thomas let's talk a bit more about that legacy michael's legacy shall be under a lot of pressure over the next 6 months. i'm going to a legacy obviously will not be only mocked by whatever happens in the next few months by watch she manages to achieve but to a certain degree it will because obviously germany will be leading that rotating presidency of the e.u. council at a time when the e.u. is facing a very big challenge in fact under her self described the coronavirus as the biggest challenge that the e.u. has faced in its history and as such germany will play a very important role in trying to push that e.u. economic recovery plan we saw some of the details in our report and at the same time i'm going to merkel and her government will be playing a very important role that other topics that are of particular importance to the e.u. i'll just give you one name rank states in the next few months will have very important negotiations when it comes to that future relationship between the e.u. and the u.k. and germany will such play

a leading role there as well so you can say that these next 6 months this next semester will germany will be at the forefront of e.u. politics well they were germany will be leading the e.u. council they will be essential not only for the country but also for and of a whole as a whole for us to have a cold in the process of trying to set her legacy at a european level where you admit you were talking there about the a new stimulus and that of course being on top of the agenda today are we expecting any big announcements. we're expecting details to come out of that discussion today that was part of what both leaders presented in may and as you know that proposal was met with considerable criticism by other countries by the so-called frugal for so for small european countries that do not believe that this very big package should be based on grants but instead should be based on loans for the countries repay directly instead of that coming for example from the e.u.

budget and as such we've also had negotiations on the sidelines before key european summits what we can expect today is some detail on how exactly this could look like how exactly this plan that france and germany have pushed forward could actually be implemented at the european level as i said at a time when especially for germany it is particularly important given that rotating presidency here now we have course we'll be bringing that press conference to you live as soon as it starts happening we're just waiting for that to take place now but thomas merkel amoco are seeking support as we've been talking about from the other a huge state for their plan can you look into your crystal ball do you expect them to get the backing that they need. well on the one hand you can say that for those 4 countries the frugal fall there is also a lot of stake but they also don't want to be seen as countries that are jeopardizing in a way the economic recovery especially now with the corona with the corona crisis on the one hand there is

a lot of pressure for them to try and find some sort of compromise and on the other hand you also have countries like germany and france very big countries their european level putting pressure for that to actually happen and as we already discussed for under them a call this is particularly important so she will be trying to put additional pressure on these countries trying to find some sort of compromise compromise is the key word here because for the e.u. recovery plan to succeed you need all countries on board you need all countries to pull their part because we're talking here of a plan that would be part of the e.u. as a budget so that means that this is for all countries involved very important and on the $100.00 said no country wants to be seen as putting the recovery at stake on the other hand there are countries that desperately want this to be successful all of them one fact the key element is how that can be successful whether we're talking more about grants more about loans or about a mixture of both those are all key elements that will have to be discussed not only now in this meeting but also in the next few days and weeks to some difficult

consensus will be found on the sort of. where do things stand with the pledge to reinvigorate the european project 2 years ago american and micro met in the very building that they mating in today and agreed to push that project where things stand thing they have had definitely their ups and downs of merkel and mccraw and if you look at the style of leadership it's a different style of leadership if you look at the point in which they are in their respective countries that's also very different mccrone a relatively young leader beginning both his period in cold already thinking about her legacy so those are very key very different elements that obviously mock the relationship between both leaders but they have to pledge they have vowed to. reinvigorate that work together that idea of that franco german motorists an e.u. level and that means that for both countries there is a lot at stake and there is a lot of sake i'm not at stake especially now when we're talking about extraordinary measures an extraordinary crisis when we're talking about

a very big topics indeed are to e.u. level not only in particular because of the coronavirus crisis but also what we mentioned other topics that are of particular importance brics it for example climate protection those are issues that are very very big and that both leaders will will want to work on together to try to be successful we will just on the brics an issue that's something that germany's going to have to work very hard on during this 6 month present president saying can german leadership be helpful there do you think. well that's at least what the german government hopes obviously the negotiations are being led by michelle those negotiations have been going on for a few months now but it is possible to say that pressure is increasing a lot that they have to come to some sort of agreement in the next few months because already that extension has been ruled out on a such there is a lot of pressure both sides to try and come to an agreement it is very difficult to find out exactly what that agreement will look like because there are very difficult issues at stake very complicated issues as well to be negotiated an

