as just gets a taste of the case for and against germany. germany is helping in mali with troops supporting the united nations mission in this west african trouble spot their training mali and security forces among other top. and in afghanistan with some twelve hundred troops the german military is the second biggest contributor of personnel to nato is resolute support mission after the u.s. . and with the rapid response force germany is currently leading the spearhead of nato. it was formed as the ukraine crisis unfolded as a deterrent against russia. something of a deterrent to germany's contribution is its defense budget. and finance minister old off scholtz plans to cut it back to one point two three percent of g.d.p. by two thousand and twenty three far below nato's invision goal of two percent. chancellor merkel is still counting on one and a half percent until two thousand and twenty four. for us to fulfill their stated all the occasion i stand behind that and so does the german government. can the nato partners rely on germany. this

attitudes in germany? we've talked about attitudes towards migration, we've talked about women. what about when it comes to balancing the books in germany? that much in your own country in order to show that, as you say in german, you are in the black, not in the red. this is an obsession that goes back to the 1930s. isn't it time to move on and to say, let us invest in our own country, because it's notjust good for germany, it's good for the rest of the eu, because those countries in the south say that german obsession with its own economy and keeping the money in the bank is harming the union as a whole. yes, that is a popular argument, that our very conservative budget policy and no new debt leads to fewer investment. but the truth is we have invested a lot in recent years, we have made available a lot of money, the economy has grown, and it shows that responsible budget policy and investing into the future are not mutually exclusive. i am from a federal state which has a very difficult budget position,

for germany that would be a disaster. i think the german and the european economy are strong enough to be successful in different situations. there is always up and down in the economy. you have to be able to face this. and if you want to be successful in the times we live in, you must be effective in the way that even the medium—sized companies are successful on the world market. this is what happens to germany and this is one of the parts of our success. and one of the outcomes is that we always have to face the situation that there is — a bigger growth, or a slower growth in the world economy. and this has some effects on europe and on germany, but we will be able to face it. how did you feel when donald trump called europe a foe in terms of economic and trading relationships? he is not right and anyone who knows... he is the president of the united states. saying he is not right isn't going to help you build a relationship with the administration. we have very good talks with the american administration. i had a v

the answer is both but while a disorderly breaks it threatens to disrupt supply chains across europe germany companies try to focus on the task ahead and that is keeping pace with new technologies. also on the show spain is a pioneer in wind power and fresh cash into large scale renewable power projects promises to boost the sector. back up to your business i want to get jones in berlin and another day another failure by the british parliament to agree on a way forward for brics it on monday lawmakers rejected a fresh set of alternatives to the withdrawal agreement prime minister theresa may has put to the vote three times already and this means that the prospect of a britain leaving the european union without a deal ten days from now that is april the twelfth remains firmly on the table protesters of varied views took to the streets to express their frustration over the deadlock. meanwhile the ongoing breaks and uncertainty is proving expensive for german companies despite contingency plans above all there is a sense of this belief now. the cs he is the head of the german electrical industr

and germany similar to nato. but on the other hand -- then comes a domestic debate in the kind of party power politics and then germany is sending mixed messages which you mention. so the question is we stick to northrend not stream to the pipeline and at the same time we do lots of deterrence and defense and the somewhat papa say. what you actually want you want to do that upon project was a russian so you want to defend us against the russians? then we have to export problem on the one hand we want to build a strategic autonomous europe as fronts miss big industrial flexure projects. but then we don't want to export them so what papa say yep honestly in terms of credibility reliability. we don't really know what you want and that's the same with the one point 542% defense budget we cannot talk about what you that's what is in the whole day. and when it's about to strengthening the institutions to do what you liked what is nato in you you when you say well maybe not. so there is a kind of a gap between what we d

can the nato partners rely on germany. andreas earlier this year german foreign minister from the lion said nato is about decency and dependability and not just cash in contributions the word dependability is important that more and more of germany's allies are beginning to doubt that germany is a reliable act so what's your take on a lot they're not wrong i mean i'm not sure they're right but they're not wrong and this goes back you have to understand this is not about trump this goes back several administrations. defense secretary gates in the w. bush administration came out strongly criticizing the germans they've just been more diplomatic and that's just the americans but the other partners as well and germany clearly has to do the things that has been trying to cash in its alleged peace dividend after the cold war and it has let its army navy and air force just go to rags i mean there's a submarines that don't float and airplanes that don't fly and all of that and that's now well documented and that's not and that goe

