[000:00:00;00] ah, ah ah ah ah, business day that we news lying from berlin, russia's war on ukraine dominates the 1st big speeches at the world economic forum and w. yes, youth, which is this is how does the world expect to reach climate neutrality if it can't even stop the burning down of ho ukrainian cities,

ukraine's 1st lady make the renewal please for support from the gathered leaders. also coming up germany names, a new defense minister of boris pastorius will take over at a critical time with berlin, under pressure to boost military support for ukraine and prosecutors investigating a major e. you corruption scandal strike a deal with a key suspect. former a hugh lawmaker, antonio punts area will reveal details of the bribes and exchange for a lighter sentence. ah, i'm nicole froze. it's good to have you with us. the president of the european commission has promised that support for ukraine will continue for as long as it's needed. addressing the world economic form and the swiss resort of novels or the law funding. i told the gathered political and business leaders and europe took

less than a year to free itself from when she called a dangerous addiction to russian energy. her address followed that of ukraine's 1st lady orlando's alaska. the ukraine house in davos, the horrors of war made visible with photos, videos, installations on presentations during the international business gathering. ukraine on the russian war of aggression are dominating the summit alongside the major issue of climate change. our generation switch for turning point conform to quite poorly existential problems. climate change exploitation of nature, nuclear possible insurance, or even worse extreme poverty and virus. the ukrainian 1st lady has come to divorce to speak out on behalf of her country and to draw

attention to the dramatic situation in ukraine today. yes, the thought at this, if the, how does the world expect to reach climate neutrality shipper if it can't even stop the burning down of how ukrainian cities? this is what russia does with its artillery miss isles. iranian drowns it is. you all know that russian aggression was never intended to stop at ukrainian borders scenes critically. this war copper, grassy, and ignite a wider crisis if ukraine loses, if show has never russia, aggression is driving you appear nations to help you. crane you commission president earth lavonda lion outline massive support from the european union. we were current with ukraine on any topic that is helping the economy. we have for example, there security lanes. 60 percent of the grain of ukraine has been exported via these rules are violent or through the european union are all, for example,

we have a synchronized r, l m, energy grit, electricity grit with sir the ukrainians. so we're doing everything to keep the economy up and running, to support financially, to support militarily and of course morale. but the war in ukraine has found the flames of energy and food crises. the question, now dominating this year's world economic forum is what more can be done about it? the w correspondent, emily, sherwin is in davos for us. emily, what sort of support can ukraine expect from this gathering? i think it's hard to know at the moment. there certainly has been a lot of talk about ukraine in these 1st few days with, as you mentioned, or linda's announce got the 1st lady of ukraine speaking today. to marvel of the mirrors. zalinski is speaking by a video link at the conference. but i think the ukraine delegation here,

which is large, will be wanting more concrete support, including from business. and you could see that yesterday i was at the opening at the of the ukraine house here in douglas, which is where the delegation kind of gets together, holds events and their 1st event there was about fundraising. so i think they really want more support, more financial support, a for ukraine, and there may be some concern as well that ukraine, yes, it's one of the focuses here, but it may be slipping down the agenda after all this forum here is facing a huge amount a huge array of concerns including the risk of recession this year, rising inflation of food crisis, a cost of living crisis. so i think that worry may be somewhat justified and you could see that today as well. in the address of la on their line, the you commission president, she talked about ukraine. that was her starting off point. but then she delved into really the green economy and the importance of investing in the u for that. because

european countries and the u. s. have been wrestling over subsidies for their economies. there haven't bay. so what exactly are they finding over? well, that's right. that was kind of one of the main thrusts in a way of underlying lee. at least of ours left underlines speech today on the u. s . has presented on now what they are calling and inflation reduction act, which means that there could be huge tax breaks of for companies invest in green tack if they produce in the u. s. and the e. u has been saying that that's unfair, that their companies are being excluded. and essentially today, or is it a funder lion kind of flashed out a bunch of ideas, or at least gave us some bones for the ideas about us creating subsidies from the e. u. as well and, and also she was basically advertising the u as a ground for, you know, investment in green tech. so there was that underlying tension,

