young immigrants. the police will stop. these so. that their flight could be fatal but going back is not an option. i'm on and are stuck in the spanish border area where they're waiting for a chance that will probably never. shattered dreams starts january 18th on t.w. . some are celebrated some are vilified and some are ignored or regardless of how they're received whistleblowers have helped inform our picture of the world often at great

personal costs to themselves speaking truth to power that's our topic today on made now here's one prominent figure who certainly did that but many are divided on whether he should house is he a beacon of truth threat to national security. in 2006 julian assange to set up the organization with people makes 4 years later it published classified information on u.s. military action in iraq and afghanistan in 2012 a song facing what he called trumped up charges of sexual assault took refuge in the ecuadorian embassy in london but in 2019 ecuador with through his asylum enabling his arrest a son's of faces extradition to the u.s. on espionage charges. you know he's just one very high profile and very specific example but many whistle blowers are everyday people you might find in your

workplace well what do you do if you knew your company was helping others to lie to the public in 2015 it emerged that german carmakers like were engaged in emissions cheating devices were installed and thousands of cars with diesel engines to help them seem less polluting during testing and it caused a major reckoning within germany's prized industry but one former engineer in the automotive sector said he spoke up early and loudly and he got fired for it my colleague met up with em. up in the automobile offered by that as in i worked as an engineer in the auto industry i wanted to contribute to making emissions cleaner and improving environmental protection i did my job in as much as i addressed things i thought merited criticism in order to improve them i think that if they'd been addressed

sooner the diesel emissions scandal would never have happened. let's now understand the. constant from global work for 20 years that bosch a major supplier to the automotive industry in an on line interview he told us that long before the scandal broke revealing widespread cheating to disguise high diesel emissions he and others that bosch had already realized that emissions were higher than permitted. he says he wrote about it on an internal company platform and sent a letter to bosch c.e.o. mark donna. about hope mystifying and i didn't like the fact that the emissions targets we were supposed to work towards were below what was technically possible and what my colleagues and i had already developed performed better in that respect than what was actually being used in vehicles on the road so it wasn't just about processes or methods the question was is the direction that the company is taking

tenable on the names. then the scandal hit the headlines car makers like folks are going to mercedes were using cheat software to disguise the high levels of emissions other diesel models. bush had been involved in developing the software. many engineers that were aware of what was going on but hadn't dared to speak up management came under huge pressure. monitor the middle become as soon as the diesel scandal broke they wanted to talk to me i was invited for a meeting and to. told very clearly that i was not to write any more critical comments i refused point blank to comply and said i would not be silenced and would continue to address matters of concern and speak out the truth. who also question you might think that a modern technology company would welcome commitment and independent thinking that

certainly in the impression it gives some promotional videos like this one. bosch says its corporate culture is based on mutual respect fairness openness and trust. of course i wasn't fired for voicing criticism bosh said so repeatedly in court and to the press but the reasons were demonstrably fictitious it was absolutely below the belt and something that could totally record person's career. and i had to way to live in months for the reference and when i got it it was more of a death sentence than a reference so i hadn't expected that. but that was. of course there can be disagreements i understand that people don't always see things the same way and i understand that people feel under pressure and can react weirdly. or never but what happened to me should never ever happen and that's why i'm fighting it for 1050

it's. often from far it's challenging his dismissal at a labor court he's already won once but it's now gone to appeal he wants his job back. whistleblowers often underestimate the risk of speaking up an organization in berlin helps them to fight for their rights so far germany doesn't have a law that specifically protect employees who speak out about corporate misdemeanors. most whistleblowers lose their job within a year and they're often subjected to harassment. as they made. transferred to a different office or switch to another job colleagues no longer talk to them or did they can come as a big surprise and quite a shock because of because they tend to assume that since they've brought something serious to light that everyone will be pleased with them because they're helping prevent it from happening again that's the by part of us are so. whistleblowers can

