i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us well both democrats and republicans are claiming bragging rights after the u.s. midterm elections with the results pointing to a very mixed picture in the first nationwide vote since president trump's victory two years ago democrats have taken control of the house of representatives but republicans have actually expanded their majority in the senate and also defeated strong democrat challengers in some of the important state governor races let's give you a look now at some of the numbers in the house of representatives two hundred eighteen seats are needed to take control as you can see here democrats have already surpassed that goal with some races yet to be called. and here's how the senate is shaping up the lighter shading there representing the seats that were not up for election on top of that the night's results republicans now at fifty one seats officially which means they have defended their majority in the senate all too says voting was characterized by very high turnouts in districts across the country it was billed as the most imp

that's all from a brian thomas from the entire team thanks so much for being with us r. kelly will be with you again at the top of the hour. lou we were there when we were. eighty percent americans at some point and i was really experience friendship listening.

this is focus on europe i'm brian thomas welcome to the show we begin this program here in germany where for many the feeling that nationalism can quickly give way to racism has been validated by the ongoing tensions in the eastern city of.

this is focus on europe i'm brian thomas welcome to the show we begin this program here in germany where for many the feeling that nationalism can quickly give way to racism has been validated by the ongoing tensions in the eastern city of kent just hours after word spread that a thirty five year old local man had been stabbed to death allegedly by a syrian and iraqi assailant hundreds of right wing radicals took to the streets there was the summer the next day thousands and and that's followed suit in an anti migrant rally tensions between migrants and longtime residents arise a one woman who's lived there for seventeen years and whose roots go back to lebanon has been trying to ease some of those tensions but rather sala says the tone has become harsher and the outlook less rosy. it's hard for wallace sally to watch these images but she says she can't turn away now. much has changed in camden since a far right mob marched through the city late august i was this is our city they chanted later they went on to attack immigrants and even center left s.p.d. politicians. will isolate took a

a low and welcome to focus on europe i'm brian thomas francis been shaken by the biggest protests the new years with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets against a president considered by many to be out of touch with everyday people the demonstrations in paris turned violent with a small hard core among the protesters attacking police officers responded with tear gas and water cannon as the crowds tried to reach the elysee palace president mccall's official residence while it's especially the new tax on diesel car fuel that's bringing together a broad spectrum of so-called yellow vests protesters like. they say it's only a small elite who are profiting from policies. priscilla is on her way to paris to organize a protest she hopes will shut down the downtown area livelihood is on the line. because of any business with those protesting because we have less and less money enough places to take the fuel tanks it's already very high and they keep on increasing. her car is absolutely crucial for her organic cosmetics business and driving is becoming increasingly an affordable for ma

this is focus on europe i'm brian thomas welcome to the show we begin this program here in germany where for many the feeling that nationalism can quickly give way to racism has been validated by the ongoing tensions in the eastern city of chemists just hours after word spread that a thirty five year old local man had been stabbed to death allegedly by a syrian and iraqi.

hello and welcome to quadriga dw's international talk show coming to you from berlin i'm brian thomas great to have you with us. when accounting was over it was spend time in washington with both republicans and democrats saying they were the victims as they plot the course towards the presidential election? in two years so who won the mid terms jubilant democrat. celebrating their new control the house with full powers now to subpoena investigate and hold up legislation. for the republicans deepening their senate victory gives them a powerful tool as well. as for donald trump loss of the house means you'll have to find a whole new way. of being america's presence. u. s. mid terms tough times for trump that's our topic today and to discuss that i'm happy to be joined by. griff wedding he's the bureau chief of the washington post in berlin he says. both sides can claim victory and both have a real reason to worry. mastercard is shaking as cheap europe correspondent for politico he says trump can still galvanize large portions of the american electorate. a fact that will worry many peop

