i even got white hair is that. language help me out often this gets me and they go but you need to instruct the site you want to know their story so my friends are fighting for a little information for migrants. astra zeneca today announced that its u.s. trials have shown the coronavirus vaccine to be very effective and that is good news but europe not the us needs the astra zeneca vaccine the company has only delivered 30 percent of what it promised for the 1st quarter of this year and even if there were no shortage there's no guarantee that europeans would take it tonight the astra zeneca vaccine europeans have been told twice that they can trust it so why do so many say they don't. this is the day.

it is the it. is the states and that all. gives others increased. now country. after the approval by the f.d.a. we have all the release and the live 30 to 30000000 doses this is a very effective and safe i have seen and off the debts every she will deliver 15 to 20000000 doses. to the americans. also coming up for 30 years the european union has avoided confrontations with china over human rights violations that was left to the u.s. while europe was able to focus on business ties today sanctions were slapped on

china by the u.s. and also by the european union. rather than change its policies and address our legitimate concern china is against a blind eye and these measures that will and acts unacceptable. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with the astra zeneca corona virus vaccine and the people who need it and the people who don't today the drug maker announced that its us trials have shown its vaccine to be effective against 9100 percent effective in preventing hospitalizations and astra zeneca is expected to apply for emergency use authorization in the united states here is what the company's vice president of research said today what i think is very pleasing about this is it is a single study with a single. wrong was raised and i think for me you know we've had ousted

congress the a.n.c. device inviting saying this dates and now. gives others increased confidence this is a very effective and safe i'm saying well this is definitely good news but there are really 3 vaccines in use in the us and vaccinations are ahead of schedule there the astra zeneca shot it may go into the use if and when needed category let's go now to the united states our washington correspondent for more she's been following this story for us good evening to you carly that these numbers for masters and they are very good without question but does the united states does it need the astra zeneca vaccine. as you know we are living right now in a world where countries are competing all the time to get vaccines at all and the vaccination rollout in the us has faced challenges on supply and in supply and

distribution and although it is true that to both the production and the administration of shots have picked up reasons recently we know for example that 2 and a half 1000000 people in the us are getting a vaccine daily and this is indeed a significant change if we consider that the ever at affects in aged people into an area was about 500000 but still many people who want a vaccine can't get one of the stockpiles of us as anika vaccine can't be used in the united states until this shots gets the f.d.a. as there is a shunt so yes the u.s. needs more vaccines and the approval of the esters anika could help the government to accelerate 2 the procedure in the country reaching that goal of getting enough doses for all adults by the end of may the answer to the good bank scene was supposed to be the work couper's of the global banks in the now assuming the if t. in the u.s. grants emergency use authorization for this vaccine do we know what the u.s.

plans to do with the vaccine that will be manufactured there. the government said it has 7000000. doses of this vaccine and in total the country has ordered a $300000000.00 doses including a contest for $200.00 stores this exclusively for the department of defense here in the sates but there is also a different aspect brant that we should consider last week president biden and his administration they announced they have plans to send $4000000.00 us off the stock and i come back seen in the united states to canada and mexico as i lower the head of potential for his asian and official say there is no deal of finalized back to that as far as anika findings are a victory for both the u.s. supply and the global fight against the virus so this shows how the vaccine is also

being used as a diplomatic tool so if all americans would get the vaccine soon and the u.s. would have more than enough vaccines regardless of the maker of course that this vaccines will probably be used as a political tool and that is actually already what what china and russia for example are doing your view is very we'll tonight or washington correspondent they really need to move forward clearly to thank you. well while the u.s. has an abundance of coronavirus vaccines to choose from the european union does not and its vaccination role while well it has turned into more of a crawl out 2 weeks ago european union countries they began temporarily suspending use of the astra zeneca back seen on fears of a link to blood clots last thursday the european medicines agency announced for the 2nd time that the astra zeneca vaccine is safe and effective and that the benefits of using the astra zeneca vaccine outweigh any negatives but public hesitancy

