this is deja vu news live from berlin a seismic shift in the middle east policy president trump expected to confirm that the u.s. embassy in israel will move from tel aviv to jerusalem that means recognizing the city as the capital of israel one palestinian diplomat called it the kiss of death for the two state solution. also how much of a lupica only t.

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sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. u.s. president donald trump is expected to announce today that he will move america's embassy in israel to jerusalem recognizing the city as the capital of the jewish state it is a major change in american policy and one that the palestinians and arab states say could threaten the middle east peace process one palestinian diplomat has called it the kiss of death for the proposed two state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict israel long ago declared jerusalem as its eternal capital but the rest of the world never recognized. and to date no major countries have an embassy in the ancient city donald trump's decision would change that and could have an explosive effect on the region not least because the palestinians insist that east

jerusalem must be their capital if a two state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict is to become a reality. this is a move. this is against. the. peace process maybe. other leaders promptly echoed that warning. this. is the red line for muslims. in cairo the head of the arab league said moving on the u.s. embassy would be an unnecessary provocation to the arab world the kings of saudi

arabia and jordan both criticize the move as did iraqi prime minister who dare a body and. the iraqi government warns of the consequences of this decision on the stability of the area and of the world it ignores the rights of palestinians and arabs and muslims alike. what. the united states appears to recognize that trumps announcement may trigger unrest in the mideast the state department has ordered its consulate personnel in israel not to conduct personal travel in jerusalem's old city or the west bank and let's take a look now at why the jerusalem is such a contentious issue in the struggle between israel and the palestinians. the temple mount in jerusalem is old city home to the sacred sites of judaism and islam the wailing wall and the dome of the rock as well as the al aqsa mosque there are

a christian sacred sites here to three world religions existing side by side in a city run by israel and. israel took control of the mainly arab eastern part of jerusalem in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven during the six day war. with it came access to the wailing wall since then israel has claimed jerusalem as its capital annex in east jerusalem in one nine hundred eighty but the palestinians also designate east jerusalem as the capital of their still to be founded independent state the u.n. does not recognize either claim instead it says jerusalem status will have to be decided as a result of peaceful negotiations between israelis and palestinians that's why until now there have been no foreign embassies in the city. and more let's bring in now sunny rose oleson a middle east expert with t w has reported on the conflict for war than a decade joining us here in the studio we also have reaction from washington coming

to us from karsten phenomenon r t w correspondent there and so i'd like to begin with you we just heard why jerusalem is so controversial there are competing claims of course to various parts of the city especially tell us a little bit more about how this particular move moving the u.s. embassy there is likely to inflame tensions well jerusalem is the heart of the conflict and the status quo is always the holiest thing to achieve in know in the in this region and changing that has so many implications we're not completely sure what change the change will be of we're not sure therefore what will be the repercussions but this is the most holy city for jews this is considered for the muslims the third holiest city after mecca and medina it's christian christians find the city holy if you know it's a kind of place where there's disputes are not moving letters from there from one place to another because it causes such great friction so much trouble so such a great movie that we're not clear yet whether the benefits coming out to any of

the sides from it other than the americans this will be very very much controversial course that really absolutely and without saying those benefits are many also saying this is an unnecessary provocation and in fact we had some reaction coming from the top of catholicism one of the strongest christian faiths in the world i want to play just briefly on what the pontiff had to say and then get your reaction from both of you there after your meal being here to. go to jerusalem rewarded in this regard i cannot keep silent about my deep concern over the situation that has a risen in recent days. and at the same time a heartfelt appeal so that everyone would be committed to respecting the status quo of the city. in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the united nations

that's your name the pope adding his voice to a chorus of high profile individuals who are concerned about this move carson vaughn naaman i will turn to you with that why is u.s. president donald trump doing this. well i think he strongly believes that jerusalem should be the capital of israel and of course he can claim that there is a base for that it's the law of the land for twenty two years now in one thousand nine hundred five the u.s. congress passed a law the jerusalem embassy act stating that jerusalem is the capital of israel and that the u.s. embassy should move there now of course. this law also gives the president of the united states the possibility to postpone such a move if the national security of the united states is at stake and all presidents have basically kicked that can down the road including going to trump who signed

