i bet a legacy about merkle was. there's a lot of girls who watch on the la merkle say, i too can have a position of responsibility and power struggle america relationship is letting me put it is somewhat special, sometimes is really close. sometimes it's more confrontational. how do you see her relationship or how did you see it when you were in office? well, 1st of all, i fully understood the importance of russia, germany, i mean, food is got big influence. and he speaks german and and i want, you know, he's wiley and it can be pretty tough. and so can i go or so i was worried about putting, running over at merkle like she, she, you know, her own. and i'm sure she did. so we have to talk about north room 2. are you disappointed that america kept promoting supporting this pipeline? yeah, i think it's a mistake and i told her to get her schroeder and tell it on the la, you know, i think it's a mistake because, you know, the motivation of russia are, are, can be pretty confusing. and i think more that a nation that is

ah, german chancellor, anglo merkle says that she's been shocked by the devastation left by flooding in parts of western germany, calling the destruction surreal and terrifying. and the crisis in europe is only getting worse, more heavy rain as have parts of eastern germany, austria and the czech republic. at least a 183 people are now confirmed to have died. but that number is expected to rise as the water recedes. at raining reports now from the german village of shoot destruction on a scale hardly imaginable people in short, germany are clearing out with the flood waters left behind at a local guest house in bery, they're taking stock and saving whatever they can with fish and fish. go next food, either sugar line of us or some. first of all, bar manager michael croyt shows us how high the water rose here. often there's some saturday was meant to be the brewery, the grand opening after a 4 month renovation. now he says he'll be lucky if they open within a year the cushion line and was annoyed on the thought that i would not thousands, nobody in everything in the cellar was destroy

i bet a legacy about merkle was, there is a lot of girls watch on the la merkle say, i too can have a position of responsibility and power from la metro's relationship with letting me put it is somewhat special. sometimes it's really close, sometimes it's more confrontational. how do you see her relationship, or how did you see it when you were in office? well, 1st of all, i fully understood the importance of russia to germany. i mean, food got big influence and he speaks german and, and i one, you know, he's wiley and it can be pretty tough and so can ongoing. so i wasn't worried about putting, running over at merkle like she, she, you know, her own. and from sure she did, talking about difficult relation relationships, what triggered medical in donald trump and cause the house we actually he once refused shaking her head. i don't know. i don't know if that was just a, not a good period in german or us relations and i don't know. i don't, i don't know, donald trump, maybe one time at the very same funeral then i feel a miracle game too. and so it's hard for me to guess why am germany

my set examples, i bet a legacy about merkle was, there's a lot of girls watch on the la merkle say. i too can have a position of responsibility and power because she conducted herself with such dignity. and you know that there's no such thing as accurate, short term history. others on the list place in history won't be known until other chancellors come until events from around the world unfold. and i think there's people beginning to realize the premium on character when it comes to leadership. and the lack of character is very notable people with character. it seems like they take people take that for granted, but nevertheless in a period were characters been lacking, all of a sudden people are going wow that, that, that's an important trait for a later. and i'm going to merkel later, she's not a follower, which is which i admire a lot. this is changing leg in the world with facebook or social media, like political leaders are more populous or a better on twitter than really like with a principal. yeah, it's interesting question i'm i got out of there before all this stuff happene

then i feel merkle game too. and so it's hard for me to guess, why am i germany is a very close ally and a very important for, and germany is really important for europe and, and germany got a lot of sway in terms of helping shape kind of world opinion on key issues. and therefore, that makes sense for you as president to be close to the german chancellor. some people criticize her over her politics with china, saying that like the trade was with this country is more important for her than human rights. i don't know, i don't follow that closely, but that's gonna be a dilemma for everybody. and in china is certainly a problem for the western world, because not only are they becoming an industrial competitor, but they are pretty autocratic. what's your take on her reaction when she didn't close the borders and led in like a 1000000 or so? yeah. you know, my 1st reaction was there's a one with a big heart and i'm sure she was motivated by human compassion. and it, it was, it was clearly a tough political decision fo

