achieve on top if europe and our budget in europe has to. make a major contribution to this when looking at the region we have to make sure that the new e.u. budget will also guarantee a good strong policy of less developed countries require continuing to support our e.u. a structure of still considered to be of benefit to all member countries so that whatever challenges there all of our can be tackled that is again a question of its own internal logic that it is the way we understand this solidarity is not a one way street. it is up to every single member country never to lose sight of being responsible for the home which also includes we must make sure we maintain our joint values which after all is what the european union is based on in makes it even more original tomorrow's meeting or informal meeting of the type to seventy heads of state and government we will also look at how to promote your ally dialogues among the citizens that is one way in which we try to get. more into the day to day awareness of people i think that's a very impor

and the future of europe. hope that things are going to be more about i'm nothing from him that you know but i think. we do all of these movements we're going in the one direction we need to find a place where the. almost two years to wait while we respect each other maybe different cultures should be taken more into account because greek has a specific substance history culture it's a different from the italians from the swedish people so. her cheer on the differences should be taken into account in decision making process is and should be respected. as a debate in europe goes on and these young people i hear to contribute to it. and for continuous coverage of the world economic forum in davos remember to stay tuned here at u.w. or log on to our website d w dot com that's all for business spec to fill now and the downsides of going viral. thank you so much yes a group of young russian cadets is in trouble taking a break from it davy jones they decided to lighten the mood by videoing themselves gods and off ma

all of the different realities of europe and pushing it in the same direction. in the franco german history quite often there have been well. conflicts this irritation. was one of the neighbors of the french and the german particularly the smaller ones suffer it a lot. but the prospect that this will never happen again gives the necessary karma. and rest from the continent for it to flourish and so on franco german french it is the guarantor of the peaceful future of europe and when the french and the germans share this friendship as they do with that. as long live franco german friendship thank you thank you very much of a b. . b. thank you younger european commission president praising the course work what it's been doing for people of europe are necessary as this is the there appears special coverage of the signing of the new treaty and as it's been called when france and germany deepening a friendship. the two countries and making for a number of new policy inroads in the areas especially security and foreign banks. and we have our correspondents on site the

i'm my first missy he said france is back france is back it's a cool for europe. because we'll never have any friends since this is without a europe instances hard said france is back everyone's talking about that quote max he said france is back at the core of europe was there with of france first in that message you know he draws on patriotism of course because the french like to be still but the gong still they are patriotic but just know what simon just mentioned he spoke in english i don't recall any french president really doing that with at an important speech in the past so that shows you he is not in the spirit of america first that's propagated by the trumpet ministration that represents a closed model that presents bilateral relationships he represents an open model of globalisation if it's done right multilateralism i just mentioned it so i would say the two could probably not be much farther apart. simon did you miss anything in until america holes speech what did she not say we have. talks about free trade in about combating of protectionism and nati

europe has a lot to lose and to gain in. only a need to balance between literati security and independence is an important point and when you're in a minute. by one digital transformation the sacredness of it and yet this one all evolution needs a radical innovation in america we need to have digital chairman islands and with industry and research money this is what i can also like to apply and friend. it was because our economies cannot continue to build themselves as if they were protected and in any cut from the rest of the world every new that's the way it is and the digital revolution is a revolution of talents you have to attract more of. and this is also the sense of our action no. prime minister and arm of minister of innovation in. and education and are fighting this fight in the government. also needs this kind of a. i don't want to enter and do this only revolution and to create a national coming to twenty european. united states. and for that. with a human you know little of opportunity to. benefit from no. divis

this is deja vu news live from berlin the rush to solve europe's migration crisis and several e.u. leaders will meet this weekend to find a solution german chancellor angela merkel has less than two weeks to win a europe wide response or she could be out of a job. also coming up here in germany there's a rising backlash backlash over migration and a push to increase deportation be something afghans may have to leave even though he's educated works hard and speaks fluent assured. and goes another night to remember for the world cup hosts russian made life work of egypt and all but secured their spot in the round of sixteen we'll tell you how the lowest ranked team in the tournament is pushing through to the knockout stage. i'm sumi so much contact good to have you with us how should your a deal with illegal migration that is something a group of e.u. leaders are supposed to discuss this sunday at a mini summit on immigration to the block it will take place just days before of. next week on europe's migration policies time is of the essence the question of how to deal with migration

