sarah: with me in the studio now is the chief negotiator for syria's opposition at the upcoming geneva peace talks. thanks for being with us. i understand you are not supposed to speak on afrin, only here to talk about negotiation. maybe i can ask you this -- are you worried that american support for the kurds will lead to the partition of syria? >> exactly. good evening. one of the most important things in the future of syria is the unity of the syrian people and territory. we know well that this militia, byd, has their own projects. they are not opposition and they are not also regime. they have their own project. they want to establish federalism system that is married to the division of syria. any support for any militia which has ideologically project makes us afraid that this might be leading to a kind of division in the future. sarah: do you support turkey's actions? >> i know that the problem is pyd. pyd has a lot of problems with syria relations against syrians. we saw them when they entered r aqqa city. now in the schools they forced their ideology even on the student and the

bosses everybody in geneva so relaxed about the tariffs. no there have been quite a range of reactions here at the geneva motor show regarding the punitive tariffs it's actually a big cloud hanging over the whole affair now these reactions range from dismissiveness to indignation to all out concerned that's why the future of free trade may be in trouble here now dismissiveness of course because it's not clear how donald trump would actually enact this if it came to pass whether his own party would allow him whether that would not result in destroying his own home industry and indignation of course because a lot of european carmakers as we saw in the report there have created a lot of jobs in the u.s. market but of course there is a real concern that the tit for tat action here that's dominated the discourse so far will continue to escalate and that's going to create real problems for the worldwide auto industry it's interesting because some of the carmakers have also said that in the event they expect the national governments to help them o

he was greatly, greatly loved in geneva. particularly because of his dedication to peace promotion, to humanitarian issues. that's what most people in geneva, an international aid agencies, work in. they liked someone who would raise the things that they were working on, the work they are trying to do and speak for the voices of people, millions of them, affected by war or by famine or by environmental disaster. the work that the un often relatively quietly does. what we see on the news often is the fights at the general assembly with the security council. but kofi annan raised the profile of the humanitarian work that the un does. and for that, he was greatly, greatly loved in geneva. he continued in geneva, after ending his post as un secretary general. he continued in peace promotion. and i think, notjust in geneva, but around the world, he's going to be greatly, greatly missed. one of the priorities he established, in his first term, with the fight against hiv. and the associated illnesses that come from... that can affe

of spain and wrapped up victory in the act for a world tour finals with his flight high above lake geneva in switzerland all of the paragliding aerobatics competitors performed some spectacular aerial stunts but it was thirty five year old to impress the judges the most almost thirty thousand spectators witnessed the grand finale of this year's world tour. christopher is here now with some business news and chris i think it's a boost for over sumi a big load of cash usually helps toyota says it is set to invest drop a half a billion dollars in writing and services work as part of a deal to work together on mass producing driving vehicles the japanese car giant says technology from the two companies will be used in building hundreds of special toyota vehicles for the use of ride sharing platforms this after or announced it would expand into bike sharing the latest values at around seventy two billion dollars it is the world's most valuable startup. now at times the months long moishe asian seemed to be advancing only at glacial pace but now the trump administration. and mexico have reached

organizations in geneva while hoping to raise around one point seven billion dollars in aid money to at least alleviate some of the misery the congolese government boycotted the donor conference because it believes it was bad for the country's image but without a solution most here have no choice but to flee. let's bring in mark englehart harries a journalist and author and has been reporting from africa for years he's been following today's u.n. donor conference and joins us now from geneva marc the conference is over it's raised pledges of about five hundred thirty million dollars i'm told for the democratic republic of congo that's far short of what is needed why are potential donors holding back. well plenty of reasons actually first of all congo is not the only tryst in the world the u.n. is asking this year for twenty five billion dollars or so for crises like in syria or yemen then secondly the congo crises is very protracted has been going on for more than twenty years actually and governments ask themselves probably why should we give more this year what has really changed i

it is a topic on everyone's lips as the biggest brands gather in geneva. twice as carmakers prepare juice showcase their shyness models at the geneva motor show, don't trumps threat to impose tariffs cast a shadow over proceedings. some experts maintained the move would backfire. >> trumps direct doesn't appear to be very well thought through, if he really wants to impose import tariffs that would affect over 6 million cars overall, that would amount to a minor revolution in america because it would anger both carmakers and consumers, leading to a recession in the u.s. car market. that is the opposite of what he wants. if trump is good on his threat, the german car industry in particular could be badly hurt. volkswagen, bmw and receipt is have their own plants in the united states but the m w's subsidiaries audi and porsche do not. they would be hit hard by tariffs. the united states is the second biggest export destination for german cars other than china. german automakers exported almost half a million vehicles to the u.s.. now they are feeling uneasy a

