this is deja news coming to you live from berlin chilling the new american moment u.s. president donald trump delivers his first state of the union address the president whose policies have polarized a bipartisan push on cue reforms can trump live up to stone calls for unity also coming up more than two years after a bombing in the heart of istanbul you kids trial of a german tourist a turkish court sentences freemen to life in prison. and finally it's official

girls adored one stock strike of. a young makes his long awaited transfer to also known for a fee of sixty four million euros. last in the next sixty minutes a media blackout in kenya as the government keeps the lights off and doors carlson's it says look complicit in treason this off to the heads of the opposition is a mock inauguration of president reagan like to nairobi. and german lawmakers hold a special session to honor the victims of the holocaust and auschwitz survivor has strong words for those looking to night this dark chapter in german history. of a warm welcome to you i'm. president donald trump is called on the country to unite

behind him to create a new american moment during his first state of the union address trump also asked lawmakers to support his plans and upgrading the country's aging infrastructure and to overcome the deadlock on immigration reform he has mall. republicans were thrilled to greet their leader ahead of the highly anticipated speech but the big question ahead of donald trump's first state of the union address what he adopted more presidential tone with the world see twitter trump or teleprompter trump a lot had changed he said since he took office in new tide of optimism was already sweeping across our land each day since we have gone forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission to make america great again for all americans. he praised his own administration's achievements more than two million new jobs rising wages reductions in red tape on employment claims at

a forty five year low and the stock market smashing records. this in fact is our new american moment there has never been a better time to start living the american dream and together we can achieve absolutely anything. democrats did not share this optimism at a trade school representative joseph kennedy the third record of this official response. we see an economy that makes stocks soar investor portfolios bold and corporate profits climb but fails to give workers their fair share of the reward a government. that struggles to keep itself open and this nagging sinking feeling no matter your political beliefs. this is not right this is not who we are protesters marched on the streets of washington and many worried by

trump's hard line stance on immigration while young republicans at a washington bar were enthusiastic. while these presidents on the settle want to try and we really are going to be a party of a lot of bipartisanship the critics and fans agreed the trump succeeded in staying largely on message and he ended on a high note as long as we have confidence in our values faith in our citizens and trust in our god we will never fail. our families will thrive our people will prosper and our nation will forever be safe and strong and proud and mighty and free thank you and god bless america goodnight. another landmark on an extraordinary white house journey. there was fifty action to the state of the union speech

independent senator bernie sanders said it was hypocritical for a divisive president like donald trump to make an appeal for unity. the american people do not want a president who is compulsively dishonest who is a bully who actively represents the interests of the billionaire class who is empire science and who is trying to the by us all based on the color of our skin our nation of origin our religion our gender or our sexual orientation. and washington correspondent cowden actually has been following the latest developments for us can i know what stood out for you most hitting speech. but i only tell most the first hour of his speech that i said why don't i have our was about he's a chief man steering in this first year in office he made here we fared to the

economic upswing in the united states of his career for and the rescue operations during hurricane harvey and his son with few sentences he also mentioned puerto rico and hurricane airman maria that devastated that island and state of the united states of america and the work that seem out of the federal agency has been doing there in puerto rico but the truth is that nearly thirty percent of the island still has no electricity also a female has stopped its support in puerto rico because the government doesn't consider it necessary also the proposed changes in immigration policies were an important point during his speech donald trump underlined again his proposal of offering citizenship to one does eight million undocumented migrants but only in exchange financing of the u.s. mexican border wall also under the condition of ending the green card lottery and

limiting the family reunification for the ones who already have a green card for the united states he calls it a migration chain this is a very important topic in retail because the next deadline for the government shutdown is the eighth of february and the immigration policy is probably the most important bargaining chip during this is question so we're going to hear a lot about it so how trunks comments received by congress. well as zero dimension is a state of the union speech should normally be a unification of the country and of the congress but in this case democrats were really less impressed say minority leader chuck schumer for example treated that eighty minute speech the fires of division instead of bringing us closer that's what he said so that division was quite of you in the chambre the hispanic

