and now of course he's of the party of mrs merkel and now the part of mrs merkel the c.d.u. c.s.u. that they want to have missed the v.a. but as the president of the european commission what else i mean this is a little gains and little power caves that should stop in the coming days and weeks they will have to decide who will be the president of the european commission the executive arm and replace them concur and that promises some some difficult discussions ok but actually the you found synergies with other european economies and that's what should be happening right now ok that it is building of the united states of europe it is a it's a fool's errand because you know what i've been to greece and i've been to scotland and i've been to a lot they're very very different places ok why you have to you know square the circle with all of them in it ok i can i do get it you know the the low countries are most germans they like the european union does very well for them but it doesn't do very well for it stunts the growth of sun cunt countries look at poor agree. yes greece is going to

referred to the austrian scandal whilst campaigning for the european elections seeking encourage mrs merkel to stand up to what she described as politicians for sale facing a challenge from the right at home in german the mrs merkel also warned of the threat posed by hardline nationalists also the. highest in the us our common values mean we are all proud of our native countries but at the same time we want to build up europe patriotism and the european union are not in opposition to each other nationalism is the enemy of the european project and this is what we have to make clear in these final days before the european election rightwing leaders from across europe meanwhile have been rallying in milan led by israeli's deputy prime minister. they hope to win enough a 6 week to become the said biggest block in the european parliament. reports you go over the code build up to the. far right groups together in the shadow of milan cathedral square. led by deputy prime minister the populist movements from across europe promoted their shared political vision. he has teamed up with all the nationa

. >> so everybody's turned against mrs. merkel because of refugee crisis, so... >> well, it brought out the last, the rst in people, that's all. it brought out the worst in people. >> in germans, you mean? >> that's why there is a nazi party again here, because theyap never really dared. >> yeah, yeah, and what is itor likeou to be talking to people who are obviously in noy countable? >> it's important but...un rtunately in a miniature, a miniature way. >> miniature? what do you mean? >> well, because, i mean, how many people cayou affect? it's like throwing a stone in the water and hoping... >> yeah, but that is-- that is in a way the, the only way anything changes. >> yeah. >> it has to start somewhere. >> wolfgang schÄuble (speaking german): (birds chirping) >> for neo-nazis, this is a complete eyesore. people who hate jews anyway find themselves with-- saddled with something so unsightly. (speaking german): the only thinghat i know which has struck everybody is that mrs. merkel-- who is ala wonderfu-- made this unbelievably ge

in a newspaper interview last week, mrs merkel said "there is no doubt that europe needs to repositionhanged world... the old certainties of the post—war order no longer apply". she says europe needs to put up a better united front to challenge global rivals like china, russia and the us. live talking about another challenge he faces. —— here is the chancellor talking about. translation: being proud of what is homeland, and building europe at the same time is not a contradiction. nationalism is the enemy of the european project. and this, my dear friends, is what we have to make clear before the elections. we will turn it back to the european elections in germany across this addition. but we must straightaway turned to brexit. one of the big stores of the day. theresa may has announed a new brexit deal for mps to vote on in earlyjune, except it looks a lot like the old one, which has been rejected by parliament three times. but some things are new. if mps back her deal, they'll get a vote on whether to hold a second referendum. there are new guarantees on workers' rights and enviroment

at a meeting of eu leaders in brussels, mrs merkel was pushing for one of her allies to be the next presidentwn preferences for the next eu leaders. generation mark the key for me is that people in the most sensitive positions to share our project should be the most charismatic, creative and competent, that's all. i don't have any other criteria —— translation: the key for me. a time when europe is increasingly divided, the leader is keen to find unity. as parties on the far right and far left also gain ground. the presidents of the european council, donald tusk says despite division, brexit had brought people together. i have no doubt that one of the reasons why people of the continent voted for pro— european majority is also brexit. as european see what that means in the practice, they also draw conclusions. brexit has been a vaccine against anti—eu propaganda and fake news. the eu has committed balancing gender, geography and political affiliation when it feels its top jobs. geography and political affiliation when it feels its topjobs. the geography and political affiliation when it feels

