wide economic reforms by june merkel meanwhile says that germany wants to stand with france but that her government must first assess the risks. let's get a quick check now some other stories that have been making news around the world turkish president recha type faired one has announced plans to hold early elections on june twenty fourth the early polls will histon turkey's switch from a parliamentary system to a presidential one that will strengthen their dwan's power the announcement came just before turkey's parliament voted to extend the country state of emergency which grants the government sweeping powers. police in our many as capital a year of on have arrested dozens of opposition demonstrators protesting constitutional changes allowing a former president to become prime minister protesters claim that the move is an attempt to consolidate the government's grip on power it is the seventh consecutive day of protests in the city. and queen elizabeth has welcomed the leaders of the fifty third commonwealth countries to buckingham palace they will discuss issues including climat

summit in june but merkel has told a cautious line saying that her government has to assess its proposals before moving forward. the two leaders gave a press conference earlier and for some analysis of what they said let's bring in chief political editor mckayla cofer who was at that press conference in berlin and the w's max hope one is standing by with the latest from paris the retailer i'd like to go to you first we know that the two leaders that they they did both stress the importance of unity today chancellor angela merkel had the following thing to say i'd like to play it for our viewers now and then get your reaction there after all that a project of peace each should also show that we can only pursue the values of the to get them as well as defend the interests that is if we cooperate a european level i would have this city should be enriching us. yes and this is why we have important topics to discuss today. so an emphasis on values an emphasis on cooperation there and mckayla when we talk about cooperation what was the mood like at the event today appear as if the two leaders w

divisions have still shown through paul has called on germany to join his push for economic reform by june merkel meanwhile says that germany wants to stand with france but that path her government must first assess the risks. cuba has elected its new president. the fifty seven year old communist party loyalist takes the reins from the castro brothers who ruled the island for the past six decades promised that he would keep cuba's revolutionary politics. israel is marking seventy years of independence with celebrations across the country prime minister benjamin netanyahu began the day by inspecting a guard of honor he praised his country's achievements but also said that israelis will need to make sacrifices to ensure their security in the future and just if he's began at sundown yesterday with a lavish show in jerusalem. but even as the nation united's to mark this milestone there are sharp divisions in israeli society disagreement is perhaps deepest over the issue of settlements in the occupied west bank for the israeli right they are among the country's major achievements for the left they are

will mccaw says he'll present a united front join euro zone reform with germany by june but he'll have to win over mrs merkel in that time and he has a whole nation to convince that his own domestic reforms make economic sense walkouts a cause and travel chaos in the skies and on the ground across france with more strikes yesterday and today. who owns the railways they ask we do comes the answer french rail unions are well organized and workers like train driver fab are ready for battle when it comes to defending their privileges. and surf don't go in part rail workers are more than ready to fight it out we're not interested in sitting round and talking about it during our coffee break i'm proud of being a train worker so what. rail workers enjoy considerable perks like retirement as early as fifty two and free rail travel but the railways are heavily in debt president macron says reform is essential yes. passengers are suffering because of the strike their working days are longer and some companies could even go bust because of it we need to sort this out i want to make it quite clear we will push through t

americans should feel proud he's due to meet kim jong il in may or june he's also held talks with the german chancellor angela merkel at the white house would be iran nuclear deal featuring highly on the agenda the u.s. house threatens to redraw from the landmark twenty fifteen g.o.p. european regime fuels violence bloodshed and chaos all across the middle east. we must ensure that this murderous regime does not even get close to a nuclear weapon and that iran and its proliferation of dangerous missiles and its support for terrorism no matter where you go in the middle east wherever there's a problem around is right there. my you know we're of the opinion that the nuclear deal with iran is a first step which has helped to slow down its activities and allow them to be better monitored but we also think from the german perspective that it's not enough to achieve a reliable outcome so more has to be done the ballistic missile program is a major cause of concern the fact that iran is exerting influence in syria and lebanon is also of great concern for us and we need to cut this influence three palestinian protesters hav

