if you talk about your. job and. you know. this is deja vu news live from china warns of a tough struggle as its economy slows down at the opening of the country's legislative assembly in beijing prime minister says china is facing many challenges including a profound change in its external environment a look at what that means it's also coming up french president makes an impassioned

plea to voters ahead of course. he says to the state nationalism needs to make big changes. u.s. president donald trump announces a new threat to trade with india and turkey we'll tell you what's at stake. need a miracle tonight in the champions league they're looking for high drama at home against england star harry kane and his problem teammates this game determines who moves on to the final just. good to have you with us. as economy is taking center stage at the annual meeting of the country's national people's congress around three thousand delegates from across the country have been gathering in beijing for the two week a vent in the opening session china's premier league cut the growth target to its lowest in nearly three decades that is partly due to a trade dispute with the u.s.

lee said beijing would continue to push for a resolution. beijing's new airport it's set to be the world's largest when it opens later this year china's leadership often uses political advances an occasion to flaunt its successes to the media. and it's a welcome distraction china's economy is burdened with the consequences of its trade dispute with the u.s. municipalities and state run companies are struggling under high levels of debt addressing china's national people's congress premier league could chang issued a warning. we face a complex and serious situation as well as challenges foreseeable and otherwise that are greater in number and in the us. also announced market reforms aimed at leveling the playing field for chinese and foreign companies this bid to diffuse u.s.

complaints has made delegates more optimistic that the trade dispute with the u.s. could soon be resolved the only issue is that you and the u.s. is starting to get used to each other i think there is growing trust between the people and the governments of both countries. china has announced a further increase in defense spending up seven point five percent on the previous year with this china hopes to strengthen its military allowing its troops to train under more realistic conditions. with me in the studio now is they are former china correspondent clifford coonan he's covering the story for us thanks for joining us the national people's congress is often described as a rubber stamp parliament the major bills are already decided by the communist party in advance of that being said how important is this body and what can we learn from this gathering well the national people's congress is very important because it's one of the few ways we have of working out what's on the mind of the chinese leadership what they're thinking about what directions they're looking out

what their policies are going to be so with that we'll need every every bit of it was poured over by china watchers to see particular at the moment on the economy but also in terms of diplomacy on tech and on trade but what direction china is heading we heard leakage i'm talking about those economic challenges cutting the growth target yet six percent growth is the number that a lot of other countries would be very happy with isn't it it is but china is coming from a lower base and it does become used to double digit growth figures for many years and so i think people are concerned when when it does start to slip back like this . they'll be looking for indications about how the party is now going to try and get growth going again you know one of the issues that has been weighing on china's economy is of course the trade dispute with the u.s. let's listen to what likud chung said on that front. we will continue to push for trade talks with the u.s.

china two years to the principles of mutually beneficial cooperation development and we'll continue to advocate fair consultations to solve trade disputes we will earnestly carry out the promises we make and will resolutely protect our legitimate rights and interests. ok we will protect our rights and interests what do you take away from that statement well i think part of me thinks that they would have liked of how to trade deal already going into the national people's congress but i think a lot of the n.p.c. is aimed at the domestic audience they want to shore of stability they don't want to store economic growth to create instability in china so a lot of does is presenting an image of a strong china very much a domestic audience but also presenting an image of a strong china to the u.s. when it comes to further negotiations yet and agreement is so important to the chinese economy how close are we to an agreement there well the sense is that there could be an agreement in the offing we have a meeting coming up with trump there's going to be

a lot of political will to forge a deal as we saw last week with the north korea talks you know you can't always rely on these forecasts but i think looking at the way both sides seem to be talking we should be looking at a trade deal coming up very soon i also want to ask you about one other aspect of the chinese economy saw that it's china's increasing its defense budget by seven point five percent why is that and what signal does that send well it's slightly lower than it has been in some of the recent years but it's still quite a significant increase and also there's a lot of defense spending that isn't reflected in the defense budget china again it feeds into this narrative of china being a strong power for a domestic audience internationally it's a signal to china's neighbors perhaps that in the in the areas where there are territorial disputes it's going to have a strong navy for example and then there's also going to be internal spending on defense and security all right clifford coonan looking at the annual meeting of the countries the national people's congress for us thank you so much for joining us in

