has opened a new factory in rwanda for v.w. facility on the continent following in the tire tracks of south africa nigeria and kenya but the german comic came to rwanda not simply just vehicles but to try out a new strategy car sharing and services as well. some finishing touches just before president arrived to launch the first ever car made in rwanda or at least assembled here with parts from south africa creating industries something you want to build and this shows that. you can actually find the right conditions to be able to assemble a very good story and i'm very excited about the expansion plans to build up to five thousand cars annually in rwanda creating a brand new jobs. the twenty million dollar investment as part of the german carmakers expansion into the sub-saharan markets v.w. won't only be selling cars but mobility to. africa the total population is what probably about one point two billion people at the moment of the one point two billion billion people you have maybe one hundred million who can afford a new c

for example, rwanda as malaria. we didn't find example, rwanda as malaria.question related to malaria. we need to give it a local context. —— rwanda has. so we are developing models for the traditions that are not involved in the ai, such as tuberculosis. things that are important for a contact. back in the uk, babylon and oust the performance of its chat bot versus human doctors. it said its diagnosis rate was 81% on its first attempt, versus 72% for a human. they calculate that average over five yea rs of calculate that average over five years of exam results. but the results have been questioned by some senior doctors, who have questioned the timing of the releaselj senior doctors, who have questioned the timing of the release. i would not with the research that i do go public on, and have a big media event, before putting it through the scientific process, because i want to know that the reception i am doing is defensible, rigourous, and that my peers agree with it. and i don't think we have been through that process yet. this important debate will conti

professional recycling has become big business here and rwanda. after the plastic has been equipped fied it is made into k. like stratton's which are then chopped into pieces these rule a to be mixed with all the materials wants me to start and second company in the plastics. because. we had a mission to protect the environment and that's why we bought plastic box and some of the people saw it as threads i saw it doesn't appear to need to. the company's recycling process produces reuse of wool bags tops and packaging for the construction industry and so agriculture. grew when the ban plastic bags ten years ago but plastic waste is still everywhere here one this environment agency recovers tons of it trim landfills a lot can also be found along the borders with neighboring countries. as a country in africa where the country's estie using plastic so we can say. we have to have plastics one hundred percent maybe our success is at a nine to five because we are exchanging goods paper is now being used more and more for packaging exemptions to the new p

but today rwanda is regarded as an economic success story in africa.sident, paul kagame, has invited tech companies to the country to test ideas. first drones and now artificial intelligence. we visited the offices of babylon, called ba byl, with the health minister. he is here to see a demonstration of how the artificial intelligence triage works. the company already has 2 million registered users and has the thousands of consultations. babyl is using the same chat bot that its uk customers would use, but there are several differences here. most people use feature phones, not smart phones. so the service is provided by a nurse, who reads the text over the phone. this is the symptom checker which would refer the patient to a human doctor. with long waiting times and long walks between homes and health centres, patients using the app and save a lot of time. can save a lot of time. after speaking to the nurse via a chat bot, pacifique was able to pick up a prescription in about ten minutes. translation: you see? the service is easy. you can use at home a

industrialization with that as a small country rwanda doesn't present too great a risk for. that the investments could mark the beginning of a new journey. answers on a cross is reporting from kigali in rwanda just five thousand planned for this first phase as we heard at all of the parts are important is it still worth getting excited over. yes you are right the car scam as so-called completely knocked down kits from south africa to rhonda and they have to be assembled in the country to then become the new car that will be sold here in the country but you have to consider that this is the. folks wagon has to begin from scratch here and rana there's now automotive industry and so now and that is how folks work and also started over twenty years ago in china so they have to get started at one point that's what thomas schaeffer told us today at the event if you want to believe in the future you have to start at one point and they consider the sub-saharan african market and merchant importing important market so yes it was an important day for folks wagon it was also an importa