but not every carmaker in geneva is ready to go fully electric. the new a6 from audi features a mild hybrid power system. its main focus is on attracting buyers who can afford to pay for luxury. expensive, glossy cars with a nod to increasing environmental awareness and regulation. but when it comes to real innovation, this year's geneva motor show has left some experts disappointed. >> we currently see all the so-called -- so suv's, more power than ever before. some electric cars. but no really new concepts around mobility services is what we are missing again at the geneva motor show. reporter: there was one notable exception. dust company unveiled the world's first-ever commercially available flying car. and with first deliveries expected later this year, the contraption certainly appears ready for takeoff. daniel: toyota has profited from the recent dieselgate scandal. last year their sales in europe rose dramatically, almost doubling sales of hybrid cars in the eu. now toyota is going all-in by scrapping production of diesels. but just as eur

in studio now is nasir al hariri he is the chief negotiator for syria's opposition at the upcoming geneva peace talks mr hariri thanks for being with us i understand you're not supposed to speak on after being you're only here to talk about negotiation maybe i can ask you this are you worried that american support for the kurds is going to lead to the partition of syria exactly. one of the most important and. the fuel for syria is the unity of the. two which will be and you know will smith. has their own projects. opposition they are they are not also. regime they have their own project they want to establish for the rule is a system that's may lead to the division of syria so now any support for any militia who has a geological road project yana makes us afraid that this might be lead to a kind of division in the future do you support turkey's actions. now i know that the problem is people id your id has a lot of problems with syrians a lot of violations against civilians we saw them when they entered iraq a city when they raised a huge picture of our beloved learn now in their schools t

backed government the government delegation has given the huge fees twenty four hours to arrive in geneva we are here to put something to the end of the yemeni suffering and but who proves that they don't want peace they don't believe in peace we have this scheduled meeting since two months ago we scheduled to make it on sixth of september today we are alone here. these say they won't join the talks until the coalition meet several demands including authorizing the rebels' chosen airline to fly them to geneva the un mediator downplayed the delay on the eve of the talks if you look back at previous. negotiations on yemen there's always been a deliberate i don't i don't take it very seriously people of yemen like many of the conflicts are desperately in need of a signal of hope we'd like to think that the work we will do together these next days will begin to send a flickering signal of hope so. but that flickering signal of hope is in danger of being extinguished if the long awaited talks don't materialise. arson sports news a dispute among top players and their federation meant a team mad

well of the diplomacy of it all as the in the very beginning quite tough now we have the geneva. process the un geneva process that did not heed any results now you have the a stomach process that has not yielded any of us else but sort of on the ground you see i mean the broader picture could be that russia has. gained more weight and walk out and see has risen in stature because in a we just sort of resolving the syrian crisis not in the favor of those who would like assad to gore but here we are at least war is winding up and our worst groups sort of say are leaving but when it comes to the political resolution of it the lines would not be harder and they would not be that the concessions would to be there on the table because we've seen the sort of exchange of intense rhetoric between the united states and russia and some experts say even saying this is perhaps the beginning of war too so the syrian crisis would essentially become a battle between the russians and the americans which would mean that a political resolution will be even harder to come by correspondent for and b

here the sidelines of the geneva motor show carmakers are wondering what period of tariffs will mean for the especially dharmic carmakers have production operations in the u.s. and american manufacturers manufacture vigorously abroad as well so perhaps import tariffs will only apply to direct imports from europe but that would be a blur to the industry as well the u.s. is the world's second largest automotive market and the most important buyer for bigger and more expensive german cars tariffs or not in geneva the show goes on with a pun european panel crowning sweetens volvo x c four c. car of the year. but no awards can distract from the widely held belief that the trade war threatened by trump is unlikely to produce any winners in the european car industry. the world health organization is calling it the world's biggest outbreak of listeria one hundred eighty people confirmed dead in south africa and the government there is pointing to meet produces the brands is fighting back south africa's biggest consumer foods maker saying there is no direct link between the company and the de

has just gone under the hammer for five and a half million euros at a christie's jewelry auction in geneva the potentially flawless white diamond ring was the stand out among hundreds of items for sale at christie's auction in geneva the stone weighs more than fifty yards. i'm brian thomas that's all we have time for for the entire news team thanks so much for being with us. the world over information they provide the pins they want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch.

