this is news coming to you live from berlin russia says an alleged gas attack in syria was staged this is a team from the international chemical weapons watchdog travels to decide its findings could determine whether the u.s. i'm going chiz retaliatory strikes also coming up. the relief and murder of what is your own good in india still as the conscience of the nation the incident once again puts the spotlight on the high incidence of grief in india and how hard it is to get justice for the victims. of the former but no revolution folks waga new boss

outlines his plans for the world's biggest carmaker he says there's a long road ahead. plus in the next sixty minutes the power of the preacha we look at the world's great supporter of the year it shows a budding man who painfully survived but i have a hidden meanings behind the drama. and the big news in the buddhist leave behind munich announced the next coach former bond. has agreed to leave. and will take over in july. good to have been a. russia's foreign minister has claimed that a suspected gas attack in the syrian town of duma was staged speaking to reporters

in moscow said de la brive said in the foreign intelligence agency head to fabricate the attack that he offered no evidence and did not name any country in question he strongly warned western nations against military action in syria. any adventurous action will be taken in syria similar to the libya or iraq experiencers hope one day is to launch such an adventure now. meanwhile a team from the international chemicals watch. is in damascus preparing to visit the sites of p.l.s. poison gas attack what they find could determine whether the u.s. and its allies followed through with threats to strike in retaliation russia has worn any such act could trigger war. to destroy its u.s.s. donald cook and u.s.s. port have been positioned off the syrian coast but if and when they get the order

to strike it's not yet clear after this bellicose tweet in which he threatens syria's ally russia that missiles will be coming u.s. president donald trump put off a final decision on military action. but we're looking very very very closely if at all situation and. we'll see what happens folks here see what happens it's too bad . the world is in a position like that the president's more measured tone was echoed by the secretary of defense who said the u.s. is still seeking evidence on the chemical attack. there's a tactical concern that innocent people we don't add any civilian deaths and do everything humanly possible to avoid that we're trying to stop the murder of innocent people but on a strategic level it's how do we keep this from escalating out of control at the

u.n. russia's and voice said averting the danger of war is also moscow's priority but he refused to rule out the possibility of us russian conflict. look we can look straight at people's abilities unfortunately because we saw with so messages that they're coming for washington they will have it because meanwhile russia says the syrian government is now in control of the site of the alleged attack and specters from the international chemical weapons watchdog are expected to begin their probe and duma on saturday it's not clear whether the u.s. and its allies will wait for the results before deciding on strikes. jealous of developments in syria from neighboring lebanon she joins me now from beirut until the o.p.c. w.

spector's have arrived there how likely is it that they'll have proper access to the side to determine what exactly happened there. well the team reduction bill would last evening they should be in damascus today and tomorrow they will be going to do mark the syrian regime has invited them and says that they would be given all the access that the wire and it would be taken everywhere that they are asked to go now having said that the russian was there on the ground so in the western countries in america especially there is a fear that the russians would have already clean up in that sense the o.p.c. w. would not find anything of any significance now on one side where this argument is being made in the united states on the other hand we've been told that the mandate is limited which means that while the o.p.c. w in a weekend sort of check. whether chemical attack took place are not it cannot a certain it cannot be in the responsibility on anyone so under both sides both arguments can be true if the russians have cleaned up the site that means that they

should have no problems with having o.p.c. w. pin the responsibility on either party and if they haven't cleaned it up then the limited minded argument would stand meanwhile we are seeing a sustained u.s. naval buildup off the coast of syria and an increase in american activity what is a general view there on the possibility of military strikes. well the work that's on in washington now is how can the not hit russian assets be just hit the sit in assets but that's going to be very difficult because over the last few days bashar al assad has moved. syrian assets on the russian bases their forces are now scattered now if you know that the u.s. navy destroyers are now in the mediterranean and they do have tomahawk missiles stomach missiles and gun missiles which essentially means that when they hit the target is not precise we saw that happen last year but last year it was a it was

a limited strike now this year when trump says that it's going to be a smart strike he's talking about the g.m.'s precision guided missiles now these if he uses there is a chance that he does specifically syrian assets and not russian assets but we have to remember we are also hearing rhetoric from the russians and they have a very supreme air defense system so they can actually shoot down these missiles up in the air so at the moment can america strike syria without striking russians that's the challenge for them until bora in beirut thank you very much for that assessment. germany has ruled out taking part in any military strikes in syria chancellor angela merkel said germany wanted to send a signal that the use of chemical weapons is unacceptable her words were echoed today by the german foreign minister. in brussels. well it is

