Weak she cannot see her own name but shes only one of many children starving to death because of the war in yemen well hear from one of the doctors trying to help but forced every day to make painful decisions. And i c f from siberia has sent to europes temperatures plunging the string weather warnings are in place in many countries especially in the east. Germanys politicians including macro as youve never seen them before the seventieth birthday germanys best known puppet bear so what is the secret of their success. Im for welcome to the program. But its a decision that threatens to cause huge disruption one of germanys top Court Says Rule that cities are allowed to ban diesel cars from the streets in order to pollution environmentally so welcome the ruling but its a defeat for the car industry as manufacturers may not be forced to pay to improve exhaust systems it could also mean millions of diesel owners on a longer allowed to drive their cars. At the moment most vehicles may be driven in germany cities regardless of what engine they have but following todays ruling cities with high levels of air pollution could opt to outlaw all but the most modern diesel engines a clear victory for the Environmental Group that initiated the legal action. As the school day is a great day for clean air in germany we have fought for clean air for people in cities. For years the legal thresholds for air pollution have been surpassed in many german cities the nitrogen oxides emitted mainly by diesel cars are highly damaging to Peoples Health the German Government says the fumes are implicated in six thousand early deaths every year so many germans support a ban one wonderful its about time for the city center to just be made car free that would be super for man the things immediately there dirty water. Many diesel owners now fear they will no longer be able to drive in urban areas of the fifteen million diesel cars in germany the ban could affect some nine million many trucks and delivery vehicles could also be banned. In risky got there he would have to shut down right away we cannot transport our goods by street car the German Government is keen to prevent driving bans Angela Merkel trying to calm nerves and said cities will receive help to combat air pollution thats good i insisted this applies to individual cities where more needs to be done but this really does not affect the whole of germany or all car owners in germany i think its important to make that clear today. Theres still one way to prevent driving bans auto manufacturers could retrofit their diesel engines to make them cleaner experts say that is possible the costs might be high but the alternative could be millions of angry customers not an attractive option for germanys carmakers either. There you saw youre going to rush reports hes head of Environmental Action. What this ruling means for people in polluted cities. This means clean air and bill have better quality from next months on because itll start about in september or october of this year so for a lot of feel these. Are not allowed to enter the city is this year and a big group five. Eagles will be next year so thats a huge how destry has no if you do to help these people because they sold our us younger and its environmentally friendly its for climate and its for employment and it was cheating cowan street was cheating there because the home base sold about nine million euro five youre six the. Erhu liberal asian only in lab situation but not in reality in average when you are six times more poisoning facilities were allowed and this is the reason by the highest court no total stock that his last would be banned and they have to stop now and so what do you say so those people who run businesses and perhaps people who own a small older diesel vehicles who are saying well when i cant afford to buy a new car and now my business will go out and now i will go out of business. No you have to have these people because they didnt you about the quality of the cheating of encounters and. Was very intelligent i think compromise if but your five houses have. Done more munged most trance. Vehicles four of the businesses are either you or five or you or six so we dont have to solve the problem. But Congress Really has to start immediately. To give me her interrupting you sir the just just so im clear youre as far as you are concerned this is the responsibility of the car industry to fix the car industry should should watch and pay pay these people money to buy new cars or to have them upgraded what should they do. Both of you but unity is now look to the United States for its. Two opportunities to buy back the cheating costs or to root have or and this decision today we all must have a much easier but unity to force industry ive got to retrofit because our daughters will. Be also very intense theres discussion now in germany also of our association urging industry to repair what they are but have they have done its part of three hours of your arm and you have to replace the. Shuttle is eight hour and. Its the technical possible and they can pay i hope but the politician i got an apple the earth is moment. She is also out of the red ok she has got it here an industry friendly politic and has to fight for the people who are suffering and dying because of the poisoned arrow of these are visions ok youre going to ration from Environmental Action germany thank you so much for joining day w. Youre part of. So this is a story with a big ramifications across the business industry as not just business have an industry well you know i mean i get us late into the thank you very much well business definitely has a focus on many of the industries and of the implications in general as you said it in germany is fighting off high emission levels