unique. area. this is new. clashes erupt in catalonia over the rest of the region's former president tens of thousands of protesters took their outrage to the streets in barcelona as separatist leader carlos bustamante sits in a german jail cell authorities are deciding whether to hand him over to spain our political correspondents have more analysis that's also coming up a massive fire in a shopping mall in siberia killed at least fifty three people russian authorities say that several children are among the dead and missing and egyptians head to the

polls today for a national vote that current president also you see is almost certain to win but could low voter turnout damage his legitimacy plus in sports it is one footballing giants against another germany are busy preparing to face brazil in tuesday's friendly their first meeting since thrashing the south american seven one at the last world cup. welcome to the program thanks for joining us. clashes have erupted in barcelona the site of the biggest protests following the arrest of catalonia us former president carlos first a man has been on the run for five months this after spanish prosecutors charged him with sedition in the wake of cattle and regional vote for independence now puts them on was picked up by german police on sunday as he tried to slip unnoticed

through the country as authorities here decide whether to extradite him back to spain cattle and leaders are calling for calm after a night of unrest. police on one side demonstrators on the other they faced off long into the night in barcelona outright surged into violence. thousands of catalans took to the streets to protest the arrest of the former president placed crackdown hot on protesters dozens were wounded. as demonstrations hated up even the speaker of the catalan parliament who supports a protest is code for come. on but officials i share with you the feeling of indignation regarding the situation in this especially unfair context i would like to call for calm and responsibility because

the response from catalans must be democratic civic unifying and peaceful as always when for example sometimes. some two thousand kilometers north of boston it was on the side of this german highway that cars preached amount was arrested on sunday he had just crossed the dynasty german border on his way to belgium. but his journey ended in a german gyle cell. of into something of a utopian a rush warrant has been issued we received a request and it's been looked into i'm going to say since precondition is we will farther a saying whether extradition can be granted the step before that however is the detention order and we're seeing if we can proceed with doctrinal if you will going to them. shortly after prejudged months arrest tens of thousands of supporters rallied in front of the german consulate in boston. a message germany should stay out of spain's campaign against the catalan independence movement want to stop them when they touch

a democratically elected representatives they touch an entire people and will keep on protesting peacefully as we've always done. by supporters and opponents of preached to more and now waiting to see how events in germany will play out that would decide the fate of the form of catalan president. and we have team coverage this morning we are joined here in the studio by beat up his very own public fully l e s we also have our chief political correspondent linda crane joining us as well and we have the view also from brussels where our e.u. correspondent parent riegert is standing by with the latest for us good morning to you all and melinda i'd like to direct the first question to you know because we know that carlos pushed a month that he spent the night in jail here in germany and he has quite a day ahead for him doesn't it here does indeed he will first go before a district court which will simply check that he actually is who he has said to be they will just simply check his identity and then later on in the course of the day he will appear before the high court of the state of course died and they will be

looking at whether in fact this european arrest warrant can and must be carried out and whether he can and must be extradited to spain so that is the official. see that will essentially be deciding what happens to him and were told it is a raw it is a purely legal issue the german justice minister said politicians are not getting involved here this is a matter for the courts ok we'll have to get here why not just what you've been covering this is the very beginning you've been down in barcelona. why was there arrest warrant out against him to begin with but of course we have to go back to october when this. illegal referendum took place in catalonia which was then followed several weeks later by the declaration of independence in catalonia which subsequently led eventually couple of months later to. arrest warrant being issued

by a judge in spain because there were pretty serious charges brought against him along with the rebellion and sedition plenty of other charges he could face up to thirty years in prison in spain and then of course. fled to belgium and then there was an international arrest warrant issue there when it was when the judge in spain realized that two of the main charges been true in particular one of the charges could be brought against him belgium it was decided about that arrest wanted for the century been suspended and then we were back to where we are now in this situation on friday international arrest warrant the e.u. wide arrest warrant was reactivated by the judge in spain it also coincided with the arrest of five other of the catalan independence leaders who were arrested in spain and now here we are in this situation where he was arrested in germany so it's been quite a long road here and in fact we you know as we've heard he's been to many countries before so that leads us to the question melinda why was he arrested in germany because i mean just from from the reporting care we understand that he was