i bet a legacy about merkle is, there's a lot of girls watch on the la merkle say. i too can have a position of responsibility and power because she conducted herself with such dignity. and you know that there's no such thing as accurate, short term history. others on the list place in history won't be known until other chancellors come until events and around the world unfold. and i think there's people are beginning to realize the premium on character when it comes to leadership. and the lack of character is very notable people with character. it seems like they take people take that for granted, but nevertheless in a period were characters been lacking, all of a sudden people are going wow that, that, that's an important trait for a later. and i'll go merkel later, she's not a follower, which is which i admire a lot. this is changing leg in the world with facebook or social media. they're like political leaders are more populous or a better on twitter than really like with a principal. yeah, it's interesting question i got out of there before all this stuff happe

i bet a legacy about merkle was, there's a lot of girls watch on the la merkle say. i too can have a position of responsibility and power because she conducted herself with such dignity. and you know that there's no such thing as accurate, short term history. others on the list place in history won't be known until other chancellors come until events them around the world unfold. and i think there's people are beginning to realize the premium on character when it comes to leadership. and the lack of character is very notable people with character. it seems like they take people take that for granted, but nevertheless in a period were characters been lacking, all of a sudden people are going wow that, that, that's an important trait for later. and i'm going to merkel later, she's not a follower, which is which i admire a lot. this is changing like in the world with facebook, twitter or social media, the like political leaders are more populous or a better on twitter than really like with f principal. yeah. it's interesting question i'm i got out of there before all th

parts of europe, with that number expected to rise as the water receives german chancellor. angular merkle says she's been shocked by the devastation left by flooding and parts of western germany, calling to destruction. surreal and terrifying, more heavy rain has hit parts of eastern germany, austria, and the czech republic is a scrape. it's terrifying, i would say there's no word in the german language to describe this devastation. but what i witness is incredibly comforting. it's how people are sticking together, how they helping each other. the solidarity among people. adam rainy reports now from the german village of should. while touring this region, chancellor angler merkle actually said that there weren't appropriate words in the german language to truly encapsulate the level of devastation and destruction that she saw firsthand. now that she's toward the devastated zone, we've been speaking to locals here in short, germany, one of the villages hardest hit by these floods. and they say they themselves have no idea if they're going to be able to rebuild. and whether they'll take mon

my set examples, i bet a legacy about merkle was. there's a lot of girls watch on the la merkle say, i too can have a position of responsibility and power because she conducted herself with such dignity. and you know that there's no such thing as accurate, short term history, others angle as place in history won't be known until other chancellors come until events them around the world unfold. and i think there's people are beginning to realize the premium on character when it comes to leadership. and the lack of character is very notable people with character. it seems like they take people take that for granted. but nevertheless, in a period where the characters been lacking all of a sudden, people are going wow, that, that's an important trait for later. and i'm going to merkel later, she's not a follower, which is which i admire a lot. this is changing leg in the world with facebook or social media, like political leaders are more populous or a better on twitter than really like with f principal. yeah, it's interesting question i

he made that very clear and well, merkle tenure has been characterized by this pragmatic, an incremental foreign policy approach. it's favored multilateral stability, over bold moved and the trans atlantic relationship. it's also been one the seen, a number of areas of disappointment to foreign policy experts that really urine for merkel to step away from this vandal to handle this, this re all politic approach when it comes to authoritarian nations. in particular, in the past several years. in the case of russia, in china, and in the case of nordstrom to so that's really what we see this today. and remember, brent, this project was announced 7 years ago in the shadow of rushes, illegal in face of premier and aggression eastern ukraine. an uncle of merkel has, has stood by this project no matter any of the aggressive threshold the kremlin. it's cross from cyber attack to the poisoning and imprisonment of electing a volney to extra duty shall killings in berlin to election interference, aggressive, military fostering, et cetera, et cetera. the chancellor would not even consider withdrawin

i mean, so tell me about merkle. she does list. so i know $32.00, and then she goes off to washington and the rates. the russians are typical of marco was chancellor when there was the illegal change of government in, but she didn't say a word. did she? ok, i mean, that is why germany wanted pipelines because of e u. nato policy, that just stabilized ukraine that made a different trans that necessary for joe. so i think that is really one of the most of the greatest failings of her chancellors him. i mean, she bought the ukraine policy, she's trying to save energy policy, and it's not germany. if european why. ok, so the most again, i thought she came in with great hope and it's just kind of a, a whimper as she goes out the door. go ahead. well i, unfortunately i didn't have the same high expectations for in 2005 when she came to power because i speak german and then for the story and for 1003, when i get a truck that had the courage to refuse to go to iraq, and miracle was against it. you know, just look at the article, look at he

