germany's chancellor angela merkel and turkey's president. speaking in istanbul after meeting today to discuss libya syria and migration let's they've just got a press briefing that's listening i've been very useful. we. have integrated the german turkish university and the new building of the versity this is a cornerstone in the relations between germany and during my relate my talks with the americas and we have discussed those and we had talked about the regional development the situation in libya the situation in syria and we also spoke about the strong relations of friendship between our both countries. we confirm that the coming steps will be for the sake of germany. and the region the regional development made us clearly that we need to have good relations in the investment in there and the j. in reserve and we agreed to increase our partnership in all of these domains this is very important for both our country as we need to stay with relations more and more. when it comes about the conference in germany we agreed that they start or n

erdogan repeatedly called merkel "my dear friend."erkel also was kind of, you know -- she was not very critical. she didn't openly criticize him for issues that are known to be issues between germany and turkey. freedom of speech here in turkey, freedom of the press, rule of law all have come under attack. and merkel indeed met some civil society activists during her visit, who told her just that. but she didn't openly criticize. erdogan, to the contrary, they inaugurated a university campus of the turkish-german university together and it was quite a display of harmony there. erdogan gave merkel a present, a mirror. so that was basically the message here today. these strained relations now are kind of warming up. and that was an important message for merkel and erdogan, i guess. >> julia hahn in istanbul, thank you. international holocaust remembrance day will be officially observed on the 27th of january, the anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp. with fewer holocaust survivors left as witnesses to the nazi regim

we've got some analysis on merkel's visit to russia let's bring in d.-w. is emily sherman in moscow and here in the studio is our political correspondent thomas thomas we'll start with you before these talks today merkel spokesman said russia was an important actor on the world stage very praising words indispensable in solving political conflicts what is it that merkel wants from these talks today with persian in short merkel probably wants some clarity as to what role russia could play to try and deescalate tensions in the region germany is aware that russia plays a very important role when it comes to iran when it comes to syria when it comes to libya and those are all issues that are going to be discussed today or they're probably already being discussed between the russian leader on the german leader and it's important to stress that these 2 leaders have met on many many occasions in the past they've been in power for a very long time in russia and in germany they know each other very well they speak the language of each other's countries or speaks ru

merkel though is likely to urge other want to stick with the pact. finally germany will probably seek answers over the issue of german nationals detained in turkish prisons or banned from leaving the country some a jolt turkish nationals and have suffered under the government's crackdown on dissent following the failed military curfew 3 and a half years ago. we are high on is covering transamerica as visit to istanbul and she joins us for more hi yulia good to see you as we heard there are plenty of issues for these 2 leaders to discuss tell us what's going to top the agenda today. well yes the list of issues that might potentially come up during today's at talks between the german chancellor and president edwin in the prom the premises right behind me here is quite long the crisis is in syria in libya in iran but from what we understand the so-called a migrant pact will be high on the agenda the number of migrants trying to cross into the european union from turkey illegally has gone up sharply in recent months in the past a year and there are fears

hold an arms embargo and a pledge to help end the fighting in libya and german chancellor angela merkel hosting key players in the long running conflict at a major summit here in berlin they've agreed to quote refrain from interfering in the war but will that change the situation on the ground. i'm calling last month thanks for joining us world leaders gathered in berlin for a libya peace conference this evening and they say they've got it results the respect to weapons and bargo in an effort to choke off fighting which has wrecked the country over the past 9 years leaders of countries including russia and turkey which have become involved in the civil war there were at the summits bay agreed to stop interfering the 2 rival libyan factions who have been fighting over control of the country were also at the summit but we now know they did not speak at the closing press conference nor were they in the same room during that summit so these . are joining me now in studio mona have me from d.w. arabic moni we just heard that press conference just wrapping up now as well what were your 1st im