as we just saw but other countries have also problems with their quality and more and more authorities around the world are introducing different measures to improve local conditions lets take a look at some of them last january also placed a one day ban on most diesel cars traffic was down thirty percent even though there were many exceptions diesel trucks taxis police cars and other vehicles where except so they could drive on the streets of also but its not the only european country in paris for example they already announced that they will ban or they already banned diesel cars made before the year two thousand which produced more pollution than other models and starting in twenty twenty all diesel cars will be banned from the streets of paris and thats not all the mayor of london has announced hell also ban diesel cars in twenty twenty and meanwhile cities like madrid athens or even mexico city in mexico have announced that they will do the same five years later in an effort to curb nitrogen oxides and other talk science in their cities so as you can imagine its not the best time to buy a diesel car here in germany right now while some celebrate this decisions authors are worried about the immediate consequences for their businesses some even rely on diesel cars to make a living here are two sides of a controversial discussion. Used car dealer. Is only too aware of the diesel problem his yard is full of cars waiting for by is. The difference between them or is it one type sells well the other doesnt. As i met you last year prices have been falling dramatic that will give all to make as a real shock diesels with the fastest selling models not so long ago they use less fuel and get to. Relief one in three cars on german roads is a diesel. But now they could be banned from city centers when air pollution there breaches legal limits. The industry is struggling hard to salvage what he can of german comic his reputation. Thus this is a leave me i dont like any of that for. All i dont like all these generalization. But i can also tell you all the tests carried out so far by the German Automobile club or anyone else of the five cars with the lowest nitrogen oxide emissions. Five german cars in the fridge torture parts hard. German comic is posing as White Knights a not very persuasive argument that will probably leave customers cold whos going to buy a diesel if theres no guarantee it can be driven anywhere any time the bill for years of sloppy engineering and emissions cheating dwarfs any illicit gains that were made to german and foreign carmakers alike. All right lets dig a little bit deeper into the subject which is a complex one for that im now joined by my colleague from the business desk to my lound to see it now youve been covering this topic as we all have been for many many months now lets start with the point of view of the consumer because as we see this decision i do wonder do consumers in germany really want to get rid of diesel cars i think for most consumers things like air quality respiratory health are very important at the end of the day we all have to breathe but how that city achieved is a where you see a divergence of opinion about what of course as he said affect the lives of lots of people we have fifteen million diesel cars on the road about two million trucks so commuters are worried Small Businesses are worried about disruptions the supply chain and city officials of course will have a major enforcement. On their hands theyll also have to create exceptions for things like ambulances and. Fire trucks now if its any comfort to them this is probably going to be a relatively long winded process this is going to take months if cities of course have to update their air quality regulations and then come up with a plan nobodys going to start pulling off diesel cars off the roads immediately but it could happen now lets talk about the other side the side of the industry because we saw diesel cars in germany are extremely popular and thats no coincidence the car makers behind them have pushed the Technology Despite the criticisms what reactions can we expect now well the reactions have been pretty much what you would expect a thus far. That it cant comprehend that just that decision and that it creates a lot of uncertainty but what they can try to do is offset some of that uncertainty and tell the motorists how they plan on making their lives easier for example of theyll have to respond to renewal bring huge calls for hardware fits now car makers have refused to do this in the past because of the cost it could cost anywhere upwards of Thirteen Hundred euros for a single car if you expand that to the entire fleet were looking at maybe fourteen to fifteen billion euros in terms of cost they might come up with a better buyback scheme to allow customers to trade in their old these olds. Conditions are favorable to the motorists now theyll probably also have to offer more models that bridge the gap from here to mass electric vehicle adoption by for example offering more hybrids with more electrical components and more importantly they can offer to pay for all those fixes what theyll actually end up doing of course is still up in the air but this is an opportunity for them to surprise you well lets see if they really surprise but were talking about the fact that people will have to change their car somewhere or another eventually what does this ruling mean for all those confused diesel drivers im actually surprised theyre not more angry and surprise are not marching the straits or driving their diesels on the streets but if the. On how a bag would be enforced if they are indeed imposed it also depends on what sort of diesel car you drive now if you bought your car after september twenty fifteen when the latest zero