he quickly became absorbed by berlin's subcultures. >> berlin was crucial for his development. >> he was very interested in german electronic music. obviously it had a huge impact on him and the recordings he did just around this time, particularly"low" and "heroes." >> the legendary hansa studios is where he recorded what is known as the berlin trilogy. the story of two lovers meeting at the berlin wall. >> ♪ just for one day >> the wii's expressionist -- though we -- bowie's impression of german expressionist influenced album covers. even when he left, he kept the keys to his apartment. he shared a seven room apartment with u.s. rocker iggy pop. nowadays, a family lives here with plenty of kitschy decor. they have not heard of david bowie, but they have had lots of fans ringing their doorbell. the german capital has been abuzz ever since the exhibition was announced. huge crowds are expected to pay tribute to the icon who helped give west berlin a cutting-edge image. >> that is all for now. thanks for joining us. >> bye-bye. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncic

correspondentnal hans nichols is in berlin. it is all happening today in berlin, isn't it tom hans?pen today if there's a deal. the eu is playing the broker role between the ukraine and russia. things weren't helped win the ukraine's energy minister referred to russia as an enemy. that certainly escalate the rhetoric around this. you don't want to have escalated rhetoric. as could be an entirely different situation if we're having this conversation in six leading into winter. one of the many reasons it is and is because we are heading into summer. take a look at the deal that is on offer. this is what they're trying to hash out. the ukraine were paid $2 billion of its cast by military. as they are i was yesterday. another $500 million by june 7. once gazprom gets the first chunk of money, they will continue to export gas without demanding payment. then they can get into negotiation on what a fair market price is. you want to let off some of the tension city can have a negotiation about what they're going to pay. the problem with all this is that ukraine has refused to cover any of i

russia says it will cut off gas supplies over a past bill and tells berlin's it will keep -- berlin will keep the lines open. beguntaly klitschko has his new job as mayor of the capital of ukraine. troops on the ground have so far stop -- failed to stop the kerry and violence -- sectarian violence in africa. and bnp paribas will be find -- fined. >> i am molly hall and i will be with you for the next hour of news. scotland, the countdown has officially begun for an independent referendum. nationalists are trying to convince voters to say yes to a split with the united kingdom. on the doublest rate and murder out of india, the brutal death of two in thers sparking anger country. over, last-ditch talks russian gas. emergency meetings have been called for this friday in a bid to keep gas pipes open between russia and ukraine. moscow demands that kiev pay it gas bill, some $3.5 billion, and 2 billion of it by monday. otherwise, the kremlin says it will cut off supplies, potentially affecting europe as well. >> the deadline looms. threatens to halt gas supplies to ukraine if it's bill remains

>> a welcome to the "journal," coming to you on dw live in berlin. coming up on a show, ukraine looks for a way out of the crisis. the french government helps an international congress, and soccer giants byron and dortmund berlin tonight on a german cup finale. ♪ talks are underway in eastern ukraine aimed at easing the political crisis, but the roundtable summit does not include representatives of the rebel movement. an earlier round of talks failed to end the standoff between the government and kiev and separatists pushing to become part of russia. the main aim of the discussions will be to help pave the way for the presidential elections land for may 25. reports say that in many eastern areas of ukraine, no preparations are being made for that vote. and our correspondent katie logan joins us now on the line from car teeth. tensions are still high. what can these talks achieve and what have you been hearing? >> well, it is a fairly large discussion, that is for sure. involves several government ministers, politicians from all parts of the country,

berlin's unfinished airport is d.estione international correspondent hans nichols is at the berlin air show. good morning, hans. >> good morning, mark. i was tried to speak over the roar of the jet engines behind me. a whole phalanx of planes behind me. perhaps most interesting and qatar.c is the a350 from germany hasn't contributed its full amount to airbus's production of the a350. which is with airbus ceo fabrice bregier. they need to put their differences behind them. there are a variety of differences, namely between some of these gulf state carriers and berlin. they need to open this airport, but perhaps more importantly, they need to increase the number of slots they have very it right now, emirates can only lead in dusseldorf, hamburg, frankfurt and munich. i don't have the license to land in berlin. their message by being here is saying look, we spend a lot of money on airbus planes, we need to be able to land them year. here.d them a euro fighter to feel your wheaties in the morning. take off, jet engine i e

the executive director director of the american academy in berlin. let's bring you up to speed and company news. nokia is planning to invest $100 areion in companies that involved in automotive technology. -- in mobile technology. leader of the opposition says the takeover may not be in the national interest. otherliband says no company will approve of the merger. its bid forsweeten astrazeneca. astra ejected the bid on friday. chinese yuan retailer wants to give a group of insiders exclusive rights to nominate a majority of the board. alibaba plans to give all shares equal weight as a result. we will take a break. see you in a moment. ♪ >> welcome back. you are watching "the pulse. go space innovation. elon musk has been leaving a push to reach space. we got a look at in nasa competition deciding who will build america's next shuttle. time we were racing into space, it was about national pride. >> the eagle has landed. >> this time, its about money. the international space station is a near zero gravity laboratory dedicated to scientific research. t