be coming to you from lagos nigeria did you know that rwanda now ranks as the fifth cleanest country on the african continent well tell me more about that in a moment but first let's look at what else is coming up on the european african magazine for the environment. we had to morocco to meet an engineer who builds bio gas plants in remote regions. in germany more and more people want to eat locally sourced. then we go to liberia to visit a sanctuary for chimpanzees. now for team zara the ride from morocco has developed a small bio digester that can replace the costly and environmentally friendly propane gas argument is that she can generate bio gas which is clean energy and is just around the corner. the inventor oversees the installation personally faction of the rice developed a system that turns organic waste into bio gas it's just being installed here to fall mnemonic cash in rural areas bottled propane gas is the main source of power for cooking heating and pumping water but it's hardly a sustainable resource. isn't that. i thought to myself why not replace the gas bottles with

everywhere let's look at an example here rwanda here an energy from is already extracting naturally or calling me from it water. potentially mean it's all being used in a positive way in the area. lake of or in northwestern rwanda lation leaves from fish and that fish stocks are dwindling and livelihoods are threatened these days children use the fishing boat as playgrounds. the trouble is that the knee contains dangerously high levels of spending which is deadly for most fish species the lake is becoming toxic according to scientists if the gas isn't extracted that could be a major eruption here in about a hundred years and the extraction plans has been in operation since early twenty six team i'm not sure siphons in the same gas to the selfies and then the gases use to supply electricity to the national grid let's acknowledge he has never before been used to extract a thing from it make the construction of the plants took several against us company control global finance a project with funds from the african development bank they international team includes rwanda and already is engi

in rwanda. stocking up in rwanda. my expectations for food in the congo are more measured.o get to the eastern congo, and many would ask why you would even want to do that, the best way is to drive across from neighboring rwanda. this country, of course, not too long ago, suffered its own appalling genocide. behind the wheel, dan. he's been living in the drc for two years, working on a documentary about some of the several dozen rebel groups in the country. riding shotgun, dan's close friend and associate horeb, a congolese. they're taking me across the border. one side, rwanda, hotels, paved roads, internet, and paperwork to be filled out. just a few feet of barbed wire, machine guns and cement walls away -- this. welcome to goma. a city of 1 million, the significant number of whom are idps, internally displaced people -- sitting, rather inconveniently, at the base of mt. niragango, a still smoldering volcano. current street level is about 12 feet above where it was in january 2002 when it last erupted. lava everywhere. which explains the less than smooth ride. one of the

concept there in cooperation with startups rwanda is attractive because of its well trained workers and missionary only the components for three models were transported to kigali and assembled there the german car maker has invested sixteen million euros in this project. more and more companies in great britain are warning of the consequences of a hard break that negotiations have so far been slow and there is disagreement within the british government on important issues now the british automobile federation has warned the government against leaving the european customs union. it with customs controls at the borders would only be a logistical nightmare for the car sector. following the terminations of the nuclear agreement with iran the usa is now demanding that all countries stop imports of a rainy in oil it's a return to the state before the treaty representative of the us state department threatened to impose sanctions on countries that do not comply however the iranian government announced that it would not let the u.s. bring it to its knees harley davidson wants to stop buildi

the veranda mountains in northern rwanda this sanctuary in the heart of africa is home to the mountain gorillas it requires a long hike to get here but suddenly they appear the mountain gorillas are extremely similar to humans which have to take party wants to take me because i'm not sure my bank can afford it a second time. it's. a cost several hundred dollars to spend an hour with the gorillas but the high price is an integral part of a conservation plan to save these endangered animals. the money they pay when they're coming to see their quotas. if it is used to build towards the north only goodness even. though it is

a still to come on counting the cost made in rwanda vs america first how relations are souring over second hand clothes. for first turkey's currency the nearest strengthen this week after a major selloff which saw it hit an all time low versus the dollar it's still down around fifteen percent so far this year for ordinary turks and president tired early when it's a big source of worry he's been battling to stop the currency crisis ahead of elections next month in the past week there's been a steep interest rate hike the central bank governor has also tried to reassure foreign investors that capital controls which would block money leaving the country won't be needed although in the short term the strategy seems to have worked challenges remain on wednesday credit ratings agency moody's cut turkey's economic growth forecasts well joining us now from london is charles robertson global chief economist with renaissance capital thanks so much for being with us so what's going on with turkey's economy particularly these big swings in the currency it's taken a while but there's been a massive bui

