this is due to every news coming to wind from the world when china hits back for what it calls a war just trade war in history beijing sloughs or challenge or tariffs on certain u.s. products of affective immediately this up to the u.s. imposed duties on billions of dollars of chinese imports also coming up authorities now say time is running out for twelve boys trapped inside

a time cave more rain is coming so rescuers need to act fast plus. americans back from the brink the german chancellor survives a migration dispute that threatened its home or her brand coalition but a new poll suggests her government is more unpopular than ever does this mean that the four term leader will soon be on the white house. and there's the world cup quarter finals kick off the sound of date has hit close on brazilian fans have descended on the russian city ahead of the big game tonight against belgium but which version of name all will turn up. the show my name sarah harmon it's good to have you with us. china has taken its first shots against u.s. goods in what it calls quote a. largest trade war in economic history is responded immediately to new u.s.

tariffs by imposing its own and says they're already in effect the u.s. lobbies affect some eight hundred chinese pilots we're talking cars planes hard drives to the tune of some thirty four billion u.s. dollars meanwhile china is were challenged or tariffs target u.s. agricultural products things like soybeans and the chinese are turning their response into a propaganda victory. ever since u.s. president donald trump first announced tariffs on chinese exports beijing has been open about their own plans for tell you treat tariffs on u.s. soil beans among other products for american farmers soybeans used to be one of the top exports now china is working hard to increase its own soybean output furthermore beijing is scoring political points by opening its doors to other asians so i produces the chinese government has announced plans to scrap tariffs on

soybean imports from india bangladesh laos and sri lanka they also announced that they would reduce tariffs on other products from asian countries despite president trump's claims that it would be easy to win a trade war american farmers are already finding themselves on the losing side. meanwhile the president is ready to further escalate the situation announcing tariffs on an additional sixteen billion dollars in chinese goods taking effect in two weeks after that trump said the u.s. is ready to talk a total of five hundred billion dollars in chinese imports. senior business editor ben facilis with me in the studio to talk about what this means for consumers ben does this feel bad news it is bad you both for our wallets and for out consumer trends i mean i used to be able to buy reese's peanut butter cups wherever i went in the world you know even in shanghai and for a good price that's not going to happen any more probably is it this is the sort of

world order that trump is steering us towards to towards regionalism and protection of lism and we've been moving more and more towards globalization which meant we could enjoy part us from all over the world for a price that's right or ok as far as regular consumers go sure we could see price rises very soon. but the companies at the moment are trying to absorb any of. these extra costs from the terrace into their profits it's only a short term strategy of course of the long term we will see something different as far as investors go if you have chinese stocks for example you're in a bad position right now over the last half year that this dispute has been going on it has wiped off a fifth of china's stock market value and adults say that could just be a taste of what's to come we also spoke earlier to an expert at a lunch of gonzalez the executive director of the international trade center and asked whether we are indeed on the precipice of

a bloodless trade war the world has ever seen as china puts it. well i think we are facing the largest trade conflict since the war but more importantly is that these conflict is already having an impact on the ground it's already affecting workers that are being laid off as a result of this issue and especially in america to move out of the country and produce elsewhere given that our eaves is having an impact on businesses that are not making capital investment decisions because of the uncertainty of the situation but let's not forget that our taxes taxes that the consumer will have to pay it will make it is making already american consumers. pay more for the goods they buy and it's making american companies less competitive because they the inputs they impart in their manufacturing chains will be more expensive so frankly who wins from this conflict is a big question mark today. strong views there from around chickens all as well so

it wasn't you said it with producers trying to basically swallow the loss and profit rather than pass it on to consumer doesn't seem like that is going to work forever for the big guys it'll be easier like how the davidson for example they said they've going to move some of its production abroad and and that's doable it's got factories all over the world but not every company does and so it's going to be a case by case situation and it's going to be difficult it will be very difficult for us farmers according to many analysts and they're the guys in many cases who voted trump in. as far as the u.s. stock market goes if you take a look at that in comparison to the chinese stock market which has been suffering under this dispute it's quite calm at the moment but that could change analysts say that trying to could retaliate it and make it really hard for u.s. companies doing business in china and there are all sorts of ways you can do that and just at a time that china's been opening up what does this mean for the world order in

