these, he says must be removed from germany before germany can be rehabilitated and reintegrated into the community of nations. in spite of what later historians have said, he was not prepared to be socked with germany. he was prepared to chastise germany. then and only then would germany be fit to be admitted into the community of nations. the war ended very quickly. the germans made one last great push in the summer of 1918, but they had by this point run out of steam. the fact that there were now a million americans in europe and more in training camps, 2 million more in training camps in the united states, that tremendous american support of material, manpower, fresh approach to the war, was now counting against germany. the germans simply crumbled. they were no longer capable of sustaining the war. the german homefront was collapsing. by autumn of 1918, german allies were beginning to fall away. the german high command is continue to assure the civilian government that everything is going well. suddenly, panic. we have to have an armistice. the german government, hoping they migh

they backed down on occupying germany. they backed down on long-term proposals to break germany up. the compromise was not just on wilson's side. the french compromised, the british compromised. it was a difficult situation. one thing wilson might have contemplated, but he was against it and so were his advisers and it would have been difficult was to cancel our debts to the united states. the allies have borrowed $9 billion from the united states to pay for the war. that was one of the reasons they were so firm on getting reparations, because the british lent to the french. they both lent to the russians -- the russians not paying anything. the british and french had huge war debts they were paying off to united states. that gave added impetus to extract reparations from germany. he said why don't we just cancel the whole lot? britain and france can agree not to get reparations from germany. it probably would have been better, but politically impossible. host: inside the united states? professor macmillan: in the second world war, they did provide a lot of the financing for the all

these, he says, must be removed from germany before germany can be rehabilitated and reintegrated into the community of nations. in spite of what later historians have said, he was not prepared to be soft with germany. he was prepared to chastise germany. then and only then would germany be fit to be admitted into the community of nations. the war ended very quickly. the germans made one last great push in the summer of 1918, but they had by this point run out of steam. the fact that there were now a million americans in europe and more in training camps, two million more in training camps in the united states, that tremendous american support of material, manpower, fresh approach to the war, was now counting against germany. the germans simply crumbled. they were no longer capable of sustaining the war. the german homefront was collapsing. by autumn of 1918, german allies were beginning to fall away. the german high command continues to assure the civilian government that everything is going well. suddenly, panic. i we have to have an armistice. the german government, hoping they migh

environmentalism has becoming dream in germany. the vast majority of german citizens no longer view the environment at problem. instead, they see environmental policy as part of the solution. if we put good holidays in place, that strengthens our competitiveness. when controversy shows its face, so does competition. but still, the number of wind and solar power facilities in germany is soaring. >> a look at france now, there has been a major setback in the polls for president francois hollande. his socialist party took a beating over the weekend in local elections. >> the winners that swept to victory were nicolas sarkozy's >> france's socialists woke up to their worst election hangover in years, a slap in the face according to this paper. the socialists were sent packing in nearly half of their departments. >> they have the choice between bad and really bad. it shows bad. i would say that is a sign of common sense. >> what is most important is that the politicians learn from this. >> the prime minister did not even try to sugarcoa

i told him, "don't go to germany." he said, "papa, i don't have a choice." >> in the meantime, two of his sons have gone to germany. one to frankfurt, the other to hanover, but they haven't found work there. thaci shows us their rooms. he's sad. gani: i've got 140 euros a month from my pension. how can you live off that? it's bad that the boys are gone, but what else could they do? >> with poverty as grinding as it is in kosovo, those who can leave do. even as border controls tighten, their desperation will still drive them to find a way out. valeria: when you look at many of the conflicts around the world, religion often gets blamed as the root cause. believers would argue that the fighting is actually often down to politics and that religion is just a pretext. either way, it can sometimes be difficult to reconcile opposing religious views. but in switzerland one house of worship has come up with a way of promoting tolerance. it's not a church, or a temple, or a mosque. but rather all of those things under one roof. >

