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from berlin. tonight, a missile launch by north korea that may change everything. pyongyang says it tested in intercontinental ballistic missile while dictator tim johnson and watched. -- kim jong un watched. is a military conflict inevitablele? thousands of police officers to send upon hamburg -- descend upon hamburg. but can they people -- can they
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keep people safe? with the deadline in the qatar crisis hours away, germany's foreign minister calls for serious dialogue to end the standoff. plus, drama at the tour de france. a multi-rider crash causes curiosity -- chaosos with devastating consequences from two high-profile cyclers. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it is good to have you with us. we begin with a north korea missile test that could change the calculus completely. north korea said testfired its first intercontinental listed missile and that the rocket came down and japanese waters. if it is confirmed this was an icbm it would mark a new stage in the country's weapon program,
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a stage that u.s. president donald trump said just six and -- six months ago would never happen. reporter: people gathered in the streets of pyongyang to watch the announcement on television. the state broadcast its claim that north korea had successfully test launched in intercontinental listed missile. if confirmed that would mean it would have the potential to reach the united states mainland. during the test of flu for about 40 minutes before coming down in japanese waters. tokyo quickly condemned the latest missile test. the prime minister said he would hold talks with the u.s. and south korea on the fringes of the g 20 summit later this week. president trump, and presidemt -- >> we will work together to increase pressure on pyongyang.
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reporter: donald trump to to twitter to slam north korean leader kim jong-un, asking if he had nothing better to do. and he had a message to beijing. perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this nonsense once and for all. china for its part, asked all sisides to praractice resestrai. >> the un security council resolutions have very clear rules about north korea launchining missiles. and we urge north korea not to resort to actions that violate these relevant resolutions and to return toto talks. reporter: so far there has been no independent confirmation that tuesday's launch was inn intercontinental ballistic missile. but it does appear to be the country's most successful
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missile test yet, a clear warning for washington and his asian allies. brent: according to north korea's estate news service, the missile today -- we are wondering how far it can reach. the north koreans claimed it would have a range of up to 10,000 kilometers would allow it to carry nuclear warheheads to canada, most of europe, and parts of the united states. as you see there. most people say its maximum reach would be 7000 kilometers. joining me is gunter, he spent many years heading dw's asia de sk. the situation with north korea has gone from bad to worse. how serious is the situation tonight? gunter: i think it is a little
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bit more serious than before but there are serious doubts that this missile was really in intercontinental ballistic missile. but of course the north koreans are working very hard to get functional icbm's. the danger is not that great yet because there are at least two majojor hurdles. one is, if you mount a nuclear warhead on a missile, it must be that small to be transported. this is a a very diffificult technology. second, if you need to, let's say, separate the warhead from the missile, this is another complicated technology. thirdly, you have to shield the
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warhead. brent: exactly. nuclear weapons capability is still up in the air. but they do have a rocket, if it is an icbm, that can pose a credible threat to the u.s. does that change the calculus then for everyone? china, japan, south korea? gunter: everyone was preparing for such a situation. the threat, that's the question. the only threat they tried to produce against the united states. south korea, forget about that. china, they would never, ever attack china. brent: this is the first time we've talked about them having a rocket that could reach u.s. territory. if the u.s. president is faced with that reality he's going to
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have to act. gunter: this is something really incalculable. because the president of the united states of america is not calculable in his foreign-policy. this i consider at present to be the greater larger danger the north koreaea, real or dangerou. brent: the u.s. has requested a closed-door session of the un security council tonight to do with this. the u.s. is still leading on the international community to help it deal with the situation. what you see happening in terms of china and russia using their influence on pyongyang to turn down the volume? do you think they're going to do that? so far that have been quite. -- quiet. gunter: russia to some extent will see -- will enjoy seeing president trump in such a dilemma.
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china would try to pressure the north korean regime, but only to a certain extent. the north koreans are simple and stubborn and will go on with it. -- simply stubborn and will go on with it. brent: thank you for taking the time to talk to us tonight. the chinese president arrived in berlin just a few hours ago ahead of this week's g 20 summit in hamburg. xi and his wife flew in from moscow where he discussed the north korea's missile crisis. here in the german capital he is meeting chancellor angela merkel . authorities in hamburg are preparing for the arrival of the g 20 leaders, around 8000 viololent protesters are expectd that will be met by 20,000 police officers. reporter: the police have to bee ready for everything, including
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bringing foreign visitors to safety if needed. the u.s. delegation requested police conduct this exercise to do president trump's attendance. the meeting g is set to lastst t twoo days but big security measures are in place. some 1 1000 polole arere her daily life in hamburg is o hold critics are also getting ready. they want to take their message to the streets. they accuse political leaders of cutting off the earth's oxygen supply. we need different trade and climate e licies. mostst of all we need climate justicice, meaning t the countrs thatat contribute the e most to climimate degradation must now make the greatest contribution to addressing it. reporter: germany's interior minister visited hamburg and said the police are
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well-prepared. authorities estimate the summit will draw some 8000 protesters who could resort to violence. >> peaceful protesters are welcome and admitted in our democratic society. violent protests cannot be justified under the constitutional right to free assembly and it will be stopped. reporter: the summit gets underway on friday. police will soon prove whehether they can manage e the balancing act of protectining for an in-state visitors were also guaranteeing the right to peaceful protest. brent: joining me this evening from hamburg is the foreign-policy spokesman for the left party in germany. more important committees organizing will be the final protest demonstration during the g 20 summit this coming saturday. get evening. what --good evening. what do you want to say to the 19 heads of state were coming to hamburg this week?
