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a final deal with the far right lead that sets up a clash with. the neil coalition wants to wipe off hundreds of billions of euros it's a dead. end venezuela's president nicolas maduro is set to win sunday's elections despite crippling patient and widespread shortages of food and medicine to get more on what venezuela according to dictatorship. a fresh corruption. always sends a cloud of ash. into the sky the party's a warning about the threat from toxic gas but some residents are fusing to evacuate .

continue i'm. john john's the anglo american is in the russian black sea resort of sochi for talks with president of lodging. poutine mikkel arrived just a short while ago the meeting is expected to focus on the conflicts in ukraine and syria also on the agenda is the u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal and a planned pipeline bringing gas from russia to germany and this is macas first trip to russia in a year and comes amid tense relations between balin and moscow. now to talk about this meeting currently underway i have with me dr phil off the european council on foreign relations which is a pink tank and in sochi is correspond emily seven let me start with you first a good stuff that mean there's a whole range of issues the two leaders going to be talking about do you think the john saving the iran david top the agenda yes i i fear so the problem is that

if we are in a very tricky situation the way donald trump left iran you. can lead to serious repercussions the rain ians could for example sort of come on the sign it was drawn their cooperation with the that means expect you know inspections are out that means they could only work on into a bomb by not fully withdrawing from the deal on the russians given the current set of relations with proly plock the u.n. security council and then you're sort of on a double negative and the iranians get the bomb we get nothing and there is no deal . but you know if if russia wants to play any different role than from a pure obstruct it wants to have a price for that and the problem is very the price will be can the europeans pay do they want to pay. so that's what sort of probing visits are no full sends very the other side is for the others to do if the demands are. and what to do about them what i guess it's by and large going to end up inconclusive because

necklet bring the results folman consult with the europeans beforehand because this if she also sounds or gets notice of them all the noise that's where we sit in the norm effortlessly can see what she says off the top of it not to me would you let me come to you know any you onside president fourteen's such the residents of that what do you hear the saving the is on the top of the agenda and that will. well that certainly seems to be the most obvious thing that would top the agenda here especially because the iranian foreign minister visited moscow at the beginning of the week as well and also it seems to me that syria may be on the agenda as well because president bashar al assad syrian president bashar assad made a surprise visit to sochi to this residence behind me yesterday as well so it seems the middle east will be high on the agenda today amrita. what sides are trying to

come together in trying to save the iran deal but there are lots of enric concealable differences between germany and russia just to name ukraine and syria how do you see this fanning out. i actually seed not spending all the problem is that russian in months usually are very marksmen least they're even undeliverable because in a russian way of thinking sort of great powers decide well politics and small states just fall into line and that this is actually a whole line of mindset and you can't bring close to europeans because the european union and nato are such very even small states are an equal footing you constitute introduce these kind of hedge modern thinking so usually the parties depart along these lines and saying that the other side is just not on the standing will ever they're talking. that that's sad the problems

for the europeans are there and they're very very tricky situation and sort of the pressure is mounting both from russia and more than. they will at some point have to think about to do fair to give a very take at this enormously tricky and a major given way to take and let me turn to you know a critical element into relations between germany and russia its trade i mean germany is hugely dependent on russian gas supplies give us a sense about trade relations between the two countries and how they could play into talks which are taking place behind you in the sochi residence of president putin. well trade relations between germany and russia are hugely important to both sides for the russian side particularly germany is the second biggest trade partner for russia and actually trade has been looking up last year it was off by almost

a quarter and the other thing that's important to note when it comes to trade is that ahead of this meeting the minister for economic affairs. the german the minister for economic affairs was here in russia as well and he was trying to kind of figure out a deal between between germany and russia when it comes to north stream to not have that's a gas pipeline that is supposed to run through the baltic sea from russia to germany and ukraine is a bit worried there that they perhaps will be missing out on transit fees so the german side has been kind of playing go between between russia and moscow so that's why ukraine not only is a political issue today but also an economic one but i think it's interesting here to note as well when it comes to the atmosphere of this meeting here today that it seems the the german side is kind of playing business as usual the meeting is very very short but we saw just now when putin actually met here at the residency that putin actually gave her flowers so it seems that perhaps the russian side would in

fact like to have a little bit more than the german side is willing to give up and basically emily and the talks are going on they do have a timeframe because the two leaders are expected to talk to journalists off the talks what's the timeframe for that. so they're meeting they're currently meeting now behind closed doors just putin and marco and then afterwards they're going to open up a little bit wider probably add a few ministers it seems to me and then there will be a press conference after that and after that there will be a short lunch between that merkel is invited from here at the residency and after that departs a really a short businesslike visit it's the first visit in a year as well and we'll have to see what comes out of it right emily shelmon in sochi thank you very much for that of course may come back to you later in the program let me finally put a question to gustave how did emily said that

a fourteen give. flowers as she came and what sorts you mock a bit of a turning point in easing tensions between the two countries. actually i don't think that she will be impressed flowers she's a very down to earth person and if you noticed her style both in government but also how she decorates the chancellery it's basically a very very straightforward building and there is no decoration at all so so it might be a tripod she's you she's a. sort of a natural scientists will have to go down to two interests and real concessions and politics so from male perspective this is all about atmospherics and not substance of course we continue our conversation. from the european council for foreign relations i think thank you thank you very much for your thoughts for now and of course i return to you later in the program. and we bring you live pictures of that press conference in sochi when that starts and go live to our correspondent emily