lulled into standing by for us and the next decade the observer team is actually just arriving in berlin we have some live pictures of having a c in just a moment what to tell us about the release added that happen the rac spokesman he can give exact details all pretense of the negotiations that weekend added that a team of the leafy stuff is being aimed at temple facade that the ads in three days since is false dissuade a tainted trying to negotiate their release and of course as he mentioned the russian envoy wheels to help out with negotiations we don't believe that when a huge concessions may be deadly to any conditions of release. i read the osce says that contents of the conditions enough to keep lesson that they were held them but they are on honda's the state. then on the wing and a walk on the day of its agenda but the official so we opted to release the self evidence that bb had briefly at etsy saying that they're about to ride a king bed and she did this release does seem to get some momentum to diplomatic efforts he was welcomed here by germany's foreign minister what's the n

the reason why the bbc studios here in berlin and ryan. thanks for joining us coming up. sports are coming in right now of gas in the southern korea new port city of all gassed up and ukrainian military moves on pro russian defence forces in the us. i'm going to go and drop the bomb and asked him a reason why does sanctions on russia to try to be trained to lead. then it tells of support is growing for a presidential candidate to its label. these are troubling he looked ahead to next weeks. fighting in the south of ukraine in the key port city of odessa which has avoided any violence up until now. the reports of as many as thirty people dead in a fire in the port area dozens of injuries there as well the situation remains volatile and ideas today for the first time ukrainian ministry forces moved against pro russia militias in the east is his heels of yet two minutes the helicopter went down to as there were a number of casualties. we will be going online. the reason for not to tell as kiev moves to restore its control in the contested areas. there are questions about by

journal" livee from berlin. thanks for joining us. coming up, tension in eastern ukraine ahead of the disputed poll on breaking away from kiev. they urge russia to de-escalate the crisis. they finally raise the shield having won the title three weeks ago. will eastern ukraine go the same way as crimea? pro-russian separatists are hoping it will. they have organized a referendum on whether or not to split away from kiev's control. placenday poll is taking with no independent observers and has drawn international condemnation. the interim president has warned moving toward secession would be a step into the abyss. >> pro-russian separatists were out in force. they barricaded administrative openings. they are determined the sunday election take place. >> it is my job to give every resident the opportunity to vote, to determine the final number, and inform the media and world about it. i don't know how things will go, but i think a crimea like scenario would be appropriate. >> organizers have printed 3 million ballots. but there are no se

sanctions are still in the either in berlin. -- ether in berlin.ll not do it unless it further escalates. it as an to keep opportunity, an option. if things escalate again. >> hans, thank you. berlin.hols live from >> funding the recovery. we will break down the options available to businesses and see if they are working. ♪ today's company news. apple agreed to buy beats electronics for $3 billion. the founders of beats will join apple. the acquisition is expected to close in the quarter that ends in september. ueu -- owon ece approval to buy another company. and samsung electronics unveiled a prototype for a wristband connected to a cloud service. it will allow users to share their stats with developers of mobile fitness up -- apps. look at the u.k. economy. the bank of england is due to release its latest funding for lending scheme later today. while the chancellor has already increased the pressure on banks to make available alternative funding. are any of these is this is are anyoing to work -- of these measures really going to work? to talk wi

some of the horses are housed on this game preserve near berlin.they're fenced in for their own safety. new horses have a hard time fitting in here. for example, it doesn't occur to them to put on extra fat as winter approaches. >> they're used to life at the zoo where they get regular meals. and they figure it's too much work to put on all that fat for winter. so they stroll around the meadows instead. they don't take things seriously during the first year, but they sure do during the second! >> scientists have conducted extensive research to try to determine exactly how the przewalski horses will have to adapt to be able to survive in the wild. they've outfitted this trough with various devices that allow them to find out how much water each individual horse drinks. a scale in the floor measures the horses' weight gain as they drink. dr. berger says horses that drink a lot of water probably wouldn't do well in a natural environment that's dry. there are other problems -- like the horses' hooves -- that would complicate life in the wild. >> at cer

she was speaking at a news conference in berlin last night. david is in berlin.the imf. what was the focus of the discussions? , thee imf and the osce focus of what they were talking about was the german economy. they had this news conference afterwards and obviously, ukraine came up because the german foreign minister has been trying to getssa people to get together and talk. this is the diplomatic solution that germany is trying to broker. they're trying to create a nonviolent solution to this whole crisis in ukraine. mrs. merkel was asked about the intent for the osce, the organization for security and cooperation in europe which is a , a security rights monitoring group led by european union representatives. they're also tried to put together a roundtable in kiev the progression separatists and the central government in kiev to bring resolution. she was asked about how successful she thinks that might be. everybody is called to make a contribution, including russia. we believe that roundtables chaired by the osce is a good opportunity to do this work. the mor

