c.n.n. news channel which is owned by time warner u.s. president donald trump as an atheist is a fierce critic of c.n.n. and its coverage of his administration and the new owner might not be able to finance its reporting resources eighty and he says it remains confident the takeover will go through as planned germany's opel is looking to a new future under french on a p.s.a. analysts say former owners u.s. auto manufacturer general motors only ever put the brakes on the company's development but it looks like the ailing carmaker is returning to the road to success. ople c.e.o. . presented opals new strategy for the future the good news is that no more workers are being fired at least not yet very important and i want to address this at the very beginning. to achieve our goals without plant closures and without force redundancy in europe thanks to strong improvement of competitiveness opel vauxhall has been making losses for nearly two decades and now aims to breakeven by twenty nineteen and then show profits the year later in its eighty ei

and time warner but with president trump the outspoken dislike for the time warner news channel c.n.n. critics say that the move could be politically motivated. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program it is great to have you with us. germany has been thrust into political uncertainty talks to form a new coalition government collapsed late on sunday after four weeks of marathon negotiations the german president says that he will meet with the leaders of all parties and press them to try once again to cut a deal meanwhile the german chancellor angela merkel is weighing her options she says that she is ready to run for chancellor again in a new election if necessary. the german chancellor would have gladly spared herself and germany from this walk of shame but after the collapse of coalition talks it's up to the german president to decide the next step. another. new government is always a difficult political process one involving struggle and disagreement but the task of forming a government is very important possibly the most important task that voters give their representatives within a

argues however with president donald trump's outspoken dislike for time warner's news channel c.n.n. some also see a political twist to the story plans by eighty n.t.v. to purchase time warner one of the leading media companies in the u.s. we're ready controversial when they were announced in two thousand and sixteen even before he became president donald trump was already critical. a deal we will not approve in my administration because it's too much concentration of power in the hands of too few like trump has called c.n.n. which is owned by time warner fake news this is why plans by the department of justice to sue eighteen t. to stop its acquisition of time warner a controversial but c.e.o. has said he will fight the u.s. government's suit in court there's been a lot of reporting and speculation whether this is all about c.n.n. and frankly i don't know but nobody should be surprised at the question keeps coming up because we witnessed such an abrupt change in the application of and i trust law here. so any agreement that results in us forfeiting control of c.n.n. whether directly

justice is arguing however with president donald trump's outspoken dislike for time warner's news channel c.n.n. some also see a political twist to the story. plans by eighty n.t.v. to purchase time warner one of the leading media companies in the u.s. we're ready controversial when they were announced in two thousand and sixteen even before he became president donald trump was already critical. a deal we will not approve in my administration because it's too much concentration of power in the hands of too few like trump has called c.n.n. which is owned by time warner fake news this is why plans by the department of justice to sue eighteen t. to stop its acquisition of time warner a controversial but. c.e.o. has said he will fight the u.s. government's suit in court there's been a lot of reporting and speculation whether this is all about c.n.n. and frankly i don't know but nobody should be surprised at the question keeps coming up because we witnessed such an abrupt change in the application of and i trust law here so any agreement that results in us forfeiting control of c.n.n. whether direct

proposed takeover of time warner they want to sell big parts of their business including possibly news channel c.n.n. threatening to derail the whole thing now in the leaders of the world's two biggest economies met this week the big question on everyone's mind is u.s. president donald charm changing his tune when it comes to china is two day trip there was full of lavish pomp and ceremony with china's president being looking eager to present a welcoming face the chinese called trump's trip to the country a state visit plus and when it comes to trade this is one of the world's most important relationships non-binding deals worth two hundred fifty billion dollars was signed and the smiling faces and tone was certainly friendlier than joining trumps election campaign i don't blame china. there for all. who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens i give china great credit. we're joining us now from hong kong is jeff lewis senior asia strategist with the u.s. based manulife asset management thanks very much for being with us now candidate d

