the state of your news live from berlin the new u.s. embassy opens in jerusalem a controversial mold that sending shock waves across the middle east president donald trump did not attend the ceremony instead he sent his daughter of and her husband jerry cushion or in a video lesson trump said the united states remains fully committed to lasting a two a lasting peace agreement in the middle east. in the hours leading up to the ceremony israeli troops fire on palestinians after gaza border amid mass protests over transit divisive move it is the single deadliest day since demonstrations over the

israeli blockade grandpop almost two months ago. i'm sumi so much going to get to have you with us while the u.s. has officially opened its new embassy in jerusalem with a ceremony to inaugurated and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is speaking right now let's go live to jerusalem to listen to. wondrous. a professor joseph closure the renowned jewish historian was my father's teacher i used to peer through the slats of the wooden city dog ricky in the great israeli writer should i have. used to print shop books and david i would approach this place. but only so for because my mother told me

you can't go any further. this was near the border it was exposed to sniper fire that was then this is not today today the old most of the embassy of the most powerful nation on earth our greatest ally the united states of america today its embassy opened here. i am the only what a difference what a difference oh so for me this spot brings back personal memories but for our people it evokes profound collective memories of the greatest moments we

have known on this city on a hill in jerusalem enjoy a broom past the greatest test of faith and the right to be the father of our nation in jerusalem king david established our capital three thousand years ago in jerusalem king solomon built our temple which stood for many centuries in jewels from them jewish exiles from babylon rebuild the temple which stood for many more centuries in jerusalem the maccabees rededicated that temple and restored jewish sovereignty in this land. and it was here in jerusalem some two thousand years later that the soldiers of israel spoke three immortal words a bite be done that temple mount is in our hands. words that lifted the spirit of the entire nation we are in jerusalem and we are here to state

the the over the air here in jerusalem protected by the brave soldiers of the army of israel led by our chief of staff god eyes and cause and our brave soldiers our brave soldier of protecting the borders of israel as we speak today we salute them all the old and the members of our security forces the shin bet and the mossad and said is with us today we salute you all all of the old. thank you ok we've got other here today to celebrate another historic day in the life of this city which i know

will take its place alongside other momentous decisions in the history of our people over a century ago the balfour declaration recognized the right of the jewish people to on doctrinal home in this land and exactly seventy years ago today president truman became the first were leader to recognize the new born jewish state's. last december president trump became the first were leader to recognize jerusalem as our capital and today the united states of america is opening its embassy right here in jerusalem thank you thank you president johnson for having the courage to keep your promises thank you ok.

thank you thank you president trump and thank you all for making the alliance between america and israel stronger than ever and thank you a special thank you do you bastard or friedman thank you david for everything you do to bring our countries and our peoples closer together today you have a special privilege your privilege to become the first american ambassador to serve your country in jerusalem and this is a distinct honor that will be yours for ever nobody can be first again thank you thank you ok. thank you.

thank you. my friends this is a great day for israel it's a great day for america it's a great day for our fantastic partnership but i believe it's also a great day for peace. i want to thank jerde jason and david for your tireless efforts to advance peace and for your tireless efforts to advance the truth the true the truth and peace are interconnected a peace that is built on lies will crush on the rocks of middle eastern realities you can only build peace on truth and the truth is that jerusalem has been and will always be the capital of the jewish people the capital of the jewish state.

through peace and justice. as our justice sirhan meltzer can attest to truth peace and justice this is what we have. this is what we believe the prophet zechariah declared over twenty five hundred years ago cuomo tonight shove did see on the shotgun thibodeaux he was showing that he. made it so said the lord i will return design and i will dwell in the midst of jerusalem and jewish saloon shall be called the city of truth may the opening of this embassy in this city spread the truth far and wide and may the truth advance a lasting peace between israel and on our neighbors god bless the united states of america and god bless jerusalem they've turned old divided up little of this you. think you know you're going to remember the old city of new york you money.

