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dubai on ten at an all is the world's busiest airport for international passengers. last year in the next couple it plans to expand annual capacity by one third again. this airport has two runways, it has three terminal buildings and for major concourses, but we have room for no more. so whatever growth takes place, it has to do within the existing infrastructure. so it has decided if you can't get bigger you have the get smarter. i was invited for a peek inside its brand—new airport command and control centre, just before it becomes fully operational. this airport has been kitted out with the latest camera equipment to help staff predict the flow of passenger traffic. the technology is cool passenger traffic. the technology is cool. it uses 3d cameras on the ceiling and looks for the outline of humans on the floor, moving around, and track them through the whole process. airport staff can get this information on smartphones and ta blets, information on smartphones and tablets, which helps them to direct the crowd, open new gates and even tell passengers where there

. ♪ yousef: it has been another bumper year for dubai airport as it holds onto the top spot for internationaley saw more than 80 million people pass through in 2017, hoping to hit 90 million this year. less get more on the story with the ceo of dubai airport, paul griffith. congratulations on the numbers you have been very bullish about. i want to get some context as to how much more growth is achievable going forward. it is starting to slow down just a little bit. guest: the thing is come along we have is a shortage of capacity. we may be the largest international airport in the world, but we have one of the smallest footprints musso -- footprints, so we have got to make use of our slots now. fortunately with the emirate strategy we are seeing much more efficient use. -- on someonth months, something like 260 passengers per slot, probably 40 passengers ahead of the most efficient user of airports lots around the world -- slots around the world. that i think means that the growth may be slightly slower, but the quality of that growth and the actual key markets that we serve continues to forge

cynical and as an illegal seizure designed to force the dubai ports world to renegotiate the terms of the concession d.p. world is seeking international arbitration djibouti says that the season is final perfectly comfortable job right it's right this is a business this is the politics. there thirty percent. would break. anyway that we were ready to sell it so why don't they don't sell to us but behind the dispute there was fierce international competition to control the red sea the port of djibouti is considered one of the most coveted pieces of real estate in the horn of africa strategically located on the state of babel meant that the shipping lanes link the indian ocean to the red sea channeling more than half a cargo between europe and asia djibouti is also close to regional conflict zones including yemen somalia and sudan as well as the swiss canal because of its strategically important position the united states chose duty to set up its first permanent military base in africa more than a dozen drone flights are operated daily from camplin one year as well as training and planning for security operations across the region. franc

dubai over the weekend. and three astronauts have touched down safely in kazakhstan after almost six months aboard the international space station two americans and one russian were among the crew whose mission included research and equipment maintenance work a crew to replace the three men is due to lift off on march twenty first. well across europe temperatures have dropped to record lows over the last few days the extreme weather is causing problems here in germany for the thousands of homeless people forced to live outside humanitarian groups are doing their best to help. the cooled front hit fast and hard setting records thirty point five degrees below zero on germany's tallest mountain that soup. but low lying areas are also chilly in munich that coldest night of this winter with minus ten degrees. outreach organizations have been on the lookout for homeless people at risk of freezing president about intimate to at these temperatures under these conditions it's crazy. there are around fifty thousand homeless people in germany and temperatures like these can kill four people have already died in the cold these

dubai. let's turn the page now and check what is on the front page of the international edition of the new yorkn north korea and the ongoing conflict in syria. an unreleased united nations report apparently alleges that north korea shipped supplies to damascus. including things used to produce chemical weapons. and the final whistle may have blown on the pyeongchang games, but the china daily reports on the race to the next winter olympics. the front page looks at the arrival of the olympic flag in beijing. its marathon tour of the country comes ahead of the games in four years' time. and those are the key stories of top publications around the world. and now on to trending. which store is sparking online? we've had men on the moon but now this time, it is about wi—fi on the moon. the moon will get its first mobile phone network next year. vodafone and nokia are working on a 4g network. it will allow lunar rovers to stream video back to earth. now there'll be no excuse at all for aliens not to get in touch. a survey of over 100 tiger conservation areas has found less than 15% meet global standa

designed to force the dubai ports world to renegotiate the terms of the concession. international arbitration he says the season is final. it's all right this is a business this is the politics. in which we were ready to. go. but behind the dispute there was fierce international competition to control the red sea the port of djibouti is considered one of the most coveted pieces of real estate in the horn of africa strategically located on the state of babel meant that the shipping lanes link the indian ocean to the red sea channeling more than half a cargo between europe and asia djibouti is also close to regional conflict zones including yemen somalia and sudan as well as the swiss canal because of its strategically important position the united states chose duty to set up its first permanent military base in africa more than a dozen drone flights are operated daily from camp limone year as well as training and planning for security operations across the region france also has a military base in djibouti and china set up its first major military base overseas there japan italy sp