but for many of the geneva motor show concerns about a trade war or taking center stage. donald trumps threats to high tariffs on steel and aluminum imports have car makers on edge. some ceo's are taking a wait and see attitude. rose royce and you might know that is part of bmw group. and ibm dorrego is a major in west when it comes to the united states not only in manufacturing facilities. but also building up many many jobs stop costs for americans and brought quite a lot of wells into the united states. and for that reason i think. everybody should be interested in free trade and let's wait and see how that goes. now i think i'm on disability reacts of anything months becomes a factor the moments. which see what we on this is for my as it is. apparently the us exports just under fourteen billion dollars worth of cars and auto parts to europe. but it imports just over fifty one billion dollars of the same materials from your up. this is part of the trade imbalance trump has been tweeting about. the us also charges smaller duties on cars made in europe just two and a hal

united nations today the un's annual human rights report is due out in the next couple of hours in geneva and the u.n. security council. is set to meet later in the day to discuss the failed humanitarian cease fire in serious eastern ghouta the top of the us report looks likely to be harsh a leading un human rights investigator has slammed both syrian government forces and rebels for abuses carried out in eastern gotoh pro-government forces are using you saw a vision as a meat to doff warfare against the hundreds of thousands of views. in the p.c. to the inquiry at the same time b.c. to dominate groups continue to show civilian populated areas in damascus there can be no excuse or justification for indiscriminate attacks inducive really appropriate to areas in damascus un investigator paolo said he opinion at all they're saying the battle for eastern gotos not simply a case of a harsh regime trying to put down a pro-democracy insurgency but that both sides are using cruel tactics tactics to sway the fight more now on the situation near the rebel held area you're asking us . what he's done

or government experts from around the world are meeting in geneva to discuss the future of so-called autonomous weapons systems also dubbed killer robots these systems can operate and kill without any human guidance at all critics are calling for these weapons to be banned worldwide. germany's armed forces already make use of semi autonomous weapons base add offenses to can seek out targets on its own. for now soldiers still have to give the order to fire but fully autonomous weapons are being developed they can select and attack targets without humans at the controls. they're highly controversial supporters say the new weapons are needed in modern warfare and will help people make ethically responsible decisions. warfare is becoming so fast right now that human beings are not capable of making intelligent informed decisions like they could in the past others have voiced concerns that autonomous weapons could diminish human responsibility in war we don't want to have happen is robotic system isn't out there causes some kind of mass casualty event and we know humans have all. these ac

let talks in geneva can be restarted revitalised that is the main hope here clearly if you talk to the josef you talk to officials from the united nations this money really keeps the the syrian people life keeps entire cities alive keeps refugees outside the country life is absolutely vital without that money and that is the hope the sort of kind of leverage that the e.u. has regarding russia and forcing them back to negotiations and without that money the whole conflict would go entirely collapse and the country would be doomed god not just in brussels thank you very much. this is hot up next to state. they make a commitment. they find. in stronger.

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that's something we will be discussing in geneva. myjob is to provide the opportunity for the people of yemen to sit down and talk peace. that is what we are here for. we're here to do that in a way that is consistent with security council resolutions, which include the requirement for disarmament and withdrawal of forces. that's the best answer, in my view, to the question about armaments on both sides. houthi rebels armed and trained by iran are still fighting too. both sides say they're ready to attend talks in geneva next month. the first in two years after two failed rounds. if they keep failing, yemen itself will fail. lyse doucet, bbc news. the us vice president has laid out plans to create a sixth branch of the military, a so—called space force. mike pence suggested russian and chinese threats justify the military expansion and he promised a space force department will be ready by 2020. there's already a logo and he'll be asking congress for about $8 billion to fund it. now the time has come to write the next great chapter

