storm starting in april seventh on g w. this is due to abuse coming to you live from berlin our german arms dealer is feeling the bloodshed in german reports illegal loopholes allow subsidies of german defense contractors to directly supply munitions and in tile grafton's factories to the saudi led coalition fighting in jenin also coming up russia tabby it's ordering

sixty u.s. envoys to leave the country and shutting down the u.s. consulate in st petersburg this is part of the diplomatic fallout off the controversy over the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter. and tibet's spiritual leader of the lie lamo marks the sixtieth anniversary in exile which of course on the field loyalty commands china's if it's to isolate him and the prospects for the future. hello and welcome i'm under time cheema. do not the nations is called it the worst humanitarian crisis in the world the conflict in yemen has killed more than ten thousand people and displaced three million according to u.n. estimates there are not some concerns a german arms could be fueling the bloodshed germany has strict laws on the export

of weapons which do not allow weapons to be sold to areas in conflict but reports say a german's arms supplies circumventing these laws to supply weapons to the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen. south africa some fifty kilometers east of cape town a huge tightly guarded compound. the watch towers carry the blue logo of i'm a tongue germany's biggest defense corporation but here in south africa it is called the hine mittal diena munition or r.d.m. adi aim is mainly an export driven company and they are one of the most successful companies into africa they have got a turn of billions of bread every year they employ over two thousand people and they are crying at quite a phenomenal rate the company doesn't just export bombs from here but also whole weapons factories thirty nine such facilities have been set up in countries including egypt saudi arabia and the united arab emirates they are all part of the

military coalition fighting in yemen. which is currently facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis. is supplying arms to saudi arabia for this war despite strict german export regulations. this plant on the vacation island of sardinia manufactures these bombs. in germany plays a role through the export of weapons especially into regions that are unstable where there is conflict where there is repression most obviously today the middle east and plays a role in ensuring that those conflicts are remarkably bloody profits flowing to the german companies coffers. declined repeated interview requests it insists it follows the laws of the countries it operates in. the german government also

refused to take a stance on the company's overseas subsidiaries for the green party that's an untenable position. it's. a plea cynical of these defense companies to complain about this. strict german regulations while they found ways to dodge the rules such as through overseas operations when i and then they continue to supply german weapons to crisis areas that's unacceptable we urgently need to close these loopholes. government researchers have recently said that german politicians can lawfully limit the overseas activities of german companies but it's unlikely that will pass in parliament. and for more on the story i have it means political correspondent hans brandt and from our business desk monica jones a woman welcome to both of your hands let me start with you first of all extend the german government's position on the export of weapons to areas of conflict well obviously germany is not interested in fuel lng conflicts that are already taking place and

is very reluctant in fact to get involved in that and to send weapons there this has to be differentiated a little bit because for instance germany did supply weapons to the kurds in northern iraq for their fight against the so-called islamic state so there is a lot of policy decision and the back in the background at the moment the pressure is on germany not to supply weapons to any of the parties involved in the conflict in yemen and in fact the new government has decided not to do a given arms is big business we know that and jimmy's not the biggest weapon supplies in the was but monica from a business perspective how important is the arms industry for jim and what we were looking at the whole department was looking at a few numbers and i can tell you for example that about fifty thousand jobs in germany depend on the arms industry that may sound like an awful lot but if you compare to the car industry there we're talking about up to one point eight million so that puts it in perspective in terms of sales volume we're talking about six

billion euros a year that the arms industry generates and right mittal has a huge share there in twenty sixteen they opt this sales volume by fourteen percent . three billion which up to the share price which is by the way very good not just for normal investors but also for people holding a pension fund to people who have a pension insurance because a lot of insurers invest in ryan mattel which is shows you how it enters the the social fabric of german society you wouldn't normally make that connection i did also apps tax revenue having said that by outsourcing its factory right mattel to south africa for example or to saudi arabia to the united arab emirates then germany doesn't know longer have access to tax revenue because that it's a company wretches that somewhere else similar to companies registering their headquarters in tax havens so that's

