the germans started a thirteen calling to w. this is d w news live from by making the case for a harder line on iraq the us excuse my complaint these with israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu on what they call the wrongs growing aggression is in confrontation brewing. the recently elusive coming up. north korean leader kim jong il and also said that the worst would be escalation on the korean peninsula

the pledge is to dismantle its nuclear weapons testing sites and allow foreign media and experts to observe. and it's going down to the wire at the rocks and dogs that. this be can things go political between on the ground poles what they saw was the bible and it was no different in my bogus cologne desperately trying to avoid relegation. can have a home free thanks company u.s. secretary of state might bump a was taking aim at the iran nuclear deal on his first tour of the middle east since becoming the top u.s. diplomat his latest stop is israel's the talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu has he was cold pump a zero eight true friend of israel. and if i'm paying that with saudi arabia's king

a sound man and crown prince mohammed bin sound man take a listen to what he said and destabilize this entire region it supports proxy militias and terrorist groups that are use it is then are we dealing to the who the rebels in yemen. and iran and conducts cyber hacking campaigns. that supports the murderous assad regime as well i don't like the prior administration we will not look like the vast scope of overruns terrorism. it is indeed the greatest sponsor terrorism in the world and we are determined to make sure it never possesses a nuclear weapon. the new us secretary of state that might pompei well for more let's go to some new sokol now correspondent in jerusalem sami as we just heard that the u.s. secretary of state might pompei are accusing iran of the state stabilizing in time middle east stressing that nudity in the gulf is needed can we expect netanyahu to

to respond to that. well i think it was just this symbolic that at the end of the meeting that the conducted together in the collective at the military headquarters it was my home sale who came out with a statement and it was just standing next to me was listening he was watching and he made no remarks and of course there weren't any questions at the end but if this just goes to show you that on this question over iran these are the two leaders see i and i this situation they see iran as as as was mentioned trying to dominate the middle east as destabilizing the middle east and this is something these are the talking points in the neo has been talking about for years he's been trying to convince the obama administration he failed with the obama

administration and now it comes trumpet ministration people who see things are really on this issue the same way well that will no doubt be nice it to netanyahu is of course the comments there from pompei are can we then expect netanyahu to. pull the u.s. at it's in needs that deal. indeed this was the main topic of their air conversation a pumpin himself said at the end of the meeting that either we if this agreement is going to be six or it's going to be next and this is in line within the ows a position i can tell you that the israelis as are concerned about in about iran the strength in the middle east they feel that this kind of an agreement is in agreement that little let iran develop economically and that it will spread its influence in the region we're talking about its influence in iraq in

syria in lebanon and in yemen and the fear is that it will further expand its influence because of the growth of the you raney an economy during this period and this is the of the concerns on top of course of the fact that the iranians are not having basis military proxy in syria there are medium and long range missiles that the and that have been used also in saudi arabia and israel a few years of them to semicircle in jerusalem thanks. days after a historic summit between north and south korea pyongyang now says it is prepared to shut down its underground nuclear test site this according to officials in the south korean capital seoul it's one of the first steps expected to be taken off to

north korean leader kim jong un and south korean president muna jain pledged to officially ends the state of war between that country. friday's summit was long on promises and bonding but it was short on specifics about how to achieve the grand goals discussed. goals like the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and quieting the threat of regional war now the first specifics on shutting a nuclear test site in the north. korea's that site it's made up of a series of tunnels in the mountainous north east of the country has reportedly seen six nuclear tests since two thousand and six the last in september of last year. it will be closed down in may according to remarks by kim jong un quoted by the south koreans the shutdown would be transparent with international experts and journalists on hand including those from the us kim said if a summit with u.s.

president donald trump takes place it would be clear he is not a person to fire missiles toward the u.s. approach which kim also told us why would north korea keep nuclear weapons if we get talks with the u.s. more regularly build trust reach an agreement to end the war and receive a non-aggression pact. for his part trump told supporters saturday that his proposed meeting with kim jong un is in the works and we are doing things that are good i think we'll have a meeting over the next three or four weeks are going to be a very important meeting trump's tone was cautiously optimistic but he added whatever happens happens. now so the other stories making news around the world the syrian army says it's captured a string of villages from u.s. backed kurdish forces in the country's east clashes between the two sides read both of largely avoided running into each other syrian government forces also announced