dubai airport. >> what we had is a shortage of capacity. we may be the largest internationalrt in the world, but we have one of the smallest footprints. so we have to make better use of our quite rare slot now. fortunately, with the strategy around thea3hd, we are seeing a much more efficient use of socks -- of slot. we are 40 passengers ahead of the most efficient user of airport slots around the world. i think it is because we are getting better efficiency from scarce resources which means growth may be slower, but the quality of the growth and the actual key markets we serve, will continue to forge ahead. yousef: we've for up on a chart the basic trend on a month to month basis there. in terms of the growth remaining intact, and what has been happening with the figures, the question becomes, how much can you replicate that success on the cargo front? guest: cargo remains quite buoyant. what we have seen is traffic numbers of about 2.6 5 million tons during the course of 2017. the gxb has performed really well. at the new airport, we had something like 7.9% growth over all.

cynical and as an illegal seizure designed to force the dubai ports world to renegotiate the terms of the concession d.p. world is seeking international arbitration g. but he says the decision is final perfectly comfortable to upright it's like. this is a business this is politics. they're going to ten percent. would break. anyway that we were ready to settle. so why don't they don't sell to us but behind the dispute there was fierce international competition to control the red sea the port of djibouti is considered one of the most coveted pieces of real estate in the horn of africa strategically located on the state of babel meant that the shipping lanes link the indian ocean to the red sea channeling more than half a cargo between europe and asia djibouti is also close to regional conflict zones including yemen somalia and sudan as well as the swiss canal because of its strategically important position the united states chose duty to set up its first permanent military base in africa more than a dozen drone flights are operated daily from camplin one year as well as training and planning for security operations across the region. fr

dubai. every mania in the film about the fear of intimacy is the surprise winner of this year's top prize at the berlin international film festival tell us we know it was picked a head of eighteen other films including us director wes anderson star studded entry i love dogs dominic kane was there. they're going to be after him as goes to . touch me not but i do know. that when her film was entered in this year's competition few might have thought a dinner pin team would scoop the top prize but for the jury no other film and no other director was more deserving of. her. touch me not is an examination of physical intimacy where the main characters explore their emotions and feelings for each other but also their fears about opening up to one another this was its director's first full length work which explains his shock at winning both best film and best first feature we were not expecting that our oh it's so important this is coming because. we would like the dialogue that we not proposes. opens to the world so we invite we invite you the viewer to dialogue. rancid upward to where mean banana peels although few holly

oldest living international — as he celebrates his 103rd birthday all that to come, just a couple of headlines for you great britain's mark cavendish has won stage three of the tour of dubaifrom nacer bouhann and marcel kittel. he's third overall in the five stage race. mauricio pochettino has called on the fa to assess the state of rochdale's pitch ahead of their tie in the fifth tie of the fa cup. it certainly is a state...one half of it appears to be completely devoid of grass and more like a sand—pit. if it is like a sore in the picture you cannot play football. that is my point of view but not because we are totte n ha m , point of view but not because we are tottenham, i think rochdale cannot play, too. maybe the fa cup needs to go in and try to take a very good decision football. england's badminton squad for the commonwealth games was announced today in milton keynes. the sport has been given a huge boost by the change of stance in uk sport funding. over a year ago they cut their entire olympic programme funding of overfive million pounds....now one of their best medal hopes — the mixed doubles pairing of chris and gabby adcock will receive financial support. as j

international locations does need to be a key part for them. they are looking at china in 2019 to 2020 as the middle class starts to grow. beyond that, looking at vietnam and dubaiportunities. david: thanks so much, taylor. that was fascinating. very interesting. coming up, theresa may's government is considering a backup plan if the eu does not offer a trade deal it wants. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: this is "bloomberg markets: balance of power." i am shery ahn david: i'm david westin. british prime minister has been huddling on the major speech on brexit, but news has been leaking out on how they plan to move forward. we welcome our bloomberg colleagues who covers the ukraine government and politics. good to have you here. give us what we know this far and what we expect to hear out of theresa may as far as her strategy goes. like covering is a rocket towards the launchpad. it is very incremental, very slow. we are starting to get a sense britain'sgent -- what negotiating request is going to be. that is not the same as when its final position will be, but it is what they would like. what they would like is for nothing to change except for t