union in vienna on tuesday improving economic growth in africa would reduce migration flows participant said increased european investment has also ended curbing china's reach on the continent. the line of official vehicles goes on and on top politicians from twenty different countries have come to vienna to take part in the e.u. africa summit along with c.e.o.'s and managing directors from around a thousand companies. a speech this isn't just about foreign aid or migration this is about a partnership between equals and that's what we're going to do today in big part we way too late china's been doing this for years yes but we do it better. a lot has certainly gone wrong in the past around five hundred billion dollars and development aid has been transferred from wealthy nations to africa since the one nine hundred fifty s. and there's not much to show for it now the partners hope economic cooperation building infrastructure and factories and creating jobs will be more effective at pushing development forward as there is going to be mutual benefit. africa gains and europe and gave us un

have been migrating to europe they can't compete so who's to blame the european union and its lavish agricultural policies african states and their lack of action for you the shopper i decided to find out. that you like to keep. this is where most of it arrives a port in the capital accra as europeans prefer the breast of the chicken the leftovers end up here shipped in refrigerated containers halfway around the world. on our way from the harbor we visit the cold stores that sell that they tell us they only stock what customers want and that local farms couldn't meet the rising demand. these boxes have just made the journey from the us state of georgia where the modern chicken industry was born from the netherlands belgium more than they can get their hands on. this customer wants his chicken even cheaper florence forty cooma argues she wouldn't even make a profit that. way if. the u.s. and brazil have also discovered the market for surplus legs and wings but europe is the top exporter to africa last year the dumped one hundred thirty five thousand tons of frozen chicken on the gunme

have been migrating to europe they can't compete so who's to blame the european union and its lavish agricultural policies african states and their lack of action for you the shopper i decided to find out. that you like to keep. this is where most of it arrives pour in the capital accra as europeans prefer the breast of the chicken the leftovers end up here shipped in refrigerated containers halfway around the world. on our way from the harbor we visit the cold stores that sell that they tell us they only stock what customers want and that local farms couldn't meet the rising demand. these boxes have just made the journey from the us state of georgia where the modern chicken industry was born from the netherlands belgium more than they can get their hands on. this customer wants his chicken even cheaper florence forty cooma argues she wouldn't even make a profit that. way if. the u.s. and brazil have also discovered the market for surplus legs and wings but europe is the top exporter to africa last year the new dumped one hundred thirty five thousand tons of. frozen chicken on the gu

to africa now in germany's efforts to stem migration from according to the european union has become a major route for those fleeing their homes around ninety percent of west african migrants now travel through the country now germany is upping its presence in one of the world's poorest countries. the german defense minister on the military airfield in the capital niamey in the air germany financed the modernization of the base in german forces stationed here support missions in neighboring mali and the army of music there. in the region into a. new one with the mind we will only be able to overcome these challenges if we work together minds on my system. needs there is one of the poorest countries in the world it's the country of origin and transit for west africans heading to europe the army of news year has been unable to contain large scale people smuggling which has been on the rise in recent years. c b d u food our troops are frustrated by the lack of transport does. the inability to react quickly and bring soldiers to the places they are needed in this huge expanse of the forc

union says there are already signs it's working as a result of financial institution or reform now for the union has achieved the savings of the firth percent in our next budget and the member states paying it but at a share of their being. germany has also launched an even closer partnership with a group of countries such as senegal morocco and ethiopia berlin is offering extra money but the support is dependent on reforms. you're far from it we want the african countries to carry out reform because the africans must do more themselves above all on good governance and combat in corruption that these twelve countries are doing this there's been proof of that we believe in economic cooperation of corporates on the compact for africa has generated new investment though some say progress is too slow and others question who benefits more africans or western firms but the leaders gathered in berlin were clear that this public and private investment is a win win for both europe and its southern neighbors. and we can say without equivocation that africa is indeed open for business. help for a

