speaking to us from berlin, germany, as we move back to the united states. >> as we continue looking.s. drone program, we go now to syracuse where a longtime peace activist is facing up to two years in prison for demonstrating outside the gates of the hancock field air national guard base which is used to remotely pilot drones. mark colville is heading to court today to be sentenced stemming from his arrest last december. a's action was part of five-year-old nonviolent campaign organized by the upstate drone coalition. over that time, more than one or two people have been arrested. mark colville is a member of the amistad catholic worker in new haven, connecticut. mark, welcome to democracy now. within a few hours, you will learn your fate. you face two years in prison. tell us exactly what you did, the date, the time, and what your action was. >> thank you for having me on juan.ow, amy and essentially, what i did almost a year ago now, it was december 9, 2013, i attempted to intervene on behalf of of the family in afghanistan that has experienced against the couple trauma of witness

hans nichols joining us from berlin. morning,ur radar this cloud control.osting pounds all morning on the key topics of tact and the bloomberg enterprise summit. you are looking at live pictures and we will bring those to you. we have great guests, god. we discussed security with him. guests comingat up. that looks like caroline hyde. we will be talking to a ceo, coming up later as well. credibleny facing a competition from google and amazon. how does he differentiate? are we seeing the diversions with in cloud computing? a political perspective on all of this in the tech sector. be joining us. she could be running for the mayor of london. how will she change the taxing if she were to --tech scene issuer to the mayor? please give us your answers to this question -- do you trust the cloud with your data? do you understand the risk and you are running if you do? let us know. join us on twitter. that is the question for the day. europe's qe as economy falters. sovereign qe seems to be imminent. better late than never or a little too late? we will get an site i

hans nichols joins us from berlin. if they sell these assets, what are we going to be left with?hey will have renewables and energy transmission, but they are no longer going to be for nucleare atom power. they are going to be splitting the company. this is a future without fossil fuels. it is a remarkable action. these are angela merkel's goals, to wean themselves from fossil fuels. right now it is 20% of the market that is renewable. they want to move that up. all the way to the 80% renewable. to say what the ceo had about it. he said, we firmly believe creating two independent companies with its own mission is the best way to secure our employees jobs. right now the company has 60,000 employees. haveew company will 20,000. the old company, the renewable company, that will have 40,000 jobs. if you look at some of their losses quarter on quarter, they have not had great results. they are also going to have 4.5 billion in charges. they are disposing of some assets. this is a company under pressure, but they are making some changes. >> they queue for that. now we know what they ar

hans nichols joins us from berlin. the german finance minister has just been speaking about greece. me the top line. >> he says that greece is going to need more time. that likely means a technical extension. inkets started pricing that thursday-friday. wolfgang schreiber speaking just minutes ago, says it is not going to be the first time that greece is going to need more time. he adds that they will find a way to figure out how to keep them funded. there are a variety of deadlines coming up. greece wants to be free from the troika. they want to be able to raise money on their own in the capital market. the markets don't seem to think they are ready. they are in this standoff. they passed a budget over the weekend but that is basically meaningless. greece needs to have some sort of agreement with its creditors so it can move on. this is where this meeting is so interesting. how are they going to do it in brussels? how are they going to pay for all those differences? euble also praised italy and said their structural reforms are competitive. at the same time, he said all the program

hans nichols is with us from berlin. hans, why can't he wait, the prime minister? t morning, brendan -- for some of us to have elections come earlier than later because a lot of the hard austerity measures -- it has been pretty brutal in greece. this property tax comes in in april. if you think he is going to have a hard time winning in a year, a year and a half out, it makes sense for the elections to be a little bit earlier. he has not called snap elections, but what he has done is he has called for the president's term to sort of be reauthorized in december. that was going to be february. that could trigger new elementary elections and you could have a collapse of the government, and i will stop being a government professor and we can have a real conversation. >>t there is a risk that -- there is a risk that he can give a mandate, the last and we had to deal with a greece crisis -- what is the problem, what is the risk there? >> here is the problem on reporting on this -- there are not any accurate or up to date polls on just how strong cerise that is. they said

