berlin it looks like i mean the other head is about to roll germany's biggest carmaker volkswagen boss mathias may be heading for the exits as the company says it is considering that further involving its leadership structure we'll see if we can decipher that management speak also on the program. accusations fly over suspected poison gas attack in syria a presence assad's regime invites international chemical weapons experts to inspect the sites of the alleged attack russia says it has found no evidence that an attack even. germany's chancellor takes the top ministers away on a two day retreat but kept a trip to the countryside and there infighting and focus their promises. i'm focused on welcome to the program big changes appear to be underway at europe's largest carmaker has released a statement saying that turnover at the very top of the company could be in store including a new chief executive to replace mathias miller the group board the shuttle to meet on friday reports are mounting that mathias modest success that will be the current head of the v.w. brand. green in the job since twenty

well for more on this let's bring in correspondent my ts burning up now in beijing mathias tell us more about what she had to say at this very critical moment for trade relations well the has been a lot of expectations with regard to this speech see how it has been expected to make major announcements for the opening up trying to ease economy and that's what he has done he has announced opening up chinese economy lowering tariffs for imports and even allowing more direct investments that means investments without having to pair with a chinese company in a joint venture specially in the car industry so these are major announcements one can say it is what has been expected promise is plenty saying that he's not seeking a trade surplus in favor of new chill benefits as you say that mathias an open global economy the question is of course all people taking him at his word on this . the problem is that he has made a similar announcement although less specific before his prime minister has made these that announcements year on year. these are still announcements we will have to see what comes

mathias militate the exit ramp all will be taken down a gear of the company. and protectionism could threaten trade strong growth forecast a warning for the world trade organization i'll talk to the deputy director general . and let's do business is set to replace its chief executive mathias milla the german car giant wants to leave its emissions scandal in the rearview mirror but miller's got the group in good shape operating profits of seventeen billion euros last year a surge of the year before and sales sped up to over ten and a half million vehicles as head of toyota there are roadblocks a bill of twenty five billion for fines and the costs of diesel great for installing cheap devices those costs could increase and then there is a massive transformation in the pipeline the wants to compete in the growing electric car market and sell over a million of them annually from twenty twenty five our reporter steven beardsley is a headquarters with the supervisory board meeting where he told its considering a reshuffling considering replacing milla i asked stephen

mathias: it is totally up to the united states.elationship like and how would you describe the relationship with australia and china? have some of the deals been cautiously taken? the investment that china would like to do in australia was taking some skepticism. have an important economic relationship with china and we value our relationship with china. in recent times there has been some misunderstanding in relation to some issues in the back of what we believe is untrue media reporting. time,op up from time to but we work through those and we are confident that the relationship in australia and china will be strong. francine: i am not asking to take sides, but if you had to choose between the china and the u.s., is china going to be a global force? the leader of the free world says they are anti-globalization, but china says they are pro-globalization. mathias: we have an important relationship with both the u.s. and china. we have an economic and strategic relationship with the united states and with china -- china's exposure t

now in beijing mathias tell us more about what she had to say at this very critical moment for trade relations. while the has been a lot of expectations with regard to this speech she has been expected to make major announcements of further opening up trying to ease economy and that's what he has done he has announced opening up chinese economy lowering tariffs for imports and even allowing more direct investments that means investments without having to pair with a chinese company in a joint venture specially in the car industry so these are major announcements one can say it is what has been expected promises a plenty saying that he's not seeking a trade surplus in favor of mutual benefits as you say that mathias an open global economy the question is of course all people taking him at his word on this. the problem is that he has made similar announcement although less specific before his prime minister has made these that announcements year on year. these are still announcements we will have to see what comes out he has a history off announcing a more open policy when he started h

