chancellor angela merkel has faced mounting criticism from horst seehofer, who is also the leader ofhe bavarian csu, and a traditional ally of her party. mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum—seekers, and was reported to be unhappy about last week's european union deal on migration. my colleague david eades is in berlin. it looks like a glorious morning in berlin, but a very difficult time for the government? it is, and for all the sunshine, sally, it is shrouded in uncertainty at the moment. germans are waking up wondering what's happening next, a point at which we are seeing the biggest challenge to angela merkel‘s authority as chancellor, which goes back, of course, to 2005. the reason for it is this man, horst seehofer, the interior ministry, but more significantly in many ways he's the leader of the sister party, the csu. as the built says here, battle of nerves over his withdrawal. —— bilt. he has offered to step down. this comes from bavaria, this paper, csu heartland, escalation in the union. many people thought when seehofer said last night, or yester

mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum seekers, and was reported to be unhappyropean union deal on migration. andrew plant reports. he is part of chancellor merkel‘s coalition government, but has become one of her loudest critics as well. now, horst seehofer, leader of the christian social union party, and the interior minister of germany, has offered to resign over her approach to migration. at a summit in brussels last week, an agreement was made among eu leaders to share migrants more evenly across the european union and build new reception centres as well. the talks we re reception centres as well. the talks were prompted by italy and malta, turning away rescue boats that had picked up migrants crossing into europe from north africa. angela merkel‘s ideas for building processing centres were already a much harder stance to her previous opendoor approach, but the proposals hammered out in brussels proved a ha rd hammered out in brussels proved a hard sell back. horst seehofer had already threatened to order border guards to ten migrants away unless angela mer

that is being discussed by horst seehofer and his party leadership at the moment.from people inside that meeting is that he's not prepared to accept some of what she is proposing, that it is not strong enough to answer what he says is the challenge of migration here in germany. what is interesting about all of this is the fact that migrant numbers have fallen sharply, 96% down since the height of 2015. i'm talking of course about migration into the eu overall, but the same applies to germany. and yet migration as a theme continues to dog angela merkel and remains a highly charged political issue notjust here, but in other european countries. so at the moment, we're watching and waiting. horst seehofer is holding his talks. mrs merkel will hold hers with her own party leadership. it may be that a compromise comes out, 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 mee

mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum seekers and was reported to be unhappytion. votes are being counted in mexico's general election. exit polls suggest the left—wing candidate andres manuel lopez 0brador is likely to be the next president. his two closest rivals have both admitted defeat. one of his allies is on course to become the first woman mayor of mexico city. his suit closest rivals have already conceded. and possibly the first woman mayor of mexico city. russia football fans have been celebrating their team's unexpected triumph over spain in the world cup. russia won the match in moscow in a penalty shoot—out, eliminating the former champions. in the quarterfinals, russia will face croatia, who beat denmark, also in a penalty shoot—out. the world cup upset is all over the media today, as are many of the other stories to let us take a look at some of them, starting in germany. starting with the frankfurter allgemeine, where the headline reads showdown with merkel as interior minister horst seehofer offers to resign over chancellor merkel‘s migration

mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum—seekers — and was reported to be unhappyon deal on migration. andrew plant reports. he is part of angela merkel‘s coalition government but has become one of the loudest critics. now horst seehofer, leader of the christian socialist union party and the interior minister of germany has offered to resign over angela merkel‘s approach to immigration. at a summit in brussels last week an agreement was reached among eu leaders to share migrants more evenly across the european union and build new reception centres as well. the talks were prompted by italy and malta turning away rescue boats that are picked up migrants crossing to europe from north africa. angela merkel‘s ideas for building migrant processing centres were already a much harder stance compared to her previous open—door approach. but the proposals hammered out in brussels proved a tougher sell back home. it is not yet clear whether mr seehofer‘s offer to resign will be accepted. whether mr seehofer‘s angela merkel will be keen not to weaken her coalition, though, and

