single relentless beat. 60 seconds in one minute with a manmade clock now dictating time in europe christian monks are credited with inventing the 1st mechanical clock more than 600 years ago so as not to miss pratt times. before that they'd used candles when the we could burn down a falling metal bar the monks up. but this method of timekeeping sparked many a monastery fire meanwhile merchants in milan florence and venice were quick to spot the benefits of mechanical timekeeping it meant optimize business management and higher profits the american inventor and later founding fathers' benjamin franklin coined the term time is money in $748.00 o'clock became the heart rate of the industrial revolution but it meant exact working hours and in the banking enabled the concept of futures trading money became a time factor. but initially the time wasn't the same everywhere not even in villages a few kilometers apart train drivers and passengers had to adjust their pocket watches from station to station so functioning timetables were impossible at the same time the pace of life excel aerated as peop

germany under the baltic sea says the pipeline would give russia too much influence in europe the us presidency christian magazine which called for his removal from office a christianity today opinion piece called very lost and confused and says he isn't morally fit to be president the president responded in a series of tweets accusing the magazine of being very far left. it is a bracing for catastrophic conditions on saturday with soaring temperatures and strong winds expected to fan flames more than $100.00 bush fires are burning across new south wales and of a half of them are out of control nearly 10000 emergency personnel will be working across the state in what will be the largest deployment ever seen just a washington news in the blue mountains west of sydney just bring us up to date on where things are at the moment jessica. we'll see what we do know is that this is an incredibly fast moving situation and the area where we were just moments ago was blanketed in smoke and that smoke is spreading over this blue mountains region but across the greatest city region as well residents in blackheath whe

what is your base case for what kind of fiscal relief europe might get into 2020? christian: of course, we are talking about fiscal stimulus globally, but in europe, it is harder than most, as you just alluded to. some countries are on board with that, some aren't. it will really be up to christine lagarde to try and provide some sort of consensus. of course, she has a background. she was the french finance minister, and has spent many years at the imf essentially trying to advise countries what to do on the fiscal front. if anyone can do it, it is lagarde. what it is a very difficult task at hand, and i don't think the ecb is going to be able to completely sit on the sidelines. vonnie: is the market awaiting christine lagarde with an open mind, or is there something that could disappoint the market this week? think if she didn't maintain the dovish stance we heard under draghi, that would certainly be a huge disappointment for the markets, but i don't really see that happening. i don't think she is going to rock the boat at this stage when it comes to monetary policy, and i

europe. and instead of the recyclable powder christiane hunnish wants to be able to sell the precious metals themselves for that though he needs his own chemical factory winding through the one to a lot of thinking about it all but it's wonderful when you see that what you've come up with is being put into effect. he can already recycle 75 percent of the battery see gets his competitors only manage a 3rd of that as a pioneer in recycling christiane harnish has shown what's possible. now it's time for this week's doing good it's a really good idea for the environment so you're being continent. well in the east and can't return when you have been thinking of you as going to be tested in a few countries but it's he's already looking like an alternative to combination of all those men something. that's right sandra i mean it's good for our continent the way it's got profit growth uses up waste from 1800000 profit by 653 bottles and keep me about kind of with i'll be environment will definitely make a difference. in south africa only 16 percent of plastic waste is recycled. the rest ends up in la

chain and finding being re accepted as a partner in europe and all these efforts now could suffer serious setback. d.w. investigative reporter christiane trip but thank you. on this well almost all on the web site the w dot com you tube channel the w documentary and i will take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world the architect of france's controversial pension reform has resigned over alleged the conflicts of interest from paul della voice departure comes 12 days into nationwide strikes against his plans which are aimed to plug a chronic deficit in the pension system this is a blow to president a manual macro whose government remains a loss to the standoff with trade union. delegates from europe and the u.s. for attending the ceremony in belgium to mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the boat that was one of world war 2 was bloodiest to have results in which u.s. forces defeated a german attempt to stop advancing allied armies in december 1944. more than 300 people were killed in iran's 3 day crackdown on protests last month a new figure from amnesty international of dates their previous estimate of

