this is deja vu news live from berlin israel marks seventy years of independence after memorial day for israel's fallen now comes seventy hours of festivities lasting till saturday night in jerusalem prime minister benjamin netanyahu welcomed real seeds of peace from some of the israel's arab neighbors also coming out french president in my one month poland simper linda some ideas for a big changes to the european union among them a european monetary fund to help bail out member states in trouble that will germany be on board. also comment coming up in sports frankfurt secure their spot

in the german talk final after seeing a shocker we have all the action from the clash right up. and took six decades cuba has been the castro country fidel took power in the one nine hundred fifty nine revolution and handed it on to his brother raul ten years ago now this man miguel diaz kind of is taking the helm but will he lead cuba down a different path. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us israel is celebrating seventy years of independence according to the hebrew calendar that anniversary began at sundown on wednesday to honor the moment that sounding father david ben gurion announced the state of israel into existence the following year saw the jewish state at better off with its arab neighbors but prime minister benjamin netanyahu told crowds in jerusalem that real seeds of peace were beginning to sprout in the region

. in a blaze of fire the menorah the symbol of the state of israel comes to life. with a colorful ceremony the country marked its independence day. seventy years since the jewish state was founded in the middle east israelis celebrated the country's economic and cultural accomplishments. the event also marked israel's memorial day a fleet of drones in the night sky formed the star of david over jerusalem to honor those who died for the country. prime minister benjamin netanyahu that an honorary torch to remember those killed in his speech he issued a warning to the world that israel would defend itself against any would be aggressors. today

we are not deterred from a struggle against those who strive to annihilate us because we know how to defend ourselves with our own forces which is the essence of independence we are as determined as ever we're as strong as ever. even if she. just weeks ago saudi arabia signaled a something of its fully anti israel stance that and now also emphasize israel's hand is quote outstretched in peace to all our neighbors who want peace. but germany is a key ally of israel and we can talk to our political correspondent thomas sparrow to talk about those ties between the two countries hi thomas tell us more about israel and germany's relationship and what sets it apart well what sets it up pops so me is essentially its history and that's something that. additions have stressed

on on various occasions are something that i'm going to go also mentioned as a pot of germany's reason of state the right of existence through to israel that's something that germany's foreign minister heikal mas also stressed in his inaugural speech saying that he entered politics because of auschwitz he then also went to israel a few days later even if you look at the coalition agreement the new coalition agreement of the german government there's a chapter on israel where the israel and relationships with israel i described is a pillar of german politics so you can certainly say that the relationship between germany and israel is very important some even describe it as unique it has been important historically thomas how would you describe ties today ties today a still good but there is potential to me there have been certain issues between germany and israel that have created tensions whether it is israel's settlement

policy or when a former foreign minister my god real also met with asians that are critical of the israeli government those were elements that created tensions between the two countries but in general political relations are strong in fact israel has been one of the countries with which germany has governmental consultation and germany only has intergovernmental consultations with a handful of countries so that explains also how the relationship is strong even though as we have stressed they have been instances of tension between the two countries one point of tension thomas has been to both countries have expressed concern about growing anti-semitism in germany including in some arabic communities here the attack on tuesday evening on a young man wearing a cap on berlin seems to show this let's take a look at what happened. the victim recorded the incident with his smartphone that didn't stop his attacker. the attacker repeatedly shouted. which

means jew and with his victims a twenty one year old israeli and his twenty four year old german moroccan friend. and the attacker was led away by his companion there were no further attacks here the two victims spoke with d.w. and explained that they are not even jewish that the yarmulke was a bit of a game an experiment to find out how dangerous it would be to walk around berlin as a jew the result of. i could not sleep at all last night. my body in various places. and i must say i just feel less safe. the incident took place in berlin's trendy middle class prints lower back to sleep not a high crime neighborhood it's an area where residents rarely encounter violent all to cations. think it takes place in the city's outskirts or the districts you

