it's the perfect gateway to europe. over the last few years, the chinese have turned perez into the biggest port in the mediterranean and they're planning to make it the biggest port in europe, pledging $600000000.00 euros of additional investments in the next few years. your music i was born and raised in prayer for you. i love him of amendment. i have felt connected with the sea and since i was small before me, this place will be on now. it's important to us medical meadows, not only for its charm and atmosphere now it deserves to be only men, but because it's a part with open access to the c particle and expose the family. and because it was managed to keep it that way, the status. okay. yeah, the most. yeah. tracy honest darzy, a francis cocky believes that the old port area belongs to the cities residence and has long been campaigning to get them access to it again. she's the left wing, threes of parties, maritime policy spokeswoman. that is skeptical about the chinese commitment. she believes massive investments b

europe eventual he came up with an. vestment program but small businesses like ricardo's felt this help came too late. i've looked all that you foresee in order for you to hold me i would have really liked to have seen a united europe as everyone had predicted a strong union with fundamental coordination see something sort of thing i mean i would have liked to have seen those with more opportunities to help the others a true europe you know key and obviously mineral ok. but in the end it didn't work out that way in which everyone close the borders and said here's a brick wash your own dirty laundry at home you buy the spark you know about the ruling. that really showed us that we can't talk about a single europe will be on the mend i mean think in the ocean with a lot of the old all. anyone who comes to trist can still experience the charm of the old habsburg monarchy. 100 years ago the port city was a trading hub to eastern europe. the iron curtain interrupted the links for decades . now the city wants to return to its

the council of europe has issued as late as verdict, human rights and democracy in europe. and it makes unpleasant reading. europe's democratic environment and institutions. it says are in neutrally reinforcing decline. we talked a lot about democracy and human rights on this program and spend a good time holding politicians to account for actions for the peace when danger those rights. but the situation is not so critical. we decided to question a leading official just trying to protect human rights about why that protection is famous. junior me after which is commissioner for human rights with the council of europe, and she joins me now some stuff, but what is it gone so spectacularly wrong? the dounia may out of edge welcome to conflict zone. thank you. 2 months ago you press the emergency button on human rights in europe. you said 2020 had been a disastrous year for those rights on the continent. one of the bleakest assessments to be hard for a long time. do you think anybody is listening to your warning? well, i hope so. it is something that is affecting, that's all, n

so europe says the pollutants playing politics. it says the same thing that the you is playing politics with north street to. is he not correct there? well, i mean no 3 to and it's better says the not true 110 years ago, they are highly political projects. you are linking to major consumer producer blocks together with a physical pipeline infrastructure. it is political by nature and this politics when it goes well, it's good, it's you, you are making a big producer of the consumer and it improves politics. but of course, when politics get sour, as they are now between russia and europe in the west, or general over ukraine, for instance, which of course, is the gas transit routed traditionally, it was then if things get complicated and that is the issue now. yes, both sides are playing politics. however, the approval process that has been put on hold is a commercial one. and this is important to keep in mind. the approval process with a bonus next are going to, in germany, is that commercial process will stream to and gas from has

all in europe the chinese. judge in the city is assigned ologist and author who lived in china for 6 years and observed the events around the new silk road development with a critical eye. she thinks the italian government was trying to create an economic advantage for itself but underestimated the plant's political dimensions. but a lot of thought the ricotta he acknowledged mines of this political project by a member of the g 7 had a great propaganda value also in china itself i think a propagandist the kind that an offer of this the new silk road is quite clearly and economic project and like all projects in history in china and the usa it's not in that of charity they are pursuing that own interests and. it's obvious that china is trying to gain a global foothold through key infrastructure investments such as for. trade yes to the north east of italy could also become an important logistical center for the chinese. francesco party z. is a businessman who's currently planning to bring a new investor on board

let's say china united states and europe on the other hand europe is the weakest link so there is a temptation for the chinese to say if you want to kind of battle we go for the weakest link not for the strong competitor united states. how far do you think europe will be willing to go particularly with that awareness of how dependent it is on china's market well i think germany is very dependent on the chinese market the rest of europe is not as dependent on chinese market china is the largest trading partner now for the e.u. i believe although it's mainly because they export so much from china they're not selling as much to china as they are to united states for example united states is more important export market for europe as a whole so europe is as martin said very reliant on the u.s. in various ways especially for its security i think that the fact that it is kind of come around on china is more a sign that they're accepting the reality as it is and that's why things like the sanctions i would argue are important because it creates moral clarity and i think as recently as december when t