begun discussing legislation which would require for international broadcasters including the news channel c.n.n. to register as for needs alan fischer washington a judge just stop the controversial sale of two paintings by the american artist norman rockwell at the heart of the matter is whether museum has the right to sell forks that were donated to it for safe keeping for generations to come out zeros kristen salumi has the story. the works of norman rockwell provide a window into america's past small town twentieth century life whether it's after hours fun seen here at shuffled his barber shop or the bustle of blacksmiths boy these paintings were donated by the artist to the berkshire museum in the one nine hundred fifty s. but the museum in the state of massachusetts where rockwell lived and worked for the last twenty five years of his life fell on hard times and decided to sell them my grandfather gave them to be viewed by the people the birchers probably in gratitude. to the director and to the museum i think the museum is losing its soul i think it's. you know it's very clear that it is

already begun discussing legislation which would require for international broadcasters including news channel c.n.n. to register as for need alan fischer washington thousands of women have marched in rio de janeiro to protest against the government's plan to make abortion illegal without exception abortion in brazil is currently only allowed in cases of rape or a pregnancy that threatens a woman's life but i'm not measure adopted by a congressional committee would change that amendment needs a majority in both the lower house and senate to become law. australian m.p.'s have been given three weeks to prove they're not also citizens of other countries following a crisis that's led to the government losing its majority in recent weeks m.p.'s from several parties have been forced to resign as australia's constitution balance people who hold dual nationality from sitting in parliament. now for the first time in sixty years it's a nice football team have failed to qualify for the world cup the four time cup winners drew near when there was sweden in a qualifying playoff but it was a game they had to win

begun discussing legislation which would require for international broadcasters including the news channel c.n.n. to register as for need alan fischer al-jazeera washington. thousands of women have marched in rio de janeiro to protest against the government's plan to make abortion illegal without exception abortion in brazil is currently only allowed in cases of rape or pregnancy but threatens a woman's life but a new measure adopted by brazil's congressional committee could change that the amendment needs a majority in both the lower house and senate to become law. delegates at a world summit on cancer focusing on ways to increase access to treatment while people in remote or rural areas my struggle to see a doctor there's a growing trend of people in big urban areas missing out to al-jazeera has done osama looks at the issues facing cancer patients in rio de janeiro. ten year old then there needs his mother's help with his studies beyond his fighting breast cancer which appears to have spread to her spine hit a muscles. she's not sure since she's been waiting for more than a year for a full di

begun discussing legislation which would require for international broadcasters including the news channel c.n.n. to register as for need. washington. and again the top stories of cats says his neighbors have no desire to end the gulf crisis saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt seven times of cattle in june and imposed a land sea and blockade. i'm talking to you with all transparency we mean what we say when we say we are ready for agreements through dialogue based on mutual respect for sovereignty and shared commitments but on the other hand we know that the indications we receive say seach countries don't want to solution these countries with this attitude have opened a new stage in the relations between gulf countries we have benefited from this experience it brought out the best from this people we contributed to shaping its national identity and reinforce the national unity with the leadership rescue workers in iran have spent the night digging through rubble searching for survivors after a powerful earthquake struck near the iraqi border an estimated four hundred thirty

begun discussing legislation which would require for international broadcasters including the news channel c.n.n. to register as for need alan fischer washington sterling m.p.'s have been given three weeks to prove they're not also citizens of other countries following a crisis that's led to the government losing its majority in recent weeks m.p.'s from several parties have been forced to resign as a strenuous constitutional bans people holding deal nationality from sitting in parliament andrew thomas has more from seventy. this is australian prime minister malcolm turnbull's attempt to put an end to all can only be described as the jewel citizenships song that is completely dominated australian politics for the last few weeks it was last month of course in australia's highest court threw out by even entertain us from parliament for being jewel citizens even though they claim they didn't realise they were the high court interpreted the constitution in a very strict way since then other m.p.'s are revealed that their parents or grandparents were born in other countries and have stood down from pa

begun discussing legislation which would require for international broadcasters including the news channel c.n.n. to register as for need to alan fischer al-jazeera washington. so the comment here on the al-jazeera news hour the british foreign secretary apologizes of our comments he made about a british iranian national jailed in iran and this said it fell apart i will never turn his back on the game again details coming up of joe in sports. business update brought to you by chance are they always going places together. business updates brought to you by chance are they always going places together. the british foreign secretary has apologized for causing the stress after comments he made about a british uranium national jailed in iran now isn't in the gari ratcliffe is accused of spreading propaganda about the country johnson complicated matters by claiming she'd been teaching journalism zakari radcliffe had worked for the b.b.c. and thomson or his foundation but insisted her trip to iran had been a family visit needs barker reports. the u.k.'s foreign secretaries been accused of cloud issue i

