♪ brent: this is "dw news," live from berlin. tonight, a stunning offer from north korea to the united states. ready to talk about no nukes. and the u.s. president reacts with guarded optimism. >> we have come certainly a long way, at least rhetorically, with north korea. it would be a great thing for the world, it would be a g great thing for north korea, it would be a great thing for the peninsula. brent: that, as the leaders of the two koreas agree to meet face-to-face in april. also coming up, growing entry tonight. british police decontaminate the site where a former russian spy

collapsed after being exposed to a mystery substance. he is now in critical condition. and a refugee crisis in south america. tonight, a special report on venezuelelans fleeing their country's economic crisis into neighboring colombia. the story of their daily strugglele just to survivive. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. we start with a stunning offer from north korea to the united states. ready to meet and ready to talk about getting rid of nuclear weapons. the north has agreed to hold a summit in late april that would include the leaders of both countries. this unexpected turn of events coming just a day after a south korea delegation met with the north korean leader in pyongyang.

it was kim jong-un's first-ever face-to-face with south korean officials sincnce takingng powe. reporter: images from north korean state televisision. president kim jong-un welcomes south korea's national security chief and four other specicial envoys from seoul. kim told them he wants to write a new history of national reunification. and this is what the first chapapter should look like. the two sides are planning a meeting for their heads of state in late april, the first summit in 11 years. but that's not all. according to south korean sources, kim is prepared to suspend nuclear and missile tests while dialogue is unundery and is repororted to have e said there is no reason for north korea to have nuclear weapons if he g gets security g guaranteesr his regime. he a also hinteded at dialogue h the united states. u.s. president donald trump reacted on twitter. he cited possible progress, but

warned it could be false hope. the u.s. is, he says, ready to go hard in either direction. south korea's president moon jae-in r reacted witith caution. >> we must talk to north korea in order to denuclearize the korean peninsula, but at the same time we must put mamaximum effort into establishing effective measures against north korean nuclear weapons and missiles. reporter: meanwhile, nororth koa is broadcasting these images. kim and his wife hosting his guests at a banquet as if it were a family get-together. and as if there were no nuclear conflict, no missile tests, and no u.n. sanctions. brent: there's a lot to unpack with this story. to do that i'm joined at the big table by bernhard bartsch, an asian affairs expert. it is good to have you on the show. all right, let's talk about what

we just heard from the u.s. president. president trump, he has just been speaking the last couple of minutes talking about this offer from north korea. take a listen to what he had to say. >> we have come certainly a long way, at least rhetorically, with north kokorea. it would be a great thing for the world, it would be a great thing for north korea, it would be a great thing for the peninsula. brent: a great thing for the peninsula. how do you read that? bernhard: well, it would be a great thing for the peninsula if anything of substance actually happened, but nothing has happened so far. north korea has offered to talk about basically anything, but they have done that in the past. so for the time being, i would be very skeptical and not really call it very much of an offer. brent: so guarded optimism, in your opinion, is the way to move forward. what do you think is motivating the north korean leader to do this?

i mean, i am just wondering if they ever do sit down with the americans, is either side going to be willing to compromise? bernhard: i think north korea is under a lot of pressure. they have these sanctions, which are crippling. they need money, even if kim jong-un doesn't care very much about the majority of his people, he cares about his elites who want imports, cars and food and other things. that is one thing. then don't forget that until a couple of weeks ago we were talking about a real threat of war breaking out on the peninsula. north korea does not want that. other than that, i think this is the rhythm of escalation and de-escalation we have seen for a long time. brent: but there is progress because just two weeks ago we were talking about the possibility of war. now we are talking about the possibility of talks. bernhard: absolutely. if you look at the war scenario, then this is a big improvement. if you are looking at actually

denuclearizing north korea, nothing has happened much. but of course there is the hope that something might happen and that they might come to their senses. brent: and the united states has given north korea security guarantees before under u.s. president clinton. for example, written guarantees. so if north korea is asking for that again, why should we believe that they would follow through and get rid of their nuclear program? because we have been there before. bernhard: that's the tricky thing. both sides are very suspicious of each other. and there's not much reason actually to believe that north korea would be giving up their nuclear weapons, because they handle them as the life insurance for their system. so it would have to be a very big agreement that they would be talking about. and north korea actually has not spelled out what they really want, so it is really very speculative. brent: and what about what is

surrounding north korea? i am thinking about russia. i was reading today that north korea is looking at the geopolitical map and thinks that it is a safer bet now to make friends with the u.s. because russia could end up being a greater threat to its survival. would these say to -- what do you say to that? bernhard: russia is a big factor, china is a very big factor. north korea is suspicious of all of its neighbors. it wants a stronger position. it has gained this position through the weapons but it is still poor. but itits situateded in a locatn where it actually could be very richch. so now it is trying despsperatey to somehow cash in but it needs cooperation from its neighbors to do that. brent: bernhard bartsch here in berlin, we appreciate the time it took for us here. -- you took for us herere.