unacceptable that russia has now be told twelve u.n. security council resolutions on syria just to maintain its influence there and protect president assad so this cannot be allowed to continue which is why we will keep up the political pressure on russia and we hope to raise it further. because moving the russians to change their conduct is a condition for resolving the conflict in syria. let me not drawing our chief political correspondent melinda create she joins us from our parliamentary studios melinda if germany has ruled out the military option what kind of pressure good foreign minister heikal. talking about. mr moussa didn't elaborate on that point but if we listen to what he said there and what he also had to say yesterday these are much more robust messages directed at russia than we sometimes have heard from the british the german foreign ministry and i think what

germany's basically trying to do is say any military action that takes place is part of a comprehensive pressure scenario that is being put on russia and is essentially designed to signal that russia has gone too far in supporting a client state syria bashar al assad who have used chemical weapons not once not twice but actually several times in furtherance of the war and that this has to stop and and i think essentially germany is saying look we would not be part of any military action that may occur but we absolutely are part of a larger pressure movement on russia on syria aimed at getting a diplomatic solution to the crisis in syria and aimed at getting a real change on the ground in the sense that military means are also means to an end not and in and of themselves and certainly what we won't be seeing to make it

very concrete is any soon relaxation of the sanctions that germany has on russia every now and then that is something that's come up for discussion in this country i think that's absolutely off the table for now i'm going to do what extent does the german public support the government's position. absolutely supportive if you look at the most recent polls only seven percent of germans think that military force will actually achieve anything in syria in terms of solving the conflict there seventy eight percent say they do not want to see germany involved in military action and that goes back to essentially a traditional position in this country there is skeptical about the use of military . for some very reluctant to see germany wield it that has a lot to do with germany's history in the twentieth century being very much a cause of two world wars with the result that people here tend to be very very skeptical about force in general and about german participation in particular so

absolutely the government is reflecting public opinion on this huge obvious chief political correspondent linda crane thank you. that's been having some of the stories making news around the world health officials in gaza say more than three hundred sixty palestinians have been wounded in fresh border clashes with israeli security forces it's a third consecutive friday of landscape thirty s against a lasting booklet of gaza previous clashes with israeli forces have claimed dozens of lives in the last two weeks. pakistan's supreme court has barred former prime minister nawaz sharif from politics for life the ban stems from corruption allegations against sharif during his three stints as prime minister should if resigned last july after the supreme court disqualified him from holding office for failing to disclose an income source. former f.b.i.

director james comey has lashed out at u.s. president dollar travel calling him a liar and comparing his leadership's time to god for mafia boss as according to excerpts from his upcoming book trump fired school the last may leading to be appointment of a special counsel to probe alleged russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election. you're watching the news coming up ahead protests in india as a brutal child rape and murder still of the conscience of the nation but many fear of politics getting in the way of justice we'll go live to mumbai find out more. and the power of the picture we look at the word press photo of the year and talk to a photographer who once won the award himself. but first ben joins me from our business says reform but no revolution that's the new chief of folks

bottle that's a message today quite an interesting one i'm reading all explain in a minute but the new boss that we're talking about he acknowledges that the german carmaker faces a long road toward winning back confidence after the emissions overhaul. the huge corporation will be an even longer wrote era some of his plants. the new c.e.o. have at d.c. is wasting no time in his bid to make the famously unwieldy company lighter on its feet. also the list is in for its gives our aim to make volkswagen a front runner of the auto industry when it comes to economic and innovative strength and sustainability. so. the idea behind this is our conviction that a more efficient company should be steering strong brands have a decent joined volkswagen three years ago he's been a success as head of it's important to be w.

brand so he's off to a good start among staff members their focus is highly focused and also has an eye on the future developments. but i'm an employee here at volkswagen fish and i've witnessed him at various events. and i can say that he's performed really well since he came here folks from the. year and this is only the beginning for have at d.c. he's planning a major overhaul of the company which includes a stronger focus on the automakers business in china and then there's the question of efficiency how best to run such a huge company with so many different brands dissolution organizing them in groups which he hopes will inject some dynamism into the car maker the plan looks like this the company's mass market brands will form one group in it the core brands v.w. skoda c at then there's the premium segment featuring l.d.

