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[00:00.000 --> 00:27.900]  This
[00:27.900 --> 00:33.360]  is DW News live from Berlin with time running out for Britain and Europe to reach a deal
[00:33.360 --> 00:40.400]  on Brexit, the solution for now kicking the Brexit can down the road. European Union leaders
[00:40.400 --> 00:45.040]  are meeting in Brussels for another go at reaching an amicable agreement for Britain
[00:45.040 --> 00:51.040]  to leave the EU, but the Irish border problem continues to stand in the way. We'll go live
[00:51.040 --> 00:57.880]  to Brussels for more. Also coming up, a massacre in Crimea, a teenager reportedly shot in
[00:57.880 --> 01:05.120]  killed at least 19 of his fellow college students, injuring dozens more and then he turned the
[01:05.120 --> 01:13.240]  gun on himself. And more gruesome details about how the Salty journalist Jamal Khashoggi
[01:13.240 --> 01:19.880]  died inside the Salty Consulate in Istanbul. Turkish police say they have more evidence
[01:19.880 --> 01:26.500]  pointing towards the Salty royal family. Andy W. takes you inside what was once the
[01:26.500 --> 01:32.120]  capital of so called Islamic State. The city of Raqqa was liberated from IS occupation
[01:32.120 --> 01:38.520]  one year ago, tonight an exclusive report on the United States willing and unwilling
[01:38.520 --> 01:56.360]  to help rebuild a city that its coalition airstrikes largely destroyed.
[01:56.360 --> 02:04.320]  I break off. It's good to have you with us. Well, they tried again and again. They failed.
[02:04.320 --> 02:09.100]  European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels tonight. They had hoped to break the deadlock
[02:09.100 --> 02:14.600]  over a deal for Britain to withdraw from the European Union. Shortly before the summit,
[02:14.600 --> 02:19.720]  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she was optimistic that a deal could be done.
[02:19.720 --> 02:23.760]  British Prime Minister Theresa May, she told most reporters that most of the issues have
[02:23.760 --> 02:30.320]  been resolved, although differences remain over what is known as the Northern Ireland
[02:30.320 --> 02:37.080]  border backstop. Now, both sides say they want to ensure that there will be no physical
[02:37.080 --> 02:43.520]  border between Northern Ireland, which is part of Britain and the Irish Republic. Once
[02:43.520 --> 02:47.760]  Brexit is history, what we've seen is that we've solved most of the issues in withdrawal
[02:47.760 --> 02:51.600]  agreement. There are still there is still the question of the Northern Irish backstop,
[02:51.600 --> 02:58.480]  but I believe everybody around the table wants to get a deal by working intensively and closely.
[02:58.480 --> 03:12.960]  We can achieve that deal. I believe a deal is achievable now is the time to make it happen.
[03:12.960 --> 03:18.160]  On the European side, leaders said that there is a willingness to strike a deal with Britain,
[03:18.160 --> 03:27.400]  but that there is a long way to go. Brexit must be orderly for everyone and for
[03:27.400 --> 03:35.840]  all the issues, including on the island of Ireland. So we need time, we need much time,
[03:35.840 --> 03:44.880]  much more time, and we will continue the work in the next weeks, calmly and patiently.
[03:44.880 --> 03:52.440]  We want good relations with the UK. We would have liked the exit deal to be ready. It's
[03:52.440 --> 03:57.920]  only 90 per cent done and there's work ahead of us. But I'm approaching it in the spirit
[03:57.920 --> 04:06.760]  of doing everything to reach a deal. That would be better for everyone.
[04:06.760 --> 04:10.720]  That was the German Chancellor speaking there. Let's take this story now to Brussels. Our
[04:10.720 --> 04:14.920]  correspondent Max Hoffman is covering the summit for us. Good evening to you, Max. You know
[04:14.920 --> 04:19.920]  what Michel Barnier said there, we need more time. That is the takeaway tonight, isn't
[04:19.920 --> 04:25.480]  it? Everyone seems to be in agreement that they simply need more time to work on a Brexit
[04:25.480 --> 04:31.840]  deal. Are they simply kicking the Brexit can down the road?
