you know mrs merkel very well. is that true? i cannot say that this is true for sure. y will have had discussions with others, with mrs merkel, junker and others, to get what is possible and what is not possible. mrs merkel will stick to the negotiation line of the european union agreed by 27 nations and the european parliament and commission and therefore mrs may will understand the negotiations in future, where it might be easier to find an agreement. i don't want is want to sound cynical but if you look at the broad outline of mrs may's plan, she wants to maintain frictionless, free trade in goods, playing by the eu rulebook as she says. but she doesn't expect the same, for example, from services, including financial services. i can't imagine an arrangement more likely to please you lot in germany. it means your car manufacturers for example continue unfettered trade exports to the very big market in the uk, while your financial services sector in frankfurt can expect to pick up a great deal of business from the city of london because there is no deal on services. it

mrs merkel's party relies on horst seehofer‘s party to form a coalition government which has, it seemsball and the world cup in russia keeps throwing up great games and great goals. belgium are through to the quarter—finals, after they beat japan 3—2. the europeans had to come from two goals down to win the match. elsewhere, brazil continue their steady progress, beating mexico 2—0. austin halewood watched all the action. the big names were all back for belgium but it was japan that had the better of a dull first half. into the second, the match exploded into life. japan in. haraguchi converting under pressure. in a world cup of huge upsets what followed should not have been a surprise. inui with a rocket from outside the box. belgium shell shocked not out yet. they were soon back level. fellaini once again the man to turn to in times of trouble. almost ready for extra time, a brilliant half of football it had w011 brilliant half of football it had won last chris basham chadli winning in the last minute. with messy and ronaldo are already home, russia is in the market for a new star an

think the only person who really can answer this question is mr trump himself you know who knows what's what's going on inside but i mean merkel does seem pretty much in favor of more meetings more dollars between trump and mr putin let's take a quick listen to what she had to say a little earlier. and has been to the us since two thousand and five should be regarded as abnormal. is that something you've signed up for there are two things first being it's always better to have discussions then to have conflict at the one thing the second thing is now this is typical for the psychology of mrs merkel. because. she has been soaring the ties to the so-called peripheral government in washington to the clintons to the deep state to the opponents of president trump and of course being some kind of puppet of the american people on the roof throne of mrs merkel she played a sort of role we had been playing a certain role in getting rid of mr trump together with her allies of the dark force our call them together with mr soros and so on. they understand that this did not sold out and now they're trying to find some some way of getting a

mrs merkel will hold hers with her own party leadership.but at the moment it looks as though mr seehofer is going to play hardball. we're joined now by stefan kornelius. he is the author of a biography of angela merkel, and the head of the foreign policy department at the s ddeutsche zeitung. well, this meeting has gone on for a lot longer than many anticipated and we don't know what the outcome will be, but no matter what comes out of it, do you feel that mrs merkel‘s authority is seriously dented by what is happening here? seriously, but not necessarily fatally. it is a serious crisis, a crisis the conservatives in germany have never seen for the last a0 years. angela merkel is in a corner, but in public opinion and factually, she is not the reason for that prices. the crisis is home—made by the bavarian csu. it boils down to a leadership struggle between the outgoing party chairman horst seehofer, who is fighting for survival as party chairman, and might be willing to ta ke chairman, and might be willing to take angela merkel with him. c

the attack on mrs merkel is so big that it could cause much more extensive damage to her authority.ehofer‘s party to form germany's coalition government which has, it seems, managed to survive what was perhaps its toughest test so far. andrew plant, bbc news. football and the world cup in russia keeps throwing up great games and great goals. belgium are through to the quarter—finals, after they beat japan 3—2. the europeans had to come from two goals down to win the match. elsewhere, brazil continue their steady progress, beating mexico 2—0. austin halewood watched all the action. hazard, de bruyne, lukaku — the big names were all back for belgium but it was japan that had the better of a dull first half. thibaut courtois not helping the belgium nerves. but into the second, the match exploded into life. rock solid jan vertonghen crumbling and letting japan in. genki haraguchi converting under pressure. in a world cup of huge upsets what followed should not have been a surprise. takashi inui with a rocket from outside the box. belgium shell shocked not dead yet. vertonghen atoning fo