a waiver six months ago he actually might sign another one not even after his statement today because the moving the embassy properly will take time of course some people say there's already a consulate in jerusalem you could just change the door signs but the trouble ministration says they want to do it properly with a new building moving most of the stuff so this will take time so it's basically typical textbook donald trump big announcement strong words creating a fuss and excitement and outrage and as far as the details are concerned we'll come to that later he is indeed a master of the shocking headline i want to turn to you because you you know you know israel and the palestinian territories quite well what does this do you now to the prospects of peace because i mean very swiftly there was a call for three days of range is violence now likely to follow that's the

big question and we don't really know we need to see what are the interest of each side thing there when we talk about the palestinians and there's hamas and one hand and then there's mahmoud abbas the palestinian territory from the p.l.o. and the other side you know he's a big winner abbas and this and this the at the end of this few days because he managed to get a united arab find muslim find not just. front you know back in his claim not to do this move move asking trump to wait but then on the other had we have come up who are celebrating soon thirty days of thirty years since their sad wish when they want something big they want something lavish is exactly the right cause to bring everybody together to gain a very good points of papeete popularity and that's right on the palestinian side that's also right on the israeli side netanyahu can use some points going good points with his base with this decision however if this escalates and ends up in war and violence and lots of beslan casualties this will be a boomerang you know this won't give the effect that maybe some of the leaders who

are involved in this are hoping to achieve this is the biggest problem now we don't know if there's any chances for recovery and for the peace process to have a recovery from this we'll have to see what exactly donald trump is saying in his speech is he mentioning this to take two state solution still or not that's a key issue and speaking about that solution i mean the united states has often been looked at as as one of the primary brokers of course in the peace process there in the middle east if the if donald trump goes ahead with this move is that role now diminished of course it's i mean trump credibility as as a mediator has been question for quite some time but he was you know pushing the saudi side trying to think of i could still bring the saudis into a table i can bring chris ault it's can still happen but making such a blunt move towards the israelis this is you know one of the reasons you know cost and was mentioning the twenty three years all presidents have been pushing the can't no kicking the can forward one of the reasons what that they wanted to say this candy you know to sweep the future peace agreement with you know israelis

palestinians signing losing that card losing that candy can also have you know dire consequences we're talking about the future of the peace agreement and so on carson back to washington and over to you now you know we saw the reaction here from around the world at our various pieces sound bites many people condemning this move but what do americans make of it i mean is there support for this in the united states. well there is some support certainly especially among the base of donald trump and that's the only thing that really matters to him that a lot of people here also from the from policy establishment have criticized him but donald trump doesn't care is approval ratings are quite low but his base is score of supporters standing by him and he wants to keep it that way because that base is helping him to keep the establishment of the republican party in congress under control because the members there fear that they might be challenge from the

right wing of their own party. also needs that base if he wants to have any chance to win reelection in a few years so basically he's playing to that he's giving them that and part of his base up is the is the conservative pro israel lobby and their partners among the christian evangelists fringe of the conservative party him and just to remind our viewers that announcement of the movement of the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem has not yet been made it is expected of it later keep it here on t.w. for the very latest we are following all of the developments we thank you very much . middle east expert with g.w. has a report on the conflict for more than a decade and carsten phenomena joining us from washington as well. in other news the british government says that it is not yet formally assessed how

leaving the e.u. will impact the country's economy british minister david davis told parliament such an analysis wasn't needed until later in the divorce process the comments are likely to inflame criticism of the government negotiations with brussels have stalled in recent days over the status of the irish border. hundreds of nigerians were flown home from libya on tuesday as the u.n. steps up efforts to fly migrants out of the country the move follows an outcry over reports that migrants they're hoping to get to europe are instead being sold into slavery it is estimated that more than four hundred thousand african migrants are stranded inside libyan detention camps. well here in germany a new report on human rights in the country has highlighted the plight of refugees it's an issue at the heart of how germany is dealing with a recent influx of migrants that reached its peak in the summer of two thousand and fifteen now the government will have to respond to the report to make sure that all of those under its jurisdiction are being treated fairly. refugees in germany