the aviation and defense team leader joins us now from berlin. thank you for joining us.terday? talk is through the news i came through. >> it was obviously a day to forget for investors and the stocks tumbled the most in six years. in the afternoon, it was said toy would not hand over -- qatar airways. there is nothing wrong with the we do not know what the problem is. we know there is a prickly dresser and the ceo's to down and executives. that could be part of the reason. andstocks start sliding airbus says that it would be flat. that is when the stocks really took momentum. is probably company thinking, in for a penny, in for a pound. this is a blow to the flagship program and raises questions the program going forward. it leads to aircraft manufacturing in different directions. one of the problems they are coming up against? a large obviously aircraft and you have to be a confident operator. the only real sponsor of the aircraft is emirates. they have a business that is difficult to replicate around the world. airbus has said they might not have marketed the plane pr

hans nichols nichols joins us from berlin.d happen next if greece does indeed decide they need more time? >> greasewood need to present formal plans. toy need to make the request the eu, to the imf. they need to ask for a line of credit. we are talking about potentially 11 billion euros. the dutch finance minister who was here in berlin, here is what he had to say. he almost seemed more concerned that it wouldn't happen. the market apparently doesn't like that. he said.hat "i am saying every day the program is running out, there is a tight timeframe -- that is the dutch finance minister. here is the challenge. to getpledged, promised, rid of this, to be free of this imf eu bailout. it is set to expire at the end of the year. he has elections in february. he is going to face a difficult challenge. if he is going to ask for a time line of credit, that is going to be politically difficult for him. you have seen the 10 year surge. theany basis points over last couple days. over the weekend, we didn't see much movement. we will see

hans nichols joining us from berlin on the cement story. when we get back, we will talk airbags.ell you what has been happening with takata. ♪ welcome back. your washing "on the move." i want to take you to the takata airbags scandal that has engulfed the company. it is announced that the president will step down. takata's up -- chairman will step up. executives will give up a surrounding the scandal involving deaths involving the project. the president will give up 50% of his pay for four months. this is after the airbag recalls we have seen coming through. let's go from airbags to airbus. the company is developing a high-altitude, solar powered drone that can stay aloft indefinitely. check it out. in greek mythology, zephyr was the god of the light, westerly wind. zephyr glides through the skies. solar-powered aircraft. it is very light and flies at high altitude. >> zephyr is more than a aircraft. high-altitude pseudo-satellite, or haps system, invented by airbus. >> we can do observation from miles away. we are so much closer to the use of a satellite. >> traditional satellit

. >> on snaggle's us now from berlin. what are people saying on the ground?tand industry group is crying mad. they are saying there need to be reforms of the tax laws. here is what the court said. there are some pretty dire warnings on how many jobs this will cost. this could cost a half million jobs inside germany. here is what the court ruled. they said it is unconstitutional, that you can't have different inheritance tax laws based on the assets. if you pass on a bunch of stock, that would be taxed. if you pass on a family-owned business, that should also be taxed. they also gave the government a chance to amend it. they have until 2016. the new tax will not be applied until the government has a chance to fiddle with this. now it goes back into the political process. francine, guy? >> hans nichols nichols, you are our international correspondent so could me some international correspondence. >> inheritance tax laws are notoriously difficult to compare. when you look at germany, basically you are taxed potentially your highest income level. let's say you ha

from pilots who announced another strike. our international correspondent brings us the latest from berlin. good morning.did he have to say? along, are going to go base this new long-haul carrier in cologne. they will have wide-body jets that can carry 310 passengers. placesll be going to like florida, the indian ocean, and potentially the caribbean. >> this is all about offering the customer an additional choice, in additional brand and business model and product. we are convinced that this innovative idea to create long-haul, low-cost lights will be successful. >> the strike continues. it will have another 37 flights canceled today. the german government official said it is costing the economy $25 million a day, costing the million -- sorry, that is euros. the they are fighting -- pilots want to be able to retire earlier. they see a successful company in ag, and mr. spohr expressed some optimism that they may be able to hammer out a solution. >> i am sure that we made a significant move forward today by addressing all the partners in the cockpit over the fact that we believe there should be a mediator

hans nichols joins us from berlin. hans, what does that mean? s a quote from "star trek," clearly. no, look, the french economy is more tied up. there's weapon ships. there's helicopter transports. they're looking for ways to get off of this conflict. and the difference between him and merkel, it's quite cute. merkel is saying really the only way we can lift these sanctions is if the situation on the ground changes. that is troops move out of crimea, not just iran. and what hollande is saying if russia promises a few things, maybe we will lift a few sanctions. the sanctions run out in july so if you don't get unanimity, francois hollande's position wins out. >> does this come as a real urprise yesterday? >> they were supposed to have this debate to wind down the sanctions in march. so lan bringing this up in cember >> there's a bloomberg headline of a showing in the airport. why are we talking about sanctions if i'm seeing war headlines out of ukraine? >> because hollande and emember, he had that airport meeting with putin. hollande thinks putin

