it's worth billions but just how much is the world of sports in reality. starting june sixth. this is good news coming to you live from berlin germany and china define the u.s. signaling support for the nuclear deal german chancellor angela merkel says both nations stand behind the twenty fifteen agreement despite the u.s. pulling out earlier this month. in china for talks with government leaders we look at michael's high stakes diplomacy also coming up italy's president gives his

approval to become prime minister political novice charged with leading a government of extremes is this the beginning of europe's next crisis we bring you the latest from rome. and germany's getting ready to defend its soccer world cup title coach walking live still past and who will make the trip to russia competition is intense and one of the biggest dilemma is whether goalkeeper manuel neuer is up to the task. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program german chancellor. both china and germany are committed to standing by the iran nuclear deal which was recently abandoned by washington merkel who's on a two day visit to china told a pro. that close cooperation between the two sides was essential to solving the

world's crisis the german chancellor is also seeking greater market access for german companies in china she'll meet president xi jinping later today. we're here to talk through the chancellor's visit to china we're joined by our chief political editor make it a hot from our business desk of course because let's start with you but his visit to china comes at a very sensitive moment with the u.s. pulling out of the iran nuclear deal and transatlantic time weakening how important or sino german relations in light of these developments well they've always been important and at this crucial time a lot of the issues that are very important to germany and to europe and really are closely pegged to the chinese economic but also political my it's business is always an issue china is the second largest economy it's

a key market. but when we talk about the iran nuclear deal basically keeping it alive also means giving iran economic options and making this viable now there's no control certainly in germany over what companies will do once this this withdrawal from the united states really kicks in and if they are faced with the choice to still do business with the united states the biggest economy in the world or iran is going to be a very clear choice so we saw a hint of that in this press conference that you companies will probably leave that china could potentially move in and simply do that it can easily compensate for that but the question is does it want to do that it will not contribute to a kind of so down with the united states in economic terms because of course china has key economic interests in the u.s. as well so it's a very complex situation but one thing is clear if the e.u. has to stand alone in keeping the. to life it simply cannot do it and that's where

the city does certainly see eye to eye and that's where these close relations that have been built up this is the eleventh visit a beginning to really pay off that they can talk to each other in these difficult times more on the iran nuclear you're looking at that specifically because germany and china are both signatories to the deal russia of course to along with the u.s. but the u.s. has now pulled out as you say do germany and china have the same interests in solving in salvaging this deal and really how much leverage do they hurt. well that will be the big question in the end how this plays out they certainly have had interest here there's a lot of talk about this rule based international order while certainly time is not sticking to the rules look at the south china sea it is playing a different political game at the same time as pledging its support for free markets and of will based international order now the iran nuclear deal was is key for the e.u. because it really gives an option diplomatic option to solving conflicts also in

the future when you look at the korean peninsula this could have been a potential road map out of this standoff over north korea's nuclear program and by pretty much throwing out the iran nuclear deal the united states is killing the belief in any kind of future signets of a u.s. president on anything potentially similar in the future and china does not want that conflict on its doorstep. trade another big focus of this visit or trade connections between germany and china becoming more important in light of u.s. protectionism because both china and germany have been hit by. trump's new trade policies trade between germany and china always was one of the key issues the major issues the broader picture is this international trade is like a board game of. finally balance board game where if it's level everything is good

everybody is trading with everyone but then there's one player now drum who's really. slammed his fist on the board and all the everything has come into into disarray and it's not only that was merkel is discussing with her chinese counterpart how to deal with trump for example which of course will be part of it but also they're vying for positions because they're competitors too in this in the in the international marketplace so everybody is trying to gauge what can i gain here as well and if you look at. the china u.s. dispute germany has profited from it china is lowering tariffs across the board of car to car imports from twenty five to fifteen percent who profits german coffee makers their shares yesterday went up one point five and two point zero point five percent. b.m.w. most aid is on the other hand also china shows how multi that lateral is ms down.