was about was it thank you very much. israeli prime minister but benjamin netanyahu speaking there as the u.s. has inaugurated its a new embassy in jerusalem after relocating it from tel aviv that was of course a campaign promise of president donald trump and benjamin netanyahu saying baer thank you president trump for having the courage to keep your promises saying it is a great day for peace let's bring in our correspondents who've been following the story for us a day it means my a schrader is outside the embassy in jerusalem and attended kramer is an east jerusalem for us good to see you both maya let's start with you what's it out to you there from what benjamin netanyahu had to say. well it was really the entire speech was very kalashnikov netanyahu invoking the history of the jewish people and

their connection to jerusalem and to the land of israel talking about his own personal story with growing up partly in israel and you have to remember this whole week has been an incredible coup an incredible win for netanyahu not only is the u.s. embassy opening up in jerusalem but donald trump also said that he was backing away from the iran deal so he has a lot to celebrate and you could see in the speech how happy he was to be celebrating the opening of this embassy is really a huge solidification of the israeli u.s. relationship and it leaves no doubt in anyone's mind that the u.s. is a partner of israel which leaves a huge question open of course as to where a further peace process could go forward how it could go forward in the future so jubilation on one side that now saying this is a great day for peace tanya let's come to you because on the other hand there have been massive protests today on the border with gaza we've seen israeli troops killed around twenty palestinians and tell us more about what's been happening. you

know it's a it's part of the mood of course people here in east jerusalem palestinians are also following what's going on on the other side of tongue with the integration of the embassy but most are following the events in gaza you see in must the protests about over forty thousand people that's a figure of eight getting from the israeli army protesting near the borders but a lot of young palestinians being killed by large i mean mission fighting the injured are going now into the hunt to it's an iraqi getting from my sources in gaza saying the hospital it's their overwhelms you know the way to normal times they hockey coach so it's a very devastating situation on the one hand people you're talking about how this is conducive to peace but how does seem to certain you don't see it that way what have young palestinians been telling you tanya about their hopes for the future after after this day. well i mean i took to people as well in gaza as well you know

in them and i mean the irony of this is when you talk to young you think gaza and they are now going out to protest not just for the you know it because of the embassy move but they're also a protest because they're saying we've been closed in put the ten for the last ten years we don't find jobs we don't know where our future but they can't even go and visit to islam because for that they need a permit and gazans hardly get and permit in east jerusalem mines you have been saying you know now that this is moving that means we don't we don't feel that the border is acknowledging our ties to this city you. know it's just said in his speech you know we're here to stay in the same state and we would like the world to know that we are also here and you are also part of to and also part of this land mine i want to come back to you now because during the course of the inauguration

ceremony we've heard a lot of gratitude towards the u.s. president donald trump at the same time he sent his daughter ivanka trump and his senior advisors wild as her husband questioner to the ceremony why is that why is it that trump himself wasn't taking part. this is a big question that's been asked a lot today i was at a press conference earlier with the four u.s. senators who attended the ceremony and someone straight asked them that question they said why isn't the president here why isn't even the vice president or the secretary of state here and they sort of didn't want to answer the question they said we'll let them speak for themselves but it is a big question mark over the whole thing with so much praise being heaped upon for his his courage his moral vision for moving the embassy to jerusalem and recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital and yet he sends his daughter and his son in law now we should note that middle east peace is part of jared questioner's portfolio he was supposed to be the person to spearhead the trump administration's

policy on the future of the two state solution or whatever sort of peace process was supposed to happen so it is somewhat appropriate that he's here but this this couple of alconbury has been hit by scandal after scandal and they don't have the sort of shining reputation among the american public that they used to have and as tony was saying with the moving forward on the peace process with someone like jarrett who pushed for the embassy being moved to jerusalem what sort of forward progress could be made on a peace process in which jerusalem was supposed to be the very last thing that was supposed to be negotiated and not the first thing my you mentioned this has been a big week for benjamin netanyahu what offer donald trump who is he playing to with this move. he is very much playing for a home crowd there are two major demographics that donald trump was playing to was really throwing some really juicy red meat with this announcement last december that he was going to move the embassy to jerusalem on the one hand you have very