terms of trade well if china becoming starts. protectionist again and. going in the direction the trump is going in retaliation and that's not good news but all of this could really hit trump back in the order he could shoot himself in the foot in the china the china so it's becoming more and more independent of the us the us is still the world's biggest economy and has been for the past one hundred fifty years but go back two hundred years and it was the chinese who were in control and they had been in control force entreats wow so you're saying trump could shoot himself in the foot with this let's go to washington see what our correspondent there thinks we've got claire richardson joining us clare good to have you with us tell us is there political support in the u.s. for these trade tariffs high seremban it's interesting that this is not really split down party left lines the way you might imagine and it's particularly divisive even among trump's own republican party and that's because many of them

are going to be facing tough reelection battles in this november's midterm elections in states that are going to be particularly hard hit by china's retaliatory tariffs now china has swung hard at agricultural goods things like soybeans and cottons and cotton in areas where trump had strong support in the twenty sixteen presidential election and where they're going to the republicans are going to need to have support again to maintain the house of representatives and that house of representatives in this year's election so of course generally also if u.s. manufacturers end up passing on these costs to consumers the american public is not going to be happy about seeing price hikes to its electronics to things like cell phones and computers clearly going to be something trump is being very chummy with business leaders in the us the tech guys as well they've all been putting pressure on trying to make them realize that this will hurt the. he's obviously not listening is it. well clearly not many have warned that warns that this could be

very damaging to the u.s. economy is say it could disrupt hiring and that it could decrease the demand for u.s. exports a set of some economists are saying that this is actually not an effective penalty on china in any case and that it fundamentally misunderstands how the global supply chain actually works and that will it will put american companies at a major disadvantage and that it won't actually properly address what trumps fundamental concerns are about china's trading practices it really begs the question why is trump doing this then what's his motivation. was very much in line with his hardline trade policy it's something that he's actually been extremely consistent on even since before he was elected to be president of the united states has railed against china for things like intellectual property theft of barriers to entry for u.s. businesses and of course the three hundred seventy five billion u.s. dollars trade deficit with china and while many would agree that the first two are big problems there's lots of pushback that these tariffs are actually the correct

way to solve them and when it comes to trade just has a deeply seated belief that a trade deficit is bad that it means that the united states is getting the short end of the stick that it's in a bad agreement the white house has said unfair trade practices have destroyed thousands of american factories and millions of american jobs and at the end of the day trump does not think this is a big deal at all he's previously said that trade wars are good and easily won are strong views there from the u.s. president there were chances for us in washington and our own ben visit one of the businesses thanks for walking us through with this latest trade dispute well turning now to some other news rescuers in thailand now say time is running out as they work to free twelve boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a flooded cave and just how dangerous this mission is was underscored by the death of a professional diver who is working on their rescue oxygen levels in the cave are dropping and more monsoon rains are expected so authorities are warning that the window of opportunity to extract the group is limited. it's dark

dangerous work. water levels are high narrow passages flooded. and still the volunteers continue their mission but with news that a former tiny a.v. diver has died no one can ignore the risks involved. salmon pune and who was thirty eight had successfully delivered tanks yvette to the trapped boys and their football coach but he lost consciousness on his dive back it is very risky please think about it a navy seal just passed away last night so how about a twelve year old kid. there's a renewed sense of urgency to find a way to free the twelve boys and their coach they've been stuck in this cave for almost two weeks with oxygen levels drilling and more heavy rain expected officials

are aware there is no time to lose. previously we thought the boys could live there for a long time. but now everything is changed we really only have a limited time. for the boys relatives it makes the waiting even harder. over you know what i mean use and it is still dangerous to come out here and polite. but there are some worried he's never dived but can swim a little bit. rescuers are trying to provide a line of air to reach the youth football team but as they're trapped four kilometers inside the cave nothing about this operation is straightforward. for more on that operation i'm joined by journalist tim noonan from thailand tim rescuers had originally said the best option here like it is just wait for water