citizens that vaccines produced in europe are available all over the world but not in europe. mr spock thank you very much for the interview or i tell for more i'm joined by professor going to shine rashid is the deputy director of the viral a-g. institute at the sharky hospital here in berlin doctors good to have you on this show you know we just heard germany's health minister they're calling for a fairer distribution of vaccines we know that by on tech pfizer and astra zeneca they've both announced allays and cut in the number of doses that they are delivering to europe i mean what's the explanation here has the e.u. over promised or have the vaccine manufacturers over promised frankly speaking i think enough that's indows necessity or it's tearing this some up time last year and at that point nobody even know experts could anticipate which vaccine would be successful so do government tests make deals with several companies that are using different vaccine platforms and that was a good strategy from my point of view so i think it's really a matter of production and delivery

when i'm criticizing this country i want europe to be a better place i want to take part in europe. i want britain to be a better place i'm fighting for this country but maybe not in the way that people traditionally fought for it which is you know to keep the. prejudices in place. johnny pitts vision a europe that confronts its colonial past head on and stops marginalizing black people. many valuable artifacts from african countries are held in european museums the fact the treasures are here testifies to a colonial past and triggers modern day controversy should they be repatriated and what context can you appear in museums show them today. when we go to the we look at those objects. like a disney vacation thing. i think institutions any and. whole global north fairly conservative that means they don't want to change their poll position i. take programs moya's museum it holds the famous bust of now for t.-t. which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year for close to a century egyptians have been demanding her return without success so how can these art collections be

china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th on double. play. play. this is news live from the lead astra zeneca defends its corona virus vaccine saying it is effective for senior citizens that's after german public health officials said they could not recommend the shot for people over the age of $65.00 due to insufficient data regulators are set to decide on friday whether to approve the vaccine for use in europe.

flexing its muscles from the middle eastern europe from cyberspace. from afghanistan to the persian gulf the us remains deeply in tangled in conflicts it doesn't know how to result. in europe it faces allies so disillusioned that they're hedging their bets on america pushing the future of the western alliance into question. but in the contest for global power and influence one challenge overshadows all of us in china a new superpower has risen. one with the military might to challenge the west. and an economy. that's the envy used to well . as washington takes it on the brink in general trying to turn into one china with his clique. or the phrase how in i.p.c.s. found. america so diminished that china can take stock that is faction in the states of its democracy think for a moment just how far the tables of me turned just 30 years ago george bush sr hailed in america triumphant it did wonder the cold war it was in charge no substitute for american leadership in the face of terror and no one doubts american credibility and reliability no one without po

troubled by what we see and hear right so i think you know the issue with europe is europe still has this concept of itself you know these nation states in the cities i'm french i'm german we're white french were white german without understanding that the concept of europe historically was more around the mediterranean so you have people on the mediterranean now who are no longer considered european but historically and when it culture were so the issue is where do you start looking right and i think european culture right now has been stuck since the age of conquest and exploration. going. on into these weapons of fate let us. bring i just want to add more because i'm not your pm and i don't i would like to hear from from from one from europe what do you think about this because i from my rams perspective point of view when i came here to 15 and i see all these welcoming narrative and all their narrative that you know i think i have. but he now in the united states. diplomatic super correct when you refer to my friends and yet you see that not much has been. so. ok you are of the m

the jewish in europe, the 2 part documentary starts july 5th on d w. ah, the news, ah, this is the w news light from the lens for reviving the special relationship, but not shaking hands. historic elbow bumps us president joe biden, british prime minister parish johnson meat for the 1st time with the jump in describing the encounter as a breath of fresh ass. also on the program, germany disbands on elite police, you have to office is a found to be active in the far right shots group is the latest in a string. alleged extreme cases amongst germany's police surveillance, repression and imprisonment, human rights group. i'm just the international relief this new evidence of china's campaign, as persecution against it. we got mostly minority and footballs. a european championships about to kick up delayed for a year because of the panoramic euro. 2025000000 catch going in rogue on friday nights and will tell you what to expect. ah, i'm feel gale. welcome to the program. us president joe biden has wrapped up. he's the 1st full day if is your opinion tour. h

