the united states by of angela merkel. german chancellor fell victim to a phone tapping operation and it has not become clear a close european ally was involved. china scrapped its two--child policy. they will be allowed to hav three children. but most say they can't afford. plus, the chaos of a volcanic eruption. we meet the volunteers doing their best to take care of the victims. remembering one of the most infamous racial atrocities in american history. a century ago, a white mob burned down a district known as blackwell street. we report from oklahoma on the divisions that remain 100 years on. ♪ i am anthony howard. welcome. leaders from france and germany are reporting and -- demanding answers over a report that denmark helped the u.s. spy on politicians, including tesla. the initial revelations a decade ago showed the n.s.a. tapped the phones of foreign leaders including chancellor merkel. now a multinational media investigation says the danish military intelligence unit supported the u.s. wiretapping operation. repo

here going hard to welcome to conflicts around 10016 years of angela merkel and these days the c.d.u.has lost ground in the polls there's been a bitter fight for her succession in the party and corona virus is hitting the country hard issue leaving behind a mass i think we had to have had a tough debate on the question who might success that might be success are from the union as you do see as we union from for a chance to ship in germany. through 2 weeks ago we were good form to both that both chairman of the 2 parties see the seas will mark a pseudo from season and i mean i said from city hall both want to run as katie did for chancellor chip and it took 9 days of discussion in different form it's a party and then the decision came out that i mean i said to chair of c.v. and prime minister if not from this very day i would be candidate i think 9 days is not too much to take such a important decision and looking to the code in a situation we have heard learnt yesterday from the meeting from the private this was a chance to. make huge steps forward concerning that situation we are now

chancellor merkel says this is not the solution to vaccine shortages. despite fears it could further divide society, legislation to exempt immunize people from covid-19 restrictions is set to become law here in germany. angry french fishermen protesting in the english channel over new rules limiting their access to waters closer to france than the u.k.. more prison time for hong kong activist joshua wong. he will spend 10 months behind bars after pleading guilty to taking part in an unauthorized protest. ♪ >>germany is pushing back against u.s. support for an idea to speed up coronavirus vaccinations in poor countries. the biden administration supports waving covid-19 patent protection. a german stance is in line with pharmaceutical will companies who say it would not limit shortages. wednesday's announcement is drawing mixed response. >>it was a stunning change in policy for the u.s.. the trump administration resisted efforts to suspend patents on covid-19 vaccines. but president joe biden chose a different tactic. word from u.s. trade representative's

speaking alongside angela merkel, he said they were awaiting answers from washington and from copenhagenfears over stalled economic growth forces china to allow families to have three children. the scrapping of the one child policy three years ago has not led to a significant upward surge in the population. to build a ruling coalition for israel. that means the final curtain is time for benjamin netanyahu as leader but he is fighting back. this is live from paris. thank you very much for being with us. the german government is following up on a report the united states used a partnership with denmark to spy on it officials with neighboring countries. the danish media claims the u.s. national security agency used a partnership with denmark's foreign intelligence unit to spy on senior officials including angela merkel. >> when exactly did denmark know the united states may be spying on european politicians and leaders? questions have only multiplied since allegations surfaced late at the weekend with those same leaders demanding clarification. >> [speaking foreign language] í@>> similar ou

federal elections germany's environmentalists greens are enjoying in the polls moving ahead of anglo merkel's conservatives. i'm told me all a lot of welcome to the program the world is changing and will have to change too that's the message from the european commission president on the line. at any you summit on improving social rights across the bloc but e.u. leaders disagree on how to ensure the fair distribution of covert 900 vaccines some countries support lift. protections but germany france and now the commission so rather than fewer large producers need to put out more exports. normality is slowly returning to portugal. bars have reopened and the 14 day infection rate pair 100 ties and residence is below 60. e.u. leaders are meeting in portugal to discuss further handling of the pandemic their response to washington's call for the release of vaccine patents is divided. the key to success is not the transfer of patents but the transfer of production technology so that developing countries can also produce vaccines more quickly. besides releasing patents we also need to encourage passin

