the soviet union's heritage where does russia stand today and moscow's empire our series starting november fifth. is david lee you news live from berlin u.s. president donald trump heads to asia with north korea top of the agenda on the way trump and his wife stopped in hawaii and paid homage to the servicemen who died in the japanese attack on pearl harbor in world war two we'll find out what the world

can expect from the asia tour also coming up iraqi and syrian forces taking back two towns from so-called islamic state the group has now lost almost all the territory it seized three years ago. hello and welcome i'm marrying evanston and it's good to have you with both u.s. president donald trump is set to embark on his landmark tour of asia a five nation trip will be the longest by u.s. president in more than twenty five years trump is currently in hawaii but on sunday he'll fly it to japan where he will have talks with japanese prime minister shinzo abi now from japan he heads to south korea where talks about north korea's nuclear program are expect. to take center stage after that out on to china where he'll

hold talks with president xi cian ping is next stop will be vietnam there he'll attend the asia pacific economic cooperation or apec conference and from there trump heads to the philippines for yet another summit this time for the association of southeast asian nations the trip promises to be a diplomatic balancing act for a president who seeking to make america great again while at the same time looking to reassure asian allies of continued u.s. support. since symbolism the sights of the japanese attack on u.s. soil more than seventy years ago is the starting line for donald trump diplomatic obstacle course across asia. as he paid his respects at powell haba the spec sort of conflict with north korea may not be far from his thoughts.

in tokyo japan's prime minister courting a death trump doll to revive enjoying japanese hospitality ahead of our father's arrival the white house has been laying out its strategy on north korea. in assessing the degree to which we're successful in galvanizing other nations to ensure that that the leadership there concludes that it has to denuclearize we need some time for that to work and what we can't afford to do is enter into these long drawn out to go she ations that allow north korea to use those negotiations as a cover for continuing their nuclear and missile programs some locals though are opera hence of. budget. i do wonder if things will be ok. like what will happen to the world. i wonder about trump's response to north korea and things like that or are there things that scare me. he's becoming friendly with

prime minister. i don't know if that's right or not. and so mike in the united states trump divides opinion. but. it's one thing if we were to imagine a war i believe south korea would have an advantage however since the consequences of war would be detrimental to all of us i hope president trying to solve the korean peninsula issues through peace talks. from the presidential palace many c.n.n. has called for dialogue with their northern neighbors trump however professor tougher talk. he'll take that message to beijing hoping china delivers little tensions over china's ambitions in the size china sea and trade will also dominant discussions with president xi. for some analysis on all of this we're joined now by professor christer and garrett he's a researcher on american foreign policy at the university of leipzig professor

garet thank you so much for joining us so in your view what are the main objectives of this trip for donald trump and more broadly for the united states. well the seventeen as you pointed out in your report. first of all to reassure allies in the region that the united states is engaged in the pacific and will remain so ok the same time he's going to try to if you will couple key issues that you talked about in his diplomacy and politics for the region namely trade and military competition let's speak about north korea here and will try to convince the chinese that the americans could possibly deliver on a very nice package in terms of trade liberalization for the chinese if they are willing to do more in terms of pressuring north korea. all right as they say a chorus north korea expected to be a central issue during this tour are really likely to hear

a concrete plan put forward by donald trump to halt north korea's nuclear ambitions . you know as we all know every president since at least bill clinton has try to shape north korean behavior without success experts on north korea say it is determined to continue to build its missile program and its nuclear weapon program no matter what is offered even with direct threats from the chinese so the president does not have a secret weapon here what he can do that's different from previous presidents is really raise the pressure on china via trade carrots perhaps sticks in terms of possible sanctions on certain chinese products to have them pressure north korea more if you can chinese power is quite limited because of the north korea as we have seen in the in the past weeks so the president doesn't have any secret weapons what he can do is show that he's willing to risk more politically in terms of trade and treasure on china than previous administrations all right so you mentioned

china as the main bargaining chip for putting pressure on south korea and yet it sorry north korea rather but is north korea really a priority when it comes to relations with china or is the u.s. administration more interested in trade with china. that's a very good question and it is clear to the trump administration away from the dramatic tweets and statements and if you will the theater of politics that the united states has a lot of good cards in terms of east asia southeast asia as you mentioned is going to the us in meeting in the philippines well overall while namely chinese officials in the region south china sea because of egypt and in trade have really raised a lot of mistrust visa v. beijing and so whether it's australia or vietnam or the philippines and especially japan many allies are asking for more u.s.