now mr seehofer has withdrawn his threat, the two reaching an agreement, he said, after hours of talkar agreement on how we can in future prevent illegal immigration on the border. this allows me to continue my post as interior and home affairs minister. chancellor merkel stood her ground, sticking to a solution reached in brussels last week to spread migrants more evenly throughout the eu. translation: we will do just that, we will set up transit centres in germany and from there carry out returns to countries where asylum seekers are already registered. we have reached a compromise after tough negotiations. translation: the whole argument between them is problematic. i'd say it's bad for the whole of germany. translation: we cannot say that what is happening here now is only a small problem. the attack on mrs merkel is so big that it could cause much more extensive damage to her authority. mrs merkel‘s christian democratic union party relies on mr seehofer‘s party to form germany's coalition government which has, it seems, managed to survive what was perhaps its toughest test so far

leader and federal interior minister, horst seehofer, nearly brought down mrs merkel‘s government in dispute over migration. and the world snail racing championships have been taking place in britain. i kid you not. more than 150 snails slugged it out over the weekend. after hearing the command, "ready, steady, slow!" the first snail to reach the middle rim among three circles on a cloth is declared the winner. and the prize? a silver tankard, stuffed with lettuce leaves for the triumphant snail. iam assuming i am assuming rather than the gentleman who owns the snail. interesting race. more than 1.5 million people have had their medical records stolen, in the worst cyber attack

frankfurter allgemeine, where the headline reads showdown with merkel as interior minister horst seehoferffers to resign over chancellor merkel‘s migration policy. we will look at that in just the second. —— we will look at that injust a second. in the financial times, the eu hints at countermeasures to president trump's threat of car tariffs, in a submission to the us department of commerce. as much as $294 billion worth of trade has been earmarked. in the daily telegraph, another world cup upset — the paper is calling it a ‘russian revelation' after the hosts sent home spain in a penalty shoot—out. let's look at the independent, which takes us to australia, where a ban on plastic single—use bags has led to widespread abuse of shop staff. it's been labelled ‘bag rage‘, as two major supermarkets struggle to impose the ban. one irate customer tried to strangle a shop assistant. and finally in the guardian, wimbledon begins today. many papers are leading with andy murray's decision to pull out of the tournament due to recent surgery, but we've still got roger federer to watch — he plays on

after the theatrical we have seen from horst seehofer in the last three weeks over germany's migrationolicy, this really takes his attitude towards that to a whole new level. brent: this master plan on migration that he unveiled, it has in it ideas that have already been rejected by other members of this coalition government. so what is he doing? is he just trying to flout the concerns of other parties and push his own agenda through? he cannot do that. kate: exactly. i think the whole press conference today was really quite provocative. what he presented at the end of the day was an out of date plan. it did not even include, as you mentioned, any of those 11th hour changes, which were -- merkel's conservatives, social democrats, also tried to undermine angela merkel. he said today this plan, he admitted, was agreed upon by the interior ministry and not by the coalition government. of course is completely sidesteps merkel and undermines her authority and her credibility. brent: almost as if the events of last week did not really happen. kate brady, as always, thank you ray much. here's

horst seehofer threatening to resign, tired, he said of the opendoor migration policy of angela merkelhe has withdrawn his threat, the two reaching an agreement, he said, after hours of talk. translation: after intensive discussion we have reached a clear agreement of how we can in future prevent illegal immigration on the border. this allows me to continue my post as interior and foreign affairs minister. chancellor merkel stood her ground, sticking to a solution reached in russell ‘s last week to spread migrants will evenly throughout the eu. —— brussels. translation: we will do just that, set up transit centres in germany and return to countries where asylum seekers are registered. we have reached a compromise after tough negotiations. possession mac the whole argument between them is problematic. —— whole argument between them is problematic. -- translation:. translation: we cannot say that what has happened here now is a resolve problem. the attack on this is merkel is so big it could create further problems. mrs merkel's party relies on horst seehofer‘s party to form a coalition

mr seehofer is said to have made the offer at a meeting of his csu party — which is part of germany'sorted to be unhappy with this week's european union deal on migration. it is threatening to tear a fragile coalition government apart. mrs merkel has come back from the summit with eu leaders with a migration strategy of sorts and that has been discussed with horst seehofer 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 b