towards the vaccine has only grown add to that a dispute between the european union and the u.k. over astra zeneca vaccine exports take a listen for in our contract with us is any kind they are even to sites in the u.k. that are put in the contract for potential deliberate deliveries for the european union we are still waiting for doses to come from the u.k. all of us including with our european friends been saying throughout the pandemic it would be wrong to tailor it to fit with who for the contract that supply if the situation does not change we will have to reflect on how to make exports to vaccine producing countries dependent on their level of openness frankly i'm surprised we're having this conversation is normally what we do you can you team up with project with other countries with respect to credit regimes that are right in

that kind of brinkmanship we are in the crisis of the century. and i'm not ruling out anything anything for now because we have to make sure that europeans are vaccinated as soon as falls over more i'm joined now by my colleague the reporter alex forrest one you know examine this is this is becoming a serious rail between the u.k. and the european union yes temperatures a really prizing you can see it on both sides they're. basically saying look these vaccines produced in europe should not have being exported to the u.k. the u.k. saying just because we're doing well with our vaccine program you're bitter about it you need somebody to blame and you're blaming us and you can just look at some of the headlines in the british newspapers that we've had the daily star accusing either leaders of vaccine nationalism and terrifying people into an early grave while the daily express and london's metro of going for

a mix of cheers and tears after britain vaccinated nearly 600 sorry 850000 people on sunday alone and even the broadsheet the times says british leaders are warning the e.u. don't start a vaccine war so you can just see that just how how much feeling there is about this and in the u.k. for the numbers they do tell the story right the u.k. is doing an impressive job vaccinating its population the european union cannot claim that no it certainly can't i mean look at the u.k. it's more than half of british adults have had at least one dose of the vaccine in the e.u. it's just over one in 10 so a very very very different state of affairs and yet more than 10000000 vaccines being produced in the e.u. have been exported to the u.k. since february and also what's really infuriating brussels is that millions of doses of the astra zeneca vaccine that have been produced in

a dutch factory and you to be going to the u.k. to london and they very. us about that don't want that to happen obviously they're already furious with astra zeneca because they were supposed to be delivering millions of vaccines that have to be rolled back because it can't be done so it is now going to meet on thursday to try to work out what they can do with the explosive possibility that they could put in place an export ban to the u.k. to the vaccine from the no that would be the worst case scenario if a band were to be put into place would that appear burbank's nation efforts in the u.k. well even the british government is saying that it will prevent them from reaching that target of getting a free adult in the u.k. vaccinated by the end of the of july some saying it could be 2 months late boris johnson has already spoken to the german and french leaders but you can tell that the e.u. is divided over this about which way they go and we've already heard from the irish

prime minister who said that any kind of restrictions would be a retrograde step and let's not forget the key point here that there are many astra zeneca millions of astra zeneca vaccines in the e.u. in storage not being used because many people don't want them but leaders have to show they are trying to do something maybe they're clutching at straws but they've got to be seen to be doing something there is a familiar trust problem not only for the vaccine but also for politicians making public health policy decisions and i was always thinking. it was 1989 after the tiananmen square massacre that the european union last slap sanctions on china since then the economic ties between the e.u. and china have exploded which is partly where why there have been sanctions placed on china in some 30 years or that all changed today the european union is imposing

sanctions on for chinese officials for human rights abuses against china as we go minority the decision to impose sanctions was unanimous all e.u. countries voted yes a huge sign of solidarity and one that has gotten china's attention today beijing in a tit for tat response also imposed sanctions on your. e.u. foreign ministers meeting in brussels usually they're of verse to confrontation with china but not this time sanctions would be imposed on beijing these packaging groot full individuals and one entity front china who have had the next 2 for all in good design and implementation of the cheney's policies. we wear make that wed during a meeting that china has retaliated to those sanctions. and rather than

changes policies that address our legitimate concerns china is against a blind eye and these measures that will annex an acceptable china as a retaliation blacklisting 10 even the visuals and 4 entities the e.u. wasn't alone though imposing sanctions over china's human rights abuses inching john province the u.k. the u.s. and canada also approved penalties so much and will be used to china you know ringback only you know right the chinese people and the basic response i heard is that the we should lose if you all know it to be sentient by. the u.s. you countries because they have successfully safeguard national sovereignty. the u.n. says at least 1000000 weaker muslims are detained in camps with reports of forced labor torture and sterilization beijing denies the claims and says the camps

