this is e w news live from berlin catalonia ousted leader in self-imposed exile in brussels carlos pushed him on says he is not seeking asylum as spain's top or

prepares to bring charges of rebellion against him he wants guarantees from madrid before coming back what might they be also coming up former truck campaign manager paul metaphor is under house arrest so is his associate brigades there the first men charged in a probe into russian meddling in the u.s. election another is helping the f.b.i. with their inquiries the asylum seekers stranded at australia's controversial detention center on that asylum authorities have close a facility and told detainees they have new accommodation but hundreds of fear they will be attacked by locals if they leave. boston sports bar in munich are back in action in the champions league they travel to glasgow to face celtic without that their star robert love dosti who can step up to fill the board. and a defining moment for europe today marks five hundred years since martin luther challenge the catholic church and inspired the protestant reformation we'll take a look at his legacy.

i'm serious i was going to get to have you with us we start with spain's political crisis now the central government has taken over direct rule of catalonia and the focus has shifted to brussels that's where ousted catalan president carlos bush is now at a press conference earlier the dismissed leader says he's only in belgium to bring the cattle on issue to quote the heart of the european union he and other ousted cabinet members traveled there after the spanish prosecutors announced they would file charges against them they stand accused of rebellion and other crimes which carry long prison sentences which among rejects those charges he says he will return to catalonia if there are guarantees of a fair judicial process let's go to our correspondent in brussels band record he's standing by for us with more hi burns you were listening into that press conference earlier what's pushed him on essentially hinting at running

a government in exile. yes he said he in the five minutes as he brought along from us alone we'll try to carry on their political activities whatever that means put him on does not accepting that he's no longer the president of the cut and he says independence is still valid for him but no other country no other state let alone in europe has accepted that there is an independent republic of catalonia so this to put you on seems to live in a kind of a pound of the universe now and tries to carry on with something that is not existing and he is refusing to return to cut a lumia as long as he doesn't have any guarantees from the european union what exactly him and we don't know. then why did he choose to flee to belgium what is was it precisely as he said to put forward this issue of catalan independence in the heart of the european union. yeah that is what. maintains here he says

he wants to come to your to europe not to belgium as president of brussels happens to be the center of the european union but the e.u. has made it clear before he came that the e.u. will not deal with this case and that is the spanish conflict and it has to be resolved within the framework of the spanish constitution so in the eyes of the you this to put the moment has to stand trial in spain then what will happen here i mean pretty much says he's not claiming political asylum in belgium there but the spanish court says it is seeking these charges what could happen next. the special prosecutor has to file these charges and to bring its claims and then of cause the spend this are authorities could issue an arrest warrant for mr putin money if he has to appear in court and it can also apply an international arrest warrant in the

european union and then belgium would extradite mr putin mund to spain but this is too far away we don't know if mr bush in one is really aiming to to do that if he applies for asylum he has only lived very little chance to get asylum in belgium because the unison is normally don't have any chance to get asylum here so it's still unknown what miss the months plan is he says he will return or jiva as his party will stand in the snap elections in december he accepted that but nothing else that is coming from spain so far all right brussels correspondent there and recruit following all the latest developments for us there thank you bad. so russia has joined the white house and denying any collusion between donald trump and moscow during the two thousand and sixteen elections the kremlin pointed out that it is not implicated by the first criminal cases against the u.s.

president's associates this comes after donald trump's former campaign chief paul metaphor and his associate brigades were placed under house arrest following their indictment in the special counsel's prole and another former trump advisor george peppard op was pled guilty to lying to f.b.i. agents. who let's take a closer look at the charges that they're facing now at the center of the investigation is the man that you're going to see here right on the far left here on the screen george papadopoulos he's pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his conversations with russian officials trump's former foreign policy adviser may seem like small fish but his case could actually help answer whether russia tried to sway the two thousand and sixteen election now much bigger name is facing a separate set of accusations including conspiracy against the united states that's trump's former campaign manager her paul man a fort he is indicted on twelve charges including conspiracy to launder money and failure to register as a foreign agent and then there is money for it's a business associate rick and gates he is

a facing the same charges he has also turned himself in and is under house arrest well let's get the very latest with our correspondent in d.c. kind of alina cho she's standing by for us hi carol you know we've seen of the three trump associates are facing charges there tell us more about the significance of these cases. hello sumi the indictment of mine affording gates focus on their work at devising russia from the political party in a crane and money laundering is probably the most serious of the charges against them this could mean a potential prison sentence of up to twenty years. papadopoulos chartres to his time working on the campaign and involved efforts to set up a meeting with russian officials so this definitely puts more pressure on the trump white house and also about opposes the first person to face criminal charges that