as well and big part on that of germany and that means also we have to spend more in germany. final question what about ten seconds the next u.s. president do you think it will be easier to convince german the public that defense spending is something that should be bigger suddenly i think it's not very very unpopular so him asking him of the two percent spending goal is not actually helping his goal of making germans spend you know that's the trump factor many many aspects of their cerebral why we appreciate you coming in and sharing your insights and i thank you. well since we are on the subject of germany and the us today u.s. president trump is visiting calexico california for a photo op at the us mexico border no trump has threatened to close the border completely of congress and mexico do not do more to slow the flow of migrants into the u.s. strong tells americans that his border wall will be part of the migration so legion walls have been a recurring theme this week on both sides of the atlantic and we thought it was worth listening at how leaders invoke the image of w

with germany's history. but what about the future of the us nuclear program this is the facility in the nevada desert at which the pentagon develops and test weapons. right now experts are working on the b. sixty one model twelve the latest version of a tactical and strategic nuclear weapon. it's an expensive project. the budget for twenty nine hundred eleven is estimated to be about two hundred fifty four million dollars. to be sixty one can be deployed with a number of military aircraft including german tornado fighter bombers adaptation of those aircraft was scheduled for twenty nineteen ph two hundred integration refers to the tranny a two hundred. in about five eight years there will be a new type of weapon more advanced that's going to be coming back to germany and be deployed here at google. but aircraft have to be configured for that type of aircraft for the for that. weapon it's called a b. sixty one twelve. the tornado is right now undergoing flight test in the united states to be able to deliver t

into uncharted waters and hurt companies in the blocks biggest economy germany that's the forecast from the country's main industrial federation the p.d.i. . it's a pity that the britons decided to leave but it's it's a fact we just do not have to comment so we have to take it so what we call for now is let us hope for an orderly exit not give so much harm to the economy on both sides of the channel if it comes to a cliff edge scenario that would really be horrible what do the numbers say according to the p.d.i. a new deal breaks it would reduce german economic growth to just not point seven percent for this year and set of its current prediction of one point two percent. and it would impact the labor market as well the b.t.i. says one in four companies with business connections to britain will probably have to axe jobs if the u.k. really does leave e.u. without a deal. now no wonder breaks it also casts a shadow over the world's biggest industrial fair currently underway in hanover germany with many companies their worries about the impact it will have on their supply chains now then i

if pieces germany's nazi past should be seen you know wider context. and we also want to focus on the positive aspects of german history because we think every nation needs positive points to identify with its feelings been in power what do you suppose you can do to support stressing the favorable aspects of german history's pulling the wool over people's eyes i think it's wrong and downright dangerous and we have done important work over decades taking a critical look at our own history and on the. political conflicts that could affect the future of germany's public memorials. i'd like to turn now to thomas sparrow our political correspondent for more on this good to see a thomas so the far right a of da is trying to change the culture of our members that is so integral and so important to germany how has it gone down with the other political parties well as you can imagine all other political parties have rejected that stance of the alternative for germany there are many issues where germany sort of parties have been at odds in recent months but. if

i'm happy that i can return to my beloved homeland times germany. and. the kurdish authorities would like to get rid of foreigners like zainab as quickly as possible but hardly any country wants them back the local authorities are overburdened with investigating securing evidence clarifying guilt an international court is now supposed to solve the issue but the west is treating this initiative with great caution. presence of thousands of fighters and their families is a major problem for the autonomy's authorities in northeastern syria. we do not have the possibility of bringing them to justice here if they have committed crimes against syrians or iraqis now they spend their days waiting to go back home but their fate remains uncertain as long as they are not welcome in their former homelands. after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day. i was issued when i arrived here i slept with six people in a room. it was hard i was fair. i even got white hair. and the german language head nodding off just gets me and could help but you need me to

the number -- a number of us have personal ties to germany and have worked in germany. colleague was chief economist in the german economy ministry recently. but it is a special treat for us when a senior german official reaches across the atlantic and reaches out to our audience and attempts to give us an understanding of where they see the world going and where the world should go. i think we are going to be not completely satisfied but definitely stimulated and urged ford by his vision. vice chancellor scholz has been the federal minister of finance for roughly a year now. he is been acting chairman of the socialist democratic party for this last year. for seven years, he served in a role, and he was vice chair of the group from 2009 to 2011. importantly, he was also federal minister of labour and social affairs in the previous government from 2007-2009, and as i was reminded during that period in the early days of the crisis, germany undertook a set of labor market programs which became referred to as short work in german. when i was sitting at the bank of england,

is in the interest of germany as well as other. actress to germany the chancellor of economic and energy affairs and so on and so for us it's a big aspect north stream too is predicted to to lower gas prices for e.u. consumers but mr verver sees it is still not in the e.u.'s interest because it will increase dependence on russian energy i put it to use the dollar is concerned i've weighed the benefits of price cuts especially in germany which currently pays the most in europe. been the most for the electricity but if it comes to gas germany has a long cooperation vis the soviet union address russia it was obvious you know successful we are not as much dependent as russia is dependent on the european market i mean look simply on the. grid of. you know from siberia to europe and you can changes over overnight on the other had we have so many other suppliers i mean we have a lot of allergy notes in europe which are you know only used by thirty percent we have navi as a key supplier from the north we have still the netherlands we have