even though she was calling for cooperation with the u. s. basically she was also saying, look, invest in the you, when it comes to green tech, lots going on there. what else stood out for you? i think overall i would say, you know, the, the theme of this job was here. this world economic forum is cooperation in a fragmented world. and in those features even that we saw today, the one that i was mentioning, you saw this tension between the you and the u. s. even if it was underlying, also low also or the left underline was speaking about china as one of the main competitors for the e. u and the u. s. and she was speaking just before the chinese vice premier's speech. so there was that kind of tension and the backdrop of all these crises that i mentioned. some of the buzzwords here and double us have been poly crisis and cascading crises. so the world leaders here really are facing more than a fragmented world. i think they're facing

a world and crisis and it's unclear what solutions they can really provide by talking here in davos. he w correspondent, emily, sherwin and i was thank you so much to re his name, to new defense minister, or as pastorius will replace christine alumni to resign. following a series of controversies for the last decade, miss historian has been interior minister of the german state of lower saxony. he now faces the formidable task of overhauling germany's armed forces, overseeing key decisions on military support to ukraine, and much more. boris pastorius is an old hand with a new job, taking the reins of germany's military during times of war and europe. he told reporters he was ready for the taste on ya. d model, disability and respectfully enormous task before me finished the ministry of defense. it is already a great challenge in peacetime,

and even more in times when germany is involved in a war, indirectly or am, i am aware of the responsibility and the great significance and em all the more grateful that i have been entrusted with it to get hartford on bed, i will throw myself into this challenge with 150 per cent from day one. along for the last 10 years, pastorius herself does interior minister in the state of lore, saxony, furnishing a reputation as reliable and unafraid to speak his mind. chancellor ala sholtes hopes, those qualities, will help steer the armed forces through considerable change as national and fine don't. he is not only a friends and good politician, her position, but also someone who has a lot of experience and security policy fruit. there. the who has worked very openly and closely in his previous function with the bonus via on to and to also possess as the strength and calmness needed for, for such

a big task. at the face of the current changes, pastorius will have plenty to do at a ministry known as a career killer. modernizing the military, strengthening fighting forces and handling weapons supplies to ukraine. pastorius will have no time to settle in his 1st beg appointment, a meeting with his u. s. counterpart in berlin. later this week. while the appointment of boys to stories as new minister of defense has been received positively on the whole by the conservative opposition party, he w. talk to what are the keys of a member of the german parliament for the christian democratic union, the cd you and a former bonus fed general staff officer and now joined that wilderness keys of attack. he is one of the foreign policy experts of the opposition conservatives. now at mister keys, avita, we have a new defense minister. what do you make of paris? bezoar is, is appointment. well, it is very obvious that the chancellor has had no political is expertise inside his

caucus. so he had to go to one of the better or very, or experienced ministers of interior of his party or his pictorials has a heart for security. and i know him from the reserve, but it is also a sign of weakness because there is no expertise in his own caucus. this is bitter, but it says decision. and we need this decision due to the ramstein format on friday. so you say that there are 2 different issues here at stake. one you say is that all i've searched is, has a built up people who know the topic enough that a would have been instantly grab a bull m. why didn't he do that? do you think a he talks about tightened and all the time where to very experienced people have left the cause? if, hulu, she is now relevant for the affairs of the people inside the army. but shit, the, she's not part of the parliament any longer. and fits fagan toy,

who was very experience of the spokesperson for defense in the us. but he went due to a political, a controversies with all of shorts and others. and his part it therefore, it is important that the new minister starts very soon to improve the international standing of germany, especially towards our eastern european friends and partners and to change the titan vendor into a real political matter. and 3rd, to do everything that our industry and the armed forces are able to support ukraine with everything they need. you've already mentioned some stain. how big a problem is it that borders pastorius sofa doesn't have any international experience? well, i hope that he is able, with a and knowledge for english in negotiations, but nevertheless, i believe that he knows the serious situation of our armed forces, but the even worse situation of ukraine. and therefore, i hope that he will give a push also to the chancellor re and not to be a tool of the talk chancery. but

a building on the experience of his generals and the civilian expertise in his house. and then tore start every thing that germany becomes, not a benign neighbor, but a strong partner and resolve part resolute partner in supporting the international coalition against russia for ukraine. now when it comes to those decisions, whether or not germany will deliver combat tanks to ukraine, the chancellor has so far, always made it clear that those decisions lie with him. is that going to change with bars distorted? well, the chancellor was ill advised to do this that way, because now the pressure, the international pressure on germany has increased tremendously from france, will bypass germany in the question of infantry fighting weakness from the united states were offered readily, infantry fighting, weakest and than great britain. as well as finland, sweden, poland,

