but i had connection with that it was tremendous these ballerinas hope to find such an enthusiastic response in milliners well at the press conference of the board of museum they demonstrated an impressive talent the youngest dancer is just seventeen . this is my very first show i just graduated from dancing school. the most challenging part for me is to dance in such a big group there's a big difference between twenty four swans and forty eight. but is it quantity over quality on the contrary derek dean and the shanghai ballet have performed swan lake repeatedly for international audiences to great acclaim. still giving them pure a classical ballet you're not changing the structure you're not changing the law you're giving them the best product you can give them it's just it's just this overwhelming sensation of people just bring something else to the back. the show

lives up to its advertising slogan with more songs than you can count derek dean's version of swan lake is a great ballet there's won't be performing it's wrong song any time soon. this mammoth production will be in berlin till the sixteenth of december when it moves on to the austrian capital vienna now it's time to take a look at today's headlines around the continent in our express we make stops in helsinki and liverpool but first up we're in moscow. at the weekend the big ice rink opened moscow's red square professional figure skaters took to the ice at the foot of the kremlin for the opening. the rink can accommodate up to four hundred fifty skaters. muscovites and visitors alike tough luck here every winter since two thousand and six freezing temperatures are necessary as the ice is kept cooled by machines.

on wednesday a new central library is opening in the finnish capitol hill thinking it will be named the library is a present from the finns to themselves on the hundredth anniversary of their independence from russia it rings out a year of celebration libraries in helsinki are the second highest rated public service after drinking water and we have around six point five million visits to our libraries every single year so libraries i really loved and feeling. the design is by architects based in his thinking many of the routine jobs are then you know every want to be performed by robots. last sunday liverpool experienced an invasion of santa claus's nearly seven thousand men and women took part in the santa dash a five kilometer run through the english city on the mercy. of the.

people anyone fifteen years or older could participate the only requirement was the santa suit. the rental was included in the twenty six year old booking fee not a very snappy christmas to one and all things. our journey through europe continues here in berlin now with two architects who live in the capital they form a collective called plastique fantastic but mark o'connor that she and you know young don't design buildings but rather plastic spaces they wrecked them at concerts festivals and clubs and we met them at their limb to find out how they work and which role low cost airlines play in their success. these giant inflated plastic shapes look like something out of a science fiction film plastic fantastic creates temporary venues for concerts

encounters and theater performances architects marco kind of archie and yet a young are pitching up their inflatable spaces all around europe at their berlin studio they tell us how it all began. story runs parallel to the advent of budget airlines. suddenly it was possible for both of us to fly anyway. and the other the plastic bubble is baggage on easy jet. so they started making everything to a twenty five kilos or less back so we could travel with it. because i think you don't have it but i think. marco spent the early one nine hundred ninety s. in the eastern part of berlin in stark contrast to his native room anything seem to be possible here he squatted in apartment studied architecture and opened up a club together with some friends that's where he created his first spaces with plastic sheeting to keep the patrons warm.

nowadays plastic fantastic has other aims the architecture altering perceptions of cities and their streets for instance here in spain's capital madrid. because apartheid if the biggest advantage is the lightweight if the biggest disadvantage is the in compatibility with environmental consciousness to come into your room for debate. we created an installation with a floor space of two hundred fifty square meters in a dutch forest and it all fit on one pallet if we were to build a space the same size made of wood and textiles it wouldn't necessarily be any more ecological. at this festival on an island in the nor seen in the summer of twenty seventeen

light sound and when constantly change the spaces. can go wrong. not nature. we like the wind. but we have to take some precautions so whenever we have an installation outdoors we always have a team on site who decides when we need to adjust to the changing conditions. the worst case the insta. lation needs to be taken down and have the. optimal. the structure can withstand gusts up to the wind force for anything stronger is risky and twenty sixteen the architects put up a kind of tent in the middle of the finish capital helsinki. it was quite popular with the four events or simply taking a lunch break. and then finished people aren't quite

there by four very. shy. but you have a. small park and i think that's the. magic of. their new project titled one hundred years of evolution is also designed to get people talking again a young maybe seeing herself from plastic sheeting of course. it's time now for our ongoing extra chores series and today we take a trip to poland that's thanks to of your request from san salvador el salvador to see does live there and told us it's her dream to travel to poland one day the time being we went there for her to the winter sports result of zac opana in the south of the country. one thousand meters above sea level is poland's highest town

located at the base of the high top from mount. a magical landscape of peaks around in the high touch or a mountain that's the icy temperatures in the clear mountain near make the region of favorite with lovers of winter sports. around three million people visits up upon it every year the town is called poland's winter camp old and its heart group of key street lined with stores and restaurants invites tourists to take a stroll. oh. no you choose our lives we come here every year it's relaxing you can stroll around all the wonder resorts don't have the office for that to do here but you could get close but you must come good i don't actually love the mountains in the summer but i wanted to come and see them in the winter and i'm bowled over out

a great feeling it's wonderful it's. a pleasant way to view the cultural highlights of zac upon it is from a horse drawn carriage the typical architecture of the region is known as a style. this small wooden chalet like houses feature high pointed roofs eaves and decorations influenced by the art nouveau movement. one of the oldest buildings in the town is the villa khalifa built in the eight hundred ninety s. today it houses a museum of regional architecture tradition is taken very seriously in zurich upon it. the houses are made entirely of wood no nails or screws were used your beautiful buildings made of natural wood are healthy and ecologically friendly. piney is known throughout europe as. sports venue it regularly hosts skiing competitions.

the mountain cup ropes give you know she's just under two thousand meters high with a spectacular panoramic view of the area. a ride on the popular cable car reveals the wild landscape of the high touch. back down on crew puppy street people are lining up to buy a local specialty a seebeck a smoke cheese made from salted sheep's milk. the decorative shape is typical of the type this. this saleswoman explains how it's seeking ins our company. like my stuff cheeses very aromatic it tastes best on slices of bread but you can fry it in a panic as much now must open up like that. on the outskirts of the town local handicrafts are on offer. the artistic carvings are known throughout poland and are on display in many churches and museums would is the typical material of the region

. that i think you got to see because it's part of our tradition and i use lots of wooden boards when i cook ok you have to replace them fairly often but it's a natural product not some kind of plastic like silicone stuff that's the trick to city con though. as night follows the bars and restaurants one crew puppy streams are great places to warm up one hot spot is parchment the polish word for temper and it offers not only hearty food but for music. it's the perfect place to experience authentic polish hospitality. oh yes i come from the mountains this is our life. but there was the greatest but a lot of people come here for the muse. sick and when it stops the day ends here and stock up on it like on that. but there's always the next day to look forward to

especially in the winter with plenty of snow and fun on the slopes. we continue now with this week's series sweet delights them every year is a moran concoction originally best known in northern france and belgium and it was low regarded as old fashioned provincial but the french confection of the think will call has made it his life's work to improve its image and it worked as bakeries specializing in the delicacy has branches all over the world we pay them a visit in little to get a taste of the marvelous method here. a little nerang a little chocolate and lots and lots of whipped cream it's pretty rich but that hasn't stopped this delicacy with roots in northern france and belgium from

conquering the world french chef e to be cool conley's the man who made his own version of the speciality famous apparel and his de all those serves to get to the output to feel there are several things that set this cake apart first of all it's very very light of why because the membrane is very airy and then shows it through and because i've changed a key component to fit the thirty is merely you were made with butter cream last season i use a good cream a very light with korea commercials and so the ring is light the cream is light and the result is a pastry that looks impressive but weighs less than a hundred grams vision or deep is good at memphis on the. vocals how big is the city of louisville in northern france the city center was renowned for its splendid the rock cockatoo up until the rise of man of a year. the cake has become a. marriageable city trademark it's so popular that customers queue up in long

lines on saturdays just to buy some. they can even watch now that you've been made inside the shop that's important to vocal who says anyone can make them he's even glad to share his recipes to let's take a look. makes egg whites and sugar to make them rank. former rank spirals of bake some for an hour at a hundred degree celsius. meanwhile with the cream and add as much chocolate as desired. then fill whipped cream between two baked marang and roll the cake in chopped nuts or chocolate shavings and one of the member you're already who can offer the tip less shows up in the pot on the most important thing is the amount of cream you use between the two morons it needs to have enough to make or a note episodes like that but not too much if you used to watch it remembering of

disintegrates it is striking the right balance more than if although. at a huge a faint there's a cake to please every palate. the classic version is covered in dark chocolate but locals recipe for success came when he refined the traditional formula to create his a repertoire with new flavors such as cherry pistachio and not because personal favorite is coated with crystallized marang a history buff he named it after the supporters of the french revolution the sunken lot customers adore his melvin year. she bethought him i actually don't like cream cakes but these are extra light the meringue is delicate but maintains its shape. and i love the flavors my favorites white chocolate and spiced allman cookies sit through a series. they're delicious i love them for who is in the.

mail they are now finding fans the world over will come now has twenty shops in cities that include london brussels parent geneva new york and. book was relaxed about his miranda's burgeoning popularity in the twenty's not only to new york the opening a new branch he's most happy working in his shop in central lean. down all just around the world need for the i just love my product that's why i like to be here he feels he was unfortunately possibly lucky it was and i'm on the road a lot then i miss being in my store at the office whenever i have the time i'm here is you again you eat this all in the room or somehow i find it reassuring to take my own pace. but david weeks to come doesn't have long to linger he scouting for duplication seen amsterdam and just after thirty seven years he still happy to

share his passion for modernise. we'd like you to share your favorite suite with us at your max on our web site www dot com slash lifestyle you can get in touch with us and reveal what your guilty pleasure is around christmas time i most enjoy the typical german roasted almonds that you can get at any christmas markets take part and you can win a custom duramax wrist watch while we round off today's show with a visit to a place that's better than new york city at least that's what photographer christiane fun i've been slaving thinks when he was offered a job in the big apple he turned it down to stay in the northern german state of stock at age seventy seven he's still working there and we visit him at his latest exhibition. he has been christian. passion for more than sixty

years. i only do what i like what's fun. is a star on the international scene. for his work. his current exhibition. also shows pictures from the start of his career. in the south of france in one nine hundred sixty s. he took pictures of. people he met he was just eighteen at the time. taking pictures at school for the school newspaper and had a notion that i wanted to be a photographer. some fifty years later he captured these images and called the series. here as in his early photos he focuses on the power of nature. for example greeks taking part in a traditional annual spring festival. moved by primal natural

things by the essence of things. since two thousand and six he's worked exclusively on his own projects. but prior to that here in his living as a commercial and fashion photographer. he worked out of his studio in the northern. including vogue magazine. editor in chief came to germany. i was told that she was coming that she wanted to see me and find out what i'm like and what i do. and then she made me an offer. and she said it would be fantastic if i'd come to new york and work for american vogue we're going to look to obama considered it for a short time and said to myself clearly i've got to turn it down. stein's nicer

than upstate new york. upstate new york. he stayed in germany and has never regretted it but he's traveled widely. these waves in portugal for his series sought the light. the current exhibition is on show at rhinebeck castle until early january. that's all from us for today i'll see you again tomorrow for more european lifestyle and culture here on the double and if you don't want to wait that long you can find us on instagram and facebook at euro max plenty more content a life and out. next time on your. paintings like this they usually exhibit it in museums but spanish artist to you and that thing is taking them to the streets copies masterpieces from history and displace the paintings outdoors so they look as if someone has just hung in there and then on instagram he posts pictures of his works which often counties and

may be spotted in the real world join us as we try to do so next time on your own max. i'm going to. cut. the.

above the. law because i'm going to. be dissolved flying super salt kakul alcohol such helps to overcome five bucks something i'm not the rank of. the reigning champions take off again in a race from sears konami helped by m. to down brain. surgeon the first dog.

sometimes books more exciting than real life. preparing to greet. mock what if there's no escape. list. sherman must treat like i. gem and with. any time i misplaced. video never. have to buy the hottest. songs to sing along to download. it is the combo of the two from super to win seats to be able to cut costs have varied courses kind of into active exercises the hard thing about ninety seven don't come to ash docs land on facebook and the us still. lend german for free with the w.

m z kill the buy a war that's hard and in the end this is a me you're not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers would lie and say. what's your story. i'm with i was a women especially in victims of violence. take part and send us your story we are trying always to understand this new culture. another visitor another guest you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information.

this is deja vu news live from her leg on the retreat france's president ma kong i said to suspend controversial increases to the fuel tax the move comes after some of the worst violence in decades in paris after demonstrators took to the streets or protest the measure. also coming up nato says a new russian cruise missile violates an agreement that is guaranteed europe security for more than thirty years. as the airline says foreign ministers discuss the issue in brussels fears are growing of a new international arms race. and it's one of the highlands most popular sports kickboxing also gives poor children our shot and a better life but doctors are warning that young people are paying too high

a price to succeed when we visit a gym to see how dangerous it is for games for you. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us the french government is expected to suspend an unpopular tax on fuel that is on schedule to take effect next month in the coming minutes a prime minister at what felipe will give a televised address that comes in response to violent protests that have shut down central paris officials are trying to call unrest that was sparked by president macross policies and economic conditions the so-called yellow vest protest began in mid november and absence of bold into a wider revolt against my home demonstrators accuse him of favoring the elite three people have been killed in the violence. let's bring in lisa lewis who's following the story for us in paris hi lisa so we're hearing that

this tax will be suspended what can you tell us. well we understand that the government will push back these taxes by six months and prime minister to a few will also knowns other measures we don't know what that is about what exactly the measures are but oversee lots of people have been saying that the government has waited too long to react to this movement a tax increase was the trigger for the violence the trigger for the blockades and demonstrations but it's it's growing into a far wider movement against the elite in paris many people here in france especially in rural areas feel that politicians in the capital in paris don't understand that needs and the only making policies for the rich people in france now prime minister off the need for today announced measures to show them that that is not the case tell us more about who these protesters are and what exactly

they're calling for well these protesters actually a mix of lots of different people from different political political orientations they're just asking to you know if for measures that help them make ends meet and many people here in rome earlier it's very much for example depend on that count to go to work and that's why these taxes triggered such a reaction because they're saying we're already struggling to pay for the bills and now we will have to pay even more that's not admissible really and these people actually you know they could vote for the right for the left it's actually not really a movement led by any party it's a mix of lots of different people but what they have in common is that they feel that they're not represented by the government they feel like the government is out of touch with them lisa how much has this protest movement really affected president michael. a lot i mean a man in my car is already quite unpopular about a fifth of the friends have

a positive opinion of him now obviously the figures are not amazing when you look at how many people have taken to the street last saturday about one hundred sixty thousand according to government sources that's not massive but according to polls from a few days ago about eighty percent of the french support the movement so it looks like he had he hasn't understood actually to what extend this movement represents the french and he hasn't understood how to reply to it in an adequate manage to calm everybody down. lisa lewis reporting for us from paris thank you lisa. let's catch up now on some other stories making headlines around the world a top official at the european union's highest court has advised that britain can unilaterally change its mind about leaving the e.u. the u.k. parliament will today start a five day debate over brags that theresa may is expected to push lawmakers to approve her latest deal in

a vote scheduled for next week. israel's army says it has begun destroying tunnels built by the hezbollah militants were the tunnels are said to sneak into northern israel from lebanon on the shiite militant and political organization hezbollah has launched attacks from lebanon against israel in the past often with the support of iran. u.s. president on his wife millennia have paid their respects to former president george h.w. bush bush is lying in state at the u.s. capitol building in washington trump has in the past clashed with the bush family but will attend the funeral service on wednesday. a major arms treaty is under threat and today nato foreign ministers are fighting to salvage it the alliance says a new russian cruise missile violates a pact that's guaranteed european security for more than thirty years the kremlin denies it has breached the agreement but the u.s. is threatening to withdraw from the so-called i.n.f. treaty signed by moscow and washington in one thousand nine hundred seven it bans

nuclear armed missiles with a range of five thousand five hundred kilometers. as the next report shows the tension between russia and the west has a reignited fears of a new arms race. this is what the drama is about medium range nuclear ballistic missiles that have been on a self imposed by the u.s. and russia since the end of the one nine hundred eighty s. that may be about to change u.s. authorities believe russia may have developed a weapon systems like these in breach of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. we're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement go out and do weapons and we're not allowed to wear the ones that have stayed in the agreement and we bonded greatly but russia has not fortunately mounted the agreement so we're going to terminate it we're going to pull out. the kremlin has denied trumps allegations saying it has not produced any missiles that are prohibited by the i.n.f. treaty the i.n.f.

