this is deja vu news live from berlin gregg's it hangs in the balance the irish border issue goes negotiations into deadlock so cool blink first the e.u. or britain's theresa may live in brussels. germany's chancellor merkel says making a break the deal is like trying to square a circle she says battle to speak to the parliament you're in berlin will hire live coverage of that as well.

i'm serious oh my god it is good to have you with us we're going to get to our top stories in just a moment but we start with some news coming in of a deadly bomb blast on the russian annex crimea peninsula now the explosion apparently happened in the port city of carriage at a technical college we're hearing reports that at least ten people are dead and dozens injured the kremlin says the blast could be an act of terrorism now this is a developing story we'll bring you more details on that as the news comes in to us for now though let's move on to our top stories it is brags that crunch time for britain and for theresa may the british prime minister will sit down with twenty seven other european leaders today for their last summit before the u.k. leaves the european union they are close to a deal on bret's it but they're still deadlocked over the issue of the irish border as it stands now northern ireland would become the u.k.'s only land border with the e.u. both sides agree there should not be a hard border between northern ireland and the irish were. public but they don't

agree on how to get around it breaks it is top of the agenda for german chancellor angela merkel today to before she heads to brussels she's speaking to the german parliament will listen in on that in a moment but first this report on how the brags that deadlock developed. and you see i'm the u.k.'s gregg's it minister dominic robb was somewhere in there on his way to the commission that was sunday we all thought a deal was close at hand the excitement was palpable. but then the chief negotiator tweeted this despite intense efforts some key issues are still open. to begin then over pearson about their stuff and he will tell you. this is the end of the. bhagavad up to fall but we have talk about these issues especially operation of the european elections in twenty nineteen and to doing so we have already started the discussion of the informal council and continuing it and turn

all security starts as the works as at home but is sustainable only if it is guaranteed on an international level no nation can guarantee it alone no nation can guarantee that manipulated elections or cyber crime play a role because they do not stop at borders and brussels hence with a view in the european elections we will talk about better regulations for data processing so as to make sure that person related information for example coming from social media will not be used or abse used for election privacy is asked for the guidelines on dealing with hardy users who actively disinform during their account pains we will come to new regulations and that eventually means considering financial sanctions at the end of the day because politics means responsibility and

if you do not stick to the democratic rules of europe you cannot expect to be funded with your party by the european union. that's the elephant the democrat team face also is democracy. so you can be in the future as well. and creasing lee want to deal with the cyber attacks and the stakeholders behind it and we want to exchange information on them and. with preventive measures we want to avoid these attacks in the case of an attack we will warn each other and we will draw conclusions from attacks that has happened the commission has already made proposals and twenty seventeen for example with a view on creating a european agency for security. on the internet and online as we know it from the

b s. using a voluntary european framework on cyber security for security certifications for example when using a health card germany does support and i'm had as its mutual approach is a little bit skeptical however when it comes to operational activities of these agencies because it could happen quite easily that international authorities and european ones are not carbonated well so we believe that carbonation is essential. to actually is regarded with a little bit of skepticism and ladies and gentlemen. and when it comes to the national database we will be able to connect to europe in a better way and in such a way we will be more capable of fighting terrorist attacks at an earlier stage the attacks of paris are still on our berlin has shown us in a painful way that fighting terrorism also is

a run for and from nation and intelligence. we must be able to prevent attacks and there should be no excuse based. on connected to i.t. systems in iraq. and our nationality would be incredible but give us an illegal for them to live in europe with a deletion of illegal content such as terrorists or gander should be made easier with out and i would like to underline back to touching the basic freedoms of our citizens once again here it shows that europe is not only willing to act but also in a position where europe can protect its citizens and in doing so it lives up to one of the most important promise is the promise of stability and safety and we have a stability promise when it comes to the financial union as well i would like to say it clearly and i think many of you feel that these times are times of change

and many things are happening and i think we are happy and we're lucky to have a common currency in europe the euro and especially for us germans. had a story especially for us here in germany as one of the global the most active nations it is a very high value not to be a country on its own in the forces of financial flows. the stability and crisis resistance of the european economic area will be enhanced this includes nixon in the european stability mechanism for crisis prevention but it also includes progress when it comes to the union of backs and the eurozone budget and you call the french president and myself the federal government and the financial ministers of germany and france and the summer have presented joint

proposals on that and some are on the euro summit that takes place tomorrow we'll see reports on the current state of affairs on this topic no decisions will be made at this point. by the way they meet in an inclusive form at twenty seven plus the member states that do not belong to the euro zone for the federal government it is clear that in the end the overall package for a progress in the current something financial union will have to be right and only then will be agreed but it remains true that in the financial union every nation is responsible for its own budget policy and every nation euro zone is a blind to ensure stability and make reforms in terms of competitive message especially in times of thriving economies.