fulfill an important function and companies and in society as a home by driving change the diesel cheating scandal may have cost v.w. tens of billions of euros in fines and settlements but it also hastened the group's shift towards making more environmentally friendly vehicles and many would argue that diesels reputation has suffered permanent damage. that's happening not just as you wish it i did the right thing and i would do it again or at no point have i thought i should have kept my mouth shut on the contrary in the future i would encourage people to join forces with each other and just speak up together and sooner so as to prevent the kind of disaster the entire industry faces today. in my view people have values and want to pass them on to their children and it's problematic if one can't act according to those values at one's place of work. but it can't be right that people are too scared to speak up. we have to be able to

point out things that we know to be wrong i decided to take the lead and speak out about the successes and i'm 4 minutes i mean on the special. now there is a reason why whistle blowing is often a lonely endeavor as we saw in that report there can be severe personal consequences for telling the truth but that means institutions often go unchecked from the inside our reporter chris talked to a consultant with a wealth of experience about corporate culture in germany in particular in the big car companies let's just say his interview partner did not hold back. it's still a man's world at the biggest car manufacturers. as it's plain to see industry trade shows. volkswagen for one is run by alpha males.

as indies are good too or i don't think you find any whistle blowers in this kind of corporate culture. they all keep their heads down because they're afraid of having them chopped off as in their core that's the culture and i find it disgusting to a lot of. top board is a headhunter he runs an executive placement firm serving many large companies some of them blue chip. has openly said that v.w. boss have a deal should be fired presiding as he does over a corporate culture in which everyone is too afraid to stand up to the bosses. volkswagen may be one of the world's biggest car makers but the diesel emissions cheating scandal was only possible because no one there dared to speak out.

that mr d.c. should be fired can a headhunter say such a thing. that's a good question. i took the liberty of doing so because i don't work for fox and i never would schools in my many years in this profession i've had the great privilege of only working for clients that i like. oh my god but what if vice would you give to big companies what should they look for in their executives. but. the most important characteristic is empathy companies need executives who are empathetic don't have a huge ego and manifest self-restraint they need to be independent sure of themselves and able to say in advance hey guys i'm coming but let me do my thing if you don't let me do my thing i'll leave. i don't have to be here. you know shops and. tobruk says he only consults for businesses that are open to new kinds of

managers. ones with what he calls natural authority including more women and people of different nationalities as well as flat hierarchies but they have against terrorism now that so many people are working remotely and one of the challenges involved in creating and leading a strong team of. government is a push and if a company is serious about it it has to recruit the right kind of person many firms are going to have to face this in the post code era it could well take a new and disruptive kind of leadership now that so many people are working at home old school issuing commands from above isn't going to work leadership at a distance can only function on the basis of trust. and if trust is there if open and honest debate is possible within a company there might be no need for whistle blowing. according to high now top

board that kind of healthy corporate culture is the way to success. now as an employee or a former employee it's important to understand what you can and cannot do with the information that you have on your company when is it ok to reveal what you know and what not the law differentiates according to the kind of information you have here is a quick guide from a legal standpoint. what is a trade secret. lisa klein is the head chef of luxury hotel her fish and fruit sauce has won international awards it's become a house favorite the restaurant signature dish. nevertheless she was let go because she got to work late once too often. lisa klein is angry i'll show them she says she decides to go to the competition they'll be thrilled about the new recipe after

all no one knows it not so fast that surprised lisa is about to divulge a trade secret in germany she can face legal consequences for that. dismissal a monetary fine or 3 years behind bars and in some european countries the sentence can be much longer. that's the law of the land and gets even in lisa's work contract it expressively protects the company's crown jewels even after the term of employment ends. then she has another idea i'll give my new boss the addresses of the highest paying regular customers at my old restaurant ouch yet another crime lisa is now planning to disclose company secrets and back to is illegal since april 29 team both crimes are part of germany's trade secrets act for example protective laws like these exist in many countries but what if

