in terms of electric powered car two thousand and seventeen was a very successful year for the b.m.w. group we have sold more than one hundred three thousand cars worldwide which makes us the number one worldwide in the premium segment for electrified cars the u.s. marketplace in q.l.d. . this strategy why because even from a global perspective twenty percent of the cost of the electric powered cars were sold in the u.s. and this definitely on the lines developed and the patents of the u.s. markets and we are very optimistic that sings to our investments in this technology we will see photos of momentum we will see further grows in the years to come. though in general two thousand and seventeen was a difficult year in the u.s. market for many producers including german producers and b.m.w. what we do reasons for this was this partly because of a loss of trust because of the gate scandal at fox bargain or because of president trump lessing out against germany produces what is your assessment from from our perspective to sounds and seventeen was what i would call a transition year why because

we believe that the scientific method chosen that the time was wrong the b.m.w. group is in no way influenced by the design or methodology of studies carried out on behalf of the e.u. g.t. the animal experiments in the study are superfluous and repulsive generating around four hundred billion euro yearly the german also industry has come in for criticism in recent years as well as lead. action over attempts to cheat all emissions test for diesel vehicles allegations of carry out experiments on people and animals it's unlikely to improve the industry's reputation peter all of a r.t. . for animal rights attorney jaish says animals are routinely mistreated by private industry for research purposes. we can't trust these companies to be able to give any kind of meaningful assessment of whether this was the correct option we can expect these industries to be able to give any kind of meaningful cost benefit analysis given that the shown time and time again that they're willing to use it and kill animals for frivolous reasons these major industries have colluded together and h

we believe that the scientific method chosen that the time was wrong the b.m.w. group is in no way influenced by the design or methodology of studies carried out on behalf of the e.u. g.t. the animal experiments in the study are superfluous and repulsive generating around four hundred billion euros yearly the german also industry has come in for criticism in recent years as well as legal action over attempts to cheat on emissions tests for diesel vehicles allegations of carrying out experiments on people and animals it's unlikely to improve the industry's reputation peter all of a party. animal rights attorney says animals are routinely mistreated by private industry for search purposes. we can't trust these companies to be able to give any kind of meaningful assessment of whether this was the correct option we can expect these industries to be able to give any kind of meaningful cost benefit analysis given that the shown time and time again that they're willing to use it and kill animals for frivolous reasons these major industries have colluded together and have succ

we believe that the scientific method chosen that the time was wrong the b.m.w. group is in no way influenced by the design or methodology of studies carried out on behalf of the e.u. g.t. the animal experiments in the study are superfluous and repulsive generating around four hundred billion euro yearly the german also industry has come in for criticism . in recent years as well as legal action over attempts to cheat all admissions tests diesel vehicles allegations of carrying out experiments on people and animals so unlikely to improve the district's refutation piece role of a board. i can speak live now to animal rights attorney j. j. as we heard from our correspondent there is yet another scandal doesn't reflect well on the german car industry but the big question is will there be consequences or will they get away with this. thank you for having me and frankly the answer is almost certainly not and that's because these major industries have colluded together and have successfully lobbied governments around the world including the u.s. government to basically rarel

we believe that the scientific method chosen that the time was wrong the b.m.w. group is in no way influenced by the design or methodology of studies carried out on behalf of the e.u. g.t. the animal experiments in the study are superfluous and repulsive generating around four hundred billion euro yearly the german also industry has come in for criticism in recent years as well as lee. attempts to treat all emissions test for diesel vehicles allegations of carrying out experiments on people and on levels so unlikely to improve the refutation piece role of a. pleasure having you with us for the news today here when l.t. international the program returns at the top of the. front of the with. the best out of the jaws of. the concepts preparing to perform i had actually prepared myself to die. in the home of. her. scanty. she had the good. fortune to show you. to me she. was. manufactured to stick to the public will. when the roaming classes project themselves. on the finance merry go round the liberals only the one percent tell. the it's like going all middle of the room

we believe that the scientific method chosen that the time was wrong the b.m.w. group is in no way influenced by the design or methodology of studies carried out on behalf of the e.u. g.t. the animal experiments in the study are superfluous and repulsive generating around four hundred billion euro yearly the german also industry has come in for criticism in recent years as well as lead. over attempts to cheat the missions tests the diesel vehicles allegations of carrying out experiments on people and animals and likely to improve the streets reputation peace or all of our party. well earlier we spoke to animal rights attorney jerry schuster he told us animals are routinely mistreated by private industry for research purposes we can't trust these companies to be able to give any kind of meaningful assessment of whether this was the correct option we can expect these industries to be able to give any kind of meaningful cost benefit analysis given that they shown time and time again that they're willing to use and kill animals for frivolous reasons these major industries

