this is d.w. news live from berlin the helsinki summit provokes control of the sea across the political spectrum in the us donald trump returning home to a storm of criticism after refusing to blame the russian president for meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. election siding with blood to be a putin against the findings of u.s. intelligence agencies has drawn strong criticism even from members of his own republican party. he took the word of the k.g.b. . over the men and women of the cia you think you can't look at

yourself from the level of a snake and that's where i consider a lot of your booty. the white house is now struggling to explain why trump has aligned himself so closely with the russian leader we'll have analysis for you in just a couple of minutes. also on this program a hero's welcome for in paris for the world cup champions hundreds of thousands of fans turning out to see the president and that victory parade down the shores and easy every single member of the team is to receive france's highest civilian. honor. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us president trump has triggered a wave of condemnation in the united states after appearing to favor the russian president over his own intelligence agencies after the first of a summit in helsinki yesterday vladimir putin denied that russia had meddled in the

twenty sixteen u.s. election trump accepted that assurance contradicting the findings of u.s. intelligence. the finnish capitals sweltered in an uncharacteristic thirty degrees as people gathered to watch the biggest show in town the meeting between vladimir putin and donald trump putin though arrived half an hour late trump in turn kept putin waiting before he himself left his hotel yet despite the slights both leaders expressed a desire to improve relations. this agreement between our two countries are well known and president putin and i. discussed them at the lank today. but if we're going to solve many of the problems facing our world then we're going to have to find ways to cooperated pursuit of shared interests. put in and trump spent more than two hours in one on one discussions behind closed doors with only

translators present true to trump's word of a summit covered everything from trade to terrorism from nato to nuclear weapons to china but there was another question at the top of most minds in this. region which is once again president trump mentioned the issue of the so-called interference in the american elections and i had to reason right things i said several times including now in a personal context knowledge that russia has never interfered but he's not going to go to their new interim internal american affairs including the electoral process. we could only put his. foot in denied any knowledge of the twelve russian military intelligence agents who were indicted on friday but said he was prepared to help the u.s. president investigate the matter on the great confidence of my intelligence people but. i will tell you president putin extremely strong and powerful in his

denial today and one credible offer he offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators with respect to the twelve people i think it's an incredible. hand as helsinki bakes relations also appear to be warming between the usa and russia on some issues but the areas on which the european union had hoped for solutions remained unresolved including the war in syria and iran's nuclear program there's also continuing distrust of a nuclear. and military deployment in countries bordering russia. ok let's talk about here with me in the studio to do so tyson baka an international affairs analyst with the aspen institute here in berlin tyson let's start with the russian president vladimir putin a man trying to escape pariah status on the international stage what's he taking away from the health sinking summit well it's mitigated success for vladimir putin

and russia and his regime what his goal was was to put russia on parity with the united states to say that it is a world power that it plays on that level that no only these two countries are kind of at that status and he was brought in from the cold essentially i mean he got a very warm reception from donald trump you could see the personal report donald trump took a lot of the talking points that of lattimer putin would have used so for him it was a rhetorical optical political success ok and what about donald trump himself you know we'll talk about what he took away from the summit in a second what i want to ask you first though is what was he hoping to get out of the summit well this is where you see the preparation sometimes pays off his his intention here was just basically to wing it and that's to some extent what he did he didn't go in with any concrete asks and he didn't come away with much i think that's been the general consensus i mean when you look at this it's all very

shocking but not very surprising this is a pattern that has kind of defied his interactions on the world stage and at home for the past seventeen months so i think it's not surprising to say that there's not much except for criticism of this when the united states ok well we'll talk about what he really did take away from the summit and in a minute first though let's look at reaction to the health thinking summit back home in the u.s. where don't trump has been facing a wave of criticism from both political camps. disgraceful bizarre a push over and that's condemnation just from the republicans u.s. president donald trump drew stinging bipartisan criticism of deciding with russian counterpart vladimir putin and against his own country's intelligence services of a moscow's denial of interfering in the twenty sixteen u.s. elections u.s. republican senator john mccain called the joint press conference in helsinki one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. democrats was

