for angela merkel. norbert rÖttgen was her protegee and a possible successor. this comes hard on the heels of two other victories in regional elections. they hope they can oust angela merkel next year. >> the rate of growth has been an issue in your. is there any chance we could see merkel switching her policies to be more growth- oriented? >> not as a result of this. this was a regional election and a contest of personalities. on one hand, the popular, down to earth incumbent state premier. she did not mention the your crisis at all as far as i know in her election -- the euro crisis at all as far as in her election campaign. and the candidate who was seen as being very arrogant, very distant from the voters. opinion polls in germany only last week showed that two-thirds of german voters support angela merkel's austerity measures. that is crossed party support, including for example voters of the green party and even people who support the protest pirate party. there's discussion in this country of inc

merkel? >> i think you need to ask peter. >> who is angela d. merkel? >> it's not me. we were just discussing this earlier today. we're pretty sure it's a britt and possibly someone here tonight, but i have no idea. >> are you angela d. merkel? >> no, i'm not, but she already follows me. so i think it's adequate proof that it's not mimi. >> it's a mystery. she gets more and more popular. angela merkel's popularity crumbles, but angela d. merkel goes strength to strength.silvi it might be, let us know. you can tweet us @krcnbc wex. >>> still to come, china seeing its longest streak of falling in-flows since the you 2009 global financial crisis, but the data reflects more than just slowing conditions on the domestic front. more when we come back. [ male announcer ] the inspiring story of how a shipping giant can befriend a forest may seem like the stuff of fairy tales. but if you take away the faces on the trees... take away the pixie dust. take away the singing animals, and the storybook narra

those are things merkel not be opposed to. she has discussed the eu policies with the spd all along. what she does not want to do is finance any growth policies by increasing debt. >> alright. thank you very much. will have more on the future of france in -- we will have more on the future of france and the eurozone later in the show. >> but first to ukraine, where there is a delay in the conviction of former prime minister timoshenko. >> lost october, -- last october, she was found guilty of abuse of power in a trial that was seen by many as politically motivated. palestinians are marking what they call the day of the catastrophe. it is the exodus of thousands of palestinians from there homes after israel declared statehood in 1948. there have been clashes between palestinian youths and israeli soldiers. the israeli army is on high alert. >> 64 years after the creation of israel, about 1.5 million palestinians live in refugee camps in jordan, syria, and 11 non -- lebanon, as well as the west bank. >> our correspondent visited

merkel's office denied the report. this strikes like lightning and adds to the feeling that new elections in greece next month will indeed be a vote for or against euro membership. let's go to our chief correspondent on the story in berlin. we have to admit -- we were not terribly surprised when we heard this report about merkel's suggested a referendum, but we were surprised to hear her office immediately saying none of this was true. >> they have emphatically denied it. we call the chancellery, and they said she must definitely did not suggest that a referendum be held -- we called the chancellery. it might be a trifle surprising had she suggested this, since she quite vehemently rejected the idea in talks last fall and winter. on the other hand, many people in berlin are saying that these upcoming elections will be tantamount to a decision about whether or not to stay in the euro. >> you have been following merkel for a very long time. what do you think this will do to her? will this add pressure to offer some type

he and chancellor merkel will have much to discuss. >> they will, indeed.ermany wants to remain at the center for the push for reining in public spending. let's go to melinda crane in berlin. what type of realignment can we expect no in the german-french relationship? >> i think the relationship will certainly become a bit more awkward and a bit more bumpy. we heard angela merkel saying to issue plans to welcome francois hollande with open arms, but they're also be some red faces. she had said that she would support sarkozy. i think we can also expect a more adversarial relationship. francois hollande has made clear that he plans to push the germans. but we're hearing german leaders saying today they're not going to be ready to pay for a fresh stimulus program, so there will be some pushing back. but in the end, expect to see pragmatism prevailed. france and germany have to work together. they are the tandem the polls the rest of europe, particularly given the instability in greece. they will be looking for ways to cooperate. and i think both leaders clearl

