this is d.w. news live from berlin trouble on the horizon for the trade war truce between beijing and washington a global corporate officer of the chinese telecoms giant holloway has been arrested in canada she now faces extradition to the u.s. for allegedly violating sanctions on iran also coming up. peace talks between yemen's warring parties are set to get under way in sweden today delegations from the saudi backed government and the who the rebels are coming together for the first time in two years is an end in sight to the world's worst humanitarian crisis

. and it's on the macros last day on the job as the leader of her conservative c.d.u. party she's stepping down after the teen years as a party chair but will her successor said to be chosen tomorrow. but on a mac we'll see out her terms counsel. brian thomas thanks so much for joining us china is demanding that canada release main wong zhu now she's one of that country's top global executives maggie is the daughter of the founder of chinese telecoms giant away her arrest has been linked to alleged violations of american sanctions against iran and she now faces extradition to the united states asian stocks have tumbled on the news. she's the

chief financial officer of one of the biggest telecommunications equipment companies in the world now it's emerged that man one jew has been in custody in canada for days u.s. authorities appear to be seeking her extradition on charges of helping while way violate the u.s. trade embargo against iran further details of the allegations against her are still unknown but her arrest comes as while way faces increasing scrutiny from abroad. in the past u.s. lawmakers have described the company as a threat to national security saying its technology could be used for spying. other countries like australia and new zealand share those concerns twelve ways equipment from being used in their high speed five g. mobile networks. way has repeatedly denied those claims when news of meng's arrest broke china's embassy in canada have released a statement saying is firmly opposes i'm strongly protest the move the arrest comes

at an especially sensitive time in u.s. chinese trade relations last weekend the country's leaders agreed to a ninety day truce in their months long trade dispute the u.s. decision to target one of china's most important tech giants is only likely to reignite tensions all spring in. business correspondent in singapore good morning andrea can you fill us in on some of the reaction we're getting from beijing to this arrest. well obviously. one of the problem. is. that all of the. listening and calling it's calling this entire rest you know scheme a part of a larger scheme on the us in the us it's hard to do real any trade talks that's

happening between the u.s. and china can you fill us in on the accusations that many more you violated the american sanctions against iran well being one so is currently being accused of violating sanctions by shifting u.s. origin products to iran which we all know is a very big and white the no one of violations whether these products are with what we have products are not it seems unlikely remains to be the norm remains to be seen remains to be for they discover that the u.s. has also been conducting probes are on while we for quite some time now since twenty sixteen are for the very same violation on iran but also north korea as well rick you know how does this all fit in with with the u.s. the chinese trade conflict that we hoped had been improving.

ag exactly i'm this is obviously going to drive a wedge between the two countries which just a matter of deals or even hours ago were thought to be coming to the beginnings of a truce there's no real way of knowing what's all behind this it seems seems to be the way that the chinese think that the u.s. is trying to you know have a large part to plea in trying to attack china but i think i don't think this is enough of the moves on china's government's part to. real any of those talks let's remember also that the probe has been happening since twenty sixteen and that's before just before tom became president in november of that year so i would say is just bet timing. for us in singapore thanks. in other news today un brokered peace talks between yemen saudi backed government

and with the rebels aligned with iran are set to start today in sweden now these talks marked the first meeting between the two sides since twenty sixteen and the rain that ending four years of brutal warfare trey's discussions are expected to focus on confidence building measures. we brought to sweden by the un the delegation of who the rebels say they strive for peace the sat to negotiate with yemen's government for the first time in two years. i think the delegates want to pray to framework for negotiation and we hope to leave sweden with a final untruth solution to end the conflict in yemen so that all yemenis no matter their political opinion can live in peace. u.n. officials don't have such high hopes that the talks to be held at those costs outside stark home they don't expect a political settlement but at least steps towards deescalation.