angela merkel‘s coalition government is under threat from her interior minister horst seehofer.is sister party in bavaria, the csu. now there are not the same parties, they work incredibly closely together. they almost always are aligned. this is extraordinary in and of itself. reuters again saying cdu's chairwoman says he have a deal that will prevent migrants registered elsewhere from entering germany. this is crucial. mrs merkel had been saying if someone has registered elsewhere for asylum but there on the german border, yes they can come in. the csu say no, no. if they are registered elsewhere, they can't comment. there was apparently no common ground. “— can't comment. there was apparently no common ground. —— they can't come in. the coalition which took months to build would have collapsed and we would be looking at more elections if they could not find an agreement. last september by the last elections. here they are arriving for emergency talks today in berlin. he said the issue of migration was essential and was very rude about the eu statement. saying it was inadequat

but a lot of the politicians agree with seehofer. after 2015, politicians of the cdu got more and more skeptical with the chancellor. i think her own position within the cdu might be strengthened right now from the pressure from the csu. on substance, i think it's -- >> one final question. you say this is the greatest threat to her chancellorship if you had to bet on it, would she be in the job today? >> i would guess we will see a new government but i think every politician in germany is scared to have new elections now. last time it took us so long and it's a crucial situation imagine germany without any government, it's a nightmare scenario i could see the green stepping in and the -- they would be satisfied with this. i don't know how long this government will last then. but i don't see her stepping down immediately now. >> thank you for joining us this morning. she's the head of the europe program at the german counscis o foreign relations. that would of course allow merkel to maintain a majority going into the next few weeks an

it is certainly something that horst seehofer who was a something that horst seehofer who wasa memberofsand saying that we cannot take migrants that have already been registered in other eu countries. angela merkel is saying that we have to make an exception because it will cause a chain reaction that would be bad for the sanctity of the european union, so there is a bit of a showdown right now. there are other things on the periphery as well. it's not just the migration crisis, the csu is not happy with angela merkel accommodating emmanuel macron with a comment eurozone budget. there are a couple of things piling up and i think there is a boardwalk of conservatism in germany right now. you said showdown which is becoming a regularly used word in germany, but if horst seehofer pushes it to the limit and says i am resigning, does that mean his party goes with him, out of government and angela merkel is left to pick up the pieces and try and form a new coalition? not necessarily. you would think the party would say, ok we will follow the elder statesman of our party, but they also know it

mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum seekers and was reported to be unhappyh this week's european union deal on migration. russian football fans have been celebrating their team's unexpected triumph over spain in the world cup. russia won the match in moscow in a penalty shoot—out, eliminating the former champions. in the quarter—finals, russia will face croatia, who beat denmark, also in a penalty shoot—out. now on bbc news: it's time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament. coming up: is it finally take—off for heathrow‘s third runway? passions run high in the commons as mps argue over airport expansion and what it might mean for local people. i would support a fourth and fifth runway, actually, at heathrow and at gatwick. 8,000 to 10,000 people forcibly removed from their community. also on this programme, as the scottish parliament breaks for its summer recess, our scotland political editor gives us his end—of—term report. and at prime minister's questions, jeremy corbyn taunts theresa may over her cab

mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum—seekers and was reported to be unhappyith this week's european union deal on migration. russia football fans have been celebrating their team's unexpected triumph over spain in the world cup. russia won the match in moscow in a penalty shoot—out, eliminating the former champions. in the quarterfinals, russia will face croatia, who beat denmark, also in a penalty shoot—out. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur speaks to computer scientist and authorjaron lanier. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the internet is perhaps the defining technological advance of the last 50 years. it's opened up a new world of possibilities. but what if it's also representing an existential threat to humanity? that is the alarming possibility raised by my guest today. jaron lanier is no techphobic sensationalist. he is a silicon valley insider who was a hugely influential pioneer in virtual reality and the consultant to some of the biggest tech giants. so in what ways are we sowing the seeds of our own destruction? thank you for havi

