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bialik guest. managed by for. this is g.w. news live from the trail of the arms trade that's fueling the war and killing children. and exclusive investigative report y u w shows that german made weapons are being used by militia groups and. war this despite claims by the german government that sales of weapons in the middle east are strictly controlled
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parliament rejects her with a troll deal. and the world focuses on vietnam as president trump lands in her noise and the north korean leader kim jong un arrives by car for their second summit leaders will discuss ways to denuclearize the korean peninsula. it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with the weapons used to wage war in yemen the arms used in a four year civil and proxy war that has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis where do the weapons come from the german government has repeatedly denied any knowledge of german weapons and arms and technology involved in the war but an exclusive investigation by d.w. news together with other german media outlets casts doubt on that claim here's our report. in yemen's brutal war it's the civilians who have bearing the brunt
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thousands have died millions on the brink of starvation. i think the dominant calls has been the saudi bad coalition the fact that it keeps bombing civilians and civilian infrastructure despite having the best weaponry money can buy. saudi arabia and the united arab emirates up both fighting in yemen and it's here at this arms fan abu dhabi that they're shopping for the latest lethal technology both are among the german arms industry's top clients but belin has repeatedly denied any knowledge of german made arms employed in yemen i'm not aware of it we have in our coalition agreement let down so i'm very strictly rules for further export of military weapons to parties immediately and directly involved in the german conflict it is now being implemented i have not heard any news about it so for.
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germany prides itself on these strict export guidelines which ban the sale of weapons to countries involved in armed conflict. but d w and its investigative partners report mentioned stand back and see in light us reports and belling cut trolled loads of phidias photos and satellite images and found evidence that german weapons sold to the emirates and saudi arabia oh in fact being used in the yemen war in the air at sea and on land. this is a german made warship in the port of moscow in yemen it's one of two minds sweepers sold to the emirates satellite images repeatedly showed german made vessels in the eritrean port of a sub. is a main base for the naval blockade of yemen which has led to widespread starvation . this is
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a convoy of foreign mercenaries in yemen fighting to the emirates in the convoy a german built weapon station mounted on vehicles. these fighters are seeing around the wreckage of a saudi arabian tornado come but jet which crashed in yemen tornadoes have many german components with those that exported to saudi and inherits that makes a big effect against in many ways is that it is the tools of so different emitters to kill the in many ways so i'm calling us all the mystery and countries to stop selling wood is to sell good. back at the defense for the iraq he signed weapons deals worth more than five billion dollars many of them with western companies and those arms too could end up in yemen's brutal conflict. and you can find out much more about this story has german arms on our website
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a d w dot com and on twitter at w new state here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world staying with yemen the united nations says donors have pledged two point six billion dollars in humanitarian aid for the country a conference on the crisis is taking place in geneva switzerland and you will see says aid workers in yemen have access to vital grain stores for the first time in six months twenty million people still walk stable food supplies there is confusion surrounding the surprise resignation of iran's foreign minister mohammad zarif you may remember he negotiated tehran's twenty fifty nuclear deal with world powers reports and suggested that president hassan rouhani rejected the nation and then eased danding by his moderate allies. in nigeria supporters of incumbent president mohamed do bihari are celebrating victory at the polls even though the vote counting is not over unofficial results suggest bihari has an overwhelming lead
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over his challenger who. the harvey has pledged to fight corruption and overhaul the country's transport network. a museum in the german city of stuttgart has repatriated a bible and a whip that belonged to one of namibia's national heroes of the clan in chief hendrik whip who was killed during a rebellion against german colonial rule back in one thousand nine hundred five the maybe and it government will safeguard the artifacts until the chiefs descendants agree on a plan to exhibit. announcer the latest turmoil over bricks it british prime minister to resign may has made a major concession by telling lawmakers that she supports a parliamentary vote to delay britain's exit from the european union may's move comes amid growing fears of economic chaos if britain exits the e.u. as scheduled on march twenty ninth without a deal several government ministers threatened to resign if may didn't offer the
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possibility of more time. prime minister teresa mayes announcement of a motion to the labor exit is actually the announcement of a series of votes and more votes if parliament rejects the deal she is negotiating with the european union it can vote the next day on whether it endorses a no deal bragg's it and if parliament rejects that the government will on the fourteenth of march bring forward a motion on whether parliament wants to see a short limited extension to article fifty. and if the house votes for an extension seek to agree that extension approved by the house with the e.u. and bring forward the necessary legislation to change the exit date commensurate with that extension. the british pound rose on news of may's motion which called some fears that britain will crash out of the european union in just over a month without a deal some analysts have predicted economic chaos if that happens. several senior
