e. u. a year later that figure had tumbled to under 30000000000. the down trend has continued since then. last year, chinese investment in the e u and the u. k fell to just over 6 and a half 1000000000 euros atanya low. chinese investors still find europe appealing, and damage on the tightening by e u. countries of their scrutiny of sensitive purchases have eased their appetite days. headwinds in europe, right. in the last year, the investment screening regime has come on line. so that is creating extra hurdles for chinese companies that want to acquire european companies. but also there's outgoing capital controls in china that have not east and make it difficult for chinese companies to move capital outside the country. last year, severally, you states tightened requirements for investment from nani, you or 3rd party countries hindering some takeovers by chinese companies. the currently tense ties between the you and china could mean more headwinds, so that countries investors in europe. and let's take a look now at some of the other business stories making headlines around the world . spain and portugal became the 1st e u countries to wi

their strategic alliance. biden has called at the closest relationship in the world between the e u and the u. s, which has been badly damaged into trump era. to do this, they have to remove a lot of trouble between the you and the u. s. which also has been building up during the from era which are terrorists. so what we are expecting here in the next hour is one announcement about a long, long trade dispute between the us and you about it. craft building a subsidies. so between boeing on one hand in the us, an air bus here in europe. so we want, we are expecting announcement on that that that will be removed, but still the metal terrorists in place and bite and hasn't shown any incentive us yet. so we move those instead just hang on for a 2nd. i just want to play this out because also the agenda is jo buttons much anticipated meeting tomorrow with vladimir putin. and in an interview with the u. s . network nbc, which was broadcast on monday, the russian president said he's open to dialogue at a range of subjects despite deteriorate, relations on us. not sure you do federal and you that we ha

a secretary blinking said he a month ago, and the u. e. u. special envoy for the reiterated it and recent statements where we sit and fall into gray bears the hallmarks of crimes against humanity. and quite possibly a genocide. and those responsible must be held accountable in this disaster is not a beta by an inclusive national dialogue and a political sentiment soon. we could witness one of our closest and most powerful allies in africa, mont, toward civil war. and eventually, a state collapse such an outcome would be catastrophic for e, c, o, p, as people, and for the horn of africa. and that is why it is important that this administration and this congress remain focused on this issue until a solution is found. ethiopia has been a longstanding part into the united states and prime minister abi a noble peace prize winner represent at promise and hope, but more for more unified country. when he rose to power in 2018 prospects for a durable piece. and if you and it's wrote as a responsible regional leader now in question, as is prime minist

e u. one president by. he goes into that meeting, he brings that interest. he brings the values and the community of the west of nato, and the e. u. and the transatlantic relationship with him in many ways he speaks on behalf of everyone. and that i think is really important. having been in advance having the bilateral conversations with leaders. president biden met today, for example, with the baltic leaders who have very strong interests and concerns about russia's behavior. having had that high level sat meeting right before meeting president, putin as an ideal scenario for showing solidarity within nato and solidarity against putin's aggression. christian brazil, policy analyst on the u. s. e. u relations and nato. madam, thank you for sharing your views until to thank you very much or use president joe biden has struck a very different tone to his predecessor as we were discussing when it comes to the importance of nato diplomat to get it her james bass looks at how the alliance might change under his leadership and the challenges it faces. for the 1st time for over 4 years, nato's most powerful member. as a leader who is fi

now the e u and the u. s. have resolved a 17 year dispute about aircraft subsidies. it means america's boeing and europe's air bus will not have to pay terrorists for 5 years. you as president joe biden is calling it a major breakthrough and says it also helps counter china's anti competitive practices in the ation sector. the agreement was reached off by met with you leaders in brussels during his fast trip to europe since taking office from brussel setbacks and has more on the day's events united front against china also economically. that's what joe biden wanted to achieve here in brussels. and to achieve that, he had to come up with an interesting offer. and the offer came in the form of a deal on aircraft subsidies. this had lab to legal battles lasting 17 years long and also met the terrorists imposed on both sides the e u and the u. s. it was all about state subsidies for boeing on one side in the us and on air bus here in the you. now there is a $5.00 fee of truth on these powers which means that the air between the us should . ringback be clear for why this

led to legal battles lasting 17 years long and also met the terrorists imposed on both sides the e u and the u. s. it was all about state subsidies for boy on one side in the us and on air bus here in the you. now there is a $5.00 fee of truth on these paris which means that the air between the us should . ringback be clear for why this meeting started with a breakthrough on aircraft. the agreement we have fall now really opens a new chapter in our relationship because we move from litigation to cooperation on aircraft and that after almost 20 years of dispute, it is the longest trade dispute in the history of w t o. the relationship between the you and the u. s. had suffered pretty badly from 4 years of donald trump. now joe biden wasn't town to strengthen this very strategic atlantic partnership that those 2 pack have had for a long time. biden has called the closest relationship in the world, and to achieve that, this trade disputes that basically were dominating the trump. iraq also tara's on mattel, minium 25 percent, very high terrorists that also have really this the traits relation bet

u. s. e u relations. joe biden has already been in europe for one week and they clearly were and because the us president made it plain that the u. s. is ready to turn the page american. we are committed, we have never fully left, but we are researching back and it's overwhelming the interest of america to have a great relationship with and they don't have a very different than my predecessors. and joe biden came to brussels with a gift for his european friends. both sides announced the truth for the airbus boys tre dispute, which will lead to the listing of billions of dollars in tariffs. the conflict over subsidies to the rival plane makers has been going on for 17 years. the decision is seen as the move to join forces to send up to a more or so to china. the agreement we follow now really opens a new chapter in our relationship because we move from litigation to corporation on aircraft and that after almost 20 years of dispute, it is the longest trade dispute in the history of w t. o. joe biden left brussels before the final press conference and headed to geneva, where he will meet with the russian president vladimir putin. t

the e u. u k. u s. in canada. say they're presenting a united front against president alexander lucas shameka for repressing human rights. the action follows the force diversion of a plane to arrest a belive russian opposition journalist and the crackdown on protest against lucas shank is disputed election when last year. the new measures include travel bands and freezing the assets of people close to the president, the bel erosion exiled opposition leaders, atlanta to kind of sky says they send a clear and powerful message. was conveyed to mr. chicken sky. yeah. did the union remain ready to support the future, the lucrative arose with a comprehensive plan of economic support of up to 3 billions. furthermore, credibility was supporting it. we need help right now through the sanctions person has decided to they cannot to really cited sean and continue putting pressure on their lucas as go regime the department of state and the department of treasury, designated 62 bell russian individuals and 5 entities and respon

