oxfam publishes its inequality report every year shortly before the start of the world economic forum in davos it's an attempt to highlight the issue with the politicians and business heavyweights meeting up in the swiss resort but some economists have criticized the study for implying there are simple solutions to a complex problem other factors also play a major role in wealth inequality they say for example in the african nations that are home to some of the world's poorest they are unstable political systems a corrupt elite civil war and poor education structures continue to have an ongoing impact. france's data watchdog has announced it will find u.s. tech giant google fifty million euros for breaching data consent regulations french authorities say google confuse users about which services were available if they did not accept the company's complicated conditions of use. google was accused of securing forced consent through the use of pop up boxes is the largest find to date under the e.u. strict general data protection regulation better known as g.d.p. are. now ousted nissan ch

coming up the world's twenty six richest people owners march is the poorest fifty percent so says oxfam and its annual report but the study's facing criticism over its methodology. d.w. these people trying to make a difference in the world social entrepreneurs taking their high minded ideals to heart altitude at the annual meeting of the world economic forum in davos. this is your business update on how in the home free in berlin glad you could join me china's growth rate has slipped to its lowest point in almost three decades fuelling concerns over a knock on effect on the global economy and prompting questions as to what's behind the slowdown and whether the rest of the world should be worried. once upon a time chinese economic performance wasn't global news those days are long gone the country's growth rate now act as an indicator for the health of the entire world's economy no wonder then that this announcement was so hotly anticipated. according to preliminary estimates the total value of china's gross domestic product was nineteen point zero three trillion you on. that amounted to

arrives in yemen support city who data to urge rebel leaders to uphold a cease fire there will speak to oxfam on the world's worst humanitarian crisis with millions on the brink of famine in yemen. and a polish city mourns after a birthday party goes tragically wrong for five teenagers they were trapped when a fire broke out during an escape from challenge. time sumi so much going to thank you for joining us germany's that cyber defense agency is defending the way it handled a massive data leak personal information from hundreds of german politicians and celebrities was published online back in december but only became public knowledge yesterday and victims are demanding to know why the cyber security body says it didn't alert them earlier because it wasn't able to connect. the dots and didn't know the extent of the preach until yesterday now the data was posted on her twitter account over four weeks and the leak impact of politicians at all levels including the chancellor angela merkel of the foreign minister heikal mosse and also the president of the bundestag gun shy blip in fact there wer

oxfam publishes its inequality report every year shortly before the start of the world economic forum in davos it's an attempt to highlight the issue with the politicians and business heavyweights meeting up in the swiss resort but some economists have criticized the study for implying there are simple solutions to a complex problem other factors also play a major role in wealth inequality they say for example in the african nations that are home to some of the world's poorest they are unstable political systems a corrupt elite civil war and poor education structures continue to have an ongoing impact. and just a reminder now of the top story we're following for you british prime minister theresa may is due to unveil her so-called plan b. later today she's expected to set out how she plans to end the country's parliament . rejected the divorce deal last week. a new strong but plenty more coming up at the top of the hour of course you can always get the latest around the clock on our web site that is dot com and. get very sick. oh africa. freewheels. solar. zero emission. people saxons

oxfam international has delivered the latest dire assessment of wealth inequality since two thousand and sixteen oxfam is a report of the total wealth owned by the world's billionaires in comparison with the wealth held by the bottom half of the world's population oxfam's twenty nineteen report finds that the wealth held by three point eight billion people on the bottom half of the world's wealth curve is now equalled by the net worth of get this just twenty six billionaires the year before it took fortunes of forty three billion years to equal the total wealth of half the world oxfam says that since their previous report the world's wealthiest increased their holdings by twelve percent interestingly three point eight billion of the poorest people in the world saw their wealth decrease by almost the same amount eleven percent. a group of over thirty companies have formed an alliance to stop plastic waste in fact they've pledged a billion dollars to do so that catch the same companies plan to expand plastic production in the next few years to break it all down for us as alex mahela bi