a common story is that refugees are sent on to cover to rwanda or uganda with some cash and that the governments dare look the other way possibly in a deal with israel in the meantime refugees are staying in an open detention center here in israel called home lot they are free to leave during the day but have to return by night. the policy that is being now advanced by the prison or a third country which is widely thought to be a wonder there are some arguments that perhaps uganda could be involved as well that policy when it comes to that choice if you were presented with that choice personally prison or forced deportation back to an african country which is not your own what choice would you make it is better for me to see your side is what is waiting for me in rwanda already one doctor and if there is no system created or waiting for me to give me a shelter or a security you have to understand that there is no system at all for me or for a sensitive community and this country's because we know in the last years those people who are forced at the worst countries where smugglers to

but today rwanda is regarded as an economic success story, in africa.abylon, called babyl, in rwanda, with the health minister. he is here to see a demonstration of how the ai triage works. the company already has 2 million registered users and has the thousands of consultations. babyl is using the same chat bot as its uk customers would use, but there are several differences here. most people use feature phones, not smart phones. so the service is provided by a nurse, who reads the text of the ai over the phone. this is the symptom checker which would refer the patient to a human doctor. with long waiting times and long walks between homes and health centres, patients using the app can save a lot of time. you can use it at home and come to the hospital and they will see you immediately. babyl have employed several methods to get the message out to the general population here. they hold rallies around markets all over the country, and do a lot of on—the—street outreach. many people we met were already signed up. translation: it is really good because so

they were meeting to discuss the couple's support for rwanda mountain gorillas.as a significant visit because they are a high profile lesbian couple in a country not open to homosexuality. the country is sort of an exception in the region because it has a more open climate. he does have a lot of influence in the region, particularly when rights. to gender they say this visit could be a turning point in east africa when it comes to gay rights. molly: let's turn the record on gay rights. rights. chechnya are preparing to host the egyptian national team ahead of the world cup next week. >> ejection team arrives -- the egyptian team arrives this week in chechnya for training. hosting the team is part of a twofold political ambition. they say that involves becoming vladimir putin's envoy to the middle east and also reading the de facto voice of muslims abroad. this comes as chechnya has been coming under western scrutiny for human rights violations. there were reports last year that gay men were being held and abused in detention centers. at the time, he responded to

as a result there is a lot of speculation a common story is that refugees are sent on to cover to rwanda or uganda with some cash and that the governments dare look the other way possibly in a deal with israel in the meantime refugees are staying in an open detention center here in israel called toilet they are free to leave during the day but have to return by nights. the policy that is being now advanced by the prison or a third country which is widely thought to be a wonder there are some arguments that perhaps uganda could be involved as well that policy when it comes to that choice if you were presented with that choice personally prison or forced deportation back to an african country which is not your own what choice would you make it is better for me to see your side is what is waiting for me in rwanda already one hundred there is no system created or waiting for me to give me a shelter or a security you have to understand that there is no system at all for me or for us sense of community and this country's because we know in the last two years those people who are forced into wi

a common story is that refugees are sent on to cover to rwanda or uganda with some cash and that the governments dare look the other way possibly in a deal with israel in the meantime refugees are staying in an open detention center here in israel called toilet they are free to leave during the day but have to return by night. the policy that is being now advanced by the prison or a third country which is widely thought to be a wonder there are some arguments that perhaps uganda could be involved as well that policy when it comes to that choice if you were presented with that choice personally prison or forced deportation back to an african country which is not your own what choice would you make it is better for me to see your side is what is waiting for me in rwanda already one hundred there is no system created or waiting for me to give me a shelter or a security you have to understand that there is no system at all for me or for us i'm sick of community and this country's because we know in the last two years those people who are forced to what's countries where smugglers to othe

a common story is that refugees are sent on to cover to rwanda or uganda with some cash and that the governments dare look the other way possibly in a deal with israel in the meantime refugees are staying in an open detention center here in israel called talat they are free to leave during the day but have to return by night. the policy that is being now advanced by the prison or a third country which is widely thought to be a wonder there are some arguments that perhaps uganda could be involved as well that policy when it comes to that choice if you were presented with that choice personally prison or forced deportation back to an african country which is not your what choice would you make it's better for me to see your side is what is waiting for me in rwanda already one hundred there is no system created or waiting for me to give me a shelter or a security you have to understand that there is no system at all for me or for a sense of good community and this country's because we know in the last years the people who are forced at the with the countries where smuggling to other cou