similarly thunderstruck mean heart tired history of our country americans have never seen a president of united states support an adversary the way president trump ordered president putin. for the president of the united states to side with president putin against american morning forces merican defense officials american intelligence agency is thoughtless it's dangerous it's weak we've seen in this last week. president trump treat our allies as adversaries and try to treat an adversary as if they were a friend. following criticism the white house announced trump will meet go make his own cheese today but with even staunch trump allies shocked the u.s. president may have his what cut out for him just with a tad bit political waters. so with me tossing bucket from the aspen institute

tyson some really very bitter criticism that donald trump will be meeting members of congress later today is that anything more than a cosmetic measure you know is this is this christmas isn't affecting him in any way well i mean with congress in particular you have to know that it's a very hawkish republican caucus institution because of the russia just before he went on the summit the senate passed almost unanimously something backing a resolution backing nato they i think their criticism is real the question is will it filter down into his base where he has that direct that instinctual relationship and they are really the key holders in this in this political situation and coming to trump's perspective on all this what what he may or may not have taken away from this summit there are those who say for him it's all about his core supporters is satisfying them it's his guiding principle would you agree with that i think that's right i mean the thing is is that his core supporters before the twenty sixth

election didn't really have an opinion visit to russia this seems to be a personal project of his to realign the united states more on an axis with russia and china in contrast to our traditional allies us as traditional allies in nato japan other democracies and it's an open question as to whether or not he'll succeed in pulling his base to that position ok time so many thanks for the views that ofttimes and baka from butlins aspen institute. time now to catch up with some of the other stories making news around the world former u.s. president barack obama has wrapped up a brief visit to kenya he paid a visit to his father's home village where he showed off his basketball skills as he opened the sports and training center there run by his half sister obama has now travel on to south africa to attend a tribute to nelson mandela's one hundredth birthday. hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of the nicaraguan capital managua the

funerals were held for the victims of a violent crackdown on protestors at least ten people were killed over the weekend when police and gunman loyal to the country's president daniel ortega track students holding antigovernment protests. and in hawaii at least twenty three people have been injured after a chunk of love a smashed through the roof of a tour boat this video shows passengers watching the lava flow from the way of ok no one who lives big garden when an explosion sent a so-called love a bomb shing into the vessel a volcano began erupting two months ago. well it really has allowed to be you border patrol boats to dock in the country and let hundreds of migrants on land off to other european states agreed to take about half of them italy has complained for years that other e.u. states have left it to bear the burden of the migrant flow across the mediterranean

as the w.c. funny for char reports many people who fail to make that crossing vow to try again but for others there is no second chance hardly anyone visits this place on the tunisian coast others sent here arguing main so women children and young men they drowned in the mediterranean chasing an uncertain dream a dream of life in europe. their stories lie buried with them in these makeshift graves no names no identities no headlines across from the sea over there in europe the focus has shifted from whole to help migrants to how to keep migrants here. he wants to give them dignity shamsuddin is a fisherman here near to tourist hot spot of saturday's he has buried the remains of three hundred people to stop the crossings europe has proposed the creation of so-called disembarkation platforms in north africa they are migrants would be able

to apply for asylum. isn't impressed. with the mission as europe doesn't care about these people whether they're alive or dead building reception centers isn't a solution instead europe should give people the wealth that was stolen from them. to. a beach near to cemetery this is where fisherman discovered a washed up bodies. wants to find them before the local children do i'm on my way to a nearby migrant center where some of those rescued find temporary refuge there i meet the desha from the democratic republic of congo four months she was a sex slave in libya she tells me. when they discovered i was pregnant they let me go. i don't want to stay here engine is here i want to go to europe. tunisia has no functioning asylum

