french president emmanuel mccaughan awards the legion of honor to are not built from its france's highest honor but it can only be laid on the coffin of the police officer who has given his own life for that of a stranger. for the first i think this year we stood up against islamist aggression . against hatred. and against the madness of killing me by for bravery of a single man he reminded his will of the very heart of our nation the french spirits of resistance beltran was one of the first officers to respond to the deadly hostage siege in tray of the special forces officer died of his injuries a day later initiating a further outpouring of praise for the forty four year old sacrifice as events unfolded at this supermarket biltong traded places with a female hostage who is being used as a human shield by the attacker. it wasn't just his act of self-sacrifice that helped end the siege beltran cleverly left his mobile phone on so that police officers could hear what was happening inside then after hearing gunshots reinforcements went in shooting the twenty six year old islamist attacker a

reforms which have been pushed for by french president in man won't manuel mccaughan and so there's going to be a lot of expectation for support move in. and union forward from germany and also making sure that the european union project continues into the next few decades right and of course these comments come shortly before they formally signed the coalition government coalition agreement in about an hour and a half from now we'll of course bring you live coverage of that when that happens kate be thank you very much for that this not to do business susan the german energy sector is preparing for a major shake up and get has the story for us as far as a meter german utilities heavyweight has agreed to acquire a large stake of energy this is stable subsidiary of its competitor r w e for twenty two billion euros the deal will leave r w e as the continent's second largest producer of green energy with fiona's europe's largest operates of electricity grids and retail now for those of you who have never heard of those two companies either on an r. w. e let's cross over to our financial corr

so a very forceful amount while mccaughan there he also had this to say by the way said i will have the opportunity to talk about this tomorrow with chancellor merkel she's on our way to paris during her paris visit no i will announce in the coming days the measures that we intend to take kate can we expect more sanctions also from the side of france and germany at least from germany side it really depends now on how russia responds and if they co-wrote choose to cooperate with the u.k. and ask all across that they sanctions that you mentioned before clinton and the muckle not so long ago i was seeking to have those left at from russia but we did have from the defense minister on the lion just yesterday she said that there would be consequences that russia would have to deal with if they refused to cooperate and so it was this there is a lot of pressure on germany right now to take this responsibility as it's growing role in europe a lot of pressure on all these leaders of the moment thank you all these only sure when in moscow clinton peel from chatham house with us here in the studio

that russia explains itself coming from the western countries i mean the french president manuel mccaughan even included one into his congratulatory message to vladimir putin nato also weighed in on this have a listen we continue to call on russia to provide the complete disclosure of the program britain is to talk to leaders who works with our obligations under the treaty on chemical weapons and i would contrast that with how the russians are. i think what a lot of people find very first thing about this story is that the burden of proof kind of been thrown over to the russian side the message from the u.k. and its allies has been prove you didn't do it. but what you haven't seen is much evidence if any well it doesn't sound like there's a it's a matter of evidence so to speak because the u.k. was the first on this bandwagon of russia bashing and they've been saying that it is highly likely that it is overwhelmingly likely that more school is behind this they are saying that moscow is the only this is the only side that could benefit from poisoning this person they've been saying that the

shot and killed a man dozens were also wounded including one policeman but french president emanuel mccaughan called it a.

as chancellor angela merkel was back at the elisei palace to visit french president in many well mccaughan their plan had been to talk about e.u. integration but the meeting was overshadowed by the poisoning of a former russian spy in britain using a nerve agent. it would receive you two together with the chancellor i want to express our solidarity with our british friends as well as the solidarity of our allies towards great britain which suffered an attack on its soil we once again condemn this russian interference because everything leads us to believe that it's indeed russia that was behind this attempted assassination this is you know. the aim of the meeting was to show solidarity of another kind as the two leaders pursue ambitious plans to shake up the european union with france and germany at its core . i am determined that we will succeed in reforming the e.u. and i think we can achieve it and i agree that this is more important than ever because europe has to work together now we have a world in which multilateralism is under a lot of pressure many joint global projects have to be

that russia explains itself coming from the western countries i mean the french president manuel mccaughan even included one into his congratulatory message to vladimir putin nato also weighed in on this have a listen we continue to call on russia to provide the complete disclosure of the program britain is to actually this is with our obligations under the treaty on chemical weapons and i would contrast that with how the russians are. i think what a lot of people find very first thing about this story is that the burden of proof is kind of been thrown over to the russian side the message from the u.k. and its allies has been prove you didn't do it. but what you haven't seen is much evidence if any well it's doesn't sound like there's a it's a matter of evidence so to speak because the u.k. was the first on this bandwagon of russia bashing and they've been saying that it is highly likely that it is overwhelmingly likely that more school is behind this they are saying that moscow is the only this is the only side that could benefit from poisoning this person they've been saying that there's

germany's angela merkel and her french counterpart emmanuel mccaughan have come out strongly in favor of free trade at an e.u. summit in brussels the pair were taking aim at the raft of protectionist measures coming from washington new tariffs on steel aluminum as well as sanctions package targeting china europe has been granted a temporary exemption from steel tariffs but merkel i'm a call warned that the bloc would retaliate should they be in post. the avoid a nation an issue with trade and we don't want to get locked into a downward spiral where everyone ends up losing. it isn't that they are interested in fair international trade and will continue to speak out against protectionism. with it since most. as you everyone should be aware that we will react very strongly if we are attacked voted. i mean take in between with that in mind the american strategy is the wrong. to a genuine problem of trade dumping and overcapacity in a number of sectors that he and for more on that let's bring in our correspondent max hope man who is standing by with the latest from brussels where that e.u.