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-- who are coming to hamburg this week? guest: do a better job. the f electronic -- we have people like trump and putin who are cracking down on democracy in her countries, human rights -- in their countries, human rights. i think the meeting we had here is a meeting of autocrats and warmongers. it is reason enough to not welcome g 20 in hamburg. brent: most of the leaders who will be in hamburg have been democratically elected and they are participating in a big exercise in diplomacy. so, how can you call them illegitimate? guest: i said nothing about illegitimacy. they are warmongers. many are democratically elected.
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as a foreign-policy person, i was welcome when heads of state talk to each other. as long as they talk to each other they don't shoot each other. there are big problems with g 20. one is they are not only talking, they are deciding. they are making decisions for the rest of the world. the richest countries big positions - -- make decisions fr the rest of the world. the other problem is who is talking to each other. there will be a compact with africa but there only one country from africa at the table. yes, it is a was right to talk to each other, it has to be the right people talking. invite the african countries. brent: there was an african summit here two weeks ago and you had lots of heads of state from africa here meeting and it was all about africa then. i want to ask you about german officials including the interior ministry.
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they are concerned about protesters resorting to violence in hamburg. what is your message to the protesters who are considering becoming violent? jan: my first message is, don't be scaremongering. with the german authorities are doing right now is they are trying to do everything to keep protesters out of hamburg. they are prohibiting tentsts, everything is prohibited. the reason is this city and this country don't want to see bigger protests. if there are really some, few of them who think about waging war on the street. i think they should know that the big demonstraration on saturday, where we expect several tens of thousands of people, everyone is organizing this, i it i is very clear we 't want this demonstration to be violent and everybody is
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organizizing it -- we will take the responsibility not to let anything happen. brent: you had said in the past that you are not calling for protesters to renounce force in violence -- and violence. are you not encouraging an escalation of violence with that attitude? jan: i don't know what you are courting. i never said that. i am very clear, any kind of violence is not my kind of policy. i worked six months to assemble this big group of different organizations from different societies in germany. including many groups. i worked very hard and we are very clear that we want this protest to be friendly and happy. there is nothing that we want to engage in any kind of violence
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in the street. this is very clear. brent: ok. we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight. you're watching "dw news." after a short break we will be back with more news and business headlines. ♪
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♪ brent: north korea claims it has tested an intervention -- tested an icbm. it raises the stakes in a region already high with tension. the second day of his visit to the gulf, the german foreign minister has arrived in qatar and call for negotiations to resolve the crisis between qatar and its neighbors. last month saudi arabia and egypt broke off diplomatic ties,
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accusing qatar is sponsoring terrorism. they are waiting for the response to demands and say they must meet or continue sanctions. the deadline is expected to expire one hour from now. our correspondent is covering the story. she joins me now from the qatari capital. good evening to you. what is at stake for saudi arabia and qatar? time is running out. >> yes, the time is defininely tickining. there was a very long and forceful risk of demands on thth table byby thosese arab countris leled by saudi arabia. and thatat includes the financig of terrorism and extremimism. this has come through h the key popoint where qatar still feelst is beingng very hard done by,
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pointing towards what it feels it has done already anand other countrtries in the region who it says a are also not e exactly innocecent b bkers. having said that,t, there is als the demand for a shohort timimef the al j jazeera netetwork, whis a critical forcece that t s clearly toucuched a raw nerve in the past, criticizing sasaudi arabia but of coururse not criticizing g qatar itself.f. we are expececting the deadlineo run outithout anything germanic happening. there are the c countries - -- anytything d dramatic happening. ththere are the countries meetig in egypt andnd will basicacallye their respsponse to the e list f demamands. that w will be a potenential tug popoint with this crisis eitithr gets deeper, andndhe threatsts t harder, , or we see an entry pot
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towards finding a format to make some headway. brent: if qatar does not meet the demands when the ultimatum runs out -- when the deadline runs out, what happens? michaela:: t tt's ththe big questionon. franankly, i can't ananswer that riright now. if nothing happens, that cocould alreadbebe seen as a p potential succeses at leleast stabilizezea crisis that is potenentially spinning out of control. it could b be more than a blockade. money coululd be pulled out of banknks and qatar. -- inin qatarar. of course qaqatar is a very rich country that could have a sisingapore-like independence fr a whihile. but this is a about a lot more. this is about t the coherence of the gulf regegn and its stability. that is also what the german foreign miminister is closely