u. s. e. u and others, only people in government held areas could vote, and there was never any doubt over the outcome. but the election helps to cement bizarre loss of control, even though he's presiding over a country shattered by war. on a digital show, start here, my team and i looked at what started the war and why there's no end in sight. but 1st, a warning. this video contains pictures you may find disturbing. the me, let's talk about the war in syria. the entire city's flattened hospital bond, ancient sites, low enough, 13000000 people forced to leave their home at one point the un said the battlefield k off made it impossible to count the dead. so they stopped. but the fighting hasn't and people are still dying. the little feeling doing suffering in syria. it's just beyond imagination. i think nobody expected that 10 years later, we would still be in the midst of this conflict. so who's fighting? who? where are serious millions of refugees? and why does this seem like a war without end? for years, the syrian war was the biggest news story around today. not so much. maybe it's media fatigue. maybe people think it's over in the president. bashar last lot is one of the syrian government seems to think so the cities and railway they're being rebuilt. domestic flights of started up again. they're even letting travels longer than why in the area. it's not because you think we, how far and through tame is changed. in reality though, most of syria is still and ruined me in the if you compare the amount of invest to few compared to the money to initiate the impacts of before the syrians, the people left the end of august crisis. it's dated. it all started back in 2011. the arab spring was happening, and leaders in new jersey and egypt had already been overthrown in syria. some children had been watching all that on tv and decided to send their president. a message for the children were arrested and tortured and people started protesting. the government responded with force. the syrian uprising was on demonstrators killed wild clashing with security forces in what appears to be the most serious threat to his family is 40 year rule. protests have now spread from the southern city of death to damascus, hammer, homes, and other cities prove this movement was started to me. i mean, it shook the regime to nation. the all sod regime had been in power for more than 40 years. starting with our father, many people were tired of things like corruption being repressed. they wanted a lot that out. when the war started, it was very much a civil war author and forces against the syrian opposition that included people who defected from the military. and opponents who picked up a gun, then other players piled in the us turkey and others cited with the opposition pretty much from the start. the syrian president had allies to russian warplanes bombed from the air and militias backed by iran font on the ground. but there were other enemies common to them all i saw on this or front and other groups. consider terrorist took advantage of the chaos to take control. then syrian kurdish fighters got involved, they joined up with aaron militias to push eiffel out and stake their own territorial claim. turkey though, seized them as terrorists, and didn't want them on a southern border. so they went to war with the syrian kurtz. it's been a messy battlefield, and over the course of those 10 years, the syrian people have suffered the most. the people who weren't part of that war was bombed by the sod regime, attacked with chemical weapons blockaded, starved and detained. mainly by outside forces. victims of filed allegations of war crimes and courts all over europe. finance. martha colored, i'm at the irony, highly behavior. things were bad during the peak of the war. but right now the economy has never been worse. nearly 90 percent of syrians live below the poverty line, their currency, the pound is that its lowest ever level against the dollar, making everything expensive. costs are on a john hadn't come from the phone. as of last, there are shortages of fuel food. some places only have electricity for a few hours a day out to not a covered 19 epidemic that no one knows the real scale of, even without the conflict being at high level. there's still aren't services sufficient enough for people to have jobs and send their kids to school and receive adequate health care. okay, so where is the war at right now? these days the government has control of about 2 thirds of the country, but they are still fighting for parts of the north, where all kinds of groups are still hanging on from syrian rebels or in one part where turkeys basically in control. and then there's a lip, the last opposition stronghold. ah, it's a complicated place. syrian rebels are mixed in with lots of groups. consider terrace. millions of refugees are living there in camps. ah, an every so often syrian and russian forces attack they say they're liberating inlet from terrorists. couple condemned in blue metal canada hygiene and meanwhile, syrian current control this region. hundreds of us soldiers are still there, 2, mainly protecting oil fields. but there are other groups roaming around, including militias, backed by iran, like had beloved. don't notice though there's no sign of vital anywhere. it took a while, but eventually they were pushed out their leader of the bunker all by daddy was killed by the u. s. in 2019, and most of their fighters were either captured or killed. but i feel as id ology of survived, and it's spreading in camps were fighters and their families are being held. i says billed on several things, including cairo's, lack of a grievance in the division, the people in need for jobs and i think it's been that they're recruiting. so that's where the conflict is that. but you can't talk about a nation without talking about its people. and half of a syrian people are refugees, me more than 6000000 or internally displaced. but another 5 and a half 1000000 are living outside of serial. turkeys taken in the most, followed by lebanon. jordan, iraq and egypt over the years there have been countless peace talks and all of them have failed. right now the un is put together, a committee made up of both opposition and government people. it's to try to turn the page on the war by writing a new constitution, but it's not really working. meanwhile, there are all those external play

now the e u u. s. and other g 7 countries plan to set up their own trillion dollar infrastructure projects for poor countries. we can now speak to the mona manor, who is executive vice president of the american chamber of commerce in germany. thanks a lot for joining us on the to be business. can we firmly say that trade relations between the states and europe have been improved by this? did it? oh, definitely. i think it's, it's a huge step forward because we are coming out of this to accusations and going into win win. and both were good enough and not too proud to make that step towards each other. and that is very important signal. we've seen a change in policy from the states towards europe, between the biden and the president says, and we're seeing that change from the states a couple of times of the last 5 years, trump arriving and leaving it now uncertain for europeans trying to work with the united states, what the future actually holds that i think they, they can supplanted the relationship i

e. u. a year later that figure had tumbled to under 30000000000. the down trend has continued since then. last year, chinese investment in the e u and the u. k fell to just over 6 and a half 1000000000 euros atanya low. chinese investor still find europe appealing, the pandemic, and the tightening by e u. countries of their scrutiny of sensitive purchasers have eased their appetite . bez headwinds in europe, right. in the last year, the investment screening regime has come on line. so that is creating extra hurdles for chinese companies that want to acquire european companies, but also this outgoing capital controls in china that have not east and make it difficult for chinese companies to move capital outside the country. last year, severally, you states tightened requirements for investment from nani, you or 3rd party countries hindering some takeovers by chinese companies. the currently tense ties between the you and china, could mean more headwinds, so that countries investors in europe. and let's take a look now at some of the other business stories making headlines around the world . spain and portugal became the 1st e u countries to

