news of the emissions tests on volunteers and monkeys on behalf of b.m.w. daimler talks about a shock to many including v.w. chief executives who issued a rapid apology up discus to no good name yes in a statement that i consider such conditions to be unacceptable i can only apologize for these facts on behalf of our company to all affected i can only ensure that the processes in our company are reformed to such a way that such conditions will no longer occur in the future daimler quickly followed suit announcing the suspension of a senior executive and condemning the tests is just the latest emission scandal for the german car industry the diesel gate affair where so-called defeat devices were fitted to engines to pass emissions tests has barely faded from the headlines these new revelations are prompting more this is the last thing the current acting government wanted to happen as it tries to build another coalition for this unfolding parliamentary term it's also raised questions in some minds about just how closely aligned senior government ministers are with th

this unfolding scandal involving three of germany's largest car manufacturers daimler b.m.w. and fox fagen has profound implications not just for the motor industry but also the closeness of the relationship between the german government and the most are manufacturers let's remember the importance of the german car industry the automotive industry to the german economy very important generates a great deal of revenue everywhere creates many many jobs in this country which explains why the governments successive governments have sought to have a close relationship the point also to make here is the most of manufacturers have tried to distance some of that themselves from the tests that are taken place of deprecates them condemn them so that that could never happen again but underlying all of this as i say is the perception of what is happening in the motor industry let's be clear ethics certainly raised its head regarding the diesel gate scandal the devices the defeat devices that were created to be to allow the cars artificially to pass emissions tests well those have not fad

diesel fumes daimler has also suspended the board member over the scandal the monkey experiment took place in new mexico in twenty fourteen and was funded by volkswagen dam that and b.m.w. australia's domestic spy agency has secured thousands of highly classified government documents intelligence officers arrived at the national broadcaster the a.b.c. on thursday morning and after it did add a series of exclusive reports this week citing confidential files on current and previous governments what was later revealed though is that the documents were found inside a filing cabinet that was sold at a second hand shop prime minister malcolm turnbull has ordered an urgent review into that breach now panama has its famous canal and you've got to sue is canal which cuts through egypt now there are plans to resurrect a four hundred year old idea in southern thailand this is part of our series on global trade routes why and how you travel to seek out where industry groups are pressuring the thai government to consider a waterway that would link the indian ocean and the andaman sea with the gulf of thailand on the south china sea. during the wait seas in thailand and i'm in khost