darkness city's after war. starting march turns on t w. this is the deputy who's come to live from berlin could this be a turning point in the korean nuclear standoff president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong il in a region called the first ever u.s. north korea summit pyongyang off was to put its nuclear program on the negotiating table if the right conditions are met also the show despite international

condemnation president trying to move ahead with tariffs on foreign steel an aluminum he says he's stopping an assault on the u.s. but could the spark a trade war. angelman social democrats announce who's getting tapos in chance on love make this new coalition government key among them a foreign minister largely untested in international diplomacy. but unwelcome i'm honored that shima a potential breakthrough in the u.k. standoff with north korea u.s. president donald trump is agreed to meet with north korean leader kim jong un a surprise announcement that's earned measured praise from other key players in the crisis china and russia other purcell's korea that appears to have convinced trump and kim to soften their war of words and embrace diplomacy. this

is the man doing the running between pianka yang and washington d.c. and he's failing reached a major milestone. i told president president from you know meeting north korean leader kim jong un. is committed to do provide. him pledged that north korea are really good friends from any for the new clear for this sort of tests then he expressed this league honestly we need a president that's on as possible it is a sentiment shared by the u.s. president who confirmed that a meeting is being planned. the historic breakthrough comes after south korean negotiators held talks in pyongyang on monday it was here they learned that denuclearization was on the menu. far from giving up their bombs in recent years north korea has been ratcheting up its mesereau program and the

threats. fired back with warnings of annihilation and insults for kim jong il. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. on the front lines of this conflict the capitals of the korean peninsula relief and distrust. it is good news now everything is heading the right way what you don't said judging from kim jong un's character i don't think he will get the weapons easily. the part i can't believe either of them i don't know what's in trump's head and i'm doubtful he is serious about this meeting of a lot of the. details are still being worked tired tone when and where exactly trump will come face to face with his a valued enemy. whether they see eye to eye is another matter entirely.

and for more let me join in fosdick adi's an honorary senior research fellow in modern korea needs university in the u.k. welcome to even on the face of it it seems like an unprecedented breakthrough or i'm optimistic a skeptical when i always try to go to mystic but there are many reasons to be skeptical the good first i mean we weren't in a good place where were you for months and months now over north korea we had the war of words for you had the endless north korean missile and nuclear tests the last at least is now on hold it's been on hold for the trying winter olympics that was the first breakthrough now on hold why in the run up at least to this summit which if indeed it happens will be at the end of may that's all good it means that things are less tense in the immediate but everything else like what they will talk about who will concede i put it all spill i mean it's very hard to see the way forward that direct negotiations are something the north has thought for years and

something the u.s. says it is this is it for just as long and the move by north korean leader kim jong un even quote that u.s. chief diplomat it by surprise this was have a listen to that. her. very. well saul. paul. so rex tillerson speaking there now even if trump taking a huge risk by meeting or agreeing to meet that kim jong il and yes he is in the clip you just played would could summarize some of my misgivings which i think a quite widely shared an office a will of us won't want peace and hope that they won't be war trump is so repulsive it seems that the state department whose job if i remember rightly is to to foreign policy for the united states was kept out of the loop that that's quite

extraordinary and yes he is taking a risk the north koreans will have a very expert people if they've been a consistent state despite three changes of lead director of course in their case over thirty s. trump doesn't read he doesn't get briefed he doesn't know anything about korean history much will depend on who what special advisor he gets i mean he hasn't appointed a number of the south korea one could go on so it's i mean i think kim jong un really holds the advantage in this one basically sort of has been has been has been running this whole process very skillfully and whatever the question is north korea is placing to denuclearize them what those beyond young one hundred ten. yes i think we have to on past that almost innocent you know very severe to qualify pledging to denuclearize as always you have to read the small print it's the end of a very long process and for that matter a summit should have been the end of a long process not the beginning north korea's conditions out there little things

