from berlin a shock retirement from the german international soccer world cup winning we also says he will not put on a germany shirt again after facing a barrage of criticism for meeting turkish president. and also coming off. warnings of a threat to global growth as the g twenty meeting closes in. after the us president some china and the european union finance ministers issue a call for dialogue. i'm

glad you could join us that's a. retired from the german national team following the controversy and fallout of his meeting with turkish president. back in may now also faced fierce criticism from german media for the encounter while he was lambasted by german f.a. president. germany's early exit from the world cup. after a long silence music finally made his feelings known in an epic three part statement on social media. said his meeting with turkey's president was about respecting the highest office of his family's country. and his long awaited third post didn't just announce that he was quitting the german site he heavily criticized german football association president for negative comments on islam and multi-culturalism

. a photo of. their meeting in may the blue touch paper on a debate that has refused to die down in germany with being accused of helping the one campaign for an upcoming election the pair talked only but football germany. here on the left was also at the meeting and explained his decision soon after. to remain silent which only brought him more criticism. i don't think any footballer should have their photo taken with any of photogen rulers whether with vladimir putin did well with one and there are enough democratic politicians to be photographed well. you can begin with the lost income after germany's exit at the world cup group stage the debate bubbled up again germany team manager all of a beer hall of an f.a. chief did fuel to the fire with good. will to explain his meeting with air to. the

ninety two times cut international did just that and his words have piled more pressure on the german f.a. . well joining me in studio to talk more about what's happening is pablo. thanks thanks for joining us so obviously this retirement is not coming as much of a surprise but it would appear that. statement is what's creating shock here no absolutely i mean it's an incredibly strongly worded statement if you get a chance to read it i mean he does not mince his words and the best way of sort of approaching this is because he mentions so many different elements and he begins by he criticizes the media in germany in particular he says that certain german newspapers are using his background and photo with president out of the un as we're seeing here as right wing propaganda to further their political cause and he also goes on to say that they didn't criticize his performances but instead they criticized the team's performances they just ordered him to form says they're

actually just criticize his turkish ancestry and essentially disrespected his upbringing and he said that it crosses a personal line that should never be crossed so that is one element here then goes on to also criticize the german football association and in particular of course that is the president of the german football association and he has some pretty serious accusations so what exactly did he say about window and what issues did he well regarding this meeting with. president better the one of turkey he says that he attempted and this is as he attempted to explain to grindle his heritage is ancestry and therefore reasoning behind taking the photograph but he said he was far more interested in speaking about his own political views and by belittling the opinion of. he also says in the eyes of grendel and to supporters and that he's german when he wins but he's an immigrant when he loses these are incredibly strong statements that he's making and he also mentions the fact that he is very proud to

be german and also he's very proud of his turkish heritage that he's been brought up to be proud of where he's from and also to be proud of his family too and he also poses the question is it has it got something to do with the fact that he is muslim and he mentions that too and he also does not mince his words about. political past and mentioning that during his time a member of parliament for the c.d.u. and he was very much against for example june. we're talking about germany and the german national football team which is a team which has people from all walks of life. like in germany and in france there is you know there are many players whose parents are one parent or both parents perhaps are not german or not french for example so he's raising some seriously big issues here not just about football but also deeper issues within how immigrants are treated here in germany so obviously very strongly worded as exact as the

waters have been muddied now what's been the reaction particularly from his fans. over his statement well first and foremost we need to really highlight the fact that this statement let's not forget that measure of course is german it was written in english now he does live in england most of the time of course because he is playing in england because he's a player there but it perhaps is his way of showing his he's sort of distancing himself from germany by writing it in english and of course let's not forget the the impact this is going to have. and it is having worldwide is huge. there are also questions being asked and being raised at the moment about a possible rift within the german national team it was mentioned during the world cup let's not forget that germany had an absolutely terrible room there this year being knocked i was very early on and also let's not forget that germany is losing a very very important player he is only twenty nine he is still quite young he's played for germany over ninety times scoring many times for them and the reaction

overall including from the justice minister here in germany has been very supportive and very positive notably we must point out that there has been no reaction from the german football association for now well let's wait to see if they will say anything and if they do publish will be the man to tell us what exactly they do say thank you very much. well the israeli military has evacuated over four hundred syrian why tel mits and their families to safety in jordan video from the israel defense forces shows buses ferrying them overnight to the border and western powers who support the volunteer rescue group formerly known as syria civil defense requested israel's assistance once the group's members were deemed to be in mortal danger but hundreds more are still trapped. g. twenty nations have ended two days of talks with a warning that global growth could be degrading the group side to heighten trade and geopolitical tensions in a final statement donald trump's tit for tat terry knows with china and the