a disgruntled former employee like lisa speaks out publicly about how her former boss was engaged in wage dumping and employed undocumented workers all of which is illegal 'd she's not only allowed to reveal those things she's morally obliged to and guidelines now provide special protection for whistleblowers which prohibits them from being prosecuted e.u. countries are being asked to write that protection into law that's how lisa's boss instead of lisa herself could wind up behind bars assuming of course that lisa is telling the truth. now or so today is about speaking truth to power but what if your the powerful one if you are the boss what if it be important for you to know what's going on good or bad according to one study of 2000 employees and germany 68 percent of those surveyed said they would be willing to

report bullying or discrimination slightly less 65 percent said they would speak up about fraud while only 59 percent say they would call out that of company property . but what about the rest meghan rates is a business school instructor specializing in leadership she provides 5 tips on how to create a culture of openness in companies whether we speak up or stay silent affects compliance affects safety issues of malpractise but also can create environments of innovation in jail or to and of course inclusive or to helping people to speak up work matters. so here's my advice on how to create to speak up culture in your workplace.

think about the last challenge. if you're struggling to think of examples then perhaps others find you a little bit scary. so a classic phrase that leaders and managers often make is my door is always open. yes but you're still in your office there's something about getting outside of that environment because that can be quite intimidating for people coming into your place. to. start focusing on getting people to be brain and speak up i'm focusing more of your time and energy on listening and learning how to help people to feel safe. i've met leaders who tell me they need to speak up more they need to be more assertive and courageous rather focus on creating an environment where they don't have to be so

brave in the 1st place for example there's a great deal of difference in trying to have a conversation with someone in a group meeting versus taking somebody for a walk outside in the park you'll get a very different quality of conversation depending on what you do. assume that you need to do more work to help people speak up than you think so our research shows that the more senior you are the more likely you are to think that people are speaking up when they're not and we call this the optimism bottle if you find yourself thinking you have people are speaking up well round here then challenge your assumptions. and chief executives we interviewed really wanted to help his team to speak up but he confided to us that he had a little list in his mind of the people that he listened to and the people that he

didn't but you and i we all have these little lists who's on you was very often the voices we hear are a lot like our own and they're from people that look like us it means that you're not aware of others' experiences within your organization and potentially outside of it as well sac seen need to be reaching out and connecting with those groups. to send signals to others all the time through our body and verbal language and some of those signals help others to speak up and some keep them silent the moment after someone has spoken up. your response will determine whether that person and probably that colleagues will speak up next time i'm afraid that 9 times out of 10

you might respond really well unfortunately it's that 10. that everybody will remember and talk about that time when you were really tired or you were really stressed so if you do kind of make a mistake and you do realize in hindsight that you've reacted in a way that might be detrimental then reach out to that person. helping people to speak up at work matters it matters for us it matters that one of the most important things i've talked about is our ability to create a safe environment where people can speak up. and i have my 5 points tips will enable you to do that. at the end of the day doing the right thing is everyone's responsibility but the responsibility and liability grows the higher up

the institutional ladder you go how do leaders ensure that ethical standards are adhere to some scandal hit companies now invest a lot of money in compliance our reporter grit holzman spoke to the chief executive of one such company bill thing or a construction firm with business around the world who say they have managed to clean up their act. klein in germany they think a little gift is a good way to maintain friendships and make new ones so i brought along a bottle of red wine and a small envelope. reminds me that you brought you a little something things but obviously i can't accept this on blow by have to give it back if you don't think maybe gear is going let's all like to think that really but i'd hoped our interview would be especially nice. compliance is full compliance

is very important to us so we're always very careful i have to pass everything on to our head of compliance put it to good use if you'd like. compliance means sticking to rules against corruption tom blades wants to show that that's now the norm at his company bill finger and recent years corruption has been an issue of. which produces and installs factory equipment worldwide. the biggest corruption case emerged in nigeria and 2003 where a subsidiary paid bribes to the government to lend contracts bill thing or was fined $32000000.00. the us department of justice is also watching bill finger closely because the scandal involved an american joint venture partner. blades and his predecessors have had to provide regular updates on their compliance since the

