the populist 5 star movement the center left democrats the 2 parties aim to avoid new elections that the far right led by material salvini would likely wind. ukraine's president has a lot to me as a lenski has put together a new government the former t.v. comedian swept to power in april promising to end the war and with russia and to tackle corruption another political newcomer lawyer alexy gone shorrock becomes prime minister. brazilian president bashar abbas noro has signed a decree banning burning in the amazon basin this comes after a growing international outcry over the worst fires in the region in years the e.u. has warned a free trade deal depends on action to tackle the blaze. in colombia thora teams have ordered the arrest of 4 leaders of the guerrilla group fark who have pledged to resume their insurgency the militants say they will renew

their fight against the government accusing it of violating a peace accord signed in 2016 the agreement ended pide decades of civil war i don't want this man and 3 of his associates now have a price on their heads the colombian president is offering rewards of more than $800000.00 for information leading to that camp. even mark has helped negotiate peace in colombia now he's trying to end it. well by when we signed the accord in havana we did so with the conviction that it was possible to change the life of the most humble and dispossessed. but the state hasn't fulfilled its most important obligation which is to guarantee the life of its citizens i just specially avoid assassinations for political reasons but i thought it only because but other former fighters have declared their commitment to peace. the

peace accord yet for him bodies the long time dream of the colombian people. to put an end to the conflict. and plant the hope. of finally achieving peace with social justice or in our country that watch out to declare battle in today's colombia is a big mr act your. colombian government is taking a hard line branding marquez and his associates criminals and accusing venezuela of interfering go along the n.y.c. of columbia does not accept threats of any kind much list from drug traffickers. we colombians should make clear that we are not on the verge of a new guerilla war against the criminal threats of a drug gang to take shelter and support from the dictatorship of nicolas maduro.

this was marquez joining elections in colombia last year. at both of those to all colombians let's do everything possible so that the war does not return to colombia . picking up his guns again has only made that return more lightly. germany's far right political party known as the alternative for germany is expecting big gains in 2 state elections on sunday in saxony the a.f.p. is polling just behind the center right c.d.u. the party of angle americal and things look even gloomier for the governing party in brandenburg the social democrats will talk to our political correspondent in a moment but 1st this report on the political landscape in these 2 key states in eastern germany. 2 eastern german states are going to the polls and the federal government is holding its breath as the surge of the far right populist a.f.d. could really shake things up saxony dresden is the capital germany's eastern most

state has about $4000000.00 residents and is doing rather well economically with the auto industry and high tech but saxony has also developed a thriving right wing scene a year ago right wing extremists occupied the streets of chemists for days violent crime motivated by right wing extremism is that a record high. saxony is governed by a grand coalition of center right c.d.u. and center left s.p.d. on the party the c.d.u. has led the government here since german reunification it may remain the largest party but is said to lose votes especially to the far right populist a.f.d. and state premier may struggle to put together a new coalition. i'm a democrat i'm against a minority government i've also said i won't coalesce with the f.t. or the left party for reasons of policy and personnel the rest of us will have to

be able to talk to each other and be able to form a government as democrats. brandenburg potsdam is the capital the state surrounds berlin and has about 2500000 inhabitants brandenberg is also doing well economically if it weren't for the lignite problem the mining apparatus may grind to a halt soon germany plans to phase out the coal industry which many people here rely on for a livelihood in brandenburg the s.p.d. has also been in power since reunification it's currently in coalition with the left party but surveys suggest that it's unlikely that the 2 parties can continue to govern together for. work flat out for 161820 hours a day so that the far right populist don't become the most powerful party here. the s.p.d. and the a.f.d. are neck and neck in brandenburg but the far right populists are unlikely to take power none of the other parties wants to join

a coalition with them for years the a.f.d. has benefited from feelings of insecurity and of being neglected in the east it has taken on the slogans of the civil rights movement in former communist east germany . berlin grand coalition partners the c.d.u. and the s.p.d. especially are looking to the state elections with apprehension. the s.p.d. is suffering from twins link support and membership. and the c.p.u. is no longer getting through to their core voters in the east not a good sign for them ackles grand coalition. the likely winners of the state elections apart from the f.t. will be the greens their forecast to get record results in both saxony and brandenburg. decisive regional elections this weekend in germany let's bring in our political correspondent simon yeah good morning simon what makes these 2 elections important for germany as a whole i think is