right wing pro israel jewish population they tend to be big donors like for instance sheldon adelson who is a casino mogul who is very unabashedly an outwardly pro israel it is his one issue and he donates very big amounts of money to republican candidates so there's of on the one hand there's the sheldon adelson on the other hand there are even jellicoe christians who are very much a part of donald trump's base they love the idea that jerusalem is the capital of israel because literally it is part of their end times narrative when jerusalem is once again the capital of israel it means they have hochul it's coming and i'm not making any of this up and they were these two demographics the dollars i was playing to because they very much supported trump during the and ok antonio want to come back to you for one last question is this the beginning of the end of the palestinian dream of statehood. woman some palestinians would say so i mean they don't see any hope because of the last i mean what they're seeing is of the last fifty years they're under military occupation and it's been twenty years of on and

off peace talks that never went anywhere so people are not very hopeful for their future and they are waiting to see what is there to come off to this operation of the embassy no all right our correspondents on the ground covering the story for us on this very historic day tanya kramer for us in east jerusalem my ash waiter for us outside of the new embassy in jerusalem thank you both very much. well as we heard the opening of the u.s. embassy falls on a day loaded with meaning for israel because today marks seventy years of its founding so let's take a look now at some of the key events that led to its creation through history and we'll start with the tail door hazell this man here he is considered the five founding father of modern day zionism calling for the reestablishment of a jewish state under hatsell violence and became a political organization in eight hundred ninety seven and promoted jewish immigration to palestine especially from europe then in one thousand nine hundred

seventeen british foreign secretary arthur buffer we heard netanyahu mention him he wrote what became known as the balfour declaration a document announcing london support for the creation of a jewish national home in the middle east that came during the first world war which would end in the defeat of the ottoman empire in one nine hundred twenty two the league of nations granted the british mandate over of palestine and trans-jordan then in one thousand nine hundred thirty three hitler and the nazis came to power and they began their a systematic persecution of the jews in response more and more jews fled to palestine in the aftermath of the holocaust many survivors then followed on november twenty ninth one thousand nine hundred forty seven the united nations proposed then the partition of palestine into separate jewish and palestinian states what you see here and in one nine hundred forty eight david ben-gurion declared israel's independence to do to the joy of many jews around the world well that was a joy that was not shared by many palestinians for them the following day became

known as the nakba the day of the catastrophe when hundreds of thousands of palestinians were displaced to make room for new israelis u.s. president trump chose this exact date to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem signaling his approval of the city as israel's capital let's talk more about all of this with raw files they like money is a german author historian journalist an expert on israel as well and. one of germany's leading a jewish voice says mr zelikow thank you very much for joining us and that you were born in television orderly before the creation of the state of israel how do you feel about this move by president trying to relocate the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem i think it's a beginning. maybe i. will mention one thing. and accept it in nineteen forty eight division of palestine of palestine

between two asian and arab states and the palestinian did it not and not states to start the. war against israel and so lost so war. because of the. police didn't enter fuji's and jewish refugees from arab states so i think. you can order in history which point and start in my opinion a peace process and. to resort to or those. two issues. but. maybe one day. a student capital he said catch a point but what about the timing of this point this comes on seventeen days of israeli seventy years rather of israeli nationhood that they're celebrating at this moment is that not a provocation to palestinians look middle east every day and especially in

jerusalem is an historic date and one side those other will be offended but. let's stop to be offended offended to be offended. long time. chapal. let's start a new post of peace of negotiation so you see this as a point of where negotiation can begin and this is something that donald trump has also said he spoke a little bit earlier via video to the inauguration ceremony let's listen to what he had to say. under sever search twenty seventeen at my direction the united states finally and officially recognized jerusalem as the true capital of israel today we followed through with this recognition and opened our embassy in the historic and sacred land of jerusalem and were opening it many