here are some other stories making headlines around the world. a truck carrying 22 tons of hydrochloric acid has collided wiwith a train in the u.s. s ste of pennsylvania, spipilling th highly corrosive cargo. nearby residents were evacuated to safety as hazardous materials teams closed off the area where the inincident happepened. the driver of the truck was taken to a hospital with injuries. reports say at least 68 people have been killed as the syrian government resumed airstrikes on eastern ghouta near damascus. a cease-fire wasas agreed upon lastst month, but it is only in place fofor five hours each day. the russiaian military has offed rerebels safe passage out t of e areaea, but rebels havave turned that offer down. a russian transport plane has crashed in syria, killing all 39 people on board. syrian state media citing the russian defense ministry say that the plane crashed at russia's khmeimim air base in northern syria and was likely

caused by technical failure. britain says that it will respond appropriately and robustly to any russian involvement in the apparent poisoning of a former spy. sergei skripal, an ex-russian intelligence officer who also spied for britain, became critically ill on sunday along with his daughter. police are trying to identify the unknown substance that left the two unconscious in the southern city of salisbury. rereporter: police cordoned off the part o of the salisbury park where sergei skripal and his daughter were found critically ill on sunday. investigators are now busy trying to determine the nature of the unknown substance the two victims were exposed to. >> as you are aware, we declared a major incident yesterday after a man and woman were taken

seriously ill in salisbury on sunday. they both remain in a critical condition and our thoughts and best wishes remain with their families during this difficult time. reporter: it was after eating a meal at this local restaurant that a resident found skripal violently ill on a nearby bench. >> then the man started throwing up. it was weird. it wasn't like when someonee nonormally throws up. you could see that he was visually throwing up but his throat was not moving. vomit was just pouring out of his mouth. reporter: the kremlin has denied knowledge of the incident, with a spokesman describing it as a tragic situation. but british policy makers are suspicious, linking this incident to the death of another former russian spy. >> honorable members will note the echoes of the death of alexander litvinenko in 2006.

and while it would be wrong to pre-judge the investigation, i can reassure the house that should evidence emerge that implies state responsibility, then her majesty's government will respond appropriately and robustly. reporter: skripal was a colonel in russia's military intelligence service. back in 2004 he was arrested in russia and convicted of spying for britain two years later. in 201010, he was freed as partf a high-level s spy exchange. british counterterrorism specialists have now taken charge of the investigation, but a spokesman said they are keeping an open mind about the nature of the incident. brent: bill browder is a former banker who used to live in moscow, but the murder of his attorney turned him into a prominent kremlin critic. he believes the russian government is behind the killing. he has written a book detailing what it is like to be on

president putin's bad side. bill: the one thing you should understand a about putin is that he kills traititors. it is very imporortant for h hio do thahat because he h has a lof people who are not particularly well motivated that work for him in all the s security services. theyey don't work for h him outf love. they don't work for him out of money because they steteal mone. or they workrk for him out of fr because they arere afraid oncece they get into it, , that any e t will causese problems. and so putin has to create these vicious cicircumstanceces for traitors. they did that with alexander litvinenko, who was murdered in london with polonium back 10 years ago, more than 10 years ago. and they have done that with other people all over the world. this is -- for a anybody who isa traitor,r, is meted out t the mt harsh punishment. it doesn't matter if they are in a foreign coununtry or russia, this is the kind of thing that

happens to traitors. brent: that was bill browder speaking with us earlier. colombia is facing one of the world's biggest and least talked about migration crises. more than half a million venezuelans have crossed the colombian border, fleeing a political crisis and poverty at home. colombia's government has tightened the border and warned venezuelan immigrants that they could destabilize the country. dw's ofelia harms arruti reports from bogota. ofelia: it is one of the biggest bus s stations in bobogota. every daday, dozens v venezuels gather here to eat, talk, or simply enjoy each other's company. most came to bogota on their own, leaving family and friends back home. >> i have two littttle boys, tws that are four years old. just imagine, staying in

