to steal the news live from berlin americal needs trump the german chancellor goes to washington to save the iran nuclear deal after talks at the white house anglo-american says the deal has slowed down to ron's nuclear activities or recognizes it's not sufficient so what leverage if any dishing out moving forward. and also coming up the leaders of north and south korea are praised for committing to peace at their historic summit but will this time be any different we'll get reaction from seoul. and it's that time of year again the relegation dogfight is

nearing its climax in germany when this league i find teams are fighting to beat the drop we give you the lowdown on the line ball and who has hold busting it. and welcome to the program we start in washington where german chancellor angela merkel has held talks with u.s. president donald trump it was the second face to face meeting between the two and merkel's first trip to washington since being reelected she's trying to persuade trump to stay in a landmark nuclear deal with iran which he's threatened to pull out of on may twelfth it was just one issue where differences between them are proving difficult to bridge. as chancellor merkel met president trump at the white house the focus was on style as well as substance. after

a frosty first meeting last spring in washington this time there were signs of a thaw no handshakes persist on this occasion and there were kind words from president trump that we have a really great relationship and we actually have had a great relationship right from the beginning but some people didn't understand that but we understand it and that's what's important but very extraordinary woman and it's an honor to have you at the white house that the world. but the cordial tone couldn't hide differences on the issues at hand trump has threatened to pull the u.s. out of the euro nuclear deal once to save it. does this agreement is anything but perfect it will not solve all of the problems of iran is one piece of the may say one building block that we can improve upon and be among all phone con on the issue of trade got no assurances that the trump would continue to exempt the e.u.

from steel and aluminum terry of states instead trump bemoaned the u.s. trade deficit with the european union. it's been unfair and i don't blame the chancellor and i don't blame germany i don't even blame the european union i blame the people that preceded me for allowing this to happen. there's no way we should have a trade deficit of one hundred fifty one billion dollars mean spending trump revived an old grievance with europe we're protecting europe and yet we pay by far more than anybody else and nato is wonderful but it helps europe more than it helps us and why are we paying the vast majority of the costs thank you very much everybody even know macro's meeting with trump lasted only a few hours it followed a three day visit by french president and money will not harm neither leader was able to get trump to change course on iran or trade it's a sign transatlantic ties could remain troubled. joining me to discuss this

further is d w political correspondent simon young simon perhaps a warmer meeting than what we thought last time but has anything been truly achieved in this meeting no i don't think so this is repair work to the atmospherics and it may not have made us german relations great again but i think it it all feels a little bit better than it has done of late you've seen the cases on the cheek the demonstrative handshakes that were notably missing last year and from talking about a great relationship that they've always had and from the medical side she was praising the president talking about wanting to deepen the relationship with the u.s. and. the the the movement that he's created on the question of korea for instance you know the atmosphere is good the optics are good but you can all see how much difference all of that makes president mccrone of fronts had a three day state visit with lavish displays of friendliness from the american side

but on the substantive questions you know he doesn't seem to have got any thing more out of the white house that angle americal has done they don't really seem to be any signs of a concession on the on the issues like a ron and the trade question the first thing. that trade question as you mentioned no promises from after my crohn's visit nor mare calls miss visit with regard to this tax exemption for the e.u. as you mention it's going to expire as a bloc have any kind of leverage here or are they at trump's mercy well angela merkel said on the question of the steel in a million million tariffs the president will decide on whether those tariff exemptions for the e.u. will will continue so you know that sounds pretty on in this if you're a european steelmaker i think and i think probably many people here a resigned to the idea that trump has this sort of protectionist agenda and he's going to stick to that medical talked about trying to do

a wider more comprehensive trade deal between europe and the u.s. but that of course is the thing that salute aides the two sides for many years and as to leverage well it's very difficult for germany germany is a major exporter of physically of cause for instance to the u.s. so you know it's difficult to really apply the thumbscrews to donald trump when it comes to try to devalue political correspondent simon young thank you very much. the international community has praised the leaders of north and south korea for working to formally and the state of war between their countries this sixty five years after the end of fighting in the korean war at a historic summit north korean leader kim jong un and south korean president and said they would sign a formal peace treaty by the end of this year and work towards a nuclear free peninsula insisted they did not want to repeat the mistakes of the past. an extraordinary moment in korean history

after decades of hostilities and the threat of a nuclear confrontation a new era of peace is declared on the peninsula. moments before the leaders signed a new storage declaration which aims to end the longstanding conflict key points includes replacing the armistice with an official peace treaty plans to denuclearize the peninsula the reunification of separated families and a follow up summit in the north this autumn after the signing ceremony in the peace south korea's president made the historic announcement. there you saw me declare together that they will be no more war on the korean peninsula and the new age of peace has begun for years.