the super premium with the company's four luxury brands and truck and bus which says v.w. is being prepared to go public and what about sauntered out so what does that mean a few tweaks but no real change. in one sense not the real revolution that some had expected especially during the diesel scandal right when there was talk of bringing in a true outsider is an outsider in the sense that he came from b.m.w. two and a half years ago but he's an insider in the sense that he's been in the auto industry for quite some time in another in another sense this is though quite a turnaround when you look at the scale of the restructuring and then also when you look at how much responsibility they're giving to d.c. is going to hold his control over the brand itself and then he's going to assume some other duties on top of being the board of management chairmen and the reason for this is that urgency again for volkswagen to be lighter on its feet as the piece said that's very important for volkswagen right now they want to look to the

future and be a little bit more efficient and much faster than you know to try to hold. of and i can tell you they're actually very optimistic that he is the right one for the job they call him a man of action and also from the share holders perspective they like the new structure with a different division that has been really pricey of osan has been creating record sales numbers but would still rather inefficient sometimes very slow as a company and they feel now that with this new volkswagen cost will be cut higher profit margins generated one investor even sad that he couldn't imagine anybody better for this job so lots of premature praise at this moment now he needs to deliver i'm glad you used the word premature because we don't know yet how far he's going to get that share price is certainly mirroring that enthusiasm. yeah exactly when you take a look at the share price of v.w. today it has been opposite were point eight percent well could be

a little bit more potential to go up but when you look in general at this week the share price of walks buying went up during this at trading week almost eight percent and also and then down not and be an ounce and they still recommend childers to buy volkswagen shares and even change their price target from one hundred eighty five euros up to one hundred ninety five euros ok let's round this out with a word from you steve what what's the road ahead going to look like for folks. in the near term the road ahead is going to look like this forever it seems he's going to have the china for the beijing motor show but china of course being the largest market in the world for automobiles and a very very important one for folks watching and like all brands in the longer term of course the big goals that by two thousand and twenty five three million electrified vehicles from volkswagen that's really the aim in the in the long term and in the middle term the question is going to be how diesel really works with folks' wagon and how someone who is such a man of vision and ready to make substantial changes is going to get along with

the board and such a large company is like a big looming ship it's slow to move and respond to change ok that's slow moving automobile manufacturer let's see how that road ahead looks thank you very much for your analysis both of you there frank. based story now i skipped the gym today but hey it's friday and i'm not going tonight it'll be packed full of body conscious kids pumping themselves up the weekend europe's twenty six billion euro industry is primed for growth they're even trade fairs to keep up with the latest trends we see what about reporters a strapping young lad. it's not that i don't like sports i just prefer watching them to do it. and now here i am a skinny guy and strong man central sixty million europeans have fitness club memberships nowadays i don't. pumping iron all running on the treadmill i think

that's very boring but the fitness industry is constantly coming up with new ways to make custom a sweat so i'm looking for something today that can get me fits. the first thing i realize working out today is a digital effect that teaches that measuring your heart rate apps to check your body shape and some companies to exercise into a computer game entirely we only use the super powers of the jumper with our technology so basically we we the fifth camera we capture a person and put it to the game world thought the same time the person is jumping into real trembling but bots immersed in the game itself. sounds just like my thing by jumping in the real world so i control my character and the game world. i chasing the high school is fun and motivating what's a shame to set up with more than thirteen thousand euros one fit into my living.

next up a high intensity workouts it's a big trend that's about pushing people to the limits within a short time sounds like just the right thing for someone who last went on the run one year ago writes. is going to coach me on his cross-country skiing machine. it to gauges your whole body and gauges that the basic exercise doubled polling case sixty eight and i just six percent of the total muscle mass of the body. refused to be a professional cross-country ski oh he pushes me throughout the entire six minute interval workout this it'll go yeah i don't know it would be nice if each my abs. salut limited only a couple of minutes and came close to passing out i certainly couldn't go through this a few times a week because got this i guess i'm not doing this again i. have to refuel and luckily there's now an entire market for healthy sports nutrition joy broke for

example bruce alcohol free beer with approaching content of twenty one grams per bottle. basically sitting there with one protein shake and one hand kind of beer on the other hand we thought we need to combine this that needs to be said to me it's being put on chalk that's all starting a refreshing into a day in the world that still looks really mind i inspire oh i'll stop working out as well. maybe i. just maybe just maybe friday evening exactly i've got all business for you including a very interesting story about president from a bit of a role reversal for him and also you've got a story coming up the power of the picture the power of the picture that's right thank you very much band aid or t.v. news programs the live on a steady diet of video but it's often photogenic who can capture the heart of the story in one single image like this one. the burning man by venezuelan if the

