this is the news live from new charges against top executives at germany's wire state prosecutors arrested 3 former board members including former c.e.o. marcus browne for a 2nd time investigators now say the one time blue chip company fate of the past 5 years also on the program. is called to china's consulate in houston texas as

washington or that its closure citing concerns over u.s. intellectual property would diplomats burning sensitive documents. the women and children stranded by the collapse of the so-called islamic state many of the european citizens we hear from the french were fighting to bring his daughter and grandson out. and food for the souls of underprivileged children in the form of dance we meet a ballet teacher in nigeria is offering free lessons and some of the students hussein has changed that it's. time for welcome to the program german prosecutors say they've arrested the former chief executive and 2 board members of the payments processor why a card as part of investigations into alleged fraud marcus brown and 2 other board

members were detained in munich investigators say they're suspected of faking income to inflate the company's balance sheet. went bankrupt after revealing a nearly $2000000000.00 euro hole in its accounts last month the scandal has triggered criticism of germany's financial oversight and led to calls for the government to explain how much it knew about the company's dubious accounting practices. stephen beardsley from d.w. business can turn a smoke welcome steve into these new arrests give us a fuller picture of what's been going on out wacko they do and just to go back as you mentioned that 2000000000 euros that was unaccounted for in revenue that happened to a company that became a tech darling for germany and one of its few tech companies that really succeeded and went to the top so then it went and solvents and now of course what was valuable companies seen is nothing now it looks like there's a complicated system of fraud behind it that's what prosecutors are trying to really fish out what we know from these no rest is that the c.f.o. the former c.f.o. chief financial officer was arrested the former head of accounting and then c.e.o.

marcus brown was arrested again that expands now arrest of 4 top executives and that includes a former head of a dubai partner for what stands out in the new prosecutor statement are several things one is that the amount of fraud amounts of 3200000000 euros from bank loans from vespers basically who lost according to this fraud another thing is that the allegation that the fraud goes back to 2015 and that all those arrested today knew about it and 3rd that marcus brown there's a strong suggestion in the statement of marcus brown is being portrayed by witnesses as the center of everything that he ran a strict hierarchy that included pledges of loyalty and that really that he was. a mastermind but really that is what you could construe to the whole thing ok so big famous german company i'm presuming there's lots of political fallout from this absolutely baffin is a name that many people probably have not heard of but it is the top financial regulator in germany is in charge of regulating banks and regulating the markets

make sure they run properly in that companies don't deceive investors well clearly wire card what happened there falls within his purview and so they've really taken a lot of heat baffin falls out of the finance ministry that means that the finance minister one of the highest positions in germany is falling is coming under considerable pressure shots he will be question next week for his involvement or his knowledge of what was going with wire card. and then the economy minister who also has some oversight of business within germany those 2 are going to get some some difficult questions about their involvement and so investors and we were talking about billions going missing does that mean investors have lost lots of money yes it was the stock was up $104.00 euro's right before the fall now it's worth almost nothing so they have lost they are suing the question is what they can get if they when of course but those suits began even before the company declared insolvency as it was revealed that there was wrongdoing in the company the books weren't right interestingly they're also lawsuits against the auditing firm ernst

and young which signed off on the books for a while and this is prompted a real review of it's going to prompt it looks like a review of the auditing system within germany ok stephen beardsley from d.w. business thank you. now let's look at another escalation between the world's 2 biggest economies the united states as old as china to close its consulate in houston texas the u.s. state department said it was a necessary measures to protect american intellectual property beijing has called the move a political provocation and violation of international laws just hours after the order was issued firefighters were called to the consulate. bins on fire inside the courtyard at the chinese consulate in houston witnesses said they could smell paper being burned the 1st whiff of a bigger story because this firefight is a right chinese state media started reporting the u.s. had ordered the consulate to be closed. it's

a political provocation you know that tree launched by the us site which seriously violates international law basic norms governing international relations and the bilateral consular agreements between china and the us china strongly condemn such an outrageous move. beat you to it or you. are speaking in denmark the u.s. secretary of state said china had stolen intellectual property. we're setting a clear expert a chance for how the chinese communist party is going to behave and when they don't who are going to take actions that protect the american people protect our security our national security and also protect our economy and jobs that's the actions that you're seeing taken by present trump will continue to engage in those the u.s. directive comes a day off to 2 chinese nationals were charged with hacking said to be working a spice they're accused among other things of trying to steal coronavirus vaccine

