e.u. council president america and the e.u. are best friends who have or says we are photos is spreading fake news. the theme of trump's time in europe ruffled feathers the president's relationship with russia has been under scrutiny since he was elected president costing doubt on the strength of the u.s. european alliance ahead of a summit with russia only adds fuel to the fire. well as mentioned it remains unclear exactly what presidents trump and putin are going to be talking about in helsinki so earlier i asked peter craven in helsinki if any details had to fall about their agenda we do assume they're going to talk about crimea ukraine syria nuclear proliferation and those accusations of meddling on the part of russia perhaps the orders of readymade brought in in u.s. elections in u.s. democracy but we really don't know and this is very much donald trump style that he wants to go in there and have a one on one conversation that's very much sort of man to man we're not even going to know jure in the course of the conversatio

e.u. council president said the deal sent a strong message against protectionism together the e.u. and japan make up almost a third of global g.d.p. now after five years of negotiating the two sides have reached a deal that creates the world's largest open economic area addressing the press after a signing ceremony in tokyo european council president donald tools kept this to say. graphically we are far apart but politically economically recruit hardly be in the close. we both firmly believe in open live corp rules based international order. and free trade the two blocks are ready have a pretty balanced trade relationship last year the e.u. exported goods and services worth seventy eight billion euros to japan and imported just a little less. that trade volume is expected to increase substantially as a result of the deal. the agreement will see the removal of a host of trade barriers enabling the e.u. to export products like milk nice and wine to japan without paying tariffs the e.u. in turn will no longer demand ten percent tariffs on japanese cars and move that comes as good news

e.u. council president donald tusk senate deal sent a strong message against protectionism the agreement removes tariffs on nearly all japanese imports to the e.u. japan will also lift duties on ninety four percent of e.u. imports the deal sealed in tokyo is the largest ever negotiated by the european union and michael johns will have a complete coverage of that story in business coming up in a little bit for now but let's move on to some other stories making headlines around the world former u.s. president barack obama has wrapped up a brief trip to kenya he paid a visit to his father's home village where he showed off his basketball skills as he opened the sports and training center run by his half sister obama traveled on to south africa to attend a tribute to nelson mandela's one hundredth birthday. japanese media say an extreme heat wave has killed point. a dozen people there in the last three days thousands more have been taken to the hospital for heat related illnesses the soaring temperatures are hampering recovery efforts in parts of the country hit by deadly floods last week. in hawaii

e.u. council president has said the u.s. needs to remember who its friends are the america after shared your allies after all you don't have the money. and you europe spend more on your defense because everyone expects that this will prepare and equipped money is important about generating solidarity is even more important the southern japanese island of okinawa is being lashed by winds brought by typhoon maria power outages have been reported across the region those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera has seen hobbling trial of a dictator. this is the first time an african head of state is to be tried by a special african tribe you know. he sent ab gray the president of chad from nine hundred eighty two to nine hundred ninety is on trial for crimes against humanity war crimes and acts of torture. i gave it official he said have a say too and put africa to them she says. in last week but i'll say that schools have been fired up for us a pope will just keep a mess like no to put pressure on them or lose yo

e.u. council president said the u.s. needs to remember who its friends are the america up to shape your ilyse after all you don't have that many aunt year europe spend them all on your defense because everyone expects and they're laid that is well prepared and they creeped. money is important about genuine solidarity is even more important there have been celebrations in thailand where all twelve boys and their football coach have been rescued from a flooded cave system. the country's health minister said the boys lost an average of two kilograms each and he also said none of them were showing any signs of stress the boys and coach are now recovering in hospital where they're expected to remain in quarantine for a week the country's prime minister went on national television to thank all of those that helped. knappenberger that was i'm tired and this mission has clearly showed us with the terminations unity and sacrifice we can overcome any obstacles although the mission is over images of people from all walks of life co

