today i'm in amsterdam a very creative city that is home to some very creative people and one of them will be helping me present the show. hello and welcome to this very special edition of euro max with me your host meghan lee and my co-host today designer interior designer and product designer myself on her thank you so much for being with us longer hold to have me there now so that thank you and thank you for inviting us to your studio this crazy place this in your studio here we are in amsterdam you also helped us design our show today so we're going to see some of the reports which you helped put together pleasure you know you've been described as bold audacious sort of revel in the design world do you accept this title yeah i think i have to. in a way i think design is about innovations are about changing ideas it's about the inside of what's happening today and how we should maybe change that for the moral. things i have to say. rules that are said to have to be you know cut into pieces and we have to make rules so yes i'm probably a song that is making some people. a bit. for i

shoes came from the designers of cleverly incorporated a map of amsterdam into the mold for the soul the shoes are sold in shocking pink or plain black for the princely sum of two hundred euros. but first i thought i have to have a pass but then i saw the price and thought no way that comp be for real spears or goods to me then more kind of. i'm not ready to pass and for that even if i think it's a good idea. to beads. shoes out of cheering does that mean the whole city will come to a standstill because everyone in amsterdam will be stuck. well not everyone stuck on the idea of chewing gum shoes but the gum sure guys won't let that burst their bubble. you're watching news live from berlin well coming at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's dot com i'm rebecca richards thanks for joining me. from. entering the conflict zone with tim sebastian. i'll be challenging those in power asking tough questions demanding. as conflicts intensify i'll be meeting with kid players on the ground in the sense of. c

in this dispatch from the dutch capital amsterdam we hear about a bold new plan to tackle and urban menace the blight cities around the world. blowing bubbles with bubble gum that's a lot of fun and delicious too. but when the sun's over. in the netherlands about one and a half tons of chewed up chewing gum gets tossed on the street and that causes more trouble than most people think. the problem with chewing gum is not just that it sticks to a clue. it's a pain when it gets stuck to your shoes the real problem is that it sticks around a long time it takes twenty to twenty five years to break down. that's why the city of amsterdam has brought out the big guns against old gum the idea was to work together with a few designers to produce a shoe with soles made of up to thirty percent called chewing gum chewing gum in the sole instead of on the sole. in the future we're going to hang these balls in schools and train stations i think they even look like a gumball one can just toss the old gum straight in then the entire ball and the gum inside it can be recycled in one hit. the soles for the g

that's why the city of amsterdam has brought out the big guns against old gum the idea was to work together with a few designers to produce a shoe with soles made of up to thirty percent called chewing gum chewing gum in the soul instead of on the soul. in the future we're going to hang these balls in schools and train stations i think they even look like a gumball when you can just toss the old gum straight in then the entire ball and the gum inside it can be recycled in one hit. the soles for the gum she within made out of this chewing gum and so that nobody forgets where the shoes came from the designer sort of cleverly incorporated a map of amsterdam into the mold for the soul the shoes are sold in shocking pink or plain black for the princely sum of two hundred euros. at first i thought i have to have a pair but then i saw the price and thought no way that can't be for real fears or goods to me more kind of. i'm not ready to pass and for that even if i think it's a good idea. to never go wash use out of chewing gum does that mean the whole city will come to a standstill because everyon

now earlier in the program we talked about one of venice is rich traditions while amsterdam the dutch capital is also a city steve in history during the dutch golden age which roughly spanned the seventeenth century international trade florist and exotic goods poured into the country now this period was also a boon for dutch painters such as rembrandt or yon from here just to name two or visitors to amsterdam can't help but feel as if they have stepped back in time. picture perfect. artistic masterpieces and economic prosperity all symbols of the dutch golden age. in the seventeenth century amsterdam population rapidly expanded as the netherlands naval and mercantile power soared to new heights new affluent districts emerged and three new canals were laid out the prints and prices and heaven arcs for which the city's famous today. the newer expansions the more recent expansions were usually the places where the most affluent people moved to because then it had become too crowded in the end all the parts of the city and the new parts obviously. gave the possibilities to build on a gran

amsterdam tried to legalize it. talk to the new mayor of amsterdam, and she says this is a debacle.became overrun with organized crime. if you look at a number of it, thes that legalize number of guys that were looking to buy sex that were held back by the fact that it is illegal, the moment it is legal, you have millions of new buyers swarming into the market, nowhere near enough voluntary sellers in the market. new buyers,lions of the couple thousand sellers, someone has to fill that void. where are the victims from? more vulnerable countries from eastern europe and places brought into amsterdam. we think it is an important debate. we don't want to criminalize the person being prostituted. that is the person that should get the most sympathy and respect and agency. we want to focus more on the pimps and johns. legalization may backfire and make it worse. that is what the field is still debating. the data is starting to show that it probably does make it worse. there is an interesting model in sweden and norway that just and france, the bifurcated legalization. the person selling s