show in there also talk to a good stuff crystal and get some analysis of that press conference once it is over meanwhile let me bring you up to defeat some other stories making news around the world doctors in britain say former russian double agent. has been discharged from hospital a month after his daughter yulia and they were both admitted to intensive care after being poisoned with a nerve agent in the city of swords very in march the u.k. and its allies have blamed russia for the poisoning. turkey has called a muslim countries to prevent four other nations from following the united states in opening embassies in jerusalem this comes as an emergency summit of islamic countries takes place in istanbul turkey called a meeting in response to the killing of protesters in gaza this week my israeli forces the world health organization has raised the national threat level often in

beulah outbreak in the democratic republic of congo to very high this after the health ministry confirmed fourteen new cases of the virus along with twenty five deaths and that brings the total number of reported cases to forty five. u.s. president don trump has said a summit with north korea's leader kim jong il is still on track pyongyang threatened to pull out after trans national security advisor john bolton suggested the sort libyan lot of unilateral disarmament trump promised strong protections for kim if you agreed to denuclearize. now italy's anti establishment five star movement says it has reached a final deal on a coalition program but the far right league the agreement brings together two parties keen on challenging the european union limits on government borrowing and spending if the parties receive the backing of the supporters the coalition

government could take office as early as next week ending eleven weeks of political paralysis the two parties reject post-crisis a stereotype ana sees and are promising a major spending spree but they yet to announce who they want to put forward as prime minister for more on this story let's go to a full of women who is covering the story for us in rome philip finally italy's and his subsequent five star movement and the far right have promised a joint government program what are the key elements of this. well the key elements are basically the key elements of their election campaigns the signature policies include a far more generous pensions regime a flat tax with two rates fifty percent and twenty percent which was proposed by the league and citizens incomes for people suffering from out of

poverty and unemployment which would come out at about seven hundred eighty euros a month which was a key policy proposed by the five star men. there also were plans to record tough on illegal immigration and to close down gypsy camps on the outskirts of major cities both these policies strongly supported by the league. and if you look as you mentioned their program includes certain elements which could put italy on collision course with the e.u. so what can the european union expect from the new government. that will be very interesting to see i think it's likely that the new government will have turned down its rhetoric towards europe that kind of thing is useful during the election campaign but when one comes to the reality of exercising power. it

separately wise to be a little bit more polite and conciliatory but both parties are pretty much anti establishment and have long been critical of brussels as i think there could be conflict with the european union they want to renegotiate the rules they say that more power should be given to the european parliament and less to unelect if you're kratz and i think there are a whole host of areas where they could come into conflict with brussels and it'll be very interesting to see how that works out. and that was philip who was talking to us about the coalition agreement by the government in italy he was talking to us from rome now you are watching the dow new news coming up ahead a new iraq. wilkinson's a cloud of ash almost ten kilometers into the sky. joins

me with a big deal i've got that's right i mean it's a deal that could cause a shake up in the e-commerce market u.s. online payment giant pay pal says it says it's buying swedish online commerce start up eyes it'll pay pal will be paying two point two billion dollars for eyes out of the swedish company makes credit cards going as for smartphones and tablets the surprise agreement came as the young company was getting ready to make its stock market debut pay pal the world's leading online payments e-bay until twenty fifteen it has been valued at ninety four billion dollars pay pal's biggest acquisition to date the company says it will strengthen its platform for handling payment transactions with small businesses particularly in europe and latin america hundreds of people already outside windsor castle near london hoping for a glimpse of mega marco and she ties the knot with prince harry tomorrow it's not

just a big day for the royal family and royalists around the world. will provide a boost to the british economy. the wedding isn't until saturday but many have been camping here since mid week. i'm sitting in this chair and i'm not more than a way to go to the toilets this is where. church bells won't be the only bells ringing on saturday though cash registers will also be charming in tourism and retail businesses are the most likely to benefit from prince harry and make in markets big day we have special commemorative flags in really popular when the storm. will be parties for street parties a really popular. shopping bags. are in mecca this is

a special jump of. the boost to trade is expected to be sustained over the next four months royal wedding fever is said to raise u.k. retail sales by an estimated one hundred ninety five million pounds equivalent to two hundred twenty three million euros or around point two percent. pubs have been given special permission to stay open until one am on the wedding eve and on the wedding day as well. the british beer and publicise the asian says the extended trading hours could deliver an extra ten million pounds over the bar one windsor brewery has made sure they'll cash in on the event and crafted a limited edition royal wedding beer we've been a brewery here for eight years. we were barely a year old when will and kate got married and we recognize that in the tradition of british brewing we should do a commemorative be around the wedding we call that they went off. and it was so