caucus for example of the black caucus they didn't applaud at any time even when donald trump was talking about education democrats and the caucus i already mentioned didn't react to that they were just sitting there and listening and they seem to be very skeptical counting in washington thank you very much. the european union has urged the u.s. not to go it alone in any effort to make peace between israel and the finest warney it would end in failure if foreign policy chief. made his remarks today if an emergency meeting in brussels the talks brought together top israeli palestinian in u.s. and out of politicians trying to revive peace talks and discuss age to palestine it comes shortly after a u.s. decision to withhold millions of dollars of aid to palestinian refugees correspond

to school top with the head of the u.n. agency for palestinians good korean beauty here's what he said what washington's move to cut funding to his organization. he paid about reform for you your organization is not you there's been allegations of corruption the u.s. has set you were organization is inefficient are you ready to make adjustments the u.s. has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in and i don't think that their message was that we were inefficient i was in washington in november and had actually very positive feedback it was my best visit ever so i think here something else happened in the context which was related to the debate on jerusalem and our funding got caught up in that today the e.u. announced an aid package an extra eight package but it's not directed to you organisation are you disappointed no because the e.u. is one of the most formidable donors to annorah we have a multi-year agreement it's a partnership since one thousand nine hundred eighty one if you take the e.u.

and you member states that's over fifty five percent of the overall funding but of course now that we are in a very deep crisis mode following the us decision we will need to engage european partners for additional support as well so no need off reform on your part would you say well we live in the middle of reforms the whole year round i mean we constantly reform our education system we run seven hundred schools for half a million students so you're constantly improving and searching for new ways same in the health system i reduced the expenditure of over the last two years by eighteen million dollars that's a considerable amount so you know people have to revise the way they think about how serious an roi is about the actions it takes on efficiencies what happens if the u.s. aid that is now not coming your way is not replaced well what's at stake is the access and the right to education for five hundred thousand palestinian boys and girls from aleppo in syria across to lebannon jordan the west bank and throughout

the gaza strip and gaza strip alone it's two hundred seventy thousand students that are and people always ask me are you worried about further radicalization well not as long as the students are in our schools and therefore it's very important that these. if it is continue and the same for health care activities in our emergency response. so far the e.u. has said that they are willing to make early payments but not pay extra money are you confident you will be able to close that gap well it was very important that several countries including several members of the european union advanced their funding to us to allow us to keep the schools open to keep the clinics open it's clear that at one point if the three hundred million that has been reduced by the us cannot be bridged then we will find ourselves hitting a wall and that will have major implications but not just implications for interim locations for the dignity of the refugees and regional stability which truly can be in the interest of no one. thank you very much. this article because some other

stories making news around the world britain's prime minister to resign me has met with senior officials in china she's there for a three day visit may's office says she's traveling with the largest business delegation britain has ever taken overseas china is key to british hopes of forging new trade deals around the one after it leaves the e.u. . a week after disgraced u.s. fourth dr larry nasir was sentenced to up to one hundred seventy five years in jail for sexually assaulting more than one hundred fifty young athletes the entire board of usa gymnastics has now stepped down now ther is being sentenced in a father case in the u.s. state of michigan today that. turning now to turkey where a court has sentenced three syrian national life sentences in connection with a suicide bombing which killed twelve german tourists and wounded sixteen others the attack took place two years ago in the historic center of istanbul the suicide

bomber blew himself up among groups of tourists close to the landmark blue mosque turkish authorities blame the so-called islamic state for the attack we talked to our correspondent you yohan for more on the sentencing but first a look back at the devastating attack in january two thousand and sixteen. a selfie in front of the world famous i assume fia. in memory shots next to the blue mosque. the sultan ahmed district is a must see for every tourist coming to istanbul each day visitors from all around the world are crowding here and it was no different on the twelfth of generate twenty six times the city guy teachin cousin bobo will never forget that day she was then when a suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of german tourists here in the room called me and i just stood there and couldn't move his pistol in the game but the little boy who learned about my go to