here in europe? i think it's going to overwhelm health systems in europe, just like your own grooming completely overwhelming health systems and hospitals in the u. s. i think people do or have been misled by the it's mild oh misinformation too much. it's only slightly milder, but it's been short increase. will definitely send way more people to the hospital if you have to go to hospital work car accident on heart attack, stroke cancer, you may not get the chair that you need because the hospitals are full and therefore other diseases may also see excess. yes. and this is why, you know, not getting infected and we're at least spreading out. the curator fraction to a longer period is so much of course the flattening the curve we talked about in 2020. we have to do that again. world many other people will be hurt not just absolutely. it's a very serious wanting their epidemiologist. doctor eric 5 will ding in washington d. c. thank you very much for your time. will israel is among the places seeing rec

insisting that there can be no success for france without a successful europe. simon young it does sound as chance of a president. moving the same direction well absolutely as max says you know there's a lot more detail in president macro speech front says back angela merkel saying you know germany hasn't gone away yes of course it's been a lot of negative talk about angola medical's a position of perhaps fading status on the international stage some people have suggested as a result of these very protracted attempts to find a need government here in germany and that obviously prevents angle of medical prevented her and her speech of iran today from going into a lot more detail but there is some mention for instance even in the preliminary coalition agreement if i can mention that about reforms of europe about restarting the european cooperative effort and that was totally the focus of the medical speech only it's dates looking about cooperation on banking on the climate and in particular also a focus on the digital economy and on security policies and a whole r

taters like in libya where europe right now is paying. paramilitaries who are human traffickers and this is something we should not allow anymore all right fisher from the. many thanks indeed for sharing your insights with i think you marianna for being here turning to venezuela now where an estimated two million people have left the country in recent years fleeing food shortages poverty and economic chaos u.n. officials are now saying the region is heading towards what they describe as a crisis moment similar to the one europe saw in the mediterranean back in twenty fifteen ophelia has been following the journey of venezuelan migrants in colombia here's her report. they've got so much luggage they need help carrying it down hill. these two families have come together travelling from caracas all the way through colombia to the ecuadorian border. the crossing point here isn't as full as it had been during previous weeks as ecuadorian authorities were only letting those in who had a valid passport. fortunately gabrielle was able to get her

in we are in a situation in europe in which everything necessary is being done to keep this europe together trump is doing everything he can to harass us we need allies in europe and that's why this is a key issue. unphased the c.s.u. keeps provoking medical it's the very end state premier sudha met with austrian chancellor is a bust and courts in the austrian city of linz both want to clamp down on the influx of refugees. it's resentment solidarity and europe will ultimately be decided by whether we succeed in bringing about a change on the migration issue i've been. chancellor merkel will meet the leaders of key e.u. countries at a crisis summit in brussels this weekend whether this will rescue her chancellorship remains uncertain. and let's go right to brussels where our correspondent barbara vessel is standing by for us hi barbara so we have this mini summit coming up on sunday who is taking part in what is planned. germany of course and then france italy spain bulgaria greece austria who is really pushing strongly this issue and what they're trying to do is prepare compromises look at

deals a big blow to the right hailing company the top court in europe says that hoover is a taxi service not just that difference is huge we'll tell you why. i'm off it's good to have you with those in the united states the most sweeping tax reform in a generation is now the wall of the land the house of representatives has given its final approval to a sweeping overhaul of the u.s. tax code. it had already been approved by both chambers of congress bud's an embarrassing procedural error force the senate to send it back to the house for a revote the bill which includes permanent tax breaks for corporations and temporary tax cuts for individuals is the biggest shake up to the tax system in the country in more than thirty years and it's the first major legislative victory for the trump white house and for a president who likes to win this is a big deal as was clear when he appeared before the press as he was preparing to sign it into law. we are going to bring at least four trillion dollars back into this country money that was frozen overseas and in parts in worlds and some of them don't

from banning the deal revealed her chances are i'm going to hold a secure as new agreements across europe to come up my current flows into germany but it is strictly u.s. foreign policy and not two of these rebels in hand government stands save her job also coming up. at the world cup in a russia france or through to the quarterfinals arms of beating argentina four three in a thrilling game of football is the end of the road for argentina and their superstar in the n.l. messi his off hours off the top of. the a. m one a haul freight glad you could join me has been a make or break week for german chancellor i'm going to market and now she appears to have delivered a deal that could salvage her fractured coalition merkel has secured agreements with fourteen more a you countries for the rapid return of rejected the son she's also called for migrant processing sent to germany's borders as detailed in a letter sent to coalition leaders macca had faced a sunday deadline from a rebel faction in her government to overhaul the use migration approach she told reporters in brussels the deal could be

