all into perspective for us thanks. you're watching the news from a but plenty more coming up at the top the hour and was given on our website at e.w. dot com i'm not free in balance very easy. look. natural riches are precious resources. and a rewarding investment. farmland has been called ethiopia's gringo. the country has an abundant supply and leases it to an international group giant. government to try export revenues and the corporations high profit margin. but not everyone benefits from the booming business. and execution of

environmental destruction starvation and. the selling out of a country dead donkey. carts december twenty ninth on t.w. . to get that. they were summoned and they came german car industry titans called to the white house to make the 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 dimler c.e.o. dieter zetsche had described the encounter. the meeting with the president is very interesting. he can. come in this country.

of course his objective is to see more jobs more. which is in accordance with. a sentiment echoed by the automotive leaders in washington vokes wagon is even considering a plan that would see it build cars in ford's u.s. factories and produce electric vehicles in the u.s. . corporation to really build up a global alliance which also would strengthen american industry but the specter of trans promised tariffs is still a cause for concern for germany's association of automotive manufacturers according to them additional tariffs would bring additional costs and therefore be a threat to germany's competitiveness on the u.s. market that's why they want the competition open to the people with the best product when. whether president trump will be persuaded to drop the twenty five

percent levy he's threatened may depend entirely on the kind of impression the german c.e.o.'s left on him. gen smog hangs over the conference center in qatar beats the reason is coal coal is still being mined here today the industry employs around one hundred thousand people it's one of the most important industries in the polish region of silesia. and you want to go to our treasure if we didn't have it no one would have a job if the mine closes everyone would go out of business all the companies and shops. most of poland's electricity comes from climate damaging coal energy and according to the government it will stay that way until twenty fifty. we have. coal to thank for achieving our full potential in upper silesia it's been the basis of the product we've produced so feelings run high but we know exactly what's going on

in the world and in which direction we should be going. to see films and as opposed to government representatives and other organizations from almost two hundred countries are currently discussing how to reduce c o two emissions at the cop twenty four climate conference in qatar. poland still relies on coal the government doesn't have any plans to completely remove coal from its energy mix anytime soon but for poland's government represents their efforts at going green. there's a research center here for renewable energies they've built a shopping center on top of a former coal mine and even the un climate conference is taking place on top of another mine and yet to reach to and coal remain dependent on each other even today . the tiny gulf state of qatar has decided to stop its oil production especially now with the gulf emirate leading

the organization of petroleum producing states but qatari officials say the decision is not political. we don't have the potential. guest. experts doubt however that concept is taking the step purely out of economic interest. and i think it has been a great pressure from some of its neighbors in the gulf for some time now so it is slightly surprising that is pulling out and then claiming it's not a political issue strikes me it could only be that. saudi arabia accuses qatar of having to close a relationship with its arch enemy iran saudi arabia the main opec member country and other arab countries also accuse katar of supporting radical islamist groups last year the political crisis in the gulf region had become so acute that several neighboring countries imposed

a traffic and trade blockade on kotter so cutter wants to invest in its gas production instead. the south park's gas field off its coast which is also used by iran looks like the emirates future now they want to increase gas production from seventy seven to one hundred ten million tons by twenty twenty four. meanwhile the organization of petroleum exporting countries and non opec countries have agreed to reduce oil production. the oil cartel has agreed on a reduction of about eight hundred thousand barrels per day according to reports from vienna. the decision was preceded by two days of intense negotiations. the mcallen government has made further concessions to the yellow vests protesters the planned increase of an eco tax on gasoline and diesel will be suspended for the entire coming year according to reports from paris but the

pressure on french president amount to in the cong seems to be increasing it's not only the yellow vests who are protesting more and more students and farmers in france are also taking to the streets there been serious clashes with police the c.f.o. of the chinese technology group while way has been arrested in canada and will be extradited to the u.s. . according to media reports she's accused of having violated sanctions imposed by the u.s. on iran. while way is also being accused of supplying american products to iran. at their meeting in brussels euro finance ministers agreed on measures to reform the monetary union this should make member states better prepared for crises in the future most importantly the e s m euro rescue parachute is to be strengthened. chancellor angela merkel said after meeting with

