luhan. played. player. to. play. oh. so this is d w news live from berlin the united states escalates its trade disputes with china washington imposes new tariffs on billions of dollars worth of chinese goods to the two countries fail to resolve their differences beijing says it will retaliate so what will the impact on the global economy also coming out the first results of south africa's election showed that the ruling a.n.c. is heading for its worst outcome in its twenty five years in government we also what's gone wrong with the posse of nelson mandela. and that working to eradicate

polio but has been course up in a campaign of misinformation and violence to report on the deadly attacks on the vaccination teams in pakistan. oh boy. oh boy. i man you could smoke and thanks so much for joining us. the standoff between china and the u.s. over trade has taken a turn for the worse at the stroke of midnight washington time the u.s. increased tariffs on two hundred billion dollars of imports from china and that's an increase from ten to twenty five percent the move comes as the two sides failed to reach an agreement at talks in the u.s. negotiate set to continue today to try to break the impasse u.s. president donald trump outlined some of the sticking points you know with

a piggy bank that everybody steals from including china we've been paying china five hundred billion dollars a year for many many years china rebuilt their country because of us they couldn't have done what they're doing they're building a ship every three weeks the building aircraft like you've never seen fighter jets i respect it i don't blame them i blame our past leadership for allowing this to happen what i'm doing now with china should have happened many years ago not just obama long before obama that china for its part has vowed to strike back speaking a head of the talks china's lead negotiator vice premier leader said increasing tariffs on chinese goods would not solve anything. short of that it's twenty or five come here in good faith. that given the current circumstances i want to

reasonably and frankly exchange opinions with the u.s. side. but china believes given the current circumstances adding further tariffs is not a good way to solve any problems it's not favorable for china it's not favorable for the us nor is it favorable for the world. order. he. has been following the talks for us in washington. top u.s. and chinese officials could not reach a breakthrough in their trade talks here in washington on thursday but the white house says that the trade talks would continue on friday still american tariffs on chinese imports increased from ten to twenty five percent as of thursday midnight deadline expired u.s. business groups and farmers had opposed the target by saying it with hurt their base this and u.s. consumers president trump had threatened to hike half of the chinese providers to draft

a trade deal last week but so far beijing has not budged. so no breakthrough so far my colleague stephen basely from business is here to break this down for us stephen the trade talks is set to continue later on friday and yet tariffs have gone into effect now what is it that washington is trying to make asian do with these measures basically submit to their will in a sense what they've wanted here has always sort of been a large package from beijing they want them to consume more american goods basically to even the trade deficit between the two countries or to bring it down i should say and they also want promises on things like intellectual property theft which they say chinese commits a regular process a lot of countries say this is way of increasing its own technological prowess and they also want an action against things like cyber theft and cyber war as well so as you can see. to creasing the trade deficits and taking care of intellectual property guarantees these are very difficult things and where these agreements seem

to have broken down or what seems what sort of sparked this backlash from the us is that the china was that china was starting to suggest that some of these would be hard to enforce a dream for stability mechanisms they were sort of backing away from what it sounds like and from beginning analysts had said enforcing things like intellectual property regulations in china cyber theft all this is going to be very difficult data collected from us firms in china that's going to be difficult to. yes and that seems i've sort of sprung popped in this case so what about the repercussions what do these types mean for u.s. consumers for the u.s. economy. consumers will likely see price increases in the coming months it won't be immediate they're not going to go into wal-mart tomorrow and see that their favorite items have increased these tariffs are hitting a range of products everything from bicycle parts to the rubber gasket so some of these are items that consumers will buy directly a lot of them will p. passed on to them by businesses who have already maybe eaten the ten percent tariff that this that was on these products before that twenty five percent more and more

of them are going to have to pass along those costs to consumers if they want to stay afloat and so that's what is expected when you see this tariff increase is that they can't say anymore all right we'll take this one on but now it's going to be the consumers are going to have to take this so it will be interesting to see what their responses and what about retaliation from china what can we expect that it will be interesting to see i mean you can't underestimate them they're massive economy and amounts of power but at the same time the u.s. really seems to hold more cards here china's economic indicators are really down and frankly china relies more on the u.s. when it comes to its export economy it needs that main buyer and if the u.s. is going to really start hitting it china is more sensitive frankly to it than the u.s. is to counter-measures all right stephen hadley from the business thank you so much thank you ron. now u.s. trade has also been on the minds of european union leaders this time u.s. trade sanctions against iran e.u. leaders have urged the islamic republic to stand by its commitments under the