treaty was seen as a major breakthrough in nuclear security when it was ratified by former soviet president mikhail gorbachev and u.s. president ronald reagan in one nine hundred eighty seven it came after a tense period of confrontation in the heart of europe. with very short flight times nuclear annihilation of european capitals was only five to fifteen minutes away trump has said the us will start developing these capabilities again if russia and china don't agree to stop have to develop those weapons unless russia comes to us and china comes to us and they all come to is that they say let's really get smart and let's none of us develop those weapons china is not a signatory of the pact and has been investing heavily in land based missiles now some observers fear it could be joined by russia and the u.s. in a new arms race. so can the i.n.f. treaty be saved at this point i spoke to defuse teri schultz in brussels earlier

about the u.s. his intentions to pull out of the treaty. the united states says it is pulling out of the treaty what it hasn't confirmed yet is exactly when it's going to do that and that's important because once the u.s. announces its formal exit from from the accord there's a six month period before it becomes final and that's a period that could be used european allies hope to convince russia to come back into compliance and that would require destroying the missile which russia has already acknowledged that it is build but simply says that it didn't breach the ranges that were mentioned in that story so that what europe hopes is that this added pressure on russia which you will be hearing out of the nato meeting today all of the all twenty nine allies will call on russia to abandon this missile program and come back into compliance in the hopes that the united states would say that that it won't abandon the idea enough. to sports now and look a motorist has been awarded football's prestigious bundle and or journalist vote

for the prize and it is the latest in a string of awards for the midfielder he helped around madrid with the champions league this year before leading to the runners up spot at the world cup he becomes the first player other than christiana rinaldo or lean on messi to win the men's award since two thousand and seven in the new young player category france world cup winner killie and bobby took on trophy. striker to hit the birth of norway won the inaugural women's prize after starring in the champions league you would think that when he was asked by the host whether she wanted to twerk after picking up her award the comment by d.j. martin solveig provoked a plenty of reaction on social media british tennis star andy murray wrote on instagram that it was another example of ridiculous sexism that still exists in sports the two time wimbledon champion also asked why women still have to put up with this sort of behavior another user points out that and twenty eighteen no

woman finally gets a deal and its first winner at the hague of work has to face this nonsense did this man ask of motorists can twerk as well and another fan posted a something similar on instagram saying it's sexist it's humiliating and it ruined her incredible achievement now in gyms and sports clubs around the world boxing has become a popular way to get in shape a modified version of it but in thailand it is serious business especially for children and teenagers from poor families the goal is often to turn pro and make it big but it's a dangerous path recently a thirteen year old boxer died of a brain injury to boston heartache takes a look at the high risk world of tight boxing children. that was. the last training session before the match is only thirteen years old but he's already a fighter. i claim i never scared i always hit hard i like to use

my knees that's my main weapon i'm good with my knees. and. like many at this gym in thailand's poor north east has a troubled family background his parents are divorced his grandparents can't take care of him that's how he ended up here he eats sleeps and of course trains here in return he fights for money i love. our boxers are taking part in a lot of fights. part of the money they win goes to the gym. that's how we keep things running. and how we take care of the kids. or thai boxing is a national sport in thailand it's hugely popular also among children but the risk of injury is high recently a thirteen year old died after being knocked out in

a fight many parents downplay the risks involved. i think there's very little effect on the brain. is there was brain damage. from the behavior change after the fight. but i've never seen that before. that's because the biggest danger is not immediately visible these prices are pretty hard in a real fight boxes like that and that can have devastating consequences. doctor. has been studying the effects repeated punches to the head have on children's brains. the. repeat the injury it caused the brain and he. has the. memory function.

and. then. he can go to school. play and nobody look from the outside not know that he has read. all the parents all claim that they don't see any thing wrong with their kids she's calling for banning fights for children under twelve and no full contact before they're fifteen. but in reality kids even younger excite the crowds all over thailand. white tie is a deep rooted tradition here and one that's not easily changed. it's fight night for gum. if he does well he hopes one day he can make it big in a box in the capital bangkok where the money is but first he has to win here. but it's not going so well for him. after five rounds

his opponent wins on points on. my arms weren't strong enough he was simply better i'm very sad i have to train harder. we'll be back another day for him like for many youngsters in thailand boxing is a shot at a better life. but one that could come at a high price. you're watching news still to come on the program ministers back a new deal to toughen up the euro but is it tough enough we'll have more on that. monica jones we'll have your business headlines in one minute.

i'm. sure that people will hold on for facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us. climate change. waste. pollution. isn't it time for good news eco africa people and projects that are changing no one environment for the better it's up to us to make a difference and let's inspire each other. be committed for go be environment magazine. on d w.

a. the euro gets more muscle to tough out future crises find its way dispose back reforms for the currency block but then also sweeping sometimes hoped. also on the show germany may have self driving subway cars but it's got a lot of catching up to do when it comes to artificial intelligence. welcome to business and when it jones in berlin eurozone finance ministers have agreed to invest more in a fund called the european stability mechanism that helps countries struggling with debt problems it is the main outcome of marathon negotiations in brussels the ministers say this will leave the single currency better equipped to deal with future crises but the agreements fall short of french president emanuel micron's

proposals to appoint a finance minister and introduce a common euro zone budget it was also no consensus on integrating the block's banking system with countries agreeing only to discuss the matter again next here. but e.w. say get mattis is in brussels following those talks and i asked him why the reform had fallen short of nicholas plans to relaunch europe in particular his idea for a crime and euro zone budget we're looking at a scaled back version of what my call suggested the fire fighting the the let me let me see if you've called it a crisis fighting budget so we're looking at a scaled back version here ministers agreed on a mechanism how to create that budget but they didn't agree on how much money the budget contains so some discussions yet to come and that also applies for instance for the sticking point of the digital tax they agree they will push for this that idea on international organizations like the g twenty or the o.e.c.d.

countries and if that doesn't work out they unilaterally want to push ahead with that idea from two thousand and twenty one on what's. matters there in brussels well you'll thora g.'s we're also awaiting a new budget proposal from italy the country's prime minister has half a crown to set the new plan aims to avoid a disciplinary procedure from brussels this after his coalition partner deputy prime minister. indicated he was now willing to tweak his plans to increase spending on social programs. when neto home to venice is one of italy's richest regions in the north of the country so it really has many supporters here but it's the right wing populist continues to tussle with the e.u. no budget row one of the venetian businessmen driving into leeds economy is getting consent. program to my loser who sells the world famous murano glass

believes that the government has not been acting in italy's best interest. to my loser says he can't yet tell how his business will be affected but one fear that he shares with many businesses in the north is that the country's debt crisis has made tensions with brussels even was and will harm all of italy in the long run experts are worried as well.

and just north of bennis entry visa where the region's largest companies operate it seems the bigger the business the bigger the warri. go who runs a packaging company says entrepreneurs here have lost faith in italy as political leaders across all party lines. i think we all have the same concern. there is a government that governs badly. they would bring prosperity they were to increase productivity. psagot believes both governing parties are more interested in their own political futures and success at the ballot box than the country's economy. nor this government has no clear ideas and has no long term objectives. they're only focused on the here and now and increasing the support. for.

the net as businesses are hoping an agreement can be reached one that satisfies both rome and brussels and is effective in boosting economic growth for the sake of italy's economy and the whole euro zone. driverless cars voice guided smartphones and autonomous robots they all depend on artificial intelligence otherwise known as algorithms that independently analyze data and learn from it. intelligence is said to revolutionize the global economy and yet in germany and in europe it's played a minor role until now at the twelfth digital summit in the german city of numbered strategies are being developed for catching up. artificial intelligence or ai is far more prevalent than we may realize in the city of nuremburg self driving subway trains already in operation so far there haven't been any accidents and of

course timetables have long been produced by computers instead of people. but the true revolution through self learning algorithms is yet to come and germany is still trailing when it comes to ai development partly because you need tons of data to do it something companies in the us and especially in china have far easier access to than those in europe. the continent's tough data protection laws can be a bit of a competitive disadvantage but the owners of this data center believe that that could change. people fear the informational self-determination of their data they want to know they're still in charge of it and that's something that a german data center working with in german law can guarantee to. the u.s. and china have long invested in ai now germany wants to join the race to the government has pledged to invest around three billion euros in ai research by

twenty twenty five at the digital summit in nuremberg key players gather to network and exchange ideas. it's also about the government creating a regulatory framework for artificial intelligence and ministry of the economy and energy to create kind of an airbus for by that i mean to create the requirements necessary within europe to be able to manage artificial intelligence in germany and europe on a global scale. at this center for digital entrepreneurs in nuremberg young tech savvy develop their ideas for innovative ways to implement artificial intelligence they also have some ideas for the summits agenda. in germany the whole subject of ai or digitalisation as a whole the strategies etc needs to be more promoted with concepts like a free trade zone for example where you could act entirely freely or encouragement

through investment repayments on. and then not alone in the hope that all the tool cool scene give way to action. for more on this topic i'm joined by being a c.e.o. of the german ai association good to have you with us let me start with with a very simple question because for many many people ai still sounds like something out of a science fiction movie how real is it. but a lot of people think of it. as what they have seen in science fiction movies and that's part of the problem so on one hand we have to educate people. on all levels of what ai really is and what changes brings to the economy and to the welfare of the society we're talking about the changes i mean what a lot of people seem to know is that ai can take over many many jobs are we heading

towards a society with very high unemployment then. there has been changes in job structure ever since if you look at the structure of jobs and company right now and compare it to the situation twenty or even ten years ago we see totally new wood jobs totally different jobs a lot of changes and that this will continue with ai as well and the challenge here and the task that we have is to manage this change from the driver's seat if we are scattered and don't do anything that is a real threat we have to actively look into it develop concepts and manage the change now of course you say we have to do this we have to do that report to also that the gemini lags behind asia and the u.s. when it comes to exploring ai what's at stake here. the u.s.

and china and also a lot of other countries have invested heavily in during the last years because they have understood very the the importance of ai for the future development of technology and economy and yes germany and europe has fallen behind here and now it's really time and there is a need to catch up and that is the reason why the german government developed the strategy all right you have been out there c.e.o. of the german association talking to us from norm back where the digital summit is currently underway thank you so much. thank you and just enough time for this altria the maker of grants is in talks with a canadian cannabis producer over a potential investment in the company now all smoking tobacco has become less popular in the u.s. several states as well as canada have legalized marianna now wants to diversify

with a possible takeover of canada us a cronos group coca-cola. constellation brands have also made to billion dollar investments in the cannabis market. that's a business update on t w thanks for keeping me company.

because i. believe he does all flying high super salt cockle al qassam helps to overcome fiber sensing here on the red. reigning champions take off again a brace from sears cannot be held by empty down bring the. fresh red. issues from space. science fiction not for them. german scientists have set up a self-contained vegetable farm which they want to put on mars.

is this a step towards life on another planet. to live in sixty minutes on d w. a continent is reinventing itself. as africa's tech scene discovers it's true potential. inventors entrepreneurs and high tech professionals talk about their visions successes and day to day business. it's. history in the in from one. instance of our mission. to. digital africa starts december twelfth on w.

matchday thirteen could be an unlucky number for those ill at ease by and slid past ten figure in the champions league but that's not enough. for a superstar. friends all of you. because fifth place in the league doesn't cut it i win against braman is a must otherwise times up. i don't stop.

because it was. an easy shot you can't even hear that word anymore they made the champions league last sixteen of the shocker looked quite vulnerable in the league . would have an easy spreading out hoffenheim to here onset old. and like they're pushing forward in the league has stumbled against sounds book in the europa league. does those who consider the result is a let's do this get bigger things better change against it the glam party otherwise much they good genes might get ugly. they will take the shots who will finally take off. let off some steam. and who will come to ease find out now on. his little cottage on his way to work its no stroll in the park even though he

hides it well the game against braman could be his last with byron because fifth place just doesn't cut it for the champs that's why this pre-match statement came as a bit of a surprise. was over interest honest hard and i don't mean to keep it secret snow is that nico will stay coach for a long time and buy in. last week over to reach the champions league round of sixteen but lately buyers true challenge has been the going to struggle that's where they consistently come up short. each and every squandered it tends from levon dusky or from joshua kimmie exacerbates bias crisis. nine points behind to it. seventeen goals against in twelve matches these numbers may not bother the byron brass but they certainly rest happily on the coach's shoulders thank you. after twenty minutes now bring some fun home

against his expert to take the lead for buying. the new comer as blossoming despite his team's troubles. but they could already guess his luck might be short lives coaches byron had only kept a clean sheet twice so far this season and this time out was no different. thirteen minutes after the nothing strike and you know suckle rekindled the fire under coaches hot seat. it was cold much carry all the way. what about the byron administrators who really call the shots fully vernace and how it's women against. their will commit byron's annual members meeting last week wasn't exactly friendly. and it wasn't just whistles this is the us not your stadium and the club doesn't belong to you. looking at

things on the field it's pretty clear that some players aren't quite in top form in fact nowhere near it. change is long overdue so the question needs repeating why didn't the buyer invest in fresh talent for coaching the offseason. sure next summer they'll likely dish out serious dough but how will that help him. in the fiftieth minute biron again managed to poke the ball over the line sashed gnabry back to second to make it to one still it wasn't about to make amends for the coach as it wasn't the most glamorous goal in history. how much is best trait is his ferocious fight i bet he hasn't installed this quality in his team it was greyman who showed spirit courage and passion on the pitch even if they were

left under awarded for their efforts a million. to one for by a sigh of relief or come. through has been plenty turbulent the last few weeks so it's really good that we can now calm down and celebrate the first day of advent of the. it's an elusive sense of calm though because coaches squad are running short of ideas none the less at least for the coach right now three points are more important than a long term plan. i'm very happy because we didn't just take on the win but did it in style we were dominant throughout the match apart from about five minutes when the opposition scored where we performed well technically and tactically and fought hard to the end. the crisis for coach colebatch isn't over yet it's just postponed until the next match we'll just have to wait and see if you can turn things around.

unlike by endorsements have trotted to the top of the table without a hitch but you can't take the whole season it's a sprint they look tired and that's foolish midweek draw with club and how to shake up their lineup heading into the home match against freiburg they taking their foot off the gas. and we have to return a movie for me it's just not possible that one player plays seven matches straight even. well it's apparently possible for mark or royce he's played every match of the season starting one of these on the form of his life but can he and the rest of the deadly attack keep up the pace. doman had plenty of the ball but couldn't quite get their attack off the ground of the. coasting along two of them looked like they were trying to woo the ball into the

next five of the half joking or knocks they were a lot to fry there to handle the visitors dragged down jayden sanchez be the above and the ref whistle for a penalty five minutes before half time the end rotatable mr dewan stepped up. assaulted it hung with ease prices nine play goal of the season matches his prized tally in three years just thirteen matches into the season ahead father extol gave dorman trouble drummed gondo of nearly equal ice two minutes later but he couldn't beat the wood by hand even when to wonder in sleep mode they've got plenty of tricks up their sleeve i have the of the

boys kept up to things on yielding high press merely noting his second by creating a chance out of nothing while he cashed the check who's had to revitalize run it right back this season that's enough to come close to doubling domains lead lights in the second half. coach lucianne father knows all about rotation. time for the super sub. kathak who scored eight times from the bench already this season came in late. and was down the scoring with his nine as a substitute. was a response and. crazy the way he came on and even without getting many touches he made a really good run he was exactly where he should be as a striker. great position great movement great timing he's blazing at full speed

and still on the bench. davis in the. ice cold finisher that puts them away and he showed it again today. was proving to take extra hard work from don't pull it off making it look like a piece of cake. to him and round out an easy to no win against freiburg they clearly eased off the gas that also the only team capable of winning when not playing their best at the moment with their forward line in time for time to sit back and enjoy. the nice and of course we're enjoying it we won two nil but the upcoming match is definitely in mine sure as for. next week's darby against shop is certainly worth saving energy for but for now let's head to the contact. at the bottom of the table dusseldorf were in high spirits before their match against mines. and all eyes were on. the man who scored

a hat trick against byron last week. is by far the most i catch him talent on the team he's not afraid to take a risk though he may be a tad too optimistic at times. look up akio and unstoppable force with relentless eye for goal. too bad the best man on the pitch this evening was mines goalkeeper the robinson nonetheless the other was better side dusseldorf were still cheerful going into the second half. and then. cut michelle dancing on the wrong foot. one nil sixty seven minutes. played a strong match. but lost unbelievable even for mines coach sandro shots. fellow cellar dwellers hanover hosted house haberlin out to hadn't seen a win in five straight league matches fittingly both sides efforts on goal were

poor perhaps it was just a mental problem. whatever the cause neither team seems capable of putting the ball away. but just before the break here jordan crashed my mail shortened to an hour ago as header was his third goal and twenty five would just leave the matches not bad for a twenty one year old center back conover coach and since the worst was yet to come when aaron jordan was again set loose in the attack to set up the match when. the youngsters picture perfect cross found the reliable field at least a dish from celebrated his three hundred one display the match with his one hundred sixteenth goal. despite having some decent chances hanover lacked the final punch to turn things around. and so they slip even

further down into the danger zone of relegation. markets spine seal was brought in to pull stuttgart free from going head down there in the relegation quicksand against salford encountered his most successful moment so far as coach it was an old spirit who set the tone for me off. but it constructs keep the run low but still to be unbeatable. it didn't look good to find still struggling in stuttgart but after thirty nine minutes the swabian set up their first strong attack and on a star's year olds done a spot on the back of the net. coach fine seal team in their burst out in celebration since it was only there. first home goal under israel following the one the perplexed either mr chance's completely or were denied by. house calls enough to cheer a little after all. frankfurt

must have expected another party at home against the man who lost in eleven straight matches scoring thirty six in the process. looked unbeatable. but this time jonathan the guzman only struck would look. did what sparks lost his coach who had yet to lose against frankfurt and. open the scoring it looked like it would stay that way. his frankfurt a fair weather team it looked like it. doubled the wolves lead after sixty minutes . the pack of books full of fans that made the trip to frankfurt could barely believe. trafford's come back. to yo bitch got a consolation goal but in the end. favor the poland.