at the top level that you don't quite often see in that sort of transparency in german politics as europe says exciting times and i'm a forward to it as they say keep your friends close in your enemies closer not a bad move then from chancellor merkel to bring her biggest critic into a cabinet for our viewers just tuning in to remind you we're bringing us special coverage of an announcement that paves the way for forming a new german government the social democrats have voted yes to teaming up once again with uncle michael conservatives to form a new so-called grand coalition to for third of s.p.d. members voted in favor of this coalition deal that was hammered out by their party leaders and by going to conservatives the chancellor herself can breathe a thigh of relief more than five months after the election the uncertainty is finally over the new government could be in place in less than two weeks time and it was a long tense wait at the s.p.v. headquarters this morning but then the head of the party's election committee had the results let's listen to what he said. as a result of that

as a solution to all the ills that europe is facing and i'm not sure how many countries around europe how many people around europe have a real stomach for more europe his old us city and his leap of faith it's remarkable absolutely it was sent me a very optimistic message there from the french president let's go to kate and kate i want to ask you and about the significance of the day off remember and. take us through some of the highlights. well of course this is a very important day for germany every year but unfortunately we've heard a lot actually here across media today there is as is a case in many other european countries less. in less interest among citizens and local events every year the numbers of people attending these events has been dwindling but at least here in berlin there has been there was a visit earlier today and wreaths were laid there by chancellor angela merkel and emanuel mcconnell and as we saw just now the french president then gave a very optimistic speech reflecting on the past and his previous words in your at a moving forward and how europe can become st

i welcome this and i especially like the chapter on europe as a couple. so no huge surprise there are very happy european commission president in there but still there still some conflict also on the european side even if it's mentioned three hundred twelve times and that is because this coalition treaty this coalition deal is closer to a gentle include your crew in visions it's a little bit farther from what the french president in money or in my call in visions for the future of europe max we also have to say that a social democrat here in germany is expected to now take over the finance ministry of very you know powerful position what are the implications then for the rest of europe in particular for the euro zone. and that's something that especially of course the parties on the left were very happy about we talked to some european parliamentarians about it including for example from greece greece that thinks they suffered a lot from one of the former finance ministers of both going sharply he traumatized that country in a way although his insistence

safety in general michael meets today with king abdullah her job is on the line as she races to solve europe's migration crisis. also coming up a trump u. turn the u.s. president signs in order to end family separation of the border with mexico this follows days of public outrage after his administration indorsed separating children from parents who entered the u.s. illegally. also coming up for a lot your back and hold that pose it is international yoga day and millions of people are turning out for mass yoga meet ups stretching across the globe. i'm sumi so much drama good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel is visiting jordan today a major refugee host country amid an escalating domestic conflict over migration that has shaken her coalition government medical health talks with jordan's king abdullah where refugee policy top the agenda hundreds of thousands of displaced syrians including some initially hosted by jordan have migrated onward to europe with germany as a key destination. political editor michelle if there is traveling with the german chancellor let's hear how ang

europe is closing ranks and deepening integration after breaks that the pact also signals europe's move towards self-sufficiency in defense instead of relying only on nato and the us russia's president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart richard tell you everyone have reportedly agreed to focus on a political solution in syria the two leaders are meeting in the russian city of sochi for talks on syria putin held his country's cooperation with turkey saying it is producing concrete results and creating the conditions for dialogue both the turkish and russian leaders stressed that their relations are now back on track after being strange in recent years. well protesters have disrupted an event hosted by the u.s. government at the u.n. climate talks in bonn germany the head of the u.s. energy association barry worthington appeared to be taken aback and take a look at the polls. about two hundred people there singing an anti coal industry song to protest the use of fossil fuels and the white house's move to quit the twenty fifteen paris climate accord. or the meeting in bonn aims to

news coming to you live from berlin as germany's new government starts to take shape europe's taking score germany's coalition in the making and reveals a potential ships in policy but does this mean for the rest of europe that have nothing else also coming up. america's vice president arrives in south korea ahead of the olympics focusing tougher sanctions all ignore. him scholes calling relations between sold and kill and yank the destruction. of german cars took to the pitch on wednesday frankfurt book their summer a final berth in a big win over mines which features some crabs scoring chances for the hopes. oh i'm terry martin good to have you with us. germany's two biggest political parties have probably agreed on a deal to form a coalition government they made the announcement in berlin yesterday after another grueling game of give and take more than four months after the country's elections but both chancellor are going to tackle and her social democrat counterpart say the agreement is the only way to guarantee german stability after a marathon thirty four hours of negotiations

