The company is cutting exposure to russia. We do not see any reason to write it down but we are reducing our russian activities in the retail space substantially. Central bankers under fire. Janet yellen and mario draghi on the defense as lawmakers on both sides of the pond demand answers over recent actions. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange. Bringing you Business News from around the globe. Welcome to the show. We had german jobless data about three minutes ago. It stayed at a record low in february. The adjusted rate of 6. 5 has come in at the same level it was in january. The unadusted rate down fractionally from 7 to 6. 9 and the jobless number was 3. 017 million. No significant improvement from the already impressive level it was at. The euro not moving too much off the back of that. Lets take a look at stocks on the move. Standard chartered trading higher this morning after the bank announced it is replacing its ceo with ex jp morgan executive. Shares are down around 20 since pe
Misperceptions on both sides. Think when the japanese side some people really believed that americans cannot schuster because their noses were too big at the same time in american there were a diaz with the japanese because of the orient to launder eyes with a shoestring. So the stupidity of people is usually boundless. I am sure japan 1941 was not the topic of your. But you probably talk a lot about it at dinner. A lot to thank you both for being with us this afternoon. [applause] youre watching book tv. No the Political Landscape in israel since the collapse of the oslo Peace Process and to those inland. He argues that the government of israel has moved increasingly to the right. This event from the National Press club in washington d. C. Is an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] know where to put this water. Thank for that. I think that the free begin will soon be reporting the you attended my promise of. This is a terrible act and your part. Thank you, to john henry and empire salon fo
Far of what the nation called the hamas book club. So welcome. I think john is now the interior minister triet and thank you to bill and hillary clinton. Just kidding. My book is for sale outside. I think we have lots of copies of the book. I hope you all will support what im doing here and i will be happy to sign your copies and theres going to be a lively q a session. I want to warn you that madea benjamin is here and will take care of you. [laughter] its been an interesting few weeks. In the last few months we have seen them emerge against the will of the American Public first the attack on syria. They would have met a historic defeat. And it failed again to stop this Historic Deal between the u. S. , the administration of barack obama and iran, the administration. Its been exposed for not having a grassroots base on like the most powerful lobby like the National Rifle association. All they seem to have in its fighting retreat is a whole lot of money and i want to see that they have
I am benjamin hopkins. I am a historian of modern afghanistan. This particular topic is near to my heart. We have an outstanding panel that does span the breath of experience and of experience. We will hear from afghans themselves today who have policy positions and have worked with afghan refugees in the u. S. As a historian, one misunderstanding i try to correct is that our interest is not in events processes when we talked about the fall of kabul, we are not talking to much about an event that is still laying out good yesterday marked the 21st anniversary of 9 11, which month later led to the American Invasion of afghanistan. Months shy of 20 years later, the u. S. Withdrew from the country in a chaotic form, leading to the return of the taliban. Despite the subsequent violence of the american Political Class and screaming disinterest of the american electorate seeming disinterest of the american electorate, that withdrawal marks neither the end of the war on terror or the suffering
Positions and have worked with afghan refugees in the u. S. As a historian, one misunderstanding i try to correct is that our interest is not in events processes when we talked about the fall of kabul, we are not talking to much about an event that is still laying out good yesterday marked the 21st anniversary of 9 11, which month later led to the American Invasion of afghanistan. Months shy of 20 years later, the u. S. Withdrew from the country in a chaotic form, leading to the return of the taliban. Despite the subsequent violence of the american Political Class and screaming disinterest of the american electorate seeming disinterest of the american electorate, that withdrawal marks neither the end of the war on terror or the suffering of the people in afghanistan. Thousands are waiting in camps for possible settlement in the u. S. Or other western countries which may never come. Millions in afghanistan are taft by a repressive regime whose interest and ability to govern are limited