minister for economic cooperation and development i'm talking to him about europe's responsibility for africa mr many europeans only seem to have noticed that africa borders the mediterranean since the refugee crisis european politics has long turned a blind dying to africa's problems you haven't but do you still hold yourself responsible . go get up many people's knowledge of geography and history are indeed not the best including top ranking politicians. and you can almost walk over to africa from gibraltar to say we. are histories are closely connected we have a great responsibility when it comes to our colonial past because of the what. do you reproach yourself i'm not making ourselves heard or did others not listen to you. i put africa on top of the agenda from my first day in office. who oppressed and influenced me greatly prioritized this issue over fifteen years ago and for the former german president right i'm not the first with this focus and now that many african refugees have come to us it has brought the issue home. what we need to do to be is speed up the period between a

to the organization for economic cooperation and development o.e.c.d. has issued a sober and serious warning about the risk of increasing global trade tensions as part of their biannual interim economic outlook o.e.c.d. also noted quote over the past few years the rate of global growth has halved relative to pre-crisis period and it declined further in recent quarters with the weakness concentrated in asia moreover trade frictions are increasing as a trump administration warns of a possible.

to the organization for economic cooperation and development o.e.c.d. has issued a sober and serious warning about the risk of increasing global trade tensions as part of their biannual interim economic outlook o.e.c.d. also noted quote over the past few years the rate of global growth has halved relative to pre-crisis period and it declined further in recent quarters with the weakness concentrated in asia moreover trade frictions are increasing as a trump administration warns of a possible sanction against india over their purchase of a missile system from russia and anonymous senior us official cited the powers to act under the countering america's adversaries through thanks act but said. the ultimate target of these sanctions is russia and president donald trump is now lashing out at the world's top postal policy body and seized on an apparent anomaly perhaps even an absurdity in the global postal rate setting system which is overseen by the universal postal union or the u.p.a. the u.p.a. you an agency of the united nations the issue is that you polic

the organization for economic cooperation and development o.e.c.d. has issued a sober and serious warning about the risk of increasing global trade tensions as part of their biannual interim economic outlook o.e.c.d. also noted quote over the past few years the rate of global growth has halved relative to pre-crisis period and it declined further in recent quarters with the weakness concentrated in asia moreover trade frictions are increasing as a trump administration warns of a possible sanction against india over their purchase of a missile system from russia and anonymous senior us official cited the powers to act under the countering america's adversaries through thanks act but said the ultimate target of these sanctions is russia and president donald trump is now lashing out at the world's top postal policy body and seized on an apparent anomaly perhaps even an absurdity in the global postal rate setting system which is overseen by the universal postal union or the u.p.a. the u.p.a. you an agency of the united nations the issue is that you polici

cannot study because we are using a country for a life a report by the organization for economic cooperation and development says the social background of students determines axes to an success of education a legacy of inequality still persists in schools like this one in soweto twenty eleven the department of education changed the past to forty percent for home languages and thirty percent for other subjects it's now proposing that the past market be lowered even further according to the department of education last year seventy five percent of students who wrote their final high school exam last but of those students three quarters asked with an average mark of just thirty percent while less than one percent got an average pass mark of ninety. myriam a cough a senior research associate at the university of johannesburg says a lack of proper primary education is the two hoff of high school students dropping out she says the poor not only need access to education but also a good education in south africa by create for the gap in performance between the wealthier families and the poorer families is marked of

cannot study because we are using a kinder for a life a report by the organization for economic cooperation and development says the social background of students determines axes to an success of education a legacy of inequality still persists in schools like this one in soweto twenty eleven the department of education changed the past mark to forty percent for home languages and thirty percent for other subjects it's now proposing that the past market be lowered even further according to the department of education last year seventy five percent of students who wrote their final high school exam last but of those students three quarters asked with an average mark of just thirty percent while less than one percent got an average pass mark of ninety. yes miriam it cough a senior research associate at the university of johannesburg says a lack of proper primary education is the two half of high school students dropping out she says the poor not only need access to education but also a good education in south africa by create for the gap in performance between it the the wealthier families and the poorer fami

and development of new military technology. a surprised former german minister for economic cooperation and development. has granted us the first interview of his post political career he now works for germany's biggest arms producer. where he's in charge of global strategy development. you can secure thousands of kilometers of borders in libya and egypt with foot patrols protection demands the implementation of technology to. technological protection doesn't always take the shape of walls or fences technological protection can also comprise a sensor by a surveillance system ground radar or aerial objects. as a politician needle advocated a marriage of german industry with development policy. it's in europe's interest and if it's in germany's interests that such measures of protection are implemented then it must also be in europe's or germany's interest firstly to pay for these measures and secondly that the people who have to work with these technologies get the qualifications they need to operate them including . strictly civilian technology firms are also hoping for a share of the profits in africa b