support so trade is key the answer is u.s. influence and also to reassure allies that way they don't necessarily spend much more on weapons perhaps even nucular allies weapons such as with japan for example professor christers garrett researcher on american foreign policy at the university of leipzig many thanks for your analysis thank you for writing now the deposed leader of catalonia has said he will defy an international arrest warrant issued by a spanish judge college pushed him out as in brussels where authorities are deciding how to respond to the warrant if the lissa dition and rebellion among the crimes he is alleged to have committed while meanwhile in barcelona tens of thousands of crazed amounts of porters took to the streets to protest against the warrant and the jailing of members of the catalonian government. earlier i spoke to d.w. correspondent in barcelona charlotte charles on pill i asked her how people there

have been reacting to the arrest warrant for carla's pushed off. well there were thousands of people on the streets in this square last night and across catalonia the protests were originally called to demonstrate against the detention of those eight men and women who are currently behind bars in madrid the dismissed catalan ministers news did during that process they start to trickle through here. that international arrest warrant had been issued for post immediately people hey started chanting who is our president it was a lot of anger here on the streets last night they say that he is democratically elected as was the dismissed cabinet and they say essentially he's a political prisoner they argue that he is being put in prison for doing just what he promised to do when he ran in the election and they're incredibly frustrated they also say that this now goes beyond the fates of the former cabinet ministers

it goes beyond their dream for independence and now in compass is real anger and fear about the spanish justice system they're worried that this is going to be a politically motivated trial coming up and that it's not going to be fast real concerns on the streets among pro independence supporters. w.'s charlotte shelf until speaking to us earlier from barcelona now to some of the other stories making news around the world and an american journalist has been arrested in zimbabwe after allegedly insulting the president robert mugabe martha o'donovan a said to have called him a quote selfish and sick man on twitter she is charged with attempting to overthrow the government which carries a prison sentence of up to twenty years u.s. production company netflix says it severed ties with the actor kevin spacey and also says it will not be involved in the production of the hit series house of cards if spacey remains involved this comes as the star faces allegations of sexual

misconduct. the so-called islamic state has lost control of two of the last major towns in its grip in syria and iraq the militants are now left fighting for a final patch of territory inside syria and in desert regions along the iraq syria border at its height i as controlled about eight million people living in what it called its caliphate. these images show units of the iraqi army's counterterrorism forces securing one of the country's last remaining hell tons according to government forces team was liberated in record time. is situated on the iraqi border where the euphrates river spills into some one hundred forty kilometers northwest of all came the syrians harness was all celebrities had from militants. syrian military sources are calling the victory the last phase in their

campaign to completely annihilate. the units of our armed forces in cooperation with allied forces finished their duties in reestablishing security and stability to darrell's our city completely. the syrian army's advances come on the heels of russian bombing raids on meso strikes russia has carried out eighteen such a tux in recent days paving the way for the seven army to move forward. and take a look at friday's bundesliga action now as they had our brave men travel to frankfurt on match day eleven the visitors have struggled the season and sacked their coach alexander nori on monday interim coach florian cope and was put in charge for this game and frankfurt took the early lead through a rabid curled in a spectacular strike. braman him back just eight minutes later as they equalized

through nicklaus was under. the scores then stayed level until the eighty nine minute when sebastian allaire clinched the victory for frankfurt who are now unbeaten in five games. in china the soccer season has ended and wango ever grant have been crowned champions. it's a record seventh title win for the chinese super league outfit they lost their final match day fixture one to with former cologne striker anthony modeste among the scores for opponents tianjin kwan jon bon the record champions were the team celebrating as they lifted the trophy after the game their coach luis philippe scolari who also had spells in charge of brazil and chelsea is stepping down. well former buddhist legal player paulo guerrero has been charged with doping after

a failed drug test the strikers proved captain and his side are still hoping to qualify for the twenty eighteen world cup the former byron munich and hamburg player was not present for friday's training session after fifo suspended him for thirty days pending further investigation it's a blow to his national team as they're set to play new zealand on the eleventh and fifteenth of november for a chance at qualification. on to baseball now and the houston astros received a hero's welcome on their return home from their first ever world series win astro's players were driven through the streets of downtown houston on the top of a fire truck hundreds of thousands of astros supporters crowded the streets with some media outlets claiming up to one million people attended children in the houston area and were given the day off school to join in the festivities. and a quick reminder now of the top story we're following for you u.s.

president donald trump and his wife have paid homage to servicemen who died in the japanese attack on pearl harbor in world war two they were stopping in hawaii before beginning an extensive tour of asia where north korea is likely to tom the into. you're up to date now on d.w. news we back again at the top of the hour in the meantime you can always get the latest news and information our web site that's at d w dot com american evanston from all of us here in berlin thanks for watching. on freedom and the whole. world i come from the region is rich in history starring on talent but still poor in a job creation opportunity and freedom.