venezuela would have meant lettining us all starr feared -- all starve. i suffer from hypertension and it was not easy to get my medication. reporter: she now sells candy inside the so-called trans millennial busses whihich she can jump on and off with just a single ticket. >> yes, i'm another venezuelan whwho came to ththis country toy to move on. i know this is annoying for yoyu because there are lots of us here. reporter: she is trying to sell enough of these chocolate bars to pay for her boy's birthday party back home, though she will not be able to be there herself. and she is not the only one selling chocolate. this man is 20 years old and arrived in colombia a month ago. he feels embarrassed but needs to selell at least two boxes of chocolate a day to make ends meet. >> i worked for an entire year to gather the money to come here. i was studying computer engineering, but i had to migrate because of the situation. i am here trying to help my paparents. from what i earn, i send them at leleast 30,000 colombian pesos a

week. reporter: that's about $10. in venezuela, a lolot of money. but here in colombia, you can barely feed a family for a day. locals working outside the official system are finding it hard to share their customers with hundreds of new competitors. >> my income is not the same anymore. we used to make 70,000, 80,000. now we barely make 30,000 or 20,000. we have to find something else. ofelia: the colombian economy has struggled over the last four years, with oil prices dropping on the internationonal market. this has led to rising unemployment, and ever more people working outside the system. >> depending on how you look at it, about 50% of the colombian labobor market is informal. that is, outside t the official sector.

and venezuzuelans are comiming n with different types of informal businesses, especially on the streets, and with h entertainmet activities. they do jobs that don't require special permission or bureaucratic processes, like in the financncial sector or commercial business. ofelia: no one knows exactly how many of the venezuelans here plan to stay. some say about 100,000 into cocolombia every month. that could mean over one million by the end of the year. and ththis means notot only instability for the unprepared colombian economy, but also the threat of a major humanitarian crisis. brent: we want to pull in now our correspondent, ofelia harms ararruti. she joins us from bogota. ofelia, it is good to see you. looking at your report, a lot of hear about this migration crisis

between venezuela and colombia. how big of a problem is this for colombia? ofelia: well, this is certainly the biggest migration wave this country has ever seen. and its infrastructure is not ready to hold all of these people.. acaccordinto c colombian l lawsa migrant, you have e e right to accessss medical care and ededucation.n. and what we're seeing is that especially in the bordering towns, hospitals and schools are collapsing. we see people sleeping on the streets. we have seen an increase in crime rate. we see increasing prostitution. and this whole situation is threatening to increase also political instability and social conflict, only 15 months after the colombian government and the former farc rebel group have signed a peace deal.

and this area that these former -- this former rebel group a are leaving are also being taken over by other criminal groups that are said to be recruiting very young venezuelans, underaged venezuelans that are arriving here with no opportunities. brent: so what is the colombian government's plan? what are they planning to do with all of these migrants? ofelia: well, the first steps have been to increase controls at the border. we see thousands of new security personnel deployed in this area. the landline is quite perilous. we see a lot of venezuelans still entering without permission, without a passport. the government has also o stoppd issuinththese day papasses that used to, or still allow venezuelans to come into this country and stay here for a couple of hours and buy food and medical supplies, and then go

back to venezuela, because some of them have been staying with this day pass that is not supposed to give them this permission. the government has also stopped issuing the temporary visas that allolow venezuelanans to stay he up to two years. these last visas were given away a few weeks ago. and what the foreign ministry is trying to do is now to start an obligatory registration, because no one really knows how many are really here to stay. and obviously a lot of people are fearing mass deportations. the official number so far in 2018 is just 150, but people fear that the real numbers are much, much higher. brent: our correspondent ofelia harms arruti reporting tonight from bogota. ofelia, thank you very much. you're watching "dw news," live from berlin. still to come -- ♪ brent: the german national