quote interactions between campaign associates and russian intermediaries searing the presidential campaign in two thousand and sixteen even though it was a member of the campaign. aides and also the press secretary of the white house have said that he played a limited role in the campaign and had no access to the president. you said it yourself this is putting the white house under pressure but just how do how much pressure is donald trump with himself under here. well the indictments of ford and gates are not directly linked to donald trump or his presidential campaign two thousand and sixteen as i already said but these charges definitely reveal strong ties to russia and to an actual motive to assist russia experts assume that this is just the first major say in investigation into russian election meddling and into possible ties between the campaign and moscow so if this is just

the first set president trump has definitely reason to be worried. about up lucy plays and willfully play a key role in the investigations although he is according to the white house he played a lower level campaign aide but he does that made he did and made a link to russia and profitable as pleads guilty and doing so he's also a reminder to others for the in muller's investigations to consider whether they want to cooperate with the f.b.i. and to provide valuable information to authorities are not. more reporting for us there from washington with the latest thank you could you know. it's meanwhile facebook google and twitter are preparing to testify before congress about russian involvement into two thousand and sixteen u.s. election now these three tech giants will be questioned about the extent to which

kremlin backed forces may have used the platforms to try to manipulate voters so some serious questions for those three platforms and our social media editor karl nastiness here with us in studio to tell us more about the story hi carl bring us up to speed things to these these hearings that you mentioned we're getting a better idea of just how widespread this reach was of russian linked propaganda during the u.s. presidential election it turns out at least on facebook it was much wider than we originally thought and we actually have some new numbers here for you and this is actually coming from facebook itself these are from leaked documents that were prepared for congress and according to facebook one hundred twenty six million americans potentially received paid russian political content on its side that's more than one third of the u.s. population there were apparently more than eighty thousand of these facebook posts that were purchased and the cost was actually pretty reasonable only about one hundred thousand dollars i mean that's nothing if you're looking to maybe have some

sort of influence in an election these numbers are higher than what facebook previously announced but on the other hand facebook is still playing this down saying that these posts represent less than a fraction of a percent of the content you might find in your facebook news feed so how did these posts work what did these ads actually look like i mean the interesting thing is these are not typical campaign ads not even mentioning the candidates most of the time of the really zeroing in on politically divisive issues in american politics trying to manipulate voters and this was all across the political spectrum we actually have a couple of examples here of some of these ads reportedly coming from russian groups these were apparently purchased by a kremlin linked propaganda unit and this is the first one is aimed directly gun owners very clearly it's an account called defend the second referring to. the second amendment and you can see the emotional language that the emotional nature of that image there it's really just meant to engage voters that are passionate about gun rights it wasn't just conservatives they also went after liberal voters

this is another one created by an account called black to vist also russian created accounts and that's a pretty good name if you want to target black lives matter activists its advertising memorial march for freddie gray who died in police custody and there were many many more ads like this targeting the entire political spectrum of twitter and google you know they had similar problems as well but facebook has so much information about americans they know us so well us americans. that's why congress is worried i mean a foreign a groups might be using that information during elections and facebook is doing a little bit about that now and this is just a post from mark zuckerberg who is announcing stricter rules and stricter transparency for advertisers he also announced that they shut down about four hundred seventy accounts already that were linked to the kremlin a lot to see what comes out of these hearings today and tomorrow we might be learning more still about how this all worked a lot of consequences for the upcoming elections all right karl naslund our social

media editor with us here thank you very much. let's move on now to some other stories making news around the world kenya's opposition leader has called last week's election rerun a sham saying that kenyatta had won the vote by fraud he told supporters that the opposition would respond with economic boycotts picketing and other legitimate forms of protest but made no mention of launching a legal challenge to the result. the b.b.c. has reported that british police are investigating even more accusations of sexual assault against a hollywood producer harvey weinstein reports say seven women have made allegations against a former film heavyweight who is at the center of a growing international scandal over sexual harassment the incidents are said to have taken place between the one nine hundred eighty s. and two thousand and fifteen. afghan officials say an explosion in kabul is killed at least four people and injured several more police say a teen teenage suicide bomber blew himself up in the diplomatic quarter of the

