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those are due to the news live from berlin nuclear talks in russia amid threats of a new arms race the united states dispatches its national security advisor to moscow for tough talks on arms control that's after washington says it is ready to withdraw from the store treaty on intermediate range missiles. also coming up german chancellor angela merkel says she is ready to suspend arms exports to saudi arabia critics have condemned riyadh for the killing of a journalist she's. also coming up the terrible choices facing families fleeing syria. i stopped going to school in the seventh grade because i got engaged
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my mother noticed him he came and told her that he wanted me and not that. the book would tell the story of a syrian child bride living in lebanon her mother's c.u.z. marrying off her fourteen year old as the only option to pay the bill. and donald trump's worst nightmare thousands of migrants from central america marching towards a u.s. border they've reached mexico but trump says he could deploy the army to stop them from getting any further. any. time soon so much god it is good to have you with us u.s. national security adviser john bolton is in moscow today for what could be a tough talks on arms control that's after washington announced it would withdraw from a nuclear arms agreement with russia u.s. president donald trump you. russia of violating the thirty year old treaty young
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into the immediate range missiles and threatened a fresh arms race with moscow. this is what the drama is about medium range nuclear ballistic missiles that have been on a self imposed by the u.s. and russia since the end of the one nine hundred eighty s. that may be about to change u.s. authorities believe russia may have developed a weapon systems like these in breach of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. we're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement they go out and do weapons and we're not allowed to we're the ones that have stayed in the agreement and we bonded greatly but russia has not unfortunately bonded the agreement so we're going to terminate it we're going to pull out. the kremlin has denied trump's allegations saying it has not produced any missiles that are prohibited by the i.n.f. treaty the prospect of a unilateral u.s. withdrawal has caused shock in moscow. the i.n.f.
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treaty was seen as a major breakthrough in nuclear security when it was ratified by former soviet president mikhail gorbachev and u.s. president ronald reagan in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven it came after a tense period of confrontation in the heart of europe. with very short flight times nuclear annihilation of european capitals was only five to fifteen minutes away trump has said the u.s. will start developing these capabilities again if russia and china don't agree to stop have to develop those weapons unless russia comes to us and china comes to us and they all come to us and they say let's really get smart and let's none of us develop those weapons china is not a signatory of the pact and has been investing heavily in land based missiles now some observers fear it could be joined by russia and the u.s. in a new arms race. more of this story with leo hoffman from i can that's the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons
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he joins us from brussels highly oh there's a lot of criticism of donald trump today but this is a claim complaint that we've heard repeatedly from washington that russia is violating this treaty can't the argument be made that this treaty wasn't really work. well that's the irony in this of course we've heard over the years various complaints but instead of forcing the agreement simply decided to pull out from the agreement and this is just the last piece in a long string of actions by the current u.s. administration to undermine stability which was really reminds us nuclear weapons have only been here for seventy years which is a very short amount of time in the thousands of years of warfare that humans have had so we really can't afford to knowledge just sit back and wait while the u.s. and russia discuss the this is something that regards all of the nations of the world and this is why we have to not just wait for the bilateral agreements between
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these two countries but really pay attention also to what the rest of the states of the world are saying and the majority of the states on the world have just agreed to a new united nations treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons and this is the one piece of good news that we can use in order to try and make more sense of this risk of a new arms race so there is international movement on this issue which you see as a good thing leo but coming back to this treaty between the u.s. and russia you said that it essentially put in place a framework but it wasn't being implemented but what about china it's not part of the agreement essentially has been as critics have said been able to develop these missiles that well isn't that also something that has been lacking from this treaty . again i would want to seeing the such a narrow pollo game between russia and the us or between russia and the u.s. and china now china has three hundred nuclear weapons whereas the us and russia have over nine thousand nuclear weapons between them so we really see the scale of the nuclear. judging from these two countries would do all for anything that that
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would come as a threat from china and i think what we need to focus on is not just russia us china but what about europe europe is the continent where most nuclear weapons are stationed in the entire world and of course the reintroduction of medium range missiles would mainly be a threat to europe would make europe a target once again and the european nations really have to reconsider whether they want to be on the u.s. nuclear umbrella that they have to rely and to trust for always that they want to take the security into their own hands and you do have to wonder after everything that's happened in the last two years what else the united states has to do for europe to really take its security interests into their own hands after the withdrawal from the deal by the united states based on the argumentation whatsoever after the threats of mass murder against north korean civilians and then turn around to base. relations on a on an unenforceable agreement was in the work very prestigious whatsoever and of
