this is deja vu news live from berlin of course and me and mark rejects an appeal by two reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in jail in mark accuses the reporters of trying to undermine national security. they say they were innocent and were framed by police but the judge says their punishments are suitable also coming up on the show. the german chancellor makes her first trip to greece since alexis

oppressive became prime minister in the past many greeks blamed on the macro for the hardships caused by austerity measures so how do they feel about her today. and president trump visits the border with mexico and presses his case for building the wall he threatens to use emergency powers to fund about an hour or so is there an emergency or correspondent also the locals at the border. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us a court in myanmar has rejected an appeal by two journalists serving seven year prison terms while alone and chua so where arrested in december of two thousand and seventeen after investigating the massacre of ten the hinge of boys and men during the army's brutal crackdown on the muslim community the two journalists reuters.

analysts were later sentence for breaking the official secrets act by possessing classified documents their lawyer arguing that they were entrapped in a police thing and are innocent. i spoke earlier with one of their colleagues kevin colicky of reuters asia editor i asked him for his reaction to the verdict it's another in justice for well known and josue for our colleagues for their for their families. there was no evidence at trial that they were guilty of espionage they were reporting the reporting that they did was fair it was accurate the people of myanmar deserve to have a media informs them of the truth and so this is a another injustice and of in a very dark very disappointing for us and very just for the families i'm sure it is for both colleagues and family members but this was an appeal so what's next for wallow and. so this is the there's the.

potential of this available to the supreme court of the appeals court ruling has just come in. there is a social appeal that's available but the government importantly than the government of myanmar has the power to stop this injustice right to do the right thing here the only thing that the it should do and to freedom and and we want we want to see that happen we want to continue to work for their release because until they're free men marise commitment to a free press and to the rule of law remains in question. were arrested of course while reporting on the ethnic cleansing. how difficult is it today to get an accurate assessment of the situation for. muslims. the facts of the case are important here they were reporting in the village called

intent on the massacre of ten men and boys the government has acknowledged that their reporting was in fact accurate and that the government has taken action against those who were involved in the killing. so. journalism is not a crime. myanmar deserves a media the. people of myanmar what's happening there. and this ruling this case and the appeals ruling today casts serious doubt over myanmar. and to the rule of law certainly wish you and your colleagues who all the best moving forward for now from reuters and singapore thanks very much. the german chancellor is holding talks with political leaders in greece today this is the first time on the macro has visited that instance two thousand and fourteen back then she was given a hostile reception with many greeks blaming her for the harshest dirty measures

imposed by europe today the mood is different however there are still unresolved issues one is war reparations war on that from our correspondent in a bit first this report. the german chancellor's visit means a great deal for greece and for prime minister tsipras to spite their differences ties between the two have improved significantly especially since miracle's last visit but they head home and i'm very glad to be here today after all the ups and downs over the last few years of i believe that what we achieved exemplifies the european spirit. that despite having different political beliefs despite very different problems we always strive to find a common solution to america's previous visit to greece and twenty fourteen was overshadowed by a wave of angry protests back then as an opposition leader sippers railed against

the austerity measures imposed on greece and supported by berlin but after becoming prime minister sippers dropped his fears and he bailout stands and ended up implementing the reforms demanded by increases creditors and although merkel was widely blamed in greece for the years of austerity her image among greeks has also improved but the lots of mrs merkel has her priorities first her country then europe and after that world peace. i wish her a happy new year and good health a gift that could get to her. america and sippers are also expected to discuss the name change deal with neighboring macedonia which berlin supports under the agreement the former yugoslav republic will be renamed north macedonia in return greece will support the country joining nato and eventually the e.u. but many greeks are against the deal including tsipras coalition partners that will

. respond to the region for americans visit is sold to deal with macedonia gets ratified by parliament. to mention what remains valid even if the opposition takes power. so listen up over there. conservative opposition leader kitty a close mates of talk is leading the resistance to the macedonia deal in the greek parliament super's hopes that miracle might be able to influence the conservatives position because of his coalition breaks down tsipras may soon find himself facing a vote of confidence. or just how serious is that one of the questions out there today following the visit as did abuse chief political editor michelle joins us now from athens good morning michelle can all of machall help and first off this name dispute over the two macedonia's well she's certainly trying. mapped out here in athens already that she felt that this

