this is news coming to you live from berlin donald trump says he'd like to invite north korea's leader kim jong il into the white house in next week's u.s. north korea summit goes well the u.s. president is talking up the prospects for monday's historic meeting during a visit by japan's prime minister shinzo to washington both leaders say they could normalize ties with john yang if the summit is successful and also coming up we will not be intimidated a warning from canada and europe to the u.s. president as the leaders of the g.

seven arrive in come back and tensions over trade threatening to overshadow the two day summit. and school children in berlin fasting during ramadan strict observance of those pillar of islam is causing controversy in some german schools we asked muslim peoples in the capital how they feel about not eating or drinking between sunrise and sunset. and in sports germany face their final warm up match before the world cup begins but there are problems already with an injury pitting their plans for the saudi arabia class. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us donald trump says he would consider inviting korean leader kim jong un to the white house if next week's summit between the two leaders goes well. also said attitude is more important than preparation as

he gets set to negotiate the denuclearization of the korean peninsula the u.s. president made his comments after a meeting at the white house with japan's prime minister part of a flurry of diplomatic get tippity in the run up to the summit donald trump welcomed shinzo abi to washington with the news that his own off relationship with north korea looks to be very much by cohen having counseled the singapore summit two weeks ago he appears now to believe that it could be the start of an unprecedented era of peace in northeast asia. i hope the upcoming meeting in singapore represents the beginning of a bright new future for north korea and indeed a bright new future for the world the deed nuclearization of the korean peninsula would assure in a new era of prosperity security and peace for all koreans north and south and for people everywhere after promising be the japanese citizens abducted by the

north korean regime would be on the agenda at the talks on june the twelfth trump ton to business. the united states seeks a bilateral deal with japan that is based on the principle of fairness and reciprocity we're working hard to reduce our trade imbalance which is very substantial remove barriers to u.s. exports and to achieve a fair and mutually beneficial economic partnership. but before the singapore summit trump heads to the g seven meeting of global economic powers in canada where security is already being beefed up. but rather than protestors it's the group's other members from whom the president is likely to take most flak with recent u.s. tire of some sort and goods sparking talk of a trade war. well joining us now from tokyo is michael penn he's

president of the shin yet sue news agency michael ahead of the g. seven summit president trump has managed to alienate some of america's closest allies good could japan end up getting pulled into a trade war as well. yes i think it very much could in fact you know although the japanese government has been not particularly outspoken it's been quiet as it usually is in terms of the substance of the policy there is very very much been a divergence between where the u.s. is going and where the japanese want to go in fact in the comments of president trump what you played there in that package he was talking about a bilateral trade deal and that's exactly what the japanese government's been holding a line against they prefer multilateral agreements and they don't want to be pushed into a bilateral agreement which they think will be only to the disadvantage of japan prime minister is meeting with donald trump was in part to talk strategy head of

the kim trial summit in singapore what does japan want out of that meeting. well. obvious basically probably pushing for two specific points one is that he wants to make sure that the issue of the abductees the japanese abductees to north korea is brought up and that kim is pushed to resolve the issue how much resolution is actually needed on that is a matter of debate but from the japanese point of view it's an important issue and the other it has to do a short range missiles you know the united states is homeland security is not threatened at all by kim's short range missiles and so a deal might be made that leaves them in place from a perspective that's not a good thing because those short range missile missiles short range missiles can still reach japan quite easily so this is something is probably also pushing trump

about the personal chemistry always plays a role in these things what is the personal relationship between shinzo the japanese prime minister and president trump there in the u.s. can they work together on global issues do they see. in a way that will allow them to work out their differences over trade and and get together on north korea. right well you know there's probably no world leader who has worked harder to make a relationship with trump that than ave has in fact he was the first world leader to meet with trump even before he was even going for he became president while he's president elect so you know of a basically from the beginning made a calculation that making a very strong personal relationship with trump was the way to best advance japan's interests and he's been very very harshly say flattering to the president and doing