a very similar scenario ok so that they don't take any more responsibility for what's happening in something that is based in other parts of the was coming back to you not you know you said the government is under pressure to deal with this issue we know the opposition is very angry about these weapons sales the green party is really annoyed about you know weapons being sold to turkey and of course the left party the opposition if parties been furious about weapons being sold to saudi arabia yes indeed and as i said in fact the new coalition government has agreed not to send any more new weapons new contracts to parties or to countries involved in the human conflict there's also quite a big controversy about the northern turkey about weapons german weapons going to turkey which is used as weapons in northern syria. against international law there again you have to say well turkey is a nato member and there are in fact on the restrictions of exports to turkey to a nato member it's a very very controversial situation and heated political debate and controversial

and complex so briefly how do you see this heading well i think the discussion will continue especially on turkey especially on yemen the pressure on the new government is there and i suspect that the government will try to restrict exports to those conflicts right on spawn from a political disk and a money giving us a business perspective on the story thank you both very much for coming and talking to us. turning now to russia which is announces expelling sixty american diplomats and shot in the u.s. consulate in st petersburg and there are reports of other foreign officials being called into the russian foreign ministry and this comes after nations around the world through russian officials in response to the poisoning of the double agent said gates and his daughter in britain many western countries hold russia responsible but moscow has denied these allegations. for hundreds of years since petersburg has held symbolic value for us russian ties it was here in

seventeen ac that the u.s. opened its first mission in russia but its diplomatic presence in the city will soon end moscow kicking out scores of western diplomats as a tit for tat retaliation over the poisoning of a former russian double agent in britain it means more than one hundred fifty diplomats from over two dozen countries will be out of russia. everything will also be reciprocal in terms of the number of people from their diplomatic missions who will be leaving russia. and that is all for now. a reciprocal move it may be but it's one the u.s. says russia cannot justified because moscow is at fault russia is responsible for that horrific attack attack on the british citizen and his daughter once again they

have broken the chemical weapons convention it was a banned substance that they have used no but shock we take this matter very seriously former russian double agents surrogates creep arlin his daughter yulia were found slumped on a park bench in the city of salzburg an early march poisoned person believes moscow tried to kill the pair. remains in a critical condition in hospital though yulia is conscious and talking according to doctors russia vehemently denies any involvement in the case and it wants access to your earlier. we are witnessing the engines of russian representatives accessing injured russian citizens that's what i see. the question now is whether the crisis will move beyond teeth for tat measures. for more let me join. in moscow miller drugs what could you tell us about these expulsions what more

information do you have. well the latest is i just heard that the russian administration off the german basket or we've got high off on foot to come to the foreign office i think they will tell mr french that for german diplomats have to leave the country within a week well we knew that all this is going to happen it's not really a surprise. so this is obviously these expansions are a reciprocal move matching expulsions of vashon diplomats from the u.s. does this not restore diplomatic equilibrium or should we expect further punitive steps well the fee for world cup starts in two and a half months i think i don't think that the russian that russia is now interested in making a bad situation worse at this moment the kremlin is going to wait and see what the white house and what down the street are going to do british prime minister i'm a made it clear that there could be further sanctions against russia if this is the

case you can be pretty sure russia is going to retaliate u.s. ambassador huntsman said that there was no justification whatsoever for the expulsion. of american diplomats and it shows that the crimean is not really interested in a dialogue with the u.s. you may hear of course here in russia different opinions they say well all this diplomatic war was started by the americans by president obama in the last weeks of his administration. law school is demanding access to u.s. keep she's the daughter of the former russian double agent said get scared you know is reportedly conscious and talking about she's a russian citizen why would the camera want to talk to her. well russia is acting like of it them their attitude is we have nothing to do with the poisoning of st paul and his daughter you have the daughter has as you just

mentioned the russian citizenship and she's being hurt seriously so a representative of the russian embassy in london said you know i have to do my my duty is just to take care of her to see what's happening with her and of course london says no moscow is not a victim and they actually did all this unfold therefore they just refuse to give moscow any for further information and any access to the daughter right and they are not sellers in moscow thank you very much. let me bring you up to date with some of the stories making news around the want u.s. president donald trump has said american forces should be coming out of syria very soon speaking to industrial workers in the state of ohio trump lamented that what he said was washington's waste of christians of dollars in middle eastern wars but a pentagon spokesman said she was unaware of any new policy to draw u.s. forces. allison efficiency an israeli tank shell killed

