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this is news coming to you live from berlin a glimmer of hope for yemen the warring sides closer to peace talks raising hopes of an end to the devastating war that has pushed millions to the brink of starvation. also coming up a stunning fall from grace. one of the world's most influential executives is arrested in japan he's accused of underreporting millions of dollars of income. and the tennis world hails a new star twenty one year old german alexander wins the a.t.p.
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finals for the first time beating the world number one. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us international pressure is growing on the warring parties in yemen to bring that country's bitter conflict to an end the who the rebels have agreed to stop their missile attacks and signaled a willingness for a wider ceasefire the iranian group has been putting the saudi backed government for nearly four years the united nations is looking to get all sides to the negotiating table to end a war that has triggered the world's worst humanitarian crisis. for yemenis young and old a ceasefire can't come soon enough as many as eighteen million people more than half the country a close to starvation four years of conflict has brought yemen to its knees.
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than myname our own we have no shelter we have nothing we don't even have water our children are sick. doctors just can't keep up with the number of malnourished patients. than us that we receive twenty five malnutrition cases every single week a capacity here is very limited and marcus ahead by that is the area of us if they can. but on monday some hope for a visibly broken country the yemeni government said it would attend un brokered peace talks. on the other side whose the rebels said they'd stop all military operations including firing missiles on saudi arabia the yemeni government and major baca tentative steps from both sides. you.
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standing by yemen is not an option but a duty to support the yemeni people in confronting the aggression of the rainy and backed militias. we support the un's efforts to end the war in yemen. in the key battleground of data and rest by sin fighting for now but yemen needs a long term plan for peace and after the last round of talks broke down that will be a major challenge. so many arabia is coming under increasing international pressure over the killing of dissident journalists. germany has announced eighteen saudi citizens are to be banned from entering europe's these are free showing in travels over their suspected involvement in the killing let's listen to what foreign minister had to say. as a conference and it's in the past few days we've worked very closely with our
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french and british friends and we've decided that germany will register a ban on entry on eight hundred saudi citizens who are presumably connected to this case in the schengen information system. for months once is to those close agreements in the european union in this case at the weekend we said that we expect more steps towards clearing up this issue. we'll pay close attention to that and we reserve the right to take further steps over parts of. germany's foreign minister heiko must there let's bring in our political correspondent kate brady kate what is germany hoping to achieve with this ban on saudi nationals well basically germany is looking for says at the moment they're saying the investigations of just give a more provide more questions than answers and so it's simply just not satisfied with the results of these investigations and as we heard that from the foreign minister heikal mass jimmy has said it still retains the right to then impose even
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further measures so they scored just be the start of course germany has also now halted arms exports to saudia arabia as well so there could still be more measures to come until germany decides these suffice ok so germany has imposed this ban help me understand how it actually works i think there are eighteen saudi nationals who are associated with this case are banned from coming not only into germany but from the entire passport showing in zone in europe poses for exactly said those twenty six member states in the shannon zone twenty two of those are also part of the european union basically any of these twenty six states of which germany is one can unilaterally impose a ban on anyone that they consider to be a security risk because we had gone from high school must a german foreign minister that he had been working closely with the u.k. and france france as well and now thinking about whether they're also going to impose sanctions civil a sanctions as germany or is particularly unusual in this case is that germany has
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imposed so many bans on so many people in one fell swoop and that is quite unusual particularly when it comes to a delicate case such as this one that is germany making this announcement not you know not any other showing in country france i guess was participating but it effects them all. just one quick. how significant is this development for german saudi relations every day is quite significant of course the domestic relations diplomatic relations between the two you had radio and you just go back off the ground again at the beginning of autumn of the beginning of september and they had been relations have been quite frosty for the best of a yes this was very significant paper only for our political desk thank you so much . now a big player in japan the chairman of the alliance of nissan renault and mitsubishi motors carlos ghosn has been arrested on suspicion of underreporting is in calm and
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engaging in what the company called other significant misconduct speaking earlier this afternoon nissan c.e.o. said he had called a board meeting for thursday to approve dismissal as chairman of the company on suspicion of understating his salary in japan by forty four million dollars over five years starting in two thousand and eleven for. well before now carlos ghosn was seen as a star car manager credited with leading a dramatic turnaround it needs on over the last two decades rescuing it from near bankruptcy. carlos ghosn is regarded as one of the most dazzling manages in the automotive business after all he has the partnership of redeye mitsubishi on nissan and his belt. but he's been under investigation for months now