like somebody action at the same time and we have learned that in a painful way in our economic and currency union we are connected in such a way that national policies do have an effect on other member states as well. balanced budgets are an important prerequisite for good economic development and every single member state a sound financial budget is however also our perquisite for trust in the currency union and here it remains true that we stick to the stability and growth pact and i will do all in my power to make sure that in europe responsibility and solidarity by liability and control will be. two sides of one of the same metal. and you ladies and gentleman crisis resistance in europe is not only true for economic and currency

policy but also for my question policy over the past few weeks and months myself as many other members of the federal government's within the framework of the citizens' dialogue on the future of europe have discussed european political quest. shin's. and in doing so one thing became clear over and over again many citizens in their majority when it comes to refugees and of migration do not want to see one nation going it alone they do not want to shield themselves off but they want to cooperate because they want to preserve the schengen area of freedom of movement which they appreciate and want to maintain. and. it is only right that the european council will deal with. the issues of refugees and migrations we want to find a common position on human trafficking we want to cooperate with third nation ways

and when it comes to sending people back we want to improve we want to have a reinforced mandate for frontex here the idea is different among the individual member states and so as not to wrong expectations i have to say that it's it will not be possible to talk about a fair distribution within the european union because this topic so far remains unsolved ladies and gentlemen of course we want to continue our compilation of the countries of our region and transit countries and my journey in august i have had many discussions on that i have received many very positive incentives and the austrian government will hold another summit we have stakeholders from africa the topic of migration shows us that sustainable solutions on important questions can only be find together in dialogue with the nations

outside of your obvious. we are seeking dialogue not only with african nations but of course with all strategic partners and this is why i am all the more happy that . immediately after the european council in brussels we will have the so-called summit the european asian summit this summit has been a tried and tested forum for twenty year olds that provides a platform for exchange between europe and asia more than the fifty nations take place twenty eight of which come from the rupee and union together with switch to land and norway on the asian so if there are twenty one nations amongst them why china after the united states the second important most important trade partner of the european union and japan with which we have signed a free trade agreement in june of this year if we take a look at this so i have them the political representatives represent two thirds of

the world population the world trade and economic power the headline of this asian summit is a global partners for global challenges and i believe and i think this is not especially important to me that we can send a signal from the summit towards multilateral cooperation to underline our firm believe that this will bring about win win situations and that multilateral cooperation should be developed and then hands in the future. and if we talk to asian countries as it china south korea japan. then of course we meet stakeholders that from a technological point of view a very innovative very dynamic and such are our competitors and this is why but believe it was good news this morning to see that the world economic forum has ranked germany first as

a place of innovation this does not mean that we can rest on how long it's. so who ranks fifth. if we had rank fifth in the f.d.p. would have mentioned it immediately but nevertheless we must not rest on our laurels we still have to improve but nevertheless we want to use the asian summit. connect our economic areas in a better way creating new opportunities here in the slogan is comic to video this is about better fly connections between europe and asia or the connection of our digital networks as well as the opportunity to connect people regions to cities and a better way so as to create new incentives for research for innovation or tourism . thank you. because.

it's ok apparently there still is a sense of the necessary thank you very much. because it is true that the european union stands in for free markets and is against protectionism and this is why i'm all the more pleased that i was on the side of the summit we've also signed a free trade agreement with singapore ladies and gentlemen the european council will also deal with a topic that most of us would have wished to be otherwise which is the withdrawal of the u.k. from the european union which will take place in less than six months over the past few weeks and months that both sides have negotiated intensely both sides have shown in a positive attitude have tried to move towards each other the chief negotiator of

you michel barnier now estimates that ninety percent of the withdraw all agreement are in place and in our six brics a committee of the federal government we also dealt with this question but unfortunately we have to state that the breakthrough on one essential issue has not been made so far and that is the issue of the future of the border between northern ireland of the republic of ireland this is not only about the integrity of the european single market but also about keepin the agreement that was signed twenty years ago the island of ireland and put an end to violence everybody has so far negotiated on an international level knows that the most difficult parts are reserved for the end and here it is about all the details this is why we continue based on our principles we continue as a closed formation of twenty seven countries and we work toward. words