he made that very clear and well, merkle tenure has been characterized by this pragmatic, an incremental foreign policy approach. it's favored multilateral stability, over bold moved in the trans atlantic relationship. it's also been one that seen a number of areas of disappointment to foreign policy experts that really yearned for merkel to step away from this vandal. to handle this, this re all politic approach. when it comes to authoritarian nations, in particular, in the past several years, in the case of russia and china in the case of north spring too. so that's really what we see that today. and remember, brent, this project was announced 7 years ago in the shadow of rushes, illegal in patient of premier and aggression eastern ukraine. an uncle of merkel has, has stood by this project no matter any of the aggressive threshold. the kremlin is cross from cyber attack to the poisoning and imprisonment of electing volney to extra duty shall killings in berlin to election interference, aggressive military posturing, etc, etc. the chancellor would not even consider withdrawing or politi

my set examples, i bet a legacy about merkle is there. a lot of girls watch angle and merkle say, i too can have a position of responsibility and power because she conducted herself with such dignity. and you know that there's no such thing as accurate, short term history and others on the list place in history won't be known until other chancellors come until events and around the world unfold. and i think there's people are beginning to realize the premium on character when it comes to leadership and the lack of character is very notable people with character. it seems like they take people take that for granted, but nevertheless in a period were characters been lacking. all of a sudden, people are going wow, that, that, that's an important trait for later. and i'm going to merkel later, she's not a follower, which is which i admire a lot. this is changing leg in the world with facebook or social media. they're like, political leaders are more populous or a better on twitter than really like with our principal. interesting question. you

we have a pac show for. 2 us to dive right in the president by the welcome german chancellor merkle to the white house on thursday. the talks between the 2 leaders included 2 of their favorite topics. china and russia, while biden is pushing, bring new era of competition against china. merkel is looking to encourage the us to cooperate with a shing, and while biden has promised to pull back on some things, sions over the nordstrom to pipeline. washington is still pushing for a deal with germany that would protect ukraine, but will they get one before the pipeline is completed next month? r t is ferren from zach has more from outside the white house. the german chancellor ongoing merkel makes her 1st trip to the white house and president joe biden took office. but this is actually a pretty historic trip for her marking her last time that she will be german chancellor. she's been serving for 16 years and she is ready to step down in the coming month. so there's going to be a lot of things on the agenda today. you have cobra 19 patent. you also have the rise of china. men, you also have t

when chance are merkle visits the white house this week, we're going to bring you the latest. got enough use and you're watching new use right here on our t america. let's get started. ah . 2 days before the taxes house representative was expected to give early approval to new voting restrictions in a special legislative session. democrats excited, they're was going to skip town. they bolted to washington d. c. on monday, stopping lawmakers from being able to vote on the bill in the house of representatives. archie correspond to tosh a suite has more on the sudden move. texas governor greg abbott says state law makers who fled to d. c to revolt against election laws could be arrested. 21st century. jim crow sold is real. it's unrelenting. we're going to challenge that vigorous private planes carrying more than 50 democrats without masks left austin for dulles international airport monday. democrats say they plan to remain in dc for weeks and a 2nd revolt against the g o. p. overhaul of election laws. forcing a dramatic new showdown over voting rights in the u. s. and according

honored that it's you on a big day because you do have the, this is the 4th president, chancellor merkle has actually worked with. we talked about fair and went through this whole list of things you and i last about north through and i want to get to north with the reality of if anything can change. but is there actually anything realistic that can be still accomplished considering the chance or is expected to retire this fall and we still don't know her successor yet. that's correct. well, i think this, even though this is her swan song, i think from biden's standpoint, this meeting was good in order to reinforce the alliance with germany, of course, be in the top country in the, in the nato alliance. and i think it was a reaffirmation that america is still back there and, and they're still going to be in the lead. and that germany is, is an integral to the, to that atlantic alliance iep just notwithstanding differences that do occur. having said that, germany is in a very funny place right now given where it needs to look to moscow and the, and the east for, for trade. because germany

