d.w. . this is deja vu news live from berlin a show of support for victims of sexual harassment as women take center stage at the golden globes for too long women have not been heard or believed if they dare

to speak their truth to the power of those. but their time is up. oprah winfrey gives the most a rousing speech of the night and heralds the dawn of a new day in hollywood. also coming up. day two of exploratory coalition talks between angela merkel's conservatives and the social democrats they have promised a new style of politics for germany but can they deliver and a story that could be straight out of a spy novel a vietnamese oil executive allegedly kidnapped in germany by his country secret service goes on trial in one owing we will talk with his lawyer. plus it is cape town's worst drought in decades coping with the harsh conditions is one thing but the water shortage is also leading to mass job cuts we'll tell you why and then soccer f.c. . finally have their man after six months of courtship brazilian midfielder

philippe cost the spanish giants one hundred twenty million euros so is he worth that hefty price tag. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program and thanks for joining us. hollywood has made a powerful statement against sexual misconduct at the seventy fifth golden globes it was the first major award ceremony to be held since the scandal around producer harvey weinstein launched an avalanche of allegations against powerful men in hollywood and beyond in a show of solidarity most of the women attending the ceremony transformed the usual colorful red carpet by wearing black. arm in arm women from the wilds of film t.v. and music on addictions of sexism and sexual violence and declared change had

arrived. this year's golden globes it was their night. where. there were drawing a big black line and the three words yesterday and tomorrow the way things used to be the way bill refused to die are going to be that way people here are moving out ladies and remaining gentleman this was the first major award show since a slew of sexual harassment allegations wrecks the industry. female driven t.v. series big little lies about sexual abuse and female empowerment one big today i felt alive. in thirty three billboards outside adding it centers on a mother struggling to avenge the rape and murder of her daughter. this reporter for one hopes is finally put the handmaid's tale about women fighting

to survive in a destroyed b. and society won best t.v. drama. the women. they were slated to while german film in the fade won best foreign language film that stars diane kruger as a woman forced to cope with the death of her husband and son. but it was a speech by winfrey which is the. everyone talking. for too long women have not been heard or believed if they do to speak their truth to the power of those men. but their time is up. when from page to new day was on the horizon to rapturous. oh what a night it was and for more on all of the happenings we're joined here in the studio by our social media editor frederica baggio is here and robin merrill's also

here from our culture does thanks so much to both of you for offering your analysis and frederick i'd like to begin with you because last night was really less about the awards more about the message right exactly sarah and all about the women with the need to movement or time's up as it's now known taking really center stage actresses producers directors they've they've used the platform to say once more time for sexual harassment is over many social activists were also invited to the event on the other hand however we've seen people expressing disappointment with the fact that while men wore a black or some men were black generally they remained silent on the matter especially those who won and we've seen social media filled with criticism along these lines this is an activist group here writing not a single man who accepted a golden globes tonight spoke out about sexual assault need to or time's up wearing a black tech seato isn't enough we need men to speak up and stand beside us to

fight to end the sexual assault and rape culture and many on line have also been stressing that these movements are not when they go beyond calling for the end of sexual harassment they also demand for more they versity quality and that's across all industries we've seen a fashion writer conny one she called this a charade saying mandating that everyone where black gives the false illusion that . everyone is on board with weights parity professionalism in the workplace and treating opal fairly and humanely you know and it's quite interesting because you know that was on the side of the men but on the side of the women for example it was interesting to see how some of the women chose to integrate their message throughout the night i actually want to turn to the case now of natalie portman and i know that we have a clip of her of her speaking at the moment she basically was presenting the award for best director and she used the opportunity to basically highlight the gender equity problem in the category have

a listen. and here are the all male nominee. air are the all male nominees no women were nominated in the category apparently robin i will turn to you you know the theme of the night was really all about women was it reflected in the awards it was actually not in the last award obviously although i should say on tell you a little lights of the walls a direct female director who did what when award it wasn't reflected in the in the directors of the best movies indeed but since the wind signed scandal this there is a sea change in hollywood going on and it is i would say apparent in the cold to a lot of the movies and t.v. series because it's about t.v. as well the go globes let's first of all take the german win last night is real proud of that it's in the fade by forty keim it got best foreign language film fast the a key is of course the golden boy of german cinema at the moment and he also