has been living in europe since 2007. his 2 kids were born here in belgium and they called the country home. just one example of how much has changed since you arrived in europe. from all those turned out for 5 clubs in belgium most recently spent 4 years with the small of the to bruges based 1st division clubs. as a kid in my didn't i would be a place like this. now. you can come from training and just pick up. whatever you choose you know and going there you could not we played with the beginning one where no shoes even the boys you know. the boys the. good boys at home with me. you know and it was just fun just to distract us from everything that's going on around you it was. an escape. all the trash is from all over on it all because not everyone thought. you know. we. just go next to me so we used plastic bags for the garbage to make. my friends you know stopping for trying to go into the dump good things so then. yes it became a. part of our lives. there's a saying in kenya nothing good comes from dunder. what worri

europe has ordered around 2300000 vaccines for 448. citizens and the population which is one to 5 u.k. has over 400000000 vaccines for its 68000000. population which is around 6 vaccines to once it isn't and this is exactly what troubles me when we look into the global situation where we have regions where they don't have even just a vaccine proceeds and or let alone. twice and so on so i think. the idea of sort of dirty of the e.u. that is the way how we should also handle on a global way although i know that some countries have been more aggressive like the u.k. or trump or the. right and also how they dealt to beginning with the price politics and so on so there are so far successful but when we think oh no more regional and global weight national. solutions were never the best way to deal with spending make alexandra staying in europe just for the time being would you say that brussels and e.u. member states have done enough to ensure equity of distribution of the vaccine with in europe. i think yes that's what was the goal of goin

the focus on europe. in 60 minutes on a d, w. a there, i'm david and this is climate change briggs, it's sex lou. happiness in 3 books. this is the book for you. you'll get smarter for free. did over your books on you turn. this is d w. news asia coming up today is special. look at china's growing power this year, both at home and abroad. the man behind that dr. his shooting pinged his control over china's direction is nearly absolute and puts him on course to be one of the most powerful leaders in china's modern history. under his rule, china has taken a strong hand in shaping society and trying to silence those who speak out against those in power. and it has shown it's muscle when it comes to its intentions for taiwan. how are europe and germany handling a rising china? ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. 2021 was a big year for chinese liter sheeting pain at the communist parties annual meeting this fall. he was symbolically elevated to the same status as the people's republic of china. as paramount leader, loud, don't

which might have even limitations in europe but still it would want not to harp on their differences but we were too hard on commonalities and i'm sure there are many and the we have in the past build upon it and you can do it again there was an incident in 2007 that that was a danish newspaper move forward on that there were protests and everything so i think he let the government speak and let it be discussed that that would be indicative of the sentiment in pakistan for our friends brought and maybe be very useful in how to move forward or to home affairs of pakistan's ambassador to germany thank you so much for joining us. i may hear from thank you are going to die me from the dovish i joins me on the line now for more ambassador faisal they're talking of finding common ground with europe is the concern in pakistan that europe is disregarding muslims feelings on perceived insults to prophet moment . well the embassador has a very difficult job i mean his main role is to protect pakistan's interest and paint a positive image of pakistan unfortunately the situation on the ground do

and europe has been losing to asia when they get cold and they do market and then you know, europe. ready bit less, but then i mean, there's pipeline to play in no way i'll gear russia, they can supply as well. but that's where you have no problem. moment russia has been slow to send additional gas to the you this year despite the critical shortage of stocks. some analysts believe the limited deliveries are no quinn sentence and accused moscow of exploiting europe's energy weakness. why? inter nordstrom to the 9500000000 euro natural gas pipeline. russia recently completed constructing to germany. the russians have spent a fortune under put in developing an entire new natural gas province. what happens in europe then, as part of its climate policy cuts back on natural gas consumption? indeed, many politicians do see climate policy, namely, a faster move towards renewables. as the solution, but building out that infrastructure could take years. so what about right now for now, government seemed to have decided the answer is more fossil fuels. china has doubled down on coal while here

