recycling. transport to. find out what you can do today. this is. exclusive interview with french president emmanuel says the u.s. decision to pull out of the nuclear deal is a mistake. and i regret the decision by the american president this is why we europeans have reaffirmed to president rouhani that we will remain in the two thousand and fifteen agreement that we negotiated and signed. meanwhile there is

a range in tehran iran's leaders are questioning the nuclear future despite. assurances also coming off that north korea releases three u.s. prisoners washington has been pressing for their release as a show of goodwill ahead of a planned summit between the u.s. and north korean leaders. it's good to have you with us french president says that u.s. president decision to quit the iran nuclear deal has been the mystic and i made the comments while in germany to receive the prestigious charlemagne prize it's given every year to an individual who has made a special contribution to unity in europe and ahead of thursday's ceremony the

french president said with g w news and the german public broadcaster. for an exclusive interview. you tried to to a save the air india and. nuclear deal when you were in washington why did you fail . i think the most important thing is to maintain stability and peace and middle east i'm in washington and i have said this by the way i had understood that president trump wanted to. leave agreement from two thousand and fifteen and during our joint press conference i had suggested that we work on a broader framework and i am very sorry about his decision i think it is a mistake and this is why we europeans have decided like we reiterated yesterday to remain within the agreement from two thousand and fifteen as i reminded president

of wanny we negotiated and signed this agreement and it allows us to control the nuclear defense activity in iran until two thousand and twenty five but this agreement needs to be completed if. you are saying that the europeans are going to try to remain in in the agreement and adopt it but what does it really mean without the united states what is it right that without them is their proposal that sufficient for iran. but this is going to be our topic in the coming weeks and months and it's the mandate that we gave our foreign ministers in the e.u. and iran. what are you going to be able to propose while it's the agreement that we signed balls. is everything over not because one of the signatories draws out but the others are reaffirming that they are committed but i

think in any event. it is a pity because we had anticipated and now we can regret his decision but it's important that we all remain obsessed by stability and peace in the region. are you so often in that interview he joins us now from the german city of austin where emanuel macron is due to receive the charlemagne prize tomorrow good evening to you max so we heard the french president there saying that leaving the iran nuclear deal that it was a mistake did he talk about what he thinks is going to happen next. he did in a way but it was unclear if he really is convinced it will work so one part of that you heard it brant is that he thinks the europeans should stay committed to the iran nuclear deal as we know what but at the same time the goshi eight

a broader agreement with the ran and probably also the united states beyond two thousand and twenty five that wouldn't only include nuclear disarmament of iran but also the use of ballistic missiles and the general role iran is playing in the region we don't have any idea if donald trump the u.s. president is on board with that and of course we all know to really give any punch to an agreement you do need the united states. what about the french president himself you know he's quick to say that the u.s. president has made a mistake but what about mr macro lens show of almost like a bromance relationship with the u.s. president just a couple of weeks ago all of that lobbying appears to have been in vain did he talk about his own shortcomings. well he did say that he had dissipated that this would happen he did not say that he made any kind of mistakes and i think it's safe to say that he really gave it his all if you look at those

pictures from his visit to washington d.c. but at the same time there's a huge difference between what we see is going on between trump and mcchrystal all those cases and the handshakes and all that and on the other hand what mcchrystal said while he was in the united states which was extremely critical of almost any field a policy that donald trump has been involved in so he's a true european you could say when it comes to the topics but he's well he's an exception when it comes to how he treats donald trump especially if you compare how i'm going to back up the german chancellor treats donald trump all right our brussels bureau chief max often in the german city of often tonight max thank you very much. well as you heard from him as well european countries are reasserting their commitment to the iran nuclear deal following america's decision to with troll and that decision to reimpose sanctions on tehran now president trump

has since defended the move but added that he's still open to negotiating a new deal he's also warned tehran not to restart its nuclear weapons program in response to the withdrawal and u.s. move has sparked anger and concern among iran's leaders and its people. outrage in tehran iranians took to the streets to voice their anger at u.s. president donald trump they blame him for pulling out of a deal made just three years ago. and i also condemned him for signing a memorandum which reinstates hosh economic sanctions on iran. but president trump is convinced that this will bring iran back to the negotiating table. so we're going to make either a really good deal for the world or we're not going to make a deal at all. and already look up actually we don't want to negotiate and of course they're going to say that if i were their position i'd say that's true for the first couple of months we're not going to negotiate but they're negotiating. or

