i'm born in the netherlands, the european part of the kingdom of the netherlands and in the europeanave had our share of disasters but a different share. we have had the share of the disasters of flooding in the netherlands. a hurricane of this magnitude was something totally new to us in the netherlands. it's not new to our friends in the caribbean, actually it's quite rare in aruba and unfortunately st. martin, like antigua has experienced something similar before. if i tell you a little bit of what happened in st. martin, we had had the rath of the hurricane come over st. martin. to give you some figures four people died on st. martin. one of them of natural causes and three deaths directly related to the hurricane. by the way i'll speak on the dutch part of st. martin due to 40,000 people. more than 40 people injured. seriously injured. i think of all the structures. 90% is damaged and 30% is damaged beyond repair. part of a wider kingdom of of course the other three parts of the kingdom were not touched by st. martin. i think the hardening thing you can see is that the other par

corn and in a province in the north of the netherlands is home to one of europe's leaches natural gas fields the gas from the region and brings in billions for the country but not without a cost thousands of residents say their homes have been damaged by earthquakes brought on by the extraction of natural gas from shell rocks deep below the surface they wonder how could such a beautiful area and such a wealthy country be allowed to fall into ruin. grew up here in the area around haunting and close to the german border. setting off on a boat and enjoying nature from the water is something he never tires out. late this is my life we were all born on the water and love boats my father was a fisherman it's like heaven on. earth killed like these. but the area is no longer as a deliberate has it once was once a dream it's becoming a nightmare since two thousand and twelve explains there have been regular earthquakes there brought on by natural gas production in the region. that houses damaged that one is damaged all the houses here. you know that i gave that has been living in an apartment

as i say i'm a different animal, the european part of the kingdom of the netherlands have our share ofers but a different chair, the disasters of flooding and we hope that we can cope with the floods in the hurricanes of this magnitude with something totally new for us in the netherlands it's not new to our friends in the caribbean it is quite rare. we have the hurrican had the hur st. martin. one of natural causes and directly related to the hurricane. by the way i will speak on the part of more than 40 people injured of which i think of all the structures to the houses and 30% is damaged beyond repair. we are in a different situation because it is part of a wider kingdom and there's the other parts of the kingdom that were not touched by st. martin and what you can see is the other part of the kingdom included that it applied to the people of st. martin but we are all part of working in this moment of need. we went out last sunday to visit people that have been evacuated from the island of. it is a sign of solidarity and reiterated the moment. unless we don't think we want to talk ab

martin, i'm born in the netherlands, the european part of the kingdom of the netherlands and in the european part we have had our share of disaster but a different share. we have had the share of the disasters of flooding in the netherlands so we hope we can cope with floods, the hurricane of this magnitude was something totally new to us in the netherlands. it's not new to our friends in the caribbean. it's quite rare in aruba and antiqua has experienced something similar before. and if i tell you a little bit of what happened in st. martin, yes, we had the wrath of the hurricane come over st. martin, to give you some figures, four people died on st. martin. one of them of natural causes and three deaths directly related to the hurricane. by the way, i'll speak on the dutch part of st. martin and not on the french part, the 40,000 people. more than 40 people injured of which 11 seriously injured. i think of all the structures to houses in st. martin, 90% is damaged, probably 30% is damaged beyond repair. it's -- it's a severe loss. we are in a different situation because st. martin being pa

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the netherlands lies below sea level. we have experience in technology as well as maritime technology. expertise that we are keen to share with the rest of the world. on moderngether issues is more crucial than ever before. it has been five years since thousands of people had to flee their homes as the streets flooded because of hurricane sandy. by destruction caused hurricane irma in texas and asia has only grown more urgent in the last five years. the impact of climate change is home to us every day all over the world. martin in thest. caribbean part of the kingdom are struck with the devastation cost of hurricane irma. by 2050 now predicts 2000 people will have become displaced because of climate change. therefore this plays a key role in all entities. you learn most by sharing knowledge. to the point our expertise all over the world. -- example in vietnam myanmar and bangladesh. member of aam a high-level team. mr. president, ladies and gentlemen this goal, this building, all of you represent one of the greatest achie

