d.w. is a multimedia series from. d.w. dot com. this is news live from bergland u.s. president donald trump locks horns with the european union his trade show as he calls it as both sides gear up for a trade war he meets with the e.u. commission president jiang. saying hopefully we can work something out so. we'll be live in washington in just a moment also coming up they're counting the votes in pakistan after

a violent election campaign voting in most areas was peaceful but a deadly suicide bombing casts a shadow over the day local dive to islamabad plus you could have almost nothing must fall overwhelm us. you know because it's not a time to fight you know to stand together and be brave. and to show solidarity with. greece's prime minister alexis tsipras consoles a grieving nation after wildfires kill at least eighty people rescue workers are now going door to door searching for survivors. kelly welcome to the program european commission president john klug juncker has met with u.s. president on a trumpet in washington d.c. to diffuse a new u.s. trade tensions ten days ago trying to clarify what the e.u. that the e.u.

was quote a foe in an interview the us had imposed punitive duties on. an aluminum imports from the e.u. which responded with tariffs of its own against u.s. products both sides have filed a complaint with the world trade organization the meeting between younger and trump was aimed at averting an all out trade war marja group. and for more on this let's bring in our washington bureau correspondent our bureau chief in fact alexander phenomena who joins us now and alexander i mean we know that these two men they both pride themselves on being deal makers with a personal touch you were in the room was it a warm welcome between these two well i wouldn't say a warm welcome i would say that what i saw was a quiet friend the atmosphere in the oval office at one point president even put his hand on the curse like demonstrating that the men understand each other respect

each get along too well but at the same time both leaders appeared to be quiet or a bit tense and the u.s. president once again said that the u.s. is losing money and your car seems to be lecturing. stressing that the u.s. and the european union are close partners and not enemies. but meantime i mean there was at least a bit of a sense of optimism because the u.s. president donald trump he said that he expected something very positive to take place and i just want have a listen to him saying that and then get your reaction i'm sorry were greeted if we could have no tariffs or go barriers those subsidies the united states would be to believe we have many countries we would say. we have many countries where they have massive barriers or massive towers. we have to follow you could go in

retaliation but i'd rather you say we want reciprocal. so a positioning statement there from the u.s. president and alexander i'd like to ask you what your take on it is i mean are we expecting any any serious offers alexandra i don't know if you can hear me can you hear me now ok it appears that our washington correspondent alexander phenomena actually cannot hear us anymore we apologize it seems as if we're having technical difficulties here and just to remind you. president of the european commission and the u.s. president donald trump meeting there in washington d.c. amid a trade war trying to diffuse the situation let's move on now to some other news because greece has begun three days of national mourning for the victims of the country's worst fire disaster and

a decade at least eighty one people have been confirmed dead a number that is expected to increase fires broke out on monday evening one near the town of connecticut around fifty kilometers west of athens and another in the east of the city near the coastal village of monte blazes swept through the area in just minutes taking a grim toll only a few days ago glic areas celebrated her son's wedding here now she finds herself standing amidst devastation her house her life as she knew it in just a few minutes fire destroyed it all. it's only when she returned that the extent of the catastrophe became clear kariya her son in law and her grandson only survived thanks to her son he warned her the fire was bearing down on them then you got my son called me from work and told me run quickly to the haba we ran to the hop and that's why we survived there's a lot of towns need and

a court file and three or four people are thought to of being burnt to death inside . the total death toll in march he still isn't known many people there are still missing many of those who escaped with their lives lost almost everything else. vassilis had been about to open his tavern but then it was destroyed within minutes he accuses the authorities of failing his town now he doesn't even know where he'll sleep. but they tell us all the hotels are full and that we should apply for a place in that container in athens a disaster what should we do we pay back the bank when we are money and we are the taxpayers the government in must help us out all. the greek government has declared a state of emergency and has vowed to deliver aid fast it also called for three days of national mourning

a bit to be almost enough if the sorry must not overwhelm us. because it is now time to fight you know it is to stand together. and above all to show solidarity. other european countries have also sent planes and personnel to help local fire companies control a number of fires and prevent people from losing property or their lives. and correspondent charlet telson pil joins us now from the village of monte that small holiday resort which has been so badly hit and i mean charlotte you know we've just been hearing these harrowing tales of people who were simply trapped by the fire they could not escape fast enough what have you been learning was there is pretty quite difficult to tell at the moment given the fact that we are in pitch darkness of course the fires of cut out all electricity to this village but what was so striking as we drove in earlier today was just the scale of

