angela merkel heads east for an official visit to china.us will be an economic cooperation and trade. david tweed joins us from hong kong. angela merkel is heading to the capital of the szechuan province. why is she heading there? chinary time she comes to , she goes to a separate provincial city. this time the city is in the szechuan province. even though it is not a state visit, it is treated like a state visit with all of the protocol. this time it is interesting that she has chosen this city because you can see it, it is considered to be in the western part of china. president is trying to encourage investment in th einner partst of in china. most of the economic growth has been focused on the coastal areas. which isgh chengdu, considered a second tier city, with 14 million people, it is at the top of the secondary ones, even though it is considered to be, such a large city, it is still considered to be underdeveloped. it is interesting that even though we do not expect to see ere, angela merkel is going there with the head of volkswage

back to you. >> angela merkel gets what angela merkel wants. the question, will it be you or i waiting forelady decisions to be made? we'll see. >>> now back to russia. fresh international sanctions has been strong. the country's foreign minister says a new round of sanctions as the u.s. plan toes take revenge. the ministry added it will not tolerate u.s. blackmail and reserves a right to take retaliatory measures. the micex is down 2.6%, the dollar/ruble trading higher, but just to give you a bit of perspective on this, we'll have a look at the dollar/prubl performance. back in the middle of march time, april, that is the story now to change year-to-date, just down 4.5% on that market, too, because of the gains we saw in the may/june period, too. so let's introduce our guest. chris, i'll begin with you. we were just saying to annette there, don't discount angela merkel's influence on what she's doing wind the scenes here. what are your thoughts on her ability to maneuver towards peace? >> i think her role is absolutely critical. you happen, wi

merkel isnd, angela said to pay an official visit to china will stop the focus of the trip, the seventhhina will be economic cooperation and trade. david tweed joins us from hong kong. welcome back. merkel is heading to chang tzu which of course is the capital of dishes one province in western china. why there? >> well, it is not actually a state visit that she will be honored because she is not the head of state. the chinese treat it like a state visit. one of the things in the that they must visit one of the other cities outside of beijing. from what i understand, speaking to diplomats, there will not be any deals assigned. volkswagenl go to a plant. she will visit a training facility. it is actually really symbolic what she's doing. , they're trying to develop these mainland towns. them -- for two million people there. it is one of the second tier chinese cities. what they're trying to do is to get more investments from companies, european companies which tend to cling to the chinese coach because that is the most economically developed .art fo they will have the head of gw. this wil

about china,ng angela merkel.i would have thought the amount of capital goods that germany produces that germany would have a surplus in trade but even they have a deficit with china. >> there has been a lot of downswing in exports for china because of the end of christmas. manyhina does not need as goods as they used to. >> they are making cars there now which they have been visiting among other things. >> exactly. >> do you think china has a friend in germany in terms of the political landscape or do there needs to be a warmer relationship, at least from china's point of view? >> i think germany needs china more than china needs germany. germany is interested in how -- china did a deal with russia over gas. making good friends with china right now is probably in germany's interest. something that happened during the news conference i thought would really irritate angela merkel. said mrs. merkel, i would like to remind you that this is the anniversary of the july 7 china byor attack on japan. has done this before

and angela merkel's unfinished is mess.l needs to achieve before the end of her trip to china. ♪ welcome back to "the pulse." let's take a quick check on the currency markets. looking at a five day chart of the dollar. the dollar stronger, hitting a one-week high. this comes after goldman sachs brought forward its forecast for rate hike. that is sending the dollar higher right now. we will continue to track the equity markets and currency markets throughout the day on bloomberg. what we're watching for the rest of today, let's bring in our international respondent hans nichols who was in berlin. angela merkel will close out her visit to china today. what is your plan for the rest of the day? >> in a way, her visit was a bit of a victory lap. volkswagen announcing the joint ventures to much to new plant in germany. my understanding of what her agenda for the rest of the day has and the next 24 hours, very simple. jet home quickly so she can watch germany in the semi final match tuesday night. i don't know if she has a satell

angela merkel and vladimir putin are calling for a ceasefire.hil ittner is in london, and tell us more about what president putin had to say, and any reaction to what president obama just had to say? >> as far as vladimir putin is concerned, let's go there first. vladimir putin has come out and said there needs to be an investigation. that there should be a negotiation started to try to end this conflict. but we are seeing these two sides -- basically two sides lining up as they have since this entire conflict began. and each point the finger at one another, saying all of this is your fault. the west says russia is instigating this, sending in russian support. and that's where these trained operatives have come from, and that's what the west and the government in kiev is saying. moscow and vladimir putin are saying you guys caused the instability, you drove -- you, the europe and the west, and the new regime in kiev, you drove the separatists to rise up and create an unstable situation in the east of the country that lead to this tragedy. del, l

