germany the americans want germany to meet its need to defend spending commitments because the us says it's tired of footing the bill for the security of others secondly the withdrawal of thousands of u.s. soldiers for. gemini a move that left some germans feeling abandoned and thirdly the north stream to gas pipeline which in america's view makes gemini too dependent on russian supplies all of this is likely to remain controversial no matter who wins the upcoming election of course there are expectations of allies in particular as important as germany germany will continue to be key even more important to the u.k. is on the way out will be out by january 1 berlin will be the epicenter of europe and so of course there are expectations but i think much will change it is not appropriate for the united states to be lecturing and insulting and harassing an ally as we have in the last 3 and a half years donald trump or joe biden the eyes of the world are on the usa and what about germany germany hasn't looked toward washington in this anxiously for quite some time. and we are giants now by by our transatlantic coordinator of the german government and lawmakers of angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. welcome to the program thank you for joining us and i'd like to begin by asking you what is at stake for german american relations in this election. that is not an easy question a lot of at stake so to speak if you look to the payoff for years that we experience donald trump as u.s. president you see that a lot of you see a lot of scratches at

germany leading calls for a stronger e.u. saying the days of relying on the u.s. are over. germany and the usa were best friends for decades in the early sixty's a wall was built dividing both germany and berlin in 2 east and west then u.s. president john f. kennedy conquered the germans hearts. eighty's was the era of the arms race. many germans disagreed with the politics of president ronald reagan but in the end his contribution to germany's reunification put him in the history books is rather strong. in the 2000 barack obama's cult status was merely that of a pop star so much so that differences of opinion never became an issue. we can billow more informal among friends. but german american friendship took a turn for the worse when obama's successor donald trump was voted in more than once he snubbed chancellor angela merkel and germany for instance when he refused to shake merkel's hand at a press conference the relations between the 2 countries cooled down dramatically a meeting in berlin a few days before the u.s. presidential election the atlantic bridge has been committed to german american friendship for decades throughout the crises the by continental relationship has go

germany germany's bundesbank says of 64 firms have applied to expand operations or come to the country bringing billions of euros with them. all prices have fallen to a 5 month slowest coronavirus drop downs go into effect across europe the fear is that more lock downs will slow economic growth and that's demand for oil will plummet oil companies like b.p. and shell has laid off thousands in the wake of the pandemic. so here we are how can. german federal court is due to rule on a major european infrastructure project it's called the same r. and belt tunnel a direct connection between denmark and germany are funded by the e.u. the plans tunnel has and raged environmentalists and residents of the island of say man who fear that the construction work will scare away tourists. a ferry is still the only connection between the german island defi mon and denmark at the moment the trip across the baltic takes around 45 minutes the planned tunnel would shorten the travel time to 10 minutes great news for drivers but for the private ferry company it's a threat to their livelihood. scanned lines is going to court suing the tunnel project for unfair trade practices. if it does the for my our main grievances the use of e.u. money to build the tunnel. we demand transparency if. it's wrong that the project received unlimited state sponsored subsidies without any time limits imposed. the case that. the project is set to cost more than $7000000000.00 euros denmark once it done fast and has already began building very end of the tunnel. the largest working toward in europe is being built off the coast

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i don't think that germany vill the liver the evidence, except there is a lot of public pressure on the government. unfortunately, we don't have seen this public pressure and germany did not deliver the evidence or so we have a claim against russia into space without evidence. but this claim is used to damage our relationship with russia, which is a situation i don't like. and i oppose strongly but the, but the possibilities i have as a member of parliament. but now russia is a little bit thick fortec doubling it. my concern is that it will make the situation more difficult even harder to solve that involves before, but we will see things develop in addition to all that, we also heard the possibility of russia leaving the o.p.c. w. how significant a move would that be i think that this organization needs russia, ward and russia needs the organization. so that is indeed i think a good way to make a little bit pressure and to, to stop these unfair accusations. and i, personally, i'm not a very big fan of unlimited international organizations that no one really knows and no one really knows what they are doing. but they have a lot of power. so, making a little bit pr

germany. and as we know, russia and germany are on the point of concluding the not stream to gas pipeline. if that is concluded, that pipeline, that will be an extraordinary example of corporation between europe and russia, which will last for many decades. and it's obvious to me, i've said this before and r.t. that the latest allegations concerning the valley are designed to scupper that gas line project. and that's why it's in the headlines. well, exactly, that pipeline was really thought to have been in danger when this all broke months ago, when the finger was being pointed at russia, when there were no choke was again being batted around. but that seems to have died down. and yet now we have this announcement coming from the russian foreign minister. do you think that's going to cause problems once again? which announcement are you referring to the threat to use to leave the a, b, c, w, or the open c, w a. the sanctions, the mere sanctions that they're going to put out the idea that it's possible that natalee was poisoned outside of russia all of that together. well, i think it's, it'

germany as the political strategic and economic ally as previous presidents have done. he sees germany as the united states as main competitor when it comes to trade on many different levels now what we've seen is donald trump say to germany you must pay more money for nato we've seen the united states try and stop the north stream to gas pipeline project that pipeline taking russian gas directly into into germany germany needs that gas for the german economy german industry needs that energy what the united states wants to do is of course as they want to sell germany liquefied natural gas from the u.s. which wants to come in at more expensive price the north stream debacle is also seeing the u.s. play sanctions on german entities involved with that project something that would have been on thinkable in the past trump said that they want to get rid of him in china they want to get rid of him in iran they want to get rid of him in germany while he was on the campaign trail in pennsylvania one of the things that may be expected of of germany should donald trump win is that burly in step up and fill some of that leadership void in the liberal status quo on the world stage of politics peter all of the reporting now even all t

