this is d. w. news coming to you live from berlin and germany calls on china to open its stores to more trainee german chancellor going to demands equal market access and better protection for tech companies who set up shop in china this as medical visits beijing for today supply level talks also coming up italy's president gives his approval to become prime minister a political novice charged with leading a government of extremes is this the beginning of europe's next crisis bring you

the latest from rome. and germany is getting ready to defend its soccer world cup title coach still has to decide who will make the trip to russia competition is intense and what it looms biggest decisions is whether or not gold people manuel neuer is up to the chance. and it's a car that got hearts racing around the world the beloved v.w. beetle turns eighty today t w goes along for a joyride. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel is in china hoping to strengthen trade ties between the two countries that will is seeking greater market access for german companies and working to secure joint infrastructure projects. machall who's on

a two day visit to china told premier chalo that close cooperation between the two sides was essential she'll meet president xi jinping later today she spoke during a press conference earlier today if when and when you we are pleased with the announcement about the opening in some areas for example the area of finance and also the possibility of the joint ventures to exceed fifty fifty ownership i think german friends will make use of these opportunities. all from often jessel markel there addressing trade ties with china well for more on the chancellor's visit to china let's bring in irish times correspondent clifford kernan who's standing by for us in beijing clifford we just heard there from chancellor merkel what are germany's business interests in china well germany has many business interests. mostly focused on cars technology engineering german

cars are all over the streets in china today books are going as one of the biggest companies here she will be looking just to deepen not relationship now especially to get better access for german firms she often complains about a lack of level playing fields where chinese firms in germany have different. and better circumstances than german firms working in china so should be pushing to deepen the relationship and to get these level playing fields for german firms operating in china ok earlier chancellor met with premier li ke what was the focus of that meeting was trade dominating those talks or other aspects. trade is always it was always the top of the agenda between germany and china and jiang is also the senior leader who's responsible for dealing with the economy so they would have been discussing and various trade issues both germany and china have got high trade surpluses with the u.s. with the u.s.

so in that way they would be have a sort of united front because donald trump has been very critical of both countries over that at the same time she will be have been pushing them to present germany as a place that's open for business just as much as she hopes that china will be open for business too on this is this was eco chance message she was saying china is open for business and and that you would that china was opening up and trying to become better at implementing these rules now the chancellor will also be meeting with president changing ping later on today what can we expect there. i imagine there to be talking about various bilateral issues again trade is going to be the main focus at those talks it's possible she will raise human rights issues. it's one of the things that. from our bill always does when she's here is that she raises the human rights issues and. at the moment of one of the bigger

concerns is about who shot who is the wife the widow of the nobel prize laureate shabwah and there's been a very speculation that she could be released and. so perhaps she could go pressure in that area also talking to she they will be discussing issues like the iran nuclear deal which america which duncan has just pulled america out of and earlier today she said the us and china and germany were standing and united in keeping that deal going. thank you so much that was irish times correspondent clifford cohen in there speaking to us from beijing. now let's move on to some other stories making headlines around the world today yulia script paul has spoken out for the first time since she and her father 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. german foreign minister has said that europe is a long way from a compromise with the u.s. on a new nuclear deal the u.s. pulled out of the two thousand and fifteen accord a move which germany has called a threat to international security made these remarks during a visit to washington. a u.s. court has ruled the president cannot block twitter users who disagree with him for you were in his account seven plaintiffs sued he used a feature on the social media site to block them the judge said the president's account is a constitutionally protected public forum. italy's president has approved jew sepic content as that country's next prime minister conti was put forward for the post by italy's two main populist parties the pirate

league and 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 promised to protect italians at home and abroad but he said he was aware that he needed to honor european and international commitments. and let's bring in d.w. correspondent bent for more on this is covering the developments there in italy for us and joins us from italy's capital rome but questions were raised about just how to contest credentials president hesitated before indorsing him is it clear that contact will indeed be confirmed by parliament. yes there's no doubt that mr khan develop have the votes of confidence next week because the majority of the two top this pot is. and the league of the right wing

extremist is sufficient to do that and to then he has to come up with a list of his ministers this might be more difficult especially the minister for finance is a very difficult case because that man is an extreme full of the euro he wants to a better abolish the euro is not quite the this guy mistress of own will be the vine is missed but overall this government will have the chance to start now its actions and mr kahn to promise that he will be a lawyer and that's what he is what he does before he will defend italian interests and that fits very well to the populous slogan it to the first and this is something europe now has to deal with. this coalition of extremes does start governing bad what changes are italians likely to see.

