the world economic forum in jordan, were you there?|j news. in jordan, were you there? i was, the person they actually quote in this story... is there anyone you have not seen? theresa may? there are millions of people who i think might be better than that, although maybe not. he is making the point, the arab economy economy as a third of the size it should be. why? 's i think there are huge numbers of reasons. one is of course that there are some economies who are focused on oil and resources, they have not developed a broader economy, some other economies, take egypt, ijust huge, they are going on a massive rate in terms of population and they can't cope with the economic growth thatis can't cope with the economic growth that is required for that. but there are huge reasons, i mean the actually, one reason we were very interested in the story, we were saying, the european bank for reconstruction and development, at this forum, more has to be done to develop the private sector. if you wa nt develop the private sector. if you want bigger econo

just a few weeks after ending q e one just six hundred billion dollars printed for them the world economic forum davus happens in january two thousand and eleven and here is the headline max world needs one hundred trillion dollars more credit says world economic forum on kaiser report we covered that on kaiser report we were also contacted that same month by john meton us who was a very early adopter of bitcoin and he said to me stacy i would like to come on in europe and i would like to come in to your studio in paris and discuss this thing called bit coin. course this is paris max and it is here where our personal big queen journey began that's right a little bit of big oil history max a stacey first learn about bitcoin right behind this store on the sixth floor well max you can't really go to the moon without lift off and lift off for us happened right here in this studio where you interviewed for the may thirty first two thousand and eleven episode number one five one the gulag casino state you interviewed john meton us about it coin yeah i love this episode it really see us in a raw beginn

if nothing changes the world economic forum says that by twenty fifty the world's oceans will contain more plastic than fish. i'm joined now by and i hinted by korea the organizer of the gun out ban plastics attention to him about thanks for joining us now your petition has already received twelve thousand signatures and counting did you expect this outcome a state that it was hoping for it was a see that there was a neat you know people would call enough for somebody to start something i could hear when somebody says that something somebody said something now that's who is that somebody so that's why self it's always nice to see those who don't for this is now you've said our country is filthy and smelly plastic everywhere these are your words how critical is a situation. is diana i don't know the last anyone done not every waste plastic if wait i didn't love that residential area i wake up in morning people some plastic doesn't make it you goes that beach and it's plastic in the water everywhere is that got this actually the plastic enough i'm coming very very . well fortunate out s

clean ghana needs not just in ghana but across the world is urgent if nothing changes the world economic forum says that by twenty fifty the world's oceans will contain more plastic than fish. i'm joined now by. the organizer of the ghana ban plastics attention. thanks for joining us now your petition has already received twelve thousand signatures and counting did you expect this. i wasn't expecting it i was hoping for it because i can see that there was indeed you know people were calling out for somebody to start something i kept hearing somebody start something somebody said something now i thought who is that somebody so i took this one myself to start the company i was nice let's see those who have been for this is now you've said our country is filthy and smelly plastic everywhere these are your words how critical is the situation is dire i don't know the last anyone done that but every waste plastic it waits and i didn't love the residential area i wake up in the morning people some plastic doesn't make it it goes that beach and it's plastic in the water everywhere is that got this act

still performed by humans with machines doing the other twenty nine percent but a study by the world economic forum estimates that by twenty twenty five the majority of tasks could be performed by machines and some jobs have already been automated to date. information to. learning a new language with a virtual instructor. these are just a few examples of areas where. we can replacing human. artificial intelligence has made huge leaps forward and it's ideal for doing repetitive jumps. at the university hospital mannheim doctors and patients using systems. and helps to identify. the technology itself learning it uses millions of other example images to assess whether a human is malignant or not it helps reduce the number of operations that aren't strictly necessary doctors seem to welcome the technology. the. artificial intelligence isn't replacing on the contrary. soon we'll be using these systems much more than we ever have the past. effectively be serving us and helping us bring together millions of individual data points. to create. company meanwhile ai software to help screen job applicants the