me that a lot of people started to run. police an ambulance as came on the for a minute i thought what should i do this in the. palace in the. injured were taken to the hospital and i didn't know which nationality they were so i went to the hospital as well as i thought i might be able to help about. twelve germans were killed that generally morning the bomber died as well on the same day the turkish government set the islamic state group was behind the attack this is where the suicide bomber carried out his deadly attack two years ago in the historic hearts of istanbul right at the center of turkey's world heritage site very close to the famous blue mosque the fact that a terrorist was able to strike here shocked many and changed this city. the most visible change police and all of the calls are now everywhere the number

of security forces around major touristic sites has increased drastically. security analyst asked me a ton says the sultan as an attack was like a wake up call for turkish authorities. at the farm different because the priorities were not set properly. this was the trip that was long agenda and. turkish security forces were not. prioritizing it has been a wake up call definitely but security forces are now. a better prioritizing me collecting better intelligence say you are very much more rigorously own chad the stakes are in the states tourism numbers have declined dramatically after the attack the year twenty sixteen has been a catastrophe for istanbul's economy but now tourists are returning. from living we

came to istanbul i was a little worried but there are police around so i feel safe we should worry about something that happened two years ago with a crazy guy so go where you want to go do what you want to do adobe for information is if i didn't feel safe here i wouldn't come here in. my city gaieties in castable that is showing around a group of chinese visitors since luton asked me today. that she hopes she will never have to victimise an attack again and wants to show tourists her city helped them find the best spots for beautiful memories shot. on that report by a correspondent you johann i spoke to her earlier in istanbul and asked about the sentence given to three men and the significance of the ruling. well first of all this is probably an important day for the victims' families because they have been waiting for a word act for more than two years now you have to know this was an attack in a series of similar attacks here in turkey since mid twenty fifteen but this one

really hit the touristy car and tourism figures off to that decline by three million visitors that year so a terrible year for hotel owners for restaurant owners and so on today three syrian men were sentenced to jail time life time in jail for aiding the suicide bomber back than for example logistically but most of the other defendants twenty six in total were acquitted due to a lack of evidence and we know that many others actually were not detained in the first place one very important suspect was able to escape to iraq so even after today many questions about this trial about this case actually remain open right atop the longest and there was another important decision at the turkish courts today the release of the chairman of the turkish branch of amnesty international

commission what more can you tell us about. well that's a completely different court case it's about eleven human rights defenders in total they were arrested on an island in the last summer while they were attending a digital security workshop but prosecutors say they were secretly meeting in order to organize an opera so the charges here are terrorism charges connecting to the failed military coup here in turkey in summer twenty sixteen last year most of the most of the defendants were actually released pending trial and today. the local president of amnesty international was released as well but the trial continues and all of them actually still face up to fifteen years of jail time so what does this all mean for human rights in turkey. well this might be a tiny little ray of sunshine here in this situation but these terrorism charges

are actually leveled against tens of thousands of people here in turkey since that failed military coup attempt and the fact that human rights defenders who are actually trying to help out others whose rights are being violated now have to show up in court and defend themselves i think is actually showing how difficult this job has become here in turkey. in istanbul thank you very much for that. you're watching the news coming up ahead one of german soccer's biggest stars is leaving the bundesliga again door to spill and when it is headed to arsenal in england's premier league big money we take a look at what that means for daughter's future. but first turner joins me and a german giant is in the news talking about job cuts some return to time of higher profits it's never going to be an easy sell for management a key industrial power business is the problem child its other segments are making

up for the losses thanks to a global opt but that is not stopping the german firm from slashing jobs worldwide c.e.o. joe k.'s argues there's a lot to do to make the company fit for the future but that is not going down well with protesters because at the same time as the operations have been wild back in germany the means it is embarking on new ones in the united states the demonstrators going to huge lengths to make their voices heard. workers from the eastern german town of gurlitz cycled hundreds of kilometers to the annual shareholders meeting in munich they're determined to fight back against plans to cut their jobs. are fighting for a future and as long as we continue to do so and see a chance we're going to keep going. seaman c.e.o. joe kayser pointed to market trends in his defense of the cuts. the declining market for fossil fuels is not temporary and it reflects the