begun discussing legislation which would require for international broadcasters including the news channel c.n.n. to register as for need alan fischer al-jazeera washington. in brazil thousands of women have marched in rio de janeiro to protest against the government's plan to make abortion illegal without exception and motion in brazil is currently only allowed in cases of rape or a pregnancy pregnancy that threatens a woman's life but i knew a measure adopted by a congressional committee would change the amendment needs a majority in both the lower house and senate to become law. still ahead on the news hour in sport find out if portland were able to snap a losing streak action from the n.b.a. coming up they say. now the concrete jungles of the world cities are huge sources of c o two emissions due in part to their construction but now some are reverting back to one of the oldest forms of building material which is cheaper faster and more sustainable in a clock report some. in australia. in the austrians illa tell they've been building houses out of wood for as long as anybody can remember but

news channels. msnbc. fox news and c.n.n. however given the nature of news we always need to evaluate it on a realtime bases. the decision to publicly communicate our programming decision was highly unusual. this gave the appearance of taking sides in a charged debate that escalated on twitter and beyond which was not our intent. i want you to know the decision to communicate our short-term media actions was done outside of company protocols. this is unacceptable. it requires an over haul and the introduction of safeguards to ensure this never happens again. our company and brand are too valuable to put at risk in this matter. >> i believe the c.e.o. i believe him. conservatives drink coffee. liberals drink coffee. everyone drinks coffee. he had a very tizes on all news start tonight. i am the strongest supporter of freedom of speech. you have always heard me say i don't like bill mor. or steven colbert. i don't like what they say, you have the power. turn the channel. you cannot watch them. but don't attack their advertisers

based media or news outlets that are funded by the american government for instance we can take voice of america or the likes of c.n.n. a video channel called current time radio free europe slash radio liberty but here's something important in order for these new sort for these news outlets to become foreign agents in this country russia's own legislation requires amendments when it comes to the law on foreign agents and i can tell you that the m.p.'s are currently working on ways to amend this law and to fix it have to wait and see if it gets any worse or so much prepared to take the hate out of any of this in the meantime a backbreaking work load for our colleagues in the united states for now really thanks very much for that update. just to remind you the pressure on you started with the u.s. intelligence community claiming a child was a so-called cold in russia meddling into american affairs back in september the u.s. justice department then demanded that we register as a foreign agent that's despite no proof that russia had any impact on the us election social media that began blocking our advert so google you tube and twitter t

assets before the deal goes through including the c n n news channel which is owned by time warner u.s. president on a trump is the fia's critic of c.n.n. and its coverage of his administration and the new owner might not be able to finance its reporting resources a t.n.t. says it remains confident the takeover will go through as planned. now then you commission says member states can and will do much more to fight tax havens top priorities the creation of i black list to name and shame jurisdictions that cater to wealthy firms and individuals yet the e.u. has been working for two years on similar measures with limited success consensus remains a challenge especially among members with low tax rates of their own ahead of the european commission john claudie younker is himself accused of aiding tax avoidance as luxembourg's prime minister well earlier my colleague daniel didn't put it to mr b. c. that this is the commission's zero credibility in fighting tax dodging. so you force this commission has done more on fighting back through the tax evasion than all the commissions in the previous twenty years you know if you employ you don't t

thirteen william binney was a welcome guest on american news channels when he exposed previously violations in the n.s.a. spying program than c.n.n. described him as a whistleblower with a dramatic story now they call him a conspiracy theorist benny himself says that channel uses labels instead of actual evidence. they have a problem of course because they've been asserting this kind of. speculation of the gender driven stuff for over a year now and and it would be kind of difficult to go back off that so but i mean to me it basically shows the shallow weakness of the argument when you have to throw labels at people instead of dealing with any factual evidence in fact the f.b.i. knows a lot more about this than they're telling anybody so it is n.s.a. but they're not saying it either so and they're not telling that this is information i'm getting from other sources i don't have it substantiated but they need to come forward and say exactly what they've gotten so far they've not done that just twenty twenty past the hour here in the russian capital a lot still coming your way on the program including german police accused of using

