there is considerable skepticism about people in berlin about this, will berlin get it? >> well, breadth, what berlin has going for it, it has that sexy relate -- reputation. berlin is one of the hippest places in the world. that is in berlin's favor and of course the city has hosted really big events in the past. there is a long history of track and field events, and there is the olympic stadium from 1936 already there. those are all points in berlin's favor. on the other hand, 55% support is not particularly great. this was not a scientific poll, but it was not carried out by the city of berlin, so they could not even boost the numbers up. so i think that has cut a bit of a dent in berlin's chances and i would not be surprised if we might not see hamburg nipping in at the post their. >> hamburg, apparently their citizens are more enthusiastic about the games. what else do they have going for them? >> they have going for them that they are a much wealthier city them berlin. they also do not have early and's incredibly poor track record with a construction -- they do not

>> live from berlin, this is world news. i'm terry martin. monika: i monika jones. terry: high voter turnout as prime minister netanyahu faces a strong challenge from the centerleft coalition. >> a family fearful that their teenage daughter is believed to have joined the islamic state extra miss. terry: greece's push for war reparations wins some support in berlin despite clear numbers against. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] terry: the future of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu hangs in the balance as israelis vote or a new parliament. in a desperate last-minute appeal he pledged there would be no palestinian state under his party. monika: but a lesion is posing a strong challenge and could upset netanyahu's did to create a fourth term in power. >> despite his relaxed position, he is a man under pressure. he is hoping for another term in office with a conservative block. his campaign's main theme is security. that is not the biggest issue for voters. mo

>> life, from berlin, this is your world news. good to have you with us. monica: hank you for joining us. >> winning the right to bid for the olympics, they are officially in the right to host the 2024 games. monica: vladimir putin returns after a rare absence and dismisses rumors about why he vanished for 10 days. >> indian christians rally for an elderly none, sexually assaulted in an attack that has shocked the nation. in the last hour germany has made its decision as to which city will be the candidate to host the 2024 olympic games. the president of the olympic federation made the much-anticipated announcement. >> hamburg beat challenge from berlin but it will now need to stage a local referendum to shore up support. the new german candidate will now face stiff international competition to host the games. the winner will be announced by the international olympic committee in 2017. >> are sports correspondent jefferson chase, has been following this decision. hamburg has finally beat berlin to at least be a candidate to host the olympic games in 2024.

♪ ♪ sarah: live from berlin, this is your world news on dw. i am sarah harmon.: i am ben for zeeland is our top story this hour. a passenger jet crashes in the french alps, with 150 people on board. rescue teams have arrived in the area but no survivors have been found ben: -- found. sarah: the germanwings flight was on its way from barcelona to dusseldorf. we have full coverage in this half hour special. ♪ ben: it is one of europe's worst airline disasters in recent years. 150 people are feared dead after a germanwings flight crashed in the french alps from -- en route from barcelona to dusseldorf. sarah: it went into an eight-minute dissent before hitting the ground. the reason is still unclear. germanwings parent company lufthansa says it is working on the assumption that it is an accident. reporter: it took just hours per search teams to locate one of the plane's black boxes. the flight reporter will give investigators vital information into the cause of the crash. the french interior minister says he is sparing no effort or resource? >> we are putting exhau

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ben: i'm joined by our political correspondent, terry martin, in berlin.where you are sitting how would you evaluate the response from the various governments involved? i guess you don't get any quicker and more coordinated than they are at the moment. terry: that's right. there is every indication that the response so far has been very quick and coordinated among the different authorities involved. and there are quite a number of authorities involved, as you can imagine. it is a german flight that has crashed over france, coming from spain. so france, germany and spain are all involved. the response has been very quick. one of the indications of how quick the recovery operation has gone the black box has already been recovered despite the very difficult terrain where the plane went down. the other part of this operation, of course, is to provide immediate counseling to the loved ones of those who perished on the flight, and that counseling is being provided both in dusseldorf directly at the airport and also for the various family members of the victims i

