brent: this is "dw news," live from berlin. tonight, merkel, macron, migration, and the money. the leaders of france and germany talk about reforming the eurozone as europe's migration dilemma dominates. the french president and german chancellor are calling for a unified european response to migration, but is macron's support enough to ease the pressure on angela merkel at home?

also coming up, children in cages. the images attached to america's zezero-tolerance immigration policy. anger is growing as president trump defends tearing families apart at the border. and upsets galore at the world cup in russia. senegal put on a blazing display against poland. we will show you how that turned out, plus the rest of the day's world cup action. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. tonight, germany's chancellor angela merkel is digging in her heels, insisting on a unified european response to migration. merkel and the french president emmanuel macron met today to discuss eurozone reform and solutions to europe's migration crisis. chancellor merkel said europe should stand up for its democratic principles, and she called for greater eu solidarity in managing migration.

reporter: two people who urgently need one another. french president emmanuel macron needs angela merkel for his ideas on europe, and the german chancellor needs france for a europe-wide migration policy. outside of berlin, a pleasant atmomosphere for difficult subjects. after the talks, macron called for franco german cooperation and a united europe. >> it is really a decision for society. perhaps even for civilization. on the one hand, there are those who say we can get rid of europe and no longer address its challenges. on the other hand are those who say, as we do, that this europe can make more progress if f we become more sovereign and unified. reporter: when it comes to european asylum policy, where

merkel urgently needs results, there is backing from the french president. france supports the aim of sending refugees already registered in the eu back to the country where they had initially been registered. both wanant to further strengthn europe's external borders, and a strong franco german access and asylum policy at the eu summit at the end of june. >> we want to prevent europe from further division and instead we want to promote common solutions. reporter: there is also optimism on both sides when it comes to eu reform, the issue that macron has made his own. the euro currency is to be made more stable. france and germany have agreed to invest millions in the eurozone. however, the eurozone budget will be a bit smaller than what macron wants, as per merkel's wishes. >> it is totally pragmatic. what budget do we have today in

the eurozone? none. what will we have tomorrow? a eurozone budget. reporter: macron, being both pragmatic and ambitious. the details for reform can be decided later. merkel and macron say that a new chapter of franco german relations has begun. brent: for more on that new chapter i'm joined by our political correspondent simon young. he has been at that meeting just outside of berlin. good evening to you, simon. so, we know that the german chancellor angela merkel, she needs results on migration quickly and she could use a political lifeline from mr. macron. what did she get today? simon: well, she certainly got a certain amount of support, brent. no obstacles placed in her way by president macron.

he signed up, as far as the migration issue is concerned, to that objective of the european solution of finding common asylum rules that suit all the members of the european union. and they have agreed to go a little bit further. some of the detail talking about, for instance, setting up asylum centers, processing centers for migrants outside the eu, for instance in north africa and other african states, where people's claims could be looked at. that is the kind of thing that even the populists in italy, for instance, will like because it could mean that people do not arrive in europe in the first place. also, both leaders talking about providing more help for those countries particularly affected by migration. of course, the southern european nations, italy and greece in particular have been very affected by this issue. and even on the question of

bilateral agreements, a little bit grudgingly perhaps, but france's president macron said he will not be letting migrants through to germany. that is exactly what the troublesome bavarian leader wants out of merkel. of course he has got her under pressure because he said if he does not see advances on the migration issue in the next two weeks, he is going to take unilateral action and start taking a tough line on his own. so, a little bit of what she needs to keep going in the difficult situation she is in in berlin, is what she got from the french president today. brent: we know that she needs the support from the french president, but that is not enough. she needs more support from other eu countries when it comes to finding some solution on migration. does she have anything that she can offer these other countries to get them to come on board? simon: well, they have talked about that as well. they have talked about providing incentives, as i say, support for the particularly affected countries.

i think where merkel in the last few days has traveled a little bit on this issue is in respect toto this idea of bilateral agreement. so, where she would prefer to have a european-wide arrangement that everyone signs up to, because as the two leaders said in their declaration today, individual solutions result in more migration. nonetheless, what merkel is now saying is, well, if it is a question of doing bilateral deals with particular countries to say, you keep your migrants there and maybe we will support this project or we will help you deal with that problem, that is the path that merkel seems to be inclined to take, because, again, she is under such time pressure to show some kind of concrete results and a change of policy on this very troublesome issue. brent: so we know that merkel wanted to talk about migration today, and that is what happened. we know that mr. macron, he

wanted to talk about the eurozone budget and reforming of the eurozone. did they have any results to talk about? i mean, we know that a eurozone budget will go into effect by 2021, but i mean, are we talking about real reform here, or is this just window dressing to keep the french president happy for a while? simon: well, they have produced this declaration here today, which is a piece of paper that contains all sorts of technical details about, for instance, the european banking union, about the european stability mechanism, developing that into a european monetary fund, and so on. so there is a lot of detail there, but they also suggested these are just other ideas. of course you have to get the other leaders of the eu to sign up as well. brent: our political correspondent simon young just outside of berlin tonight. simon, thank you. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world.

