this is d w news live from berlin who's behind the mail bomb plot aimed at critics of u.s. president trump u.s. investigators search a postal facility near miami as they homing in on a culprit and they are warning more bombs might be out there. also coming up a breakthrough in relations between japan and china as their leaders need to repair ties and to strain despite ongoing tensions and should the soul to god be a crime in ireland. no need for search for gold. gold just meters.

gold has no smoke. today the country votes on whether to remove a blasphemy law that even the catholic church says is obsolete and africa's only current female head of state somehow works out dave has just been sworn in as president of ethiopia and she's running one of the world's few gender balance governments. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a manhunt is under way in the united states as authorities hunt for the creator and sender of a series of pipe bombs investigators are now focusing on a postal center near miami florida officials say they believe some of the packages were mailed from there the devices were addressed to prominent democratic polity.

missions and critics of president donald trump police have seized ten devices and warns that more could be out there but just two weeks before the midterm elections a debate has ruptured over who is to blame for the country dangerous political climate. it's called the t.c.b. a total containment vehicle the spherical chamber is designed to contain the blast of a. t.c.b. has seen a lot of action in the past few days as one pipe bomb after another is discovered in the us mail. all of them addressed to prominent targets of right wing outrage. among the targets former democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton former president barack obama as well as his vice president joe biden and actor robert deniro an outspoken critic of president donald trump. as forensic teams search for the sender authorities fear the list of targets could keep growing. the new york

police department tweeted instructions for identifying a package bomb should another be found in the mail. we have to treat them as. live devices and this is a protocol that our bomb squad people use and it keeps everybody says it is unclear if the pipe bombs were wired to explode some have speculated that they were just meant to sow fear among critics ahead of midterm elections in less than two weeks time. for congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz the fear was real one device arrived at her office in florida we will never be cowed into submission by people who hate never. have well culprit and motive for remain unknown critics have blamed his divisive rhetoric for inspiring me attack. trump has repeatedly called

his political opponents evil and often refers to the media as quote the enemy of the people he recently praised a republican politician for body slamming a journalist. in response to the criticism trump has pointed the finger back at the media to debate likely won't subside before voters go to the polls on november sixth. and her husband following events in washington and sent us this assessment it's been an unnerving past few days in the u.s. with pipe bombs being sent to prominent political figures all over the country all of whom have been the target of president transfer torkel attacks in the past however bad the american political discourse was before it's now gotten worse descending into actual political violence as the investigation continues the question of motive or man's was this person or these people actually trying to kill or maim someone were they just trying to send a message or are they simply an internet troll who took

a joke too far the fact remains the us is now a country where this sort of thing happens and with these midterm elections coming up in the last point the finger at the right the right point the finger right back political divisions have become even more deeply entrenched and now we have to wonder how do we move on from here. that was my affair in washington and other news japanese prime minister shinzo abbay is in china for the first official visit in seven years against a backdrop of trade friction with the united states the asian rivals are working to build closer ties abbate was welcomed by chinese premier they came young in beijing the two that held talks aimed at increasing economic cooperation and signed a broad range of agreements ave hailed it as a historic turning point in the relationship between china and japan ave is due to meet with chinese president xi jinping later today. for more let's bring in correspondent mathias pull into who is standing by in beijing is this indeed

a historic start turning point to us it certainly is for mr abi just a few years ago he has been labeled unwelcome by beijing mr are being has been pursuing an increasingly nationalist politics and his reluctance to address the country's wartime cost has made him not very welcome in beijing on the other side japan is wary of china's new assertiveness and its military expansion in the south china sea so both sides have been increasing nationalistic ties have deteriorated and both had to swallow quite a bit of their pride in order to make this meeting possible how much this china's relationship with the united states weigh in here. well donald trump might not be the only reason for this meeting but he says sure is a major reason. china is of course. about what is going to happen

to international trade so it's trying to strengthen its ties with other countries japan might also be a bit concerned because the u.s. has been a very reliable partner to for japan in the last fifty years and this might change with donald trump mathias what else is on the agenda. money is on the agenda business the two countries are very important trade partners for each other so there are quite a few deals being being closed during this meeting. in beijing thank you thank you. you're watching news still to come congratulations madam president ethiopia's first ever female head of state has just been sworn in and she also happens to be africa's only current woman president we'll find out what she stands for. but

