president donald trump had some tough talk for germany and russia ahead of a summit between those two countries leaders now during a white house meeting with nato secretary-general u.n. stoltenberg the president repeated his sharp criticism of germany for not paying enough for its own defense singled out it for profiting from nato while to same time paying the russians billions for energy supplies let's take a listen it's yemen a must demonstrate leadership in the alliance by addressing its longstanding shortfall in defense contributions germany has not contributed what it should be contributing and it's a very big beneficiary far bigger than the united states frankly in addition to that as you know that by massive amounts of gas from russia. paying billions and billions of dollars all the president's comments coming just as the german chancellor and the russian president meet in tsotsi for talks at the focus on bilateral issues including the iran nuclear deal to share one is in that black sea town for us right now good morning emily what's on the agenda where you are in such you toda

>> now the ministers of russia and germany hold a conference in moscow on a variety of issues including the iran nuclear deal in relations to ukraine. this is about 45 minutes. >>> foreign ministers of russia and germany, ladies and gentlemen, ladies i would like to welcome my colleagues once again this is his first visit to russia as the foreign minister, and we are happy a that the very early stage of the new german government. we have seen our content level and will continue peace talks. they are quite substantive and the international agenda both the countries are interested in obtaining a dialogue. this is quite important especially given the situation in europe and the world as a whole. for our part, we are ready to work together with berlin on a wide range of issues of mutual interest. based on the foundations we have created in the years past. we are happy to point out this is partly because of the working group in the financial cooperation and we also have some other mechanisms for bilateral cooperation including. an important element is energy. it then contributes to the diver

in place for that to happen and second also to try and minimize the impact for countries like germany or russia when it comes to to the fact that the u.s. left the iran nuclear deal and that is planning to impose sanctions the general goals that germany and the other parties involved in the iran nuclear deal share and those are two goals that they will have to work on in order to salvage this deal ok it's always good to see agreement of course between germany and russia but we have to remember the germany still does not recognize crimea as part of russia and it remains a strong backer of ukraine let's take a listen to what. that issue referred to this youth league and its with the legal an extension of crimea and destabilization in eastern ukraine much trust has been lost in recent times most own for doing. so could you train wind up getting in the way of deeper cooperation. i think the biggest challenge here bryan will be to try and separate issues between germany and russia to try to make sure that on the one hand you have the iran nuclear deal and that common goal that i've just explained on

are in disagreement with russia so it's good to be in talks and as always germany is in favor of an open dialogue with russia but this dialogue needs to reach some results of the last two years there aren't too many of them heard today's their comments coming out of the white house with dollars from talking to young berg the nato secretary general about germany not paying enough words defense and very critical as well of a german energy policy how do you feel when about those comments when you hear that type of talk coming from the white house. well there are some facts we can discuss but i don't like the way the american administration talks to germany it's not on the present drumbeats although in the new ambassador to berlin with who always in gauge in public criticism among allies and friends it's better to discuss things out and as old as everybody knows the new government in germany is ready to increase its defense budget by millions of euros so i guess that german defense budget policy is on the right track. ok now the president also took aim at germany's policy of buyin

president they're attacking germany for economic ties to russia how strong is that bilateral relationship right now both of course trump is right to mention those strong economic ties germany is russia second biggest trading partner and trade between the two countries actually increased last year and there's also this nord stream to project which is a pipeline that is supposed to run from russia through the baltic sea and increase oil and gas exports from russia to germany that's in the works but politically there are of course still huge stumbling blocks between the two countries in particular ukraine is the main stumbling block the illegal an extension of crimea in two thousand and fourteen still very much hangs over.

president trump lashes out of germany for its economic cars with russia from scripture says i'm coming as chancellor on a macro meats of latin america cruden for talks on iran and on russian gas sales to germany will go along to our correspondent in soft she where they're meeting also coming up venezuela's president nicolas maduro is said to win sunday's elections that despite crippling hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicine will get more on what venezuela's neighbors are calling its path to the commuters are. also coming up for a fight for their bonus league survival he'll try to make an historic jump to germany's top lee we'll bring you the highlights from the first leg of their relegation play. i'm dr thomas a very warm welcome to the show u.s. president donald trump has repeated his sharp criticism of germany for not paying enough for its own defense during a white house meeting with the nato secretary general the president singled out germany for profiting from nato while at the same time paying the russians billions for energy supplies now his comments come as chance a