basically in route back to belgium from finland and this was just as you said wrote he was quite literally on the road when he was detained in germany well he had been at a conference in finland and apparently the finnish intelligence service as well as the spanish both gave the german. dorothy's information that he would be traveling through northern germany and therefore germany is obligated by european union law to carry out a european arrest warrant under certain conditions and therefore once they got the news that he was there they had to act ok so we know he wanted to go to belgium we also know that that is where our correspondent is standing by for us now so burnt you know just tell us why it was pushed him on able to live in belgium for several months first of all even though he was wanted in spain he was residing here in belgium as a normal private spanish citizen and he can do so everywhere in the european union

because the everest of r. and issued against him in december of last was drawn by the speed of authorities of belgium he was just a normal european citizen now that the restaurant is reactivated also belgium would be obliged to check again if put human has to be extradited to spader not even also finland was obliged to do that this is an arrest warrant for the whole european union so he would be this would be executed everybody in the you. ok so public tell us we know that there has been reaction now to this arrest massive protests clashes overnight in barcelona similar to you know the unrest that we saw last year if we're just looking on the face of it similar images that we've seen how important is this role that puts them on plays in catalonia right now will put them on as essentially a symbol mass movement for many people i mean those those images that we saw overnight are owed to the scenes as a spaniard it's not very but he is abroad. you know if they want to push ahead with

you know the drive for independence they would need different leaders what's happened is that since then we've seen two other candidates being put forward who could also not be elected to parliament because there's you know either being involved in this push for independence on also have charges brought against them which wouldn't be permitted so to sum up is there a word we're sort of in a deadlock essentially at the moment in their own yeah it looks very likely like fresh elections will continue or will be on the cards in the next couple of months and i mean if we're just looking at these images overnight in barcelona tensions are incredibly high now let's not forget that this is a quite we can span because it's a big holiday week but you know people are going to come out onto the streets and i think today seeing what happens in germany is going to probably under a lot of people melinda what do you think will happen today in germany how likely is it that would be extradited we're told that the conditions for assessing this

are pretty straightforward essentially the german high court of the state as they say will be looking at whether there is a comparable criminal charge in the german criminal legal system the charge here the main charge against is rebellion there is no charge of rebellion but there is a charge of high treason in germany they will look at how well those two are for high treason in germany the house to have. in the use of violence some legal experts say because mr maule apparently did not resort to violence himself there could be some question about whether high treason would be applicable under the german system but i think it's likely they will say the german charge of high treason is comparable to this charge of rebellion and therefore straight up and down ruling they have to extradite him they do not have to determine whether he's guilty they simply have to determine if there's a comparable charge under this country as well and over a very much appreciate your expert legal analysis we know you're

a lawyer you're also chief our chief political correspondent and. joining us with the latest the perspective also you know you've spent so much time reporting there from barcelona we very much appreciate it and we also have bert riegert who has been with us in brussels to all of you thank you this morning. well now let's get a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world adult film star of stormy daniels says that she was threatened to keep silent about an alleged sexual encounter with u.s. president donald trump in a highly anticipated interview she revealed that she faced intimidation tactics for ensuring her silence she had received a one hundred thirty dollars payment for the u.s. presidential election the saudi forces have intercepted seven yemeni rebel missiles late on sunday one man was killed two others injured from falling shrapnel in riyadh it was the first death in the capital during the saudi led coalition's three year military campaign in yemen. and more than one hundred nigerian children

kidnapped by militants boko haram who were released last week have returned to their home village. the children who were all girls except one boy were adopted abducted rather from their school in february nigeria's government has acknowledged what they call back channel negotiations with boko haram but insists that no random money was paid. a fire in a shopping center in siberia has claimed fifty three lives officials say that sixteen people are still missing the blaze broke out on the fourth floor of the complex in the coal mining city of kemah role well eyewitnesses say that they saw people jumping from windows to escape the flames. smoke darkens the skies of chemical in central russia a city with many grey days ahead. the winter cherry mall was full of sunday shoppers when a fire broke out over one hundred people escaped the blaze some of them leaping