and german chancellor angela merkel meets with russian president vladimir putin in moscow the 2 leaders have several significant points of dispute but can they find common ground on the middle east that made rising tensions in the region . and headed on for a glad you could join me the commander of iran's revolutionary guard has accepted full responsibility for the downing of a ukrainian a passenger jet on wednesday now raunch says that the firing of a missile that the plane was a mistake claiming human error off the plane flew in a sensitive military site 176 people were killed in that crash techron had previously denied claims made by the u.s. and canada that it was responsible. an explosion in the sky this mobile phone footage was one factor that led western countries to suspect in the reunion missile attack on the ukrainian passenger plane finally after days of vehement denial iran's military admitted his guilt with armed forces on the highest level of alert the ukrainian international airlines flight had appeared to fly like a hostile target near a sensitive military site. when i b

s increasingly see merkel focused on her european legacy. of i believe she is focusing everything on the germany you counsel presidency but that won't be easy that will take more than monch in a successful e.u. china summit in the fall just as hard as it will be a tough program if she wants to celebrate becoming the big european leader and at the end of her chance or ship out certify on mission with germany's e.u. presidency coming up in the 2nd half of 2020 merkel needs to mend the strategically important marriage with france to fulfill her key aim a united europe that can stand up to an increasingly dominant china back home her own party worry that her refusal to actively back a successor could weaken germany's position speaking of political leadership i think she. should think about supporting someone so do give us. the germans and the europeans and everybody out there who could play also a role for stability in that someone is still widely tipped to be his successor as party leader anechoic come karrenbauer also defense minister she rece

perhaps why merkel saved her last with a call to arms for the business elite to work together to avoid a climate disaster. they called us for a cohesive and sustainable world doesn't it take alders for a sustainable world because i would argue where all this talk allocations are this you are this hour we are we trying to take this seriously there are whole host of opportunities open to us but we cannot get inward looking and going it alone that would be the completely wrong lesson to take all these years after the 2nd world war in that the sweat and the. no what matters is whether the class was paying attention. my colleague he was paying attention he joins us tonight from davos switzerland good evening to you climate policy is of course topic number one where you are i'm wondering did merkel and her speech did differ from the e.u. commission president hu talented the e.u.'s green deal yesterday well bred there was a big difference and maybe it is the enthusiasm with which the policies were presented in underlined speech as you mentioned she touted this as a bold move by the european u

and angela merkel calls for germans to be courageous and confident in confronting the challenges of the new decade needed to address the chance of also stresses the need to tackle climate change. i'm anthony held welcome to the show my just cities across the globe have been putting on spectacular shows to welcome in the new year and the new decade in berlin thousands gathered at the brandenburg gate to say to 2019 and hello to 2020 is a look at some of the best of the new year's celebrations from across the globe. the final countdown of the decade and the 1st few seconds of the 2020. pounds of palin as well come the new year at the iconic brand. gate which fireworks accompanied by bass have been some 9th symphony i. 12 hours earlier new zealand was the 1st major city to see in the new year with pyrotechnics erupting from the city's sky tower and over the water. in australia the fireworks from sydney's harbor bridge went ahead despite calls for the show to be cancelled because of the devastating bushfires the country is experiencing i was in hong kong the traditional fireworks display wa

well for more analysis on merkel's visit let's bring in de w.'s emily show in moscow good to see you emily what else what else have excuse me. been saying at that press conference. well the 2 leaders had a really broad agenda going into these talks they were scheduled to talk about libya about the middle east in general and about ukraine as well and these talks really did seem to have to cover that broad range of topics they went for almost 2 hours longer than initially scheduled when the 2 leaders spoke to the press you could see that they have had for very many years a kind of a working relationship rather close working relationship you can't say that they're close on all issues but they certainly seemed comfortable with each other and they both talked about how satisfied they were with the meeting both putin and miracles referred to the meeting as useful and productive several times in their comments they also seemed to present a kind of united front on several issues including as you mentioned on their desire to save the iran nuclear deal whi

