and germany has one of the lowest organ donation rates in europe and today parliament debates a controversial new law designed to make organ donations easier but critics say it poses an unprecedented violation of individual rights we'll talk about the ethical connections. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us we begin this program in australia where record heat and bushfires have been devastating that country weather conditions now threaten to swing from one extreme to the other heavy rain is bringing much needed relief to eastern australia although the fire services are saying the downpours will not extinguish all the blazes and authorities are warning that severe thunderstorms and rains well they could trigger flash flood. this comes as scientists predict more extreme weather events are on the horizon after the warmest decade ever recorded experts well they've been counted leading the effect of these massive bushfires and the effects they'll have on the global climate as well here's what they found. a thick haze blankets new south wales as exhausted crews continue to battle the wildfir

russia cross the black sea to turkey a 2nd section due to open in the future will supply southern europe germany entered the other world's 2 biggest consumers of russian natural gas. a group of barclays shareholders have filed what they're calling the 1st climate change resolution out of european bank they want the bank to stop financing energy firms that do not comply with the 2015 paris agreements climate's goals barclay's is the fossil fuel industries number one financial support group. more than 200 institutional investors are seeking nearly 1000000000 euros in damages from germany's dima the mercedez make a failed to disclose its vehicles have been fitted with software to cheat on emissions testing his share price tumbled after the scandal came to light in 2050. thousands of new jobs and a big image boost for the region it's still early days about tesla's planned gigafactory outside the germany's capitals berlin looks to be a big win for concerned it's also solidifies tesla's position as a campania turned major producer which is now rolling into the land of the inventor of the automobile. t

does believe the problem is dramatic in all of europe germany has the lowest number of organ donors the longest waiting lists and the highest number of patients whose lives are in danger if they do not receive an organ donation or. oddly this is the case even though more than 80 percent of germans a positive organ donations according to doctors one problem is that death and organ donation are in many families people simply don't talk about it and if it's not clear what the deceased would have wanted most relatives decided against organ donation or even when the patient wants to donate an organ often the donation doesn't take place so organs cannot be transplanted and presents on the waiting list. that was the case 900 times in 2018. when the day's almost on the conversation continues online to find us on twitter you can follow me and t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you that everybody. strong opinions clear position on the international perspectives. the middle east has once again been taken to the brink of war and back and all th

germany has one of the lowest organ donation rates in europe and today parliament is the baiting a controversial new law designed to make organ donations easier critics say it poses an unprecedented violation of individual rights we'll talk about the ethical dimensions. and speaker of the house nancy pelosi signs articles of impeachment against president they were then delivered to the senate where the trial will take place only the 3rd such trial in american history. and we meet the rapper from mozambique. not possess the street that would float with the big thing. as a guy who says he's not afraid of offending those in power no matter how much they try to silence critics of the book. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us scientists are warning that. more extreme weather events like wildfires and flooding are on the horizon after the warmest decade ever recorded now as australia continues to burn experts have calculated the effect that the massive bushfires there will have on the global climate we'll talk to a firefighter on the ground 1st we have this report a thick haze blankets new sout

germany has one of the lowest organ donation rates in europe and today parliament debates a controversial new law designed to make organ donations easier but critics say it poses and fund president in violation of individual rights to talk about the ethical dimensions. and the speaker of the house nancy pelosi signs articles of impeachment against president from it was unbeliever to the senate where the trial will take place only the 3rd such trial in american history. also coming up russia's government resigns the surprise move coming as president putin calls for reforms that could keep him in power well beyond the end of his term to get the details from moscow. our brian thomas great to have you with us scientists are worn. that more extreme weather events like wildfires and flooding are on the horizon after the warmest decade ever recorded as australia continues to burn asked bert's have calculated the effect that the massive bushfires will have on the global climate we'll talk to a veteran firefighter about that 1st we have this report the thick haze blankets new south wales as exhaus

you just described this other piece of legislation we know the problem that germany has the lowest organ donation rate in europe will that change now going forward. well one could hope so at the very least there has been an intense public debate about this that in itself raises awareness germany will put more funding into raising awareness and ironically when there was a scandal surrounding organ donations in 2012 with people illegally moving up the list even that led to more people signing up so yes there's a hope that more people will sign up but there is clearly still no legal obligation for people to be donors unless they say otherwise our chief political editor michelle who is now reporting at the bundestag for us thank you. let's get around now some of the other stories making headlines around the world russian lawmakers have approved. as prime minister. in a lower house vote than was chosen by president vladimir putin after russia's entire government resigned following putin's calls for political reform there is speculation that putin will take on a new role when his term ends in 2024. u.s. president don

