our. digital africa starts december twelfth on w. . 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 led the u.s. with the end of the cold war tributes have been coming in from across the world not least from the man who have since occupied the oval office we'll have the latest reaction also coming up. will the current u.s.

president for the few attentions of the g twenty summit in argentina as the final day gets underway german chancellor angela merkel holds talks with vladimir putin the first of the leaders be able to agree on a communique. and caused a blaze in the streets of paris the riot police fire water cannon tear gas and 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. money welcome to the program former u.s. presidents 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 sr will be remembered here in germany as one of the architects of reunification. as reaction continues to come in

from around the world a stick a look back at his life and legacy. this was one of george bush's last public appearances and surely one of his toughest to make it was his wife barbara funeral an early twenty eight hundred. he did farewell to have 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 he 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 was. preserver protests and defend the constitution of the united states was. and nine hundred ninety nine the berlin wall fell and with it behind curtain. bush cautiously and calmly weathered the transition he worked hard 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 report

to you air attacks are underway against military 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 our ratings 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

owing cali a professor of economics at college here in berlin thank you for joining us as a professor we've had 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 a 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. 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 water and. well you know if history develops without people being completely responsible but how you act when you get your cards dealt to you is really important whether or not you win the game and i will never forget. george herbert walker bush coming off a helicopter and 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 of its 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 advisors including secretary of state his very good friend jim baker very briefly if you can what else would you say were. 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 reader coalition that was something that he did very well professor thank you so much for your time leisure. heaters of the world's twenty biggest economies the g twenty have begun the second and final day of their summit in buenos aires german chancellor angela merkel started the day with a working breakfast the russian president vladimir putin the russian leader is facing international criticism after russia seized. off the dispute off the disputed crimea region last week but there's optimism now that leaders will be able to produce a final communique is something that was in doubt ahead of the summit. let's bring

in correspondent max hoffman who is in buenos aires for us. in the russian president must have discussed the recent escalation of the ukraine conflict of a meeting of a breakfast do you know any more at the moment. we understand that that meeting is over but i'm going to back to went straight to the next bilateral meeting in a meeting meeting with the indian prime minister morty's so we've been working our sources but we haven't got anything back yet the reason for that might be that i'm going to back of the german chancellor will give a press conference in about twenty minutes and probably wants to announce herself what happened during that bilateral meeting with vladimir putin but we have an indication because of the negotiations the mediation between ukraine and russia is in the hands of germany but also friends and i would not call already met to be a food scene on friday we know that he called for deescalation no surprise but we

also know what i did from the french delegation apparently he brought along a map and he showed my call the map to explain why he thought that while he was within his rights for what he did this week i'm pretty it's pretty safe to say that it went away by call wasn't on the same page there all right and max though where fear is ahead of the summit that the g twenty is so divided that agreement a final communique would be unlikely now it's being said the base the fest draft. well the the agreement by the leaders is still outstanding meaning that we have to wait until about noon to know for sure but there is an agreed draft communique which is probably more than many would have thought beforehand but it's really bare bones compared to what we had in the past it's barely to keep the g. twenty alive they acknowledge that the multilateral trade system that vets progress advance prosperity that's in there they're keeping the status quo for the paris climate agreement although the u.s.

as in hamburg last really last year at the g twenty has a dissenting view on that and this is noted there is nothing on the overproduction of steel nothing that mentions protectionism so like i said it will be enough to if they endorse it in the end to keep the g twenty in this format alive but barely max hoffman in irons thank you. now police in paris have fired tear gas and used water cannon against protesters who were trying to break through security cordons on the famed shows and he says demonstrates from france's so-called yellow vest movement have been protesting for a third weekend against fuel price rise fuel price rises the high cost of living and president because need to ship police have arrested more than one hundred people. earlier we spoke to our correspondents the lewis in paris and we asked why are the people out on the streets today. all these people who've come here today to

paris to protest you know they're saying that they feel left behind by the 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 it might cause doing politics for rich people in france actually according to a recent study by by researchers actually his budgets close to budgets of this year next year are 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 of the burden of moving towards a more sustainable economy. he said who is there from paris match day thirteen in

the bundesliga is under way with problem promoted side dusseldorf hosting mid table mines the home side dominated the first half but after six to seven minutes it was mice who hit the back of the net. scored his fourth of the season to seal the win helped on by a blunder from dozens of keeper michel financing mines now move up to eighth in the standings. in munich hope to build on a strong outing earlier this week in the european champions league after trancing benfica of lisp on five two one however at home the perennial bundesliga champions are way off the pace and just fifth in the standings on saturday by a travel to play men and women are up for the challenge. life's hardly been a walk in the park for either of the sides in recent weeks braman have lost the early season form which saw them win five of their opening eight been his league matches talk of an unlikely title challenge now seems

a distant memory florian cofield side have failed to win any of their last four matches nevertheless the bread and coach knows now is as good a time as any to face the record champions it's the seans order let's involved in recent weeks we've seen byron have allowed space for opposition counter-attacks through a contact on this is new it didn't happen often in the past. they used to be extremely well organized we're going to try and play with courage move the ball quickly and try to make things happen. in let's into the tell him of you don't tempt walked. by and have now gone three games without a win and trail mind points behind league leaders brasil dortmund a shadow of their usual all conquering selves. last match days shop drawing in strugglers just rolled off was the latest in a string of subpar performances i. fans are

demanding more from their stars. and from their coach. a match that would once have appeared settled before kick off suddenly has a competitive edge to it the pressure is on coach at his side to start delivering fail to get three points on saturday and the man in charge may not make it through this winter of discontent it's all to play for him brendan. it will change it up the news live from berlin all coming up the top of the hour thank you for watching . carefully. don't.