levels to recede until after monsoon season now that's no longer viable why. well the problem with the monsoons in thailand is they have very very intense i mean it's torrential rain in the monsoon it's usually starting in the chiang rai area in the north of thailand usually from july up to october or november of this year it seemed to start a little bit early which preps the divers in their back on june the twenty third they've been stuck in there ever since the problem is if it starts raining again even though they've had a good wake this way to not only get in and find the divers but also make some preparations for their eventual evacuation the rains are going to come back again as soon as tomorrow or definitely next week and that's going to really complicate the situation again and so dangerous one professional diver has already lost his life trying to rescue these boys what other options are there to get them out of

that cave well the problem sara is that there aren't really many options available on this is what's confusing and confounding everybody that hasn't been made any better by the death of the thirty eight year old next time navy seal can summon k'naan and his death has really made the thien end of the wage so they having to they have been forced to make some decisions very quickly about either getting them out the way they came in which is complicated by a lot of flooding waters to flooding waters through some very narrow areas really the other option and perhaps drilling in from the top of drilling in from the side trying to find some crevices but nobody yet has finally found a viable alternative to getting them out the way they came in which is a six kilometer trek. absolutely heartbreaking situation for the families that we know that thailand's interior minister is supposed to speak at

a press conference at that cave complex later today can we expect him to announce an imminent rescue attempt look i think that that's imminent actually just checking that they're getting ready for that media conference at the moment we could have some news for you in the next hour of the about perhaps bringing out one or two of these stronger boys even today that after the death of the navy seal it's really caught bush told the best attempts and ideas of getting anybody out soon so we will be interested to hear wolf the governess is absolutely right that is tim newton for us joining us from thailand thank you very much. but here's a look now at some other stories making news around the globe saying in thailand divers have scoured the whole of a boat sank in turbulent waters off the resort island of cats the death toll has now risen to at least twenty one rescue workers up to hold another fifty people to safety dozens more though still unaccounted for.

pakistan's anti corruption court has sentenced former prime minister nawaz sharif to ten years in prison on corruption charges he was convicted after failing to prove a legal source of income for some luxury apartments he purchased in london sharif is in london and he wasn't present for his trial is described these charges as politically motivated german chancellor angela merkel has reached a deal over migration after weeks of infighting that had threatened to topple her government the junior partners in a coalition the center left social democrats have signed on to a new tougher line in dealing with migrants was a key demand of her rebellious interior minister forces a hole for who leads miracles conservative bavarian sister party the c.s.u. so it's a truce for now but this row has exposed just how fragile merkel splintered coalition is. last cabinet meeting before the summer break and

a breakthrough on migration policy it concerns people entering germany after they've already claimed asylum in a different european union country. the deal will mean faster transfer out of germany back to those countries where they first claimed asylum they'll be no camps migrants will be held in police stations while their papers a process. the government but also drop an immigration policy this year. as this kind of not there will be no unilateral action at a national level and no unilateral rejection of migrants that the board up we will implement an expedited border procedure instead we don't need any changes to the law through this it's all based on existing law so there will be absolutely no camps kind and i larder. the grand coalition has been wrecked by weeks

of infighting. maclin here interior minister a whole sea wolf we are at loggerheads over what to do at the borders. germans are unimpressed when polling firm in fred to steam up asked how satisfied are you with the government's performance a large majority more than three quarters said they were not only twenty one percent of photos said they were satisfied with the government's record. yet i'm only popularity has hardly suffered from the dispute she remains the country's most popular politician more than twenty percent ahead of her would be challenger see her for. a closer look at those polling numbers now from and for a test dean map we saw in that report that the government only has a twenty one percent approval rating but here are some interesting details because it doesn't look like any one party has benefited from this crisis they're all of

