as you say, mrs merkel herself voted against the law change. i think that's very interesting.neral election, which is coming in the autumn. by voting against the proposal, she's really appealing to the more conservative among her electorate, but by in effect allowing this to happen, allowing the vote to take place in the first place, i think she's appeasing potential future coalition partners, who were very clear they would want same—sex marriage legislation as a condition of partnership in the future. but she's also cementing that reputation that she's really increasingly being labelled with, as the west's defender of liberal values. there's a lot of celebration going on here, certainly in berlin today. polls suggest that the majority of germans were in favour of this legislation. people celebrating what's widely being seen as certainly a victory for equal rights. but also perceived by very many people here as a bit of a political success story as well. just to keep you updated with the terminally ill baby charlie gard, we have reported today his parents have said his life—su

has a lwa ys parliament, but mrs merkel has always stood firm against the issue of same—sex marriageg which she appeared to drop position, saying that she had met a lesbian couple in her own constituency who had fostered eight children, and following that meeting, she had a bit of a change of heart, and went on to say that she would now allow her conservative mps to vote with their conscience and not have to follow the party line. that in effect allow the political left to bring, very hurriedly, because today is the last parliamentary session before they all go off on their summer break, to bring that bill to the floor, and because conservative mps were now able to vote freely, enough support was there to secure the legislation. i must say, there was a lot of cheering and clapping as the vote was announced. it's not often you see confetti thrown on the floor of the german parliament, but that is what happened this morning. but interestingly, the politics behind this. by voting against the legislation, angela merkel has made sure that when it comes to the election here in september, s

mrs merkel is preoccupied with things like migration, the viability of the eurozone and italy above brexitown election as well. that is less of a worry than it was. working in the continental press, it is amazing how the gap isn'tjust the channel, it is several atlantic ocea ns channel, it is several atlantic oceans between perceptions in europe. what is going on in brussels and london. ithink europe. what is going on in brussels and london. i think that the opening of the brexit negotiations will be a formality because they got to work out what they are talking about because both sides seem to be talking past each other. i think there is a lot going there. it is led by my great friend william keegan, who has a business column which is always saying no brexit. we we re which is always saying no brexit. we were discussing the other day, i'm going to charge him for plagiarism, because i gave him the line that the poverty we could face could be worse than anything, possibly worse than austerity. and there i see it in the observer! the serious side of it, i think that business really hasn't sp

bear in mind, mrs merkel has an election later this year and she merkel has an election later this yearandhis year and she might have to go into coalition with parties who would have demanded same—sex marriage legislation as part of a coalition agreement. so a lot of politics going on behind—the—scenes but certainly in germany, i think it is a decision which is very welcome. the majority of germans, a poll suggests, are in favour of same—sex marriage. it is one of the very last, i suppose, western liberal democracy to bring in this legislation. it is likely to face some challenges at the constitutional court but if all goes according to plan, it should come into force by the end of the year. thank you forjoining us. jenny hill in berlin. parts of president trump's controversial travel ban have come into force today. on monday, a supreme court ruling upheld the temporary ban, which covers visitors from six mainly muslim countries and means people without "close" family or business relationships in the us could be denied visas and barred entry. but the measures have already been brought back

mr. trump has said or missed merkel said. -- mrs. merkel said. america needs to have europe watch what is happening -- the e.u. to watch what is happening in its major market, europe. not having i am about values. forget values. interests. we have the same interests. rieke: but there is all those issues of climate change, trade. there are so many in this globalized world, so many issues where it would be highly dangerous as america gets more and more protectionist antron trump goes forward with his america first strategy. that would be a loss for americans and europe. >> there are a lot of voices that theactly that, united states cannot pull out of its agreement, needs to stay engageged, will stay engaged. it is not like there is one government determining everything. it is a very lively and vibrant discussion going on in the united states about that. i do not see these dangers. i think europeans sometimes get a little bit exaggerated, the sky is falling. a lot of thoughtful people in the united states talking exactly along these lines. we need t