germany currently has one of the lowest organ donor rates in europe talk about the ethical dimensions. and speaker of the house nancy pelosi signs articles of impeachment against president truong they were then delivered to the senate where the trial will take place only the 3rd such trial in u.s. history. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us scientists are warning that more extreme weather events like wildfires and flooding are on the horizon after the warmest decade ever recorded now as australia continues to burn experts have calculated the effect that the massive bushfires will have on the global climate we'll talk to an expert after this report. a thick haze blankets new south wales has exhausted crews continue to battle the wildfires there the vast cloud of smoke already extends across the pacific past south america but an invisible product of the flames could have a bigger long term impact on global warming the blazes are releasing vast amounts of c o 2 authorities at the u.n. say the problem is twofold fires emit carbon dioxide and obviously they burn up those very fores

does believe the problem is dramatic in all of europe germany has the lowest number of organ donors the longest waiting lists and the highest number of patients whose lives are in danger if they do not receive an organ donation or gone because. oddly this is the case even though more than 80 percent of germans a positive about organ donations according to doctors one problem is that death and organ donation are to many families people simply don't talk about it and if it's not clear what the deceased would have wanted most relatives decided against organ donation or even one of patients wants to donate an organ often the donation doesn't take place so organs cannot be transplanted and presents on the waiting list. that was the case 900 times in 2018. rain down poland are less house brought relief to southeastern australia after weeks of bush fires raging out of control bus riders have been celebrating although the fire service says the downforce will not put out all the blazes and the authorities are warning that severe thunderstorms and rains could trigger flash flooding this swing fro

there are other questions being asked in europe. germany is thinking about this problem.hat we know what the uk is doing. it might well be that this will influence those countries. so if australia is not using huawei, what is itjason? i believe it is looking at alternatives at the moment, but it is not clear yet how they will play catch up. they will probably have to look to the existing suppliers. joe hancock, zoe kleinman, thank you very much. much more on that decision coming up here after two o'clock. the headlines on bbc news: the government has decided to allow the chinese telecoms company, huawei to have a limited role in the development of the uk's 5g mobile network. broadcaster and host of radio a'sjust a minute, nicholas parsons, has died aged 96 after a short illness. a report says the salary threshold for skilled migrants coming to britain should be lowered to just over £25,500 a year. more now about the death of nicholas parsons, the veteran radio and tv entertainer who's died at the age of 96. many entertainers who knew him have been paying tribute. the broa

session in the bundestag at an annual event to remember the victims of nazi germany he warned of the rise of anti-semitism in europe echoing germany's president who sat at the evils of the past or returning in a new guy. and let's bring in our chief political editor michelle accuser she's been following all of this for us at the bundestag. this commemoration is being held as we said against this backdrop of rising anti-semitism in germany and elsewhere tell us how important this is. well that's very much been the tone of all the speeches we've heard so far we also heard from the president of german parliament. he said that there can be no healing by being silent about auschwitz and that projection into the future by germany's president. steinmeier who said that if you want to understand those crimes meaning there's nazi crimes in particular auschwitz is crimes those routes that lead to the gates of our spirits and if you follow them back they lead right into government offices back then just around the corner from here in berlin and that's been the overarching concern that the lessons have been theoretically learne

does but the problem is dramatic in all of europe germany has the lowest number of organ donors the longest waiting lists and the highest number of patients whose lives are in danger if they do not receive an organ donation or. oddly this is the case even though more than 80 percent of germans a positive about organ donations according to doctors one problem is that death and organ donation are in many families people simply don't talk about it and if it's not clear what the deceased would have wanted most relatives decided against organ donation or even one of patients wants to donate an organ often the donation doesn't take place so organs cannot be transplanted and presents on the waiting list. that was the case 900 times in 2018. we spoke with. lots of back about these moves. so it's a lot about he failed to get a majority in parliament for a turnaround in organ donor policy why do you think it failed unfortunately is the debate turned around into the directions of we were concerned about let's. infringe on the rights for those who. donate and we did not really put enough emphasis on th

