the switzerland safe haven status in doubt. iron or hits a 30 month high as the copper rally continues. will the sector drive the global equity rally through the european open? plus, $1 billion in cost cuts. rbs said to be eliminating jobs and close branches. will it be enough to push it to profitability? matt: we are less than a half-hour away from the european open. take a look at european futures. after the u.s. s&p rose to an all-time high once again and asian stocks were up overnight, we see european futures pointing to a higher open. i should point out that none of the major indexes in europe is out on all-time high. the ftse hit its all-time high in the beginning of january. a lot of the other indexes are waiting until -- are a year away from their all-time highs. they were in 2015. take a look at bunds. i have the open. this is a tj -- two-day chart of bunds. this is the friday trade. opening with yields coming down somewhat, 0.328%. i should point out that we are still at very low levels, if you look historically, and

who were born in switzerland and even their parents we re switzerland and even their parents were born do not have a red swiss passport. but opponents claim the measures are just the first step in allowing all into switzerland. 25% of the population is not swiss. to get easy citizenship. an opposition poster of a woman in a broker. area team in switzerland. even suggests to is the motivation of the country. this may, however, have backfired. —— an increase in islam. to pass, the measure will needs the majority of support. it can still be defeated. an egyptian, believed to be the world's heaviest woman, has arrived in india for weight reduction surgery. the family of 36—year—old eman ahmed abd el aty said it was the first time she had left home for 25 years. she was diagnosed with elephantiasis at birth, a condition which causes limbs and other parts of the body to swell due to a parasitic infection. the stars of the silver screen will be out in force on the red carpet at london's royal albert hall for the annual british academy film awards tonight. the modern day musical, la la land le

translation: we're talking about a lot nfgggfigigeggtgzwhgzliliz in switzerland, who were born in switzerlandnts once immigrated in switzerland. these are actually people who live here, but do not have a red swiss passport. but opponents claim the measures are just the first step in allowing all immigrants to switzerland, 25% of the population is not swiss, to get easy citizenship. an opposition poster of a woman in a burqa, a rarity in switzerland, even suggests the proposal could lead to a so—called islamisation of the country. this, however, may have backfired. 0pinion polls show a majority of voters are likely but, to pass, the measure will need the support of a majority of swiss cantons, too, and the more conservative rural cantons could still defeat it. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: more on those pilot whales that were stranded on a beach — 200 of them have managed to refloat and are back at sea. there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader, ayatollah khomeini, has said he has passed a death sentenc

translation: we're talking about a lot of young people who live in switzerland, who were born in switzerlandrn here. their grandparents once immigrated in switzerland. these are actually people who live here, but do not have a red swiss passport. but opponents claim the measures are just the first step in allowing all immigrants to switzerland, 25% of the population is not swiss, to get easy citizenship. an opposition poster of a woman in a burqa, a rarity in switzerland, even suggests the proposal could lead to a so—called islamisation of the country. this, however, may have backfired. 0pinion polls show a majority of voters are likely to back simplified citizenship. but, to pass, the measure will need the support of a majority of swiss cantons, too, and the more conservative rural cantons could still defeat it. it's been a tumultuous few weeks in central italy — which has been hit by earthquakes, heavy snow and landslides. last month, four quakes above magnitude five — struck in just a day, isolating villages and leaving thousands of families without power. now snow in the abruzzo region,

we are talking about a lot of young people who live in switzerland, who were born in switzerland and in switzerland and even their parents were born here. the grandparents once emigrated in switzerland. these are people who live here but do not have a red swiss passport. but opponents claim the measures are just the first step in allowing all immigrants into switzerland. 25% of the population is not swiss, to get easy citizenship. an opposition poster of a woman and a worker, a rarity in switzerland, even suggests the proposal could lead to a so—called islamisation of the country. this however may have backfired. 0pinion polls show a majority of voters are likely to back simplified citizenship but to pass, the measure will need the support of a majority of swiss canton is in the more conservative rural canton 's could still defeat it. european union countries could struggle to maintain a united front during brexit negotiations according to the president of the european commission. jean claudejuncker has told a german radio station that the challenge of britain dealing with each count

