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oh i'm joined here the big table by baird he is the head of asia programs with the german council on foreign relations good to have you back on the show i want to ask you how responsible is germany in china's ability to abuse human rights. in its own territory was total impunity. well germany has done a lot in the past to engage in dialogue with china there were rule of law dialogues between both governments. germany has always. maintained diplomacy that was very tried but very effective with the pointing fingers but pointing out the problems of the managed to get people out of the country and in germany has that the same time maintain good relations and not tried to pressure approach which usually doesn't work with the communist party would you say that germany has found the right. you know the right balance the right next year in dealing with china i think germany has done what it correct at this stage there because i think the shoes that will come up in the future such as taiwan or just in hong kong where the need to be new compromises also into germany how to redo with that retur

with the german council on foreign relations this bigger as always we appreciate your insights thank you very much. well when he ran for president. himself as for europe. or russia for that matter selenski won the election well today he was in brussels to meet with the european union and nato allies he needs both the e.u. and nato as he tries to reinvigorate efforts to bring peace to eastern ukraine ukrainian army has been fighting russian backed separatists there since 2014 his efforts are being watched closely by the more than 2000000 displaced people who have fled their homes in the region. nikolic reports. until 5 years ago this was a place where the people of the region came to pray and enjoy. when conflict broke out and 2014 just quickly became a place of refuge for thousands fleeing the fighting for refugees outnumber the locals 10 to one. and some of those refugees are still here around 200 people have found home in the ministry taking the place of pilgrims who once came here in large numbers it's mainly the elderly and single parents who haven't been able to move on. is one

and laura like obvious is an analyst for the turkish politics for the berlin based think tank german council on foreign relations she thinks quote the result of the local election since a poll and other metropolitan cities indicate a shift in political conditions in turkey. thanks to all of you for being here and thanks to our viewers from wherever you are as well or if we could start with you what's happening in turkey and what are the voters in istanbul saying right now well i think what we've seen in the midst phone actions not just stumble but also already in march is that the a.p. is losing its grip especially in the big cities in turkey the cities that you know if they have large ones who play ssion the economic centers of turkey and stumble especially obviously was you know really important for their position to win for for the a.k.p. obviously very hurtful loss and i think what we see is that. their position which is quite different factions of people actually could unite around this idea of saying you know kind of like we are united against the system fadel and against this like one

opposition is backing a general strike and other protests to demand sudan's ruling military council resign. german foreign minister heiko mosse has reaffirmed his support for 18 state solution to the israel palestinian conflict he made his comments while meetings were daily and counterpart i'm in safadi in amman tensions have been mounting with clashes in jerusalem in recent days. russian court has put a prominent journalist under house arrest iran going to known for investigating corruption among moscow city officials was detained on thursday for alleged drug offenses earlier he was taken to hospital a close friend told the news that good enough had been beaten while in custody. german police have begun investigating the sinking of homburg old a ship still in operation it collided with a larger boat near homburg on saturday the vessel dates back to the 19th century and had just gone back into operation after restoration costing 1500000 euros. thousands of people have crossed into colombia after venezuelan president nicolas maduro we opened a pedestrian border bridge many cross to look for food an

council. we want to raise attention on the situation we find quite worrying. guest: the words of the germansador. are we going to see a similar statement coming from the whole security council, read out by the president of the council, which, from this month, the last few days, has been kuwait? that is not clear. it is really not clear whether all of the security council are so critical of the transitional military counsel at this stage, whether the three african members of the security council, where they stand, they have certainly in the past have said that the african union should take the lead on this issue, but the african union had endorsed the previous timeline for the handover to civilian control. the military council has now dismissed. also, where, for example, does russia stand, which has put out some noises, some diplomats suggesting they are quite favorable to the transition to the military council, and, remember, very complicated regional dynamics, with countries like the united arab emirates and saudi arabia, we know, having been in close contact with the military in khartoum.

has asked for and again we want this into security council we want to raise attention on the situation we find quite worrying. the words of the german ambassador now are we going to see a similar statement coming from the whole security council read out by the president of the council which from this month for the last few days has been kuwait that's not clear it's really not clear whether all of the security council are so critical of the transitional military council at this stage where did the 3 african members of the security council stand they certainly in the past have said that the african union should take the lead on this issue but clearly the african union had indorsed the previous timeline for the handover to civilian control that the military council has now dismissed also where for example does russia stand which has put out some noises some diplomats suggesting that they are quite favorable to the transitional military council and remember very complicated regional the now mix with countries like the united arab emirates and saudi arabia we know have been in very close contact with the military in khartoum james bowles

shows the greens would come in 1st in a national election edging out council michel's conservatives are we witnessing a major shift in german paul that is also coming up. british prime minister frees a man steps down.