cannot study because we are using a country for a life a report by the organization for economic cooperation and development says the social background of students determines access to an success of education the legacy of inequality still persists in schools like this one in soweto twenty eleven the department of education changed the past mark to forty percent for home languages and thirty percent for other subjects it's now proposing that the past market be lowered even further according to the department of education last year seventy five percent of students who wrote their final high school exam last but of those students three quarters asked with an average mark of just thirty percent while less than one percent got an average pass mark of ninety six mary metcalf a senior research associate at the university of johannesburg says a lack of proper primary education is the two half of high school students dropping out she says the poor not only need access to education but also a good education in south africa by create for the gap in performance between the the wealthier families and the poorer familie

cannot study because we are using a country for a life a report by the organization for economic cooperation and development says the social background of students determines access to an success of education the legacy of inequality still persists in schools like this one in soweto twenty eleven the department of education changed the past mark to forty percent for home languages and thirty percent for other subjects it's now proposing that the past market be lowered even further according to the department of education last year seventy five percent of students who wrote their final high school exams last but of those students three quarters asked with an average mark of just thirty percent while less than one percent got an average pass mark of ninety six mary metcalf a senior research associate at the university of johannesburg says a lack of proper primary education is the two half of high school students dropping out she says the poor not only need access to education but also a good education in south africa by create for the gap in performance between the the wealthier families and the poorer famili

and twenty we also agreed. to strive for closer cooperation with the african countries in supporting development of their countries in other words economic cooperation and cooperation to make full use of innovation and progress in supporting their countries and reducing suffering wherever possible so in the middle of december together with a president. the african asian african union mr koga me will be inviting to a summit in vienna and i'd like to thank president hugo for his support on this as well finally but thanks to all of the inhabitants of south spork i know you've had to face a lot of disruption and massive security and inevitably a lot of traffic over the past couple of days in your city i'd like to thank you nevertheless for your kindness and your hospitality during this summit i'm very grateful to the executive side of things the administration and the organizers i think the summit has been very successful i hope you such a home here as austrian federal chancellor is very much hope that the midges you send across the globe will encourage a few tourists here and there to maybe come to austria for the holidays next year and man

in volleyball stock we sit in our figures on very well russian and chinese businesses this cited to further develop trade economic cooperation on that figure one hundred billion dollars what's the significance of the well for and they honor of pancake diplomacy i brought some waffles there you know to enjoy this spirit of bon ami between putin russia and china because obviously with trump and gates again trade wars with china and sanctions on russia he's forcing these two countries to get together to a nice stack of pancakes a nice beautiful breakfast of of entente of cooperation we've got one hundred billion dollars worth of deals they're sharing military technology which i guess if you're in nato you've got to be curious about that they are exchanging information about high technology they want to do a big high tech park sharing chinese and russian expertise on this of course china as a huge expertise in cyber technology russia's got some military expertise they want to show china what they've been doing in syria in the ukraine and my god this is a fantastic partnership that trump has brought about so trump has increased t

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i hope that on the economics and politics are to be divided, separated, for the sake of developments in economic cooperationation of the region. shery: and yet, that is not what we are seeing from the u.s. administration with president trump, where you separate trade and geopolitics. how well-positioned as russia to increase trade in this environment with japan and china? well, i think this is very much mobilized. russia's movement has been very much mobilized by the internal political situation in russia. there has been a kind of piling up -- you know, increasing anti-putin movement within russia, and he has to counter that, so this time, it is a very huge kind of demonstration. in fact, mr. putin is ready to deploy more than one third of troops to the far eastern part of russia and more than 1000 aircraft have been mobilized from the russian air force to join this joint military drill in this region of the far east of russia. so, i think this is very much, you know, the kind of demonstration, sure, of prudence utin's power within the russian federation. shery: president trump seems to be hinting that his

economic union and china is doing with the belton road is quite quite an exciting development a lot of lives are being rapidly improve that's what's being discussed at the eastern economic forum and kaleb the cooperation isn't only about you know economies and business tell us about the largest military exercises since the fall of the soviet union which began today and china is playing a part in that right. well those drills are a big deal but can we be back up for just a minute because you know at this point russia has got about nine overseas military bases china they've got only one of one they just built in africa in djibouti at this point the united states has over eight hundred overseas military bases now at this point it's pretty clear that a lot of people in russia and a lot of people in china feel like they're being encircled you've got an increasing presence of nato troops and missiles in eastern europe at the same time you've also got the asian pivot and an escalation of the u.s. military president asia and what that going on we really shouldn't be surprised to see russia and china strengthening their alliance not just economically but militarily in the face of what many see is kind of an en