korean leaders saying americans show feel proud he's making in may or june trump also held talks with german chancellor angela merkel at the white house with the iran nuclear deal featuring highly on the agenda the u.s. has threatened to withdraw from the landmark twenty fifty years deal for the palestinian protesters have been killed by israeli fire in another day of demonstrations along the gaza israel border around forty palestinians have died in the weekend protests that began at the end of march the rallies are marking the seventieth anniversary of masculist an expulsion also known as the bar the un human rights chief has called on israel to stop using excessive force on palestine want to test a singles over five thousand others have been injured many by lying fire. seven schoolchildren have been stabbed to death in northern china the children aged between twelve and fifteen more attacked as they made their way home after school in a county in shanshu a province. and more than half of syria's largest palestinian refugee camp has reportedly been destroyed in fighting between government troops and is isis fighter

chancellor merkel already mentioned the important meeting in june and the morning i will cool is that to present a shared vision on the big issues that we will talk about and we will work on this in the forthcoming weeks certainly when it comes to the function of union to make an monetary union as well as our common security and our common defense and security policy as well as good digital innovation here we need to find joint. sponsors of course these are challenges that we need to face to dave out there also challenges that we will have to face in the future both is indispensable for being prepared for the future this is what we are prepared to do in order to prepare for the european council in june where there will be a lot of work on the table but certainly political what this means that we will share a vision a vision of europe and also of our bilateral relations if you don't want a discussion. on the hands way we have our meeting today but then we also have a ministerial council which will be organized on the nineteenth of june and we also prepare in parallel everything that we

summit in june we know that means a great deal of work for us have a new civil war the need to do tough. is joining the french journalist reminded merkel about the german writer she'd quoted when michael first visited last year helen has surrender his famous sentence in every beginning lines a certain magic he asked her whether the magic was still alive it's the first time i see kids when i quoted that sentence i wasn't fully aware of how long it can take to form a government so we decided to conserve that magic we put it away for a few months but now it's coming back to giving away it's going to be done. with the franco german conversation on europe's future resuming in what appears to be a friendly atmosphere all eyes are now on a joint meeting of the two countries cabinets in june. are you watching the daily news we still have a lot more to tell you about including our france and germany at last economic translation my call on a euro zone budgets and finance minister brown germany's chancellor merkel is so content so. bad we'll have more on that for you coming right up and i say again at the top of the hour. they make a commitment.

saying americans should feel proud is due to meet kim jong un in may or june he's also held talks with the german chancellor angela merkel at the white house with the iran nuclear deal featuring highly on the agenda the u.s. house threatened to withdraw from the landmark two thousand and fifteen deal. three palestinian protesters have been killed by israeli fire in another day of demonstrations along with gaza israel border around forty palestinians have died in the we can protest that began at the end of march the rallies are marking the seventieth anniversary of mass palestinian expulsion also known as the nakba seven school children have been stabbed to death in northern china the children aged between twelve and fifteen were attacked as they made their way home after school in mysie county in shanxi province. more than half of syria's largest palestinian refugee camp has reportedly been destroyed in fighting between government troops and i still find us government jets on the tiller we have continued to pound targets around your in some in damascus in the last twenty four hours. there's a headline stay with us rewind

saying americans show feel proud he stooped to meet king in may or june trump or so held talks with the german chancellor angela merkel at the white house with the iran nuclear deal featuring highly on the agenda the u.s. has threatened to withdraw from the landmark twenty fifty years deal for the palestinian protesters have been killed by israeli fire in another day of demonstrations along the gaza israel border around forty palestinians have died in the weekend protests that began at the end of march the rallies are marking the seventieth anniversary of masculist an expulsion also known as the nakba the un's human rights chief called on israel to stop using excessive force on palestine want to test a single zone over five thousand of those have been injured many by lying fire. seven school children have been stabbed to death in northern china the children aged between twelve and fifteen more attacked as they made their way home after school in county in chanche a province. and more than half of syria's largest palestinian refugee camp has reportedly been destroyed in fighting between government troops and is isis fi

