yemen's government for peace negotiations with the u.n. brokered talks could be the first chance in here is to end the conflict causing the world's worst humanitarian crisis. and honoring a state's former u.s. president george w. bush winds up to pay respects to his father george bush sr the state funeral of the forty first president of the united states begins a few hours time. warner. i'm serious almost comical to have you with us we begin in france where president obama won mccomas meeting with his cabinet and that the biggest crisis to face his administration yet the government was forced to postpone an unpopular rise in fuel taxes yesterday after a violent protest across the country across defended the tax as being in line with efforts to curb climate change and the unrest about one hundred high schools in france blocked or otherwise disrupted by student protests yesterday bubble phone

cameras caught some of the mayhem outside schools and or young paris and. let's go to journalist jakes agana row in paris with the very latest on the story hi jake we mentioned president because cabinet meeting this morning there is also a meeting of the national assembly this afternoon what are we going to see today from the french government. that's right well so there's a little war that's probably being discussed at today's cabinet meeting other than the yellow dress movement and the green tax reforms that they're protesting and these taxes are part of that was environmental policy strategy which is very important and the national assembly deception in prime minister edwards will present the government's plan to solve the crisis and their plan to move forward and then to be the prime minister's declaration followed by a non-binding vote and yesterday's debate any indication then the majority of opposition parties it will likely be against the government's plan and the prime minister will do the same again tomorrow in the senate but without

a vote these protests then jake looks set to continue no they really shaken france and the government let's take a look now at what is behind this protest movement. the yellow vests there's alasia on their protests over the past weeks force the french government to back pedal for now there will not be any tax increases. those who spoke by will postpone the planned tax increases for several months they will not come into force until they have been discussed with everyone involved. many french people are suffering from the rising cost of living and see mcallen's planned eco tax to increase fuel prices by several cents as a failure of policy that triggered the protests according to a survey three quarters of the french feel sympathy for the yellow vests here in the countryside the citizens feel particularly detached rundown schools dilapidated hospitals and very little money you know to have the nine people have the

impression and probably rightly so that purchasing power is falling you know that in general centuries in france on the island but the cost of living is higher and the gap is widening. around one in ten in france as unemployed and they are afraid of a decline in living standards. to croon you with this standard of living and especially the situation of the middle class has fallen since the economic crisis there have been negative affects on the labor market with many more precarious jobs i'm part time jobs. and the president young dynamic and determined emanuel macross stood for a new beginning a break from the establishment but now many consider mccraw a president for the rich and his reforms have been massively criticized out of touch with the average person that's fighting the silence of course confirms the image of a president who sits in his palace in paris who actually has no contact at all

connection with the people and is just not quite sure how to respond eyes. visiting a police station on tuesday mccaughan kept silent but his protesters did not students demonstrated throughout the country. for france's yellow vest movement suspending the tax increase and not raising the gas and energy prices is just too little too late. you said the that's a first step but we could have achieved that weeks ago without riots and violence if we french will not be content with just crumbs we want to hold back at the end if they get. the power of the streets new protests have been planned for the coming weekend. jake we heard the criticisms there did the french government take too long to take these protests seriously well that is the question the government is asking

itself and a lot of people say that they could have prevented the writing which caused millions of euros and damage in paris over the weekend if they had spoken sooner michael didn't react until after these violent rights that we saw in paris on saturday. and what can the government do at this point to stop these protests what would appease the protesters. well obviously the protesters don't want any taxes and the protests started as as a protest against this this terror or this new tariff on diesel and she will but what they really want now is that this movement has become a catchall for the discontented middle and working classes they're demanding a raise and minimum wage there are even calls for mackerel to resign but i think what they really want the government will do now is probably try to find a way to integrate these taxes they had already planned moving forward right

journalist speaking to us from paris thank you very much thank you so much. the guns fall silent at least briefly in yemen that's the possibility raised by talks between a delegation of who the rebels and representatives from yemen's government the u.n. brokered negotiations are taking place in sweden and they're the first aimed at ending the conflict since two thousand and sixty. passports and tickets in hand for a journey many hope will bring peace a delegation of who three rebels waiting to board their flight to sweden the u.n. special envoy martin griffiths has been instrumental in setting up talks with the yemeni government such as the distrust between the two sides the rebels wouldn't get on the plane without him. our basic guarantee is the presence of the u.n. envoy with us on the same flight this is the only guarantee we have for going there