and other countries who offered combat tanks. and it's germany who has the main expertise in combat things. and therefore, it's up to the chancellor now to change his attitude to develop a strategic culture that germany is more helpful than we were in the last 11 months of this war. as data, we're talking to a lot of kids that are a member of jamie's biggest opposition party, the cd. you and alex have a look at some more headlines from around the world emergency crews. and they're ukranian said he has no proud say they've entered the search for victims of a week and missiles drank on an apartment building. 45 people are confirmed dead. the bombing was one of the war's deadliest single strikes against civilians. a former commander with the russian paramilitary wagner group has claimed asylum and norway after deserving and crossing the border. andre madrid if posted this video in december criticizing the group's operations. he entered norway on friday and has

been charged with entering the country illegally. the trial of bella roosts is the exiled opposition. leader has begun in minsk svetlana to kennel sky is being tried in her absence and used to speech at the world economic form to denounce the court proceedings as a foreign to channel sky claimed victory and the 2020 presidential election, but is now facing a range of charges, including high treason climate activists, grid edinburg is among a number of demonstrators who have been detained in the west. german village of looks a lot to him back to parts in a protest against the expansion of an open cast coal mine in the area. the renewed protest comes just a day after authorities managed to clear climate protesters out of looks at on a former lawmaker implicated in a corruption scandal that's in golf. the european parliament has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. belgium prosecutors say that former emi p. here, antonio upon saturday, who is in custody,

and brussels has agreed to work with authorities and exchange for a reduced sentence. is one of 4 people with links to the parliament charged with participating in the activities of a criminal organization, money laundering, and corruption. to w correspondent, parent joins me now from brussels. jack, what more can you tell us about the deal with pun city while it's a real real bombshell in this investigation? and in this case essentially, what antonio pansy has agreed to do is to tell the authorities everything about the corruption ring that is that right at the heart of this scandal, how they worked, how they financed, how they were structured. and very crucially, he's agreed to tell them the involvement of known and unknown people that he himself admits to bribing. so this means that this investigation is very likely to get much, much broader. there will be some very nervous people in brussels and probably

around the world are watching and waiting to see what pans ary is willing or must actually is part of this deal now, or to tell the authorities in exchange, he's going to have a prison sentence. we do know that he will be put in prison, but we don't know the length of it, but it will be reduced. also, he'll receive a fine and all of his profits from the corruption scandal will be confiscated from him, which the authorities have said to day or estimated to be about a 1000000 euros. do we know what his role in the scandal was? what information can he actually for? right? well, he has been right at the heart of this is a former m e p. he left, he started this angio called fight impunity, which became sort of a shell organization. that's the allegation anyway. and that was funnelling money from cutter and morocco, according to the investigation into different places and included them as part of this sort of umbrella came in, the vice president, the sitting vice president who's now be nice did of the european parliament, eva kylie, her partner francesca, georgie, who was pansy's assistant and another,

and you had that they shared the same office with. so he really is at the heart of this. and that's the big question. how many more countries, how many more people may be involved in this scandal related to the investigation than the of the information that he's now going to give over to investigators? this really is quite a big bombshell, but probably the reality is there must be so much evidence against him that the only way he could get to reduce his sentence was to cooperate with the authorities . a lot of people watching this very closely jacked, their shock runs deep in the ear parliament even weeks after the corruption scandal surrounding them. vice president, kylie became public went right back to you. after a closer look at the fall out, they are back at work in strasburg, but not back to business. as usual. the corruption scandal dabbed as katara gate continues to royalty european parliament threatening to undermine the very credibility of the institution. a lot of damage has been done to the parliament due

to that corruption case. but of course it's corruption. it's a crime. oh, so justice, the belgian and european justice will make their job whenever you meet people, they ask you about the corruption, please, and not about to political work. and i think this is sir, a big damage or in the repetition, in the work of more than 700 members. in december, belgium, police raided homes and officers of incumbent and former members of the parliament, bags of cash were found for people among them. eva k lee, one of the parliament's vice presidents were arrested. they have been accused of taking bribes in exchange for favours for cattle and morocco, accusations the countries deny heidi hotel is a finished politician. and as kaylee used to be vice president of the european parliament, she did not fit very well into the opinions of her her other social democratic colleagues in the bureau of the european parliament where we were colleagues. so