many years ahead of schedule as i said in december our greatest hope is for peace. fully committed to facilitating a lasting peace agreement and we continue to support the status quo at jerusalem's holy sites including at the temple mount also known as r r sharif so mr seligmann trump there talking about peace and you wrote a column saying the trumpets recognizing jerusalem to make israel more willing to compromise on a peace plan with the palestinians do you really think that's the case. it's one case. looking into the brain. your was. opportunity or your orders can put you need to do peace or to war but isn't this an

opportunity for the israelis look at the protests we've seen today in a lasting settlement with the palestinians entire allusive than ever it's terrible but maybe i remind you that france and germany at three hundred years of war. israel and egypt that forty years of war and. what. we do we don't have human. turn we have to try to catch any minute to make peace if not in the day people but the question is recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel wall that's make israel more secure will that bring peace if we want duty is if the neglect. making bargains that no we can say ok is right to have recognized capital and now let's

work on. capital for palestinians i do want to ask because you mentioned germany you're identifies a german jew do you think germany should also be recognizing jerusalem as the capital why's that. look jesus live jerusalem was a capital of. seventy years. tourism was capital of israel and now i don't say only make it a capital of israel they have other ways. have to bring. to the negotiating table and try to make peace all right rafael they like man author historian journalist an expert on israel thank you so much for joining us on our program today thank you for your patience. all right let's move on now to

some of the other stories making news around the world today catalonia parliament has elected a new regional president ending a six month long leadership vacuum kim tara is a pro independence politician who if you promise to work towards the catalan republic has referred to catalonia as ousted former leader. as the region's more legitimate leader. in iraq supporters of the nationalist shiite cleric assad who had been celebrating an early lead in the parliamentary election projections suggest he could be on course to win the pole it is a surprise comeback rossiter who had been sidelined by iran back rivals. iran's foreign minister mohammad zarif as mad russian counterpart sergei lavrov as part of a diplomatic tour aimed at saving the country's nuclear pact sorry for seem to sure at this from lover of that russia will respect the agreement despite the u.s. withdrawal last week. while iran is very keen to know how europe plans to

respond to the latest u.s. economic sanctions as a plea everybody the markets best is and the big companies want to know what's going on is it going to be business as usual iran has given europe sixty days to confirm the status of a nuclear treaty the iranian parliament's website saying that the e.u. must pledged the treaty will remain in force even after the u.s. withdraws iran also wants the european union to uphold all economic agreements but that may be difficult due to u.s. sanctions against companies that do business with iran this will be a topic of talks tomorrow between iran's foreign minister and the e.u. in brussels legally european businesses on bound by american foreign policy but ignoring saying sions could affect business interests in the u.s. . the resistance to the new u.s. sanctions on iran could hit european companies where it hurts that's because most large european enterprises have some sort of business with the united states and are likely to be punished if they continue to cooperate with the run. but european

policy makers say they won't permit washington to dictate e.u. trade policy. that. it wants yes yeah i think there is a true realisation a realization among all european states. that we cannot keep going in the direction that we are headed in today. she direction where we submit we submit to american decisions. we want to submit or do we prefer to become independent in sovereign israel. the question is how to go about protecting european interests lemaire suggested instigating so-called blocking regulations that use most powerful but untested political tool currently at its disposal. the measure would permit european companies trading with iran to ignore the u.s. sanctions decisions by u.s. courts would also not be upheld in europe. so far the e.u.

has not signaled what measures they could adopt. the foreign ministers of germany france and the u.k. as well as a few foreign policy chief for. are scheduled to meet iranian representatives in brussels on tuesday they are expected to affirm their commitment to the original nuclear deal. and i'll be back with more business later on in the show thank you ben you're watching news still to come on the program another suicide bombing by members of a family shocks indonesia the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for the attack outside a police headquarters in the country's largest city we'll go live to jakarta. refugees prepared to face a new enemy of the weather we look at how me and mars persecuted minority is preparing to fight bangladesh is looming monsoon season. we'll have those stories and much more coming up in the next thirty minutes.