something which germany is very fretful of back there's also been really big disagreements that the north stream to pipe is pipe that will bring gas directly from russia to germany germany thinks that you know this is an important development to ensure the stability of the flow of gas in the future for europe's needs trump has been unhappy about that and in fact the u.s. has placed sanctions on businesses and companies that are involved in that project so there's been so many different issues between the 2 come countries that angela merkel will be hoping that with biden presidency there will be this opportunity to renegotiate to perhaps sort of balance the books a little bit and start a relationship off on a better keel and of course angela merkel is stepping down as the german chancellor in 2021 and she'll be hoping to hand over a stronger transatlantic relationship between germany and the u.s. because germany really does rely on the u.s. for economic stability and also its security so it's a really cool relationship. absolutely and we also know that trump is pulled the united states quite controversially out of a number of international agreements and denies ations he

germany germany let's not forget has had some friction with the u.s. over the last 4 years of donald trump's presidency angela merkel a woman who said she would work with anyone who has had issues over things like the nord stream to gas the pipeline that's being built from russia to bring gas directly through germany the u.s. donald trump has been incredibly unhappy about that project and has extended u.s. sanctions on the companies that are working on that. there's also been this warning or threat of tariffs on german cars you can imagine there is a sense of relief in germany that they may be able to have a relationship with biden presidency we've also heard reaction from the london and paris mayors all congratulating joe biden and also nicholas sturgeon the 1st minister of scotland not just who actually to joe biden but making a point to say that this is a historic victory a historic victory because now as president elect that means the vice president elect is a woman. the 1st woman to hold that office in the united states also reaction from the labor leader who said the biden campaign was a campaign on values values that the u.k. holds itself as such as decency integrity compassion and strength and reaction from all seemingly welcoming this news that joe biden will be the $46.00 president of th

germany or in germany itself. this of course, all happened back in august. i was believe, i believe. let's start with the basics. how did germany get into the story at all? and for that we have to remain the whole chain of events that led the violent to me . well basically what happened in august while on the plane coming back to moscow from he missed in of, on the file, terribly ill and had to make an emergency landing. and there was an emergency ambulance on the runway and he was actually were showing those pictures, right. he was immediately after the taking to this car and they were medics there. and he was already and responsive. so he was on ventilator already on the way to the hospital. he was actually in cold, very deep cold. we heard, so he was immediately on the run and we taken to the hospital and he was treating there by doctors and repeatedly we heard from doctors in the russian that there was no talk found in mr. you or a no blood samples, but the valleys family and his supporters were very quick to say that mr. valley was poisoned 10. they started pointing their finger to russian authorities and saying that mr. n

germany. germany has a fraught relationship with donald, certainly angela merkel and donald trump, there is no love there between them. when it comes down to europe, they will be looking for a biden presidency, surely. reporter: i mean, yes, basically. it seems most leaders of european governments are looking for stability. the last four years have seen in stability a move away from multilateralism. in many peoples eyes, the denigration of the institutions set up after the second world war which create that multilateralism included the nato defense alliance. president trump has really gone on the attack against many nato allies, but particularly singling out germanying them delinquent for not, in his eyes, paying their dues. and he has threatened to withdraw, to reduce the number of u.s. troops in germany and the alliance is basically hoping, yes, for a biden win for that reason, for stability and the return of the kind of communal decision-making and approach to securities. next march, nato is reported to be planning an early summit to welcome in president biden if, in fact, he would does win the election. cash does in the election. host: well, if donald -- one of donald trump's biggest foreign-policy decisions was to pull the u.s. out of the iranian nuclear deal. joe biden has offered to rejoin the agreement if you're on shows compliance. ties with the u.s. has deteriorated in iraq as well, home to about 3000 american soldiers. let's bring in our correspondent in baghdad and the iranian capital of toronto. s -- tehran. simona, it is a very complicated relationship. you have got a stage where he has backed the iraqi government but he doesn't see

wants to make sure that germany comes out of this pandemic in a healthy way as much as possible obviously these affected not only germany but other countries around the world and germany who wants to make sure that germany still continues if i told possible to fare better comparatively than other countries around the world and that's why the challenge is a very big challenge not only for the contrie in general but also for anglo merkel in particular they don't need political correspondent tom starr thank you. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world turns in an opposition made 200 leasers been released after a brief detention by police according to his that you deem a party on monday police for a plan to protest against last week's election which the opposition say was rigged several other high ranking members of the opposition have also been taken into custody. a huge cleanup is underway in the philippines after it was hit by typhoon goni over the weekend at least 20 people were killed and tens of thousands of homes damaged or destroyed forested areas have been left without communications and elektra city the army has appealed f

notably that culminated in his argentina team being knocked out of the world cup for mail in germany. germany in 2010, speaking of world cup, but they got it all. it was one of the most colorful and charismatic visitors here to russia, back in 2018 for the world cup, where he really captured the hearts and minds of files all over russia, with his charisma and personality that the architect behind the freedom of information act is calling for a prying into what a new report has described as an orwellian unit within the government. this is accused of deliberately obstructing the release of potentially sensitive data with more haste, kate partridge. a storm is brewing in the u.k. about freedom of information with a new government, a new report by open democracy describes a so-called all well you. it's called the clearinghouse that obstructs media requests, and even blacklist journalists clearing house shares with a range of whitehall departments. a daily update containing the names of journalists and complain as the requests they have submitted and advice on how referring departments should resp