leaders saying americans should feel proud to meet kim jong un in may or june he's also held talks with the german chancellor angela merkel at the white house with the iran nuclear deal featuring highly on the agenda the u.s. house threatened to withdraw from the landmark two thousand and fifteen dale. three palestinian protesters have been killed by israeli fire in another day of demonstrations along with gaza israel border around forty palestinians have died in the week and protests that began at the end of march the rallies are marking the seventieth anniversary of mass palestinian expulsion also known as the nakba seven school children have been stabbed to death in northern china the children aged between twelve and fifteen were attacked as they made their way home off to school in missy county in shanxi province. of syria's largest palestinian refugee camp house reportedly been destroyed in fighting between government troops and i still find government jets on the tiller a have continued to pound targets around yarmouk and some in damascus in the last twenty four hours. as a headline stay with us rewind is next.

merkel. they say now he should wait until june. -- thisall german media is all that german media has been onmorning. their top story. it is a very big deal being debated in berlin. whether or not the germans agreed to help macron bring europe closer together. it was a huge issue in the election and it will be played out a bit today in strasburg. guy: what is the sense in about what is going to be said today? my sense is that germany is by no means on board with the -- with the extent of the macron plan. matt: the germans do not want to lose fiscal control. hereditorials i am reading and listening to on german radio and television suggest that the main concern is angela merkel has got to have a veto for any spending which makes it difficult to have a european because thenially everyone would want a veto. we will continue to follow this. it is massive news here politically in germany and important news for the market as well. let us get to the bloomberg first word news. >> here is president donald trump suffered a setback as a rejected -- the district judge ordered prosecutors to make availabl

this is not going to get solved in may or june, whenever he sits down with kim jong un. >> the merkellationship has not been a particularly warm and fuzzy one. >> it hasn't but that's okay. leaders doesn't have to be best friends. they can talk about their differences publicly, like macron did. they don't have to fist pump to have a solid alliance. and merkel is here with a specific agenda on things like trade, on things like russia. he wants german firms exempt from u.n. sanctions. >> they've got that skin in the game, as it were. >> there's $10 billion worth of russian gas that goes to germany. this is an example when trump is going to be in the room and maybe pushing another country to be tougher on russia than the united states. >> interesting. we're going to be following it. pamela brown is in the east room as we await to bring you this press conference there. certain to be discussions of the iran nuclear deal. we see the principals coming in, sarah sanders, john bolton, so many members of the german delegation as we get ready for the president and the german chancellor to come i

some headway before that next summit coming up in june all right i suggest we listen to a short the sound bite that we have cued up of chancellor merkel speaking after that press conference the re shaping and really founding of europe is much more than a project of peace each should also show that we can only pursue our values globally to get them as well as defend the interests that is if we have a european level i would have a city should be enriching us military space yes and this is why we have important topics to discuss today. because she's not committing to anything there i mean how strained is the chancellor by domestic priorities. well she certainly had her own c.d.u. party m.p.'s signal quite clearly that they will hold her to the word of the coalition deal that's the very foundation of a fourth term in office with the social democrats here and that means that any money being spent out of palin would have to go through the german bonus talk germany's parliament at the same time both sides want nothing less than reinventing europe and that also means a joint line in foreign policy which becomes all the more important and this

pushing for greater economic integration but merkel is skeptical of some of his proposals they're hoping to reach a compromise ahead of an e.u. summit in june. israel is celebrating the seventieth anniversary of its founding with events across the country prime minister benjamin netanyahu began the day by inspecting this honor guard he praised his country's achievements but he also said that israelis will need to make sacrifices to ensure their security in the future festivities began at sundown yesterday with a lavish show in jerusalem. well as the nation united's to mark this milestone there are sharp divisions remain in israeli society disagreement is perhaps deepest over the issue of settlements in the occupied west bank w's tanya kramer travelled to the west bank to the settlement of kodesh now for the israeli political right such outposts are among the country's major achievements for the political left they are a blight on the nation's koncz its escort days lies deep in the occupied west bank sixty families live in this illegal israeli outpost near the settlement of she to arran cuts have moved to escort is that in years ago with his