got hollywood star diane kruger to star in it what many people actually might not be aware of diane kruger is that she just we. but and this was the first movie where she was actually working in her mother tongue german and this is about a strong woman whose family is murdered by right wing terrorists as we hugged and she takes the lower into her own hands not. in justice for husband son now they're all power over power levels here with three books billboards outside of being missouri a most amazing title for of film this was the big winner at the golden globes won for including the big won best picture of a drama. and also the best actress for frances mcdormand it's yet another film about a strong woman who takes the door into her own hands off her daughter was raped and killed and they all thought he's done seen enough to get the pope to traitors you

know and she takes it on self also won best supporting actor sam rockwell best screenplay for an all too good examples of common sense that is being reflected in what's going on in all this and i really liked also what frances mcdormand had to say she said basically when she was accepting her award about the women were not there for the food they were there for the work another message which was very clearly supported by oprah i think i need not save more because she really was the show last night wasn't she frederica absolutely sarah she became the first black woman ever to win the award for her lifetime achievement she used the acceptance speech to really send a strong message against racial injustice and sexual abuse we've heard the parts of it earlier in her speech received a standing ovation that was both at the ceremony and online and he also spot some interesting rumors about her future plans in fact some people are now speculating

that she's considering running for president in the two thousand and twenty u.s. election and people online have been using the hash tag oprah twenty twenty to point out that she would be you would make a great leader here's one example this user saying for more than three decades oprah has been inspiring others giving a voice to the voiceless and telling stories that had the power to change lives her speech at the golden globes tonight. it was presidential another simple message here oprah show twenty twenty referring to michelle obama of course now oprah hasn't commented on this so far we'll have to see whether or how this latest well it's a go success at the golden globes plays out in her future plans and oprah she was there we have to tell people she actually received this as will be to mail a war that's a lifetime achievement award on that is awarded by by you know the for the golden globes but robin there were a lot other other awards last night that doesn't fill us in on some of the ones i

not should point out that it's not just movies but t.v. we should mention the handmaid's tale won best t.v. series elisabeth moss won but best actress in a series but it's the movies and i want to feature lady which won the best movie i was in musical comedy films because of the case in the golden globes now this is a coming of age movie i know you say that sarah right loved it and i may say straight away who's it directed by a greater girl who's only thirty four years old it stars the wonderful artist actress sharon and who won best actress as well in a musical or comedy a quick mention to gary oldman in the tour de force as churchill in the movie darkest hour will be featuring not on the culture's law tomorrow but also finally the t.v. series big little lies which won the best limited t.v. series nicole kidman won best actress for norodom best supporting actress also

starred reese witherspoon witherspoon and kidman of the producers of that t.v. series and two of the leading lights in the me two campaign revolves around three women who live in the suburbs and about infidelity violence and frustration so to conclude i would say there's a tectonic shift going on in hollywood and it's going to be very fascinating to watch it also we have started the awards season as we very interesting what happens at the oscars yeah absolutely and they have all of this continues this yes movement which we have really seen not only in hollywood but also elsewhere in the world we thank you so much rather meryl frederica baggio for telling us a little bit more about it. in the meantime let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world a fire at u.s. president donald trump skyscraper in manhattan has left two people injured one is said to be in a serious condition the city fire department says that it received a call early in the morning to attend to what it called a small electric fire on the top floor. the b.b.c.'s long serving china editor

carrie gracie has resigned because of what she calls a lawful pay discrimination she accused britain's public service broadcaster of breaking the law on equal pay and resisting pressure for a fair and transparent salary structure the b.b.c. said that a review of the pay of on air presenters and correspondents would be published soon . authorities have warned that an iranian oil tanker burning off of china's east coast is in danger of exploding and sinking one body has been found but the rest of the thirty two man crew has been missing since the tanker collided with a freighter there are fears that its cargo of light crude oil could cause an environmental disaster. germany's main parties have been holding their second day of talks aimed at forming a new government angela merkel's conservatives on the social democrats have governed in a coalition for the past four years but both have been eager to promise voters a fresh start that is after they scored historically poor results in september