and there was a water war on monday night nordberg against leverkusen in the heart of a storm. and on the pitch. usually trained benefits less technical sides but leverkusen more technically gifted seemed to thrive in the weather. half an hour in. the name from one nil for the guests. pretty impressive close control considering the weather poseidon would have been jealous. and could have been ahead even sooner their finishing was a bit tighter. half time whistles were aimed at the players but were protesting monday matches which will be cancelled after twenty twenty one. and after the break nuremberg came back to life jail to mark later persisted in tough conditions to

equalize the host weathered the storm and things ended one one. did you know kick off is now on you tube with the world of football. with nigeria a lot of mexico. to read we travel the world can really feel how high tensions are running i'm going to say no to stars that make sense and never people closer and discuss football i'm chris here it's a. funny board that is going to go. visit football kick off on you cheat. by putting it. off and time versus shaka zulu between germany's two prodigious young coaches really a numbers man and dominica to discuss. the not those months team's champions league

run came to an end last week his side look stable in the league in sixth place and they're playing attractive football stevens who was early attempts should cross. they are in fourteenth with only thirteen points unlike oftentimes shocker will continue in the champions league but had to collectively apologised to their fans for their lackluster performance even before the match. but only one player's apology felt genuine famines his performance against hoffenheim was ok that's better than the rest of say. even last season when childcare ended up in second you couldn't call their play electrifying but at least they were effective that's no longer the case. bush tele missed his chance to increase their season total of thirteen goals. ok shaka do have four injured attackers but that doesn't explain why even when they face a wide open goal they too tentative to convert. instead

it was hoffenheim who did the shooting. not because well into all and care and dennet by. and ishant belford ill all lacks persuasion the hosts gladly accepted a favor in the second half. after a handful and drink from r.h. stepped up ready to net the one mill and his ninth season goal. chalco would not only missing the shot sheet says they were missing a star someone like oftentimes rhys nelson it was unstoppable. they were stuck spinning in circles. finally because i mean big churches like contacts and daniel caligiuri flying to the ground in the boats and

a bill bennett select converted the penalty for the one man. shell kid did manage to equalise. nonetheless to disco the so-called tactical masa mind has failed to instill his team with a modern effective and can strategy this season missing a loved one stealing the ball the counter-attack should be instant well rehearsed diagonal runs moving forward. the bush doll instead killed the tempo of the attack and in precise passes lead to nothing. even shall cause set pieces of heart on the ice this scene is unworthy of attention but is frankly little worthwhile to see from shout at the moment. but what does the coach have to say about what he sees from his take. on the. we managed to troll the game well we had lots of possession and i think in the second half it was something around sixty percent said but that's not decisive tried and true possession doesn't decide games it ended one one mostly because hoffenheim have one major problem putting their chances away like

a check bell for the here and adam solo here. taking a pointed hoffenheim actually isn't a shocker considering this season so far maybe they'll have better luck at home against the arch rivals next week. now what's going on in life last week they had their first league loss to bust book and they lost as that's for midweek immediate leave their relentless attack is fronted by team of valor and use of pals and but to do this is streaky as it is dangerous trying to get back on track. meanwhile visiting the surprise of the season in second place. the momentum team right now is because we're in seconds and because of how we're playing football he says i'm a sports montreal. they also have a leading attacking duo playing

a similar system to life's a show making them a top team took on has the heart and allison play already eight goals this season could they certainly should down floor on the league's best offense. for their part bloodbaths defense has been leaking early goals whether planned or not lacked safety launch themselves at the gladbach back line just two minutes in la around i found the ball and slotted it home drawing first blood in the battle of attacking pairs with a typical leipzig goal. what was that about being a top team again. but buss the two. back played its game a great cutting ball from his art couldn't be put away by last and while the visitors also saw to attack from the flanks without reward. i i first ration quickly set in

i. why what's it continue to move one way and one way only forward of the house an expert be set up to strike partner and second half stoppage time. this was down as the fifth brace of the season. maybe he should spread out the goals that was stored in pairs so far above. he's just like you when he gets his first goal he always wants more i think the that's the point of it and. i'm happy for him again it's good to have him in a constant position because so that's how we need to make a. house and was only centimeters away from getting on the scoresheet himself but to no avail. he had to settle for playing the provider.

ok again maybe not top defender has the tackle. not so great. luck has kept trying but their own imprecision and lights a keeper pit it would lash still kept them at the. last chapter of their attacking way but couldn't finish. allison play i was invisible and his only chance of the night was snuffed out i. still in second place but much ballyhooed strikeforce came up short. with the performance of a top team. so destroyed i think we saw one of the best games of the past week today and that we could not get the largest share of that is also fine every week we have to work our way out of this lawyer. slices are hot and glad

the trails and are starting to look like a top team themselves they've got a similar system and down and pounds and can stay hot they might stay right where they are high up in the table. this much they wasn't as explosive as others this season and uncharacteristically low scoring weekend in the boonies league. fine and then when things still sing turbulence in music. maybe it was a good thing that coach got to take a short high exists a weekend. on sunday the barren coach stayed with a fan club deep into the area how well does the berliner fit in here playing something very and games might tell us.

the beer steins games were a bit tougher. but his rhythm is as good as any even they're in. good enough to earn an official seal of approval. nico coverage would much rather answer back question than explain why buying a only in fourth place still play lets pass frankfurt and are in a champions league position which is better than last week. looked at fern themselves some much needed. briefing room at the bottom of the table right hand over and just off losing and will sign off with two goals that are just part of saved a coach's job. search

gnabry is brian's man of the hour he's brace against brain and mike just to save nico cause that she's just. close to getting up to come down the come with celebrations on so much news to. come by and can take a deep breath having won in the champions league midway campaigns in brighton and thanks of course to the framework. of thomas mom getting cold comfort. farm so much the only very important i don't know how the table is now but that we needed to get the win after we had a couple of games go we always was leading and we let the games live so today to

get away with it when i was important for some is by and back you'll have to choose the next week to find out.

fresh radishes from space. science fiction not for them. german scientists have set up a self-contained vegetable farm which they want to put on mars. is this a step towards life on another planet. to go to that in thirty minutes on d w. anxiously waiting. for a lifeline to syria. good morning where are you why aren't you answering.

every call brings them closer together. but it hurts because they feel powerless to help. they worry about the ones they've left me. or that i'm trying to be strong on. the war continues to haunt those who fled from syria. and. iran my phone so are two part documentary starts december eighth on t w. a muse allows me to believe she's the one single. us told us a call to take us out to this town soon lists a bug solution a. plane. people have put big dreams on the

big story and blame the movie magazine on d.w. . time for an upgrade. our furniture their clothes all by. our house with no roof. or design highlights you can brace yourself. once tips and tricks that will turn your home to something special. upgrade yourself with g.w.s. interior design channel on you to. play . play

play. the city w. news live from berlin on the retreat to france suspense a controversial increase of the fuel tax addressing the nation the country's prime minister and wife cindy says no tax is worth sacrificing the unity of the country the announcement follows that some of the worst violence in decades of paris after demonstrators took to the streets to protest the measure. also coming up u.s. president trump places a final respects to late president george h.w. bush as he lies in state in washington we look at the complicated legacy of the former leader. and it's one of thailand's most popular sports kickboxing also gives poor children a shot at a better life but doctors are warning that young people are paying too high a price to succeed we visit a gym to see how dangerous the sport is for you. i'm

serious almost kind of good to have you with us the french government has announced it is suspending an unpopular tax on fuel that is on schedule to take effect next month in a televised address the prime minister edward phillipe said diesel and gas hikes will be delayed for six months he then urged members of the movement to end their violent protests that shut down central paris of the weekend of a so-called jell-o. vests protest began in mid november and have since of all been to a wider revolt against president mccomb three people have been killed in the violence. let's bring in lisa lewis in paris she's following all the latest developments for us hi lisa so what phillipe words leave the french prime minister has been speaking tell us more about what he's been saying what measures will be taken. well he has announced that this very controversial tax will be pushed back

by six months but he's also said that gas and electricity prices would not go up at the beginning of the two thousand and nineteen that would have been the case otherwise he also said that apparently stricter controls for m.o.t.d. so vehicle safety inspection that would kick in in twenty nine have a plan to kick in in twenty nine thousand would be pushed back so he's announced a few measures he's also said that from mid december on that would be a nationwide debate about taxes in france because he said i understand that it's too complicated for everybody he understands that people are having difficulties making ends need to actually especially single parents all those who need that cost to go to work and he said it that the government hurt them he also said that they had been violent during the protests over the past few weeks would be found and would be prosecuted and that was not admissible rady to have such people in france

violating basically a french unity he said that no tax was worth it to put in danger national unity and founts rightly so the big question now is will these measures appease the protesters is this what they've been asking for. well it's a first step one of the yellow vests but one member of the out of this movement just talked to french t.v. and you say you know we're pleased with what he announced but this can't be all obviously he's waited for the government has waited for a long time until it reacted finally to this movement and they say you know we need concrete measures we need more money in our pockets and we need our wages to go up we need taxes to go down. in his feet he said you know we don't exclude to bring down taxes but we have to look at our budget deficit so if we bring our bring down taxes that will also mean that we will have to bring down public spending

otherwise we would get into trouble on a european level is that we've seen violent protests for a few weekends now how much has all of this affected president mccall well a lot of prison a mccoy not quite he's already very unpopular only one out of five french people have a positive opinion of him obviously lots of opposition parties and now say that the government is not really dealing with this crisis very well even members from his own party have come out in the fast past few days saying you know you should have oncet earlier to these demands from the protesters and it's it's going to be very difficult for him to bring the french back on his side really he's having a very difficult time now aren't you deb is lisa lewis reporting for us from paris lisa thank you very much let's catch up now on some other stories making headlines around the world nato foreign ministers are meeting to salvage

a major arms treaty amid accusations that russia has violated the agreement the us is threatening to withdraw from the pact signed by moscow and washington in one thousand and seven a u.s. secretary of state mike pompei of says violators of the treaty must be confronted. indonesian security forces say they are trying to recover the bodies of thirty one construction workers and a soldier who were killed and one of the worst separatist attacks in indonesia's restive province of pup one of the workers were killed sunday when gunmen stormed a government bridge construction site construction of the bridge in the densely forested region has been halted israel's army says it has begun destroying tunnels built by the hezbollah militant group the tunnels are said to snake into northern israel from lebanon on the shiite militant and political organization hezbollah has launched attacks from lebanon against israel in the past often with the support of iran. british lawmakers have begun

a five day long debate over prime minister teresa mayes the latest brags that agreement the debate will culminate next week with m.p.'s voting on whether or not to pass the deal it is considered one of the most important decisions the house of commons has had to make in recent years now mays' expected to push lawmakers to approve her latest deal she's warned the only other option is no deal the debate starts as a top official at the european union's highest court has advised that britain can't unilaterally change its mind about leaving the e.u. . let's get more on the story with quentin peel he's an associate fellow with the europe program at chatham house acquitting thanks so much for joining us as we said this is teresa mayes last big battle that she's facing on bricks and what are you expecting to see in the commons today as debate kicks off well i think series a may will repeat very much. in. delivering the

results of the referendum that this will mean britain group be in control of its laws and its money and its borders it's not a perfect deal but it's the best she could get. and i think she will also be trying to do to. repeat the dial warnings that the alternative is really no deal which means shortages of drugs and food restrictions on the ferries q gorda all sorts of die of results that might come from having no deal a toll the only question is will it actually raise the possibility of near brackett i don't think she wants that until i pointed it beyond repeating assurances and warnings as you said what does theresa may actually have to do to win over enough m.p.'s to her deal can she actually do it do you believe that's possible at this point. it looks very very hard there are more than

a hundred members of her own party the conservative party who've said very clearly they don't like the deal and they don't want to vote for it i think she could reduce that number but even if say forty of them rebelled i can't see where you majority so i think that at the end of these five days of debate she's still going to lose the vote. quentin i do want to ask you about a development that we heard earlier today that the eaves top legal adviser said the u.k. can unilaterally decide not to leave the e.u. so could this bolster remain or. yes i think it could now it's not a final decision this is a recommendation to the european court but it says quite clearly. that britain alone could goodman the article fifty requests to leave the european union up till now there was a concern that actually that might have to be

a unanimous decision of all twenty eight states the advocate general of nuts and burkett said no if you asked to leave you can also ask not to be so that is quite an incompetent to all but remains in britain you've been campaigning with increasing book hilarity for a second referendum to reason very doesn't want second wrestler and one but if you are actually blocked in parliament on any deal then a second referendum really does look like you're a possible way out of the deadlock right quentin peel speaking to us from london thank you very much for your analysis and. a u.s. president trump and the first lady millennia trump have paid their final respects to the late president george h.w. bush his body is lying in state in washington the casket will remain in the u.s. capitol building until wednesday before being transported to texas for burial on thursday. president donald trump with his wife

melania beside him pays his last respects a brief visit but important trump and the former u.s. president didn't always see eye to eye. or a ceremony was held to pay tribute to president george h.w. bush a politician who would and respect from all political sides. there was a kindness about the man. it was evident to everyone who ever met him. all his years in public service were characterized by kindness modesty and patriotism. president bush who died aged ninety full will lie in state in washington's capitol rotunda and till wednesday members of the public have been gathering to pay their

final respects. thank you ladies. with the love is right barbara and his daughter rather and i just trying to come here to people back to him and thank you for. what he did for. the wonderful man i'm glad to be vocal and be able to miss it's a privilege. the body of america's forty first president had been transported from texas to washington his son george w. bush who followed his father into the oval office had a company to him on his final journey from the home city of houston. houston itself was hosting a concert in honor of the late president. and the sals ins gathered to remember

a man who many felt rose above the political fray and to whom they wanted to say goodbye. to sports now and look i'm old rich has been awarded football's prestige has fallen to or journalists vote for the prize and it's the latest in a string of awards for the midfielder he helped real madrid win the champions league this year before leaving for a shot to the runners up spot at the world cup he becomes the first player other than christiana rinaldo or lin on messi to win the men's award since two thousand and seven. in the new young player category france world cup winner killian and bof a took home the trophy and a leone striker of norway won the inaugural women's prize after starring in the champions league i had heard was asked by the host whether she wanted to twerk after picking up her award the comment by d.j. martin solvay provoked plenty of reaction on social media let's take

a look now british tennis star andy murray wrote on instagram that it was another example of ridiculous sexism that still exists in sports the two time wimbledon champion also asked why women still have to put up with this word of behavior another user points out that in twenty eighteen a woman finally gets a belong to or and it's first winner at a hurdle burke has to face this nonsense did this man ask if motorists can twerk as well another fan posted something similar on instagram commenting it's sexist it's humiliating and it ruined her incredible achievement in the final game of match day thirteen in the bundesliga byer leverkusen were held to a one one draw in nuremberg hardcore fans of the home side stayed out of the stands for the entire first half as part of a nationwide protest against the scheduling of matches on mondays but it wasn't just the booze that wrist drowning out the football. to break through right you're

a bad hard left the pitch the much smaller stadium looking bad playable but the referee saw no issue i'm the game went backstage in front of the empty seats of times protesting monday fixtures labor queues and served up some slapstick the conditions were already taking their toll. in the thirty five million visitors to the rights to car however it's the nineteen year old's fourth go overseas or keeper fabienne bread roll could only punch a fall and cross as far as have it says free on the youngster made no mistake. slave appears in what dominates and but some sloppy defending allowed marg right to equalize for nuremberg in the fifty sixth minute. the weather was so playing a role in this one. on the pitch came to nuremberg rescue when karim bella robbie was streaking towards goal but couldn't get a shot to. show it stayed one all and unspectacular and to

a curious monday night in new zealand. alan gyms and sports clubs around the world tied boxing has become a popular way to get in shape a modified version of it but in thailand it is serious business especially for children and teenagers from poor families the goal is often to turn pro and make it big but it's a dangerous path recently a thirteen year old boxer died of a brain injury did his best and heartache takes a look at the high risk world of tight boxing children. but one of. the last training session before the match is only thirteen years old but he's already a fighter. i am i never scared i always hit hard i like to use my knees that's my main weapon i'm good with my knees so i got. like many at this gym in thailand's poor north east has

a troubled family background his parents are divorced his grandparents can't take care of him that's how he ended up here he eats sleeps and of course trains here in return he fights for money i love. our boxes are taking part in a lot of fights. part of the money they win goes to the gym. that that's how we keep things running. and how we take care of the kids. they get their . white. or thai boxing is a national sport in thailand it's hugely popular also among children but the risk of injury is high recently a thirteen year old died after being knocked out in a fight many parents downplayed the risks involved. in the move and i think there's very little effect on the brain. is there was brain damage i would

know from the behavior change after the fight. but i've never seen before. that's because the biggest danger is not immediately visible these processes are pretty hard in a real fight boxes like the lever about twenty or forty of these to their opponent every round and it's time to bring suffers a minor injury over the years those injuries add up and back and have devastating consequences. doctor. has been studying the effects repeated punches to the head have on children's brains. the mechanism. repeat the injury it caused the brain and. has. memory function. and is this. because he

can't go to school he can sing play and nobody look from the outside not know that he has brain injury all the parents all claim that they don't see any thing wrong with their kids she's calling for banning fights for children under twelve and no full contact before their fifteen. but in reality kids even younger excite the crowds all over thailand. why tie is a deep rooted tradition here and one that's not easily changed. it's fight night for god. if he does well he hopes one day he can make it big in parks in the capital bangkok. where the money is but first he has to win here. oh but it's not going so well for him. after five

rounds his opponent wins on points. can. my arms weren't strong enough to simply better i'm very sad i have to train harder. to. come will be back another day for him like for many youngsters in thailand boxing is a shot at a better life. but one that could come at a high price. ok business with monica announce the big day for the euro their reforms underway to toughen up the currency exactly they've been sitting together for hours and hours on end sumi and then eurozone finance ministers agreed to invest more in a fund called the european stability mechanism that helps countries struggling with debt problems it is the main outcome of marathon negotiations in brussels the ministers say this will leave the single currency better equipped to deal with

future crises but the agreement falls short off for french president emanuel mccool's proposals to appoint a finance minister and introduce a common euro zone budget there was also no consensus on integrating the blocks banking system with countries greening only to discuss the matter again next year. well a lot of discussion of the white house later today german car bosses are due to need u.s. trade secretary robert light heiser executives from dima folks latin into b.m.w. will be trying to persuade the u.s. not to follow through on a threat to slap tariffs on european made cars so what are their arguments well firstly all three car makers have big factories in the united states b.m.w. in spartanburg south carolina mercedes in tuscaloosa alabama and folks in chata new got tennessee together these plans employ forty nine thousand people including

suppliers and service providers their dealers sell around one point eight or one point three million vehicles each year and looking at the trade balance of those com makers the german ones export more of the u.s. made cars than they import from germany making them net exports us e.u. officials however are critical of the meeting saying such talks between washington and companies directly could undermine official trade negotiations let's talk a little bit about that with our financial market correspondent healthiest yeah but it still standing by for us in frankfurt. i know that german comic has a currently struggling selling costs in europe these days what are the other markets right now. oh monaco the big party is over for carmakers not just here in europe but also in the other major markets in china

this year for the first time since one thousand nine hundred ninety we see a drop in car sales and projections aren't good for the upcoming year either german carmakers in particular are going to have trouble because china is introducing a quota full for electric cars of ten percent per automaker fleets and german car makers are not ahead of the curve here not known to be. in the u.s. we just have numbers recently from from november that's not looking good either at least not for folks not going into the were sales dropped the only one who was able to get a little more cars in was but not particularly doing well and i don't think comments by donald trump saying that the country is small with german cars are helping any yeah and of course a u.s. tariffs on germany would make things even worse however as i just mentioned brussels and also bilin have criticized those plant talks later today at the white

house what's the view where you are. well if you look at the charts today automakers are among the biggest losers and that mirrors the sentiment that really german car boces the can win this game that donald trump is playing but they also can't not play you mention that they don't have a mandate so what would donald trump want that he either. drive a stake between the carmakers and the european. sorry which is unlikely or he might be looking for more investment in the country for example shifting some expansion projects to the u.s. because it's their reporting from the front that stock exchange thank you. oh by the way us comic also feeling the pinch general motors announced massive job cuts also in ohio where g.m.

