the two big parties in germany could address was there would you agree with that just taking digitalisation for example this coalition agreement says that it's going to establish a right on the part of every german citizen no matter where they live to have high speed broadband by two thousand and twenty five there are number of clauses in the coalition agreement about education to provide digital skills there's quite a breakthrough in terms of the federal government's role in the education system does that really all amount to nothing no it doesn't amount to nothing. i don't see how you can guarantee someone access to you know a legal right to access to broadband technology if the firms it's responsible don't provide that i mean. i think governments and keep out of that we're supposed to be a market economy why does the government decide stuff like that quite generally as far as digitalisation is concerned i don't think that's a government thing at all it should we say capitalism provides that capitalism provided you know i mean i don't understand why i phone users in germany if they can't

than many of us had expected digital skills for kids digitalisation in companies support for that research and band and a right to broadband on the part of every citizen no matter where he or she lives so that's point number one foundations for a strong economy going into the future secondly. and coupled with that a message that germany stands by what it calls the social market economy meaning that if you want to bring your citizens along they need to feel secure and they need to have a sense of fairness this agreement does bear a social democratic stamp it is definitely cast in that direction and we heard the chancellor saying that's because fairness and security must be paired with economic dynamism so that's message number two and number three a message on europe we are ready to get into the driver seat next to emmanuel mccall oh yeah the exit over to barbara barbara what do you think the germans gave mr marquand today i mean did he get a bouquet from the german chancellor. at least that brant i would rather say it's a big box nicely tied was written really good really gift package beca

be a market economy why does the government decide stuff like that quite generally as far as digitalisation is concerned i don't think that's a government thing that we say capitalism provides that let capitalism provide it you know i mean i don't understand why phone users in germany if they can't get access don't go out of to change their provider and you know what i mean. but the whole coalition thing it's not nothing i mean. i think old age pensioners for instance will be glad and future pensioners will be glad of the stuff this this government's providing them. but i agree. that it's something tired and old about this. third grand coalition we've had something tired old about the social democratic party which has been in government only four years outside since one thousand nine hundred eight and i think you know it's more an atmospheric thing than you know than you could. into this does not point in the hundred seventy nine pages and say that's wrong it's most of a feeling of oh you know i wish there was something new in the air if it had been for you as a person has worked together w

new requirements for example digitalisation artificial intelligence and all these things related to this they are not just new initiatives necessary new investments necessary and this coalition agreement as it stands rather looks back and not really takes a forward looking perspective. you mentioned. feels like official intelligence destroys ation of what else needs to be addressed urgently by the new slash old government certainly there's a need to think more about the area of education you could also say education for those who are already working that's education is in the hands of the states and germany not the federal government if that's true at the same time when we look at the overall level of education expenses they are still below the o.e.c.d. average so this is for an economy that feeding highly relies on education this is not a good signal and at the same time we need to think about really digitalisation artificial intelligence whatever the state can do to provide the requirements you could say the context in which this can develop. tax is also a big thing do we do we really

remains one of the world's strongest economies it definitely lags behind in critical areas like digitalisation and he said that this coalition agreement will close that gap by essentially greatly modernizing both germany's digital infrastructure and education skills in the digital area and then he also talked about european union policy and he said finally we are ready to give an answer to emmanuel mccaw the french president who has put proposals for significant e.u. reforms on the table he said we are now we stand ready to steer change in europe. a level with emmanuelle macaw so to pick points that he picked out in explaining why he is satisfied and why he thinks this coalition agreement represents real movement it's interesting because his party is the party that was in power in the last government and yet to hear him talk you would think they have. just recently come to power and have big plans in store for for turning things around all right well let's continue talking about the s.p.d. because they drove a hard bargain there controlling the purse strings and the mean spending ministry work

