they now ruled all of germany. but still they had trouble with their oldest and most persistent enemy, the truth. they found the truth does not die easily. and so they decided to abolish truth. one great source of truth is literature. so they burned books. 20 million of them. many great men in germany who spoke the truth were jailed or driven from the country. teachers. scientists. education was discouraged. in five years college attendance dropped 53%. it was forbidden to listen to a british radio program or read an american newspaper. in nazi germany you had to get your information from this man. he knew what was best for you. the church was one force in germany you couldn't watch things on tv that disagreed with settler. greatest scientists disprove the theory. he was non-arians we had to leave germany. nazis having sold the line, were not supportive of albert einstein. he was strong enough to proclaim the truth in public. >> no doubt it is possible that we christians are in a grave danger. faith --s, stanza out

reporter: germany's foreign minister said events in the u.s. should serve as a warning. >> the debate in america has shown how the president's initial statement upset american society. that seems to be the reason why he corrected himself. but the wave of anger was rightfully huge, and we see what happens when nobody stops right wing ideologists. it should be a lesson, especially for us in europe and germany. reporter: meanwhile, united nations human rights experts in geneva have called on u.s. political leaders on all levels to combat the rise of racist violence and xenophobia. and urge the prosecution of those who commit hate crimes. sarah: for more on this i'm joined by mark fisher, a senior editor at the washington post. thank you so much for joining us. you blasted trump's response in an article titled, the nation can only -- can you put his remarks into contest -- context for us? how unusual is it to hear these things? mark: it is unprecedented to hear u.s. president saying the people who were protesting against an extreme right band of wh

turkey needs europe and germany than germany and turkey -- germany and europe need turkey. that, bulent mumay, how can turkey afford to alienate turkey to this degree? this direct election byommendation that wassished president -- that was issued by president erdogan is being taken seriously by the german government. >> i think it shouldn't be. like fourmore than -- million people living here from turkey. half of them, let's say, most of germans.not they don't have german passports. haveone million people passports, which is the right to vote. the people who have german more wellare much integrated to the german communities. so the people who have the right who have turkish origins, i don't think they will be so much influenced by mr. erdogan. issue is -- second issue is the turkish voters -- erdogan told them not to vote for them. let's think. spd, whoon't vote for will gain from that? never work. so it's a pity. the third thing is, let's not vote for these three parties. let's talk about three other parties. ae party calls erdogan terrorist several times. >> the leftist p

by the year twenty twenty four take a listen to exactly how she put it in the past that germany's far from the target of spending two percent of the national budget on the fans but it's very important that this year we increase that to one point two percent and wish to also place importance on defense in the future. and in fact gabriel's party is one of the main rivals to merkel's christian democrats party in next month's election and want defense spending is one of the most pressing issues here in germany so far merkel has been avoiding this in the run up to the vote and it's not just defense spending a looks like merkel has been avoiding other thorny issues as well as she chose to speak to tech and beauty bloggers at the height of her campaign take a look at this package off out earlier anglo merkel should be feeling energized and fresh after her three week break in the italian alps but judging from her latest election campaigning looks like she's still in vacation mode the chancellor spent time talking politics with several young you tube celebrities here in germany one of them is

reporter: germany decides. that is what is happening with federal elections take place september 24. among the issues voters will decide upon is whether he and his ftp will type -- help cshape the country's future. brent: you can watch that interview tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 utc here, or on her website. -- on our website at dw.com/germanydecides. here are some other stories that are making news around the world. a powerful typhoon has it hong kong and macau on the southern chinese coast leaving several dead. it uprooted trees and triggered massive waves as it came to shore, causing severe flooding and power outages. thousands of people have been evacuated. an italian baby is safely back in his father's arms after being rescued from the wreckage of his home after a magnitude 4.0 earthquake. rescuers also saved his father and two brothers. monday's quake left two people dead and nearly 3000 homeless. a 14-year-old boy he was detained by saudi police for dancing to the 1990's it macarena at an intersection has b