that today's germany was very different from nazi germany. ben: thank you for the update. sarah: let's go to athens, where anthony is on the story for us. as we heard, nothing concrete came out of this. still, did tsipras get what he wanted on some level? reporter: i think it is too early to say. no doubt there will be a working dinner. obviously, these two leaders will get into the nitty-gritty details, no doubt, about these reforms as well. but there was a clear concerted effort by both leaders, and this is what separates wanted -- what tsipras wanted. to reboot relations between athens and berlin and to tone down the rhetoric that could have aggravated the situation between these two countries even further, potentially even leading to an accident, as it is being called, in creating a worsening predicament here for the greeks. this did go down, seemingly at least, very well for tsipras. he said he managed to lay some common ground. we can now help bridge these differences. it remains to be seen how all of this, these positive atmospherics w

of masterminding germany's title in russia. for more on the story, we are joined in studio by jefferson chase. jefferson, he had already won the world cup. he had a contract, why does he need to extend now? >> probably was after the world cup, he wanted to take a break and see how drained his battery was. obviously it is a strenuous job. you are the national representative of the football team. he probably wanted to wait and see and he wanted to wait and see how the team would perform after the triumph because of course you know you win something that big the tendency is to drop off a little bit. now they are on their way to qualifying for the euro. we can't discount the fact he is in a good bargaining position. after all those years he brought the world cup title back home to germany. so i think probably his agent said it is a good time to go for the contract extension. i think he got a good deal. >> a good position. don't go away, jefferson. first, switching to motor racing now. formula one fans, the new season gets underway

you can fly from frankfurt and other airports here in germany to destinations right around the european union and of course using airliners such as the a320 because germanwings has 15 or 16 of them, so there will be a deep concern on the part of germanwings that an airliner it places such a relevance upon has had such a tragedy. >> we are hearing from spoken's deputy prime minister that 45 passengers onboard are believed to be spanish. spain's deputy prime minister saying 45 of the passengers on the crashed germanwings plane are believed to be spanish. that's giving us now a clearer picture of the makeup of the nationalities onboard dominic. >> you heard francois hollande talk about the effect on spain and germany. it's worth making the point that the destination for this flight, dÜsseldorf is right in the heart of the economic powerhouse of western germany and so it's likely that very many of the people onboard would have had business interests, business concerns in western germany that took them on that plane on that flight, which should have landed sometime ago but as we know, never

it is germany's third-largest airline. now the loss of this flight sarah: another blow -- the loss of this flight, another blow for a company already hurting. ben: the parent company lufthansa held a press conference. was there any hint of verification? >> one piece of information that might be interesting. the plane left barcelona half an hour late, and the vice president holding the conference was unable, or unwilling to say what the problem was. was it a luggage problem a missing passenger a technical issue that may have become crucial later on? we do know that the last technical check of the airplane was yesterday and it was declared fully operational. sarah: this airbus passenger plane was 24 years old. analysts have said, that's nothing out of the ordinary. would you agree? >> i would agree. 24 years of operating service is quite some time. but on the other hand, there are airplanes flying for 30, 40, even 50 years. a essential components of a commercial airplane are replaced regularly, on a tight time regime. the la

they are both young girls who faced war ravaged japan and germany. they did so with unbelievable human endurance and determine. i would like to just read a short passage. this is sumi after she comes back from the war. so they were in the last exchange from crystal city, so it was her father, joanna, ingrid her brother. so what happened is they left crystal city. they went by train to the port of new jersey and new york. they took a voyage. 22 days across an angry sea landing in first i can tell they came to a place in switzerland where they are trained when into germany and another train coming from germany back on track and they literally switched. at this point that in this passage i'm about to read they went on where they were processed by the germans and the chorus they were immediately considered american spies and badly treated. and so i just wanted to read. they went on walking and trains. this is an incident that happened just a few days before they arrived at their destination. so they are in germany here. the train trudged out at an even p

that will be from colon in western germany. we understand the chancellor angela merkel is going to speak about this incident within the next 25 minutes but her foreign minister has already spoken. i'll read a translation of what he says, where he he says effectively that the terrible news has just reached us that a plane from a german airline crashed in southern france. we have immediately established a crisis response team that is investigating the details of that catastrophe. we are in close contact with the french authorities. obviously this is something which has provoked a response from the german government and angela merkel is going to be speaking about this in the next 25 minutes or so. it's worth making clear that germanwings has an excellent safety record. this is the first fatal incident involving one of its aircraft ever since its inception and it has or had until today around 80 aircraft, the majority of which were airbus products, so as youal included to early on, airbus has very serious concerns about this incide