italy's new far right interior minister matteo salvini says he will not back down from a controversial proposal to conduct a census of his country's roma community. the proposal has been sharply criticized by his coalition partner, the populist five-star movement. its leader described it as quote, unconstitutional. flash floods in the financial capital of ivory coast have left at least 18 people dead and displaced hundreds more. torrential rains washed away homes while sinkholes formed on some r roads, causing chaos. heavy rain is expected to persist for several more days. chinese president xi jinping has called on the u.s. and north korea to implement measures agreed at last week's summit between kim jong-un and u.s. president donald trump. xi made the comments after meetings with the north korean leader in beijing. china is north korea's most important ally. now to the united states.

anger is growing on both sides of the political aisle in the united states tonight as the president defends his zero-tolerance border policy of separating migrant children from their parents. the number of children separated from their parents at the border has risen sharply since may, leading to many children being confined within sealed camps with little to no contact with their families. an audio recording released by a transparency group, which appears to feature sobbing children separated from their parents, has added fresh fuel to this debate. reporter: children detained in cages, calling for their parents. this is the trump

administration's zero-tolerance policy in action. critics have likened the practice to torture. opponents of the law interrupted a hearing to demand an end to separating immigrant children from parents. >> this is a policy. and understand this. this was a policy i invented, implemented, and executed by president donald trump. i am talking dirirectly to my republican colleags. we need you to stand up to president trump. we need you to join us in telling him that we reject this mean policy. reporter: president donald trump has blamed the separation of families on democrats, saying they are at fault for refusingng to pass new w immigration laws. yet the zero tolerance policicy driving the separatioions was introduced under his own republican administration. >> we have placed a

zero-tolerance policy for illegagal entryry on our southwt border.. if you cross the border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. if you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you. and that child may b be separatd frfrom you as to cry by law. reporter: as the sides trade blame in the debate over family separatitions, the children in these detention ceceers are forced to cope with the new reality. it can be months before they are reunited with their parents. brent: chinese-american relations could not be any worse than they are right now. we are on the brink of a trade war, and we are following the market reaction. >> china accuses u.s. president donald trump of blackmail and says it will retaliate.

the latest tariffs threatened by washington. trump is now targeting an additional $200 billion worth of chinese imports with a 10% levy. that brings the total amount of terror's -- terrorists trump -- reporter: shoppers i in china might not be interested in every twist and turn of the trade dispute between their countnt and the united states. but the tit-for-tat spat could soon become apparent in their grocery bills. these oranges imported from the u.s. are among hundreds -- the move makes good on china's place to retaliate after the u.s. imposed an initial set of terrorists on 50 -- tariffs on $50 billion worth of goods. take a listen to this.

>> china does not want to fight a trade war but it is not scared of one. we will continue to take effective steps to resolutely defend the country's interests and that of its people and defend globalization and the multilateral trading regime. reporter: that defiant stance has also been reflected in the attitudes of some residents in hong kong. >> i don't think trump can win this trade war. china has a really big e econom. they have other people who they trade with. although the u.s. may be one of the largest countries that they do trade with, and most of their exports may go there, but the u.s. is also going to suffer from this. maybe just as much if not more than china is. reporter: suffering on both

sides. that appeared to be the most likely outcome as the battle over tariffs threatens to explode into a full-blown trade more. fanny: let's bring in jens korte, our man on wall street. as we just heard, china and the u.s. are big trading partners. so what are the risks of this move, or potential move by donald trump that comes with tariffs? jens: the past year the u.s. imported goods from china in the amount of $500 billion and china imported u.s. goods in the amount of $130 billion. if you look at those numbers, the possibilities of china at a first glance seem to be limited if you look at tariffs. having said that, china has also mentioned they could take qualitative steps, not just quantitative steps. what they mean is for example,

they could start a boycott for u.s. products, they could disrupt supply chains for the high-tech industries and that could turn out to have unintended consequences for u.s. corporations and also for the u.s. economy. fanny: talking about the consequences, the dow plummeted for the sixth consecutive day already. what are the sentiments on the ground? what are you hearing? jens: so far, representatives from the truck administrative calling it a trade dispute, not a trade war. there is still hope on wall street that all the verbal threats are actually part of it negotiating strategy and at the end we will not see those tariffs being implemented. but that is guessing at this time. if the dispute should exculpate -- escalate, we could see the car industry, agricultural industry and many other parts of the u.s. economy be hit. fanny: we will follow this story

and see how it escalates. jens korte, thank you so much. not to a different story. after 16 years in the job, turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has began seeking reelection this weekend. many see him as the man who put the economy on the global map, but times have changed. the turkish lira has been tumbling for months. investment is declining in a certainty is also prompting german businesses to pack their bags, like this one. >reporter: fresh fruit and vegetables are the bedrock of this business. four years ago the german entreprereneur stataed a smallll company in istanbul. he made juicece at a small shop, but a year ago he had to close. many of his customers were foreigners who left the country after the attempted coup. he now sells mostly to hototels. >> this is caret, -- carrot, apple. reporter: he and his american

