e.u. country namely the countries on europe's southern periphery so the head of the c.s.u. has by no means disavowed that ultimatum despite the conciliatory statements that we just heard there and it will only be clear tomorrow possibly the sea evening because we're told that the head of the c.s.u. is meeting the seething with the chancellor but i think we won't get an announcement yet until tomorrow whether in fact the c.s.u. is satisfied or not all right so perhaps chancellor merkel i'm not out of the woods yet but this of course has been a very tense time for the chancellor but melinda of course this is more than just about german politics all of these discussions about migrants coming into the e.u. we're talking about people who are fleeing war or. horrible conditions what does this mean for them well this the agreement that the e.u. leaders came up with at their summit is essentially an agreement about the external border of the european union to tighten that to create new centers both within e.u. countries of first arrival but also offshore in northern africa so someb

e.u. countries cities far right interior minister had already ups the rhetoric the previous evening. in europe the times are over when france and germany decided refugee policy when they told your opinion italy watch they have to pay and which migrants they had to taken. it took a call from angela merkel and a withdrawal of the draft record before the italian prime minister agreed to attend this weekend's talks we'll see each other in brussels on sunday container it sounds like he is perhaps ready for a fight our europe correspondent barbara bizzle joins us now from lots of barbara sunday's mini summit is just an informal meeting to lay the groundwork for a full blown e.u. summit next week and why is it turning out to be so hugely controversial. because of course the government crisis that was created by want to for the nz coalition partners sort of brings in the open all the differences and the total inconsistency of european migration policy that has been just brushed under the carpet for years now every summit every meeting there's been talk about it and because there is no consen

e.u. countries coming to work in wealthier countries in germany alone there are some four hundred thousand postal workers the majority from poland. the e.u. commission has presented plans to combat plastic waste in the environment specifically in the oceans throw away items such as disposable tableware cotton swabs or straws are to be banned and replaced with more environmentally friendly alternatives. such products get washed up on beaches across the globe. manufacturers of certain disposable articles would also have to contribute to the cost of environmental cleanup. greek public and private sector workers staged a twenty four hour general strike on wednesday to protest the planned extension of austerity measures demanded by the country's creditors the walkout affected services like hospitals air travel and public transportation since two thousand and ten greece has received two hundred sixty billion euros in bailout loans exchange for imposing measures like public sector layoffs tax hikes and pension cuts but greeks are tired of years of belt tightening and want to take back control of

e.u. countries cash and other welfare provisions would only be available in the countries migrants are registered and there'd be controls at stations in airports to limit cross border movement but the document provoked disagreement as soon as it was leaked italian prime minister to. complain that the paper disregarded his country's position and threatened to boycott this weekend's migration meeting he says italy wants a moratorium on new migrants before it takes any back from other e.u. countries italy's far right interior minister had already up the rhetoric the previous evening. in europe the times are over when france and germany decided refugee policy when they told european italy what they had to pay and which migrants they had to take in. it took a call from angela merkel in the promise to withdraw the draft before the italian prime minister agreed to attend this weekend's talks we'll see each other in brussels on sunday can they wrote sounds like he's ready for a fight. yeah but you have to of course be face to face to have a fight will that happen think about that i'm joined by auster de

e.u. countries. and joining me here in the studio now is dr folk attire from the association of german chambers and industry and commerce thank you very much for joining us this morning said germany the industrial powerhouse is facing increasing trade tensions is this the end of the party for the country's economy. still the domestic driving forces are performing consumption is on the rise the labor market is still going well investments are picking up but yes international activities are stumbling and it seems so that the worst is yet to come to what extent is the united states to blame for this slowdown that we've already seen because i mean let's be honest the german government has also had its fumbling this year which haven't really helped grace. it's not only the usa there is a certain degree of mistrust in several governments must say after the financial market crisis that means now a decade ago that and we are up serving that there are non-tariff barriers making you have bringing noise into th

e.u. countries. and the big fall in business sentiment here is he germany's dax daniel cope joins us to paint a picture for us from frankfurt daniel has a look at. well painting it was no really good in our classic bad less better talk about the numbers but yes what a lousy day here at the blue chip index saxon's to start off the trading day the losses are getting bigger and bigger and we are down right now with more than two hundred points a minus of more than one point six percent and there are lots of factors that are weighing in at the moment investors really seem to realize you mention is that indeed the big boom is over all of this really has a lot to do with the current u.s. president donald trump and i can tell you that people here are learning an asset manager told me a little bit earlier that his clients are very worried about the current political situation and the fear is that this is most likely set to continue until mr trump will leave the white house let's also take a quick look at the