successful that way that eight years later when there's his brother getting married and particular that wedding is here in windsor it's natural that we should be a lot of well. retail analysts predict that the trade surge will fall far short of that which followed the last royal wedding thanks to lower consumer confidence but the british and royals watchers from around the world won't worry about that until the party's over. our master is something of a modern day lemma with budget airlines and cheap accommodation like the n.b.a. it's much easier to travel some cities though are being overwhelmed by the influx of visitors and of introduced countermeasures venice for example has twenty two million tourists per year and crowd control can be a major problem the city has now set up gates at the entrances to the historic center to help control the flow and prevent bottlenecks venice has lots of small

winding alleyways and tourists tend to concentrate in certain areas. i'm saddam has also decided that enough is enough new shops are banned from opening in the historic center if they mainly cater to tourists. this is the amsterdam cheese company's top product a ten month mature guta also available in a gift box with a well known dutch painters name on it couldn't call for open the fifth branch of his store last october in central amsterdam but at the same time a band came into force that prevented the opening of new tourist shops the. rest i don't know if you're going to solve anything by closing a chain store i think what you need to do and those are very serious and difficult discussions is to look at some to the demand side how are we going to manage that so many people come to these european cities and how will that so many flights coming in and that so many bookings are made and decisions need to be made

on that level i'm certain i am is a vibrant place with a lot to offer which is why seventeen million tourists come every year the city is now trying to stem the flow renting apartments to holidaymakers is now subject to registration and no new hotels are allowed to open the city has also stopped advertising. and there's a new strategy. so what we've decided about a year ago is that we're have implemented a new zoning policy which basically says that we are reducing or we're limiting the number of shops that cater exclusively to tourists so no more new shops that cater to tourists and that she's company is an example of that. the myriad of souvenir shops and fast food places have become a thorn in the local side many welcome the move that's been coined operation

nutella for the countless gnutella stores. i think it's perfect because they ruined us an explosion of new tell us thoughts. and that's one of the reasons why the no normal stores where you can buy stockings or just bread it's better because it's the shops are all full. so i live if you're forty years forty four years. first twenty years were quiet and ok that's the last ten years. it's you that a fairy missing in a city getting called still doesn't know what's happening with his new branch he's taking the city to court saying they passed the ban unannounced when he'd already signed a long term lease and where do you draw the line about what exactly is a tourist chopper. that might be up to the judge. be

fallen on polonaise seventy of around one hundred crop species that feat ninety percent of the world this is why a recent decline in b. populations has experts many factors play in the dying of the bees and insecticides thoughts to play a role in the your cold has not held a ban on three kinds of insecticides which are thought to be harmful to be but the companies that make the chemicals insist their products are safe pointing to the fact that even the court said european union's precautionary principle meant that the e.u. could are on the side of caution. it's a good day to be of be in the european union from now on they'll be spared the threat of death from three types of chemicals known as neon nicotine oil. so you know it's are some of the most toxic pieces that have ever been produced and put into the market. very rare moment into the environment so we can use them one day

and then for months they're going to be there they're what they're so we cannot control where they go unsurprisingly the companies that make the insecticides don't agree they include pharmaceutical giants buyer to keep their chemicals syngenta they cuse the european food and safety agency is using excessively high doses in laboratory tests but the court maintained that the original ban on the three new nicotine oids dating back to twenty thirteen should be upheld as a precautionary measure is enables authorities to take action to protect human health and the environment even in the case of scientific uncertainty. these play a vital role in crop pollination but in recent years their numbers have dwindled dramatically something being blamed on the nicotine oids the losses have been so bad that the alarm has been raised over the potential impact on food supplies the matter isn't necessarily settled yet though companies have two months to decide

whether to lodge an appeal if they do so it will be up to the e.u.'s highest court to decide whether the ban is to be or not to be. that was your business news so we'll have an update for you in the next. comment thank you very much your weekend has begun have a good q. . but it's like you venezuela's president nicolas maduro will win another term when voters go to the post the sunday several nations including the united states say they will not recognize the election as legitimate and the only candidate with any chance of beating the do is fall con a former army officer and longtime governor but he's battling not only the dual stranglehold in the country but also caused by the main opposition parties to boycott the vote. hunger has reached a new level in venezuela food shortages and hyper inflation of forcing people to

take extreme measures like eating garbage on carlos used to study engineering in venezuela's central university but for a few years now he's billy had anything to eat. if. entire families and people like me are experiencing hardship and can't find food. so unfortunately we have to look for it in the trash to survive. but of course. but i don't want to hurt anyone so instead of stealing i prefer to look for food in the trash there's. some might think young men like one carlos a lazy for not working but even an entire monthly wage in venezuela would barely pay for a single apple. i have looked for work everywhere but i can't find a job and this is the only solution i have left. it's

better than turning to crime. the economy is only one reason why these people have been protesting against madrone since he took office. something can you have been one of the five been fighting for twenty years against this regime the nicholas majority to leave what i am asking him is to quit there is so much misery and up useful country so many hospitals with no medicine and so many children who die every day i've been without medication for over three months now even. some opposition lawmakers are calling on venezuelans to boycott sunday's elections thank you. it will be this sunday venezuela is not voting. this process violates our rights and on sunday it is our turn to make it known that the people do not choose it is a process of social control and domination by the state the necessary conditions