case against the company was proven saying out of nothing for 510 years after the event we had to pay a fine as an aside i deferred prosecution agreement and deferred prosecution agreement as and lays down what we have to do to make sure we show that we're compliant. and that we remain compliant in the future as well compliance leaving. compliance not. plaints was born in hamburg to a british father and a german mother he has worked in germany since the late 1990 s. and came to build in europe and made 2016. ok got the money but he says so you took over just at the time of the nigeria case so it's right in the queue. to wait a month or take a step back. when and please mind that sign is that part of compliance no it's health and safety was the one you were telling me to grab the railing come on mr

glades you don't do that all the time surely it's my each and every time because rule number 2 be a good example. and says this is all right setting a good example this is ok this isn't where we arrived at building or as it was dealing with the fallout from nigeria. you know that's right it was under way in which you could have gone to work for a company with fewer challenges one perhaps with more positive prospects right if you knew anything so i didn't come here because of the corruption when i came here because this company is undergoing a transformational offended because i've been working for almost 40 years on the industrial services business he reasoned and that's why i said yes i'll go for that on decisions i saw as of 10 months ago when building our says it set up a compliant system what does that mean. compliances i include guns i'm thought a smile on clients is quite straightforward it's keeping

a promise of integrity that you've got a very simple example is what's appropriate when the say you're in talks with a client and decide ok let's go for something to eat you know what's appropriate there if it's a president someone from the very top of it then what's appropriate is very different from what's appropriate when you're out with the guys from the construction sites and squinting off the post that is in town. it wasn't only nigeria at the world cup in brazil i'm 24 a team a subsidiary was accused of trying to get contracts. the company. i just half what kind of penalties didn't employees face spiffing a few mean regarding malfeasance or corruption that big. this is out there with the radical case as well but we have to be prepared for such cases initially we'd hand the contract back because we cheated to get it. when we'd start an investigation to find out who was behind it all. and of lawyers would have to reckon with us filing

a criminal complaint with prosecutors. mustn't other it also be internal consequences including sacking people. and they'd have to expect we'd also want compensation. yes we lost the contract. give us a shade. for me it's about hygiene for me just like with a hospital if a hospital isn't clean then it's a bad hospital in congo it's not about good or bad doctors want to hospitals no longer clean size if you simply wouldn't go there and live in deep. space. right and i need to because of the need for the other devices you know let's think of it if i just. saw the vines so i left the wine here it's up stairs in the compliance department it will be catalogued and maybe turn up in a raffle to raise money for a good cause obviously tom blades didn't keep the cash and the same ethical rules

apply to me as a journalist with 0 tolerance for bribery. remember if you see something say something although we know that can be hard that's it for this edition of may thanks very much for watching see you again soon.

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the coronavirus up to the code of special monday to friday on t.w. . basis you have your news live from london and brussels signed off on the brics a trade deal u.k. prime minister boris johnson thinks the agreement just hours after it gets the necessary signatures from e.u. leaders the accord seals the u.k.'s new relationship with the e.u. and goes into force on new year's day. also on the program a large explosion that even international airport leaves more than 20 dead and

dozens of wounded a likely target is a plane carrying members of yemen's newly formed unity government. the european union and china still in business investment deal after 7 years of tomes both sides hope to take advantage of new investment opportunities. and way of blue croft welcome to the program it's been months indeed years in the making in many doubted whether there would even be an agreement but british prime minister boris johnson has signed off on the brics a trade deal between the european union and the united kingdom the e used top officials earlier put their signatures to the accord and brussels it lays out the terms of the new relationship between the e.u. and the u.k. and goes into force a new year's day. if you could get the impression the british prime minister just