actually personally affect them pretty grim outlook in an interview with germany's germany's economy minister peter said he expects that germany quote, will have to live with considerable precautions and restrictions for at least the next 4 to 5 months. germans have been told that we have a lock down light for weeks. now this, what's your take on that? well that pretty much tails in with the timeline that seems to be crystallizing out of this very promising prospect of actually having vaccinations within weeks over the coming months. there's an expectation here by the company, by own tech, that it's producing this vaccine, that it could be ready to go at the beginning of next year. and by the time this is able to meet enough people to make a real difference, that could be a couple of months from now. health authorities from now are being told that they should be ready to start. must max mass vaccinations by mid december already. so clearly preparations on the way that i want to talk about this and you complain, launched by the german government is called be a hero and is essentially encouraging people to stay home and be couch

leadership comment here let me read you the 1st woman got here from germany germany hails a new start in transatlantic ties we have a few other comments here not from leaders but from former leaders. from. iraq the. the prime minister of israel says joe biden president elect a balanced responsible adult it will be interesting how the current prime minister benjamin netanyahu responds from jerusalem because he couldn't really of her hoped for a more favorable occupant of the white house than president trump he obviously knows joe biden very very well indeed but it will be interesting to see how he reacts we have had reaction as well from domestic reaction but important internationally from bill clinton the former president and hillary clinton bill clinton america's vocal and democracy has one now we have a president elect and vice president elect who was all of us hillary clinton the bocas voters have spoken they've chosen joe biden and camila harris to be our next president vice president it's a history making ticket lots of questions though on how this new ticket is going to respond

most notably that culminated in his all to team being knocked out of the world cup for milk in germany, germany in 2010, speaking of all cup, but they got it all. it was one of the most colorful and charismatic visitors here to russia, back in 2018 for the world cup where he really captured the hearts and minds of files all over russia with his charisma and personality. 'd were ok, we are very pleased to say we can get the thoughts now both nature yet for a stray and manchester united goalkeeper and sports pundit is with us right now and we appreciate it. mark, thanks for coming on. i don't know about you, but i have enjoyed hearing all the tributes that have been paid over the last few hours to marry donna. and i know you actually played against him just from your perspective. what were his qualities or good afternoon, andrew and good afternoon to everybody there in russia. in terms of qualities from applies perspective, 1st and foremost, these mastery of all. if i may, it was 2nd to none, you know, doing things to get feet is much more difficult than doing things with your hands and knees. 2

germany, about the level of cases. in new york, we are seeing nearly 7000 new cases in the last 24 hours. hospitalizations topping 3000 in new york. in germany, germany setting a record for the number of new cases in the last 24 hours, some 32,687 new infections. as i said, that is a record increase in germany. cases tripling since october there, and looking at the number of cases approaching one million in germany. for that reason in germany, we are not seeing any easing of its partial lockdown restrictions. they are going to stay in place until december 20, right up until christmas. there is a different story when we look at other countries in europe. we have a bloomberg chart that shows you how cases are starting to fall off. we are starting to see a reduction in the number of new cases when we look at the likes of france, italy, great britain, and spain, and therefore there is a slightly more positive story there as we start to look at some easing of restrictions in those countries. emma:emma: we are seeing that -- guy: we are seeing that easing muscle let's walk through the details. we heard from emmanuel macron earlier in the week. we got the d

president's problem with our allies in europe if they don't pay their bills major problem is germany germany is a very rich country they only take about less than half of what they're supposed to pay for nato there's no trade deal signed between the u.s. and u.k. even in the last months of this presidency do you think biden will sign the deal with boris johnson much quicker than trump has been as regards post brics future only if somebody reads it to him and then but dinah's working out about half as marbles you know that right have you ever watched him say he's running against george or i pledge allegiance to the united states. oh and the rest of it or mistaking his wife and his sister to the democrat party as to why it's a job but there's no question they've got 2 major things on which they can take him out of office any time they want they could get 10 psychiatry to say he's suffering from dementia because he is and 2nd now that they have this hard drive which they've been told pulling for the last 2 weeks they can take it and they can show him all of the things in those photographs that

germany germany needs that gas for its industry for its economy the united states is putting sanctions on that and stopping not pipeline from being built i mentioned those sanctions some of those are fall in directly on german entity something that was unprecedented to think about and other white house administrations and then there's the relationship between angela merkel and donald trump they clearly don't seem to get on this isn't the 1st time the angle of merkel's how to deal with a political leader who she clearly has a strained relationship with she did spend a number of years talking to silvio berlusconi while he was a tally in prime minister however it's a bit of a different part of a different kettle of fish to between the italian prime minister no disrespect to them in the united states president trump certainly seems to see germany as a competitor as opposed to that close ally that was the post world war 2 normality but what we have been here. airing from senior cabinet figures in the german government is that a biden election isn't going to reset things to how they were to have been serious changes in how germany and the united states will have you want to know that. if you like the german government and defense ministries we have to deal with any reality on the ground in the us regardless of who gets to appoint the administration's point about germany and european defense was banned in north stream to the relations with russia out of monster been brought up by the democrats time is different but i'm pretty simple the demands are just as you told from that party. well over a brussels josefa barel the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs has tweeted out a message saying that the united states citizens have voted and whoever is in the white house today you will continue to work with them very diplomatic t

