well as you also touched upon the defense minister here she's been a close ally of chancellor angela merkel you know she took the post in 2013 not everyone expected her to stay on as long as she has what has made her a successful here despite all the struggles that she's faced. that's true and before that post as germany's defense minister she had also had 2 other ministries the labor ministry and family ministry she's as i said seen as someone who's very close to a girl who is also a very calm person but very clear as to what goals are so what has strategies also as well so those are elements that she has certainly used in her favor not only now as a german defense minister but also in previous posts as well and as i said before there's also criticism towards fonda lion the she's seen also as someone who can polarize in certain elements as well and especially in this position as germany's defense minister and the fact that the board does various facing so much problem to something that many people have criticized in the past and only recently she was also facing some struggle as well as we

also, the part -- party of angela merkel. also the party of ursula von der leyen which is now the official proposal of the leaders for the commission presidency. hohow will the european parliamt now deal with a candidate that has not been a lead candidate? you migight get the c conservats on your side because she is a conservatitive but the social democrats will have a much harder time. what we are hearing from them is that ursula von der leyen is not acceptable. brent: what happened if ursula von der leyen is rejected by the parliament? max: then it's back to square one. you need a double majority. you need a majority in the council. you need the approval of the european parliament. otherwise, you cannot become commission president. the vote will be in two weeks. you can also bet on pedro sanchez. the prime minister of spain who himself is a social democrat having his own way of convincing those social democratic mep's. there was a constant contact between the leaders in brussels and the mvps. we think we can make that fly b

you should certainly know that she's described as the only minister that has been with angela merkel since the beginning of angela merkel's chancellor in 2005 holding different positions the latest of which is obviously the ministry of defense a very controversial position a very difficult position as well because of the criticism that the german army has faced about its readiness or about its capability you should also know that she's seen as a very close ally of someone who remained loyal even during anger merkel's most difficult period in office probably the migration crisis you should also know that she's european at heart as barbara vessel just said someone who was born in belgium who grew up there as well who has defended the european project who has also mentioned the need for further integration for example in the defense and security area those are probably the key elements that you should know about. she may have the support sumi of european leaders but she doesn't have the support of the social democrats here in germany the social democrats as you know the coalition partne

german chancellor angela merkel leads tributes to the conspirators who tried to assassinate adolf hitler and overthrow the nazi government 75 years ago today. and tens of thousands take to the streets of london demanding direction be cancel. a michael thanks for joining us germany and france are calling on iran to release immediately a british oil tanker it seized on friday berlin is calling the capture of the stain imperio quote a dangerous further aggravation of an already tense situation iran says its troops boarded the ship after collided with a fishing boat it's the latest in a series of incidents threatening shipping in the strait of hormuz the export route for the bulk of the oil from the gulf region. imperio seen here before its capture by iranian naval forces is now a pawn in a game of high stakes. the seizure comes after now. raney an old tanker is being held in custody for a further 30 days in gibraltar on suspicion of heading for syria in breach of sanctions. british foreign secretary jeremy hunt said the tit for tat would not spiral out of control. we're not looking at milit

angela merkel is in herfourth and last term as chancellor.ill leave politics when her current term ends in 2021. soon she will be going on her summer holidays and hopes to return in rude health. ramzan karmali, bbc news. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. a man has been detained for climbing over a fence onto the forecourt of buckingham palace. it's understood he scaled the barrier to the side of the building in the early hours of wednesday. he was arrested moments later. royal officials say he did not enter the palace building. the body of a us scientist has been found inside a world war ii bunker on the greek island of crete. suzanne eaton, who went missing more than a week ago after going on a run, died of suffocation. local police say they are investigating the case as a criminal act. the molecular biologist had been attending a conference on the island when she disappeared. the japanese hayabusa—2 space probe has landed successfully for a second time on the same asteroid, to collect more samples. hayabusa—2 las

angela merkel making headlines but not for the reasons she would want.he german press has been pretty subdued in response to the leader's shaking episodes but her public bouts of shaking have fuelled speculation about her health. first she was seen in volu nta ry health. first she was seen in voluntary shaking during military honours for the visiting president volodymyr zelensky. she said she felt better after drinking some water. she was then seen shaking two weeks ago i had offered trip to japan for the g20 summit. again she told journalists she was fine. her latest trembling episode took place as she stood next to finish prime minister antti rinne. she insisted there was nothing to be concerned about. translation: to start i am fine. have recently said i am working for what happened during the military honours with president volodymyr zelensky. there is progress, i must live with this for a while but i am well and you do not have to worry. angela merkel has been a mainstay of german politics since the demolition of the berlin wall. she was made women'