at a meeting of eu leaders in brussels, mrs merkel was pushing for one of her allies to be the next presidentthe eu commission. but emmanuel macron has his own preferences for the next eu leaders. translation: the key for me is that people in the most sensitive positions to share our project should be the most charismatic, creative and competent, that's all. i don't have any other criteria. a time when europe is increasingly divided, the leaders are keen to find unity as parties on the far right and far left also gain ground. the president of the european council, donald tusk, says despite division, brexit had brought people together. i have no doubt that one of the reasons why people on the continent voted for pro— european majority is also brexit. as europeans see what that means in the practice, they also draw conclusions. brexit has been a vaccine against anti—eu propaganda and fake news. the eu has committed to balancing gender, geography and political affiliation when it fills its top jobs. but before that, the 28 leaders will need to find balance amongst themselves if they want to secu

at a meeting of eu leaders in brussels, mrs merkel was pushing for one of her allies to be the next presidentmmanuel macron has his own preferences for the next eu leaders. translation: the key for me is that the people in the most sensitive positions to share our project should be the most charismatic, creative and competent. that's all, i don't have any other criteria. a time when the people of europe are increasingly politically divided, the leaders are keen to find unity, as parties on the far—right and far—left also gain ground. the president of the european council, donald tusk, says, despite division, brexit had brought people together. i have no doubt that one of the reasons why people of the continent voted for pro—european majority is also brexit. as europeans see what that means in practice, they also draw conclusions. brexit has been a vaccine against anti—eu propaganda and fake news. the eu has committed to balancing gender, geography and political affiliation when it fills its top jobs. but, before that, the 28 leaders will need to find balance amongst themselves if they want to

nicolas maduro during the 2013 campaign venezuela of course when you see the shameless comparing of mr merkel against the venezuelan people nowadays today you understand that mr 1000000 what was just a political advisor kind of a question are you without political call connections it was or all new for emerge of like another but if you start describing the the advisers of spies is never getting to an end yes there's a big confusion between using your your rights of freedom freedom of speech and supporting a foreign power. talk of meddling in the elections no evidence of it even the tech giants denied the they say they can't see any evidence of any kind of interference. so why do we still keep hearing the claims it's a way of kind of rallying support to you know vote for us because the it out outsiders are trying to defeat is so we must be doing something right how do you explain it. yes just speaking about interferences there is in trance a real danger of americanization or the french or society and french politics but it's not due to interferences it's due to our old and shameless serious in

referred to the austrian scandal was campaigning for the european elections speaking in croatia mrs merkel called on voters to stand up to what she described as politicians for sale she also warned of the threat posed by hardline nationalists indians of aging in the final phase of national elections ending a 6 week long process more than 100000000 people across 7 states are eligible to vote in sunday's poll they include those living in prime minister narendra modi's constituency. defying all predictions the australian prime minister scott morrison conservative coalition has won the general election is not yet known whether he'll have a parliamentary majority all right jeff today those are the very latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera i'll be back in about half an hour after counting the cost. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. and when you call home al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to you. al-jazeera. alarm has i'm sick of this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business a

corded off abruptly perhaps to show some level of distain for the position that the merkel government has been taking but mrpompei referred to the situation with iran in the meeting with i'm going to merkel this is what he had to say we've been pretty clear about trade with iran there are items that are sanctioned in their items that are not those items that are subject to sanctions we whirl do our best to enforce the american sanctions regime that is put in been put in place but for those that are for humanitarian goods things that are permitted to move whether they move through in stacks or through another mechanism those are lawful an appropriate and are permitted to continue under under the sanctions and the sanctions laws that we've put in place and something the issue of choir ways technology came up in the discussions another warning for mrs merkel. well yes that's the interesting thing here adrian that mr compo had a meeting with his german counterpart heikal must before that meeting with angela merkel when he emerged from the 1st meeting he made reference to her way and said look if european union