in berlin. >> reporter: a petemeeting brussels to try to solve the greek debt crisis.alking long into the night. agreeing a deal to allow grease more money and more time. some analysts in berlin believe neither side had any realistic alternative. >> it's another step on this path of muddling through. so this has been the strategy from the very beginning. there is no clear-cut solution. otherwise, you need a system where you cut the system call it dead and then start a new one. >> whatever the solution a recent survey suggested many germans do not want greeks to have more money. i don't think it's a good idea because they have received too much over the last years already. >> i think it's bad. i would say they should be more cooperative. that's my opinion. >> but there are some in the political class who disagree with that thought entirely. here, at the bundsatag, there are those who say what grease needs right now is not just more money but a move away from eu-imposed austerity. people like stefan libage from the linker party. >> our party was and is strictly against t

is there concern in berlin that athens might push this forward? reporter: the german government is sticking to its position that all reparations claims relating to the second world war have been dealt with in past agreements. this applies to greece as well. as forced the german government is concerned, the legal and political case regarding greece and war reparations is closed in distorted. but that of course has not ended speculation here in berlin about whether greece will push ahead with its claims. a lot of legal experts have been weighing in on this in the media , and they have been suggesting it is unlikely that greece would have a legal basis for trying to confiscate german assets in greece. still, greece could pursue some legal means through the courts possibly relating to a forced bank loan that the nazis that the greek central bank gave them. >> what about the negotiations over greek debt? are the differences as deep as ever? reporter: there are clearly differences there. germany is not acting alone. there are 19 member countries in the

reporting from berlin. today's news emerged as a massive recovery operation continues here in france. the president francois hollande says all victims should be identified by the end of the week. president hollande: there are 800 people working, including 400 members of the military police. as well as military and civilian experts who specialize in victim identification. a minister has confirmed that by the end of the week, it will be possible to identify all of the victims thanks to dna samples collected and to the remarkable scientific efforts. laura: iran and the united states have agreed to extend talks on to run's nuclear program. they have achieved sufficient progress to continue the negotiations. iran and six world powers are seeking an agreement aimed at curbing their nuclear programs in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions. the original deadline was midnight tonight. iran's motivation is the prospect of an end to crippling international sanctions. the economy has returned to growth a

berlin showdown.me minister takes to berlin to meet with angela merkel and the greek government is running out of time and money. former french sarkozy wins the first round of local elections. and a whisper from an all-time high, stoxx 600, starts 0.4% from a record high. three of the things we are watching this morning. i am excited for the market open. i know someone else, caroline hyde. caroline: just a few moments, are we complacent? that's what people are talking about. a ticking time bomb in greece is what a capita group is saying. eric nilsson calling it ended game stop. they could slip out of the eurozone into chaos if they do not make a u-turn. meanwhile, stocks opening pretty much flat. ftse pretty much flat, 0.25%. last week, we close at values that take the global equities to highs. $68.4 trillion is the value of global stock

put on a show in berlin. german tour operators are preparing for a record year, because when things are going well at home, many germans think of going abroad. >> the germans are known as the travel world champions. they take a lot of joy in it. they're traveling more and greater distances. our company measured a 30% increase in long distance travel this year. >> according to stereotype at least, germans have an angsts driven relationship when it comes to money saving for a rainy day. people are adopting a zen like larrlarr jess, consumer spending at higher left than in 13 years. >> the other big ticket item germans by is automobiles especially german cars. sales increased 2.6% in january a boost for manufacturers and german workers who are consumers, a win-win situation adding to the general feel-god factor. >> the consumers are feeling we have succeeded, we have a superstar in europe, germany's growing much faster than its neighbors. it had a growth rate of 2% this year and of course also wages in germany h

. >> angela merkel in berlin, it's feared that greece is runging out of money. renegotiating the terms of the greek incredible bailout. ease the humanitarian crisis says there will be no more money without reforms. al jazeera's john vob lust siropolous. first that 2.3 billion. the eu saying you got to bring in reforms to get this money. alexis tsipras saying, we will make these reforms these arethe reforms rather than bringing them in before they get the money. >> well, it's the game of chicken continued but now not between finance ministers but at the highest level. greece has been given as you know to the end of april to not only specify the reforms but to begin to carry them out and show thattists moving in the direction that its european are countries dictate. both sides are trying to gain advantage from the shortage of money. the greeks are trying to say we need to raise more. europeans are trying to say you need to pass reforms now and you know what they are. at the moment because this is now gone to the highest level all hopes are on this summit meeting i