but after for difficult years is biden's predecessor donald trump. merkle, washington trip, as seen as a rebuild to german american friendship. well, let's discuss this further with president of the info institutes for economic research clemens 1st. thanks for joining us on, be to be you business. let's talk about china, which we only briefly touched on that because there are differences of opinion between the 2 leaders on this on back certainly are for the us. china is primarily a geo political competitor arising power in, in the asian region. and also globally, for germany, a china is mostly a trade partner, very important export destination and the trade partner for import. it's also important investment destination. at the same time, there are common interest for instance, in human rights. but still the perspectives are very different. yes, one is more about competing with from the us than the other is working with. i suppose another the issues that there are differences on. is you terrorist on still on your tires on each tail, excuse me. which present button hasn't got rid of brou

and it can be pretty tough and, but so can i go so i wasn't worried about putting, running over at merkle like she, she, you know, her own. and i'm sure she did we're talking about food in talking about russia. we have to talk about north room 2. i had disappointed that america kept promoting supporting this pipeline. yeah, i think it's a mistake and i told her to get her schroeder, i've told on the la, you know, i think it's a mistake because, you know, the motivation of russia are, are, can be pretty confusing. and i think of more that a nation that is not an open democracy, has an economic strangle hold on a democracy. it puts people in a, in a very difficult strategic position. and so one of my, i just never understood why this dismantling of the civilian nuclear power. my both chancellor schroeder in and algo, and it just didn't make any sense to me and, but that's a decision they made. and i guess the country's comfortable with it. as a germany under michael, who supported by the way, i'm sure all of us know that the intervention in iraq and 2 or 3 did not support the bonding and li

but after for difficult years, the final predecessor donald trump merkle is washington trip, as seen as a rebuild to german american friendship. let's discuss this further with president of the info institutes for economic research clemons 1st. thanks for joining us on b w. business. let's talk about china, which we only briefly touched on that because there are differences of opinion between the 2 leaders on this on back certainly are for the us. china is primarily a geopolitical competitor, arising power in the asian region and also globally for germany. a china is mostly a trait partner, very important export destination, and the trade partner for imports. it's also important investment destination. at the same time, there are common interest for instance, in human rights. but still, the perspectives are very different. yes, one is more about competing with from the us than the other is working with. i suppose another of the issues that there are differences on is you terrorists on still on utah tires on ease tail, excuse me, which prison button hasn't got rid of. they're brought

under merkle says, infections arising at a worrying speed. she's calling on people to get vaccinated. the victim saw that the number of infections has been rising again for a few days. now, with a clear and in my opinion worrying momentum, the whole thing is driven by the delta very into the corona, virus, the off site or is consistently above one. so that means we have exponential grace . people and i don't normally have to look. we'll want on a manager back, but we don't get that normality alone. we only get it back as a community. and for this, we need significantly more vaccine protection and other new fighting among rival gang and thought to separate prisons in ecuador has left at least 22 people dead and 80 others injured. the violence broke out. on wednesday the police have regained control and apprehended 65 prisoners who tried to escape a you in a slot of his landed for the 1st time. and if you abuse to grow region since renewed violence halted operations last month, the well food program has been struggling to get access to deliver

i bet a legacy about merkle was there. a lot of girls who watch on the la merkel say i too can have a position of responsibility and power fungal metrics relationship is let me put it is somewhat special. sometimes is really close. sometimes it's more confrontational . how do you see her relationship? how did you see it when you were in office? well, 1st of all, i fully understood the importance of russia to germany. i mean, foods got a big influence and he speaks german and, and i want, you know, he's wiley and it can be pretty tough. and so can i go so i wasn't worried about food running over at merkle like she she, you know her own. and i'm sure she did talking about difficult relation relationships. what triggered medical in donald trump and cause the house reaction . he was refused, shaking her head. i don't know. i don't know. that was just a, not a good period in german or us relations. and i don't know. i don't, i don't know. donald trump. i met him one time at the very same funeral. then i feel a miracle game too.