anthem, a song that praises amongst other thingsgs, the fatherland. but for how much longer? we will look at efforts to make the national anthem gender-neutral. but first, it's time to talk about resistance to donald trump's steel tariffs from within his own republican party. daniel: that's right. as if criticism from within the white house, from his very own advisors were not enough it is crunch time for the u.s. president as republicans call for clarity on those new steel and aluminum tariffs. those, he said, would come as soon as this week. some dismissed his comments as bluster and a bargaining tactic, but the eu has already announced a hit list of counter-tariffs which targets key republican districts. plenty of reason then for politicians to take the president's threats not just seriously, but personally. reporter: the top republican in congress urged the trump

administration to take a more targeted approach to protective terrorists. paul ryan's suggestion comes as a number of republicans break ranks with the president's plan for sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum. >> there is clearly abusee occurrining. clearly ththere is overcapacity dumping in transshipping of steel and aluminum by some countries, particularly china. but i think the smarter way to go is to make it more surgical and more targeted. reporter: ryan called president trump's planned tariffs too broad anand prone to r retaliat. instead, he proposed g going afr what he called the true abusers, without t setting off a global trade war. some republican lawmakerers feaa titit-for-tat cocould hurtheirir chances in midterm elections this november. many of them represent constituencies that might suffer job losses from retaliatory tariffs against u.s. products. daniel: let's head back over the pond. this year's geneva motor show

gets underway with the industry shaping up for its biggest transition since ford began mass production 110 years ago. but it is a revolution in slow motion. some observers say the industry is still proving the distant -- resistant to inevitable change. reporter: this is what britain's jaguar is offering up in the race to electro-mobility. the i-pace is a battery-operated suv that the company hopes could put it in the same category as u.s. electric drive by and year -- driveve pioneer tesesla. but not everery carmaker in gena is ready to go fully electric. the new a6 from audi features a mild hybrid power system. its main focus is on attracting buyers who can afford to pay for luxury. expensive, glossy cars with a nod to increasing environmental awareness and regulation. but when it comes to real

innovation, this year's geneva motor show has left some experts disappointed. >> we currently see all the so-called -- so suv's, more power than ever before. some electric cars. but no really new concepts around mobility services is what we are missing again at the geneva motor show. reporter: there was one notable exception. dust company unveiled the world's first-ever commercially available flying car. and with first deliveries expected later this year, the contraption certainly appears ready for takeoff. daniel: toyota has profited from the recent dieselgate scandal. last year their sales in europe rose dramatically, almost doubling sales of hybrid cars in the eu. now toyota is going all-in by scrapping production of diesels. but just as european car companies are making a show of switching to electric as a source of cleaner energy, japanese manufacturers are

turning to hydrogen. reporter: symbolically unified by a common goal. many of japan's business leaders are taking part, including the ceo's of toyota, honda and nissan, as well as the ceo's of oil and gas companies. the 12 companies plan on working together to make hydrogen the fuel of the future. coinciding with the meeting, toyota announced a complete stop to diesel sales in europe. it is the company's reaction to the diesel emission scandal triggered by volkswagen in 2015. since then, diesel technology has lost its positive image, especially due to o its pollutig nitrogen oxide emissions. so far, toyota has profited from the diesel affair. last year the company's sales in europe rose dramatically and it almost doubled sales of hybrid cars. the japanese now intend to take advantage of their expertise and market share on the hybrid front, an area where toyota and honda are way ahead. daniel: swiss chocolate maker

lindt and sprungli say its biggest fans live in germany and britain. the company saw profits rise last year thanks in part to the sweet tooth of those two nations. but they were not the only countries feasting on the company's famous gold bunnies. global net profits were up almost 8% in 2016. worldwide sales hit an all-time high with revenues of nearly 3.5 billion euros. back to brent now. and could germany be changing its tune? brent: depends on what gender you want to sing about. the german national anthem praises, among other things, the fatherland. but for how much longer? following a trend set by canada, some people here want to change the words to be more gender-neutral. it could give the country's soccer players a whole new song to mumble. reporter: germany's national soccer team players know the words of the national anthem by heart.

as do the members of the german bundestag. but in the future, will they be singing another tune? this is the ministry of family affairs equal opportunities officer. she wants to rewrite the anthem's lyrics to make them gender-neutral. then it would no longer be for the german fatherland, but instead for the german homeland. and instead of brotherly with heart in hand, courageously with heart in hand. ok, but how would it sound? >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> no, i don't know. why should we change the anthem or the lyrics, i wonder?

i would not agree with that. >> i like it the way it is. it is traditional. >> this a 2018. it is ok to question these things and start these kinds of debates. i am totally for it. reporter: and what about the chancellor? a german government spokesman says angela merkel is very happy with the anthem as it is. brent: all right, after a short break i will be back to take you through the day. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] .