union says there are already signs it's working as a result of financial and instructional reform now for the union has achieved the savings of the twelve percent. next budget and the member states paying a greater share of the b. . germany has also launched an even close in partnership with a group of countries such as senegal morocco and ethiopia and is offering extra money but the support is dependent on reforms. that form and we want the african countries to carry out reforms to africans must do more than cells above all on good governance and combating corruption these twelve countries are doing this it's was a proof of that and we believe in economic cooperation because that's not all but. the compact for africa has generated new investment though some say progress is too slow and others question who benefits more africans old western firms but the leaders gathered in lynnwood clear that this public and private investment is a win win for both europe and its southern neighbors. and we can say without any equivocation that africa is indeed open for business. help for africa's eco

of the african union as. germany. coming out of the un security council what are the focal points of the cooperation between the actual country s. . on the basis of these many challenges that twelve mentioned by both of you and i hope that the president can answer to it later when the chancellor has an answer to that line from my point. as far as germany is concerned the un security council will be an important to rina for us when it comes to discussing conflict prevention and dealing with conflicts in general there are many jobs also for egypt here because libya is one of the items that has to be right at the top of the agenda equally we need to keep having an eye on the maiden aunts praises we briefly discussed the situation in gaza today that basically both of us are advocates of a two state solution which however has become rather complex because of the current situation so these are two important is is as is development because germany is again child really advocate the role of women and girls we have a lot of ed

your goal the gold set by the african union and for two thousand and sixty three this can all be facilitated particularly because it involves infrastructure projects for the continent of africa out. in this effort it is extremely important that the initiative is based on the spirit of partnership where every african country can define and set its own priorities and we. continue with two of the compact compact with africa also represents a firm political commitment from participating african countries to a new developmental and governance approaches that were definitely unlock. activity. we applaud fellow african countries that are participating in this initiative demonstrating the value of global cooperation and coordination to what an industrialized developing prosperous africa since its launch in twenty seventeen we have already witness progress under the compact with africa initiative we now have a list of flagship projects worth billions of u.s. dollars which are identified but which are also earmarked for investment and this represents the enhance the involvement of developmental financ

union others where you are not in white or were invited late so they were not able to come and that was the simula situation was journalist me personally i got my accreditation a confirmation to come to come around two days before the election and it was the same day when they closed the border so i was not able to go there anymore i during we saw on your report there's been a lot of violence and you've been traveling across the country what are you hearing from people. well it's of course a terrible situation for civilians in that region because they're on the present from both sides from the military and the separatists we went by road from bomb end to taking the main road basically to nigeria the biggest trade route and is a three hundred kilometer trip that took us seven hours because we were stopped at twelve military checkpoints we could see that systematically people were asked for bribes to pos through but we also stopped on five checkpoints by the on brazilian separatists fight us on three occasions we were clearly asked for money once we were threatened as well so it shows

on me going to the austrian proposal has shown that they understand in which direction the european union is headed it's a strong signals that the proposed system and clear divisions remain but your leaders also try to show united front agreeing to boost cooperation with north african countries and to crack down on people smuggling. well here's a look at some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world people in russia annexed crimea have begun three days of national mourning in tribute to the victims of a school shooting that left at least twenty people dead russian authorities in the black sea port of courage say that an eighteen year old man detonated explosives and shot fellow students before killing himself german authorities say this man from northern germany was involved in the planning of a major islamic state terror attack here in the country two years ago now the plot allegedly aim for a large number of deaths at a music festival you know year long undercover security operation for oil the attack at least one person is being killed and dozens more injured

that this is talk about migration we won't fair equal partnership with the african continent because we do think that this will be one of the main. problems we have to do. to share together we've de we've got sick and so i will visit tunisia later this month and i i mean intending to visit my local in generally. we so we are very close. to the concerns of the africans but i wanted to say don't make the mistake to think that this is only a book by which we have this next to the investment program we have that we can trust fold and we have to build its stronger economic relation we've all african friends it's not only bought by bush thank you have one last question before the awesome gets even said can you does it call this young girl was if you mother. it's in the book because they're going to perceive you didn't that could. make it nice my whole point is to begin to. lead you to those who is conservative because the question. whether. people love the person you don't. know for could only region of the you know beyond. belief. we've been watching a live press conference there wrapping