and finding being re accepted as a partner in europe and all these efforts now could suffer serious setback. due to blue investigative reporter christiane 3 thank you for more on the story go to our website d.w. dot com or indeed our you tube channel t w documentary now to some of the other stories making news around the world the architect of france's controversial pension reform has resigned over alleged conflicts of interest trump ordeal avoids departure comes 12 days into the nation wants strikes against his plans which i'm to plug a chronic deficit in the pension system it's a blow to president emanuel mccraw government remains locked in a standoff with trade unions. delegates from europe and the u.s. have attended a ceremony in belgium to mount for 75th anniversary of the battle of the boat it was one world war 2 bloody step reserves in which u.s. forces defeated the german attempt to stop advancing allied armies in december 1944 . 1300 people were killed in iran's 3 day crackdown on protests last month a new figure from amnesty international updates their previous estimate of just over 200 deaths iran has acknowledged that protes

the chain and finding being re accepted as a partner in europe and all these efforts now could suffer serious. investigative reporter christiane thank you. and you have more story on our website d w dot com and on our huge huge chart of the w. documentary and that is some of the other stories making news around the world and more than 300 people were killed in iran's 3 day crackdown on protesters last month the new figure from amnesty international updates the previous estimate of just over 200 deaths iran has a knowledge that protestors were killed but has not released figures. thousands of lebanese processes are valid outside the parliament in beirut and clashed with police there calling for a new independent head of government doesn't have connections to the country's established political parties the president has delayed consultations on designating the new prime minister until later this week. turkey's president has flagged to the possibility of closing to military bases used by the united states credit tire burdwan was responding to a question about potential u.s. sanctions the congressional resolution that recognizes t

europe again. this new evidence might all be in jeopardy. brent: we will see. christian, thank you for the fascinating story. for more on this story you can check out dw.com and are youtube channel that is dw documentary. therere are some of the other stories that are making headlines. the architect of france's controversial pension reform has resigned over alleged conflicts of interest. the departure comes 12 days into nationwide strikes against his plans aimed to plug a deficit in the system. this is a blow to the president of france whom it -- remains locked. a ceremony in belgium to mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. itit was one of world war ii's bloodiest episode in which u.s. forces defeated a german attempt to stop advancing allied armies in december 1944. there have been more violent protests in india over a citizenship law. the legislation provides a fast track to citizenship to refugees. but it excludes muslims. rick's say that undermines the -- critics say that undermines the constitutional equality for everyone. the unrest has spread to ot

europe. and the us president has hit out at a christian magazine which called for his removal from office of christianity today opinion piece called trump very lost and confused and says he isn't morally fit to be president president responded in a series of tweets accusing the magazine of being very lift. still ahead on. the. deal. the bill. hello we've got a couple of days of pretty fine settled weather now of more or less from afghanistan westwards towards the mediterranean coast the temperature is particularly low bar and i told by day but they could be better that cloud developing that you see into western iran might throw a couple of showers on its way through i think it's 2 to develop some a story for the south the shamali is easing so temperatures in doha as an example will feel a little higher than they actually are still low twenty's he's 30 in mecca you might see a bit of a cloud on the coast of them on the show but the real action of course is for the size of the sun in the south we see some pretty big showers in southern africa and particularly in namibia and you know how they h

particular lessons for today's context and that context today in germany and europe is marked by a rise in 97 it isn't. well hans christian yosh joins me now and he is the director of the house of the vans a conference that's a memorial site for the prosecution of european and jews welcome thank you very much for coming in to discuss this important issue we are dealing with iraq as of anti-semitism in germany as well as in europe has something going to rai with the cult show off remembrance here in germany. i think the question of and to semitones need somehow has to be detached from the question of memory of culture because there has been and to semitism in germany society well almost almost all the time at a certain level even after the war even after the holocaust became known we know from research that there's a certain percentage of the population continue to embrace and to semitic just even though there were hardly any jews living in germany so it wasn't even the need for jewish life to show and to express and to senators and do you think about something it's been communicated about enough in the history books many