e.u. country in which they first registered a draft migration accord pointed to a tightening of e.u. asylum policy the document proposed establishing migrant processing centers outside e.u. borders also a mechanism for deportations between e.u. countries cash and other welfare provisions would only be available in the countries migrants are registered and the would be controls at stations and airports to limit cross border movement but the document provokes disagreement as soon as it was leaked italian prime minister just said picante complaining that the paper disregarded his country's position he threatened to boycott this weekend's meeting he says italy wants a moratorium on new migrants before it takes any back from of the e.u. countries cities far right interior minister had already ups the rhetoric the previous evening. in europe the times are over when france and germany decided refugee policy when they told your opinion italy watch they have to pay and which migrants they had to taken. it took a call from angela merkel and a withdrawal of the draft accord before the italian p

e.u. countries starting from july anglo-american has already said that she doesn't think that she can deliver an e.u. wide solution by the end of this month but what she does want to do is find bilateral solutions i.e. deals with other e.u. countries in the viewers watching this story they may be scratching their head but i mean the stakes are really that high chancellor merkel and her government could collapse next month because europe cannot agree on how to handle the influx of migrants right. well certainly this is the closest that anglo-american has come to the collapse or potential collapse of her governing coalition which is of course ironic because it was she would be effectively toppled by her own closest ally again the varian conservatives not from an outsider and this only goes to show that the tone of the debate has changed considerably not just in europe but also here in germany and when you look at the amount of people who actually arrive in germany we're no longer talking about those hundreds of thousands of people who arrived like in the climax of the migration crisis in two th

e.u. countries. and joining me here in the studio now is dr fata tire from the association of german chambers and industry and commerce thank you very much for joining us this morning said germany the industrial powerhouse is facing increasing trade tensions is this the end of the party for the country's economy. still the domestic driving forces are performing consumption is on the rise the labor market is still going well investments are picking up but yes international activities are stumbling and it seems so that the worst is yet to come to what extent is the united states to blame for this so down that we've already seen because i mean let's be honest the german government has also had its fumbling this year which haven't really helped christ. it's not only the usa there is a certain degree of mistrust in several governments let's say after the financial market crisis that means now for a decade ago that and we are up serving that there are non-tariff barriers making you have bringing noise into

e.u. country be sent back there. is could be a number on the person his register themselves in and now the e.u. country then that country's responsible for the person because then it's reasonable for that person to be turned back at the german border on the grounds that sort of was a demand which has plunged germany's governing coalition into crisis and while the e.u. tries to find a unified migration policy the varia is forging ahead with its own plans a new border police force with five hundred officers will begin patrolling on monday or guard list of what happens in berlin and brussels. so the very is going to extend its control as in any case the question is if it's a hope for is in fact going to keep up his demand to send refugees back well at the moment he hasn't actually given any official reactions that we don't know what his thinking is from prominent members of his party there has been some positive response to the deal that moscow has brought home but the crucial thing is this part where he says people hav

e.u. country they had first logged a claim in which often means italy. meanwhile italy's far right interior minister has turned away a dutch flag ship with more than two hundred rescued migrants on board my teo so.

e.u. countries have stressed their willingness to find a solution to the blocks longstanding migration debate but they ended a meeting in brussels without any concrete decisions the emergency talks were held ahead of an e.u. wide summit beginning on thursday the block is deeply divided over how to manage the flow of asylum seekers to europe here's part of what german chancellor angela merkel had to say after the talks here. we have to decide whose shoulders which responsibility and the three big problem areas so the external dimensions of border security and the internal time mansions all played a role today but it was a good discussion you see how long it lasted and we've never had that much time at the european council and that's why the affected countries all came together today over the next few days leading up to the european council meeting we'll work on solutions in these areas but today we saw a lot of goodwill and despite some differences we found a lot of common ground. let's go right to barbara vessel she is standing by for us in brussels with more hi barbara the talks are over now

e.u. country. but french president emmanuel mccrone and italy's new premier to separate contests have agreed to work together to push for.

