merkel has -- look at what merkel said she. -- merkel said. a transatlantic breakup. is there a breakup in the making? >> no. rieke: no, but i think it is a rather dangerous affair. >> i tend to agree. erik: it is a turbulent time. [laughter] erik: no breakup coming. >> thank you very much. thank you for joining me on "quadriga." to come back next week. bye-bye. [drums beating] [animals screeching] announcer: ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the best-selling author of "brown is the new white," steve phillips. [applause] steve: good morning. audience: good morning. steve: i'm delighted to be here. this is my first bioneers conference, so i'm honored to be with youou here. [cheering and applause] and i'm particularly delighted to be able to introduce the keynote speaker vien truong. her bio and all of her accomplishments are online, and you can read that, and they're part of the program, so i won't

merkel has -- look at what merkel said she. -- merkel said. a transatlantic breakup. is there a breakup in the making? >> no. rieke: no, but i think it is a rather dangerous affair. >> i tend to agree. erik: it is a turbulent time. [laughter] erik: no breakup coming. >> thank you very much. thank you for joining me on "quadriga." to come back next week. bye-bye. ♪ michelle: hello, and welcome to "fokus on europe." i'm michelle henery. spain's largest island, tenerife, isis a touristst mag. for its hot sun, sandy beaches, lush gardens, and for its amusement park show starring trained orcas, commonly known as killer w whales. whilile park operarators insistt ththe whales arere ambassadorsr consnservation, animal rightss campaigners, like this woman, say holding them in n captivitys unethihical and causes sufferi. more about this lalater in the program. emmanuel macron made history

merkel has -- look at what merkel said she. -- merkel said. a transatlantic breakup. is there a breakup in the making? >> no. rieke: no, but i think it is a rather dangerous affair. >> i tend to agree. erik: it is a turbulent time. [laughter] erik: no breakup coming. >> thank you very much. thank you for joining me on "quadriga." to come back next week. bye-bye. ♪ >> this week global 303000 heas toto india to visit a school l whichs helping granandmothers learn o read and write. in bali young professionals are living a dream instead of being cooped up in a conventional office. but first we accompany a syrian family as they travel to italy by legal means, and with no perilous sea crossing. the central mediterranean route for many refugees it's the only option for reaching europe. but

how much is angela merkel like her one-time mentor? >> tell us more about the relationship between them. very different people. catholic from the west of germany and deeply ofedded in the tradition capitalism and europe. east, a woman from the from a protestant and by the way communist background, who has no emotional relationship to anything helmut kohl stood for. they are very different people and you saw it in the way angela merkel has handled europe -- badly, in my opinion. she is a nationalist. a protestant nationalist from prussia whereas he was a european. imagine twordly more different types of people. >> tell us a little bit about because the key moment in their relationship was the party donation scandal in 1999. tell us about her intervention and that crisis and whether that intervention was courage or opportunism? >> it was both. timepenly said it at the that we should not be afraid to clear this whole thing up. that is what she did. she was the secretary-general of the cdu at the time and she distanced the party from helmu

angela merkel has put emphasis on helping countries in africa. we know there is division now since donald trump became president. angela merkel is: for as much unity between europe as possible. when they had to hamburg next week they will have two days to discuss all of these issues and we know they don't necessarily see eye tie on all of them. donald trump will be there. vladimir putin. as well asturkey several other country leaders who have very different ideas to angela merkel and other european leaders when it comes to issues such as migration and climate change. angela merkel bookings for as much -- looking for as much unity as possible. >> australian police have charged the country's most figure withlic figure historical sex offenses. the 76-year-old is the highest-ranking vatican official to be charged in the catholic church's long-running sexual abuse scandal. police say the accusations were made by more than one person. he will be in court on july 18. >> the highest-ranking vatican official to ever be charged with sexual abuse. , chiefl