. >> welcome to the joint press conference of the foreign ministers of russia and germany. ladies and gentlemen, first of all, i would like to welcome my colleague once again, german foreign minister, minister heiko maas. this is his first visit to russia as germany's foreign minister and we are happy that that the early stage of the new german government, we resumed our contact at this level. we have talked and will continue these talks. they were quite substantive, we discussed a number of bilateral issues and issues on the international agenda. i think both our countries are interested in obtaining regular dialogue. it's important especially given the current situation in europe and the world as a whole. for our part, we, russia, are ready to work together with berlin on a wide range of issues of mutual interest. based on the serious foundations that we have created in the years past and that we would like to preserve. we are happy to point out that growing year we saw trade and increase in investment. we believe this is partly the e of the german -- russo-german working

withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal and a planned pipeline bringing gas from russia to germany and this is macas first trip to russia in a year and comes amid tense relations between balin and moscow. now to talk about this meeting currently underway i have with me dr phil off the european council on foreign relations which is a pink tank and in sochi is correspond emily seven let me start with you first a good stuff that mean there's a whole range of issues the two leaders going to be talking about do you think the john saving the iran david top the agenda yes i i fear so the problem is that if we are in a very tricky situation the way donald trump left iran you. can lead to serious repercussions the rain ians could for example sort of come on the sign it was drawn their cooperation with the that means expect you know inspections are out that means they could only work on into a bomb by not fully withdrawing from the deal on the russians given the current set of relations with proly plock the u.n. security council and then you're sort of on a double negative and the iranians get th

both here in russia and in germany. now we started to buy german goods creates a volume this is how we support german. jobs what about corporation what about venture it's thousands of joint ventures this is truong contribution to improving the lives. on both sides of the border and even the most. challenging times we never lost our contacts life is moving forward we're seeing your opportunities. and you can't resolve old problems without dialogue that obvious this is why russian german ties have their own relationship have their own meaning asked for the law the two minute traffic law that is being debated to the state duma the russian parliament i gree with you we need to come up with a balanced response. in russia in your country are often driven by motions. short asked for the law itself do you does have a similar law. and brussels made a statement recently. and they want to intensify this legislation to protect their interests from the so-called or transport of sanctions . from the us so i don't think it will be str

two leaders but also between the two governments but again when you look for example that's russia on germany russia on the west it is expected that i'm going to michael because he knows me uprooting reactively well can play a very important role when it comes to fostering some sort of dialogue because although germany has clearly stated that he disagrees with some of the policies in russia that judgment element is also a way that he wants to keep tiles of communication open that's also absolutely clear from the german government not only now but also in recent yes ok tell us thank you so much that steve has told us sparrow there talking to us from our parliamentary studios and we have been looking at live coverage of the president proteins inauguration again his fourth term as president he is being sworn in just now and delivering a speech on that occasion just a reminder of the top stories we're following for you here on news before we go of course is a lot of the putin has been sworn in for another six years as russian president you are looking at live pictures from the kremlin it will be

joins us now for more on that morning thomas what kind of cooperation might we see between russia and germany to keep the deal on track. well brian there are many issues where russia and germany have problems where they do not see eye to eye as you yourself said but one issue where they do share a general goal is when it comes to this iran nuclear deal and in particular when it comes to two aspects of the iran nuclear deal first and foremost trying to make sure that iran sticks to its obligations there are international mechanisms in place for that to happen and second also to try and minimize the impact for countries like germany or russia when it comes to to the fact that the u.s. left iran nuclear deal or not that is planning to impose sanctions or to general goals that germany and the other parties involved in the iran nuclear deal share and those are two goals that they will have to work on in order to salvage this deal ok it's always good to see agreement of course between germany and russia but we have to remember the germany still does not recognize crimea as part of russia and it rem