expectation of a dramatic development which we can and must address with structural measures. siemens is planning to shed a total of seven thousand jobs worldwide mainly at its power and gas division half of those cuts are said to be in germany. for the workers affected it's a bitter pill to swallow especially at a time when siemens is posting solid profit overall. well earlier we spoke to our financial correspondent don your corporate asked him why the company's c.e.o. sounded so urgent about announcing for the job cuts. well when you look at the numbers of the turbine gas turbine business you can understand what he purines with urgent because sales were down was twenty percent and also profit was down with even more than fifty percent so of course these are very alerting numbers and in

the past siemens has been criticized a lot for not reacting very fast whenever there would be changes inside of the market lehman's employees those see all of this very different i was talking to some of them as they were also demonstrating here in front of the frankfurt stock exchange they are not understanding that now the gas turbine business in the united states get expanded and here in germany a thousands have to fear that there might be losing their jobs very soon but of course with our financial correspondent in frankfurt that back sorry to now for business and the world of sport colliding and a big chance for a big transfer that's been disfigured club rossa dortmund have agreed to sell star striker care and that it only on to arsenal of the english premier league for sixty four million euros the gabon international has netted twenty one goes in twenty four games this season for dortmund but other my young recent disciplinary problems

made his departure from the bundesliga inevitable. an exuberant celebration after winning the german cup last summer even then many thought it was also emerick obama young's farewell party the striker wanted out of dortmund and he made his wishes known to the club rumors going to him to a move to china england and perry says a man. at the start of this season though obama young was still there for the new team photo and yet the rumors refused to die. i'm happy that he's an old school and i only think of problems if the problem is with you and he just so there's no. problems back then weren't with obama young but rather with his best friend in the squad. who skipped team meetings and training sessions eventually he got suspended and got what he wanted a transfer to barcelona that was last summer. this winter it was deja vu for

dortmund obama young was now the one who missed a team meeting and stops giving his all in training the club suspended him as a result of. that you know and it's up to him to decide for himself whether he's ready to be a part of this team he has to train properly if he wants to be picked to play. obama young did make the starting line up last saturday playing against fribourg what turned out to be his last game for dortmund in the n t two got what he wanted a move to arsenal. and the album a young speech set off a merry go round in the trunk don't want to have competed against his side in a machine unknown from premier league side chelsea until the end of the season the twenty four year old has failed to cement a regular game time in london starting just three games this season but don't moan

when hope to provide them with a short term solution to. my young goes into and chelsea have signed a friend strike up in the b.h. you know from often a on an eighteen month contract. joining me now is ducie from the deed of useful says i know it's a serious blow for dogs going to lose but just how devastating is it i think they can get over it but like you just said it will be it is a huge blow because every time you lose a player of his quality in effect to you doesn't really matter you know what your team is and oh my and i mean he was last season is the busiest top scorer i mean he's been mesmerising us with his goals for the past five years he has one hundred forty one in over two hundred games but there is a positive in all of this the buying sixty four million euros and that's that's of course money that gautam and can use and invest in new players in youth in whatever but for all that that over my young off and on the field that's also not forget

that he is a very strong character and that we will miss him as a gold thread but none of his shenanigans. did become quite a. loss is a gain for the premier league how good a city is he only for the premier league so i'm predicting that this might possibly be a match made in heaven we just found out now that he's also been given the number fourteen that's the same number of legendary arsenal player terry hungry so that's quite that's saying something that's quite the statement that they making and my angle i think will also be a great fit because he's coming into a league that is that prides itself in saying that we're exciting we're into taining and that's exactly what you're going to get with over my young not just a big player but also a big personality and also be i think if you're an arsenal fan i think it's all you're also looking forward to the fact that he will be joining up with his former dortmund teammate and see if those two will provide the same sort of amazing big

play that they did and we use it he has a big personality has strong views and he does have what we saw a bit of brattish behavior become a problem for us and yeah this is this event was always a huge problem. you know and over my own you know let's not sugarcoat his stay at dortmund because you know he was suspended for showing up late for training he was suspended for making trips without the cops him her permission but to understand over my own you really need to think of him and rita as a twenty eight year old trapped in a child's body i mean he's flashy he's flamboyant you know you see that in the way he dresses in the kind of cars that he drives he really is a larger than life personality but i think honestly speaking he i don't think he really meant to harm adornment at all i think thinks that it's how a because today he posted on instagram that he was feeling frustrated that he's been wanting to leave gotten it since last summer and that he agrees it could have been handled better but he goes on to add everyone knows that it's crazy and yes