everything he can to to keep keep on his good side now this policy seems to have worked for the first year but now it's beginning to slide on policy issues now we're seeing a trump make decisions and to move in directions that abbay doesn't want so we're seeing the limits of that personal relationship as far as obvious concerned at this point in time michael thank you so much for your insights michael penn there president of the shing at soon news agency he was talking to us from tokyo. now the forty fourth summit of the g. seven group of industrialized nations gets underway and candidates today but the group of seven are remarkably fragmented let's start with the host country canada prime minister justin trudeau is trying to stay up beat about the summit even though he acknowledges disagreements he stresses that canada is the only country to have free trade agreements with all seven g seven partners well president donald

trump has been stomping on a lot of toes recently ditching the iran nuclear deal and imposing punitive tariffs on key allies but he's not totally isolated the japanese prime minister as we just heard this shares similar goals with president trump in north korea though he's unhappy with trump's withdrawal from the trans pacific partnership trade deal now goal here in germany heard government is struggling to cope with donald trump's trade policies and has been slow to move forward with new reform committed to multi-lateralism germany still seem short on ideas to solve e.u. problems french president manuel mccaw has made fixing the e.u. a priority he wants a common eve budget and finance minister and even a european monetary fund last week michael signaled limited support for his proposals britain and italy complete the g seven picture britain is on its way out

of the e.u. of course and italy's new populist government coalition is critical of it as well prime minister just epic conti well he'll be meeting the other leaders for the first time and he's a bit of an unknown quantity but it's more than trade issues that are troubling the g seven the club of leading economies has even been facing doubts about its continued relevance. seven nations seven heavyweights but how much weight do they really have are they now random spheres of influence driven by their own interests at a time when the u.s. and europe have little common ground. some say the g. seven is out of kilter. we see a cohesive group of seven major western countries other c. even according to some european officials a kind of g six one the other six trying to convince. mr

ration about certain things such as climate such as not. trade war on the. building on political impetus to solve global problems that was the g seven concept forty years ago with finely tuned binding diplomacy as its most important instrument these days that spirit it's hard to find critics say g seven summits have been reduced to pricey talking. outputs of the g seven to my subjective opinion. since recently and then of course the public questions about the usefulness of such a summit which indeed involves lots of preparation lots of time and energy.

security expenses. diplomatic tensions aren't the only problems plaguing the g. seven other high level meetings have begun taking the wind out of the group's. shanghai cooperation organization. the brics platform such. africa they have developed. diplomatic activity at leadership level ministerial level of working groups are very very similar to the g seven the relations in the world have changed so for now on the western powers less than ever before there is no real reason anymore to accept leadership or a leading role of such as. this summit in canada will certainly not be the last giving up on g seven diplomacy would be an open admission that western unity had collapsed so on the go trying to find order and a new center of gravity. well ahead of this problematic g.

seven summit monica's taking a closer look at the station indeed and terry of course for one host canada's premier justin trudeau was involved in a biting exchange on twitter with donald trump and. perhaps it in the tone for the two day summit who knows but for a host country canada of course a lot is at stake it depends heavily on exports and free trade last year its economy grew three percent outpacing most industrialized nations washington's decision to impose punitive tariffs on metals is a setback for the canadian government liberal dependable and open. canada has no trouble attracting international investors this factory for example was built by the german company k. and das came in as wants to tap into the country's vast natural resources kind of his agriculture sector is among the world's leading export has to make sure trade

is smooth with capital and goods flowing across borders canada has long been a strong supporter of free trade. the nuff to free trade agreement came into force over thirty years ago since then the north american nations have grown closer together and seen robust growth the canadians have also signed an agreement with the e.u. called sita and in march canada joined the transpacific partnership accord earlier washington pulled out of the agreement canada benefits from open borders last year the economy grew three percent outpacing most industrial nations but now it has suffered a setback after its most important trading partner the u.s. imposed punitive tariffs on metals and other exports. not a very friendly move of course and certainly something that will be discussed in canada for more i'm joined by muckers bill economist from the university of cent

gallon good to have you with us so what's in store will the summit be dominated by a trait rao well it's rather a question whether the political trade regime will be changed instead of a row row would be just an issue to solve but president from with his deal of political. strategy ones to actually trade it change the trade regime and that's a very political issue which will be taken up in canada but if you want to change something especially something that involves populist partners have to play along well they. well that's the big issue and it's good that they meet and talk it's not a g. seven summit it's a g one one one one one is terry demonstrating the fragmented partnership just minutes ago so it's against the others but it's a divided europe it's four countries from euro with different directions is japan

