to promote world peace as an equal partner in a united europe if it works and. for germany europe is not only nice to have a problem it's not only important when other partnerships wilt it is our strongest our most fundamental national interest. today and tomorrow europe is the indispensable framework for us to assert ourselves in the world. europe is and will remain 70 years on from the end of the war i'm not the only successful response to the challenges posed by our history and geography but if the european project fails. the lessons of german and maybe a few appear in history will be tied into question a number of both together. make europe's a vitally important for us only in and through europe was germany able to stop oscillating between rampant power politics and cultural who press. this united europe will only survive. if we regard it as the most concrete repository for german responsibility in the region i say it openly here at this conference which is devoted to security issues i say and is that all the dangers that face germany i see none greater than that our ge

well in 600 people willed wide have now died as a result of contracting the corona virus here in europe germany and britain have announced new cases of the disease china's capital beijing is not at the center of the outbreak but correspondent found its streets and squares deserted as the government attempts to bring the virus back under control. a rare sight in the dry winters of beijing the gate to the forbidden city covered in snow a few people have come out to take in this spectacle but getting inside is out of the question just like almost all public facilities beijing's most famous historic site remains closed i think it's good that the government took these measures we support them we depreciate even strength to measure is your. business activity has largely come to a halt across much of the capital this is usually a bustling commercial street lots of souvenir shops not shops tourists who visit beijing usually come to spend time here today and the only one. every day human interaction has become suspicious this shop asked its customers to stay outside and communicate their needs from the

viviana: francine, we begin with more data out of europe. germany's economy is facing more pressure. many factors are bring about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. is latest pmi is showing it still in contraction as expectations for out that are dropping. and france, the service sector is driving economic growth to an unexpected pickup overall. that is as the nation fell back into contraction. here in the united states on for election day, ads president trump will take over youtube's homepage. that the has learned campaign has purchased the coveted page. targeting for a specific audience. the top spot on youtube is more a canned, a super bowl tv ad, to give you some context. coalition talks after spain complicated a search for a prime minister appeared all of the main candidates failing to muster enough support to form a government, including the current pm. continue.egotiations in germany, chancellor angela tokel vowing decisive action combat racism after 11 people were killed in shootings that appeared to be white ring -- right-wing extremism.

to replace will not replace uncle america an announcement that is sending shock waves across germany and europe and the question why the open again who will lead germany when merkel steps down next year can germany can europe wait that long does the news today bring the era of america to a screeching halt i'm burned off in berlin this.

i'm lame glad you could join me a major winter storm is bearing down on germany and other parts of europe after already battering the british isles germany's entire long distance rail network is down and people across the region are advised to stay indoors. a blustery day at the beach in the belgian port of us stand despite the high winds walkers were out in force no swimming ones the sign not that many appeared keen to take a dip. in the capital brussels the elements hammering buildings exposed to the storm's fury. in ireland go away was forced to cancel the opening ceremony for its year is european city of culture the aptly named wild atlantic way on the west coast also taking a pounding. flooding in the north of england caused extensive damage to rural towns and villages as the storm battered britain there's been widespread transport disruption with emergency services warning people to travel only if absolutely necessary. there were chaotic scenes at london train stations travelling simply unable to reach their destinations. county there was some muslim capacity so close so now me but

content on a national level will make players more attractive to private equity >> if you look at europe, germanyitzerland and more, the corporate culture is against being taken over by private equity they look at private equity as the enemy. they wouldn't be open to having those discussions. >> you've mentioned the uk there. if i could pivot, i know you've increased european reads in recent months. in the uk, when you look at uk asset prices, what do you think about asset prices in the uk is this an area where private equity will be looking >> i would say more of a long opportunity. we've seen this for instance where a lot of companies can be improved a lot in terms of allocation th for companies operating in asia and u.s. should probably be under separate entities and be worth more and better run. >> juliana mentioned you have short positions in european retailer i'm wondering, given the impact potentially on coronavirus, on retailers, you see these towns in italy under quarantine. you see the impact and shoppers not being able to go out and buy what they want presumably that is good news for t

let's look at what is going on in europe. germany higher as well as the ftse 100 france is higher by a half a percent. joining me now, gibbs wealth management with the exception of what is going on in japan. what would you say is the reason they are able to shrug off concerns >> it is not surprise we are able to get some green days, as well as the u.s. fundamentals in the u.s. are strong it is all about trying to dive in and figure out what industries are most vulnerable with the slow down and how quickly this is going to be resolved so far, i think there are major concerns the jan inflation numbers are concerning that they are only starting to ask for help to contain this spread is something we'll have to worry about i don't think it is time to get in i don't see it as the ultimate low or the dip just yet. >> what i'm parsing through is the impact of companies like, say, apple, only 10% of the workers are there. we know it is the lunar new year so it is slower already and perhaps that is a blessing in surprise >> i know it looks che