from the windows. but dozens died inside and more still unaccounted for children among them. this is not a decent place to be let for ten in the afternoon we received information about smoke in the shopping mall on the fourth floor were children playing rooms and cinemas were situated in the community. it took hundreds of firefighters most of the day to bring the massive blaze under control not before over a one thousand square meters of the building had been destroyed. reinforcements have been flown in to help search for the remains of the victims and to help their relatives cope with the loss of push to push on the if the rescuers have gas masks to be able to work in a toxic environment but we're ready to work at night but we don't think we're taking special lights with us but there are what you provide psychologists are accompanying the rescue group to help the affected population in the city and

because of the blaze remains unknown investigators are now checking the shopping mall safety documentation and may bring criminal charges against anyone responsible for the tragedy. you're watching news still to come on the program egyptians head to the polls today for a presidential election we will look at why the big question is not who will win but will people turn up to vote. but first it's over to monica jones and we have to talk about the markets absolutely and as a very good reason for that sara for one over the weekend china's new he appointed finance minister told us treasury secretary steve menuhin that beijing is ready to defend its interest why because obviously donald trump has announced tariffs on a variety of chinese goods and that is why asian markets have been contin. slide that as fears of a trade war between the united states and china weigh on investors' minds early

trading on monday so sell offs across the continent the biggest drop was in shanghai where stocks fell more than one percent the latest market lost come on the back of last week's worldwide plunge following u.s. president drums vowed to impose tariffs on sixty billion dollars worth of chinese goods. and with that it is over now to our asia correspondent linda hong in a single poor and i can hope that you can hear melinda yes i can she can hear me fantastic and i can see you now as well as always a good sign hi is guy from singapore linda tell me i mean china has threatened to retaliate by hitting u.s. agricultural exports how powerful is that threat well you know some of the china imports actually more of a third of u.s. exports every culture exports led by soybeans and among the goods other goods for

keller tree terrace will sever agricultural products like or why not you know fresh fruit dry food and these were five different type of farmers and if we go back to twenty sixty when trump was voted into the office most of these boards actually come from farmers so these were actually where it hit president donald trump the most and that is where it will play and impact this war possibly in the midterm elections coming up in november although maybe a bit too early to say right now but still the impact could largely fell if these tariffs and trade war really does go through well there were talks over the weekend on the phone we talked about that how hopeful are investors that this tit for tat trade dispute can be stopped before a trade war begins. well you mentioned just now that us and china are actually having a talk right now and the new treasury secretary is actually quite hopeful that something good will come out of it so you could actually see that things might

actually be averted because there's all too much to lose and it's quite unprecedented for trade war we haven't seen a trade war in a very long time especially since we've been signing on the street agreements world wide so this sell off investors are really not very confident about it and those who seem stock market still reeling from the latest selloff that continue that stock on fighting is continuing on monday monica all right linda hong there from singapore thank you so much. so as we heard china and the united states have begun the behind the scenes negotiations to improve u.s. access to the chinese domestic market news off of those talks all following days of trade war rhetoric between the world's top economies sending ship us through global stock markets. according to the report the discussions will be led by china's economic czar leo her u.s. treasury secretary steve minucci and u.s.

trade representative robert bly hisor u.s. president donald trump had recently threatened to impose tariffs of up to sixty billion dollars in chinese imports. the chinese have said they won't be bullied. the mummy found they misjudged the situation and underestimate china's determination and capacity for defending its legitimate interests they also underestimate the price the u.s. has to pay for its reckless behavior. u.s. business leaders in china are warning that a full scale trade war would not benefit either side. the response from our members has been one of concern that these actions that we too are a trade war which is something that nobody wants to see at the same time it's important to recognize that there has been a growing sense of frustration within the business community about the lack of progress on market access openings in china is increasing use of industrial policies minucci an unlighted highs are sent to you a letter last week spelling out requests including greater u.s.