selections but today began with a bright spot for america all as she received a group of children offering songs and blessings for the catholic feasts of a pitch any. political terms the room moment of distraction for chancellor merkel as she received germany's still most news in the chancellor to do . what you have to do is going to sing in for the tide like to give you my heartfelt thanks. need to do so conservatives hosted the social democrats for a second day of exploratory talks in the east. he's pushing for concessions a far more ambitious vision of europe's future for instance. the guts course until you're a must be one of the new government's main topics no matter what the government might look like that's why i hope that anglo-american hosty hoped for and i will be able to reach an agreement today that allows germany to once again be the motor of

the european union at least this is our common goal. so i must see. mindful of november's failed coalition talks the two sides have agreed strict confidentiality so a few details are emerging there are small signs of progress however with reports slipping out that agreement has been reached on raising the threshold for the top rate of income tax in front of the cameras though officials have refused to comment. if we all put in some effort and the mood remains as good as it has been in the past few days then maybe we can achieve something a lot of work still lies ahead of us during. the exploratory talks and on thursday after which the two sides will decide whether enough common ground has been found to launch a full coalition talks. let's get the very latest on those talks standing by for us

at city you had quarters and our land as our correspondent charlet potts i to charlotte we actually have some news just coming in because apparently a few minutes ago there there was actually a statement from angela merkel's conservatives what more can you tell us. exactly there was a statement there's only one statement in each of these days of negotiation and the conservatives basically said their main message was it's going we are processing we are making some progress here at the talks they've been talking about energy for example today and about climate they hadn't said what kind of agreements were reached in the meantime they have been leaks even though there is a strict silence policy here at the city you had quarters to not leak anything to the press there have been leaks that both parties had agreed that germany would not meet its climate goals of reducing c o two emissions by forty percent by twenty

twenty but the politicians made sure to say these are just leaks we will have to wait to present the results. thursday when the negotiations are supposed to end here in berlin and just to remind our viewers these are exploratory talks and they are set to continue until thursday as you mentioned and there's so much at stake right now for chancellor merkel isn't there. yeah for hurd's really a make or break moment these talks she has already said that if these talks fail she is not willing to go into a minority government which only in the end then leaves germany with the option of new elections four months after the september elections that have and broad brought about a new government so far so that would mean new elections and for her that could mean the end of her chancellorship because the big question is will she pose as the head of her party again if new elections were to be held so really make or break

for chancellor merkel and they really have some obstacles also to overcome charlotte remind us what what the sticking points are in policy terms. well today the main topic was being discussed was the topic of europe and both parties agree that there needs to be more integration the big question there is how much more financial integration should there be how much money should germany pay to its european partners to the european union but both parties said europe is one of the priorities should there be a new grand coalition the main sticking point so are the topics of migration and particularly the topic of family reunifications for refugees from civil rights civil war torn countries and another sticking point the issue of health care insurance a very tricky business the social democrats want to abolish the private health care

insurance which really the devil lies in the details and the question is here how far is chancellor merkel willing to to agree on the social democrats side to really form a new government in the end charlotte parts with the latest from berlin thank you a man has admitted in court to carrying out last year's attack on. us but says that he did not intend to hurt anyone dortmund were on their way to their champions league quarter final clash against monaco when explosives were detonated next to the team bus twenty eight year old suspect sergei wu was apprehended ten days later he is now standing trial for a crime the prosecutors say was part of an elaborate money making scheme three separate bombs went off as the doormen bus left its team hotel on the outskirts of the city defender mark boxer and a policeman who was discoursing the team were left injured nine months later the

twenty year old suspect surrogate w. is in court on twenty eight counts of attempted murder prosecutors say he aim to force the club's share price down in order to report profit on the investments he had made. the only german football club listed on the stock market. his trial opened last month but he remained silent in the first hearing when it resumes on monday surrogate w. testified the limits of planning what he called a fake attack and he said he designed the explosives in such a way that quote no harm to people could be expected he went on to say he didn't want to hurt anyone and certainly didn't want to kill anyone dortmund's club lawyer sees otherwise. so i think oh good for me for doing this but i think it's inconceivable. i don't think that you can use equipment in such a way and then claim you just wanted to scare people to go to. the trial is set