third, is he taking mrs. merkel to task?a love f fest coming up with at the end of the week that is public enemy number one of nato and most of europe. >> so explain that contradiction. >> he forgets that mrs. merkel speaks russia fluently. she has been insulted by him for years. trump seems to be working against alliance solidarity for a goal they agreed to by 2024 and is clearly in sight but will be difficult. he is risking alliance solidarity particularly in the baltics where the russians put on an enormous amount of pressure. >> is that the upshot? you believe that he is, with these words, we do stand a chance of fraying these long-held alliances. >> that is an under statement. the really important question here is that will it break? i don't think it will. i think the alliances in many ways are stronger than mr. trump on this particular question and will hang together. but he is in a sense playing german domestic politics at this particular stage against mrs. merkel in an effort to try to get back at her, or to recogniz

get it mia nick in germany of course and our correspondent there dominic casey now we know that mrs merkel has from the moment. was elected to the white house has a fairly strained relationship with him but it does seem very much to have gotten worse and now we have president trump singling her out as being almost the biggest rascal in the room if you like when it comes to nato. while the captive of russia over this was one way that he described germany wasn't it martin in so far as the facts are concerned regarding energy we should be clear about this germany in recent years is imported perhaps forty percent of its oil from russia perhaps thirty five percent of its natural gas from russia those are the facts in so far as the way the policy here the clear reality for the german government for some considerable time has been as you say this slightly fraught relationship with the united states with the white house certainly from angela merkel's perspective she's been this week seeing the premier from china come along and sign deals with her they've talked about the need for trade to be a ver

tariffs as mrs merkel told reporters in berlin the situation is very serious. tensions continue to run high in the german car industry with the u.s. government this week repeating threats to impose high import tariffs on cars and components germany's car makers association was quick to underline the importance of its members for the u.s. economy. german manufacturers and suppliers operate over three hundred plants they're creating over one hundred thousand jobs in production alone. german chancellor angela merkel warns that the tariffs not only threaten global growth prospects but also contravene world trade organization procedures. the e.u. should call a spade a spade namely that we think it is incompatible with w t o rules we don't want these tariffs we believe that we harm each other not only that we are harmed in the european union but that this can have much wider implications. do you commission president john claude younger travels to washington for talks on trade next week if a solution can be found the e.u. says it will consider further countermeasures.

sat down with the full authority of the twenty seven other countries mrs merkel and even get a cabinet to agree but he's got twenty seven countries and he said british red lines are leaving the european court of justice and ruling a free movement meant that the only option left available was a free trade agreement similar to the one count of the got in twenty sixty why not try taking him at his word that's it that's all they're offering sadly i'm not in charge of the negotiations on the u.k.'s side and of course what people say publicly as i know when i was either you budget minister and what they say privately in brussels can be two different things are not part of the private negotiations but what you have done you've advanced the so-called neutral recognition model that would maintain cross border trade in financial services in january you suggested throwing down the gauntlet to the negotiators so we could say to them that we don't buy their arguments about financial services not being in the free trade agreement the canadian agreement has some provisions on services the only proble

and mrs angela merkel over the weekend and only were solved late on monday evening at the same time we're hearing from mr c. half a and i'm quoting here that he feels this is a clear and doable agreement that illegal migration in future along the borders between germany and austria has now been averted of course he and the german chancellor have been at loggerheads for quite some time over the whole migrant issue and how to deal with us. as it's you are sure that we have the right to immediately send migrants back from the border. that's not open either referring to solutions so that you never can be your own people feel that we are guided by the values and that we advocate multilateralism and not you know later alyssum or no one will believe in our values which have made us sourced from. now two weeks ago mr see how forgave the german chancellor and ultimatum that expired this past sunday july the first and the ultimatum the challenge was to find a european solution to the migrant crisis now mrs merkel did believe she had found one following the summit that was held on thursday and frida

