more sober discussion on the whole issue in the future the right nicole river from the german council on foreign relations here in berlin thank you for your analysis. let's get a round up now some other stories making news around the world in japan 23 people have died after a fire broke out in an animation studio in the city of giotto police say the fire was started deliberately but they have not revealed a motive a suspect has been detained and taken to the hospital for treatment for his injuries. india space agency says it will make another attempt on monday to launch its highly anticipated move the mission the initial launch was called off at short notice this week to do with technical problem india is aiming to become just the 4th country to achieve a soft landing on the moon surface. german sea captain. is being questioned in an italian court for allegedly illegal immigration last month she forced the rescue ship sea watch 3 into port on the island of lampedusa with 40 migrants on board italy has closed its ports to migrant rescue ships says it was her duty to save lives. and u.s. prosecutors have dr

coverage of the story tonight with me here in the studio is nicole rendered from the german council on foreign relations and in washington is bradley bowman he is with the foundation for defense of democracies and he's a former national security advisor to members of the senate armed services and the foreign relations committees to both of you nicole let me start with you the u.s. made this request to germany which we're hearing is that the request was made several days ago for them to join this force and they didn't get an answer and today the embassy here said ok we'll make it official the request has been made official is germany ignoring and i dare say is germany trying to blow waltz the trumpet ministration at this juncture actually a country to fought to be off the ministration because the whole german industry is dependent on the safety of the travel of the of the routes and the escalation in this region will affect the german economic sector in a way that unprecedented so there has to be an onset at the problem it's the coalition and as you will already pointed out. that. part of the government

let's put them into perspective with the cold when virt and america analyst at the german council on foreign relations here in berlin hi nicole thank you for joining us we heard those words there trump taunting these congressmen they're all a minority congresswoman they are all u.s. citizens as well we've heard inflammatory comments from the president in the past so how significant is this very significant because it sets the tone not only in the next few weeks by maybe for the future and also for the future election campaign so we should be very concerned because it will further. divide the u.s. society on the particular very heated issue of migration ok so this could set a really significant precedent is what you're saying absolutely it also this chant send her back it also reminds us of a chant from his earlier rallies especially in the campaign trail before he became president which was locker up he aimed that at as a democratic rival hillary clinton do you see comparisons there between these 2 chance absolutely i mean in steering this excitement and the sentiments he very much caters to the inter

floral accomplice 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 elections in south pole. and other metropolitan cities indicate a shift in political conditions enter. thanks all of you for being here thanks to our viewers from wherever you are as well. lower if we could start with yo. what's happening in turkey and what are the voters in istanbul saying right now. well i think what we've seen in the men's final actions not just at the stumble but also already in march is that -- the akp is losing its grip -- especially in the big cities -- in tacky -- the cities that you're always they have like large what's her relation -- the the economic -- centers of of tacky a man is stumble especially always he wa- you know really important for the position to win a full for the akp always seem very hot full -- loss -- and i think what we see is that -- festival -- the position which is quite different factions of people actually -- couldn't unite around this idea of saying you know kind of like we all united against.

talk more about this i'm joined now by heading from the german council on foreign relations mr thank you thanks for joining us. what message was president trump sending to the world by showing off all of this military might he did not give a partisan speech as many have expected or feared it was a speech of unity and he was praising the american nation he was praising people who did service to the community but of course he spent most of his speech and praising the u.s. military he himself has not served but he wants to associate himself with the military because it is the one situation that is well regarded in america a lot like the media or the politics the military is strong and especially on the republican side but he also conveys an image of a military strong america because in many of the conflicts that he is going into iran possibly china the military dominance of america is crucial and i think this was in. the supplements are not so subtle message that he also wanted to send can we presume that baze 4th of july celebrations assessing the tone for trump's election campaign in

the list for the german council on foreign relations he says the visit a group of eastern european countries has manoeuvered itself into a corner their lack of representation in top the e.u. jobs is a significant problem for cohesion it will come back to haunt the region and it's a pleasure to welcome tom he is the berlin correspondent for the british weekly the economist he thinks it was an old fashioned franco german back room with all the top jobs going to old europe but. so highlighted a subtle shift in power away from uncle america and toward emmanuelle kong. so tom let's start with that backroom stitch up as you call it actually there were official candidates for these positions there were rallies there were election posters there were t.v. debates or cilla funded lyon who is now nominated for the presidency of the commission was not in any of those so what's going on here it's funny isn't it i mean sort of on the line has been on a charm offensive in the european parliament recently trying to convince all of the political groupings that they want to vote for her to confirm her for the

we learned niche works for and as an allen this analyst for the german council on foreign relations he says. the visitor broad group of eastern european countries has maneuvered itself into a corner. their lack of representation in top you jobs is a significant problem for e. u. cohesion it will come back to haunt the region. and it's a pleasure to welcome tom not told he is the berlin correspondent for the british weekly the economist. he thinks it was an old fashioned franco german backroom stitch up with all the top jobs going to old europe. but it also highlighted a subtle shift in power away from uncle americal and toward the menu as michael. so tom let's start without backroom stitch up as you call it actually there were official candidates for these positions there were rallies there were election posters there were tv debates. ursula fund a lion who is now nominated for the presidency of the commission was not in any of those so what's going on here. isn't it i mean s. live on the line has been on a charm offensive in the european parliament recently. trying to convinince one o