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this is you don't really was live from berlin shakur rest tarring this one executive carlos' gone is arrested in japan the man who turned their sons fortunes around now stands accused of underreporting millions of dollars of income and misusing company money also coming up. risking jail for freedom hong kong's pro-democracy leaders go on trial for their roles in the umbrella protests that defined china and brought the city to a standstill in twenty fourteen. and forced to relieve themselves where
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ever they can more than half the world's population doesn't have an access doesn't have access to a toilet in the nigerian to make a city of lagos it's become a health hazard and a business opportunity. to longside to get hard al first from our business team thank you so much for your company everyone well we start with the unfolding developments in japan where in this song boss karl is gone has been arrested on suspicion of underreporting millions of dollars in pay and engaging in what the company called other significant misconduct when this song says it's called a board meeting for thursday to approve guns dismissal as chairman of the company while the brazilian born gone has led japan second largest carmaker since two thousand and one. he's a credited with leading
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a dramatic turnaround at nissen over the last two decades. are the news hit like a bombshell get out first i introduce to you at the beginning of the show from our business desk this is so huge his arrest what are markets making of this bombshell investors of course are not happy very predictably renault shares tumbled twelve percent. at some point during the day in paris recovering later but ending at nine percent so that was a pretty significant drop and investors are not only worried about you know the couple of million that are missing already under reports is that it's called chicken feed but it's not a huge it doesn't sort of reflect on the on the on the on the huge drop in the market prices mainly that if somebody like go on. such an important figure has been found out about this kind of misconduct investors war what else is going on
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and this is why is president control i mean he's tainted goods and basically have this moment all right let's talk about the man in the eye of the storm who is colace khan and he's quoted quite a flamboyant and quite a significant figure twenty years ago he was after helping to turn around back to provide profitability rhino the mother company then of innocence sent him to japan to turn that failing company that ms sun was at the time to turn it around and they gave him like two three years to do this he did it in one year so you really he's a very very successful manager he was a proper star one of those rare star managers that you that you sometimes find in the world of business and yet not only a very charismatic figure here as you. mentioned he really can turn around the company and we'll have of course full coverage of that story a bit later indeed of you. business with them and it's been awesome we look forward
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to that thank you thank you garrett all right we're going to head to hong kong are right now where the trial has gotten underway against the leaders of large scale pro-democracy protests if convicted they face seven years in prison while more than one hundred democracy activists gathered outside court to show their support for the defendants carrying the umbrellas identified with the protesters were four years ago you may recall tens of thousands took to the streets for nearly three months to protest against interference by china in hong kong elections all the defendants in the case have pleaded not guilty the trial is scheduled to last for about three weeks and we met with one of the activists before he went to court. john king mon keeps running while he still has the chance he took up the sport when it became clear that he was due to stand trial the so she professor and activist faces three counts of what authorities call inciting public nuisance i think it is
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my priority to do on this then it is important to to my zero fellow support the up . why i guess this is the important thing a good spirits when we are facing the trial he expects to be sentenced to seven years in jail john is considered one of the masterminds of the umbrella protests of twenty fourteen. the umbrellas are a symbol for passive resistance to the hong kong police during a seventy nine day sit in demanding free or elections. however the protests failed since then the political sands have shifted in the city. the government is now taking more action against unwelcome views human rights groups call it a campaign of intimidation by the chinese authorities. they're sending a clear signal that the. that the space for civil society
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to raise sensitive questions about hong kong's future in hong kong is is to treat. the public prosecutor's office refused to speak to doit chevelle about chance upcoming trial john himself is pessimistic more protest events have been canceled and a foreign journalist has also been expelled i don't see any of this in the near future that we could get democracy this is the time to be friends i'll sell to defend our existing freedom and our rights and we need to strengthen our civil society. john kinman expects to be convicted but for now he runs while he's still free. well earlier i spoke to joshua he is an opposition politician and was also jailed for his part in the two thousand and fourteen umbrella revolution and
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he told a good of you news that he doesn't think beijing is allowing freedom of speech in hong kong i believe if china really on or on the one country two systems because this is principle already erodes and to be one country one and a half system and when we recognize the system of paul and of course it isn't all my home tongue is come from the international treaties signed by will pay and try to government international treaty serial ports as john decoration i believe international committee must keep bites keep their eyes in hong kong your view on what's going on in this international finance so center. joshua long speaking to me a little earlier from hong kong all right want to bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world british prime minister theresa may has been making the case for her brags that would draw agreement to a conference of business leaders she told them of the deal allows skills not nationality to drive immigration policy ukraine's that negotiated we should ban
