this is it we news live from berlin moving the goalposts north korea threatens to pull the plug from the much anticipated historic summit with us of president donald trump the white house keeping firm voicing hope that the talks will go ahead as planned north korea already backing out of high level talks with so so is the north getting cold feet we'll have reaction from washington also coming up pushing back on the american defends the iran nuclear deal saying it's the best way to support peace and stability in the middle east german chancellor made the comments on iran

in a speech to parliament. thank you very much for your company everyone always start off with north korea's about face the trumpet ministrations says it is optimistic that a plan summit between the u.s. and north korea will still go ahead as planned white house press secretary sara sanders acknowledged that president trump is prepared for what she called tough negotiations all this after north korea cast doubt on the meeting saying it would not take part in the talks if it is going to be quote a one sided affair where it is pressured to give up its nukes. history being written only a few weeks ago at the summit of the north and south korean leaders where pyongyang said it was prepared to denuclearize but now north korea has put the brakes on.

and a possible sign of growing problems the north perspire a summit show jeweled with south korea. the reason. these the annual us south korea joint military exercises just taking place the u.s. and south korea was surprised and disappointed. that it's regrettable that north korea has decided to unilaterally perspire on the upcoming high level talks i look this is something that we fully expected the president is very used and ready for tough negotiations and if they want to me will be ready and if they don't that's ok to. continue with a campaign of maximum pressure that's the case but like i said if they want to be the president will certainly be ready and we will be prepared but if not that's where i think president trump is taking credit for shepherding the korean peninsula

towards peace last month meeting newly freed u.s. citizens who had been held prisoner in north korea beverly's was hailed as yet another sign of thawing relations with pyongyang but now out of nowhere things could be up in the air so is this a temporary setback or are the talks off the table w's washington bureau chief alexander phenomena joins us now good to see you alexander the trying to bring a station seems to have been caught off guard by this dramatic turn of events was it all too good to be true. well the white house says no that's not sticking and we have just heard soros and there's the white house press secretary saying that they have fully expect that something like that could happen and that president is ready and used to tough negotiations so the white house is clearly trying to downplay this new north korean remarks also aiming to show that

the ministration has not been to a trustee and that they are going into these and they go clear by that we have also . we have to say that many experts here in the past are saying that these north korean remarks are not coming as a surprise that something back to normal because north korea it's been known for being inconsistent and this new harsh rhetoric fits north korea well established pattern of raising the stakes in the go she in negotiating they go. to walk out if they know it's getting their way. so critics caution that the term administration about pyongyang's tennessee to reverse its position as you were just have been reporting how big of a blow would it be for president donald trump should these talks fall through.

i think it would be a major disappointment for the administration of and for the president himself he is convinced that his maximum pressure come pain against north korea has brought so far that we are talking about a possible summit between a sitting u.s. president and a north korean leader trump is also convinced that he is still only one who can close to deal and convince north korea to get rid of its nuclear weapons so it would be a major mistake if he is not going to meet can jump on however we also have to add to that that has said that he is ready to cancel this summit if the conditions are not right and that he is even ready to walk out of the need seeing if he has to feeling that that meeting is not fruitful right now north korea is keeping his options open to north korea directed its anger mostly towards the new

u.s. national security adviser john bolton of the north korean deputy minister of foreign affairs spoke about his feeling of repugnance towards him how is that going down in washington. well it will be very interesting to see whatever the president himself is going to address this issue and he is scheduled to have a couple of open press events at the white house so it's so he is certainly going to be asked about that and talking about john bolton we have to say that he is known for his sharply hawkish views on north korea he has said that north korea must commit. this armaments has agreed to get rid of its nuclear and chemical weapons in two thousand sri and only seventy years later a regime was overthrown and later gadhafi was killed in a very brutal way so of course that is not

a model attempting model for north korea and the regime there is only interested in its survival w.'s washington bureau chief and some of the nomine reporting thank you. well now i want to bring up to speed with some of the other stories making news around the world one of malala has opened an embassy in jerusalem guatemalan president jimmy morales and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu attendant the opening which comes just two days after tensions were raised to a boiling point by the opening of the u.s. embassy in the city israeli troops shot dead dozens of palestinian protesters at the gaza border. in indonesia at least one officer has been killed and several others wounded in an attack on police barracks in the town of rio police shot and killed four of the assailants and wounded one other group slammed a minivan into a gate at the bracks and attacked officers summarize a sword's. with friends like these who needs