my set examples, i bet a legacy about merkle was. there's a lot of girls watch on the la merkel say i too can have a position of responsibility and power because she conducted herself with such dignity. and you know that there's no such thing as accurate, short term history, others angle as place in history won't be known until other chancellors come until events and around the world unfold. and i think there's people beginning to realize the premium on character when it comes to leadership and the lack of character is very notable people with character. it seems like they take people take that for granted, but nevertheless in a period were characters been lacking. all of a sudden, people are going wow, that that's an important trade for leaders. and i'll go to merkel later. she's not a follower, which is which i admire a lot. this is changing like the world with facebook, twitter or social media, like political leaders are more populous or a better on twitter than really like with f principal. and interesting question. i'm, i got ou

and merkle has to see that while they wait for the promised financial hope for now, these families are relying on each other for comfort and reassurance. while the famous nuremberg ring track has been turned into a disaster relief center, dw correspondence, kate martyr is their case. and what's happening where you are so as you said, this is the world famous or race track here and this we can, those actually meant to be a truck race on, but that was cancelled due to the bad weather. their address to operations guy on here, one is from the a volunteer effort which you can see behind me here. and the other effort is official, an official one with the official bundle, as well as with a german military, as well as the fire stops is the red cross and the technicians hill's back as well . so there's 2 different operations go on here and volunteer. one is behind me. well, you've mentioned the military there. we seen the german army joining in pulling cars from a flooded motorway. tell us more about the military's role. so from this pace here, h q, they are sending alex sending out tanks and t

and merkle has to say that while they wait for the promised financial hope for now, these families are relying on each other for comfort and reassurance. a relief effort is on the way to help the flood victims. he w kate martin sent this report from germany famous newburgh ring race track, which is now being used as a make shift 8 hub. i'm here at the number of green race track where this weekend and the european truck racing championships were set to be taking place, but these were cancelled due to the bad weather and instead the become the center for the huge relief operation. if you can see behind me, this is where the volunteers were working on this day. they were taking in donations from all over the country is not just being the volunteers or who have had an operation going on here. the pond is bad. the german military have also been staging that relief effort help from this place to. they've been sending out tongues and cranes as well as helicopter to reach some of those hardest hit areas where conventional transport isn't able to reach them. and i've seen today the tanks rollin

and merkle has to see that while they wait for the promised financial hope for now, these families are relying on each other for comfort and reassurance. joined by our correspond julia. so deli, she's in our viola, that's one of the towns worst hit by the flood. julie, some mixed feelings there about the chancellor's trip to the region. tell us, but more about what she said on her visit. as we heard, she expressed her gratitude towards the volunteers and the rescue operators working on trying to clean up these towns and helping local residents doing that. she also address some of the concerns we heard there in the report. she says she is very well aware that this whole operation is going to take weeks. months is not yours until the towns are completely rebuilt and she said she promised that the government is going to be there throughout to something that the residents really were. were hoping to hear from her its been 5 days now. julia since the flood waters inundated our byler and the surrounding area. how are things looking on the ground there? any news on the dozens of people report

and merkle has to say that while they wait for the promised financial hope for now, these families are relying on each other for comfort and reassurance. for all chaps and medical promise immediate help for victims of the flooding. this is what she had to say about climate change. one can also, you can not draw conclusions from one incident, but the sum of all the adverse weather events that we're seeing and the impact that they're having suggest clearly, if you believe the science and as you know, i do believe the science that this is linked to climate change us, but we need to speed up the fight against climate change by come skiing him up on the also more in this i'm joined by d. w reporter joel delroy. latasha only has a couple of months left to actually have an impact when it comes to the issue of climate change. she did have some very strong was to say in that statement here. so she's only got 2 months left until the next election, which doesn't leave much of a legislative runway. some say that she's already had 16 years to act in office and could have done more. her government i