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because it shows that i'm a part of switzerland.change in country. a changing country. three previous attempts to relax the rules on citizenship were defeated. today, switzerland has signalled a growing acceptance of its immigrant population. imogen foulkes, bbc news, berne. german politicians have chosen the country's new president. the former foreign minister, frank—walter steinmeier, was elected at a special assembly of both regional and national representatives. the german president has little executive power, but is considered to have an important role in setting moral leadership for the nation. hamburg airport in germany was temporarily evacuated and flights stopped after an irritant gas caused passengers to suffer breathing and eye problems. firefighters later said they had found an empty cartridge that had likely contained pepper spray or tear gas, which is sold in germany for self—defence use. nine people have been taken to hospital. in greece, military bomb disposal experts have removed a huge second world war bomb after i

give us the short-term next few weeks view of what happens in switzerland. let me first say that i do not believe the government to lose the referendum, but honestly, i have been wrong. i'm very cautious about that. on the swiss franc, yes, i would argue the currency is overvalued. that might be true, but there are other good reasons besides the swiss franc being the safe haven of europe. tight betweenmely the bund curve and the swiss curve. [indiscernible] this drives the value of the currency up. we see the swiss franc is appreciating even more. we target 105 by the end of the year. matt: let me ask you a question n can chime in as well. seen the swiss franc for safety reasons. donald trump threatened this and that with executive orders every day. goeshappens if everything well with french and dutch elections and the swiss referendum and donald trump you know doesn't ban half the world from flying to the u.s.. the swiss franc lose some of the holders and drop in value? karsten: sorry, that is going to me? not at all. i do not think it is a safe haven argum

anna: so the populist debate in switzerland seems to be a live, but also what it is doing outside switzerlandat is something the central bank will be mindful love. that, an interesting piece on the bloomberg that the swiss franc been higher in eight of the last 10 februarys. what is going through the mind at the moment as they watch populism drive interest in their currency? >> it's probably when we start to see the eurozone crisis. february is typically when these pressures started to build, and that's the point. when you start to see increased upward pressures on the swiss franc, if i was as in the right now, i would look at what has happened domestically, but my number one concern will be the election in france, holland, withe, italy, something the federal election in germany. those are the things i am itried about just in case brings pressure on the swiss franc people look to safe havens . it is always the same story. number had a note out on -- nomura had a note out this morning on parity. this is rebates, swiss franc against the dollar, swiss franc against the euro. the forced to move o

moritz, switzerland, they are training for the 2018 olympic winter games. >> in the history of afghanistan, no one has been to the winter olympic. this will be for the first time and it is exciting, and i feel great about it. but the same time, it is not that easy to do this. >> swiss coach christoph zurcher gives clear instructions. this is the third winter the afghans have spent in the alps, training professionally from november through march. >> when i came here, i was a real beginner. i did not ski. mostly, i was crashing the skis and always i was falling down. >> the olympic hopefuls relax in the hostel where they live, here in switzerland. when they're home in afghanistan, they both attend university. as children, sajjad and alishah experienced the horrors of life under the taliban. their families had to hide. even today, their home province, bamyan, is one of the poorest regions in the world. at an altitude of 2,500 meters, it is mountainous, with lots of snow and no infrastructure. when christoph zurcher was traveling in afghanistan, he was impressed by the enthusiasm of the people

there was this idea that switzerland needs to be brought in line as far as its tax system is.o seoul. they have rejected the idea to... there is international pressure from the oecd with the fact that multinationals have control and in some parts of switzerland they gather lower taxes and it needs to end at some point and it needs to end at some point and this was looking at a way to do this but unfortunately voters, 60%, rejected this. they need to come up with something different here. rejected this. they need to come up with something different herem the west, we talk about corruption. i not sure if everybody understands how much corruption undermines the country because luckily in the west we do not have it as much as in developing countries. i will give you a good example, on bbc iplayer, there is a documentary about afghanistan and the filmmaker says it is corruption that has stopped the country from developing even more than the taliban. it is about government corruption. it has been a curse holding many countries back. i think it was interesting that you say it that do