recognize the description of germany they fought for these things, and even conservative government of mrs. merkel not resist when they insisted be done. lou: there is no such thing as a human right, there are in as you outlined yourself, rights this this country created in its constitution and have been fought for by americans. there is no exception, no right to that is because we arrived on this conthis cony continent ando right because we happy to be human beings, it should make it more important for everyone to understand what is working what is not working, in the world. we know what is not working, that is socialism, their are rare exceptions. there is no close second to what has been as achieved by american capitalism. and that has not only created world's only super power. the most powerful economically. militarily and any other way you wish to apply in metric, there is -- this is capitalism it works, then venezuela, cuba and china, china is a country that america built. charles: do you worry if government did everything we would not have emphasis to do thicks that makthings that make. >>

recognize the description of germany they fought for these things, and even conservative government of mrs. merkelst when they insisted be done. lou: there is no such thing as a human right, there are in as you outlined yourself, rights this this country created in its constitution and have been fought for by americans. there is no exception, no right to that is because we arrived on this conthis cony continent ando right because we happy to be human beings, it should make it more important for everyone to understand what is working what is not working, in the world. we know what is not working, that is socialism, their are rare exceptions. there is no close second to what has been as achieved by american capitalism. and that has not only created world's only super power. the most powerful economically. militarily and any other way you wish to apply in metric, there is -- this is capitalism it works, then venezuela, cuba and china, china is a country that america built. charles: do you worry if government did everything we would not have emphasis to do thicks that makthings that make. >> i think w

and if you would have been out before the meeting with mrs merkel victim what should be said that did. i miss how are you today didn't like it i'm great. the meeting in the digital council is strictly confidential of course. but also on his agenda today posting his selfie with the chancellor and his book and even shooting a video with the late chancellor konrad adenauer. i don't i'm addressed by this is the end of the meeting of the 1st day off do you get tired out digitizer bored of germany because i'm going to work at a cabinet morning with some interesting ideas. the value of good in us and now we're due briefing and figuring out what shall we do the next time. andreas thinks we need better education if way to live alongside data machines like amazon. ve could in your view if we used to have geography botany zoology and so on how can we make data a real subject now of year in the digital studies to equip us with the basic skills to make decisions in this digital world as it was a fit. he has a different idea. we've got to tackle the problem at its root which is in the information i

even conservative government of the mrs. merkelist what a powerful, socialist and labor movement insisted be done. charles: lou? [applause] >> there is no such thing as a human right. there are, as you know you outlined yourself, there are rights this country has created in its constitution and that have been fought for by threw out history. there is no exception, there is no right that is simply because we arrived on this continent. there is no right just because we happen to be human beings. and that is why there is quite a disparity in the lives and livelihoods of people all around the globe. it should make it more important for everyone to understand what is working and what is not working. not only in this country, but in this hemisphere and around the world. we know what isn't working. and that is socialism. there are rare exceptions. [applause] but this economy, there is no close second to what has been achieved by american capitalism. american free enterprise capitalism, that has not only created the world's only superpower

>> i think that in terms of the rest of europe, immigration and the massive mistake made by mrs. merkeleuropean elections. indeed that subject dominates the referendum here in the uk. we're fighting the european elections here in the uk. why? because we did not leave on march the 29th despite our prime minister and government promising us we did. thing issue will be democracy because promise has not been kept. all i can tell you here in the uk i four weeks ago set up a brand new party called the brexit party. we're topping the polls. believe me, on may 23rd, my party will win here in the united kingdom and you're going to see a more euro skeptic, european parliament than you have ever seen. the globalist project to take away national democracy, to replace it with unelected bureaucrats, be they in brussels or washington or elsewhere, the fight back is on. in the end the nation-state and common sense will win. stuart: if the british stock market were still open, i don't think it is, you would have taken it down a couple percentage points, right there, nigel. >> this is a ridiculous idea t

