angela: a lot of it is being a disruptor.ave to look at this country, a per capita less than italy, so how has it been able to reassert itself on the global stage? it understands how to take advantage of mistakes made by the west, and move in and disrupt. a lot of it is sticking it in our eye. there is an oil interests, but i would not exaggerate that too much. david: to reference your book, how much is judo? angela: vladimir putin is a judo those skills uses to sense that when a stronger opponent is distracted, to sense up his weaknesses, and prevail. a lot of that you see that happening in venezuela and other parts of the world. david: how much of that is his doing, because he is cutting, smart, able, tough? how much have we given to him, given that we are off balance, have not had our act together, as it were? but we it is both, should not exaggerate how powerful he is. he is very shrewd, taking advantage of these opportunities. we have a disunited west. , whichred lines in syria turned into a morning. we need to be better

secretary of state mike pompeo and chancellor angela merkel stress they have the same values, but they agree on little else. iran is one of the main points of friction. also coming up, president trump looks set to start another care for, this time with mexico. he says he will impose tariffs and mexico does not stop the flow of undocumented migrants into the u.s. the philippines hopes to end the trade in trash. it has shipped back to canada 69 containers of trash that were in a port for five years. the philippines says it will no longer be a rubbish dump for rich countries. thank you for joining us. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo's european tour got off to a strained to start when he ended german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on very much at all in berlin.

. >>> somebody threw eggs at angela alioto's house. civil rights attorney explains this could be a reaction to her use of the 'n- word' while describing one of her cases. >> could evening. >> we will begin tonight on getting up-to-date on a little bit of wet weather in the bay area tonight. a live look at the san mateo bridge which did have a few drops on the length a few minutes ago. it is not amounting to much more than that. high definition doppler showing a narrow but robust band of rain moving to the area across the east bay and the central part of the peninsula. you pull back and it looks like next to nothing. it will continue to fall in the bay area. they are moving so quickly they are not leaving much on the ground. a little bit over in daly city and south san francisco. we will get a few showers persisting overnight. it should not affect the morning commute. just a couple hundredths of an inch of rain. then there are changes ahead never cover the forecast and a few minutes. >>> the east bay family now looking for the driver of

secretary of state's might from tehran chancellor angela merkel stress they have the same values but they agree on little else iran is the main cause of friction also coming out the skull cap traditionally worn by jewish men is the focus of debate as the number of anti semitic incidents in germany rises we meet a man who covers just kept up whenever he leaves his home and. i mean you could as mckinnon thanks so much for joining us a european tour by the u.s. secretary of state might pompei it got off to a strange start when he and german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on anything very much in berlin they did agree that they had shared values but there was little meeting of minds beyond that policy towards iran is the main cause of friction between the 2 allies. it took my palm peo 400 days to find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor angela merkel on trouble spots afghanistan syria libya and iran. the world is in great turmoil above all the question of the run and how to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. nor

backed by german chancellor angela merkel. and then there is frans timmermans from the socialist and democrats in the apartment. he is calling for more social justice in the eu. and then there is margrethe vestager from denmark. her alliance gained 40 seats in the election last week. she has the backing of emmanuel macron. it is a complicated picture. we are hoping that max hofmann can clear things up for us a little. good to see you. it seems like there is a lot of disagreement in the eu over this question. max: and like you said, it is extreme he complicated. we could not even talk about a 10th of what is going on if you think about all the different countries and interests. north, south, social democrats, liberals, conservatives. but the true frontline we have right now you mentioned it is between angela merkel and emmanuel macron. angela merkel is supporting this process which is called, and you explained it. i know it is a terrible word but it basically says that only those who have officially been lead candidates for the

most member states will be voting on sunday, including germany, but the election campaign run by angelaerkel's conservatives has come under pressure from an unexpected source. a group of the youtube influencers. this group of young people are not normally known for politics, but they are so worried that they have called on voters to boycott germany's main parties and vote forifferent ones instead. it started with a video posted by a young music producer. the whole thing has shaken the popolitical establishment. what is this video statement all about? >> this is a big deal happening in germany. this so-called youtube influencer talked about climate change, education, war -- all these major issues, accusing the government of angela merkel, even their junior coalition, the centnterleft here in germany, oa sickly failing them, failing their future and things going in the worst direction under their rule. now we have this statement that focuses just on climate change, bringing together more than 80 youtube stars to get young people awake and aware and out to vote in the sunday's european ele

