it's about. leverage in the twenty first century. story december second on d w. this is the news the live from berlin u.s. president donald trump is in china the focal point of his first official asian tour china's president treats trump to a private tour of the forbidden city but just ahead likely tense talks between the world's two superpowers at odds over trade and north korea also coming up

germany could become the first european country to recognize a third gender this after a top court blows that current laws discriminate against intersex people. and fog in delhi leaves authorities to shut schools affecting more than five million students pollution levels are expected to get even worse in the coming days. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. u.s. president don trump has arrived in china for what his aides view as the most significant part of his five country tour of asia chinese president xi jinping and his wife gave the u.s. president and first lady a private tour of the forbidden city a compound in the center of beijing now talks between these two presidents are set

to focus on trade and north korea the u.s. hopes that china will ramp up economic pressure on its ally to abandon its nuclear ambitions north korea was also the focal point of trump's last stop south korea before leaving seoul trump delivered a stark warning to be on yang in a speech to south korean lawmakers listen at the regime as interpreted america's past restraint as we can this. this would be a fatal miscalculation this is a very different administration than the united states has had in the past today i hope i speak not only for our countries but for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate

us and do not try. and amend that strong language china's president xi jinping has showered trump with a lavish and warm welcome but that tone could soon change still ahead a full day of talks between two superpowers over eight host of divisive issues have a listen. more than a night at the opera president trump's asia trip brings him to china where his key themes trade and north korea converge china is one of america's largest trading partners and north korea's major sponsor. competing for global commerce but also partners in it part of trump's trip includes a signing ceremony for commercial deals between the two countries worth about nine billion dollars.

trade is tricky business trade imbalance is a big issue for trump he even said it got him elected one year ago and it's really big with china the u.s. a leader in services enjoys service trade surpluses with china and many other countries however trade in goods easily wipes out these gains in two thousand and sixteen that left the u.s. in a three hundred ten billion dollar hole with china which trump is keen to climb out of. two of the world's most powerful leaders haven't always seen eye to eye but there may be room for common ground trump is a business person you know if you know his president president you know status at that time there is a business a state. so a business men and the business state they would understand oh let's do business together. while they have very different leadership and speaking styles trump and she appear to be forging

a relationship based on mutual business interests to everybody. that's something that we're having a great thank you. so many issues to discuss trade in north korea top of the agenda in china correspondent is in beijing i asked him about what else is on the agenda. this visit is going to be a visit that has a lot of symbolism a lot of beautiful images as we have seen the visit to the to the forbidden city it's clearly made to impress on a drum on himself those bring not so pleasant topics to china north korea is one of them where the chinese and the american views differ quite a lot on the other one is trade topic that trump has always raised since the beginning of his presidency and that is still on the table this is not the first meeting between these two leaders we do know that chinese leadership in pain that

he was in washington you know a while ago how important is this meeting though in particular now in china. well we have the two powers that define the strategic balance of the whole region and we have two men who have made politics a highly personal affair so both of them weigh in with their kristi's and with their personality and any success or not success will be will be their personal success or nonsuccess so. this is a very important meeting for both of them a taste ballinger with the latest from beijing thank you. let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world the u.s. democrats have won several high profile victories in state and mayoral elections ralph north hound's seen here winning a tight race against his republican rival in virginia other wins for the democrats where the seat of jersey and the new york city mayor's office elections were

a key test of voter sentiment exactly one year after donald trump won the white house. people in vietnam have begun the cleanup following last weekend's flash floods more than half of the ancient town of point on remains under water authorities say that at least eighty nine people died in those floods they were triggered by a typhoon that struck the south of the country on saturday. the long lines have formed at gas stations in yemen but also not after the price of fuel jumped overnight this after saudi arabia's announced it would close all air land and sea ports to yemen the u.n. has called on the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen to allow food and medical supplies into the country where seventy million people are facing famine. germany could become the first year pin country to recognize a third gender that's after a ruling from the country's highest court it found that people who don't see themselves as either male or female have

a right to have their identity recognized lawmakers now have until the end of next year to change the birth register and draw up new rules on how gender is designated and earlier i asked our political correspondent kate brady what this change could end up meaning. so by the end of two thousand and eighteen people in germany will be able to register their birth either as male female all this the gender and exactly how that will be designated is still a little unclear but the court in calls where this morning suggested as a designation search into a diverse or any other positive designation of agenda now there are around eighty thousand people in germany that identify as intersex so this is obviously going to change many many lives for the positive in germany. authorities in india's capital delhi have closed all schools as dangerously high levels of pollution choked the

