our stories of people bringing. women more photographers starting may third on g.w. . this is live from above the north and south korea prepare for a historic summit the two countries leaders will meet in this room on the so-called peace line which divides the korean peninsula officials have been rehearsing tomorrow's encounter for decades also on the program. to official position newspaper journalists convicted on terrorism charges ominous to international calls

on the country to stop using twenty sixteen's a failed coup as an excuse to crackdown on free speech. i mean you say use of renews renewed protests as demonstrators demands not be elections following the resignation of the prime minister but with tensions between opposition and ruling parties is still the result will russia intervene. i'm still going to welcome to the program. south korea is preparing to welcome a north korean leader kim jong un for talks about peace nuclear disarmament will be the first north korean leader to set forth in the south for more than sixty years the peninsula seen some dramatic diplomatic strides of recent weeks on the hope is that this meeting will significantly ease tensions. messages of hope on the fence

dividing the two nations it's here in the border village of panmunjom that kim jong un will make history on friday. when he crosses this border marker to attend the enter korean summit to be the first north korean leader to set foot on south korean soil since the korean war ended more than sixty years ago kim has promised to end nuclear and missile tests hoping for a lifting of sanctions in exchange this does not mean that north korea plans to denuclearize. jodan june professor of political science at seoul national university believes that north korea will use its new weapon as a bargaining tool you know to you. then you have. to think about your economic. issues so use a good time for north korea to focus on economic issues because it's fierce security issue or levy handed because he has nuclear weapons some south koreans are

skeptical that the summit is good news but you know there don't you go on is saying that he will complete denuclearization and close the nuclear test site through the into korean summit but we can't believe it others however see the summit as a cause for optimism. don't log is always good talking in person can sometimes lead to a better outcome and that's why i think it's a good idea to go it over to you. well obviously it'll take time we'll have to see whether it's possible for north korea to become nuclear free before that some steps will have to be taken. as officials in panmunjom complete the final preparations for the summit it's clear that achieving any official agreements in just a day of talks will be difficult to say the least but friday's summit is a breakthrough in itself. and if the meeting goes smoothly it should lay the groundwork for something even more unusual talks between north korea and the u.s.

. the correspondent jason strother is in the south korean capital so he outlined expectations ahead of the into korean summit. right oh i think this summit between the korean leaders will really set the agenda for the expected trump and kim summit north korea has always regarded the south that as the junior negotiating partner certainly some. resolutions or some symbolic agreements can be made during the summit tomorrow maybe we could even see a resumption of family reunions between north and south korean relatives who've been separated for decades but any real concessions that kim is prepared to make would have to come out of direct talks with the u.s. . the french president emanuel macross just ended his street a visit to washington with much of the focus on the supposed bromance between him

and president trump as to spite the french president's defense off the iran nuclear deal and these harsh words for america first policy now it's i'm going to german chancellor angela merkel's time she'll be meeting president trump at the white house on friday to discuss the same issues but will she get as warm a welcome a lot of her first sit down with her was anything to go by. it's that could moments during their first meeting at the white house that still sounds up the utter lack of political chemistry between on going to machall and donald trump . when traffic simply didn't react as merkel asked him to shake hands thank you. german chancellor i'm going to marco's reputation as the global leader who keeps the world strong men on the straight and narrow simply doesn't seem to apply to this u.s. president who insists on setting the pace and direction of global politics.

