part in the greatest adventure in history. right or. wrong a legend one simply a human being. was the warm strong starts july 20th on w. . the u.s. bad leaves interest rates unchanged but leaves the door open for a leader is that the white house getting its way with the fed we asked an expert. also on the show the u.s. hopes to bolster its coal powered plants putting it on a slower path to produce. and we'll take you to a school in rural gonna where the power of play is keeping the lights on.

this is d.w. business i'm in in berlin welcome for the markets in europe it's the morning after a closely watched see interest rate announcement the federal reserve has decided to leave it as it is but expectations are growing that that's set to change. fed chairman jerome powell signaled the case was building to cut interest rates by as much as half a percentage point he suggested the fed could ease monetary policy as early as next month as it took stock of growing concerns about weak inflation and rising trade tensions the question is whether these uncertainties will continue to weigh on the outlook and those call for additional monetary policy accommodation. many efforts participants now see that the case for somewhat more accommodative policy has strengthened although economic growth is expected to continue powell said policymakers concerns about president donald trump's trade dispute with china and other countries have increased since the fed met earlier in may the dollar already

under pressure fell further after trump said he intends to replace powell and demote him to a board governor but that threat hasn't cowed powell. i think the law is clear that i have a 4 year term and i i fully intend to serve it to the united states the us president has repeatedly accused the fed under powell of undermining his administration's efforts to boost economic growth and has repeatedly demanded that right speak out. earlier today i spoke to james hughes chief market analyst at trader and i asked him about the political pressure the fed has been under and if the ongoing trade conflicts are forcing the feds had. well what we would always say is of course the federal reserve and jay powell said this himself is a an independent body and doesn't listen to what the government say but when you look at the situation this is perfect news that don't trump over the last couple of

days donald trump has launched his reelection campaign now within the same week he then gets the federal reserve start to say to the electorate start to say to the voters look boring costs are now expected to go down in the next few next few months so for donald trump this is a fantastic p.r. story number one it says that it takes the shying away from the the u.s. and china trade talks and the on going conflict there in the issues that that's having because domestically in the u.s. it says all this is doing is meaning that things are going to get better for the for the voter because borrowing costs are going down now the fed are supposed to be independent and they will of course tell you that they're independent and the underlying issue is that there are worrying times for the global economy because we just don't know what the outcome between the u.s. and china trade talks is going to be and it's more that uncertainty which causes worries and a slowdown in the economy in china and then an overall slowdown overall so the fed would argue that the fed need to cut rates just in order to keep the economy

performing at this good level is performing at the moment. from the fed to the feds they're reportedly investigating deutsche bank for alleged violations of money laundering regulations according to the new york times a probe is underway as to how the bank handled transactions labeled suspicious by employees think good some linked to donald trump's key advisor and son in law jared questioner a former employee told the newspaper that the bank failed to file a report with the u.s. treasury even though she flagged some questionable activity surrounding kush 1st company account back in 2016. joins us from frankfurt so this is more bad news for deutsche bank can you tell us more about the transactions being examined in the probe. more bad news for doj a bank and i guess i can tell you know that traders here in the financial world in frankfurt are used to these very bad headlines but this headline could really bring

the lender even more in trouble because it is related to the u.s. president we have to remember that donald trump has been creating of all his financial situation quite a mystery during his campaign but also during the last year which made people wonder if he could be possibly involved in question of the transaction so if this really turns out should be true that by 2016 a former employee of torture alerted the management of all transactions off trump's son in law or jarrett cushion a true individuals in russia without any consequences that those transactions were made this could put the bank in a very bad light the lender by the way they did not want to comment about further about the allegations they only said today that they're fully cooperating with the authorities in the united states and how have investors react to do they still react to these kinds of headlines from deutsche bank. well in general traders or

investor who still believe in dogs or bank are used to those bad headlines during the last years i mean we have to remember that the share price of georgia bank went down during the last a year of a more than 30 percent because of this news a true day i was just taking a look at the numbers also bank shares once again down right now with more than one percent thank you down there in frankfurt for us. washington has once again weakened a clean air measure put into place by the previous obama administration the new rule announced today by the countries and by your mental protection agency dials back emission reduction goals and these older dirtier factories online longer. protecting jobs in the coal industry was one of donald trump's campaign promises the u.s. president honored this pledge with the introduction of the affordable clean energy

rule individual states can now decide for themselves whether to upgrade efficiency measures that existing coal plants. rather than punishing us production in the marketplace to chinese coal which is what the obama thing powerplant did we are leveling the playing field and encouraging innovation in technology cross the sector we set the gold standard for cleaner technologies here in the united states if we don't develop the next generation of clean coal technologies here in the u.s. no one else will present than call the ph chief andrew fowler a former coal industry lobbyist said fossil fuels will remain an important part of the u.s. energy mix environmentalists are polled they fear the new rules will lead to increases rather than cuts in carbon emissions they see if it 3 for the big polluters. under obama's clean power plan in 2015 c o

