book called. the reconquest turned into tragedy. is not the kind of freedom that we want. how did not become a gateway to islamist terror until now these historical anymore sitting here as the result of an exclusive report from a destroyed city. philippines in the sun. starts people living on g.w. . but this one scandal goes into a full frowned as former c.e.o. carlos gowan is rearrested in japan prosecutors accuse go on of using this on funds for personal use. also on the show will they or won't they there is a new twist in the purpose nurture between dacha bank and the next bank.

well welcome to the business i want to get jones in berlin good to have you with us starting with a form on the sancerre columns go on who's been read arrested by police in japan less than a month after he was released on bail he had been awaiting trial over claims of financial misconduct he is now back at the prosecutor's office to be questioned over further allegations. this is the moment carlos was taken out of his temporary accommodation and back into the custody of tokyo's police force it's the fourth time he's been arrested in japan media there say his latest attention is related to a file looking at payments made to a dealership in oman. over to madrid to arrest someone who is released on bail to take all of his documents including those related to the preparations for his trial i believe is something to be seriously looked tackled by the international community. if that is barely a month since going was released on

a nine million dollars bond pending his trial for financial misconduct which he denies he says his latest arrest is outrageous and the charges aground less it also comes a day after he tweeted his intention to tell all about the other cases against him that press conference is now in doubt he claims this is all part of a conspiracy at ness and which ousted him as its chairman of the allegations comic as president was asked about the latest development a lot of it is as well it feels so much can happen i'm shocked in a way so that they believe that if it's another twist in a tale that seen a fall from grace for carlos the savior of baseness on a rant who is looked up to by so many get a fall from grace that has the will to the public. among them order to muscle mass or i was surprised i have always i was released once and i was arrested again was shocking but i also thought the ottoman prosecutors are in this case they did put

it in. but if i were working here as a for sure who should be make me a bit of reprehensive. of the system of a system that can do that sort of thing but i would hope that the japanese judicial system. would strive for being fair to him as they would to anybody else. or a japanese citizen. comus going has spent one hundred eight days in the custody of take us prosecutors one hundred eight days and counting. deutsche bank is in talks with german and a command sponsor over a possible merger and a decision could come as soon as next week and that's according to local media reports observers initially expected talks to continue until the end of the month and the potential of an early decision has piqued some competitors interest italy's unicredit is reportedly eyeing a bit of its own for coming out. of

a war and that i'm now joined by john l. duma lound with joins us at the from food stock exchange first of all i mean this is quite an interesting turn of events there did anyone see that coming. indeed well unicredit has a history of wanting to buy as early as two years ago it approached the german government in order to save in order to say so bearing in mind that the german government is committed its banks largest shareholder it abandoned the plan amid its own restructure but clearly it's resurfacing today what's interesting to note here is the reporting that when a credit is prepared to wait for the failure of the. talks before proceeding on its own now shows you the credit doesn't want to weaken its standing with berlin which famously pushed for the. bank merger in case at the sides to make a play of its own but how did all of this go down. believe investors aren't happy.

they're not happy at all deutsche bank shares are sliding indicating a measure of anxiety over this over this development and yet to be able to imagine that a merger with someone else would make a formidable competitor for now this is all coming amid talk that the merger discussions between deutsche bank are actually going quite well that's according to a source that's being quoted by reuters but we still have to remember this is a deal that is encountering a lot of resistance especially the prospect of losing thousands of jobs now the german media are reporting that a decision could come as early as this weekend even or latest on tuesday when the executive board meets so pointing to a resolution in the next few days what would be the best solution for which pop who would be best for them. well the bank shares actually shot up in pre-market trading over this news not five percent in fact and now it's still trading higher indicating that some investors at least are excited over this idea and analysts are

saying that it could make sense of it already has a german footprint in the form of hooper for alliance bank that's a german bank that it already owns but it might encounter some resistance from the german government which. not this which might not want to see two of its national one of it one of two of its national lenders fall into foreign hands so political resistance could be expected there. they're reporting for us from the frankfurt stock exchange and i'm sure you will keep an eye on the developments for us thank you so much. german luxury carmaker dima opened its first production site in russia russian president vladimir putin and to german economy minister were on hand to help and. is hoping that russian society still has enough affluent and members to buy the plans sedans and s.u.v.s. bloody near putin arrives at the new factory though not in a mercedes the presidential limousine is