e.u. council president america and the e.u. are best friends who have a says we are foes is spreading fake news. the theme of trump's time in europe ruffled feathers the president's relationship with russia has been under scrutiny since he was elected president casting doubt on the strength of the u.s. european alliance ahead of a summit with russia only adds fuel to the fire. and did over his peter craven is covering today's summit in helsinki for us first of all peter why helsinki why are the two men meeting in the finnish capital. well christopher for more we gather this was a suggestion that came from donald trump itself himself he put that suggestion to his team he said he wanted to have a backdrop that would be monumental no i when you look behind me and you see the president's palace across there the yellow fronted building where the press conference is going to take place between putin and trump this afternoon it doesn't look exactly monumental and i think when we talk about monumental in a backdrop i think what donald

e.u. council talking asking him to remember who his friends are. yes i think it's interesting that that came from the president of the e.u. he's not the host of this of course bartz twenty two of his twenty eight e.u. countries are also members of nato he can perhaps speak out in a way that the nato secretary general cannot speak speak out and he is normally a more controversial character but yes we'll have to watch the relationships with all of the nato leaders but i think you're right to focus on chancellor merkel because there is a prickly relationship with president trump watch too though how he gets on with one leader he seemed to get on very well with which is the canadian prime minister justin trudeau they obviously fell out at the end of that g. seven summit last month and angry exchanges from president trump as he flew away from that summit on his way to singapore on twitter let's see if they've made up when they meet again here all right we're told he later james thank you very much. now we got some breaking news coming from afghanistan it

e.u. council for the next six months as means charts less about in kurt's will temporarily lead an institution struggling to find a united front on migration currents is pro european and he has taken a tough line on immigration in the past so what direction will the bloc take with austria at its helm domenic kaye reports. he says countries youngest leader and finance for six months at least on paper europe's as austrian chancellor since last december sebastian cortes has governed in a coalition with the far right and increasingly his policies have reflected that year. and to have been in the last years goal is to stop the tide of illegal immigration the refugee and migrant influx into europe we have always stuck to our position and will use the e.u. presidency to work on a sound european solution that can only be achieved if the protection of our external borders works so we have to be the ones who decide who come into europe not the people smugglers. and courts says he sees his country's role as a bridge between east and west which is why he's been making overtures to the countries of what's

e.u. council president said the u.s. needs to remember who its friends are. to the middle east saudi arabia says who the rebels have tried to attack this. city of desire near its border with yemen media state a state media in fact is reporting that saudi forces intercepted a missile fired by the rebels who these have launched dozens of missiles at saudi arabia in recent months in response to the saudi ever r.t. operation to defeat the rebels. the u.n. special envoy has met yemen's president to discuss the four year conflict including the ongoing fighting around the port city of data the saudi emira r.t. coalition is backing a government offensive against the rebels for control of your data but there are fears the fighting could stop aid getting in now most of yemen's food and humanitarian supplies pass through data seaport special envoy martin griffiths says talks with president of the rebel months all had the well constructive the president has established a committee under the prime minister to assist us in looking at the proposals for a relaunch and a resu

e.u. council there is a little paragraph that opens the way protection to financial services been part of a free trade agreement you've got twenty seven countries who have to he speaks on the whole thing yes and that's why it's pretty so i don't know nancy the march communique from the summit and that's something that i know that financial services companies both in london and the u.k. but also their european counterparts have been discussing it's something that we in the treasury select committee have quizzed both the bank of england and the financial conduct or forty about and i think this model certainly is worth exploring further obviously the moment financial services regulations in the to the u.k. and the twenty seven is obviously absolutely. aligned and so i think it's definitely worth asking the question or what if anything needs to and of course there's also this issue about global regulatory standards as well so many of the companies both in london and on the e.u. continent will not be following just our own regulations and you characters they'll be following global regulations

