the new baby that's getting all the attention and belgians punkin dalziell twitter the giraffe is the sixth cast born to his mother barbie and already tops two meters tall a leg a new board was frolicking around his enclosure within just twenty minutes of his birth and his timings not bad either twig arrived just in time for world giraffe day which takes please its time. all right thank you so very much for spending time with has been facing and will be up next with all your business headlines stay tuned for that. is going to. managers you know who can do you know. you know the banks. and so was the language of the bank. speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for minds. we make up oh but we watch as over half of the

under educated we are the civil service and. the want to shape the continent's future pretend to be part of it and join african youngsters testing share their stories their dreams and their challengers. to seventy seven percent of the platform for africa charedi. the brig's of rao heats up the scots about a parliament as lawmakers debate the final wording of the european union withdrawal bill there remain is still hope for some sort of solution while the germans pull cold water on the campaign. and the trump has raised hopes of first. they're

already the north korea southport finds out the economy of time has taken. place to business what mess scottish lawmakers have staged a walkout the irish say the u.k. needs to make a decision the germans or they'll be no wiggle room and the british government forced into a compromise agreeing to give parliament a bigger say and briggs a go she asians rebels from all parties want to avoid a hard break that keep close e.u. ties once britain leaves the block. we are used to the right three hundred twenty four the no use to the last two hundred or ninety eight so these are the savage. and narrow victory for theresa may made possible by some last minute concessions to pro european m.p.'s on the streets to those who oppose britain's departure from the e.u. continue to ensure their voices are being heard. the path towards

brics it is still far from clear. and there are big questions looming over the future trade relationship with the e.u. after britain's planned exit from the union on the twenty ninth of march two thousand and nineteen. there's a lot at stake for businesses on both sides germany is the most important of britain's e.u. trade partners and in two thousand and seventeen exported goods worth around eighty four billion euros to the island goods worth some thirty seven billion euros travelled in the opposite direction. meanwhile the e.u. sends goods worth a total of around two hundred ninety five billion euros to the u.k. british exports to europe are worth about one hundred eighty eight billion euros. so it's hardly surprising that companies and nervous breaks in negotiation period is more than half way through and businesses still don't know exactly what

conditions they should be preparing themselves for their demands says by the day. we asked analyst craig oldham if the government is doing a good job preparing the u.k. for departure i wouldn't say it's doing a good job in preparing people but at the same time i think it's in an extremely difficult position the part the whole thing of these negotiations is that they have their idea on what it looks like the their why they want breaks it looks like and a compromise must be found it's extremely difficult to provide assurances to business when they can't guarantee what businesses want them to guarantee so while they are trying their best it's very difficult especially again when the so much division within their own braggs cabinets on what the e.u. exit looks like so i'd have to say no but also have to say that it's a very difficult position to be in ok we're getting the message it's difficult as the vision but everyone wants a decision it's because of that with the association of german chambers of commerce

and industry ilya i thought there was a decision when when was it made two years ago wasn't it in a referendum it was a decision. as it turns out making decision and then. phoning it to result is much more difficult than fault especially from the view of london so also in europe we are still waiting to hear wars how can we continue to do business where we're all waiting when when are you expecting some sort of clarity then. a few months ago the but the real issue is. there are too many topics on the table and the topics have to be solved relatively quickly but in the end what we see from continental europe towards u.k. is a fight in between the u.k. government and the companies need to adjust and they don't know how to adjust on both sides whether it's a customs union free trade agreement double duty all standards being still part of

the common market questions are all on answered and time is running out and uncertainty leads to a decline in business and we already see the first results you case g.d.p. is not growing in the same speed as in europe germany's exports are declining to the u.k. although it rises to everywhere else in europe so. the result of non-doing already was a bill what about the customs union the question of a customs you can one that's a big one the businesses what do you think about that well a customs union is is an important step to make things easy in trading with each other but it's only about customs it's not about regulations then or it's and other stuff so it's. it's it's better than nothing but it's only a way to have a bridge into something which is like in the free trade agreement or something else it can provide a bridge but not more and the customs union will dissolve and so what would you

like as a business representative for germany europe's biggest economy what would you like to see what's going to solve this mess. well i think there is no easy solution because their way would never taking part was never taken before but if you don't take a new way then you also have to see all the hurdles on the way and you cannot stop in front of the first one and we still haven't solved how to get a divorce and then would so we also don't get to know already yet how will our business relations we that there is the chance of a free trade agreement we don't hear that some are support for that from the u.k. so customs union but only time limited we need a clear plan for long and first steps first but make steps start walking some clarity or you know thank you very much for joining us you're welcome german authorities of slaps fox fucking with another one billion euro fine for cheating on

emissions levels b.w. says it won't contest the penalty the scandal has already cost the world's largest company to more than twenty five billion euros in buybacks fines and compensation e.-w. remains might be good ones at home and abroad. this week's meeting between north korean leader kim jong un and us president don't trump has raised hopes of an economic opening in the isolated country in one sense that's already been happening seventy legal markets developed after as many as three million people starve to death in the ninety's the markets tolerated by the regime that can't provide for its own people. images secretly smuggled out of north korea by the news portal daily n.k. the pictures show a bustling market with a wide range of goods in chongqing a city in the country's northeast. many products here come from china.

reportedly quine begg works for the news outlet which is based in the south korean capital seoul he says markets like this developed after the famine of the one nine hundred ninety s. when north korea's state supply chain collapsed. markets like this a fuelling social change in the communist regime. rooms with more can the lives of our informants have also improved and not just because of the money we pay them private enterprise has increased purchasing power in fact these markets are no longer black markets the north korean government generally tolerates them it's a big change from the past. the totalitarian regime is bowing to the profit schemes of its people because it can no longer provide for them itself as a result once empty roads and now are full of transport trucks buses and taxis.

lars and heads the office of germany's fleet nation nauman foundation in seoul three times a year he works on projects in the north he says the progress being made is obvious . there are more consumer goods including cars and mobile phones as well as individual eyes clothing styles. from the inside pyongyang there are numerous foreign cars it's incredible you can find brands from japan which is still considered an arch enemy despite that no one seems to have a problem with japanese luxury cars and products. a strong sign of the changing times smile fades millions have allegedly been brought into north korea through smuggling operations especially across the border from china. and here we can communicate with people in north korea via chinese mobile networks

we receive voice mails and videos and go but this only works along the border in a swath about four to six kilometers wide kind of an overall though these goods don't change the reality of life in north korea that remains one of the world's poorest countries. and finally fifa has had a hard time finding sponsors for the twenty eighteen world cup the global market research firm nielsen says sponsorship revenue has fallen from over one point six billion dollars for the last one of the brazil to one point four five billion for the twenty eighteen championships in russia after the corruption scandal of fever in may of twenty fifteen officials last many long term backers including johnson and johnson castro and continental they ended their business relationships with world soccer's governing body but the new crop of sponsors including several from china are picking up the slack in china's largest commercial real estate company

the wonder group is now one of the official partners is a bit of a football craze going on in china right now as part of a government initiative to promote the sport and china is keen. to host the world cup at the next possible opportunity it has crossed for the chinese in the meantime lasting business with you i'll see you again very soon. eleanor humphrey will be up next with your business update next hour of life. trying to.

move. into the conflict zone with jim sebastian coe for afghanistan is fighting on many different fronts lee's days not just with the militants but also against human rights abuses and massive corruption my guest this week here in london is abdullah abdullah his country's chief executive why it says so much disunity in what is supposed to be a unity government conflict zones do not go on the table before the fall of.

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photos of people who were abused raped women and girls who gave birth to one wanting children out of them in addition a full new. documentary starts june fourteenth. afghanistan is fighting on many different fronts these days not just with the militants but also against human rights abuses and massive corruption my guest this week here in london is a dollar a dollar this country's chief executive a role akin to that of prime minister why is there so much disunity in what is supposed to be a unity government.