area here there waiting for a chance that will probably never. dreams january 18th on t.w. . this is a date over the news my focus on the day in the world starts ringing in the new year with celebrations down from some want i could run a virus restriction to go looking at live pictures from taiwan the latest country to say goodbye to 2020. also coming out on the 8th of a year that will likely be her last in office german chancellor angela merkel calls the patients and insurance in tackling the pandemic a crisis she describes as a once in a century town. i'm

rebecca written welcome to the program taiwan is welcoming in 2021 days a live images from the capital taipei there you can see the 101 skyscraper one of the tallest buildings in the world. championship pelting gala most of the employees. since she was the feel. good she says. she's in. there we say taiwan ringing in the new well that it has been a serious. the paper this year but one of the 1st countries to ring in 2021 was

easy and i was. feeling is one of the few places in the world that's managed to successfully eliminate code and that meant the party could go ahead as usual without masks or distancing. meanwhile the stranger was going to give frontline workers a special ticket so they would have the best view of the spectacular fireworks of sydney harbor bridge but a recent outbreak in the city ruined those plans and authorities urged people instead to stay at home and watch the show on television but. it's still quite spectacular pictures that german chancellor angela merkel has called on germans to help bait the pandemic by sticking to the rules in the wakes and months ahead in what is likely to be has final years address michael said that germany size hard times but that there was light at the end of the tunnel now that

vaccinations has begun. after a year dominated by one issue it came as no surprise that the main theme of chancellor angela merkel's traditional new year's address was the pandemic. to coordinate it was funded me of the coronavirus pandemic was and is a once in a century political social and economic challenge says and it has to it's a historic crisis that has the monitor a great deal of all of us and too much of some of us if i assist us i know that mustering this historic effort has required tremendous trust and patience on your part and continues to do science with us that the pandemic and its effect on german society dominated the speech it was also a message of hope with machall paying tribute to the german scientists who developed the biotech pfizer vaccine already in use in several countries. and after 15 years this chancellor to the end of her political career beckoning ended on

a personal note in oil we're not one of them will be federal general elections in 9 months and i will not be running for reelection what falls is not a slow day i'm likely speaking to you on new years as federal chancellor for the last time. is thinking i don't think i'm exaggerating when i say that never in the past 15 years have we all experienced such a difficult year for and or need and never have we created the new year with so much hope that despite all of our concerns and some skepticism also venture in and so you and your families have my very best wishes for good health confidence and blessings on the new year 2021 months. joining me to talk more about michael's new address and her legacy is dated his chief political editor. hi thanks for coming in and so this was probably going to last new year's address we expect

after 15 years in office what was your take on this this year over what we expected to be the last because unless coalition talks continue into a next year this will be her last one and i take away that she's trying to be very stateswoman like again she is actually she says she's speaking on a personal note but then she's sounding rather reserved again like the angela merkel we know she said new motional standards throughout this year of crisis in the pandemic when she spoke of how it was breaking her heart to see sops close and everything so i think compared to what we've seen this year it's a very reserved machall something those speeches have been really emotional. surprising to see they were gripping and she really did set a new emotional standard this year and so compared to what we've seen this year this is forward looking this is trying to show empathy that she feels for those people who've lost loved ones in the covered 19 crisis and although she says it's

not only covert pretty much the speech was only covert only mentioning in passing those big overarching issues like climate change like the position of europe in the world so that was clearly missing particularly with that trade deal between the e.u. and china less than 24 hours old clearly she decided that that was something she didn't want to press upon as they are very inward looking right now yeah when she said it's been the most difficult year of her chancellors if in fact how satisfied are germans with her dealing of the pandemic they are very satisfied angela merkel is doing what she does best which is crisis management and while she set out into this year. which also in the in the 2nd half saw president c. we expected her to build her legacy which would have been much more of an uphill struggle with the german public than actually fighting a crisis which she's proved in the past when we took

a look at the financial crisis we thought we'd be talking about the migration chants come this time around and now we're talking about the woman who is seen as a champion in fighting covered $900.00 pandemic of course behind against a backdrop here and many of those numbers soaring right now so it is a more intense crisis than it was less than a year ago but always being that warning vote voice and always remaining transparent with the public that yes mistakes would be made and she didn't have the overall answer possibly dealing them head of the pandemic likely to be her legacy i think so i think her legacy will be a lot more than just the top the heading migration. yes also the european leader the one who dealt with china but over arching a crisis manager the world has probably not seen a kind before. thank you very much. and you can watch i'm going to year's address from 7 pm then time that's just under 2 hours