-- or moving investment from switzerland to other countries.ut telling opec it production by the most in eight years, going beyond obligations to prom -- to balance world markets. is this one of the problems of this deal struck by non-opec members, to cut production and elsewhere, other producing nations trying to fill in the gap? >> i think that is a big concern for opec right now. share of production is coming back very strongly with these high prices above $80 a barrel. america -- $50 a barrel. americans are drilling again, they are producing more oil, and clearly that is limiting the price impact of opec to cut. it is the same story we were talking about, saudi arabia versus shale, and i think we will be talking about that for the rest of the year. >> softbank has agreed to buy investment groups for $3.3 billion. you us some background on this acquisition. why is this happening right now? guest: just as investors and analysts begin to wrap their mind among the investment thesis, you have a detail like fairlyortress is a traditional asset ma

the latest from switzerland there.rams, has arrived in india for weight reduction surgery. the family of 36—year—old eman ahmed abd—el—aty said it was the first time she had left home for 25 years. she was diagnosed with elephantiasis at birth, a condition which causes limbs and other parts of the body to swell due to a parasitic infection. a pilot has been removed from a plane after her erratic behaviour alarmed passengers. the united airlines pilot, who wasn't in uniform at the time, was escorted off the flight as it prepared to depart from austin bound for san francisco. a spokesman for the airline said he wasn't sure why the pilot was on the aircraft in plain clothes. the flight took off after about a two hours delay with a new pilot. this is what one of the passengers had to say. the captain was late, then she shows up like a civilian and asked us to take a vote, to see whether we should have her change into her uniform. she started off by saying that she had not voted for either trump or clinton, because they're

francine: give us a sense of what it means for multinationals in switzerland.ell, nothing falls on anyone today. it is more of a long-term creeping effect. the first decision that will be made is a postponement of investment, or to make an investment somewhere other than switzerland. corporatearious organizations and companies have come out and said to the government that they do want reform, and they hope this can be done in the foreseeable future. youcine: catherine, thank so much. catherine from bloomberg's swiss economy team. james, if you look at the swissie -- you can see it in white against the dollar in blue, against the euro. what do you see? does that have an impact in foreign exchange? james: it certainly does. i would worry much more about the structural challenges the euro faces on the back of political maneuvering this year than about the problems switzerland faces on its tax policy. that, to me, is the big challenge for swissie euro. on swissie dollar, i anticipate what happens with the u.s. economy affects the currency move, not the other way ar

switzerland will vote on a plan to change tax systems for big international companies.nment says the reform is needed to allow switzerland to stay attractive and a place to do business. israeli prime minister benjamin and yahoo! is leaving for was moving d.c. monday for meeting withicial president trump on wednesday. for more on what to expect, we are joined by michael arnold from tel aviv. let's start with that meeting. what do you think will be the most important items on the israeli prime minister's agenda? a i think there will be number of things. forof the list, iran, which israel is an existential threat given its nuclear program. they will be looking to horse -- to enforce the agreement and trying to drive a wedge between .ran and its proxy, hezbollah also the possibility that the u.s. will move its them busy to jerusalem. also trying to repair the relationship between israel and the u.s. which suffered given the tensions between the u.s. the israel and the u.s. under obama. it is interesting. there is a tension -- attention on the issue of the settlements. he is

here how a man in switzerland is helping them do that. >> reporter: thomas malo operates from a basen switzerland introducing gifu products across europe. >> i would like to show you a collection we started to market this year coming from gifu. >> reporter: as a distributor, merlo has been pitching lighting made of a translucent paper known as mino washi. he started working with the local government in gifu two years ago. the prefecture prides itself on traditional paper, furniture in particular. in japan, though, demand has declined. artisans fear the time may come when no one will want to learn their skills. some of them in gifu thought its distributors might be able to help. the wholesalers sell the products and the give them a boost through their own channels. merlo has a reputation for reading consumer sentiment and showing buyers productions they are products they are likely to love. things like this window decoration from a washi maker in gifu. the snow crystal design is meant to give a room a seasonal touch. merlo himself was taken bit material. he advised the maker to come u