ok this is all moving very quickly right now what about the conference that you're following in geneva for a ban on these weapons the us china russia and they've indicated they're not going to sign any banned so so will there be any progress at all in this direction. but it depends on how you define progress so a progress with the you have enough amending or next year to continue to to continue the discussion here and. also progress would be to morse specify what the mandate could look like so what would be the aim of the debate here what's the aim of the legal instrument that could be developed so become pain and others are in favor of can you cut a hole to this you see w as a commission on certain commissioner weapons and that would lead to a regulation or even a ban on it weapon is the question that is at the heart of the question if the question on human meaning for human control so what is the goal human in operating and controlling this ok there's some larger questions out there to marcel is it even possible to ban this type of technology experts are already warning that we're cl

that's something we will be discussing in geneva. myjob is to provide the opportunity for the people of yemen to sit down and talk peace. that's what we're here for, and we're here to do that in a way that's consistent with security council resolutions, which include the requirement for disarmament and withdrawal of forces. and that's the best answer, in my view, to the question about armaments on either side. houthi rebels trained and armed by iran are still fighting, too. both sides say they're ready to attend talks in geneva next month, the first in two years, after two failed rounds. if they keep failing, yemen itself will fail. lyse doucet, bbc news. and there is more background and analysis about the conflict in yemen on our website, including this short video explaining why the conflict began. all that on bbc.com/news. let's get some of the day's other main news. the zimbabwean opposition politician tendai biti has been released by a court in harare, he'd been facing charges of inciting violence and falsely declaring that the

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he lived in geneva, even after he had left the position of un secretary general. he lived there, we saw him regularly. he took part in debates. his kofi annan foundation was very active. he never seemed to retire. he remained dedicated to the cause of promoting the interests of the world's most vulnerable, until the very end. yes, there was a reflection a moment ago, for example, about his work in syria, which has brought us up much more to the present time and some of the most serious difficulties still going on in the world. that's right. he was the first un special envoy for syria. i remember well, he worked tirelessly at it. he had some very creative thinking about how that conflict could be solved. he talked about local ceasefires. we remember he tried to get them going. very sadly, obviously, he was not successful. neither have been the two successive special envoys for syria and that is one of the world's most intractable conflicts. kofi annan brought all his diplomacy and all his enthusiasm for finding a way to peace, rather than continuing the conflict to

and who can remember from the international federation of the red cross in geneva thank you very much for talking to you that's been having the up to date with some of the stories making news around the bond the european court of justice is true that the same sex marriage partners off you citizens have the right to live in any member state the case centered on a gay remain an american couple not just yourself the american has been entitle to residency even though romania itself does not permit same sex marriage. really russian president vladimir putin has arrived in vienna on his first foreign trip since being sworn in for a fourth term with austria as his first estimation put in has chosen one of the russia friendly members before meeting with the austrian president putin dismissed suggestions that russia has any intention of dividing the twenty nation. iran's supreme leader ayatollah has ordered preparations to boost the country's capacity to enrich uranium in the event that the nuclear deal with world powers forwards apart it comes nearly a month after u.s. president to donald trum

as spoken about the numerous allegations i have received, it here and in geneva. they included numerous indications from the philippines itself. i have not demonstrated any vices for. responded to my mandate, to call on the government in terms of how they respond to the allegations. demonstrated professionalism. —— any biases. they have admitted about 4000 killings. i've still not received any information the kind of investigation they have undertaken. all my questions to them have been based on international standards. they are not about any biases, but asking the government to provide me with information that i, as a special investigator, and entitled to ask them. if you are not allowed to ask them. if you are not allowed to go in in your official capacity, where does that leave the investigation? what can you do if you are not authorised to go? beside me, there are a number of other mechanisms. first and foremost, we need to highlight the fact that the international criminal court, two weeks ago, has announced that it will undertake a preliminary investigat

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eight previous rounds of occurred in geneva, few expect a breakthrough this time, but the u.n. envoy remains optimistic here at outside the u.n., kurds protesting against another ongoing conflict in the region. the turkish military operation. the turkish offensive is turning into a dispute between nato allies turkey and the united states. u.s. president trump has urged resident erdogan to limit the advance or risk confronting american forces on the ground. >> operation olive branch continues on its path eastwards. soon, they could reach -- and the enclave where some u.s. forces are stationed. ankara in washington are increasingly at all its. there's a serious trust issue between the allies. >> i stated the reasons why we cannot trust the u.s.. they have supplied the kurdish e.g. with weapons. president trump said in a phone call that they would stop equipping them, however, no actions have been taken. i stated that we needed concrete actions to reestablish the trust necessary for negotiations. >> with ankara seemingly disregarding the u.s. concerns, washington saying they would

