saying that he was quote obliterate parts of iran let's pick up on that point that helen had just made mikhail is that the reason why germany might be so reluctant to join a future coalition this accidental an accidental tumbling into a potential confrontation with iran well any kind of intervention or and the kind of participation of women military or navy in any kind of mission needs a majority in the parliament and there's absolutely no chance that you would get a mandate through parliament that could put a german forces in harm's way see an escalation that could depend on the next tweet by the u.s. president this is simply not political reality here in germany right now and the same time as hell and already. he alluded to there's an expectation here and need to explore to the limits any kind of diplomatic avenue that there still is off to the united states and this is the meeting very much the perception here in. led to this potential escalation through that withdrawal of the iran nuclear deal because that is something that gave iran an economic interest to behave not to escalate not to en

xi jinping to make, to go ahead with the military intervention or possibly face the situation that mikhail gorbachev faced at the end of the soviet union. chinese leadership has studied the end of the soviet union very carefully becacause they do not want the similar kind of unraveling. >> thank you so much. carriedday, north korea out a ballistic missile test, which was accompapanied by a warning to sououth korea. in a matter of weeks after president trump became the first u.s. president ever to set foot in north korea, pyongyang made no verbal attacks on washington. our correspondent tells us more. keenly.onong-un looksks on these photos released by north korea state media show him attending a test of what many say is the country's new guided weapons system on thursday. two missiles flew around 600 kilometers into the sea, what nortrth korea called a warning o south korean military warmongers. >> we will continue to develop weapapon systetems to eliminate potential l d direct threats to our national security from the south. >> the north is angry about the upcoming military exercises betw

what germany's position is exactly i'm now joined here in the studio by our chief political editor mikhail locker for good to have you here with us mikaela this is this me that germany looks favorably at america's request to join a potential security seafaring a mission in the strait of hormuz well it means that the situation just become a bit more complicated for germany which was hoping to see an e.u. led mission what we've learned so far is that germany has not committed anything to what would potentially be in a u.s. led mission and we've already heard from the head of the foreign affairs committee of the us talked to parliament and basically ruled out. participation so i don't really expect to see that happening particularly because the whole idea having the european counterweight to the maximum pressure of policy of the us administration is now simply not going to happen after britain essentially switched sides to a certain degree now banking more on saw the derrick from the u.s. side rather than an own e.u. that because i wanted to ask you what's the difference between an e.u. led m

president on the line put forward the current german defense minister for council president charles mikhail who's the current prime minister of belgium. for european parliament now he was tipped to be the next european commission president just a few weeks ago it looked like a certainty now it looks absolutely unlikely that he will take that top job and for high representative of foreign affairs chef go which i'm going to merkel the german chancellor is she arrived for more talks on tuesday said that they needed to have more energy to more have more impetus and to be willing to find a compromise. we have them and we're going to get to work with new creativity today and i believe that everyone has to understand that they have to move a little bit e.u. leaders have a duty to find a solution well my uncle or merkel had originally back to munford verba she then seemed to change her backing towards the dutchman friend timmons however mr timmins does not sit well with those in central and eastern europe a group led by poland the czech republic slovakia and hungry all say no to mr timmons the prim

complex for the united states military the santa had its critics including far right interior minister mikhail salvini who is expected to attend its official closure today. and i'm joined by dede abuse a ministry of who's just arrived from the bridges and is at the gates off that refugee center to close in the name the city high in india to see you why is this refugee center being closed. well when it was at its peak it had 4000 residents and there were reports of bad conditions over crowding also there was reports of drug trafficking coming out of this place and prostitution so it has been a kind of a symbol for the failure of migration in europe as you said it was one of the largest refugee camps in europe but i talked to some activists who said that silva needs issue with the camp was nothing to do with the conditions here that it was more about symbolism he wants to send the message that he stands firmly against migration he gave a talk here today to close down this place for good and he said promise kept so this is a big day for him symbolically ok as we understand it there's been opposit

request i've got to chief political editor mikhail equipment here with me on the set and we're joined by correspondent elaine humphrey in washington for the view from there thank you so much to you both want to give you the 1st word michela if i can now do you think that the german government is looking favorably at this request from the u.s. to join this naval coalition to secure the strait of hormuz if you ask me what i think you know and we've already heard from the head of the foreign affairs committee and all but what can do is from other machall c.d.u. party ruling that out having a mission in the region under u.s. command at the same time the u.s. is germany's closest security our in fact european german security depends on the united states and so official political speak will be that he would always look favorably at it but will already hearing here from the social democrat side who also in a coalition government if you see a similar scenario basically to the iraq intervention it is very unlikely that germany will go into any kind of alliance of that kind of robust that we're

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cuba's president mikhail diaz can now has led commemorations marking the 66th anniversary of the assault on the macarthur barracks it was the 1st action during the country's revolution in a speech to now blames u.s. sanctions for cheap is current lack of fuel and food as well as power cuts. hello and welcome to our arts and culture news a new film from quentin tarantino is always an event once upon a time in hollywood his latest offering opens this thursday in the u.s. and also coming up. japanese swiss artist lake oic imortal has lived or worked in germany since the early 1980 s. she's currently the subject of a solo exhibition in basel and will be joining me in the studio. and in our series underground europe we're off to denmark to see a world war 2 bunker that's been brilliantly converted into a museum. quentin tarantino is back with once upon a time in hollywood which opens in u.s. cinemas this weekend and once again the maverick filmmaker who's best known for.