e.u. needs to focus on their agreement with turkey as a framework for agreements with other migrant origin countries but let's not forget how much this cost the e.u. it was three billion euros this sternly still a lot at stake for merkel because she actually just had a political standoff with her internal minister he wanted to turn away migrants at the german border even though they had been registered in other e.u. countries so with division apparent across europe it's hard to see how individual agreements between member states and more spending is going to do anything other than drive a wedge deeper within the heart of the e.u. . is a good story this one that while someone coming to russia for the football extravaganza this some of those don't need a special occasion to travel around the world's biggest country q. than a story about one canadian lady this proves that eventually has no age limit. i came by to visit my motorcycle because i think it is the very best way to feel a country to discover a country it is like imax cinema when you are sitting on a motorcycle. i have been riding a motorcycle

e.u. countries apart. europe is very divided over the migration crisis and any agreements that are made between the member states are bound to be met with contradiction of the czech republic slovakia and poland they outright refused to attend today's summit they said it was a power move by merkel to control their domestic political situation and then you have other countries that are refusing to take in migrants outright italy last week refused a migrant vessel that was forced to land in spain while just a couple days ago malta also refused to another migrant vessel and you know these actions they're not going on notice to two e.u. leaders like emanuel macron i'm in favor of having mechanisms that take this into account we're going to have gum trees that massively benefit from each use of the dead sea and who massively claim their national selfishness but when it comes to the topic of migration now at the conclusion of the summit merkel said the e.u. needs to focus on their agreement with turkey as a frame

e.u. needs to focus on their agreement with turkey as a framework for agreements with other migrant origin countries but let's not forget how much this cost the e.u. that was three billion euros this sternly still a lot at stake for merkel because she actually just had a political standoff with her internal minister he wanted to turn away migrants at the german border even though they had been registered in other e.u. countries so with the vision apparent across europe it's hard to see how individual agreements between member states and more spending is going to do anything other than drive a wedge deeper within the heart of the e.u. . more than a year after liberation from militants things are slowly getting back to something like no military in the syrian city of aleppo some parts is still in ruins but locals are nonetheless trying to find ways to overcome the difficulties. that is different to safety when we walk your leaders half of the system back. that's for the western media i think they're being unfair to us because they still show bare for the children in the straits the state of homelessne

e.u. countries. german companies b.m.w. and siemens have joined us in voicing their concerns about staying and investing it britain the companies all cite uncertainty surrounding a post for exit deal with the e.u. and that criticism was magnified by new survey among business leaders in six e.u. countries the hoffa of eight hundred executives polled by the new bacon mckenzie said their firms had reduced investment in the u.k. since the briggs it aeronautics company air bus said last week that a no deal scenario might lead it to move thousands of jobs abroad. well the u.s. government continues to review its trade relations with the world but china and the e.u. have reiterated their opposition to washington's protectionist stance and their own commitment to the existing global trade order senior officials from china and the e.u. met in beijing earlier on monday to conclude talks on a bilateral investment deal chinese a deputy prime minister said to you hey said he hopes europe would ease its controls on exports to china the eur

e.u. countries at a crisis summit in brussels this weekend the outcome of that meeting could rescue or sink her chancellorship. and let's go right to brussels where our correspondent barbara vessel is standing by for us hi barbara so we have this mini summit coming up on sunday who is taking part in what is planned. germany of course and then france italy spain area greece austria who is really pushing strongly this issue and what they're trying to do is prepare compromises look at the fault lines in european migration policy and prepare the summit for friday because and thursday because something like that that is so divisive cannot be solved in one night off long and intense talks you have to sort of build some bridges beforehand so that's what they're trying to do on sunday and what we will see sumi i suppose is going to be it to tonic shift in migration policy in europe europe all gets ready to get rid of some of the legal and humanitarian constraints that have held back so far you mentioned the fault lines barbara finding that europe wide solution is going to be difficult where is ther

e.u. countries should share out the amount of migrants of refugees so that no one country has mass waves of migration into them but the problem is when that's put at a european level of a europe wide level many countries really say well we don't want that specifically not that far from here the austrian government is very wary of that sort of idea and then further east still you have what's called the visa ground for those of the countries of the czech republic slovakia poland and hungary hungary specifically is very recently changed its constitution to criminalize helping people its government considers to be illegal immigrants and changing the constitution to say that alien populations have no place in on their territory so you get this sense that what angle america wants not necessarily what she's going to get when it comes to brussels on thursday and friday ok thank you dominic cain who's on the germany austria border there and just to expand on some of what dominic was saying there more than a year ago the european commission actually laid out five scenarios for the future of europe an