the laws inscribed in glass next to the bundestag also apply to them article one human dignity shall be inviolable but a report by the german institute for human rights says there are shortcomings for example crap refugee accommodations many people live here with no privacy and they worry about family members left behind in their home countries who are not permitted to join them here according to the institute for human rights family reunion is a basic right. was only was east now of you family reunions must not be put off any longer the right to live with your family and children's rights require this sense of people this is about the people granted subsidiary protection people who are staying in germany for an indeterminate period. disabled and traumatized refugees have it especially difficult in germany the human rights

institute is critical of the minimal support offered to them often people are not even recognized as being traumatized. but human rights are generally and here too in germany. it's certainly the case that in many countries around the world including in europe we see that human rights and the rule of law are being questioned this also happens in germany but fortunately this does not happen to the extent that we see in poland hungary or tacky in poor. took. talks on human rights shortcomings will soon be held hit germany spawned a stock. you're watching news still to come on the program the award that is coveted by some of the world's most powerful men and women instead goes to its most vulnerable women and time magazine makes the silence breakers who denounced sexual predators its person of the here and wildfires air gripping

california this time it is the south of the state engulfed in flames as thousands of people flee their homes. but first gary hart is here with more good news for speculators of cryptocurrency. that's right the bitcoin roller coaster seems unstoppable the cryptocurrency broke through the twelve thousand barrier this morning sowing from less than one thousand dollars at the start of the year but analysts warn the price surge is based on nothing but a speculative frenzy and the bubble is poised to bust that's not stopping some stock exchanges and futures markets from joining the party. bitcoins may be a mystery for most people but many are intrigued by the crypto currency bitcoins are mind in massive data centers such as here in china the currency only exists online there's no bank or financial institution behind it the cash flows are

anonymous and there's little oversight and yet big coin is currently enjoying an unusual run. at the start of this year one bitcoin was worth one thousand dollars but for weeks there's been a lot of hype surrounding its more recent surge in value on wednesday its price reached a record high of over twelve thousand two hundred dollars that means bitcoin has jumped in value by over eleven hundred percent an unparalleled rise. it's even called the attention of the reputable trick cargo commodities exchange which announced plans to begin trading big confucius investors will be able to buy and sell bitcoins at a fixed rate this will make the currency much easier to trade even japan's onboard bitcoin is listed on stock exchange now the once g.b.'s crypto currency is well on its way to entering the financial mainstream. the european commission is planning fundamental reforms for the you with the european union set to grow as it's at its

fastest pace in a decade the commission has just agreed to create a european monetary fund by the middle of twenty nineteen the fund will be similar to the international monetary fund but is designed to strengthen the economies of the eurozone other wide ranging economic and financial reforms over the next eighteen months include the creation of an e.u. finance minister accountable to the of the in parliament as well as changes to fiscal rules the changes will have to be approved at an e.u. summit next month joined in the studio director of the think tank open europe michelle how realistic is it that the e.u. first of all we're getting new really really powerful finance minute. we might get him or her and and this person will have multiple heads and quite importantly he or she will replace the eurozone leader he will be in charge of economic affairs and d

u budget perhaps it will be able to overrule national parliaments that's one key point is that should take much more i mean it would mean changing the european treaties and really shifting lots of power towards brussels and i'm not sure whether all the member states would agree to that i think germany was always opposed to that in germany always was opposed to something like this stability fund or this european monetary fund as a permanent bailout fund how come they agreed to this but they they even made this proposal back in twenty ten and then kicking it into the long grass by saying it needs treaty change and the very idea of this monetary fund is very different if you look at the positions from paris and berlin and brussels is somewhere in the middle so the french they want to see this fund as part of a transfer union to to invest in the european economies there as well functional had the idea to have this politicized body that then simply you know.