.y >> david tweed is in berlin with numbers from adidas today. >> ubs reported profits that surpassed estimates. profit rose 6.7% from a year earlier. our markets editor manus cranny is over there in zÜrich. run us through the numbers. what is the number going to be focusing on? >> i think they are going to focus more on three keywords. return on equity? target.king to the we are on the way to the promised land. reducing --d assets moving the target on risk weighted assets in the businesses they don't want to be in down to 40 billion. management brought in new

after the fall of the berlin wall there was no summits in washington how to cut government. but that we have too expensive of the government and everybody agrees. paillette but where rigo we have to extend socialism son is how you enable government to get more revenue for government to be more important which is exactly the opposite. socialism is the way to guide behavior in strict contrast to what we believe to be the facts. >>c-span: let me ask you about friedrich hayek. >> guest: he was an economist, born in vienna, started his professional career in vienna and in the mid or late twenties some people in britain greatly impressed with the book he had written in the work he had done. at a relatively young age he became a professor at the school of economics. he spent thirties and most of the forties there. early in the 1950's he came to the university of chicago where he was professor for about 10 years then he went back to germany essentially she retired there. >>c-span: how long has he been dead? >> guest: about two years now. he lived to be 90 and published in enormous,

>> welcome to the "journal" in berlin. >> thanks for joining us. first, our headlines. u.s. president barack obama delivers a key foreign-policy speech, saying the u.s. will remain strong but intends to use its military less. >> in the wake of fierce fighting in the ukrainian city of donetsk, the new president promises to crush rebels. >> america must always lead on the world stage -- that was the message from u.s. president barack obama today. >> obama outlined his vision for u.s. foreign-policy in a sweeping speech at the u.s. military academy. speaking to both a global television audience and graduating cadets at west point, obama said the u.s. should ink beyond using the military to solve u.s. problems. he said counterterrorism measures will remain in focus and that cooperation with international partners is the way forward. >> this beach came one day after putting forward a plan to end america's longest war, the country's 12-year deployment in a canna stand. -- in afghanistan. >> this year's graduates from the elite that point military academy will be the first in over

berlin. we will start with the earnings. a lotis all about about of other factors. >> it is all about this massive strategy review that siemens has been looking at vinson new ceo came in last august -- looking at since the new ceo came in last august. i will see if i can run through the main items of this reorganization. gone are the four main sectors that siemens had under the previous ceo. by, they will be replaced nine separate divisions. those divisions will focus on what siemens is saying will be the growth areas. digitization, authorization. -- automation, electrification. to be runing completely separately. which is already leading to speculation that this division will eventually be spun off from siemens altogether. we have seen it before. the semi conductor business spun off. that is the speculation with regards to that. the nine other units will focus on these areas. these arewant to do, the fastest-growing areas they have identified. you want to fill the gaps in their portfolio, wh

hans nichols joins us now from berlin.nteresting they should be making the comments about volatility. they have been talking about the risks associated with a low volatility environment. >> you listen to all these comments in the aggregate and there's a hearing to be some queasiness about what's happening out there. there is a great unknown. instead of speaking central bank which is a different language, let's listen to how he put it in his own words. >> real estate markets in some european countries have very high corporate bond valuations. leads tome time, this market participants thinking they do not need to hedge because they think local activity means low risk. this may all change, so we do see risks despite the fact that are there. >> he will take over a supervisory role at the bundesbank putting him in the supervisory position at the ecb which will later be in charge of some 130 banks. tot brings us to too big fail. on that very point, he said more work needs to be done. ever since the lehman brothers crisis, a lot

the i do the studios here in berlin this is a journal. thanks to his coming. russia percent since the school buildings in east in ukraine. the mets why does this gondola ride police used tear gas water cannon and tear down monday to protest its tentacles an irish politician gerry adams remains in custody wednesday this threat there have been some of the most violent scenes today to ukraine what an angry mob stormed a key government building internet the number of injuries reported. well as the unrest spreads russian president vladimir putin has called on ukraine to remove the security forces from the eastern and southern regions. wednesday's protests on ninety but that could prove especially difficult the land and fees morning tea and that it would have to rework its seventeen billion dollar brain that if it loses control of the economically important east. raising the state's still high protest is the fights done to make that a gas and stone the prosecutor's office and the mets. the run police guarding the building was beaten by them all the kids that the sun

