union and amnesty international have joined the u.n. in calling for an independent investigation into friday's blood shit that israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu says soldiers were protecting the country security. hundreds of mourners on the streets of gaza. summer carrying the body of a palestinian killed by israeli fire during friday's mass marches the nation's grief hangs heavy at least fifteen palestinians killed by israeli forces and more than one thousand injured following massed border protests witnesses have reported lud fire multiple rounds of rubber bullets and tear gas dropped on to crowds. after the march started i went over the fence i found an injured woman i couldn't bear to see or not help her i brought her. shot me in both legs. the un and the e.u. have called for an independent inquiry into the deadly clashes palestinians demand to return to what they call their homeland friday's great march for return it marked the forty second anniversary of land day when six on armed palestinians were shot by israeli forces a

should adopt the european union's data protection rules and regulations and mr zuckerberg struggled to give a straight answer do you get the sense there that u.s. lawmakers are moving more towards the european model when it comes to protecting data. not really so far i mean what was interesting about that but it's like a brick statement on the on the european question was that he was asked actually that that same question last week and he kind of waffled as he did today on that question while he said in the beginning yeah they would look into that then he later said yeah they would basically give those rights that that europeans will get soon to use internationally but but he's been hedging and waffling on these issues so it's not clear whether this these european rules will be implemented globally and so far it doesn't also seem that that senator is here a willing really to to crack down on facebook so would you say that it's unlikely that we will actually see a more regulated facebook and more regulated social media in the united states so far i would say yes that is unlikely so far

and european union or thirty's but there are still concerns aren't there about the size of this deal yes indeed because with this merger we have to face a buyout will have a monopoly position and that is the reason why until the very end approve words from the united states and also e.u. authorities were pending by at and months to have said in the past that their version of course that with this merger they will play a major role to make sure to meet the rising demand for food fuel in the future others see all of this very different mostly farmers are very concerned they fear that their seed costs could go dramatically out and yes the market is not very big a buy on one santo doudou pong and champ china those are the global players they will have seventy per cent of the market from now on right and huge columns consolidation going on at the moment daniel court first at the frankfurt stock exchange plenty. while she was taken off to a slow start for many in germany with warning strikes among public sector workers including at port employees striking security grounds softly numerous p

ploy to tear apart the european union well obviously one can never say that but this is what the you with ukrainians are warning and others are warning as well thank you very much for unraveling that very complicated political and economic story thank you. three back to you all right thank you ben now he's one of the world's richest and most influential influential men and he'll be grilled in the u.s. senate today facebook chief executive mark zuckerberg has been in damage control mode after it was revealed that the data of millions of facebook users may have been improperly shared the news is left users around the world wondering whether they should close their accounts clear richardson reports. in washington d.c. spring is in the air well almost but with facebook making all the wrong headlines and what better season for some digital cleaning many americans have said they'll delete their accounts could this be a turning point for facebook. mark zuckerberg is testifying before congress for the first time to answer questions about a major data privacy scandal he's hoping to convince b

union next month do you want to see it used against facebook. while not used against i want to use it for the consumers they need to have the right of private privacy and dignity this is actually what data protection is all about. they need to have that on facebook too and if two billion people in the world thirty million in germany are with facebook we need to regulate this company that these values stand up in times of digitalisation and the truth is facebook fought against this kind of regulation against privacy against transparency all these last years and now they really have to show that they did understand words alone is not enough constantine a green member of the bundestag party's parliamentary spokesman for digital affairs thanks very much for your comments today thank you now for some of the other stories making the news this hour president aliyev is expected to cruise to victory as that country votes in a presidential election today opposition parties have accused authorities of preparing to rig the vote on a boycott of the polls a l