wanted to sign it as quickly as possible. after putting his name to the more than $1000.00 pages of complicated legal language parse johnson seemed upbeat. thank you very much everybody you know what i wanted runs down. the treaty that i just saw at the end is a beginning i think the beginning it will be a wonderful relationship between the u.k. and britain bought this in the. book with us today and not the 10 here it is but. i mean the question you ask yourself is if i was. yes. in this deal this country. to get their heads around the document like this members of parliament would usually require months but the british know our house pushed it through and just half

a day $521.00. 73 voted against the deal which i fish really puts an end to years of break that negotiations were going to become a friendly neighbor the best friends an ally the e.u. could have working hand in glove when ever our values and interests coincide while fulfilling the so really wish of the british people to live under their own laws but it comes at a price and pains from northern ireland and scotland voiced their concerns that the unity of the united kingdom was now under threat the opposition labor party agreed to the deal largely because it didn't have a choice. is better than no deal and not to implementing this deal would mean immediate tariffs and quotas with the e.u. which will push up prices and drive businesses to the wall it will make huge gaps in security for your leaders put been named to the deal earlier on wednesday

fit within flown by the royal air force to britain to be signed. but with many aspects of the deal not just finally the saga is not over yet. our london correspondent barry get mass has more on what the post brooks a deal means for the u.k. . johnson has signed the brags the deal that he has reached with the e.u. and parliament had its roots in the however many critics of this process in parliament are saying that practically it's not enough so the m.p.'s only had a few hours to debate this really complex agreement with the european union and given the fact that the great city isn't always promised that brags it was all about taking back control and given control to the u.k. parliament many parliamentarians were very frustrated that they only had a few hours to look into this agreement however the deal is done and boris johnson

obviously is celebrating the fact that he accomplished taking the u.k. out of the european union that there is more sovereignty free or for example the european court of justice critics are saying that he is not clear about the trade offs that he's not explaining to the country that yes there is more certainty but economically there are trade offs and even though there is a deal a trade deal with the e.u. that there will be extra tread trade barriers for example for manufacturers there'll be much more paperwork when they want to deal with the european customers or clients and that boris johnson and his brick city years have never made it clear and obviously on a day like this they are not talking about it either. at least 22 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an attack at aden international airport in yemen the blasts went off just as members of a new unity government return from saudi arabia so far no group has claimed

responsibility it was followed by another explosion near the presidential palace several hours later. it was meant to be a moment to celebrate. a newly formed government disembarking their unity a symbol of their promise to end yemen's long civil war. instead chaos. 2 explosions shortly after the planes arrival broke to the airport a local security source says most are shells landed on the airport pool. witnesses described hearing sporadic gunfire soon off so. how is later another explosion was reportedly the presidential palace. this was a cowardly terrorist attack. the government is in auburn to stay and to exercise its duties and operations with the strong will of our people.

the acts of terror will not stop us from doing our work. he wanted you to hear the good will of the ministers have all been reported safe after the attack they were returning from the saudi capital where they had been sworn in as part of a cabinet reshuffle that reshuffle so yemen's internationally recognized government and when southern separatists form a power sharing cabinet their aim is to forge a joint front against iran backed the rebels who seized the country's capital and much of the north in 2014 plunging the country into an ongoing civil war. while no one has claimed responsibility for the explosions that. blame has fallen on the his seat his power in yemen is threatened by the new government alliance. or some other stories making headlines. syria's state news agency says 28 people

have been killed in an attack on a bus the ambush occurred on a highway about 50 kilometers southwest of the city of darryl's or unconfirmed reports say the bus was carrying syrian armor army soldiers 10 people were injured and 11 more missing after a landslide struck the norwegian village of north of oslo authorities evacuated some 700 residents after the early morning disaster which left at least 10 injured emergency services are searching for survivors and securing homes teetering on the edge of the crater left by the slide. the argentinean senate has approved a law legalizing abortion in a historic vote the new legislation permits abortions until the 14th week of pregnancy or later in cases of rape or danger to the mother's life a landmark bill succeeded despite strong opposition from religious community communities and leaders including pope francis. the european union has struck