like. that being a threat against what does that mean the end of the u.s. south korea alliance that withdrawal of u.s. troops from south korea in the past the north koreans have been quite candid about that they're obviously not playing all that's up at the moment so anybody who thinks and hopefully president trump doesn't think that he's going to find you know here here's my button you know you can have it out here a minute and nothing could be further from the truth i think it would be slightly disappointed and then what will he do right in foster caught at leeds university great to have you with us and thank you for your analysis mike thank you thank you and staying with donald trump get hot from business as joins us on the u.s. status on trading partners are causing huge concern that's right i mean you know still only accounts for around about two percent of world trade and yet the tit for tat of tariffs and penalties dangerous the ripple effects can escalate into

a full on trade war quite quickly trump says the terrace of between ten and twenty five percent on steel and aluminum imports are necessary to address unfair trade conditions boost the u.s. economy and create jobs boss u.s. business leaders and prominent members of his own republican party have warned his administration is courting economic disaster with the stroke of a pen donald trump shook up international trade. the president signed the healthy new carrots into law flanked by metal workers he said he was stopping what he called an assault on the u.s. . today i'm defending america's national security. by placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum. the levies will take effect in two weeks but steel industry executives in south korea set up a crisis meeting right after trump signed them now korea is threatening to bring

its case to the deputy oh. we're actively considering filing a complaint with the world trade organization. we've already discussed the issue with the european trade commission to. me i think the. other countries including japan and australia are trying to placate the u.s. they are praising washington for sparing canada and mexico from the tariffs on steel and aluminum and they're hoping for more exceptions trumps executive order makes it possible for other countries to deal directly with the u.s. to remove tariffs. we will closely investigate the details of these measures and potential impact on japanese industries we would like japan to be exempted from this.

china has sharply criticized the tariffs the trade ministry in beijing has called on washington to drop them but it's announced retaliatory measures tariffs on american liquor tobacco and other products. the international monetary fund warns that this constant raising of the stakes could lead to a trade war. a serious warning there from the method economic fallout could potentially be very large and that is not going down well at all with countries allies and somewhat surprisingly american industry alike because american steel makers employ only about one hundred and forty thousand people bought still consuming manufacturers like comic as for example a much bigger employing six point five million people the new tariffs mean the bigger producers will suffer from higher prices on imports for the benefit of the relatively small domestic steel industry the protective tariffs have been billed as

a shot at china's overcapacity but it's america's biggest allies that could see the most of the damage canada for example is the biggest exporter of steel to the u.s. followed by the european union and brazil china is way down the list at position eleven and the impact on ours will be big europe still association says that it could slash american imports of european steel which was valued of at five billion dollars last year and by the way when george w. bush impose tariffs on steel in march two thousand and two they backfired spectacularly according to your report by us going to factoring industry new jobs in the u.s. steel factories created by the terrorists back then were heavily outweighed by the job losses in other industries overall two hundred thousand jobs were lost in the u.s. manufacturing industry pushed back down and pulled the terrorist a year and a half after introducing them now let's get the view from europe and bring in our

correspondent in brussels terry scholz terry the e.u. is hoping to get an exemption from these new terrorists how realistic you think that is. well it remains to be seen but they're actually going further rather euphemistically and saying they expect to get an exemption although president trump announced that canada and mexico would get them the fact that nothing was said about europe specifically makes e.u. leaders continue to say they're seeking more details and basically presuming that there will be exemptions for europe as well certainly more will be known after tomorrow there will be a meeting between a trade commissioner cecilia mom's term and the u.s. trade representative robert light hisor here in brussels and so was security cecilia mom's time says she'll be should be able to clarify the situation a bit after this meeting its european union has said the plan would be met with retaliatory tariffs always a tiptop already starting are we heading for

a trade war. european commission vice president you have got by now and just spoke just moments ago and he said that europe is very much still trying to head off a trade war although they don't use that phrase because even that they believe is inflammatory he said that with with plenty of negotiations still ahead they definitely hope that negotiation will win the day that the u.s. will see that this is not the way to handle their very real concerns about overcapacity in the steel sector which europe also has been battling and points the finger at china as does the u.s. so europe is going to try to talk what it believes is some sense into the trunk administration and say let's work on this on the same side that time and said neither justification being used by the trump administration is that would for europe that there's a national security threat of some kind doesn't work with your closest nato allies and he says european companies have never dumped steel in u.s. markets so basically they're ruling out the reasons that trump says this steel