provide folk ational training and help in fighting extremism. experts are questioning whether this coordinated pressure campaign goes far enough to cause a real impact on china. or more now i'm joined by julie millsap she is with the campaign for we go as a group promoting an advocating human rights and democratic freedoms for we still it's good to have you on the program before we discuss today's sanctions are like to talk about your story you used to live in china and i understand you witnessed what is being done to the weaker minority there what did you see. really what i observed was just an overall deterioration and human rights situation in general particularly under 16 pm i was not living in the week or region and i was actually in the inner mongolia autonomous region and even there we began to

witness the discrimination that we were facing across the country it was really really striking and while they face decades of oppression it's very clear that things have really deteriorated in the last 8 years today's sanctions they are the 1st international response to the situation for we girls in china their situation our knowledge of their situation that is nothing new so do you know what triggered this coordinated response from the u.s. the u.k. canada the european union. we're very pleased to see i believe that this is really building up of what president biden and secretary of state antony blinken have said about a need for a stronger alliances to confront china we really see this as a really positive sign that they are committed to that approach and we believe this will be effective. these are saying shoes on individuals just for people targeted by the e.u. sanctions for example do you think that's going to make a difference will is that they go far enough. i wouldn't say that it goes far

enough but it is a very strong step and the symbolism of this is extremely important especially because china the chinese regime cares so much about face this really sends a strong signal including to the chinese people in spite of what the chinese foreign ministry has said this does make it clear that this is not a u.s. versus china issue as easy as trying to paint it as but is in fact of such an egregious nature that even europe is getting involved and everyone is coming together on a it's extremely important step on your group's web so i guess the question is posed why are we not talking about the genocide there has been coverage in the media and yet it hasn't captured the public's attention why do you think that is. several reasons one being it's very slow to obtain information because of how information is heavily censored in china a lot of the things that we're analyzing now are actually from several years ago

and the media has been sadly quite slow to report on some aspects of it for example the fact that people are dying in detention while the international community is kind of have the scholarly approach to debating whether or not it's genocide in fact early on there have been indications of how the genocide convention was being breached so part of it is that the lack of access to information and of course another aspect of it is just a willful silence of many governments because of their economic ties to china enjoying the answer before we let you go ward what do you lobbying governments to do next several things one of the big things i think that all governments should be looking at is participation in the 2022 olympics while that may not seem like the most high priority issue it in fact is extremely important to beijing and sending a message regarding what we are willing are not willing to accept so we all are encouraging all governments to consider at very least implementing a diplomatic boycott as we've seen even today with these sanctions and you can no

longer deny the gravity of what is happening in china and what the regime is committing and so it's very important that we make it clear and continue to send those clear messages that we will not be involved in anything that china is pushing forth while it's connected to act of genocide truly millsap director of public affairs in africa so you have campaigned for we are truly we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you thank you. oh some of those easy you foreign ministers who voted to impose sanctions on china will be meeting tomorrow as part of the nato military alliance ahead of that brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena spoke to nato secretary general. she asked him about the alliances response to pressure from rivals china and russia as well as the united states return to a more active foreign policy secretary-general the meeting of nato foreign

ministers at the 1st one in person since november is also the 1st one with the u.s. secretary of state blinken who is coming to breslin a show of american support for nato is this a new start for the alliance. we have a unique opportunity to open a new chapter in the lesson ship between north america united states and europe we have seen a very strong commitment from the new administration to transatlantic unity to working together with european partners and we have the nato 2030 initiative project to adopt and strengthen the lines under an old out together is a great way to open a new chapter in our relationship and then yes administration seems to be toughening its stance on russia and many eastern european allies are also very concerned about the kremlin's increasingly aggressive thought behavior how will need to respond to nato has all the responded by the largest reinforcement of