e.u. council president, address the president much the united states head on today in comments here in brussels earlier. here's what he had to say. >> mr. president, please remember about this tomorrow when we meet at the nato summit. but above all, when you meet president putin. know who is your strategic friend and who is your strategic problem. >> and president trump was asked about those comments just before he got on the airplane to fly here here's what the president said >> we're being taken advantage of by the european union we lost $151 billion last year on trade, and on top of that, we spent at least 70% for nato and, frankly, it helps them a lot more than it helps us. >> so, guys, you heard the president there deliberately conflating the issues of defense spending and trade the president here making the case that the american taxpayers, the one being disadvantaged overall, by the lack of defense spending here in the e.u. and the trade imbalances that he sees with this continent the president coming here with a set of grievances. he wants a response from these e.u. leaders, and will se

easier so all that is needed now is thumbs up from the european parliament and from the councils over america e.u. member states and national parliaments will not have to give a green light for this deal. in brussels and in frankfurt thank you very much to both of you. now jeff bezos might call his warehouses fulfillment to send to us but amazon workers across europe feeling anything but fulfilled thousands of employees are walking off the job today at six amazon warehouses here in germany to fight for labor contracts that guarantee healthy working conditions the strikes began in spain and poland coinciding with amazon's prime day workers in poland staging a work to rule action amazon expects only a fraction of its twelve thousand workers here in germany to join the strike. but china has been building the new silk road to the so-called one belt one road project for five years billions of euros to be invested in infrastructure worldwide in order to expand trade routes the sting the economy in china of the new silk road will also go through the french port city of say it's looking to raise its prof

e.u. and the european council president has given a strong hint that it's not too late for britain to changeits mind on the e.u. this is what he tweeted he said politicians coming go but the problems they have created for people remain i can only regret that the idea of bracks it hasn't left her babies and johnson but who knows so i guess i note of hope from donald tusk that the brakes it might not even happen one of the reaction has there been from the e.u. . well there are things you understand i think from the e.u. side is that they do feel a level of sympathy for some reason may because they understand that there she is trying to bridge this impossible gulf inside her own party and playing everybody off for the same time and that the deal that she's trying to hatch is completely unacceptable to the european union because she wants to stay in with parts of the trade arrangements but leave a lot of the rest of it and that breaks all the european union's red lines now i think if she does get the chance to start a negotiation with them what the your opinion will try to do is play on the frag

e.u. and japan have just agreed a free trade deal which will create the world's biggest open economic area addressing the press to a signing ceremony in tokyo iau council president donna tusk said the deal sent a strong message against protectionism the agreement removes ninety nine percent of terrorism all japanese imports to the e.u. and a little less than that the other way round japan and the e.u. together make up a third of global g.d.p. most. of them are on that deal let's cross over to get. you correspondent in brussels and our financial correspondent ali bods in frankfurt i'd like to start with you georg according to the european commission the e.u. japan deal is the largest ever negotiated by the e.u. how significant is this is especially right now in times of protectionism what monica of course there is the economic value of this massive trade deal but there's also the strategic significance and i would say that at this moment even the the more important part of the message here being that global markets remain open remain rule based and that is why don't go junker the head of the european commission in this press conference with the japanese

sort of the problem of spain not europe just unbelievable i would like to see an independent council in the e.u. because the catalans held a referendum and made a decision so what kind of moral principles can we talk about who's going to start back at the top of the hour with more of your top stories. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers available to us but there was one more question by the way was going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star in the us and the huge amount of pressure you have to communicate the center of the page but how would you and great britain get you out of the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get the ball going let's go. along because i want to know and i'm really happy to join that for the thousand and three in the world cup in russia meet this special one it was also appreciated me to just say the reno p.r.t. teams the latest edition to make up the figure so i need to just say look. six guys is financial survival. what comes first. by your just. didn't help well we do some wo