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chilling going to control of the airspace as it does in a minute if technological todd. the conflagration. destruction. starting february third. you're watching the news coming to you live from berlin i'm under our top stories after a divisive year as president donald trump is called for unity his first state of the union address. the strong u.s. economy and praise the republican stack's plan your support for guantanamo bay to remain open and for increased military spending. and a turkish court has sentenced three syrian national story live sentences in connection with the suicide bombing which killed german tourists the attack took

place two years ago and the historic center of istanbul turkey has blamed it on the so-called islamic state. here in germany in a special session the german bundestag honor the victims of the holocaust the ceremony was led to by the part of the president of all functionally of the german president from. its key moment was an address by anita lascaux fish one of the last known surviving members of the women's orchestra of auschwitz the orchestra performed for high level nazi officials they also played at the concentration camp gates for prisoners as they went in and out for work. within the city as a political correspondent simon young son knew what some of the proceedings and we heard some very moving testimony from anita fish what does she have to say we spoke very movingly bringing some in the book to start to bury to the brink of tears and

she told in this very straightforward way of hers without pay thoughts the story of how she came to our spirits having been forced by the way by the. nazi's to sign a document saying she was going there voluntarily but she arrived there expecting she said to die as her parents have been murdered it already but she survived because as they told her she was needed she was needed to play the cello in the in this case in the camp band and that's how she survived and she told that story today again in detail just very movingly and it's a story she's used to telling because she makes frequent visits to germany to speak to school groups and others to remind them of her story but also to inspire them with a sense of significance for the present and for their own lives and she spoke about what the holocaust has meant since and what it means today in her speech let's have

a listen to a little bit of that speech as well. now that. after the catastrophe germany behaved in an exemplary manner no one lied about the holocaust anti-semitism was no longer in vogue. now times have changed the world is full of refugees. back then the borders were hermetically sealed and not open as they are today thanks to the unbelievably generous courageous and humane gesture that with made here. there's a very awful comment there so sadly so what is the political resonance of the holocaust in today's context i think it's poignant because this is the first time that the ceremony in parliament has been held in the presence of the far right party the a.f.d. that is sitting there with one hundred almost one hundred members in parliament and they sat and listened to her they joined in the standing ovation at the end which

some had said you know they might use this occasion somehow to try and attract attention to themselves because of course this is a party that has risen to prominence with a lot of controversial anti immigrant statements and indeed some in the party of said that germany needs to do a complete u. turn on its culture of memorializing the holocaust and such events you know the leadership of the party i should say has distanced itself from that now clearly they have risen to power at least the presence in the bundestag also as a result of the influx of migrants into germany and there are concerns there that migrants particularly those coming from the middle east don't share germany's sense of what the holocaust means they don't share their sense of the the mainstream sense here of the danger of anti-semitism and indeed a lot of people have said that you know some of the migrants and refugees have imported and he semitism into germany and that's obviously

a bad thing and what does the holocaust for joy does the hanukkah. last play for the younger generation here in germany well i think there is concern that a lot of younger people are likely to say you know this all happened more than seventy years ago what is it got to do with me and just recently we've seen a debate that's come back periodically down the years you know should all young people teenagers be compulsorily taken to visit a concentration camp or another nazi related site so they can get a sense of the importance of this you know they're also fears about how hate speech on the internet you know some of it's anti semitic some of that so the certainties of the post-war view of the holocaust not what they used to be that's what's important that i witnesses people like and it's about fish a still able to tell their story of course they won't be able to do that for many more years suddenly on thank you very much for that analysis. the kenyan government

is open an investigation into people it's calling conspirators behind tuesday's mock presidential inauguration opposition leader at the head of a dingo was symbolically sworn in at a state so many in nairobi attended by thousands of supporters police used tear gas to disperse the crowd in apologies blocks t.v. stations broadcasting the event the government to call the move an act of treason and declared a dingo's opposition movement illegal the political crisis erupted in kenya after a disputed presidential election last of this. and it is kenya's minister for internal security warned his government could funds the media indefinitely. that is the result of what happened yesterday. we have to move. the way you are gives them targeting individual. organisms. but the movie really gives me goals. we are decisively.