capital the so-called islamic state terror group has claimed responsibility. and the trials for journalists and staff of two opposition newspapers have resumed in turkey the defendants from june to and the pro kurdish publication have been charged with terror related crimes around one hundred sixty journalist have been jailed and media outlets closed in a crackdown following last year's failed coup. you're watching the news still to come luther's ninety five theses nailed to a church door will be looking at the impact of that moment of defiance against the catholic church five hundred years ago today. but first the world's most popular ride sharing service been in trouble again more and more countries are really cracking down on taking away its license or imposing strict rules on the drivers requiring a special license for example insurance passengers and more inspections basically like taxis in brazil the senate is deciding on new regulations if the dr is there

fear for their livelihoods. the sound of the car horns is deafening the traffic on the streets chaos thousands of the drivers like here in sao paulo and across the country are protesting some drive so slowly that the traffic can partly move others choose to park in the middle of the street all to raise awareness of this situation they're all against just a draft law number twenty eight it says that the drivers in the future need a license to transport passengers they must also buy passenger insurance for their vehicles and they cars will be inspected more often. but if you're going to market was ill is in the middle of a financial crisis lots of people like me can earn money is the drive as if the new law is passed half a million drivers will lose their income that will make the crisis worse because your you know i believe a bit of this is

a battle between the drivers and taxi drivers being forced across the globe and it's the taxi associations that are increasingly coming out on top they're fighting before the courts for the same rights and obligations for everyone that means same rules same insurance same standards for vehicles in countries like france and italy has been banned and in denmark due to the strict laws there has left the country completely. house of cards has been a cash cow for the video on demand king netflix the show is full of debauch to moral characters that doesn't reflect well if the act is a behaving like that in real life after having weinstein shaming sexual assault allegations against house of cards star kevin spacey are also bad for business the show's been cancelled. for years house of cards has been netflix his most popular show since the video on demand service launched the groundbreaking political drama series in two thousand and thirteen its number of subscribers has grown sharply to

one hundred ten million worldwide now netflix says house of cards will end after its upcoming sixth season the company said in a statement that it was deeply troubled by anthony rap's allegation the actor and star trek discovery star said that spacey had made sexual advances towards him in one thousand nine hundred six when rap was only fourteen years old spacey said in a twitter post on sunday that he was beyond horrified to hear rap story of the encounter which he claimed he did not remember he wrote that he owed rap a sincere apology for deeply inappropriate drunken be a viewer spacey who's very secretive about his private life use the incident to come out of the closet as a gay man much to the chagrin of the gay community. i'm incredibly disappointed that kevin spacey has used this situation to come out as gay it suggests that there's a correlation between his sexuality and has allegedly its conduct and there simply

isn't this really doesn't help any of us in our fight for equality it actually just plays into the hands of those who would continue to marginalize us. netflix insists that it's not canceling the show because of the allegations it planned to end it before they came to light. netflix is currently worth some eighty billion dollars its share price has hardly budged. more business ahead of its the behaving badly in the u.s. but first a very special anniversary that's right ben it was on this day five hundred years ago that other german monk and theologian martin luther unintentionally began a process that would lead to a radical split in the roman catholic church and the creation of a new christian faith the protestant religion luther nailed his a famous ninety five pieces as a list of questions and criticisms to a church door in the town of it and not far from berlin average more people were won over by luther thinking especially in northern and central europe but the roman catholic church denounced the protestant movement and millions of people were

killed in the religious wars that swept across europe for a century and a half here in germany martin luther remains a national hero and an inspiration for many. like. martin luther like you've never seen or heard him before to these students he's the boss from the bag legend has it that it was here on this day five hundred years ago that nailed his ninety five theses to the door of the castle church the document was an attack on corrupt practices in the catholic church allowing sinners to buy

their way out of purgatory. but the lutheran revolution didn't stop there he also translated the bible into german what was once reserved for the learned now became accessible to everyone by the. really fifteen twenty s little has reformation movement has grown too big to be contained rejecting the pope's authority it's split from the catholic church bitter power struggles and wars ensued aleutian can still be traced today. what began as a debate a dispute over the liberties and religious freedoms of christians come to represent something much bigger namely the freedom from oppression and bondage to sin what i like to call the freedom of personal responsibility. today one in four germans is a member of the protestant church however the majority of protestants are found outside the country to do to help reform there are some one hundred sixty million in africa