according to authorities however the suspect he was arrested at his home in council may have had help according to information from 2 german broadcasters and as it tortured tied to newspaper investigators in the state of hassen up a syrian clues that point to accomplices one witness told police that heard a gunshot on the night of the attack in the village of esther and that afterwards 2 cars had driven aggressively through the village officials say the suspect who holds a previous conviction for politically motivated crimes had not been monitored in recent years we had the category of sleeper cells with the islamists so now we have to consider a scenario like this could also be possible when the right wing extremists seen. german m.p.'s say the name of the suspect has appeared in documents from a parliamentary investigation and 2 other far right killings that's raising questions was had one get on. what has been done to identify and destroy a right wing terror networks instead of officials look into all of the information on the suspect and individuals and question always given that. domestic intelligence officials found

council. well this week in her wonderful musings on the idiosyncrasies of germans and life in germany my colleague rachel stuart is talking about english words that the germans use in correctly now there are quite a few of these that make us english speakers scratch our heads and don't be surprised or even shocked when you hear a word that would usually get bleeped in english television coverage curious now here goes with meet the germans. and the are all over the place in germany failed information point human resources that not everyone is happy about these linguistic invaders particularly if a perfectly good german already exists but surely even worse already more bizarre is the use of english words that even native english speakers were understand. here is an english word that the germans use wrongly. let's kick off with the classic example. in english handy means useful in german this is a handy i mean you do hold it in your hand but by that logic this would be a handy and this would be a handy. this is a great one is a little bit morbid public viewing in jet lots of people gathering public s

much germans are attached to the constitution and rightly soon we have a european constitution and treaties also which is treaty say the president of the commission is chosen by the leaders of the council and he is confirmed by the parliament just like the germans i love the constitution so we headed for a situation whereby if the $28.00 heads of government of the. member states can't agree on one of the candidates that's being put forward it's pretty much anybody's guess who will take over from john claudio when he steps down on the 31st of october but now they translate last week at a european council summit to get a consensus they didn't get one there's going to be another emergency council meeting on the 30th of june that's this coming sunday. what happens essentially is the heads of government they have to agree on who they would like to see be the commission president that then gets put to the parliament they vote on this if parliament agree that person becomes the next e.u. commission president however we're quite far away from that position at the moment palestinians are outraged over the latest u.s. peace plan that story more after a short break this is what international. you

southern germany has been producing way on for decades works council member of peta mantic classes the firm as a so-called hidden champion of german industry the company has a global market share of over 50 percent not swallow but i've noticed that nearly all major tire makers use our product it's use especially in high speed tires where there's a big emphasis on safety on schools in the last year quit denko was acquired by chinese private equity firm beautiful mind capital or b m c we reached out to both b m c and core dankers german management board for an interview both turned us down the mc's europe fund has its headquarters in shanghai and london to do a location was billed as a reflection of close sino u.k. cooperation in the financial sector and came as british prime minister to resign may was seeking a new partnerships in preparation for a future outside the e.u. . germany's battles month foundation has been studying chinese acquisitions of german companies the purchase of court danka appears to be a textbook case. so i get this time it is pursuing a political strategy called china 2025 which has the aim of turning the cou

union has asked for and again we want this in the security council to want to race attention on the situation we find quite worrying. the german ambassador speaking in his national capacity now clearly the security council have to decide whether it can issue a statement what was agreed on one position it's not clear at this stage whether we're going to hear any statement after this closed door meeting they're being briefed behind closed doors by nicholas hasen who is the u.n. special advisor who has been given the task of looking at the issue of sudar for some weeks now we don't think he will be speaking to the press either and what's not clear is the dynamics around the security council table as i say it took some time for the security council after news of the crackdown on monday to have this meeting that i think is for several reasons one is because the african countries wanted the african union really to take the lead on this but now it's clear that the transitional military council is not anymore sticking with the plan the disagreed with the a you so that of course is a reason i think for the security council now to get i

shows the greens would come in 1st in a national election edging out council reckless conservatives are we witnessing a major shift in german poll that is also coming up. british prime minister frees a man steps down as the leader of the tory party today we take a look at the candidates vying to take her place at number 10 downing street. and the women's world cup kicks off in france there are a number of favorites to win the trophy in what is shaping up to be the toughest competition in the tournament history. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us we begin here in germany with what is a major surprise for the nation today environmentalist green party has outperformed chance for all americans conservatives as the country's favorite party a new poll shows a general election were held on sunday there would be a truly historic result for the very 1st time the greens would come in 1st with 26 percent although i'm ackles conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. bloc falling to 2nd place 25 percent and coming in 3rd. the right wing populist at 13 percent another jolt machall coalition partners the center left social democrats dropped to 4