david tweed is in berlin ahead of the release. david, everybody is looking at this measure.e know there are a little bit of tremors about europe. what is going to hit this number? what is the top of the agenda? >> i think the key thing here, thes, is to see whether impact of russia and ukraine, whether there are slowdowns in china, whether the slow growth is undermining german business confidence. if it's beginning to do that, we could see german businesses to delaying investment decisions, delaying decisions to hire, maybe even shedding staff, and that is what we look for in those figures. we expect to see a little weakness in the figures. but remember they are coming from a very elevated position. the german economy has been doing ok. and about an hour, we will get the final gdp numbers. that will be interesting because we will get the breakdown and see how strong consumer spending is. that is what i will be looking at. there was something interesting that came out of the pmi numbers yesterday. we saw a slight slowdown in the expansion of manufacturing in pmi, still well a

hans nichols has this story from berlin.masks the evenlation of a dispute with the united states over spying claims. >> there is no other way to look at this. that is that boast sides are escalating. this comes a couple day a.f.s. the united states department of justice indicted five members of the people's liberation army on to companies like alkoa. alcoa. we think the china government, they are pressuring people, institutions like the commernl bank of china not to use i.b.m. and instead to use localer is verse. people according to familiar with the matter. last quarter they saw their revenues down some 20% in china. the first quarter of 2014. what they say and i.b.m. -- a lot of this is cyclical. this isn't a direct response to what's happening in terms of the snowden effect. the fallout. eventually it will pick back up. also remember over the weekend, the consulting companies, groups like bane and mckenzie were put on notice by the chinese authorities not to hire them. when we are trying the put a dollar figure or a euro

angela merkel not in berlin, she is in d.c. later today, she first meets a group of senators. look for senators to pressure angela merkel on how you pressure vladimir putin on ukraine. it is going to dominate the discussion. she meets with obama tomorrow and then christine lagarde. willis merkel and obama, they make nice after some difficult relationships over the nsa allegations, tapping of her personal phone. >> which network do you think the merkel phone uses in the u.s.? >> you have got to go with t-mobile, 60% owned by deutsche telekom. we will watch to see but happens at the open, stocks are not trading here today but we will see what happens with t-mobile and sprint. an interview later on on bloomberg west with john legere, president and ceo of t-mobile. maybe we can press him on whether or not he wants the job of a merged company, sprint and t-mobile. >> thank you very much indeed, hans nichols. it for "the pulse," we will be back tomorrow. now it is "surveillance." ♪ kieve east slips away from and what's left of ukrain

during the day, fans took over parts of west berlin. others took to the water to declare their loyalty. fans opted for a few pints of beer as the warm-up to the match. to the ice hockey world cup. germany went into today's match against the host nation of belarus. they needed a victory to reach the quarterfinals. but, it wasn't to be. germany started this match on the front foot. a deflected shot put them in front after nine minutes. later, 2-0. belarus began to fight back. creating chance after chance. from there on the teams went toe to toe. it was the hosts who pounced. germany created little in the final. then, belarus gets the lead. jeff plax gored the puck. he made it 4-2. it was 40 meters long. 20 meters tall, and it weighed as much as 14 elephants. paleontologists and argentina have found the remains of what they say is the biggest dinosaur ever to walk the earth. the species was a herbivore and 90ed in south america around million years ago. scientists have found 150 fossilized bones. itpaul bennett can't believe as he walks th

from dw in berlin. in it in ukraine ahead of sunday's referendum on breaking away from key as that from kiev. we will go live. >> ukraine's presidential election must go ahead without disruption at the end of the month or russia will face a tougher new round of sanctions. that was the message from the leaders of germany and france today. speaking after two days of talks on the german coast, angela merkel and franÇois harland -- franÇois hollande said it is crucial to stabilizing ukraine, and they called on all sides to avoid violence. they also condemned the disputed referendum in eastern regions this sunday, which is being held by pro-russian separatists seeking to break away from kiev 's control. >> we have agreed to cooperate very closely and stay in regular contact because the next two weeks leading up to the election on may 25 will be a very dairy -- a very delicate period. we want to make clear that the russian president needs to make a greater effort to send signals of de-escalation so the electi

everyone here in berlin trying to broker some sort of agreement.have had a setback yesterday when the energy minister of ukraine called russia an m&a. using language like that is not going to help them cut a deal. gas by $2 billion of the may 30, today, so we are getting the deadline. more by$500 million june 7. you start paying down your gas bill and then once gas prime --gazprom gets the first tranche, they can start negotiating future prices. do witht of this has to the fact that ukraine feels russia has jacked up the prices some 80%. at the same time, since may, ukraine has been stockpiling gas. they have increased their intake by some five times, putting it all underground in storage tanks. they are bracing for what could be difficult negotiations and potentially a cutoff. >> thanks very much indeed, hans nichols. let's get more on the ukrainian gas negotiations. chris, a founder of macro advisory. he joins us from moscow. good morning. the ukrainians now have the money thanks to the imf. are we going to see a deal? >> i expect that we will se