now supports waiving patent protection for coded 19 vaccines but germany is pushing back chancellor merkel saying this is not the solution to vaccine shortages also coming up tonight despite fears that it could further divide society legislation to exempt the fully immunized from some coded 1000 restrictions is set to become wall here in germany and a 1st post breaks in the battle angering french fishermen stage a protest in the english channel over new rules limiting their access to waters that are closer to france than the u.k. and hong kong democracy activist joshua was sentenced to an additional 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to taking part in an unauthorized demonstrates. it's good to have you with us germany has voiced skepticism about u.s. support for a waiver on covert 19 vaccine patents and that's despite the european union showing interest in the idea the german stance is in line with that of pharmaceutical companies who say such a move would not eliminate vaccine shortages wednesday a surprise announcement by the byte administration is drawing mixed responses. it was

this is what mrs merkel had to say at the time. been speaking about the nsa i have repeatedly made clear to the us president, spying on friends is unacceptable. back then the white house gave no outright denial but said mrs merkel�*s phone was not being bugged at the time and would not be in future. german government officials have said they were not aware of danish involvement until this latest dr report. whats is unclear is whether the spying was authorised by the danish government itself. a statement by the danish defence minister said. reaction to the allegations has been mixed. here's the defence minister from denmark's neighhbouer — norway. this is a serious matter also in denmark. is it a serious matterfor many countries but we are awaiting those investigations. and then it is the case that the trust between the countries, the trust is great so i expect we will find a solution in the future. it is also the case at the future. it is also the case at the danish minister of defence was quite clear that monitoring of allies is c

i can see that angela merkel is opposed to it.rolodex is little better than mine, i will point that out. let's talk about commodities, for tickly the metals. you have copper, you have aluminum. you are all -- you are already bullish on some of these, critically the u.k. names. has all the super cycle talk in price did? -- been priced in? alan: we are at a stage in the market where the cyclicals, you almost sell them on low beta and buy them on high beta. in iron ore, if i look at the market and expectations for bhp, which are the two biggest iron ore producers, currently the sell side is around $142, on average for iron ore price for 2021. if we were to plug in the spot, which you suggested was around $200, every $10 is worth $3 billion. the market is inking we are at 200 -- the market is thinking we are at $200 but it is not sustainable. even if it was sustainable, the fall off the other side because of potential new sources of iron ore that might come as a result, it is almost the higher it goes the quicker it will fall. therefo

as angela merkel has said, "thejudgement of the european court of human rights holds that navalny�*snjustified and arbitrary." that is why they are so concerned. well, you know, i could say that had there not been a navalny, somebody else would have been found, but... ..as a scapegoat or something like that. but i will address the issue from the point of view of substance. you mentioned poisoning, which has yet to be proven because we, as russia, we do not have any shred of evidence that this poisoning had taken place, and that certain so—called military grade... ..military grade poison had been used. now, you mentioned certain events that followed that particular incident, quite unfortunate incident, with him falling ill on a flight from a city in siberia to moscow. but you have chosen several events, neglecting others. the first is that he was provided with first—aid assistance. the plane's pilot chose to land immediately at the nearest airport, where he was taken to hospital. afterwards, after having been treated, he was allowed to leave the country and be flown to germany for fur

coming up, angela merkel pushes back on a u.s. proposed -- proposal to waive vaccine patents. we talk about the impact on vaccine makers. if you have questions you would like to put to our guests, ib+tv is the function to use. ♪ anna: welcome back to the european market open. 15 minutes to go until the start of the equity trading session. futures pointing to the upside. we are waiting for the jobs report later on. matt: the jobs report, used to be the biggest day in the trading calendar. we have now seemed to move on. the number has been so volatile. it is absolutely going to be in focus because there is so much uncertainty they could be a big shock either way. anna: breaking news. boris johnson u.k. conservatives when hartlepool in a blow to labor. there was a special election for this particular part of the country. we saw the seeming destruction of labor's redwall in the north. that was the narrative around the 2019 election. we were looking for clues as to whether that continues to be the case, and it certainly does. we are waiting for the final accounting. a lot of o

party is slipping ahead of the temporal actions as germany for paris to move on from merkel in what thinks she leave her harding and her country my guest this week is your good heart spokesperson for the conservative parliamentary group conflict. human stopped. in 1000 names and uplifting. the glass windows in the towline monastery. waxed by gathering. christian motives i made a misleading. naisi engaging our. new lights in the old malls. 60 minutes d.w. . 'd happiness 5 years for everyone schuman penises are very different from primates few know so we have many totally unpredictable as a matter of size view of nature and their theory that this is climate change frogs have sex how to dance in books you get smarter for free did open your book. blinds us these homes way to bring you more conservation plays how do we make see the screen how can we pretend to have a chance to make a difference a global warning to those fundamental series of little souls and on to w. and all mind. training trades. of. weeks extrude begin to outfits and glitter glitter glitter. as. they're fighting agains

russia germany has been a proponent of this project and i believe they're deferring to chancellor merkel to figure out a strategy that she thinks may work and maybe get russia to behave better over ukraine and other places at the same time offering a carrot but if that's the strategy, i'd like to hear it explained and defended, not swept under the rug.