system and it has to not only deal with migrants passing through but also the increasing numbers of its own youth who dream of a brighter future these young men died trying to reach italy wooden seven thousand tunisians try to cross the mediterranean last year while i was one of them he invites me to his home to share his story. and hurt them of and. there's no hope here. nor alive at all the same we don't have any jobs a future nothing in this country kills our dreams that's why i want to escape. the well survive several boat accidents in the mediterranean but he's undeterred he wants to try again. if i stay here in tunisia i have zero hope. in europe i had least have a chance to hear that europe doesn't want to take migrants like well so who

exactly is responsible for those rescue at sea. we have to stop treaty migrants like hostages and using them as political leverage we have to stop treating them as a tool with which to get money from europe and we have to be humane with them and guarantee them no rights or freedom of movement. tunisia's government has repeatedly said it does not want to be the gate keeper for migrants trying to reach europe caught in limbo thousand see trying to lock on the mediterranean as the only option despite the dangers. well champions from back in parents after the victory in the world cup final over croatia their hands all firmly klos around the world cup the iconic trophy chris harrington from d.w. sports with me now in the studio to give us moral that cross this front seem

a very multicultural team does that have any significance for the country as a whole well you know as you mentioned there is a history of i did it is use existing in france you know but this does this victory means there is peroration you know hopefully better and more than we saw twenty years ago twenty years ago they won the world cup the theme was black white era kind of reflecting the make up of the national team twenty years ago but there were some attacks and other things like this we have to remember this is football winning this doesn't necessarily mean you'll fix all of the issues that exist in the country but it is a step in the right direction as i mentioned brotherhood is the main message and when you look at the faces of all of the presents smiles ear to ear and shot at is a right now for this i've been it's a french first mentality we have a report let's take a look. i think tory is france team touching down on home soil the world cup trophy in the secure hands of captain and goalkeeper hugo lloris on the famous

song celie's a fence waited patiently for their heroes was included i'm so happy to be part of this celebration i was lucky enough to experience it already in one nine hundred ninety eight in two thousand and six when we reached the final now in twenty eighteen it's great. the band finally the moment they've all been waiting for was the twenty eight say world cup champions their champions lapping up the a g. lation was was so we've been waiting for like the whole day and we skate with good words here me and others that don't have the i don't think we did it because they only really yeah. that was you were sent

celebrating under a tricolor sky united by the beautiful game. a great mood there on the shores and he ended up in his one tacky was there for the homecoming party in paris witnessing the moment by the way when the french team bus and its victorious passengers drove past. they are rooting for her or are screwing us through. who was just three or zero room. who rule it's really it's truly us roost us through. any of us three of. them are anterior simon who. will. ruin.

the first. that's what football can do to people including very own. in paris chris doubts over the young side that transfield in the second youngest side in the tournament but you know they went all the way they won the title way where to now for the french to sky's the limit i mean there's not a doubt about that they've basically solidified themselves as a powerhouse when it comes to world international competitions runners up in the euros now winning this world cup factored in the youth twenty six years old as the average age their second youngest behind nigeria so i think that the fools they may have for this for inside don't be surprised if they double up on the cup and maybe even more time when the euro was. quite a big contrast in the team that they faced in the final croatia one of the older teams in the tournament lot of experience but brought a lot of players in the thirty's what about them where they're going to go from now you have to factor in a crisis a very small nation only four hundred million potential soccer players to pick from

you know and then you have the golden generation of players luca moderates mario monti look at that they're on their way out so it'll take some time for it's like oh doll it's to try to field a team that can reach that amount of success they were successful twenty years ago not quite as successful but i'm thinking ten twenty to years to. to field a team that can reach you know this excess and see the kind of celebrating the sanzar great over the weekend talking about the celebration that's what we're going to look at now chris harrington from v.w. sports many thanks for that the croatian players suddenly made to feel like champions when they returned back home to the capitals in a group hundreds of thousands taking to the streets with the team bus taking five hours to navigate a man sixteen kilometers from the airport all the way to the city center crest here's what croatia coach and team captain had to say about the reception in that group. you know if

