voters in the netherlands go to polls in less than three weeks. leader is a far right controversial politician. he is running on an anti-immigrant, anti-islam, and anti-eu platform. he could be the next prime minister. he is like the equally brash politician in the u.s. a reporter looks into it. reporter: ringed by security because he had death threats, he is launching his election campaign. he was as ever courting controversy. >> mostly young people. reporter: he has suspended public events over safety fears, using twitter instead. still, he is monopolizing attention in this election. he has managed to ship this election two issues he cares about. about echoing the trump and brexit campaigns. a billion.end reporter: surprisingly, among his supporters we found an immigrant from south america. >> a lot of people call him a racist, but he is not a racist. he said, if you are a foreigner you can stay here, but just follow the rules. reporter: traditional left wing voters are split about him. >> i want to cry out what i think. that is what i vote for.

of the netherlands. he was a committed republican and opponent of the return of the house of orange to power. charles' restoration effectively reverses the ideological position of england and the netherlands that had prevailed during the first anglo dutch war. at that junction, it was english republican frustration at the royalist orange sympathizers in the netherlands that prompted the first trade navigation. now we have restored monarchy wanting to see them return to power. so, a complete change in the polarity of their positions. out of conviction, the republican faction within the states general is working to achieve his overthrow. charles took steps to aid his nephew william the third and undermined control of the dutch government. one part of that program consisted of a new and more stringent navigation act, which was passed in 1660. one of the first things done after the restoration. this new navigation act required trading with england be english owned, captain by an englishman and have crews tha

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the same young man that had fought to keep from coming to power in the netherlands, that charles had tried to help in terms of foreign policy now is the instrument of overthrowing the stewart's, at least james the second and issuing in this era of english politics but the glorious revolution. inherited orange had his offices after the execution by a mob in 1672. -- in thewas both netherlands when he came to alongd and would be named with his daughter mary. drawsm's is such that he england into the nine years war of 1688 to 1697. not only with the netherlands but in the war of the austrian succession, spanish succession, excuse me. this is a conflict between 70 and 1713. -- 1702 william is pushing english foreign policy operating now in conjunction rather than in opposition. during this prolonged warfare, england would expend significant resources to protect the american plantation. this is what is going to give rise to this imperial stage. talking aboutf this, i want to focus on the chesapeake. the most economically valuable possession in north america. we can see the effects of this

and the daily telegraph story, about the netherlands.nds holds in quarry on whether it could ditch your row. this is something that could be the beginning of something really big? explain to us what could happen. the netherlands have elections on the 15th of march, important parliamentary elections to decide the composition of a new government and they have very powerful forces of your scepticism bubbling up, the netherlands is one of the core countries of the eurozone —— of euroscepticism. the assumption is that if countries like that start to leave, the whole edifice could colla pse to leave, the whole edifice could collapse to the fact that they are having a parliamentary enquiring into it, and they will discuss it after the new elections. implies that it would be a big issue potentially at those elections, and if this is your sceptic further, gets built up a head of steam, there is no telling where it might end. this is all about how planking this character girt builders. this is an attempt to trawl the sting out of the eurosceptic m

he says he wants to make the netherlands great again. great again, yeah... same populist ideas, the same fear, he tries to win votes by making people afraid. so beneath the surface, the netherlands is changing. wilders could win perhaps 20% of the vote. the established parties, under threat, are having to react. a measure of mr wilders' impact, this. the most dramatic intervention in the campaign so far, a newspaper advertisement by the prime minister, telling immigrants here to fit in or go home, aping mr wilders' language. it's shocked many in the netherlands. prime minister, hello, bbc... yes, hi... that's because prime minister rutte is a liberal, his instincts towards openness and tolerance now giving way to something new. the election will be about integration in this country and people coming from outside and refugees. and the elections will be about stability. in an unstable world... so he's moving towards wilders' position, but says he'll never work with him. at the same time, dutch politics is splintering — 28 different parties are out competing fo

it's shocked many in the netherlands. prime minister, hello, bbc...and tolerance now giving way to something new. the election will be about integration in this country and people coming from outside and refugees. and the elections will be about stability. in an unstable world... so he's moving towards wilders' position, but says he'll never work with him. at the same time, dutch politics is splintering — 28 different parties are out competing for votes. what's certain is no—one will win an outright majority, and for most, wilders is simply too toxic to go into coalition with. they'd rather team up to keep him out. so his populist surge may be rising, but he may well find his path to power blocked. damian grammaticus, bbc news, the hague. iraqi forces have retaken a bridge in mosul, as they continue to seize territory from islamic state fighters. the army said it could potentially establish an important route to bring in reinforcements and supplies. our correspondent wyre davies sent this report. iraqi government forces are fighting door to door and s