a union that says immigrating to germany may create problems. >> in germany, you have to supplement the state pension with a private pension fund if i understand it correctly. there are some differences. reporter: many young french people cannot begin to find steady work. france's unions rejected germany's more flexible approach to the job market. they have ideological issues. >> the main reason new jobs and not being created in france is the tendency for companies to put profit above all other priorities. this is happening here, too. in the statistics prove this quite clearly. they show corporate profits continue to rise. they are not creating jobs. reporter: in germany, nobody thinks there's anything cheesy about making money. anchor: new job figures will only reinforce the labor market. reporter: march was a record breaking month. the lowest it's been in 24 years since german reunification. in the past, a booming german economy has not felt employment for the country's workers. that's because many companies outsource jobs places where the wages are lower. around 65,000 were in other

what's happening in germany? >> let me read to you a tweet that lufthansa has on it's site. >> we he do not know what happened to flight knife fine 25. if our fears are confirmed, it is a dark day for lufthansa. we've spoken physically there's a degree of ambiguity about the situation, but the tweet would give credence to the idea that some tragedy has occurred which president hollande has gone into great detail about spoken about how this is a tragedy, would take time to find out what caused this crash and his expression of three. there is a sense from lufthansa on their social media site that they are still hoping to find survivors. >> what about germanwings itself? we know that it's a budget airline. it's a low cost carrier but it is a subsidiary, isn't it, of lufthansa. >> yes indeed it is. this would be the first fatal incident involving one of its airliners since germanwings came into operation. it has a staff employees of a few thousand and operates many airbus 320 and airbus 319 airliners. they ply its tr

we see what is going on around germany right now. germany is criticized for being dependent on natural gas from russia. can germany afford to be this islands of her energy and self-sufficiency? >> germany isn't an islands and it will not be an island. we have integrated the european market. the question is which sources are used better still national? over the coming years, or will be decisions made at member states changing the system and i think europe well -- and the long run. >> all right, thanks for coming in and talking with us. possible new clues into what caused the crash of malaysia airlines flight mh17 in rebel held ukrainian territory last year. >> the russian developer says that it must have been hit by a ground to air missile. they cannot fly as high as -- fighter jets cannot place highest passenger trains. the pro -- that coincides with the claim that pro-russian separatists fired on the plane. >> the eu has condemned the crackdown on a myanmar student rally in which 100 people were detained. >> people took to the stree

she also took part in a symposium and spoke about post-war germany. >> translator: it is germany's great fortune to be accepted back into the international community despite the holocaust. >> merkel emphasized the importance of facing history squarely. >> translator: reconciliation was made possible by the tolerance of our neighbors as well as our willingness to face up to history. >> merkel also visited the imperial palace. the emperor expressed condolences for former german president richard von weisiger who died in january. merkel said she hopes for an end to fighting as this year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii. she added she's concerned about the serious situation in ukraine. the emperor replied he hopes the situation will be resolved soon. >>> voters in japan appear to be feeling less satisfied with the country's leaders. the latest nhk poll suggests less than half the voters surnt support shinzo abe's cabinet. it's the second lowest approval rating since he took office in 2012. nhk conducted polls from friday to sunday. more than 1,000 people took part. 46% s

as we all know, there is a big gender pay gap in germany as well. despite the introduction of the quota, germany still has a long way to go in terms of creating proper gender equality. >> thank you very much. foreign ministers say sanctions minsk peace agreement is fully implemented. >> they set of holding the cease-fire in eastern ukraine as their priority. the option of imposing further sanctions was downplayed. european leaders also believe that further military support for ukraine will result in an escalation of violence. tell correspondent is covering those talks for us taking place in the latvian capital. ukraine is on the top of everyone's mind. the foreign correspondent came out there strongly against providing legal aid to pf -- two key of -- lethal aid to kiev. >> let me tell you what i hear on the sidelines -- behind the scenes this basically two positions -- one is by the baltic states. the lithuanian foreign minister said for instance today that unity to do nothing is not for him, and he called for tougher sanctions on russia to keep up

