that ends it for good malaria must die so millions can live. this is news live from berlin on the america only blot of your routine here in germany differences remain as if to tackle the tough issues of ukraine and syria but signs of a pragmatic fall at the german and russian leaders talk face to face for the second time in three months also coming up gonna to clear a week of mourning after the country's most famous son kofi annan dies at the age

of eighty the former united nations she's a nobel peace prize laureate served two terms as the world's top diplomat later he became the u.n. special envoy for syria will have a look at his legacy. and commemorating the dead italy holds a stage funeral for the victims of tuesday's bridge collapse in the northern city of genoa relatives and friends join the country's leader to say goodbye to their loved ones. welcome to the program i'm marrying a. german chancellor on the america all and russian president vladimir putin are holding talks here in germany german or russian ties have been tense for years bonked marital stress the need to talk saying controversial issues can only be

addressed in dialogue and through dialogue while the conflicts in syria and ukraine are feed. during high on the agenda which also covers energy issues and trade. well i'm joined now by moscow correspondent emily sure when and thomas sparrow who's in mare's about where the meeting between putin and merkel is underway and here in the studio with me is our political correspondent nina hasa thomas i'd like to begin with you we just mentioned that american protein so i'm sure the recently in sochi so what exactly is the purpose of having this meeting so soon and here in germany today on the one hand i think going to mccall recently survived an internal debate on migration so she can now focus a bit more on foreign policy which is one of her strengths or at least is seen as

one of her strengths internationally and when we think about the role that she wants to play internationally one key. one key player is obviously putin partner on certain issues but obviously also an adverse reaction on others and you mentioned the key element they are going to michael wants to have an ongoing dialogue in order to discuss issues where they do see eye to eye on the issues where they don't see eye to eye obviously there have been developments for example in syria developments that i'm going to michael i'm betting you put it also wanted to discuss so that explains why they have been meeting right here at meze about that idea of the on going dialogue. well emily as we know of course there's many issues where the two leaders do not see eye to eye and specifically on the issue of ukraine russia and the west have been at loggerheads for a very long time in fact germany itself led to the push to impose new sanctions on russia after an excretion yes so is there any chance that america will and putin

will come to some sort of revolution resolution rather on ukraine. well i think very unfortunate out very unlikely at this point and you could tell even from the statements today of letting your putin really emphasized kind of economic issues he also talked a lot about syria and ukraine with kind of more of an afterthought he did say however you did mention the idea of a u.n. monitoring mission that's something that's been on the table for a while but both sides are the international community and ukraine and russia can't really agree on the terms of that u.n. monitoring mission so far. it seems like the two leaders will be probably concentrating on other issues or at least if things go the way vladimir putin plans . now nina thomas touched on this so you know miracle just recently survived

a very messy domestic political crisis is her meeting with putin sort of a statement from her and that she's back to business. almost touched upon it this crisis was all about the migration crisis and how magical has been dealing with the influx of refugees and migrants since two thousand and fifteen she came under tremendous pressure from or from within her own party but also from outside from the far right a of the they're gaining strength and narrowly escaped the collapse of the government just a few weeks ago say same silly germany has been paralyzed for a year and a half and has have to focus on domestic issues and on trying to keep the reins in place and so now she does have a much better idea of being able to get back on the international stage and putin

also knows that with donald trump as u.s. president he's go to person if you want to talk to the west has to be germany and can't be the u.s. so yes i'm. america is back on the international stage now emily i'd like to turn back to you one of the main issues do we have emily sure when in moscow we don't there she is emily if you can hear me one of the main issues on the agenda between merkel and putin is of course the north stream to pipeline which will bring russian gas directly to germany putin talked about it in his opening remarks to the media before they went into their biological closed door meeting he said it was exclusively an economic project what does he mean by this. well mariana north room to bypasses ukraine and ukraine has repeatedly voiced concern about that about their gas supply being in danger if political tensions

with russia continue and over them missing out on transit fees and medical has come to there's a book looking for assurances on that gas pipeline and it seems that putin handed her these on a platter essentially all right emily sherman reporting from moscow we have thomas sparrow standing by in raza go mazza burg near berlin where putin americal are holding closed door talks at this hour and his political correspondent with me here in the studio many thanks to all three of you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world and a former cricket star imran khan has been sworn in as pakistan's new prime minister in his first speech as premier compromise to inforce ruthless accountability to fight corruption his party won the most votes in last month's election but failed to secure a majority. of polish prosecutors says the driver of