star of nbc's "new amsterdam," actor ryan eggold. from "champaign ill," actor and comedian sam richardson. featuring the 8g band with jason mcgerr. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] that's fantastic to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. president trump told reporters today that he has never worked for russia. because you know what they say, it ain't work if you love what you do. [ laughter ] president trump met with the ncaa champion clemson tigers football team today at the white house, and the players couldn't wait to get back home and tell their families they got to go into the house barack obama used to live in. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] was that his bedroom? was that his bedroom? president trump today spoke at the american farm bureau federation's 100th annual convention. said trump, "wow. i can't believe you guys have 100 of these a year." [ laughter ] a s

amsterdam tried to legalize it. talk to the new mayor of amsterdam, and she basically says this was a debacle for us and it became overrun with o organized crime. look at a number of countries that have legalized it, what happens is the number of guys who are looking to buy sex that were held back by the fact that it was illegal, the moment that it's legal, you've got millions of new buyers swarming to the market. nowhere near enough voluntary sellers also swarming into a market. so you have a major market imbalance. you've got millions of new buyers and a couple thousand involuntary sellers. someone's got to fill that void. that void gets filled by organized crime and kids who are forced and people who are forced which is why if you look at a lot of legalized settings, where the victim's from, more vulnerable countries from eastern europe and from places that were brought into amsterdam. so we think that it's an important debate. certainly, lots of people don't want to criminalize the person being prostituted. that

hong kong, paris, amsterdam. jonathan: can amsterdam step up? >> we are doing it. centers in europe reaping benefits from this negative situation over brexit. many companies in the u.k. with japanese and indian backgrounds coming to the netherlands. set up shop in amsterdam. lovely headline about capitalism not being debated in davos. capitalism the new of the netherlands. there are so many stereotypes of netherlands evolving from world 1960's --47 onto the what is the new capitalism of the new netherlands? mark: i do not see a new netherlands. we have always agreed people, starting a business, on their own money, hiring people, that is the best way to have a strong working democracy with a strong economy. the economy has to deliver for the people. for me, i have to make sure the economy is doing well, that we have enough jobs and that there is enough security. jonathan: you have made waves in davos. the comments about the italians being let off the hook by the europeans. what are you angry about? mark: europe is facing challenges. we can make progress on climate c

and when starbucks moved from amsterdam to london in order to ensure more investment and jobs.should wake up and smell the coffee. all of this, in the words of the bbc, despite brexit. that investment, those jobs are created under my right honourable friend the prime minister's inspirational leadership have been invested in public services and socialjustice. as we heard from the member for dudley south and bexhill and battle, 1.9 million more children in good and outstanding schools and it is also the case that the gap between the poorest and richest in our schools has narrowed under conservative government. we also have a record level of investment in the nhs and my thanks to my right honourable friend for the secretary of state for health, a ten year plan to attend to billion plans —— 20 will implant investment for the nhs. —— £20 billion. also investment in national security. we meet the 2% target for investment in nato and we have two new aircraft carriers capable of projecting british force and influence across the world in defence of freedom and democracy. and in contrast

today i'm in amsterdam a very creative city that is home to some very creative people and one of them will be helping me present the show. hello and welcome to this very special edition of euro max with me your host meghan li and my co-host is a dutch designer interior designer and product designer myself honors the.

some, like that amsterdam news, say the best way to protest is by making this protest statement. jesse owens and others in the african-american community say the best way to protest nazism is to go over and win medals and disprove their theories of aryan superiority. of course, it doesn't work out that way. owens wins medals, as do many american athletes, but what you see is the nazi propaganda machine has an explanation for everything. they very easily say some version of, well, of course african-american athletes won, they are closer to animals, and animals are faster than humans. so hitler and the nazi propaganda machine can spin anything that happens to serve their propaganda aims. the loudest voice for participation is this man, the head of the american olympic committee, who will then later be the head of the international olympic committee. serving in the 1970's when there is the tragedy at munich in the international olympic committee. he has some deeply held anti-semitic ideas. but he argues is that radicals and communists are trying to encourage this boycott, and that i