city for a second day in some areas pollution readings peaked at the most severe possible level on the governor government's air quality index doctors are calling it a public health emergency and have warned sick and elderly residents to stay indoors officials say the air quality is said to deteriorate further in the coming days. and d.-w. correspondent joins us now from delhi and culture we can see that you're actually taking precautions there how are people how are you dealing with the situation. well sarah exactly like this so now i take it off of course to be able to speak to you better on a day like this it's really quite a heavy time of delhi as you can see i would always take my and my my mask if i go out if i have to go out otherwise i try to stay inside. and i test expand you buy so if we take a look on this laser tag that we have to quickly change the queue i needed

five hundred were just like. we had to just level off of course already and it's really dangerous for the house so this is just to demonstrate why you can't see anything behind me usually we would see a tower over there are skyscrapers nothing if you ask me on a personal level if it's definitely frustrating. to have a smart kid who is like running to the door saying out and i can't let him out i have to somehow cage him into the flat but. having said this of course i'm still part of an elite who can afford an asset or inside who can afford to isolate the flat and here comes the sad part i think because a large part of delhi's population even doesn't realize and it's not aware of the really has it just level it's now and the really distressed has effects on the health. and to that end is the government doing anything to promote to that

awareness getting that word out to people about what it is that they need to do to protect themselves and what are they doing to just reduce the pollution levels generally speaking how was this caused got you. well it's costs through many many different factors and this exactly makes it so difficult to find a solution and to play the blame game as we say here so first of all you have delis geographical situation with the rich it's extremely favorable for this situation now then you have the farmers and the surrounding states right now who burn their crops in these days and all of this is coming to delhi then of course you have the old diesel cars which are still on the road you have generators and you have poor in the streets in the night who make fire to just get warmer and all these factors come together oh i just forgot the construction sites all over the city who of course also produce the dust so all this mix together is what we see right now but this is the government doing well if you ask me much too little much too late there

are some measures which stop doing nala so they make to make it cheaper to take the metro for example they make it more expensive to park the car but this is nothing which really helps in the longer term and having lived in the city for more than four years now and really seeing the same situation every year again so it's quite a frustrating time for people living in delhi and we can see it so evidently behind you there those levels of smog those levels of pollution cocktail we'll let you go now and put that mask back on to take care in a delhi. soccer now and world champions germany are facing england in a friendly fixture on friday the match will provide coach with a vital opportunity to test his squad for world cup in russia although injured defender around boateng has been ruled out of the game. your him has a clear vision for germany's world cup squad he wants these players to exhibit

social skills teamwork and just strong mentality. left back muscle howsomever has been called up for the first time while mario kurtz is finally back along with the one after both missed international g.t.s. for a year due to illness and injury. isn't. he this is a game to prepare ourselves for the world cup we've seen that we have an incredibly wide range of players and of course every game against an opponent like england is important. to hear germany's new kits was also on very old this wake with space on the chest for a fifth star for a possible fifth world cup so i told you. well twitter is rolling out a new feature that is drawing plenty of cheers and jeers is doubling the number of characters allowed in most tweets from one hundred forty to two hundred eighty the company saying that it decided to make the change after testing it with

a limited group of users it says that many people were wasting time trying to fit their thoughts into a one hundred forty character tweet and it wanted to be easier and faster for everyone to express themselves the response has been mixed many critics say that doubling the character limit ruins their favorite thing about tweeting the brevity this user took advantage of the new character characters to repeat this was a mistake many times actor james phelps meantime is more positive he says that this new two hundred eighty characters is like eating your big mane and then realizing that you still have time for dessert and coffee twitter itself predicts that most users will keep their tweets short. and the american medical association used science to explain why the new feature feels so strange to many people they write change is resisted because it is psychologically and physically uncomfortable your brain feels good when you hold firm to what is known and familiar. just time now

for a quick reminder of the top story that we have been following for you here at the u.s. president donald trump has arrived in china for what has been called the centerpiece of his first asian tour trump is expected to push president xi jinping on trade imbalances and to increase pressures on north korea to curb its nuclear ambitions. well up next economic advisers have just given the german economy a good bill of health and increased the amount of growth that they expect for next year. we'll have the story in just a few moments time you're watching t.v. the. united against climate change. challenges for the twenty third u.n. climate conference in bali. how were nations working to meet their paris agreement targets. twenty three.