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angela merkel has a good relationship with vladimir putin. germany being a client state when it comes to energy needs for its country, directly from russia. does she emerge as the person to be considered the most honest broker in all of this? >> i'm not sure we're talking about brokering. we're talking about putting more pressure on russia. much better help for ukraine. more bolstering of nato. the real question, putin for the first time, if he faces a much more robust and antagonistic europe, and much more of a united front between the united states and europe, does that get mr. putin to reconsider his policy? up until now, he's done it with limited cost. that's the biggest issue. >> okay. we had senator john mccain and others calling for a harder line policy. whether it be directly from us or from our allies involved, as well, to go against russia. that this is going to be vladimir putin's problem. we had vladimir putin talking to the president, while the president is conveying new sanctions against russia. and vladimir putin reveals this p

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german german chancellor angela merkel has arrived in beijing for a 3-day visit, meeting the premier and prime minister for trade talks. she has brought a delegate of top executives from german companies. adrian brown sent us the latest from beijing. >> the german chancellor angela merkel has been to beijing seven sometimes signs 2006, indicating the importance of this developing relationship. the value of trade is put at 200 billion an astonishing vigor. the visit began in a chinese city. she visited a volkswagen factory. they are feeding into an obsession with a car. there are many vehicles on chinese roads, and chinese want german-made cars. most cars that government officials drive around with are german made. 75 are exports to the county from germany the the chinese president was that germany speaking again about how important this relationship was. it's the sort of relationship that the rest of europe must recard with envy. it's been overshadowed by the domestic security agency who said they believe small companies are victims of industrial espionage by the chinese. they are ea

. >> he sent his chief of staff and his counter terrorism advisor to meet with angela merkel toth -- angela ruffle feathers. >> they're mad at each other. and now the c.i.a. spying which angela merkel was upset that her cell phone was being tapped. they arrested a german intelligence offer for spying from the c.i.a. so dennis mcdonagh not normally a position that does international missions like this personally with angela merkel to try to smooth it over. but they need her to be in lock step. they've all come to a crescendo at this very moment. we're upset with egypt because they had a military coupe. but we need egypt to work with hamas to get them to back off. we are kind of on the same side in iraq against the rebels there. >> there's the egypt one but there's also turkey where the president, this prime minister decided to say this week that i don't really talk to barack obama anymore. he's got his internal domestic reasons as well. >> we saw this week in the effort to reach a cease-fire between hamas and israel. not just egypt but qatar and turkey and being to leverage and influen

among them, angela merkel. we will go to our correspondent nick spicier to find out if they are together or separate. it's likely to cause a bit of a fuss. we will go to him in just a moment. the news we have for you now, take a look at these pictures, a landslide in japan. it killed a 12-year-old boy, the river bursting its banks sending mud and rocks into the farming town. the typhoon is blamed for the deaths of two others and dozens of injuries elsewhere in japan and that is where we're going now to learn about weather conditions and what this typhoon has already done and could do. >> the good news is the winds are dropping out quite smartly. you can see how it's just starting to fall apart. this is so the south of tokyo. that's what remains of the system. not too much more in terms of the intensity of the winds. this is moving around 50 kilometers per hour. that's quite a lick and continue making its way northeast moving into the open waters pretty quickly. friday, we are going to see very heavy rain just p

. >> and angela merkel placed the blame square on russia and ukraine, the situation there. it's russia that's responsible for what is happening in ukraine at the moment. and vladimir putin said that ukraine was to blame for starting a war with the insurgents. and called for a cease-fire. the key question, does this downing of a plane bring down even more financial sanctions against russia? and natural gas supplies, the pipeline runs through ukraine to europe. would europe risk the possibility of being cut off from supplies from russia if we see this? >> thanks. let's deal with this. it's going to be germany and europe dealing with this. >> angela merkel, she's absolutely critical to getting germany on board. i think putin, a bit of irony here. putin said all of russia's actions are a function of representing russia's interests without borders. now, the rest of the world needs to protect their interests, and i don't believe we can avoid a major response here. and i do think people are struggling to see where the impact is. i think this should be raising the risk levels for m