it's shocked many in the netherlands. prime minister, hello, bbc...tolerance now giving way to something new. the election will be about integration in this country and people coming from outside and refugees. and the elections will be about stability. in an unstable world... so he's moving towards wilders‘ position, but says he'll never work with him. at the same time, dutch politics is splintering — 28 different parties are out competing for votes. what's certain is no—one will win an outright majority, and for most, wilders is simply too toxic to go into coalition with. they'd rather team up to keep him out. so his populist surge may be rising, but he may well find his path to power blocked. damian grammaticus, bbc news, the hague. the much—loved and only hippo in el salvador‘s national zoo has died after being attacked. as you can see here, zoo officials tried to help the 15—year—old hippo named gustavito after he was beaten and stabbed over the weekend by unknown assailants. police are trying to establish how the attackers got into the zoo, and w

it's shocked many in the netherlands. the election‘s only about integration in this country and people coming from outside and refugees. and the elections will be about stability. in an instable world... so he's moving towards wilders‘ position, but says he'll never work with him. at the same time, dutch politics is splintering — 28 different parties are out competing for votes. what's certain is no one will win an outright majority, and for most, wilders is simply too toxic to go into coalition with. they'd rather team up to keep him out. so his populist surge may be rising, but he may well find his path to power blocked. damian grammaticus, bbc news, the hague. leicester city were in action against liverpool tonight — their first match since the sacking of claudio ranieri — and some fans made a point of expressing their anger over the way mr ranieri had been treated. match of the day is here on bbc one later, so if you are trying to avoid the result, you might want to avoid this report by andy swiss. singing: "dilly—din

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that's a normal feature in the netherlands.it might take some to get that coalition, but it will be a stable one and we are not really worried about these elections. we see the economy improving and our clients taking out more loans. aboutare quite confident the future of the bank and the dutch economy this year. anna: you cannot change politics, but of course you have to prepareyou have for it. is your bank making preparation for world that doesn't have the eurozone or at least euro -- fewer countries in the euro? >> we do all kinds of stress tests, but as you have said, are bank is mainly dutch at the moment, 80% of operating income is from that netherlands. and of course the lower pound as result of brexit will influence precision of the dutch economy. we have stress tests on that. but an accident is not a scenario we expect -- manus: one quick question going back to the business. you have one of the biggest shipping books in europe. any chance of pairing that back? >> we feel confident about that book. there were a lot of q

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in some polls. >> that's the netherlands. that we make the netherlands hours again. >> presidential elections in france. le pen has a projected leader. >> is it possible for donald trump to be elected despite up front against him and stand by his promises. >> in germany angela merkel's reelection bid could be heard by a new anti-immigrant. trump called angela merkel's decision to elect a million refugees in catastrophic. >> i wouldn't be surprised, the trump phenomenon, what we see in europe. >> riots in france are planning the flames. in holland, the candidate doesn't just want a muslim ban. he wants to send some back. in the u.s., economic woes are another issue. last year's u.k. brexit vote confirmed it. >> having to cope with so much novelty the result of which could easily lead to further disintegration. >> none of these parties are expected to take control anywhere due to the intricacies of european parliamentary politics plus nervousness about their ability to rule. many simply don't like the policies of populist parti

in other words, the jews would be killed first from france and the netherlands and so forth, and the killing process would go across the continent. and yet anyone who has studied the holocaust knows that that is exactly the opposite of the way it happened. the killing went from east to west at least on the northern half of the european i continen. the million and a half victims of the holocaust who were deaded by the end of 1941, so one-quarter of the total lived almost entirely in the areas where you see those dots. occupied poland and the parts of the soviet union that were invaded this 1941. -- in 1941. the few additional victims of the holocaust in 1941 are mostly german jews who are being deported from the country. in france people were not being killed in the netherlands, they were not being killed and so forth. now, why is this so? and this is the last part of my first question, why were the jews killed. why did the killing start here? why with -- why was it so intense here? i i do not believe, as has been recently argued, that the reasons or absence of local governments had a