of next to business news the africa the german chancellor angela merkel is visiting a continent in the region the last terrorism conference major concern so is europe doing enough to promote the economic development and would help stop the bottom's. decision because they will have got that story more in just a moment and on the back of the talk of the good day. i'm secure in that volume or that's hard and in the end is a me you are not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers when lyon said the what's your story. on what numbers and women especially in victims of violence. take part and send us your story train all with understand this new culture. you are not a visitor nothing yet you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. german chancellor angela merkel is visiting africa's central sun hell region where terrorism and conflict are major concerns and economic development is severely lacking so what are the needs in the region and is europe doing enough. and one bucket at a time will sho

secretary of state, mike pompeo has chancellor angela merkel in berlin.the talks were c cordial, but there was no meeting of minds on relations with iran and other issues. you're watching dw. you can get the latest on a website, dw.com. we will have more news coming up on the day. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ reporter is on france twenty four i'm from twtwenty four dot comm. good evening and thanks for joining us tonight for life from paris i'm not a messy here the headlines at ten pm. hitting back at donald trump mexico's president cools the america fast slogan a fallacy and says he won't be provokes. this off the washington issues an ultimatum cup migration or we will impose sweeping tariffs. a final farewell to an icon of congo's opposition tens of thousands gathering in contrast to to pay tribute to extend to she caddy. his body is belatedly repatriates is. after his death. and abortion services in missouri will

sanctions german chancellor angela merkel held a press conference at which she addressed the issue. it's now even more important that europe shows a united front here we do not want an escalation but we want to keep using diplomatic two three we know our limitations but we all agree that the more united europe is the better the chance we have if using dialogue to find possible solutions. for. severe welcome back gail so we had the german chancellor saying but she's aware of the limitations in this situation perhaps you could outline for us. well the limitations are pretty clear the problem that the european union house is that they do want to encourage straight with iran at a time when the u.s. threatened sanctions to any business that tries to trade with iran now they've developed a mechanism that allows the food supplies to be traded but that does not clearly apply to all or any just extensional big companies that would like to trade with iran but that's a fear sanctions so instead what the europeans have to do is they focus on diplomacy and that is why both german chancellor ange

were here at this what was the highlight event for the european peoples party here in germany with angela merkel making her only appearance within any supporting month on stage having said that i mean the average age here in the room probably would have been above 50 so you do you definitely didn't have a room full of you tube is here and of course i spoke to delegates some who felt that this was unjust criticism one does have have to bear in mind also that this video was just mentioned is essentially a single issue campaign now to basically punish parties for simply not being good enough as it's being portrayed on climate change and this is something the delegates i spoke to here felt that there was a lack of complexity but what is really apparent is that there is a big divide between these very young people who are being addressed and what really is the mainstream political enactment of campaigning that we saw here this evening so do they see this as any sort of threat so will it be business as usual as far as they're concerned. they do see it as a threat this was not debated here today

disagree over who should succeed him and how that candidate should be chosen a german chancellor angela merkel and french president in modern mccomb are at odds over this issue. let's take a look at what makes the job of european commission president so important. now the european commission proposes legislation so the president has a powerful role in shaping laws that affect the entire e.u. and the commission president appoints the e.u. commissioners with one commissioner from each member state the president decides who is in charge of what which countries commissioner is responsible for trade and migration and energy and so on well let's take a look at the front runners in this race for the top job there is first germany's month a day by he here is what not him yet but this is from tim amounts we'll look at in a moment but month as a leading candidate for the largest group in the parliament the conservative european people's party backed by german chancellor angela merkel and this is as we just said funds to moments from the socialists and democrats group health from the netherlands h

angela merkel has no power to start another change in the leadership. it is the decision of the party. there is not, appetite within the party for a change in leadership. akk will probably stay put. they will have tough regional elections in the fall. do not expect to change anytime soon. angela merkel is taking a dim view of things. david: it certainly appears show -- appears so. patrick donahue reporting from berlin. let's turn to maria taddeo in brussels. maria: we are now digesting the results from the european parliamentary elections on sunday. a lot more political fragmentation, and that makes things in brussels more difficult. on paper and principal, the winner of the election is a christian democrat closely aligned angela merkel who should lead the negotiation to become the next commission president. we understand she is losing momentum by the hour and we have emmanuel macron who said the competition should be more open and he pointed to names like michel barnier, another frenchman who has led the negotiation. it is clear european officials and

