Like a president and more like an arsonist im burnt off in berlin this is the day. This is a cliff i am emergency this is real. And its happening this is the perfect storm troopers the great environmentalist here that it is the california folks is america fast forward but there are places where they. Are. What were experiencing right here is coming to a community all across the United States of america unless we get our act together on Climate Change but if he gets a 2nd term these hellish events will continue to become more common more devastating and more deadly. Also coming up china is germanys biggest trading partner china is also a human rights abuse or german chancellor Angela Merkel is weighing both carefully at the e. U. Chinas summit now underway and the topics which it difficult where we dont always agree hong kong for example the treatment of minorities and the issue of human rights. So i feel that today we had a good open honest dialogue which should. We continued. On to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world at welcome we begin the day with Climate Change suddenly burning its way into the u. S. President ial campaign there are less than 5 weeks until voters in the u. S. Go to the polls if you have followed incumbent donald trump and his democrat challenger joe biden you may have noticed that Climate Change has been almost completely absent when on the more u. S. President visited california on monday and came face to face with the consequences of a warming planet in the past weeks unprecedented wildfires have scorched 50000000 acres claiming winds and destroying homes the smoke has made the air quality in cities such as Portland Oregon and San Francisco the worst in the world and Climate Change is not directly responsible for the blazes but it is responsible for the conditions allowing them to become so large and so deadly scientists agree white house hopeful joe biden agrees President Donald Trump does not trump has always denied Climate Change this weekend and again today he blamed the fires on poor Forest Management accusing the states of not keeping their forests clean take a listen this is one of the biggest birds weve ever seen. And we have to do a lot about Forest Management obviously Forest Management in california is very important. And now its it extends to washington and extends also do our a gun has to be good strong Forest Management with that but dug it about 3 years with the state so hopefully theyll start doing that in the meantime were helping them out. Out in a very big way. In a moment were going to go to los angeles to talk about trumps visit but 1st we want to take a closer look at the fires those trying to contain them and those who have lost almost everything to them tonight use Washington Bureau chief in this poll is in Northern California where thousands of people who were evacuated are now returning to scenes of utter devastation. Nothing but destruction this is all that is left on the 5 acres so far with and in Northern California where sorrow hawkins and her husband have created a Little Paradise over the last 17 years to go only 4 hours before everything was destroyed left are only shards of memories programmed mothers good china items they collected over decades the fire was coming across short grass it was coming across dirt there was no place that we knew for sure would be safe. Here in this barn several lost all her 17 baby goats to the flames we didnt have time to get the trailer. We didnt know that we were in any kind of danger no fires ever move this fast out here. You know when we came back the next day. Ill never forget seeing the burned bodies in the barnyard. People like sarah who are living in this part of the world are used to wide fires they have never experienced Something Like this year multiple mega fires burning millions of acres have been destroyed millions of residents have to live in talk seek air the whole west coast seems on fire some climate experts say Climate Change is smacking california in its face. In claremont we speak with the director of environmental analysis Charlie Miller human beings are driving Climate Change theyre driving it because in fact were in cars in Southern California and elsewhere that were pumping up went into the air thats heating up the planet and the atmosphere and so when the fire earth are burning theyre actually burning up the results of our own actions sarah hawkings is not willing to give in and hes already building a new barn knowing that the next fire might take everything away again. Our lives stay in california lets go to los angeles as where even beer in is 290000 is a us political commentator hes a nationally syndicated talk radio host it is good to have you back on the day u. S. President trump is in your neck of the woods in california today what are people saying about him and his reelection hopes considering that he has put the blame on the states for not properly managing their force. Well anybody whos not already a trump supporter looks at it with. Not pleasant comments in return 57 percent of the states forests are actually controlled by the federal government so if President Trump over the last 3 and a half plus years doesnt like how they are managed thats on him 3 percent of the states forests are managed by the state of california and to have our governor essentially begging the president to Vice PresidentJoe Biden Joe biden just called a climate arsonist begging him for help as nearly 2 dozen people have lost their lives its a sad and desperate situation that we have a president lacking empathy for the people of california who just simply lacks empathy for the rest of the largest or you to consider that with what job i mean the democrat president ial hopeful said today about the fires in Climate Change take a listen if you give a climbing arsonist 4 more years in the white house why would anyone be surprised if we have more America Blaise if you have a climate denier for more years in the white house why