hans nichols joins us from berlin. it is a detailed subject. what did she have to say?a goal, a number. angela merkel talking green cars this morning in berlin. she wants one million of them on the road in germany by 2020. right now, only 27,000 electric cars on the road in germany. quite a ways to go. here's what's in the local press has been saying. her government is considering a 50% tax rebate for companies that buy electric. if you do the math the government will of the, underwriting half a million vehicles. they want to reach a goal by 2030. here is the thing. germany from his auto production actually lags behind electrical vehicles, hybrid vehicles on the road. these are 2013 on what we're looking at. pretty low. germany is a lot lower but behind netherlands and france. if chinaeople say decided go and the electric is in a bit way it will level the playing field. she needs to get these guys investing. >> she needs to get them invest in two ways, batteries, a huge component parts. and in the fray. you've seen bmw with the all fiber frame. they are building it in w

hans nichols joins us from berlin. good morning. has not stopped selling cars.ces. what else is happening? who else is leaving? >> good morning. from what i think i understood from the audi interview is that they are changing their pricing but they have not quite settled on what that price will be for now, the next couple of days. works ifsure how that you bought and audi earlier in the month and it has not been delivered to you. i do not know if that means you will get an entirely new price, but it does get at this question -- what the ruble has done to automakers. it is so complicated. companies like general motors, jaguar-land rover, said they will suspend selling. without giving any indication of when they will come back. you do see why the auto companies and audi want to stay in russia. it is such a big market. second in europe. 2.2 million autos have been sold this year to date. see somesaid, you do big declines on the sales. take a look at what volkswagen has done beautiful swag and is down 14%. bmw down 24%. audi down 23%. these are last month's figures.

hans nichols is joining us from berlin.tened to what the snb has to say, what did we learn? >> publicly all they are saying about this is defending the 1.2 level. theyve floor-ceiling what franc toee, the remain weak. if it gets too strong the swiss mittelstand is in a bond. anc was on the 1.20 line. the swiss national bank president did not enumerate a lot when he spoke a little bit ago. what he did say, the introduction of the negative interest rates makes it less attractive to hold swiss franc investments and thereby supports the minimum exchange rates. -0.25. on the crucial question of whether or not they are directly intervening, purchasing swiss francs, they haven't said what they want to do. >> hans nichols with the latest on the swiss national bank. federal reserve chair janet in on ways and -- weighs oil prices and delays a rate hike. >> we talk about cuba. the take of our panel on what is next for that story. ♪ >> welcome back. patient is the new watchword. the new message from the federal reserve. yesterday reite

hans nichols joins us from berlin with his view on oil.alling oil prices is good for -- >> in some cases this is a theoretical case. you look at the physical market and the futures market, the futures market is 30 times bigger for oil. what we really have here is a test case, one for the books for the economics department -- what is the break even point of u.s. shale? that is what no one knows and that is what the market has seen. case,m costs -- for tom's we will see you in europe. maybe twice this year, not only for dollars -- not only for davos, but for a ski vacation sometime in march? that opec is likely to hold another meeting before june at which it could make a decision. what are you hearing in terms of a response for opec coming sooner than expected? >> until opec says something officially, you cannot take anything at face value. until opec gets everyone on board for a supply cut, you cannot take much officially. opec putstion levels out there are never really internally policed and are never really internally held. the big effect

hans nichols joins us from berlin. good morning. what is behind this move?re is a defective jesse portion, they now said yesterday. they will have to recall it. it has to do with the front axle. this is the vehicle that cost $845,000. they only made 918 of them. now in september they also had a problem, but that was with the rear axle. at that point there were only 46 vehicles. they contacted everyone directly. this is a plug-in hybrid. you can get 67 miles per gallon. rius, 60that to the p miles per gallon. my question is on miles per gallon, why do you even care if you're spending close to a million dollars on a car? are you really worried about the price at the pump? prius price the range. could i am a walking man, as you know. taking a step back, how was 2014 for porsche? >> it's been a banner year so far. dave's sold 169,000 vehicles. to 200,000 byet 2015. look at russia, sales there are up 19% on the year. they are selling a lot of cars and it is a profit center for volkswagen markets. >> are you lacking inspiration for those last-minute christmas pres

