hello and welcome to front twenty four on the wanted to susan realized comparison headlines this hourr a gun attack that killed a nine in germany being treated as an act of domestic terrororism chancellor angela merkel says the shootings exposes the poison of racism in germany. you leaders begin told budget set loss from next year two two twenty twenty seven the meeting taking place post brags if with the block staring at a seventy five billion euro hold to fail during that period. and protesters back out on the streets of paris at the national assembly debates proposed changes to francis pension system opposition lawmakers tabling sum forty one

thousand amendments in an attempt to store the. authorities in in germany are treating a gonna tax late wednesday night as an act of domestic terrorism forty three year old to bypass are suspected of shooting and killing nine people out to she shop bars in the city of her now. he was found hours later dead alongside his mother all the victims had a foreign backgrounds and the german chancellor angela merkel said the shootings expose the poison of racism in the country take less. why is that it seems at this stage of the person who committed this attack was motivated. by hatred xenophobia and racism which is why this person was targeting people who

come from other parts of the world. you have another religion. we must acknowledge the fact that hatred racism is a poison it's a poison within our s society and also o i causs sosoft. hello michael speaking then a a for more on the storory here's fonts twenty fours krista moore reporting from and now. thousands of life because many of them very emotional taking pots i individually more of hot outside main squares many of them comoming here to te scene all but one of the shootings to lay flowers. candles and messages we talked to several witnesses one of whom i was having a coffee a an apologist- next door to the scene of the attack. and his message reading this i was always hard for many people know that off the shelf this could happen and what they say is not the wise i very peaceful town well my people get on with each other. when there are no particular- into coming- tensions expressing that

concerned about the raw all our right trick at a job. come the reason months is seen by the dentist. preventive arrests. i the rise over even. six over in the east of ththe country. a ant the aspen. but this. interview is. something i would show a job sort at the white about for so time. chris moore putting the from now now the man who allegedly carried the shooting rampage pulse of the on call for the quote complete examination of raceces or cultures inn our mates and politicians from across the political spectrum in germany accuse the eft party of normalizing hate speech. and stoking anti immigrant sentiment all necessary reports. september two thousand thirteen the newly founded alternative for germany or afp narrowly missed out on the 5% threshold needed to enter the bundestag. over the next few years the eurosceptic party increasingly

moved to the far right's adopting a nationalist anti immigration stance and feeding of growing frustration over angela merkel's open door refugee policy. twenty fifteen as far right groups begin to stage open protests across the country a. f. t. formed an alliance with anti islam movement the gita. twenty seventeen the party one ninety seven seats in the bundestag becoming the third largest in germany into the first foray group to sit in parliament since the end of the second world war. despite the total success aft was shunned by other parties which rejected any alliance with the far right's. unspoken rule which was recently breached. in february two thousand twenty a local chapter of the cd you vovoted with a fd two elects the governor of the regia. setting off a week of political turmoil which culminated in the resignation of anglo merkel's

designated successor. i thought it was a bad day for democracy. it was a day that break with the values and beliefs of the cd you. as if he continues to shake up germany's political landscape. the country has also witnessed the rise in extremist far right violence. in june twenty nineteen your regional politician was killed by u. neo -*-*- for his pro immmmigration stance. and months later a gunman tried to shoot his way into a synagogue in the city of holiday killing two people. inin february two thousand twenty german police arrested twelve men who were planning a large scale terror attack against muslims. writing to the country's intelligence agency there are currently close to twenty five thousand right wing extremists in germany about half of whom are potentially violentt. now in other news the leleaders have begun talalks one joint budget set to loss from next year through two twenty

twenty seven the meeting taking place post brexit with the block staring at a seventy five billion euro hold to fail during that period. the budget will focus on what states want to spend their money on like climate change a migration but divisions were laid back going in to the talk some more on the story we can bring in our european affairs editor kathryn. nichol said good evening kathryn what are some of these divisions given that there twenty seven states within the block absolutely and you'll be pleased to have it on twenty seven different positions being defended at least hopefully the divisions are a little bit clearer than that. the main kind of the point is how much the person the- and how much to spend then on what area you in. of how much money's put in a referral currently at it says that 1% of the in use gross national income. at and the twenty nineteen it was about a hundred and sixty six billion euros just for the one year. said that european commission is proposing raising mass to one

point one percent. sounds small but of course we're talking about billions and billions of your race really with them people in the stands. at that would mean for example germany and the netherlands at would see that around your contributions go up by about a quarter. which is of course very significant the germans a would be paying us to be. putting in. an extra seven billion euros per year. and so this brings us to the frugal all this is a group similar. for the match at. it's also nice. country that puts more into the budget. they haven't get of funding we couldn't can be says it is one of the big. at points contention for the u. k. is a net country. they these goals say that one. to speak with that one. at because of a- u. k. thirteen. razor yeah that's not gonna be going the paul. the frugal for. a sort of speaker is it a private of the net. mug click to he alley at at putting his position. clear