think are violent anyway but this year i don't get. this. come on you. have to do something about this from the very standard schools training centers and have more reports from people who experience this kind of thing. belinda's jewish community has been growing in recent years many have been moving here from russia but also many young israelis see berlin s affordable and livable and less as the place where the whole cost originated but it seems to have become risky going to. be in public. via leave we've recently experienced increasing anti-semitic incidents seen here they include physical threats and injuries so we have to say that the security situation for people who were clearly identifiable as jews has worsened. officially that the german

government appointed its first commissioner to combat anti-semitism just a few days ago it is unusual and we have to prepare the schools equip the teachers with learning materials and maybe also with additional training in order to respond to these things and to make people aware of what's happening and. adam has sustained some minor injuries but nothing is known about his attacker that police investigating. this is what you're going to close with thomas police say more than a thousand anti-semitic crimes were reported last year alone what are authorities doing to stop this trend of the first and foremost criticizing these incidents stressing that jewish life in germany has to be protected one concrete measure so me as we saw in office is the. special commission against anti-semitism in the german government but there have also been studies here in germany stressing the

need for other measures whether it is more concrete to databases or not to semitic crimes or long support for groups and organizations that are dealing with this issue and also trying to have more concrete information on different types of modern semitism. the semitic tendencies in different parts of society whether we're talking about the far right so you know the far left scene or even among muslim groups those are all issues that according to several studies have still to be dealt with by authorities here in germany. is political correspondent thomas spare reporting for us thomas good to talk to you. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump says he is prepared to walk out of planned talks with the north korean leader kim jong un if they are quote not fruitful after discussing the plan to sit down with the japanese prime minister president trump said maximum pressure must be maintained on north korea until the nation denuclearize its

turkish president to one has announced plans to hold early elections on june twenty fourth the early polls will haste in turkey switch from a parliamentary system to a presidential one that will strengthen air to ones power the announcement came just before turkey's parliament voted to extend the country state of emergency which grants the government's sweeping powers britain's prime minister theresa may suffered a heavy defeat in the upper house of parliament over changes to proposed break that legislation lawmakers passed an amendment that forces ministers to look into maintaining a form of customs union with the e.u. government ministers have six months to explore such options. as cinema tickets go on sale in saudi arabia for the first time since public film screenings were banned in the one nine hundred eighty s. the move is part of a crown prince mohammed bin salmond's reform agenda there was a private screening on wednesday of the hollywood blockbuster black panther to herald the return of the big screen. well french president tomorrow is in berlin

today and as good as relations are between him and chancellor merkel it looks like they're going to fight about money yes as many couples do as you know because mark hong dreams of giving the eurozone its own budget and finance minister but from all the here is nine nine they don't want to foot the bill for other countries debts german voters repeatedly make that very very clear and i will america is unlikely to be wooed by i have friends among all micro to open her purse. a red carpet for europe french president among women home is pushing for big changes soon he thinks there is strength and more unity and wants more confidence ease and defense of law and asylum now the phone didn't drift form is a third indispensable front before the end of this term of office we need to define a roadmap for progress on the banking union and the establishment of

a budgetary capacity promoting stability and convergence in the euro zone business but i don't know. if you see. the vision more money and responsibility for europe and manuel says it's the only way to make the e.u. stronger as well as more efficient and united. not everyone is applauding though germany in particular is skeptical conservatives there say the plan sound like they carry a hefty price tag there is concern germany will be given a big bill but have little influence on where the cash is spent but time is running out european elections are sent for next year by then member states should have a road map for the union's future. we're going to talk about the road map and the european superstate that everybody is afraid off with meeting he's the chief economist of baron back bank and joins us now from our parliamentary studios in.

does the eurozone really need its own bonds it wants. no i don't think that it really needs its own significant budget it already has in the european stability mechanism a major anti-crisis fund or so the european union has significant fiscal capacities to help we can member states over time to have a little extra anti cyclical buffer would be nice but it's not really essential for the future of the euro the eurozone finance minister could distribute lots of cash and asked for return favors like reforms of labor market them health sectors and stuff like but wouldn't that be useful to harmonize things in europe it would be quite useful to reward countries that are pursuing serious reforms that idea is very good the problem from a bilin perspective is who is the judge of how the money is spent and to benefits