a ukrainian bus that crashed overnight in southeastern poland will be charged three people were killed and thirty eight others were injured when the bus heading from the ukrainian city of live to vienna crashed through a guardrail it plunged down a slope about forty kilometers from the polish ukrainian border. at least one police officer was injured in berlin when around five hundred far right activists clashed with an equal number of counter demonstrators the far right group was marking the thirty first anniversary of the suicide of not the convict who does have. twenty three hundred police officers were deployed to prevent violence. now the former united nations chief and nobel peace laureate kofi anon has died and nona was the first black african to be the world's top diplomat he served two terms

from nine hundred ninety seven to two thousand and six anon died after a short illness at the age of eighty. kofi annan for almost ten years the face of the un for many of he still is he managed to be more than just the u.n. secretary general he was a moral authority he was driven by one conviction that he kept for it to rating we have an obligation under international humanitarian law and now on moral values to help kofi annan was born in ghana in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight his parents were well off he could study economics in the u.s. as well as switzerland the young soccer fan was only twenty four when his career began at the united nations. he started with the world health organization in geneva and soon became head of u.n. missions in war zones. when he moved to the top post at the un it was meant as an interim solution taking over from the controversial previous secretary-general

boutros boutros ghali despite his diplomatic skills he felt his biggest defeat was over the two thousand and three iraq war but his belief in the un's goals in importance never ceased i think most of you know that one of my chief moose ever since i took over as secretary general. has been to make the united nations more useful for his tireless work as a peace negotiator and ambassador for human rights a nun was honored with the nobel peace prize in two thousand and one leaves the wife and three children. humoral in the city of genoa to commemorate those killed when a motorway bridge collapsed in the city on tuesday the country's leaders joined a victims' relatives to pay tribute to the dead but the families of about half of the victims boycotted the ceremony they called it a farce. they pray for their losses for their loved ones

and friends these people of genoa are heartbroken by the tragedy of the bridge that collapsed killing so many could all collapse of the morandi bridge because the gosh in the heart of genoa. that you know that. the turnout for the state funeral service was huge italy's political leaders also attended both prime minister decepticon to and president came to offer their personal condolences to the relatives but not everybody took part in the families of about half the victims chose to have private services some out of anger against the government calling the state funeral a farce and blaming the authorities for failing to keep the bridge safe their sentiment is shared by some. so moved by that these are mistakes that keep on being repeated and now again angels are flying into the sky and paying for the mistakes

of other human beings it is time to say enough to think about what is really crucial which is maintenance so i took a film to me. this is the aftermath. this corps was pulled out of the rubble of the collapsed bridge investigators are trying to find out if a design flaw or improper maintenance might have caused the disaster interior minister material salvini though seen here on the left has been quick to blame al to strut of the managing company of the highway. that they don't allow to strata has refuted the claims the company's c.e.o. has said they'll create a fund for the victims' families. that if he can get it off the top no money in the world can bring back their loved ones officials in kerala are pleading for more help as monsoon floods inundate much of

the southern indian state and the death toll continues to climb the state's chief minister says three hundred twenty four people have died in what he's called the worst floods in a century india's military has been called in to help the relief efforts. rescue teams are continuously being called out here more often than they can keep up please others drag themselves to safety in whichever way they can. this is now a full scale military operation a human chain of soldiers passing basic supplies a grim make shift bridge for these villages who've sought higher ground in the treetops. those rescued to being taken to shelters more than three hundred thousand people have been evacuated so far many more are still waiting continuous as sorties are being undertaken and people keep coming. i just really we have more than. and.

it's being called the worst flooding in one hundred years ten days of relentless heavy rains have left villages totally submerged thousands of people across the state are still stranded and with more rain forecast the flood waters once be receding anytime soon. the level of water has risen tremendously it's not slowing down and that's why people are scared. deadly mudslides have added to the desolation crushed homes. scattered temporary. cut off by civil rights. on saturday morning prime minister narendra modi was flown over some of the worst

hit areas he's promised more than seventy million dollars in aid. for many. all that can't come soon enough. you're watching news my colleague john humphrys well have an update for you at the top of the hour. from all of us here in berlin thanks for watching. and language courses. video. anytime anywhere.