japan's workforces project it's usually by a fifth in the next two decades according to the world economic forum a rapidly aging population is mostly to blame over a quarter of japanese or of a sixty five it's basically the oldest country in the world it's also a problem elsewhere especially in wealthier countries japan the other top ten oldest nations can also be found all be found here in europe so what can be done well you can increase migration japan as the new law that allows low skilled workers from abroad to come for five years that's proving controversial. the population of japan is aging the demographics are evident in retirement and nursing homes the number of residents is climbing the number of caretakers is falling one possible answer could be migration something japan has resisted. mr moises isn't japanese so unusual. that. he's very friendly and i'm very grateful to him. moises martinez comes from venezuela only two percent of the people living in japan are foreigners he was married to a japanese woman she died but he was allowed to stay to begin with he was given the cold shoulder

staying in the middle east, the front page of the arab news looks at the world economic forum injordan the arab economy is only a third of the size it should be, with calls for greater cooperation and collaboration. and finally, the financial times reports on london's new pollution rules and how businesses such as taxi companies and logistics firms have been adapting to the new standards, which come into effect today. jonathan charles is back, director of communications at the european bank for reconstruction and development. good to have you back. good to see you. let's start with brexit, as we start every single day. this is a bit like dante's circles of hell, isn't it? cabinet theory are theresa may long as brexit delay looms, we could be facing another year perhaps of discussing all of this. what the papers do not say of course, of course this is really crucial week, evenif course this is really crucial week, even if we get to this without

something really interesting, conversations that were had here at the world economic forum in the deadt's listen in to what the owe omani foreign minister had to say. >> translator: israel despite the full power and despite everything we said is not assured as to its future and doesn't feel secure because it's a non-arab country living in an arab neighborhood surrounded by 400 million persons and it is not secure it doesn't feel secure about the kopt knew the at this of its presence in the region and i think that we as arabs, we have to be capable of looking into this and we need as well to actually put an end to these fears. >> as you can probably imagine there, raising some serious eyebrows on that panel the defense minister from lebanon pushing back on their colleague there saying it's not our business to make the israelis feel secure i asked them is the answer going to be that you have to recognize israel as a sovereign state to make them feel more secure he didn't want to go that far. this is very much on the minds of the folks gathered here at the dead sea another country came up

regaining their lives the secretary general is now on his way to amman where he will speak at the world economic forum tomorrow morning and then visit a camp run by the un relief and works agency for palestine otherwise known as undervalued fact there he will be meeting with students and visiting a school. and we will send you updates from there as we get them and we expect the secretary general back in new york on sunday night and also on libya the sefton and the security council will hold close consultations on that country and will be briefed by hasan salaam a who is the secretary general's special representative there turning to syria our humanitarian colleagues tell us their alarm by continued reports of civilian casualties due to hostilities in and around the demilitarized zone in the northwest of syria at least nineteen civilians have been reportedly killed dozens injured in hostilities within the d.m.z. and it live and hama governorates in the last two days some thirteen people were killed and fourteen injured among them women and children in air strikes in southern and eastern rural governora

the world economic forum, published in january 2019 the top ten skills that leaders around the world are critical for problem solving 2019. this is all art. i don't doubt that you don't value art. i know you value art, but i need to live it and see it in my daily live because it's really hard to stand in front of a group of kids with three glue sticks and say figure it out. the vapa department helps me figure it out. [applause] >> hello. my name is ana kearney. am i waiting? >> president cook: yeah. i just want to call some more names. i know that people are passionate about this issue. i have about 50 more names here. i'm going to read them out. just remember that there are folks behind you. just give me one second. p.j. ryman. peter gobocic. what's up, peter. peter raymond, pat zamora, eleanor watabe. >> watanabe. >> president cook: watanabe. carrie gray, sylvia sherman. carrie, you're here twice. jessica bush man -- bushan. >> hi. my name is ana kearney, and i teach vocal and guitar. i'm a professional musician and a performer, and i've come from the professional world to become a

