world. one of three like a camera. instagram tag and. using. one hundred so. my goal terms and conditions. documentary on instagram. as the u.s. and china sit down to new trade talks. criminal charges against chinese telecoms giant weiwei the company is accused of violating sanctions against iran and industrial espionage. u.s. sanctions on venezuela's oil prices drives up prices. all over the world china and russia. also. helping to fuel

prices in democracy. and why so little progress is made in fighting it. i'm joined on in berlin welcome to your business update the u.s. justice department has charged chinese telecom giant wall way with violating sanctions against iran and industrial espionage the charges are connected to the arrests in canada ways chief financial officer. this as a chinese delegation arrived in washington for talks to diffuse the simmering trade gone like between the two biggest economies in the world. the one way brand in beijing is probably as common as apple is in new york city quality is china's leading to the communications group that's why journalists were eagerly awaiting a statement from the beijing foreign ministry on tuesday from the tone it would seem that the trade conflict is just going to get worse. you know if we don't it's

been some time since the us started to use its state power to smear and suppress certain chinese enterprises in an attempt to throttle their legitimate operations their intentions are strongly political and manipulative we suddenly urge the us to stop ill founded suppression of while way and other chinese enterprises you know we've got you know. washington brought charges against huawei at the beginning of the week the u.s. accuses weiwei of subverting sanctions on iran as well as money laundering and fraud china describes washington's move as unfair and immoral you know i suppose the american authorities probably have been collecting evidence of. these on a lot of of chinese and the prices abroad and now this kind of evidence is being used to exert pressure on tying up in a sign of american trade negotiations if the world's two largest economies can't

agree on a compromise during negotiations on wednesday the u.s. has announced another increase in its tariffs on chinese goods at the start of march. joining me now is our financial correspondent yens quite a ans it's good to see you know you off authorities seem keen to sell the while way to charges and the upcoming u.s. china trade talks a separate issues china of course is not having it how will this influence the trade talks in the end. well at least the white house claims that there will be no effect at all the secretary of the threads are we as the eve of the new church and their secretary of commerce wilbur ross both are claiming that the trade talks will not be affected by the charges if the chinese delegation shares this feeling remains to be seen it is really hard to imagine that china won't mention it at all because if i'm not mistaken your way is

the biggest technology company in china so we will see what happens so when the trade talks continue on wednesday and thursday and uncertain i'll come there as you say but do you see a way out here for a while way at all well at this point it looks like your way will have to face the courts here in the u.s. if they don't show as far as i understand i mean i'm not a lawyer but as far as i understand if they're not going to this possible trial then they could be banned from doing business in the united states and in general there is a lot at stake because your way want to fight the impression that was their devices they could spying on companies for instance or in foreign nations and they want to make sure that nobody gets this impression so there is

a lot in stake and probably at this point it looks like the courts in the u.s. will have to decide. to there on wall street for us thank you yes. apple has now disabled a controversial group chat function in face time following the discovery of a bug that allowed callers to eavesdrop on whatever is happening on the other end of the line all you had to do was call a contact number then add yourself to a group chat while the callers dialing the called parties microphone would be remotely activated allowing the caller to listen in the bus comes as an embarrassment for apple which positions itself as a champion of customer privacy its promise the fix for the bug to be released later this week. for now the latest u.s. sanctions against famous whale is not national oil company at all you know the venezuela raised world oil prices and triggered

a drop in venezuela's exports of heavy crude a staple of global industry and transport but administration sanctions triggered angry responses from china and russia. the united states hopes that by striking at the country's main income source they can drive madeira out of office and clear the way for opposition leader and interim president one goh ito to take power but do or claims that washington is trying to steal the u.s. subsidiary of the state oil concern on state television he announced he would take action to defend venezuelan assets. the two young men have three other state oil companies already studying the actions and we will take all the legal political operative technical and commercial measures to defend the interests of venezuela in the united states and in our homeland we will give the necessary and forceful response to defend the interests of venezuela at the right time in the coming hours

. informing. possible for. there is a strong chance that trumps move will backfire and also hurt the u.s. economy u.s. refineries in the gulf of mexico have a lot to lose since they specialize in mixing heavy even as well and crude with lighter oil produced in the united states russia has condemned the sanctions as illegal interference while china said they would lead to suffering for which washington would bear responsibility both countries have led to billions of dollars to venezuela and are concerned about new stress on debt payments. the failure to control corruption is contributing to a crisis of democracy across the world that's the verdict of the latest corruption perception index published by the nonprofit group transparency international the annual report ranks countries according to perceptions of public sector corruption

orginally by the business community the top and bottom of the list may not be surprising but there is a bit of movement in the tween. despite its dreary weather denmark regularly features in the top five on the world happiness index and maybe that's partly because the danes feel they can trust their public officials in recent years denmark and new zealand have consistently top transparency international's list and twenty eighteen was no different denmark once again landed the top spot on the corruption perceptions index scoring eighty eight points one and head of new zealand in second place on eighty seven finland singapore sweden and switzerland all tied for third norway the netherlands canada luxembourg germany and britain make up the rest of the top ten at the other end of the scale reclusive north korea and war torn yemen tided a lowly fourteen points were trailed by a war zone south sudan and syria both on thirteen and conflict ravaged somalia

bringing up last place with just ten points more than two thirds of country score below fifty the global average was just forty three in recent years only twenty countries have significantly improved their scores including a studio and ivory coast sixteen have significantly worse and including australia chile and malta. the biggest free trade zone in west africa opened its doors today at least partially only fifty kilometers away from the nigerian capital lagos like a free zone has its own deep sea fort and a sizable airport three universities and schools are set to follow the area is meant to service the whole of the west african market that is three hundred million consumers. this is west africa's biggest construction site the lucky free zone there's not much to see yet but when it's finished it's supposed to be as

big as washington d.c. countless production facilities storage buildings a fertilizer factory and of the biggest oil refinery in africa that means nigeria would be able to export oil products like gas diesel and synthetic materials instead of just roll crude as it does now the freezone is divided into quadrants one city has just been inaugurated it's reserved for the residences for the one million or so people set to live and work here in the future. it's just. it's. just. the free zone is a joint project sixty percent belongs to chinese investors the nigerian government holds the rest of the lucky free zone has managed to win one hundred sixteen major finance years most of them from china but national investment is flowing to. where

the bus busts. area has developed been rapidly so that is where your is and where. this is. with nearly a fourth of the population unemployed much hope is riding on the leckie free zone project. and that fit for me and the business team here in berlin for more you can visit us on our website v.w. dot com as this leave you now with a look at. take

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the love. of my stuff. starts feb eighteenth t w. o n a very warm welcome to news from the world of. merrill and today. all reporter david kennedy was in london for a controversial exhibition life death we bust brings together two strange bedfellows american video artist bill viola. and the renaissance michelangelo. disappearing giants daniel schwartz is black and white shots of

glaciers reveal the effects of climate change on his native switzerland. violinist. is astounding audiences with his tastes from bach to the blues and beyond. but first stop just back from london i'm joined by my colleague adrian kennedy to show bill viola. life death rebirth opened the weekend adrian this is a rather surprising pairing yes video arts and what were they thinking the curator is a keen to stress that not suggesting that there is some kind of modern day michelangelo but inevitably some of the critics are approaching it from precisely this angle asking whether viola should even be in the same room as the greats mixer angelo ok everybody knows.