. >> mrs. merkel said yesterday that this is a decision that should be taken within the next legislation we disagree and think this of should not be put on hold but concluded this week reporter:. reporter:the bill would allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt children. at the moment, they can only enter civil unions. reactions have been pouring in on central media. merkel continues to face resistance from her conservative count. 66% of respondents say they are for gay marriage and a narrower geordie say they should have adoption by gay couples. laura: despite the threat of strikes, president emmanuel macron is wanting to reform the french labor market. reporter: emmanuel macron is starting off his presidency by tackling one of the thorniest issues on his agenda -- reforming france's notoriously complex labor code. french president wants to act quickly. invoking a constitutional article would allow him to bypass a lengthy parliamentary debate. reporter: in order to execute program, the government may as

i also think perfect with germany for me to neighbors filmmaking didn't understand mrs merkel the parliament the chancellor rhee the motorway that's also very good in germany still it's leash . pride order punctuality those are only three but those are the most important things we also asked them exactly what they thought of a glimmer cols least this is part of this there's of involved oh yeah there's broad it's not bad it's all the volunteer fire department is good freedom of the press sports clubs. broadband but out west it's ok but no car you want to get torch and we are proud nation but we don't identify ourselves with the german army the federal union democracy but we do identify ourselves with the rest of the words. ok in german army is ok sport for the handicapped ok tough questions are we ready to face them muslims are welcome as long as they stepped us the freedom of the press i am really one thousand percent for that matter what happened partners in the e.u. and nato yes tory trains those are wonderful ultimately this is a list of what angle merkel thinks makes germany great and it

i also think perfect with germany for me to neighbors filmmaking didn't understand mrs merkel the parliament has a chance to respond to the motorway of the old that's also very good in germany still it's leash. priority order punctuality those are only three but those are the most important things we also asked them exactly what they thought of a glimmer list this is part of us there's of involved oh yeah there's broad i was astonished it's not bad it's all volunteer fire department it's freedom of the press sports club. broadband but on forced. but no crowded moves. we are proud nation we don't identify ourselves with the german army the federal union democracy but we do identify ourselves with the rest of the words. ok being german army is ok sport for the handicapped. tough questions are we ready to face that we have lost limbs are welcome as long as. the freedom of the press i am really one thousand percent for that matter what happened. in the nato. trains those are wonderful ultimately this is a list of what angola merkel thinks makes germany great and it comes out three months before

and a free vote mrs merkel's conservative mps. there she herself voted against the bill. is by no longer intense even. to feel in what's it's been a long intense and emotional debate she says for me personally to you which is why i hope that today's vote. missing brings respect for both sides of the debate. brings peace and cohesion to. i'm gonna michael may have rejected the proposition at the ballot box but she will go down in history as the chancellor who. introduced same sex marriage to johnny. it's an election year by voting against the bill mrs markham is appealing to the more conservative of her lectures. but by in effect letting it how often she's appeasing potential coalition partners of the future. and she's cementing that reputation. as europe's defender. of liberal ideas. for now celebrations though the law may yet be challenged in the constitutional court. was widely hailed as a victory for equal rights. is also seen by many. political so. story to. any help bbc news bunny. you're watching bbc world news america still to come on tonight's program. economists

we spoke to the president of berlin's university of applied sciences who thinks mrs merkel has to yield to what society wants now. what you can see is that society changes the problems are not always the same and the politicians who. want to drum up support for their party have to really look what people are concerned about the security surveillance issue can be negotiated in terms of you get more security you get a little less security where is the other issue when it comes to same sex marriage you cannot say you get a little more same sex marriage education maternity same sex marriage so the much more important issue for coalition negotiations. are the same sex marriage issue and not the security issue and so they. probably bound to find a solution if they want to have a coalition with the liberals. one hospital to suffer claimed republic of donetsk in east ukraine in the ongoing difficulties having in treating cancer patients from both sides of the ongoing conflict. preferably seventy covered in your car to talk with commuters when you stick. your mattress for superstar number from t