they now ruled all of germany. but still they had trouble with their oldest and most persistent enemy, the truth. they found the truth does not die easily. and so they decided to abolish truth. one great source of truth is literature. so they burned books. 20 million of them. many great men in germany who spoke the truth were jailed or driven from the country. teachers. scientists. education was discouraged. in five years college attendance dropped 53%. it was forbidden to listen to a british radio program or read an american newspaper. in nazi germany you had to get your information from this man. he knew what was best for you. the church was one force in germany still strong enough to proclaim the truth in public. this catholic priest was arrested the following day on charges of immorality. the protestant church also tried to speak the truth. the nazis put this man in a concentration camp. there were others who spoke the truth and i am proud to say educators were among them. >> what, may i ask, is an alien? i don

which tells the story of germany refugees fleeing the soviet occupied zone from berlin to west germany. an estimated 20,000 germans were crossing the border each month. this u.s. army

china germany's the only real viable country with. a strong export market strong social services networks in place or social programs or in surplus how will germany go forward do you think in all this they've got a huge military base there for america but they get thirty three percent or more of their energy from russia which way will germany swing walls. well german is essential. interest economy they have to have export markets for this economy to work so as a as a and every politician in germany knows that it doesn't matter whether they're left or right and there will focus on that they will focus on exports to know they need exports and they asked war you know war is what can we export our merchandise to and they have a lively explored with russia they have now the biggest exporting target used to be france that has not so much receded into the background i think it's number two now china and the us have been at the top now and so it is a. it's a country that's trying to stay out of politics and just export now not every country c

commissioner praised germany for its efforts. the most pressing task, he says, is to combat the causes of migration and flight. >> we want to focus on libya. we want to focus on reducing the risk of people to lose lives in the sea. but we must look in a much broader fashion. this is a flow that starts from far away countries, often in conflict, that goes to countries that already host large numbers of refugees and who need more support. >> supporting these countries should stop people from risking their lives at sea. and what most of the new arivals in italy don't know, the chances of staying in the eu legally are very slim. >> watching "dw news" still to come the exclusive story of one refugee in germany who says i.s. sympathizers are among the new arrivals. plus, how is this whiskey different from all the others? a visit to a distillery and perhaps one of the last places you would expect to find one. those stories plus the business news, coming up next. >> welcome back. you're watching "d.w. news." our top stories, kenya's elec

more to come on germany, don't miss our three-minute germany decide -- 30 minute germany decide show. we will bring you the latest political and market analysis and the run-up to the september 24 election, angela merkel leading by 15 points right now over her opponent. down, this isg bloomberg. ♪ ♪ 7:59 a.m. in london. get your boots on because these markets are inching lower in a post been in the as we wait for jackson hole. will it be an action less jackson hole on august 24 or 25th? matt, a very good morning to you. it's a pleasure to be on your show. matt: it's a pleasure to have you with us, manus. i want to point out something surely you have seen already. it's the great chart of the bloomberg. you can access it by typing in this #. it shows hedge fund positioning in the dollar at the beginning of the last 12 month. , they were long u.s. dollars, the most crowded trades that turned around and now it is short. the question is, will it bounce back? by the power of tv, we just flashed up on to the monitor equities slightly lower opening. michael's view on the fed was that there

more and more young girls are coming to germany as refugees. some of them have been forced to marry in the camps on the way. around 1400 married minor girls were registered last year in germany, one out of four under the age of fourteen. the true number is thought to be even higher. >> mahmoud and his wife fled to germany from a village in syria. they don't understand what the debate is about. mahmoud's wife was underage when they married. mahmoud is reluctant to speak openly about it. >> getting married young is unusual in germany, but it's normal for us. my whole family - my mother, aunts, grandmother - they all got married very young. that may be unusual here, but we want to live with our traditions. >> but the refugees' traditions clash with german law. human rights organizations argue that protecting children takes precedence over religious or cultural traditions. >> traditions are important, but they mustn't violate human rights. if they do, the german state has to invoke the law and take adequate measures to protect these girls. concerni