first to be according to the way. the floor of this investigation to you just for our sins are going to mean for example the media health of the ring to go and do we have completed the movie business and with the president. this may not be correspondent catherine wonder she's following the latest for us and joins us from nairobi katz and the government describe the mox reading in affording as an act of treason what does have plan to do now will it take legal action against him or they say that they will take legal action against members of the opposition and actual members of the and i am which is an arm of the opposition the national resistance movement. so so far we have had the arrest of one member of parliament and there is the warrant of arrest for at least three journalists from

a local station known as and t v one of the gentlest his name is dennis chi-chi he's a well known journalist here in kenya and the rest of africa he's quite accomplished so he's his is a words of arrest for him the police are waiting outside the media house for him to come out and for questioning so according to the government they're going to question you know the media because they say that they will forewarned not to cover this particular event yesterday and they went against that directive so how much support is there for the country. well it seems that there is growing support for. opposition leader right loading especially now that with the media camp down a lot of kenyans say that this is reminiscent of the ninety's when those the struggle for multi-party democracy and the loss of protests and the loss of government controls this is reminiscent of the calm kanu regime which was led by president morsi so this is what kenyans

a saying in this mistrust among kenyans and they feel this if the media if the government can close down the media indefinitely then maybe they can interfere with the internet and interview interfere with people's phones so there is a lot of mistrust but then this is only helping or this is only. going towards the growing opposition leader raila odinga support among the people so from what you are saying people there are very worried about the media clamp down it is very worrying because this means in fact that the government says indefinitely for a while a majority of kenyans are going to be in darkness because not very many kenyans can afford dots of bundles not very many kenyans can watch news on you tube because now these three stations that have been shut down and now broadcasting online but not very many kenyans have access to that so the dead being denied their rights to

information and this is a growing concern catherine in london in nairobi thank you very much for that live update. the moon is putting on a rare celestial light show for some lucky star gazers tonight for the first time in decades a blue moon has coincided with a blood and a super moon during a lunar eclipse the result a super glue bloodmoon the u.s. space agency nasa corded a lunar trifecta the event is visible from western north america to eastern asia. from spectacular images as this sort of talk about them with me is felix nooning he's the director off of the observatory in a welcome to the face of this is not any ordinary more this is of

a special moon as an astronomy explain to us why is it so special well first we have the boom and that means it is the second full moon. then we had total eclipse germany. we have super moon that means the moon has reached its nearest point on its orbit towards earth and then we have a black moon that means. you keep the moon's appears reddish this is just one of the fraction of the light in the earth's atmosphere then you talk about the size of the moon i saw the moon yesterday it was very big fat and silvery and it is just an illusion that it looks like just an illusion because you compare it with the objects near the horizon when you photograph it you have a complete different impression and how often do these phenomena appear. not

quite often each forty or fifty ok and what and where or could you see because we couldn't see any of this in germany in berlin. of course because when the total eclipse was it was a. bright afternoon and the moon was rising. not eclipse any more you know because i was reading some of the most spectacular images came from the philippines if we can see some of these lovely images via scene of this phenomenon where you're an astronomer was there a lot of chatter and buzz and interest in your observatory once it became clear that this is going to take place no absolutely not only because this is what will. the full moon is quite boring for the astronomers nobody does observe when the moon is shining it's much too bright and on the moon you see you don't see anything because the craters don't have any shadows so we don't take out or telescopes which they just another full moon ok so it's not exciting for you as an astronomer

but for the people who are visiting your observatory surely there must be some excitement you know there is excitement when we can really show. clips this is the next we'll take on twenty seventh of july this year and then we will observe it could we look forward to talking to you again then felix eluding thank you very much for talking to us an astronomer in berlin about this soup of blood do moving you're welcome. now british prime minister to resign may has hailed what she terms a golden era in economic ties between britain and china this year have visit to beijing fake focused on drumming up new trade ties is the u.k. ready to leave the. they signed agreements on everything from food imports to education britain's imminent departure from the e.u.

