hofman in osaka for us we thank you for that. well let's have a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. veba an ally of german chancellor angela merkel is out of the running to become you commission president well that's according to the german newspaper that. the decision to rule out of a bar was made by e.u. leaders at the g. 20 summit in osaka germany and france had previously clashed on the issue with paris unwilling to back the german e.u. lawmaker. the mercury shot up across france on friday friesian enjoyed an early summer heat wave with temperatures in the mid thirty's but southern france it was scorching with one village hitting $45.00 degrees celsius the highest temperature ever recorded in the country. in hong kong pro-democracy protesters scuffled with police on the city's waterfront tension is mounting ahead of the 22nd anniversary on monday of britain's handover of the territory to china activists more protests against a controversial bill that would allow suspects to be extradited to mai