are absent indelible ink and control of the electoral center by impartial people the military and the electoral arbiter end up being part of the electoral fraud these things being absent is a sign that venezuelans are not allowed to make their own decisions. this is a literal far he's assured their system is one of the most transparent in the world even though the company that provided the technical platform for voting machines accused them of fraud last year. look at using that will mean they tried to do was disqualify the national electoral council and they should be very grateful because thanks to us they became famous in the world and what did they say that they had a great experience in venezuela and the fans to them the elections in venezuela were transparent and by the way their machines of the same ones as the ones being

used in the united states. it's metamath. historically venezuela has had high voter turnouts but polls show this election will be different scene without a doubt we will have the lowest voter turnout in history in the last presidential election i think fifty five to sixty percent of voters went to the polls. i am the only candidate who is never had any relationship with chavez i'm neither in a political sense nor in any other way. but even if one of the opposition candidates would become venezuela's new president some people think they'd be acting is the government puppet you know what or to legitimize a process that the international community has strongly condemned. the iraq think you know where we can. and hawaii's big island has sent a massive ash cloud into the sky you know where has been active twenty five yes but recently rumblings and fishes have sent lava flowing into neighborhoods now

authorities of close calls and issued warnings about toxic gas but some residents are refusing to evacuate. the volcano continues to keep residents of why it's biggest island on age laughter from the fishes is destroyed dozens of homes and forced evacuation of some two thousand people. to add to the chaos on thursday a plume of ash exploded violently from the volcanoes crater the powerful eruption was triggered by magma turning underground water into stain like was captured images of the ominous cloud. basically what we're seeing here is there's a massive cloud that went up into the sky but it looks kind of stagnant it's kind of just sitting there going really high interest reading out different directions.

people to stay inside and distributed mass to god against dangerous gases. there are increasing levels of some sulfur dioxide in various areas that's the reason for the alert. and also the school closures that. pilots were told to avoid flying on to the mountain authorities remained on alert for more violent activity but we just want to remind the community and those on the way i learned to be safe you know to listen to several beacons you know they are broadcasting what should be done in this kind of. event you know they should stay to. the areas where the eruption is active scientists are unable to predict how long the explosive activity will continue.

and we start with tennis on the italian open is reaching its latter stages and roll on thursday germany's top ranked player alexander said ed was an action having won this tournament last year he's among the favorites for the title but he did face a tough competitor in the last sixteen. a nail biting finish for world number three alexander spare of sporting an old black number as carl edmond proved a formidable opponent britain's number one kept him on his toes as both sets went into a tie break martha rallies like this one meant that the german was held back to seven match points. eventually he sealed the deal on the eighth attempt at the end of this twenty two bull rally. spare of has cemented his place as the world's third best player with a win at the madrid open last week and is on course for a title defense here. later on novak djokovic also booked his place in the quarter

finals beating spaniard i'll bet that i must be no last in straight sets. it's the very first quarter final appearance of the season for the former world number one who has struggled with injury in recent years he'll face japan's came to see corey next. news from the world of football now and manual noirs was captured on says have received a boost he's been named in the bind unix quantz to face i'm chuck fung foot in the german cup final and neuer hasn't played for bind since fracturing his foot last september and won't stop the game on saturday the goalkeeper is considered the best in the was this week he made it into germany's provisional one hundred cops watch but he's facing a vest to be fit for football's showpiece tournament in russia. well if you thought the bundesliga season was over that's not quite true there's still

a two legged play off to decide whether both i would stay in the top flight next season or whether tiny tiny hochstein key will win their first ever promotion to the first division let's see how the first leg went. gulfs board struck early give up the regi hitting home from close range to open the scoring for the hosts in the thirteenth minute credit you know smalley for his work laying this one on. with their backs against the wall kiel answered in the thirty fourth minute dominic drexler shaking his markers to find kingsley schindler one zero. but the wolves bit again six minutes later. record low hammering home just past the reach of keeper kenneth cron home to one the score at half time. in the fifty fifth minute to regain turned provider for molly who rounded the keeper and slotted in to make it three one. the second divisions top scorer marvin ducks had

a great late chance but fired high end wide three one the final score involves florida sitting pretty heading into the second leg. you're watching news coming to you live from berlin here's a recap of the top story the. german chancellor angela merkel is meeting with the russian president vladimir putin in the russian black sea time scene was built up so the two disney discussed thank you john and you can russia's expansion of the natural gas pipeline to gemini this press conference is due to the stock shortage of course me take you live as soon as it stopped. the megas visit comes at a time of tense relations between and lasco germany has condemned russia's annexation of crimea and its military support for the government of syrian president bashar

assad but both countries wanting to save the iran nuclear d.n.a. could this be enough for a new beginning. it's an extremely complex relationship. friend enemy partner adversary. this man's action and together since us president trump withdrew from the iran deal germany and russia have been sitting in the same boat both want to save the agreement moscow friendly politicians in germany view this as a time for a new beginning with russia. today there back in the game in the middle east there will be no issue that cannot be resolved without the russians this must guide us instead of saying they're not friendly to us. lately russia has not appeared at all friendly towards europe. the german bundestag

political parties and the government were hacked by russian state agencies germany is now convinced of this at a meeting in berlin the british intelligence chief condemned russia one of the kremlin's central and entirely admirable aims is to build russian greatness on the world stage but its repeated choices have been to a few that aim through aggressive and pernicious actions by its military and intelligence services. duma in syria. russia's partner bashar al assad is suspected of using chemical weapons shocking germany and its allies. we are home all. we also have the knowledge that russia as an ally of asset she has responsibility in connection with the poison gas attack in syria. there's no question about that and hard.