ministers which additional measures that europe does germany need to prevent the corona opec to devolve into a real pandemic 1st of all what we do need isn't quite a net approach in europe and internationally and that is why we are very much engaged in coordinating within the european union like today within the council or within the g 7 that we have calls of the health minister for for example and what is important is actually that we prepare and that we try to retard to actually much as possible that the virus reaches other regions than china and is affecting it as much as it is china so far just regional epidemic outbreak in china but we need to be sure that it does not become a real epidemic drug wide and if so a pandemic worldwide if so we need to be prepared to regarding research around therapies and and vaccination we need to prepare to be appropriate in what we know about the wires every week we have to prepare helps us to know more about how an infectious that is actually how severe it can get for the patients and all of these actions actually are focusing on this getting gaini

but brits living in europe or in germany the young son triggered a flood of applications for drum and citizenship in a race to beat the brits a deadline. elizabeth wood it's back to her school time studying habits a british national she's learning about the german constitution for her upcoming german citizenship test she's determined to keep the e.u. rights that allowed her to move to berlin on a whim 8 years ago. i'm just trying to do all i can and should the bust happen so i'm trying to apply for a german passport as well is it going to keep my push possible. elizabeth good as one of over 100000 brits living in germany. they now face a 3 month waiting list if they want to apply for german citizenship here. if applicants meet the requirements at the moment they can still get a german passport and keep their british one but when britain leaves the e.u. things could get more complicated they may have to give up one to get the other. in these uncertain times britons abroad can find comfort at broken english dale carr opened the berlin food and gift store over 20 years ago and she has al

there is a lot at stake in europe. germany the engine of europe is going to be spinning its wheels and looking very inward for the next 18 months. who are the front runners succeed angela merkel now? chris: since angela merkel came out a few minutes ago and said she was going to insert herself into the process of choosing her successor, the process will be led by akk, but her political capital is used up. by angela merkel saying she will play a role, that means another centrist approach to the party, very much in the angela merkel mode. leadingsense, the candidate is probably the head of the state chapter and the minister president. he is very much a centrist. runner.obably the front again, it could be people we do not know coming out of the woodwork. other leading contenders, jans spahn is from the conservative side, the you have an old nemesis of angela merkel -- and then you have an old nemesis of angela merkel. with angela merkel inserting herself in the process, it probably makes the right-wing candidates, it makes it mor

said the following about it i'm skeptical of nordstrom too but it is still russian gas that europe needs germany has more than 2 thirds of its gas supplies from russia which cannot be discussed away so you want to have your cake and eat it 1st of all the americans should come down because they import. billions of barrels nor but millions of barrels of russian oil and they should come down and look at europe and also come down there's an open letter from 60 member of parliament from 5 political groups who wrote the following to agel americal choose the european way and not the germany way 1st your government is allowing a major rift between the e.u. member countries to remarks on that i was not defending or stream to since 2012 until last year but due to the dramatic development in the german energy change we need really no stream to move to cause otherwise we could not achieve our own energy so you're prepared to play your energy security to russia our energy security is really the mistake was done 15 years ago when chancellor schroeder went into russian services and therefore we have made these

of course one of the banks in europe, in germany is calling for jer mn government to create a little tle help, a little stimulus money and the reason of course is because europe isn't doing very well we have the japanese economy toying with recessionary levels, parts of europe like germany, who are very close to recessionary levels with regard to their gdp reads, as are thing a regalts. in the end, it shouldn't be shocking to anyone that interest rates are low. but the pool of negative interest rates continues to grow and even in the u.s. with the stock market cracking out wards -- records, not necessarily today, interest rates continue to walk along the bottom line. a one-year chart of ten-year note deal, look at the congestion right there between 1.46, which was september and october, a bunch of bottoms in the low 1.50s, recently a botto on january 31st around 1.50. the reason these are all so important is because we have so much congestion at such historically low yields, pretty much everybody is just assuming it's matter of which session we take it out. here's ten-year notes going