a cold shoulder for chancellor merkel in berlin as people express anger at the government's stance on ukraine. and a u.s. of top military commander questions whether the western backed opposition in syria is able to govern the country as washington pledges to throw more support behind the insurgency. a very warm welcome to you if you've just joined us here on our to international this is the weekly with me. anger spilled onto the streets after a few this week following the country's worst ever industrial accident a mine blasts that left three hundred one people did riot police counter protesters with tear gas plastic bullets and water cannons. the government's handling of a tragedy led to a widespread display of altering this was made worse by both the ruling party and the mining company denying responsibility for the accident and one of the aides to prime minister edgy one was caught on camera kicking a protester on the ground actually surf earth is in istanbul. was still a tense situation here after there was some small classes between the protesters and the riot police water cannon

. >>> on this day in 1949, the soviet union lifted the berlin blockade which had cut off supplies to west per lynn for nearly a year. after world war ii, the allied nations divided both germany and its capital into four sectors. the soviet union controlled the east, a divided berlin was located within, and the soviets soon split from the allies who then created a new currency for west germany in response the soviets cut off power and food to west berlin. the u.s. and britain flew in supplies them soviets abandoned the berlin blockade 65 years ago. >> when news breaks out we'll breck in right now it's time for "your world." >> thank you, shepard. this time the dow has got company. thethe s&p 500 joining the part. stocks advancing on hopes this is the quart the economy springs to life. after almost nonexistent groat but renewed buying and more interest in merging firms the deals and dolmanners seem to be back. welcome everybody, i'm neil cavuto. we add with this cautionary note. for all the whooping and hollering today, and the record-setting advances today, the major averages are, wel

a cold shoulder merkel in berlin as people express anger. on ukraine. and a u.s. a top military commander questions whether the western backed opposition in syria is able to govern the country as washington.

from metro,nings hans nichols is in berlin today. what could be the effect on turmoil on germany's biggest retailer? theark bristow will be on show. 7:00earnings breakdown a.m., the finance director from bt coming up after 7:00. >> getting earnings from deutsche telekom, a narrow miss. 4.21 billion euros. 4.15 were estimating fo billion euros. they have confirmed the full-year forecast and they are scaling back ambitions in content in media and focusing instead on network investments to internet and phone customers in europe. the t-mobile u.s. unit adding more subscribers than both at&t and verizon communications combined in the first quarter. sprint, the big japanese company controlled by softbank division calling forward to push for a bid for t-mobile after meeting with banks to secure financing. that's according to people with knowledge of the situation. that's the big elephant in the room. the earnings in the room tell us that earnings are just narrowly missing estimates for the first quarter. like strategy day for barclays. pres

david tweed reporting on airbus from berlin.aviation and go a little bit further down the aviation supply chain. easyjet has just released its first-quarter earnings. joining us to take a look is easyjet's ceo. good to have you on the program. thank you for joining us. i am sure you are pleased that losses have narrowed in the first half compared to the same time last year. can you tell us where it is performing strongly? heust spoke to peter and described the u.k. market as excellent. i wondered what your geographic experience was. lex we have had very solid progress to have a 13% reduction in our loss year on year with easter moving. move froma very big the first half to the second half. that is about 25 pounds of revenue. to decrease our loss in that period is good progress. the reason for that, we are catching more business passengers. we have hit the 12 million upestone, passenger numbers 4% on the half-year. and our yield is stronger. our revenue proceeds have gone up. it is one of the most popular things we have ever done

dubois' time sent as a -- spent as a student at the university of berlin. this is about an hour and a half. >> so, first of all, thanks for coming out on a rainy night. and thank you for, to anthony appiah and colonel west for being here. it's an honor. i'm just going to say a few introductory words about our distinguished guests, and then also about anthony appiah's new book, "lines of descent." which, of course, we're here to celebrate tonight. i've asked professor appiah to tell us just a little bit about how he came to write the book, and the conversation will go from there. okay. so it is our very good fortune to have both anthony appiah and dr. cornell west, truly two of this country's great public intellectuals with us to discuss "lines of descent. ' anthony appiah taught here at princeton until just the end of last year. he is now professor of law at nyu. professor appiah is known for his contributions to africa and african-american studies, to political philosophy, to moral psychology. his money influential books include "the ethics of identity," "