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the conference in the future of europe. there are $10.10 of several, tens of thousands war on daily basis. debating on the future offer a d, a european union, and in top of that, that has been in a scientific way, 800 people selected. and all these people have nothing to do with european union to participate in the decision making process. we have seen such err. yeah, what we called citizens convention, already in france, already in ireland, already in germany. but it's for the 1st time that it is organized on a ben european level. and my expectation of this exercise is not to listen to the citizens because we know what the citizens wants. we have the euro barrow meter. we have surveys, like it's in the case also in written note, the big difference is that the citizens are, are selected will continue to participate in not only formulating recommendations, but also in the answers. the politicians will diff, to their wishes and to the recommendations you said to regain people as trust in democracy. we need to fundamentally re

when i'm criticizing this country i want europe to be a better place i want to take part in europe. i want britain to be a better place i'm fighting for this country but maybe not in the way that people traditionally fought for it which is you know to keep. prejudices in place. johnny pitts vision a europe that confronts its colonial past head on and stops marginalizing black people. many valuable artifacts from african countries are held in european museums the fact the treasures are here testifies to a colonial past and triggers modern day controversy should they be repatriated and what context can be european museums show them today. when we go to those museums we look at those objects. like a disney vacation thing. i think institutions any and. whole global north conservative that means they don't want to change that pole position of. noise museum that holds the famous bust of now for t.-t. which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year for close to a century egyptians have been demanding her return without success so how can these art collections be freed from their

to our nato alliance and i welcome your europe's growing investment in the military capabilities that enable our shared defense you know to me and to the united states the us will keep article will keep faith with article 5 it's a guaranteed an attack on one is an attack on all that is are on shakable vow and the only time article 5 has been invoked was after the united states was attacked on $911.00 you our allies joined us to fight al qaeda and the united states committed to consulting closely with our nato allies and partners on the way forward in afghanistan my dh ministration strongly supports the diplomatic proc the process is underway and to bring an end to this war that is closing out 20 years we remain committed to ensuring that afghanistan never again is provides a base for terrorist attacks against the united states and our partners and our interest our european partners have also stood with us to counter isis just this week nato defense ministers and door significant expanded training and advisory mission in iraq which will be vital to the ongoing fight against isis we can

and above all, how it feels jewish life in europe. that's what film producer. lona and journalists, goodman, are exploring. delving into history and the present i would never have thought that could be live. so i could remind myself because i grew up in a completely different way. prod, pluralistic jewish in europe. the 2 port documentary starts july 5th on dw, the ah ah. see the news live from berlin, a stunning turn of events for the man once known as america. dad. he was convicted of sexual assault and sent to prison. but now us, comedian bill cosby is once again a 3 man, a us court overturned his conviction on a legal technicality. coming back on the last german soldiers return from afghanistan was all remaining international troops to leave by september 11th afghans worry about the future of their.

it's one of the major routes for russian gas to europe. some west and politicians and industry experts have accused russian president vladimir putin, of withholding deliveries to europe and met political tensions over ukraine and not string to something that he denied during his annual news conference for the world to him. it would play them, they lie all the time. they mix everything up. gas from supplies, all are requesting gas volumes, under current contracts. and not only that, not, it's also increasing the volume. or are we me issue of the contract? spokespeople for our w. e and uni power, which among gas prompts, biggest gas by us and germany sat. the russian company was still meeting delivery obligations. but measurements show that gas volumes flowing through the m r pipeline have been reversed. some western politicians believe pooty wants to put pressure on not stream to it's another pipeline which is set to deliver gas from russia through the baltic sea, directly to germany. germany has not approved the pipeline yet. some experts

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in one hand and this will say europe and within europe there are many different countries that have different takes on the china strategy for example germany is in comparison to the u.s. is more i would say any and more open to what's china because germany sees a lot of business interest in china and it has a very. strong trading relationship and i think germany's always called for example merkel she's always caught in between. protecting business interests versus the human interests and human rights and democratic values and i think that europe is deciding how much their way. will we prioritize business trade economic development with china or will we take a step back and look at the human rights situation in in china terms and you're nodding a re i mean the bottom line is the path to a united or any kind of coherent european china strategy or policy goes right through berlin berlin is going to be determinant as it was in the case of the comprehensive investment agreement and it has to strike that balance between its economic interests which are growing with china and dependencies and the hu