s international talk show coming to you from berlin i'm brian thomas great to have you with us when the counting was over it was spin time in washington with both republicans and democrats saying they were the victors as they plot the course towards the presidential election in two years so who won the midterms jubilant democrats celebrating their new control of the house with full powers now to subpoena investigate and hold up legislation for the republicans deepening their senate victory gives them a powerful tool as well as for donald trump the loss of the house means he'll have to find a whole new way of being america's present. u.s. midterms tough times for trump that's our topic today and to discuss it i'm happy to be joined by griff witte he's the bureau chief of the washington post in berlin he says both sides can claim victory and both have real reason to work. matthew card to shake europe correspondent for politico he says trump can still galvanize large portions of the american electorate a fact that will worry many people both inside and outside the u.s. with just two years

this is focus on europe i'm brian thomas welcome to the show we begin this program here in germany where for many the feeling that nationalism can quickly give way to racism has been validated by the ongoing.

s international talk show coming to you from berlin i'm brian thomas great to have you with us when the counting was over it was spin time in washington with both republicans and democrats saying they were the victors as they plot the course towards the presidential election in two years so who won the midterms democrats celebrating their new control of the house with full powers now to subpoena investigate.

s international talk show coming to you from burlesque i'm brian thomas great to have you with us when the counting was over it was spin time in washington with both republicans and democrats saying they were the victors as they plot the course towards the presidential election in two years so who won the midterms jubilant democrats celebrating their new control of the house with full powers now to subpoena investigate.

i'm brian thomas welcome and thanks so much for being with us the leaders of hong kong's pro-democracy movement have gone on trial for their roles and the mass protests there in two thousand and fourteen now if convicted they face seven years in prison. all pleaded not guilty more than one hundred activists gathered outside the court room to show their support for the defendants carrying the umbrella as a dent of hard with their protests now four years ago tens of thousands took to the streets for nearly three months to protest against political interference by china in hong kong selections. spoke with one of the activists ahead of the trial. john king mon keeps running while he still has the chance he took up the sport when it became clear that he was due to stand trial the social you professor and activist faces three counts of what authorities call inciting public nuisance i think it is my priority now to do i mean i think it is important to cheer my cell and my fellow support up. why i guess this is the important thing a good spirits when we are facing the trial. he expects to be s

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us the g. twenty summit is getting underway today in buenos aires it's the first time the meeting of the world's largest economies has been held in south america german chancellor angela merkel though will be missing out on the start of the summit that's because her plane had to make an unscheduled landing because of technical problems with this communication systems the aircraft had only been in the air for an hour or so when the electronic system malfunction forced it to turn around and land in the western german city of cologne told reporters it was a serious malfunction and praised the very excellent. on board the delay will complicate nichols' full schedule of meetings at the two day summit. while other world leaders meanwhile have already touched down in buenos aires this year's gathering comes as the world economy and markets are weakening and with uncertainty growing over train much will depend on u.s. president donald trump. we holding crucial talks with china on tariffs and political

this is focus on europe i'm brian thomas welcome to the show. we begin this program here in germany where for many the feeling that nationalism can quickly give way to racism has been validated by the ongoing tensions in the eastern city of chemists just hours after word spread that a thirty five year old local man had been stabbed to death allegedly by a syrian and in iraq.

and will have plenty of live coverage on the midterms throughout the day for now though for me brian thomas the entire team thanks for being with us. the people the world over information. the pennines want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch.

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us the european commission is likely to reject at least twenty one thousand budget today opening the door to unprecedented fines the commission says rome's deficit plans are out of control and could trigger another debt crisis that would involve the entire you but italy's government has vowed to stay the course and to defend its flagship citizen's wage for the very poorest italians our correspondent has this look at how people in italy the of the standoff. just south of naples twenty year old lawrence is on his way to the job center italy's new populist government has promised that this job seeker certificate could soon and him and millions of other poor italians a generous income of up to seven hundred eighty euros a month but during so things it's unlikely he will ever see any of what's being called the citizens wage is where you would use the baby and i think in the end just a little bunch of people are going to get its. citizens wage eagerly awaited by many italians will cost billions of euros the most expensive item in a budget which

a low and welcome to focus on europe i'm brian thomas francis been shaken by the biggest protests the new years with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets against a president considered by many to be out of touch with everyday people the demonstrations in paris turned violent with a small hard core among the protesters attacking police officers who responded.