we believe that the scientific method chosen that the time was wrong the b.m.w. group is in no way influenced by the design or methodology of studies carried out on behalf of the e.u. g.t. the animal experiments in the study are superfluous and repulsive generating around four hundred billion euro yearly the german also industry has come in for criticism in recent years as well as lead. attempts to cheat all the machines tests the diesel vehicles allegations of carrying out experiments on people and. so likely to improve the if you take should piece role of a policy. animal rights attorney jerry says the industry has managed to dodge laws protecting with governments complicit we can't trust these companies to be able to give any kind of meaningful assessment of whether this was the correct option we can expect these industries to be able to give any kind of meaningful cost benefit analysis given that they shown time and time again that they're willing to use and kill animals for frivolous reasons these major industries have colluded together and have successfully lobbi

in terms of electric powered car two thousand and seventeen was a very successful year for the b.m.w. group we have sold more than one hundred street sounds and costs worldwide which makes us the number one worldwide in the premium segment for electrified cost the u.s. marketplace and key role in this strategy why because even from a global perspective twenty percent of the cost of the electric power cost west sold in the u.s. and this definitely on the lines developments and the patents of the u.s. markets and we are very optimistic that sings to our investments in this technology we will see photos of momentum we will see further grows in the years to come. though in general two thousand and seventeen was a difficult year in the u.s. market for many producers including german producers and b.m.w. what good reasons for this was this partly because of a loss of trust because of the. fox bargain or because of president trump lessing out against germany produces what is your assessment from from our perspective to sounds and seventeen was a what i would call a transition year wine because the

we believe that the scientific method chosen that the time was wrong the b.m.w. group is in no way influenced by the design or methodology of studies carried out on behalf of the e.u. g.t. the animal experiments in the study are superfluous and repulsive generating around four hundred billion euro yearly the german also industry has come in for criticism in recent years as well as legal action over attempts to cheat on emissions tests for diesel vehicles allegations of carrying out experiments on people and animals so unlikely to improve the industry's reputation peter all of a party. whether russia's presidential elections not far from now are to spoke to one of the more colorful candidates because then he has thought jack now sees. famous in russia for being a t.v. host her father was the merest of petersburg and the man who introduced lattimer putin to the world of politics she enjoyed a gilded youth but got into politics herself in herself in two thousand and twelve joining russia's opposition movement this year she decided to run for president and the slogan vote

b.m.w. funded research group that study twenty five human volunteers inhaling nitrogen dioxide. says it won't conduct any more tests on animals hopefully not on humans either this comes as europe's car industry fights for a future for the diesel is no dispute that nitrogen oxide pollution is a problem levels are too high in places like dusseldorf munich hamburg. berlin a total of twenty eight german cities exceed limits in some cases dramatically and it's not just germany france has nineteen affected areas including paris and its suburbs britain has sixteen including london in total twenty three of the twenty eight e.u. countries exceed equality norms germany's environmental agency says two thirds of nitrogen oxide is produced by diesel engines even the cleanest diesels produce this toxic gas even mission has summoned nine environment ministers including germany's baba hendricks to brussels for an equality summit today giving them a final chance to comply with quality standards. singapore is putting the brakes on traffic if you want to buy a car for the first time and drive it y

b.m.w. funded a research group that also studied twenty five human volunteers inhaling nitrogen dioxide. it's the biggest push ever for better health care in the u.s. online retailer amazon warren buffett's berkshire hathaway and j.p. morgan chase teaming up to offer american stuff quality health care at a reasonable cost the three c.e.o.'s say the new company will be independent and free from profit making incentives the initial focus will be on technology that provides simplified high quality and transparent care shares in health care companies took a big hit in early trading on the new york stock exchange hinting at the threat that you entity poses to existing healthcare structures in the u.s. . and let's go over to the stock exchange we're going to go to standing by for us yes good to see there this is got to be a pretty or could set a pretty amazing president considering that it's usually governments that look after this sort of thing or to take care of this sort of thing the american system of course not being as solid as well as what we have here in europe. well it's a big announc

