as you know the news line from berlin marigold means 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 or wants nuclear activities and recognizes it's not sufficient so what leverage if any how using four words 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 the reaction from seoul. and it's that time of the year again the relegations dong fight is

nearing its climax in the borders league five teams are fighting to beat the drop we give you the lowdown on which teams still have hopes of staying in the top division. and welcome to the program we begin 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 tried to persuade trump to stay in a landmark nuclear deal with iran which she's threatened to pull out of 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 you know handshakes persist on this occasion and there were kind words from president trump. 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 for people. but the cordial tone couldn't hide differences on the issues at hand trump has threatened to pull the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal once to save it well but does this agreement is anything but perfect it would not solve all of the problems of iran is one piece of the may say one building block that we can improve upon the among all phone con on the issue of trade mechelle got no assurances that the trump would continue to exempt

the e.u. from steel and aluminum tired of states instead trump bemoaned the u.s. trade deficit with the european union has 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 on nato spending trump revived an old grievance with europe and 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 com 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 sign of perhaps a warmer meeting than last time but if we're looking at concrete results what was achieved in this meeting concrete results pretty thin i'm afraid you know it's more about the atmospherics in the optics you know improving the relationship and they seem to have done that they've made it more normal looking than it has been of late with you know kisses on the cheek and demonstrative handshakes and warm words you know you had there we had a great relationship right from the start said trump and he talked about an amazing woman that's his way of speaking. to the medical for her part said you know the transatlantic relationship remains absolutely central for germany a little bit more sort of conservative way of talking but she also praised donald trump for the movement that he's helped to create for instance on the korea question so a lot of interesting things there but in terms of concrete policy trade iran.

i don't think we're seeing anything new and you know that the this these remains are a tough relationship of course with donald trump you mentioned trade neither mcconnell americal were able to pull out a promise from chomp on that e.u. tax exemption that's set to kick in on may first it's actually going to expire i mean. does the bloc have any kind of leverage here in this discussion well i mean there is there is some leverage because of course the there's the prospect of a trade war so the e.u. saw it enough to get germany doesn't negotiate on trade matters alone as the chancellor pointed out it's an e.u. question the you have raised the possibility of you know introducing tariffs own peanut butter and bourbon and things like that. but they don't really want to do that this was a last ditch attempt really bangle a magical to. bring president trump to point out to him that you know the importance of free trade and america was saying that there really should be

a full on trade agreement between the e.u. and the u.s. but that of course is something there's a loop been looted negotiators for many years and given that germany's exports particularly of oil some appeals to the u.s. are very key export and it's very difficult to see where the leverage really comes from the german side another major issue on the table with of course their raw nuclear deal briefly if you can is europe in a similar position at the mercy of trump here what trump. is the one who's saying that he's going to pull out of that deal he doesn't think it goes far enough we did see a little bit of movement in the tongue from anglo-american she t.v. said more pressure needs to be put on iran to you know stop its negative influence in the region as she described it and she said that you know the region is very important for europe and that's what i think the deal should remain because that's the way to keep iran under pressure over its nuclear program and in other ways but

if donald trump pulls out and that's the split the clearest sign coming from the secretary of state as well today then you know there's nothing really that europe will germany can do. political correspondent simon young thank you. absent the other stories making news around the world the funeral of a top political leader of the the rebels has taken place in yemen the mob was the most senior leader to have been killed by the saudi led coalition since the war began three years ago in another saudi airstrike on friday two more and feel leaders are reported to have been killed along with dozens of fighters. a former policeman charged with a string of rapes and murders of cost california has made his first appearance in court he was arraigned in sacramento on chu of the eight murder counts against him is seventy two year old was arrested this week after a decades long manhunt due to information from a genealogy website. alfie evans the terminally ill british toddler

at the heart of a long running legal battle has died in hospital in the early hours of saturday alfy had a rare degenerative brain disease and judges had agreed with doctors to further treatment would be food and life support should be withdrawn his parents say they're heartbroken with the. international community is praising the leaders of north and south korea for working to formally and the state of war between their countries this comes sixty five years after the end of fighting in the korean war at a historic summit north korean leader kim jong own 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 they 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 distort declaration which aims to end the longstanding conflict key points include 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 there will be no more war on the korean peninsula and a new age of peace has begun for years. with his sister in attendance north

korean leader kim jong il address the audience. oh mothers who are warning stunning face to face home for many realize that north and south korea 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 are also farmers who share the same bloodline who must unite. 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. now this wasn't the first summit meeting between the leaders of north and south korea earlier i asked for a spawn philip belsky in seoul if there's

a sense that this time was really different. well if you talk about concrete measures the whole picture gets much more with a 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 or for denuclearization off 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 . correspondent philip belsky reporting from seoul moving on now to

brenda's league soccer and the friday night game hoffenheim can thank andre cromartie just masterclass hattrick for keeping their champions league dreams alive with a three one win against hanover the croatian began with the simplest of tap ins in the sixteenth minute he followed that up with a smash of a volley in the fifty s. and then sealed the victory for hoffenheim with a delicate lob in the eighty sixth minute all that makes him man of the match. and the relegation battle is on in the bundesliga with only three match days remaining five clubs are still fighting for another season in 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. sport minus. fribourg all equal on points all in a precarious situation freiburg coach question 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. maybe something else 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. families have been having flowery fun in fukushima the region was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in two thousand and eleven but every year since the disaster in japan residents and volunteers have built a giant maze out of colorful yellow flowers this year it's bigger than ever

covering more than two hackers the man who organized it says he believes those who died in the tragedy are looking down happily on the smiles of the people enjoying the maze. as your news wrap join us again at the top of the hour i'm not a quasi thank you for watching. we have a cold so this president rides up high about one fourth and only rules. for celebration world press freedom day may third d. w. wouldn't bite him so he came to take him seriously in the world. here's what's coming up. tomorrow.