studio with your analysis. let's catch up now and some other stories making news around the world a japanese court has approved bail for the former chairman of nissan motor's carlos ghosn but the prosecution has appealed the decision and go remains in custody he's been in jail for three and a half months over allegations that he falsified financial reports. north korean leader kim jung un has been given a rapturous welcome back home and pyongyang despite the failure of last week's peace summit with u.s. president i'll trump chems four thousand kilometer journey by train from vietnam took sixty hours of the media was trump ended abruptly without a deal on denuclearizing the korean peninsula. canada's cabinets crisis is growing a second minister has now resigned shameful part is stepping down as manager of government spending prime minister justin trudeau as administration is engulfed in a corruption scandal involving

a big construction company the affair is being said seen as a setback to trudeau in the run up to elections in october. researchers say a second person is in sustained remission from hiv one the virus that causes aids the news raises hope that the condition could one day be cured this case comes ten years after a first hiv patient a timothy ray brown appeared to be cured of the infection after a blood stem cell transplant. and hillary clinton as for the first time ruled out a u.s. presidential bid of twenty twenty per cent and says although she will not run she will keep speaking out for what she believes clinton started as a front runner in the two thousand and sixteen race but ended up losing to. french president manuel mccoy's calling on european voters to reject nationalism and support a stronger european union in a letter published in newspapers in all twenty eight e.u.

countries today he appealed to voters in may's european parliamentary elections to reject your all skeptic parties and choose candidates who are in favor of a stronger european union mccall also proposes a new e.u. wide agency to protect democracy a ban on foreign funding for political parties and to harmonize european laws against a hate speech on the internet. let's get more on this story with our correspondents band record is in brussels and here in berlin hans braun from d.w. politics good to see you both but let's start with you there in brussels now calls letter is addressed directly to the citizens of europe why are we seeing this letter from him i think mr merkel is kicking off his election campaign for the european elections which will take place in the end of may and he's addressing the people directly and this is a good p.r. stunt if you wish if you want to say so in twenty eight countries similar tain is

to be so he will dominate the european debate for two or three days at least in the european circles i'm not sure if he can reach everybody because not everybody is reading newspapers anymore in europe and i'm not sure he can reach the protests the yellow best in france which are very angry with the president so he's speaking to the people what about his european partners do you think he discussed this letter with other european leaders beforehand and how do you think they're going to react . i think they knew there was something coming but he didn't discuss the details of this plan because the mcallen learned that if you want to change something in europe you have to move and you cannot wait for everybody but it's no surprise no real surprise in the things he's proposing and some reactions already from the finnish prime minister and the budget and prime ministers in tweeds they say they brought the support what marco is asking for right has let's come to you now you're

tracking this story here in berlin has there been any reaction from politicians here. yes there has a government spokesman speaking for angela merkel's government has said that the government welcomes robust discussion about the road of the european union head of these european elections at the end of may they've also been reactions from various other political parties welcoming this discussion welcoming the proposals that micro has put forward the only negative reaction not surprisingly has come from the far right wing party in germany the alternative for germany which has said that if any of these ideas of micro were to be put into effect it would in fact make the european union european union worse than it is already but that's no surprise from a euro skeptic party that's look at one of those ideas macaws calling for europe wide pay guarantees and social benefits do you think the german government would like is likely to be on board with that proposal. well here in germany there has

been a discussion about a minimum wage as well which has been proposed which has been in fact passed by the government both the conservatives and the social democrats in this government magine there might be quite some sympathy for this expanding minimum wage proposal across europe. especially i think on the left in the german in the german political spectrum but what micro obviously seems to be saying is that he's trying to reach voters in europe across the political spectrum shot trying to show them that there is some benefit from being within the european union and that these benefits can be very concrete in terms of things such as the minimum wage which according to micron would have to be adjusted to each particular country so it wouldn't be exactly the same thing about an equivalent figure depending on the purchasing power in the various countries there and one message that really comes across in this letter is as fighting for a stronger european union and the cost per proposing to combat euro skepticism with

