his father was a canary in of coal mine in the netherlands. because beginning with hitler's policy 1933 he fears the worst for all of europe. he was warning people around the netherlands when this was still germany's problem about the rise of fascism and tried to have political campaigns and in 1937 he began looking for members of his family, he cannot afford for all of them to get out and he cannot afford visas for all of them to get out but he sent his two twin sons hans on the left and luke on the right, to america basically to escape hitler, the invasion of nazis of his home country was two years away at that point and his friends and other family members thought he was crazy, they said this is not our problem it's germany's problem, and you're gonna send her boys to america to the cowboys and indians. he thought this is a rash step. and in overreaction to a political problem that was hundreds of miles away. but obviously he was quite pressing and he would write these letters which the family shared with me long letters which were both pas

detained or arrested the in italy you had to change your flag jurisdiction a from the netherlands to germany because the netherlands didn't really want to do anything with you why do you think the resistance to what you're trying to do is so broad based because if it was just you know italy on waltz of people would understand i mean politically they would understand why that would be the reason but the netherlands' i mean yeah it is because some there is a kind of push. towards let's say disrespect of. human rights and the values we're usually defending so in this regard it's not only an issue of italy it's not only an issue of turkey greece who ever you're talking about it's an european issue as such the netherlands are part of this consorts and somehow and they make it very very difficult for seawitch in this case to maintain its flag and the end of the shift to german flag is maybe a right move so that we can as this german organization see which can maybe address the responsibility rather to the government where they have very close to is going to make a big difference who knows

daily problem for millions of people living in low lying coastal communities and architects in the netherlands are drawing on age old technology to explore solutions including the possibility of life on the water to talk about the reports from amsterdam. i'm still dam is a city defined by water tool homes line it's famous come out but in this neighborhood people don't just live near water they live on it these houses are built on fleeting foundations and innovative solution for the city's growing population pool volk runs architectural tools of the area he says living on water comes naturally to the dutch because the netherlands is one of the world's lowest lying countries for almost 2000 years we build dikes and create land it's in our d.n.a. to live with the water and with all technical possibilities nowadays and the climate change we find new ways to make neighbors on the water because of climate change global sea levels are rising a quarter of the population in the netherlands lives below sea level so these homes are for the future figure who thinks floating home is an enticing haven of sh

and we'll visit an initiative in the netherlands to slow down your next trip to the grocery store. this is your business report i'm stephen beers in berlin thanks for watching. thank you thank the british pound slipped monday in low volume trading as worries grow about a post brags that trade deal between the u.k. and e.u. with both sides already back on the clock looking for a trade agreement the possibility of a no deal drugs that still looms now earlier this year the battle's month foundation examined how much brags it could cost europe to take a look no deal brags it would hit brits the hardest they'll have to reckon with income losses of around $57000000000.00 euros per year and that's partly due to new tolls and duties increasing the price of goods and services and the germans in their export oriented economy would be the 2nd biggest loser with losses of around $10000000000.00 euros a year abroad that deal without a trade deal would also hit italy and france pretty hard $8000000000.00 euros annually in france $4000000000.00 euros annually in italy study's authors calculated w

i'm twice some shoppers in the netherlands are being encouraged to slow down when they take a trip to the grocery store. this is d.w. business i'm kate ferguson welcome along to the season to be jolly at least for the 2000000000 people around the world celebrating christmas but not everyone gets to relax from baltimore all the way to here in berlin people work behind the scenes to ensure the rest of us get to enjoy some festive cheer while repping presents 3 shifts a day that's all these employees do here at a department store in central berlin and the closer christmas looms the more frenetic the pace. city books c.d.'s films and vouchers there's a classic gets people buying a last minute rush we're expecting this year to be a record breaker according to the german retailers association says nationwide turnover in november topped 100000000000 euros december is expected to top that again good news for the retail sector in. christmas shopping bottom line continues to trend upwards people enjoy giving gifts the mood is good conditions generally good with the economy and employment consum