[04:31.840 --> 04:36.320]  I think they're not just kicking it. They're trying to solve some issues, but it appears,
[04:36.320 --> 04:41.480]  Brent, that they've come as far as they can technically. I don't know if you remember.
[04:41.480 --> 04:46.160]  Last weekend, it seemed like we had all the elements for a deal at hand. In Brussels,
[04:46.160 --> 04:50.840]  there was a real feeling that the deal could be concluded at the summit until it became
[04:50.840 --> 04:56.480]  clear that Theresa May would be unable to sell it back home in the UK. The front line has
[04:56.480 --> 05:03.320]  shifted. It's no longer between the EU and the UK. It is within the UK. The real question
[05:03.320 --> 05:08.960]  is, what can Theresa May sell it home against the Brexiteers, for example, also against
[05:08.960 --> 05:14.720]  the Socialists? It's going to be a very, very hard sell for her. One strategy might be,
[05:14.720 --> 05:18.800]  and that's why we're seeing this can being kicked down the road, to build up as much
[05:18.800 --> 05:25.280]  pressure as possible. In the end, have Theresa May present what she has achieved in the EU,
[05:25.280 --> 05:30.320]  and then she asks everybody, okay, are you really going to vote this down or not?
[05:30.320 --> 05:35.240]  When is that going to happen? Because you, my friend and I, we've covered many of these
[05:35.240 --> 05:39.680]  summits, late night summits, saying that this is a crucial summit for Brexite, this
[05:39.680 --> 05:47.200]  is the make or break summit. How many more of these summits will there be?
[05:47.200 --> 05:51.320]  On the topic of Brexite, the number is not going to be very great, although I enjoy them,
[05:51.320 --> 05:56.760]  of course, with you, Brent, but the thing is, they need to finalize a deal. I'm not
[05:56.760 --> 06:02.880]  going to say it's November, because some here say December will leave enough time to ratify
[06:02.880 --> 06:08.080]  everything. Some even say January might be enough, but the essence is that the United
[06:08.080 --> 06:14.400]  Kingdom is going to leave the European Union on the 29th of March 2019, so that's where
[06:14.400 --> 06:19.680]  it stops. They need to find something way before that. My guess, personal guess, but
[06:19.680 --> 06:24.880]  like I said, no guarantees here, is they need to find something at the latest at the end
[06:24.880 --> 06:30.320]  of December, beginning of January. And was there any sign tonight that European
[06:30.320 --> 06:35.760]  Council President Donald Tusk is willing to announce that there will be another summit?
[06:35.760 --> 06:40.640]  Because that had been a matter of contention about whether or not he would set a date for
[06:40.640 --> 06:47.120]  another summit. The thing is, they all said they think it's
[06:47.120 --> 06:52.240]  still possible to reach an agreement and that they were all ready to continue the negotiations.
[06:52.240 --> 06:58.600]  So it's hard to imagine Donald Tusk coming out saying, we're all still willing to talk,
[06:58.600 --> 07:03.000]  but we're not having that summit in November. So most likely this summit will take place.
[07:03.000 --> 07:08.400]  The question is, what will it be about? Will it be to finalize a deal with the UK, or will
[07:08.400 --> 07:14.440]  it be to talk about the no-deal scenario on the EU side, and what to do? By the way, those
[07:14.440 --> 07:21.680]  contingency plannings have begun, and one part of the evening here tonight is, as we
[07:21.680 --> 07:28.520]  speak at the moment, Brent, is the Commission presenting its plans to the leaders for a
[07:28.520 --> 07:33.680]  no-deal scenario. That's probably taking up more time at the moment than talking about
[07:33.680 --> 07:38.560]  what kind of concessions they can still make. Like I said, the feeling here is that EU has
[07:38.560 --> 07:43.400]  done most of what it can do to reach a deal. Now it's up to the UK.
