joining us, who will provide more details shortly, and there will be some sessions organized over the course of the next few days. so, we believe that with strong, domprehensive, consistent an cooperated or coordinated action, countries and actually lift that growth, which needs to be more inclusive, in order to resist the political dynamics that are not helpful. i will be happy to take questions. muchice: thank you very madame lazardgarde. i was asked you to keep your questions very brief. let us start with jeremy. you mentioned the debate on globalization. i was wondering if you think the imf has given too much attention about the losers of globalization. it seems to be we are one month away from the u.s. election, the you think that the anti-trade policy promises by the republican candidate will cause a big damage to the u.s. and world economy? thank you. dir. lagarde: well, we believe that the international trade, that is what i will call it because globalization is sor
but conditions have not changed. we believe there has to be very significant structural reforms in place, and we also believe there has to be a debt that is sustainable going forward. and we have demonstrated flexibility in the past, in order to assess the debt sustainability, but we clearly believe that as is, the debt is not sustainable. mr. rice: thank you very much. i am turning to our friends from the british press. ed conway. ed: everybody is our friend. [laughter] madame, at the time of the uk referendum on european membership, you wanted that the rangedvote would hav from bad to very very bad. seeing the numbers come in, do you have that assessment? dir. lagarde: we have done a lot of scenario planning work, in the weeks that preceded the referendum. and that was clearly our job. we had various scenarios. one was our baseline. one was as a result of the referendum, and a determination for the european area the european community, one was a mild scenario. and one was
in dresden was toxic. the question we are asking today is this east and west how united is germany? to discuss, i m joined in the studio by three seasoned commentators and analysts, beginning with author and academic johannes staemmler, who says germany is united, but only on the surface. also joining us is andreas kluth, germany correspondent of the economist magazine. east and west, he believes, are growing slowly together economically but growing further apart in psycho-political cultures. a warm welcome to anna sauerbrey of der tagesspiegel, who also writes for the international new york times. she says recent abuse and attacks have brought back the ugly east. johannes, we begin with you. you were born in dresden, which has been the focus of a lot of attention. people have been talking about the troubling events. what do you make of it all? johannes: it really hurts to see the pictures from dresden. intellectually, i do not find it so hard to understand that people ar
it s been over twtwo years since i.s. proclaimed a caliphate, rapipidly seizing control of vat areas of land d in syria and ir. 2015 saw it lose some of this territory. and the retreat has continued this year, too. but there s been no let-up in the group s violence. in iraq alone, 7,000 people lost 7500 people lost their lives in terror attacks last year, more than in any other country worldwide. reporter: their grief is indescribable. the al-darrajis lost seven of their family members to a car bomb attack. amar al-darraji: these are my two brothers. that is my nephew, and up here is my son ahmed. to the left are four of ahmed s cousins. and here is another nephew. his name was mohaimarn. reporter: ahmed was his father s pride and joy. he was 17 years olold and had jt gotten his university entrance diploma. his dream m was to become e a doctor, and he had the talent to do so. amar al-darraji: ahmed s girlfriend is still writing on his facebook page. she has the passssword.
of at least 11,000 meters above the crater. they say it may have hurled rocks over areas about 1 kilometers in range. rocks and ashes are expected to fall northeast of mount aso. no injuries reported so far. about 1600 households were without power. th japan s defense minister is on her way to south sudan. tomomi inada will check security conditions where japanese self-defense force personnel are deployed. she explained why she decided to see the situation firsthand. translator: it is important for me to see if sdf personnel can be engaged in activities that are both meaningful and safe. she says she hopes her findings will be useful for the government in deciding what duties to assign to an sdf unit scheduled to be deployed in november. sdf personnel in south so you dan are engaged in u.n. peacekeeping activities. they re already training for new duties made possible under national security law that is went in effect in march. up with of the duties could involve person
areas of land in syria and iraq. 2015 saw it lose some of this territory. and the retreat has continued this year, too. but there s been no let-up in the group s violence. in iraq alone, 7,000 people lost 7500 people lost their lives in terror attacks last year, more than in any other country worldwide. reporter: their grief is indescribable. the al-darrajis lost seven of their family members to a car bomb attack. amar al-darraji: these are my two brothers. that is my nephew, and up here is my son ahmed. to the left are four of ahmed s cousins. and here is another nephew. his name was mohaimarn. reporter: ahmed was his father s pride and joy. he was 17 years old and had just gotten his university entrance diploma. his dream was to become a doctor, and he had the talent to do so. amar al-darraji: ahmed s girlfriend is still writing on his facebook page. she has the password. she is trying to keep ahmed alive this way. so i sometimes get new posts from my son on my own page.