plants are shut down one of the five production sides in north america thousands of workers will lose their jobs not just general motors employees but also those working for it supply us now that despite promises by president obama trump that he secured jobs in the region our reporters went to the area to find out what this will mean for those affected. i'm on my way to youngstown ohio the city of sixty five thousand hugely depends on general motors g.m. has long been the main employee here creating jobs at their assembly plant and with nearby suppliers but the glory days are in the past for years g.m. has been firing people now the company wants to shut down its plant altogether. i'm meeting tommy valley ca he is one of the workers recently laid off by g.m. since then the father of three daughters has been unemployed. we're really scared

how we're going to be able to provide for our kids you know just being able to get them christmas presents this year i had to literally max out my credit card so how are we going to get money she's a waitress at cracker barrel she only makes four dollars and fifteen cents an hour plus tips and she's the only one working right now tommy party blames president trump for his situation. presidential came to arson to our area and he said to us don't sell your homes jobs are going to be poor back and i see nothing but job loss sets present shop has been inaugurated just like tommy many work is believed in terms promises and voted for him in two thousand and sixteen now not the president but god it is their last hope and there. are more according to the workers union for every job kept at g.m. in youngstown another seven are lost in local businesses or youngstown already is it was raided just a few days ago an article came out highest unemployment rate in the state so people

here are going to be struggling they're going to live on government assistance and try to get jobs that pay less than a living wage. hike were very tough at home surrounded by his family tommy finds comfort but there are moments when the difficult situation gets to them . and it does cause us to argue and it does cause us to fly but you know. at the same time you know we're still here and i'm not going anywhere you'll. hear . it's been a tough time here for me at g.m. plant. the people in lordstown still don't want to give up their hopes and homes but the true face of the city's economy and population has been declining for years if no other big employer takes general motors place this town could soon be abandoned and yet another american city moving from industrial glory to marginalise

ation. and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. france has suspended a controversial increase to the fuel tax of the six months the country's prime minister says no tax is worth sacrificing the unity of the country in ousmane follows some of the worst violence in gears after demonstrators took to the streets of paris to protest the national. this is d w news live from berlin well coming up at the top of the hour. a.

fresh rhetoricians from space. science fiction not for them. german scientists have set up a self-contained vegetable farm which they want to put on mars. is this a step towards life on another part time. cuts. to the next on double. life flexible and human. constructions only take on their real form once they're filled with it. or in the country. change the landscape and find space.

temporary separation by trust funds. a lot of we were wrong when we were. even percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship. for. moving in fighting for the case to be taken seriously in the world of war here's what's coming up. on the loose talk on t.v. w. they do the details superhero plan a mission smart women smart talks with smart station alleging these and by no means missed out on it were increasingly dangerous stuff to make.

welcome to tomorrow today the science show on t.w. here's what's coming up if humans colonize the moon oman's they'll have to grow their own food scientists are working on it in antarctica. secret says protect coasts but the underwater meadows are in decline can an artificial substitute help . and we go to china we'll abara trees are using chris because nine hundred ninety two genetically modified organisms. christic has a nine is a gene editing technique used to make targeted changes to d.n.a. . it's a kind of molecular sis's that can sniff the prostate cells genes to remove replace

all to selected parts of them. microbiologist emanuel co-developed crisper decipher in the mechanism by which bacteria defend themselves against invading viruses it's a groundbreaking discovery that is made crisper a widely used by a technological method now a research and shandong china has sparked outrage with his claim to have made the first anetta key edited babies using krista. he says the l. to the genes of two embryos in order to prevent hiv infection scientists in china and around the world condemned the move as irresponsible and unethical but when it comes to breeding animals and plants research and industry secrets that as a tool with a huge potential. china is going all in with crisper cast nine technology for example at the agricultural giant syngenta the firm based in switzerland was acquired by can china in twenty

seventeen. is head of research at the beijing laboratory crisper technology is being used on crops here that could one day end up on dinner plates. in china also make a national strategic priority said we need to. be also or want to walk as a leader in this area so china point to as a national strategic priority say we need to invest think united we need to also develop the technology this. crisper technology is already proving a revolution and plan for it in a trench beijing believes is urgently needed. we only have a limited demand a resource for the whole world is there eventually is our people population is growing and away need a lot more food it's a new breeding technology it just help us to bring much better and. just

a way to get those products to the market the gene editing method could for example be used to prevent plant diseases like powdery mildew which is common in some wheat pariah bees. in older genome editing approaches a gene from an unaffected wheat variety had to be transplanted into a susceptible variety using the new genome editing tool only a single gene needs to be snipped out of the susceptible wheat to make it immune to the disease. that finding is the work of gosh our goal a pioneering plant biologist at the chinese academy of sciences. she also studies we. here this is our call the noodle this isn't the way. this plant was actually using crisp our technology and here is a normal way for plants alike in fact neither one week ago for this part of the of

the other you can see i hope you can see the big difference so this on the surface of this in the north and the plants you couldn't see. any fungal growing either here it's very clear. by. quite a large fund that the roy to fend it off all the researchers had to do with switch off one gene but you know this is like a breakthrough with technology and the for this technology it helps a lot for basic research if you compare this technique this is like a conventional breeding. breeding and. so this technology is a very efficient it cost the last of these very fast and the physic. at the very precise. the new weed could hit supermarkets soon crisper technology has been used

on other plants as well like to create potatoes that have a longer shelf life or mushrooms that don't go brown as quickly or tomatoes that ripen faster than usual crisper technology has enormous potential for technique allows researchers to edit genomes in small but important ways which means changes more closely mimic what might happen in nature. has increased by technology it's of are very often you cannot distinguish from a natural. if i don't tell you it's in there what is this because. a cold one maybe only one. a nucleus you could not i love this mathieson easier for this nature. so it's for thought to distinguish. a crisper super wheat could conquer a grocery shelves without anyone noticing the technology has many upsides but does it pose risks too so the swarm of genome editing be given free rein because it more

closely mimics natural evolution or should it be a strictly regulated as older gene editing approaches. in the european union a decision on those questions was reached in mid twenty eighteen the european court of justice and luxembourg ruled that plants edited with crisper technology are still genetically modified organisms and as g.m.o. they're subject to strict regulations in the e.u. . so in europe at least crisper edited crops won't be planted commercially any time soon. to introduce c. elegans. this tiny round is a favorite object for researches it has a simple body plan and its genome has been completely decoded for example it has been shown to have a gene linked to lifespan and aging it turns out that humans have that gene too it

seems that much of the way we age is programmed in our d.n.a. but what exactly does aging involve. we all get old. it's inevitable. no amount of moisturizing will help. and why is that. while aging is controlled by biological process that. when we're young cell division or macho says mostly results in perfect daughter cells genetic material that is damaged. by radiation for example. it's fixed by d.n.a. repair mechanisms. but as we get older there's an accumulation of damage caused by oxygen free radicals radiation or errors during my ptosis.

our cells become less efficient. we suffer a loss of organ function our muscles including the heart to become weaker. lungs no longer work as well. liver and kidney function also start to decline main organs that filter waste. so we start to show signs of where one thing leads to another decline in cardiac and lung function means our bodies aren't adequately supplied with blood and oxygen so they become weaker the downward spiral continues because we feel we can we exercise less. it's a vicious circle. regular exercise is one way of delaying the aging process. the immune system is powerless to stop aging it produces fewer natural killer cells these help defend us against viral bacterial and fungal infection. they can

even recognize and destroy. the fewer killer cells we have the greater the risk will fall sick. auto immune disorders can also occur as we get older. this means are a means to stems commit stake in the attack and destroy healthy body tissues this can be to remove toit arthritis for example. so there we have it. oh and by the way the brain ages differently. most neurons the core component of the brain can't reproduce so damage through cell division doesn't occur but biochemical changes do occur such as changes in the levels of new. transmitters the brain become slower in processing stimuli but there is good news the knowledge and insight that comes from a lifetime of experience help with complex thought. and surely that's more

important than smooth skin. we asked you for your thoughts on aging. to broaden your says aging is inevitable but what matters is how you face it. elizabeth vargas describes growing old as a triumphal crown requiring courage and dignity so one day you can say i have loved and been loved and i leave behind a better world. for torres and hell aging is a curse he sees it as a sign that the body is deteriorating. gonzales frank has a wish for his old age he says when you're young you foolish and the youth vanishes foolishness doesn't so he wishes for wisdom in his old age. and believes still calls aging the most disagreeable part of life but says that accepting it may make it less unpleasant. in fact there's plenty you can do to stay fit as you

age be active and keep up with the latest research on aging here's one exciting project. this girl. these researchers are holding a conference via skype half the team is located in hamburg soon aversive the heart center the other in san francisco three years ago the u.s. space agency nasa contracted hamburg based heart specialists on your script for to research the aging process of the human cardiovascular system. and you think i want to do that we have to look at the immune system because the immune system is involved in a cardiovascular aging process. yes here on earth and why do we use the arrow gravity because weightlessness imitates the aging process. the team has discovered that the body ages faster in zero gravity the problem is

especially obvious in long term missions like scott kelly's the american astronaut spent a year on the international space station longer than anyone else on his return he was physically incapable of leaving the capsule without assistance it was thought to be a muscle problem but furnished at first says that's not quite the case it would be so that even if his leg muscles and everything were still working he still wouldn't be able to climb out because the blood vessels especially here in the carotid artery change so much over time he couldn't regulate his blood pressure effectively . the researchers who small tubes called tissue chips to imitate the human vascular system by simulating zero gravity with this random positioning machine they were able to show evidence of the aging process and cell changes. the tests will be replicated on the i assessed to try and confirm the results in genuine microgravity . into an office video that we expect the results to be

validated if that's the case then we'll have a relatively good understanding of how the aging process functions as a messy two mechanisms in the process where we think we can intervene and effectively stop it by blocking it. and we hope that will hold immune system aging of to. those two mechanisms remain a closely guarded secret for now but if all goes well then three year long missions to mars would become feasible and it would open the door to new medications for cardiovascular diseases down here on earth. these fruits of the earth that end up on our dinner plates can be really tasty. but if we are to leave the earth and move to other planets it's high time we

thought about what will be easing their. chances our diets will feature home grown plants rather than meat. is it possible that one day you will inhabit the moon all moms and even plant vegetables. that would require water light and some kind of soil moss for example is pretty arid water does exist but mainly in the form of ice then there are high levels of radiation still there are a number of scientific projects but they're looking into how plant life could be sustained in space on one of these all over the initial of my vision is certainly to move towards mars or the moon it's clear that we need to expand our resources whether we go for asteroids or planets at some stage we'll need to move beyond the earth that's the nature of human exploration or. could be stoops hold the

secret for growing plant life on mars all the moon klaus has spent thirty five years working for a company in germany that supports european space programs although he's a biologist he always wanted to be an astronaut so he combined his two passions and began studying how life could be sustained on a planet one challenges the aggressive meteorite dust found on the moon which would destroy the plant's believes al green is the solution the size of. the front so if you're trying to grow plants there are the tiny root hairs that we are all familiar with because if you've ever grown crest for example they'd simply be sliced off or pierced but through their secretions algae are able to bind these nano particles and basically neutralize them. it's all about turning a hostile environment into an environment that can support life what's good for the

moon or months could also be used to bring deserts here on the earth back to life. the german air space center is also studying potential vegetable farms for miles and the moon for the past year powered sobber has been growing cucumbers radishes unless this in another hostile environment antarctica the roots basically hang in the air and a sprayed with nutrients. and tactic as an excellent testing ground for our project it's very remote. the noise my our three station where we have a greenhouse is like a tiny space ship on a far away planet. once a year food is delivered to the research station otherwise it's completely cut off from the outside world. the greenhouse is four hundred meters from the research station whatever the weather battles the elements to visit his antarctic nasseri.

the control center back in gemini monitors the levels of nutrients water and light that the plants are getting. the vegetables are growing totally independent of the conditions outside so we've basically created our own climate inside the greenhouse that we can control as you can see we work with ellie daylight's the plants don't get any sunlight the early days provide the sole source of light energy. ideal conditions for testing how life could be sustained on months in the moment on sunday that in a moment a possible scenario could be that we send a greenhouse to mars which then sets about growing its own vegetables controlled from earth. concerned that when the first humans arrive on mars they have a green house full of food ready to be harvested. and funk and so on.

the coolest garden in the world could soon be a working model for outer space cool indeed even and arctic some is minus thirty degrees celsius is as warm as it gets just thinking about it gives me goosebumps. but of course it's not only i see temperatures that can give you goose bumps. one of our viewers encounter sent in an interesting question about that. why do some people get goosebumps when they listen to music. music can affect us deeply. it can spark emotions and move us profoundly personal tastes aside. it can trigger memories and transport us back to

a place where we've heard it before. several areas of the brain are activated when we listen to music that studies show that some of us get goosebumps and some of us don't. research as to found that people with musical training and people who are open to new experiences more likely to feel chills run up their spine in response to music. this could be because they have fibers connecting the ordered tree cortex of the brain to the areas that process emotions which means these areas communicate better if you're the type of person who experiences intense emotions you're more likely to get goosebumps from listening to music too. of course some music makes your hair stand on end for the wrong reasons.

the researchers also found that luke human voice is what most often causes. her. to cello and the viola are also very moving and incidentally if a piece of music gives you goosebumps you're more likely to remember it. thank. you. why. do you have a science question that you've always wanted answered it we're happy to help out send it to us as a video text over we smell if we answer it on the show we'll send you a little surprise as a thank you can i just ask. to find you dot com slash science or drop us a line at e w underscore side take on face book d w dot science.

the rain forest is a complex ecosystem supporting a vast variety of plants and animals. and it's all interconnected these organisms all depend on each other. and raise forests a crucial for the global climate believe it or not there are similarly complex ecosystems underwater. grows just off the coast in areas where the sea floor is flat. huge beds of sea grass are often called the oceans rain forests and they play a similar role in marine ecology. they offer countless species both sustenance and protection seagrass beds also produce oxygen and store carbon dioxide by binding it

in a long term form for the last two years with a project see art roll vian weaver and his colleagues have been trying to find out what other vital functions the marine plants might fulfil. seagrass helps to damp the energy transmitted by the waves and also to curb the power of currents that in turn cuts down on the erosion of the seabed the seagrass helps stabilize it. best wedding gown so it plays a role in coastal protection because the waves that arrive on the coast strike it with less energy. the first step for the researchers was to examine the condition of the sea grass beds on germany's coasts their results show that agriculture on land is proving poisonous to the marine plants global warming is also causing massive algae blooms that cut off the light that sea grass needs to grow european

universities and partners from industry working together on the c.r. project there's a huge amount of sea grass in the tropics but it's disappearing here because fishers often use dynamite and because trenches are being cut to lay pipelines that creates these corridors through the beds and on its own the sea grass is unable to repopulate those areas. no artificial sea grass could help provide a solution to the problem just like its natural counterpart it would help dampen wave energy and prevent sea better erosion providing the right conditions for natural sea grass to grow back. the plastic sea grass is still in testing. the researchers want to know how long the blades have to be to prove effective. also where the material has to be flexible and we're it needs to be steph. the testing at this facility should provide some insights.

the unwavering and his colleagues try out current set different speeds that tells them how well they're artificial seagrass bad breaks up the currents. as if. it really does work it behaves in a way that's very similar to real sea grass full of us we're going to be in the experiments that we performed we learned that the speed of the current and changes both within our bed and on the upstream side of it. but should the mats be constructed of plastic so i wouldn't a natural fibers be better the researchers are still looking for the after more material. it has to be as close as possible to the real thing but also easy to produce. and most importantly it has to disappear without a trace as natural sea grass grows back this kind of research takes time and the

frigid salt water off northern europe the materials they're testing break down very slowly on the tummy naturally our dream is to produce a prototype module that can be adjusted to fit very different environmental conditions. and they don't have to be able to cope with different types of currents as well as the different microorganisms. the sea org research team wants to develop their prototype as quickly as possible because time is of the essence the world's marine rainforests are disappearing at the rate of over twenty football fields a day. but the typewriter out of business digital is replacing analog in more and more areas of our lives but is digital necessarily more sustainable next time on tomorrow or today we ask how green is the digital world really join us for that till then by.