[07:43.400 --> 07:50.240]  Yeah. And the probability of a no-deal Brexit stronger than it's ever been makes
[07:50.240 --> 07:57.040]  happen on the story force tonight in Brussels. Max, as always, thank you. Javier is here
[07:57.040 --> 08:03.640]  now, businesses, companies. They're watching this, and uncertainty abounds, and they don't
[08:03.640 --> 08:07.320]  like that. Of course. They are very worried about what's going on, because they can't
[08:07.320 --> 08:11.200]  plan ahead. We just heard it. Summits come, summits go. It's question after question that
[08:11.200 --> 08:15.360]  still needs to be answered. And for business owner, the Brexit confusion means that they
[08:15.360 --> 08:20.080]  are actually losing money. That's expensive. That's why people are getting more anxious
[08:20.080 --> 08:27.040]  by the minute. To have a look into just how the European Union works, you can head to
[08:27.040 --> 08:33.400]  Monaghan in Ireland. Silver Hill Farm is a piece of living Europe. These ducks hatch
[08:33.400 --> 08:38.440]  in Northern Ireland, part of the UK. Then they are brought to the Republic of Ireland
[08:38.440 --> 08:43.240]  to be fattened and slaughtered. And then back over the border in Northern Ireland, they're
[08:43.240 --> 08:48.320]  packed for delivery. Well, every duck crosses the border at least three times during its
[08:48.320 --> 08:53.000]  lifetime, sometimes four, sometimes five. The fact that the border hasn't been there
[08:53.000 --> 08:57.920]  for 20 years, a lot of business has built up on the basis of there's free access to
[08:57.920 --> 09:03.480]  both during the troubles when the border was there. Like, this was a tough area to get
[09:03.480 --> 09:08.480]  employment in. There was massive unemployment. No one wants to go back to that. It's not
[09:08.480 --> 09:12.560]  something London wants to return to either. But the border between the Republic and the
[09:12.560 --> 09:17.800]  North remains a huge point of contention in Brexit negotiations. Feathers are getting
[09:17.800 --> 09:22.560]  ruffled, partly because the United Kingdom itself is divided on the issue of Brexit,
[09:22.560 --> 09:28.600]  and the complexity of the negotiations are little understood. It's confusing. We don't
[09:28.600 --> 09:32.240]  know what's going to happen. One day they say that, one day they say that, and we don't
[09:32.240 --> 09:35.360]  know what we're going. I know about Brexit, but it's so confusing. Nobody
[09:35.360 --> 09:41.440]  knows what's going on. Can somebody tell me or explain Brexit to me? Just as mystifying,
[09:41.440 --> 09:45.240]  the majority of Irish ducks that are eaten in Great Britain are marketed and billed
[09:45.240 --> 09:51.480]  as London ducks. The UK is a massive porter of food, so they only produce enough to feed
[09:51.480 --> 09:56.640]  60% of the population. So 40% of their food will still have to be imported. The price
[09:56.640 --> 10:01.800]  will be increased by 30%, depending on the category. That's going to have a massive impact
[10:01.800 --> 10:07.960]  on their economy and people's ability to buy food. So Britain had better get all its ducks
[10:07.960 --> 10:13.760]  in a row before March 29th. I'll see you later with more business news.
[10:13.760 --> 10:19.080]  Back to you, Russ. Of your thank you. At least 19 people have been killed, dozens injured
[10:19.080 --> 10:26.000]  in a shooting in Russia and next Crimea. The attack took place at a college in the Black
[10:26.000 --> 10:32.120]  Sea port of Kirch. Now Russian authorities say an 18-year-old shot his fellow students
[10:32.120 --> 10:40.160]  and then killed himself. The drama unfolded at around noon with what
[10:40.160 --> 10:46.280]  sounded like an explosion. Conflicting reports followed. Some spoke of a bombing, feuding
[10:46.280 --> 10:52.040]  suspicions of a terror attack on the Crimean College. By the end of the afternoon, it had
[10:52.040 --> 10:59.320]  become clear that the victims had been shot. The identity of the young man who arrived
[10:59.320 --> 11:04.160]  at the college shortly before the incident has quickly been established. Judging from
[11:04.160 --> 11:10.240]  the video recordings, he was holding a rifle. He's been identified as 18-year-old college
[11:10.240 --> 11:16.480]  student Vladislav Roslyakov. His body was found with a gunshot wound in one of the rooms
[11:16.480 --> 11:24.360]  inside the college. Russian television has released images caught
[11:24.360 --> 11:30.280]  on CCTV of the attacker at the college in Russian annexed Crimea.
