w. your questions about germany but if. they want to. write to us on facebook we'll answer your questions. hello this is d w news coming to you live from berlin german chancellor angela merkel tells t w she's ready to join talks to resolve the north korea crisis and she says donald trump is doing it all wrong. my opinion sanctions and enforcing the sanctions are the right answer but anything else with regard to north korea i think

is wrong. and that is why we clearly disagree with the u.s. president. in an exclusive interview chancellor merkel tells d.w. that diplomacy is the only way forward with pyongyang also in the program hope and heroism in mexico as efforts continue to find survivors in the rubble of tuesday's powerful earthquake we'll go live to mexico city for the latest. and hurricane maria paralyzes quite a rico leaving much of the u.s. territory without power or communications it's the worst storm to hit the island in eighty years. also tensions remain high in spain as madrid tries to reign in a drive for catalonia independence catalan nationalists clashed with police in barcelona overnight following the arrest of a number of regional leaders involved in planning an independent fact.

i want to welcome i'm terry martin good to have you with us germany's chancellor has spoken out on the north korea crisis just days ahead of germany's general election i'm going michael said she disagrees with u.s. president donald trump's military ultimatum to north korea in an exclusive interview with t w merkel offered germany's assistance in negotiating a diplomatic solution on tuesday trump told the u.n. that america would destroy north korea to continue to threaten the u.s. and 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 holes in her favor uncle americal 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 medical 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 if recent surveys are correct on sunday on 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. and you saw his

editor in chief in his poll there interviewing a german chancellor angela merkel and getting a selfie done i thought to a good morning in as you did that with all ok so then ok so you've got a real collection then do indeed see so many parties vying for places in the bazaar now there's just a couple of days to go before the election sunday is the big day chancellor merkel is looking at possibly winning another term she's confident it looks good right i mean it. will be the next well well she is confident but she does have a lot of respect for the office of the office called the chancellor rhee and you can feel that you know she's she's absolutely not full of herself she's a very decent and very serious politician so yes she knows that she probably will be the next chancellor again but she doesn't take it easy ok maybe not taking it fully for granted at this point that is democracy ok well merkel is stressing the need for diplomacy right now on

a number of international problems let's break it down for you just a little in our interview she first said she was willing to take a role in dealing with north korea and in the same breath she called for a deal with iran to stand let's listen in. even though this conflict is far away from germany it's also affects us all and that is why i am prepared to assist the foreign minister to assume responsibility. we took part in negotiating the iran agreement which i think is good and better than having no agreement to toll. it took many years but in the end it did limits iran's possibilities for nuclear armament. and i think we must take the same path or a similar one with russia with china together with the us also in the case of north korea. so chancellor chancellor merkel are taking a very strong stand against donald trump with respect to the year round deal and on

north korea in looking at that hearing the chancellor tell you that so clearly doesn't give you this sense that she is planning to give germany a more active role on the world stage yes indeed i mean she really says she would be willing to be the hell in this whole conflict with north korea that's pretty big isn't it we also would you be willing to to call. and she said yeah if i would get also i would do so so i think this really reflects the new role of germany was in europe but also the new stand from europe against the united states which is led by a president on the truck she just doesn't trust him i think you can feel she doesn't really like him we saw that early on and she's willing to really take this responsibility chancellor merkel has already been in office now for twelve years when she finishes this term she she's already one of the world's most powerful leaders she's obviously a heavyweight within europe what do you think she is going to focus on in her next

term assuming that she does win another term that's a good question i mean she's a true european so she will really do everything to keep europe together we have many problems you know that we have coming in the negotiations are so difficult she will try to help with it i'm sure than we have in europe that's difficult but she also has some problems to solve in your own country. yeah absolutely germany faces some issues of its own immigration playing a big role this year i'm sure we're going to be hearing a lot more about that as paul our editor in chief thank you so much for being and being with us this morning. for moving on to mexico now are more than two hundred people have been confirmed dead after tuesday's earthquake rescue workers are frantically searching for survivors trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings one of the most desperate rescue efforts is underway at a primary school in mexico city. a sign of life under the rubble rescue work his signal for quiet as they search for survivors they've spotted