europe should be grateful by president. because thanks to him. we have got through it of all he loses. he has made us realize that if you need a hand. you will find at the end of your. alps some people showing him the polarizer from poland tonight's let's pull in our correspondent barbara bay's will she is in bulgaria covering that meeting for us tonight barbara when you hear words like that you have to ask for the transatlantic relationship how low can it go. it's pretty dead and very from where i stand here and so here because european leaders are angry tunnel to the president the council president whom we just heard he talks to leaders before he goes to a meeting like this and before he speaks out publicly and so he mira's what he heard behind the scenes on the telephone and personal meetings particularly and put them up front in france is here is because he feels that he has been made it it off to washington paraded around for three days then leaving empty handed and hardly had he left the trump says ha ha now i'm going to cancel the iran nuc

and obama trying to break the salvini wants to bring into the out of europe. further south near rome those caught up in solving these new hardline approach after being prevented from disembarking the it's having coast guard ship to chelsea for five days last week about one hundred migrants arrive at a catholic church facility the standoff between it to the in the e.u. is over in this case but it's only a matter of time before the next migrant ship arrives and south he has made it clear he's prepared to lock horns with brussels again. let's bring in our correspondent ben breaker and he is following the story for us from brussels hi there good to see you what does this vowed to work together between italy and hungry on a hard line approach actually mean what could it look like. gathering support the european union among many member states already of poland the czech republic slovakia austria in this and the migration campaign notes of germany is shifting actually the german interior minister as a whole is also on the same subnet when they met a couple of weeks a

nevertheless there is a lot of sympathy for the rise of right wing parties in modern europe. i understand why people would look to right wing parties francis' they want a few refugees it's just a really nice. but would have a problem with right wing extremist parties getting elected elsewhere i'm just concerned about what happens in greece or facility. and what about their neighbors the refugees. as the weeks in the camp turn into months or even years are they where the political developments in the e.u. are making it harder for them to leave here. although we definitely do not want to travel illegally into another country like we did in iran and then to get to greece i was hoping at some point the borders would open for us but now it's looking like just the opposite. of it on. the field after crossing deserts and oceans of the refugees a lot of e.q. could end up getting stuck here if the political winds in europe continue to blow in their current direction. now to some other stories making news around the world in thailand rescue are searching for a soccer team missing insid

in europe at least have a chance to hear that. europe doesn't want to take the migrants like well so who exactly is responsible for those rescue at sea. we have to stop treaty migrants like hostages and using them as political leverage we have to stop treating them as a tool with which to get money from europe and we have to be humane with them and guarantee them no rights or freedom of movement. tunisia's government has repeatedly said it does not want to be the gate keeper for migrants trying to reach europe caught in limbo thousand see trying to lock on the mediterranean as the only option despite the dangers. security forces in nicaragua have laid siege to an opposition neighborhood in the capital managua. protests at least ten people were killed over the weekend when police and government to present. attacks student demonstrators on monday funerals for the victims. grieving and angry friends and family of those killed in last weekend's violence marched through the streets of managua carrying their loved ones to their final re

shouldn't be weak you're to europe shouldn't be afraid to and europe has to act and has to act quickly this is your bill be prepared to fend off nationalism within its own borders and it should preserve the literalism in the road and this was a clear message maybe across the atlantic to u.s. president. and the german chancellor replied that she would be willing to join but crawl in is afoot to give some hope to europe. to implement reforms and to make europe function better in the future she also laid out the reasons that made him worthy of the prize that made him a war they were simply and i just like to play that particular segment of her speech for our viewers and then get your reaction there after let's have a listen. doesn't mean that i don't think the need for let me name three aspects of the money much faster than a man with a macaw knows what binds europe to get the license secondly i met in moscow has a clear vision of how europe should me full would. include a man michael has a capacity to inspire others in the service of europe this motivates us well committed to europe most

taking up loans to boost the economy in europe this is the kind of things the europe can do but the rest lies at the number states where you are belgium has been seeing a spike in cases there's so threatening actually that authorities are considering imposing another complete lockdown could belgium cope with that. but the government here in belgium is threatening a lockdown but they don't really want to have a lockdown because of what's be detrimental for the economy and belgium also for tourism so they try to bring in measures that would keep this in thing no easy and people are not allowed to see as many people only 5 per week now and budget is hoping that this really do the trick numbers up in better but they also not as high in absolute numbers at they were in april and may but it is very some it is a reminder that the pandemic is not over and still more ahead when we come to fall and winter dan thanks so much for that from brussels today. now to some of the other stories making in the news this hour hong kong authorities are warning that city is on the verge of a large scale outbrea