mrs merkel also backed mexico's free trade position, ahead of talks on renegotiating the north americant. let's go to the philippines, where us special forces are helping the military there to dislodge militants allied to so—called islamic state in the city of marawi. philippine troops have struggled to oust the rebels who took control of the city in may. the us involvement comes despite months of hostility towards washington by the philippines‘ president, rodrigo duterte. more from our asia—pacific regional editor, michael bristow. after nearly three weeks of fighting, this is what is left of marawi. until insurgents took over, there was a population of 2000 in this lakeside city. most have left in the streets are largely empty. they are having to battle for every house. 30 marines were killed in a 16 hour clash with rebels on friday. government soldiers are now getting some help from a long—standing ally, the us, after a changing heart from rodrigo duterte, who spent most of his presidency criticising washington. according to a spokesman, us troops are not fighting on the streets, but

mrs merkel also backed mexico's free trade position, ahead of talks on renegotiating the north americanhe philippines — where us special forces are helping the military there to dislodge militants allied to so—called islamic state in the city of marawi. philippine troops have struggled to oust the rebels, who took control of the city in may. the us involvement comes despite months of hostility towards washington by the philippines president, rodrigo duterte. more from our asia—pacific regional editor, michael bristow. after nearly three weeks of fighting, this is what's left of marawi. until insurgents took over, this lakeside city had a population of 200,000. most have fled, and now the streets are largely empty. the philippine army is having to battle through every house. 13 marines were killed in a 16 hour clash with rebels on friday. government soldiers are now, though, getting some help from a long—standing ally, the united states. to invite them in represents a change of heart by the philippine leader rodrigo duterte, who's spent most of his presidency criticising washington. acco

as germany heads towards an election, it seems mrs merkel was left with little choice.eens, also make this boat is a condition of any future power—sharing deal. translation: i am optimistic. on a personal note, we have personal note, we fought translation: i am optimistic. on a personal note, we fought for equality for decades, and i think it good if we take this step. germany has already announced several partnerships and there is thought to be broad support for this next step, which will bring the country into line with other european nations like belgium, france, spain and most of the uk. register offices are getting ready for busy days and weeks ahead. south korean president moonjae—in is in washington for talks with president trump. the white house says they will discuss ways to further strengthen their alliance and deepen the friendship. and the leaders will of course be co—ordinating on north korea—related issues, as our correspondent steve evans reports from seoul. there is some anti—trump feeling here in south korea. this is a demonstration, a small demonstrati

yes, the german election is in september, and, yes, mrs merkel is trying to hit two birds with one stone in berlin can take up the story. if you listened to angela merkel addressing mps in the german parliament this morning you got the sense of the german chancellor was preparing to do battle. she was doing a couple of things. first of all, she was playing to a home crowd, she has an election later this year and she knows that were many germans are concerned about donald trump‘s administration, that boosts her own domestic ratings. but she is also very keen to use this opportunity, particularly in the light of brexit to bring the european project together. today she invited a number of european leaders from the g 22 berlin. she was outlining her plans for g20. she said she would be talking about how to tackle climate change, terrorism, health care, economic growth worldwide, tackling the causes of migration and so on. in reality she was trying to rally the troops. she is very keen to put on the united front when she sits around the table at the g20 summit and faces donald trump across th

speaking on a visit to mexico city, mrs merkel said she wanted to get to work quickly on talks over britain'suropean union. and you can get a full break down of the british election results, plus anything else you need to know. just visit our website — bbc.com/news. in other news: president trump says he is 100% willing to testify under oath to give his side of the story over leaked conversations with james comey, the former fbi director he fired last month. mr trump said he rejected mr comey‘s assertion that he had urged him to drop an investigation into his presidential campaign's links with russia. laura bicker has more. this press conference was supposed to be about strengthening nato alliances, especially with a country like romania, who is prepared, they say, to pay their dues. but the only thing, the one thing, looming large over the trump administration is the testimony from the former fbi director, james comey. yesterday, he told the senate intelligence committee that he did not trust the president not to lie about their meeting. so much so that he kept memos, he kept notes of their