union of service say the poll was largely honest with only minor irregularities although the opposition now says the one people must wait up to two weeks to know the official resounds. that we now draw in our correspondent fred one vs who has been a fun way of the election in cameroon fed to you in the capital of the angry phone southwest of the predominantly french speaking cameroon fundus followers were mobbed by violence their turnout was low tell us more about the challenges the region faces. thank you very much i'm retired there are several programs in boyer for example day issues of insecurity you you just go to bed and you he had just gotten shots there and then people if you talk to people they're afraid their fear is reigning in this region people don't have any jobs and those who have jobs they are not able to go to work because of insecurity for four or five trees to you as it has been right these if you walk around the streets what you see people i just i just afraid very afraid all of the hospitals have been a close the universities have been across there's so many or so ma

the president of the enter american development bank luis are there to latino and the african union special envoy on women peace and security into d r thank you so much to all of you for joining us here today ladies and gentlemen please let's give our panel a very warm welcome thank you now before we can talk about possible solutions i just like to get all of your assessments of the current situation because the united nations says the following about violent conflict it says that the number of global conflicts that reach the threshold of war that's more than one thousand people per year dying because of battle battle deaths has more than tripled in the past decade and crystal i'd like to turn to you now because we know that the world bank that your mission is really to to lift people out of extreme poverty those people are increasingly living in conflict prone areas. what worries you the most about the state of security in development right now i would add to these three the very significant concerns one is that in the world we can celebrate. the decline of extreme poverty over the last tw

in the fall of twenty seventeen ivory coast hosted to summit of the european union and african union called to focus on youth advancement it was meant to be a harmonious affair. but the e.u. arrived with a wish list it wanted guarantees that african states would take back citizens whose applications for asylum in europe had been rejected. amid a lack of consensus the issue of migration overshadowed the summit. we sat down with the african union's director for social affairs just because of european migration on. so you keep everybody else. on indeed figural sports shoes of all you see sometimes trying to do one i don't want to use you or deliberate but i see just too long intended consequences because there are narrow minded bullshit of keep them all to keep them all topped off costs across in front of us is not a crime we must all much we tried to rape you we all might get it from somewhere. in africa's migration is a motor for development citizens working abroad sent money home. in many countries that income is more crucial than development aid from europe. so what saw gould was to

we sat down with the african union's director for social affairs. just because of european migration on. keeping everybody. on indeed figure will shoot of all these sometimes trying to do one i don't want to use your deliberate but i see just too long intended consequences because there are natural mind it will shoot off keep them out keep them all topped off cost cross in front of us is not a crime much how much we try to make you we all might get it from somewhere. in africa's migration is a motor for development citizens working abroad sent money home. in many countries that income is more crucial than development aid from europe. so wausau goal is to see like i said it's our money going to record it. to see if i'm orderly honorable in my traditional a to city been if he's. going to continue to see my boss it's not something may get you on perhaps a ticket to a weak spot to to do not achieve the wheat from the right wing telling us to be able to. africans want more migration europeans less the twenty seven thousand summit ended in discord and wit

that's why saudi about controlling the outer borders having partnerships with northern african countries to establish disembarkation centers that's the term they use now for that you don't hear about that second part you know what happens with refugees people who are fleeing political hardship or political prosecution in other countries that make it to the european union will they be redistributed among the countries of the european union that is the part that's completely unclear and that's the part where you have the most controversy you've had actually for the last three years especially between countries like poland and hungary and countries like germany and france and quite frankly there really is absolutely no compromise in sight here because politicians like the door by the prime minister of hungary want this controversy because it helps them to gain to get elected in their own countries yeah i mean it's you know it's a point that probably bowled deserve its own extra summits in the foreseeable future who knows max hope in a correspondent tonight at that e.u. summit in salzburg au