agreement that would basically ended decades long dispute is good for both sides and it would help greece as much as it would help the european union in the sense of also stabilizing the balkan region which isn't in the headlines that terribly much but which remains a constant potential source of instability right on the european union's doorstep but she also said that she did understand that her influence particularly on the opposition leader its attackers who is from her own political count the conservative camp which will also play a big role in those upcoming european elections she understands that her influence there is limited and she also understands between the lines that her making any policy recommendation traditionally doesn't go down that turkey well in greece ok there's a very big meeting coming up today all america will be meeting with the greek

president on what continues to be a very emotional issue on a very divisive issue as well. yes the issue here in greece is how much in terms of reparations the greek state could potentially still demand from germany germany that is an issue that is concluded that was part of an agreement that is the basis of german reunification at the same time there is a commission hearing greece that has actually come up with a pill of some two hundred ninety six billion euros that it feels germany still owes greece now in the light of recent history in the light of this greek rescue package that is something that certainly brings emotions to the boil here in greece at times but there's no press conference expected so if we won't see any public statements that ok michele thanks very much for that for now michelle acosta for us

in athens austria and germany are struggling to cope with the heaviest snow fall in two decades twelve people have now died in two countries alpine regions since saturday avalanche warnings are at their highest levels communities in bavaria have declared a state of emergency in the army has been called out to help forecasters are warning that more snow is on the way it appears a spring and now. is covering the story for us in austria which is struggling of course with that extreme snow fall and very cold where you are snowing again like when we tossed talk the last time as well what's the situation there are today. yeah good morning brian well it's not again last night and i wouldn't be exaggerating if i said that this city this town is completely buried when you go through the streets to give the impression of walking through a tunnel i mean the walls of snow are literally twice as tall as i am the

headline this morning in the local newspaper was hope and truck predation hope would probably describe this side of the village i mean i'll say which has had some of the heaviest snowfall but the villagers are really dealing with it the bakeries open the hotels open people are walking through the streets there's not snow plows they don't have snow plows here actually they have they have shovels steam shovels going through the streets literally carrying the snow because there's nowhere to put it they have to put it in giant piles down the street now trepidation would describe the other side of this village about a kilometer down the street there they have been evacuated it's completely closed off no one's allowed to go there and that's because of the danger of avalanches austrian authorities have history as usual the highest avalanche warning for that area even the mayor had to evacuate his house i don't know if you can hear it but there's a helicopter flying overhead and what those helicopters are doing are checking

situation to see if an avalanche is about to go down and so people had to get out of that area ok good to know that the choppers are in the air and checking things out in the businesses are open where you are what are you hearing from from the other snowed in towns. well that's that's the thing there are about fifteen hundred the last time i checked fifteen hundred people in this austrian state just this area of the austrian state actually which has had such heavy snowfall that are completely inaccessible and that means that nobody can go in nobody can come out they're just living off the resources that they have but the hope side of things is that the military has begun to get in you through the air with helicopters and airplanes or on the ground with trucks that can go through. through forests and this morning they were able to deliver groceries to several of these towns and there are some pictures in the newspaper of the military finally greeting these people who have been cut off from civilization basically for the

past almost two weeks now ok it's good to hear that supplies are getting through out there stay warm and we'll have more from amin in that region as a snowstorm goes on thanks very much. well how secure is your personal data here in germany people are increasingly worried about their personal data being stolen and misused a new survey shows that for more than sixty percent of people living here this issue is a major concern falls revelations that hackers stole the personal information from about one thousand public figures the survey was conducted by infor test the map for the public broadcaster here did gauges german opinion on a number of topics. via this twitter account caught the political storm in germany the personal data often attentions and celebrities were sleek over a number of days mobile phone numbers bank statements and intimate photos were posted online it didn't take long to find this is spector's hacker

a twenty year old student was annoyed by the public statements made by his victims the political establishment is alarmed and so is the public. how concerned are germans about the misuse of data sixty one percent are worried or even very worried that the data will end up in the wrong hands. at the same time to tell his age and shaping more and more aspects of life so it is changing society the economy and daily life people in germany have mixed feelings about this development only twenty five percent believe that the benefits of digitalisation way the negative more than half the positives and negatives in equal measure the rest is skeptical. germans are not a skeptical about the economy the booming economy and low unemployment reflecting their views on their own cousin wants you to ration seventy eight percent say that

