sanctions against european firms involved in a massive project to bring more russian gas to europe. michelleury in new york explains. donald trump has upped his criticism of germany over a gas pipe line that would double the amount of gas that can be transported directly from russia to germany. the american president said on wednesday he is still considering using sanctions to block the nord stream to pipeline. still considering using sanctions to block the nord stream to pipelinelj think block the nord stream to pipeline.” think it is an enormous mistake to germany, but again germany is running its affairs and they will do just fine. but i was critical, i had been critical of it. a tremendous amount of energy will be supplied by that pipeline. trump has claimed since last year that germany is captive to russian energy exports. he is not the first us president to oppose the pipeline, that critics say would bypass other energy sources. he draws say would bypass other energy sources. he draws on say would bypass other energy sources. he draws on support from congress, where some members have a

bribery from the qatari officials when it comes to the highest football official at the time in europe michel platini as you said and this is in this investigation is focusing on the $22.00 world cup but is it. you know every time there is a world cup or a big football tournament going on there's a 3 plethora of scandals going on ukraine and poland back in 2012 russian 20000 there was a lot of noise about you know the safety standards in the country but we know how it all found out qatar is no exception this investigation has been running since 2012 you know mired in different sorts of scandals but the numerous officials that i've spoken to from both of you way for over the last couple of years they have little concerns about the events taking place after all there's also you know a host of. spirity theories should i say a political conspiracy theories rather that neighboring countries surrounding qatar may be blotting brain to derail the world cup in the country but the last i heard from the highest ranking fee for officials is that the event will take place moreover the president of jan in

resignation from germany's political leaders fellow social democrats and minister of state for europe michelle of what has tweeted dia and it is shameful how you are treated some of the s.p.d. should be a say shame to themselves you tried your best to heal pos wounds thank you and i respect your decision while christian linna who's head of germany's business friendly free democrats also said how was treated should make everyone in politics and the media reflect her resignation is no answer to the problems of the s.p.d. but only brings us an unstable government and then is referring back to the government current government governing grand coalition between the c.d.u. and the s.p.d. we're going to have to leave it there and we will be back with you soon thanks so much for watching. if you happen to be watching this online i should tell you but you're not only the viewer you're also being watched. whenever we're online information brokers collect our data and use it to assemble user profiles that can on them a lot of money online tracking i want topics today on ships. it seems everybody's favori

whether to start access in talks with north macedonia and albania until autumn when jim is in europe mr michel a lot more time is needed to assess their requests munna 2 countries officials have suggested the north macedonia should be rewarded for settling a name dispute with neighboring greece but albania chances for membership are less hopeful the balkan status considered one of the most corrupt countries in europe bribes in the construction business for example commonplace as a correspondent. reports from the capital tirana. biggest developers. 100 in france already want to talk about the issue that's crippling his business government corruption. the buildings that lined the streets of tirana seem normal but they have a dark side in order to get the building permits officials here often ask for bribes. this rooftop however belongs to a building where according to fraud financing and licensing were done by the book that's a tough road to take in. in 2006 he became known for publicly accusing the administration of. the officials had wanted a payoff. he had to get a construction permission for

he then became head of uefa in europe in 2007, but then in 2015, michel platini was banned from football fifa, following a conflict of interest. after he had appealed to the court of arbitration for sport, that ban was reduced to four years. at the time, it was hugely disgraceful for at the time, it was hugely disgracefulfor him for at the time, it was hugely disgraceful for him for that to have happened to him. today, you cannot say, along the pavement that is a huge amount of french media waiting to see whether he emerges from the police officers behind me or not. the ban that he was given is due to expire fairly soon and the women‘s world cup is being hosted in france which means that fifa is in town, settling in paris anyway, so it means the questioning of michel platini at this time is pretty timely. i shall talk to you again later. thank you very much. the berlin senate has approved plans to freeze rent in the german capital for the next five years. it‘s been closely watched by other cities around the world. last week new york passed a sweeping overhaul of its laws, making it much

