this is from berlin germany chancellor heads to china but relations between berlin and to beijing are far from cute and cuddly and instead the pair have iran and free trade issues to grapple with as well as china's human rights record also on the program. lava from hawaii's erupting volcano closes in on a geo thermal power plants raising fears of toxic gas emissions that could prompt a mass evacuation. of rough times of the age of eighty five literary

works explored the tragedy and comedy of the jewish american experience we look back at the life of a surprised. i'm from gail welcome to the program germany's chancellor lease of beijing today for talks with the chinese government. comes at a time when europe and china are grappling with increasing u.s. protectionism on washington's withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal however despite having these issues in common relations between berlin and beijing a far from straightforward. relations between china and germany are nowhere near as fluffy and spacings representatives at berlin zoo that's despite china's president xi jinping and german chancellor angela merkel discovering more and more common interests since the g twenty meeting in germany last year. u.s.

president donald trump's exit from the iran nuclear deal is only the latest in a series of u.s. policy turnarounds that of course she and mackel closer the fact that merkel made her china trip the subject of her weekly podcast highlights beijing's importance in such testing time is she not shown that in germany except the rules of the w t o nevertheless we'll discuss reciprocal trade issues that exist questions of intellectual property and we want to strengthen multilateralism. german industry is almost as worried about chinese efforts to acquire the technical know how as it is about trade barriers but only almost we are already in a trade conflict we don't want this conflict is escalating one good thing is that it brings us together china and germany china and the european union that we speak

together about how can we progress free trade germany hopes that china will use its economic clout to stop the u.s. from further undermining the very free trade it used to stand for it there are no illusions in berlin that beijing can ever become the kind of ally washington will always be. but you know when we talk about china we are aware that we face a partner whose values a political model from what we perceive to be right civil society is unable to articulate itself as it can in north america and europe so talks are totally different level of conflict and quite heated after more than a decade in office merkel has learned how much germany needs good relations with china and that those usually come with strings attached so just like the pound of the berlin zoo which on loan and not a gift those new common interests may not be here to stay. report from

v.w. chief political editor who joins me now welcome what does germany want from china well first of all germany wants reassurance that free trade is really what china is in for we've heard those pledges from siege and ping also various public conferences where you stated that china would become the new temptin of free trade in the world of course with the backdrop of the u.s. withdrawing being much more interested bilateral deals but the actual business that's being done does speak a rather different language when companies complain of tight restrictions of having to find co-investors if they want to launch a company in china and at the same time they are consensus here in germany that china is on a spending spree to buy up not up know how here in europe in germany and that's something of an imbalance that the german chancellor is always pressed to

raise when she visits beijing ok so none of us is new so that just sort of forms that the backdrop of of the of the trip yes i mean there's a issues that have been raised time and time again the has been a certain amount of progress we've actually seen germany become more cautious in allowing tiny's companies to invest here at this. same time is china giving slight bit of ground particularly when it comes to companies there but the mood amongst german companies has been a survey recently put isn't particularly good now one has to bear in mind that china is the most important trading partner for germany and it's the second largest a common economy in the world and this is of course is where u.s. president donald trump stops coming in he's the president of the largest economy we're talking big business here and we're talking at the same time geo strategic interests to bring all that to gether both germany and china both have been specific targets of donald trump's trade and could you see the these two countries

coordinating the approach towards the united states i think that is kind of unlikely i think that they will most likely reassure themselves that in principle they're in favor of free trade now the e.u. currently enjoys an exemption from those threatened steel and other minium tariffs we've seen the chinese actually reach some kind of deal with the united states the details are still to be fleshed out in terms of avoiding punitive. payments there really but there is the big bigger overarching concern here in europe that if the two largest economies engage in a fight in a trade war that the tough where this will be fought could be the european union and this is where germany's business interests would certainly be hit profoundly with both of those largest markets potentially waging an economic a trade war on each other germany it can only lose if it comes to something like

that. germany try to also of course the signatures to the iran nuclear deal. interests any more aligned than just wanting to see the deal stay alive well actually wanting to see that deal life is a major interest for two reasons first of all this deal with the. on was the largest diplomatic success really in preventing nuclear proliferation historically it's was also seen as a potential roadmap to potential future deals now the united states backtracking out of that has created a lot of insecurity in the world why should north korea's leader believe that any kind of such deal if this can be dropped at any point in time which is exactly what the united states are doing and china has no interest of an escalation on the korean peninsula right at its doorstep so that was seen as a potential way ahead to resolving that conflict there was an initial success with