[11:30.280 --> 11:39.620]  Witnesses described a scene of carnage. I saw people without legs or arms. There were
[11:39.620 --> 11:46.640]  many bodies, children's bodies. The Russian-backed Crimean leader Sergei Aksyonov visited the
[11:46.640 --> 11:56.400]  college. In Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered his support. I want to express
[11:56.400 --> 12:00.600]  my condolences to the relatives of those who died and hope the injured will recover as
[12:00.600 --> 12:05.560]  soon as possible. With the investigation ongoing, three days
[12:05.560 --> 12:12.120]  of mourning have been declared in Crimea. Here's a look at some of the other stories
[12:12.120 --> 12:17.120]  now that are making headlines around the world. The World Health Organization has warned that
[12:17.120 --> 12:22.960]  the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo could worsen dramatically. The WHO
[12:22.960 --> 12:27.880]  stopped short of declaring an official public health emergency, but said there is a danger
[12:27.880 --> 12:33.680]  of the potentially fatal disease spreading to neighboring countries. Protesters trying
[12:33.680 --> 12:39.360]  to stop women from entering one of India's most sacred Hindu sites have been forcefully
[12:39.360 --> 12:46.320]  moved by police. The country's top court has ruled that the Saba Rimala Temple in the southern
[12:46.320 --> 12:52.080]  part of the country must allow women of all ages to enter. But traditionalists, including
[12:52.080 --> 12:58.560]  some women, are opposed to that decision. Israel has conducted 20 airstrikes on Gaza
[12:58.560 --> 13:04.040]  and closed its border with the Palestinian territory. This after a rocket fired from
[13:04.040 --> 13:10.800]  Gaza struck a house in southern Israel early on Wednesday. Israel blames Hamas, which governs
[13:10.800 --> 13:17.960]  in Gaza for the rocket attack, but the militant group has denied responsibility.
[13:17.960 --> 13:22.560]  The investigation into the disappearance of a Saudi journalist has widened as Turkish
[13:22.560 --> 13:28.840]  police entered the residence of the Saudi consul in Istanbul. They're looking for clues
[13:28.840 --> 13:36.080]  in what they say is the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Qashem. The residence
[13:36.080 --> 13:40.680]  is just two kilometers from the consulate, where the Saudi writer vanished while trying
[13:40.680 --> 13:47.720]  to pick up paperwork to get married. Meanwhile, in Ankara, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
[13:47.720 --> 13:53.760]  met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today for talks about the disappearance of
[13:53.760 --> 14:00.360]  the journalist. Our correspondent Dorian Jones is on the story for us tonight in Istanbul.
[14:00.360 --> 14:06.600]  Good evening to you, Dorian. Turkish investigators have entered the Saudi consul's residence.
[14:06.600 --> 14:12.680]  They've begun their investigation. What have they found? And they reportedly were looking
[14:12.680 --> 14:21.320]  for remains of the journalist's body, weren't they? Yeah, that is one of the objectives
[14:21.320 --> 14:27.440]  of this operation. But what we understand is, from sources linked to the investigation,
[14:27.440 --> 14:32.720]  they have already uncovered what they claim is forensic evidence similar to what was recovered
[14:32.720 --> 14:38.880]  at the Saudi consulate that confirms their suspicions that Khashoggi was indeed murdered.
