on the final stage through the argentinian city of quarterbacks the former double world rally champion gave their third when in three years and a fortnight long event the french carmaker is quitting the grueling endurance race after this year sides previously won in two thousand and ten. as it is not trying to get at the top of the hour and thanks for watching. which a visit. to link to news from africa and the world sure link to exceptional stories and discussion on the use of easy and while website deputed comes to. join us on facebook at g.w. for god. he's a doctor what kind of jesus can be he explains the reporter so what this complaint has been sides here but isn't. cost in the draws on

a wealth of insight totally different experts call for the just. in good shape. when the week began it looked like the end for the airbus three eighty airbus was preparing to stop production of the world's biggest passenger jet due to lack of orders but by thursday emirates ordered up to thirty six of the super jumbos for a total of sixteen billion dollars on twitter the emirates c.e.o. called the a three eighty critical for his company and the united arab emirates to like to steal the show so confidently we're approaching the future and how determined we are to forge ahead dubai wants to keep growing and become

a world class destination aviation hub. airbus has manufactured and sold more than three hundred of the giant planes over the last ten years emirates has accounted for almost half those orders. but production lines were silent of late high fuel and maintenance costs deter potential clients leaving airbus without a single a three eighty order in over two years into production seemed imminent the latest deal puts new wind near the a three eighty s. wings airbus hopes that other airlines will follow emirates lead. was better at the detroit auto show. it featured di milla c.e.o. dietz etc with actor and former governor on all shots nega unveiling the new mercedes g class s u v g twenty five s comic has vied for attention at the

international show time lorenz's and then tie a theatre with a presentation. us comic has also showcased ever larger vehicles like the new ford ranger pickup brawny trucks and rugged s.u.v.s and generating fat profits spurred by low gasoline prices ford also introduced smith size as u.v. which goes on sale this summer as you can see the hottest segment gets even hotter with the new address today this is our most powerful s.u.v. ever. mike has pushed more trucks and s.u.v.s to our concerns that it could be too much of a good thing u.s. sales of already started weakening over production and over discounting of the new watch what's among on the list in the sector but those are words you're on likely to hear from the stage at the detroit auto show.

folks. the new record for car sales in twenty seventeen despite the continuing fallout from its diesel gate scandal the german carmakers sold eleven million vehicles last year four point three percent more than a twenty sixteen many of them sold in their brand names like audi and porsche and skoda the folks like in brand itself also saw record sales numbers growth in china and the americas offset lower sales in europe. calling cryptocurrency lost as much as twenty five percent in a single day this week tumbling well below the twelve thousand dollar mark the dominant virtual currency had made huge gains in the past months but rumors of government regulation on trading in south korea fed volatility the e.u. also may be preparing new rules that would no longer allow those converts in crypto

currency to remain anonymous. protests in south africa forced swedish clothing retailer h. and m. to temporarily closed stores there the outcry was an expression of anger over a catalog picture criticized by many as racist. it showed a black child wearing a sweater with the words coolest monkey in the jungle. h. and m. removed the image and issued an apology. amid protests in front of the greek parliament a slim majority of lawmakers approved a new package of economic reforms and spending cuts among the more controversial measures with limits on unions rights to strike six as well as speedy a property foreclosures and the bill's passage means i things will continue to receive international bailout money through august. after the vote more than ten thousand people demonstrates of against the reforms athens has relied on by

a lab since twenty ten to avoid defaulting on its loans now greece says it will stand on its own financial feet beginning in september. and monday there were dramatic scenes at the jakarta stock exchange after a mezzanine walkway to last more than seventy people were injured including a large group of students who were visiting the building indonesian authorities have ruled out an attack and said building failure seems to be to blame trading resumed later in the day in the twin tower complex which was targeted by islamist militants in the year two thousand. in what could be one of the biggest money transfers ever tech giant apple is moving two hundred fifty two billion dollars in cash from abroad to the u.s.

it will also foots tax bill of thirty eight billion dollars that sounds a lot but apple is actually saving money on the transaction a year ago it would have had to pay more than double that our view is apple could have only been started in america and so we've always sculpt a deep sense of responsibility to give back in fact apple is profiting from the recent reduction of u.s. corporate tax from thirty five to twenty one percent books disingenuous or not now the i phone maker is promising investments worth billions in the u.s. that could create twenty thousand jobs. that you need government said this week that it will go ahead with austerity measures that triggered violent protests in the previous week thousands of people had demonstrated in the capital tunis against tax and price increases the protesters also addressed high unemployment paroles and. option seven years after the tunisian revolution many question the benefits of democracy and i know that it said seven

years have passed since twenty eleven and we haven't gotten anywhere so of course we're demonstrating. that. frustration is especially high among young people who've invested in education many have no work and are waiting for a chance to leave the country. you can study study study and still not find any work while others who can't even read get jobs in the government like. the tunisian economy has been weak for years the dinar currency drastically lost value over the past twelve months. corruption and nepotism are right a bloated bureaucracy eats up half of the state budget and the public treasury is exhausted for years the country has been dependent on international loans. on wednesday investigators in france raided the headquarters of luck tallis one of

the world's biggest area companies they were there to find out how salmonella bacteria got into infant formula parents of babies who were infected say like tellus reacted far too light. who will include we discovered that they wanted to compensate families before any legal work was done that would mean the end of judicial proceedings but we will not give up on our complaint only because we want to know what happened we want those responsible to be identified with the possibilities what we don't see the fear. like telus began recalling the milk powder in december but apparently handled it badly for days it was unclear which shipments were tainted and which ones were clean what's more some contaminated product made it into stores even after the recall. the chinese economy looks to have grown by six point nine percent in twenty

seventeen a rate of growth zero point two percent higher than the previous year officials said the expansion was faster than expected so when the guy at twenty seventeen economy maintained that solid development exceeding expectations this means more progress towards building a moderately prosperous society we should of course be aware that challenges remain and the improvement of quality and efficiency in production remains daunting. china's flourishing export market is one reason for its strong growth. the country's building boom has provided in additional boost. and not only are chinese earning more money than in the past they're spending it to consumption is on the rise benefiting the retail sector and the real estate market. companies are investing in production to feed the growing demand for goods from china. but the

biggest investor is the government especially in infrastructure nearly a trillion dollars have been earmarked for the one belt one road initiative that's an ambitious project to develop trade corridors to central asia the middle east and europe. classic catwalk shows like this one by designer davi timeshift were the exception at the berlin fashion week. instead groups of designers focused on specific themes like sustainable wearables this dish mixes talk that reducing waste escape away screen ated in a fashion industry shouldn't go to waste when it gets a resource so you just have to be a bit cleverer about how to use it several of them at all by so is wearing waist the next big thing some designers seem to think so if these handbags made of dry. pineapple leaves are anything to go by. my hope wrote that it's about getting our

waists and getting the lope in this way so it's not going to be another wait so if biodegradable these might look like traditional chinese stresses but they're made mainly of recycled plastic by their wants and so is trying to come by the fitter technique of the comments here out and come by the traditional technique to get there the young designers here are relatively unknown but they hope to spark new trends. and give one for me if we want to get the new generation of designers on board to absolve all these new trends so when they leave their school display universities or their startups and make the move to the big companies they'll take these ideas with them and that we introduce new methods will make their ideas a reality but the organizers hope the berlin fashion week could prove to be an idea factory for the global fashion industry. and that ends our

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