first let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world and earthquake close to the greek island of zaki feel good keep us excuse me as rattled western greece and damaged buildings the quake hit overnight and carried a force of six point eight according to the european seismological center a few people have been treated for minor injuries. german chancellor angela merkel has told the king of saudi arabia that he must provide quote rapid and transparent clarification about the death of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in a phone call to the king condemned his killing and said that germany and international partners are ready to act if the kingdom fails to provide full details. at least eight hundred people mostly students and teachers have been killed in flash floods that hit near george instead see the group was on a school trip when their bus was washed away police managed to rescue more than thirty people they were moved to hospitals in the area. in china fourteen children

have been wounded after a knife wielding woman launched an attack on a kindergarten it happened in the city of chongqing police arrested thirty nine year olds whose motive is not yet known the country has seen a surge in school knife attacks in recent years. and ireland blasphemy is still a serious crime that carries heavily heavy penalties but like many of the country's religious traditions that could be about to change irish voters are heading to the polls today to elect a new president and they're also being asked to decide whether blasphemy laws should be removed from the constitution surprisingly the issue is uniting both catholics and atheists one man has been fighting the law for years. the christian god is an evil maniac for giving babies bone cancer jews are over for the devil all i said was the peace of halliburton was good enough for jehovah

blasphemous statements like peace could come at a high cost literally up to twenty five thousand euros to be precise micronutrient atheist island is complaining of dublin shopping zone piece informing irish voters about a long standing law that could soon be history if you say only thing that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by only religion i'm cause over age by doing so then that's a criminal offense the need to dublin one has been fighting the paragraph and islands constitution for years. he thinks it should have been removed a long time ago. it's a mediæval crime it's been added into our constitution in nineteen thirty seven when ordered was a competent very. country. it was. just ten years ago so it's a mess for any number of reasons and the sooner that we get rid of it the better. but since the law was implemented no one has ever been convicted of blasphemy even

the catholic church called the law outdated. and audience church in dublin sees one simple reason for that. there's no need for. me to. god is not mocked. not everyone agrees. the islamic cultural center things throwing out the blasphemy class will threaten the freedom of all people. we have a wide diversity of various communities residing in. this kind of. references in our legislation is not to defend religion but it is to defend respect among people of all face and people off no face still it looks likely that my conviction and his group will finally get their way recent polls show that just twenty percent of likely voters i favor of keeping

island suppress free long. for more let's bring in. affairs analyst martin who joins us here in the studio good morning martin andy blasphemy laws this really sounds like a thing of the past is this just an irish phenomenon no it's not actually it's not a thing of the past at all i mean it's something that you see across europe germany has article hundred sixty six in the constitution and in their criminal code denmark. blasphemy laws italy has blasphemy laws. the constitutional provision in debate. famously i mean over the last twenty four or forty eight hour words the european court of human rights has actually justified austria which had actually find a woman for political activists from the far right for insulting prophet mohammad under the provisions of the us really law and also to add to that we know that the british comedian stephen fry he gave an irish interview a few years back it got him reported to police for blasphemy we actually have

a clip of that interview so i'd like to play it and then get your reaction after suppose it's all true and you walk up to the pearly gates and you are confronted by god stephen fry say to him or or it i was basically. there's a field of. cancer in children what's that about. how dare you create a world in which there is such misery that is not all filled. in the end police dropping the investigation into that statement there but martin i mean ultimately though who decides who is to decide what is blasphemy is to actually very interesting because it's a very old philosophical argument which produce evil and this was going to her to be actually an extremely offensive argument people were burned and were excommunicated for it and it took a lot of blood and a lot of political political movement structurally. the possibility of saying things that religious sensibilities could find offensive the problem the moment

