mandarin lessons at the bend agrarian university in tbilisi the teacher is and his mother. she can't complain about lack of interest there are more students studying chinese than russian here. i study china's because i sing it it's a more perspective language in the world and also china in a vase in a very. much money in georgia we already have a good relation with chinese people and i think that we will we have to continue this relation. family know their future is with china and it's a sure thing that their youngest member is going to grow up speaking mandarin that it. india is set to overtake the united kingdom and france to become the world's fifth largest economy next year as according to a report by the london based center for economics and business research currently ranked seventh india could further grow to the number three spot by twenty thirty two possible germany and japan the top spot will then be held by china followed by the united states. in the east of london smoking salmon has a long tradition that stems back to the jewish heritage of the area one family f

this new luxury hotel is a few kilometers from tbilisi it belongs to the chinese quarreling group the director is a friend of a family that still aren't many guests here but the boss is thinking long term he's been in tbilisi for eight years and has invested millions of chinese business park is due to be built close by with shops restaurants and a massive fim park. hollywood first they'll be a lot of concrete then many trees will be planted because that will look nice and be good for the environment. this is the entrance to the business park vacant land all owned by chinese investors a few months ago the biggest shopping mall in the caucuses opened here one hundred fifty thousand square meters of retail space but customers are scarce it's simply too far from the city center and western brands are not on offer. there are some shops like this for key. if you want to buy some furniture and other things you can come here and buy. mandarin lessons at the bend agrarian university in tbilisi the teacher is annie's mother blood's if. she can't complain about lack of interest there are more st

mandarin lessons at the agrarian university in tbilisi the teacher is and his mother. she can't complain about lack of interest there are more students studying chinese than russian here. i study china's because i think that it's in more perspective language in the world and also china in a vis innovate to much money in georgia we already have a good relation with chinese people and i think that we will we have to continue this relation. family know their future is with china and it's a sure thing that their youngest member is going to grow up speaking mandarin that it. christmas may be done and dusted but retailers are still keeping busy just take britain where bargain hunters lined up in front of shops for the country's traditional boxing day sales this year the day could disappoint as thirty seven percent of shoppers chose to bargain on black friday instead according to a certain more than half of survey takers also thought boxing day sales have lost their. due to the increase in online shopping. and staying in britain in the east of london smoking salmon has a long

mandarin lessons at the ben to kids agrarian university in tbilisi the teacher is and his mother. she can't complain about lack of interest there are more students studying chinese than russian here. i study china's because i think that it's a more perspective language in the world and also china in a vis innovate to much money in georgia we already have a good relation with chinese people and i think that we will we have to continue this relation more few of the gods a family know their future is with china and it's a sure thing that their youngest member is going to grow up speaking mandarin that it was. one of the most important commodities on that ancient silk road spice pepper for example was only for the rich today everyone can afford it thanks in part to spice companies like german importer fox fox dominates the german market for spices with an eighty percent share a husband and wife team from hamburg is making fast inroads into that market partly by using a clever social media strategy of a lot of little ida is helping out today. the creators of put their heart and soul in

mandarin lessons at the kids' agrarian university in tbilisi the teacher is and his mother. she can't complain about lack of interest there are more students studying chinese than russian here. i study china's because i see that it's a more perspective language in the world and also china invest in a very. much money in georgia we already have a good relation with chinese people and i think that we will we have to continue this relation. family know their future is with china and it's a sure thing that their youngest member is going to grow up speaking mandarin that it. and in case you're looking to buy a skyscraper his a tip for you a chinese court is auctioning off a thirty nine floral building in the northern shannon she province the online is being held on that's our e-commerce platform and it is the biggest yet for the site with a starting price of over eighty million dollars but the buyer will have to spend quite a bit more as pictures show a hot finished building dimly lit and not very inviting these days many chinese culture taken to auction off goods left over from

capitalgeorgia's tbilisi in the early 20th century. it is in tbilisi where the state's efforts to stop out local culture backfires. there is ethnic and economical awareness in this place. because people are georgian in your largest city, you could not help but notice most of the local administration, the people running the political system, our russian. and the bourgeoisie, the people in key economic positions, are armenian. many of these georgian student activists believe socialism will liberate them, both from imperial rule and economic exportation. -- exploitation. you have radical groups everywhere, but the greatest center of georgian socialist radicalism is in, maybe, and unlikely place. in the christian orthodox seminary, where georgians are sent to be priests. aregia's seminaries extremely radicalized. they are the center of efforts to roost the fly georgian society. there are efforts to restrict the orthodox church, a discouragement of orthodox church rituals, and even as really undergo conversion, it is not conversion seminary