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ask you there what about the credibility of the german chancellor i mean it's it's clear that europe and germany don't want another migration crisis like we had in 2015 and they don't want one coming from libya which would explain why they want to do something in libya does the german chancellor in your opinion is she the one leader right now who has the credibility to get people to make promises that they will keep. john has a great appreciation at least a 1000000 times those of us just honestly at the very least it's a trial is not being called into question any moment given the announced that there's been a conference for over 4 months and so i think it's the adequate forum but the question really is and certainly angular merkel is you know has all the credibility that any good should enjoy when they're trying to host a conference that there's but the real question is is that adequate political will in europe can emanate from germany and at it from that meeting because to be frank we're going to have this meeting of scott my months ago at the participants are all members of internationally th

reflecting on what's happening today in germany but also in europe precisely because the holocaust commemoration comes at a time when sadly there is a resurgence of anti-semitism in many parts of the world including germany how has that been addressed in the speeches today. well i think this one was one of the main topics here of this gathering of those leaders on the one hand the common ration of what happened 75 years ago commemorating the anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz but also addressing the rise of the 7 to csma not just also racism and discrimination and i talked to some of the holocaust survivors and they said to me it's very important to them that the speaker has a do address the issue they're bent through all this and they want this to be addressed but they also were a bit concerned that this might be a very symbolic event it's very important for them that this happened but they also of course want action to be taken on your claim of reporting from jerusalem thank you. and i have to speak with some of the other stories making news around the world. the german government has

germany's e.u. presidency coming up in the 2nd half of 2020 machall needs to mend the strategically important marriage with france to fulfill her key aim a united europe that can stand up to an increasingly dominant china back home her own party worry that her refusal to actively back a successor could weaken germany's position speaking of political leadership i think she. should think about supporting someone so to give. the germans and the europeans and everybody out there who could play also a role for stability in that someone is still widely tipped to be his successor as party leader anika it's come catherine also defense minister she recently called for a more active role for german troops on the world stage she offers the kind of clout . and have lately been missing at the top i see only one deficiency that's the look of a national strategy which shows more trope transparency about drum and interests and german strengths and weaknesses the current german chancellor isn't a lame duck yet but the clouds of a long goodbye are hanging over her office in berlin it's an open secret here that the main reason why angola machall can to ride out her coal

or europe. germany has a limit. if you read books of capitalists, you have to put a limit on what you can spend. germany has that in their ko constitution now we can't spend the money of the next generation. that's easy. as a businessman, you are politicians. people are living now, not in the future >> it is an interesting dilemma for italy because that is a high debt load country with very little economic growth how do you think about how to stimulate the growth picture >> i think i agree about that. >>> welcome back to "street signs. we are live from davos i'm joumanna bercetche >> and we are live from london these are your headlines >> european stocks see red as the coronavirus outbreak worsens. authorities are acting fast. >> we have international cooperation and transparency on what is happening in china now, actually, china is dealing with it and the countries that had a case are dealing with it in the proper way. >>> president trump takes the fight to davos u.s. treasury leader says the u.s. will go ahead with

think what all of them like you to emphasize is the need to find anti semitism in the world in europe in germany that is continuing today and rising again in fact because amongst others of the rise of the far right wing political parties across the world and also in europe also here in germany who opened the door to and just simply take sentiment also the internet is a place where such sentiment is much easier much much more easily expressed sense much more much more difficult to prosecute and i think we need to talk about islamic history extremism as well which also has an element of anti-semitism in it so those warnings will be issued today but in essence it's a ceremony in memory of those hundreds of thousands who were murdered in this place and in honor of a couple of 100 survivors who will be there today it is very much today about the survivors isn't it hans let's take a look now at the story of one of the few remaining survivors here is the story of the v. living at home in his one bedroom apartment in berlin god living lives here alone his wife has moved to a nursing home he's one of the

is split over its alliances officially the tripoli based government has the backing of europe including germany but italian prime minister because if a contact met general haftar earlier this month rome sees him as crucial in stemming the flow of migrants across the mediterranean. and france's concerns over terrorism as well as its interests in libya's oil wealth has put it at odds with the e.u.'s official line there are claims it's given covert military help to general hafta. earlier this week peace talks in moscow broke down. despite many interests at stake and the players involved germany seems to turman to pursue its mediation role but even if a ceasefire is agreed the road to peace looks a long way off. so. why is germany investing so much effort in the peace process. well because libya is very much the front of the european union german chancellor angela merkel her name stands for stability and that's exactly what she wants to see in a country that is a major gateway for migration but which is also referred to by the south held region states which are just south of libya you fear that thi

against against anti-semitism be praised germany for for taking the lead in europe in campaigns against. the semitism xenophobia. germany's involvement in trying to solve the refugee crisis john just briefly because we also have this week the 75th. anniversary of the commemoration of the liberation of auschwitz we saw that you know many of the survivors they are elderly it will soon be that they will no longer be able to tell their stories in person how do you think that that is going to impact these commemorations that we have been seeing all these years well i thought that was made this these commemorations very particularly poignant i'm sure you did too when you were watching them many of those people of course realize that these are the last commemorative sermon is that they will be able to attend and there was an urgency i think in a number of the speeches a sense that they need to pass on the best on to to the younger generation they the young people or the people today who have to decide what kind of world they want to live in to thank you. now the european p