hans nichols joins us from berlin. henry, i want to start with you. have emergency measures to stop the ruble. it seems to be working right now. holdill hold -- putin will a press, samara. one of the expecting him tuesday? >> able take a very combative stance -- he will take a very combative stance and say that russia is defending its interests. but of course, ordinary russians are looking for reinsurance -- reassurance and there is a moment of dread the moment. i don't know whether putin will be able to achieve that. hans nichols, german companies have always been worried about their exposure to the russian market. what companies in germany are most scared right now? now, you would have to put adidas, and siemens in that market. -- that basket. but it's not all bad. the companies mostly in frankfurt, which banks have exposure to russian bonds? inn they did these scenarios october, they never included a collapse of oil and a class of euro. but the a big question, luxury auto space, porsche sales for example in russia, up 55% last. lexus sales of 63%.

hans nichols joins us from berlin. how is the movie going so far? >> when you take a look at what the ruble has done since putin started to speak about 1.5 hours ago. it looks like a heartbeat monitor, up and down. suggests theputin central bank is independent, at the next he does not approve of what they are doing. on onet mixed messages crucial point, he's been consistent that the west is to blame. 25% toa precise figure, 35% of the economic crisis is because of western sanctions. >> 35%, exactly? >> that's russian precision. even metaphorically, his language is remarkable. talking about russia being a bear that likes to have honey and berries, the west wants to moreg the bear to nothing than a stuffed animal. tohe's telling the bear hibernate. he is sending a signal that this can last for two years. russians are going to expect this for a while. >> he did give himself some room on that. he did say if things are not working out after two years, maybe we will have to cut some programs. forrepared the public additional economic pain. at one moment h

glen campbell joins us from berlin. good morning to you., caught a lot of people by surprise in terms of the warning that we got. >> that is correct. yesterday was a tough day for airbus. the stock slipped 12%, the biggest drop in six years. it started in the afternoon, even before that profit warning that you mentioned. airbus said that it would not deliver its a-350 wide-body jet to guitar -- to qatar. sitting on theis tarmac, ready to be handed over. the ceo ofll be that qatar just wants to get some more concessions out of airbus. investorsy caught surprised and the stock started sliding at that moment. then we had the profit warning. they said 2016 earnings will be stable rather than grow. that one really spooked investors and the stock started falling then. to top things off, they said the a-380 might not survive beyond 2018. that would be a little over a decade after it started its commercial debut. they want to break even with the product next year. beyond that, there are very big question marks about the product. >> benedict, we wer

great to have you with us. >> do not forget our website. from all of us here in berlinthanks for joining us. óox+có/v>a ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to "focus on europe," the personal stories behind the headlines. thanks for joining us. on today's program -- in portugal, thorough bred horses. is a tradition about to die? in ukraine, men fighting for russia. and in britain, young people getting in touch. but first to portugal, home to one of the world's most beautiful breeds of horse -- the lusitano. in the middle ages they were bred from wild horses, to be used in war or bull-fighting. today the breed is highly sought after - and expensive. but in portugal, after yearsrs f economic

hans nichols joins us now from berlin to discuss this. is there a solution for greece or are the markets really spooked? >> it looks like wolfgang choi blood may have just hinted at a solution. you have a technical extension, a longer-term discussion about what greece needs to do. we are talking about 2.5 billion euros. wherepeaking in brussels finance ministers are gathering, he says, it looks like greece will need more time. that is more time for the longer-term bailout. there has been a lot of talk about a technical extension. markets.d calm when we saw this whispered about last week, you saw yields starting to drop on greek debt. there is a little bit of exasperation, francine, in his voice. he talks about, it won't be the first time. he also had some compliments for italy and france as well. let's talk about what has been going on in france and italy. an ongoing sense of frustration as well. the italians finance minister jumping into the inflation debate. what has he been talking about? inflation, notut getting close to 2%, the chall