with a different issue and so it's going to be very complicated to find a joint statement at the end of the summit i mean ahead of the summit a lot of people already predicted that this is going to be six against one you already mentioned japan and we already had that abyei this it did trump before this summit will we see such clear from so will there be back room talks. there might be back through talks because i predict that it's going to be not going to be six against one it's seven one member countries of the summit and every one of it has different angles and strategies and the big issue is what europe is going to be doing as a joint force and as it was mentioned we have a new italian prime minister who no none of the others have ever. before so that's going to be an issue as well so how joined is europe i mean it's represented by germany france italy and britain which certainly has its own agenda but we have

a fast reforming front so we have a non reforming germany we have a reformed italy and we have a britain on the way out so it's a completely diverse europe at the moment so is the ideal basically setting for donald trump to basically say this is how it's going to be from now well. at least he has the chance to to to to to discuss bilateral with with the different countries but in the end i mean the europeans will be smart enough to do not fall the into that route and let mr trump dominate the g. seven summit i don't think so ok well we'll find out certainly in two days from now marcus will economist from university of st gallen thank you so much for joining us in the studio. a lodge and gina and the international monetary fund have reached an agreement for a three year fifty billion standby arrangement and the government says it's old

financing to provide a safety net and avoid the frequent crises of argentina's past the i.m.f. board still has to approve the bailout. the deal marks a turning point for argentina for years argentina shun the i.m.f. after the economic crisis of two thousand and one two thousand and two many argentines blamed that crisis on austerity measures which the i.m.f. had demanded and they took to the streets again in protest against president mauricio mockeries the negotiations with the fund rajan teena requested i.m.f. assistance early last month after its peso currency weaken sharply in an investor exodus the chairman of the central bank and the finance minister announced the deal on thursday it was. stand by we've agreed on standby access the amount of fifty billion dollars this is eleven times greater than argentina's quota which is reflective of the support of the international community for argentina it's very

good news the integration of argentina to the world which allows us to have this level of support. but it means that. if i need to. the agreement will hold the argentine government to its promise to reduce its deficit to two point seven percent this year the government will also send a proposal to congress to reform the central bank charter and strengthen its autonomy duke of me said the country aims to be in surplus by twenty twenty. now has reportedly been speaking with shareholders about a merger with competitor. according to bloomberg talks have not reached a formal states the two bands to have broken off in the summer of twenty sixteen speculation has grown about a possible merger between deutsche and commands banks and private equity company severus capital in both banks. and here's something to chew you

up illegal and just turned fifty and kids staying overnight can eat for free. originally legal and in billund denmark is also marking the occasion with a fifty meter long best day cake and of course nor and what would any best day be without a friendly dinosaur there it is there are now nine around the world from germany to the u.s. and malaysia annual sales came to over six hundred ninety million euros last year a fun way to make money. all right and now from fun to something very serious the latest on the volcano outbreak and. that's right it's not looking good right now for the for the search and rescue operation the search for survivors of the devastating volcanic eruption in guatemala has been called off due to hazardous conditions the country's disaster management agency

says the volcano could erupt again it any time and that rainfall could unleash more lava down the sides of the volcano more than one hundred people have been declared dead another two hundred are still missing. clearing the rubble after disaster struck for days crews have worked tirelessly to find and remove bodies buried under volcanic ash it's been a grim task and dangerous too dangerous the official search has been suspended in safer parts of the region emergency shelters have been set up for evacuees those who made it here are the lucky ones. meanwhile there were heartbreaking scenes outside a morgue. where red cross workers tried to console victims who lost everything maybe at the think i lost my grandchildren who was seventeen and nineteen and twenty two and my thirty eight year old daughter and it's something that maybe you

see me smiling inside i mean a lot of pain. a funeral for a man who went searching for his family but later died of severe burns. he said that all of a sudden he saw the lava and he could no longer escape he said he was all burned but he was still alive when they got him out. but the community has come together in a show of solidarity with people donating food and other items to help fellow guatemalans who suffered catastrophic losses. of some of the other stories making headlines around the world today facebook says private posts by up to fourteen million users were made public last month and the social network blames a software bug for the problem which it says is now fixed the admission follows an

