country that used to be part of the soviet union and when it collapsed, and i'm here representing central asia yeah and five central asian countries. speaking foreign language] >> and recently, central asia came into the focus of big global players because we are bordering russia on one side and we have china and to the south we have islamic world and we want the united states to be present there in central asia plus one and we would appreciate this new collaboration. speaking foreign language] >> from the very first days after 9/11, kazakhstan very steadfastly supported the fight of the united states against terrorism and now we continue to collaborate costly in afghanistan with your country. speaking foreign language] >> while the american troops are in afghanistan, i think it's the nation of the whole world to make sure afghanistan is a mission for us as a neighboring country to see that peace prevails in afghanistan. speaking foreign language] >> mr. president, so far we provided some humanitarian technical support to afghanistan worth $75 million u.s. dollars ut we have trained civilians

also a representative of human rights watch to williamson he is the director of the europe and central asia division of human rights watch thank you so much for joining us you nice to be here what you say is the overall message in this report as my director ken roth says where there's been people standing up to a populist political leaders then there's been some progress on human rights or at least efforts to hold back severe criticism if you take the elections in france in two thousand and seventeen for instance the victory of president raul shows that people were willing to turn away from a populist message an embrace somebody who was standing off with human rights a small example in hungary for instance the government was trying to shut down an important university the central european university in budapest that didn't happen because people went out and protested against it even in the u.s. there was resistance to some of president trump's measures on migration on health on women's rights and so on so there was some some some progress despite a whole series of serious setbacks on human

the joining me now is you williamson is a director off to europe and central asia division of human rights watch. for you executive director had to say that you and your opus come in for a lot of criticism in the report by your organization give us more about what are your reasons for concern i mean to do with the e.u. our headline this year is that the e.u. has been treating human rights as an optional extra and that certainly is the case to do with refugee migration policy the focus has been very much on securing borders keeping refugees away rather than giving them a humanitarian treatment when they arrive and applying a fair. refugee policy across the continent the efforts to push refugees away to places like libya and turkey are of serious concern. and the rise of populous as we said in countries like australia has been fueling anti immigrant anti asylum seeker messages across europe now describing human rights as an optional extra is a very damning criticism and one of the central concerns is that europe seems to have outsourced its refugee asylum politics beyond the borders of europ

and come get people via has sent us some fantastic shots of a road trip through central asia. this is still the town has mediæval already. now attracts over two million overnight guests every year i want to know what draws them here. is no is guaranteed because it's so beautiful the skiing is fantastic it's just a lot of fun here. because of the snow and i want to show my girlfriend. the first tourists arrived here in the late nineteenth century. officially has a very puti climate it's a quality seal in germany given to places with among other things a certain air quality and a spa. the local history museum is set up in an x. farmhouse. your visitors can marvel at the biggest level ski boot in the world. and find out about the area's history and how skiing first came to all of. that takes me to my first tip to get in the mood for my own attempt at theme with. point to regroup through the mountain. without using a ski lift. this is ski touring hiking up the mountain on skis it can be a great way to unwind and be at one with nature hardy oregon and only are touring the alps ski

trade forum and in our central asia trade and investment framework agreement.e are working to bring the kazakhstan a people, so important that it is really happening and it's happening rapidly all across a range of industries come including commercial aircraft, railways, medical services, technology and energy. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> working in common cause, we can dance greater opportunities for citizens in both of our countries. mr. president, thank you for visiting the white house today. our nations have a long history of cooperation to provide a safer, healthier, more prosperous and brighter tomorrow. i look forward to seeing the great advances of the kazakhstan a people under your incredible leadership and that is what it is. incredible leadership. we want a strong, sovereign and thriving future for kazakhstan and for the peaceloving nations of the world, all of them. thank you very much. i very much appreciated. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongu

most of the migrants from former soviet territories with central asia are at the forefront of this massive human flood tens of thousands leave the republics of kyrgyzstan and tajikistan every year to find seasonal employment in russia's main city. life far from home is not easy the most try to remain optimistic and positive migrant workers in russia face a cumbersome and often corrupt state bureaucracy that makes it a daunting task to regularize their presence in the country. police horse mint is not uncommon and a prolonged economic slump is adding to widespread anti immigrant sentiment. which hits some. questionable going to stay in. the more states that also hear door stay with us so. what norwood once was she would always just lost my book you know what so we did have a go at me or my dearest or with you and i did to be about moist issue post the record to put you know when you. leave your heroes in the pity of. your place you know what it's. going to fall on the whole we are most of them. on the must i'm just going with both of them but i just can't help but of although. he does want

