with the w new spoke with the democratic republic of congress, newly elected president felix cheese. the katy who was in berlin for talks last weekend, and one of the issues discussed was the exploitation of his country's vast natural resources here as part of what he said in an exclusive interview, a definitive steel, the be, as it's about the plundering of resources in the democratic republic of congo, i think so, obviously certain amounts of national companies in industrialized countries that are complicit in this, it don't. and it's up to the countries that hosting's multinational would be good up to them to put the pressure on those companies to start with this. and this is the trade shows they're supposed to get people getting the cause of it. so so going that's a nice it was the present and spoke about the new york these relations with the west peace efforts with for wanda as well. you can find the full interview on our website at the w dot com and on youtube channel that dw news. well, that's a short break. i'll be back to take you through the day to night, protests, interest

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