research. campaign targeted intellectual property and confidential business information held by the private sector including covert 19 related treatment testing and vaccines. back in houston this was as close as firefighters could get to the consulate they weren't allowed in chinese officials have 72 hours to get out with china threatening to close u.s. consulates in response. to fire now you have been protests but the u.s. china relationship is smoldering as much as ever. as a closer look at this with the me out per pair of each who is a cyber policy and security expert at silverado policy accelerator he joins us from washington a welcome to g.w. we just heard the u.s. homeland security a chief justifying the closure of the cole the consulate was talking about very

private information on the electoral property intellectual property that was in danger so aside from the. potential covert hacking do you have any idea what else the was was in danger. well this it is i'm coming to you from washington d.c. which is a very polarized town pretty much every issue along the lines but there is one issue on which there's almost universal consensus and that is that china is no longer for the united states or both republicans and democrats agree that we need a much tougher line to be china and it's because of white region wide range of things that the chinese are done the united states the procedure done one is of course intellectual property theft they've been gauged on for the better part of 20 years stealing the launch of property from western companies giving into their mastic sector in order to help them compete and really create the humus like wow wait that are now causing so much consternation for us governments all over the

world but then of course we out other issues what the chinese are doing with the south china sea and miller station of islands there obviously the human rights abuses were grossly yours and the law that they recently passed and on kong there is causing a lot of concern for dissidents there and of course the top administration one of the most critical things is the balance of trade relationship ok so that's the that's the general sentiment but i don't think that that's the sort of general background to in which the these events have taken place but what we what we've seen over the years is america taking china to task over the sorts of things again you've taken the idea of closing a consulate just like that seems quite a jump so what do you think is behind. it i think this action is just one in a long list of actions that the u.s. government is not a reason we try and start with a trade war you know the common ministry should continue with indictments in the

latest ones that were just unveiled yesterday against cyber criminals they were operated by chinese intelligence services and now we see if you actually get a consulate i'm told that consulate was critical to the chinese intelligence services to perpetrate espionage national security and economic espionage against the united states so it's not surprising that the u.s. government takes action. what did i think was going on in the the houston culture the wasn't going on elsewhere. so the chinese intelligence services are very very aggressive hooty chinese nationals while. americans born of this country. stated logic property as well as conduct economic espionage in houston of course you know how a lot of oil and gas firms that the chinese are interested in stealing probably from a lot of health care systems and a lot of medical research. so it is the top spots where you conduct

that i ask you now from ok good talking to you thank you for joining us to reach out pair of it from a silver out of policy accelerator. then we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world now firefighters in greece a battling to control a large forest fire near a seaside village in the eastern peloponnese authorities say they had to evacuate a residential settlement in the catch and release because the blaze is moving towards a military camp where explosives were being stored south african anti-apartheid campaign andrew mellon gagne has died at the age of $95.00 he stood trial alongside nelson mandela and was imprisoned on the notorious robin island for more than 25 years. under his largest independent a news site index dot h u s 5 its editor in chief the sacking of some blokes a dual has increased concerns about the curbing of media freedoms a month ago has to deal warned that the portals independence was at risk after

a pro-government business been a game significant control over its funding. a lot of european governments are facing this same problem what to do with the men women and children who left to join so-called islamic state in syria and iraq many of them are currently living in kurdish controlled refugee camps their status in limbo european countries are reluctant to bring them home prefer them to face trial in the region but he would rights groups say governments should repatriate their citizens especially the most vulnerable and deal with them domestically the biggest group are french citizens who include $400.00 women and children lisa lose speed to meet and twine who is fighting to bring his daughter and grandson back to france yeah asked us not to use his real name. on trying is used to standing his ground the former trade unionist has defended workers' rights his whole life but when 5 years ago is 26 year old daughter suddenly left to join isis in iraq here drop bottom.