germany to file a complaint? given germany with the nazi regime was a new and back tribes. germany for a long time has supported the idea of the prosecution of international crimes, and it has a back to the so called to principle of universal human stiction. and this means that germany can prosecute crimes such crimes in international crimes like genocide like like war crimes, regardless where they have been committed or who committed them. and this principle definitely applies to war crimes in syria. now you have seen dozens of very horrific footage from that fateful moment in the 2013 in hota. could anybody else have committed these atrocities? no, i don't think so. the evidence really points the direction of the us had regimes starting with the rockets which were used, which can be linked to the assad regime. the suggested launch side is close to the presidential palace, but even more important, the chemicals which were used sarin is very difficult to produce and even more difficult to use as a weapon. and we don't have any evidence that the rebels would have had the capacity an

germany are keeping a close watch on this week's u.s. presidential election and one reason as president donald trump's plan to withdraw 12000 american troops stationed in germany a plan to punish germany for its lower military spending. joe biden says if he's elected he will review the plan well whether the troops stay or go the impact won't just be on defense but also be cultural. in the open region americans have been living together in harmony for a long time but now the american soldiers may be set to leave the economic losses would be painful but the cultural exchanges between german and american friends and families would be the biggest loss. thanksgiving it's very common that german families did buy american friends to enjoy a turkey dinner together. when the g.i.'s came 75 years ago they brought democracy and a new way of life after the years of dictatorship hi-fi cola chewing gum and. the american troops own radio station played music that wasn't being played on german stations the station was almost a lifestyle choice for young people in the fifty's and sixty's pop music and d.j.'s . there's a morning report here in the morning. presented on a.f.n. wood burning with passion

and germany, because germany in a post brags that european union is clearly the economic driver of the block. and as germany goes, so goes the european union. and if there is going to be hope,, at least for e.u. u.s. free trade talks in 2021. and also looking to see how the european union can act as it geo political player and the european and world stage, because only france now post brags it is a nuclear military power inside the european union. but the germans also want tens of thousands of american troops to defend germany against russia, while germany doubles its energy dependence on russia and sends billions of dollars to moscow. so these are issues that are going to have to be worked out by the biden administration with chancellor merkel successor because she already announced she's resigning in 2021. so they'll be new leadership in washington and new leadership in berlin, starting the 2nd half of next year. i remember that frosty photo op with chancellor merkel early on in the administration, when trump wouldn't shake her hand. where else is watching us like a hot car? we look over our shoulder at n

germany and the eu so certainly relief here in germany today. but a sense of realism as well because i think there is an awareness in germany and there is an awarenessy and the rest of the eu that there are some problems between, or in the transatlantic relationship that will not go away under a biden relationship. looking at the trading relationship. looking at the trading relationship with china, that makes many in washington quite uneasy. also, germany's close energy links with russia is something that both democrats and republicans don't like. also, the criticisms germany has had thrown at it from donald trump of not spending enough on defence and nato is something which will also hear from defence and nato is something which will also hearfrom joe defence and nato is something which will also hear from joe biden. defence and nato is something which will also hearfrom joe biden. so those are the issues which are going to go on was of the trans atlantic relationship has been hit hard. but i think what we are seeing now is an enthusiasm from berlin, the foreign minister has tweeted that he wants to relaunch the transatlantic relationship, he is go

germany germany's despite says so far $64.00 firms have applied to expand operations or come to the country bringing billions of euros with the. irish budget airline ryanair a nosedive into the red from april to september that is usually summer travel season ryanair suffered a loss of almost 200000000 euros the coronavirus pandemic is the most challenging time in ryan air is 35 year history the company said. the light at the end of the tunnel is still quite a long way off words from german chancellor angela merkel at a news conference on the 1st day of germany's 2nd lockdown the aim is still to keep the country's health system from being overwhelmed restaurants cultural facilities and entertainment venues are now closed for a month. it's closing time at many of germany's bars restaurants and clubs the motto of the 2nd lockdown may as well be you don't have to go home but you can't stay here many restaurant owners and managers aren't surprised like these 2 in homburg in northern germany. we are all running a marathon it will continue over the next few months it's not possible to get out of the way completely in the next few weeks it's something everyone must participate and it is painful for every industry because. the new rules are less struck only in the last spring's locked down schools and daycares are still open as well as retail shops but they are rules nonetheless in most states only people from 2 households are allowed to meet even in private homes and the biggest effects well undoubtedly be on the restaurant and entertainment industri

guy:guy: admiral, one of the defining aspects of the trump administration was its activity for germany. germany in particular and is lack of defense spending. do you think that has disappeared under a biden administration? admiral stavridis: certainly the ,eflexive concerns about allies generally speaking, disappears. this is an incoming administration, i know all of them extremely well, they were all in office with the supreme allied commander -- when i was supreme allied commander and they are reaching out to allies. having said that, i think a biden administration, just like the trump or obama administration, will put pressure appropriately on our european nato allies to hit the 2% defense spending. here is the good news, the allies are on track to do that by the middle of this decade. i think you will see a biden administration continue to push them. the tone, the amick ability, to link arms together and deal with big problems, that will change. alix: i know this is more of a trade question, but trade and financial aspect has also sort of melded with the national security aspect to some ext

