this is t w news coming to you live from berlin donald trump says he might invite north korea's leader kim jong il into the white house if next week's u.s. north korea summit goes well the u.s. president talking up the prospects for monday's historic meeting during a visit by japan's prime minister shinzo to washington post leaders say they could normalize ties with pyongyang if the summit is successful. 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 tensions over trade threatening to overshadow the today.

and schoolchildren in berlin the fasting during ramadan strict observance of this pillar of islam is causing controversy even some german schools we ask muslim pupils 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 hitting their plans for the saudi arabia clash. oh i'm terry martin welcome to the program donald trump says he would consider inviting north korean leader kim jong un to the white house if next week's summit between the two leaders goes well trump 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 the comments after a meeting at the white house with japan's prime minister part of a flurry of diplomatic activity in the run up to the sell it donald trump welcome should be to washington with the news that his own off relationship with north korea looks to be very much by cohen having canceled 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 turn 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 soon 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 for this event of japan prime minister meeting with donald trump was in part to talk strategy head of the kim

trump 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 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 the 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 he's probably also pushing trump about now 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 eye to eye in a way that will allow them to work out their differences over trade. 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 than than ave has in fact he was the first world leader to meet with trump even before he was even clerk for he became president while he's president elect so you know are they 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. of course the u.s. and japanese leaders are on their way to canada now for the g. seven summit there been some really interesting exchanges on twitter ahead of that because you can expect when donald trump is involved terry while the group of seven industrialized nations starts its meeting in canada later today but tensions over trade threatening to overshadow the two day summit u.s. president on the trumps tariffs on steel and aluminum imports have antagonized many of the g seven leaders and the trade war has spilled over into the twitter sphere

president emanuel cohen france fired the opening salvo saying the american president may not mind being isolated but neither do we mind signing a six country agreement if need to be trump fires back accusing canada and france of imposing massive terrorist and putting up non-monetary barriers against u.s. exports to their countries well in very interesting tone there let's discuss this now with marcus williams an economist from the university of cent gallon good to have you here with us while reading those tweets and that tone is there any point in coming together for a g seven meeting at all well it's always good to meet in person as mr trump will do with can you know next week so it's good that they meet but this is the usual trump tweet diplomatic policy issues well there's nothing wrong of course with a feisty exchange we've had that before as well and that is why they come together in order to discuss things but do you think that this meeting will resolve any

issues especially when it comes to trade. the most political outcome could be that mr trump with revisit his trade regime strategy there will not be a solution i mean it's highly unlikely the europeans in that respect are united even though they are diverse in four different european countries but so did the most positive outcome could be a rethinking of his strategy and how what do they make him rethink his strategy what aces do those other six half up this leads to do so. not much just to convince and that's the reason why they should meet i mean obviously there is an issue on the trade balance is germany versus the us europe versus the u.s. but in the end it depends on whether you have competitive goods and services to provide it and that's why the europeans have a surplus and the americans have a deficit now how do you might it odd the other six is do they see eye to eye

well that's difficult to say because for example the new italian prime minister conti is meeting all the others for the first time in his life at least as the prime minister of italy so it and italy's obviously going a very difficult route in europe so the question is open how united the european countries are france is very fast reforming germany is not reforming the britain's the brits wants to leave the european union and the jury's out fatally so it's a major question mark so what do you see the day joe that if the best case scenario that you described about don trump rethinking his trade policy if that was not to the case do you think that there's just some it could actually end making matters worse than they already. yes it could happen it's a very difficult and very political summit the g seven started as an economic summit some forty four years ago as the g. five but it has become more and more political for many many reasons so and if they

do not find their common ground at least it could end. with a was a need that there is no agreement in the end the joint no joint agreement now just finally looking at the role perhaps of the german chancellor who so far has not engaged in any twitter feud and she is known to be very cautious very soft spoken do you think that she could sort of somehow bring some solution to this summit where she's the most experienced leader amongst the g seven she can somehow behind the scenes help this is just into a duel so she could play a pivotal role to find the solution because that's what she can do i mean she's proven it because bill the economist from the university of cent gallon thank you so much for sharing your views with us here at g.w. . of course for host country canada just like for the other sakes

a lot is at stake at that summit 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 the metals is a setback for the canadian government. libera dependable and open. canada has no trouble attracting international investors this factory for example was built by the german company k. and gas 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 hers to make sure treat 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 partners the us imposed punitive tariffs on metals and other exports. but terry is now taking a look at some of the voices being raised against this. there's always some kind of protest at these day seven summits and logic of course it's not only america's closest allies were bracing for showdown there at the g. seven summit in quebec today left wing protesters have been gathering in the provincial capital south of the resort where the g seven leaders will meet their anger is directed at political leaders globalization and a lack of action on climate change. as world leaders gather in

a luxury resort town this man wants them to remember the indigenous people who lived in canada first. the sixty two year old says they should be focusing on how to stop ravaging the mountains and cutting down trees on the reserve where she lives. i want the leaders to stop selling our lands because we still need to go into our forests and practice our incest all rights to go fishing to go hunting to go pick wild fruits. she's joining protesters in the first demonstration against the summit taking place in quebec. it's a march bringing together a wide range of interests but all believe the g seven leaders are wasting time and money without making any real progress and putting on a show that distracts from the biggest problems facing society today.