e.u. the european council president tweeted a few hours ago. he said politicians come and go but the problems they have created for people remain i can only regret that the idea of bret said hasn't left with davis and johnson but who knows so perhaps some slightly exaggerated optimism there from donald but what does this thing. to the break between government and the e.u. . well the negotiations go on as they must and will in essence turn a new page open a new chapter in the next week or two after this new deal the chicas deal is put into a government white paper that's now expected sometime next week and is then scrutinized by the you. the copy sticking it can't be stopped it can't be turned back there is an expectation of some sort of trade deal in. britain is out next march and the question is this much vaunted deal struck on friday that. david davis of resigned or will the e.u. even accept it they certainly welcomed the fact that it happened but probably more so for the fact that it indicated some form of unity rather than its substance bec

course brought a direct response from donald tusk he's president of the european council and he tweeted america and the e.u. are best friends whoever says we are photos is spreading fake news so terry is this just an elaborate plan from donald trump to make these statements before his meeting with the russian leader. well far be it for me to know what donald trump is planning but it certainly has been his modus operandi on this entire trip to europe i was also covering the nato summit in brussels and on the morning that that meeting was to start in a completely unscathed chilled unscripted and and surprising announcement he started lashing out at germany and chancellor angela merkel in a breakfast that was just supposed to be a photo op saying there again as he has now that germany on trade doesn't treat the us fairly that it shouldn't be spending its money on gas from russia when in trump's words the u.s. is spending its billions to protect germany so that seems to be what he's doing again lashing out at the europeans and in that interview it should be said also that the interviewer was quite surprised an

e.u. and japan have just signed a massive free trade deal that will create the world's biggest open economic area speaking after a signing ceremony in tokyo you council president donald said the deal sends a strong message against protectionism the agreement removes tariffs on nearly all japanese imports to the e.u. japan will also lift duties on ninety four percent of e.u. imports the deal sealed in tokyo was the largest ever negotiated by the european union and i will have complete coverage of that story in business coming up in a little bit now let's move on to some other stories making headlines around the world hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of the nicaraguan capital managua as funerals were held for the victims of a violent crackdown on protesters at least ten people were killed over the weekend when police and gunmen loyal to the country's president attacked students holding anti-government protests japanese media say to extreme heat wave has killed more than a dozen people there in the last three days thousands more have been taken to hospitals for heat related illnesses the soaring temperatures are hampering recovery eff

well, we want to >> sreenivasan: donald tusk, the president of the european council, responded on twitter:" american and the e.u. are best friends. whoever says we are foes is spreading fake news." as for what president trump expects from the meeting with vladimir putin tomorrow... >> nothing bad is going to come out of it, and maybe some good will come out, but i go in with w expectations. i'm not going in with high expectations. h sreenivasan: and asked will try to have president putin extradite the russianic intelligence os charged with interfering in the 2016 election. >> well i might. i hadn't thought of that. but i certainly, i'll be asking out it. >> sreenivasan: republican congressman trey gowdy suggested it should be the first thing on prident trump's agenda. >> your first request of vladimirutin needs to be, "tell us which airport we can pick up the 25ussians that tried to interfere with the fundamentals of our democracy." >> sreenivasan: butiwhite house al security advisor john bolton dismissed the idea, partly because the two countries do not have an extradition treaty. >> i think it's pretty silly

e.u. finland is a member of the you many people here worried by that sort of language the head of the european council don't tweet on sunday learnt that anyone that says. that the e.u. and america of photos is spreading fake news well that's a dig obviously at the u.s. president and banners around the city here also saying welcome mr president to the law. and of the free press people here are very concerned about his or targeting as they see it of journalists as well so plenty of issues that are making people angry indeed of course the deem you paint that the much bigger picture of what the general feeling is. thinking in the people that are there demonstrated when you've been speaking to the one to one basis one of those main concerns is that about fake news this is about the instability and relationship that the u.s. has with europe you talked just a moment ago about the e.u. being a foe in fact foreign policy chief frederica more green has only just tweeted on monday that perhaps the question that president trump should be asked is who are your friends who do finland think are their friends do they