so final word to you steve bisley what will mathias legacy be for v.w. feel that it's going to be a mixed legacy i think daniel so obviously he oversaw volkswagen a time of record profits at a time of expansion further expansion to markets like china but the issues of diesel gate continue you remember there was the monkey testing affair in january that broke under mueller you know that in the u.s. folks were going to have to pay billions and billions in settlements to volkswagen car owners in europe they haven't paid anything so these are continued criticisms that he's faced as well as the continuation of diesel and volkswagens general continued push for clean diesel and it's sort of hedging on the future of diesel in europe so there's a lot of criticism there but in terms of the actual hard numbers again as daniel said they've looked incredible steve bisley thank you daniel cooper in frankfurt thank you as well. germany's chancellor angela merkel has gathered her cabinet for today retreats. to hammer out the details of the government's program over the

mathias miller had to learn the hard way and it's apparently why the sprawling companies diverse stakeholders think he can no longer handle a massive restructuring program that includes more electric cars and new mobility concepts but do you says only been the company for three years and is presumably untainted by the emissions scandal that still haunts the automaker this man is facing another kind of challenge saving is the new boss of a bank his predecessor john cryan didn't manage to bring the company out of the red germany's biggest lender is student a battle for survival saving says he wants to revive the bank's hunter instincts he started it deutsche bank nearly thirty years ago as a trainee but will that experience in the trenches help him at the very top of the company. to men why not women when my boss take the helm of two battered old battleships of the german economy well the new commanding officers be able to fix the leaks pump the excess water out and set a new course let's discuss this with thomas duffel bag a longstanding critic of german corporate culture himself a former mana

says it could be set to replace chief executive mathias middle of the board is scheduled to meet friday reports are already mounting that success will be head of the b.w. brand have at these militias only been in the job for a few years and though the company has paid billions in compensation over the diesel gate scandal it's actually selling more cars than ever. so why why is all this happening stephen beardsley my colleague is here to maybe shed some light on this one what's going on what's gone on over v.w. that we don't know about it's a fascinating question because this is caught everyone by surprise there's been no big scandals that have really popped off recently there's been rumors of this and there's been nothing else to suggest that there was going to be a sudden change the top now of course there's always internal boardroom politics that we may not know about but let's also look at the big picture here miller was brought in to folks wagon to to lead it to more than two years ago when he was still a porsche where he was actually quite happy according to all reports he was brou

mathias miller headed for the exit ramp at fox fox the german auto giant has just released a statement that it's considering further evolving the leadership structure of the company it says that could include a new chief executive insiders say the board will meet as soon as friday for consultations german media is reporting that milicic says it could be habit dietz he's head of the b.w. branch. let's head over to the frankfurt stock exchange with daniel cope is standing by following this breaking news for us daniel. is this a surprise first of all yes i mean this has really been a surprise here lots of restructuring it seems in germany's biggest companies at the moment first john prine the c.e.o. of losing is job now it seems that. germany's biggest car makers will also have to look for something all of this has not yet been confirmed by a volkswagen but they sent a so-called ad hoc message through to traders here saying there will be changes in the management structure of the company and that is that this could also mean the appointment of a new c.e.o. miller has been very much under

the adcocks, recently crowned commonwealth games champions, beat mathias christiansen and christinnaets to one — taking the decider 21—18, in a match that lasted 66 minutes. they are the first english duo to defend a european title successfully for 32 years. at the world snooker championship, four—time winnerjohn higgins has booked his place in the quarterfinals. it could hardly have been easierfor him, cruising through against jack lisowski 13 frames to i. higgins made three centuries, including a magnificent 146 break, the highest of this year's competition so far. delighted. that's my highest break ever here at the crucible. i think my highest before was 142 or a3. so it was a good break, good break. i don't know if big ryan day will think that way, i went one point in front of him. there could very well be a maximum break here, so i am not counting my chickens yet. but it is a good break. i expected such a tough game but this place can do it. in one of my sessions with stephen hendry i lost 7—1 was exactly the same. the harderjack was trying, i think the worse it was getting to h

the adcocks, recently crowned commonwealth games champions, beat mathias christiansen and christinnaes. they are the first english duo to defend a european title successfully for 32 years.