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welcome back you're watching the news our top story the united states has opened its controversial new embassy in jerusalem donald trump's daughter ivanka and her husband sharing questioner represented the u.s. president the ceremony took place after intense protests in gaza more than three dozen protesters were killed by israeli fire. now a fresh suicide attack by a family has indonesia's second largest city reeling once again the bombers rode motorbikes to a police station and threw a buyout then blew themselves up it comes

a day after another militant family staged coordinated suicide attacks on three churches killing twelve people the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility both families brought young children along to the attacks surveillance cameras captured the moment of the blast. an eight year old girl who was with the attackers at police headquarters reportedly survived it's the fourth suicide bombing in syria by a since sunday authorities say all attacks were carried out by families including four children who were killed. in. this act of terrorism is really barbaric and beyond the limits of humanity it has inflicted casualties on people on police offices and on innocent children including the perpetrators and their children who acted as suicide bombers. sunday's coordinated church bombings left several people dead and injured scores places of worship violently attacked.

the perpetrator was riding a motorcycle to try and get through the gate of the church and security stopped them because it's not a parking area so much so the security asked them to move but suddenly the bomb exploded. the rise of the so-called islamic state in the middle east has fueled local militant networks in the country it's estimated that more than one thousand engineers have returned from fighting with i.a.s. in syria police are investigating links between the families involved in the attacks. let's speak to journalist critic of good in jakarta she's been following this story for us hi kritika good to see you we have entire families carrying out bomb attacks or this seems to be a new quality of violence for indonesia yeah absolutely this is the first time both yesterday and today that we've ever seen

a mother and children involved in a terrorist attack in indonesia before that it was only the two brothers or fathers and sons just to say between male members of the family and indonesia has been reeling we're talking five attacks in two days the deadliest bombings the country has seen in more than a decade how of people been responding there isn't this an extreme climate of fear and despair here ordinarily after terror attacks in the shootings help rally around the phrase commie or good which means we're not afraid but this time around this gale and intensity and frequency of these attacks have made people say actually we are scared we don't know why this is happening and this is kind of terrifying the capital city of jakarta has been that heightened security alert since yesterday what about the location the city of sort of bio why are we seeing this as a target that's that's the one of the biggest mysteries of this sort of his job is

not initially a hot spot for extremism or jihad it's not words this is the first major terrorist attack ever take place in east java. so but due to the number of incidents that happened there just in the last few days lives are investigating whether you know there's a court needed tower or a sleeper cell or something to that effect there we have heard in our report that indonesia has seen a resurgence of islamist violence why has the country become a target for i.d.s. militants. well the simple fact is hundreds of indonesians have returned from syria in the past three years either having joined or having tried to join the state so this has that in these security risks and many of them are just not being radicalized that the islamists it is of course and that that she and her reach in indonesia which is the world's largest most of

jordie country because they are famously using propaganda on what you to social media to attract followers to their cause so it's no surprise that people in usia have resonated with their message so critical how is the government respond and what are they doing. in it just president joke over don't know has called in the house of representatives to quickly ask a revised version of the national counterterrorism bill that would allow police and intelligence to been kept thinking that if there is not the end of this he said if they don't pass that promptly he will issue a presidential decree to allow police to do this in our journalist critic i've got a good reporting for us from jakarta thank you very much incidentally now to bangladesh where refugees who fled persecution in them are now facing a new danger the looming monsoon around seven hundred thousand refugees are housed