china russia germany france the u.k. and the european union put their name to it now pressure is piling up on washington to see india court if the united states. the door on it to put it mildly the united states will be in material breach all when agreement that had been indorsed unanimously by the un security council on monday the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson arrived in washington in last minute diplomatic efforts to deter the us administration from scrapping the deal. we think we can fix all that working with our european friends because it will be tough on iran but not throw away that the heart of the deal which is all about stopping them getting a nuclear weapon. european leaders say they're open to finding compromise but the existing framework must remain untouched but in spite of europe's promises to address traumas complaints many feared the u.s. president has made up his mind. so what has the twenty fifty nuclear deal achieved well to cut its stockpiles of uranium a material that when enrich can be used t

president trump withdrew from the iran deal germany and russia have been sitting in the same boat both want to save the agreement moscow friendly politicians in germany view this as a time for a new beginning with russia. today there back in the game in the middle east there will be no issue that cannot be resolved without the russians this must guide us instead of saying they're not friendly to us. lately russia has not appeared at all

president trump withdrew from the iran deal germany and russia have been sitting in the same boat both want to save the agreement moscow friendly politicians in germany view this as a time for a new beginning with russia. today there back in the game in the middle east there will be no issue that cannot be resolved without the russians this must guard us instead of saying they are not friendly to us. lately russia has not appeared at all friendly towards europe. the german bundestag political parties and the government were hacked by russian state agencies germany is now convinced of this at a meeting in berlin the british intelligence chief condemned russia one of the kremlin's central and entirely admirable aims is to build russian greatness on the world stage but it's repeated choices have been to a few that aim through aggressive and initiative actions by its military and intelligence services. duma in syria. russia's partner bashar al assad is suspected of using chemical weapons shocking germany and its allies. the are all. we also have the knowledge that russia as an ally of asse

foreign minister mr maass started his tenure by taking a tough stance on russia but just a little while later we see germany and russia standing together in support of the iran deal against american attempts to dismantle it can one of the facts of the iran do affair be to actually bring germany and russia closer together. yes i think i think it does we have a busy strong common interest here and perhaps it shows that many many other areas have common interests as far as the new foreign minister in germany is concerned. and they should give him a little bit of time i was slightly surprised when he made that announcement because this is. not to put his seed. in the coalition if you meant and it's clearly not the policy. of democratic party to which to which he belongs my my feeling is that a strong strong majority not only of social democrats since there are many but who are german population once good and plenty leave the lesions with russia and strongly dislikes the complication of policy that we have seen during the last time in his first interview as german foreign minister mr masse was using words like v

the past it's been limited to pilgrimage tourists or to people like them you know they are from russia germany or belgium foreign workers want to discover the city with her. but if you think my name is i view i'm going to be your tour guide welcome to the historical this city is a three thousand. area of egypt that. a special tour in an ultra conservative country. i didn't know that there are two because it's not being promoted yet in the sony rabia is known as a black box the country wants to open up and it has to in order to reduce the country's growing unemployment and state deficit they year they have your hopes the changes will also rebranding the image of the kingdom. yes from here to please so the first question is always how do you saudi a pure saudi yes some saudi and there are hundreds of these like me hopefully with all these changes that would have been good the country the west would change the idea about the saudi woman it's not considered decent for women to do jobs for men and women makes this is changing to. of the year is about to get her certification as the first female tou

german foreign minister mr maass started his tenure by taking a tough stance on russia but just a little while later we see germany and russia standing together in support of the iran deal against american attempts to dismantle it can one of the effects of the iran do affair be to actually bring germany and russia closer together. yes i think i think it does we have a busy strong common interest here and perhaps it shows that many many other areas have common interests as far as the new foreign minister in germany is concerned. and they should give him a little bit of time i was slightly surprised when he made that announcement because this is. not to put his seed. in the coalition agreement and it's clearly not the policy. democratic party to which she belongs my my feeling is that a strong strong majority not only of social democrats since there are many but of those who will pollution once good and plenty leave the lesions with russia and strongly dislikes the complication of policy that we have seen during the last time in his first interview as german foreign minister mr mass was using words like villager and

history can be discovered in just a multicultural and diverse city in saudi arabia they are from russia germany or belgium foreign worker to discover the city of it or not. is to get it my name is i be you i'm going to be your top guy welcome to the hysterical this city is a three thousand t.v. . all area of jet that. a special tour in an ultra conservative country. if i didn't know that there are tours because it's not being promoted yet . so sone arabia is known as a black box the country wants to open up and it has to in order to reduce the country's growing unemployment and state deficit. they have your hopes the changes will also rebranding the image of the kingdom. yes from here to. so the first question is always how do you saudi a pure saudi yes i'm saudi and there are hundreds of ladies like me hopefully with all these changes that would have been good the country the west would change the idea about the saudi woman it's not considered decent for women to do jobs who are men and women makes my this is changing to. another year is about to get her certification as the first female tour