union is wrapped in plastic that many in the food industry say they need it food fresh up there all other ways. it's hard to lead the world off plastics especially in the food retail industry such packaging protects products during delivery it also helps prolong shelf life so that supposedly less food is thrown away and eaten at least that's the idea but environmental activists have just released a study stating the contrary what this study shows is that between two thousand and four and two thousand and fourteen we've seen a forty to fifty percent increase in plastic packaging and we seen a doubling in food waste and what that really costs into quite serious down i think is the argument of the food packaging industry use very often which is that we need plastic to avoid food was in fact the report's authors argue plastic use could increase food waste as it encourages consumers to buy more than they need the european commission says around eighty eight million tons of food are wasted and will be in the new costing the block an estimated one hundred forty three billion euros. zero wa

union that will affect his business in the u.s. so i think he's there on capitol hill today to try to basically show that he's committed to some sort of regulation but the regulation that he wants he wants to have a say in this as well let's talk a little bit more about you know what exactly he wants because he's been talking a lot about the tools that facebook uses right i mean is he diverting the attention of course of the he's there to divert attention away from the questionable things that facebook has been doing and emphasize the community as specs the the positive things that the mark zuckerberg does a great job of building up in terms of donations after hurricane harvey or the need to move and all the positives that the facebook can do he's there to emphasize that facebook is notorious as a black box we don't know exactly how their algorithms work or how they particularly give or analyze user data and use that for advertising so he's not going to delve into a lot of those details that's not what he's there to do i think he i

union is dependent on azerbaijan economically because of the vast gas and oil reserves in the caspian sea pipelines are being constructed to europe the e.u. hopes this will make it less dependent on another very difficult russia. drilling rigs as far as the eye can see azerbaijan's wells nice beneath the caspian sea in the form of oil and gas reserves foreign companies like b.p. own and total have invested billions here using technology and know how from around the world these german built cranes for example are used to construct further drilling platforms gas from the caspian sea is now set to make its way to europe via a sri and a half thousand kilometer long pipeline the pipeline will run through turkey to greece and italy and then northward toward central europe the bulk of the forty five billion dollar project is still under construction europe is keen to reduce its dependency on russian gas and yet as a by john is widely viewed as an autocracy president multimillionaire. owns assets in the oil business and his vice president is none other than his wife of clan loves buildings an

union. and in the proposal of a radical shake up of italian politics so in a sense it would make it would make sense for these two parties to go together because they are the parties that were influenced by the electorate the terrorist. once tax cuts or businessman in the year well the north and the five star movement wants to. pay large amounts of public money to people in the impoverished south and that's a problem. coordinating and making a coherent economic policy out of those two approaches ok so we'll have to wait for the end of this month to know where this is all headed philip well and for us in rome thanks very much a south sudanese refugee in uganda is using music to preach peace moses the pike gives concerts to fellow refugees and northern uganda as rhino campus home to more than one hundred thousand people some one million south sudanese refugees have fled to uganda since fighting broke out in two thousand and thirteen. a moment of pleasure for south sudanese refugees in uganda.

there's a key interest on the part of europeans be it in nato be it in the european union and that is to find a political solution there everyone here is on the same page when it comes to maybe a single military strike like this one will help to prevent the future use of only chemical weapons as such but we have sort of seen the carpet bombings we have seen the use of cluster bombs of barrel bombs and in order to find a solution to end this horrific wall there is now there may be the new impetus here on the part of european forces at least that is the effort we see in france but also by germany to bring life back into the geneva. peace talks into efforts to bring about a cease fire and it was also interesting to see that the nato secretary general called on russia on their exercise their responsibility to bring the syrian regime back to the negotiating table. mathes in brussels thank you now earlier president trump said the joint strikes were in response to last week's alleged gas attack in the syrian town of duma which left dozens of civilians dead and sells began hitting targets in

union. thousands of castle and separatists have been rallying in barcelona to demand the release of jailed secessionist later s. to pro independence grassroots groups organize the protests and they also have the support of spain's two main labor unions the protests comes ten days after a german court dismissed an extradition request for catalyze ousted separatist president and released him on bail. the streets of barcelona flooded with yellow it's the color chosen to show solidarity with the nine imprisoned catalan separatist leaders who've been pretrial detention for six months now they're facing charges of rebellion in connection with last year's failed independence did in catalonia their supporters consider them to be political prisoners will limit the most serious problem is the price paid by politicians who are elected by the people we cannot stand for that we just today i'm here because i'm with everything going on just like everyone had today i want the freedom of all calm writes. sin