angela merkel is in herfourth and last term as chancellor.l leave politics when her current term ends in 2021. soon she will be going on her summer holidays and hopes to return in rude health. ramzan karmali, bbc news. the australian government has declared that it wants a referendum on recognising aboriginal rights. the australian constitution doesn't acknowledge their status as the first australians, which indigenous leaders say has left them powerless. from sydney, here's hywel griffith. australia has been home to aboriginal communities for over 50,000 years. but their rights and their role as the country's first people are not enshrined in law. we seek constitutional reforms to empower our people. two years ago, this meeting of indigenous leaders demanded change, calling for a way to put them the centre of parliamentary decisions. the call went unanswered until now. but in many ways that's the easy part. agreeing on what questions to ask and what changes could bring may prove more difficult. what is clear is that change is needed to impro

this is a lie from berlin germany commemorates the plot to kill adolf hitler chancellor angela merkel leads tributes to the conspirators who tried to assassinate the nazi dictator and overthrow 75 years ago today also coming up. germany and france demand iran release a captured british oil tanker immediately berlin says the seizure of the imperio east a dangerous escalation in the persian gulf region. and tens of thousands take to the streets of london demanding it be cancelled we'll go live to our correspondent at the march for year. i'm michael okwu thanks for joining us 75 years to the day since the most famous plot to kill adolf hitler germany has been paying tribute to the conspirators who were executed for their resistance a ceremony was held in berlin where chancellor angela merkel praised the small group led by klaus von stauffenberg were tempted to kill hitler with a bomb she also recalled others who had resisted the nazi regime including students academics clergy and jews it's called on people honor their memory by showing moral courage in the face of racism and hatred the m

it would certainly mean 1st and foremost a victory for angela merkel probably a rather quiet victory for on them a call in particular after a few days ago she was seen as someone who could probably lose out in all of this as her preferred candidate month was day and day and day seen as someone who were not good that top position but in the end. did manage to get that top german position on not only a top position for a german but a top position for one of her closest political allies as i already said it was a reform deadline has been described as the only person the only minister who has continuously since the 2005 that is since i'm going to call became german chancellor so if there's one partition here in berlin who can who knows i'm going to call from a to say that is a foreign deadline and the other way around as well so that's why some people are describing it as a victory for angela merkel the other side of the coin sumi is a social democrats the social democrats who are the junior partners of the grand coalition here in berlin they have been very critical of this nomination th

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principle and just very briefly tell us what you think it means for the chancellor angela merkel that her defense minister has been nominated for her it's obviously a very good news as she was left on the line is one of angela merkel's closest allies when you look at angela merkel's career you also have to consider very closely the role that was rough on the line played since 2005 in those 3 different ministries and our political correspondent thomas sparrow with us thank you my fish . now the u.s. is tightening sanctions against cuba by hitting its state run oil shipping firm washington says it is imposing new penalties on have ana because of its role in the propping up venezuela's president nicolas maduro who president trouble once removed from power but trump sanctions are hitting ordinary cubans have been dealing with the consequences of a u.s. trade embargo that started nearly 60 years ago. former reaches america today is a good day there's fish for dinner cuba is surrounded by water but these days the 48 year old has to stand in line for over 2 hours to buy fish. sometimes when

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that was angela merkel.rategist, commodities & global markets at macquariejoins me now. there is a lot going on within the eu. angela merkel there trying to sound positive but there has been real issues about finding a new european commission president, council president, the new boss of the central bank. these are big roles. absolutely. this is when a new eu emerges. we are heading into the european parliamentary elections talking about the problem of populism to this is where the risk crystallises because most decisions by the european council are made unilaterally so everyone needs to agree. and now we have three leaders who are our populists. 14 italy, once the pollen, one for hungry. they have leveraged going into these meetings. they want to replace the current president, commission president and council president with leaders more synthetic to their anti—immigration aims. so they are looking for people they can influence. as you say, it is an important time for the eu. it is negotiating the uk's exit