a farmer in the gaza strip early on friday but israel says soldiers opened fire on two men who approached a gaza israeli border fence and acted suspiciously incident comes as palestinian militant group hamas launches six weeks of protests against the israeli blockade off the gaza border. in thailand at least twenty people were killed when a boss caught fire and careened off the road on the vehicle it was on its way from the border to bangkok when it burst into flames or all those aboard the bus were migrant workers. caught in china has sentenced a fifty four year old man to death for rape and murder of eleven women and guns the man dubbed china as jack the ripper was arrested in two thousand and sixteen million and two a twenty search he admitted to committing the crimes between nine hundred eighty

eight in two thousand and two the youngest of his victims was just eight years old . monica joins me again and this time for business deals an unpleasant good friday surprise for travelers michel if you fly with air france today in that case be patient and open to alternatives because every fourth air france flight has been canceled today the reason several trade unions have walked out pilots flight attendants and other personnel demand a six percent pay increase management is offering one percent the strike affects the two largest airports in paris and other major french cities half of air france flights from nice have been counseled medium haul flights being hit the hardest but also many long and short haul flights passengers can change their journey free of charge if possible german automakers are among the most profitable in the world and b.m.w. takes the crown that's according to a study by why b.m.w.

is profitability stands at ten percent for every one hundred euro in revenue b.m.w. rakes in a profit of ten euro dima came in third among major automakers often losing its second place from last year to japan's suki and folks in the world's biggest carmaker came in much much lower in position eight. chinese smartphone maker huawei said its profits sought twenty eight point one percent last year and how that translates into seven point six billion us dollars miles ahead of twenty sixteen when profits eat media four tenths of a percent increase the company attributed to the sterling results to heavy investments in research and marketing your way is the number three smartphone maker behind samsung and apple the company is owned by its employee use with no completely traded shares of the company reports financial results two allays

security concerns in the united states europe and in australia. and the american economy a factor a tesla is recalling one hundred twenty three thousand of its model s. vehicles worldwide making it the company's biggest recall action ever model s. cars built before april twenty sixth are affected the problems is with rusting bolds in the power steering unit the company says that those bolts need to be replaced in an hourlong retrofit in response to the news tesla shares dropped three and a half percent if you've ever been to cuba you probably paid for goods and services in convertible that's not the currency the locals use for the same goods they pay in regular cuban. president raul castro wants to phase out of the two currency system and that's causing panic among many of his people. the random local

currency exchange places called cut because it was so strong cuban t.v. saw the need to broadcast an official bulletin from the central bank and yes the last few days the number of people seeking to change the u.s. sees took pesos at bank offices and cut the cost has risen this is due to the false information that in the next few days the u.c. will be withdrawn from circulation as part of the monetary unification. part of. the government says the see you see the convertible currency commonly used by tourists on the island is here to stay for now anyway but back in december cuban president raul castro said he wanted to see the convertible currency become history will step down as president on april nineteenth and many cubans feared he would abolish the currency before leaving office. all right moving to another part of the

world now a return very special anniversary in two banks today that's right for tibetans monica and tibet's spiritual leader the dalai lama is marking the sixtieth year of his exile in india it was in march nine hundred fifty nine when he made the journey across the humanness from tibet to india he fled the tibetan capital after a fierce uprising against chinese june nine years off to beijing had taken control of the reason the island was given refuge by india along with thousands of his father was the set of a provisional government in exile in the northern city of. the now some one hundred thousand tibetans living in india but commemorations in that i'm sorry to have been muted allegedly because of pressure from beijing did of these sonia phonic sent us this report. high in the foothills of the hymn alia's in northern india to britons wait for a glimpse of the revered leader the dalai lama word is that he's to pass by here

shortly. the nobel peace laureate has lived here in the town for nearly six decades ever since india granted him asylum. in one nine hundred fifty china invaded then independent a bit following the field and the chinese uprising in one thousand fifty nine that the lama was forced to please. and cross the himalayas and foot here right in india and set up a government in exile he's been advocating autonomy for tibet but china considers him a separatist threat to bet and its monasteries remain under the tight control of the chinese government possessing pictures of the line or his writings is illegal. in that i'm sure whoever the diaspora has transformed the area into a mini tibet the town draws visitors and followers of the lama from all over the world all but china remains unhappy and opposes countries that support the tibetan

