to be able to play and who will win. we believe that renewable energy will play an important role in the future. but you feel it a good. story munching on. more legal trouble for germany's chemicals giant buy and second trial in the u.s. over claims that its killer glyphosate is dangerous to humans will it open the floodgates for huge class action lawsuits. and well come to know well how the thaw in u.s. north korean relations is shielding the property boom in the heavily guarded demilitarized zone between the two koreas. this is g.w. business. is the popular weed killer roundup dangerous for humans that's the question

a judge in san francisco wants answered in the first federal trial against the controversial weed killer to say a man in california says his diagnosis of non hodgkins lymphoma stems from using round up for twenty five years the case is spector to set a precedent for thousands of similar lawsuits against the maker of round up the agricultural firm on sun till now own by german chemicals giant buyout but the judge threw out a secondary allegation against monsanto that if used it of paying for agreeable scientific research and tampering with evidence in a previous state court last year on santa was ordered to pay seventy eight million dollars in compensation to another plaintiff. there's a brand called about booze no financial correspondent in frankfurt baez facing more legal trouble over monsanto what does that mean for the company have they bought a brand that is toxic in more than one way. well ok hot

there are a lot of investors who believe yes since the takeover all found so came in the table in the first place that's about two years ago with the share price of fire has lost around about fourteen percent obviously a lot of investors out there are worrying that buyer might get you know trapped in the famous u.s. litigation industry and if we look at this first day off the trial yesterday in california a few of those litigation attorneys seem to be using the courtroom more as a media outlet and not you know a bit of a boring room that's there to find justice this is a risk very very difficult to price if you are an investor going to stay with us because we're going to talk about another germany's other global chemical

company a bit because they say twenty eight hundred profits plummeted by more than twenty two percent to four point seven billion euros that's even lower than analysts expected after being warned by the company in december as it is struggling with a wide variety of issues including logistical problems due to low water levels on the rhine river where one of its main plants is located the company is also called between the u.s. and china in their trade dispute has announced a major restructuring program to save money so more trouble in the chemicals industry that called out shares in b. as f. are now about thirty percent cheaper than they were at the beginning of last year how much of that is homemade. not too much i have to say at least judging from the alice reports that i managed to read and at least i managed to talk to about this you know b a s f simply is

a very cyclical company the business of selling basic and refined chemicals is very dependent on you know worldwide ups and downs and we've seen a global slowdown in the economies worldwide in the manufacture back manufacturing sectors worldwide in the second half of last year due to a lot of factors you know donald trump his trade policies one factor another factor is the chinese who try to put their economy on a more sustainable path which means lower demand for basic chemicals b.a.'s surface also one of the most global companies in germany so of course b.s.f. gets to feel all those trends much earlier than others and other businesses we have in the country. will be talking about years of struggles with its chief executive must implement a on this program in two hours from now make sure you don't miss it. teslas

controversial farmer ilam mask is in trouble with u.s. regulators again they accuse him of publishing an authorized an authorized tweeds again violating an agreement he made with them last year last suggested last week that tesla would make about five hundred thousand cars this year in a court filing before a federal court in new york the f.c.c. says the number is wrong must count to resign as chairman of tesla last year and pay a twenty million dollars fine to settle another social media infraction last year. the perils of twitter north korea and the u.s. are gearing up for their second summit in vietnam's comfortable annoy the thaw in relations not only between north korea and the us but also with. south korea has sparked an unlikely boom so course demilitarized zone between north and south korea which is in reality is one of the most heavily armed places in the world is

becoming prime real estate more and more investors are moving in. it may not look like there's much here but kim ensue is convinced he's walking on a gold mine. and over there behind those hills is the thirty eighth parallel from here it's about five kilometers to the demilitarized zone and then another four kilometers to north korea. the village of hammer who lies in the civilian control zone a buffer strip south of the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea you can only enter here with this special permit. that hasn't stopped him in soup from buying up some six hectares of land here more than a decade ago since then he says it's more than tripled in price to some four hundred thousand euros and he thinks the best is yet to come. to you from that train station over there you will soon be able to go to pyongyang london moscow