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kingthe ambassador of the of the netherlands to the united states. focusing his work on european union and transatlantic relations cou. that is the brief introduction of my fellow panelists. now, i would like to turn to ambassador sanders, the ambassador for antigua and barbuda. barbuda was the most impacted nation by hurricane irma. we want to hear as much as possible from the ambassador. >> thank you. mind, i will stand here because it gives me a place to put these pieces of paper on the. -- to put these pieces of paper on. i'm impressed by that performance. [laughter] i want to start this presentation as i've done with almost every one of the presentations i've made on this matter over the last week. that is by first expressing sorrow to the people and government of united states of america. lost asives that were hurricane irma stormed through the state of florida, georgia and the carolinas, coming on the heels of hurricane harvey, which had taken upwards of 70 lives in texas just a week before. lives of people, your brother, your sister, your mot

only in thenot netherlands but in other european countries as well are the right-wing parties.ot talking about afd here, but ftp and cdu -- they are actually populistsuccessful parties because these are the right parties who better understand that this is not about social economic topics but about social cultural topics, about security issues, integration issues, and righght-wing parties understand better. if you want to keep the afd a small party, a right-wing coalition would be better. much to thank you very all of you for being with us today and thanks to all of you for tuning in. hope to see you soon. ♪ ♪ michelle: a very warm welcome to a new edition of "fokus on europe." i'm michelle henery. it's an all-too-familiar scenario -- young men, on a mission to terrorize peoeople ia european city, again with a murderous outcome, and again the product of home-grown islamist radicalization. this time, the attack took place in barcelona. shococked at the horror unleasd by the attackers, the local muslim community has taken to the streets to show solidarity with the victims and thei

only in thenot netherlands but in other european countries as well are the right-wing parties.ot talking about afd here, but ftp and cdu -- they are actually populistsuccessful parties because these are the right parties who better understand that this is not about social economic topics but about social cultural topics, about security issues, integration issues, and righght-wing parties understand better. if you want to keep the afd a small party, a right-wing coalition would be better. much to thank you very all of you for being with us today and thanks to all of you for tuning in. hope to see you soon. ♪ [speining spish]h] woman: thlalandlo dririll a hole during t time at s she wasn't he andnd r an extensonon co ththatonneccd to this tltlet he. s so ght nono shshe ow abobout thoususan man: so she owes ,1,100 oan eleriric bi? woman: ye..

only in thenot netherlands but in other european countries as well are the right-wing parties.ot talking about afd here, but ftp and cdu -- they are actually populistsuccessful parties because these are the right parties who better understand that this is not about social economic topics but about social cultural topics, about security issues, integration issues, and righght-wing parties understand better. if you want to keep the afd a small party, a right-wing coalition would be better. much to thank you very all of you for being with us today and thanks to all of you for tuning in. hope to see you soon. ♪ ♪ >> this week in global 3000 we head to the united states where we meet the ever-prepared preppers. in the guatemalan rainforest we learn what food and woodland conservation have in common but first we go to china, where divorce rates are rising and paving the way for new business ideas. the big day! around the world, weddings are pretty much always an excuse to celebrate in style. in 2015, more than 400,000

but the rider from the netherlands, fantastic end to his season.from the netherlands, who targeted this all year long, he bossed this race from the start? he was the favourite but i wasn't expecting him to be as dominant as he was. it was an incredible ride. he had extended his season and had spent a lot of time training in the specialised position. he even went up specialised position. he even went upa10% specialised position. he even went up a 10% gradient. specialised position. he even went up a 1096 gradient. chris froome gave it his all but there was a huge smile on his face at the end, he was just pleased to be over?|j smile on his face at the end, he was just pleased to be over? i can relate to that feeling. it doesn't matter what you call the races, whether it is the olympics, the world championships, but he wanted it to be over and that was where he was that today. he put in a strong performance and another bronze medal ata performance and another bronze medal at a world championships.” performance and another bronze medal at a world champ

reporter: speaking of the netherlands took in the devastation on the dutch half of the island.heard first-hand accounts of deaths -- desperate residents. even the king, a veteran of the dutch navy, was unprepared for what he saw. >> i have seen a lot of devastation caused by forces of nature or war, but i have never seen this. reporter: on the french northern half, getting food to the hungry is among the first concerns. the government of paris has sent troops to help in the relief effort. hundreds of residents and tourists have tried to leave amid the chaos. as he met victims, president macron plans to rebuild the island. >> as a speaker you, we have two -- as i speak to you, we have 2000 men on the ground. reporter: with its sun and sandy beaches, tourism is the bedrock of this island economy. but it may take years to recover. right now they are doing whatever they can to get started. brent: i'm joined now from st. maarten by jeffrey, a managing director and a host at a radio station there. what can you say about the situation right n on the island? what the you know? -- what

