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highest level of right wing extremist crime in 20 years new statistics showed that foreign crime rose by more than 5 percent last year and he submitted crimes increased by more than 15 percent the vast majority motivated by right wing extremism authorities say. the number of corona virus cases in india has officially topped 20000000 though it's believed the real figures all deaths and infections are much higher than that supply shortages have slowed down the national vaccination drive and the health care system is buckling under the weight of new cases. this is d.w. news from berlin you can find much more on our website w dot com. old school. 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 $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 off in berlin 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 this hunger and poverty so that people can grow up in healthy and prosperous lives only way to eliminate the threat of this disease somewhere is to eliminate it everywhere that it should as 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. jurymen a 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 you know mix. it 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're 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. or propounding 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. my next guest tonight is an insider in the world of philanthropy and he's the author of the book the givers wealth power in philanthropy in a new gilded age it documents how the world's mega rich have become philanthropists 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 now gives out $5000000000.00

a year so yeah big shocker in the world of planter ping 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 1910 than the gate 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 immense 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 government 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 intellectual property rights and just give that the 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 hands on the help that is being given to the world's disadvantaged. yet this is not just a private citizen and any any ordinary citizen weighing in on that question this is somebody whose resources rival that of the w h o's who has that mess 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 alt 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. forbes magazine ranks 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 edu parent subsidiary which is based in luxembourg and here's a thing that subsidiary made a loss on paper so amazon paid no corporate tax whatsoever on the billions that it earned and that story was researched by the fair tax foundation i'm joined now by its chief executive paul one example it's good to have you on the program and maybe you can help us understand here we're talking about millions billions in turn over yet zilch in corporate taxes paid by amazon how does that work and how is that legal. i'm smiling but i shouldn't be really. i think we're all used to seeing stories of amazon not paying any tax around the world but the latest sets of fake is that we found that in luxembourg would

astounding i mean we're talking months of record loss in europe of $1200000000.00 euros not only are they not paying taxes they are building task credits to use in the future this year they built a 1000000 euros of tax credits last year it was 2 $190000000.00 euros it actually now got over $2000000000.00 of target all glossies to use in the future what that means is if at some point in the future they do decide to declare a profit on which tax will be required that they still have to pay tax because they've got all these carry it forward losses to utilize. what are the things you want from the apples that account isn't say as well that's a retail business it's a long margie. what we've got to remember gas m is it is the largest retailer in the world it's also the largest provider of cloud computing services in the world which is why it march in business politics percent margins easily so.

i couldn't answer the question directly how they block losses year after year after year but it is legal though 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 illegality and there are 2 of the things that and raises one is whether the laws created by the politicians are fit for 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 right and how to use tax proposals that are guns of the o.e.c.d. germany's finance minister has supported those on for example they would create a minimum coloration tax around the world of 21 percent and they would also

crucially take a business like amazon and not just hats its own 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 fight corporations at some profit you know what the new 5 part with it was that it's that tax 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 shoulder said about that about what we can go take a listen and i'll try jim very hard cerda 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 italy and crucially it's every chair 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 these in poland 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 generate 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 he wants it's which jobs for example while i was in these i mean we've got to think now is and has got more employee the looks of this got citizens you know how on it looks of they're going see robel sleep money each the reports and accounts sometimes in e.u. salis just not going to happen so i think everybody has become tight not just the public business people have a hobby it's a pay their taxes because they want to consummate public service is there is as any member of the general public and i think we're the key moments on what this summer

we will change the way international taxation works right 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 come back and talk with us again paul monaghan chief executive of the fair tax foundation paul thank you and. we're here in germany officials are warning of a rise in far right extremism police recorded more than 23000 far 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 threats and hate mail to politicians and public figures. he's accused of sending more than 100 threatening letters signed an ace you 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 man 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. 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. for.

one example last year a man sought 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 coronavirus 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. maturing 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 one 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

rightwing crimes. so why does germany have such a problem with right wing violence w.'s chief political editor because the governor . well i have to warn you i don'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 on that 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. well it's time to book your holidays in italy that was the message from prime minister mario draghi 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 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 to guide and he tells us now that archaeological sites have reopened she could be back in business if only there were visitors. many of them at travel companies mostly were king and mostly getting new kings a full the 2022 because we help with this with the racial world booth sad because of that vaccine simply open the borders are probably

we can speak of the change. but the numbers are within the cause is 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 open i did all my has had difficulty or having to rely on streaming and a few outdoor events. sylvia 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 on. her choir 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.

seeing again the public it will be a great moment of great hope and a great shore for everyone that. italy was hit hard during the pandemic and 14 months in people are experiencing fatigue their reopening is welcome by many but this calculated risk as italy's prime minister put it could have an forseeable consequences according to experts mostly featured a. 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 all the visitors that are coming all the i want

to may not all might come along. and i would be waiting. for. everybody 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. where the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter in news or you can follow me at. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day.

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