something will happen. i on the other side of the atlantic european leaders responded to trump's decision with disappointment they vowed to fight to keep the deal alive i. know that it is that we know with regret but also with concern the u.s. withdrawal which of course is of great import for such an agreement. we will remain committed to this agreement and will do everything in our power to ensure that iran fulfills its commitments in future. britain has no intention of walking away instead we will cooperate with the other parties to ensure that while the room continues to restrict its nuclear program then its people will benefit from sanctions relief in accordance with the central bargain of the deal don't for us all the deal isn't dead. france was used to preserve

a diplomatic and peaceful approach and this is why we are refusing to let ourselves be drawn down a path that would lead to war. yes but in iran those just didn't impress the country supreme leader hollow wolf now it's being said that we can continue the nuclear deal with these three european countries i don't trust these three countries. of the i pressure is mounting on president hassan rouhani the deal he championed is on the line and now he faces the tough task of convincing domestic hardline and to stick to it. when north korea has released three american prisoners in the build up to a historic summit with the united states they left the country accompanied by u.s. secretary of state might go and landed in japan

a short time later on their way home the trio includes a missionary and two men who were roasted world teaching at the foreign funded pyongyang university of science and technology all three were accused of state activities it was president double truck described the news as quote very exciting or at least think the story now to washington were clear richardson is standing by for us this evening hard player how has this news of these free detainees how was it been received in the you with us. this is not a really positive reception and look at for trump and his supporters any sign of warming relationships between the united states and north korea is going to be seen as a victory for trump he believes that it's been his a strong arm tactics his strong pressure tactics that have brought north korea to the table that is secure the release of these prisoners and if you look at where we were even a couple months ago it really is a remarkable turn how far things have come where of course talking about the

possibility of a potentially historic summit between trump and can they could take place within the next month just a few months ago he was calling calling kim rocket man on twitter and threatening him with fire and fury so that said i should mention that the release of american prisoners from north korea is not in itself that something new we've seen under past administrations we've seen that north korea typically releases prisoners american prisoners after a high ranking officials from the united states go in person to try and secure their release and we has indicated that a date and the venue have been set for the meeting between the two leaders what more do we know about that. that's right he said he's going to release details within the next three days he has been there or rather as his secretary of state might pay a has been hashing out the details of what this summit could look like including things like the date and the time he said it will not take place in the

demilitarized zone they were looking at other options at one point including singapore although we're not quite sure if that's where it's going to be taking place we do know that it's going to happen as soon as the end of this month or in the beginning of june and what about the possibility of america's withdrawal from the european nuclear deal having. adverse effect on these talks with north korea. right well north korea will have been watching when president trump announced that he was withdrawing the united states from the iran nuclear deal that it signed in two thousand and fifteen along with several other nations to see whether the united states can be a trusted negotiating partner whether it's acting in good faith when it signs international agreements or whether as in the case we just saw it's going to change its mind and despite other parties holding up their end of the deal a few years later so that could be i could send the wrong signal that the united states is not a good faith actor or from trump's point of view it could send

a really strong message that he's unwilling to walk away from negotiations with north korea without getting what he considers the most comprehensive deal that covers everything he's looking for a word clear which is said in washington clear thank you very much. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world don't want trump's nominee to head the cia has vowed the agency would never revert to harsh interrogation methods under her leadership gina household things tough questioning during her senate confirmation hearing because of her role running a covert detention site where waterboarding was used she needs fifty one votes in the one hundred seats to become the cia's first female director. nobel laureate and going colombian leader juan manuel santos is in berlin rallying support for ongoing peace talks in his country of following the landmark agreement with rebels president santos is now trying to conclude

a similar deal with marxist rebels before leaving office. road workers in central poland had a sticky job on their hands cleaning up tons of liquid chocolate spilled from an overturned truck the sweet sludge blocked the main highway between more so in germany for hours and believe it or not they tell us that chocolate still is on roads are harder to remove the noise. and they take better are turning out a sports bar in munich coach yes i think he has ruled manuel neuer out of the club's last bonus league game of the season casting further doubt on the goalkeepers fitness for the upcoming world cup in russia where it is considered one of the world's best goalkeepers and is the germany captain but he hasn't played since fracturing his foot last september speaking at last night's buy in kit launch neuer admitted that time is running out for him to recover before the show peace

tournament gets underway in june. i can't imagine going through tournament if i haven't played there are still a few games left so let's wait and see i'm very positive about things i feel comfortable on the pitch i don't have. the problem is right now and that's a good sign. that i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news followed by the video. the whole d w one hour. for global insights the news out of our local heroes. double made.