they had hoped for more security more freedom more dignity have their hopes been fulfilled. where does the arab world stand today 10 years after the arab spring. arab eliane starts june 7th on d w. microsoft co-founder bill gates and his wife melinda are 2 of the wealthiest people on the planet forbes puts bill gates well that $124000000000.00 the bill and melinda gates foundation is one of the largest philanthropies on the planet with a new deal with a $50000000000.00 but money isn't everything after 27 years of marriage bill and melinda gates are divorcing their divorce settlement could be the biggest ever recorded as a married couple their generosity has saved the lives of millions tonight we ask

can they go their own separate ways without someone else having to pay i'm bored. this is the day. we commit ourselves to the rest of our lives to working with you all for more than we benefit from financing from a variety of different sources including the bill and melinda gates foundation. we need leaders in government and we need leaders from science to make sure we end. hunger and poverty so that people can grow up and live healthy and prosperous lives only way to eliminate the threat of this disease somewhere is to eliminate it everywhere that a ship has a risk i will work will be affected because people contributed an enormous amount of work. also coming up of far right extremism is now the biggest

threat to germany's security that according to the country's interior minister last year police in germany investigated 24000 far right crimes the highest number on record. these it joining the pandemic we've seen an ugly normalization of anti semitic crimes and racism that threatens our collective society and the participation of those. who are attacked once certain lines are crossed there's no going back and the nomics. are to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states into all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with the delicate act of splitting a fortune worth billions of dollars late on monday bill and melinda gates announce that after 27 years they have decided to end their marriage people close to the gates had been cited in recent years saying the 2 had struggled to make their relationship work but for most of the world the news came unexpectedly for years

bill and melinda gates marriage has seemed like a giant monolith of generosity the bill and melinda gates foundation is one of the world's biggest philanthropies worth $50000000000.00 every year it gives away $5000000000.00 to causes ranging from public health to childhood education the foundation was key to the creation of kovacs the u.n. program designed to provide coronavirus vaccines to the world's poor countries the couple have also promised to give the vast majority of their assets to their foundation but much of that money has not yet been donated and that is one reason why eyebrows were raised on news of the divorce although there have been assurances that nothing would change at the foundation the divorce is not insignificant could it eventually diminish the profile of the foundation will there be less giving or will belinda gates become

a philanthropic force in her all right we'll discuss that in just a moment but 1st this report. bill and melinda gates more than just one of the wealthiest couples in the world for decades their names have been synonymous with charitable giving on an unprecedented scale but now to have used twitter to announce they're going their separate ways. after a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship we have made the decision to end our marriage we will continue our work together at the foundation but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives. bill gates who became the richest person in the world as the founder of microsoft married melinda french in 1904 together they founded the bill and melinda gates foundation in 2000 which has spent over $50000000000.00 fighting poverty disease and inequality and in the past year more than

a $1000000000.00 fighting the coronavirus only way to eliminate the threat of this disease somewhere is to eliminate it everywhere this illusion is not shaming the rich countries that are doing the natural thing of wanting to protect their people the solution is to vastly increase the manufacturing capacity so we can cover everyone as soon as possible but for now the question of what will happen to the couple's $130000000000.00 fortune is between them and their lawyers. here in germany officials are warning of a rise in far right extremism police recorded more than 23000 for right crimes in the year 2020 that's a 5 percent increase on the previous year and a record high the new statistics were published on the same day the police arrested a suspected neo nazi accused of sending threads in hate mail to politicians and

public figures. he's accused of sending more than 100 threatening letters signed in a huge 2.0 in reference to a right wing terror group has let his went out to politicians artists and lawyers. it's unclear if the 53 year old men acted alone what is clear however is that the man espoused unmistakable right wing extremist ideology according to authorities it's part of a dangerous trend in germany politically motivated crimes have reached their highest levels in 20 years and interior minister horsy hoffa is now raising the alarm. right-wing motivations were behind $23064.00 of the crimes committed last year. that's more than half 52 percent of all politically motivated crimes. an increase of 5.7 percent. i want to be clear