nuclear deal agreed with world powers in twenty fifteen the us withdrew from the deal a year ago and iran has now also threatened to abandon it unless the other signatories provide quick relief from u.s. sanctions. it was supposed to be the post breaks it summit shaping the e.u. future without britain while the u.k. may not yet be out it did not attend the talks a welcome respite from breaks it deadlock but another topic overshadowed the proceedings iran's threat to abandon the nuclear deal signed with world powers in twenty fifteen e.u. leaders urged tehran to think again for the orms the video is here it's now even more important that europe shows a united front here we do not want an escalation but we want to keep using diplomatic tools. we know our limitations but we all agree that the more united europe is the better the chance we have of using dialogue to find possible

solutions for. the sagal so there is you know. being united on all fronts was exactly what the e.u. leaders wanted to convey they swiftly signed a ten point blueprint for the blocks future vowing to work together through thick and thin i can state well think with concrete that. their leaders have got their go directly demonstrated that they want to pay for political with possibility not only for fingal events challenges but for the european union as a whole. fine i'm bishan is indeed but no concrete decisions can be taken until after the upcoming european elections and they may well highlight a europe riven by division over what its future should look like.

if there is victory for those who want less europe if into mars european parliament no majority is possible without mashing lists and extremists then it is clear that we will have less syrup and we will be weaker for being disunited as the e.u. prepares to wave goodbye to its current parliament its member states are more divided than the smiles convey up next is a tussle over new picks for the e.u.'s top officials at a special summit at the end of may. all right let's have a look at the some of the other stories making news around the world today former u.s. army intelligence analyst chelsea manning has been released from jail manning spent sixty two days in detention on civil contempt charges after refusing to testify to a federal grand jury investigating wiki leaks she has now been served a fresh subpoena again demanding she testify next week are you an american from the u.s. the seas the north korean cargo ship it said it was transporting coal in violation

of sanctions against pyongyang the action comes hours after north korea fired two suspected short range missiles into the sea the second weapons launch in just a week north korean leader kim jong un said it was a regular military exercise. amazon tycoon jeff bezos has announced his rockets company blue origin is sending a spacecraft to the moon the world's richest man says the blue moon luna land will be able to transport equipment the u.s. government wants to establish an outpost on the moon by two thousand and twenty four. that would take us down to the surf. now and pope francis has issued a groundbreaking new law requiring all catholic priests and nuns to report clerical sexual abuse and cover ups the paper to create covers abuse of children adults and sets up systems for reporting abuse and protecting whistleblowers. every now and

then each priest or no obligated to report sexual abuse and they're required to inform church authorities if they suspect abuse this is but one of many steps pope francis is planning to implement in his attempt to combat this problem this is it's very important to now have unified in the universal standards for the church in the past countries have taken different approaches now it said procedures have been set time limits have been set it's an important step not the first but also not the last the new church law requires the. all dioceses around the world have a system in place for victims to report abuse by two thousand and twenty all types of abuse must be prosecuted victims protected and investigations completed within ninety days well victims' groups support the law many feel it doesn't go far enough for i am blowed if one question remains namely how reports of abuse will be passed on to prosecutors pope's law does not to make its obligatory to report to all work with your thorough it is and at least here in germany is for police and for state

prosecutors who are responsible for investigating and solving such crimes and decent. following the vatican's abuse conference in february critics demanded a hard line against abuse in the catholic church the new church law comes into effect on june first but it only runs for three years or so south africa now where the ruling african national congress holds a comfortable lead after the general election that more than two thirds of the votes have now been counted but the tally so far does show that the a.n.c. is on course for its worst performance in a national poll and its twenty five years in government the vote is the first test of public sentiment sent president cyril ramaphosa replaced the scandal hit jacob zuma last year. just for more on this. joins me now from cape town hi oddly and what does this result mean for the african national

