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this is d.w. news live from berlin mexico the voice potentially devastating us terrorists with a last minute deal on migration president trump says planned levies on mexican goods are suspended indefinitely after mexico agreed to do more to stem the flow of migrants crossing its territory also coming up the. oceans are crucial to sustaining life but they face mounting problems like plastic waste for world oceans day our reporter goes to terra leone to see what's being done to stop it. and
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germany's women kicked off their world cup campaign with a one nil victory over china. welcome to the program. the united states and mexico have reached an 11th hour deal to crack down on migration from central america earlier the white house threatened to slap tariffs on mexico if it failed to stop record numbers of migrants from traveling through its territory to the u.s. border but the deal appears to fall short of the key u.s. demand that mexico accept the designation of safe 3rd country that would have forced it to permanently taken most central american asylum seekers'. it's the end of a dispute that threatened an all out trade war between the u.s.
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and mexico back at the white house after his trip to europe u.s. president trump safety announcement for his preferred form of communication in a series of tweets late friday trump said tariffs would be indefinitely suspended and that mexico had agreed to take strong measures to stop central american migrants heading through mexico to the u.s. . mexico's foreign minister said the deal was a fair play. because people crossing into the u.s. to seek asylum will be rapidly returned to mexico while their applications for asylum are processed in turn mexico will allow these individuals to enter for humanitarian reasons in compliance with its international obligations that has humanity the deal also ceased checks being stepped up on mexico's southern border with them on the. speaking on the sidelines of the g 20 finance meeting in japan the u.s. treasury secretary steve minucci and said trump's goal of fixing immigration
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problems on the mexico border had been achieved but he added trump could still impose tariffs if mexico failed to follow up on its pledges. the deal ties trade to migration but the devil could yet be in the detail the final conditions are set to be hammered out in discussions between the u.s. and mexico within 90 days. mexican journalist from our spanish department joins me now in the studio is right and a last minute deal how pleased they are both science with this agreement well i think for makes it very important stuff this these 3 they can cut on me so for now i think for mexico is. a very good deal also for. interpreting arson enterprises in the u.s. because well makes you cry the u.s. are very very close partners with what i think both of the comics of the people
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there so i think right now people are happy also because the mexican president shows that he can handle he's not like some people said at the beginning of his period that he could be like some kind of model he's open to protect the economy he's open to negotiate and he's not thinking with the stomach like some other presidents around the urea what is the reaction in mexico been that he's open to negotiate but has he possibly made too many concessions there well i think some of the some part of the society is not happy because well they like things to you not very intellectual way to that so they they say the world we need to start. the 3 months of prison that's mixed things up because well they were speaking about the economy some months ago. nafta was santo and right now he's
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using these other topic migration as a measure of pressure but there otherwise i think in general. the businessmen are happy because well we knew it was important to stop this at this moment. as part of the deal mexico says in a live ploy it's 6000 troops to the southern border how likely are they to stop the flow of migrants coming in well i think they're the most important thing is that they are going to start to have some contraband what's happening there because in the past some of their presidents just northeast dystopic this you know on their word by throwing it wouldn't exist because it was not affecting mexico directly because people was just passing through and i think it's very important to point out that mexico asked for our. strategy in order to reactivate that corner from central america to tackle these problems not
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just in one month but for the future. thank you very much. germany's foreign minister heiko mazas held talks with iraqi president barham saleh in the iraqi capital baghdad key issues were regional security bilateral relations and investment in iraqi infrastructure projects the visit as part of a wider trip to the middle east which seeks to deescalate tensions between around and the united states must be scheduled to visit the islamic republic on monday. today is world oceans stay the annual observation holds draw attention to efforts to protect the oceans and their ecosystems one of the biggest threats they face is plastic more than 100000000 tons of plastic waste have collected in the oceans causing chaos in some coastal regions w.'s ali and quiches travel to sierra leone to see why the capital freetown is struggling to cope. the best way to get from
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freetown airport to downtown is by boat captain sagal months array of sea coach express has the making the journey for 15 years his biggest challenge navigating through all the plastic debris is that of a horse. they've eaten for the classes they've been moving into it for and it's a view these things watts of all 510 years not in it's in plastic trash clogs up the engine almost every journey that's why someone keeps watch in the back of the boat to alert the captain as soon as it happens often the damage is already done. 3 towns plastic problem is also evident in other parts of the city some blame the government but drainage canals awash with trash point to the need for an alternative approach to waste. yet sierra leone still does not even have its own
