live from berlin americal meets trunk the german chancellor goes to washington to face the iran nuclear deal after talks at the white house anglo-american says the deal has slowed down or runs nuclear activities but recognizes it's not sufficient so what leverage is and how going forward 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 the in this league five teams are fighting to beat the drop we give you the lowdown on who still has reason to hold. us 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 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 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 is. but the cordial tone couldn't hide differences on the issues at hand trump has threatened to pull the us out of the iran nuclear deal once to save it. and all 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 come 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. 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 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 knock hong 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 thing i'm afraid you know is more about the atmospherics and 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. americal 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 helped to create for instance on the korea question so a lot of interesting things there. in terms of concrete policy trade iran. i don't think we're seeing anything new and you know the remains of

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 a 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 e.u. 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 by angola medical to. bring president trump to point out to him that you know 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 automobiles to the u.s. are very key export is very difficult to see where the leverage really comes from the german side and other major issue on the table was of course their raw nuclear deal briefly if you can if you're going to 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 angela merkel she 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 why they think the deal should remain because that's the way to keep iran under pressure over its nuclear program and in other ways but of donald trump pulls out and that's the split the clear sign coming from the secretary of state as

well today then you know there's nothing really that europe will germany can do to double your political correspondent five young thank you. absent the other stories making news around the world the funeral of a top political leader of the who's the rivals has taken place in yemen sali also a 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 other the leaders are reported to have been killed along with dozens of fighters. rail services in france are being disrupted by the latest wave of strikes against president mccall's reform plans the state railway company says it expects to cancel about half of scheduled i speed trains rail staff have been striking intermittently since early april. 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 alfie

had a rare degenerative brain disease and judges had agreed with doctors a further treatment would be futile and life support should be withdrawn his parents say they are heartbroken. the international community is praising the leaders of north and south korea for working to formally end the state of war between their countries has come sixty five years after the end of fighting in the korean war a friday is historic summit north korean leader kim jong un and south korean president said they would sign a formal peace treaty by the end of this year and work towards a nuclear free peninsula the insisted they don't wish to repeat the mistakes of the past. an extraordinary moment in korean history have to decades of hostilities on the threats of a nuclear confrontation can. embrace a new era of peace in the peninsula. the leaders

signed a historic declaration regimes to in the two countries longstanding combs would. key points include a plan to convert the cease fire into a formal treaty an agreement to pursue the denuclearization of the korean peninsula reuniting families separated by the war and the follow up summit in the north capital pyongyang this autumn. in south korea reaction to the summit was mixed the unity image get it would be great if reunification were possible but if not at least i hope that by declaring an end to the korean war we can live in peace. yeah i think that for elderly people like us who experienced the korean war it is hard to trust north korea because of its past behavior can we really trust them it

would be great if we could see what is the one flaw. in the north the state controlled media was upbeat one on one north and south korea confirmed the common goal of realizing a nuclear free korean peninsula through complete to denuclearize ation. but despite the groundbreaking summit a history of failed peace or times has some critics wary of the north commitment many wonder whether the summit like the tree the two leaders planted will bear fruit now the relegation battle is on in the bundesliga here in germany 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 i'm placing our hopes in the volves 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 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. was to 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. all the energy we've got. anything 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. football is somewhat of a religion for many around the world and in argentina one club has recreated michelangelo's famous painting in the sistine chapel in their gym using the likeness of superstars like diego maradona and lee and all messi fans and players

who worship the football legends can also look up to them. mesi any merit dano to trade as the iconic figures of adam and god in michelangelo's masterpiece argentina's two football stars already have heavenly status in the country anymore lies in the two on this ceiling along with other argentinian stars is an effort to motivate the next class of up and comers. a good kid in the cloak now has the top figures in the world of football messi america and the others who have decided how old so excellent players with a very good foot would hear him but he always prioritized goodwill with the kids so who better to look at you know these players some when they're doing it already know. the sportsbook paid around twenty thousand u.s. dollars to complete the artwork and its president believes every generation will

look up and be inspired. to grow old kids ones and the ones that love football want to be like idols when he plays. today the kids who play here have messi. and the adults who come also share our idols. when a move doesn't come off you look at the sky and when you ask god for a helping hand you have so many of them here to choose from on this evening and if they did still merit dawna known for the hand of god won the world cup in one nine hundred eighty six with argentina while messi has yet to win the greatest trophy but could also a sin to the same heights at the finals in russia this summer. germany's top film prize has gone to a film about celebrity actress rami schneider the film three days and keep off picked up a total of seven mon la trophies at the award ceremony in berlin including the prizes for best film best actress and best director and a biopic focuses on

a candid interview schneider game to a magazine reporter undergoing we have shortly before her. back in one nine hundred eighty two. this is news live from berlin my colleague humphrey will be here at the top of the hour with more news about equal boston thanks for watching. earth the home or saving googling to those tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost green energy solutions by global ideas deemed by the series of global three thousand on d w and online. time for an upgrade. under church grows all by.