this is the w.'s mind that from berlin tonight trump spectacular turnaround u.s. president cancels a planned a summit with north korea this is a tremendous setback for north korea and indeed a setback for the world the u.s. president blames hostile statements from kim jong il for the decision will ask what the shock move means for hopes of peace on the korean peninsula also coming up france's presidents and russia's of latin and react to washington's latest

curveball they say nonproliferation efforts should continue and they'll also keep to the iran's nuclear deal discarded by the u.s. and of both sides on ireland's abortion debate head to the polls the traditionally catholic country is deciding in a referendum whether to reform its strict rules on terminating a pregnancy yes. it's good to have you with us u.s. president will trump has canceled a highly anticipated summit with north korea's leader kim jong un trump blamed the decision on quote open hostility from pyongyang but the collapse of the talks will likely also raise questions about the hawkish stance from within the white house there's hawkish attitudes were seized upon by pyongyang in the meantime trump has

conceded that an opportunity for peace may have been missed. based on the recent statement of north korea decided to terminate the planned summit in singapore in june twelfth well many things can happen and a great opportunity lies ahead potentially i believe that this is a tremendous setback for north korea and indeed a setback for the world. before this address trump informed the world and north korea's leadership of his decision in a letter quite unusual for a president more accustomed to making major announcements on twitter this time he needed more than one hundred forty characters to convey his disappointment about kim jong un's recent displays of quote tremendous anger and open hostility it means they are potentially historic meeting is now off asked by

a reporter if this would mean more and more likely trump responded see what happens i heard. you did you argue it will show you the timing is giving other world leaders a cause for concern air there in the day a handful of international journalists including some from south korea were invited to witness the suppose the demolition of a north korean nuclear test site seen by many as an act of goodwill independent nuclear weapons inspectors did not attend the international community's hopes for peace between the two koreas dashed. the bombs to continue their dial to find the path to the peaceful then fired didn't realize ation of the korean peninsula. president trump wants to continue the dialogue but to set conditions. if anyone

came down on chooses to engage in constructive dialogue and action. i am waiting. the world is waiting to see if these two leaders will ever meet and if their eyes ation will ever be achieved. and for more of this i'm joined here at the big table by korea expert professor has mostly from the free university here in berlin professor it's good to see you again you know we didn't think we were going to be talking about this this suited the it appears the entire world was caught off guard by this decision what did you think when you heard about it yeah i was surprised by it too i heard from my students during my lecture today and we discussed it but it's not only i think also the. people around triumphal themselves they were surprised by that of course moon of the south korean president was taken by surprise he visited for president only one day before and they had very good

composition but what does this mean i mean we heard that president moon was trying to make sense of what happened today. what does this mean for him moving forward he has invested a lot in the trump plan as we know it has he completely lost face in credibility with the south koreans through this. well i think first of all the efforts by a south korean president jane were very well received even even in the white house and they were very successful but now we have that what we have been warned about so long that there is an unpredictability was president trump and the only way to to to get over this is now having a smart reaction by the north koreans he said in his comments today that he had spoken with leaders in south korea in japan but obviously according to what we've heard from president moon in seoul you know that was not the case they this caught

them by surprise so we've got the south korea factor now what about china with this yes so in the case that really the summit does not take place and the relations getting worse between. the u.s. and north korea then actually china becomes much more important because they can also give guarantees of security to north korea they can provide also economic benefits to to to north korea of course they cannot completely sums substitute the u.s. but it could be the the core could be moved to china to having a better bigger rooms and this comes on the day when we had the reports of journalists going into north korea and seeing tunnels to the supposedly to the north korean nuclear facilities being destroyed so you got a picture of at least what north korea wants us to think of them trying to get rid of their nuclear weapons research and then you've got the u.s. president canceling a summit with kim jong un so who looks how in this picture i think both sides are

to be blamed it's only one side but obviously the north koreans are very much interested in going into the negotiation this was an important gesture even though some people say the facilities haven't been working anyways but it was an important gesture of good faith by north korea. as they also released the prisoners the u.s. prisoners and all the other things and not so much has been coming back from the u.s. until now and that's what also north korea has been bothered what about this talk about the former libyan dictator moammar gadhafi there was this fear there's been a lot of talk john bolton's talked about it vice president pence and there was there was this talk about kim jong un being afraid that he too would become a dictator he would be left to die do you think that played a role in the polemics we've seen in the last week or so i would definitely say so the libya model so that back then got duffy agreed in a deal with the u.s.