in georgia former eisel fighter ahmed shah tell you have died in the special forces operation in tbilisi just over a week ago three members of the armed group of the georgian servicemen were also killed these forty one people died when three suicide bombers attacked ataturk airport in istanbul last june a potential game changer in renewable energy has been turned on in south australia where billionaire tech mogul and unmask has build the world's largest lithium ion battery the state's premier unveiled the one hundred megawatt battery on friday it was built near a wind farm in the agricultural area around jamestown south australia has turned off its cold fired power stations and his transition into renewables but a freak storm last year caused a state wide blackout exposing faults with a reliable supply of electricity the state governments or to help from testers mask who promised to build the battery within one hundred days if you thought about be the biggest battery in the nation but it's proved to be the biggest battery in the world that the great thing about a lot is that he delivers

mikhail saakashvili the new president completely renovated the center of tbilisi. will decide life the city will soon move after the rez revolution foreign capital began to flow into the country it felt like a new era was coming people had a great visions that our country would become a new switzerland or singapore or that an economic miracle would happen. and a big boom really did start things that were worth a million dollars now cost one hundred million apartments in tbilisi were more expensive than in moscow we had an enormous growth in our client base and hired new staff who earned really good money. looking west away from putin's russia circus really brought in renowned architects from all over the world the striking new buildings were intended as a symbol of the new era. but soccer's really wasn't only interested in giving the city a facelift he also launched a crackdown on corruption in politics bureaucracy and the police thousands of corrupt politicians and state officials were arrested the entire traffic police force some sixteen thousand officers were sa

died in the special forces operation in tbilisi last week but these forty one people died when three suicide bombers attacked ataturk airport in istanbul last june in zimbabwe the new president has announced his cabinet includes politicians loyal to the ruling party and also members of the military who helped oust the former leader robert mugabe and a quarter malaysia has heard the murdered half brother of north korea's leader was carrying an antidote to the toxin used to poison him kim jong nam died after a nerve agent was smeared on his face at kuala lumpur airport in february two women have been charged with murder trial has heard that kim had a dozen vials though of the antidote in his bag and it is unclear why he didn't use it news hour for you in about twenty five minutes time right now we return to the coming war on china. this is shanghai the historic hotel on the yangtze river china's greatest city. and arranged to meet the american author james bradley whose latest bestselling book the china mirage reveals an extraordinary hidden history of american power and martin china i

here on the highway to tbilisi, a handful of people still steadfastly protest russia's land-grab almosty day, in all kinds of weather. the capital is only an hour's drive away. the demonstrators tell us that russia is improving the connections between its military bases. >> two or three days ago, they finished a new road. reporter: the georgian government raises the alarm every time russia further entrenches itself in south ossetia, because that blocks georgia's path to europe. the southern caucasian country wants to join the european union and nato. but the unresolved conflict with russia stands in the way. and russian soldiers create a new fait accompli almost daily, as the e.u. mission in georgia tells us. erik hoeeg: the main problems have to do with the process we call borderization, the establishment of physical infrastructure which hinders freedom of movement for local populations. so they cannot commute really across, there's a so-called border regime in place. and that affects the population in a number of ways. it affects their livelihoods, their access to land, possibility to

in georgia former i saw fighter ahmed shah tell you have died in the special forces operation in tbilisi last week at least forty one people died when three suicide bombers attacked attica turk airport in istanbul last year according religious heard that the murdered half brother of north korea's leader was carrying an antidote to the toxin used to poison him kim jong nam died after a nerve agent living was smeared on his face of kuala lumpur airport in february two women have been charged with these murder their child has heard that kim had a dozen vials of the antidote in his bag it's unclear why he didn't use it. those are the headlines the news continues but let's turn over now to inside story to say watching. more demands from the u.s. aimed at china from the united states off to north korea's latest missile with the government in pyongyang claiming the u.s. mainland is now the bridge will take action and help diffuse the crisis this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program today with me this one was bigger and more powerful and it sets off the alarm bells in capitals aroun

