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it's all about george chance to discover the world from different perspectives. join us in to sponsored by distinctive instagram or others at g.w. stories topping each week on instagram. i'm going to. call at the king of spain addressed the world economic forum in davos switzerland king philip is the the six goals for european unity and cost says votes for free trade and an open european economy. improving prospects for women is high on the agenda it's all a team that spoke to a number of influential women about how to get more of them into influential jobs. this is the w. business live from. berlin the office german chancellor angela merkel addressed the

world economic forum in davos today contributing to a strong european him focus in the swiss alps france as a model mccraw is speaking just now and earlier today spain's king philip of delivered a message that increasingly puts europe at all of the united states that the e.u. is open for business and wants to preserve free trade a sunny day in davos as europe takes center stage king philippe the sixth of spain began proceedings campaigning for european unity not so long after his country was a symbol of the deep economic divide spreading through the e.u. three. in short we can state that spain now has a very competitive economy and represents an outstanding investment opportunity despite being a cause for concern in their european union just a few years ago today spain is driving growth and making a positive contribution to the consultation and strengthening of the european union

europe is open to all that's the message the spanish king was trying to send especially to those who are decidedly more inward looking like the u.s. delegation which arrived to head as president donald trump who is due later but the country's treasury secretary is already laying the groundwork for his boss. can be terrific when we have a great story to tell while some important meetings we couldn't be happier to be here. in the green you know pretty well with the president talk about that but it's really all about economic growth opportunities to invest in free and fair trade. so we're looking forward to a very careful not everyone is as enthusiastic anti-capitalist protests broke out in zurich late tuesday night mainly to register disapproval about trump's impending visit. well as most powerful politicians and leading figures from the business world are in davos to discuss the global economy's pressing issues in recent years

more and more young people have joined the global elite as participants of the world economic forum young people that's people around the age of thirty all the global shapers and they are advised to take part in discussions on a large variety of topics. a brief moment to enjoy the view and then off she goes to the next appointment twenty four year old italian collison team is in doubles to take part in discussions as is. a twenty six year old tech entrepreneur from germany. thirty year old greek daisy is currently debating bridge you've been. of europe. i expect from your. a shared responsibility. to allow the youth. assists and think its future to hear the voice of. and to go through their election. for

a better tomorrow for all of us more a night it more together and more creative. all three passionate europeans. we have common values. that. we are unique a part of the french language or really. we harbor a place where. human rights are respected. but there could be a shared sense of europe. i believe we could have a stronger sense of belonging in europe like what you have in the us when i leave many people had a much stronger connection to their country and that's not something we have in europe even less so in germany i believe the sense of feeling european isn't really there. and the future of europe. are going to be more about i'm

nothing. special but i think. we do all of these movements we're going in the wrong direction here we need to find a place where diplomacy if we respect each other maybe different cultures should be taken more into account because greek has a specific certain. culture it's a different from the italians from the swedish people so. her chair on the difference this should be taken into making process and should be respected. as a debate in europe goes on and these young people here to contribute to it. if you want to fix your economy employ women that's what canadian prime minister just introduced w.f. in his davos address he stressed the importance of gender equality our team of

doubles caught up with some of the top female officials there and asked them how to get more women into influential positions. no matter how you look at it there are still far more men than women and davos but something's changing and not just the numbers the forum is discussing topics like harassment power and injustice more intensely than ever before the seven high profile women co-chairing the world economic forum are a symbol of change but many women in davos feel things need to progress further and faster. we can make sure that all girls get access to quality education that would be a huge step for these girls and also we need to make sure that no children get married educate girls in science and technology and take away the stigma that girls are not skilled at the disciplines and take away the fear that many girls that they're not qualified are capable of engaging with disciplines to close

a gender gap we need to tackle economic inequality because all these gnomes in society that justify inequality between men and women that justify violence against women are already intended to put women in the opposition and exploits them economy because i think we need to understand the value that women bring to the people not just going forward but also in the generations trance what they've done for the world in terms of the workforce that they bring to the table it done to the intellectual capital in terms of the nurturing the caregiving the deployed to the world i think that's the unique thing about women taking action is more important than ever studies show women have the most to lose from globalisation. the european union hits us chip making giant caccamo with close to a billion euros in anti trust anil t s nine hundred ninety seven million to be exact the use competition commission of mortgage rates of a stock

a set the chip maker paid its t. customer apple to use just bought on chips and i thought and i thought that meant qualcomm managed to illegally shot our rivals from the market for l.t.e. baseband chipsets for at least five years ensuring its own market its. let's bring in ali bots from the frankfurt stock exchange only first star is really getting serious against foreign tech companies is such a policy that is shining through then how do investors see that move. i don't think it's a policy that's directly. aimed at foreign investors or american tech giants some people would claim that just as some people over here in europe and germany claim that the united states government deserved to get foreign banks on its soil with a c.c. and all sorts of prosecutors demanding billions in fines when banks over there have done wrong no i think my good best together is wanting to create

a level playing field and when investors say of qualcomm or apple step back they should be able to agree that that benefits everyone employees consumers and lastly the shareholders as well companies even if they're today find they might be tomorrow the victim of companies who are wrongdoing who are breaking the rules so you not only have needed a higher prices than would be expected but it also hinders things like innovation the creation of new jobs when you do that so i don't think anyone's out to get anyone it's a level playing field. who is staying in the u.s. ten billion dollars in losses in the fourth quarter of last year that's a staggering news coming from general electric today what's behind it. not already after general electric share price has tanked in the past year and unexpected hit in the insurance part of the company apparently old obligations either overlooked or not valued properly that's taking billions to correct and also the tax reform in

the united states which has hit so many i think so many other companies also affecting general electric plus problems in the energy business there the company is looking a little bit more optimistic lee at this year believe aunts and friends of the thank you very much. well a new app hold has now taken in the barassi twelve years to build and still isn't ready maybe we could take a leaf out of the chinese construction units built a whole section of railway in just one single not is how. six thirty pm construction began. fifteen hundred twenty three decus what nonstop throughout the night laying trucks and installing signals. quickly divided the workers into units. seven groups what's on different tossed simle

tiniest until a section was complete in just less than nine hours it's part of a two hundred fifty kilometer breach that will connect the south east of the country with central china that should be in operation by the end of a good. or a feat of engineering and that's it from me on the business here and get us we'll have an update for you in the next hour including more coverage from one of a w e f summit in dallas in the mean time my office with twitter and facebook channels away you know where you go is a real time check call global box thanks for watching.

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more and more chechen fighters are now returning home. in fear. how will this affect chechen society the. circle of fear. and news. my guest this week here in kiev is stateless he's a former president of georgia a former regional governor in ukraine and some timing over him multiple allegations of criminal activity and a three year prison sentence for abuse of power he. really was the darling of the west for spearheading the rose revolution in georgia in two thousand.