this is news live from berlin russia's vladimir putin is sworn in for his fourth term as president the k.g.b. officer turned a world leader holds total authority in russia he's also thrust the kremlin into a new rivalry with the out west we will look at what the world can expect from coombes next six years also coming up if you is the man who vowed to shake up france and reclaim leading role for europe on the world stage we will look at what a monday will mark kong has achieved at home and abroad after one year in office

plus is saving migrants from the sea horowitz or a cry the trial gets underway in greece of a man who says that he has rescued thousands of stricken syrians prosecutors though say his actions amount to people smuggling. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. russia's vladimir putin has tapped close ally dmitri medvedev for the post of prime minister it's putin's first act after being sworn in for a historic fourth term as president some five thousand guests attended the inauguration ceremony at the kremlin which was billed as a low key affair apparently.

putin won a decisive victory in march with more than seventy five percent of the vote but critics they have accused him of corruption and silencing dissident voices the ceremony follows a weekend of anti putin protests in several russian cities with police arresting more than fifteen hundred demonstrators yet in the schools and for more let's bring in correspondent emily short one who is standing by with the latest from moscow so emily this ceremony as we've heard it was relatively subdued compared to putin's third inauguration six years ago why was that. well sarah in two thousand and twelve at his last inauguration there were these images that were very much criticized of putin kind of riding through an empty moscow in a motorcade and that was happening in the background of widespread protests then

and it kind of made him look like he wasn't really in touch with the people and then the this inauguration ceremony we very much saw the kremlin trying to reverse that image. on the one hand we had him kind of we saw him at his desk he was wearing a shirt not not his job formal jacket really kind of continuing his work into his new term and also the kremlin was showing him as a man of the people that were more guests at this inauguration this time than six years ago there were five thousand gas more than double the amount. in comparison to last time and also putin met a bunch of young people outside after the inauguration ceremony itself he was talking to them listening to their concerns so very much we saw images there of him talking to people and it's him interacting with russia's future generation and is he really in touch with those concerns though actually because you saw protests

over the weekend ahead of the ceremony what is the blued among russians as food begins his fourth term. both there and as you say there were widespread protests across the country on saturday and people came out onto the motto he's not ours are ahead of this inauguration obviously a nod to the the ceremony itself the inauguration ceremony itself and all the gold in the kremlin and so forth but there was a you know a real crackdown against against those protesters as well obviously a symbol that a signal that perhaps the kremlin won't be tolerating dissent for these next six years but over. for all of it's worth pointing out as well that you know putin was reelected with over seventy five percent of the vote he basically won a landslide and i think support for him basically here in russia is still widespread. and you know one of the other messages that of course has been sent we

just have to mention is one of continuity because we know that yet if it is also set to return as prime minister how are russians likely to react to that well i think overall russians do want continuity after all they did reelect putin for a fourth term but in the in the kind of ratings that people have given when it comes to trust of bloody near putin versus their trust of the government usually the trust of putin is much much higher than that of the government which of course of course has been leading and mitigated himself has become a rather unpopular figure in the last few years we see we've seen images of him kind of falling asleep at the sochi olympics which people made fun of here in russia and also there was this sameness incident where he met with pensioners on

the crimean peninsula the annex crimea peninsula and he said you know we don't have money but you guys hold on he's become a symbol almost of corruption and of being out of touch with the people so the fact that he's been reappointed that he's likely to be reappointed. is of course a signal that perhaps the kremlin isn't really listening to signals from the ground i will be sure when in moscow thank you. let's get the view now from europe we have the european reaction to this from political correspondent thomas sparrow who is standing by with us from our parliamentary studios in berlin and thomas we have to mention that former german chancellor gerhard schroeder who is now the head of the board at the russian oil company rosneft he was actually seated prominently at putin's inauguration ceremony what message does that send to leaders here in berlin well it sends

a message that all of us to get hot is very close to reality may putin if that wasn't clear before hand it is now absolutely evident and although in some cases that closeness can be seen as a sign germany can have a very personal links to the russian they could be they could use those contacts. has to go to the kremlin in most cases it has been seen as very problematic that the closeness that has been seen as a as even ethical ethically questionable there as it was described in a german newspaper and it has also put german foreign ministry no sport of trouble in particular when it comes true to being very critical towards towards russia and towards companies where mr short is participating in and obviously this creates a big problem for german foreign policy in one particular aspect namely those e.u. sanctions against russia so although there are those who say that it could be