summit coming up in june but across reform ideas are facing resistance here in germany president mccrone is due to hold talks with chancellor angela merkel little later today after a joint press conference that we will be bringing you live on our program for more on that let's bring in political correspondent hooper vito vald who is joining us here in the studio so what's ahead today. we look at the official title of the meeting it is not nothing more than just a working session but already the setting shows that there's much more to it the ungrammatical welcomes and one who i might call on the construction side on a construction side of a museum on a museum which is supposed to have a cultural. issues of cultural importance for especially european importance on the display when it's opened some one day so this shows there's much more to it than just a working session and if we look at the political setting this meeting takes place up last september among them a call delivered his big so bones beach in which he said how he wants to reform the european union and you also said i need germany for this and everyone in germany for years have

summit in june we know that means a great deal of work for us having a new civil war. in his joint agency a french journalist reminded merkel about a german writer she'd quoted when michael first visited last year helen has surrender his famous sentence in every beginning lies a certain magic he asked her whether the magic was still alive it's the first time i think when i quoted that sentence i wasn't fully aware of how long it can take to form a government so we decided to conserve that magic we put it away for a few months but now it's coming back. at camp david and. with the franco german conversation on europe's future resuming in water appears to be a friendly atmosphere all eyes are now on a joint meeting of the two countries cabinets in june. are right and ben is here with the business angle of that all important power that took place here reforming the euro zone is a mammoth undertaking you know that leyla the hardest part though is getting old members to agree on what and how magical is calling for flexibility and once a french counterpart to be prepared to make compromises my call wants to see more financial soli

greater economic integration but merkel is skeptical of some of his proposals they're hoping to reach a compromise ahead of a european union summit which is scheduled in june. u.s. prosecutors will not file criminal charges in the death of pop star prince following a two year investigation minnesota authorities is say there is no evidence that the pills which killed him were prescribed by a doctor prince died in two thousand and sixteen of an accidental opioid over to. poland has marked the seventy fifth anniversary of the warsaw ghetto uprising it was the largest single act of jewish resistance against the nazis during world war two polish and israelis dignitaries paid ohmage to the hundreds of jewish fighters who took up arms in one thousand nine hundred eighty three against the occupying german forces and paid with their law suits. through them sick. israel is celebrating the seventieth anniversary of its founding with events across the country prime minister benjamin netanyahu began the day by and spirity in the future festivities began at sundown yesterday with a lavish show in jerusalem. well even as the nation united's to mark this milestone there a

june. in general some of those involving schools though we did hear from the german chancellor angela merkel who had this to say about recent arrivals and their contribution towards the un systematic problem in germany right now noir we have a new phenomenon as we have many refuges and one whom there are for example people of arab origin who bring in another form of anti-semitism into the country unfortunately and to cement isn't existed before that. and it's not that's prompted thousands of people to come out here to the streets of the german capital to say you know chandy semitism in this city and you know it is of in all its forms. a public golf club in the u.s. state of pennsylvania has apologized to five black women for calling the police on them the richt off the grounds off for the co-author of the club his father complained that the women were playing too slowly as the latest in a series of incidents where african-americans have been arrested or asked to leave a public facility in the u.s. . on sunday a black woman was arrested on a waffle house in alabama for refusing to pay for pla

merkel is skeptical of his proposals. they are hoping to reach a compromise ahead of an e.u. summit scheduled for june.o criminal charges will be filed in the death of pop star prince. following a two-year investigation, prosecutors say there is no evidence of pills which killed prints were prescribed by a doctor. he died in 2017 of an accidental opioid overdose. we remember that sad day. helen is here now. they say the economy is heading for strong growth? helen: spring is in the air in washington which does not necessarily mean challenge -- cherry blossoms. it means that meeting of the international monetary fund and the world bank. they had been holding their spring meeting in do you see, and both organizations are predicting strong growth for a global economy this year. christine lagarde predicted growth of 3.9%, the fastest rate in three years while the short-term outlook is out beat. -- is upbeat, there are dangers on the horizon. reporter: the imf chief focusing on crumbling business confidence and gloomy projections while world bank president jim yong kim saw the climate as an opportunity to sp