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the plan will see gleaming new road and rail links through central asia drastically cutting shipping times but it's raised concerns of chinese expansionism markets flooded with ever cheaper chinese imports. the french president said the new trade route had to benefit both sides. he says. these roads cannot be one way there must be comings and goings. and if these roads cannot be those of a new head germany that would transform the countries they cross into vassals. there's not much chance these chinese soldiers will be marching into europe but emanuel mccrone will still have to allay fears the silk road won't become a conveyor belt for chinese mass production. french prosecutors have launched a preliminary investigation of u.s. tech giant apple over alleged deception and planned obsolescence of its products under french law the company could face a fine of up to five percent of its annual sales apple admits to slowing down its phones to control power spikes and lengthen the overall life of the gadgets. alabama has japanese carmakers toyota and mazda are building a new factory in the

for the one belt one road initiative that's an ambitious project to develop trade corridors to central asia the middle east and europe. classic catwalk shows like this one by designer davi timeshift ski were the exception at the berlin fashion week. instead groups of designers focused on specific themes like sustainable wearables this vision exist thoughts that reducing waste to skate away screen ated in a fashion industry shouldn't go to waste when it gets a resource so you just have to be a bit cleverer about how to use it several of them at all but so is wearing waste the next big thing some designers seem to think so if these handbags made of dried pineapple leaves are anything to go by. my hope wrote that it's about getting a waist and getting the low end this way so it's not going to be another way so if biodegradable these might look like traditional chinese stresses but they're made mainly of recycled plastic i buy that wants it so it's trying to come by the fitter technique effect on my chair and combine a traditional technique to get there the young designers here are relatively u

the plan will see gleaming new road and rail links through central asia drastically cutting shipping times but it's raised concerns of chinese expansionism markets flooded with ever cheaper chinese imports and countries living in the shadow of beijing's military. a project to upgrade a key rail line in serbia at the other end of the silk road raised fears what was buying was influence the french president said the new trade route had to benefit both sides he says these roads cannot be one way there have to be comings and goings. and these roads can't be those of a new had gemini that would transform the countries they cross into vassals. there's not much chance of these chinese soldiers will be marching into europe but emmanuel mccall will still have to allay fears the silk road won't become a conveyor belt for other types of chinese mass production. to cape town where water levels in local reservoirs are dangerously low the city is now on post strict limitations on water use but the whole region could still run dry. the city of cape town has the ocean at its doorstep but freshwater

earmarked for the one built one road initiative and ambitious project to develop trade corridors to central asia the middle east and europe. and singapore in frankfurt address starting with you are these growth figures a sign of what's to come or just a one off well the numbers do look positive but when we are looking at it is is a positive preamble to what me looked like a negative twenty eighteen for china and no doubt this twenty seven hundred numbers did exceed expectations off from analysts as well as the chinese government themselves moving forward though did do predict the growth to slow to six point five percent in twenty eighteen and it's the same number that the chinese government itself has put out i don't know what does frankfurt think there are questions often questions about the accuracy of numbers. yeah exactly that's what investors here are telling me as well they're always surprised how fast china is i mean china a much bigger country than germany but they need always less time to provide those g.d.p. numbers on the other hand they are always exactly how the government wanted th

makes an aggressive -- takes an aggressive stance, as a relates to central asia and the north and southea, this is a nation that really wants to be taken more seriously, more credibly on the issue of foreign policy. today's meeting at the white house with president nazarbayev was very symbolic for this emerging country. kevin cirilli, thank you very much for that -- shery: kevin cirilli, thank you very much for that. the bank says it will stick to its multiyear plan to pay out at least $60 billion to shareholders. that is even after city booked a larger than forecast a charge of $22 billion to adjust to the new strap -- new tax structure. for more is betsy graseck. how good word citigroup's earnings if you take out that one impact from tax reform? betsy: city beat us by three or four cents. it came in very nicely. what the important thing here is the look is positive. they did. highlight they will be reinvesting. when we look at our earnings outlook over the next couple of days as earnings come through, we expected 10% to 30% of that tax benefit will get reinvested in the business. city