britain's dave ryding is in with a chance of a medal at the alpine world championships in st moritz in switzerlandng opening run he's currently in fourth place in the men's slalom. currently in fourth place he slipped down in the final run, and tornado austrian won gold. no british man has ever won a world championship medal. there is british interest at the bobsleigh world championship, which is being streamed on the website. bruce tasker and joel fearon are a quarter of a second outside the medals, with one heat still to go in the two—man bobsleigh — they were ninth in the standings after the third run. they couldn't improve on that. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show this week we are in sudan to explore the vast, ancient ruins that tourists rarely visit. there are about 220 pyramids here which is a lot more than the entire country of egypt. you canjust see them for kind of miles. we go behind the scenes at one of havana's hidden restaurants. and i'm in peru getting to grips with this acrobatic and very noisy dance. first up this week, we are taking a road trip through sudan. it is a

. >> that comes as switzerland plans to end its current practice of giving tax breaks to multinationalsdue to international pressure. >> the finance minister committed yesterday to convene a task force that will meet in coming days, and in a best case scenario, they might have a draft bill in parliament by the individual year, but exactly what the new plan will consist of, nobody knows. >> what does this mean for multinationals in switzerland? more uncertainty? >> tax experts say companies will probably be postponing investments or moving investments from switzerland to other countries. >> the saudi government telling opec it has cut production by the most in eight years, going beyond its obligations under a deal to balance world markets. is this one of the problems of this deal struck by opec and non-opec members, to cut production and elsewhere, other producing nations trying to fill in the gap? >> i think that is definitely the big concern for opec right now. one thing we have seen in the early part of this year is that shale production is coming back very strongly with these high pr

>> tax experts say companies will probably be postponing investments or moving investments from switzerlandother countries. >> the saudi government telling opec it has cut production by the most in eight years, going beyond its obligations under a deal to balance world markets. is this one of the problems of and deal struck by opec non-opec members, to cut production and elsewhere, other producing nations trying to fill in the gap? >> i think that is definitely the big concern for opec right now. one thing we have seen in the early part of this year is that shale production is coming back very strongly with these high prices above $50 a barrel. american producers are drilling again. they are producing more oil, and clearly that is limiting the cut. impact of opec's it is the same story we were talking about, saudi arabia versus shale, and i think we will be talking about that for the rest of the year. >> the big story and nation has been softbank could it has agreed to buy fortress investment group for $3.3 billion. give us some background on this acquisition. why is this happening right no

>> switzerland second. denmark second. italy second. kazakhstan second.ands. >> reporter: the naernd started the trend when a dutch comedy show -- >> dear mr. president. >> reporter: created a video introducing the netherlands to president trump -- >> we totally understand it's going to be america first. but can we just say tnetherland second. >> reporter: they followed. extolling their attributes. switzerland. >> the sexiest country in europe. look at those mountains. we're not flat like this netherlands. >> reporter: many of the videos feature trump impersonators like greg shapiro. >> his eyes are never fully open and his mouth is never fully closed. >> reporter: organizers set up a website. who wants to be second? has this ever happened before? late-night comedy shows unite in a global comedy campaign. a german host seemed to be one of the ringleaders. >> when the whole world is standing up to make fun of you -- >> reporter: the german video mocked trump and germany's own history. >> germany hosted two world wars in the last 100 years. they were the be

will also ask if norway and switzerland want to contribute to the eu budget.ice will be politically sensitive in the u.k. because in the referendum, contributions to europe are so controversial. i just of which way this discussion will go. i think if the politics gets ugly on the contribution, then you will have the hard brexit and you will see britain tried to align much more with the united states. as wesome of the changes go through the brexit conversations because they start eu, theestablished leaders we know very well and then things start to change in the course of 2017. even if we see more power to them in their arguments, does the conversation then change and we end up with an eu that makes concessions and then the conversation is different? >> march is an odd time to trigger brexit because you have the french election. my french friends tell me that marine le pen doesn't have a chance. but their arguments are similar to those we had in america against donald trump are year ago. marine le pen is 50-50 to be french president. i think that is a potential