out where they were last month if there were an election this weekend conservatives would garner about thirty percent support you see that figure there in black or coalition partners the center left s p d are at around eighteen percent the right wing populist alternative for germany or a day at sixteen percent there and boy the environmentalist greens would take fourteen percent of the vote in the socialist left party would garner around nine percent and down there at the bottom a pro-business f d p would get about eight percent. well i want to bring in an expert from in protest day map who knows a little bit more about this figures walk us through it because it doesn't seem to add up completely voters are very dissatisfied with the government but they still pretty much as they did ten months ago so what's going on. number one eighty eighty five percent of the germans say my own financial situation is good and happy but we

did have a government six months ago people as they did really mind because things were going pretty well in germany what we see is that despite all these questions we still have the c.d.u. and the rest of the party is about at the same level of whether we're in september last year but the a if the the right wing parties slowly creeping up it's now at sixteen percent there is only two percent below the social democrats. that will be a challenge for the next few months because people here in germany they say more than half of the germans say we talk too much about refugees we should talk about about age about pensions about affordable rents not so much about about refugees and that's why the party that the parties remain at a level as you just have seen we saw the social democrats are at

a historic low about eighteen percent according to your polling does that make them hostages to marigolds conservative bloc. well as speedy. as at the lowest level it's results for a long time and the problem is that there's so weak in the eastern part of germany in the extreme that they figure only at thirteen percent due to the fact that the a.f.d. and the left wing party are very strong in the east of germany and so these are democrats they would do everything not to risk new elections in germany because they know exactly that would be not very front pages for them they have a lot of to pretties who came into parliament due to electorial let's take a look now at america herself she is often thought of as untouchable the teflon chancellor but her approval rating has been dropping since the general elections in september of two thousand and seventeen about then sixty four percent of

respondents said they were satisfied with the job that america was doing that number dropped to fifty four percent in november of two thousand and seventeen when the first round of coalition talks collapsed but they didn't or cover those numbers falling ever since let's go back to reinert shankar in bonn we can see a significant drop off in satisfaction with merkel's work here is she losing public support. well you have to look back. she has been had a lot of crisis is in political life in three hundred sixteen before the elections of twenty seventeen she was at forty five nevertheless she is still the most popular but if you're germany heading the list with forty eight. of the last sixteen percent he's down now it's too early to say cheap many people have said she won't have a chance continuing with this in former times. because alicia and then with the coalition with the liberals where she was at the end of the coalition she was very

popular but the liberals didn't make you to fall about it she's now at a point where she was years ago but she as we all have seen in passing decades she is. she's a fighter that's reinhart flanker he's the head of m for testing a map a polling agency that brought us those statistics thanks for being with us again on day topping. all the quarter finals of the world cup are upon us i've got mark meadows from d.w. sports with the lowdown on tonight's big match we've got brazil taking on belgium. what can we expect i think it's going to be the best of the quarter finals i've got to say oversee belgium many people's dark horses for the tournament but brazil the clear favorite for the whole thing so i also expect high scoring games makes it even better and also the brazilian fans always add to it they always make

a real party atmosphere it certainly will be selling in fact let's take a look how the fans have been preparing for this big game. the brazil have carnival two. two games from the final their momentum is picking up and the fans on fussed about the criticism their star neymar has been receiving for his play acting and all games people try to hurt him like. he's only doing what anyone in his place would do everybody is criticize him but it's hypocrisy because everyone does it every player in soccer does it so. there's no doubting the magnitude of neymar as talent to make a difference against mexico with one goal and want to see but coach says there's much more to him than just attacking flair. you know it's not just with the ball and not just dribbling there are moves and defensive transitions if you look you

see how much he's been participating in the team that use. one man who will have been watching closely is belgium coach roberto martinez he also has plenty of talent in his own side champions league regulars and premier league winners abound but brazil have one thing that belgium dug and brazil is the team that brings that mentality of knowing how to win will collapse that's probably the biggest trend and that's something i would have to offer called on the on the night. brazil don't just know how to win world cups they also believe in their own right to be champions nonetheless the belgium game will be their biggest test of the tournament so far. but mark the coach mentioned neymar there is he the man to watch the saving definitely i mean he could be very decisive i think he played well in the last sixteen win over mexico he set up a goal he scored a goal he came into the tournament after a very big injury so obvious he was kind of easing his way in but now he's hitting