collective defense since the end of the cold war that was very much triggered by the. by russia's aggressive actions against ukraine the legalization of a premium but also seen other aggressive actions by russia are not mr interference in our election process cyberattacks also seen. attempts and also talks of killing of opposition leaders so so so so all of this is a pattern that has triggered response from a tornado need to continue to adapt but we will continue to pursue what we call 'd the dual track approach of russia stronger terence defense but also a dialogue we need to talk to the russians not based on issues like arms control and therefore also welcome the fact that russia not the states were able to agree an extension of the new start agreements nato doesn't have joined china strategy and the trouble is that some allies do know it's see china as nato is business and others are worried or afraid that putting

a child on their toes agenda could antagonize an important and powerful trade partner so what can we expect here. there i saw john our provides opportunities for a night long. as for trade for our economies we need to engage with china on many issues including for instance only climate change at the same time they're also trying on also poses some serious challenges china is a rising power soon to become the largest economy in the world the 2nd largest offense a budget a power that doesn't share our values and we have seen that in the way they behave in hong kong how they. suppress opposition in their own country but also. the way they're undermining need who space the order so we need to us and nato alliance to deal with both the opportunities but also the challenges. and we also

have to understand that nato should remain a regional lines north america and europe but the threats we face are more and more global cyber terrorism but also the security impact of the russell trying not to china's comment also told us investing in our critical infrastructure we're seeing discussion about 5 g. . networks and the consequence of foreign ownership. china's coming close in cyber we see in the arctic in the in africa so that it so we need and they're working closely with more and more closely with the with russia so there's no way we can add void addressing the security consequences for our region alliance there are so try not shift in the global balance of power and that's exactly what we do. well you probably wouldn't believe it if it weren't happening this week israelis will go to the polls again for the 4th time in 2 years yes 4 elections in the span

of 2 years israel has become the picture of political deadlock will the 4th time at the polls change their time ukraine reports. every vote counts and every detail action of support to. 'd an i pad 2 sniffs next to the gaza border and south in israel she's out in the streets to remind people to vote she has no doubts about who should remain prime minister benjamin netanyahu said directly no it's the moment of the elections i'm here to remind people who is the best to vote for him bibi netanyahu the liquid that's all that call the 4th election in 2 years is once again seen as a vote for or against benyamin netanyahu the leader of that he could party run his election campaign on the much admired covert 19 vaccination drive and the reopening of the economy this time he has several challenges all running on an anything but

netanyahu ticket he led pete with his centrist yes a tea party is 2nd in the polls. actually good politician he done so with new hope also aims to replace netanyahu just like right wing enough taliban and from yemenia who's left it open whether he would join a coalition with netanyahu we have about 3 to 4 live bearers of the and then that the camp standing divided against that then you know so if you stand together but you are divided. the ability of co-working is very limited so the ability for them to form a coalition that will be able to govern and will be able to survive. is improbable to reach a majority in the knesset the israeli parliament and to form a government parties need to get 61 out of 120 seats for many israelis

netanyahu has become an increasingly divisive figure he's been in office since 2009 and he faces corruption charges in court allegations he denies the now of ours mitten yeah it was states are over here has been our prime minister for 15 years that's it we need something new a different prime minister up there would have a chat with me because sure i think baby would be reelected because this nor one more promising although i want to believe there is someone else i don't know how to share with all i want the same prime minister to stay because he's good for everyone to look around you should people are living thanks to the prime minister people in our life bibi netanyahu. opinion polls suggest that netanyahu is likud will remain the strongest party what's less clear is who can build a coalition one still votes are counted. or

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this is. a wave of new sanctions against china from europe and north america changed. the countries. european union united states canada and britain today all sanctions on chinese officials the 1st major international response to human rights offenses committed against. china has now hit back with us. think shootings of its own also coming up a huge fire sweeps through a real hinge a refugee camp in bangladesh thousands are left homeless and several of the aid

groups say immediate help is needed and germany's never ending lockdown the country is struggling under a 3rd wave of coronavirus infection transfer on the medical wants to roll back some recently lift the restrictions and extend ventures for another long. i bring coffee it's good to have you with us after years of reports of widespread abuses against the weaker minority in china western powers have now issued their 1st major diplomatic response the european union the u.s. u.k. and canada have all imposed sanctions on chinese officials there the toughest penalties the e.u. has imposed on beijing since the $1989000.00 square crackdown in response china has slapped sanctions on several e.u. politicians accusing them of spreading misinformation. e.u.