of at least 11,000 meters above the crater. they say it may have hurled rocks over areas about 1 kilometers in range. rocks and ashes are expected to fall northeast of mount aso. no injuries reported so far. about 1600 households were without power. th japan s defense minister is on her way to south sudan. tomomi inada will check security conditions where japanese self-defense force personnel are deployed. she explained why she decided to see the situation firsthand. translator: it is important for me to see if sdf personnel can be engaged in activities that are both meaningful and safe. she says she hopes her findings will be useful for the government in deciding what duties to assign to an sdf unit scheduled to be deployed in november. sdf personnel in south so you dan are engaged in u.n. peacekeeping activities. they re already training for new duties made possible under national security law that is went in effect in march. up with of the duties could involve person
rapidly seizing control of vast areas of land in syria and iraq. 2015 saw it lose some of this territory. and the retreat has continued this year, too. but there s been no let-up in the group s violence. in iraq alone, 7,000 people lost 7500 people lost their lives in terror attacks last year, more than in any other country worldwide. reporter: their grief is indescribable. the al-darrajis lost seven of their family members to a car bomb attack. amar al-darraji: these are my two brothers. that is my nephew, and up here is my son ahmed. to the left are four of ahmed s cousins. and here is another nephew. his name was mohaimarn. reporter: ahmed was his father s pride and joy. he was 17 years old and had just gotten his university entrance diploma. his dream was to become a doctor, and he had the talent to do so. amar al-darraji: ahmed s girlfriend is still writing on his facebook page. she has the password. she is trying to keep ahmed alive this way. so i sometimes get new po
president xi jinping is overhauling china s military to upgrade its sea and air capabilities. the plan includes a cut of about 300,000 personnel. officials in south korea say they plan to use greater force, including weaponry, to crack down on chinese boats fishing illegally in the country s waters. a coast guard vessel sank off the korean coast last week after one of a dozen chinese fishing boats rammed it, the latest in repeated clashes between the two sides as chinese fishermen continue to operate illegally in the area. translator: we will ease regulations on the coast guard s use of weapons in case of danger. the foreign ministry in seoul summoned chinese ambassador on tuesday and demanded that beijing deal with the matter and punish the fishermen. officials in beijing say they re looking into the situation. translator: we call on south korea to deal with the matter in a calm, reasonable way, taking a broad view of bilateral relations. bilateral relations ha
areas of land in syria and iraq. 2015 saw it lose some of this territory. and the retreat has continued this year, too. but there s been no let-up in the group s violence. in iraq alone, 7,000 people lost 7500 people lost their lives in terror attacks last year, more than in any other country worldwide. reporter: their grief is indescribable. the al-darrajis lost seven of their family members to a car bomb attack. amar al-darraji: these are my two brothers. that is my nephew, and up here is my son ahmed. to the left are four of ahmed s cousins. and here is another nephew. his name was mohaimarn. reporter: ahmed was his father s pride and joy. he was 17 years old and had just gotten his university entrance diploma. his dream was to become a doctor, and he had the talent to do so. amar al-darraji: ahmed s girlfriend is still writing on his facebook page. she has the password. she is trying to keep ahmed alive this way. so i sometimes get new posts from my son on my own page.