donald trump escalation to deescalate that conflict that seems to be pretty much up in the air again so there is a lot to lose on both sides there's a lot of common interest but still when it comes to values when it comes to how a society is run the traditional is and remains washington that's what you hear from all the experts here for you. group of foreign journalists is on the way to north korea's remote nuclear test site to witness it being dismantled north and south of ny resolve their differences so the group will now include south korean reporters after boarding buses in the north korean city of war sad they will travel for twenty hours to the point cheering as slight dip in the mountains of the country's interior beyond the argos betraying the decommissioning as a gesture of goodwill ahead of a planned summit with the united states. the white house on a guard strutting their stuff on tuesday but will they get to attend the plan's june summit in singapore between the us presidents and north korea's leader

concerns it might not happen tops the agenda when donald trump hosted his south korean counterpart moon jay in the two discussed efforts to convince pyongyang to denuclearize and accept a lasting peace deal but the north has reacted angrily to u.s. demands in recent weeks. it refuses to completely dismantle its nuclear program with kim jong un saying he needs it to guarantee his political longevity well. we'll see what happens there are certain conditions that we want and i think we'll get those conditions and if we don't we don't have the meeting and frankly it has a chance to be a great great meeting for north korea and a great meeting for the world. if it doesn't happen maybe it'll happen later maybe . if the summit is canceled this newly minted memorial korean could be the closest trump and kim get to each other at the korean border tourists from the

south are hopeful of a face to face meeting. well you can make peace without forcing king john into a corner whichever political party or group we belong to. one that i have seen the tongue but heightens i certainly feel this time that's different from the past that there is a center chain i shouldn't have and so i really hope it goes well but at some point i have downs about the result and whether kim jong un has good intentions or not. there's no doubting optimism about the summit has hit a roadblock with the historic meeting now looking a bit further off than it once was. or forces in the u.s. state of hawaii are moving to protect a geothermal power plants as the killer wave volcano continues to erupt lava has entered and there's not stalled on the facilities property there are fears that lava flows could mix with the chemicals on site to produce hazardous gases.

a spectacular show of nature's force on an island known for its tranquility and beauty more and more fishes have appeared around mount killer whale and the volcanic activity is becoming increasingly intense lava has been bubbling up and forming rivers at several kilometers in length. geologists say more is install we're going to see increased activity potentially higher fountains more flows. among the risks people face here also flying rocks. see what i mean donna muller and her family have decided to leave it's just too dangerous. it shows me the power of the power of. love is also pouring into the pacific ocean setting off a chemical reaction and sending plumes of steam into the sky laced with hydrochloric acid and particles of glass of that's very bad for the lungs of skin

and eyes. a number of roads are blocked including evacuation routes lover is also threatening a geothermal power plant that usually generates a quarter of the island's electricity it's had to be closed down. geologists say the volcanic activity around mt killer whale is likely to continue for several weeks longer. if the president has summoned just separate context for talks about leaving the country's government but the country is a controversial choice for prime minister turned populist party has a far right leader on the anti establishment five star movement a little known lawyer and political novice he's also facing accusations of having embellished his academic record. germany's national football team has begun to arrive in northern italy for training ahead of the tournament in russia all twenty seven players in coach rakim and provisional squad will be that by. if we can't

a final twenty three it must be decided by the fourth of july germany will play two friendlies against austria and saudi arabia before he begins on the fourteenth of june. english premier league club aso have appointed would i am array as their new head coach the spine it replaces arsène vaga after he stepped down after twenty two years there is a point to comes as something of a surprise just last week reports that a former asshole captain say deserves to take over instead the london club is going for and it's great experience he wants three europa league titles with sylvia as well as the french league and cup with perry sondra last season. one of america's greatest writers philip roth has died he was eighty five years old philip roth forced literary and social boundaries with his explorations of sex death and assimilation and won every major u.s.

literary prize including the puter reclusive and often reluctant to give interviews philip roth was known for his provocative and uncompromising novels about the american jewish experience but there's a certain or desailly in writing books without the audacity of can't write the books and perhaps there's even a certain recklessness in writing books. i think the society i live in can live with my recklessness such as it is rob who is the author of more than thirty novels and short story collections spanning seven decades is a work frequently blurred the lines between fiction and memoir and drew on his experience growing up in a jewish family in new jersey many of his protagonists birth finleyville versions of himself my strong as it was his life of men and i think my subject has been that . what what what is that what is what it what is the life of len

in my time roth was one of the most highly honored figures in american literature but for him a claim and controversy were inseparable he insisted writing should expose and not sanitize the human experience that's it you're up to date small at the top of the hour on the website that's. part of the fix. the d w media center. i. find it a camp. of. discovery. video and audio podcast and language courses. in the d w media center can't media center don t w dot com.