e. u and the u. k. about trading arrangements put in place after breakfast. they fear it may derail the historic piece, still signed in 1998. the good friday agreement. cobit 19 has changed the world since the last g 7 meeting in barrett's in france almost 2 years ago. for this 1st in person, high level meeting since the pandemic started the lead, as also will no longer have to deal with the trump factor the confrontational manner. and unpredictability of the full president unnerved the u. s. is closest allies. it's hard to overstate how significant that is. i've been talking about. so i a deep sigh of relief. i think for 2 reasons. one is added to it. very different american president. it is in one sense, a return to america that want to leave that thinks diplomacy matters that invests and that's the overall direction president biden's foreign policy is clear. it's the buying close allies and partners and then with the united position deal with problems. and those countries that don't share the us his values, and that's exactly what he's doing with this trip

let's look at the international reaction because canada, the e u, the u. k, the u. s. they have all condemned this twitter band, i mean the, the u. s. as it has no place in a democracy. don't you need foreign investments to help build your economy? we need for an investment. we also need for those countries to be mindful of the fact that i prob and such groups have been engaging lobby firms like mike, you re, public affairs, for instance, that it's paying $85000.00 a day to churn out, such negative stuff to, to go and a full court press on us senators and, and prominent people, prominent politicians so that they would create this negative narrative about nigeria and which is far from the truth. and those were on ground know that. and the, for instance, the british high commissioner in nigeria is aware of that because now she's on the receiving end. she's being threatened by the same i pulled by now you can the lead of april. and mr. ambassador, i'd like to ask you because i mean what, what is clear is that the economic situation in the country is not good. unemployment

u. s. e. u unity here in brussels is likely to help joe biden put pressure on his trash and counterpart on wednesday. let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world. so back as a supreme court has dismissed the quickle's of to suspect accused of planning the 2018 murder of investigative journalists could see. i can't, his field se enrolled at a lower court did not properly assess available evidence when claimed marian consciousness and his associates. elaine, it over the court has ordered a new trial. israeli police arrested several palestinian protesters as a much ready nation, has got the way so called march of the flags commemorates the anniversary of the countries. 1967, occupation of east jerusalem passes through the heart of the cities muslin quarter, masters called on palestinians to resist the protests of broken. asking me and monica in the countries that really minisey genta is by heavy right. hundreds to strengthen. come to south to demand a return to civilian rule. the demonstrations come a day after opposition leader sounds if she went on trial for the physician. are the new reports from germany's domestic intelligence agency has far right extremism . it's on the rise of fuels in part by the pandemic. corona virus process of allowed we are not to spread the ideologies according to finding data from 33000 people in germany, belong to the queen extreme. it's spectrum to hungary where the parliament is passed a law banning material do to promote homosexuality or gender reassignment to children. the government says the legislation protects children with l g b t, q activists and human rights group say it's homophobic. thousands of protesters rallied outside parliament to denounce the new law. the kind of food show support l g b t writes outside parliament in the past. whether such public displays are still legal is now in doubt. the new law just passed fans anything deemed to promote homosexuality to children, including bringing up l g b, t issues and gender diversity in schools. those behind the new legislation, faith protects children. campaigners condemned the law as a cynical attempt to link homosexuality with sexual deviant. equating sexual and gender diversity with peter celia strikes at the very core of the human dignity and humility of l. g. b, t, people and hungary, and poses a real risk of putting them and their safety and well being. danger. prime minister victor oberon, single down to children's book featuring gender diverse characters. he said it crossed a red line. others on the far right, labeled the book, homosexual propaganda. books like that, as well as advertisement showing same sex relationships and now banned. when i did, it gets my message mad, me on the on the ban. children have a right to know the world. they live in more than my dad or they have a right. and i don't what social reality has, let me check with you now in hungary, social realities, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. and part of the role of education is to make children fully aware of their, of us. but the hunger is right wing government has cracked down on l g b t writes, not recognizing gay marriage banning l g b t couples from adopting and out flooring gender changes the l g b t. community fear the new law is just the next step in the erosion of their right . tech giant, ibm has unveiled its 1st quantum computer outside the u. s. and the 1st ever in germany, the technology has the potential to vastly out perform today's fastest computers that when fully developed will be a global game changer. china and the u. s. of invested heavily in quantum research . now europe hopes to catch up quantum system. one is the vanguard of a new golden age in computing. it was developed by the us, tick joy and idea when presented to the public in southern germany. the 1st commercial quantum computer on european soil, the spot it's unethical. visiting the beginning of the end for traditional computing, which won't be able to give up all the challenges in store for eventually it's being run by germany scout who for society which sees quantum system one as the future of its core competence applied research. the big advantage of quantum computing is the amount of data it can process. similar tenuously, for example, calculating the most efficient route through a complex network of roads. traditional computers approach the problem

e. u to the u. k. now take much longer once a week, colon francis drives from north ryan westphalia to the u. k. and back again. his employer specializes in transports to england. collin, a native britain likes his job. he was stationed nearby as a soldier for a long time. he chose to stay in germany to raise his 4 children and retrained as a truck drivers. but recently he's had to put up with a lot of hassle. the knock narr claremore checks and all that. everything takes longer in that sites on. but if i get, i'm lucky, i might wait 3 days just for the paperwork and talk. sometimes it's ready straight away. sometimes it takes a few hours. but if i'm unlocking it can take 3 days, but i target the last time he hopes to be back from the u. k. in 3 days, he has plans when he gets home, my kinda of whole and i want to take up my children and do something fun with him. but cooking baking the 150 drivers in the company face the same problems as colon many field stressed out . it's difficult to make plans or