here on news that all about. let's take a look at some of the international stories now police in pakistan arrested 24 people after a hindu temple was set on fire destroyed in the northwestern town of carrick several muslim parents were among those taken into custody the temple was the target of muslim protests after the minority hindu community received mission to renovate it. china has approved its 1st covert 19 vaccine for general use the 2 dose cinna found shot is the 1st to be approved in china it contains an inactivated form of the virus doesn't require ultra cold storage state and in a farm says that 79 percent effective but hasn't published its full trial dossier. the us says it will increase tariffs on a range of goods including ones from the new it's the latest development in a 16 year battle over subsidies paid by both sides to their aircraft manufacturers

boeing and airbus new challenges are being slapped on airplane parts as well as brandy's from france and germany. the united kingdom will leave the e.u.'s customs union and single market at midnight central european time finally bringing an end to its membership of the european union the u.k. will then trade goods with the $27.00 member bloc under a new tracey a great with brussels last week a w. has been talking to communities will be affected by the changes today we followed it up with you correspondent bob of asal to an honest man says busiest fishing all of the fishing rights was one of the big sticking points in the trade negotiations . and let's talk about fish because this is what greg sic negotiators did during the last days of the talks in brussels they counted every fish tale around british waters because that was what the big struggle was about the existence of fisherman

owned both sides of the channel now we are today in woodlawn superman the french fishing port and with me is fisherman can stuff flow men to stuff you will probably be really relieved to see that there has been now a compromise and french fishermen will keep a certain amount of access to british waters so. it's a relief that there isn't remote because for us that means 70 percent of our catch . if you really would have had a hot no deal for exodus they say they would have lost 70 percent of a fisherman and the danger would have been that the majority of european vessels would then have come over into french waters. that at the moment with the deal we don't know the dividing lines yet where we will have the right to fish we will find out after the 1st of generate because the deal has not yet been translated into french only this is did you during the last weeks were really

afraid that there would not be an agreement and your existence would fall away. because you would use all positive. we were really afraid i say this because this concern 70 percent of our daily work and if there had been no deals our profession would have ended there would have been no future of jobs would have been lost and now we have to figure out how we can keep working the lowering of the quota we'll have to manage but it will be a constraint on a pivot tease because as you know the channel is really narrow if you leave the house. in 30 minutes you're in british water so the area where we can fish is really very small people call you to vote. do you think that after they say once you get into british warders next week after the 1st of january you'll have problems and troubles was put the fishermen who think now everything belongs to us

and i don't think we have problems with the english fisherman i think they have problems with that own government because we're not responsible for the politics or things go wrong because of threats that it's because european politicians aren't doing the right thing neither for the french nor for the british for sherman i think people the people more bitter towards british and european politicians the brits a fisherman like us and we have always worked together i think they're more disappointed with their government and re with us so this is by christopher really a word of consolation and consultation off the relationship between the 2 sides they are all fishermen they all are trying to make a living here and the governments need to find or a better compromise in the future so that they can all survive and that's all for us from here in blood through mare and the future of fisherman and we'll get back to you later. devaney's bomber of

a report in nam and other breaks it related news britain and spain have reached a last minute agreement on the future of gibraltar the british territory on the southern tip of the spanish peninsula will become part of the schengen border frames on the deal preserves freedom of movement movement across the border between spain and gibraltar without the agreement tens of thousands of spaniards and gibraltarians who cross the front to every day would have faced customs and possible checks. and my colleague benefits will and will have more on breaks it and its implications in 2021 in the business news that's coming up right after this show. well formula one driver lewis hamilton has been awarded a knighthood the highest honor given to british citizens by the queen hamilton became the sport's most successful driver this season equaling michael schumacher as record of 7 world titles and beating the german drivers 901 race. as well as his

success on the track hamilton has also campaigned against racial injustice as a prominent supporter of the black lives baton rouge. you're watching date over the news i'm rebecca ritter's it's been an absolute pleasure to have your company on they send all of our programs this year before we go we've got some pictures we want to show you of the new year's festival in scotland where a stunning run display lit up the skies me happy new year see you in 2021.

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make up. good news to finish the year on the breakthrough it's time for. a look at how relations between the u.k. and e.u. will change with the big day finally here and of course. by a thread but you know faster realizes the. process of what's known as white's gold. coming up it's been a while stock exchanges this year good and bad the fact that.