. >> the german chancellor, angela merkel, has from repeated she hopes that greece will keep the euro in athens, an interim prime minister has been appointed to lead the government until new elections next month. greeks themselves seem to think their days of spending euros are numbered. >> some analysts are talking about a run on the country's banks. since monday, greeks have withdrawn almost 1 billion euros. our coverage begins in athens. >> the newly appointed prime minister panagiotis pikrammenos with president karolos papoulias. the government is on hold. there's no mandate to take decisions. he has to oversee new elections. that is a heavy enough birding, he admits. greece faces a landmark decision. the election is now a referendum on whether the country keeps the euro or leaves. >> some careful thinking needs to take place before the elections. there's not much room left for populism, demagoguery, irresponsibility, and trading on illusions. >> of the election nearing has already begun to the radical leftist syriza party which polls say looks set to make gains is walking a hard l

chancellor merkel says that will not happen. that's the difficult thing. >> it's the hunt for the holy grail, isn't it? we've got some other breaking news in europe. i'll bring this to you as we see francois hollande doing the handshakes but the euro zone has actually avoided going back in recession with officials reporting flat output in the beginning of the year. most were predicting the euro zone as a whole would trip into points. the bbc's andrew walker is in brussels. surprising figures, andrew? >> yes. a degree of relief. i suppose one had one health warning in that these are first estimates, and first estimates sometimes do get revised. so i don't think we can presume this is the final word that the euro zone has avoided having to easy the r-word nonetheless a significant relief. i'm sure it must be for four euro zone leaders. some individual countries, they are in recession, italy, spain, greece, for example. but i guess these figures probably reflect that rather than better than expected number we had an hour ago especi

merkel fired her environment minister, who was the cdu's main candidate. he also happens to the christian democrats deputy leader. he did take part in the handover ceremony earlier on tuesday. the president's war in the new environment minister. he will now take charge of one of angela merkel key policy initiatives, germany's nuclear switch off. the spotlight is on as a rise in -- azerbaijan as it gears up to host the your vision sun cost us, but can i deal with the international player. >> and and that as governor protest was broken up on monday, and dozens of arrests were made. >> it raises questions about the country's record of human rights. then the glitzy, gigi, and camp. for over half a century, the provisions of contest has been entertaining europe. performers are gearing up for the first semifinal heat tonight. outside the crystal hall, the spotlights on something else. azerbaijan's less than glittering human rights record. the contest is raising the country's profile in bringing investment to the capital, but activists say the former soviet repub

merkel has been playing a very cagey game. germany wants to extract as much as it can from the eurozone before it ponies up the bank in germany and france will get behind the lead the country's if there should be a disorderly exit by greece. >> they both have said they want to keep the greece in the eurozone. is there anything they can do that would effectively intervene in the crisis? >> well, in an ideal scenario, you would of the talk of eurobonds. you have a political discussion are around real political integration, a fiscal union. that is probably not going to happen given all the political constraints. ms. merkel is facing incredible political pressure within germany, as well as the rest of europe. we could see a joint statement that france and germany are going to do what ever it takes, financially and politically, for the eurozone. of firm statement. similar language would do a lot for the common market's. >> they also say they are willing to put both arguments on the table later this month. to you think they are like

do you think merkel will give in an embrace more growth policies? >> chancellor merkel is under tremendous pressure to embrace more growth policies, and that pressure comes from her european partners but also other areas in germany. chancellor merkel made a big speech to parliament earlier this month where she acknowledged that growth measures and austerity are the twin pillars of european economic policy. i think we will see her coming up with some concessions on the growth side very soon. >> all right, our political correspondent. thank you very much. >> there are fresh economic numbers that show the eurozone is losing more and more steam. >> the european purchasing managers' index took its sharpest drop in three years in april. that data seemed to indicate that the eurozone is almost certain to slip into recession this year. >> in germany where the economy has been more robust than most, business confidence is also leveling off. >> europe's economic crisis is causing new concern among german businesses. 40% of german exports go to other eurozone