on the nichols joins us from berlin. -- hans nichols joins us from berlin great what qualities do youhink credit suisse sees in thiam? >> that is best for the shareholders and the board to decide. what we do know is that take an insurer to be a banker and a frenchman to run a swiss bank. that is after an american, brady dougan, was the first american to run switzerland's second-largest bank. it's take a look at his bio. he cut his teeth at mckenzie. he spent about 10 years at the acid management-consulting firm. then he took a little break and worked where he was born, in the ivory coast. he spent about four or five years at the technical studies and development in the ivory coast and then he was appointed minister for planning development before leaving in 1999 following a military coup. in 2009, he went to prudential, ultimately becoming the head of prudential in the u.k. one thing we do know is he is close to the white house. treasury secretary jack lew tried to persuade him to join the world bank as the lead investment banker at the world bank. that did not work out, but it gives

nick spicer, al jazeera berlin. in south korea there have been rallies in support of the u.s.assador. he has left office after being slashed in a knife attack five days ago. he was attacked by nationalists dend maaing maaing the ereunification of north and south korea. >> which carry radar designed to defend against attacks. the reports from m.d. north of the capitol there are big concerns too about people's privacy. >> after spending almost $3 billion to develop the project, the u.s. military has launched the first of two lighter than air vessels called arrow stacks. it's been hovering 3300 meters above an army base. it's mission to identify large metal objects like planes and missiles over a 500-kilometer range, in any direction across the heavily populated northeast u.s. together with a secondary ship providing targeting information, the system is designed to foil a sudden short range enemy strike. the threat is real, our adversaries have gained that can be difficult to detect by conventional systems. >> fence such attacks. >> it is over the horizon so currently we don't ha

guy: hans nichols in berlin. thank you very much indeed.rancine: we will continue to talk about the developments in greece. we will be talking to the former italian prime minister mario monti coming up on "the pulse." guy: as the greek drama plays out, we're not sure if it is zero pities or aristophanes -- euripides or aristophanes at this point, euro-dollar continues to play out. what will it mean for asset allocation in europe? we have plenty of time to get into the issues. will we get parity? >> there is that expression, don't fight the fed. that is the guidepost i would use for this. for the next year, dollar could appreciate 5% to 10%. when you think about the divergence of monetary policy this is as clear a set of guideposts as we've got for how to navigate this year. francine: for such a long time everybody was saying that the dollar should be so much higher than it was. lester, we saw dollar weakness and that was completely crazy. >> it is easy in retrospect to think that. at some level, we were all while -- we were altering to figu

tsipras had complained of being snubbed by berlin before. here, the onus was on what the cheat of countries had in common. -- what the two countries had in common. >> germany has a close and friendly relationship with eece and the greekpl thare pley of peoe li in y who have a greekkgroun reporter: tsipras played along by sounding his readiness to implement reforms to the greek economy. he also sought to tone down recent rhetoric on war reparations. >> that is not a material issue for us and it is not one related to the current crisis and the need to find a quick solution to it. it is a bilateral issue and first and foremost, an ethical one. reporter: earlier demonstrations in front of merkel's chancellery had done their best to smooth those bilateral relations. they called for an end to greek-german bickering. that message seems to have reached the two leaders even if seems like this probably worked on display inside. ben: our reporter -- probably weren't on display inside. ben: our reporter is standing by. the two leaders have a lot of mopp

tsipras to berlin. clearly i don't think he wanted to say anything awas so outrageous that it would be clear as a sign of disagreement between the two. so you have a sense that this was getting to know you between the two sides but it wasly a sense that neither side particularly wands -- was a sense that neared side particularly wants to disturb the other. >> ordered to pay $230 million in fines. the court ruled that he illegally acquired companies and real estate while serve ising as a minister in his father's government. nicholas haque has the story. >> president of senegal between 2000 and 2012 and during this decade long period, he was known as the minister of earth and sky, in charge of numerous deals, major strategic port for west africa, also responsible for the construction of a new airport. these are multimillion if not billion dollar deals and this is where the opposition who is currently now in power say he was involved in mass corruption of was known to be very -- known to show his wealth ve