a quarter of the netherlands lies below sea level.ise, that saltwater has been sweeping through the dikes onto farmland. on the remote island of tessle, they've been running a controlled, real world experiment, planting hundreds of varieties of potato, and ingating them with increasingly salty water to see if any survive. some, between 5% and 10%, do. but there would be no point unless those survivors are also edible. so they run a taste test against normal fresh water potatoes. >> i'll try the brown one first. it tastes like a potato. and the other one tastes like -- a good potato, but different. >> i'm betting this is the salty one. >> you're absolutely right, mark. >> reporter: so far, so interesting. but there's a real world application to this work. back in pakistan. the dutch have been sending their salt resistant seed potatoes to the areas the farmers have given up on. and when they're planted, they grow. it works for other vegetables, too, says aaron, a botanist at amsterdam university who runs the project. >> even with brakis

there are also elections in france and the netherlands. real battles are fought in communities like this. people feel left behind by the political establishment. if europe's leaders want to stop the rise of the right, they will have to meet this challenge. reconnect with those voters, it re-gain their trust. a recent display of right-wing solidarity in the german city, they show views and the platform with the french presidential penn.ate madame le they are emboldened by brexit and donald trump's victory. in the shadow of a monument to german unity, their bid for election glory already divides the country. bbc news. so interesting. forgotten and left behind. the exact words we heard from mr. trump's supporters during the election campaign. a mystery that has puzzled scientists for years. antarctica is a treasure trove of meteorites. discovered are composed of iron. scientists are convinced there are more iron me your rates. our science correspondent rebecca morelle has the story. rebecca: a space rock hurtles toward the earth. it exploded

troops from the u.s., the netherlands, and poland were part of the exercise.uns pounded while military jets flew over the training facility. france, president franÇois hollande has called for a boost to cyber security measures. accused them of trying to influence the vote. he has been less friendly toward russia, while his two main contenders seen more prone to dialogue with moscow. the presidential campaign of franÇois fillon remains in troubled waters. he held a campaign rally near paris a short while ago. the conservative candidate held a meeting with his former boss, president nicolas sarkozy, earlier in the day. his campaign has been in turmoil since allegations surfaced that his wife was given a fake job on the french taxpayers dime. rebel lawmakers in the conservative party or renewing their calls for him to drop out or risk defeat at the polls. >> he served as nicolas sarkozy's prime minister for four years and then defeated him in last year's party primary. is turnings fillon to the former presidents support as he struggles to rally his party ahead of

we will discuss whether the populist movement will take hold in the netherlands.estors are waiting president trump's big speech to congress t tonight. will he unveiled details on infrastructure spending? toys for the biggest growth this year. we will speak with credit suisse on its latest report o

then we had to amsterdam, could the netherlands be the next election shock?as brexit brought a hiring freeze? a hiring director. this is bloomberg. ♪ back, everybody. 1:47 in the morning in new york. flat is the expectation for equity markets. depot helpingme the s&p touch another high. >> airbus said its earnings fell 3.6% last year before one-time items dropped to 3.9 6 billion euros, still above analyst addictions of 3.8 billion euros. as a late surge in aircraft deliveries fell to offset cost from wrapping up output of one model and engine glitches that curved handovers of the narrowbody plane. wells fargo has far the head of its consumer credit card business and three others. the bank said they won't get bonuses for 2016 and would equity awards an outstanding options. wells fargo has been examining sales practices spread through branches before spiraling into a national scandal last year. .reeman declined to comment the other three managers did not immediately respond to messages. in singapore, former currency traders have been sentenced to jail terms fo

not unlike the system that was created in the netherlands. all of these have local administrations they were all thickly staffed with local collaborators. the reason why the killing starts here look at the dots. this is where germany intended to expand. this is where the largest population of jews was this was where the rest of the germans expected the rest of the population to comply or to help with the killing of the jews and this is where the proximity of the fighting remember they are still invading the soviet union. there is still a war going on here. unlike in western europe and this is where the fighting activated german paranoia about so-called partisans and then been guerrilla fighters behind their line. they were very few in 1941. in other words is first so intense because the ideological fascination with the region coupled with the density of the jewish population. the and likeliness of local resistance to the killing of the jews and the presence of military activity all combined to suggest the policymakers that the solution and th