european union are not mentioned in the text which is unless much more strongly worded than their last statement. going into the summit the threat posed by u.s. president trumps america first policy was clear the international monetary fund has studied the current tariff escalation and puts a number to it although small of and some had feared it certainly indicates the impact that it would have on g.d.p. which in the worst case scenario under current measures and not taking into account the most recent announcements is in the range of point five percent of g.d.p. on a global basis and surprisingly the cheap twenty member countries are distancing themselves from any protectionist measures like japan just days after signing a massive trade agreement with the e.u. . protectionism benefits no one

free and fair rule based trade way to the world economy. fair trade free trade that sounds like what the united states want fighting accusations of protectionism trumps finance minister stephen nugent offer to open trade negotiations with japan as well as the e.u. not so fast says france they want the us to take back all recent tariffs and threats as a precondition for talks to start the officially you policy sounds a little softer. it's not the precondition because we conditions are never good but it would be a great wish. whether a great wish gets the u.s. to change its strategy is unclear but for now g twenty finance ministers maybe with the exception of stephen merchant present themselves as one big family working together for free trade. from business team now

joins me in studio to help me unpack everything that's going on so as the g twenty finance ministers released their communique earlier this evening but whether any surprises there you know there were no surprises and that was pretty much expected it's a g. twenty meeting after all they said and there was maybe one of the key sentences during the press conference that dialogue is key to the g. twenty of course we know that dialogue however it is going to be very tricky because throughout the entire two day meeting the mood was pretty tense and that is because obviously there is a fight there is a war brewing between one country and of course all the other countries but in this two day meeting there was definitely a dominant force that's president trumps trade war at least what did u.s. treasury secretary steve mentioned bring to the table when he brought an offer at first but it was very hard to see what that offer really was was it an apology was it him and trump saying look we're not asked tough as we might have sounded let's

negotiate or was it another bullying display of strength so. saying look we can play hard all you guys better get to the table or else what we do know is that the united states wants a fair trade in stead of free trade and fair trade to president trump means something else than it means to most people he basically looks at export imports the trade balance and he wants the united states to export more to any given country than the import of course every other country has a very different economy and it's not going to be possible for all countries some will always have a trade deficit and some will always have a trade surplus with the united states so just shifting a little bit predictions from the international mine mine to a fund for the world economy and damp of zero point five percent but that doesn't sound too bad or it could have been worse obviously but still we're talking about a lot of money and we're talking about a growth that for some countries is extremely important they need growth and they

needed urgently however what's really important about that point five number is that it does show that the united states is not the only game in town there's a lot of trade going on with or without the united states which is seen it last week with jeff being signed the japanese european free trade agreement the biggest free trade agreement in history and we also have see that for the e.u. with canada and other countries of course have options as well well hell to from business desk thank you so much for your work your insights or cuba has begun a cautious process of reform instigated by its new president began. in april he became the first non castro head of state on the island for sixty years and this weekend parliament approved a new cabinet consisting almost exclusively of ministers who already served under kustra deputies are also debating constitutional reform which among other things

will permits private property but cements the communist party's hold on political power. cuba's parliament has been debating constitutional reform since saturday it would be the first update since one nine hundred seventy six focusing largely on a controlled opening of the economy above all reformers want stronger recognition of private property rights. you know what we already have here paid employment and private property ownership we have to recognise this objectively this is the reality we have to accept and regulate it. only. the communist party remains in charge in cuba its goal is to develop a form of socialism that's no longer a strictly communist run castro took the first steps in opening the country's economy while he was president now and again diaz can and is in charge he's ruled out for on free market capitalism. other constitutional reforms include

limiting the president to two terms creating a prime minister post and addressing l g b t discrimination which has long been systematic in cuba. there was a that this is historic sixty years since the revolution we need to change the communist party has already given the reforms its blessing now the parliament has to accept them and put the changes to a referendum. german grand prix in hockenheim has ended with a miracle win for formula one defending champion here with hamilton now hamilton started the raise in fourteen following a hydraulics fadia a qualifying but then he took advantage of heavy rain to battle to an unexpected win most ages drive by is now seventeen points ahead of their august sebastian vettel who crashed out of the race of just getting into the barrier as a you have it in front of his home support has finished dr terry says however

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