angela merkel is a great deal more distant than that. would a different leadership style have made a difference to the outcome during the recent years of crisis? >> no. i don't think it's a question of angela merkel's leadership style. she leads by telephone. not by eating, rather disgusting meals in a bungalow in southern germany as kohl did. no, it's not the leadership style. it's the leadership substance. and kohl always realized -- ursula just said that recently that he didn't care for the details of economics. he had the big picture in mind. and he knew that the big problem was this 18 million germans in the center of europe. you need counterbalances if you're -- if europe isn't going to fall apart. and he worked on that all the time. the main counterbalance was the euro. under merkel we've seen the euro become instead of a method of counterbalancing german strength, a means of increasing german strength and predominance. and that is the problem. and that doesn't go away by having meals. that only goes away by changing economic poli

a merkel-macron alliance. what could that mean? >> if france and germany are at odds, the european union doesn't move forward. they intend to do exactly the contrary. they agreed on basically everything and said the priorities are security and establishing more wealth for the citizens of the european union in these difficult times. if you look at the globalization and diluted -- digitalization, that is what they stressed. if you look at the recent terror attacks, securing the borders, they have exactly who comes into the european union and who leaves the european union and cooperating with third states in africa to reduce migration share. sarah: so many issues to address. one of them was pregnant. i want to reply what theresa may had to say about her plan for eu citizens living in britain. >> we are sayaying that those citizens from the eu conscience -- countries, they will be able to stay and we will guarantee their rights in the united kingdom. i think that is a very serious offer. there are some differences between that and the

of all things german we decided to come up with our own alphabet of all things merkel. but is buying among friends is not acceptable. to the people who want to say thank you thank you for a good record deal and intensified libration. qatar's lashed out of fellow gulf states over what it sees as an attempt to limit its sovereignty on foreign policy and i saw today presented doha which they accuse of sponsoring terrorism with a list of demands that countries recently cut diplomatic and trade ties with the shakedown and say the demands must be met if will ations are to be restored well on middle east correspondent paula slayer has more. tom has been presented with a list of demands from saudi arabia the united arab emirates raid and egypt four nations that cut oil trade and diplomatic ties with the country now this came after the u.s. state department questioned the motives of the gulf states move now that it's been more than two weeks since the embargo started we are mystified that the gulf states have not released to the public nor to the qataris the details about the cl

next there was this from angela merkel.tion: those who believe that the problems of this world can be solved by isolationism or protectionism are terribly wrong. solved by isolationism or protectionism are terribly wrong. remember doanld trump is enthusiastic about protectionism and isolationism. it‘s worth bearing this in mind though. as david vuyanovich of afp puts it — "there must be an election just around the corner." yes, the german election is in september, and, yes, mrs merkel is trying to hit two birds with one stone. jenny hill in berlin can take up the story. if you listened to angela merkel addressing mps in the german parliament this morning you got the sense of the german chancellor was preparing to do battle. she was doing a couple of things. first of all, she was playing to a home crowd, she has an election later this year and she knows that were many germans are concerned about donald trump‘s administration, that boosts her own domestic ratings. but she is also very keen to use this opportunity, particularl

among those to congratulate him, his former protege, angela merkel.n 1982, he filled his first major ambition, ousting the social democrats from the chancellorship. history came down on his side. when the berlin wall fell, kohl seized the opportunity for reunification. after a visit to the caucuses, he convinced mikael gorbachev. he also did his best to put aside his western ally -- allies'concerns. >> people can second-guess and say might have happened anyway, who is to say. if you might have asked me, in this century we are in now, probably. it took strong leadership. it took a man of principle who could work with different points of view. >> kohl's second great ambition was european unity. he and the french president shared an important friendship and they clasped hands at the german should carry -- at the german cemetery. kohl campaigned for a european and economic currency union and for the introduction of the euro. by 1991, elation had given way to disillusionment. the forcing landscapes promised by kohl had dematerialized. even though kohl lost

class with fewer than a hundred days to go before she finds a general election chancellor angela merkel publishes her personal a tizzy of all things german. and some of us intelligence is best minds gets tired after it's revealed they hyped vending machines to steal snacks we report on how a love of junk food could ruin your career. goals hello and good morning to you you're watching r.t. international with me becky aaron thank you for joining us this hour or racial tension in the u.s. has been aggravated by yet another scandal a university professor from collecting received death threats after a controversial facebook post after which he fled campus and issued a public apology well in his post the professor called quote to put an end to the vectors of destructive mythology of whiteness and white supremacist system he made it while commenting on the shooting of a republican congressman last week the storm of anger was so intense that the college will for a tease temporarily shut down the campus. the latest figures show that hate crime in america is guy rocketing and at least six big u.s