earmarked for the one build one road initiative and ambitious project to develop trade corridors to central asia the middle east and europe. so impressive numbers there certainly and for more i'm joined by maximillian counterfeited economic analyst at the macarthur institute for china studies good to have you with us and i'd like to first of all pick up on the very last point that we had in this report's namely that public spending government investment specifically in infrastructure is playing a major role in china how important is it for the chinese economy well first of all thank you for having me now in the in the last quarter we've seen a shift towards more consumption driven growth infrastructure inspect investment is still very important is still a very large part of the group is to grow from thirty percent to the for the whole year but we have seen a slowdown in infrastructure spending especially compared to two thousand and fifteen levels when it was roughly fifty percent of growth now six point nine percent is the g.d.p. growth that the numbers that were released today by by china how

was kind of roth there speaking joining me now is she williamson the director of the europe and central asia division of human rights watch you it's good to have you back on the show so you know we we heard your boss there basically saying trump is part of the blame here for this increase in oppression but these these despots these dictators these authoritarian leaders weren't they oppressing their people before trump became president they would indeed us true but the message that he sent out on the very first day in office america first read for them human rights lost in a sense because they understood that's what he meant really that he didn't he wasn't going to focus on human rights and for countries like egypt and turkey and kazakhstan whose leader was in the white house this week the u.s. is an important a key partner one of the most important partners and if on the u.s. agenda with those countries human rights is at the bottom of the list or not even on the list it means those countries know they get a free pass you know we talk every time this report comes out and the report does have

in asia, europe and central asia we have the largest or caste revisions simply because they are riding trade. obviously good news in a broader sense but not everybody will be benefiting, will they? the word globalisation has become a dirty world in some circles as they see the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer and the wealth gap getting greater. what are your concerns in that area? how do those who don't have many get the trickle—down effect? —— money. those who don't have many get the trickle-down effect? -- money. we estimate that they will benefit from improving education, especially in the economies that are better educated than other at countries, that should reduce inequality in a majority of countries. you would say that actually things are getting better for the poor across—the—board? better for the poor across-the-board? for those poorer that are getting better educated, which is in the majority of emerging countries. we will see that things are getting better and income is beginning to converge. 0f are getting better and income is beginning to converge. of cours

morning where they can go out and target a so-called terrorist suspects across north africa across central asia across the middle east and take them out with drone strikes there is no due process there is no rule of law and this is just what the intelligence agencies assessed to be problematic people who might well be involved in terrorist attacks attacks in the future and they are assessed natives and we've seen this drone program take out whole villages village councils wedding parties right across great swathes of the planet so they're beginning to use this new algorithmic software in this way that can potentially target people i think people need to be even more frightened across creates with the planet. as you said before you know the u.s. has continually accused russia of using bots and trolls on trees to influence us on social media isn't this just an attempt to do exactly the same and it is that we see in double standards here. of course double standards as i said up at the front of this interview wonderfully just expanding a preexisting program so if you see h.q. in the u.k. has been d

earmarked for the one build one road initiative an ambitious project to develop trade corridors to central asia the middle east and europe. tech giant apple says it will pay thirty eight billion dollars in u.s. taxes and creates thousands of new jobs in the u.s. and a new five year investment plan of the tax bill stems from the more than two hundred fifty billion dollars in overseas cash held by the take giant earnings that apple refused to bring back to the u.s. under the previous pile corporate tax rate the company says it's thirty billion dollars capital investment plan will create twenty thousand new jobs. and with that it's over to our man of the fact that stock exchange done good to see you so apple wants to bring back a huge chunk of its overseas cash to the united states is that going down with investors here in europe. well some investors monica are actually or raising their eyebrows with this news this morning monica because it is a company that is not really known to pay lots of taxes now they are boosting themselves they will pay billions of u.s. dollars in taxes of course it's good

earmarked for the one built one road initiative an ambitious project to develop trade corridors to central asia the middle east and europe. so impressive numbers there certainly and for more i'm joined by maximillian counterfeited economic analyst at the med carter institute for china studies good to have you with us and i'd like to first of all pick up on the very last point that we had in these reports namely that public spending government investment specifically in infrastructure is playing a major role in china how important is it for the chinese economy well first of all thank you for having me now in the in the last quarter we've seen a shift towards more consumption driven growth infrastructure in spec investment is still very important is still a very large part of the group to grow from thirty percent to the for the whole year but we have seen a slowdown in infrastructure spending especially compared to two thousand and fifteen levels when it was roughly fifty percent of growth now six point nine percent is the g.d.p. growth that the numbers that were released today by by china how im