david cameron said he's in agreement with french president francois hollande and german chancellor angela merkel that further sanctions must be discussed the german chancellor though held a phone conversation over the weekend with president vladimir putin and which both parties said that an international investigation is a must and it must get to underway very soon from the hague peter all of r.t. so let's get more analysis from veteran british labor politician and former mayor of london ken livingstone who joins us now live good to see you can let's start with these threatened sanctions germany france the u.k. all apparently dishing out they sold him a term to russia because they want russia to make sure that the international investigators are given full access to the crash site what do you think about those threats. well i think there's an awful lot of pandering to the hysteria that's being whipped up here some of us are old enough to remember that back in two thousand and one ukrainian military shot down

germany has the support and confidence of chancellor angela merkel.lled mann need to focus but she is optimistic. help.y will win, i it will take a lot of concentration. i think it will be done. my prediction is it is doable. >> injured brazilian striker neymar will be cheering for argentina despite the traditional football rivalry between argentina and the host region. he threw his support behind marceline a teammate messi. he said, he is my friend. he is my teammate. i wish him luck. >> i manus cranny. >> i'm ryan chilcote. , twormany versus argentina vastly different economies. we are looking at the data that .ould make a difference >> when we initially thought of how we could compare the economy and the football styles, our first start was the number of defaults. the problem was we could not tabulate them all. germany has had about three since the history of the world cup. toentina has too many tabulate. first thing, gdp overall level of productivity in the number of average goals in this world cup. take a look at the numbers. 14,000 argentina sco

brazil the third and final stop of his latin american tour he's at met with the german chancellor angela merkel with whom he discussed the crisis in ukraine let's get the details in from full scope is in rio de janeiro now said. russian president vladimir putin has just arrived in rio ahead of sunday evenings world cup final he's just concluded a meeting with german chancellor. over the agenda was the situation in ukraine and both leaders are great at the situation in the east of the country is deteriorating and they are urging for a cease fire from both sides russian president vladimir putin also went on to say that any ukrainian shelling of russian territory would be totally unacceptable following reports of. it is a room radio ahead of the world cup final which takes place later on sunday in the american are stadium nearly eighty thousand spectators will be packed in watching germany take on argentina wrangler marco is clearly here in support of her nation hoping that they can stop messi and co for responsibility for the competition i will be handed over to vladimir putin on russia to force

five rounds. >> number one photo of the day -- a madame tussaud wax figure of german chancellor angela merkel looks totally real. >> this is a picture of her in front of the vanderburgh gate with the birthday cake. she turns 60 this week. happy birthday, chancellor merkel. of you, adam,re was phenomenal. >> oh, thank you. >> does she have an opinion on biotech stocks? that as well, that and the social media stocks. expanding today. >> on happy birthday, angela merkel, we will discuss that as well in the next hour, the challenges she faces, the pushback. coming up, the summation of our weeklong series on millenials. milleniallk to one who is part of the growing entrepreneurship. we will get more on why they are going their own way right here on "surveillance." ♪ >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." with tomlet fu here keene and adam johnson. let's get you company news now from the files of "bloomberg west." apple agrees to pay $450 million to settle rice fixing charges according to a court filing. the company was headed for trial in the antitrust case. prosecutors say apple conspired with pros

. >> we're getting this from angela merkel in germany.he's coming out with a statement saying those responsible will be brought to justice. there's a close connection between vladimir putin and angela merkel. obviously, angela merkel, with the force of the e.u. behind her. but germany, remaining a client state of russia for energy resources. one thing that was interesting over the last 12 hours is ukraine coming out, saying while the forces and the fighting has been going on, with the pro-russian separatists, they haven't been using any type of anti-aircraft missiles against them. there's no need to. we do know that the pro-russian separatists have been trying to use that against any type of air strikes that the ukrainian forces could provide. you have to look at this as who benefits most from the cause of this. >> the separatists have been boasting about having shot down ukrainian aircraft over the last two weeks. so, it's difficult to envision how they wouldn't -- that they haven't done this one. the second thing that's really interesti