disappointment for me but it's a rejection of joint european action mr is a hoe for didn't win mrs merkel didn't win but democracy was hard at. the heated asylum debate test yet to cool off but if the s.p. d.s. and willing to go along the crisis is likely to continue. the social democrats the junior partner in coalition issues following tonight's talks. there are more we've held intensive discussions this evening and we were able to make progress but we're not quite in agreement yet that's why we're going to continue to talk this week and have agreed to me she again on thursday evening that's all we can say at this point let's get the latest one from the division chief political correspondent melinda crave in front of the chancellery brother in welcome linda what are we to make of that statement from the s.p.d. leader. well it sounds very much like she is paving the way for a likely agreement to this deal that was decided yesterday evening by the two conservative parties that govern together in a kind of sisterhood that wasn't particularly sisterly lately so as i read that statement it lo

disappointment for me but it's a rejection of joint european action mr they hope for didn't win you mrs merkel didn't win but democracy was harmony. that he did asylum did a test set to cool off but if the s.p. d.s. and willing to go along the crisis is likely to continue. no the crisis does continue our chief political correspondent of the new crane is standing in front of the chancellor here in berlin good evening to you melinda sort of the social democrats say they need more time to talk and think about this migration deal what does that tell us. well she also said they're not quite there yet and i would say the operative word there is quite it sounded to me like a cautiously optimistic statement that we heard there from andrea analysis and and essentially saying more time perhaps because the s.p.d. has its own deal in mind it is of course the case that mr as a whole for the interior minister and head of the bavarian conservative party got the chancellor to go along with some points that are not in the coalition agreement so perhaps the s.p.d. is hoping to try the same tactic and in return

mrs merkel has come back from the summit with eu leaders with a migration strategy of sorts and thateehofer and his party leadership and the indication we are getting out from people inside the meeting is that he is not prepared to accept some of what she is proposing, that it is not enough to answer what he sees as the challenge of migration in germany. a suicide bomb attack in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad has killed at least nineteen people. most of them were members of the country's sikh minority, including the only sikh candidate in the parliamentary elections due in october. they had all turned out to welcome the afghan president, ashraf ghani, who had visited the city hours earlier. hot weather and drought conditions are fueling wildfires across the western united states. hundreds of firefighters have been battling more than a0 big wildfires. thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes so far, with almost half a million acres burned. briton‘s andy murray has withdrawn from the wimbledon tennis tournament that starts on monday. the two—time wimbledon champi

i can't tell you whether mrs. merkel will be gone in the next couple weeks but i can tell you mrs. re too long. charles: to your point, angela merkel saying hey, there was a humanitarian crisis a couple years ago with respect to syria but now, seems like, maybe she is trying to move to the middle on this? maybe she sees the political winds. it is not hard to miss after what happened in italy. to your point, what is happening around the world, rejection of the establishment particularly on immigration policies. >> yeah. but for police merkel now trying to shift policy is ridiculous. they let in 1.6 million people. in fact they actually encourage people to cross the mediterranean because mrs. merkel said we can cope. that is leading to huge social problems in germany. communities feeling really unhappy about the change that has been brought over them. i don't think, even if mrs. merkel went down on her knees said i'm sorry to the german people that frankly that is good enough. she has to pay the price for one of the biggest political mistakes we've seen in modern times. she is finishe

tariffs, as mrs. merkel told reporters in berlin. the situation is very serious.ter: tensions continue to run high in the german car industry with the u.s. government this week repeating threat to impose high import tariffs on cars and components. germany's carmakers association was quick to underline the importance for the u.s. economy. german manufacturers and suppliers operate over 300 plants there, creating over 100,000 jobs in production alone. german chancellor angela merkel warns that the tariffs not only threaten global growth prospects, they also contravene wto procedures. "the eu should call a spade a spade, mainly that we think it is incompatible with the wto rules. we don't want these tariffs. we believe we harm each other, not only that we are harmed in the european union, but that this can have much wider applications." the eu president travels to washington for talks on trade next week. if a solution cannot be found, the eu says it will consider further countermeasures. daniel: some eu retaliatory tariffs on american products came into effect the st