africa summit and that's one thing and germany is also present taking over the presidency of the european. council of europe and so that's going to be an opportunity for germany to take charge and of course they need to be able to probably have the buy in from people from different industries in terms of the strategy that they want to go with the european partners and then of course hopefully get their you know european partners buy in and then have that strategy once they have the e.u. africa summit later this year bella thank you very much for that update. dimas profits have fallen by nearly 2 thirds last year that's the devastating. admission the german carmaker. lenny has to make tuesday morning the diesel crisis trumps trade war and the move towards electric have hit a bottom line hard time a boss all a colonias attempted to downplay the disappointing figures with comforting phrases like investments in new technologies and special expenses profits in $29000.00 was 64 percent lower than the previous year at $2700000000.00 euros the results are much worse than expected if you not feelin a game as it were

in a major winter storm is sweeping across germany and other parts of northern europe after battering the british isles germany's entire long distance rail network. work is down and people across the region are going to fall is to stay indoors. you're watching t.v. news from berlin coming up next to morrow today at the science magazine i'll be back a complex hour with more extreme weather so lucky. to researchers in stuttgart playing ball the hard way. but it's what's inside these concrete spheres recounts. hollow moments for construction harmony and economical and they are surprisingly durable. tomorrow today. on. they were forced into a nameless mass of their bodies mere tools. the history of the slave trade is africa's history. it just drives home the greed for power and profit plummeted an entire continent into chaos and violence the slave system created the greatest player and accumulation of wealth a world had ever seen up to that. from its very beginnings until this very day human trafficking has shaped the more. this is the journey back into the history of slavery i think will

and luxembourg luxembourg even has provisions covering minors a few other countries in europe austria finland germany and switzerland do allow assisted suicide but only in extreme situations all other e.u. member states for bid assisted suicide in any form the topic is controversial and hotly debated among lawmakers but public opinion is often less divided 70 percent of all germans say they want the right to decide for themselves when and how they will die. w.'s cheap political editor mckay there is following this story for us germany's constitutional court has just issued its ruling i understand what does the verdict mean talk about the verdict 1st war and what it means for people in germany who want assistance in ending their own lives of us what it means it will now most likely get easier again the constitutional court overturned a law from 2017 which banned any kind of commercial assisted suicide and that it didn't matter whether any money was involved it meant that any assisted suicide with an intention to repeat it so even if dr who on the basis of his own conscience decided to help and assist

protection of europe for generations germany must do more. and not so diplomatic attack on the alliance partner that has not invested the agreed 2 percent of its g.d.p. on defense. the german foreign minister had to try to explain why his wealthy country wasn't prepared to spend more on european security. and know that our budget jury bro says it's sometimes difficult for outsiders to understand i believe we're not just for them however we made a firm commitments to invest more money and defense. and we intend to keep all words. we in europe know that we can take our security for granted. a rather modest show of strength from the foreign minister. left the meeting by the back door to avoid unwanted questions a fitting image of germany's appearance at the nato summit. germany has already promised its allies at 3 summits to raise military spending as agreed the defense ministry would like to see a hefty rise to $54700000000.00 euros a year but the finance ministry has other plans even one spending to drop in the coming years to 44200000000 that

which places will see a bigger economic fallout from the coronavirus, pretty much everyone has europe and germany ahead of the u.s. facing a bigger drop. what has happened since late january, when the markets have woken up to the risk? the ten-year treasury has dropped much more than the bund. how transparent would you say companies have been in reflecting the coronavirus threat? dennis: i would give them credit for being as transparent as they can be. they are operating with as much information as we are. i give them credit for being upfront about it. havewhat we can tell, they been pretty transparent about the impact. it is going to be there. they know as little as we know. amanda: luke, what do you think? how much moreknow we could expect, but bringing it back to the fundamental picture, t, when housing is going up, americans are getting jobs, it is easy to feel confident about the u.s. economy. you have some numbers released this morning that were pretty strong. that all seems pretty good. on the other hand, it seems like there should be some reaction showing up in 2020 earnings estimates to

see, the only thing i would say that the iranian airline mahan air was banned by germany first and a lot of people in europe and others said, you know, i don't think that's a very good but they quickly followed germany, so when germany banned mahan air we quickly saw the french do it and we saw the italians do it and now the spanish are focused on it, i think that leadership in germany is really what we are seeing and that many people in europe like it. arthel: i want to wrap up with brexit, what's next for europe post brexit, what's next for europe post brexit? >> look, i think from u.s. perspective we would like to see a united europe, that's a group that -- that view it is world the same we do in terms of human rights and democracy and the rule of law, but we certainly need a united europe that's with the west and so i think the europeans are going to have to figure out how do they move more quickly, how do they not let brussels in 27 countries bog them down or slow them down, figure out how to move more quickly and be with the west and if they don't do that they will be left behind and certainly with th