under lockdown in hopes of containing the spread of the virus also coming up german chancellor angela merkel is in istanbul for what are likely to be tense talks with turkey's president breccia tired to want to take a look at what is at stake. we will also bring you the latest from the world economic forum in davos. the world economic forum tries to rewrite the rulebook on how capitalism works but in the game records maximizing profits is not even possible for coverage up ahead from davos. and asked so as from a berlin nightclub before it's forced to close its doors thousands signed a petition to save the venue but with the city's nightlife under increasing pressure will that make any difference. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us china is taking unprecedented measures to contain the spread of a deadly new coronavirus imposing quarantines on more than 40000000 people shutting major tourist attractions and canceling public events now this drastic response comes as hundreds of millions of people are on the move for the start of the lunar new year holiday. despite their efforts

meeting between the german chancellor and glutamate putin that's underway here in moscow tangle of merkel's 1st visit to russia for the 5 years. either thanks for joining us here r.t. international. commander of iran's elite military unit the islamic revolutionary guard corps accepted full responsibility for shooting down a ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday he said the boeing 737 was mistaken for a cruise missile. when i heard why it had been shot down i wish i was jet i never wanted to witness such a terrible incident. he also added an air defense system operator had faulty communications and had just 10 seconds in which to make what was described as a bad decision earlier tehran admitted its military unintentionally hit the jet despite days of denials of any involvement in the downing surrounds chief investigator says the black box data will now be sent my colleague jacqueline vega discussed details with our quarter. we heard from ukraine's president vladimir selenski who said that he expects he expects iran's take full responsibility and for the investigation to continue without any

angela merkel and of course the u.n. secretary general we're still waiting for some very big players in all those who have some high stakes we're talking about of course russia what role do you see russia playing in the negotiations today. well russia is a very very significant player in all of that russia obviously has been expanding its influence in that region significantly especially through the war in syria where it has become the major player supporting the government of bashar assad and has has helped us out in fact when that war has to say with the exception of one region in northwestern syria that is still not under government control and russia is very eager to extend that influence in the rest of the mediterranean region and has been a supporting. general for many years russia ditched try to in some sense preempt this conference of this summit today by bringing together those 2 players in moscow together with turkey one has to say last week or earlier this week and without much success the influence that russi

germany's chancellor angela merkel is in turkey for talks with president richard tyra to one at a time of tensions between the 2 countries the leaders talked about syria libya and the wider conflict in the middle east earlier chancellor merkel formally opened a new campus of the turkish german university in istanbul. thousands of iraqis demonstrated in central baghdad after a prominent cleric called for a 1000000 strong protest against u.s. military presence in the country the cleric souther opposes all foreign interference in iraq but has recently shown himself in closer alliance with iran. but he say 6 people have been killed in a shooting in the town of autumn z. in southwestern germany while the incident is believed to be lynched to a quote personal relationship a suspect has been detained. this is due to the news from berlin for more followers on twitter and news or visit a website that i did dot com. all right don't forget you can always get your years on the go just download our app from the google play forth from the app store they'll give you access to all the latest news from

well angela merkel is calling on germans to be courageous and confident in making the challenges of a new decade the german chancellor also used her annual new year's eve address to stress the need to klak tackle climate change. it's the end of the year and the end of the decade the world is getting even more complicated but german chancellor angela merkel doesn't paint a bleak picture even if she clearly points to a pressing issue the keyword cloyd it. is a global warming is real it threatens us it is caused by human activity as are the crises that arise out of global warming so we must do all that is humanly possible to combat this challenge to humanity there is still time know if this movie americal says the recently agreed climate protection laws a step in the right direction even if young environmental activists say the law doesn't go far enough but merkel says the government must consider all citizens and that by talking with stevie are guided by the values of freedom solidarity and respect for the dignity of every single person as well as the principles of the social market eco

