maryam: who is going to benefit from this trade war? simon: no one. maryam: no one at all?ill countries invest if they don't want to invest in america because they are worried about america changing its mind? simon: the american economy is very large but let's not forget the americans only by 15% of the world's goods. there's another 85% of the world's expenditures to be met through imports and exports. there will be plenty of other opportunities for countries to invest in. i think one of the key mistakes that president trump is making is assuming that americans have too much leverage. there economy is not the giant that it used to be when he was growing up as a young man. maryam: why do you think he is pursuing this? if you think what you say is true, surely he is surrounded by people who know how economies work. simon: he may be surrounded by people who know how economies work but whether he is listening to them seems to be a different story. he seems to have a mindset of how the american economy worked in the 1960's when he was a younger man, when it was a manufacturing

maryam: thank you very much., the government plastic energy bills for people in the u.k. who live near electricity pylons but other customers may cover the costs. and we have an exclusive interview with the manchester united co-owner about where he believes the club is headed. around the world and across the u.k., this is the world today on bbc news. ♪ maryam: just to bring you up-to-date on that breaking news we have been bringing you the last few minutes and that is from the vatican in rome and the health of the pope. pope francis has better. we are hearing that pope francis will be expected to remain in hospital for several more days. however, doctors at the hospital at the vatican have said that the prognosis for him has been lifted in terms of the guidance. that is a much more positive outlook. he has shown good response to treatment as well. they have also said he remains stable in hospital and continues to improve. just to bring you up-to-date with that, he of course has been battling pneumonia and bronchi

this is the world today with maryam moshiri. will play a leading role in achieving peace. the says the pope two episodes of acute suffered two episodes of acute respiratory failure as he in ih hospital. two people are dead and several others injured after a car drove into a crowd in germany. hello and welcome to the world today on bbc news. after the bust up in the oval office on friday, president trump's criticism of president zelensky is continuing. to end the war with russia "is still very, very far away". mr trump put out a statement on his truth social zelensky earlier in london. have a listen. is very, very far away. fair, just and — most importantly — lasting. guarantees and with very particular guarantors, well, look, as far as president trump is concerned, he is doubling down, as we've seen from this post that he's put up on his truth social platform. fell in line with him. they are saying president zelensky does not want peace, what they want. the national security advisor, mike waltz, i mean, a few weeks ago, he was saying that, "i've been waiting for an ally li

our direct contact was maryam mcgowan and we especially want to appreciate the depth of information that she brought to the public hearings that she conducted. >> we were quite distressed. >> did i say that i am the president of the south beach rincon mission bay neighborhood association which comprises much of southern district and we were quite distressed by the first map for the reasons that director mcguire laid out. i won't reiterate but we were thankful through the public process which we engaged in and which we the neighborhood association broadcast to our constituency. so they could individually interact with your maps and give their input. we were very pleased to see the maps moved to the final iteration and feel that it they more equitably addressed the workload and our southern station captain martin seems to agree. >> thank you so much for your work on this. >> thank you miss rogers. i didn't want to fail to acknowledge your correspondence as well as well as the correspondence of bettina cohen as well that was sent to the commission. >> thank you. >> good evening, commissione