so did mitsubishi motors, as the investigation continues. as he said, fall from grace really.ary businessman. remember, japan has very few non—japanese chief executive officers, especially someone chief executive officers, especially someone who is managed to turn it around, when nissan was on the verge of bankruptcy. people queued up to attend this hearing, lawyers will start holding a press conference in half—an—hour. now let's brief you on some other business stories: samsung electronics says it expects a near 30% plunge in operating profit, its first quarterly profit drop in two years. the south korean tech giant is blaming mounting competition from chinese smartphone makers and declining chip prices. it comes days after apple's shock sales warning, citing poor iphone sales in china. us commerce secretary wilbur ross says there's a very good chance that washington and beijing will reach a trade deal that both countries can live with. his comments — in a tv interview — follow the first day of trade talks — at vice—ministerial level — in beijing. pictures have emerged online

he then forged an alliance between him know and mitsubishi which helped make a turnaround the scandal has shaken the international auto world in particular there were tensions in the french japanese alliance after his arrest go in was discharged from both nissen and mitsubishi he remains c.e.o. of. the partial government shutdown in the united states has left more than eight hundred thousand federal government workers unpaid for nearly three weeks donald trump has so far been unable to agree with the democrats on border security and his proposed war with mexico it's not clear how much longer the government agencies will be closed but the costs are adding up. ah. several hundred government employees spray freezing temperatures in protest against the ongoing trump government shutdown for them this is not politics it's personal. i'm already on a pretty tight budget living in d.c. is very expensive affording an apartment in d.c. is pretty expensive and you know not knowing how long this is going to last i've really had to budget as much as i can and just say ok how do i not spend anything

after his arrest go in was discharged from both mr and mitsubishi he remains c.e.o. . michael paine is president of the ship gets a news agency in tokyo what goans chances of getting bail his legal team has filed for bail at least. oh well yes they have filed for bail historically speaking his chances are very very slim. the generally speaking in the japanese system if prosecutors ask a judge for something a judge almost automatically gives it and in this case the prosecutors are making it clear they want to hold him as long as possible and so he can apply for bail but he probably won't get it but there might be a surprise this is a not unusual case doesn't say to new charges but is it any clearer of what he's supposed to have done wrong. the charges of what he's supposed to have done wrong are very strange in a sense that they don't seem so serious that would merit this very heavy handed treatment of him so for example in the case of his not reporting his pay or fraudulent on that on that issue basically that all revolves around money which go and had been planning to

with suspended diffusers, mitsubishi described them as, in between to replicate the way that natural light comes through the atmosphere. they won't give us any more information, and they say it's about two to five years away before something like this could be installed in our homes, hospitals or even the underground. it's almost like i'm expecting to see outside. 2018 was a big deal for us on click, too, as we took our live show outside the uk for the first time — all the way to new delhi, in india. it was certainly one of the highlights of the year for me. are you well? and for him. but 2018 really does belong to the robot. there were these... cute, huh? ..these. .. this is fusion, my new robot backpack. fist bump.

he was already dismissed as the chairman of nissan and mitsubishi, now he has been dismissed from renaultjail waiting dismissed from renault was well. is languishing in jail waiting for trial and could be in custody for months. renault have decided they will no longer go for the sort of super chief executive body by mr ghosn. the new chief executive is a renault insider, the former chief operating officer and the chief executive on an interim basis in recent months. he will be joined by a pillar of the french business establishment who has worked at other major companies and is currently the chief executive at michelin. is perfect, particularly as far as the french government is concerned. he will have a job on his hand because it will also take charge of the alliance, the global car charge of the alliance, the global u charge of the alliance, the global cargroup in that charge of the alliance, the global car group in that includes renault, nissan and within that, feathers have been ruffled and it is a there. he will need to bring the companies together. they have strong links between the