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the socialist leader headed to berlin for a key you're a crisis talks with german chancellor angela merkel. class of great cost between police and protesters during randi's by kind of sting and mocking not the day that some of the displacement of thousands of people in the state of israel was established in one nine hundred forty eight. still of her house arrest julian assange brings the latest edition of his talk show this time raising the subject of torture and illegal rendition. of us americans managed to regain some strength with a mix finish to the trading day but remained it twelve months so i mean about science when it's time to have the official think it's played. seven pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story francoise hollande as officially been installed as france's new president sworn in for a five year term at the elysee palace and a modest ceremony in central paris just hours after his inauguration on the lawn is now headed to berlin where. he'll have a welcome dinner with german chancellor angela merkel and hold a crucial meeting to discus

socialist leader who's heading to berlin for the euro crisis talks with german chancellor angela merkel. the only classes way cost between israeli police and abbott protesters doing ranee's by kind of sting and mocking not a day that some of the displacement of thousands of people in the state of israel was established in one nine hundred forty eight am operating block backlash activists in human rights groups vent anger at the u.s. for assuming arms sales to the bar a new regime despite its continued crackdown on dissent are still under house arrest julian assange delivers the latest edition of his talk show this time raising the subject of torture and illegal rendition. five pm in moscow i met a good to have you with us here on r t our top story francoise hollande has officially become france's new president he was sworn in for a five year term at the elysee palace in a modest ceremony in central paris but just hours after the ceremony he's now heading to berlin where a lot of welcome dinner with german chancellor on the merkel and hold a crucial meeting to discuss the eurozone crisis

your his inauguration alond will head to berlin for an austerity showdown with chancellor angela merkel along has been campaigning for growth while merkel is europe's cheez chief advocate for belt tightening both have intense political pressure at home which is bound to make for tough talk says peter oliver reports. put francois hollande will in the french presidential election he rolled. off the biggest ally of nicolas sarkozy when it came to pushing state richie as the only way to tackle your debt crisis has not been a great recent period for the german chancellor to seeing some see the post their own christian democratic party suffered major losses and an election in the state of north rhine-westphalia a state viewed by many as a bellwether for gauging the opinion of german national politics as well so with macos each day it all eyes are now looking to see if a new range ment can be sorted out between the leaders of europe's two largest economies francois long is heading he it's a straight after he is sworn in as french president he's being welcomed here by angle of what's being call

merkel pointed out the roles that germany and france must play with the issues. the chancellor said she will coordinate views at the eu summit in late june indicating that could get over their differences. >>> and that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do join us again.

. >> that it's against angela merkel, who has been the strongest supporter of austerity. them at the idea is to pool debt between all the eurozone's member states. it is a proposal that has come up many times over the past couple of years. >> francois hollande says it is time to get eurobonds' back on the table. >> this is the first eu summit for france's newly elected president, francois hollande. since his win on a campaign, focus has shifted to restoring growth in europe. hollande says eurobonds are one way to prevent further recession. >> the question is -- what are the best instruments and means to promote growth? eurobonds are part of this discussion. >> hollande's decision has the backing of seven nations, but german chancellor angela merkel insists eurobonds are not the answer, and not just because they would violate eu treaties. >> eurobonds will not contribute to growth in the eurozone. it was a similar interest rates we had for many years that led to the severe problems we are having to deal with now. i'll be putting forward proposals that have already outlined

one of angela merkel's other ministers using strong language? >> that is right. a war of words and threats. ukrainians to have a face-saving way out of this. they have said they will review the conditions under which tymoshenko is being held. if there are improvements the germans and others are calling for, this storm might blow over before the football star's. having said that, it might be seen as a sign of weakness by the yanokovich government. >> germany is offering to treat yulia tymoshenko. besides these injuries, she is also suffering health problems. >> she is reported to have asked for german doctors to treat her. we believe her senior doctor from berlin's biggest hospital will be traveling to ukraine soon to examine her. some people are talking about bringing her to berlin within a couple of weeks for treatment. if she did leave ukraine, you might wonder when she will be able to return. >> thank you. >> indian police say at least 100 people have drowned after a cab ferry sank in india. 250 were onboard. many are still missing. the vessel was in the north