out germany would be annihilated. so the better prepared we were to defend ourselves the greater the chance that we never have to use those weapons on the saddam in the pool that's called deterrence and it worked. any soldier can understand that concept. and that's how we explained it to the you know if. that's the biggest and then there is in. until the one nine hundred ninety s. there were one hundred twenty similar storage sites throughout germany and the artillery shells were intended to stop soviet tank forces. the shells had a range of twenty to thirty kilometers so they would have been fired only on german soil this footage shows one such small nuclear explosion. there were nuclear anti-aircraft missiles and even nuclear mines. there were all sorts of crazy weapons during the cold war period if you look back at that today you'd think the world are gone insane because those weapons represented absolute self destruction. that there were nuclear landmines on the border between east and west germany and the nikkei

he's grateful to germany for his medical treatment. and he doesn't understand how german tax politicians can work for russia. the west should respond to attempts by the citizens of european countries to enrich themselves in questionable ways a very good example is. first off say that charges should be brought against the former chairman chancellor since try to work for corporations that answer to the kremlin particularly if. he gets millions of euros for his positions in the russian establishment and we all get it it's not commercial work it's reward for representing. as interests in the west and in the world. with one person officemate resistance to putin his life's work. a single attack won't change that. and d.-w. has reached out to russia's domestic intelligence agency the f.s.b. for their side of the story they have yet to get back to us as to mozambique now that country has started a vaccination program to contain an outbreak of cholera the campaigns targeting about nine hundred thousand cyclon survivors in the country since cycl

i'll be talking about you and i was talking about germany i mean germany honestly is not paying their fair share i have great respect for uncle and i have great respect for that country my father's german right was german and born in a a very wonderful place in germany and so i have a great feeling for germany but they're not paying what they. be paying you're paying close to one percent and is supposed to be paying two percent in the united states over the years got to a point where it's paying four point three percent which is very unfair and the u.s. to be pretty especially under me because the g.d.p. is going up so much because it's one point three of a much larger g.d.p. so we're paying for a big proportion of nato which basically is protecting europe so we're protecting europe. let's go straight to brussels where nato has its headquarters and did have used standing by for us good morning sorry president trump there again pressing nato allies especially germany to spend more on their militaries as nato marks the seventieth birthday can you give us a picture of its overall financi

soldiers like alex went to war for germany. but once they returned to their country many of them feel lost. critics say that's not right the point is their faces new responsibilities on the domestic front and in alliances. in twenty fourteen russia annexed crimea and since u.s. president has been in office many europeans doubt that they can depend on the united states. they expect germany to step up to the plate. on the one hand we promised nato three combat divisions and we train them up but we are very hesitant to deploy them that in itself is not bad in principle but it's a discrepancy that comes at the cost of the soldiers. maybe we need to be more honest and say will scrap combat troops and provide medical and logistics services instead. then we wouldn't have these problems. but our special forces have an international reputation as world champions in the training field and we're scared in many cases politicians are scared stiff of deploying them because someone might sprain their foot that leads to huge frustration among

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on military expenses germany has agreed to move in the direction of that goal. that it obvious washington bureau chief alexander phenomena joins me now from the alexander nato secretary general against altenburg has been speaking to reporters what did he say. he was basically talking about the agenda for this meeting here and one huge topic here is russia and what has been described here as russia's aggressive behavior especially in the black sea and the ministers here are talking about the so-called black sea package measures including civilians and more nato ships in the black sea with the purpose of strengthening georgia and especially ukraine with the purpose of making sure that ukraine ships can travel safely in an area that is effectively controlled by russia the current strange has become sort of flashpoint between russia and the west and after russia ceased ukrainian ships there in november so that is one of the topics the foreign ministers are talking about here they also are talking about afghanistan the new training mission in iraq and of course burde

and i'm hoping i'll be allowed to come back to my beloved home country germany. chant. her son was born during the war now she's hoping the worst is behind her. cause cruel things happen their women and children have no value at all women were horribly mistreated by isis. whether complicity or not should isis polymers get a second chance. what do you think there is she telling the truth and how do you go about ascertaining something like that you know this is a standard so what we get when we interview the people that they don't have they don't accept the islamic state and so on but i think this is we should really think about what they say because for me personally i do not believe her because she is she live in this level stay till two thousand and nineteen for almost four years that for years there were many many chances to lift the state and to go to surround herself and we saw many cases by the way that women really do not accept the difficult. difficult sun they manage to the top. to go back in the end of the day we should think about who are going to come back in