in temporary shelters in areas that are prone to flooding and violent storms aid agencies have been carrying out work in the camps ahead of the rains but they're warning of an approaching catastrophe. for no it is only gentle wind the talks a decent ten simcox bizarre but soon the time of blue skies and light breezes will be over bangladesh monsoon season is approaching and ranger refugees fear what it will bring. about a snap of the night had any day's a calming there's a big hill behind our house due to the rain they can be a landslide and mud might slide from the hill onto our house that's why we're rebuilding the house before the rain comes. where will i feed my children if there is heavy rain i will not be able to light a fire the wells will flood and i won't be able to get water what will happen to us then i'm very much worried. most of the seven hundred thousand ranger who fled me

and mar in two thousand and seventeen year i fear turning the area around cox's bazar into the world's largest refugee settlement. to chop down trees for firewood leaving the soil lose. authorities no fear the drain could turn the steep slopes into a mess of landslides and the rain just improvise chelton is anything but storm proof. if there is a cycle there really is not much more. people will be going away houses will be gone that's that's the risk everybody in the camp is facing right now. with only a couple of weeks left before the storm season begins international aid organizations are really in to prevent a catastrophe slopes are being stabilized in new drainage systems. there's also engineering work going on where we are preparing. for refugees who are

currently located in a high risk areas which are high risk of flooding but we relocated to those areas on the western side of the camp where the land is more secure. the promise of safety is a small hope to cling to for these refugees but they know when it comes to bangladesh's unpredictable monsoon any guarantees are fleeting. let's get more on the story with us are cutting from the u.n.h.c.r. he has posted in the refugee camp cox is bizarre but he joins us today from beirut in lebanon farah thank you very much for being with us on our program you work in coxless pairs are do you think adequate precautions have been taken to ensure that these refugees are safe in from the coming months to. well it's a race against the clock and you have it so you are and are those the u.n. agencies and many in the area and organizations are doing everything possible to

prevent and as you know most of the land that has been assigned to these refugees is hilly and thick forests therefore you did a lot of work and even the new land that we have been assigned recently has been leveled and we have one hundred twenty three acres. starting to. receive thousands of families of. g.'s to safer ground so they're doing what they can be and organizations but are we headed towards a major catastrophe in this camp i hope not because a lot of precautions have been made we've paved roads pathways and cyclops we believe in roads that are lifelines to these camps interconnecting all the camps together so that aid me arrive in the rainy season and we're doing everything possible to level the given land which is about six hundred acres to all the un

agencies to be ready before the monsoon season strikes so that we can move them to flood and see for areas a lot of questions have been asked about whether bangladesh has the necessary infrastructure to help all of these refugees can bangladesh and sort them. well. and its people have been generous they opened their doors from the first moment even the very beginning when the inspections were not yet in place many of the local host communities assisted in either refute g.'s by giving them show food and. areas with jews has been also considered among the preparation of the thing should government for cyclons and. so bangladesh is also doing what it can but what about the repatriation agreement

with me and martez sandra henge and muslim refugees back to their home country what is the status of that deal well there is ongoing discussion. greenman it's been laid out what we think for approval by all sites the un actually are as part of the un and be on more government and we hope that this also can be signed very soon so that. people voluntarily can go in safety and dignity go back to their country all right fear from the u.n.h.c.r. opposed to concoct systems are joining us today from beirut thank you very much. now it is one of the most recognizable buildings in the world the taj mahal in india but now this monument to an emperor's love for his queen is slowly losing its sheen and this as the country's supreme court concerned it has criticized the

indian government for failing to protect the heritage monument in recent years the white marble facade has been turning yellow now patches of green and black have also been spotted campaigners say that is because of insects droppings on the monument these insects breed in the polluted young one a river that runs alongside the site of the structure this is in addition to the constant damage from air pollution in agua the city where the taj is situated the supreme court first began to deal with the matter in one thousand nine hundred four that is when it noted environmental lawyer and activists emmet seen asked it to direct the government to take steps to prevent further damage to the you know world heritage site w sonia found the car spoke to mr mittal and began by asking him if the government had failed in its responsibility to protect the touch. to goldman goldman so to protect the environment they have made the laws but the laws have never been to be implemented the fruit from.