has prompted prime minister to resign made to seek to strengthen ties elsewhere. in terms of the future for the relationship between the u.k. and china when we leave the european union we've today agreed this joint review of trade and invest joint trade investment review which i think is a good step towards looking towards what our future trade relationship can be when we have that freedom outside membership of the european union of being to able to organize it arrangements for ourselves on a bilateral bilateral basis chinese premier league on the other hand played down the impact of bracks it insisting that the relationship would not change as a result so that. but the numbers suggest otherwise the two countries are expected to sign business deals worth over nine billion pounds before the end of may is visitors improving access to the chinese markets and removing trade barriers are top of the agenda. and may also stop by

a university where she unveiled plans for a teacher exchange program at a campaign to promote english language learning in china. as britain eyes up a new relationship with the world's second largest economy it's the younger generation of both nations that will feel the biggest impact. now it's being hailed as a landmark vote by conservationists after china now hong kong is banning the sale of ivory it's one of the biggest markets in the wild and has direct links to commercial scale elephant poaching in africa essentially a big step to save the great giants. the colorful crowd of anti ivory protesters had gathered outside to welcome the decision under the new law the maximum penalty for selling ivory is ten million hong kong dollars around one million euros on top of that the offense carries ten years in prison.

the world wide fund for nature welcomed the vote but said that the fight doesn't stop with the legislation just which shows the commitment barred hong kong government to all sponsor african elephants one of these need it makes is a step up the enforcement to make sure that there would no longer go trade into hong kong or through hong kong and what we want. to happen is that the commercial bank and the like free trade would spread to other asian countries the ivory market in hong kong is one of the biggest in the world despite attempts to control the illegal ivory trade there is evidence hong kong's market has direct links to large scale elephant poaching in africa wild aid a nongovernmental conservation group estimates up to thirty thousand elephants are killed illegally every year. on kong's always been

a failing or was very specific me. illegal ivory trade anyway i went as i'm on. legal ivory and always in moscow you know illegal trade that's what's been happening for years been happening like that decades. but as one market closes traders in illegal ivory will search for a new marketplace and last november the trumpet ministration reversed a ban on the import of ivory to the united states. all right now the world's biggest toys takes place in nuremberg each year it started back in one nine hundred fifteen since. then it's become the place to check out the latest trends in kids' toys back then we were talking earlier who they were all the rage then became prime o.b.o. electric train sets now tech is taking over so let's take a look at the top trends for twenty. robots are gradually rolling their way into

kids' rooms new technology is the norm for today's children and it's becoming an increasingly important feature of how they play the little machines can even be programmed instead using apps it's the adult world in miniature. even traditional toys are getting a high tech make over like diggers for the sand pits and even games where you smartphone or tablet instructs each special agent what to do next. there are two worlds classical toys and electronic toys and they're developing side by side and as they do they're creating new possibilities for toys all of which is bringing exciting change here to. the gaming generation has long enjoyed bringing a virtual edge to real fun like teaming up to play laser tag and linking up to sixteen players with smart phones and wife try. but there comes a point where kids just need to get moving no matter how old school.

every two cities in europe are designated as european capitals of culture last week i told you about the maltese capital letter to david putting the dodge city of you biden in the spotlight the city with about one hundred ten thousand inhabitants is looking forward to a year of cultural events discussion and debates and who better to tell us about it that came hempstead thank you very much for coming in to full extent to us what is designation by the this started back in one thousand nine hundred five and when the ministers of culture from greece and france to came up with the idea to sort of do something to bring europeans closer together to kind of celebrate the incredible richness and diversity obviously on the european continent and across the country and to have the different cultures open up to one another so it started in athens