to continue with surrogate w facing a possible life sentence for the bombing. occurred a soccer player in germany has now only avoided being killed after an unknown assailant shot at his car whilst on a motorway near cologne then it's not a form of point to say the player for sacked polly told german media that his windscreen was shot at and the bullet nearly struck him authorities have yet to comment on the ongoing investigation but not key believes that the attack was politically motivated last may a turkish court handed the footballer and eighteen month suspended sentence for spreading terrorist propaganda. well it's time now for business news with daniel when terry and it could be a time to buy bitcoin or not buy that coin well who knows because yes it's up ten percent on the week down two percent on the month it's really showing its volatility here cryptocurrency bitcoin has taken another big dive after its story took a new twist shot around twelve and

a half percent today to under fourteen thousand u.s. dollars the drop came after south korea's financial watchdog said it is investigating several banks that offer online big con exchanges regulators want to be sure the lenders are applying anti money laundering measures as reports emerge that north korea may be using crypto currency to evade sanctions. financial correspondent daniel cope has this analysis what's happening at the moment is why in many investors and also big financial institutions are really still warning mostly private investors to invest their money in because i'm calling it again currency because one of the most important character rick touristic offered. that they will and reliable but frankly speaking this is not the first time that we are seeing something like that we have also seen or in the past sometimes on dropping by hurty or forty percent france's president manuel micro is drumming up business

in china speaking favorably about the country's gigantic one trillion dollar infrastructure initiative i revived silk road of glittering new shipping road and rail routes but with outside investment comes the fear of outsized influence. the man who will not cause first visit to china began in a city with symbolic meaning hsien was the starting point of the ancient silk road that connected china and europe. beijing has been wanting to reconnect that trade route for years but the response has been lukewarm until now. mcconnell said it was time europe got behind the trillion dollar project supposed to get more good i think that the new silk road initiative can bring our interests into alignment those of france and europe if we give ourselves the means to work together. the plan will see gleaming new road and rail links through central asia drastically

cutting shipping times but it's raised concerns of chinese expansionism markets flooded with ever cheaper chinese imports and countries living in the shadow of beijing's military. a project to upgrade a key rail line in serbia at the other end of the silk road raised fears what was buying was influence the french president said the new trade route had to benefit both sides he says these roads cannot be one way there have to be comings and goings. it would end up with these roads can't be those of a new had germany that would transform the countries they cross into vassals. there's not much chance of these chinese soldiers will be marching into europe but emmanuel mccall will still have to allay fears the silk road won't become a conveyor belt for other types of chinese mass production. including the new tech on show at the c.e.'s in las vegas now it's back to thanks

so much daniel we're going to head to egypt now where the country's coptic christians have held their christmas celebrations just days after attacks on a church and a christian own shop left ten people dead in cairo christmas mass was held in a new cathedral amid tight security egypt's president attended the service in a show of solidarity with the christian minority which is increasingly being targeted by islamist militants. the christian community in egypt has suffered bad memories over christmas last year twenty five concert were killed in a brutal attack. today many of egypt's christians no longer feel safe in their home country in spite of extreme security measures. that the police and the army are doing everything in their power the others those are the traitors they're coming from the very bottom. of the honestly there are

certainly flaws in our state and we found out that the security services did not really fulfill their duties. in the latest incident and the cairo suburb a week ago an attacker fired shots in front of a church for several minutes killing eight christians and a police officer before being shot dead himself. the so-called islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack as well as for the attacks on christians in the cities of tom and alexandria on home sunday in which dozens were killed. this last christmas everything was peaceful and clearing the main church service at the new cathedral east of cairo though it rang hollow for some president fatah and sisi expressed his solidarity with the christian community. but egypt's christians do not want to be driven out or intimidated.