controls the budgets of other member states and sticks to the strict austerity. program. there's also changes to fiscal rules what would that mean we have so many fiscal rules already i think it's simply streamlining then and then having them in the rulebook under european law and not these more or less informal arrangements like the fiscal compact that has to be put into european law. do tremendous changes there really i mean the rules will not be this the european commission wants to see flex. ability but also reliability of these rules it's it's a mixed bag briefly if you can will those changes go through the next summit is certainly not in december there will be lots of talk germany would need a government to start with then the next big step will be june next year at the

european council and i don't expect anonymous agreement which would be needed even next summer so we will have to wait another eighteen months which is part of the roadmap anyway we have overblown from open europe thank you very much that's all for me i have no business a bit later the show for now is back to sara and those fires and california absolutely a state of emergency in effect in southern california their heart where we know that firefighters are battling severe wildfires almost two hundred thousand people have been ordered to evacuate nobody is believed to have died in the fires but local media report that one person was killed in a car crash while fleeing the area. and he hoped to save this house now gone up in flames one of hundreds of homes

destroyed by wildfire at this point all the firefighters can do is stand and watch. the biggest fire burning right now in california is here and ventura county northwest of los angeles some neighborhoods have been spared others now just smoking piles of ash and debris authorities warn residents to get out while they still can. so we want to be really clear with folks we have lost structures we have not lost lives do not wait leave your homes. hot dry winds have whipped the flames across more than eighty kilometers nearly to the pacific ocean. twenty seventeen has been one of the worst years on record for wildfires in california. the state fire chief blames climate change for spawning more and bigger blazes and warns that this wildfire could continue on its path of

destruction for several more days. well time magazine has just named the silence breakers of the me two movement against sexual assault and harassment as its person of the year a short time ago the magazine released its famous annual cover featuring prominent women who spoke out against their harassment their stories and thousands more flooded social media under the meat to hash tag as part of a global outcry against assault and discrimination. well call nasa men from our social media team has been following the reactions to this announcement and what reactions there have and what are people you are out of reactions many people definitely definitely agree with this choice i mean it's so hard to think of a movement that has so quickly changed so many parts of society politics media business many people talking about this online including in fact some of the women

that are part of that meet to movement want to start here with alyssa milano and she was one of the first to encourage women to speak out on social media using that hash tag me too and here she writes in twenty seventeen women stood up and said me too we overcame our fears to break the silence technology and social media have connected all of us and we can't turn away from each other's pain we are connected to each other many other people do agree with her we're seeing lots of sentiments like this one that says this is for everyone who was able to speak out we were able to find their voice and finally feel validated and heard we are all times person of the year there are the conversation also involves president trump he was last year's choice he was on the short list this year and he has also been accused of sexual misconduct this is actually coming here from a former obama administration member chris lew and he says the person of the year award could have gone to trump instead it goes to the women who launched

a movement that stands in powerful opposition to his values well done time magazine how will this affect the future of the movement people speculating this is actually from the u.n. agency unicef and they tweeted this they say me too is the beginning of a global conversation about gender based violence and harassment not the end of one thank you time magazine this year's nominees they included jeff bezos of amazon. but i would say that this need to movement doesn't come as a surprise as the people that were awarded or put on the cover this year absolutely has framed the conversation. dialogue especially there in the united states which we have to remind people this is where this all began right course but of course it is spread around the world how has it become so popular i mean this is one of the most powerful hashtags that we've seen and used in more than eighty countries tweeted millions of times women and men sharing their stories and really the

difference was that this gave people a platform with especially women to be heard and have their stories finally listened to we've seen so many high profile men harvey weinstein maybe the most high profile that have lost their positions but this actually has its roots ten years ago a woman named torana burke she worked with sexual assault survivors and she coined that term need to and she actually as well is reacting to the news today and this is from her twitter account she says thank you everyone especially all of you who rang the alarm when you thought i wasn't being acknowledged she adds now the work really begins i personally think it's the right choice and we really saw how this affected came from social media and just made a big change in the real world as well a movement that just came so far so quickly absolutely a lot of people probably saying about time that this has you know achieved such a prominent position as a dialogue as a movement a fact column ask in our social media guys thank you so much for your reporting on time's person of the year. you're watching news still to come on the program