from the chancellor's statement this wednesday right here on bloomberg tv. is saying goodbye to fossil fuels and will spin off its conventional power generation unit. hans nichols joins us now from berlinthe story. if they sell these assets, what will be left of the company? >> they say the holding company will have about 40,000 employees and will focus on energy transmission and renewables. here is the challenge. a collapse inve wholesale electricity prices. so all the utilities in germany have been struggling. this is all in reaction to angela merkel's energy change. she wants 80% of germany's fuel sources the renewable by 2050. they are at 25% now. they have a bit of always to go. 35y want to get up to 30%, percent, 40%, all the way up to 80%. here is what the ceo of e.on had to say -- the--ieve this is announced impairment charge. you look at their last quarter. 90 million net loss on income. this is a company that is struggling. >> thank you so much. hans nichols. .he very latest on e.on glaxosmithkline could be axing hundreds of jobs from the u.s. it is a huge shakeup. >> it could be acknowledged, announced, as soon as wednesday. the president of the north american unit is due to

from dw in berlin. >> it's good to have you with us. these are our top stories. russian opposition leader, alexey navalny , is arrested on the way to an opt -- an unauthorized protest in moscow. >> indonesian officials say debris embodies have been found from the missing air asia plane. we will talk live to an aviation expert about what might have happened. >> in our end of your series examining the big stories of 2014 from our own correspondence, we look at turkey -- how much is democracy under threat there? >> welcome to the program. the anti-kremlin politician, alexey navalny , has been detailed by police after he violated house arrest to join the protests in moscow. the demonstration was over a guilty verdict against him and his brother in a controversial fraud case. >> two dozen other people were also detained as hundreds gathered in central moscow where the opposition leader called on russians to take to the streets against vladimir putin. >> we will find out more live from the russian capital, but first we have this report. >> one outspoken creek at harsh

from berlin. >> great to have you with us. our headlines this hour -- in pakistan, the death toll has reached 141 from a taliban massacre at a school in push. scores more were left injured. >> the russian ruble has crashed after an interest rate hike that was supposed to shore up the currency. >> and we report from nigeria how local militias are trying to defend their villages against boko haram attacks. >> 141 people have been killed, most of them children, after taliban militants stormed a school in pakistan. >> it was one of the most -- one of the worst attacks in a decade. >> the prime minister called the massacre a national tragedy. >> the pakistani army quickly sealed off the school, evacuating as many of the 500 students and teachers as they could. but it took more than seven hours of fighting until all the attackers were dead and the situation was fully under control. >> i am the physics lab assistant. we were sitting in the canteen when we saw people sitting on the wall. at first we thought they were students, but then

hans nichols brings us the latest from berlin. you have been talking to the man . what did he have to say? >> he has a long-term strategy of having a long-haul flight with a low-cost option. strike, they have a mediator. action withlatest 37 long-haul flights canceled. that is half. the cost to the german economy is crucial because you are hearing more criticism on what the pilots are doing. they have been talking about the tanzer --and luke fthansa has a -- lu lost euros. they have done nothing but antagonize the union. a way tolike there is go on this. the resolution by christmas may not happen. >> in terms of the concerns was strikes, it is a reputation problem. did you speak to the ceo about the reputational damages? colleague in frankfurt and i could not get there. takingnot blame it on them to frankford. they have had 10 strikes and a lot of the long time customers have tried different carriers. base that customer they have drawn upon may be eroding because of the strike. >> thank you so much. >> let me take you back to what is happening. vladimir putin is on

hans nichols, great reporting from berlin. stay with us. the breakdown of votes in athens. failingnister samaras to find himself with a new president. we have another round to go. he is sure 12 votes. it could have been worse. that is the sense that seems to be coming out. we will break it down for you when we come back. ♪ >> welcome back. you are watching "the pulse." -- or ipadour ipod and bloomberg.com. not a great deal of reaction to the vote in athens. did not get his presidential candidate, stavros dimas, through. he needs to get 180 in the third round. he is 12 short. it could have been worse. we are here now. it could have been worse. 12 is still a big hill to climb. not a disaster, but not a victory. what get some analysis of has been happening with the greek stock market. we saw a little bit of a rally in the conclusion of the vote. that has completely faded. let's go to our guy, who we have had following the story, that is elliott got can. 12 short. quite a hill to climb. >> it is. i spoke with -- it is a case of close, but no ci