companies leaving switzerland.x havens in europe, of all of the tax havens in europe, -- they have lower rates. the swiss do want to be competitive. nothing changes for the moment right now. companies do like to think longer-term and we are thinking about investments elsewhere. there is a lack of security uncertainty about what the game is going forward. mark: give us an idea of how much this could damage the economy. >> there was a study. most economists say it's too early to say. ubs said it short term there is hardly going to be much. -- if there were problems down the road, that could change. there was a study saying the to 5% of to output gdp. mark: why did swiss voters voted against corporate tax reform? what was the reason? >> everybody -- both sides agreed there needs to be reformed. the objection was to the package presented. the social democrats called it opaque tax tricks. they had concerns this would lead to a higher burden for the middle class and also cuts to public services. there were complaints tha

. >> stephen emmel, a specialist in ancient languages, arrives in switzerland to investigate. >> thement doesn't give permission to remove artifacts unless they've been part of an archaeological undertaking. so we assume that the manuscripts are legal. the whole feeling of the meeting was a bit clandestine. the egyptian man whom i understood to be the owner of the papyri gave me the impression of being very tense, very wired and keyed up. i had the impression that he might be the kind of person who would carry a gun. >> emmel and his colleagues are being pressured to decide their value even without knowing exactly what these pages are from. >> i began to see the name judas, that it was a work in coptic that i wasn't familiar with. we were interested in buying them. what was the price? and then came a bombshell. the man wanted $3 million. >> this is far more than they can afford. >> the egyptian man signaled to his associate to close up the boxes, and that was the end of the meeting. a year after i saw the coptic codex in geneva, the egyptian owner took it to new york city and tried t

the financial times reports on voters in switzerland rejecting a plan to reform the country‘s corporate

at the alpine world skiing championships, switzerland's luca aernie is the men's alpine combined worldf. aernie only just scraped into the slalom event, after finishing 30th in the downhill. if he had finished just 0.06 second slower, he would have missed the cut. but he produced a barnstorming run in the slalom to claim an unlikely gold ahead of the defending champion, marcel hirscher of austria, by 0.01 second. just to recap our top story, manchester city were 2—0 3121.5: if: a: l: 52,1117 '%;,zéjf,f" 3121.5: 5:1 255 551115555 '%.’.1'1.1.'5" —— pep 3121.5: 5: 1: 551115551: '%.’.1'1.':.:': —— pep guardiola's side 3121.5: 5: 255 551115551: ”255551515: —— pep guardiola's side to 11. but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. morning. well, it was a fairly miserable weekend, wasn't it? cold and bleak for many of us, so monday was a better day. the exception, though, the far north—east. it was still rather disappointingly cool. across aberdeen, only five degrees, a lot of cloud as well. you can see on a satellite picture from monday, where the cloud is that for scotland.

at the alpine skiing world championships, in switzerland, lindsey vonn met her idol as she continuestted into st moritz on a horse—drawn sleigh, as the most successful female ski racer of all time, with 77 world cup wins. but skiing beautifully down the mountain to meet her is ingemar stenmark, who retired in 1989, the most successful ever at world cups, with a record 86 wins. vonn said never in a million years would she have thought she would come this close. i was racing for 15 years, and i won 86 times. i think for sure that lindsey will be my record, if not this year than next year. i hope she will beat me, maybe not this year, next year, it could take some more. michael phelps has won the world comeback of the year trophy at the laureus world sports awards in monaco. the most successful 0lympian ever faced competition from tennis player juan martin del potro and skier aksel lund svindal. at last year's 0lympics, the american won five gold and one silver medal, making it 23 golds in total, and he says it is a games he will remember. i think, looking ithink, looking back i think,