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a day after russia was banned from competing in the twenty eight thousand winter olympics for state sponsored doping the kremlin says that it will take time to consider its response twenty two individual athletes are appealing against lifetime bans handed down by the international olympic committee and any russian athletes that come through that they are clean of doping will be allowed to compete as neutrals but time is short with just ten weeks before the games begin in south korea. the russian team has always called the are at the winter olympics but that is set to change in twenty eight saying the i.o.c. says clean athletes can compete under a neutral flag but russia could still boycott the games and for fear that plates from competing opinion in the country is divided some feel their athletes should only compete under a russian flag. you can stick to them i think there will be very few athletes who will be great to compete under unusual flag but if someone does i would tell them to go after the money and find sponsors themselves we would not support you.

understandably though many athletes a came to compete in peeling chang whatever the conditions. are going anthem have been taken away from us but we still have our honor and our conscience and each of us has a dream to go there and nobody will take away our desires to perform for our country and i hope we will you know it's around the situation and come out stronger . this starts in the sport seems to me. the kremlin is considering its response but some russian officials are already looking to draw a line under the whole doping scandal. on the closing day of the olympic games the olympic committee's looking dorothy will be reinstated on the yes that is very important that that will close the chapter on all the investigations in the prosecution of russian sports mentioned there when you look at the new sportsmen the president putin has said in the olympic ban would amount to humiliation for

this reason alone the kremlin's response could be crucial to hell and if russia's athletes compete at the games in south korea. and for more on the olympic band of russia we are joined here in studio by matt hartman from get up the sports desk we also have the view from moscow emily share with our correspondent there is standing by for us as well and i'd like to begin with you because we know that this decision for example it doesn't mean that russian athletes can't compete it just means that they won't compete under the russian flag rather as neutrals the right decision would you say well it's certainly a decision that sought to sort of satisfy a bunch of different parties we've been we've seen very different reactions from all sides i mean russia is clearly very upset they feel very aggrieved they feel that this is a conspiracy there have been some other athletes from other nations are immediately following this this decision we had some british bobsledder a french nordic skier both saying they thought this was

a good solution and that it gave you know ostensibly clean athletes the chance to compete but still punish russia but there are also voices in this and i think that i'm going to bring in a clip in just a moment showing that there are some who think this is not nearly enough. for example he is a prominent investigative journalist he works for the german public broadcaster a r d and he basically said that this doesn't amount to very much at all let's let's watch it if again like in rio hundreds maybe russian f. leads will compete but just colt instead of russia they will be called olympic athletes from russia and i don't see a real big difference so it's now on the international federations to decide and on the international testing authority of president to decide what. next steps and i'm very curious to learn how many athletes finally will be allowed to be in country. yes i think he really has

a point i mean the top headlines coming out yesterday was russia banned from a lympics but the fact that he as he says hundreds of russian fleets are going to be there they claim they're going to be reinstated as of the closing ceremonies means that in a lot of ways this is a fairly toothless penalty nevertheless the kremlin saying that they're going to look into this decision emily with that i'd like to get the view from moscow from you what exactly are they going to look into and when will their decision be rendered well i think here it doesn't seem clear at all that there will be hundreds of athletes competing the russian olympic committee is set to make a decision on that apparently next week on tuesday on the twelfth of sept excuse me on the trials in december of course on whether russian athletes will compete at all and if so in what form so we should watch that decision and then for now the kremlin spokesman has said that the reaction from the russian side should be

without emotion that emotion should be excluded now of course in russia that's rather hard the emotional factor of this is rather high you know people have reacted to this already. that's my impression at least talking to people on the street and also there has been this social media reaction as well there is a trending hash tag which is called no russian no games or in russian it's on yet that i've seen yet eager which sees people calling for a boycott of the olympic games overall for russian athletes not to go and they say people say that the games are unfair they're saying that this is all political and that sports shouldn't be mixed with politics so this is a really emotional issue here and i don't think it's a it's a clear cut decision for the russians but there is a political dimension of play here right i mean at least from the russian side tell