photographer are not to shame it the last five you received this is what press photo what the what the jury quote a powerful image that symbolizes a country burning shamanistic the pitcher in caracas turning violent protests against venezuelan president nicolas maduro the man in the photo was set on fire off the gas tank of a motorbike exploded he survived with serious burns. and witness to the i have stefan bonus he's a photographer him said who won the world photo prize in two thousand and two welcomes a stiff a nice to have you in the studio now you apparently are not a big fan of the photo of the year this time the one we just picture we saw the burning man why is that under the fan of the photo but i think it's a fantastic court photo it's a fantastic or to use for gore call it it's a word press a lot response it was foretold i'm personally not sure if this kind of is of course

a part of fortunes and should troops in. the over all parts and the other photos which will show more different kind of emotions this one is a shocking photo of course and if you look at it it is even more. cafferty of a gun which is a little bit tapings and since also pass it is a piece with somewhere and this person is viewing. this card to stop it so it's for the good news for every you may think it is which i hadn't even noticed in the photograph what do you think then a makes for a good foot i'll. have to do with the motion and this photo was one of the first prizes of course a shocking photo but i think you look have to look deeper and if you want to do to see a photo you know why you know a lot of thomas i'm saying my emotions i would like to prefer as a small involvement is more humanity. it's more what's what's going on in the bird

and different kind of you know and which makes me sink again in about sixty people why it was after midnight you know and really live in this age of instagram everyone has a camera smartphone is taking pitches given this how do you see the future for the journalism. is very popular many you know yes the internet and state government but mentions this but it it's a big pop limps in the field of food because it's hardly any and needs on its newspapers which is one fund to pay really well for us and even the fees are going down to feast haven't changed for twenty years or even going down our day so we have to a journalist we have to to sink into this is this fee if you have to go and find other places. ideas other kind of talk of peace sometimes and you have to be committed to have to have to do to keep on what was going on and subvert the scenes of the museum or leaving what you're doing thank you you know said one this was for

the prize in two thousand and two and you took bitches off at a tree and receiving a vaccine let's have a look at the speeches and let's maybe you can tell us a little bit about them so this is i'm now taking photos in eritrea for the last trip twenty years or more than twenty years and this is the political nation on the price some years ago and this force is coming coming back from saddam which is their livings they are one of the kids but there are people living there for over twenty years and and they came and came back and then this is going to go to this expects nation and she was stressed very beautifully and this was first makes a difference the obvious is it's a tidy little seem to speak the photo diff different and she was enjoying for her too it was a pleasant thing to do is for her publish for her to try to do the same using the photograph is exactly what you mean because the focus is very much on people of a much on the emotions and you engage with these people immediately looking at you as well if you. giving advice to somebody who wants to go into photogen as

a what would you say to them. and have to be you have to be just get involved and you have to be committed and i've overstayed work on a larger project but you have to earn our money just dismissed sings the commission and so on but if you have to work on your own projects you have to do to find something but you're really interested and and for it to develop its future to be committed to what you're doing just committed to the images then you have fun as president this is most important thing fashion for your profession stefan bonus who are photographer thank you very much for sharing your thoughts and your pitches with us and did you drink and think of of course that many powerful images have been captured by photojournalists over the past say not all of them focus on conflict and political violence here's a look at some of the nature's photographs i want to leave you with that see you then after that.

stunning images that you're watching the w.'s coming up ahead the thing got champions often have a new coach of one who was the male with the me ask me out mentality and by a minute confused we'll explain or. i was going to short break but i think your short meeting is.

just one story and seeing the joy of. just once having the chance to touch like a child. for most children in kabul this is just a tree. growing up in afghanistan means taking on a whole responsibility of them currently. like providing food for the family still one child. in forty five minutes. they make a commitment. they find solutions. based inspire. africa . on the roof. stories from both people making a difference in shaping their nation. and their continent africa on the

move stories about motivational change makers taking their destinies into their own hands b.t.w. is knowing multimedia series from. d w dot com africa on the move. the dangerous battle for images. five women. five exceptional stories. case. i want to look at the front. way and maybe nothing more easy one calling more photography dramatic pictures from the frontlines capturing faithful moments in time and even risking death. she gave her life to tell the stories of people who ended up killing. women in war photographers starting may third on t w.