another european agency but isn't that exactly what critics accuse the e.u. of too much bureaucracy for the history of a cause we'll have him on that and it's not only one agency it's actually a variety of new agencies and institutions in this lead and micro ones that all until the end of the year. end up in a huge european convention he wants to call for of course you knows this is unrealistic and this will not happen but you have proved cations all the time from the right wing populist now this is a provocation from the liberal petition so this was stir up the debate in the end this might be quite good for europe all right our corresponds band record to in brussels and hans brandt in berlin thank you both. now venezuela's opposition leader one way though has arrived back in the country

defying president nicolas maduro threat to have him arrested for breaking a travel ban thousands took to the streets across the country in response to those calls for a nationwide rallies to increase the pressure on president maduro to step down. i he's back in the crowds of caracas airport treat him like a rock star i returned to venezuela despite a travel ban imposed by the government he might be arrested at any moment but after touching down he was defiant i was we are here to serve in a swale and i we're here to serve our people and to fight for our cause i love you venezuela i love you i want to be the earlier garrido had called on venezuelans to take to the streets and they responded in massive numbers like here in caracas where thousands came out for a change in leadership and against president nicolas maduro you know what i'm up at me and i want it we want things to change and get better. we don't want them to

rest. this dictatorship is teetering and they don't have what it takes to keep going if they try to stick him in prison that seem at them but it's always a. this abuse of government can only news arresting why do it would be a huge mistake because i don't but i don't know but i you in caracas cried oh called for more protests to increase the pressure on mr over step down. yes. on saturday will continue in the streets all of this way will return to the streets were decided and determined to mobilize in search of their freedom we will not rest one second until freedom is achieved you know that without that you had a bad day to do it. on sunday he warned monroe if the government takes him into custody it would be a grave mistake perhaps the last june. u.s. president trump says he's planning to scrap the preferential trade status granted

to india and turkey saying those countries no longer fulfill the requirements for that privilege the move means india will no longer benefit from some five point six billion dollars worth of duty free textile and industrial exports to the u.s. turkey two will lose out on the basis that the u.s. no longer considers it a developing economy. more on the story now with journalist new on and who is standing by in mumbai newport tell us more about this special trade status we just mentioned and why we're seeing this decision from the u.s. . oh so you know this is something that is not good news for india most definitely but this is something that was sort of expected or been anticipated by the government order as well because the u.s. government had initiated order of you in april twenty eighth this was done because of industries such as d.v.d.

and the medical equipment industry had brought it to the u.s. government that this should be discussed since then so in government had been trying to work out and negotiate certain dom's with the u.s. government but clearly you know despite. your off negotiations and discussions the review was not as favorable as u.s. government and government wanted and therefore probably would not no longer end up enjoying the state just any longer at the moment in india the indian government is trying to add the concerns and fear and you know there was a conference held or later in the day where the commerce secretary mentioned that their impact is going to be limited as far as india is concerned we are talking only about one hundred ninety million dollars in terms of impact on the indian. government so you know this is not something that is extremely tremendous the government is trying to see at the moment we of course have to see how we're going to pan out in the coming days india now is being drawn into trump's war on trade

deficits at least that's the analysis we're seeing from some people how worried are people there in india about a prolonged a standoff with the u.s. over trade. at the moment actually indian government doesn't seem to be that worried or if they are watered down order to east portraying it as much because as i said earlier as well in the conference that was headed order in the day they have tried to address these concerns and have tried to downplay the feel was of the government of the indian people and industry in fact in the early morning trade in the market as soon as the news had come out the stock market actually crashed but right after that it has corrected and it has bounced back which probably means that people are not as concerned as they are of course there are industries that are going to get impacted and overall there will be so there will be some aftershocks that will be fed but at the moment there is not a general sense of gloom doom at the moment and india are journals and speaking to

us from mumbai thank you very much now a german research is heading out on an unusual expedition this fall it will drift through the arctic for a year and deliberately get trapped in the ice the aid has to find out how the arctic changes over a year and what impact climate change has on the polar icecap. it slated as the biggest arctic expedition in history scientists who were training for it in northern finland are practicing by taking my samples from the frozen baltic sea and testing their equipment store ability in temperatures below minus forty degrees. for equipment we have that's never been tested in these conditions. that's why it's good to try out before we take off so instead of having to stay late. too bad it didn't work out as we planted the plug on this sort because. the german research

