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start your mind of our top stories this hour a french commission is recommending legal changes that will allow frogs to be looted african art works the country's most of the works were taken during french colonial rule in the nineteenth and twentieth century. spain is increasing the pressure on the u.k. over the head of sunday's e.u. summit which was meant to stop the deal between britain and the e.u. mccarter in with regarding safe madrid is demanding written commitments on the status of gibraltar as part of that deal. and three human rights activists from saudi arabia and an african pharma tackling to certification are amongst this year's winners of the award known as the old nobel and being on the seventy eight i've been saving in the swedish capital stock. that's it you're up to date at the top of the around the clock on the website that's t w dot com. climate change. waste. pollution. isn't it time for good news. for a couple of people and projects that are changing our environment for the better it's up to us to make a dearth.

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and french commission a french commission rather is recommending a legal changes that will allow france to return looted african artworks to their home countries almost of the works were taken during french colonial rule in africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. in berlin on behalf of the entire news team thank you so much for spending this part of your day with us the news continues of course at the top of the hour we hope to see that. because laura's. from the suburbs of paris. a friend of the forward line and. sebastian i lead up. the french striker has been playing in the bundesliga. is this like a rising star. d.w. . every year in the spanish town three hundred twenty five neurons changes hands. in the air it's quick and easy moving. the goods trucks from. witnesses and mafia of the losing of the police and the local people. in sixty minutes on the d w. a continent is reinventing itself. as africa's tech scene discovers it's true potential. inventors entrepreneurs and high tech professionals talk about their visions successes and day to day business the difference a

back with us you're watching the every news outlet laraque this is our top story this hour a french commission is recommending legal changes that will allow france to return alluded african art words to their home countries most of the works were taken during french colonial rule in africa during the nineteenth and twentieth century. art want to talk more about this very important story and the implications for stolen art work here in germany this time around and for that i'm joined now by karen housetop from our culture desk good to see what's the situation in germany well it certainly will have ramifications for a number of collections here in germany and also in an in a number of countries and this report does definitely put a lot of pressure on the german government to react especially seeing as in its coalition agreement it pledged to work on determining the provenance of artworks that were looted during colonial times so there has in fact already been a huge debate surrounding the humbled forum which is due to open in september twenty one thousand here in berlin and that's funded eighty

disputed works to the west african country of benny as follows recommendations from the french from a commission that french law be changed to allow cultural artifacts taken from former columnist to be returned earlier this year president became the first western leader to initiate a comprehensive review of colonial loot in a paris museum on the banks of the sen a palace of african art but the seventy thousand works here have a troubled past many of them were torn from their cultural home during the colonial era. a new report commissioned by french president emmanuel mccall says that france must return the art it stole. the authors found that as much as ninety five percent of sub-saharan african art is held outside the continent in but mean a country with a renowned art legacy france's move is being hailed as a step toward justice. returning property is not a matter of victory for someone or failure for others because in the end it's not a battle. he needs these assets to strengthen its national economy to provide employment and also for all the cultural heritage manages and curators in this cou

you know we news line from berlin france is the mood at african art could be heading back home french commission recommends a legal changes that will allow colonial era artifacts to be returned to their countries of origin or will this force museums and other european countries to follow suit also on the program cox says between.

the land is managed by an american commission, but it's still french soil and french law applies on this soil. >> why don't we take a look at the chapel and talk about significance? the chapel here was established before the cemetery was actually dedicated? >> yes because we have a marker on it that says it was billed in 1930. and then the cemetery was built later on, 1937. architects are two american architects called york and sawyer. they designed the chapel and in the entrance, we have two big monuments. they were divine -- designed by these architects. the idea is romanists style on the chapel. we have smaller arches. >> so actually we have the two list, by their insignias, all of the american units. but not just in the muse argonne, but in the entire american extradition. >> yes, most troops have at least one here, but it's true we have from each division army corps and army. we have some that are very famous, the 12th rainbow division. you can see that on the left on the bottom. we will speak about the lost battalion also, 77, the new yorkers, the left side of this graph, certain o