plus with fewer than one hundred days to go before she fights a general election chancellor angela merkel publishes a personal data set of all things germany. and some of the u.s. intelligence best minds get fired after it's revealed they hacked vending machines to steal snacks reported how a lot of junk food can ruin your career. welcome to our international live from moscow. thanks for joining us this hour video has emerged online from syria showing a member of the what helmets rescue group allegedly hunting the decapitated bodies of executed syrian soldiers you may find the following video distressing a man can be seen wearing a t. shirt with the what helmets logo apparently moving the bodies into a skip the rescue group has distanced itself from the video however its actions have sparked controversy before. in the studio with more on the story across what's happening what exactly do we know about what happened in this particular video was a. this graphic video was posted on twitter people online have been outraged by it and in fact i believe we can now show you the video a blurred ver

chancellor angela merkel and president emmanuel macron.is matt miller as we await the news conference. what are we looking for in this news conference, the joint news conference between medical -- merkel and macron. what is taking so long? matt: we are not sure, but clearly the meetings and negotiations have gone a little over time. there was supposed to give their -- this was a press conference we did not know about officially, but they were supposed to get their press conferences in general, the different nations, around 1:00 p.m. but obviously, they have a lot to talk about. it is interesting to look at the tusk piece of sound there. alix points out, he takes this kind of talk very seriously, a dreams come true kind of talk. he grew up in communist-controlled poland. impossible being made possible by government is a very real idea that he wants to follow. the idea that brexit could be turned around, almost everyone says it is incredibly unlikely, has been picking up so much momentum. last week, short of a -- sch euble said he would welc

first with fewer than one hundred days to go before she fights a general election chancellor angela merkel publishes her personal a to z. of all things german. and some of us intelligence is the best minds get fired after it's revealed they hacked a vending machines to steal snacks we report on how our love of junk food can ruin your career. hello and a very good morning to you from all of us here in moscow i mean aaron and you're watching r.t. international. racial tension in the u.s. has been aggravated again a university professor from connected received death threats after a controversial facebook post in it he calls for an end to white supremacy using an expletive laden version of the hashtag let them die on his post was meant as a comment to a recent shooting of a republican congressman that happened last week the storm of anger was so intense that the college will thora t. is temporarily had to shut down the campus and the professor fled the premises and has since issued a public apology well the latest figures show that hate crime in america is skyrocketing in at least six big u.s.

of all things german we decided to come up with our own alphabet of all things merkel. among friends is not acceptable. i'm going to say thank you thank you for a good week or you know an intensive elaboration of. over to greece and the war activists are protesting outside nato his office in the city of. these are the pictures you can see the demonstrators of the crying what they perceive as western militarism and imperialism rally was organized by a left leaning union movement with unions from all over greece and also may bring countries said to be taking part in the demonstration. after america's defense secretary admitted u.s. failings in afghanistan last week the pentagon seems to have been looking for someone to blame and it's found the perfect excuse when it's first report to congress since the election the pentagon named pakistan as the single greatest external factor hindering u.s. actions the report refers to what it calls support of afghan insurgents by the pakistani government during sixteen years of its involvement in the country washington has given a range

it's almost nailed on that angle merkel will take the top job germany's election this year that would be her fourth term as chancellor but in order to do that she's almost certainly going to have to form a coalition government and potential suitors will they all come with their own demands it all boils down to what concessions for all merkel is willing to make if she's to go for a so-called grand coalition with the social democrats who are the second largest party and she's going to have to legalize same sex marriage. this means or ways of life. are included in this and that's why we will bring about same sex marriage in our future government. you have and will not sign any coalition agreement here in which same sex marriage is not featured. but the social democrats represent under merkel's biggest challenge in this upcoming election and they'll be looking to try and form a government of their own if they can however a softening of her stance on gay marriage opens up a potential coalition with the green party for the incumbent german chancellor did i say a marriage for everyone thirty