berlin if he's putting up a wall? will he risk a war with us? no. the wall saves us fromnd of conflict. >> after the berlin crisis, khrushchev tests the largest nuclear device ever. he basically is going to say to the americans, you can't scare me. i'm going to scare you. >> the west has nuclear jitters. people worry about fallout, about war. khrushchev has turned testing into a weapon of terror. >> there was tremendous anxiety and fear that if you got into a nuclear war it was going to mean the devastation of civilization. it was the apocalypse. >> let us face without panic the reality of our times. the fact that atom bombs may some day be dropped on our cities and let us prepare for survival by understanding the weapon that threatens us. >> the threat of nuclear war was the center of many of our lives. >> the fallout shelter could save your life in a nuclear war. >> the family room of tomorrow. it's a truly shipshape room only 8 1/2 by 12 feet in size but with an amazing amount of storage space. >> seems unless we control the use of such a thing as that all the civiliza

from berlin. >> good to have you with us. here are the headlines this hour. release storm a cafe in sydney, ending a 16 hour hostage drama. three people are reported dead. we will go live for details in sydney. >> more trouble for berlin's new airport. the chief of the building project announced he is stepping down next year. >> on the trail of an islamist militia in some all you, our reporters speak with one former jihadist on why he call it quits speed -- called it quits. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] there is relief after a 16 hour hostage drama. >> heavily armed police stormed a downtown chocolate cafe. there was an eruption of gunfire and flash grenades were used. at least three people died, including the hostage taker. , he was not unknown to her authorities. he was an iranian refugee and self acclaimed muslim cleric who was free on bail. charged in connection with the murder of his ex-wife. >> we will go live to sydney in a moment. we will begin

from dw. in berlin, this is your world news. >> thanks for being with us. our headlines for you at this hour -- >> united against islamic state, diplomats from more than 60 countries meet in brussels to talk strategy and stamina. >> in ukraine, a technical fault has shut down europe's largest nuclear power plant, but authorities say there's no danger to the public. >> and remembered as a hero -- germany mourns the death of a student killed trying to defend others. for as long as it takes -- with that declaration, the international community resolved to not stop until islamic state is defeated. >> diplomats from 60 countries are meeting in brussels at the first ever anti-i.s. summit. >> john kerry reported progress tanks to more than 1000 airstrikes launched since august. >> he emphasized that the fight will take years. we'll have more from that meeting in a moment, but first, this report from northern syria. >> this is what is left of kobani. the mainly kurdish population has fled, leaving a shattered ghost town that has become a similar the threat posed by

is coming to live from dw in berlin, this is world news. for joining us. headlines at this hour. the winner of tunisia's first free presidential election is declared. >> here in germany, another controversial march against what protesters are calling the islamization of the country. >> and airbus delivers its first eight 350 -- a-350 jetliner. collect in tunisia, the leader of the secular tunis party a subsea has one the first free presidential election. official results gave him just over 55% of the vote. >> he is no stranger to tunisian politics. he served as the speaker of parliament as well as foreign and interior minister. >> he campaigned on a pledge us to believe for the north african country. >> it is official, asepsi will be the new leader of tunisia. on election night, he addressed jubilant supporters in tunis. clicks this is the beginning of our future. we hope tonight this nation. i figure b two are men, women, and girls. we thank them for their trust. >> he leads the tunis party and campaigned on an anti-islamist platform and promise to restore the procedure of the s

use 3-d printing to create human organs for implantation. >> one start up outside berlin is using the technology to make models of human hearts. their products are far from an implant ready but they are helping surgeons in exciting new ways. >> it might look like a cookie 10 but this professor is carrying a patient's heart, or at least a scale model of her heart. the model is made of soft plastic and comes from a 3-d printer. the patient's heart was scarred by earlier operations, making further surgery complicated. the cardiologist ordered a model of the heart to be fully prepared. >> i was surprised how detailed and fine the resolution is in the 3-d printing. you can really visualize very well what you can expect to find with a catheter. >> data comes from computer scans which make several hundred sectional images. a computer can then display a three-dimensional image of the heart. in special cases, the hospital is ordered to order a model of the heart despite the cost. >> the added value is that it is quite patient specific. you can hold it in your hands and see the sides of the ventricles and try out the devices you want to use in the patient. >> the

from dw in berlin. but thank you for joining us at this hour. after 10 days behind his law mistake -- behind islamic state lines, a journalist tells us it is the most brutal moment he has seen. click thousand also marketing counter demonstrations. >> and on wall street, the dow climbs to new highs, up above 18,000 the first time in its history. ♪ class we begin with testimony from a german author and journalist who said the terrorist group islamic state is even more ruvell -- more brutal than previously thought. click thanks to a -- >> thanks to a safety guarantee, 74-year-old juergen was allowed to spend 10 days in northern syria and iraq, including muscle --mosel. there he got a lot -- a look at life under the islamic state and spoke to the fighters about what motivates them to carry out acts of extreme brutality. >> he joins us now from munich. you are just back from 10 days in is controlled territory. the juicy anything that positively shocked you? -- did you see anything that positively shocked you? >> everything shocked me, but it is amazi