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and university team in the netherlands is working to make fact out of fiction and their hyper motivated. the central train station in cologne germany. a noisy departure point for a quarter of a 1000000 travelers every day. you know there's almost nothing better than riding on one of germany's high speed rail trains these things can go up to $300.00 clunkers per hour you know would be even better if the ride were smoother and a whole lot faster. lighting on magnets hyperloop trains could in theory connect all of europe in just minutes that's the vision of the hyperloop team at the delft university of technology in the netherlands. but could researchers in the old university building really lay the foundation for europe's transportation network of the future. remake of the north is a civil engineer and she is a very clear vision of what europe's hyperloop network could look like with the hyperloop you don't feel any borders in europe anymore you can just go to a station hop into a hyperloop and be anywhere in europe in no time right now you either have to sit through our long journeys and

aircraft is a fokker $100.00 manufactured in the netherlands in the 1980 s. and the cause a government has ordered all planes of that type to be grounded the country's president. has expressed his condolences to the families of the victims a special commission led by the prime minister has been launched to investigate the tragedy as well of course we are keeping track of the story in the newsroom and we'll bring you all of the updates as they come in. us democratic presidential candidate michael bloomberg has admitted his campaign made use of prison labor although the billionaire says he was unaware it was happening is team hired a firm to help with his 2020 alexion campaign which in turn employed female inmates to make campaign calls. we learned about this when the reporter called us which as soon as we discovered which friend a subcontractor had done this we immediately ended our relationship with the company and the people who hire them imagine being so rich you have people who have people who have prisoners to do stuff for you. being so rich you don't eve

now myanmar's leader aung san suu kyi has arrived at the un's top court in the netherlands to defend her country against charges of genocide the west african state of gambia launched a bid to bring me a lot of international justice over a military crackdown on ridding of muslims and stooges backed by the 57 nation organization for islamic cooperation now more than 700000 ringer were forced to flee to neighboring bangladesh and 2017 the united nations is accused of carrying out mass rape killings of the burning of homes during that military campaign says it was conducting a legitimate counter-terrorism response and denies the charges of genocide meanwhile began news legal team is asking the court to impose protections for the remaining go before the case can be had in full recent attempts to repatriate tens of thousands of refugees have failed with many still fearing for their safety well the gambian justice minister gave the opening remarks and he called on the court to act. it is indeed sad for our generation that 75 years of the humankind committed itself to do was never again anot

now myanmar's leader aung san suu kyi has just arrived at the un's top court in the netherlands to defend her country against genocide charges now the west african state of gambia launched a bid to bring me to international justice for military crackdown on muslims you're watching live pictures now from the hague well the suse's backed by the 757 nation organization for islamic cooperation more than 700000 rangar were forced to flee to neighboring bangladesh back in 2017100 miles largest city yangon a rallying in support. as she faces the court crowds of people carried posters and flags to show their solidarity yuki's office says her team will be defending myanmar's. national interests at the court well the united nations has accused me of carrying out mass rape killings in the burning of homes during its military campaign meanwhile says it was conducting a legitimate counter-terrorism response and denies the charges of genocide meanwhile the gambia is legal team is asking the court to impose protections for the remainder before the case can be had in full recent attempts to repatriate te

we travel to the netherlands to find out more. at the university of maastricht we need yohannes rama cares a professor of psychopharmacology. he's conducting one of the 1st level. studies on micro do sing. nobody has actually been able to assess whether this claim is true or false right now we're but just being presented with a case reports of individuals that support the claim but object of evidence of whether such a tiny dose because it really is a tie and it goes really has a positive effect as not being a step just. gave the test participants 510 or 20 micrograms of l.s.d. . he wanted to determine the short term effects that the various doses would have. so far he believes that small amounts pose no serious risks. in general psychedelics are relatively harmless in the sense that do not produce any toxic effects on physiological parameters or else health outcomes so in that respect they are really say. but at the same time. look at the plays around with your mind and that's where the potential risks can be found but this is par