europe. russia meanwhile has said efforts to block the pipeline amount to blackmail. michellee details. donald trump has upped his criticism of germany over a gas pipeline which would double the amount of gas which can be transported directly from russia to germany. the american president says on wednesday he is considering using sanctions to block the pipeline. i think it's a tremendous mistake for germany but again germany is running we affairs and they will do just fine. i was critical, i had been critical of it, it's a tremendous amount of energy being supplied by that pipeline. trump has claimed that germany is captive to russian energy exports. he's not the first american president to oppose the pipeline, saying it would give moscow the ability to weaponised energy supplies. some members of congress have also imposed sanctions to block the project. it's over 1000 kilometres long and would run beneath the baltic sea linking eastern russia and northern germany. i should point out america are not the only ones taking issue with this, for years other eu member states have be

it found that about a fifth of people in europe either felt vaccines weren't safe, or were unsure about their safety. 0ur health reporter michellee of our best defences against deadly and debilitating diseases. but some preventable illnesses like measles are making a resurgence, and experts at the world health organization say people avoiding immunisation is a major concern. now the world's biggest survey to public attitudes reveals where vaccination confidence is low. the wellcome trust asked the opinion of more than 140,000 people in over 150 countries. worldwide, eight in ten people agree that vaccines are safe. a similar proportion agree that they are effective. but while most people in lower income areas feel vaccines are safe, confidence in higher income regions is more varied. around one fifth of people in europe either disagree or are unsure of whether vaccines are safe. the lowest confidence globally is in france, where one third disagree that vaccines are safe. in ukraine, which reported the highest number of measles cases in europe last year, only half of people agree that vaccines are effective. so what's making peop

position real opposition and constructive all right thank you michel tara thanks very much for being here thank you. thank. when much of europe wanted to kick. now to maria microbiome he invited them in. if we kyle and their son most is home to one of the worst 50 g. camps in the mediterranean. good but one woman makes life a little better for her new neighbors. meet mama reality and the refugees of some us. in 30 minutes on d w. d 2 you know that 77 percent of africa are younger than thinks of fox. that's me and me and you. and you know what it's time all voices. on the 77 percent to talk about the issues. this is where you come. to 77 percent this weekend on d w. it's been 15 years since the moon landing. was the 1st man to walk on the moon. as a small boy he dreamed of the stars. as a pilot he flew anything no matter how dangerous. a materialistic go to the cold. as an astronaut he took part in the greatest adventure in history. but he wrote the legend was simply a human being. no warm strong starts july 20th on t.w. . this is either reduce life or girl and can they patch up their differences bogged down by trade wars and

boats blog to long and spend then it grew from there. 10 years they said hi michelle i have reached his goal he's number one in europe and still expanding. like that now owns 10 fitness companies as well as its own model agency. is getting ready to open fitness studios in the u.s. . do more and severe than that it's getting to be number one is much easier than staying number one i think if you want to be successful you need to be a bit of an alpha animal inside. the investor would probably pick a brand and say ok that could work i like it although it's probably 2 steps too far for many. but if someone doesn't want to get involved with us because of it so what . so what you can do it so i. am convinced that you have an easier time if you want your way to the top and to success the clients feel it and so to partners. i think that's our situation over distance but which is why i can also imagine that someone who inherits something or takes over or even has to take over a company in the 2nd or 3rd generation will have a much tougher time and money. as soon as. that there are plenty of eggs in germany huge fortunes and th

michelle a. former president of chile and the u.n. high commissioner for human rights she went to venezuela and i have this to say. if the looting going to europe the fate of more than $30000000.00 venezuelans lies in the will inability of their leaders to place the human rights or liberty people about any personal political or ideological ambition i understand skepticism of some about the possibility that any of these negotiations will be possible but i believe given the situation that exists in the country and it should urge all leaders to maintain an entrenched positions on either side will only make the crisis worse in a swale and cannot ignore the situation the country deteriorating everything. what is it 80 do you think do we have leaders that can get to the table can we have a peaceful end to these sanctions and for the people of venezuela. you know i think the answer is yes in fact the opposition in madeira of met had different rounds of negotiations in fact almost have a deal. hammered out last year and santo domingo right before the may 2018 elections which the opposition was about to sign but then was urged by the trumpet ministratio