four years of conflict in yemen have left thousands dead and created what's been described as the worst humanitarian crisis in recent history. with the country's economy crippled more than fourteen million people many of them children of facing starvation. there is only one message to those who are gathering today in sweden that is the message of peace for this brutal war the brutal war on children raging throughout the country for too long for that war to stop now . with the conflict locked in stalemate many hope the talks will result in a cease fire allowing food and aid to reach those who need it most. now for a look at some of the. there are stories making the news today arraign state media say at least three people have been killed a number wounded in

a suicide bombing in the southern port city of the child the hearth already say the attacker set off the explosion outside police headquarters so far there's been no claim of responsibility. five u.s. marines are still missing after two american military planes crashed off the coast of japan during a routine refueling exercise the plane's base the base that it would mean were carrying out scheduled framing when they collided midair off japan's southern coast two marines have already been met rescued. a former australian archbishop found guilty of covering up child sex abuse in the catholic church has had his conviction overturned and australian court ruled in favor of peter wilson's appeal and freedom from detention wilson was the world's most senior catholic clergymen to be convicted of hiding in the house which was committed by a pedophile priest in the seventy's. or here in germany and draws to

a close today as chancellor of the machall steps down as leader of her conservative c.d.u. party whomever is elected to replace her the party conference getting underway in hamburg today could become germany's next chancellor we have this look at michael's eighteen years at the helm of the christian democrats. the congress of merkel's announcement in october came as a surprise europe's longest serving elected leader is aiming for something no modern day chancellor has managed before a controlled exit from politics to miss when his pocket acted so i won't run again as party leader at the next e do you party conference in hamburg. this is fourth term is my last chancellor of germany. macko became the first woman at the top of the c.d.u. in the year two thousand surprising nearly everyone. the newcomer from the east led her party's break with its political idol helmut kohl over party funding scandal

even though coffee was her mentor the determination and power instinct the party saw there was also what it would get over the next eighteen years. those who refused to accept that the c.d.u. was no longer gentlemen's club soon learned the hard way one by one her competitors had to go. after becoming chancellor two thousand and five machall took a c.d.u. party on a political journey many criticized as a shift to the left setting conservative benchmark policies like military conscription and performing a u. turn on nuclear energy of the fukushima disaster in japan. by then her valdas party leader and her role as chancellor had long become inseparable merkel's political brand as the one who guarantees stability was born. in the midst of the greek debt crisis she defended risking billions of german taxpayers' money by claiming there

was no alternative. there is no alternative to supporting greece to secure the financial stability of the euro. vision merkel's no i'll turn to to reasoning also you saw her keeping germany's borders open during what became known as the migration crisis in twenty fifteen the political challenge that still defines her leadership. yeah if we were to make the we can do this considering our european responsibility our humanitarian responsibility and our responsibility for germany then we wouldn't be the christian democratic union of germany but we are dots why we can do this. america has so was long seen as a conservative party leader without an alternative to replace the fact that there are now several credible candidates is also fueling speculation over how much longer she can remain chancellor. so let's look at some of the alternatives more

of this let's bring in to be a political correspondent kate brady in our parliamentary studios here in berlin good morning kate all of america all stepping down as party leader but she says she'll be staying on as german chancellor until twenty twenty one cannot work. it certainly could work but things could become problematic depending on the party selects to morrow in hamburg as her successor is a cd party leader and that could become particularly difficult if one of those candidates friedrich matts is elected as the c.d.u. party leader he currently heads a supervisory board for the asset management company blackrock and he will certainly move the party move the cd into a more conservative direction and away from the center ground of political spectrum where we've seen moving the cd you over the last couple of decades so that could then certainly prove to be problematic for angle of machall should be elected as

that would then question well. as the chancellor ok what about the two other contenders for c.u. party chair would they signals well a new direction for the conservatives. we could certainly see a little bit of change there are two of the main front runners as we have on he's young just thirty eight and also we could see with him if he were elected as party leader we could see the party moving in a more conservative direction he's a very vocal challenger and critic of merkel particularly when it comes to migration policy and then at the same time you also have an a critic karrenbauer who is has at least been dubbed here in germany in recent weeks as a mini mac even the current for the leadership over the sea do you but even for her this is the label of being a mini map is something which she tried she's tried to distance herself from in

recent weeks during this leadership race so we certainly could see a shake up without doubt within the c.d.u. party but it just depends as to how big that change and that shift will be ok no matter who is going to be this is the beginning of the end of the america with europe as. it certainly is she's been at the helm of the c.d.u. for eighteen years she's been chancellor of germany for thirteen is an entire generation here in germany that has known no the chancellor and of course it is business as usual for america she's hardly made a dent in her current and final term in office the chance to learn is still a lot to be done particularly when it comes to international relations but of course already media both here in germany and abroad and world leaders already beginning to envisage or imagine and even prepare for what a europe on what a world without merkel on the world stage might look like breaking our parliamentary studio thanks very much. and we of course of much more of that story

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