and returning to something here for the next generation. the environment series of global $3000.00 on t.w. and online. this is d w news live from berlin in japan world leaders arrive for the g. 20 summit the trade war between the 2 largest economies china and the united states and the lack of consensus on tackling global warming are likely to dominate also coming up tonight the health of germany's chancellor back in the spotlight after all is seen shaking and event for the 2nd time in

a week and who will take the line tonight a standoff in the mediterranean over migration policy as italy refuses to allow rescue ship carrying dozens of migrants to lay. off it's good to have you with us so we begin tonight in osaka japan with the g. 20 summit world leaders have been gathering there for the beginning of the summit on friday there is no shortage of big issues to discuss but the trade war between the united states and china is expected to dominate the agenda the white house says that washington is still insisting on changes to intellectual property rules as a condition for any trade deal a top aide for president trump says that trump will decide whether or not to impose more tariffs on chinese goods after him. meets chinese president xi jinping.

stormy weather greeted donald trump as he arrived in osaka but his fans braved wind and rain to get a glimpse of the u.s. president all eyes will be on trump when the 2 day g 20 summit begins on friday some 32000 police are on hand to provide security as they usually do the g. 20 leaders will debate the condition of the global economy and world trade they'll also be plenty of bilateral meetings in luxury hotels on the sidelines of the summit one of these will come under particular scrutiny president term sit down with his chinese counterpart ping on saturday morning if the pair can strike a deal to reduce trade tensions the summit will be counted a success. the g. 20 the g. 7 and other multilateral summits are very important but the main thing to remember is that invests world at this moment the united states leads the world.

japan's prime minister says meetings like the g 20 are still the best way to resolve conflicts such as trade wars fighting people tend to focus on differences in the international community but japan as the host country will focus on what countries have in common and what they can agree on me that. will climate and the environment also be on the agenda it's unlikely they'll be enough time for issues like those. correspondent and he is covering the summit for worse in. the japanese presidency is desperately trying to focus on well traditional g 20 topics such as the reform of the world trade organization or projects to fight climate change but what might happen here and is that all of this is overshadowed by the big trump trump does not believe in multilateral institutions in fact he's coming here to have

a series of bilateral meetings and one of them is highly anticipated with the chinese president on saturday as we know both countries on the edge of a full fledged trade war and the outcome of that bilateral meeting might determine the fate of world trade in the next months up or down. i was myself and reporting from osaka japan well ahead of the g 20 summit there are new concerns about the health of german chancellor angela merkel that after she was seen shaking today at a function with the german president from vulture shimei you can see right there the 2 leaders they were attending a ceremony for the country's outgoing justice minister now this comes just a week after a similar incident with the president of ukraine you can see the chancellor shaking there last week the tremors were attributed to the chancellor being dehydrated. more on the health of the german chancellor george at the big table by our

political correspondents only only for an hour or so and we want it we want to reiterate the office of the chancellor said today that she is doing fine right exactly the spokesman came out afterwards and said the chance it was doing just fine and she would continue with her schedule as fans and she did indeed just half an hour later she went to the german parliament for the swearing in of the new justice minister and then a couple of hours later she boarded a plane to go to japan to attend the g. 20 summit and then on sunday she will head to brussels where she set to head to brussels for another is you summit so it looks like the chance that i'm going to america is really doing fine see is continuing with her schedule as one commentator said today you know if you're not doing well you're not going to get a plane and fly to the other side of the world as medical did earlier today but the media attention it has been tremendous about the health of the german chancellor and we you know we can't see enough it's understandable right she is considered to

be the world's most powerful woman and when medical shakes the world also shakes with her doesn't it yeah exactly concern is growing here especially also in germany i say i mean also across the world people are looking to i'm going to america she stands more than any other leader of the world for that stability and. especially in germany i mean she's been in power for 14 years and all of my adult life has been chancellor and machine else herself last year that she is not seeking another political office after her term ends in 2021 but i think this trending today really shakes up people over germany because they anything that ignite suspicion that she might leave early it's actually really puts people in a position to get to ask themselves what would germany look like after america actually steps down as chancellor yeah that's good that's a good point i mean the fact that people are worried about her health also forces them to be confronted with the period after the era of uncle michael and how that

will be political correspondent the only thing how much stock thank you. and here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the french police say that a man suspected of shooting and wounding 2 people outside a mosque in the western city of brith has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound he suspected of having opened fire as people were leaving a mosque and then fleeing in a car officials are investigating whether the incident was terrorism related a policeman was killed at least 8 people were injured in 2 suicide bombings in tunisia capital tunis the attacks targeted at security forces to these are has faced a string of extremist attacks in recent years so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for today's bomb huge crowds turned out it is stamboul to celebrate the inauguration of the city's new mayor opposition politician in mama committee took office for the 2nd time in 4 days after his decisive victory in