philips and the netherlands and g.e. and the us controlled 80 percent of the market later a competition emerged in the form of fluorescent tubes allergan lamps and other energy saving lighting devices since 2012 sales of conventional light bulbs have been phased out and the e.u. . the leading light of the 21st century. the only d. short for light emitting diode it converts around 80 percent of the electricity it uses into light in contrast to incandescent light bulbs with just 5 percent efficiency. it lasts longer than all previous models to supposedly up to $100000.00 and l.e.d.s. already have a market share of 50 percent. of the smart homes of the future lights will be turned on and off focused via the internet. very light wherever whenever and in whatever color you want. or automated intelligently for efficient lighting and factories or businesses. but the problem is that if everyone thinks they're saving money with efficient lighting they'll use more of it wiping out the saving effect. plants and animals will suffer

. >> this is when new york is still new netherland. it's stale dutch colony and it is being governed by the man who turns out to be the last governor, peter stuyvesant. i live near stuyvesant spark they happen a cat to it and captures his personality, vigorous, energetic, he has a wooden leg which he lost in the holland wars against spain, and he looks like you wouldn't want to cross this guy. wants to be in charge of everything. and although he did -- >> new yorkers can be like that. >> he kind of reminded me a little of rudy giuliani. but some crazy and also very effective. despite all the good he did for new netherlands, he was a bigot. he was a dutch calvinist, his father had been a minister and he wanted to impose that on his domain here in new netherlands. he tried to throw out lutherans and jews at different points but because there were lutheran and jewish investors and directors in the dutch west indies company which employed him, he was told to back off and let them alone. then he decided to pick on quakers. there were no qua

for millions of people living in low lying coastal communities entrepreneurs and architects in the netherlands are using age old technology to explore solutions and they include the possibility of life on the water tasha butler reports from amsterdam. i'm still dam is a city defined by water tool homes line it's famous canals but in this neighborhood people don't just live near water they live on it these houses are built on fleeting foundations and innovative solution for the city's growing population pool volk runs architectural tools of the area he says living on water comes naturally to the dutch because the netherlands is one of the world's lowest lying countries for almost a 1000 years we build dikes and create land it's in our d.n.a. to live with the water and with all technical possibilities nowadays and the climate change we find new ways to make neighbors on the water because of climate change global sea levels are rising a quarter of the population in the netherlands lives below sea level so these homes are laporte tree for the future figure who thinks floating home is an enticing h

the water because of climate change global sea levels are rising a quarter of the population in the netherlands lives below sea level so these homes are lapore tree for the future figure who thinks floating home is an enticing haven of shimmering light he helped design it after coming up with a plan for sustainable community with friends a decade ago the world needs to change we can't keep doing the same thing grouping doing the last 100 years r.t. . and we wanted to make a statement and showed it is. floating houses may seem like a luxury but all it takes a the floating structures can be adapted according to budgets need so low cost homes schools hospitals even entire cities could $1.00 day be built on water in rotterdam support there's a floating farm powered by solar energy farms like this could be replicated in poorer parts of the world that are susceptible to rising waters when you are on a floating farm you go and out with the flooding or as we do here in the port we go up and down with the tide. and still go on with food production no matter how hard water level is. old. who is his desig

artist rembrandt harmon's own fun writing is a national hero in the netherlands using just a few color pigments made his canvases shine like almost nobody before him. now 350 years after his death his fame lives on. his most famous painting the night watch hangs in amsterdam's rights museum and is now undergoing restoration. a laser scanned the painting and analyze the chemical elements in the layers of paint. does that tell us anything about ground brands genius. to slow down so both the announcers to paint such a huge picture as to sketch the composition 1st out some of the example at 1st to position the end science flag on the left different it's ideal place to kind of indian cut on the famous to go he goes as ink on. he developed this picture successive grade as he was painting it and it's very exciting to see this development process because you find out how rembrandt thought which decisions he made and that was not a genocide on affairs leyden rembrandt's hometown lies about 40 kilometers south of amsterdam. he was born here in 1606 his parents' house no longer stands. his father