our top story in europe, angela merkel has reached a deal with horace seehofer ending a bitter dispute that threatened her coalition government after hours of crisis talks, the two leaders said they reached an agreement on germany's migration policy willem is in berlin. they were known as sister parties, but after this, csu's authority dipped in the polls, merkel has weakened. it is a negative outcome for a fragile coalition. what do you think the political implications are from here >> at this stage we're waiting for the spd to give their approval of this latest deal the politicians this morning say they expect that to happen but there may be more tweaks made to the proposal whereby migrants arriving at germany's borders with austria would be screened to see whether they have either registered applications for asylum elsewhere or been denied asylum in germany. if that's the case, they will be turned around inside bulgaria. the csu, there are slight concerns for them among the party faithful, in terms of who might vote for the afd, the far-right party. that's ahead of local elections i

mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum seekers, and was reported to be unhappyh this week's european union deal on migration. russian football fans have been celebrating their team's unexpected triumph over spain in the world cup. russia won the match in moscow in a penalty shoot—out, eliminating the former champions. in the quarter—finals, russia will face croatia, who beat denmark, also in a penalty shoot—out. now on bbc news: dateline london. hello, and a very warm welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill. this week, what do my guests make of the deal struck by european leaders around migration? how are relations between britain and the eu as we approach very difficult cabinet talks? and we'll discuss the direction of the us supreme court as its longest serving justice announces his retirement. my guests this week: the british conservative commentator, alex deane, the irish times correspondent, suzanne lynch, these days in washington, the guardian columnist, nesrine malik, and the american writer and host of the frdh podcast, michael goldfarb. a warm welcome

mr seehofer is said to have made the offer at a meeting of his csu party, which is part of germany'she was reported to be unhappy with this week's european union deal on migration. 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 champion posted on his facebook page that it is too soon for him to return to five—set grand slam matches. the 31—year—old came back last month to a warm—up tornament for wimbledon a

german interior minister horst seehofer, threatened to resign over the issue.ed austrian chancellor sebastian kurz, whose right wing government fears that tighter german controls would raise the number of migrants on its own soil. today seehofer was sent to vienna to meet with kurz in order to explain the new plan. 0ur reporter bethany bell was there. he came to vienna to try and clarify what the german migrant plan might mean for austria, and he appears to have allayed the fears of the austrian government about what it might mean. he said that austria would not be obliged to take back asylum—seekers who had made an asylu m asylum—seekers who had made an asylum application in a different eu country, and he also said he would be holding talks with italy and with greece, something he said which could be quite complicated. for his part, the austrian chancellor said the two sides had agreed that the measures taken by germany would not harm austria, and then he said something even more ambitious, that the interior ministers of austria, italy and germany would meet n

this isn't the first time horst seehofer has issued an ultimatum.migration plan. she has come back with a plan, he has rejected it as being not tough enough and says unless he gets his way, he resign. mrs merkel‘s fingers are itching to take that resignation letter from are itching to take that resignation letterfrom him, you might imagine. she can't do that. as leader of one of her coalition partners, she really needs to protect this alliance. if that fails, then the coalition government could fall, possibly taking mrs merkel‘s career with it. there have been talks up on talks. the leaders were into the early hours of the morning trying to figure out a solution, they have gone into crisis talks again this evening. looking at the situation the face of it, mrs merkel appears to have the upper hand. she has the support of her party. horst seehofer‘s colleagues also appeared to be distancing themselves from him. coming up with rather more conciliatory messages ahead of these talks along the lines of, we want this alliance to stay together. if horst see