secretary of state might on payout when chancellor angela merkel stressed take up the same values but they agree on little else iran is one of the main points which . also coming out president trump looks set to start another trait during this time with mexico he says he'll be imposed terrorist attacks so doesn't stop the flow of the undocumented migrants into the u.s. . and that coverage traditionally worn my jewish man the focus of debate has a number of anti-semitic incidents in germany right that we need to back to congress to kick out whenever he leaves their home or. i'm sumi so it's kind of good to have you with us u.s. secretary of state mike pompei as european tour got off to a strained to start when he and german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on very much at all and berlin they did agree that they had shared values but there was little meeting of minds beyond that policy towards iran is the main cause of friction between the 2 allies. it took mike pompei 0400 days to find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor a

of state mike pompei as european tour got off to a strange a start when he and german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on very much at all in berlin they did agree that they had shared values but there was little meeting of minds beyond that policy towards iran is the main cause of friction between the 2. it took mike pompei 0400 days to find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor angela merkel on trouble spots afghanistan syria libya and iran. the world is in great turmoil above all the question of the round house will prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. nor did pump ayos discussions with germany's foreign minister bring the 2 countries closer together washington has been raising the pressure on iran well european countries struggle to save the nuclear deal iran signed 4 years ago. this is also no secret that we are pursuing different approaches towards that and. why from our point of view instead of europe as a whole preservation of the nuclear deal increases international safety and that's important to us but time

german chancellor, angela merkel, has hit back at populist politicians.eds to fight back against nationalism. her comments came on the same day that leaders of far right parties across europe spoke at a rally in milan, led by italian deputy prime minister matteo salvini. ramzan karmali reports. it was a show of force by italy's deputy prime minister, matteo salvini. he was along for a rally, drumming up support for next week's european elections. he had invited far right and nationalist leaders and mps from 11 other countries across europe. they are all united underan anti—migrant, anti—islam and anti—bureaucracy banner. they are seeking historic results in these elections, in their bid to transform european politics. translation: on the 26th of may, we will bring this revolution of common sense throughout europe. on the 26th of may, we will return power to the peoples. on the 26th, with us, europe will raise its head. long live italy, long live france, and long live the nations of europe. the organiser of the events told the bbc‘s ros atkins who he's bac

black women from around the country came in led by, among others, angela davis.ou stood with your sister congressmembers rashida tlaib, ayanna pressley, and people expressed their support for you, deeply concerned about the spike in a number of death rates against you. and president trump's singler attack on you. we will go to that in one moment. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman. african-american women leaders gathered on capitol hill tuesday in defense of congress member ilhan omar, one of the first two muslim congresswomen in history and the first member of congress to wear a hijab. omar has been the target of numerous right-wing attacks since taking office, including by president donald trump himself. omar says death threats against her have spiked in number since president trump tweeted a video juxtaposing her image with footage of the 9/11 attacks. congresswomen ayanna pressley and rashida tlaib, civil rights icon angela davis, and others, addressed the crowd tuesday to urge congress to censure president trump -- who they referred

secretary of state mike pompei a one german chancellor angela merkel could agree on very little except their shared values on trade security and iran are germany and the u.s. postwar allies and partners drifting ever further apart. thanks to the united states is and continues to be the most important partner for germany outside of europe germany is a great important partner an ally of the united states and its artists we agree that we have to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons so it's no secret that we have differences with regards to the right approach to pursue and we will do our best to enforce the american sanctions regime that is would have been put in place . also coming up on the day smoking is bad for you but what about vaporing on world no tobacco day we look at a popular alternative to regular cigarettes and find out just how good an alternative it really is we know from animal and soul experiments that the paper causes inflammation in cells and when does this suggests that in addition to inflammation it could result in a long term damage such as cancer. we start wit