would anyone be surprised when more of america is under water. Either would you agree that these fires have placed Climate Change higher up on the agenda for voters there in the us west where you wore. I think those of us who consider science the Scientific Method scientific observation it clearly has moved up again we have watched for nearly 4 years the sitting president rolling back environmental protections removing policies that would stop methane emissions pulling us out of the Paris Climate Accords withdrawing from the world and our allies such as germany working hand in hand to address such a major global issue those of us who arent on the side of President Trump do consider it a dire and important situation of must be addressed now i want us to do a poll of one of your tweets which called our today you read tweeted the cover of the german news magazine stare and on the cover is the face of President Donald Trump with the headline american psycho how donald trump is systematically destroying democracy now even i know most of your listeners are in the u. S. Why did you feel compelled to share that image with the people who follow you. Well this is thank you for asking me this is really important brant 1st of germany obviously going back to the early 20th century is familiar with leaders who are not well and do very bad things to the people of their country and others and so for it german magazine to publish that i found that critically important because while i believe in the american system in our 3 branches of government and all of these policies and structures have been put in place for over the last 200 years i had no concept that a single individual and his supporters and enablers would do such an advanced job of dismantling those systems so rapidly in a way that i find to be truly dangerous to our democracy and so for the german magazine to publish that i just find to be completely accurate and something we need to be aware of. A surprise that the german the Mainstream Media here they see that and they print it and yet you still have a relatively strong level of support for daunte trump in the us. Yes and no so because of the way human psychology works and we know going back to people like machiavelli there are ways of manipulating people using fear we see that with the far right in germany as well and across europe and donald trump is using those same age old methods of appealing to the lizard brain the union shadow bringing that out in people and people are susceptible to it if they have pain or trauma in their own lives he is able to manipulate and its dangerous its bad its wrong i call it out and i think more people should as well. Before we let you go i want to ask you about the pandemic in California California is one of the worst hit states in the United States now youve got the wildfires on top of that so one said to me today california dreaming is more like a california nightmare now it is there this sits in l. A. Where you are that all that was so spectacular about california is just falling away well in the moment it feels like that however thats thats not the case here in California California still the golden state you have so much that is happening here at the beautiful nature when its not on fire or when we have a pandemic keeping us locked in our homes but we have the beautiful beaches we have the deserts the mountains we have all the things that make california great and along with hollywood and agriculture the Tech Industry theres so much happening here this is a moment in time that will pass regardless of donald trump and others however in this moment of darkness you know it is hard to see that light on the other side you know its a good point and were all big california fans here i can tell you that even if they have been joining us tonight from los angeles even as always we appreciate your time and your insights thank you stay safe. Thanks fred. Well this week could have been a legacy defining moment for german chancellor Angela Merkel she had hoped that the e. U. China summit in the german city of white signal would be where an unprecedented improvement in ties with china could be forged but this was before the coronavirus pandemic this was before the hard line in hong kong the summit began today all online they face to face and no hope of really making history instead the chancellor today demanded that trade between the e. U. And china be conducted on a level Playing Field she also said that europe should stand up for its core values such as respecting human rights even if it requires delicate diplomacy with beijing. Cooperation with china it must be based on the principles of reciprocity frak competition as well of different societies we have different social systems but we acknowledge the importance of multiculturalism i mean points of rules when it comes to Climate Change and climate protection. The e. U. And china welcome the Paris Agreement that is extremely important and we want to have a high level dialogue take place which doesnt just take place off the cuff but its rather more of a systematic nature to a dialogue between the e. U. And china where we talk about the close go Climate Conference at the end of the year we managed to talk about the topics which our mission is already mentioned and to topics which are difficult where we dont always agree hong kong for example the treatment of minorities and the issue of human rights. So i feel that today we had a good open honest dialogue which should be continued. There was a german chancellors meet you there my next guest has been hard barred she is an analyst in Chinese Affairs with the very Foundation Mr barger its good to have you. Back on the day when this is a huge china summit was 1st suggested there was real hope that now would be the time for a breakthrough for better relations with china but it seems now theres growing anti China Sentiment tear in europe what would you say what went wrong well i think like you said there was hope to get a more