crime at even proof because by the last year of published this criminal yes group and it's exactly the same company it's b.m.w. woods fox fogging it's time law and bosh the same companies who also organized this association for me very surprising for ten years very very really our one of our biggest problem in bringing clean air to germany but half a year ago they disappeared immediately and you don't find anything in the internet so they have very strict and consequent to destroy all their yes. existence but. luckily i was on a list dict and found his examples that the journalists are on to this one year limit ash thank you very much for your analysis. well there are conflicting messages coming from us political leaders on what the value of the greenback should be the dollar crawled up from lows on monday but struggled to pull ahead for six straight weeks of losses treasury secretary stephen managed instead of the world economic forum in davos last week that a weak currency would help us trade balances in the short term but on thursday he backtracked saying he fundamentally believed in the strength of the do

b.m.w. funded a research group that studied twenty five human volunteers inhaling nitrogen dioxide . the european union has given member states ten days to clear the air it will sue britain the czech republic germany spain france italy hungary romania and survive if they don't present new plans to lower pollution four hundred thousand europeans die prematurely from poor quality every year. the air is thick and germany's major cities air pollution is way over acceptable standards in mind metropole of mary is including munich stuttgart and berlin and the e.u. commission is fed up it says the seven years since the standards were adopted was enough time for germany to mend its air polluting ways. and to face off such a longstanding fate as to take serious action. in the view that the growing legal process will continue all member states to add to this this life threatening problem with the aegean sea that it deserves the european commission estimates four hundred fifty thousand people die prematurely each year in europe due to the effects of air pollution clean air is not a mockery but t

government about a scandal involving well known car makers and diesel fuel tests a research group funded by b.m.w. involved in is recorded reported to force volunteers and monkeys to inhale toxic exhaust gases. and a rare celestial event known as a super blue blood moon is gracing the night skies here are the latest pictures from los angeles the three part lunar eclipse means that the dude appears much bigger brighter and brighter than usual that these are just live pictures as the buddha burgess from the shadows a first time in decades that the event has taken place those were the headlines the street is next here on al-jazeera. we understand the difference. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you al-jazeera. ok and you're in the stream how do you envision. today's program says that we are all built to humanize god and our brain is actually hardwired to. commentator scholar reza azlan will be joining us. and i'll be bringing your comments and questions keep those coming to me with has

dioxide the tests were commissioned by a company called the european research group on environmental health funded by carmakers. b.m.w. and parts supplier barsh the tests concluded normal much region dioxide emissions had no negative effects on people and apparent all clear for diesel and the snub to the world health organizations research its conclusion was rather different namely that these little missions caused cancer the human tests are a new low point for carmakers in the admissions crisis they follow revelations last week that monkeys were forced to inhale curfew is in two thousand and fourteen something v.w. has since apologized for in twenty fifteen the emission scandal showed you had spent years manipulating its vehicles microbes and dioxide output the carmaker had hoped to leave all that behind but these latest revelations suggest that's unlikely at least any time soon. now for more on the story from d.w. science joins me in the studio welcome derek good to have you why would car makers want to know how the nitrogen how much nitrogen dioxide is actually hazardous to people how much they can have before the

scandal involving well known car makers and secret tests on top six exhaust fumes a research group funded by b.m.w. daimler involves wagoner it's reported to force humans on monkeys to inhale diesel engine exhaust gases only cain has more no burning. these are troubling times for germany's car makers. and news of the emissions tests on volunteers and monkeys on behalf of b.m.w. damon fox by a shock to many including the w.'s chief executive 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 process is in our company a reform to such a way that such conditions will no longer occur in the future dana 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 data fans where so-called defeat devices were fitted to engines to pass emissions tests has barely faded from the headlines these new revelations are prompting m

b.m.w. funded a research group that studied twenty five human volunteers inhaling nitrogen dioxide . germany is one step closer to four when you government see me that's right then the country's two main political parties have made a major breakthrough in negotiations chance on the americans conservatives and the center left social democrats have reached an agreement on refugee family reunions involves refugees already here bringing their family members to join them in germany it's been a sticking point between the parties during the negotiations let's bring in our political correspondent kate brady has been following this for us hi kate what exactly has been agreed. so what we know so far sumi is that from the proposed policy here is that from the first of august one thousand refugees in germany will be eligible to be very united with their families here in germany and on top of that cap this is something that's being sold as quite a win for the social democrats is that there would be exceptions for refugees in extreme cases of hardship so expected to be included in those cases is r