[14:38.880 --> 14:43.600]  In fact, following those discoveries, they went back to the Saudi consulate building
[14:43.600 --> 14:49.080]  to carry out a second investigation, possibly searching the same place that they recovered
[14:49.080 --> 14:54.800]  this initial claim forensic evidence. So they do appear to be making progress and further
[14:54.800 --> 15:01.360]  searches of both buildings are expected in the coming days. And more gruesome details
[15:01.360 --> 15:14.320]  emerged today about how Mr. Khashoggi died. What did we learn today? Yeah, this was from
[15:14.320 --> 15:19.280]  Yenishafak newspaper linked very closely with the Turkish government. They published what
[15:19.280 --> 15:25.320]  they say was a story that was taken from audio recordings taken in the last hours of Khashoggi's
[15:25.320 --> 15:31.080]  detention at the Saudi consulate. They claim that those audio recorded him being brutally
[15:31.080 --> 15:36.240]  tortured. And one one part of the newspaper articles suggested he had his fingers cut off
[15:36.240 --> 15:42.520]  during the interrogation. Subsequently, he died and thereby he was his body was then dismembered.
[15:42.520 --> 15:49.000]  Now they say that also apparently during that was those brutal events. The Saudi consul
[15:49.000 --> 15:53.560]  general was present as well as a number of other figures that were linked to this so-called
[15:53.560 --> 15:59.160]  Saudi hit team that arrived the same day. Now I have to stress this hasn't been cooperated.
[15:59.160 --> 16:03.520]  Turkey has claimed that they have had other video and audio recordings for several days
[16:03.520 --> 16:08.000]  after Khashoggi disappeared. None of them have appeared. And in fact, the U.S. President
[16:08.000 --> 16:12.120]  Donald Trump today does appear to be losing patience. He says he expects to see and hear
[16:12.120 --> 16:16.600]  these by the end of the week. We will see whether Turkey can deliver them. And we're
[16:16.600 --> 16:23.040]  talking about Turkish authorities searching the residents of the consul general in Istanbul.
[16:23.040 --> 16:33.360]  What have we heard about the consul general? He left Turkey in a hurry yesterday. What happened?
[16:33.360 --> 16:38.880]  Indeed, yes. Muhammad al-Altaibe did leave very quickly just before investigators started
[16:38.880 --> 16:44.880]  to do a search of his Khashoggi has made him a key person of interest. Now there have been
[16:44.880 --> 16:50.040]  unconfirmed reports that he has even been removed from his position back in Riyadh. Although
[16:50.040 --> 16:54.680]  I have to stress that hasn't yet been confirmed. But certainly he is a key person as is the
[16:54.680 --> 17:01.200]  bodyguard of Muhammad bin Salman, the crown prince. He too is also being identified by
[17:01.200 --> 17:05.600]  authorities as a possible ringleader of this operation. And there are growing calls for
[17:05.600 --> 17:10.760]  the diplomatic immunity to be lifted of anyone involved allegedly in the disappearance of
[17:10.760 --> 17:12.840]  this Saudi journalist.
[17:12.840 --> 17:16.880]  I'll correspondent Dorian Jones on the story for us tonight in Istanbul. Dorian, thank you
[17:16.880 --> 17:20.680]  very much.
[17:20.680 --> 17:26.760]  The Islamic State jihadist group was driven out of itself declared capital in Syria one
[17:26.760 --> 17:33.120]  year ago. Local militias fought them on the ground as US planes bombed them from the air.
[17:33.120 --> 17:38.200]  Now the fight for the city of Raqqa lasted four months and saw thousands of people killed.
[17:38.200 --> 17:44.920]  The city is now free of IS, but it lies in ruins. DW's reporters Brigitte Shouka and
[17:44.920 --> 17:49.680]  Jafar Abdul Kareem went there with the US Army to look at what the United States is
[17:49.680 --> 17:56.400]  willing and not willing to do to help the city recover.
[17:56.400 --> 18:01.480]  Abdullah is happy to see us in his classroom. It's a place of safety where he can finally
[18:01.480 --> 18:08.960]  learn and play with other children. It's a year since he lost his hand. He and his friends
[18:08.960 --> 18:13.800]  found a fridge which had a booby trap inside.