oxfam publishes its inequality report every year shortly before the start of the world economic forum in davos it's an attempt to highlight the issue with the politicians and business heavyweights meeting up in the swiss resort but some economists have criticized the study for implying there are simple solutions to a complex problem. other factors also play a major role in wealth inequality they say for example in the african nations that are home to some of the world's poorest they are unstable political systems a corrupt elite civil war and poor education structures continue to have an ongoing impact. and just a reminder now the top story we're following for you british prime minister theresa may fail her so-called plan b. for braggs it later she's expected to set out how she plans to end the country's parliamentary deadlock that's after lawmakers rejected a view to force steel last week. to get even was good news on the go just download all out from google play all the apple store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications f

millionaires celebrities like bono and david blane to discuss improving the state of the world will oxfam also wants to improve the state of the world and to talk about the ngos public good or private wealth report out in the past forty eight hours as head of advocacy tony p.s. tony thanks for coming on so we had asked and broome magician david blaine briggs william yesterday today it's i.m.f. boss christian the god of borneo. they're discussing something called the financing gap tell me about your report of a kind of financing gap absolutely say the report that some have released this week demonstrates the way in which wealthy is being concentrated in the hands of a small number of people in the world and i'm inside in the last yeah and what we've seen is that billion as around the world have seen their wealth by twelve percent two point five billion dollars a day whilst the well it's fifty percent poorest people at three point eight been. people have seen their wealth declined by eleven percent which is five hundred million dollars a day say what we're seeing is you know this real divid

is going on the ground spoke with tony pierce who is head of advocacy at oxfam you can watch the full program on wednesday for now here's a preview. seeing that picture getting worse and worse we're seeing more and more wealth being concentrated in the hands of fewer and fewer people each year but we're also seeing these really stark pictures of you know these vast numbers of people who don't have access to education or how you know vast number of people living really very little money with very little well then you know what we see consistently is that wealth is undertaxed actually. we see the poorest people in the world paying huge amounts of tax income tax will be eighty whilst wealth is not really touched appropriately and then very little money being able to be spent on public services like health and education that could be a real equalizer for those people living in poverty in their report we identify a number of countries the brazil the two examples where the poorest ten percent are actually spending a higher proportion of their income on top three things like income tax and t

the poorest half of humanity three point eight billion people so wealth declined by eleven percent oxfam accuses governments of exacerbating the income gap by under taxing corporations in the wealthy while underfunding public services the study is controversial some economists claim it's methodology is flawed they say that the charity ignores evidence that the number of people living in extreme poverty worldwide has actually been forty four years. now china's growth rate has slipped to its lowest point in almost three decades fuelling concerns over and. knock on effect on the global economy according to the chinese national bureau of statistics the economic growth rate cool to six point six percent last year the latest figures come as the country struggles to boost domestic consumption and to resolve its trade dispute with the united states growth in the wallet second largest economy has been slowing for years but it is the pace of that decline that is worrying investors a decade ago chinese economic growth was hovering around ten percent in the years since then it has slowed steadily. a

the poorest half of humanity three point eight billion people so wealth declined by eleven percent oxfam accuses governments of exacerbating income down by on the tax in corporations and the wealthy while underfunding public services now the study is controversial some economists claim its methodology is flawed they say that the charity and was evidence that the number of people living in extreme poverty worldwide has actually been falling for years. ousted car executive can a school has once again said he's not guilty of financial misconduct and vowed to remain in japan if granted bail he's also promised to wear an electronic tracking bracelet or the tokyo district court will consider goans latest petition but has already rejected previous applications or has been jailed over the past two months he's lost his chairmanships at nissan and mitsubishi motors and i know is expected to meet later this week to discuss removing corn as chairman and c.e.o. . well you're watching the news from by day we've got plenty more coming up for you at the top of the hour of course you can always get the l

and now we are like to begin with you because at oxfam you are fighting poverty around the world and you have a long history yourself. social causes of supporting them how do you see the state of inequality right now set the stage for us where does it stand and what happens if we do not take dramatic action in an extreme a canonical inequality out of control sometimes we need a report this week that's showing the extent of extreme inequality and how it's growing last year unknown the wealth of video nails was increasing by two point five billion dollars every day two point five billion dollars while the wealth of the bottom half of humanity three point eight billion people did creasing by five hundred million dollars every day the trend with a few at the top running away with wealth and those at the bottom thinking and thinking for that and to do two hundred and two million children are not in school because their governments don't help their revenues to roil to education ten thousand people will die today because the contacts public health it isn't there for them and meanwhile their