to federal elections germany's greens are enjoying a popularity valve's polling ahead of angela merkel's conservatives plus an extra terrestrial treat for wine lovers a bottle aged on the international space station is up for auction with an astronomical price. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program germany is skeptical about calls to lift corona virus vaccine patents some experts believe sharing the formula of vaccines can mean faster in occupations but the german government is siding with the pharmaceutical industry here is what the government had in a statement the protection of intellectual property is a source of innovation and must remain so in the future the limiting factor in the creation of vaccines our production capacities and high quality standards not patents. but this proposal to temporarily waive patents on covert 19 vaccines has powerful supporters the u.s. backs the idea of the e.u. as well saying that it is open to discussion. perhaps it's pictures like these from india that spark to change of heart. the u.s. announced its support for waving that same patients on wednes

broader each china relations evolved investment pact was pushed through by german chancellor angela merkel in december but had been expected to face opposition in the european parliament. brussels and beijing signed the ca i and the simpler it's meant to establish a framework for trade and investment in each other's markets to enter into force the cme must be still must still be ratified by e.u. member states and the european parliament where it faces opposition the deals that offer european companies more predictable access to chinese markets and smooth the path for more chinese investment in europe it also sets level playing field rules. here's part of the official e.u. commission statement after those statements by brodsky is that chinese retaliatory sanctions targeting members of the european parliament were quote unacceptable and regrettable and that the future of the investment deal depended on how the situation evolves all right for more on this i'm joined by the to do correspondent in brussels and by businesses clifford coonan here with me in studio good morning to both of you gent

you know who likes to vacation here in the oak mock hour chancellor, angular merkel. she grew up in this area. meadows forest, many rivers, and around $600.00 lakes. so it's just the perfect spot for all those for looking for peace and quiet. ah, ah, i want to look around the mach lakes nature park. why are there so many lakes here? the landscape has its oddities and to my father's note that he's the nature guide and the 1st thing i do is get to know a special landscape architect damage sim, get. we have to go in here to get to the beaver dam. the audio come august. yes, the okay, mark has many, many layers. the year we have a naturally greeted by a beaver who's done and then we stopped in be made the dam here with wouldn't mind hold. it's impenetrable. unstable to dish on to is off w. i can walk over a little discussion, no problem. okay. then i'll climb on the beaver's roof, being a fever's way, 25 to 30 kilos as it was my way to the cape. no problem in the beaver design this landscape, creating a habit. it for many other species that is if all in a day's work for a

busy sweden or norway of france, germany angle merkel. the german johnson whom was bogged they were, they were monitoring a cool who she called the german foreign minister, the leader of the opposition. and what we've learned now is that then mark facilitated the defense intelligence services of denmark. the intelligence agency, cybersecurity, they helped their american part was by on not only you citizen, the leaders, but even the danish government. they just share davis arms agencies. and obviously we've heard a lot of reaction from the victims, not much from the perpetrators. and they've come out and said it is grotesque that e u, that nato pod was a spine on each of on fish could send us assurance. it is, quote, says that friendly, intelligent services are indeed intercepting and laying on the top representatives of other countries. a little on the tech side of all of that. so denmark is something of a hub, all these under she internet, cables, telecommunications, and they're all in denmark. and he's in the center of europe and the un

this is the business i'm in berlin german chancellor angela merkel's cabinet has approved an updated climate law that would see the car the country reach carbon neutrality sooner and tighten emissions targets for many sectors for the next decade the plan requires europe's largest economy to cut carbon emissions 65 percent by 2030 and achieve not 0 by no longer by no later than 2045 the rework comes after germany's highest court demand berlin provide specific emissions targets and to show it wasn't the bulk of emissions cuts on future generations. and i colleague stephen beardsley joins us now see even these targets are expected to cost the german economy $12000000000.00 euros how would you rate that as an investment well i would say considering the ultimate amount of money that they probably would have to spend 12000000000 isn't that much on top of a massive amount of money they're going to have to spend in the next 2030 years and germany can afford it people want german money they want to buy german debt that is they can get it for cheap and you know germany is not going have proble