more than sixty two million in asia and nearly one hundred eighteen million in europe at one hundred seventy two million the us has the most protestants that's almost three times as many as in latin america with some sixty one million. on reformation day five hundred seventy three million of them join in celebrating legacy. let's talk more about martin luther's legacy we have our religious affairs correspondent with us here in studio and we also have kate brady of following the celebrations in. let's start with you give us an idea of what's been going on today . well sumi i'm sitting here at the moment in front of the shrubs

kasher the castle church in back and it's on this door behind me here that lutherans believe that five hundred years ago today that is where martin luther nailed on his ninety five theses around three to four hundred people have been here within the last couple of hours to see all of the biggest figures in germany arrive here behind me and just at the moment now there's a mass going on in that so many people turned out to see take a look at this door here behind me today but also catch a glimpse of angela merkel as well as she arrived many of them waving and trying to catch a picture of her of course there are many torres in town today as well but of course merkel has also be met with a few protesters as well today and we're hearing similar slogans from just the head of the german election a few weeks ago calling for her to step down ok it was also expected to take part in this official state ceremony what is expected in that ceremony

well after this mass is going on in the church behind me now germany's leading figures they'll move over to the other side of town to the city hall and there they'll have some music some short films and there's also going to be a few speeches from the state minister of saxony and also from angola merkel herself of course she's always been very open about her links to the lutheran church and her religion of course she is as well that the daughter of a pastor and so everyone would be listening later to see what merkel has to say on this anniversary. all right kate brady there in a video kate thank you you'll be following the celebrations will come back to you a little bit later in the day martin coming to you now you know martin when martin luther sparked this revolution seemed like europe was really ready for change how did christianity at that point get so disconnected from the people there's

essentially a broom which i mean in historical problem with this region of where the center of where i mean people tend to think of fewer of us being no days very powerful in the north and really quite poorer essentially i mean poorer at least in the south i think this was actually a exactly reverse time in the south was actually very very rich rome being the center of power and a lot of the power of course was distributed by by really just channels which goes to say that actually the north of europe was not only contributing because in fact there was taxation by the church. but at the very same time they did not have the degree of power that sort of was commiserate with that kind of contribution this goes to say that certainly northern europe was ripe for some sort of response and this response was to some degree theological most certainly the theology was the conduit to express these concerns but by and large was a political revolution was a political was a political protestation of the amount of power that was held by the by the center of the financial. and political center in rome and this was

a massive protest that led to this huge schism between the catholic church and now the protestants five hundred years later how do we see that split that divide well i think the first thing that he said are really quite interesting about it is that luther is sort of the figure that comes through percent protest and i mean in the sense of the protest against of power that sort of unchecked power of the catholic church in rome it is really been european phenomenon in the sense that there are precursors such as who's in the church and white life in the u.k. but it becomes really sort of fifteen seventeen becomes this sort of. moment in which we think of all of these forces coming together i think that in a sense i mean the split of political power has not been completely resolved to some degree i mean the theological positions between protest and lutherans in particular but also calvinists and they've got the league church continue to be at odds with each other but at the very same time they all stand on the very same side

of the secular split so west europe continues to secularize this are all forces political and religious force and social forces that see themselves on the receiving end and this means a disparate they tend to side with each other and join in a common in common costs you mentioned right there that europe has continued to secularize germany has seen that trend as well germany is a majority protestant country and you have the celebrations going on today to honor martin luther's legacy but they haven't really resonated is it fair to say that germany is still look christian country well i think there is no doubt in my mind that germany separatist and country however there is no data doubt in my mind that this that's not necessarily mean that germany religious protest and country i think that what we have is a deeply cultural protest and element that runs through the fields of german german life and it most certainly with you know sense of like public at the exit idea self responsibility and individual sort of individual responsibility so in

a way i think that it's very clear that northern europe by and large remains a protest and blend i just don't think that the religious coordinates are necessarily there and certainly not in the way they were four hundred five hundred years ago but i think that part of the celebration is to sort of to bring sort of to birth to show the fact that this cultural forces are still very much relevant and very much they're talking about martin luther and south you know we're celebrating today that the david e. mail those ninety five theses to that door but there is some speculation some conjecture that that actually never happened well the reason why people actually nailed this to church especially in university towns was essentially a way to call. people into a debate for whom this was the way in which debates and discussions were advertised so chances is that that was what happened but nonetheless there is actually no confirmation that this actually took place whether it's a myth or not most certainly it has been a very fertile myth that has given us sort of a lot of words of this question all right well it's meant to happen five hundred years ago today speculation of whether it did or not but today celebrating five

hundred years since the reformation all right martin gawker religious affairs correspond with us here in studio thank you very much for that analysis my pleasure . you're watching good of you know still to come on the program tensions at a controversial australian detention center asylum seekers say the conditions there are on bearable that many don't want to leave will ask why and in sports a much improved by munich faced celtic in the champions league but how will they fare without their top striker robert love and off skate. full of those stories and much more coming up in the next thirty minutes. each which formation day sunday w. . will have programs around the clock marking its five hundred the first three.