defiance is evident in many communities as well as grief such as at st joseph church in cairo. we have no fear everyone goes to church if they were full during the services grief makes this year different we are sad about the victims of terrorism. even after christmas there will be lock downs strict controls at the entrance police and army presence at egypt's churches and that is indeed a sad message for the christmas festivities. here watching d.w. news still to come on the program a vietnamese businessman disappears from a borough and park now he faces trial at home on charges that could carry the death penalty his lawyer joins me right here in the studio to talk about the case that has sparked a diplomatic route between germany and vietnam. and in south africa cape town

residents are coping with the worst drought in decades now the survival of many local businesses is under threat. and don't forget you can always get to that via news on the go with our app it will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications on your phone friending breaking news you can also use the app to send us your photos and your videos just download the app from google play or from the apple store and don't forget as always you can also follow us on facebook and twitter where fact in a few minutes i'm sara kelly in berlin. refugee policies ten times many countries feel they have reached their limits a common european solution is nowhere in sight meanwhile thousands of asylum

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every room and every of man knows that a child needs food isn't food can nothing before movies music can we do go to programs it took over the school because we really did nothing when coming from home that could have easily been us. any one of us. was. told. welcome back here with t.w. news i'm sarah kelly and our top stories all the wood stars have held a new era in the entertainment industry at the seventy fifth golden globe awards it

is the first major awards gala in the us following a tide of sexual abuse allegations stars donned black dresses to show support for victims of the need to move. and in germany's main parties have begun a second day of exploratory talks about forming a new government they will be meeting all week before deciding whether to move on to form a coalition of those she asians. it is the stuff of spy novels and vietnam the trial of twenty two business men accused of corruption has gotten underway one of the defendants is a top executive who germany says was kidnapped. from a berlin park last year by his country's secret service the case has strained relations between germany and vietnam it's the vietnamese government says the high profile trial is part of a sweeping crackdown on corruption foreign media barred from the courthouse. on time is one of twenty two former oil executives accused of economic mismanagement

and corruption tung was also a rising political star. vietnam has the death penalty it's a country where the legal system is unpredictable it's not about having proof that someone has committed a crime. because one time had applied for political asylum in germany but in july twenty seventeen he suddenly disappeared german authorities believe tom was abducted while walking in berlin gotten park from there the trail led them to the vietnamese embassy the german government later expelled two vietnamese diplomats. vietnam tonight kidnapping tommy he later appeared on state television admitting guilt and saying that he had returned to vietnam voluntarily. we have condemned this abduction this completely unacceptable this is a breach of the law. we have said very clearly that it has damaged the trust

between our two governments and that vietnam must act to restore that trust. you know some observers say the trial comes as part of a power struggle within vietnam's communist party between staunch socialists and reform as including tun. and we're joined here in the studio by chance who won tons lawyer his german lawyer petra and half and we saw her actually in that report we thank you so much for joining us here in the studio this evening to talk a little bit more about you know this gentleman and your representation of him if you are indeed his lawyer why are you not at the trial three points first they wouldn't let me in last week to vietnam and was not admitted to. have number and sent back to gun cork. so i got the prohibition to enter to vietnam

second point i'm a lawyer in germany and i'm not a lawyer in vietnam so this is the issue of vietnam is complex to defend give you a reason why they wouldn't u.n. now not exactly. nothing i asked several times then they gave me a kind of protocol of that was mentioned in article when twenty one of immigration law and none of the points. mentions that to me. i want to turn to something that you that your client said he said it publicly he said it on television he had basically admitted guilt on vietnamese t.v. last year and said that he was returned home voluntarily this is why i say that this is a lie we know exactly and the german police knows and the german. general turnin knows and the german government knows that he was forced to he was kidnapped by

force and he was brought back by force and i knew my clan before and he would never never never have returned one terribly to have nam so finally what was waiting for him why do you think he said that then because if you look at the picture and if i remember how my client looked before he was kidnapped so you see that something was done to him to him to force him to say that do you think he might have been physically abused in custody i don't know what kind of pressure but believe me vietnam has a lot of kinds of pressure to make as he told you anything about that now because i couldn't speak to him personally it's impossible because i wouldn't have been admitted to go to the jail to wisit him. this what would not be have positive would not be possible but. it's even for the colleagues of numb not possible to speak with him without control there's always somebody there. given that do