it is a europe that must have a common foreign policy on strategic questions a europe that must create its own common development policy it's a europe of defense and it is a europe that has to be economically strong was i know what i thought of the starts and was clearly for me the priority is to know where do we want to go i think we share this vision of defending a greater sovereignty greater unity and a europe of a more democratic character and if we agree on the end goals we can construct the tools to get. you on the. for the french president a more integrated europe goes hand in hand with the pro-business policies he hopes will invigorate the economy at home. so big plans for the european union but with germany one of the key players of the e.u. not having a new government it's going to be hard for the french president to remarkable to put any of these plans into action. in friday nights but as the game her to berlin and dortmund each come away from the german capitals olympic stadium with a point davies got the horse on the scoreboard less than a minute into the second half valen

any enthusiasm for europe's we are in tears for europe and also for standing up for europe and working for you in view of the long period of rivalry and enmity between. two countries it is not a matter of course that we come here together on this occasion and that is something that we ought to remember every time when the horrors of the national socialism brought. war over the whole here and later on there was a friendship reconciliation found it something that has taken deep roots in the societies of two countries history took a turn that could not have been happy for us as a nation we remember the far sightedness and also the determination in our shadow cool and cannot add now they pushed this momentum forward by signing the illicit treaty and we remember many other courageous politicians and those who were thinking ahead and who stood up resolutely for franco german and french. mention valley she's got it. and actually like to mention but a few but even more important and just as important as the many mayors and the many who are responsible for the academic. exchange programs the ei

let's talk about what he said so far he's talking about europe with greater cooperation at all sorts of levels how's the housing talking about getting that well we just heard the french president and i really remembered how he got there to be the french president because he really sad he wants to get back to the roots he wants to get europe back to the roots and in his understanding he means he has to europe has to get back to the european citizens and that there is no more europe policy is behind closed doors so he was really underlining that there is a strong need for the european union if that is the european union wants to move forward then they have to keep the citizens and not to lose them on their way so he wants a public debate he wants to trigger really a sort of democratic conventions a public debate open for european citizens to discuss because he underlined today we have a europe it's not a post war scenario we are and europe are citizens they are used to have their say and he wants to give the the set more say to the european citizens in order to rebuild europe with them

well europe is happy because we have now a good signal from. everybody was waiting for the outcome of the bill and. now we can go for water. and having in mind what is written on the coalition agreement. the end of a pro european government in building though the open hand approach the commitment from our crawl towards germany to start to build up a new and a strong and a new wave of europe that is has now a partner in building so i think europe is happy until now your conservatives have held the finance ministry which is obviously a very important post and if reports are correct then the social democrats would take that post are we going to see a shift in germany's euro zone policy. no we will not see a shift because when you read the outcome of the coalition talks the coalition agreement that it's clearly mentioned that sustainability criteria is for the euro will be not touched and the whole approach of rescuing the euro off of the big prize in two thousand and eight and nine is confirmed again by this coalition text so there will be no fund

to significance for a whole europe. they want to show that this strategy has big significance significance for the whole of europe this. is a warning for the europe this is a call for a tool to end the political divisions in many european countries have more understanding and tolerance to each other all right our correspondent monica reporting from danske many thanks indeed. adam overage is being remembered for his civic engagement in his hometown and also for his willingness to speak up about his convictions. to dance because a city overcome by grief. thousands of residents braved freezing temperatures to join me. coffin on its final journey. past the schools he attended and the childhood home in which his parents still live . winding through the streets of a city he governed for over two decades. sadness here is equaled only by horror horror at the killing of a man celebrated by many for his liberal values and his criticism of the conservative ruling law and justice party. so to everyone homosexuals refugees everyone

at the height of desperation along one of europe's most heavily fortified border has. vanished airdrie of sutil in africa one with migrants and refugees determined to get across. and the big business of high tech fun our reporter gets into the swing of things as the world's largest eventful computer and video games all because here in germany we look at what's pushing people's buttons this year. hello i'm on the thought she must have a warm welcome to you dramatic developments in the u.s. were to president trump's close associates have either pleaded guilty or been found guilty of criminal offenses the most potentially damaging to the president are the statements of market go and president trump's formal post annoyer. he pleaded guilty to multiple charges related to the two thousand and sixteen election campaign some charges stem from hush money scheme school and worked out with a former porn star and a former playboy playmate two women who claim they had a friend with donald trump here's what the deputy attorney general said. he worked to pay money to silence two wome