after all, chancellor merkel backed sarkozy in the election. president hollande was greeted with military honors. as the two leaders negotiated the red carpet, they appeared nervous with each other, before beginning discussions on what the french president means about making growth his priority. at a joint press conference, welcomedor merkel the new leader and joked about the lightning strike. >> even though the lightning hit, maybe this can be a good omen for our cooperation. >> president hollande and vowed to put everything on the table to boost growth. >> when it comes to growth, it is certainly right. so far, it has not been properly explained. i am happy that the topic of growth is back at the heart about talks. we must work together. >> with greece heading for new elections, both leaders expressed a wish for greece to stay in the eurozone. >> i want to reiterate, we want greece to stay in the euro. we know that the majority of the people in greece see it that way. promises made have to be kept. >> both leaders also hinted extra measures t

he will meet the german parent solar angela merkel today. both countries have been dipping back into recession. in norway, the trial of anders breivik is hearing more graphic evidence today from survivors of the massacre last july at a summer camp on an island. he has objected to the decision not to televise the evidence which he says is for purely ideological reasons. many of the teenagers were killed in a series of attacks by him on july 22. let's go to oslo to speak on line to lars. >> they spoke with a severely injured survivors. a 22-year-old, she was shot four time by him in both arms, the jaw, and in the test. she was a vivid storytellers. she had enthusiasm that made people laugh and cry. anders breivik sat there quiet expressionlessly listening to the witness statements. >> the objective is being televised. is there any charged that he may have success in getting that? correct the witnesses will not be broadcast until we have more technical witnesses from the police investigators will testify later in the coming weeks. some of that

the first day of francois hollande with angela merkel on tuesday night. the wall street journal reports on the greek crisis. the top financial services regulator told the financial times of his plans to give shareholders in europe a binding vote on executive pay. the gulf news reports that american expatriate have been warned that should be scared of legislation. the paper says this has great ramifications. >> good to have you with us. president has about to boost growth and resolve the economic crisis. >> greece looks do for fresh elections as there are fears of a euro exit. united nations observers have been caught up in violence. video shows a roadside bomb exploded in front of the u.n. convoy. followed by gunshots in the town of khan sheikhoun. at least 21 people were killed in the attack. >> the observers were patrolling the town of khan sheikhoun. amid reports of the dublin government attack on a funeral procession. on a funeral procession. people were running for cover and damaged the u.n. vehicles. the monitors tried to organize a safe exit, the i

sworn in french president francois orlando arrives in the crucial talks with german chancellor angela merkel about the financial future of europe. class of great house between israeli police and arab protesters during rallies by kind of sting and marking now a day that saw the displacement of thousands of people when the state of israel was established in one nine hundred forty eight. also bahrain backlash activists and human rights groups vent their anger of the u.s. for resuming arms sales to the bahraini regime despite its continued crackdown on dissent. and sit under house arrest today this brings us the latest addition of his talk show this time raising the subject of torture and illegal rendition. hello and welcome to r.t. live from moscow to levon pm with me kevin now in this hour sworn in as president then struck by lightning in the sky as bit of a meant to stay for the new leader of france from land he's now arrived for a key meeting in berlin at the second attempt after the original flight suffered a dramatic mid-air scare of a report from the german capital. well french president

merkel has indicated that cannot be renegotiated. if it is a change of tone, a change of rhetoric with much more hitting of that word growth and much less hitting of that word austerity, that may be a different matter. so we wait to see whether the prevote rhetoric matches the post-vote action. >> yeah, of course, although the other thing, we've seen in brussels the kind of those to sort out the debt crisis. we've had a technocratic government installed. it's a very different matter when you've had people speaking themselves. the french people have given their verdict. the greek people have given their verdict. that puts brussels in an uncomfortable place. you can't say, i'm sorry, you have to do x. >> no, and chancellor merkel in berlin will see the message sent by those electorates as well. completely overshadowed was an election in germany over the weekend where she didn't do very well. she's a very astute politician, and she also knows that growth plays better with voters, because growth means rising tax revenue, rising incomes.