. >> let's continue with this breaking news story live from berlin.we continue to get details from the german capitol. bring us up to date with what more you've been hearing there about the crash. most of the information so far has been coming from the french authorities, what more are they saying in germany? >> a couple of things to update you with. germanwings will be holding a press conference in the next few hours and that the german transport minister is going to travel to the crash site to see for himself what has happened to this airline that's come down in barcelonnette. so far germanwings and lufthansa have retrained from going into detail about the nationalities of the people onboard and one tweet said they hope to find survivors still. clearly as you said, president hollande and then the french transport minister have confirmed there are no survivors. we can expect a very grim news conference with germanwings when that happens in the next few hours. it's worth making the point that germanwings has an excellent safety record up to this point

coming up a hand shake in berlin but increasing pressure on athens to implement structural reform. >>> a former presidential candidate in the sudan is jailed for corruption. >> i am announcing that i'm running for president of the united states. >> and ted cruz says he wants to be the republican party's man to run for president. >>> hello. al jazeera understands that the warring factions in yemen have agreed to talks in qatar at a time yet to be announced. any subsequent agreement could be supervised by saudi arabia. the country asked for help from its gulf neighbors as the security situation in the nation spirals out of control. >>reporter: this is a country on the brink of civil war. but residents are not going quietly as thousands protest against the advance of shia huti fighters. in response they're fired on and tear gassed. government buildings and its international airport are now under huti control. yemen is increasingly divided between a north controlled by the hutis who are allegedly backed by iran and the south backed by its former president hadi. now the country's foreign m

we have this from berlin. >> this is a city on the move. more than 2 million journeys are made every day on berlin's buses, trams, and underground trains. they are run by a company and unusually that company is run by a woman. the leading positions and those who recruit them are overwhelmingly men. the result is they choose men. women are overlooked and not trusted to fill the positions. for long time i adapted to the male world and took great pains to look at my career first. i would not discuss my children at work. >> 6% of germany's largest companies have female executives and the pay gap between men and women is especially high here in germany. >> if western society wants women to not have to choose between family and jobs, then i have to make a decision. i believe it is essential for the growth of our economy. it will strengthen the competitiveness of our country. >> it will initially affect 100 german businesses. many hope it will go further. in the words of the german chancellor, this is about changing an entire culture. jenny hill,

dome nick kane reports from berlin. >> a meeting in brussels to try to solve the greek debt crisis. europe's leaders talked long into the night. eventually agreeing a deal to allow grease more money and more time. some analysts in berlin believe neither side had any realistic alternative. >> it's another step on this path of muddling through. this has been the strategy from the very beginning. there is no clearcut solution that would be otherwise you would need another system where you really cut the system t call it dead and start a new one. >> whatever the solution a recent survey suggested many germans do not want agrees to have more money? >> i don't think it's a good idea because they have received too much over the last year already. i think it's bad there are some who disagree with that thought entirely. here there are those who say what greece needs right now is not just more money but, also a move away from eu-imposed austerity. >> people like from the linker party? >> strictly against this policy. if you look at the path you can see it was not helpful for the economy in ag

what are the thoughts on the streets of berlin? hans: that hits a sore note and allows the press to conjure up this image of greece spending the germans' money. one point on marcus' comments. when we had that varoufakis interview on what he said to mr. schaeuble, saying i don't have the trust of the german people i never enjoyed the trust of the german people, an important part of that was left off. he says, i only enjoy the trust of the greek people. in some ways, mr. varoufakis is talking about democracy. everyone has to answer to those voters. sometimes," can be misinterpreted -- sometimes those quotes can be misinterpreted. he has been accessible to the press and that apparently may be offending mr. schaeuble just a little bit, who would like to see a little less varoufakis in public and a little more in private, hammering out details, letting the germans know letting his ministry know how greece intends to satisfy the demands of the bailout program so they can get that additional 7.2 billion euros. jonathan: hans nichols, than

