>> this is dw news live from berlin. tonight, bold claims about the possibility of peace in the middle east. u.s. president donald trump says it will not be too difficult to conclude a peace accord between house time and israel. that is after talks with the leader mahmoud abbas. also coming up, who is trying to manipulate britain's upcoming election? theresa may accuses leaders of the european union of doing just that in the hopes that brexit talks will be even harder. the german army says it is investigating almost 300

potential neo-nazis in its ranks, but neither germany's defense minister or the top brass want to take the blame. ♪ brent: i am brent goff, it is good to have you with us tonight. in the united states, donald trump is receiving palestinian leader mahmoud abbas at the white house for their first face-to-face talks. they discussed the israeli-palestinian conflict and want to establish peace. in february, donald trump said he wanted to accept any peace settlement including alternatives to the two state solution. our correspondent in washington is mya schrader. she is on the story. what is the latest from these

talks? mya: both men put on a very good face today. they seemed very friendly with each other, very willing to talk, but a lot of the rhetoric that we saw from this joint statement they gave was on a bus' side -- abbas' side, the same rhetoric may have been hearing -- adhering to with two states living side by side in peace and security. from donald trump we heard, let's do a deal and did not amount to much. we have a clip of something he said. donald trump: we want to create peace to israel and the palestinians. we will get it done. we will be working so hard to get it done. it has been a long time. we will be working diligently. i think there is a very good chance of it, and you feel the same way, mr. president.

brent: there's a lot of optimism on the side of trumpet in that room, but we know the president has previously been unclear about if you supports the two state solution. has anything changed? maya: to be honest, not really. we noticed trump did not mention the two state solution in his comments just then. to be fair, he yet never come out and say he is against the two state solution. he is simply -- if we remember back to his press conference with netanyahu, he likes whatever is best for the two countries at stake, whatever they like best. a big problem here is what the israelis and palestinians want is very different. we have seen a bridging of that gap of abbas and the leader of hamas that they will recognize

israel, but there is a lot of work left to be done. seems like trump is very light on the details of exactly what he would like in this deal. brent: details and a deal. and from the other side, what did mr. abbas expected from this new white house administration? maya: as you said, trump seemed optimistic, and the boss himself was -- abbas himself was optimistic. it was a cautious optimism, on the part of jewish groups i spoke with earlier today. it says a lot that trump himself is talking about this issue, taking under his wing -- his personal project. barack obama delegated this issue very much to his vice president and the state department. brent: all right, our washington correspondent. thank you very much.

british prime theresa may has accused the european union of meddling in britain's generation -- general election. they said european officials have done what she is calling britain's withdrawal from the e.u. -- threatened it. they want a specific outcome of a poll taking place the eighth of june. theresa may -- reporter: according to a reporter, europe is raising the stakes to 100 billion euros, the potential price tag of britain's divorce will do little to heat up frosty relations. that before the negotiations have begun. >> we have not been given an official number. we will meet the legal ones of the best guesses and pushes. reporter: the chief brexit negotiator is adamant there will

be no easy way out for britain. in brussels he maintained commitments have been made, and those responsibilities have to be honored. >> some have created the illusion that brexit would have no material impact on our economy. this is not the case. reporter: london is taking a sharper tone. prime minister may made serious allegations against brussels. >> threats have been issued by european politicians and officials. all of these have been deliberately tied to affect the result of the general election which will take place on the eighth of june. reporter: the brexit negotiation seem set to be bruising. talks will begin after the election. brent: tonight france's remaining presidential candidates are squaring off in the final debate ahead of sunday's closely watched runoff

election. they face a choice between two political outsiders, the far right marine le pen and the centrist emmanuel macron. the polls show it is macron's to lose. marine le pen is going on the attack and painting him as a member of the political establishment that french voters rejected in the first round. these are live pictures that are taking place right now in france, a three-hour marathon final debate. the recent case of a racist german soldier allegedly plotting a terrorist attack while posing as a syrian refugee has put the spotlight and is going on inside the german military. now the bundeswehr investigators have looked into 300 soldiers with possible neo-nazis use. the death -- views.