to get rid of his weapons of mass destruction and then in the end of being killed by rebels this is the worst case scenario for north korea and the americans keep talking it's not talking about it yeah there's no big of provocation than that that's a very good point i want to read of part of the letter from president trump today just to give our audience an idea of what exactly was said and he writes sadly based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement i feel it is inappropriate at this time to have this long plane meeting you talk about your nuclear capabilities but ours are so massive in powerful that i pray to god that they will never have to be used so what are we hearing there i mean is that we're back to this mine is bigger than your words but are is that a very old threat of a nuclear attack i would say so i think this is the code between those two cowboys call when the rest of the cohen these that they used to talk to and i think will

understand what trump is saying is trying to say and also if you look at the formulation of the tone of the letter that road it's not really harsh provocations just being very clear he's delivered the door and quickly big time do you think what reaction do you think we're going to see from north korea if any in the next twenty four hours very very difficult to predict but i really hope they are smart and don't react in interim occasionally that's right professor who is most there as always we appreciate your insights thank you. for north korea was also on the agenda of talks between the french president manuel mccrone and his russian counterpart vladimir putin in st petersburg today both leaders urged washington in pyongyang to continue their efforts to work towards a summit mccrone said it was vital to uphold the goal of denuclearizing the korean peninsula despite trump's decision to cancel the meeting with kim jong un they also

discussed the conflict in ukraine and the iran nuclear deal. for more on this now we want to go to moscow our correspondent in really sure what is on the story for us tonight good evening to you emilie's that we've got a key issue for president macron seeking must gal's help in maintaining the iran nuclear deal even as the u.s. pulls out of it what do you make of president putin's response on that front. well putin reiterated the importance of keeping to that iran nuclear deal he also spoke of live bent to bull consequences if if there weren't if the deal couldn't be preserved he also then mention again that he had spoken to the head of the international atomic energy agency and he said that iran is fulfilling its obligations within that nuclear deal so really there's no reason to leave that deal to break up that deal as it were it seemed to be kind of to me almost

a veiled criticism there are not so veiled of the us for leaving that deal from the beginning russia has been very critical of the u.s. his decision to leave the deal shortly after the decision was made the foreign ministry said that the decision showed that the u.s. was incapable of keeping to its international agreements and today over. announcement that he wouldn't be meeting with north korean leader kim jong un as well putin seemed to criticize the u.s. for not keeping keeping to its deals for not keeping to its international obligations and for not being a reliable partner he said again that korea north korea had kept to its promises that there was no reason to cancel the meeting so perhaps by questioning the reliability of the u.s. as a partner he's also showing himself to be a more reliable partner to europe and to france this michael we know the reality is

friends. have some very very strong differences just as the ukraine is the war in syria were those differences those tensions really reflected in the way putin directed today. well yes and no on ukraine both leaders were really vague they both spoke of the importance of keeping to the minsk peace process and also of continuing talks in the normandy format so that's with ukraine russia france and germany and syria you could sense that there are some differences talked about the importance of. the fact that there are different different opinions between the lou two leaders when it comes to weapons and that it was important to find out who is behind chemical weapons attacks in syria after all france joined the u.s. and the u.k. after a suspected chemical weapons attack in april and they attacked syrian government

targets there and putin condemned those attacks at the time very strongly so that was certainly a reference to a difference of opinion between the two sides but in general the tone was very much conciliatory mcallen talked a lot lot about historical ties cultural ties and they both talked about economic ties as well and also my call i found it interesting referred to putin in the opening statements with an informal two so really kind of signaling that the two sides are kind of looking to deepen their partnership or you're going on the story and we'll still be like you really think you. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world german chancellor angela merkel is on a two day visit to china during talks with premier the young the two leaders launched a spirited defense of free trade and a meeting with president xi jinping. welcome to chinese moves to reduce automobile

