take a tour of germany from state on d. w. dot com. this is the w. news the live from bergland from photo to friend us president donald trump on the european union hell a new partnership on trade has previously called the e.u. expo but after talks with the european commission president jiang put young trump says the two have agreed to work towards zero tariffs and subsidies will go live to washington 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 cast a shadow over the day because the almost nothing sorry must not overwhelm us. there is no because it is now time to fight to stand together be brave. and above all to show solidarity and. 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 at a press conference at the white house u.s. president donald trump said that his meeting with european commission president john called younger begins a quote new phase in the u.s. relationship. the meeting was aimed at decreasing the rising tensions over trade

both the us and the e.u. had slapped tariffs on each other and filed complaints with the world trade organization at the press conference younker said that he had quote made a deal with trump and that the e.u. would hold off on further tariffs until negotiations are complete trump also made a big announcement saying that the u.s. and the e.u. would work toward completely eliminating all tariffs have a listen but we agreed today first of all to work together towards zero tariffs zero non-tariff barriers and zero subsidies or none auto industrial goods thank you. like you. thank you we will also work to reduce barriers and increase trade in services chemicals pharmaceuticals medical products as well as soybeans soybeans is

a big deal and the european union is going to start almost immediately to buy a lot of soybeans there are tremendous market by a lot of soybeans from our farmers in the us and for more let's bring our washington correspondent alex had a phenomena who is live at the white house for us this evening alexandra how surprising is this announcement. it is really surprising it is a stunning development and we didn't expect that and i talked to the you delegation had of this meeting and they told us not to expect and i think no negotiating session and then i was actually about to leave the white house after the meeting in the oval office and then i heard that there's going to be a joint press conference or up a joint statements in the rose garden so we did not expect that absolutely and we

just heard donald trump there and he seemed to be pleased junko younger also had the following to say and i'd like to play it and then get your reaction there after we've decided to strengthen or cooperation on energy you will be more terminals to import liquefied natural gas from the u.s. this is also a message for others. we agreed to establish a dialogue on stems. as far as our your culture is concerns you can import more sort of soybeans from the u.s. and it would be done and we also agreed to work together on the reform of g.w. . this of course is on the understanding that the as long as we are negotiating unless one party would stop the negotiations we are hopeful of further terrorists. so no new tariffs on toll further notice i mean is the e.u. the real winner of this meeting. i think that those sides can sell it as

a huge is a big win but of course it is a huge success for us that he was able to convince to donald trump that it's worth talking negotiating that it's good not to impose carter of it now that would have a major consequences for the european businesses for european economy because so it is a success for their own clothes but it is also a thumb thing that's donald trump can sell as success as a win to his voters particularly to the farmers in them with who are beginning to suffer under measures imposed by you asked straight partners in response to you asked arabs alexander phenomena in washington thank you. yes well the white house announced that it will postpone the proposed meeting with

the russian president vladimir putin until twenty nineteen trump and putin met in their capital in their official capacity excuse me for the first time in helsinki in july shortly thereafter trump invited into the white house for his second meeting originally scheduled for this coming fall the reason for the delay is the ongoing investigation into russia's interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. election. vote counting is underway in pakistan's tense and violent violent parliamentary elections and early forecast has put former cricket star khan in the lead but his opponent and leader of the governing party shahbaz sharif has rejected the results so far as blatant rigging the campaign was marred by violence and on election day a suicide bombing to the lives of thirty one people. this is the aftermath of a bomb blast that killed dozens outside a polling station in southwest pakistan. the so-called islamic state has claimed

responsibility for religious suicide tyrant the sort of grim tone for today's elections. across more than eighty thousand voting stations pakistanis streams the polls in what could be a historic election for the country. and the stakes are high. so many problems like basic problems they have to sit and watch the show to get especially the poor people they don't even get clean water. main concern was toward for the right man against corruption against those people who work in the tube so i did want to warn you somebody who is on this. that's why it would be for the right person. and these two candidates all the frontrunners to become the right person to run kong has taken on a popular stance against corruption and. for an islamic welfare state. it was time to defeat parties which kept the country hostage for years. his target and main

opponent shahbaz sharif he's the brother of former prime minister now as sharif who was ousted from power last year and jailed for corruption sharif accuses can of colluding with the military. history has been flanked with a number of military coups the military has ruled pakistan for nearly home of its history. the election is expected to be close with results likely to come early on thursday. naomi conrad is in pakistan's capital islamabad she joins us now naomi this is an historic election for the country walk us through why it's so important. this 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 you know passed on from family member to family member it just burst with military rule and now we're seeing possibly seeing we'll have to wait till tomorrow a shift away from the stylistics holistic. 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 is completely different from the corrupt dynastic parties he's controversial though he has views that many people in the west a very concerned about he's made overtures to the taliban 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 is 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 taliban pulling them into the state of shock but sharif and i 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 there seemed to be a rift between the military and unsure use 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 there 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 territories that means that come home placated coalition troops 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. let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world the death toll in laos has climbed to at least twenty four after an unfinished hydroelectric dam

collapsed in the country south on monday hundreds more are missing water from the dam has flooded at least seven villages and left thousands of people homeless but the english man who survived exposure to the deadly nerve agent novi chuck has been telling journalists that the poison was disguised as per fume charlie rally said the bottle came in a sealed box but that he can't remember where it came from his girlfriend sturgis felt ill within fifteen minutes of spraying it on her wrist she later died in the hospital and a team of international astronomers say that they have found a massive underground lake on mars it is the largest body of liquid water ever found on the red planet and it raises the possibility that there may once have been life out there. 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 to the east of the city near the coastal village of monte blazes swept through the areas in just minutes taking a grim toll. only a few days ago glee korea celebrated her son's wedding here know she finds herself standing amidst devastation her house her life as she knew it in just a few minutes for your destroyed little. 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 and the fire was bearing down on them that then you guys my son called me from what can told me when quickly to the how about we ran to the hop and that's why we survived there's a large house need and it caught fire and three or four people the thought 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. vasilis 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. 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 owe 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 has also called for three days of national mourning a bit to be almost nothing sorry must not overwhelm us. because it is now time to fight you know it is to stand together be brave. and above all to show solidarity to. other european countries have also sent planes and personnel to help local fire

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