beneficial in certain instances in most cases it has been described as a very problematic the fact that it's so close without importing and let's drill into some of the details of the foreign policy because we know that the german government it has actually confirmed to our news organization that angela merkel will visit russia in the coming weeks how likely is it that she can reset relations here because i mean there are extremely strained. yes but at the same time. has always stressed that despite the fact that there are deep problems despite the fact that there are differences it is absolutely vital from a german perspective to keep those channels of communication open and that's precisely the reason why angela merkel is going to be meeting with mr putin that's exactly the reason why they also spoke recently on the phone because the german position is absolutely clear that they want to be able to discuss those issues where there are disagreements with guided me of putin whether we're talking about international conflicts were talking about economic situations whether we're

talking about the human rights situation in russia there are a whole wide range of areas where germany and russia do not see eye to eye but that doesn't mean that their relations have to be blocked and that doesn't mean that those channels of communication have to be closed thomas sparrow in berlin thank you thomas. and from russia across europe now to france where another president has reason to celebrate today emmanuel marks a big milestone one year in office at age forty here's the country's youngest leader since of polio he has looked to reassert the idea of powerful french leadership both at home and abroad but he has earned mixed reviews since his stunning election victory twelve months ago have a look. this was his moment of triumph. emmanuel mccall the newcomer who led the on march movement shook up france's

political establishment defeated the far right national front and introduced a new style of government. or false promises in time such a powerful leader for decades. even on the show the goal of the presidency wasn't such a top down operation it can be brought always about by himself this is not a president who conquers a party but rather a party that took shape after his victory. in disavowing the long standing right left political spectrum has tried to join pro e.u. forces with those opposed to globalization has tried to unite right leaning business leaders with left leaning intellectuals what remains is a splintered opposition which has served to fuel michael's power to the dummy. this

has enabled him to introduce rapid and radical reforms especially in the job market the railway system in. a sense that something even nicolas sarkozy didn't manage to do. but not cause domestic politics have made him a polarizing figure it is ambitious european agenda that's won him more praise in france he wants to. introduced a special finance minister with a separate budget and even. now the european spotlight has shifted to mexico away from the german chancellor something on the america will have to get used to after her central role in the european stage went virtually unchallenged for so long. and from where let's forget now just with standing by with the latest from paris so we just saw those images of angle americal and a manual knock on together i mean mcconnell really being seen as possibly the new go to leader here in europe taking over from merkel how is that happening and is it

something he wants or can get your first question. it's quite a windy day in paris the break but it's sunny the key for my call really is that for a newcomer like him and a new part to you particularly the list of objectives he has achieved actually achieved it is rather long so yes not only achieved a key reforms on the french labor market but he's also started to balance the french budget something that is new for the european union at least from the how they've known of france and then of course he's traveled one hundred sixty thousand kilometers on diplomatic tricks trips making clear that france is back on the political agenda and speaking of balance there i what i was referring to before going to you couldn't hear me was the balance of power really in europe and i mean you know if we're looking this at this is a zero sum game i mean it seems as if he is taking some of that power away from

angela merkel does it seem as if that is his objective and something that he wants . he is of course a politician who is fully aware that his only chance of success is to make most of the momentum he has and clearly he has opted for a choice different for instance from the austrian chancellor who has overtaken some of the right wing far right wings arguments he has decided to take these arguments upfront to come just to put himself as an antidote if you want to the far right wing leader here in france the marine le pen and so to counter these arguments had on and his way of doing that is to argue strongly in favor of the european union he has big plans for the european union he knows he's not expected with open arms but he really wants reform he wants to re wife the european project and that is one of the biggest challenges he have to face and one of the biggest challenges also i mean you mentioned the domestic issue is one of the other domestic issues of course