local authorities in berlin that the federal government is increasing its clean air promotion program. the program now has a budget of one point five billion euros in addition the government will spend an additional four hundred thirty million euros to carry out a hardware retrofitting of municipal vehicles most german cities and municipalities want to avoid any diesel driving bans many people are still dependent on diesel. like this vehicle it's indispensable for a bricklayer down the oha to him he drives to the construction site with the company truck every day. the transporter with the euro five emission standard is only three years old now diesel is being threatened by a ban on driving in the city of s. and. there is one simple game you know it's a big problem for us how are we supposed to get to the construction sites to work

we have to go to the site with our own vehicle and not all of us drive cars that run on petrol that's the problem that. there's the threat of diesel driving bans in eighteen districts of the city of s. and the motorway a forty is also affected it's one of the most important traffic hubs in the rural area and leads directly through essen city center construction contractor functional to her about and his coworkers right the a forty several times a day. if they really do close the a forty in the rural area there's going to be chaos. the stricter environmental regulations are going to get expensive for german craftsman. diesel particularly or if we have to buy new ones it would probably cost us a quarter of a million. ru for a mike stand up but a small van with electric drive for around forty thousand euros in this way he

hoped to circumvent the diesel driving bands but the electric transporter has not yet proven itself in daily use his employees hardly use it they prefer driving the diesel. you lot of thought so and there aren't enough charging stations around it's way too much effort to get to the construction sites we often don't even get there or can't get back from the site that our employees have a hard time with it and of course our customers don't have charging stations at the site there are so many problems we never thought about it. contractor should tell her about hopes that the announced diesel driving bans will be struck down by the courts. he doesn't think that the government should impose driving bans on a large part of the rural area. this german family business electra star is back in production on german soil the company manufactures

one hundred thirty thousand devices in this factory each year soon electra star hand and hair dryers will be manufactured here to. managing director roman google voice is banking on the value of products made in germany twenty years ago when going to gun purchasing experience was positive we have been producing high quantities at reasonable prize and quality but the time has changed we are now forced to produce smaller batches of individual products. most of electra's stars customers are in europe it can take up to eight weeks for deliveries to arrive from china but from here it only takes a few days. the model train maker mantling brought manufacturing back from china to here in germany it's easier for them to produce smaller quantities in higher quality. it's obviously not easy i think it's very important that the trains our engineers

develop and design can also be built directly here at the same place. and we are now able to optimize the process through automation and create ideal conditions for producing our trains. that. automation is enabling the return of domestic manufacturing robots to the hard work of makin replacing much of what the workers in china did. they drill mill and file away the irregularities. and the company saves on labor costs then the detailed work can be done by the company's skilled workers in a few weeks a letter a star plans to move its vacuum cleaner production into a new building the company needs more space since they've left china here to technology and automation are expected to ease the manufacturing process for every german company that moves its operation abroad there are no two coming back

a trend that is set to continue and that was your business week in review. his productions have achieved cult status. the book on. his energy is contagious. operas by director barry kosky are setting new standards see. who is the man behind these minor masterpieces. next. year on this week's highlights. safety treats visit the spice cookie factory to get into the christmas mood. monumental.

second a member of the version of swan lake. texas tech license an unusual you'd say consumed old paintings. in sixty minutes fought a v.w. . polo. there's. a. drop you know this is you know five minutes more minutes. past the hour and a beauty sometimes having all. the fish in the pantheon of the great tenors certainly he's one for the ages.

but the. last couple of tenor for the. starts december twenty second d. w. . welcome to arts twenty one this time around we meet a master of vibrant opera production raise the curtain for barry kosky. was. i. was in his and it's his ideas he's just got fantastic ideas though at first you think oh god what does he want me to do here.