digitalisation does have its limitations however people are still needed to keep the products on the shelves well displayed. at the syrian flower farm in central kenya all these stemmed beauties are processed by hand from harvesting to bundling to packing for transport. tonnes of flowers are prepared for market on these work tables. the company's director hamish kerr runs a well organized and highly efficient operation each flower arrives in stores no later than two days after their cut. we're going to be off now isn't people we are needed when it comes to have ethical trade so we're paying ostroff the highest in the industry with providing housing medical schooling so in terms of the flowers that we produce they are putting money into people's pockets the flower industry is the country's second most important sector after tourism five percent of its economic output comes from cut flowers here at lake ny bhatia growing conditions are perfect twelve hours of sunshine per day cool nights fertile soil and enough lake water to keep the more than fifty flower producers here in business. t

digitalisation does have its limitations however people are still needed to keep products on the shelves orderly. and here's an interesting read iceland is expected to consume more energy mining virtual currencies than it uses to power all the countries the north atlantic island has become a major hub for a bit of mining thanks in part to its cheap energy but now lawmakers are talking about taxing the profits of bitcoin mines that's likely to go down well among icelanders who have become quite skeptical of financial speculation since a disastrous banking crash ten years ago. and that's a business update here on g.w. for me and the team in berlin thanks to keeping us company. played. the game. played. the ago and no one does leave the above so why take bold moves back to the choking game up until a sold against him by helping friends get old w.e.n.'s defection legacies a winning streak comes to an end home old places. to back street leg lifts a leg. no matter how hard you look many species of mushrooms are disappearing from the forests and. environmental researchers are creating protectio

says not enough attention is being paid to digitalisation in the kind of i don't see a guiding principle a great idea that a lead us into the future and step mrs merkel has only one goal to stay in office any way she can. the right wing a.f.d. expects to grow in popularity especially since the c.d.u. has moved away from its previous stance on migration and european politics. you could say all that remains of the cd use an empty shell this was the only way america could remain at the top together with the social democrats the c.d.u. as a party has basically been abandoned by. the greens present themselves as a clear alternative their floor leader cuts mean getting eckard says this coalition agreement is at best a patchwork quilt had the agreement has gaps when it comes to fairness for children or nursing care and it lacks greatly on climate protections we're preparing to take a powerful opposition stance on these issues in the next few years after the matter a coalition agreement offering something for everyone to criticize. around the opposition views there some of the strongest criticis

really going to come up with something new with initiatives that perhaps address challenges like digitalisation like germany's demographic challenges as an ageing nation so there's a fair degree of skepticism going forward about about whether there's a real sense of renewal here. our chief political correspondent melinda crane finishing what has been a very long day and what promises to be another long night for the people to go shooting for this new grand coalition belinda thank you very much you're welcome an earthquake off the coast of taiwan has killed two people and injured around two hundred more the quake measured six point four on the richter scale and hit taiwan's east coast about one hundred twenty kilometers south of the capital taipei . a resident captures the moments people spill out of that buildings the houses of collapsed he says and we're trying to evacuate the six point four magnitude quake struck just before midnight most people here and while the end city would have been told us. in the off the mouth of the trauma people rushed to help a woman on the street. the building nex

it is a direct consequence of digitalisation.ial intelligence into our wine markets and as a consequence you need to deal more and more with cyber security. thank you so much forjoining us. that is all from us here at the singapore airshow. join us later. she will be joining us all week from the singapore airshow and we are looking forward to that. a quick look now at the asian market. a big hit after overnight falls in the united states. thank you so much for investing your time with us. sport todayis investing your time with us. sport today is coming up next. the top stories this hour. japan's nikkei index sinks more than 4% in early trading, its lowest level since the end of october. there have been further sharp falls in share prices in the united states, with the dowjones down by nearly 596. ministers have admitted they may have to renationalise the east coast main line as the current franchise is close to collapse. the transport secretary chris grayling told mps the company is making significant losses but said there could

