w. your questions about germany. i had a medicare scare they were not a plan for him to. write to us on facebook we'll answer your questions. this is v.w. news live from berlin german chancellor angela merkel tells t w a she is ready to join talks to resolve the north korea crisis and she says donald trump is doing it all wrong. 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. and exclusive interview chancellor merkel tells d.w. that diplomacy is the only way forward with pyongyang also coming out hope and heroism in mexico as efforts continue to find survivors in the rubble of tuesday's powerful earthquake. and hurricane maria paralyzes puerto rico leaving much of the u.s. territory without power or communication it is the worst storm to hit the island in eighty years. i'm so me so much going to thank you for joining us germany's chancellor has spoken out on the north korea crisis markel said she disagrees with the u.s. president donald trump's military ultimatum to north korea on tuesday trump told the u.n. that america would destroy a north korea if it was forced to defend itself or its allies from the north's

nuclear weapons program michael told e.w. in an exclusive interview that germany would be willing to assist in negotiations a diplomatic solution to the soaring tension. i promise he 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 until america 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 until america 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 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. haas. the interview with chancellor merkel was the last in a series of seven that included all top candidates of germany's major parties in recent surveys are correct on sunday younger 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. you saw in a poll there she's did abuse editor in chief and she led that interview with the german chancellor angela merkel she is with us in studio now to talk more about the interview high and as i said we have just a few days to go to the election and the polls are pretty clear chancellor merkel does look set to have another term as chancellor how confident that she's seen well she's confident she's like a soul who draws but you know she has high respect for the office so she would never take it as granted that she will be the next i mean i think she assumes that

in all the polls speak for that but you never know you know the last days are always kind of tricky but she's very confident and you know well let's talk about some of the topics that she touched on she was stressing the need for diplomacy in a number of foreign policy issues in our interview she said first that she was willing to take a role in negotiations with north korea that was one question in the same press you called for the deal with iran to stand that that was very important let's just listen exactly to what she said. even though this conflict is far away from germany is also a fact. or not is why i am prepared to asses the foreign minister to assume responsibility so we took part in negotiating the around agreement which i think is good and better than having no agreement to toll. it took many years but in the end it did limited 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. in as listening to that message and seeing on the other hand the fiery rhetoric that's coming out of washington right now do you think this means that germany is going to take a leading role on the global stage mostly released first two very very dangerous conflicts in the world and she i mean talking about north korea and iran this of really like tough tough conflicts to handle. i mean what we see i think is a more confident chancellor of germany germany the place of you trolls in the european union and we see europe in union which kind of gathered strength. regarding the united states this has a lot to do with donald trump and his flip flopping no one really knows where or what he stands for. and i think that brings the european leaders together it wasn't only on the american who criticize donald trump really harshly it was also. the

president of france. yesterday and the days before so i think europe is really getting stronger against donald trump looks like uncle merkel will be at the helm of that charge from europe all right our editor in chief has paul with us here in studio in us thank you very much. and remember it is only three days to go till germany decides and we want you to join the discussion on the election followed it appears coverage online at data dot com get your updates on our news that facebook page for follow us on twitter and use the germany decide to cash back our social media team is waiting to hear from you. on the iran question merkel was backed up by her foreign minister at the sigma gabriela he said the current agreement was needed to keep iran on track with the international community and he suggested the iran deal might offer a model for resolving the crisis with north korea. targets. it's almost

tragic when the only functioning agreement to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons is in jeopardy at a time when we're seeing other countries like north korea acquiring nuclear weapons and we're going to leave under the end of north korea. we now need these kinds of negotiations more than ever and it was. germany's foreign minister there is it my gabriele saying we need those kinds of deals more than ever let's get more on that with a juror in my a senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations in london and we thank you very much for joining us there seems to be real concern here in europe that the iran nuclear deal will on rival a first of all remind us what are the main pillars of this deal what does it mean. well this deal was signed just over two years ago and essentially it puts a very stringent inspection and monitoring mechanism on iran's nuclear program to

ensure that the international community is aware of the not some bolts of iran's nuclear program in addition it's put in place a lot of stringent and nuclear commitments that iran has it here to ensure that the time line as that it takes for iran to essentially create a potential nuclear weapon is hugely. twelve months and gives time for these national community to react and i preach when he said he created where there was no inspection there was no restrictions on your nuclear program i didn't return iran gets a sanctions easing package which allows it to reintegrate into the global economic path will particularly into the europe and so those are the building blocks of the deal but u.s. president trump keeps saying this is a terrible deal and his secretary of state a rex tillerson has backed him up let's listen to what tillerson had to say we