a little hand it's a good they ask her to move it she can now begin to painstakingly slow process of freeing her. rescuers say they go has taught them a name is frieda. apart from just her name she told us there were two other children and that there were more bodies but we don't know if the others are alive . it's a race against time to find people trapped under the rubble and to clear the way to where they lie. there are still people in there. there are still people groaning who have to clear the rubble from three more floors and you still hear people inside. the capital city has seen a number of traumatic rescue this man was rescued after spending more than twenty four hours on that the debris of his partly collapsed apartment building. this

however were not so lucky and with every hour that goes by hopes of finding survivors diminishes. in a cruel twist of irony the seven point one magnitude quake struck just after many in the city peteri doubt and earthquake drill like every year search area was judgment on the any verse or e of a nine hundred eighty five earthquake that killed more than ten thousand people this latest adversity has united a city in both grief and determination people from all walks of life have formed human chains to help pass out rubble. because you want to help out but you can't do anything. you want to do everything quickly it's like the human survival instinct but you can't do anything. but the sheer number of people involved it's also complicating efforts. rescuers regularly call are out for silence any sound midst is 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 and penny a nieto says mike sicko is facing a new national emergency his declared three days of national mourning to order the victims. of the very latest let's cross to mexico city where journalists veronica calderon is standing by for us it's late at night where you are how are rescue efforts continuing. well there are actually working right now. a school board they are looking for to give us a few yeah which is a name of the girl who. communicated with rescue workers earlier this day and we do know. true some of their equipment that there are some

placed two other children still alive on there the rubble they were seen. for fifteen hours to this point and well we're expecting the very best because this is became as this has been a game of scene will for many mexicans. to be rescued. alive and well so everyone is hoping that the girl can be rescued and perhaps others too who may still be under the rubble there how are people in mexico coping with the situation there what's the atmosphere in the city well i can tell. just overwhelming. at the same time because. many of the by you know of friends relatives are just. bringing out to help and to to do to go to the shelters

to leave earth to lend it. out if there is a need for an engineer or to see if a building be safely there's a need for a doctor to check on somebody so it's quite overwhelmed and it's really a moving to see these kind of. efforts they actually. in this morning over just for days morning i actually interviewed one person to travel two hours to the site and he was quite upset because they were going to let him help. this is a bittersweet moment for mexico. because we have this huge need to help but there's time for morning really hours right now for on a go thank you so much for talking with us journalist veronica calderón there talking

with us from mexico city. now to the other natural disaster making global headlines this time in the caribbean virtually the entire u.s. territory a point of rico is without power after being struck by hurricane maria communications networks are also down and many communities are cut off from the rest of the island officials still haven't been able to assess the full extent of the damage at least one death has been reported meanwhile maria has moved northwest and is regaining strength over the land to warm waters there it is the u.s. national hurricane center rates it is a category three hurricane now on course to pass near the turks and caicos islands it's roaring through a region where many are still recovering from hurricane earl as passage two weeks ago. picking up the pieces after puerto rico's storm of the century here in san juan and across the island people are just beginning to come to

grips with the aftermath of maria galland power lines uprooted trees and shredded roofs litter the streets it's just some of the damage from a storm that officials say battered everything in its path. meanwhile tens of thousands remain in shelters they're still uncertain when they'll be able to return home and what awaits them when they do. the storm roared ashore on wednesday morning on puerto rico southeastern coast torrential rains and winds of two hundred fifty kilometers an hour destroyed homes flooded streets and knocked out power to nearly the entire island it was the strongest hurricane to hit puerto rico and over eighty years the island literally can't afford this disaster the united states territory declared bankruptcy earlier this year washington promised eight first of all i'd like to see the same thing which is

to our fellow citizens in puerto rico they are right now front and center in our thoughts in our prayers we want them to know that the federal response will be there we want them to know that we are thinking of them first and foremost right now as they can that is very very dangerous hurricane meanwhile others in the storm's path are bracing themselves maria is forecast to pass just north of the dominican republic people here are taking no chances preparing for it but hoping to escape the worst of the storm. well people across puerto rico are cleaning up and taking stock of stormed these photos posted to twitter show and up ended palm trees direct hit of the user wrote my car lost against hurricane maria when sixty foot palm tree fell on top of it others have taken to social media to locate loved ones around the island here's here a user asks anyone have news from penny where this we haven't heard from family or