from that and the german perspective is very much that this truth will not be sold and trusted to say the european commission about that or to lead the national parliament of germany needs to have a veto over serious amounts of money when it comes to them. germany and france other the two most important players in europe no no doubts about nothing will ever be done get done the against the will of one of them but does that mean that germany always have to support everything france wants. no germany does not have to support everything from swan's but france has brought up some good ideas some ideas which as seen from berlin need a lot of refining we are now at the very very opening stage of the serious discussions i think the result will be a lot of noise first and in the end some result that goes to say a little less than halfway to words what micro wants but some results that in the

end would strengthen the euro though without encouraging for instance a fiscal irresponsibility how strong is his position at home right now how difficult is his fight with the unions what his fight with the unions is difficult so far he is doing it rather well and of course the general desire in berlin and elsewhere in europe is to hope in this confrontation at home as much as possible for the future of europe it's actually much more important whether france doesn't reform itself and become a more dynamic economy than whether the e.u. commission or some other body or the german parliament maintain a significant say over say future european funds margret also demand a road map for europe from all member governments what should be on germany's road map the first item on the road map should be the completion of the banking union where germany is ready to take on more risks over time for instance with

a common deposit insurance but only if member states have reduced risks in their banking system before hand so i think a roadmap to words banking union is something which we can actually get perhaps even by the jew e.u. summit beyond that we will only get rather lofty ideas instead of concrete steps for the time being after all we now have another good year to discuss these issues before roughly in may two thousand and nineteen key decisions need to be taken. meeting there bearing back thank you very much for this analysis. you're welcome ronald across really needs some allies if you can show support from the likes of home he'd have a much easier job and pushing through key economic reforms which continue to draw fire from the french unions there were more war calls on wednesday by rail workers only one in three high speed trains was running bring misery for travelers more

strikes a plan for today in what is adding up to be the biggest test of macross presidency to date for. outside the station train driver should be unveiled you know and his colleagues a feeling defiant in a normal working day he brings thousands of people into paris and the suburbs. now his train is a standstill in the garden. who owns the railways. we do comes the answer. the. french rail unions are well organized and workers are ready to push back with everything they have got to protect their jobs the. amount of sincere phone call encourages rail workers are more than ready to fight

it out. we're not interested in sitting around and talking about securing our coffee break. i'm proud of being a train worker what couple wants is in shifted. rail workers in france have built up in title months of a decades drivers like family yang can retire five years early and enjoy free rail travel across the country. but the national rail network is heavily in debt and president emanuel mccrone wants to roll back some of those privileges macross already made some reforms but says he's ready to push through more for him shaking up the railways is a political battle he has to win. the suffering because of the strike they're working days or longer and some companies could even go bust because of it we need to sort this out i want to make it quite clear we will push through the reforms because we have to have change. and. many say strikes like that are a thing of the past. when strikers find

themselves in a minority that can make them more radical but public opinion quickly turns against them then they can maintain the strike and have to give up that could give macro on the opportunity to push through his reforms without unions agreeing. your. from. something the rail workers are determined to prevent from happening. we have to stand firm together otherwise the changes will go through. savvy and in no hurry to get back in the driver's seat he believes the track that will determine his future is only now being laid. all your business inspectors zooming out and changes on the way that's right the cuban leader has now moved

a step closer to retirement after ten years in office the country's parliament has proposed vice president miguel diaz can now as a successor he was born after the one nine hundred fifty nine revolution and wish fidel castro ousted us back to tater for him to go back to step after years climbing the ranks of the communist party lawmakers consider him to be a safe bet to inherit the ideological mantle of castro is an engineer by trade braces technology and is seen as being socially liberal. well we have more on the story with melissa chandler going to talk to in just a moment we have a report now on looking back at back to cuba's history it's . a regime change it is not the era of fidel and raul castro may be coming to an end but the cuba they built remains largely unchanged cubans expect the new president to continue his predecessor's legacy of slowly

modernizing the communist country. of honestly it's all the same to me as long as things keep improving all is well. thought out the. nominee miguel diaz can now would be the first leader of communist cuba who was not a member of the revolutionary generation he is likely to carry on reforms introduced by current president raul castro such as allowing citizens to run small businesses and reducing restrictions on foreign travel cuba's new generation is optimistic. oh i would like to travel i'd like to travel and see the world. while many cubans dream of change the social programs of the castros communist party remain popular ideas can no party loyalist is a conscious choice for a cautious country. in cuba the revolution will not be jeopardized.

