our core is a prosecutor in rotterdam she's a member of the undone t. team of experts a dutch project that brings together justice and police departments to fight against environmental wrongdoing they focus mainly on fuel is used in the shipping industry which are highly polluting but the principle is always the same petroleum products must comply with the registration protocol before being sold in europe it's called reach it forces traders to register their products in a database to obtain the equivalent of the one nine hundred thirty come. in the problem is that this procedure is so complex that nobody has really mastered it some companies take advantage of this fact not lost on the lawyer. has another question from the one task for us from the point of view of criminal lawyers reach is a challenge. it's not only legally but also chemically complex complex can we talk about. we suspect some companies are using the reach directive to turn waste into products reach their heart attack on the off the best way i think it's only an assumption. that we belie

the boards of amsterdam and rotterdam are considered hubs of such blending operation it's. valid to the reasons why it's such a big is because it pass ten refineries in the area and best self storage capacity. arabs it also has a very strategic position for the west coast of africa so that's why you also see that. order the ports in west africa for the health it's coming from the outreach or. there's no official information and it's also a very secretive trading industry and also the terminals don't want to disclose the clients to which they're renting or take. in the netherlands a little known longer allow citizens to demand lists of any dangerous substances stored by a company money at a patiently invoked this law for each terminal in amsterdam. sometimes they don't want to make copies so i just see it but i can make notes. and sometimes we were able to despite the fact that there's no official information we were able to identify some real cases where we saw that service charge for tankers actually were loading gasoline and diesel for the african market so we were able t

the so-called flying water taxis already operate in rotterdam. the french startup has had its sights set on the city of lights. it has the mayor's backing, that has come up against red tape from parisian port authorities. >> today, the rules are designed for floating boats, and generate waves, make noise, leave oil traces, image black smoke. his is not our world. it is the old world. we have to switch. it takes a long way -- a long time to change. bubble wants to bring 5000 vessels to 50 cities by 2024. genie: venezuelan president nicolas maduro has won a second six or term in a landslide, despite the economic crisis crippling the country. opposition groups are disputing the legitimacy of the vote, marred by irregularities and mass absenteeism. italy's new prime minister could be announced today, as a new coalition government made of antiestablishment and far right parties forms. thed the governmement -- democratic republic of congo is facing its ninth outbreak of ebola. ataccination program aims containing the deadly virus. time now for our busi

discussed this with lord rotterdam a former member of the u.k. parliamentary group for iran and you can watch the full interview on going underground this saturday but here's a quick text. i don't think america would attack iran i frankly tell you this in my own opinion because even though iran doesn't have the capability of hitting back on . the united states but iran has the capability of destroying the world's economy because if they just start hitting the waters where all the ships all the oil where all the interest of the western world lies right there in the straits. how. difficult do you think there's some truth to what president rouhani of iran says that he says the e.u. does not have the capacity to be a global player casting doubt on the words coming from london paris berlin brussels saying no no we don't like what donald trump well look i've seen the statement from e.u. . they are very strong that we need to act like a superpower the twenty seven twenty eight countries whether it is economic military yes. with the united states but if

. >> gave them an identity, something to grow into in, rotterdam fellowship. for the same reason you have fraternities and sororities and they are not mixed in the college campuses. this will come as a real shock to a lot of modern people that there really is a difference between boys and girls in the way you think. >> a former girl scout weight in sanghereation of scouts a is bad for girls but not the reason the right thing saying rockclimbing lessons and practices with the rugby team helped me understand from a young age even where women are the minority they can find community and thrive. there are 1.8 million girl scouts and 2.3 million boy scouts. the past 5 years boy scout numbers have fallen 12% and one critic argues the name change is simply a business decision list they be called bankrupt scouts. >> gender neutral scouting, progress or progressive tomfoolery. syndicated radio host leslie marshall and radio host mary o'connor. welcome to you both tonight. both the boy scouts and girl scouts experienced a decline in membership, fighting to attract new p

neutrality of the war of 1812 issue and the british willingness to let american ships sailed to rotterdam. question, interesting trivia of the german freighter submarine. carrying high-value merchandise and money in both directions. in nottish frustration being able to stop that as a violation of the trial of the because she was unarmed. here is the practical reality that the brits understood. to aggroy don't want america. once the lusitania of event occurred, more or less public opinion was split. after the lusitania affair you begin to see public opinion turning against germany and in favor of britain and france for it if you -- france. if you as a british authority blockaded the north sea to the point that you were cutting off american trade with places that were neutral, the netherlands were neutral, then you run the risk of angering some significant and prominent opinion makers. reason -- practical yes you understand that a lot of stuff going to the netherlands is going to make its way to germany. netherland is neutral and they can trade with germany. you don't want to overreact and