french government for free and forever. but there's a concession like in the cemetery, likely buy concession when we die, it's the same idea. the land is managed by an american commissiont it's still french soil and french law applies on this soil. >> why don't we take a look at the chapel and talk about its significance? >> yeah. >> the chapel here was established before the cemetery was actually dedicated? >> yes because we have a marker on it that says it was built in 1930. and then the cemetery was built later on, 1937. -- dedicated later on, 1937. architects are two american architects called york and sawyer. they designed the chapel and on the entrance we have two big monuments. an american eagle on top. they were designed by these architects. is romanesque style on the chapel. we have smaller arches. collundes on -- both sides. >> actually we have the two panels of stained glass that lists by their insignias all of the american units. but not just in the muse argonne, but in the entire american expeditionary forces. >> yes, most troops have at least one here, but it's true we have from each division army corps and army. we have the badges and insignia of each of

a new report commissioned by french president emmanuel mccall says that france must return the art it stole. the authors found that as much as ninety five percent of subsaharan african art is held outside the continent. in between a country with a renowned our legacy france's move is being hailed as a step toward justice. returning property is not a matter of victory for someone or failure for others because in the end it's not a battle. many needs these assets to strengthen its national economy to provide employment and also for all the cultural heritage managers and curators in this country. back in paris some resistance french our dealers are skeptical that museums can or even should return the vast collections. it's one of these things that looks like morally on its face give it back to hood belongs well it is a belong to and hasn't been in that country for over a hundred years and you know look france built the whole music in bali to respect these objects to preserve them to show them so it's a tricky thing i mean i'm actually kind of in favor of it but i'd like to see how it get

caledonia after an independence referendum on sunday people voted to keep the island as a french territory commission's office says there been some reports of unrest in the capital and there but for the most part of the poll was peaceful and trying to present matter paliser a center has ordered parliament to reconvene on november fourteenth last week you fired prime minister running away across singer and replace him with former president men director fax or a coma singer insists his sacking was constitutional as i had lines of more news here on al-jazeera after we get back to world war one through arab. the gymnasium writer and broadcaster malik to leakey is on a personal journey exploring the role played by arabs in the first world. algerians moroccans gymnasiums and egyptians fought on one side for the british and french. and troops from the love and fought for the ultimates on the side of johnny and the central powers. there is. no muslim wanted to fight against fellow muslim. and in the french colonies opposition to conscription and imperial occupation group. there were two uprisings in one thousa

french president macron commissioned the report, which recommends that works taken between 1885 and 1960d be returned to their country of origin. it's a controversial proposal. it could put pressure on other western museums to follow suit. experts say 90% of african art is believed to be located in europe. some visitors say it's about time. >> translator: it would perhaps mean people who live in those countries could get to know the cultural history of their countries. there's not much to provide a link between their cultural history because everything is in europe. >> reporter: others expressed hope that the art can stay where it is. >> aren't there western art work that can be displayed elsewhere? >> reporter: western museums have often resisted repatriating cultural art claiming they can take better care of it. a sculpture back from the british museum, which has had a longstanding dispute with greece over who should own these models. they agreed to send some of the bronze to greece where they'll be on display. >>> "inside politics" with nia-malika henderson starts right now. >>> presi

on friday, a report commissioned from a french art historian and a senegalese writer, recommended thatal works to be returned. it's big step forward, screw max reinthaler, they were stolen and should go back. this is a very dangerous and complex situation and what is at risk as the very idea of a global museum, it will resume in which cultures can be compared and displayed to a world audience, it is a kind of cultural ethnic cleansing in which everything has to go backward when it came from. will you carry it to the extent of the italian renaissance paintings and america being sent back to italy? they were not stolen, they were bought. bought by very rich people, and there were many who would say that was a corrupt use of wealth. that is a difference between religious relics and burial remains, that is a different case but art objects if you are going to decide that art objects belong to the world that there is a benefit in the cross—cultural meeting, we are and to cultural things now... they were taken by military means and that is why emmerson mnangagwa macron decided to to benin sta

commission. here is, like, a dedication. american and french flags here. >> those look like wooden crosses. at some point these changed, right? mr. moizan: at the time, they are wooden crosses. probably the late 1920's or early 1930's, they changed to marble. we've got the soldier's name on it. that is already a dedication, i suppose. and they were be dedicated in 1937, most of the cemeteries, with the same setting as nowadays. are those -- >> french sailors? mr. moizan: yes, french sailors. then they change the location, few hundred meters, and it's now along the ridge. mr. yockelson: the cemetery is actually on the belleau wood battleground. now we're at the argonne. mr. moizan: yes, this is another one. now it's the argonne one. mr. yockelson: it's the largest american cemetery in europe. mr. moizan: we're looking at the visitor center where the president is staying, and we have the perspective to the cemetery. then they built the chapel on top where is the american flag now. over 14,000 graves. mr. yockelson: almost all of them were killed during the 47-day battle. mr. moizan: around 26