germany's mrs. greece's demands for world war reparations -- germany dismisses greece's demands. then secretary-general outlines plans for new command centers in eastern europe as felines prepares for its biggest -- as it prepares for its biggest maneuvers in years. >> welcome to the show. german officials have told athens that the issue of compensation for the occupation of greece was settled decades ago and the government is not prepared to discuss the issue any further. >> the greek prime minister says the country has never been fully compensated. the deal has soured relations as the country's continued their acrimonious face-off over greece's financial bailout. >> is no coincidence that greece, led by new prime minister tsipras, he says greece will meet its obligations but other countries might also honor theirs. germany's occupation of greece during world war ii was brutal. one atrocity took place in this village. in 1944, german forces murdered over 200 people in the village. 15 years ago, a court in greece ruled that relatives had a right to compensation. the court also ru

germany is back in the fast lane. that is the information we could take away from the services and manufacturing later. shock. germany is back in the fast lane. that is the critical issue. you are seeing this attempt in the currency markets to say, we have tried to hit parity. we are going to head back to the 1.10 level. do the people in dallas really care what they think in washington? that is what i overheard at the conference yesterday. that the fed should be shy about repeating their faux pas of 1937 where they had to raise rates and then they had to backtrack. that is what the bank of england don't want to have to do either. join that easing party again. manufacturing is slowing down in france. germany pacing ahead -- shock. your great interview last night francine, with mr. george soros. the crunch time, in terms of liquidity, is coming. my conversation yesterday was that the ecb will support the banks not the government. that was the message. there you go fran. 1.0988. let's see if it has moved. what a tragedy.

the loss of the flight has shocked germany, but nowhere more so than here. dominic kane al jazeera. >>> right. let's just go back to the area where the leaders of france germany, and spain are gathering now at the crash site -- or near the crash site. the three leaders just arrived a few moments ago. francois hollande angela merkel and the leader from spain. they are there to face a grim task of the loss of 150 bodies. to see what happened at the crash site. the three leaders there, underlining the international dimension of this investigation. ♪ >>> now there's been a large explosion in the afghan capitol of kabul, let's go live to jon jen who yoin join -- joins us live on the scene. tell us what you have been seeing and hearing there. >> reporter: i'm standing on what would normally be a very busy street in kabul, but as you said a large car bomb has gone off here. both the police and health ministry officials tell us that seven people have been killed in that blast and 22 injured. right now the only thing at the scene are police and police vehicles. the

most were from germany, which had at least 72 people on board, and spain which had 49. there were also passengers from argentina, australia, belgium, denmark, iran, israel, japan, mexico, the netherlands, the united kingdom, the united states, and also venezuela. the information could change as authorities begin to identify the remaining victims. >> an entire town in germany is struggling with the loss of sons and daughters, killed on their way home from a school trip.

host: germany takes and more refugees and asylum-seekers than any other country in the eu. officials have converted an empty building into a refugee home. it is not far from dresden, the city at the heart of the anti- islamization protest movement. reporter: local say they were not informed or consulted about the project and tensions as a result of growing. this rundown building on the outskirts of the city was all the city could get at short notice. almost overnight, the red cross turned a former police station into a shelter for more than 100 refugees. the showers and toilets are outside in containers. the new occupants are sleeping on cots. they had barely 48 hours to get the site ready. officials did not give her more time. >> we did not know how many were coming or how many were single. we allocated rooms with an interpreter. i held up fingers to show how many bits per room. a family came forward, i took them inside. reporter: the neighbors faced established facts. erica and her husband are uneasy. no one told them what was happening. erica: grouping so many different

the loss of the flight has shocked germany. but nowhere more so than here. dominic kane, al jazeera. >>> ukrainian police have arrested two government officials on corruption charges during a televised cabinet meeting. the director of the emergency services ministry and his deputy were lead away in handcuffs as the prime minister looked on. >> translator: the government gave firm and clear orders for a real fight with corruption in this country, in a country which is at war, in a country which spends billions on the army and defense, where people are helping our armed forces state and country to survive in this horrible war with russia. >>> the trial of two al jazeera journalists in egypt has been adjourned until april 22nd. baher mohamed, and mohammed fahmy are accused of aiding the now banned muslim brotherhood, charging they and al jazeera deny. after several weeks of delays witnesses for the prosecution took the stand in a hearing last week. natasha ghoneim has the latest in the journalist's retrial. >> reporter: the evidence against baher mohamed and mo