union. to brazil now where thousands have turned out in rio de janeiro demanding answers in the slaying of city councilwoman mary allie franco she was shot dead a month ago after an event on empowering black women franco had been a fierce critic of police brutality racism and discrimination against the poor though her killing shut up waves through brazil there have been no arrests in the case so far. speaking out for the woman who can speak no more a month after mario franco was gunned down her supporters demand answers one particular detail of the investigation has spiked their suspicions officials say she was killed with police bullets they say were stolen. franco's death because especially close four to leary a patrol name they were close friends like franco patrol the leftist politician devoted to feminist causes and defending the poor and she too has received death threats. this is a political crime aimed at silencing everyone mattioli stood for the people of the slums blacks women and

union. protests have taken place in rio de janeiro to demand answers in the killing of a popular city councilor franco was an outspoken human rights activist she and her driver were shot dead last month no arrests have been made. thousands of catalan separatists have been rallying in barcelona to demand the release of jailed separatist leaders the protest was organized by two pro independence grassroots groups and has the support of spain's two main labor unions the protest comes ten days after a german court dismissed an extradition request for catalonia has ousted supper's as president and released him on bail. the streets of barcelona flooded with yellow it's the color chosen to show solidarity with a nine imprisoned catalan separatist leaders who've been pretrial detention for six months now they're facing charges of rebellion in connection with last year's failed independence bid in catalonia their supporters consider them to be political prisoners since the arrests catalonians independ

union. tens of thousands of pensioners have demonstrated across spain demanding higher state pay outs the biggest protest was in the capital madrid protesters called for a pension increase in line with the country's rate of inflation instead of the current quarter price hike last year spain posted more than three percent economic growth. and staying in spain for the moment thousands of catalan separatists have been rallying in barcelona to demand the release of jailed secessionist leaders to pro independence grassroots groups organize the protests and they also have the support of spain's two main labor unions the protest comes ten days after a german court dismissed an extradition request for catalonia ousted separatist president and released him on bail. the streets of barcelona flooded with yellow it's the color chosen to show solidarity with the nine imprisoned catalan separatist leaders who've been in pretrial detention for six months now they're facing charges of rebellion in connectio

union really when it comes down to domestic politics. well it was something that she definitely stressed when she here in the house of parliament gave a statement basically defending and explaining what she did and she did say she stressed that she did speak to other european leaders that she. could to do and also justin trudeau from canada that she had this international backing because she wants to be seen as somebody who doesn't just acts alone but to actually act on the consensus it was a chance for her to come across as somebody who is just so is it she said parliament holds me to a country this but the decision is my decision alone. the prime minister and i have decided that this was necessary to further humanitarian catastrophe and i think she made a strong statement in parliament today absolutely many strong statements there she talked about the grading and deterring syria's chemical weapons capability but. she had to defend charges that the u.k. wasn't acting on the behest of the us president donald trump what did she say in tha

union has the foreign policy chief federica marina here made very clear that one object if you bring to russia a back into a solution for this conflict is also money the e.u. is ready to invest big amounts of money into a reconstruction off syria if the you and guide its talks in geneva can be relaunched york thank you so much. there in luxembourg now let's check on some other stories making headlines around the world today protests have been taking place across india over the gang rape and killing of eight of an eight year old girl eight men have been rested in the case which has sparked widespread outrage demonstrators demanding justice for her and in the case of a teenager or a member of the ruling b j p party is accused of rape. in australia hundreds of firefighters have been battling a large bushfire raging near the southwestern suburbs of sydney authorities say it's miraculous that no houses have been damaged and no one has been injured and state police are investigating the cause of the fire which has been fanned by strong winds. former f.b.i. director james comey has said u.s