more if you also. it was my house came tumbling down on top of me. she had always been a good student and we didn't see this thing coming at all her family is ignore steak but she converted to islam without telling us what i told to do you know what you're getting yourself into and who these people are that you're joining he. last year his daughter was captured by the kurds and brought to the whole camp he kept in touch with her until she and her baby born in syria that is 5 weeks ago on one is today saying his face on camera for the 1st time he says he has nothing left to lose. i don't know exactly what she did but i'm not the judge she should be held accountable for her actions and she has a right to a fair trial like everyone else that's the difference between a democracy and

a dictatorship where creating a 2nd going to move there and what about my grandson 18 months old he's responsible for nothing more you know. the french government has only repatriated about 30 children from the council and refuses to bring that women and men. are proceeding according to international law people should be judged in the country where they are alleged to have committed crimes we take back the young children if and when the mother agrees that we should take charge of them. but this lawyer representing the families of 14 women in the camps says that approach actually goes against international law. so the kurdistan doesn't exist so there are no judges anti as people are being arbitrarily detained plus their crimes started in front of it i think they are accused of joining a terrorist organization could move on should be judged here and these children are

in mortal danger 300 of them died as all whole and 29000 jews. living conditions france has an obligation to protect them but it's leaving them there to rahman's. france is not the only country reluctant to repatriate its citizens who left to join the so-called islamic state about 1000 western europeans are still being held in syria and iraq only a few of them have been brought back so far together with other families on 20 has gone to court to force the government to bring back his daughter and grandson he believes repatriation is actually in the government's own interest. in your recent attack on one camp the kurds just open the gates and some women escape to join us so leaving these people in the cabs is a lot more dangerous than bringing them back. always wonder if they manage to get away there is

a real risk they might commit more attacks here in france or you know he's determined not to lose hope so that one day he can finally meet his grandson. trade housing been safe for many years a number of booksellers disappeared 5 years ago and then reappeared a few months later saying they'd been held in mainland china now with the tough new security law imposed by beijing last month a growing number of hong kong book of hong kong all 1st published bookstores moving their businesses abroad or censoring their products. publishing books in home call hasn't been easy for a while especially one about the last year's protests for publisher a window the new chinese security law has changed everything about his current project a collection of articles written by thousands of people who took part in the demonstrations right man and his team have been taking a worse and pictures that could. they have even changed her book cover these tax

on pages marked some of the so-called to boost. because if i can be like a beauty most of the political slogans were removed such as the popular protest slogan liberate hong kong revolution of our times which has recently been declared illegal the whole point here we also deleted the paragraph which we advocate or imply secession but no one can tell us how you exactly that red line is drawn not even lawyers it's the most painful project i've done for years i'll take you know. the book was to have been published 2 months ago but that still hasn't happened as 5 printers have rejected it because of the sensitivity some ask raymond to change part of the content that rarely happened in the past this recruiters and bookstores also turned it down. beijing's sweeping law is not only deterring new publications but is also affecting older ones jimmy page

a federal publisher who has worked in the industry for over 3 the case has also felt that he has suspended further publication police last year to mark 30 of any 1st 3 of the 10 most work for the remaining top piece won't be put on display at book fairs anymore. this is the biggest crisis facing the whole industry everyone is anxious we don't want to be revolutionaries but to free speech and promote knowledge what equality do our citizens have this diversity and enlightening ideologies vanished into combat hard to restore once there. i can make to see. what's going on in hong kong is more than self-censorship at least my boss threatened by opposition figures have been removed from public libraries in order to review what are they reached a new law. and order to do the same if any. possibly illegal. a growing number of home authors publishers and bookstores are moving their

business abroad neither jimmy ponyo raymond yo are ready to quit writing this book is taught to freedom that's what he wants to practice this fight the charges. only tell you it's frustrating but i will try to publish it in hong kong this book itself is a form of resistance the only way to keep the freedom of publication in life is to actually say here not to abandon the rights we do sound. quality and always and i hope. but he's in a minority many more people in hong kong observing the situation from the sidelines to fear for now of beijing's clout to speak up. let's take a look at some of the latest developments in the corona virus a pandemic 15000000 people have now been. effective worldwide according to johns hopkins university united states brazil and india have recorded the highest number of covered 19 cases the world health organization says

a vaccine against the virus isn't likely to be available until early 2021 though optimistic about the drugs currently in development the w.h.o. says people are unlikely to be vaccinated before the start of next year and brazilian president jaya bolzan are really still testing positive 2 weeks after confirming he was ill with coffin 19 he's been isolating at home for the last 15 days and is now continuing to show symptoms. of latin american girls turning fifteen's a very special birthday it's known as a quaint christmas sand yanna the rites of passage into womanhood the coronavirus pandemics adding some hurdles to this year's celebrations but as you're about to say well it's of girls in cuba finding fashionable ways to adapt. sick and safe it's the way to go for young cubans like the fia who are celebrating their continued up or 15th birthday during the penn demick.