they are still holding him as the chairman and ceo of the company, but nissan and mitsubishi, as we haven reporting, removed him fairly swiftly after his first arrest. it will be interesting to see if mr ghosn stays in jail whether renault will have to replace him at least temporarily as well. us president donald trump has said he will not be attending the world economic forum later this month, citing the stand—off over border wall funding. he tweeted... 800,000 federal workers from eight and government agencies in the united states are either not working oi’ united states are either not working or working without pay. even those who don't work for the federal government but rely on a government service are being hurt. our correspondent reports. this craft breweries started making beer only three years ago, and already they cannot make enough to keep up with demand. so they leased a new facility that would allow them to more than quadrupled the amount of year they make. so this is the new facility that we will be occupying, but until the government has opened it as nothing more than a gi

the japanese carmaker has, together with its alliance partner mitsubishi, said he received "improperalmost $9 million. he remains in a tokyo jail but has previously denied any wrongdoing. mariko 0i is in our asia business hub in singapore. phil is in on what the latest on this story is. it is important to emphasise that this latest allegation did not come from the prosecutors who arrested him but it came from the companies that he led until about two months ago when he was arrested in tokyo and later fired from. according to nissan and me too —— mitsubishi they say they found evidence he was paid $9 billion from a joint venture based in the netherlands without consulting any senior executive that this line or mitsubishi. this adds pleasure on renault which is another alliance partner which is holding a board meeting this weekend. it has kept carlos ghosn as its chief executive officer and has defended him saying they have found no wrongdoing. but there were reports that french government which owns a sta ke that french government which owns a stake in rennell is putting pressure on t

motors nissan and mitsubishi after moved in as chairman but i know it has kept him on while he fights the allegations . for more on the story let's bring in our financial correspondent only bartz in frankfurt the formerly very powerful car has gone says innocent people where you are believe them. i think there are a lot of people who think that these allegations suit the personality and the role of goan some say they weren't surprised when they heard it and even heard a person saying well he had so much power it's good that that era is over and for no and the alliance but you know there are also others that i've talked to who say that this comes at a curious and coincidental time but a very critical time for the alliance with friends having pushed for more control in this alliance and japan pushing against more control and people say it's curious that just at this juncture in time these allegations should surface and he should get arrested now as we've heard the french carmaker renel has kept cars going as chairman all day hoping for his return. well i think renault the leadership the

the company was established in 2017 after mitsubishi joined the nissan alliance a. the carmaker's internal investigation gound that gon was pid by the venture in the netherlands without approval or the knowledge of the two other board directors. the c.e.o.'s of nissan and mitsubishi. >> we had absolutely no knowledge of this imimproper payment. we found the c.e.o., myself, none of us weree supposed to receive e any salary payments. we'll consider appropriate measures, including filing a civivil suiuit to claim damages. >> therereby formally y chard dh finanancial misconduct inin jap. hilalawyer has filed a a new request for bail after it was denied earlier in the week. more of the top business stories we're covering this year. ryan air issued a second profit warning. it now expects net profits of around one billion euros for the year in maximum. the irish low cost carrier said it sold more than expected but much lower prices. the company said overcapacity in the sector was to blame. the c.e.o. of treaty publishing stepped down weeks after a the company rejected a a

the mitsubishi nissan fight cone you remains reynolds chief executive. the three car companies a part of the alliance a glglobal com making grouping and guns detention without trial has raised suspicions of a power play on the japanese side. when it was repeatedly insisted it is found no evidence of wrongdoing? though now coming under pressure to move forward you to rule and i say this with the remiminder of the presumption of innocencee fr carlos ghosn because she didn't go with the permanent prevented from exercising his role. we would have to move to something else tenue station would. the french government owns a 5050% stake beau to conveneo appoint gun successor. in the coming days. the transfers owned by now we're next catholic says it's cutting 7% of i i full time workforce. electric carmaker seeking to cut costs in order to consistently turn a profit while ramping up production of its mass market model three sedan. in an email to employees ceo you onon musk defended thehe decision saying quote there isn't any other way. news comes as china's as m

