sluggish exports and waning demand had been weighing on the economy. earlier i spoke with a former us diplomat who explained the balancing act germany has to trade with china. i think germany is trying to do what it can to enhance the economic relationship while still respecting the important political alliance with the united states of course the crux of this is ukraine, where both germany and the united states support ukraine at pushing back russia and china is on the other side of that with a warm embrace of putin. what challenges will both countries face moving forward economically? there is a question for germany about dependency or concentration risk. remember as a lead up to ukraine germany continue to build its economic relationship with russia and ended up in a vulnerable position in regard to energy supplies. i think there is some sense it s germany might want to repeat that with china or not. at the same time they have a business obligation to do what they can to b
hello and welcome to the programme broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin with the news that the search for the oceangate submersible in the north atlantic is over. the us coast guard has confirmed that the vessel suffered a catastrophic loss of pressure and there are no sui’vivoi’s. the five people on board were on a mission to view the wreck of the titanic. rescue experts say that the tail cone of the vessel has been spotted on the sea bed, not far from the wreck. much of the rescue effort was coordinated in boston, where we can join our correspondent carl nasman. carl, correspondent carl nasman. thank you so much foi joining carl, thank you so much for joining us on the show. we are starting to hear some other developments coming out of the navy. whatever they had to say? we are, monica, we are learning some information that may give us some clues into the timing of this catastrophe involving the titan vessel. this is according to cbs news,
disaster off the greek coast. a bbc investigation has found evidence that casts doubt on the greek coastguard s account of its response to the migrant ship, which sank last week with the loss of hundreds of lives. the ship sank about 50 miles off the southern coast of greece and survivors were taken to kalamata. an analysis of the movements of other ships in the area suggests the overcrowded fishing vessel wasn t moving for seven hours before it capsized. the greek coastguard claims that during this time, the vessel was on its way to italy and didn t need to be rescued. the greek authorities have not yet responded to the bbc s findings. our europe correspondent nick beake is in kalamata in greece. the greek coastguard has faced heavy criticism for not doing more to help those people on board. its main justification has been that they did not want their help and that, crucially, the boat was moving in a steady direction towards italy. now, what we ve tried to do is piece toget
and now the sport. we will start with some transfer news. arsenal have agreed a deal with chelsea for around £65 million for the forward kai havertz. chelsea bought him from bayer leverkeusen in 2020 for a deal worth around 71 million pounds. mikel arteta is looking to stregthen his squad arsenal had a second bid for west ham captain declan rice turned down this week. manchester city have agreed a deal with chelsea to buy mateo kovacic. the croatian midfielder willjoin the treble winners for an initialfee of £25 million with a further £5 million of potential add ons. kovacicjoined chelsea from real madrid in 2019. they re also getting rid of french midfielder n golo kante who has agreed to move to the saudi arabian champions al ittihad. his contract at stamford bridge expires at the end of the month. he helped leicester city win the premier league in 2016 before helping chelsea win the premier league, champions league, and the fa cup. jose mourinho has been banned forfou
and hot on the heels of antony blinken s visit to china. beijing will seek to improve its ties with europe. however, europe has also started to pull away from china to ensure it is not too reliant on their exports. still, there are strong economic ties between germany and china for the last seven years germany has been china s biggest trading partner in europe. so, what is at stake? i m joined by gregor sebastian economics analyst at the mercator institute for china studies based out of berlin. 0ne welcome to the programme. first of all, for the two leaders what do they want to achieve in the next few days? good morning. i mean, the first thing isjust that good morning. i mean, the first thing is just that the meeting is taking place, right? we have a radically different relationship between the two leaders now than we had in devious years. under angela merkel s meant the cabinets on the chinese and german sides had really constant and close relations and this is the firs