light flexible and peculiar constructions only take on their real form once they're filled. whether in town or in the country. change the landscape and mindspace. temporary streets are fine and fine dusty. the romance in thirty minutes on the double. clutch of british folk and. surely to school in africa and the world nor

link to exceptional stories and discussions. of these events and while website deputed comes to the top join us on facebook c w africa. i think is everything challenging first i'm making a muslim. so much different culture between here and there challenging for if. the summer is the same i think it was worth it for me to come to germany. got my license to work as a swimming instructor here to share knowledge to children one hundred adults just one of the toughest. what's your story take part share it on in full migrants dot net. births played home to moods of species. go home

were significant. blow to get those are big changes and most start with small steps but global ideas tell stories of could induce people into innovative projects around the world. but to use the term the to stop raining purchase of insurance and resource to ensure. the continent or actors come to the teaching of the next generation of the doesn't want them to touch on the. players and only channels available to inspire people to get out show was more determined to build something new for the next generation a global ideas for the environment series of global three thousand on t w and all modern. audience

would. this is d w news live from berlin on the retreat france suspends a controversial increase to the fuel tax addressing the nation the country's prime minister edward phillips says no tax is worth sacrificing the unity of the country denouncement follows some of the worst violence in decades in paris after demonstrators took to the streets to protest and. also coming up u.s. president trump pays its final respects to late president george h.w. bush as he lies in state in washington we look at the complicated legacy of a former leader. and it's one of thailand's most popular sports kickboxing also gives poor children a shot at a better life. but doctors are warning that young people are paying too high a price to succeed we visit a gym to see how dangerous sport is for you. i'm

swimming so much kind of thank you for joining us the french government has announced it is suspending an unpopular tax on fuel that is on schedule to take effect next month in a televised address prime minister edward phillips said diesel and gas hikes will be delayed for six months he then urged members of the movement to end their violent protests that shut down central paris over the weekend the so-called yellow vests protests began in mid november and they've since evolved into a wider revolt against president michel three people have been killed in the violence. let's bring in lisa lewis in paris she's following all the latest developments for us hi lisa so a phillipe edwards released the french prime minister has been speaking tell us more about what he's been saying what measures will be taken. well he has announced

that this very controversial tax will be pushed back by six months but he's also said that gas and electricity prices would not go up at the beginning of two thousand and nineteen that would have been the case otherwise he also said that apparently stricter controls for m.m.t. so vehicle safety inspection that would kick in in twenty nine thousand that were planned to kick in in twenty nine thousand would be pushed back so he's announced a few measures he's also said that from mid december on that would be a nationwide debate about taxes in france because he said i understand that it's too complicated for everybody understands that the people are having difficulties making ends need to actually especially single parents all those who need that cost to go to work and he said that the government hurt them he also said that they had been violent during the protests over the past few weeks won't be found and would be prosecuted and that was not admissible rady to have such people in france

violating basically a french unity he said that no tax was worth it to put in danger national unity and founts rightly so the big question now is will these measures appease the protesters is this what they've been asking for. well it's a first step one of the yellow that's one member of the yellow that's me that just talked to french t.v. and he said you know we're pleased with what he announced but this can't be all of a scene he's waited for the government has waited for a long time until it reacted finally to this movement and they say you know we need concrete measures we need more money in our pockets and we need our wages to go up we need taxes to go down. in his feet he said you know we don't exclude to bring down taxes but we have to look at our budget deficit so if we bring out bring down taxes that will also mean that we will have to bring down public spending

otherwise we would get into trouble on a european level is that we see in violent protests for a few weekends now how much has all of this affected president michael well a lot of prison a coin and michael is already very unpopular only one out of five french people have a positive opinion of him obviously lots of opposition parties have now said that the government is not really dealing with this crisis very well even members from his own party have come out in the fast past few days saying you know you should have oncet earlier to these demands from the protesters and it's it's going to be very difficult for him to bring the french back on his side really he's having a very difficult time now aren't good obviously salutes reporting for us from paris lisa thank you very much let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world britain's parliament has started debating the prime minister teresa mayes brags that deal the agreement

to take the u.k. out of the european union faces deep opposition from lawmakers who say it's a bad deal as well as those opposed to bragg's it as a vote is scheduled to take place next tuesday. italian police have arrested the suspected new head of the cillian mafia the government says it's a major blow to organized crime on the mediterranean island eighteen year old city moment nato and forty five other alleged mobsters are accused of extortion firearms offenses arson and other crimes nato foreign ministers are meeting to salvage a major arms treaty amid accusations that russia has violated the agreement the us is threatening to withdraw from the pact signed by moscow and washington in one nine hundred eighty seven us secretary of state micron pale says violators of the treaty must be confronted and indonesian security forces say they are trying to

recover the bodies of thirty one construction workers and a soldier who were killed in one of the worst separatist attacks in indonesia's restive province of papuan the workers were killed sunday when gunmen stormed a government bridge construction site and construction of the bridge in the densely forested region has been halted. us president trump and the first lady millennia trump have paid their final respects to the late president george h.w. bush whose body is lying in state in washington the casket will remain in the u.s. capitol building until wednesday before being transported to texas for burial on thursday. president donald trump with his wife melania beside him pays his last respects. a brief visit but important triumphant the former u.s.

president didn't always see eye to eye. with ceremony was held to pay tribute to president george h.w. bush a politician who earned respect from all political sides. there was a kindness about the man. it was evident to everyone who ever met him. all his years in public service were characterized by kindness modesty and patriotism. president bush who died aged ninety full will lie in state in washington's capitol rotunda and till wednesday members of the public have been gathering to pay their final respects. thank you les keys. with the love is right barbara and he's got or rather than and i just try to come here to people

back to him and him for. what he did for. the wonderful man i'm glad to be vocal on being able to miss a privilege. the body of america's forty first president had been transported from texas to washington his son george w. bush who followed his father into the oval office had to companies him on his final journey from their home city of houston. houston itself was hosting a concert in honor of the late president. and see thousands gathered to remember a man who many felt rose above the political fray and to whom they wanted to say goodbye. new years. the governing body of world athletics has decided to extend the ban on russia competing in

international track and field the suspension was levied three years ago after allegations of a state run doping program in russian athletics the i double a f. has prevented russia from coming back into the fold after it failed to fulfill necessary biquad ehrman's president sebastian coe made the announcement after a meeting of the bodies governing council russian athletes proven to be clean by testers have been allowed to compete in the intervening years but under a neutral flag. now in gyms and sports clubs around the world at thai boxing has become a popular way to get in shape at least a modified version of it but in thailand it's serious business especially for children and teenagers from poor families the goal is often to turn pro and make it big but it's a dangerous path recently a thirteen year old boxer died of a brain injury demi's bust and heartache takes a look at the high risk world of thai boxing children.

the last training session before the match is only thirteen years old but he's already a fighter. playing out i never scared i always hit hard i like to use my knees that's my main weapon i'm good with my knees. like many at this gym in thailand's poor north east has a troubled family background his parents are divorced his grandparents can't take care of him that's how he ended up here he eats sleeps and of course trains here in return he fights for money i want. our boxers are taking part in a lot of fights. part of the money they win goes to the gym. that's how we keep things running. and how we take care of the kids.

or thai boxing is a national sport in thailand it's hugely popular also among children but the risk of injury is high recently a thirteen year old died after being knocked out in a fight many parents downplay the risks involved. and i think there's very little effect on the brain. is there was brain damage. from the behavior change after the fight. but i've never seen that before. i. that's because the biggest danger is not immediately visible these prices are pretty hard in a real fight boxes like the lever about twenty or forty of these to their opponents head every round and each time the brain suffers a minor injury over the years those injuries add up and that can have devastating

consequences. dr gene. has been studying the effects repeated punches to the head have on children's brains. the mechanism. that my no brain injury it caused the brain and he. has. memory function. and is this. because he can. play and nobody look from the outside not know that he has brain injury all the parents all claim that they don't see any thing wrong with their kids she's calling for banning fights for children under twelve and no full contact before they're fifteen. but in reality kids even younger excite the crowds all over thailand. time is a deep rooted tradition here and one that's not easily changed. it's fight

night for gum. if he does well he hopes one day he can make it big in a box in the capital bangkok where the money is but first he has to win here. but it's not going so well for him. after five rounds his opponent wins on points. they still can. my arms weren't strong enough he was simply better. i'm very sad so i have to train harder. for you. will be back another day for him like for many youngsters in thailand boxing is a shot at a better life. but one that could come at a high price. did have these boston heartache reporting for us there

you're watching news still to come ministers back a new deal to toughen up the euro but is it tough enough to withstand another crisis that's. tossed the heads of germany's biggest car companies go to washington we'll tell you what's on the agenda for the one one have your business headlines after a short break. we're .

showing up today don't miss our highlights. program online w dot com highlights. you know i think that the. sometimes i. think deep into the culture. stereotype. of the country. who. post.

the euro gets more muscle to future. finance ministers back reforms for the currency block. and fighting dissolution in the belt as promises of. proof. let's do business eurozone finance ministers have agreed to the european stability mechanism that helps countries struggling with debt problems it's the maid outcome of marathon negotiations in brussels the ministers say the single currency better equipped to deal with future crises. they negotiated and then they negotiated some more. euro zone finance ministers spent

a total of eighteen hours talking in the end they agreed to this. we have agreed to a nance the role of the sam to further strengthen the crisis prevention and resolution cap abilities of the euro area will also increase the effectiveness of the fact even as of e.s.m. precautionary instruments at the same time we reaffirm that e.s.m. support is a last resort and that we need to ensure an appropriate level of conditionality in other words more support for struggling euro zone economy but the help comes with strings attached there was far less consensus on other issues though like the proposal for a joint eurozone budgets and a plan to secure all eurozone bank deposits. also looming over the meeting uncertainty over italy spending plans the country is currently revising its draft

budgets after the e.u. threatened to finance provide elation fiscal rules italy's public debt now stands at more than one hundred thirty percent of g.d.p. that's more than double of what's allowed under e.u. rules another thing that will need to be talked about. is go into detail use guilt muthas you standing by just full of the joint press conference of the french finance minister and his german counterparts all of scholtz and i have to say for finance ministers they were not just upbeat they were positively ecstatic about what has been achieved speaking about giant leaps forwards that were made and draw understand that you have to see where they come from many i do yours were thought to be dead in the water and now they are back on the table less ambitious maybe but take the european stability mechanism for instance it has new responsibilities the firefighters as both ministers explained it has a better tool box to fight

a potential debt crisis and from their perspective it's positive news for the eurozone well as you put it they're ecstatic but that's probably because of lack of sleep and there are lots of sticking points like the common eurozone budget for example. right i think we're looking at a scaled down version of of what michael had in mind when he talked about a crisis fighting a budget but what we have is a euro zone budget that is has been agreed at least that how it's to be constructed what has not been agreed is how big that euro zone budget will be and the same goes for the digital tax many said something that is dead in the water it's now back and it will focus on advertising revenue so it will hit a big tech giants in the future although ministers have agreed that they first want to see how international organizations would pick up that idea but if that doesn't work in the o.e.c.d. or the g twenty it is the eurozone that will push this forward really briefly did they get to the topic of italy. i asked

a question to sheilds and he said the german finance minister and he said italy has been extremely constructive but they say he then made also clear there is no trade off between italy supporting these reform ideas and it's only handing in the new budget the position in brussels is still clear in the italy has to hand in the revised budget otherwise they are potentially facing penalties from brussels gail much as in brussels thank you. german car bosses a jew to meet u.s. trade secretary robert light highs and later today executives from diana wagner and b.m.w. will be trying to persuade the u.s. not to follow through on a threat to slap tariffs on european made cars so one of their arguments firstly all three have big factories in the us b.m.w. in spartanburg south carolina the sadie's in tuscaloosa alabama and fox fogging in chattanooga tennessee well together the plants employ forty nine thousand people including suppliers and service providers that deal is still around one point three

million vehicles each year and looking at their trade balance german companies export more of a u.s. made cars than they import from germany making the made a exporters so can the meeting reduce tensions perhaps a little but trade talks are the responsibility of the european commission not comic its let's bring in timmins first he's president of germany's institute just explain to us what is at stake here for the comic is first of all for the comic has the of the car the tariffs on cars twenty five percent potentially are a threat and they clearly want to avoid that at the same time they are not really responsible for tariff policies so what trump is trying here is one small to divide in this case the europeans he wants to extract concessions from the comic or the robin negotiating with the e.u.

and he's doing a good job of it i mean german chancellor angela merkel has always been seen as the auto counsellor in she said yesterday that trade talks something for the european commission the economy gets. exactly and. so i think that not very much can come out of this of course trump will try to extract the commitment to set up a new factory are to extend existing factories in the united states the announcement by general motors to shut down factories has been very bad for trump in terms of p.r. and he's not desperately trying to get a success out of these carmakers so mostly this is a public relations action i think there will not be much substance as a result of these talks but it does sound like a desperate situation for the german carmakers i mean the german car market dipped last month the chinese competition is also heating up none of this really bodes well if you looking further down the road well as

a matter of fact trump think hard before really imposing these terrorists because they would be a retailer tory measures from the e.u. on american products of course what trump is also trying to do is make the e.u. open up the market for agriculture as and that is very tough but in the end knows he will run a very high risk if he really does introduce those tariffs so his leverage is limited rated given first thank you very much great to get your take on that thank you for u.s. automakers are also feeling the pinch general motors has announced massive cuts thousands of workers will lose their jobs including many who supply g.m. that's despite promises by president donald trump to secure those very jobs in the rust belt our reporters went there. i'm on my way to youngstown ohio the city of sixty five thousand hugely depends on general motors g.m.

has long been the main employee here creating jobs at their assembly plant and with nearby suppliers but the glory days are in the past for years g.m. has been firing people now the company wants to shut down its plant all together. a meeting tommy valley cough he is one of the workers recently laid off by g.m. since then the father of three daughters has been unemployed. we're really scared how we're going to be able to provide for our kids you know just being able to get them christmas presents this year i had to literally max out my credit card so how are we going to get money she's a waitress at cracker barrel she only makes four dollars and fifteen cents an hour plus tips and she's the only one working right now tommy party blames president trump for his situation. president came to ours to our area and he said to us don't sell your homes jobs are going to be poor back and i see nothing

but job loss sets president trump has been inaugurated just like tommy many work is believed in terms promises and voted for him in two thousand and sixteen now not the president but god is their last hope and there. are more according to the workers union for every job kept at g.m. in youngstown another seven are lost in local businesses or youngstown already is it was raided just a few days ago an article came out highest unemployment rate in the state so people here are going to be struggling they're going to live on government assistance and try to get jobs that pay less than a living wage. hike were very public at home surrounded by his family tommy finds comfort but there are moments when their difficult situation gets to them. and it does cause us to argue and it does cause a flight but you know at the same time you know we're still here and i'm not going

anywhere you. it's been a tough time here for me. and. the people in the town still don't want to give up their hopes and homes but the truth is the city's economy and population has been declining for years if no other big employer takes general place this could soon be abandoned yet another american city moving from industrial glory to marginalise a. maker of. talks with a canadian cannabis producer over central investment in the company. has become. in the u.s. several states as well as canada have legalized marijuana. to diversify with a possible takeover of canada's group the company is not the only one in the market coca-cola and consolation brands have also made billion dollar investments in the

kind of. ice and business with a. flexible

. anthropic you hear these constructions only take on their real form once they're filled with fair. weather in down or in the country they change the landscape and provide space. temporary spaces by trust fund dusty. the romance next on d w. if you plan to be our fighters want to start families to become farmers or engineers every one of them has a plan of the initial for their children. some learning is just that the children who have already been there all a n.i.c.u. and those that will follow are part of

a new kind of. they could be the future of. granting opportunities global news that matters d. w. made for mines. a continent is reinventing itself. as africa's tech scene discovers it's true potential. inventors entrepreneurs and high tech professionals talk about their visions successes and day to day business the difference. it's. history you know everyone. seems to have a vision. i'm trying to. get you to africa starts december twelfth on t.w. .

i'm max merrill welcome to another week of europe max is a preview of what's coming up in today's show. supersized ballet shanghai ballet company they just want like an. inflatable spaces to blend based on sex design portable roofs made of plastic. fluffy tail lights it's a sweet speciality for working from. we start on the big stage with what many regard as the epitome of classical ballet swan lake when it was first rehearsed and eight hundred seventy six its original choreography felt the ballet was undone simple since then it has developed and

found success all over the world but directed derek deane decided to make things a bit harder with the shanghai ballet company he brings forty eight instead of the usual sixteen songs onto the stage this sensational production is currently in berlin and we went by to see how the dances of ruffling feathers on the crowded stage. first six then nine then twenty four in the end forty eight swann's downstairs a press call in berlin's board of museum it's one lake on a scale never seen before staged by celebrated british choreographer derek dean. it is that it is in the world i mean there hasn't been this one leg of this size in a proceeding in theater and not even you know the paris opera the wall ballet the kirov or the bolshoi nobody has ever created something like this so be very interesting to see odeon three action to this i call it

a tsunami of swans the forty eight swans epitomize in a sense and beauty but achieving their seeming ease requires perfect technique the smallest mistake would destroy the illusion. just how to really pick her up in a spotlight as soon as she starts to. the dances movements must be strong yet smooth and sensuous team strives for perfection that shanghai ballet were very much on the emotional side of the dons not just forty eight girls being in line being in the precise place we very very much were on the quality of the movement and the emotion of the movement as well. for the two soloists in particular performing on a completely new stage requires a great deal of concentration they have to find their way through three times as many swans as usual yet make it look as easy as if they weren't there at all.