e.t.s. hoped that germany by leading the e.u. council by being that a very important country now and leading efforts from the e.u. e.u. council that could actually help in some way or another to try and bring both possible gather to try and find that key compromise needed for the future relationship we're talking here about the future relationship between the u.k. and the e.u. which is a very important one as well not only from an economic but say perspective where there's a trade deal for example but also from the political perspective what that political relationship in the future would look like absolutely and obviously the conversation on the political debate and has been dominated by the corona virus pandemic in recent times and there are of course other issues battling climate change and creating a greener economy will also be important in the next 6 months what are we expecting from the president say on environmental issues well that's obviously something particularly important for germany in fact we heard on the weekend in one of the video podcast respites stressed precisely this study one of the key elements of

this german presidency there's german rotating presidency of the e.u. council will be focusing on climate protection act and e.u. level that is something that germany has said on various occasions that it wants to push forward but there is criticism on this it's important to stress for example the greens here in germany think that angle of merkel should be doing much more that she does speak a lot about climate protection on climate change but that a very big effort should be done on dot's new green deal so. resolves the dots and i meant as well but you're right when you say that all of this the old these issues that we're talking about whether we're talking about climate protection whether we're talking about bricks that have in some part been overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic in a way it's ok that that's being overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic because again i'm going to merkel stress that we're talking here about the biggest challenge that the e.u. has faced in its history but on the other hand it's also up to politicians like i'm going to call up to the german government now that it will be leading those efforts to try to make sure that it's not all about the coronavirus and that the same time

we talk about all these other issues that are also relevant for the future of the e.u. and that's why i'm going to merkel herself in her podcast stress for example that need to put again the climate protection issue at the forefront of e.u. negotiations thomas we will be of course coming back to you shortly with as we wait for that press conference but by michael and emmanuel back home we will be bringing view is that live will be coming back to you but for the moment we're going to turn to another story thanks very much talk to shortly. i'm staying here in germany the black lives matter movement has shown a new light on the age old debate of how to deal with the nation's colonial past few years there has been a controversy about the so-called african quarter here in berlin since the 1990 s. of british nigerian photographer has used his camera to document the area we met up with him in this historically important district. getting off at berlin subway

station african street is like entering the wilderness or at least that's what photographer actually a action being thinks the designer wants people to feel. it's a kind of. cautious on cautious. misuse of the whole concept of africa so they feed very much as a kind of like a soup which was the original idea of this area and in fact there were plans to build an open ears to hear after the 1st world war with actual people from germany's colonies included in the exhibits alongside the animals those plans never became a reality but the street signs in this district do more allies germany's colonial past 4 years n.g.o.s have been demanding that these street names be changed as they are a tribute to colonizers who were responsible for the death of thousands of africans being used has been painted over a ridge probably blood 2 streets and one square were supposed to be renamed to

honor people and terms connected with rebellion against the german colonial power but local residents and right wing politicians went to court to stop this germany's colonial past is still a sensitive issue. i think would be very very important and they're going to rename them i hope why should actually over doing now pull down the statue of all what they could do as well is explain what happened in the past. what was the ideas of how we should change now. for 30 years i can be a has been documenting how berlin's african quarter is changing. the project is part of his current exhibition at the city's marching gropius museum his pictures raise questions without pointing the finger at anybody. all the time i'm trying to get across to say something but i. i leave it up to the viewer to interpret what

they want to see as well. so i'm very much trying to push the boundaries all the time. ringback in the snapshots show the complex relations between germany and africa. and invite the viewer to question their preconceptions. and some sports now in the football form a european champions humbard went into the final match day in the german 2nd division needing a win if they were going to late from hiding behind into the promotion play off spot on helped them out by losing their match against champions bealefeld but a 51 home thrashing by san howes and destroyed hamburg's hopes of promotion back to the bundesliga. despite having nothing to play for hosts be the felde feel to the full strength side against haydn haim who needed a win to avoid being coached by hamburg after 14 minutes league top score of 5 in

clore scored his 21st of the season and hiding behind fell further behind 3 minutes later as under their full double delete. in the 2nd half the 2nd tier champions sealed a 3 nil victory so haydn haim have to hope how both have once again dropped the ball as they have done on so many high pressure occasions. hamburg playing in white julie obliged scoring an own goal to give house in the lead after 13 minutes things got worse when kevin bynum's made it 2 nil to the visitors leaving coach less than impressed. his side continued to fight and scored from the spot in the 2nd half through captain aaron hunt hamburg we're now aware that hiding behind with 3 mill down. but they imploded at the end of the match design thousands scored 3 goals

in 7 minutes to cap off a $51.00 win that sees hamburg miss out on promotion for a 2nd year running. my. that means hide unhide will now face top tier side breman in a playoff to decide who will be in the bundesliga next season meanwhile host spieler feld celebrated their 2nd division title with as much gusto as they could muster in front of an empty stadium. or possibly the strangest ever bonus legacies and very to a close at the weekend only one thing i remained constant by in munich won the title again their 8 crown in a row the coronavirus pandemic meant that meant that the campaign closed in empty stadiums and it doesn't look like fans will be back any time saying. the 57th been to sleep a season began as normal. then came the pandemic and the

