and we've got the deputy secretary general of the german farmers association with us or heavily give us an idea of just how dire the situation is in germany because a lot of people though germany as a beautifully green country heaps of rain and actually more rain than sun this year everything is different we have had no way in for eight weeks for ten weeks in some areas in northern germany germany so famines cannot believe that we have such a long dry period on the fields what are they saying to you how are they coping at the moment well many of them are frustrated really personally and economically you know you have invested in a farmer as a farmer for years in your field in your wheat for foreseeing them for fertilizers and now you get nothing back so we're talking about ruined crops for many farmers are they going to get some sort of aid from the gut well in some areas you know you have damages fifty percent seventy percent compared to the normal harvest and so well we asked now for our government to have some assistance for this catastrophe. but this is a bit too bureaucratic pro

the german farmers association says the one billion euros would help operations that are down more than thirty percent from the previous year. on tuesday association officials will appeal to german agricultural minister yulia kirchner seen here at the g. twenty sure report to the german cabinet the following day. clinton has already said she's concerned about farmers in the north and east but not everyone believes financial help is the answer the agricultural policy representative for the social democrats argues that aiding farmers would set a bad precedent for other businesses. and he would have seen the deputy secretary general of the german farmers association there in that report will heavily he joins us now to tell us just how dire the situation is for german vase. i come from a stranger and i know all about drought it's a country that goes through not just eight weeks of drought but sometimes eight years of drought in some parts but how how dire is the situation for german fama as who usually blessed with so much rain yes it's really an exceptional year we have. two months or thre

the german farmers association says the one billion euros would help operations that are down more than thirty percent from the previous year on tuesday association officials will appeal to german agricultural minister yulia kirchner seen here at the g. twenty sure report to the german cabinet the following day. clinton has already said she's concerned about farmers in the north and east but not everyone believes financial help is the answer the agricultural policy representative for the social democrats argues that aiding farmers would set a bad precedent for other businesses. from extreme weather to extreme sports now extreme sports might seem like a modern innovation for adrenaline junkies but in the bosnian town of mostar diving has been a test of courage going back centuries and several thousand spectators lined the banks of the river. to see forty daredevils watch this now brave the twenty seven metre jump into the depths below. their most hard native laurens listo won the competition for the second year running it's the twelfth when his tough win over all other divers were not in

he would have seen the deputy secretary general of the german farmers association there in that report will heavily he joins us now to tell us just how dire the situation is for german vase. i come from a stranger and i know all about drought it's a country that goes through not just eight weeks of drought but sometimes eight years of drought in some parts but how how dire is the situation for german fama as who usually blessed with so much rain yes it's really an exceptional year we have. two months or three months in some areas no way so the grain harvest is much below average and also the corn harvest now an automobile also be much below average so it's also a problem for the cattle feet why is that do they not have enough water and reservoirs to. make up for a dry period we only have two percent of our land can be integrated in germany so we have an intensified systems in germany but we rely on we have a lot on the way and the fake lower limb pain so we have really severe problems as you know so is it time to change in germany how. we will somehow we will have to talk about adaptio

the german farmers association says the one billion euros would help operations that are down more than thirty percent from the previous year on tuesday association officials will appeal to german agricultural minister yulia cook now seen here at the g. twenty sure report to the german cabinet the following day clinton has already said she's concerned about farmers in the north and east but not everyone believes financial help is the answer the agricultural policy representative for the social democrats argues that aiding farmers would set a bad precedent for other businesses. back to life thank you ben we have to nicaragua next this central american country has been rocked by months of violence deadly confrontations between student led protesters and pro-government forces it's the worst crisis to break out since a bloody civil war came to an end back in one thousand nine hundred mile at least one hundred seventy people are believed to have been killed in this crackdown it's the biggest challenge that president daniel ortega has had to face in over the weekend thousands of demonstrators

so let's dig deeper on this now you represent a representative from the german farmers association joins us now so trump is right isn't he european farmers are subsidized and that provides e.u. agricultural products an unfair advantage in foreign markets no that's not true our agricultural policy is decoupled from directly trade issues because the fame the payments to the farmers are. just decoupled from the production so there's no direct link between production and and support for the farmers so. but what we fear is a major tragedy for jobs for farmers for cons of us just. you tell us tariffs of course what the u.s. would say is that if you make production cheaper inside the e.u. that causes a disadvantage to california and manufacturers so where the u.s. and the e.u. where can they find a compromise here are we talking about dropping subsidies or getting rid of tariffs and top. so basically. we hope at this moment that the. trade dispute between china and us and the trade dispute between the us and. european union will can be settled there is no. circle of retaliation that's much more

the german farmers association says the one billion euros would help operations that are down more than thirty percent from the previous year on tuesday association officials will appeal to german agricultural minister yulia kirchner seen here at the g. twenty sure report to the german cabinet the following day clinton has already said she's concerned about farmers in the north and east but not everyone believes financial help is the answer the agricultural policy representative for the social democrats argues that aiding farmers would set a bad precedent for other businesses. well germany is one produces better able to adapt to the whole some of the conditions are forcing venice to harvest their grapes a lot earlier they'll begin the harvest one week from now so in this sick organist the german wine institute says this is the earliest that ever starts of picking and it's expected to produce a tasty tipple measurements taken in the wine growing region show the temperatures have risen every year since one thousand eighty eight. well for days taxi drivers in madrid and barcelona have been