mr. macron and missus merkel. we have the president of the council and the epp. have the parliamentary elections help to sort any of that out? ,icholas: to some extent because there were elections in more than 50% of europeans voted. it is clear that these elections were important to the european population as a whole. the parliament that results, even though there is a no -- there is no single party, and the right being -- the way -- the right wing party that angela merkel is head of lost a few seats. it is my understanding that there will be have to -- that they will have to be a coalition of centrists. the populists did not get a blocking minority. what is clarified is that this is a parliament that is representative of a european people. it does not clarify this candidate or that candidate in particular. is looked at as out of the running. david: that is bad news to angela merkel. , whatis not about people about policies? let us pick one out that seems to be pressing, the italian budget. someone saying that we have -- that he might ignore what europe has to s

merkel speaking there. so how is the news of mrs may's departure going down elsewhere in europe?ler sent this update from brussels. what does not change is eu leaders remain fed what does not change is eu leaders remainfed up what does not change is eu leaders remain fed up with the brexit process which they feel has been going on and on and the change of a prime minister threatens to lengthen the process even more. they think the process even more. they think the new prime minister will want to come here to brussels to try to renegotiate the brexit deal particularly the backstop on the irish border and they were quick to say they will not be budging. eu leaders feel they have gone around that block so many times in the past two years and pointed out that theresa may and her cabinet signed off on the brexit deal back in november but the concern here is that a new, hard—line prime minister would use what some described as dirty tactics if they do not get their way, such as holding up eu business, vetoing the eu budget. another worry is that the next prime minister could trigger an

merkel speaking there. so how is the news of mrs may's departure going down elsewhere in europe?dler sent this update from brussels. what it doesn't change is the fact that eu leaders up as ever but this brexit process that seems to go on and on and the change of prime minister is threatening to lengthen this process even further. but a change that brussels believes is coming is that a new prime minister will probably want to come here and try to renegotiate the brexit deal, particularly that controversial backstop guarantee for the irish border. now eu leaders have said today, absolutely not, they're not going to budge. they feel they've been around the block for the last two years and theresa may signed off on the brexit deal back in november, but a concern in brussels is if the new prime minister doesn't get his or her way, they could be tempted to use what one eu diplomat described today as "dirty tactics", trying to obstruct eu business like trying to pass a new budget or they might be tempted to actually trigger a no—deal brexit willing to do so in a way that the eu never b

mr. macron with the statement, ms. merkel as well. this morning as from the ruropean union where mr.n touch with theresa may. i have no idea what that headline means. will remain in touch with theresa may. look for a christmas card. francine: on may 28, we know the leaders will discuss brexit. it is probably the transition. remember, we are also getting a new commission. theresa may saying she will resign and juncker leaving. ♪ at comcast, we didn't build the nation's largest gig-speed network just to make businesses run faster. we built it to help them go beyond. because beyond risk... welcome to the neighborhood, guys. there is reward. ♪ ♪ beyond work and life... who else could he be? there is the moment. beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. ♪ ♪ every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected, to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. ♪ may: her majesty the queen asked me to form a new government and i accepted. do we have a plan for brexit? we do. the united kingdoms representative to the e.u. handed a letter to invoke article 50. brexi

minds or not about iran it's certainly a meeting of allies and so when angela merkel in initial statements made when she 1st met mr pompei earlier she gave this message to the media about what she expected to come from her meeting looking hard and then. we'll have plenty of issues to discuss today the world is in unrest indeed 1st and foremost is iran how can we make sure that iran doesn't have any nuclear weapons how can we prevent further aggressive actions on the part of her around. the interesting thing to point out here adrian is that this visit it's not just the angle americal that was the point has been meeting but also his counterpart the german foreign minister i call must and after that meeting mr pompano made clear that he felt that it was important germany understand the american policy not just regarding iran but also regarding china particularly the the large company huawei and its 5 g. networks being made increasingly available in european union countries the feeling from the american side that allies should not be giving main access to huawei to these new networks being developed and that if they w