german chancellor angela merkel needs tributes to the conspirators who try to assassinate all fiddler and overthrow the nazi government 75 years ago today. and tens of thousands take to the streets of london demanding grex it be cancelled. thanks for joining us iran is defying growing international pressure to release a british oil tanker it detained in the strait of hormuz the vital waterway carrying a 3rd of the world's seaborne oil supply iran's revolutionary guards have released footage of its troops boarding a tanker they say they seized the vessel after it collided with a fishing boat the british government has called it a dangerous move germany's says it's an aggravation of an already tense situation. the stana imperio seen here before its capture by iranian naval forces is now a pawn in a game of high stakes. the seizure comes after never raney an old tanker is being held in custody for a further 30 days in gibraltar on suspicion of heading for syria in breach of sanctions. british foreign secretary jeremy hunt said the tit for tat would not spiral out of control. we're not lo

conspirators who were executed for their resistance a ceremony was held in berlin were chancellor angela merkel praised the small group led by klaus von stauffenberg were tempted to kill hitler with the bomb she was also she also recalled others who had resisted the nazi regime including students academics. merkel called on people to honor their memory by showing moral courage in the face of racism and hatred among the memorial took place in the courtyard of the federal ministry of defense the same location where the main conspirators were executed on this day in 1904 the men had taken part in operation valley a daring attempt that came very close to killing hitler and changing history. it was the morning of the 20th of july 944 ad of hitler entered the wolf's lair headquarters there he met with generals for a strategy briefing colonel klaus shank calf on staff and berg was also present and in his bank he was carrying an explosive device at 12 42 pm the bomb exploded killing several people but hitler the target of the attack was only slightly injured the coup had failed the failed puts against

german chancellor angela merkel leads tributes to the conspirators who tried to assassinate at all fittler and overthrow the nazi government 75 years ago today. and it's exactly 50 years since man 1st walked on the moon but. millions believe the moon landings were faked to look at conspiracy theory stewing the rounds on social media. thanks for joining us iran is defying growing international pressure to release a british oil tanker it detained in the strait of hormuz the vital waterway carrying a 3rd of the world's seaborne oil supply tehran says the vessel was seized after it collided with a fishing boat the british government has called it a dangerous move in germany says it's an aggravation of an already tense situation . iran's revolutionary guard sport this day not in pay to a british vessel it to team did in the streets of harmony after and every day an oil tanker was held in. britain say it's a dangerous move but london is determined not to let the tent for tat spiral out of control. priority. continues to be to find a way to deescalate the situation. that's why i reached out to th

that was the german chancellor angela merkel speaking earlier this evening we have team coverage of history in the making here this history making nomination a european politics i'm joined now by correspondent terry scholtz from the european council in brussels and our political correspondent thomas ferro he is at our parliamentary bureau here in berlin to both of you good evening terry let me start with you we have to history making nominations to women for the jobs of european commission president and president of the european central bank 1st and foremost to remind everyone why are these jobs so crucial and so coveted. the president of the european commission is the most visible person in all of the blocks of jobs not only that but the person in this position gets to decide which countries get which commission jobs so if it's are still of on the line will be handing out you know who's in charge of agriculture who's in charge of the digital agenda who's in charge of energy and for some countries these are very very crucial positions because their interests are tied up in what policy is be

reporter: kramp-karrenbauer is a close confidant of angela merkel.he has long been treated as merkel's likely successor as a candidate for the chancellery. she already has an important position as head of merkel's conservative party. until now, she had maintained that she did not want a ministerial post. germany's opposition have now accused her of using this new position as a steppingstone on her way to power. >> the defense ministry will be a springboard to the chancellorship. so, mrs. kramp-karrenbauer, you want to use the defense ministry. didn't you say you wanted to dedicate yourself completely to the cdu? reporter: cdu party chief and defense minister, two stressful jobs. soon she may also become her party's candidate for chancellor. annegret kramp-karrenbauer has taken on a tremendous amount of responsibility. brent: earlier, our chief political editor michaela kufner explained how annegret kramp-karrenbauer's new position fits in with her ambition to be the next german chancellor. michaela: we have seen a lot of ladies protesting too much. a

if you look at what angela merkel said yesterday, nothing has changed.greement stands as it is, we can talk, but she talks about the political declaration, so i can't see it. what is interesting now, what happens on the 31st of october when the extension runs out. i really think there will be another extension. and they are talking about it again. if there are circumstances that are necessary, we will give another extension. it willjust drag on and very likely we will see a general election. and yet on october the 31st, boris johnson, assuming he is the next prime minister, he said, do or die. but there was a vote in parliament and for the first time there was some courage shown by people of all parties and what they have managed to do by not a large majority but a significant majority, what he will not be able to do, which some of them have threatened, and i believe borisjohnson is perfectly capable of doing, is to prorogued parliament and just do what he wants. for god's sake, if this was happening in zimbabwe, we would call it out. we cannot shut down