lake of war in northwestern rwanda the local population lives from the fish stocks are dwindling and livelihoods are threatened these days children use a fishing boat as playgrounds. the trouble is that the knee contains dangerously high levels of spending which is deadly for most fish species the lake is becoming toxic according to scientists if the gas isn't extracted that could be a major eruption here in about a hundred years and the extraction plant has been in operation since early twenty six team i'm not sure part siphons in the thing gas to the selfies and then the gas is used to supply electricity to the national grid the technology has never before been here is to extract the thing from the lake the construction of the plants took several against us company can tell global finance a project with funds from the african development bank they international team includes rwandans or b. is engineering people the resource of materials to be brought from all around the world to bring here in the middle of invalid cable right so this was the first biggest challenge and all the thin

africa cannot hope to develop a domestic textile industry when it's flooded with cheap imports so rwanda has imposed tariffs and wants to phase out imports of the secondhand clothes the u.s. is responding with a threat to pull rwanda's judy free access to some of its products and one is president paul kagame may is not backing down at the concept you is a nairobi based investment adviser and chief executive of rich management he says africa has become a dumping ground for cheap goods from other countries. this is an attempt by africa to get leverage on the value chain it's an attempt to develop industry it's an attempt to industrialize and essential e. you know we've seen all our industries hollowed out one of the classic examples is actually textile manufacturing which is now being addressed in east africa and i think it's important that we look at things holistically and if we're going to look at it holistically we can't talk about the industrialization of africa on one hand and then be dumping africa with all kinds of of goods and in this case in the case of used clothes our oil price

africa cannot hope to develop a domestic textile industry when it's flooded with cheap imports so rwanda has imposed tariffs and wants to phase out imports of the secondhand clothes the u.s. is responding with a threat to pull rwanda's judy free access to some of its products and one is president paul kagame may is not backing down at a concert you is a nairobi based investment adviser and chief executive of rich management he says africa has become a dumping ground for cheap goods from other countries. this is an attempt by africa to get leverage on the value chain it's an attempt to develop industry it's an attempt to industrialize and essential ie you know we've seen all our industries hollowed out one of the classic examples is actually textile manufacturing which is now being addressed in east africa and i think it's important that we look at things holistically and if we're going to look at it holistically we can't talk about the industrialization of africa on one hand and then be dumping africa with all kinds of of goods and in this case in the case of used clothes our oil prices

perhaps a case in point fox fog and a spill doing a factory in rwanda promising up to one thousand jobs investing twenty million dollars interestingly that doesn't actually seem like very much to me for a company like b w what do you think they're trying to achieve there i think it's just the first step in the market they tried to do in two thousand and sixteen in kenya that is going quite well but the results. due to political reasons in kenya which has been on a standstill for quite some time the results are not yet what was expected but i think it's a very positive sign that still they keep the business in in run that and open the factory in may and that's just a first step to a real project on the completely knocked down parts that assemble to rhonda as you point out that different political climate in rwanda for example of the moment compared to kenya and on a case by case basis which countries do you see on the continent which are ideal for investment where it's really depends on what you want to do. i think if you look for a certain stability in the legal aspects. kenya in. the e

african city, and angola, i guess that is the impact of oil moneym is second on the list, rwanda, andegained its position. what do you do to cut costs if you are travelling? i don't do a lot of trouble now, i used to when i worked foran trouble now, i used to when i worked for an investment bank, but then it was an expenses and it was all five star, i didn't worry about it! it wasn't my money, i'm embarrassed to say. get those error miles while you could. ross, good to see you. that's all from business live today. much more throughout the day on the web page. goodbye. hello there. yesterday was hot and sunny, in fact it was the warmest day of the year so far. temperatures in london got to 30.1 degrees celsius, but widely those temperatures in the higher 20s, even across scotland, northern ireland, 26-28 across scotland, northern ireland, 26—28 degrees. the reason, high pressure firmly in charge of our weather, and that means that these normal cloud and rain bearing weather systems are blocked from coming into the uk. we have got some cloud around today, high—level cloud per scotland,