us a little bit more about. well many people as i just said believe this is actually basically pure politics in fact the impression from talking to people on the street and from the social media hash tag that hash tag that i just mentioned you know people really think that this is part of a western campaign against russia you know they they talk about the sanctions people talk about the hacking allegations against russia and they really see these new allegations of this doping scandal in within that context and that could actually funnily enough help president vladimir putin after all there are elections coming up in march and even before the international olympic committee made its decision yesterday. there were media reports that this whole sort of narrative that russia is being punished could play a part in his election campaign he hasn't actually officially announced that he's

going to run but he's expected to do the do so very soon in december today he had a public appearance as well but he didn't mention anything about the doping allegations so we'll have to see whether he reacts as well but this idea of of russia having an external enemy in the west you know is rather you know unites people here in russia and could be a rather affective tactic in an election campaign for him if he does announce that he's running salute and of course we also have to keep in mind the fact that russia is hosting some major sports events of course they hosted the last olympics in sochi right there they're also going to host the next football world cup coming up how can moscow turn this around oh well these are two separate issues really i mean to tell the mood who was really perhaps the strongest man of all. to come out of yesterday's report which is to say he's been banned for life from the olympics is in charge of the russia world cup preparations so the very fact that they're

putting someone who is at the center. or of this state doping scheme in charge of their next showpiece event shows that they are completely under tension and as long as they maintain that posture i don't know how they can turn things around so much to bite off here in terms of the aims on russia being banned from the next winter olympics we thank you so much matt herman joining us here in the studio from our sports desk and really sure when with the latest from moscow we appreciate it well now to some other sports news this week sees the final round of the champions league group stage manchester united eventis roma and basel all went through with victories on tuesday evening but athletico madrid who reached the champions league final in two thousand and fourteen and twenty sixteen are out after drawing with chelsea in group c. byron munich missed the chance to top group b. but still got some revenge over paris central man by beating them three one that

results included two goals from quarantine told east so both teams go into the knockout draw this friday the remaining group matches will be played this evening including rosia dortmund who hope to break their poor run for a form when they face real madrid. boshes side are sixth in the bundesliga and have a dismal time in the champions league a draw at madrid could secure dortmund qualification for the robot league but their opponents are also keen to get things back on track. when listen ten consecutive games dortmund are in a rut the phone the problems keep mounting for coach peter bosch with injuries to gonzalo castro and next a million phillips further decimating his squad. so it's back to the drawing board once again. under the bright lights of the santiago bernabeu top men desperately

need a morale boosting performance. and morgan will try to play a good game it's very important for our confidence us besides playing a good match we care about getting one nor three points but we'll have to wait for that. morgan. rail madrid have already qualified for the champions league knockout rounds but dawson won't be in for an easy ride the spanish giants a fourth in their domestic leg and want to build momentum themselves. the situation is not ideal in the league ok because we're eight points behind us. that's for a raise and us. but i'm relaxed about it because i'm sure that's going to change secure store. it was important. to word to teams face off but more is on the line for dortmund under pressure coach.

rb leipzig meanwhile hosts istanbul still hoping to make the knockout stage of their first champions league campaign for that to happen they need to win and hope that results elsewhere in the group also go their way coach roughhousing who kills tax will be all the tougher. we'll forsberg like six key player but he can count on team aware now. that. i have to have. you're watching news still to come on the program african artist. him it wins the prestigious turner prize for modern art rishi oldest winner and meryl from our culture desk has more. but first gary hart is here with more business and we're talking about a big shakeup in fact in europe that's right three years after the french group

general electric now plans to cut another four and a half thousand jobs in europe according to media reports just before christmas affected plants in switzerland germany and the u.k. acquired the energy business of twenty fourteen after alstom split up to pursue a separate merger of its train division with germany's siemens g.e. itself has not confirmed any job cuts yet. now could not the christmas cheer for a flourishing trade between mexico and the rest of the world the us canada and mexico are locked in an increasingly difficult negotiations over the north american free trade agreement all sorts of sectors could suffer if the deal is dropped which is what u.s. president will trump a certain time and again now this concern as the christmas season gets underway mexico has been busy growing millions of poinsettia plants known for their large