the paradox here is that europe probably would not have. taken any strong positions or made any astro statements had russia not arrested them while they the way they did it as soon as he stepped off the plane so i find it a little bit puzzling i think that if europe wanted to keep sorry if russia wanted to keep europe away from its domestic life from making comments and saying things then they should not have done that i mean they must have understood but if not why they flawless in from their main i mean attention will be banned if they arrest him and then there will be western reactions deliberately done and managed and why i don't know you know it's a very good point that we've been asking the very same question there's also the nord stream to natural gas pipeline between russia and germany it's almost completed and it has become politically very explosive the german government as you know stands behind the project the united states says the pipeline threatens european energy security this is what the white house said today about the pip

the jewish life in europe. ah, that's what film producer, bona and journalist eas, could no more exploring, delving into history and the present. ah, some things are painful, many or surprising. everything is important because life is so much more than what you think, you know? i would never so it could be made. so sophie, remind myself, i grew up in a completely different way. it's broad explorer, the stickers, jewish in europe. the 2 part documentary starts july 5th on dw the news . this is e w. news live from berlin tonight to another close call with dest, but a bama here binds again. for the 3rd time, the u. s. supreme court dismisses a republican let attempt to kill the affordable care act. the decision means millions will keep their health care coverage. also coming up tonight, china's crack down on hong kong now journalists appear to be be genes, target editorial staff and the pro democracy newspaper. apple daily were arrested in a massive police rate today and china. so.

chinese gateway to europe start feb 19th d.w. . this is d.w. news and these are our top stories the german foreign minister has rejected a french request to send additional troops to the african side held region saying more development projects on the ground what's needed instead he saw hill is struggling to contain an insurgency by islamist terror groups france has more than 5000 troops stationed there to assist security efforts. france's lower house of parliament has approved a controversy over bill aimed at curbing islamic extremism legislation expands the state's ability to close places of worship and the banned individual preaches but critics say the bill stigmatizes muslims and limits free speech it still needs to pass the senate. thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of boston munna to demand the release of a popular spanish police arrested public hostle after he was given a jail sentence for glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty in his songs last friday he missed the deadline to surrender to colleagues. this is a deadly

the christian democratic party here in germany welcome mr hart do you believe that time is between europe and the u.s. can be fully restored or is some of the damage that we saw under the trauma administration permanent we have totally new and different moods in the transatlantic cooperation now. i believe that joe biden states to this commitment too much let risen to europe as a drum somebody partner and what we heard yesterday. we appreciate it very much but we also know about a lot of talks we have we will close together and plan that we were up close together and security issues but we also have to grow close together in facing a bitrate and political challenge from china and russia and this is maybe more complicate and to only continue the policy that we have for example was obama to set us right so you mention the contentious issues where the u.s. and europe perhaps are still wide apart how can they bridge their differences though on things like china or defense spending. in defense spending i think we came in a huge step forward and president by yes they mentioned that europe is 3

it's the perfect gateway to europe. over the last few years, the chinese have turned periods into the biggest port in the mediterranean. and they're planning to make it the biggest port in europe, pledging $600000000.00 euros of additional investment in the next few years. again, me think i can make i was born and raised in prayer me for years. and i love him of amendment. i have felt connected with to see in the school since i was small before you me this place will be on now is important to medical meadows, not only for its charm and atmosphere. now it's designed to tow it up. but because it's a pop, open access to the c particle and the supposed to failure. and because it was managed to keep it that way remotely, tracy understands the francis khaki believes that the old port area belongs to the cities residence and has long been campaigning to get them access to it again. she's the left wing, threes of parties, maritime policy spokeswoman. that is skeptical about the chinese commitment. she believes massive investmen

more than 1000 years ago europe witnesses a huge construction boom. with christianity firmly established there is a greater demand for houses of worship. and both religious and secular leaders are eager to display their power so churches become palaces. the race begins who can create the tallest biggest and most beautiful structures. stone masons builders in the projects compete with each other to have a good projects. this is home massive churches with towers that pierce the clouds like skyscrapers are created. contest of the cathedral church people 12th on t.w. . this is d.w. news and these are our top stories british prime minister boris johnson has denied that his government banned the export of coded 1000 vaccines to the european union he told british lawmakers that he opposes vaccine nationalism in all forms johnson made the statement after european council president shot in the shadow accuse the u.k. of imposing an export ban. former brazilian president of the reason that a silva has slammed president also narrow.