rwanda in one thousand nine hundred four the hutu people began to massacre the tutsi people lawyers were trapped at the station in kigali technicians and their families were rescued by belgian forces but rwandans working for the broadcaster had to be left behind most of them were tutsi and didn't survive the genocide and the shock of those events stayed with deutsch a fella for years to come. more reporting from the front lines of the balkan wars outrage over massacres and forced displacement there led germany to send troops into an active combat zone for the first time since the second world war. another defining moment the attacks on nine eleven. good to do. with not only did this hold but is dalliance implicitly going to. robots and try to under the shifting it's a fun lesson. since then digitization has changed media at a breathtaking pace over the last two decades has developed many new programs both for television and a wide range of digital platforms. they can't just. deal w. goes digital. w. active on all different platforms. it's been a challenge not least for the academy it hel

need from very don't realize you're getting a lot of orders from rwanda for example. you've done that and then you're saving the future of libya. to our region. in nairobi there are many converted taking is already in use these environmentally friendly structures and now a part of everyday life here. after sixteen years in a job turkish president. is again seeking reelection this weekend many see him as the man who put they call me on the global map but times have changed the turkish lira has been tumbling for months foreign investment is declining and the uncertainty is also prompting german businesses to pack their backs like this one. fresh fruit and vegetables are the bedrock of maurits fall vines business four years ago the german entrepreneur started a small company and it's done bull he made juice that he sold from a small shop but a year ago he had to close that shop down many of his customers were foreigners who had left the country after the attempted coup he now sells mostly to hotels this is this is carrot apples and pepper. he and his american partner bui

index a powerful deterrent for investors however the watchdog group has recently pointed to botswana rwanda namibia and some others who are making progress in fighting corruption and creating a better business climate american brands used to have a certain cool factor in china but says more homegrown companies appear on the market and trade ties between the two countries come under strain those days appear to be numbered. tea with foam made of cream cheese just one of the specialty drinks customers in shanghai has been lining up for this summer. haiti eat the company behind the popular beverage is a chinese chain with and that's all over the country. it's just one example of a homegrown company giving us competitors like starbucks everyone for their money. while american brands have long enjoyed an elevation stations in china research suggests their dominance is now beginning to play in. the local roads have been. that this is becoming very. much there for brands because it's. just that you have to do with the way they operate. the way they are why would they be put into the p.c. which is w

index a powerful deterrent for investors however the watchdog group has recently pointed to botswana rwanda namibia and some others who are making progress in fighting corruption and creating a better business climate american brands used to have a certain cool factor in china but as more homegrown companies appear on the market a trade ties between the two countries come under strain those days appear to be numbered. tea with so much made of cream cheese just one of the specialty drinks customers in shanghai have been lining up for this and grown company giving us competitors like starbucks a run for their money. while american brands have long enjoyed an elevation status in china research suggests their dominance is now beginning to wane. the local roads have been. this is becoming very. rare for brands because it's. just that you have to do with the way they go. the way. it would seem to be it's always what the market report and there are a lot of companies. u.s. tech companies like apple are also coming under pressure from domestic firms i phones account for only ten percent of the chin

coming to you from lagos nigeria did you know that rwanda now runs out of the fifth cleanest country on the african continent once any more about that in a moment but first let's look at what else is coming up on the european.

hello and welcome to you could africa be coming to you from lagos nigeria did you know that rwanda now runs as the fifth cleanest country on the african continent what's anymore about that in a moment but first let's look at what else is coming up on the european and african .

in rwanda, nurses act as a go—between the aland people who call up the service.s the chatbot come up with some questions that you hadn't thought of? yes, sometimes. oh, really? how does that make you feel... it makes me feel more professional. back in the uk, this new diagnostic artificial intelligence may take some time to integrate into the nhs, but it is an area that is actively being explored by all sides. the innovators in the nhs are true heroes, who work incredibly hard to advance our model of delivery. we're always delighted to partner with them. jen copestake, bbc news. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. 100 soldiers arrive to help firefighters tackle a moorland blaze in greater manchester that's been burning forfour days — and may last for weeks because of the hot weather eu leaders arrive in brussels for talks — they're expected to warn theresa may that time is running out to reach a deal on brexit. the pressure‘s off — england fans prepare for tonight's world cup match against belgium in russia — knowing