we've that were willing to pay more than last time taking inflation and economic growth into account. for the netherlands is deeply affected by brexit and by the refugee crisis of a few years ago. at a certain point enough is enough. your car so they get the netherlands a country that we don't talk about very often in europe but site was a country that was a big ally of the united kingdom in many masses that not one of these countries is pushing for more and more year of full this times it has not come with the emerging as a figure that we going to see more of. this kind of theme in the months to come say that the free go full on the other side of the team we have the friends of cohesion at k. he's in referring to confusion policy which is the regional spending policy att at i they they find all these different projects in the in the less well off pop the european union and a ten that bennett. of e. u. it's nice to see the budget i'm so you they're looking mice own boss no going to out so that a

rule and that's got to be some kind of compromise some points but how much and could be e mad. who is. it play for. what is likely. what pro. and try. select on the top block yes. me to quit the- is quite abstract his name. nights one plate will miss. of and that that sort of thing is space. this is all money that doesn't spent on projects. that federal west. impacts the e. u.'s hoffa billion citizens they won't big chunk of the budgets up to now. has been this cohesion policy and actually represents about 30% of the user for budget you can see on the screen that some kinds of the projects that. i used to. wear a concrete things. fun coppens every public buses in one city in portugal. and you stretch of. planes of ikea. pulls improvements in thailand ways totally tricity plants in the few ania. also the things in that kind of vein. at you know bringing jobs- boosting the economy and infrastructure projects that kind of thing- so you you know. these countries the defending the cape haitian

policy. it's not just figures in a column it really is seen a concrete projects to them- and perhaps projectcts at. jobs and things that invasion saying going on much further into the future. of the massive chunk of the eu budget goes on farming subsidies the famous common agricucuural pololicy front such animal beneficiary. at this point. now it's been about 40% of the e. budget. it's going to go down for release about searching. cents a year budgets. there is a car accident compromise deal. or even on the facts i agree to release fifty billion. your raise funding so getting. as a blanket sort of a payment they're all projects is often. guy storm f. city. to use. says turn. company. a lot of attention i think we've seen

pictures of them they were only if it's with a- man as well with the tractors as you can see. say there's a massive chunk several cels for the things that are likely to be paying costs as well as cultural policies thahat says something to creative europe which funds as a- creative projects that a collaboration seen at least three different men the state so you've got all sorts of. arts festival's films music making kinds of things are funded by that it's probably going to face at least a twenty percent cut possibly more. nestled their bids to make money conditional as well so talking about maybe withholding money- incessant stag cases for example states that on respecting rule of law. your member talks aboutut t thia lot with hungary with poland to rule of little procedures been post against them. and save it as a base to try to make this money conditional. on respecting rule of law that again is going to be a bit of a big battle at and close new spending areas as well which we could go in sales of things through science development.

defense this is why it's going to goo on into the night's there's so mucuch to talk about and so many different angles that you can look at this. but it's nice to experience other factions of have already emerged thank you. see how they play out as- to what happened thank you very much for that thank you nicholson have. unions were back on the streets a here in paris today this the national assembly debated proposed changes to front suspension system. opposition lawmakers have table top forty one thousand amendments in an attempt to storm the bail. ruling party threatened that will be for to close to the legislature. by the- from on the story here possibly was not mossy. this is the tenth day of protest against my will not pension reform. fifteen does cold as they have been angry thousands of peoeople taking t o the streets in paris to dedescribe these reforms as deeply on fact they say if they become little millions of french people. will have to

work longer into best sixties until they can retire and then they'll be forced t to retire with a smaller final pensions pay out. of the opposition here in the streets today. somewhat by physician in. as well that the far left steve gianluca metal show on tables. rankles on the net men's to this legislation to try to do everything possible to stop these reforms becoming little so despite the determination of the government of. this land base of reform the message from the streets i'm from paparliamet is thehe fight isn't over yes. the amoununts to putting their now jurorors had begun deliberating for a thirtrty day waiting chararges of rape and sexual assault against harvey weinstein the jury has already review testimony and evidence related to two of one seeds accuses today they will review emails- the foreman movie producer sent about one of the alleged victims including. me the product is released agency

he hired to get there he's the accusers sub schools. was out reports. with over a we having come out accusing harvey weinstein his culpability of sexual violence seems like a foregone conclusion. but in criminal court the task face my jurors is far from simple. one scene is accused in new york of five counts of rape percent salt but the sheet is complex made. better central. our inter woven for one of the victims lawyers the fact the jurors a vast for transcripts is a sign there being methodical i'm very happy they're reviewing the- the evidence i don't know if the defense is happy. but i'll let them speak for themselves. one steens lawyer donora tano was warned not to speak to the press during deliberations after she questioned not bad weather jurors could be objective cononsidering she says is unfair coverage of the case that launched the me to move