relations now especially following the announcement this angela merkel's private cell phone it actually being tapped but in a statement a government spokesman said that the german government would continue to work with its partners but continued working relationship relied a lot on trust and that there had been trust lost here. this of course follows these two scandals that we've seen what involving a an officer of the federal intelligence service remains in custody awaiting trial who was arrested last week and just this week we saw the searching of a the whole office of an employee of the defense ministry there's no arrest be made there but that inquiry continues so that's the decision that's being made by the germans they've told the representative of the u.s. security services yes the packets bags and leave the country are at peter all of our bringing us all the latest from berlin thank you very. actually considered talking about the international reaction because the latest revelations have prompted outrage among politicians now we're talking about germany's finance minister who sai

angela merkel, deeply and you are vocally in love with newton -- putin. off has and she, and there she is, doing great big deals, one with air china. >> every political leader. >> but who is on the top of the pile? germany, so if you strip germany out of the european union, thanks very much, you can have it. >> so you think those markets -- >> i am not interested. 30 or 40 stocks are international, and it is very unfair to say that they are barometers of france or germany, but my point is because sentiment is so negative, that cumin columbusk -- dark clouds. >> there was a suggestion over the weekend that there might be a revision to the global ,orecast from francine lagarde even after the u.s. rebounds. >> i would not read too much into it. itrt from her relationship, around the world, they know exactly what is going on, and this recovery in the united states is pretty dramatic, and i am pretty upbeat about the united kingdom. away fromare one year the election, and and david and isn't gung ho, life grand, and i would do exactly the same thing. but, you

national security agency for not sponding to allegations that german chancellor angela merkel's phone was hacked. germans reacted angrily to a second case of esbyionage. an intelligence officer was arrested after admitting passing documents to the men's. nick spicer has been following the story. >> the man military investigators are looking at is described as being part of the armed forces - it's not clear if he's a soldier or an officer. it's probably safe to assume he's a member of the armed forces of a high enough rank to have access to information that could be of interest to the americans, if it is proven that the americans have been trying to use him as a spy. now, this is, of course, embarrassing because the news comes just a week after a double agent was identified within the federal investigative service here. the spy agency of germany, a 3 is-year-old who collected over 200 documents and given them to the c.i.a. according to the reuters newsagency in exchange for 30,000. some of the documents were about a parliamentary committee looking into the question of american surveill

so far it is not noticeably affecting the relationship between angela merkel and barack obama.s this arrest going to make a difference? rex angela merkel has a reputation for being a pragmatist, and in 2013 when documents released by edward snowden suggested that her phone was being tapped by the nsa she was visibly furious. i was at the press conference, actually, when she expressed her reaction to that. on the other hand, we did not see a dramatic deterioration of american-german relations after that. that is because merkel is convinced smooth relations between washington and berlin are in germany's interest. but now the story enters an entirely new level. >> john barrick, thanks so much for that update. >> the former media adviser to british prime minister david cameron has been jailed for 18 months. >> andy coulson, seen arriving at court friday morning, was convicted of complicity in the hacking of mobile phones by journalists. at the time he was the editor of rupert murdoch's "news of the world," which has since stopped publication. journalists looking for scoops illegall

it is worth noting that both angela merkel and germany in general along with the u.k. ron are further out than their european colleagues on stricter, more shaharsher sanctions. we're on stage 2. the idea of going to level three. merkel is the tip of the spear on that. yes, there is massive differentness and -- and awkwardness between the u.s. and germany, at least these are the ukraine may appear to be on the same page. vis-a-vis ukraine, they appear to be on the same page. benjamin netanyahu has been speaking. when we come back, we're live with more from tel aviv. ♪ >> in today's new energy, tesla's electric sedan is among the cars being considered to carry european leaders. australia has scrapped its market approach to fighting climate change. the government has won approval to discard the levy which require 300 companies to pay for their carbon dioxide emissions. tester is now the largest polluter per capita among industrial nations. now the largest polluter per capita among industrial nations. the investment is aimed at accelerating growth of non-food stock crops wh

angela merkel again told the united states today that trust was crucial between the two allies. >> it appears berlin is upping the ante after uncovering two suspected double agents in germany working for the u.s. >> angry politicians from across the spectrum are demanding action now. >> the intelligence officer was asked to vacate the u.s. embassy and leave the country. it is a big step for germany which is increasingly fed up with washington's failure to cooperate in its probe into nsa spying. berlin has struck a new town with ministers in the chancellor's government using words like stupidity and ridiculous. angela merkel herself him and not usually one for strong statements, was quite clear. >> the way i see it, if you consider this with a healthy dose of common sense, it is a waste of energy to spy on one's allies. i think the important thing is to create trust between allies, especially in these confusing times. >> there has been continued silence from the u.s. and angered germany the most, especially amid allegations of double agents spying for washington. politicians from all s