we will discuss whether the populist movement will take hold in the netherlands.onnie: investors are waiting president trump's big speech to congress t tonight. will he unveiled details on infrastructure spending? toys for the biggest growth this year. we will speak with credit suisse on its latest report on where hedge funds are putting their capital. mark: have a look at where european equities are finishing right now. function. is the february, the in best month since december. , theauge, the benchmark stoxx 600 is up by 10%. every industry group is trading higher, led by tech and auto. an interesting chart about russia. the trump trade sent russian stocks to record high fast. the index are more than any other stock gauge in the world in february. ottoman -- octomom deflates under sanctions from trump and a further sign investor interest is starting to sour. the world biggest etf that tracks russian equities logging its largest outflows in nine months. a slowdown in the pace of games and brent crude after surged at the end of last year, making stocks of russian

but with the netherlands elections in march, i would guess that's going to become part of the narrative soon. >> how much patience do investors here have to wait for election reform and repeal? >> that's a good question. we don't have the details. but if next tuesday we don't get a road map for what this looks like, you know, here's where we stand. the house republicans have a plan. the white house has a plan. the senate has a plan. we're requesting to work and get this done. and to get this accomplished by august. if we hear that next week investors will be fine. something that pushes that out, we have to tackle repeal and replace before we get this accomplished, that pushes tax reform off until '18, that's not what we're investing in. >> thanks for sharing your expertise with us, art. art hogan with wunderlich securities. >>> consumer confidence fell for the first time since the election in november. the final sentiment in february dropped from its highest level since 2004. it split along partisan lines. the divide is the sharpest on record with republicans being more upbeat than demo

somebody will happen in the netherlands. maria, from the greek perspective, the crisis is not over.rump administration that... the euro is a german racket. a way of keeping german exchange rates low. yes, i wouldn't get too excited at the latest greek crisis. i may be wrong, but there seems like a recurrence of a set of old symptoms. the imf has never believed the greek debt is sustainable. the european commission for political reasons will not, you know, reduce the debt, and the imf according to its rules can't be party to this. if we can hold on until september, and if angela merkel gets reelected in september, as we hope she will — at least, i do — then i think things will kind of rumble on. there is a lot of uncertainty in the greek government too. they have been sending out contradictory signals. that is not new. what about the bigger point? surely many greek people are not liking the trump administration but thinking it is a racket. it has been a racket. you know, europe has, as we know europe... it is not necessarily a sustainable racket for anybody, but the current sort of i

in germany, the netherlands and especially here in france, populists stand to make dramatic gains.president. translation: this is the year of the patriot, the great comeback of the nations and the people. look at trump. look at brexit. and what about the eu? either it radically changes, abandons its authoritarian character, or it will die. for some in europe, populists embody change and hope. for others, they are a threat. here in brussels, even insiders admit the eu is in a battle to survive. the blame game, that everything which is good is national and everything which is bad is european, if that would continue as today, the risk that we fall apart is a real risk, yes. this story is of global significance, too. for the main, europe's populists are big fans of presidents putin and trump. and a weaker, fractured europe works for both men, for moscow in terms of geopolitical influence, and for washington in terms of trade. with so much at stake, it could be that even europe's angry voters decide it is safer to stick with the political mainstream. but predict at your peril. here in i

i find it netherlands. quite right, and it is remarkable.her of back packer mia ayluff chung — murdered in australia last august — will be on the programme accusing president trump of using fake news about her daughter's death by falsely claiming she was the victim of terrorist attack. and we want to hear your experiences if you've adopted a child from abroad — that's after madonna returns to malawi — this time to adopt twin four—year—old girls. joanna is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the news. plans to treat more patients in the community have so far failed to save money or reduce hospital admissions in england, according to the government's spending watchdog. the national audit office says ministers were over—optimistic in thinking a scheme called the better care fund could save half—a—billion—pounds a year. the supreme court has ruled that a woman from northern ireland should be allowed access to her partner's local government pension, following his death. denise brewster and lenny mcmullen lived together for ten years. the case i

to make the netherlands ours again.otests in support of victims of police violence. two police officers were injured and were people were arrested. the demonstrations come after a young black man was allegedly raped with a police baton earlier this month. the 22—year—old, identified publicly only by his first name, theo, was hospitalised for two weeks. there have been violent protests since then in the suburbs of paris. thousands of people have marched in barcelona, infavourof spain taking in more refugees. the country has taken in 1100 of the 17,000 it has promised to accept. last month spanish human rights activists and politicians attacked europe's treatment of migrants after the body of a young boy washed up on a beach in the port of kadiz. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: gambia's new president is finally sworn in on home soil — his inauguration delayed by his predecessor refusing to leave office. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the