and the african union has agreed on the plan africa twenty sixty three we must insist that they stick to this then we can support them it will only succeed if the commitment comes from the african states and their leaders themselves for fighting corruption equal rights and the full participation of women. i'm convinced that africa's women are a crucial key to success because why wouldn't. you say fighting corruption how can you ensure that the money you put into africa will not end up in the hands of the corrupt elite as it so often does. not a single europe of german taxpayers' money will go to corrupt elite or corrupt states. we only fund our own projects. i mention china here when it comes to development china is a step ahead with beijing is now investing another sixty billion dollars in the african continent to safeguard a supply of the natural resources of the chinese the new colonialists in africa. i'm not happy with a lot of the things that they are doing there. but we cannot simply condemn the chinese as the infrastructure they are creating is very valuable. we have to talk to

definitely not these are not sentiments that echoed by african leaders in fact african union chairman and president of the rwanda paul kagame as said the to china's a friend. who had zero ramaphosa as the president of south africa's alluding to the fact that africa and china share the same vision but during this first day of the summit there was emphasis on transparency especially by the african union commission chairman with fuck you saying that there needs to be transparency with trade between the two parties and also we had a statement by the united nations secretary general antonio terrace who said that there has to be sustainable physical policies in order for africans or in order for both parties africa and china to see the benefits of this particular relationship speaking about sustainable policy here there is growing criticism that chinese infrastructure projects are pushing african nations into debt how big a problem is this where you are in kenya for example. well it's interesting to see the standard gauge railway so it is one of the success stories during the first day of t

it's now more lucrative to punk cash there and that's not just affecting argentina the ruble the south african rand the turkish lira and the brazilian ryall are all plummeting political conflicts are making things worse argentina may have further to fall protests against the government are growing and the nation's biggest unions the g.t. says it has strikes planned to. an early we caught up with it craig the foreign exchange data wonder and asked him how concerned investors were about argentina's economic decline. it is worrying i mean really when you see the currency plummet in the way that the peso hospital last couple of days but even going but beyond that it's obviously not really a concern it seems this crisis is not a hand the government is clearly now relying on the i.m.f. to call me in and provide some needed stability in order to prevent the crisis worsening because ultimately this is going to lead to extremely difficult times for people in the country something that unfortunately they have become a cult of cause them to follow in the crisis back in two thousand and one craig they met

argentina may have further to fall protests against the government are growing and the nation's biggest union c g.t. says it has strikes planned to. let's bring in craig a senior market analyst at foreign exchange. in london good to have you with us how worrying is argentina's decline for investors. it is worrying i mean really when you see the currency equipment in the way that the peso hospital last couple of days but even going but beyond that is obviously not really a concern it seems this crisis is not a hand the government is clearly now relying on the i.m.f. to call them in and provide some much needed stability in order to prevent the crisis worsening because ultimately this is going to lead to extremely difficult times for people in the country something that unfortunately how become a cult of course them to follow in the crisis back in two thousand and one which is why they're not that keen on i am f.l.p. to start off with of course but we see it is not just argentina there are other emerging markets currencies are also struggling to turkish lira the brazilian believe the indian rup

argentina may have further to full protests against the government growing and the nation's biggest unions t.g.t. says it has strikes planned to. let us bring in our financial correspondent paul briggs here standing by the frankfurt stock a strange fall when the currency of an emerging country comes under pressure other emerging markets are also suffering that's been the argentina the pacer losing out we're also seeing in india the rupee is dropping and also we've got oh yes south africa the rand now why are all these currencies losing their values because all of these countries depend on the dollar loans in turkey was the private sector in argentina it is the government and with rising interest rates in the us it is more difficult for those for these current. treaties to get money and the interest is are going to continue to rise as long as the u.s. economy stays strong and on top of that the u.s. sorry the federal reserve is pulling out fifty billion dollars a month so that that money is just gone from the market and that makes the situation even worse and fog and you know the president