union. revellers celebrating nepal's new year have poured into the streets of the medieval city of boxed up poor people beating drums songs and vermillion powder filled the air the annual festival marks the arrival of spring with dancing and prayers for a good harvest during the monsoon season. thousands of cattle on separatists have been rallying and barcelona to demand the release of jailed to session as leaders to pro independence grassroots groups organize the protest and they also have the support of spain's two main labor unions the protest comes ten days after a german court just missed an extradition request for catalonia ousted separatist president and released him on bail. the streets of barcelona flooded with yellow it's the color chosen to show solidarity with the nine imprisoned catalan separatist leaders who've been in pretrial detention for six months now they're facing charges of rebellion in connection with last year's failed independence did in catalonia their supporters co

union talked about the economic leverage that the european union has in this conflict there's a big donor conference coming up in brussels next week and she said look the european union is ready to put huge amounts of money ten billions have been put in the last couple of years already into syria neighboring countries put huge amounts of money into rebuilding syria if russia is prepared to relaunch the u.n. talks in geneva to diffuse cared much as following the e.u. foreign ministers meeting for us in luxembourg today thank you karen you're watching news still to come he was fired by donald trump now former f.b.i. director james comey is attacking a president in a new book but he also made some unexpected comments about trump. but first a look at some other stories making news around the world protests have been taking place across india over the gang rape and killing of an eight year old girl at sea for eight men have been accused of the crime including three policeman protesters also demanding justice for a teenager allegedly raped by a member of the ruling party. protesters at a

union talked about the economic leverage that the european union has in this conflict there's a big donor conference coming up in brussels next week and she said look the european union is ready to put huge amounts of money ten billions have been put in the last couple of years already into surgery and neighboring countries put huge amounts of money into rebuilding syria if russia is prepared to relaunch the un talks in geneva to give you scared much as following that you foreign ministers meeting for us in luxembourg today thank you. now some other stories making headlines around the world in australia new south wales police suspect that a large bushfire threatening city may have been started deliberately authorities say it's miraculous that no houses have been damaged so far no one has been injured the fire is close to the city's southwestern suburbs and it's being fanned by strong winds. several pieces of jewelry and coins believed to have belonged to the danish king harold bluetooth have been discovered in germany's northern island the tenth century king is credited with a unify

union talked about the economic leverage that the european union has in this conflict there's a big donor conference coming up in brussels next week and she said look the european union is ready to put huge amounts of money ten billions have been put in the last couple of years already interest neighboring countries put huge amounts of money into rebuilding syria if russia is prepared to relaunch the u.n. talks in geneva to give you scared much as following the e.u. foreign ministers meeting for us in luxembourg today thank you carol now to some other stories making news around the world on a visit to turkey a nato chief has said the u.s. led strikes on syria will reduce the regimes ability to carry out new chemical attacks stoltenberg also said the strikes were a clear message to syria russia and iran that chemical weapons are not acceptable in australia new south wales police suspect that a large bushfire threatening sydney may have been started deliberately authorities say it's miraculous that no houses have been damaged so far and no one has been injured the fire is close to the

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union so european countries a lot more cautious than nato are for instance the german chancellor who called the air strikes a necessary and appropriate care you mentioned the german foreign minister heikal masi did say earlier today that a window for dialogue with russia had opened up tell us more about that. you know the well that is an interesting point here there he says yes rock solid unity on the point of a political solution that he says there is unity in the european union all foreign ministers on the same page they call for a political solution and the tricky way will now be how to get there how to. get a fresh impetus if you want into the geneva talks which have been floundering in the past the hope is maybe to even bring in russia or to bring iran into these talks between the syrian regime and the syrian opposition that have been taking place in geneva under the your united nations he said everyone agreed here under the foreign ministers that the united nations has to be involved so that is the main outcome from this foreign ministers meeting here so they agree there has to

