and will go to mexico, where thousands of people every year face violence, violent evictions conducted by criminal gang. i'm pers coble duck into the program . all i've shown is in washington for his 1st trip as germany, as chancellor and his meeting with us president joe biden. this to show came to present a common front on the ukraine crisis and keep relations smooth. germany has just taken over the g 7 presidency. me in the run up to the meeting, mr. shawls said, germany is the strongest economic supporter of ukraine. and here's what's on the agenda. the meeting, the leaders will discuss the sanctions against russia if did invade ukraine, for example, possible penalties on the north stream to pipeline, which is to deliver russian gas to germany, bypassing countries like poland or ukraine. the heaters will also talk about bilateral relations and ways of fighting the corona virus pandemic.

all right, let's take a closer look at this meeting where to see me on a minute. she is the president of the american chamber of commerce in germany, and d, w as chief international editor, richard walker. welcome to you both, richard. let me start with you. what is germany looking for in these talks? the u. s. has been pressing for the closure of the north stream to pipeline something that particularly all our shorts didn't want to hear anything about yeah, well, love shelves. his line for the longest time was always that north stream to this very, very controversial pipeline project. and then came russia to germany was a purely commercial project. and effectively the understanding being from a point of view that, that it's not for government to get to get mixed into this could of course, the pressure now with the situation going on between russia. ukraine is on their totally different level of what he started saying now of the past couple of weeks is that everything would be up for discussion that the american side is being far more explicit than that though. and tony blinking the secretary of state who was

just in just a few weeks ago, he stood here and said explicitly that north street too is leverage for the entire west in this situation. jake sullivan, joe biden, this talk for him. policy advice was on american television yesterday saying that no tree too would not go into opperation if russia medical some sort of invasion. and certainly what the united states would love to hear from schulte is, was clear. richard chancellor, shelter and others have been saying russia would pay a high price if it did go ahead and invade ukraine. what would this high price look like yet? well, just to be clear, we are in the realm of sanctions. there's no western countries saying that it's going to go in potentially and fight for you. great if there is some kind of russian invasion. so we're in the realm of sanctions, not stream to is obviously something that is a potential thing. we just discuss that. otherwise, we're talking about the potential massive financial sanctions. it's been a lot of discussion potentially about shutting russia out to be international

payment system called swift. that would be a very major step of the potential steps or restricting rushes access to international bond market that could also be very disruptive for russia. because the thing is that what the, the west wants to make sure of is russia be not the western sanctions for many years. or the west is trying to indicate vladimir putin to effect his calculations . it is that any sanctions that it is now would be far, far more serious over to you. it is the 1st visit of older shows as german chancellor to washington. what should the outcome of his meeting with the u. s. president? be according to you and your member companies. i think this visit she'll tell so that the trans atlantic partnership is very strong and that we as germans honor our transatlantic partner and support wherever we can. that is important for all our members, be a german or american companies, but with the russia,

ukraine stand off topic, the agenda. do you not fear that this could be a missed opportunity? i mean there is a raft of issues to solve and trans atlantic trade. but the topic, the dominating topic is a different one. well, and at least in the media years, i think the agenda would be more than the ukraine conflict. although i totally agree. we need strong signals that we stand together, especially and thanks and the question mark for me would be, is it necessary to explicit give the catalog? because whenever you give all ready red lines up front, you are out of the diplomacy way. but i think what it has to be very clear and explicit is that everything swift as well as not stream to is in the basket for possible sanctions. and i think that has already be said for, for example,

also by miss babcock. and not so explicit. i agree by mr. simone, a minute, president of the american chamber of commerce in germany and the double years. richard walker, thanks to you both and now to some of the other global business stories making headlines around the world. the german chamber of commerce h k is warning of an exit is a foreign companies doing business in russia that over moscow's recent mandate to extend medical tests for foreign workers, they include h, i v covered and regular blood tests and even x rays and psychological evaluations indonesia economy returned to growth last year, expanding by 3.7 percent after a corona virus trigger recession in 2020. the combat was based on robust exports as prices rose from paul, coal and nickel. for this year, the central bank expects further growth of up to 5 and a half percent in the central bank has rescheduled, as monetary policy meeting after the death of baldwood legend lotta mangas car. a