ika: in germany, angela merkel has been seated her succession plans have fallen apart.arent may not be -- up to the job. she has seen her popularity slide since taking a breath leader of the christian democratic union in december. on sunday, she oversaw the cbu's worst ever results in a national election. european union may reward brexit negotiator michel barnier with the top job of leading the european commission. france is pushing its candidate. it has spain and ireland in its quarter. eu leaders have gary in brussels -- havess who should gathered in brussels to discuss who should lead the block. iran says america has not grown in power in recent years. the u.s. recently sent an aircraft carrier and bomber to the region over an unexplained threat. troops of0 american been employed. a rocky summer may be in store for american troops traveling by air. 257 million people will fly from june the first to the end of august. hundreds of airport security personnel may be reassigned. the continued grounding of the boeing 737 max is still a problem. global news 24 hours a day,

angela merkel said germany will be joining the initiative. >> many expect her to send a strong signalshe admits germany has not met its goals. >> we have agreed d on quite a t and have set targets, but there is a gap for the first goal in 2020. >> back in 27 -- 2007, gerermany was ahead. she talked about global warming as a crucial issue. government leaders agreed to a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050, but in germany, things look a bit different. the goal to reduce by 40% will nonot be met. instead, her government decided to continue ususing call -- coa. a 2050 goal to reach google seo to is a no go, but she i is up o the idea stop >> how can we achieve thihis objecective by 2? the quesestion is not whether we can do it, but how we can do it. if we can find a reasonable answer t to this question, we cn join the initiative of the other member states. >> for many young people, it is simply not enough. many of those who take part were only toddlers when angela merkel came to power and greenhouse gases have hardly decreased. brent: changes to the climate are moni

i'm concerned there was a cancellation with angela merkel.many when it comes to sanctions on iran. germany may be unhappy with the oil sanctions we put on european countries because of iran. but it doesn't make sense to like not do see angela merkel. the russia visit is very important. if it does take place and i hope it does. russia is not being our friend on iran, on syria, on ukraine, on terrorism. they have an american named paul whelan that they won't allow a private citizen like myself to talk to the russians about getting him out. things with russia, despite this phone call with the president and putin, they get along fine but the relationship is on every front, arms control, too, energy is in tatters. >> shepard: thanks, bill. after more than 500 days behind bars in burma, a pair of journalists walked free from prison. there they are. they were smiling and waving. in september, officials sentenced them to seven years in prison. they said they'll illegally possessed official documents. before their arrest, they were in burma to investi

you saw that toward the end of angela ahrendts' tenure. back to that hard push of iphone sales and upgrades. they will continue to reverse the sales slowdown of their key products. emily: has apple given you any response to this report? mark: no. they declined to comment. they did hire a new retail chief. that is giving a lot of optimism inside the company, especially with 70,000 retail employees who think there will be positive changes. it is important to be noted, when you have so many stores across the world, there are 505 now, as of this week, there is a new store opening in washington, d.c. there are going to be mixed opinions. in recent years, under angela ahrendts, there has been an increase in complaints about customer service, people not agreeing with the direction. there is optimism that there is going to be a shift back to what was so successful under previous retail heads. emily: bloomberg's mark gurman. and that does it for this edition of "best of bloomberg technology." you can tune in. you can check us out on technology and

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angela merkel made it very clear she doesn't want matteo salvini as an ally.s the next move, and also many times we don't have long memories, we don't remember things that happened recently. five yea rs things that happened recently. five years ago there was another italian matteo, that time it was metteo renzi, his democrats were up 40% five years ago, exactly five years ago at the european elections, and he is now out of... he is in the senate but he is not leading any more the party. salvini will also also be very careful not to follow that path. 0k, really good to get your analysis. thank you so much for joining us from rome. editor of lower republican newspaper. we were saying earlier it's difficult to generalise the trends across the eu because it differs country to country, it's as much about what happens in those countries as it does the views towards the european union. and no greater example for that than spain where the socialist party were comfortably the largest party. let's take a look at the results there. the socialist getting 20 seats, the peo

plus, we will hear excerpts from tuesday's rally outside the capitol when angela davis and other prominent african-amemerin women gather to show support for omar. including her colleagues rashida tlaib and ayanna pressley. all that and more, cominup. welcome to docracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. venezuelan president nicas maduro says he's defeated a coup attempt launched by oppotion leader juan guaido, the president of the venezuelan national assbly. on tueuesday morning guaido , appepeared in an o online vid, standing among heavilyly armed soldiers, callining for the military too oust maduro but the venezuelan military appears to have remained largely behind maduro. during the day, clashes broke