. have been no what you have and the evacuation of fifty wounded fighters from the war zone has also helps build confidence in the talks with the conflict locked in stalemate. backed by iran control the north west of the country including the capital sanaa which states are contrary fifteen the government backed by saudi arabia and the u.a.e. has set up base an agent in the south. for years of conflict have left thousands dead and created what's been described as the worst humanitarian crisis in recent history with yemen's economy cripples more than fourteen million people many of them children facing starvation. is a country at war as i've heard me say that this is a break of catastrophe but this is not a country in the brink of catastrophe. this is a country that is in

a catastrophe. a catastrophe that son folds is in full view of the whole world but one many say has been ignored the hope is the talks will result in a truce allowing food and aid to reach those who need it most. earlier. from the german institute for international and security affairs. about the talks we asked him about the influence of washington with its ties to saudi arabia will have. all depends on the. administration is not that. is not. two thousand and fifteen so i think we. can mistake the actors on the ground especially saudi arabia. and the u.a.e. . are not that much interest in conflict resolution right now they still think

that they can win this war. all right let's catch up now on some other stories making headlines around the world turkey's chief prosecutor's office has issued arrest warrants for two saudi officials believed to be involved in the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi both men are former advisers to saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin so much. british prime minister theresa may is battling to keep her brakes that plan on track as parliament continues a marathon five day debate on her deal may has already been handed a major blow her government became the first in british history to be found in contempt of parliament this asteroid refused to publish a legal report on breaks it. police have arrested dozens of people and raids across italy germany the netherlands belgium and south america in an operation against italy's drug it to the calabria based organized crime syndicate is italy's most

powerful mafia organization it dominates drug trafficking into europe and also operates in germany. us comedian kevin hart will host the next academy award ceremony in february twenty ninth teen the thirty nine year old follows talk show host jimmy kimmel as have the gates for the last two years hosting the oscars is one of most prestigious jobs in show business with an a list audience in the theater and millions tuning in on t.v. and you know it is a national day of mourning in the u.s. in honor of former president george h.w. bush he passed away on friday at the age of ninety four the funeral service will be held for family and friends of the forty first president other former u.s. presidents and foreign dignitaries will also attend his casket has been lying in state since monday in the u.s. capitol rotunda where mourners have been passing through to pay their respects. here in germany george bush sr will be remembered as a president closely linked to the dramatic moments that marked the end of the cold war and german reunification it was during his presidency that the berlin wall fell

in one thousand nine hundred nine and that communist east germany and west germany were reunited after forty years of division. it was the moment germans had a way to for decades and while it was ronald reagan who famously called for the berlin wall to be toned down george bush sr was in office when it finally happened we. had called the chancellor who oversaw reunification once described push as a stroke of luck in his country's history saying that every united germany wouldn't have been possible without his help bring were described as the tieless diplomat the forty first u.s. president to help soften the fronts after decades of animosity between washington and the eastern bloc. and he vocally supported the idea of german reunification when other european countries were strongly opposed. on the twentieth anniversary

of the fall of the berlin wall the cold and former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev came together to mark the occasion. the war could never be ropes your dream our green. one germany. a free germany a proud germany that is thankfully regained its rightful place among the leading nations on the earth. when news of his death broke bush diplomatic contributions to german unity were at the forefront of many people's minds. on the sidelines of a g. twenty summit in argentina german chancellor angela merkel expressed her condolences as well as an apparent sentimentality for a different era and transatlantic relations and would call quentin's a home that cold could always rely on his ally in the white house during george h.w. bush's presidency we experienced reliability and strength in the german american

relationship and we'll never forget this experience ferguson. george bush legacy isn't viewed without controversy in germany many citizens were deeply opposed to his war on the gulf of all that was co financed by their government nevertheless most will remember george herbert walker bush as a friend and a u.s. president who helped show what's possible when countries work together. and we will have our live coverage of bush senior's funeral service here on d w that starting at five pm central european time. you're watching news still to come german carmakers hope to had also a trade war by telling president trump that they will build more vehicles in the u.s. . and don't forget you can always get news on the go download our apps from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news