we played for ourselves for our families. nothing can run through it for you and the whole of croatia. for croats in bosnia herzegovina. good. and around the world. and for our war veterans without them we would not have this flag here. thank you croatia grobe this is a dream come true thanks for everything and we will move forward. is. the. celebration of. the. vice world

champion celebrating that also wearing i don't know that correlation colors almost . exactly with the business we talk about the trade deal which is about to be signed in less than half an hour the e.u. and japan are due to sign that free trade deal at a summit currently underway in tokyo the landmark impact will cover a further of the global economy and it will deepen economic ties between the two blocs and that said it's a fairly balanced relationship already last year the e.u. export of goods and services worth just over seventy eight billion euros to japan looking in the other direction japan's exports to the e.u. were worth a little over seventy seven billion euros now the agreement removes most of the duties and regulatory barriers to trade between the two sides and the deal removes the ninety nine percent of tariffs on all. japanese imports to the e.u. a little less than that the other way round still it needs to be ratified but it

could be in place but only twenty nine t. . b. and b. is not being transparent with its pricing so says the european commission the convenience of a holiday rental service b. has been a hit with customers and in the firm almost one hundred million dollars in profit last year but the e.u. says it must be clear about extra fees and charges on top of the rental price. at first glance a b. and b. can look like a real bargain that is until additional charges are added at the end of the booking process charges for services like cleaning and b. and b.'s agency three the european commission says the procedure misleads consumers welcome to the coming together this is you consumer also it is we are calling on the n.b.a. to align their conditions with consumer groups and be transparent on the presentation of prices in our view. does not fully comply this is you will.

the commission also once said b. and b. to show clearly if the accommodation on offer is private commercial it's different consumer protection regulations apply b. and b. has long been a thorn in the side of hotel operators as well they say a b. and b. unlawfully sidesteps the vast range of regulations they are forced to adhere to. would human the steel trying to close and cope is making headlines again this week following a huge hole in the company's leadership and for more let's cross over to our man in a frank stood outside the frankfurt stock exchange really first the c.e.o. and now there's been another major resignation there tell us more about that. yes his name is. got much known to the public but the big figure in copy was the head of the supervisory board in charge of protecting the shareholders' interests in

controlling and advising the management now he's leaving as well for the same reason because of differences in the supervisory board among the big shareholders of the kind of direction that is going to take big financial investors activist investment funds are putting a lot of pressure on this company to get more diverse to get more money out of it it's a very diverse company there are about twelve product lines twelve areas in which doesn't cook has a myriad of products from elevators to submarines to auto supply products and the activist investors would like to see the company spin off some of this and sell it and get more profit for their investment and the management so far did not agree with that so this activist investor quite active i mean how would you describe the role they're playing here. i think it's a two edged sword they are putting pressure on companies to improve at the same

time of course the employees and also perhaps the people who. are responsible and politics for the areas in which these companies have have production facilities complain that it's too much pressure on the companies to change too quickly but certainly in the past where activist investors have discovered companies that were a little bit asleep maybe the end results were from a profit point of view better than what was there at the outset and shareholders today seem to be applauding this move the resignation of the c supervisory board chief but just an approach is gaining tremendously right when he bought every porting for us from france thanks so much for this. jeff bezos might call his warehouses fulfillment scientists but to amazon workers across europe a feeling anything but fulfilled thousands of employees walking off the job today

at six on the sun warehouses here in germany to find for labor contracts that guarantee healthy working conditions the strikes began and spain and poland coinciding with amazon's prime day work is in poland a staging a worked rule action amazon expects only a fraction of its twelve thousand workers in germany to join the strike. and here's a reminder now off the top stories we're following for you. u.s. president has returned home to a storm of criticism after refusing to blame the russian president vladimir putin for meddling in the twenty sixteen election instead to try to go against the findings of his own intelligence agencies even members of his own party have expressed outrage. and there has been a hero's welcome in paris while the world cup champions hundreds of thousands of fans turned out to see him they have the two weeks of rain down in the face and you

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