e.u. countries. let's bring in our financial correspondent daniel who is in frankfurt now daniel it seems like the dax is already under pressure today what should we be looking out for on the markets this week. here's your right not a good mood here at the frankfurt stock exchange at all not even after the last minute goal over germany at the world we are down here at the docks really down more than one hundred sixty points the trading day already started with losses when you take a closer look for example at the docks and at the shares of carmakers we can see that the possibility off u.s. auto tears a sense carmaker stocks tumbling once again b.m.w. volkswagen all in the red and the outlook for the week is also not very positive investors are more reluctant also the latest business climate index figures we just heard in the report are not helping at all trade war fears a lot of chaos in the german government again very strong rhetoric to watch china this won't be an easy week here on the trading flo

e.u. countries. and joining me here in the studio now is dr foca tire from the association of german chambers and industry and commerce thank you very much for joining us this morning said germany the industrial powerhouse is facing increasing trade tensions is this the end of the party for the country's economy. still the domestic driving forces are performing consumption is on the rise the labor market is still going well investments are picking up but yes international activities are stumbling and it seems though that the worst is yet to come they are stumbling it's already prompted miss avies benz for example dining have both lowered their profit for costs and in the wake of those ructions from the united states how worried should they be should other companies be it's not only about copper duces it's it's the whole scope of german businesses related to international activities we are really horrified about the scope of escalation when it comes to new tariffs and retaliations and so forth so that

e.u. countries in the most of these countries are members of the e.u. and u.s. products going into these countries are in a parentless crisis in the nothing so you can see you will see a lot of american cars in germany for example you will see a lot of them in the u.k. we are seeing the beginning of a tariff war and on top of that are the sanctions that the potential sanctions that are going to be levied against. those companies that. have to do with you with us but also continue trading with the iran so we have a tremendous economic go warfare brewing here on a number of levels and i don't see it abating anytime soon. well trump is now heading to singapore for his much anticipated meeting with north korean leader kim jong un but before he left his french counterpart found a by which to improve the road to coast a relationship in my new mccall posted this video of the path deep in conversation . however their firm handshake often says also drawn public attention some point out macross twenty five second grip even left white finger trumps hand. and amid the divisi

e.u. countries will have to pay a twenty five percent tax on steel and ten percent on aluminum to sell on the u.s. market the e.u. is the world's second largest steel producer after china europe has taken its concerns to the world trade organization to see if it can resolve the dispute with washington now the european union plans to answer with equal tariffs on at least two hundred american products and a matter of weeks the list is expected to include peanut butter orange juice levi's jeans bourbon whiskey and motorcycles a former prime minister of croatia told r.t. how america's move could damage the global economy. i believe that move for a doesn't have any real basis because if you're looking on the job see in the u.s. steel industry it's shaved incline status really hurt much more much import that industry of your us economy and didn't bring any good. free trade in the world. right there to spoil pretty great and their global economy by unilateral moves the staged murder of a russian reporter in ukraine has shocked a journalist around the world that story after a short break stay with

e.u. countries finally agreed to take in more than two hundred migrants who've been stranded at sea for six days. the teenage footballers missing in a cave in thailand more heavy rain hampers the frantic four day long search we're live at the scene. at amnesty international accuses members military of a planned and systematic assault on the country's range of minority. leaders of south sudan's warring parties of side the peace deal aimed at ending the country's five year civil war under the deal a ceasefire will begin in three days time president salva kiir and rebel leader rick bashar signed the agreement in the sudanese capital khartoum where they've been holding talks at least fifty thousand people have been killed and around four million displaced since the conflict began in twenty thirty. up women and ceasefire . through. force. al-jazeera said morgan says that other peace deals have been signed in the past but of all of the problems well first of all the touring sides have agreed to a cease fire that would be effective within seventy two hours they've also agreed to a four month perio