for the time being human outside the in goes back with you as the evening goes on, then now the e u and the u. s. have resolved the 17 year dispute about that cross subsidies. it means tariffs have been suspended 5 years for americas. boeing and europe's ed bus . he was president joe biden courted a major breakthrough and says it will help counter chinese anti competitive practice practices in the ation sector. the agreement was reached after biden. i met with you leaders in brussels during his 1st trip to europe since taking office . we had an excellent meeting among friends and allies. and this meeting started with a breakthrough on aircraft. the agreement we found now really opened a new chapter in our relationship because we move from litigation to cooperation on aircraft and that after almost 20 years of dispute, it is the longest trade dispute in the history of w t o. vast and is monitoring the summit from brussels? yes. as live on the lanes has. it's the longest tre dispute of the w t. o. and that means that this is indeed a breakthrough. what they're talking about is, di says, states

u. s. president succeeded insuring up unity and solidarity in the western alliances. i think he has brent and i was there in person at the nato summit's and you know, the u. s. e u meetings and at every stop allies were so pleased to meet with with president biden. and, you know, we may, as journalists have gotten tired of hearing him say, america is back, america will be there for you. but i assure you that the, the european partners did not. in fact, he sort of made a joke as he was heading into the meeting with or live underlying and sure all, michelle hey, aren't you sick of seeing me? yes, because it's spent the weekend with them at the g 7. and they said, oh no, president bite and we're very happy to be working with you. so i think that it was, it was self on the wounds of the last 4 years of the trump administration. and people weren't tired of hearing that and they'll be there will be more trust now in the transit atlantic relationship. thanks to this week long visit by president biden. right. d w theory shows covering the summit forces geneva switzerland. excellent work is always terry. thank you. you are doing now by michelle guild link. he is a member

u. s. e u summit with a strong sense of transatlantic solidarity. that is the most important message that i think he can send to both russia and china. he sent it and i think he had into the meeting in geneva with wind in his fail as a result. i mean, would you say then that when he goes back to washington after this whirlwind tour of europe that we will be looking at a, a strengthened us president a strengthened us president abroad. yes, a strengthen us president at home remained. could you see? i think vitamin had bent over backwards during the trip to say to americans, i'm doing this for the middle class. i'm investing in relationships abroad to build the us economy. but he's going to go back to a very polarized america. and a huge question in the coming weeks is, will he get bipartisan support for the big, ambitious domestic agenda that he has laid out that in many respects, is the $6000000.00 question. yeah, he may be wishing he could come back to europe that next week we will see charles custom, but the council on foreign relations in the u. s. is because we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. good to see you. thank you. my pleasure to join you are let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world . slovakia, the supreme court has dismissed the acquittals and to suspect used to finding the 2018 murders of investigative journalists, young hoops, eoc and his fiance. it ruled that a lower court did not properly assess available evidence when he cleared businessmen. are you coach nor? and his associate alina to soba, the court has ordered a new trial. fresh protest broke out in me and more against the countries really military hunter. despite heavy rain, hundreds took to the streets in the country south to demand a return to civilian rule. demonstrations come a day after opposition leader on san sue. she was on trial accused of sedition. a french court, his find a swedish furniture giant. i hear a 1000000 euros for spying on employees. he is french subsidiary had been a

