migration and asylum seekers remain hot topics in. which european politicians struggle to provide answers while those who fled from what might come in family members i feel very shame because germany's to europe and the refugee crisis inside. the car. this is due to the news coming to live from berlin an attempted terror attack in

the heart of new york city authorities say a twenty seven year old suspect strapped a bomb to his body but no one was killed and the suspect is now in custody let's be also clear this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the creator did not. goldman go. to the u.s. for more also coming up. a cool reception for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in brussels as he tells foreign ministers their nations should also recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. and winter hits europe with a vengeance heavy snow fall brings travel chaos but it's a winter wonderland first stop.

welcome to the show my name sarah harmon it's good to have you with us. a twenty seven year old man is in custody after an explosion rocked new york city's port authority terminal police say this incident was terror related but new york mayor bill de blasio said that authorities knew of no more credible or specific threats to the city now the explosion occurred during the morning rush hour at the intersection of forty second street and eighth avenue not far from times square four people suffered minor injuries a major evacuation of the entire area took place by police and first responders following the blast. here's married blasio speaking at a press conference earlier. and let's be also clear this was that tempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not. result to make goals. thank god our first responders were there so quickly and that was mayor de blasio

speaking earlier let's take you live to the u.s. now where our correspondent carson phenomena has been following the story for us carson the mayor called this an attempted terror attack what more can you tell us. well what we know so far is that a man exploded a improvised explosive device which was strapped to his body in an underground passage way near to the authority port authority bus terminal and now this terminal is the busiest bus terminal in the world and one of the most important public transportation hub in new york city about two hundred thousand people use buses going to and from that place and also there are a number of subway lines metro lines which also across there so this incident this attack could have been much worse for the city could have cost

many more lives but apparently that bomb didn't go off as intended as far as we know even the attacker survived and only three more people were injured and only suffered minor injuries right minor injuries new yorkers breathing a sigh of relief this morning no doubt and why p.d. has confirmed they do have this suspect in custody what else do you know about this person. the police gave the name of that twenty seven year old men as a cause. according to some reports he is from bangladesh originally that has not been confirmed so far but i just talked to the ws bengalis as the caller told me that it is possible with that name that this suspect originates from bangladesh but once again that has not been confirmed yet we don't know much more

about that man apparently he made a statement but the police wouldn't journalists what exactly he said because it's an ongoing investigation your thoughts you said though that they believe the man acted alone and that there is no ongoing threats no other threats immediately now to new york city all right an ongoing investigation thanks very much carson vaughn naaman for bringing us up to date here's a look now at some of the other big stories playing out in the world right now russia's president vladimir putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of russian troops from syria he made the announcement on a surprise visit to an airbase in the country where he met with syrian president bashar al assad russia has been the syrian government's main backer during the country's six year long civil war and then travel to cairo where i met with egyptian president down town to see the two leaders signed

a deal to advance plans for a russian built nuclear power plant the two countries recently approved a draft agreement to allow russian warplanes to use a gyptian military bases. saudi arabia is set to end its thirty five year long ban on cinemas the first one will open early next year the move is part of changes that are being introduced in the conservative country by mohamed bin salmond the powerful saudi crown prince. and the e.u. member states have overwhelmingly agreed to formally widen defense corp the move lays the foundation for a proposed european defense union the goal is to make europe less dependent on the u.s. for its defenses. and staying with the e.u. the european union has also once again distance itself from the u.s. on its policy towards israel foreign leaders gave a clear we're buff to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who's been in

brussels today now you know who urged european governments to follow the united states in recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel but eve foreign minister said their policy remains unchanged and they won't be moving their embassies to jerusalem. a rare ok asian but you mean it and yeah it was a rival in brussels marked the first visit in twenty two years by the israeli government. let me say of this quite historic opportunity it's far too long for friends and partners since we are a big moment made even bigger by donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital just days ago what president trump has done is put facts clearly on the table peace is based on reality i believe that all or most of the rippin countries will move around this is to jerusalem record does jerusalem as israel's a couple but instead the reception in brussels was as frosty as the temperatures