clearly have significant issues with the agreement the president's been quite clear and articulate as to his concerns about the agreement itself authorities of the agreement in force and of the agreement ellie listening to those words how at risk is this deal. well it is that risk the europeans have acknowledges that race why in the last eight months of visit ministration there has really been a stepped up and ordinated after the e.u. in brussels together with germany france and the u.k. to really advocate in washington to members of congress and the u.s. president personally that this deal need to stick and if the u.s. president walks away from it do you believe so alone and this is what the american will not crawl into the british prime minister yesterday in new york all echoing

this message so does that mean we could see cooperation between europe and the ron on this well certainly the ideal is to keep all parties to this nuclear deal on board including the united states every member plays a critical role in implementing this deal but if the united states does walk away there there is other avenues to savaging this deal and this is where european involvement leadership is going to be absolutely critical and there needs to be contingency planning happening at the moment if there already is an toughening and regarding how europe can offer a package to iran together with china and russia that keeps them on board with this nuclear deal going forward. in the palace a fellow at the european council on foreign relations on the way forward for the iran deal thank you very much in mexico more than two hundred thirty people have

now 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 to rescue efforts is under way at a primary school in mexico city. has signed a fly for up to the rubble rescue workers to signal for quiet as they search for survivors. they've spotted a little hand it's a go they ask her to move it she can now begins to painstakingly slow process of freeing her. rescuers say they go has told them her 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 have to clear the rubble from the floors and you still hear people

inside. the capital city has seen a number of traumatic rescues this man was rescued after spending more than twenty four hours on the debris of his partly collapsed apartment building others however were not so lucky and with every hour that goes by hope that more survivors will be found when those in a crew twist of irony the seven point one magnitude quake struck just after many in the city had tarried out and earthquake drill like every year search area was on the anniversary 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. because you want to help out but you can't do anything.

i 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 into 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 soko is facing a new national emergency his declared three days of national mourning to own are the victims. from on the rescue efforts let's speak to mark devaney is the chief operating officer of unicef he joins us from london market to have you on our program you are coordinating the efforts of from your team on the ground what have

they been telling you. but we're hearing back from colleagues in mexico the only district of the devastation that has occurred during the earthquake just two days ago and mexico city is about six hours behind us not so it's very early hours of the morning after a very troublesome on how we search for survivors in the rubble you describe the situation particularly around the you know sadly there have been twenty child deaths in the building on the rocks me thirty children still missing and we're very much looking at over the coming hours and days we will see those children rescued. responsibility that is to ensure. that there is serious erika's for them to go to and we can reunite them with families and if if there are children here because their parents in the earth. can arrange an emergency fostering mission for them so

very much hoping that they the rescue operation it's successful in that more children are taken safely from the rubble and are placed in see if and when environments where they can get over just not just the physical the psychological trauma of what they've been through but mark that's my question to you you know give us an idea what kind of impact does a disaster like this have on children. it has a huge impact you can imagine the school building that you referring to a three story building collapses down like a sandwich and it's an incredibly shocking experience not just for children who are in the building and survive but for children who witness it you know the whole world is literally collapsing around so this kind of long lasting effect and it's very important that normality is restored as quickly as possible so in the days and weeks ahead with the truck be trying to support students to get reestablished a number of schools have been destroyed across the two in mexico city so it's very

important the children quickly there if they are well enough to do so get back in some kind of normal routine that begins to to reestablish some sense of balance and order in their lives after a very traumatic event like this obviously the will to be children who are currently separated from their families as a result of the incidents they need more specific care and attention but generally the approach is to establish see if there is for the children and establish normality as quickly as possible and not just briefly if you can what are the biggest challenges facing your team right now on the ground well i think the biggest challenges faced by i remember the government teams and it agencies working together it's just the access issues and the the extent of the devastation which is very very significant date but we you know we are working closely with government under the region's these and then you give yours to help these go to our website for the next birthday. and house or. if they're. all right

marked up in the chief operating officer of unicef joining us from london mark thank you very much for that update. thank you. ok moving on now to some other stories making news around the world in the spain supporters of car london independence are continuing their protest in barcelona the autonomy's regions capital they are outraged after police arrested several cattle on officials and searched their offices on wednesday tensions in spain are running high over the national government's efforts to prevent catalonia from holding on an authorized independence vote on the first of october iraq has launched a major offensive to retake one of the last strongholds of the so-called islamic state the country's prime minister has predicted another victory in the town located about two hundred forty kilometers north of the capital baghdad the extremists territory has been shrinking fast over the past few months greenpeace