foreign ministers meeting in brussels usually fare adverse to confrontation with china but not this time sanctions would be imposed on beijing. groot full individuals and one entity from china who had at the neck t. for all in good design and implementation of the cheney's policies. we make that way at doing the meeting that china has retaliated to those sanctions . and rather than change its policies and address our legitimate concerns china is against a blind eye and these measures are we had to will and next unacceptable china's retaliation blacklisting 10 even divisions and 4 entities the e.u. wasn't alone though in imposing sanctions over china's human rights abuses in changing province the u.k. the u.s.

and canada also approved penalties so much and will be used this to china you know ringback only you know right the chinese people and the basic response i heard is that the are the shoes if you own that to be sentient by. the us you are the country because we have successfully safeguard national sovereignty cutie and. the u.n. says it least 1000000 weaker muslims are detained in camps with reports of forced labor torture and sterilization beijing denies the claims and says the camps provide folk a tional training and help in fighting extremism. experts are questioning whether this coordinated pressure campaign goes far enough to cause a real impact on china. earlier i spoke with reinhard british coffer he's

a european lawmaker who was one of those targeted by china's retaliatory sanctions and i asked him if he believes the a use action will persuade china to change its treatment of the weaker. i really believe that the china would not have responded with that much anger if they wouldn't feel that our sanctions are playing a role they're not playing a role in in the way in which you seem to be assuming it they should i'm not expecting and she didn't think to tell his underlings that they should stop with mass. incarceration and with forced labor and with forced abortions and all that but i think china feels the force of the sanctions because china doesn't care about its international

image. china has. hoped obviously when they concluded the conference supreme and on investment that the european union would be young could be taken for granted if only they'd made a few minor economic concessions they could have us in the pocket politically and now they they learned that the european union is not just americans of those tar that but that it stands up for its values so that's a major failure procedure in pink and that's why they're angry and i think that the reaction in itself also helps undermining china's international image so this it's a real political battle this is not an ass if. that was really hard to predict over there speaking with me earlier let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world canada is accusing beijing of hostage diplomacy over its treatment of a canadian citizen accused of spying the former diplomat michael cauvery was

arrested back in $28.00 and is now awaiting a verdict after a short trial canada maintains that coverage trial and another case are in retaliation for canada arresting a top kuwait executive to the united nations in washington have welcomed these salty government's new peace initiative to end the 6 year war in yemen the proposals include a nationwide cease fire and the reopening of air and sea ports but the country's hooty rebel opponents say the saudi offer does not go far enough so there have been violent clashes in the british city of bristol at a rally against a proposed policing bill at least 20 officers were injured the bill would give police sweeping new powers to clamp down on public protests. a massive fire has swept through a row hinge a refugee camp in bangladesh nearly a 1000000 people are living in camps in the area after fleeing from neighboring me

and mar back in 2017 the fire has now left thousands homeless once again several people were killed a group say immediate international help is needed. takes no camillo's of at this camp in southern bangladesh thousands of ranger refugees watch on as their homes are destroyed the blazing delucchi camp in cox's bazaar started on monday it quickly swept through the area it's unclear what caused it. this fire is a fact that most all saw what about a population of over approximately 150000 people and directly or fact that nearly 10000 households who. have lost their shelter and basic need a roof over over their heads some attempted to douse the fire with a little tools they could find others trying to save at the lungs. many hand now have nowhere else to go casualty numbers are rising with doesn't see

a dead zone missing. around a 1000000 range a have languished in these camps for over 3 years they fled on the attacks and burnt down the hundreds in neighboring 1000000 mar in 2017. now with the camps overflowing a troops are searching full time to shelters the conditions on dying for the refugees here it's yet another setback and their future now even more uncertain. well here in germany leaders are wrestling over how to respond to rising who won't a virus infections federal and state politicians have been locked in talks now for our wills rules surrounding travel as well as restrictions on family gatherings over the holiday have been among the points of disagreement with germany in the grip of a 3rd wave of infections chancellor angela merkel is pushing for tougher restrictions