also coming up german chancellor angela merkel has begun to all of africa region we speak to a security expert on the growing problem in the area. you're welcome to the program she is known as the golden girl. in two time olympic gold medalist in the woman's eight hundred meter competition and three time world champion but had to keep competing in women's sports. take medication to reduce head testosterone level this. sports this mishap to you again. ration to compete without medication the ruling could have a huge impact on hair on the future of the sports. caster semenya became a sensation off today championships in berlin in two thousand and nine i she was only a teenager when she won the eight hundred meter is the name well champion had been a virtual unknown. she was hailed as odd golden girl back in south africa even meeting then president jacob zuma. this. is pretty. green. but a storm was brewing in the sporting world the i.w. f. the athletics governing body ordered her to take a gender test. servers worldwide speculated about whether the shyster manuf was into sex she was initi

. >> thank you angela. and i'm really excited to be in a multi-disciplinary panel because i think that is kind of my main thinking, i went mainly with political leaders are trained to do something, to influence others to create a space where people can take action both internationally and in the islands and between islands. but as a person in the united states, i have realized in the last year, that what really needs to happen is that we all need to be working on changing hearts and minds. people really understand climate change is coming but if i'm

angela merkel addresses harvard's graduating class. the german canceler makes her case for a -- the german chancellor says truth must not be identified as lies, nor lies as truth. also coming up, dwindling hopes of finding survivors. this is the chancelloror here we are looking at, these pictures of herer living thee harvard commencementnt address. we will begin some analysis of that shortly. also coming up, dwindling hope of finding survivors of budapest's boat tragedy. 21 people are still missing after a tourist boat sank last night as a criminal investigation into the accident gets under way. and the mothers who refuse to give up hope. these mexican women have taken the search or their missing women into their own hands in the country where tens of thousands have disappeared. thank you for joining us. german chancellor angela merkel has delivered the commencement address for this year's graduating class at harvard university. she reflected on germany's past, speaking of her formative years growing up in the shadow of the berlin wall

. >> angela, a rebuttal?'s what we have to remember when we're making policy in this country. there's always a human face attached to the policy. if a woman is willing to risk rape, willing to take her kids out of school from whatever country she originated or the family originated there has to be a reason for that. i would submit to you the answer is not lindsey graham's new proposed legislation where he is willing to now detain migrant children not just 20 days, but up to 100 days. in april over 100,000 people were detained and 60% were families and children. the real crisis here is that humanity has been distanced from policy and anytime that happens you have a crisis. the crisis is one of consciousness. the crisis is one of morality. it's one of a human rights nature. and we can't divorce ourselves from that. is he willing to tell us that the rapists and drug dealers he talked about during his campaign are these families and these children? i think not. >> angela -- >> that's the real crisis here. >> you

german chancellor angela merkel has been honored by one of the world's most prestigious universities harvard university has awarded her an honorary doctorate in law chancellor merkel received a degree german ceremony on campus in cambridge massachusetts she's also due to give the commencement speech invest in 2 hours bring that to you live. so it will join d.w. washington bureau trees chief alexandra from norman outside harvard university welcome alexandra why did they choose chancellor merkel. well we have to say that she is here among friends and many people who admire and respect her and when the announcement was made the president of the university said in a statement that angle on merkel is one of the most whites of the at my art and influential states people of all worth times that her leadership has done much to shape the course of her nation and the course all fueled so these were very flattering words even more flattering was to video the university put together or to end now in some miracle and this as this year's commencement speaker let's have a look at the speak. it's ve

angela merkel has made it clear it should reflect the election results.ch bigger competition with other names. what is interesting is that the french president is already searching for support. are ready out there trying to get what he thinks will be the best candidate for the commission. the spanish prime minister yesterday to gather support for maybe an alternative candidate. matt: how is this going to impact the brexit negotiations? >> that is a real concern because we do have a situation look at thisopeans as a legal necessity. but we do not know if a new prime minister will feel they need to stick with the original deadline or the halloween deadline. the concern in brussels is that if we -- the european commission and the european central bank will very much be in transition. and it is difficult to see how we get a quick resolution to the national tension to see who should get what here and in frankfurt. matt: maria, thank you for joining us from brussels with the latest. we still have our cohost with us on set in london from state street. for thisth

