newsline from. the e.u. says internet giant should pay their fair share in accuses companies like apple and google of avoiding taxes reporting them in low tax countries and ministers say the answer is an internet tax that applies across the block also coming up a warm reception for all of the white house did the chancellor or any whims germany's industry federation calls miracles meeting with trump a missed opportunity. terminally ill british toddler at the heart of

a legal battle has died alfie evidence brain disease judges agreed with doctors that life support should be withdrawn against his parents' wishes we're going to bring you the full story. and. it is good to have you with us using the internet in europe it might get more expensive very soon the european union says that online giants like amazon facebook google apple have been paying their fair share of companies earn money across the block but they report their profits only in the member states with the lowest tax rates the european commission favoring the three percent tax across the bloc ministers are meeting in boulder area to discuss the polls. when journalists

at this press conference in severe use google the company makes a profit in bulgaria the search engine though pays its taxes elsewhere usually where there aren't many to pay some say in tax havens everyone knows that it is the big moral question that the biggest companies of the tolerance i'm not really. contributing to the public duties we have to follow the digital giants. are not being the same. if you want to explain that to the citizen good luck. google kills its european profits at its headquarters in ireland paid a fraction of its profits in taxpayer in twenty fourteen the european commission wants digital companies above a certain size to also have to pay tax when they make money smaller e.u. member states are skeptical. so this is quite complicated so we're on the cautious

side there is only e.u. countries implemented and then this digital tax will have very little effect. but if the e.u. does impose the tax that could lead to further strain ties with the us with it expected to generate relatively low returns some in the bloc are asking if it's really worth it. this also comes as germany and the us are already at odds over import metals ahead of the powerful federation of german industries either camp says he's disappointed chancellor merkel was unable to sway u.s. president donald trump to a band of those tariffs when she visited him in washington on friday in truth it was just one issue among many or those two leaders stayed far apart. 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 pursue 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 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. 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 call on the issue of trade 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 nato spending trump revived an old grievance with europe where protecting europe and yet we pay by far more than anybody else the 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 emmanuel com neither leader was able to get trump to change course on iran or trade it's a sign transatlantic ties could remain troubled. we'll move on now to some other stories making news around the world russia's floating nuclear power plant has

headed out for its first voyage the academic one also was towed out of the st petersburg shipyard where it was built its two reactors will now be loaded with nuclear fuel. environmentalists have criticized the project with greenpeace calling it a floating noble. thousands of taking to the streets of complement in spain they're protesting after five men accused of raping a young woman at the twenty sixteen running the bulls were convicted of the lesser crime of sexual abuse the case has sparked anger given increased reports of sex attacks at that event. and a new u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has arrived in saudi arabia it is the first stop of his middle east tour where he'll discuss the iran nuclear deal with leaders there he'll also visit israel and jordan on this first official trip in the role.

but the terminally ill british toddler at the heart of a long running legal battle has died in the hospital alfie evans had a rare brain disease which doctors said was incurable his parents took the case to court after a children's hospital decided that life support should be withdrawn against their wishes. a tiny boy a short like a big impact. these liverpudlians have come to pay their respects to alfie evans. he was less than two years old and suffering from a degenerative neurological condition. when doctors concluded no more could be done for him alfie's parents want a series of legal battles to keep him alive in the end the court agreed with the doctors they with your life support on monday now a heartbreaking announcement via facebook from alfie's father tom my gladiator laid out his shield and gained his wings at two thirty absolutely heartbroken. many of

the tyler supporters believe the doctors gave up too easily. to do so complete. this corrupt. government full of or not have to didn't do something. so i think the whole little bit was softened by the news this morning and they've been subsumed by it. really by the by the way today and the fact they wouldn't have to take the take the little boy you. to be called to gather at times like this is a shot of me and i was she just. so yeah obviously it's not it harboring. that it was you support them as a city as a closeness to reduce it to god. the case attracted international attention with the pope weighing in and inviting alfie's father to the vatican.

i wish to repeat and strongly confirm that the only master of life from the beginning until the natural and is god. it is our duty. it is our duty to do everything to nurture life. his case has sparked a fierce debate in the u.k. over who should make decisions for a child's health but for hundreds of people in liverpool on saturday it was time to come together and remember an all too short life. all right for more on this story we have charlotte charles and bill with us in the studio here from the news desk charlotte you know this is a debate more than just in the u.k. it's couple city all over the world vocal support keeping alfie alive coming from the vatican you tell us more about them this is a case that's had a huge amount of public attention i mean this is every parent's worst nightmare

a fight in the courts about whether or not to keep that child alive or to to pull the life support yes even the pope has got involved let me just quickly read a tweet that he he sent out shortly after the was declared dead he writes i'm deeply moved by the death of a little alfie today i pray especially for his parents as got the father received him in his tender embrace now let me give you a little bit of background to this the pope had come out in support of the at the family he'd been fighting to keep their young son alive last week tom evans alfie's father actually traveled to the vatican to try and get even more support. in actual fact agreed to let alfie go to one of its hospitals a hospital went to the vatican and said it would allow alfie to say on on life support that that was denied by the u.k. courts and it was decided instead it was an al fees best interest to stay in the u.k. and for that live sport. obviously this decision made by the you can throw he's upset

quite a few people provokes an emotional reactions can you give us sort of a range of what kind of reaction he was to you this has been a very. in for very long protracted legal battle that's just gone back and forth through the court and through that entire time the public has been watching very closely every development people on on two sides of this really should it be up to the parents to decide whether or not he should be kept alive or should it be up to the the host still in the courts to decide if he should be kept alive now have been a huge amount of protests actually outside the hospital from those who support alfie's parents on monday in fact one of the last court rulings denying elfie the right to get it's like people tried to a stall in the hospital that was a very angry confrontation outside where a hospital staff member had to remind people that there are a lot of sick children as in this hospital please let's try and keep things as as calm as possible but ultimately it was decided that alfie should be taken off life support and tom evans the father has asked people now for the common to go back to

their lives right charlotte chelsea thanks for joining us here in the studio with the update on the evans and his fate. well one of the wonderfully his biggest clubs is headed to the second division next season cologne they needed to win their remaining games and hope for some other results break their way but it wasn't to be the militants lost to freiburg on saturday by a score of three to two cemented their fate as the first team to be relegated this season. and you know that football is something 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 jhoom using the likeness of superstars like diego matter donna and you know messi now fans and

players who worship the football legends can also look up to him. mesi any merit dawna 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 dinallo much you know the club now has the top figures in the world of football messi americano and the others who have beside the old so excellent players very good footwork. him we always prioritize good folk what with the kids you give me so who better to look at you know than these players when they're doing it the who already know. the sports club 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 our idols when he plays. today the kids who play here have messi. and the adults who come also share our idols. and want to move doesn't come off you look at the sky and when you ask god for helping hand you have so many of them he had to choose from on the ceiling and if they did see a narrow 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. meanwhile a masterpiece of our that was once considered obscene this is its reclining nude by the italian artist model jani has set a world record for a pre-sale estimate an auction expects it to sell for one hundred fifty million dollars in new york next month but it might fetch

a lot more because model yannis paintings are highly fashionable now this one created a scandal when it was first exhibited a century ago. right this is deja vu news from berlin and more coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime head to our web site to give you dot com i'm at herman thanks for your company and see you again soon. we make up over three quarters of our fiscal and output to politics we are the civil service are. the ones to show you the continents future to be part of it and join our youngsters as they share their stories their dreams and their challenges the seventy seven percent platform for africa john.