francerls born in japan, come a spain and switzerland can expect to live to 88. women's life expectancies outstripped men in every country. the usa already lagging behind looks set to fall even further behind by 2030. the average american woman projected to live until 83 and the average american man for years less than that. -- three years less than that. the differences are more linked to environmental factors than genetic ones. america's figures can be attributed to the country's high child mortality and homicide rates as well is the fact that health care is far from universal. south korea has been championing health care for all. >> time for our business news. you are starting with a warningg from the european commission over france's economy. >> france along with italy is suffering from excessive and balances in its economy. mbalances in its economy. they need to reform and among wage and unemployment benefit systems. france is suffering from high public debt. they need to reform and among wage and unemployment benefit >> airbus with results that have been af

switzerland has come under pressure from the eu and countries over the special tax haven given to foreign multinationals. that is it for me, i will hand it back to you. anchor: time for a quick break. back with more world news and analysis across the blowed in just a few minutes. -- across the globe in just a few minutes. ueeewep@1@1pxxxxxxqéaawaww [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: f from pacifica, this is democracy now! president trump: the day is over where they can stay in ourr country and recoverered w weird we're goioing to get that out of get them out fast. amy: in the first major immigratioion raids ofof the trp presidency, federal agents have arrested more than 600 people spreading fear in immigrant communities across the country. we will speak with the california state s

he went to an international school in switzerland and has 140 registered friends. it was last updated in november of 2015. little information comes out of north korea say for state run media reports and those outlets stayed quite on the death but we know that kim jong nam spent many years abroad and was no stranger to international media. more on who he was and what could have made him a target. >> his death sounds like something out of a cold war spy movie. his life has the same level of intrigue. he was once seen as a likely hair to the regime but became establish stranged from the family. unshaven in clothes and with gambling as a hobby. they reported beijing's open door economic reform policy but in 2013, he was killed. experts say he was offered protection from china and that was a problem according to one export. >> kim jong nam was a symbolic figure as kim jong il's son. he would have been very useful. >> south korea's intelligence chief says kim jong nam may have been put on the assassination list after kim jong un became leader. >> south korean media repor

baby girls born in japan, france, spain, and switzerland, meanwhile, can expect to live until 88.omen's life expectancy outstrips men in every country, but that is not new. what is new is the prediction that the usa, already lagging behind in the life expectancy stakes, looks set to fall even further behind by 2030. with average american woman projected to live until 83 and average american man three years less than that. the authors of the study believe differences in projected life expectancy are more related to environmental factors than genetic ones. america's seemingly in congress figures can be attributed to the country's high mortality and homicide rates, and the fact that health care is far from universal. at the other end of the scale, south korea has been championing health care for all. laura: marine le pen's chief of staff has been charged in a fake jobs scandal, leading the far right presidential candidate -- alleging they paid salaries were nonexistent jobs. marine le pen says the case against her is political. agrees to enter into an alliance with veteran politician

the rest of the water is sent back to france or switzerland.ity through hydro energy. it's green. it's green, absolutely. and 70 metres under the glacier, the view and the quiet is certainly breathtaking. a major observatory means that chamonix's ski slopes steer well clear of any wildlife habitats. the worst insult you can say to someone that lives in chamonix valley is he's damaging his environment. it's the worst thing you can say to him. so it's deep inside us, we want to make sure that we keep it as it is. 0ur choices matter, too. almost 75% of an average ski resort‘s carbon footprint is created by a visitor's mode of transport. that's because most of us take a budget airline, and then perhaps hire a car. but chamonix is determined to keep that mountain air pure. at one with nature, or against it, the speed of climate change means resorts like chamonix are being forced to find a harmonising rhythm to counter it. and with the industry trying to clean up its act, it leaves us free to ski with a clearer and greener conscience. next on the tra