e.u. are simply not acceptable first there is what is provided for in the european council's guidelines for march this year this amounts to a standard free trade agreement for great britain with northern ireland cast off in the e.u.'s customs union and parts of the single market separated through a border in the r.f.c. from the u.k.'s own internal market no prime minister of our united kingdom could ever accept this it would be a profound betrayal of our pressure. and while i know some might propose instead of free trade agreement for the u.k. as a whole this is not on the table because it would not allow us to meet our commitments under the belfast agreement so there should be no hard border between northern ireland and and secondly there is what some people say is on offer from the e.u. a model that is effectively membership of the european economic area but going further in some places and remaining in the customs union for the whole of the u.k. . this would mean continued free movement continued payment of vast sums every year to the e.u. for market access a continued obligation to foll

e.u.'s h.q. we've seen some tongue in cheek reaction from the president of the european council adonal let's let's take a look at what he tweeted a little early on he tweeted the politicians come and go but the problems they have created for people remain i can only regret that the idea of gregg's it has not left with davis and johnson but who knows and we've also heard from carl bildt he is the co-chair of the european council of foreign relations and former swedish president here's what he tweeted earlier even before johnson announced his resignation tragic to see how the u.k. is lost in the post referendum kiryas this used to be a nation providing leadership to the world now we can even provide leadership to itself. to do have used is in brussels for us a barber they're having a field day with this so that he doesn't seem very impressed i mean we've heard that the dutch government has now already begun hiring an estimated one thousand extra officials to prepare for extra baracoa or see that they think will be required at customs after gregg's it how is your going to respond to this chaos unfold

last week's european union summit with all of the members of the european council the leadership at the national leaders of the e.u. member countries and beyond that that they also endorse the bilateral agreements that the chancellor has been making with those countries of first entry the countries that many migrants first and her so a ringing endorsement of the chancellor success this past week a clear statement that the goal of the c.d.u. of the chancellor's conservatives is to better steer order and limit immigration to germany and that they believe that they are in you. unity with the christian social union the varian conservatives on this point they also commended various aspects of the agreement that was reached in brussels last week and they said they felt real progress a milestone has been reached in terms of limiting that secondary migration i spoke of so basically what we're hearing from berlin is the leadership of the chancellor's a conservative saying we stand behind her and we think there is progress we think there's room for a compromise with the bavarian conservatives and yet me china we do know tha

within the last hour donald tusk who's the president of the european council has delivered his speech on the opening day of this china e.u. summit and he appealed to the leaders of russia china and the united states to avoid chaos and conflict he said he wanted those countries to work with the european union to prevent conflict now it's not sure what sort of conflict he's referring to whether it means trade war or perhaps the other kind of conflict because history shows us the trade wars can often lead to the real thing i mean in the thirty's for instance there was a trade war between britain and germany and look what that led to so an impassioned plea from donald tusk on the opening day of this important summit here in beijing so the are the eyes of the world very much on beijing martín and helsinki at the moment absolutely and the europeans while for them reaffirming their commitment to multilateralism into the global system of trade they also got a few problems with haven't they with the way that china does its business. that's absolutely right if you speak to european business leaders here in china they have almost i

combined market of more than six hundred million people you council president said the deal sent out a strong message against protectionism. together the e.u. and japan make up almost a third of global g.d.p. now after five years of negotiating the two sides have reached a deal that creates the world's largest open economic area addressing the press after a signing ceremony in tokyo european council president donald tools kept this to say. graphically we are far apart but politically economically recruit hard to be in the close. we both firmly believe open and live corp rules based international order and free trade the two blocks are ready have a pretty balanced trade relationship last year the e.u. exported goods and services worth seventy eight billion euros to japan and imports are just a little less that trade volume is expected to increase substantially as a result of the deal. the agreement will see the removal of a host of trade barriers enabling the e.u. to export products like milk nice and wine to japan without paying tariffs the e.u. in turn will no longer demand ten per cent tariffs on japanese cars a move that comes as good n