disappointment for me but it's a rejection of joint european action mr say hope for didn't win you mrs merkel didn't win but democracy was harming. the asylum debate may have cooled off within the conservatives as if the s.p.d. rejects their plans it could he set up again. with a talk about what has happened in the last twenty four hours i'm joined tonight by our chief political correspondent linda crane she is outside the chancellor here in berlin and here at the big table with me in the studio is very mr zona is a veteran journalist who's covered every german government and chancellor since the one nine hundred seventy s. to both of you welcome to the show and i want to start with you we know that the social democrats say they need more time do we have any clarity tonight on what the social democrats plan to do. well they've said that they want to resume talks again later this week and the statement that we heard this evening from the head of the party sounded cautiously optimistic about the chances of agreement so perhaps they'll be using this additional time to think about what points the

mrs merkel made a deal with other eu leaders to process the high numbers of migrants arriving from northfrica. more than 200 firefighters and soldiers are continuing to tackle moorland fires across greater manchester and lancashire as they try to contain the huge wildfires burning across areas near bolton and saddleworth moor. it comes as most of britain continues to swelter in the heatwave. the met office says last month was the driestjune on record in large parts of southern england. and scotland experienced its highest temperature ever recorded — 33.2 celsius in motherwell. danny savage has the latest. the full extent of the damage to the moors above bolton is astonishing. several square miles have been destroyed by fire. the bbc was given permission to fly a drone over the area. the flames burned all weekend and tonight, it's not getting much better. we've still 29 fire engines. we'll still be having significant operations through the night protecting local homes and we will be back to having in the region of 29 fire engines all day tomorrow, so there's still a huge task ahead of us.

as someone who helped the iraq merkel to stagger on and how long mrs merkel good how long do you want to. strain our patience and extend this fast what else does have to happen so you understand how long do you want to give us bluffing pseudo agreements announcement of plans full of little back doors and side entrances and exits plans are never come to fruition anyway you failed completely you've achieved nothing except to make sure that with all the tricks at your disposal you've managed to stick to your chancellor seat a bit longer even though you are sharing a coalition which has long since collapsed internally and much to do that you're splitting germany you're splitting a lot of you're splitting you up fracturing your coalition and ultimately your own political party so this drama and peace resign. you have been watching the head of the largest opposition party in the german parliament hours vital from the f.t. speaking during a debate in the parliament a debate about the budgets which is as you have just heard there be overshadowed by weeks of tension about germany's migration p

mrs merkel made a deal with other eu leaders to process the high numbers of migrants arriving from northfrica. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with the artist michael rakowitz. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the best art helps us to see and feel in new ways. it can challenge and provoke. my guest today has made it his mission to test the boundaries of what we think of as art. michael rakowitz uses sculpture, installation and site specific experience to transmit a vision which reflects his iraqi—jewish heritage and preoccu pations, which range from war to family to food. he's won plaudits around the world. what does his work tell us about the state we're in? michael rakowitz, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen, thanks for having me. it's a great pleasure to have you. it seems to me, in your work, there is a duality. you are an american kid, stroke american man, yet you seem intensely conscious of your heritage that comes — certainly from your grandmother's side — from iraq. why is that duality so important to you? well, it became important when it went from being something t

sultan beds essentially general of nato later on in the day he's going to confront mrs merkel the chancellor of germany and we presume he'll also come face to face with the justin trudeau as well. who he had the run in with after the g. seven summit in canada yes these are going to be very difficult to counters as the day goes on particularly with chancellor merkel who clearly was in his sights in that really unusual exchange with the nato secretary general remember of course that nato is one of the us is strongest allies there are u.s. troops in germany some thirty five thousand u.s. troops in germany so i suspect the germans are going to be deeply disappointed they know the position of president trump they know what he said on twitter but the fact he said it so publicly at the very start of two days here of diplomacy for nato nato in the next year is supposed to celebrate its seventieth anniversary it's lost it as long as the whole of the cold war expanding after the cold war because of the very very strong support throughout that time of the united states doesn't nato still have that supp