mr. pompeo speaking with chancellor merkel?efing of mike pompeo in berlin with the german foreign minister, and he has migrated to this news conference with the german chancellor. moments ago, he was saying that germany should lead in taking action against china. the visual of this is quite incredible. angela merkel yesterday giving that commencement speech late last night germany time to harvard, which is saying we have to take barriers down. with her experience of the berlin wall, i know students were riled up which meant she got a standing ovation. in parallel, president trump giving a commencement speech, very different, at the u.s. air force. tom: it is an extraordinary morning. equities, bonds, currencies, commodities, futures have deteriorated in the last hour, -35 on s&p. to 24,895. down i have a correction in the dow. oil is south, to say the least. the vix out near 20. ,he two year yield breaches 2% 10 year yield is stunning, and the yen is stronger. you are looking at mexican peso. francine: i am looking at peso slum

mr. pompeo meets with theresa may. he was supposed to meet with angela merkel the other day. good morning, nic. >> reporter: good morning, dave. he landed here about 3:00 in the morning. he is in country. undoubtedly, iran is going to be front and center, a topic he will discuss. why? because of the united states pulling out of the multinational iran deal a year ago, they are not going to comply. what are they going to do? increase the ewe rain yan and heavy water. what does this actually mean? they reduce the pathway of making a bomb. that was the point of getting an agreement in the first place. the difficulty when pompeo meets with theresa may, they have a difference in how to handle iran. iran, by doing the move is trying to put pressure on the european countries. germany, france, uk to bag it and have the united states allow it to do oil trade around business around the world, which is united states is trying to shut down. meanwhile, as we heard there, secretary pompeo was telling more detail about the threat and also their obligation to protect u.s. forces inside iraq.

telecommunications telecommunications network the mr pompei of the said to his counterparts high court must the german foreign minister before he met angular merkel that if e.u. countries were going to share data with who our way were to allow huawei to integrated self into their telecommunications network well maybe the united states might consider reconsider how much information it intelligence it would share with those e.u. countries so clearly as i say it's a meeting between allies taking place today but not perhaps a meeting of minds on foreign policy. let's leave it there with dominic kane. still ahead on al-jazeera why some are naked i will say they're living in a police state after a year of political chaos one father continues his search for justice 10 years after his son was killed in sri lanka's civil war. again well here across japan we are seeing one system that is moving through right now if you look on the satellite image plenty of clouds plenty of rain that is making its way towards the pacific so tomorrow is going to be a much better day we're going to be seeing more sun in tokyo at $26.00 degrees and day $24.00 osaka still is go

mr. ambassador, this move ahead of the trip to germany. he cancels the meeting with angela merkelsident has disparaged and come with after he spoke with sergey lavrov of russia and before a meeting set to take place in russia with lavrov and possibly putin. in that context, everything cynics will question. >> right. the concern i have -- first of all, germany is the leader in europe. they're our main ally in europe. i'm sorry. i'm concerned there was a cancellation with angela merkel. we need germany when it comes to sanctions on iran. germany may be unhappy with the oil sanctions we put on european countries because of iran. but it doesn't make sense to like not do see angela merkel. the russia visit is very important. if it does take place and i hope it does. russia is not being our friend on iran, on syria, on ukraine, on terrorism. they have an american named paul whelan that they won't allow a private citizen like myself to talk to the russians about getting him out. things with russia, despite this phone call with the president and putin, they get along fine but the relation