from outside the white house where she has just attended at that joint press conference by biden and merkle after their talks. you know, so good to see you there is, was, of course miracles 1st visit to the white house since a bite, and it took office. what stood out to you from their remarks. really a true historic moment. claire isn't it, it's the 1st visit with president biden, but also her last visit as the chancellor of germany. so the good news was in a way that the press conference started more than an hour late because they had so much to talk about. and that was really the wipe in the east wing of the white house in this beautiful room where the press conference to take took place. sorry. yeah. what was i was sending, i mean, you know, it's out sending in a way was how bate and i didn't put it. the 2 friends also can agree to disagree. they have many things in common. but there are also some things that they don't. and one of that is obviously trim to that's right. it hasn't all been a bed of roses there. i mean, bite has long said that the pipeline is a bad deal for europe even th

and merkle has to see that while they wait for the promised financial help for now, these families are relying on each other for comfort and reassurance or relief efforts is under way to help the sad victims w. kate martin sent us this report from germany. the famous new book ring race track, which is now being used as a make shift 8 hub. i'm here at the number green race track where this weekend and the european truck racing championships were set to be taking place, but these were cancelled due to the bad weather and instead to become the center of the huge relief operation. if you can see behind me, this is where the volunteers were working on this day. they would take donations from all over the country. it's not just been the volunteers or who have had an operation going on here. the bond is bad. the german military have also been staging that release effort help from this place to. they've been sending out tongues and cranes as well as helicopter to reach some of those hardest hit areas where conventional transport isn't able to reach them. and i've seen today the tanks rolling b

and merkle has to say that while they wait for the promised financial hope for now, these families are relying on each other for comfort and reassurance. while our relief effort is under way to help the flood victims t w's kate martin sent this report from germany's famous nearburg ring race track, which is now being used as a make shift 8 hub. i'm here at the number going race track where this weekend and the european truck racing championships was set to be taking place, but these were cancelled due to the bad weather and instead to become the center for the huge relief operation. if you can see behind me, this is where the volunteers were working on this day. they were taking donations from all over the country is not just being the volunteers or who have had an operation going on here. the bond is bad. the german military have also been staging that relief effort help from this place to. they've been sending out tanks and cranes as well as helicopter to reach some of the hardest hit areas where conventional transport is unable to reach them. and i've seen today the tents rolling ba

and merkle is term comes to an end after september's electrons. what influence do you expect a new chancellor to have on us german relations? well, i think the interesting point here is medical is going to be missed for sure. and we'll see how the new chancellor is able to fit her shoes. quite difficult, i think. but the fact is, if you look around the world right now, all of the major powers, if you want to use that term, are actually say, tried to cultivate germany. germany has in fact, i mean this is the pat you really hasn't become the world's 3rd most important country because it's on the supply communication and also defense lines between east and west and north and south. so you're going to try and not just the united states, but russia and china, and many others as trying to build strong relations with germany. this is going to be an advantage for the new chapter, but it's also difficult for he or she, whoever it is. because these people building these relations are going to expect a lot from germany. and germany, as we've just said, is no

that's what's most regretable. merkle was something away from. 1000000 copies of apple daily's final edition were published a record high in this city of 7500000 people. the popular paper just marked it 26th anniversary 3 days before its closure. founded shortly before the former british colony was handed over to china. apple daily had long been seen as an indicator of hong kong free speech under painting rule. but it was also an outspoken thorn in the authority side. it's founder jimmy ly is currently in jail for organizing illegal protest and charged with collusion under the sweeping national security lock. last year we spoke to him right after police 1st rated apple daily's newsroom . i was seeing was a ship. because this space gave me everything. you know, i mean, death to this phrase. i'm very grateful for what this has given me. i told them that consider your own safety, your conscience, and your appreciation to that society. we are not asking you to be the marker was, you know, do whatever you think is the right thing to do. so we would just continue to do it and pass the wate

there are households that are not sufficiently insured, and merkle has to say that while they wait for the promised try natural help. for now, these families are relying on each other for comfort and reassurance. while the famous nor amber agreeing race track has been turned into a disaster relief center and dw correspondent kate martyr, is there hi kate, what's happening where you are? so where i am now is usually as you said, this very famous race track in germany. and this weekend that was actually meant to be a big truck race going on underway, but that was counsel due to the bad weather. and instead this, this area has been turned into the huge relief center. now there are 2 relief operations going on here. there's one that's completely volunteer lead and that's where we're sending right now. and there's also this official one with the bonded and the other official relief and how the agents is going on. but where we are now, is this absolutely unbelievable effort for me? it's just completely volunteer lead, and it's quite astounding that the people here have taken him donations fr

