business news coming to you live from berlin a racist motive suspected in a new year attack in germany police say a man who ran the car into crowds in the early hours of january the first intent to kill foreign affairs will go to our correspondent in the western city of basra also coming up. your balsam nala is sworn in as brazil's new president vowing to liberate his country from socialism and political correctness the far right leader's election marks a radical shift after decades of son from school. and

a new year's miracle in the ruins of a collapsed apartment building in russia rescuers pulled a little baby boy to safety after he spent more than a day trapped in subzero temperatures. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program german authorities say a man who ran the car into new year's crowds intended to kill foreigners five people were injured in the attack in the western city of basra with afghan and syrian nationals among the victims in a moment we'll get the latest from our correspondent there first this report. it's shortly before midnight when a car suddenly swerves towards a group of people celebrating the new year name managed to dodge the vehicle. onlookers tried to stop the driver but he escaped. but all those i'm

a complete push to make a car drove through the crowd everyone jumped to the left and right and then he was gone. but as i read over charisma the driver steered towards people at three other locations leaving five injured one of them seriously syrian afghan nationals are among the victims of the state interior minister says the facts indicate that the suspect a fifty year old german was carrying out a targeted attack as hundreds even if the german deliberately drove into groups of people who were to a large extent foreigners and. that means this man had to clear intention to kill foreigners you can see twenty's among all central to do it and investigators say the suspect has a history of mental illness but it's unclear whether that played a part in the attack police say he hadn't previously come to their attention and they were not aware of any links to far right groups to that because i was to

waltzes in covering the story for us i was there we just heard the state interior minister there say that the driver of the car the perpetrator intended to kill foreigners what more do we know about the possible motives of the man arrested well when he was taken into custody he made quite unequivocal statements against foreigners according to police and this was light up backed up by the state interior minister as he said that however the man does have a history of mental illness according to some reports he was even sectioned off in a close psychiatric facility for some time whether that came into account to play into this attack remains to be seen and this must have been quite a shock for the people living in bought for up how are they reacting to. well january first it was meant to be

a day of celebration for the town it's the hundredth year anniversary of the of the formation of the town i don't know if you can see behind me there's a stage set up there's some booths. but the mayor has canceled all festivities he came out and he said we cannot celebrate while a woman is fighting for a life once the crimes became apparent once the nature of the crime became apparent and that decision seems to have been accepted by the by the locals here. but of course this isn't the first time the foreigners in germany have been targeted in violent attacks is a. yes especially this year it has been a series of attacks some migrants shelters have been targeted by acid attacks. in in august there was scenes in eastern germany in the town of candy it's probably the most notable manifestations of these. sentiments there are huge

far right protests extreme right protests against migrants in germany and there was a study released in november that seemed to be confirm that these anti migrants sentiments seem to be taking hold within germany within mainstream germany also thank you so much t w as i was to watch their reporting from. brazil's new president joe your boss sonora has taken office in his first public speech at the helm of latin america's biggest nation the former army captain declared a crusade against crime corruption and left wing ideology and second name is messy us and many brazilians do see him as a kind of messiah also noro supporters hope he can revive the economy of bring safety to the streets but all those worry that is hardline policies could lead to an erosion of fundamental rights. brazil's new far right president now officially

in office. is vowing big changes in ways that have already polarized the country. see that. i expect that he'll make brazil better and safer. i'm black and gay person ourselves were useless he does not represent me it isn't in the capital brasilia tens of thousands cheered paulson are at his induction into office after being sworn in he set the tone for his turn this president. near to zero who will do that today is the day our people will begin to free themselves from socialism. by having to free themselves from false values from overreach by the state and from political correctness. i've also known as cap and it is mostly white and male with

only two women seven of its twenty two members are ex-military their agenda is staunchly conservative the foreign minister wants to break with alleged cultural marxism and evangelical pastor will oversee a portfolio including human rights and women's issues there's some optimism amongst brazil's business community many backed the incoming finance ministers pray for you market stance and his promises to privatized many industries foreign companies operating in brazil have also voiced support for his plans. the agriculture industry is hoping to get years ahead t. has strong support from the farming. but paulson are also has his critics and amongst the toughest of them is left wing congressman john willis he's openly gay and says he is receiving more and more death threats. how it was a ball he ever said and were really do is hunt minorities i consider him a political fraudster and a threat to the world with me. on twitter has already announced plans to

liberalize. part of the effets he's making to show his supporters he won't delay implementing his campaign pledges to separate us so we will make sure that prefer citizens have the right to own weapons and to defend their property for the fields on. the face of brazil's political shift to the right many a painting their hopes on him while others fear he threatens democracy. earlier reporters pollo explain to us how much of a departure balsa nora's presidency is likely to be for brazil will undoubtedly face a very quite hard line conservative shift and this is something that be brewing for a while now. you've had in the last four years essentially you've had man with corruption scandals that are tainted all the theme and wish you have continuing at