a controversial investment deal with china the e.u. has hailed the accord saying it will give european companies better access to chinese markets but critics say those economic benefits come at the expense of human rights. for 7 years european union representatives have been haggling with china at the negotiating table the results were presented at a joint press conference. market access for both sides will be improved a level playing field means that chinese state owned enterprises will no longer be given preferential treatment through subsidies and for the 1st time china commits to following environmental climate social as well as occupational health and safety standards though when it comes to those standards chinese president xi jinping made only they promise says in the agreement china has imprisoned up to $1000000.00 readers in labor and reeducation camps and changing province she has promised to

sign a convention against forced labor but no date has been set and sanctions haven't been discussed even take promises around market access haven't been convincing what the premier the story's construing to the chinese companies that the family says the european market was deal with. the problem is the other way around it's about that yes it's a european companies to the chinese market which has always 'd been more close in terms of investment because of the way that china insured into the world trade organization as if the ruby economy was special rights even though there have been some breakthroughs concerning competition both sides are not yet on equal footing so they were most likely to meet more often around the negotiating table in the coming years are they not a kingdom has become the 1st country to authorize the coronavirus vaccine developed by astra zeneca and oxford university but while the drug maker has received

emergency approval on its home turf the european union and united states aren't ready to follow suit just yet the latest vaccine is cheaper and easier to transport than the beyond tech pfizer and lowdown aversions but trial data suggest it's not as effective as also uncertainty about the best dosage for the astra zeneca vaccine . dr john campbell is an independent health analyst based in the u.k. we spoke to him earlier and asked how important this new vaccine is this new vaccine is the best news we've had in the pandemic it is going to change the situation entirely now in the united kingdom we're going to start a mass rollout of this vaccine from the 4th of january we're going to be vaccinating a 1000000 people a week from that point and that certainly go to build up as the logistics an infrastructure develops and as well as that what we're going to do is we're going to give one dose of this vaccine and then wait a full 3 months before we give the 2nd dose so that means an awful lot of people

are going to start to get a fairly good level of immunity straightaway without waiting for the 2nd dose and of course it also means we can vaccinate many more people so it really is going to change the situation in the united kingdom and in time in europe. germany has registered more than a 1000 corona virus deaths in a single day for the 1st time since the pandemic again the country's public health agency says that's partly due to a delay in reporting because of the christmas holidays but new cases ever made high throughout december especially among the elderly and it's feared that the number of daily deaths could climb even higher in coming weeks. to bully record bringing some committee in germany more work than they can handle despite weeks of lockdown measures germany has registered its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the beginning of the pandemic. because it's i believe if we do the numbers

show how brutally this virus still strikes that we're still very far away from any kind of normality. right unfenced. considering the situation i don't see how we can return to how things were before the lockdown as hard as it is this also applies to new year's eve so this has to be the quietest new year's eve that term and you can remember this is to actually end. the persistently high caseload is putting enormous pressure on the health system compared to many other european countries germany experienced a relatively low number of deaths in the spring but december has been the deadliest month of the pandemic so far. schools restaurants and many shops will remain shut until at least january 10th the restrictions are likely to be extended by chancellor angela merkel and the state premiers next week. but there is hope on the

horizon. we work through what we want to do our best to fight this pandemic and to eliminate it from the world or if. you are you already. these seniors are some a. the 1st to benefit as germany gradually rolls out its vaccination campaign $60000.00 people in the country have received a jab so far but most of the population will have to wait months to be vaccinated. marja new year's celebrations prohibited and many cultural venues looking set to remain closed for a while yet outdoors is taking up a new place in people's lives helping to take the edge off of this winter's melancholy. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you british prime minister boris johnson a signed off on the bracks a trade deal between the european union and the united kingdom the top officials