japanese electronics conglomerate is really registering its european headquarters from london to amsterdam the company said the move would help minimize customs issues tied to bragg's it although it has no plans to physically relocate personnel or operations it's not the first japanese company to relocate to continental europe due to concerns of a break that last year panasonic moved its h.q. to the netherlands. china's growth rate has slipped to its lowest point in almost three decades fuelling concerns over a knock on effect on the global economy. with china's growth right now seen as an indicator for other countries the announcement of the news was highly anticipated. a pilgrimage on a limb and every estimates the total value of china's g.d.p. was ninety point zero three trillion you are only a six point six percent year on year increase that outstripped the anticipated goal of around six point five percent. to. six point six percent pretty impressive by global standards except for one thing. a decade ago chinese economic growth was hovering at around ten percent in the year since then

the customs union and the single market, people started rewiring their businesses into dublin or amsterdamsels. the saudi started to take place. the stockpile your pointing to is already taking place as well but in a way, the political purpose of these stories is the 650 mps who are going to be voting for against the prime minister ‘s deal in a couple of weeks' time. a wake up and smell the coffee message. let's talk about this story in the times which is going to set a lot of people off. a lot of response on twitter. doctors are saying they can't tell parents how much screen time children should have. however they then say the study finds teenagers who spend a long time on social media are likely this show symptoms of depression. all these things linked to smartphones yet the paediatricians can't come out and say this is good view. there is nothing that drives be more crazy than being on holiday, watching a family sat down together, a time to be together, to talk to each other and everybody is sitting ona each other and everybody is sitting on a smartphone or a tablet. there is clear evid

which operates voices in paris amsterdam brussels london this been an dublin city found also bars position in seafood derivatives and oil services and shipping attractive. is. on the government's reelection campaign is that it is complaining different this time. yeah the ruling government lost three key state elections late last year which left them on a bit of shaky ground and has them concerned about reelection prospects in the upcoming general election so they are hoping to put forward something using the budget as a way of appealing to the wider public particularly those sections like farmers or the poor who are unhappy with them just to did the principal opposition party the congress announced a minimum income guarantee for poor people which will certainly force the government to have to respond as well so if they're able to put forward enough for farmers and the rural poor they might have a much better chance of coming back to power but much depends on whether there's enough fiscal space to spend their way out of the worries thank you very much ron venkataraman from delhi thank you w

the one in amsterdam will be stuck. well not everyone stuck on the idea of chewing gum shoes but the gum sure guys won't let that burst their bubble. you're watching news live from the end all coming at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's dot com i'm rebecca riches thanks for joining me. after. entering the conflict zone with tim sebastian. i'll be challenging those in power asking tough questions demanding. as conflicts intensify i'll be meeting with key players on the ground in the stands as a. crushing through the rhetoric holding the powerful to account for the conflict zone . conflict zone with tim sebastian hong d.w. . form. and on demand. pass language courses. video and audio. anytime anywhere. this week on world story. russian pensioners struggling to survive. the nasty business of toxic implants. but we begin in the philippines it's been over a year since marley was liberated from self-proclaimed islamic state ji hottest s

you are beginning to see large financial and the tuition is beginning to look at frankfurt or amsterdamions. —— institutions. the problem is the eu and the british government, who are advising companies to prepare for a no deal brexit, which means thinking about where headquarters should be. and this is obviously... this is obviously an opportunity. i mean, it isa obviously an opportunity. i mean, it is a business opportunity. you don't think some companies would rather wait and see? i think waiting and seeing at the moment is obviously something a lot of companies are doing. if you look at survey results at the moment, the number of companies actually waiting and seeing as very high, still only around 50% of companies preparing for brexit actively, with strategies. is that viable is the important question, is that something companies can do? we are really not far away from the deadline now. let's talk about banks, because this story in the guardian business pages, santander is putting jobs at risk by threatening to cut ranchers. i suppose loads of banks now are taking this kind of step

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i think i'll give that a miss we leave you now with some dutch flower power amsterdam has been celebrating its national chill of day in honor of the occasion the city's a famous damn square was decked out with the traditional flowers creating a chill in a huff thousands and hundreds of thousands of colorful shoe loops lined the streets and visitors were invited to make their own view case for free and the lungs is of the world's biggest chill it produces. well we'll have more coming up for you at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's definitely dot com i'm rebecca riches thanks for joining me. how do you want to. discover your concept discover it with so close. to one hundred years the ideals of the broncos are more relevant today than they were.