we have melissa chan here with us at the table we've been watching this report together melissa she's been reporting on cuba for the new york times and is now associated with the nonprofit organization the global reporting center melissa who is my go d.s. can now what should we make of this math well as the report indicated we really don't know that much about him he's sort of walking on a very interesting line between an influential hard line section among the cuban elites and also people who want to reform including role castro who has pushed for reform but hasn't really managed to make as many changes as he has wanted d.s. canelo is being very careful in part because there were successors in the past that is eventually got sidelined for speaking too much too soon so. will we see a change here in his policies or are we going to continue for example to see the opening that we saw under roll castro well even under rebel castro we saw an opening and then a pulling back and we see this often in cuba over the last few years i think to

a certain extent we have to keep in mind that raul castro is actually going to maintain some positions of power he is of course leaving the presidency but he's still going to be in charge of the communist party. and so will have to put that into consideration. the other thing though is that he doesn't have the revolutionary credentials of the castros so he does have to kind of deliver on the economy in some way shape or form and that's going to be the pressure point because there was a recession last year if you believe the numbers there is no longer recession right now but the g.d.p. numbers are still not very good what are going to be his biggest challenges for example in his ties with the u.s. well that's something that he's going to have to try to fix i mean the onus is of course on both sides united states under the trumpet ministration has pulled back on the obama era normalization policies and of course you have the incidents with the american diplomats being impacted by these mystery sounds these alleged attacks

and the cubans have denied any involvement in that so deals can now will have to try to make some overtures of course that hopefully in d.c. they do so as well because american tourists bring american dollars and especially for cubans in havana they have really benefited from that over the last two years and we've seen a dip in terms of the levels of tourism in havana how did you and you spoke with you see the legacy of the castro family today well it's very interesting young cubans they all want to see an improving economy as the report said a lot of them want to be able to leave the country but they do recognize the the impact of fidel castro of course even cubans i've spoken to who dislike the castro regime and are very much again. the way the system is set up in cuba has said begrudgingly that they do respect the del castro for having stood up to the americans all these years and of course for having led the revolution the right

changes could be underway for cuba melissa chan journalist joining us here in our studio thank you very much i'm moving on to some sports now and the stage for the german cup final has been set fire nick we're awaiting the winner of shock and frankfurt and the result was somewhat unexpected frankfurt secured their spot in the final for a second straight year and could bring home a trophy they haven't won in thirty years. home side shoko food spirit said one match away from injury the german cup final coach dominic go to disco has made shell to a league heavyweight this season here in frankfurt chico kobayashi buyers next coach embraced shaka misfired their first good look with daniel kelly gary regretting his wide shot. later in the first half frankfurt goalkeeper lucas tricky prevented the chance for the royal blues to take the lead from the corner after the break shoko were looking to take their leave. yes cut off by her deck is great

block. frankfurt at the corner with a chance. to you over each back killed a miracle to give the eagles a one nil lead in the seventy fifth minute a red card for the team and red k. shelter in extra man on the pitch choke it took advantage of the level to school well they thought they did but frankel decided to do was call for the handball. the replay confirmed the call was correct. i want to play in the fight oh i want to win the final we wanted that last year the consolation is the same again a top opponent will see what happens in a few weeks now we have four games still in the bundesliga we also want to do well for shall good is in mourning while frankfurt is returning to the final once again this time facing byron munich in berlin on may nineteenth. are we just have time

for a minder of our top stories here on t w israel has kicked off celebrations to mark seventy years since the jewish state was founded in the middle east prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said israel won't spare those who raise a hand against it but he also hinted at better relations with some arab countries. and french president in monaco is due to visit german chancellor angela merkel in berlin today it's a bid to breathe new life into his vision for reforms but he is likely to meet with a german resistance to any changes that could come with a hefty price tag. thank you for watching don't forget to follow us on twitter our handle there at the w. news we'll see you at the top the hour.

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