in europe at least have a chance to hit europe doesn't want to take migrants like well so who exactly is responsible for those rescue at sea. we have to stop treaty migrants like hostages and using them as political leverage we have to stop treating them as a tool with which to get money from europe and we have to be humane with them and guarantee them no rights or freedom of movement because. tunisia's government has repeatedly said it does not want to be the gate keeper for migrants trying to reach europe caught in limbo thousand see trying to lock on the mediterranean as the only option despite the dangers. business news for britannia winter now we're looking at a two regions who have looked at protectionism and said oh no thank you yeah they said no thank you very clearly is a clear statement as it's a massive deal covering nearly a third of the world's economy the european union and japan signed a new trade pact to unite around six hundred million people across both markets and the so-called cause for cheese deal is how it happened. a grand fanfare for an historic agreement. as t

i have many friends who have made it to europe. so many have recently crossed the border we trust in god that we will also make it someday. the fence is here to stop them it's eight kilometers long and fitted with razor sharp wire along with the enclave of milly's this is the only other in you border in africa on the other side is a phone from the spanish guard it's his job to secure this border but lately that hasn't always been possible. over six hundred migrants managed to storm the fence at the end of july the police are helpless and talk of unprecedented levels of violence makeshift flame throwers quicklime and grappling hooks the migrants weapons of choice but i am we have put out those we are going to they were very well prepared and organized. but what small there was so violent that we could not get to the fence. i mean they threw acid at us and did all they could to prevent us from closing the holes that they had cut into the fans. the. victory over the fence it's taken years for them to reach their destination. the tempo

in europe at least have a chance to hit but europe doesn't want to take migrants like well so who exactly is responsible for those rescue at sea. we have to stop treating migrants like hostages and using them as political leverage we have to stop treating them as a tool with which to get money from europe and we have to be humane with them and guarantee them no rights or freedom of movement because. tunisia's government has repeatedly said it does not want to be the gate keeper for migrants trying to reach europe caught in limbo thousand see trying to lock on the mediterranean as the only option despite the dangers. t. davies funny for char reporting there now one item from russia the four protesters who invaded the pitch at the world cup final in moscow have been sentenced to fifteen days in jail the pitch invaders members of the russian protest group pussy riot ran onto the field dressed as police officers in a protest against human rights abuses in a later statement they called for the release of russian political prisoners in a more open political process as well as the prison sentenc

in europe at least have a chance to hit. europe doesn't want to take migrants like well so who exactly is responsible for those rescue at sea. we have to stop treaty migrants like hostages and using them as political leverage we have to stop treating them as a tool with which to get money from europe and we have to be humane with them and guarantee them no rights or freedom of movement. tunisia's government has repeatedly said it does not want to be the gate keeper for migrants trying to reach europe caught in limbo thousand see trying to lock on the mediterranean as the only option the spite the dangers. it's funny the shock of course and just time to remind you of our top stories at this hour here on the dock the u.s. president donald trump has backtracked on remarks he made as a summit when the russian leader vladimir putin after intense criticism he said he supported u.s. intelligence agencies and accepted that findings that russia did meddle in the twenty sixteen presidential election. i'm sold but u.s. president barack

the europe we know is too weak to slow and too inefficient but only europe and europe alone can give us the capacity to act against the big challenges we face now. flanked by french and european flags he said europe needed to relaunch itself with greater cooperation on issues including asylum seekers border protection and intelligence. what's missing in europe today particularly with regard to defense it is a common strategic culture in our incapacity to act together in a convincing manner puts our credibility in question. as well as strategic issues he also called for the creation of a transnational agency to foster european innovation financial stability and corporate tax were also in areas where he said much deeper cooperation was needed. for you to. instead of concentrating all our energy on our internal divisions as we've been doing now for far too long instead of losing our way in arguments in a european civil war arguing about budgets finances politics or whatever we need to consider how to build a europe that strong. but at a time when tensions between eastern and western eur