lock turn suddenly distancing and safety were the watchwords empty stadiums must stars given humble send offs. titles have toasted sensibly with beer show or is nowhere to be seen. and instead of players and fans standing together during the relegation battle there were appeals to reason. better than mitt now please when the middle of a pandemic see its home but football at home on your plate here in the stadium at some point when it's a load again will make up for it all or most of all if not. when will that be possible. to next is on in an ideal world the next season that will run reasonably normally will be $22122.00 so the coming season will likely look similar to the end of this one not the nicest of prospects. on some of the other stories making news around the world in afghanistan authorities say a series of explosions have killed at least $23.00 civilians in helmand province

the attacks include 4 rockets at a market in sangin district both the taliban and the afghan military blame each other for the attack. poland's incumbent president has won the 1st round of voting in the presidential election with almost 44 percent of the ballots counted ballots but he fell short of the absolute majority he needed to win outright his opponent in the runoff vote on july 12th will be the mayor of warsaw. cuffs ghana just over 30 percent of the vote. and while we're waiting for that press conference by chancellor angela merkel and french president emanuel to begin let's return to one of our other top stories pakistani police say at least 10 people have died in a terror attack that targeted the stock exchange in the commercial hub karate the 4 assailants was shot dead by security forces

a group linked to the baluchistan liberation army said it was responsible for the attack. looking for clues where the attack began officials say the 4 gunman drove the car to the pakistan stock exchange throwing grenades at a security post they then open fired with automatic weapons trying to fight their way in they didn't last long all 4 gunmen were killed by security forces before they could enter the stock exchange. of the. good. the other that there is more security at the center gate and the port. i mean going to get of destruction building saw the law enforcement agency is there bulletin that inures bleared a very very vital role in combating this. the gunman killed at least 3 people 2 guards and a police officer police found large supplies of ammunition explosives and food on the militants and so it's possible a bit planned for

a long siege the assault was like they claimed but the baluchistan liberation army the separatist group has been responsible for a string of attacks in recent years demanding independence from pakistan for the resource rich baluchistan province the stock exchange is pakistan's largest located in a high security zone. bomb disposal teams were called to clear the building of any remaining explosives. well a dramatic rescue off the coast of sicily and italian wildlife conservation groups spotted this creature in troubled waters an exhausted young sperm whale entangled in fishing nets trying desperately to free itself a tame of coast guard divers painstakingly cut the net to release the whale in an operation lasting over 2 hours the group that found the wild believe that the nets came from illegal fishing boats it was a lucky escape from ataman out scanning the ocean hoping for

a glimpse to see if the animal is safe. and we're waiting for a press conference to begin shortly. will be holding talks in north of the lid and they will be we will bring that press conference live they'll be discussing a huge bailout package and germany's president say to the 8 you which will begin in just 2 days time. we're now looking at live pictures of that press conference obviously has not begun

yet we're waiting for german chancellor angela merkel and french president to step out and discuss what they have been talking about and their 1st face to face meetings in quite some time. they have been discussing top of the agenda has of course been a. very large 500000000000 euro bailout package for the to combat the coronavirus pandemic. expected it any moment now. and we can. we can talk to our political correspondent thomas asparagus standing by for us at our political studio. thomas i'm sorry i believe we're actually going to go back to that press conference because i'm going to has just stepped out onto the stage so we'll be bringing you that now we can take you there to the live pictures i believe will be starting with emmanuel call.

german chancellor angela merkel addressing the press. i think. it was well it's all. dressed up with thank you often special and in the back thousands of. years and i had. this this is. the 1st. thomas hi welcome back i'm sorry for the confusion there and to the audience of course we'll be bringing you that press conference live with the english translation of course in just a moment but thomas i will i know that you should be actually listening to the press coming but i'm going to ask you to elaborate what what you expect to come out of today's press conference essentially what i expect to come out of that press conference is more details and watch the german french recovery plan could look like and how they expect both leaders to convince other e.u. countries that bottom line is actually the best way forward for the e.u.