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course the. trump has introduced a new nuclear posture review which would allow your nuclear weapons to be used even in the case of attacks so i think the europeans really have to take this seriously and start defending their own security which is in the first step this means emancipating themselves from the nuclear policy which is currently set unilaterally by the united states already a leather wakeup call for europe that. i can't thank you so much for joining us. thank you. now german chancellor angela merkel has backed a ban on arms exports to saudi arabia following the killing of journalist in the saudi consulate in istanbul the international community has raised doubts over riyadh's official account of his death as well as the claim that the country's crown prince had no part in it right of paper to one has promised to reveal the results of turkey its own investigation so this is previously unseen
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c.c.t.v. footage of jamal khashoggi saying goodbye to his fiance it was the last time she saw him she waited for hours in front of the saudi consulate while her husband to be was killed inside the saudi foreign minister described it as a tremendous mistake. to the scope of their authority there obviously was a tremendous mistake made a component of the mistake was to come to try to cover up we are determined to uncover every stone we are determined to find out all the facts while riyadh denies the involvement of crown prince spend some on the international community remain skeptical observers questioned whether casualties death was indeed caused by a fistfight the possible premeditated nature of his killing seems to be underlined by the arrival and same day departure of fifteen saudi men reported to be inside the consulate on the day he died. on sunday evening turkish president.
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and u.s. president donald trump agreed in a phone call on the need to clarify the case or one said his country would disclose the result of its investigation in the coming days. what. we are looking for justice here and this will be revealed in all its naked truth not through some ordinary steps all its naked bars are. britain france and germany also reacted in a statement condemning the killing and demanding clarification. alternatives. that we condemn this act in the strongest terms there is an urgent need to clarify what happened this issue is far from having been cleared up those responsible are still not held accountable. but my agree with all those who say that the already limited arms exports can't continue in the situation with currently in.
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the name them all blix and. saudi arabia is germany's second largest market for arms sales observers say freezing arms exports to the kingdom could weigh on bilateral ties for years to come. let's catch up now and some other stories making headlines around the world vote counting is underway after afghanistan's chaotic and deadly parliamentary elections authorities had to extend voting hours after biometric ballot equipment failed and militant attacks killed dozens of people over the weekend of afghanistan's registered voters braved the polls in the first such election in eight years. one thousand people are dead and dozens more injured after two buses crashed in pakistan's eastern one job province police say both buses were speeding when they collided twelve members of one family died in the accident and authorities say the death toll may rise. israeli security forces have shot dead a palestinian man who attacked a soldier with
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a knife in the israeli occupied west bank the soldier survived the attack it is the latest in a series of deadly incidents that have increased tensions in the west bank this month. you're watching d.w. new still to come lewis hamilton's bid to win a fifth formula one world championship has to wait another week as i can be writing and storms to victory in the u.s. grand prix we'll take a look at the best of the action from texas. and italy's brands are in trouble again while rome and the e.u. are at loggerheads over government spending now moody's has downgraded the country's credit rating to one notch above junk status. but first eleven on which hosts more than a million syrian refugees many live in extreme poverty and often parents see no alternative to marrying off their children to save money aid groups have warned that the number of child brides is growing in lebanon where there's no minimum age of marriage. where he traveled to a refugee camp in the bekaa valley in an exclusive report she met
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a fourteen year old girl who was about to be wed. last fall when i was just starting a new semester at school. this year she's getting ready for her wedding but after i stopped going to school in the seventh grade because i got engaged my mother knows him he came and told her that he wanted me and that was that. the mother has just fourteen years old when her fiance first brought her her engagement ring it slipped off her finger and had to be resized to fit her small hand. she fled or trying syria to a refugee camp in lebanon's bekaa valley. this tent is home to her her mother and three siblings it's difficult to make ends meet with got a bonus of the i need to pay for electricity household expenses i also have medical expenses two of my children have chronic when they have attacks at night there's
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nothing i can do. mark won't be the first in her family to be married off as a girl her mother wed when she was fifteen eight organizations say the humanitarian crisis has seen child marriages increase within syrian refugee communities. many like my don't no longer have a childhood with few responsibilities to look forward to. all the rules for war i have to get married because of our situation there are many things i need that i can't get i don't have any married friends and don't really know what marriage is. in lebanon one in five syrian refugee girls between fifteen and nineteen is married with more than two thirds of syrian refugees in lebanon living in poverty is no war i would never have done this i would have let a study even my son who is top of his cluster now has to work.