u. s. e. u unity here in brussels is likely to help joe biden put pressure on his trash and counterpart on wednesday. let's get more on joe biden's, european tour with david o sullivan, who was a boss of it to the restroom 2014 to 2019. welcome to d. w, let's start with the boeing agreement to continue to disagree. how significant is this time pre settlement of that trade dispute? i think it's a very important breakthrough. it is a complicated problem. i've been involved in that litigation many years ago. i know how complex it is. it was impossible to find the definitive agreement in the time available, but taking time out and pausing the the other towers for 5 years is a huge relief to the other industries involved and will give the negotiators time to find the delicate wording on, on what kind of subsidies can eventually be legally given to large civil aviation producers to find a solution to that. so it's actually a very big deal. and i think a very positive side, both for the other industries affected and poisoned by this dispute, but also for airbus and boeing, especially as they will face increasing competition mainly from chinese producers in the future. ok, let's talk about to china. has been buying has very much lead the antique china charge at the g 7. and at yesterday's nato summit, given that china is the use biggest trading partner, come to us and the you reconcile that different approaches to beijing. yes, i think they can, don't forget, the china is also a very big trading partner of the united states, including owning a lot of us debt. so china is deeply implicated in the global economy. and i don't think that any of us can imagine a world in which we simply decouple from china. on the other hand, there's a lot in china's behavior which we as europeans find objectionable, excessive subsidies. i p test and, and compulsory acquisition. so there is a, we, your opinions are not naive about china. the, the challenge i think is to avoid that this turns into a new cold war, which leads only to confrontation. we have to balance the pushback against the things that we find objectionable, including human rights and some of china's behavior in the region with engagement and cooperation with china in areas where we will need that such as climate change . for example, when i go onto russia, president biden meets vladimir putin tomorrow. what will a successful meeting look like? from an american perspective? i suppose know drama. president biden has said he wants a stable and predictable relationship with russia. i'm not sure the president does stability and predictability. i think he likes to keep people throw people off their guard. there is obviously a lot the both sides are not happy with. the americans will have their list of complaints about russian behavior from human rights through to interference in the elections through, through to behavior in ukraine and bella. ruth, but president putin will also have his list. and i think the trick will be whether they can find a way of managing those differences. but and avoiding that here again, this relationship turns into a sort of standoff, which becomes a 0 sum game going forward, which is known as anyone's interest, least of all, for those of us in europe. you've watched 2 very different american president stay with vladimir coach if you were in the room when joe biden was getting his last minute briefing. what would be your advice? i think president biden is a very shrewd politician that he's been, he's been doing this for a long time. he was vice president. he was president obama special envoy on ukraine . so he knows that region. he knows the russians. well, i think he will be very charming. he will be very open, but firm on, on the points which are important for him, but he will reach out to boot and say, look, we don't agree on everything. let's find a way of co existing and not creating excessive tensions for each other. will mr. put and be interested in that? he did remark recently that he hope that president biden would be a less impulsive president. so maybe he didn't feel in the end that he got as much from president trump as everyone thought he might. but i think president biden is a very shrewd politician. who knows this part of the world. well, he will. he will know what he wants to do. the question is whether he can establish a relationship that is workable as a lot of european love, joe biden, especially compared to he's a pre dissenter. but when you look at actions rather than words, it just leaves me wondering. there's major difference between the trump and the, the by an administration seems to have been tone rather than actual. i wonder if the you should be strengthen is strengthening its own independent positions on russia, china iran? well, i think if we want to be a reliable and a good partner of the united states, we have to do that. we have to stand more on our own 2 feet. we have to do more for our own defense and security. we have to look to our strategic economical, telling me because that's in our own interest, and it's ultimately in america's interest. but i think it's unfair to say that it's only the tone in the style that have changed biden, he has rejoined the paris climate accord. he is engaging in trying to reconnect on the joint column plan of action with iran on the nuclear deal. he has shown yesterday a firm commitment to nature and the article 5 of the, of the native trees. so these are more than just changes of tone and style. they are real changes of substance. of course, differences will remain, let's be honest. we do have divergence is across the atlantic. the issue is can we manage those while at the same time building and the lions to face the new challenges, the challenges, of course, of, of china and russia, but also the challenges of artificial intelligence, the coming technological revolution, which is going to dramatically alter, not just our economy and our social life, but also the theater of war. look at cyber cyber warfare. so we have every interest in working with the americans on these issues. but you're right. we also need to stand more in our own 2 feet. and as your opinions be better able to manage our own affairs, it's very clear, very interesting. thank you so much for talking to us. i think you know, sullivan, former you back to the, to the e at the us. thank you very much. joe biden has now arrived in geneva, the next stuff on his european to this is where for the 1st time as president, you need to rush. this is vladimir coach. and on wednesday, the summit comes at the time and us russian relations and most strains for years. the talks are expected to cover a range of issues on which 2 sides disagree, including brushes, room in ukraine, and moscow's cracked down on opposition activists at home. so let's get a rush and perspective on this meeting from andre court court coltrane, of whose director general of the kremlin founded of russian international affairs. come so welcome to d. w. and what does bother me put in one to from this meeting? well, i think that he also wants predictability and stability. he understands the relations between russia and the united states will continue to be mostly adversarial, at least for the foreseeable future. but at the same time, there are some potential pockets all far corporation that can be pursued schroeder, and also even the confrontation can and should be managed to reduce costs and to got down or eat associated with this confrontation. so what would a success look like? of and other than that, nobody getting a shot or insulted i think that in the 1st place, put in would like to read you. us russian us controls negotiations. what will happen after the you start agreement? there are so many issues related to the technological progress in the military field to include in cyber space and told them as lethal weapons and prom strike capabilities that complaint there is a lot that the 2 sides have to discuss and hopefully a lot the 2 sides have to agree upon. he would also like to discuss the more general issues of to digit stability that might include the international terrorism and crisis situations in various regents of the world. not on all of this crisis situation. so russia and the united states are likely to agree, i don't think that there is a lot of room for a compromise on issues like ukraine or bellows, or even libya, but on some of them may be up against on maybe north korea, maybe yemen for sure the arctic region, i think on some of these issues, there is a place to agree, at least on certain situational issues that would make our lives somewhat a little bit easier. hi, the security has been a very big issue for the americans, especially when you look at russian time bringing us elections and the cock branch that moscow seems to give hackers you think were like me to say any discussion or agreement there. well, the depends on the political will, but i think that own cyber, the, the bullets in the us court, russia suggest a couple of times that you for the united states has concerns or complaints about the rational behavior we should put together a joint task force at a high level and we should dig into this problem so that all misunderstanding can be removed and potentially the 2 countries can work together on cyber issues. i recall that. busy the peasant dump came to power and they had a meeting with president putin on the sides of the g. 20 summit in hamburg that was discussed and the top at 1st. busy suggest the probably that was a good idea, but later on when he got back to washington, he was criticized and he had to develop this idea. i'm not sure that he hasn't biden, we'll be more receptive today. joined us, russian task force on cybersecurity. but probably these big gap and perceptions between the 2 countries can be narrowed if not breached of incidence as usual. but this is a misunderstanding or a gap in perception. you don't need a joint task force to not interfere in and other countries election to stop providing a safe haven for hackers. yeah, this is exactly what mister polluted will ask mister, bite him to do in view of the 4th common the russian elections to the, to the rational legislature. the perception in the crim, whether it is right or ought or not is up to you to judge. but the perception is that the united states exactly into fears into russian domestic appeals by supporting political opposition and ideally food and would like to sign an agreement with present bite to bite on mutual non interference. however, this is apparently not what person biden is going to do because of his concerns about human rights in russia. so the position of present biden is to the u. s. interference is benign and therefore should be tolerated, while of the russian to feel is maligned. and therefore, should the host. very interesting. thank you so much for joining us. andre quarter enough from the russian international affairs council. take a look at so most owners are making news around the world. authorities of tightened security in jerusalem ahead of a planned march buys railey ultra nationalists, so called march of the flags commemorate c, anniversary of israel, 1967 occupation of east jerusalem. passage through the city at the heart of the cities, muslin, quarter, masters called on palestinians to resist the parade. at least 5 people were killed and several others wounded. when gunman targeted polio vaccination teams in the africa. and if you have general about, no group is claimed responsibility. i've gone extend is one of the only 2 countries where polio was still. and demi a court in france is fine swedish furniture giants ikea, a 1000000 euro spying on em

u. k. prime minister on northern island. northern ireland is a source of tension between the u. s. and the u. k. right now, because of the tensions between the u. k and the e u over northern ireland of the u. s. all concerned that these tensions on no, no other than we didn't know norland could become a problem with regard to the good friday agreement, signed in 1998. it all comes as many things right here in the u. k. right now it comes down to breaks it as part of the brakes. it deal. they did a sort of fudge with regard to new knowledge. so that could be free trade. continuing on the island of ireland that you could have goods from the u. k. part of the island, northern ireland travel freely to the republic of our trains, part of the you in order to get that deal. the protocol says that you have to board a checks for goods leaving england scotland wales to go to another part of the u. k . northern ireland that is controversial here in the u. k. to say the least, there's a lot of pressure on the u. k. to withdraw from parts of that protocol that sangree the u. right now the latest route is about british sausages and where the sausages made in england, fo