. >> joining us for more is dominic cain in berlin.bring us up to date an what you have been hearing in berlin. much of the information has been coming from french authorities because the crash happened in france. what more have they be saying in germany. >> a few updates to give you we expect the c.e.o. of germanwings to give a news conference within the hour. that will be from colon in western germany. we understand the chancellor angela merkel is going to speak about this incident within the next 25 minutes but her foreign minister has already spoken. i'll read a translation of what he says, where he he says effectively that the terrible news has just reached us that a plane from a german airline crashed in southern france. we have immediately established a crisis response team that is investigating the details of that catastrophe. we are in close contact with the french authorities. obviously this is something which has provoked a response from the german government and angela merkel is going to be speaking about this in the next 2

sumi: for more, we bring in tim van beveren from berlin. what do you make of what we heard french authorities say that the copilot deliberately put this plane into a dissent? -- descent? does that sound like a likely scenario from your experience? tim: it is a scenario that could be taken into account, but i think that the evidence supporting such a claim is not sufficient at this point in time. remember, we have a thing which is scattered over a huge area in the mountains -- mountainous terrain. we have not found the second black box yet, which will give us first indications if the airplane was actually really in a fully operational mode or if there was any problem. and all that is now claimed is just based on the interpretation of un-argued -- of a tape. it is not analysis. it is an interpretation by a prosecutor, criminal prosecutor. so -- and i listened to the conversation and the press conference that was held previously by the french authorities in the original language and i speak french, and i have some questions they are -- questio

in berlin.he calls the crimea referendum a tool for a russian land grab and says the ukraine crisis makes eu energy security all the more crucial. more on her comments throughout the morning. she is speaking in berlin this morning, then she heads to brussels. before we go to the break, let's check in on what is happening on the european equity markets. not impatience nor inpatients it seems. this is where equity markets in europe are. they got a boost from janet yellen's comments yesterday. we will be back in a few minutes. ♪ anna: welcome back to "on the move." let's bring you up to speed with bloomberg's top stories. in tunisia, gunmen killed 22 people after storming a museum. the assailants first entered parliament before taking visitors hostage at a nearby museum. citizens from poland, italy, and germany were among at least 17 tourists killed. three japanese nationals were killed in the attack. russia has accused ukraine of breaching a cease-fire agreement by assigning a special status to so

hans nichols joins us from berlin. what is the latest? hans: the latest as we have two leaders trying to sweep any differences under the table. if you think about three issues they are talking about, one is the overall bailout package will stop the greek from esters making all the right signs telegraphing he is willing to make reforms and even to agreements that he said the previous government supported. that is something -- on the immediate liquidity crisis neither side says they're going to get much out of the meeting to advance the issue. he says he's not looking to pay for salaries or pensions at the end of this month and angela merkel says i'm just one of 18 or 19 eurogroup companies. i don't have any say to open the liquidity gates on my own. perhaps the third issue as to whether there should be any german reparations both sides are dancing around it. mrs. merkel's sticking with the government line. this is a historical matter that has been litigated in the case is closed. take those three issues and it's really the question about n

. >> reporter: the greek prime minister alexis tsipras met german chancellor angela merkel in berlinens is running out of money and won't meet debt payments without germany's help and merkel remained firm no new money without sufficient reforms and dominick cane is in berlin. >> reporter: first visit to germany for greek prime minister and some outlets called this protennel show down in the chancellor's office but alexis tsipras was received with the usual pump and circumstance. once inside alexis tsipras spoke of need to reach agreement on european level however there was also a strong message for his own people. >> translator: the difference is between our two countries brings shadows over us and not just material thing, it's an ethical issue, it's not just about greece it's to the greek and german people who spilled a lot of blood in order to deal with naziism during that period of time. >> reporter: angela merkel repeated what she has given greece for many months. >> translator: we want greece to be strong economically and want them to have growth we also want to come out of the

reporter: he discovered he can make more money selling french food in berlin than at home and rants. -- in france. he closed his restaurant and moved everything but the kitchen sink to berlin where he gets a better deal. others were just too high to make a living. >> there is not enough dynamism in france to create jobs. and we don't do enough to support entre nous hours. brought he will be there to help people. reporter: some surveys suggest half of young people are toying with the idea of leaving. the issue is now on the radar of the powerful french union. a union that says immigrating to germany may create problems. >> in germany, you have to supplement the state pension with a private pension fund if i understand it correctly. there are some differences. reporter: many young french people cannot begin to find steady work. france's unions rejected germany's more flexible approach to the job market. they have ideological issues. >> the main reason new jobs and not being created in france is the tendency for companies to put profit above all other priorities. this is happening here,