it's how people are sticking together, how they helping each other, the solar that the among people. merkle cabinet is scheduled to meet on wednesday, where, according to reports, they'll approve billions of years in relief and reconstruction funds down in the village. it's all hands on deck. volunteers that come from across germany to help out the learner norm, if in his 2 friends came from the neighboring village and you're going to get all it's crazy to see you. all the people have now become poorer from one day to the next. they can use all the help they can get back at the bar, michel croyt says he doesn't have time for the sadness to sleep in help. his started to arrive and he wants to focus on reopening. as soon as he can, adarine al jazeera shorter germany, the afghan government and taliban have issued a joint statement following another round of talks in the country capital. they've agreed to speed up discussions aimed at finding common ground. but the taliban expressed disagreement with proposals on a political roadmap and constitution for ganesh than a major border crossing betwe

parts of europe, with that number expected to rise as the water receives german chancellor. angular merkle says she's been shocked by the devastation left by flooding and parts of western germany, calling to destruction. surreal and terrifying, more heavy rain has hit parts of eastern germany, austria, and the czech republic is a scrape. it's terrifying.

vladimir putin as long article on russia and ukraine to say it is a lot of response also so long and merkle, germany long serving chancellor. what will be her last? i use the the it is good to be with us today. britain's so called ping demick, in which over half a 1000000 people got text messages, telling them to self isolate they've been in contact with. somebody with covert has now hit the prime minister boris johnson and his chancellor. a softer the health minister tested positive for the virus downing street initially tried to bypass the rules by taking part in a pilot daily testing program, sparking both outrage and a rather hasty utah. what happens when the rules apply to the prime minister? he tries to wriggle out to them and pretend these on some pilot scheme that exempts him. i'm afraid that yes again. we see it's one rule for them and another for everybody else. one who for them with another made up because pilots came won't go down. well, full out will be bigger than bonded council. i test the pilot scheme and full deer and a chest track and tracy boris. and re she have a special

visiting the scene of utter devastation caused by the flooding and western germany champ langler merkle pledged more efforts to tackle the challenge is posed by climate change. quickly chavez, which is the germany, is a country that can overcome this financially. germany is a strong country and we will oppose this force of nature in the short term, but also in the medium and long term to a policy that takes nature and climate into accounts. more than we have done in recent years, there had been warnings from the weather. in 2016 the river, far bursted banks, causing damage to bridges and other infrastructure. they were repaired, but nothing was done to protect against future high waters. it's not a secret that streets in bridges and all these dams are not in good condition and nobody's investing in it. and they're just like waiting till something happens again, 5 years ago we had a situation similar to this one and a bridge in the near broke and they just repaired it like it's okay for now. and nothing happened till then. and now the bridge is gone again. this part of germany is no stra

when angela merkle entered, manuel mac cron. they both stepped forward and the german chancellor offered her help of germany's help to bring election of only back to his feet. and this is something that doesn't sit right according to the foreign ministry because how did the agency the o. p c, w, have time to get the request, assemble and deploy a team of experts, everything on the same day. and it even says a german is request. can you imagine how much time is needed to prepare an application from a state to the o. b, c, w with a request for assistance in the investigation of chemical weapons poisoning and germany must have had at least something in his hands to have grounds for contacting the p. c. w. but here's the thing, the russian diplomats had the opportunity to ask this question to the head of o, p c, w, and a representative of germany. so when the russian side asked, how did the agency manage to be so remarkably efficient? the response from the o p c, w had was silence, but then the representative of germany chimed in an

i georgia when trump warning tonight, the states as event, you know, the german news ranking know merkle became a sort of leader of the free world because she was, so i go to sleep. you are and now it's saying, well, she spent for mental need her. she wants to have no extra steam to. she had been with, you know, by them is the lead or the free will use. i don't just go, it was just dismissed. the people, even though it was stuff that you're, i would contest would be my head to say, you know, this can kind of a purity here. i think just complete mediocrity all over the place. modeling through and missed opportunities left and right and create and change to the political landscape of germany while when demons. absolutely right. we have people contesting this ideology and the the establishment. and that's all because of merkel over the last 30 seconds. got a huge or yeah, there's always been an opportunity for your 2000 independent role between the united states and russia. and you know, there have been people like my role on occasion because i'll take it later that you know, the role of a,