>> live from dw in berlin, this is the world news. >> thanks for being with us. u.n. kleiman talks resume in lima. it is the last step to a climate deal in paris. >> going green all the way. a farewell to fossil fuels. the new council takes office and lays down the hard line with russia. we will go to brussels for more. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> the united nations has kicked off a 12-day climate conference in peru. staff and countries are working. >> they want to pave the way for a major binding deal in paris. the biggest emitters of carbon are still a way a ways from a number of details. >> a number of problems are being attributed to climate change. >> in northern peru, the school children are learning what to do in emergency situations, like floods and landslides. the mountains nearby tower to over 6000 meters and have hundreds of glaciers. in the last decades, the ice and snow have been melting. scientists are closely studying the effects of climat

berlin. freedom has many difficulties, and democracy is not perfect. but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in. to prevent them from leaving us. from leavin us. to prevent them from leaving us. while the wall is the most obvious and vivid demonstration of the failures of the communist system, for all the world to see, we take no satisfaction in it, for it is, as your mayor has said, an offense not only against history, but an offense against humanity, separating families, dividing husbands and wives and brothers and sisters, and dividing a people who wish to be joined together. freedom is indivisible. and when one man is enslaved, all are now free. all free men, wherever they live, are citizens of berlin. and therefore, as a free man, i take pride in the words -- [ speaking german ] >>> 24 years after president kennedy went to the berlin wall, president reagan followed in his footsteps and delivered his own rhetorical and political challenge to the soviet union on june 12, 1987. just two years later the wall came back. we continue our look back 25 years to the november 9th, 1989 fall of the berlin wall and the events that prec

from syria. berlin expects even more >> this year i have been truly encouraged by the fact that the great majority of us do not follow those who want to seal germany off from the rest of the world. >> gauck also spoke to those worried about the crises and conflicts around the world. his message was inspired by the biblical christmas story -- fear not. >> meanwhile, in britain, queen elizabeth focused her christmas day broadcast on a call for peace and unity. >> invoking the spirit of the world war i christmas truce between britain and germany 100 years ago, the monarch called for reconciliation throughout the world and in the u.k., which saw scotland almost break away from the union this year. she warned it will take time to heal those loans. the queen also praised the doctors and nurses on batting the ebola outbreak, saying she was deeply touched by their selflessness. >> we are going to take a very short break and when we come back, we bring you reaction to today's release of sony's comedy "the interview." >> why americans may start buying their cigars in cuba again. all that in 60 seconds. stay with

>> live from dw in berlin, this is the journal. good to have you with us. >> welcome. our top stories. germany jails a homegrown militant for the first time, convicted of fighting for islamic state in syria. >> the nasa space capsule orion has returned to earth after its first test flight. >> south africa marks the first anniversary of the death of former president nelson mandela. ♪ >> judges in frankfurt have sentenced a german national to three years and nine months in prison for fighting for islamic state in syria. this is the first time that someone has been convicted in germany for the crime rate >> the 20-year-old spent six months in syria last year. thousands of western volunteers have been joining militant groups in syria and iraq in decent months -- recent months. >> the young man admitted traveling to syria and joining militants to fight the assad regime. he said he took part in military operations, but never fired shots at people. the court sentencing took into account his guilty plea. >> on the other hand, we must keep in mind that he supported a very dange

>> live from dw here in berlin, this is your world news. click it's good to have you with us. -- >> it's good to have you with us. israel and the west bank are 10 after the death of palestinian cabinet -- our are tense after the death of palestinian cabinet member. >> and the eu's latest scandal involves the government of luxembourg and top companies like walt disney, microsoft, and skype. collects welcome to the program. the european union and the united nations are calling for a transparent investigationinto the death of the palestinian authority minister during a west bank protest. he is the first palestinian cabinet members to die during a protest and his death is likely to stoke simmering temp -- tension over jerusalem and the west bank. >> seen here in the brown coat shortly before his death. this footage captures just before is security forces grabbed him and make chokehold. moments do, he keeled over. the altercation took lace after israeli soldiers fired tear gas at demonstrators protesting israeli settlements. he was filming the is really soldiers, accusing them of