and president trump. because of the other big news coming out of is this morning is coming from the korean peninsula of course both those. closer economic cooperation how do you see these developments how does that play on the markets. it was very positive we're actually about to embark on a very long holiday in south korea it's not because an american thanksgiving but again it's the sort of negotiations they will be long the market pretty much factored in in terms of a better relationship between the north and the south and north is still very much aligned with china but all up when you have these political ties or a better stable political environment this bodes well for sentiment and when you say markets like china down around twenty percent from their highs in january again the political stability only adds to some of the fundamental case about why should i invest in asia because ron young from fidelity international thank you very much authorities are not about to let germany's carmakers off the hook this time it's the european commission's unto trust watchdog that's baring its teeth it's launched a formal investigation into alleged collusion by germany's five largest car make

economic system 10 years ago. juan: some might argue even some predatory capitalists are developing the idea of businesson among people. i'm thinking of airbnb ,uber, this sharing economy. taking a cooperative idea andanding at on its head in terms of making money. >> cooperation is the original crowdfunding, the o original sharing economy. thing most of us have was of to the fact this is not a real sharing economy, this economy of , but in airbnb extraction economy. a lot of what i've been following for the last two years is a group of people around the world who are trying to build real sharing economies using digital tools to share ownership and governance e all the way don economies were front-line workers are deciding their own standards of work -- house cleaners and drivers and others. amy: this is you speaking that occupy wall street, the anniversary, seventh anniversary was monday, yesterday, september 17. at this is you speaking down at the park. >> what they're doing is the assembly. the court demand, i think, right now, seems to be the right to organize, to have a political conversation in a public space to show wall street, so to speak, what democracy looks like. amy: that is you, nathan

and president trump. because of the other big news coming out of is this morning is coming from the korean peninsula of course both those south korea closer economic cooperation how do you see these developments how does that play on the morrow will that play on the markets. was very positive were actually about to embark on a very long sort of holiday in south korea it's like the equivalent of american thanksgiving but again it's the sort of negotiations they will be long term the markets pretty much facts it in in terms of a better relationship between the north and the south and north is still very much aligned with china but all up when you have these political ties or a better more stable political environment this bodes well for sentiment and when you see markets like china down around twenty percent from their highs in january again the political stability only adds to some of the fundamental case about why should invest in asia comes from ron young from the delancey international thank you very much. back to europe where brags it is casting another shadow on british industry jackie down production and its plant near birmingham to three days per week until christmas a company owned by

one hand it is a positive development for north and south korea that they are moving forward with some of the commitments they made. they are trying to increase economic cooperationmily reunions. the big issue is denuclearization of the korean peninsula and the other issue being the peace treaty to formally end the korean war. they would need the buy in of the united states and china. could there be a bilateral piece try treaty? and washington and seoul would certainly deny that. but if you look at the optics here, things have not again well at all in denuclearization talks. but for china and russia, things are going swimmingly right now. >> thanks very much. the grand old party has a big problem. how do they handle the brett kavanaugh follow up weeks before the midterm elections? we will ask a republican lawmaker, and that's next. oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (vo) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? (vo) and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on avera

japan economic relationship that that is simply talking past and some of them are very constructively being developed by again more at the working level for example the cooperation between jay bik and opec with regard to u.s. lng exports to third countries. a lot of the big issues where the u.s. and japan can cooperate are not bilateral. there's some constructive ideas that are being put out there. also mansfield was a supporter in the 1980's and when i was in tokyo this came up a lot. i think people know a free trade agreement has an abstract attractiveness like indo pacific does. it sounds good but where are the details and who will fill in the blanks and do you have the people who will do that? do you have the conceptualization to do that? it naturally brings up agriculture, autos if it's autos, does the u.s. side of the kwaigs real -- the equation really have a serious side of the solution? so there's this problem in the nature of a free trade agreement that make it i think if one is trying to get a win-win rather than just talking points for election something like the financial bank -- financial bank cooperation, working level defense cooperation. that is

minister for economic cooperation and development i'm talking to him about europe's responsibility for africa mr many europeans only seem to have no taste that africa borders the mediterranean.