seehofer stays. >> the trump administration letting zte resume business activity in the u.s.hares of micron technology slumped on word that is chips have been temporarily banned in china. this seems to be the first step in putting zte back into the good graces of the trump administration. but what comes next? >> right now, zte will be able to service contracts they signed on or before april 15, when the u.s. had slapped their ban on them. they are due to pay $400 billion in an escrow account. that was part of the ban last week, the ousted the chairman of the board, and they are moving toward august 1, when presumably, the trump administration will decide yea or nay, that they can continue doing business with the u.s. companies. >> as the door open for them, it is closing for micron in china. >> umc and micron were involved in a big intellectual-property battle, there was a lawsuit filed against them in china and they won a preliminary injunction blocking the sale of certain chips in a minute china from micron. micron will likely launch some sort of protest, and settle the dis

seehofer stays.ngela merkel, presumably also stays. >> the trump administration letting zte resume business activity in the u.s. shares of micron technology slumped on word that is chips have been temporarily banned in china. this seems to be the first step of bringing zte back into the good graces of the trump administration. but what comes next? >> right now, zte will be able to service contracts they signed on or before april 15, when the ban ond slapped the them. the next steps, they are due to pay $400 billion in an escrow account. that was part of the demand last week, the ousted the chairman of the board, and they are moving toward august 1, when presumably, the trump administration will decide yea or nay, that they can continue doing business with the u.s. companies. >> as the door opens them, it is closing when it comes to micron in china. what is the status here in terms of this and how unusual is this for a china court to do? >> umc and micron were involved in a big intellectual-property b

. >> seehofer is the man to watch. he's the interior ministry and the head of csu parties.t's one of the two parties in coalition with angela merkel's cdu. he's the one who in talks with party members yesterday. that in munich threatened to resign over a migration issue focused on germany's border and the controls, hoping allowing people into the country who have already acclaimed asylum elsewhere in europe. that was the reason that angela merkel traveled to brussels twice last week for an emergency summit with a dozen different leaders and again thursday and friday, the focus of the summit in brussels was about trying to find a solution to this very vexing issue of migration in europe seehofer not happy with the deal she brought back from brussels at this point, it's uncertain what happens next. they will meet today it could be the future of her chancellorship at stake, brian. >> certainly could this is a big moment for the eu's biggest economy willem marks in england. >>> a lot to do on a busy monday morning. what are the biggest risks to your money we've put out a twitte

mr seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum—seekers, and was reported to be unhappyh last week's european union deal on migration. andrew plant reports. he is part of chancellor merkel‘s coalition government but has become one of her loudest critics too. now horst seehofer, leader of the christian social union party, and germany's interior minister, has offered to resign over mrs merkel‘s approach to migration. at a summit in brussels last week, an agreement was made among eu leaders to share migrants more evenly across the european union, and build new reception centres, too. the talks were prompted by italy and malta turning away rescue boats that had picked up migrants crossing to europe from north africa. angela merkel‘s ideas for building migrant processing centres were already a much harder stance to her previous open—door approach. but the proposals hammered out in brussels proved a tougher sell back home. it's not yet clear whether mr seehofer‘s offer to resign will be accepted. chancellor merkel, though, will be keen not to weaken her coalition and avoid new

mr seehofer clearly still feels very raw about angela merkel‘s decision to open the door in 2015 andhat is making most ground towards the october elections is the far right afd, so you have a real problem in germany and i am not hearing that angela merkel has a solution to it. first of all, his problems are in bavaria, angela merkel won the re—election last year. we have to see that she has a majority in this party, goes forward with her policy. this battle, the same as in the financial questions about armament, we have increased our amount of money for that. i think she will go forward and is in a strong position, we will see that. she is working on the route causes. she and mrjuncker are responsible the deal with turkey. certain questions in niger. every attack by the in accuracy in the style of mr trump will strengthen angela merkel. last question, is it time for germany to fundamentally reassess its geostrategic alliances? is this the end for all of those assumptions about the relationship between germany, europe and the united states? no, not at all. i think this situation will