the moment and selling this back you know you've kind of you know and here stablish mint anger. and. you know because of the corruption scandals except you see in our oh he's basically he's risen in this vacuum has been left as the traditional parties in brazil on the left and on the right have become embroiled in these corruption scandals and he swept to victory you know promising corruption adds tackle rising crime and cetera now reality star and whether he's going to be able to put those things into practice with a very fractured congress remains to be seen. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today chinese president xi jinping has said it's inevitable that the self ruling island of taiwan will be reunited with china in a speech marking forty years since the start of improving ties she called for peaceful reunification but he warned beijing reserve the right to use force if

necessary. to women in india have entered the sabarimala temple defying a local tradition banning women from one of hinduism holy sites at the same time thousands of women formed a human chain in support of a court order overturning the ban traditionalists of cold for protests against women. and cuba has celebrated sixty years of revolution them its economic crises and political reform the symbolic commemoration took place in santiago de cuba at the foot of the tombs of the country's socialist heroes it was a model t. and it cost. more and more migrants are risking their lives crossing the sea from france to britain over two hundred people have or thought to have made the boys since november now the british government is strengthening its coastal defenses in a move the opposition has condemned as politicizing migration. this little dinghy

made it from france to england with twelve migrants huddled together on board the dangerous passage across the english channel is becoming more popular since strict road checks have made illegal crossing to britain by truck next to impossible. british home secretary sajid javid returned to the u.k. after cutting short his safari holiday in south africa his conservative party colleagues see the boat arrivals as a threat since christmas around one hundred people have attempted the journey. i hope it will come and visit and see how things are here at the frontline look to creating a patrol force with the french to make sure that any cross found in the channel whichever side of the line they are all help back safely and soundly to the french coast up till now only one ship has patrolled britain's maritime border now the country is calling back two more ships from the mediterranean together with french

interior minister christopher custom now javid has promised tougher measures to stop people smuggling. we will do every thing we can to make sure it is not a success in the sense that i don't want people to think that if they need a safe country like france they can get to britain and then just get to stay european law stipulates that france must take back many of the migrants seeking entry to the u.k. but if the u.k. were to crash out of the e.u. in a so-called hard bragg's it that guarantee would no longer apply opposition leaders in britain said to resume as government is playing up the issue to make her proposed bragg's a deal more attractive all of this is little consolation for the migrants many of whom say they'd rather drown in the english channel and stay in france. well joining me now in the studio is chris metz he's a spokesman for the u.n. refugee agency brylin office welcome to the program and then we just heard migrants

there saying that they'd rather drowned in the english channel than to stay in france are conditions that they face in france really that no i think not but probably need to distinguish between refugees and migrants and we talked about migrants but we also need to see that many people in these boats are refugees so people were seeking protection from from persecution or in their home countries and many of these people have relatives in the u.k. they have probably seen them for a long time separated sometimes for even years and yes sometimes they do doing nearly everything to get back to their children or to their parents or to cancer present not that they are of course promotes always legal passageways also for these people so there is the fate of these individuals who are crossing the channel that we're talking about irregular migration to some degree. but we're talking also

about a politically charged environment in the english channel between france and britain what is britain's looming biggs's from the european union driving irregular migration across the english channel well technically that shouldn't be a reason because the u.k. has committed itself to protect refugees so again people who are persecuted in their own country a little to the reasons when the u.k. signed the united fifty one refugee convention that will not change with bricks that are not within the u.a.e. you are not something with the migrants it's the responsibility of the country so here the governmental london to decide if these people can stay are not and i think that will also not change with the brakes that what is probably the case is that traffickers that smugglers using this situation telling people you. need to go now you need to give me your money now otherwise the window of opportunity will close but this is of course not because they care for the people just care for their

money what kind of risks kind of dangers do irregular migrants face in trying to cross the english channel well we've seen that for years in the mediterranean and just last year about three thousand people died drowned in the mediterranean in the channel these are not so many people now but it's a different situation it's not that big then the mediterranean but these thirty plus kilometers we have over between calais and over and of a parts we have one hundred two hundred kilometers and don't forget it's winter now so it's much colder than the mediterranean we have rough weather there and these people using very often very small boats made actually four of four shallow waters or even lakes ok chris let's leave it there chris meltzer spokesperson for of the u.n. refugee agency the u.n.h.c.r. here in berlin thanks for being with us if you. to russia now we're at least nine people are known to have died after an apartment block collapsed on monday

a massive search operation is underway for more than thirty people still missing authorities believe a gas leak caused the blast in the city of mark need to about seventeen hundred kilometers east of moscow there's also been jubilation after rescuers found a baby boy alive under the rubble. but. it felt like nothing short of a miracle as a baby boy was pulled from the rubble a life thirty five hours after the collapse. rescuers say he survived temperatures of minus eighteen degrees celsius because he was wrapped up morley in a cradle but he does have some serious injuries amazingly his mother also survived the collapse and has now joined her son at the hospital. it was a rare moment of joy in what is been