the america was spying on the angle of merkel. what reaction we get to get now from denmark as their marks being figured here? what should they say? what can they say? well, i think the will be some kind of pushback because he's now in the public domain and they've been, you know, it's out there. i think they're probably, i mean the fact that she previous correspondence had nobody said anything yet is because they're working out what they going to say. this whole infrastructure displaying is enormous. now, i mean the money embellishing the internet, the mobile phone and so on means that this is so much simpler than it used to be in previous eras. lieutenant station for all kinds of agencies, not just publicly funded, splaying agencies, but private organizations as well. to use this technology to get one up on their allies or enemies is almost overwhelming. although in theory, it's not really legal in the us constitution. you're not supposed to interfere with broad communications. but of course, that constitution was originally wri

s. national security agency to spy on politicians, including german chancellor, anglo merkel for menace a contract from whistler. edward snowden, blue open the extent to the spying operations back in 2013. but now he's added. the joe biden, who was vice president at the time, is going to a lot of questions to answer when he visits europe next month. let's talk about these latest revelations. mackenzie of a senior correspondence across it. yeah, i remember this part from 2013, but recent history again coming back to bite denmark. yeah. well it's, it's ongoing history. i would say, because we learned last year that you know, denmark came out and said in the report investigation, to all of this, the public may never learn about what happened the details because of the extremely sensitive nature, which is either with passive admission that we would rather let the room and rule the speculation do the talking because the truth may be so destructive that it may be worth, it just keeps all and about all of this at what happened this time around, the numerous european media outlets were given ac

germany's chancellor angela merkel is pushing back against growing demands to suspend patents for covert 19 vaccines the u.s. canada and spain the rung the countries supporting the plan the utopian union is expected to discuss the issue at a summit on friday but germany which is home to vaccine produce a violent excess supply problems are down to production capacity limits and not paid in protections and that's a concern echoed by some of the drug companies. india's government says it welcomes increasing support for the page and waiver 'd as covert infections spread from cities to rural areas their hopes that the country's 2nd wave was picking have been dashed as the surge continues to shatter records wide and state so the highest number of new infections in deaths with more than 412000 cases and nearly 4000 fatalities the country still doesn't have enough supplies of oxygen another 11 people died at a hospital in the south of the country when oxygen pressure suddenly dropped tons of medical supplies have been flown in from around the world but the indian government is being criticized f

after 16 years, angela merkel will not be running. the green party is in the lead for the first time in nearly two years. they believe their candidate stands a good chance of getting the job. >> polls show the green party in the lead. a brief search on the back of a difficult few weeks for the ruling conservative bloc, but almost three weeks later, the effect appears to be sticking. the greens are now pulling ahead of the cdu/csu with a 4% increase compared to a month ago. the conservatives have dropped four points, and their partner in the current government, the social democrats, have also lost some support. it is not only the green party. their candidate is riding high. 28% of germans would vote for her if the candidate could be elected directly. the rise of the green party goes hand-in-hand with a drop in the government's approval ratings. a majority of germans now say they are dissatisfied with the work of the government. skepticism has grown about the government's crisis management during the second and third waves of the corona

angela merkel says together there will be 30 million vaccines.ring you anymore from the press conference. tomorrow italy is going to be reopening. opec is meeting and ism manufacturing numbers are coming out. wednesday we have a gem from comcast, walmart, alphabet, and facebook. thursday is the g7 health minister meeting and friday the g7 finance ministers and central banks meet. all of this in person. friday, the all important jobs numbers. the street looking for 650,000 jobs to be added. the question is will they show that employment last month, was that a fleeting dip or something more we need to worry about? that does it for this holiday edition of bloomberg markets. thanks for watching. i am annmarie hordern. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> the following is a paid program. the opinions and views expressed do not express -- do not reflect those of bloomberg lp, its affiliates, or its employees. >> the following is a paid advertisement for time life's video collection. >> hi, dean. >> hi, bob. >> from the battlefield to the white house, from hollywood