e.u. country dominic cain has more from berlin. in calling an unofficial e.u. summit of eight member states the president of the european commission is seeking to find a way to bring member states together who deal with as a sort of front line of of immigration the people trying to claim asylum the point here is that you have the germans the austrians the french and other countries all seeking some form of accommodation to try to reduce the tension that has come in the immigration crisis at the same time in hungary you have the government of victoria via at his feet as party using their supermajority in parliament to amend the constitution in two ways the first being to make it a criminal offense punishable with a jail term for non-governmental organizations to provide assistance to what the government considers to be illegal immigrants and then the second change to say that hungary should not be populated with alien populations that's their words that the point here is it shows the dichotomy that the difference in approach between what the supranational e.u. w

e.u. countries are not taking part in today's meeting so if not everybody is present what exactly are they hoping to achieve today. it doesn't mean that the eastern european countries so the vision for our country has been particularly didn't come it doesn't really mean very much because they don't participate in future migration policy anyway they might get try to block certain solutions but they don't really have anything to contribute and in particularly they're not willing to take any migrants in so then not really players in the game some other smaller countries didn't come because they hardly have any migrants there are not really concerned portugal cyprus for instance and so everybody is that the table in brussels who does have people or who has people who is a transit country and who is interested and gets a participant in a common solution and this is an american center trying to prepare the ground for the biggest solution that needs to be found next week and it is a very difficult very fraught meeting because the differences between the countries and the national it gets his and

e.u. countries agreed to consider setting up secure centers for migrants in north africa and providing money for those countries to help stop migration to europe they you will give turkey more than three billion dollars to help take care of the three and a half million syrian refugees living there a uniqueness also hope to see. set up security fences within the block to process asylum claims and step up the return of undocumented migrants now and say has more from brussels. when the future of the european union may be at stake it's worth staying up all night to save its so that's what they did. emerging warily at five in the morning the french president suggested they had bridged the gap many thought impossible. position. europe is not an island and we must be able to face up to this challenge was remaining loyal to our values and protect our people and national cohesion tonight we took an important step many predicted the impossibility of an agreement many predicted the triumph of national solutions tonight we have succeeded in finding a european solution and a way of working in cooperation

e.u. countries complicit in the torture of terror suspects at cia black sites. the european union canada and mexico to retaliate against the u.s. over a hefty tax on middle imports. are broadcast live. on thomas glad to have you with us. made a dramatic u. turn this week saying his summit with kim jong un was back on the talks will take place on june the twelfth in singapore that announcement came after russia's foreign minister met with the north korean leader in pyongyang our correspondent. traveled with the russian delegation and was granted rare access to the north korean leader's residence. we were told to leave most of our belongings and all our mobile devices. out there taking us somewhere. so we're here in this band just to keep our men one photographer and myself rolling a lot of state in. this area is completely deserted and it looks like we're in circling something that appears to be the palace. if only someone told me where exactly we are right now but we are being told to fold us now because . the group. i don't really know what exactly this place t

e.u. countries impart duties on u.s. products such as motorcycles bourbon cranberries and oranges mexico is also contemplating counter-measures. well today germany's chancellor called the trump illegal and the american also warning that the terrorists could spiral of retaliatory moves leading to a global trade war german economics minister peter auld wired called the american decision wrong and harmful to both the u.s. and europe he said e.u. countries would take appropriate action and he did not rule out kilter measure that germany's foreign minister also criticised tribes decision. this thing and i call it off america the right answer to america first is you know european ited this didn't catch us by surprise at the same time we don't think it makes sense we also don't think it's legal basis. or them too and you know the big table to my far right might recall your he's an economist at the g.s.t. institute at the free university here in berlin and to my near run my colleague indeed of the business anchor helena i'm free

e.u. countries is. around to come up with the kind of demonization of russia so i think you don't actually reflect. a broader and and in alternate view. that works out of the difference is you know their relationship with the european union russia needs to be somewhat normal i don't think that say i don't think that russia will be looked to as ever replace so much but i think in base ten chill trade will does reflect again kanu. fishes in the relationship between the e.u. and america. as if all that wasn't enough turbulence in europe the spanish prime minister has been forced out of office in an unprecedented move which sort of lose a vote of no confidence in parliament it was followed by the rival socialist party leader and now gets the job with his slim parliamentary majority the ousted premier admitted his defeat during day two of debates earlier this friday. a lobbyist though they look at those from what we all know the no confidence motion is likely to go through which means mr sanchez will be the