it's the perfect gateway to europe. over the last few years, the chinese have turned periods into the biggest port in the mediterranean and they're planning to make it the biggest port in europe, pledging $600000000.00 euros of additional investments in the next few years. your music i can make i was born and raised in parade me up for you. i love him of amendment. i have felt connected with the sea and since i was small before you me cream, this place will be on now is important to medical meadows. not only for its charm and atmosphere now it's to be only because it's a park with open access to the c particle and the supposed to value. and because it was managed to keep it that way, the marcia tracy honest ozzy, a francis khaki believes that the old port area belongs to the cities residence and has long been campaigning to get them access to it again. she's the left wing, threes of parties, maritime policy spokeswoman that is skeptical about the chinese commitment. she believes massive investments by aging would also h

paul, do i have been given that seems approved in europe to come to europe guidelines for traveling to and within the european union this summer are a work in progress and they're likely to remain pretty chaotic for a while. does because members, state governments actually make their own rules so, so they vary from country to country, in other words, and what the french authorities or the german authorities demand that could differ in key ways from what, for instance, the spanish authorities demand or the greek authorities demand the e u as a whole is still trying to get its ducks in a row when it comes to travel and the launch of a new joint digital certificate for people who have been vaccinated or recently tested, or who have recovered from over 19. it should help, but for the moment that certificate is still largely really aimed at streamlining cross border travel for people within europe and a lot less so for travelers from 3rd countries. however, according to an official fact sheet on the digital vaccine passport, member states only have to allow free movement for those who have

c, as based in europe is growing a lot. all of these nations are very easily accessible by, by the part of the, as they saw. you know, i think it is very simple. if you look at a map, you see that if you pass fruit and you go to hungary to germany, to say you arrive foster van busing from the northern range port the, the city is investing even more in its rail network than in the port itself. built over 100 years ago. it's direct links to eastern europe are still there. they just have to be upgraded. but it is also at pains to emphasize that although it welcomes investments from china, it has no intention of selling off the port lock stock, and barrel. what was a free years ago? 2 years ago, only a problem, a matter of transport became a geopolitical issue. now, if you said the port authority, you say ok, this part of a territory is no more my territory. and this was than in increasing. this is not what is happening here. below here is the port authority of president is italian. i am directly governed by my minister, so you

every investment, the chinese make in europe, angers the u. s. and exacerbates the standoff between the u. s. and china. francesco perisi has decided on a partner to help trying to expand not china, but a european investor. the port of hamburg he stresses that this is a purely economic calculation. but he doesn't deny that political factors also played a role or easy remembers the cold war. and it's worried about any new confrontation, this rotational situation ended. it was of another cold war method of concern for me personally. and for my business in general for me in general. it also is it as a, as a citizen of the european union, we can see that international trade for sure. bridge. we can see that to be helpful to keep them and paid peace. the debate about the role europe will play and the trade war between the u. s. and china is nothing new and is not limited to the economy you bad. i hope to some european leadership because if not, europe risks becoming china. us saying that instead of laura can be the 3rd key player in the global arena.

the conference in the future of europe. there are $10.10 of several, tens of thousands war on daily basis. debating on the future offer d a european union, and in top of that, that has been in a scientific way, 800 people selected. and all these people have nothing to do with european union to participate in the decision making process. we have seen such err. yeah, what we called citizens convention, already in france already in ireland, already in germany. but it's for the 1st time that it is organized on a ben european level. and my expectation of this exercise is not to listen to, to citizens because we know what the citizens want. we have the euro barrow meter. we have surveys, like it's in the gaze also in britain. note, the big difference is that the citizens are, are selected, will continue to participate in not only formulating recommendations, but also in the answers. the politicians will diff, to their wishes and to do recommendations you said to regain people as trust in democracy. we need to fundamentally revisi