you're watching the news coming to you live from berlin i'm going to have your company our top stories russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has said the alleged gas attack in syria. this site is due to be inspected by a team from the its national chemical weapons watchdog its findings could determine whether the u.s. launches a retaliatory strike. and reform but real revolution for bargains a new boss had outlined his plans for the biggest carmaker he says there's a long road ahead and overall in the huge corporation. in india the gang rape and murder. has led to fresh protests in the capital delhi the opposition congress party held a midnight vigil demanding justice for the girl eight men including two police

officers have been arrested over the attack. who was kidnapped in january then drugged and repeatedly raped over the course of five days before being strangled police and neighbors reportedly did nothing she belong to a nomadic muslim community in kashmir in the country's north some reports suggest the attack was an attempt to force local muslims into leaving the area. writing in the groups have turned the case into a sectarian issue because the girl was a muslim and only accused a hindu the incident has once again put the spotlight on the high incidence of rape in india and the lack of adequate action to punish perpetrators. protesters on the streets of the capital daily on thursday. hundreds of people gathered to denounce the killing and protest the lack of action by the authorities. i don't know what kind of fund reveal growing up

in what kind of country we are taking this country in which direction i can explain what i'm feeling because i am angry but there are no words to explain the feelings . that is an attempt to use politics and use communalisation to protect those who have committed such crimes and a force that is infuriating and what i feel now is that there is an attempt what makes me angry knows that there's an attempted that and. kashmir after local members of indians governing party b j p barks the accused. anybody of the same to egypt is also a party here they are simply the supporters you know the support he picks and the lead up to support soon and everything to be action. also in kashmir hundreds of hindu lawyers but spies in support of the accused men and demanded their release. after they unsuccessfully tried to prevent the police from fighting their

investigations of the killing of the girl and the week. joining me now for more on the story is magna punch she's a writer journalist and focuses on women's issues made of the crime and the details a horrific tell us why attempts are being made to turn this into a kindle versus muslim issue. you don't hoard the fact that what they call the barbarians and that was unleashed on the sport child despite the abyss no justice that's being so off to the girl instead justice is being denied it's been delayed evidence is being lost we're seeing that the criminals who are being accused are asked to be set released is such a travesty of justice it's a miscarriage of justice but the fact is the government has failed her today so we as a society has fear because in india so we think of the archaic thought that women are actually responsible for getting raped there's actually a consensus that really is

a consistent essential at until mindset changes nothing is going to change for the girl or the woman on the street in our religious in our cities nothing's going to change the fact is forty thousand women get raped in india every year that's fourteen minutes a rate that takes place as hundred ten women that are raped in this country every day still our legal system is our peak it's outdated it's very very slow to justice is rarely solve and we did not inflict any sort of strict punishments for the perpetrators that the system make failure and that's the worst in just this that india's daughters monday that the government has failed to you said the government freed our sabato this little child was tortured and raped what is the government's position why is it not reaction quickly enough because this is also another case in the news a rift a sort of beach every politician is implicated. exactly the s n l case the eighteen year old girl was raped but her accuses has walked away scot free

has not even been asked to resign has a b j p emily in the state of the predation i'm telling you are going to be and again our country it's so shocking that a woman first gets raped by men and then the system goes out and we really really something has to change drastically that i mentioned the legal system is very very archaic that is no set of response to women who walk into police stations there's no medical system for them we've learned no lesson despite the joy the same horrific rape that had taken place in december two thousand and twelve that is popularly known as the near pass case there's a three thousand called happy fund that had been allocated to increase the dignity and safety of women in india that fund has been misused it's been underutilized even today despite the fact that so many billions were poured into this fun then the police of the middle east what entails in police stations as a thermos that who has lived in a panic button the one thought sent us a supposed to provide free medical legal aid to women under duress has not come

through so the government has failed us on so many accounts rise every recent pictures of of course protests taking place again live vigil making up on in mumbai it seems a lot of work needs to be done thank you very much for your thoughts on this disturbing issue. now for the chilling details emerge out of this week about a fifth lot of people started taking to social media demanding justice for the eight year old girl for more on this i'm joined by did obvious enough want to social media editor many high profile people are also taking part in and these protests yeah you're right we're seeing indian film stars musicians joining what is becoming a growing movement online to bring attention to case multiple celebrities in india here you see their pictures they've been posting many images like these and they say i am hindustan i am ashamed they include actresses like. and as you see there also using the hash tag just as for us if many of these

