this is simply trying to get. listen to scupper the live. live subscribe to the documentary to live. she was once the hope of amy and more run by the people not by the army now on song suchi could be sent to prison by the very generals who overthrew her government and he dared to challenge lead a mere putin kremlin critic alexina vone he survived a poison attack now he'll have to survive time in a russian prison tonight the 1st foreign policy test for the biden administration

the world is watching what will this america do i'm bored berlin this is the day. the united states is deeply concerned. sons who cheat political career military the strongest possible sanctions the united states will continue to work closely with our partners and do it with one voice the reiterate our call for the russian government they did syrian human rights situation in russia to immediately unconditionally release mr no funny. also coming up amazon's c.e.o. jeff bezos says he used his garage to change forever the way we go shopping now he's using his wealth to possibly change the way we see the stars. for

to manage and start to want to. look to our viewers on p.b.s. of the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with the 1st stress tests of u.s. foreign policy led by president joe biden from the campaign trail all the way to the white house biden promised americans to focus all of his. tension 1st on ending the pandemic at home and he has been doing exactly that but 2 weeks into his presidency the world is demanding some of his attention to 2 geopolitical flashpoints where democracy is in danger number one russia and the fate of criminal critics alexina volney yesterday of only was sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for violating probation connected to

a conviction for embezzling money and of ali says the kremlin is behind the prosecution and that president putin wants him silenced the european union and the u.s. consider volley to be proof that the rule of law under putin is being attacked the binding ministration is reportedly considering sanctions in response here sanctions could also be slapped against me in mar on monday the military overthrew the democratically elected government led by on song suchi today suchi was charged with illegally importing walkie talkies a strange of skewer charge that could land her in prison he writes groups are already sounding the alarm take a list. she has been charged with. then. ask me maybe many more on t.v. a charge against your and we are moving any change in.

any. democracy is in danger and the world is waiting for an answer from a new us president what will that look like what can it look like what to discuss the possibilities i'm joined tonight by tory tell stick tory is a fellow with the brookings institution focusing on u.s. foreign policy she's also a research director at harvard university she joins me tonight from washington d.c. tori's good to have you on the day before we talk about these 2 challenges for the new administration perhaps you could give our viewers an idea of what joe biden state department has at its disposal after the trip presidency how much credibility remains for america as a defender of human rights and democracy thank you for having me on brant it is an uphill battle for the u.s. state department for the u.s. government for the country in speaking out against these human rights abuses and

these challenges to democracy and our very own democracy is being challenged at home over these last few years and we certainly have our work cut out for us americans diplomats have their work cut out for them taking on these challenges abroad you say diplomats what about america's top diplomat how crucial to this new foreign policy is the new secretary of state blinken. now that now in place u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken has has come out saying the right things on these geo political flashpoints he has carved out russian president vladimir putin has called for the release of political opposition leader lexan of money and the release of those who were arrested in the widespread protests across russia and he's also called out the me and maher generals who have detained a democratically elected leader on sound suki so he's saying the right things he's garnering the right simpler at home and i think we're going to see

a strong response from this administration on both of these challenges to democracy in russia and in the end we know the white house is reportedly considering sanctions against me and more do we know how effective sanctions would be against the military at this point it's a great question we haven't seen exactly the type of sanctions that this administration might put in place what we do know is that the u.s. government has a long track record of imposing sanctions on burma over the last decade of military rule leading up to the democratic elections in 2015 that were then removed and now u.s. spokesperson. jen psaki has said that all of the sanctions that were removed are now back under review these are sanctions that could be put in place against the military leadership against the generals that have carried out this coup and their families and networks and so they could have bite but all options are on the table

and them how far do you think this white house will go to help on song suchi of it she is she's no longer the torch bearer of freedom and democracy that she wants was . yes time to keyes inability to speak out against the genocidal actions against their home minority in recent years has certainly furnished her reputation in the west i think this is more a call for me teenie democratic leadership firming teaming than mars kind of fledgling democracy and less so for this particular leader as you mentioned her reputation has been under stress in recent years in the u.s. but i still think you will see a strong push as you have seen from president biden secretary of state lincoln and other western leaders for the release of this democratically elected leader of myanmar let's consider the other stress test here for russia and the imprisonment

of kremlin critic alexina ball today the white house press secretary was asked about that phone call that president biden made with russian president putin shortly before or after biden moved into the white house take on this. when he called president putin he did not hold back he made clear that while there are areas where we can work together say new start which is in the interest of the security of the united states he has concerns about a number of areas of their reported interference whether it's in elections in the hacking of the united states that solar winds hacking i should say reports of bounties on american troops there's an ongoing review that's happening which he also stated in that in that conversation. torie jen psaki there she does a good job of going through the one list of problems that the u.s. has with russia what does the prison sentence seeing of alexian of all what does it do to the calculus of biden's foreign policy. it adds another gent on the

scorecard of challenges that the u.s. and russia face at the beginning of this administration and i think it's important to keep in mind that this is not it ministration that is seeking a reset with russia in the ways that previous administrations have george w. bush came into office seeking a reset with russia president barack obama did the same and of course we start from president very little criticism is that president putin and his repression at home and aggression abroad so this is ministration has come in early saying that it is going to take seriously the challenges it views from russia in the united states when it comes to election interference with the solar with attacking but also with the imprisonment of political opposition leader alexei navalny so this is a and administration that's come out swinging showing that it is going to take challenges from russia seriously unlike the previous administration for our viewers tell us which is the easier case to be made by president biden to congress

sanctions against myanmar or more sanctions against russia. we've actually seen support from congress on both of these fronts thus far throughout the trump administration and there was bipartisan support in congress for pushing further sanctions on president putin and his cronies on russia for its occupation of ukraine annexation of crimea so i think there is a groundswell of bipartisan support for further sanctions on russia at this at this flashpoint advances in support from other western leaders that have already moved to impose sanctions because of the nerve only placing so we could see last year movement there however i think that there is pretty broad bipartisan support for moving forward in a critical way in both me and mar in russia when it comes to sanctions you focus on transatlantic relations the only story has given ammunition to opponents of the nord stream to natural gas pipeline from russia to germany president biden has

always been against this project german chancellor angela merkel she has not budged in her support of the project can never volney can his imprisonment can it move the needle at all here so in his confirmation hearing u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken called north stream 2 a bad idea we've also seen a lot of criticism from the u.s. congress standing criticism on north stream too there's no question that this is going to remain a point of difference between germany and the united states i think with this moment with the new bonnie jelling shows is that there are other issues that the united states germany and european partners need to unite on even if we were being divided on issues such as nurturing to you in finally there was quite a bit of a stir at the end of the trump administration that the u.s. role in the world has been forever diminished in tarnished in your opinion what do

events in me and more and russia say to that 8. well this is an early test for the by the ministration as i mentioned before we have an uphill battle in speaking out against democratic backsliding as we have of course didn't challenge here at home but i think that these issues and the early responses from the by demonstration show that we as a country have a stake in the democratic backsliding that we are seeing around the world and that when we speak out with one voice we can move the needle on democratic resurgence but that we need to be a stronger ways at the table we need to be a leader in multilateral fora for pushing back against these human rights atrocities as democratic backsliding but it's going to take time and i think the events that we've seen in the united states show that we have just as much a stake in the health of democracy around the world as other countries do tories

out from the brookings institution tory we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight it's good to get your insights thank you and. well it is the end of an era at amazon founder jeff bezos is stepping down as c.e.o. later this year giving up leadership of the online retail giant that he began in his garage back in 1994 his stake in amazon has made bezos one of the richest men on the planet even during the pandemic his wealth grew as amazon's business benefited from lock downs and customers moving online for the last quarter of the 2020 year the company reported revenues of $125000000000.00 profit doubling to over $7000000000.00 that's a nice way to go well bezos will transition to the role of executive chairman he'll be replaced by andy jassi who currently runs amazon web services.

all right so what's going on here to talk about that i'm drawn to the table by stephen beardsley from the business stephen so let's start with jesse what or who is c. and what does his rise to say you know what does it mean so any jesse join the company in 1907 and he quickly moved up to something like a chief of staff for jeff bezos so he knows the company really well he's credited with being one of the architects with bezos of this idea of cloud computing services in which a company like amazon also google microsoft they rent out servers and provide data infrastructure for companies usually it's been very profitable it doesn't account for a lot of revenue but it's incredibly profitable sort of counts for so much of the money that they're actually making you mentioned that last quarter so much of that was actually from cloud computing services he runs that right now and his move up basically is one could say that's a bet on the future viability of that service. has also seen his selection is also seen as being basically he's sort of very much in the mold of jeff bezos right he's

rigorously analytical he's very open to a decentralized kind of leadership style very and very detailed data focused i should say and so in some ways it's really not that much of a difference in some ways in terms of leadership style then bezos perhaps the question is he hasn't had so much time on the retail side of course amazon the world's biggest online retailer $300.00 so that could be something that it would be interesting to watch him go from being c.e.o. to executive chairman the what does that mean for his role you know executive chairman this is one of the questions executive chairman is sort of a very trendy way to pull a c.e.o. out of the day to day operations without seeing them completely leave the company so in some cases we see that these c.e.o.'s former c.e.o.'s remain on a sort of the face of the company and in a way they usually have ties to it such as a founder in the case of bezos and it takes them out of the day to day operational tasks and allows. some sit back and do some more project oriented stuff while

giving them also the ability to help someone like an n.h.s. the transition to his role of the question will be how well those roles are defined right because if you're a c.e.o. suddenly taking over from the founder you definitely want to know you know at what point his base those come in what influence does he have but from what we hear amazon has been discussing this for quite some time so you would think that those roles are hopefully hashed out for jesse that's for sure we know that amazon is seen. as baby right so what would you say how big is the imprint of his on the company and what about the criticism that the corporate culture there was was toxic that corporate culture really is modeled on bezos his personality his self its relentless in terms of seeking perfection in terms of seeking customer satisfaction you know what i say seeking perfection it's not like in the model of a steve jobs where someone who says you know we have to have everything specifically right before we release it to the public amazon is known for taking

bets on things to see how things work in the public and then rigorously assessing did it work did it not using data really coming through things you mention the criticism of the corporate culture it is seen as a very tough place to work it is seen as somewhere where you come to scrap for your ideas and your credited with success when you make it all the way to the top by defending your ideas by being very vocal others would say that that vocal ness leans into hostility sometimes in meetings and that some of the criticisms womb was the biggest challenge would you say facing amazon moving forward before we run out of time and what about just business wanting to reach for the stars well but i would say the biggest challenge is regulation right the question of you know amazon is both a platform and a seller that's one of the questions can it be both as far as blue origin's that's his passion project he's made that clear from beginning he's often referred to amazon as a way to get into space actually it was funding that and he still has some work to do to catch up to you on moss but they have the plan. and this will probably be

a boost for those plans of his. to the stars stephen business stephen thank you. if we can reduce the cost of lunch by a factor of $10.00 and then by a factor of $100.00 and believe me that's going to take time and a lot of hard work but if we can do that you will be living in a completely new world it'll be a golden age of space exploration you'll see so many people then it will be a big industry and a very dynamic and fascinating one it will be a golden age a golden age that was jeff bezos laying out his vision for space travel back in 2017 now the outgoing amazon c.e.o. plans to devote his full time in his wealth to exploring the final frontier a couple of weeks ago private space company blue origin successfully tested its launch rocket and capsule new shepherd is a reusable space designed to carry paying tourists on short trips to the edge of

space. for maximum reuse ability to help lower launch costs. now compare that compare what you just saw to the latest test flight by bezos his rival ilan musk his space x. his latest starship prototype ended well in a fireball the stainless steel rocket managed a successful takeoff and high altitude test in texas but it went up in flames there you see it boom landing the last prototype made a similar fate in december and a webcast of the latest launch the company said that it had a crate flight but still needs to quote work on their landing take a little bit i would say sir. all right to talk about this space race i'm joined now by keith cowing he's a blogger in the founder of the website nasa watch he is also former rocket scientist himself keith it's good to have you back on the show let me get your

thoughts 1st on this this space race of billionaires we've got a lot must we've got jeff bezos and you know i want to add richard branson what do you make of this well you know i'm often asked i know you and i don't know the other 2 gentlemen but. they read too much science fiction when they were kids like a lot of us they read so much of it they actually thought that it's possible to do then they somehow became rich and they don't know any better than the trying to do this stuff and they have now as 11 offices nontrivial resources sufficient to do that and in your prior piece of her just somebody seem to be so slipped down amazon has the way gerry the cash for words it will you and views tesla as other country on companies in the same way so you know you've got you've got people now who have the financial resources that rival or exceed those of countries so it's inevitable you're going to see something like this happen and am i hearing you right there is

there some criticism in your description of this new space race. not at all i've known you a lot of people knowing it's not an uncommon thing to say don't go on for over 20 years some ways he's changed but at the core of who he is easy just somebody who dreams big and reaches out to make the dreams happen and you know i mean that he has his detractors but he has his supporters and spans and you know i mean just look at any novel way of doing things whether it's federal express or whatnot it always starts with a couple of crazy people with a little too much too much in the way of dreams and a little bit extra money and then years research back later and say well you know amazon what a crazy idea let's go order groceries right i mean there is a very good point i've been reading some critiques of this new space rivalry one criticism is that this is just another story of a rich man who does some research and launches a rocket and that's it and is that is that

a fair criticism. no not at all i mean he started out i remember the very early rockets and he was he asked me who says should i show the sly but he says you might as well you get over it's going to blow up to get it over with people see it but if you succeed they see you do it live and he went from doing that to the point now he's making money meet real actual money launching commercial satellites into space and this is not dissimilar from what we had here in the states when we had the still berens in the railroad barons back in the hundreds who were competing with each other and the net result is we had this vast a railroad system and you could argue it through their motives yeah you might say needed they've you know maybe should chill out a little more but the flip side is we all benefit from you know their dreams becoming manifest reality so you know big pick which sent the equation you want to be on well you know last week was the 35th anniversary of the challenger explosion and iran musk you know he's been very vocal in his criticism of the inefficiency at

nasa jeff bezos he doesn't say much publicly one way or the other. do you feel like we know all that there is to know about these men and their space ambitions. you know iraq it 1st well they're not government so they can pretty much too mean you can go back to howard hughes in airplanes or the wright brothers i mean there's always you know against people with of money in a dream how much do you want to know i mean even on pretty much taking a break from twitter now but even pretty much puts himself out there in twitter i mean that's not seal and that sets that seal and these us is a far more private person branson somewhere in the middle he lets you know what he's doing to a certain extent with or is going into space or selling goods on the internet or electric cars or any other imaginative business usually you have somebody at the top who is sort of the being embodiment of what the company is about we had a previous discussion talked about what basis would be doing just to be in both the

company he probably just will spend an hour or less every day looking at spreadsheets and so forth you know we talk about the dreams that these wealthy people have but what's the reality in terms of technology i mean we're still years away from mass space tourism are we. yeah we are and it's going to be expensive but you know one thing that was brought up as you know can anybody do this i don't the training i've actually flown it of centrifuge up to 6.2 g.'s i've done the the suborbital thing that the region at anybody who's a good health can do it it is the length of the other day if you can take one of these roller coaster rides and you come out of it intact you can go into space the issue really is money and one of the questions it was asked of you and just the other day with the big announcement was how does this you know rich guy putting a whole bunch of money into this one flight translate into the you know the rest of us going and you know the analogy is is it feeds the fun scorch of the starship

project in you you fly in fly and crash it until you get it right and eventually you know you find the way that the you know the market will bear the prices would start to come down and this is been proven before we if you look at the airline industry back in the day it was rich people's you know drinking champagne hopping on flying boats across the pacific until somebody came up with a cheaper way to do it and of course now it's you know ryanair $29.00 to fly very new the wrong i mean you know that's a very good point champ team saints keep telling us always keep that's a 2nd when it's not it's going to get in your insights tonight it's a fascinating topic i'm sure we'll be talking again in the near future thank you. well britain has been honoring captains sir tom moore the war 2 veterans you walked his way into the hearts of a nation when he raised money for u.k. health care workers he died yesterday at the age of 100 after testing positive for coke at 19 today london paid his respects to the late captain with

a tribute on the giant screen at piccadilly circus one of the capital's most famous landmarks and people all around the country took to their windows and door steps for a national class of captain tom including the prime minister or still. well the days almost on the commons if you continue someone you'll find us on twitter me the news you can follow me on t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody.

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welcomes german military medics arriving to help battle the coronavirus crisis the country's health system has been overwhelmed as infections spiral out of control and a new u.n. report says modern agriculture is the biggest killer of biodiversity and that changing the way we eat is key to saving the planet's wildlife. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us police in myanmar today formally charged alstad leader aung song suchi a step that could lead to prison time for sushi authorities say that she illegally imported walkie talkies and that they were found inside her home if convicted she could face up to 2 years in prison and a national campaign of civil disobedience has been growing since monday's military coup protesting medical workers say they will not work for the new military regime

and that they're wearing red ribbons as a symbol of defiance they are refusing to give non emergency treatment. acts of defiance too noisy to ignore residents of young gone buying pots and honk their car horns for a 2nd night major demonstrations against the military for now have not taken place earlier in the day health workers and hospitals across myanmar wore red or black ribbons and refuse to do any non-emergency work much of the civil disobedience is being organized online. activist fans are showing les ye is one of the driving forces behind the calm pain every. now yeah we have it a bit of i have to just say this is the only us the we've been years

of this since the war past few hours that we have seen the military. and the heavy military presence is on full display here in the capital naypyidaw tanks and soldiers were on patrol. the country's military chiefs appeared on state television and 11 members has been appointed will rule under a year long state of emergency. the whereabouts of myanmar's i've stood leaders including son suchi remains unclear several charges have been brought against her including possession of unlawful communication devices the ministry have claimed the reason for the coup was allegations of fraud in last november's elections which suit cheese national league for democracy party one members of the party have condemned the coup. the military action to take control of the country

is not a good thing considering we've had democracy peace the national cease fire agreement . and we've had a well managed system to deal with covert 19. no this isn't good at all for the citizens. despite international condemnation and open disobedience myanmar's military appears determined to undo the course of the country's past to change. are for more now i'm joined by keeley long she is in london and she is with the human rights group amnesty international she is a researcher on me in mart's good to have you on the program amnesty says that this is and in this moment for me and more what are your fears for the people there tonight libya and the bit broader political crackdown they concerned about human rights defenders in general about activist civil society and generalists as well as the humanitarian situation in the country where by the 300000 people are displaced and we're not sure what the story is yet

with aid access under the military we understand world leaders they have condemned the military's actions what can the international community do at this point what do you expect them to do we're hoping that they will say stronger action and obviously we had there has been security council convened yesterday and didn't fail to come out with a statement and we hope to see something stronger than that we're calling for i.c.c. for a feral situation in the entire country and these are really extraordinary circumstances and they were in a very serious response. what about the figure here of on song suchi amnesty is calling for her release she's a difficult figure now there was and she she has presided over human rights subdues is in me and more that's right but now that you know if it

exists it is as you say a very complicated situation and that given that the fast furious charges and that this appears to be a baseless detention recalling to her release nevertheless. if we look back several years on songs when she was praised around the world she was seen as the white for a a bright future for me and marred democracy in the country also respect for human rights that with what we've seen in the last 2 years has been diminished i'm severely do you think that the international reaction to this coup would be different would be greater if unk song suit she had lived up to the expectations. it's really impossible to say i think and that we send the amnesty we position along sunset she was there we were very much the awards she'd been given to image has been tarnished internationally but the country is more than just one person's

15000000 people and that's really great the international community has to think about in the long with amnesty international joining us tonight from london we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you. a team of german military medical staff has travelled to portugal to help in the country's battle against a 3rd wave of the coronavirus they've delivered much needed medicines as well as hospital beds and ventilators hospitals across portugal have been overwhelmed by one of the world's worst 1000 now or. the much anticipated age on arrival h doctors and 18 medics from the german military will remain in portugal for the next 3 weeks to help get the worsening corona virus situation under control but an advance team was already in the country last week to assess the situation now the german medical personnel will assist portuguese health care workers to treat covert

19 patients idea she is going to be with me aside i have just sent a message to my german colleagues to thank them for best 2 parts and i've already received a reply from then they wrote that's what friends are for especially if it is settling for me and help us desperately need it intensive care units across the country are completely full portuguese media reporting that patients are spending hours waiting and violence is before they can be admitted to hospital many portugese were relieved to hear it was coming from abroad situation is really bad so every little bit coliseum i could guess was no way of course it's just a drop in the ocean at the moment we definitely need more help but it shows how good it is to be part of the euro. portugal has been shut down since mid january nevertheless infection rates remain high many experts believe that the rep it spreads off new virus mutations are to blame the arrival of the german medical team

is a big topic in the portuguese public many commentators emphasize that germany is the 1st country to send the doctors and nurses will start working tomorrow already that intended to support local stuff in several hospitals here in this upon further delivery of medical supplies from germany is expected to arrive soon and other european countries including austria and spain have also promised to provide support. a new study suggests the oxford astra zeneca vaccine could prevent people from spreading the corona virus the research by oxford university is the 1st to show a vaccine stopping the corona virus from being passed on as well as protecting people against code but 19 the university says the vaccine could cut transmission of the virus by 2 thirds scientists also found that a single shot can offer a high level of protection lasting up to 12 weeks more than 10000000 britons have

now been vaccinated against the vibes the british health minister met hancock as welcomed the study's findings at this else that. is a very good news at 8 backs the strategy that we've taken and shows the world that the often vaccine works effectively and the really good news embedded in it is that it not just reduces hospitalizations that we know people in this part of the trial who hospitalized. but we kind of add up to getting the job but also it reduces the number of people who have caved it actual even a symptomatically by around to say. that hancock there speaking earlier we have some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the former european central bank chief mario draghi has agreed to try to form a new government of national unity in his home country the governing coalition

collapsed last month after a splinter party withdrew would support druggy who was often referred to as super mario is widely credited with saving the euro zone during a currency crisis in turkey more than 300 students and their supporters have been detained this week following violent confrontations with police they are angry about president richard talking of everyone's appointment of a party loyalist as the head of a prestigious university in istanbul the rector. at the center of this debate has ruled out quitting despite the unrest. organizers of the tokyo olympics say they're committed to the games going ahead successfully despite much of japan being under a state of emergency because of the pandemic the games are due to open in july they've already been postponed for one year. plant and animal species are dying you know tens if not hundreds of times faster than the average that we've seen over the past 10000000 years well that's according to a new u.n.

report that was published today and the culprit no big surprise it's us humankind and the way we eat is largely to blame. stealthy and solitary cheetahs may not be the biggest of all the big cats but they certainly are the fastest reaching speeds of up to handed 30 kilometers per hour to catch their prey but despite their speed down numbers are following the i.u.c.n. estimates that almost 7000 of the animals can still be found in the wild most in sub-saharan africa that's down from 100000 just over a century ago like many other animals found across the world their population is threatened and their most important especially of. the. because. farming in

agriculture are a major driver of habitat loss and to keep threat to more than 85 percent of the $28000.00 species at risk of extinction that's according to a new u.n. report released wednesday together with animal welfare organization compassion in world farming and british think tank chatham house. at the heart of the problem is a cheaper food paradigm say authors which aims to produce ever more food at ever lower costs. around a 3rd of land globally is currently used as a group called land with one 3rd of that use for crops and the remaining 2 thirds for grazing livestock. to battle biodiversity loss humans would have to lower their intake of meat reducing the need for more land and significantly cut our food waste say authors of the report changing our global food system may be an

uphill battle but saving biodiversity is paramount say experts. on. almost. and. i have. been. diversity without reform destruction of ecosystems and habitats won't only accelerate biodiversity loss for animals like the cheetah they authors of the report but also threaten our ability to sustain human populations. $600.00 australian open players officials and their support staff have been told to isolate in a quarantine hotel after a hotel worker tested positive for cope with 19 this is just 5 days before the

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the show m c. it's good to have you with us well jeff bezos is synonymous with amazon the company he built a modest online book retailer into a 1.7 trillion dollar everything store basis is now stepping back a fact of in july and tending his company to one of his top deputies and many ways amazon isn't primed for breaking in profit like never before challenges to look. what comes next for the world's richest man jeff bezos founded amazon in a washington garage in 1904 and built it into play he met that has attended the business of buying and selling goods the 57 year old has become one of the most respected and feared business leaders in the world and the richest but the net worth of almost $200000000000.00 and an e-mail to employees business wrote that being the c.e.o. of amazon is a deep responsibility and it's consuming. right and by stepping back he'll

find time to focus on his other projects such as the washington post which he bought in 2013 for $250000000.00. or his rocket company blue origin. phase that was has invested heavily in this business but is lacking behind rival tech basilan musk space x. . meanwhile his successor andy chassis is set to inherit a business that is increasingly under attack. for how wield its platform to undercut or even try competitors out of business. for how it treats its sprawling network of 1300000 employees who have complained of brutally long shifts poor pay and unsafe conditions and warehouses. as amazon's influence and profit grow so due to the demands terrain and its power it now falls on jesse to answer those

calls earlier i spoke with alison stewart alan she's chief executive of international marketing partners in london and i asked her what's expected of the new c.e.o. and jesse. so he currently runs the web services business which basically hosts the cia's website and a number of other very important websites to perhaps even touch of ella's and this is an incredibly successful large and growing business that provides that infrastructure for other companies and provides that platform for them to have their websites and interactivity and sell merchandise for many retailers as well so it's quite important it's an infrastructure business it's not a consumer facing business it's not a retail business but clearly this is the bet that you know just be source and andy jassi are both making on the future of the company that doesn't mean to

say it isn't about retail in the future but it does mean it's about the data and clearly from hosting all of these websites around the globe as amazon web services does your amassing quite a bit of information there particularly skilled at analytics so that's that's where the future bet is. alison stewart alan there let's go over to our financial correspondent younes court in new york for a quick market subject yet another tech company google having a big day on wall street working tell us. it's been a stellar quarter for google's company alphabet they had a profit offer good to $15000000000.00 that was almost $5000000000.00 more than a year ago and specially if you compare the last quarter was what happened in the 2nd quarter and a lot of companies in the midst of the pandemic had to cut costs and was that spending we saw back then quite a drop when it came to the edge revenue but that definitely changed them at revenue

in the past quarter by a good 22 percent due to pet a very strong performance with the revenue increase of almost 50 percent and also the cloud service from alpha bit had an increase of revenue advice of about 50 percent and even if that business is not profitable yet there's a lot of investment that needs to be done but overall a very strong quarter and revenue is back so that's probably the big message for google and the stock was up by more than 7 percent so reaching an all time high here on wall street. with the latest from wall street thank you a german industrial giant siemens appears to have weathered a difficult 2020 quite well its latest results show orders and profits up on the up are up on a year ago before the coronavirus pandemic hit in particular by strong growth in

china for c.e.o. joe kayser that meant ending his time as c.e.o. or a positive note. joe kayser was known inside siemens as a reformer under his leadership siemens was radically restructured from a global conglomerate that had gotten too bloated to be efficient to a slimmer siemens eiji was several spun off divisions siemens health in years went public in 2018 siemens energy and 2020 and despite the pandemic siemens 1st quarter results for this fiscal year were strong with income soaring by 1500000000 euros on the year so who is taking over the home of the german engineering giant that would be deputy c.e.o. role and bush who wants to signal a forward thinking stance in coming. in the next decade the global economy will reinvent itself the backbone of our economies will be completely transformed by digitalisation industry infrastructure mobility energy and health care the pandemic

has already accelerated this emotional and. shareholders now hope that the company will continue to find ways to remain profitable but just this week the siemens energy and which siemens still holds a one 3rd stake and now today was slashing nearly 8000 jobs including 3000 in germany employee organizations hope that their workers won't be left in the cold during this transitional and often to mulch us period and siemens history. or oil saw its biggest gains in a year wednesday as investors hope for a rebound from the pandemic price drop a drop that cost oil companies billions last year but a bigger question looms over the industry as the world tries to decarbonize the best days of fossil fuels behind us even the major players are sure to take b.p. it's divesting many of its oil and gas assets and its repping up investments in renewables here's c.e.o.

baron ard looney you can see that clip i don't think we have him up. well he said we all want energy that is reliable and affordable but that is no longer enough it must also be cleaner that's what he said in a statement to his company in february now compare that to exxon mobil the american company believes that oil and gas will remain viable much further into the future and here's c.e.o. dan woods in a memo to employees saying that we conclude that the needs of society will drive more energy use in the years ahead and an ongoing need for the products we produce that from an october memo to his employees so 2 different directions there and to help sort of sort this out for us i want to talk to ron buso he covers oil and energy for reuters from london thank you so much for joining us. why is it that the past year has sharpened the thinking from oil companies so much to their future yes there's no question that the collapse in energy demand due to the virus demick

really kind of got. executives thinking hard about the outlook for energy consumption in general and for their company specifically and for many of the europeans oil majors. they saw that or they forecast of the epidemic actually accelerated all the scenarios or peak oil contract in demand for gas. so that helped them focus on their new strategies to shift to renewable energy and gradually move away from oil and gas even if these are very long term strategies so we saw that 2 companies they're taking different directions what do investors think we have a sense of how investors see it. well you have a very clear sense that. they're not really buying into into either.

side of the pond. b.p. shell and total european ones and others are presenting vicious. strategies to the crease their greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade with. more renewables who are more solar and they were welcomed in concept but shareholders actually didn't buy into it and their shares did really really poorly over the past year b.p. and shell of their own something like 40 percent over the past year. same for exxon only that. it has its own problems even regardless of the transition how difficult is it for companies this big to suddenly transition i'm guessing suddenly may not be the right that word there but how hard is it for them. it's

extremely extremely hard these are companies that are 12150 years old they kind of invented the more than energy system in many ways they have a very loyal and focus on business and they know what they're doing here and they're not trying to shift into a completely new business model a new type of energy renewables and even a new kind of customers because they're seeing you know that consumers will stop driving in petrol using petrol cars and move to electric vehicles so they're offering has to move from oil to electricity into something relatively new to them so it's huge huge huge task for them and they think they have kind of the big ideas of how to get there the europeans at least but now right now the year into these strategies we're starting to realize that the details are so important

and managing to to remain such a big companies while transitioning into a new type of energy is truly a tremendous challenge which many people question if they can we can should. are afraid we'll have to leave it there right buso covers oil and energy with reuters thank you so much know how pleasure. right that's it for me and the d. w. business team here in berlin as always you can find out more about these and other business stories online dot com. he was there confidant their lover. and undercover agent for the british police. activists came to emily some responded on down to the most intimate details now they are suing the state but instead of stopping these romeo agents the government

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