fellow nissan execucuves o f scheheming against him the former chairman of the senate read a and mitsubishi made the comments in his first interview. since he was arrested o on charges of fraud he's been incarcerated in tokyo since november. largely john has the story. carlos ghosn says he has no doubt that he's behind bars because of a quote plot and treason by nissan executive. for the first time since being detained november nineteenth the auto tycoon has spoken to the press roughly twenty minutes from his detention center he sat down with journalists from the japanese paper indicata. in an exclusive interviviewn both the j japanese and english language platfororms go need knowledge a plan had been in the works to integrate renault nissan and mitsubishi. under one holding company but that such like it is leading them to cooperarate with tokyo prosecutors. ghosn said the plans it also been discussed with nissan's president roh to psychoho o. the franco brazilian lebanese auto tycoon also fought back against accusations that during his nineteen years at the helm of nissan he acted like a d

motors nissan and mitsubishi have removed him as chairman but as kept on while he fights the allegations. u.s. and chinese representatives are due to continue their discussions about their trade relations today the stakes for. companies from both countries are high now goods from a chinese mass production have long conquered shelves of western electronics and toy stores and at the same time u.s. brands like starbucks left and nike have devoted to customers in china but the prolonged discord among political leaders could erode this so far loyal base. the chinese buy more consumer products from america than they do from any other foreign country including japan and south korea american brands have grown to be such a status symbol in china's growing middle class that many cannot imagine life without them. beyond would imo trade between the two countries has reached far and wide people in both countries cannot live without the other nations' products the us cannot live without china and china cannot live without u.s. products either but that sentiment is tempered by the growing popularity of

he then forged an alliance between i know this and mitsubishi which helped make a turnaround the scandal has shaken the international auto world in particular there are tensions in the french japanese alliance after his arrest go in was discharged from both and mitsubishi he remains c.e.o. of. thousands of magic against austerity in argentina as part of his savings plan president well his deal mucky as the ash door slashed subsidies for public utilities that sent electricity and gas costs rising by two thousand percent fearing no end in sight the citizens of planned weekly protests until next month. protesters as far as the eye can see thousands have taken to the streets of going to cyrus. they are demonstrating against the government's austerity measures and rising prices the inflation rate is now at a staggering fifty percent. and here i can assure the thing is that it's not only about the price hikes it's also about precarious work a lack of work the closure of companies on the cost of food is increasing in a disproportional way. argentinians of protests and many times since prison ma

he then forged an alliance between the no listen and mitsubishi which helped make a turnaround. the scandal has shaken the international auto wells in particular there are tensions in the french japanese alliance. after his arrest go in was discharged from baseness son and mitsubishi he remains c.e.o. of renato. and earlier we spoke to michael penn president of the news agency in tokyo we asked him whether it was true that carlos go in could wait another six months before his case goes to trial that's right and on the way that it could be half a year before we ever see going publicly again because the prosecutors often will will make the case to the court so you would usually say he hasn't confessed he's maintaining his innocence of let him go you could flee the country or tamper with evidence so you know we may not see mr cohen again for a long time and all of this about a man who is completely maintaining his innocence and with the evidence against him looking fairly flimsy at least from the outside. to argentina now where thousands took to the streets once again to protest ag

of qual way japanese carmakers nisson mitsubishi say for missy o'connor schoolin improperly received close to nine million dollars from a jointly owned entity the company say they only recently discovered the payment gone who remains c.e.o. if they know it's given credit for helping nissen make a turnaround after creating a strategic partnership between the japanese carmaker and if they know the payments are not part of the current criminal charges before minnesota c.e.o. faces in japan where he has been detained since november japanese authorities have charged him with financial misconduct. evolution in large cities is on the rise and that's a driving factor seeing more and more urban centers shift to electric forms of transport including a chili's capital santiago it wants to improve its air quality and there are now one hundred such buses on the road the aim is to banish these all buses entirely. santiago de chile is chock a block with buses most of which run on diesel the toxic fumes they emit damage the environment and put people's health at risk but things are changing in the f