their own economic situation is good or very good only twenty two percent say the opposite all in all germans tend to be optimistic rather than pessimistic about the year ahead. let's check out some of the other stories making news right now china has released the very first panoramic images ever taken of the far side of the moon the pictures were captured by its progress landed there in january the third the town around that was created by stitching together about eighty photographs taken by a camera on that probe scientists are now analyzing the terrain in those images. president transformer lawyer michael cohen will testify publicly before a congressional committee next month own is expected to face questions about his highs for russia and hush money payments you're ranging from have to keep extramarital affair allegations out of the news during the presidential campaign. president trump has visited the u.s. border with mexico to press his case for

a wall to prevent immigrants from entering the country illegally the president said he was considering bypassing congress and declaring a national emergency to secure funding for that barrier w.'s alexander phenomena has been at the border and sent us this report from mike allen texas. well true. they backed off and wants him to build the border wall. they don't opponents and supporters of the u.s. president facing each other in mckellen while waiting for his arrival well i was going to reserve that early and i think it's very important that we secure our borders it's absolutely important and it's necessary for my children for their safety and the closest just at stake for all the problems of the u.s. has been that the support of a couple of the third temper the police have teams with whom meanwhile president plum was given a tour along the rio grande where he talked to border patrol agents using this trip to bolster his argument for his signature companion promise that what they need

more than anything is the barrier the wall color whatever you want whether it's steel and concrete you don't care we need a barrier in macallan trump once again threatens to invoke emergency powers to build the wall without congressional approval but many in the rio grande dave does agree they don't see a reason to declare a national emergency here most people we spoke to at the protest told us that there is no crisis that they feel safe they accuse the president called stoking fear and their community and even some of the time supporters say they do for trying to see if they don't think that the world is going to fold over. brenda kennedy has lived in the kalam for twelve years she says she's proud of her community. this is the safest place i've ever lived in my life so this whole idea that there's anything you know victims coming over illegally and drugs in the street in cartel that's

ridiculous absolutely not. she says he's president shrum stayed long enough in macallan to see that for himself maybe he'd change his mind. to nowhere now where police say the missing wife of a billionaire has been kidnapped and in an unusual twist the alleged abductors are insisting on a ransom being paid in a crypto currency similar to bitcoin investigators admit they have no idea what may have happened to the victim or where she is. sixty eight year old and elizabeth haagen has not been seen since last october but police have only now revealed that she is missing the search for home and surrounding woodland in a wealthy suburb outside the capital also has failed to turn up any useful evidence police say the kidnappers have used only digital technology to get in touch with them. they order it but until there's not been any verbal contact yet there's not

been any sign that she's in life and neither is there any sign that she's dead or for no mother. the victim is married to tom haagen a property and energy tycoon and one of norway's richest men detectives want to talk to a pedestrian a disciple ist filmed outside the businessman's office on the day his wife disappeared the suspects have not yet been identified. but if i had i was surprised in horrified that something like this could happen here i also feel great despair for the family it's a terrible situation is that the local media say the kidnappers are demanding a ransom equivalent to nine million euros to be paid in the cryptocurrency more narrow similar to bit calling the police are advising the family not to pay any ransom they're working on the theory that mrs hardin was at home when she was

abducted but officers admit the investigation is making little progress. we have some sports for you now and police in the u.s. have requested a d.n.a. sample from football star chris you know ronaldo as part of an ongoing rape investigation involving the superstar he's being sued for allegedly raping catherine may your guy in las vegas in two thousand and nine new york has filed a lawsuit seeking to void a non-disclosure agreement that she says she was pressured into signing and all those always maintained that the encounter was consensual. while the tennis superstar andy murray has announced he'll be retiring this year saying a persistent hip injury is causing him simply too much pain to carry on playing it is an emotional press conference in melbourne australia repeatedly broke down in tears he said he will be playing at the australian open when it begins next week but also that this may be the final term and of his career the british athlete has

won three grand slams along with two olympic gold medals. now when you think about the sport of athletics vatican the city probably doesn't come immediately to mind but this time the state lead has just launched its own international track and field team so will it be god's speed for the vatican on roof for the olympics let's find out. a rare sight in st peter's square. this is part of the vatican city's new athletics team and they are ready to take on the world the vatican may be the smallest state on earth but the team as lofty ambitions. so they live. with regards to the olympics the dream we have is to be carrying the vatican flag during the opening ceremony of my games. a marathon running priest and a half marathon loving none are among the team members. me.