in general with russia we are experiencing various actions directed at breaking international law or the aims of international law for supporting assad in syria for instance but that does not change the fact that russia is an important political entity in europe. this week vladimir putin dedicated a bridge connecting russia to crimea the ukrainian peninsula the germany views as having been illegally on expired moscow. it's a move that only adds to the complexity of the relationship with. my dad is moscow card. fun meo doc's already spoke with the russian economists and politicians they go to ja vilinsky he's best known for drafting market reforms for the former russian president mikhail gorbachev which led to the soviet union strong position to a feed market levinsky challenge of russian president vladimir putin in the

presidential elections and as we hear his thoughts hopeful of any democratic reforms during put teams forth president say mr you have linsky chancellor merkel and president putin are going to meet in salt she to talk about business to talk about the economy the plan of mr putin was two years to modernize russia with the help of germany with the help of the west does his work. owners the saying i have no idea about that kind of a plan of mr putin. what i see in the reality i see the next station of crimea i see this suppression of free press i see the limitations everywhere almost and isolation in the international on the international level that's what i see in the reality and i don't expect any

reforms or any real changes in the forthcoming future so it is certainly nice place but i don't think that any changes is upcoming but there's a new government here in russia and everybody expects that something is going to happen no nobody expects any changes including the people in the kremlin they are all saying no surprise. metry and percent no surprise and i'm saying not only no surprise but i think that this is absolutely the same government with the same mr putin. you have been very vocal when it comes to syria to criticize of this war and what do you mean by that syria for russia is a trap the trip which have no positive developments and will have no positive results the temper of mr putin to protect mr arsenal

have nothing in common with russian national interests or with the national with the interest of russian security over the interests of the russian future the . policies of protecting over the to tell a tarion regimes is not a policy which means the interest of russian people at all so. the money and the people's lives which are spent for the purposes is not giving any positive fruits of fruitful results for my country so this policy is a wrong policy. the same i can say about the policy with ukraine

with the eastern ukraine with them boss all this is a bringing russia to the dead end thank you very much thank you. that was linsky talking. in moscow that when i bring you some news coming out of the continent off africa and the world health organization says the democratic republic of congo is facing a very high public health risk from at the same time across the country to the east decades of conflict or vitro of natural resources has left a legacy of poverty and trauma the people living their labor in mines to extract copper gold and diamonds and they often become targets of militants fighting over the riches we have this report for you. this muddy track is the main road that connects important towns across the east of the democratic republic of congo.

just down the quincy is a catholic priest. a lawyer they travel this way almost every week the region has been ravaged by decades of civil war and government mismanagement fueling the conflict the country's first mineral resources in the province of south kivu alone there are more than six hundred mines many of them simple operations like this one but. this is what the women are looking for the black pit our culture. the your is a source of tantalum used in cell phones and other electronic devices some have used this metal to acquire vast wealth but little of that trickles down to the people who actually minus. i was born here they have been working their minds using the same methods for fifty years now there's no hospital here no school and no roads that cannot be right. many of these workers are victims of the diaz's

ongoing conflict the men have forced with any one of the dozens of armed groups that are active in the region but now they're tired of war and have come home the women have been raped by fighters. so wrong is trying to improve people's lives one step at a time thanks to her many people here now have official papers and they have new tools which means that women can work more efficiently and earn more money the government provides nothing and is not in a position to try to end the conflict. now. as though our politicians are completely numb to human feeling they don't pay attention to ordinary people. but that's why we can't afford to sit by idly we will fight until we see this region develop in accordance with its wealth. and until the rest of the world realizes that here too human rights must be

respected. that something even the congolese government seems reluctant to address together with laurence farrar we meet the minister responsible for mines in the province to ask why so many people see nothing of the country's mineral wealth that. we have to differentiate between real and potential wealth when you say this is one of the world's richest countries you mean a country that has potential to be one of the richest but we haven't had the opportunity to chief that yet but i think the government has already done a lot and. he didn't elaborate on exactly what they have done here in the village of county although there is no infrastructure a catholic organization in cooperation with father stern and his colleagues has

been championing the interests of the people who live here at the behest of the community they've created a memorial to the victims of the war it's a place of reflection for father to stand and for trauma therapist to raise minimum a pensee system to prevent that's the risk and never have been again so this we can use to put the world. cannula has lost so so many people the wards is silent about this. there are countless towns like kenny ola in the d.r. c. in many regions the catholic church has taken on the functions of the state many priests have become engaged in the country's politics. if you speak for the people you automatically belong to the opposition if you're a silent call it means the government has bought you out what should the church do

i want a miss actually to be neutral to me neither on the government side nor that of the opposition we're here for the people. of the was. the the the. as a troll with their purpose to raise member of a pansy helps women who are victims of the mass rapes that happened during the war many have never spoken about the experience. as a victim you feel bad in your heart it is no longer the heart of a human being. in addition to the emotional pain there is the physical damage including illnesses like aids to raise listens to the women stories and explains the disease. tells how she spent six months imprisoned by rebels.