wants to enable trade with iran but serif suggested that europe is not going far enough or. europe needs to be ridding to get rid. if it wants to swim against the dangerous part of the u.s. you need after this. but you refuse under a lot of pressure from the u.s. and mike pence increase it at the security conference. the time has come for our european partners to stop undermining u.s. sanctions against this murderous revolutionary regime. chancellor merkel refused to withdraw from the treaty germany feels that it is the only way to money iran's nuclear program head is in view had it was like oh my do we help our common cause our common aim of containing the damaging or difficult influences of iran by withdrawing from the one remaining agreement couldn't even order or do we help it more by keeping the small anchor we have in order to maybe exert pressure in other areas. well come the european commitment but called for more action he added that the nuclear treaty is appropriate at the best that can be achieved. and joining us now from the munich security conference is the w.'s

democracy in europe it's a modern dictatorship. that the election on june twenty fourth will usher in the beginning of a new system of governance which will concentrate more powers in the president's hands and abolish the office of prime minister but support for everyone in bosnia is not unanimous the croatian member of the bosnian presidency has warned it could hurt the country's aspirations to join the e.u. . joining me now is correspondent yulia hein she's in istanbul yulia everyone's visit to bosnia herzegovina is is only election campaign stop in europe as we mentioned he's trying to win over ex-pats on the continent but why bosnia. well mr atwan has friendly relations with a certain pause of the bosnian political leadership and he actually doesn't have much of a choice he didn't have much of a choice because as you rightly mentioned certain western european countries germany among them who would have been more important for him actually banned him from political campaigning on their territory after we've seen political clashe

it will be also a, just for us, in europe. losing our prize europe seems willing to pay if russia does attack ukraine, because the threat from moscow has not caused division in the alliance. michelle stressed, but cemented unity and unity of purpose. the youth foreign policy chief added in contrast to countries like russia and china, which were undermining democracy and watering down human rights must realize that the main tar did is not about defending western values is not about defending the west, but of holding shed principles that on to been come on security and promote collective goals. the conference was a show of western resolve, but not off dialogue with russia, which was absent for the 1st time in decades. the hope is that vladimir putin can still be persuaded to step back from the brink of war. let's look got some more stories making headlines around the wild britons. queen elizabeth has tested positive for corbet. 19. buckingham palace says the monarch has mouse symptoms and will continue with light duties. a queen met her son, prince charles, just days before he tested pos

uses d w news live from berlin a day to remember the war is that europe pledge to never to repeat the french president urges closer cooperation with berlin during ceremonies marking germany's day of remembrance. not crawling warns of future danger is that europe must face together also coming up ahead of a european leaders meeting to discuss bragg's it visits one english town where the leave boat was among the strongest and where some people are now switching sides. and intense germany's alexander's therapy office says the world number one novak jump of age to win the prestigious a.t.p. finals in london. by marrying the evanston it's good to have you with us we begin with a call for unity from french president among all micron as he addresses german lawmakers here in berlin and his speech was part of germany's annual remembrance day which honors victims of war and oppression from a chronic it was a chance to rally germany to his vision of a new era in europe. on a day of remembering war and division a strong show of unity. speaking to the german bundestag the french president said fra

he wants to shore up support for europe for europe among ordinary people at a time of growing skepticism but he's meeting with resistance from germany also coming up. the showdown escalates between russia and the u.s. over an alleged gas attack in syria the u.s. fuses russia tampering with the site moscow alleges the gas attack was staged. and a surprise twist in the legal proceedings involving donald trump's personal lawyer michael cohen and last week's raid on his office from. full i'm terry martin thanks for joining us. in a short while from now french president met a woman will address the european parliament for the first time i called the speech to him a piece in the eastern french city of stross fork is part of a series of addresses by e.u. leaders wants big changes in the face of growing skepticism about the european project that's been all mark of the lack of enthusiasm from berlin to budapest. for more on mcallen speech we go now live to strasbourg our correspondent is standing by there for us hi max the french president is going to outline his vision for europe there today wha

well europe is also offering the u.s. to sit down and talk to talk about the issues donald trump mentioned when the get out of his of this dia and the e.u. three this is also the prime minister of britain there is a may and the president of friends in manama call came together here walking from a nearby hotel and they showed a kind of unity and this is also the motto of this summit united we stand strong and europe is now ready to stand up against the united states and also the e.u. commission is now trying to find ways to circumvent any possible sanctions that the u.s. might issue against european companies that still do business with iran this is a very complicated difficult process but the this row can further escalate in the coming weeks band train continues to be another area of tension between the e.u. and the u.s. on a machall also addressing the issue of trade specifically tariffs on aluminum and on steel let's take a listen to that. because you know we made our position clear regarding training to the united stat