friends there. some on puerto rico have pleaded for help from the u.s. military and government agencies help quite a rico and u.s. virgin islands island is one hundred percent without power and also there's plotting u.s. president donald trump expressed his concern for the u.s. territory puerto rico's governor thank him for tweeting we are with you and the people of puerto rico stay safe. for now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today demonstrators clashed in kenya's capital nairobi is the country's supreme court explained its decision to nullify last month's presidential election police used tear gas to break up scuffles between supporters and opponents of the decision the court criticized kenya's election board for failing to bear a five results or allowing judges to audit. the president of iraq's kurdish region has vowed to press ahead with

a referendum on independence that as leaders of the autonomous region come under growing international pressure to scrap the vote scheduled for september twenty fifth turkey iraq and the us all oppose kurdish desires to form an independent country. and iranian president hassan rouhani has hit back at u.s. president donald trump's threat to scrap the iran's nuclear deal rouhani told the u.n. general assembly it would be a great pity if the deal were destroyed by what he called rogue newcomers to the world of politics. you're watching d.w. news still to come tensions remain high in spain as the madrid government tries to thwart a camel and drive for independence in barcelona a night of furious protests after the arrest of a number of regional leaders involved with planning to independence but. well google's been out shopping again they've got deep pockets as we know this time

it's all about the smart phone market more like a very and you need to invest in order to grow we know that and google is strengthening its hardware business now it's just struck a one point one billion dollar deal with taiwanese electronics company h t c that deal puts two thousand engineers from aged smartphone division under google's roof the internet giant is trying to bolster its position in a sector dominated by apple and samsung the move could allow google to better integrate its android smartphone software with its own hardware google expects the deal to close by early twenty eighteen provided it gets the all clear from regulators. and the u.s. federal reserve has left interest rates unchanged but signaled a hike could to be on the cards before the end of the year fed chief janet yellen also announced a reduction in the central bank's bond buying program analysts say she's facing a tough balancing act between embracing an ongoing economic recovery and worrying

over a recent drop in inflation. and i will european stock markets are just beginning to digest the news from the united states that the cope is our man at the front for the stock exchange stuff what's the word their will janet yellen be able to strike the right balance here. you have very interesting question monica after the press conference yesterday she at least already got one thing that she wanted remember that the dollar was performing very poorly throughout the last time and today we see actually the euro dropping and the dollar again you know being stronger but the thing is this year there's not too much you know things that she can do ok now we are hearing that from december on there might be again higher interest rates but she's not the person who needs to deliver the guy who needs to deliver is donald trump all this reform plans that he was talking about throughout his campaign that are not really working also we know that the united states is you

know a country you know with lots of debt so yeah it's going to be really interesting to see you know if this strategy is really going to pay off all right into one in terms of paying off i mean we hear a lot to talk about various mergers in this time there's talk about one of the telecommunications sector yeah we are hearing that there are kind of a lot of talks going on between the united states and sprint t. mobile right now and number three in the united states is getting more and more popular we remember at the beginning when timor by united states was launching it would they really had a hard time and gave you know their parent company dacha telecom here and germany lots of headache now we're hearing that there are talking there has been talks already in the past but because of cartel issues those talks were not successful and in general there's there are so many things going on right now in the telecommunications sector also because of donald trump because one of his closest

bodies of the republican party is now the head of the federal communication office in the united states with lots of things he wants to change and write down your cool in frankfurt thank you so much for that update. shares in german lender come out bank spiked to briefly on wednesday that after renewed speculation that a merger could be on the cards according to the reuters news agency italy's only recently approached the german government with an interest in muddling with the stage back to lend it still any days but should such a move go ahead it would be one of europe's largest ever across the board banking much s. the say to free trade agreement comes into effect as of today the trade agreement to boost trade between canada and the european union for example it makes canadian sound cheaper here simply by getting rid of imported duties but it's not all good