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ministers have threatened to resign unless may allow the m.p.'s to extend the march deadline and that comes a day after opposition labor leader jeremy corbin supported a second popular referendum on leaving the e.u. if labor doesn't get the deal it wants to get mass spoke to lawmakers on both sides of the divide well it's good that she's contemplating the possibility of an extension for the first time because not who would be the next to pull in most people but i still think there's very little trust in what the prime minister has to say and i hope that means that this week collins will take no deal off the table he presents us a two suited all right room. for all and tomorrow which may extend. the timescale in which he received it at the end of it that's going to leave about extended period on. the motion to allow
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a delay goes before parliament wednesday injecting yet more uncertainty into a process that has exhausted many in britain hand in the e.u. . are in for more on this now i'm joined by our correspondent charles until she's outside parliament in london good evening to you charlotte so this looks like a major concession to reason may is she backing dale here. about a set of how a lot of people will want to paint this off your old series in may it's been saying for months over and over again that she will not a delay in the case exits from the european union others will point out that she was essentially forced into this because she was facing multiple resignations within her him possibly others they might point out that what we've heard today could in fact what in series amaze favor and there are a number of reasons for that festival what's key to understanding all of this is to reason may is still trying to get ahead deal with the european union three of
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parliaments ury skeptics within her own pop. see how lucky not they voted against her last month among a number of m.p.'s she may be hoping that those you are skeptics may be so concerned about the prospects of a delayed surprise that they might be forced to back head deal the other key thing about what's happened today it's the reason may is essentially been who wants more time to get dio approved and that is because tomorrow there was meant to be an amendment ruling out a no deal that now has been pushed back for another couple of weeks that gives the series maybe more time to go with the european union and it also mean that dot's vote on in asia will happen just days really the for the u.k. ferments leave the e.u. so the pressure really will be on the m.p.'s to figure out exactly what the u.k. is going to do. and that was charlotte shelf until they're reporting from london the final preparations for the second summit between north korean leader kim jong
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un and us president to hold trump they've begun the two leaders have arrived in the vietnamese capital annoyed meetings are plain from wednesday when the two will discuss ways to implement pyongyang's promise to give up its nuclear weapons. bureau chief in washington d.c. alexander phenomenon she has been finding out what policy strategists they are are expecting from the second summit. when president trump a north korean leader kim jong un met in singapore last year very good very good there was there was a circumstance but not much stuff. from accepted if they can remember getting nothing in return through. the cia's former deputy division chief for korea considers to meetings and failure to do nothing. since singapore we've had no progress whatsoever on denuclearization in fact north korea continues to nuclear as they continue production of fissile material as well as for heads and mobile
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missile launchers and missiles and indeed they've even expanded and refined the production facilities for all of those components. trump august his strategy is working because north korea has stopped its nuclear and missile tests and allowed the repatriation of the remains of americans killed during the korean war in return the u.s. president come so military drills with south korea i decision met with a lot of criticism on capitol hill lawmakers there remain skeptical. talks are always better than insults and fighting but. i'd like to see a real agenda for this summit rather than just complacency and there is a danger in complacency would you expect a second summit more and more talk and hopefully more measurable progress. donald trump desperately needs the recent government shutdown was seen as a big defeat for the president his approval ratings remain low the moeller
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investigation is closing in and the democrats in congress are blocking trump's domestic agenda in this situation a foreign policy success could provide some relief but for that the u.s. as president has to get more concessions from kim than during their last meeting in singapore it's a high risk for two. ration but worth trying says mark to cola a former state department official and an expert on korea going to war there are two things he will be watching for there's a possibility that we might see the leaders of the offices open up and kill going to washington because of that first singapore idea of normalizing relations i mean it's time that they actually have something more permanent that could be a big announcement the second one on the peace regime on the peninsula i would be surprised if there was some kind of a declaration of the end of the korean war or a peace settlement. could you know not truly announce the end of the korean war it would be great t.v. but it wouldn't necessarily mean all that an excellent peace treaty would involve
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thousand korea and china and it's could take time to whatever grand proclamations are made a real breakthrough will be park when she. finally want to take you to the mediterranean island of malta where it's not raining cats and dogs it's raining fish weights picked up by a heavy storm tossed a bounty of fish on the waterfront a few brave souls ignored weather warnings and went land fishing some of their catch was reportedly for sale of markets later but authorities mourned the storm fish may not be safe to eat becomes toxic the further up in the air you swim. this is d. w. news live from berlin coming up in the d.w. business in just a moment u.s. carmaker forward announces thousands of layoffs in brazil in a bid to cut cross workers taking to the streets to protest the move. jonelle we'll have that story in just
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