the plan will see gleaming new road and rail links through central asia drastically cutting shipping times but it's raised concerns of chinese expansionism markets flooded with ever cheaper chinese imports and countries living in the shadow of beijing's military. a project to upgrade a key rail line in serbia at the other end of the silk road raised fears what was buying was influence. the french president said the new trade route had to benefit both sides he said these roads cannot be one way there have to be comings and goings. and the both of these roads can't be those of a new had gemini that would transform the countries they cross into vassals. there's not much chance of these chinese soldiers will be marching into europe but emmanuel mccall will still have to allay fears the silk road won't become a conveyor belt for other types of chinese mass production. tech firms are lining up to go public you could soon be buying a slice of the likes of spotify and dropbox analysts say the market for initial public offerings as they're called could total two hundred ninety billion dollars

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and a strategic partner in central asia. as we are honored and we are truly honored to be the first country to recognize kazakhstan he and dependence on christmas day, 1991. ago, but not time that long ago. you have made incredible strides. since that time, the united states and kazakhstan has worked together to advance he's and security in the region and far beyond the region. pres. nazarbayev: [speaking a foreign language] -- >> [speaking a foreign language] pres. trump: together, we have dismantled kazakhstan's nuclear infrastructure and instilled a healthy future for the children of kazakhstan and for the world at large. we pursued opportunities to increase investment in kazakhstan and in the energy section in particular. >> [speaking a foreign language] pres. trump: today, our strategic partnership with kazakhstan has advanced myself asia strategy, -- my south asia strategy, which is working far more rapidly than anyone would understand. and providing crucial support for our forces in afghanistan and providing safe even

central asia -- maybe this is a percentage agreement where we can talk on the other side whether i don't know if it is china or the united states. it is time for ukraine to get out of that sphere that creates -- the competition's economic and competition is ideological. russia said to me, given its economic status, it is very insecure. in terms of ideological competition, if you don't talk about [indiscernible] and what that entails in terms of the strengthening or maintaining the sphere of influence. the current russian regime is much more comfortable with rulers like lukashenko, instead of developing new developments in the ukraine. we are in a situation where the sphere of influence is there or this year control is still there. most of the country was comfortable with how that sphere is structured and administered. that is what gives this leverage the u.s.. >> thank you. in all the discussions so far, we have mentioned eastern europe 20 times in the word germany has not been uttered. let's take that there was this roosevelt hoped that to accept areas of soviet domination in eastern eu

we have a century long track record of success from north america to south africa to central asia.nimal numbers are actually increasing. it's the countries where you can't hunt where the trackage stories are being told such as kenya who has lost 80% of its wildlife over the years since the hunting ban has been instituted. >> it's a bad image but a reality this money that winds upcoming into it winds up making a difference for conservation. acceptable to you as a rationale? >> it is not, chris. less than 3% of the money that gets paid for the hunting actually goes back into the community. the vast majority of that money is going into the outfits doing the hunting, going into the government hands. they're really not going back into the community or conservation of the species. >> the money is token, not of legitimate value. the numbers are pumped up. fair criticism, mr. glass? >> an anti-poaching leader was featured in a film. he stated that he and the community received fully 50% of my line's safari dollars. so the facts and figures that he's putting out are just simply false. the g

we have a centuries long track record of success, from north america to south africa to central asia.'re apply thing commercial model, the animal numbers are increasing. it's the countries where you can't hunt where the tragic stories are being told, such as kenya, who lost 8 080% of its w life. >> it is a bad image but a reality that this money that comes into it winds up making the difference in conservation. acceptable to you as a rational is >> it is not, chris. i think what the statistics really know is that less than 3% of the money that gets paid for the money actually goes back into the community. the vast majority of that money is going into the outfits that are running the hunting, going into the government hands. they're really not going back into the commuty or for conservation of the species. >> the money is a token,ot legitimate value. the numbers are pumped up. fair criticism, mr. glass? >> you know, chris mohr was featured in the film. he's the anti-poaching leader in zimbabwe where i hunted the lion. he was on tell vick in new york city and he stated he and the commun