dream of reaching europe but at the e.u. borders they often get a rude awakening like here in the bosnian refugee camp it recently burned to the ground people have to brace the bitter winter cold authorities have set up new tense but there is still no running water or electricity. from here seems within reach for most migrants and the lipa camp was now is just a transit stop their goal is to reach the e.u. and so they try and try to cross the border to neighboring croatia for. the living conditions in the camps are so terrible bad moving to a nearby forest seems like a better option for him his big goal is to someday make it to germany and he's willing to enjoy our numerous hardships to make his dream come true. this camp in the forest is what. he used called home for 3 months he shares his homemade tent with 5 other men. this from. the. feds reviewed aid organizations passed by they distribute a bit of food and clothing to the approximately 30 men from pakistan and bangladesh living in this camp near. it's a small town in b

and has now caught on in europe. welcome to the 1st tick-tock shared apartment in italy police take soccer's have lived together since october 2020 this stylish milan apartment is their stage and their mission is to produce content for social media 21 year old simona bellini is the oldest resident. says more than just a home for 8 it's a place that helps us develop personal. we all want to do something with our lives and make our dreams come true mine is to become an actor. but i mean everyone here has different dreams and ideas we all want to achieve something. most of them are already tick-tock stars with over a 1000000 followers every day they polish their on camera performance. martial arts acting classes are on the program together they produce short video clips benefiting from each other's popularity to reach a wider audience. 'd the 500 square meter apartment boasts trendy colors and modern design every element is a real eye catcher put in just the right place. because being successful on social media means ma

it's one of the major roots for russian gas to europe. some western politicians and industry experts have accused russian president vladimir putin, of withholding deliveries to europe and mid political tensions over ukraine and not stream to something that he denied during his annual news conference. the vol to him, it would buy them, they lie all the time. they mix everything up. gas from supplies, all are requesting gas volumes, under current contracts. and not only that, not right, it's also increasing the volume or a premier ship, the contract spokespeople for our w e and uni power, which among gas prompts, biggest gas by us and germany set. the russian company was still meeting delivery obligations by measurements. show that gas volumes flowing through the jamar pipeline have been reversed. some western politicians believe protein wants to put pressure on not string to. it's another pipeline which is set to deliver gas from russia through the baltic sea, directly to germany. germany has not approved the pipeline yet. some experts bel

europe eventual he came up with an. vestment program but small businesses like ricardo's felt this help came too late. i would have thought could you foresee the whole me i would have really liked to have seen a united europe as everyone had predicted a strong union with fundamental coordination. or something one of the i mean i would have liked to have seen those with more opportunities to help the others a true europe you know he and i was in the middle ok. but in the end it didn't work out that way in which everyone close the borders and said here's a brick wash your own dirty laundry at home by the spark you know about the reading . that really showed us that we can't talk about a single hero. in the meantime into an ocean and with a lot of the overall. anyone who comes to trist can still experience the charm of the old habsburg monarchy. 100 years ago the port city was a trading hub to eastern europe. the iron curtain interrupted the lanes for decades . now the city wants to return to its former glory and is hoping

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today the head of the europe central europe, central bank, said not yet. how much will these euro's get you? at least for a while, the answer is going to be less than they used to. as economic activity returns in many parts of europe, demand across sectors has spiked, helped along by stimulus keeping borrowing costs down. that's had one particular side effect. inflation has picked up over recent months, largely on account of base effects, transitory factors, and an increase in energy prices. it is expected to rise further in the 2nd half of the year before declining as temporary factors fade out. on new stuff, projections point to a gradual increase in underlying inflation pressures throughout the projection horizon. in other words, the european central bank expects prices to keep getting higher this year. as the continent recovers time then to ease upon stimulus siding, a still uncertain economic outlook. the c b says no, it's keeping interest rates are record lows and it's 1.85 trillion euro emergency bond buying scheme, untouched. rising prices notwiths

and i think that's actually the majority of citizens in europe. they are very worried about the migration issues starting from this that why people don't have to leave data, their homeland in the sunsets, it's very human and in lots of cases human tragedy. so that i guess the majority of people in europe in distance don't want to see that people will have to leave their homes and start the life of g. i'm not only about total saying yes, miss denied. perhaps the most disappointing aspect which human rights groups are underlined last month is how the e u has failed to safeguard people. again, serious human rights violations at its external borders. the spotlight has fallen on the border agency front, tx, which is accused by human rights watch of failing repeatedly to take action of allegations of human rights violations. that's a serious issue, isn't it? it's exposed deep pulled lines in the values that all men to countries was supposed to sign up to have been a major disappointment for you. why the, for me, the big disappointment actually is that w