the defense minister criticized the bundeswehr for a week leadership. reporter: german defense minister ursula von der leyen visited a city on wednesday. they arrested an officer who was stationed here, serving as a lieutenant in the franco german reggae. he was arrested last week for planning a terrorist attack, posing as a syrian refugee. evidence of his far right views first service in 2014. the last visa he submitted to the french lee terry academy clearly revealed racist and xenophobic views. it talked about the end of european racist or the calls for this genocide of the racists is previously mentioned in immigration. he wrote it was a perversion of the concept of nationality. but no action was taken.

parts are now engraved with swastikas in the orders. germany's defense minister canceled her trip to the united states in response to the scandal. she has vowed to conduct a probe into why mechanisms to >> >> get rid of this have failed. there will be >> a full investigation into the soldier's personal environment and the different stages of his career to identify possible links. reporter: the main defense of the spd criticized someone else. >> we have reasons to believe the far right advocates are trying to infiltrate the bundeswehr. it is not just the current case. it is a structural problem. reporter: this person -- von der

leyen has summoned many military leadership to talk about this. chancellor merkel expressed her support for that. brent: this story looks like it is worth talking about. we want to bring in a professor at the bundeswehr university in munich. he joins us live. good evening to you. let me start by asking you about this soldier and the thesis that he wrote as a student at the bundeswehr university. if his professors read his thesis and found they contained these ideas, neo-nazi ideas, how was he able to get away with the thesis? how did he get away with it? >> i have read the thesis of course, but basically this question has to be answered.

you are completely right, and that is why the minister of defense is right to have an investigation. this is something we have to know. this is not the first case where we have extremism, only not just to right-wing, but also islamic extremism, and don't forget it is a global phenomenon. as soon as you don't have general solutions, we don't have the general public within the forces. certainly remember the islamist soldier in the u.s. army who shot down one of his comrades. the problem is that -- brent: professor -- we don't want to inflate the u.s. and the german military -- >> we have to because it is a general problem. we have to look at the specific

problem from a wider perspective. brent: but what about this investigation? we know for sure the investigators have looked at up to 300 cases of what they call far right or neo-nazi ideas represented by 300 soldiers. we have not been told anything about islamist ideologies. >> i have to interrupt you, this is wrong. brent: enlighten us. what are the numbers? >> 15, approximately 200 or something like that who are observed or have been observed and still are observed. we have to inform the viewers within the general perspective, and we have to put a bundeswehr problem within a wider perspective. this is what i am here for, and not to explain why professor a, b, or c has not been able to

control the student. brent: what would you recommend that the defense minister do knowing that the problem is at the level that it is? >> minister of defense has decided to investigate, and this was a very brave step. she went public, which is a new development within the government. mostly politicians try to prevent unfortunate developments within their own department. they want to hide them. people in germany and other democratic countries complain that politicians try to hide, and here we have a politician who does not hide. so it is a welcome step. brent: is she right when she says it is a public -- eight

problem of leadership? they are not following the directives from her? >> this answer has to be put within the wider perspective. it is not limited to the armed forces. any given situation at the sub level wants to develop certain initiatives, so it is always a question of initiative and communication. the minister of defense has realized that there is a gap between the top and the bottom, and the communication doesn't work. we have to investigate, and this is a necessary step. brent: all right, michael wilson joining us from munich. we appreciate your time. thank you very much. all right, we will take a short break. when we come back, we have more

world news and also the business headlines. ♪

brent: welcome back. our top stories, donald trump has become the latest u.s. president who wants to conclude a peace deal between palestine and israel. after meeting with mahmoud abbas, trump said it would be easier than people think to reach a deal. on this world press freedom day, amnesty international has urged turkey to end what it says is a ruthless crackdown on freedom of expression. one of the detained journalists is the german-turkish

correspondent who has been in jail for more than two months. yulia han filed this report. yulia: this person is a member of the chb opposition party in the turkish parliament. i have arranged to speak with her because she is one of the few people allowed to visit the jail. today she is taking me along. the person is in solitary confinement with no contact to the outside world. whenever the wife comes to visit, she is closely watched. >> this is always a watch of the guardian. as well as the cameras, so i am never sure whether we are being filmed or not. the table is preferred -- prepared for us, there are chairs. if it is past 20 minutes, i get

a little sign, and i could get granted another 20 minutes, so we try to make it an hour or so. julia: the two know each other well. she was married in prison short while ago so the girlfriend could get visiting rights, and she was unofficl witness to the ceremony. >> it was a joy for everyone, including the guardians watching the occasion between the lovers. you can see them after 14 days reuniting with each other again after having no contact whatsoever and also hugging each other and saying you know great words to each other and making this union before our eyes. we thought this was a great thing to witness. julia: we are very close to the poison where he is being held --