kindertransport was an amazing rescue mission set up by christian and jewish activists who brought nearly10,000, mainlyjewish, children out of nazi europefive years old and i was one of those children. my family was a sort of secularjewish family. we had moved over quite a bit of europe, starting in dortmund, where my father was a judge and had been fired in 1933 and finished up in vienna, which was my mother's home city. i think it was clear thatjews in central europe faced catastrophe. there was an announcement that there had been a concession by the nazis to allow children up to the age of 16 to leave without their parents, so we knew something was afoot and that we were going to england. i can remember the scene at the station of many, many families, mostly weeping, some in a sort of whaling. many families, mostly weeping, some in a sort of wailing. i believe most parents did not expect to see their children again. my mother didn't cry, nor did we. i was with my sister, renata, who was ten years old. i clutched her you know, because i was scared. we had an overnight crossing to harwich, and then another train to liverpool street sta

europe and india. and 39 s. on e.w. . how do you restore a win to hello. this is a job killer asteroid are concerned christiane shut him out. he's worked on some of the world's finest collections of contemporary art but with many artists try to mend those more than preserve their work also serves as a creative consultant. large crowds and ingenuity. in 75 minutes on w. m david and best as i call him a true. private sex. happiness in 3 books. is the cause for you. to get smarter for free you know we both want you to. this is news and these are our top stories us play make a boeing is suspending production of its 737 max from next month to fatal crashes in 5 months that claimed nearly $350.00 lives and forced the grounding of the previously successful aircraft.

coming to the united of america, we were going o have the grading of christianity because of those catholics coming from eastern europe and italy and other places. it took then what and every other time we had to this nt this kind of -- kind of demagoguery is it took everybody standing up. faiths. all parties. all leaders. up and saying not here. this is the united states of america. it's not what you fought for. not what you fought for as the united states marine. i am not being mellow dramatic. melodramatic. it's we the people, in order to a more perfect union. in order to hold these truths to self-evident. it sounds corny. that's why the people look to the united states of america. e are the most powerful nation in the history of the world. that is not hyperbole. the finest are warriors that have ever, ever lived on this earth, but that's to why we have been able lead the world. necessary but not sufficient. e've led the world by the example, our example, the power of our example. the rest of the world een able to unite, keep the peace for the last 70 years through nato and other rganizations that we put together.

chain and finding being re accepted as a partner in europe and all these efforts now could suffer serious setback. d.w. investigative reporter christiane 3 thank you. and there's much more on this story on w dot com and on a huge huge channel d.w. documentary on his take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 304 people were killed in iran last month during a 3 day crackdown on protests across the country that's according to a new amnesty international a death toll rights group of early estimated just over $200.00 deaths iran has acknowledged that protesters were killed but has not released figures. thousands of lebanese protesters rather it outside parliament to bring groups and clashed with police and calling for a new independent head of government so mano an affiliated with established political parties in the country president has delayed consultations on design and designating a new prime minister until later this week. turkey's president has flagged the possibility of closing 2 military bases used by the united states retired early one was responding to a question about potential u.s. sanctions

europe and india. next. how do you restore banana. this is a job for master are concerned christiane shut him out. he's worked on some of the world's finest collections of contemporary art with many artists shot among those more than preserve their work may be also serves as a creative consultant. art craft and ingenuity. in 45 minutes on d w. it was the speech of his life perhaps his best certainly his most difficult the speech by colin dresden on december 19th 1989. shortly after the fall of the of the chancellor addresses the people of east germany. the movie's tense the crowd clamors for german unity journalist peter lim borg was at the scene. 30 years later he looks back on the time interest and starts december 19th d.w. . life itself arose from or to explain the essential building blocks were formed over millenia it took thousands of years for a quest to cannibals and plants to make the transition on.

europe and india. next d w. how do you restore. this is a job for master are concerned christiane shut him up. he's worked on some of the world's finest collections of contemporary art with many artists try to mend those more than preserve their work may also serves as a creative consultant. hard to craft and ingenuity. in 45 minutes on d w. c . christmas. it's not about that but. life itself arose from barter it's where the essential reading blocks were formed over millennia it took power thousands of years for aquatic animals and plants to make the transition on to that and look at today's goods we've evolved from the freedom of being dinosaurs and now they're forced to make a whole cities adapt to the change.