. >> a very popular valley in switzerland. you say why watch it over and over again?is is a fancy interactive 360-degree video. so you can spin it around. right here when you angle it you can see his face and watch the proximity to the bottom left and the valley reveal itself to the right it's extraordinary. >> including his smile as he's doing this. >> he does a barrel roll here. >> yeah. >> that's what's fun. you can watch him do it from the impressive booking backwards or spin it around and see what it looks like pointing forward. this cool video caught by the 360 fly camera. something else that's interesting about anton's flight, this is his commute. on good weather days he lives at the top of the cliff and turns his 25-minute train ride into a 30-second flight. because he works in the valley. >> you may have missed your alarm, no problem. i suppose if anyone at home hasn't seen one of the videos you can drag it around on your screen. with the vr headset you can just look around. >> or a smartphone when you move the phone it looks around for you. pretty cool stuff

they all have multimillion and billion dollar accounts in switzerland and elsewhere. the revolutionary guard, which is a separate military service from those normal military units in the ministry of defense, the revolutionary guard has its own army, navy, air force and special operations unit. and they get preference over the regular military in the ministry of defense. they are considered to be much more religiously reliable. they are so much so that the regular iranian navy has been kicked out of the persian gulf, and all of the things that are taking place with the iranian vessels in the persian gulf are the revolutionary guards, not the iranian navy. the revolutionary guards naval forces, not the iranian navy. the revolutionary guards controls about 60% of the economy this iran. they -- in iran. they run the oil business, they control and run the oil business. the natural gas enterprises. they own the iranian telecommunications industry. they own the iranian automobile industry. yes, they make an automobile that makes the nash rambler look like a miniature rolls r

and the text message said, i'm sitting at break fast in a posh hotel in switzerland and i really want to push toast off the table because i don't believe what you wrote. and that is the good thing. doesn't have to believe me. he can just annoy the waitress. but he is free to push toast off the table and watch it happen for himself and if he doesn't agree with my publish toast off the table in front of me and we can see the evidence. they're not inaccessible. it's right there and you can may with and it it just takes a bit of habit and confidence. physicists are not very good at -- about sharing, i think, the ideas that this isn't just about knowing things. it's about your perception of the world, your perception of things changes and huh walk -- you walk around carrying that and it's useful. so i've told you now. and so -- the other thing that isn't going away is the complexity. make we doing something about in the foundations. the other thing we have to deal with, once we understand the framework, is being comfortable with ambiguity and being comfortable with the difference between n

so you are switzerland in this super bowl.o you think that this is all part of trump and the way that he brands and tries to make himself relevant? and as noelle pointed out, president bush did not hold back on march madness or super bowls for that matter. >> well, trump is also a pop culture figure, so he is up to date on a variety of things and sort of weighs in. each president has his own rhythm and his own way of ndling things. some of the times he makes these comments that are inappropriate, like he did at the prayer breakfast, but he's trying to use the common man touch, the common feel, but it's funny, thomas, i thought he was hilarious when he said that he had a great week. if this is a great week, i would hate to see what's a bad week. it's been a horrible week for him in the rolling out of this plan so we'll see what next week brings. >> perception is reality or at least the attempt at it, morris, and now we know that last night a federal judge in washington state suspended trump's immigration executive order. this i

when we look around the world in canada, 28%, switzerland is over 30%, those countries have very nice governing economies, very rich countries, large rates of economic growth. whatever that magic number is whatever that magic number is, it can't be determined by ther government but it's probablye higher what it is today. >> tucker: if more immigration makes you richer come up why is the american middle class getting poorer?? >> we've seen a lot of the people in the united states are suffering are those that are not competing with immigrants directly. it's really people who are competing indirectly with immigrants that are doing poorly.ea for instance, let me put it this way. there's never been in the economy in world history that's done better with fewer people. increasing the size of the labor force, increasing the number of people who are entrepreneurs who are investors who are scientists who are consumers actually helps the u.s. grow. >> tucker: but we're not importing software coders and investors, we're importing people who happen to be nearby who are taking overwhelmingly the lo