u. s. e. u relations nato and transatlantic security cooperation. she says biden's, attendance at the summit before meeting russia as president sends a strong message to moscow. present, abide, and alluded to the fact that many leaders had thanked him for having this meeting with president. what's important about the meeting in geneva is that yes, president biden is coming into the meeting representing the united states of america. first and foremost, that is true. but president biden goes on this trip after having deep consultations with the g 7 with nato, with the e u. one president by that goes into that meeting. he brings that interest. he brings the values and the community of the west of nato and the you in the trenches relationship with him. in many ways he speaks on behalf of everyone. and that i think is really important. having these events having the bilateral conversations with leaders, president biden met today, for example, with, with the baltic leaders who have very strong interests and concerns about russia's behavior. having had that high level set meeting right before meeting president potent, there's an ideal scenario for showing solidarity within nato and solidarity against the aggression now are members of congress. and the us have held a moment of silence as the number of covered 900 deaths. their approaches, 600000 democrats and republicans, student steps of the capital building in honor of those who died. the u. s. a. comes for 15 percent of the worldwide corona virus death toll. but with more than 40 percent of the population

u. e. the u. s. france. countries like these to stop interfering in the domestic politics of libya. question, we will ask you this question last year and i think the danger and we haven't made much progress. and we'd like to say that we have got a parking signed in october 2020. that mandated the rule of the promotion we might today. the biggest challenge, since a lot of companies have been the 2 countries that have delivered those sweetly russia and the way he refused to acknowledge that they in fact, claim that they haven't learned goldman civil war and haven't had no. and the last several years to the point, we found that the un, unable to great detail about what they've done, if i'm willing to cool russia, mostly emerald semester, by the name of the international level, jelly. acknowledge that that was going to be very difficult to make them come good when it required sequencing and meet on the phones we got the prominence anymore. we need tangible outcomes. and now there is a big election 24 hours. there are only promises and gentlemen's agreement are those that don't even ackn

u. s. e u summit, with a strong sense of transatlantic solidarity. that is the most important message that i think he can send to both russia and china. he sent it and i think he had into the meeting in geneva with wind in his sails as a result. i mean, would you say then that when he goes back to washington after this whirlwind tour of europe, that we will be looking at a, a strengthened us president a strengthened us president abroad. yes. a strengthen us president at homes, remain to be seen. i think bible has bent over backwards during the trip to say to americans, i'm doing best for the middle class. i'm investing in relationships abroad to build the us economy. but he's going to go back to a very polarized america. and a huge question in the coming weeks is, will he get bipartisan support for the big, ambitious domestic agenda that he has laid out that in many respects, is the $6000000.00 question. yeah, you may be wishing he could come back to europe next week. we will see charles, come with the council on foreign relations in the u. s. is because we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. good to see you. thank you. our lives, take a look now. some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world, fresh protested, broken out to me and more against the countries ruling military hunter. despite heavy rain, hundreds stick to the streets and the countries south to demand the return to civilian rule demonstrations come a day after opposition leader on songs. when she went on trial, the accused of sedition lucky supreme court has dismissed the acquittals of 2 suspects. accused of planning the 2018 murders of investigative journalist young could see in his fiance. it ruined that a lower court did not properly assess available evidence when he cleared businessmen, marian coach, nor in his associate alina suit, so that the court has ordered a new trial. and some hungary, parliament has passed a law banning content for train or promoting homosexuality or sex reassignment surgery to children. thousan

u. s. president succeeded insuring up unity and solidarity in the western alliances. i think he has grant and i was there in person at the nato summit's and you know, the u. s. e u meetings and at every stop allies were so pleased to meet with with president biden. and, you know, we may, as, as journalist have gotten tired of hearing him say america is back, america will be there for you. but i assure you that the european partners did not . in fact, he sort of made a joke as he was heading into the meeting with are still live underlying and charl michelle. hey, aren't you sick of seeing me? yes, because it's been the weekend with them at the g 7. and they said, oh no, president biden, we're very happy to be working with you. so i think that it was, it was self on the wounds of the last 4 years of the trump administration. and people weren't tired of hearing that and they'll be there will be more trust now in the transit atlantic relationship. thanks for this week. long visit by president biden. right. the w theory shows covering the summit forces geneva switzerland. excellent work is always terry, thank you. are enjoying now by michelle guild link. he is a memb

unilaterally imposed currency and restrictions, and it is disappointing in the life of the the e u announcement of an e u digital. cobit passport, which is going to start on the 1st of july, which will enable any of the $27.00 countries or inhabitants of any of the country, 7 countries to travel with complete freedom and impunity from one country to another. now billy went out of the you, but i would very much hope that our government would be given the fact that we've, we've got the best vaccination roll out, that our government would be pressing the you to say ok for our citizens that are, that are double jam, please, please, please can we have the same same recognition facility to travel the u. s. media have become the world's least trusted and have seen sharp falls to and views and readers according to a study by oxford university. the poll of almost 100000 people around the globe found that finland is actually left into top spot with 2 in 3, they're believing their media. by contrast, they research you said that coverage of the pandemic by us let contributed to less than 30 percent. not trusting the

e. working with the n. s a here to spy on the u. l. i don't the u. s. do you make any distinction between that kind of spying and cyber hacking? well, listen, that kind of spine which we referred to as espionage, right? is actually far more dangerous. so there is a case of the solar wind case in which us agencies fly. agency said that russian state actors had gotten into us software and were able to spy on us. okay, that's not ransomware, that's fine. that is much more destructive. the u. s. does this all over the world . we know they've done it in the e. we know that they've the n s a tap the phones of world leaders, right? it's much or serious then some hacker getting into the ferry that takes you back and forth to martha's vineyard and saying i want them bitcoin to turn it back on. these are, those are much more serious instances, but there is a distinction between ransomware and cyber warfare. the u. s. again is heavily as a government in cyber warfare, not in ransomware, fed and co america, unraveling it all for us, right. so we'll go to coming up

u. s. president succeeded insuring up unity and solidarity in the western alliances. i think he has brent and i was there in person at the nato summit's and you know, the u. s. e u meetings and at every stop allies were so pleased to meet with with president biden. and, you know, we may, as journalists have gotten tired of hearing him say, america is back, america will be there for you. but i assure you that the, the european partners did not. in fact, he sort of made a joke as he was heading into the meeting with are still live underlying and sure. all, michelle hey, aren't you sick of seeing me? yes, because it's spent the weekend with them at the g 7. and they said, oh no, president biden, we're very happy to be working with you. so i think that it was, it was self on the wounds of the last 4 years of the trump administration. and people weren't tired of hearing that and they'll be there will be more trust now in the transit atlantic relationship. thanks for this week. long visit by president biden. w series of covering the summit forces geneva switzerland. excellent work is always terry. thank you. you are enjoying now by michelle gil link. he is a member of

