he expects or he believes that the iranians want to achieve something ideally a corresponds alexander naaman reporting at the united nations thank you as always for your continued coverage. are you going to have to speak with some of the other stories making news around the world. the news top court has ruled that google is not required to apply the right to be forgotten rule to search results outside of europe google argue with that authoritarian governments could otherwise try to cover up human rights abuses if the e.u. regulation was applied worldwide. space supreme court has approved the government's plans to remove the remains of former dictator francisco franco from a state mausoleum the issue has divided opinion in spain the socialist government should now be able to we buried franco in a family plots and we dedicate his current grave site to victims of the spanish civil war. powerful earthquake has struck eastern pakistan killing at least 19 people and injuring hundreds more than a 5.2 magnitude tremor hit near the city of near port in pakistan administer kashmir the full extent of t

colleague political correspondent thomas sparrow and in a new york standing by for your use alexander von naaman i want to take a 1st to where alexandra in new york iran evidently a very big issue germany's chancellor angela merkel has met up with president trump and then she met with iran's president hassan rouhani behind closed doors is there a diplomatic initiative underway. well the german government is certainly trying to seize an opportunity here apparently believing that there is a chance for diplomacy right now and certainly seeing that we are at the crossroads and that moment and that the situation the conflict with iran can ask the late very clique the therefore the german government is engaging in talks with the side as well as the french government we have to understand that after the attacks on crucial oil facilities on saudi territory the you as threatened retaliation but so far president trump has shown restraint and i believe that the europeans understand that this is a crucial moment right now and therefore they are engaging in those talks right a crucial moment indeed thomas do

corresponded alexander von naaman spoke with one of the youth activists attending that climate summit at the un. gentle you from jamaica and you have quieted personal experience of climate change tell us more about that so for me i grew up in a rural community and for me a lot of persons depend entirely on the environmentalists maintain your host always maintain their families the changes that we've seen are particularly with joe so we're seeing more intense longer josephs means or less crops there's less money in the pocket of these farmers we're seeing more intense rainfall as a result we're seeing landslides again crops and being washed away and as a result that that not only has direct impact but indirect impact on consumers as well so as someone in your host or you know have to spend more money on food because the prices have raised there are no issues where landslides you can't get to work because there were blockages we know how water lacoste doing joe is as well and persons have to be know spending additional money to purchase water and now you're here in new york participatin

month just 4 weeks ago 22 people were killed by a gunman in the city of el paso correspondent alexander vaughn naaman had this to sense whether yet another mass shooting would have any impact on u.s. gun laws. there seems to be a sort of a momentum when president trump said that he wants to have stricter or universal background checks but then he backed down and then again he said that he may be willing to have universal background checks so the problem is that you always have a feeling that there is a momentum and that but then nothing happened and we actually have to add that the democrats they passed quite weeping connections that would require background checks for all gun purchases also in on the internet or at gun shows but the senate didn't do anything so it's really difficult to believe that that quote change. hong kong is braced for another day of disruption after violent clashes last night between protesters and police authorities had banned a planned march on the 5th anniversary of china's refusal to allow fully democratic elections in the territory but that didn't deter people from gather

going back to alexander for naaman in new york alexandra gretta wasn't really that well known in the states but has her presence there today been attracting more people to take part in the protests. i'd say it's probably the case because meanwhile she is a very prominent figure here in new york at least but i talked to some students about kreta and many told me that they really admired her and state think that her activists it's very important for pride is for future for this movement but also told me that they would be here anyway with or without threats out because they want to stand up for the future there's also another factor we need to mention in this context the education department in new york has allowed all student to ski classes to take part in this protest so without any penalties so that could be also a factor for many students you know to say ok then i'm going to be here and sue to take park part in this protest some political support coming from above alexander fundament in new york thank you so much. you're watching the news live from berlin coming up my colleague els

alexander from naaman she is at the united nations and joins me now from there alexander the u.s. president donald trump is due to speak there shortly what can we expect from him. so for me it's the 3rd time that i'm covering his address to the united nations and therefore i would expect him to focus once again on his america 1st poll the sea as he did last year and the year before he will probably talk about the importance of taking care of for the american people 1st before solving the world's problems he will probably talk about other nations who used to take advantage of the united states and that he. was president has been trying to change it we just got a few excerpts brought the white house. and indeed to data and evidence that he might be focusing on his america 1st policy so he is expected to say that i quote if you want freedom take pride in your country if you want a democracy hold on to your serenity if you want peace love your nation but of course we also expect him to talk about iran and to stress is to stress how much of the threat iran is and here it will be intere