. >> reporter: angela merkel allies spying on allies was a waste of time when there are crises like syria asking the top intelligence official of the united states to leave the country. there was an case of a 31-year-old intelligence officer who exchanged some 200-plus documents in exchange for over $30,000. the second incident involves a member of the military. it's not clear at what level this person was operating at or what kind of information they may have gathered. however, it was clearly just too much. the snowball effect here last october when it was revealed that america's national security agency was spying on angela merkel's cell phone, following other revelations about how the nsa was able to look into the every day lives of ordinary germans who are still weary from the nazi era spying on the lives of everybody back at that time. so the psychology here is just one of complete resentment towards what is seen as american interference into the every day lives of germans and at a governmental level a complete lack of trust coming from washington. >> iraq has stepped up air strikes

but in october, it was revealed the nsa had tapped chancellor angela merkel's phone. there were suspicions that the americans were running a listening post to monitor activities all over the german government district. >> ever since we began talking about the nsa, i have told the u.s. president at spine among friends is unacceptable. >> in march, looking into more allegations of spying in germany. and then the alleged bugging into angela merkel's telephone. now the row has escalated again. a german official has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the u.s.. and there are suspicions that an employee of the defense ministry was also a u.s. spy. as a response, germany has expelled the top u.s. intelligence official in the country. sense -- >> let's go to richard walker in washington. if you read the u.s. papers, you will not hear a word about this there. is this a nonstory in the united states? >> i think it is right to say it is a nonstory. if you look at the morning print editions of the washington times and u.s. post, it it was front-page news. but this story is c

after angela merkel was clearly so annoyed last year. >> they did not get caught after all. the president never said that they were going to stop spying on all germans. >> this will do nothing to improve relations. >> i think they get very little. even the investigation is suggesting that maybe the information was not all that sensitive. what could you be learning about the inner workings of the german government which is worth jeopardizing the relationship? they have the cost-benefit benefit here and who made that assessment is something that will be really interesting. >> give me the possible counter arguments why those people might have felt that that was worth jeopardizing their relationship. >> they might have felt that they would not get caught. they had been receiving information about the german government's investigation. he was a good source. it was worthwhile to keep him going. the ministration never said that they would back off entirely off of spying on the germans. they tried to smooth this over. >> they have been pushing this for a while. would chance that ame

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they find that very offensive. >> have there been talks between angela merkel and president obama sinceisode occurred? >> there's certainly been a telephone conversation, but the details of that conversation have not been released. she's trying to balance things really. she's clearly voicing extreme disquiet, anger really. at the same time, she wants to keep the relationship on track. while all around her, there are people saying why are we being friendly with people that spy on us? they ask us for help over edward snowden for example, sanctions with russia. why are we cooperating? >> steve in berlin. >>> now to art with a difference. you can't see it in the studio, can't own it. it doesn't last long either. fair san francisco artist, the beach is his studio and sand his canvas. it takes hours to complete each art work. that doesn't stop people traveling from miles to see his creations. >> it's barely daylight when he goes to work. he's an earth scape artist. he spends days on the beach raking the sand. he lets his imagination run wild creating geometric patterns. sometimes they're huge

we will be looking at how angela merkel is trying to seize control of this spy scandal by expelling the top u.s. intelligence officials here in berlin. it is a remarkable story. we will have more on that later on. for now, i will hand it over to elliott. >> day 4 of israel's operation to stop rockets being fired from gaza into israel. it has called up more reservists as it appears -- as it prepares for a possible ground operation. 90 killed soabout far. and the first rockets fired from lebanon into israel. israel responding in kind. i will have the details in about an hour's time. we are watching this morning. european markets, we are just starting. we had a situation yesterday surrounding portugal. two-way risk is back in the market now read or is it? buying opportunity yesterday? let's find out. let's see how the markets are opening up. lex futures a little bit higher this morning. happy friday for me. the stoxx 600, the worst week since june of last year. concerned about the bank in portugal and missed bond payments. raising the possibility that there is this thing called risk. wow.