i think it sets the tone for the e u. u. s. relationship going forward. the u. s. is clearly willing to, to bargain with you on some of these issues. but trade experts have also said that these boeing, airbus tariffs are really the low hanging fruit for negotiation to. there are a lot more difficult negotiations and more difficult topics that the you in the u. s. are going to have to tackle going forward, including the aluminum and steel tariffs with the trump administration, put on on the european metals. so those are still in place. we haven't heard much at all about when they plan to discuss those as well. there's going to be the broader question of, of china. as barbara mentioned, many in europe are still quite hesitant to become much more aggressive tours trying to because of how dependent europe still is on the chinese market. so that's going to also be a real tone center for this relationship. that's chelsea delaney and frank and barbara talking to us from brussel. thank you ladies. and now let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the

u. s. president to europe until now. first of the g 7 summit in england and the native summit and then the height of the e u. u. s. meeting and clearly the united states, back the trans atlantic alliances back on the trans atlantic relations of crucial importance for us in the european union. i'm the 2 main pillars, our security and defense on the one hand on trade, on the other hand. and if we now managed to solve this dispute, which has been keeping us busy for nearly 20 years, and that is certainly a good positive step in the right direction. i hope the steps can follow in the next years. okay, so the broad strokes are there, but are you disappointed that we didn't see the by the ministration, scrap of those terrorists on steel and aluminum that still remain the what i would very much welcome about these topics will also be scrapped. this is especially important for the german steel and alan minium industry. but we're not there yet, but let's keep working on them. and now working groups are being established on trade, on technology. and this is exactly what it's all about. we need to unleash the potential. w

u. s. e u meetings and at every stop allies were so pleased to meet with with president biden. and, you know, we may, as journalists have gotten tired of hearing him say, america is back, america will be there for you. but i assure you that the, the european partners did not. in fact, he sort of made a joke as he was heading into the meeting with or live underlying and sure all, michelle, hey, aren't you sick of seeing me? yes, because it's spent the weekend with them at the g 7. and they said, oh no, president biden, we're very happy to be working with you. so i think that it was, it was self on the wounds of the last 4 years of the trump administration. and people weren't tired of hearing that and they'll be there will be more trust now in the transit atlantic relationship. thanks to this week long visit by president biden, w series of covering the summit, forced to leave a switzerland excellent work is always terry. thank you. you are doing now by michelle guild link. he is a member of the german buddhist, talking to different parliament from the f d p party. he's also the deputy chairman of the german russian parliamentary friendship group. it's good to have you back on the program. mr. link, let me ask you as well, you as a german, as an, as a european. was this a successful summit and for whom what i think it was, as we heard right now, it was a visa professional summit. it was a very important that we hadn't circus, but we had a professional summit with no takers with foreign ministers. well prepared. and i'm pretty sure that president biden, he addressed all the critical things that need to be addressed in private, one to one. quite the contrary, his predecessor, donald trump in helsinki, which was to us, european, the nightmare. what i want you to take a listen to what the foreign policy chief said today about what europe has to do concerning its relationship with russia take. unless it is a union must become more robust and we also need to finally to step up to support isn't foreigners, not review, says eastern partners. he is referring to ukraine. they are. does supporting your eastern neighbors? does it now include supporting nato membership for ukraine? is that a step that germany is going to stand behind? i think on the long round, that's the right way to go. but what is more important that we have a clear perspective for ukraine and i at ga more heading a membership perspective for the european union. made a membership can be controversial and, and so therefore, we would prefer very much and also my party, free democrats. we prefer much more thinking about the long term perspective for you crane also to join the european union. i think that's much more important. and we should address that when the us president, when he began his tour of europe last week, you posted this tweet here. we want to pull up and show our viewers. you tweeted that today by begins his 1st tour of europe as us president and we go further go the increasingly dangerous activities of russia in china aimed at weakening democracies. necessitate close cooperation with the united states of america. me ask you have those transatlantic ties? have they been strengthened by jo biden's visit? very clearly. yes. in the, in an ideal world, what we would need to see, what we'd like to see is a structural covenant dialogue between the u. s. and the you will, you on the one side and the rush on the other side as permanent structure dialect. we are not getting there, but the very fact that the u. s. president is visiting the european union and really taking the european union as an extra layer. that is the really a great pro with an oldest group. but know that you have to live up to the u. s. expectation. and that means we need to be stronger. we need to speak with one voice . we need to be faster in decision making. we cannot afford anymore to have our complicated decision making. we really need to live up to the investment until abide and also now mate in the you clearly is expect from us to be stronger and to speak with one voice only. then we can be partners and be to ship. you know, the u. s. depends on the u. s. on germany a lot and especially german chancellor, angular medical and we know that she will be stepping down in september. and with her leaving the european union, washington are going to lose a window t

u. s. e u summit. and so i think he's, he's, you know what he needed to do, which is consult with allied restraint and trans atlantic security cooperation and focus both not only on russia but also on china as well. so i think he's are, he is already heated out of the park using a us baseball metaphor. but i think the best outcome tomorrow is that the president is firm with mr. about his own read lives in the united states, including many things that were just mentioned, cyber hacking threats to ukraine. the treatment of russian opposition leader electing the body. so there's a number of things that are on the table. and i think many people believe there's one, there's not high expectations for the outcomes to the summit. but at a minimum of the u. s. in russia need to be sitting down at a table and communicating, given the stakes of issues that are on the table. the you, as president says he is not looking for conflict with food and but if you list intelligence is correct, hooton's russia has been working non stop to create conflicts with the us. so how do these 2 leaders? how do they talk about that without talking around that? yeah, well, i think there's going to be, again, a lot of straight talk from this present president biden about these challenges already. you've seen it in the u. s. response in terms of both sanctions but also again in terms of how it is approaching some of these issues with russia, including on cyber. and i think that's particularly important that the us presidents send those strong messages right now it's, it's diplomacy. this is one meeting. this may lead to additional meeting to after that, but i do think that you're going to be a little bit of a, talking over each other when it comes to each other