outside the council building protesters gathered to condemn mr netanyahu visit now they are inviting him so they will talk but there is nothing to talk about you don't do such things what are you doing in israel. to the palestinians. the decision to move the capital needs to be discussed between both sides it also can't be up to europe or the united states to decide that. because you need to defeat the e.u. ministers also shook their heads at the move. we do not agree with denouncing. capital to be the final status issue and in particular of course tourism is divided between east and west and east jerusalem is. on another fundamental question the union cemented its position a commitment to a two state solution yet there are worries that the united states are no longer a credible mediator blues and also we've been waiting already for several months

for the american plan and if one is not forthcoming then the european union will have to take the initiative you know or been planned this incident but even if the e.u. stepped up its peace efforts the question remains if it has indeed the ability to really make a difference in this conflict. well joining me now is mark frings from the conrad adenauer foundation a think tank linked to chancellor angela merkel's conservative city you party mark you're in ramallah in the palestinian territories where emotions are running high right now the e.u. strongly condemned trumps decision has there been any reaction to that from the palestinians because you know so far there is no official reaction coming from to be able to i think the positions are quite clear you have to differentiate between the street and the street as it does have as and hide there is no main at least no much trust in the west be it the u.s.

be it the you to do something in favor of the palestinians however when it comes to the p.l.o. the officials they of course depend very much both on the u.s. and e.u. when it comes to political and financial support what do palestinians want from the u.n. and do is say that you as a possible mediator for the peace process. if you please yes we asked earlier this year also last year who should be the most important mediate order to bring peace between israelis and palestinians the majority i'm going to syrians told us that the you should play the go to war and this is also what the p.a. what the p.l.o. all bite say in the upcoming hours and days they don't understand why the u.s. kind of keeps a monopoly on peace talks between israelis and palestinians they would refer to the success story when it comes to the five plus one talks the peace talks on the nuclear deal with the iran they would also refer to the might of natural dimension

the manager of forum that was introduced by the french peace initiative earlier this year so there are very concrete ideas and i think the u.n. doesn't have to reinvent the wheel there is a very concrete initiative on the table it's the arab peace initiative initiative from two thousand and two which is still balanced that asks israel to withdraw from the i tell you stories and in return for that the arab league and which means all arab states would recognize israel and in the borders of one thousand and sixty seven ok netanyahu says that recognizing reality is the substance of peace so let me play devil's advocate here for a second isn't recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital just acknowledging reality which could put negotiations with the palestinians on a more realistic footing. well the palestinians would argue here that trouble on your record is one of the reality of it is this really one of the guards of the vision that there are hundreds of thousands of the new also living in the city that

there was a strong political it's very religious things but this city really comes to the palestinian perspective on hundreds and so i think when we not talk about synchronizing today's realities then one risk that i secretly would be that the palestinians also start synchronizing destitutes youth and just might be a reality for israel but many are now having doubts with regard to bankable two state solution many see a decline in whole when it comes to a democratic independent palestinian state and as he certainly is that they would question this strategy as well marc franks is the palestinian territories head of germany's conrad adenauer foundation joining us from ramallah mark thank you for having me. german chancellor angela merkel and senior german lawmakers have condemned the burning of israeli flags in berlin this weekend merkel said she rejected any kind of anti-semitism and seen

a phobia and that her government would fight such incidents with full force three flags were burned when thousands of propellants sunni and protesters took to the streets of the german capital burning israeli flags in berlin have sparked outrage from the german government prompted by u.s. president donald trump's controversial decision to recognize theresa limits israel's capital thousands of party palestine demonstrators gathered in berlin over the weekend. we unanimously condemn these violations of constitutional principles we oppose all forms of anti-semitism and xenophobia this was the last more than one thousand people gathered at berlin's iconic brandenburg gate near the u.s. embassy on friday where anti semitic slogans were heard from some protesters ten people were arrested with charges including assault in violation of the law of assembly as a second demonstration on sunday tune a half thousand demonstrators march through berlin's noyon district flags bearing

the star of david weber and for historical reasons germany is always particularly vigilant when there are protests against israel that is are also never far away the time to semitism could fuel violence. you're watching d.w. news lawyer from berlin still to come on our program went or arrives in europe bringing travel chaos to the roads railways and airports but not everyone is cursing this heavy snow fall. that story is coming up next but first the news agency associated press says it has evidence that the armed forces of neon war are systematically using rape as a tool of terror against the hinge of a.p. reporters interviewed twenty nine women and girls from different places in the un mark a news agency says their accounts are all very similar and says the evidence supports the united nations claim that the neon our military is using systematic rape as