play gone has forged an alliance between french carmaker north and japanese competitors nissan and mitsubishi for years he has been criticized for giving it one or too much power within the group some in the industry say the future of the company is at stake. and yes there are three possibilities for the future of the alliance there's the status quo but that seems difficult to envision today they might go further into the alliance with an outright merger or takeover of one of the two companies all will see a rebalancing but today who can say what will happen perhaps we have reached the limits of this alliance as it was conceived at the beginning that. for now carlos gone is out at both japanese automakers he is still chief executive of where no. michael penn works for the shin gets a news agency in tokyo and was at the press conference held by guns lawyers following the core proceedings michael what's god had to say for himself. well he was only given about ten minutes to say anything for himself and that was done in the court itself so as your report said not in public to direct the journali

it's just two white leds each side, with suspended diffusers, mitsubishi described them as, in betweent natural light comes through the atmosphere. they won't give us any more information, and they say it's about two to five years away before something like this could be installed in our homes, hospitals or even the underground. it's almost like i'm expecting to see outside. 2018 was a big deal for us on click, too, as we took our live show outside the uk for the first time — all the way to new delhi, in india. it was certainly one of the highlights of the year for me. are you well? and for him. but 2018 really does belong to the robot. there were these... cute, huh? ..these. .. this is fusion, my new robot backpack. fist bump. ..and this. deep in the heart of boston's jungle of cables, something stirs. it's a cheetah, and it's off for a prowl. we're starting to see walking robots like this trotting out of labs around the world. now, the important skill here is not that they can walk a particular route autonomously. they're usually controlled manually, using games controllers. no, the

a few years later he performed a similar feast this sun when it entered an alliance with ren no mitsubishi later joined the red only sun alliance of the group became the biggest carmaker in the world if found guilty go on could face years in jail just before the holiday season managed to clinch a budget deal with brussels well avoid disciplinary steps against italy but down something italian economy persist and many italians are growing tired of e.u. fiscal policy and once you know immediately the opinions of some entrepreneurs. this company and the tenser has been processing natural stone and marble for more than one hundred forty years but since two thousand and six met the new has dropped by eighty percent i believe in my duty when i knew all that but we used to have higher profits that allowed us to invest in the workforce and on materials but nowadays with high taxation and banks that explosions we don't make the same profits anymore there's no lack of work it's the taxes that are killing entrepreneurship they're too high with us or. basically slow economic recovery since the financia

on has forged an alliance between french comic of the north and japanese competitors new sun and mitsubishi for years he has been criticised for giving it an all too much power within the group some in the industry say the future of the company is at stake. let me have that and yes there are three possibilities for the future of the alliance there's the status quo but that seems difficult to envision today they might go further into the alliance with an outright merger or takeover of one of the two companies all will see a rebalancing but today who can say what will happen perhaps we have reached the limits of this alliance as it was conceived at the beginning that. now carlos gone is out at both japanese automakers he is still chief executive of. corporate news now and in an ever changing leadership position amazon has now surpassed microsoft as the most valuable publicly traded company in the u.s. it's a further sign that a seesaw stock market continues to reshuffle corporate america picking or. really let loose volatility on global equity markets has seen technology and internet stocks j

japanese companies nissen and mitsubishi say former c.e.o. qantas gone improperly received close to nine million dollars from a jointly owned entity the company say they recently discovered the payment no corn who remains c.e.o. of if they know he's given credit for helping me son make a turnaround after creating a strategic partnership between the japanese car maker and the final out of payments and not possibly the current criminal charges that the woman he sent senior faces in japan where he's been detained since november japanese authorities have charged him with financial means. and trying to land reclamation for the new poor city has been completed in the cash for the ambitious project when it came from china and it's an awful lot the largest single foreign direct investment in sri lankan history i have estimated one point four billion dollars now it's part of beijing's belt and road initiative a modern day silk road linking asia europe in the middle east but not everyone in sri lanka is convinced about the project. the port city has be