his top form the problem though is the other element to his character i mean we we've seen in the mexico game it was rolling around play acting trying to get people sent off and when you such a good player you don't really need to do that i mean it's got to such levels that even children taking the mickey out of him now you can actually see a video here that displays the point. and they may. never see the procession of the name. through the floor when you having that sort of impact on children and children to laughing at you then you really have gone a step too far so i'm sure you see the social media buzz about this and i think you kind of stick to football that is football to talk all right colleague of yours from that fourteen minutes on the ground in the last four games that's quite a statistic. if any team can stop and name are it's got to be belgium right yes i mean they're a very strong side i mean if you look at the plays of got. kevin the boy you know

these are the sort. of midfielders that we knew big will cook matches that give you that this defense splitting past the really know of the teams of goal apart from brazil so that's why i think it will be a high scoring game i actually think brazil will just edge it but the defense is always the slightly dodgy bit of a brazilian side so basically belgium got to go for it that's their only hope a high scoring game certainly sounds like one to watch what you get on their way and get a good save money the t.v. screen smart read us thanks for being with us. also the northern spanish area pamplona now where the famed one of the bowls festival has officially begun a seventy started winning traditional fireworks show went off and thousands of people packed out the streets to celebrate they dressed in white and wore the festival's traditional red scarves for eight consecutive mornings beginning on saturday daredevils will race with poles along eight hundred and fifty eight meter street course leading to pamplona already more than one million visitors attend this nine

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looks at the causes and present analysis and i expect discussions to bring disputes on topic d.w. news and business. welcome back you're watching the big news coming up in the next fifteen minutes a station on a new high speed rail line becomes a battleground for hong kong's autonomy and local elections and deep rooted opposition delay a marriage equality law in taiwan. but first the chinese government is continuing a crackdown against human rights lawyers the began nearly three years ago police started taking action on the ninth of july twenty fifteen the seven zero nine crackdown named after the date when it began police detained or questioned more than two hundred lawyers and activists across the country and many of them were

tortured while they were in custody and one of them wang you has now talked about her time in prison and her arrest. ah there are so many drilling at around three in the morning before a gang charged. twenty. of them handcuffed and tied to a metal. for five days i was not allowed to close my eyes. other lawyers have similar accounts and even though you was released eventually the threats to her and her family didn't stop. a foreign institution wanted to present me with a human rights award i was told that my son would never get to leave the country if i accepted a price. as he was only able to speak to the media now because her son is in australia new remains out on bail but is at least with her husband the family of another human rights lawyer. the ones who last saw her

husband a little over three years ago a lawyer by profession has been detained by chinese authorities since then life has become harder for. an april apartment was besieged by an angry mob that one of her friends was beaten up and those who wanted to come to her aid were prevented from doing so. when she tried to leave she was threatened with violence the crowd was probably acting on orders from china's intelligence service lisa attempts to highlight her husband's plight has made her enemies in high places and. was arrested in twenty fifteen along with over two hundred other human rights lawyers if. no one has been to visit him since he was arrested and no one has seen him we don't even know if he's dead or alive. most of the other detainees have now been released but nothing's been heard from the human rights lawyer and protest we went

to set off in a pro to walk the one hundred kilometers from beijing to the prison where she believes his being held but police cut the march short and she was forced to return home where more pressure was applied. usual of. advice here old son chincha recorded everything on the radio and even if he looks happy enough that day has clearly left its mark on him. and i think he says that he's not afraid and that he'd like to strike him down with the sort that. went down that. trail. but his mom explains to him that he's allowed to be angry and express his fighting spirit but not to get violent. child or for twenty leave the house to do some chores he often asks me mom i think into