productive and with china going that didnt happen but i think something really significant happened then also happened today it wasnt any concrete out be there be china you know investment treaties signed but the whole process we created a big amount of european unity and the chancellor actually pointed that out in her press that the whole process of bringing europe together and actually speaking with one voice. China was important and that actually happened and what we saw today the 3 most important equal in the iraqi well into the chinese president really easy reading of the same script being totally in line i think that is something significant for european foreign policy. Going forward i mean thats thats an important statement to make that the force of china is able to do in europe what other things such as migration and even Climate Change have not been able to do and that is to bring all of europe together do you see it being as a sustaining unity for the e. U. Because of china i would hope it to be that way and the process that weve seen in the last couple of months or year or so has really been very encouraging. Delegations from all capitals in europe coming together and discussing china issues china is one of the issues where its easier to build consensus within the e. U. But one of the big problems that we always have is that we have this notion that in europe we dont eat with one voice and you gave us something that we can and theres other issues where we cant and that is something significant and i think that is also something that chinese see very clearly it because jeno today was not easy for the chinese its not the kind of summit or leadership talk that they wanted because. It really pushed hard on some issues that are very uncomfortable you know weve heard today from the e. U. That europe is a player not a Playing Field in other words china is not playing fair with europe why is that criticism justified in your opinion the chancellor pointed that out. President fundal i also pointed out that the economic realities have shifted to can efficiently in the last decade and. The global is symmetries in the Economic System need to be adjusted and china is such a big player today that the rules by which we engage with china have to be we written or we have to insist that china actually plays by the rules of multilateralism thats another term that came up today last week the European Chamber of commerce in china published their annual report in which they point out hundreds and hundreds of cases where European Companies feel at a disadvantage in china at a very systematic disadvantage and that is why this investment rate as being discussed is so important but its also important to make it a good deal and not just and there have been calls to boycott disney because of its latest film law and the film was shot on location in the same area of china where the Muslim Minority we girls are said to be held in internment camps and now we have the European Union suggesting that china should allow it to send in independent investigators to see what is indeed happening at those camps do you think thats going to happen or do you think its Wishful Thinking on the part of europe. I dont think this Wishful Thinking on the part of europe its a reasonable request for european diplomats to make to actually allow european diplomats to go to and look at it and it will be important that they look at it with clear eyes that they report back what they being show and what theyre not being shown obviously china is going to make it so that would be my very strong expectation and im going to see the trust the teeth that have been reported from khinjan in the last couple of years but at. The end the toss of the european diplomats to point that out that china is putting up a show lets see the see what happens in similar discussions along too but theres been similar just tensions both the w. H. O. Investigation into the origins of covert 19 theres a lot of issues going on ok bernard barge with the bettles been Foundation Mr mark as always we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you thank you brant. Doctors here in berlin treating russian Opposition Leader alexina all these say that his condition is improving of all he is considered the most prominent kremlin critic and he was flown from siberia to berlin in late august after suddenly becoming severely ill from a poisoning attack the berlin hospital treating him says that hes been successfully removed from ventilation and that hes now able to leave his bed for short periods of time the German Government says that test by labs in sweden in france have now confirmed earlier findings by a German Military lab that no volley was poisoned by a soviet era nerve agent known as know each. Special labs in fronts in sweden carried out their investigations and confirmed by german findings this means we now have 3 labs working independently that came to the conclusion that the substance which caused mr van is poisoning it was a nerve agent from the navy chokri my nephew come 1st of all it was this is that is the father now the 3 no independent lamps have confirmed the results its now up to russia to offer an explanation it is because mr the founding underwent treatment that russia has all of the information and samples it needs for an analysis the. News about all right lets bring in our Political Correspondent. And we need to you. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov we understand he has canceled a scheduled visit here in berlin for tuesday for tomorrow what more do we know about this cancellation. Well the Russian Foreign ministry say that there was a change into a schedule of German Foreign minister high commodity and russian for i mean its a lever of well you really see that out tensions between the 2 ministries when he accused barely and the west in general of being arrogant when it came to treating the they supposedly better than russian doctorows for doing and. Say that the west was using of on these poisoning as a pretext to impose most a more sanctions on russia he also say to. Have conducted a preliminary inquiry inquiry on the meetings and of on the head before he fell in siberia but he also say that well russia needed to see evidence of his poisoning before they could launch a full criminal investigation yeah and we have to remind our viewers that he was in a russian hospital for 2 days before he was brought to berlin and now weve got russia demanding that berlin hand over the samples from the body that were taken here is there any chance that germany will do that. Where precisely germany justifies not giving evidence of nerve on these poisoning to russia because i think saying of all the as you say he was hospitalized in a russian hospital for more than 48 hours implying well there was ample time for russian doctors to collect evidence and also now the findings have been confirmed as weve heard by other laboratories abroad in france and in sweden so badly and simply probably doesnt feel the need to provide there are some things then German Foreign minister high commodity is quite a stronger cavaleri when he say that he doesnt expect to bring of the bad news meaning germany itself to be attacked but rather that russian authorities should do with the news of the poisoning itself yeah thats a very good point dont shoot the messenger because you dont like the message the German Government spokesman stephens ive heard has called the poisoning a serious violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention now the government is not showing any signs of backing down over this help or do you think that until america government is prepared to go. Well i think that germany we likely look at a joint u. And so for us in the past russia had already been sanctioned in similar cases by the e. U. For example following deposing of russian Double Agents segas crippling souls very in england 2 years ago last year following the murder of in the heart of berlin of a chechen commander 2 Russian Diplomats have been exposed from germany and now watch were looking at is also the possibility of a comic sanctions and the big question here in germany ease a future of a gas pipeline project north stream to which was supposed to bring gem and bring sorry russian gas into germany treatable taxi and im going to america has always defended that project but following up on these poisoning now balinese say to be more and more willing to discuss sanctions and consequences on the future of this pipeline thats right there is talk now that the pipeline may never go online we will see you Political CorrespondentMichael Johns here in berlin and thank you. 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President arrives in california to visit areas devastated by wildfires locals point to a warming planet the truck blames the fires on poor Forest Management also coming up the president of bella ruse Alexander Lukashenko gets a one point 5000000000. 00 wind flying from moscow as protests demanding his resignation at home head into a 6th week and it is. Their wife on venus science is found what could be the 1st clues. Im off its good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump is in california where he plans to see firsthand the devastation caused by massive wildfires along the u. S. West coast the president has been meeting with firefighters and emergency officials in the north of the state whove been struggling to control record blazes that have devastated 20000 square kilometers has blamed the fires on poor Forest Management and they fill your to clear the underbrush democrat rival joe biden has pointed to Climate Change as the reason. Wednesday while talking to those officials the u. S. President made an apparent joke about Climate Change the microphone was on. Itll start getting cooler but i will just you just watch i wish science and anybody else. I didnt think science knows actually. He doesnt think science knows our correspondent at the airport in the california state capital sacramento where the u. S. President landed earlier good afternoon to you Climate Change denial to start his visit what is trumps message here in california. Well it was somewhat of a mixed message so he came to california unplanned it wasnt part of his planned trip around the west here to talk to voters to to campaign but he came here specifically to this sacramento airport in order to show that the California Wildfires which have been making headlines around the world are under control that he has this he knows what hes doing here is taking control of the situation this airport is actually used by the firefighting planes that take off to to fight these wildfires that are creating an unprecedented catastrophe here in california that being said he also used this time as we saw to downplay the role that Climate Change has to do with the wildfires the unprecedented wildfires and also to deflect some of the blame that people have put on him that hes mismanaged this situation. Do we know why the u. S. President decided to come to california now well thats a good question and has a lot to do with the campaign now he had not planned to spend much time in california and this is probably due to the fact that he knows hes going to lose california this is a solid blue state in american parlance that means a state that has voted democrat for of quite a long time so he doesnt expect this to be a swing state to go for him and so he hasnt focused much attention here but because of the headlines because people have seen that over 20 people have died in these wildfires 3000000 acres burned in california alone they are feeling sorry for the residents of california and i think you knew that it was time to address this crisis. What are the critics one of the saying the president s handling of these unprecedented wildfires. Well joe biden hes the president ial nominee for the Democratic Party running against trump in the Upcoming Elections he said did not mince words he