greek frame minister has met the german chancellor, angela merkel, in his first official visit to berlinago athens is running out of money and won't be able to meet debt repayments without germany's helpful merkel remained firm there will be no new money without sufficient reforms. dot anything kane reports from berlin. >> reporter: a first official visit to germany for the greek prime minister. some media outlets here had called this a potential showdown in the chancellor's office. but he was received with the usual pomp and circumstance. once inside he spoke of a need to reach agreement on a european level. however, there was also a strong message for his own people. >> translator: the differences between our two countries bring shadows over us. the reparations are not just a material thing it's an ethical issue. it's not just about grease, it's for the greek and german people who spilled a lot of blood in order to deal with nas iism nayism during that period. >> reporter: for her part angela merkel repeated the message she has given greece for many, many months. >> translator: we want

it's spend spend spend in berlin. >>> and the force standing up for women's rights. have more on an afghan artist forced to go into hiding. >>> and after facing racism throughout his career we ale hear from this man on how the sport should tackle the problem. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. you are watching the al jazeera news hour, a reminder of our top stories. hundreds of police in myanmar have been involved in violent conflicts with student protesters. the students were calling for more freedom in higher education. >>> ivory coaster's former first lady has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. >>> and yemen's former president has accused the government of destroying the country. he said president hadi who has fled to the southern city of aden should leave the country and go into exile. >>> now jordan's king abdullah has called on muslim countries to lead the fight against isil. he made the comments in a speech to the european parliament. let's speak to jacky rowland who joins us live from the area. tell us more about what king a abdullah had to say. >> reporter: well it was

it's not completely shifted, but tilted to berlin and to the creditors.t is, because, as you say, once this has already happened once, it's also because since the crisis first broke in the eurozone in greece in 2010 europe has put in a lot of fire bricks. there's the money from the ecb that could come to a country that's in trouble, the omt, as it's called. there's money where the eurozone together borrows from the markets and lends. it's all part of this -- there's an alphabet soup of these mechanisms. that's called the esm. so there are these various tools the eurozone has now given itself to prevent the threat of a problem like this in greece becoming a systemic problem -- >> contagion, we're talking about? is that working, though or has that worked so far? they have these new tools in place. >> there is some but much less than there was before. one of the interesting things is that there's much less solidarity than you might have expected and there was between the other countries that are in trouble and greece. right? spain and italy and others are pu

let's get out live to berlin. four-month extension was meant to give time for progress to be made in the talks. it seems like we're in a bigger situation of stalemate as ever. >> that's completely true. there's a lot of disappointment here from the political scene in germany as well. angela merkel was quiet all the time but interesting how she actually plays a very, very calm hand when it comes to her political style. that's nothing new, if you're an soefr observer of her politics. what we're expecting here is of course negotiations and again, angela merkel is stressing there needs to be a credible reform list now, which actually dates back -- not dates back but should be toward the list back in december. but what we also are expecting is that we are getting a rather conciliatory tone. that meeting is also meant to restart relations between both nations. remember, just lack week we had an second word historic low point in the relations. the bad cop saying there's no trust left between both nations. so that's all o

is there anything like this in berlin at the moment? >> nothing.'re going to do it do it grand. >> so which end is your brewery going to be at? >> the far end. >> his grand vision for this space also includes garden and 800 seat restaurant. >> big bolders in here, full size trees in here. >> based on stone's run away success operation in san diego. can you see it? >> i can see pieces of it. that vision is still he developing. >> he's going up against traditional german brewing industry. sold widely and cheaply. so he knows there will be skeptics. >> the typical industrial beer drinker probably quite dismissive. german beer is the best. everything else from anywhere else is not worth my time. and, by the way you're american? >> how dare you. >> not so much how dare you, more, that's the dumbest thing i've ever heard. >> but greg is no dummy. he's seen the numbers. trendy bars like vagabund in berlin specialize in craft beer while the government's own figures show sales of industrial beers have trended downward for a decade. >> for me they all taste

by the way, that was really only the border between east berlin and west berlin. that was only 30 miles. that cost them alone probably $3 million to build. we have 2,000 miles on the mexico/u.s. border. that would take at least $1 trillion just to build the wall then secure it. 76,000 troops? then we are saying come in through the coastlines come in through canada. i think we need intelligence obviously. we need to fight aggression. building a wall if that's securing the border we can't cost justify it. >> but the terrorists are here. here we are talking dollars and cents. is this more about security and is it worth it? >> i think this is absolutely one thing that makes sense to spend money on. i heard ambassador bolton talking about today isis is probably already here, almost certainly. i think this is the real issue with our borders. it's not about illegal immigration, so to speak. talking about people want to come to this country and work. i'm an economist by trading. more labor in general is good. we are talking about terror. isis and al qaeda. our borders are