a rescue to put you in prison. but leave us determined not to give up the search for her husband even though what's the latest on wang chung drunk do we know where years or what's happening to him. the racial information long is in charge. how are and where. there is also or you know yet which is really. is the only one who remains. is actually we have very limited information about what was case. why. can't. most of the lawyers where i live i have so. it's really hard. for us to find. what about other lawyers like wang you who were

detained and then released had they been able to go back to practicing law as usual . men are alive is arrested and charged serious with. high hopes and i owe you many of those and. they are always has been in business but it doesn't mean that they have to lose freedoms and harassed. recently using the street to the. i.r.s. which is serious a way our suppression means include a. practice incisors. law. so we have talked to many of. those it jobs now because the license other types and some of the lies they believe all of those rest and. even

now in china q-tip this is a person's religion or what i saw in china that's the current situation but what prompted this in the first place this crackdown on rights lawyers by the chinese government. since two thousand and one. in that case. teller is traitorous in a strong message to lead us out. to concerts and to absolute power. and also. to turn to lawyers. as he is not already as it is also that rat iraq when it comes to shaking the same power is not only it is not allowed to even go. so. in higher labor. cantin you and approach will get

more and that's g.w. correspondent kong wing in taipei thanks very much. or head to hong kong next for a high save rail project is causing controversy the line is scheduled to start operating in two months the twenty six twelve high speed rail line connects guangzhou to the chinese mainland and hong kong on the way it passes through the tech hub of shannon john and the idea here is to promote business and to promote tourism but the project raise some eyebrows after it was proposed that a part of the traumas in hong kong operate under mainland chinese law hong kong of course is an autonomous region of china and it has its own laws critics argue this is an attempt by the chinese government to stifle hong kong's autonomy our correspondent mathias boehner has more this construction site in hong kong is so controversial even union chairman. isn't allowed on site most of the workers hail from mainland china local union reps are persona non-grata i think our. technical

speaking hong kong laws should be protecting these workers here. but we've been hearing stories about regulations not being respected. so the construction companies are under extreme pressure and are apparently disregarding working hours and safety measures on their guard units or that then go into the west calhoun station is the terminus of a new high speed train between guangzhou on the mainland and hong kong but the project has many locals nervous of china's growing influence in their city especially alarming chinese and not hung con laws will be in force in a part of the station. attention off the entering the mainland ports area departing passengers will need to comply with mainland laws. critics argue that hong kong is sacrificing part of its autonomy and no one is excited about the ten

billion euro price tag. on the hong kong government maintains that the city would lose business without the trainline that it would be being involved. but in what way why. no one in the city administration has even attempted to explain this or that. autonomy is a highly charged topic here the british returned the region to the people's republic of china twenty one years ago since then the city has hoisted both the chinese and the hong kong flags every morning. it's an official ceremony commemorating reunification that's a hit among tourists from the mainland. it's a patriotic symbol. it was to. send them on this ceremony symbolizes that hong kong has returned to china its should feel and tear down to

this counted it was able to grow incredibly fast and thanks to the great support from the mainland in three months. but many in hong kong feel their autonomy is being threatened every year more and more tourists and investors come here from the mainland. some because of its reputation as a mecca for high end shopping. victor chan who leads a probation youth group doesn't understand why some are resisting the change sun god. yes it's true hong kong is becoming more dependent economically on the mainland but that's something positive for business here it's a natural development hong kong is a small economic area so it can't help but be depended to see. nonetheless union chairman here on pot condos and want hong kong to surrender its autonomy to him

that would run counter to what the city was promised twenty one years ago. a saying in hong kong things are looking slightly brighter for the l g b t community and a landmark ruling the city's highest court has granted the lesbian partner of a british expatriate the right to a spousal visa and the city doesn't recognize same sex unions but gay rights activists hope that this sets a legal precedent for same sex marriages to be recognized twitter users have been weighing in with their comments like this one saying good luck hong kong i hope you continue your path to a better l g b t friendly environment and other twitter user tweeted this no words needed to be said about how amazing this is bravo hong kong you did the right thing . now thirty one financial institutions and law firms including big names like goldman sachs put out a statement saying the decision was quote a positive outcome by the some users to be a bit more skeptical as to the real motives behind the decision this user tweeted