if we take germany, for instance, angela merkel in the last 15 years in power has been a real pusherengaging with china. just last week, her entire government held governmental consultations with the chinese government. this was reviving a practice that had gone back many years and been interrupted by the pandemic last year. that meeting came up with all sorts of new plans for cooperation between germany and china. yet, at the same time, on the european level, it looks like the biggest attempt to cooperate with china, wch is a big investment deal which was also an initiative at the end of last year, that could be about to come undone. we are in a state of flux here. angela merkel is leaving office later this year, so one uncertainty about whether the west really is unified or whether to engage more with china, or push back it harder. brent: dw's chief international editor, richard walker. rate to see you, thank you. the german government has announced plans for more ambitious cuts to carbon emissions. this follows a constitutional court ruling from last week that said the country's c

angela merkel's ruling conservatives are under pressure to add teeth to their climate policy, facingn election year challenge from the green party, and the environment is a deciding factor for many voters. >> it's as if angela merkel and her government had flunked a school exam and were given extra homework as a result. in fact, they were told to improve the law on climate protection. the environment minister is calling it a success. >> the ruling from the federal constitutional court 13 days ago was a surprise, but ultimately, a good surprise for climate protection. >> a brave face after the slap in the face from germany's highest court. it said the government's climate plan for the period after 2030 was not good enough. too heavy a burden, it ruled, was being placed on future generations. the revamped goals are more ambitious. climate neutrality for germany five years earlier than planned. transport industry and agriculture are to be emissions neutral by 2045. previously, germany aimed to cut climate damaging gases by half. now it will be two thirds. the environmental minister thin

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government had until the end of 2022 to do that saying that basically it no longer needed to be the merkel government so what effectively happened is that the race is suddenly on to have climate as an issue within this election campaign and to demonstrate that the government can deliver very fast and that's why we're seeing this legislation being conducted here in lightning speed despite the fact that the social democrats and a grammatical conservatives weren't really expected to come to an agreement so fast the big question now is how long this will hold and whether this will actually come into effect beyond that 26 of september when elections take place here and many. of you really think that climate change is so high up on the agenda of the german voter that dangle in auckland and the government being rushed to get this climate legislation through. well let's face it the pandemic is highest up on the agenda and i don't really want to speculate what will be top of the agenda come september we may well be talking a lot more about the economy but what happened is that the greens here and m

ed: the announcement last week was followed very quickly by irritation from angela merkel, from emmanueln, and from the european commission, from brussels. with this indicated is not just that they have a more conventional stance on ip protection, which angela merkel does in particular, but in consultation with america's allies in europe on this, there has been a huge internal debate. you mentioned in your introduction the joe biden promise in the campaign to waive ip on these vaccines so it should not be a surprise, but the devil will always be in the detail, and this is a global back, not -- act. it has to be approved by consensus at the wto, meaning america's partners will need to be on the side, so i think there was a little bit of an absence of diplomacy and ground preparation by the biden administration. steve: there has been a lot of focus on big pharma. there is also little pharma, as we just heard, little firms involved in some oncology approaches, which it has found useful in attacking the coronavirus in various efforts they are taking. one company is working on platforms for h

chancellor candidate for the greens polls showed her party in the lead ahead of chancellor angela merkel's conservatives a temporary bump many thought a brief surge on the back of her designation and a difficult few weeks for the ruling conservative bloc but almost 3 weeks later the bear book effect appears to be sticking. the greens are now pulling ahead of the c.d.u. c.s.u. with a 4 percent increase compared to a month ago the conservatives have dropped 4 points and their partner in the current government the social democrats have also lost some support it's not only the green party and the enough they have of herself is riding high 28 percent of germans would vote for her if the chancellor could be elected directly a few percentage points above her opponents for the conservatives and all of shows for the social democrats the rise of the green party goes hand in hand with the drop in the government's approval ratings a majority of germans now say they are dissatisfied with the work of the government after record approval in 2020 skepticism has grown about the government's crisis manageme

ruling that said that a $21000.00 climate protection law did not go far enough now chancellor angela merkel's ruling conservatives are under pressure to add some muscle to their climate policy they are facing an election year challenge from the green party and the environment is a deciding factor for many voters. it is the young who have shouted the loudest lately about a looming climate disaster earlier this year the german constitutional court ruled in a case brought mainly by young people that the government is not moving fast enough waiting until 2030 to impose tough burdens on polluters the court said violates the right to a clean environment and the young would be worst affected because they will live with more of the consequences the government knew it had to make changes. we've agreed that we have to act faster as our basic law says you can't just have freedoms for the present generations you have to think about the freedoms for the generations to come. the bill the government is now introducing brings forward the target date for climate neutrality by 5 years by 2045 transport industr