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years says the remaining twenty seven e.u. member states believe the draft agreement is quote workable. eighteen saudi citizens are to be banned from entering europe's visa free zone because of their suspected involvement in the killing of journalists democracy german foreign minister berlin issued the ban after consultation with france and the u.k. saying there were still more questions than answers about the case. and saudi arabia's king solomon has reiterated support for un efforts to end the war in yemen when it comes as yemen's who theme rebels say they will halt attacks on the saudi let's military coalition if the saudis and their allies also agree to a cease fire. what about as a volcano of fire has erupted forcing thousands of people living nearby to be
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evacuated from the area disaster coordinators have issued a red alert in june around two hundred people were killed when it erupted and covered entire villages and lava and rubble. the u.n. today has been highlighting the global health costs that stem from a lack of toilets more than half the world's population's population doesn't have access to a toilet well the situation is especially bad in nigeria and as you know use it or increase found out some people are managing to cash in on the crisis. you can see them everywhere in lagos people relieving themselves outdoors in the open one of every four nigerians has no access to a proper toilet it's been sued because farce what you do is you go to the. extras ourselves. the way they relieve themselves is disturbing to those of us
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living here because out in the open everyone can see them the government should at least building so we can see them. fight. it's very difficult for us we have to go to the river to some woman who inside and then poured into the river it's not good. twenty million people live in this overcrowded mega city bad hygiene and the lack of sufficient toilets are in danger in people's health in the poorer districts ironically more people have access to mobile phones than toilets. these kind of warnings can be found all over lagos yet so many people are ignoring it because there's no i turn to tips but the lack of toilets is also an opportunity for some business people near a bus station jeremiah jerry installed some port a potties now he makes about thirty euros a day number one costs ten cents number two will cost you twenty five cents is it
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good business because. you where you came here you want easier say if you want to be a meeting you to receive you from there. disagrees and you really need to say oh my guess is something to most of the time you see them are sad really see these images here can let me just like to ease and i say feel it necessary for imagine more if you begin to feel it gradually gradually you reach your kid to displace this is where jarius toilets are produced one reckon while this company is the only one in nigeria that builds mobile the toilets it employs thirty one people and business is booming with a population of almost two hundred million nigeria provides a huge market for his product still i can while it is troubled by the current situation and says the government alone is not to blame but we need to begin to
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change the orientation of the mentality of people because even if you see just about a dozen people know that if you even told them that there are those who tell you would you prefer to go into the bush that if they do love. the bridge you bring the does the mentality which is no good for us so our cities don't just absolutely just need to put on disk. strict measures to stop all this open dedication and sanitation the governments did scrape an emergency plan but up until now almost nothing has changed the toilet crisis in lagos obviously remains a problem that needs an audience solution. all right to football now where jeremy have been relegated from the time division of the nation's league but there is still a lot at stake in tonight's match against the netherlands the dutch can qualify for the final four with a point while germany coach sure he knows needs a strong performance from his team as he's trying to show the world that are
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a viable is on the horizon temperatures have plummeted in germany. is hoping to reignite the fire in his team after a disastrous year a convincing win over the netherlands would help germany get back on track. on sheer it was a difficult year there were a lot of disappointments torsional behalf that the year got off to a poor start with defeats to brazil and then austria team management were also criticised for the way they dealt with meza a controversial meeting with turkish president. and then came the embarrassing first round exit at the world cup the germany coach also faced criticism for being too slow to implement change. it's important to learn lessons from years like this and then take action what can be done better and one of the solutions to. this is what the future could look like a union brand and says. players born in one thousand nine hundred five or ninety
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six you're sure kimmage is the same age and has already played for germany thirty seven times that is all mine and. it's my goal to improve and take responsibility but the coach doesn't come to me and ask for advice. he has a lot more experience than. the she lived in magazine. also has more experience he's one of only half a dozen world cup winners left in the squad he's on the verge of his hundredth appearance for germany. said they were top of the brave but thomas miller is always here and gives everything for the team he's almost played one hundred games in a row. he deserves a lot of respect and if he plays against the netherlands then you get a beer from a after the game and sort of the invites. but. it's not
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exactly champagne but nobody expects that after the year that germany have had. good luck to them i'm a little rock n roll in the garret alpha's it is up next with more on that shock arrest of an executive carlos guy and i see them at the top of the hour. they make a commitment. they find solutions. they can strive for.

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