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with that last year or ten burnt down i'm still in debt because of that we left with nothing but the clothes on our backs. but parents are not the only ones to blame there is no minimum age of marriage and lebanon and some religious communities groups even younger than fifteen can marry activists like him nor are calling for that to change. a lot of the clan like all how would we need a law that would set the minimum age for marriage at eighteen and to punish the shakes who officiate such marriages their giving away goes right there marrying them just on paper but it's not officially registered anyway. a lot let's follow it up. such a law is nowhere in sight however and so in a few weeks mother who will become yet another child bride in lebanon should be sent back to syria to her future husband.
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thousands of mostly honduran migrants flaying violence and poverty are trekking towards the united states the so-called migrant a caravan began more than a week ago and one dollar us and is now which southern mexico experts estimate they could reach the u.s. border within a month but president donald trump and threatening to call in the military to stop them from crossing the border. they feel safer traveling in a large group they say they're in their thousands men women children many are suffering from dehydration stomach infections and foot injuries from their long journey. but most have one goal in mind to reach the united states for a chance at a brighter future. i mean you've ever been to mexico should lead us through and support us. but we're not coming here we want to go here. we need transportation if we go without food for three days it's not
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a problem the united states should open its doors to let us work even if it's just for six years and that's it. in the southern mexican town of town but sure learned sunday sympathetic villagers offered exhausted migrants food water and clothing. the migrants had walked thirty kilometers in the blazing sun from the guatemalan border many of them without any provisions hundreds of locals driving vans and trucks stopped to let them climb aboard. the mexican authorities have been urging the migrants to apply for asylum in mexico and offered to bus them to a shelter set up by immigration officials but most refused fearing they would be deported. since the convoy formed last week u.s. president donald trump has been threatening to call in the military up to close the border with mexico and we have the military stationed there not coming into this country. in a tweet trump sent the migrants should apply for asylum in mexico first otherwise
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the u.s. would turn them away he also threatened to cut off aid to one douras guatemala and el salvador. but the migrants are undeterred whatever hardships they may face along their journey many say that life back home is much worse with rampant violence poverty and hopelessness. to sports now and sunday's formula one action saw a british driver lewis hamilton sail in his bid to secure a seth world championship with three races remaining as a ferrari's kimmie reichen and stormed to victory in the us grand prix germany's sebastian vettel meanwhile fought back after a difficult start to finish fourth and keep alive his slim chances of overtaking hamilton in the driver's standings. papers ition in a potentially title winning you ascribe great dream scenario for lewis hamilton.
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i'm things are about to get even better as rival sebastian vettel spun out following a collision on the upper lip. but fettle ferrari team mate kimi reichen wasn't about some make life easy for hamilton repeatedly forcing the british drivers' attempts to regain the elite. the surprise emergence of red bulls max to stepan but it started in a position gave habits and a new headache and contributed to a nail biting final few laps. fettled recovery in the fourth meanwhile meant hamilton would have to finish second title. but wright can and fished up and held firm to hate the hamilton victory parade. for president that agency to kimmie did a great job today no mistakes at a great start and manager always so i think when i have also. said is that when did a great job as well i mean he was. it was an aside but a tie the knot at the end so naturally a bit of
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a struggle. but we thought we would have been out to do better but this is the best we were able to do the end of first grown three victory for reichen since twenty thirty as hamilton is forced to wait another week in his bid to seal the well title . right there had to say with business now that's right italy says it will not leave the european union or abandon of a euro that spy a minister just a qantas speaking earlier amid a standoff with brussels over the populace government's big spending budget brussels had voiced serious concern over rome's budget plans that included higher borrowing to stimulate growth meanwhile rating agency moody's cut italy's credit rating by one notch over concerns about rome's plans and the already high public debt load nevertheless costs of borrowing dropped this morning as moody's said it did not expect any further downgrade and left the outlook at stable. it's a difficult position that you use economics commissioner pierre moscovici says that
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italy should decide its own fiscal policy but he has a stipulation. on the other hand it has to respect a common rule e.u. countries have done for ten years policies that are left out that's what makes us all part of the eurozone also but as we know the problem is that rome wants to borrow three times the amount of fresh cash than promised by the previous government well that doesn't break any e.u. rules it could mean that italy's huge mountain of debt might become unsustainable the current debt level of one hundred thirty percent of g.d.p. already exceeded e.u. limits but that doesn't seem to bother italy's coalition of right wing lega and populist five star movement i know you'll be on we must create something new because we're neither right nor left we must create a new european group the european group that does not have the right all the left as a goal even like there's the last release that our economic growth stagnated in the