ruling that said that a $21000.00 climate protection law did not go far enough chancellor angela merkel's ruling conservatives are under pressure to add some muscle to their climate policy they are facing an election year challenge from the green party and the environment is a deciding factor for many voters. it is the young who have shouted the loudest lately about a looming climate desire stern earlier this year the german constitutional court ruled in a case brought mainly by young people that the government is not moving fast enough waiting until 2030 to impose tough burdens on polluters the court said violates the right to a clean environment and the young would be worst affected because they will live with more of the consequences the government knew it had to make changes. we've agreed that we have to act faster as our basic law says you can't just have freedoms for the present generations you have to think about the freedoms for the generations to come. the bill the government is now introducing brings forward the target date for climate neutrality by 5 years by 2045 transport ind

polls show that the biggest rivals to merkel's political heirs will be the pro asylum green party.rmans realize that while they were constantly warned about islamist terror the violence that materialized came from the far right, and is still on the rise even now. >>> thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. onstar, we see them. okay. mother and child in vehicle. mother is unable to exit the vehicle. injuries are unknown. thank you, onstar. ♪ my son, is he okay? your son's fine. thank you. there was something in the road... it's okay. you're safe now. we look up to our heroes. idolizing them. mimicking their every move. and if she counts on the advanced hydration of pedialyte when it matters most... ...so do we. hydrate like our heroes. we've got 'em on the ropes. the billionaires buying elections. the corporate special interests poisoning campaigns with dark money, frantic to preserve big-money politics as usual. because the for the people act is on the verge of becoming law. reining in corporate lobbyists, finally banning dark money, a

arms at a faster pace than we have now this appears to be one reason why german chancellor angela merkel today pushed back saying the u.s. is endorsing a plan that could make it harder not easier to produce enough vaccines. it was a stunning change in policy for the u.s. the trumpet ministration resisted efforts to suspend patents on covered 19 vaccines but president joe biden chose a different tact the word from u.s. trade representatives was extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures the move was welcomed by many in a tweet the head of the world health organization described it as monumental. the proposal already had the backing of some $100.00 countries in the world trade organization proponents say suspending patents on coronavirus vaccines will boost production in less wealthy countries and fast track an end to the global pandemic but pharmaceutical companies criticize the proposal they say the decision will lead to more disruption and stifle innovation in the future the european union has said it's willing to discuss the issue with the u.s. but european commission presiden

with what is possible who is merkel really what moves and want. to talk to people who followed her along the way admirers and critics alike how is the world's most powerful woman shaping her legacy joining us from eccles law stop this. this is do w. news and these are our top stories the european commission has outlined plans to reopen europe's borders travelers who've had at least $1.00 of an e.u. approved coronavirus vaccine would be able to enjoy the new freedoms travel into the e.u. is currently limited to visitors from just a few countries with low infection rights the commission says the am is to kickstart travel and tourism safely. the us tech billionaire bill gates and his wife melinda are to divorce after 27 years of marriage in a joint statement the couple say they will carry on working together at their foundation bill gates who founded microsoft has in recent years focused mainly on health and environmental causes. on world chris freedom day d w has awarded its annual freedom of speech award to nigeria and invade investigative journali

do you think someone like anglo merkel might say to joe biden? just what do you think you are doing or is this just all kind of normal status quo day to day spice stuff? i am not sure this is a good question. what is common enough? perhaps 2 countries in europe, and i'm not really sure about the u. s. is that often high charges in europe? do not know what, but a few and the 2nd agents services around these because certain services being patient community wants to be independent from political powers to a certain degree. i'm not sure how really works in the u. s. i guess this would be on the plate of for discussions and i think that the wider picture opens any way for this debate because the insurance of foreign countries into the processes that are being rustling in a very urban community is huge. we love being on all levels, industrial level, and he's not just a matter of integrity, but the matter also of business and shall interest because iraq needs to play me sovereignty and integrity or intelligence in order to be presentable. business partn