access to the chinese financial sector and the reduction of chinese tariffs on u.s. vehicles it also requested china increase its u.s. semiconductor purchases minucci it is reportedly also considering a trip to beijing to continue the talks. while back here in europe a brics it is still causing a major headache britain's future split from the e.u. needs to major uncertainties especially when it comes to future trade relations if britain leaves both the customs union and the single market they will have to be border controls and customs checks both slowing down traffic of goods and that's bad news not least for the flow of business. since flowers only hold their beauty for a limited time getting them to the market quickly is crucial here in the dutch time if the floral trade dates back more than a century flowers auction here come directly from grow its greenhouses a third of the flowers on sale here are destined for the united kingdom. normally

have to be in england before six seven in the morning as latest everywhere that's what to try to do speed is the watchword in this business but when britain breaks away from the european union if things could slow down considerably and costs could increase. our exporters fear that their fresh blossoms will spoil in shipment as they wait in line for customs clearance. it will be trouble for all customers on the coast was a vocal and worse it's everywhere in england. so for the same it's hard to sell those flowers this is no small deal either the floral business plays an important role in the dutch economy sales of flowers to the u.k. alone total around a billion euros a year. and i think that in the u.k. people at the moment don't know what they are facing is next year it will be a big problem not only for flowers but also for food and french. and no one on the

dutch side knows whether the floral business will continue to blossom after breakfast either but one thing's sure trade in general will become more complicated once the u.k. leaves the e.u. . talking of a complicated task big day for egyptians today as they're absolutely we have elections coming up monica to tell you about adoptions are heading to the polls today in the country's presidential election that has been branded as a sham there is little doubt that abdel fattah el-sisi will win a second term the incumbent president is facing no real competition with his only challenger being one of his supporters now authorities hope that enough voters will turn out to lend the election some credibility. abdel fattah el-sisi with and without sunglasses the tough former general or the mild mannered father of egypt but while the variety of election posters is large the selection of

candidates is not across egypt there's plenty of praise for the leader likely to be returned to power hopefully everyone will vote for president el-sisi or your research of great success for example is building a new administrative capital give you the. there's one rival candidate most of mustafa most or he's not a household name and perhaps surprisingly he himself admits he admired el-sisi. out of it that the us and the people will decide who the best candidate is the voters who go to the polls with videos for the soon we'll know the result there were. many in the opposition believe most is only in the race to create the appearance of democracy at first there were more candidates but some were imprisoned after they announced their candidacy while others withdrew from the race often under great pressure. of. the

government's worry is that if there were more real candidates there would have to be debates about real issues. but of them in. egyptian media is similarly one sided there's even a hotline where citizens can report journalists who criticize the government. now says he promised a heavy hand against terrorists earlier this month there was another bomb attack in alexandria on the sin i peninsula an army is busy fighting your hardest insurgency . l.c.c. supporters point to his focus on economic stability the all important tourism sector has been recovering under his rule. we will see see his fashion the presidential election as a referendum on his leadership he's hoping for a high turnout to legitimize his group. and for more on

this let's bring in now with michael sam she is covering the elections in egypt's capital cairo thanks so much for joining us this morning you know we've heard that this is now another low for democracy since the twentieth eleven revolution can you just tell us how red are these elections and how are they being received in the country. well it does seem likely that any impartial observer would call means free and fair elections in canada talking about how raped or upgrade elections are i think the most important thing is that. you know any candidate seeking to present a real challenge to the president and to the easy will present were prevented from getting on the ballot so that includes people taken out of the former prime minister ahmed to speak and the rest of this will a treaty to stop sending in an so when editions go to the polls today all don't go to the polls as there is a widespread sense apathy they are going to have

a choice between sisi and a candidate who previously campaigned for sisi until about ten days before he entered the election ok so tell us then you know given that can you just walk us through the situation right now in the country i mean what can you tell us for example about al sissi and how he has shaped the country since he took over power in twenty they're tame. c.z. used in that it's dramatic changes to the country and unfortunately critics that say that the situation is comparable worse than it was for motorcraft hosni mubarak who was deposed in two thousand and eleven he has presided over. extremely heroic reforms that. from extreme financial crisis mentioned he is very interested in the country slowly but this is

a benefit not many who are egyptians and he's also who looms promised peace and security for egyptians and unfortunately this is a time when egypt is increasing attacks by jihadists innocence like attack errant argue that you know actions on saturday which led to the interior places said it was. the brotherhood group. we mentioned a bit earlier that you know this is a real question of legitimacy when it when it comes to the selection we mentioned you know that people are really going to be looking to see if you will actually turn out to vote what do you think ruth what do you think the turnout will be today i mean i don't want to make predictions it's a definite no is the turnout but it doesn't mean the situation the ground offensive jess it's going to be particularly high there are a lot of them even if they support sisi say well what's the point in going to the polls he's going to win anyway and there are those who are staying away from the polls because they don't feel motivated to vote in the current climate this has

