between monsanto and some. the individuals that were responsible for writing that report a guy named just rolland was an author of that and. we have e-mails showing that he coordinated with them and stopping some of the studies and coordinated with them on what what to count and what not to count in the mouse studies like that malignant lymphoma i was telling you about he consulted with monsanto scientists of what to count and what not to count and deviated from the guidelines to crisp already a doctor sporty actually wrote for. the regulators like the v.a. for how to evaluate toxicological science which and. so they had say p. the science advisory panel noticed that and said hey you didn't count these right you didn't follow the guidelines and so what our documents show is that the guidelines that followed showed the risk and. they failed to do it and they look focused on studies that show were related to glide to say not round up right and there are even that study says or that report says they need to look a

and it's probably not a friendly meeting as the chemicals giant grapples with the fallout from the monsanto scandal our correspondent is at the shareholder meeting with the latest. also on the show one day after denounced it was abandoning merger talks with canal spunked dogshit that reports a better than expected profit for the first quarter twenty nineteen. and mass confusion over economic jargon has prompted one you tube are to set off a channel dedicated to breaking it all down. hello and welcome to your business i want to get jones in berlin good to have you with us german chemical joined by is facing its shareholders at the group's annual meeting today and it could be an uncomfortable encounter by a house been caught in the crosshairs of environmentalists and lawyers following the takeover of the us agricultural group monsanto since then buy a share price has almost hot because month some toes weed killer roundup is highly controversial. just a few weeks ago a us court ruled that edwin hardiman concert was caused by years of using the weed killer ground up. it's the second ruling that

monsanto's products are used around the world.he united states over alleged cancer links to its bestselling glysophate based weedkiller, roundup. the company has already been found liable in two trials in california, resulting in tens of millions of dollars in damages — rulings bayer is appealing against. caroline rigby, bbc news. it was meant to be one of a kind, the first privately—funded mission to the moon. and israel's spacecraft beresheet did get there, but instead of a soft landing israeli officials had to announce a crash—landing, with the prime minister in attendance. we had a failure in the spacecraft. we unfortunately have not managed to land successfully. we are the seventh country to orbit the moon and the fourth to reach the moon's surface and... it's a tremendous achievement up till now. well, we didn't make it, but we definitely tried. if at first you don't succeed, you try again. officials say the craft had several technical and communication problems as it neared the lunar surface. its main engine apparently fail

monsanto's products are used around the world.ted states over alleged cancer links to its bestselling classified based weedkiller. the company has already been found liable into trials in california, resulting in tens of of dollars in damages, rulings bayer is appealing against. caroline rigby, bbc news. the son of a white police officer in louisiana has been arrested over a series of recent fires of black churches. old matthews is 21 and is charged with the attacks on black religious buildings. his father helped facilitate the arrest. no—one was hurt in the fires but as the state's governor said, they evoked a painful memories from the civil rights era of a dark past of intimidation and fear. it was meant to be one of a kind, the first privately—funded mission to the moon. and israel's spacecraft beresheet did get there, but instead of a soft landing, israeli officials had to announce a crash landing, with the prime minister in attendance. we had a failure in the spacecraft. we unfortunately have not managed to land successfully.

putting the german chemical giant on the defensive the legal troubles of its recent acquisition monsanto have shareholders up in arms. and u.s. first quarter economic growth beats all expectations but investors were mixed in their response to the financial correspondent tells us why. also on the show japan has a notorious work till you drop business culture the country's labor shortage is now giving workers in one sector some leverage to challenge those expectations to keep the details. i'm stephen beers and glenn thanks for joining us. german chemical multinational buyer faces shareholders at the group's annual meeting friday and that's expected it was a tense affair the company's share price has lost nearly half its value following last year's takeover of u.s. agra tech for monsanto and in particular after two american court cases linked that company's popular weed killer round up to cancer cases that's put buyer in the crosshairs of not just environmentalist and lawyers but its own shareholders. the atmosphere was talks even before the shareholder meeting began environmentalist's were

not expected to be a friendly meeting as the chemicals giant grapples with the fallout from the monsanto scandal our correspondent is at the shareholder meeting with the latest. also on the show mass confusion over economic jargon has prompted one you tube out to set by channel dedicated to breaking it all down. hello and welcome to the business i want to jens and good to have you with us german chemical giant bae is facing its shareholders at the group's annual meeting today and it could be an uncomfortable encounter by asking courts in the crosshairs of environmentalists and lawyers following the takeover of the us agricultural group monsanto since then buy a share price has almost half because one sometimes we'd kill a round up is highly controversial. just a few weeks ago a u.s. court ruled that edwin hardiman cancer was caused by years of using the weed killer round up. it's the second ruling that's gone against monsanto which buyer acquired last year in both cases the company was ordered to pay out tens of millions of dollars in compensation fire has appealed and the outcome is sti

