this is the w.'s life probably a mild third full opinion see that the leaders of north and south korea appraisal committee seem to have a historic deal they're going to take all the costs get the action also coming up germany's chancellor goes to washington to raise the iran nuclear deal after talks of the white house i'm going to moscow says the deal to slow down the wrong nuclear activities that recognizes it's not sufficient so what leverage does she now have.

and a terminally ill british toddler out beyond the needle back. alfie evans had a rep brain disease judges agreed the doctors who do the life support should be withdrawn to get his parents to bring you the full story. i'm kind of a home free thanks for joining me the international community is praising the leaders of north and south korea for working to formally end the stage of war between their countries now this comes sixty five years off to the end of fighting in the korean war and friday's 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 and they insisted they don't wish to repeat the mistakes of the past. an extraordinary moment in korean history after decades

of hostilities and the threat of a nuclear confrontation kim jong un and moon jay in embraced a new era of peace in the peninsula. the leaders signed a historic declaration which aims to end the two countries' longstanding conflict 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 was 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.

again i didn't like 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 the world thought. in the north the state controlled media was upbeat one on one north and south korea confirm 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 attempts has some critics wary of the north commitment many wonder whether the summit like the tree the two leaders planted will bear fruit. what a day over meant is statements and symbolism for korea but will actions follow words will to answer that i'm pleased to welcome about to baghdad to the studio he's a senior fellow with the german council on foreign relations welcome to you firstly

incredible images that we saw we saw the two lead as embrace we saw them walk hand in hand but we've also seen declarations in the pos can we be sure that this time around things will be different i think both koreas move towards each other's votes and initiative from both sides so there's a lot of stakes for both sides to achieve something there's a very uncertain situation on the korean peninsula for several years both really want to achieve something and we've seen that both want to be places anstice agreement that existed in the past which was very shaky and bunch of replaced with a peace treaty and that benefits the whole region that on the two koreas now surely one of the most remarkable features of yesterday summit was the world's fastest state and impression all of came joe on outside of north korean media we saw him speaking to the cameras speaking at the microphone we're taking a look at some of those pictures right now i just want to get your impression as we take a look at some of those images. what kind of impression do you think that he made

to the global media outside of north korea for example that sort of you know lack of the propaganda on. well kim has lived in switzerland he went to school there he learn foreign languages and of course you know how to handle cameras and he could see that he could even go off the script were new and can jointly went back to the north and shake hands again and i think he knows what he wants that both leaders know there's a lot of weight on them because they have to push forward the whole process i think for that if you did it very well it's a quite agile buy on the international stage up next is u.s. president donald trump he will be meeting kim if all goes to plan of course in the coming weeks can we expect that meeting to be as homo use is yesterday's what do you think well first of all of course the hard work has to be done the diplomats have to meet have to agree on how this this meeting should be held what kind of

topics should be discussed and perhaps even prepare some agreements before hand that actually will determine how to meet president meeting with him and trump will work out but it's not been agreed yet right about tobacco senior fellow at the german council on foreign relations thank you for your insights. in washington german chancellor i'm going to moscow has held talks with u.s. president donald trump it was the second face to face meeting between the two in math was first trip to washington since being reelected and now she's trying to persuade him to stay in a landmark deal with iran which he has threatened to pull out often it was just one issue where differences between them a proving difficult to breach. 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. 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 thank you very much. 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 that code once to save it. to go but 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 call on the issue of trade mechelle got no assurances that the trump would continue to exempt the e.u. from steel and aluminum tire 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 is no way we should have a trade deficit of one hundred fifty one billion dollars. mean nato spending trump revived an old grievance with europe we were 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 though macas meeting with trunk lasted only a few hours it followed a three day visit by french president emanuel mark hong neither leader was able to get trump to change course on iran or trade it's a sign transatlantic ties could remain troubled. well joining me to discuss this further now is nicole and then that she's an associate fellow at the council on foreign relations now nicole no actual achievements that we can necessarily put off