that's headed back over the pond this year's geneva motor show gets underway with the industry shaping up for its biggest transition since full of began mass production one hundred ten years ago but it's a revolution in slow motion some observers say the industry is still proving resistant to in the effort to change. this is what britain's jack you are is offering up in the race to electro mobility the high pace is a battery operated s.u.v. which the company hopes could put it in the same category as us electric drive pioneer tesla. but not every car maker in geneva is ready to go fully electric the new eighty six rolled out by german car maker as the features the miles hybrid power system its main focus though is on attracting buyers who can afford to pay for luxury. expensive glossy cars with the knowledge to increasing environmental awareness and frank elation but when it comes to real innovation this year's to leave a motor show has left some experts disappointed probably current to see all the i so-called you know it's always so it's your research power that ever before some elect

let's geneva talks a forum to bring about a cease fire in syria and the only leverage that the european union really has is money is money donations to a rebuild the country in the past since the beginning of the civil war the european union has invested ten point six billion euros into a humanitarian aid and now fredricka more greeny of the foreign. policy to the the foreign policy chief of the european union that is what she is officially called has said there is more money in line for syria but only if these talks in geneva are restarted and it's a clear message for russia if you want an invitation come and join us at this table and we will help you rebuild the country once the war is over ok with russia figuring so much as you just mentioned what about these suspected chemical attack in duma earlier this month how does that figure in with the attempts to for example revitalize the peace process. it has of course not exactly helped to improve the relations here with russia some say the same goes for the air strikes and it may be a reason that russia is not sending its foreign ministe

donor conference and joins us now from geneva mark the conference is over its raised pledges of about five hundred thirty million dollars i'm told for the democratic republic of congo that's far short of what is needed why are potential donors holding back. well plenty of reasons actually first of all congo is not the only trusses in the world the u.n. is asking this year for twenty five billion dollars also for crises like in syria or yemen then secondly the congo crises is very protracted has been going on for more than twenty years actually and governments asked themselves probably why should we give more this year what has really changed i think that's one thing this summit today showed things have changed the situation has dramatically deteriorated and then thirdly it is of course the factor the fact that the government boycotted this conference didn't make the donors very eager to spend huge amounts of money without asking he mentioned the kabila factor president kabila in in this case of the democratic republic of congo his government boycotted the conference one. yeah it's act

but as the geneva motor show makes clear its dominance in europe could be about to end. that's all. business has been out for eleven update for you in the next hour now to an unlikely tennis doubles match that's right ahead unlikely indeed a world number one roger federer and microsoft co-founder bill gates teamed up for a charity match to raise funds for federer's foundation the v.i.p. pairing in the match for africa went up against u.s. tennis pro jack sock and t.v. host of bennett got three in san jose some rallies were definitely a crowd pleasers the roger federer foundation used the event to raise money just for children's education in africa. now belgium isn't renowned for being a powerhouse and when winter sports but the european country did produce a medalist at the two thousand and eighteen winter olympics speed skater bart swings was received by can sleep on monday swings who was accompanied by his coach yell sprite play second in the men's mass started benton chang and got to show the king his silver medal in the world palace in brussels that rare medal win was just the s

come to the negotiating table to allow syrian forces to put participate in the un let peace talks in geneva so a big attention to actors vitalize the political process in a solving the syrian conflict but this conference young is billed as a donor conference is a two day event will it meet the targets that you know people want or is there some kind of deal in a fifteen setting in. with long term conflicts like the syrian one you always have the problem of donor fatigue because it is always the same stories you have to bring across terrible conditions for civil children dying we've heard of this for years now so clearly it is a topic on the table however de mistura said he came back from this conference that's been ongoing since this morning with two hundred n.g.o.s in place who also talk about. ideas how to practically help each other but also talk about the the kind of money that could be coming in and he says it's a very positive atmosphere. he says the ngos have not lost hope and so he said we should also not lose hope and don't give them any idea how dependent is syria often refugees on

w t o rules permits some government support for national industries under specific circumstances in geneva on wednesday china's vice commerce minister one show when you defended china's record. we would like to call all doubly to your members to vacillate me found the fundamental principles and the call fairness of the most natural trading system including m.f. and national cheats mint and special and differential treatment for devout commanders and to family stand up to change the bully protectionism and the unilateralists. washington's main bone of contention is that under the w t o rules china continues to self identify as a developing nation president trump tweeted in april that this allowed china to get advantages especially over the us the us argued that if beijing's behavior went unchecked it would ruin the world trade organization the u.s. has demanded that the w.t. o. address what it called china's failure to embrace the open market policies on which the institution was founded the european ambassador to the w t o admitted there needs to be reform. for the long given of the. multi