i will keep it on germany. deutsche bank said to be rear is strategy at a look stumbles profitability and make cut investment banking by as much as 1/5. what is going on with the deutsche bank? manus: releasing the attention and fixed income trader and he excels they even deutsche bank no longer can play in that field . what i mean by that? not good as any more. nowhere you are not making money and what part of the investment bank carries big capital. that is interest rate business. a couple of options. three on the table punt to the board. -- put on a billboard. one was put in the consumer banking postbank together. one would be selling consumer bank. it is the biggest part as bill riley said, this a global bank and maybe with misrepresented, a german bank. so, that's a second. the third option one of the do what anthony jenkins has done it is doing and sergio has done and what another is about to do. bill blain: and he understands the whole global banking environment has completely changed. they are going to

germany's foreign minister flew over the site yesterday. he said it was a photo of horror. and that is what these recovery officials are going to be working with later today. one of their top priorities of course is beginning to try to identify the 150 victims that were on board that plane as well as begin the repatriation process. so far no bodies have been recovered. they're also going to try to be answering all of the questions about how this could have happened. earlier this morning, we heard from france's interior ministry. he said that yesterday they had recovered the flight cockpit voice recorder. he said that it had been damaged, but they hope to have it fixed in the coming hours. christine? >> all right, erin mclaughlin, thank you for that. again, damaged voice recorder, but they hope to have that fixed soon. >>> passengers aboard germanwings flight 9525 came from all over south america, asia australia. at least 67 were german. the german chancellor angela merkel she says the crash has plunged germany, france and spain into deep mourning. today she will travel to t

let's deal with germany. is the low interest rate environment and qe and the cheap euro starting to turn the tide for the german economy? hans-werner sinn: no. that is not the case. the turn has already occurred last summer without qe. qe is certainly contributing to increasing the demand for german exports. they showed wonderful performance. that is one of the reason why the climate indicator increased again like it has in the previous months. guy: what about the low euro? we have been seeing the decline of the euro for some time. nevertheless we are getting down to fairly interesting levels now. how much of that is a contributing factor? hans-werner sinn: that is certainly a contributing factor to the export performance but it is also the good performance of the american economy to which germany exports. q e is reducing the value of the euro, because there is more euromoney around so the price of the euromoney goes down. that will boost the entire european economy, and he germany -- economy, germany being o

and we know also there will be a memorial to be held in germany in clone germany the base for germanwings on april the 17th. the chancellor angela merkel and the minister joaquim gauk will be in attendance for the victims of those on the plane when he plunged the plane into the alps. >> two bombings that killed 79, who were watching the football world cup final in 2010. police in campala said she was attacked by two men following her on a motorcycle as she was traveling home. and protests have erupted following the death of the secular blowinger in blogger in blashed bangladesh. third is on the run the attack follows the killing of a prominent atheist writer last month.. >>> there's been an attack at the entrance gate of the u.s. national security agency. two men in a vehicle were shot by guards and at least one of them has been killed after they tried to ram into the gates. the attackers were said to have been disguised as women's and driving a stolen vehicle. officials do not believe this is a terrorist incident. >> reporter: we do know now from the nsa authorities at fort mead, marylan

it was headed to dusseldorf germany. and this just in the spokesperson for the town of haltern, 40 miles from the destination, telling us that 16 students and two teachers from a nearby school were booked on germanwings on this flight but it has not been confirmed they were on the plane. working to confirm that information now. shortly after losing contact with french radar an hour into the flight we know the plane went down crashed here in the foothills of the southern alps, around 10:53 a.m. local time. looking at lives feared gone we want to remind you, we know 6 crew members, 144 passengers were on board, as you mentioned two of those infants, two of them babies. france's president saying the victims were german spanish, turkish. no french were on the flight. the aircraft 24 years old. rather young. and the last routine check on the plane was done yesterday, according to a carrier which by the way has an excellent safety record. as more details of the crash come in tamron condolences surfacing online an outpouring of