., and now here in germany. i am floored by the amount of taxes that german people pay in income -- as a part of their income. is there any room for that to drop down? it is so much more than brits and americans paying. true.: that is you might argue less than the scandinavians or the french pay, but taxes are very high. both of the parties are promising tax cuts, but it is very margaret -- very moderate. they had increased social spending massively, particularly on pensions. there is really no room to cut taxes are a much because low interest rates and a very good labor market are the two reasons why tax revenues have been high, but that is nothing here to stay. interest rates will keep rising so that will take the room for the government to cut taxes, so yes, tax cuts are on the table. matt: it looks like merkel has a great chance of winning this election without offering much to her constituents or to her coalition partners. thanks so much for your time. pleasure seeing you, marcel fratzscher. this is bloombe

time actually to interfere elections in germany hoping that the turks in germany would actually alter the port. moment in the country we hear calls coming from german politicians for sanctions to be imposed against their own and putting family members of this how likely is that to happen. this is quite challenging in terms of turkey and german relation if you look at from the two sides turkey is the germans top export partner and the vice versa. china turkey comes first and germany comes first in both countries so clearly they are the best partners for each other but i think you could see this relation in terms of turkey and relations if you would remember there was a tension between turkey and israel and two sides politicians were blaming each other exchanging it on public but when it comes to the financial relations actually the financial issue between turkey and didn't tell you that and i'll take speaking same thing between germany and turkey but also we should keep in mind that don you pronounce the majority of turkish public because he had been elected with the majority of the wa

so day learned there were two distinct resistance movements operating in germany. this sour expression and those were over those ambitious plans, he represented some senior junior officers and also this character and as head the eternal optimist with that cold realism but that did not serve him well in the and. also working into the head of that military intelligence he had started the war and those of people wore in the year the days because hitler was trying to make up that is one in begin to use to plot. he but even if they try to put of plots against him but and a little nest of people trying to overthrow him. it is a remarkable story. that was led by their are any hard-core military historians setting up the group this organization was different but there were members of the foreign ministry, academics and but then to have what sort of discussions germany could have after the of war were is day tried to for a ratings down but.ea but those learned something but they really wanted helping to do those who live but they wanted their promise of the mayor here in fa

countries of origin. , there are challenges, that germany has improved. -- but germany has improved. brent: it looks like the honeymoon is over for mr. macron in france. reporter: his approval ratings are in freefall, but emmanuel macron wants to try what no other french leader has managed, to reform the rigid labor laws. his measures include curbing the role of trade unions, limiting unfair dismissal payouts, and allowing bosses to negotiate more working terms and conditions strictly with staff. you can imagine the reaction from unions. >> trade unions had held out hope you might be able to quash the labor market reform, but the new law today makes i it easiero dismiss employees. it endss thehe 35-hour work week cap. smaller businesses will be able to operate more freely. >> [speaking french] >> [translator] for the first time, t they are givining prioiy to small and medium-sized enterprises. we're putting it to companies to adapt to conditions on the ground as they see fit. we are giving new rights and protection to employees in a changiging m market. reporter: the labor market ref

long ally germany in world war i. neutral but supply germany as it can. let's look at the map. where is the bright newspaper in in?news for britan without warning, italy has invaded greece. it will not be easy. in, not has sent troops only to save the italians in libya, who were fighting not too well against the british, but to occupy greece. he does that in a matter of weeks. -- first paratroop groep drop on greece. --re is a british presidents presence in cairo and alexander. the british have had some success keeping iraq and lebanon autonomous. everything else is under the control of hitler's. almost like a nightmarish version of the european union six or seven times over. everything hitler's had ever dreamed of, he has obtained in two years. he is starting to ethnically discriminate, expunge and ultimately kill jews. integrate theto economy, not effectively, but still in a manner that will serve germany. you have ireland that is at best neutral. britain.you have great in april of 1941 there is nobody else there. the united states is still isolationist. we've not been attack

know who you are of you know you old guy who's the verdict in this case is expected in september when germany set to vote in its general election there is little chance this quite explosive story will make any more headlines. saudi arabia has released a chilling warning in its bitter feud with cattle with a t.v. news animation showing an aircraft being blown out of the sky is meant to explain to viewers the worst case scenarios if cats are violates riyad strict sanctions that were imposed in. country can send fighter jets to force the plane down and then charge the crew with anything from posing a threat to national security or putting civilian lives in danger it's more international law even allows a plane to be shot down if it's violating airspace classifying it as an enemy target especially in military areas where there are new air defense restrictions. for saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt them bahrain cut diplomatic ties with cas are after accusing it of backing extremist groups as part of the riyadh imposed blockade air land and sea links were severed with doha saudi arabia al

he applied for asylum in germany. his german lawyer was stunned by his case. >>> i've never seen a case where a foreign government kidnapped one of his -- one of their own citizens in broad daylight in full view of the german government. >> the german foreign ministry believes the communist ministry had to be taken the way/ -- taken away. now, he has been kidnapped. the german government is serious and has threatened drastic consequences. german and the enemies relationships have hit a low point. >> the kidnapping of the vietnamese citizen is a serious crime against german law and international law. >> the government of the anon sees the situation as a misunderstanding and regrets the german reaction. it believes he is a corrupt businessman and says he has now given himself up. vietnamese state television has now broadcast a statement going the ministry. he admits he went underground in germany and regrets leaving -- fleeing. >> during my escape, i wasn't thinking maturely and decided to hide. during that time i reali

east russia has been joined to germany. austria does not really exist. it is part of germany. look how enormous that area is. germany had the second-largest economy to begin with, traditionally, in the world after the united states. now people think he will be happy with that. no. in april of 1940, just six months later, he has gone into denmark. as should not say gone into, he he has gone into norway. he does not have to do anything in sweden. my ancestors are happily selling him iron ore at a discount and providing free transportation. in the bargain to make money out of it. finland has settled -- it will be fighting with the soviet union. soviet union was kicked out of the league of nations, but it will be neutral now. i should say the soviet union's -- union is pro-german. i don't mean neutral, right before hitler went into poland. he had the nonaggression pact. that is the icing on the cake. as early as 1937 they had trade agreements. hitler is being supplied now in critical areas like oil, wheat, coal, iron or from the soviet union. there is a series of specific movement

stayed on the germany after the war. he became station sheet for the osf which is up the line a little bit from frankfurt. but his heart was not in it. he disagreed with american occupation policy. after the war they had laid down strict rules that part anybody who had been associated with the nazi party from participating in occupation and government. he did really great that policy. his prime concern was always with the soviet union. he wanted to make sure that germany got back on its feet and was stable politically and economically. he had asked nazis to achieve that, it was the price he had to pay. he once said that you can even make the train run in germany without the help of x nazis. spent a lot of time not really managing the staff assigned to. most of the attention was given to the crown jewels which are people he worked with during the war, he wanted to make sure they were well looked after and -- we saw a few minutes ago was given a car in food rations, basically nobody had a car in germany right after the war

across the continent, but especially in germany. social justice issues are likely to take center stage in the upcoming elections in september. ♪ michelle: an increasing number of retirees are living on the poverty line. as they struggle to get by waiting for their next pension payment, some have no choice but to visit food banks if they want to eat. and this is taking place right here in europe's largest economy -- germany. our reporter met a 65-year-old pensioner from hamburg. he lives hand to mouth and doesn't believe politicians' promises of change. while the country's well-oiled economic engine has motored on, the elderly it seems have been left behind. reporter: hamburg's latest landmark is the elbphilharmonie concert hall. herbert, who doesn't want to state his real name, is a pensioner who's come to see the high-profile project that apparently symbolizes germany's prosperity -- a prosperity that he has no share in. his wallet contains all of two euros and 20 cents. herbert: that's all i have left this month. i have to wait

went through standards of living actually sank in germany over those years . and it will as it became what competitive that's not the case in the united states you know we i mean yeah real wages also went down stagnated but we didn't become more competitive through that process. yes that's one of the issues we have offshore any traction in the united states a lot and to john and others so we have accrued a huge trade deficit which is going to eventually be a problem to us and. china is japan a big surplus country so if you have a trade surplus and you accumulate. points changer serves you've got more options there right now than i did say that we don't have a whole lot of options yeah yeah the germany went through a restructuring under the helmut kohl era levy passed away recently and people talk about donald trump as the new round reagan what needs to happen is that donald trump needs to be the new helmut kohl and put america through some really difficult adjustments that need to be made that are twenty years overdue thirty years overdue but instead they're g

reporter: false statements, viruses, and data theft are also being used against germany. again and again, security experts were able to trace many of the attacks back to russia. now, germany's intelligence services have boosted security, and varskoy says this is paying off. alexander: germany's general election? germans needn't worry, their security software is excellent. reporter: but that surely will not deter the hackers who work for russia's intelligence services. they are fighting for russian supremacy, and not just in the cyber world. michelle: there was a time when if you were a politician and wanted to reach out to the public, it meant shaking hands and kissing babies. but now in the age of social media, posting photos, videos, and tweets are practically a necessity. and for the most part, it works. politicians feel more accessible and voters feel more engaged. but there's also a dark side -- where they must endure hate, insults and threats of violence. germany has just passed a new law in which social networks must remove slanderous or threatening posts. politici

germany set regime sending asylum seekers back to greece ending its six year moratorium it's returning nearly four hundred newcomers and the e.u. rules which dictate where immigrants should be processed the move comes a little over a month before germany's general election we can go live to berlin and get more from our europe correspondent peter all over the pages so just talk us through then germany's latest plans. well this is a turnaround by germany on what they'd originally decided back in twenty eleven it was ruled by germany's constitutional court that the country didn't have to adhere to what's known as the dublin convention which should mean that asylum applicants are sent back to the first e.u. country they arrive in for processing that was done away with in twenty eleven changing it now the big thing we don't have is why this is happening it has been touted that this may have something to do with it being just a month ahead or just over a month ahead of a general election here in germany but that hasn't been confirmed that this would be happening though was confirmed by the g

when i came to germany, it was a hard time to me, because i cannot speak german. i learned the language, and then i got the opportunity from this country, and then i get my printer should place, andi then i get my printer should place, and i was really lucky about that, because a lot of people, they are trying to get it, but it is very hard. stories like his are u nfortu nately still hard. stories like his are unfortunately still quite rare, even though it has been two years since angela merkel‘s first opened up the german borders to hundreds of thousands of refugees. 0nly around 20 or 30% are in work. and even with special schemes, such as this one, it can be tough to find the right candidates. one of the refugees started in this programme and moved onto a security company, where he of course makes more money at the start. people are looking for a job with direct money. whereas in the apprenticeship, you don't have that much money at the start, but the prospect is very much better than an unskilled job you can get right now, for example. it could take the best

feed which is the domestic security agency in germany which basically said there is about ten thousand salafist so fundamentalist islam is the mists were in germany and six hundred eighty of them were under investigation because they were potentially radicalized and potentially violent so the intelligence agencies in germany as well are facing an uphill battle just trying to keep on top of what is going on in their country and you know there's a correlation there between the welcoming arms of the german people to the refugees which is a wonderful thing to do but the correlation between that and the increase in so-called lone wolf wolf attacks not least the the lorry attack in berlin before christmas last year which killed twelve people is amazingly high so i'm sure the debate is going to go on in germany about this well as you alluded to there in the truck attacks here in this particular attack a shouted god is great in arabic during the attack do you believe or do you fear that this type of assault would trigger more islamophobia in germany and across europe. unfortunate thing we've s

him of interfering in germany's upcoming election. he knows no boundaries who are you to talk to the president of turkey know your place he's trying to teach us a lesson how long have you been in politics how old are you well listen let us ride began over president obama's call for turkish nationalists not to vote for establishment parties including chancellor merkel in germany and that caused a major stir in german media on gabrielle described as brutal meddling in internal affairs and also on preset that it comes just a month before the federal elections will happen this is a runner up publicist and former german intelligence officer joins us on the program to put some meat on the bones of this story very welcome to what extend first of all do you think or do on this call will influence the way the turkish community turkish people in germany vote. well i don't think. that given koreans the turkish the majority of the turkish hope your nation very much because they've made up their mind already anyway and that is. and the minute they

first, it was germany's east prussia, then the soviet union. today, she can no longer visit the russian side whenever she wishes. >> no, today, even if we wanted to, we couldn't go over there. there used to be so many mushrooms there. we brought home baskets full of them. when was the crossing closed? >> they closed the border when lithuania became an independent state. that was over 20 years ago. >> people who live on the border either live in fear or have come to terms with it. russia is planning maneuvers here for the coming autumn. >> we've gotten used to the speeches about the danger from russia. let them hold their maneuvers. it doesn't bother us. first, it's these soldiers, then the others -- that's their job. >> the border near marijona is blocked off with planks. but there are plenty of crossings, legal or otherwise. as conservative mp laurynas kasciunas tells it, lithuania's in urgent need of a continuous fence to leave no doubt where russia ends and lithuania begins. when we meet him, work on the fence has stopped until signal wire c

germany y economic at odds over the mawhoo dappeareded germany y says this maman was kidnapapped by vietnamesee agen. also coming up, a thumbs down to the deal between german carmakers and the government. they cut -- to cut diesel emissions. ththey say it t they look carmas off lalyly. scscientists edit a defective ge in human embryos. groundbreaking research that can cure hopes of curing diseases. but there are ethical concerns. ♪ thank you for your company. we start off with those strange relations between germany and vietnam. the two countries are in the middle of a diplomatic row after the disappearance of a the enemy's oil executive living in germany. he is wanted in the anomaly corruption charges. germany accuses the anomaly kidnapping him. the anon says he turned himself into a police station in the the emmys capital -- in the vietnamese capital. >> central berlin, july 23 at 10 :4:40 a.m. a man and woman are held at gunpoint and forced into a car. the man who was kidnapped is a business executive from vietnam and a former leading member of the communist party. he applied f for asylum

comes just a month before germany is set to hold elections. come july from moscow you are watching our international company our top story this hour the legal battle over a massacre in iraq a decade ago has returned to the u.s. courts judges have ordered the recent unseeing of three operatives from the private u.s. security contractor formally known as blackwater indicating that the sentences were too harsh. the fourth face is a complete free trial where the four guards opened fire and with machine guns and grenade launchers in baghdad's unsourced square fourteen unarmed civilians were killed and seventeen others were injured the guards argued they were under fire from insurgents but no witnesses support that claim the carnage drew widespread condemnation and raises serious and questions too about the trees accountability in iraq i wondered. if. there were dead bodies everywhere and. the only t.v. viewers who are among the dead bodies lying on the street those who are. seven years old. during the period the firm was known as backwater it was b

across the continent, but especially in germany. social justice issues are likely to take center stage in the upcoming elections in september. ♪ michelle: an increasing number of retirees are living on the poverty line. as they struggle to get by waiting for their next pension payment, some have no choice but to visit food banks if they want to eat. and this is taking place right here in europe's largest economy -- germany. our reporter met a 65-year-old pensioner from hamburg. he lives hand to mouth and doesn't believe politicians' promises of change. while the country's well-oiled economic engine has motored on, the elderly it seems have been left behind. reporter: hamburg's latestst landmark is the elbphilharmonie concert hall. herbert, who doesn't want to state his real name, is a pensioner who's come to see the high-profile project that apparently symbolizes germany's prosperity -- a prosperity that he has no share in. his wallet contains all of two euros and 20 cents. herbert: that's all i have left this month. i have to wai

germany already has troops in the country. reporter: 931 german soldiers are in afghanistan on a nato training mission. they are there to come -- to carry out -- their numbers are unlikely to rise despite president trump's call from support -- call to support from nato allies. >> last year when others reduce the numbers of their troops we increased the numbers of our troops. so we don't see it as being our turn when it comes to being asked to deploy more units. reporter: the german foreign minister has called on the u.s. to coordinate its approach to afghanistan with your here -- with your. -- with europe. >> anything that goes wrong causes more refugees to leave and they come to germany, not the u.s. reporter: the opposition criticized what it called the militaristic nature of president trump's revamped afghanistan strategy, saying it is too little. >> whoever puts military solutions above all else will not solve the problem. i believe the path donald trump wants to follow is influenced by domestic policy and apparently he fe

this is what will be happening in germany. 500 being added in the west of germany. they have already got 700 and the capital, berlin, working for a different outsourcing company. has thetable, germany him and hatred for hate speech. there been toss -- they have been tough legislatively. the immigration crisis of 2015, you saw neo-nazi sympathizers taking to social networks like they spoke to put anti-immigration views across. this is why there is focused to tackle this in germany. also the key election about to happen in september. emily: what you make of how facebook is handling this issue now? >> i think they are trying to do the right thing. if there are 2 billion people on the platform, a good percentage are saying things periodically , it are not very sociable will possibly take more than 3000. they are focusing on ai is a way of surfacing the conversation and comments that these people ought to look at. focusing on germany is actually very smart for them. it is the country of all on the planet that is most sensitive to this issue. maybe china for other reasons

and germany. taht trades at 0.4 on bonds. if you look at the economic performances, that feels wrong. that's another driver for the euro going forward from here. and would draghi want to lean in on that? the price of money in germany is probably the wrong price, but for the rest of the eurozone, which is still not back on its feet, you have to assume they don't want it to get that much more expensive. have you trade core periphery in europe? >> that is not how i think about it when i am positioning my portfolio. we are buying individual companies. if you did think about it like that, i think you continue to have the problem you have had since the creation of the euro, which is without full unity, he will end up with a account deficit in the eurozone, and it will not get any better. you have to continue to pander to germany, which has tried to do more structural reform in the periphery. matt: thank you. if you are a bloomberg television customer, you can go back and watch freddie's comments from previously. tv ust tuned in

but another country european country germany is also not the case is a radicalization video has emerged of the moment to radicalize teenage german girl was arrested in iraq and paraded through the city of mosul. sixteen year old inventor hay was seized just over a fortnight ago along with other female i saw supporters it's now feared she receives the death penalty our europe correspondent peter oliver has more to tell us. this latest video that's emerged shows sixteen year old linda ventile he's originally from a small town just to the northeast of dresden in the east of germany you know she's been taken away a what's been described as they walk of shame on her way to a detention facility by the iraqi military by iraqi troops there she says that she wants to return to germany that she wishes she'd never joined islamic state in the first place we're starting to piece together just how she got there it's understood she was radicalized online when she was around fifteen years old before deciding that she wanted to go off to be a jihadi bright went off to iraq where that's happened the ques

when not treating in berlin i was supposed to be headed to west germany. that is easy but so that i picked english and started to learn english. and i a learn to a year and a half into my a training and then we are reading this novel. and said make it take to see what you sound like so i've made a tape they believed to be into moscow and interview with to ladies and one was a professor of english. and another was an american who emigrated the they interviewed me separate the to determine if i could learn english well enough and it was day tied, and those rusher professor said no way here is wishful thinking. so the those of the the position that it is too tempting. i spent two years in moscow learning english then a a couple who was well-known as from those to read best buy museum and i really wanted to succeed. >> i do not speak english much better than german. >> to identify with your german name and background? or have you left that behind?. >> in those folks all call me by my germany more german nickname which i hate to but it is so k over there but i

plus germany's foreign minister accuses angela merkel of. the american president by committing to increase the country's military spending. thanks for joining us this hour you're watching international. tensions between rival pro free speech and anti rallies have pulled over in the u.s. city of seattle after police moved in with purpose spray and stun grenades to disperse protesters. i i i. i. i. i. i have a conservative rally was organized by. a group called patriot prayer builders a supporter of free speech was confronted by counter protesters who were shouting insults before riot police. group of demonstrators attempted to force their way through the barricades some of them through fireworks and stones forty people have been arrested. with the seattle scuffles came just one day after street brawls at a white nationalist rally in virginia turned deadly when a car rammed a crowd of counter protesters and in the latest developments a twitter campaign is now underway to try and find out who took part in the the right rally one person already