coming up next on business germany's byron buying us agra tech company monsanto would help it would help make it a global champion instead it's been saddled with lawsuits over monsanto's purpose i found shareholders are now always saying to their frustrations thank you for that that's next. take it personally i already with all the wonderful people in stories that make the game so special. for all true fans. because more than football online. it's all happening. pretty. sure link to lose from africa and the world. your link to inception stories and discussions can you unload some stupid new stuff including program tonight from born in germany from the news of easy to our i would say d w it comes to the traffic come join us on facebook at g.w. africa. anger and uncertainty had buyer's annual meeting putting the german chemical giant on the defensive the legal troubles of its recent acquisition monsanto have shareholders up in arms. and u.s. first quarter economic growth beats all expectations but investors were mixed in their response the financial correspondent tells us why. also on the

monsanto's products are used around the world.ed states over alleged cancer links to its bestselling glysophate based weedkiller, roundup. the company has already been found liable in two trials in california, resulting in tens of millions of dollars in damages — rulings bayer is appealing against. caroline rigby, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: who's up and who's down on the leaders board. we'll have the latest on the masters and the rest of the world sport. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, is reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia, where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. dragon will take a whole section dragon will take a traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices have been attacked and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock, a

buyer share price has been cut nearly in half following the takeover of the us agricultural group monsanto its highly controversial we kill around up has put buyer in the crosshairs of environmentalists lawyers and now shareholders. the cat is out of the bag and buyers shareholders are furious so far to court cases have gone badly ruling that monsanto's roundup killer has caused cancer with buyer no liable for tens of millions in compensation the knock on effect has been devastating he's a first for. these lawsuits have resulted in substantial declines in buyer share price as a result of which you are esteem shareholders have also have to shoulder losses and we regret that deeply that on the zero zero. buyers share price has almost half since the months on to a purchase how the story continues depends on which studies the courts choose to believe the active ingredient in round up called life a seed has split opinions among experts one study by the world health organization says life to save probably does increase the risk of cancer other scientific studies say it doesn't buy or c.e.o. boma

governor jindal whose wife is a former monsanto employee praised the expansion of the round up plant in two thousand and ten every year since then this plant in cancer alley has had the most toxic releases in the entire state. is really important to remember there's a real difference in any pesticide between is active ingredient which in the case of roundup for example is go ifas eight verses all the surfactants an urge to go into that for pesticide when it's sprayed and to demonstrate this research it had to ponds with frogs in them and in one pond you just put the active ingredient of roundup like to say very little impact on the frogs. in the next pond he put the whole formula devastation eighty ninety percent depending on the developmental stage of the frog of death in those frogs so that shows you the difference between just an active ingredient and the whole formula it turns out that it's are fact in that part of roundup that makes it stick to the crop was so fatal working with the other ingredients in so failed of those frogs so roundups legal by the way round up is in the ban

fear is demanding justice from the agro chemical giant monsanto after a series of u.s. court rulings awarded millions of dollars in damages to the american victims of herbicides dioxin a highly toxic element of the so called agent orange besides shoes widely against vietnam during the war it has been linked to the facts counts is another major health problems. well in an open last of the vietnam association of victims of agent orange asked a u.s. court to reopen a previously dismissed lawsuit against monsanto the association believes the recent us court rulings have set a precedent on santa itself which is now a part of the pharmaceutical giant by admits responsibility for creating agent orange but not for the damage associated with it but in one thousand nine hundred four a class action case was settled out of court and over ten years a total of one hundred ninety seven million dollars in cash payments were distributed to vietnam veterans who suffered from agent orange investigative reporter dave lindorff leaves for courts to rule in favor of american soldiers but not

buyer share price has been cut nearly in how following the takeover of the us agricultural group monsanto its highly controversial weed killer round up has put buyer in the crosshairs of environmentalists lawyers and now shareholders. the cat is out of the bag buyers shareholders are furious so four to court cases have gone badly ruling that monsanto's roundup killer has caused cancer with buyer no liable for tens of millions in compensation the knock on effect has been devastating.

