only climate change. what do you want to know about germany's general election. both of you put it take you on through a lawyer to. ask w. your questions about germany but if i had to medicare's get a wet night at ten o'clock p.m. to. write to us on facebook we'll answer your questions for. the state of the news coming to live from baldwin a day after u.s. president donald trump threatens to destroy north korea germany's chancellor offers to help resolve the north korea crisis. even though this conflict is far away from

germany is also affects us or not is why i am prepared to us as the foreign minister to assume responsibility. an exclusive interview on the americal tells d.w. that diplomacy is the only way forward with jiang young also coming up a desperate rescue effort is underway right now in mexico city at applying mary schools that collapsed during tuesday's earthquake the building is one of hundreds destroyed and what's being called mexico's deadliest quake in a generation. i'm sara harmon welcome to the program it's good to have you with us germany's chancellor has spoken now a north korea crisis just days ahead of germany's general election on the americal said she. disagrees with donald trump's military ultimatum on north korea in an

exclusive interview with g.w. merkel offered germany's assistance in negotiating a diplomatic solution yesterday trump told the u.n. that the u.s. would destroy north korea if it continued to threaten the u.s. or its allies. i promise you is the only way to solve the north korea conflict according to the german chancellor in an exclusive interview with g w hunger merkel spoke out in favor of multilateral negotiations involving international partners such as china russia and the united states even if this conflict is far away from germany it's one that also affects us that's fine i'm prepared as is the foreign minister to assume responsibility here. we took part in negotiating the iran agreement which i think is good and better than having no agreement at all. it took many years but in the end it did limit iran's

possibilities for nuclear armament. addressing the u.s. president's threats to destroy north korea angela merkel had a special message for donald trump. we consider any type of military solution to be absolutely inappropriate and we're counting on diplomatic efforts this must be vigorously implemented in my opinion sanctions and enforcing these sanctions are the right answer but anything else with regard to north korea i think is wrong and that's why we clearly disagree with the u.s. president. with polls in her favor and can feel confident that she'll be reelected as chancellor of the a if he is likely to win seats in parliament for the first time machall ruled out ever cooperating with the far right party and she promised to take the concerns of those who feel disadvantaged seriously. my you

know and my answer is clear to solve people's problems the worries they have having their own jobs as well as decent schools and doctors to really take care of these issues but on the other hand to signal a clear stop to hatred and violence. the interview with chancellor merkel was the last in a series of seven that included all top candidates of germany's major parties and recent surveys are correct on sunday on the americans conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. will become the strongest political power and she could become one of the longest serving chancellors in german history. of more i'm joined now by our editor in chief as poll say conducted that interview now is great to have you in the studio today this offered to mediate with north korea it's big news is germany the white country to play that role i think so that germany has something to offer let's start with the then divided germany i mean we have an

experience to live of the wall that we had is germany investment going to mcclellan chancellor grew up in the east so you know she really has experienced that. the other thing is that because of the close tie it's from east germany to russia we have a traditionally closer relationship to north korea because russia then you know was a partner in the korean war with north korea so there is some relationship from germany to north korea and i think this is what i'm going to mecca refers to so there's some history there but we do have to remember of course that we're four days away from a general election how do you think americans comments about trump are going to play out with german voters because talking about about trump is sort of sometimes a way to score points or that's absolutely right everything are going to matter says now four days before the election is connected to the election she's always come paining so she is and indeed i mean germany love president barack obama they just found him so cool especially after the bush is it was really

a change you know those donald trump we just don't know what to do with them you know one day he says so the other day he says so and just his attitude is arrogancy to say always let's put america first many many germans do not like this and this is also something i think an america reacts to this really tough speech he gave. at the u.n. about north korea that's a reaction i think for her to stand up hey listen i don't agree with you i take my own stance and i criticize you in public yeah she has that kind of showmanship style that doesn't necessarily go down well in germany but let's talk about meryl for a second she's going for her fourth term that's sort of unheard of in western democracies is it something specific about her that resonates with germans or do germans just not like to change a good thing very good question indeed we actually asked for that specific question really it's really worth watching the interview. i mean she stands really for

quintin continuity you know in a world which is shaken she's kind of a solid rock that's what germans who won because germany is doing fairly well compared to other countries to other european countries but one has to be fair you know she really thought about it and she spoke openly about it that she didn't make herself an easy decision she really was debating a notion to run for fourth term i mean she's in office since twelve years there's a whole generation who doesn't know anybody else but i'm going to medical as a child but she is strong she's still powerful and she obviously also wants to take the responsibility now to keep leading germany she's known as an individual being reserved for being calculated during your interview did you get the chance to ask her anything personal. she is reserved and she was reserved in the interview even so she was very friendly she's very bright she's very then the moment i asked her you know how she handles this burden which is laying on her shoulders i mean the