integrate into the business following his arrest he was sacked its share of its proper company mitsubishi is still being held in a tension center in tokyo where he is awaiting trial. now if you like chicken you might like the following story the meat industry is a frequent target of criticism even from mainstream consumers so what if you could have your meat without killing an animal without transport and for adoption without producing methane basically meat without all the polls all you need is one step sell. us for his experiment have a look. a burger fresh from the lab something that could become normal not meat made from substitutes but from the cells of a living animal san francisco based just as developing chicken nuggets in the lab using stem cells mixed with proteins from plants such as mung bean. they were not doing this to display this small scale farming ninety nine percent of the meat produced on this planet is intensive animal agriculture it's not the romantic idealism of of a farmer with straw you know in his mouth heading is pigs as they go by and feeding them acorns one by

few years later he performed a similar feat at nist sun when it entered an alliance with brando mitsubishi later joined the red only sun alliance and the group became the biggest carmaker in the world if found guilty goan could face years in jail. well you all know her the saying it's a man's world and when it comes to the gaming industry that is certainly true only about a quarter of people working there are women and most of them in marketing and to graphic design programming and game design for men but every rule there is an exception so i meet linda cause a female game designer. linda cruz is going back in time to ancient rome through the use of her phone she's testing a new app that shows what things may have looked like here two thousand years ago when the german city of cologne was the roman settlement of colonia the app aims to bring ancient times back to life and young people back into museums. songs the opportunity to expand everything you see in a museum of digitally. museum only has limited space so only certain things can be displayed. through a mobile device i can add many mo

play gone has forged an alliance between french carmaker north and japanese competitors nissan and mitsubishi for years he has been criticised for giving it one or too much power within the group some in the industry say the future of the company is at stake. level of the us there are three possibilities for the future of the alliance there's the status quo but that seems difficult to envision today they might go further into the alliance with an outright merger or takeover of one of the two companies all will see a rebalancing but today who can say what will happen perhaps we have reached the limits of this alliance as it was conceived at the beginning that. for now carlos gone is out at both japanese automakers he is still chief executive of were no. financial correspondent only ballots where the renault know something about it. i don't know i don't know what renault knows but hanging on to carlos going at least as the figurehead c o there's an interim chief was actually in paris running the company has deputy up until now its name is chile but all he was relatively fresh and that and the t

japan's nikkei newspaper says france will now try and merge renault, nissan and its other partner mitsubishi newjapanese boss was asked about this week. soms i 1ing nissan's newjapanese boss was asked about ti i week. soms i 1ing nissan's newjapanese boss was asked abou‘ for week. soms i 1ing nissan's newjapanese boss was asked abou‘ for boys ek. members of companies to move things nissan “lt come up members of companies to move things nissan mi come up with forward, nissan must come up with new leadership. with both companies can talk on an equal basis, that will be a step in the right action. anna—marie baisden is head of autos research at fitch solutions it feels to some degree that renault has had its hand forced it to some degree. to some extent because nissan had already moved in getting new leadership. i think it was reported that even some of renault‘s new employees said that carlos ghosn's position was not tenable, so i think that renault had to move. renault are tasked with try to soothe relations between renault and nissan. renault used to be the junior partner but it sells more c

his plans to integrate renault, the french firm he headed with his japanese partners, nissan and mitsubishicent of financial misconduct charges levelled against him. rupert wingfield hayes has the details. from japan's nikkei newspaper he was given 20 minutes to talk to them and during this he has made some pretty serious allegations. first of all we learn from mr ghosn that last year he was planning to further integration of nissan here injapan with his parent company, renault in france. he says he discussed those plans with the ceo of nissan in september last year. that is just two months before he was arrested at tokyo airport. and then he makes a very serious accusation. he says it essentially the case against him is political, and he uses pretty strong language, accusing fellow nissan executives of plotting and of treason. and the reason for it, he says, was to try and undo that further integration that he was planning. 0n the specific charges that have now been laid against him by tokyo prosecutors, he says all the financial dealings he had while he was chairman of nissan were signed