privacy it is not carcinogenic one thing is certain the destruction of buyers market caps and the monsanto acquisition as its stock price collapses there's deep mistrust of the company both inside and outside of the pond masing right now the value of what was once germany's most valuable listed chemical company is only around fifty seven billion euros which is pretty much exactly what buyer paid for months on tow. and that's it for me and the business team here in berlin for more business news and features check out d.w. dot com slash business or follow us on facebook and on twitter believe you know with his quick check on pull markets thank you so much for watching. the mug. gold for come town understood. to me let me take you to some of the everything you do for me a good dose of the mission. move along move to the climate change and industrialization have battered. the web documentary shows how local people have been affected. in sixty minutes. i'm not nothing out of the well i guess sometimes i am but mostly laughing with the german thinks deep into the german culture. we take the scru

welcome back now vietnam is demanding justice from the agro chemical giant monsanto after a series of u.s. court rulings awarded millions of dollars in damages to the american victims of besides dioxin a highly toxic element of the so called agent orange side was used widely against vietnam during the war is being linked to birth defects conses and other major health problems. and i open letter the vietnam association of victims of agent orange asked a u.s. court to reopen a previously dismissed lawsuit against monsanto the association believes the recent us court rulings have set a precedent in santa itself though which is now a part of the pharmaceutical giant buyer admits responsibility for creating agent orange but not for the damage associated with it investigative reporter dave lindorff believes for courts to rule in favor of american soldiers but not the actual victims in vietnam smacks of double standards. the u.s. fought for i think over a decade. of vietnam veterans who were getting the same kind illnesses that the vietnamese people are getting because they handled it and be

for sage is not carcinogenic one thing is certain the destruction of buyer's market cap since the monsanto acquisition as its stock price collapses there's deep mistrust of the company both inside and outside of the pond missing. right now the value of what was once germany's most valuable listed chemical company is only around fifty seven billion euros which is pretty much exactly what buyer paid for month on tow and that's it for me and the business team here in berlin for more business news and features check out d.w. dot com slash business or follow us on facebook and on twitter believe it all with his quick check on full bull markets thank you so much for watching. if you ever have to cover of a murder best way is to make an accident. raring to. remember michael schiavo. the streets. you know one gentleman with w. at any time he plays easy names. yeah i don't like the cut so mr sing along to you judas the combo to you from super. interactive exercises. like everything is online and interactive the enjoyment of free with d w. this is deja news africa coming up in the next fifteen minut

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paul francois says he became ill after inhaling a now—banned weedkiller made by monsanto.s accused the company of giving insufficient safety warnings. you up—to—date on the headlines. it is now 4:30 am. now on bbc news, hardtalk. hello and welcome to hardtalk. i'm shaun ley. the united states says iran's revolutionary guard corps ‘promotes terrorism as a tool of state craft‘. it's the first time the us has labelled another nation's military as a terrorist organisation. jason rezaian, who used to report from tehran, might agree. certainly he knows what it's like to be terrorised by the state. seized from his home without warning, this us—iranian journalist was interrogated, tried and convicted on vague charges. he was held for 544 days before a deal was done to release him in 2016. he is now banned from iran for life. but is the trump administration right to see maximum pressure as the only way to affect change in iran? jason rezaian, welcome to hardtalk. you lived in iran forfive years at the time of your arrest. how unexpected was it? thanks for having me on today. it was

capitalism or cronyism of course that yet cries out competition because competitors to now bear monsanto because they were already like all of us now they become monopolist these huge conglomerates that control the seed supply around the world and never the less you know a bear bought this at the wrong time because months and has been hit with all these round up carcinogenic sort of. lawsuits and they're losing unfortunately for europe the european taxpayer who is underwritten the centrally these e.c.b. dodgy deals with the well connected bear of course is a very well connected european company they're very powerful and they have access to the guys at the top and when bear went on this road show well they normally would have gone on a road show if they needed to raise sixty six billion dollars they would have had to go to you know private equity guys and hedge funds and pension funds and try to convince them that this is a great deal of this is how they're going to make money they didn't have to do that in fact the european central bank this corporate securities purchase program all they

governor jindal whose wife is a former monsanto employee praised the expansion of the round up plant in twenty ten every year since then this plant in cancer alley has had the most toxic releases in the entire state. is really important to remember there's a real difference in any pesticide between is active ingredient which in the case of roundup for example is go ifas eight versus all the surfactants an urge to go into that for present one and spray and to demonstrate this research it had to ponds with frogs in them in one pond you just put the active ingredient of roundup like to say very little impact on the frogs. in the next pond he put the whole formula devastation eighty ninety percent depending on the developmental stage of the frog of death in those frogs so that shows you the difference between just an active ingredient and the whole formula it turns out that it's your fact and that part of roundup that makes it stick to the crop was so fatal working with the other ingredients in so failed of those frogs so roundups legal by the way round up is in the band chemical so one