beijing anywhere you want to go in the very near future when people see the train lights they will say oh this train is going to london this one to germany. we're going to get to the right now it still takes a lot of imagination to see a bustling border town come to life here but like a means to people and him a village have their eyes set on the u.s. north korea summit positive signs could give prices here a real push. after the first direct meeting of south korea's president moon in north korea's leader kim jong il last april land value here doubled overnight now if that makes you want to invest good luck finding a seller because no one here is putting their property on the market right now. but if someone does. knows where to find them. he runs a real estate agency in the nearby city of part jew he too foresee

a bright future he will. want to not only myself but also many of my clients are optimistic about the second summit what i want for expectations are met then many more people will come here not only to invest but also to live in this area. that's also what clients are banking on they hope the government will develop this area and create special economic zones once relations with the north permit if they ever permit that is. any type of investment is risky but i am optimistic about this area sometimes the relations between south and north korea will fluctuate but in the long run they will improve. after this summit in hanoi investors here will likely see clearer if the risks they've taken will be rewarded any time soon. as opportunities are everywhere the

demand for liquid national liquid. natural gas is growing worldwide but it's but only strong in asia that's according to a study released by the show energy company the company says demand in china is stronger than the originally forecast chinese imports grew by sixteen million tons of hording to shell that represents a forty percent jump over the year before and then she creates fewer pollutants when burned than other fossil fuel so china is using more of it to help meet climate protection targets. in barcelona the mobile world congress the world's largest mobile communications trade fair is in full swing but falling global demand for new mobile phones as handset makers trying to find that next big innovation that will make it into the mainstream. from foldable phones to five g.

ready prototypes manufacturers' bold their shiny used and newest products to. certainly has built technology used in professional film cameras like these into its latest smartphone. the images look practically cinematic use it certainly has also made big improvements to its screens the new flagship should hit the market in june and cost around nine hundred fifty euros it certainly has been steadily losing market share. we remain being completely dedicated to address this smartphone industry was all devices and looking to five g. in the future this is going to be a cutting edge technology where it's a very important to remain in this industry for sony and we are completely dedicated to stay to stay within this industry. but certainly only has a prototype five g. phone on display samsung on the other hand is showcasing a fully developed five g.

model the chinese manufacture a one plus demonstrates how much is possible with the new mobile technology standard for. this game actually needs the computing power of a p.c. to run since five g. technology allows data to be transferred quickly it can be played on a smart phone. five g. is the big theme at the past alone a trade fair the japanese mobile phone company n.t.t. do co mo wants to offer its customers attending next year's elliptic games live information via five g. not just for soccer but for other team sports. the traditional mobile phone brand on the other hand is aiming to win the hearts of amateur photographers with a wealth of camera lenses. five different lenses are installed on the back of the new didn't. can i an acute view. of even see how our consumers and

especially our photography enthusiasts feel about the images they capture we think we have delivered a really credible solution which lead to capture and then post-process images the way you like. let's see what we call how this goes that. the many lenses and now smartphone users to decide what should be in focus after they've taken a picture. well that's it for me for now there's a lot more business news on stories on our website which schools dot com slash business card in hempstead will have the latest from the world of awesome to entertainment culture the first.

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in years think the future of the country that i don't blame. you for taking this drama there. it's all about ok bob no i'm rachel joins me from the german sunday w. . post. hello and a very warm welcome to our news from arts and culture i'm karen helm stad and here's what's in the pipeline for today's show. no shortage of surprises on sunday night at the ninety first academy awards in los angeles green book took home best picture with a best supporting actor not for my personal alley and we'll talk more about the story behind that film. a classic in our series one hundred german must reads and why you should put the tin drum by nobel prize winner. on your reading

list. and we catch up with berlin based illustrator councilmen chick who has worked with some of literature's real heavyweights. but first the oscars are the really big deal today and a lot happening there i'm joined by our film expert scott rush progress looking none the worse for wear for the long night. is music that's how you go scott yeah how surprised were you at this wedding for green book yeah i mean if you're going to design an oscar winning film green book would take a lot of the boxes because it's a lot of story to feel good story about overcoming racism through the power of friendship. it's also a true story which is calm hollywood loves as well of in this case it's based on a real man who is a racist italian american played by some in the film becomes the chauffeur of a very successful black musician and together in one nine hundred sixty s. segregation.