176 people on board what killed the latest from take drugs or so coming up german chancellor angela merkel greets with russian president vladimir putin in a moscow the 2 leaders have several significant points of dispute can they find common ground on the middle east and made it rising tensions in the region. and taiwan reelected president and delivers a blow to beijing to sign on to balance to preserve taiwan's autonomy in the face of growing efforts by china to bring to ireland and to eat control. the air. on how an arm free glad you could join me the commander of iran's revolutionary guard has accepted full responsibility for the downing of a ukrainian passenger jet on wednesday now iran says that the firing of a missile at the plane was a mistake blaming human error after the plane flew in a sensitive military site $176.00 people were killed in that crash tucker on had promised tonight claims made by the united states and canada that it was responsible. an explosion in the sky this mobile phone footage was one factor that led western countries to suspect an iranian missile attack on th

just a matter of survival that is how chancellor angela merkel describes as steps to stop climate change. and a meeting of the world economic forum in davos that it is time to take young climate active it's serious state. law as. i have a home free dragica join me where they came from around the globe presidents prime ministers princes the world's political leaders assembled in jerusalem today now they pledge solidarity with israel to commemorate 6000000 jews killed in the holocaust and to promise to fight anti semitism in today's world. who. knew the holocaust survivor sings the kaddish the mourners prayer. the ceremony was dedicated skewes and other victims of the holocaust leaders spoke of the need to fight today's anti semitism. that current politics were clear and present. i'm concerned. that we have yet to see a unified and resolute stance against the most you submitted on the planet. i call on all governments to join the vital effort of confronting iran. the u.s. vice president agreed we must also stand strong. against the leading state purveyor of anti semitism. against the one g

merkel may not have it's interesting that the tone is different on syria of course merkel mentioned it libya and the tragedy of the continuing war there the violence and so on so forth for putin it was in his words more peaceful more stable i would have said less violent less of a civil war but be that as it may he's trying to project a more positive. image of what's going on in syria but we all know that the tragedy continues in the other parts of syria but yes as you said clearly now with the question of syria is between turkey and russia and yet i must add that for merkel and for europe both to both syria and libya are more of a question of. destabilization and immigration than it is a question of strategy and solutions right ok thank you very much. now taiwan's independence president sighing has declared victory in the general election the declaration came shortly after the opposition candidate conceded defeat the vote has been seen as a choice between moving closer to china or continuing to resist beijing's push for reunification but. the results of this election carry an added si

and so chancellor merkel concludes the year pragmatically with concrete plans for the future employer there is still much work left for her to do. now to a rare display of aggravation from a usually unflappable figure of francis the pontiff showed he's just as likely to get grumpy as the rest of us during a walk through some pay to square in the vatican. but francis had been shaking hands with people in the crowd and was turning to leave when a woman yanked him back he dropped gesture appeared to cause the pied piper he slapped a hand and got her telling off before walking away visibly annoyed. not within moments his holiness was back to more familiar jesus. that thing. kissing babies. it watching day the news from berlin up next is a documentary on making yachts the latest must have for the world's rich and powerful something that you can get all the lettuce news and information around the clock on our website that's the deadly dot com i'm anthony held in berlin wishing you were if your watching happy new year. it's all happening to children in africa. to link to news from africa the

chinese city of that city at the heart of this outbreak a matter of survival german chancellor angela merkel describes efforts to stop climate change telling the world economic forum in davos switzerland today that it is time to take the young climate activists serious. it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with our continuing coverage of ceremonies which are beginning today in jerusalem to remember the millions who perished as well as. those who survived the holocaust now this is the 1st in a series of events marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz nazi death camp $6000000.00 jews were killed in the genocide which is known as the shoah or the holocaust during the 2nd world war dozens of international heads of states and government joined israeli leaders at the ceremony today they gathered to remember one of the world's darkest chapters and they are valid to fight anti-semitism in their countries today in the 1st speech by a german president at danvers shammi from vulture steinmeier said that germany's responsibility for the crimes of the nazi regime will not