here the number of rightwing motivated crimes has reached the highest level since we began keeping records. cite. for. one example last year a man sort out various locations in the city of how now looking for people with known german heritage he murdered 9 people. shortly after that the global corona virus pandemic arrived in germany but restrictions on public life did nothing to decrease the number of rightwing attacks quite the opposite right wing extremists began taking part in demonstrations against lockdown measures it's a development that worries experts. these are. joining the pandemic we've seen an ugly normalisation of anti semitic crimes and racism that threatens our collective society and the participation of those who are attacked once certain lines are

crossed there's no going back. authorities doubt that the situation will improve this year and they're pushing to broaden their fight against right wing crimes. so why does germany have such a problem with right wing violence chief political editor. well after one year i didn't have a satisfying answer to that because that is very much the uphill task that we saw interior minister haas the whole fire spread out today as he stressed that there was not only this junk that's right wing extremist violence plays a role in more than half of all cases of politically motivated violence here and many he spoke of a brutalize ation of society i guess the source is that germany's doc nazi past has not changed history for good in the sense that neo nazis can't get

a foot on the ground anymore and can't get a political foothold one has to say this came on the day as it became known that the leader of the youth organization of the far right if the party which sits in parliament here and many had to leave the party off the concerns of extremist right wing remarks he made before so he this is something that's coming from different directions in society and we will have to wait and see what politicians to adopt what the political response to that will have to be. forbes magazine rates bill gates as the 4th richest man in the world with amazon's jeff bezos the richest both men made their money with big tech and with creative accounting taking advantage of differing tax codes around the globe last year amazon's revenue came in at almost 44000000000 euros across the company's european operations that was a record some made possible by the pandemic surge in online sales to all of that

income is declared via amazon's parent subsidiary which is based in luxembourg and here's the thing that subsidiary made a loss on paper so amazon paid no corporate tax whatsoever on the billions that it heard and that story was research. by the fair tax foundation i'm joined now by its chief executive paul monaghan paul it's good to have you on the program and maybe you can help us understand here we're talking about millions billions in turnover yet zilch in corporate taxes paid by amazon how does that work and how is that legal i'm smiling boss shouldn't me really. think we're all used to seeing stories about amazon not paying any tax around the latest sets of fake is that we found that in looks of the down thing i mean we're

talking muscle loss in europe of one point $2000000000.00 euros not only are they not paying taxes they are building tax credits to use in the future vitiated they built a 1000000 euros at tax credits last year it was $290000000.00 euros if actually now go over $2000000000.00 of how did it fall to last cease to use in the future what that means is if at some point in the future they do decide to declare a profit on weeks tax will be required that they still have to pay tax because they've got all these kind of losses to utilize. what are the things you want from the apples that account isn't say as well as a retail business it's low margin well what we've got to remember yes i'm as it is the largest retailer in the world is also the largest provider of cloud computing services in the well which is out of while acknowledging basically spots of percent margins easily so. i couldn't answer the question directly how

they book losses the year. but it is legal what they're doing according to the current tax codes across the european union as well as the u.k. what they are doing is legal right. correct there is no evidence of the legality and there are 2 of the things that then raises one is whether the law was created by the politicians the purpose germany u.k. france or the countries and secondly whether the tax authorities implement them laws not implementing them robustly and i think that's why it's very interesting now that we've got that by how to use tax proposals that guns are the only see date germany's finance minister to support it goes on for example they would create a minimum coloration tax around the world of 21 percent and they would also

crucially say could business like and not just tax on profits because they very rarely declare profits that's why jeff bezos has come out and all 28 percent corporation tax in the usa are happy with that and it's not really that because they really hate corporations at some profit you know what the new 5 posit was the reason if it's that it's that business on sales as well as profit yeah i want to stick with this idea coming from the biden ministration this proposed global minimum tax rate of 21 percent i want you to take a listen to what the german finance minister all of told said about that about what we could go take a listen and i'll try to very hard to new principles and international takes ation and a global minimum taxation rule is one of them and let me just repeat i'm quite optimistic that we will have found. a good solution this summer and this will change international taxation a lot and would end the race to the bottom we see today in international taxation