pushing for greater economic integration but merkel is skeptical of some of his proposals they're hoping to reach a compromise ahead of an e.u. summit scheduled for june. no criminal charges will be filed in the death of pop star prince following a two year investigation prosecutors in minnesota say there's new evidence that the pills which killed friends were prescribed by a doctor he died in two thousand and sixteen of an accidental opioid over them. remember that sad day are telling is here now global bankers tipping the economy is what headed for some strong growth theory well in fine form spring is in the average in washington which doesn't necessarily mean cherry rawson what it does mean is the annual meeting of the international monetary fund and the wild bank they've been holding at this spring meeting in d.c. and both organizations are predicting strong growth for the global economy this year i.m.f. head christine legarde predicted growth of three point nine percent that's the false just rate in eight years while the short term outlook is upbeat that often dangerous on the horizon. recent it was a case of good cop bad cop i.m.f. chief christi

summit in june we know that means a great deal of work for us have a new civil war to toddle in to join in addition to the french journalist reminded merkelabout a german writer she'd quoted when michael first visited last year helen has surround his famous sentence in every beginning lies a certain magic he asked her whether the magic was still alive it's the first time i think it when i quoted that sentence i wasn't fully aware of how long it can take to form a government so we decided to conserve that magic we put it away for a few months but now it's coming back because of a it's going to be done. with the franco german conversation on europe's future resuming in water appears to be a friendly atmosphere all eyes are now on a joint meeting of the two countries cabinets in june. and helena is here now because do expect my current to ask america for a hand when it comes to opel and the german government may come to the rescue although the or to manufacture is of course in french hands chancellor merkel urging the p.s.a. group to keep its promises before buying european arm of general motors last year valid to up hold job guarantees at o

aluminum but that could all end of june could and may first my that's the big date and that is why trade issues are set to dominate the meeting between donald trump and angela merkel in washington today and here's a look at what is at stake for the german economy and in twenty seventeen german companies sold goods to the united states worth almost one hundred twelve billion euros mainly cars machinery and pharmaceutical products in the opposite direction the u.s. sold about sixty one billion euros in goods to germany mainly computer technology pharmaceutical products and also vehicles and that created a trade deficit over around fifty billion euros and that's going to be the bone of contention between angela merkel and to donald trump today but the lack of parity in trade will likely remain in the foreseeable future ironically it is actually partly driven by donald trump himself because of his recent tax reform in the united states people of war money to spend and to that money will at least in parts be spent on all those nice products made in germany so certainly a lot to discuss in washington today. sparks could very well be flying when german chancellor angela

june 14th -- may 14th. we're headed for an increased clash. >> we'll stay on it with you. thank you. >>> in a few minutes, we'll see president trump welcome angela merkelhouse. we're breaking down trump's issues with merkel and whether they can make progress on some of the biggest sticks points like trade. today we're seeing movement on the markets on amazon. the online retailer made more money. they announced a hike to prime service going up to 119. it's the first raise in four years. wall street predicts it will be the first trillion dollar company. gdp was up 2 .3% year over year in the first quarter, but it's not as high as this administration would like it to be. here's a live look at the dow. markets are down a little less than a tenth of a percent. you're watching "velshi and". -- "sevelshi and ruhle". type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. before starting harvoni, your doctor will test to see if you've ever had hepatitis b, which may flare up a

june junun is devious. declaring that the president in both parties have been played like fiddles in previous negotiations he will not fall in the same trap. the conference with angela merkel. they say this time he will keep the maximum pressure of economic sanctions, until kim follows through on denuclearization and the president will keep the military option on the table. the president adding in his classic style. "he's doing this for the world." boasting peace talks on the korean peninsula have never gone this far. after kim was the first to take the symbolic walk into south korea. and revealed the possible locations for the next big summit between u.s. and north korea is witled down to two-goal places reminding the press core it was just months that former administrations warned president trump was bringing the world to the war due to hot rhetoric. >> president trump: things have changed the name calling. we get a kick every once in a while, that i will watch people that fail so badly over the last 25 years. explaining me how to make a deal with north korea. i get a big, big kick out of that. >> the president head of stayed says the president actions have convinced him