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third quarter and unemployment especially among young people is high bolstering social spending and taking a tough stance against brussels has a nice range to large parts of the public. events i think all the electoral promises were kept so they did just fine even keeping the point with europe which i think is the fundamental battle. he formed over know all about it he said it's about the young woman value not your parents ok i think that europe does not have to tell us what we have to do here also because they have a prejudice against us in comparison to other european countries enough for us to respect their us to praise your food. it's always government has told the e.u. it plans to stick to its spending plans but it will keep an eye on future debt. let's go straight to our financial reporter. in frankfurt for market reaction frankfurt is apparently what about it ily all. yes
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this toned down rhetoric on both sides that you won from rome it's certainly helping the boresome llano. was even stronger this morning some early italian bonds which have been the crisis again in the past few weeks and banks even also. on these you mention and moody's has downgraded the country it's now only one notch away from junk status but the outlook is stable so no worries that any time soon the rating agency is going to downgrade the country even further and it's even optimistic on the deficit outlook minus two point five percent is what movie is expecting in the deficit in the coming three years that's less with us said then most calculations so far all industrial linda is firmly. an old trading secret is buy on the rumor sell on the news or so on the fact and
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currently or today investors are buying when the shares on the rumors that the u.s. trust. entity via f.t.c. might actually pretty soon possibly today approve a merger with prox air which would then cause the company to be the largest world's largest liquid gas manufacturer about a fourth of the entire world market would go to this company with eighty thousand employees and receive twenty eight billion euros in revenue so rather large sum but they better hurry up they've got two more days until this merger has to be fixed under securities law. because it's in france with thank you. ryan logged a seven percent fall in profit in april to. period summer as
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a key season for europe's largest budget carrier but it took a hit from rising fuel costs and lackluster bookings caused by strikes ryanair also warns it will have to keep short haul ticket prices low this winter meanwhile the carrier is bracing for more reputational damage ryanair cabin crew failed to remove in our right passenger who held racist insults. fellow passengers from the situation so on pleasant they felt they had to intervene a video showing the incident on the flight was posted online. their journey you can get insurance against all vagaries of life the theft of your mobile phone missed flights lost. your home or any personal liability you might incur my sister even has a separate health insurance for her dog i'm not joking but in many other countries the opposite is the case study by lloyds of london found that in places with the
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highest risk of natural disasters many businesses are woefully under insured or not covered at all. it's been three weeks since indonesia weighs the on and was devastated by a tsunami that killed over two thousand two hundred people the indonesian government has put the estimated damage of close to one billion euros. to make matters even worse many people and businesses in developing countries such as indonesia and not insured against natural disasters leaving survivors to face further misery according to a new survey conducted by lloyd's of london and i just made one hundred sixty three billion u.s. dollars of assets are under insured worldwide over a period of six years the so-called under insurance are also among the most vulnerable to the results of climate change. and they lack the financial capability to deal with the consequences. in some countries the insurance penetration rate is
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under one percent in bangladesh india vietnam the philippines indonesia egypt and nigeria these countries are completely exposed when disasters occur. events in indonesia are typical of what happens after an earthquake the government is left to cover the majority of the financial burden and is dependent on outside assistance. last week the world bank pledged to one billion u.s. dollars in loans to help with relief and rebuilding. that's all your business for now here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you here on news u.s. national security advisor john bolton is heading for moscow to talk for talks on nuclear arms control that's after washington announced a pull out of a cold war treaty on into media range missiles and threatens a new arms race with russia. german chancellor angela
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merkel has called for freeze on exports to saudi arabia in the wake of the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi international leaders have questions question saudi claims the killing in its consulate in istanbul was accidental. and that's it for now you're watching live from berlin there's more news coming up the top off the you can also get all of his news from our web site.
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