workers are as of yet organized in unions . but i want to bring in our correspondent from the africa desk daniel peds now daniel use folks who are in need of a walk as union in ten year which took on a chinese construction company and successfully negotiated better conditions what was his experience how hard was it. well jaw much aria the union leader that i talked to said negotiating such a deal with the chinese company was the hardest thing he had ever done in his life and i think it speaks for itself when you have an experienced union leader talking that way he said it was clear from the beginning that the managers are off the chinese company didn't have any experience negotiating with the unions and first kind of had to understand why this was to sit down and negotiate with union leaders about such issues as payment or holidays so the hardest thing he's ever done in his life these can be clearly david and goliath battles small unions against large multinationals do you think the success in kenya has emboldened other unions

workers are as of yet organized in unions . how is your correspondent linda holmes joins us from singapore the how much is this a case of exploitation or just badly organized unions. well ben you know most african nations are i just at the start of the economic development and jobs already usually quite difficult to come by to load for us to fight forcing wages as well as good working conditions and they've been union usually it's a fall off to the engagement in which western doing us all with and businesses you have seen walking to participate or let unions take off and china be part of a show well it doesn't even have to pay the labor unions in the country so this means that chinese pumps i'm really used to dealing with labor union labor rights and relations and this is perhaps why chinese firms operating in africa are often accused of violating international neighbor laws as well as national laws and the country's been so we going to start seeing the chinese pull out of africa if the unions get their act together. well in af

union i don't think people were expecting that maybe six months ago. so that's a very strong mandate for moving forward with the african continental free trade area and in actual fact we need twenty two ratifications by march for the process to the to go forward implementation to start with the global economy navigating the let's just say uncertain times is that the sense that actually makes more sense to approach a greater into african trade and. indeed yes i mean it's one of the most dynamic. trading relations for most african countries the traffic and trade it's been rising generally speaking and it's dynamic and it's also diversified political which is very important for african countries developmental aspirations so you'll find that whereas with the rest of the world they still try to trade in principally primary commodities such as oil coffee or tea amongst themselves they try to much more what effect are good citizens so that's a very important that in mind briefly andrei i mean free trade sentiments been taking a hit in other parts of the wild

hello and welcome to a new edition of pan african union magazine called africa my name is. and i'm here on the outskirts of lagos nigeria i hope you'll get saying joy the environmental topics we're exploring on this week's edition of the show we will take you to the desert and to the ocean.

yet african union observers described a credible election process and many minds felt the democracy had been served. and i even heard on the radio there were cases of stolen votes but you can't avoid that in a democracy you have to accept that there are opponents and people who are not even members of political parties who seek to destroy democracy. but others voiced concerns over security in the west african country is that what i don't like is that despite the presence of all these foreign forces in mali qaeda hasn't managed to bring security to the country that is a shame really. in some regions violence ma the election process a poll worker was shot and killed in the northern region of timbuktu a haven for the islamist militants. and low voter turnout mock this runoff vote less than thirty percent of eligible voters cast their ballot. now picture this you're after a beach just taking it easy maybe reading a book and then this giant thing starts marching towards you well if that does happen you can assume the dutch are artists and engineers is not far away ansen has been creating the

african migrants where there really a deal with the european union and climate just briefly you know we've been told that spain is getting nothing from germany for excepting this deal is that really the case briefly if you make. well i mean. it's have been reported germany will be. forced to. take. signals that manage to. show demonstrate. in german usually they already. i mean family germany they will be able to apply for asylum. began to refuse even in germany so this is what i believe. is reporting. movement yes ok back to mccain they are here in berlin also very briefly i mean you are beginning to outline that this is a symbolic thing really for chancellor merkel is that more of a signal that you sending by going to spain speaking personally with petro centrist was that i mean this was a meeting during both of their holidays and they clearly want to demonstrate that they stand in seeking a european wide solution but in terms of what spain would get back i mean as a country a major country of entry that's already seen more migrant survive on its source up until now than it did the