a russian built or was sent out putin favors domestic build models something him or cities will soon also be he pledged to make the new factory a success. when you get this because you see these bands will not be disappointed in how the work and business are running in russia i'm sure of this and we will do everything for it we will help our partners he says. it's a promise the german car maker hopes it can bank on russia isn't even in the top ten markets for mercy's cars but with import tariffs looming in the u.s. it has high hopes for russia with one hundred forty million people and a growing middle class immersed sadie's is a sought after status symbol here one that justifies the company's two hundred fifty million euro investment but for the german government it's a balancing act investing big in a country still under european sanctions these and so on the job was put aside actions were adopted for political reasons and we need political progress to change

that. and here we are helping to overcome the political impasse that has prevented so much in recent years so if you destroy. cars were not affected by the sanctions at least not directly. but the economic turmoil that followed caused the market to stagnate dimler could now be leading the way as german car makers look to return to russia. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. south korea has won the race to launch five g. mobile networking the country turned on its super high speed ultra reactive network on wednesday it did so i was ahead of schedule five g. is the technology promises to allow massive developments in the so-called internet of things. a huge trove of data belonging to facebook users has been exposed online in a public database it includes details like people's names the comments they've left and when they've hit the like button facebook stores the data on amazon cloud

service without any protection. and tesla's first quarterly figures show a record to decline in deliveries stoking fears that demand for its latest electric vehicle is faltering analysts say a reduction in tax incentives for its model three sit down in the united states and problems with getting deliveries to bias in europe and china behind the results. german chancellor angela merkel is in ireland today to discuss the fallout of a possible no deal breaks it with prime minister lou your car now the question of how to retain seamless trade across the border has been a major hurdle in efforts to ensure the u.k. quits the bloc in an orderly fashion and it's weighing on the minds of residents. necessity is the mother of invention and there are many examples of that in these uncertain times johnny lynch used to produce cheddar cheese here in ireland exports to britain were a mainstay of his business but unsure of developments he sold his cattle and he

decided to saddle up for the future with italian buffalo. he now has a herd of three hundred. and it's growing these calves were just born overnight. lynch is happy he made the switch he's irish mozzarella has already picked the italian competition to several international prizes if it's a hard break such as people are saying there's a big possibility nobody's talking about talked to five percent put on cheese milk going into the country going into the english. and that could mean a collapse in the market for milk and cheddar lynch's prospects though are rosy. we're growing twenty to twenty play for seem to be cio. every year we're coming to the end of the year we're saying we have to look at exporting to germany's being

one of our put it in the new we are poems generally all sales are down again for the year and it's really want to go. if he does decide to move into the spanish market one factor could help the economy f. area out of cork harbor just half an hour from his farm last summer it began a direct service to santander in spain it proved highly successful even though the most direct route for exports goes through britain. breaks it continues to go so. as it is at the moment and hard borders are put in place and we see customs checks and more importantly agricultural checks the delays that would be brought about by the us in the british ports. and indeed the french ports ports on the. bridge they would render the direct routes between. and europe.

far more profitable. truck drivers welcome the service. really worried there could be waits of hours or even days at the british borders that would be a huge problem so direct ferry service is a good thing i'm happy. as opposed to before. or france or whatever but it's. just. fantastic. as a business update here on d w you can always find out when you go online at. u.w. business business at google you took dot com slash business that's it from me and the team here in the lens likes watching.

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smallest member states malta. but we begin with a nigerian author and poet who came to fame in the nine hundred ninety s. when he was the youngest ever winner of the booker prize one of the world's top literary awards since then he's written novels plays and poems and he may not call himself this but believe me he's a philosopher too he's here in berlin to open the african book festival and will be my guest in a minute of this report. back in berlin award winning writer been our creed visits the german capital every now and then sometimes as a tourist sometimes a director and now as a. sixty year old lives in london was born in one thousand and spent his formative years between the two countries after finishing high school well chris studied comparative literature at essex university passion for literature started at an

early age. real turning point for me was my father's library. board.