how much trust has angela merkel lost for the united states and president obama? all-time low in the relationships. merkel thought she reacted calm when she realized her her cell phone was tapped almost a decade. she didn't complain publicly. she would be over it. >> it's a story you broke. >> that's a story we broke at "der spiegel." the general reaction why quite calm. she traveled to washington in may and met obama and thought we could get over it. it's a huge setback in the relations. >> how much, i mean germany and the u.s. cooperate on so many things. how much could this actually endanger the u.s., germany economically relationship or military relationship? >> it probably won't affect the big crisis, the tensions in the middle east, potential war. but everything beyond that point take the transatlantic trade agreement, take swift safe harbor, the agreements between europe and the united states which are essentially for the economy and also politics, they are all endangered. it's a huge dwis appointment not only with the conservatives in berlin but the whole

sent packing by america's close ally angela merkel.fter not one but two cia agents, germans were caught spying on her government last week. and this right under her nose. merkel, privately furious, said pointedly, spying on allies is a waste of energy in the end. this after edward snowden's revelation last year that the nsa was listening in on merkel's cell phone. only two months ago, president obama was still apologizing for that. >> it has pained me to see the degree to which the snowden disclosures have created strains in the relationship. >> translator: we have a few difficulties yet to overcome. >> reporter: even worse white house officials claim the cia didn't warn president obama that an american agent had been caught by the germans more than a week ago. so when the president called merkel asking for help against vladimir putin, he didn't know to apologize. in other words, mr. obama was blindsided by his own spies. just as the u.s. needs merkel to pressure putin over ukraine. >> joining me now for our daily fix, nbc news white h

and angela merkel is calling for a ceasefire. add to those voices, vladimir putin. tracking the international developments for us from london, phil, tell us about what president putin had to say. >> well, vladimir putin did say that there needs to be a ceasefire. and he agreed that there needs to be a full investigation, an impartial investigation, and that's what world leaders around the globe, but certainly here in europe, where many of those who were killed come from. those leaders, european leaders, calling for a full, impartial investigation and a ceasefire. we heard it from david cameron, and angela merkel, who said that it's the russians who need to take initiative, and in particular, vladimir putin. let's take a look. [ speaking german ] >> events have once again shown that we need to work toward a political solution, and this is above all about russia's responsibility and what's happening in ukraine. and that's why i'm making another clear appeal to the russian president and the government to make a contribution toward political solutions. >> for his part,

. >>> angela merkel has arrived in beijing for a 3-day visit, and a reaching the premier and presidentmerkel is travelling with top executives from german companies. china is germany's second-largest export mark. we have this latest report from beijing. >> the angela merkel has been to china seven times since 2005. that illustrates the importance of this developing relationship. the value of trade between china and germany at the moment is put at $200 billion. the german chancellor began her visit in chang do on sunday, significantly she went to visit a volkswagen factory. they are feeding into an obsession with the car. there's 137 million vehicles on the roads and increasingly aspirational chinese want german-made cars. most cars that government officials drive around in are german made. 45% of all european exports to this country come from germany. the chinese president was in germany a few months ago, speaking about how important the developing relationship was, it's the sort of relationship that the rest of the europe must regard with envy. the visit is overshadowed by comments ma

secretary ban ki-moon, and with german chancellor angela merkel and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry. these statements are coming at the head of that meeting in new york, expected to put pressure on the israeli government to halt and stop its military operation on gaza while the government is still mulling the penalty of carrying out the ground invasion. >> thank you for that. nisreen el-shamayleh in jerusalem there. >>> well, it's not surprising this situation is being carefully monitored at the united nations. the secretary-general called for an emergency session to be held on thursday. diplomatic editor sent this update from new york. >> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon has been involved in an intense round of telephone diplomacy, speaking to binyamin netanyahu, mahmoud abbas, regional leaders and the king of saudi arabia, the amir of qatar and the president of egypt. he urged the egyptians to reopen the rafa border crossing and made a call to the security council to hold an emergency meeting, a call they heeded. >> i requested an urgent meeting of