but he is very optimistic especially for a finance minister do you share his optimism. yes absolutely i think it's not just ginning it's france it's only and crucially it's of each year the next gathering of the g 20 finance ministers and it's only in july alone it was a very hopeful to say a positive outcome of not mincing poll when i ask you this because i mean a lot of people watching are consumers and i'm sure they buy items on amazon and when you buy something on amazon here in germany you have to pay the value added tax so that's it that's in the price why is it legal or why are consumers required to pay via a value added tax when they buy with amazon but amazon is not required to pay corporate taxes on the income that it's generated and it is this really

a double standard that the wall makers have allowed to exist. yes unfortunately that is true don imus and only seems to be one step ahead if not 5 steps ahead of the lawmakers all over the world. i think a lot of the lawmakers are so good about this and in the process they were just so busy saying that once it's which jobs for example will is in these i mean we've got to think now is it has got wall employee the looks of it it's got citizens on it looks of that go and see robles the money the reports and accounts sometimes in e.u. solitaires not going to happen so i think everybody has become time it's not just the public business people it will hobby it's a pay the taxes because they want to consummate public status is there is as any member of the general public and i think what it chemo means on. this sum up

we will change the way an international sensation with rights across the world for a generation well we will be following this and if it does happen even if it doesn't we hope you'll come back and talk with us again paul monaghan chief executive of the fair tax foundation poll thank you and. my next guest tonight is an insider in the world of philanthropy he's the author of the book the givers wealth power and philanthropy in a new gilded age it documents how the world's mega rich have become philanthropist using their fortunes to shape public policy in good and bad ways david callahan is also founder of the website inside philanthropy and he joins me tonight from santa monica in california david it's good to have you on the program were you surprised to hear that bill and melinda gates are getting divorced. i was very surprised this

is been a very tight partnership for the last 27 years and they take partnership in philanthropy for the last 20 years as they piloted the creation of the world's biggest foundation which town gives out $5000000000.00 a year so yet big shocker in the world of slant they're paying yeah in the philanthropic world they are the power couple how significant is their divorce going to be for the world of philanthropy. everybody is talking about it in that those philanthropic circles i think what we don't know is whether melinda gates goes off and creates her own foundation if she does get a substantial divorce settlement you could imagine her continuing to work through the gates foundation while also doing her own thing and that would be big news to have suddenly a massive multi-billion dollar donor come onto the scene and we know what issues

she cares about most which is gender equity and women's empowerment let me talk a little bit about what vera foundation has done particularly the crowning achievement last year this year is the creation of kovacs which we know is the u.n. run scheme that is supposed to provide coronavirus vaccines to the world's poor countries would kovacs exist if bill and melinda gates had not thrown their support behind it. it's hard to know what we do know is that no philanthropist has worked harder or given more money to deal with kogan 1900 and in the gates i mean that the foundation has put 1.7 $5000000000.00. into this fight and you know they bring a tremendous amount of expertise this is a foundation from day one which has been laser focused on vaccines and bill gates has been out there for years warning about a possible pandemic so that's an example of somebody who not only looks at over the

horizon and is ahead of the curve but has men's technical knowledge which is unique in the philanthropy world david you know the foundation the bill and melinda gates foundation it has the budget and it has the power that we normally associate with countries and state actors. is this a justified concern that they've become too powerful well it is it's a very troubling dynamic that we have billionaires who i mean who's bill gates he was a guy good at writing software right and now he as he in the end of had control over resources comparable to the national governments on world health and here in the united states a huge influence over public education which is a democratic institution so there's been a lot of pushback to the gates foundation and their power for years in a he was asked recently should pharmaceutical companies that have developed these