tariffs as mrs merkel told reporters in berlin the situation is very serious. tensions continue to run high in the german car industry with the u.s. government this week repeating threats to impose high import tariffs on cars and components germany's car makers association was quick to underline the importance of its members for the u.s. economy german manufacturers and suppliers operate over three hundred plants there creating over one hundred thousand jobs in production alone. german chancellor angela merkel warns that the tariffs not only threaten global growth prospects they also contravene world trade organization procedures. the e.u. should call a spade a spade namely that we think it is incompatible with w t o rules we don't want these tariffs we believe that we harm each other not only that we are harmed in the european union but that this can have much wider implications. e.u. commission president john claude younger travels to washington for talks on trade next week if a solution can be found the e.u. says it will consider further countermeasures. som

but a hint of help from this mrs merkel — she said it is good the chequers proposals are on the tablein the past, if the united kingdom was able to relax from some of its red lines, then the european union should be flexible too. and i think perhaps we're now entering that space. but theresa may's struggles and strains with her party are certainly not over. two more mps quit their party posts today. maria caulfield and ben bradley, on the far right of your screen, were party vice chairs — two more names on the list of those who think the prime minister's brexit compromise won't work. two mps walking away from relatively junior posts aren't going to bring theresa may down on their own. but the danger is, for number ten, there is evidence of a co—ordinated push to force her to drop her brexit compromise. and, with no majority, a small number of tory mps can cause big trouble. the prime minister is surrounded by foreign leaders to please, with parliament to manage, and the clashing sides of her party. it is not impossible, but an enormous task to find a safe way through the middle. laura

your expense now what other leader can do that if the recent may in england or mccraw in france or mrs merkel and in a germany if they went along with this if they caved in their own people would throw them out because they would be looked at as having given away the conditions for their working people to enable mr trump to have an easier time politically in his country this is a not big i'm not going to work now they'll be lots of verbiage and lots of cover to make it look like i've gotten concessions i notice he already began that talk today but the truth of it is this can go this cannot work because the pressure inside these countries to get protection for an economy in trouble is too strong and the ability to force your trading partner to absorb all your costs that won't work either so i think he's going to be badly disappointed and there will be a little bit like the affordable care act a big f. . heard lots of noise in verbiage but not much to show my last question is you know that he really mr trump built a coalition which is a tried and true coalition and that as you know business int

after hours of talks, mrs merkel agreed to tighten controls at the austrian border to stop people who've other eu countries from entering germany. my colleague david eades is in berlin. the crisis is over for now but there is still a lot to work out, the devil is in the detail? to an extent, depending on what horst seehoffer said, ready to resign not just as the interior minister the leader of the party, and then started saying he wanted one more meeting with angela merkel and then make a decision and here is that thing this morning, horst seehoffer is staying. he feels he has got enough from angela merkel to stay. it is over the question of immigration and the top of policy and one specific point. with me is the chief europe correspondent for politico. what has he got? he got a commitment from macro or two to set up commitment from macro or two to set up refugee camps in transit zones on the austrian border. —— merkel. what that means is, it should allow the germans to accelerate deportations of people who have been registered as refugees in other eu countries. this is not exactly what

your expense now what other leader can do that if the recent may in england or mccraw in france or mrs merkel and in a germany if they went along with this if they caved in their own people would throw them out because they would be looked at as having given away the conditions for their working people to enable mr trump to have an easier time politically in his country this is a not big i'm not going to work that out they'll be lots of verbiage and lots of cover to make it look like i've gotten concessions i notice he already began that talk today but the truth of it is this can go this cannot work because the pressure inside these countries to get protection for an economy in trouble is too strong and the ability to force your trading partner to absorb all your costs that won't work either so i think he's going to be badly disappointed and it'll be a little bit like the affordable care act a big f. . heard lots of noise in verbiage but not much to show my last question is you know that he really mr trump built a coalition which is a tried and true coalition and that as you know business int

mrs merkel made a deal with other eu leaders to deal with the high number of migrants arriving from northa. now on bbc news — monday in parliament. hello and welcome to monday in parliament, our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. on this programme. as the government's contortions over brexit continue, opposition mps gloat over cabinet divisions and splits. it's not clear that the prime minister can even get a deal with her own cabinet. what are the red lines which ministers cannot now cross? the effort to contain moorland fires in the north west of england. mps praise the work of those at the scene. our message has been very simple — have you got what you need, and if you haven't got what you need, ask and we will provide. and. as wimbledon fortnight starts, the commons speaker displays a deft return of service. i'm even more pleased that roger federer won his opening match in straight sets, in less than an hour and a half, and conveniently finished just before question time began. but first. it's another vital week for brexit. there's certainly been plenty of those