turnover at the very top of the company could be in store including a new chief executive to replace mathias miller now the board will meet friday for consultations but reports are mounting that miller's successor will be the current head of the v.w. brand have a d.c. that miller has only been on the job since two thousand and fifteen and the company has paid billions in costs in the aftermath of an internal plot to deceive customers and regulators about diesel emissions is actually selling more cars than ever before. and more on this story now with our senior business editor ben fizzling with us here in our studio and our financial correspondent daniel colp is standing by at the frankfurt stock exchange good to have you both with us and this is pretty big news that the c.e.o. could possibly be replaced it's all speculation but how certain is this it's huge news to me i mean who would have expected this this is a man who's managed to steal this huge german company through a real crisis. and managed to lead it to profitability to record sales and we're talking about one of the biggest compani

mathias has to drill one hundred twenty meters down to where he can get enough groundwater for his fruit. growing avocados on this scale is a mammoth undertaking. but it's an important pillar of the chilean economy. critics say scarce water from chile is being shipped to europe in the form of avocados the special air conditioned containers they use also adds to the fruits environmental footprint. as yet another issue. consumers expect to buy avocados ready to eat off the shelf. and that means the hot right fruits have to be ripened and changed temperature controlled where houses that simulate the humidity and heat of a natural environment. some of these avocados end up in restaurants like this one in amsterdam. the avocado show is an avocado restaurant and was the first of its kind in the world. that's one of the best. that's going to get ten am i don't know ready for. its goal may have been for the instagram generation. there's been a lot of press there's been a lot of social media but there's also just people who work for a lot. of the top five restaurants are the top five lunch or bre

mathias serato could have retired long ago but he loves what he does he can talk for hours about transporting art how in the old days paintings would be shipped wrapped in nothing more than a piece of fabric. i always say i might not be able to discuss it but i can transport it through you have to factor in the size of obstacles the size of the space elevator steps all these hurdles need to be addressed and dealt with. sometimes the off circle is nothing more than a jammed container fast. early. in the one nine hundred seventy s. and comp develop climate controlled crates they provide air tight protection against moisture and temperature fluctuations if the fragile surface of a work of art were to suffer any kind of damage it would be a disaster. shipping masterpieces is a highly delicate business the works lenders have sent experts some from his far away as the u.s. to examine the paintings together with the museum's own specialists. are there any scratches that weren't there before any tears the slightest change is documented. once their work is done it's time for to take over. three days l

the adcocks, recently crowned commonwealth games champions, beat mathias christiansen and christinnad 66 minutes. they are the first english duo to defend a european title successfully for 32 years. at the world snooker championship, four—time winner john higgins has booked his place in the quarterfinals. it could hardly have been easierfor him, cruising through against jack lisowski 13 frames to i. higgins made three centuries, including a magnificent 146 break, the highest of this year's competition so far. delighted. that's my highest break ever here at the crucible. i think my highest before was 142 or 43. so it was a good break, good break. i don't know if big ryan day will think that way, coventry went one point in front of him. there could very well be a maximum break here, soiam very well be a maximum break here, so i am not counting my chickens yet. but it is a good break. i did not expect such a tough game but this place can do it. in one of my sessions with stephen hendry i lost 7-1 sessions with stephen hendry i lost 7—1 was exactly the same. the harder jack was trying, i

carmaker in memphis will end as that story thank you sarah is set to replace its chief executives mathias miller the german wants to leave the emissions scandal in the review mirror once and for all but real is got the group in good shape you have to say operating profits of seventeen billion euros last year that's a jump of sixteen and a half percent from the year before and the group's global casillas sped up by more than four percent for the same period to over ten and a half million vehicles that's kept b.w. ahead of toyota as the world's largest auto manufacturer for the financial boost comes as the company faces some roadblocks its footing a bill of some twenty five billion euros for fines and the costs of the emissions scandal in which it admitted to installing cheap devices for millions of vehicles those costs are said to increase and then there is a massive transformation in the pipeline for the company it's a little late in the race but v.w. wants to compete in the growing market for electric cars for its five and says it will sell over a million electric cars annually from twen

