the germans different. this is news coming to you live from berlin a war of words sets the tone for a combative g. seven summit the french president warns washington it could place isolation over trade tariffs as america's closest allies brace for a showdown with donald trump. but things are more friendly at the white house itself for the u.s. and japanese leaders say they could normalize ties with pyongyang at next week's

u.s. north korea some of his successful president trump says he might even invite kim jong un to the white house. and in sports germany face their final warm up match before the world cup begins but they've run into problems already with an injury his in their plans for the saudi arabia clash. hello i'm terry larson thanks for joining us tensions over trade are threatening to overshadow the g seven meeting of industrialized nations getting underway in canada today u.s. president on trump's 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 of 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 be trump fired back accusing canada and france of imposing massive tariffs and putting up non monetary barriers against u.s. exports to their country. well for more now let's bring in our brussels correspondent bound who's following this story that help us out here what is twelve referring to there what's he talking about when he says massive trade tariffs and non monetary barriers against the u.s. . maybe he's referring to two things canada mexico and china already have retarded three measures in place against the steel and other million tariffs trump has imposed and you will follow suit in july but he might also referred to the deal about terrorists which is in place for many years already with the european union that terrorism car imports those ways and they are also some measure as

concerning cultural products so that is a tariff regime and maybe now the brands this unfair and of course the e.u. is open to renegotiate these things but that has to be both thought approach and so father bows no offer from the from the americans and they also stopped all talks about t.t.p. this famous tariff tariff agreement that was negotiated between the e.u. and the obama administration ok so there are a lot of issues on the table that now the french president manuel mccall he seems to started this this twitter dispute anyway suggesting that the u.s. could be left out of signing any agreement between the summiteers could this summit end up being dominated by disputes with the u.s. . but i would say this summit could be the last g. seven summit as we know it in this form and it does make sense from

a european standpoint point of view to negotiate with somebody or to to meet with somebody who says no to almost everything which is on the table of the g. seven b. trade bead foreign policy be it the environment so this is what micro is referring to they can act as a g six and maybes do go of shop for other allies around the world of trump is not willing to do that so this is a very very severe spat in the g seven that i have seen that before last year in italy trump was a kind of rehearsing this g. seven summit he just listened but this time it seems that is this is the beginning of the end what about germany chancellor merkel has so far managed to stay above the fray what role is germany likely to play at this summit but the chancellor herself has not issued a tweet or something that is not test diet but i guess she's also somewhat upset or

angry it was drummed and you can see that from the economy minister he was doing interviews this morning he says. it was never so open if we achieve anything at the g. seven summit so he's also you know referring to the possible end of this film it would doesn't make sense if the west and as i'm not standing together ben thank you so much to bentley get that in brussels. well it's not only america's closest allies who are bracing for a showdown at the g. seven summit in come back today protesters have been gathering in quebec city about a two hours drive away from 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 new woman 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. that. has insulted the says 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 that goes and it's not democratic well there's no way in actual

fact to do 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 leaving the scene for solders. 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. well donald trump has

a couple of summits on his agenda in the coming days he says he would consider inviting north korean leader kim jong un to the white house if next week's summit between those 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 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 summit donald trump welcome to washington with the news that he's on off relationship with north korea looks to be very much back on 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 in north and south and for people everywhere trump also left the door open for more talks with the north korean leader even on home soil if the summit does go well will you in inviting north korean leader kim jong il to the united states well the answer is yes to the second part of your question but certainly if it goes well and i think it would be well received i think he would look at it very favorably so i think that could happen. all i can say is i am totally prepared to walk away i did it once before much thank you but before the singapore summit trump faces more tough diplomacy when he heads to the g seven meeting in canada. now let's catch up on some other news making headlines around the world russian president vladimir putin is in china for a three day visit aimed at boosting military and economic times fifteen was

received in beijing with full honors by president xi jinping russia has been focused on expanding its ties in asia in recent years as its relationship with the west has soured. the search for survivors of the devastating volcanic eruption in guatemala has been called all the country's disaster management agency says conditions are too hazardous with the way kobol kaino possibly erupting again it any time more than one hundred people are confirmed dead and another two hundred still missing. and scientists say nasa's curiosity rover has found potential building blocks for life in an ancient martian lake bed the data is part of the u.s. space agency's search for gannett molecules on mars researchers said the discovery could be a sign of life but there may be nonbiological explanations for the findings as well . well here on earth the environmental activist group greenpeace is warning that

micro plastics are polluting one of the earth's most sensitive ecosystems greenpeace has found tiny plastic particles that other talk sins in water and snow samples taken from the antarctic a sign that says that pollution is reaching even the most remote corners of our world. antarctica the earth's southernmost continent is a highly sensitive ecosystem at hope bay home to the penguin colony the environmental organization greenpeace took snow and water samples earlier this year to measure the extent of pollution here. this is what most of us imagine the antarctic as a pristine place of untouched wilderness but our findings show that sadly not the case anymore plastic was discovered make plastics and other pollutants which means that they have made their way here to the forty's and. the team examined remote

areas at the tip of the antarctic peninsula the researchers found micro plastic fibers and toxins that are used by the packaging industry and found in sportswear greenpeace experts fear that plastic could get lodged in the tissues of marine creatures such as blue whales through the krill an algae they ingest micro plastics in the food chain represent a global threat. this bloom is this is comparable to the empire of climate change or overfishing it's a massive problem eight million tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year such i can see a moment and it's getting bigger all the time most of the ross sea is already protected the german government backs greenpeace's campaign to establish another protected area in the weddell c. it would become the largest ocean sanctuary in the world. some sports news now the world cup in russia is just around the corner germany have now finished their training camp in italy confident they have done the necessary groundwork for

a successful turn it despite losing last week's friendly against austria the same is now back in germany for a final match against saudi arabia which the real work begins. cracking weather a laid back atmosphere and simple ball drills the perfect end to germany's world cup training camp it's certainly good enough for the world cup's record goal scorer 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 botts man will neuer has proven his fitness it is once again the undisputed no he did some sprints today so i assume it won't be

an issue for the world cup if you give him kind to. the match against saudi arabia's germany's last test before their world cup defense kicks off. and the washington capitals have one ice hockey is big prize the stanley cup for the first time they beat the golden biggest golden knights whose fairytale debut season ended in a painful defeat the capitals took game five by fighting back to win four three on the night after a feisty if their they sealed the series or won for their first title since forming in nineteen seventy four. and just a reminder of our top story before we go france's president calling has warned washington could face isolation over trade tariffs america's closest allies are bracing for a showdown with u.s. president donald trump at the g. seven summit that's starting today. get

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