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bono work daily life too much oh from the white house to on. digital hands. slavery in the twenty first century. story december second on g.w. . this is the w. news live from berlin u.s. president donald trump has arrived in manila for the as you need as a summit it's also the last leg of the president's asia two and all eyes will be on
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how he deals with the philippines controversial president rodrigo detected we'll go to manila for the latest. spanish prime minister mariano rajoy visits buffalo in a for the first time since imposing direct rule and his regional elections loom the whole is linked to spain's economic recovery to removing pro independence parties from power. plus a first for the arab world the movie opens its doors to the public the billion dollar project promises to act as a bridge between east and west through the medium of a. welcome to the program president donald trump has arrived in manila it's the last leg of his asia to the most ambitious trip by a u.s. . dent in decades now trump was welcomed by his host philippines president rodrigo
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due to the u.s. president is in manila to attend the asean summit of asia pacific leaders a one on one with the filipino leader is also expected to take place. when are joined by correspondent ana santos who is in manila and it's good to see you so trump and the meeting separately what's the aim of that meeting where they're supposed to have a bilateral meeting to discuss economic ties and also counterterrorism measures but i have to tell you that you know this brewing bromance between the two world leaders is something that's wildly kind of wildly anticipated here we saw this bromance kind of starting drink the campaign period there was a lot of similarities between the two world leaders they're both around the seamy they both have much younger partners they both have an intolerance for dissent and
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they both have a disdain for media you know that character was often called trump of the east and it was a title that he kind of welcomed he said that oh trump and i are the same we both like to curse all this bromance as if so aptly put it aside the main focus of trump's visit to the philippines is the asean summit what can we expect from that. well definitely there's going to be a lot of talks about economic integration president to tara has been emphasizing inclusive prosperity for the region and we're also hoping to see some more indication from the u.s. about what their foreign policy is going to be if you remember that. donald trump barack obama he had a clear foreign policy which is the pivot south. so the region is going to be eagerly looking at what this far if there's going to be imaginative or policy or what stance and position the u.s. going to take in the region. joining us from manila thank you.
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donald trump's trip to asia has been overshadowed by the russia affair now on saturday trump said he believes the russian president when he told a moscow was not meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential elections now that prompted criticism at home a day later trump attempted to clarify the comments saying he backs the conclusions of u.s. intelligence agencies but he also avoided accusing putin 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 intelligence is our intelligence agency is. time now for a look at some of the other stories making news around the world hollywood star new guy has arrived at the u.n.
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climate conference in bonn in germany the terminator actor and former california governor is highly critical of the climate policies of u.s. president donald trump his campaigning for more green energy and cuts in emissions . reporters in iraq have found what they believe to be a mass grave used by so-called islamic states to dispose of their victims according to witnesses the militants forced people to line up on 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 under way in the second round of slovenia's presidential election opinion polls put incumbent on course to secure a second term his nearest rival is my savage who also seen here voting is an anti establishment candidate and local mayor the president is largely ceremonial but has the power to nominate top officials. britain is paying
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tribute to its war dead with traditional remembrance day services london paused for two minutes of silence marked 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 as spanish prime minister mariano rajoy visited the volatile region for the first time since dismissing its decision 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 election 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 read. following that story for us is d. w.
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spain correspondent michelle and hanna good to see attended a party meeting in barcelona i had 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 partido pullar the conservative party he presented 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
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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 can rely surely win over 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 puts it normality in catalonia and in doing so for the rest of the entire country so i believe his strategy is
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more directed towards the rest of spain rather than really looking at the regional elections all right michel briefly roy's handling of the situation has been heavily criticised 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. lebanon is calling for and says after its prime minister hariri resigned unexpectedly he announced he was stepping down during a visit to saudi arabia last week lebanon has now called on the saudi government to
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explain why he is still there and has not returned home on saturday hariri appeared on state television with the saudi king the lebanese government believes hariri is being held against his will his surprise resignation has plunged lebanon into a political crisis and made it the new focus of the long running power struggle between saudi arabia and iran. a european slothful soccer's world cup is at stake when switzerland face off against north an island in the second leg of their play off on sunday evening the favored swiss won the first leg in belfast thanks to a controversial penalty. northern ireland that its fans were left demoralized after a 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 boston on sunday. what happened in the game. as we have to
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move ation 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 oversleep could take us through. captain stephen davis sees the bright side and is determined to turn thursday's defeat into a positive display in the second leg. world obsession all the pressures on switch from we could not and to lose so we've got to try and use. to our advantage with an away goal in hand switzerland other favorites to advance from this time to the host sun leaving anything to chance coach vladimir pick knows this game isn't a foregone conclusion yet the smile of. every time we eased up in the first leg they became really dangerous and divide and federally switzerland were one of the best sides in europe during the qualifiers losing just one game if they so that form again only ninety minutes stand between them and it take it to russia.
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but let's look at motorbike racing now where spain's mark marquez has won his fourth morter g.p. world title he started from pole position and only needed to finish eleventh at the valencia grand prix to assure his overall victory in fact marquez finished third and took the season crown in front of his home country fans the twenty four year old has now won four of the last five world championships. the louvre is one of the world's most famous museums and now it has a system museum in abu dhabi thousands of visitors attended the opening in a spectacular building designed by french architect john ville the building like the museum itself attempts to combine eastern and western influences it's the first museum of its kind in the arab region here's will. take you in the thirty degree heat and we're 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
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tickets went quickly like the arts many visitors have come from europe the local seem to like it too. 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 an arts and historical qur'an additions to vinci's belfair on a year or a sculpture fountain of light. the shakes have left the structure of this arabian louvre true a frenchwoman star architect john nouvelle the dome spans one hundred eighty meters i designed it invites interpretation. just looking at this and thinking about how they did this based on like the palm trees the print of the palm trees at so
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creative like you know it's connecting that culture and modernism together so it's really nice to see that. arms they're celebrating this in their own way which artistic expertise and name recognition come as 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 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 then one of 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.
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and i remind all of the top story we're following for you u.s. president donald trump has arrived in manila for the assy a summit where he's expected to hold a one on one with the philippines president but rigaud detested it's the last leg of his thirteen day asia tour. well that's all for now but be sure to tune in for more news at the top of the hour in the meantime you can also log on to d.w. dot com for more news around the clock and information you can also follow us on social media we are at the news thank you for watching. health. and here instilling. solidarity. they fall by the wayside when the gap between.

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