right i mean their vision for europe which they set out is sort of a very noble liberal europe of unity but are they reflecting what europeans want it's not just a noble vision it's a vision of more europe this is been the message from across at least a year since his famous obama address and what we're seeing at the moment is we're seeing the un parents the poles the italians the austrians all in the skeptical come but best britain peeling away not much necessarily of europe europe left i do sometimes wonder whether mccrone americal don't sometimes think we know why don't we cut back to when he looks plus us plus france and germany and begin again and i wonder whether that isn't where we're going to go some in the not too distant future and i'm going to vex essential reflection one would think to european leaders the political correspondent peter craven thanks a lot for your analysis. british prime minister theresa may says the next seven days in the briggs it process will be critical for britain and to the she said that she wouldn't give her backing to a plan to leave the european uni

i think he's missing that a couple of things first of all the role of the united states and europe you know this is a strategic role this is a role that is good both for the u.s. and for the europeans it is a stabilizing force also in european politics and has been there since the one nine hundred fifty s. and he you know does not see the fragility of the the political agreement of the of the a queer librium of power in europe and how crucial his own country is to it and then of course the other thing that he doesn't see is that a strategic security guarantee and that is what article five of nato is and that is issued essentially by the americans as the strongest ally must come on conditionally it cannot be turned into a transactional kind of security carrot where you pay for protection because then it loses its credibility and this is something that not only the europeans the allies see that it's also something that you know will be seen in russia and which will be very closely and interestedly observed also in beijing you know this is something that matters that you know credibility

well returning to europe now german foreign ministers of more ground will hazard she's country and europe to become more assertive internationally and less dependent on the u.s. ties between berlin and washington of soured since trump took office at a foreign policy forum here in berlin gabriella's of the traditional view of the u.s. as the world's policeman is now beginning to crumble. let's them. the u.s. will nonetheless have to remain our most important global partner there's no doubt we will need and will cultivate this partnership in the future but it alone will not be enough to protect our strategic interests of the us withdrawal does not stem from the policies of a single president and the situation is unlikely to change even after the next election so there should be no doubt that germany and europe will need to do and risk much more than in the past. or with me in the studio is sir julian king he is the european commissioner for the security union surgery and thanks for being with us today actually interview we just heard gabrielle there calling for a loosening of foreign policy

here's what the w h chose. europe director, dr. hans claudia said today 50 of the 50 countries in europe and central asia have no reported cases of omicron. it is quickly becoming the dominant virus invest in europe. and this no spreading into the balkans at this rate, the institute for health metrics and evaluation forecasts that more than 50 percent of the population in region will be infected with mcclung. in the next 6 to 8 weeks or earlier i spoke with dr. glueck and i asked him, how alarmed should we really be here in your where we are at the crystals. so busy extra ordinary speech offerings, mission the tactics change from preventing transmission to preventing disruption. it's through the, at the individual level. the only thing that may be more miles, particularly into people who are boosted, but because of the she had numbers because of still a large share of the population, unvaccinated. the sit is that the hospitals will get overwhelmed and particularly short off health walkers who are becoming more and more in fairs. and that's what we're seeing. i mean, we're hearing more an

think of what europe actually stands for. and this is something i think we can say this was some sort of a legacy under michael tried to give to us to point out what is important of europe one of the most important points of europe and then i actually thought ok this is more like a speech this is going to stick to the common point of view they're all heard of several times and then she turns into the points why is this so important to to be have a common idea of europe and then she came to the european army and this is something we haven't heard before from o.b.o. the european army first was mentioned by him on my my call and the only thing i. heard so far was well. become a joint intervention force would be a good idea and that was more or less it and now that she's saying i have the vision the european army a true european army would be a good idea this is something where we need to be heading to this is something really new and probably she has lost in some way. let's say though the bandages of being. in office now that sh

and we have much more on europe and migration our website e.w. dot com it's to the skies over lower austria now where was sometimes difficult to actually see the sky because of the world hot air ballooning championships one hundred fifty balloons involved in that week long event they've come from thirty eight countries now the blueness go up twice a day and the pilots compete in a number of events like flying their craft closest to certain targets or on thing a chase balloon this is the first time the by annual event has taken off. that's all we have time for our. entire team thanks so much for being with us and readers with you again at the top of the out. good. books do we really know about the man behind the. biggest moments in the life of a great designer. that starts september. w. .