try placing a warning label in music products. rock and religion a clash that brings many parallels to my. party to really super reconcilable. come under heavy rock n roll storage june 17th 2 w. . china's new weapon in the trade conflicts making rap just a little bit rarer beijing threatens to throttle exports to some key ingredients of computers and modern weapons better weaponry it would have. and taking the crown

from google amazon is now the world's most valuable brand is it all just down to the man at the top. plus that breaks it apocalypse gamers can all get a taste of what may lie ahead for post press of britain the latest offering from french computer game maker ubisoft section to stop in london after the country has cup ties with the e.u. . this is eat up your business. in early. markets in asia have edged up on news that u.s. president donald trump expects to meet his chinese counterpart president xi jinping at the g. 20 summit in japan later this bus trump was also quick to warn the chinese leader that if mr g. failed to show up the u.s. would slap further tariffs on an additional $300000000000.00 of chinese goods getting 25 percent to $200.00 meanwhile of the new twists healthy ongoing trade dispute china is employing

a new weapon beijing has stepped up its threats to stop the export of rare earths to the u.s. that means prices for those key commodities would rise and america's big tech and defense companies could be hit because smartphones laptops aircraft engines guided missiles without rare many products won't get made now what are rare exactly well it's a group of 17 elements most of which you've probably never heard of syria for example is one of them you find it in catalytic converters in cars best inside is used in the nuclear industry and if you want to make magnets you need near dynamic di meo and lanthanum is a glass additive used in lenses for precision optical equipment or laces so they are no. not as rare as the name suggests but it can be hard to mind and if you look at production figures it's easy to see what it would mean for the tech industry around the world of china decided to throttle production or just be

a bit selective about who it sells to because china is by far the biggest source of those rare elements it supplies nearly 3 quarters of all the world's production 125000 tons per year australia comes a distant 2nd with just $20000.00 tonnes followed by the us which used to be a big producer but now digs only $15000.00 tonnes of that out of the ground each year is more. china's latest weapon in the trade dispute with the u.s. a rare earths state television recently showed the country's president xi jinping touring the mining company in shanghai province she didn't have to say a word the pictures seem to carry a clear message that if u.s. president donald trump doesn't let up on the trade dispute china will cut off the u.s. from these vital commodities after the department of commerce brought the issue to the table it was clear to everyone china means business or. china will meet the

reasonable demand of other countries for rare earths. but it would be totally unacceptable to us of these countries were to use rare earths to produce products used against china or to oppress us. china wants to defend itself against us cherubs with a delivery freeze that would hit home hard the production of mobile phones solar systems computers and some weapons would grind to a halt without china's rare earths so the u.s. government is already looking into alternatives from regions like africa but it will take years to get production there to the point where it can match industry needs u.s. companies won't be able to wait that long. french energy group told to start of production on the culture and gas fields in the north sea around 200 kilometers north of the danes all calls in will provide around 5 percent of britain's gas when it reaches people peak production adding the fuel to its

portfolio towards i will be able to cover almost one 5th of the u.k.'s demand for gas. was discovered it was celebrated as the largest gas find in a decade totals almost apples that. us online retailer amazon has once again dethroned google and a surpassed apple on its climb to become the most valuable brand in the world according to us. by the global market research agency comes up i was a brand value has grown by 52 percent to $315000000000.00 that's equivalent to the g.d.p. of bangladesh contrast said i'm a zone's move to the top was due to smart acquisitions it's a period customer service and it's disruptive business model let's talk about that with our financial correspondent joins us from france with only just to clarify this does not mean it's the most valuable company does it you know that's totally

different the market capitalization which describes the value of the company to investors that's something different but they're interesting lee amazon also holds the crown it's valued at the moment at about $950.00 that's even higher than the market brand figure that you just quoted and it's already been over a trillion dollars as well just as the number $2.00 and $3.00 have been apple and alphabet but they're both in market value they're behind at the moment it's quite amazing if you look at the amazon actually comes from how important is just bases personally for this success. he's hugely important for the success because i think with jeff bezos you would've had to see growing to the size that it is he stuck it out despite critics saying that well the company isn't making any profits you know the share was undervalued for