also so long angle and merkle, germany's long serving chancellor. what will be her lasting legacy? i to discuss these issues and more, i'm joined by my guess, jordan 70 really in budapest, he's a podcast or the guy which can be found on youtube and locals. and here in moscow were joined by dmitri bobby. he is a political analyst and editor, if you know me, internet media project or gentleman cross talk roles and effect, that means you can jump anytime you want. and i always appreciate it. i mean, let's go to georgia in budapest. well, georgia, russia always seems to be in the news one way or another, but it's an, it isn't a very different way this time. vladimir putin, the russian president pen to very, very long article. a very studied article, i would say about the relationship that russia has with ukraine now in the kremlin dot r u website. it's in english, ukrainian, and of course, russian. it is a vocal enormous outcry and discussion and obviously.

joined your when trump warning tonight the states as develop, you know, the german news ranking know merkle became a sort of leader of the free world because she was so ideal, logically pure. and now when you read the same way though, she spent 4th middle need her, she wants to have no store seem to. she has been, we know, biden is the lead on the world. so i don't just croy just dismissed the people, even those who served with your job. but i contest would be mad to say, you know, this can kind of purity your i think that just complete mediocrity all over the place. muddling through and missed opportunities left and right and create and change to the political landscape of germany a while when demons absolutely right. we have people contesting this ideology and the the, the establishment. and that's all because of merkel over the last 30 seconds. got a huge or yeah, there's always been an opportunity for your 2000 independent role between the united states and russia. and, you know, there have been people like my role on occasion before when i did that was a role to quote, anything like th

heavy military presence along its borders. ro, i reiterated my concerns about nor stream to chance. merkle are absolutely uniting our conviction. that rush must not be allowed use. energy is a weapon to coerce or threaten its neighbors. i didn't do isn't built. we have different views on what this project entails, but i want to make it very clear. our understanding was that remains that ukraine remains a transit country for natural gas that ukraine has a right like any country territorial sovereignty. the nordstrom to pipeline is almost complete. that's why the white house says it's too late to take punitive action in the form of sanctions against germany. president biden hope waving sanctions will allow for future diplomatic conversations with germany about potential negative impacts the pipeline could create. kimberly help kit al jazeera, the white house more than 60 people have died and dozens of missing in western europe, a severe flooding devastates towns and villages. most of those are killed in germany, which is experiencing its worst weather dissolve in decades, said voss and repul

we know about the tapping of angela merkel phone and the revelations about how angela merkle was being spied upon. that came out in 2013, and that there has been an increasing gap between europe and the united states. so as microsoft and other tech companies come forward with their proposed reforms, we shall see how this situation develops. investigative journalist dave lind door told us something that was meant to be an exception. her seemingly become the rule . it's pretty standard practice that when you know, when you allow something like this transgression against rates that you previously considered to be sacrosanct, you let them go for some specific person purpose. and the, in our case it's been mostly since $911.00. you know, people are where panicked about terrorism for a long time. and so they said, well, i guess you know, to, to find out about terrorism. we need to bend the rules of that. and what you do that you sort of get in a state of mind where, where you're saying you can do it and police are saying, oh, if we can do that, you know what we should be able also protect pe

so the chancellor merkle is visiting this particular town, but people, as you can see, a far too busy to meet her. so angle america is touring the worst effect areas mean . meanwhile, the german government is kind of pushing back against these accusations. people are saying we were not prepared. the government was not prepared for this, although it's been told this was a possibility. how's that going down or how does that argument being perceived amongst the people who are literally having to clear up their own houses? their own business is because there isn't enough manpower to get the clean up operation going faster than it's going already. yeah, i can say the and to yes i'm for the visit. the medical is not very high here in the bottom. and so i feel i heard a lot of people are saying like why is she actually face a thing? we are basically very much on our own. people really say we're only be finally on fall and see us right now. where is the government? you can see of course the government is here. you can see the fire brigade to see me. police also auto rescue workers, but this i