you think that he will get a fair trial no no for several points first in an almost stayed in a real legal state if you have a kidnap somebody to take him to trial this would be. obstacle to a fair trial in the beginning first point second point as we have nominees process law orders the things no real defense is possible no real good to defense as we know it here is possible third corps and in vietnam. the justice is not independent from the political power and the general secretary of vietnamese communist party already said that my client is guilty and must be condemned and sent some sanctions as his guilty what sort of sentence you think that he might face if he is to her guilty and also another point what do you think of germany's

response is first i don't know what will be the result of all this just this thing we have to fear everything this is clear yes. knows the death penalty you know or it's no doubt about it we have to count with everything. obviously germany took part from the beginning in this issue and said it's intercept a bull it's against german law against international law what vietnamese side did so germany said. made the things very clear to the vietnamese side and there were a lot of conversations i can tell you of the details because i also don't know all details obviously but i think that it's clear that germany said to the vietnamese side you have to try to look how we can in this situation and how we.

work on this conflict in the vietnamese side knows that if they are not able to do anything to calm this situation down germany will stay and go maybe ahead with the sanctions which are on the table as minister has said so much at stake not only for your client chen so entente as we mentioned but but also in terms of relations between vietnam and germany and thinking so much for a cause affected terribly the relationship between its naam and germany and we thank you so much for joining us this evening to tell us a little bit more about that and your work in representing this individual allegedly kidnapped by vietnam as we mentioned. and off we appreciate it thank you to. well now to a budding controversy over nuclear power in france people living on the outskirts of paris fear that radioactive waste from a military complex there may pose

a threat for health for decades the site of a small scale experiment in france's nuclear program was this particular location how dangerous is it will d.w. met local residents to find out. and his friends want to give their neighbors a wake up call at the marketplace in the village of v.t. patty c. twenty kilometers from paris. they want people here to know that they may have been exposed to high levels of radiation for decades ever since the french army conducted nuclear tests in the area in the one nine hundred fifty s. . tumors are being darkness which are completely abnormal and there's no reliable explanation for them we must do something a most of all we must get the defense department to finally reveal what happened here fifty years ago he said. the possible threat comes from here.

a military facility that covers forty five square kilometers starting in one nine hundred fifty five france's atomic energy commission began experimenting with enriching uranium and developing detonators for atomic bombs on the site. greg was a local politician for many years. he spent much of his childhood here. while playing soccer matches he remembers often hearing muffled explosions. we all wondered whether something dangerous had happened but as i remember many people's initial response was they can't be doing anything dangerous because we're just twenty kilometers away from paris. but perhaps residents didn't know the truth recently it's come to light that not everything was under control last summer sacks filled with radioactive waste were found at the site they

were discovered by workers from. a firm which makes construction materials it had bought the property to mine for gypsum. now has been instructed to simply decontaminate the site without knowing exactly what took place here the nuclear tests conducted here are still considered to be military secrets a company spokesman says they're proceeding cautiously. at a site like this which is just it's easy to spot these objects which are atypical and don't belong here he passed his info on to a specialist right away and he takes care of the decontamination. but july do and his fellow activists call that procedure irresponsible they've sought help from the commission for independent research and information on radioactivity a french ngo. nuclear physicist bill no shot a hole shows us for instance how one side of the tile poses no danger while the

other side is highly radioactive. he says the same applies to the ground at the nuclear site. to decontaminate a site like this you have to go over every surface with a fine tooth comb and as soon as you start removing the earth you must keep taking measurements because as soon as it's a few centimeters on the ground this uranium is no longer detectable even with high performance geiger counters. despite the risk of being exposed to radiation. is letting its workers continue digging in the process soil contaminated with radiation could be mixed with uncontaminated earth france's nuclear safety authority has imposed legal requirements yet stringent controls to ensure their implementation are lacking. the firm clacker platter is primarily

responsible for ensuring protection against radiation on its site. we compounds the guard at the sites exit to check every truck that leaves the premises that's not our own. or. they go he says it's a scandal he's convinced that the french state just wants to rid itself of the possibly radioactive soil. as you might imagine there's collusion between the state on the construction materials mica on one hand it's in the french state's interest for us to forget everything as quickly as possible so we won't keep asking questions and on the other the sites by our. wants to get its hands on the gypsum under the ground as quickly as possible. plans. to keep on fighting until the full story of the nuclear testing is on earth