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business unlike jones a villain thanks for joining us well the fear of protectionism has prompted to german carmakers to act more investment in the u.s. and even an alliance with a u.s. com maker folks b.m.w. a getting out of the checkbooks to boost their presence in the american market and persuaded the u.s. president not to slap tariffs against european comic. they were summoned they came three german car industry titans call to the white house to make their case against higher tariffs on european made cars they weren't initially expecting to meet the president but in the end he too came here's how dire c.e.o. t. touches describes the encounter. the meeting with the president was very interesting and you can. come in this country and appreciate what we're doing but of course his objective is to see more jobs there and more

activity here which is in accordance with our plans. when it came to pledging more jobs and industrial activity in the united states for its lagging c.e.o. hippa want to step further and made this announcement we are in quite advanced negotiations in ford cooperation to really build up the global automotive alliance which also would strengthen the american automotive industry that move would see folks build cars in ford's u.s. factories v.w. said that also thinking about producing electric vehicles in the united states. german car buses scrambling to promise more investment and jobs in america for a president who described himself as a tariff on it's a sign that his strategy is working whether he'll be persuaded to drop the twenty five percent net he's threatened may depend on the kind of impression the german c.

yost left on him. now for more on this topic i'm joined by york chief economist at math good to have you with us so all three top german column make has pledged huge investments in the united states even wants to join forces with force somehow one gets the impression that bullying seems to be working at least for him well i'm afraid back an economist against the government puts pressure on individual funds. that's as a straightforward on so suddenly process as also complains about these kind of talks i'm going to get to that point in just a second but are you as terrorists because that's what it's all about are they really off the table now or do you see something like a bottomless pit where they are not yet on the table of course it

helps that three german car that the german carmakers promised more investment in the united states but in the end dear myths to be reached by the u.s. and the european union commission i think we can change mr trump however i think it will be good that the european union follows a strategy of taking the wind off the sales of mr trump and here is a problem because i think it would be wise for the european union to cut its ten percent cut tariffs to lower two percent of the united states and to increase their defense spending to the two percent which the countries of the you of your past have any way promised but you know that you can do it does not have a clear strategy because of southern european countries out of trade off cutting tariffs because of the aquaculture sector don't write what you already mentioned that the e.u. made the tactics of the e.u. in those trade talks may not have been an ideal one but now washington talking

directly to two companies to calm a cuz no brussels said that's a no go you must do that and those talks yesterday did they strengthen or weaken the u.s. position. well as i said i'm against this present individual farms however in terms of forecasting i have to admit that the result the myth the promise to invest more in the united states that this off cost strengthens the position of the european union commission because in the end trump wants something which he can sell to support us and more investment by german car industry in the u.s. is something which he can so to his supporters and so far it is less difficult for the european union for strike a deal providing that they have a clear position which is not yet totally clear all right yet claim of their chief economist of command thank you so much for your time not only trump of course is not the only world leader interested in

a strengthening his domestic accommodate his chinese counterpart to president xi jinping old suppose as vehicles made in his country is setting the direction for a major change in the chinese a condom and an old brand is getting a new lease on life. back in the driver's seat this age old chinese brand is offering new models with a distinct retro touch but don't let the analog clock fool you under the hood of honk she snooze sedan is the kind of technology that is supposed to change the mind of buyers starting from the top president xi jinping has rediscovered the hunk sheep brand once the preferred car of chairman mao china southern airlines the agricultural bank of china as well as state owned telecom steel and tobacco firms have placed orders. she's a very symbolic brand as a country has developed it has become more popular or she has its specialties and

its intimate connection with the people so there are more of them on the street this is totally normal. it's not entirely normal foreign cars have dominated the market for decades the company car of choice was a german i already was politicians and officials preferring to your tire and hyundai but their growth rates are slowing while the relatively tiny market share for long she has grown sevenfold since beijing started to invest heavily in its domestic car industry would you look i'm proud to drive a hunk she it's better than driving a benz b.m.w. already after all this car represents our national brand the quality is also very good and very impressive to order and if you don't follow your passion. punk she maker f e w has plans to roll out more than a dozen new models by twenty twenty five including two luxury s.u.v.s and many electric models and autonomous car is being developed in partnership with tech

giant by do. no european stocks are trading lower today taking their cue from both asian and u.s. markets both ending best actions in negative territory investors worry about the fate of a tariff truce between the united states and china because conflict in messages from the u.s. president on a strong dampened hopes of an easy resolution investors in the united states are also concerns about a fall in long term bond deals seen as a sign the american economy could be slowing down. and for more we cross over to our financial market correspondent christiane blitzer standing by for us at the front that stock exchange polls are already mentioned that european stocks aren't exactly exuberant today what's the overall mood. not exactly exuberant is right the mood have considerably soured here in