agree to allow the cell visa because it was neat economic interests of hong kong and not because having your spells with you is a basic human right other skeptics pointed to the importance of beijing blessings for them says and to really matter this user said the l g b t case today while it is a landmark will have little effect in hong kong things only change here if beijing says it's ok hash tag no democracy. well some people hope that ok will come l g b t activists in taiwan have thought it was already there this after the territories top court recognize same sex marriages last year and asked the government to legalize same sex unions but a year later nothing's happened and a raft of public referendums proposed by civil society groups unhappy with any changes have left l g b t activists fighting a lonely battle. joist and their friends did imagine they will be doing

this trying to convince people to vote first time sex marriage in a possible public vote but people don't seem to care not not like the sound now no one wants to take the leaflets paul says by a totally indifferent that's the situation with facing now. besides indifference society's oh so deeply divided. by supporting bt. even the pope said homosexuality is something you're born with. how this is going to legalization of same sex marriage will influence the moral fabric of the family i strongly disagree. taiwan's l.g.b. community is disappointed only a year back is steamed they were on their way to marriage equality. support have been strong and very visible for same sex marriages

a landmark ruling by the highest court gave authorities two years to pass legislation that would have strengthened gay rights but with elections around the corner the government has been reluctant to do so. your main to support same sex marriage in taiwan she's candid about why the government is dragging its feet in the matter although she called in diagram. the president doesn't deny possibile in line with the top judge's ruling because many of her supporters a strongly opposed to it. they worry that society will be ended if such a bill is passed so when. we complain. that. joyce and her girlfriend nicole certainly hope society sees their point of view and allows them the same marriage rights as millions of other taiwanese.

all summer time and winter time for those of us in the e.u. changing the clocks for an hour in summer and then back again six months later has become a way of life but could the sun be setting on daylight savings time that's a question the e.u. is putting to us more than five hundred million citizens and an online public consultation t w social media editor jared rate has been following the story for us there it's great to have you here we hear this every time we change the locks are always those people who are like this is the worst thing in the world why are we still doing this well i guess the thinking behind daylight saving is that in the summertime it gives people an extra hour of evening song and then the why. it's a time of be more morning sun but like as you said not everybody is a fan particularly the seventy thousand fiends who last year petition the government to abolish it and so earlier this year the e.u. parliament decided that they would take a look at the policy there's been plenty of research around the health impacts of

daylight saving in fact the e.u. wrote last year that when you put all these studies together they fail to reach a conclusive they do indicate negative effects on human health so that is something to concede people in support of daylight savings have claims that it saves energy and reduces traffic accidents but those claims have been debunked people have said that there is something to say also for putting everyone in the same economic time zone so that's something to consider so the data is the still a bit fuzzy and i guess what the e.u. is trying to do is trying to gauge public opinion through the survey about how people feel about having to change their clocks twice a year ok so if you're if they were watching you do have strong feelings and you live in a you how does the survey work how do you take part well it hasn't worked that's the thing up until now it seems almost everybody in the e.u. has tried to have a go at taking this and that's because the website for this public consultation

pretty much crashed just soon as it launched yesterday possibly indicating how much demand there's been people have been tweeting if frustration like this woman who said hey you fix your service i'd like to take it in the summertime so we tried to get on it does well and couldn't access it but the european commission emailed us a p.d.f. of what the questionnaire looks like you scroll through a bunch of pages it uses what their experiences of daylight savings are ranging from very positive to very negative and then it goes on to ask you if you want to keep it or if you want to get rid of it now i'm speaking from a user's point of view there are a few hurdles the survey is five pages long seems like a bit much. yeah in saying that a lot of the questions are in the relevant to companies who are taking pot so not all the questions are for individuals also to none of the questions or a simple yes or no answer sorry if people looking for very clear cut results they might be a little bit disappointed what i can say is that if people do want to take part in