been an election almost free of politics c.c. there is employed citizens to vote just as a kind of national project and that's not necessarily a message that resonates with the white majority of egyptians so it seems like the streets are going to be long lines at the polling stations with michael send joining us from cairo we thank you so much for telling us a little bit more about the election that is ahead today we appreciate it. you're watching the news still to come on the program turkey hopes for promised aid to help cope with the influx of syrian refugees but today's planned meeting between president juan and top officials comes at a time of strained relations and will check the pulse with our correspondent in istanbul. all that and more in just a few minutes. to

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just. sorting people sometimes on t.w. . welcome back you're with news i'm sarah kelly in berlin our top stories former cattle and regional president carlos pushed him on is expected to appear in germany or today police arrested him as he tried to drive through germany on his way to belgium meanwhile some ninety people were injured in clashes that broke out in barcelona in the wake of his arrest. and the polls are open today in egypt for a three day presidential vote general turn to president sisi is expected to win in a landslide but authorities have still grahams up campaign efforts over worries that low voter turnout question the elections legitimacy. are going to take

a look now back at the twenty eleven uprising in egypt the mass protests on cairo's tahrir square were at the heart of the movement that led to the overthrow of the former egyptian president hosni mubarak but that revolutionary movement ended in bloody suppression by the egyptian military and the old order was restored and our next report takes a look back at a time that was tumultuous through the eyes of an egyptian author and activist. nowadays it looks as though nothing ever happened here cairo's tahrir square has no visible signs reminding people that just a few years ago the entire world was focused on this place. it was here that a revolution broke out. it began with euphoria and ended as a bloodbath. and the video footage of those events exists thanks to a media collective known as mostly rain which recently made its entire archive available online and. robert hilton is one of the founders of mostly rain.

he has written a gripping novel chronicling a revolution that failed and yet which left a lasting impact on the country in the entire world. it's a poetic evocation of the arab spring. there was always this beats there's this like driving piece of war which is like you know they're like old people with rocks just hammering on israel because you can see the hammering the sort of piece of war that was actually like you know that's obviously a very old idea to have the sort of like the music that goes along with the bottle it's strange whatever and to whatever and indulge on the slavish layers of memory and stuff amazing days it's done in the same for there are others like the central square where people come in and out of this whole square was a monarch. in diary form omar robert hamilton describes the struggle for survival the violence the constant worry about the fate of friends and comrades. all the

intense emotions the euphoria the danger the fear like the experience of war. but he also poses important questions what are the enduring images of the arab spring how does one talk about the revolution was a pointless. because the same military apparatus as before is now in power did the victims die in vain. this was true a very key battle happened there in november twenty sixth you know went on for five days it was all up and down the street where the minister of interior has downs was down the street and i was sort of a buffer against the police and then all of that all of these walls were taken over with the most incredible graffiti of. today only one of the countless portraits of martyrs remains which back then the entire city of cairo legion museum. the government had all the others you know. they survived only in video footage and people's memory. of this novel is above all

of the games he describes the street of martyrs as a sort of shrine with a living in the gate connect. you can see. what extent the state wants to raise every kind of member you know it's not enough just a hobby or kind of ascendant council revolution but part of my contribution is the razor of history in the razor memory of the feet cm's. which is partly done you know why i wrote the book. the revolution had succeeded much more swiftly than expected after just eighteen days of demonstrations the despised leader hosni mubarak was forced to step down there was an eruption of jubilation. and his book hamilton describes the feeling of now we can finally take our destiny into our own hands and how it unleashed

a tremendous energy. for months life and revolution where want. your brain goes in for the for the overthrow of the right and your synopsis of the firing of us are great but the extraordinary. transfer from bringing out more about one of those things that all of them allow you to do by the novel as a form as well which time can expand and contract there's room for. hamilton worked on documenting the revolution in various ways. for the media collective mostly rain he always had a camera no matter where he went. the videos played an important role in the resistance. for the first time in egypt there was an alternative to state controlled television. the arab spring was a social media revolution. and there was this sense that the information revolution was going to. basically enact this sort of fundamental idea if human