arms at a faster pace than we have now this appears to be one reason why german chancellor angela merkel today pushed back saying the u.s. is endorsing a plan that could make it harder not easier to produce enough vaccines. it was a stunning change in policy for the u.s. the trumpet ministration resisted efforts to suspend patents on covered 19 vaccines but president joe biden chose a different tack the word from u.s. trade representatives was extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures the move was welcomed by many in a tweet the head of the world health organization described it as monumental. the proposal already had the backing of some $100.00 countries in the world trade organization proponents say suspending patents on coronavirus vaccines will boost production in less wealthy countries and fast track an end to the global pandemic but pharmaceutical companies criticized the proposal they say the decision will lead to more disruption and stifle innovation in the future the european union has said it's willing to discuss the issue with the u.s. but european commission preside

this weekend. merkel said that anyone who shows hatred towards jews or insights racial hatred, will be breaking the law. this comes in the wake of the sci fi between israel and gas after days of fighting indians upon the meta tags. and still here in berlin, the police had to deploy in large numbers. to break up several unauthorized demonstrations. courts had denied approval for to launch protests by opponents of germany's corona via restrictions. and despite the ban, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the center of the capital, the, there is music and singing, but hardly a most inside. despite a band, these demonstrators gathered near belinda brandon book, a gate in the end authorities broke up the protest and took down the identity of those. disregarding corona virus restrictions, issues that we can intervene quickly and in a timely fashion. our plan worked out. however, no matter how much energy we put into our mission, we still cannot replace simple commonsense dimension that's already she's already dispersed. smaller groups in the morning, seizing trucks loaded with stage equipm

and this morning, headlines enemies i'm neighbors report reveals denmark and spied on anglo merkel leader of neighboring germany as well as on other he had to state the us intelligence. israel's long standing prime minister benjamin netanyahu may finally be on his way off. the opposition and claims has got enough folks to drive him from office. and coming up to this, how far he travels to the central african republic to shed light on one of the world's work, bailey reported civil war. we got a special report for you as russia helps the government, the counter armed rebel in mind. that sounded serial might be going to destroy the tribe. i want to deny schools. will these edge q here? i'm oscar this monday morning. good morning for me, kevin. oh and thanks for checking in. so 1st and european media investigations disclose that denmark held the us national security agency to spy on politicians, including german chancellor, anglo merkel, former and i say contract whistleblower edward snowden. blue. open the extent of the spying operations. you may recall back in 2013, but now he's out is a jo

years take the lead in the polls with 26 percent that's a full 4 points ahead of chancellor angela merkel's conservative bloc would win only 23 percent their worst showing since this survey began the center left social democrats lose 2 points coming in at 14 percent the far right if he gets 12 gaining the liberals there if he win 2 points to clock 11 percent socialist left party loses one to 6 percent and now the graphics are finally appearing. so quite big news there let's go straight to our political chief medical correspondent linda crane linda how do we explain this remarkable success of the green party in germany. well you know it's a remarkable success that's been 40 years in coming that's how long the green party has been working to shed its image as a fringe one issue party to get its left wing more or less on the same page with more pragmatic party members and to put its main topic climate and environment so firmly on the agenda that other parties have copied it so now it is for the 1st time a serious contender to lead the next government and this in a long term sense is all about

intelligence service helped us to spy on top. european leaders, including german chancellor, anglo merkel, also trying to dismisses as a political high president biden's probe into the origins of cobra. the labyrinth theory is now gaining traction in the media, which had rejected it when the truck administration made the same claim. in cities in the u. s. backtrack on their decision to cut police funding after the crime rates and search. the white house declares epidemic of gun violence. ah, the broadcasting lab direct from the city of moscow, this is art international and sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us as we recap the weeks top stories. after 12 consecutive years at the helm of the israeli politics, benjamin netanyahu could be on the way out right wing opposition, leader in this tale bennett has just announced that he is ready to form a new government or 2 policy reports. natalie bennett, who was the leader of the human a party which means the right party in israel had now announced that he's joining forces with the leader of the opposition. get yelled up, kid to get it.