example at the davos meetings the most important institution in the world that measures inequality oxfam in britain presented a report and the bombshell of the report was this the richest twenty six individuals in the world people like buffet and gates and folks like that jeff bezos the richest twenty six have more wealth than the. bottom half of the population of this planet three point eight billion people and just follow me with this if we took half the wealth of those twenty six people by a tax they would still be the twenty six richest people on this earth but we would have an enormous improvement in the standards of living of three point eight billion people so that they don't have to die early that they can do for their children what they hope to be able to do that they can live decent lives i don't know of anyone with a serious ethical or moral commitment religious or otherwise who wouldn't see in this a better way to go but in the longer run. in the longer run we've got to do something about a system that delivers this kind of inequality we don't hire have a system that distribu

byzantine the general secretary of the european trade union confederation who will join us to discuss that oxfam in the quality report we told you about the other day and the yellow best movement plus much more and we welcome pin tech expert joe duncan to talk block chain and its potential for a big future and later todd horwitz of public training will join us to talk precious metals and dr khan for all of that ahead but first let's it's a bad line to go. britain on the edge of brecht's that leads our global report again today is former prime minister tony blair indorse is the explosive idea of a second referendum speaking in davos switzerland to reuters before leaving the world economic forum the former unnoted remain are said quote people like myself except if the country votes to leave again that's good but i think if you leave without going back to the people with this mess and in these circumstances there will be even greater division. another bold faced name bank of england governor mark carney warned in davos that u.k. businesses are vastly underprepared for the prospect of a no deal brec

oxfam recently opened a pilot desalination plant. it plans to rehabilitate 45 similar facilities that have fallen into disrepair across gaza, says spokesman mohammed ammar. >> in this project we target 1,200 households and more than io000 individuals with plans to target half a mipeople in the coming two years. >> ( translated ): we drank contaminated water for a long time until oxfam came and gave us clean water.he >> reporter: tubad family is one of the lucky early recipients.on every two weeks, oxfam fills their small rooftop tank with 130 gallons of desalinated water. absent a political solution, it appears, gaza's ocean-size crisis is being addressed a fe t gallons at ae. for the pbs newshour, i'm fred de sam lazaro in gaza city, za.aw >>: fred's reporting is in partnership with the under-told stories project at the university of st. thomas in minnesota. >> nawaz: student reporting labs is a pbs newshour project that teaches journalism and media literacy in high schools across the united states and abroad. to start the year, we

some economists criticize the charity saying oxfam ignores evidence that the number of people living in extreme poverty worldwide has actually been falling figures. very vulgar news to coincide with the opening of the annual meeting of the world economic forum in davos a gathering of the global financial elite also in the others so called change makers social entrepreneurs doing business for a social cause you know you caught up with a few of them in the swiss alps. some are enjoying the piles of snow and icy temperatures but others are taking a little time to adjust. ernest darko arrived from south africa this morning for the social entrepreneur has made it his goal to improve his country's health care system and he's come with a message from a demographic point of view a lot of growth is going to come from africa most of the world growth is going to begin to slow down africa is just rising and it is critical that we get it right for africa and part of getting it right is ensuring that you have a healthy population and that their social and physical wellbeing is maintained. other so

oxfam published its latest poverty report this week with a stark message about growing wealth inequality according to the study by the charity organization the number of billionaires has almost doubled since the financial crisis at the same time the world's poorest people became even poorer. oksana accuses governments of exacerbating the income gap by failing to tackle inequality. under taxing corporations and the wealthy while underfunding public services. one group of business people were at this week's w e f in davos to promote wealth and development for the poll. among the group of social entrepreneurs was ernest darko from south africa he's made it his goal to improve his country's health care system. from a demographic point of view a lot of growth is going to come from africa most of the world growth is going to begin to slow down africa is just rising and it is critical that we get it right for africa and part of getting it right is ensuring that you have a healthy population and that their social and physical wellbeing is maintained. other social entrepreneurs came with thought