it has become. there is no life there. it is a toxic dump. you can't touch third water and who the sponsor good for us. because the system. there is the pollution good boards the board the miss deified water and fathers in the climate it hard to talk to on these days so this is a very strange thing there the bureaucracy and the political nexus to go there. are enough. on their part has resulted into the link who'll. that is. it ten thousand four hundred good idea. what do you think needs to happen

to restore the taj mahal to its original glory first thing is there. has to become alive again. is that. he would should be there and it hurt their polluting industries as the quote last orders in one thousand nine hundred six they should move out but the again the bureaucracy and the industrialists they were hand in glove so this. did the things and then. the succeeded. and still there are legal and illegal polluting industries in the tightly with you and they are creating a lot of problems for the monuments and for. water pollution if.

that was environmental lawyer mc mehta speaking to. earlier now it's time for more business with ban on tough talks over the next budget it'll be very tough because first of all the u.k. is leaving that leaves a gaping hole in the budget over all member states will have to contribute more and they'll have to be cuts today both hungry in poland have come out strongly against slashing agricultural funds and german farmers say they have it hard as it is already. many small farmers are already fighting to survive in europe and germany is no exception. man runs a farm that he took over from his father sixty cows on sixty hic to his. dairy farming in the last few years i've seen a lot of farmers giving it up but you just can't make enough money out of it anymore and it's often. called each man is still going

thanks only to e.u. subsidies european commission if a budget and human resources into a single has a soft spot for families. the only if you look at the working hours of farmers who are out there in the stalls at five am even on weekends and late at night and then you see what they get for their produce how'd cheap food has become then it's clear that farmers wouldn't be able to look after their land and so quality produce without the direct payments as a second source of income that. but these payments could soon be reduced when great britain leaves the e.u. they'll be less money in the brussels coffers farmers like will have to get used to a new reality. will lose six percent because of bricks alone there are of course other important tasks that the e.u. has put money towards perhaps a key area is securing the borders. alongside border security

education and research are also at the top of the e.u.'s list of priorities critics say the agricultural subsidies have gone on long enough. in the long run we have to move away from direct payment subsidies more has to be left up to the markets there were certainly some things that should be financed like environmental protection in the agricultural sector but this should be done in a more goal oriented way and not just hand out money willy nilly. but the farmers lobby doesn't agree even moderate cuts are a sensitive topic. and we demand a stable agricultural budget. seventy percent of europe is rural land and the backbone of rural areas is farming and as a loyal european i see that maintaining a stable agriculture budget is a good investment in the future it strengthens the european community. much of

for going to think it's a balancing act on one side the farmers on the other side the tax payers it won't be an easy road ahead and budget negotiations can drag on for years. hopes that the end result won't force him to close just like so many of his contemporaries have done already. and finally communique also in france it's the fifth week in a row of train strikes the state run rail operator has called today a very difficult day for travelers unions are slashing the number of trains running this time piling pressure on the government president to man woman wants to perform a service which is honey in debt he wants to raise the retirement age for new drivers at present it's just fifty to. one to take you to the movies.

