this is deja vu news long from berlin u.s. president donald trump has arrived in manila for the asean leaders summit it's also the last leg of the president's asia tour and all eyes will be on how he deals with

the philippines controversial president drew good detective we'll go to manila for the latest. spanish prime minister mariano rajoy visits boss alona for the first time since imposing direct rule we'll find out what it means. plus a first for the arab world the movie abu dhabi opens its doors to the public the billion dollar project promises to act as a bridge between east and west through the medium of on. i mean you just keep money welcome to the program president donald trump has arrived in manila it's the last leg of his asia tour the most ambitious trip by a u.s. . president in decades trump was welcomed by his host philippines president rodrigo

detective the u.s. president is in manila to attend the asean summit of asia pacific leaders which has just got underway a one on one with the filipino leader is also expected to take place. but we're now joined by a correspondent on the santos who's in manila it's good to see you so what can we expect from that meeting between trump and detective. well we're certainly expecting a lot of talk. president of terror to have earlier in his speech today said that he was looking forward to more inclusive girls and inclusive participation in the. region you know if you look at the last year and is actually on the end of the economic entity of this kind second but it hasn't really been able to come to harness economic growth as a coalition the way the e.u. has mostly because of so many different factors on our slowing down agreements in

the past expecting that we're hoping that there will be some talks on the west philippine sea we call it the west philippine sea here but there's been a little bit of confusion on that exactly first of all president trumpets mention i'd be happy to mediate the south china sea or west philippine sea issue for the philippines but we all know that for china u.s. meddling is a bit of a nonstarter so that has to be carefully balanced at the same time president again in his speech this afternoon said that he had a discussion with the chinese president and they both agreed to set that agreement or that the winning winning ruling of the philippines from the hague they agreed to set it aside because they wanted to avoid escalation of tensions in the region so there's a little bit of confusion we'll see over the next couple of days where that goes but i definitely think that the west philippine sea will be something that's on the

table over the next couple of days right obviously trump is in manila with other regional leaders for this summit what are they going to focus on. well there is also the need to focus on better cohesion within the region when it comes to counterterrorism that's also on the table. fallback for the hash using territory in the middle east the timing of that kind of coincided when i says affiliated fighters took over morocco here in the philippines so this has a lot of implications for the region it left us with questions like with actually losing territory in the middle east is the southeast asian region now going to be the next hot is hot spot secondly there were reported foreign fighters. among those fighting in morocco we so there's a need for country especially malaysia indonesia and the philippines to look into ways to better improve their contra terrorism measures and

a scientist joining us from manila thank you very much. donald trump's trip to asia has been overshadowed by the russia affair on saturday trump said he believed the russian president when he told a moscow has not meddled in the twenty sixteen presidential elections that prompted criticism at home a day later trump attempted to clarify the comments saying he backs a conclusion of u.s. intelligence agencies but he also avoided accusing put in i believe he believes that and it's very important for somebody to believe i believe that he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the election as to whether i believe it or not with our agencies especially as currently constituted with their leadership i believe in our intel agencies our intelligence agencies. and a brief look now at some of the other stories making news around the world reporters in iraq have found what they believe to be a mass grave used by so-called islamic state to dispose of their victims according

to witnesses the militants forced people to line up at the edge of the sinkhole near mosul before killing them if confirmed it would be the largest mass grave in syria and iraq. voting is underway in the second round of slovenia's presidential election opinion polls put incumbent on course to secure a second five year term his nearest rival is mario and share it's an anti-establishment candidate and local mayor the president's role is largely ceremonial but they do have the power to nominate top officials. britain is paying tribute to its war dead with traditional remembrance day services london paused for two minutes of silence sparked by the chime in of big ben the service was led for the first time by prince charles who laid a wreath at the center tough on behalf of queen elizabeth.

a tense day in catalonia spanish prime minister mariano rajoy visited the volatile region for the first time since dismissing this assertion is to government but roy didn't come to make nice meeting with members of his conservative party the spanish had called on catalyst to kick out separatists in next month's snap elections but he also urged business leaders not to turn their backs on the region the standoff shows no signs of abating on saturday hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of boston loner to call for the release of its jailed political leaders . following that story for us is spain correspondent michelle and hanna good to see attended a party meeting in barcelona ahead of elections in december what the main issues that he addressed. more than a meeting it was actually the kickoff to the korea lection compay in for his party to a pub pool are the conservative party he presented as the main candidate for the party