[18:13.800 --> 18:21.640]  We were playing with it and it exploded. Two children next to me died and an old man was
[18:21.640 --> 18:30.880]  badly hurt. I was too by a piece of shrapnel. Two of my friends died.
[18:30.880 --> 18:36.720]  Haifa Al Ali teaches the special class addressing the particular needs of disabled and traumatized
[18:36.720 --> 18:44.520]  children. She wasn't allowed to work at all when the IS were in charge. All she says
[18:44.520 --> 18:50.720]  about that time is that it was hard for everyone.
[18:50.720 --> 18:54.960]  We noticed the children freeze up whenever they hear shots and explosions, which are
[18:54.960 --> 19:02.440]  still frequent here. They completely unsettled them.
[19:02.440 --> 19:08.640]  The United States funds the class. We are on a trip organized by the US Army and State
[19:08.640 --> 19:13.920]  Department. They want to show us what has been achieved since the victory over IS in
[19:13.920 --> 19:22.800]  Raqqa. And they want to encourage more countries to fund the stabilization of the city.
[19:22.800 --> 19:27.680]  The security measures during our visit here in Raqqa are very, very tight. There have
[19:27.680 --> 19:34.000]  been several terror attacks over the past months and there are still IS sleeper cells operating
[19:34.000 --> 19:37.840]  in the city. The fight against the so-called Islamic State
[19:37.840 --> 19:45.440]  in Raqqa, which included US airstrikes, destroyed more than 70 percent of the city. There's
[19:45.440 --> 19:52.120]  not much left, barely any hospitals, homes or anywhere to live and no man's electricity.
[19:52.120 --> 20:00.160]  But people are slowly coming back. We really need work. If you don't have work,
[20:00.160 --> 20:04.120]  you can't eat or drink. Work is the most important thing.
[20:04.120 --> 20:09.120]  Luckily, some schools are opening again and we registered our children. My daughter was
[20:09.120 --> 20:13.680]  not allowed to study under IS. Now she's in the first grade, even though she's older,
[20:13.680 --> 20:21.120]  but still she's allowed to study. The US has been giving what it calls stabilization
[20:21.120 --> 20:26.360]  aid to Raqqa. That means clearing mines and rubble, repairing buildings and supporting
[20:26.360 --> 20:30.560]  local people. But it doesn't mean large-scale reconstruction.
[20:30.560 --> 20:35.800]  Well, the United States has said that in terms of rebuilding, that can't begin until we've
[20:35.800 --> 20:41.440]  got irreversible progress towards a political solution through the Geneva process. And so
[20:41.440 --> 20:47.920]  that's what we're looking towards. It's irreversible progress on the political front.
[20:47.920 --> 20:53.680]  The future of Syria is being negotiated far away in Geneva, but the UN-sponsored talks
[20:53.680 --> 20:59.320]  there have stalled. And in Raqqa, the pressure is on.
[20:59.320 --> 21:04.160]  The longer reconstruction takes to begin, says co-chair of Raqqa's civil council, Leila
[21:04.160 --> 21:10.880]  Mustafa, the greater the danger that IS might regain support among the people.
[21:10.880 --> 21:17.400]  The help offered so far is welcome, but it's not enough. Meeting with the US representative,
[21:17.400 --> 21:23.440]  the council vent their frustration. They've heard that US President Donald Trump cut about
[21:23.440 --> 21:30.840]  200 million dollars from Syria's stabilization aid.
[21:30.840 --> 21:35.080]  Those who destroyed the city should rebuild it. We expect the coalition and the United
[21:35.080 --> 21:40.880]  States to help us with this. They promised they would.
[21:40.880 --> 21:46.960]  For now, it's projects like this that the civil council is focusing on repairing Raqqa's
[21:46.960 --> 21:54.800]  infamous stadium. The foreman, Ahmad, tells us, Islamic State terrorists carried out mass
[21:54.800 --> 22:02.320]  executions here, and that they tortured hundreds of civilians in these cellars.