on his approval ratings apparently almost two thirds of the french are dissatisfied with him tens of thousands also staging protests just this weekend against him is that having a very big effect. of course it's sort of natural for a french leader that the popularity fades a little bit into the presidency but again here michael's tactic is really to make make sure he keeps his promises and the key of the biggest reforms he started to push through of course that is not going down well with the public and with cutting jobs in the public sector but the key here is that he has the support of the parliament and he has the support of the people in general who see him as a chance of bringing france forward. matus in paris thank you. well now it's got a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world in

lebanon the shiite militia group hezbollah is set to win a majority in parliament that's according to collimator results from sunday's elections but they will be required to govern with a sunni prime minister most likely the western backed prime minister saad hariri. city officials in jerusalem have installed road signs pointing to the new u.s. embassy it is set to move there from tel aviv next week as follows u.s. president donald trump's controversial decision to recognize to resume as the capital of israel despite palestinian claims to the city's eastern sector. a trial is underway today on the greek island of lesbos that could have major implications for europe's migration crisis prosecutors have accused a humanitarian worker who brought all who brought on to shore stricken migrants of people trafficking but. says that he and three spanish firefighters also on trial saved thousands of lives of dean believes that they are being targeted by

authorities to discourage more migration to europe we will hear from our correspondent who's at the scene in just a moment but first this report. by many he's seen as a hero in two thousand and fifteen. and to pronounce from denmark decided to change his life. the picture of are quite shocked to visit after. i was sitting on the plane on the way to. the photo of the three year old syrian boy made global headlines lying dead on the beach after drowning in the mediterranean the european migrant trances was at its peak and with around three thousand people arriving each day the greek island of less sparse was a hotspot. actually in the water half my

body was in the water and i looked back and i saw all the refugees like old people like children and women. and i wanted to scream i really want to scream and cry in the same moment i was thinking where is the help how come if there is nobody here. and then like from that they changed my life. at first i thought he'd go help for a week but one week quickly turned into five months. he assembled a crew of other volunteers they called themselves team humanity in part a rescue boat funded by donations. the group worked day and night helping migrants make the treacherous landing on a last pass at its closest point the crossing from turkey to greece it's only ten kilometers but the overcrowded boats regularly sank i'm calling because going to say i'm a child my. police come and. take a child i don't know what to do it's

a little girl. saying to me keep be there we're coming in for like twenty one twenty four hours. it was a twelve year old girl she lost alive in the sea. so. me and my three would be great. for six hours. buried a family if you bury children and there is something wrong with this world. it is something profitable. one january night everything changed the greek coast guard arrested team humanity at sea for an event like a trail many times are going to helping coast guard because their boat couldn't rescue people it was people in the water for a lot of people in the water and the way it was so big that i put my life in danger to rescue them greek authorities accused deen of people smuggling if you sound guilty he faces life in prison. rights groups say the case is politically

motivated to discourage small boats from setting sail for europe. or given licenses for what. for saving life saving children. one day is going to be them. running who knows is going to be running. and case there which is sure to polarize and covering it for us instead of his very own mario miller who is standing by with the latest now from los bo's'n mario as we just heard there so saying that he has saved thousands of lives but he's on trial right now for people smuggling in the penalty could really be serious life imprisonment potentially why such a harsh crackdown. well and that night when solomon a school where arrested they were on their way to rescue a refugee boat which was at risk of drowning but before even getting there they

were arrested by the coast guard and they accuse them of attempting to facilitate illegal entry to the european union that means that they tried to smuggle people from turkey to greece over the border and this is something that the greek government wants to prevent wants to shut down no matter what. in fact yes we know that you know in that effort to shut it down no matter what that they've not only targeted so long all gene there's also three spanish fire fighters as well who volunteered unless both who are also on trial what more do we know about their cases. well these spanish firefighters were on the same boat with salaam and they are part of another ngo but they're befriended their work together there cooperated several times so during that night of the arrest they were not there their boat was not available so they asked if they could get onto his boat and so that's why the wrong one boat they're all in one trial today and if