that you're actually into that to retirees what you're actually suggesting is that the state should be in the business of deciding what is religiously appropriate or religiously not or turn state authority to religious how authorities and this of course something that most among christians would never find acceptable. we are in a very particular situation because the new arrival to this discussion in europe which has actually very strong positions as to what constituted respect and lack of respect and what sort of the political force of that is so i think that these are only elements that are people are trying to balance those question in it's actually a discussion that he's quite elated how do you think that the referendum today will end up is this now the beginning of the end for this blasphemy law it does seem you know the polls are showing that the essential yes removing this provision from the constitution is the one that he said head and in fact that would follow the trend of irish secularization of the last twenty years. even if that case i think the

question about blasphemy in the public sphere and as to whether europe us hall will take the position that we're not allowed to say things that insult people it's really just sensibilities it's very much we does and it's very much here to stay i want to talk a little bit more about it and i think you alluded to we mentioned it in the p. the catholic church in ireland is not a fan of the law but we have the islamic community by and large generally speaking a fan of it very many you make of that well i mean this is actually something that has been brewing for many many years actually gulf states who are very much involved in the may have nots two thousand and three two thousand and four in trying to convince european governments are actually both in enforcing blasphemy laws particularly to protect muslim religious sensibilities the issue here is that we cannot have a double standard structure for adjudicating the way in which we permit ourselves you're talking public if we're going to be allowed to say things about the christian god then we should also be allowed to talk about other theological disposition religious affairs correspondent martin jacques ahead of this vote thank

you so much. now to ethiopia where the parliament has sworn in the country's first female president so how that works out day is africa's only current female head of state the unanimous vote in favor of her comes just days after ethiopian lawmakers approved one of the world's few gender balanced cabinets with women making up a full fifty percent of ministers reformers are hoping that the changes at the top will help the country build a more equal and prosperous society. ethiopia's first female president gets an enthusiastic welcome from members of parliament exudate is an experienced diplomat she's expected to serve two six year terms as head of state for the east african country home to the continent's second biggest population it's a largely ceremonial post but the new president wants to use it to champion gender equality she believes it's the key to the country's future prosperity one may not

see it what you are in my presidency my main focus will be to maintain peace by mobilizing the women of. peace loving men and all the peaceful peoples of the world . earlier this month ethiopia's prime minister abby ahmed appointed a new cabinet half its members are women female ministers now oversee the crucial defense trade and industry portfolios it's a fundamental change for impoverished ethiopia where domestic violence remains widespread and polygamy persists in some areas and activists say it will take more than just changes at the top to bring about a more equal society women's political participation to me as well as beyond a cabinet positions its participation at all levels and the participation of women who have never been in politics before women as voters women as candidates women as

members of civil society and opinion makers women in media all of this works towards women's meaningful women's political participation ethiopians are hoping their new look leaders like newly sworn in presidents day can lay the foundations for political reform and a brighter future. more news now it is rumblings in the tech sector we're starting with our next that's true cooling growth actually has knocked off to one hundred billion dollars of amazon google's market capitalization in after hours trading on thursday as investors fear their strong runs on revenue could be coming to an end soon and that's despite amazon posting its best ever quarterly profits net income of two point nine billion dollars represents a ten fold increase over the same period last year the figures were bolstered by the amazon web services subsidiary at the same time it was its outlook for the crucial fourth quarter which includes christmas retail sales fell short of

expectations. moving on to another internet giant alphabet the parent company of google its shares fell as much as five percent after its disappointing third quarter earnings the company's twenty seven point two billion dollars revenue failed to meet market expectations google's advertising business grew slower than expected from july to september while its costs rose the internet giant is paid paying more to the distribution partners over its search engine smartphone makers like apple that means it now has to generate even more revenue from its business. that's bringing in the brits at the frankfurt stock instance fall both companies have posted better year on year profits while investors so ruthlessly ditching them . they are just because the expectations are really high on both of those they are a group part of a special group called fang sounds really dangerous but it's really just an

abbreviation for facebook amazon netflix and google and these for tech companies have been driving this bull market this upward moving market for the past years they've been the strong leaders there along with apple and microsoft and most importantly they've been reliable so expectations were really high and reliability was very high and now they have not met analyst expectations so something seems to be off year and that is spilling over also to europe here in frankfurt were amazon has also traded at last five percent and dragged down netflix and facebook along with it. we've seen a couple of stalls crash after earnings with balls not just the big play is there a. there actually is you can see a lot of companies fall when they. post lower guidance so there their outlook for