coronavirus vaccines should they give up their patent protection or intellectual property rights and just give that knowledge to the world and he immediately said no which reveals a lot about what he's thinking but doesn't it also show the amount of influence that he has on the help that is being given to the world's disadvantaged. yet this is not just a private citizen any any ordinary citizen weighing in on that question this is somebody who's resources rival that of the w.h.o. who has that men's power and by the way invest a lot of money in the pharma industry to help advance vaccines and we don't know enough about his business dealing to know if there are some potential conflicts that i think bill and melinda have had their heart in the right place no question about it but it is

a troubling dynamic where they have so much power about 30 seconds left so let me ask you this divorce will it diminish that the influence and power that they have now i think you could increase their power because you could easily see melinda gates heading off in her own direction with substantial resources and emerging as a philanthropic powerhouse in her own right giving out billions of dollars potentially for women's empowerment and gender equity in addition to remaining in in the gates foundation which is and will remain in the forseeable future the biggest foundation in the world david callahan founder of the website inside philanthropy david it's good talking with you we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you great to be here. well it's time to book your holidays in italy that was the message from prime minister mario druggy today italy was once the epicenter of the pandemic about

a year ago you may remember it suffered the highest death toll in all of the european union but now it's starting to relax by risk restrictions and there are hopes that the return of tourism can give the economy a much needed boost our correspondent max reports tonight from rome. it's spritz time in rome. after the government eased some of the coronavirus restrictions in most parts of the country the streets are finally bustling again. life seems almost as if it has gone back to normal here in the streets of rome letting people down outside and restaurants is one of the 1st steps of the government's reopening plan that seems to hasty for so and too cautious for others . before the pen demick this square in front of the coliseum would be packed with visitors on peak days they would wait in line for up to 2 and

a half hours tour guide and he tells us now that archaeological sites have reopened she could be back in business if only there were visitors. many of the at travel companies are mostly working and mostly getting new kings a full the 2022 because we help put this with the racial world be. sad because that all that vaccine for them if they open the borders probably we can speak of a change but the numbers that wouldn't be high as that is before culture as well is taking center stage in the country's reopening efforts like all the tele and cultural institutions they tout through that has had difficulty or having to rely on streaming and a few outdoor events. sylvia seanie

a member of the women's choir is certain better times are coming. and we have great expectations we hope that this moment will mark the end of the dark times we're living. require is practicing for his 1st performance coming up in front of a live audience with far fewer visitors allowed and singers having. to keep distance from each other it's not ideal but even having this opportunity means a lot. to. seeing again the public it will be a great moment of great hope and a great choice for everyone that. italy was hit hard during the pandemic and 14 months in people are experiencing fatigue they're reopening is welcomed by many but this calculated risk as italy's prime minister might hit the rocky put it could have on for seeable consequences according to experts mostly ficci day it's very difficult to take a calculated risk during an epidemic because at the very moment we realize the

virus is. always too late. tourguide on the other hand would like to see a further easing of restrictions such as official guidelines on tourism that would make it easier for people from other regions of italy and even overseas to visit and connect with the city's rich heritage i want to go back to my job i want to actually show people the visitors that are coming to all these i want to may not all might come along for that and i would be waiting. for. everybody to see everybody here pretty soon italy's government is planning to further east restrictions in the coming weeks how this will influence the pandemic only time will tell but for now these small steps are inspiring hope for the future . of the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on

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this is. from berlin tonight after that deadly metro accident in mexico city authorities are promising there will be a full investigation it happened monday night the train plunging on to a road when an overpass collapsed it killed 24 people will bring you the latest from mexico city also coming up tonight india's hospitals struggling to cope as the number of coronavirus infections reaches more than 20000000 and calls for a nationwide lockdown are growing and for right crime here in germany has

a record high with an aggressive coronavirus denial movement adding fuel to the far. off it's good to have you with us we begin tonight in mexico city authorities. there are promising a full investigation into a deadly metro accident at least 24 people died dozens were injured when an elevated section of track collapsed on monday night local residents have been expressing concerns about cracks in the structure for years. to keep operation is underway to train carriage just hanging above the road creating a daunting rescue operation for emergency workers mine 12 is the newest of mexico city's metro system the train was traveling between stops when the overpass gave