a nice special forces raid in the capital tbilisi just over a week ago three isom members were also killed in the operation as well as a georgian serviceman. lebanon is struggling with another rubbish problem two years after it brought the last one under control but this time it's the way the waste is being disposed off using incinerates says public health activists worried they know how the reports from beirut. lebanon's rubbish is being collected but it's what happens next which is causing concern activists are warning of a new garbage crisis in the making and serious health risks. two years ago the streets of the capital beirut and surrounding areas were clogged with un collected trash and the stench filled the air the main landfill was full and there was nowhere else to go it took months before government leaders found a temporary solution since then the mountain of voice produced every day in the lebanese capital is taken to two new coastal landfills but they are quickly becoming close to overflowing. leaders are considering enlarging landfills and importing incinerators but environme

vondish really was one of the first real estate brokers in tbilisi. there was no electricity no water and great social distress but people didn't give up hope anyone who had a good house sold it and bought something smaller hoping that the emergency would soon be over and something new would begin. at that time i was no offices anyone who wanted to sell by all rent an apartment stood in the street with handwritten signs that's when we set up our company. about the. chaos ruled in the country. there was very serious corruption in the state structures which posed a threat to the whole country. in november two thousand. the first woman in georgia's history to become president of parliament. he had been president of georgia since the mid ninety's. in the late soviet era he was the foreign minister who made german reunification and the realignment of europe a reality. but his attempts to democratize georgia and bring young exiles back to the country met with only moderate success. and i dismantled the beast the seven nazis last years in power were very ine

against protesters last month the third says human rights violations were widespread in the capital of tbilisi kulpa fourteen people were killed during the largely peaceful demonstrations most of them by gunshot wounds a reporter many of apollo was in honduras and days after that election he has more now from mexico city. the time that we spent in honduras we didn't have any issues dealing with the military or with the police department and we didn't witness any violence from protesters in fact the vast majority of demonstrations that we saw were quite peaceful but that report that was issued by amnesty international today does shine a light on a number of quote human rights violations they cite violence against peaceful demonstrators by way of the military and by way of the police reporting were teen people dead most of them by gunshot wounds either by the military or by police the report also condemns a number of tactics used by by local authorities in honduras including the use of tear gas including the use of rubber bullets in those violent demonstrations that we saw in the week prior foll

a raid in georgia for myself i have my child they have died during a special forces operation in tbilisi just around a week ago three members of the armed group and a georgian servicemen were also killed this goes back to when at least forty one people died when three suicide bombers attacked ataturk airport in a sample last june. kenya has a new president now set to have what is calling a people's president he says are we sworn in on independence day in eleven days time the opposition leader and millions of supporters are refusing to recognize the inauguration of president kenyatta his ceremony on tuesday was marred by protests and the shooting of a school boy reports from nairobi. there was a cheerful child who went to a neighbor's house to watch t.v. and play with his friends now his family. they say the seven year old was shot as he played on the balcony during confrontations between police and two rival political groups. they live in this densely populated area with little else than balconies for children to play. i mean so much pain my son was very i knew you would help me in futur

security has revealed i saw fighter akhmed chattier have done it in a special forces raid in the capital tbilisi just over a week ago three isom members were also killed in the operation as well as a georgian serviceman at least forty one people died when three suicide bombers attacked ataturk airport in assemble last june. turkey is to seize the assets of a turkish iranian gold trader those of his close relatives reza is a key witness in the trial of a turkish banker whom he allegedly worked with to help iran launder money he was pleaded has pleaded guilty to those charges and is now cooperating with american prosecutors accuse prime minister. says he hopes arab will turn back from his mistake reiterating his belief that the trial is aimed at putting the pressure on turkey and its economy. then broadway's new president. has named a host of military figures to his new cabinet but no opposition politicians are included dashing home for an inclusive government. takeover on the national broadcaster as foreign minister the head of the war veterans chris much funk has been handed the ministry of info

world powers two years ago some unilateral american sanctions still remain and he said basically the tbilisi is a research fellow at our e.s.i. an independent think tank where she's focuses on iran's domestic and foreign affairs joins me now from perugia via skype good to have you with us on the program in your opinion why are these people demonstrating what are the issues for them. well the main reason seems to be the things carney does not he knew in terms of the grievances we know now back in april and mark to wonder was a complete enough for actions people were already talking about the economy being that meaning. jerry's been rainy and situation at the time but also in terms of a while wordy expectations from their own. following him particularly implementation of the nuclear deal saw and this is just a follow up to some of the expectation and agreements he said that the population already raised in the past is just more broad and more but also we have to stress that. these are different and seem to be different from we see globally problems of poverty. grievances against the government