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business did over the years live from america. agreed to stop work if you recall french president time the german chancellor met in paris to agree to put pat i rode my bike also on the program. britain's foreign secretary says russian president vladimir putin probably personally ordered the nerve agent attack . by increasing. tension in germany's new government says the interior minister says islam is not part of germany and. disagrees. also
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the story of a martial arts champion plays in a trial for muslim women looks on a break at the world kickboxing sport previously considered off limits to female muslim athletes will hear about the barriers she had to overcome to breach the top . i'm phil girl welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel and french president emanuel agreed to start work on a roadmap for reform of the european union on the eurozone they met in paris just days after chancellor merkel was confirmed in office for a fourth term but difficulties in forming a coalition have delayed the talks the chancellor and president said they would have to reform if they would have reform road not ready for a u. summit in. well macsoftware discovering those talks in paris welcome max well
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we'll start with a nice to see shall we chancellor merkel spoken blowing terms about germany and france his track record of working together his shoes if. we want to find a common path in the history of franco german relations hard work an honest corporation have always brought success we don't always share the same opinion but throughout history germany and france have achieved a lot together we are intent i am intent on reaching our goals and i believe we will do that that's what is. so much often buses are the highlights what do france and germany want to change. all the emphasis phil on the sound bite we just heard was on hard work because the issues that they want to resolve are among the most difficult issues or the most divisive issues let's start for example with a common asylum system in the european union something they have strife for for many years it's not working at the moment because it would implicate that you need
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kind some kind of system to redistribute the migrants within the european union there's a huge divide over that especially between eastern and western european countries and yet the two want to resolve as you just said until june that's going to be very difficult then the reform of the eurozone micro-loan started the discussion in fall by saying he wanted euro zone budget and he also wanted a finance minister for the euro zone something that the european union for now does not have we know that the germans are not in favor of something like that of this design so although we always have the show of unity between that call and medical this is something where they will have to really find a real compromise how they work for get together for something like that we don't know yet but as we just heard the chancellor say it will involve hard work so how does so between them france and germany have to put together this this this road
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map for europe i wonder how other countries feel about their roles being reduced to mere rubberstamp those of a franco german plot. you're of course referring to a discussion that is as old as the european union if germany and france don't work together than everybody else criticize them saying they need to work together to get something done if they do work together as they do now that many countries feel left out but of course you have to keep in mind that germany and france represent different parts of the european union for example the netherlands or scandinavian country usually fall in line with germany when they hammer out some kind of compromise with friends now the southern countries usually are in accordance with friend so if those two germany and france you manage to agree on something than a majority of the european union usually at least in the past fall in line even if there's criticism beforehand after breakfast there was
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a lots of talk especially from chancellor merkel about europe's need for a new stocks face doesn't look like it because to outsiders this looks like just trying to make the old system. a little bit better just taking with it. well at least you have ideas that have been around for a while for example the european finance minister or the finance minister for the euro zone that's not a new idea what would be new now is that the german french engine is working again and that's something that hasn't been the case for a long time so if they actually get things done now that would be new and it doesn't really matter how old the ideas are as long as there are good ideas everybody can agree on the commission president the commission president of the european union. recently said you need to repair the roof of the european union as long as the sun is shining and even if that's not the case here in paris at the
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moment the sun is more or less shining over the e.u. economies are doing well you have the french german and back so if they want to get reforms and if they want to and they act ideas even if they're you know a little bit dated in some cases the time is now. when the new roof and a new engine paris we thank you. there are some of the other stories making news around the world south africa's former president jacob zuma is to be charged with fraud racketeering and money laundering ruling a.n.c. party forced him to resign as head of state last month after years of scandal the charges relate to a multi-billion dollar government arms purchase in the late one nine hundred ninety s. . police in miami say the death toll from thursday's bridge collapse code rise so far they are from firm to six people were killed when the nine hundred fifty ton concrete bridge fell on cars stopped in traffic and you pedestrian bridge was installed on saturday and was expected to open and next year. thousands of people
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have marched in brazil demanding justice after the assassination of a popular rio de janeiro councilwoman mario franco and her driver were gunned down in their car on wednesday and she was an outspoken critic of police violence and known for her activism in rio slums. north korea's foreign minister really young home has extended his unannounced visit to sweden to a second day visit from doing speculation that he may be laying the groundwork for a summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korea's kim jong un sweden has been mentioned mentions a possible venue for the meeting between the two leaders. now for another salvo in the standoff between russia and western allies over the poisoning of a former double agent in britain britain's foreign secretary boris johnson has said that he's likely russia's president vladimir putin personally ordered the nerve
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attack the nerve agent attack on the script and his daughter credit has described a statement a shocking and unthinkable moscow denies any involvement in the attempted murders. in london british foreign secretary boris johnson visited a memorial from world war two back then russia was an ally now russia and britain are in a war of words over the poisoning of the former russian spy sergey on british soil . is that putin's credit and with his decision and we think. that it was his decision to direct the use of it on the streets of the u.k. . for the first time since the second world war that is that is why they are at odds with pollution on the campaign trail ahead of elections on sunday russia called johnson's claim shocking and unforgivable britain ordered the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats over the attack now russia has said it will respond
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in kind that russia also announced its are an investigation into the attempted murder of script. a russian citizen it's had the country was ready to cooperate with authorities in the u.k. . in britain police say a round one hundred thirty people may have come into contact with the military grade nerve agent used to poison script on march the fourth the former spy and his daughter a still in critical condition. british police have also announced that they have launched a murder investigation into the suspicious death of another russian living in britain. businessman nicholas was found dead due to a compression of the neck in his london home on monday but police said that at this stage there is nothing to suggest a link to the nerve agent attack. the foreign affairs committee of the u.k. parliament he spoke today about the investigation into the. death.