lawsuits against monsanto. the calm after the storm. are muted after a fresh record on wall street. decisions, of rate economic data and an extended holiday in japan see volatility on the rise? good morning and welcome to bloomberg markets. this is the european open. anna: 30 minutes into the trading day. let's look at the markets. higher, the rest lawyer -- lower. not moving anywhere very fast on the overall. the spanishkness in market and positivity in the banking sector. that is far and away the biggest gainer in the european markets. bank, bank, another bank. just looking for the stocks that are not banks. than 2%cks up by more are from the banking sector in europe. let's go to the downside and have a look at what is weighing it down. both of those weaker. ex-dividends complicating things. it was an eventful weekend with that emergency management meeting at bayer and support being given to the ceo, and as a result it was seriously under fire from shareholders. notscandinavian business one we talk about often. numbers earlier this we

monsanto was willing to sell to their because their brand likability ranked just below the bog of eternal stench. actually looks like round up done and. the plaintiff in the suit edwin hardiman worked with roundup for years before developing non hodgkins lymphoma and see that's the problem though that's a problem it's not just round up the ball here it's also working working at a job is bad for your health it's terrible if he had been working he would be fine right now congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez says recently we should not be haunted by the specter of being automated out of work we should be excited by that but the reason we're not excited is because we live in a society where if you don't have a job you are left to die. a god. that is all she talks the third rail of american politics you know composing the ideal that working our dissolve until we collapse into a heap at the end of our life might not be the meaning of life. you can't say that as an american politician you can still cause others if you can send a people should die because they can't afford health care but you c

court to reopen a previously dismissed lawsuit against monsanto association believes the recent us court rulings have set a precedent in santa itself though which is now a part of the pharmaceutical giant buyer admits responsibility for creating agent orange but not for the damage associated with it vietnam is hoping and historical case will add weight to its claims because in one thousand nine hundred four a class action lawsuit was settled out of court to compensate u.s. soldiers who suffered from agent orange over ten years a total of almost two hundred million dollars in cash payments were distributed working at around three thousand eight hundred dollars per person investigative reporter dave lindorff believes for courts to rule in favor of american soldiers but not for actual victims in vietnam to smack of double standards. the u.s. fought for i think over a decade. vietnam veterans who were getting the same kinds of illnesses that the vietnamese people are getting because they handled it and because it was sprayed on them and finally they won and the government now accepts that fo

vietnam is demanding justice from the agro chemical giant monsanto after a series of u.s. court rulings awarded millions of dollars in damages to the american victims of herbicides dioxin a highly toxic element of the so-called agent orange herbicide he's widely against vietnam during the war has been linked to birth defects cancerous and other major health problems. through her. in an open letter the vietnam assessing. of victims of agent orange us the us court to reopen a previously dismissed lawsuit against monsanto the cessation believes that the recent us court rulings have set a precedent on center itself which is now part of the pharmaceutical giant admits responsibility for creating agent orange but not for the damage associated with it . vietnamese having an historical case will add weight to its claims in one thousand nine hundred four a class action lawsuit was settled out of court to compensate u.s. soldiers he suffered from agent orange of ten years a total of almost two hundred million dollars in cash payments were distributed working out of the around three

says he fell ill after being exposed to the lasso weed killer in two thousand and four he accused monsanto which is part of the by a group of not providing adequate safety warnings monsanto's also facing lawsuits in the u.s. of alleged counseling to its weed killers. shame on french government officials judged by the history of their inaction we now know there is a danger in money. it's our politicians do not want to make it about incisions and be judged by future generations. now voter turnout was more than sixty percent on the first day of india's six week election nine hundred million people are legible to vote in seven phases the results are expected in late may in the city of noida in uttar pradesh elizabeth purana reports on the key issues for voters. happy to have their say voters lined up across the country to choose who ran the world's largest democracy for the next five years from indian and women's to meet in the north to answer petition the south ninety one constituencies across twenty states voted in the first phase of a six week election which ends on may nineteenth where the