el muro fronterizo. >> si alguien conoce los obstÁculo que provoca un muro es la canciller angela merkelralla porque no soluciona los problemas migratorios. >> alemania es el primer socio comercial de mÉxico en europa, durante su segundo y Último dÍa de visita la canciller discutiÓ con el presidente peÑa nieto la modernizaciÓn del acuerdo de libre comercio entre la uniÓn europea y mÉxico. >> protegeremos a los inversionistass que le han apostado a mÉxico, en el mundo actual, marcado por la incertidumbre los paÍses deben de trabajar de la mano. para este experto en temas internacional, la canciller ha puesto un gran ejemplo en materia de inmigraciÓn. >> en su opiniÓn, la visita fue el escenario para enviar un mensaje al presidente de los estados unidos donald trump. >> Ángel merkel es el Último re reducto, es la gran obstÁculo del trompisomo. >> el presidente trump no ha quitado el dedo que del renglÓn para construir un muro entre ambos paÍses. >> la canciller merkel expresÓ su preocupaciÓn por los miles de desaparecidos que hay en mÉxico y los asesinatos de proi iserio recomendÓ fortalec

angela merkel voted no in an open vote so she knew that her vote would be seen.n a law that no she knew would be passed because it has such broad support. it was seen as tactical. it was seen as giving a nod to her far right conservatives and more religious members and supporters of her conservative bloc. split in been a real oc on this issue but there had been voices of concern from conservative members saying if they voted to support gay marriage, and force their more right-wing members into the alternative for germany. it is being interpreted as a tactical move from angela merkel. it is also a gamble. she have given a nod to her far wast supporters, but this an important vote in germany. we heard words like tolerance, and to discrimination, equal rights for gay citizens. she has placed herself on the wrong side of this historic vote. to seemed conciliatory when she spoke to the press afterwards saying she still believes marriage is between a man in a woman. she does now believe gay couples should be allowed to adopt. to beuld like this vote over as soon as pos

video surveillance being set up in white and across germany these are all issues that angela merkel's unlikely to give ground on for four years civil liberties of her. no advocates in the grand coalition so which way will the chancellor bend well on friday the parliament fear we're going to be voting on gay marriage legislation signaling a real change in her traditionally conservative view on this subject since two thousand and five her party has refused to grant equal rights to same sex couples when it comes to marriage but after twelve years in power she may have to change some of her ideas if she's to remain there peter all of. it will bring in update on much as we get more in now before i say goodbye final thoughts this hour of news just a little glimpse of life one hospital the self-proclaimed republic of donetsk in eastern ukraine and its own going difficulties in doing its best and trying to care for cancer patients from both sides of the conflict. the. principal can do you question the community needs to pressure the matrix by c. push the number on the money each year but then

as germany heads towards an election, it seems mrs merkel was left with little choice.eens, also make this boat is a condition of any future power—sharing deal. translation: i am optimistic. on a personal note, we have personal note, we fought translation: i am optimistic. on a personal note, we fought for equality for decades, and i think it good if we take this step. germany has already announced several partnerships and there is thought to be broad support for this next step, which will bring the country into line with other european nations like belgium, france, spain and most of the uk. register offices are getting ready for busy days and weeks ahead. south korean president moonjae—in is in washington for talks with president trump. the white house says they will discuss ways to further strengthen their alliance and deepen the friendship. and the leaders will of course be co—ordinating on north korea—related issues, as our correspondent steve evans reports from seoul. there is some anti—trump feeling here in south korea. this is a demonstration, a small demonstrati

angela merkel, whether by accident or design, has managed to head that off at the pass.w invited angela merkel to their wedding, reportedly. more than a quarter of women who are overdue for a cervical cancer testdon't know screening is available, according to cancer research uk. the charity found there was a particular lack of awareness among women who spoke english as a second language. around 3,000 new cases are diagnosed every year, but the charity says 75% would be preventable through early detection. our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson, has more. the point of the smear is not to find cancer but look for precancer cells, which can be treated very effectively. we can stop this cancer in its tracks. -- earlier, the bbc's victoria derbyshire programme covered the story. one woman, whose mother died of cancer, told the programme about the importance of smear programme about the importance of smear tests. my mother's death resulted in my father setting up the trust... and so i am a trustee and we do trust... and so i am a trustee and wedoa trust... and so i am a t