news organizations organizations that are directly funded by the u.s. government think voice of america or the likes of c.n.n. there is a video channel called current time that may fall under this as well plus radio free europe slash radio liberty now there is something important in order for these news outlets to become foreign agents and this organization russia is all a story in this country of course i meant russia's own legislation needs to be amendment amended and currently the m.p.'s are working on that and we just heard from the vice speaker for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendments news agencies will remain untouched although if a media organization is from another country it doesn't only it's not only about the us of course here or if it gets funded by anyone from abroad they may have to be on the list and we'll see when this amendment this draft amendment finally gets approved of course tell you about it since with moves in parliament already if lawmakers come up with anything else no doubt you'll come back to update us for how they relate to trying to thanks very much for that. just to remind you the p

c.n.n. the video channel that is operating in russia called current time and also radio free europe slash radio liberty dow here's something important in order for these news outlets to become foreign agents in this country russia's old legislation requires amendments and currently the m.p.'s are sorting this out we also heard from the vice peaker for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will not be touched but if a news organization is not a news agency but it's from any other country not only the u.s. or if it gets funding from abroad it may find itself on the list of foreign agents in russia. now the pressure on t.v. got off to u.s. intelligence claimed off china was an instrument for meddling and manipulation in america back in september the justice department to monitor we register as a foreign agent tech giants then began brooking our adverts on google hits you by the twista they did that ahead of the testimony congress despite having no previous problems with teeth unless we've spoken to believe the measures against thought see america amounts to a deflection tactic unwilling u.k. m.p. jules got away and virginia st

c.n.n. off air so i think there's got to be more response from russia to what's going on here this attempt to silence a news channel which the only crime of artes actually put out a narrative that the neo con war lobby don't approve of i only wish r.t. been around it in two thousand and three in the lead up to the iraq war because think of the lives that were told there on the so-called mainstream media channels about iraq having w m d's what was the result a war in which one million people died because artie's around much much harder for these neo cons to sort of sell their water the public and that's why they want to take us off air thanks for sharing your thoughts with us that's now clarke a journalist and writer thanks again. now germany is accused of using combat weapons against protesters we'll discuss that after this short break stay with. us manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the fine. let's be the one percent. we can all middle of the room. welcome back a german opposition parties considering legal action against a commander in charge of policing the g. t

voice of america the likes of c.n.n. a video channel called current time radio free europe slash radio liberty but now here's something that's important here in order for these news organizations to become foreign agents in this country russia's own legislation requires amendments and the lawmakers are currently sorting this out we just heard from the vice speaker of the duma who said that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will remain untouched but if a news organization is not a news agency but it's from any other country not only the u.s. or if it gets funding from abroad they may have to end up becoming a part of that list of foreign agents in russia ok so we just away the final take on the from moscow for bringing us right up to date thank you. well indeed just to remind you the pressure on our t.v. started with the u.s. intelligence community claiming our channel was a so-called cog in russian meddling into american affairs back in september the u.s. justice department then demanded we register as a foreign agent now that's the spite no proof that russia had any impact on the us election social media event began blocking our adverts on google

c.n.n. the video channel that is operating in russia called current time and also radio free europe slash radio liberty dow here's something important in order for these news outlets to be called foreign agents in this country russia's all legislation requires amendments and currently the m.p.'s are sorting this out we also heard from the vice speaker for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will not be touched but if social media then began blocking iran on. twitter and they did that ahead of testimony in congress despite having no problem with prior to that george galloway and virginia state senator. or it absolutely makes a mockery of. well it's a big. where as a kind of birch maybe i should go about our foreign idjit might become droned it might well backfire on d. which underlies the the people who are doing their best to destroy the very freedom of speech and expression they claim to stand for. in other news this evening the u.s. defense secretary james mattis is said that america will not withdraw from syria even after the total defeat of islamic state the announcement comes ahead of u.n. backed peace talks in the f