we're seeing today this is evie and he's a member of the general council your party the democratic party here's what he told the stream german media built published where. local election 2016 and the general elections in 2017 were manipulated by the organized crime. but you may view it can be only one solution to the crisis. in order to create space for a free and fair elections with the hands of criminals. the opposition requests the implementation of those degree for as long as there is no constitutional court to prove the opposite it's amazing. so if you say you're joining us on the phone i'll direct this video comment to you there's a clear it's a man there they want the prime minister to step down what do you make of what you . lisa. hi i can hear you now perfect tie so. that's ok we're happy that you can knowing that he was going on that we're happy here to join us i played a video comment from a member of the democratic party he's the general counsel and he says he and the party want the prime minister to step down what do you make of that call. it has been the general cold the oprah's ition that has relinquished thei

german chancellor arriving. other heads of the european council have to be decided the european central bank the e.c.b. as well of course is the foreign policy chief so these are the top jobs over the institution of the european union. that have to be decided. watching this for us in brussels is correspondent we'll get to him in just a little while but 1st let's have a closer look at this selection process for the commission president 3 candidates from parties across the political spectrum of been put forward the final choice will be appointed by 28 members of the commission. it will also appoint the high representative for foreign affairs federica mongering and currently holds up the european council made up of the heads of government of member countries will then choose a successor to its current president donald tusk as i say nadine barber is there watching everything for us and we just see an angle americal come out of does it mean that they've actually agreed on something. not quite in fact the discussions in earnest begin with a working dinner in half an hour or so we have heard though in the las

german media have reported that my call and others have torpedoed miracle's choice and in return germany is freezing out french candidates outgoing european council president wants a candidate from the center left and right now the top consensus choice seems to be the social democrat france tenements of the netherlands a longtime deputy of current commission president john claude younker denmark's margaret vest is more liberal and also a strong contender she's one of the few women in the running the overall mix of top e.u. posts is supposed to reflect a balance of men and women east and west liberal and conservative threading that needle will be a considerable challenge and the clock is ticking the european parliament will hold its 1st session on tuesday. in brussels is t w correspondent barbara visa but why is it so difficult to agree on a candidate. it is tremendously difficult because as we have heard there has been a power struggle going on between. the french president and. the and he did in fact to p. to the german candidate and the question then is watch now what next where to go from there and it is actually a power struggle about the fut

these comments were echoed by angela merkel the german chancellor speaking at the council. again that the withdrawal agreement has been negotiated. so although withdrawal agreement has been negotiated. so althoutheremy hunt and boris johnson may negotiated. so althoutheremy hunt and borisjohnson may be talking in their various ways about some sort of renegotiation with the eu as they make their pitches for the conservative leadership and indeed to become prime minister, a repetition from the eu, various people within the eu, yet again that the withdrawal agreement has been negotiated and is not up to be reopened. now, a petition to recall conservative mp for brecon chris davies has secured the signatures of more than 10% of registered voters in his constituency, which forces a by—election. he was fined and ordered to do 50 hours of community service after being convicted in march of making a false expenses claim. mr davies could stand in the by—election but it is not yet known whether he will be contesting that. that news just coming in whether he will be contesting that. t

the western city of castle german media have quoted unnamed sources saying the suspects could have ties to militant far right groups volatile was head of the regional council and consul he was shot on the terrace of his home and close range in the early hours of june 2nd at 1st there were no leads and the police asked for tip offs an initial arrest was made on the north sea ferry the following weekend the suspect was released. now there may be a breakthrough police have taken a 45 year old man into custody in council. with already saying he was arrested on the basis of d.n.a. traces found at the crime scene at frankfurt newspaper has reported that the man is believed to have far right links there had already been early speculation about far right motives look who made enemies after speaking out in defense of migrants in 2015. talking over the that we have to stand up for our families and those who don't believe in these values can lead this country at any telling if it does it great that's every german is free to. go there 1st. since live because death malicious social media posts celebrating look as murder have come from accounts time to right wing extrem