there dominic cain now dominick they've long had a rather uncomfortable relationship haven't they mrs merkel and president trump but this time he has been completely uncompromising in terms of fingering her for being the rascal in the room if you like the person or the country that is most at odds with his view of the world. yes and a captive of russia to boot martino's were his words compare those words with the force of his language but with a more measured tones than your merkel has given to reporters on her arrival at this nato summit in brussels saying that she recalled growing up in east germany communist east germany which was dominated by the soviet union and how glad she is germany now to reunite. if the federal republic of germany is able to supply its own course to supply its own path to be to rejoice in freedom of being united and she also said the germany plays a large role in the case that germany has many troops in afghanistan but germany has a role beyond its own borders there are german troops in some of the baltic states for example pointing out in her measured way how she

and hint of help from mrs merkel, she says it's good the chequers proposals are on the table.today it might be time to budge. as we've always said in the past, if the united kingdom was able to relax from some of its red lines, then the european union should be flexible too, and i think perhaps we are now entering that space. but theresa may's struggles and strains with her party are certainly not over. two more mps quit their party posts today. maria caulfield and ben bradley, on the far right of your screen, were party vice chairs. two more names on the list of those who think the prime minister's brexit compromise won't work. two mps walking away from relatively junior posts aren't going to bring theresa may down on their own, but the danger is for number 10 there is evidence of a coordinated push to force her to drop her brexit compromise, and with no majority, a small number of tory mps can cause big trouble. the prime minister surrounded by foreign leaders to please, with parliament to manage and the clashing sides of her party. it's not impossible, but an enormous task

and yet obama wanted germany to be the dominant new force in the united states of europe run by mrs. merkel. the whole thing is unbelievable. jesse: i think juan williams said on "the five," i don't know if we want germany to be too big and strong. we had problems there before. let me ask you a hypothetical question. let's pretend hillary clinton was president. she flew over there and air force one to europe. what do you think would have happened if hillary had been there? >> what happened last time? she goes and meets lavrov, this complete cold war warrior foreign minister of russia, and he eats her lunch. she comes with this cheesy plastic button and says let's reset our relations. he says it is not translated properly. it says overcharge, not reset. somebody wanted her to be president? i don't care what god you pray to. but november 8, 2016 is proof that god exists because donald trump won that election. jesse: powerful images over there being broadcast all over the world of president trump walking with the queen. a very formal ceremony. and they rolled out the red carpet. to see those i

former ambassador to the you he'd been told repeatedly over many years that that is not on offer mrs merkel and others will not agree to set all deals in the over the single market or the customs union so it's a nonstarter keeps on being pushed up well something because expectations that some people keep on the she get along i think there's actually that is a very valid point which is actually understanding what the e.u. where where the negotiations have got to and that's what we're waiting for in parliament is an update now we have been told at the weekend a response to the announcements by air bus and others that negotiations are going well well you know i hope the pardon will have options to be updated on those negotiations very soon probably off some of the prime minister will come to parliament and make her statement next monday afternoon in contrast to the lack of decision making from the british cabinet brussels has been crystal clear hasn't to last december michel barnier. sat down with the full authority of the twenty seven other countries mrs maker and even get a cabinet to agree

from within europe so these two seem to be getting along just fine interestingly i thought that mrs merkel's mention of there being a human rights dialogue due to start between germany and china some time in the near future i thought that was quite interesting traditionally of course very few of china's big trading partners are prepared to grapple with that thorny issue but it seems as of the merkel may try at least they are having a dinner this evening at dinner with spouses and as i say all in all it seems very much to say this is a very good natured very friendly encounter with both countries having a great deal in common common interests and they are basically trade. now let's look at the u.k. because there the counterterrorism police are saying that it's unclear so far as to whether the nerve agent that killed a british woman came from the same batch that struck down a russian double agent four months ago now this comes as the authorities confirmed forty four year old dawn sturgis had died she was apparently handling an item contaminated with the substance novacek in the small town of a