a couple of things is the continuing decline of the traditional parties and the continuing roy of the far right a f d c you and the s.p.d. the 2 parties that make up the national government in berlin and finding it harder and harder to appeal to their traditional base we saw that in the european elections earlier this year in the polls around these regional elections suggest that support is going to drop again this weekend and incidentally as at the euro elections a lot of that support is going to the greens now the other thing is that the far right a f d r on the evolve. there was thought that they could be the strongest party in both of the eastern states but they all represented around the country now they're in the national parliament the bundestag in the lane and you know this could be another model starting on their advance so these are the sort of

coned 2 is of german party politics in 2019 is there a chance that this far right if the party could end up becoming the strongest party in one of these 2 states and sex and your brain are ok well there. there are some new poll numbers in in saxony seemingly no. cd which currently heads the regional government there is only 32 percent in the latest poll that's 7 and a half percent ahead of the f.t. . it looks good for them in brandenburg maybe because of the social democrats who lead the government they. are and incidentally they've been in power since german reunification in the one point the 1990 s. they have more than 50 percent the social democrats now they're neck and neck with the far right a f.t. both on about 2122 percent how have the tea managed to garner so much support in these states what's their appeal. yeah there are many reasons i think

it's a complex picture but a couple of things i would say a lot of people in the eastern states feel perhaps left behind by economic developments in the last 2030 years a lot of these places you've got a lot of younger people who've moved away there's been a decline of industry and perhaps that explains why some people are more willing will or unable to adapt to changes incidentally one talks about the relationship with unemployment there used to be high unemployment in the east in fact in these states today it's quite a lot lower so the pictures more complex another thing to say i think is that people who grew up in the g.d.r. in communist east germany they grew up in an undemocratic system so when they see a post up perhaps from the f.t. saying something like take let's take a country back they're less inhibited than some voters in the west might be about

saying well that's the message of the i can understand all vote for it despite the undemocratic invocations that it may have we're also seeing the greens gathering support in the states as as they are nationwide they are expected to increase their share of the potence actually run a burka is there a chance that they could end up entering government in the states they certainly have shown i think it's really quite likely the coalition of c.p.u.'s but he would need the greens to get in government the picture in brandenburg as i said is much less clear we'll have to wait and see what happens on sunday our political correspondent simon yon thank you as always. for watching d.w. news still to come a face that any scientist could love the newly released images and it's based on could change our understanding of people injured humans evolved. on earth shattering moment for germany's most successful soccer team by an munich president only heard us will quit his role at the club in november so fast

turnaround he had just returned to the job after serving a prison sentence for tax evasion. and it set up by in munich great is making way in club president only her nurse has announced he is stepping down it's hard to imagine buying munich without him. ernest now 67 was a 3 time winner of both the bonus league and european cup in the seventy's he also won the 974 world cup and 972 euros with west germany. the success didn't slow down when he transitioned into management 1st as general manager and later as president pernice helped mold buy into the powerhouse they are today he steered the club to 2 champions league titles and 20 bones as they get championships his 40 year reign hasn't been without incident in 2014 herne us was

jailed for evading over 28000000 euros in taxes he returned to his post 3 years ago following his release making his retirement so quickly afterwards so what puzzling for fans find c.e.o. . has had a rocky working relationship with ernest and by and sources say this is a major reason for the decision by and have also failed to compete in europe in recent years but despite their current problems germany's record champions know much of their success is down to mr byron. scientists have just released images of what one of our early ancestors could have looked like the reconstruction is based on a 3800000 year old skull found in ethiopia often seen as the birthplace of mankind announcing the scientific finding in this researchers said the discovery changes our understanding of how ancient humans evolved it's he and the

far reaching of ethiopia more than 500 kilometers north of the capital at his ababa that this latest discovery was buried professor you had his haile selassie and his team found the ancient early human skull here in 2016 after only days of sifting through the sand 1st they spotted the all but job bones sticking out of the ground then one covered the rest of the fossil my 1st instinct pieces were perfectly joined. and quick perfect grimier the scholars 3800000 years old and about the size of a modern chimp and see it's the most complete one of that age ever found giving the scientists a chance to reconstruct how this early human ancestor might have looked. your highness haile selassie is one of the world's leading evolutionary scientists he