merkel though is likely to emerge out of one to stick with the pact. finally germany will probably seek answers over the issue of german nationals detained in turkish prisons or banned from leaving the country some mudgal turkish nationals and have suffered under the government's crackdown on dissent following the failed military coup 3 and a half years ago. reports what's likely to be the most pressing issue in today's talks between the german and turkish leaders. well in breeze india's whenever chancellor merkel and president met one to one the so-called migrant crisis was high on the agenda and i think it will be again today because the number of migrants trying to cross into the european union illegally from turkey has gone up sharply in recent months and there are fear is that the war in syria is a province could send many more people fleeing now the migration deal signed in 2016 between and the european union looks more fragile the longer it is in place prison edwin has repeatedly threatened to open the gates for migrants to europe as he put it a

people deliberate killed we will have the latest from tecton also coming out german chancellor angela merkel meets with russian president vladimir putin in moscow 2 leaders have several significant points of dispute but can they find common ground on the middle east and its rising tensions in the region. and taiwan relax its president and delivers a blow to beijing to sign want to preserve taiwan soltani in the face of growing at that spot china to bring it on and under its control. the boy. i'm at home free glad you could join me the commander of iran's revolutionary guard has accepted full responsibility. the downing of a ukrainian a passenger jet on a wednesday now iran says that the firing of a missile at the plane was a mistake blaming human error off the plane flew near a sensitive military site 176 people were killed in that crash techron had previously denied claims bait by the u.s. and canada that it was responsible. an explosion in the sky this mobile phone footage was one factor that led western countries to suspect in the reunion missile attack on the ukrainian passenger plane fi

will hold an arms embargo and a pledge to help end the fighting in libya german chancellor angela merkel hosted key players in the long running conflict at a major summit right here in berlin and they've now agreed to coat the framing in the from interfering in the war but will that change the situation on the ground. i'm calling assman thanks for joining us world leaders have gathered in berlin for a libya peace conference this evening and they say they've got a result they respect the u.n. weapons in bargo in an effort to choke off fighting which has ravaged the country over the past 9 years the 2 rival libyan factions who have been fighting over control of the country they were also at the summit but they did not need to rectally or speak to the press. is a mighty gathered in berlin on a sunday afternoon world powers united in a mission of hope german chancellor angela merkel invited representatives of more than 10 countries to press for a solution to the long running conflict in libya and it was only a few hours before the amounts to a breakthrough. no more arms shipments to the war

the german chancellor angela merkel is in moscow for talks with blood even putin the meeting between the 2 leaders has now go the way nichelle think the russian president for the invitation adding it's always better to talk to each other than other than for the visit was originally planned to be over the ukraine conflict and crisis in libya that is now being overshadowed by the military escalation between the u.s. and iran as well as washington stop russia's north stream to gas pipeline to germany it's all of a husband. it's difficult times that angle or merkel arrives in moscow for what will be her 19th visit to russia as german chancellor certain to be up for discussion between herself and president vladimir putin are taking energy out of the current situation in the middle east in the standoff between iran and the united states and getting energy from russia into germany via the nord stream 2 gas pipeline. chancellor merkel and president putin are in agreement when it comes to a deescalation of tension in the middle east mrs merkel spokes person stressing the need for cool heads t

agree to pull down their weapons and come to berlin for a conference which is organized by angela merkel. stressed at this conference and this post process is has to be in the interest of the libyan people so not so much all these proxies and people in other countries involved in the conflict but the libyans should benefit from this interestingly also in the same press conference or put in was asked about turkey said allegations that the 2000 russian mercenaries are actually fighting in libya on the side of. that who is actually on this offensive on to tripoli any said well if there are any russian citizens they're not representing the russian state and they also need not being paid by the russian state they are supposedly from this walking a group which is headed by a close confident of president putin so it's a very complicated situation while russia is sort of backing. they also have communications open with the u.n. backed government in tripoli but it also is clear that their support for holly for half the house and that kind of consequences that he can actually put some pressure on