because of kind of their general manager of the german african business association thank you so much for your time thank you the european union's chief bricks that a negotiator has cast a ballot on british hopes for a deal to leave the block by an october deadline michel bethany's said the e.u. would never allow a nonmember to collect customs duties on its behalf britain had proposed to doing so as a way to prevent a hard border in ireland a ban is said that could threaten the e.u.'s customs union answer of a key policies britain is set to leave the bloc next march so a deal needs to be in place by october to give national parliaments and enough time to ratify. it's not quite a deal yet but more like a truce there is still a sense of relief though in europe after u.s. president on a trump and european commission president john closed you agreed to try to take the heat off of their transatlantic trade row the german economy minister certainly hail to the talks as a breakthrough that could avoid a trade war and saved millions of jobs but the french government adopted a more cautious to

approach from what we can benefit from a bit expertise modi's visit is backed by the african union to promote trade between africa and india which is currently valued at ninety billion dollars annually africans hope this can be improved as times with delhi deepening. seven years into germany's green energy revolution which entails phasing out nuclear and promoting renewable energy sources thousands of wind turbines are spread across the country but they only have a lifespan of ten years and disposing of old wind turbines is becoming a big problem not only are they deeply embedded in the ground but getting rid of them is a dangerous business than anything else but grain. these are sections of decommission turbines as a wind park in northern germany. a group of local environmentalists aren't satisfied too much of the base is still in the ground they want the whole thing to be removed. the concrete bases can be crushed and used in road construction. but the rotor blades contain glass and carbon fibers. burning them isn't a viable option. do you. think you've tossed on toxic gases. to dis

union summit and the meeting with president hu harry this is the place to which president michel has come it's a new africa shrine a place dedicated to philip could be the king of afrobeat and it's brought the kremlin of lagos to this place. not content here as a student she said the time he spent here made a lasting impression. was. and this is a reminder. that this place is. the. place. that is the. mcallen nights the launch of a season of african culture that will bring the work of african artists to france in twenty twenty. i think but every artist creates that creative in nigeria as well you know over the positive decades and this is an incredible balinese that i think is a good sign that. president bronchos lagos and i did same time to try because for me the president that relates all was to relate more with the future and the future of the young generation. concept the image of africa in the world had to change in the future. yes to give her. a new. you. know the. move for. her. that's. what. we're going to go there will be. more cultural diplomacy is on the agenda on wednesda

union summit he was greeted by his mauritania counterpart to general mohamed or would abdel-aziz security issues will be high on the agenda especially the challenges facing the french backed g. five star health force which has been tasked refighting the hardest insurgents and criminal groups in africa saeed region. iran's president has done rouhani has arrived in switzerland for talks on the future of the iran nuclear deal between his country and international powers the u.k. france china russia and germany have tried to salvage the agreement after the u.s. pulled out in may and of the deal iran promised to curtail sensitive nuclear activities in return for an easing of economic sanctions the e.u. has launched legal proceedings against poland that could result in the country losing its voting rights in the bloc brussels says reforms to poland supreme court undermined judicial independence and the rule of law on tuesday a low comes into effect forcing the early retirement of multiple supreme court judges. the neighbor was brazil's star as they beat mexico to nil to reach the world cup quar

on the final day of the african union summit was greeted by his mauritanian counterpart of general abdel aziz the security issues will be high on the agenda especially the challenges facing the french backed g five have forced task of fighting jihad is the surgeons and criminal groups in africa region. iran's president hassan rouhani has arrived in switzerland for talks on the future of the nuclear deal between iran and international western european cultures china and russia trying to salvage the agreement after the u.s. pulled out in may under the daily rounds promised to curtail nuclear activities in return for an easing of economic sanctions. that is presidential candidates undress manuel lopez obrador has one sunday's election official projections put him on track to win more than fifty three percent of the vote with a vote as rejecting the two major parties that have governments go for nearly one hundred years the president opened a door made to fighting corruption essential campaign pledge and his promise to help the country's poor performing bear of mr city's been runner up in tw