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fleeing bear with that separatist allies spain's supreme court has canceled catalonia as declaration of independence and its processing charges of rebellion against cristobal. lawyers acting for asylum seekers at an australian run detention center in papa new guinea have warned that detainees there face a catastrophic situation authorities on monis island want to relocate asylum seekers and have closed at the controversial facility housing them that has led to a standoff with hundreds of asylum seekers who fear they will be attacked by locals if they step foot outside. they're refusing to leave their conditions at the detention center have been described as unbearable so many here fear what comes next could be even worse local authorities want to relocate them to nearby facilities but many fear for their lives following a string of threats and violence from locals. they are not going to give us

a safety guarantee that's what i'm saying here but the odds are stacked against them on tuesday authorities are set to cut off water electricity and food supplies they're also warning they won't take any responsibility for those refusing to resettle even then many refused to budge. what we do is this water we just put a little bit of sugar and salt and we drink this water we can as they maybe for a month we go to. the asylum seekers are caught in a limbo created by a stray strict immigration policy the island nation refuses to settle any refugees who arrive by boat instead it's been pain its neighbor papa new guinea to house the in silence seekers the last year that country's supreme court ordered the detention center to close meanwhile protesters gathered in sydney demanding authorities guarantee the refugee safety it's a human right to seek asylum these people the government just keeps banging on about illegal immigration when it's not illegal it's

a human right if you can file in the meantime many of the asylum seekers will continue to live in limbo as their lawyers seek a court injunction to keep the facility open. police here in germany have arrested a nineteen year old syrian man under suspicion of plotting an islamist inspired terror attack he was arrested during a raid by special forces in the town of lean more than two hundred kilometers north of the capital berlin federal prosecutors say the suspect had been gathering parts and chemicals for a highly explosive bomb his intended target is still unclear as syrian flag at a housing complex in the northern german town of spearing this is where special forces arrested and nineteen year old syrian man at six a.m. on tuesday on suspicion of planning an islamist terrorist attack. no one's american fast as a human are according to our findings a decided at the latest in july to detonate

a bomb but with the aim of killing and wounding a large number of people. on social networks he researched instructions on how to build a bomb we also know that the suspect was in contact online with people with jihadist backgrounds and it has one and also the g i just. talked throughout the morning police searched the apartment and other locations for additional evidence the suspect placed orders online for chemicals to build a bomb authorities are convinced they have prevented a severe and imminent terrorist attack in germany but the fact that the suspect is now in custody doesn't make everybody feel safe during one. when you hear something like that you think you don't feel good and germany anymore it happens often and you're hardly dare to go to an event without fear because you always have to be afraid that something will happen you will surprise you. interior minister said in

a statement after the arrest that the danger of an islamist terrorist attack remains high in germany and europe but that the arrest of the syrian men came at the right time allowing authorities together enough evidence and at the same time prevent the danger of another attack. in football by immunex champions league campaign continues tonight against celtic the bavarians took over the top spot in the bundesliga for the first time saturday but they suffered a blow as well robert love and ask he has been sidelined by a high injury. i mean right firings international attacking superstars packed and ready for their trip to scotland to face celtic one question remains however who will take robert levin dosti spot in the lineup and score the goal. i don't know maybe it will come as a bit of

a surprise who plays up front we don't have any other choice. really is that. i always say we need everybody who's hurt not just lazy to get healthy as soon as they can for some that might take a while but that's not an excuse we just have to come through. as i did mr vajpayee. live in dos he will be hard to replace his thirteen goals across all competitions this season are by far the most on the team and his most naturally placement tomas miller is out injured as well. but in glasgow the bavarians injury was haven't caused any overconfidence celtic coach brendan rodgers defense knows they will have their hands full come what may. be no good live in this case. because no matter you know. here to

