this is deja vu news live from berlin a difficult visit in a difficult time german chancellor angela merkel arrives in china hoping to improve political ties and secure an economic agreement but pressure is on her to get tough on beijing over tumen rights abuses and the treatment of protesters in hong kong. also coming up. the death toll will be staggering says the bahamas health minister says his country starts cleaning up from hurricane dorian tens of thousands of people need urgent humanitarian aid to one of the bahamas worst natural disasters

ever means many are still beyond rescuers reach. plus 2 long time rivals in the battle it out in europe while a fine friday evening with germany taking on the netherlands. i'm william blue cruft it's good to have you with us bilateral relations and mutual trust are high on the agenda during chancellor angela merkel's 2 day visit to china arriving today she met with premier league. during an official state welcome at the great hall of the people in beijing they are expected to discuss deepening free trade ties between their countries merrill has said that china a u.s. trade war is having global consequences and she hopes it can be resolved soon. for more let's go to beijing with simeon a mystery on a reporter with the d.p.a.

news wire mina thanks very much for being here to tell us how might a macro responds to pressure from hong kong protesters who are expecting her to address human rights. so german chancellor angela merkel is certainly expected to raise the issue of hong kong protests during her meeting with chinese premier league. however it looks like she will go as far as meeting with the protesters some protest leaders have have requested a meeting with her but her office has announced that she's not planning to meet with the protesters right so that's the humanitarian the democracy side of things is of course also has to do a lot with economics so how does the trade war with the u.s. affect germany china trade relations well the trade you were appears to be a major point of discussion during merkel's visit to beijing she actually said this

morning at the beginning of her meeting. that she hopes for a quick resolution and a trade war because it is already affecting countries outside of china and the u.s. we all know that the chinese economy is slowing but the german economy is also slowing down and might even and the recession do mostly to. trade war between china and the u.s. and merkel will also be pushing. an investment agreement between the european union and china that both sides are working on so trade is a major a major topic right and now you know bring it down to us on the ground here there in beijing what will average chinese people be seeing of this trip how will they be taking you know taking it in and does it have any significance for them. well

chinese people tend to really like germany and this is something i've noticed here while working for the german presidency. especially now when there's a there's a sentiment against the united states building up through propaganda and chinese state media. chinese people are looking toward other major economies as like the tension partners and germany is certainly an anchor for for china and in europe like it's a it's probably its most important. business and probably the palmer at it partner . ok so minister i don't beijing thank you very much for joining us hurricane dorian is taking a nasty swipe at the u.s. south east coast bringing floods and tornadoes but the region appears to have escaped the worst it's a different story in the bahamas which was devastated by the painfully slow moving

monster storm 30 people are confirmed dead but the country's health minister says the final death toll will be quote staggering. in the heart of the hurricane volunteer rescuers struggle to find what they're looking for. and dangling from the attic of a home life trapped by the storm one by one a family emerges from the darkness. the more fortunate are already returning home to dorian's destruction. the island family's house was flooded everything destroyed all they want for to grass my wife . she said she turned off she said the window not the front door she said i want to drive. this was the scene when the island's

made their daring escape clutching their most prized possessions. paradise has been pulverized thousands of homes on abaco island torn apart boats tossed around and as the storm surge locals distraught. my island is everything is gone. no buying no stores. will take at least 4 to 5 years to complete only marshall but i don't know how long the rest of i don't but in this you know everything is gone just body. for those left behind putting the bahamas back together is expected to cost billions and the government says allies have promised to pay chain i spoke with president donald trump who has expressed their support. for the assistance of the united states of

america for bahamas and time. back at the island family home offers of help have been pouring into. so. great so many people. actually know the 23 people have offered so much. and you know we're all wearing the same clothes that we escaped is how innocent. so it's really good to get support and know that you can rebuild like a north to that after surviving the 2nd strongest hurricane on record he and his family a lucky to be a life. kimberly mullings is a journalist in freeport on grand bahama a short while ago we asked her for an update on the rescue efforts and not sure about past few times at this point you know there's still chorus canvassing the air

police officers and knocking on persons doors you know a lot of people of missing persons reports been with was supposed to do at this point now that we can actually get to the essential because that means under water during that storm so that our command center and me mum could not work properly here in the bahamas which is the national emergency management agency so a lot of those people you know are trying to connect them with their families as best as best as we can but rescue efforts at this point they just need really a lot of them who will to manage through this storm they're like you know it doesn't make sense rescuing me. we just need state would get us you would get us more or less just clean up we have we have our mail boat which is coming in from the capital which are transporting people out of the island as long as also they are bringing bringing us some boots and water some supplies red cross fire on the island to date on the salvation that on the allen today were all bombs to dance for

us is assisting with. those items and we have a couple international organizations who are actually met with red tape you know they can't get so they don't know the allens right now because the government only want to work for the few organizations so you know there's a lot of a lot of things going up and down right now rask youth is still continuing it is factually the people who need medical assistance and the clinics they don't have water because we now need don't have water on the island which is a big problem so the clinics the hospital they need water clean water. that was kimberly mullings in freeport grand bahama. here are some other stories making news around the world. clashes have broken out in southern mexico between migrant migrants and security forces the migrants from haiti and african countries want visas to continue north for acquiescing to u.s. demands of mexican authorities have stepped up efforts to restrict migrants passing

through mexico on their way to the u.s. border. through. dallas opera has canceled a placido domingo event scheduled for next year this comes after 11 more women have accused the opera legend of sexual harassment in august the number of women went public with accusations against the spanish tenor domingo has disputed the allegations. it's the standout match of euro qualifiers friday night 2 of europe's most talented football teams and longtime rivals face off germany is hosting the netherlands in homburg germany has played up his young teams closeness ahead of that match with the netherlands. gorecki route has been a break in the chain. this is shoddy but by the human mind it's

a real shame. i know from experience when there was a bit of a break of a team in 2010 that they need to play with more or less the same starting line up. over $810.00 or 12 matches. without too many changes that he phoenix for enda own give dutch courage ronald koeman seems to have no problem switching up his young side and his 10 matches in charge he's never named the same lineup in 2 consecutive games like germany the netherlands also emerging from a difficult patch. in germany a sometimes stronger and sometimes weaker and that also has to do with the quality of the rival that little going to call the guys from dictators some of these 2 great rivals should find out for top spot in group c. germany have the upper hand thanks to a 32 win earlier this year an absolute am the last time they lost at home to the dutch was all the way back in 2002. this weekend marks the 90th

anniversary of the italian grand prix at monza this year's race has received a welcome boost organizers have confirmed that will stay on the formula one calendar intil least 2024 and for one of the sport's most famous teams 90 is also a special number this week. such a sea of red is usually only reserved for the racetrack was on ferrari's 90th birthday fans crammed into milan's cathedral square they'd come to catch a glimpse of some ferrari legends past and present of course these drivers would have been nothing without the machinery behind them so some classic ferrari's around show to. these fans will be heading 30 kilometers up the road this weekend to monza to see if the cleric can follow up his maiden f one win in belgium last sunday looking back obviously very happy that this 1st win is done it's always

difficult to do this this 1st step but once you do you do it quite a bit of weight off your shoulders you claire has out shown his more senior teammate sebastian fattal at times this season picking up the teens only when so far some have touted him as ferrari's future number one driver it was clear to see that he has a lot of potential i think he had a very strong season without. so you know i think it's good to see that. he's in the right on the pace straightaway and obviously for the team point of view i think it was important that we work together not against each other monsters quick straights will suit the ferrari's effect so in the. capturing or on home soil would certainly be a dream birthday present for these fans. ok now there's climbing and then there's speed climbing against

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