june quarter estimate for iphone sales based on the firm's channel checks and weaker than expected data from china. next week, european trade will take center stage, both french president macron and german chancellor angela merkel president trump at the white house. the trade dispute has put europe in a somewhat uncomfortable position trying to protect european exports to the u.s. while still remaining open business with china. something to keep an eye on ahead of next week morgan, back to you. >> we definitely will, seema seema mody in new jersey, thank you. >>> as we head to break, another check on ge. it's up almost 4%, lifting the dow out of what could be a much steeper loss has the giant finally turned a corner re'll discuss that next. mo "squawk alley" after this break. i'm not a bigwig. or a c-anything-o. but i've got an idea sir. get domo. it'll connect us to everything that's going on in the company. get it for jean who's always cold. for the sales team, it and the warehouse crew. give us the data we need. in one place, anywhere we need it. help us do our jobs better. with domo we can run this place together. well that's that's your job i guess. ♪ >>> we continue to keep an eye on shares of apple, down

june, and july. we begin the week with francine in london. i am tom keene 98 new york. -- tom keene in new york. emmanuel macron and angela merkelrl weinberg on our international economics, the said and may 2. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: this morning, yields growing higher. the u.s. 10 year approaches 3%. macron and it merkel -- and merkel approached the u.s. merkel gets a working lunch. economist, they approach chronic trillion dollar deficits. they do that with trepidation. good morning. this is "bloomberg surveillance." live from our headquarters in new york, i am tom keene. in london, francine lacqua. how was the trip? francine: it was good, but it was short. european leaders will show up in your white house. we have angela merkel later in the week. before that, we have emmanuel macron. it is a crucial week to convince donald trump to stay in the iranian accord. tom: that is front and center with these state visits. here is taylor riggs. trump is tempering his optimism on north korea. he said only time will tell. nuclearpromised to halt testing, but trump will not make concessions until north korea has dismantled its nuclear a

pushing for greater economic integration but merkel is skeptical of some of his proposals they're hoping to reach a compromise ahead of an e.u. summit in june. one of the suspects in an alleged anti-semitic attack in berlin has turned himself into police authorities say he's a nineteen year old asylum seeker who arrived in germany from syria in two thousand and fifteen he was filmed attacking two young men in jewish style skullcaps the pair told d.w. they were wearing the kippah to show an israeli friend it was safe to do so in berlin. the king of swaziland has changed the name of his country to the kingdom of esau teenie the new name means the place of the swatting the announcement comes as the african country celebrates fifty years of independence from britain king with swati the third has ruled by decree since nine hundred eighty six. for the first time in six decades a man with the name castro is in charge of the island nation of cuba tonight history in the making but just how much new history is about to be written does miguel diaz canel does he represent change in cuba or change in name only i'm bringing off from berlin this is the da

pushing for greater economic integration but merkel is skeptical of some of his proposals they're hoping to reach a compromise ahead of an e.u. summit in june. one of the suspects in an alleged anti-semitic attack in berlin has turned himself into police authorities say he's a teenaged asylum seeker who arrived in germany from syria in two thousand and fifteen he was filmed attacking two young men in jewish style skullcaps the pair told d.w. they were wearing the kippah to show an israeli friend it was safe to do so in berlin. in senegal a parliamentary debate descended into chaos i mean anger over proposed changes to the country's electoral law opposition lawmakers say it will be impossible for little known candidates to run for president police fired tear gas at protesters outside and arrested for. a prime minister. for the first time in six decades a man with the name castro is in charge of the island nation of cuba tonight history in the making but just how much new history is about to be written does miguel. does he represent change in cuba or change in name only i burned off in berlin this is the day. soon the responsibility for which