around us in other words we have to modernize a lot within the economic sector mainly the topic digitalisation is the big topic we have to care for external international security staff it was good that we created for example the european defense union to build on that now and we have to make sure that our society it is strong and keeping all different sources together therefore it is a huge investment in the coalition treated in the families with children for example because this is the basic of. now you've always been seen as someone who is a potential successor to german chancellor angela merkel if this doesn't vote this vote doesn't come together with the social democrats if this grand coalition doesn't come together would you potentially be part of a plan b. . the chancellor will be the one who will lead us in a potential plan b. and i have always said. that in each generation but it is a chance to lead my generation it is i. was up on the line thank you very much for the interview on fox in the studio and i've been so delighted me to look if the at the seaview convention going on in berl

this economy is doing well and this is the time to spend money on modernizing the economy on digitalisation on big projects that will give us a really dynamic basis for the future and frankly i think they're right the social democrats came out looking like the clear winner and these negotiations the opposition rather scathing there when his attack i want us to listen to what the party leader of the right wing alternative for germany mr alexander dealt with what he had to say about the its beauty. the of the allocation of ministerial post shows that the cd you have completely given up because they're afraid of the s.p.d. membership vote. they promote themselves out ideologically and technically as well as they haven't got any of the main ministries any more classes minister you could say that the c.d.u. is now just an empty vessel you know. i mean those are strong you don't need to make against the conservatives did the c.d.u. the conservatives did they make too many concessions you know what they have kept the ministry that matters most to his voters and that is the interior ministry they'v

title if you look at the measures that are outlined here in the area of education in the area of digitalisation where for example the parties have agreed that every german has a right to a fast broadband connection by twenty twenty five whether they live in the countryside or the city if you look at the measures agreed in the area of health care to equalize the situation of those insured by public insurers in comparison to private insurers to raise doctors' fees for the former if you look at the area of labor law and protection for workers on temporary contracts if you look at old aged care housing shortages and and other areas as well there are some very significant steps being taken here also on europe we have a real change in the german approach to the european union with a commitment to higher investment with a commitment to a euro zone budget all of that represent significant steps you will nonetheless hear criticism and i think that has to do with the fact that there are low expectations on the part of many germans when it comes to a new grand coalition i think a lot of people have the fe

a freight train coming at to this important manufacturing esque sporting giant in the form of digitalisation and automation both of those could kill the kind of manufacturing job that this economy is still based on so big issues there and i think a sense on many people's part that perhaps these politicians who've been in power for so long don't necessarily have the drive to find new approaches but that said we don't yet know the details of all that's been hammered out and on one point there surely is some vision and that is on europe and that is a very crucial area where germany needs to be in the driver seat with france i think there has been substantial movement there so let's see what they unveil if and when they get to yes tomorrow are yet to marble be the big day for sure our chief political correspondent linda gray on the story for us tonight in berlin melinda thank you. the british based syrian observatory for human rights says that twenty three civilians have been killed in airstrikes on rebel held areas in damascus the bombing comes hot on the heels of an alleged coreen gas attack i

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the future in which he predicts that as a result of technical advances that's a networking and digitalisation we will increasingly abolish homo sap ins and become god like humans and so i've got to mention that the students are expected to form their own opinions of this vision of the future and instead of presenting their interpretations vocally they must develop an imaginative boardgame in this experiment they discover how they are able to influence the future and where it can't be controlled. on that. topic was work twenty thirty. extended the whole thing it's now worked twenty fifty in this game we want to explore how work will change during this period one. jobs will disappear and what effect this will have on the human race in the game we assume a negative scenario in which people have to fight for jobs and robots or technical advances don't make life easier but take away the joy in jobs. but i'm interested in the topic work in the future because it affects me personally so of course it's interesting to think about whether for instance there is any point in studying medicine when in the

of fit for demographic challenges fit for new forms of business competition due to do juleps digitalisation due to automation so essentially a coalition agreement that seeks to strike the balance between competitiveness and security and the areas that are absolutely key for that and they were they were listed by the chancellor in her remarks in the in the city you have corridors just now are education first of all an effort to invest in schools there have been a number of criticisms in recent years about neglect of education schools that are physically defective that don't have what they need in order to provide real skills in digital with digitalisation for pupils so all of that one very important chapter of this agreement with a great deal more involvement at the federal level and that was one of the big wishes of the social democrats so when for them there then the area of health again a very key issue for the social democrats they want to see greater equalisation of public and private insurance they are definitely we see clear steps toward that and a host of other issues as well too sho