a rerun election of that election was forced by president heir to one ruling party . france has warned the united states not to drag its nato allies into a war with iran it comes a week after u.s. president said that he called off air strikes against iran with just minutes to go that followed tehran's downing of an unmanned u.s. drone well the new acting u.s. defense secretary mark esper told his counterparts in brussels today that washington wanted to avoid that conflict and he says that washington cannot tolerate any further incidents and he went on to say that even though the u.s. held iran responsible for 2 tax on tankers in the gulf of oman this month washington does not want this situation to escalate take a listen our goal is to bring iran to the negotiating table to conclude a comprehensive enduring deal that addresses iran's nuclear program its

a ballistic missile development of proliferation its support for terrorism and other malign activities. our strategy is at its core an economic and diplomatic one again we do not seek armed conflict with iran but we are ready to defend u.s. forces and interests in the region right there was the acting u.s. defense secretary speaking in brussels today the european union is calling on italy to find a quick resolution to its standoff with a german organization whose migrant rescue ship has entered tell you the waters in defiance of a ban from rome now the ship is carrying 42 people picked up off the coast of libya 2 weeks ago italy's far right interior minister matteo salvini says that he will not allow them to disembark and he has threatened to seize the ship and to have the captain arrested. for weeks the sea watch 3 had been circling the island of lampedusa. now with the migrants on board reportedly desperate and exhausted the

captain decided enough was enough to boat entered italian waters on wednesday risking the wrath of the country's government. telling us our teams have just come on board to see restraint has stopped the hamas nothing to some of the 2nd tower subset to cancel the morning call to increase its acknowledge they are waiting for from the instructions from necessary as i really have to take the rescue off the ship but italy's interior minister is refusing to take any migrants tayo salvini built his reputation taking a tough line on migration now he's threatened legal action against the ship's crew of a visa you were warned you on board and we will use all the means democratically allowed to block this blatant contempt of the law. because this complete disregard for law and order. i am not giving and will not give permission to anyone to disembark to

anyone. no under a new law vessels that define orders to keep out of italian waters could face hefty fines and potential seizure. salvini insists responsibility for taking the migrants lies with germany where the sea watch nonprofit is headquartered for the netherlands because the ship is sailing under a dutch flag but so far no country has volunteered to take them in meaning it may be much longer before these people stepped foot on solid ground. here in germany police have arrested 2 more people in connection with the murder of a regional politician valter luka one man has already confessed luka was an outspoken supporter of german chancellor angela merkel's migration policy now opposition parties say that this case shows the need for the government to take the threat of far right extremist violence more seriously. in the case of the killing

of state politician found to lucca investigators say there was no sign of a right wing extremist terrorist network but the suspect allegedly had help with acquiring the gun germany's federal prosecutors have confirmed that 2 men one suspected of selling the weapon and a contact man are being taken into investigative custody the when i was that we're acting on the assumption that the 2 suspects knew about stephon east right wing extremist beliefs and that they approved of the sale of a shooting weapon knowing it was possible it would be used for a politically motivated killing $42.00 small to get into suppression. yet castle's district president was executed with a single gunshot in front of his house it is said to be the 1st murder of a serving politician by a right wing extremist since $945.00 since the nazi dictatorship and it germany's interior minister horst say holdfast says he will do all he can to toughen the rule

of law. a constitutional democracy must be able to remove enemies of the constitutional democracy from the general population especially those who pose a serious threat and sleep my office will seriously look into which groups we can ban. according to say the number of right wing extremists in germany has reached a new height of close 224000 this is a worrying figure for the head of the country's domestic intelligence agency who said while presenting his annual report that right wing extremists appear more confident and are networking internationally. right wing extremists high degree of readiness to commit violence is striking. every 2nd right wing extremist is to be classified as ready for violence the number of violent crimes has risen by 3.2 percent. the opposition says it is now time that investigators analyze the right wing extremists seen more closely than ever before. we need

a reform of the administration we need more scientific expertise more transparency to be able to get clarity in the face of the complexity of these numbers. we need to recognize network structures better see the connections between single groupings better. was most likely killed because he advocated for refugees as a politician now many in germany are asking themselves how rightwing agitation and hate can be held in check. well with the murder of a vulture lucas still very much on their minds thousands of people today staged a protest against right wing extremism and they came together in lucas hometown of costal to present a unified front against the far right to support diversity and religious tolerance in the country christian and jewish and muslim communities participated in the protests. here's a reminder of that top story we are following for you g.

20 leaders are watching in japan for the summit which starts on friday they'll be trying to patch up serious divisions over trade in tariffs as well as tackle the global climate crisis. you're watching. business with. stick around. it's all happening. joining us from africa. your link to exception the stories and discussions kenya one comes to getting program tonight from. fees eat out with us.