being the name given to the group that was acting under the auspices of b.m.w. daimler and and fox wagon so clearly there are issues for those three companies but there's also the wider issue here in germany about the way that the german car industry is perceived about how ethical it is in the regulations that complies with that certainly sent shock waves through through the political classes the question would be what sort of rep implication these revelations would have on the perception of the german car industry on a wider scale well we'll look forward to certainly hearing what the politicians have to say. as they have that meeting for the moment thanks don. the shops in hong kong are being banned from selling ivory but not for almost four years now parliament's giving traders until the end of twenty twenty one to phase out selling elephant tusks all of its traders will face a ten year prison sentence if they break the new law room what environmentalist say is one of the world's largest ivory markets did your part and has more. hong kong complied with the glo

scandal involving well known car makers and secret tests and talks exhaust fumes a research group funded by b.m.w. daimler involves why it is reported to force volunteers and monkeys to inhale diesel engine exhaust fumes when it came has more from berlin. and. these are troubling times for germany's carmakers. and news of the emissions test some volunteers and monkeys on behalf of b.m.w. daimler and fox sparking a shock to many including v.w. chief executives who issued a rapid apology up discus the now it may mean 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 reform 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 terrorists is just the latest emission scandal for the german car industry the diesel gates affair where so-called defeat devices were fitted to engines to pass emissions tests has barely faded from the headlines these ne

nitrogen dioxide the tests were commissioned by the european research group on environmental health a body funded by com a cause v.w. diamond b.m.w. and pumped supply ambush and the results were a relief nitrogen dioxide the study concluded had no negative effects on people an all clear for diesel and a snub to the world health organizations research its conclusion was rather different namely that diesel emissions cause cancer the human tests are a new low point for car makers they follow revelations last week that monkeys were forced to inhale cull fumes in two thousand and fourteen something v.w. has since apologized for in two thousand and fifteen the emissions scandal showed v.w. had spent years manipulating its vehicles nitrogen dioxide output the comic had hoped to leave all that behind it but these latest revelations suggest that that is unlikely just anytime soon. ok let's forget our friend for correspondent linda hong standing by in singapore daniel starting with you greens party transport spokesman's says that the orders are to seems to have lost all scruples in its mania for cheating is that reflected in any way i'm ca

nitrogen dioxide the tests were commissioned by the european research group on environmental health a body funded by com a kez v.w. dime led b.m.w. and pumped supply ambush and the results were a relief nitrogen dioxide the study concluded had no negative effects on people an all clear for diesel and a snub to the world health organizations research its conclusion was rather different namely that diesel emissions cause cancer the human tests are a new low point for comic has they follow revelations last week that monkeys were forced to inhale call fumes in two thousand and fourteen something v.w. has since apologized for in two thousand and fifteen the emissions council showed v.w. had spent years manipulating its vehicles nitrogen dioxide output the comic had hoped to leave all that behind it but these latest revelations suggest that that is unlikely but any time soon. the stars of the music business descended on new york city for the industry's annual grammy awards what surprise winner of the night was bruno mars who beat tough competition the likes of jay z. and kendrick lamar to take home six oars but music wasn't the only i

nitrogen dioxide the tests were commissioned by the european research group on environmental health a body funded by com a cause v.w. diamond b.m.w. and pumped supply ambush and the results were a relief nitrogen dioxide the study concluded had no negative effects on people an all clear for diesel and a snub to the world health organizations research its conclusion was one of the different namely that diesel emissions cause cancer of the human tests are a new low point for comic has they follow the revelations last week that monkeys were forced to inhale cull fumes in two thousand and fourteen something v.w. has since apologized for in two thousand and fifteen the emissions scandal showed v.w. had spent years manipulating its vehicles nitrogen dioxide output the comic i had hoped to leave all that behind it but these latest. suggest that that is unlikely any time soon. all right let's break this story down some more with derek williams from david w. science at our financial correspondent then you know cold and frankfurt derek let me start with you here why would car makers want to know how much nitrogen dioxide can be emitted bef

dioxide the tests were commissioned by the european research group on environmental health a body funded by call makers v.w. dime led b.m.w. and pumped supply of bush and the results were a relief nitrogen dioxide the study concluded had no negative effects on people an all clear for diesel and a snub to the world health organizations research its conclusion was rather different namely that diesel emissions cause cancer the human tests are a new low point for carmakers they follow revelations last week that monkeys were forced to inhale call fumes in two thousand and fourteen something v.w. has since apologized for in two thousand and fifteen the emissions scandal showed v.w. had spent years manipulating its vehicles nitrogen dioxide output the comic had hoped to leave all that behind it but these latest revelations suggest that that is unlikely but just anytime soon. now we've got. a religious affairs and ethics order. martin this is a real ethical topic to talk to you about you know how bad the outcry is when lab animals they used in skin products for example rabbits and rats and that we're talking about humans and monk