paris for from there for the team within the squad. and then i'm sure they will find a way to to to replace them but. that doesn't mean that it's going to meet the is going to make the game easier for us one thing the hoops will have on their side is the venue celtic park is among the most imposing stadiums in europe and biron will need to be at their best whoever starts at center forward all. right that match is tonight and we have jonathan crane from b.w. sports with us here in the studio hi jonathan so robert let me ask is out. who is going to pick up the slack for a buyer who i mean it's a massive blow levon dusky out and he's not for replacement thomas millar to base his thigh injuries coincidentally but i think we've hit binds achilles heel here because they don't really have an established back up eleven dollars the even more is more of an attacking meter three hundred forward than an hour to now strike because when the windows joined fine of course they had to to marry him as unmanned

they don't have them anymore and i think this is been a source of frustration for himself b.c. after the lights came out and said i cannot play every single game ninety minutes all the time he also criticized the transfer policy don't forget in a press conference hind hinted that he might play two minutes from that would be i and robyn and kingsley cone and all he could have them on the wing and push the ham is rodrigue as into the striker scored against a light cigarette the weekend he's on loan from around madrid had been fears he might be frozen out. because but this is a chance now for him to shine and maybe get amongst the goals again how things look for celtic they're a big club they've struggled this to make an impact in this competition how are they going to try to get points i think will have a psychological boost knowing that by and of course several injuries because aside from. miller you've also got neuer the goalkeeper out injured from grigori two but you're right celtic have struggled in this competition if you compare them in the scottish league sixty two games unbeaten that is

a british record but the champions league really is a completely different kettle of fish brendan rodgers the stars of courage acknowledged that in the press conference is a couple of levels up really with or due respect to the scottish league they've never based on a german side in this competition i think they will take the game to buy and they'll have the stands behind them which makes a big difference and they know they can't afford to lose because if they do they will probably go out one thing. at the buy and see if playing a team like round hundred a top side they'd probably have bought along to play so slightly disrespectful maybe it can use that in their favor and make. so there's a full lineup of champions league actually tonight what else do we look out for the other game in binds group is g host and now a percentage amount of torn every team apart they played so far including five you'd expect them to be quite easily if you permutations and combinations in that group but if we want to keep it simple if p.s.g. and by and both when they are through to the last sixteen another group is quite

interesting group c. chelsea roma and at last came adrift in that one that chelsea are in rome tonight and they know if they win they will definitely go through manchester united in action there among four teams who want all their games so far in the competition that includes tasty well said barcelona and in all seven teams could go through to the last sixteen this match state if the results of course are in their favor read a lot to look forward to tonight jonathan crane from for thanks very very much for bring us up to date thank you. at the. aircraft maker airbuses posted quarterly color operating earnings of six hundred ninety seven million euros but a surprise admission is overshadowing the results the company says it found in accuracies in statements to the u.s. state department regarding the sale of military hardware it is comes on top of unresolved legal troubles from corruption probes here in europe. air bus

employees should prepare themselves for turbulent times this morning came from the c.e.o. himself tom enders and was directed to around one hundred thirty thousand employees worldwide the c.e.o. has also filed a corruption complaint with the british authorities against his own company and as wanted to clean up the european aircraft giant. this is going to be a long process and there are potentially serious consequences including significant penalties to the company this is what end is wrote to the aircraft makers staff in early october the extent of the damage is not yet known the allegations are of kickbacks during sales of air bus passenger and military aircraft the effort to boost business also involved the use of illicit funds and g.p.s. sales agents for hot but boy from transparency international one thing is clear the company's management has failed and end as a c.e.o. is responsible. as of venice who is that in which to most if it's true that he

didn't know then there's definitely organizational problems which can be traced back to him and there's no question about it because after twenty years of o.e.c.d. rules ten years after the semen scandal to not ensure that you know what's happening in your company is impossible and especially in such a difficult business situation with competition from boeing and other competitors it's clear there's a strong temptation to do something like that ended should have taken more care even if you really didn't know. the result is that airbus could be hit with fines in the billions in britain and france and that could have a severe economic impact on the company in germany authorities are investigating the sale of fifteen euro fighter jets to austria here to there are also believed to be irregularities but in germany there's been no indictment against the company only individual employees there ballhandling we desperately need a corporate criminal law where companies are threatened by serious punishment this is long been the case in britain and france we're thirty years behind and this is