they get convicted then probably gets the highest sentence because he was the owner of the boat and he was the captain mariel what message is this trials and into other aid workers who are involved in just simply trying to help these refugees. you know i spoke to human rights activists and they say if aid workers of humanitarians like salama dean all the spanish fire fighters are criminalised like this just because they rescued drowning refugees then this sends a clear political message. which which is aimed at dissuading volunteers from helping refugees marry a mother with the latest. there from must first the trial underway as we mentioned thank you for your reporting. it's time now for business news of monica jones and we're talking while we're talking or oil and some surprise figures crude oil prices

rose to the highest level since twenty fourteen this monday the old law of supply demand seems no longer true just last week there were reports that oil stocks in the united states are growing so oil prices should be falling but prices are continuing to rise because of the unstable political situation in the middle east and opec's policy of fuel subsidies the price of brant crude oil has gone up by sixty six percent since last summer now one barrel of the black stuff currently costs just under seventy six u.s. dollars the main force behind it all seems to be saudi arabia which is keeping supplies short of the political risk factors are also contributing u.s. president obama trump announced he will decide this week whether or not to withdraw from the iran nuclear agreement. well it's might be best known for nescafe the world's top selling instant coffee but now swiss foods dr nestle is teaming up with

a coffee chain starbucks nestle is set to pay starbucks more than seven billion dollars to form a global coffee alliance that will allow it to market starbucks products outside the american companies coffee shops starbucks hopes this will boost its food and coffee products which already generated around two billion dollars in annual sales and nestle expects the deal to strengthen its position in the north american market and that is a deal i would like to discuss now a bit further with daniel corp of our national correspondent in frankfurt who found a fitting position there outside a starbucks coffee shop in frankfurt probably not far away from the frankfurt stock exchange so tell me how is this deal going down with investors. yeah there monica from a very sunny frankfurt investors seem to be pretty much excited about this deal shares of messages are being traded at the s.m. i went up to a level of about one per cent already throughout the day investors are liking this

news because of different reasons first they are thinking that new a synergy is will be able to create it and also a possible cost cutting could be in effect in general we have to remember that the coffee industry is a very booming industry that's what investors are telling me just in two thousand and seventeen saw last year the average german was buying about four point two kilogram of coffee investors also think that nestle with this deal will have better access to the north american market we have to remember that mostly the united states and canada extremely important for the coffee industry you authorities will still need to approve the deal if it's going to be approved it's said to be done by the end of this year ok so let's just clarify that for us i mean you just mentioned german coffee drinkers and how much they consume what exactly does this deal mean for consumers what do they get from who. yeah exactly what i'm standing in front of

a starbucks coffee shop at the moment everything that is being sold inside of the store so coffee beans cakes everything inside of the store that so that was that will be still handled by starbucks but the other market is very important and that's where nest basically is jumping in everything being sold in the supermarket so if you go to a supermarket and you want to enjoy starbucks coffee at home all of this will be now handled and done by a nestle the c.e.o. of starbucks calling all of this by the way a historic agreement all right let's leave it at that then in front of much. shares in africans tumbled more than thirteen percent on the paris stock exchange following the departure of the troubled airline c.e.o. . jack announced his resignation friday night as a staff rejected a paid deal this fall it away from strikes that have cost the carrier three hundred

million euros as it aims to cut costs to compete with leno rivals france's economy minister said sunday the airline survival was at stake and the government would not step in to rescue it. a german industrial orders fell in march for the third two months in a row analysts had been expecting a return to growth after a drop of three and a half percent in january february slide to north point two percent fall looked like a rebound so the decline of nine tenths of a percent from march came as a surprise the german government said the downturn was due to no foreign demand but it says the industrial sector still has a backlog with plenty of orders to keep going so no worries yes about the german economy. and with hopping on fact. thank you so much monica we like to worry free and big bear and speaking of endings we just have time now to break out of this is

a for our top stories before we have to go as you can see there are a lot of. nominated close ally dmitri medvedev again to be his prime minister some images there from putin's swearing in ceremony today it is his first act after being sworn in at that ceremony for another six years as russian president and disputed election in march saw putin reelected with more than seventy percent of the vote and today french president emmanuel micron marks his first year in office he has worked to position himself as a leading voice for a more united europe but faces a growing resistance to his program of economic reforms at home. and with that you're up to date now on t.w. news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thank you so much for watching have a great. no

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