asleep at the wheel at the moment and this whole issue of global inequality is an ongoing concern and oxfam put out its annual report but there are questions about the methodology used to compile those figures what's your view on that. it's always difficult when looking at these brig macro big macro as to wealth predominantly either away from developing nations or how much of a developing nation or a consonance wealth can be seen against the stock portfolio of someone who happens to own a very very valuable e-commerce business and there's always a difference between stocks and flows and growth and growth there off over say there is no doubt that there are very very poor people and a lot of the world and there is no doubt that there are people out there who have a huge almost insurmountable amount of wealth that could be spent better as opposed to sitting on a on a business is balance sheet we heard out of davos over the course of the wake that a lot of people are starting to talk about well taxes whether this is an increase in taxes to seventy percent as the democratic congresswoman alexand

of the only os the direction off the charity oxfam will see in city key how hopeful he was that yemen's fragile ceasefire would hold i think due to four years of war the world has seen the war through went on crisis millions of starring in a separating from malnutrition the country that the brink of they mean then there is economic decline identical labs and also the infrastructure so. i think it we are really really hope also for things that are moving on right. there so even agreement we have seen positive signs from both the conflicting parties however we do know hope that amount in different spheres it would be important to have some kind of more cream in the. year and also after these he will get it we are so you'd hope that even country what are these his visit here and also in riyadh and then there will be a meeting in the end sometimes in general. now to some of the stories making news around the world no breakthrough in talks between democrats and republicans aiming to end partial u.s. government shutdown president all trump say is the shutdown could go on for months all yes if

had a hand in breaking the global system that doesn't mean that they can't be involved in fixing it oxfam's executive director believes dabbles has an important role to play trump is no it. is not. may's not dealing with public i'm going to be our country's they've got to sort out the issues of inequality in the other countries but this is a place for influence and there are big businesses here politicians and you would have media and then us who work with ordinary people i hear we're here to talk to each other and give each other from this it and find solutions. in the basement beneath her feet the refugee experience moved some to tears there's nothing like a screaming soldier to make one seek and unlimited in the dark journal how al-jazeera davos switzerland. astride his defense. the asian cup title has been ended by the united arab emirates it was a tight quarter final match. but the got a lucky break in the second half a sloppy but. by i mean on the edge of the box he went around keeper of matthew ryan. one of the games and put the united arab emirates into the semi. and they will play

and we asked will seem to be the direction off a charity oxfam in yemen how hopeful he was that yemen's fragile ceasefire would hold i think the two four years of war that wald has seen the war went on crisis media and having children are suffering from malnutrition in the country that the bank of play means that they cannot make decline into kolob and also the infrastructure. so. i think we have really the only hope also for things that are moving on the right track. again and we have seen positive signs from both the conflicting parties however we do not hope that a month and if it's because it would be important to have some kind of more cream in the. last year and also after this he will see that we are so you'd hope that even country what after. his visit here and also in riyadh and then there will be a meeting in the end sometimes in january. now to some of the other stories making news around the world there's been a delay to the announcement about who won last weekend's presidential election in the democratic republic of congo the election commission's days so far it's received

now earlier we spoke to or rather we asked machine city key the director of the charity oxfam in yemen how hopeful he was that yemen's fragile ceasefire would hold. i think due to poor years of war but world has seen the war through went on crisis millions of starving children are suffering from malnutrition the country the brink of crimean then there is economic decline aren't the collapse and also the infrastructure so i mean i think it we are really really hope also for things that are moving on right. there's been a gear and we have seen positive signs on board the contracting parties however we do know hope that a modern difference because it would be important to have some kind of more cream in the. year and also after this you will get it we are so you would hope that the country words are these his visit here and also in riyadh and then there will be a meeting in the end sometimes in generally. germany's siva defense agency is defending the way it handled a mess of the personal information from hundreds of german politicians and celebrities was published online back in december

then you know we are asked will see in the director of the charity oxfam in yemen how hopeful he was that yemen's a fragile ceasefire would hold. i think four years of war the wall has seen the war commence and crisis media insists having children are suffering from malnutrition in the country that the bank of crimean that they cannot make decline to collapse and also the infrastructure. so. i think we have really really hope so far things are moving on right track after the sudan again and we have seen positive signs from both the conflicting parties however we do not hope that a month in difference does it would be important to have some kind of more cream in the. last year and also after this you will see that we had so. hoped that even country what after. his visit here and also and we had and then there will be a meeting in the end sometimes in january associate what i heard shocked me this is a grievous tax on democracy in our country. in addition i feel there are massive problems in addition to security architecture we protections have to look after this enough in recent years

