to express their views freely. d.w. dot com part of freedom. this is d w news live from orlando americal and mccraw put on a united front at the cracks still show the french president has been in berlin on an all out push to get angela merkel to back his reforms for in more united europe but germany's risk averse chancellor make put the brakes on changes that include a has deep price tag. also coming up israel turns seventy and as the nation

celebrates its founding the prime minister calls on israelis to make sacrifices to ensure a safe you char. and the bandit is lifted it is something that hasn't been seen in saudi arabia for nearly forty years we will tell you why this audience and the hottest ticket in the kingdom last night. i'm sara kelly thank you for joining us french president among you and german chancellor angela merkel have put on a united front during talks today in berlin but their divisions have started to emerge is here to breathe fresh life into his vision for a new reforms he has called for germany to join him in delivering a reform roadmap in time for the. summit in june but merkel has told

a cautious line saying that her government has to assess its proposals before moving forward. the two leaders gave a press conference earlier and for some analysis of what they said let's bring in chief political editor mckayla cofer who was at that press conference in berlin and the w's max hope one is standing by with the latest from paris the retailer i'd like to go to you first we know that the two leaders that they they did both stress the importance of unity today chancellor angela merkel had the following thing to say i'd like to play it for our viewers now and then get your reaction there after all that a project of peace each should also show that we can only pursue the values of the to get them as well as defend the interests that is if we cooperate a european level i would have this city should be enriching us. yes and this is why

we have important topics to discuss today. so an emphasis on values an emphasis on cooperation there and mckayla when we talk about cooperation what was the mood like at the event today appear as if the two leaders were singing to the same tune. yes in fact they certainly have to present a united front germany and france even the most testing times always tries and do that but when they're talking about diversity that should be our strength in europe and at the same time talk about having to reinvent here of something where both sides emphasizing this very point particularly in these shifting times the geo strategic level and they don't they also mean bridging those differences between eastern states and western states on migration but also the question on how to spell out this banking union that basically the european union has agreed on and

how to reform the eurozone which really is the backbone of economic success and that the over arching feeling here in berlin and particularly amongst m.p.'s from angela merkel's own c.d.u. party is the fear that german taxpayers money could be basically used to support budgets across europe that's somewhat putting it in blunt language and these are the limitations the german chancellor certainly has and recognizes at the same time she emphasized that she understands that compromises need to be made and micron for his part i mean he also has limitations of his own max i understand that where you are in paris that there are actually protests underway we can see some of those flags in fact behind you what is that all about is does that have to do more with his domestic agenda or with his plans for e.u. reform. you know while mark was trying to save the european union together with the chancellor bakaly berlin here in paris you have thousands on the streets right here

maybe we can take a closer look martin you have students you have postman post women that are here but especially you have the railroad workers that are fighting for their privileges because of his european policy that really on the anyone here at the moment what he's doing on the national level is stirring people. they feel like he's trying to take away their privileges many here see him as a capitalist somebody who doesn't care about solidarity for example about spreading the wealth so that is a stark opposition to what he wants on the european level was he's asking for he's asking for germany to pay more he's asking for european solidarity but when we speak to the people that are here they don't seem to acknowledge that actually support they know surprisingly little about this and they're not ready to give him any kind of credit neither nationally nor on the european level. so much how is that likely that that sentiment then domestically how is that likely to translate

to this e.u. summit in june because i mean he wants to push through these reform proposals at the e.u. love all what is it likely to mean for the. well i think there are two kinds of pressure for him on the remarkable at the moment there's this kind of pressure we're seeing here from the streets but that is exclusively on the national level on the policy that he is acting here which is not a big problem for him because he has a rock solid majority in the parliament and can basically do anything he wants but of course with this kind of backlash and then there's the pressure on the european level but that pressure isn't really coming from the people and it's not necessarily coming from other politicians like i'm going to machall it's a pressure that he has started himself in many ways michael really thinks that the european union is on the verge of collets because of what you have with the situation with populists winning elections all across european union heat attributes this to problems construction problems especially in the eurozone where

countries in trouble really don't have the means to help themselves and then you have other countries especially the north who are unwilling to help them he sees that as the basic flaw helping populists all across europe and he believes this needs fixing quite soon as possible so michela meantime when we look in berlin where this meeting is currently underway we saw a three points really come up in the press conference that is progress on the banking union on asylum policy and a common foreign policy here in the e.u. where are we likely to see progress. well all or none for the interesting thing is that the two leaders have a press conference before actually they go into the nitty gritty talks the chancellor leave behind me i think it's interesting what mark says raise that really when mccall is seen as a capitalist back home as soon as he enters the room here in berlin he's still still seen somewhat at the socialist kind of end with this real fear that could