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us the british prime minister trees in may is racing against the clock to win support at home and abroad for back supply with the e.u. set to vote on sunday may still has to convince the skeptics in her own party who call it a sellout the actual the deal was agreed last week what may in the e.u. or ago she nick negotiating now is a declaration covering future relations may has been seeking possible concessions but her prospects for that are not looking good. teresa mayes hoping the road to brecht's its success at home might just run through brussels together with e.u. chief john claude juncker she's trying to hammer out the text of a draft deal governing her country's future relationship with the e.u. but a two hour meeting behind closed doors only yielded a pledge to talk more we've had a very good meeting this evening we've made further progress and as a result we've given sufficient direction to our negotiators i hope for them to be able to resolve the remaining issues and that work will start immediately i now plan to return for further mee

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us we begin with some breaking news coming in from the u.s. state of california where authorities say multiple people were injured a shooting at a bar in southern california police say at least thirty shots were fired at the borderline bar and grill that's in thousand oaks about forty miles west of los angeles the extent of the victim's injuries were if there's any fatalities that has not been released. local media reporting that there were multiple accounts of shots fired people had more details as they come in. ok it's to washington now with a cabinet shakeup that's created a political firestorm president trump has fired just sessions as attorney general sessions was one of the first to endorse trump during his twenty sixteen campaign but the president has long expressed frustration with sessions after he recused himself from the russian probe. jeff sessions now the former u.s. attorney general fired by donald trump applauded by his stuff as he leaves the justice department the attorney general oversees the department and it's the depar

thank you for watching d w brian thomas will be right here at the news desk with an update on your headlines at the top the. letter we were. when we were. in the percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship.

i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show a judge in the united states has barred president trump from denying asylum to migrants who entered the country illegally through mexico the judge said the order represented quote an extreme departure from normal practice in the u.s. the ruling comes as the u.s. steps up security at its border with mexico to prevent what the trumpet administration calls large groups of people from running across the border it's installed more barbed wire and concrete barrier gate caves to prevent any uncontrolled crossings. thousands of migrants from central america are currently waiting in the mexican city of tijuana to apply for asylum in the u.s. some locals are unhappy about their presence there. we don't want you here that's the message of around two hundred residents protesting the arrival of thousands of central american migrants the demonstration underlines the growing tension here the protesters accuse the migrants of forcing their way into mexico and of being ungrateful for the help they're offered no kerry must pay what we have not return our go

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this is focus on europe i'm brian thomas welcome to the show we begin this program here in germany where for many the feeling that nationalism can quickly give way to racism has been validated by the ongoing tensions.

news live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the entire team here thanks so much for joining us we'll see you again next on. the. story spread the world over information. opinions they want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch and follow us. do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states also this president of the united states oh how. i was a correspondent in washington when donald trump took his oath of office. more than two months had passed since his election which seemed to come out of the blue both for american and european journalists. to know which official donald trump did it herself. yes big surprise for everyone probably even for himself. in the meantime fact checkers have exposed thousands of lies told by donald trump get that does not seem to bother his supporters indeed and apparently outrageous claim he once made on the campaign trail could actually be true i have the most loyal people did you ever see that where i could stand in the middle if if they have a new and shoo