germany germany has declared its own reset on china policy but i think questions may be asked in washington about how meaningful that reset really is and are the germans possibly willing to risk their good trade relations with china in order to push harder on issues like human rights i think the foreign office here is quite aware of that they know that there will be some tough pressure on china at the same time i think they clearly realize joe biden and his administration will be looking for in multi lateral approach awesome ves of the china because you can achieve a great deal more with that kind of an approach. climate is an area where even if there is some resistance in a very polarized senate joe biden will be able to do some things also via foreign policy one of his 1st acts will be to rejoin the paris treaty for example and he simply did that he can by executive order that's how donald trump announced that he was leaving it so the fact is that climate matters in the u.s. have long been very difficult to get through the senate and many of the kioto protocol as well was designed to get around that difficulty in the u.s. it's not an ideal state of affairs you'd much rather do things legislatively but if it can't be done there are methods where you can start a ball rolling via executive action and the same goes for cooperation on the international level on climate related issues and we will certainly see that we also depending where the republican party goes even in a divided congress we might see some willingness to make. some big investments in green infrastructure and i think the republican party is really going to be doing a lot of soul searching about where they want to go but it could be you could get some buy in on that you probably won't get buy in on some of the things that joe biden wanted to do to essentially reduce economic inequality in the us meaning tax increases on the wealthy raising corporate taxes could be a tough sell with a divided senate probably will be a tough sell i know that the stock markets like that i think personally that it's difficult for the u.s. people are going to be awaiting action also on systemic racism and part of that action that joe biden wanted to take was economic to better the situation of black americans who for example have long been discriminated against in the housing market talk with us a little bit about the challenges that he's facing when it comes to governing because i mean you mentioned you know if the senate doesn't go republican we don't know that by the way at this hour because there are still some runoff races that still have yet to take place but you know he's not only facing the challenge of of bringing the republicans on board with his agenda when it comes to governing but also facing the challenge with a very progressive left within his own party this was something that donald trump used in order to mobilize voters he made them afraid of a so-called socialist policies in the united states talk with us about how he might be able to strike some sort of middle ground will that be possible or are we set to see gridlock now for the next 4 years. cortez who of course is the leading figure in that left wing in the democratic party and a very powerful one at her young age she made it very clear over the weekend that she is going to be looking for real action precisely on these issues like systemic racism. socio economic. the and that will action does mean tax policy now she didn't talk so much about the levers that she thinks would actually be feasible to use in a divided congress but you can be sure that that movement is not going to go away and i think to biden and harris's credit must be said they are both moderate politicians who nonetheless have seen the importance of a progressive agenda at this time both of them are deeply aware that movements like black lives matter and the recognition of inequality and the way that it is eating away at the middle class are crucial areas where they must be seen to act and joe biden is a very experienced politician he had 40 years of experience in the senate he had 40 years of work in malayalam just going to interrupt you here mention to our viewers on that we're standing by for german chancellor angela merkel to speak at this hour she stepped up to the podium much less and. went home ladies and gentlemen. this is a woman 95 and 2020. really as germans like every night of november in and by this i think i need to begin because there's such a lot of feedback in the room should i start again. it's ok if. i said ok now. ok man adama town ladies and gentlemen is the day on the 9th of november 20 twentieth's we didn't know in germany like every night of november think of the worst and the best things that happened to our history we think of the atrocities of 1938 and the many programs committed against jewish people in our country the synagogues set on fire jewish property burnt and destroyed. we remember. the terrible crime of the show committed by germany with great shame and we think of the 9th of november night's human they t 9 been enjoying one of the people here right in the new year from right near here the fall of the berlin wall 1st opened and then fell. and just a few weeks ago on the 3rd of october we celebrated the 30th anniversary of german unity without. the faces particularly of the americans it wouldn't have been possible and i will always be grateful they're grateful for their confidence in us we germans experience it directly just how important the role of the united states of america is for liberty and democracy in the world. we experience directly firsthand just how important german american fr

germany where they would be not gassed, but worked to death. most of them in underground armament factories these were the three groups, germany, journey into germany is different. so too would be there experiences in germany. >> if the day or a little bit after were in 1945, could you give us a little bit of a feel for what it is like in these camps and what sort of futures score choices are these people looking at? >> there is no way to comprehend the devastation in germany that displaced persons found when they left workplaces or concentration camps, they were rounded up by the allies, gotten out of the way, and then sorted out by nationality and taken into camps behind barbed wire often. camps that were run by united nations relief and rehabilitation administration but supplied by the armies, food, medical supplies, shelter, they built facilities and took care of them. in germany, in the years following ve day in these camps, there were little ukraines, little latvias, little jewish centers. in the beginning the unrest and the allies decided they were going to separate out by nationality. they did not recognize there was such a thing as a jew.