observers say trump's erratic decision making challenges merkel's political style to confront even partners with very harsh positions to threaten and then to undo and sort of go back into a more co-operative mood and i would say yes kept european partners pretty much on their toes trump upstaged his nato allies by talking about money rather than values twenty three of the twenty eight member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what they're supposed to be paying for their defense. his willingness to challenge the core values that bind together what is known as the west soon led machall to a sobering conclusion. side. and then there are times in which we could rely fully on others are somewhat over. for by more than a year into the term presidency germany is still struggling to find common ground

for corporation with trumps in a circle merkel second visit is laden with pressing issues. there are three important issues on the transatlantic agenda for this meeting one is definitely trade and the criticism of the transatlantic trade arrangement the second one is germany's contributions in military terms to nato and the third one is the iran nuclear deal. the president of the french republic at the end of his state visit in monrovia called directly criticized trump steelmaking and called on u.s. congress to live up to europe's expectations the united states is the one who invented this new deal of dualism you are zero one now. who has to herb to preserve and reinvented. machall well you'd have this kind of state had two and

a half hour visit set to focus on working down the list of problems my car had to leave a result with but lynn already resigned to the fact that the trade war is in the making expectations are low. he would rights group amnesty international has accused the turkish government of creating what it calls a climate of fear and called on it to stop using the state of emergency as an excuse for silencing critics missed his report on turkey comes a day after a court in istanbul so intense to fourteen journalists the leading opposition newspaper jim hood they've now been released from custody pending the outcome of their appeals but they are barred from leaving the country. released from prison but by no means a free man i cannot so i publisher of the german newspaper hugged by his supporters he was one of fourteen employees found guilty by a turkish court of aiding terrorist organizations charges he says

a trumped up. good good there's no justice in turkey there's no judiciary as we've always said they cannot scare the german hurry it newspaper it will continue to deliver the truth to a treatise. with e.g. . the charges stem from this the failed coup in twenty sixteen as a critical newspaper jim harir to its journalists were accused of backing those turkey says were behind the coup and they were the only ones. you know more than fifty thousand people were arrested from the military to the police from teachers to public servants who were part of a crackdown carried out under the pretext of a state of emergency slammed by rights groups. real certainty have one narrative which is all about nobody's imprisoned or you know they did to me illegitimate reasons and the realities why. and there is a climate of fear that you aiming at sinai and clamping

down on any sense. this latest case concerning the term hurry it journalist says once again raised questions about press freedom and head of snap elections in june . but with president hu and looking to further the cement his grip on power critics don't expect the intimidation to stop anytime soon. as a senior journalist at the newspaper at the center of the story she joins us on the line from istanbul welcome to w a present to and says he's dating with the people who collaborated to try to overthrow the state two years ago how has this crackdown affected your work as a journalist. yesterday i. just launched a new report and. they say. try

to track down the media and it turkey. turkey moved very local to be shunned and. in during. the state of emergency one hundred seventy journalists in terrorist acts and they aren't all in jail and also. very very. sad to say. approximately two hundred you can't be in the company's shutdown. in this perry it's ok so one hundred seventy journalists arrested and jailed two hundred media company shut down why are you still working. i need divert and ok. is the president of this country but i am the

journalist of this country he's being his job i'm fortunate in the best buy and my job in a good today because if i have i have a right to leave my contrie i have a right to work in my country and i have. i have a right to. say and. shout for. freedom and speech freedom that's why. clearly journalists are concerned about this clampdown do turkish people in general care. most of them if they may be. open and just about journalists and support us and there's. so.

hope for a future with me thank you for joining us and wish you well not on the job but it newspaper into thank you. as you some of the other stories making news around the world at least twelve children have died after a train crashed into a school bus at an unmanned railroad crossing in pradesh in northern india police believe the driver of the school bus ignored a guard signal to stop the bus driver was amongst the dead several other children were injured. germany's parliament the border star has reaffirmed its commitment to the existence of the state of israel and a bill approved by a large majority german m.p.'s declared israel's right to exist was known negotiate with the resolution comes shortly after the state of israel bought it seventy thousand of us are under made a public debate about rising anti semitism in the country. defense lawyers for a former member of a neo nazi gang accused of killing ten people of call for their clients jail term