perhaps the consequence of the german a.g. a network of interconnected german companies who protect each other and it's not ok . global companies like airbus and siemens are particularly susceptible to corruption especially in situations where the local customs are more blurred c.e.o. and is now needs to demonstrate full cooperation with the authorities. ryanair is on course to post record annual profits despite recent turbulence a low cost irish carrier has reported an eleven percent jump in half yearly profits after tax news lifting ryanair shares by more than six percent that's restored half the market value wiped off following the shattering chaos that recently triggered the cancellation of thousands of flights ryanair has reiterated its earnings forecast for the financial year ending next march. let's talk about europe's biggest airline by passenger numbers and the sector in general which is in flux with neil wilson in london senior market analyst at capital neil what do you reckon

is ryan air onto a winning formula day it's flying high as far as results go despite all the turbulence as far as stuff and its customer base goes. that's why the profit guidance is unchanged so really really you have to say that the cancellations that they. offered over the summer in september and they're carrying through into into the winter not really affecting it that much that said there were seen. it's going to have to pay pilots around about one hundred million euros per year more and that's going to significantly increase its labor costs going forward so there is some diode around the operating model the on at the moment and whether or not i continue to be this super low cost operator. are those pilots going to accept that pay because

a lot of them have been leaving to go to the competition to go to norwegian for example over the past year hundreds i've been told. that's right there's been a big exodus to the new region it's a they operate the same boeing planes as ryanair and i think really if you read the trading statement today every a very much reads like a sales pitch to the to the pilots try and keep them there it's saying that ryanair is not going to pay the pilots experienced pilots runway twenty percent more than the norwegian does is very much trying to ensure that the pilots stay with it so that it doesn't suffer a repeat of the kind of fiasco that we saw in september now brian is as i mentioned the biggest airline in europe by passenger numbers the competition though is growing tons of for example gobbling up the lion's share of air berlin there are there is quite a lot of consolidation going on is that going to continue. i

think will def they see more consolidation we've seen over the european aviation sector the there the inspectors are significantly more fragmented than the us market say and i think we'll see europe almost catching up there's a lot of smaller operators and there's only really the five big carriers that are there we will see more consolidation ultimately though that will mean higher fares for passengers in the end but for now i think airfares will continue to to fall but going forward we will see fewer fewer carriers operating in europe i think if you're a traveler you heard it there from neil wilson in london the capital thank you very much. managing migration down to the e.u. remains a top political challenge of brussels that's right ben it was last month that e.u. leaders they pledged to curb the flow of migrants from africa along the dangerous mediterranean route and one of the country's most affected is malta this is an island nation that lies around three hundred kilometers off the coast of north

africa and it's one of the closest e.u. frontiers for migrants were leaving from tunisia and from libya well malta has fulfilled its e.u. quota for taking in refugees but many then left to fend for themselves as did have you discovered on a visit there the following report was co funded by the european union as part of the info migrants project. there's plenty of work for refugees and distressing boats and the local fisherman are happy to hire them the migrants do good work they say and i willing to accept less pay than the locals i think the the with here they are free to the good. of course for us what they are this is a good deal but how do goes out to them when i see pictures of little children it's ok feeling sorry but you have to do something about it you know. far from the islands famous tourist attraction flies to industrial park of hull far or rats town

it's also the site of one of maltose refugee camps i met with he and his sons are from sierra leone and have been living in a camp for six months at least wife drowned on the way he says he wants to start working. work but it is not easy for me because of the two children and i need them to get. this if i stay. they cannot have mostly dimmock i do have a duty to be honest i've been suffering from mental health problems since i've been here i can't talk to anyone here this is a country that doesn't want to understand you know that show as with all of us refugees here what i've been experiencing a multi is something i can't do anything about and why people who believe black mark time a well be the only e.u. member state which has fulfilled its refugee relocation commitments even so many have to refugees here say they face

a daily struggle with racism this crimean nation a lack of access to education or simply in finding a drop those of them who really had the chance to start a new life here are among the lucky few. many accuse malta of simply taking people in without offering real support but the government insists that's not the case we give them the or part. it is done it depends on the people if they want to integrate or not but to give them all the opportunity to go to work to be part of life for children to go to school so we're doing our utmost there might be any luck we're not in the system industry and stray ssion and we're planning to improve it mohammed is one of those that could have fallen through the cracks when he arrived six years ago he also lived in bret's town but she found a way to help themselves and others by co-founding spark fifteen a nonprofit aimed at helping your rivals it's not easy. in europe but

i can tell you you're a special martyr there is opportunity to make a change if you change you yourself first i do not do so through education a beer after movie of the society. today mohammad call small to home to get it with his colleagues at spark fifteen she is trying to build bridges to how the other refugee start a new life year too. time for. the clock to go. back and. i'll be up there for. it was a scene from between heaven and hell is