but by then it could be too late to do much about it. daniel winter is back now with more on cars that are getting smarter and greener and it's all with the help of sophisticated electronics right right this is a lot more technological with all the electronics inside the race for king of the electric cars is already well on the way and some of the contenders at the consumer electronics show in las vegas the world's biggest manufacturers are promising a radical shift to the clean driving technology but some see a get in the market just take the bike which wants to make make it with fellow chinese manufacturers have failed they want success in the united states and europe but that means competing against established players on their home tough. it's opening night for the challenger and electric as u.v. from china it's still just the prototype seeing light for the first time at the

c.e.'s it's built by a new car maker called bike than they were even former b.m.w. employees in management positions like c.e.o. costin bright fit the technology which is available in two years it's very well known right now so it's more about getting good cost conditions and you know the range of this car will be you have to pay the truth of this is a small a battery pack it would give you four hundred kilometers the big one five hundred twenty and five hundred twenty kilometers of range is more than enough. if you have access to a charging infrastructure and if you can bring the charging speakers. the electro s.u.v. will have a sticker price of around forty five thousand dollars two defining features will be the touch screen in the cockpit and the speech assistance from amazon in twenty nineteen by wants to sell its first vehicle in china and then move on to the u.s. in your. twenty twenty but getting there may not be that easy. these companies are

following that even though in theory designing electric car is relatively simple getting them to production in the mass market is actually a really really difficult thing so i think that this will definitely be a little bit of a struggle going to market i think twenty twenty may actually be optimistic to get all this technology at that price but again if they can do it it could definitely make a big impact on the market. but quite a few chinese carmakers have had bad luck producing electric cars some even presented vehicles here that never went into production but among titans backers are two chinese investors with lots of capital the internet giant tencent as well as foxconn a manufacturer of apple products. i was staying in las vegas if you have a fault what can it be great if i could roll up my television now while l.g. is made anyway debuting at the c.s. it's a sixty five inch screen that can be rolled into a box office and hit the off switch it can also be rolled out to different sizes to use as an information by phone or news displays and believe it or not you can also

just watch movies on it. like spending all that money on a t.v. just to hide it away who'd have thought it in the south african city of cape town water levels in local reservoir dangerously low the area is struggling with the worst drought in living memory the city has now imposed what it calls level six restrictions that means no irrigation of goblins all fields no refilling of swimming pools washing of cars is also prohibited but the whole region which is home to around four million people could still run dry. the city of cape town has the ocean at its doorstep but freshwater isn't desperately short supply and the drought is threatening the survival of many area businesses an estimated fifty thousand jobs in the western cape region could be lost mainly agricultural workers but also gardeners. hotel cleaning staff could face unemployment water rationing is affecting everyone even the five million tourists would arrive and we have been

asked to keep showers to two minutes and under current restrictions water can no longer be used in gardens in march twenty seventeen the mayor declared the city a disaster area reminders are everywhere about the importance of saving water he was the one. who still want water to drink if you still want to make your cup of tea your cup of coffee i think we need to encourage our neighbors encourage off friends and family not to misuse water city officials keep a close eye on supply they look for leaks and other sources of waste households have to limit consumption or face defiance. cultural and commercial usage is restricted to the authorities are preparing for a day zero april twenty ninth the latest date when city taps are expected to run dry in that event there will be water point stations across the city which will distribute twenty five liters per person per day rain would help but in the heat of

south africa summer that's not very likely. now to sarah and efforts to stop a serious and often deadly pest absolutely because you know mosquitoes are not just a nuisance daniel they're also responsible for the spread of serious diseases the world health organization says that malaria alone kills nearly half a million people last year and the problem is not restricted to places with for sanitation one of the world's wealthiest countries has declared the insects a major threat to public health and it's trying some unusual message methods to get people to help stop them from spreading have a look. you can use. a catchy song with a serious message it's part of an awareness campaign in singapore. this is a typical scene in the city state playgrounds walkways and pulls in