is in berlin for talks with german chancellor angela merkel and foreign minister. america's top diplomat down in the german capital this morning 3 weeks after he suddenly postponed his trip to germany at the very last minute instead he flew off to iraq to win support for washington's position in growing tensions with iran and the differences in the u.s. and europe and iran on a things are also expected to be high on the agenda in berlin. now from all i had with me political correspondents welcome simon now secretary of state is visiting berlin for the 1st time and we know after he abruptly canceled his previous trip what is on the agenda and the still you have the secretary of state's finally got got to germany a year after he took office as you mentioned he's here to have meetings with foreign minister models or with chancellor americal and there's quite a few there's a list you could say of complaints that the trumpet ministration have about german policy and pompei you mentioned some of them as he set off in particular that battle over germany's military spendin

angela merkel ahead. been showered with compliments and praise here for her leadership for her commitment and she was described by the president of the university as one of the most widely at my earth and influential states people of our word time so that is there a reason why she has been chosen to hold this commencement speech here and i talked to many students who told me that they respect her that some of them even think she is a role model and they have high expectations with regards to her speech this afternoon let's have a listen this design it's got. everything a bungalow medical frustrates us who want to know how to lead what the tablets in the world is what the issues that she's confronted with daily and this is what we're looking forward to be inspired by i think not only germany but europe as a whole needs to redefine its relationship with the united states going forward and i hope that i know america can pass their way forward for that she's a true leader that we really want to hear what she

meantime the germans get their chance to vote in the european elections on sunday so far chancellor angela merkel has mostly stayed out of the campaign there was concern that merkel could damage the prospects of her party the christian democrats as well as her successor in the role of head of the party. europe's most powerful woman also used to be the poster girl for her conservative c.d.u. party in e.u. elections but that is history this time angela merkel left the e p p's widely unknown top candidate monthly to be mostly out alone to face the public and it was merkel successor c.d.u. carty leader and a great come come by our many already see is potential next chancellor it took on the heavy political lifting in the talks. and in their targets in search of for us conservatives right wing populists are not potential coalition partners we don't want to and we won't work with them. with nothing less than the future of europe at stake this raises the question where was. busy governing is the sort of answer within a few summit in romania a climate dialogue in berlin and a trip to africa merkel

merkel's party as a new leader and angela merkel's party as a new leaderand in angela merkel's partyhe has reported to have been pushing for perhaps angela merkel not to stay as long as 2021, which is the end of herterm. stay as long as 2021, which is the end of her term. that political drama has been generating more interest than the drama around who takes over at the commission. thanks very much. a lot of domestic politics playing out in these elections as well. nevada is the first state in america to have more women than men running its local politics. after the election last year, politics. after the election last yea r, 52% of politics. after the election last year, 52% of the state legislature is female. 0n the whole these female politicians are younger and more diverse. there are several african—americans, hispanics, even one native american and one asian american. the vast majority of these women are democrats. but it's not just that nevada has looked different, it eats acting differently. it is proposing a bill to do with sexual assault and women's health and sex trafficking

netanyahu fails to form a government the knesset votes to send the country back to the polls plus angela merkel is honored at harvard the university confers an honorary doctorate on germany's long serving chancellor as she prepares to hold harvard's commencement speech. i'm sorry kelly to the program rescuers in budapest say that there is quote minimal chance of finding survivors after a boat accident on the danube late on wednesday police have also launched a criminal investigation after a sightseeing vessel collided with another boat in bad weather more than 30 south korean tourists were on board 7 are confirmed dead so far. as day broke in budapest most of the passengers who had been aboard the mermaid were still missing authorities have located the boat on the river bed of the danube but they say it could take days to bring it to the surface. in seoul south korea's president announced they were sending a rapid response team to budapest. hungary. government will work closely with the hungaroring government to investigate the cause of the accident for the child's correlated departments

german chancellor angela merkel's visiting africa's central sun hell region where terrorism and conflict are major concerns and economic development is severely lacking so what are the needs in the region and is europe doing enough. and one bucket at a time will show you the back breaking work behind bali's rapid urbanisation which depends on buckets of sand from the nearby the shared river. also on the show france and germany team up to subsidize battery cell production they call it a strategic investment in the face of tough asian competition others say it's a waste of money and. welcome to the business africa i'm stephen beard's in relent thanks for watching german chancellor angela merkel has pledged more than one hundred fifteen million euros in aid to west african countries in the sahara zone of funds or earmarked for development aid in particular police and education michael's three day visit includes stops in burkina faso mali and the share with mauritania and chad the nations are central to the germans to hell strategy itself part of a larger emphasis on the region terrorism and