horst seehofer, the interior minister, reportedly said that the proposals weren't as effective as turningice have launched a manhunt after a notorious armed robber staged a daring jailbreak in a suburb of paris. according to reports, redoine faid escaped after a helicopter landed in the prison courtyard and heavily—armed accomplices helped him flee. this is faid's second spectacular jailbreak and a major embarrassment for french officials, as five years ago he blasted himself out of prison with explosives. there were celebrations in tredegar today, as the community remembered its most famous son, the founder of the nhs, aneurin bevan. its been the culmination of a week of events in the town, where bevan used the local workingmen's medical aid society as the blueprint for the national health service, which turns 70 later this week. our wales correspondent sian lloyd reports. brass band plays. tredegar took to the streets for bevan day in traditional style. hundreds joined the local band on a banner march to remember this former mining town's famous son, and to commemorate 70 years of the n

earlier this month, the party's leader and federal interior minister, horst seehofer, nearly broughtrkel‘s government in a dispute over migration. and the world snail racing championships have been taking place in britain. i kid you not. more than 150 snails slugged it out over the weekend. after hearing the command, "ready, steady, slow!" the first snail to reach the middle rim among three circles on a cloth is declared the winner. and the prize? a silver tankard, stuffed with lettuce leaves for the triumphant snail. iam assuming i am assuming rather than the gentleman who owns the snail. interesting race. more than 1.5 million people have had their medical records stolen, in the worst cyber attack in singapore's history on friday. hackers stole prescription records from more than 160,000 people, including prime minister lee hsien loong. authorities are now working to track down those responsible, described as a "deliberate, targeted and well—planned cyber attack" by expert hackers. leonard kleinman is chief advisor for cyber security firm rsa. earlier he told me that healthcare dat

germany's interior minister horst seehofer has withdrawn a threat to resign, after talks with chancellorngela merkel. he said they'd reached agreement on tougher border controls. mrs merkel made a deal with other eu leaders to process the high numbers of migrants arriving from north africa. 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

horst seehofer offered to esign, from the bavaria party but pulled back homing to reach understandingof company. our correspondent joins us. how much to this about break post evering cal ahead of elections? >> i think the risk of coalition breaking down has somewhat diminished. because what they did was offered his post. if he would step probably the union was not going to break down, that was the biggest rick. steps away and the coalition is united. fine. let's take the worst case cenario and the csu steps aside. how does merkel rule? > there are different options to what she could do. the most likely is that she in a minority government. probably with toll ration of the would stay then she in government. obviously there's the possibility of new elections, things there's a really very limited appetite to go into elections, so the likely is more that she would stay. mind i do think that we are far away from that scenario, all parties hat involved are very well aware that they have to get their hats and also the csu, the hat of the bavaria state. he said that really, he has no this ion

germany's interior minister horst seehofer has withdrawn a threat to resign, after talks with chancellora merkel. he said they'd reached an agreement on tougher border controls. mrs merkel made a deal with other eu leaders to deal with the high number of migrants arriving from north africa. 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 straigh

germany's interior minister horst seehofer has withdrawn a threat to resign, after talks with chancellorngela merkel. he said they'd reached agreement on tougher border controls. mrs merkel made a deal with other eu leaders to process the high numbers of migrants arriving from north africa. 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 signi

earlier this month, the party's leader and federal interior minister, horst seehofer, nearly broughtl‘s government in a dispute over migration. a former security aide to president macron of france has been charged in connection with the beating of a demonstrator during may day protests in paris. alexandre benalla was sacked on friday after video emerged which showed him assaulting a man. mr macron‘s opponents accuse him of involvement in a cover—up. g20 finance ministers say increased tensions over trade are posing a risk to global growth. at the end of a two—day meeting in argentina, they called for greater dialogue to reduce the risk. in recent months, the trump administration has imposed tariffs on some imports, sparking retaliation. kulveer ranger, vice president strategy and communication at atos joins me now. good to see you, kulveer. so, this meeting, it seems it ended without any firm resolution on how to reduce these tensions. the fear is that we get more tariffs, more retaliatory measures and the global trade system sta rts measures and the global trade system starts to sei