as you know there has been considerable criticism to the german french plan in particular coming from countries such as the netherlands all straight sweden and denmark who are rather skeptical of the way that the job one french plan could actually be implemented whether it's grants or loans and that's why it will be particularly interesting to hear today from both leaders who are meeting in mid air bag exactly how they plan tom and veins are they going to now are going to not as fortunate as she there again will be coming to you again shortly but we now have the english translation for the press conference with german chancellor angela merkel sphere. holes but if you tell us you will find a whole summer for biggest challenges climate digitization and peace and war in the literal sense of the world are our main topics. in the coming months we are going to work together and make sure you are. fit for tackling this crisis. this crisis that's going to last. germany is going to take over the

rotating presidency on july 1st and i am very happy that we are going to really. the challenges that we want to master them together and help each other. the expectations are high and of course we know very well when france and germany agree that does not mean that the whole of europe agreements but when france and germany don't agree then there is no agreement in europe so maybe when we agree on several questions we can also contribute to more positive in the right direction for the european future. e.u. call the so on july 17th and 18th. to play an important role we are going to speak about budgetary questions and the recovery fund there are many. of course.

the president of is leading those talks but we are going to support and help him and hope that we are going to find a solution even if it's still a long ways to go there are other priorities all for presidency and. after the they are the world is going to be different and we need to invest more into the future into the whole big challenge us climate protection as a topic for close cooperation and in the autumn we are going to talk about our goals for a 2013 and are going to measure how far we are mitigating our emissions c o 2 emissions but we also need to protect europe because we are a continental has plan and climate neutrality. until 2050 and not

all countries in the world have that same core so we have to take that into how and when when negotiate and trade with other countries. to be more sovereign in the digital field we need to talk about that what does a digital sovereignty mean we don't need to be able to do everything on our own but we need to be clear about what we can do and our relations to the rest of the world have to be defined as european union i mean relations to africa to china and of course are trying to planting correlations all saw everywhere we are faced with a big challenge one can see that on a daily basis you. together with portugal and slovenia germany is also taking part in the trio of president c. and needs to pass the baton to the parts of his presidency and we're also going to

talk about the future conference for the future of europe. dart during the german presidency you may be eased the french president see for 2022 we need to talk about what we want to change in europe and germany and france are going to cooperate intensively and of course we also spoke about libya. about our commitment on the western balkans and cheering to know we are also going to talk about some bilateral talks picks concerning agreement and i think it was a full day i hope a good day not just for franco german relations but for the whole of europe. yes you know thank you for having the chance of our spirit and. for your warm

welcome more the way i am very happy and honored to be the 1st head of state to visit you know since the pandemic started it was very happy to be here at your side. 2 years after the summit we held here together and it is the very same place that i am not going to repeat what you just said so perfectly correct english and up in the world that we are living in heaven and could not have shot in 4 seem to years ago while our world war is a shock to traumatized only. hell if you will shocks about now also the economy and the social and. well aware how important everything is that we have done together especially in the last week and during this crisis we showed how strong my resilient we are and our historic agreement from may 18th.

is a moment of only the result of 3 weeks of the top negotiations rather of 3 years of patient and fruitful call for reassure me and also through me is about moment and that we will all live here together 2 years ago and. prepared us for this difficult time because so she's in the last year or so especially ensuring the whole crisis we accelerated our own agreements our cooperation together and we have come to a moment of your truth for your i don't. let go i don't know if rank germany come that many journey from newport may be on a modest we can turn this moment of. a moment that really was also the moment you can say you know you presidency is going to start in 2 days and one year

after the end of the presidency and look at all the french presidency is going to start like you just said so our calendar shows that our faith and our attentions and these are linked. we are going to could turn you that. work that is based on the german franco. greenland in order to make europe more solitary and stronger presidential and president also left ly and all our partners are certainly going to up train and live just it agreement in july for 202-2027 also agree on the recovery plan. we have to consolidate what we decided to look at our common alone. for the. most vulnerable regions. the chancellor and myself have decided this in order to

allow europe to tackle a lot of the current crisis. and the. european agenda is very ambitious and the german presidency is going to be very difficult breaks and future relations with the u.k. need to be co-operative and also fair and we cannot allow a country that's outside of the union to have access to our air interior market that would be contrary to our roles we also have to claim it was a challenge to tackle we have ambitious goals for c o 2 emissions mitigation and we also need to make sure that our recovery plan. complies with those mitigation goals. with the more countries who

are going through a climate transition also need to be able to respect to those goals and rules. our ambitions for 2013 need to be only a confront as well as our. it's c o 2 neutrality by 2050 and we have started talking about this agenda and we're going to continue all that madam chancellor i will have the opportunity to give you the report that the citizens climate convention just gave me to start at 9 months ago $150.00. citizens and worked very hard for those proposals that come from french citizens. and they also want a strong granular german cooperation sit in the other given fortune challenges our sovereignty climate 7 digital i'd like you just food and health

industrial and security to summer and vaulted you.