i'm helena humphrey thanks for your company the former head of germany's refugee agency has pointed the finger at chancellor angela merkel hunk york advisor says he warned her last year about major problems and the strain stoff were under to handle asylum cases a major vos being creased migrant numbers but she said she and the former interior minister failed to take action this comes as the federal office for migration and refugees faces an internal review offer officials at its blame and raunch were accused of accepting bribes to wave through more than one thousand asylum applications. well i'm joined in the studio now by d.w. political correspondent repeat it. there are reports that chancellor merkel knew about the difficulties that the agency is facing quite some time ago one would imagine then that this could put pressure on her and her migration policies will it do you think absolutely because the rock migration policy and the refugee policy closely linked to a person very the refugee policy over until america has been under close scrutiny now for several weeks now as we've seen th

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i'm helena humphrey glad you could join me well eight spain a make or break week for german chancellor angela merkel and now she appears to have delivered a deal that could salvage her fractured coalition machall has secured agreements with fourteen more a you countries for the rapid return of rejected asylum seekers she's also called for migrant processing centers at germany's forward it details in a letter sent to coalition leaders merkel had faced a sunday deadline from a rebel faction in her government to overhaul the e.u.'s migration approach she told reporters in brussels the deal could be enough to end this standoff with a state premier of bavaria praised the e.u. agreement saying it was more that his conservative party expected marcus zero to caution that some of the measures were vague and more would have to be done. this is what was agreed in brussels was a lot more than expected and it's definitely a step in the right direction a lot of the measures that have been agreed are things that alba varian c.s.u. policy was demanding i think the summit wouldn't have achieved as much

time helena humphrey glad you could join us here in berlin police have showed some wounded what they termed a rampaging man in the city's iconic protestant cathedral a police spokesperson said the fifty three year old austrian man was wounded in the leg when police find out to say there is no connection to terrorism and he said now cordoned off the cathedral one of the city's top tourist attractions. and for the latest on this i'm now joined by dummies rebecca ritter's who is at the scene for us rebecca bring us up to date with what we know so far well helena at around four pm local berlin time the softer noon a man entered the dome carrying a knife he was wielding the knife aggressively police say he was shouting and screaming and threatening tourists causing quite a scene the staff here at the bell in a drone behind me they called police police came in they tried to arm the man the man apparently approach police with a knife and was then shot at by police he has been taken to hospital he is injured he's in a stable but. he's in a stable but critical condition and in the incident an

this is your business update i'm helena humphrey in berlin thanks for joining me washington's innings have been deemed illegal by europe the e.u. trade commissioner to see among them saying the bloc will not take america's actions lying down of vowing to challenge the tariffs in a case at the world trade organization in the us government well it certainly didn't waste a moment in following through on its threats. they began friday at six am central european time twenty five percent in part tariffs on steel ten percent an element the europeans reactions are clear. it is unfortunate because this is further weakening the transatlantic relations and it also increases the risk of severe turbulence is in the markets globally protectionism can never be a solution and this will hurt jobs here in the european union but also in the u.s. the e.u. has launched an official complaint at the world trade organization they want to introduce countermeasures such as tariffs on u.s. products like bourbon whiskey motorcycles and jeans or at some two point eight billion euros. new member states are meeting

this is your business update i'm helena humphrey in berlin glad you could join me well the trade around just moved up a few notches as u.s. president trump hits china hard beijing hitting straight back with tariffs of its own and lynn is adding fuel to the far as well although the heat mostly coming from washington on friday with trump announcing a twenty five percent tariffs on over a thousand chinese products mainly from next month now they include high tech safari much taking aim at beijing's ambitions to transition to a tech economy now they add up to a total of around fifty billion dollars in punitive tariffs for what donald trump calls unfair trade practices the european union is hitting back against the previous u.s. cheese and seal an aluminum by imposing levies on american goods worth about three point three billion dollars included on that tariff hitlist bluejeans whiskey and motorcycles it seems that we're now on the brink of a trade war. u.s. president donald trump says that the friendship with chinese president xi jinping is important to him but he feels china's business pr

i'm helena humphrey you could join me spain has a new prime minister who will lead a minority government paid the most on chose the leader of spain socialist fasi took the oath of office before king philippe he will now lead the country off to ousting is conservative. in a no confidence motion in parliament but some says well he'll need the support of catalan separatists a government and then you need agreement order was also sworn in today urged sanchez to discuss independent to his region. earlier i spoke to said an endo of a year spin professor of political science at the autonomous university of madrid and i asked him how stable this new government is likely to be. i think it will be a highly unstable government you have to decide so the socialists only eighty five out of three hundred fifty. of the spanish. parliament so it will have to be everything will have to be negotiated anything he wants to do will we need a consensus over keys. at least for your different political groups and amongst them as you said before the. asparagus and the basque nationalists so it will be easy and wh

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helena humphrey is here. she is taking a look at the eu taking a step closer to a trade war.eu is heading back at those u.s. tariffs. in member states have voted to say that they back a plan to slap duties on 2.8 billion euros worth h of american products. the momove is in n response to . tariffimimposed on eu u steeand aluminum. the measures need to be adopted by the european commission when it meets in a weeks time, and they are expected to go into effect by late june or early july. we can bring in our financial correspondent standing by for us at the new york stock exchange. how has the news gone down in the u.s.? >> well, it is going to hurt certain industries, but overall, we are talking about an economy the size of about $18 trillion. we are talking tariffs of about 2.8 billion euros, but still, if you look at companies like harley davidson or levis, both of those companies achieve about 1/5 of their revenue in europe. it is going to hurt. the big question for sure is, how will the u.s. respond on those tariffs and? -- those tariffs? will they be five tariffs yet go tha