to join most of those involved are relatively poor states with high levels of sunshine president mccaughantook a subtle swipe at the us president donald trump for pulling out of the paris comment agreement as he prays a group of female smaller engine is they didn't we didn't stalk because some decide to leave floor and leave the briefing room. because a side it was good for them for the children the grandchildren they decided to act . and keep back. and. while we're on here in order to act. the antarctic has been described as one of the most remote and treacherous places on earth but much of its reach biodiversity has yet to be fully documented in a second part of on tactics series we look at the european union's campaign to protect the desolate region nick clegg joined a greenpeace scientific expedition through the weddell sea. the captain's eye view of all voyage south as the icebreaker optic sunrise pushes through into the remote waters of the weddell sea vost unknown territory few ships venture this fall. has already made an attempt this antarctic summer but was foiled by ice cap which

that russia explains itself coming from the western countries i mean the french president emmanuel mccaughan even included one into his congratulatory message to vladimir putin nato also weighed in on this have a listen we continue to call on russia to provide the complete disclosure of the program person is to talk to leaders who meets with our obligations under the treaty on chemical weapons and i would contrast that with how the russian. i think what a lot of people find very first thing about this story is that the burden of proof could have been thrown over to the russian side the message from the u.k. and its allies have been prove you didn't do it. but what you haven't seen is much evidence if any well it doesn't sound like there's a it's a matter of evidence so to speak because the u.k. was the first on this bandwagon of russia bashing and they've been saying that it is highly likely that it is overwhelmingly likely that more school is behind this they are saying that moscow is the only this is the only side that could benefit from poisoning this person they've been saying that there

everybody in this whole alliance and i think germany should be right square in front of that i think mccaughan will be i think everybody else should be question is will she be able to sell that to a public in germany but i think here she has to take the lead all right directions as always thank you we'll be talking to you on the day as well but. now the yields have been huge and nevertheless many keep calling the likes of bitcoin a scam the g twenty even saying they could risk financial stability now google says it is going to ban advertisements for crypto currency as well as related content including trading advice and cryptocurrency wallets the internet giant aims to bring the new policies into force in june the move follows a similar step by facebook earlier this year the social networking giant updated its ad policy in january to ban financial products often associated with deceptive practices including those involving crypto currencies such as bitcoin. bitcoin and other crypto currency as have been some of the hottest assets on financial markets in recent months yes quarter in new york ho

french president manuel mccaughan wants to work with germany on ambitious e.u. reforms but there may be trouble ahead while germany agrees in principle to his plans for a new e.u. finance minister merkel conservatives are strongly opposed to the eurozone having its aim budget. and if that doesn't keep the german government busy enough in europe there's always breaks it time's running out for a deal with the u.k. due to leave the bloc in just a that a year's time. next up u.s. german relations u.s. president donald trump has unnerved germany by raising the prospect of a trade with europe his threatened tariffs on steel and aluminum could hit the german economy hard merkel wants talks about managing transamerica first ambitions may prove tricky. then this defense germany's signed up to be part of a new e.u. defense union which could pave the way to for many european army but first the german armed forces are in need of modernization a new report has found that facing dramatic personnel and equipment shortages. and that is domestic concerns germany is lacking behin

workers have joined forces to much against president emanuel maccollins proposed economic reforms mccaughan wants to cut jobs and trim benefits especially in the state run train company in paris isolated scuffles broke out between hooded protesters and security forces. moving closer to a trade war u.s. president donald trump announces new tariffs against china triggering fears of counter measures meanwhile the e.u. is granted an exemption for now. and thousands of farmers in zambia are forced to leave their homes to make room for large scale industrial agriculture will speak to some of the evicted families. it's time for business on d w m how are you going to get us welcome to the program it was an eventful day for white house trade policy president trump except at the e.u. and several nations from steel and aluminum tariffs at least temporarily a short time later he signed a measure placing sixty billion dollars in tariffs on a broad list of imports to the u.s. at the heart of both actions lies the same quote economic enemy in terms words china and a belief that trading partners must exist

shot and killed a man dozens were also wounded including one policeman but french president emanuel mccaughan called it a quote act of terror. peru's congress voted overwhelmingly to accept a president who's in skis resignation because in ski stepdown of a corruption allegations and the face of certain impeachment lawmakers have been trying to oust him for months alleging he did tempted to buy political support vice president malcolm viscount i was sworn in as the new president. officials from britain's down to watchdog the information commissioner's office have searched the london offices of the cambridge analytical consulting firm the company is at the center of a controversy surrounding its use of facebook user data to target vote is in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. election. clashes a broken out in central bus a lot of between police and demonstrators the demonstrators have gathered outside the spanish government delegation building to protest the jailing of five cattle and separatist leaders spain's supreme court ordered the latest imprisonment pending trial for rebellion. by. the gl

workers have joined forces to manage a gates to president emanuel maccollins proposed economic reforms mccaughan wants to cut jobs and trim benefits especially in the state run train company in paris isolated scuffles broke out between hooded protesters and security forces. will it be the first shot in a global trade war today u.s. president donald trump slapped china with fifty billion u.s. dollars in tariffs and he said there will be more as for europe trump says he's willing to talk no tariffs tonight but no promises for tomorrow i bring it off in berlin this is the day. we have right now an eight hundred billion dollars trade deficit with the world we have europe they have barriers that they can trade with us but we can trade with them we have australia we have argentina the word is reciprocal if they charge us we charge them the same thing we have brazil we've had this abuse by many other countries. helen obviously korea but we have.