let's get to the bottom of this with our reporter daniel wynter daniel welcome along so why is alston so keen to snuff out from body israel well rob i mean alson has been casting about to bulk up for a while now and mean as you just said that a block to deal with with siemens really angering the e.u. so much they had to intervene there it seems and it's an effort to create a challenger to china see os see which is a better model of a train may come you can see this now combination of. a would get close becoming the 2nd biggest train maker in the world with 15300000000 euros of sales and 2018 not quite enough to beat c r r c n n a 21000000000 euros but much closer after all the threat from this chinese competition is not necessarily just on the global stage but also in europe as well so c.r.c. is to get a foothold in europe now deutsche bank has assessed the potential of of the merger and they say that for alstom their earnings per share could go up by about 17 percent and that's a figure which investors pay close attention to so you know that's the argument that alstom has it wants to

french train maker alston speeds towards a deal with canadian competitive because it tries to compete the bigger arrivals from china. and elsewhere big tech meet the activists trying to improve conditions for workers of amazon. and the end for the end of the road for g.m. as iconic brands by the australian prime minister is fuming about the news. business on robots in berlin well come along. french try make up is fast approaching a deal to help counter the growing threat from rivals in china it says it signed an agreement to buy the realm of canada's bond body a for up to 6200000000 euros but body which makes trains for the likes of london underground is looking to make major changes to deal with its debts allston is also keen to complete the deal after the regulators blocked its attempt to merge with german competitor siemens last year. let's get to the bottom of this with our reporter daniel winter daniel welcome along so why is also. one body israel well rob i mean also has been casting about to bulk up for a while now and mean as you just said that a bloc to deal with. really ange

in honor of black history month, recognize littleton alston for his lifetime fine art ofs in the culpting, both as a renowned professor. he grew up in northeast washington, d.c., where he had with great counter art and public sculpture. remembers looking for down east capital street and seeing the capitol dome. and other acknowledged recognized a unique gift that littleton seemed to possess and drawing. er devotion and his talent helped land him an opportunity to attend duke ellington school of the arts in washington, d.c., from high aduated school. awarded a scholarship to virginia commonwealth university seechd his he bachelor of -- received his bachelor of fine arts degree in earn his and wanted to masters of fine art from the maryland institute college of rts rhinehart graduate school of sculpture in baltimore. there, he was the recipient of school's top honor, the rhinehart award. in 1989 he was accepted to the residency program at the beamon center of contemporary -- contemporary arts in omaha and university ighton where he attended the ranks of professor of sculpture. given back to

deal to buy the unit for more than $7000000000.00 is a big employer in berlin but is heavily in debt alston is seeking to expand to compete with china after the e.u. blocked a merger with zemin swale division. is following this one for us from our frankfurt offices so is the e.u. going to. give the green light for this one do you reckon. well then it's likely that the trust watchdogs will impose a few conditions on this deal as well mainly in the business of smaller trains you know regional trains travel trains underground trains it's very likely that the new train maker 4 of us on trains and you will have a bit of a dominant position in this field at least here in europe but the big difference compared to the failed merger of siemens trades and us tom last year is high speed trades here bought by g.e. is not active at least not as a train builder it's just a supplier here so no dominant position here which means that it's quite likely a few conditions will be applied but the antitrust watchdogs will likely not completely block this deal ok some of those trains we could see they're running

philip alston had a 12—day tour of the country.tions. he said a completely inadequate social protection system left large numbers in poverty by design. prince harry and his wife meghan have appeared for their firstjoint public engagement since quitting as working members of the british royal family. harry gave a speech at this hotel in miami at an event organised by american bankjpmorgan chase. the fee — if there was one — has not been disclosed. do stay with us on bbc news. still to come: heading for the sun — the new orbiter that's set to probe the burning heart of our solar system. there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'ba by doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept

philip alston had a 12—day tour of the country.f what he called stunning proportions. he said a completely inadequate social protection system left large numbers in poverty by design. prince harry and his wife meghan have appeared for their firstjoint public engagement since quitting as working members of the british royal family. harry gave a speech at this hotel in miami at an event organised by american bankjpmorgan chase. the fee — if there was one — has not been disclosed. president trump has sacked two senior officials who gave testimony during his impeachment inquiry. the us ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland issued a statement saying he had been told he was being recalled from his post. earlier, lieutenant colonel alexander vindman was escorted out of the white house following his dismissal. let's get more from our north america correspondent, peter bowes. tell us more about the firings. well, alexander vindman was the first to go. he was on the national security council as an expert on the ukraine and he was

philip alston is the un's special rapporteur on extreme poverty.country, he says there's a completely inadequate social protection system that leaves people in poverty by design. he also said there's a housing crisis of stunning proportions. premier league side manchester united has reported one of britain's best—selling newspapers to the uk press regulator, claiming it knew in advance of plans for an attack on the home of a senior club official. a flare was thrown at the house of executive vice—chairman ed woodward last month. man united claims the sun knew the attack was coming, but didn't tell police. the paper has rejected the allegations, and says at no time was its reporter made aware of what was to take place at mr woodward's home. apple has been fined $27 million by the french authorities for deliberately slowing down older iphones. prince harry and his wife meghan have appeared for theirfirst joint public engagement since quitting as working members of the british royal family. harry gave a speech at this hotel in miami at an event organis

that if the war refugee board transferred $50,000 to their factory, their givediary in sweden would alstone similar amount in swedish kroner. there are no references to the tire deal in their papers. it's clear that that was scrubbed out. so, this arrangement worked well. not foolproof, it's that point of view. attract notice and suspicion. olson use that money to purchase boats and guns. they now argued that humanitarian aid was more important than adhering to the rules. , the war refugee recruited ralph mcclellan, who had been in the internment camps at the beginning of the book. as the representative. switzerland have the closest europe.nazi he participated in ransom s whoiations with the nazi were trying to use a america plus fee is newfound interest in refugees to offer jews for sale. america was never going to play -- pay ransom, but the american-jewish joint distribution committee in switzerland managed to string high-rankingof s. during world war ii and in the got more than 1600 prisoners released from bergen-belsen. -- theyught nearly argued that the nazis must not be given the pr

that he had the financial clout to put up a building like this with more than 20 exhibition rooms alston'sit could basically be called a miniature bavarian national museum and it shows how this trade was flourishing in those years under. the un soviet. in the early 20th century sales to wealthy jewish clients all over germany were booming for the dealership. reputable collectors like james. alford prince time and james from blush were to purchase start at buller's when the nazis seized power this clientele broke away practically overnight westgate naturist name is not i not only imagine you walking through here but also his clients including collectors who might have been in dire straits and bringing objects that they were being forced to sell in their predicament. in the not funds that were thrown back often was. from florence where she was living in exile got his own money again turned to her she still believed they might be able to meet. i'm considering selling the german artworks 1st i believe that if we could discuss this in person we could come to a satisfactory arrangement an apprai

french train maker alston has buyed to buy a bardi's -- bambardia's rail units.cquisition is likely to generate as much as 400 million euros of savings for alstom over five years and it will make the number two rail equipment maker. rio tinto is cutting price targets after cyclones hampered operations for the second year in a row. they say output will be between 324 and 334 million tons. 2019.re had records in prices are expected to decline this year. two groups of private equity firms are through to the next round in the heated takeover battle for thyssenkrupp's elevator business. . a consortiumle -- backed by carlisle. iposenkrupp says an remains an option if no sale agreement is agreed. coming up, how coronavirus is playing out for supply chains. this is bloomberg. ♪ hi! we're glad you came in, what's on your mind? can you help keep these guys protected online? easy, connect to the xfi gateway. what about internet speeds that keep up with my gaming? let's hook you up with the fastest internet from xfinity. what about wireless data options for the family? of co