a convincing solution for both sides the chance of. developing the agreement on the tie in is still there and of course it is within our interest. in the relation to the u.k. the german automotive association has underlined of this morning as well and of course it is also within the interest of the citizens of our countries and then i'm next step for the future relations between the rupee and union and the u.k. will have to be put on a new base is our ideas on that already have been discussed with the u.k. but it is not we still have to negotiate it and once again i would like to underline as i have done many times before i wish that even after its withdrawal of u.k. you will stay a close partner for europe on a basis off trust. by the lead

over the past two decades the u.k. has also helped shape your a politically economically culturally at the same time it is part of our responsible and future r.e.m. to do governance to be ready for all scenarios including the possibility that the u.k. will withdraw from the european union without a deal and the federal government we have also started preparing ourselves for that scenario and here a number of very concrete questions arise for example how do we deal with the approximately one hundred thousand u.k. citizens who have been living in germany for sometimes many many years how will we deal with teachers with the british citizenship who are civil servants now how can they continue on what bases how can we prepare our customers offices how can we avoid disadvantages for german c. decisions are german companies in the

u.k. audience. negotiating with the u.k. on these questions and issue does and many others it has to be clear that such in the end there will also be a difference always be a difference between a membership to the european union and a partnership with the european union president of the colleagues these are the topics the european council the european summit and the summit of asian from this evening until friday as you can see these days are marked by big events that we will see in europe next year we want to be ready for that and i would like to ask you for your support on all these fields thank you very much.

if you're just joining us you've been watching chancellor angela merkel delivering an address to the german parliament on the big e.u. summit tonight also on brakes at negotiations the chancellor is heading to that summit with e.u. leaders tonight as they try to strike a bragg's a deal their last official summit before the u.k. leaves the e.u. she said both sides have worked intensely there is a chance for a deal but it's not there yet we have our political correspondent who has been following the story with us here in our studio nina what did you make of what the chancellor had to say here on bags of negotiations what i found interesting first of all that she held a roughly twenty minute address to parliament and only four of those minutes were devoted to breaks it but overall she was in a very positive mood she cracked a lot of jokes that is not your typical anglo-american also but that does ring a mentioning it because it does ring with sort of a more positive attitude towards those brigs that negotiations as well and she's not taking this issue lightly and see highlight it once again many stands for. only

by the side of it's twenty six partners and gemini we have to remember it's always been about the e.u. as a whole and not about bilateral deal with britain so she stressed that again she outlined . government is currently preparing a no deal scenario as well because she says that is only the responsible thing to do she does stress again that the u.k. will remain a solid partner and a reliable partner even after the withdrawal but of course that there needs to be a difference between being an e.u. member and a normal member you said there's no singular german position of course we've heard that from the chancellor time and again there's a european position that being said what is germany's perspective on braggs and how is the government preparing well of course the german government was extremely disappointed after the referendum that britain didn't want to leave and always said from the start that they were going to try and keep britain as a close partner and britain has always been an extremely important partner in all

fields and germany has stressed time and time again the importance of great britain when it comes to for example secures see the issue of security or military cooperation of course britain is also the second strong second most important export market for germany's so there's a lot of trade that's going on but i can foresee that as a cultural exchange that's very vivid and of course the big difficulty is now to to bridge this to keep britain as a close partner and stressing also that they want to continue political cooperation they want to continue trade cooperation etc but at the same time they have to protect the single market and that is what i'm glad necklace said time time again and what is that stake here for germany you know what consequences would a no deal brags that have for germany itself well i'm glad mikel said she outlined just a few of those problems what about those hundred thousand u.k. citizens who live in germany some of them. teachers and have been living here

decades they've got families say we don't know what the solution would be if they don't reach a deal by december which is of course we have to remember that this is the timeline that we're talking about the e.u. needs to find a deal with britain by december to give both parliaments enough time to prepare for that date when britain is due to leave the european union they need three months britain has said it wants to exit by the end of march next year and of course you need a bit of time so said the teaches have no solution and there are companies that are doing trade their companies german companies that are based in the u.k. for all those problems we need to be prepared that if there is no deal by december we need to prepare that they'll just crash out and that would be would be disastrous ok given those consequences one more question what is chancellor merkel looking for tonight she's going to this crucial you summit what is she looking to take away from this deal i'm assuming well you know. some movement and