and for more we're joined now by un human rights office spokeswoman the sani from geneva thank you so much for joining us this morning we have heard from your annual report the description of an apocalypse facing civilians in syria who's to blame the syrian government first and foremost is to blame but the international community shares this thing it's been seven years now since the conflict in syria began and there has been not one step taken by the security council to show that it is resolute and concerted in bringing this conflict to an end and in bringing the perpetrators of these created by the actions of human rights and humanitarian law to account we're looking at pictures of destruction there they you know syrians they have endured violence on a huge scale for years now how would you assess the threats to the population how have they changed over the last year. you know when it when it really struck me about your coverage and here was that you said that images of children in syria were too graphic to be shown on television let's think about that for a second when images of chi

so, what were your constant references to the geneva processes were? you yourselves using your own actions are destroying that process. we call on the united states and its allies to immediately end the aggressive action against syria and to refrain from them in the future. we are putting forward for your attention a draft resolution which we will demand a vote on at the end of this meeting. we would like to address the members of the security council. today is not the time to shirk responsibilities. the whole world is looking at you. take a principled stand. thank you. world is looking at you. take a principled stand. thank youlj world is looking at you. take a principled stand. thank you. i thank the representative of the russian federation for his statement and i now give the floor to the representative of the united states. thank you, mr president and secretary general for your briefing today. this is ourfifth secretary general for your briefing today. this is our fifth security council meeting in the past week to address the situation in syria. a

from the international trade center in geneva and have a listen to what she had to say all right there on chickens on us looks like we're having some trouble getting that. through now we've got half of it . ok we'll probably just have to let it go at this point it's a freaky friday these things happened on live t.v. we do apologize to our viewers and of course what she was saying is that consumers are going to be the ones who suffer in a trade or you know definitely no winners in a trade war that's what everyone agrees on as i mentioned the u.s. has the upper hand but what will the long term look like when will the chinese economy overtake the u.s. economy some analysts are saying that could happen in the next decade others are saying this very scenario could speed that up so a lot of talk about we're going to have to leave it there ben fizzling from our business us thanks for walking us through this issue of turning out to some other global news from around the world pakistan's anti corruption court has sentenced former prime minister not wash to ten years in prison on corruption char

if you look back to two thousand and fifteen when that agreement was signed i was covering it from geneva and other places myself i mean it was a result of tuileries off negotiations and and i doubt personally that there's going to be any deal but in what is on the table of course it doesn't address a lot of issues that americans are concerned with like it of the south program for example but it was not supposed to address the matter if we're going to the first place if it was. you know it was. few days iran has a big don't bother oops i mean iran has shipped out most of his enrich uranium goes i mean a lot of incentive to use inside inside iran and there is no sign whatsoever that the r. and d. are changing that are to do so. and thank you for your insight. now days after she was found innocent of blasphemy and so her death sentence lifted pakistani authorities are still holding. bibi in prison in an exclusive interview her husband a sikh manzi told d.w. the have fear that he fears bibi and the rest of their family. are not safe he says she is not safe and is appealing to the government

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chief federica maurine said more money is coming syria's way but only and only if the un let talks in geneva are restarted ok looked like there was a lot of progress being made gergen then we had the attack earlier this month on doom of the suspected chemical weapons attack western capitals london paris the us responding with military strikes how are those tensions going to affect this conference tensions are high with russia and they they have created a climate that is not particularly helpful for such a donor country conference one example why the russian foreign minister is not expected here but only the russian ambassador will attend the conference but if you look at the strikes apart from their declared objective to deter the regime from for future use of chemical weapons there are two ways to look at this and potentially with a second agenda one is that it shows a determination. to engage in the future of this conflict the western powers former colonial powers france and and britain saying look there is no solution without us others more critically say this is a desperate effort to get