the world economic forum says around $150 million tons of plastic are already floating in our oceans.dditional 8 million tons, entering the water each year. reports say 70% of marine litter is nondegradable plastic. >> that's hard to watch. >>> let's talk about the weekend forecast. spencer? >> today's storm is wipeding down. tomorrow's light storm is approaching. during the overnight hours, we can expect light showers. neighbor up to 1,500ths. overnight lows as the showers develop. tomorrow's highs in the afternoon when we expect some drying to begin. in the mid to upper 60s near bay shoreline. we'll have lots of cloud cover. it will be a sunnier and drier day on sunday with high temperatures moving into the low to mid 70s. it will continue you this monday. although late monday night, another chance of a light shore. after some lingering early morning showers tuesday, we get a dry day mid tuesday through the end of the week. from tuesday until next fall, no more rain. >> i can take long vacation now, right? >> there you go. >>> the driver gaming the system to make sure he gets the mo

regaining their lives the secretary general is now on his way to amman where he will speak at the world economic forum tomorrow morning and then visit a camp run by the un relief and works agency for palestine otherwise known as fact there he will be meeting with students a visiting a school. and we will send you updates from there as we get them and we expect the secretary general back in new york on sunday night and also on libya the sefton in the security council will hold close consultations on that country and will be briefed by hasan salaam a who is the secretary general's special representative there turning.

let's discuss this with a former director of the world economic forum and the founder of -- great tou with us on the show. our business is right right now -- are businesses right to worry about tensions lingering if and after a deal is signed? >> absolutely right. it is gloomy. terrorist attacks to brexit and the u.s.-china trade war. i believe we might enter a new face of global disruptions leading to a new economic crisis. the u.s.-china trade were might be the trip -- war might be the trigger. i am quite pessimistic. i think president trump is turning his attention after the mueller report to china and it is uncertain what is happening. shery: talking about a potential type or -- coming between the u.s. it tech war between the -- between the u.s. and china. the revenue jumping almost 40% in the first quarter. how much of president trump's strategy against china and against some of the big companies is working? well, the trade war is linked to technology and who is leading the road in terms of technology. have seen google feeling the impact in china, apple feeling the impact, and n

. >> i believe we get a deal with china, china yeedzl needs it when i was at world economic forum lasting down, they would rather take half a loaf than deal with united states lose it all one of the biggest challenges behind trump administration the europeans not supportive but want the same deals they want all the benefits that are being negotiated you know very in very difficult negotiations by u.s., and likely will get it. maria: interesting because the administration mnuchin told me not just talks, with china and usmca but you also in discussions with japan, and discussions with europe right now we've got to get your take about this week attorney general william barr stoleni threatening to skip hearing -- if lawmakers go through with plan let staff question him instead of a the leadership there, jerry nadler democrats are threatening a subpoena if he doesn't appear what is your take on all of this. >> you know that is return to an old dirty trick used all the way back, in the watergate era, you know, members would like to have basically the unelected individual who doesn't have to

economic reform while avoiding trade tactics. xi jing ping has told world leaders to gather in the road forum -- the chinese president devoted a largeortion of his opening speech to trade tensions and domestic reform along side details of his signature infrastructure investment program. >> this is now to be impolicemened. there are obstacles. >> unilateral measures should not be adopted, and in this context europe is prepared to work constructively and, of course, to grant the same and the same opportunities for chinese companies and investors and then granted for european companies in china >> it sounds like it's a good first step, but you want to see more what more would you want to see? >> speaking of president xi was encouraging because it offers a holistic approach. it offered a series of measures that had been discussed for so many countries over the last couple of months. >> it's not only the american and chinese conflict, but we can also build constructive and fair international trade order. if there is no hard rexit. the firm still backs its 2019 -- >> sticking with autos, daimler has reported a 16% slump in first quarter o

economic forum on the agent's plans. you can find those stories and plenty more over on our website r e z dot com we'll have a full world news out of date for you in an hour's time right now though that's karl stuck. in. a low in welcome across the uk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle trump an administration is on an offensive around the globe as a candidate trump called out new columns for supporting american military adventures now many of them work for the president in this administration the very idea of diplomacy is absent it relies upon threats and sanctions. ross talking whether we're going to war i'm joined by my guest peter cuz nick in washington he's a professor of history at american university as well as co-author with all of our stone the untold history of the united states in burbank we have rough is the day he is president of the international american council and a harvard educated iranian american political scientist and in person bill we cross to philip giraldi he's a former cia counterterrorism specialist who is now executive director of the counsel for the national interest all right gent