lebanese of course a millions of followers online so this is a big campaign with a big reach others have simply spoken out on their own to voice their outrage over this like a very famous actress priyanka chopra and here's what she wrote she says how many more children will have to suffer unimaginable crimes before we wake up i'm disgusted it's time for swift action and we owe it to us and to humanity of course skeptics they might ask hey can an online campaign change anything what can hashtags and these sorts of things achieve well one indian writer and producer producer nickel and nature provides his thoughts on that and here's what he says i think it brings up a good point here he says look a critical mass of people are coming together for one cause which creates noise which creates pressure which can lead to action which can lead to hopefully justice as we saw there's also massive protests in the streets on this clearly this is a case of a lot of people in india they want to do something even if it's just speaking out

online that's of great importance to speak about this case gone nuts month thank you very much for sharing or that information with us. unmixed story looks at a chinese couple struggle for democracy human rights lawyer joe was put behind bars about three years ago during a government crackdown since then his wife lee wenzhou has had no contact with him unconscious even be sure where he's being held on this fake police stopped her from finishing a hundred kilometer protest march the dow who spoke to her in beijing. li wenzhou and her son kwan kwan have found safety in the apartment of friends the relief is palpable. yesterday i didn't think i'd be able to leave my home and come here i still feel tense. when zoo has a terrifying ordeal behind her on wednesday her apartment was besieged by an angry mob one of her friends was beaten up and those who wanted to come to her aid were

prevented from doing so when she tried to leave she was threatened with violence the crowd was probably acting on orders from china's intelligence service leaders that attempts to highlight her husband's plight have made her enemies in high places. a financial. one kwan's young was arrested in twenty fifteen along with over two hundred others. because allegedly no one has been to visit him since he was arrested and no one has seen him we don't even know if he's dead or alive. most of the other detainees have now been released but nothing's been heard from the human rights lawyer in protest leader wenzhou set up to walk the one hundred kilometers from beijing to the prison where she believes he's being held but police cut the mark short and she was forced to return home where more pressure was applied this rule of hard won her five year old son kwan

recorded everything on video and even if he looks happy enough the day has clearly left its mark on him was that for whatever he says he's not afraid and that he'd like to strike them down with his sword. that have not. let us. down. but his mom explains to them that he's allowed to be angry and express his fighting spirit but not to get violent then you go for the sins and you know momentum it's. just a war for twenty five the house to do some chores he often asks me mom i think into a rescue to him put you in prison but. it's going to plan for the next few days wenzhou is going to focus your energies on her son but she's also determined not to give up her search for his father. and she would have no idea.

that report but. now business is they've been visiting a striking risk of a present then definitely a pattern starting to emerge and rita trump scraps a major deal causes chaos then says he'll consider rejoining if the times a better it's happened with nafta now the t.t.p. he called the pacific rim trade agreement an american jobs killer and pulled out upon becoming president last year but u.s. senators have reveal. the trump has assigned economic advisors to take another look at a possible re-entry and here's the catch he'll only rejoin if a substantially better deal is offered than to his predecessor barack obama he also took a dig at japan in the tweet the japanese finance minister thought oh so humbly welcoming a reentry if trump recognizes the significance of the pact. we're trying to go shooting style is a real estate developer was to take extreme positions to force concessions for

opponents that's had mixed results as president of the united states let's bring in a hang out singapore correspondent first of all under a the japanese were quick to welcome back trump but what about the ten other nations involved that they going to be willing to make even more concessions to get the u.s. on board oh ben the common consensus at the table right now it's just too little too late australia new zealand malaysia and even japan as you mentioned and these are the u.s. strongest allies. you know those yes think about seeing trams new renewed interest into t.v. p. but the would prefer not to rock the negotiation table at this point if they were able to come up with some sort of deal whatever the deal would look like what what would it mean for t p p with the us back on board. well right now according to

the japanese official that is leading the charge of the t p p it is akin to reshaping a glass sculpture meaning to say it be too difficult to delicate too late maybe even near impossible renegotiate renegotiation could take years particularly considering that the t.t.p. members sealed the deal in chile just last month but the us rejoining could still hold appeal it will help muscle against china's. ambition to gain really regional control and influence in asia and then just briefly surely the us would have an interest in rejoining i mean the agreement is meant to establish free a trade in the pacific asia pacific and also put pressure on china to open its markets . that it would but several other countries are also suspicious of what being