a fog of pesticides the spraying happens once a week in a bid to wipe out mosquitoes which can transmit diseases such as malaria dengue and yellow fever. you die or they die it says on this poster let's fight them till the end. people fear these chemicals are harmful not this pest controller he says they're very effective in the fight against mozzies. jessica cham is part of this fight she's a volunteer going door to door to raise awareness on how to prevent fever for example by getting rid of stagnant water where mosquitoes like to breed if. you see the. chance says many singaporeans are still too careless. then. it. is. then people. in

sick so this is what we have to we have. modern. this is chine be following an official inspector she goes beyond the doorstep and she hands out one hundred twenty five euro fines to homes where mosquitoes are breeding. she even inspects the bathroom but ms levy who lives here doesn't mind the breach of privacy. toward you once it's ok because he is. they maybe don't. spend several million dollars a year on the campaign. but can this hot and humid city really win the fight against mosquitoes i asked my d.

from the national environment agency. did. you think about doing the. new york. how do we. become you know i think it has been around too i think we've done. that so the most the wipeout must go on. another earth shattering transfer has hit the world of soccer with barcelona shelling out one hundred and twenty million euros for liverpool star. does the brazilian deserve such a lofty price tag that very big question is nick mechanic line from sports so nick tell us one hundred twenty million euros a lot of money will barcelona get the most bang for their buck out of the crazy

thing is that this transfer could raise to one hundred sixty million dollars in the whole deal think loses say appearances winning titles qualify for the champions the things on those lines you know and this is boston of talking about that could actually happen. because he played one hundred eighty games of the news involved in the goal every other game of the scoring or an assist which is quite good so in that case they're getting quite a bit of bang as for that but they're spending a lot of money on a player who are beginning the season was injured and he's going to spend the first few weeks of injured so it's a bit of a risk he does have an injury injured history but even you go into this risk team have good advertising have good jersey sales they got huge revenue from t.v. deals and that's why they can take the risk and say fine we're going to spend one hundred twenty million on a player who might flop. however over the moon to join the club he's looking forward to being part of the superstar collective we have to say. it's incredible to know that i'm going to be with my all with players that have

a lot of history like leo messi the suarez. p.k. sergio busquets all those great. and i'm very happy to know that i can play with them. have a good time and we talked to. a lot of money a lot of great teammates what is not to like but you know when we talk about big money transfers of course this is just one on a very long list of transfers where does it stack up against the rest as a graphic graphic pop up on the screen of course we know that neymar is the number one with two hundred twenty two million euros his transfer last year from alone it's about. propping up the screen right now second is fifty because you know the man we're talking about one hundred twenty million he is a question then by his team mate was mundine belay also boss of own who joined in august of last year four hundred five and also four hundred five million was poll of manchester united now the next one up is garth bale he is it real madrid he broke the record when he joined the club in two thousand and thirteen for only one

hundred million so nothing compared to what we're talking about you know a name of course now how this happens is the market dictates how the how much these players cost and let's take it you know a name when neymar was sold by boss alone everyone knows and they now have two hundred a least two hundred twenty million euros on their bank account so when the come calling at liverpool say we want to buy could they're not going to sell them for seventy or eighty million which he was how much he would cost last year the year before hand then i was going to sit there and wait and say look you have the money you pay us one hundred twenty million and then you could have the playing want to have and that's exactly what happened that's how the market dictates these transfer fees so they know that they're probably going to get their money back on in the long run you know they also splash out a lot of money on another player i mentioned actually in that graphic is this is a dream duo and making the two of them to be honest. because you know they are very very good players but they're not will be to the world beaters in my opinion they're not the. boss alone and yes operating for the. they have players i understand yes that he's there three years old he's the measure of the team he's getting somewhat all of the top players we can we reach out of every competition so

get some players invite them but they like a change that helps with making sure the team performs well on all fronts but these two players in particular could she has been there but they really need to prove their worth earthing with the way away from calling the majority do it but time will tell absolutely time will tell and we thank you so much for telling us a little bit more about them about all the money that is involved here is absolutely astounding nick mechanic line from sports ask as always we appreciate it . it's. you up to date now when d.w. news more coming up at the top of the hour and don't forget you can always have t w news on the go at that dot com. you can follow us on facebook and twitter i'm sarah kelly in berlin thanks for watching.

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