six standards came into force then you might actually be able to keep driving your car youll probably receive like a logo or a seal to put it on your car in order to identify it as a less polluting vehicle but if your car belongs to an older standard than hopefully youll get a retro fit hopefully for free or a trade in the worst case youll be stuck with a lemon that you cant resell and cant drive and cities that has to know them alone will keep following the story with you a complicated one for consumers for sure thanks very much. And well have more business stories for you later in the show till then its back to the. Thank you now russia is accusing rebels in their perceived claims of Eastern Ghouta in syria of launching attacks during what was supposed to be a truce russia call for what it called call what it termed a humanitarian five or was which was due to start today after a un ceasefire failed to take hold but humanitarian workers say they were unable to deliver a juror in such a short window. Today the skies over Eastern Ghouta were supposed to fall silent but a five hour humanitarian pause brought little relief to besieged residents in the rebel held on klav strikes reported during a pause and observers say that Syrian Government warplanes resumed their bombing as soon as it ended. When we pray to god for help what kind of ceasefire is this without attacks and barrel bombs. Humanitarian corridors set up to allow residents to leave and aid to enter went largely unused rebels claim people are refusing to leave on buses out of fear of being captured by government forces. And i bought a movie and were meant to pick up the wounded from eastern guta and take them to the clinic in the suburbs of damascus on humanitarian grounds. But if theyre much syrias ally russia accused the rebels of preventing people from leaving and blamed them for failing to uphold the truce ordered by president vladimir putin. That the militants are intensively shelling the a not a single civilian escape to the humanitarian corridor or to going to do it. Moscows plan falls short of the thirty day cease fire which was passed by the United Nations but its yet to take effect a group still waiting to deliver desperately needed supplies so imagine. That you have. A military base there that we cant imagine its really getting big for. The residents of eastern goosen. Can do little to clear up the rubble and hope to mars polis brings real relief. Ok internationals middle east a regional coordinator is matson media see joins us from amman in jordan welcome to d. W. What are you hearing about the situation in eastern tutor. So basically after nine days of unprecedented level of facilities people are tired theyre hungry theyre free and we have seen hundreds of people that have perished in the bombing campaign. And we know off around twenty four have facilities that have been bombed deliberately. And basically we had seen after that announcement of the Un Security Council we had seen like a brief love there was a calmer night or partners were telling us in the morning that people were emerging from the shelters they were cleaning the roads to give space for the ambulances to go through there are trying to get food and water but then late in the day around lunchtime the bombing started again and then people went underground and into the basement again. Its important to remember that this was not a cease fire that was that was agreed but these series of temporary five causes what kind of humanitarian groups achieve during five. I mean one was agreed to cite the u. N. Security Council Resolution said as should be a. Cease fire however there was a bank door that theres a prescribed groups inside hes huzzah that are kind of excluded from that agreement and thats why these five for our troops is really really very. Very little time to bring in humanitarian assistance care has been able through one of our partners today to distribute a little bit of wheat flour. To some of the people that were able to come through the distribution point but only a sleeve wasnt even five hours today it was even after three hours the bombing started again so yeah its not enough given the Current Situation so do you believe the United Nations is doing enough about the situation i mean were calling for the implementation of the u. N. Security Council Resolution decision. There is of course there is gar interests that sit on the Security Council that have influence on the warring parties so at the moment definitely we are very much frustrated with the efforts by the u. N. And with the lack of implementation of a decision as was taken on saturday so if another decision is taken another series of cease fire was. Agreed upon a people likely to trust that. I mean at the moment its really i mean we have seen that in an airport earlier you know if you open these humanitarian corridors. People will be very much on it would be unlikely for them to you know to come out from the shelters and try to cross what are active front lines and in an ongoing war so all people would be very much reluctant and has a tend to take their families to take the children to take the head of the lees through an active conflict zone that has really been relentless for the last ninety days killing hundreds and injuring would could could be more than a thousand people well so in the millions from International Funk you. Because there are some of the other stories making news around the world a check court has ordered the release of Syrian Kurdish leader muslim refusing turkeys request for his extradition check with orses detained him over the weekend that anchor his request salim was then denies to his play that he was involved in attacks carried out on its territory. 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