profit on the back of new contracts in dubai and mumbai after criticism from the european commission yesterday, the french train maker reiterated it expects to close the siemens mobility merger in the first half of next year. the european commission called the deal incompatible with the internal market. in a statement alstom confirmed they have received an official letter of objections and will continued to work constructively with the body. >>> u.s./china trade negotiations have officially resumed. larry kudlow confirmed to cnbc that bilateral talks are under way, laying the ground work for presidents trump and xi to talk trade at the g20 later this month. kudlow said the development was a good sign. >> we are, again, talking with china. i think that's very, very, very positi positive the president initiated a phone call with president xi we know we will discuss trade at the g20 meeting in argentina we didn't know that before there will be many things, security and things on that list, but trade is one of them right now we're having communications at all levels >> kudlow also had sharp words for trump ad

in which the german war graves commission cooperated with our french partner organization and the british embassy. creating artistic wars on the subject of war and human destiny and the president you have already. acknowledged these results through a football project initiated by berlin team had to be a c. and the german war graves commission junior teams from different countries meant to visit and care for the graves of their classmates who fell in the first world war and of course to play football together. it's all of this displays the will. and commitment to it. maintaining and achieving peace and this gives us confidence for the future. and we will hear more. regarding the experiences that are football teams gained in belgium where during the christmas of nine hundred fourteen german and british soldiers spontaneously climbed out of the trenches book too. interrupt the war with a friendly football match. and we will talk to you about this then. the miracle of christmas one nine hundred fourteen. ladies and gentleman i would like to thank you the widow who wins all thank everyone who

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french president emmanuel macron commissioned the report which recommends that works taken between 1885untry of origin. it is a controversial proposal that could put pressure on other western museums to follow suit. experts say 90% of african art is believed to be located in europe. some visitors say it's about time. >> translator: it would perhaps mean people who live in those countries could get to know the cultural history of their countries. there is not much that can provide a link to their cultural and artistic history because everything is in europe. >> reporter: others have expressed hope that the art can stay where it is. >> translator: can't we display other works in a reciprocal works in other countries? aren't there works that can be displayed elsewhere? >> reporter: western museums have often resisted repatriating art arguing they can take better care of it. many countries are now challenging this. chile's easter island declared this month that it wants a prized sculpture back from the british museum which has had a long-standing dispute with greece over who should own the

of african artefacts in french museums should be sent back to their countries of origin — that's according to a new report being published today. the report, which was commissionedle that around 90 percent of africa's artistic heritage is outside africa and says french law should be changed to make restitution possible. the bbc‘s hugh schofield reports. nearly 90% of africa's artistic heritage lies not in africa but in places like here, the brawny museum of non—european civilisations in paris. debates over the rights and wrongs of that have reached the yea rs, wrongs of that have reached the years, but this official french report breaks new ground. basically says that most of what is you should go back. it is reckoned that fully two thirds of the museum's africa collection is concerned by the report ‘s findings that these pieces acquired in france during the colonial period either by acts of outright pillage all, and here is the crucial in controversial point, in trades, which the reports as were unfair because of the dominance of the acquirer. that is the french colonial power. it was emmanuel macron himself a year ago on a trip to africa who opened the way. sp

than joint road you repeatedly said so the president of the european commission that he thought it was a good idea just recently the french president of money read my call got behind this idea and this was the first time that. i got a medical in this clarity he said that this is something that the europe should end up with down the road at the end of the road what you have in this parliament of course are a higher number of right wing populists and in this case nationalists than in many other parliaments national parliaments in the european union and they reject any idea of anything that's you know on the european scale they want a very. strong individual sovereignty of the nations and they reject anything that comes from from brussels because they make a living off of that as well saying that brussels and the other you institutions impose their rules and they say those are bad rules because they threaten national identity so a european army to them is a bad idea max the other hot button issue that you mentioned of course is migration the question of right refugees americal there said germany took far too long to realize