earlier put their signatures on the 1200 page agreement in brussels. that's all for me for now you can always visit our website g.w. dot com follow us on twitter and instagram at g w news thanks for watching. pantsuit concepts of closing cinemas and creativity changing our view of what's possible. as galleries with the actual and musicians before well known line the artistic world the culture of calm. no matter how hot it's. a

look back on a challenging year today on onsen culture on d w. e then i'm david and this is climate change. happiness increase. for your. children smarter for. putting lipstick on a pig. critics bash in historic investment pact between the e.u. and china it aims to rebalance economic ties but opponents say it misses the mark on chinese labor rights. the pandemic has created i have and have not a colony. multiplied their wealth and those who think. that it took

a deadly explosion to reveal the hazardous materials stored at the port of beirut finally accompanies called into the hopper of that toxic. event was all in place to business the european union and china have struck a deal on a comprehensive investment agreement it comes up to 7 years of talks the e.u. hails the accord as a major win for automakers and other european companies seeking to do business with beijing but critics accuse brussels of ignoring human rights concerns and risking a rift with washington the deal still has to be finalized and ratified a process that could take several months i asked for more for his take on the deal he's director of the asia and china program at the european council on foreign relations a pad european think tank. i think it's business rather than critics it's a product of the trade and it's a product of the german presidency by chancellor merkel who prioritize really. the

industry issues and maybe that should be right for me this movie of the only problem of these and in china everything is political nothing is purely economy so my main worry when i look at the supposed draft of the deed nobody has the final text by the way and even today is not the final text the tears still have to be written in one a look at i worry about what's the section make it isn't what's the verification mechanism there are lots of restrictions put on by the chinese side on you know depending on the depending on the capacity and a lot of accent of the mystique you know and we know what that is in china very did so on arbitration mechanism in fact what passes as arbitration is often a top level review by both parties meaning the e.u. and china and eventual difficulties which means

a process that should be legal and straightforward runs the risk of being very political one way or another will tell me more about that because only. because the legal mechanism is something that is it is extremely important in this sort of investment deal i mean look at examples like tech talk t.j. i while away said to me all of these chinese companies that have caused a lot of controversy and tense relations between the us and the e.u. what's going to happen. on the one hand there's nothing to prevent either the e.u. or china from performing a so-called investment screening according to their rules and therefore forbidding an investment on national security grounds or something that passes national security or because they're round that's the positive side is that the hand of the e.u. is not hampered by the deed but what i worry about is how do you solve quire else

in the implementation in the implementation of actual investment you don't see a court of arbitration an international court of arbitration you see a lot of recourse again to the dumbest close of both parties and to even to a negotiation on top there's going to be a review mechanism twice a year for example about this but to me it's not a legal process and as such it's a dangerous process to manage the safety the security and the investment and that should concern investors whatever the opening looks like it's ease. at the beginning of the crisis economists told us to look forward to a v. shaped recovery on the bounce back as quick as a felt well it's turned out to be a little trickier than that adolescents are now calling it a case shaped recovery the divergence of turn legs of that k. one moving up one down. the crisis has become

a day the struggle for hosting a pumice from bolivia she relies on handouts to feed her family. but it's not the money had since i've been there mick my children and i have had to go back to living on the streets. just like millions of others around the world. 1000 appended our lives and plunged the world into suffering and grief poverty inequality and hunger are rising jobs are disappearing and depths are mounting. for the coronavirus isn't stopping the rich from getting richer record stock exchange highs this week highlight the widening wealth gap tesla shares rose 700 percent this year big tech got even bigger while countless small businesses went bust. and have not economy so who are among those that are the habs those are people who are benefiting from the strong housing