national holiday has been declared and memory of the late singer. a decision on monetary policy is not expected on thursday. and you and report says north korea's miss our program is being funded through stolen crypto currency. north korean cyber attacks of stolen more than $50000000.00 worth of criptos in the past 2 years, according to investigators such attacks are an important revenue source for planning young's nuclear and ballistic missile program. the report says let's get more in this from pacific union. my colleague here at the w visit. clifford how advanced is north korea in areas like crypto crime, cyber crime. com. yeah, it's certainly seems to be getting more sophisticated. it used to be when they needed to are in foreign currency. they were, the north koreans would make crystal math or fake $100.00 bills, but clearly they're moving with the times and they see an opportunity here,

crypto currency. and recent years, you've seen a number of cyber attacks using malware and fishing and things like that on clearly the sophistication level has increased now where they're, where they're able to access crypto currency on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of it. yeah, i mean the year and says $50000000.00 loan stolen the last 2 years. how does the process work? well, basically a lot of it goes through an organization called the surveillance general, which is the, the secret service. and they, they've coordinating with a hacking group called lazarus, which has been, which has been targeted by u. s. security officials. and they say that's one of the most sophisticated of the cyber criminals. and then they go for hot wallets, which is where people store their crypto currency in wallets that are connected to the internet. and then using fishing, malware and various other things, they seem to be able to access the money. so it's, it's, it's showing a great level of sophistication and clearly this is something that's probably going to increase over the coming years. and you and report saying,

north korea is miss our program is being funded through stolen crypto currency d. w significant. and thank you. in 2019, there were more than 3000 official evictions in mexico city. thousands more organized privately, sometimes by force, from criminal gangs on the poorest families are the hardest. did they spend about half their income on rent? the tenants of this apartment block in mexico city are locked in. his struggle with their landlord who did was indoors has lived here since she was a child for years ago. the owner of her building sold it to a mexican bank, ignoring the tenants. right of 1st refusal, the new owner hired armed security, installed surveillance cameras, and sent in thugs to intimidate them. lawyers were hired to force the $45.00 families out of their apartments. but 12 of the tenants stayed. they barricaded

themselves on the roof to escape the constant harassment broken up. uh yes, i believe it is to the how could they demolish the building when people live here? he turned the key and that was buncombe. he fell strategy and it scared a lot of people off. it'll flip back to the list at the healey bank on meeting. although who did resigned as and the other challenge regularly pay their rent, the bank is trying to evict them. the plan is to build new apartments in offices in the roman north, a district, one of the most sought after neighborhoods in the mexican capital gentrification as quickly spread to other neighborhoods in mexico city where housing prices have increased by 40 to 80 percent in the past year according to n g o habitat international coalition. during the pandemic, 30 percent of the capitals residence left the city due to rising, rents, and services. the take away city government must do more to prevent displacement

for the radio area made. it has to control speculation, realistic, lashawn, and promote land policies that take into account the need for secure affordable housing for this city's portion population. so they don't have to leave as i called us, but i think was them into no, i don't think that is a good sally. end of the last, the last in 2019 there were more than 3000 official evictions, but thousands more are organized privately. sometimes by force from criminal gangs, the poorest families are the hardest hit. they spend about half their income on rent in the city administration. rafael gomez is responsible for urban development and construction. he says, a legal reform initiative has been launched for more inclusive housing leafy kim will let them into the new law will help turn around the real estate market. that

it so that the inner city, residential areas where people who moved away can live here again. and the construction of affordable housing gets promoted, who did resend, as has been looking for a new apartment. but here where she has always lived, she can't find anything. she has no choice but to stay in this room and endure the owners. harassment is motivated. i've been looking for a place to go and start over, but it's very difficult and the rents are very high that the apartments very far away started. it takes 3 hours to get from home to work. gentrification is affecting more and more neighborhoods impacting mexico cities poorest residence. and here's a quick reminder of our top story for you at this hour. olaf shawls is in washington for the 1st time as germany as chancellor in his meeting with you as president joe biden. charles came to present a common front of the crank, rises and keep relations smooth. germany has just taken over the jeep 7 precipice

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