we saw what looked like the bottom of the ocean, angela merkel along with european leaders. she seems to be isolated in europe at the moment. what do european leaders want us to do and will she do it? >> i think there's the understanding increasingly there needs to be a sort of european wide system, banking integration like fdic like we have in the u.s. where depts are guaranteed by all european government than would reduce the fear of bank runs across the euro zone. that integration is something gernlens might potentially agree to at some point but i think angela merkel in particular is concerned about agreeing to too much before she sees the reform in greece and spain and elsewhere, before she sees the deficit reduction she wants to see elsewhere. there's a sort of game of chicken going on where angela merkel doesn't want to blink but she can't afford not to at some point or the whole thing will fall apart. >> from what i know, playing chicken with ankle merkel is not a good idea. thank you for coming in. while they're not struggling with their economies, europe is draftin

sort of referring to the merkel in germany as well as nicolas sarkozy in france that part of that team is of course been thrown out in an unprecedented rebuke the first time in thirty years we've seen a sitting president go down especially go down as badly as he did in the first round and then a little bit less badly but fairly definitively in the second round how much alone will have for ability to set policy will depend a little bit on next month's parliamentary elections in france who are beginning to see an old coalition fray them or cozy coalition led by germany but with also france and we're beginning to see the first sort of early infant steps toward a new coalition which includes the irish the belgians the italians as you mentioned earlier and the french and clearly the majority of the publics of europe including to no small effect to the german public push toward a sort of more growth less austere way of moving forward with a penchant for raising higher income folks as taxes as a way to move forward with growth and without the really painful cuts in employment and wages and go

ahead for france and germany has newly elected president francois hollande and chancellor angela merkel pledged to work together to battle the crisis however they don't exactly see eye to eye on how to do it with opposing views on belt tightening and how to punish overspenders archies peter oliver is in berlin. well there was no real political bombshells dropped at the meeting between francois hollande and angular merkel but there was also no attempt to cover up that they too don't see eye to eye on every issue and emphasized his belief that the impetus for growth is needed in the. remains committed that austerity is the only way if the eurozone is to drag its way out of the current mire it finds itself in now on the subject of the fiscal treaty francois hollande was relatively noncommittal however he did say that he continued to say to the french people that he wanted to see the treaty renegotiated now that something of course that angle or merkel in germany have said isn't on the table but will be looking to see if they can come to some form of compromise over that issue that treaty o

despite mrs merkel putting on a brave front as a party loses support from the electorate the question has to be asked how can the german chancellor preach austerity to the people of athens madrid in rome when her party's policies can't even win over the people who sold off peter all of the r.t. germany. three top world view stories right now clashes between government troops now a code of forces have left twenty nine people dead in yemen seven soldiers and twenty two militants were killed in the fighting in the country south the areas beyond militant control since last year it comes as dozens of countries including the u.s. and russia gather for the international friends of yemen conference to help the nation overcome its economic and security challenges right now five aide workers have been kidnapped by gunmen in northeastern afghanistan two female doctors and three afghan translators were abducted while they were traveling on horseback in the city of faizabad in the search and rescue operations underway for them the kidnapping of foreigners has become common in afghanistan since u.s

angela merkel is facing incredible pressure in germany, as are many incumbents in europe. we could see a joint statement from the two of them that france and germany are going to do whatever it takes financially and politically to keep the eurozone to get there. a firm statement issued together. >> they say they are putting both arguments on the table this month. do you think that she is likely to dominate on the stage? i think that the germans and the german street is starting to realize that this is not germany against the rest of the eurozone. there is a false debate throughout the entire crisis that the german model is the better model and if the rest of europe could be more like the germans, everything would get better. that is not the case. germany has been the china of europe. they have prospered because they had been a strong export nation. they need a strong europe to keep that model going. there needs to be an understanding politically from germany that will have to work with the rest of europe in order to create a viable model for the future. >> thank you for jo

merkel on the austerity versus growth debate? >> the first question, with respect to oil, as i said, one of the designated sessions during the course of the g-8 will be on energy and climate, and they'll about broad discussion there again with the president discussing his, all ate bov strategy for energy development, and they'll be discussions on improving energy sufi, security also addressing climate changes as you would imagine. with respect to the other situation, the leaders -- i don't have any announcement for you on that. the leaders will certainly discuss that situation. the leaders, and we have been engaged in an ongoing way in monitoring the global oil situation, particularly in light of the sfechanges. we'll continue that monitoring. i'm sure the leaders will discuss the range of options they might have before them. at this point what i can tell you is i don't have any announcement here, but it will be, i'm certain, a topic of discussion. no. well, the oil markets generally. i don't want to say anything specific about w