market record low mortgage interest rates a booming stock market which really disproportionately benefits the wealthy and those who are the have nots or those that have already been sidewinder lost income those who would be working in leisure and hospitality ours in restaurants retail the list goes on economists say a great reset is needed that will require a total rethink of how we do business the united nations secretary-general has urged the world to make next year a year of healing healing from the impact of a deadly vitals healing broken economies and societies healing the visions and starting to heal the planet that must be our new year's resolution for 2021 well over to our longtime wall street correspondent in scored a he's in new york for a sense can you explain this rapidly widening wealth gap because i thought governments al governments were doing something about it. well i mean this problem has so many layers but let's look at

a few points and here i mean 1st of all the widening of their wealth gap already started in the mid eighty's and it has not changed the tests increased and no matter if the president was clinton bush or obama and the frustration with washington grew and that's probably also one of many reasons why donald trump has so kind of. guy got voted for president 4 years ago and one problem that we for instance also had that unions hardly exist anymore so there's no pressure on big companies for instance to increase wages and then as you did mention the stock market will play the stock market when need money so it's clearly the wealthy profiting and what we've seen in the past couple of months so many parts of the economy are still in the meanwhile wall street is reaching one time high after another so making the rich even richer so yes is there any sign that

once this crisis passes things could change. well i mean there's always hope but specially in the past couple of not just months but also 8 years but let's just look at the pandemic washington through billions or trillions of dollars at the problem so the debts that we're seeing here in the united states be it on a government led of level let it be on of on a personal and a household level is just huge and to make systemic changes you do need money and so i just wonder where this money is supposed to come from and then also i mean the administration that just got elected the new administration coming in generally is not necessarily the most a progressive one so let's wait and see how bold those actions will be for me by the way that will be the last report of 2020 and i would just would say see you on the other side they put the sign up here at the movie theater early in the spring

and i couldn't imagine how long it would take to actually get to the other sites or happy new year oh my goodness i thought that was just the new year's eve that tragic story in itself yet it's called for the new york. this is massive explosion in the port of beirut claimed a $190.00 lives and injured thousands more it was a disaster waiting to happen corrupt officials allowed highly poisonous liquids to be stored in rusty containers at the harbor for decades now a firm from abroad is taking on the task to clean up the place. there's a dangerous surprise in every container some of them have been stored at beirut harbor for up to 20 years there's no paperwork and no one knows who they belong to let alone what's inside the contents are jumping out now forming noxious puddles the german company can't be left is now working to clean up the harbors toxic legacy. list very very important for us that we have an overview of all and to make

test of the different kind of substances because it's not a complete elated over saying so if you mix some things and it could be that with a blast him. sulphuric and hydrochloric acid acetone and now banned pesticide methyl bromide are just some of the chemicals they've found here in the bay report authority wants to get rid of the containers as quickly as possible but it's not easy. to structurally they cannot sustain their lot inside the containers and the content is falling apart we cannot leave that we can transport them. all in all there are $52.00 toxic containers here in a cordoned off area of the port the dangerous liquids are pumped into special tanks which are then shipped to germany for recycling. it's a costly process which the lebanese port can't afford but in association of

lebanese and german businessmen brokered a deal. we tried to squeeze through here mark simone. to. $3000000.00 euro and something which is was city born $6000000.00 this was the lowest we could do. the insistence of mr bus. casey who is the president of the. board. he said look i got a 4 and a dormant. copy lift is paying the initial cost itself while the port authority tries to secure a grant from the european union to stump up the remaining $1600000.00 but to rid the poor and dangerous and destructive chemicals that's

a price worth paying. before we go a look at how far the world of robotics has come the engineers of boston dynamics have been planning this 2020 farewell party for you this isn't computer generated it's the real thing and these guys on just the dances. remote inspection and sensing and have become extremely flexible and accurate in their every move even on the dance floor japan's hyundai recently snapped up the dynamics out of the company over a. buy so now. from nigeria you know that's what money would. need. and successful beyond belief. this is the way we do it.

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