which show you doesn't individual have made in germany thirty. keep learning. wait a second we want the whole to show our facts instead of make ideas shift deliver us . from admitted reality to cryptocurrency to your topics for live in an ever changing digital world let's start the digitalisation. just. on t.w. . i'm secure in the volume or that's hard and in the end it's a me you're not allowed to stay here anymore who was into that. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers we're alliance of. what's your story. i mean when i was a women especially in victims of violence in. take part and send us your story your train always understand this new culture. another visitor yes you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. this is you know we news live from berlin. government shakeup sri lanka's president tells the country's defense and police chiefs to step down from mishandling intelligence warnings of possible attacks meanwhile grief stricken sri lankans continue to bury their loved ones killed in the easter bombings

fight our way into syria he killed in the fighting and she came back to germany and. another guy went against second time there this is an this is an example to show you how dangerous they are you've interviewed a number of women women the brides of the highest fighters. was there an attraction to the anti feminist message that is part of the city ology what drew the men the the women you talk to while in the end of the day that's women live in the kind of sharia. imagination that the woman play the role of the host wife she should serve her and she is she should keep herself in holds she serve the religions she serve the gods when she is. this is a kind of you can say it and to if i'm ism like this but also with the kind of. insight because they look to others and believe. and they do not accept even to talk with someone i came from iraq and i talk with her she said i don't want to talk with you because you are i believe something like this our perspective here and your is there you can roll your eyes a bit christian there were nine hundred s. true but every shouldn'

and germany last year spends one point two three percent of its g.d.p. on defense and that now the current budget at least comes to increase up to one point five percent by twenty twenty four but this two percent target say of g.d.p. spending on defense is still a long way away and that's actually an open and target in germany but they still as i mentioned has very much to do with the reluctance in germany to participate in front line military operations and the s.p.d. which was is the mynah it's a junior partner in the governing coalition right now they have already put the brakes on defense spending and instead they're calling for more money to be invested into actual military capabilities but that in itself is a really big challenge for germany there's these really damning reports over the last few months about the state of the bundestag the german military with a lack of recruits a lack of equipment so that itself is very difficult and the idea of even getting germans to become members of the military as well is a whole different challenge it's a deb

position well germany has said no it's very much against a hot border but these official or at least physical infrastructure on that border to come protect the integrity of the single market a customs union really could become a reality and that's exactly what marco wants to assess today why. effects this could have on the border and on those lives of people living with potential borders physical infrastructure on the frontier again between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and of course germany is also keeping its own interests in mind as well of course if the u.k. crash does indeed crash out of the you on april twelfth without a deal that could have huge economic repercussions for germany certainly some of the biggest repercussions it within the e.u. on the e.u. member states but right now germany is very much waiting for answers from london and again this is been the problem time and time again as this process has become longer and longer is that the the german economy that german business is to are also waiting for answers they just want to know exactly what it is that

and surely explore germany. take. everything out there's a lot going on in. germany still. tricky. to w. . this is news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes on world malaria day we gonna end our administration the only licensed vaccine to protect against the mosquitoes great disease we have a report from ghana women lariat kills three children every day. will also get a report from. narrate fictions picking up in the aftermath of the last month's deadly psycho.

the outlook for germany's economic environment has been looking increasingly gloomy now a key indicator of business confidence is also pointing to a decline the institute for economic research regularly surveys nine thousand firms its business climate indicators suggest the services and construction sectors are still feeling strong traders with a higher alliance on exports are more pessimistic about the next six months weakening global economy the uncertainty over breaks it and major trade disputes are all weighing on the move. i'm now joined by claimants forces the president of the evil institute who conducts this study this is why our german business leaders worried and do they have a point well they certainly have a point in particular in manufacturing manufacturing in germany has a strong export exporter and due to increasing trade wars brags that uncertainty exports have been slow although it is not only exports what we see is that even domestic demand for certain types of industrial products is weak in particular demand for investment gold so it seems that german companies are slo

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here in germany the rightwing populist party alternative for germany e.f.t. wants germans to be proud of being german and that's because the party believes people spent too much time remembering the crimes of the nazi era germany has developed or of course a culture of reserve remembrance to ensure that a doctor shop to insist tree is not repeated. not far from berlin sex and house and concentration camp was one of many sites where people were brutally annihilated on a huge scale german world war two school groups come here from across europe to learn about nazi atrocities. this is short this is really depressing. that makes me feel very sad as it's a horrible feeling to be here. until now there has been a consensus in german politics to ensure that the crimes of the nazi era and not forgotten especially among younger generations but the far right a.f.d. reject this they claim nazi history takes up too much school time and say the culture of remembrance is bad for germany. the effect ladies and gentlemen is quite clear young people are systematically brought