a grim operation to rescue his. the only people they found otherwise were already dead. local residents are in shock many have come to the scene to express their grief openly. but my colleague from work died here she was only young now she's gone if. you pull the roof so many of us have lost loved ones we must be strong people. first responders had to temporarily hope their search on tuesday while workers try to remove all stabilise sections of the building which were in danger of collapse the ten story apartment block was home to many ordinary families dozens of people are still missing but given the freezing temperatures in russia's year all mountains region hopes are fading of finding them. some businesses

though and asian markets start the euro rather down be. terry they started let's say on a cautious note into twenty nine thousand that of course after figures showing that china's manufacturing sector contracted for the very first time in almost two years equities across the region were broadly lower hong kong's hang seng index was the worst performer on the first trading day of the new year losing more than two point six percent a series of purchasing managers indices show that factory activity dropped amid the u.s. china trade routes and a slowdown in chinese demand markets in south korea and australia are also down the tokyo exchange is closed for a holiday. while it is china's most kristie just infrastructure project the belt and road initiative with nearly a trillion dollars in proposed chinese investment poised to build roads railways ports and to oil pipelines all the way from beijing to bird led the mega project

was launched five years ago and it's attracted investors from all over the world including german companies all eager to get a sizable piece of the action. the new silk road china's belton road initiative as a source of wealth. precious gems for pakistan. faster processing of shipping containers in europe. and cheaper energy in sri lanka everyone should benefit that's the promise at least delivered by the singers in this choir. chinese president xi jinping has been pushing the new silk road for the past five years. more than one hundred projects have been completed along the route they include high speed rail. ports for container ships. and fiber optic connections for faster internet access. german industrial giant siemens

sees the new silk road as a major opportunity siemens has recently put a new office in beijing focused on the new trade route it's headed by carsten hands back she corden its major transport projects in more than ten countries. you have different languages cultures and time zones so finding a common denominator takes some time. smaller companies can piggyback on a major multinational like siemens says german chamber of commerce representative yens hildebrand that's because gaining access to the chinese market is challenging due to a lack of transparency. and that's why. there's a lot of uncertainty when it comes to the silk road projects the process how to apply where to apply and which ministry is responsible all of that's unclear.

and chinese companies are at an advantage there either state owned or receive government support she success rests a lot. the new silk road. she promotes the project at international summit. german companies in china are also interested in the silk road but what's unclear is just how much they'll be able to benefit from it in the end. of the belgian road project has meanwhile stumbled into some problems also due to the u.s. china trade route for more i'm joined now on the line of. president of the german institute of global and area studies good to have you with us first of all some critics of the project say that a lot of beijing's belden road initiative only exists on paper and that funding it is actually money down the drain would you say. hello hi monica great to be here.

so there is a lot of. money going down the drain. and part of the money because if you hear what happened. when you read about president my heart burn down like a lot of countries are going to greater and greater and that as a result of this promise. it has to be paid back and that come with. so there is money going into this but it's not a free lunch and there's a lot of developing countries and the first sign on to this. this was something like a clear line an example. but what strategy just beijing actually pursue with make

a project it is impressive no doubt is it all about getting access to various markets. i would argue that it is very much about getting access to markets but it is not only about that and that is because whenever we talk about china we really have to think about geo economics you already mentioned some of this in your report right now when you were talking about how state companies from china do have a greater advantage in comparison to private companies that might be seeking the investment in the other direction in china and so this is this is a this is this is a little bit about market access but it really is about chinese expansionism tiny's political ambitions chinese geopolitical and the and geo konami is the route to that and that is why i think we have to be very careful about this so-called silk road and it's much bigger than just the so broad but it's not only about connecting

europe and asia it's about latin america about africa it's about. you can go this far as the arctic ok it is as i said i mean despite its problems and some controversy it definitely is quite an impressive project. and i really kind of president of the german institute of global every year studies joining us there on the line from hamburg thank you so much thank you well you know being on the menu producers say those u.s. presidents don't strums terrorists back firing despite having to pay higher duty is on their products shipped to the united states they say that there's been an unforseen move in the markets that's benefiting them. each of these aluminum blocks weighs more than nine tons specialist producer alli max uses them to make extra durable industrial components since june the german company has had to pay ten percent in import duties in the u.s.

but al emacs is actually making more money that's because the tariffs have pushed up the price for aluminum. and that's one reason why the company's c.e.o. wants to increase production at its plant in south carolina. the portraits by the more value creation we do on site the less we have to import it from our point of view and the result will be that the tariffs will have no effect in the future because the more we produce on location which trumps. terribly. the german companies the u.s. operations only account for ten percent of the company's total revenue but that will soon change demand is on the rise the company's special aluminum is required in medical technology as well as in solar cells and cars. coming live from berlin more is coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime of

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