at this meeting with angela merkel yesterday, they deferred any tough decisions. i mean that was clearly the decision that there would be no sort of entry into the details of mases there. the purpose of the meeting was to show publicly that they can get on, that they can work together and they will strive find some sort of moats op ran dye as far as greece and as far as getting the growth, the way to do pit was left completely vague. >> markets bumping along just schisming. >> absolutely. i think it's quite clear and fair to say the alarm bells were once again triggered yesterday based on the collapse of these talks and everybody knows they have basically a month to wait before the next elections. that's a month of uncertainty and the euro zone leaders continue talking openly about greece exiting and that is sending shock waves. it's interest to -- interesting to note that some 900 million has flown out and that's greeks preparing for the worst. they are going to want to hang on to those euros or stuff them under the mattress. this triggers other things. the inves

economy. >> it looked like the bottom of the ocean, angela merkel and her european leaders. she seems to be isolated. what do european leaders want her to do and will she do it? >> i think there's an increasing understanding that there needs to be a sort of stp like in the u.s. where all bonds are backed and that integration step is something the euro zone might agree to at some point but angela merkel is not ready to agree to too much before she sees the reforms and deficit reduction she wants to see elsewhere. so there's sort of this game of chicken going on where angela merkel doesn't want to blink but she can't afford not to, because it will fall apart if she waits too long. >> when european leaders aren't worrying about their economy, they are drafting new sanctions against syria and now it wants other nations to do the same but for the moment the international community is not planning military action. in denmark the secretary of state reiterated the military opposition on the ground that the syrian army is strong stand opposition is divided. we went to istanbul to fin

euro crisis talks with chancellor angela merkel . classes break house between israeli police and arab protesters during rallies by palestinians marking now a day that saw the displacement of thousands of people when the state of israel was established in one nine hundred forty eight. hour a backlash activists and human rights groups vent their anger at the u.s. for resuming arms sales to the bahraini regime despite its continued crackdown on dissent. and some under house arrest during the sun brings us the latest edition of his talk show this time raising the subject of torture and the legal rendition. welcome to r.t. live from moscow at eight pm my name's kevin now in france where lands officially become france's new president he was sworn in for a five year term with the palace in a modest ceremony in central paris but just hours after his inauguration alarms know heading to berlin you'll have a welcome dinner with german chancellor angela merkel and hold a crucial meeting to discuss the eurozone crisis so she is later allowed is a

says million moderated presidents delayed on route to berlin for key euro crisis talks with angela merkel for his plane was forced to turn back when it was hit by like their. classes break house between israeli police and arab protesters during rallies by palestinians marking not the day that saw the displacement of thousands of people when the state of israel was established in one nine hundred forty eight. hour a backlash activists and human rights groups spent their anger at the us presuming arm sales to the bahraini regime despite its continued crackdown on dissent. and still under house arrest during this santa brings us the latest edition of his talk show this time raising the subject of torture and illegal rendition. welcome to our team live from moscow at nine pm my name is kevin irwin with our top stories for you tonight and sworn in as president first offered and then struck by lightning in the sky it's been a momentous day for a new french leader francoise alarmed he is now on his way to a key meeting in berlin second time round after his initial plane was forced to turn back a

the more humpty dumpty the situation will become until all of merkel's horses and all of merkel's menan't put the eurozone back together again. so we play the game of chicken with days like today where the market rallies because things got too negative versus europe's screw turning on the germans. and then there are days where we lose strength ourselves on top of a foul greek pole that says the leftists are going to be wing or the spanish bank season that makes it even more likely that things are going to go down before they go up. all the while we have to deal with the hazards of companies like jpmorgan, not knowing what they're talking about. and the likes of facebook, creating huge waves of disappointment. more on that later. and we have to deal with the mechanics of the hedge funds and mutual funds. as in are they just taking this market up to improve their performance in a horrible month? window dressing? in europe they're probably saying ouvre la finet relative e. as long as we're hoft toj europe all the good can turn on a dime while all the bad seems to stick with us for any co