a long time because of that that's since changed because amazon has made a huge profits he's expanded the business model in a visionary way i don't say that often but jeff bezos has a rare mix of vision management capability and the ability to develop the business model further something many other companies starters are very good at other people who are good at that were steve jobs at apple for example or bill gates at microsoft the other side to jeff bezos is he's apparently not a terribly pleasant man to work for one hears many famous stories of people subordinates being dressed down by him victims of his temper. in frankfurt thank you very much. europe's banking war stock warns of a huge wave of dirty money in europe's banking system and says it does not have enough powers to combat financial crimes the chairman of the authority complained

in a financial times interview that it is understaffed currently has just 10 employees to combat money laundering within the new european banking authority didn't make headlines this year for unveiling details of the 200000000000 euro money laundering scandal involving danish land dunstable. american airlines has said it will keep its fleet of brand new boeing 737 max planes on the ground for longer than expected while boeing addresses safety concerns american is the biggest airline in the u.s. extended its flight plan to september and will lose out on much of the summer holiday traffic as a result the airline has to drop more than $100.00 flights per day after the crash of 2 brand new 737 that explains led to a worldwide grounding of that plane. scientists around the world are currently racing to bring the 1st a lot grown meat to market demand for meat as likely to increase considerably in

the coming years and conventional farming is unlikely to cover it climate change is only one reason so meat grown in a petri dish could be a substitute brought reason israel and the netherlands are already quite busy and now scientists at the university of tokyo have also presented their 1st tree many stake. a one by one centimeter piece of flesh voila a delicacy from the laboratory meat fibers made from the vein cells of a cow which scientists at the university of tokyo proudly show the result of years of work these and similar methods could soon feed people all over the world will meeting with. 2050 the world population will reach about 9000000000 it will be difficult for traditional meat produced by breeding animals to meet people's needs artificial meat as an alternative shows its necessity and it could

lab meat become a viable substitute for this. the fat cells blood vessels and bones that are so important for flavor need years to develop inside a cow flavor like that can't be produced in a laboratory but the researchers are working on it as well as on the price of meat grown in laboratories currently costs about $700.00 euros per kilogram but now a laboratory in israel says it's dramatically lowered the costs and promises a price per kilogram of about the euro's by next year. no one knows exactly what opposed briggs's britain would look like britain's can now get a taste of what may lie ahead at least in theory a french video game company you'd be solved with and its vision of long enough the braggs it and it's not pretty the company unveiled a new game called watchdogs legion eat 3 electric and electronic entertainment expo in los angeles about look. it's london but not as you know it has

crushed the economy and turning the country into chaos to come back crime violence on the streets and civil unrest the underfunded government has handed its power over to private military corporations the french game maker ubisoft often hints at political themes in its games it's now taken on one of the most politically charged issues of the day and created a dystopian nightmarish not so distant future in its latest product watchdog legions. we make culture and video games our culture and it's our it's our duty as creators of culture to talk about things that matter to people and sometimes that means controversy people people care about the world we live in and we have to be able to speak to that it's game developers the players can join a resistance movement called dead sec and fight you authoritarian regime the game is set for release in march next year whether or not it's a commercial success remains to be seen it's already sparked controversy and heated

discussions on line breaks it is. and remain as a divided over the portrayal of post box that britain just like in real life. doesn't. is remind of the top story we're following for you here on the eve of the business beijing is weighing restricting its export of red as part of the trade conflict with the u.s. in a move that could spell trouble for the u.s. tech sector. and that's it from me on the business scene here in berlin for more business news a background check of a website g.w. dot com slash business thanks for watching stay tuned for the w. culture up next.

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welcome to the news from the world of some culture i'm robin merrill and there's a bit of a french field for the show today. a visit to the world's biggest festival for an amazing films in the french city of honesty. and we meet the world's top female freestyle footballer melody don't shave from paris.

we begin in the beautiful town of going to see an eastern from home to the most important festival for animated films in the world this year over 3000 films were submitted to the festival only 200 are accepted and these contests the various categories of awards from short films to major features now animation is all about peaches so let's have a taste of the incredible diversity of artistic styles on offer this year.