>> well, that worked td system not to talk about political program worked twice for angela merkel not everything that worked twice will work for the third time because you can see in europe we have a crisis there, you can see the difficulties of relationships with the united states with president trump there. people expect their political leaders to tell them what direction will be. therefore i don't think angela merkel will have it as easy as the last two times just to get away with not talking about how the tax system will be, how the pension system will be, how she wants to bring europe in a way together to withstand policies that donald trump is advocating. we have a very experienced european leader and we have a very enthusiastic politician was able to i think explain to voters what the social democrats want to do good for our country and good for the future of our country. angela merkel's experience and she was successful but doesn't have many ideas left for the future and i think the election campaign will show that. >> one other question for you, i'm intrigued about german rel

in the corinne, supporters of gay marriage gathered outside of the office of chancellor merkel to cheern the vote. it is not just about politics for many, the new law affects them and personal ways. >> with today we are parents like anybody else. we love you more than our lives and ourselves and today this decision means we can tell our sons that they have two ordinary parents, just as anybody else. >> it feels great. a long time coming, we definitely deserved it. it feels good. i cannot put it into words. correspondent: across town, a neighborhood in the city's west and the center of gay life in berlin, raising a flag to show the support of the city. [cheers] correspondent: but it was at one of berlin's most enough get landmarks that celebrations really kicked off. >> know whether structure in germany symbolizes freedom quite like the brandenburg gate. today, the bring up her gate has been -- the gate has been transformed into the scene of a party. many people are asking how a socially progressive country like germany could have taken so long to come to this decision. but for the peopl

may has seen some positive noises on her response from merkel, so that's positive. pound trading 1.2730. >>> u.s. banks breathe a sigh of relief after passing the first part of a federaissee rel hrers test more after the break >>> we've looked at chinese banks, a couple of european ones u.s. banks have enough capital to continue trading and lending in an economic downturn. it's the first hurdle in the annual two-part testing. the result means america's largest banks have the capital to keep trading and lending during an extreme downturn that downturn is including a 10% unemployment rate, over doubling of that. they would lose about 383 u.s. billion dollars in that but have the capital, especially the big guns under the fed scenarios, banks would suffer significant losses, but importantly, this is key, stay strong enough to lend banks could potentially increase dividend payouts if the fed approves their plans to the stress test. that is out next week. >>> change may come to the stress test process if republican proposals pass through congress president trump has said

legalises same—sex unions — bringing it in line with most other european countries — although angela merkelst it. she changed the lives of women in france — simone weil, the holocaust survivor who became a politician has died. we'll have a tribute. hello and welcome to world news today. we start the programme with some breaking news coming in from the states. reports of a shooting incident inside a hospital inside the bronx in new york. unarmed man, said to be dressed as a doctor, opened fire at the bronx lebanon on hospital, according to reports. this hit is a 972 bed hospital, at least three people are believed to have been shot, although there are reports of multiple shootings and some reports describe this as an ongoing situation. messages on social media speaking of doctors and nurses having barricaded themselves inside the building and also some reports of a fire in the building. none of this is 100% confirmed. new york forrest has been briefed on the situation and police are going through from each floor to each floor in search of the gunmen. we will keep you updated on this developi

theresa may has also confirmed to german chancellor angela merkel that britain is ready to begin brexitotiations "as planned in the next couple of weeks". our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. past friends, now even closer political allies. without enough mps of her own, theresa may has turned to the democratic unionist party to help herform a government. she signalled her intention yesterday in this address. we will continue to work with our friends and allies in the democratic unionist party in particular. our two parties have enjoyed a strong relationship over many years, and this gives me the confidence to believe that we will be able to work together in the interests of the whole united kingdom. with its ten seats won on thursday, the dup will back theresa may on key votes like the budget. it's not a full coalition, but a looser agreement. the details, scant so far. now they're politically centre—stage, prompting renewed scrutiny of their policies by some here in westminster. pro—brexit, socially conservative, the party's opposition to same—sex marriage and abortion in