that i could observe that them she had her own way. some questions about if she had some sort of private interest, maybe sometimes went through my head. rightly as a consequence of this candle, the parliament president robert tar met. sola has proposed new rules against corruption, including better control of who has access to the chamber and its members safe. emmy peas would also have to declare their assets and who they meet. when discussing legislation, a good start says daniel, find who is representing german, greens. but he points out that the problem was never elac of rules is lots of the rules we have are good to the member states. we have reasonably high standards of transparency and integrity in the new institutions. but we also need to enforce them. and for that we need an independent body to check on on ethics rules. would an independent body do the trick? there are different proposals on the table with some members of the european

parliament warning that freedom of their mandate needs to be protected too. but given the seriousness of the accusations, most hearsay now is the time for action to restore the trust lost in this candle. now is the time to act. jack, you've got your air to the ground. what are the consequences being discussed there in brussels? well this is it, this 14 point plan that roberta met, solar, the european parliament president has outlined states could actually change some things. they're also very interesting details. i think probably a lot of people missed and one of the things that she proposed is ending the ability of for any piece like antonio pan, very from being able to access the parliament. he was in there doing speeches in parliament committees and hearings and stuff. and, and that has just been a normal part and parcel thing of parliamentary life that every piece, even once they've lost their seat, can continue returning. there's also a plan to register in official meetings that relate to reports that are going

through the parliament and oversee the issue around category visa liberalization, and their access to our space. all of that has been sort of the questions around the corruption scandal that the scandal has, has really focused on. i think one of the issues will be resistance from some of the parliamentarians who want to make sure that they're able to speak openly and hear the political opinions of dissidence around the world without it being registered and opposing parties being able to see those meetings. so that's still going to be a balance, but i think the senses and as we saw from alexander's report, there is a sense in the european parliament that the optics and the visibility of this means that they know they have to do something to change. what it looks like to the public, jack barrack and brussel. thank you so much jack. now for the 1st time in decades, china's population has declined by 850000 people according to official numbers. now that doesn't sound like much for a country of more than a 1000000000. at this moment marks

a trend that's expected to continue over this century. un projections show that by 2100 in china by releasing could shrink below 800000000. this demographic shift is predicted to have massive consequences for china's economy and social stability, and that is likely to echo around the world. and 4 more were joined now by eva cheyenne. she's a researcher at the eurasia group where she covers chinese foreign policy and domestic politics. eva, give us a sense of how significant this population of climate. thank you. so this, as you mentioned, is the 1st time in around 60 years that china has experienced a population decline. and it is significant in the sense that it highlights the severity of china's demographic picture. it basically says that china's aging prices is officially here. what's the reason for this?

historically low birth rate? yes, so the population decline, as you said, is driven mainly by low bye bye bye. historically low birth rates. and this is primarily due to the rising cost of child bearing in china as of 2019, there is a study that says a cost of raising a child up to the age of $18.00 is nearly 7 times of china as a g. d p per capita. of that year, and a coven 19 has actually exacerbated this trend of lowering fertility willingness among young couples. because, because of the unpredictability of lockdown under the 0 co policy, there is a decreasing sense of financial or financial stability and security among young people. china arrived at this point, much earlier than expected, is the economy purely to blame for this?

this, this trend is basically due to a accelerating decline of people's willingness. you have children because of the reasons i mentioned before and to cover 1000 has simply exacerbated those those challenges. because of this negative effects are on the economy. specifically, in terms of decreasing domestic demand, it's being called a demographic time long. what will this mean for the country, for the people and the economy? so in the long term, the chinese demographic situation is definitely a challenge. because china is trying to convert is economy to a more consumption driven economy. but with the aging crisis, there will be a long term dollar pressure on china's domestic demand. and in terms of government expenditure, the government will be expected to spend even more on social security and that,

and also providing child support. and those are the 2 main long term challenges for china's economy. and in terms of its society, i think young people are even more expected today to take care of the elderly. as china's dependency ratio has risen, due to this population of decline, which is projected to continue over the next few years. is there a chance this can be turned around? what realistic incentives can the chinese government offer it? citizens to have larger families? there are several existing policy initiatives, for example, people with multiple children can have some kind of incentive to choose better housing, buy better houses. and there are also discussions in beijing to initiate policies from attorney leave and provide

a better support in terms of child care for people who are, who are working. but these policies have yet to remain to be, to be seen how effective they are. and these all tied to as well to see a common prosperity agenda, which is trying to basically improve the quality of life for people. so we will have to see in the next few years whether she is able to deliver on the social policy agenda and leave it there. thank you so much for those insights, english and research around the original group here. stacy now for a kick off, we'll be back at the top of the hour with morning. thank you so much for being with

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