in eighty five and berlin was actually a cultural capital in one nine hundred eighty eight and they started out with larger cities at first and then kind of realized it was working and so they diversified to smaller communities to kind of put them on the map. if you will and now it's at least two cities a year so look at i found actually a splendid i did not tell us about it and it's a city that not many people have heard of that's right exactly everybody knows about amsterdam but it is the capital of the northwestern province of. which also actually gets a building with this cultural capital year and that includes a number of the west friesian islands so they're putting the accent on idiosyncrasy for this year due to what they consider their special position within the netherlands because back when they joined the kingdom in the early nineteenth century they actually kept their own language and their culture and their flag so they speak west and it's also a former royal residence so very picturesque with an historic center similar to

amsterdam with the canals and they also have their own leaning tower which you just saw there it's actually even a little further over the sixteenth century church tower. even further than pisa if you can believe it so people who don't know self might know some of its most famous sons and daughters let's have a little bit more learn a little bit more about the town and see how they're celebrating. yes that europe's new culture capital launched its official opening with music fanfare and a spectacular light show. you know this year woden's motto for the year is leaping minsky's meaning open community. feeling of being connected connected with other people of us as a parts of europe because you see also some doors are closing and some countries are closing and i just hope they realize well to designate every need to work together to listen to their child and not to be afraid to let. the picturesque town

also known as little amsterdam has big plans for it she has culture capital what we want to discuss with the rest of europe is all common problems that we have in europe about biodiversity climate change their poverty i don't like mince. the language. over three hundred events. and the surrounding area. arts and culture is the backbone of society and we're showing that by the people through the people. little martin is celebrating its most famous citizen masha hari the exotic dancer style icon cortisone and spy was born in a friesian town in thousand nine hundred seventy six the daughter of a hat maker. everybody knows the name of the hari involved never knew she was also a child growing openly or had to cope with the force after her marriage she was a mother then we tried to explain that story all. the exhibition matter hari myth

from the made in branson till i troll famous dutch artist mc escher is also from there widen the museum of friesland will showcase issues journey a large scale exhibition of his work all inspiring giants of reality laughs will be parading through the culture. streets come august with hundreds of events planned. for twenty eight. going on there are there's one other really special thing that i want to tell you about about this place and that's about this legendary ice skating race called the edge. which is the eleven cities tour which starts and ends in an hour it dates back to the beginning of the twentieth century to one thousand nine untypically sort of thousands of gators the dutch love to skate they take to the frozen canals the state two hundred kilometers

circular route in one day and that's a tour that goes through eleven historic cities but seeing as the weather doesn't always play along it's only happened fifteen times in that time in the last time was twenty one years. the problem being of course that the ice has to reach uniform thickness across that entire system of canals of fifteen centimeters in order to hold all those people and it of course never gets there in these days of warmer winters so the ducks have been waiting you know with bated breath for the temperatures to sink for twenty one years it's really quite tragic our. culture is the backbone of society that must be music to us now you know it's a big honor for a city to be chosen as european capital. but is there any lasting legacy to this kind of designation now there definitely is you know some towns and cities have really managed to completely transform their image. something of a cultural shot in the arm if you will but first of all has has economic

consequences which in terms of tourism but also in terms of of infrastructure improvements a lot of things get renovated and fixed up for the occasion one of the really positive examples was glasgow in scotland which was the cultural capital first cultural capital in the u.k. in fact in one nine hundred ninety and over twenty five years on obviously it is. still a thriving cultural so. center to this day so it stands as one of the really good examples of what can come of this two thousand and sixteen you might remember we talked about what's in the hole and then a lot of people flocked there you know it brings places kind of on to people's radars they might not have gone there before they might have stuck to warsaw or krakow people went to rot and i think that was also for the people there a very important chance for the city to be able to to open itself to to this european this idea of european diversity despite all of the you've got your first scholarship i'm tempted not. to have. to dislike you very much less like that.

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the news. where i come from the news is being hijacked journalism itself has become a scripted reality show it's not just good versus evil us versus them why and why. in countries like russia china churchy people are told it's that simple and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond it you are facing scare tactics intimidation and i wonder is that we're work headed news well. my responsibility as a journalist is to give the young the smoke and mirrors it's not just about being clear and balanced or being neutral it's about being truthful. when he was born golf and i work you know.

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