but the expectations additionally are very high and small business owners for example x. expects lower taxes. pension is one pensions and also the. shall be lowered next year. long wish list of promises social belfast and also correct on crackdown on migration on migrants in italy and it's not like the how the new government bill finance all of that but the party does say oh well we just disregard what was common sense so far we will turn upside down everything and this shall be a huge revolution but nobody knows exactly how that proton out and normally ten governments only are in for one year in tennis so we'll see if this government by. survive longer. what about the e.u. what could the new government in rome mean for italy's european partners is this going to cause more headaches in brussels. but this new government has of course

the potential to inflict a lot of crisis in the u.s. specially when it comes to fiscal policy if italy is no longer able to service its dead then a new euro crisis is in the making and italy's fall much too big to be safe the european funds so there's a lot of fighting and reckoning going on right now and does a lot of anxiety of gaza's. ben thanks so much is bound to get there in rome. well jews have a contest appointment as prime minister has left some in italy concerns of the parties who put him forward the pop star movement and the league but it's run fiercely anti immigration election campaigns now foreigners in italy are starting to worry about their prospects under the new government. were. doing is learning italian through games like this one originally from mali he

comes to this school in eastern rome four times a week along with other migrants and refugees but that might change if the new italian government has its way. you know. students are definitely aware that something has changed here people are starting to give them strange looks they're getting a first hand experience of the shift in italian politics. the head of the right wing populist league party. wants to push through a hardline anti immigrant agenda as italy's next interior minister he and coalition partner luigi de mar you're from the five star party want to deport half a million migrants as part of their agreement but experts say that might not succeed they will write things i don't think they will be able

to do really effective things the common basis of these parties is this idea that they are both. i do not expect. a very long longstanding cooperation after months of uncertainty there's a sense of relief among the general population polls suggest six in ten italians are ready to welcome a populist coalition government. gave that we've had very little substantial progress in politics over the last few years i hope this alliance if you can call it that will make a positive difference. also must ensure that i feel nervous about this. we're taking a big risk. and kevin are going to. i think change is good italians have had enough of traditional politics and we haven't got much to show fours. and

we don't yet. but many refugees in italy like to come out to and from mali have reason to feel an easier now. i think it's crazy that they actually want to send us back i can't believe i've been hearing about this since i got here it's just insane. man shuffle. that's why people in classrooms like this one on the edge of rome hope the new government won't accomplish all it set out to do at least when it comes to migration. business news now big changes underway at dacha bank as a terry germany's biggest lender has and now also will get rid of more than seven thousand workers in the next years mainly in their investment banking business the call is part of a restructuring all thoughts of bank on the new c.e.o. christiane saving he will be hoping to offer some words of reassurance to the

annual shareholders meeting today. on that in just a moment but after years of losses that might prove quite. it's a challenge because if you look at the figures it's a pretty grim picture back in twenty twelve thorgeir was the world's second largest investment bank since then it slipped down to number eight that puts it behind several big u.s. banks as well as the credit suisse from switzerland and barclays from britain or just market capitalization that is the value of all the company's shares combined has also dropped significantly from just over thirty billion euros down to twenty three point seven billion they're now making shareholders seven billion euros poorer there's been a steep decline in things to which have fallen from over thirty three billion euros to twenty six point four no wonder shelters up in arms many other erecting their

anger at this man here supervisory board chairman paul he's been in the position since twenty twelve leading to accusations he's been steering the bat in the wrong directions but the new man can't deny his responsibility either christians living out senior positions at the banks risk management and legal departments for many years he's a dutch a bank man through and through he joined the bank as an apprentice in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight dodge a bank a.g.m. as have been tumultuous in the past let's cross over there right now where jenelle development is standing by for us jenelle what can we expect this time round. well just to tell you a bit about the atmosphere and hard so there's been a lot of media here a lot of media attention and your usual motley crew of activists so people with anti-capitalist tendencies are quite big industry critics but of course the real

source of the real source of would be inside where the annual general meeting has just kicked off christian saving of course expected to give more details on the seven thousand job cuts already announced and where they are set to be now there have been reports of course that the job cuts will be heavily focused on the u.s. equities business but also about frankfurt and london will be hit and that they're going to reduce operations elsewhere also in other parts of central europe as well as in the middle east and africa now nobody here seems to be protesting the job cuts themselves but it's not hard to imagine that the people whose jobs are on the chopping block are able to relate to these themes of corporate negligence and an overemphasis on risky speculative investment that led to these measures today. have you heard anything from the star for president does have they sit on the board have they agreed to the job cuts well like i said the details are