the devastation everywhere you look in every direction with the shells of homes of abandoned cars we came across one car that was still smoldering of course people were having to flee those vehicles many of them trying to run into the sea just behind me to seek safety from the fire really is extremely harrowing what has taken place here of course the volunteers are now a arriving in this village many of them bringing food and water we traveled with one group of volunteers as they were going around the village looking for survivors residents who is still here to try and to try and assist them but this of course is an extremely long process process many of those who we saw today many residents are just left completely stunned shattered by what's taking place here an addition to those volunteers also charlotte i mean we know the rescue teams engineers now also on the ground what have they been telling you. the

message that we're hearing from then is that they fear that the death toll could very likely rise here we know that a number of people are still missing is fit some of them may have drowned in the waters behind me so there's a very real fear that more bodies could start to. run off over the next coming days and possibly even weeks the newspaper front page hit describe what happened as in on the get and i think that goes a long way to saying exactly the scale of things that have that have taken place here and of course though with so many missing it could be a while before the exact scale is knowing but in the meantime the finger pointing is now already underway as to what has been causing this what is behind it there's a lot of speculation as to the cause of the fires tell us a little bit more about that it is still speculation as it stands there

is some suggestion that perhaps also may have been involved one local official and pointed out that fifteen blazes seems to appear at the same time on monday leading people to believe but perhaps boston was a factor but of course this is the summer months spies are common in this region it's been especially the last few days and weeks so this may just be a natural disaster was made so much worse by the strength of the winds its way through here on monday. pill with the very latest from the village of monte where as we have mentioned that small holiday resort town has been so badly hit charlotte thank you so much for bringing us up to date. well now let's get a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world the englishman who survived exposure to the deadly nerve agent novi chuck has been telling journalists that the poison was disguised as perfume charlie rally said that he bought the bottle in

a field box for his girlfriend dawn sturgis who fell ill within fifteen minutes of spraying it on her wrist she later died in the hospital. at least two hundred people have been killed in a string of coordinated suicide attacks targeting syria's south there in southern city of swine the u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights says that it was the deadliest attack by the so-called islamic state in months. although counting is underway in pakistan's tense and violent parliamentary election the campaign saw hundreds of people killed in suicide bombings that attacks have rallies including one on election day that took thirty one people's lives the result is not expected until thursday and the leading parties are said to be too close to call long queues were reported at polling stations in pakistan's major cities the race pitted the ruling party led by a reef against exports star in rome khan. and naomi

conrad is in pakistan's capital islamabad she joins us now naomi this is an historic election for the country and walk us through why it's so important. yes it is indeed is a very important election because it might see the shift away from the usual pattern of pakistani politics which is dynastic politics basically here politics are a family affair the parties others you know passed on from family member to family member it just burst with military rule and now we're seeing possibly seeing will have to wait till tomorrow a shift away from the stylistics holistic policies the politics to imran khan's party as a political outside of the p.t. i and people here think that he may be a change that he's completely different from the corrupt dynastic parties he's controversial though he has views that many people in the west are very concerned about he's made overtures to the tal a ban he says he wants to establish an islamist welfare state and

a lot of people say he's also cozying up to pakistan's generals so these are very important interesting elections and we're looking forward to the results and according to some polls some initial polls this has been a head to head race between the two front runners walk us through what they have been promising the voters. yes so in one khan is basically he basically ran on an eruption platform but he's been very very big in terms of what he actually wants to do he's made promises about as i said an islamist welfare state he's also been very vocally anti western anti america and just talked a lot about you know make creating peace talks with the patella band pulling them into the state of shock but sharif a new pm and have basically been running on a platform of defending democracy which in a way is as ironic because they're very corrupt and as i said it's also a family affair but they've kind of positioned themselves as

a victim in this standoff between the military the military has dropped the party this seemed to be a rift between the military and and sherry's party so these are the basic two main issues they're running on side lined up being the concerns of the voters voters here are very much for bread and butter issues they want the economy to improve they want clean water they want electricity but now is really talking about these really big problems that pakistani voters want to have solved and with the campaign so contentious so polarizing as you've illustrated bear what if none of them gets an outright majority what does that mean for the stability of the country. indeed and also the stability of the region i mean an unstable pakistan is incredibly dangerous pakistan plays a very important role in the region when it comes to afghanistan when it comes to india also pakistani chinese relations are important and if no party wins out right and it's quite possible then we're going into uncharted territory is that means

that whole placated coalition talks coalition forming is going to happen so we're looking at a very unstable possibly very unstable future for pakistan. naomi conrad with the very latest from pakistan from the capital islamabad thank you. and with that you are up to date now on d. w. news i'm sarah kelly and we're len don't forget you can follow us on social media you can also get the latest news from our website at is dot com thank you so much for your company have a great day. we make up over a week what does hold out for the end of the two pipes we all resemble some of us and. they want to shape the continent's future. card and join our youngsters as they share their story and their dreams and their job the sims are seven percent platform for africa charge. after.