u. n. n e u summit. this diplomacy is essential because no single nation acting alone can meet all the challenge we face today because the world is changing. quote, another arch priorities to the world, change change utterly. a terrible beauty has been born. were in a different place and we were 10 years ago. better position, but a different place. we have to build a shared future we seek future nations are free from coercion or dominance by more powerful states. we're the global comments, the see, the air, the space and space remain open and accessible for the benefit of all to tackle the century's most pressing challenges. we have to do it together. we have to end covered $900.00, not just at home, which we're doing, but everywhere. there's no wall high enough to keep us safe from this pandemic. for the next biological threat we face and there will be others and requires coordinated multi lateral action. we must all commit to an ambitious climate action if we're going to prevent the worst impacts of cl

u. k. and the e u. a really at loggerheads. and this is something that has actually in a way overshadowed the summit. so it is looking good for me on one hand. but obviously if you look a little more closely, there are some tensions. definitely, definitely says that feeling you also have, well, yeah, i mean, as we've been saying that there are, you know, just the fact that joe biden has, who's come into the presidency, doesn't make all of the issues between either europe in the united states or within europe. completely disappear, breaks it is a major disruption in the relationship between britain and the european union and aspect of it really not going well. and the 2 sides seem to be pretty dug into their respective positions over this really quite complex issue of how to deal between with trade, between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and the united kingdom. so resolving that is not going to be easy. but i think, well, maybe another thing that we could maybe touch on is quite an interesting thing to come out of

send mog triggers fundamental concerns in the e, u and u n. after it's passed a law now allowing asylum seekers to be relocated to countries outside europe. whether applications are being process ah, hello, they're great to become pretty low from ortiz, will these h q this friday for june? is kevin o in here for the next 30 minutes with you. so 1st rushes high profile economic forums in full motion in st. petersburg, where global business movers and shakers are under one roof. this week, we expect more prominent guest to take the floor later friday. in a few hours time, russian president, putin is likely to be there as well, along with the leaders of qatar and australia. no, no surprise that the pandemic and how it's all to the business environment was the early focus of many at the event. and a consensus is emerging that the health of the global economy depends on a swift returned to no malady through inoculation programs. meantime, the review of russia sputnik v vaccine for the world health organization and european medicines agencies still

e. u and u. s. for his pasta law loving asylum seekers to be relocated, the countries outside europe, while they're applications being processed. ah, so one of the afternoon lunchtime in moscow time life from ortiz world use edge q this friday for june, kevin, in service for the next 30 minutes, good day to you. and thanks for choosing in. first and rushes high profile economic forum, as you heard in full motion and some petersburg were global business movers and shakers around the one roof. this week, no surprise the pandemic and how it's old to the business environment was the early focus of much of the event. and consensus is emerging that the health of the global economy depends on a swift return to normality through inoculation programs. meantime, the review of russia sputnik v vaccine, by the way, health organization and european medicines agency is still in limbo today, despite dozens of countries worldwide. already having authorized the job, the head of the russian direct investment fund spo

u. s. and e. u government's has been halted for the time being the u. s. and you have agreed to suspend tariffs for 5 years in relation to the boeing air bus battle, which is at bought at the w t o. ready for 17 years, the rivalry has caused plenty of tension between europe in the us, with things heating up during the trump administration. in 2019, the world trade organization gave us the greenlight to bring in tariffs worth up to $7500000000.00 on products from the u. that was in response to illegal government support of boeing's rival european playmaker air bus. and just last year, the w t o ruled in favor of the european union, concluding that illegal aid was given to jet plane manufacturer. boeing by the us govern, that you planned to impose $4000000000.00 in tariffs against the u. s. and action which the block chose to delay until after the 2020 u. s. election. after which point tensions already began to ease those. my remember very well, it started when i got my 1st phone call by president biden in february, and we jointly decided to solve this probl

e. u to the u. k. now take much longer once a week, colon francis drives from north ryan westphalia to the u. k. and back again. his employer specializes in transports to england. collin, a native britain likes his job. he was stationed nearby as a soldier for a long time. he chose to stay in germany to raise his 4 children and retrained as a truck drivers. but recently he's had to put up with a lot of hassle, knocked claremore checks, and everything takes longer than that sites on. but if i get, i'm lucky, i might wait 3 days just for the paperwork and talk. sometimes it's ready straight away much. sometimes it takes a few hours, but if i'm unlocking it can take 3 days, but i target the last time he hopes to be back from the u. k. in 3 days, he has plans when he gets home like into a hole and i want to take up my children and do something fun with him. but cooking baking the 150 drivers in the company face the same problems as collin. many feel stressed out. it's difficult to make plans or have family

e. u, the u. k, the u. s. they have all condemned this twitter band. i mean the, the u. s. s that has no place in a democracy. don't you need foreign investments to help build your economy we need for an investment. we also need for those countries to be mindful of the fact that i prob and such groups have been engaging lobby firms like mike you, republic affairs, for instance, that it's paying $85000.00 a day to churn out, such negative stuff to, to go into full court press on us senators and, and prominent people, prominent politicians so that they would create this negative narrative about nigeria and which is far from the truth. and those were on ground. know that. and the forest of the british high commissioner in the year is aware of that, because now she's on the receiving end. she's being threatened by the same i pulled by number economy the lead of april. and mister ambassador, i'd like to ask you because i mean, what is clear is that the economic situation in the country is not good. unemployment has more than quadrupled since to hurry took office. more than half

e. u and u. s. sanctions doesn't increasingly the security council become more and more toothless. and then the un itself become more irrelevant. it's not truthful if in fact it has become 2 or 3. but they have chief very strong power on tours to solve the problems to solve of september. i schuman right issues and violations of, and prince person ideas of the international united nations, chatham, in the case of t grey, i, again, the t p concern that this is now being prepared, perpetrated by the country when the leader is a nobel peace, laurie prime minister i b med war so i didn't know that piece only just a couple of years ago. and now this are 6600000 people in the grey, the grave. i think they are suffering or law because of 1st of all, lego food level one term. and there is always a military actions. i am again asking african union african union. they have quite the efficient way of making decisions. but they have not yet taken in a productive way. in recent weeks we've seen another conflict in the middle east, the bombardment of gauze, rocket spot by hamas. you have seen thi