no gentlemen i guess it fell from the netherlands by past press corps and yes. the immigrants today been appointed a sort of. solace yes or. a good looks spanish you have a speck roots yes or actually we do family come back from mexico. make out your search. ok. every single day planes filled with deportees arrive at the airport in guatemala city. to fifty thousand. state says every year. a free phone call home a bottle of water and a sandwich. thank you but i don't i don't think any of the oh if he were it i mean what i see what i like a lonely guy i mean i mean doesn't you want to just say oh well any of those ideals is behind god but is that going built in your eyes is that i have to buy it was it was good the other king was like nothing i mean you know what they might. think you're new to the game this is how it works now the economy is built around corporations corporations run washington washington controls the media the media. voters elect a business to run this country business equals power. bust it's not business as usual it's business like it's never b

well from the netherlands my fastpass for nearest. immigrants today point d.c. . looks spanish you have a spanish roots actually we do family come back from mexico. and the means we have i don't know. much about. it. but i'm not one of the local since you did. not fill me. in on the. money you get. to see the money that you. may have made me. i'm. ok message. every single day planes filled with deportees arrive at the airport in guatemala city those people are among the fifty thousand guatemalan see united states says back home every year. deported arrivals are greeted with. a free phone call hold a bottle of water in the sandwich. the sick saying why don't i don't have. any i won't get the what is it i'm what i was he doesn't like alone he got it from me i mean to say you want to just say oh failing of the you is not god but is that going meals in your eyes is that i have to buy it was it was good yet i can't remember it was like us and him and you know what they might. think you're new to the game this is how it works not the economy is built around corporations

saint—germain on loan from monaco and then scores for the french national side as they beat the netherlandsn world cup qualifying. japan become the fourth team to qualify for next year's world cup in russia after beating australia 2—0 in saitama. and roger federer needs five sets to get past mikhail youzhny at the us open. hello there and welcome to the programme. we start with some of the main football transfer news from thursday. many of europe's top leagues have seen the window close and one of the main stories was that paris st—germain have signed this man here, kylian mbappe, on a season—long loan from french champions monaco. that comes with an option to make the deal permanent for a fee of $215 million dollars. should psg sign the france international on a permanent deal, his contract will run untiljune 2022. in england alex oxlaide chamberlain‘s move from arsenal to liverpool was rubber stamped earlier on thursday after the fee of m5 million was agreed the day before. alexis sanchez is staying put after arsenal turned down two bids from manchester city. french international thomas l

are looking atan netherlands and norway are looking at an even earlier deadline.t about china is the fa ct so significant about china is the fact it is the world's biggest car market. and last year they produced about a third of all cars. and so by china taking this step, it is not going to impact only the consumption of oil, of which china is a major consumer, but it will promote a shift towards more environmentally friendly vehicles. the vice president of one company told us it will cause a profound change for the industry, so for carmakers which are investing heavily into electric vehicles. thank you for bringing us up vehicles. thank you for bringing us up to date with that story. while china increases its focus on green solutions, climate change is a major concern in south asia, which saw torrential rain this monsoon season. a major industry body in india is putting the onus on businesses to come up with green solutions. can businesses solve the problem, or the governments need to lead by example? 0ur correspondent reports from delhi. the metro in india's cap

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my late father was forced to go into exile in the netherlands it is regrettable but it happened as part of our history and again in the as you said it was and this time under military rule. there was another incident of instability. and i gave the monarchy could not be left untouched by by the problem and my father went to gain to the u.k. so every incident constitutional incident every constitutional crisis invariably involves. the molecule not that we create it but it does affect us and it has often over the years caused incidents of that nature but i am confident that since we now have a new constitution since ninety three. at least those those. incidents of exile will not will not happen again we've we have had problems of constitutional problems. since ninety three. but luckily they have not led to anybody having to go at least they have not led me to go to exile in a homogeneous country like live through. most of the people if not all the people speak the same language they belong to the same ethnic group and be even share the same faith what what might be the problem that causes