import tariffs dutch investigators say that the missile that brought down malaysia airlines flight m h seventeen nearly four years ago came from a russia based military units the passenger jet was headed from amsterdam to go all of the poor when it was blown out of the sky over eastern ukraine or two hundred ninety eight passengers and crew were killed. arterials here now bad news for german carmakers again again and trying it is trying to hit germany where it seems that every silver lining has a cloud off the news of china lowering import tariffs yesterday as we just came the news that america wants to trust sickly increase its own duties the reason national security america claims the likes of german kamikaze damage in the u.s. economy german cars remain popular in the united states that's a thorn in the side of u.s. president donald trump who maintains that foreign imports have eroded the domestic

car industry over the past two decades car imports have risen by fifty percent by the number off work as an american car plants has been falling german factories in the u.s. have added thousands of new hires german automakers account for one in six jobs in the u.s. car industry but now donald trump is reportedly mulling a plan to impose in part tariffs of up to twenty five percent on the. european time makers at present pay about a tenth of. carmakers like mercedes b.m.w. and fox lagan which manufacture in the u.s. would be less badly hit than companies like audi in porsche. last year almost half a million german cars were exported to the u.s. not only german car associations but also do you are concerned about transplants. u.s. food actually. very strange does he do it. because

to do. however the e.u. remains hopeful that a solution complying with international trade rules can be found. the opinion remains divided about whether important terrorists would actually benefit the u.s. car industry some experts say the move is unlikely to create new jobs. and selfish man skis on wall street for us so sophie we've heard the e.u. side in that report but what is america's justification for branding these imports as a national security threat well daniel i think it's really important to understand here the way that world war ross is actually defining national security and he refers back to the trade expands an act of nine hundred sixty two and that is saying that basically national security military security is the same

thing or has to include security of the economy often farm and so whenever anything is present in the labor market or the economy then this if. anyone or anything with threats and military security and everything exactly how they justify that brand. and it seems trumps on again off again relationship with kim jong un has shaken the markets out of the us president called of a historic meeting with the north korean leader what reaction do you see. well the reaction of the investor if cain staring the day of christie could really see a drop in stock prices especially of the stock prices or stocks listed and the dow jones two hundred sixty points in the negative territory but then it seemed like invest this way changing their assessment office situation and they came to the conclusion that eventually it's not going to have that's a big impact on the market on the economy so that's why prices came back

a little bit during the day today so they're not as in a huge impact there but they're forcing to make decisions on geopolitics finally investors getting stuck in the service months you don't you very much now did show a bank is slashing over seven thousand jobs thought of an overhaul and a new c.e.o. seaven and here's why back in twenty twelve show was the world's second largest investment bank since then it slipped down to number eight and that puts it behind the u.s. banks but also credit suisse from switzerland and barclays from britain there's been a steep decline in revenue to falling from over thirty three billion to twenty six point four billion euros no wonder shareholders are up in arms many are directing their anger at supervisory board chief paul. he's been in the position since twenty twelve and is accused of steering the bank in the wrong direction but christian

savings plan to cut jobs isn't saving the bank any money share prices falling today to its lowest in seventeen months and it's not just the investors who are unhappy. they came to express their contempt for deutsche bank protesters who gathered outside the annual shareholders meeting in front foot to see germany's largest lender as an example of everything that's wrong with the financial world the announcement of more than seven thousand job cuts just comes weeks after the bank appointed a new boss the uk to. current results leave us no other choice we need to set in place the conditions in order to sustain long term profitability it's. receding for us it's on shuffle one thing that most people can agree with is that something needs to change a torch a bank has most bang for i need a bank that is competitive on both a national and international level and that's not the case now. the moment.

simply too high they need to go down dortch a bank has lost its edge in recent here is an issue its c.e.o. is determined to address you misunderstand better balance in our business so that our results fluctuate less this is the only way we will be able to sustain profitability and build on our strengths and what else i ignore cuffed. of. after three consecutive years of losses the new boss is intent on shaking things up he wants to focus on the german market coupling innovation with old fashioned banking. has back to bite now and a vote that could leave ireland bitterly divided is exactly right voters in ireland are heading to the polls on friday in a referendum that will decide whether to reform the catholic countries near total ban on abortions here in europe most countries have fairly liberal abortion