progress right at the office for as long but it bends towards justice i mean if there is enough information and enough facts out the vote is the sort of fundamental thing needed to correct injustices. but this utopia came to a brutal end in the fourteenth of august twenty third scene with the robbers square massacre. so nine hundred people were killed when the military staged a coup against the elected president mohamed morsi and raised a massive protest camp. there's a massacre it was carried out in broad daylight in front of television cameras and it was actually designed to be seen it was designed for the whole country and whole world to watch or harmful to the terror seems to be struck into the kind of threat the psyche of the country and for any part of the part of. so that. it doesn't make any sense trying to come. shooting videos and

showing the state coming people when the story admits that. today there is a deadly calm in the gyptian politics like before the revolution elections take place at the end of march and president and sisi made sure that any serious opposition candidates were disqualified. on the surface it looks as if life has returned to normal. but in reality the arab spring is not completely over how will things book makes this very clear. that we can clearly feel that it was such as i can remember still seeing the ripples of the still seeing unserviceable stream of counter-revolutionary of the syrian refugee crisis we're seeing basically in the kind of collapse of the middle east. national political trade creates the structures the old one off to the other that is over and. that's how real revolution is not just ancient history the brutal images of the victims have been burned into collective memory. whoever reads omar robert hamilton's book will

understand that this uprising is not just about egypt it stands for the fate of the entire arab world and beyond. and now three days of voting are ahead for egypt and the presidential election for more on that in the situation in the country i'm joined now by a modally an egyptian middle east analyst at the free university here in our land thanks for joining us this morning. let's first begin with the election and also you see is going to be reelected. how much popular support does he have in the country. it's difficult to say because there are no reliable public opinion polls in egypt he reached the highest level of his popularity at the time of the last presidential election at the time he received about forty four percent of registered voters that's about twenty three million egyptians roughly one quarter

of the population is popularity has been decreasing since then because of the problems the economic problems in the country and because of the way he managed the transfer of sovereignty over the two red sea islands to saudi arabia i would estimate that is popular if you know it's between fifteen twenty percent of the population and i'm being generous the rest of the population the majority of them either they don't care or they support him because they don't see an alternative to him and the minority the supporters of the opposition the larger disenfranchised how would you categorize his time in power because i mean he has said for example national security takes priority over freedom would you describe his time in power as authoritarian or does it seem in your view as if he might be open to democratic reforms. even if he is as a person open to democratic reforms his behavior certainly does not show it so his

time in power has been largely authoritarian there is an autocratic culture that characterizes the egyptian regime sisi and before him mubarak they say the egyptians are not ready for democracy that's of course an ocular and it's self-serving people who do not practice democracy because they're ready for because there is a political and institutional environment that incident devises them to participate and of course this is not the case in egypt now what has happened to the opposition . the opposition is still there they can talk but that's about it. has managed to destroy any capacity that the opposition had for meaningful political action. the opposite the largest opposition group the muslim brothers. this ignited by the regime a terrorist organization and the first and second rank leaders including the former president is in prison or they are in exile and the rest of the so-called secular

opposition they are being intimidated. imprisoned especially those of them who have any capacity for mobilizing the people in the streets and they have their own internal problems as well that deeply fragmented. in the wake of the twenty eleven revolution there was so much hope for egypt does the flame of hope still burn for you because you know we heard in our piece for example the gentleman all morality he said that the arab spring still continues their assessment i agree with him these things take a very long time right now when you speak to activists secular opposition of politicians in egypt that the press they don't see much hope but of course if you look at it on the long run of course there is hope something has started in twenty eleven and i think it is far from being over. what are those signs of hope that you see though so much has changed in the minds of the people gyptian is are so much