this is meant to relieve countries like italy at the same time camps are to be set up in northern african countries so that fewer migrants will make their way across the mediterranean in addition the european union wants to invest more money than before protecting its ex turtle borders we think it's important to implement these measures quickly because they are of course only as valuable as the implementation it's a. relief to for german chancellor angela merkel at home the pressure was on to bring about a european solution. because the first in us these issues divide is the extreme you can probably imagine that the perspectives were extremely varied among the different member states the fact that these interests have been brought together in all areas connected with migration as i believe an adequate response to the current situation for a response which looks quite vague there is still a big question mark over where new reception centers might be set up france austria and belgium all rejected the construction of camps in their countries even before the summit came to a close. let's hear

countries so that fewer migrants will make their way across the mediterranean in addition the european union wants to invest more money than before protecting its ex turtle borders. just mentioned it's only when we ensure that people are brought to nonmember states after their rescue and not brought to european soil that we will smash the smugglers business model and massively reduce the number of people coming to europe it's important to have these measures implemented quickly because they are of course only as valuable as their implementation of. relief too for german chancellor angela merkel at home the pressure was on to bring about a european solution. because the force in us the. extreme you can probably imagine that the perspectives were extremely varied among the different member states the fact that these interests have been brought together in all areas connected with migration is i believe an adequate response to the current situation unfold a response which looks quite vague there is still a big question mark over where new reception centers might be set up france austria and bel

organizations will be on board for sure and secondly the equivalent in the european union these registration centers are hotspots that are to be a step lish what everybody has agreed on now we don't have countries that have come forward and said well we we will have that center german chancellor is that while we are open to having something like that but other than that no member state has said ok we'll have that and when it comes to the relocation of people who have claimed the right of asylum in any of those centers we haven't come a single step forward so it's a mixed result we have right a mixed bag there that you outlined i guess what are some of the concessions that. security. i'd say the key concession is something that the french president also concluded is that this is the european solution it is a step in the direction that in the right direction it is as i said in a quick a little and an adequate answer rather and so it is a european solution where everybody is on board and she said this is the key element that europe needs in order to move forward and that is something that now m

colombia managed to make it through after beating senegal the african side are out of the tournament after japan's soft poland. it's great to have you along everyone. european union leaders are holding a cringe summits on migration as we speak they have two days to hammer out a solution for managing the flow of migrants the bloc remains bitterly divided on the issue of how to distribute refugees fairly france and germany are sticking with their call for a common solution well but bilateral agreements are now also on the table plus leaders are expected to discuss setting up large refuse refugee centers outside the e.u. where asylum claims could be processed before people. make their way to the block. at least the new hardline prime minister meanwhile has come to the summit with a clear agenda just epic on to says europe's rules on immigration have got to change he specifically takes issue with the so-called dublin agreement. under the so-called doubling rules asylum seekers must be processed in the country where they first arrived at seventy migrants like crossing the mediterranean se

it also means for instance more agreements with north african countries the germans have done a lot in libya but there are there's more that can be done to help those countries deal with the flow of migrants and possibly to process some of the asylum claims there so all of that they could start to agree and change the dynamic around this debate to show a bit more cooperation of course there really isn't a lot of cooperation from countries like hungry for instance which are very much opposed to these common rules and i did have you simon young are covering the meeting between angela merkel and a man woman conference today thank you simon it's not just in europe but in many places around the world a record number of people are on the move a new report by the un refugee agency says war and conflict has led to the largest increase in refugees and displaced people since it started monitoring the situation in one nine hundred fifty one the report says that since two thousand and sixteen the number of refugees has increased by three million to a total of sixty eight point five million peop