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union is prepared to take part in the rebuilding of syria once the civil war ends. this reporting from luxembourg thank you. all meanwhile in the hague the global chemical weapons watchdog the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has been holding emergency talks on suspected poison gas attack in syria earlier this month the o.p.c. w. is holding a closed door session as there inspectors wait to visit sites in duma an official claim that russia has blocked the teams access to the site something moscow vehemently denies the watchdogs inspectors are in syria to determine whether banned chemicals were used in the attack on april seventh dozens of people including children were killed allegedly with a poison gas. our i want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. on a visit to turkey a nato chief u.n. stoltenberg has sent the u.s. led strikes on syria will reduce the regimes ability to carry out new chemical attacks will stop berg also said the strikes were a clear message to syria russia and iran that chemical weapons

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union has has imposed a couple of sanctions a series of sanctions which has been extended and renewed every day for the next stage of crimea twenty fourteen and the destabilization of russia and the eastern part of the ukraine. on the other hand europe is in a different geographical position compared to them tonight you know the united states it has an immediate neighbor which is russia and therefore the europeans have to balance the discomfort and disagreements political disagreements with russia. and with some kind of models of the need some kind of. way to deal with the russians in economic terms and in political terms as well and that explains was some european you member states are more accommodating towards russia compared to the united states right now to some a we just heard or a little earlier said that the aim of these a coordinated strikes that occurred over the weekend was to deter and degrade syria's chemical weapons capability how effective will this action actually be in preventing something similar happening in the future again difficult to say i mean this the technica

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and the european union's twenty eight foreign ministers have issued a joint statement backing u.s. french and british airstrikes on syrian targets over the weekend e.u. ministers have been holding talks on how to resolve tensions with russia and revive peace efforts in syria. all right that does it really hot in berlin monica jones is up next with your business headlines now so you can at the top of the hour. looks. like you're sure to be smarter with g.w. bush not. what you want when you want to look to do it extraordinary. and decide what's on sunday morning. john comes more to the.

union and the u.s. also expect them to condemn the use of chemical weapons and what they will emphasize what they're expected to emphasize in their council conclusions here really is that the sole purpose of these strikes was deter the regime from the future use of these chemical weapons so now there are no other object if in mind and then of course today all eyes on germany and france in particular they're expected to kick off a new political initiative to resolve this conflict in the future now berlin has already voiced support for the air strike in syria. over the weekend but its focus tallness is definitely on diplomacy at this point germany's foreign minister heiko must now says a window for dialogue has opened with syria's main backer russia here's what he had to say on sunday. out of london we've always said we want to continue a dialogue with russia. but it's really time to say that we want constructive input from the russians in syria as well instead of just protecting us he was a mighty hunter

the european union's twenty eight foreign ministers have issued a joint statement backing u.s. french and british airstrikes on syrian targets over the weekend and you ministers have been holding talks on how to resolve tensions with russia and revive peace efforts in syria. all right want to take you now to egypt where the capital cairo is the most dangerous matric metropolis in the world for women that's at least according to a study by the thomson reuters foundation part of the problem is the failure to take crime against women seriously. it began as an innocent until to the shopping center but that short trip turns my atari life upside down a camera recorded what happened. i was coming out of that entrance the guy. stopped me. what do you want what do you need or he asked about something or he was he was like no i was waiting for you for the past hour i want you to come home with me and you have no option your coming home. like no this will never happen and it means slap me twice in my face and he started to hate lead then the security came and stabbed the letter ouch would

the european union has filed documents with the world trade organization to protest u.s. tariffs on steel euro bonds compensation saying the import duty is really based on national security as claimed but represents terror. switched against w t o rules in march the u.s. imposed duties of twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on a limb in him although it quickly granted temporary exemptions to the u.n. some of the trading partners but those exemptions have run out soon and talks on a more permanent solution. a few brand name symbolizes luxury glitz and glamour as well as the rates coco chanel rides hemingway and the billionaire rockefeller family or just some of many a last was regulus at the iconic hotel in paris is also struck tragically famous as the place princess diana dined that only minutes minutes before her fatal car crash now tell us of many items that no longer have a place in the renovated. beds like this were essential to the wellbeing of the likes of coco chanel and they must have provided some extraordinary sleep after all the french diva resided for