called trump a climate arsonist almost saying that these forest fires were trumps fault now trump has taken a lot of flack because he pulled out of the plane Paris Climate Accord he does not believe Global Warming is connected to these on president forest fires so a lot of democratic residents in california and there are a lot of them see trump as somebody whos hindering the improvement of the situation and we actually talked to a firefighter who lost his own home in the blazes who said hes done everything he can to protect his home he knows how to fight a fire but when you have a mega fire thats burning over just dried grass were not talking about forest fires here burning over dried glass and even dried land theres nothing you can do about it and he he believes that unless we do something about Climate Change were not going to stop the trend. On the story for us in Sacramento California i mean thank you. Now to the u. S. South people along the gulf coast are bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Sally which is just been upgraded to a category 2 hurricane forecasters say its expected to make landfall in the coming hours near the city of the laci mississippi the slow moving system is expected to dump heavy rain in kohls flooding sally is the 2nd hurricane to threaten the region in less than a month. Here in europe german chancellor Angela Merkel says that European Union trade with china must be conducted on a level Playing Field merkel and other e. U. Leaders met today with chinas president xi jinping for a wide ranging talks on trade Climate Change and the coronavirus pandemic the original plan was for a major face to face summit to seal and historic each new China Investment agreement but progress on that investment has stalled and then came the pandemic and then chinas hard line in hong kong. Parmesan cheese rounds from China Chinese Companies are known for copying products from elsewhere in the world that was one item on the agenda at the video summit between e. U. Leaders and chinese president Xi Jinping China pledged to ensure that regional specialties like wine from the mozart and beer from munich are respected a small success in some us we own the rights to which and. More work needs to be done we made it clear where we stand the e. U. Is demanding greater access to the Chinese Market for European Companies to reflect the access that chinese firms have in europe the e. U. Also wants beijing to commit to more environmentally friendly policies and to swear off new coal fired power plants chinas activities in hong kong were a point of intense dispute the e. U. Says beijing must respect human rights but chancellor Angela Merkel could not claim success on that front demonstrates the human rights dialogue will continue president she offered that so in this respect theres Common Ground for a further joint approach but that does not mean that there is agreement on these questions. Indecent that you could call it a checkbook crutch for a next door neighbor russian president Vladimir Putin today granted a 1500000000 dollar loan to bell reuss it came after face to face talks in sochi with the embattled president Alexander Lukashenko the leader is facing unprecedented antigovernment demonstrations back home he is looking to moscow for support. It was smiles all around as russian president Vladimir Putin offered his better reception counterpart Alexander Lukashenko a seat in the face to face talks in sochi are the 1st since location co claimed the president ial election in august extending his controversial 26 year grip on power in belarus location co has had a lasting relationship with moscow since he 1st took office in may 994 when he signed agreements with then president s Boris Yeltsin to integrate into a political and Economic Union with russia but he didnt fully implement it now look it could be forced to fully commit to the terms of the agreement placing his country under the aegis of russia during the talks hootin valve to stand even closer with the question co. Russia remains true to all of our agreements including the agreements stemming from the union states treaty and the collective Security Treaty Organization we see below risk as our closest ally and obviously as ive told you in our numerous phone conversations we will fulfill every obligation to. Issue you to what appeared to be a warning to antigovernment protesters back in that a risk the main thing is not to cross the line theres a red line and you are familiar with this even more than myself you had to draw these lines in chechnya when you were a young president i remember that and god forbid this happens in belarus but there are certain red lines nobody has the right to cross. A creek unprecedented protests sweeping batteries are now in the 6 week an estimated 150000 people turned out in minsk alone at the weekend the aim is clear they want to. Just look at from power. The United Nations is receiving describe to us at lawman reports of the repression of Peaceful Demonstrations the Un Human Rights Council has agreed to an e. U. Proposal to cool an emergency meeting to discuss the antigovernment uprising in an heiress. Or has a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world doctors here in berlin treating russian Opposition Leader alexina vali say his condition has improved and that hes now able to get out of bed for short periods of time the German Government says labs in sweden and france have now confirmed german findings that the volley was poisoned with these soviet era nerve agent know each other british lawmakers are expected to pass a bill to override part of their countries breaks it agreement Prime MinisterBoris Johnson says its unacceptable that the deal would impose different customs rules on Northern Ireland from the rest of the u. K. But critics say tearing up an International Agreement would be more damaging to the u k. Greek officials have again accused migrants of starting the fires that destroyed europes largest refugee camp on the