says the find challenges ideas about how the 1st humans evolved from ape like ancestors. this is really. a game changer in a lot of ways and answers questions that we've had lingering around for decades and . it's now from this beautiful specimen that we found that's because this new find has some distinct differences to another ancient skeleton found here by that of lucy probably the most famous human fossil it's further proof that early humans were a diverse bunch with different species living in the same time period. scientists say with this discovery they can now finally put a face to the name of some of our earliest ancestors. and just reminder the top stories we're following for you here today on the news hong kong police have arrested joshua wall and other figures from the pro-democracy movement that has

caused turmoil in the territory over the past 12 weekends protesters have now called off to morrow's planned marches but locals say the arrests could in bigger rate the movement. and britain's opposition leader jeremy corbyn says he'll use legislation to block. spending parliament ahead of the upcoming breaks the deadline critics say johnson's surprise move increases the likelihood of a no deal bragg's if withdrawal from the european union on october 31st. you're watching news from berlin a lot of concern is going to be here in next with the latest business news chile telling you all about the latest developments in the trade dispute between china and the u.s. and we've got more news for you at the top the next hour i'm terry martin thanks for.

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tariffs on some chinese goods is scheduled to take effect on sunday beijing says let's talk again. also coming up looking for a job try one of germany's small and medium sized companies there struggling to fill vacancies. welcome to do business on one of her johns of berlin good to have you with us and starting with some upbeat news towards the end of the week asian chess jumped to a one week high today on news that beijing and washington could soon rist you trade talks easing fears of an all out tariff escalation fingers crossed but before we get too excited let's remind ourselves of what's happened so far it began in 2018 when the united states imposed a 25 percent tariff on $50000000000.00 worth of high take chinese goods in september of the same year there was an escalation when the u.s.

imposed a further 10 percent tariff on another $200000000000.00 worth of chinese imports the list of items affected was $200.00 pages long and fast forward 8 months to may of this year and the tariff on those goods rose from 10 to 25 percent and now then in august now trump up to the ante once again announcing a fresh 10 percent tariff on $300000000000.00 worth of chinese goods some of them starting in september others not until mid december and that would be after the holiday shopping season only then nearly all chinese goods entering the u.s. would be subject to a punishing levy china for its part has retaliated in kind but now the 2 sides may be getting ready to talk again. the statements from the chinese trade ministry sounded like china is eager to end the trade war they stated that they'll

be discussing the tit for tat tariffs with the u.s. side in september. through fall of funders china would have plenty of opportunities to implement countermeasures but in the current situation we believe that we should 1st discuss suspending the newest tariffs on chinese products were some $550000000000.00 us dollars we have to make sure that the trade war doesn't escalate situations. the next round of us punitive tariffs goes into effect on september 1st international markets see beijing statements as a positive signal that both sides can find a solution to the conflict stocks rose and u.s. companies like apple that are dependent on chinese components and apple in-house study shows that the technology giant's dependence on china has grown strongly in recent years almost 48 percent of the parts for apple products now come from china . and as has some of the other global business stories making news. is apple

bad to announce the launch of the i phone 11 the company has announced an event on september the 10th at its silicon valley headquarters that many believe will see the unveiling of a new generation i phone last month out with said growth from its burgeoning services division was offsetting weak i phone sales. the u.s. treasury is considering issuing so-called ultra long bonds with maturity dates between 50 and 100 years the treasury rejected the same idea 2 years ago but a demand for long term bonds are since taken off driven by the growing instability in global markets. what the next head of the european central bank christine legarde has told the european parliament that she would stick with mario drop his controversial. expansionary monetary policy she said that as long as inflation in the euro zone was still low and growth was stalling monetary policy had to be

highly accommodative. writes let's talk a little bit about that with russia they are financially market correspondent in frankfurt now i remember and it's getting actually stronger now that mario druggies the cheap money policy has come under fire under criticism again and again now christine legarde wants to continue that will that be effective in any way. well it's difficult to say because the media certainly needs a push whether that push should come in the form of watching the money it's difficult to see because so far the interest rates are already in the negative territory and there are already concerns that perhaps the e.c.b. may be running out of ammunition when a serious economic downturn happens and then there are also concerns about the impact it is having on banks it is certainly hitting the profitability of these