a state in the region and just to protect your own people so doing the right sink unfortunately mrs merkelin. germany also austria government could aspire to for p. and the socialist party to the wrong re we accepted to more and more illegal migrants look at canonical or social migrants. and this is the wrong way now because now the criminal rate increased raping women increased unfortunately and women for example in my city vienna now freight going alone on the streets when it's dark this hasn't been before the last years of change now because we accepted so many refugees so-called refugees and it's a pity this is not reliable and people have on the fifteenth of october the chance to vote for the best way i mean a lot of these people are coming from from war zones for very desperate situations yet obviously as you say there are problems with integration i think that's that's a little bit in the certain cases the austrian foreign minister just to mars he proposes opening refugee centers outside the european union i mean is that a proposal that could perhaps please the whole political spect

by voting against the bill, mrs merkel is appealing to the more conservative of her electorate, but byg potential coalition partners of the future, and she's cementing that reputation as europe's defender of liberal values. for now celebrations, though the law may yet be challenged in the constitutional court. what's widely held as a victory for equal rights is also seen by many here as a political success story too. jenny hill, bbc news, berlin. social media timelines are full of rainbow colours today as twitter users celebrate germany's decision to legalise same—sex marriage. the hashtag "marriage for all" began trending worldwide within hours of the announcement, generating more than 50,000 tweets. 0ne twitter user posted — "germany legalized same sex marriage. i am proud of germany for the first time." another posted — "i might be crying some happy tears right now, marriage equality in germany is everything i've wished for this month." it will soon be 2a hours since president trump's ban on certain people travelling to certain countries came into effect. critics say it is unconstit

speaking on a visit to mexico city, mrs merkel said she wanted to get to work quickly on talks over britain'she european union. and you can get a full break down of the british election results, plus anything else you need to know, just visit our website, bbc.com/news. in other news: police investigating the deadly terror attack on london bridge have revealed that the three knifemen had tried and failed to hire a 7.5—tonne lorry. the ringleader of the plot, who has been named as khuram butt, was forced to hire a smaller van after his payment for the truck was declined due to a lack of funds. police said the attackers had tied pink ceramic knives to their wrists and had petrol—bombs ready to throw. this report contains images some viewers might find disturbing. the men had already killed three other people on london bridge with a van hired from b&q. throughout the carnage, heroic members of the public try to stop them. we have stories of people who came out armed with chairs, other items, throwing bottles a nd with chairs, other items, throwing bottles and anything they could get their hands o

a state in the region and just to protect your own people so loon the right sink unfortunately mrs merkel in. germany also austria government like could spark to four p. and the socialist party to the wrong re we accepted more and more illegal migrants like economical or social migrants. and this is the wrong way not because now the criminal rate increased raping women increased unfortunately and women for example in my city again are now of freight going alone on the streets when it's dark this hasn't been before the last years of change now because we accepted so many refugees so-called refugees this is a great problem with our minister now at these till now we had the three of them that i had to in party who are taking islamophobia and suspicion against muslim. political program the problem is that cause is the laying this also seems to all of the years and this would be a great problem for austria this was also. another shock again to have such a themes against the muslims because he was he was he was speaking about the criteria nobody is against criteria we the muslims say that we ne

the visit coincides with indications by mrs merkel of strained relations with mr trump, partly over hissed a new government, ending the political deadlock since elections last december. it's headed by the pro—eu social democrat leader, zoran zaev. he is entering a coalition with parties representing macedonia's ethnic albanian minority. a british surgeon who carried out a series of unnecessary breast operations has been jailed for 15 years. thejudge told ian patterson he'd deliberately played on patients' worst fears, by exaggerating or inventing their risk of cancer. the doctor was convicted last month in a case involving ten of his private patients. nasa has outlined plans to fly a probe directly into the atmosphere of the sun. the aim of the mission, next year, is to determine what makes the sun so hot and how it affects life on earth. our science editor, david shukman has more details. a giant flare leaps from the turbulent surface of the sun. these latest images capture scenes of extraordinary violence, but there's a lot we don't know about how the sun works, and how it affects us.