germany's interior minister, horst seehofer, says he will not resign after hours of crisis talks withborder from austria. he had earlier threatened to quit, but said tighter border controls had been agreed. police on the island of bute are attempting to piece together the last movements of a 6—year—old girl whose body was found in woodland yesterday. officers are treating the death of alesha mcphail as unexplained, and are keen to speak to any of the island's residents who joined the search after she was reported missing at around 6:30am. there is the number of people, through social media, that were alerted to this missing child and came to assist in the area. and i would really like those who have not spoken to the police to come forward in the fact that we can establish who was there, and then we have critical information of what has taken place. tributes have been paid to a 3—year—old girl who died after being thrown from an inflatable trampoline on a beach. the family of ava—may littleboy said she was no ordinary little girl. they said she made a lasting impression on everybody s

horst seehofer, the interior minister, reportedly said that the proposals weren't as effective as turninger. a notorious career thief in france has escaped from prison in a helicopter. he is one of france's most wanted criminals and escaped from jail near paris this morning. what's even more extraordinary is that this is faeed's second jailbreak. in 2013 he blasted his way out of a prison using dynamite, as richard lister reports. a career criminal, inspired by gangster movies. redoine faid is now on the run. his escape from this present in the paris suburbs had all the hallmarks of a film script. as he waited in a visiting area, two accomplices in a hijacked helicopter landed in the grounds. using smoke bombs and heavy tools, they broke through to faid, bundled him onto the helicopter and flew him away. the helicopter was later found 60 kilometres from the prison. its pilot had been seized as he waited to give a lesson. after flying faid and his accomplices out, he was released unharmed. redoine faid had a measure of fame after writing a book about his life of crime during a previous jai

seehofer ended their disput. seehofer had threatened to resign. the u.s. battle with china, just days before the countries are likely to impose tariffs on each other. the trump administration has moved to red china mobile from entering the u.s. telecommunications market on national security grounds. sweden takes on switzerland in the round of 16. yesterday, belgium came from two 3-2. down to defeat japan for everything you need to know about the world cup, log on to your bloomberg terminal. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. tom: thanks so much. delicate ballet . this is in switzerland with mr. rouhani from iran. this is exceptionally symbolic with the president of iran coming for the first time in two years to europe. the symbolism of this is profound, visiting austria as well. there is a huge set of symbolism, isn't there? guy: absolutely. the europeans are making sure the iran deal survives in some shape. that is l

now, horst seehofer may have overplayed his hand. he's threatening to resign. the key question is if he resigns will he take his party with him or will they simply put in a replacement as interior minister? if he takes his party with him yes, that threatens merkel's coalition government. in, however, the csu says listen, we have an alternate name for interior minister, then it means she is safe for now. so it's not clear if this is simply internal politics yet or if it's going to affect it on a national level. we should find out later today at around 5:00 p.m. local is when they're going to be meeting. and hopefully some announcement will come out today. >> atika, just the sense among people there given the pressure that the chancellor is under, what are people saying within the country about this new situation that she faces? >> i think they see this as a political spat. the issue of migration was an issue in 2015. and that's when people felt overwhelmed by the tens of thousands of asylum seekers that literally walked into the country across europe seeking asy

interior minister horst seehofer had threatened last night to resign over his demands for tougher curbs on migrants. his christian social union is part of meel's coalition. back in this country, the f.b.i. says it arrested a cleveland man wh'stalked of bombing the ci july fourth parade. demetrius pitts was charged sunday with trying to support a tion.rist organi officials say he scouted potential targets for an undercover agent who posed as an al-qaeda contact. >> he looked for locations to park a van that would be packed with explosives. he talked about targets like st. john's cathedral off the map. and just yesterday he discussed giving remote controlled cars packed with explosives and shrapnel to the children of our military uniform members. >> woodruff: the f.b.i. says pitts was radicalized in the united states, and there's no evidence he ever travele abroad. movie producer harvey weinstein was indicted on new s today. he's now accused of xually assaulting a third woman. it allegedly happened in 2006. weinstein has already been charged with sexually assaulting twother women in 2004