and angela merkel heads to moscow for talks of god made putin the german and russian leaders are expected to discuss middle east tensions and russia's energy supplies to europe. you're watching r.t. international i'm rise on a low could thank you for joining us. now the u.s. secretary of state has defended washington's decision to assassinate iran's top general mike compare struggled to explain the alleged threat posed by major general slow money during a press conference earlier. reports. things got quite easy at the press conference where we saw mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state speaking alongside steve minutia in the secretary of treasury and this comes just a week after the killing of iran's top general qassam solomonic and as the press asked questions that got particularly tense mike pompei o seemed a little bit uncomfortable trying to answer the questions of journalists who just don't seem to buy his claim that the killing of solomonic was necessary to protect american lives let's take a listen to some of what went on if you have a specific information about the internet and

german chancellor arrives in moscow on saturday to meet with vladimir putin angela merkel's visit was originally planned over the ukraine conflict and the crisis in libya but now it's being overshadowed by the military escalation between america and iran as well as washington's efforts to stop russia's north stream to gas pipeline to germany to speak to all of his details. it's that difficult times that angular merkel arrives in moscow for what will be her 19th visit to russia as german chancellor certain to be up for discussion between herself and president vladimir putin are taking energy out of the current situation in the middle east and the standoff between iran and the united states and getting energy from russia into germany via the nord stream 2 gas pipeline. chancellor merkel and president putin are in agreement when it comes to a deescalation of tension in the middle east mrs merkel spokes person stressing the need for cool heads this week it's constant it's important that all involved parties exercise restraint and turn away from the logic of escalation towards the logic of

chancellor merkel and president putin are in agreement when it comes to a deescalation of tension in the middle east mrs merkel spokes person stressing the need for cool heads this week it's constant it's important that all involved parties exercise restraint and turn away from the logic of escalation towards the logic of dialogue both the federal chancellery and the kremlin have voice their concern at the situation in the region with the government here in berlin sounding less than convinced by the justification given by washington for the assassination of a rainy and major general because some solid money. it was we saw the explanation of the u.s. for this strike but the information to comprehend the explanation is missing force of the school year that mildred violence must only be the last resort. germany and russia were both architects of the rainy a nuclear deal that now looks to be lying in tatters following 1st donald trump pulling the united states out of it unilaterally back in 2018 and just this week the iranian side saying they're not going to live up to their end of the b

says is not true chancellor merkel on the other hand has made this agreement the center of her migration policy so i think she's here in istanbul today to make sure also turkey still stands behind that deal is committed to it. well that's a good question looking at today's schedule i think it was designed to emphasize the close ties between the 2 countries for example maclin add on will in all curator and you campus of the tech is german university here in istanbul that's a place with students from both countries study together so example of cooperation but still there is a lot of tension a german citizens in turkish prisons many of them allegedly for political reasons freedom of speech and free. all of the press have come increasingly under attack here in turkey that's something the chancellor has repeatedly criticized turkish officials on the other hand accuse germany of supporting kurdish terrorists so i think there is still a long way to go until these relations between germany and turkey can be considered normal. what can we expect to come out of. well i don't expect any major annou

chairman chancellor angela merkel will be arriving in moscow later on saturday for meeting with vladimir putin they're expected to discuss the iran crisis and also the north's trying to gas pipeline linking russia to germany peter all of us got more on this visit. it's not a difficult time that angle a merkel arrives in moscow for what will be her 19th official visit to russia as german chancellor certain to be up for discussion between herself and president vladimir putin are taking energy out of the current situation in the middle east and the standoff between iran and the united states and getting energy from russia into germany via the nord stream to gas pipeline chancellor merkel and president putin are in agreement when it comes to a deescalation of tension in the middle east mrs merkel spokes person stressing the need for cool heads this week it's const it's important that all involved parties exercise restraint and turn away from the logic of escalation towards the logic of dialogue both the federal chancellery and the kremlin have their concern at the situation in the region wit