prison where he is being held. she goes and without me. we hope to see each other later. this may be one of the most prominent journalists in jail in turkey, but he is by far not the only one. dozens of reporters are behind bars. the newspaper publishes pictures of their jailed employees on its frilled -- front page every day. reporters without borders are calling the president an enemy of the press. >> we have been trying to get an interview with a representative of the governing party. we want to understand their position on him and ask about the broader issue of press freedom in turkey. we did not get an appointment. the line the country's media takes is other countries should not get involved in turkey's affairs. the president's position is clear.

>> he is a terrorist and agents and has to face trial. julia: this person is back from the prison visit. she have an hour and a half with him here the guards were generous. >> he is standing courageous and strong, but he also said it is thanks to solidarity he is receiving right and left. he may be in solitary confinement, and he may not be receiving the letters that are being sent because they are not being delivered. julia: pretrial detention can take up to five years in turkey. she hopes his case will come to trial or he can simply be released. until it happens, she will continue to visit him as often as she can. brent: time for business news now. javier is here. javier: we know the financial

world is not like surprises, and the u.s. federal reserve is keeping interest rates steady as expected, but it has hinted the key lending rate will go up in june depending on how well the u.s. economy is doing and how much employment has picked up. the target range of the federal funds dates between 0.75 and 7%. the economy is only growing modestly at this point but feels confident that will be two more rate hikes this year. let's get the latest on that from our new york national correspondent. good to see you. how did the fed latest decision go down on wall street? sophie: the impact of this decision was not too big, but dow and the indices moving negative to positive and back. it is more about reading between the lines, federating -- finding

out how optimistic the fed is. the decision is always labor markets and inflation. inflation has been low, so the 2% goal in the labor market looked good as well. they said gains were average. the unemployment rate declined, so why not raise the rates? the not so good news from last friday probably kept them from going, but investors are positive june might bring the next race. javier: let's switch to corporate results after the release first-quarter numbers yesterday. reactions today, how did they go? sophie: the stock came off badly after they talked about falling concerns on the iphone product. and china shares fell 1.7% here in new york but recovered

quickly. profit was better than expected, and also there are good reasons for the slow down. a lot of apple fans are waiting for the iphone 8. javier: thank you very much. deutsche bank's largest stakeholder now comes from china. h in a group -- hna has grown to 10%. they have acquired portions of several companies to expand through their traditional business in aviation and logistics to overseas services. reporter: the hna group said deutsche bank was undervalued, making them attracting. they brought -- bought their first shares in march but have raised their stake to a total worth of 3.4 billion euros, making hna the bank's biggest shareholder. they say could help deutsche

bank. >> it would be a signal to other investors. there is a great positive chance, a big upside, may be investors in the u.s. as well maybe. they could have a lot of influence, but maybe interfere in a negative way. very friendly. sophie: the group has been shopping for overseas investments and is now the biggest investor. they took a majority stake in an airport. javier: that is all. back to you. brent: headgear bands prevent people from playing high-level sports. that is why a young basketball player is asking people to lift the ban. and nike has a sports job for women. the entrance into modest sportswear is being held for its

potential to bring more muslim women into sports. >> as she plays for the bradford cobras in the north of england, local leagues allow wearing a hijab, but internationally, basketball governing body does not. she said this is stopping muslims, sikh, and jewish women from playing, so she is calling for the ban to be lifted. >> create role models that are muslims that are in sports for young girls to take them on board and aspire to be like them. we are only seeing negative things. if we create something different than our young girls -- then our young girls can aspire to play sports too or whatever they want to do in life. ♪

>> that will then be, people will see that, then they won't ever see someone coming on the court wearing a job and say, can she even play, does she know what she is doing? so hopefully it will help. reporter: the company launched a line of bertini's moments -- bertini -- bukrinrkinis. these that found that not being able to cover up was holding the

back in sports. >> all the new launches that are coming are to encourage men, encourage young girls there is nothing to stop you. if you want to do it, the product is available, get it and do it. reporter: back on the court, she wants multinationals like nike to do more than just produce the hijab. she would like them to sponsor more athletes as a way to empower muslim women who want to take part in sports. brent: i will be back in a few minutes with the day. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.

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