interior minister horst seehofer, who leads her bavarian csu allies, has now dropped his threat to resignple who have applied for asylum in other eu countries from entering germany. the dutch prime minister has warned that clarity is required on "every aspect" of the future relationship between the european union and britain theresa may is meeting mark rutte ahead of a crunch cabinet meeting at chequers on friday which aims to finalise a white paper on the uk's future relations with the eu, aimed at paving the way for an agreement in the autumn. some 3000 police officers in france continue to be involved in the hunt for a convict who was sprung from prison by a gang using a helicopter. redoine faid had beenjailed for his part in a bank robbery in which a police officer was killed. faid said his lifestyle has been modelled on gangsters played by robert de niro and al pacino. fans who came to see a basketball match between the philippines and australia last night ended up witnessing more than just the game. match officials spent over 30 minutes trying to restore order in the world cup quali

seehofer stays. about what does this say merkel's leadership?he might have stymied this particular eruption, but it just does not look that stable, does it? >> exactly. this is a diminished chancellor. clearly hurt election performance was a sign of that. angela merkel has been able to cut a deal, a migration deal in brussels, and three bilateral deals when it comes to migration with the governments of spain, greece, and austria. this is a government that still yields a lot of power and can get things done. no one to this point is willing to challenge her openly. angela merkel diminished but still powerful in office. manus: thank you very much, maria. she had the latest twist and turns on the german front. joining us now is saker anwar nusseibeh from hermes fund managers. iset the feeling that there political risk building, and perhaps we are underpricing in germany. would you agree or disagree? saker: there is certainly political risk, i think. that's true, but also, be careful not to underestimate chancellor merkel. she is a very good dealmake

germany's interior minister horst seehofer says he will not resign, after hours of crisis talks withd on how to prevent illegal migration across the border from austria. he had earlier threatened to quit but said tighter border controls had been agreed. dozens of migrants have gone missing after a boat they were travelling in capsized off the coast of libya on sunday. one local official claims 63 in total are missing, with 41 having been rescued. the international organisation for migration has warned there has been an "alarming increase" in deaths at sea and around 170 migrants have gone missing in the mediterranean in separate incidents since friday. more than 40 homes have been evacuated following separate fires in north wales as the effects of britain's heat wave continues. residents in carmel and bethesda on the edge of snowdonia were forced to leave their homes as fires raged overnight. ben ando has more. a heatwave that's becoming too hot to handle. at mynydd cilgwyn in carmel on the fringes of the snowdonia national park in north wales, 15 homes were evacuated as burning gras

horst seehofer, who leads bavaria's christian social union, a key party in mrs merkel‘s coalition hasndreas manuel lopez 0brad0r, an anti—establishment left winger, says he'll deliver ‘profound change' after his landslide victory. us president donald trump has congratulated mr 0brad0r, and said he's looking forward to working with him. relations between the two countries have been soured by mr trump's promise to build a wall along the border and make mexico pay for it. but mr 0brador has said he'll seek friendly relations and a frank dialogue with the us. will grant reports from mexico. andres manuel lopez 0brador has waited 12 years for this moment. having narrowly missed out on the presidency in 2006, this was a victory he savoured. in many ways, though, he's waited a lifetime. from the moment he burst on to the political scene as a left—wing activist, he clearly wanted the presidency. now, at the third attempt, it is his. the campaign might have been the bloodiest in mexico's history, but the vote itself passed off peacefully — at least in most polling stations. in aragon, a low in

horst seehofer has been pushing for a tougher approach to asylum seekers and was reported to be unhappye people of mexico have elected their first left—wing president in recent history. andres manuel lopez 0brador, a former mayor of mexico city, defeated both of the two main parties who have governed mexico for nearly a century. the campaign has been marred by some of the worst political violence for decades. the rights of eu students to study in england will be extended beyond brexit, the government has announced. it means those starting in autumn of next year will pay the same tuition fees as home students throughout their degree. the scottish government had already made a similar commitment for eu students starting at scottish universities. celebrity couple cheryl tweedy and liam payne have announced they are splitting after more than two years together. the former girls aloud star and one direction member confirmed the decision in posts on social media. they said they were sad to make the announcement and it had been a tough decision. the couple have a son, bear, who was born in mar