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well i don't know whether it's not time because then it's all part of a part of the same incident but it certainly it certainly echoes doesn't it that we've got a pattern of russian violence and we're talking about the united kingdom at the moment of course because of the dramatic piece of aggression in salzburg that could of course have killed hundreds of people thank god it didn't but we've seen it all over all over europe and and possibly further afield and we've certainly seen the attempted murder of montenegrin prime minister only a year or so ago we've seen the invasion of ukraine the murder of hundreds of dutch and other citizens in the russian attack on the mh seventeen and even today as we're talking we're seeing russia supporting the use of chemical weapons and bombing of civilians by the hazard regime so we're seeing a very hostile very road russian regime that is using violence as
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a state policy and is using murder as a as a means of influencing outcomes as tom took an attempt to go chess they have british parliaments foreign a fast committee that there is tension tonight in germany and dad germany's new government which was formed only three days ago interior minister jose hoffa has said that he doesn't consider islam to be a part of germany well he added that the muslims who live with us are of course part of the country is a boss a chance america doesn't agree. germany's new interior minister rejects criticism of his remark that although muslims who live here have a place in germany islam does not. our country has been culturally influenced by christianity for hundreds of years so. that's why it is wrong to say that islam belongs to germany. and. chancellor
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angela merkel disagrees and she very quickly and publicly slap down her interior minister and party ally inspiration even if you mean you are in the four million muslims who currently live in germany practiced their religion. and they belong here just as much as their religion does. and i thought. germany's new justice minister offered a reminder that freedom of religion is strictly protected in the constitution. mention times i mean i think people are tired of these theoretical discussions about terminology it's clear to everyone that we need practical solutions to our problems i hope we can agree that our value system encompasses everyone's basic rights. the central council of muslims in germany says politicians shouldn't adopt far right rhetoric in the run up to a regional election. it's kind of we don't need a wedge in the society we have to stick together we need social cohesion and bridge building. the interior minister offered to enter
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a dialogue with muslim associations in germany on the condition they all reject violence. well disposed one hundred football face of president john gianni infantino has confirmed that video assistant referees will be used at this summer's world cup in russia despite opposition from fans announce the decision after a meeting a thief is ruling council of a always trial that's at last some confederations cup and huge in the german and italian leagues. and looks out of begum as an athlete like no other british and she's currently world kick boxing champion she's also the sport's only female muslim title holder known as the water princess she's not a switch in sports and preparing for her first boxing match. those fish soup theory belong to resign a begum now
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a season fighter she once had to hide her passion from her traditional muslim family and one day i noticed there was a sign thank you both in class school. and i completely fell in love with the sport it was fast and furious explained safe and he just took me away from my challenges in life at that point my time didn't actually ninety thousand type of thing they just thought i was going to know when shame full fitness pepsi is it didn't take rukhsana long to achieve accolades in the sport she fell in love with she soon became a british and european my thai champion and won the world kick boxing association title. her success convinced others to put on the gloves. the father had. many females backgrounds in particular people from my faith and ethnic minority backgrounds and i thought to myself this is what we need spies me
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to be the best that i can be and push myself and excel in a new mainstream sport to inspire the next generation hollywood script writers but her story writes so she could be headed to the big screen soon but first she's looking said knock out her competition in her boxing day. starting out with some junk and instructions from a book. page or fourteen william coming.
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