the weekend's action second place mines meanwhile remain deep in the struggle to avoid relegation. you're watching news from berlin and more coming at the top of the hour thanks for joining us. my first boss i also saw him machine. where i come from women are almost by the social tools even something as simple as learning how to write a by psychos isn't. since i was a little girl i want to talk about this by saying lost my home and it took me missed him and. finally they gave up and mentioned buying young by psychos but returned because the sewing machine sewing i suppose was more appropriate for girls than writing advice. i want to meet those women back home who are bound by their

duties and social rules and informed them of oded basic rights my name is dave out of the go home and i work at sea to. move. this week saw concerns over protectionism on thursday u.s. president donald trump signed off on his plan to slap tariffs on metal imports twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on the lumen i'm flanked by steel workers at the white house trump said he was keeping his campaign promise to protect their jobs. today i'm defending america's national security. by placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum well with the penalties

are to go into effect in two weeks for the time being the u.s. is the biggest steel suppliers canada and mexico are exempt from the tariffs the move met with harsh criticism worldwide chancellor angela merkel voiced concern at a meeting of german industry associations calling for dialogue with the us because you know we view with concern the imposition of tyrants on certain products. as a government we have a clear commitment to multilateralism. we support the european commission as it seeks talks with the world trade organization and the united states is dealing with . the european steel industry is advocating counter measures by the e.u. and warns that the consequences of a trade or would also hurt the u.s. our estimations actually are all that he will actually create job losses nets in the state in the supply chain and in the u.s. so it's not going to benefit the u.s. and it's going to knock off twenty thousand direct jobs in the u.s.

and perhaps as much as one hundred fifty thousand indirect jobs in the e.u. as well trump's decision triggered outrage and alarm in asia south korea said it's considering filing a complaint with the world trade organization while china is threatening retaliation if the tariffs go ahead. after days of rumors came the official announcement european aviation giant airbus will cut more than three thousand seven hundred jobs in europe the company scales back production of its a three eighty and a four hundred m. models if a few more. sites are filtered in england seville and spain and preeminent outspoken germany these are places where the production of the a four hundred m. and a three eighty is important so we know that we deployment will not be sufficient. to most troubled model is the world's biggest passenger airliner the a three eighty launched thirteen years ago to high hopes the giant jet has

a flexible ceasing capacity of more than six hundred passengers. but now the plane is selling poorly it's too large for most airports and too expensive for most airlines. see a four hundred m. isn't fairing much better the turbo prop military transporter has struggled with tech. ical problems for years costs are mounting an unhappy duction is set to be limited to just eight and nearly. airbus says it's confident it will be able to offer the affected workers jobs elsewhere and its production but not everyone police stops feasible. carmakers strutted their stuff in geneva this week amid rising sales but the diesel scandal and the german court ruling allowing diesel bans in city centers has overshadowed the industry. and has responded with a vision of

a diesel free future in twenty twenty five the autonomous version of its large electric sedan the id this isn't will be able to drive seven hundred kilometers with just a single charge no steering wheel required. but diesel refuses to die. that is. diesel continues to be a cornerstone of our strategy we believe that for the next five and ten years or maybe for fifteen years for the long stretches the will still be with us with a pretty good was a kilometer last the way a good idea to buy a. porsche has it somewhat easier a stuttgart firm quickly dropped diesel cars from its program now the company is focusing on two things racing cars for the road like the nine eleven g.t. three are apps with the five hundred twenty horsepower gasoline engine or alternatively completely electric models the porsche brand is trying to woo away

deep pocketed customers from american electro pioneer tesla. google isn't so important for porsche in two thousand seventeen that attendance of the of all about twelve percent of all white and for future we will see what the what will happen there are still millions of diesel cars on european roads conversions to comply with emission standards could cost car makers billions of your. it clobbered as the industry for them going is through would be well advised to look into the background of an imminent driving ban and the customer losses it could bring. i would suggest developing a policy for any modifications needed so that customers are not shouldering all the costs so here popular notwithstanding and but saw it. for years diesel has been a billion euro business in europe but as the geneva motor show makes clear deals dominance is set to end i've. just been nice car maker

toyota announced this week that it will stop selling diesel cars in europe if say that is due to begin this year instead the company will focus on hyper technologies last year just ten percent of toyota models sold in europe were diesel vehicles. the e.u. dampened britain's dreams of frictionless trade post prexy. e.u. council president donald tusk said britain needed to present a realistic solution for the future of the irish border and other questions once the u.k. leaves the block is he rebuffed several demands by british prime minister theresa may including special treatment for british banks and. mint chocolate is more popular than ever. swiss confectionery linton lonely soul revenues climbed to a record three point four billion euros in twenty seventeen profits also rose which the company attributed to bigger harvest of cocoa and sugar.

the i t v berlin opened its stores this week in the german capital the world's biggest tourism trade fair showcases ten thousand tourists and travel businesses from one hundred eighty six countries and regions chancellor angela merkel kicked off the show at a gallon tuesday for the first time the i t b s official partner region is a german state mecklenburg for partner and in the north east of the country. the baltic beaches of the i.t.v. partner region are thronged in the summer time but when it's winter there's hardly a soul in sight. second book for palm on where nearly two hundred thousand people depend on tourism wants to attract more visitors with creative accommodations like the sleep hours at a campsite and named off or the equally unusual dock in hostile environment it

where you can spend the night in every fish at cargo container and more and more guests are checking in even in the winter time. absolutely. everything is you know i think is. the hospital which opened a year ago has already won and national tourism prized. made a statement with their architecture that attracts young people who might otherwise not have had vandeman on their. hotel operators on the baltic coast can't guarantee sunshine instead they offer activities for bad weather like dawkins indoor bouldering gym it's one of the number of new attractions in mecca bought for palm on. another one is the darwinian mother rostock zoo described as a living museum of evolution is includes a tropical hall featuring a runny toms and other primates in their natural setting

a large part of the thirty million euros the cost was covered by funding from the state just meant for paul martin. who has plans to expand still further. the ferry dock to offer the historic fishies and architectural highlights like castle which is the state parliament attract lots of german visitors in twenty seventeen mecum booked for palm and racked up more than thirty million overnight stays but there was little tourism from abroad. sherman tourists have always played a major role for us until now there was as much international demand in part due to transportation issues and so forth and so we have a lot of catching up to do we want the i.t.v. the biggest international tourism trade fairs to be a platform that provides an impetus to. this state is earmarking hundreds of millions of euros for further investment in tourism the hope is that it says he's hotels and beaches will fill up even in winter.

african countries like the democratic republic of congo are seeing more and more women involved in technology. is one of a growing number of female engineers. she and her team invented robo cops metal giants that regulate the traffic at many of conciousness snarled intersections real business and the robo cops do good work still she going to see something that's very modern there i'm with them that there is serial were there it's normally helpful even if it's not behaving so well right now. and. it can happen even to the best of but this one has temporarily lost the use of an arm the equitorial heat affects the machines that they need the sun the traffic automatons our solar powered. their inventor is convinced that they're better than

static traffic lights in many ways. for free on my real thoughts move an average of three thousand six hundred times a day classic traffic lights just sound there is no mean push button these movements give people something to look us on the streets. it's amusing when they move up and down like this like a human being. you have. the mechanical monitor. sure's aren't entirely on their own they can direct cars and even register in fractions but human traffic wardens have to enforce the rules are clear and. this invention is about more than just keeping cars going on conciousness roads. for all seat down to thinking in the twenty first century africa has to wake up and start marketing its intelligence and its finished

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