out of control european council president donald tusk was speaking in beijing today at the opening of a summit between china and the european union comes at a time when both the e.u. and china find themselves targeted by u.s. house. it's trade tensions continue to flare elsewhere there are signs that the economic relationship between the e.u. and china remain stable the two sides say they're close to reaching a bilateral investment agreement that commitment comes as fears grow over the impact of america's unpredictability. the europe china and the. american president trump and russian president putin can give. the fact. that the architecture of the world is changing before our eyes. and to this our common responsibility to make that change for the better. china and the e.u. also signed their first joint declaration since twenty fifteen the document mentions the need to address overcapacity on the global steel markets officials also discuss plans to reform world trade organization rules based on the same day that china filed a w t o challenge to u.s. tariffs on chinese goods. to june china and the e.u. are willing to talk about reforming and improving the w t o's

e.u. are simply not acceptable. first there is what is provided for in the european council's guidelines for march this year this amounts to a standard free trade agreement for great britain with northern ireland cast off in the e.u. as customs union and parts of the single market separated through a border in the r.f.c. from the u.k.'s own internal market no prime minister of our united kingdom could ever accept this it would be a profound betrayal of our precious to him and while i know some might propose instead of free trade agreement for the u.k. as a whole this is not on the table because it would not allow us to meet our commitments under the belfast agreement that there should be no hard border between northern ireland and arland secondly there is what some people say is on offer from the e.u. a model that is effectively membership of the european economic area but going further in some places and remaining in the customs union for the whole of the u.k. . this would mean continued free movement continued payment of vast sums every year to the e.u. for market access a continued obligation to follow the vast bulk

e.u. has there been any response? ros: we did hear from donald tusk, the council president. this cry of fake news -- anyone who says [indiscernible] peddling in fake news. we might hear later tonight from jean-claude juncker, he is in china later for the summit you mentioned. he may have something to say about this. definitely i think as more people hear about this comment will they will push back because i don't think for the most part that lawmakers in the u.s. and certainly business leaders really see europe as a foe. they see them as the strongest ally. ramy: a lot of people have their eyebrows rise when they heard that comment. , this couldsuccess be very subjective depending on if you are mr. trump or mr. putin, but what would be deemed a success after they meet? ros: the goal post is shifting. it is interesting comments from president trump today on twitter, he basically said, if i got the moon, you would ask her the stars. he said if i got russia to give us moscow, you ask for st. petersburg. he said nothing will keep the media happy. we did hear from john bolton, .h

e.u. in a ceremony in tokyo the deal was agreed to last july and european commission president john claude juncker and european council president donald tusk joined japan's prime minister shinzo abi at the signing ceremony for a defacto display of international opposition to the u.s. positions on trade policy donald tossed also spoke at the conference and levelled his opinion on what the trade deal will mean politically. in the increasing darkness of international politics. we have sending it to be in methods. that you can count on us we have predictable both japan.

e.u. in a ceremony in tokyo the deal was agreed to last july and european commission president john claude juncker and european council president donald tusk joined japan's prime minister shinzo at the signing ceremony for a defacto display of international opposition to the u.s. positions on trade policy donald also spoke at the conference and levelled his opinion on what the trade deal will mean politically. light in the increasing the darkness of international politics. we are sending a clear message. that you can count on us we are predictable both japan and the you. responsible and who continue defending the order based on rules on freedom transparency and common. it's also notable that the day before the signing the trade deal the two e.u. leaders met with chinese officials in beijing to talk trade. and we were talking about krypto curry.