and burial is smoke billows and it's not democratic what they're doing in actual fact they are doing anything to protect the environment i would like the g seven and all the other countries of the world to do more against plastic with a stop start cleaning the sea for starters. but they're not optimistic that any of these goals will be achieved. the protesters here come from diverse groups and backgrounds but they are united by one common grievance they think that the leaders at the g. seven summit are not qualified to speak about the issues on the agenda and if they don't have the credibility to discuss things like gender equality and climate change. hosting the summit is also costing canadian taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. and this year it looks set to be more dysfunctional than ever before as

the traditional allies struggle to find common footing with u.s. president donald trump on even the most basic of issues. it was clara just in there reporting from quebec city well 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 and another two hundred are still missing. clearing the rubble after disaster struck for days crews worked tirelessly to find and remove bodies bury ten different kind of cash it's been a grim tasca 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 the morgue where red cross workers try to console victims who lost everything. i lost my grandchildren who was seventeen nineteen and twenty two and my thirty eight year old daughter and it's something that maybe you see me smiling but 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. many survivors accused. of failing to react t.w.

correspondent affiliate harms a rooty heard from people in shelters who said the first warning came only after volcanic ash was raining down. now authorities blame each other the ones who are in charge of monitoring the volcano said they had been releasing information all weekend long and then the ones who were supposed to evacuate people did only give advise forty five minutes after the explosion occurred. the opposition in parliament is now saying that they will investigate the government in order to see if there was any negligence from the authorities. now it's the community that has to come together in a show of solidarity with people donating food and other items to help fellow guatemalans who suffered catastrophic losses. i. mean. headlines around the world today authorities say some six hundred homes have

been swallowed by lava flows on hold y. e s. big island since the killer volcano began erupting last month that makes this the most just destructive eruption in modern times the u.s. geological survey says molten rock has increased the size of the island by more than a square kilometer. facebook says private posts put up. by fourteen million users were made public last month 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 the user doubt it with device makers including china is no way. and scientists say analysis curiosity rover has found potential building blocks for life in an ancient martian lake bed the dad has part of the u.s. space agency's search for organic molecules on mars researchers say the discovery could be a sign of life but there may be nonbiological explanations for the findings as well

. well cash strapped argentina is being thrown a lifeline monica and dieter terry when his eye was has reached an agreement with the international monetary fund for a three year fifty billion dollars stunt to buy a range and now the government says it's silt financing to provide a safety net and avoid the frequent crises of past the i.m.f. board still has to approve the bailout known. 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 too many arjun times 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 a negotiation with the fund rajan tina 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. my 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. has reportedly been speaking with shareholders about

a marriage or with competitor come out spunk according to bloomberg talks have not reached a formal stage yet the two banks were said to have broken off negotiations in the summer of twenty sixteen speculation has grown about a possible merger between deutsche and come out since private equity company severus capital to get a share in both. of the millions of people around the world it's currently the time to to foster not to drink not to eat until sundown it must be ramadan it is ramadan indeed is currently being observed monica 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 opinions over whether children should take part is divided at least here in germany visited a school early in elementary school where most children come from muslim families and found that some are stricter than others when it comes to obeying the rules of ramadan. it's lunch time but at this elementary school most of fire 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 out 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 stretch this first happened 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

stacked sensations past. my only fast on the weekends because if i do it while i'm at school i can't concentrate a falsely. school principal astwood sabina blows a serves 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. then this five if it's voluntary it's fine but if they're forced to do it now you've finished was it a follow up if they're convinced and it's ok kids are entitled to an opinion too. it would be better for children if they stayed at home during ramadan. in germany

staying home is not an option because schooling is mandatory and more and most if i have to perform the same tasks as their classmates who are not fasting. kind of i don't have any problems with this i'm just there's two sometimes. it's not too many 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 policeman the. most if 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 have now finished their training camp and if confident they've done the necessary groundwork for a successful tournaments in spite losing last week's friendly against austria the team is now back in germany for a final warm up match against saudi arabia after which the real work begins.

cracking weather a laid back atmosphere and simple bowl drills the perfect end to germany's world cup training camp it's certainly good enough for the world cup's recalled goalscorer now a coach miroslav klose a says he's happy with the team's progress. because of him years ago to me 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 into that means developing a positive team spirit social pushing each other and training with an intensity that's enough to challenge even the established players that's because these are so going on and because you could for. a few weeks ago it was unthinkable bazza manuel neuer has proven his fitness and he's once again the undisputed number one between the posts and the rest of the squad he's also include spirits including injury doubt jura and boa tang only measured ursule had to cut short his training schedule

he'll miss friday's game due to a knee injury. a lot of this is that if you don't just 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 wild couples is that 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. you are watching that we news coming to you live from berlin we have more for you at the top of the hour and of course you can get all latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's at t w dot com thanks for being with us.

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