would have neither is america by the way you know so and venezuela by the way you mentioned the netherlands of china that is that there is that next to paris or china i know they like to manufacture a whole for ten cities there look exactly well they go to huge red light district in the netherlands of china is called the whole country right so i'm not sure why you're another one of the other the second of the three headlines that they had in zero has same day all of this china being the number one impact on markets apparently because no matter what he does no matter how crazy he is is marcus. keep on doing one response going up up up china seems to be the one that could like puncture average and keep some plummeting so bitcoin crashes on massive volume as china plans to shut local exchanges having bounced back dramatically from the twenty percent plunge following china's band of i c o o's because it is getting battered again on very heavy volume and actually of course chinese authorities plan to show a local bitcoin exchanges here is the chart two two two this is the i c o plunge that i wen

in one of the towns neighboring first and then the border between the netherlands and germany passes down the middle of a street so what do the dutch think of their rhineland neighbors. so really they're good natured people aren't they i think so anyway. as in sports dancing on taney as friendly helpful. notice that when i cross the border. and when it comes to food the rhine lenders are also big on tradition putas is nearly always on the menu went for a pulse restaurant invisible its blood sausage with mashed potatoes and apples adding a few key or sour note to savory dishes is typical for a living is seen many ryan lenders say they love their home but are still open and interested in office. i guess you might have to we're at the heart of europe because if you look at the map the region the rhineland the right at the heart of europe. and you can experience that here come on you're leaving. if you lost the locals it's certainly worth raising a beer to the optimism and sociable way of life in their mind and. now how back the special place in the history of german democracy located so

dependent territories they have them other countries to assist they have britain they have the netherlands france and a case of ns again by a small independent country with very limited resources. civil engineers have started work anyway assessing the damage house by house they're optimistic about the possibilities how long do you think three building of the. depends on if i look depends and if i believe within twelve months. most of it could be but. not just homes but also jobs have been lost fisherman's boats lying ruins. really earned a living from his taxi that's gone now well right now i'm feeling it very very bad because what happened since that time the hurricane has this is the we. don't bust right now and there's not much i can do right now until. i don't know how soon we going to get back to bob you would. that's the question all of the living in government shelters with relatives you know are asking the prime minister says hopefully in a few months but even then the rebuilding could take years john home and how does it. there's been confusion i've reports the president donald tr

places that you find hidden away from the world he torn is one such it is found in the east of the netherlands and is considered the venice of the north that's because there are no cars there only boats bikes and a lot of bridges the villages himes it just over two thousand five hundred people but it's become a popular tourist attraction and during the day there is a lot of traffic around both in and on the banks of the now. in the morning. it's like a village from another century. no traffic no noise but lots of water and small boats. and in the afternoon the tourists have come in droves on bike on foot and they fill the town. one village two worlds how do they come together. martin from else lives and works in. his little bed and breakfast is a main port of call for passengers and crew. the last of past four years it's been pretty extreme ever since return appeared on the international monopoly game board and since bloggers started writing about just recently i guess it's actually. really famous in hong kong. one blogger here had eight thousand followers . the day to day life is a challenge

manchester city are in the netherlands to play feyenoord — we'll be there shortly.mbley where spurs are again playing their home games in the competition. they take on german side borussia dortmund. our reporter chris slegg is there for us. let's talk about tottenham's format wembury. they only won one game in the group stage last season there. it doesn't feel like home just yet, does it? —— wembley. it doesn't feel like home just yet, does it? -- wembley. it really doesn't and it's a tough start to a tough group, dortmunder runner—up here four seasons ago, they are not a strong as they were back then and also in the group real madrid who won the last two champions league titles. you expect tottenham and dortmund to be vying for second place, apoel nicosia are the makeweights of the group, their terrible format wembury, just one win in the last ten games, tottenham have lost their first two champions league matches here last season, they were effectively out of the competition before it began and harry kane admits they have to get off toa harry kane admits they have