island of lesbos last week the flames left more than 12000 people with nowhere to live well they are now being urged to move into newly erected temporary shelters but many people fear the new camp will be no better then the west. At the back of a long line of hungry people waiting has become part of life on the island of last boss the front aid workers handout bags of food. Since the more you camp down migrants have been camping out on the streets they return to roadside to eat is a simple but desperately needed meal and soon it will be time to start queuing for the next. Images from the asho new shelter tense for thousands left homeless hundreds have already been resettled in sites like this but others fame even to new camps would just perpetuate of their misery if the good to new cham maria again is to start about to me we experience a one year morea i think its the enough to be able to stay despite the village because hes defining physical features. Protesters demand to be allowed to leave less pass nearly 400. 00 unaccompanied children have already left these women and children appealed to germany to get them off the island too. In berlin germanys foreign minister said it plans to help more homeless families. But there are a lot of voices in germany that have expressed a willingness to help those in distress in moria for in addition to is taking it in unaccompanied minus mention in the words in movie outs we have was. Greek authorities who. To move on migrants off the streets and into new camps by the end of the week but these processes say as long as they are on less boss they will never be truly free. Space researchers have encountered potential signs of life on venus theyve detected faustin gas in the clouds surrounding one of our nearest planetary neighbors it could have originated from a number of sources but researchers are not ruling out the presence of life. Is there life in the clouds around venus. Its too early to tell but an International Research team has discovered a clue the rare gas fos feen on earth its produced by microbes who live in low oxygen environments. Telescopes in chile and hawaii spotted the gas by its chemical signature. Phosphate in molecules in venus is clouds absorb short wave radio waves that exist in the lower atmosphere but can the gas really come from microorganisms. The researchers explicitly say that they are not in the position to state that theyve discovered life in venus is atmosphere. Could result from national processes like lightning volcanic activity or for other reasons most of any of his. Income if there really are microorganisms in venuss clouds they would be hearty beings indeed those clouds are full of self youre accosted which is fine full to life. Whether there is truly life in those clouds must be confirmed by further observation a Russian Space probe is expected to reach venus is surface in the coming decade. You know 0 watching the w. News live from berlin rob whats up next with the w. Business stick around hell be right back. Every day. For us and for our planet. Global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. How do we make cities scream or how can we protect animals and their habitats. To the least. 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Government says it will review the plans having ordered the sale of the us business by dance rejected a bit from microsoft on this lets speak to Alison Stewart alan who is c. E. O. Of london based International Marketing partners which advises organizations on how to expand worldwide alison oracle may not be known to many of viewers know and ordinarily a business Software Company is it a good fit for tick tock. Well one could argue the only reason it might be a good fit is because oracle supplies all of the sort of Cloud Computing technology so that all of the information that tick tock gathers about its users their habits their preferences about what types of short form video they like its there almost like a data organizing company and so you could imagine making the case that maybe thats where the fit is however it seems a much more obvious fit with microsoft because microsoft has experience of engaging with and selling to consumers like us whereas oracles experience is really with businesses they dont really understand consumer marketing in the same way they have interesting to hear from buy downs why theyve made this decision but if they do divest their American Business can they be successful without it well thats a really good question i mean obviously the global population without the United States is still a very big number so i have no doubt at all that china and the bike dance owners tick tock owners will want to look at other opportunities you know markets in Southeast Asia in terms of short form video and entertainment and social media are exploding with enthusiasm and theres huge opportunity there theres opportunity in india although currently tick tocks not legally allowed and their opportunities throughout the rest of the world so even if the u. S. Market is closed to them theyve got plenty of other opportunities in a lot of other places meanwhile back in the u. S. What is it about tick tocks that has had the likes of microsoft clamoring to get control of it. Well numbers is really what its all about and data so we know that in the social media world its all about the data and given the number of users that tic toc has microsoft would be in heaven if it could access that kind of target population of customers they might want x. Boxes in the future they might want video games they might want some of the wheres that microsoft sells so youre presenting microsoft in a lot of ways with an added Customer Base that maybe they otherwise wouldnt have had and therefore profits that come with that but it appears that oracle has won this race well see what the white house makes of those proposals Alison Stewart allan from International Marketing partners thank you for joining us thank you. To some of the other business stories making the news. Google says it plans to switch to Carbon Free Energy sources by 2030 that means its offices and data centers will all run on renewable sources of power the company says it will need to create 5 gigawatts of new carbon Free Generation capacity to reach that goal. And u. S. Mobile network for rise in this to buy truck phone or a specialist in cellular Prepaid Services the deal is said to be worth up to 7000000000. 