a german television production aired last night telling the story of the monk martin luther in the famous ninety five the seas are just one more cultural highlight in a whole year of event celebrating the five hundredth anniversary of the reformation robin merrill is here from our culture desk robin this year of celebrations that we've been saying that today was the climax really and also today was a holiday for german is not yes. it is a holiday is actually being a holiday for the former east german saints the former east germany since nine hundred ninety actually but now they've extended it just this year it's just this year. it's the big five hundred data extend it to the west and everybody's got a public holiday and as you said except the house well there has been a year celebrations going on not only invented by but across the country what have been some of the hits and misses a well there's been a really a wide range big and small events some say a hint of overkill but most have been very well received i mean there's

a lot there been sixty two music projects luther was quite quite the composer actually wrote some famous hymns. exhibitions around the country twenty full theater projects lots of readings and lots of other events anyway let's have a look at some of the highlights this year. it's the feel good hit of eleuthera year more than four hundred thousand visitors have immersed themselves in a free hundred sixty degree panorama that transports them back to sixteenth century witan burg. artists yet again assisi and his fifty member team spent six years creating this monumental work on a canvas fifty meters tall and seventy five meters in circumference the stations of luther's life were staged and photographed with actors and local extras. the most popular attraction in a crowded a reformation year program. nearby the ninety five

treasures ninety five people exhibition was also a hit with the public the ninety five treasures include objects new even held his writings and representing the world at the time of the reformation. the ninety five people personalities with a connection to martin luther it's no coincidence that american baptist martin luther king shares the same name. and then the english king henry the eight reformation led to the founding of the church of england the show has attracted two hundred thousand visitors thus far. a third exhibition in person stands in stark contrast and the god

a boxing glove to symbolize the monk with the catholic church inside the objects behind a central theme is individual freedom an idea highly prized by martin luther. there are works. and on phone terry. some of it may have fans of luther scratching their heads still forty thousand visited the luther years most provocative. you know when you think about how martin luther kicked off this reformation with this act of protest five hundred years ago was a time where the catholic church was so powerful how is it that he didn't get thrown into jail for eternity or worse. i mean yes amazing that he didn't get sort of hung drawn and quartered or something to reasons i think really the local ruler was frederick the wise who was a devout catholic but for some reason he sort of. tempted luther he even hit him

away involved bull costal where he famously translated the bible i mean the other reason i think was also luther was one of the first sort of marketing genius is and self pumped. you see he explores the new media of printing the printing press has been just been invented translated the bible into german that people could read he became sort of a big pop star of the time and i think he would have actually been amused by the marketing in this five hundredth year we should look at a couple of things that are on sale like hey you can buy a scroll with his ninety five thesis on it all there's even luther a beer for sale here or something a little bit stronger you can buy spirits with martin luther's as well there's also music bought playing music is hidden as well and the paps the most surprising commercial success was the plame figure believe it or not the most successful play

moby of figure ever it's actually sold over a million i'm not sure that all the children who got it know the significance but anyway i think he would have been today a mega tweetie would have embraced social media and everything you want to be absolutely out there a lot more on five hundred years of reformation and on martin luther's legacy on a website that he doubts e.w. dot com slash culture oh yeah all right robin merrill our culture editor thank you very much. that's all we have time for right now phil gale will have an update on your latest news right at the top of the hour stay with us.

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the reformation the big bang of the modern era this epochal change still affects the present but are we prepared for the future to. ease the digital world of threat or an opportunity for the individual. news or code five hundred news of the reformation. fifty. because that in the way they start to divide the country to be it's zero where they start to divide the language. blood will flow for the. ninety nine weeks of the soviet union is breaking apart the night of that night but everyone knew the decision would seal everyone's face or get us there and get my son. to.

the members of the russian federation would have to find their own way politically and economically with love so it was an incredibly difficult task for you not me is it that you give it back this democracy was a license for the elections were a fraud privatization was robbery tourist instead of cultivating its culture its words and language it brought forth the repulsive nationalism go back to the soviet union's heritage where does russia stand today and moscow's empire our series starting november fifth on d w above. the national lists are on the rise with worldwide to make your country great again that is their slogan their focus put your nation first i am taking you know the answer to highlights different shades of nationalism and to find out why this nation me to you. the socialist story join the conversation here on to dublin

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