an announcement that is sending shock waves across germany and europe and the question why the open again who will lead germany when merkel steps down next year can germany can europe wait that long does the news today bring the air of america to a screeching halt i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. i will not run for chancellor. i acknowledge this decision today with the greatest respect. it's an absolute bombshell shot for the cd and i think this is a very tricky situation for all policy i mean it would be a difficult time. i would add that i regret it. has to clear up its relationship with right wing extremists itself it's also a new time of instability for the cd possibly for the federal government. also coming up a 1st but not america 1st at the oscars last night it was history making show business and the politics of showing up the politicians it told me only have 45 seconds appear which is 45 seconds more than the senate gave john bolton this week . i. put to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and around the world that welcome but we begin the day here in germany the d

and often goes into local schools to talk about the importance of world war ii and freeing europe from nazi germany. in 2013, he wrote a book outlining his story before, during, and after the war while discussion the six pillars of having good carketerks trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. the french legion of honor is the highest military honor in france and i could not be more proud they have awarded it to mr. grassy of the first congressional district of georgia. congratulations on your award, mr. grassy. thank you for sharing your experience, knowledge, and passion with people of all ages in savannah. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 3:30 >> over the weekend house speaker nancy pelosi addressed the national governors' association winter meeting and talked about funding for infrastructure and paying down the deficit, the cost of prescription drugs and how congress can work with governors.

to i mean view this the same as the flu with most of all since the outbreak of infections in europe and germany the situation has worsened considerably. besides the point. also coming up at the berlin film festival alewife time achievement award goes to a woman known as the queen of british cinema. it's helen mirren we did all the act is triple an author and me a teddy now she can add a gold that at least that's coming up on the day. when to our viewers watching on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome but we begin the day with new cases of the coronavirus that have doctors puzzled in california and here in germany the 1st cases have been reported of people who became infected but not by any known. the means of trans mission now that is an unsettling new mystery as the world prepares for more corona virus outbreaks germany and california are now reporting as we said the 1st cases of the coronavirus that have no obvious means of transmission today the world health organization said that efforts to stop the virus have never been as important as they are now this is what we

no news from europe and germany last night, one event after the other is being cancelled.night. things like the olympics, of course, a massive question. there have been talks for a long time whether you can actually have it. it is a really big question, is it on to become a pandemic or not? it is the responsibility of the government to ta ke responsibility of the government to take those decisions. henry, i want to ask you something slightly more broader and cultural. xenophobia, we have seen a big problem with ethnic chinese citizens abroad. have you felt hurt? funny that you ask, i was just backing in the us and flying. i was very conscious just backing in the us and flying. i was very conscious of the fact that i was trying to do ain't looking healthy at all times are not coughing or sniffling on the flight. they were already people with surgical masks on, people taking precautions. i think there has been a reported drop in, for example, people going to chinese restaurants, just feeling that this is somehow so you can if that all chinese people of any heritage, stripe o

appear to show 3 more cases of the coronavirus the corona virus has spread to 8 countries in europe including germany france and the u.k. happenstance. well some news just coming in from turkey where the interior minister has announced that at least 7 people have died after an earthquake struck right on the border with iran this is the province avan 5 other people were injured and this is one of the most seismically active parts of the world so again at least 7 people have died there are others that have been injured and we're going to be keeping across that particular quake in eastern turkey as more details become available. still to come here at al-jazeera. a call for reconciliation in south sudan as rival leaders for me unity government in an effort to end is a civil war. the big. hello and welcome to international weather forecast as we look at the weather across europe we've got yet another area of low pressure heading in towards the u.k. it's going to bring some precipitation which can be quite heavy both rain and snow during the course of sunday. system moves in ahead of it there's a weak link

economy was already on the project will ground the ground coming into this especially here in europe italy germany were on the brink of recession this could really. them are pretty ads. a lot of people are expecting policymakers central banks to step in but there's really only so much that that could do it's really more of a band-aid on this issue. delineate the frankfurt stock exchange thank you. now china has perhaps the most advanced system of censorship in the world the internet and news media are tightly controlled but there is widespread anger over the government's attempts to suppress warnings about the corona virus outbreak and then cover up the death of the doctor behind those warnings did as much as putting a spoke to one activist who's put his personal freedom at risk to take the government to task over it it is of course approval cation few people in china would dare to walk around with a who did openly demanding freedom of speech yet since the outbreak of the coronavirus would ya is far from alone in taking issue with china's censorship. i think in the whole world you won't find a bet