of course this is a time of tariffs of course many people are reeling right now in the business community about the u.s. possibly levying twenty five percent tariffs on car imports now because they consider it a strategic sector but. of course chancellor merkel has a business delegation with her on this trip as she has on her previous visits and this is about she's been there about a dozen times as chancellor this is her first visit now and are in this new legislative period what do german companies who are with me call sitting on that plane and talking to their counterparts in china what do german companies want in china and from china is very simple they want easier market access they warned the restrictions lifted that are currently in place on if you want to access the chinese market you have to do it via joint ventures in china otherwise you pay the high tariffs and they won't more assurance as we got in property safe because at the moment for example if you're a startup in germany you want to bring your product into china you have to open for

example to your source code to them so it's very easy for the chinese that are these parts to just grab the source code and do do their own thing so those are two key issues into an intellectual property a big big issue of course this afternoon chancellor merkel is going to meet with the president xi jinping in china what can we expect. well there will be a big state dinner and we're not expecting any kind of big announcements we already saw in that press conference that was held this morning that human rights was also mentioned that individual cases were discussed and that is more than a hint that they might have talks about the would a of the nobel laureate bowl who's been and the house arrest for eight years so and that is certainly something one must bear in mind we're talking about business all the time but these are very different systems and it is a closed society that is something the german chancellor raises every single time but she will tread carefully as she always does and we're just going to see them reaffirming those relations that are becoming so crucial in these times of top

political editor make it a quick. business anchor at her desk thank you so so much. german foreign minister must. said europe is a long way from a compromise with the u.s. on a new iran nuclear deal who is on a visit to washington was speaking after back to back meetings with the u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe and national security advisor john bolton the u.s. pulled out of the twenty fifteen accord as we mentioned a move which germany has called a threat to international security. in my opinion we are far away from a compromise. we are taking two completely different approaches the approach that germany has decided to take along with france and the u.k. that is the one we will continue to pursue in europe. german foreign minister on his first visit in position to washington while our washington bureau chief

alexander phenomena has been following the german foreign minister's u.s. visit she sent us this report for a frank but constructive discussion with trump's national security advisor both. firm handshake with u.s. secretary of state but no joint statement no breakthrough german foreign minister came to washington to make clear that europe is united in supporting the existing deal with iraq and that it wants to work together with the u.s. however at the end of his visit he had to acknowledge that the transatlantic partners remain deeply divided and are far away from a compromise and iran is only one issue trade climate change the middle east policy agreed to disagree seems to be then you know. relations. some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the u.s.

court has ruled that president donald trump can not block twitter users who disagree with him from his account seven plaintiffs sued trump after he used to feature on the social media site to block them the judge said the president's account is a constitutionally protected public forum. yulia scree paul has spoken out for the first time since she and her father a former russian spy were poisoned she said the nerve agent attack has turned her life upside down she also announced her hope to return to russia despite the u.k.'s claims that moscow was behind the assassination attempt. and two people have been injured two people have been killed rather and dozens others injured in a train accident in northern italy the train crashed into a truck close to turin lay told third on wednesday authorities say it's unclear why the truck was on the tracks as the train approached. italy's president has

approved just as that country's next prime minister was put forward for the post by at least two main populist parties the far right elite in the anti establishment five star movement the appointment of conti a lawyer and political novice is designed to end weeks of political deadlock in his acceptance speech he vowed to form a government of change but said he was aware that he needed to honor european and international commitments also promised to protect italians at home and abroad. well conti's don't hit with putting president has given me the mandate to form a government which i have accepted with reservation if i manage to form this government i will present to the palm and chambers a program that he's bang on the interests of the majority political bodies. i'm preparing now to defend the interests of all italians in all places in europe

and internationally in dialogue with the european institutions and with representatives of other countries i will be the defense lawyer of the italian people. italy's prime minister designate to yourself to contact their well county is tasked with putting together a cabinet the new government will then need to be approved in parliament a vote is expected next week italy has been without a government since elections in early march left no party with a clear majority. let's bring in d.w. correspondent badly he's joining us from italy's capital rome belt questions were raised about yourself a contest credentials president hesitated before indorsing him is it clear that clinton will be confirmed by parliament. there's