absolutely has been quite a 65th birthday celebration for chancellor angela merkel who is now seeing to her of her own move up one political level and also left under lion as the new commission chief becoming potentially the most powerful woman in europe after under the magical said she would limit her term till the end of this term as chancellor 2021 but at the same time we will see quite a few questions asked 1st of all will from the line distances self swifty i'm already partly seeing her do that on issues like rule of law looking towards poland and hungary those states that according to the european commission have rule of law issues that was a lie and gave an interview just over the past 24 hours where she said well everybody kind of does rule of law that way so we will certainly see some questions asked here and political berlin gets very excited about this press conference as well because sometimes she says things unexpectedly like 2015 in that actually historic year already known for its so-called migration crisis where she out of the sentence we will make this this is become

angela merkel has been a patsy of the american governments since george w. bush when it is george bush who want to join in support for the iraq war for the illegal iraq war then and angela merkel who was a position leader at the time chasa sized the german government for not sending troops and for not participating in the coalition that fought the illegal iraq war so angela merkel is very much in favor of every u.s. president even when president obama was caught red handed to be listening in to her calls with the n.s.a. surveillance scandal she didn't really care so it is a bit unusual for her not to follow through with any request from washington but you have to understand in the context of the growing peace movement throughout germany ok beyond very good to get your take as always be on the soli a member of the left party in germany. a global conference for media freedom is underway in london co-hosted by the u.k. canada but r.t. russia sputnik news agency has been barred from the party is nearby. 60 minutes is thousands of reports and thousands of esteeme

what we do know is he is backed by angela merkel, also emmanuel macron.is interesting is that resistance you mentioned between the christian democrats and angela merkel. traditionally she is able to bring everyone in line. it seems this time she has actually struggled to get support within her own people who actually blasted emmanuel macron for doing everything he could to block. the christian democrats ultimately won the european election, should not be in a position where they should be able to -- what is interesting is the divide between angela merkel and her own christian democrats. nejra: i believe we could be awaiting a discussion imminently. what are the indications for the -- implications for the ecb? agreed until all of it comes together, but we are being told the european central bank is seen as something of indifferent to the rest of jobs available. the european central bank is seen again. leaders want to look at this separately. apps -- actually, no decisions will be made until september. the question at that point are the chances if angela me

she's considered a close ally of german chancellor angela merkel ursula funday line german defense minister christian conservative and long time politician a medical doctor and mother of 7 funder line joined merkel c.d.u. party in the early ninety's she later headed the ministry of family and women before serving as minister of labor as germany's 1st female defense minister funded line aimed to revamp the armed forces but she's recently drawn criticism for poor management in the ranks several scandals including revelations of far right extremists in the military equipment failures and deadly military plane crashes have plate 10 year. a european at hearts fluent in both english and french as well as german funder line has long been seen as a possible successor to machall as chancellor or more recently as the next head of nato. european leaders have now agreed to choose her as the next president of the e.u. commission if the european parliament jindal says she would be the 1st woman to fill the influential post. for one of the story i want to take it too strong that is where the european parl

well all eyes are on german chancellor angela merkel after she was seen as standing and shaking 3 times within the last month or today merkel attended an official event but chose to sit and not stand and that is fueling more speculation about her health now it is only natural to be concerned but attempts to diagnose the chancellor's condition from the far have angered many here in germany. it's a none too subtle break from diplomatic protocol when the danish prime minister visited butlins seating was arranged to avoid scenes like these mikel shaking uncontrollably cheering the national anthems standing next to the finnish prime minister the chancellor played down the incident. make it that i'm fine you don't have to worry about me and it's all. medicals repeated jitters have made the headlines but many germans believe that the issue should not be a matter of public debate. isn't tied with there's no doubt she's ill but this is a private matter and i'm not really concerned by it because it's none of my business. unit and i think that is crossing a line this is really a personal issue is