the french government is renault's largest shareholder and place kingmaker in a company allied to mitsubishi. the currentnner is ceo of michelilin. >> he has experience and knowledge of the auto sector without being too close to the inner r circle. it gives him distance from renault and a solid ununderstanding of the global ao industry. time, a another top contenender to take over, ghosn former deputy. the nominations comommittee is expepected to o broach the conversation sunday followed by a board meeting on monday. ghosn legal travails rolon. he has been hit with a number of charges related to financial misconduct, which he denies. a tokyo court refuses to grant him bail. he could remain in pretrial detention fofor several months. >>>> more trouble brewing for huawei. >> a criminal investigation stealing --ei first for stealing trade secrets from their american partners. bills that will ban the sale of certainn technologies to form compmpanie, including huawei. rate -- i cand reiterate china doeoes not agree t trade and weeal urge the relevant representatives to halt theirir susuppression

what is your view about the three carmakers, mitsubishi, renault and nissan in 2019?e. they have so much at stake. as we saw with the recent tie—up with fog slagen and ford, these loans are critical to getting the scale to move forward with technology related electrification and collected cars -- vw. electrification and collected cars —— vw. they really need each other and away to work together. janet lewis on carlos ghosn and renault. let's look at wall street. shares spiked on reports that the donald trump administration might ease tariffs against china in a bid to break the trade war deadlock. those gains were soon dampened when the us treasury spokesperson denied the us treasury spokesperson denied the reports. the dow up 162 and the snp and nasdaq in positive territory. let's look at how this is impacting asia. the nikkei 225 up 185, and the all ordinaries is up three fifths of i%. the hang seng index will open trading shortly so we will have initial numbers later in the programme. from new york, samira hussain told me what the investor reaction was. what this re

those two companies, together with mitsubishi, have for the past two years formed a global carmakingntly in detention in a japanese jail. he has been accused by nissan a financial ‘s conduct, which he denies. now, the french state owns 1596 denies. now, the french state owns 15% of renault, which in turn owns a big chunk of nissan, which are rather confusingly in turn owns a bit of renault. the french economy minister, bruno le maire, was asked whether this indeed was the case, did the french state what a merger between renault and nissan? he dismissed such talk, he said it was not on the table, which is not entirely an outright denial. nissan has removed carlos ghosn as its head, and renault is considering doing the same. so who should replace carlos ghosn? well, the french economy minister, bruno le maire, was asked this question. various names have been floating around in france, including the name of the chief executive of michelin tyres. now, bruno le maire was asked whether he backed him for thejob. he said it wasn‘t up to him, it is up he said it wasn‘t up to him, it is up to

of renault the french carmaker in the ninety's did the same finish sand and in conjunction with mitsubishi this alliance of combat because it was estimated in terms of sheer numbers to be the third biggest automaker in the world so there are big implications eighty's there was a lot of speculation that possibly he was a victim of. the boardroom revolt to sound the knives were out he is thought to have wanted a merger between brando and this that the executives of miss and were resistant to that so there is the possible fallout for diplomatic relations between france and also japan but also here in japan itself there is the the wider issue of just corporate governance here japanese companies are often criticized for being hierarchical being dominated by middle aged men not transparent enough and according to critics of japanese business this is yet again another example of that richelle all right rob. thank you. when you were head of the news our. military coup attempt fails and go bomb with two of the suspect the plotters killed and five others arrested. band in rwanda could be dangerous f

nissan, mitsubishi, which were supposed to be grouped -- to be joined. some of them, some of these people would refuse. this reconstitution of the group. found a solution to do so so that he could do and be sent out of the situation. this does not mean the prosecution n is serious. speak about this -- some detail of the prosecution. about taxeses. we discovered that in france, it was not taxes at all. it w was written in the future with nothing certain that he could receive the money. that is why i think the basis of this prosecution was probably could bedo so that he sent out of the situation. i hope the japanese judicial system will understand the situation and this probe against him. >> is there any hope he will be releaseded on bail? i think he would be released. it is always very difficult to compare situations between two so different countries. france and japan. france, he would not have been arrested and capped in jail. -- and kept in jail. normaly possible but that for the japanese to decide to release him but to wait and see what justice will d