it was a stupid. the dying hours of 2020 and more last minute wrangling over. this time of a britain's border with spain madrid and london have decided the fate of gibraltar which was left out of the breaks a deal last week a small territory will state in the e.u. sanctions on allowing the thousands of workers you pour into your bolter from the surrounding spanish towns and countryside to continue to do so visa free even after midnight tonight when break that officially takes effect. but many businesses fear chaos at other borders especially the english channel and the euro tunnel britain's national farmers union and the food and drink federation worry the changes will disrupt supplies and increase costs a few that's shared on the french side as well. red tape new smart borders that don't talk to one another and traders who've left preparations for new customs

formalities to the last minute french truckers are warning of chaos just before the united kingdom restores a hard from tear with europe. but certainly could use it. if we listen to the french and british authorities yes all the talk is of smart borders they tell us that everyone is ready but that doesn't stop us from having doubts people the smallest thing even just a couple of minutes for drivers to prove their merchandises customs approved with the right documents and bar codes even that takes just a couple of minutes we know that it could lead to the him from his lines of traffic . on the street that don't. the new border will be installed 48 years after britain joined the european economic community as it was called back then for decades the fortunes of the french city of color have been deeply intertwined with the u.k. for cali ports chief executive britain's divorce in the e.u. is a sad moment. polisher to get on what the new kid on the side of the great britain is leaving us but then again did they ever really integrate into europe. i'm not

sure they always had one foot in and one foot out so they had their own currency so there wasn't true freedom of movement for people since there were checks etc. it's very regrettable but i think the english are focused on their island. sis if. they only want to follow the house of commons and not the european commission in brussels is all pretty good even to be a. bit of that which are. bitter feelings as a marriage ends but both sides still need to keep working together the 1st task is to avoid chaos at the border on january 1st. the great diversity of wild cotton species in the world is found in africa if laura says that it is global to mad textiles blooms more african countries according on to a lucrative business model at the moment most of the cotton is exported akina fast

so wants to process it to its harvest season in book ina faso southwest of the capital walker dugu the last balls of organic cotton are being picked the yummy or go family farm 6 hectors of land here they were able to harvest around 6 tons of cotton this year. in our 50 years of farming here we've never used any pesticides or insecticides. i follow in the footsteps of my elders and you can knock on. not the cotton is processed in this factory in the city of. the startup began in 2017 and now has 50 workers employed here every month they produce around 3000 meters of cloth all for the francois premier clothing line and demand is growing it used to be that just under 3 percent of 4

kena fossils cotton production was processed domestically most of the raw cotton was grown for export but that's changing which is why francois has formed an alliance with other textile manufacturers. hoping that the textile association has become a partner with the state making proposals to the government and receiving contracts from them. the state can't afford to give a contract to a merchant who imports fabrics from abroad. we have already provided $12000000.00 masks during the pandemic it's a big deal. if we didn't have any association backing us the contract worth 4 and a half a 1000000 euros would have gone to china will. be debt i looked at the. designer yummy ogo wants to set a good example with his francois premier brand he insists on organically grown socially sustainable fashion he sells his fashion line from his shop in ouagadougou

at a premium price one of his loyal customers is the artist and show host saif son full . i decided to wear the francoise premier brand because it represents development for me. cotton grown in pork enough aso harvested in pork enough ah so. you know woven here spun here so i'm here and born by booking. you know it's a closed loop. only. as their common processing grows the more their domestic economy will be cut from the same cloth. time now for a quick look at some of the other stories making business news china became the world's biggest movie market in 2020 despite the pandemic wiping out 2 thirds of box office takings it overtook the u.s. for the 1st time with revenues of $3000000000.00 movies dominated the market.

factory activity in china slowed modestly in december that's according to the purchasing managers' index released on thursday demand for chinese exports was hit by fresh lockdowns and strict containment measures in key markets including europe and the united states. and the u.s. says it will raise tariffs on a range of goods including wine from the e.u. it's the latest development in a 16 year battle over subsidies paid by the 2 sides to boeing and airbus for the challenges of being placed on airplane parts as well as brandy from france and germany. 2020 has been a year of extremes on exchanges including wall street the world's most closely watched indexes the dow jones and the s. and p. $500.00 started the year optimistically as code $1000.00 square on the globe at economies shut down trade is freaked out businesses went bankrupt and we saw the biggest financial crash in history however as the u.s.

government pumped trillions of dollars into the economy stocks rose almost as for magically as they felt the spite of the hardship u.s. stocks actually ended 2020 higher than before the pandemic. so what can we expect from the markets next year sabrina kessler is our financial correspondent in new york sabrina wall street loved donald trump what happens when joe biden takes over. so for most and best there is the election oh so by it has really been . a lot of animal for november 3rd election and what they said was most of course we like problems flawlessly. lowered and we're like this. but you brought an enormous amount off uncertainty to the market price war with china for it and if there's $1.00 thing that markets really hate and it's uncertain and that's something i know it's going to change besides making sure that the parts

that make get dealt with so a lot of investors i'm really looking forward to buy and present and see however there is one thing which is still out here and that's the run up in georgetown actually why is that while markets tend to like tech and balances to make sure one party doesn't have too much sway so they hope that republicans will retain the senate and that's when the when is what i mean a divided congress in the future so that biden will have a chance to influence the economy but doesn't change strom's cheeseman in terms of taxes and regulation too much support we've also seen how vaccine stripes markets this year will that be a game changer in 2021. totally and i would even go so far as to say that the vaccine will drive stock markets even more than a by the president because in the end it all comes down to corporate earnings and how companies are doing and it's obvious that the vaccine is the only path to an