i'm. actually just voice the same concerns as all the other important players in this debate and also donald tusk the president of the european council said we need to have some sort of a creative solution coming from the u.k. they need to offer a solution how they want to deal with those ten percent that have not been negotiated yet the irish board of said it is like squaring the circle but the e.u. has made an offer they've said how they could envisage a transition period that circled back stop deal and now they see the court firmly interest the maze courts to the board but i'm not sure that she agrees he still waiting for the e.u. to offer some concessions or at our political correspondent nina thank you very much nina. and we've just heard about the german perspective let's look at the european perspective we have our brussels correspondent standing by for us as we've

said germany the e.u. are standing behind one message here but how united is europe behind the message that we've heard from the chancellor today that is really one of the miracles of all in all negative process of britain leaving the e.u. the twenty seven i'll still completely united you've had of course you've heard of course here and there a dissenting voice some who said couldn't we do this or should we do that but overall they really stick together and that's do holds true so what will happen again tonight is that reason may well get a chance to speak to them and we know what that she is going to come was open hens are just opposed to what we just heard from nina to the. demand to come was something come up was a proposal but she will just come was the appeal to the other e.u. leaders telling them please you know let go of your demands it was regard to northern ireland ireland and just sort of move just give us

a break and so that is not going to have money that's that's what we will see in a few hours time we keep talking about this eighty eighty five percent maybe ninety percent of this deal being done the deadlock over the irish border that being said is there optimism for at least some movement towards a breakthrough tonight. no plainly no because there's nothing on the table i mean the way these things work is that european leaders don't decide to on the basis of vague promises or somebody standing up and saying oh come on let's do this or let's do that and please agree to this it's a good solution they need they need a proposal they need something that has been negotiated put on paper and that's what is shite and there is simply nothing after last sunday the sort of half with the almost ready agreement fell through again we're back to square one and we are back to zero in the was regard to northern ireland and this this really difficult border question so no there will be nothing and the best they can achieve is to

keep the door open say ok we wait we still have bit of time we will keep on negotiating and the next date might be the middle of november when we could meet again and then talk again. you know theresa may is in under incredible pressure at home is there any sympathy in brussels for her position. oh yes of course there is i mean pretty much everybody you anybody you talk to says oh she's in a horrible position she's completely boxed in from all sides both by her breaks the tears the hard bricks the tears the soft bricks it is the remainders by the opposition why do you do you the unionists in northern ireland and since few days by the scottish parties so she can't really move at all and the point is that if she were a strong political leader she would no need to take a sword and just sort of cut through this not and just say ok this is what we're going to do and if you don't follow me that's just to that and she is not that person she doesn't dare do it yet maybe she might do it later probably in december

but it still takes time and this laborious and painful process will just drag out for a while everybody sympathizes but everybody also says for that reason that she has a miserables ocean we're not ready to give her presents that's not the point all right as we said barbara conscious time for negotiations e.u. leaders meeting tonight in brussels you'll be following that for us barbara thank you very much. now some other stories making news around the world u.s. secretary of state might pump aoa has met turkish president won in ankara for talks about the disappearance of a saudi journalist jamal khashoggi hasn't been seen since entering the saudi consulate in istanbul two weeks ago turkish officials have alleged she was murdered inside the building. protesters trying to stop women from accessing one of india's most sacred hindu sites have been moved on by police the country's top

court ruled that these subjects about a mile a temple in the southern state of carillon must allow women of all ages to enter a traditionalist syncrude and women are against the ruling. canada has become the second nation after legalized recreational marijuana people there can now buy possess and use small amounts of the drug and legalizing marijuana was a campaign promise of prime minister justin trudeau who says it will protect minors and reduce organized crime. it was one year ago that the so-called islamic state was driven out of russia itself to clear capital in northern syria iraq and now is under the control of kurdish forces but the battle lasted for months and saw thousands killed local militias fought on the ground while u.s. planes bombarded i-s. from the air the city is now free of militants but it lies in ruins our reporters covering and are good to show good visited rock on and embedded trip with the u.s. army a look at how the city and its people are recovering. abdullah is happy to see us

in his classroom it's a place of safety where he can finally learn and play with the children. it's a year since he lost his hand he and his friends found a fridge which had a booby trap inside. there we were playing with it and it exploded two children next to me died and an old man was badly hurt their mother was to buy a piece of shrapnel. two of my friend's daughter and. their. teaches the special class addressing the particular needs of disabled and traumatized children. she wasn't allowed to work at all when the high as were in charge. all she says about that time is that it was hard for everyone i haven't and. we noticed the children freeze up whenever they hear shots and explosions which are

