And theyre in an inescapable sights on germanys landscapes but has the country reached a peak. Conference call welcome to the program the e. U. Singapore Free Trade Agreement goes into effect today now that the long awaited bilateral deals operative the partners will begin to phase out trade barriers it is the e. U. s 1st trade agreement with a member of the association of Southeast Asian nations or ozzy on a group of countries in the region that have teamed up to promote Economic Growth now the deal aims to eliminate most tariffs within the next 5 year exceptions are some fisheries and Farm Products by for trade and goods alone between the e. U. And singapore amounts to 53000000000 euros annually and its hoped the agreement will result in a rise of up to 10 per cent in bilateral trade the European Union is already singapores most important export destination for. Services and singapore is one of the largest trading partners in Southeast Asia now lets take a closer look at the matter w
A government well go live to rylands president ial palace also coming up police move in to clear an australian run immigration camp in papa new guinea the cap as officially been closed but more than three hundred Asylum Seekers are refusing to leave. Also big promises from zimbabwes incoming president addressing crowds in harare amberson god was says hell bring democracy and prosperity back to the country in the wake of the mugabe era but will he deliver. Also coming up feeling that he still giantess and Group Reports better than expected earnings but continues to face flak over its controversial merger plans that will lead to job losses. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us here in germany the press. Didnt is due to meet the head of the social Democratic Party to try to break the deadlock over forming a new Coalition Government thats after the collapse of talks last weekend between chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives and two other parties now the leader of the social
Earthquake in mexico tops 200 people as the quiake topples dozens of buildings. Good morning its fed day we havea lot to get through. Lets get to one of our top stories on the corporate front shares in thyssenkrupp are trading sharply higher in early trade, this after the german metals group and tata steel agree to merge their european operations in a 50 50 joint venture. Gemma has the details. This deal i dont think comes as a surprise to anybody what were seeing here is its been widely expected for a long time, about 4,000 job losses expected, 2,000 from each company. Looking at Pro Forma Revenues of 15 billion euro. These talks have been ongoing for 18 months. Been waiting for the news we had earlier this month of tata steel being able to dispose of 15 billion pounds worth of pension liability, which means this was able go ahead. Still a few hurdles. Still need both boards to approve it still need the European Commission to approve it need support from the unions support has been te
Ohio and North Carolina, with the u. S. Election just 12 days away. Voting pointing to a big win for Hillary Clinton. Laura first, there is International Outrage over yesterdays bombing of a school in syrias idlib province. 22 children and six teachers killed in air strikes blamed on Regime Forces and russian allies. Unicef says there have been at least 38 attacks on syrian schools this year either in governmentheld areas or rebelheld territory. Reporter this building used to be a school. Now it is little more than rubble. Children attempting to gain an education in the middle of a war zone. Reporter the parts of the classroom Still Standing show signs of a lesson being underway as the bombs fell, killing dozens of children. Syriasll village in vrableheld idlib rebelheld idlib province. Who is responsible . Well, it is not the opposition, because the bomb needed planes. It is either the syrians, bashar alassads regime, or the russians. Reporter but russia claims it has nothing to do wi
Ohio and North Carolina, with the u. S. Election just 12 days away. Voting pointing to a big win for Hillary Clinton. Laura first, there is International Outrage over yesterdays bombing of a school in syrias idlib province. 22 children and six teachers killed in air strikes blamed on Regime Forces and russian allies. Unicef says there have been at least 38 attacks on syrian schools this year either in governmentheld areas or rebelheld territory. Reporter this building used to be a school. Now it is little more than rubble. Children attempting to gain an education in the middle of a war zone. Reporter the parts of the classroom Still Standing show signs of a lesson being underway as the bombs fell, killing dozens of children. Syriasll village in vrableheld idlib rebelheld idlib province. Who is responsible . Well, it is not the opposition, because the bomb needed planes. It is either the syrians, bashar alassads regime, or the russians. Reporter but russia claims it has nothing to do wi