congress why did fewer people vote for the a.n.c. this time. well the n.c.a. has been in power for twenty five years now and then they made huge promises back then to change the situation especially for the poor people in the country the black majority but they have not delivered on all the promises they made huge part of the population is still living in poverty inequality is really huge here it's one of the most in equal societies in the world so people are of course frustrated and many of them decided not to vote for the a.n.c. nonetheless if we look at the numbers we still have to note that they're still thirty five percent ahead of the strongest opposition party now voter turnout was lower across the board than in the last election tell us why that was well it's especially young people who decided not to vote about six million young people under the age of thirty who were eligible to vote did not even bother to register for this elections and this shows of course anger and frustration more

than every second young person in this country is unemployed but when you talk to elderly people they are also sad and angry about that because they said well many of us have been really fighting hard for for the freedom in our country for the right to vote and now we see a lot of young people rather staying at home than going out and participating in this democracy. what are the issues cyril ramaphosa and the a.n.c. have been elected on what the voters expect from them now. so these elections were largely a referendum on. the current president he took over about a year ago from jacob zuma and you have to remember under his his leadership corruption was rampant in the country in all levels of governance the took over and promised to change that he promised to go after corrupt people also within his own party and now many people say it really depends how many votes he will get in the end of this election if he gets more than fifty five sixty percent that will give

him a strong mandate to really follow up on his promises to really go after people in his own party because there's really a strong disconnect. part of the party of the leadership party and the people here many people here have the feeling that there are some corrupt elites who are just enriching themselves and they're not serving the country and the people and from a post i made these big promises now it is time for them to follow up on them and deliver all right at the end face reporting for us from cape town thanks so much. it watching news still to come one of the most important festivals in the world opens in venice this week we're going to take a look at one of the most unusual exhibits of the being knowledge a mosque is curator about the purpose of the on. the first pakistan where the government has suspended an anti polio drive following renewed attacks on health workers that at least three people involved in

vaccination programs have been killed by gunmen in the last month it tax have been blamed on fake videos and rumors about polio vaccination spread via social media now almost one hundred people have been killed in assaults on vaccine teams since twenty twelve. reports now from islamabad. raja that he left his job as a believer but last month the father of two was gunned down in northwestern pakistan while trying to convince them to fix him that their children his family is still breathing. he was my friend a brother a father and the guardian of our family we have lost everything people who kill like this are the biggest terrorists in the world they threaten and murder people like my brother only want to protect children from this crippling disease. workers are often targets in pakistan due to conspiracy theories that vaccines out

a ploy to sterilize muslim children and the program is a cover for best and spice it was a particularly deadly month the divine female vaccinated and two policemen moderate in just one. so you look they've knows the dangers of being a. he nearly died after being shot in karachi while immunizing children in twenty two of despite the risks let they've still goes into communities and speaks to religious leaders so they can help counter misinformation about the virus. we need because we're connected they live and who understand local sensitivities this is essential for people to trust them and accept the fact. he would try to have been made in reducing the number of cases here from over three hundred in twenty fourteen to just twelve but pakistan is one of the three countries in the was born remains and and rumors spread via social media are inflaming already

existing distrust of the nation. that. this man was arrested after posting a video online telling boys to finda after apparently being immunized it's going to be good to message stadia in the show or when thousands of children would rushed to hospital by panicked parents who believed they were being poisoned the government spokesman says this type of scaremongering will not be tolerated and promised new ways to reassure parents will be introduced soon i'm going. to. continue with the negotiations at facebook and have a conference with facebook management we are working on a bottom up approach to which we have now we have you focusing on. the board you work in the face of the program. i'm going to sort of feline.

any questions that anyone may have regarding polio vaccine the government would want to question. it's unclear how effective these destructed used will be but they are too late for vod did students who grew up without a father the only comfort from his death that the family can now hope for is that one day pakistan will be declared your feet. he has more than thirty thousand twitter followers and the if per regional authorities closed down taj used to live on the streets of the french capital but then he started using social media center to draw attention to what it's like living rough that was the start of his passionate fight a better living conditions for the city's homeless population. christian college knows what it means to lead an insecure unstructured life he spent over three years hanging out with this group of homeless people at the plus sun mart in