china russia germany france the u.k. and the european union put their name to it now pressure is piling up on washington to say india court this is not fair for that from the we remain convinced that this agreement will make the world a safer place and we are afraid that failure will lead to escalations and that we will retreat into the years before twenty thirteen something which no one is interested in doing if the united states. the door on it to put it mildly the united states will be in material breach all when agreement that had been indorsed unanimously by the u.n. security council. on monday the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson arrived in washington in the last minute diplomatic efforts to deter the u.s. administration from scrapping the deal. we think we can fix all that working with our european friends you can be tough on iran but not throw away that the heart of the deal which is all about stopping them getting a nuclear weapon. european leaders say they're open to finding compromise but the existing fram

also for dealing with russia and this particular threatens a very important project for both russia and germany that it's called the north stream it's a gas pipeline that is meant to deliver russian natural gas directly from the from russia to europe and in this case vladimir putin was asked about what may be done and whether he understands the take of donald trump on this and why america is aggressively pushing against this one and a lot of our putin said that this is ironically one of the cases when the takes of the obama administration and the trumpet ministration are completely alike he compared donald trump to a businessman in fact we all understand that donald trump has a background of being a successful businessman that he's just trying to protect the economic interests of american companies moving on to ukraine many things were said about that but i have to tell you that of course vladimir putin are one of the leaders of these so-called normandy for the taste so to say and it's been a long time when the meetings in that format were held previously so i actually asked both leaders whethe

russia france germany and also iran the negotiations took nine years ending a long standoff and turan then agreed to strict limits on its nuclear program and to open the cities to two international experts and then in return some sanctions against the country were lifted but after netanyahu promised to share his data with the rest of the world germany and france both said it needed to be studied in detail however the white house here back netanyahu is presentation saying that iran tried and failed to hide its activities from the world that statement though does contradict data from the nuclear watchdog the international atomic energy agency and the foreign policy chief in turn said that netanyahu is claims don't put into question iran's compliance with the current deal we got reaction from people in the iranian capital. now that trump is in the white house and your clients are. having if it seems to be. what is after again to break the deal and make america pull out of the. certainly if the israelis had precise information that could be investigated in a serious manner they would take

signatures to the deal should discuss how best to keep it alive heiko mass expressed of germany's hope that russia would use its close ties to iran to convince them to stick with the deal he then went on to outline some of the issues still damaging relations between germany and russia. this is that the should fly already mentioned some critical issues this republic case for example or the cyber attack that targeted the german ministry of foreign affairs much indicates that attack might have been conducted from russian territory as it gets. you know what it's like times over this i believe that an open and honest dialogue is key for a solid partnership we have to be able to figure out if we are still sticking to the same rules. now dates and venue for the much signaled summit between us president and donald us president donald trump and north korea's leader kim jong un has been announced it will take place on the twelfth of june in singapore was the trumpet tweeted the announcement shortly after welcoming home three americans who've been released from detention in north korea he described their rel

in occurring however many nations enjoyed more peaceful demonstrations including in russia germany and the u.k. . israel's prime minister has gone all out to prove once and for all the dram lied about its nuclear ambitions he wheeled out thousands of documents and c.d.'s of evidence as part of a powerpoint presentation it comes just twelve days before dawn trump intends to scrap the iran nuclear deal tonight i'm here to tell you one thing iran lart the evidence well that lies in this filing cabinet allegedly thousands of documents and c.d.'s half a ton to be precise proven conclusively tehran misled the world about its nuclear plans both before and after the twenty fifteen agreement we've known for years that iran had a secret nuclear weapons program called project them out hailing this as a significant development and a great intelligence achievement then your who was sure iran has one reason and one reason only to hide this information why would a terrorist regime hide. and meticulously catalogued in secret nuclear files it's not to use the middle lootera do a state hiding its nuclea