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korea. which is sent a delegation to pyongyang missiles it came joe it marks a massive change in tone from the regime which has been subject to stiff international sanctions on. the has the latest. a step towards denuclearization korean peninsula. after meetiting with northth korean leader m jong good and john yang that had of south korea's national s security office says the north is open to the idea of abandoning its nuclear program. if it's given certain security guarantees. soon humbug north korea clearly expressed its willingness for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and clarify that there is no reason for them to retain nuclear weapons if military threats against north korea are removed. if the statements are confirmed by pyongyang it would mark the first time kim jong who's r regime has shown a willingness to spend its missile program. north and south korea also agreed to hold a landmark summit on the border next month. the first such memeeting since two thousand seven between two nations that are still technically at war. earlier in seoul president

moon jae and push for dialogue remains. of the north's intentions judges d. leon home on the vehicle yet we must to north korea in order to denuclearize the korean peninsula rerun but at the same time we must be a maximum effort into status effective measures. against north korean nuclear missiles. this you also agreed to establish a direct line between president moon and president kim to reduce military tensions. next up the south korean delegation is heading to washington to debrief their american allies of the trip up north. north korea says it's ready to h have quote heart to het talks with the united states to discuss the potential denuclearization. during which time it will halt all missile tests. and i've in washington president trump has been responding to the news out of korea citizens were half say. i want to see what happens were in very close contact. we have come certainly a

long way at least rhetorically. with north korea would be a great thing forr the world it would be a great thing for north korea a great thing for the financial. but we'll see what happens we have. we've been in a situation that should have been handled for a long t time. r many many years it should have been taken of it should have been waited but. will get it done. waiting to syrian our rushes off it's safe passage to rebels out of the besieged enclave in eastern ghouta hundreds of civilians have been killed every government offensive in the last few weeks aid convoys did manage to reach the district for the first time yesterday. they shoot them fools to cut short their mission and his government shedding. a spokesman for one of the main rebel groups has accused russia of trying to forcibly displace the population. we want to russian minute chicago plane has crashed on landing at the headline at base near the gaza city of latakia it says all thirty

nine minute she passed out on board kills. the paint was not fired upon says moscow. early data suggests a technical faults in the station is now in a way. was on of the latest in our series of reports from lebanon of the is people that. have suffered from the country's poll waste management in twenty fifteen a phone garbage crisis hit beirut unsolved massive street protests. they three is on not much change. the law and our message reports. but isn't the once full of life abortion mood fish markets has lost some of it. local fishermen must working next to a new smelly neighbor. this giants mountain of trash. in two thousand sixteen the government's re opens one of the country's to official garbage dumps here. less than two years later. it's already completely full.

look at these boots in the net why they in the sea. right trash is over flowing in the city. forcing fish the migrates further away from the coast. an economic disaster for many of these fishermen. eighty a you that has decided to sue the governments. in order to raise awareness of his and his colleagues fights. i used to make for or five hundred dollars a week. if you. a hundred on a good day. with. many others to find a new job. families. are you sure yeah the. lebanon's garbage crisis is nothing new. in two thousand fifteen trash piled up in the streets of beirut for several months. smirking massive demonstrations against the government. and its own willingness to address the crisis well then it. is not a technical

problem is a political one we only recycle about ten or twenty percent doesn't corruption issue in lebanon they want to line the pockets and get contracts that i come about. when they that the heart of the city. it strips used to down several tons of trash in this valley every day. it took a lawsuits to put and end to the illegal practice. and to create one of the few recycling plants operating in lebanon. we don't have the infrastructure to ensure t o trash goes to. this one. nothing comes out. in january violence wins because several tons of trash to wash thousand beaches surrounding the roots. sparking fears that another garbage crisis was on the cards. but more than two years after the alarm bells first rain. the government has yet to come up with a permanent sustainable solution. to dispose of lebanon's trash problem. the british foreign minister has warned russia the