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. the japanese carmaker says an internal investigation shows guy underreported his income for several years. goan is also said to have used company money privately nissan's board of directors now needs to decide whether it will dismiss him as the head of the japanese comic. according to the japanese newspaper asahi gun is cooperating with authorities and has already been questioned. has been called the cost killer since his time at the top of run i and some credit him with bringing. the body to success after years of high losses and debts. for now let's bring in heavier get us from business to be a big man falls from grace there his name carlos gone is synonymous with nissan but he's also mr renault how big of a figure is carlos going in
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a car history well he is an extremely well known figure because he's a very controversial personality if you will and also has an interesting biography being a brazilian being born in brazil and chile and having led companies in france and also in japan and he's also considered the architect of this big fusion that was controversial as well and some say was decisive to even let the company go into the future he also made something happen that is extremely difficult that is combining corporate cultures if you consider how difficult it is for the likes of airbus for example here in europe having to work with european countries that are let's say culturally closer to just imagine how difficult it must be to make a nissan work together with their know so he not only was a very successful manager or is you can still say that he is a successful manager but also someone who dared quite a lot often not pleasing all the employees though that also has to be said of
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a thanks so much gave us from did i mean business. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today british prime minister theresa may has been making the case for her break that withdrawal agreement to a conference of business leaders she told him the deal allows skill nationality to drive immigration policy you brag that negotiator michel bunny's says the remaining twenty seven e.u. member states believe the draft agreement is quote workable. all guatemala's volcano of fire has erupted forcing thousands of people living nearby to be evacuated from the area disaster coordinators have issued a riddle or in june around two hundred people were killed when interrupted in covered entire villages and lava and rob. three hundred seventy as events from the mexican border city of tijuana have staged loud protests that they
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rival of a migrant caravan looking to reach the united states and migrants are part of a large group of central americans who have been making their way through mexico they want to claim asylum in the u.s. some three thousand migrants have reached here want to in recent days but as their numbers swell frustration is growing at what some residents perceive to be illegal immigration. tension on the mexican border with the u.s. is building. thousands of honduran migrants have arrived into juan on their way to the u.s. but people here don't want them. to protest is into juana see the migrants as a costly burden on the danger their rhetoric echoing the words of u.s. president trump he's frequently called the migrant caravan an invasion.
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if you will see him to see the next soko has always been a nation that opens its doors to anyone who needs help but there are correct ways in which i can enter your home asking for it this was not the correct way. not by attacking the authorities representing this nation not by knocking down barricades the mexican state has set up this shouldn't be allowed. mexican government estimates say as many as ten thousand migrants could soon be in the border city waiting to file asylum claims. and to does seem ill equipped to deal with such a huge influx of people the city sports stadium has been turned into a temporary shelter but it's a stark contrast to the warm welcome they got as they traveled through southern mexico now they're here under curfew as authorities try to reduce tensions between the local population and the new arrivals but imo you have to imagine were fleeing
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from the violence in our country how could we come here to cause violence here and they did so many they have the right to protest because they don't like it that we're here but in spite of everything the mexicans are good people they are the same as us but we are only passing through we won't stay. the question now is just how long that stay will end up being. sports news now and in tennis germany's alexander has stunned the world number one novak djokovic to win the season ending a.t.p. finals in london djokovic she was the favorite had not dropped a set in the entire tournament before sunday's final but he was no match for it's federer who became the first german to win the prestigious tournament since boris becker back in one thousand nine hundred ninety five. alexander's serve was high on
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confidence and it showed in the opening stages. after breaking novak djokovic to serve threat of sealed a six full victory in the all important first sets. first . he turned on the saw in the second set with a delightful right of shots. saving his best for last. number leaving have it is obvious the big shot a bit out of the one first of all i want to congratulate. great week again not only this week but you know how you play the second of this year we maybe never seen it before i mean you barely lost the match i'm actually very thankful you don't want to me today. the undoubted highlights of sarah's fledgling career but one he may eclipse in twenty nineteen. you're watching t.v.
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