including a nighttime curfew. ari to our chief political corner editor the killer cliff and she is covering those talks force good evening to you how many times have we been in this situation here this is a long meeting dealing with germany's locked down do we know what the status of this meeting is. who many times when we've been here way too long after just 3 hours of talking there was way more than 3 hours of continuous break to actually work through the differences in smaller groups and right behind me is where we're expecting that press conference to take place at some stage because one thing is clear neither of the macro nor the 16 state premiers can afford to come out of this this evening without finding at least some common ground after just 2 weeks ago they defined what was supposed to be the new formula for germany that

once the incidence rates within 7 days hits 102100000 people an emergency brake should be told and now there's a lot of debate what that should mean in detail and whether it's always for the entire state or smaller regions all of that what he said coming up and what about the sticking points here what are they having problems agreeing on. well particularly those northern states in germany along the coast they want to travel into holiday homes where there are separate facilities to not see that holiday season that crucial season over easter wasted on them apples insisting that that shouldn't be possible see on the other hand wants to see some easing of restrictions when it comes to families being allowed to gather for more than 2 parties to be able to need that something the state 10 years they want and then they're also various lines. and differences particularly over that issue of travel

when has that the stand that the issue of having perf use was on the table while planes were beginning to be filled up towards may your favorite arlen's with families are going on minute breaks in easter breaks to and i have to ask you we are entering now if this lockdown is extended we're going to be going into the 6th month of a lockdown in germany what is the level of acceptance among the majority of people in this country. well berliner level the acceptance of political leadership is clearly going down but there's only a quarter of the latest polling to feel that the current restrictions are too tight so clearly there is growing dissatisfaction with the political leadership and how this is being tackled all germans on the whole are still feeling rather disciplined about this lockdown which is had very different stages indeed it went from

a very very tough lockdown with all sorts closed right at the moment many shops are open you can do click and collect and now we're talking about yet another tightening in the face of that way driven by mutations taking the british variant over easter and hear the details is where a lot of debate still taking place this evening right deputy political editor mikhail excess near waiting like the rest of us to find out if and when this lockdown book will be extended yet again you cover thank you. australia is set to evacuate thousands more people from the suburbs of sydney as the region grapples with its worst flooding in decades every rains have swollen rivers across new south wales state causing widespread damage emergency services fear that more than 50000 people could be displaced as forecasts show more rain is on the way. a deaf person attempt to save

a stranded ha'p'orth. to wrenshaw rain and flush floods in a strangely states of new south wales have cut onus off from that and the move for many creatures help has come too late. at least 18000 people have been evacuated from their homes as rivers and dams overflow. some i try to shore up their houses as best they can ahead of the looming waters. others have already seen their homes ravaged by the flooding. of everything can stay this tappets everything's. gone. but. it was worse than i am so i got to be thankful for this moment. because residents have been warned that the worst may still be to come and told to brace for

a difficult week ahead. a stride. is being tested once again for. the east coast of australia predominantly south wales but i stressed also in south east queensland has faced an extraordinary deluge i have a recent ice. in many places runs are expected for at least the next 24 to 40 i downs but i feel worse. the extreme downpours battering a strain is east have caused the west flooding and half a century having already battles drought bushfires and the ongoing current a virus pandemic of the past year community for a feeling pushed to breaking point. well this is nature at its most dazzling and most dangerous the mesmerizing spectacle a volcanic eruption near the icelandic capital reiki is drawing thousands of onlookers it started on friday and it's the 1st in that area for almost a 1000 years as well as intrigued sightseers cooking up

a storm on the hot lava so try that at home the site is also attracting scientists hungry for data. you're watching news stephen beard seems up next with the business news stick around he will be right back. more than a 1000 years ago europe witnesses a huge construction of. christianity for what you stablished itself. both religious and secular leaders or to display their power. to trace the games. and create the tallest biggest and the most beautiful structures. stonemasons builders and architects. with each