. >>> all right let's get more from dominic kane who joins us from berlin. dominic, the picture painted of andreas lubitz is one of a very disturbed man. tell us a little bit more about this latest revelation that he had been treated for suicidal tendencies. >> barbara, this is the first time state prosecutors have acknowledged the fact that at one point andreas lubitz exhibited suicidal tendencies. he received treatment for it. the narrative until now is that he has suffered a severe bout of depression which he received treatment for and appeared to recover from. certainly his company germanwings and their company lufthansa said he passed all the safety practice methods that sort of thing and so from their point of view he was fit to be behind the controls of that aircraft, which of course he decided to crash into the mountain side in the alps killing 149 innocent people. certainly this represents the first moment where actually yes indeed a doctor at some point has examined mr. lubitz and decided this was someone who was suffering depression who was experi

merkel and tsipras in berlin. a busy morning.you. ♪ guy: there will be an attempt to convince merkel that he is a good bet. it the greeks point their finger at the ecb. it we speak with christian noise a. of 10 china move closer to taking over for rally? good morning to our viewers in europe.

. >> we will take you to the red carpet in berlin. theangela merkel on the left of your screen, saying it is an honor to have the new young prime minister. she put it as an old friend as greece in the german capital. if it's as cordial behind doors we will see. >> the first thing to say there is a small group behind me but the right of the meeting, let's remember, this is the first official visit by the greek prime minister to germany to meet angela merkel. he had met with leaders in brussels with where they talked long into the night about greece's debt crisis and the money they need. they did get a little bit more money, a little bit more time. there is a sense that this meeting was not going to be a meeting with there will be some complete ground resolution getting to know you session which the two can do, as you say, behind closed doors. >> now the perception of this is one country which is refusing in many ways to honor its debt. a lot of greek people don't like that. the other perception is that this is a a hard-hearted germany

toward berlin.ber of divisions that you could supply was something like 25, but he wanted to take these divisions and let the rest of us stay on the west bank in defensive positions. americans argued that that was no way to do it, but if the -- that we should advance and up broad front so if the germans could not concentrate on the broad front they would have better mobility in security -- and probe and secure the bases where they were weakest. so, my plan was to cross the first time just to the south and then the third army would cross somewhere near the copeland's and then join together and attack sweep around to the south on the south and east side connecting up with the ninth u.s. division under marty on the east side. as a matter of fact later we did do that and secured something like 368,000 prisoners. >> at the end of february, 1945, the ninth armored division, having been reequipped had moved up behind the first army and attacked or signed the river to the north. they then moved out onto the

. >> hitler was hopping mad when the news reached berlin.e immediately demanded the heads of those who had been responsible for this treason. he set up a drumhead court-martial headed up ia confirmed nazi. the court-martial left berlin on the 10th of march, three days after it was captured. it included three officers, none of whom had any training in military justice. they allowed no defense counsel for the accused. three majors and one lieutenant were dragged for the court-martial, arranged and sentenced within an hour. they were taken out the next morning into a small wood about 25 miles from the rhine river shot via firing squad in the back of their heads. they were buried in 10 inches of soil. this was hitler's quick answer to the capture of the bridge. hitler through in everything he had in an effort to destroy the bridge. he fired the deadly vat's against the bridge. he mobilized a couple of big railroad guns to fire in their big charges. most of all, he thought he could destroy the bridge through underwater swimmers. there were as a s

in the greek prime minister is in berlin. alexis tsipras trying to reach a deal with lenders. those are the top stories is our. thanks for joining us. first, growing concerns of an outbreak of civil war in human, forcing out the government. they are now advancing toward the southern port city of aydin where the embattled president and his ministers have set up a base. president hadi asked new the united nations to impose a no-fly zone while accusing iran of being behind the unrest. reporter: dangerously close to the edge of civil war, that is how a you and a special advisor describes the situation in yemen , as malicious square off against loyalist troops. the president has called the gulf arab state to intervene. the foreign minister confirmed. >> the violence continues to escalate, and a carry on seizing territory. we will ask or foreign intervention, even military intervention. reporter: a call that saudi arabia has responded to with a pledge of support. >> if the sovereignty of yemen is threatened, then we will call for the application of charter 51 of the un security coun