government will act robustly if moscow is found to be behind appointing a full the spy in england said a screwball it was a russian colonel he spied for the person and then move that responsible in twenty ten. he was found on sunday outside a shopping center along with his daughter you to close it out being treated for exposure to an unknown substance. overton even friends of. the world cup which russia's hosting later this year following a to moscow our correspondent on the sly is that angeles that russia flatly denies having anything to do with this.. that's right that's what we've heard from the crane will be heard. quite early on today denying any knowledge of the situation the incident that unfolded. in the south of england days sayaying that it's a tragic situation and that the russian government the kremlin. is willing to cooperate with the uk

presumably if it's us to. that was basically all we heard for awhile and this in a silenence on on cd only sd the storory we have many hed very much bill. at leaeast until boris johnson as you mentioned that. . the britih foreign minister foreign affairs minister came out and in parliament in the uk i i made a number of commens about russia a id the freshest hand. to be involved inn this incicident r robust meaeasu. would be taken hee said that russia wasas on the line and destructive force that it really through the cat among the pigeons a. though the whole of the media and the foreign ministry reacted very quickly. of the spokesperson saying that. in her opinion first investigation should be carried out. before boris johnson goes making statements like that antennas that it you know some of the u. k. say it was a bitt of a throwaway commet on the part of our jobs and and sent a lot of football is are upset about it but. they're basically how much

of a blow would it be to roster england dates decides boy called the world cup. what is that abortions and clean up a little bit off to himself under that may have been a miscommunication on his part what he was talking about he says were? over representatives o officials who will be going along. along with the team to the world cup but regardless anything that touches. a major russisian sporting events likike whether. it's whether in this case eight of the football world cup which is used to take place in just ababt three m months titime. that would really calls fireworks because these huge sporting events very important to russia rushes become something of a pariah state at least among. western nations but it also at eight eight eight those. years in somome wayss approbation itt used to be respected in these major

sporting events. away from russia to be taken seriously on the world stage is a competent a nation who's able to pull off staging these events in a professional manner. thomas thank you very much in dates times i that voting for moscow. if you say greg citizen is about to setet off on a five nation tour of africa he'll be meeting with these of kenya nigeria ethiopipia djibouti and chats. america's top diplomat said to discuss security trade and aid he's made it also comes at a time of on president it investment in africa. whitite china is has been speaking ahead of that visit. the united states pursues about sustainable growth it bolsters institutions strengthen the role of law. build the capacity of african countries to stand on their own two feet. this stands in stark contrast to china's approach. which encourages dependency. using opaque contracts. predatory loan practices are corrupt deals the marr nations in that. and undercut their sovereignty.

denying them their long term self sustaining growth. about is over about that i'm joined by john campbell he's the former us ambassador to nigeria and he's now the council on foreign relations thank you very much for joining us tonight. now you will know who i am as of a full the did tonight yourself perhaps and how you know it wasn't so long ago that donald trump is using.. at it pretty insulting language to describe some countries. in africa and elsewhere and how difficult will that make rex to lessons missionon this week. well i think it will make it more difficult on i got back from africa day before yesterday. and i was surprised at how much the president's comments continued t to genuinely hut people. of. now the secretary will be meeting up with high government officials. but in

countries which are all that democratic trajectory countrieies like e nigeria r example. of what people think directly impacts on the government policy. so yes i think the comments artwork makes the secretary's this to africa more difficult than it otherwise might. now we just had to listen talking specifically about china in and china's investment in africa if there is a sense in the united states the washington is kind of missed the boat when it comes to investing in african countries in the the now it's really playing catch up. know i think is considerably more complicated last. china is now the world's second largest economy. the issue is not so much china's economic involvement in africa but rather with the quality of that. is up for a very long time us policy towards shining in africa

has been to. encourage the chinese to pursue policiess that are grown much with the countries with the country's growing economic stake in africa. and in certain cases that has been successful of for example. china is pursuit. of positive policies. with respect to south sudan. in terms of security in africa the u. s. has traditionally taken a big of a backseat to europe in terms of fightingng for example are caught in the my grandmother china scripps. at that instant the u. s. intending to become more involved in fighghting terrorism in africa. the us is more involved in fighting terrorism in africa that was once the case. albeit from a very low base. and back to their ingenious free only one u us military

basese in africa and that's action movie. with the focus is at least as much on the ocean. as it is on africa itself. on the u. s. is involved in low level small scale training. exercises and number o of cououries and te us also provides militaryy equipmenent usually three sales on. to chapter african countries so the overall scale is small but there is no question that security relationship has grown coconsiderably over the past year years. my concern is that the security relationship has grown by another diplomatitic one suh other is for example still no assistant secretaries. for africa there is still no u. s. ambassador in countries important as south africa and numerous other diplomatic decisions remain unsettled. joe camel thank you very much indeed.