. >> german chancellor angela merkel says new allegations of spying, this time by a double agent, are serious and a contradiction of trust between partners. >> there are now reports that the government may consider changing how germany spies to include the united states as one of its targets. >> we have more now on the latest spying shocker. >> the latest revelations involve the parliamentary committee investigating the nsa in germany and the suspicion that it was spied on. chancellor angela merkel rarely comments on domestic policies while traveling abroad, but on a visit to china, she made an exception. >> if the allegations turn out to be true, that would clearly contradicts my definition of trusting cooperation between agencies and partners. >> a german intelligence official is accused of copying more than 200 documents and passing them on to the u.s. embassy in berlin. the allegations have angered german politicians of all stripes. a member of merkel's governing coalition called for punitive measures against u.s. diplomats. >> is incredible that they can continue with their misde

that, support, echos comments by angela merkel in the last few minutes, too.joining us now is martin fletcher live from tel aviv. martin, a spokesperson for the prime minister this morning said this is just about defense. is that what people there are saying? and are they welcoming the latest excursion? >> well, julia, i guess they say the best defensive is attack and that's what's happening in this case. israel is attacking gaza with much of its might right now. there's been a massive air and sea assault on gaza to back up the ground troops that went in last night. so their ground assault on gaza. now, defensive in the sense that their goal really is only to stop rocket fire from gaza into israel. they've been averaging about 130 rockets fired from hamas a day into israel. without caughting remarkably little damage thanks to the iron dome system. but israel is aimed at stopping that, but also to destroy what they call the secret tunnel network with hamas built up inside gaza. their goal is to allow the palestinian government to cross underground secretly into

angela merkel that's not have it.hucked out the top spy here. >> heaven for but i would ask this, but is there any proof of spying? >> is there any proof to spying, or on the actual allegations? >> is there to prove that summary actually did anything wrong, that they drop the roll of film off next to you at some football game? >> welcome to the allegation, the most serious one is a 31-year-old individual who works for the german intelligence service and was also transferring documents to the u.s. intelligence service. there has not been a whole lot of denial on that fact. the fulminating on this is how important it was. were these documents really sensitive? the way this 31-year-old employee -- that is the only thing we know about him is his age in that it is a he, the way transferred the document was thrace fake weather application on his computer. he used to be drop boxes and top marks. now you do it through an app. we clearly have spying concerns between the u.s. and germany, between the u.s. and china, and ms. mer

he needs angela merkel being a pivot in europe. the chances of that happening have diminished the more this goes on. >> thank you for the latest from berlin. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come, why this british man accused of selling world cup tickets illegally is described as a fugitive from justice in brazil. ♪ f provokes lust. ♪ it elicits pride... ...incites envy... ♪ ...and unleashes wrath. ♪ temptation comes in many heart-pounding forms. but only one letter. "f". the performance marque from lexus. i dbefore i dosearch any projects on my home. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. >>> police in brazil say a man formally accused of illegally selling world cup tickets has fled arrest. ray whelan the director of a partner fifa company was accused of selling tickets allocated to team officials and sponsors. bbc ben brown has the latest from rio. >> when police arrived at

symbolism with angela merkel in china right now. dealings, their political dealings, diplomatic dealings. >> do you just assume this is industrial espionage over the more political cloak and dagger type? >> no, no, no. i think that the united states collects everything and what we of it isr, a lot important and a lot is not, but we want to make sure we have this intel. i'm sure some of this could've have been involved in trade negotiations, but in terms of direct american industrial espionage, we don't pass information on to our ceos and it is because we don't own them. in china, it is double espionage because it is part of the state. so the structure is different, but from the german perspective, the mechanisms of the same. this relationship is badly damaged at this point. >> rick rieder, blackrock, credible irony here that you have governments effectively going after one another, the u.s., germany, and you have the central bankers of these governments hand in hand on the red line to make sure they do "whatever it takes." what do y

angela merkel, the dutch and the french saying first and foremost a ceasefire. you have to stop the conflict. we have to start talking about a resolution for this. as i mentioned investigators - they have been calling for russia to stop its support for the separatist movement in the east of the country, there has been no hard talk about ramping up sanctions. we do know that president obama has been on the phone with david cameron here in britain, angela merkel in germany, talking about that appellanty, and the other big thing that has been happening here and what may play into that, is whether or not the europeans fogz on what -- focus op what really causes it. if russia was involved or plied the missile -- supplied the missile systems. there's a lot of anger and hard are sanctions may be the answer. >> phil ittner following. coming up new at 11:00am, our al jazeera reporter at the crash site. she's been talking to ukrainians who watched as the wreckage fell from the sky. >> those that saw the crash, and seeing the aftermath are pretty much in shock. it's a grue