i am a bit nervous it's my first time on this stage and i'm still a little jet lagged or we're all really excited. but with derek dean there in the best of hands he's made his name choreographing productions performed in huge arena. yes dean has studied stagings of swan lake throughout history from the primary nine hundred seventy seven to modern day performances he says there have been major changes. you know where it's well it was for us before it was a disaster i mean everybody booed at the performances everybody said the music was trying to dreadful the choreography was appalling and they had to put the production away for many years and then it was rethought redone with the same music and through the years it became this. is a fairy tale about prince siegfried's desperate attempt to save swan princess or

death from the spell cast by an evil sorcerer is a perennial favorite when derek dean first stage swan lake in one thousand nine hundred seventy in london princess diana was among his most ardent admirers. she would come to rehearsals she would turn up unannounced she would come and have a she would just come and sit with outsiders and she was terribly easy and very comfortable and there was no side she wasn't performing she was of being the princess of wales she was just being a person and it was wonderful to see that side of her but had connection with that it was tremendous and these ballerinas hope to find such an enthusiastic response in berlin as well at the press conference of the buddha museum they demonstrated their impressive talents the youngest dancer is just seventeen. that hard and this is my very first show i just graduated from dancing school. says about the most

challenging part for me is to dance in such a big group there's a big difference between twenty fourth ones and forty eight. but is it quantity over quality on the contrary derek dean and the shanghai ballet have performed swan lake repeatedly for international audiences to greater. claim. still giving them a classical ballet you're not changing the structure you're not changing the law you're giving them the best product you can give them it's just it's just this. people just bring something else to the back of the show lives up to its advertising slogan with more songs than you can count derek dean's version of swan lake is a great ballet won't be performing its one song any time soon. this mammoth production will be the sixteenth of december when it moves on to the

austrian capital vienna now it's time to take a look at today's headlines around the continent express we make stops in helsinki . but first up we're in moscow. at the weekend. red square professional figure skaters took to the ice at the foot of the kremlin for the opening. the rink can accommodate up to four hundred fifty skaters. muscovites and visitors alike tough luck here every winter since two thousand and six freezing temperatures not necessary as the ice is kept cool by machines. on wednesday a new central library is opening in the finnish capitol hill thinking it will be named the library as a present from the finns to themselves on the hundredth anniversary of their independence from russia its rings out a year of celebration libraries in helsinki are the second highest rated public

service after drinking water and we have around six point five million visits to our libraries every single year so libraries are really loved and feel and. the design is by architects based in have. many of the routine jobs and then you know every part to be performed by robots. last sunday liverpool experienced an invasion of santa claus's nearly seven thousand men and women took part in the santa dash a five kilometer run through the english city on the mercy. of. anyone fifteen years or older could participate the only requirement was the center suit. the rental was included in the twenty six year old booking fee not a very snappy christmas to one and all things. this was.

our journey through europe continues here in berlin now with two architects who live in the capital they form a collective called plastique fantastic but mark o'connor that she and una young don't design buildings but rather plastic spaces they arrest them at concerts festivals and clubs and we met them. to find out how they work and which role low cost airlines play in their success. these giant inflated plastic shapes look like something out of a science fiction film plastic fantastique creates temporary venues for concerts encounters and theater performances architects marco kind of archie and yet a young are pitching up their inflatable spaces all around europe at their berlin studio they tell us how it all began. i was story runs parallel to the advent of budget airlines and the blitz and suddenly it was possible for both of us to fly

any way it can work in super league and want to the fan and the other the plastic bubble is baggage on easyjet. so they started making everything to a twenty five kilos or less back so we could travel with it. was i think you don't have it but i think. marco spent the early one nine hundred ninety s. in the eastern part of berlin in stark contrast to his native room anything seem to be possible here he squatted in apartment studied architecture and opened up a club together with some friends that's where he created his first spaces with plastic sheeting to keep the patrons warm. nowadays plastic fantastic has other aims the architecture altering perceptions of cities and their streets for instance here in spain's capital madrid. we could support i think the biggest advantage is the lightweight the biggest

disadvantage is the in compatibility with environmental consciousness to come. into your room for debate. we created an installation with a floor space of two hundred fifty square meters in a dutch forest and it all fit on one pallet if we were to build a space the same size made of wood and textiles it wouldn't necessarily be any more ecological. hooves. at this festival on an island in the north sea in the summer of twenty seventeen light sound and when constantly change the spaces. can go wrong. not nature. like the wind. but we have to take some precautions

so whenever we have an installation outdoors we always have a team on site who decides when we need to adjust to the changing conditions. and the worst case the installation needs to be taken down. this structure can withstand gusts up to the wind force for anything stronger is risky and twenty sixteen the architects put up a kind of tent in the middle of the finish capital helsinki. it was quite popular with the four events or simply taking a lunch break. people are quite. shy. and i think that's. their new project titled one hundred years of evolution is also designed to get people

talking it's time now for our ongoing series and today we take a trip to poland that's thanks to of your request from san salvador el salvador to see our lives there and told us it's her dream to travel to poland one day the time being we went there for her it's the winter sports result of the panic in the south of the country. one thousand meters above sea level is poland's highest town located at the base of the high top from out. a magical landscape of peaks around in the high touch it's the icy temperatures in the clear mountain near make the region of favorite with lovers of winter sports. around three million people visits up upon it every year the town is called poland's winter capital. and its heart group of key street lined with stores and

restaurants invites tourists to take a stroll. looking shoes i was we come here every year it's relaxing you can stroll around or they're going to resorts don't have the upmost for that they do it here. you might call them good or i don't actually love the mountains in the summer but i wanted to come and see them in the winter and i'm bowled over out a great feeling it's wonderful news. pleasant way to view the cultural highlights of zac upon it is from a horse drawn carriage the typical architecture of the region is known as a style. this small wooden chalet like houses feature high point the roofs eaves and decorations influenced by the art nouveau movement. one of the oldest buildings in the town is the villa khalifa built in the eight hundred ninety s.

today it houses a museum of regional architecture tradition is taken very seriously in. the building people the houses are made entirely of wood no nails or screws were used your beautiful buildings made of natural wood your healthy and ecologically friendly. pani is known throughout europe as. the sports venue it regularly hosts skiing competitions. the mountain cup of steve yoshi is just under two thousand meters high with a spectacular panoramic view of the area. a ride on the popular cable car reveals the wild landscape of the high touch us. back down on crew puppy street people are lining up to buy a local specialty a seebeck a smoke cheese made from salted sheep's milk. the decorative shape is typical of the tigris. the saleswoman explains how its eaten ins are.

not to my status most cheeses very aromatic it tastes best on slices of bread but you can fry it in a pan as much now must open up like that. on the outskirts of the town local handicrafts are on offer. the artistic carvings are known throughout poland and are on display in many churches and museums would is the typical material of the region . that i think you got this because it's part of our tradition and i use lots of wooden boards when i cook ok you have to replace them fairly often but it's a natural product not some kind of plastic like silicone stuff that's the trick to city con though. as night falls the bars and restaurants on her puppy street are great places to warm up one hot spot is kartchner the polish word for tavern it offers not only hearty food but folk music.

it's the perfect place to experience authentic polish hospitality. oh yes i come from the mountains this is our life. there is the greatest but a lot of people come here for the muse. sick and when it stops the day ends here and stark upon it like obama. but there's always the next day to look forward to especially in the winter with plenty of snow and fun on the slopes. we continue now with this week's series sweet delights them every year is a moroccan concoction originally best known in northern france and belgium and it was low regarded as old fashioned provincial but the french confection of the think

will call has made it his life's work to improve its image and it worked as bakery specializing in the delicacy as branches all over the world we pay them a visit in little to get a taste of the marvelous movie here. a little no running a little chocolate and lots and lots of wheat cream it's pretty rich but that hasn't stopped this delicacy with roots in northern france and belgium from conquering the world french chef e to be cool conley's the man who made his own version of the speciality famous abroad was good all of those are got to be out pretty feel there are several things that set this cake apart first of all it's very very light of why because the membrane is very airy and then shows it to them because i've changed a key component to fit the thirty is merely you were made with butter cream last season i use with cream a very light with korea commercials and so the mering is light the cream is light

and the result is a pastry that looks impressive but weighs less than a hundred grams vision all the best to memphis on the. vocals how big is the city of louisville in northern france the city center was renowned for its splendid the rock architecture until the rise of the year. the cake has become a. writable city trademark it's so popular that customers queue up in long lines on saturdays just to buy some. they can even watch met with a human being made inside the shop that's important to vocal who says anyone can make them he's even glad to share his recipes so let's take a look. quite some sugar to make them rank. former rank spirals of bake some for an hour at one hundred degrees celsius.

meanwhile with the cream and that as much chocolate as desired. then fill whipped cream between two bakes marang and roll the cake and chopped nuts or chocolate shavings and one of the mess they are already. offers a tip shows up in the pot on the most important thing is the amount of cream you use between the two morons it needs to have enough to make episodes like that but not too much if you use too much of the membrane of disintegrates to striking the right balance more to defend all. at all males a huge afraid there's a cake to please every palate. the classic version is covered in dark chocolate but who calls recipe for success came when he refined the traditional formula to create his a repertoire with new flavors such as cherry pistachio and not because personal favorite is coated with crystallized marang

a history buff he named it after the supporters of the french revolution the sunk your lot customers adore his melvin year. she left him i actually don't like cream cakes but these are extra light the meringue is delicate but maintains its shape. and i love the flavors my favorites white chocolate and spiced almond cooking security sit through a series. they're delicious i love them who believe in the. mail here and now finding fans the world over will come now has twenty shops in cities that include london brussels paris geneva new york and. was relaxed about his new ranks burgeoning popularity in the twenty's not on reaching new york on opening a new branch he's most happy working in his shop in central lean.

that was just as i would know with me i just love my product that's why i like to be here with these things he says unfortunately possibly luckily it wasn't i'm on the road a lot then i miss being in my store at the office whenever i have the time i'm here as you get my new eat this in the frame or somehow i find it reassuring to make my own pay the film but t.v. coupon doesn't have long to lingen he scuffing should you look asians in amsterdam and just after thirty seven years he still happy to share his passion for modernist . we'd like you to share your favorite sweets with us at your own acts on our website slash lifestyle you can get in touch with us and reveal what your guilty pleasure is around christmas time i most enjoy the typical german roasted almonds that you can get at any christmas markets take part and you can win a custom duramax wrist watch while we round off today's show with

a visit to a place that's better than new york city at least that's what photography fun i've been slaving thinks when he was offered a job in the big apple he turned it down to stay in the northern german state of start at age seventy seven he's still working there and we visit him at his latest exhibition. has been christian. passion for more than sixty years. i only do what i like what's fun. the photographer is a star on the international scene. for his work. his current exhibition. also shows pictures from the start of his career. in the south of france in one nine hundred sixty s. he took pictures of german writer who and other people he met he was just eighteen at the time. taking pictures at school for the school newspaper and had

a notion that i wanted to be a photographer. some fifty years later he captured these images and called the series. here as in his early photos he focuses on the power of nature. things. for example greeks taking part in a traditional annual spring festival. moved by primal natural things by the essence of things. since two thousand and six he's worked exclusively on his own projects. but prior to that he earned his living a commercial and fashion photographer. he worked out of his studio in the northern german state. including vogue magazine.

the editor in chief came to germany. i was told that she was coming that she wanted to see me and find out what i'm like and what i do. and then she made me an offer. and she said it would be fantastic if i'd come to new york and work for american vogue and we're going to work to overlook considered it for a short time and said to myself clearly i've got to turn it down. stein's nicer than upstate new york pretty sure sure not upstate new york. he stayed in germany and has never regretted it but he's traveled widely he shot these waves in portugal for his series sought the light. the current exhibition is on show at rhinebeck castle until early january. that's all from us for today i'll see you again tomorrow for more european lifestyle and culture here on the double and if you don't want to wait that long you can find us on instagram and facebook your remarks

for plenty more content. next time on your. paintings like this they usually exhibit in museums but spanish artist who you are battling is taking them to the streets copies masterpieces from our history and displays the paintings outdoors cuts of the look as if someone has just hung in there and then on instagram he posts pictures of his works which often conti's may be spotted in the real world join us as we try to do so next time on your relax.

we make up oh but we watch as of our folks that found out that if we are the civil

service or. the want to shape the continent's future. should be part of enjoying african youngsters as they share their stories their dreams and their challengers. the seventy seven percent to keep the platform for africa charge . germany state by state. the most colorful. the longest. the most traditional. find it all at any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state on w dot com. anxiously waiting. waiting for lifeline to syria. good morning where are

you why aren't you answering. every call brings them closer together. modern terms because they feel powerless to help. doesn't come handy like i'm letting people down at an island is what. they worry about morals they've left behind to. play global. climate trying to be strong but deep down i'm broken but a little odd the war continues to haunt those flit from syria cutting. back. on trying to reach them but nobody answers the war on my phone or too hard to treat starts december eighth on d w.

plane. this is the w. news live from berlin on the retreat to france as government suspends a controversial fuel tax increase prime minister and what fifty says no tax is

worth the sacrifice in the unity of the nation the move follows some of the worst violence in decades in paris as demonstrators took to the streets to protest against the tax increase. also coming up nato calls fall. on a new russian missile it believes violates a major nuclear weapons treaty alliance foreign ministers are meeting today to discuss the future of a treaty that's guaranteed europe's security for more than thirty years. u.s. president donald trump and first lady malani have paid their respects to the late president george h.w. bush as he lies in state in washington we look at the complicated legacy of former leader. also coming up in the next sixty minutes it's one of thailand's most popular sports kickboxing also gives poor children a shot at a better life the doctors are warning that young people are paying too high a price for success.

i'm sorry so much going to thank you for joining us the french government has announced it is suspending an unpopular rise in fuel tax that was due to take effect next month in a televised address the prime minister edward phillips said the diesel and gas hikes would be delayed for six months he then urged members of the anti-tax rise movement to end their violent protests which shut down central paris of the weekend the so-called yellow vests to protest began in mid november and have since evolved into a wider revolt against president mccall three people have been killed in the violence . do you think he is lisa lewis is following the very latest for us in paris hi lisa good to see you so we saw that edward phillips spoke earlier the french prime minister tell us more about what he said what measures the french government is taking. well he as you said he's pushing back the fuel taxes by six months he's also saying that now gas and electricity prices would not go up next year as was

initially planned and there were also stricter rules for m.h. he says safety vehicle inspections that were to kick in next year and that's not going to happen the prime minister has also announced that a national debate will be launched by mid december everybody could take part and talk about france's tax system he said we understand the government understands that this is not very transparent that the french need to understand back to what's happening in the country and that they could also talk about bringing down taxes but really he reminded people of the fact that if you brought down taxes that would also mean that public spending would have to get down otherwise if the france would get into trouble with the new european level use that where the prime minister also urge for comin the country let's listen to his words there do reproduce horsemen for more than three weeks tens of thousands of french people

have been expressing their anger at roundabouts in shopping areas and in the streets of many french towns that could have another one this anger has deep roots it's been brewing for a while. it often stayed quiet out of discretion or pride it's. for today it is being expressed with force and in a collective way one must be deaf or blind not to hear or see it you know it don't . solicit will this message from the prime minister and the measures that the government is taking a piece the protesters. well several purchases have come out in french media and on social media and they've been saying well some of been saying it's a good first step not bad but at this and i feel a lot more saying this is really not enough he's saying we're not going to increase

the prices but he's not saying we're going to bring them down he's not saying we're going to give you more money we'll have more money in your pockets by the end of the month people here are asking for example for a high in minimum wage for high of pensions and for lower taxes really and that's something that the government has not addressed obviously people from his own party from the amash saying you know look at what we have forward this is a start you should take that into account we should find a way to come together and find unity then we will see what's going to happen this weekend might be that they're back there will be more violent protests to come especially hand paris they said this is a broad coalition of protesters as you said we've seen protests for several weekends now how much has this affected president michael. a lot it's the first major political crisis for a man in my car he's very low in the crew ratings he's got about one of you know twenty percent of positive opinions amongst the friends and this is obviously who

has of the effect is image even more he's seen as a very arrogant. president who's out of touch with his own people and his response to this has underlined this because he has applied to the past as protesters but very late in many feel that this is maybe too late actually to calm things down. it is lisa lewis reporting for us from paris lisa thank you very much. now a major arms treaty is under threat and today nato foreign ministers are fighting to salvage it they line says a new russian cruise missile violates a pact that has guaranteed europe security for more than thirty years the kremlin tonight is it has breached the we meant but the us is threatening to withdraw from the so-called i n f treaty signed by moscow and washington in one nine hundred eighty seven that the treaty bans nuclear armed missiles with a range of five thousand five hundred kilometers as the next report shows the tension between russia and the west has reignited fears of

a new arms race. this is what the drama is about medium range nuclear ballistic missiles that have been on a self imposed by the u.s. and russia since the end of the one nine hundred eighty s. that may be about to change u.s. authorities believe russia may have developed a weapon systems like these in breach of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. we're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement they go out and do weapons that we're not allowed to wear the ones that have stayed in the agreement and we bonded greatly but russia has not fortunately on to the agreement so we're going to terminate it we're going to pull out. the kremlin has denied trumps allegations saying it has not produced any missiles that are prohibited by the i.n.f. treaty the i.n.f. treaty was seen as a major breakthrough in nuclear security when it was ratified by former soviet president mikhail gorbachev and u.s.