with his sister in attendance the north korean leader kim jong il address the audience. for. any book signing face to face hold for many realize that north and south korea will not just neighbors who live separately but rather a family. we who live so close by are not enemies who must fight against each other but the families you share the same bloodline who must you know that. even. despite the grain breaking meeting a history of failed peace attempts has some critics wary of the north's commitment the next step a meeting between kim jong il and us president donald trump is planned for may or june. correspondent philip belsky is covering the story for us in

seoul philip it's good to see you it's the morning after now that the dust has somewhat settled what are people there saying about what unfolded between these two leaders where we were able to talk to a couple of people this morning and most of them i have to say there were really optimistic obviously many people had not expected the north into south to be able to agree on so many points and one woman for instance she said that she hopes to be able to travel by train from south korea through the north to europe very soon. now there is some optimism as you mention but there have been summits between jiang and seoul before is there still that sense of hope that you mention that this time will be different for different are is there some skepticism as well. well if you talk about concrete measures the whole picture gets much more the whole situation gets much much more complicated so many experts warn against to be to be

too optimistic and that's because still so many open questions obviously it's one thing to agree on the long term goal for instance offer denuclearization of the korean peninsula and it's something completely different then to agree on concrete steps how to achieve this goal. and as we know that the devil sometimes or most of the time is in the details and also not everything is controlled by the north and south korea a lot will depend on the outcome of the summit between kim jong un and donald trump . you mentioned denuclearize nation a lot of people specifically in south korea or south koreans around the world are a little bit skeptical in terms when he says that he's willing to denuclearize why is he saying that what could the reason the why now. what i think one reason might be that before for north korea the nuclear weapons

are basically so important and many experts actually said that the reason that north korea now has developed nuclear weapons that's the reason why north korea agreed to stop these negotiations in the first place so many people just don't think that north korea will accept will be willing to give up these nuclear weapons . correspondent philip bilski in seoul thank you very much. in a bun as late as friday night's game hoffenheim can thank andre crime rich master catterick for keeping their champions league drains alive with a three one win against hanover the croatian of was man of the match began with the simplest of tappan in the sixteenth minute followed up with a smash of a volley in the fiftieth and that field a victory for hof and time with a delicate walk in eighty six. now the relegation battle is on

in the bundesliga with only three match days remaining five clubs are still fighting for another season and the top flight realistically though perhaps only four of them have any hope of beating the dreaded drop. last place cologne seemed to have given up all hope they do still have a mathematical chance of staying up but these images say it all as do these i'm hamburg situation doesn't give them much reason for confidence either but reason has little to do with football especially the relegation battle their win last weekend means hamburg's coming clash with ball sports is like a final. we're placing our hopes in the volves for a game where everything's at stake it's a six point game will only be two points behind if we win. like hamburg fellow relegation candidates valse borg have their third coach of the season the wolves

are one of three teams with thirty points five ahead of second to last hamburg. ball sport minus. fribourg all equal on points in a precarious situation freiburg coach chris chance to has been in the habit of congratulating his opposite numbers his team have lost five in a row four of them without scoring a single goal. can you try to explain why you've been losing it. because we're not scoring because we can't take advantage of our chances because we have too few scoring chances overall that's why. the pressure is mounting a hamburger five points back now you face cologne how are you approaching it. with all the energy we've got. before you know this i've nothing else to say

and indeed in the relegation battle it's not words that count it's action especially for hamburg if they fail to win involve sport this weekend they'll be in the same situation as cologne left with just a mathematical chance of staying in the top flight. to the streets of baku now where fast straights and tight turns from red bull's daniel ricardo led to the fastest practice time ahead of the azerbaijan grand prix but things are a bit bumpy for red bull's other driver max for shop and shower championship leader sebastian satchel with sparks before crashing into a wall the twenty year old's father wasn't none too impressed teammate work hard one this city's circuit last year and finished friday's practice round with the best time of one minute and forty two point seven nine five seconds qualifying for great placement for the azerbaijan g.p. starts on saturday. and don't forget you can always get the news on the

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