russia france germany and iran negotiations took nine years ending a long standoff tehran agreed to strict limits on its nuclear program and to open facilities up to international experts in return some sanctions against the country were lifted and after netanyahu promised to share these data with the world germany and france both said well it needs to be studied and in detail however the white house backed his presentation saying around it tried and failed to hide its activities from the world and that statement contradicts data from the nuclear watchdog that's the international atomic energy agency the e.u. foreign policy chief in turn said that when yahoo's claims don't put into question iran's compliance with the deal we got reaction from people in the iranian capital . now that trump is in the white house and your cards are. having its most obvious it seems to be. what is after again to break the deal and make america pull out of the. certainly if the israelis had precise information and it could be investigated in a serious manner they would take action fast because they know they ha

russia. still an intense diplomatic exchange between germany and russia.he german foreign minister with russian officials. merkel will discuss that extensively. motion the back in minsk agreement. they well work on the peace process. and there will be a new pipeline to the russia to germany baltic state. ,any european countries including ukraine, are against that project. one wonders how much room for negotiation does angela merkel really have? and if bladder putin as the -- vladimir putin has the upper hand? provocatione mean a thursday? isorter: again, that visit understood as a provocation for thatest and it is expected merkel will address the serious situation with putin. she has strong doubts that russia would support bashar al-assad much longer, but yesterday's visit in russia proved otherwise. one optimistic note for today's meeting between angela merkel and putin is both germany and russia seemed to see eye to eye on at least one point and that is the salvation of the iran nuclear deal. much, thank you so reporting live there from berlin. european

german foreign minister mr maass started his tenure by taking a tough stance on russia but just a little while later we see germany and russia standing together in support of the iran deal against american attempts to dismantle it can one of the facts of the iran deal affair be to actually bring germany and russia closer together. yes i think i think it does we have a busy strong common interest here and perhaps it shows that many many other us have common interests as far as the new foreign minister in germany is concerned. and should give him a little bit of time i was slightly surprised when he made that announcement because this is. not to put his. us. into coalition agreement and it's clearly not the policy. democratic party to which to which he belongs my my feeling is that a strong strong majority not only of social democrats since many but of the or german population once good and plenty leave the least since with russia and strongly dislikes the complication of policy that we have seen during the last time in his first interview as german foreign minister mr masse was using words like villager and hostile

that surfaced at the meeting in sochi that russia would like germany to take a substantial role in theeconstruction of syria. so in other words it is ironic that russia is responsible for large-scale destruction of the cities in syria, and germany is supposed to be paying for the reinstatement of it. leila: going by what you are saying, angela merkel is a very -- is in a difficult dilemma because on the one hand she is dealing with the deteriorating transatlantic relationship with the trump administration, and issue trying to give it towards russia and make up for that? johannes: i don't think so because this would be a dangerous route to take, very problematic because it would convey the notion that germany and putin our incorporation with the other powers, trying to confront the united states. that would be a very big mistake to convey this impression and certainly it would be a mistake in the substance of the term. leila: our political analyst and expert on russia, thank you for weighing in. i am going to move on to other news. at least 10 people have been killed in another -- and a

i don't think it is necessary to link the development of relations between germany and russia. to the relations we have with third countries i have already said germany is one of a key trade and economic partners. eighty billion turnover in trade relations and we expect to close. from our corporation hundreds of thousands of jobs pay and hundreds of thousand jobs both in russia and in germany by the way. we are increasing our imports from germany once again as we buy in commodities we are buying goods in germany and we also have a lot of investment this is an important factor that has repercussions on the life of both the germans and the russians. and even in the most difficult times we've never lost contacts. life goes on things develop new opportunities emerge. and it is important to solve the salient issues without having contacts. and so the german russian relations have their own dynamic development as far as this new law is concerned that you have addressed and that is currently discussed in the duma. i agree of course we have to have something balanced. burkett's members

the keeping assad in power and of course the surface at the meeting in his watch and that russia would like germany to take a substantial role in the. reconstruction of syria so in other words it's almost ironic that russia is responsible for the large scale destruction of cities in syria and germany is supposed to be paying for the restatement of it going but what you're saying. america is in a very very difficult dilemma i find because of course on the one hand she's dealing with this deteriorating transatlantic relationship with the trump of ministration and is she trying to pivot towards russia and make up for some of that well i don't think so because this would be a very dangerous road to take very problematic because it would convey the notion that germany in cooperation with other european powers and russia is a trying to confront united states and that would be a very big mistake to convey the impression and certainly it would be a bigger stick to the substance of the did she live to have this out of mind set political analyst an expert on russia thank you sir for wayne thank you. all righ