tariffs are necessary on european producers and hoping that that argument wins the day talking about justifications trump a single germany for justifying tyrus why. because donald trump is obsessed with nato spending and the fact that most european countries are far below the two percent of g.d.p. that they're supposed to be spending for and for nato defense investments and that was it a bit of a strange turn in his speech although perhaps not completely unexpected given that he returns to that topic quite often and that in fact was something that was asked of you to get done and today were you surprised that nato spending came up in a in a question about trade and he said nato has nothing to do with this discussion and he said by the way these are not trade negotiations and we will make no concessions on this he said these are unilateral actions by the united states and they'll be treated as such he says that within ninety days retaliatory measures will be ready to be implemented and the e.u.

won't hesitate to drag the us in front of the w t o on this. thank you very much for that analysis from brussels now and german chancellor angela merkel has also spoken reacted on these tariffs let's just listen in a ford she had to say you know we've been watching with concern. the imposition of tariffs on certain products as a government we are committed to multilateralism we support the euro and p. and commission which has been seeking talks with the w t o and the united states. but also with countries where secondary effects can take place such as china and i think we should keep on seeking talks with all sides.

german chancellor angela merkel that well donald trump told his unilateral import tariffs his neighbors canada and mexico and nine other pacific rim nations are lowering trade barriers they are opening their markets with a revamped multilateral free trade agreement which trump rejects it right after taking office representatives of the eleven countries met in the chilean capital santiago to sign the comprehensive and progressive transpacific partnership or c p t p p deal sees types lowered or eliminated on a wide range of goods the eleven signatories have a combined population of hoffa billion people and accounts for nearly fourteen percent of global economic output. and that's all from the business desk for now it's back to america for international news thank you very much doubt and we turn to turkey where today is the latest court hearing for seventeen journalists who've been charged with supporting terrorism their employees of the june pretty at an independent newspaper and this comes amidst

a widespread crackdown on press freedom in turkey more than one hundred rightism reporters have been jailed did of your correspondent who johan has more. an editorial meeting at judy at one of the few newspapers in turkey not controlled by the government. journalists here are discussing stories for the next edition many have been in trouble with the authorities because of their reporting but they are determined to keep on writing that. we can't get any information from government officials or state institutions are not allowed into any of the president's press conferences they continuously try to criminalize a newspaper to the point that even carrying a copy. is risky for readers that despite the circumstances we're trying to do our . war.

the newspaper often covers court cases against its own staff an ongoing trial involves seventeen employees charged with supporting terrorist organisations all have been released on bail except for three who have been behind bars for over a year now in a show of solidarity jim harriet publishes their photos on his front page every single day. editor in chief uk an ultralight the publisher. a well known investigative reporter. ship is using the trial as a platform to get a message across i am not defending myself i am accusing you he said in one hearing in december twenty seventh to mean the trial was suspended and sheik removed from the courtroom when he criticised the government his supporters applauded him. oh.

you're only gets to see her husband in court and during visiting hours in jail it's been like that for over a year she is prepared for every outing. we didn't make anything wrong or ahmed. not make anything wrong and he is right that's why of course i have hope because i believe in ahmed and i believe in myself but expectations i have no expectations from the judiciary part or anything from the state. she says the terrorism charges leveled against her husband are observed years ago he was jailed for writing this book criticizing the muslim cleric fit to live a good land today the land is public enemy number one in turkey but on the cheek is now accused of supporting him. the pictures. i mean it is since twenty eight years of journalist and especially focusing

concentrating on right right why elations that's why it's not the first time that he has trouble with the state if you look in the indictment all the proofs are just journalistic activities reports iraq interviews he may. yes he was just doing his job. about one hundred twenty journalists are currently in jail here in turkey according to reporters without borders more than in any other country rights groups say trials like the one against the delivery of newspaper a politically motivated they have called turkish president reds of tire barack one quote an enemy of press freedom. after countless threats and even several attempted attacks security at djibouti it's a state the office now resembles a high security prison itself. the news room has already lost many reporters but the rest are undeterred they want to report independently and critically for as

