this is the news live from berlin george herbert walker bush the forty first president of the united states has died at the age of ninety four he was a president who led to the u.s. with the end of the cold war tributes coming from across the world and from the men who have seen the oval office correspondent in washington has the latest reaction coming up. will the current u.s. president to further fuel tensions of the g twenty summit in argentina the final day gets underway german chancellor angela merkel holds talks with

a lot of you put in over. all of the leaders be able to agree or to communicate. and clashes on the streets of paris with riot police fired tear gas at thousands of protesters angry at rising fuel prices more than one hundred people have been arrested and we'll have the latest from the french capital. welcome to the program former u.s. president george herbert walker bush the forty first president of the united states has died at the age of ninety four his one term in office so the collapse of the soviet union and the fall of the berlin wall bush c.d.o. will be remembered here in germany as one of the academics of reunification as reaction continues to come in from around the world let's take a look back at his life and legacy. this was one of george

bush's last public appearances and surely one of his toughest it was his wife barbara's funeral in early twenty eight hundred. people farewell to her after seventy three years of marriage. the couple married shortly after the end of world war two george was a war hero. he was the youngest pilot in the u.s. navy. bush flew dozens of missions in the war he was shot down at sea then rescued at the last minute and became an instant legend. he returned to texas where he founded an oil company then he turned to a career in politics joining the republican party in became the u.s. ambassador to the united nations then the u.s. top diplomat in china then head of the cia. in the one

nine hundred eighty s. he became vice president to ronald reagan. after two terms as vice president he then decided to run for the white house himself. and he won. preserve protests and defend the constitution of the united states was. and nine hundred eighty nine the berlin wall fell and with it the iron curtain. bush cautiously and calmly weathered the transition he went time to develop a good relationship with the leader of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev and campaigned heavily for the reunification of germany. bush is also the president who led the usa into its first major military operation in the middle east as i reported to you air attacks are underway military against. kerry targets in iraq.

bush launched operation desert storm against iraq's dictator saddam hussein after he had attacked kuwait. after the first gulf war president bush the prove origins went through the roof but that didn't last long many americans became unhappy with his domestic policies because of tough economic times he was forced to raise taxes it was a broken promise and the perfect ammunition for bill clinton bush next democratic opponent clinton won the one thousand nine hundred two presidential election and after his one term in the white house bush called it quits. he focused his efforts on humanitarian activities. and this family which in two thousand and one once again broke history as bush son became president. i'm joined now by owen cali a professor of economics at college here in berlin thank you for joining us as

a professor we've heard a lot of people paying tribute to president bush what exactly are they saying about him well what remains after so many years is a sense of the absolute decency of the man here we had someone who from an very early age was raised to be modest and the idea of getting into heaven by selling your brand that was not part of how he got to how he did things he had a big rolodex he wrote notes to people. everyone who's worked with him has also said just an incredibly competent executive and you know he was not a politician who was good on the stump he was not quick with the glib remarks he didn't have the ronald reagan great communication skills but you know over time one appreciates much more the quality of the man and how the man fit the

office and perhaps this is what. my of the german president is alluding to today have praised bush saying that without the friendship of the u.s. and its president german reunification would not have been possible how important was he for bringing the cold war to an end. well you know history of a develops without people being completely responsible but how you act when you get your cards dealt to you is really important of whether or not you win the game and i will never forget. george herbert walker bush coming off a helicopter in a reporter shouting out that berlin wall has fallen and none of the complicated let's think about the implication said that is great this is what we've wanted and the fact that he was firmly in germany's corner. in

a rather complex set of negotiations you have an empire that's crumbling troops armed facing off one another you know having an organized retreat of an adversary is something that is a not not a trivial task and in convincing reluctant allies to support german unification this was also very much part of george herbert walker bush and his team of advisers including secretary of state his very good friend jim baker and very briefly if you can what else would you say were george bush's greatest achievements. you know as controversial as the second iraq war was going into kuwait decisively and limiting the extent to which military means are applied but using them successfully in a multilateral coalition he showed how when force on an