>> welcome to the "journal" here in berlin. >> great to have you with us. here's the headlines -- russia and china signed a landmark energy deal. could it be a geopolitical game changer? >> with nigeria still reeling from yesterday's attacks, there are reports of more killings by militants. >> and we will take a look at some of the favorites at the cannes film festival. >> russia and china have signed an energy deal that promises to be a global game changer. a 30-year oil and gas contract that would pump hundreds of billions into kremlin coffers. >> it's far more than simply a trade pact. >> it was more than a decade in the making, and it is a political triumph for president vladimir putin, who was courting partners in asia as the west seeks to isolate him over his ukraine policy. >> russia's president vladimir putin was determined not to end his visit to china without a big deal. a few strokes of a pen by the two countries signal successful conclusion. the agreement with china's national petroleum organization will run over 30 years. the russian president

has the news.m david tweed is thinning by in berlin. -- standing by in berlin.p. today a little bit of a roof are -- a-- a rip reeve == reprieve. >> what is behind this? points good 90 basis higher. can you read a lot into it? no big consensus. >> we will see how the day plays out. let look at some of the indian market. coalitions if the will have more than 300 seats. you are looking at stocks making a record high. the rupee also moving along briskly. let's have a look at the rupee. moody's has a

you promised me a warm welcome and delivered an unbelievable 90 degrees day in berlin.his morning our work touched on a range of issues where the united states and germany are vital partners. we agreed to continue the close security operation, including law enforcement cyber intelligence. we reaffirmed our strong commitment to completing the trade pact. we discussed energy security, including the importance of europe diversifying its energy sources. the united states has already approved licenses for natural gas exports which be benefit countries in europe. at our working lunch we'll review our negotiations with iran. we'll discuss syria, where we continue to support the moderate opposition, and provide humanitarian relief to the syrian people. i look forward to briefing angela on my trip to asia, where both of our nations can ensure that all countriesed a higher to international norms. of course most of our time was spent on the situation in ukraine. i want to thank you for being such a strong partner on this issue. you have spoken out forcefully russia's illegal actio

are cold shoulder for chancellor merkel in berlin as people express anger at the government's stance on ukraine. and the u.s. top military commander questions whether the western backed opposition in syria is able to govern the country as washington pledges to throw more support behind the insurgency. live from moscow welcome to our t. international were here with this week's the weekly with me to bank one thing. three people have been charged with negligence of following turkey's worst ever industrial accident a mind blast that left three hundred and one people dead and spilled onto the streets of the country this week in the aftermath of the disaster riot police come to the protesters with tear gas plastic bullets and water cannons. the government's handling of the tragedy led to a widespread display about rage this was made worse by both the ruling party and the mining company deny responsibility for the accident and one of the a prime minister everyone was caught on camera kicking a protester on the ground archie sarah ferguson is a mr bill. was still a tense situation here after

dw in berlin. >> thanks for joining us. here is a look at the headlines. the osce says more monitors have been detained in eastern ukraine. >> ukraine's gas supply keeps long for now as kiev says a payment to moscow of $750 million is on the way. >> in india, outraged after the hanging of two girls after they were gang rate -- gang-raped. we start in ukraine, where there are growing concerns another european observer team has been detained in the east of the country. the organization for security and cooperation in europe says it has lost all contact with team of four observers. >> this comes after a separate team of observers went missing on monday. it is believed they are being held by separatist rebels. despite the volatile situation in eastern ukraine, the government in kiev says it is making progress towards regaining control. fighting has left its mark in eastern ukraine. a mortar attack tore through the walls of this hospital friday morning. kiev has vowed to press ahead with its military offensive until peace and order have been restored. >> our mi

we're going to see temperatures near 20 for highs in berlin, into warsaw. then we're dropping off into the teens coming up for friday and saturday. so a big cooldown expected. here's a look at the forecast for asia. we have high pressure that's controlling the weather over in the korean peninsula. now moving into japan. that high pressure system bringing some very pleasant weather to japan. temperatures in tokyo around 24 degrees. that's the warmest that it has been for this year so far. it looks like the pleasant weather will continue for the korean peninsula into japan. meanwhile in china we have a cold front that's going to be moving toward beijing. and that's going to bring gusty winds into the korean peninsula as we go later on this week. we also see some showers down toward hong kong in the southern coast. another low pressure system developing in central china. that will also move toward the south and east and bring some wet weather as we go into the next couple of days. hong kong with a high of 25. 24 in taipei. seoul, you'll be a little bit windy w

reporting from berlin. --her zycher rejects pfizer astrazeneca rejects pfizer's offer.on what the latest developments mean for astrazeneca's swedish workforce. that is coming up. ♪ >> welcome back. the time in london is 6:53 a.m. astrazeneca has rejected pfizer's bid. what this means for the swedish workforce and economy. something of a stalemate right now. if this issue does come back onto the table is there anything that pfizer management could say that would convince you is kind of deal would be a good idea? quite worried. what pfizer said is they would [indiscernible] similar to the wyatt. mean a couple of thousand in different sites. i get quite a lot of reactions on this deal. quite big opposition i must say that might cause reputation image to pfizer in the long run. >> do you think that either the union or european takeover codes need to be changed, beefed up, given more substance, in particular in industries where there is this research and development on meant? >> i am worried that we have seen this off-site and -- and this aggressive behavior. it is a game ch