also the entire time they hardly gave us anything to eat they beat us and raped us morning and evening when one was finished the next one would come and take his place over and over again because i want as many people as possible to know that this happened right was used as a weapon of war just how many women were and continue to be victims of this kind of brutality is unknown. our lives. like not important in the world nobody cares about us the international warns the dogs see the storm the stories they will see them for them is just a story that's passed their way and it's there is a fourth book on this so they can forget and life can continue but for us it's

the pope. was. in the car through the capital of south kivu father to start holds holy mass every morning the church is always full at night it is guarded by soldiers some congolese don't appreciate the church is involved and they see it as a danger to business as usual. savages stan and other catholic priests often face threats as a result of their activities. unfortunately we have gotten used to this but i can tell you where or traumatized there are nights when i cannot sleep but we do our work for the sake of the gospel it is a difficult task but that is what we have chosen to do. so.

what all of the people in our story have told us they wish for is that the world take notice of what is happening in the east of the democratic republic of congo. wealth isn't always the country's predominant avari not all industrial allies countries have enough money but they face demographic problems in other words people are getting older and they're not having enough children anymore around the globe the most dramatic situation is in japan the asian industry giant has the fastest aging population in the world not a community's social experiment is a positive and much needed result more children. the tone of nagging isn't especially pressing basically going like somewhat desolate. and her three year old daughter she already like this. for me it's

a bit more than hip and modern design. view children should be able to move freely but for that you need a lot of understanding from others it helps when people are relaxed about it even if the children get loud. and it's called the one thing you. naggie is in southwestern japan in the sticks if you're being on generous. most people just drive three. the stillness is only broken by occasional music played through light speakers. but maggie is special of its six thousand residents seven hundred are children the small town has doubled its birth rate hardly any other place in japan has a currently higher one the town is like

a big family. and this plane low rise building is a kind of living room or kitchen where they can meet me here and her daughter come here every morning and all are welcome mothers grandparents and children. to come looking the way to perhaps we're not quite as close as a family but we still have rather strong bonds with each other. and japan women often choose not to have children so they can pursue a career. but not me she and the other young mothers in nagi are directly contributing to the time success. and she is expecting her second child her family knew from the big city to the country site are going to year ago for the nature but also for what nike is offering. at the time doesn't attract families it will die something the mayor understands well so it has many incentives such as cheap land

and a one closing you to go in and so the birth of the first child and one thousand five hundred for the second free child care and free medicine are also thrown in the entire program cost the tired around one thousand years a year you'll reach it is you. i'm really happy it's great that there are a lot of children here but much of that gives us the town energy will be our future . i'm resting my hopes on that side with. the most stressful time of day for me curious a.t.m. that's when her mother her lends a hand she's moved in with her daughter to help by. the time of the bills incident it's chaos here just before i leave the house. perrine is sixty five years old she raised her three children on her own. now she's looking after the next generation. and that might not seem unusual but she has also cut off her retirement to the

copter many other small children and not by working five iras each day in the kindergarten. nice is there. a way you know that she was thinking i think i love it i've already done several different jobs but i now think to myself every day this is the right profession for me. lot. and with her new job she becomes a grandmother over and over again. she's at the heart of the times big family. for this work for me errands a few hundred extra. her biggest asset is her lifelong experience. it's a big responsibility i really have to pay attention it's about the little ones go home in one piece some stumble and then they have a scratch on their face others get a fever. at the time service station it's not petulant over but short

jobs lasting just a few hours a concept especially suited to young mothers who have no fill time job today me curious here sorting beans and selecting those of the best quality for that she earns a bit of money and she can bring her daughter she already along. got i think i could also play at home with my daughter and work on the side but it's more fun for her when she can play with other children just like now and i can chat with other mothers. i like. to enjoys taking care of her many temporary grandchildren and naggy parents pay nothing for childcare from the second child on the kindergarten is open until six pm although her really sometimes yearns for more peace and quiet she knows that she is needed that this work is important. to her to do. that no one

should have to wait for a kindergarten place therefore we adults also have to help out you can't create a child friendly town any other way old people are becoming more active it awakens our emotions and it's good to stay in contact with young people. who come like they did next. time swimming against the current it doesn't always run smoothly but it's going in the right direction copulation will still shrink but more slowly than the rest of japan and that's quite an achievement. you're watching the news that here's our top story that we're following for you jones the new america is meeting russian press. no bloodied me putin in the russian black sea town of saatchi the two leaders will discuss and have been discussing the iran nuclear deal and russia's expansion off a natural gas pipeline to germany and the two leaders are expected to make joint

statement off the talks are over and let me bring in live pictures of from the press conference where they're due to address a journalist they will make statements and we're also hoping of course that they will take questions from journalists we bring you a first second press conference live as soon as it docks there was a delay in these and the start of this press conference about a half an hour delay we were expecting to hear them come out in about twenty five minutes ago but the talks have gone along with an integrated beaches and as i said we bring you live coverage of those statements when they begin meanwhile let me draw in glassful he's from the european council on foreign relations a think tank here and let me welcome to you the let me first ask you this what are your expectations of this summit get lots of big issues on the table between russia and and germany but what are your expectations at this this summit will achieve