the survey and the e.u. commission has told us they hope to get it back online very quickly they've got until august sixteenth to type all right if you have strong feelings about daylight savings time you still have a chance on the right to take part in the survey gerri thanks for bringing this to our attention great story. i just came here from man and a wasp with the latest superhero film to hit cinemas this summer and here with me in the studio is robin barrow from the culture desk and robin is coming out just in time for the summer holidays. i mean i think you know it's obviously going to do well at the box office the first movie did good box office and actually i think

this well may even do better. thurlow sort of superhero movies that come out every year i particularly liked the first movie because it's humorous there's lots of humor in it they don't take themselves too seriously thank goodness and the sequel is the same if not more so. pull rubs plays and he's also one of the script writers you see and he's a very funny man paul rudd that combined with amazing action sequences we've seen a little bit that we're going to see a lot more in just a second and there is a new attraction the wasp of course which is eventually lily who's the first female current to feature in a marvel film titled so you know it's obviously another attraction let's see both. the waltz in action all right. how.

and just sort of. seem to mess it up every. year just. like attracts like and the worse the new female superhero packed so joyous. she seems more intense one thing that we've always tried to sustain when i say we i mean me because i speak myself and plurals. is this way of dealing with everything with a little bit of a sense of humor and not. giving into this thread but kind of a carefree attitude about it and that's that's fun to do. you give her

wings and blasters. so i take it you know that tag available for me you know i did . the wings while i go. on the wall. on the inherent mini superheroes. original ant-man film took in a half a billion dollars. michael douglas is back as the scientist who invented the man shrinking technology but the best thing about. doing a sequel. is the opportunity to work with the people who were before so there's a feeling familiarity you don't have to go in like strangers in that i feel your way out. it's a place many superhero comedy. that what i miss we were just tiny

this like this blockbuster from the house of marvel is unlikely to suffer from shrinking box office. oh my goodness looking at paul rudd who hasn't aged and days and clue is what is the secret to suspend tass dick and it seems like we're going to be seeing more of him there's more to come yeah i mean franchise without a doubt there are two major comic book franchises as you know d.c. comics and malvo which both started in the thirty's to have their heyday as comics if you like in the fifty's and sixty's d.c. comics has superman batman wonder woman model has an endless list you know i mean they have man they have spider-man the how for captain america then they've got teams of superheroes the avengers the explain the guardians of the galaxy this really is and this and the thing on are about the marvel characters is while they

have flaws to them some suffer from self-doubt this means we can sort of relate to the much mold and i find them superman or old batman and there's lots of humor in them as well and i haven't even mentioned the baddies in the marvel comics but yes undoubtedly lots more to come from this franchise and without giving too much away will this film and with the set up for another sequel yeah this is not a sport or a lot but i mean malvo film fans will know this you have to stay in the cinema till the credits of rolled right to the end because there's often a cliffhanger and there is a cannot say anymore obviously for this they don't get to stage the very end of the movie it's a very clever trick to keep viewers in there say it's broad and we look forward to saying man two three four five. thank you very much for bringing this story to our attention. here's a quick reminder of the top stories the d.w. is following for you this hour china's foreign ministry says that work talent or

tariffs on certain u.s. products have gone into effect they began at noon beijing time immediately after washington imposed duties on thirty four billion dollars worth of chinese imports. authorities in thailand now say time is running out to free twelve boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a flooded cape this after the rescue mission claimed its for space taleb a former time navy seal diver who ran out of oxygen. and don't forget you can always get your news when you're on the go just download our app from google play or family album store you'll get access to the latest news from around the world and to be sure to sign up for some push notifications so you don't miss any breaking news you can even use our g w out to send us your photos and video. and finally we will leave you with a bit of

a celebration because you're invited to a birthday party with a twist taipei's you is marking its giant pandas fifth birthday and celebrating with not one of. the cakes she's caretaker says these sweet treats container favorite ingredients watermelon apples and grapes but during the festivities she seemed a little more interested in something else those huge birthday cards hanging above . the thing we wanted to be and that's t w news you're up to date as always you'll find a latest on our web site that's w dot com thanks for watching also used to take care . the among. the most of them.

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