there are elections in france and the netherlands, too.l election battles will be fought in communities like this where people feel forgotten by their national governments, left behind by the political establishment. if europe's leaders really want to stop the rise of the right, they must meet this challenge, reconnect with those voters and regain their trust. a recent display of right—wing solidarity in the german city of koblenz. afd shares views and now a platform with the french presidential candidate marine le pen and the far—right dutch politician geert wilders. they're emboldened by brexit and donald trump's victory but in the shadow of a monument to german unity, afd‘s bid for election glory already divides this country. jenny hill, bbc news, koblenz. it's thought to be the los angeles police department's biggest ever operation to find girls, some as young as 11, and young women who have been forced into a life of sexual exploitation. officers made almost 500 arrests and rescued more than 50 people. angus crawford was given exclusi

there are elections in france and the netherlands too. communities like this where people feel forgotten by their national governments, left behind by the political establishment. if europe's leaders really want to stop the rise of the right they must meet this challenge, reconnect with those voters and read gain their trust. a recent display of right wing solidarity in the german city of cobbler and is. afd shares views and 110w cobbler and is. afd shares views and now a platform with the french presidential candidate marine le pen and the far right dutch politician geert wilders. there emboldened by brexit and donald trump's victory. but in the shadow of a monument to german unity, afd‘s bid for election glory already divides this country. jenny hill, bbc news, koblenz. campaigners in australia are calling foran campaigners in australia are calling for an end to the use of shark nets after they have been killing turtles. some are being cut deliberately by those who oppose them. in a country where catching a wave is a national obsession,

to make the netherlands ours again.ion to the death of kimjong—nam, the half brother of north korea's leader kim jong—un. there are still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding his apparent murder at kuala lumpur airport. lets take a look at what we know. we urge ntly we urgently demand the malaysian side not to be entangled with a political plot by the hostile forces towards the dprk, who want to damage the nature of our republic. and to release the body, immediately. and of course we have more on that story online at the website. you can get in touch with me on twitter. now for the weather with john hammond. hi there. cloudy for some, sunny for others, wet for a few but mild. that is the theme at the moment, and that theme continues through sunday as well. temperatures widely above where you would expect at this time of year. but a lot of regional variation around the uk, so i will try and pick out some detail. it looks as if most places will start the day on a dry note. cloudy in some places with a fog across cent

his is make netherlands great again. he likes the idea of closed borders, moratorium on mosques and a possible defor ature -- departure from the european union much like brexit. >> what is the next step for you? >> it's a democratic, patriotic revolution. those are not too strong words. it's happening. scott: his possible success scares his critics. >> if you don't lik if you like civil rights, he is dangerous. scott: he isn't the only one pushing the populist movement and gaining in the polls. france and germanyhas those rising in the rank of tough politicians but they have tough battles ahead. especially in germany where angela merkel is considered one of the most powerful leaders in europe. scott thuman, abc7 news. jonathan: officials in new york had to partially shut down the brooklyn bridge to get the notorious mexican king penn joaquin guzman -- king pen joaquin guzman to court. his lawyers offered some of the precautions were excessive. he is charged with masterminding a drug operation that crossed into the united

there is political risk, because we have france, the netherlands and germany, and germany, their industryn numbers are quite bad for january. they were down about 396, the worst number for a fair while, and also a recent poll suggests angela merkel‘s party are now second in the polls. it will be an interesting year for germany. a lot for markets to keep their heads around. jeremy, you will tell us when you were last in a telephone box later! still to come, we'll speak to the man turning social media into popular media as we get the inside track on how news stories are tracked across the internet. you're with business live from bbc news. the government will be setting out plans later today to tackle what they're calling england and wales' broken housing market. the government says 250,000 new homes are needed each year and have admitted they are lagging behind schedule. ben thompson is at a house factory in alfreton. sorry, this is then earlier, who shared some news on that story. 0ur prefab homes the answer to our housing crisis? they say so. they build these things in less than eight wee