this is oxfam's awssan kamal. >> people are struggling to buy their daily rations to be able to feedheir children. women are having to travel vast differences to get to water. fathers and mothers are having to make the choice where they have to marry their daughters at a younger age to be able to provide for the family. amy: back in the united states, a polar vortex is hitting the midwest this week, bringing the coldest arctic outbreak in at least 20 years. wisconsin has declared a state of emergency. wind cll temperatures could plummet as low as minus 50 in chicago and minus 60 in minneapolis. medil professionals have warmed that extreme temperatures could cause frostbite and hypothermia after as few as 5 minutes of exposure. many schools are closed. on capitol hill, senators have voted 74-19 to advance bill s.1, which contains a controversial provision aimed at preventing opposition to the israeli government by allowing state and local government to sanction u.s. companies which are engaged in a boycott against israel. the bill was temporarily blocked by senate democrats earlier th

have a very distinguished panel when to be any moment is the executive director of the not for profit oxfam. bob moritz is the global chairman no. i mean how can't is the c.e.o. of need you the national institution for transforming india hilary cottam is a social entrepreneur and a government insulted and to be rung on is a professor of strategy and management at in seattle thank you so much to all of you for being here today please join me in welcoming our panel. and now we're like to begin with you because you are fighting poverty around the world and you have a long history yourself of social causes supporting them how do you see the scene of inequality right now set the stage for us where does it stand and what happens if we do not take dramatic action. in an extreme economy to new quality out of control has released a report this week showing the extent of extreme inequality and how it's growing last year are known. the wealth of billionaires was increasing by two point five billion dollars every day two point five billion dollars while the wealth of a bottom home for humanity three po

a new report from the anti- poverty group oxfam says global income inequality is "out ofrm control", g women especially. the group said fortunes for billionaires grew by 12%ast year, while the poorest half of the globe saw their wealth decrse by 11%. oxfam international's executive director called uponhe world's wealthiest to correct the disparity. >> the richest people in the world, the most powerful people in the world, the political leaders of the world need to take action to reduce extreme inequality bause it is out of control. it's widening, it's hurting our economies, slowing our economies, it's underminincr dey, it's trapping people in poverty. >> woodruff: the group released its report before the world economic forum gets underway tomorrow in davos, switzerland. americans remembered dr. martinr luing junior's contributions today, just days after what would have been the slain civil rights leader's 90th birthday. president trump and vice president pence laid a wreath at king's memorial in washington. while across the u.sse communities ed the holiday with parades and marches in

and a new oxfam report finds that billionaires' wealth increased by 12% in the past year, with the 26 richest owning the same amount of money as the world's poorest 50%. economic inequality hits women and girls the hardest, according to the report, which is being released ahead of the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. this is winnie byanyima, executive director of oxfam. >> last year alone, with some billionaire wealth increased by $2.5 billion every day, while the wealth o of the bottom halff billion, was8 dropping by 500 billion dollars a day. i'm here to call on governments to wake up and take up the tax fairly,ty and tax wealthth, and put money in e public services that people need. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the e war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we turn now to a story that received widespread attention over the weekend. on thousands took part in the friday, indigenous peoples march in washi

oxfam international's executive director called on the world's wealthiest to correct the disparity. >e richest people in the world, the most powerful people in the world, the politil leaders of the world need to take action to reduce extreme inequalityecause it is out of control. it's widening, it's hurting our economies, slowing our economies, it's undermining democracy, it's trapping people in poverty. >> woodruff: the group releasedb its repoore the world economic forum gets underway edmorrow in davos, switzerland. americans remembr. martin luther king junior'sda contributions just days after what would have been the slain civil rights leader's 90th president trump and vice president pence laid a wreath at king's memor washington. while across the uob., communitierved the holiday with parades and marches in his honor. and, a passing to note: tony mendez, the former c.i.a.sp who inspired the award- winning movie "argo" died saturday in maryland. he'd suffered fr parkinson's disease. mendez worked for the c.i.a. for 25 years, mostly creating disguises and forging documents. in 1980,