pretty grim outlook in an interview with germany's germany's economy minister peter said he expects that germany called will have to live with considerable precautions and restrictions for at least the next 4 to 5 months. germans have been told that we have a lock down like for weeks now this, what's your take on that? well that pretty much tails in with the timeline that seems to be crystallizing out of this very promising prospect of actually having vaccinations within weeks over the coming months. there's an expectation here by the company, bio tech that is producing this vaccine, that it could be ready to go at the beginning of next year. and by the time this is able to reach enough people to make a real difference, that could be a couple of months from now. health authorities from now are being told that they should be ready to start. must max mass vaccinations by mid december already. so clearly preparations on the way that i want to talk about this and you complain, launched by the german government is called be a hero and is essentially encouraging people to stay home and be couch potato

germany and germany would be tough in dealing with russia. and not way to diffuse the political pressure in congress on germany, on europe for completing orders from 2. i think this is the, the logic behind what was going on, and i think that is high time and correct that mr. lavrov, the russian federation have called the deceptive on the one reasonable attacks on russia for the alleged voice in this not even prove them that he was as into the ritual. they are sticking point that's come up in all this is down to the o.p.c. w. . do you expect russia to actually leave as they've suggested? i think it's possible, but certainly the threat of leaving is a very good and sobering reminder that russia is a major player. russia is a serious player in the world scale. men should be treated with respect and not treated the kind of course demonization that we have seen. the o.p.c. w. has not fulfilled the supplications to russia as a just sitting member. and therefore, it would be logical to washington at least for a time out. just as happens earlier when russia left the country independent political analyst, gilbert doctorow. thank you for your time and

germany? >> germany's amazing. i always heard amazing things about berlin specifically. as a kid i always wanted to drive on the autobahn. >> jimmy: oh. did you do it? >> i had to. i rented a lamborghini. >> jimmy: oh, really. did they know why you were renting it when you were renting it? >> i think they know when tourists come, people come from out of town, they rent a really exotic car? i think they know. >> jimmy: "i'll take the insurance." >> yeah, take the insurance on this one. it was really cool, you really understand why they have such low car accidents. in germany people will get out of your way. they know it. they're very courteous when you're driving. here everybody's all crazy, they're in the passing lane, they're driving slow. >> jimmy: how fast did you go? >> 203, i think. i think i maxed out -- >> jimmy: miles per hour? >> miles per hour. 203 miles per hour. other cars, some station wagon that's like all souped up, they're going like 140. and then you come by and you two are going at it and stuff. >> jimmy: is that when you and bryce got the call from "people" magazine? [ laughter ] >> no, no. that was -- me and -- that was my boy leo. me and leo were out there. >> jimmy: all right. don't drive that fast here in the united states. >> no, no. it's a risk out here. >> jimmy: this is it, "people" magazine's sexiest man alive issue comes out friday. michael b. jordan. be right back with alison brie! the city riding with me ♪ ♪ been through the storm and the gritty ♪ ♪ do it for the mom and pop on every block ♪ ♪ new day, sunshine on every blo

germany's federal prosecutor. the hope now is that germany can deliver justice for the victims, reports from v.w. and the german news magazine desh people have been given exclusive access to some of the evidence. 5. this screams of freak, tim's who died in the syrian gas attack in ghouta to this day, still echoing in the ears of syrian nurse eman, she wants nothing more than syrian president bashar assad and the perpetrators of the attack to be charged. she and her husband, one met our witnesses of a criminal complaint filed in germany by human rights groups. they wish to remain anonymous because they fear for their family's safety. little ones, i fear for my mother and my sisters who are still living in syria and the whole because the regime is my room and unjust and it has no mercy. if it had a conscience, they couldn't have done these things. on august 21st, 2013, at least 4 rockets loaded with sarin gas warheads. struck rebel held parts of eastern kentucky. i was more than a 1000 people were killed. many of them children. among them was imminent marmet eldest son. they too were exposed to serin and were unconscious for days to this day. the syrian regime denies any responsibility for the attack. i would, if i hope that one day i can stand before a judge and tell them what this chemical attack did to us, on the rethinking how long it was an arab scene that i cannot describe to you. give me your lying on the ground, like ants being killed by bug spray. these images never leave my mind was convinced that the syrian

are now setting up shop in germany germany's bundesbank says so far 64 firms have applied to expand operations are called into the country bringing billions of euros with them. less than 9 weeks to go before the u.k. and the e.u. run out of time to seal a trade deal if they don't succeed now british firms face tons of red tape at the border if they want to keep selling into the world's biggest trading block after january 1st talks are continuing this week. port operations at dover run like clockwork up to $10000.00 trucks pass through the busiest british seaport every day the vast majority of freight almost 99 percent is trade within the e.u. meaning it's not subject to customs checks that's all about to change outside the block companies will have to complete a lot of paperwork for the drivers his eclipse. a movement reference numbers generated by a transit a company in document and exit summary declaration and should be lodged with the goods vehicle movement service this then generates a goods movement reference which is given to the driver before i can access a permit is secured to enter th

. >>> moving on to germany germany for the move of november, up almost 16%. i'll tell you one side about the german index it is the only one that is positive every other index i talked about, the ftse, is still negative for the year. the ibex in spain, this is the only one in positive territory and a stellar month, up 15%. >>> also a strong month, 22% there. we had a good performance for the banks actually a lot of the banking names in europe were up anything from 25 to 30% here we're focused on b & p, so a good month for those stocks in particular a lot of cyclical names did record a good recovery and, of course, many of those are actually situated in the qaq quarant. it tells you about investor sentiment appetite wanting to put money to work in riskier industries given the normalization prospect seen in 2021 so this does tell you a little about how investors are thinking about things certainly if they were running a short, they did want to get out of it with all the information flow we had in november. >> thanks so much for the market update we're going to