that was hans nichols and berlin. hourbe joined later in the by audio. claudio.undred billion dollars worth of coupons it needs to be paid. of sanctions, how concerned are you? >> very concerned. the sanctions are only against individuals, the escalation of sanctions, if it happens, and it somebly will, obviously stage has to move away from individuals and to the banking sector and into the corporate sector. you have to ask the question, and actually i don't specifically have the answer yet , but you have to ask question, if there are sanctions against russian companies, does that prevent them from paying coupons or repaying their euro dollar or euro debt that they have issued? that question is going to start to worry investors and quite rightly so. things from our global investor poll, as been quite a good call markets. one of the things drag it back is a geopolitical situation. china andern about japan. still, the u.s. leads as a top opportunity. you concur? >> broadly, yes. and things you need to worry about her markets come i think is interesting that investo

russia says it will cut off gas supplies over a past bill and tells berlin's it will keep -- berlin willeep the lines open. beguntaly klitschko has his new job as mayor of the capital of ukraine. troops on the ground have so far stop -- failed to stop the kerry and violence

and so i was honored to speak in berlin, which is interesting. and i was asked to speak and i got maybe am maybe i should say something about the book. and i had a long enough lead time that i was able to dig around and find out what i didn't know much about. and most of the people that they studied web, i have never heard of. so how many of you raise your hand. >> thank you. [laughter] and he was one of the most influential academic as we have made contact with and he was both a historical economist and a political economist like everyone off and he had these views and philosophical ideas. and he was one of the individuals that i got to lead and thinking of him as part of this. and he studied with them even though when he was attending, probably not knowing who always in the room. and this is something that did not in any way lead him to be referred to, just in case you're wondering, they refer to them as the german knack of l.a. [laughter] and one is just recovering and they also knew well that one of the people had one of these degrees. and so

--nts joins us from berlin hans nichols joins us from berlin. is the beer different?one any real research so i couldn't say that. sayll sake soaked -- i will sources say it does taste similar. they have an exchange program. they are experimenting with new flavors. i know i should be rightfully mocked for this because i essentially went to a per he on the company's dime -- to a brewery on the company's dime. it is a $12 billion per year industry. you look at the growth areas in sweden. it was at the two percent growth last year. this is where we see grants to grow. opportunities and grants to grow. does sound good. any sense on how the brand is going to do in the country? >> they just started. they are in this old industrial part of stockholm. the brewery was hopping. we did one night of reporting on this. their sales are growing. they're mostly doing kegs. researchmportant discovery, i finally got to ask someone how you clean the inside of a cake. cake -- of af a keg. a lot of steam and a chemical compound. to get it mixed up so i'm not going to sit on their. in -- on

hans nichols is in berlin. of the cinema, i was sad to hear about the death of bob hoskins who made his name playing tough guys and gangsters. his breakthrough role was "the the good friday" back in early 1990's. mona lisa another of his good favorite films. we all saw "who framed roger rabbit?" >> i was going to say that. it's a little lowbrow. [laughter] >> he died of pneumonia at the age of 71. his youngest daughter, rosa, a fashion writer, released a tribute disclosing his final words of advice. apparently he liked to give words of advice and he said, love, laugh, and be kind. he wrote a blog -- she wrote a blog called 11 lessons from my dad. laugh long and loud. be yourself. never give up. he is also noted for his ads in the 1980's. you remember he promoted british telecom and he was famous for the words. apparently that phrase haunted him for the rest of his life. he was by a bus stop once and .veryone on the bus was miming bob hoskins passing away. >> what have you got in berlin, hans? onthere were not a

and here in berlin chancellor under the mantle has called for the immediate release of the osce inspectors being held in eastern ukraine the matte gold made those comments at a press conference with the japanese prime minister shinzo ave is in germany right now at the start of the european tour. japan's prime minister has come to europe for a ten day visit and berlin is the first stop on his itinerary. thompson the german capital are focused on trade issues but also on ukraine. the fate of western hostages was among the first questions at a joint press conference with chancellor under the mantle once the gardens and wine made from north of the detainees and their families. we are doing everything on comp and i get the impression that the ukrainian government and the oecd also doing what they can eat it all. i can only hope that these combined efforts lead to success let them go. metro said russia's president vladimir putin must take action to de escalate the situation in eastern ukraine. the german leader said ukraine's elections scheduled for may twenty fifth must also go ahead she's a lo