and finding partners in europe again these efforts by this new evidence we have might snow all be in jeopardy and find or do or could have been closed for him we will see christiane for there's always christiane thank you fascinating story. and for more on this story check out d w dot com and our youtube chat that's g w documentary here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world british prime minister boris johnson has welcomed his party's 1st time in peace to westminster there are 109 new conservative lawmakers thanks to the party's landslide victory in last week's election the new parliament will sit for the 1st time on tuesday the government says it will introduce johnson's break deal for discussion on friday the architect of france's controversial pension reform has resigned over alleged conflicts of interest john paul deliveries departure comes 12 days into nationwide strikes against his plans which aim to plug the chronic deficit in the pension system this is a blow to president emanuel mccrone whose government remains the walked in a standoff with tribute as. well there have been more violent protests in india over a content

christiane. the whole business now is getting a new trade deal with europe while simultaneously trying to get trade particularly the united states. getting those two things to mesh together is going to be very difficult for a start. but the curious thing is, you know, boris johnson, he doesn't carry a lot of ideological baggage. when it came to the referendum vote in 2016, he was a journalist and he had two articles written. one in favor of joining -- staying with europe and one against, and it was almost on the toss of a coin it seems he decided he would go with the referendum campaign and the brexit campaign and he played a big part in that. but now he's got a freedom. the european leaders actually wanted him to have a big majority last night because they wanted clarity. they wanted to know what britain was actually going to do. he's now got the strength to put through brexit on his terms. every conservative mp elected through the night signed up to a manifesto saying no extension of the intervening period beyond next year. it's got to be done by the end of the year. >> which means we could be fa

a magazine that caters to one of his biggest supporter blocks as christianity today calls for his impeachment. of. the champions of europe and south america get ready to meet in the free food club world cup for and. now the international criminal court is preparing to investigate alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories the i.c.c. his chief prosecutor says this could include charges against israelis or palestinians. says available information indicates that war crimes have been committed in the west bank including east jerusalem and the gaza strip palestinians say the investigation is long overdue while israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the court has no jurisdiction to investigate but our correspondents natasha going to him is standing by for us in west jerusalem but 1st let's go to need to bring him in ramallah neda the palestinians have been pushing for this is talk us through the significance of this today. personally and see it as a very important move one that could potentially grant them justice they've became members of the i.c.c. around 45 years ago and they've been waiting for that move to

aligns with the priorities of eu citizens — and last week examined if europe's green new deal goes far enough. and this week christianrotect its trade interests when the multilateral institutions it claims to support are so paralysed? meredith crowley, a cambridge university trade expert, joins us now. miss crowley, will we see a different eu commission in its attitude to trade when it comes to perhaps china and the united states than the previous one? so, the us and china just had our trade truce this week, and the big outcome of thatis this week, and the big outcome of that is going forward, those two countries are going to resolve any future disputes by lateral negotiations. so they are no longer going to go to the wto when they have something they want to disagree about. this puts europe in the position of saying, well, wait a second, if you guys aren't using the wto, our new approach, at least to the united states may be is going to have to be more bilateral and more direct. with regard to china, it's a little bit trickier. the us has kind of left europe in a strange position. the eu in the us have very similar

christian faith. welcome this insulting international. business strong reaction from berlin and moscow over the latest u.s. sanctions that target the russian gas pipeline to europe almost complete it. we're looking very closely at the us crossing a crucial edge of foreign policy as it starts imposing sanctions which russia has already become accustomed to against its own allies we can see the intention to make europe by american liquefied gas and thus to slow the development of the continent's economy to undermine its capability of competing with the u.s. in the global markets washington has decided that even the closest nato allies don't deserve mercy if the u.s. geo political and commercial ambitions are at stake the german government has regretfully taken into account that sanctions against north stream to turks stream initiated by the us congress they affect german and european companies and are tantamount to interference in our domestic affairs we requested comment from the north stream spokesperson who told us completing the projects essential for european supply security adding the work will be finished as soon as possible the e.u. also slammed washington