largest group the parliament the conservative european people's party backed by german chancellor angela merkel. then we have funds to moments from the socialists and democrats a group heading from the netherlands he's calling for most social justice in the e.u. and then we have a vest from denmark alliance of liberals and democrats gained 40 seats in last week's election actually has the backing of the french president emmanuel. w. brussels a beautiful chief. is following the summit so let's get the latest welcome max so is there still quite a lot of disagreement. because successor there is but lucky are those groups in the european parliament that have a so-called so you know a lead candidate because not all groups in the european parliament have what you just mentioned 2 of the most prominent one which is monthly to be able for the conservative funds to moments for the social democrats and so i talked with a woman who's the leader of the social democratic group in the european parliament and who has been fighting for this process all along and he seemed quite happy when i when i told

now pompous visitor but in comes a day after as i mentioned german chancellor angela merkel delivered the commencement address at harvard university her advice to the graduating class was laced with indirect criticism of dollars. have a listen. tear their own waltz of ignorance and narrow mindedness on that one thing has to stay as it is. it was one of several standing ovations for the german chancellor during hurricane and speech she ended and began in english highly unusual for an american at such a major event. then gets awfully if we step out and embrace new beginnings everything is possible. for the normally cautious pragmatic politician this was a far reaching to do list she spoke of halting global warming eradicating starvation eliminating diseases giving people especially girls access to education and fighting the causes of displacement and forced migration and forced migration that's we can do all of that. the harvard commencement speech is by tradition inspirational setting the bar high for graduating students merkel urged them not to act impulsively but to take a moment to

find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor angela merkel on trouble spots afghanistan syria libya and iran. it is in great turmoil above all the question of the round house will prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. nor did pump ayos discussions with germany's foreign minister bring the 2 countries closer together washington has been raising the pressure on iran well european countries struggle to save the nuclear deal iran signed 4 years ago this this is also no secret that we are pursuing different approaches towards that. at the rate at why from our point of view in europe as a whole preservation of the nuclear deal increases international safety and that's important to us but time is running out iran is threatening to stop complying with parts of the nuclear deal if signatories don't find a way to soften u.s. sanctions iran is primarily dependent on income from the sale of oil washington sanctions have effectively choked off that money supply we will do our best to enforce the american sanctions regime that is but it been

also coming out german chancellor angela merkel has begun a three day toll of africa's a hell region we speak to a security expert on the growing militants problem in the area. you're welcome to the program she is known as the golden girl of south africa in two time limpid gold medalist in the woman's eight hundred meter competition and three time world champion boxer had to keep competing in women's sports caster semenya will have to take medication to reduce that to start strong level this is off the court of arbitration for sports this mishap deal against international law that is federation to compete without medication the ruling could have a huge impact on hair on the future of the sports. caster semenya became a sensation off today it's lessees world championships in berlin in two thousand and nine she was only a teenager when she won the eight hundred meters and while champion had been a virtual unknown. she was hailed as our golden girl back in south africa even meeting then president jacob zuma. of the north. korean. but a storm was brewing in the sporting world the i w f t

angela merkel is shuffling around the deck chairs, i think it is fair to say. and doesn't go over to the conservative wing of her party? that is what she staved off. alix: all right. looking at the markets here, this story is bond yields,. . it is a safe haven trade -- bond yields, full stop. trade in thehaven bonds. trend, notng its own swept up in any kind of safe haven bid, up by about 1%. david: now let's turn to the morning brief. today, eu leaders are in brussels continuing deliberations over who will take control of the council, the commission, and the european central bank. tomorrow, the ecb releases its semiannual financial stability review. on thursday we get the second rate of u.s. gdp's and china pmi's, and costco and dollar tree will release earnings for the last quarter. on friday, the feds preferred inflation gauge, as well as personal spending numbers for april. now it is time for bloomberg first take. abramovitzed by lisa and marty schenker. first off, this is what president trump had to say. pres. trump: i think they probably wish they made th

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