to be limited to ten years but a ship has been on trial for more than four years as a suspected accomplice in the so-called n.s.u. killings which happened more than a decade ago. i mean you see another day of protests demonstrations denounce not parliamentary elections following the resignation of the country's prime minister this week opposition activists return to the streets of the capital. following two weeks of peaceful protests as parliament set the first of many as a day to elect a replacement leader the russian media and four of ministers have held talks to try to resolve the crisis. correspondent and we show in the republican square in the center of. tell us what's happening. well opposition leader and he called has called for a rally here on republican or on republic square and as you can see there are

people gathering behind me there's a stage set up the mood is very very much one of celebration here again in caravan there is music playing people are waiting flags as well and today and he said that he will be announcing a strategic decision so we'll have to wait and see what he says today he was actually out on the streets marching with people the protests were slightly smaller than they were for example yesterday but there were so crowds of people and they were chanting nichol for prime minister so that the name of the opposition leader here and they were also chanting for a free and independent armenia my impression is that people here really just want change it's not so much about who will lead the country in the future they just want to see new faces in politics so the prime minister resigned to protest just like these and clearly this is not enough for them.

yeah absolutely there has been a lot of anger at the ruling party the republican party out on the streets in the past few days and the opposition is calling for them to basically leave politic. people here on the streets were chanting republican party go away now the republican party is of course said starts younes party he is still the leader of that party even though he resigned as prime minister on monday but the party is clearly under pressure they clearly sense that people kind of disapprove of them today they said that they're willing to negotiate with anyone but as i said. is still the head of the party and the acting prime minister is also from the republican party they still have some leverage and in parliament though they are still the majority there so we'll have to see whether they end up supporting the opposition leader and coming out in support of of him as they as they become more

and more pressured by the crowds here. mention that the opposition leader has been a significant figure in these protests he attended the russian embassy yesterday we know what went so. well we don't know really any details about those talks and pushing and also said that he met with other diplomats he mentioned the u.s. and the e.u. but it's also interesting to note when it comes to russia that several high ranking officials from the ruling party the republican party reportedly went to moscow today and yesterday so it seems that for both sides russia will remain an important partner now moscow's official position on what's going on here in armenia is that this is very much armenians internal issue their internal affairs and they want our i mean it's a result of this this conflict this these protests within the constitution they

will certainly be watching this situation going on here closely they don't really like having popular uprisings in their sphere of influence and really show it in the. this is t w news live from burma and still to come partly saudi women off flocking to new female only james will take a look at how attitudes to women's participation in sport changing in this conservative can do. first their business on the e.u. is currently exempted from the u.s. tariffs on steel and alan minion not could end soon and confusion reigns over the use plans to extend their tariff exemptions from the united states us president donald trump plants and pose a twenty five percent tariff on steel and ten percent an element in imports to america as soon as next tuesday if the two sides cannot reach an agreement german government sources speaking to the love you believe that it is the most likely

outcome tomorrow when on the americal meter us counterpart the americans say they concede if the e.u. grants so-called concessions for example by lowering tariffs on american made cars . brussels correspondent what he's hearing on the progress of the negotiations different voices really do you have the official line from the european commission who today reemphasized that they are still optimistic that high level talks between the commission a monster and the commerce secretary ros are ongoing and that the aim of these talks is to achieve a permanent exemption for the european union from these potential steel cut tariffs that could be coming their way on the other hand we also heard the voices you've mentioned there were people doubts that the the the negotiating party of mr

ross really has all the knowledge has all the power for these negotiations and so some people have said that maybe only a temporary exemption is on the table. in brussels let's now go to. standing by. in frankfurt for us and i hope he joins us now yes kyra what's the market's take on this. well the different statements today were received with hesitant optimism on the markets here in frankfurt trading hall the mood changed to the positive after larry kudlow the u.s. president's economic advisor said that he will travel to china together with steve minutiae in the u.s. secretary of the treasury the german share index dax change from the downside to the upside after those statements came out all this sounds like