now a senior year in human rights officials accused. of ethnic cleansing following his visit to a sprawling refugee camp in bangladesh some seven hundred thousand rohingya muslims have fled across the border to bangladesh since august. saudi atrocities being carried out by soldiers vigilante mobs andrew gill models i said it was inconceivable that any of the refugees will be able to return home e anytime soono. meeting rohingya muslims foles feet irma. the un human rights envoy and you visit t to the refugee campn bangladesh he pulled on his government's ethnic cleansers. nobody wants to rererd. ththe ethninic kansn the indian outside of driven out. but at the same time one cannot. go back into what will be certain that. his visit to cox's is all cocomes seven months altar hanger insurgents attack thirty police posts on an army base in august. but i'm astounded by own sweeps through villages and what the government says was illegitimate operation to reach out terrorists but human rights groups said

instead the response was aiaimed at removing the mosy minority ringa. for the majority but it states an eighty seven hundred thousand people have now fled to neighboring bangladesh. in generate them said it was ready to accept the refugees back the u u. . human r rights envoy said returning would be inconceivable. what is gogoing on around me not only are they still? hearings on this bill rates on a a large scale early on they. driving people out with fulsome threaea but also there is a. . it seems only systematic. attempt to destroy that you just like you. returns opponents still see dangers for many to even consider. hundreds of reading. still streaming across the border every week. agencies that ensure i'm cut off as some of the worst sectarian violence is the end of the civil war produced molds attacked muslim owned shops and homes in the central district of candy. shrunken zombie divided between the majority sinhalese or overwhelmingly buddhist. minority tamils your hindu muslim and

christian you can roy has the story. i. did ask those the streets of canandy by the buildings remain from fire. at least eleven muslim and shops and homes with at least three at that the rights. the lalatest iraqq s area in central sri lanka. the district remains on knock down. at the first sign in seven and hobby is a nationwide state of emergency has been a class. but on the rd we are i condemn the violence. and i have instructed the police to take maximum action against individuals and organizations. involved in these violent acts. it all. the wave of more attacks began on sunday after her his mom was recruited they killed by a group of muslim. is an insidious tension demonstrates the divisions that remain israel.

recover from twenty six years of civil war. with. more than seventy thousand people at least have been killed and hundreds of thousands into the displaced during the conflict which ended in two thousand and nine. the government's official death toll is much smaller. well that was forty two had is that government uncommon rebels the recent flare up of violence is still to be the result rising extremist. organizations. muslims many of them tunnels represent less than ten percent of the population wall buddhist magazine halley's makeup of the seventy percent of sri lanka's. muslim communities are found in pockets around the country including in county versus the second biggest religious group. fronts has a prison problem it's home to the largest in europe and many of its jails are overcrowded early this year mast cycle prison workers push prison reform back to the top of the government's agenda. today president michael announced a series of measures including finding

alternatives to shorter jail sentences. but the benefits full sentences of less than a year. we will be ending automatic sentences. a court will decide specifically on and he had just been given a person's profile. and not subject them to an automatic system these a small sentences those of less than six months in a month even that are p particularly useless and counterproductive. there is complete consensus on this. let's get an update all this is usually okay needy is that with a tight kate had more on that the at the blood that ready to donald trump's threats of a trade war is exactly is coming both overseas and at home now. we call our forces still waiting to see if the american president will indeed go ahead and formalize those plans to impose a twenty five percent tariff on imported steel. andd ten percent on aluminum he's a facing opposition even within the republican ranks members of his own party concerned that a trade war could result in higher

prices for consumers. which could in turn hurt minority party in november's mid term elections. speaker of the house paul ryan suggested a softer approach a narrow focus at to target those top trade imbalances take a listen. there is clearly abuse occurring. clearly there is over capacity dumping entrance shipping of steel aluminum by some countries particularly china. but i think the smart way to go is making more surgical more target. so we go after the true abusers without creating any kind of unintended consequences are collateral damage. meanwhile european union is already getting ready to fight back european commission is to hold a formal meeting on possible retaliatory measures on wednesday. bloomberg has published a list of what the use considering targeting us include about a billion euros worth of consumer and industrial goods including clothing cosmetics and motorbikes. about nine hundred fifty billion euros worth of agricultural products like orange juice burden corner. around eight hundred fifty million dollars worth of us iron and