this idea about the border, and i think mrs. merkel talked about this as a key issue, everybody wants an open border between the republic and indeed northern ireland. it would be nonsensical looking at the historical context not to get that w does therwhy does there appear b a barrier to getting that. >> i think we have to remember the common travel area existed between the north and south in ireland for a long time predating even the existence of the eu so there's a lot of will on all sides to make this happen. but it's really about the detail to my mind, if you can make this work in the case of ireland, i don't see anything other than political will obstructing this happening. >> so you sound encouraging, or encouraged by everything at the start. let's hope that's the vain that carries on we have this chronology that barnier asked for, the british said no and now they're saying yes. the exit bill or the division of the assets as well, it's not just liabilities mr. davis has been making some encouraging noise about that how big a stic

you may well see, if mrs. merkel wins in september, further moves toward integration.harlie: your headline, who united europe? donald trump. thanks so much. mark, thank you. we will be right back. stay with us. ♪ ♪ tiger: -- charlie: tiger woods was found asleep at the wheel near his home in jupiter, florida. the 14 time grand slam champion was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. in the officer's account, woods' black mercedes was stopped with the brake light and blinker flashing. woods said he had a reaction to prescribed medications and alcohol was not involved. woods' breathalyzer test for alcohol was negative. marja thetance continuation of a stunning fall for one of the world's greatest athletes. at an interview at this table last fall, woods spoke about the effort he made to get his life back on track. tiger: i had to be honest with myself, and that is part of going through what i went through. is i messed up. i messed up. i shunned away a lot of things. , i didn't communicate with, for instance, elin very well. and i learned from it. on the fl

by major countries and that is -- china is doing the right thing and i would say i fully trust mrs. merkelmake the best in terms of european interest. carry on. >> there's also other things going on. similar developments with the tpp wishing to go ahead and a lot of talk about going ahead ith the -- without the u.s. i think there is a lot of momentum. theeally quickly, we have out of china. anything to worry about? >> i think manufacturing getting below if the. none of those are strong indicators of economic growth. i think it is really the economy now towards manufacturing services. if that deteriorates, i think that is when you start to see risk in china. the yourt is inflation. we will talk prices. this is bloomberg. so new touch screens... and biometrics. in 574 branches. all done by... yesterday. ♪ ♪ banks aren't just undergoing a face lift. they're undergoing a transformation. a data fueled, security driven shift in applications and customer experience. which is why comcast business delivers consistent network performance and speed across all your locations. hello, mr. deets. every b

mrs merkel urged the rest of the international community to stick to the path of combating climate changerump's decision. yes, i think you are right. angela merkel is clearly bitterly disappointed. she was one of the driving forces behind getting the paris treaty signed in the first instance. she made an impassioned speech this morning talking about the need for this treaty, talking about it as a cornerstone that was vital in order to protect what she described as the creation. she used the phrase mother earth later on. this is angola merkel in partially defiant mood. she can be reasonably... she helped to ensure the ongoing support of china. he visited a few days ago and he pledged his continuing commitment to the treaty. she also knows that by and large you stand shoulder to shoulder with other eu member states on the subject. we also saw this morning angola merkel trying to rally the troops, saying that if we continue down this path then we can protect the environment and the future of the world. it is probably worth pointing out that here in berlin this is simply not about climate cha