our neighbors report reveals denmark in spite of germany's anglo merkel as well as on other you had to states for us intelligence coming up to israel, long standing prime minister benjamin netanyahu may finally be on his way out this morning after the opposition claims. it has enough votes to drive him out of office . on a special report, he traveled to the central african republic to shed light on one of the world worse and badly reported civil war. in mind that sounded the serial might be going to destroy the ah log smart international world. he's a key. we're a moscow this monday. good morning for me. kevin. again, just had the 11. am i moscow time? thanks for checking in. so the 1st says you heard a european major investigation has disclose, know the denmark help the us national security agency to spy on you. politicians, including german chancellor, anglo merkel. earlier our team, we're guilty of our senior correspondent join me in the studio to briefly more. it was 8 years ago that edward snowden blew the lid on america's last surveillance program. google, google, spying on essen

in the the continental divide bomb shell report revealed denmark spied on germany wrangler merkel, as well as on other you leaders for us intelligence. also coming up in the program this, our canada is image of the beacon of human rights is shattered. the remains of over 200 children are discovered near a former school for indigenous students, highlighting a cultural genocide, but continued until the 19th and israel is long standing prime minister benjamin netanyahu may finally be on his way right now after the opposition claims it has enough parliamentary votes to drive him from ah, one minute past 9 in the evening here in moscow this monday may the 31st time you know neil and this is the news our on our a european media investigation has revealed about denmark helped america's national security agency to spy on you politicians, including german chancellor anglo merkel, or senior correspondent, murat, gusty of talk through the implications earlier. it was a few years ago that edward snowden blew the lid on america's last surveillance program. google, google, spying on essentially, ev

at the front of that line would be germany and angela merkel.etty clear that president trump, you know, he was dismissive of her, but also didn't understand that germany, for whatever reason, didn't develop their own energy sources, and that pipeline from russia for their energy needs. that's what president biden is doing. president biden has been on the campaign trail president biden said on thecamps the pipeline because he has discomfort with russia's behavior towards us, towards western allies. he is putting america's interests ahead of his discomfort with russia and saying "you know what? if we can get germany and the rest of europe back in line with our agenda, especially in terms of nato, let's repair the relationship of america's allies." same thing in asia with australia, japan, south korea. let's prepare , let's prepare those alliances to take on china. it's not hypocrisy. it's smart. >> greg: he is the global healer. it's interesting that germany needs a pipeline. i wonder why germany needs a pipeline. i thought all of those windmills

after 15 years of angela merkel at the helm, germany will be electing a new chancellor come septemberupward trend and made more striking by the fact that it seems to have emerged in reaction to an imaginary crisis. official data shows that far right crimes saw the first major spike in 2015. the year merkel decided to open her country's borders to a large number of migrants, many fleeing war torn syria. eventually over 1.2 million people, amounting to 1.5% of the german population, were allowed to settle in the country under that policy. and that fueled intense anxieties about how out of control immigration could lead to integration problems and islamic terrorism. but before the far right fears about impending doom, today most of the 1.2 million refugees have already assimilated nicely into german society. as thomas rodgers wrote in the new york review of books last month, the migrants from that period have integrated faster than previous refugee influxes. approximately half of them have jobs and another 50,000 are taking part in apprenticeship programs. the federal education minister

this you know that if this can happen a tron it can really happen to anybody you think maybe alan merkel one day you know mate or any anybody can happen to you and mean joe schmoe anybody but at the end of the day when you're blocked from facebook or blocked from twitter or instagram or tectonic whatever does it really actually matter what does matter makes i'm not on it but. it does matter to a lot of people who use that those social media platforms as their primary forms of communication and it does matter in a sense that it restricts the kind of flow of information and again let's go back to locking the york post out of its own twitter account there you had a report that was detrimental to the biden campaign and they essentially shut down the ability to share that information alone nobody ever challenge to the veracity of it they remember the accused in fact of being russian propaganda but nobody just like the john podesta emails that were disseminated by wiki leaks as well nobody ever challenge the ferocity old new york times will call the desk the e-mails dissin from asia it wasn't

s. national security intelligence agency tapped the fines of several leaders, including the merkel. now, a multinational media investigation says the danish military intelligence unit supported the u. s. y, a tapping operation. to make matters worse, the germans only found out by the journalist covering the story. we'll talk to one in just a moment. the 1st, this report spying on your neighbors. denmark secret intelligence agency reportedly gave us counterpart the n. s a access to extensive data streams to danish internet cables to east robin european politicians. a joint investigation by several european media outlets shows pharma german chancellor candidate past i am book was one of the be enough targets. he's angry at the revelation saying it's pretty grotesque that allied intelligence service a spy on leading politicians of other countries. it's evidence that they have a life of their own. i think this is a political scandal. the phone tapping of chancellor angela macklin form a foreign minister. frank, lighter stein maya came out in 2013 as part of whistleblower. edward snowden

german chancellor angela merkel announces plans for more ambitious targets to come.