actually i think it's just a sounding board the other is one set of lines documentation lines of interest on each of the topic of their discussion today is very divisive in europe as well north into especially. would be very unwise for america to make concessions here without primarily just consulting with the other european nations usually she doesn't do it i don't expect it to be the case. it's. basically do the same endeavor. to put things on the table which are difficult to decide now and then go back to brussels and seabird to. find the consensus was this huge interest in the outcome of these talks today looking of course monitoring the pictures in the press conference where. they will be addressing journalists shortly but you know what chancellor angela merkel a good stuff this is a very difficult situation that one level she needs some amount of help from

pushing to keep the iran nuclear deal alive at the same time there are major differences i mean jimmie's off the country this is also impose a factions on russia because of the situation in ukraine and how do you think she balance these interests is very difficult you have to see that if you watch german the mastic politics this pressure has been mounting you have seen a lot of threats from people who said if criticize michael for past handling russia were very conciliatory towards russia. coming out. criticizing her demanding a kind of solidarity with russia on the other hand merkel personal you knows very well that if she first of all she can't do that second russia's preach of international law in europe on european soil is what actually matters most to her. and she she tries to defend this line as long as she can. the problem for her is

that both domestic politics and with the new italian government the ice is melting that is you know if you said that you did a lot will depend actually on what the two leaders say off to their talks and we hearing from them quite soon but you said mexican obviously don't take any independent decision on the iran you could use you have to consult with the e.u. leaders but how likely is that what are the options if the two sides russia and germany can fad bridge the iran nuclear deal with dot the united states and bogged . while it's tricky. to be sure it's the french the british and the germans together. basically sorted out their common position over the last weeks now we'll see what the russians put on the table and then merkel will come back and consult with the other three how to proceed but it's very tricky and don't expect anything to come very soon because the russians will put maximalist demands on this. the

russians will make some demands a pole will be unfulfillable under any circumstances and now the europeans sort of have to have to find ways in maneuvers how to both maybe talk to reasonable elements within the u.s. government and to maneuver around this to to salvage his or to try to salvage this but it's a difficult endeavor in the situation has changed in the wild quite a lot since donald trump became president of the united states then seen a recalibration off the politico was order with now the united states out of the iran deal with it in discussions on syria also taking place this mock a new change a new kind of coming together a full in relations between russia and germany for the e.u. i don't think they stick together there are still more things that divide us and the russians than than also new americans. trump has without doubt

everything he can to make china and russia great again and make them sort of plays in both political issues again. the europeans are at least more open to to discuss these things the dominant no they come to side things with the united states in the manner they very used to it in the past but that doesn't mean that russia is a partner or russia is easy on its own way. and if you look at ukraine if you look at the people case you know it's very difficult from the other from the other on this well so it could be that temporary kind of you know meeting of minds of interest it was just a very odd because i want to draw in our correspondent emily. when she's in sochi and she's standing in the grounds of president putin's sort she residence where talks are underway between them eckel and president putin and then tell me tell me and really what was the mood like when the two leaders met before they went into

their talks in that residence behind you. well of their of course things happened very quickly america was kind of ushered behind the closed doors rather quickly but what was interesting was that. putin handed over a large bouquet of white flowers to marco just as they met so and there was a rather friendly mood as well i mean you have to remember of course that these two leaders have been working together for a long time and they've known each other since two thousand and five and also for russia there is a lot on the table here a lot at stake perhaps hopes are high as well considering the fact that trump has become somewhat of an unpredictable partner for america and for the e.u. as well but i think from the german side the signal here very much was kind of more one of business as usual these talks were supposed to be rather short they were

planned to run only an hour and a half kind of clothing here everything they really know me for and emily and i would change example here i'm so sorry to interrupt you here emily but we are seeing the leaders chance that. you have entered and let's take a listen to what they have to say. i would like to say. chancellor before having accepted our invitation having come to so she will have many topics. discussed a number of issues we have already changed oh opinions regarding. cooperation in the fields of politics business cultural and humanitarian issues and we have already discussed international affairs we have a difficult international situation we do have differences regarding international

relations but still both russia and germany considine is necessary to keep up the international contact. bilateral contracts the russian side is willing and ready to wire to get their way so they cite. on the basis of mutual interests germany has traditionally been a. partner a trade partner of russia. and it is the second most important part now after china last year we had a twenty three percent increase in trade. and we have seen another increase as the beginning of this year we also have an increase in investment process the overall investment in russian companies. in germany is high and german investment is over eighteen billion dollars. that is a fifteen percent of all if. the russian federation

five thousand german companies work in russia which is where a. seventy thousand employees and a high turnover. and in many we have one and a half times with russian companies and that also means that the two governments have to work to get that towards any improvements of cooperation in terms of trade and investment energies are very important fields we have talked about the whole spectrum of operation and we also have tripped about infrastructure projects projects i'm not includes stream let me also say that we have always had across different attitudes towards the north stream pipeline we have always said to ease a unique economic project it is