the governments of russia and germany have underlined their common intention to preserve the nuclear deal with iran welcoming his german counterpart mass on his first visit to moscow russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov stressed that all countries involved should discuss how best to keep the agreement alive germany's foreign minister expressed his hope that russia could use its close ties with iran to convince the regime to hold up their part of the deal. but the president of france emanuel macro has been altered with germany's prestigious charlemagne prize it's awarded to individuals for their special efforts to promote european unity the french president to receive the award is a lavish ceremony in athens in western germany chancellor angela merkel spoke in prague in spoke of broken praise of the french president's vision for reforming europe in his address emmanuel mccraw want to guarantee the rise of nationalism in europe going to the temptation in difficult times is yes you need to be nationalistic to know this ourselves and we and to think that on a national level it's easier

which supports jobs in germany cooperation common enterprises these are essential factors influencing the lives of germans and russians but undoubtedly the governments of russia and germany do have a lot of issues from ukraine to even the script all case and all of that was brought up in one way or another during the talks but however since donald trump said goodbye to the so-called iranian nuclear deal finally there is at least one issue where berlin and moscow see genuinely. germany great britain france and all our colleagues in the e.u. support the iran young nuclear deal and we are sticking to it we from the european side are discussing the situation with iran. the agreement isn't perfect but it's better than none we should continue negotiating with iran and on that we are united so this time once again here and saw the leaders of germany and russia have promised to make an effort probably some more extra steps to be made to make sure that the deal remains in place moving on to the sanctions whenever you hear merkel talks perhaps the first thing that comes up on your mind is anti russian sanctions but this time it is so to say a different season when all

germans are place their faith in russia than the united states but the most trusted partner is close to home. as president mccraw of france is awarded one of germany's most prestigious prizes today the german people give his country top marks to meanwhile donald trump's america is now seen as less trustworthy and vladimir putin's russia. ninety percent of those surveyed by in protest said they had trust in the relationship with france but just twenty five percent of germans have faith in ties with the u.s. and this figure does not include reaction to trump's decision to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. if germany is less reliant on america it will need all the more support from its european neighbors in the coming years e.u. leaders will be searching for ways to develop the union a process that just over half of german support fifty three percent said they want more european cooperation and more powers given to the e.u. by contrast a quarter of those asked said they want powers returned to national governments and european countries to be able to act alone. the president will be key in driving any changes to the e.u. his ideas including european f

definitely become open russia and in germany relations will finally improve it's really to be to appease to to be so and to stay so and i think it's it's could be easily improved by if russia would implement totally implement them into greenland is russia would revise an extension of the crimea and there would be a better environment for citizens in gauge woman or civil society and for basic human rights and the russian federation that's quite a wish list there i'm curious to hear if you think it's realistic and especially i'd like to know in this particular context because you know as we just heard gary hart schroeder was also at the swearing in ceremony he was anglo-american predecessor a social democrat of course as chancellor and we know that you know merkel is working with the social democrats again in a coalition what are you expecting from this new coalition in terms of putting pressure on russia going forward in order to achieve some of those aims in that wishlist that you mentioned i think there should be and there's also a mixture of from pressure and from incentives and offer

this very special day on the key aaron and this is international now russia is celebrating victory day marking the defeat of nazi germany this day marks the seventy third anniversary of the end of the great patriotic war which claimed the lives of over twenty six million soviet people. by celebrations are being held across russia today the parade in moskos red square has just finished and here's a look at some of the highlights. o'dowd . lose. a limb. a little. league. team has been in the heart of the action throughout the morning as celebrations got underway daniel hawkins and lord gas together outside the kremlin and join us live over to you guys. thank you for that what a beautiful day it is to be hosting this event here in the heart of moscow russia will force as many special day celebrations festivals international labor day women's they even the men who get to mention all the twenty third of february but none of my whoever is something flew much special as we'll explain but of course since the day there's an edge to the memories into the hearts of every russian it's a day that's perhaps the most poignant revered