activists have boarded a ship carrying new v.w. diesel cars to the u.k. the activists say they won't leave the ship until it turns around to take their cars back to germany greenpeace is protesting the sale of vehicles that emit toxic exhaust. hurricane maria is back out over open sea and regaining strength a day after a devastating puerto rico the u.s. national hurricane center now waits at a category three hurricane it has also issued a warning for the turks and caicos islands and also for the eastern part of the bahamas meanwhile puerto rico is starting to assess the damage after a direct hit by maria. 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 downed 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's thout the eastern coast torrential rains and winds of two hundred fifty kilometers per hour destroyed homes flooded streets and knocked out power to nearly the entire island residents described the scene as the strongest storm in over eighty years neared its peak. but i feel like i'm in the middle of a war story. where. you can hear the growl and the wind the doors are sherry and it feels great pellets are being thrown at my windows. northwest now being the worst of this storm and i'm hoping that my nose is gone. puerto rico literally can't afford this disaster the united states territory

declared bankruptcy earlier this year and maria will likely plunge the island deeper into financial crisis u.s. officials have promised eight. but first of all i'd like to say 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. if you're watching do you ever you knew still to come try to stop dortmund in midweek going to sleep action stay tuned to find out how they handled that very tall task. and a very big

a free trade deal is coming into effect today monika yes sumit took of course yes years of intense negotiations but today the e.u. canada a comprehensive economic and trade agreement known as sita comes into effect aims to boost trade between canada and the european union by cutting ninety eight percent of tariffs making it easier to export goods and services well earlier i spoke to the minister counselor at the canadian embassy jason tolland to find out what exactly is changing as of today. it comes into provisional effect today. that means that effectively behind the scenes for several months there has been art to preparations the regulatory changes discussions amongst officials. review of the agreement and of specific provisions in canada provincial legislation regulations as well and effectively you see a drop of goods ninety eight percent of tatars go to z.

to effectively documents all today like them to shut up but there is no matter how loud face no you haven't seen it's been behind the scenes but ninety percent of toilets come off. over all. with immediate effect provisions to a low for labor mobility for protection or ventilation property for access to government procurement across the board for canada and the. there are standards commitments technical barriers to trade members commitments for instance would affect issues like salmon discussions on environmental standards all of that is already in effect there are only some small elements of the agreement are in effect just one of those investment provisions for instance which were of the something that in some considerable discussion here in germany. those are not in effect as are for instance small things like camcorder rates or give you don't want as an example but the bulk all substantive trade between our countries between her canada and the european union for instance with germany are no liberalized effectively was

used as a limitation provisionally. minister counselor at the kennedy an embassy in berlin talking to us here at g.w. . well google has just struck a one point one billion dollar deal with taiwanese electronics company h t c the move puts two thousand engineers from the smartphone division under google's roof google expects the deal to close by early twenty eighteen provided it gets the all clear from regulators. software giant google is serious about getting into the hardware business just like apple and amazon google wants to sell its own products smartphones loudspeakers and i'm aware. the purchase of certain h t c smartphone divisions is supposed to make that possible. with this agreement we're taking a very large leap forward and we're very excited about what we can do.

together with. google gets access to some of h t c's smartphone patents and half of h t c's four thousand developers are moving to google the companies have been working together since two thousand and eight together they brought the pixel smartphone to the market h t c wants to use the money from google to grow in other fields. i think that vive in virtual reality are and will be my passion in the future i also believe this is an unlimited opportunity and i will keep investing massively in it. h t c was one of the pioneers on the smartphone market in twenty eleven the company had a market share of nine percent now it's less than one percent finances are tight and h t c can really use the proceeds of the sale to google and that's not just the virtual reality. from technology to good old down to earth

sports and it's been a big cannot of bundesliga actions to me that's right monica we're going to look at one of those matches from wednesday night at dortmund are at the top the bonus they standings again after taking care of business so wednesday in hamburg dortmund are unbeaten through five matches now and they've given up exactly zero goals. it was a high tempo game with both sides having chances in the opening minutes bobby would testing home and booking the domingo. yammering. away at the other end. with love pressure is rising. down just outside the box. and in the danger zone it was then to take the lead converting from close range on the twenty four minute mile. midway through the second half dome and broke hamburg on the counter setting up

obama again for the easiest of top ins. i have. dormant out of misery in the christian put a stick with a sublime finish. dome and win three nil and continue that one hundred percent start to the season. and we just have time for a recap of our top story. 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 threatened to destroy korea. thanks for watching. enters

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