be decisions made that don't really go through the parliament to set some stern resistance here but just to highlight how big the risk is of europe blocking itself once again while these two leaders are stressing that so needs to reinvent itself and so so united front abroad also with foreign policy it's by no means certain that they will be able to make real progress with the kind of limitations particular chancellor has here in germany by june and that's kind of the deadline they set themselves the future of the european union at stake as that meeting gets underway in berlin between these two leaders mahela close now with the view from berlin and max health and then standing by in paris thank you to both of you. well now to some other news israel is celebrating the seventieth anniversary of its founding with events across the country prime minister benjamin netanyahu began the day by inspecting a guard of honor he praised his country's achievements but also said that israelis will need to make sacrifices to ensure their security in the future festivities

began at sundown yesterday with a blanket show in jerusalem. i'm joined from jerusalem by the israeli historian and journalist tom said he is a member of a group of israeli academics known as the new historians a group that challenges many of the nation's traditional narratives welcome to you and thank you so much for joining us i'd like to first begin by asking you because for the seventieth anniversary of israel's founding you actually just completed a biography of the state's founder it's called david ben-gurion a state at all costs tell us what's behind the title beyond the title for two of very big order them to establish a jewish state the willingness and awareness that the price will be very high as early as nine hundred nineteen mango and actually stated that the conflict between

israelis and palestinians cannot be solved it can only be managed and so at all costs means among other things that life in the jewish state would be life without peace so that's quite a high price to pick. and in fact he articulated that as long as there is no peace the state of israel has yet to be created what would you say is left of his dream is there any hope there. oh if. it would appear here today he would. be amazed that it's going to find israel is in fact one of the most dramatic success stories of the twentieth century if you compare international statistics you see that israel is always among the top fifteen countries which means that most israelis lead better lives than most other people in the world but of course the future is quite bleak and our major problem

we treat is the problem of or future relations with the palestinians remains unsolved absolutely and i want to ask you a bit more about you know potential solution there because today of course a lasting peace that seems more distant than ever many peace plans a failed in the past the major stumbling block usually the goal of this this two state solution which has been proposed do you see peace between israel and the palestinians still is possible will we ever see a two state solution implemented. well i must warn you that i'm always wrong about my predictions if you were to ask me that forty years ago i would probably tell you that by now we will have peace at the present time i am quite pessimistic and as far as i can see most israelis and most palestinians don't believe in peace but i think that the situation can be managed in a much better way than it is particularly in the direction that. people

particularly palestinians will lead better lives than they do to day. to day most palestinians are under israeli occupation and their. civil rights are human rights are systematically violated and i think that's something that can be changed for a first step and from the palestinian perspective i mean they might also argue that they have been provoked teresa believe israel and the prospects for its. i think that that's like many things president trump do does not really very significant and that's not something that changes the everyday life of news or israelis it's really a symbolic gesture that i don't think that it has very big significance. israeli historian and journalist tom sega have a speaking with me

a short while ago from jerusalem and we thank you very much for to him for joining us in the meantime we would like to invite you now to dim the lights and pop the popcorn because it is movie time in saudi arabia the kingdom has opened its first movie theater in nearly forty years and it is part of a drive toward social reform by crown prince mohammed bin some months the cinema in the capital riyadh held a screening of the hollywood blockbuster black panther the audience was by invitation only but tickets for the general public they go on sale today. times are changing in saudi arabia. the kingdom has lifted its ban on cinemas. and now these people are attending the first official public screening of a film in more than three decades. they're about to watch the hollywood blockbuster the black panther for many it's an historic moment. i

think was a lot to think change a person how things were opening up. where cutting up what separates the top nato of. cinemas were banned in the one nine hundred eighty s. following a campaign by religious hardliners. crown prince mohammed bin solomon has reversed the decision as part of a push to modernize the country but it's also about making money and creating new jobs as the kingdom tries to diversify its economy away from dependency on oil. markets is by far the largest in the region. a sizeable marketeers who's very lucrative a lot to do you know testers are so excited to be part of this just three just for all the excitement some things look set to stay the same for now at least women will only be allowed to go to the cinema with a male guardian. the government will also sense

a content but nonetheless saudi arabia seems to be changing its tune. and coming up on the news there's been some new developments in the diesel emissions scandal porsche is in the hot seat than physical and as the details will be back in just a few moments i'm sara kelly in berlin thanks for watching a busy against it. because i learned german with w. . any time any place.