europe. dortmund are one team in germany who get extra noise by design. but in the uk, standing has a more painful history. it was one of the factors behind the hillsborough disaster, and led to football grounds in the top divisions going all—seater but, such is football culture, some fans continue to stand, and four years ago celtic were the first british team to trial rail seats. west brom tried to be the first

even given europe's powerhouses germany and france want to see a real knowledge a new beginning partly a move away from the united states and on saying stuff or been that are our closest ally the united states of america under the current government and also rejects the idea of an international community they aim to be great again and again if need be not at the expense of neighbors and partners if we have a most in common with the united states freedom and so on so this is why we fight together numerous was but is not quite what america wants but we need to develop our own strategy. has to develop a willingness to act to really act not to be doing commons and saying every day that we had really very much concerned extremely. we should be able to act washington doesn't want to see change and spent the weekend trying to convince its partners that the best days of their alliance is still to come i'm happy to report that the death of the transatlantic alliance is grossly over exaggerated. the west is winning we are collect. are we winning the west is winning freedom a democracy when the w

$800.00 new cases bringing the total there to over $3000.00 and contagion is also widening in europe here in germany people who have come into contact with confirmed cases of a primary school have been asked to stay at home in italy meanwhile entire towns remain sealed off and france has banned a large events over virus fears. earlier we asked dr margaret harris from the world health organization about possible vaccines for the corona virus. normally a vaccine takes years to develop we've certainly we've put together an emergency collaboration of scientists we put this together actually after the great west african outbreak of ebola because we realized being able to accelerate something like a vaccine made an enormous difference in being being able to stop an outbreak and we've got something called the research and development blueprint which allows us to get moving very quickly how if you still have to test any vaccine in healthy people and you have to test that for some time to ensure there are no serious side effects because o.b. nothing worse than having something that cause more harm you must m

the virus is also still spreading in europe here in germany people who have come into contact with confirmed cases have been asked to stay at home in italy entire towns remain sealed off as the country struggles to stop the spread of the disease. settling into new routines self quarantine or even look down are seeing more and more people stay at home in the hope of avoiding the coronavirus many trying to maintain normal life as best as they can in italy julia mackey is holding her classes online asking her pupils file a video link about their homework. selfie to the family the students are happy taking pos in online classes because they don't have to get up early to get public transport or get called outside we are lax it may seem upset but students are happier doing classes this way than at school if i did it so to cause the kennel in our school our. marquee is a teacher in a tone north of milan that is now under quarantine the school organizes virtual classes for its 450 students so they can keep up with their work in the west german city of heinsberg parents were told to keep small childr

be a reallocation market share in industries which i don't dance to the most heavily prong europe and from germany and so we've got to lead what will be the extent of these allegations in trade diversion effects and the e.u. like neville we estimate that about $11000000000.00 us dollars hurt wouldn't be lost in comparison to my account of the actions or not you're going to grant you want with $200.00 or and or critically and this is just phase one that has been signed by the united states and china do you see more trouble ahead. still there are many aspects to this 1st is that where you are already eaten are treated gone public don't want to. leave the vividly the ever subsidy dispute we often look at us as blocking the plane into the not to do applicability there are 3 daily doubts don't steal an admin you. and a class trip the tabs on your view of the city only you know just interject here that it's a so the idea the idea to to for a countermeasure would be a trade deal between the un charter and the united states the best countermeasure. so that that wouldn't be here and i do you think how do y

at london's heathrow airport as a storm disrupts travel and brings flooding to northern europe most of germany's intercity train service for remains suspended. the color of a warm welcome to you i'm under tight shima. we start with some breaking news in german politics the leader of the governing christian democratic union of the. see the u n a good. has said she is stepping down come out and ban known as. have been widely tipped to succeed and love america as german chancellor but her decision means she will no longer stand for the position in next is national election questions of a clown caught him by his authority have resurfaced after a controversial leadership contest in recent recent elections she is also germany's defense minister. for the very latest political editor michelle of proof join me and she's standing outside or in the lobby of the seaview headquarters here in berlin we shall of course to paul tell us what lies behind. us decision to step down. simply it appears that she didn't recover too that significant blow to her authority that happened last week when we saw ready a polit