incidentally, tomorrow, german chancellor angela merkel will be meeting with the nato secretary, and of course, germany's response capabilities look set to be on the agenda as well. >> the debate over armed runs continuing. as ever, thanks very much. the first session of the european parliament was marked by discord following the election of germany's martin scholz as head of the european parliament. he lost in european elections, but was returned to his post by european deputies. >> now he faces a tough task of uniting an increasingly factitious group of lawmakers. parliamentary elections in may saw the rise of the far right and eurosceptic parties who want to dismantle business as usual in brussels. >> the first session of european parliament was marked by a symbolic show of dissent. eurosceptic mep's turned their backs as the european anthem was played during the opening ceremony. many were angry at what they called a done deal -- the reelection of the parliament's president. the socialist is the first mep to fill the post for a second consecutive term. >> nobody in the european u

resident the german chancellor angela merkel agreed that the ukrainian crisis is getting worse they say the contact group consisting of russia ukraine the oas see an anti government fighters need to resume peace discussions putin and merkel also called for an immediate cease fire on the return of international monitors to eastern ukraine. he has military operation is targeting many different areas across eastern ukraine on our t.v. dot com we're keeping track of what's happening across the region. but the details of the conflict to check out. the. moving on israel's military crackdown on hamas continues to escalate with a rising death toll it say's operation protective edge is aimed at militants in gaza but according to u.n. estimates almost eighty percent of the victims are civilians and at least fifty palestinians were killed in the israeli bombardment on saturday night that brings the total number of lives lost in the offensive to one hundred sixty caught in the violence people are fleeing their homes but not everyone has been able to escape the deadly attacks and this really are a s

angela merkel has a very good relationship with david cameron.hat was proven last year when she invited david cameron with his wife and children to the official summer residence of the german government. that was a gesture from merkel personally to say i want a good relationship with the british government. ther that, you had arguments about the future european head of commission, jean-claude juncker. , butnly in germany especially in germany, it was seen as a provocation. it has made it much more difficult for david cameron to renegotiate and get a better deal for the united kingdom and europe. europe. >> is britain as isolated as it appears? arely other countries skeptical about the eu project. >> there are a lot of european countries that are skeptical of the european union. the germans are also highly critical. the question is, how do you do it? do you do it in a friendly way and try to find consensus or do you do it, especially from germany and such, in a very controversial and provocative way? this is what the british prime minister has don

is it angela merkel supporters saying this, because the links between germany and russia are very strongy? >> well, that's right. there are deep trade and energy links between germany and russia. and what we have seen today is some leading politicians in germany are saying that they want to stop russia holding the 2018 soccer world cup, saying that unless moscow is more cooperative in solving the crisis in ukraine, that it would be outrageous to hold this international event there. but some of the politicians are from different parties. its leaders within germany's green party, also one of the leaders of angela merkel's christian democrats, so across the board, however, there is opposition to the suggestion, germany's economy minister has said it is far too early to discuss things like this. but they say here in germany that about 60% of germans would support such a move, because a lot of people here feel economic sanctions are unpopular, will damage the german economy and will not be effective. this be could be more a way of stopping or getting moscow to be more cooperative. >> very emo

spying was revealed you can see here what they've been saying chancellor angela merkel compare that to life under the stasi french president francois lot echoed her statement expressing deep disapproval and then we have brazil's president who called the u.s. surveillance a breach of international law. potion street cars haven't exactly been a good advert for public transports in recent years but now one of the country's top time climate factors has weighed in so check out the brand new back track and you can take a full tour inside and outside artsy dot com also there you'll find sexism at the white house figures show president obama has persistently paid his male administration staff way more than their female colleagues that since being elected in two thousand and nine that all of the details online. the main hall observance of government resistance in eastern ukraine the cities of the nets are preparing for a siege ukrainian forces are surrounding the two capitals all of the self-proclaimed republics have to present approved a plan for a military assault on both now these are the pi

spying was revealed german chancellor angela merkel compared to life under the stasi french president francois log echoed her statement expressing deep disapproval and then brazil's president called the u.s. surveillance a breach of international law well the n.s.a. doesn't spy on only foreign citizens the latest batch of revelations from edward snowden claimed the agency has been targets of prominent muslim americans as well even though there is no evidence any of them are connected to terrorism are. for every action. in the wake of this latest government spying revelation the american civil liberties union has announced that a coalition of forty five civil and human rights organizations have written to u.s. president barack obama demanding a full public accounting of these latest surveillance crop this is even question now affording to the intercept the five american muslim citizens that had their e-mails monitored by the n.s.a. and the f.b.i. included a records university professor who's also president of the american iranian council an attorney who represents clients in terrorism