around us in other words we have to modernize a lot within the economic sector mainly the topic digitalisation is the big topic we have to care for external and internal security staff it was good that we created for example the european defense union to build on that knowledge and we have to make sure that our society owes a strong and keeping all different sources together therefore it is a huge investment and the coalition trade enough families with children for example because this is the basic our. now you've always been seen as someone who is a potential successor to german chancellor angela merkel if this doesn't vote this vote doesn't come together with the social democrats if this grand coalition doesn't come together would you potentially because of a plan b. . the chancellor will be the one who will lead us in a potential plan b. and i have always said that in each generation there is a chance led my generation it is anglo-american. so far as their political editor michelle that they're speaking to first love for the lawyer of the day is nearly done but the conversation continues on

even big companies still have a lot of catching up to do in terms of digitalisation. tunica is the biggest insurance company in austria and they've all stuck to for advice. and for corporations the central question is will the new technology threat to that business model or a way to make money. they tend to startups and block chain experts for help. of an issue with a name and you've got two years ago i was going into companies and giving lectures to explain the basics and now we've progressed to the point where companies are getting to grips with the topic they have a rough overview. but as always the devil's in the details and the time. the v.n.a. university of economics and business has just set up a new research institute for crypto economics and shame involved as the director. digital currencies chain run governments contracts without noise there are limitless possibilities. but also wants the institute to research the dark sides of block trying. to get if it's a very powerful technology and it will spawn further technologies. we can use it as a machine to promot

digitalisation does have its limitations however people are still needed to keep products on the shelves orderly. well from digital to analog now hands on the thank you very much fun ika and that is something all us presidents have in common that's right they all find their way into the national portrait gallery in washington george washington abraham lincoln and john f. kennedy among those displayed on the walls of the museum if you look at all the portraits of all the presidents there is one glaring fact that stands out there all white men well not any more all barack obama is the first african american to have his poor traits in the galleries hall of presidents. this image of the former first lady michelle obama will be on display by a couple of the first occupants of the white house to have their official portraits painted by black artists barack obama's portrait iskander wiley is renowned for painting people of color in the style of the old masters he didn't follow all of obama's suggestions i tried to negotiate was greater. artistic integrity would not allow him to do what i asked.

printing we managed to finish the issue of digitalisation and we could reach an agreement on art and culture but we've just joined the protest in the high level meeting that there are issues ahead of us with a party still definite about which we still have to talk which we want to debate farrelly and with focus. on and has more from berlin given the differences between these two sides sensor writes i'm glad michael c.d.u. and center left martin short as s.p.d. it's perhaps not surprising that they're finding it quite difficult to tie down the final details of this coalition treaty it looks like they've agreed things like energy and agriculture policy but in the matter of labor reform health policy and housing policy there's still some distance apart from each other and we heard it when the two leaders went in that they sounded sort of they were making the right noises but preparing people for a long night ahead no surprises realistically there and the reason really is because the s.p.d. the center left needs to have a deal on the table that they can actually sell to their membership

germany are among the highest in the world and tax revenue for the government is high does the digitalisation policies were not comprehensive enough and would not for the germany for the future according to the lobby group of a spokesman for germany's metal industry even said today was a sad day for germany. so that c.l. financial markets responded to the news and cross over to diana cope with a national correspondent who's at the heart of the action there in frankfurt at the stock exchange donna how is the market all the markets reacting. well the market i can tell you i get is actually relief that we are most likely not going to see a new election happening this would have most likely resulted here and a landslide for landslide at the stock market but guess traders in general are not so happy what is written on the paper they were hoping for more courage for more efforts also to stabilize even more stabilize i should say the german economy of the tax system is certainly a very big topic here they're actually really calling a donald trump an example who was a lowering of the corporate tax do