still frequent here a minute here they are they completely unsettled. that i'm meeting with a hole in. the united states funds the class we are on a trip organized by the u.s. army and state department they want to show us what has been achieved since the victory as in russia and they want to encourage small countries to fund the stabilization of the city. the security measures during our visit here in the aca a very very tight there have been several terror attacks over the past months and there are still high as sleeper cells operating in the city. the fight against the so-called islamic state in russia which included u.s. airstrikes destroyed more than seventy percent of the city. there's not much left barely any hospitals homes or anywhere to live and no mains electricity but people

are slowly coming back. we really need work they don't have to work you can't eat or drink work is the most important thing or shovel how much that it luckily some schools are opening again and we were just heard our children my daughter was not allowed to study under i.r.s. now she's in the first grade even though she's older but still she's allowed to study that's not the fact that the u.s. has been giving what it calls stabilization eight to rocka that means clearing mines and rubble repairing buildings and supporting local people but it doesn't mean large scale reconstruction well the united states has said that in terms of rebuilding there can't begin until we've got here reversible progress towards a political solution through the geneva process and so that's what we're looking towards it's. irreversible progress on the political front. the future of syria is being negotiated far away in geneva by the u.n.

sponsored talks there have stalled and in rocka the pressure is on. the longer reconstruction takes to begin says coach shelf council. the greater the danger that i as might regain support among the people. the help offered so far is large but it's not enough meeting with the u.s. representative the council vent their frustration they've heard that us president on a tramp cut about two hundred million dollars from serious stabilisation ate. them and those who destroyed the city should rebuild it and what will we expect the coalition of the united states to help us with this they promised they would. for now it's projects like this that the civil council is focusing on repairing rak us infamous stadium. the foreman a match tells us islamic state terrorists carrot out mass executions here and there

they tortured hundreds of civilians in the cellars. i hope that the stadium will be full again one day and the people will come and play sports here again. like they did before the i.a.s. took control that's what we're hoping for. the first two per game surge you to take place here in a couple of weeks they could offer brief respite from everyday life in the ruins of rocca. montenegro's government has proposed fining people if they don't stand during performances of the country's national anthem the government says it wants to ensure people's respect for montenegro's identity by fining people up to two thousand euros montenegro is a small nation in the balkans it occurred in. penzance in two thousand and six splitting away from the larger serbia after a referendum but there's still a sizeable serbian minority in montenegro many of whom think the two countries

shouldn't have gone their separate ways so critics of the legislation and many serbs believe the proposed fine could stir up ethnic tensions. many montenegrins feel compelled to stand when they hear the national anthem bright dawn of my butt soon if the government has its way people who don't rise when it's performed in public could face a fine of up to two thousand euros. but. those who do not want to stand up during our anthem will have to pay a fine we will not force anyone to stand up but every time he or she does not stand up they will pay a penalty. the proposed changes are to an existing law on state symbols that would also require public institutions funded by the state to keep the country flag permanently displayed on their buildings or pay a fine of up to twenty thousand euros. the plans approving popular with many on the

streets of the country's capital because it's. desirable to respecting the state and symbols is like taking care of your family. you contravenes you did you can pm firms who tell us that. the country where you live should be respected the fine is too small molecules. on the other hand many say the law is a clear attempt to push majority culture on minority groups. are they trying to force their ideas on others there's no need for that h. minority in montenegro no matter how big or small it is has its own viewpoint on the end for me going to switch off the. others even doubt the legality of the change i'm not amused to cheat oh sure this is a violation of the constitution. because it clearly prescribes what freedoms are freedom of expression freedom of speech written word pictures and more. the former

yugoslav republic is in the middle of lengthy talks to join the european union but critics say these changes don't fit the block's democratic values something which could complicate those negotiations even further. ok we're going to return now to that breaking news story we brought you at the top of the show at least ten people are reported dead and dozens injured in a bomb blast on the russian annexed crimea peninsula the explosion tore through a technical college in the black sea port city of carriage now the school provides vocational training to teenage pupils at the kremlin says it believes the blast could be a terrorist attack and has ordered an investigation. let's get more details now with our moscow correspondent emily show one who is tracking the latest developments for us hi emily what reports are you hearing. well what we do know at the moment is that this was a horrible act of violence as you said the amount of dead and injured is not quite clear yet reports at the moment are saying that around ten people died dozens were