we asked michelle talk us from the german iranian chamber of commerce if iran is taking its business elsewhere because of sanctions but we have to see clearly that europe failed to to fulfill its obligation off the atomic agreement and so russia china and countries like even if they get more important. facilitating trade even between europe and iran and so we have to go where we can support our member companies and if it's russia it's russia if it will be china we have to go to china. zimbabwe's central bank says it's abolishing the use of foreign currencies the government hopes to brain in rising inflation by coping the black market trading of u.s. dollars or south african rand for example both are considered more stable than zimbabwe's local currency the country has permitted the use of foreign currency since 2009 when it abolished the zimbabwean dollar which became worthless from hyperinflation. well zimbabwe has struggled to stabilize its currency since the 2 thousands when the government printed money to pay off debt and sent inflation soaring it ended up scrapping the zimbabwean dollar after inflation reached 500000000000 percent that was back in

sport 1st off for you a for president michel platini has been taken into custody in france called into reports the former head of football's governing body in europe was detained as part of a long going your best occasion into alleged vote rigging in the 2022 world cup selection qatar of course was chosen teenie has been accused of accepting payment in exchange for his vote mr pertaining to his side has denied any wrongdoing but as it stands so far as lunchtime he's been taken into custody in france we'll get more details on that throughout the day for you bring in our sports correspondent as well to talk a little bit more about it in the coming hours. the u.s. is ordinal 1000 troops to the middle east amid an escalation in tensions with iran or shinton says the forces are for defensive purposes to address threats in the region. i have authorized approximately 1000 additional troops for defensive purposes to address air naval and ground based threats in the middle east we have received credible intelligence on hostile behavior by iranian forces and their proxy groups that threaten the united states personnel and interests across the region. it com

europe is over and it needs to step aside. he wants margrethe vestager to become european commission president. there may be one epp candidate that is acceptable to him and that is michelleney i -- we ier.- michel barn the problem with barnier is he was not one of the declared didaten.can timmerman, friends the current vice president of the commission from the netherland, the socialist candidate, centerleft candidate, but he remains a long shot. there is a lot of thorny issues that make it unlikely they are going to select a commission president today. fresh talks between the army and opposition factions could be on the table after sustained protests which descended into violence three weeks ago when security forces opened fire on demonstrators. negotiations since collapsed. they had been in talks over a civilian transition of power following the oust of the president. on wednesday, the head of the ruling military administration made an appeal to those who have taken to the streets. break the attempt to impasse. the head of sudan's military council said the military was ready to return to the negotiating table, but insisted neither side should make upfront demands. >> we

i have a colleague, michel barnier, who does the negotiations. i think europetiations. he will continue this process and it will try to reach a conclusion for the e.u. 27 and the u.k. on security matters, it is important that we reach a conclusion because the threats and challenges we are talking ,bout, the challenge of 5g threats of terrorism and other cyber threats are best tackled when we work together. maria: can you do that when there is no deal? julian: we will try to find the best way to maintain the closest security, because those trying to do us harm are not necessarily targeting one country or another, but our values that are shared. maria: thank you very much. that was julian king, e.u. commissioner for security in the european union. he said the relationship between the u.k. and e.u. should be very close when it comes to security. francine: we will delve deeper into the wall way security concerns -- while way security concerns. securityway -- huawai concerns. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ two banks across the world have moved to an accommodative stance. >>

