so this is the view from my seat in the horn section. sarah lewis knows her stuff. and conductors. and she shows just how diverse classical music can paint. sarah's music contemporary classical. d.w. . cuba has sworn in its new president miguel diaz canelo for the first time since the cuban revolution more than sixty years ago the country's leader will not help from the castro family the new president was handpicked by raul castro who remains head of the communist party diaz canell has vowed to carry on the castro's legacy.

french president emmanuel macron and german chancellor angela merkel have held talks in berlin over reforming the eurozone macron is pushing for greater economic integration but merkel is skeptical of some of his proposals they're hoping to reach a compromise ahead of an e.u. summit in june. one of the suspects in an alleged anti-semitic attack in berlin has turned himself into police authorities say he's a nineteen year old asylum seeker who arrived in germany from syria in twenty fifteen he was filmed attacking two young men in jewish style skullcaps the pair told d.w. they were wearing the kippah to show an israeli friend it was safe to do so in berlin. the king of swaziland has changed the name of his country to the kingdom of esau teenie the new name means the place of the swati the announcement comes as the african country celebrates fifty years of independence from britain king with swati the third has ruled by decree since one nine hundred eighty six.

i love as he wants solidarity she wants compromise will macular macor ever make up over the eurozone reform plans that have deeply dividing the continent. coming up power cashing in on gender stereotypes and a big box for the toy industry now parents of research is saying enough with the pink and blue. and south african farmers facing bankruptcy the drought is drying up everything in sight. the face is your business update on helena humphrey in berlin thanks for joining me bridging the deep divide over the euro zone reform french president of a new way to call paid a visit to berlin on thursday to convince his counterparts to overhaul the bloc giving it a finance minister and

a common budget but it seems that angela merkel is holding on to those purse strings. germany's chancellor angela merkel received.