when asked about domestic politics in other countries german chancellor angela merkel usually gives a 2 word answer no comment but today she made an exception at her annual press conference she addressed donald trump's racist and racist attacks against 4 u.s. congresswoman when asked if she stands behind them she needed just one word yes tonight a chancellor who normally stays out of foreign disputes gives the clearest rebuke yet of trump's call to quote send them back i'm called aspen in berlin and this is the day. you know. is this i firmly reject trump's comments and stand in solidarity with the congresswoman he attacked. i think it would be sensible for iran to fulfill its obligations under the agreement. with it even if one of the signatories to the deal no longer feels it's part of it and it would be a sign of goodwill to the international community of iran kept the agreement anyway . to cut all guns fits all i firmly trust in great britain finding its way into a proud great nation and britain will remain our partner when it's no longer a member of the european union. i understa

leaders including german chancellor angela merkel joined micron to watch the annual parade down the shah 7 day which marks the anniversary of the start of the french revolution and speaking out for the parade merkel called it a grand gesture for a european defense policy. our correspondent lisa lewis was in paris at the parade the theme of today's busy day parade with european friends corporation president in myanmar call had invited the 99 the other member states of his so-called european intervention initiative launched about one year ago he wanted to depict himself as the european leader germany's angela merkel one of the guests of honor here today said that this was a great step towards european defense school for ration today's parade was also a further attempt to say that europe can very much stand on its own feet when it comes to defense and that it doesn't depend that much anymore on the u.s. but a common european defense strategy also means bringing together military doctrine that can differ greatly especially when it comes to germany and france which is much more intervention s

including german chancellor angela merkel joined mccrone to watch the annual parade down the seans in the say that marks the anniversary of the beginning of the french revolution. for more on that we are joined now by d.j.'s correspondent lisa lewis who is in paris good to see it nice to see you attend of the parade a little bit talk to us about the highlights off this year's parade. well the fame of this year's parade was obviously european corporations so you could see soldiers from other countries than france from germany from spain you could see planes from these countries because all these countries 9 countries apart from france actually belong to that europe interventionist that president in mind and i call launched about a year ago he wants to create a common strategic approach when it comes to warfare he's obviously using today's best the day parade because he invited leaders and members of the government for the 9 countries he wants to show that european corporation is really strong obviously this comes comes few months after a few weeks after the european elections where. pa

leaders including german chancellor angela merkel joined by kong to watch the annual parade down the day which marks the anniversary of the start of the french revolution speaking after the parades americal called it a great a gesture for a european defense policy. correspondent lisa lewis has been following both field day parade and she joins us now from paris so lisa what were some of the highlights at this year's parade. well at this year's parade the theme was european defense corporation and that meant that you could see spanish german portuguese soldiers walking along french soldiers you could also see the spanish and portuguese plane flying planes flying overhead because in markov president in my call wants to underline that europe will in the future work closely more closely together when it comes to defense he founded this new initiative the so-called european intervention initiative about each year ago and he had invited the 9 other member states of this initiative he wanted to show that they would create a common strategic approach when it comes to defense strategy this wo

on the grid is sworn in as the country's new defense minister she is a protege of chancellor angela merkel and many believe that she's being groomed to see her. and the notorious drug lord your welcome good smith known as el chapo is sentenced to life in prison by airports in new york he also faces a bill of 12600000000 dollars from the proceeds of his drugs empire. and as arctic snows melt scientists are and he sweats over a heat wave in a land that usually follows in the entire year. i'm off it's good to have you with us tonight the world health organization has declared the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo a public health emergency of international concern although. it's a rare designation that used only for the most serious epidemics it comes after the virus spread to the eastern city of goma on congo's border with rwanda ebola has killed more than 1600 people in the country since last august the w.h.o. decision followed a meeting of experts in geneva today the w.h.o. its chief says now is the time for the international community to play a greater role in fighting the

a german running the commission and that's a nice sort of franco german balance that works for angela merkel and as i say the closeness between these 2 of these 2 women formed a line in merkel will of course strengthen angela merkel's position in europe even in the last years of her chancellor let's pick up one of those points of it with max hoffman there in strasburg this idea of a deal having been done people look at this and see it as potentially anti-democratic the idea that heads of government got together and said well if it's not it's not it's not it's not him it could be here what about her talk us through give us a flesh out this idea of the balances that have to be struck the countries the politics the genders. well we can also talk numbers here which gives you a sense of the balances as well as enough on the needs 374 votes to have the absolute majority which it takes but her party the european people's party only has 182 votes and she's not even certain to get all those votes because you know you never do there are always some people who are not happy some politicians that are no