laura: the issue of same-sex marriage has german chancellor angela merkel in a tough spot. let's her democratic party squarely down the middle and the rival is pushing for a vote expected to pass -- to past friday. reporter: it's taking center stage in germany's election campaign. on friday, they will decide whether to legalize same-sex marriage. the bill is considered likely to half. it comes days after chancellor angela merkel talk about long-time opposition to the reform. >> for the church, it surely plays an important role. as a question of conscious, it represents something i push through with a majority vote. hermine challenge -- main challenger tried to regain the initiative by calling for a vote for the end of the current parliament. >> mrs. merkel said yesterday that this is a decision that should be taken within the next legislation we disagree and think this of should not be put on hold but concluded this week reporter:. reporter:the bill would allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt children. at the moment, they can only enter civil unions. reactions have been po

, emmanuel agreed with merkel. many commentators are hearing a renewed sense of common purpose between paris and berlin. with what hasee been said, and i know one thing. when france and germany do not agree about something, europe is not moving forward. >> the french president speaking there. the international affairs commentator has more now on the between merkel and macron. >> it's clear that there is europeng going on in right now. there is some sort of renewal, some sense of real revival, a long period of, if not doom and gloom, just a sense that europe couldn't get anything right, that europe was managementis operation where, whether we are talking about warding off populists, trying to manage mass membersinflows, prevent from collapsing under heaps of debt, it always seemed that they trying to tread water, hold themselves above water without sinking. now what you have is not only yes, the migration issues are still there. obviously they haven't gone away in the blink of an eye. you still have big issues with

merkel adds we want equal treatment of german firls in ch firms in china.been a lot of become and forth and heated language when it came to some of the copy cats in china and the lack of access to the chinese markets. seems like there's goodwill on both sides to clear up some of these issues. also maybe these comments are interesting given the recent comments by angela merkel that germany and the eu should not be relying on the u.s. too much. what germany is doing now is looking east, looking towards china, that sends a clear message to donald trump after that fairly disappointing g77 meg7 meeting. what are the key stocks that you are looking at? what do you have to own in your portfolio now? >> we're looking at the big themes. one of the stocks we like that nobody else likes is ibm. we think they'll perform again well on six big themes. which are cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, industrial internet, software defined network, cybersecurity and a few others. >> can i add in the recent bank of america tech report, we actually saw that ibm was one of the m

german chancellor angela merkel has been leading tributes to former chancellor helmut kohl, who died earlier today. kohl, who served from 1982 to 1998, was the longest-serving postwar chancellor, the architect of the country's reunification in 1990. european flags are flying at half mast today in brussels. tributes are pouring in from around the world. helmut kohl was 87 years old. let's look back at his life. it was one of the defining moments of helmut kohl's political career. just weeks after the fall of the said figureskohl of reunification in motion. and it is what delay german chancellor wanted to be remembered for. chancellor kohl: we germans don't have too many reasons to be proud of our history, but i have reason to be proud of those years when i was chancellor. better, nothing than germanroud of, reunification. [applause] born in southwestern germany in 1930, helmut kohl became the leader of the conservative party in 1973, and eventually the chancellor just under a decade later. along with his contemporaries, british prime minister margaret thatcher and u.s. president ronal

we'll be right back charles: so remember when angela merkel said europe might have to go to loan? well, she was joined by ge ceo who tweeted this last night. the paris agreement, climate change industry must now lead and not depend on the government. you know, i think both of them met meant those comments as threats. but wouldn't it be great if taxpayers stopped subsidizing nations and businesses? here togues, peter morici is back with matt welch. kristen, let me ask you. to being i said to myself. >> i'm somebody thanks markets are great for solving problems. it doesn't mean that i don't think there's no role for government, especially on the issue with the environment. dealing with internallities when i do something that causes harm to something else, the government has a role to step in there. but that's very different from massive subsidies from industries and stuff like that. so to the extent that we can have some kind of framework that protects the environment but markets do what they do, i think that's a good thing. charles: matt, of course angela merkel upset about the who