steel. the american president has said that he will punish european carmakers if the spat over trade tariffs would you escalates. many major car makers have plans on both sides of the atlantic the tensions of all but overshadowed the opening of the geneva motor show cattle yet has the story. it's the place where automakers unveiled their latest offerings in luxury and performance. but for many of the geneva motor show concerns about a trade war or taking center stage. donald trumps threats to high tariffs on steel and aluminum imports have car makers on edge. some ceo's are taking a wait and see attitude. rose royce and you might know that is part of bmw group. and ibm dorrego is a major in west when it comes to the united states not only in manufacturing facilities. but also building up many many jobs stop costs for americans and brought quite a lot of wells into the united states. and for that reason i think. everybody should be interested in free trade and

let's wait and see how that goes. now i think i'm on disability reacts of anything months becomes a factor the moments. which see what we on this is for my as it is. apparently the us exports just under fourteen billion dollars worth of cars and auto parts to europe. but it imports just over fifty one billion dollars of the same materials from your up. this is part of the trade imbalance trump has been tweeting about. the us also charges smaller duties on cars made in europe just two and a half percent compared to the ten percent charged by the e. u.. but targeting car imports could backfire on us automakers. ford in fiat chrysler make vehicles in europe bombers sadie's volkswagen and bmw have factories in the us. operations that could become casualties of a trade war.

as you get on a trading action now but unsteady session for wall street at out jones has no rebounded slightly earlier have been falling on rumors donald trump's top economic adviser gary cohn. could be preparing to leave the administration he's reportedly against the proposed tariffs european investors me mama shrugged off concerns about the possibility of that living a trade war. at the milan stock exchange outperforming into being one point seven five percent. despite a lack of clarity about what our coalition government will be formed by the right wing five star movement. finance minister has been courting banks in london and lobbying for conontions which will lead to what he described as a fair brexit. berlinerers h had the uk w s unlikely to negotiate a free trade deal financialal institutions w which would have in the past relied on financiall passports g.. business in europe. the british prime minister has said she won't try to retain their that right. but we aim for r equivalents deal mattr welcome that stance seeking to our correspondent every

week. also doubled my believe that's reason may's speech about a number of things to be clarified. get it soon is heading in the right direction ones reason is a great person rejects the financial possible chief brexit. i believe that was a sample was unnecessary convocation india this is a. there are a record two thousand two hundred and eight billionaires in the world that's going to force it is ranking of the richest people. in total there were the nine point one trillion dollars. eighteen percent from a year earlier and hail from seventy two countries other august and he look. really well twenty four years after starting the online retailer amazon from his gerash jeff bagels become the richest person on the planet. fifty nine percent rise in on the phone she has helped boost its founders for june by more than thirty nine billion dollars. for the biggest one year gain since forbes records began in nineteen eighty seven. the fifty four year olds network of a hundred and twelve billion

dollars also makes in the world's first at a seventy billion that. we have a twenty billion dollars more than second place bill gates and third place warren buffett. the second class is right there is the frenchman ban arnold uses for her role as number one in europe the seventy two billion dollars. record results of his luxury goods empire lvmh and to take over a fashion brand christine jewel helped boost his fortune by thirty point five billion dollars in the last year. i was walton of walmart treated the crown of world's richest woman have forty six billion dollar fortune concert sixteenth overall to ahead of your mail address falls on a better go. use later not only am i didn't call was the richest woman in last year's list. there's been something of a

bad yeah the donald trump his net worth struck by an estimated four hundred million dollars. analysts say the shop a kind of jerusalem in the new york real estate markets as well as the president's put arising personality causing him business. seven hundred and sixty six on the list his network now sits at three poioint one billion dollars. the. right a more interesting things about it was laura is the oldest saudi businessman who had been on in the past have been stricken from the list this year. as that that the

03/06/18 03/06/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from papacifica, this is dedemocracy now! pres. trump: people have to understand our country on trade has been ripped off by virtually every country in the world, whether it is s friend or enemy. everybody will stop china, russia. and take people that we think are wonderful, the european union. amy: despite growing oppositionn from repubublican lawmakers, president trump is pushing ahead with a plan to place new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum