author of this book, artists under hitler, collaboration and survival in nazi germany. professor, where did the idea of writing about art come from? >> this project is the completion of a trilogy and the idea began about 30 years ago when i was a graduate student at harvard university. i went to graduate school to study french history and my first semester of graduate school, the professor said you are all going to specialize in this narrow topic of dissertation soon enough so i want you to write a topic on a different country in a different era. so i had to study german for an undergraduate and i had a knowledge of german. i was interested in world w ii. my father was born in athens in 1930 and i grew up with stories about the war and the hungry and such. it always seemed the central event of the 21st-century. i was interested in cultural history. my thesis had been on the role of the arts and the black civil rights movement and i thought how could i combine world war ii, something german and something cultural. i came up on the art collection of the nazi leaders. i was surprise

. michelle: germany and turkey have long shared a special relationship, dating as far back as the ottoman empire. ties between the two countries were strengthened when germany -- suffering from a labor shortage during the so called economic miracle after world war ii -- invited inturkish guest workers. their arrival in the 1950's and 1960's is why turks form the largest ethnic minority in germany. but a crude satirical poem by a german comedian about the turkish president has now sparked a diplomatic crisis between the two countries. the joke was intended to draw attention to the problem of press freedom in turkey, where many journalists face court proceedings for insulting president erdogan. for the german government the row is an embarrasment especially when europe needs turkey in the refugee crisis. some germans are critizing the government for their role and signed a petition to uphold press freedom here in germany. reporter: the defence of germany's freedom of speech began in this modest attic room in the bavarian alps. sitting at her computer, christine doering started an on

brent: this is dw news live from berlin. the days of downsizing are over. germany's defense minister announcing plans to add thousands of jobs. berlin says they are needed to tackle challenges like fighting so-called islamic state and cyber criminals. it is germany's first military expansion since the end of the cold war. also coming up, the british prime minister is caught on camera with an open microphone making indiscreet remarks ahead of a summit. we will tell you what he said. and u.s. president barack obama says he will visit her oshima, japan, the city u.s. forces dropped an atomic bomb on at the end of the second world war. he is not expected to offer an apology, so what will he offer? good to have you with us. to sin, to slim, after decades of downsizing, germany has announced plans to expand its armed forces. it is a paradigm shift, 25 years after the end of the cold war. back in 1990, germany had 600,000 soldiers in the armed forces. today, they are just shy of 180,000 left as a result of a strategic shift toward a lean, tech savvy and mobile, modern army. they we

topic, different country, different area and so i've been sitting in germany as an undergraduate for a couple years and i had a knowledge of german. i was interested in two. my father was born in at the 1930 and i grew up with stories about the war, the hunger in such a central event of the 20th century. and i was interested in cultural tree. undergraduate pieces have been on the role of years in the black civil rights movement. about how can i read something german and cultural and i came upon this topic of the art collections of the nazi leaders. i was surprised that this maniacal and barbarous individuals devoted so much time in the cultural matters. i wrote a paper on the topic and the professor said, you can actually write a doctoral dissertation on the subject of our main and nazi leaders or grenade professors is that you take notice than i thought about it and realized i was tremendous late interested in this project. there is a philosophical question at play. how could these incredibly benevolent people devote so much time to closer and almost a practical issue that even thou

? >> no, we don't agree with that observation. if you look at the history of germany or european union, we see clearly that trade has boosted economic growth. it has boosted income. it is a very important foundation of our wealth. i would say also for the north american area, for canada and the u.s. and mexico. looking at germany, every fourth job in this country depends on trade. in industry, it is every second job. trade to gp is almost 86% -- to gdp is a most 86%. that is massively important for our wealth. we depend on open global markets. we believe that ttip is something we we should not walk away from, especially looking at some of our european neighbors who have not experienced such sound gwth as wdid in t pastears. they need a new growth impulse. this is a chance we should take. ttip is not just important because of economic growth and jobs. we believe that trade agreements are much more today than just about opening markets. it is about how we want to trade with each other. it's about global rules, really. >> let's come back to that in just a moment. we have one con voi

coalition. the great powers, the powers in particular that defeated germany in world war i regarded the war with russia bolsheviks, that they regarded this as a continuation of world war i. the new lenin had been encouraged, they put them on the train that went to st. petersburg. in many senses, western forces allied with a treaty in 1918 and was a background for the german attack on the western front in 1918, the new agreement. some people with geopolitical thinkers, strategic thinkers, of course, you must bear in mind that eisenhower's background with world war ii is he was in the army planning division of war. the actual danger, the most important strategic danger confronting the west was the idea of the combination of germany in the soviet union. again, not a surprise. a historian writing in 1984 that emphasized the threat posed by possible german-russian coalitions and indeed, this seemed to be the key element. the allies go into russia and it does not work. they are, as we often see, if you intervene on behalf of a weak force and the russians were weak and an unpopular force, it d

"bath salts." it is difficult for legislators to keep up. in germany, incense containing synthetic cannabinoids is popular. we ordered a bag of "jamaican gold." it says, for experienced users only. these drugs sold well in areas where access is not as easy as in the city. synthetic drugs are taking over from natural substances. he works for a company called "chill out." >> there are main groups and stimulants over the last 20-30 years and it has push out classic narcotic substances. that is still a trend. the term, "bath salts," is used for things that contain cocaine. it can have a psychedelic effect. reporter: the herbal blends and colorful packaging can be legal. it does not mean they are not dangerous. the so-called incense is filled with chemical waste products and overdoses are frequent. instead of "chilling out," many experience panic attacks on a horror trip that could last for days. they do not just affect the mental well-being. >> in germany, we have seen an increasing number of people in hospital or going to hospitals because they get seizures, which seemed to be a typic

germany 10 to act as if he is a despot. what is his perspective? rdogan? andreas: in a few senses he reminds me of vladimir putin to read even characters in german domestic politics. his relationship, his view on us in germany, over the past year is i think he felt hurt and humiliated. like a child almost, psychologically, that is how i view him. as putinin as well. he felt rejected it and he feels it is up to himself that he can take revenge. specifically when angela merkel iname chancellor, she -- contrast to her predecessor, she gave turkey the cold shoulder. in rejecting their ambition to join the eu. was notcorrect, erdogan an autumn on autocratic want to autocrat wannabe that he is today. part of the explanation is as simple as that. host: we are talking about whether erdogan is a friend of germany's. whether he should be. whether we should be engaging in the refugee deal. what you make of that analysis? deger: i agree. turkey, when you look at and the eu, the reform process started in 1999, there was a consensus between different groups and ideologies. goal. was a common yo

welt." alan says, "nobody cares who governs a small country like austria, but germany has a responsibility for the whole of europe. we can't afford viennese coffeehouse politics," he says. and my third guest is ulrike guerot, of the european democracy lab, who believes that, "a wildfire is sweeping across europe. it's taken in hungary, and now poland, and now austria, with france looking likely to be next." ewald konig, i would likike to begin with you. without any disrespect whatsoever, i would like to suggest that austria is not exactly a big country. it has a population of fewer than 10 million. i would like to ask you to explain to us how and why it is having sucuch a huge impact at this point in time. ewald: well, we have a long series of grand coalitions in austria. therefore, i say this is not only the refugees and mass migration, that we have a drift toto the right wing, but also people are not satisfied. they are fed up with the political system, with the two bigger parties that are not big anymore, and with the wheeling and dealing. they are fed up with many other

out of china and breathing a sigh of relief? is germany really going to be watching these numbers carefully to see what happens next? companiessure german have a huge interest in what is happening to the chinese economy. of course, this has to signs. the companies that are interested in exports to china will have a look at the figures. the other ones, the companies that are already in china producing for the chinese market. guy: what happens next in your mind? do we just sit now and wait for the chinese to have further policy action, or do you think actually that we are done, and this is the new normal? max: i think the policies are still quite active. in may, we will see some fiscal stimulus that will start to take into effect. we have the reform, we have financing support for export companies. we have cuts for the employee's contribution to social security. may be less of a monetary stimulus, but coming into the second quarter, quite active on the fiscal side. guy: what advice do you give to german companies when you are looking, looking at china, what advice are you giving them

. germany was among the countries at showing strength, expanding at the fastest pace in two years. richard jones. give us a sense of how you analyze the gdp data. fromd david stubbs jpmorgan saying it was not as bad as people expected. this has been on ongoing theme for a long time now. germany is doing fairly well. other parts of europe are not doing quite as well. you need to look at the economic data in totality. germany doing welcome of the rest of europe not as well -- germany doing well, the rest of europe doing well, this is something you see in the european unemployment data. speed.ave that multi if you look at the chart, it looks like it is flattening out, perhaps turning lower. we are at a very interesting point. caroline: german debt outperforming. what is brexit adding to all of this? we had christine lagarde saying recession risks if britain exits the european union. really outspoken views about anti-brexit -- is anyone pro? richard: mark carney said have aay that we could technical recession if the u.k. were to leave. volatilityterling against u.s. dollar -- we are at seven-y

facebook. the child is the first in germany charged with war crimes during the conflict. >> he claims he was only there to help but now he's on trial in germany after photos came to light showing him posing next to two decapitated heads. >> anybody who let themselves be photographed in a war zone with two's goals -- skulls commits a war crime, not a foolish prank. aria's childhood was trouble. he dropped out of school and abused drugs but that changed when he converted to islam. during court proceedings, he was eager to tell his side of the story. the 21-year-old claims he was pressured into taking the pictures. >> his friend asked him to take the picture and aria wanted to do him a favor. >> his trial is part of a broader push by federal prosecutors to curtail support for the so-called islamic state. over 100 germans are facing prosecution after they returned from the war zone. >> our strategy is to keep a close eye on germans that returned from syria and put them on trial as quickly as possible after they return. >> if convicted of war crimes, aria could face up to 15 years in jail.

the next generation. and extremist hidden among the one million refugees entering germany. tonight, why that fear appears to be justified. it's good to have you with us. she is safe but traumatized. tonight am of the world wonders if or when her other missing classmates will ever be seen again. one of the 219 kidnapped nigerian schoolgirls is back home with her mother. she was found earlier today. one of 219 girls abducted 200 years ago -- two years ago by boko haram extremists. you will hear from our correspondent in just a moment that we begin with this report. reporter: she was just 17 when boko haram kidnapped her and two years on, she's the motherboard of it -- about child born in captivity. our uncle says she is traumatized. even so, it is news the mothers of the girl have been waiting for since they marked the two-year anniversary of the kidnapping. finally a sliver of hope. our larger -- our nigerian partner station interrupted programming to carry the news. >> numbers of the civilian joint task force local government area have rescued one of the kidnapped schoolgirls. repo

nothing to stop the atrocities. now its victims, including erick zott, hope that germany's decision to declassify files about the group will finally help them get justice. reporter: this is erick zott's first visit to berlin in years - , a trip in decades past he would not have been free to embark on. his time trapped in the infamous colonia dignidad cult has left him traumatized, not least because of the torture he was subjected to. >> colonia dignidad remains something that i can never forget. attitudes towards it have improved today, as has the will to investigate what happened. but the experience is there, and will stay forever. reporter: zott was among those who openly challenged chilean leader augusto pinochet. critics of the dictator were swiftly rounded up, and colonia dignidad was among the regime's torture centers where they were held. the commune had been founded by german immigrants in 1961. the cult's leader, paul schafer, brainwashed adults and sexually abused their children. isolated from the rest of chile, the inhabitants were essentially reduced to slave labor, while t

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violence since 2013. germany has a general election in 18 months. opinion polls are being scrutinized closely, and with good reason. the alternative for germany party are making waves on a tide of anti-immigrant and anti-eu sentiment. the latest poll indicates that germany's parliament would look very different if the public voted right now. >> troubled times for germany's established parties. the polls show a potential political earthquake. when asked who they wouldn't vote for if the general election was the sunday, 33% said it would choose the governing christian democrats. 20% would vote for spd, the free democratic party would get 6% among the left 8%, and the green 13%. afd would be newcomers with 50%. -- 15%. it has been gaining ground on existing parties. more recently, it's anti-muslim rhetoric has won support. when asked if you border sproles -- patrol should be maintained, almost all supporters answered yes. 62% of respondents want to maintain recently introduced border controls your only 34% want them discontinued. germany's refugee policy is also coming under

middle east aviation reporter. let's get to the global islamic finance. germany is set to open its first islamic bank in july, where turkish finance could provide banking services. we are joined by the director of banking supervision and the german financial supervisory authority. with our correspondent was an been -- he is with our correspondent. islamic backing is being embraced by non-muslim countries as well, the likes of the u.s., u.k., and china, if you believe it. germany is now expecting -- expressing interest. why is germany interested in islamic banking? it is the first time for germany to participate in this kind of seminar. short time ago, huge potential was recognized because there are more than 5 million immigrants in germany, so we believe there is potential for this in germany. the reason for coming is to find out what we have to change in germany to support this. reporter: so into regulatory framework and play -- is regulatory framework and play to adopt this? >> yes. but the banking industry has to be profitable. mightd to find out what change in the future. reporter: y

right here in germany, it looks like a good fall at the open. it said, they would see 1.4 billion euros. the estimate was previously 1.6 billion euros. clearly, the glut coming from china, in terms of steel pushing down on the overall environment is hurting the environment, hurting the biggest steelmaker there, which is thyssenkrupp. investors could push this stock higher 1% to to presen 2%. we are also seeing the fact that the capital is looking better than previously estimated and the costs are coming down, guy. guy: let's pick up on that point. manish, you still with us, sitting patiently through our programming this morning. reason why you would even consider purchasing this. because it is so cheap? for do you think then it could be a value trap? have a concern about a big downside, but i don't see a big upside. it could be a trap. also, look at where we are looking. what worries me about some of , they have to sell off. second, if you look at the eu perspective on recovery, there is going to be a bail out. that is the cost of doing banking in europe. ,hen you don't have gdp growth

happens next in this polarized country. keep up your end of the deal. germany's chancellor tells turkey visa free travel to europe will only come after he does what they promised. the usa says it will end a 50 year embargo on weapons sales to vietnam, a move that could affect the balance of power in vietnam navy. anchor: tonight, austria has a new president. only after election that split the country into coup. in two. he was confirmed the winner of one of the closest ever election getting a huge percent of the vote. it was just enough for him to keep away his far right rival. [applause] a presidential walk across the lawn. >> there are not many austrians left unmoved from this election. with a razor thin margin, he won the vote with -- by just 6/10 of 1%. the 72-year-old economics professor is the former green party leader. his win comes largely from support from urban voters. it is important for him to stand the election as an independent. his rival run on an anti- migration platform. his goal was simple. >> in six years time, everyone in austria should be able to say i'm fine

breaking news coming in line with estimates. rate,is the unemployment compare that for germany at 6%. cpi is what we really wanted to -.1%.n, coming in at this is the fourth month that we are seeing negative inflation, deflation across the eurozone. in line with expectations, no move on the euro. tom: one of our themes this morning as price change, inflation, disinflation, and outright deflation. to get your workweek started, here is vonnie quinn. korea's latest attempts to build a ballistic missile appear to have failed. the tried to launch missiles in violation of the united nation resolution. better relations with the philippines under its new leader. the chinese president sent a congratulatory message to the philippines' incoming president. he says he hopes they can work together. to put relations on a healthy track. iraq, government forces are making progress in their attempt to retake the city of falluja from the islamic state and have captured 80% of the area around it. he wrapped started surging into falluja. the strike against oil refineries and france is starting to hurt t

migration in italy, many thanks for that. >> thank you. >> now germany has taken another step towards controlling the number of asylum seekers it accepts. lawmakers in the lower house of parliament, the bundestag passing a bill that declares nigeria, morocco and tunisia as safe countries of organizinment under this law, migrants from those countries will be sent home for quickly if their application fails. the proposal goes to the upper house for approval. pro asylum groups and opposition parties have condemned the bill saying it violates human rights. the lebanese shiite group hezbollah is mourning a top military commander killed this week in an explosion in the syrian capitol damascus. thousands of hezbollah supporters turning out for the funeral in southern beirut on friday. he was instrumental in preserving syrian president's hold on power. he is the highest ranking hezbollah leader to be killed since the group became involved in syria's civil war. we're going to get more on that story from correspondent martin jay who joins us on the line now from beirut. martin, how big a blow i

integrate if they want to stay in germany. and a headache for hillary clinton. the former u.s. secretary of state broke government rules with their e-mail account. it's good to have you with us. tonight, ukrainian pilot, nadiya savchenko is home and a free woman. her setting release -- her sudden release was today that she was convicted in the assist thing of murder and two russian journalists, which she had been sentenced to 22 years in a russian prison. today, she arrived in key of to a heroes reporter: welcome. the media frenzy when nadiya savchenko -- she has become a national hero here in ukraine. >> i am free and i want to ask forgiveness from all the mothers whose children who have not returned home from the antiterrorist operation while i am alive. i want to ask forgiveness for all mothers while i am free. i cannot bring home those who died but i am always ready to put my life on the line one more time. in march, she was convicted over the killing of two russian journalists in eastern ukraine and sentenced to 22 years behind bars. shipment held in captivity since 2014. while in pris

germany. one firefighter died while trying to save a flood victim. a young girl was killed by a train has she took shelter under a railway bridge. in some areas, it is the worst flooding in two decades. >> this is the market square, in this video shows the destruction of severe flooding caused by torrential rain. the storms on sunday caused severe damage. the flood washed away whatever stood in its way. hours later, the fire department continue fighting the water. rescuers try to get an overview of what had happened. the electricity and the water system had broken down. many houses are at risk of collapsing. rescuers struggled to do their duty. many areas of baden warttemberg were hit on sunday. maselheim was almost completely submerged. elsewhere, four people died in the floods. it would take weeks before people will be able to return to their homes. >> you are watching dw news life from berlin. celtic and -- still to come, unhappy german farmers take their grievances to the capital as they hold talks about a massive milk surplus. closing in on islamic state, special forces push toward t

murderers of no doubt come a combustible mix of national, economic and social factors in 1930's germany helped light the fuse. ofhout the powder keg hatred, such a lethal explosion would never have been possible. while this horrific explosion has been seared into our collective consciousness, the powder keg of hatred has been largely forgotten. we have forgotten that anti-semitism did not begin in nazi germany. we have forgotten that this hatred has transcended time and space, faith and cultures. --have forgotten the names we have forgotten what happened over 2000 years ago in alexandria or what happened 1000 -- the irony is that the holocaust is the main reason we have forgotten. because of its unprecedented scale and scope, because of its unfathomable premeditation and unimaginable cruelty, the holocaust has been a blinding -- blanking out the .tars of anti-semitism just as the hatred of jews do not begin with the holocaust, hatred of the jews to not end with the holocaust. -- did not begin with the holocaust, hatred of the jews did not end with the holocaust. it was politically incor

streamlined and downsized. freedom of the press in germany in danger? hownda: what do you think? would you answer that question? we have seen attacks on journalists here at the rallies of pegida movement. we also have seen the chancellor that an investigation can go -- a comediandia who has been accused of insulting the president of turkey. is that freedom? mr. kluth: there is no threat to the press freedom in germany. we have shifted, made a quantum leap -- it is a matter of proportion. this is part of the eternal debate over whether the press is doing its job well, whether it has the trust of the population. this is self-correcting. what you see though is interesting. in germany, i as an outsider, working for a british magazine, coming here from america do feel that the press corps and the politicians are in a cozy relationship with each other than in america where it is much more adversarial and people like it that way especially after some scandals that happened in the run-up to the second gulf war in the press. that has not happened in germany. some of these conspiracy theories that y

problem. >> it's overwhelming. >> it's overwhelming. >> you're talking about working with germany now because there are so many -- germany seems to be getting all the refugees, or certainly a high number of them. so the programs in germany, can you talk about that? >> so, as we said before, we are an humanitarian organization. we don't deal with the political questions. we are just seeing that there is a crisis, and we would like to help these people. and we now understand that the main problem is to help integrate 1 million refugees in germany. and we are starting a project that is going to last for a few years, probably, with the jewish community in germany and with the german government, to work in the refugee shelters across the country. and i think it's very important, first of all, to help treat them for their trauma and their ptsd -- they're suffering from major traumas, many of them -- and both on the educational parts to give these people hope and a way to integrate. >> and, dr. david, are you seeing any sort of partnership forming to help refugees internationally? >> wel

the eurozone. in -- eurozone and hopefully 59 minutes. -- in hopefully 59 minutes. nejra: germany -- german unemployment decreased -- the number of people out of work fell by 11,000 to 2.69 5 million in may. the survey in the bloomberg was for a decline. volkswagen shares are down as the carmaker says it has seen a revenue down by as much as 5%. the company reported a 3.4% rise in the first quarter operating profit. it is the first time the carmaker has not set aside billions of euros in provisions. roseese industrial output north of .3 point -- 134% -- .34%. meanwhile, spending fell a year ago, less than the 1.3% forecast. the data comes as investments -- as investors wait on a slightly delayed increase on the nation's sales tax. equities are once again in the cross hairs. one of the largest hong kong trader funds tracking domestic chinese stocks has a surge to its highest level in a year, that is according to data compiled by market and bloomberg. last time bearish specs were so high -- china's bull market turned into a $5 trillion raffle. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by

german war bonds poster, and that soldier was supposed represent germany's last hope, willing to sacrifice for his country. now it has become recycled as a different image, now it is an image of a man who is needlessly sacrificed for his country. and over here, which is from a movie in the 1960's called "oh, what a lovely war," and i think this little part over here is instructive. "the ever popular wargames with songs, battles, and jokes." it is a war game for them, but it is the men on the battlefield who have to suffer. i'm not trying to suggest to you that world war i did not involve senseless slaughter. what i do want to suggest is the overarching image obscures the realities to the war in a more general sense. here is one example of this. we have this notion of how many people died overall in this war. we have less of a notion that actually, the majority survived. most men actually will come home. there is tremendous numbers of casualties, but there is also a high rate of survival. we have statistics, 9/10 british soldiers will actually come home. so the sentiment that the

miller. germany's bayer has planted the seed for a monsanto takeover, offering $62 billion in cash. what would it take for shareholders to get behind this deal? presidents talk about the chances for a rate rise. to speakait for yellen on friday, this after being burnt before by the fed chair. one-month ago until the brexit referendum. david cameron and george osborne say britain will be plunged into a crisis of its own making. morning, stories this though. definitely, this bayer deal. shareholders over the last few days have been selling the stock. they are not convinced this is the way to go. is bayer doing anything to alleviate that concern this morning? matt: well, they will be holding a press conference -- or at least a conference call. and look, it is going to be a very difficult purchase to make. we have had so much scrutiny from regulators on deals in recent weeks. inre was a cfo deal chemicals that was scrapped of the weekend. so, that is one difficulty. the other difficulty is that germans are not used to takeovers of this size. $62 billion will be the biggest purchase eve

won support from voters frustrated with the establishment. >>> the leaders of japan and germany have agreed to issue a clear message calling for the sustainable growth of the global economy. prime minister abe met with angela merkel in the suburbs of berlin. it was the first time for a japanese prime minister to have been invited to the state guesthouse abe said g7 nation too speed up fiscal reform, to invigorate the global economic. merkel said the influx of refugees into germany has boosted domestic demand in her country, and that would have a positive effect on the global economy as well. >> translator: we have agreed to continue discussion on flexible fiscal spending at the g7 summit. i would like the leaders to have thorough discussions and send out a clear message supporting the sustainable growth of the global economy. >> translator: we would like to make the global economy firm and strong by fiscal stability, structure reform, and other means. we plan to continue these discussions in japan. >>> following stops in italy, france and belgium, germany is the fourth leg of abe's e

to live a lot better lives than we do now. there's a new political party in germany that has a remarkable slogan. and it, by the way, sits in the german parliament with 12% of the vote in germany. one out of 8 germans votes for this party. the slogan of this party is, "germany can do better than capitalism." thank you very much for your attention. [applause] >> i'm curious--your thoughts on the role unions might play, either as they exist today or in some other...form, other things that come to mind, like maybe, you know, like some more old- fashioned guild system where the unions are simply trade- based or other ones that operate across industry, like--like i'm an seiu member, for example, right? or are they just sort of anachronistic, sort of workers' vanguard spectacles that we can just kind of throw aside? >> good. wonderful question. let me try to answer. and again, rather than my spinning out my own thoughts about that, let me start from a concrete example. the steelworkers union here in the united states, one of the largest unions in the afl-cio, here, stunned the world

here. reporter: basir, a friend of sharifi's, lived in germany for many years. his family had fled afghanistan in the 1990s. he returned in 2007, at first because he'd fallen in love. after that, he fell in love with his country. basir hamidy: i don't want to sound like i'm moralizing against the people who have left. but who's going to solve the problems here if everyone leaves? who got germany back on its feet after world war ii? the germans, especially the young people in germany. so we need afghans to stay and rebuild afghanistan. reporter: but for that, they need peace. if it ever comes, these protective walls will be torn down, and with them, these pictures. no matter, the artists say. as long as that day comes, that's all that matters. omaid sharifi: the future doesn't belong to those cowardly terrorists, that they kill people. they're done. they're the clouds and they will be removed soon. so this is a statement that we are making today. reporter: the artists say they'll keep on painting until they can claim victory. there are more than enough walls in kabul to fill with th

minimum of 1.4 billion euros. that's compared to a previous to 1.9 billion euros. germany's largest steel maker says adjusted earnings in the three months fell 30% from a year earlier to 336 million euros. that beat analyst estimates. the company's cfo told bloomberg how the steel block is impacting the industry. >> angela merkel could be helpful and we did see -- rice increases to reach the 1.6 billion to 1.9 billion makeup nine third. it is not only about price increases. nejra: a deck of has -- accelerating european economic growth. the world's largest provider of temporary workers said the sales rose 5% to 5.3 3 billion euros that beat the 5.2 8 billion euros average of six analyst hurt by phone carriers cutting spending on wireless networks. in its reports, a combined company, first quarter sales fell 9% to 5.6 billion euros. analysts expected 5.7 6 billion euros. -- the company is betting on the deal to tap into newer products, such as internet protocol .etworks that is the bloomberg business flash. mark. --k: china's index consumers let's get over to bloomberg's allen wan was

think almost anybody who votes for him could coconceivably be, if this were germany, part of a conspiracy to commit and cover-up war crimes that are being committed at the highest level of officials. wewe're having that t vote next week. we have a senatete that's's 55-45 in favor of the republicans. i don't know what the vote will be like. that eight democrats finally voted agagainst him -- i think had there been a screaming ououtcry in the beginning against gonzales by all these -- all human rights organizations, all the democrats, it's possible the guy could have been beaten. but i agree with you. the media has been a disaster here. i'm saying to you right now no one is complaining in any of the major media about the fact that we are saying we can inhumanely treat people right now as we speak who are non-citizens all over this globe. amy: speaking of germany, michael l ratner, you went to berlin. we spoke to you when youou filed suit against donald rumsfeld, the war sesecretary, the defense secretary. he is now not going to a conference in germany in february because the germ