will not be allowed to attend the conference for equality which will be held next month for women people with disabilities and members of the l g b t community we have a social activist and campaign fundraiser for their thoughts. it's quite ironic that a conference that's focusing on discriminated groups. has now the focus has now become about people who are. who are in a dominant position is that a lot of what has your males not only frustration you know why is it for males have got the lowest most underperforming in compulsory education and of the least represented in higher education but not only that it's more that they need for to hear what these people are facing and hear what the solutions to the problem are going to be so that they can help contribute themselves there's obviously a feeling amongst those with the lived experience that they need a space where they can discuss th

mikhail saakashvili was at this kiev restaurant when vast men with guns seized him and he was flown to poland his lawyer says it was illegal. from over to bring them into kidnapping another detention because the detention should be based on either a court decision or other official proceedings and that was not the case unfortunately it looks like an illegal attempt to deport michaud saakashvili from ukraine the reformist word from a hard to recuperate. and also on the program a syrian film director talks about his films of fathers and sons and return to whole here's a taste of what's to come. now could i tell ya that. i got off on the wrong song but. this is. it. on a commune was a thing or two to try to. more on that film coming up a little later in the program but first he used to be the president of georgia then mikhail saakashvili joined the ukrainian government fell out with the government became a protest leader and now he has been deported to poland unidentified men in army uniforms reportedly grabbed him from a restaurant in kiev earlier on monday he was then taken to an airport and p

now in poland he's vowing to fight on. and. i love poland but my fight you see in ukraine in georgia. i'll fight him and what part of that is you really says he remains confident and he'll soon give a statement on his deportation. not on economy joins me now from kiev nick saakashvili says he was kidnapped and looking at the pictures it didn't look as if he was leaving voluntarily. get off number two well that's certainly the case i think ukrainian officials had learned their lesson from a couple of months good folk christmas they tried to detain him in a similar raid at his house just a couple of tens of meters behind me where i am here in the center of care back then there were those famous images that went around the world of sex really running across the roof here delaying that arrest and allowing time for his supporters to come down here to downtown kiev and they eventually were able to then pull him from an unmarked police car so that time the ukrainian forces weren't able to spirit about the country in a hurry as they've

asylum seekers with their families or unions will resume in august but there's a cap on the numbers and poland backs controversial legislation making it a crime to suggest that poles were complicit in the holocaust the move has angered israel will get reaction from the sun in these untold center. plus china closes more virtual tunnels under its notorious fire wall starting today people and companies will have to use state approved software will take a look at the consequences for doing business in china and a court it reverses lifetime bans for dozens of russian athletes accused of doping but it is still not clear whether those athletes can take part in next week's winter olympics. it's good to have you. with us we begin in the united states where the f.b.i. have condemned plans by the white house and house republicans to release a secret memo to morrow of the memo alleges that the f.b.i. abuse did surveillance powers when it investigated donald trump's presidential election campaign the agency contests the documents accuracy while democrats say its release could undermine investigations into