a project from the start. has been very important for all of us. usually have said it is it over to law make projects that should not be seen from the angle of politics as far. as it is concerned we will have an opportunity to bring class to europe without having to translate the ukraine but we have talked about the chancellor and we are going to continue to deliver to us through this pipeline as long as it is economically viable else we would like to talk about the humanitarian and cultural cooperation between our two countries this we have to gear of regional and minister partnerships between our countries we have a lot of ships in the educational sphere we have also a bridge program for the two session of nineteen as far as circle surely events are

concerned we have the possibility. because. we have regular meetings we have also talked to promote international players in particular we have exchanged views regarding. an action plan so you regulate the iranian program and to salvage the new day after the withdrawal of the united states we have also talked about say the accessibility situation in the middle east. because we have also talked about the syrian crisis and we have say it is necessary to make a contribution towards a political settlement. to stabilize the situation. to provide humanitarian aid we. just. tend to also work together with germany to help to restore

the infrastructure of the country. we have also talked about the ukrainian situation and we both say that the means could remain is to get a new way to use the word make headway in this settlement of the crisis so we would like to work together in the existing formats and we would like to support the work of the contact group we have said we will ask our foreign office is always looking at the opportunity to bring international treaties peacekeepers on the end of my statement i would like to thank the federal chancellor once again for having such a frank. open exchange of views with me. you know that question. but i also would like to say funks for having been given

the opportunity to be here and conduct these talks last year and i'm just same time with mates here when we talked about the preparation of the g twenty summit where we have cooperated closely together. we have to matters of bilateral cooperation where we have economic relations and as the president has already said there are number of activities like to plan to spend a dialogue. i say questions of press freedom are important. especially. i have asked to take a look at specific situations and also i have asked to to look at the question of cultural freedom we have very happy that they are rigged to the. plans by russia like concerts and the gear of science will be important for the cooperation of our civil societies and we support this we have for break open and transparent

exchanges of opinion we have the opportunity of also explain our diverging views of course the ukraine was a central topic in our talks and i know that we do have the means agreement and the means agreement is the only possible foundation on which we can work unfortunately there were severe violations of the armistice last night and so the idea of e.u. and mission a u.n. group is an idea we are going to proceed with the ministers of foreign affairs should continue to work towards bringing such a solution i would be very good success to stabilize the situation and then implemented political decisions in trying to in the means could dream and we have also talked about the role of transit fool the ukraine. and the german side is convinced. as peter. chairman minister of economic affairs has

said. we will. have to pursue the road pursuit research the role of the ukraine as a transit partner even though we have nord stream and here germany. be actively involved. north stream two is seen by us as an economic project but it also has far reaching implications and so we have to think about the guarantees we can and must give to the ukrainians we have talked about the situation in syria we have very intense discussions about it. and here the process is controlled by the united nations is the opportunity we have to work and we have the sonic group we have the so-called small group. is that next step we must develop a common agenda that will be worked on in the respective working groups we fully

support as far as we can the work of the special commission of the united nations. the situation has become more complex catered because the united states have withdrawn from iran agreement. in germany and their friends in the european union and we support this agreement we would like to stay within it but we know it's a specific situation that has evolved now and we still european sites are talking with iran about the new situation i think it is an agreement that is not absolutely perfect but it's better than having no agreement but there are other topics we have to talk with iran beyond the remember here we and the united states we need to talk about a thing ballistic missile program and we also have to talk about what will happen when the. iran agreement expires. over and above the situation in the

region around ceres very tense and therefore we have to do everything we can in order to have political meetings political talks to bring about a step by step solution and here in sochi all we have agreed on starting a constitutional condom process and here representatives should be nominated so. that it would be one element towards an improvement over and above i can say we hardly porton talks and the big problems can only be solved if we continue to talk also when there are controversial issues we need to analyze and we need to look at the facts together and we need to try to find at the pass towards a meaningful solution and in that sense our talk was very important and i'm looking forward to continuation. thank you. would like

to ask the chairman and. russian college colleagues from the praise to ask two questions each and korea's rinker reuters. and we're going to win this one question to the chancellor. would you say we are seeing every nascence of the chairman russian relationship given the difficulties that many europeans currently have with president drum and his unilateral approach and mr president their complaints of german and european companies the russian parliament is. of preparing a law that calls upon foreign companies not to respect u.s. sanctions against russians wouldn't that be undermining the authority it tame in order to promote more foreign investment from jamie. in international companies why do you think such a law would make sense. if. that's outlandish we have

a firm transatlantic relationship. in the course of history we see a different opinions we still continue this partnership and we will continue to do that but still we have this partnership we are strategically interested in having good relations with russia. and even during the most difficult times i have. back which. insisted on continuing the nato russia dialogue and i have always asked the european union to you keep up the dialogue with russia and talking to each other is something i consider important i was civil societies have many links many relations in our german russian copper ration. sometimes is under a lot of pressure because of the differences in opinion that we have but i repeat if we want to solve problems we have to talk and they are topics where we

absolutely agree on that is good because there's so many issues where we have diverging opinions so my approach.