long as they can even if that means writing about trials against their own colleagues. let me now being the operative but some of the stories making news around the world the red cross is an aid convoy has entered syria's eastern huta area off to being delayed for days by fighting but they are reports that airstrikes have resumed close to where supplies were being delivered. at least nine people are reported dead after an explosion afghanistan's capital kabul police say they believe a suicide bomber carried out the blast in the minority shia area the so-called islamic state came sponsibility for the attack in a statement online. tibetan protest a scuffle with police outside the chinese embassy in the indian capital delhi the demonstrators were trying to enter the embassy ahead of her tibetan national holiday tomorrow china claims to better as its own territory but india tolerates

a smaller tibet and government in exile kenya's president and opposition leader have held their first public meeting since last year's disputed election opposition leader and i look at his bitter rival president who can the author say they want to bring the country together the opposition has claimed the election was rigged here in germany of the country's social democrats have announced the names of the six ministers from their party who will join chancellor mcas new coalition government three women and three men will take up both heading up the foreign ministries as well as labor justice family and environment all offshore also will be the finance minister and vice chancellor. joining me now is our political correspondent nina nina so first to fall i mean we have the six nominees now from the s.p.d. how well do you think they'll work which on the meccans conservatives in the new coalition government well the s.p.d.

the social democrats have appointed a mix an interesting mix of experienced people and fresh faces so three of them three of those ministers here who were appointed today have an experience in working together with angola machall as ministers because we mustn't forget that of course the past eight for eight of the past twelve years the social democrats have been in a government together with ungrammatical so three of the people who were appointed today have an experience as ministers with until america and three are completely new people so it'll be you know an experience right and now they've appointed or nominated mosse the former justice minister as the new foreign minister not key comes in at a difficult time with a trade war looming between the u.s. and europe as well as germany tell us about him and his experience in moscow is an interesting character he was a pretty unsuccessful regional politician until my galbally or the soon former

foreign minister appointed him to become justice minister has served as justice minister he has cabinet experience but he lacks foreign policy experience he has zero experience that but he has an extremely good foreign affairs experienced members of stuff that he can rely on good team and also people say don't underestimate him because in the cabinet he has challenge people like the extremely influential conservative politician and he has managed to actually criticize him publicly and so it'll be interesting to see it'll be a completely different tone to see of course. sometimes called. the anti alpha politician but maybe in these times of dominant figures on the world stage it will be refreshing to see somebody who actually like sydney go see a prouder than just pushed and he obviously was a quite a popular as

a justice minister as well what about the other cabinet nominees what kind of axes do you think they'll be bringing in into the got a new government i think there are two. really i kept seeing appointments one is of course all of shorts as the finance minister not necessarily because of his personality but it will be interesting to see how the s.p.d. as the junior partner in this coalition manage to. reign over the finance ministry such an important finance ministry it was seen as a major concession by anglo machall that the s.p.d. actually got this finance ministry and the other interesting personalities of course francisco defy who's not known on the berlin stage told she's a young woman from east germany who is now the mayor of ny cohen here in berlin and so she has a pragmatic approach to tackling problems that are on the ground so the new german government has been a long time in the making and i'll be very close to having

a new government what do you think will be its first priorities according to the coalition deal it is europe the chaps around europe is the first chapter in the coalition deal and if you look at what's happening in europe and there is there's a desperate need for reform and mackel and the french president manuel michel have a very narrow window of opportunity to actually implement some much needed reforms european elections coming up next year of course i think that is one of the big priorities as a political correspondent it was a pleasure to have you here thank you. let me now recap off top stories for you president trump and north korean leader kim jong un have agreed to hold the first ever u.s. north korea summit president trump has confirmed the plan and says great progress is being made. and president trump moves ahead with controversial craves tariffs on foreign steel and human and spurring finance of

a global trade war he says he's facing down an assault on the u.s. . and germany's social democrats have announced their ministers for. new coalition government key among them all are sharks becomes the minister of finance and high school must largely untested in international diplomacy with foreign minister. and had to give you know it was good news on the go just download the app from google all from the app and still give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use it to send us photos and videos which you think might be of interest to us. that's a premium with that she ran the entire b.w. steve i'll see you again in half an hour look forward to that.

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