way sending rubble and carriages tumbling down onto a busy road well it says of those trapped to face a novice wait for any news one of. my daughter in law told us she was with my son and she told us the structure fell down over them. again and some of the. we don't have any news about my sister they don't have her name in the list we called her cell phone and there was no answer. so some of us are looking for her in different hospitals god willing will find her vehicle and they will. rescue workers initially use ladders to gain access to the survivors the 4th artie's halted the rescue operation due to concerns the train could fall at any moment a crane later arrived to secure the carriages. and then there was peace here they were you've got a car as always the attorney general's office must carry out an investigation that

began just last night but we are also looking today for an international company that is certified in both subway and structural matters to carry out an external technical investigation so that we can get to the bottom of this unfortunate incident. 912 construction was plagued by complaints and there are reports that damage was noticed on the overpass many years ago. why we want to bring in can also offer she's a journalist in mexico city it's good to have you with us what more do we know about this accident tonight. well we know that people are very very upset about it because this was not an accident that it had been reported that the structure was damaged in 2017 when there was an earthquake and it is unclear if this was attended to and whether or not there was

a main column right where the overpass was that collapsed and pictures have emerged showing that it was already leaning down and that wondering why this was not picked and as was mentioned in the report this metro line is new modern it's an elevated line that serves half a 1000000 people in the most working class neighborhoods of mexico city people that spend hours in the metro every day because they live on the outskirts of the city and the metro when it opened in 2012 a year later it had to close for 21 months because it was improperly built from the beginning so it has its there's many questions of how did it happen that was improperly built in the beginning why was it not think that earthquake and or how is that this kind of lack of maintenance also we know that earlier this year in january i'm in control center caught on fire and last year person died when 2 trains crashed so it is just giving the context what we know more is that everyone has been brought to hospitals. another person died in the hospital and 24 people

have died there are around 8 people injured and there are still people that are trying to locate their family members that they have not been able to find out what hospital and or died i want to just be clear on this you're saying that the metro authority knew a belt problems in this section of track where the train derailed yesterday correct . yet that it is correct that it definitely it's been circulating on social networks of posts that came out in 2018 also in 202-2700 showing that there is damage today in a morning press conference the mayor of mexico city cloudier signed bam was asked what the government had done and what the authorities had done to respond to this issue and she said we are investigating it she did not give more details so it is not clear what happened when they knew that there was structural damage but it is

clear that there really is a problem of maintenance and right now 8000 subway workers have announced that they are going on strike and shutting down the whole metro system that serves 6000000 people every single day from the biggest metro systems in the entire world and there are very few details that have come out about this strike but it is possible that the whole subway system will shut down because the workers are protesting the negligence in the system and that it has not been maintained properly you have a struggle certainly going to cause major headaches that are across the city i understand that an independent organization has been asked to come in and conduct an investigation into this tragedy i'm wondering how much faith do the people in mexico city have in giving an accurate assessment of what happened yesterday. people have very little faith in the government in general because of incidents like this and the corruption who was the mayor of mexico city at the time that this was inaugurated marcello of brad is today one the most important politicians in

mexico he's the minister of foreign affairs and he believed to be the next presidential candidate for the party in power more right now so people are questioning what was his role in it people don't trust in the government but i know you people may ask ok well people taking the subway it's very important to mention that here in mexico the subway there is no option for the people that take the subway the subway is largely lower middle class and lower class working people take the subway because they have no other option to get to work so it's not that they will if they feel that it's not safe which many people in the pandemic felt that it was not safe to be with so many people got in a subway but they don't have any other option they have to go to work and will take the subway to that subway line will be closed for a long time and adding hours of trip commune time for the commuters journalism to see you can also offer the latest tonight from mexico city thank you thank you for having me on. calls are growing for a national walk down in india after the country passed more than 28000000 reported

coronavirus infections today experts say the real number is likely to be much higher hospitals are struggling to treat patients as they run out of beds and oxygen and crematoria cannot keep up with the numbers of dead. every few minutes the bodies of the dead arrive here. relatives what sean as their loved ones and the lives they once knew go up in flames. new hires are being built rapidly to keep up with the demand. it's not just the crematoriums that are at their limit. an influx of medical equipment including desperately needed oxygen supply as has been arriving from abroad but medical staff say it's not enough to stem the flow of critically ill patients trying and often failing to find hospital beds.