european union says relaxing curbs could unleash a new infection wave in germany -- germany saying ite partial lockdown has been extended to december 20. the latest fed minutes shall policymakers discuss providing more guidance on bond buying at their meeting earlier this month. the note saying many villains -- may be reason to enhance guidance fairly soon. and increases in securities holdings could eventually taper off. the fed is scheduled to meet again in the middle of next month. police in thailand have revised laws against saving the monarchy is thousands of protesters rallied outside the kings bank. warrants have been issued for 12 protest leaders for crimes against the crown and for insulting the royal family. the king is the biggest shareholder in siam commercial bank. it closed its bangkok headquarters demonstrators gathered outside. the malaysian government faces a bottle test later thursday is the prime minister puts his $78 billion spending plan to parliament. plans for the country's biggest ever budget come with them having only a knife edge majority among lawmakers. it w

during a partial lockdown because of germany's record corona virus infections dortmund germany's self-proclaimed football capital is in lockdown on saturday it hosts germany's biggest game the so-called classic or the you wouldn't know that from looking around. when they were due to the school when you don't already be feeling the excitement and that's not the case anymore even at 12 o'clock on a saturday even a game against byron is like any other day that was unthinkable 6 months ago the rules are strict no phones or load in the stadium and pubs must remain closed. while life football is viewed by many fans as a minor casualty of looked own social worker. sees it as a more serious problem he has worked for over 30 years with young football fans groups. the. ball is not only the social glue that holds a lot of things together for ultras groups especially football is only a means to an end one of dortmund's 3 largest groups was disbanded it said it couldn't see a future for itself amid the pandemic. don't talk to the media but daniels knows them well. positioned themselves very clearly and strongly against racism sexism and here in dortmund where it's parti

germany, higher or lower? i think we would have been higher but now we will be lower. germany 0.61 %. germany lower theirs as well. we have spent a long time persuading them to increase their aid spent. that is interesting. this is like a preview of what christmas day will be like. can you invite us all undeserved. are you hoping the lockdown continues? turkey, higher or lower? i am going to say higher because they have so much of the refugee crisis from syria to deal with u nfortu nately for syria to deal with unfortunately for them. correct. the first guest on newscast to get them all right. who could be better qualified. we are looking at the decision of reducing international aid in the spending review. first of all we will talk about the new tier system. it is adam in the studio. and laura in the studio. and chris in my cupboard. we have had another date will be learnt about the new system for controlling coronavirus and i was thinking back about what we have been through. the pre— lockdown, swedish lockdown. the full lockdown. the reopening. the local lockdown. a few more. speculation a

if we compare ourselves with germany, germany was roughly one fifth of the number of deaths we would have saved 40,000 lives if we have done what germanyentry system which was operating locally. it wasn't a national system introduced by giving this contract to private sector companies to carry through. it was done locally through their own health services. our gps haven't been involved. we haven't involved oui’ been involved. we haven't involved our local health services until very recently. and they know how to deliver this. the big fault in my view, was very slow reaction in the first place. and then as we went into lockdown we went into lockdown on march the 23rd, we didn't develop anything like a test, trace, isolate and support system until we got into may. it was just incredible. and support system until we got into may. it wasjust incredible. i don't know what we were thinking going into lockdown without in and strategy when we remove the lockdown. if there were significant number of cases to present in the country when we came out of lockdown it was bound to lead to a second wave because only a small proportion of us then had t

germanys. one germany led by the kaiser and one led by the urban, educated, socialist leaning german people. we could live with one. we could not accept the other. therefore, what he wanted to do was defeat but not crushed germany because he wanted the educated educated pro-socialist germany to rise without going bolshevik because the defeat was he wanted to precipitate internal reform but he did not want revolution inside germany. american senators were saying you have to go all the way and he looks at him and says, senator, which you rather have the kaiser or the bolsheviks? that is a revealing comment. and then, i think there's something going on. he wants to make them dependent on the united states -- here's the key point. i think that there is a connection between .2 and point -- point two and point 4. here is what i think you thinking. if germany is crossed, britain and france will realize they don't need me. i need a germany that is not crushed. that still has power were they understand they must depend on the united states and if they do that, i can force them into a more liberal, more progressive version of international relations. this guy can be subtle. lodge, frequently, was not. he's a really compl

and china show how important it is for germany to take on a leadership role how much is germany ready for light. and fast and we need an understanding in germany that this country is important in europe and if we invest in europe others will to do to our geographical location and history we have the task of building bridges that need to be built in europe between instant waste and bridges across some of the misunderstandings and cracks that have appeared in the past year but what's more important still is understanding that we also have to invest in europe in terms of security policy. all 15. but it is investing on the one hand this means making europe stronger and on the other hand as i said recently it also means significantly strengthening the european pillar in nato. in the not to stock and both are necessary. by this is notan has by my own mistress to my next year we have federal elections in germany is also marks the end of angela merkel's political era isn't germany losing influence with the chancellor although internationally and in europe that's another that's. first of all it was quite natural that if someone had the opportunity to g

germany as too strict to taking too much control people's lives. i don't think that the measures are too strict if you go to other countries to much, much stricter we're actually in germany. so we can do things that other countries are not possible right now. to do important is the communication. and i think here we have to communicate somewhat more regularly, not every week or every fall weeks. and new information is really talk to the people. explain what's going on, explain what will happen over the next months and what it means to have a vaccine. and what it means to actually distribute that, the vaccine to 50000000 people or more. so those communication things are very important. and so hopefully this will start soon. some of that was the word that you mentioned to be before the show when we were talking. that was your view. that was a major concern for you. communication. yes, no, that's really true because we in germany have been really well off compared to other countries. our infection rates are not this high, so people don't see how bad it can be. not everyone watches the international news . they haven't seen the lorries of transporting death people away in italy and so on. we haven't met this many people who have died from it ourselves right from, from copy. and so in that sense, it's really important that we get this communication across so that people really understand why it's necessary. that's the problem and there's no glory in prevention. yes. if you don't, if you prevent something, then you don't see how bad it would have been. and everyone says, yeah, so what it wasn't as bad, but that's only because we took the right measures and i'm really concerned and hope we will continue to follow those rules. you and i have been here before would be revisiting of this terrible, 6 weeks ago, 8 weeks ago. i'm not sure we're talking about exactly the same problem about people who believe it's all a c