europe. because georgians are very convinced inside them that they are completely european because of the fact that they are christianst christian states in the world, when the state was converted in the fourth century. that's why sometimes we say we are more europeans before the europeans, and we are going to continue. ♪ abigail: this is bloomberg best's review of the 2019 global business forum. i'm abigail doolittle. ceo's were well represented at the program. chief executive had much to say about the increased focus on sustainability. ♪ >> it is 100% clear to us that the cost of inaction is far higher than the cost of action. and the business case for sustainability is simple. our brands that are run on a sustainable business grew faster. customers want to partner with companies. and it's a magnet for talent. >> there's a lot of concern for plastics around the world. how are you addressing that? >> plastic is the material de jour. plastics are a wonderful material. the issue is too much of it ends up in the environment, so for us, keep plastic in the economy and help the environment. the way we are tackling it is l

chain and finding partners in europe again these efforts by this new evidence we have now all be in jeopardy and finally do or could have been closed for him we will see christiane for there's always because john thank you fascinating story. and you can see the full story after this program or you can check us out at d.w. dot com and our you tube channel it's d.w. documentary we'll hear some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the architect of france's controversial pension reform has resigned over alleged conflicts of interest john paul deliverance departure comes 12 days into nationwide strikes against his plans which aim to plug a chronic deficit in the pension system now this is a blow to president emanuel micron whose government remains walked in a standoff with trade unions a court in belgium has postponed until february a decision on whether to extradite former catalan president. to spain the court will wait for the european court of justice to rule on the case of another former catalan separatist leader who's currently jailed in spain which tomorrow fled to belgium after overseeing the outlawed referendum on independence b

and finding partners in europe again these efforts by this new evidence we have might snow all be in jeopardy in the final door could have been closed for him we will see christiane for there's always because they don't think the fascinating story. and for more on this story you can check out dot com and our youtube channel that's d w documentary but here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the architect of france's controversial pension reform has resigned over alleged conflicts of interest the lavoisier departure comes 12 days into nationwide strikes against his plans which aims to plug a chronic deficit in the pension system now this is a blow to president emanuel mccrone whose government remains locked in a standoff with trade unions delegates from europe and the u.s. have attended a ceremony in belgium to mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bowl it was one of world war 2 his bloody is episodes in which u.s. forces defeated a german attempt to stop at vance the allied armies in december 1904. when there have been more violent protests in india over a contentious new citizenship wall the legislation provides a

and finding partners in europe again these efforts by this new evidence we have might know all be in jeopardy in the final do or could have been closed for him we will see christiane for there is always christiane thank you fascinating story. china's censorship machine is a fish and it's nothing out opposing voices especially when it comes to the hong kong pro-democracy protesters but those voices do exist our correspondent has the story of one man's mission to amplify those voices derry to dissent. after lunch i changed into a new set of clothes covered my face with a black mask and merged into the stream of black people. do i know why hong kong people are protesting i'm very clear about that do i know the risk of participating in these protests as a mainland very clearly yes if i get arrested i would likely be sent back to the mainland where i might simply evaporate into thin air nobody would see me alive again and if i died nobody would ever see my body. the testimony from china's mainland in support of the hong kong protests one of the voices the chinese government is trying to silence this man who calls himself midway dude is trying to make them heard he was

christiane and i got to listen to the witness statement great is a defense lawyer from cyprus 15 years ago he investigated the disappearance of the bellerose opposition politicians for the council of europe. is still following the cases today the council of europe scrutinizes human rights and all the more closely in the case of bella reuss the ability we have today to run the vince again investigation that iris seems very small. that's a problem well the. never approach if i would close the day when a problem investigation is conducted and there are findings as to up hold up and police disappear people it's impossible for these abductions and murders to have taken place without the concept to put it mildly of very very high your fish. and when i say very high your fish alice my mind goes to the president. who was he knew about it maybe he didn't know but i can be sure but i think he did not know. accusations that barely reach alexander lukashenko for many years the president of bella research was not welcome in the west that changed in nov 29th cheney. the austrian president received the dictator from minsk in vienna. it was local visit to an e.u. country in many years. and at the press