for the netherlands, we earn money by trading, by sailing the oceans.: you are historically the global champion of that, you invented it. mark: we are one of the most internationally connected economies. vonnie: and that was the managing director of the ims it was moderating the panel as you saw, featuring justin trudeau and the dutch prime minister, all yesterday at the global business forum. shery: coming up, when apple comes to town no engineers are safe. how they are using their department to poach top local talent, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: this is bloomberg markets. vonnie: i'm vonnie quinn. shery: i'm shery ahn. apple quietly constructing a global network of research and development lab. the locations neighbor other technology companies with unique specialties like augmented reality and graphics processing. apple pushing into and looking to improve. no coincidence, the global footprint has been doubling as eir poaching operation -- thi poaching operation. we have alex with us from san francisco. tell us about these operations? is that whe

now britain, france and the netherlands, which oversee territories in the caribbean, have been criticised being slow to respond to the crisis. a state of emergency has been declared on the british virgin islands where an aid operation is underway. laura bicker has the latest from tortola, the largest of the islands. there is now a sense of desperation and fear in tortola. people are hungry, tired and in need of basic supplies. this was the line of traffic trying to get into the main town on the island. most are heading to the supermarket for the first time since the hurricane, now that more roads have been cleared. have you got enough food, water? no, ‘cause everybody‘s fighting, and stealing and a lot‘s going on right now. people are breaking into people's homes, going with what they have. it's a state of emergency. outside the store, some have been waiting for the doors to open for eight hours. yelling. as only a few people are allowed in, chaos ensues. we're going in, we're going in. they are worried that supplies are limited. we need water, we need food. we need electricity. do you th

again like that was done to protect allegedly and well was actually done the government of the netherlands was doing good they were trying to identify people by their religion that you had to list their religion so then there was a deed in the netherlands which is why they had one of the worst exterminations people they were members of the country and into auschwitz you know here what. about. but their whole lives worked here well when the obama administration was designing daca privacy was a chief concern for immigration advocates who worried about having undocumented immigrants identify themselves to the government so u.s. c.i.s. that would it would wall off that data protecting it from other agencies including immigration and customs enforcement that wanted to use it for deportation purposes deportation of course in this context as you mentioned from the one nine hundred thirty s. as a. policy well that's why this this this particular dreamers . you know scandal is so important for every american is that it shows what happens when governments go rogue so the american government under ob

the netherlands is sending more forces to contain what it calls serious post—storm looting on the islandutch prime minister mark rutte said more soldiers and police would be deployed on the island which is shared between france and the netherlands, amid reports of people with guns and machetes roaming the streets. neil crase, a resident of st martin, gave us an update on the situation, and told us what it was like when the storm hit. well, the storm was terrible, and the damage was unbelievable. and a lot of people were left homeless. but the big problem has been the looting that you've referred to and the total lawlessness. we heard this morning that tourists who had been sheltering were robbed at gunpoint. and that mobs were going door—to—door, robbing people. we've seen no evidence of the soldiers that we understand on the island. in oui’ that we understand on the island. in our area, we've not seen a single one. very quickly sticking to the looting, do you think this is an opportunistic event, or are people desperate? are they trying to get food and water? well, i think it started of

dependent territories they have them other countries to assist they have britain they have the netherlands france and a case of ants again by a small independent country with very limited resources. civil engineers have started work anyway assessing the damage house by house they're optimistic about the possibilities how long do you think three building of the. allotment depends on if i look depends india i believe within twelve months most of it could be that. not just homes but also jobs have been lost fisherman's boats lying ruins. really earned a living from his taxi that's gone now well right now i'm feeling it very very bad because what happened since that time the hurricane has passed and this is the we. don't bust right now and there's not much i can do right now until. i don't know how soon we're going to get back to bob you would. that's the question all of the living in government shelters with relatives you know asking the prime minister says hopefully in a few months but even then the rebuilding could take years john home and. jim is here as parliament has passed a controversi

religion that you had to list your religion so then there was a database of all the jews in the netherlands which is why they had one of the worst exterminations and terms of the number of people they were managed to get out of the country and into auschwitz but you know here is what obama also is trying to do some good he was concerned about all of these eight hundred thousand children who for all intents and purposes are american they've lived here their whole lives they're in school here they go to university here they work here well when the obama administration was designing dhaka privacy was a chief concern for immigration advocates who worried about having undocumented immigrants identify themselves to the government so u.s. c.i.s. vowed it would wall off that data protecting it from other agencies including immigration and customs enforcement that wanted to use it for deportation purposes deportation of course and this context as you mentioned from the one nine hundred thirty s. is a horrible word but because doc was merely a policy not a law even the framers of this process knew fu