axel: there is clearly a turnaround in europe. germany is improving, italy is improving.yed affects of tariffs were introduced and not removed the trade agreement. at the same time, some of the stimulus from the past is having an effect now, including monetary policy. we are not as optimistic as some of the participants here. last year, everyone was very pessimistic. i was not and it turned out to not be such a bad year. a middle down the road is where i would play this year. >> how helpful is the u.s.-china trade phase one deal? we heard from president trump yesterday, he seemed to actually not want to antagonize europe with extra tariffs. no, so i think the way it has been set up is it will be very hard to reach a phase to deal. it is more of a signal -- phase deal. is more of a signal that the u.s. and china have agreed to address the current state of trade between them. china importing more from the u.s. in a year vital for president trump for his reelection. at the same time, i think they will go separate ways on technology in some of the more difficult questions. yo

is split over its alliances officially the tripoli based government has the backing of europe including germany but italian prime minister because if a contact met general huffed earlier this month rome sees him as crucial in stemming the flow of migrants across the mediterranean. and france's concerns over terrorism as well as its interests in libya's oil wealth has put it at odds with the e.u.'s official line there are claims it's given covert military help to general hof to. earlier this week peace talks in moscow broke down. despite many interests at stake and the players involved germany seems to term and to pursue its mediation role that even if a ceasefire is agreed the road to peace looks a long way off. now that peace is laid out the fact there just days ago general half hour walked away from peace talks in russia just days ago so that might give some observers the sense that there's very little confidence you should have that resolution will be reached today while at the same time we have to say that just on the eve of these talks general huffed and his supporters blocked the exports

officially the tripoli based government has the backing of europe including germany but italian prime minister because if a contest met general haftar earlier this month rome sees him as crucial in stemming the flow of migrants across the mediterranean. and france's concerns over terrorism as well as its interests in libya's oil wealth has put it at odds with the e.u.'s official line there are claims it's given covert military help to gen hof to. earlier this week peace talks in moscow broke down. despite many interests at stake and the players involved germany seems to turman to pursue its mediation role that even if a ceasefire is agreed the road to peace looks a long way off. we are continuing to wait dignitaries arriving to meet with angle or merkel the u.n. secretary general antonio gutierrez and a host of other foreign dignitaries who are all convening here in berlin to try to hammer out some sort of a deal between the 2 warring factions in libya to try to at least get a cease fire so that further down the line they can come to some sort of long term resolution to all of this in

is split over its alliances officially the tripoli based government has the backing of europe including germany that italian prime minister just separate contests met general half earlier this month rome sees him as crucial in stemming the flow of migrants across the mediterranean and france's concerns over terrorism as well as its interests in libya's oil wealth has put it odds with the e.u.'s official line there are claims it has given covert military help to general haftar earlier this week peace talks in moscow broke down despite the many interests at stake and the players involved germany remains determined to pursue its mediation role but even if a ceasefire is agreed the road to peace looks like a very long one. what does look like that moment has arrived we see world leaders including german chancellor angela merkel taking the stage now at that press conference we have been expecting that and we will course bring you that press conference as soon as it starts talking we do understand there has been some sort of agreement reached there but for the center of the you know looking contingen

is split over its alliances officially the tripoli based government has the backing of europe including germany but italian prime minister because if a contest met general earlier this month rome sees him as crucial in stemming the flow of migrants across the mediterranean. and france's concerns over terrorism as well as its interests in libya's oil wealth has put it at odds with the e.u.'s official line there are claims it's given covert military help to general hafta. earlier this week peace talks in moscow broke down. despite many interests at stake and the players involved germany seems to term and pursue its mediation role that even if a ceasefire is agreed the road to peace looks a long way off. so that's a good lawyer. i have to ask you we saw general huff to walk away from talks in russia earlier this week how likely is it that a positive agreement despite the news that you're getting right now there that there actually is room for compromise. well nobody here can really afford to walk away from the table without some kind of hour to come you see the process is and as we learned here fr