well the european council president has given a strong hint that it's not too late for britain to change its mind on leaving the e.u. he treated politicians come and go but the problems they've created for people remain i can only regret that the idea of breaks it has not left with davis and johnson who knows. well tom brake is a british m.p. and spokesperson for the pro e.u. liberal democrat party he says to reason may now needs to speak to the opposition well i think my concern is that she now has lost a majority in the commons obviously if she's lost a number of senior cabinet ministers junior ministers potentially the last lost the support of the g headed up by jacob reese mog then she doesn't have a majority to get this through so i think what she needs to do in response to that is actually start talking to the opposition policies to see if she can find some common ground with us we are willing as we were two years ago to sit down with her and discuss what she might be willing to offer what her position is to see whether we can provide some support i think that that is there is a requirement on opposition part

e.u. and a ceremony in tokyo the deal was agreed to last july and european commission president john claude juncker and european council president donald tusk joined japan's prime minister shinzo ave at the signing ceremony for a defacto display of international opposition to the u.s. positions on trade policy donald tossed also spoke at the conference and levelled his opinion on what the trade deal will mean politically. it's a lie in the increasing konis of international politics. we have sending a clear message. that you can count on us we have predictable both japan and do you think the response to boot and to continue defending. based on rules on freedom transparency and. it's also notable that the day before the signing the trade deal the two you e.u. leaders met with chinese officials in beijing to talk trade. and we'll of talking about crypto currency is there is always more than we can get to today we pick just the very best news stories that are top of our list for discussion to do so we are once again joined by crew.

e.u. and japan have just signed a massive free trade deal that will create the world's biggest open economic area speaking after a signing ceremony in tokyo you council president donald tusk said the deal sent a strong message against protectionism the agreement removes tariffs on nearly all japanese imports to the e.u. and japan will also lift duties on ninety four percent of e.u. imports the deal sealed in tokyo is the largest ever negotiated by the european union. and your heart is with us now to put that deal into perspective as far as soon that trade deal will unite around to six hundred million people across both markets you officials hope it will come into effect next year the you will eventually eliminates tariffs on ninety nine percent of imports from japan but not all at the same time it will only abolish tariffs on japanese cars and trucks in the eights year and televisions in the six year after implementation use more together the e.u. and japan make up almost a third of global g.d.p. now after five years of negotiating the two sides have reached a deal that creates the world's largest open economic area addressing the press after a signi

e.u. in a ceremony in tokyo the deal was agreed to last july and european commission president john claude juncker and european council president donald tusk joined japan's prime minister shinzo ave at the signing ceremony for a defacto display of international opposition to the u.s. positions on trade policy donald tusk also spoke at the conference and levelled his opinion on what the trade deal will mean politically. it's a lie in the increasing darkness of international politics. we are sending a clear message. that you can count on us we have predictable both japan and the you predicted the responsible and will continue defending the based on rules on freedom transparency and commerce. it's also notable that the day before the signing the trade deal the two e.u. leaders met with chinese officials in beijing to talk trade. and we love talking about cryptocurrency is that there's always more than we can get to sort today we pick just the very best news stories that are top of our list for discussion to do so we are once again joined by crypto experts kristie are the tech trader phone and jeffrey talk of the editoria

council hitting back saying the u.s. does not have and will not have a better ally than the e.u.e also has mike pompeo saying what a wonderful institution nato was on twitter. it is extraordinary. they even have the old secretary of state, john kelly saying he , has never seen anything so strange or counterproductive than what has been going on in terms of the president trump's reaction at nato. notably, really hitting aggressively at angela merkel's germany saying germany is too reliant on russian energy, russian gas. an unprecedented nato meeting. emily: was there any agreement between these seemingly fraying allies? caroline: yet to ask the question, and while we see donald trump calling for greater spending, he wants the other allies to double their defense spending, but there seems to be something they are working towards. it is involving tech. it is cybersecurity. we did get a key announcement from janice stoltenberg, the nato general secretary, saying yes. we have agreed to up our investment in what they call hybrid warfare ensuring they are protected against cyber attacks