leader and the dalai lama's presence in india periodically aggravates border tensions and inflames diplomatic spats between the two asian giants the calm in this a million town has been marred by political control in recent weeks the indian government has advised officials to stay away from events commemorating the velour lama's sixtieth year in exile in india to avoid angering china at a time of rising tensions as a result the tibetan exile government has canceled a high profile event for the lama in delhi which indian politicians were meant to attend officials insist the latest controversy is a mite a hiccup that won't affect india's welcoming attitude towards the tibetan communities us. if at all the tibet cause is a life it affects all to solicit a lot of myself flourishing i caught on it's thanks to india and a small. political decision which i call it

a temporary face in political diplomacy where not undo six decades of team player rooted born in ties but on the streets of that this anger about what some see as china's bullying of the indian government if you listen to china once then they are going to tell you next time you can't do this do that janice china has become so powerful trading with the whole world they have a lot of economic clout as to britons that does scare us. in a makeshift studio. along with his friends dubs animated films into to britain. of the gentlemen are refugees like him continuing chinese repression in tibet and the long years in exile have made questions of identity all the more important. to the he's at his old school in that i'm sure. i was in there with arrived as an orphan

from tibet at the age of seven. the children are treated to one of my films. they really get the chance to watch cartoons or to put it. it's a big hit the what are you here isn't just about preserving to put an identity. it's the very survival of the community. what i feel is like what will happen if there isn't i don't know. if but then i might just normal some what really want to happen to tibet in the next time i don't do that kind of i wrote the questions loom large as make moderns family head to the temple in the evening for decades that the lama has been the best known galvanizing force behind the tibetan cause life without him seems unthinkable. and for more on this anniversary i have with me in the studio focused on sillies a former diplomat and ambassador in beijing a welcome that's it why does china have a view that the lama is such

a threat he has. again said that what he wants is that autonomy is to bet within the people's republic of china well that's a completely sensible idea and makes much sense especially from overseas and point of view as a kind of way to minimalize conflicts resolve them even it doesn't make sense from the chinese point of view where that is not the actual issue that is why they've never seriously negotiated the deal that the problem for china is that other nama resides outside of china and that is that he commands for loyalty of so many chinese subjects that is the tibetans he commands the hearts and minds of chinese subjects who should only listen to the communist party and that constitutes a threat what if at some point you asked the tibetans to turn against the communist party as happened in the past as you have spoke about before that constitutes

a threat which makes it impossible for the government and the leadership in beijing to even seriously consider negotiating with it but it was a dilemma again today said that what he wants is to live within the people's republic of china and a bit like the european union is what he said well what are you hearing about what's happening in tibet is being completely isolated what is the situation there like first of all about this comparison to the european union that rather sounds like a quote from before pricks it because with bricks that i think cannot be attractive that's a message he says sent out today anyway yeah that sounds ominous in this party but anyway tippett it's not really isolated we've got the access to all the news through. the official those challenges that the electronic the printed media tibetans coming out speaking about tibet in beijing and elsewhere and we've also have the news that come out by tibet monks to bait and switch travel across the

border to nepal and to india the survey exchange going on and what we gather from that is that on the one hand the chinese policy continues to make tea that more chinese economically and culturally by settling hunt chinese intemperate and other measures and secondly that repression now shifts to trying to isolate the more well known monasteries. and tempests which used to attract huge numbers of followers from across the whole of tibet and diverse means of homogenizing thinking among the tibetans about the dalai lama about their own culture now regionalizing means nobody can travel to the temple to study except those who live close to it. writes about the situation for most people living there is still quite difficult to bettors have a very strong sense of their own culture and place in the watch what happens after

that i lama how do you see the future for tibetans well let's see let's it that way first of all he needs to be reborn and he has said maybe he will not that is a demented relief he will be reborn and without a successor without someone reborn there will not be a successor that is why interestingly the chinese leadership has said he must be reborn and they will decide who his reincarnation will be no a c. two possibilities there one is the process of making tippett more chinese continuous the other is that maybe tibetans will turn violent if they see no hope in the future inside china right is that would be on this of course because of that eye level once a peaceful struggle are focused on so thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with us on the view. you're watching the news i have more news for you in half analyse and then.

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