life to berlin. -- live to berlin. ryan: welcome to "countdown. we go live with the regulatory burdens. what does it mean for the banks? chinese economy is showing further signs of a slowdown with manufacturing discipline falling to and from 11 month low. that has sent chinese stocks tumbling. shery ahn joins us with the latest from hong kong. shery: the reading came in as a bit of a surprise because economists had expected it to become a above 50, showing a slight expansion in manufacturing activity but instead it came in at 49.2. that is down from february. the index is weighted more heavily toward smaller companies. analysts say if the official pmi data which falls on larger company slides that will reinforce the view that further policy measures will be needed to achieve the 7% growth target for china. that official pmi is due out next week. the report is hitting stocks here in china with foreign investors selling a record amount of shares to this comes after the shanghai composite climbed about 10% in a nine date winning streak that ended mon

i had to go to berlin or the eastern sectors of berlin to the racecourse.and you know, again i would not have written the book. if i could have i could have not gone to do that. it is so important to me. even though the things i signed observed and observations that i took and, again, i probably did not use 90% of what i saw but the things i did i did use, tiny details that added another dimension to the story that i could not have gotten -- and lots of black and white photographs and israel's and olympia footage to look at in terms of what was happening on that peace of water in 1936 but being there, seeing the swallows fly over the water, details that just made a lot of difference when i sat down to write. i would not do it any other way. >> and that word keeps coming up again. that is why they are good scenes. >> for me i agree with all of that. you know, there were things for me that were simple that set so much, would much, would just tell -- it was like books of information coming through. one of them when i was writing a book about the comanches. to

>> live from berlin, this is your world news on dw. i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. >> welcome. the top stories at this hour -- managing expectations. china scales back it economic growth targets and pledges to open more to foreign investors. >> the u.s. ambassador to south korea is attacked by a knife-wielding assailant. >> and is this a buddhist statue or a coffin? the mummified monk on display at a budapest museum. >> is china's economic model in efficient? the country's premier says it is predicting that growth will slow to 7% this year, which is low why chinese standards. >> any other country would love to forect that rate of growth, but for the world's number two economy, it's the slowest expansion in a quarter of a century and a sign that this global economic powerhouse better get used to saying goodbye to double digit growth. >> trying to manage expectations the premier said slower growth would become the new normal for china, noting that downward pressure on china's onomy is intensive dying. >> the chinese flag is raised in front of

so i think they'll be trying to get some unity in that group in that meeting that takes place in berlinther reasons i think for the germans, secretary of state john kerry anyway has to go back to the u.s. in sunday because he is supposed to be there when the afghan president is visiting. another reason is the death of the president of iran's mother. his brother happens to be one of the chief negotiators, so he has had to leave. but there has been some progress at these talks. they have made some progress but they know the clock is ticking. that deadline for a framework deal is the end of this month. >> precisely, james. you said some progress but the deadline is next week. if they resume the talks next week, and nothing comes out of it what happens then? if they miss this deadline? >> well i think their only alternative there will be what they don't want to do which is to extend the talks again. but they know that the critics of this deal are circling and they know there are efforts going to be made in congress which will take all of this much more complicated. they know the window of o

a show in the travel fair in berlin. they barely need to, they are preparing for a record year, because when things are going well at home many germans think of going abroad. the germans are noun as the travel world championships. they are traveling more. our company measured the 30% increase in long distance travel this year. >> according to stereotype, they have an anxious ridden relationship enwith it comes to money. people are adopting a more zen like where people are willing to spend their hard earned cash. unemployment for the first time in almost a quarter century, and consumer spending at the highest levels in 13 1/2 years. a boost for. >>ers but also for german worker whose are also consumers. a virtuous circle a win win situation adding to a general feel good factor. consumers are feeling we have succeeded we have a super star they are growing much faster than the neighbors. and of course also wages in germany have been growing very rapidly. and unemployment has continued to decline, so people feel very confide