president ronald reagan in one nine hundred eighty seven it came after a tense period of confrontation in the heart of europe. with very short flight times nuclear annihilation of european capitals was only five to fifteen minutes away trump has said the u.s. will start developing these capabilities again if russia and china don't agree to stop have to develop those weapons unless russia comes to us and china comes to us and they all come to is that they say let's really get smart and. let's none of us develop those weapons china is not a signatory of the pact and has been investing heavily in land based missiles now some observers fear it could be joined by russia and the u.s. in a new arms race. so can this pact be saved at this point i spoke to due to abuse teri schultz in brussels earlier about the us his intention to pull out of the treaty the united states says it is pulling out of the treaty what it hasn't confirmed yet

is exactly when it's going to do that and that's important because once the u.s. announces its formal exit from from the accord there's a six month period before it becomes final and that's a period that could be used european allies hope to convince russia to come back into compliance and that would require destroying the missile which russia has already acknowledged that it is build but simply says that it didn't breach the ranges that were mentioned in that story so that when europe hopes is that this added pressure on russia which you will be hearing out of the nato meeting today all of the all twenty nine allies will call on russia to abandon this missile program and come back into compliance in the hopes that the united states would say then that it won't abandon the eye enough u.s. president donald trump and the first lady malani a trump have paid their respects to the late president george h.w. bush whose body is lying in state in washington the casket will remain in the u.s. capitol building until wednesday when it will be taken to the national cathedral

for a state funeral. president donald trump with his wife melania beside him pays his last respects. a brief visit but important trump and the former u.s. president didn't always see eye to eye. earlier a ceremony was held to pay tribute to president george h.w. bush a politician who'd respect from all political sides. there was a kindness about the man. that was evident to everyone who ever met him. all his years in public service were characterized by kindness modesty and patriotism. president bush who died aged ninety four will lie in state in washington's capitol

rotunda and till wednesday members of the public have been gathering to pay their final respects. thank you lake hughes. with the love is right barbara and his daughter rather and i just when i come here to people back to him and thank him for. what he did right from the wonderful man i'm by to be vocal on behalf of the time this is a privilege. the body of america's forty first president had been transported from texas to washington his son george w. bush who followed his father into the oval office had a company to him on his final journey from their home city of houston. houston itself was hosting a concert in honor of the late president. and

see thousands gathered to remember a man who many felt rose above the political fray and to whom they wanted to say goodbye. let's catch up now on some other stories making news around the world a delegation from yemen is who the rebels is on its way to sweden for u.n. brokered peace talks there traveling with special envoy martin griffith seen here in sana'a yesterday there are also reports that yemen saudi backed government and the who these have agreed to swap hundreds of prisoners of war ahead of the negotiations. israel's army says it has begun destroying tunnels built by the hezbollah militant group the tunnels are said to sneak into northern israel from lebanon the shiite militant and political organization hezbollah has launched attacks from lebanon against israel in the past often with the support of iran. police in italy say they have arrested the man suspected of being the new head of

the psyllium mafia eighty year old fifty moment dale was apprehended during a raid along with forty five other alleged mobsters accused of extortion firearms offenses arson and other crimes. british lawmakers began a five day long debate over prime minister teresa mayes brags that agreement today the debate will culminate next week with m.p.'s voting on whether or not to pass the deal it is considered one of the most important decisions the house of commons has had to make in recent years may is expected to push lawmakers to approve her deal she's warned the only alternatives to it are to leave the e.u. with no deal or not to leave it all the debate starts as an advisor to the highest court says that britain's can do unilaterally change its mind about leaving the bloc. of these voters we have forced waiting with us here in studio she's been following the story for us i alex so this really is teresa base last big battle

here on breaks that what are you expecting to see in the house of commons well as you said this is the beginning of five days of debate it should be opened by two reason may lay to the south to noon and it's ahead of next tuesday night when m.p.'s juice votes on her jail that she says. with the e.u. just a few weeks ago which let's face it the majority of m.p.'s absolutely hate so in these debates over the next few days we'll see them explaining why they hate it and why they think that she should be in it but actually at the moment there is another problem that she's facing and that is that the government is facing a contempt of parliament challenge because they have not published all the legal advice that they have been given over breakfast and m.p.'s are saying that isn't fair and that that needs to be stopped now i don't think a huge amount can really happen from maybe a minister will be suspended from parliament for a while but it does just go to show how serious and have it all is it within parliament at the moment in particular for two reasons she's facing

a number of hurdles as you said alex what does she need to do to win m.p.'s over to her deal can she still do that so a very good question let's just look at the numbers we've had seven ministers seven government ministers who have resigned over the past few weeks since she came back with this deal more than one hundred m.p.'s from her own side from the conservative party have said they will not back the deal we've heard of the other parties as well labor that's the main opposition party saying say won't back it even those ten democratic unionist party m.p.'s have said they won't back it they proper minority government they absolutely loathe this deal so it is looking very very difficult for her and i think that they know it however she and her team behind say that they are pressing on and that they're going to put this vote to parliament next week meanwhile we did see a development today that use top legal advisor saying that the u.k. can unilaterally decide not to leave the e.u. after all does this bolster remain or so people who want to stay in the e.u.

. yes i would say that it does look it's the first time that we've heard from a lord pfizer we've heard politicians hinting at this before it does though still have to be agreed by the european court of justice so it's not yet a done deal but for those people who do want it to be another referendum who do want to stay in the e.u. circuit makes it easier because if there is a change of heart they can say the u.k. can decide this we don't need the other twenty seven members to agree as well at the moment they're just remember the country is still very divided two reason why is sticking with her brics it plan and i don't think that there is going to be any change yet but everything could change next week when that vote is put to parliament nouri alex forrest waiting with us here in studio thank you so much. more muscle for the euro euro zone finance ministers have agreed to bulk up the european stability mechanism that helps countries struggling with debt problems

it's the main outcome of marathon negotiations of brussels the ministers say the agreement will leave the single currency better equipped to deal with future crises . they negotiated. and then been negotiated some more euro zone finance ministers spent a total of eighteen hours talking in the end they agreed to this we have agreed to immense the role of the sam to further strengthen the crisis prevention and resolution up abilities of the euro area we will also increase the fact defectiveness of e.s.m. precautionary instruments at the same time we reaffirm very e.s.m. support is zero last resort and that three needs to ensure an appropriate level of conditionality in other words more support for struggling euro zone economies but the help comes with strings attached. there was far less consensus on other issues

though like the proposal for a joint eurozone budgets and a plan to secure all eurozone bank deposits also looming over the meeting uncertainty over italy spending plans the country is currently revising its draft budgets after the e.u. threatened to finance for violation fiscal rules of public debt now stands at more than one hundred thirty percent of g.d.p. that's more than double of what's allowed under e.u. rules another thing that will need to be talked about. it's going to do you know use much as you standing by in brussels for a scaled hours and hours of negotiations there but not really much of a result when you say. when i just follow the joint press conference of lemaire the french finance minister and his german counterparts all of scholtz and i have to say for finance ministers they were not just upbeat there were positively ecstatic

about what has been achieved speaking about giant leaps forwards that were made and draw understand that you have to see where they come from many of yours were thought to be debt in the water and now they are back on the table less ambitious maybe but take the european stability mechanism for instance it has new responsibilities the firefighters as both ministers explained it has a better tool box to fight a potential debt crisis and from their perspective it's positive news for the eurozone well as you put it they're ecstatic but that's probably because of lack of sleep and there are lots of sticking points like the common eurozone budget for example. right i think we're looking at a scaled down version of of what michael had in mind when he talked about a crisis fighting a budget but what we have is a euro zone budget that is has been agreed at least that how it's to be constructed what has not been agreed is how big that euro zone budget will be and the same goes

for the digital tax many said something that is dead in the water it's now back and it will focus on advertising revenue so it will hit a big tech giants in the future although ministers have agreed that they first want to see how international organizations would pick up that idea but if that doesn't work in the o.e.c.d. or the g twenty it is the eurozone that will push this forward really briefly did they get to the topic of italy. i don't ask that question too short and he said the german finance minister and he said it really has been extremely constructive but they say he then made also clear there is no trade off between italy supporting these reform ideas and it's only handing in a new budget the position in brussels is still clear in the italy has to hand in the revised budget otherwise they are potentially facing penalties from brussels much as in brussels thank you and just let me bring you up to speed on that italy story there are reports prime minister just said he conti is in the midst of presenting a new budget proposal to the e.u.

aim to avoid disciplinary proceedings for brussels is all of urging of the coalition partners and that he prime minister might heal said vinie indicated he was willing to amend his plans to increase spending on social programs. and that home to venice is one of italy's richest regions in the north of the country so i mean he has many supporters here but it's the right wing populist continues to tussle with the e.u. no budget one of the venetian businessmen driving into these economy is getting consent. programmed to my loser who sells the world famous murano glass believes that the government has not been acting in italy's best interest. we should be given a court room with you were worse than the boss because if you are. arguing against you i don't think. i do see any benefit.

throwback to my loses says he can't yet tell how his business will be affected but one fear that he shares with many businesses in the north is that the country's debt crisis has made tensions with brussels even was and will harm all of italy in the long run experts are worried as well. the worst. i think is there are these integration of europe italy the economy the street guiding companies need europe more europe not less. but more server about that we need to manage it we need to reduce the problem. and just north of tennis interview zone where the region's largest companies operate it seems the bigger the business the bigger the warri. go who runs a packaging company says entrepreneurs here have lost faith in italy's political leaders across party lines. to people who i think we all have the

same concern. this is a government that governs badly. they would bring prosperity they were to increase productivity. psagot believes both governing parties are more interested in their own political q just and success at the ballot box than the country's economy. this government has no clear ideas and has no long term objectives. focused on the here and now and increasing the support. for. the net as businesses are hoping an agreement can be reached one that satisfies both rome and brussels and is effective in boosting economic growth for the sake of italy's economy and the whole euro zone of business to come including the trouble

for the german order giants. now earlier this year anti immigrant riots shook eastern germany and put the city of chemist's in headlines around the world months later a group of german artists have launched a campaign against those who took part in those protests but it is controversial and causing concerns over privacy we have our social media editor jared reed with us tears first of all remind us what happened in cabinets back in late august three asylum seekers were accused of stabbing to death a german cuban man in chemist's which is about three hundred kilometers south of barely and that basically triggered off these enormous street protests thousands of people from all over the country descended on to came its various right wing and far right groups and some of the controversial things that happened some of the demonstrators were seen attacking people that they suspected. to be not german and

also some of the demonstrators were pictured doing the hitler salute which is of course illegal here in germany so this was a big. really shook germany and led to of course a really big political fallout from that and those rights have now led to this protest tell us about that that's right so there's these well known artist collectives here in germany called the center for political buzy and they're basically saying we don't want to leave the fight against extremism up to soley politicians and the police and so they have launched a new website called special commission ken dates which openly displays individuals allegedly on the ground encampments who they saved and also physically attacked people there including migrants that collective claims that they've looked at millions of pitches to come up with a list of identifying as suspects and they've published a list of over a thousand people they want help identifying the census says it wants

to help court do not suffice germany but very controversially they're offering cash as a reward to help naman. shame so i guess that raises a lot of the at the whole legal issues there and we have to remember the germany is a country with a very strict data privacy law so how are they getting these photos so they say they have received about two thousand leads from the public and also the photos have been sourced from publicly public areas like facebook but your rise to germany does have strict privacy laws that's leading to concerns about identifying those people who took part in the protests and whether these violates german lore and german press card the datta commission here in berlin says he's investigating but i guess this is the latest in a long run of these political provocative actions from this group which i guess is the entire point of it we have a really good article on our website at the moment d.w. dot com where our viewers can read more about this action all right bill

interesting story there gerri before you go you brought us a story yesterday that you have an update on that's right so yesterday i told us about i told everyone about the rana you say a few is an egyptian actress she got into a lot of trouble for wearing this on the red carpet in cairo last week she ended up being charged with inciting debauchery for this gown which reveals her legs overnight the charges were dropped a group of lawyers and fatah lawsuit they dropped the charges so it looks like rana yousef now will not face trial next year's the good news for her goodness andy thanks for that update jared radar social media editor thank you very much. ok you're watching bit of your news that still to come the wonders of warhol as the biggest retrospective in almost thirty years is on show in new york we take a look back at the artists for decades of challenging concepts of how to what is an

art. well have that story and much more coming up for you in two minutes talked. to the. weapons from the west start being used on the battlefield and yes. our exclusive

report reveals how saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to buy weapons in europe moves them just like them on the front violating international law because it's. just the enduser yemen and the global arms trade. close up in forty five minutes on d w. c her first day of school in the jungle. first clueless and. then doris green's moment arrives to. join the ring in taking on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary meaningly. returns home on d. w. dot com. hijacking. where i go wrong the news was being hijacked journalism itself has become

a screw reality show it's not just good versus evil us versus them it's black and white. in countries like russia china turkey people are told it is and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my responsibility as a journalist is to give me no longer smoking mirrors it's not just about the career we're being neutral it's about being. funny was boring golf and i would you know. welcome back you're watching news story french prime minister and want to spend a controversial fuel tax increase he said no tax was worth sacrificing the unity of

the nation of the move follows some of the worst violence in decades protesters took to the streets of paris and other cities. the u.n. climate change conference that opened in poland on monday is concerned not only about the impact of global warming on humans but on all other forms of life as well north of the arctic circle an increasing number of mild winters is making life difficult for many animals our next report takes us to trim so in northern norway where global warming is affecting the food supply of reindeer. it's early morning three hundred fifty kilometers north of the arctic circle reindeer heard a rave alexandersson is on his way to the mountains near trum south it is here in the arctic where climate change is happening much faster than anywhere else in the world and he's responding by doing something that reindeer herders here have never done before he's feeding his herd roaming freely in the wilderness.

if nature doesn't provide enough food for the animals during the whole year they simply have to be fed by us so we can live off of them. but it's crazy providing concentrate so that we can eat it doesn't make sense. but we have no other choice. for centuries reindeer were able to find enough to eat in the mountains even in winter they can find grass and moss several metres under the snow it sounds paradoxical but the increased temperatures make it almost impossible for the reindeer to find food grave alexandersson explains the problem. here we can see it very clearly. this is the ground here. the snow is very wet but the ground should be frozen. it's very easy right now to just stick your finger

in there and touch soil in december. that's far from normal. it becomes problematic for the animals when it gets colder the wet snow turns into a hard layer of ice and blocks access to the ground the reindeer can no longer reach the plants with their hoofs. they need to move on and find new grazing areas elsewhere but this would mean that the grave and his family could lose their herds and thus their livelihood climate change is impacting the alexander since on yet another level to produce sustainable electricity one of the biggest wind parks in europe is being built here with the help of german technology and investment the goal is to have sixty seven wind turbines. on that if i don't have other grazing areas besides these. i don't know how it's going to be. i have

friends who breed reindeer in sweden. they say reindeer just don't live in when parks they disappear. if the animals see wind turbines leave me to give out it's and i get on third. wave has always hoped to pass on the herd to his children just like many generations of sammy people have done before. but now he's skeptical he doubts that the reindeer will exist in the region when his children are grown up. ben is here with more business now and then here to tell us about the jittery german car bosses they sure are jittery because they're due to meet u.s. trade secretary robert light eyes the executives from. b.m.w. trying to persuade the u.s. not to follow through on a threat to slap tariffs on european made cars so one of their arguments all three have big factories in the united states b.m.w.

in spartanburg south carolina the sadie's in tuscaloosa alabama and folks fighting in chattanooga tennessee together the plants employ forty nine thousand people including suppliers and service providers dealers sell around one point three million vehicles each year and that trade balance jevon order companies export more of the u.s. made cars than they import from germany making them net exporters so can the meeting reduce tensions perhaps a little a trade talks so the responsibility of the european commission not come a kits ahead of germany's if it means that you're clemons first also says the german comic is the not the ones washington should be negotiating with i asked him what's at stake for the comic has the of the car the tariffs on cars twenty five percent potentially are a threat and they clearly want to avoid that at the same time they are not really responsible for tariff policies so what trump is trying here is one small to divide

in this case the europeans he wants to extract concessions from the comic or the robin negotiating with the you and he's doing a good job of it i mean german chancellor angela merkel has always been seen as the auto counsellor in she said yesterday that trade talks are something for the european commission the economy gets. exactly and so i think that not very much can come out of this of course trump will try to extract the commitment to set up a new factory arthur extend existing factories in the united states the announcement by general motors to shut down factories has been very bad for trump in terms of p.r. and he's not desperately trying to get a success out of these carmaker so mostly this is a public relations action i think there will not be much substance as a result of these talks but that it does sound like

a desperate situation for the german carmakers i mean the german car market dipped last month the chinese competition is also heating up none of this really bodes well if you're looking further down the road when as a matter of fact trump think hard before really imposing these terrorists because they would be a retailer tory measures from the e.u. on american products of course what trump is also trying to do is make the e.u. open up the market for agriculture as and that is very tough but in the end knows he will run a very high risk if he really does introduce those tariffs saw his leverage is limited rated game and thank you very much great to get your take on that. u.s. automakers are also feeling the pinch general motors has announced massive cuts thousands of workers will lose their jobs including many who supply g.m. that's despite promises by president told trump to secure jobs in the rust belt out

reporters when. i'm on my way to youngstown ohio the city of sixty five thousand hugely depends on general motors g.m. has long been the main employee here creating jobs at their assembly plant and with nearby suppliers but the glory days are in the past for years g.m. has been firing people now the company wants to shut down its plant altogether. a meeting tommy volley he is one of the workers recently laid off by g.m. since then the father of three daughters has been unemployed. we're really scared how we're going to be able to provide for our kids you know just being able to get them christmas presents this year i had to literally max out my credit card so how are we going to get money she's a waitress at cracker barrel she only makes four dollars and fifteen cents an hour plus tips and she's the only one working right now tommy party blames president trump for his situation. presidential came to arsenal to our area and he

said to us don't sell your homes jobs are going to be poor back and so i see nothing but job loss since present child has been inaugurated just like tommy many work is believed in terms promises and voted for him in two thousand and sixteen now not the president but god is their last hope and there are. more according to the workers union for every job cut to g.m. in youngstown another seven are lost in local businesses or youngstown already is it was raided just a few days ago an article came out highest unemployment rate in the state so people here are going to be struggling they're going to live on government assistance and try to get jobs that pay less than a living wage. hike already a very public at home surrounded by his family tommy finds comfort but there are moments when they're difficult situation gets to them. and it does cause us to

argue and it does cause us to fly but you know at the same time you know we're still here and i'm not going anywhere you'll. hear. it's been a tough time here for me and g.m. poland. the people in lordstown still don't want to give up their hopes and homes but the truth is the city's economy and population has been declining for years if no other big employer takes general motors place this tone could soon be a bend and yet another american city moving from industrial glory to marginalise ation. and just briefly trio the maker of mo brus eretz is in talks with a canadian cannabis producer over potential investment in the company while smoking tobacco is in steep decline in the u.s. interest has been revived several states as well as canada legalizing marijuana.