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cooperating aboutut. they are trying to show a united front because it is in no one's interest to see a destabilization of this region. brent: thank you very much. for more on the economic implications of the qatar crisis, christoph is here. christoph: as we just heard, the general mood in doha is defiance and qatar is flexing its economic muscle. on tuesday the country announced it would sharply increase energy production, suggesting it was gearing up for a protracted dispute with its gulf neighbors. reporter: qataris are the wealthiest people in the world thanks to their natural gas reserves. qatar is the world's top producer of liquefied natural gas. the country's production easily outpaces neighbors malaysia and australia at 77 million tons a
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year. the small air country intends to increase output to 100 million tons annually over the next few years. state-owned qatar petroleumum announced a new schededule on tuesday and the message was clear --we can go it alone. saudi arabia, egypt, and united arab emirates accuse guitarist sponsoring terrorist groups and cozying up to iran. they want an economic blockade to pressure the government. the other gulf nations depend on those supplies. for the sanctions are flattened if qatatar does nomemeet its neigighbor's demands by wednesdy mornining. with itsts gas to fall b back ot is unlikely to cave in. christoph: here in germany the federal law enforcement agency has purchased a so-called panama papers as part of its investigatation into tax evasion that has been officially confirmed.
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a treasure trove of data helped shed a light on the shell compmpanies and tax havens to superrich to avoid chang -- paying their share of taxes. it looks like it could have real work -- real-world consequences for those implicated. a directive was passed requiring multinational corporations to file tax returns and financial data separately in each country where they operate. multinationals up until now have disclosed in only one report. it is aimed -- the european commission says eu countries lose between 50 billion euros and 70 billion euros every year due to tax avoidance. the european union has approved italy's state bailout. what's the operation is complete, italy will hold 70% of the private bank.
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only after shareholders and junior creditors contribute more than four oh euros to the bank's -- four billion euros to the bank's rescue. they agreed to a drastic overhaul including a salary cap for executives. trump and trade will be the dominating theme at the g 20 summit in hamburg kicking off friday. the u.s. president wants to clamp down on the u.s.'s explosion or -- explosion or -- exposure. angela merkel is representing a country that views itself as one of the winners of globalization. reporter: globalization is in full swing in the german village near berlin. this is where britain's rolls-royce makes jet engines for boeing in the united states,
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and airbus in france. specialists here come from 50 different countries. rolls-royce is all for free trade with as little barriers as possible. anything else would be extremely disruptive to their business. exports made in germany are key to the country's prosperity. one in four jobs here rely on the export sector. that makes germany one of the winners from globalization but the trend 4g g 20 countries is r more trade barriers. the number of trade restrictive measures is on the rise. in 2010 the g 20 countries had just 324 rules importing and exporting. last year it over -- it hit over 1200, slowing the march of globalization. for some, that is welcome news. after all, there are both winners and losers in the globalization game. critics say globalization has
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become a race to the bottom. chinese steel exported dumping prices has destroyed still making firms across the world, taking with it thousands of jobs. the lew were of trade is also contributing to the spread of polluting industries. also many campaigners came -- many of the poorest citizens are not seeing the benefits of globalization. world leaders will be toward needing trade but burning benefits for everyone will require a radical change of tact. christoph: that's all from the business desk. back to brent and the world's most procedures ethical race -- procedures bicycle race -- presitgious bike race. brent: mark cavendish may have to withdraw from the tour due to injury.
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reporter: peter sagan said there was tension until the very end of stage four of the tour de france. he elbowed britain's mark cavendish 100 meters from the finish line. he was taken to hospital with a suspected fractured shoulder. sagan can now kiss the tour de francece goodbye.. he has b been disququalified. it overshadowed geraint thomas's fourth stage victory. geraint thomas managed to hold onto the yellow jersey. this is something you don't see very often. at one point he led by more than 30 minutes before being caught 17 kilometers from the finish line. brent: tennis, the first round of wimbledon where germany progressed to the second round with a straight set win.
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the top set seed will now face belgium. here's a reminder of the top story we're following. north korea says it has tested it intercontinental ballistic missile watched by the dictator kim jong-un. after a short break i would back to take you through the day. stick around for that. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪
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>> welcome back. you are watching "live from paris" on "france 24. -- "france 24." firstkorea announces its successful long-range missile launch. some experts claim the communist state is now capable of striking alaska. the french parliament votes overwhelmingly in favor of the government's policy agenda. back prime lawmakers minister felipe eduardo -- prime minister ãdouard philippe. narendra modi becomes the first indian prime minister to

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