politicians interviewed nearly 100 witnesses, including german chancellor angela merkel. the report reveals a wealth of information about german and international intelligence operations. but they remained at odds over what exactly went wrong, and in particular, who was to blame. "what ever criticism might be appropriate for the nsa and its activities, we shouldn't lose sight of the big picture. agreed, mistakes were made and the nsa's activities were not what we want for our own agencies. but let's be honest, thanks to help from u.s. intelligence, we were able to prevent worse things from happening in germany more than once." "this massive data surveillance was not only a violation of the u.s. constitution. here in germany, too, it was without any foundation, and in contravention of the country's basic law." edward snowden, a contractor at the u.s. national security agency, triggered the parliamentary investigation by leaking details about u.s. spying practices around the world, including nsa eavesdropping on the phone of chancellor angela merkel. the political scandal d

but the social democrats represent under merkel's biggest challenge in this upcoming election and they'll be looking in form of government own if they can however sort of her stance on gay marriage opens up a potential coalition with the green party for the incumbent german chancellor as you might have a marriage for everyone three times would have placed this request thirty times it's been looked at and thirty times nothing happened now we come to merkel and say that this is a matter of conscience if the green party don't get enough seats in order to form a coalition with it it doesn't look like they will do then the free democrats could also join not to make a three party coalition however the free democrats are likely to ask for something that i'm going to may not be too keen to give and it's an issue that in the bundestag out the moment they want to see a pulling back of security services when it comes to their retention of digital data they also want to see less c.c.t.v. video surveillance being set open wide and across germany these are all issues that angela merkel's unlikely to gi

merkel has invited the european g 20 members plus norway and the netherlands to garner support for her summit agenda. >> we, as the european members of the g 21 to make an essential -- g20 one to make an essential contribution to the g 20. correspondent: the europeans see themselves as a corrective factor now that the united states is left to be paris agreement and is adopting corrections policy. >> we pit multilateralism against protectionism and against those who break international rules. >> the biggest global challenges is your -- europe's response. correspondent: that might sound like an agenda against u.s. president donald trump. after the meeting, angela merkel already set because in a speech to the german parliament, she criticized president trump's climate policies. >> we will not wait until the last person on earth has accepted the scientific evidence of climate change. the pair, agreement is irreversible and nonnegotiable. correspondent: nonetheless, european leaders stressed there will be more common ground with the u.s. of that there will be differences. they said a look f

is angela merkel an ally? or is emmanuel macron an ally?e quite clear — i would go with angela merkel and emmanuel macron any day. but it's a choice that the united kingdom has to make. do you believe that putin and trump are allies or do you believe that the ones who live 100 kilometres away are actually the most credible ally in a world which is more chaotic than ever? a very interesting perspective and i want to come back to some of those global points you've just made because i don't want this entire interview just to be about britain, that wouldn't be right given your position in europe. but a final quick point on britain. in your heart of hearts, do you think it is still entirely possible that britain will actually reverse its decision and decide it doesn't want to leave the european union? who am i tojudge? if i would be a british citizen then i have the right to vote and the right to be part of this debate. i'm not. and i think that this is a choice that has been made in the united kingdom. i believe that no deal would be very bad f

german chancellor, angela merkel, has criticised the us president, donald trump, while on a visit toing up walls would not solve the problem of migration, a reference to mr trump's repeated promises to build a wall along the mexican border. mrs merkel also backed mexico's free trade position, ahead of talks on renegotiating the north american free trade agreement. let's go to the philippines, where us special forces are helping the military there to dislodge militants allied to so—called islamic state in the city of marawi. philippine troops have struggled to oust the rebels who took control of the city in may. the us involvement comes despite months of hostility towards washington by the philippines president, rodrigo duterte. more from our asia—pacific regional editor, michael bristow. after nearly three weeks of fighting, this is what is left of marawi. until insurgents took over, there was a population of 2000 in this lakeside city. most have left in the streets are largely empty. they are having to battle for every house. 30 marines were killed in a i6 house. 30 marines were kil