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scott 10 or 14. starts july 10th on d w. this is d w news coming to you live from berlin global leaders together and talking during troubled times at the g. 20 summit in japan they're tackling issues ranging from trade wars to election meddling go live to a socket for the latest polls are coming up authorities in genoa blow up the remains of the bridge controlled explosion removes what was left of a motorway by
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a dog they gave way last year killing $43.00. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us world leaders are in osaka japan for the g. 20 summit they're facing a ray of problems stretching from the u.s. showdown with iran to trade tensions between washington and beijing on both those issues the european union finds itself caught in the middle. for 2 days osaka is the center of the political atlas the leaders of the world's 20 largest economies flying in for what promises to be a stressful program. small talk is sure to be drowned out by u.s. president donald trump's heavy footsteps as he continues his campaign of america 1st. the trade war he started with china will dominate discussions though few
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expect talks between trump and chinese president xi jinping on saturday to result in a truce to trade relations between china and the us. difficult the. contributing to disrupt of the economy to trumpet ministration has also ramped up pressure on iran withdrawing from the nuclear deal was just the beginning new sanctions and threats of war followed all of that has the attention of those here. maintaining. if in the regional and international security interest. the e.u. is committed to that deal as long as you're on continues to uphold it. outside the confines of the heavily guarded summit site. citizens are urging action on climate
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change activists went out not only on osaka streets but also on hong kong's where protesters called for support from g 20 leaders for their pro-democracy movement. beijing has already forbidden other countries from discussing the hong kong unrest at the summit. german chancellor angela merkel arrived in good spirits and osaka this after a 2nd bout of unexplained trembling in front of cameras led to speculation about her health. her good cheer will have to endure she's due in brussels on sunday to negotiate a new leadership for the e.u. . our correspondent max off but is in osaka covering the summit for us and joins us now lex i understand that chancellor merkel held a press conference just a short while ago what did she have to say. the question that many of us wanted to ask is how she's doing because as we just heard in that report. she had
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a 2nd shaking attack back in berlin but here she seemed fine calm and collected her usual self we didn't get the opportunity to ask questions but like i said in that department at the moment at least things seem ok and then she gave us an account of her day so far the bilateral with trump didn't say much just said we talked about iran didn't say how that went and the point she really insisted on a little bit is that many members of the g 21 to the reform of the world trade organization to go along as planned you know the world trade organization for example responsible for dispute settlement within the global trade community something that the americans really haven't agreed with in the past and are actively fighting now and if things continue the way they have gone in the last in the last weeks months and years that it would mean that the dispute settlement mechanism and of the w t o would be nonfunctional by the end of the year and that's
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of course something that the countries that are in favor of a multilateral trading system are trying to prevent with all their forces but it's difficult with countries like the united states so trade clearly on the agenda there at this g 20 max what exactly do the g 20 leaders there hope to achieve during this 2 day summit. advancing trade multilateral trade always was the goal of the g. 20 that's the reason why they were founded to coordinate their efforts there nowadays it's also very political and the problem now is in these days and times that you have leaders with very different goals and targets at the moment they used to be more or less on the same page but now you have a u.s. president who says i do not favor multilateral trade i want bilateral agreements and that's why he's here he has a series of bad lateral agreements including the one you just mentioned earlier with the chinese president xi jinping so what do they want while countries like the
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states want to get the best out of the whole system for themselves you probably would say that country like germany want to do that as well but they have a different philosophy a different path towards that and that's why they're struggling to find a wording they can all agree on for the final declaration so trade obviously at the very center of the discussions there but as you say max this has become also a political gathering what about issues such as climate change or security are those topics also being discussed there in a stock of this year. climate change is the 2nd very contentious topic we're hearing from the so-called sherpas and so the ones that are negotiating this final declaration i'm insisting on that part because it is really is one of the most important things of such a g. 20 summit some say you know it's just words it doesn't really matter but if you look at what is decided in those declarations then quite of
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a bit of it actually gets implemented for example of the things that were decided in one is iris close to 80 percent of those decisions and statements made in that declaration are on track to be implemented so it is important and that's why those sherpas have already negotiated all night last night and probably going to do the same thing again tonight and they say trade and how to fight climate change and climate change in general are the 2 topics where they're having a really hard time because of the united states max thank you very much for inside correspondent max hawk down there in osaka. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines today u.s. presidential hopefuls have clashed at the 2nd democratic party debate in miami florida former vice president joe biden was looking to smash his position as front runner but california senator come on the harris foot him on the defensive last night are among $25.00 candidates vying for the chance to take on donald trump in