bright red leaves the flower exports are a million dollar business. the so-called christmas stars or christmas plants adorn squares aves and living rooms around the world this christmas mexico plans to grow and sell more than sixteen million flowers hoping for export to the plant to top one point two million dollars the main destinations of the united states in canada . yeah exports of the flowers go to a lot of countries in europe to major cities to the united states to asia and africa. lot of them with a not yet when a flower which is also called the christmas flower the point setter or the flower of love this power represents the face of mexico to the wild. the future of the trade of course is unknown with nafta negotiations underway it's hoped officials ensure mexico's flour was continued to bring holiday joy to people

know of the border. stand mexico even if you like electric cars like i do you might not have enough cash to invest in state of the art technology that comes straight from ca makers assembly lines right now well if your hand there and enjoy a bit of tinkering unlike me why not take matters into your own talents and hands and do what hector ruiz from mexico city did you decide is to update his trusty old fold beetle with electric engines. with fourteen batteries under the hood hector ruiz drives into mexico city's rush hour traffic and electric beetle with zero c o two emissions a rarity in the mega metropolis with five million cars jockeying for position smog blankets the city people choke on exhaust fumes. yes there's ways that i will upload this here is my contribution it shows that we can all do something for the

environment we have the same air in china india germany and europe everywhere. really spent four thousand five hundred euros for his electric motor the batteries were customized for his needs how many kilometers can he actually drive per day how fast can he drive. and i. know in this city and he has a car that costs sixty thousand over ninety thousand euro's and can go faster than one hundred fifty kilometers per hour. but in a city we can drive faster than twenty or thirty kilometers per hour. built the motor himself replacing combustion engines with batteries that's what the fifty eight year old does all day in his workshop sustainability means that you don't always have to get a new car. it's a big advantage that we have when we use it's already been built transform it into

something which can still be used but without a negative effect. most of the population can't afford to buy a new electric car but since it's mostly those residents who are causing the air pollution it might be the smartest idea for the government to subsidize the modifications only three thousand euros for an electric car. distance performance charging the batteries from home pos can customize it all. if. people always wait for someone else to find the solution. but it doesn't have to be that way you think it will be done by people like you and me. we can see ourselves as part of the solution and then solve the problem. of. bigger faster and father but why hector always is serious when he says he's thinking about his children's future retrofitting cars his affection to an economical why wait any longer. they were talking about electric cars in the

eighties we've been waiting for decades and then the car industry only offers really expensive ones i don't want to wait any longer i'd rather have one built for me. gainey plans to release hybrid super cars in the near future in luxury common a factory says the first off the line will be its new sports utility vehicle the euro's and again his chief executive builds it as the world's first super s.u.v. the hybrid will reach a breathtaking top speed of three hundred five kilometers an hour. the announcement comes as governments try curbing carbon emissions and comic has rushed out electric vehicles to line. was down four wheels entrepreneurs in tokyo continue to cash in on the huge success of nintendo's super mario video games for seventy dollars an hour you can hire

a go cart and drive around the city as your favorite video game character but now the city is cracking down on the business saying these joyrides can get dangerous tokyo police have introduced a ruling which requires the mario carts to be fitted with seat belts still fans like tour operator mary card say they'll play by the rules of the game. and it's back to sarah now in a big win in the art world absolutely we're going to talk about the turner prize in fact because it is one of the world's best known contemporary art prizes and has been awarded in britain to the artists led him and she is the first black woman to receive the prize and indeed at the age of sixty three the oldest ever winner here is her accepting the award last first of all to the people who stopped me in the streets of preston and how to wish me luck thank you it worked. thanks to my