used as leverage against china this u.s. china trade war some are also reluctant of a negotiation to remain renegotiate with a rather fickle president of the united states he who constantly changes his mind so it could boil down to a list of pros and cons and seeing which side of that list is heavier draping thank you very much for the analysis this is unlikely through any trade tensions china's trade surplus with the u.s. widened last month and think it's just down today and this will further infuriate donald trump chinese traders and farmers the shrugging off the risk of us so i think tariffs china is the largest buyer but isn't a stranger to the business. soybeans the latest casualty of proposed tariffs between china and the u.s. but chinese farmers at this shanghai trade exhibition remain unconcerned for them a chinese tax on u.s. soil imports is the business opportunity they've been waiting for with the

technical you know. it all when i first started out a hay long she and province had a large share of china's so even markets then american soybeans came like the wolf american soil beans were a big assault on the chinese market like a water bottle of a whole lot but we're only the bottle now you know twenty yet. it's a stark contrast to the mood among farmers in the us but china accounts for sixty percent of soy exports and the terrorists could cost them up to seventy percent of that chinese exports call you in a large chunk of future business has been steady we can sell more soybeans and do these other older more mature markets but it's not going to make up for the fact that we're being cut out of the fastest growing market in the world if the tariffs are not since it's likely china's consumers will still face some feasted food prices due to the use of american soil in cooking oil and animal feed but the nation is already looking for alternative soit sources in countries such as brazil

canada and russia. it's selfish in a nickel kovacs has agreed to be buying munich's coach from the next season jonathan green from the sports desk is with me welcome jonathan. is with i'm talking from fred he was the frontrunners how does the yes exactly as you say confirmation of those reports that were emerging tonight suggesting curve which was going to be the anointed successor to your pine cones but it was a surprise because there had been links to the crowd for many people he would have been top of the list now and a sense of how message the. by and sporting director confirmed this just before the champions league draw a coach's agreed a three year deal with byron and even though he was under contract frank presents retrenching nineteen when the stands and this was confirmed by so how is it as well as his release clause in his contract just two point two million euros it will cost

by him to have his services as a bargain for them a bargain absolutely he's also played full of full by how important is that i think very important probably the biggest factor in this decision he was defend there for the club between two thousand and one and two thousand and three because otherwise if you look at the profile. it doesn't really suit what by would normally go forward both in terms of his name and also his experience that said that he has coached at international level with croatia he was represented them as a player and i think the big thing here is fine and their identity dismissed on mia phenomenon that we keep hearing or about in santa has it's also said that in fact he said he knows the characters in the structures and the d.n.a. of the club for a while so crucial for bind and i think in the same vein this is why that in talks with robin and frank rebury to extend their contracts another year of course three or four they were going to retire at the end of the season you know a question we're taking out from them but before you. goes it lots of big matches

coming up indeed because it always made it very clear that he was just a stopgap and at the end of the season he would be on his way even though binds the border trying to convince him otherwise but yet to pick some the finals biggest of all the champions league and we have that draw as i was talking about munich drawn against ramage now this is a repeat of this quarter final very tricky because of one this of the last two seasons and last season of course the bible six three on aggregate the other the other quarter final semifinal rather live a poor against rome now of course last time hikers were in charge of by munich we all know he won the treble didn't he said how brian france would love for him to repeat that and hand over the reins to cope with three new pieces of silverware in the trophy cabinet so we have to wait and see this is going to be interesting johnson created from us first says thank you. and talking of buying minute they've been drawn with cold is reale madrid in the champions league semifinals as you

heard and the german side will be at home for the first leg in two weeks liverpool have been paired with roma and the other time and the second leg take place in early may by and of course are bidding for travel having already wrapped up the bundesliga with a german cup semifinal next week against liverpool. the draw for the seven finals of the europa league has also been made arsenal have been drawn against a political madrid while i must say they have been rewarded for eliminating rb lapses last like the tie against swords but leipzig were beaten five two on the night in france to go out on five three on aggregate this hear from forward emile forsberg about his reaction to the loss. shortness i don't know what happened it's hard to explain it hurts we made so many mistakes and our opponents punished as straight away again at the fort.