sumi: we will go from france now back to germany. the morning continues -- the mourning continues in the german town of haltern, where 16 teenagers and two teachers were killed -- two teachers from the town were killed in the crash. sarah: a moment of silence was held at the moment that radio control lost control with germanwings like 9525 -- germanwings flight 9525. state agencies also observed a moment of silence. our reporter was at the school as students and officials warned -- mourned. reporter: it has been a sad day for haltern am see a town under a collective shock. the people who suffer the most our school children who lost close friends and family. 50 counselors are working with them to give them some comfort. on thursday, the school will open again. but like today, classes are unlikely to take place. sarah: the shock continues to grow in the countries in which most of the passengers came from, spain and germany. sumi: german officials visited today. the chancellor joint commemoration in parliament. reporter: german chancell

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germany and australia's players observed a moment of silence prior to their friendly in southern germany on wednesday. german footballer benedict hooves, held a sign that translates, "holton mourns. "he is from the german town that lost 16 in the crash. >>> now our diana magnay is in holton for us and can bring us new information. diana, i understand there was a student group along with some teachers who perished on the flight, as well as some acclaimed opera singers. really people from around the world. how are people there coping? >> reporter: exactly. it's just past 7:30 in the morning. and german schoolchildren are making their way to school, as you see, paying their respects to the friends that they lost. 16 children from this school, 16-year-olds, they're in 10th grade here. and their two teachers. the school has pushed a list of their names on its website, alongside some of the tributes of this ever growing memorial behind me. we are finding out more and more details about the people who lost their lives. as schoolchildren lit candles for classmates, the famous operahouse in nearb

germany and barcelona. it went down 65 miles north of nice as you can see on the map right there. the president of france has called it a tragedy. we do understand search and rescue headed to the scene. the scene is hard to reach, a very remote area, very mountainous. let me ask you something, regarding the emergency on bopa board. if you're on board and the pilot makes a distress call, does the pilot tell the passengers what's happening? >> not necessarily. he doesn't want to panic them. he's got to do the navigation and control of the aircraft and do what he has to do. he's looking for an alternate field he can go to right away. it's puzzling to me that the direction of flight seemed to be on course, rather than heading to areas where there are more airfields there. >> what about flying at that altitude, general? >> well, the altitude is -- he wants to keep his altitude as long as possible. >> is it high enough? it's about 6,800 feet, are you happy with that? >> say that altitude again. >> 6,800. >> no, i

>> reporter: christine, 72 people from germany who lost their lives according to the latest toll. you say 18 of them from this town. i'm in front of the gymnasium where you see the memorial to the pupils who lost their lives. all day, so far, classmates have been coming to pay respects to the friends they lost. signs up saying things like "why." this is a town in mourning. if you go to the church a similar memorial in the church. a book of condolences. the children at this school have special trauma counselors and psychologists on hand to try to get them through this time. there will be a moment of silence held at the exact time the plane went down in schools across the region of germany and

. >> we understand that it was flying from germany to barcelona. the company is saying it's aware of reports of speculation about one of the its airliners but it hasn't gone any further than that. german wings is the low cost subsidiary of lieu of chance is a. there's no confirmation of what caused the plane to come down, whether there were fatalities. events are fast moving. we will be looking into this to find out what german wings is saying about it, whether there were adverse weather conditions at the time, but at the moment, that is speculation, there is no clear certainty about what caused this plane to come down and the airline is confirming speculation but there is no certainty. >> it's only within the last 10 minutes that we've been getting news of this disaster, because it does appear too have occurred. we do understand that a distress call was issued from the plane and otherwise we're very, very short on detail, aren't we, at this stage. >> yes, we are martin. the point about this is this is an airline part of a much wider airline group

germany is no enemy of red tape or filing paperwork. there will be extensive documents of any treatment he has received here at this medical clinic in dusseldorf or anywhere else. they will tell us as and when they see fit. there are strict privacy rules in germany providing protection both for patients but also in the case of criminal prosecution, things like that. there is heavy protection over what is deemed as private many information about people who are suddenly thrust into the public sphere for whatever reason so family members can be warned and prepped in advance before news goes public. i would imagine this is one of the reasons for the delay. >> mark thank you very much. >> reporter: no problem at all, greta. >>> and german police raiding the home of andreas lubitz searching for any information that might provide a motive. joining us on the plane is allen in the co-pilot's hometown >> reporter: hello, pretty much what your previous guests have been saying. they have carried out all these searches. in the next 24 to 48 hours th