the future is dim and a lot of companies have said that the reason why they have a lower guidance is because they've got more worries about china and trade with china weighing on their business overall but of course we also have individual reasons especially with google it has a host of problems right now it's facing a new european regulation data regulation and is also faced with a big antitrust fine in the u. that's forcing it now to make for mobile phone makers paid for pre-install ing their software bundle on phones because of thank you very much. i would call those. mentioned that google has other problems one of them is actually coming under fire for giving a ninety million dollars severance package to a senior management figure who was forced to resign for sexual misconduct in

response to the criticism google has fired forty eight people for sexual harassment in the last two years alone among them thirteen senior managers. in turkey now despite of recent tensions germany's economics minister wants to improve bilaterally konami ties pay to our miles currently meeting political and business figures that so expressed concern over the developments and the german companies he says would like to invest in turkey but i worried about the rule of law. last year pitta out my visit to turkey as the head of the chancellor's office in the hope of gaining the release of german nationals who berlin considers to be political prisoners the. now economy minister he no longer wants to discuss that issue in public instead focusing on german business interests in turkey. there are issues that friends ought to discuss in private in order to find

solutions not in the public sphere. just yet. turkish economic growth is slowing and ankara is eager to attract more german investment out miles turkish counterpart bear out. the son in law of president elder yuan says strong economic ties will help pave the way to greater political cooperation. but turkey's questionable judicial rulings have not gone unnoticed by out miles' delegation. german companies are interested in investing here but we need to be certain that the rule of law prevails. of course we're talking about new investment in the rule of law we want to know that our investments are safe. a joint german turkish trade commission was established on thursday to settle potential business disputes despite continuing condemnation of turkey's human rights situation german companies are reluctant to lose a market comprising eighty million people. ride sharing company suffered

a defeat in spain on thursday in the close vote the spanish parliament set a ratio of rights sharing vehicles to traditional taxes in spanish cities and more favor to the latter but companies like say there is a silver lining for companies too because regulators have given them four years to adjust to the changes. celebrations erupt even a tear of joy is shed taxi drivers gathered outside spain's parliament as the vote was brought to the floor. spanish lawmakers gave the kevvy is what they had waited for a resolution regulating based right hailing services in four years time only one right hailing the call will be permitted thirty taxis. oh i. sat there today the first stone has been laid and from now on to gether we will begin to

build the foundations of a taxi service that nobody will knock down in any court of law rather than that of any group because of the new law comes close to a cease fire agreement spain has proven to be a fraught market for the sharing economy with regulators often backing traditional businesses still the disrupters keep trying their luck. what the decree says is that over the next four years nothing can be done right helling services cannot be touched and therefore we have four years over which we can work peacefully in addition to the extension provided by the ministry of transport so it's good news because above all jobs are being protected. issuing new licenses will be left to local authorities who will ultimately be responsible for integrating internet platforms like ober and air b.n. b. into spain's economy. the world's billionaires became twenty percent. richer last year according to a report by u.b.s.

and price waterhouse coopers they continued to grow in number two two thousand one hundred fifty eight people around the globe have now cumulated more than one billion dollars of wealth together they're worth up to eight point nine trillion dollars most of them still live in north america and western europe has now lost the second spot to the greater china region which includes hong kong and taiwan china proposed home to more than three hundred billion as the vast majority of them self-made entrepreneurs. because in the city of london were in for a bit of a surprise on thursday when they. the walls outside their offices one of the tallest buildings in london allowable back claimed climb to the top off the two hundred thirty meter high skies but using just chalk and muscle power when he reached the top climate known as the french spider-man was from theorists to by

police for public nuisance. and i have to remind all the top stories we're covering for you here to tell us investigators are hunting for the source of a series of mail bombs are focusing on the postal center in miami they believe several of the devices may have been processed that police have now reported ten unexploded pipe bomb sent to critics of president bill truck. you're watching the news live from berlin more news coming at the top of the hour don't forget to check out our web site for all the latest news and information thank you very much for joining us.

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