[22:02.320 --> 22:06.000]  I hope that the stadium will be full again one day, and the people will come and play
[22:06.000 --> 22:11.040]  sports here again. Like they did before the IS took control. That's what we're hoping
[22:11.040 --> 22:15.200]  for. The first football games are due to take place
[22:15.200 --> 22:22.040]  here in a couple of weeks. They could offer a brief respite from everyday life in the
[22:22.040 --> 22:26.040]  ruins of Raqqa.
[22:26.040 --> 22:30.880]  And our correspondent, Brigitte, will be with me in the day after this show to talk more
[22:30.880 --> 22:36.000]  about Raqqa one year after the liberation. Javier is back now with more business.
[22:36.000 --> 22:39.120]  Thank you very much, Brent. Yes, we do have to take a look at the numbers to put you up
[22:39.120 --> 22:42.840]  to speed with the latest business headlines. We're going to start with Netflix. The company
[22:42.840 --> 22:47.760]  beat investor expectations to add nearly 7 million new subscribers in the last quarter.
[22:47.760 --> 22:52.960]  The streaming service reported that profit more than tripled from a year ago, and revenues
[22:52.960 --> 22:58.320]  remain strong. Netflix has invested heavily in original programming, but investors have
[22:58.320 --> 23:03.440]  worried about subscriptions keeping pace. The new figures boosted the Netflix stock more
[23:03.440 --> 23:07.880]  than 4%.
[23:07.880 --> 23:12.360]  Over to our New York financial correspondent, Jens Kauter. Hi, Jens. Well, it seems like
[23:12.360 --> 23:19.520]  Netflix could do to TV what Amazon did to retail. Is that right?
[23:19.520 --> 23:25.040]  Well, I mean, in a certain sense, yes. But then again, there's also some competition
[23:25.040 --> 23:31.600]  out Amazon. The company you just named is also into the streaming business or on-demand
[23:31.600 --> 23:39.400]  programming. But yes, I mean, almost every second household in the U.S. has a subscription
[23:39.400 --> 23:46.240]  of Netflix. So that is a quite impressive number. The big question is what's going to
[23:46.240 --> 23:52.440]  happen when we look further down the line. In the past, for example, studios like Walt
[23:52.440 --> 23:59.720]  Disney or Warner Brothers, they actually sold their content to Netflix. But now, Disney
[23:59.720 --> 24:05.360]  or AT&T, the parent company of Warner Brothers, they're building their own on-demand services.
[24:05.360 --> 24:11.560]  So competition will probably increase for Netflix. But so far, investors were thrilled
[24:11.560 --> 24:17.040]  by those numbers. The stock of Netflix, even before we got the quarterly results, is up
[24:17.040 --> 24:23.240]  so far this year by 80% and here in the Wednesday session, added another 5%.
[24:23.240 --> 24:26.960]  It's going to get stressful there. But maybe it's a good option to go to Canada then as
[24:26.960 --> 24:32.120]  Canada legalizes marijuana. Jens, why are cannabis producer shares on a downer if we
[24:32.120 --> 24:37.480]  see this happening? Well, if you look what happened in the past couple
[24:37.480 --> 24:45.560]  of weeks, it was a huge rally with the few cannabis players on Wall Street. Those stock
[24:45.560 --> 24:51.840]  prices of those companies, they tripled in the past couple of weeks. So for once, you
[24:51.840 --> 24:57.480]  could say, well, buy on the rumor, sell on facts. But then on the other side, we also
[24:57.480 --> 25:04.200]  have to see what about global growth. So far, Canada is only the second country on the planet
[25:04.200 --> 25:12.080]  that actually also allows recreational use of cannabis, at least on a federal level.
[25:12.080 --> 25:19.320]  One big market for sure would be the US market. But it is not very likely at this point, even
[25:19.320 --> 25:24.400]  if there is more and more support also for the Mariana business here in the US. I mean,
[25:24.400 --> 25:29.560]  it means a lot of tax dollars. But to really get those companies and the industry going,
[25:29.560 --> 25:35.480]  you would probably need other countries to follow what Canada did here on Wednesday.