we have elections in france and in germany and the netherlands, italy, and the one.let's be mindful that yes, in germany, we have an unemployment rate under 5%, but we have close to 10%, and italy close to 14%. yes, they are picking up, but they still look absolutely disastrous, so the idea that they might pick up and start to taper qe or raise rates, without some fiscal stimulus, i mean, maybe they are just hoping that trump does this enormous stimulus and then the rising tides around the world lifts all boats. things might be improved, well, great, but france has close to 10% unemployment. mark: we are going to hold you over, danny. stay there. we will talk about whether the euro is grossly undervalued. do not move, danny. danny blanchflower, former boe policymaker, stays with us. we are not done with you yet. more on the global economy. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: live from london, i am hard barton. counting down to the european close, just about 15 minutes away. vonnie: and from new york, i vonnie quinn. ami want to get back to the conversation on the local econom

we have election ins france, the netherlands and germany and you could get people in power that won'tave the appetite to give anymore money to greece? that's true, of course, it isn't anymore. it is the bail out that was agreed before. that's what we're talking about, but yes, of course, we have the elections in the netherlands in march. it is one of the reasons why eve ryo ne march. it is one of the reasons why everyone is trying to get agreement before the elections. so perhaps we get something by mid— march, there will be something on 20th february which says yes, we have a way forward. perhaps it won't and then what we will see after that, we have the elections and indeed they have the elections and indeed they have the french and the germans, if there is any serious unsettling sort of movement in europe, that is going to in many ways help the populist parties which the current players don't really want to see. i think they will try hard to get a compromise. we were talking about whether greece would leave the european union. if not quite leaving the european union, do you think w

the netherlands.global political stage, potential upsets your the freedom party is writing high -- ding high. onhe does come in first march the 15th, no other party is willing to share power with him. it is the same question every day. risks are rising. people who were perhaps a little bit clobbered, it is a bit like trump motors, coming out, showing their form. this risk is right. one way or the other, he's going to invoke some kind of change in the netherlands. to be thehe is likely largest party the way polled are that doesent, but not necessarily mean he runs the government. it is more likely you see a coalition of other parties that forms a government, so i suspect that is the most likely position in the netherlands is that significant influence, the largest party, but not the party that can dictate what happens in the next government. and then, europe is on the knife edge in a number of places. holland clearly won. france clearly -- holland clearly one, france clearly another. there are a number

unilever is headquartered in the netherlands, where they have stringent controls in place. said theyfett has were very clear. we would go where we are welcome. lever made it clear they were not welcome here, so they probably decided where they spent this time going back-and-forth and getting into this war of words when we don't have it from a takeover target. falling in hong kong after the bank reported a fourth-quarter loss. billion loss of $3.4 for the three months ending in december. the bank announced a $1 billion share buyback. we were encouraged by our loan growth in the fourth quarter of 2016, creating some momentum for 2017, but i would point out over the course of 2016, an interesting year by many accounts. we managed to hold the revenues flat to slightly up in commercial banking and grew our revenue in our global banks and market business which supports corporate clients across a network around the world. has been the progress demonstrated and 2016 has been encouraging. again, loan growth gets us off to a good start in 2017. are investors of little bit more positi

we've got some very exciting elections coming up in the letter -- in the and the netherlands,n the innce, in germany, possibly in italy. i did not yet know whether the results in 2017 will be as dramatic as the results in 2016, but what i do know is even if linehallenges don't get a in this year, they will shift the center of gravity of the entire debate. what is happening across europe is people are rejecting this pra national government. they are rejecting the idea of being governed by a bunch of unelected old men in brussels. [applause] although i am very grateful to these unelected old men because i have had some real sport with them in the european parliament over the last couple of years. and they are rejecting the absolute madness and idiocy of did 18 monthsrkel ago when she opened up her doors withe've got to be clear us against anybody based on religion -- we are not against anybody based on religion -- we are not against anybody, but we are for ourselves, for our country, for our community, for making our people safe. that is what we are for. forre for our country and our pe

in france, people were not being killed and the netherlands they were not being killed. why is this so? this is the last part of my first question, why were the jews killed? why did the killing start here? why why was it so intense here? i do not believe as timothy snyder has recently argued that the presence or absence of local governments that had anything to do with it. so-called statelessness. it is true that in most of these regions there were no independent governments, there is no polish government in the occupied part of poland, but there were in many cases local administrations. lithuania and latvia have public governments, they're both led by former military leaders. all of these leaders had local administrations and local police forces. they were all thickly staffed with local collaborators through which the germans worked. the reason why the killing start here, look at the dots. the reason why the killing starts here is because this is where germany intended to expand. this is where the largest population of jews was. this is where the rest of the germans exp