news there is growing resistance to the fish farming industry especially among the country's first nations. corish the glendale is a member of the nam just nation and indigenous people from the west coast of canada she's now fighting against industrial fish farms like this one which raise hundreds of thousands of salmon in the region. glendale another demonstrators have set up camp in the middle of this farm and they say they've occupied it they want to send a clear message. down with this fish farm industry they have never had our permission to be in our territories and we've had enough. or not now let them destroy our environment our waters take our salmon away from us worked on the stars need to get out we need to get out now. be occupied facility was built by

a norwegian company marine harvest the largest salmon farming firm in the world. it has sales of around three and a half billion euros a year company representatives refused to speak with us. the industry is profiting from kind of his new trade agreement with the e.u. which has gotten rid of tariffs and increased production and exports but environmental activists say aquaculture is damaging wild stocks of fish when they migrate upstream from the pacific to reproduce they swim right past the fish farms and critics say that has spread disease and infection canadian authorities however play down the issue and say the cage salmon pose no threat to their wild cousins. when at lennoxtown or actually put out into the ocean they go disease free their recent hatcheries a land based facilities and fresh water and we actually have a large suite of vaccinations that are given to the fish to guarantee that they're

entering the water in a clean and healthy way that may be true but why are fishermen in british columbia catching fewer and fewer wild salmon many factors could be playing a role not least climate change or pollution but most locals blame the fish farms for their empty lines and nets. going into the season we knew it was going to be you were warned but i think it's even worse than what they've a project that they were coming to. put it all here and not only this area but up in the northern areas has been weak runs through. the first nations activists are planning to continue to protest the industrial agriculture facilities in their waters and say their rights are being violated even the coast guard is now involved and there's no end to the impasse in sight there now i'm going to say the only solution is for the fish farm to shut down. well there are calls for

independence not just coming out of britain but also from parts of spain that's right here in the european continent were hearing some loud calls coming from this in spain tensions are running high over the national governments efforts to prevent catalonia holding an unauthorized independence vote on the first of october hundreds of people demonstrated in the streets of barcelona overnight after spanish police raided catalan government offices and arrested officials on wednesday police detained a number of protesters probably in clashes. overnight protests followed a much larger demonstration on wednesday in barcelona the capital of catalonia where independence is a hotly contested issue thousands of protesters take to the streets of parsimony the target of their fury at the police. they crossed the red line today.

earlier the offices of the cattle and regional government searched and fourteen people arrested their alleged crime preparing for the independence referendum on october the first. special spain has effectively lifted catalonia is autonomous status and imposed on us a state of emergency. the police operation marks an escalation the spanish government is doing all it can to stop catalonia and economic powerhouse from breaking away madrid views the referendum is illegal and spanish unity is a cornerstone. to the protagonists in the kaplan regional government who are behind this threat to our coexistence. i demand that you stop your illegal acts that you abandon your proposals. you already know that this referendum you won't be taking place without. it was never legal nor

legitimate now it's just an impossible dream or what's worse an excuse that some are looking for to cause a deeper rift that they've caused in cattle on society. pro independence campaign is a determined the referendum will go ahead police who are supposed to prevent the ballot have been banned from taking any holiday. just reminder the top story we're following for you before we go on german chancellor angela merkel offers to help resolve the north korea crisis. in an exclusive interview that diplomacy is the only way forward with pyongyang just days after the u.s. president donald trump threatened to destroy north korea. and you can watch that interview with chancellor merkel in its entirety coming up next on d.-day and otherwise you got all that is news and information on our website including that interview t w dot com thanks for watching.

hash tag gemini besides me the candidates. d.w. xena's pool and karim have interviewed almost all the front runners in germany upcoming parliamentary elections. and now we're looking forward to interview hans and the amount. cast at germany's sides meet the candidates. deal with. passion a germany decides the day of decision is near the coast you want germany to follow impatience is a virtue given we are ready to take responsibility if. we have more than enough parties participating in incompetent governments but not the next morning germany

can do better. polls in germany open on september twenty fourth what do germans want for their country. what do the different parties stand for. and which party will come out on top. of your expertise germany's bundestag election two thousand and seventeen. germany decides german bundestag election two thousand and seventeen on d w. i'm going back and let michael has been gen when john seven twelve years and is running for office for the full time was mad away delighted to have the chance to speak to you here at the johnson i mean and in the german capital expense i can go i'm pleased to welcome going to hello madam chancellor magnifies the.