[25:35.480 --> 25:41.760]  Jens Koalte from Wall Street. Thank you very much for the analysis.
[25:41.760 --> 25:46.760]  Now for something for all you minimalists out there, Japanese telecom provider NTT
[25:46.760 --> 25:53.040]  Dokomo is introducing a stripped down smartphone that's so small, it can fit in your wallet.
[25:53.040 --> 25:57.720]  Its main function is to make phone calls or send text messages. You cannot watch movies
[25:57.720 --> 26:02.880]  or play games on it, but it certainly is easy to carry around, weighing only a third of
[26:02.880 --> 26:08.480]  a regular smartphone. The company says more and more customers are looking for smaller
[26:08.480 --> 26:14.080]  smartphones. And I just know what to get Brent for his birthday.
[26:14.080 --> 26:17.680]  That's exactly right. I wonder if the bill every month is smaller too.
[26:17.680 --> 26:18.680]  That's a problem.
[26:18.680 --> 26:24.920]  Thank you very much. The head of USA Gymnastics has quit after just four days on the job.
[26:24.920 --> 26:30.160]  Mary Bono says that she was forced to resign because of personal attacks against her. She
[26:30.160 --> 26:35.560]  was criticized for her opposition to a recent Nike Sportswear advertisement. It featured
[26:35.560 --> 26:41.420]  former NFL player and civil rights campaigner Colin Kaepernick. USA Gymnastics has been
[26:41.420 --> 26:48.160]  rocked by former team doctor Larry Nusser being convicted of sexually abusing athletes.
[26:48.160 --> 26:56.160]  His previous role in a law firm involved in the Nasser case also angered gymnasts.
[26:56.160 --> 27:00.320]  Here's a reminder of the top story that we're following for you. The top European Union leaders
[27:00.320 --> 27:06.640]  say they need more time to hammer out a deal on Britain leaving the European Union. Key
[27:06.640 --> 27:13.840]  issues remain unresolved, including the status of the Northern Irish border.
[27:13.840 --> 27:19.320]  You're watching EW News live from Berlin after a short break. I'll be back to take you through
[27:19.320 --> 27:48.320]  the day.
[28:20.320 --> 28:26.800]  Enter the Conflict Zone, confronting the powerful. Two years ago, the Philippines began a brutal
[28:26.800 --> 28:31.960]  war against the drug gangs in which thousands of people died. Human rights activists and
[28:31.960 --> 28:37.080]  journalists charged the police with illegal killings, charges which President Duterte
[28:37.080 --> 28:42.480]  has vigorously denied. My guest this week here in Manila is his legal advisor Salvador
[28:42.480 --> 29:01.880]  Canelo. Welcome to Conflict Zone. Conflict Zone. In 60 minutes on DW.
[29:01.880 --> 29:08.120]  The armed forces are under pressure. They're battling recruiting problems, outdated and
[29:08.120 --> 29:16.440]  broken down equipment and limited budgets. The challenges are huge. Not enough tanks.
[29:16.440 --> 29:21.480]  We have tank divisions that don't have tanks. So outsourcing and privatization are the order
[29:21.480 --> 29:27.440]  of the day in all areas. But that can pose dangers. Every day that a war goes on, private
[29:27.440 --> 29:33.040]  sector businesses make more money. With everything from reconnaissance drones to laundry facilities,
[29:33.040 --> 29:38.200]  armed forces are infiltrating the armed forces in France and Germany. Military industrial
[29:38.200 --> 30:06.960]  complex on DW.
[30:06.960 --> 30:21.240]  It was supposed to be the night of a Brexit breakthrough summit. Britain and the European
[30:21.240 --> 30:27.880]  Union both agreeing to an amicable divorce. But for British Prime Minister Theresa May,
[30:27.880 --> 30:34.680]  the best laid plans of London and Brussels have indeed gone awry. Again, I'm Brent Goff
[30:34.680 --> 30:38.640]  in Berlin. This is the day.