i designed my 15th birthday dress and the mask was very important to me it's a symbol of an important stage in my life which was the pandemic i had to design my face mask to fit the colors of my outfit and it was not just about the combination of colors it was also for security reasons. when you go. across latin america turning 15 is seen as a special milestone in a girl's life it's the moment of transition from girlhood into womanhood latinas often mark and yet us with large celebrations including with glamorous photo shoots and d.c. year face masks have become an integral part of their party outfit. or for young women this contrast between the mask and address the combination is striking it's a fashion that i think will stay. they take selfies and it's something that's part of the whole show the whole experience of the photo shoot of their.

cuba made wearing masks compulsory early on and credits them with helping the island to contain the spread of the virus. but for these girls face masks will also remain a symbol of coming of age as an extraordinary time. now to nigeria where more than half of the population lives in poverty for many people accessing life spacex like food and running water i protect a ballet teacher in lagos as children also need full food for their souls so he offers free dancing lessons but a few students 18 year old all are meeting d.w. correspondent to fight for shah matter and find out how dancing is changing her life. not much light no ventilators little space 8 families live in this housing complex today starts early for

a day without breakfast but with a new choice the 18 year old shares 10 square meters with her mother and her younger sister she's trying to help her family by putting her own needs on hold for life for a now is very difficult. because sometimes i need something because if you don't have enough money. to keep it safe tell me more. schools are closed due to the pandemic when i meet a small is an elementary teacher she has to stay at home without a salary and is struggling to provide for her 2 daughters. taking good care of the 2 and if they want for me i've given them with i don't want to look. outside means. one of the poorer neighborhoods of lagos some girls slide into

prostitution to make money and some boys become criminals media grew up here she's looking for a different path through. this is the same neighborhood but it feels like a different world i guess ready so we will be doing. a very simple calculations and . apply. 12 students trained in this makeshift dance room twice a week one of them is a day. some are as young as 6 danielle a self-taught professional dancer is teaching them for free to keep them off the streets. some of them are now going to become professional dancers we know that's because you don't. be trying to get up like many if you're like. me that was one of his 1st you don't seem 2017 she says it's never too late to stop the bully not even for me in my thirty's like this and you go to be.

just smiling all day dancing she says. with her daily struggles. when it comes down to and forget about everything behind this dallas makes me feel happy and make this express my feelings she eats how i feel like downs. just forget about it now. there's stage improvised the streets of. the contrast couldn't be bigger for some it's a welcome distraction others are skeptical. because it didn't just be about mange everything about it is in dissent oily discussion selig's op. you know what the screen where it's not like got. to stay doesn't end here after ballet she learns to saw at this shop learning

a trade that may finance for studies one day she keeps practicing ballet while she's still going i don't care what people reactions are because then my fame me forget about everybody behind me i just just on my i know what i want for myself or la me to me never dance on the big international stage is a dancing gives her strength something she needs to overcome the difficulties she faces. group of high profile names have invested in the funding off a new los angeles football team for the 2022 national women's soccer league investors include talley star serena williams and her husband an accessor jaime and hollywood actress natalie portman and it doesn't form a u.s. women's national football is on the team doesn't have a name yet but the ownership group called angel city california currently has no women's soccer league teams. videos has emerged showing her 2 french

children escaped a blaze in a talib lock in the southeastern city of grenoble as a black smoking gulf their apartment 1st one brother then the next plunged at least 13 meters into the outstretched arms of residents below. the children 3 and 10 years old and they were subsequently treated for smoke inhalation a 2 with people who call them reportedly suffered broken pipes. watching d.w. news after live from len i'll be back in just a moment to with the day i'll have more world news at the top of the out of.

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i was issued when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room for the night. it was hard i was fit. i even got white hair. language then no not this keeps me and click a bunch maybe 2 in truck loads of say you want to know their story in the migrants are fighting and reliable information for migrants. beijing denounces an unprecedented escalation of tension after the u.s. orders the closure of the chinese consulate in houston washington says the move is to protect american intellectual property rights but it is sad but how much is it also to do with november's u.s. presidential election i'm phil gale in berlin and this is the day.

there's been this long challenge.