there is nothing better for mrs may than having a fracas with the french or the european commission, appears to have lost her allies in the dup, there is a hard co re allies in the dup, there is a hard core of brexiteers who come what may well vote against the prime minister, and so far there is no sign of labourmps minister, and so far there is no sign of labour mps leading to her rescue. that is what she really needs. she needs to see science, not just of her brexiteer opponents beginning to dissolve, she needs some labour mps to come on board, and so farshe some labour mps to come on board, and so far she hasn‘t got it. so quite possible that she could lose, and then we are into completely unknown territory. norman, thank you. an update on the headlines. m15 admits for the first time that it failed to track the manchester arena bomber, salman abedi. the attacker blew himself up at an ariana grande concert in 2017, killing 22 people. eu and british negotiators agree on a 26—page declaration on britain‘s future relationship with europe . the wife of matthew hedges —— jailed for spyin

of the commission rather hear that italy should hand in a new draft budgets they spoke of dialogue as well that so that showed some room of flexibility but the advice for instance from the french finance minister was very clear take the hand that has been reached out to you from the e.u. commission send in a new budget. so what happens next what's the next step. well the next step is that it's only has time until the thirteenth of november to hand in this new budget if they missed that deadline the commission decides could decide to slap them with a fine with a financial fine there's a whole hierarchy of fines they they could face and that could be decided as early as in the next euro in the next your own group here so it would be finance ministers who have to decide whether they actually want to find italy i'm guessing that will take some time to figure out if there's going to be a fine and then working within the system which is likely to happen first that the e.u. punishes italy or the markets for its defiance why if it comes to fines the e.u. is not exactly a speedboat so if you just have to look at the numbers if you want an answer in what i can see here is borrowing cost

france led the charge in the french finance minister believes it can be pushed through by the end of this year. step is to work on the commission, which is a good problem, which might be improved. there might be technical problems we can fix in the coming weeks. >> they need to be unanimous before the tax kimberly -- can be implemented. ministerh finance states the u.s. would retaliate for a levy of their own and that the proposal remains unclear. >> we have to ask a lot of questions about how the agreements are and we have not had clear answers. another vocal opponent. how are facing questions on it would be collected and the ministers have not answered. financeay, germany's minister wavered, saying it needed revisions. france's deadline is close. >> you are going to focus on amazon and its new headquarters. .amazon's h2 q according to various media reports, amazon is going to pick two locations. local authorities have been offering tax breaks and other incentives to entice amazon in. >> what is happening on the markets? >> dipping in the midpoint of the trading day. keeping an eye on several companies. lots of clothing retail

it is a french-american monument the way it commemorates, built and maintained by the market american battle monuments commissionif you take it detailed look at the villages, the names of the villages inscribed on the monument, and also why it was built, it is commemorating the french and american soldiers who fought and died side-by-side in world war i. it is kind of an interesting way to show this franco-american history and shared linkages. mitchell: you mentioned being on the battle of belleau wood battlefield, some of it is marked, which is kind of unique for an american battlefield in france. we are used to this in the united states, national park service sites like gettysburg. and antietam. can you talk about why the battlefield is marked and why it is important for people to walk through it? shane: we are always try to find a way where we can walk in history, for example. going back and literally in the same footsteps, the marines where they came through the field on june 6 of 1918 to take a relatively small sector here, but at heavy cost. i always found, when i go back parks,de, to national getting in t

the commission president has made proposals and the french president to you don't have to like all of them. but simply sticking your head in the sand and hoping things will sort themselves out is actually a failure to face responsibilities. why not get together with mr. macroan and the other colleagues and come up with a proposal for the eurozone. why does germany not speak out? it's something that affects the whole union. then tax justice, once again, the german government is blocking with the netherlands, austria and others who support and have a tax haven remaining in the eu blocking this and making it possible for people to exploit tax loopholes with 70 billion euros a year evading the treasuries and we have to stop blocking progress. so we need to stick up for a stable eurozone and protection of the litclimate and tax fairness. if the biggest state is hitting the brake, we're not making progress. we need somebody to speak up for europe. you said it would be worthwhile europe making an effort and if so, then you need to act now , otherwise you would not be true to your word. you n

e majority of african artifacts in french should be sent back to their countries of origin. this is according to a report by -- commissionedby emmanuel macron. the report says it is unacceptable that around 90% of african artistic heritage is outside africa. from paris here is hugh , schofield. hugh: 90 percent of africa's artistic heritage lies africa, but places like here, the museum of noneuropean civilization iparis. debates have gone on for years, but this official french report breaks new ground. basically, it says that most of re should go back. it is reckoned that fully two thirds of the museums' afric collection is concerned by the report's findings. these are pieces which were acquired by frnice in the co period either by acts of outright pillage, or, and here is the crucial point, inhi trades the report says were unfair because the dominance of the acquirer -- that is, the french colonial power. it was president macron himself a year ago on a trip to africa who opened the way. speaking in burkina faso, he said it was wrong for only europeans and americans to have access to african art. in five years he wanted to