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sarah: we're going to head back to singapore now and helena humphrey is standing by with the businessiew of the u.s. north korea summit. helena: well, the initial euphoria has already worn off. now they are worried about the details of the denuclearization deal. if it proves sustainable, it will boost impoverished north korea, which has a lot of catching up to do. before the war the north korea had the upper hand of the south, that is before they split. twice as many people live in the south, though we don't actually have the exact numbers in the north. and the economies are vastly different in 2016. south korea's gdp was around 15 billion u.s. dollars, the north just $27 billion. the south is one of the biggest -- it does $1 trillion worth of trade every year. traded in north is miniscule and almost all that is with china. reporter: this is the view into north korea from the chinese border city. here, interest in the event that led to the extraordinary meeting of the north korean leader and the u.s. president has been r many locals it was about is this as much as politics. -- busines

helena humphrey is here. what a day for global trade.eporter: i think it is fair to say relations have been friendly . the trade route has moved up -- row has moved up. beijing retaliating with equal strength to the u.s., and berlin adding fuel to the fire although the heat mostly coming from washington today with trump announcing 25% tariffs on over 1000 chinese products mainly from next month. they include high tech, so taking aim at beijing's ambitions to transition into a tech economy. they had up to a total of $50 billion, in punitive tariffs for what trade -- trump called unfair trade practices. they are hurting that -- china is imposing levies of its own on american goods to the tune of $3.3 billion including blue jeans, whiskey and motorcycles. the e.u. may be united on that but on other issues of trade, cracks are beginning to show. italy's government has been threatening to not ratify the trade deal with canada. italian city agreement doesn't protect regional products like parmesan and prosciutto. it seems we are on the brink o

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back to our top story now that election in turkey this weekend and helena humphrey has the economic angle sara thank you very much indeed what we've seen the turkish lira jumping one percent against the euro in reaction to the news currency markets feeling that the result represents a clear cut win so let's go over to a frankfurt correspondent standing by for us daniel let's talk turkey because of one hand and election result which means more of the same at the same time that a result which many see is a threat to democracy does that mean it could be a threat to german business which is close ties with tacky. you're right that business ties between germany and europe are strong there are about six thousand eight hundred german companies based in turkey and mostly for turkey though a good business relationship with germany is crucial with germany turkey has the biggest export trade volume last year they exported goods for about fourteen billion euros to germany followed by the u.k. and italy in general the european union is the most important trading partner for turkey so it's in their own

but first helena humphrey is here and deutsche bank's business is still looking risky to say the least to say the least certainly bad news for deutsche bank the bank the i.m.f. termed wald's most dangerous lend brings us to vision has failed the second round of the us federal reserve annual stress test the fed cited widespread and critical deficiencies in its appraisal of the linda deutsch a bag was also criticized for having weaknesses in its data capabilities revenue and law school costs as well as internal controls of the thirty five banks tested the test were goldman sachs and morgan stanley were only granted conditional passes shareholders continued to question the overall health of germany's top lender shares have recently tumbled. so let's go straight over to frankfurt the home of deutsche bank no less and speak to our financial correspondent daniel quote then a daniel this is the second stress test deutsche bank has now failed the bank maintains its undergoing reforms why haven't they had any impact yet essentially what is going wrong. yes you're right the bank has struggled to

but first helena humphrey is here and we're talking about deutsche bank for all the wrong reasons once again bad news for deutsche bank of course the bank that the i.m.f. famously termed a serious threat to growth to financial stability well deutsche bank u.s. division has failed the second round of the u.s. federal reserve's annual stress test the fed cited widespread critical deficiencies in its appraisal of the lender which was also criticized for having weaknesses in its data capabilities revenue and loss for costs and internal controls the thirty one of the thirty five banks tested passed the test although goldman sachs and morgan stanley were only granted conditional passes shareholders continue to question the overall health of germany's top blend and shares have recently tumbled . european union has extended its economic sanctions against russia for a further six months the system was taken at year in an e.u. summit in brussels now the sanctions will stay in place through until january twenty ninth teen until then companies in the european union will remain subject to restricti

of helena humphrey is here now and we're talking about harley davidson hitting the road so to speak. with the iconic all-american brand which is motoring on now to pastas new u.s. president donald trump took to twitter to express his surprise over harley davidsons decision to move production of its motorcycles for the european market to india and brazil trump tweeted he surprised that harley davidson of all companies would be the first to wave the white flag i felt hot for them says the president but it's unclear why trump goes on to say that the company would not have to pay tariffs all through the u.s. put import tariffs on motorcycles whiskey and a host of other u.s. products in retaliation for shops import tariffs on steel and i mean yes. we can bring in our financial correspondent now daniel is in frankfurt for us daniel companies like harley are really getting hit on two fronts aren't they because still an out of the new tariffs could hit them and then of course countries striking back with tariffs making shipping more expensive. yeah hi there helen i can tell you that you coul

but first it is over to helena humphrey who is taking a look at washington's latest hand in the trade dispute with china sara thank you very much uncertainty surrounding that has been enough to show up on equity markets around the world with investors reacting to reports that washington is preparing to step up trade sanctions against china now with shares in the u.s. fooling u.s. treasury secretary steven minucci and denied reports that the united states is targeting chinese firms in its crackdown on a foreign acquisitions of u.s. tech when it should now says that plans to impose investment restrictions will apply to all countries accused of trying to steal u.s. to acknowledge but u.s. officials are concerned about china's made in china twenty five twenty twenty five program which aims to grasp the global leadership of key high tech sectors. well with me here in the studio is a professor of economics at the free university. great to have you with us today now when it seems that the real sticking point for the united states with china is this industrial expansion policy the china twent

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