if you look back to two thousand and fifteen when that agreement was signed i was covering it from geneva and other places myself i mean it was a result of tool years of negotiations and and i doubt personally that there's going to be any deal but in what is on the table of course it doesn't address a lot of issues that americans are concerned with like of the less our program for example but it was not supposed to address the matter of we're going to the first place it was. you know it was gross. book your activities and today iran has a veto by the rules i mean iran has shipped out most of those enrich uranium i mean a lot of it centrifuges inside inside iran and there is no sign whatsoever that they are and they are changing their attitude so come early dec and thank you for your insight. let's have a look at other stories making news around the world a group of migrants traveling from central america to the united states has crossed from guatemala into mexico more than a thousand people are estimated to be traveling together and earlier and larger group of migrants has now reached cen

as carmakers prepared to showcase their newest shiny ist models at the geneva motor show donald trump's threat to impose tariffs on vehicles made in the european union cast a shadow over proceedings some experts maintained the move would backfire. from threat doesn't appear to be very well thought through if he really wants to impose import tariffs across the board that would affect over six million cars over all that would amount to a minor revolution in america because it would anger both car makers and consumers leading to a recession in the u.s. car market that's the opposite of what he wants. if trump makes good on his stress the german car industry in particular could be badly hurt us folks like new b.m.w. and mercedes have their own plans in the united states however v.w. subsidiaries and porsche don't and would be hit hard by terrorists the united states is the second biggest export destination for german cars after china last year alone german automakers exported almost half a million vehicles to the u.s. now they're feeling uneasy about what could be to come. here are the five

in geneva. belgian prime minister charles michel has announced his resignation michel was forced to set up a minority government last week his right wing coalition partners have quit in protest over belgium backing a new win pact on migration and inquiry into zimbabwe's july presidential election has found the army's use of live bullets to stop violence was disproportionate and unjustified six protesters were killed and dozens injured in the unrest emmerson in gone became the first elected head of state in zimbabwe in thirty seven years america's top public health officer has called for action to curb the use of electronic cigarettes by teenagers and adolescents surgeon general jerome adams said young people's use of the devices at. exploded to epidemic proportions he urged adults to educate youth about the dangers of they. were now to china it has been forty years since china opened up to world markets and to a degree capitalism ultimately turning china into a global economic powerhouse second

migrants those refugees here in germany hue of a lesser protection who do not have protection under the geneva conventions which means they don't are not entitled automatically to bring close family members legally to germany well that was that right was suspended for them at that runs out early this year and the serious you expects the social democrats to go along with that earlier compromise and extend that and speedy leader has been quite clear that he certainly doesn't see that on the cards so this definitely isn't helping in finding the kind of let's say harmony that would be needed to at least find a common level there but then again of course this is a lot of public statements we've seen a lot of public drama over that very issue of formulating a coalition and the more interesting bit is really what is going on behind closed doors come sunday. thank you. guys over northwest may have been filled with hot air balloons back got to be bad across the whole weekend of the small town of mondavi is hosting the international balloon meeting of the it's a thirty edition b. event welcoming pilots

the irony is though that the body the all the traits fair trade is the world trade organization in geneva which the united states president has also said that the u.s. wants out of he also made head nod again to china referring to intellectual property theft which he said washington would no longer tolerate now in a major trade deals as you know better than anybody else taking years of painstaking negotiations through the business leaders gathered in davos believe that he will actually read buddies deals or are they just moving on now without the u.s. . but of course a year ago we saw president rip up t.p. pay on the sidelines of the world economic forum we have heard from white house officials that he may be looking to renegotiate t.p. pay now he says to make it a better deal reading between the lines of course that means a better deal for the united states the same can be said for nafta the same indeed can be said for the paris climate agreement as well although that's not a trade deal essentially though he said in that speech that he's looking for bilateral trade deals not multilateral

he joins us from geneva. welcome to dw. how are you getting aid in given the region's damaged infrastructure? matthew: it is incredibly difficult. the airport is not back u up to full capacitity. asas your colllleague mentioionn heher report, the road network, which was not good in n the best of times, and these are not the best of times, the network is severely limited. we are encountering mudslides, landslides, and soil turning essentially into water and swallowing roads and buildings whole. it has been extraordinarily complex. the indonesian red cross has deployed three barges worth of supplies from jakarta making its way up as we speak. the first arrival on friday. the challenge then will be to get that aid into where it is needed, where still after four days many communities have not been reached. phil: and what are you providing? matthew: at the moment the focus is on search-and-rescue. there is also a lot of work being g done to provide emergeny medical assistance. the red cross has set up a clinic in a city jusust t