would be prepared to hold talks the president from lifting sanctions against iran the w's alexander from naamanspoke with u.s. special representative for iran brian hall and asked him about washington strategy the u.s. government has imposed new sanctions and travel restrictions on the iranian regime but it's tehran as seems to remain defiant so it's you mexican and pressure strategy not working no we're very pleased with it and we're also very pleased here at the united nations this week that germany france and the united kingdom have announced that we need a new nuclear deal that is much more comprehensive than the iran nuclear deal that the united states left last year the iran nuclear deal failed to cover iran's missile program in fact it relaxed constraints on iran's missile program and now here today we see the consequences in the middle east with iran using missiles to attack saudi arabia so we think this was a very productive and good week with our european friends they all said that iran is behind the attack on saudi arabia so i think the press has overstated our differences and i thin

here in the studio is our political correspondent thomas sparrow and in new york alexandra fun naaman alexander let me start with you iran of course a very big issue today germany's chancellor angela merkel met 1st double trump and then iran's president rouhani behind closed doors this happened just moments ago is there a diplomatic initiative in the works here. well i think that the german government is certainly trying to seize an opportunity here they apparently believe that there is a chance for diplomacy and they certainly understand that we are at the crossroads right now and that the conflict with iran can ask collates very quickly we need to remember that after the attacks on the crucial oil facilities on saudi territory the you asked threatened to retaliate but so far president trump has shown restraint and sit down for i think the europeans are trying to get involved to get a gauge to talk to the parties to both countries because they know that this is a crucial moment right now in terms of the german chancellor angela merkel she spoke with the media after her meetings today and well

i taught us on the phone naaman in new york alexander has gotten books presence increased numbers well we not sure about that it looks like it's likely because we have to say that she was white the i'm known here in the you as but after her arrival here she has become sort of a problem in n.z. go here in new york but i talked to some students here about her and they told me that they know her they admired her they think that her activism is very important for this movement but they also told me that they would be here anyway with or without her and then the other thing that it's important to mention in this context is that the education department in new york city has allowed old students to skip classes today and to court dissipate and this protest without any penalties and that could be a factor as well so that many students has have said that they want to do it and it's to participate in this protest and what you enjoy the rest of the day for now though alexandra phenomena in new york thank you so as these mass protests are swept across palin and other major cities around the world

meeting at this monday let's go straight to w correspondent alexandra naaman who is standing by in new york tell us alexander what can we hope from these young people. well the young people here wants to make clear that they want to world to the jurors to act as if the world is on fire they have very concrete demands they want to see actions not only words they want the world leaders to curb carbon emissions than the ones they want them to and fossil fuel extraction and consumption they want them to prioritise front line communities in their transition to 100 percent we knew it will and and they also want them to promise to hold companies and institutions accountable for del pollution so this is a quite concrete plan and it's very interesting that this summit is going to be opened by the young activists and that you and secretary general is the key note listener so he wants to listen and to to learn what they have to say and what they have already been doing on the grounds to tackle this issue ok we're now showing our viewers some live pictures of that meeting as it opens. alexander's all on fire for the you

just a short while ago indeed obvious correspondent ugh zondervan naaman is at the united nations alexander and not surprisingly of course iran featured quite prominently in mr trump's speech we understand that germany's chancellor angela merkel has met with president trump reportedly there are also plans for her to meet with iran's rouhani. do you think that she can play a mediating role. well it appears live there for now that the german chancellor as well as the french president among the crow are trying to take the role of media tourists here to try to be the media truce between iran and the united states marco also met with rouhani yesterday and he is due to met with president to meet with president today and i think that what is what it is telling us is that the europeans are seeing a chance for diplomacy here president was very critical of iran and he's united nations addressed however he has so far shown restraint in the conflict in the crisis and he refrained from any military retaliation measures against iran and i think that the europeans understand that that is there a chance to

and let's go straight to the correspondent alex song vaughn naaman who is attending the opening of the u.n. youth climate summit alexander what exactly do the young activists hope to achieve . well the young activists they want the world leaders to act as if the world the world is on fire they want them to stop talking and to start taking action they want them to and fossil fuel extraction and consumption they want them to prioritise front line communities and workers in the transitioning to a 100 percent renewable economy and they want them to hold countries organisations and companies most responsible for pollution accountable and there are here to talk about that it was very telling that they opened this summit and tony a good terrace spoke here as well but he said that he actually wants to listen to the young people to learn how they are trying to tackle the issue what their are doing on the ground and they have been doing a lot. there we'll see what the world leaders decide to do if they hear what the young people have been saying do you think the massive turnout at yesterday's global fridays for the future protests