vessel polar star will set up for the arctic in september and settle into the pack ice. the movement of the ice alone will nudge the ship toward the north pole which is normally inaccessible during the arctic winter the researchers want to increase their understanding of how the region is changing. as i'm broke the arctic is one part of the planet that's extremely affected by climate change more than other regions when the arctic ice sheet melts further it will have a serious impact on other areas of. the team hopes the new data will help them determine further effects of climate change and improve their ability to forecast the consequences. all right champions league football now it's down to the return leg of the round of sixteen europe's top clubs aiming for a spot in the quarterfinals of the top tournament here in europe aren't so easy for sports is with us are so there are still

a few german teams in this let's talk about tonight dortmund facing elimination set up this game for us that's right well dortmund first of all is struggling in the bundesliga i mean they had a nice nine point lead ahead of munich that were always chasing them and now they've squandered that league is tied with them on points of fifty four and dortmund only technically is in the league is in the lead rather thanks to goal difference so there's that and then they had that disastrous first leg. best of sixteen champions league series game against tottenham hotspur in london they lost three nil it was a big problem for them and that's going to this game i mean they're up against the wall and they also are going to be up against harry king and he's back in the spurs squad and he's a goal scoring machine and last year he also scored a goal in dortmund in a group game and they won that game two spurs did in dortmund so he's got experience there and in fact let's take a closer look now at how the two teams match up. dortmund are about to face their

toughest test and what has been an increasingly dramatic and difficult season if they're to come through their champions league tie with tottenham they'll need big performances from every one of their star players. foremost among them marco royce who's returning from injury. it's really important that we believe in ourselves we need a top performance we have to be a the best. and so i'm told that if they get a gold in of course it's going to be very difficult for the whole team and everyone around us to laze we can do it and we have to keep the faith. tottenham have their own returning star in striker harry came spurs managed to defeat dortmund three nil in the first leg without the england international they'll be even more deadly with him back in the squad tottenham know they're in control now but they won't be sitting back on defense. we've seen in the first two for

good that we're going. to start of the game in a bit it would live in. we must to be able to see if we must to to fight begin dortmund then we'll have to be at their best if their defense can shut out tottenham and their attack can produce goals that they could still be in with a chance. are you said in with a chance there in your report but let's be honest are we need a miracle here can make that one well they've done it before you know in two thousand and thirteen that season when they actually went to the final of the champions league they were losing in the second leg in the quarter finals against the spanish side mollica two to one and in the dying seconds of injury time they scored two goals won the leg three to advance forward and like i said made it all the way to the final of the champions league i wouldn't discount them and i mean the crowd there is also very supportive there it's an incredible crowd in dortmund

if you've ever seen a home game there and and also the spurs coach himself mauricio pochettino said that there's an advantage that dortmund has they played their last league game on friday night and he and his side played a gruelling game against arsenal on saturday that means that it had an extra day of recovery of rest and recovery and he said in fact that that could well be a problem for his team. to put on the same. game if not use we need to find the fitting way to put it better the game. the blue today are in the booth because they do. but there's no reason to think they're going to what are we going to bring movie the same will more than. the moon but they feel the snow is not. going to be a good match up what about the other game tonight of the defending champion the champs that's right a real madrid having won it three times in a row but they're not playing well generally i mean right now they're struggling in

the league they're twelve points behind league leaders barcelona you can pretty well forget that they're going to take the championship they've been knocked out of the spanish the cup the copa del rey and the champions league is all that's left for them and in fact i'm very impressed with their stuff if you saw the first leg in amsterdam where they lost two to one at home yet they had scores of chances to they had lots of chances to score against real madrid and you know i think they're good for a surprise i wouldn't be too confident if i were real madrid right now anything can happen all right art so see from the sport thank you. to motor sports now and a team of british army veterans are aiming to become the first all disabled outfit to race in the famed twenty four hours of lima team brit or british racing injured troops drive in specially equipped cars. suffered seventy five percent burns when his convoy was attacked in two thousand and six the former british.

racing tracks and has his sights set on the tree. from. both of his legs while on deployment in afghanistan but thanks to a specially designed car fitted with controls he's also training with the brits. to achieve his lofty goals. this. is very good news for us is. nicholas hamilton who has cerebral palsy and is the. great. he's involvement has helped to raise team. the academy is certainly ambitious but it's still a. top story.

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