germany slipped to fourth place exporting 40% less. german hardware, like a leopard tank, is in demand, but the government is approving fewer deals them before, even though germany has filled some big orders in recent years including to the middle east. the second largest import region after asia. >> the middle east now has a burgeoning arms industry. we can expect export levels to that region to drop. not because it is becoming more peaceful, but because the middle east is starting to produce its own weapons. >> among the findings of the study this year, erect received arms for many countries to assist in the fight against the islamic state. -- iraq received arms are many countries to assist in the fight against the islamic state. monica: another shopping rate -- another shocking rape case in india after the assault on an elderly run by a group of men. >> they with us. ♪ >> secrets of transformation, our internet series on the winners and losers of transformation. many emerging markets in developing countries are undergoing rapid ch

this is all that exists in germany right now. everybody's watching images of public prosecutors going in and out of the dusseldorf form of andreas lubitz. tom: is there an american equivalent to lufthansa? it is a national -- brendan: it is -- tom: it is a pan am equivalent to you are too young to remember. brendan: no i member pan am. it is a national champion. also, lufthansa is such a simple of the german economic miracle. you can see in the german airports the pictures of lufthansa having started with two planes in 1955, and look where it is now. symbol for the german economy as well. tom: two days in a row of most difficult headlines. we will have more coverage on this, particularly from our european team, through the morning on bloomberg television and bloomberg radio. that we attempt a data check. 2% on the data no. 1.98%. back about 1200. churn to the markets this morning. futures negative two, dow futures -21. stay with us as we look at washington. ♪ tom: let's get to our top headlines this friday. here is brendan gree

that's the law in germany. they're the most successful capitalist country in europe, and they give more power to their workers than any other one. the notion that if you were to do that you would cripple the capitalist potential--uh-uh. it's the same silly argument that says, "gee. those europeans, they're just not doing real well because they have such a big social safety net," national health for everybody, basically free public higher education, and all the rest. germany has one of the most expansive programs of welfare for its people, and it's the most successful country. their unemployment is significantly lower than that in the united states, but on the other hand of course, for a german worker, like for most european workers, being unemployed doesn't have the meaning it does here because since they all have a national health system you get your national health whether you have a job or not. when you lose your job, you do not lose your health insurance. you can't lose your health insurance. it's yours by

it will be a test for germany's u turn, when angela merkel ordered a switch from nuclear power and switch to renewable energy in 15 years. some say the eclipse will be closely watched wherever solar power installations are being built. >> we've seen in dubai that this is being built the u.s. in california, we see it everywhere coming, so we all around the world needle to have a close look on how do we manage the system with a lot of solar and this is maybe a stress test for that system. >> the energy network managers in europe say they're confident the system will handle the challenge of the eclipse and may provide lessons on how to deal with cloudy weather and massive production drops in years ahead as solar energy wins more converts. al jazeera berlin. >> solar energy or not our website is up and running, you can get the latest news and views, the address aljazeera.com. night. >>> you know that old riddle that begins when a tree falls in a forest? it's worth noting since single sex education at the college level has been slowly disappearing. the sweet briar college case is just the late

low energy prices and the general minimum wage which was introduced here in germany. the dax did not really profit from this. only for a short moment, it reached another record high. on the high level the dax had reached before, many people had been nervous here and many expected a correction downward. >> we can stay for a closer look at the number -- the dax finishing at -- the euro stoxx 50 down as well. the dow jones up by more than .4%, still above 18,000. the euro up slightly higher against the greenback. >> this is commodity prices continue to remain low. with prices at the pump continuing to turn downward for the foreseeable future, play of drivers are looking at getting into a new set of wheels. >> for all the talk of electric, self driving cars, it's the ordinary bread-and-butter models stealing the show in geneva this week. >> germany's volkswagen has grabbed the title of car of the year for its thought -- for its passat model. full dragon has started well into 2014, putting half a million cars on the road in the first two months, a new company record. >> we

germany's dax hits 12,000 for the first time ever. for the crude plants, oil drops to 2009 lows as investors await news from the fed. and, where is putin? after disappearing from the public eye, the russian president is scheduled to be in st. petersburg today. good morning. you are watching "the pulse."