jean—claude juncker and michel barnier will still technically be there but have both technically said they are not moving so i knew prime minister will have very little scope to talk to europeblem with the extension is they will have to give a guarantee to tory party members there won't be an extension and i think it is the existential crisis for the tories are so serious that if they don't get britain out of the european union by christmas, the tory party is potentially finished so unless an extension was in very specific circumstances to prepare for a no deal on both sides or because angela merkel give an indication that there could be movement, if the first indication is to turn to the british in autumn and say, i heard what happened with the brexit party, i don't have any donors, i think i'm going to delay brexit by another three or six months, it doesn't really work. the centre against an extension is there is still the belief in brussels and berlin and france, there is still thing is to solve before we have a voice. we have no certainty if a no—deal brexit will succeed or not because if boris insists on a no—deal brexit there will be a revolt in parliament and parliam

is known in europe and around the world for this team olympique leonis it was obvious that the final would take place there. leon success as much to the backing of club president michel all or he's provided the funds and supports that have allowed the club to bring in stars like ballon d'or winner are the hagar bag and germany's jennifer merritt jan. and leon players also make up the spine of the french team including club captain wendy when our. stadium very well and when we're on the pitch and see the fans jumping for us it's a boost. it's an additional motivation. for super montana tickets for the final sold out within 30 minutes of going on sale the level of support athletes received today is a far cry from the days when the vice president of the french football federation bridgette on recursion was playing football. when i wanted to join a team at age 5 they said they didn't take girls we didn't exist in football because i was. as for the local fans they have high expectations for the home world cup. i think they're doing everything to push women sports and football we expect a lot of the french team. was good for us they won their warm up games and saying they

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europe's most influential leaders are already tussling over who should be the next european commission president. angela merkel failed to win support for her pick. the picks.er led emmanuel macron pushed for chief brexit negotiator michelarnier, who ran an unofficial campaign, even though they are in the same party. >> it is clear that macron and merkel do not see eye to eye on the issue. they will have to clarify who becomes commission president before they can focus on the european central bank. we could see a delay or a transition that becomes very long. the problem is mario draghi needs to leave the central bank by the end of october. vonnie: the standoff between e.u. and italy continues. italy set to respond as it faces a multibillion-dollar euro penalty from the commission due to the country's failure to rein in debt. it does seem like we have been here before. why is this time different? >> it is different because the balance of changed inside the coalition. theow have the league, who dominant force in the coalition because of this massive win in the european parliamentary elections, and he is taking a much more brussels-bashing stand, and the latest we have is he is preparing for a collision course with brussel

it found that about a fifth of people in europe either felt vaccines weren‘t safe, or were unsure about their safety. our health reporter michelleresurgence, and experts at the world health organization say people avoiding immunisation is a major concern. now the world‘s biggest survey to public attitudes reveals where vaccination confidence is low. the wellcome trust asked the opinion of more than 140,000 people in over 140 countries. worldwide, eight in ten people agree that vaccines are safe. a similar proportion agree that they are effective. but while most people in lower income areas feel vaccines are safe, confidence in higher income regions is more varied. around one fifth of people in europe either disagree or are unsure if whether vaccines are safe. the lowest confidence globally is in france, where one third disagree that vaccines are safe. in ukraine, which reported the highest number of measles cases in europe last year, only half of people agree that vaccines are effective. so what‘s making people sceptical? in the survey, people with more trust in scientists, doctors, and nurses were more likely to trust vaccines.

it found that about a fifth of people in europe either felt vaccines weren't safe, or were unsure about their safety. our health reporter michelleisations is a major concern. now the world's biggest survey into public attitudes reveals where vaccination confidence is low. the wellcome trust ask the opinion of over 140,000 people in 41 countries. worldwide, around 80% of people believe vaccines are safe, a similar proportion believe they were effective. people in lower income areas feel vaccines are safe, confidence in higher income regions is more dated, around one fifth of people in europe i do disagree are unsure of whether vaccines are safe. the lowest confidence globally is in france where one third disagree vaccines are safe. in ukraine, which reported the highest number of measles cases in europe last year, only half of people agreed that vaccines are effective. so, what is making people sceptical? in the survey, people with more trust in scientist, doctors and nurses were more likely to trust vaccines. but the researchers say there will be many factors at play. vaccination is a personal choice, but it does do more than pr