injured russian media citing around seventy five people but we have to wait and see to get those numbers confirmed of course and rescue services are on site in the russian media there are videos of ambulances of people being loaded into ambulances at college it's unclear as yet what happened what we do know is that there was an explosion and then there are various witness reports of perhaps a bottle having been thrown perhaps a molotov cocktail it seems some witnesses are saying that they heard gunshots before the explosion and the director of the school has even talked about several men coming into the school opening doors of classrooms and killing everyone they saw we don't know what actually happened yet that's important to say at this point but it does seem like a horrible violent acts that we see here as you've been speaking we've been looking

at some if your is to be initial images from the scene of rescue vehicles at the scene there as we just mentioned moscow says this may have been an act of terror what more are authorities saying about that well initially the reports were saying in the initial reports as well that this was a gas explosion but the national anti-terrorist committee soon said that it was actually an explosive device and now the investigative committee in russia has actually opened an investigation into this act as a terrorist attack so that does seem to be the official version at the moment. sure we're not tracking the latest for us there in moscow and we thank you. ok to sports now and in football world champions france came from behind to be germany two one in the nation's league the loss is another blow for germany who has struggled since an early exit at the world cup it's now their worst calendar year ever with six defeats in two thousand and eighteen but under fire germany culture

radically shook up the team and their style of play and germany did look better. twenty crores gave germany an early lead from the penalty spot it was a boost for a young side which saw five changes and one griezmann levelled after the break with a stunning header let it go madrid man wasn't done yet a spot kick ten minutes from time sealed the two one win for france. it was your team loves fourth loss in six competitive games but he was upbeat about his new team and new tactics. i'm disappointed about the result even if this defeat feels different from the loss last saturday against the dutch for gunners i'm struck not because of the result but because of our performance which i must say was great because you know course article. it is the first time since two thousand that germany have lost consecutive competitive matches france meanwhile the wrong cause for the nations league

semifinals. you feel social the. there's a difference between the sides we are full of confidence and we know that confidence brings success the german team have less confidence and so a less efficient when defeat. germany's nations league hopes are over of still needs a win in november the last group game at home to the dutch another defeat could risk the end of his long tenure. right monica here in monica not very good news for car manufacturers herald hard sales are collapsing in europe another another four to certainly for the german industry but is also a problem in europe soon the european cars sales faltered in september that is all to make a struggling to meet the demands of a new tough a e.u. emissions test folks bottom sales in europe fell almost fifty percent for the month the christ and rain also a declines of closer to thirty percent the new worldwide harmonised live a contest became mandatory on september the first forcing some comic has to put the

brakes on delivery while awaiting certification. and for more let's cross over to only by standing by for us on the streets of frank firstly what caused this dramatic slump in sales how much of that is really down to the new emissions test i think most is down to the new emissions test when you look at the numbers for the european car sales from january to september they're up by two and a half percent and now suddenly they're down by this huge margin the auto industry says it was just surprised by all the parameters that had to test for all the different models and that now it's just taking huge amounts of time volkswagen c.e.o. have it is said recently they're working at full capacity and more in order to meet these test criteria and why is the test so expensive well test things that weren't tested before it really measures fuel consumption and emissions it's supposed to at least an average daily driving different speeds braking acceleration stops it takes

all this into account and the car manufacturers have to also take into account the testing for each and every model you see the cars whizzing by here i but each and every one has to be tested individually because they all have different engines transmission weight and optional what i owe well a lot of hurdles to overcome in frankfurt thank you so much. what makes an economy competitive and how does your a country compared to the rest of the world all these other questions research as of the world economic forum have spent months trying to say now the results and some of the findings might surprise you. it's a highly coveted tree that gives one country an edge over another and now thanks to a study by the world economic forum the most competitive economies in the world have been revealed the study's authors looked at a variety of factors including innovation and how dynamic a country's business environment is they were also interested in technological

readiness as well as the state of a country's health and education systems. so who came out on top let's take a look at the results. coming in at number one is the world's biggest economy the united states it's good especially high on the business dynamism measure number two might surprise you it singapore a country of just five million people it's defining competitive feature was openness third prize for competitiveness goes to germany which did especially well in the area of innovation the other top performers were mainly in europe with japan and hong kong standing out in asia. but the report suggests that even top performers should not rest on their laurels while the united states gained a lot of points for its dynamic entrepreneurial culture the study points out that it did relatively badly on other measures like health. health adjusted life expectancy that is the number of years a person can expect to stay healthy is only sixty seven years in the us that's

three years below the average of advanced economies. this is what coming up at the top of the alah see you then. i started to house a. hundred german streets on the dollar. they make a commitment. they find. they inspire. africa on the mud. stories.