it was a stereotype party event in a sealed off environment inside rather than in a public space and raw wholly during his speech in his first appearance since this conflict started in barcelona in catalonia the region itself he has launched a vigorous attack on the independence leaders the pro independence movement itself he has called them criminals he has called them childish. actually i think in his speech he was very much on election mode already and he knows that the upcoming snap elections on the twenty first of december will be really difficult for his party and cut alone so very tough words from or a whole way but we've seen hundreds of thousands of people on the streets for weeks now in barcelona but testing against the spanish government control is surely when all the voters that. to me it looked like he didn't even try today

in his speech that didn't show any sign of reconciliation where he didn't try to bridge in between these two camps the pro independence. people as we have seen them again in high numbers out on the street yesterday so he didn't seem to try and win win over any catalan voters actually today he was rather addressing his voters in the rest of spain staging himself as the defender of the fatherland of the one who stands for law and order and who will restore as he put normality in catalonia and in doing so for the rest of the entire country so i believe his strategy is more directed towards the rest of spain rather than really looking at the regional elections all right nischelle briefly roy's handling of the situation has been heavily criticized but what do you make of it it's been criticised because of this harsh policy has line also because he has left it in the hands of the judges to

solve a political dispute a conflict that's haunting the region for decades you could say and now we have several politicians voted ripper sensitive off the people behind bars so this kind of handling has been criticised by many observers here in spain michel to hannah joining us from valencia thank you. the move is one of the world's most famous museums and now it has a system museum in abu dhabi and thousands of visitors attended the opening in a spectacular building designed by french architect john novella the building like the museum itself attempts to combine is stone and western influences it's the first museum of its kind in the arab region. thank you ing in the thirty degree heat and are now name from the somewhat cooler paris is already pulling a crowd in the arab world for the opening of the louvre abu dhabi the five thousand

tickets went quickly like the arts many visitors have come from europe the local seem to like it. we've been waiting for more than ten years so we're very proud to have an institution like this here the europeans took our artifacts and so the arabs are ok with taking the name at least and create also museums and bring part of the art back and also some european art so i think it's actually quite a good thing and. it's precisely what the rich immersive he wants the orient and the rest of the world comes together in arts grand historical qur'an additions to vinci's belfair on the air way where a sculpture farm scene of light. the shakes have left the structure of this rabia louvre true a frenchwoman star architect john nouvelle dame spans one hundred eighty meters i designed it invites interpretation. just looking at this new thinking about how they did this based on like the palm trees the print of the palm trees it's so

creative like you know it's connecting that culture and modernise them together so it's really nice to see that. arms they're celebrating this in their own way for star to stick expertise and name recognition come at a price the emirates has spent around one point five billion euros on the overall project including loan fees for the arts from the original in paris it gives a stronger exposure in terms of cultural associations with france and with europe i think it's fantastic that the louvre opened a new branch in the middle east it's for a limited time though the name louvre can only be used for thirty years in six months they want to the opening has been long and ostentatious now it's time to see whether this temple of high art can help bridge the arab and western worlds.

a quick look at sports now a european slot for soccer's world cup is at stake when switzerland face off against north an island in the second leg of the playoffs later today the favored swiss one the first leg in belfast thanks to a controversial penalty. northern ireland and its fans were left demoralised after referee mistake gave switzerland a slender lead in the first leg in belfast on thursday night. coach michael o'neill said his side were very emotional after the game but should use that to their advantage in basel on sunday. what happened in the game. as we have to move a scene from what but it's gone now in terms of whereas in the players' minds and the focus is on trying to get the result that obviously could take us three captain steven davis sees the bright side and is determined to turn thursday's defeat into a positive display in the second leg. we're in a position that all the pressure is on switched from we could not and to lose so

we've got to try and use that as a to our advantage with an away goal in hand switzerland other favorites to advance from this time but the hosts on leaving anything to chance coach vladimir pick of each knows this game isn't a foregone conclusion yet. every time we eased up in the first leg they became really dangerous and violent federally switzerland were one of the best sides in europe during the qualifiers losing just one game if they say that form again only ninety minutes time between them and it take it to russia. formula one now and the brazilian grand prix a mercedes driver but not the one you might expect has taken pole position for today's race finland's of all terry bought us will start from the front of the grid after his save his teammate he was hamilton crashed in qualifying the crash occurred after the new world champion tweeted that some members of his team had

been robbed at gunpoint friday nights near the sao paulo truck track hamilton will start the race at the back of the field. and remind of the top stories we're following for you u.s. president donald trump has arrived in manila for the as the summit where he's expected to hold a one on one with philippines presidential drink. it's the last leg of his thirteen day asia tour. and that's all for now but be sure to tune in for more news at the top of the hour you can also log. gone to d.w. dot com in the meantime for more news updates thank you for watching. and just in time he says that's what i believe i think it's really important to give a bit of time and love back to the families who make so much effort.