republic to the european union the three time wimbledon winner is asserting diplomatic immunity to avoid further legal proceedings. are minor the top story we're following for you german chancellor angela merkel is a thing i mutiny in her own conservative blog a migration policy that could threaten her hold on power the standoff with her own interior minister is being seen as the most serious crisis to hit the chancellor's three month coalition government. thanks for joining us. on the. more intrigued international talk show for journalists discuss the topic of the week showing that historic summit in singapore u.s. president donald trump a north korean dictator kim jong un promised a complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula can they deliver my guests have to sign on for three jobs coming up shortly. next d.w. . make itself a seal of quality. we'll get it food industry is booming in developed countries like never before. not going to label guarantees of organic products. and to use it. for getting high for four hundred. forty five. a silent clash of cultures in india. a clash be

also set to be privatized earning billions for state coffers it probably won't be long before trade unions make their voices heard again. all right now to you struggles and aspirations written in song a great story reflects story recording history like many african countries kenya as for generations written its history and song while in a small shop in nairobi is a man who was collectors know as jimi he says secondhand vinyl records can use history books today's bands are also using music to write the latest chapters. tucked between shops in a bustling nairobi market is a time capsule that jimi has been collecting and selling original african records from here since one nine hundred eighty nine his collection is a journey through the continent's largely undocumented history. this song he explains reveals migrate to repatterning east africa before colonization. and so it's something that was important for me. to study or see you see in this and see this swahili and lingala now that will still for. the congolese for me is the way for the viewers who are moving to local east that is to remove

debris from the plane turned up on the french island of the union and later up and down the east african coast. in january two thousand and seventeen after almost three years australia called off the search with no black box or plane found. a year later malaysia hired a private firm ocean infinity to continue the search. they developed a new hypothesis about m h three seventy s and namely that the pilot purposely depressurize the passenger cabin and took the plane into a controlled dive into the indian ocean committing suicide and killing all on board some evidence seems to bear this out pieces of wreckage suggests the plane may not have fallen from a high altitude investigators also found data on the pilot's home computer that he had simulated a flight into the southern indian ocean and the malaysian prime minister announced that the communication system had been manually switched off just after the final words good night malaysian three seven zero yet after multiple deadline extensions ocean infinity has called off its search. to some family members of the missing passengers giving up

union but among his millions of fans world worldwide but it's also i think it's so difficult to reconcile the image that we have of him as america's dad from from the from the cosby show as a as a pioneer for civil rights that to reconcile that with the facts have come out about his being more or less a sexual predator i'll say it right out that's come out with this case and to reconcile those two images has proved very very difficult but i completely agree i think his his reputation is in tatters he's not going to have about whatever happens legally going forward yeah let's just take a listen now to one of his many users who said just moments after the verdict was announced. you know what i feel i feel that i like. my life where i have the right here right here right here like i'm going to. keep it's me. feel like i'm dreaming i feel like i. when you first heard that you're gonna get answered by her daughter yet i feel like i believe in humanity is restored i mean you know that's a remarkable statement right there for someone to be able to say it k.-j. i mean are people in l.a. and holly

but tensions remain high and another initiative the african union has hosted exploratory talks between the government and militias but those talks wrapped up just before this week's violence kicked off. it is all but certain that azerbaijani strongmen elim will rule the oil rich country for another seven years following a snap presidential election that's been denounced as a sham exit polls show that the incumbent president comfortably won a fourth consecutive term with more than eighty percent of the vote he has ruled azerbaijan from taking over from his father back in two thousand and three an obvious issue parties have accused authorities of rigging the vote and boycott of the polls. and in azerbaijan the president is on track to win a fourth term in an election boycotted by major opposition parties that have accused him of authoritarian rule and suppressing political dissent so these dissenting voices they are absent from the media and critical journalists risk arrest and jail we're back a reader's spoke with an opposition member here in berlin. lynn it's now home for this activist