recaptured key districts in the south of the capital damascus. i mean years governing party says it will not put forward a new candidate for prime minister office says circassians resignation a week ago the move this is a bid to ease tensions following weeks of antigovernment protests opposition leader may called pushing me and is now the only candidate that will make its election on cheese day. the australian government says it will spend almost four hundred million u.s. dollars to help restore the great barrier reef the reef is one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet's in recent is its last thirty percent of its corals due to rising sea temperatures damage caused by the correlating crown of thorns starfish. and u.n. security council seemed the sting bangladesh's promise to step up efforts to resolve the crisis involving me and miles range of muslims the diplomats visited

the strolling camps of border points where about seven hundred thousand were hidden just have taken shelter they fled to bangladesh to escape miter led violence. they want to go home thousands of row hinge of gathered in part to demonstrate in part to welcome a united nations security council delegation as they arrived stranded at this refugee camp in bangladesh members of the muslim ethnic minority fled their homes in myanmar following a military crackdown last august they hope the un can help them make a safe return. cut out of my head to demand justice the me and mama terri have killed a man and to watch it all women so we want justice for those abuses and with what i learned there was. some seven hundred thousand rohinton have fled me on maher using security forces of committing massacres and large scale rape and burning down entire row hendrik communities the u.n. delegation is seeking solutions to the crisis some members see me on mars

government as the major obstacle and the solution must lie in me and they must be allowed to go in conditions of safety it may take some time but we would like to hear from the government to me and how we choose to work with the international community and we will do everything we can the security council to support progress and trying to come together to take decisions that come through we think that when the delegation will spend four days in the area meeting with refugees as well as with myanmar's leader aung sun suu kyi while suchi has been deeply criticized for allowing the persecution of rohingya the un is visiting on her invitation she has promised to allow thousands of the hinge a to return to me on mars. thank. you for me to one champion lewis hamilton has regained the lead in the drivers' championship after winning a turbulent azerbaijan grown predates the race lead of

a teddy bear test soffa a blowout two laps from victory hamilton took his first checkered flag of the new season for mclaren miss avies ahead of ferrari's carrier i can with a set of pet is of force india close behind sebastian vettel lost ground late on to finish fourth with consciousness julia in fifth and a crash ridden race in the streets of baquba red bull lost both its cars at once when direct yaddo took out max for stop a ten laps before the end well when his legacy that is going down to the wife the club's locked in the relegation scrap on saturday last place cologne headed to fly book needing a wind have any hope of avoiding the drop and when the hosts also fighting for their lives it was not going to be an easy day for either side. this classic six point game got moving fast mike france with the cross to newspaper sit in the scoring in the fourteenth minutes. with no chance. and threatened

again resorting to a foul to stop him penalty but couldn't convert one nil at half time soon after the restart cologne suffered another blow pietersen once again fribourg mr reliable past many kinds to hit the target to near pietersen has scored seven or freiburg last eight goals attack. until the eighty second minute that is that's when ford came. in to make it two one and out of nowhere the billy goats were back in the game. between cortez scored in three straight games and he wasn't done yet. to all as he headed in the cross from marcel recite. it was now anyone's game and less than a minute later fribourg created a crazy double chance first team and an idea on

a carburetor before dominic moto stopped look at her there's a rebound on the line that wasn't the last word from fribourg however robin cox header landed at the feet of her i net it is first league i three two the final score i'd important win for fribourg and the sixth time cologne have been relegated from the bundesliga. kind of prepared for this office spending the whole season at the bottom but we always kept hoping it's a big. fans were loyal to the end and next season they'll be cheering on their teams campaign to return to the top flight. and another relegation scrap so bad news for you. at home to hamburg you now have three wins in four matches what we would spend on the cake open the spring for the visit is three minutes late and

lewis holtby headed in another one in the second half. is free kicks sailed in to give those folks hope but in at a time of blocks penalty fell to the feet over a new schmidt but the match away for hamburg. and in saturday's late danged got shocked champions league hopefuls leyva couzin christian get us out of the game in the visitors favor with something header in the sixty seventh minute the defeat means that heiko halifax men into face one point behind hoffenheim who now occupy the last champions league spot still got meanwhile already guaranteed another season in the bundesliga. and just a reminder now of the top story we're following for you us secretary of state mike pence mayor has met with israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu just got the iran nuclear deal it's the second stop on a tool the u.s.

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