finger on at the moment perhaps a warm up in a relationship between mexico and trump a mugging how significant is that woman reception to the transatlantic relationship it's certainly very important because you know he reaches alts in iraq a constructive atmosphere and if the mood and the atmosphere is guided by a more positive spirit that already helps that at the end of the day this visit will be viewed on the basis off the successes and the chancellor had very concrete ideas of what she wanted to achieve in this meeting and we have to see young may second if she reach the goal for example with the exception of the european union from the terrorists us it's going to impose yes let's pick up on that a little bit more because you mentioned the exemptions for the e.u. when it comes to tariffs there was also the iran nuclear deal that was a conversation that the leaders were keen to have as well because we also sort of course the french president

a man who had my call go to washington before machall needa back home or marco managed to draw out commitments on these issues to does the e.u. have any leverage going forward you know sometimes the process. process for certain steps have to be taken one after another and the visit of my troll prepared the ground for further negotiations and what i thought was very interesting about the visit of merkel is that she admitted that the nuclear deal is far from perfect one of the issues is said you know it has a certain time limit to it and the other issue of the us is complaining about is that the ballistic missile program is not part of the deal and she said we have to improve the deal but it's a good base to further negotiate and this is the european position they consider the deal as a big success for europe and they also see it in strengthening the more reformist in iran so for for the u.s.

president to listen to the european leaders and to understand we're trying to understand what they have what they can put on the table is an important step right now when we look at the visits of merkel and michael can you see a kind of game plan emerging from these two and how they deal with trump absolutely i mean one of the positive signs that came from the two visits was the european union now wants to show we are we stand together now we speak with one forests you know a criticism that has been heard over the u.s. over and over again and the telephone exchange between my call and. on friday morning already showed that they really you know working hand and hand the results however we don't know what the outcome will be and that is still to play for vote from the german council on foreign relations thank you for your insights. well as some of the other stories making news around the world archaeologists have

uncovered a mass grave of over one hundred forty children in peru dating back to the fifteenth century wounds on the skeleton suggest the children were sacrificed along with hundreds of baby long that's archaeologists say it may be the largest ritual killing of children in history. britain's interior minister amber rudd has apologized for not being aware of deportation targets in her department the close ally of prime minister teresa mayes facing calls to resign this after a scandal involving the u. case treatment of illegal caribbean migrants who arrived in britain in the one nine hundred sixty s. and seventy's rock is due to address parliament on monday. that's how many ill british toddler at the heart of a long running legal battle has died in hospital alfie evans had a rare brain disease which doctors said was incurable his parents took the case to court after children's hospital decided life support should be withdrawn against their wishes modern medical science will have so many lawyers but it also creates

cruel dialin those doctors had concluded that no more could be done for alfie ever he was less than two years old and suffering from a degenerative neurological condition. inevitably his parents and many supporters believe the doctors in liverpool had given up too easily take campaign even took them to meet pope francis in rome. were. i wish to repeat and strongly confirm that the only master of life from the beginning until the natural and is garden. in a. it is our duty. it is our duty to do everything to nurture life. of his parents for a series of court cases to allow him to receive further treatment by the courts agreed with the doctors his father tom evans finally bowed so you never took together we recognize the strains of recent events property partners or were not

always for privacy concerns. but offers insight as we look we will work for just what this plan that provides our boy with dignity call for thirty minutes. off is life support which was drawn on monday he continued living for longer than doctors had expected gave his parents renewed hope but the end came early on saturday. moving on now to going does lead to football and in the friday night game hoffenheim can throw thanks and they can moderate the class trick for keeping their champions league dreams alive with a three one win against hanover now the croatian began with the simplest attack in sixty minutes followed that with as much of a volley in the fiftieth and then sealed a victory for hoffenheim with a delicate lob in the eighty six minutes all that makes him a man all so much. this is d w news from more coming up at the

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