we continued our investigation in europe. in front so according to our dossier qatar charity has funded 20000 projects tens of millions of euros invested in mosques islamic centers and schools all of them a supported by muslims of france an association called m d f formally known as the union of french islamic organizations or us so i asked the flash drives contain substantial information on one initiative in particular qatar charities flagship project in europe it's located in mill use in eastern frumps. computer generated images of the future a new a center show a prayer room built on 2 floors classrooms for a new school and a library. the presentation bears the qatar charity logo and is intended to attract donors. abreu should describes other services offered by the future community center designed in compliance with religious norms observed in qatar a swimming pool with separate hours for men and women restaurants and supermarkets and a health clinic. while waiting for the project to be completed worshipers pray in an old

but europe's economy is so dependent on china, but it's doubtful. it will be as tough as washington once and on russia, germany has refused to stop the controversial north stream to pipeline biden. seas that is a major mistake that will make your weaker, more dependent on russia. both going issue fears. if europe doesn't step in risks feeding the trump narrative that the trans atlantic alliance isn't west, is there anything we can do to make sure that the next president will not be again, donald trump, or somebody like donald trump, who wishes to abandon europe. we want to be a good part and another useless. so a lot rides on this week of some, it's between friends and foes. meetings that count both for the outside world and for the voters that code. and i'm joined now by yano pooler marine from the european council on foreign relations. she focuses on european foreign policy, as well as security and defense policy and transatlantic tie. the welcome to the day as we heard johnson and biden agreed on a new so called atlanta charter models on the one

well i guess that in some issues, so globally, also in immediate neighborhood of europe use, foreign policy has been quite successful when we speak, for example, ups about supporting democrat, the movement speed ga, be ukraine beat, some other countries where i say if you look at the changes in the, in western ball consent and so on and so on. and then yes, you also can of course find examples where it's really difficult to make a difference. and even to reach consensus in d, u, the same middle east issue. so it is as long as you is not one country, but the combination of 27 at the state. sure. well, it also remained like this that not in all foreign policy issues you easily can reach very brilliant consensus or, or you can push forward the very brilliant ideas where they're united position of each member states. this is really strong so that they feel look at the middle east then. yes, it last, it already dictates. and dick gates, but it's not only do your opinion and then also, no other country came out with the solution which really can be helpful. so that, that's why disease real

also on the show europe's biggest economy wraps up its climate goals fighting the german industry under pressure to clean up their act. and high speed internet brings american and ugandan surgeons together and one operating. this is the business i'm joined now by not so happy you can join us americans paid to more for groceries clothing and cars in april then in the month before as the country's economic recovery pushes up prices from pandemic low figures showed wednesday figures released wednesday showed a jump of over 4 percent from a year earlier with prices rising across almost every category economists expected prices to rebound after more than a year of depressed they're mad but some fear that rising inflation could force the federal reserve to increase interest rates making borrowing more expensive. so why are prices going up demand is rising as stores restaurants and theaters reopen government stimulus payments have put more cash in consumers' pockets and factories are facing bottlenecks as they gear up production to meet demand one example used car prices spiked by 10 percent i

and staying in europe majorca was one of europe's main tourist and destinations but today the spanish island is suffering badly from the coronavirus pandemic such as the homeless or retirees who have been affected by the lockdown middle class families are at their wit's ends as well 21000 more than 10000000 tourists visited majorca last year a paltry 1400000. pun the day my orca in the winter pleasant temperatures and mediterranean beyond's but things have been different in the past months everywhere list city you see people lining up patiently in front of churches and aid organizations waiting for food handouts the island's once mighty tourism sector as collapsed amid the coronavirus pandemic poverty is rising. but i think we're a family of 5 we don't get any support from the government and we have no income that we are. doing very badly in this situation there's less and less work. bars and restaurants are closed due to high infection rates it's a catastrophe for people like that though. he's one of 25000 restaurant owners on the island he says the 1500 year old government aid for r