is split over its alliances officially the tripoli based government has the backing of europe including germany but italian prime minister because if a contact met general haftar earlier this month rome sees him as crucial in stemming the flow of migrants across the mediterranean. and france's concerns over terrorism as well as its interests in libya's oil wealth has put it at odds with the e.u.'s official line there are claims it's given covert military help to gen hof to. earlier this week peace talks in moscow broke down. despite many interests at stake and the players involved germany seems to turman to pursue its mediation role but even if a ceasefire is agreed the road to peace looks a long way off. we're turning now to me from arabic let's just say that there is some sort of agreement that gets hashed out here in berlin during the summit what are the chances that there will be then a real consequence on the ground that we will see a peace cease fire actually implemented i don't think that the cease fire will be implemented because as i've said it before the thing is that there are too ma

officially the tripoli based government has the backing of europe including germany but italian prime minister because that because met general huffed earlier this month rome sees him as crucial in stemming the flow of migrants across the mediterranean. and france's concerns over terrorism as well as its interests in libya's oil wealth has put it at odds with the e.u.'s official line there are claims it's given covert military help to general hof to. earlier this week peace talks in moscow broke down. despite many interests at stake and the players involved germany seems to time and pursue its mediation role that even if a ceasefire is agreed the road to peace looks a long way off. returning now with my colleague mona hafnium with arabic we're waiting to see if there wasn't deed some sort of agreement made tonight here in berlin what do you think i mean how likely is it that any sort of potential agreement that comes out here will have any real consequences on the ground i don't think there will be any real consequences because what is happening in reality does not have much to do wit

stream to gas pipelines to gas pipeline currently under construction from russia into germany to provide the whole of europe with the russian with the russian gas it was a major it is i should say a major bone of contention between germany europe and the united states because washington sees that washington doesn't want this doesn't want to see this pipeline it doesn't want this pipeline to be built so it has for instance european countries european contract as the sanctions it has threatened them with sanctions and while european contract has had to pull out in the face of this threat of lattimer putin has stressed that russia is able and will finish the construction of this pipeline on its own you just said that while the finish the end of construction will be delayed by a few months because of that but also angela merkel that she has stressed how important this project for germany and from her standpoint to the whole of europe to here's what she had to say about it. this is 1st and foremost in a canonic project we consider it to be the right thing to do and after today's discussion with president putin i

our studio hi john we heard there that there is this factor of rising anti-semitism across europe here in germany what else did we hear in the but aside today on that well i think it's really interesting because usually this is national commemoration of course usually the emphasis is on the past and then looking towards the future too hard to prevent and symbolism future and i thought it was interesting that in both speeches the one by the the german president franco to steinmeyer and also by rivlin the president the emphasis was very much on now not just on the past there is a very real rise documented rise of anti-semitism particularly among. white young males internationally. the movements linked through the internet and so on and so there is a very real urgency in addressing the question now so you mentioned the speech from the german president by this time i let's listen to what he had to say on this topic even to this country i wish i could say with conviction especially in the presence of our guests from israel that we germans have understood. the becoming as not how could i say that when

to europe, germany's dax up slightly while the united kingdom's ftse100 finished lower as business leadersher in davos, switzerland. brent crude is trading above $65 a barrel today, touching its highest price since january 9th. higher than $66 a barrel. two large crude production base withs in libya have been shut down due to a military blockade. you have at this moment supply disruptions where armed rebel forces shut down pipelines. you could argue this is a civil war. libya is an opec member. we're watching that situation very closely. we have opening arguments underway for the u.s. extradition trial of huawei chief financial officer, this is happening in vancouver, canada, just as we speak. in the courtroom we understand that her representative, her lawyer has said the fraud charges are a complete fraud. now, the u.s. has charged the chinese telecom executive with bank fraud and misleading banks about huawei's dealings in iran despite u.s. sanctions. she is the daughter of huawei's founder, she has denied all charges, and for more than a year she has been under house arrest in vancouver

officially, the tripoli-based government has the backing of europe including germany.taly has openly supported the general who it sees as crucial in stemming the flow of migrants across the mediterranean and france's concerns over terrorism as well as interest in libya's oil wealth has put it at odds with the eu's official line. there are claims it has given covert military help to the governor -- general. earlier, peace talks in moscow broke down. despite the many interests at stake and the players involved, germany seems determined to pursue its mediation role. even if a cease-fire is agreed, the road to peace looks long and bumpy. brent: if there is a road to peace. to talk about that, i am joined by the director of libya's first public policy think tank. he joins me from london. we spoke a few days ago about the cease-fire peace talks breaking down in moscow. is there any reason to believe that here in berlin they will be able to achieve what they could not achieve in moscow? >> i am still uncertain about those things and i think it depends on what kind of offer is