little doubt that mr khan to believe in the confirmation of two the two chambers of the parliament next week here because the two parties that form the coalition chain cristela and leader of the right wing league i have sufficient majority in both houses and before he can go to parliament he has to issue a list of his ministers this is a little bit more tricky it's clear that. you will be the super minister of economy and labor he's also the head of the chin cristela party and. be the interior minister and he's a right wing populist and say no phobic extremist so to say and he is then dealing with migrations of migrants in italy there would be hot times ahead but all in all this is a con to promise to be a lawyer. and he will defend italy that fits very well to the slogan of the populous italy first the interests of italy first. ok well assuming this coalition

of extremes does manage to form a government what changes are italians like thing to see. but that italian newspaper put it this way this morning let's eat the cake we don't have the expectations very high of but nobody knows how the populace will finance the long wish lists they have put together in the coalition treaty they want it they want to tax reform they want most social benefit they have on crackdown on mike and save on you you treaties in favor of italy they're going to lose in the roots of fiscal policies so it's a very costly approach and nobody knows exactly how it should be financed about italians have high expectations because i've been fed up the old system this whole coalition is a protest against the whole system and now they talons white what will be delivered but you can see that it's the sixth. the fifth government in italy in the seventy

three years since world war two so the lifespan of this government will also be short statistically ok well if italy is going to be ending the cake it doesn't have what would the new government in rome mean for italy's european partners is this going to cause more headaches in brussels briefly if you can. but the new telling government has of course the potential to you know to inflict some crisis in europe they already have warnings from brussels italy behaved well in two thousand and seventeen when it came to fiscal policies and the commission the european commission expects for me to do the same to balance the budget in two thousand and twenty but this is of course not in the books now and not in the making and they're also conflicts about the migration issue of the new asylum procedures to be agreed on there's a lot of things it will even though do differently and. the commission is very

jittery to see what will go it will what will happen ben thanks so much for bringing us up to date a correspondent badly got that in rome. forced out and germany's world cup team are swinging into action with just three weeks left until the start of the world cup tournaments bring us up to speed as emily oh how shirts from the d.w. sports desk good morning emily for morning so yeah bring us up to speed on what's happening with your home lives. so the final preparations for the world cup have actually started now the team is gathering in northern italy and the players are coming in one by one niaz already there are a lot of players already there some buying players are coming at the end of the week twenty calls of course so has a champions league final to plan saturday will join the squad next week and that's when things will start getting really intense. world champions bus approached as several hundred germany fans cheered their team

on. the trip to northern italy and waited for hours to greet the stars at their hotel but the bus didn't stop for them. to get it safety first and if they came out there'd be too much commotion too few told it so i'm kind of disappointed not to see any players but maybe one or two will come out later. i was. in the end they didn't see the team remained inside the team manager did make an appearance but only for journalists. that it's finally starting it's at hand and you can get to work otherwise it's all in theory and now we can come together and try to evoke team spirit concentrate and do detail or. buy in munich players still have a few days off after their loss in the german cup final on the manuel neuer is here and working on his comeback not all fans believe he can do it. let's see how many

well neuer fares in the next few days here and then we'll see if it'll be neuer or to stay. playing a couple of friendly's we'll see how it goes for neuer. noir or test agan it's not the only question the coach will have to answer behind these walls he has less than two weeks to decide on his final squad. so a lot of excitement there surrounding the german team there an ep in northern germany where they're practicing getting ready for the world cup emily from a sports sister with your hero it has just a couple weeks doesn't have that much time to decide how he's going to put his team together how difficult of a decision will be for him do you think well to be honest he'll just have to wait and see how the team can develops and how the players fare there has to drop one keeper and three outfield players and some scenarios really seem more likely than others for example jonathan toews he's

a great defender but he has to go up against the likes of. almost some less something unusual happens he probably won't be going to russia and then there's needed newspapers and who is the biggest surprise in the squad announcement and he really has to prove himself because germany relies on experience in these kind of tournaments and he's previously uncapped so with this squad the level of talent is really really high and by nominating these less capped players the competition within the team is also high. has already proven that he won't shy away from leaving stars at home which he showed when he left money that's it so things will we'll just have to wait and see. just to correct myself they are put out practicing there in northern italy not northern germany by a minute goalkeeper manuel neuer a lot of people are wondering is he going to make the cut or not what are his chances do you think it will all depend on how fit he actually is and how much of a risk is willing to take on his captain on his team captain she already mentioned that no i cannot come to the world cup without sufficient match fitness so likely know i will get some minutes in in the test games i have against are you twenty or