my- on standardized. jason his lawyer re buffer the graphic wrenching accounts of rape and assault they pointed to continued orderly. with. actual counters were can. and are that may the case the more difficult to judge according to legal experts. this isn't your typical sexual assault rape cacase right thehere is no forec evidence there's no dna evidence they are limited outcry witnesses. cases complexities of made it particularly tricky to adjudicate with wine scenes lawyers attempting to discredit test makes. i am a bit. after new york there's more to come one scene is also facing criminal charges in los angeles. time of for the business use next with a cake moody l leaving kate on of the european union kicking off those tough talks fofor its next budget over the next seven years and the agricultural sector is on the

frontline yeah absolutely because it represents such a huge chunk. new spending- it back 201838% of the bloc's budget went to a culture now already our shift and the ease common agricultural policy is facing possible funding cut. across continents say the subsidies more than ever- trigger ports. what's going to happen to the budget for european culture. even as the east twenty seven member states gear up for a water set to be tumultuous and stalks. the confidence farmers want to be certain belts. a slice of the pie what you see there are severe cuts within the agricultural- the budget yeah. cuts in the sector which is already suffering today and- have you to be in farmers who are in an average of 40% of the income of the of the of which you're being a citizen. so farmers who are already. stretching back nearly sixty years europe's common agricultural policy has seen often badly needed subsidies go

to farmers across the block. however funding set aside could now taken major accounts of tens of billions o of euros. the results not just of thee seventy five billion euro harm left by the united kingdom's departure. but changing priorities within a europe that seeking to make up on shore f for. combating the climate crisis modernizing the economy. border protection and common defense. all areas this is being pulled into the foreground in recent years and the funding. from somewhere yes it's left already for justice. right off the farm streressing. chris young. i policy grereener but that it'ss when n and of an efficient you r rch let forming is in necesessarily environmentally friendly as a group. member states more reliance on agriculture such as from spain and poland have already shown determination to preserve farming subsidies just a month support they'll get from other quarters however is far less certain. google users

in the u. k. will be part of american jurisdiction rather than european now that breaks it has become official. the british government has said for now that it will still abide by the ease gdp our privacy regulalations. google s said customers there would now be legally cononsidered part of its main u. s. operations. rather than separate e european centetr based in ireland the tech giant is among the first to update its legal framework to rereflect brides it. is also updating its overall terms of service for its global customer base exextensively to make the language easier to understand. to get on the day's tradiding action now wall street retreated s sharply fromm wednesday's record highs- the dow jones of down about a hundred and twenty eight points at the closing bell. shares of morgan stanley tumbled four and a half percent is it announced a thirteen billion dollar deal to buy the online from each trade. we've seen an increase in safe haven investments this week with gold prices hitting a seven year high. the major european sees. lower about

point 9% the kick off point eight. at fifty one hundred fared better in london.n. as retail sales in the u. k. picked up in january. more companies are warning investors of the impact of the coronavirus outbreak their friends kaelin says it expects a financial head of between a hundred and fifty and two hundred million euros by the end of april. carrier has suspended flights to mainland china until at least the end of march that deadline could be extended further flights represent about five. percent of the airline's overruled houses affect. australia's qantas air while expect aroround ninety milillion euros to its results. cutting back on flights to the entire asian region due to a drop i in demand it's grounded several planes staffer being encouraged annually to reduce the cost to the company. a monetary fine have arrived in lebanon where the a- is on the verge of a full blown crisis. the government- some four billion

dollars worth of debt payments this year with one point two billion due in eaearly march. is currency reserves are dwindling. ring the lean refining w while it's been speaking to the vice president of the w world bank in charge of the region he says that urgent action is needed. the issue is not what's gonna happen in the month to two months this was a longer term solution and try to see whether through. decisions in the coming. days you know. the decision makers in october non would actually have a cult. looking at the big picture looking down. at findnding a way out of this is a very difficult time that they go to. yeah i know has been as a not for five. aid but for helping bring up a plan to confroront the crcrisis and one if you're interested in hearing a bit more about lebanon and how it got to this poioint w with addrs to eight people in profit this week. on our website. twenty com thank you much for that. use for me to. watch next with james. good evening james ties

onon starting out with that- debate last night in- vegas where mike bloomberg came out. eaton bruised give me another word it was tough for well it was it wasn't he's and certainly- fodder for the front pages- in the u. s. you can take a look here at the new york post. and a- blue black blue they're sort of using the metaphor of how of how he had been bruised. by elizabeth warren who really just didn't have older looking back and for some it if the in his campaign but for now at least kind of implode as- i type. and i could meet the iceberg that was a quote cnn commentator picked up here in the washington post in their headline. ideas for elizabeth barnes. in case. he was tough on everyone. she's she's came out and you know for i guess now will need some audio on this board this was on. mike bloomberg's at at twitter accounts and let's just say. it's sort of slightly misrepresents at the debate

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