other. this is how massive churches are created a. contest of the cathedrals stores will on g.w. . the e.u. sanctions china over humans were human rights abuses just months after the 2 sides agreed to a major investment deal in principle and 2 of the world's biggest economies manage their diverging political and business interests. also on the show a rail merger in north america is on track to transform the freight industry there connecting the u.s. with canada and mexico provided that regulators allow it to go forward. well welcome to the show i'm stephen beardsley in berlin even foreign ministers have

imposed sanctions against china for the 1st time since 1989 response to the chinese internment and oppression of its weaker muslim minority move comes as trade relations between the 2 economies grow and both pursue broadening their investments in the other and just last year china rose to become the e.u.'s most important trading partner goods and services between the 2 sides totaling nearly 600000000000 euros in 2020 a direct investment has grown as well over the decades e.u. and vestment in china surpassing 140000000000 euros over the last 20 years most of it companies founding new subsidiaries on the other side of the ledger 120000000000 euros of direct investment went from china to the e.u. largely in high tech acquisitions and today's decision comes a few months after even members into draft agreement aimed at building on those investment flows that deal which had eluded both sides for years seeks among other things wider market openings in china for european businesses such as manufacturers

the promise of clear rules from beijing for foreign businesses and transparency from chinese authorities and how they treat foreign businesses china has touted that agreement as a big political win and the e.u. as a win for its companies but it still needs to be ratified by both sides the sanctions announced today are now playing in that background histories of fallon with the center for russia europe asia studies and brussels. i think the biggest fear for china is that the company of agreement and investment might not be ratified and they are also warning the public about sanctions their language has been extremely strong from the chinese and that's true here in brussels very very negative towards germany which actually initiated this narrative about the sanctions so the global times of course it's a newspaper but was extremely critical of germany so i think they're trying to scare everyone to prevent them from having any form of sanctions but i think the in their mind say that the agreement should not be politicized and it's gone this far

and i think that they are extremely fearful it would make china look even worse if the agreement is not ratified or a shifting gears a signal to turkey whose lira plunged to almost record lows on monday after president ressa tire fire his 3rd central bank chief in 2 years and then sought a critic of high interest rates move is likely to scare away investors and hit turkish citizens even harder they're already reeling from the economic chaos of recent years. the sacking of the central bank chief triggered a slide in turkey's financial markets the main index the i.r.c. $100.00 shed almost attempt of its value trade had to be interrupted to avoid a further collapse as investors fled the country stocks and bonds. the dismissal of not after just 4 months shocked many he had raised the key interest rate sharply and 1st help to stabilize the national currency. analysts say his removal from the

central bank means the turkey loses one of the last independent voices and one of the last remaining anchors of institutional credibility. to do the kid turkey gives the impression of being a country that does not follow any rules that has no more norms there's no more law no more democracy and all this has an impact. many are rushing to convert the turkish lira into dollars and euros that's because the central bank is now headed by one of president rich up tired bedouins party colleagues he wants to lower interest rates hoping cheap loans will stimulate the economy but that means an even weaker lira and higher inflation the euro and the dollar are seen as safe havens. then what happened was surprising but we're getting used to it into the dollar falls and rises very quickly but in the end it's the citizens who suffer the consequences. is of. course all this affects us can even find a job anymore when we go out shopping the prices are constantly changing i really

don't know what will happen to us. as with. the constant fluctuations in the lira mean bakers under the shopkeepers a constantly changing price tags they point out that flour and other ingredients are also getting more expensive last year inflation run at 15 percent and the still no end in sight to the upward spiral. let's take a look now at some of the other global business stories making headlines energy giant saudi aramco saw its 2020 profit tumble more than 40 percent crude prices have been under pressure with the coronavirus pandemic weighing heavily on global demand around cause over all earnings nevertheless stood at $49000000000.00. stocks and global carmakers have fallen after a fire at a japanese chip factory threatened supply renesas electronics has a 30 percent global market share of microcontroller unit chips used in cars global

chips supply was already under pressure to do the pandemic. facebook says it took down $1300000000.00 fake accounts between october and december last year the company also said it removed more than $12000000.00 pieces of content about covert vaccines the global health experts flagged as misinformation. it's a $29000000000.00 merger that would create the 1st u.s. mexico canada rail freight rail line the agreement between canadian pacific railway and kansas city southern the combined company would operate 20000 miles of rail between the 3 countries and employ 20000 people canadian pacific said the new u.s. embassy a trade deal between the countries was an incentive for new tie ups merger still has to be approved by regulators however a step that has derailed past merger efforts by canadian pacific. and more on this i'm joined by our financial correspondent in new york good to see you i take this

is a sign that north american supply chains are going to grow even tighter after this trade deal. that is one of the ideas behind this deal no question about that and we have been so many issues with the supply chain so especially from cells that you their nature and that could be an attempt to actually create the supply chain so closer together well if you look at canada canadian pacific there for example focused on transports all for grain or all its all natural gas and if you look at kansas city as south they're in there basically as serving as the north south korea dorsal not so much the the east or west and so what our companies are hoping for is a smooth transport from canada all the way through to the industrial areas and mexico without a costly and timely unloading and offloading and then also they're arguing it would

be good for the environment so that companies are claiming that just one train connection we take more than $300.00 trucks off the road in this deal still needs regulatory approval that's been a problem for a canadian pacific in the past what about this time. it has been actually there been a couple of attempts from canadian rail companies to acquire a us companies so far that has been mostly unsuccessful either there were some hostile takeover attempts or for instance or where the other company disagreed also there were a regulatory challenges so now the 2 companies are hoping to get the clearance by mit at 2020 so it will take some time and some convincing and then the companies are hoping that this time be the charm at least and if you look what happened on wall street so investors seem to believe that there might be a chance this time to steal might go through the stock of kansas city southern was

up by a good 11 percent and by the way there was in attempt to acquire kansas city southern in september by of the u.s. investment for blackstone but that got denied by the company itself so this time at least the companies seem to agree so let's see what regulators have to say. keeping us on track from here thank you. sting us when the coronavirus pandemic was spreading across the country millions of americans were told to take refuge at home and only venture out to get the things they really needed groceries prescription drugs gas for the car and in many states marijuana made the list and he cannabis industry one of the few winners of the pandemic flu. on any given day thousands of cannabis products are on the move this wholesale warehouse in oakland

california products like cannabis infused chocolate bars and berry flavor tape cartridge just sit on the shelves waiting for pick up and shipping to store so cross the state. typically on a daily basis we ship on average well over a $1000000.00 worth of products by retail value. before the pandemic we shipped just under half a $1000000.00 worth of products pretty. wholesale warehouse enabled many newcomers to the industry to set up their 1st stores where cannabis hat been legalized so far 36 states have approved medical use of marijuana off them 15 states and the district of columbia even allow recreational pot use the pandemic drove stores online like harborside dispensary they use website building platforms like shopping chain with chain we've actually been able to now build an e-commerce model where folks can go to our website check out our selection and physically place their

orders on in tandem with that i think actually expedited a lot of these technology companies to create other resources for customers last year legal sales in the u.s. hit a record of almost 18000000000 dollars and 5 years experts believe it will total $50000000000.00 . and finally in an ordinary year it's enough that easter bunnies bring joy and more importantly chocolate to children and families but this is of course no ordinary year in hungary the rabbits come bearing an additional treat a vaccine this chocolate here south of budapest says he wants his sweet easter bunnies to bring a ray of hope this year by holding up a syringe. says you no longer wants the chocolate treats to wear masks and hoping to put the emphasis on reopening. all right here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. european union is imposing sanctions against china as

a reaction to beijing's treatment of the weaker muslim minority and says the e.u. faces mounting criticism for recently striking a huge investment you know with china. and that's it for me and the business team as always we find out more a lot of g.w. dot com slash business types of bits of the torch. migrant workers europe's packing industry. thousands of romanians come to germany to decent living. and on the romanian job market the gap is filled by asian workers by a social dumping. it's a spiral of desperation. close up. to 60 minutes d.w.

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