politicized now than how they were before twenty eleven the so many activities that are happening on the grassroots level from under the nose of the regime you go outside cairo you go to the provinces whether in the delta or in upper egypt you find groups of young people who are just self organizing to do things in their own little community all of these things are for me are signs of hope that bierria post twenty eleven would be so different than how egypt was briefed with you and with that we thank you so much for your assessment of the situation there in egypt your assessment of the voting that is ahead over the next three days in the president-elect election that we mentioned a minute gyptian middle east analyst at the free university here in berlin thank you. you're watching news still to come on the program to climate change and rising sea waters pose a threat to communities along the florida coast. everyone to come in for filtering

i think if it's good if there is going to be climate change it's not going to make its way ali inshore so going to be fine they've been having hurricanes for years so i don't think that's really a climate change issue i don't believe that climate change and i think it's nonsense. some assessments there we will see what is the eventual verdict well now top you e.u. officials will meet turkish president recha type out a want today to discuss a deal to send migration it to europe the deal was made two years ago to reduce the number of migrants trying to reach europe by crossing the sea from turkey to greece under the terms of the deal turkey agreed to take back refugees who had set out from turkey. in return the e.u. and initially set aside three billion euros to help turkey how's the refugees the e.u. then pledged a further three billion euro so far almost one point eight billion euros have been paid out to provide food shelter and health care so has the deal prevented migrants

drowning at sea while in the year before the deal took effect one thousand one hundred fifty people died or went missing in the aegean sea and in the two years since that that number has actually gone down to one hundred forty nine so it appears at least on the face of it that it is working but and this is a big but now we're migrants are trying to reach italy with the number of deaths rising along the central mediterranean route. in the year before the deal an average two thousand seven hundred migrants arrived on the greek island every day that number has now dropped to an average of eighty one a day another cornerstone of the agreement was to resettle syrian refugees across the e.u. well says the deal about twelve thousand five hundred syrians have been resettled in the e.u. from turkey more than four thousand three hundred of them have been taken in by germany well the high level meeting will be hosted by bulgaria and comes amid worsening ties between ancora and several you members speaking ahead of the

gathering president said that he was waiting for brussels to fulfill its pledges to help his country cope with syrian refugees those artists you knew one of the we meeting environment on monday and we're going to talk sure we're going to say. we're going to show them all the pictures videos and say that see for yourselves. bijection if you're going to give his aid then give it to us but if not then be honest and say that you are not going to follow through so that we don't keep waiting in vain because the more you just talk more about that aid those promises g.w.s. turkey correspondent yulia han is standing by with the latest from istanbul good morning to you leah tell us how important is the e.u. financial support for turkey when it comes to providing for syrian refugees. oh it's very important turkey took in about three million refugees from syria more

than any other country and it's not just about emergency aid or acclimation anymore it's about integrating these people into turkish society so that means health care language training education an estimated four hundred thousand school aged refugee children here in turkey are not going to school yet so overall it's a huge financial burden and all the officials i talked to here say they can manage it alone they need the money now turkey it's apparently in the process of trying to join the e.u. or rather it is in the process but relations between the two sides have been increasing their strained what is the current status of congress membership at the moment. well the membership bid theoretically still exists on paper but that's basically it's a number of member states are openly opposed to turkey taking any further steps the new german government for example said it's against opening any new chapters unless

the democracy and human rights situation here in turkey improves aid connected to this membership it has been cancelled extending the customs union in turkey's favor these plans are on hold currently so nothing is really happening and the turkish president added on himself has played the end card domestically over and over again telling his vote is that turkey doesn't really need the european union so that's of cause of the status quo on the political level but we wanted to know what is it that people here think so we set out here in istanbul and i asked them what their attitudes towards the european union let's have a look at this. right now europe is trying to corner us. as an enemy but we support him. the e.u. is trying to make our country suffer economically but we stand behind alida. that is not because. i don't think we need to join the e.u. but we would like to have visa free travel that's why we should join. only when

it's in something you love that means that on for years they've been treating us like a stepchild and giving us the runaround they promised us money for all the refugees we took and but they don't pay up turkey is always being criticized by here and i think it's better if we don't join but you can be sure not so some mixed views there on europe of the majority of them as we saw tending to err on the side of air to tend to be pretty critical toward the e.u. you know for its part the european union has been critical of president ever to want of his authoritarian role particularly in the wake of the failed twenty sixteen coup attempt are we expecting any new demands from turkey. well overall i expect this meeting not going to be an easy one at all the goal is to improve relations but always in channels to do so are limited i expect e.u. leaders to urge turkey to end its military operation in north in syria in a free in that's what they said before hand but that's of course not what i'm girl