from the gab 707 youtube channel in switzerland, he has a different approach to drone video.this thing with the first person view watch ase's you were a hawk in the >> i was erwhs flying it from, but was that him at the very pinnacle of that mountain? of f that him and his friends hiked for hours off trail to get into would be safely away fro anybody. once he saw those people up on top of the mountain, he thought, okay, maybet is time to pack this whole thing up because it disturb ngerous. people. but as he comes back for a second pass, watch what these people wind up doing. >> no! >> yep, they start pitching rocks at his drone. you know, i see both sides of this thing, right? i can understand the hiker being out there in the middle of nowhere and not wanting to be disturbed by technology. however, this very expensive piece of equipment is this guy's livelihood. this is what he does. and so i hate to see somebody try and take it out. >> it's catch 22. but we got to find middle ground somewhere there. >> i would say the middle ground would be to wave the guyoff. >> exactly, th

django refuses and plans his flight to switzerland.irector, the film is also political. >> i think it is very beautiful when artists respond to the world around them. to the question of freedom and commitment, through their actual work. >> "django" is a story about survival but it is also about passion and celebrating life, even in the darkest of times. brent: our correspondent on the red carpet tonight and throughout the festival is sarah harmon. she gave us her thoughts on the night in what is coming up in the next 10 days. sarah: the first day of the film festival got off to a fantastic start. we just had the world premiere of the french biopic "django," the real story of jango reinhardt. it is a real testament to the power of music and art during turbulent political times, a very relevant and poignant message for today's audience. the berlin film festival has never shied away from controversial and even dark topics. it is known for having an edgy, art-house reputation among european film festivals. this year looks to be no exceptio

tourists from belgium, switzerland, and spain came in record numbers in the last quarter of 2016. there was a decline of 3.4% for tourists coming in from across the channel, as the british pound lost value against the euro post the brexit referendum. a drop in the number of chinese and japanese visitors will likely have industry officials on edge as france tries to reassure asia -- a rate -- reassure asian tourist the country remains a safe destination. >> pairs is hoping to lure more tour is back with its bid to host the limbic games in 2024, but the campaign is facing criticism for its slogan, made for sharing. a group of french language purist have launched a petition calling for campaigning in the native language rather than english. not a trademarked phrase, so doesn't inherently cause any legal problems. it has raised questions about the originality of the paris olympic bid. and some question what that has to do with the olympic games. it's making me think of the slogan they used to try to your british bankers to paris. goodbye to the fall, say hi to the frogs. thanks very m

minister was convicted, and he got a three-year prison sentence for tax evasion, storing money in switzerland and not paying taxes on it. sarkozy,lose ally of his chief of staff at one point, former interior minister, was convicted and given a two-year prison sentence, one-year suspended. he was convicted of paying bonuses to political allies from money for the police force. francois fillon is not yet under a political investigation. it does seem to be a trend. francois fillon said just yesterday at his meeting when he spoke to press and took questions about his wife and whether or not she actually worked for him and had a fake job. she says -- he says that she did work for him. francois fillon says that i am a politician with years of experience. perhaps i had some difficulties adapting to changes, evolutions in society. in theire politicians 50's and 60's who are not quite used to this new relationship with politician's in the justice department here in france. tom: much more scrutiny today, and as you say, no one is above the law, former president or not. moving on. francois fillon yesterd

scientists in switzerland used a revolutionary new technique to read the thoughts of people answeringtions. 0n seven out of ten occasions they said they were happy, despite their condition. amazing. mps will today vote on legislation that would allow the government to formally start the process of leaving the european union. the government is expected to win the vote, despite opposition from labour rebels and the snp. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. heading home after 12 hours of debate. midnight in westminster with another afternoon of discussion to follow today. this is a debate with fire and passion. with some long speeches. and some very short ones. drjulian lewis. thank you, mr speaker. in my opinion, the people have decided, and i am going to vote accordingly. laughter. that eight second speech best sums up the mood of mps. —— of mps however they voted in the referendum. the public expects us to do it. but not everyone is convinced. the new government has acted as if the vote in the referendum gives them carte blanch to have the most extreme arrangements for lea