partner built the business together. now they are looking to leavave turkey. there's more driving their decision than a longing for home. >> lifife here has changed. it is not as free and open, or as relaxed as it used to be. i think the main reason is that so many people are under pressure b because of the econoc situation. reporter: the turkish economymy hahas kept growiwing since the , thanks largely to government spending. but the turkish currency is under severe strain. that means imports have become more expensive. the weqaak currency is also causing inflation. add to that the political situation, and many foreign investors are feeling spooked. >> politicians are trying to make people believe that the poor exchange ratete with a dollar, or the fact investors

are avoiding the country, has to do with high interest rates, which it does not. in turkey, everything is connected. the justice system, education, security, uncertainty, it is all tied to the economy. reporter: when he leaves the country, his company will keep going under the management of a turkish business partner. his investment was made in u.s. dollars and with the current exchange rate, it would not make sense to sell the company. for now he will continue to monitor the developing situation in turkey, from outside. brent: day six of the world cup is in the can. you to bring us the latest is chris harrington from the sports desk. let's start with russia. they beat egypt today, 3-1?

chris: yes it was. theyey host nations continue too well. one thing interesting about this matchup, they are unbeaten against african competition and egypt -- let's look at this action. things started off poorly for egypt. pretty much demoralized them and obviously thrilled everyone else. i'm guessing there are more russians in the stands than egyptians. but there was a concession. he had questions about the shoulder, he injured it in the champions league, when he got to be right-handed this match. more insult to injury. you might not have heard of this guy but right now he is leading the world cup in scoring. he just beat rinaldo. russia looks almost geared teed,

in my and then -- guaranteed, in my opinion, to reach the -- group h. we saw colombia and japan one match, poland and senegal in the other. the favorites colombia and poland got the short end of the stick in both occasions. let's take a look. reporter: senegal and poland saw two strikers as captains. the latter at least turned provider. he netted the first goal shortly before halftime. but his deflection hits the ball into the net. senegal's second came off a terrible pass. after that it was all too easy at the hour mark. poland could only manage a late consolation goal. he left no mark on this match.

senegal's 2-1 success is the first win for africa at this world cup. colombia meanwhile shot themselves in the foot against japan after just three minutes. carlos sanchez got sent off for handball, and the ensuing penalty. colombia battled back. but he saves the day for japan when he knocked in a corner after 73 minutes. 2-1, the final score here as well. brent: back here at the big table, kres, senegal beating poland was at expected? kres: not really. i think poland was a favorite. when you factor in the european championship, they were quarterfinalists only two years ago. there were bigger expectations around poland.

but senegal, they got in this particular competition thanks to a playoff. fee for -- fifa, they had to replay a match because of fixing. on the pitch basically poland looked confused, they were often frustrated and too slow. making foolish decisions on defense. the go-ahead goal for senegal, there was no one between the striker andy goal post except air. brent: we saw japan be colombia in their first ever victory over a south american team at the world cup. kres: but they had a huge advantage. five minutes had gone by and it was a man down on the colombian side. japan thanks to their bundesliga connection, they both contributed.

it was nice to see, but colombia a lot more expectations, because the last world cup they reached the quarterfinals and they were expected to do that again. he was subbed in late because he was not 100%. teamwork be colombia and it is kind of easy, i think, when you have a next her guy. it is hard to get your offense going but they did equalize at one point. brent: the whole tournament so far, a lot of unexpected things. kres, as always, thank you grandma much. -- very much. attempts by boris becker to -- he was claiming his role as a sports envoy was the central african republic gave him diplomatic immunity. but the african nations foreign minister says the diplomatic passport accor says protects him is quote, a clumsy fake. reporter: lawyers for boris

becker launched a claim in the british high court, saying he had been appointed a sports attache for the south -- and enjoy diplomatic unity. -- immunity. they say the document is false. in an interview would dw, before the minister said i have never provided boris becker with a diplomatic passport. i can assure you he is not a member of my diplomatic personnel. becker's lawyers now say the president of the south african republic was present when he got the passport. he tweeted this picture of himself with him in april. >> it is clear that mr. becker has received a passport which seems to be fake. the ambassador to belgium says he issued a passport to mr.

becker, but the authorities believe it is fake. reporter: a spokesman for the presidency of the central african republic said the passport might be the result of the political unrest in the country five years ago. >> during the coup, the troubles in 2013, 2014, the administration was pillaged. there was a place sending passports illegally. these passports, which have been stolen, robbed from the central african republic, are continuing to be sold. mr. becker could be a victim of that. reporter: becker is waiting for the brbritish court to rule on s immunity. reports say that cannot happen until october and bankruptcy proceedings against him will continue in the meantime. brent: here's a reminder of the top story that w we are followig

for you. the german chancelellor angegela merkel has insisted on a unified european response to migration, calling for greater solidarity among european countries. merkel met with french president emmanuel macron n to hammer outu reforms. the leaders also proposed setting up a eurozone budget. after a short break i will be 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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