wants to hear to the country they want to extend this operation that you might also ask turkey to end the state of emergency that was put in place after this failed coup attempt and has in their view violated the human rights of tens of thousands of people again this is not an issue on camera really wants to talk about so positions an argument or couldn't be more different so this meeting is probably not going to be a very cozy one. in istanbul thank you. well to the u.s. state of florida now where it is a will save itself is a magnet for millions of visitors many of whom come and decide that they want to settle down in the sunshine state one of the fastest growing communities is cape coral on the gulf of mexico but like many places in southern florida it is built on low lying land and vulnerable to rising sea levels and while many residents say

that they're not concerned some florida newcomers are choosing to settle in more sustainable communities have a look. came to cape coral with her family in one nine hundred sixty she was just nine and the city was even younger the tates had left pennsylvania and headed south to sunny florida in search of a better life. she became a real turn like her father. were selling the same dream my father was selling quality of life we've been doing it for forty three years in our office almost forty five mill in our office of the third generation of our family and we continue to look forward to the growth in our community we're only half what not even halfway done. people come to cape coral to live in the sun near the sea in nice and affordable homes it's the largest city in southwest florida and one of the fastest growing communities in the u.s.

but it was built on swamp land right on the coast of the gulf of mexico the sea levels are predicted to rise as the climate change progresses but it seems not many people here take the problem seriously. i think if it's if there is going to be climate change it's not going to make its way all the way and ever be fine i don't believe that climate change i think it's nonsense they've been having hurricanes for years. i don't think that's really a climate change issue. that's probably a good option but you know they were you just have to deal with the consequences. development began at the end of the one nine hundred fifty s. draining the wetlands. today it's crisscrossed by more waterways than any other city. people are drawn to the area by the sunny climate and low taxes.

hurricanes are not uncommon in this area. but that hasn't slowed the city's growth . former politician ray giudice is concerned about today's development he thinks it's potentially risky. they're limited or lack of planning where they really recognize that there is going to be some four hundred thousand residents in cape coral sunday when they need to start planning for more open space and actually provide for development and growth away from the waterways so that it doesn't put people in harm's way as harm's way. it all started these two speculators who snapped up this swamp land for a song in the one nine hundred fifty s. . and they began transforming the inhabitable mangroves into construction plots without much interest truck. advertising promised a life in paradise. arches and those mangroves protected the pine flat woods and

the higher ground behind that now ocean's been invited all the way into the center of the city and sea levels going to rise throughout the city not just on the edges of it as it would be if you didn't have the canal system. but sustainability can look different babcock ranch is a new community located in lent and forty kilometers to the northeast. this is a marketing advantage it was ten years in the making. storm safety is a priority a downtown area is in the works everything should be within walking distance babcock ranch is billed as an example of modern sustainable development. it's ok it looks great you won't have to drive everywhere you can do most things on foot go to the water go shopping get an ice cream take the kids to school amazing. what is it. about ninety percent of the surrounding land here will be left

undeveloped as a stir. nature preserve. the areas flora and fauna will be left intact and so will the area's natural storm barriers. residents will rely on solar power a big solar plant should generate more energy than the whole town needs houses are still being built. this one survived hurricane erna last september the owners and future occupants left the builders a message thank you to the people who are building our home we hope you and your families were out of harm's way. back and we wrote that. thirteen twenty seventeen. this is the development showpiece. a couple fell in love with it and with the idea of the new town. they're hoping for

a progressive neighbors. who are thinking forward and don't run from change but it embrace it we think that's very very important. back at cape coral so take the realtor says the areas construction boom is hardly slowing even as the florida keys are being hit by more and more. people seem to ignore that reality when they buy into the area. and susie asked about the area's future. limits are. really the opportunities here for businesses for growth for manufacturing there is plenty of land here for everyone to come and. the lure of florida the sunshine state somehow blinds residents to rising sea levels and destructive

hurricanes it's a risky bet. the for and with that you are up to date now on. thanks for watching oh. cool.

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