french officials are demanding that the airline repaid nearly half a million pounds in subsidy, which the european commission ruled were illegal. the 149 passengers on the flight transferred to another plane from causing a fivhour delay. of thousandunity oaks, california, is mourning the dead and searching for answers as to why a gunman opened fire at a cwded bar wednesday night. 12 people wereilled, including one man who survived the mass shooting in las vegas last year. in the wake of the tragedy, many in congress ve been calling again for stricter gun safety laws. among them is democrat jackie speier from california. 40 years ago, she was shot five timesbl at poink range while trying tos rescue defect from compoundder jim jones' in guyana. she talks about the story in her new book, "undaunted." i spoke to her a while ago. can i start by getting your reaction to the latest mass state, whichour already has some of the toughest gun-controls in the country? rep. speier: it underscores the fact that it doesn't matter how tough your state laws are if you don't have a federal law that bans certain things. for in

the commission president has made proposals and the french president, you don't have to like all of them but simply speaking, your head and the sign, hoping things will sort themselves out. is actually a failure to face. responsible to. why not get together with him and come up with a reformed port puzzle. why does germany not speak out? it's something that affects the whole union. jen packed justice. once again, the german government is blocking with the evidence austria and others who support, and has tax, remaining in the eu, are blocking and making it impossible for people to express loopholes, for 17 billion euros a year. we have to stop blocking progress. we need to stick up for protection of the climate and tax it. the biggest is hitting the brakes. we're not making progress. we need somebody to pick up for your. you said it would be worthwhile, europe making an effort and if so, then you need to act now. otherwise, you will not be true to your words. we need this, we need people to move forward. we need symbols, practical examples and we need to be bold. thank you. >> thank you.

the business life of the president of the french republic but he's not this is your of total never fear. to the rescue. operatives work as the european commission we have the duty to protect european companies so we now need to act and this is why we're launching the process of activating the blocking statute from one thousand nine hundred six. any one thing that blocking statute to stop us sanctions hurting europe no we're very angry at you mr trump and we're just going to let our companies fail as royal regions take over german italian investors quit iran's huge rail upgrade russia and china step in india's actually doubled purchases of iran's crude. diplomatic pledging to torture tehran we're going to do everything we can the squeeze iran hard as the british say to make to squeeze them until the pips squeak and that's actually europe's top firms as they dropped by e.u. leaders so. the thing independence so much for europe standing up to trump economist alcohol and told us the european union is sadly unable to protect its own company. if you look at the union. with. john carr you see that it is basically an organisation. maybe the russians ou

commission. as the political leaders in the e.u. and it's probably unlikely that they would sign off on fines especially as other governments like the germans or the french have been spared and in situations not quite comparable but a little bit like what the italians are facing analysis that from a financial correspondent one of the spots a front foot stock exchange thanks will. u.s. president stunnel chomp is ramping up the pressure on american conjoint general marches off to g.m. announced plans to axe of fourteen thousand u.s. jobs trump took to twitter to threaten to cut government aid for the comic meanwhile g.m. is sticking to its guns saying the cuts in necessary to ensure the company's long term growth. factories like this one in lordstown ohio were part of donald trump's plan to revive america's rusting industrial base. but now it and four other factories general motors plans to shutter won't be making anyone great again. since the announcement trump hasn't minced words when it came to g.m. taking to twitter he threatened to cut government subsidies for g.m. including support for their electric car program. g.m. does benefit from a tax credit f

african artefacts in french museums should be sent back to their countries of origin — that's according to a new report being published on friday. the report, which was commissionedays french law should be changed to make restitution possible. the bbc‘s hugh schofield reports. nearly 90% of africa's artistic heritage lies not in africa but in places like here, the branly museum of non—european civilisations in paris. debates over the rights and wrongs of that have reached the years, but this official french report breaks new ground. basically says that most of what is here should go back. it is reckoned that fully two thirds of the museum's africa collection is concerned by the report's findings. these were pieces acquired in france during the colonial period either by acts of outright pillage or, and here is the crucial in controversial point, in trades, which the reports as were unfair because of the dominance of the acquirer — that is the french colonial power. it was emmanuel macron himself, a year ago, on a trip to africa, who opened the way. speaking in burkina faso, he said it was wrong for only europeans and americans to have access to african art. in fiv