still incoming and they will react to them accordingly probably but so far the ones who've already started started talking to the media have said that the numbers on the table don't seem to be particularly realistic and that they will be an object for the negotiations between the works council and management in summer in the summer but the cuts are likely to affect workers in infrastructure and administration and banking so workers with highly transferable skill sets with good chances that future employer believe me so perhaps that's a source of hope there. that the shareholders meeting in france of course throughout the day thank you very much. a currency crisis in turkey has been averted for now. in an emergency meeting the turkish central bank has hikes one of its key interest rates from around thirteen percent to sixteen and a half step was taken to both of the lira which had plunged to historic lows

against the u.s. dollar yesterday the measures showed an immediate effect the turkish comes again more than two percent after the announcement. washington is looking into imposing new tariffs on foreign vehicles it claims it has evidence that car imports have eroded the domestic car industry so it is examining whether foreign vehicles are weakening the u.s. economy and in turn impact national security the administration has used the same legal argument when imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports german and japanese automakers would be most strongly affected by additional tires on foreign . now they call it take for good fifty top technology c.e.o.'s have met with french president in monaco and paris to talk about leaving a positive mark on the world many would think firms like facebook and hardly the ones to tout their positive influence but maybe that's the point to get silicon

valley firms to think different. if mark zuckerberg for the tease ways has come to an end he was wrong french president emmanuel mccraw made it clear to the facebook c.e.o. that he would be calm things down and global businesses exploited past new data while avoiding paying taxes. was one of the round sixty industry bosses attending the tech for 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 start freeriding while ignoring social situations around them and his words may have already taken impact as some parents 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 while announced that european drivers will have access to medical cover. that's all your business. the football world cup is only weeks away that's right a lot of excitement ahead of the germany's national football team has begun to arrive in northern italy for training ahead of the world cup in russia almost all

twenty seven players in your name and coach joachim lives provenge provisional squad will be there by the weekend but for those hoping to meet their favorite players are in for a bit of a letdown. 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. get it safety first and if they came out there would 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 the team and remained inside the team manager did make an appearance but only for journalists and this is one of the 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 concentrated into detail more. fire 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. not see how many will neuer fares in the next few days here and then we'll see if it will be neuer or to stay. playing a couple of friendly's we'll see how it goes from noyon. 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. the women's champions league final takes place tonight in the ukrainian capital kiev. won both the german league and cup and are now hunting the elusive trouble but the same goes for the french side leo all

the two teams are making their final preparations as they hunt for european glory. final preparations for germany champions volves bridge. just last weekend the v.w. packed club beat byron munich to lift the german cup. their focus is on winning the treble and the wolves team coach is confident of his side's chances. we don't we have to take the game to van. we have to take it into their hof and d. for consistent if we put leon under pressure then that will create problems and went home good. spirit center back in the left fisher expects a tough tosh i think it's overall the strength also as a team that we have to be prepared for and they really get in the attacking game. four time champions and holders leon are also in search of the travel this season

the french champions won their league trophy for a record sixteenth time and also lifted the domestic cup. it is your. every trophy every title is different we've won many titles and every time it's a different feeling it's a new feeling if you're a top player you like to play matches when finals and we want to win these final obviously. times bottle awaits in kiev for the trophy between two of europe's most successful clubs. and finally a car that's cruised into the hearts of millions worldwide the v.w. beetle has a vast fan base here in germany and beyond with many won over by its cute brown foreman reliability as the bug celebrates its eightieth birthday today did you takes you along for a joyride. with its red orange paint job and circular

headlights it's months in the months pride and joy he's been a big fan of. decades. so nice and round really costly just adorable when you stand in front of it you see a really friendly face looking back. on takes me on my first ride ever in the legendary car. there's not room in this. power steering automatic windows or any. cars i probably wouldn't buy one but many people around the world have a completely different opinion. twenty two million been sold and it was even once the world's best selling car it has also been popular in the u.s.

and. helped lay the foundation for the v.w. factory in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight his propaganda promise was a car everyone could afford what he called the strength through joy. evolved into the v.w. beetle in the one nine hundred fifty s. it became the symbol of freedom and independence in germany germans drove it to the countryside and vacation spots it didn't take long for the millionth beetle to roll off the you simply line the car represented the country's economic miracle on wheels and worse renowned for its durability no other car goes through so much more so with. rights. rights. even made it to the silver screen disney made millions with its film the off back.

hammond simmons car has even helped him to make new friends he joined other beatle enthusiasts to create. the vehicle has been out of production for fifteen years now but love for the bee to never dies. i had to be able to just remind of our top story before we go in beijing german chancellor i'm going to both china and germany are standing by the iranian nuclear deal despite the u.s. pulling out earlier this month is in china for two days of talks. so you know years from now i'll be back at the top of the next hour. meanwhile you can find our stories online the t.w. called thanks for watching.

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