that is right because the cannes film festival is currently underway on the french riviera we've reached the halfway point after a busy weekend of film premieres and protests no shortage of action we have current help start from the new culture with us to take the pulse of can halfway what can you tell us what the tenor of this well it's turning out to be intensely political suit me with a lot of very interesting statements obviously a lot of glamour as well but one of those statements being made by germany's very own is the german director of such classics as paris texas or benefits a social club is always a big deal when he shows up with a new film and he has returned to the documentary genre and he's got a film about the pope that late on sunday night now it's called pope francis a man of his word and it's an intimate encounter with the eighty one year old pontiff who had no skills is nothing less than a revolutionary a man determined to radically transform the vastly wealthy catholic church into a poor church for the poor obviously a daunting task inventors was given kept with his filming and unprecedented access

you really don't have to be religious to talk to be moved by this very honest portrayal of faith and vendor says that he was amazed by the depth of the pope's understanding of issues like climate change he's warning that sort of the global craze for growth was basically destroying humankind so a fearless reformer who doesn't shy away from speaking his views on on society kind of a sweet irony that a film about such a humble man is premiering and then there's had had this to say about it. on the show in too good to be as moral integrity and that's something you can rarely say anymore these days it seems as though everything is going down the tubes because the leaders of this world are moral dorrance. we have a global situation in which people who are in power who are not competent to lead people or be role models in any way be. too light.

is on and now there is finally someone with a different credibility you can trust with them pretty tight. it's interesting to me that some people have criticized this film as being too far and not critical enough but he does have a couple of interesting points there definitely an admirable man ok coming back to the festival there was a protest over the weekend yes that was on saturday it was led by the jury president cate blanchett this is the first cannes festival post me too obviously and given that the festival itself how do you really taken a very clear position on the issue you know let's not forget that some of the incidents that harvey weinstein is accused of actually happened right here i think was one of the more effective need to time's up statements that we've seen to date so cate blanchett led a group of women very solemnly quietly down the red carpet to stand on the stairs before the venue in solidarity with women everywhere across all industries

them together with the legendary french director and. she delivered a powerful speech demanding change in the industry for women and of course their working conditions eighty two symbolic of the number of female directors who have climbed those stairs as. over the entire history of the festival. that compared to one thousand six hundred. men so that was a very strong and often well received statement. that could really be trying harder you know to to embrace the size a seismic shift that we're seeing across the industry the reaction today interestingly to that was the signing of an initiative an initiative called fifty fifty by twenty twenty whereby the festival pledges to achieve equal representation by twenty fifty now that'll be interesting so that all took place prior to the premiere of the film by solmes one of the competitions only three female directors and girls of the song that's called in that film tells the story of. an all female

kurdish combat unit that is fighting to regain territory from islamic extremists and let's have a quick look at that. to hug monocular a month or so. he chose not to see because it's good that you should that the talk and. one of the top one be the one that will corrupt and one who. have said that. he munch on government like water. and when he said number us just enough good. lookin that. she took a bad road she took a yes sir coats and you just said cool. kid have it on the moon. the moment they come on let's have space sitting. in the

sun was it was. a. incredible strong images and also characters you can see it looks like a very powerful film absolutely and you know it's the interesting things it's typical of something that we're seeing at the moment to me which is a definite shift on the film market at the moment towards a lot more a lot more female driven stories strong performance thereby that leading actress goes shift if i don't honey who's originally a rainy and but hasn't been able to work in her home country since two thousand and nine now iran of course are big in the news at the moment and there are a new directors have often made more of a splash at some of the world's leading festivals by their absence then by their presence and unfortunately he is a case in point of that a director who works in continual defiance of a two decade filmmaking ban that's been imposed on him by the iranian government as such he was not present in cannes for the premiere of his latest film three faces an introspective road trip about women interesting lee in which he plays himself.

his best film a bit more you know obviously a particular way to needless to say a prize of any kind at this point would send a very strong. and powerful message much the same way the. bear actually did for his last film taxi in two thousand and three so there's lots more coming up i could go on my day. to look out for spike lee a new one from hearing from him this evening and also of the last one is back after a long absence since two thousand and eleven and his new film the house that jack built is about a serial killer so quite a different quite a different topic but that's also true in this evening hopefully we can talk about that in a day or so looking forward to that care in a more on the website dot com slash culture all right karen helps out from your culture thank you very much. are we just have time for a minder in our top story that we're following here on w. the u.s.

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