trailed once to diversify with a possible takeover of canada's promise her company is not only one in the market it's not the only one in the market but the kohler and constellation brands have also made billion dollar investments in the kind of response. axis in fine thanks ben and jim some sports clubs around the world to tie boxing has become a popular way to get in shape modified version of at least a bit in thailand it's serious business especially for children and teenagers from poor families the goal is often to turn pro and make it big but it's a dangerous path recently a thirteen year old boxer died of a brain injury. and heartache takes a look at the high risk world of tide boxing children. that was. the last training session before the match is only thirteen years old but he's already a fighter. playing out i never scared i always hit hard i like to use

my knees that's my main weapon i'm good with my knees so i. like many at this gym in thailand's poor northeast has a troubled family background his parents are divorced his grandparents can't take care of him that's how he ended up here he eats sleeps and of course trains here in return he fights for money i love. our boxers are taking part in a lot of fights. part of the money they win goes to the gym. that's how we keep things running. and how we take care of the kids. or tie boxing is a national sport in thailand it's hugely popular also among children but the risk of injury is high recently a thirteen year old died after being knocked out in

a fight many parents downplay the risks involved. and i think there's very little effect on the brain. is there was brain damage. from the behavior change after the fight. but i've never seen that before. that's because the biggest danger is not immediately visible these prices are pretty hard in a real fight boxes like the lever about twenty or forty of these to their opponent every round and each time the brain suffers a minor injury over the years those injuries add up and that can have devastating consequences. dr. has been studying the effects repeated punches to the head have on children's brains. the mechanism. that.

it caused. and he. has. memory function. and. then. he can go to school. play and nobody look from the outside has. all the parents they don't see any thing wrong with their kids she's calling for banning fights for children under twelve and no full contact before their fifteen. but in reality kids even younger excite the crowds all over thailand. why tie is a deep rooted tradition here and one that's not easily changed. its fight for gum. if he does well he hopes one day he can make it big in a box in the capital bangkok where the money is but first he has to win here.

but it's not going so well for him. after five rounds his opponent wins on points. my arms weren't strong enough he was simply better i'm very sad i have to train harder. we'll be back another day for him like for many youngsters in thailand boxing is a shot at a better life. or one that could come at a high price. he did his best in hearted reporting for us there from thailand. to football now and look a motor chin ata hey go back have been awarded the sports pristine just by lone

door for motorists it's the latest in a string of awards he helped real madrid win the champions league this year before leading to the runners up spot at the world cup holders just the first player not named christiana rinaldo orlean on messi to win the men's award since two thousand and seven in the new young player category france world cup winner killen took home the trophy either hagar bury me meanwhile who's a striker for leon and norway won the inaugural women's prize after setting a new record with fifteen goals in the champions league. now a hypocrite was asked whether she could twerk after picking up her words of a comment by d.j. and co-host martin solveig provoked plenty of reaction on social media british tennis star andy murray wrote on instagram that it was another example of ridiculous sexism that still exists in sports the two time wimbledon champion also asked why women still have to put up with this sort of behavior another user points out that in twenty eighteen a woman finally gets to or and its first winner and

a hero burke has to face this nonsense does this man ask if moderates can twerk as well another fan posted something similar on instagram commenting it's a sexist it's humiliating and it ruined her incredible achievement. now afterwards take a break said she was not that upset about what happened and wanted instead to concentrate on her achievement. being used storable before examining the following torie's huge moment in my life and he motivates me for this. for the years to come but he came to me off there and he was really really sad that it went that way i didn't think about it not moments consider is sexual harassment or anything now to the final game of match day thirteen in the bundesliga higher labor costs and were held to

a one one draw norberg hardcore fans of the home side stayed out of the stands for the entire first half as part of a nationwide atmosphere boycott protest against the scheduling of matches on monday evening but it wasn't just the booze that wrist drowning out the football. it was the kind of weather that makes you want to take your ball and go home. the pitch looking more like a swamp. in front of the empty seats of home fans protesting monday games laver couzin served up some early slapstick the conditions were taking their toll. then in the thirty eighth minute the visitors took the lead thanks to carl howe gets the nineteen year old's fourth goal of the season. keeper fabio bred low could only punch a fall and cross as far as have its feet and the youngster made no mistake. leverkusen were dominating but some sloppy defending allowed georg mark reiter to equalise for

nuremberg in the fifty six minutes no doubt the weather also played a role in this one. as the bucky pitch came to nuremberg rescue when kareem bellow robbie was streaking towards goal but couldn't get off the shot both soaked sides will be content with a point from this one and we're happy just to head back to a dry dressing room. now the governing body of world athletics has decided to extend the ban on russia competing in international track and field the suspension was imposed three years ago after allegations of a state run doping program in russian athletics the idea of a layoff has prevented russia from coming back into the fold after it failed to fulfill necessary requirements presidents abbas and co made the announcement after a meeting of the bodies governing council russian athletes proving to be cleaned up by testers have been allowed to compete in recent years but under a neutral flag. that

few artists have explored and merge the topics of celebrity culture and the media quite like andy warhol did back in the swinging sixty's the whitney museum in new york is currently hosting the biggest retrospective of his work to be staged in thirty years and we have robin merrill from culture with us here robin so this is an exhibition that covers his whole career yeah it does indeed i mean it's got the obvious iconic images like received behind as elvis there marilyn monroe behind you . multiplied of course as they were so screen things but the title of the exhibition says it all it's called andy warhol from a to b. and back again that's actually taken from his book he wrote back in ninety five so it is really a comprehensive look at his extraordinary career and i said extraordinary you don't have to like his art to accept that he was an extraordinary visionary of the time i mean just one example he walked around most of the time with a camera and

a record a tape recorder while we altered that. but he was doing instagram and the like really fifty years ago and i do find that extra over anyway an artist way ahead of his time. hopefully. the exhibition features more than three hundred fifty works including iconic images that are instantly recognizable as warhols many are on loan from other museums and collections they a strategic position to highlight will host development as an artist. chief curator don't need to sell those as putting it all together was one of the most complex operations in the museum's history. so it really walks us through the early work of warhol when he was

a commercial illustrator working in the fashion industry in new york and then through the pop work the more revolutionary paradigm shifting way of making a painting but also the work that we're who was making after the sixty's and often the work that people or people saw as maybe not as important not as interesting was not critically well received so this exhibition is an attempt to really see the whole as much as one can with any one artist but it's holistic dishonored then you will hope personally the artist is seen here attending international galleries fan art cologne in the late one nine hundred sixty s. midway through a career that spanned four decades will hold started out as a graphic design a full some of north america's biggest brands. he went on to put peter i's screen printing techniques which had not previously been regarded as i don't know the techniques efficiency led warhol to mass produced images the way

corporations mass produced consumer goods to increase production he attracted a man out of socialites and freethinkers to assist him in his manhattan studio which became known as the factory. the new retrospective office three floors packed full of andy warhol fans of the iconic pop artist have another four months to miss themselves in the collection at the whitney museum of america not in new york city's meat packing district. you know we look at andy warhol as art and really see it as a commentary on american pop culture but he actually did more than focus on just americana yes he did i mean he was a big focus on america but i mean chairman mao he did one of his famous lithographs and he did actually famously did a whole series of work for the german car company diner in the nineteen eighties

and what it was is that it was the hundredth anniversary of the car and dimed a commission to him to do one hundred cars sadly he never did the hundred cars because he died a year later in ninety seven only thirty five cars were completed but i should just say whoa whoa have no qualms about being hired by corporations he started his career we must get in the advertising industry he was very much a commercial artist you could say he got rid of a lot of the pomposity surrounding the art scene i think he did not any qualms at all about making money and he very much wanted art for the masses not for the select few what do you think andy warhol would have thought of the way we live today what would he have. like our life today i think he would have revel did. i think he would have loved the immediacy of our culture. just to mention his book

that i mentioned it is called the philosophy of and he will he writes that about computers well he wrote that book in nine hundred seventy five so he's way ahead of his time i mean he and when it comes to celebrity here we have marilyn monroe cause famous marilyn monroe and it's fascinating how all this celebrity worshipping and i mean he was the one who said in the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes and that's kind of true we have all those reality shows on television we have kim kardashian what's kim kardashian famous for she's famous for being a celebrity that's not right that's very whole as a young person that's on the wall but you know as an example of in kim kardashian sorry she's a celebrity that's it that's her claim to fame she hasn't actually done any paintings still supreme prince how do you know he prophesied all this decades ago i think is extraordinary ahead of his time as you said robyn so more on this

exhibition on a website right yeah the exhibition as they said in the report it goes on actually for another three or four months so if you're in new york it's a must to go to the whitney museum and there's more a website d.w. dot com slash culture right robinvale from good of you culture thank you so much. ok we just have time for a minder of the top story that we're following for you here in d.w. french prime minister edward philippe has suspended a controversial fuel tax increase he said no tax was worth sacrificing the unity of the nation the move follows some of the worst violence in decades as protesters took to the streets of paris and other cities. thanks for watching we'll be here at the top of the hour stay with us.

weapons from the west start on the battlefield and. our exclusive report

reveals how saudi arabia and the united arab emirates fire weapons in europe. and come on the front violation of international law. the end user. and the global arms trade. in fifteen minutes w. . the fast pace of life in the digital. shift has the lowdown on the way he chose new developments useful information and anything else worth noting. prisons the littlest finds. looks over the shoulders of makers and choosers. should. be five minutes.

everybody want to direct america we need five point four i am still earth the pro by what we need if you look at china thailand india every country is moving along to possibly still america given everyone what automobile for you when you claimed there were no big deal between beijing and shanghai oldest went in for the treasury journey. in august and i would have been no you know maybe. we have to feel that i decided when you came on the public transportation camp we can walk together and make everybody happy but not depend on the high consumption.

if you ever have to cover up a murder best way is to make an accident raring to. never read a book like this. mr jermyn street. this is you know we news live from berlin giving in after weeks of mass protests france's government decides to back down and suspend a controversial fuel tax increase prime minister as well he says no tax is worth

sacrificing the unity of the nation the move is meant to deescalate tensions after some of the worst violence indicates erupted in paris and across the country against a planned petrol price hike also coming up u.s. state secretary mike pompei o slams russia at a meeting of nato ministers are trying to save a cold war era missile treaty that they say russia has violated. and u.s. president and donald trump and first lady melodia pay their respects to the late president george h.w. bush as you rise in state in washington state funeral takes place on wednesday. the american. way iraq is great to have you along everyone the french government says it will

suspend an unpopular fuel tax increase after a weekend of rioting in paris and other cities and a televised address prime minister feet said no tax was worth putting the nation's unity in danger he set the tax hikes on diesel and petrol would be delayed and urged opponents to end their protests the so-called yellow vest protest. in mid november have since evolved into a wider revolt against president michel. all right let's get more on these the latest developments so where do the views that lisa louise in the french capital of paris only so the fresh prime minister if it has been talking tell us what he's been say well he said as he said that he would push back a few tax new taxes by six months to use a set that gas and electricity prices would not go up next year and they also stripped a m o t v can safety inspection rules that were to kick in next year and

these rules these strict rules are being pushed back as well the prime minister said i understand that you don't understand the tax system that it's it's not transparent to the french and we going to start a national debate on this on the fifteenth of december so he can bring in their opinion he said we can talk about bringing down taxes but you must keep in mind that if we bring down taxes also have to bring down public spending otherwise we will get into trouble on a european level our right now premise of philippa hopes of course with this latest measure to calm tensions across the country let's take a listen recently saw a to what he had to say and then we'll continue our conversation after that. horseman for more than three weeks tens of thousands of french people have been expressing their anger at roundabouts in shopping areas and in the streets of many french towns that could have another one this anger has deep roots

it's been brewing for a while. but it often stayed quiet out of discretion or pride. for today it is being expressed with force and in a collective way one must be deaf or blind not to hear or see yet you don't don't. rightly so so he is here reaching out it's same so will the measures appease the protesters. well you know some people say yes some people say no people from his own majority from his party like to be camacho say look at what what we have put on the table this is considerable and it's actually quite good we have replied to your demands some protesters saying yes that's a first step but apparently more from what i can save from what i can see on social networks and in the french media saying you know this is judicial too late these

major measures would have a piece as about two weeks ago but now several weeks into the protests we need to see even more actually the government is only saying we're not going to increase taxes but what they are not asking for is that the government brings taxes down that they put that the government puts more money into their pockets people ya skin for a higher minimum wage pensions and lower taxes and there is already a third and the next day a fourth day of protests planned for this saturday and they're likely to be violent again actually all right so this might be too little too late how much has this protest movement affected a president i mean on my corneas on. well a lot and he is already quite unpopular one out of five french people have actually a positive opinion of him now this has put him under pressure from the protesters but also from different concepts of the political spectrum of the opposition party

some position parties for him to step asking for him to step down as for him dissolution of the national assembly even and even from his own from members of his own party there has been growing criticism of his handling of the crisis he was too slow he didn't reply to the people's demands and many friends here this is a president that comes across as arrogant and that is really out of touch with his own people oh i did obviously so was reporting from the french capital paris thank you our next stop a major arms treaty is under threat and today nato foreign ministers are fighting to salvage it the alliance says a new russian cruise missile violates a pact that's guaranteed europe's security for more than thirty years the kremlin denies it has breached the agreement but the u.s. is threatening to withdraw from the so-called i.n.f. treaty signed by moscow and washington back in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven it bans nuclear armed missiles with a range of fifty five hundred kilometers well as our next report shows the tension

between russia and the west who has reignited fears of a new arms race. this is what the drama is about medium range nuclear ballistic missiles that have been on a self-imposed by the u.s. and russia since the end of the one nine hundred eighty s. that may be about to change u.s. authorities believe russia may have developed weapon systems like these in breach of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. we're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement they go out and do weapons and we're not allowed to wear the ones that have stayed in the agreement and we bonded greatly but russia has not fortunately wanted the agreement so we're going to terminate it we're going to pull out. the kremlin has denied trumps allegations saying it has not produced any missiles that are prohibited by the i.n.f. treaty the i.n.f.

treaty was seen as a major breakthrough in nuclear security when it was ratified by former soviet president mikhail gorbachev and u.s. president ronald reagan in one nine hundred eighty seven it came after a tense period of confrontation in the heart of europe. with very short flight times nuclear annihilation of european capitals was only five to fifteen minutes away trump has said the u.s. will start developing these capabilities again if russia and china don't agree to stop have to develop those weapons unless russia comes to us and china comes to us and they all come to is that they say let's really get smart and let's none of us develop those weapons china is not a signatory of the pact and has been investing heavily in land based missiles and now some observers fear it could be joined by russia and the u.s. in a new arms race. all right let's go straight to brussels city w.'s teri schultz she is at the a nato meeting there terry good to see you can the i.n.f.

treaty be saved. it remains to be seen but it doesn't look good allies are at this very moment beginning a meeting where u.s. secretary of state might pump aoe will once again make the case for the what why the u.s. feels this treaty needs to be declared defunct the u.s. has many times briefed allies with evidence that has been very convincing i'm told that russia has developed a missile which completely makes the i.n.f. treaty irrelevant that goes beyond the limitations of the treaty allows and so now the u.s. says look we are all in greater danger if we keep pretending this treaty is in effect now allies are split on this issue some of them say you know glitz give us more time and in fact the u.s. has agreed to a couple more months other ally saying look if russia is already out there with these capabilities we feel safer if the u.s. catches up so it remains to be seen whether the europeans can convince russia to come back into compliance within a couple of months and therefore keep the i.n.f. treaty in effect well looming large over this nato meeting terry are of course the

latest actions with moscow after that naval clash between russia and ukraine what position is nato taking in this conflict. nato supports ukraine but ukraine is not a member so nato has no true article five responsibility to protect ukraine's territorial sovereignty at the same time there are many nato warships patrolling through the black sea and nato says this should be enough reinforcement for russia's you know it can't mess with ukraine any further than an axiom crimea of course in two thousand and fourteen at the same time ukraine is bound to be disappointed we just heard nato secretary general stilton berg say that no new military measures are planned all the eliz are doing at this point is saying russia must release the ukrainian soldiers it must allow free passage through the sea and that it it defends ukraine morally but there are going to be any new military measures at this point so kiev is bound to be hoping for more our teri schultz

reporting from brussels from the nato summit there thank you so very much are now to some of the other stories making news around the world. a delegation from yemen's who three rebels is on its way to sweden for u.n. brokered peace talks there traveling with special envoy martin griffiths seen here and son are yesterday there are also reports that yemen's saudi backed government and the ruthie have agreed to swap hundreds of prisoners of war ahead of the negotiations. israel's army says it has begun destroying tunnels built by the hezbollah militant group the tunnels are said to sneak into northern israel from lebanon on the shiite militants and political organization has a law has launched attacks from lebanon against israel in the past often with the support of iran. police in at least say they've arrested the man suspected of being the new head of the sicilian mafia eighty year old city more nail was apprehended

during a read along with forty five other alleged mobsters accused of extortion firearms offenses arson and other crimes. u.s. president donald trump and first lady have paid their respects to the late president george h.w. bush whose body is lying in state in washington the casket will remain in the u.s. capitol building until wednesday when it will be taken to the national cathedral for a state funeral. president donald trump with his wife melania beside him pays his respects. a brief visit but important triumphant the former u.s. president didn't always see eye to eye. earlier a ceremony was held to pay tribute to president george h.w.

bush a politician who would respect from all political sides. there was a kindness about the man. that was evident to everyone who ever met him. all his years in public service were characterized by kindness modesty and patriotism. president bush who died aged ninety full will lie in state in washington's capitol rotunda and till wednesday members of the public have been gathering to pay their final respects. to lake hughes. but well his right barbara and his daughter rather and i just trying to come here to people back camping camp who are. pretty different from the one man them by to be vocal on being able to tennis and it's a privilege. the body of america's forty first president had been

transported from texas to washington his son george w. bush who followed his father into the oval office had a company of him on his final journey from their home city of houston. houston itself was hosting a concert in honor of the late president. and see thousands gathered to remember a man who many felt rose above the political fray and to whom they wanted to say goodbye. all right now was. i let you go some football news. and other hagar beric have been awarded for both prestigious but on door journalists vote for the prize and it's the latest in a string of awards for midfielder moderate she helped real madrid win the champions

league this year before leading a creation to the runners up spot at the world cup when margaret is the first player get this not named christiane or one although orlean elma seats that win the men's worth since two thousand and seven in the new in young player category france world cup winner killian took home the trophy and the young and norway striker odd behavior bag one day in august women's prize after setting a new record with fifteen goals in the champions league. congratulations to them.