banks who are actually having to shell out money to pog their funds with the e.c.b. so that's another concern the other concern is perhaps it could create financial bubbles housing bubbles and it is in a way incentivizing those companies which are inefficient profitless and this isn't incentivizing those people who save and that is like turning banking on its head now what are the markets looking for do they hope to see more cheap money or do they think enough is enough. well the markets always love to get money in because they feel very is the panacea for all the problems of the economy and any more money is all visible commend the markets have in fact priced in for that it cuts by these to be not only that they already are. i think and for the quantitative easing by by these he when it will start buying bonds from the open market and as far as the markets are concerned but have them i just get it

because the v.c. whole federal reserve reacted to market expectations and now e.c.b. would know will be following the same path in september and right as you to spawn day reporting for us from the from food stock exchange thank you so much. to france now where wine growers are grappling with 2 separate challenges the 1st is an expected to drop in production after spring frosts damaged vines the 2nd is the threats that he was present on the troubled tax french wine if the country follows through on a proposal to tax big u.s. companies. gone are the days when the last vineyards of france represented only a lab on v. the good life. today a bottle of rosé has become a political bargaining chip that encore the never more fractured transatlantic relationship. before setting off for last weekend's g. 7 summit u.s.

president donald trump threatened to attack the french wine quotient like they've never seen before the move an intended response to french president emmanuel mccall of new digital tax on u.s. tech giants like goofballs of tax nearly forces. carrots are an especially big source of concern for the wine producing region of post forced madeline runs of in yards which exports a 5th of its rosé to the united states fall so her head that trump wants to tax more wine. for sure is i'm really disappointed about this about this. i would prefer that the markets continue. open the way the themes are pretty good at the g. 7 summit much to the surprise of many trump actually complimented front for its wine you know i can confirm that the 1st lady loved your french wine ok

all right to love your french wine so thank you very much that's fine. from famously doesn't drink alcohol but the wine growers of france are hoping that his wife's taste might encourage him to hold off on taxing the temple. german economy minister wants to cut taxes for germany's. start small and medium sized businesses that form the backbone of europe's biggest economy and that is good news for s m e's perhaps it helps them coping with another problem they have because especially new areas it's becoming one difficult for them to fill job vacancies due to a shortage of skilled workers and many young people moving to cities. it only takes a few seconds to cut a year ago this water jet cutter was included in the deal when hogging mauer moved his company to this new location. i think it was you know he gets my heart

going i'm happy that it's working out so well you know everybody's enthusiastic about their industry. his company's products into trestles for cable lines the buyers are industrial companies since the. moved to the industrial park the number of orders in employees has grown rapidly and our now employs 50 people when we could use even more but it's hard to find staff sherry few young people are available. we have to explain it to the parents who always think it's a trait metalworkers have to work hard and it's always dirty but they have to operate the machinery here nobody gets programming it's programmed in the office in front so it's not always hard physical work of course in some areas we do have manual labor. but we also need highly qualified employees a label with a label i believe it's that. the company is located in the town of stendhal in the

middle of an agricultural region in northern germany since 1990 the town has lost around 15000 jobs and about the same number of people have moved away those that are left often have long commutes to distant jobs in places like hamburg or berlin so the outlook is bleak the mayor wants to change that. instead in your food doesn't consist of torsional i imagine that the government can support these structurally weaker regions by establishing special economic zones so on and i wish that was all they could give merchants craftsman and small and medium sized enterprises tax breaks or other benefits the focus to go in. in the meantime data for the next order have been entered into the machine me here all mauer of the son of the owner has been working for a while at the company he's monitoring the cutting he knows that more procedures have to be digitalized but their internet connection is not fast enough.

i. want to do your will but otherwise we're in good shape. hug an hour has a passion for metalworking and he's optimistic he shrugs off the bureaucracy and the slow data connections and plans to keep expanding anyway. and english couple has an earth of thousands of ancient silver coins worth an estimated $6000000.00 a hole discovered with a metal detector and clues from where penny is stating back to the iraq following the norman invasion of $1066.00 the discovery was made in the southwest english county of some us it shook the coins be declared a national treasure a couple and the landowner would be entitled to any coal share of their present day value. makes me want to start digging around somewhere to that's it for me and the business team here in berlin as always thanks for keeping this

company.