paris he used to have a well paying job as a strong lear but after his wife left him he developed a drinking problem and when he could no longer pay the rent he ended up on the streets and. this is one of the places i slept in but a few weeks later they installed these typically anti homeless barriers in their place deliberately so no one can bed down here. and he homeless barriers have popped up all over paris some in places where people sleep due to warm air from the metro christian reacts to them by tweeting with results. to the city of paris and put an iron rods to prevent access you can still see the traces. they would have stopped people from being able to sleep there in winter when it's cold. i posted it on twitter and the next day the authorities removed the iron rods. if one is

a good. christian began tweeting three years ago after his possessions were searched by street cleaners in winter he wrote this is how the homeless are treated in paris within a few months he had over thirty thousand followers. in the morning to say hello to the planet and at night to talk about what was going on on the streets. i take a picture of my sleeping bag and say good night guys and go to bed. and people would answer good night see you tomorrow what i thought that was cool. people who live on the streets often feel like pariahs but christian potch has given them a voice and his activism has spread beyond paris people now send in pictures of barriers elsewhere in france. this one's in front of an eavesdropper share store in

our born in the country south. it's true that the social media have a certain power that can be negative for big brands. we'll see in the next few days that evil share will certainly get rid of those barriers. this present christian is glad that his tweets can change things for the better. his own situation has also improved his no longer living on the streets but has found accommodation with a christian aid organization. in europe league football but this league club and frankfurt missed out on a place in the final after losing to premier league side chelsea in the penalty shootout the english club took the lead in the first half with a goal from group in loftus cheek the frankfurt you can go bitch level the score after the break with the game tied at the end of the extra top at the end of the extra time the match went to a penalty shoot out chelsea's goal keeper made to say to break frankfurt it's the

blues now face arsenal in the final. in tennis world number one novak djokovic has eased into the quarter finals of the madrid open djokovic beat jeremy chardy in straight sets six one seven six he's now based in the frenchman in all thirteen of them meetings without dropping a set djokovic is stepping up his preparations on clay as he bids to win a fourth grand slam title in a row at the french open later this month. and joining djokovic in the last eight is roger federer at the swiss survived two match points to beat france's guy and will feast despite the wobble federal stood his ground and dominated the deciding tie break to seal a six love four six seven six victory i now one of the most important festivals in the world the venice biennale a is

opening on saturday this year organizers say the event will feature works that address a world in turmoil its title may you live in interesting times among this year's highlight is a monument to europe's migration crisis. the fifth year of the vision of the venice beer knowledge is called may you live in interesting times that's intended more as a message to visitors than as an all encompassing motto for the spectacular art festival featuring works from ninety nations much of it displayed in competing national who believes. one of the. it's on display is a machine presented by chinese artist soon young and panu tries in vain to clean up a red liquid. artists live in the same world we did they read the days they respond to things but there are new themes in this business so yes i think art. is social but in

a different way then. surely is a room for history through pudgy. and approach is how we experience the world. the work that has attracted the most attention though is this shipwreck it was transported to venice by sea the fishing vessel sank off the libyan coast in two thousand and fifteen with more than one thousand refugees on board a few survived the name. swiss artist christophe blowhole has installed it for the duration of the b. and allah in a prominent position in venice harbor. the job of artists is to raise questions about things and to raise questions about how we look at things about the categories we used to order or world and then they the work is up to us to. develop

a message. once again there's plenty food for thought at the venice biennale. all right a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you today the united states has imposed new tower ifs on billions of dollars worth of chinese goods the move comes as the two countries have failed to result that differences over trade beijing says it will now retaliate the talks all set to continue today. and the first results of south africa's election show the ruling african national congress holding a comfortable lead but the tally so far that's the a.n.c. on course for its worst performance in its twenty five years in government. now don't forget you can always get new news on the go just download our app from google play it all from the apple still i will give you access to all the latest

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that's really frightening quatro have to have mother. why aren't people more concerned. slow food. through first w. . the deadline has passed and the u.s. has upped its tariffs on china so what does that mean for trade negotiations between the two powers and what does it mean for the global economy we'll take a look. and should tech giants like facebook and google face even more regulation or even be broken up we'll talk to nobel prize economist paul romer was a different idea for resizing tech firms. welcome to business i'm stephen birds in berlin.