you have reached the limits of what we could do as a hospital for the next i mean if it should have started earlier is that the government has to intervene in more ways than just providing all to see it is only one thing what we need is so it's capacity building that what is so its capacity building in terms of new hospitals we believe build up prefabricated hospitals with beds ventilators ice use staffing which people have to be moved like it or disaster management situation we have to look at did evaluated like in our quick almost. it's a message that is resonating in the sports world to the hugely popular indian premier league has now been suspended indefinitely. to play is recently tested positive for the virus. this development has sent international cricket teams scrambling to get home amid border closures and travel restrictions but some fans say it was necessary you have all the bodies it's

a huge decision but it should have been made earlier depend emic is getting more severe every day the country and its people should always come fast sports can happen any time it's more important save the country well it is with an eye with a slight fall in new infections there are tentative signs of hope but for those who need help now time and oxygen is running out. while immediate struggles to bring infections under control bangladesh's coronavirus lockdown appears to be working infection numbers have started to drop the government is extending the restrictions until mid may but the country's poorest residents they are struggling to find work and in some cases even food. there are many new mouths to feed in the bangladeshi capital dhaka. the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown are hitting people hard. especially those already straining to make ends meet.

so many the food provided by this charity is all they have to eat at the end of their daily ramadan fast or. i mean if i've lost my job in this coronavirus pandemic i have no earnings so i come here if talk. to go buy all these are staying i pull my rickshaw under the sun but i make very little money and i'm too poor to buy if they are so i come here for free food. the government imposed districts nationwide locked down in a poll to try to contain a massive surge in infections. they're optimistic that the measures are working as cases appear to be falling. but the restrictions are taking a heavy toll. more than 2 thirds of people in bangladesh have been forced to stop work or close their businesses at least for a time because of the pandemic. downs are hitting our bread and butter my stock

dates around me because of the lockdown i had to keep my shop closed the dates are rotting as i was unable to sell them and this is difficult for us these lockdowns on the way we were going to be. in skullcaps are still inside my closed shop i was expecting to sell them all during the month of ramadan before aid but i doubt that's going to happen it is very problematic for us. but the government is resisting pressure to open up more quickly saying this would lead to more casualties especially with the end of ramadan approaching in the middle of may. they're also concerned that what's happening in india could come to bangladesh. they say if the indian variant is allowed to 2nd rate on the streets of bangkok das the consequences would be devastating. the edging bangladeshis not to let their guard down despite their desire to get back to normal for many though the situation

is already dire and will only get worse if the pandemic is not brought under control. well here in germany the number of crimes committed by right wing extremists has jumped to with the highest level in 20 years that's according to a government report released today interior minister horst as a whole for described right wing extremism as the biggest threat to national security the report says most of these attacks are motivated by racism it also highlights a new risk from the increasingly aggressive coronavirus denial movement which is been linked to anti-semitism anti-democratic speech and right wing violence. or earlier i spoke with carol keller from the neo nazi watchdog in this you watch and i asked her whether this attitude will change the way the country is policed yet it all is here to be a state matter but we don't see the right men measurements taken i've just meant

for example and told us they have to take weapons away from the new nazis that use this in germany khomeini you know when you are not weapons and no advocates then where and also i think that we have to stop talking about lone wolves have to see the him at the end by 3 networks and yet they have to be stopped. being as networks and structures and i think that maybe the problem will be smaller but only statement is not enough we have to see amendments out of that. our sports news now champions league football and manchester city have reached the final for the 1st time ever after beating pars i'm sure montu mill the man of the march riyadh soon hit the net twice for the premier league side city will face the winner of wednesday's clash between chelsea and real madrid in the final on may 23rd what

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