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2020 so we could see 2 people have been evacuated from the sea watch humanitarian ship for medical reasons the boat entered italian waters in defiance of a ban from rome 2 days ago italy is continuing to refuse a permission to dog the ship's captain is accused european countries of abandoning the migrants. engineers in the italian city of genoa have demolished the last remaining pillars of a major motorway bridge that collapsed last year. thousands of residents were evacuated ahead of friday's planned demolition and extra police have been for have to do with your public safety 43 people were killed when the burundi bridge collapsed without warning and august last. earlier i talked to freelance journalist seem
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a good in rome and i asked her were people around italy following this devon's demolition yes they were very closely i mean it was being covered by local television channels as well as news outlets now seconds before it was demolished the sirens ran out and we didn't seconds the entire remains of that bridge would demolished a few things of dust spilled smoke rise rose into the air as the residents that could see the process applaud it now it appears it things have gone according to plan but he's still seeing those want to cannon's heating up to control the die. i think for many of those watching there's a feeling of relief that this i saw is finally being removed but at the same time a feeling of sadness as everyone remembers those 43 people that were killed as a result of that tragedy back in august last year built the new bridge is expected to be the most expensive in europe what can you tell us about the plans for that
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new bridge understand that the foundation has for at least a foundation stone has already been laid yes and they plan to go full steam ahead if you understand this is really a key challenge for this populous government in power now it's really they came into power in june 28th and then in august this tragedy happened that hit the morandi ridge when it collapsed so it really was the off key challenge and they're keen to show that they can fulfill their promise says the century they say the new bridge will be up and running and traffic will be running on it by april 2020 so the plans are in full steam ahead you have both deputy prime ministers my tail salvini as well as he need to be my present to be at the demolition keen to show a united front on one issue that they want this project to go ahead the project of course that sign of the new bridge by red so piano the italian aki stop now he essentially has donated his fee for this the building off the breach and the
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project is expected to go ahead but as you said expect to be $1.00 of europe's most expensive bridges in its final construction sima thank you so much journalist sima cooked up there in rome. it's. now to the women's world cup where england have taken the 1st slot in the semifinals they dominated norway last night to win 3 nil. a close game was expected between these 2 evenly matched sides but in just the 3rd minute england took the lead you see bronze went on in the routing run and her cross found jill scott. the midfielder providing a perfect improvised finish and sparing the blushes of strike at alan white. came to prove that it was a one off white almost put england to nought only the post denied her an eye catching 5th goal of the tournament but she didn't have to wait much longer in the 48th minute nicky to paris race 3 and unselfishly set up white norway simply
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couldn't cope with england's movement all whites like to go. after halftime bronze caps an outstanding performance with a goal that brought the coach and superstar fans alike to their feet a rocket to make it 3 nil and getting liniments and going into the semifinals. and england will play either host team france or the united states in the semifinals those 2 teams play in front of a full house tonight in paris and tickets are going for big money on secondary markets co-captain megan rypien will likely play a key role for the u.s. team and she's already become a focal point thanks to comments spade earlier this year she suggested that if the u.s. were to win she would turn down the expected invitation to the white house because of the president who now resides there or as a troll has tweeted his response. a war of words has disturbed the u.s.a.'s
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quarter final preparations comments meghan rypien ohad made at a photo shoot back in january resurfaced this week. i'm going to. now not going away i have nothing we're not going to be invited you know to be invited i doubt if u.s. president donald trump took offense to these comments responding with a series of tweets he claimed to be quote a big fan of the american team and women saka but meghan should win 1st before she talks finish the job he then said quote we haven't yet invited meghan or the team but i am now inviting the team win or lose meghan should never disrespect our country the white house or our flag especially since so much has been done for her and the team. but meghan repeat no is thick skinned and has stood her ground at thursday's press conference she made only
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a small concession when it came to her previous remarks. i stand by the comments that i made about not wanting to go to the white house with the exception of the ex but if my mom would be very upset about that i don't think that i would want to go and i would encourage my teammates to think hard about lending that platform or having that co-opted by an administration that doesn't feel the same way and doesn't fight for the same things that that we fight for the team's quarterfinal match with france will be decided by the tightest of margins rypien oh says if anything this incident will make them stronger. for you know just reminder the top stories we're following for you here today on d w there is world leaders are attending the g. 20 summit in osaka japan they're facing an array of problems stretching from the u.s. showdown with iran to trade tensions between washington and beijing. and the remains of a collapsed bridge in the italian city of general have been demolished in
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a controlled explosion the blast removes the last vestiges of the marandi motorway which gave way almost a year ago killing 43 people. you're watching t.w. news live from berlin up next black holes and other wonders of the universe that's the subject of our upcoming documentary. i'm terry martin label will be with you at the top of the next hour with more news thanks rick we'll just. have to get through the good to sneak a break without a football thanks again. let's go in for. the excitement emotion not something. that swings. 19 a glimpse. of the results on t.w. unionists.

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