catholic they just gave bear billions of dollars we don't know how much they haven't revealed to buy monsanto so speaking of central banks right they're supposed to be the lender of last resort right they're supposed to be in the background supposed to be there in case the banks get in trouble so the deposits are safer it's a backstop measure of the central banks that's what that's why they were created but now over the past twenty five thirty years they have become essentially hedge funds so they're looking for investments and they're the first place that people go with a dodgy deal like this one and as a result they crowd out competition and without competition you don't have capitalism capitalism relies on competition so competition means that if you have a winning ideas or winning companies you survive if you don't you don't survive that's the survival of the fittest this competition but if you have a corrupt central bank who is willing to finance dodgy deals then it crowds out the good companies and the end up with a lot of bad companies and it crowds out of competition and you end up wi

a french court has found by his monsanto are responsible for the health problems a family suffered after inhaling one of its wheat killer has. suffered neurological damage off the accidentally breathing in the now bad law so we killer in two thousand and four and santo is also facing thousands of lawsuits in the united states over exposure to ground up. now forget about cutting class today in. the government has shut down all high schools it's trying to quell this week's protests against massive cut to university grants. we want our scholarships chant these protesters and the people who come on this capital the students here angry about a new law that limits access to scholarships at state universities the loss of applicants to a maximum of one thousand and requires a higher mark on their final school examinations at least twelve out of a possible twenty points to a former duces the number of students eligible for scholarships drastically it's worth around one hundred thirty euros a month. i'm twenty one years old let's suppose that i get a score of seventeen points in high school so you

it does monsanto thank you so much for coming in but your report mentions a struggle for autonomy on mindanao the government has promised after a referendum this autonomous state to the muslims of mindanao or to be valid in the next three years does that go some distance in diffusing the threat from islamic state i think that's what they're trying to achieve it is about winning the hearts and minds of people to support government in the end you know if you want to root out terror you need to be standing shoulder to shoulder which is government and its people which is not entirely the case in mindanao because there are grievances legitimate grievances they way back you know it is a long history of conflict dating back to colonial times so we're looking at not only decades in fact couple of decades. of conflict here and if you want to with that out if you want to bring people on board for your political plan then you've got to give them something and as we look at the regions the muslim majority regions in mindanao they're rather poor they're amongst the least developed in the whole of

decade of legal battles — a french cereal farmer has won his case against the us agricultural firm monsantonow it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the new york times and wikileaks founderjulian assange who was arrested on thursday in london and is now to face a charge in the united states of conspiring to hack into a pentagon computer network in 2010. the arab news leads with sudan and after several months of protests against his rule, president 0mar al—bashir has been overthrown and arrested during a coup by armed forces. protesters have ta ken to the streets demanding the military hands over power to civilianauthorities. the sun likens uk prime minister, theresa may, to a zombie as she blanked calls for her resignation and continued to pursue soft brexit talks with main opposition party labour. mrs may has stressed that the talks if successful could help britain leave the eu before before the halloween deadline. meanwhile the guardian says the uk government has stood down an army of 6,000 civil servants who had been p

they have lost $39 billion in market via because of lawsuits alleging them monsanto weedkiller roundupcancer. ufj plans toshi cut half of the number of employees at its tokyo headquarters. they decided some of the functions performed by the 6000 staff could be automated with robotic and ai technology. many of the current staff will be relocated to the domestic sales division and to overseas branches. got -- hsbc could have job cuts. you can see -- missing revenue and cost targets. bloomberg target say they into's -- they accused of the leadership of incompetence. staff will be informed around midyear. paul: coming up next, we will update you on the elections in spain. ♪ paul: it is 8:30 a.m. in sydney, there is smoke over the city. is 90 minutesn away. i am paul allen in sydney. sophie: i am sophie kamaruddin in hong kong where it is 6:30 a.m. let's get to first word news with paul. paul: sri lanka has been face coverings, preventing muslim women from wearing the veil. it is in response to the easter sunday bombings. the government blamed the bombings on an islamist group which says it

time that's ever happened to listed company by a stock price has nosedive since its board rival monsanto last year c.e.o. van about say that there was no way to sugar coat the recent poor performance but said the sixty three billion dollars acquisition would pay off in the end the troubled actor chemicals giant faces thousands of potential lawsuits for damages related to its flagship weitz killer banda. and japan marks the end of an era with a historic application of emperor akihito is the first application in two hundred years and a big event for business the enthronement of crown prince naruhito promises to give breweries hotel shops and restaurants a huge boost. these two want to tie the knot before the end of the outgoing hay say era which means achieving peace and they are far from the only ones the wedding industry in japan has taken off since the start of april when the enthronement celebration dates were confirmed. for us this year will be a year with a lot of memorable events or the last year of the he say era will be one we won't forget any time soon. to see. other businesses a