mathias muller according to reports he will have to step aside to help it dice mr dice is a company veteran he's currently the brand manager insiders say is part of a larger restructuring in the wake of the diesel gate scandal. it's the most important job in the german car industry but he has miller took over the helm of folks back in twenty fifteen his mission dragging the company actually to diesel gate prices and by some measures at least he succeeded last year v.w. sold more cars than ever before this is the kind who serves first in blue coat considering the journey so far which has felt like a roller coaster at times it's not a given that we can say today the company is in very good shape. for. miller has been praised for managing to communication fecht of lee with both trade unions and politicians and for restructuring the company but it's up to the man who could succeed him to announce the most fear cost reductions have d.c. brown chief is not a favorite with the unions but he appears to be popular with the board of directors they'll meet on friday potentially to decide on a replacem

talked about this week a virus sick it left a trail of babies born with brain damage and scolded for mathias little when we saw what the virus could do we were alarmed that. this is the story behind the headlines every anomaly as scientists set out to combat the viruses. at the beginning of twenty fifteen dr patricio but as those clinic in rio de janeiro began to fill with women reporting curious symptoms. isn't awful kylie. they didn't look as if they were seriously ill just how do ain't there are so much wails like they mainly had an h e rash because of a wound. dr brazils patients all lived in rio shantytowns the favelas. among them a land of capita who was nineteen at the time. the latter had a mild barely visible rash the redness went away after a few days. it was hard to work out the symptoms and the diagnosis. soon thousands of new cases were being reported throughout brazil leaving doctors baffled. until they conducted blood tests and found a virus that had never been seen before in south america zeek a virus. in quantity a lot i found a report compared the symptoms and thought that'

for his first brought in more than a year the thirty nine year old will take on argentina's lucas mathias in july from the welterweight title the filipino is widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time but he's lost four of his last nine fights the last his last contest against australia as geoff warne also ended in defeat. early response to the filipino boxing writer rick all of areas he says is desperate to leave the sport as a winner. i think at thirty nine years of age he knows that he doesn't have a lot of time in some ways it's a gamble he's fighting for in his last nine fights and to many people it's a loss to jeff or in a unanimous decision really sticks in the minds of a lot of people i think manny moving on to a bigger stage which is national politics full time national politics he wants. i think like any other big name athlete it's history knowing when to have you know there's always just one more fight one more game one more season deflating and i think he can regrets not getting out of the game a little earlier you know when you're still in the thick of it peopl

mathias miller had to learn the hard way and it's apparently why the sprawling company's diverse stakeholders think he can no longer handle a massive restructuring program that includes more electric cars the new mobility concepts but do use is only been the company for three years and is presumably untainted by the emissions scandal that still haunts the automaker this man is facing another kind of challenge klystron saving is the new boss of deutsche bank his predecessor john cryan didn't manage to bring the company out of the red germany's biggest lender is student a battle for survival savings says he wants to revive the bank's hunter instincts he started at deutsche bank nearly thirty years ago as a trainee but will that experience in the trenches help him at the very top of the company. as a long standing critic of german corporate culture himself a former auto executive now a member of parliament for the free democrats we asked him if true insight is a good thing at the help of these corporations. looking at. head of the bank and folks i would say those people are not the right right c

volkswagen also up mathias mueller is departing as ceo.e in the u.s., i love the sector rotation here because, yes, we're getting semiconductors back but energy, finally! all the big names are up 2 to 3% again. that's a good sign financials industrials up. consumer discretionary up. consumer staples are lagging a big. take a look at the big energy names. oil service names like schlumberger even exxon rare to see exxon up almost 3% that's very good sign overall. fortunately, we're going to change the conversation a little bit. hopefully in the next few days earnings are upon us boy, the numbers are just off the charts good. look at this this is the first quarter. everyone thought they were going to be up 10% look january 1st, 12%. when we figured out the impact of tax cuts suddenly at 18%. we're going to end up at 20% we doubled the earnings the first quarter. those are amazing numbers! you don't see doubling like that very often here. and the sector gains are the right sectors that are gaining so i said many times financials and technology