you will have different elections in france, germany, netherlands.hat will be the outcome. probably the current policy of the ecb for lack minimum until the end of this year. >> do you have a contingency plan in case of a victory? >> the scenario writer question --ld be the likelihood behind your question could be the likelihood in france of leaving the eurozone. it is several about the don't consider it at all. you could see some volatility in the market, and we have always contingency plans to face all types of situations. >> in france leaves the euro, if that becomes real, what kind of impact can it have in your business? >> we don't consider such a scenario. i'm sorry. >> what keeps you awake at night? regulation or political risk? >> the biggest risk we face today is political risk and geopolitical risk, two different dimensions. the main concern with this political risk is on the markets. ourfact that our clients, corporate clients, investment clients, individual clients are in such an environment. it could have an impact on the demand and on t

. >> a town in netherlands has a new kind of traffic signal. >> welcome back taking a live look there, philadelphia international airport, don't go anywhere, it's going to be a great weekend, you would much rather be around here. it is 6:14, 28 degrees. >> getting to certain places has been challenging this morning, karen. >> reporter: it has, this is new, an accident on i-95. as we watch live we're watching crews come up to the scene. i'm watching penndot with the arrow board, they are blocking two lanes instead of just one. i-95 near girard it happened a minute ago, look at how backed up traffic is on i-95. blocking two lanes, one lane squeezing by, a gaper delay southbound on i-95 that's a place that's extra heavy. you can see southbound heavy there, as well. watch for that accident scene on i-95. the other big story we're following is on the new jersey turnpike southbound we have the action cam on the scene with this one. crews are one lane getting by near and it -- exit 4, you're traveling 4 miles per hour, the delay is extended from willingboro on the new jersey turnpike southbo

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the elections, for example in the netherlands, is more the fragmentation of the landscape more than theist wave l. you would need four or five bodies to form a government -- it's more about the global economy than it is about the country. so, you know, elections -- they're always there. there's a certain period of uncertainty, but overall, we think the economic ways of strong. certainly in france, we posted 30% growth, 17% growth in professionals. it's all good there. anna: would you go so far as to say that populism, this wave of populism, it doesn't really have a bearing on job creation? you see them as separate stories? >> no, no. fortunately, no. anna: let me ask about wages, then, a little bit. a big global conversation about wage growth, low productivity in developed markets. where do you see wage pressures? anywhere in the markets you operate? >> in the u.s., it took a long time because the market has been growing for two or three years. we have many of these conversations, and nothing happened, but now we see wage inflation around 3% in the u.s. not so much in europe. again, mos

yield spread in the eurozone if you do wind up with a national front winning or a victory in the netherlands. story, thee european euro today is falling and some say it may be the beginning of a time where by the euro stops reflecting the political risk, right now that risk is being reflected in the eurozone bond market. could this be the beginning of a time when we see some serious downside of the euro because of the impending risk? it has held up ok, hasn't it? >> that is true, a number of reasons to think the euro could be under pressure, one is the political risk which many of your guest of talked about, number two, when we think of to virgins and central policy, central-bank policy between the gence andcb -- dever central-bank policy between the fed and ace -- when i keep imagining protectionism, i focus on the border adjustment tax that has been proposed in the house republican party a way to fund corporate tax-cuts. this is protectionism through the tax code, to the extent we see that tax policy put into place, that can put upward pressure on the dollar against currencies of key tradi

france, germany and the netherlands are all set to head to the polls later this year and eurosceptic gaining ground in all three countries. and in the us the uncertainty about what the trump administration means for future deals with china is very unclear. during the recent election campaign he vowed to impose punitive tariffs on chinese imports. add to that moves from chinese authorities to crackdown on money flowing out of china. chinese overseas deals could have been worth billions of dollars more if beijing had not blocked some 30 acquisitions with europe and the us. tim gee is mergers and aquisitions partner at baker mckenzie. you came up with a lot of that data. thank you for coming in. explain why it lots of deals were actually blocked by the authorities in china? there are three different faq is at play. it is not all about chinese authorities cracking down. —— factors. sometimes the chinese bidder was outbid. for example, the london city airport was outbid. then you also have regulatory controls from the west, particularly from the us and including some european deals. then