00 and will see 21000000. 00 customers move to horizon that would put the company ahead of rival team. German car make a dime that has agreed to pay 1500000000. 00 to settle emissions cheating allegations in the United States the u. S. Government and california accuse the sadies maker of using test defeating software they also say the company sold a quarter of a 1000000 noncompliant cars and vans to u. S. Customs. Todays settlement with time or since a clear and strong message to manufacturers and consumers alike the trumpets ministration will vigorously enforce our nations laws designed to protect the environment and Public Health lets cross to our correspondent in new york quarter sarahs dime liz how does this compare with what we saw with v. W. In the u. S. First of all its a smaller case if you compare it specially to folks there were about 600000 cars involved with diamond or its as you mentioned around 250000 and i think what is also important that di miller is denying the allegations so that might be important for possible future claims and cases and then 1500000000. 00 a clearly that is a lot of money but that also what diameter pretty much expected past months that this would be the amount were talking about expected what sort of damage is this doing to the reputation of german car makers in the u. S. What german carmakers try to do prior to the scandals was to establish diesel vehicles more here in the United States diesels are not that popular here in the countries still coming to diesel cars that might be a bit of a setback but then again if i just ran into someone here and he told me he just bought a german car in the past week and so i would say it did not harm the image of a german car makers overall in the long term and if you a saw what happens after the scandals came out sales actually have been pretty stable. With the ground in new york thanks for bringing us up to date. Now frances Prime Minister is edging businesses to get on board with coronavirus rescue plans the government has set out how it intends to spend 100. 00. Helping the economy recover from the pandemic. French Prime Minister john kass tax here visiting a factory near paris is calling on companies to sign part time employment agreements the coronavirus wiped out more than 700000. 00 jobs in france in the 1st half of the year the government is responding with a new 100000000000 euro Recovery Program to fight layoffs. I urge you to quickly sign a massive number of long term part time Work Agreements between now and november 1st exact back to the. Dog in addition to fostering social dialogue these agreements protect jobs give your employees prospects and help you as employers to preserve your know how you get bald. Plays out of evil so for companies that sign up the government will pay 93 percent of employees net salary even if theyre no longer working full time similar reduced hours schemes in germany have kept hundreds of thousands of employees from being laid off. The French Central Bank expects the countrys economy to shrink by almost 9 percent this year less than the 11 percent predicted a few months ago damage limitation is the best friends can hope for in the throes of a pandemic. Meanwhile the year is called on china to make further concessions on Market Access as part of its Investment Agreement between the 2 powers officials germanys Angela Merkel and chinese president xi jinping discussed economic relations in a Video Conference on monday e. U. Firms have long complained about Chinese Companies having easier access to european markets than the other way round however some european businesses say theyd be lost without chinese support. German made kitchens like those from prague and paul are among the best worldwide now though the 120 year old half it based kitchen maker has been taken over by a Chinese Company down from port import to ensure the books employ could survive and stay here in half and long term we have to look for a buyer. The Coronavirus Crisis certainly sped up the process. Halford is in westphalia one of germanys strongest economic regions the areas Business Association is concerned about the number of potential takeover candidates their companies struggling due to the pandemic doesnt tend to sizing i mean i dont know if its a trend but were clearly keeping an eye on things. We support open borders and so Foreign Investors are very welcome of course we expect our investors in china to receive the same open markets and conditions as here thats not the case in all sectors though for 4. Or 5 totem pole is not a one off after running into Financial Difficulties some years ago bealefeld based sewing machine manufacturer to do a cop was taken over by chinese investors some fear that the chinese would steal the companys peytons and stop producing its machines in asia but few wins for us in group it was a really good move it represented Strategic Progress a step in the right direction under our chinese oda weve made substantial developments and been very successful. Here for quite a while because nonetheless the local chamber of commerce fears that Chinese Companies could stop buying up large numbers of ailing German Companies china is investing billions world white and its German Companies are big favorites. And i remind of our top story Software Company oracle appears to have been chosen by byte damns to take over its u. S. Arm after president trying to order the business be sold off also for me in the Business Team in berlin thanks a lot for joining us. 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