for me when i began running it gave me the chance to rediscover inner peace to find a balance we need we would have time for silence. the vatican competing at the olympics may still be a way off but a leap of faith is all they need. ok this leap over to business now with even more bad news for a former giant in the global auto industry that's right brian we're talking of course about carlos goanna japanese prosecutors filing two new charges against the former new zealand chairman and they're accusing him now of breach of trust and falsifying financial reporting the downside comes days after going made his first appearance in a tokyo court for legit financial misconduct in japan and go to the architect of those alliance with nissan and considered by many to be the glue holding the two companies together the french carmaker says it has no evidence of fraud on the part

of go and go and has denied the charges linked nissan his lawyers said they will seek bail following the latest allegations. that asian markets are up today on efforts to resolve the u.s. china trade dispute western nations are meanwhile hoping for that any resolution in the dispute could lead to easier access to the lucrative chinese consumer market something that has remained frustratingly out of reach for many businesses now germany's influential b.t.i. industry association is calling on the european union to adopt a tougher policy towards china on just this issue. chinese market has long been a gold mine for many german companies with high end car makers like audi and mercedes making an ever larger share of their profits here but the b.t.i. federation for german industry claims the chinese market is far from a level playing field the business lobby accuses beijing of using a combination of protectionism price dumping and state subsidies to bolster china's

economy and cement the central government's control divide that the development of a free market isn't on beijing's agenda these are this what the central government is trying to expand the communist party control of the economy and civil society. and that's become more apparent in the last three years because. there is also growing concern that china shopping tour of buying controlling shares of german high tech companies like robotics manufacturer kuka could soon lead to a strategic disadvantage for europe in the report the bt only is calling on berlin to take action to make the economies of germany and europe more resilient among the demands increased scrutiny of china's state support for firms that compete with european companies and more oversight of chinese acquisitions the b.t.i. also says western countries must do more to defend their lead in technology as. of course we need to do our own homework first and increase our own competitiveness by investing more in infrastructure and education including research by expand the

research budget. of the butt off for. the b.d. i also believe you members must close ranks to ensure china does not have ensured to gain a competitive edge in technology. so a push there for the e.u. to adopt a more aggressive stance regarding chinese access to the chinese market now earlier i spoke to clifford he's china correspondent for the irish times beijing and i asked him if the u.s. is aggressive push for chinese market access as part of its trade talks with china could also pay off. that it seems that it could it's china isn't reacting quite as extremely as people toward nam it is not been quite a heavy reaction that people anticipated but it's definitely having an impact so this gives and the u.s. a lot of leverage in the in the into trade talks and if and eventually they do come to resolution as i think there are signs growing that it they could come to a resolution soon and this would be obviously of benefit to european firms who are

also hoping that some of the issues that the u.s. wants addressed are also are also dealt with because they will benefit european firms to. that was clifford coonan of the irish times speaking to us from beijing now over to washington where all eyes are on the u.s. dollar following remarks by federal reserve chairman powell that the central bank could be patient with plans to raise interest rates power had previously suggested the fed would raise interest rates at least twice this year that despite concerns that it could throw the u.s. into recession the four hikes last year drew an unprecedented angry response from president trump who accused the fed of threatening the country's economic boom powell says the fed won't be swayed by politics. and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. a court in myanmar has dismissed an appeal by two reuters journalists jailed for seven years the two were convicted in connection with an investigation into atrocities committed by the

military against him rohingya muslims the reporters say they're innocent and were framed by police. president donald trump has visited the u.s. border with mexico to press his case for a wall to prevent immigrants from crossing the border illegally trump his threatens of bypass congress and use emergency powers to secure funding for the barrier critics say trump has manufactured a crisis. you're watching news full have more for you in the next hour and you can always find more online at www dot com and dot com slash business unseating there's a villain thanks for watching. quadriga

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a personal level and i was unable to live their lives i'm going to. want to know their story in full migrants. if i get more information for more. following a very warm welcome indeed to the first edition of point regular in twenty nineteen and is the new year get some the way germany house alongside four other countries become a norm permanent member of the united nations security council now there are high expectations about what germany can achieve but two years stint on the council comes at a very difficult time with the devastating ongoing conflicts in both syria and in ukraine.