earlier revelation that facebook was sharing user data with device makers including china's huawei. and scientists say nasa's curiosity rover has found potential building blocks for life in an ancient martian lake bed i doubt it as part of the u.s. space agency's search for organic molecules on mars researchers said the discovery could be a sign of life but there may be nonbiological explanations for the findings. rather than is currently being observed by muslims around the world the islamic holy month is a period of fasting during the day and often feasting when the sun goes down but options over whether children opinions over whether children should take part is divided at least here in germany g.w. visited the berlin elementary school where most children come from muslim families and found that some are stricter than others when it comes to a big rules of ramadan. it's lunch time but at this elementary school most of our and north can't eat or drink water even though it's one of the hottest

days all year because they are fasting. and i don't want to because my mother weeks me up at two in the morning then i'm allowed to the exact time changes there's an extra counter for that and i continue till three am it's ok to eat at that time then i go back to sleep. and. it's not that bad because i don't get that hungry. most of the children in this berlin school come from muslim families not all of them are strict when it comes to obeying the rules of ramadan. and they're not statement in the middle of the night you wake up and eat as much as you can then your stomach stretches because it's full and the next day it constricts and that's bad for your health that's why i think fasting is not a good idea stretched as fast it happens i fasted at school in the past but my mum told me if it's too hot and the sun is shining brightly then i should stop fasting on it's who stacks sanctions past. i only fast on the weekends because if i do it while i'm at school i can't concentrate fall asleep i. school principal asked would

sabina observes that in the last few years an increasing number of very young students take the muslim rule of fasting very seriously can it kind i don't know of any other religious community that considers itself so important that the school has to change its schedule to suit them for me this is a no go religion is something very private. we have religious freedom in germany but we can reorganize the school system to enable. the school isn't the berlin district of no it couldn't where a lot of muslims live here opinion on whether children should fast is divided. burns's five if it's voluntary it's fine but if they're forced to do it now you've finished it was enough one of us if they're convinced and it's ok kids are entitled to an opinion too hard but this is it would be better for cho's. if they stayed at home during ramadan. in germany staying home is not an option because schooling is

mandatory and nor and most if i have to perform the same tasks as their classmates who are not fasting. i don't have any problems with this i'm just there is to sometimes. it's not to matter my mother always says if i can't go on then it's ok to drink or eat something then i just have to break my fast. most of it is lucky he can fast without being put under pressure there are no clear rules in islam concerning at what age children must begin fasting. the world cup in russia is just around the corner and germany has now finished their training camp in italy confident they've done the necessary groundwork for a successful tournaments despite losing last week's friendly against austria the team is now back in germany for upon a warm up match against saudi arabia after which the real work begins. cracking weather a laid back atmosphere and simple drills the perfect entered germany's world cup

training camp it's certainly good enough for the world cup's recalled goalscorer now a coach miroslav klose says he's happy with the team's progress. and he and i think we've trained well in this and we have to make sure we achieve the same things we did four years ago it's and that means developing a positive team spirit pushing each other and training with an intensity that's enough to challenge even the established players. so going on. for. a few weeks ago it was unthinkable but it's manuel neuer has proven his fitness in these once again the undisputed number one between the posts and the rest of the squad is also in good spirits including injury doubt jerome boa tang only measured ursule had to cut short his training schedule he'll miss friday's game due to a knee injury. but otoh necessary to the doctors say it's just

a bruise on the knee but you don't want to take any unnecessary risks he did some sprints today so i assume it won't be an issue for the world cup if you give him kind to mice for the match against saudi arabia's germany's last test before their world cup defense kicks off. and forgo just a reminder of the top stories we're following for you today u.s. president donald trump says he would consider inviting korean leader kim jong un to the white house if next week's summit between the two goes well he made the call that steering a visit by japanese prime minister shinzo. both leaders said they could consider establishing diplomatic ties with pyongyang. so you news for now i'll be back at the top of the next hour with more thanks for watching. the be.

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