the only comments we got on what mrs may had to say it were a brief one from german chancellor angela merkelstart but there was an awful lot of work to be done, and a similarly brief one from the austrian chancellor. he has spoken again this morning to spell out, a jab in the ribs for britain, saying brexit will cost britain growth and harm the standard of living. but he did point out it was a good first start, the offer theresa may has put on the table. other than that, not a huge amount of response, and i don't think that's accidental. it's worth bearing in mind that while brexit is obviously the big issue for all of us obviously the big issue for all of us in the uk, and all those living in the uk and british living abroad, there is a message here, and the message coming from the likes of angela merkel and new french president emmanuel macron, is that brexit an issue we have to deal with, but we have our own fish to fry, our own problems and opportunities, and this should be moment of optimism and not pessimism on how people see the eu. brexit is here but it's not front and centre in the

mr. chairman. >> senator merkel. >> thank you mr. chairman and good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> i wanted to share with you part of a letter i received from john rows of arbland. he said the president's tax plan contains less detail than some supermarket receipts, it would explode the deficits by stealing from everyday americans by giving more to the rich including the president and his family. now his commentary could not be truer when it comes to the tax cuts included in the gop health care proposal. the acha plan. i have a chart which demonstrates the winners and losers of the tax cuts included in the republican health care plan. the winners are clear, that health care plan which is estimated to strip health care from 23 million americans deliveries to americans making more than a million dollars an average $50,000 tax cut. hard working americans making less than $200,000 are the losers and this is seems like just bizarre that slashing health care the piece peace of mind that goes and you won't go bankrupt in the process,

. >> yes >> so what's front and center for that >> you know i saw mrs. merkelthe free world. took a shot at president trump yesterday by basically saying, you know, countries focusing on themselves, and not being global, is a bad thing and i think part of what she wants to do is shape the landscape of the g20 this is an organization that we created that's about globalization, and she's kind of singling out president trump as a pariah, like you created this organization and now you're not supporting its goals >> although the trump administration can go back and point to the idea that we have the agriculture secretary in china today, for the re-admittance of u.s. beef for the first time in 14 years they're looking at it as bilateral agreement. so they're -- >> yeah, and the thing is, look, one of the problems i think with our foreign policy thus far is this idea that somehow it's easier to do bilateral relationships than have these multilateral relationships getting out of tpp which i think is a disastrous thing. trying to negotiate 22 individual bilateral agreem

mr. chairman. >> senator merkel. >> thank you mr. chairman and good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> i wanted to share with you part of a letter i received from john rows of arbland. he said the president's tax plan contains less detail than some supermarket receipts, it would explode the deficits by stealing from everyday americans by giving more to the rich including the president and his family. now his commentary could not be truer when it comes to the tax cuts included in the gop health care proposal. the acha plan. i have a chart which demonstrates the winners and losers of the tax cuts included in the republican health care plan. the winners are clear, that health care plan which is estimated to strip health care from 23 million americans deliveries to americans making more than a million dollars an average $50,000 tax cut. hard working americans making less than $200,000 are the losers and this is seems like just bizarre that slashing health care the piece peace of mind that goes and you won't go bankrupt in the process,

angelo merkel and mr. macron. what does that leave italy?ve it is a necessary condition for europe, but it is not an official condition. it's good berlin start again to take political responsibility. not only managing crisis, but to try and build up a new project for union around security, growth, around on implement. it's clear this union, but that is not enough and we are working very closely with both and italy will be the core group because we are ready to take on ever response ability to launch europe. i do believe that after the german election, we can enter into a new phase, which is very much necessary. someone14, there is like emmanuel macron in paris. we have hope it will happen starting from next fold. guy: one of the critical factors to make the eurozone work is that we have a banking unit. that union is taking shape now. do you think that the deal that was done to wind down to it telling banks over this weekend adheres to the spirit of the direction that the banking union is taking? as i wass i do because saying, the two banks r