very dark day for this town in germany and indeed the world, kate. >> absolutely. the number of nations now who have been hit by this tragedy just seems to grow. thank you very, very much. as all of those families begin to mourn later this hour we'll hear an amazing story of how close some others came to tragedy. we'll speak to a swedish soccer player whose team had been booked on the germanwings flight at the last minute they decided to change their travel plans to take a different flight. we'll speak to him about how close and what that last-minute decision clearly means to him now. john? >> amazing story that is. happening now here in washington, the new president of afghanistan is speaking to a joint meeting of congress. you're looking at live pictures right now. house speaker john boehner, vice president joe biden. the address from president ashraf ghani comes one day after president obama agreed to halt the pullout of u.s. troops from afghanistan to give the afghan forces more time to improve the security situation in that country. we're looking at live pictu

. >> in germany people are spending more money than they have in 10 years. wagion are higher and unemployment low. as nick spicer reports from berlin it's good news for germany's european union neighbors. >> dancers put on a show in berlin. german tour operators are preparing for a record year, because when things are going well at home, many germans think of going abroad. >> the germans are known as the travel world champions. they take a lot of joy in it. they're traveling more and greater distances. our company measured a 30% increase in long distance travel this year. >> according to stereotype at least, germans have an angsts driven relationship when it comes to money saving for a rainy day. people are adopting a zen like larrlarr jess, consumer spending at higher left than in 13 years. >> the other big ticket item germans by is automobiles especially german cars. sales increased 2.6% in january a boost for manufacturers and german workers who are consumers, a win-win situation adding to the general feel-god factor. >> the consumers are feeling we have

germany has not had the best start today. two wins along with a defeat and a draw in their opening four matches, trailing tottenham by three points. they see this game against the socceroos as an ideal build up. >> australia's win in the asia cup in january shows their team's strength. they're leaving behind countries like japan and south koreans who have been leaders for a long time. australia why will be a test for us as we prepare for our qualifying match. they are unbelievable sports men who never slack off or give up. >> less than 500 days to go now until rio 2016, organizers are insisting that today's building sites will be next year's impressive venues. but troubled waters may still lie ahead for one of the main olympic sites. >> this is in rio de janeiro. ideal from above but sources tell us a different story. pollution and toxic run off more than visible and in 500 days it will be hosting olympic sailing events. >> we expect and trust to have the bay and it's waters ready to host athletes from the entire world, and t

germany's dax lost a fifth of percentage point to close at 11,899. in new york, trading is still going on and the tao is currently down by more than half a percentage point. and the euro also losing ground the moment, currently at one dollar 634. -- 1.634. >> ebola will be combining -- confining some 2.5 million people in their homes aimed at stemming the epidemic. >> the virus has claimed almost 3700 lives in the impoverished west african nation. it is one of three countries that have seen its economy wrecked and health care overwhelmed in the crisis. authorities will use those three days to identify unreported cases and warm of the dangers of the virus. king richard roman three -- king richard iii is the last from the house of york. >> is defeat and death at the battle of bosworth field ended the war of roses. his remains were afterward tossed into a common grave as his memory was stricken from public memory by the notorious tutors. >> that is, until three years ago when his remains were stumbleupon underneath -- were discovered underneath a parkin

we know that 72 from germany and 37 he says, from spain. in fact the spanish interior ministry suggests it was a little more than that. obviously this flight was flying from barcelona to dusseldorf germany, the worst affected. great britain has confirmed one dead. the netherlands, colombia australia, argentina are beginning to learn more about the people who are killed. i'm here in this town and the school behind me lost 16 exchange students who had been on a language exchange program in spain and were coming back from a week away. the headmaster said tragically they left here 16 happy students. now we have this terrible tragedy. all morning the students have been coming to lay flowers behind me. there is a book of condolences where they are writing their sorrow. earlier we spoke to one of the classmates of those that were killed. let's have a listen to what she said. >> i knew all of them. they were all in my grade and twoto some i was very close. we already planned things for the future. what we were going to do when they returned from th