mr netanyahu had to say off to the vote last night in the knesset. that was trying to cramer joining us there to the united states now where german chancellor angela merkel is being honored at one of the world's most prestigious universities harvard is awarding merkel its honorary doctor of law degree the chancellor has been on campus in cambridge massachusetts to receive that honor as the university compares for its commencement ceremony later today merkel is due to give the commencement speech in about 4 hours we will be bringing you that address live along with simultaneous translation. actually washington bureau chief alex had a phenomenon is outside of harvard university so welcome we expect today. so at the moment morning exercises a very great and exciting ceremony for a students and parents are underway with dean or outside where i'm standing i'm standing outside to hold the art and the morning exercises are taking place inside all 50 yards and then there is of course america the special guest here today the german chancellor who will be awarded an on there every degree and then she will be holding this year's commencement speech here at harvard

merkel has also given her blessing to month for e.u. commission president however it's not known exactly how cold cream that is should a better option come on the table mr verver though 2 well he's already talking like he's got the job so the future european commission on the my leadership will insist the principle of sort of rule of law a solution is going to have to be ironed out today european summit which will take place in june after the parliamentary elections in 2 weeks time because it's not just the e.u. commission job that needs to find a successor soon they also have to find replacements for european council president donald tusk and chief of the european central bank mario draghi by the end of this year earlier this year the money will said he wanted to see a new written a song take place in europe well if he can reform the way directly elected positions are filled in the e.u. institutions well the us may be more akin to a revolution peter all of our r.t. early coming out nice came here diversity in the u.k. says it's facing some hairy issues in getting students through the door we'll tell you why amongst our other stories after this break. s

commission and as derek francisco mr kissinger is knocking at the door he needs to know who he can follow i lead and name my leader fades. well i think what we have angela merkel she sees staying in power until maybe 2021 and that's when her term ends and mccrone is also staying in power until 2022 there is i mean the odds are the tend is staying in place for the foreseeable future. there will see if they recent that in yet last week's election or upcoming elections have. repercussions on domestic politics in france and germany. we have hope that they stay there for evidence of confidence for the famous turned and what are you to say. i believe the time they will have to actually work. together because for now and we. was really outspoken about his vision for euro there hasn't been a response all when there has been a response a quite negative response from the side of germany that was linked to the past election i believe now there is a space for germany and france to come together for for real this time and actually with this with having in mind and also seeing the real trek off the right wing populist to really come up with a new vision so i believe it's go

travel with mr pompei or this is the 2nd last minute change of destination they face that is many weeks last week he was supposed to be heading here to berlin for a talk with angela merkel they took off from helsinki at the last minute well the journalists were told you not going to lead they ended up in baghdad to talk about iran last week this week he's heading to brussels for more talks on iran on tuesday though he will head to russia he'll be meeting president vladimir putin and foreign minister sergey lavrov in. she think we can just about expect that iran will be on the schedule for talks that he's in brussels on monday though we're expecting some information to come out throughout the day we'll be keeping you updated as information comes out of brussels of course here what else the. pentagon is said to have developed a secret weapon. with spinning blade nicknamed the ninja bomb intended to reduce civilian casualties in trying strikes is designed to be more accurate than explosives. expect. drone warfare has long been part of the u.s. government's war on terror and it's gotten ugly on more than one occasion. killing people by. drones basically sitting on a screen

travel with mr pompei or this is the 2nd last minute change of destination they face that is many weeks last week he was supposed to be heading here to berlin for a talk with angela merkel they took off from helsinki and at the last minute well the journalists were told you not going to live and they ended up in baghdad to talk about iran last week this week he's heading to brussels for more talks on iran on tuesday though he will head to russia he'll be meeting president vladimir putin and foreign minister sergey lavrov in sochi and i think we can just about expect that iran will be on the schedule for talks there he's in brussels on monday though we're expecting some information to come out throughout the day we'll be keeping you updated as information comes out of brussels of course here at r.t. . for more on this we're joined live by political analyst say it must africa now what could pump air want from these tasks. hello and thanks for having me well you know when the u.s. dropped out of the deal last year the europeans made promises to iran to make up for you know lost share of the united states and launch cooperation with iran in 11 areas economic area inspection