mrs. hillary clinton, about chancellor merkel, and about president putin. you've been talking of such big people today. i don't think that somebody -- you don't need a lawyer like me in between all of you. >> we never need more lawyers. >> translator: yes, it's very hard to deal with the hindu. you cannot trick them because their philosophy is so long. we are simple people. we ceja we think. >> president putin, there are reports today in the american press that the trump administration took active steps to ease sanctions. on russia. almost immediately, after trump took office, was this possibility ever discussed between the trump team and your representatives prior to president trump being inaugurated? >> translator: no, i saw what was happening to be frank, it was a great surprise. it's just absurd what they're saying. i don't know where these people have come from that distribute this kind of information. it's a catastrophe. our ambassador has met someone, and what is an ambassador supposed to do? that's what he gets money for. he has to hold meetings, ha

mrs. hillary clinton, about chancellor merkel, and about president putin.ou've been talking off such -- >> speaking now the president of india, modi. i want to bring into the conversation max boot, senior fellow for national security studies at the council on foreign relations. max, i'm going to start with you. first off, hats off to that interpreter, he even nails the tone. hmmm. >> it's ridiculous from what i understand putin was saying he was denying behind the hacking of the dnc on the democratic computers when yesterday he was practically bragging about it saying this is patriotic russians doing this, i didn't do it myself. he's just basically having fun with us. he's toying with us and kind of laughing at us. it's kind of funny that, you know, trump is so obsessed with people laughing at us but puttp is the one who is doing the laughing and he has reason to do it because he's playing us for trumps basically into funny but not funny at all. >> actually, megyn kelly is asking vladimir putin about sanctions right now. >> translator: happening to be frank

nationalistic, narrow—minded attitude of the british pre—negotiation, and when angela merkel said, and it was a direct message to mrsill ta ke direct message to mrs may, we will take our destiny in our hands, i say, yes, it is our turn after the referendum. interesting, iwill say, yes, it is our turn after the referendum. interesting, i will come to you in a moment, maria, but you'll thought is that, in terms of a lot of major european countries looking at this, they really don't mind who ends up in number ten? they don't mind. because the british ship has sailed. yes, because mrs may has shown that she is not a very good candidate, corbyn has been a better candidate, corbyn has been a better candidate, and it doesn't matter, they will both face the european union completely united in making britain pay — and a hard for quitting the european union. as an example to others, partly that. quitting the european union. as an example to others, partly thatm is even not the question, because today europe is united, macron in france, merkel in germany, to make europe work without britain. it is finished, practically. europe

mrs may said they would be given a new immigration status referred to as "settled eu". the german chancellor angela merkel called the plan a "good start" but said a lot of european citizens are concerned and not covered by the proposal. she told reporters that there is a "long way" to go for the negotiations. there's a new offensive taking place to gain control of raqqa, the syrian city which so—called islamic state regards as the capital of its declared caliphate. and in iraq, the un cultural organisation, unesco, has condemned the destruction of the great al—nuri mosque in mosul, which was blown up by islamic state militants. the building, with its famous, leaning minaret, was more than 800 years old. oil falls prey to the bears. crude is down some 20% this year, despite opec's attempt to prop it up. and it could have further to go. plus... on edge over brexit: germany's industrial giants fear for the future of their multi—billion dollar uk market. we report from the port city of bremen. welcome to world business report. i am rachel horne. we also have the story on the excessive borrowing by china's big

mr. pence also confirmed that he retained counsel. angela merkelnst the proposed expanded u.s. sanctions against russia. the plan passed in the senate with target energy companies doing business with russia. gasould threaten a planned pipeline between germany and russia. anyla merkel says that plant should not harm europe's economy. 2700ed by more than journalists and analysts in more than 27 countries, this is bloomberg. >> but review -- let's review a recap of today's market. you can see the doubt and the s&p 500 closing in the green. this is a fresh record for the dow jones. it has been an incredibly to -- incredibly choppy week for te ch. amazon bought whole foods. let me give you a look at what happened in terms of share price performance. amazon is unusually high. hope those is 29%. this is the first analyst to slap a $48 price tag on whole foods and say that we think this isn't the end game here. there could be a competitive rate coming in. there are research analysts saying that amazon is now the grim reaper for the grocery sector. there, s