a tough but peaceful negotiations not like a trade war this is the take on that on the trading floors and this is what investors are hoping for on the bulls there in frankfurt thank you. it's. just. criticism is mounting of china's new silk road project beijing this massively investing in land routes to europe and shipping routes to the west via africa it's a network of roads railways ports in airports as well as pipelines and power plants beijing is selling it as a win win for all involved committing nine hundred billion u.s. dollars but critics say beyond beyond being an investment in connecting asia and europe it's a geopolitical move to assert power and influence the world's biggest infrastructure project is also designed to boost the chinese economy its construction steel and

transport firms have built up huge overcapacity and crushing debt will receive urgently needed business but people in places are still uncle in kenya meanwhile are taking to the streets in protest they fear they'll have to give up property and civil liberties china is not known for its commitment to protecting human rights. and this is how the chinese are selling the story once upon a time chaparral slim chance our central story here in which all nations share their wealth but is the project really about sharing and caring i spoke to marcos toby's the chair for east asian economic studies at the university of booker's. well first of all i think there's a lot of win win in this thing i mean everything you've been saying is correct but this whole serb role it's better not initiative is not only just about transport

corridors but about the creation of new industrial fabric an industrial fabric in an area which has not been integrated into the global division of labor by either northern america europe or russia so this is empty space so to say in economic terms and the chinese initiative is providing an idea how to integrate easy cause. i mean how to integrate these people into the global division of labor and i think that is a great chance for europe for european companies train gay china there and bring this together with china to a success and of course the the local economies countries like greece or kenya or big infrastructure projects will be built will they find themselves bounce to china . yes of course and we already see that that greece hungary and other economies become dependent on china and china uses these countries to assert its own. positions recently the european union for example we have seen.

greece and hungary voting against the other e.u. members in issues strengthening china so this is going to happen next couple of years yes. professor marcus told me that countries in the european union will be able to force video streaming services light like netflix or amazon to stump up cash for european productions that's part of an overhaul of e.u. broadcasting rules the companies must also ensure a minimum of thirty percent of content for europe is made on the continent netflix has already announced it will invest a billion dollars in original european productions this year amazon has acquired scores of european shows and films and that's all your business it's back to film no help thank you so much now the kingdom of saudi arabia is trying to change them is image especially when it comes to the rights and social status of women who

licenses have been issued for women only gyms which allow women to work out. women working out in a gym an unremarkable scene in many parts of the world but in saudi arabia a sign of social and cultural aggression. these women weightlifters are taking advantage of new female only gyms the latest in a series of reforms in the conservative muslim kingdom. the sport is entice in many women like rehab to stay in shape and get fit though critics in the region claim weight lifting will cause women to lose their femininity. he might have had and that the all the people who are interested in sports who don't want to give this a try a usually pretty skeptical of weight lifting some of the old assumptions still exist but the general idea about women in weightlifting on the contrary is that it would help women get into better shape look good and improve their fitness i don't

see any problem with this. behavior. for gym owner eman shell out the idea that weight lifting leads to a masculine appearance is baseless. but not for me as in what some girls fear they might get bigger muscles like men but that's impossible if they don't use growth hormones well you know what if they do normal resistance exercise if they eat proper healthy food they'll develop of his eat that they wouldn't get with any other sport. saudi women and they're allowed to attend football matches and will soon be permitted to drive as a nation seeks to change its international perception as a repressive state but for these women it's attitudes closer to home that are in real need of an overhaul. when i first came back from the united states in twenty thirteen i was shocked to see people rejecting the idea that women practice

weight lifting weight on drink protein shakes they assume that if they drink protein shakes the body would become like a man even my own family thought that change doesn't happen overnight but for these saudi arabian women it's a push in the right direction. as are mine to top story at this hour the leaders of north and south korea may say in this room in the historic summit tomorrow officials have been rehearsing for days at the so-called peace line dividing the korean peninsula. that's it you're up to date al has more for you at the top of the hour in the meantime of course as always the web site that's the w dot com all of the day.

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