ok now the echo music prize is a jimmies because it was full pop and rock music and then took place in berlin. from the usual glitz and glamour there was controversy about to rap was it before and there and what nominated for an award drop in mode for makata disc is here for more so what's all this this is about to run fiscal cliff gunfire bang who are nominated for an eco best hip hop album which they call controversy because of the anti semitic remarks which obviously don't go down well here they use a lot anyway or they use a lot of comparisons in their lyrics like i am like this and i am like that one particular line which is and i will translate that when five bands talk about his fitness regime which says my body is more defined by translation of course than auschwitz inmates while pulling tell you especially as yesterday was holocaust

remembrance day in israel a line is being crossed in my opinion and the opinion of many people they will support full. some say rappers colleague unfired bank shouldn't have even been allowed to perform but they did and came away with the best of hip hop the national award. for weeks the two rappers nomination has been a source of controversy with the accusation that part of their text made fun of the holocaust organizers defended their decision to include both artists prior to the ceremony citing freedom of artistic expression the critical voice during the awards came from campaign zero the lead singer of one of germany's most famous bands detoured and who was and they won best album one company no use the opportunity to get his message across the board times and sun ship of course not the solution but i hope that after a dispute like this today we can become more aware in terms of what provocation is acceptable and what is not doesn't ish colleague and bang hit back. you want to

take a moral high ground to make us look bad and condemn us this is poor style it's been nice such a great musician has come pino just going to move. back to the awards german sensation helene official won best easy listening pop music award bringing her tally to a staggering seventeen a cuz. those comments were completely out of order but let's focus on the positive let's the single we saw at the end of that report the lead of fischer yeah she's a phenomenon here in germany there's this music called go which is sort of easy listening paul only really exists here and she's the biggest star in the for a month in his years at the awards this type of music is normally like the older generation but she's crossed the generation divide and has lots of young fans too and to show how big she is she was actually

a couple years back she sold out lympics stadium here in berlin for nights with over fifty thousand fans anyway she got. seventeen echo the big international when i was ed sheeran who is now it was nominated three categories one all three that was best album of the year international best and best song which was shape of you i was a little disappointed because i thought perfect would win but anyway anyway moving on to something different it seems that dr bell is collecting african art it is yes d.w. has for some time collected in the past it's been quite random how the art works the chosen but not chosen but now this project is concentrating on african art and the first paintings were presented this very morning just a few floors up from where we are now. a small exhibition in an unusual place in the corridors of television hanging works by two now and artists

from senegal. to drawings and one painting by so lisa say and now caught up to achieve balance new art collection. works from joe welcome died in two thousand and seven are also under splay the senegalese was considered one of africa's most important modern intellectuals. we decided to collect african art because we want to bell you the african art and we want to show it to europeans and worldwide that there is a fantastic cultural scene in africa and we hope also to build a bridge between germany europe and africa to show that there is fantastic art and we started with this two artists in the senate. soon works from other parts of the continent will also adorn these worlds touchable is goal is not only to report

about african artists but support them. the fruits of that or to do that. in dorchester and all that collection to go upstairs and see that on the bus or on the web site www dot com slash culture. thank you very much own mail for alerting me to this event is going to go off and see it but before i go let me remind you of the top story on the at this moment russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has said the alleged gas attack in syria was changed science is due to be inspected by a team from the national chemical weapons watched on its findings could determine whether the u.s. annoyances from italian pre-strike. that's it for me on this that she might afghan government from disagreeables office see on little art exhibition on the sixth floor thank you very much for company and do stay with us because more news is coming up shortly retiring.

from.

just one experiencing the joy of a. just once having the chance to act like a child. for most children in kabul this is just a tree. growing up in afghanistan names taking on a sponsor going to some of them hardly. like clothing food treating family stolen child. visiting on. what drives the economy. to see it coming. made in germany always has its finger on the homes. of the markets. and gold to.

dublin. climate change. pollution says. isn't it time for good new eco africa people and projects that are changing no one fireman for the better it's up to us to make a difference let's inspire each other. to be employment magazine. long d.w. . long way to serve the. hydra i don't think you. really are scared we are very scared we have to state you know enough to fight for this fight against it or. bangladesh what is the

true face of the country look like freedom independence a separation of state and church that used to be him. but for decades political infighting here has hindered progress and islam most extremists putting more influence of democracy on the rule of law far on shaky ground in of discontinuous. love the issue of. anybody. not. desh the dawn of islam as of an exclusive d.w. report starting april twenty first.

you're watching v.w. news coming to you live from berlin russia that uses britain of staging the poison gas attack in syria this as a team from the international chemical weapons watchdog travels to the site of its findings could determine whether the u.s. launches retaliate tory strikes also coming up the rape and murder of an eight year old girl in india stirs the conscience.