>> live from dw here in berlin, this is the world news. welcome. >> good to have you with us. our top stories -- accusing each other of inflaming the situation in ukraine. >> grounded again -- half of lufthansa's long-haul flights are canceled in the second >> germany's leading consumer product review magazine celebrates a round birth they -- birthday. >> welcome to the show. the ukraine crisis has taken center stage in a meeting of top diplomats from osce nations after u.s. president barack obama said moscow was unlikely to shift its dance until sanctions began inflicting more pain on the country. >> moscow shot back immediately with president vladimir putin saying the united dates was leading the world into a new arms race. >> at the conference, the german foreign minister urged restraint and called for new lines of communication to be opened up. >> for now, a handshake on arrival is likely to be the closest the u.s. secretary of state will come to agreeing with his russian counterpart. the countries' positions on the ukraine conflict appear in irreconcilable. >> thank you v

>> live from dw studios here in berlin, this is your world news. >> it is good to have you with us. here is what is coming up. protesters in italy clash with we will go live to rome for the latest. >> a storm system is sweeping over the west coast of the u.s. is causing some severe flooding. an early detection tests for the ebola virus, an early step towards getting the virus under control. >> welcome to the program. a general strike brought most of italy to a standstill. trains, buses, schools, ports, public services closedown as thousands of workers took to the streets across the country. they are protesting labor reforms. >> in some cities, the demonstrations did turned violent. the unions said the clashes had nothing to do with their protest. italy is doing with a staggering economy and record high unemployment. the prime minister has promised to tackle the issues head-on. >> many italians are asking if he is the man for the job at hand. >> matteo renzi earned himself the nickname, the demolition man of italian politics, ready to dismantle the system of the ruling elite. he beca

for us, cooking is a great way to bring these two parallel societies together -- refugees and germans -- and make them one. >> the initiative from berlinhas now expanded to cologne, hamburg, and munich. what started as a universi project is now a major rpri with help from crowdfunding, the nizers are briinou second cookbook. while dinner is cooking in the oven, there's time to chat. the guests want to know more about tajuddin. they ask why he had to flee karachi. >> and there is a reason, like a lot of gangs, a lot of dirty politics. the main thing in pakistan at this moment is there is no justice. >> chicken, lentils, rice and flatbread. folks are lining up to give it a try. >> when these project people, ninon and bantu, came to me, i found that this is a good way to interact with the community. but yes -- i've started the journey in the heim and i'm still in the heim. >> evenings like this are a nice way to pass the time. but tajuddin hopes that, some day, one of the guests will give him a job as a cook. >> i wonder whether pumpkins are on his menu? there's a lot to be said for pumpkins, especially if you're living in a country in wh

from berlin. we are on twitter. move is next. throughout the morning, stay with us on bloomberg. . . . >> welcome. h. from thements away start of -- french company. this is going to be the biggest takeover. a political risk. chancellor says that if the united kingdom walks away, they would be a disaster for british jobs and investment. ahead to the statement and morgan stanley warning about the uncertainty in the policies that will drive down the pound. we are watching that and we'll be talking to morgan stanley. now, a look at futures. up .33%. futures on the stocks 50 are 0.5% higher. the debate is whether you believe they have put in a baseline with all of the negative stories that you and i have been covering in perpetuity. has oil put in a base? has consequences for the whole commodity complex. this is a story do sure. -- du jour. the ruble is crying. ruble day, you have the rising.

from dw studios in berlin, this is your world news. >> welcome to the show. it's great to have you with us. our headlines -- palestinians bury a government minister who died after a confrontation with israeli troops. we'll go live to the west bank. >> after weeks of protest in hong kong, the police have moved in, and final cleanup operation is under way. >> after archaeologist -- a new drive to prevent stolen antiquities from being sold. israel has deployed extra forces to the west bank as thousands of palestinians mourn a senior official who died in a confrontation with israeli troops. >> palestinian leadership has blamed israel for the death and are threatening to end a key security agreement with israel as tensions mount. >> an investigation has yet to be released into the findings. what was the cause of the 55-year-old's death? >> he was sent off with full military honors. president address -- abbas blames military troops for his death, saying he was the victim of a barbaric act. he has called for three days of mourning, but the year is that the grief could turn to anger, adding to fric