council put up bunting. it features former co—flags, the british flag, the american flag, the french flag in the german flag.or 110w. flags. that's all from normandy for now. i will be back before the end of the programme. now it is back to reeta with the rest of the news. the car maker ford has confirmed plans to close its engine plant in bridgend next year. the company blamed huge changes in the industry and insisted the decision wasn't connected to brexit. workers at bridgend, which employs 1700 people, have been sent home, after receiving a letter saying they'll lose their jobs by september 2020. it is the latest blow to car manufacturing in britain, following honda's decision to close its swindon factory. here's our wales correspondent, sian lloyd. it's been a turbulent few years for workers at this plant. many had feared this news could come, but not quite so soon. at lunchtime today they were sent home. we have been told we will have support, but what that means we don't know. the thing is quite a lot of us relocated from southampton to bridgend. when they shut the place there's not going to be anythi

german tennis star auctions off his most prized possessions. i mean physical and let's do business outside forces trying to vilify beijing that's what china's top diplomat has told senior ministers visiting from africa say council one nice is china's approach to cooperation with africa is different to that of traditional powers it's not pursuing selfish geo political gains or engaging in debt trap diplomacy but rather 2 sided sustainability china calls it true friendship but some say it's a one sided affair ministers from 50 african countries met with their counterparts in beijing this week to discuss further economic cooperation and to reject criticism they're generating unsustainable levels of debt. you don't deny she voted for some time some outside forces have tried to vilify and undermine china africa cooperation by cooking up accusations of so-called neo colonialism and death traps and so on which are totally groundless and are not accepted by african people on 2 such attempts expose a total lack of respect for africa lack of understanding about china and absence of knowledge about the true friendship between china and africa that has stood the test of time. which africa is indeed deep in debt 40 percent

we're seeing today this is evie and he's a member of the general council your party the democratic party here's what he told the stream german media build published where. local election 2016 and the general elections in 2017 were manipulated by the organizers. but you maybe you can be only one solution to the crisis there's an issue will be in order to create space for a free and fair elections with the hands of criminals. the opposition requests the implementation of press those for as long as there is no constitutional court to prove the opposite it's amazing. so if you say you're joining us on the phone i'll direct this video comment to you there's a clear it's a man there they want the prime minister to step down what do you make of what he says elissa. hi i can hear you now perfect tie so. we're happy that you can knowing that he was going on that we're happy here to join us i played a video comment from a member of the democratic party he's the general counsel and he says he and the party want the prime minister to step down what do you make of that call. it has been the general cold also be open vission has relinquis

they also found a german shepherd removed from the car in place with relative. >>> the pride flag is up outside dublin city hall. the council wasted no time raising the flag after unanimously voting to fly it. the new policy reverses a previous decision. last night the dublin mayor apologized for the meeting two weeks ago when they voted 3-2 against raising the flag. critics say it is intolerant. >> this sends a symbol to the lgbt q community that they are welcome and embrace by their community and faith. i think it is a really important message to send. >> i want to make sure everyone else gets a fair shake at putting their flag up. i have her controversy about the nra flag, they have been around a lot longer. >> some people question the proposal and say dublin must make sure it treats all parties and all blacks fairly. the dublin city attorney says the issue falls under government speech so the council can ultimately decide which flag will fly. the flag will be up for the entire month d a giant ighbors want to remove, but the homeowner has different explanations about why it is there. >> it is the defined of my front hand

in the same year where we have to choose the new eu council president, a new eu commission president. we know in terms of ecb, we have we have the germanandidates. whoever succeeds mario draghi will geographically come from further north and that would suggest a slightly more hawkish or less dovish twist to everything the ecb does. that is already important and it is part of the reason markets are skeptical on the ecb announcements to the guidance beyond this year or in terms of qe are rate cuts. guy: we are quite done with mario draghi. he speaks tomorrow in frankfurt. ,ince we have an ecb meeting five-year five years have gone down. the market does not believe draghi. does he now need to deliver another one of those we will do whatever it takes speeches? christian: he could try that. part of the reason why last week's message was drowned out is that mario draghi is only there until the end of october. what we need is a joint statement of the current ecb leadership and the future ecb leadership to make a difference. we do not know the future ecb leadership yet. i do not know anything major will come out of the ecb before september. we

german government say they need to see more evidence before making a determination. and secretary of state pompeo has also indicated that more evidence will soon be released. note that the u.n. security council meets today in new york, so we will be waiting and watching to see if this topic is brought up and discussed. anne-marie? >> all right, natalie. natalie brand. thank you very much. >>> this morning in hong kong activists are calling for people to boycott work and classes. this follows yesterday's mass protest against yesterday's extradition bill in china. about 2 million people crowded the streets. thigh called f ee eed -- they c the leader to resign. the leader is now apologizing for its mishandling of it. >> reporter: consumed by anger and a cloud of black, a crowd marched through, announcing the extension of beijing. they're furious with their leader carrie lam. you can see the people are defiant, they're angry, holding all these placards, and they're saying carrie lam, chief executive, resign. on saturday she hit the pause button indefinitely on controversial legislation. violence wednesday forced the government to backpedal. police were accused of using excessive force. several d