charles i'm going to prescribe to the climate crisis at the world economic forum in davos chancellor merkel tells the world's rich and powerful to take the young climate activists seriously. very warm welcome to all of you we continue our special coverage of ceremonies at the russian memorial in jerusalem to honor holocaust victims and survivors all this is the 1st in a series of events marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp which is commemorated as international holocaust remembrance day dozens of international heads of states and governments joined israeli leaders at the ceremony while they were there to remember one of the world's darkest chapters and vowed to fight anti semitism in that country and the 1st speech by a german president at yad vashem concord led to steinmeyer so germany's responsibility for the crimes of the nazi regime will not expire all right let's take a listen to what president myers said just moments ago 75 years later. after the liberation of auschwitz i stand before you all as president of germany and i stand here laden with the

the chancellor merkel rejects the idea. by the americans we did today the traditional world order is under tremendous pressure is if the fundamental question is whether we're going to try to deal with the situation on our own. if so i would say that germany's chances don't look good . in defining the u.s. economy and currency are so strong and china has a population of 1300000000 germany. he only has 80000000 think we can work hard and be productive in the but if china decides that it no longer wants to have good relations with germany we won't be able to keep up with the edge of the market with its you know. relations between china and the us are still strained due in part to this high stakes game of trade poker. hat. when president trump made an official state visit to china in november 2017 president xi rolled out the red carpet for his distinguished guest. later she admitted that china and the u.s. do have differences on some points of trade policy and trump repeated his claim that china was not directly responsible for

also on the program migration dominates the discussion as german chancellor angela merkel meets with turkey's president everyone in istanbul is a key political challenge for both leaders. and that as his impeachment trial continues u.s. president donald trump speaks at a major anti-abortion rally he's the 1st sitting president to address the march for life to speak to our correspondent in washington about how trump is faring at the start of the election year. i'm told me already full welcome to the program france has announced 3 cases of the deadly corona virus the 1st to be reported in europe french authorities say at least 2 of the affected patients had recently traveled to china where the outbreak began the virus has now killed at least 26 people with more than 800 others also infected travel restrictions remain in place in over a dozen cities in china including one hand where the corona virus originated. the coronavirus is on the move despite an unprecedented lot dyna new hand in the surrounding areas china hasn't managed to keep the virus contained it is now i reached year up on

important actor on the world stage indispensable in solving political crises what is it that merkel wants from person today in these talks in short to understand what putin could do to try and deescalate the situation in the middle east which soiled and that russia has been trying to gain a stronger foothold in the region to increase its influence and that means that they have and russia has in particular very strong contacts with many countries in the region just think of syria just think of iran and that's something that in particular wants to listen to what he can do to try and in any way influence those countries now it's interesting to see why and collision in russia why not for example other european leaders and that has to do with the type of relation that germany and russia have had under vladimir putin under chancellor merkel of russia under vladimir putin diving board someone who speaks german who lived in germany and speaks russia russian they have had a very long relationship in the last few years and although there are differences between russia and germany and. i said

elsewhere angular merkel is due to me vladimir putin in moscow later on saturday will be 1900 official visit to russia as german chancellor and this visit comes amid tight into the global times. that you're watching on t.v. international i'm writers on a lot could thank you for joining us. in the u.s. secretary of state has defended washington's decision to assassinate iran's top general mike bumppo struggle to explain the alleged threat posed by major general solomonic during a press conference and explains. things got quite easy at the press conference where we saw mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state speaking alongside steve minutia in the secretary of treasury and this comes just a week after the killing of iran's top general qassam solomonic and as the press asked questions got particularly tense mike pompei o seemed a little bit uncomfortable trying to answer the questions of journalists who just don't seem to buy his claim that the killing of solomonic was necessary to protect american lives let's take a listen to some of what went on if you have specific information about