frankfurt trading floor as well as on trading floors across europe most most european indices are down this morning and it's especially after or compared to monday when there was that white spread optimism after the g. twenty meeting between president all trump and thing that seems to make things a little better now that's completely gone and that worries about the u.s. economy possibly slowing down and on top of that a tweet from donald trump that signaled there may be more trouble ahead with terrorists between china and the west not good for the world here right but ok what we used to tweets by the u.s. president but at the same time maybe ninety days a lot can be a chief content. ninety days is a rather short time span considering how long they have been negotiating politike.

really but also for businesses and that's why there are they're getting ready or they're moving fast now in order to achieve things use this window of opportunity. reporting that for example china is refineries are going to or are trying to get u.s. crude oil back on the planet takes a long while to get that to china and needs to arrive before march first and for a long time there hasn't been any any exchange in crude from the u.s. really soybean trade has been difficult the price has gone up a little bit although not significantly and apart from commodities we're seeing chinese music streaming leader ten cent now again floating the idea of an i.p.o. at the new york stock exchange with a band before ok so something told to see there along the way post imputes insights that thank you so much. europe's a bus is trying to enter the u.s. military market the plane make a has announced

a partnership with the united states lockheed martin in an attempt to supply the u.s. air force with refueling planes if successful it would mean tens of billions of euros in business for both companies american aerospace john boeing currently maintains the f. force this tank of slate the deal marks the first time abas has attempted to crack the u.s. military market since its failed bid to much with a isa systems i was back in two thousand and twelve. that's your business update here on d w for me and the teens to keep us company.

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i am on the edge of the hans a low mountain range in the east of germany it is a journey into history that's why i chose the hots narrow gauge railway for the trip it's been around for quite some time. my destination a town that's over one thousand years old. i'm in korea then book and i want to find out what earth this mediæval town world heritage status will be visiting the famous cathedral and treasury and be looking at what else you can experience here in the run up to christmas.

of course we also show you what you can experience in the hearts mt use in winter. a peruvian shows us the sights of her hometown. and we have a pure video of a tour after pat. has been a unesco world heritage site since one thousand nine hundred ninety four no other german town has so many will preserved half timbered buildings i'm meeting a real expert on the subject a local tour guide. book is a world heritage site why is that fair because of the beautiful have timid houses built over many centuries it's never been destroyed back had to stop it was written book has an architectural heritage stretching back over a thousand years which you can still see today. a typical style for it be done with

. the most striking thing is the pointed beam and normally in the designs with exposed to beam ends they rounded to allow the water teacher of. the thirty years war left a lot of destruction in its wake all over northern europe north are open and there was a building boom here on a really major scale because as i said the individual buildings were destroyed not entire districts but those houses were rebuilt with simply decorative elements so that's where the point to beam ends come from the bits are they just easier to cut than around and surface. and that innovation was only introduced here the idea didn't spread among other carpenters in the country and other places didn't copy it they didn't like it so it's a unique characteristic. and. they are all beautiful buildings but they all look a bit cricket why is that they have

a certain kind to the cop and his didn't build them crooked originally but the ground used to be seabed my so there's lots of sand and sandstone. and i have to move houses don't really have foundations just sandstone blocks set on sand dunes so the building shift in one direction the ground in another the word used to make the houses was freshly cut and it walked under the strains of you often see dogs and entryways that are about a vertical beam sink down that forces the other wood in the house to go up as well . the fact that was largely spared from devastation even during the second world war is only one reason for the unique state of the town. of that some songs of the war we were in the soviet occupation so the resulting poverty kind of froze the towns. you see that preservation in other parts of the world too i thought if there's no money to

change things they stay as they are and that's why you take to the towns condition . yeah. i mean this is something you have to see when you come to get involved with the organ i stand about isn't a sense the original version of the heart i'm building dating back to the fourteenth century understand the back then the stars around continuously from the joists to the who are the ceiling of the room have been that was secured with wooden shims it's still an excellent condition from even though it was built into what was he six years of the one thousand six hundred thirty it would be hard to find a half to that house much older than that because it's a really interesting building. as you can see everything's gearing up for winter and the holiday season the hearts

mountains also have a lot to offer for outdoor enthusiasts.