policies and allow terminations through the first trimester of pregnancy there are three exceptions however in malta terminations are completely right they are completely banned poland has a near total abortion ban in place women there can only terminate a pregnancy in cases of rape fatal fetal abnormalities or if the wife of the mother is in danger and currently in ireland the only legal case for an abortion is if a pregnant woman's life is at risk why rich women are however free to travel to other countries to access abortion services as a result an average of eleven women travel every day from ireland to england in wales to terminate their pregnancies we met one of them. a loving mother that's what jennifer ryan always hoped to be six years ago she was pregnant for the second time it seemed like a normal pregnancy until a routine scan in the twenty second week brought jennifer's world crashing down she

can still remember the doctor's exact words. your baby has a lot of problems and she has a very severe form a spinal bifida starting on her and her shoulder blades and she won't be able to survive with us and on top of that she has no kidneys and the severity of the spinal bifida is cause a lot of damage from brain your baby is incompatible with life. jennifer decided she wanted to spare her baby any pain and have an abortion what happened next was almost as traumatic she and her husband had to hastily arrange a trip to a clinic in liverpool because doctors in island couldn't help. are you ready. they couldn't talk to you about it over here we got the details of liver promise on the scrap of paper you know we had to ring ourselves they couldn't do any of our for us. just you know like you were just totally alone. they

took a ferry to liverpool went there and back in twenty four hours it's a journey three to four thousand women make each year it's proof that terminations are reality and i learned to say those who want the country's strict abortion law to be repealed these activists in central dublin come painting for giving women the choice. that anti-abortion campaign as fear if the law is repealed women could feel pressured into terminating their pregnancies for example if the baby has a disability. can you imagine going into a hospital this assists life concern or slight issue. that doctors will be obliged if we have at all allowing for abortion to tell people and explain that they can have an abortion and suddenly you feel undermined suddenly your commitment to pregnancy is is reduced some even oppose abortions in cases of rape.

there are other options out there and would never like to think that a woman feels she has to have an abortion although jennifer ryan can understand this view she's in favor of repealing the law she believes only the woman can decide what's right for her. my daughter was never going to hold her life she was never going to exist in this world you know she was never going to catus chance to live like the doctors to tell me she wasn't even going to be able to breathe i wasn't pretty i was protecting her making the choice a mates who was protecting her from pain jennifer's unborn daughter holds a special place in the family's hearts jessica would have been her name jennifer hopes women will soon no longer have to go through what she did oh. well german soccer nell vosburgh have missed the chance to wrap up the second trouble in five years after losing four one to french powerhouse leon in the

women's champions league final retaining their bundesliga and german cup titles this month and they took the lead in extra time through the new year harder and board then down to ten players defending champions league gone soon get back through. and further goals sealed victory for the french side who are now on for their own trouble. with the world cup in russia just three weeks ago eight germany are at their training camp in northern italy to get ready for the big event code you walk and look and staying optimistic but he knows the world champions will not speak able to just coast through as they defend their time. you are in love looked laidback as he waited for his first appearance in front of the press but mentally he was already in full world cup mode on the first day of training camp. the c.e.o. went to our drive and ambition our undiminished look at what even among the players

who are already world champions when you right now we don't need to pump up our holiday because it's definitely the president and everyone who's here is four hundred nineteen out of twenty seven players have already arrived so far love has only had them do light duty but this weekend he'll get the team started on true tactical training. if we already know what will be facing in the group stage sweden south korea and mexico teams that will play defensively if we also have to expect that we'll be aggressively attack during the tournament so we have to work on that nonstop to his theory at meetings and on the pitch lots stand to go we haven't really thought about. whether injured captain manuel neuer goes to the world cup will not be decided until the end of training camp until then though there will be daily updates on his progress. to study for how as of today he

has no problems whatsoever not even with high impact moves like jumps and so things are looking very good right now the moment she had with us but despite all his optimism love watched training with a critical eye his team has some hard work to do before the tournament kicks off. after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day i hope you stick around for the.

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. we must piece. audio. the germans every move on to double. trump's dear kim letter today the u.s. president called off the planned summit with his north korean counterpart in on official white house stationery he slipped back into the language of my arsenal is bigger than yours and in typical trump style he extended a hand to kim at the same time implying his finger is back on the nuclear button i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day.