against austria on the second of june at the same time germany has another world class keeper in their ranks mark under testing kit a fantastic season at barcelona and in most other national teams he'd be the undisputed number one right now i'd say no his chances are at about sixty seventy percent going to world cup ok sixty seven percent was pretty good stick with us we're going to move on to another story here a german prosecutors have charged three former. and football federation officials with tax evasion in connection with the country's successful bid to host the two thousand and six world cup we're going back in time here a bit the president's news. and former general secretary hall schmidt are accused of hiding the real purpose of a payment at six point seven million euros to all's world governing body the payment was declared as an operating expense but investigators believe it was actually the repayment of a loan made three years earlier to world cup organizing committee chief franz

beckenbauer three men deny the charges. family the story has quite a history it's a bit complicated gone through a lot of twists and turns that remind us why why it's still making headlines so unfortunately stories of corruption are not unusual in sports but that these allegations are coming about coming up about germany is really quite surprising and could be really damaging to the image of german football in the world germany is a multiple times world champion and their their style of football is considered to be you know the best in the world so these kind of stories could really damage that and this also directly involves one of their. and he might also see his day in court so this is a huge story that is just starting to unfold now at a very crucial time when they're starting to prepare for the world cup and. sports thanks so much. dodge a bank has announced it will get rid of more than seven thousand workers in the

next year is mainly an investment in their investment banking business the collar as part of a restructuring of germany's biggest lender under a new c.e.o. christiane's even he will be hoping to offer some words of reassurance to the annual shareholders meeting today but after years of losses that might prove quite a challenge because if you look at the figures it's a pretty grim picture back in two thousand and twelve torture was the world's second largest investment bank since then it's slipped down to number eight down here that puts it behind several u.s. banks as well as credit suisse from switzerland and barclays from the u.k. dodge's market capitalization that is the value of all the company's shares combined has dropped significantly to from just over thirty billion to twenty three point seven billion euros they're making shareholders seven billion euros poorer there's been a steep decline in earnings to which of fallen from just over thirty three billion

euros to twenty six point four zero want to shareholders are up in arms many other ekta their anger at this man here supervisory board chairman power off light now he's been in the position since twenty twelve leading to accusations he's been steering the bank in the wrong direction and the new man can't deny his responsibility either he's held senior positions in the bank for many many years we have all the news other actions from the shareholder meetings of course throughout our coverage all day. washington is looking into imposing new tariffs on foreign vehicles it claims it has evidence that car imports have eroded the domestic industry there so it is examining whether foreign vehicles are weakening the u.s. economy and in turn impacts national security the ministration has used the same legal argument argument when imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum as german and japanese car makers would be most strongly affected by those new tariffs.

they call it tech for good safety top technology c.e.o.'s have met with french president a man of about coined paris to talk about leaving a positive mark on the world but many would think firms like facebook hardly the wants to tell their positive influence but maybe that's the point to get silicon valley firms to think different. if mark zuckerberg thought that he's wasted come to an end he was wrong french president emmanuel mccraw made it clear to facebook c.n.n. that he would be calm things down on global businesses exploited pass no data while avoiding paying taxes. because that was one of the round sixty industry bosses attending the tech the good summit on wednesday the meeting had one main objective encouraging global companies to focus on improving the wild especially since so many of them have become more influential than governments. obviously on

a worldwide basis people are increasingly concerned about their relationship to technology the impact on the workplace how this will affect international politics and governance and governance has a harder time managing this. frankly the companies in the world is moving at a faster pace than government. companies to stop freeriding while ignoring social situations around them and he's what may have already taken impact and some friends took the opportunity to announce new initiatives will be investing one hundred million dollars in entrepreneurs in europe and in africa who are working on bringing digital skills to everyone so that the future of work is available to everyone food delivery service delivery stated that curry is would now have free insurance. announced that european drivers will have access to medical cover.

as a business inspector terry and we leave you with just a reminder of our top story today in beijing german chancellor angela merkel says both china and germany are standing by the iran nuclear deal is find us pulling out earlier this month mackall is in china for two days of talks. so either israel will have much more on chancellor merkel's visit to china and of course carol have more business news for you and all the stories online a t w dot com.

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