that historical map across europe begins in bulgaria in 2010 with an excavation that makes headlines around the world. buried beneath the ruins of a 5th-century orthodox christian monastery dedicated to john the baptist, a box the church believe contains relics of his bones. >> bulgaria was the first time that we'd really formerly investigated using modern scientific techniques a relic that was found in a place which had a very reliable context. >> and when the results of the carbon dating finally come in, they discover something truly remarkable. >> when the date came through, i -- my jaw was a little bit down on the floor. >> right there, 30 ad. that's when john the baptist is supposed to have died, and you can see the date fits right within that margin. >> 30 ad, a date consistent with the death of john the baptist. the dna results go even further, indicating the bones came from a middle eastern man. could these actually be the bones of john the baptist and a connection to what the bible points to, a possible blood link between john and jesus? i'm leah and that's me long before i had moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis. i've always been the ringleader ha

christian faith. and a good morning just gone 10 o'clock here in moscow you're watching international just as it reaches the final stage of construction russia's north trying to gas pipeline to europe is under threat one of the main companies involved has pulled out of the projects because of stinging new sanctions unleashed by the u.s. . you know the patient of the in the national defense authorization act one sees has suspended its new stream 2 point plan activities. and join me in the studio with more on the story. but at the trump administration sanctions have become a political tool of choice in the often simply automatic reaction to anything that the president takes issue with and this case is apparently no different because president trump has officially signed a bill which will require him to impose sanctions on any foreign companies and individuals which are involved in the building of nordstrom to now many of course no not soon to it is a huge $11000000000.00 venture it's a pipeline over 1000 kilometers long running from russia to germany and essentially it's going to flood the european continent with russian gas at a faster and cheaper rate than anything else currently a

christian salumi al-jazeera new york. now has some thank you very much to one of europe's most feared forwards a has stunned fans by securinga move to cut us top division. has a joint on a free transfer from eventis the coalition had been strongly linked with a move to manchester united now 33 has played for some of europe's biggest clubs including by munich an athletic woman that. now the northwest of england is a hotbed of woolfolk bull that includes live a poor man to city united a few kilometers away a club but that was one mighty has fallen this year barry f.c. or expelled from the english football league fans are holding on to hope that it can be with a directed the ports. right now it's the football it was like having a massive family all we want is just a quote to support the new the day that we feel. what is a football club who is it fall in the shadow of the famous manchester clubs in the northwest of england bury for 134 years bury football club was there for the people of the town they were feared by their bibles and drew big crowds very again that's not making one or twice they won the famous i cup they gave la

europe including as figures show how. in england we visit the center providing a lifeline for rough sleepers at christmas. let the christmas festivities begin thousands of christians descend on bethlehem the place they believe jesus was born but not everyone will be laid in. and on time the homeless now have all the sporting clearing bangladesh insist they want play their test series and next month. but are open to painting twenties and the country . we begin in syria where the battle for the last rebel stronghold has killed war civilians at least 8 people are dead after a syrian government strike targeted a school in libro displaced syrians had been sheltering in the school. but it was his tens of thousands of people have been fleeing their homes government forces and their russian allies are pushing deeper into turkey wants moscow to create a cease fire. really bad marriage they want to kill people before they escape here while we're packing the chit came in targeted us and killed a large number and injured others and a whole family is messing with mohamad a door is on the turkey syria border he says refugees are being left in a precarious position. well the hum

christian: i think you say something that is very true in the sense that central banking, through what it did after the global financial crisis, through getting into qe, europet bonds off the variance countries -- the various countries, exposed their way to politics. madame lagarde is someone with great political experience. she said she wants to involve not directly politics but in a review she says she wants to include civil society groups and the european parliament. this is where the journey, broadly speaking, is going. and i do think you make a fair point that even at the bank of england, the person who runs it has to have a certain abouttivity or savvy monetary policy. francine: she says she is an owl. it is a new -- is it a new stocks naming boxes idea? tryingan: i think she is to find a new bird, in the stereotyping between hawks and doves. an owl is an animal with very itd vision, and to even -- can fly at night, so i guess maybe she is trying to play on not being ideological but trying ,o be -- to have a strong view clarity. as i said, i am a bit overwhelmed. i will look into it over the vacation. francine: we will have plenty more on ecb policy. c