dominated the debate well obviously international issues were the ones that dominated the debate anglo merkel started obviously by discussing some of these elements that we just mentioned the budget debate but then obviously stressed all these key elements that she's been talking about internationally with where the whether we're talking about iran or whether we're talking about migration whether we're talking obviously about the transatlantic relationship where we're talking about the german french relationship where we're talking about the eurozone it was absolutely wide ranging debate today a wide ranging speech by angela merkel but obviously the key topic and that's the reason why members of parliament are still debating this issue as was the budget and that's what we also heard from other members of parliament today and tell us the debate today was open by alys by the from the far right if tea party it's the largest opposition party in the been destroyed that's first have a listen to how she ended to speech today. indians in their police age and it's a tad to allow me to end with a quote

do not necessarily agree with the way things have developed they do not necessarily agree with anglo merkel they do not necessarily agree with government's policies when it comes to immigration when it comes to the euro when it comes to integration you name it it was basically a call here in berlin for a different type of germany and that was also evident from the other protesters as well it was in a way actually of different visions and well let's go to those other counter-demonstrations been monitoring them for us some of what has their message been the counter-demonstrators. and simply it's exactly what you say these are country demonstrations these demonstrations never would have happened had the added not have this show of power planned here so their main message is to say that they stand for everything that they stand against everything that the five day stands for they believe the way that they see that he does not represent the diversity and the color firmness of german society as they see it so they are here in their thousands to see that they are open they are accepting of people

strongly agree on that issue among others expected to be discussed at today's meeting between anglo merkel and thought i mean putin or bring you a report merkel's visit to russia in just a few minutes. more victims of forced sterilization under japan's now scrapped eugenics law are speaking out and suing the government for compensation but here is the story of one of thousands of victims a seventy five year old man who doesn't want to be identified and whose name has been changed. the.

than break them well mr johnson's visit comes soon after efforts by emmanuel mccraw of france and anglo merkel of germany when they went to washington to try to persuade mr tran dial estabrook reports. with the may twelfth deadline just days away president donald trump's new legal advisor offered this assessment of the iran nuclear deal to a gathering of iranian dissidents in washington what do you think is going to happen to that agreement. that nuclear agreement. was president trump a longtime critic of the pact is threatening to pull out of the deal by saturday unless it can be improved on sunday iranian president hassan rouhani offered a stern warning this solves money and energy i tell me if america leads to nuclear accord it will soon see that this will entail historic remorse for it china the united states along with four other countries and the european union signed the joint comprehensive plan of action with iran in two thousand and fifteen. under the j.c. way iran agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons in exchange for the easing of sanctions president trump says the deal was flawed fro

is -- anglo merkel prepares for a meeting in asian. -- in beijing. isangela merkel faced with a new u.s. prompted headache. -- wants themp has justice department to import tariffs. we will get analysis from sophie in a minute. let's take a look at why the china germany trade relationship is so important. see ishe first chart you the trade flow function on your bloomberg terminal. it is a book -- orbit view of the trade relationship between china and germany. relationshipde stands at nearly $180 billion with china. u.s., china, the and hong kong. to break open the relationship. we can see the exports and imports are for the most part fair. --k at the right-hand skied side of the screen. inorts were going to china $7.7 billion. for the most part they are even. looking ahead, chancellor merkel will try to keep this study or push a higher. some of the themes are respect for ip and reciprocity and making sure a trade continues, especially in light with what is happening with the united states and china. latestlet's wrap in the tariff headlines about donal

schroeder was also at the swearing in ceremony he was anglo-american predecessor a social democrat of course as chancellor and we know that you know merkel is working with the social democrats again in a coalition what are you expecting from this new coalition in terms of putting pressure on russia going forward in order to achieve some of those aims in that wishlist that you mentioned i think there should be and there's also a mixture of from pressure and from incentives and offer of dialogue is always there from the german side a definitely under him concerning the new government and the new social democrat of foreign minister over we all expect i think so just like in russia under term and also expect a more realistic approach and structure this unfortunately means a more critical project because situation is so that we have to have critical ice on the situation of the russian federation. a new new approach from the social democrats in general with a generation change in the social democrats should be a should be necessary no how could it possibly be more critical i mean sanctions are in place what could possibly be more critical more

merkel's diplomatic checklist. red carpets and a guard of honor in china at least the old rules of diplomacy still apply. good news for anglo american who amid card bill in global headwinds is looking eastward for a friendly face. from the iran nuclear deal to fending off u.s. trade tariffs and beijing find themselves side by side. you know. we are of the view that we should be getting an unlimited exemption from these tariffs we are in discussions with the american government as the chinese government also is. and we work together well in the area of steel within the framework of the g twenty steel forum and could really solve some of the problems. where we we agreed to maintain multilateralism and rules a free trader who. saw americans we agreed to promote trade liberalization and investment opportunities in the. chinese door is open to you for help and will be open even wider better for. the reception here is a far cry from merkel's report with another ally in. her encounters with president trump marked by all her body language and misunderstandings. perhaps no surprise then that merkel's foreign minister had little to s

any way this will be anglo marco's fifteenth trip to sought she and a total of twenty four meetings between mr putin and then go merkel have happened before so we will be watching whether there will be some kind of warmth between them as a result of donald trump abandoning the nuclear deal or maybe they. it will remain diplomatic only and somewhat cold. thanks. that was the same as if it's the russian president likes to drink german beer and sometimes there is a possibility that we can exchange i've also gotten very good small things. angela from time to time sends me a couple of bottles of rather good to be. when we spoke with a german politician fairly resized russia and germany share a common interest when it comes to the iran deal in particular. to give that was so much in photoshop. and. nuclear. iran and other nations under the umbrella of united nations and if i think we have a common interest so the germans and the muslims and the us of the chinese and i was us a flight. to keep the. view of on we share common interests. and therefore i'm saying we expect in germany at least there's a mind to be outstanding it

decided that the anglo franco relationship is going to be rebooted in a major way, i do think people say that he will be a leading player in the eurozone, eu reform agenda with angela merkel. is very good at smelling weakness and then acting accordingly. and i think westminster, are very aware of that. i don't personally pursue foresee any major ruptures in bilateral relationships, but at the european level the uk will feel more alienated over the coming years. i totally agree if the jeremy corbyn is prime minister, special relationship with us is gone. mr. trump and mr. corban speaking for any kind of common sheet of music. but the defense budget in britain is under tremendous threat right now. the british army is all that are special operations forces. i think there be be more at most than surface ships in the royal navy. so my question is, if there is a hard brexit and the economy in britain is not going to skyrocket, what's the going to do to british defense. doesn't render moot what we've just been talking about. because if you get no ships and you've troops, you don't have much to say. >> one thing that i would weigh in here is you have to think about what does the