welcoming readers to amsterdam, some of them will be that make it will be tempted given the fears andre worried that philip hammond is talking that make although we raised an eyebrowjeremy corbyn for insisting on a no deal being taken off the table, it seemed impossible because literally there was no way he could do that, only by revoking article 50 and cancelling brexit, they want just let you suspended, or with yvette cooper, you keep it at bay, you can't take it off the table, you can push it further away from you, it is still on the table. some people say it is the table. that is a problem. that is why that stop it, you can't stop why they're worried but this is part of the process. this is the default setting into a deal as agreed. couple of details in the story, amber read refusing to rule out resigning. yes, a lot of rumours thatis resigning. yes, a lot of rumours that is a well— known resigning. yes, a lot of rumours that is a well—known remainder in quebec into government to direct —— remaindercame quebec into government to direct —— remainder came back into the government. a

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bars,s, remains behind to managemement are said to meet in amsterdam on thursday to discuss a way forwardthehe european cocommission sas business climate in the regigion has s dropped shsharply this mo. indicator hasmic dropped to the lowest level in two years as confident in industry, services, retail, trade decline in consumer confidence rose but only slightly. the gauge of business climate drdropped by 1.2% in the eurozoe and 1.4% acacross thehe whole b. officials show the economic growth showed 1.5% last year from 2.3% in 2017, yellow vest in part because of the protests -- yellow vests protests. >> let's lookok at the market. >> investotors are waiting for e outcome of the u.s. federal reserve's upcoming policy meeting and trade talks between the united states and china starting later today. stocks are rallying in london, up almost 1.5% earlier. the british pound rebounded after dropping on brexit concerns. >> the u.s. and china are coming back to the negotiating table and trying to get a deal to resolve their trade dispute. >> negotiators from both governments are set to start discu

after it's been given a careful cleaning this fine go masterpiece will once again be on show in amsterdam at the end of february. the ski resort develop in the french alps is playing host to the thirty sixth international snow sculpture contest seventeen teams are taking part in the competition to make the most spectacular creations the sculptures hailed from nine different countries and a four days the car of the creations from the fifty cubic metre block of snow. at jury of the public will deter the winners. cuckoo clocks world famous they are a typical souvenir for holiday makers who visit the black forest here in germany about for many germans they find them a little bit kitschy a bit too much of a cliche and now there's an alternative cuckoo clocks made by do you know it's similar in fun food has ku klux very different. league concrete apartment blocks as far as the eye can see get out zimmerman has an appreciation for this kind of a static he's exploring frankfurt seeking inspiration for his art his really fund of this sort of architecture the fishing then hop to foot i appreciate t

next week if conservative mps -- key marketss two announced they would move their operations to amsterdame will shift most of its european trading at of the u.k.. terra firma capital chairman says there is massive downside to investing in the u.k.. toet al. most impossible sort of rationally invest in the u.k. at the moment -- it is almost impossible to sort rationally invest in the u.k. at the moment. there is massive downside which is just on quantifiable. the upside is very limited. juliette: global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. nejra, manus? nejra: annabelle in hong kong, thank you so much. the chorus of economic gloom is swelling. first the imf is slashing its forecast for the world economy, surveyst hours later a of corporate executives was released, or 30% of leaders take the expansion will weaken this year. joining us now from a frankfurt is thu lan nguyen, commerzbank fx strategist. we definitely see a downbeat tone in markets after the imf report and also reports a real concern with xi jinping expressing conce

amsterdam try to legalize it. talking to the new mayor of amsterdamt. and she basically says it was a debacle it was overrun with organized crime if you look at a number of countries that the number of guys looking to buy sex that were held back by the fact that it was illegal the moment it was legalhe millions of new buyers going into the market and nowhere near enough voluntary men sellers so there s market imbalance so somebody has to fill the void it is filled by organized crime and kids are forced which is why if you look at legalize settings where the victim is from more vulnerable countries from eastern europe or places brought into .msterdam it is an important debate certainly didn't want to criminalize the person prostituted. that's the person who should get the most sympathy and respected agency. but we want to focus more on the traffickers but legalization may backfire and make it worse. that is why a the field is still debating and the data is starting to show it probably does make it worse but there is an interesting model in sweden and nor

amsterdam is mellow and picturesque it's also a high tech hub and hosts of the t.n. w. tech conference among the attendees are europe's fastest growing startups in scale ups many are here to impress potential investors they've entered the tech five competition co-hosted by a young company that's already got through its initial make or break growth spurt and there is a certain level but by the end hungriness you're up to build companies and people feel like you're fraternities out there i think that's a very. that's a very good attitude to be there. founded in two thousand and six i.g.n. was floated in june its market capitalization is in the billions it offers a unified payment solution for companies operating and expanding on a global scale it's clientele includes the likes of netflix and facebook as illustrated in this video companies face a deluge of different contracts because countries have very different rules that's where arjun comes in. here companies sign one contract for their global financial transactions it's a very logical thing for all viewers to continue