a weapon. yes she safe but devastated. runnier i can't bear this pain anymore i'm unable to take my pain to the doctor i'm disturbed in my mind i cried all night last night no one knows that except. i can't even bend to pray that's what's really troubling me. this woman is one of those who have spoken out about what men in myanmar have been doing. she's also one of many who have ended up pregnant her baby is all she has. the whole world with that when the baby was conceived i knew i wasn't going to get rid of it because i don't have anyone in this world no mother no father no brother no sister only allah not really . all the others fear they'll lose what they do have. i was very worried crying a lot and my husband said he had to abandon me

a non muslim right she he said. those trying to help say they're seeing the tip of an iceberg of pain and shame the stories that they're telling us and that not only the victims themselves but that other people are telling us about witnessing acts of sexual violence in myanmar make us feel that we're only capturing a very small proportion of the victims but there have been that fifty people from the military fifty men came into the village surrounded it and stood in front of people's doors in groups of three. then they entered into the homes and started pulling out young girls from their homes and they began raping them and some came towards me and started beating me up the attack me with knives covered my mouth and my eyes and then pin me down and raped me i thought i had died and. i didn't think i would live in this world for another day. for now the world is here a tent in

a refugee camp there will be many more women behind these makeshift walls under these temporary roofs who also have such terrible stories to tell. us are we're going to shift gears here a little bit it's time now for the big with ben the bitcoin buzz continues it does along it's getting louder and louder this is one of the reasons investors have been going crazy the past few weeks the trading of bitcoin futures on the world's largest options exchange in chicago you can bet on the price of a big coin that is what it's going to be and once the war three months from now investors have been going for the safest option no surprise there the one month future thinking they can go to wrong there it shot up as high as eighteen thousand points eight hundred eighty thousand eight hundred fifty dollars. rather that's more than a twenty one percent gain on the value of bitcoin the crypto currency is being

constantly setting records and constantly plunging i should point out in the first half of twenty seventeen it was trading around two and a half thousand its biggest surge came between november and december going from under seven thousand last month to more than thief teen thousand as you can see there well it's currently trading a thousand six hundred percent on the year as a whole some analysts concerned that that may be a bubble in the making and could be said to boost well let's go over to guinn's quarter who's standing by for us in new york way you've worked for decades. correct me if i'm wrong have you ever come across anything as bizarre as this i mean this is this is huge it is pretty wild and it is quite a frenzy that we're seeing right now and i guess there is some buyer's remorse people who left this huge rally it is unusual but i wouldn't necessarily say that i haven't experienced anything like that i was also here around the big dot com high

where we also had some stock some companies was out there clear business plan where stocks would shoot up by a thousand percent or so so it is unusual but it's not the very first time that i've seen anything like that i think you're talking about companies with no business plan but here we're talking about the financial infrastructure of an industry we're talking about no regulators no banks no middlemen no central banks involved either. you know and even now that you have those contracts being traded on the c b o e s o on the cheek aagot exchange should doesn't mean that we will have more regulation what the step to day only means is that some institutional investors that pension funds for example as it managers have the possibility to hedge meaning betting on dropping bitcoin prizes or that it's new and therefore the circle of potential investors screw up quite

a bit but it's still not regulated and it's still a pretty risky trade in general and it's still a topic that's looked at with a lot of skepticism over here in europe what about on your side of the atlantic what does the u.s. think of bitcoin. well overall i would say it towards certain degree not just bitcoins but crypto currencies itself and especially the underlying good knowledge the block to get all the g. it is pretty much established but when we talk about the prices of bitcoin what is just what is justified is the thousand dollars is it fifty thousand dollars one hundred thousand dollars twelve thousand dollars really nobody knows that's why it is risky it is the big unknown but so far a lot of investors fear to miss out the rally and that's why people keep jumping on this cryptocurrency ok i'm sure they'll be a lot more jumping to come for us from the new york stock exchange the last

three as central bank governor says it's high time the regulators moved in he doesn't class big point as a currency but rather a speculative product he is a council member of the european central bank germany's biggest tech conglomerate zemindars is in the midst of major job cuts it's a big employer around the world especially here of course that's why management's been called into the economy ministry for talks in berlin. making noise to make sure their voices are heard german tech giant siemens is planning to slash six thousand nine hundred jobs worldwide around half of them in germany the company says the move towards renewables has put pressure on its turbine division eastern germany will be hit hardest with sites in the cities of light seeking gurlitz to be shut down completely. protesters accuse even c.e.o. joke of leaving them in the lurch. so this isn't necessary

that's why we're so enraged. the himself said after the last election that the rise of the if he can be seen as a failure of the elitist class well he belongs to the elites and if he continues what he's doing in eastern germany the populous message will resonate all the more populist. german economics minister will get to two places to hold meetings with the local representatives as well as management in berlin. we have to recognise that industry in germany is in the process of restructuring. of the on the other hand siemens has received one point five billion euros in public subsidies in the last twenty years in the form of guarantees so there's a certain obligation in my mind to say hey let's take a more consensual approach. meanwhile siemens has signed contracts to build two gas powered electricity plants in libya but management says such a move does not alter plans to cut jobs in its turbine division.

that deal with libya with the seven hundred million euros was even that is almost seven thousand jobs as you heard there. bulletin of business news next hour first back to sara that's right ben it's time for some weather because a large parts of europe have been covered in a blanket of snow you're seeing here some drone footage from the netherlands but the reality for travelers around europe was slightly less tranquil there was chaos on the roads in britain after the heaviest snowfall in four years germany to got its first heavy dusting of the year also causing disruptions but still many found an opportunity for fun. that day is going nowhere fast however intrepid. this the site fifth thousands of passengers at germany's frankfurt airport snowplows and the ice is unable to stop the cancellation of more than three hundred flights there on sunday. widespread

destruction across britain to tens of thousands of passengers left without flights that europe's busiest airport london heathrow. while police advised those attempting road journeys to stay home unless travel was critical the heaviest snowfall in four years create a treacherous conditions. going to be surprised to get started but it's just horrible to be stuck like this is that really very very. hard scary very yeah i don't know if. northern europe has been covered with snow but temperatures dropping well below zero. the cold front brought with it high winds this passenger ferry was stranded for several hours after running aground near the french port of cali weather warnings are in place across much of the country. but for those who didn't have some want to be the freeze provided ample entertainment.

suppose it's great for the children finally we have snow. hope it'll be as white as this come christmas. over there is up with all too often so if they're going to take full advantage everywhere you can to people across the continent able to simply enjoy the snow the full cost is good more wintry weather is expected over the coming days. oh the champions league last sixteen draw has been held in new york switzerland and there were plenty of juicy matches to look forward to in the new year also a look now. first off we've got eventis facing tottenham hotspur basel take on manchester city porto walk around with liverpool severe go up against man united reigning champions real madrid will battle on shocked our donuts play roma chelsea take on barcelona and byron munich face best tash. and the bonus

like a cologne went into their match against freiburg on the verge of setting and on wanted record which is three points in fourteen games another defeat would mark the worst start by any side in german top flight history so how would they fare in their first game with a new coach let's find out. stefan who wouldn't back face a tough ask in his first game in charge of bottom side cologne and not just because of the weather his team began brightly in their early dominance paid off with a look us took minutes at the open a in the eight minutes i've freiburg sunni and schuster them found syracuse a c. in the books the penalty spot had to be uncovered before get a secret file who first both goal of the season. cologne kept up the pressure even in the snow and soon it was three nil up to just thirty minutes the i'm back you own goal scored by candidates time i still believe the newspaper since

smashed in yelling covey is free kick leaving colognes t.-mo horn with no chance. that he was again the provider on sixty five minutes this time yet aqaba heading into make it three two i began to implode and sunniest shot and gave away a spot he wished he'd just think about it on ninety minutes i was right but we're not done with their remarkable comeback and in injury time give us he's humble that's another penalty pietersen competes in his hat trick i'm one of the most extraordinary when it's the game's ever summed up rock bottom colognes bizarre season. yes reminder of the top stories we're following for you right now. four people have been hurt in an attempted terrorist attack at one of new york city's busiest transit stations police say a twenty seven year old man detonated a device strapped to his body near port authority he was among the injured and has

now been taken into custody. plus foreign ministers have rebuffed israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu his request that they recognize jerusalem as israel's capital they said the u.s. his decision last week to do so is threatening the mideast peace process. and that's to give you news you're up to date see at the top of the hour.

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