english-language platforms, he acknowledged a plan had been in the works do integrate renault, nissan, mitsubishinto one holdout -- holding company but did not play some nissan connected -- executives. he said the plans had been discussed with the nissan prpresident. the franco brazilian lebanese auto tycoon fought back against accusations that during his 19 years at the helm of nissan he acted like a dictator. he said people translated strong leadership to dictator. interview, the spokesman for nissan refuted the claims and said he nissan president had categorically refused the notion. the detention, he said there were ups and downs and said he is innocent. financial transactions were signed up with nissan and he said he is not a flight risk. he will defend himself. no longer chairman of the rumumorshe created, spspeculate about the future of the alliance as he awaits trial. bars,s, remains behind to managemement are said to meet in amsterdam on thursday to discuss a way forward. thehe european cocommission sas business climate in the regigion has s dropped shsharply this mo. indicator hasmic dr

he then forged and the alliance between i know this and mitsubishi which helped make a turnaround the scandal has shaken the international auto world in particular there are tensions in the french japanese alliance after his arrest go in was discharged from both nissen and mitsubishi he remains c.e.o. . is president of the news agency in tokyo what chances of getting bail his legal team has filed for bail at least. oh well yes they have filed for bail historically speaking his chances are very very slim. the generally speaking in the japanese system if prosecutors ask a judge for something a judge almost automatically gives it and in this case the prosecutors are making it clear they want to hold him as long as possible and so he can apply for bail but he probably won't get it but there might be a surprise this is an unusual case so to new charges but is it any clearer of what he's supposed to have done wrong. the charges of what he's supposed to have done wrong are very strange in a sense that they don't seem so serious that would merit this very heavy handed treatment of him so for

after his arrest go in was discharged from baseness son and mitsubishi he remains c.e.o. a friend. now kind of has gone as lawyers have said it could take up to half a year before his case even goes to trial earlier we spoke to michael penn president of the two news agency in tokyo and hearts can what he thought of the statement that's right and on the way that it could be half a year before we ever see going publicly again because the prosecutors often will will make the case to the court so you would usually say he hasn't confessed he's maintaining his innocence of let him go you could flee the country or tamper with evidence so you know we may not see mr cohen again for a long time and all of this about a man who is completely maintaining his innocence and with the evidence against him looking fairly flimsy at least from the outside. in argentina thousands took to the streets again to protest against the austerity plans of the government president modi so markedly cut subsidies for public utilities and other services that sent electricity and gas prices up a whopping two thousan

reporter: nissan and mitsubishi say the ceo carlos gone -- ghon received improper payment. payments are not part of the criminal charges that he faces in japan where he has been detained since november. japanese authorities have charged him with financial misconduct. you're watching dw news from berlin. brent goff will be back to take user through -- take you through the day. ♪ c ♪ test. . welcome back to the front twenty four news room is nine pm in paris in here all headlines this. alexander but not a taste on the formal investigations this often manual michael's ex security aide is accused of misusing diplomatic possible. the us congress is to investigate whether donald trump broke the law the president accused of instructing his low yet to lie about a construction project in russia. tensions highn the dlcc is e country's top pool for past the publishes conclusisions on alleged electoral fraud. this is the u. n. says thirty four people h have alalready bn kikilled since the results were an