whole world has all these expectations for her kind of to be the rock in this shaken world as i said early on so i asked her there's a chance you worried about some things what are you off is do you sometimes not sleep well at night and she gave us some answers so what show interview and you get them now and honestly. i don't know i think that's a tease you know but she. i talked about it and she said sure it's she feels the boulden. she's worried about the situation in all the crisis countries around us all right so a lot of interesting information coming out of that interview you know as poll editor in chief thanks for being with us in the studio and as you know as mentioned you can watch that full interview here on d.w. beginning at two thirty a.m. u.t.c. you can catch it again at six thirty a.m. u.t.c. and they'll be repeating later in the day and of course if you just can't wait you'll find the whole thing on our website w dot com and remember just four days to go until germany decides and we want you to join the discussion on the election you can get more of our coverage at g.w.

com you can also get updates on our facebook page and of course follow us on twitter and tell us your opinion using the hash tag germany decides our social media team can't wait to hear from you. and turning now to some other world news in mexico at least two hundred twenty five people have been confirmed dead after tuesday's powerful earthquake rescue workers are frantically searching for survivors who could be trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings one of the most desperate rescue efforts underway at the moment in a primary school in mexico city. it has become the focal point of the latest natural disaster to hit mexico rescue workers and emergency crews have flocked to this primary school in the desperate search for survivors they're exhausted after working through the night but while there's still hope they'll keep on going. as well. that it's possible

there are survivors because we confirmed with a thermal camera which detects human heat the conditions aren't optimal but we're doing the best we can all these people are. looking at is that. of all the buildings to have collapsed the school story is perhaps the most harrowing many children have already lost their lives under the rubble here and many more are still missing. some panic stricken parents have reportedly received text messages from their children trapped inside. in a cruel twist of irony the seven point one magnitude quake struck just after many in the city had carried out an earthquake drill like every year that drill was shut jailed on the anniversary of a nine hundred eighty five earthquake that killed more than ten thousand people. this latest adversity has united the city in both grief and determination people from all walks of life are formed human chains to help rubble. it is.

sad because you want to help out but you can't do anything you want to do everything quickly it's like a human survival instinct but you can't do anything. but the sheer number of people involved is also complicating efforts. rescuers regularly call for silence and he sounds missed as a possible life lost. as the search for survivors continues many in the city have taken refuge on the streets the second quake to hit the country in just two weeks has left them with nowhere else to go. mexico's president enrique pena nieto says mexico is facing a new national emergency he's declared three days of national mourning to honor the victims. of hurricane maria is wreaking havoc across the eastern caribbean and it's now made landfall on the u.s.

territory of puerto rico and downgraded to a category four the capital of san juan has been pummeled by troll rensil rain and powerful winds in the strongest storm to hit puerto rico in living memory earlier at last the island of dominica strewn with debris the government there said most housing had been significantly damaged or destroyed at least seven people killed. kenya's supreme court has delivered its full just meant to last months and no presidential election and it criticized the country's election board for failing to verify the official results before announcing them but just stopped short of saying the vote was definitely. going and police fired tear gas at an opposition and ruling party supporters who were demonstrating else signed the supreme court as the ruling was issued earlier this month the supreme court nullified president who were coming out as reelection after opposition leader while loading up successfully

challenged the results. well in china now or a new exhibition of german or has just opened in beijing artworks old and new are being shown hit eight different museums throughout the city to bring the diversity of germany's art scene to chinese audiences there's more. this something new within the walls of beijing's forbidding city german a lot more of it than it's ever been displayed in china from post-war paintings to contemporary works to photography of hilla and bent on driskill ski and the political portraits of undress. the exhibition includes three hundred twenty works by fifty five artists spanning seven decades and it's a sensation visitors to beijing can see the city transformed into a temporary german art gallery. is displayed in at different locations throughout the city and kuhn gallery districts and old factories and there are plenty of young

artists involved the chinese people are obviously curious they want to know what distinguishes germany what is real what is illusion sebastián makes negative images from the paintings of cats but david flay do this. yeah as if you have china you can best sing someone's praises by copying them the copy becomes a tribute to the original and i think visitors here will be alert to what i'm trying to say. of course it. kind of it looks pretty simple but actually there's a lot behind it it surprises me it's very precise i like it a lot. david snell's landscape said here with a hint of cyberspace you view points all the way from leipsic. michel sized office cloud of truck tire in a troops gets its inspiration from transformation.

photography catalinas eva doing is also here she says she definitely sees the chinese out sane on a par with germany's is a sad maturity of course chinese artists are looking to break through in the global ott market and fast succeeding. the question to every artist's night is do i want to make history. this dialogue of course being live streamed online will continue until the end of october when the exhibition deutschland eight closes. news thanks for what. the d. w. media center. seeing live. find it again. hugh more of a. discovery. video and audio podcast in language courses.