germany ben. well i think it's a some sort of relief tonight here in germany and you've read out the statement by an economical spokesperson on twitter it's really about really reshuffling because between germany and the u.s. it's really about restarting again the transaction the transatlantic no relation as a sort of foreign affairs minister who talked about a new beginning a new deal when he congratulated president elect joe biden and vice president campbell arias so the relation between the u.s. and germany has been really really difficult over the past 4 years remember in 2017 when after the g. 7 summit bank of america was saying at the times during which we are doing which we can count on each others are over now referring to tribes attitude towards its western allies so there's really a sense of relief tonight in body and of course german government would have congratulated donald trump how do you run a lecture on bets. that didn't you knew relation a new era between the u.s. and germany come stocked with these new presidency of joe biden our reporters have been out talking to everyday germans about what they think until their reactions. i'm far too often i think what you want about trum

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there are federalist societies around the world that have performed very well like germany. in germany not so well and it is an open question. one of the things on the top of a lot of people's mind like the former fda commissioner recently did and op-ed where he called for a national mask mandate. i wrote an article in the journal american medical association to say hold on does the president have the power to do that? or must it be congress? and do the commerce powers justify how could we get more uniformity nationally with masks and other protective mechanisms we try to promote? >> the biggest capacity is a bully pulpit. >> the power of the president to set an example to model and to encourage. that is where the federal executive branch and the complicated question. that congress has the authority to impose a mask mandate across the board. now targeted mask mandates and federal facilities are interstate transportation where the federal government has obvious authority according to traditional constitutional standards. and then to stop a national mask mandate before we get to those co

and china show how important it is for germany to take on a leadership role how much is germany ready for light. and fast and we need an understanding in germany that this country is important in europe and if we invest in europe others will too due to our geographical location and history we have the task of building bridges that need to be built in europe between instant waste and bridges across some of the misunderstandings and cracks that have appeared in the past year but what's more important still is understanding that we also have to invest in europe in terms of security policy over all 15 that's what it is investing on the one hand this means making europe stronger and on the other hand as i said recently it also means significantly strengthening the european pillar in nato. in the. stocking both unnecessary and. by this is notan has by my and mr stein my next year we have federal elections in germany is also much the end of angela merkel's political era isn't germany losing influence with the chancellor both internationally and in europe and that's another that's. first of all it is quite natural that if someone had the opportunity t

germany's record numbers. dortmund germany's self-proclaimed football capital is in lockdown on saturday it hosts germany's biggest game the so-called classic or the you wouldn't know that from looking around. you'd already be feeling the excitement and that's not the case anymore even at 12 o'clock on a saturday even a game against byron is like any other day that was unthinkable 6 months ago the rules are strict no fans are loaded in the stadium and pubs must remain closed. while life football is viewed by many fans as a minor casualty of locked own social worker daniels meyer sees it as a more serious problem he has worked for over 30 years with young football fans groups. the design. is not only the social glue that holds a lot of things together for ultras groups especially football is only a means to an end one of dortmund's 3 largest groups was disbanded it said it couldn't see a future for itself amid the pandemic. don't talk to the media but daniels knows them well. positioned themselves very clearly and strongly against racism sexism and here in dortmund where it's particularly needed against right wing

germany's record corona virus infections. dortmund germany's self-proclaimed football capital is in lockdown on saturday it hosts germany's biggest game the so-called classic or the you wouldn't know that from looking around. you'd already be feeling the excitement and that's not the case anymore even at 12 o'clock on a saturday even a game against byron is like any other day that was unthinkable 6 months ago the rules are strict no fans are allowed in the stadium and pubs must remain closed. book it's starting to get you want to go to the stadium. 80000 people in the floodlights go on instead you have to sit at home on the coach. through you go for movies but if you're a proper fun. you get withdrawal symptoms. it's more. a life football is viewed by many fans as a minor casualty of locked own social worker daniels sees it as a more serious problem he has worked for over 30 years with young football fans groups. the. ball is not only the social glue that holds a lot of things together for ultras groups especially football is only a means to an end. many areas where people can enjoy life like they can with football especially her

germany been. well i think it's a sense sort of for at least tonight here in germany you've read out the statement by uncle america's spokesperson on twitter it's really about really really shuffling the cards between germany and the u.s. it's really about restarting again the trends that the transatlantic relation as a sort of foreign affairs minister talked about a new beginning a new deal when he congratulated president elect joe biden and vice president. arias so the relation between the u.s. and germany has been really really difficult over the past 4 years remember in 2017 when after a g. 7 summit bank of america saying at the times during which we are doing which we can count on each others are over now referring to tribes attitude towards its western allies so there's really a sense of relief tonight in body and of course german government would have congratulated to do you were on. election but there's the hope that at a new a new relation a new era between the u.s. and germany come stocked with these new presidency of joe biden our reporters have been out talking to everyday germans about what they think their reactions. i'm talking i think what you want to bet on but he has divided the united st