international level needs to be applied how one does it not by going alone not by making one's country. the leader but the a team coach sort of the coach player in a greater coalition that was something that he did very well professor thank you so much for your time leisure. he does of the world's twenty biggest economies the g. twenty have begun the second and final day of the summit in. german chancellor arrived a day late to the summit had a working breakfast with president vladimir putin the russian leader is facing international criticism after russia seized. off the disputed crimea region last week the summit is supposed to produce a joint communique but tensions have thrown that into doubt. right let's now bring in correspondent max hoffman who is in buenos ira's for us so

max i suppose the news of george bush's death is also a topic of conversation of the g. twenty summit any reactions that. well it's not a topic of the g. twenty summit but of course leaders are reacting to it the current u.s. president has made a statement and i quote here about george herbert walker bush she saying with sound judgment common sense and unflappable leadership president bush guided our nation and the world to a peaceful and victorious conclusion of the cold war that's part of that statement honoring of course george herbert walker bush his role in bringing the cold war to an end we also expect more statements including from i'm going to back who has a very personal relationship being from eastern germany to to to bush because of you know just basically freed her from eastern germany back then when the wall came down and reunification happened speaking of angle america the german chancellor and

the russian president had a working breakfast this morning most likely to discuss the recent escalation of the ukraine conflict any word from inside as. well as we understand it just ended so we don't know yet what happened but of course they will have talked about the escalation in the conflict between russia and ukraine and we do have an indication what she how she's going to do that because in my view and i called the french president all already met. on friday we spoke to the delegation that gave us a cup some information some i call call for deescalation of the situation that's no surprise but what was interesting is that apparently the russian president got out a map and showed that map two to my calling made his case why he thought they were in their rights to stop those ships and arrest those those ukrainian soldiers i'm not sure the french president did agree bill but now they've been suggestions that the members of the g. twenty s so deeply divided that it might be impossible to agree on

a communique is that what you're reading from that. we just had word from you diplomats that a draft has been agreed which is maybe a small surprise they negotiated all night they have in there that multilateral trade system is beneficial for the world and that's not a given if you have donald trump at the table and. at the table as well they're trying to preserve the status quo of the paris agreement when it comes to climate change that's also important especially for the european union but the diplomat also said it's a completely different ball game than in the past the wordings they use for g twenty summits in the past just doesn't work anymore with the u.s. and china and of course this draft agreement still needs to be agreed on by the leaders. thank you

police in paris have fired tear gas and use what i can against protesters who are trying to break through security cordons on the famed they have demonstrators from france's so-called yellow vests movement have been protesting for a third weekend against fuel price rises the high cost of living and president because they to ship but he's have arrested more than one hundred people. earlier we spoke with our correspondent lisa lewis was in paris and i began by asking her who are the people out on the streets today are. all these people who've come here today to person protest you know they're saying that they feel left behind by politicians in the capital in paris at the trigger of these protests it was a rise and announced rise in fuel taxes for early next year but this is only the trigger the underlying anger is really caused by a deep feeling of being left behind they feel that not because doing politics for rich people in france actually according to a recent study by by research is actually his but it's close to budgets this

year next year largely in favor of rich people in france and actually a disadvantage for the poorer people so many people here feel that they should not be left behind by politicians and that should do more for them and they shouldn't have to shoulder the burden of the large share the burden of moving towards a more sustainable economy. correspondent lisa lewis in paris the sport of boxing is in danger of being withdrawn from the twenty twenty some only in tokyo the international boxing association or a recently elected a new president who was allegedly involved in major international drug syndicates organizers of the games have launched an inquiry. for boxing world champions like to say while the olympics have always been the first step to super stardom the w.b.c. world heavyweight champion won bronze at the beijing olympics in two thousand and

eight before marching his professional career i'm twenty joshua one gold at london two thousand and twelve and now holds three world heavyweight titles in november controversial as big business men go for rocky more of was elected as the new head of the be a despite warnings from the i.o.c. they would cut funding if he was appointed it is also alleged there was much fixing up fight. during the rio games now with remember a panel of the i.o.c. is investigating the association but it doesn't want athletes to be punished for decisions outside their power. to have. a positive outlook from the i.o.c. which may set up its own separate olympic boxing association other olympic disciplines allow professional athletes to compete and with the b.a. in disarray this could be another alternative the full i.o.c. membership next meets in june. coming up.

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