still to come: we'll find out why these christmas trees in the netherlands are facing the chop. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. this morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. people are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing. imelda marcos, the widow of the former president of the philippines, has gone on trial in manila. she's facing seven charges of tax evasion, estimated at £120 million. she pleaded not guilty. the prince and princess of wales are to separate. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision had been reached amicably. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: as many as 13 people are now believed to have died in new zealand after a volcanic eruption on white island. the presidents of ukraine a

been defending her country against accusations of genocide at the international court ofjustice in the netherlands. aung san suu kyi, who is a winner of the nobel peace prize, said military action against rohingya muslims in 2017 which killed thousands and sent many more fleeing the country was necessary operations against militants. nick beake reports from the hague. many have given up on aung san suu kyi. not these loyal supporters. they told us they'd travelled 5,000 miles from myanmar to be with her today. she'd come to tell the world there had been no rohingya genocide on her watch. are 750,000 rohingya lying, ms suu kyi? do you have any sympathy at all for the rohingya? could it be that the harrowing evidence she heard yesterday, of myanmar‘s army trying to eradicate the rohingya muslim people, had shaken her, changed the mind of someone once famous for her defence of human rights? no. regrettably, the gambia has placed before the court an incomplete and misleading factual picture of the situation in rakhine state in myanmar. aung san suu kyi claimed the rohingya exodus in 2017 was sparked

we have veterinarians that have worked with porpoises from hong kong to to the netherlands we have people who have specialized in taking capturing so we have that that team that we have the team of people who i work with that are experts in finding them will be using both acoustics and visual and we're even going to be bringing in maybe dolphins to help us try to track this really elusive species the u.s. navy's marine mammal program utilizes bottlenose dolphins to locate underwater sea mines little is known about the vacuum no one has ever tag them or been able to study them up close the problem of how to capture them and large but during a scientific team meeting a breakthrough from a scientist who works with the navy program in here that you can ever think of using maybe don't fence or miller and i mean that's completely out of my. way through books and she said well you know if they can find diverse and objects in the water and sure they could find what you. next day we went to the maybe facility for years they trained the dolphins they took them to the golden gate in san francisco wh

the craft for 100 manufactured in the netherlands in the 1980 s. and all types of that plane is now been grounded in cassocks down pending an inquiry president has expressed his condolences to the families of the victims he's also one of the prime minister to lead a special commission to investigate the tragedy. let's talk now to see for a riff and who's director of aviator e. into nature thanks for joining us on r.t. this morning of course takeoffs and landings for any cockpit crew of the most vital and sensitive parts of any flight from what we know so far what do you consider to be the most likely cause of the crash. yes column thanks for having me it's a sad news indeed in my condolences for the loss of the families of the victims and we're hoping that the death tolls do not add more to the list right now but it is a sad event and you are correct that the takeoff and landings are mostly the crew most critical phases on any any flight because you will have the tendency of low speeds and so many procedures and protocols to be done in the cockpit

police in the netherlands said the arrest was made as a result the leading democrat in the us senate, chuck schumer, says the expected impeachment trial of donald trump would be a cover up if it didn't hear from key white house officials. mr schumer is calling for four witnesses to appear, including the former national security advisorjohn bolton. laura trevelyan reports from washington. washington is braced for a decisive few days in which president trump may become only the third american president in history to be impeached. in a new report, house democrats are alleging that the president's abuse of power includes multiple federal crimes, such as criminal bribery. thank you very much, it's a great honour. democrats charged the president withheld military aid from ukraine's predident to get an investigation intojoe biden and his son, and obstructed congress by not allowing key witnesses to testify. if the house impeaches the president, the senate will hold a trial in early january. the minority leader chuck schumer has written a letter with a list of witnesses he wants to call, incl