enemies those are the words of the european council president donald tusk as he lashed out at president donald trump the statement comes ahead of a meeting of european leaders tonight where the u.s. from the iran deal and steel tariffs are expected to dominate. looking at the latest decisions of presidents. so i won't see them fitting. with friends like that. but frankly speaking. europe should be grateful by president trump because thanks to him we have got through it all. he has realized that if you need a big hand. you will find at the end of your. european council

president the president they're not mincing his words in german chancellor angela merkel also has been talking about the iran nuclear deal she again criticize u.s. president donald trump for we know again on the agreement merkel told the german parliament that the deal which sorry iran give up its nuclear weapons program was far from perfect but she said dialogue with tehran would achieve much more than walking away from the table in this new bout me actually there are more issues to discuss like the ballistic missile program it or the influence of iran and hizbollah in syria. there are other questions as well hm. but the one question we have to answer and that we already have answered in opposition to the united states is there a stronger level of dialogue if one abandons the deal or is the dialogue stronger if one remains in the deal. we believe that by not leaving the iran deal it will be easier to continue talks which we must do ladies and gentlemen because the

ballistic missile program is a great danger most specifically for israel. chance of america speaking there and to give us a political correspondent broody joins me now ok to chelsea merkel pushing back against washington's rejection of the iran nuclear deal does she specify what she is willing to do about it in fact is she really really instated today germany stands and the logic behind germany's decision to stand together with france and the u.k. to make sure that the iran nuclear deal is up held so that multilateralism which we've heard from again recent days saying is so important at the moment when faced with these international challenges that is very much the way forward right now and just really looking back closer to home here in germany as well the fact that she mentioned the iranian nuclear deal during

a debate today which is very much focused on germany's new budget shows as well how much the chancellor believes that not only is it important for germany stability to look to the measures being implemented here at home but also at those international challenges which affect germany's domestic stability now kitty to set the scene for us if you will what was the mood like in the broader stock today. well there were certainly some rather heated moments during that debate today and that was largely due to the far right a.f. de alternative for germany and so we heard they opened the debate today as of course they are now the largest opposition party in the german parliament and that address was led by alice vital the parliamentary group leader of the f.d.a. and we can listen to what she had to say now. indians in their recent retirements you talked to allow me to end with

a quote from former czech president and it's something you've already heard here and i quote if you live in a country that might penalize you for fishing without a license but not for crossing the border illegally without a valid passport then you would be right in saying this country is governed by. phone if you want to get. heard there in parliament today from some m.p.'s but there was a rather measured response in general to the a.f.p. and merkel was really the prime example of that and despite those rather inflammatory comments merkel actually didn't mention the a.f.p. or others fido's address at all during her thirty minute speech and by the was actually called on by a cold into order by the president of the bundestag for some of the comments as

well which were deemed as discriminatory and even santa for you but do you ever use political correspondent kid brady reporting thank you. all right some sports for you now the rio league final kicks off in young france tonight on and became assaye and to come adrift will face off in what is the both clubs a last chance to win a trophy this season while the french outfit are known for their attacking prowess athletico are the masters of defense it sure to be a thrilling spectacle on the pitch. goals galore is what most say have been known for this season star player dimitri pyatt has not stopped twenty four assists while flowing on to a volley has set up eighteen and scored twenty six however the french outfit are a long way away from their nine hundred ninety s. heyday where they won the champions league and reached two more european finals to

show them all the pros will want to imitate what a famous prieta says is good. ok let's go stand in our way i mean know that it's going to be very difficult it's going to be quite a mission but that would make it even more of a sensation if we did get our hands on the trophy. opponents of let you go madrid will be a tough nut to crack they have the meanest defense in spain just twenty goals conceded in the league and there are threats up front to. has racked up twenty seven goals and fifteen assists and will be eager to impress on home soil as recent winners and champions league regulars are the favorites and then. we need to minimise their attacking prowess for a good time when they're a great side going forward he will have a lot of ambition. that had an excellent season in europe and in the french league i think it will be a beautiful football match and a beautiful final showdown and we have two teams have a very similar style but both officials will back play direct football and use the

bull very well for them within the welsh coach diego simeone he won't be on the bench for the final as he is still serving a touchline ban but the occasion will surely be enough to motivate both sets of players. right you've been watching the news on behalf of the entire team thank you so much for spending this part of your day with us we'll be back at the top of the out see the. people of the world for inspiration. the paintings they want to express t.w.x. facebook and twitter today and in touch.