visit councils of demonstrators are expected to turn out across london freelance my trumps visit is dividing the country. last illness and the american government of the verge of collapse german politics has launched into uncertainty up to the shock resignation of andrea nonis the media office social democratic coalition partner. and will visit the city named in a one as a cycle friendly in the was one does your taxes in the netherlands have going for it. hello and welcome i'm glad that she in savannah at least 9 people are reported to have been killed in the capital film as the army moved into brick in a sit in outside its headquarters thousands have been protesting there for weeks calling on generals to hand over power to a transitional government in april the military overthrew president. a lot of the shoot after mass protests against his 30 year rule. join me now is. that i saw this was following the story for us now that the situation appears to be very want to tie it down why has the army decided to move in at this point i think the army was thinking that the sit in will and after 2 months now it has been there from. a person. and they were waiting for people just to yo

council the other member states call for calm. over the recent protests crackdown that seeks to resume arms exports to saudi arabia despite the bombing campaign in yemen. and the german government admits it has lost track of around $160.00 islamic extremists who traveled to syria and iraq. for broadcasting a lot of. international. but with. world powers have called for an urgent deescalation between the u.s. and iran on voice from the 2 countries addressed the u.n. security council and seemed in no mood for compromise. iran's defiance of the security council and its reckless behavior threatening peace and security globally must not be downplayed in the name of preserving a deal the doesn't fully cut off iran's path to a nuclear weapon the international community should also does is against us. if you want. to be governed by the rule of law not by. the united states has made clear its willingness to engage in dialogue with iran to negotiate a deal that will better serve international peace and security we hear assertions that nobody is planning a regime change in iran and at the same time we hear threats about obliteration and new sanctions are being introduced there

with the german chancellor angela merkel if the 2 can't agree the carousel could change direction and a dark horse candidate could enter the race. are let's get you more now to the european council in brussels where the summit is taking place i'm max huffman is standing by for you max tell us exactly about the importance of this powerful job and why it has become so contentious. well the importance is and you just said it because it's powerful it actually has the ability to shape legislation in the european union and steer the e.u. in a certain direction even if the commission president is still overseen by the leaders that are right here at the european union council so it is a very important job and why is it so difficult this time around because for the 1st time you don't have and it's very similar to germany by the way the 2 big parties in the european parliament so the social democrats and the conservatives that have no photos to form an alliance and have a majority you need a 3rd or even a 4th party and to nominate that commission president you don't only need a majority in the european parliament you also need a right here in the european council and for that double major

council as the other member states called for. selling crowd control weapons over the recent protests but seeks to resume arms exports to saudi arabia despite the bombing campaign in the. german government admits it has lost track of around $160.00 islamic extremists who traveled to syria and iran. and some news just into r.t. international a russian passenger plane has crashed. killing both pilots the remaining 43 people have survived so it seems and 6 are being treated in the local hospital of course our newsroom is following the situation in the we'll bring you the full details next hour as it comes across as coming up on the argument. that the u.s. peace plan for the middle east they. alone welcome the cross-talk where all things are considered. parts of. this century have been made public and the reception has not been good focusing on aid and infrastructure the deal is silent on the most contentious political issues and for all intensive purposes the long proposed 2 state solution appears to be dead is the deal of the century dead on arrival. crosstalk in the deal of the century i'm joined by my guest peter ford in manchester he's a former british ambassador to bahrain

german chancellor angela merkel it was interesting to hear what she said because she specified what she makes of that lead candidates process and she said for the moment. the head of the european council has informed the council that there is no majority on those 3 candidates from the 3 biggest parties in the european parliament that we knew but then she added and said and she doesn't see how that may change and that means basically that this process of lead candidates for her that it's this is my interpretation is over and so it might well be that we're looking at a completely new candidates maybe michel barnier the current chief negotiator is someone a frenchman and says someone from the center right who would be suitable for marco but potentially coming from her party family sold new people will have to come up to fill that post and that will have to see in the course of the next week all right we will thank ed masses in brussels thanks and much. as to kazakhstan now our joint russian european team is preparing to launch a pioneering telescope into space. will be searching for dark energy now that's a force that's thought to be pulling the universe apart but it's something that has