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plastic recycling center refuse either ends up in a landfill sometimes right in the city center or it's exported the head of the environmental protection agency says the government must act immediately he admits there have been failings but now he would like to see a complete ban on single use plastics. it would have to have objections and we have to find an alternative livelihood for those people so if we have a lot of what are called please send in does plastic water. so this does your livelihood so you have to find an alternative but many doubt there'll be a plastic ban any time soon so the tourism authority has begun working with civil society groups and they've hired 80 employees to collect the litter that washes up on the beach. meanwhile see coach expresses. getting it's
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new is boats with 4 engines to prevent breakdowns as long as the plastic problem remains unresolved operating costs will remain high if the wall to a clean of the company says customers would be paying much less for a ticket. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a leading russian investigative journalist has been hospitalized avon colo north was admitted for medical tests 2 days after police detained him claiming they discovered drugs in his possession all enough says his injuries were caused by being beaten up in police custody. the u.n. says the number of venezuelan refugees has now reached 4000000 as one of latin america's worst ever humanitarian emergencies more and more people have been fleeing the socialist country with little sign of a solution to its political and economic crisis. g 20 finance ministers have begun
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a 2 day meeting in fukuoka japan they agree there is an urgent need to find a global system to tax internet giants like google and facebook there are also discussing risks to the global economy including current trade tensions between the u.s. and china. as a new barcelona has finally issued an official building permit for the unfinished i get out of the media cathedral 137 years after construction began the basilica was designed by architect and. the permit is valid through 2026 enough time for builders to complete the landmark roman catholic church. is doing 2 of the women's world cup and friends and to go over all the action ali movie from d w sports is here with me ali germany played their 1st match how did they do well it turned out to be a really tough task for them against china they were the hot favorites trying to give them a real game of it on another day you could even come away with
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a win ultimately though it was martina for speculum bug side that did give up all important victory that's all and thanks to one of the youngest players in the squad and we've got the highlights from that game so let's take a look about his right now. germany almost got off to a dream start with this opportunity in the 3rd minute on a day brits firing just inches one china had a chance 10 minutes later one showing sharon should have pulled the trigger sooner . dorson carcieri deflecting the shot in the nick of time. china came agonizingly close again is young lead curled in explicit effort into schultz post. a huge lead off for germany. germany's big break arrived in the 2nd town dorsenne cogic corner was cleared but only as far as julia when the midfielder smashing home to put herself in the lead for good. one nil the final
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score and coach much enough os techmeme board could be happy that her team came away with a scrappy victory. so it tight make 3 for germany there but what a moment for julie eglin when did you think of the performance yeah that is so impressive deb it's all come up with a moment like that much winning moment you know for a 19 year old as well making a welcome she must just fill over the moon right now i thought and spend your hoops on the wings would buy for a day just for germany that with the best attacking outlet for a mate in a game with a otherwise struggle to really create chances you know i think is well just generally going is the is the perfect example but i think youth was the real bright spot for germany in this game we also saw come on off the bench she's just 21 years old. she's just 17 and she's playing in a world cup in germany so i keep an eye on these players because i think it shows that germany have a really bright future not the only match today though how about the rest of the
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action on day 2 of this world cup yet we also have a really entertaining game between spain and south africa we can take a look at the highlights from that one as well right now it was the newcomer south africa who actually. looks like we're going to cause a shock perhaps 10 b. cattle on a high scoring and absolutely wonderful goal to give them a lead in their 1st ever world cup match however spain did it back in the 2nd half and i'm also here we see them also as scoring was one of 2 penalties that she scored in the 2nd and then. don't through south africa to france to confirm their victories just by so swearing to get the win in the end but i think it was good to see south africa in their 1st ever world cup and give a good performance take the late and show that they can match up to some of the biggest teams in the world. sports thank you very much. some tennis now australian ashley barty has won the french open the 1st grand slam singles title of
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her career on a windy day after a longer os the 23 year old had little trouble beating mark and i wonder show of the czech republic in straight sets 6163 the victory means party is now the number 2 range woman in the world and earlier at the french open domenic teen one 3rd to the final of the men's singles by beating no one bench in 5 sets the australian number 4 seed will meet rafael nadal into morris final the spaniard is looking to win his 12th title in paris. now wanting to tell you news from berlin coming up next is the documentary the power of corporations looking at the billions at stake for taxpayers and the power struggle between states and nationals make sure to stay tuned for that and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website at www dot com. thanks for joining us.
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