economic recovery so yes it remains the game changer next year although i wouldn't be too surprised if we see a correction in the 1st part on not only because many analysts predict that the economy will get worse during the winter before it gets better but also because markets tend to see a setback when it comes to a change in the white house as we will see it with biden in january. from how new york correspondent coming from a very rainy new york sobrino try to keep dry for us thank you very much. thank you. let's take stock of the to moche was you know with our financial correspondent in frankfurt sunday. the world is in the middle of the worst recession since the 2nd world war but you wouldn't know that by the performance of the stock markets this year the open markets kept breaking records after records even as log downs shuttered forms and costs millions of jobs tech companies like

apple google and amazon outperform the index so did the so-called stay at home stocks leg zoom and netflix but it was tesla stole the show soaring more than 600 percent this year but the miracle of the year was prices turning negative which meant traders were essentially paying buyers to take oil off their hands while prices were battered by a record slump in demand due to the pandemic and a price war led by saudi arabia they finally recovered some lost ground when riyadh and moscow agreed to unprecedented output cuts the pandemic added to gold safe haven appeal the precious metal breached the 2000 dollar an ounce milestone for the 1st time but gold's tunder were stolen by bitcoin the cryptocurrency emerged from the fringes and forced mainstream investors to take notice bitcoin enjoyed

a wild run splashing records after records as institutional investors and public companies joined the party the global rally was supported by governments and central banks which get the money taps wide open that's something the markets would be hoping to continue even in 2021. just fun day for us and here's a way to save a little money this new year's eve instead of rushing out and buying loads of fireworks south african president cyril ramaphosa has suggested lighting a candle at midnight not only to celebrate the new year in memory of those who've lost their lives to the coronavirus and in tribute to those on the front line working to save our lives and protect us so we've lived these candles for you happy new year from the entire business if you wish you health wealth and happiness for 2021. why for that.

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they would say what makes the dems who. join the love on banning them away from. i love the outdoors. and everyone with lead a holes in everything. getting are you ready to meet the germans and join me right just do it under you. 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 a. one prominent figure who certainly did that but many are divided on whether he

should house is he a beacon of truth to national security. in 2006 at the julian assange to set up the organization way pilate's 4 years later it published classified information on u.s. military action in iraq and afghanistan in 2012 assault on facing what he called trumped up charges of sexual assault took refuge in the ecuadorian embassy in london but in 2019 durrant withdrew his asylum enabling his arrest a song that faces extradition to the u.s. on espionage charges now he's just one very high profile and very specific example but many whistleblowers 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 off of 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 close work for 20 years that bosch a major supplier to the automotive industry in an online 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. . the new hope mystified 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. then this scandal hit the headlines car makers like folks are going to mercedes were using cheat software to

disguise the high levels of emissions on their 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. 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. of the. bison also 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.

those not really thought 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 wreck a 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 i 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. just in front is challenging his dismissal at a labor court he's already won once 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 protects employees who speak out about corporate misdemeanors. meissen with the most whistleblowers lose their job within a year and they're often subjected to harassment. as they may be 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 and 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 much purpose here whistleblowers can fulfill an important function in 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 to 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 distances and time for 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 and perceval talk 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 an industry trade shows. volkswagen for one is run by alpha males. i was in these are good i don't think you find any whistle blowers in this kind of corporate culture. because they all keep their heads down because they're afraid of

having them chopped off. that's the culture and i find it disgusting to a lot of shindy. 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 decent should be fired presiding as he does over a corporate culture in which everyone is too afraid to stand up to the bosses. volkswagen maybe one of the world's biggest car makers but the diesel initials cheating scandal was only possible because no one there dared to speak out. said that mr decent 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 and i

never would schools in my many years in this profession i've had the great privilege of own. we working for clients that i like. mark but not by what is 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 by forever you have to listen now that so many people are working remotely from one of the challenges involved in creating and leading a strong team. they're going to surprise you 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 tone. and if trust is there if open and honest debate is possible within a company there might be no need for whistleblowing. according to hina tallboy 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 at a luxury hotel her fission fruit sauce has won international awards it's become a house favorite the restaurant's signature dish. never the less 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's a crime 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 it's 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 that too 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. 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 our show today is about speaking truth to power but what if your the powerful one if you were the boss wouldn't 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 my own practice but also can create environments of innovation gelati and of course inclusive to helping people to speak up work to. save my advice on how to create a speak up culture in your workplace. think about the last group challenge. now if you're struggling to think of examples then perhaps others.