mother for letting me do what i wanted as a teenager as long as i came home by ten p.m. . i quickly learned how to i could manage to squeeze as much as possible in by nine thank you. thank you to exist in photography in reponse to being a dear sweet friend even though i love the show and into the early hours thank you. thank you. and joining us now to talk a little bit more about living in a humid and her work as our culture editor robin marilyn of course robin before we talk about her work that we have to talk about the prize that she is just one tell us a little bit more about it you know the turner prize is awarded to someone contribution to contemporary british art but they don't have to be british they have been winners from all around the world in years before and from ninety nine to one until this year there was an age restriction you had to be under fifty to be a contemporary artist which was ridiculous but they stopped that and it's great to

say she's won the prize as you said at the age of sixty three i'm all in favor of people in the sixty's winning things. the controversy about the turner prize comes really from the nature of the beast in the contemporary art you know you either love it or you don't you know there's always lots of opinions on contemporary art i mean just to give examples of the turner prize winners damien hirst won it with a half a cow and half a cow coffin formaldehyde back in ninety ninety five great controversy then chris ofili won it with a painting that included elephant dung in it three years later that was also the year that. tracey emin had her unmade bed lots of controversy about all these three names and the very famous people in the world this year the winner not so controversial indeed she was the favorite to win and i think very much people thought she'd been overlooked in the past so let's find out more about this year's

winner of the town a prize. you binah him its work tackles questions of race gender and class she seeks to fill the gaps of the social narrative to make the black presence visible. one of her early works freedom and change to black women run across the bay which the similarity between it and become work to women running on the beach is intentional him it's piece appropriate and transforms the female figures powerfully subverting picasso's piece for a time because so used african styles in his work but his motifs were often white people and he wasn't alone by people were always there. because they weren't put into paintings unless they were. you know usually in the history of european out. there

a lot of paintings of black people but to the side of the painting. as a as a servant or as a signifier of wealth in some. women have also long been on the sidelines when it comes to art that's the theme of these freestanding cutouts here female artists a place throughout the space him its work often has a sense of theater and is openly excessive all. wasn't always so when i made these works quite a long time ago but now you can have your picture taken next to them in a way that. is not quite the same with the painting so you can actually feel part of the story where having our own selfie with freedom. to have made wants to open up a direct conversation with the viewer images a colorful and exuberant but often deal with themes of colonialism identity and

belonging. uncompromising contribution to art has now been recognized with this he is in a prize. in a big congratulations meantime though we have a more somber note don't we robin because there's been a big death in the french rock orals in fact johnny holiday johnny hallyday yeah huge star in france and in francophone countries holiday has sold over a hundred million records but he never cracked the english speaking market many people listening to his wife of heard of him in fact as i say he was he was known as the elvis presley of france because when he started out he was copying elvis presley usa today newspaper wants described him as the greatest rock star you never you know he was a big big star has to be said he lived the rock'n'roll lifestyle as well he has

four marriages behind him and he was a great showman and loved to to a one thing i should mention to show how big he was he gave a concert when he was sixty six in front of the eiffel tower. a million people to see him live in front of the eiffel tower that's how big he was anyway he was much loved and he lost his battle with lung cancer sadly yesterday at the age of seventy four and a lot of people around the world i'm sure will miss him it seems like a lot of them in fact loved his music robin of people want to find out a little bit more about him on the website at d.w. dot com slash culture of course robin merrill from our culture desk thank you so much for telling us a little bit more about his life and his legacy. you're up to date now on d.w. news i'm sorry kelly and berlin we have to go but we will leave you now with some of johnny holiday is classic french rock here he is in concert enjoy well seal

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mexico april twenty ten. murders for supporting the rights of the indigenous people. his mother embarks on a campaign for justice determined to bring the killers to court and still trying to

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and living in germany. she's reminded what that means on a daily basis presenter john up like this not being able to blend in and i was. taking a holiday group and being you know different than the rest. she travelled across germany to meet other black people and to hear their stories. it seems that. i grew up in a white family in a white neighborhood it was definitely a challenge. she decided to put me up for adoption. so the main thing was to keep your head down and your mouth shut of course of the face like this i could never completely disappear if you see all these stereotypes about africa if you could see if. you do something for your country but you're still the black guy with an.

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