david tweed is in berlin with the story. deutsche bank co-ceo has been speaking on a call to analysts. what are the highlights? >> there had been some speculation that they are going to raise 8 billion euros, which is more than a lot of people in the markets had been expecting. they were expecting between six and 7 billion euros. the speculation was they did this because they could see further fines coming from ongoing litigation. there is a pipeline and having the money there will be important because it will provide a bit more of a buffer. right now, they are not expecting to see any huge increase. that could always change. the share prices down about one percent at the moment. there might be some speculation that they can -- investors can start looking through to improving profitability. >> how likely is this to affect deutsche bank's profit goals? 12%he return on equity was for 2015. that is been postponed until 2016. citigroup has put out a note, they say -- they are looking and saying that maybe people will start to lo

let's cross live to berlin. sap having -- they will be cutting jobs. >> remember, this is the world's biggest management software company. bill mcdermott takes over as the sole chief executive next week. the company confirmed there will be thousands of job cuts right across the business. this will provide more good software online. the chief development officer says the software should become more like lego. i will be back later to explain what he is talking about. >> looking forward to that report. it is a big day in terms of the inflation report in the u.k. and the world is watching. >> you have the bank of england trying to push back against expectations. unemployment is below seven percent. wages have started to turn the corner. the more that accelerates, the harder it will get for the bank of england to justify keeping rates at record those. we know there is a division over how much slack is left in the economy. the slack -- >> what is going to drive the rest of the market? >> euphoria. sit tight in the u.k

photos of christine in st petersburg are also caused annoyance in berlin they showed him looking chummy with former german chancellor to chew it up the german government distanced itself from the meeting. a memorial service was held in south korea on tuesday in tribute to the victims of this a wall ferry disaster. more than two weeks after the tragedy divers still haven't recovered all the victims about three hundred people are listed as dead or missing many of them were children on a school outing. south korean president park when he was among those to pay their respects. she later apologized for her government's failure to prevent the disaster and it's on courtney did initial response family's alleged efforts to woo back to it the ferry came far too late as did subsequent rescue operations. my dear new fans were disappointed on tuesday when their side was knocked out of the champions league cornmeal coating at the hands of real madrid it was by its worst defeat in european competition. we stopped for now is just not on. we have let us cleanse the necessary data. by presenting doesn't

here in berlin. thanks for joining us. coming up, separatists in eastern ukraine hold their controversial vote on self-rule condemned by kiev and the west as ill get mat. mercedes power ahead with another victory in the spanish grand pee. wurstag question conchita uses her victory to send a message to vladimir putin. separatist leaders in eastern ukraine say turnout was high for sunday's controversial vote on splitting away from kiev. with no independent observers allowed to monitor the pole, there's no way to verify the claims but activists say turnout was around 70%. some violence has been reported. the e.u. has announced it will not recognize the results. this report. >> blots -- ballots at voting stations like this but the process was haphazard with few identity checks and an absence of independent observers. even moscow has distanced itself from the vote. this man appeared to vote several times. this man declared himself the leader of the people's republic of donetsk. he's hailed the vote as a success. >> the legitima

of different nns togheto t figure out a diplomatic solution japanese primeisr shinzo of a myth in berlin with german chancellor uncle a merkel. president bush said the state tv when you reach an agreement to urge russia to play in response to rule in the international community the us and european union have been trying to pressure put on by broadening sanctions against senior russian officials and companies. european borders cannot will not be changed through political and intimidation or military force. we have to be resolute in imposing costs. russian leaders have denied their behind the turmoil in to criticize the sanctions they say they won't retaliate songs yet it was solution to the swiss foreign minister sergei lavrov says they want o give others the opportunity to calm down he seemed far from home on the ground in eastern ukraine as the separatists expand their reach. government troops stay well away manng checkpoints on the outskirts of the occupied region to make matters worse ukraine is deeply and dad the international monetary fund is thrown in the seventeen billion dollar l

which is big news whenever anything happens in berlin. that is cyber espionage for business purposes, not just wanting to know what governments are doing, but listening in on businesses. there is a report out maybe five or six months ago that it would cost u.s. tech companies some $35 billion. initially, that report was somewhat dismissed. it looks like you could be getting towards those numbers, especially when you look at ibm's profile. revenues close to $100 billion. you look at their portfolio and where they get their revenue from, marca, 43%. asia-pacific, 23%. is not all china, but clearly, this will affect them. according to the financial times, consulting management companies might also be under pressure. the chinese government might be urging companies not to use u.s. consultants. shockedhould not be too because governments, aren't they spying on each other all the time? >> this is part of the obama administration response. that is why you have an intelligence service, so they can listen in on other governments. what the u.s. wou