he has forged an alliance between a french comic and japanese competitors nissan and mitsubishi.ome in the industry say the future of the company is at stake. >> there are three possibilities for the future of the alliance. there's the status quo, but that seems difficult to envision today. they might go further into the alliance with an outright merger or takeover of one of the two companies. or we will see a rebalancing, but today, who can say what will happen? perhaps we have reached the limits of this alliance as it was conceived in the beginning. for now, carlos ghosn is out at both japanese automakers. he is still chief executive of renault. brent: we will continue speaking about cars to a certain extent. whether self driving or self walking, it's all there at the consumer electronics show in las vegas, currently taking place. a growing number of traditionally non-tech companies have also set up shop, trying to give their product line a digital makeover. >> eye-catching self driving cars connected to the drivers devices. for bmw, an opportunity to go the extra mile, present

now it appea t company is securing their partnership with nissan and mitsubishi which is the world's biggest auto alliance. as you may recall, he was charged with derreporting his compensation. >>> after several years of booming business, home remodeling growth is expected to shrink this year. why? well, there are threere asons. diana olick tells us what they >> breakfast table, it will be a little more raditional. orter: contractor justin sullivan is plenty busy this winter, but less sure about how his business will be six months >> generally architects are six months ahead of us in terms of seeing slowdown. so we're hearing a little bit that some of the architects, some of the d aign firms slowing a little bit, which will probably hit us in six to 12 months. >> reporter: hom renovation demand is slowing because home values aren't gaining as much.rt ge interest rates are rising and fewer homes are selling. that last one is one of the top drivers of home renovations. >> the first two, three yea after purchase that new homeowner typically spends quite a bit more on home improvements,

it's just two white leds each side, with suspended diffusers, mitsubishi described them as, in betweene atmosphere. they won't give us any more information, and they say it's about two to five years away before something like this could be installed in our homes, hospitals or even the underground, to give us a little bit of extra natural light. it's almost like i'm expecting to see outside. incidentally, that alarmingly realistic fake window trick turned out to be one of the most watched tech stories on the whole of the bbc website in 2018, so clearly it shone a light on something. anyway, back in august, we sent nick kwek to france to meet a man with a mode of transport that we have been obsessed with over the last 30 years, but we have never had a chance to ride until now. and it's not this one. that's right, spen. i've popped down to provence to poke about in a frenchman's garage. we are in our workshop. it's where we do all our research and development. a formerjet ski world champion, franky zapata has been at the forefront of water—powered vehicles for decades. he has been beaveri

two months by the go in case he also says that he wants to try and secure renault's alliance with mitsubishi motors and he said the two japanese carmakers that make this a trio of auto makers along with road but it will be a challenging task because up until now it was callers go there was in charge of all three of those companies and he was the one that kept that alliance together. north korea's leader kim jong un says he trusts u.s. president donald trump's approach as officials from both countries prepared for another summit both korean state media says kim is satisfied after receiving a letter from trump he's ordered preparations for a second meeting with trump saying that he'll wait with patients on doing good face but this follows weeks of warnings that kim could seek a new path if the u.s. did not lift its sanctions. it's time for sports is very exciting at the tennis australia absolutely always exciting fight for haleigh seventeen time grand slam champion rafael nadal has powered his way into a fifth career final at the australian open in melbourne on thursday he was up against greec

ghosn is not releasedno soon, themay follow is on and mitsubishi and remove him aceo.ield-hbbc news, tokyo. laura: north korea's once reclusive leader has been to china yet again. kim jong-un took a train to meet with china's pres sent, the fourmit between the two leaders in the past year, and it comes as president trump says he could hold a second summit with mr. kim. john sudworth reports from beijing. john: it was quite sendoff. kim jong-un and his wife were shown boarding their bletproof train in pyongyang, accompanied by the usual adoring state media commentary. they arrived in beijing on mr. kim's birthday.ik china is unly to give him any unpleasant surprises. >> china won't encourage north korea to give up nuclear weapons. not necessarily push north korea into a corner. john: why? >> because in the past year, china believed if the pressure is tooig that will be counterproductive. john: the u.s. has no such qualms. isit tojong-un's fourth china sends a message -- it underlines the strength of the bond and shows that if the nuclear diplomacy with america fails, he