the toughest test yet for a french president a man you would not call rail workers keep up their strike action bearing misery for can each is unions protest economic reform. also coming up diesel gate reno he thought it was over think again police raids of porsche and audi prove the biggest industry scandal in german post-war history is anything but over. and the end all the near akiva selects me get the ask as the sole candidate to take over from the current president as the sun sets on the house of castro. this is your business update on how it all for him but ed good to have you with us more travel misery in france israel workers roll out another day of walkouts a wednesday protesting against key economic reforms but forward by french president emanuel about call only one in three high speed trains was running and more strikes a planned for thursday. outside the station train

driver should be unveiled you know and his colleagues are feeling defiant in a normal working day you brings thousands of people into paris and the suburbs. now his train is it a standstill in the garden. who owns the railways. we do comes the answer. the. french unions are well organized and workers are ready to push back with everything they've got to protect their jobs. since earth don't go into rail workers are more than ready to fight it out. we're not interested in sitting round and talking about securing our coffee break. i'm proud of being a train worker want. to. rail workers in france have built up an title months

over decades drivers like from being can retire five years early and enjoy free rail travel across the country. but the national rail network is heavily in debt and president emanuel macron wants to roll back some of those privileges macross already made some reforms but says he's ready to push through more for him shaking up the railways is a political battle he has to win. that's in just a suffering because of the strike they're working days or longer and some companies could even go bust because of it we need to sort this out i want to make it quite clear we will crush through the reforms because we have to have change. that many say strikes like that are a thing of the past. is that. when strikers find themselves in a minority that can make them more radical but public opinion quickly turns against

them then they can maintain the strike and have to give up that could give macro on the opportunity to push through his reforms without unions agreeing. with of the favor of your. put it from. something the rail workers are determined to prevent from happening. we have to stand firm together otherwise the changes will go through. savvy and in no hurry to get back in the driver's seat he believes the track that will determine his future is only now being laid. now you've heard about briggs it but what about checks it's the czech republic's been part of the european union for fourteen years that the political situation is tilting towards an exit this is a word about isolationist tendencies fueled by theories of uncontrolled immigration . czech company based machines and structures generates forty million euros

a year revenues the family owned companies high pressure storage tanks do especially well almost eighty percent of the output goes to other e.u. countries the prospect of checks if the czech republic leaving the european union is a nightmare for c.e.o. french sekulow danny its export oriented business model would collapse overnight. we are integrated within the collaborative network. and. this is a lot of benefit far more benefits to stay within the. foot of the market place near the steel company's headquarters in benish of the mood could hardly be more different in rural areas as well as small provincial cities a lot of czechs simply don't like the e.u. . here we are in it i don't know what it's worse we're in it ok maybe some fifty fifty but.

i don't think it's good for us but it will be better for us to leave the european union. a survey by the german czech chamber of industry and commerce says that eighty three percent of foreign owned companies here under full two thirds of czech companies are worried about the current check to debate some foreign companies say they'd leave the country immediately if it were to exit the e.u. . as long as the czech republic doesn't have a new government which clearly stands by the new and reaffirms check membership this debate will drag on pure poison for the economy because it causes so much uncertainty for the. resurgent populist parties in the czech parliament or even demanding a referendum on e.u. membership and there's no clear indication which way the vote would go. german police raided properties three top executives. make a porsche as part of

a fraud probe linked to the diesel emissions. investigators searched ten sites porsche is owned by fox fog which in twenty fifteen admitted to using cheating software in diesel engines to pass emissions tests. in cuba miguel diaz a canal has been named as the sole candidate to replace outgoing president castro the national assembly is expected to officially elect dia's canel to need the country later it be the first person from outside the castor family to need the country in sixty years opinion is still divided as to whether he will be the right person to provide a much needed jolt to the country's economy. this modest home is where cuba's next likely president grew up it's in the roughest neighborhood of the provincial capital santa clara may go out yes canal is from a younger generation of leaders and advocates modernization he called phone more

critical national media and defied the party's mainstream by backing an alternative cultural center. he was very visionary because well to support at that time. he came with a lot of innovative ideas like giving space to the l g b t community. it was rather marginalized. despite these efforts their concerns over how much the u.s. can now kind of complication many expect him to put an emphasis on continuity. that we know that is intelligence and his willingness to try to when you arrive from the principles he learned from fidel and raul you defense them and therefore will continue to. give us opposition is calling for stronger

reforms to lift the majority of the population out of poverty row castro's modernization efforts have been mixed results so far the cuban government reorganized thousands of state companies in twenty eleven to make them more competitive despite those good intentions production quotas centralized planning and the government's monopoly on foreign trade still prevent true autonomy. i agree culture reform so loosened regulations on farmers and prices however the state dominated system was laid to restored because speculation inflated prices. many reforms remain a work in progress i have yet to begin well the ass canal approached him head on doowop. we'll find out in twenty twenty one when it will be his turn to wear to boots. now china's top diplomat says nepal is a natural heir if the cooperation between his country and india wang was on

a visit to his landlocked neighbor which is then it is sick about chinese plans for new roads and rail lines that so far india has been cool to beijing's office of improved trading. mt everest could be the world's biggest trade barrier for years nepal has enjoyed it splendid isolation thanks to the himalayas. but china has an ambitious plan to get its goods to market around the world faster as well as improve ties with india. and nepal doesn't want to stand in its way. and if paul wants to show its geographic advantage and be a link between china and india it could be the bridge linking to big neighboring countries and benefit from our developments. direct links from china to india through mountainous nepal are a key part of beijing's belt and road initiative and would mean being able to avoid even less hospitable to rein elsewhere. india and china also have disputes over the

borders they do share. nepal hopes that it can be a middleman and bring its two giant neighbors together as yet speak to some initiatives who contribute to the development of physical and that success in hunting possible connectivity in agreeing to louise in groups some of treat him and the investment into people people who listens for now in china's charm offensive seems to be working at least on nepal but for beijing the real interest lies on the other side of the mountains. that's it you're up to date with the latest role in the world all business will find us on facebook follow us on twitter dita body business i'm that too at head and that's the humphrey is my handle tweet me all tweet you back and of course as always our website slash business way back to our same time same place right now here's

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