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us the u.s. is calling it a policy of maximum pressure the aim forcing iran to change its behavior and the last hour of the trumpet ministration has reinstated all signs on around the measures targeting all key areas of the country's economy including the oil financial and shipping sectors around has denounced the move of course saying it will not be intimidated but the restrictions look set to create more hardship for everyday people in the country. it's not business as usual in iran u.s. oil and financial sanctions have come back into force and the consequences could cripple the islamic republic. u.s. president donald trump has called the obama era deal flawed his administration twice extended sanction waivers but no more iran sanctions are very strong the strongest sanctions we've ever imposed. and we'll see what happens with iran but they're not doing very well i can tell you iran is not doing very well. how iran fares under the renewed sanctions may become quickly evident with imports restri

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us we begin in washington with a cabinet shakeup that's created a political firestorm president trump has fired just sessions as attorney general sessions was one of the very first to endorse trump during his twenty sixteen campaign but the president has long expressed frustration with sessions after he recused himself from the probe into the alleged links between trump's presidential campaign and russia. jeff sessions now the former u.s. attorney general fired by donald trump applauded by his staff as he leaves the justice department the attorney general oversees the department and it's the department that's in charge of special counsel robert miller's investigation into russia's possible role in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election an election that put trump into office. thank you very much believes u.s. intelligence agencies believe russia try to sway the election in favor of trump and special counsel miller is investigating with a trump and his aides colluded let's stay away let's stay away u.s. politicians worry that tru

this is focus on europe i'm brian thomas welcome to the show we begin this program here in germany where for many the feeling that nationalism can quickly give way to racism has been validated by the ongoing tensions in the eastern city of come just hours after word spread that a thirty five year old local man had been stabbed to death allegedly by a syrian and iraqi a sad.

i'm brian thomas great to have you with us both democrats and republicans are claiming bragging rights after the u.s. midterm elections with the results pointing to a mixed picture and the first nationwide vote since president trumps election two years ago democrats are now on track to take control of the u.s. house of representatives but republicans have actually expanded their majority in the senate and also defeated strong democrat challengers in state governor races let's take a look at the standings in the election for the house of representatives overseen there is a gains for the democrats the republicans though keeping up their side of it let's take a look at the senate now how that race is looking. here it's the republicans who had the best showing with the democrats falling behind even from expectations as recent as yesterday while democrat nancy pelosi of california could again become speaker of the house a job she held from two thousand and seven to two thousand and eleven now she has promised that this house leader she would exert greater oversight of the trumpet ministrati

s international talk show coming to you from berlin i'm brian thomas great to have you with us when the counting was over it was spin time in washington with both republicans and democrats saying they were the victors as they plot the course towards the presidential election in two years so who won the midterms democrats celebrating their new control of the house with full powers now to subpoena investigate and.

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i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show. a judge in the u.s. has barred president trump from denying asylum to migrants who entered the country illegally through mexico the judge said the order represented quote an extreme departure from normal practices in the u.s. now this ruling comes as thousands of migrants from central america arrive in the mexican city of tijuana on the u.s. border now many may have to wait there for weeks or even months to apply for asylum in the u.s. and as d.w. reports their presence is causing tensions in that city. that we don't want you here that's the message of around two hundred residents protesting the arrival of thousands of central american migrants the demonstration underlines the growing tension here the protesters accuse the migrants of forcing their way into mexico and of being ungrateful for the help they're offered no get a must get what we have not we turn our government to support this farce. when we all know it's a sham. be it in africa that just bringing their problems here but over them like he. th

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us the european commission is expected to take the first step towards disciplining the italian government today over its two thousand one thousand budget the commission says that budget should be cut and it's being backed by years of governments worried that rome's borrow and spend plans could trigger another debt crisis that would hurt them all but italy's populist government has vowed not to give in to the use demands our correspondent went to naples to see how the face off is viewed by the people there. just south of naples twenty year old lawrence of copa is on his way to the job center italy's new populist government has promised that this job seeker certificate could soon and him and millions of other poor italians and generous income of up to seven hundred eighty euros a month but durrance of things it's unlikely he will ever see any of what's being called the citizen's wage no i don't i don't believe in this government citizen which start was meant for one then the immigrants were cut off from dues then the people used to leave with