2 emissions were forecast a full 30 percent by 2030 compared to 2005. the u.s. is deeply divided on climate policy coal mining regions hope to keep their jobs environmentalists are worried about climate change the state of new york has already announced it will file a lawsuit against trump's new energy plan it's been more than 15 years since the concorde less the world's skies forever since then there has been much talk about whether or not we could ever see a return to supersonic commercial flight at the paris air so one company is showing how it plans to bring about just. whom supersonic says it's close to building the world's fastest ever passenger jet the colorado company and its futuristic flyer overture are attracting attention thanks to some pretty big promises think. paris to new york and 3 hours and 15 minutes instead of the stuff it takes today think

san francisco to tokyo at 5 and a half hours to 12 that's fast enough that a road trip across the atlantic will be a whole day faster than it is today in iraq across the pacific will be 2 days faster whom already has 30 orders for the overture even though it's not expected to take to the skies until the mid 20 twenty's in the meantime it's working on this the x p one supersonic prototype the aim is to make it carbon neutral in a run on a fuel made by removing c o 2 from the air boom hopes it can hold investor attention by being green at high speeds google says it wants to spend a $1000000000.00 on building affordable housing in the san francisco bear bay area where it's headquartered the tech company has been criticized for driving up housing prices there as its highly paid employees price out other prospects of residents who go boston darpa china says the firm wants to be quote a good neighbor by supporting the construction of 15000 new homes for buyers of all

incomes 3 quarters of the money will be spent converting some of google's commercial property for residential use. ask any parent children have a surprising amount of energy what if you could harness it into real energy a clever project in gone is trying to do that to the benefit of the children themselves. this is the moment they've been waiting for the pupils at this school in western ghana aren't only excited about writing the carousel they're also eager to see what happens when they do why because this is no ordinary piece of playground equipment each spin produces enough electricity to power forcing rechargeable alley d. lamps which the kids are allowed to take home with them in the evenings. no they were all given it as cues the dishes i don't get the lot that's why i

didn't do my homework so this study. that is still heard is and it does he said. in. the car cell was donated to the school by an organization called empower play grants it's one of more than 50 of the kind across ghana the concept of course on plans are already in the works for more. than a. new look i've been stylish and i would guess that just on the ground cable that goes into the head must office where the grid it shouldn't and they just convert that into netiquette energy and they use then they need to charge portable every day ranting for that so don't half like to stay down all. the lamps enable people to with no access to electricity to do their homework after dark many of them spend the daylight hours that remain after school helping out in the fields or at home life now by 04 i was only able to study at home when my parents didn't need the

lights now i can study together with the other kids. in the evenings the children often gather together to do their homework under the lights of the lamps. benefiting at night from the playground memories and any christmas eve they created searing the day. that's it for me and the d.w. business team here in berlin for more check out the the way dot com slash business thank you very much for watching.

my 1st vice like mosul sewing machine. where i come from women are bones by this ocean for a minute something as simple as learning how to write a bicep boat isn't. since i was a little girl i wanted to have a bicycle off my home and it took me years to. finally gave up and went on by me on my say but returns because the sewing machine sewing i suppose was more appropriate for goes than riding a bike and snow i want to reach all those woman back home who are bones by their

duties and social norms and inform them of oded basic rights my name is the amount of people home and they were due to. the big. hello there and welcome to our arts and culture news i'm karen homestead and here is what we can expect in the next quarter of an hour. berlin's humboldt for the museum welcomes its 1st artifact a giant vault door that some see as a symbol of the city's rebirth after its called for division and of the city's techno music revolution. fail and in our series meet the germans rachel stewart talks us through

a raft of english words that get lost in translation somewhat in german new switch . up. but 1st we start on a far away stage in the world's 2nd largest film market the 22nd shanghai international film festival is currently on until june 24th that's one of the biggest film festivals in asia. and although its main priority is to promote the development of the chinese film industry it does have an international panorama section that gives foreign directors a valuable exposure. for instance germany's stefan sic whose documentary the inner light is on the official program a gentle exploration of life for people with dementia 6 film which premiered here at the.