state department says it doesn't believe a word of it and the future of the european union through the use of a manual mike wrong in an emotionally charged address to the european parliament the french president urges europeans to reject populism and to defend their democracy. applause he's known as astro alex on the german chancellor she refers to him as the country's ambassador to space now astronaut alexander pairing is next big step as commander of the international space station. i bring coffee it's good to have you with us tonight. and the rest of the western world she certainly seems prepared to give it a try today she spoke by phone with russian president vladimir putin afterwards she announced that the two have agreed to meet in the foreseeable future well the media buzz that was generated over that overshadow the rest of the day's events here in berlin. free trade was expected to top the agenda during the prime minister of new zealand's visit to berlin but the talks between just cinda arden and the german chancellor have been sidelined by recent incidents in syria. at the wee

union to find out what a european union a new project for the european union could look like now later this week president connors going to be traveling here to berlin to talk with chancellor machall what sort of reception do you think he's going to get oh you know for the cameras and in style and everything that there will be a display of unity that is more important than ever now that we actually have some divergence as in real topics because you know in the beginning we had sort of a honeymoon phase where both of them came together and said we are willing and in accordance to reform the european union but if you look at the policy proposals as you said earlier for example a common budget for the euro zone the germans are against it or if you look at the latest last week foreign policy the french went on an air strike to avenge an alleged chemical attack in syria by bashar al assad and the german said yeah that's a great idea but we're not going to participate. russia and the u.s. have stepped up their war of words over the alleged poison gas attack in the syrian city of duma the u.s

the european union says it wants to launch formal membership talks with macedonia and albania it's part of a push to revive enthusiasm for the e.u. which is facing the departure of britain next year concerns over russian influence in eastern europe have added renewed urgency to expansion efforts. ari to the conflict in syria now and tonight the u.s. state department is rejecting reports that international chemical weapons inspectors have entered the town of duma where a poison gas attack allegedly took place earlier this month syrian state media say that the team has been allowed access to the site and western powers believe the syrian government struck the town of duma with poison gas killing dozens of people know that triggered airstrikes by the u.s. and britain and france last friday night to those countries now accusing syria and its ally russia of attempting to cover up evidence of the alleged attack. earlier i spoke to journalist stefan borg he is the forward correspondent for t.v. for sweden he just returned from a trip to duma i asked him what type of situation the international

union tend to attribute everything that's good in the european union to themselves saying look what i did and then attributing everything that's bad in the european union in brussels or here to the parliament in strasburg and say look what they did not really taking responsibility for their own decisions and that's something that michael talked about max the speech was touted as the french president's vision for the future of europe what is that vision. the vision wasn't very clear there's still some fog in that vision because the outlines you know not very precise the details not very precise maybe that's on purpose that's per design you don't really put down the nitty gritty details of your policy or the european parliament in a speech like that but generally speaking it was a strong defense for the case of the european union saying that i thought that was probably one of the strongest quotes by mccraw i don't want to be a generation of sleepwalkers i want to be in a generation that fights for democracy hard that's one of the sentences that ra's the most or many of those parliamen

union to define what unites us and what divides us and have a new project for the european union and he said we also need to get on with the reform of the eurozone ok all these things are more or less clear how he counts really putting them into effect is not clear at the moment one of the reasons for that is germany that's not necessarily in agreement with his plans for the reform of the euro zone davies max huffman speaking to us a little bit earlier there now russia and the u.s. have stepped up their war of words over an alleged poison gas attack in the syrian city of duma the u.s. says moscow may be trying to remove evidence and accuses russia of delaying a visit to the area by international chemical weapons inspectors a russia denies those claims and says the inspectors will be granted access to do much to morrow on monday syria allowed international journalists to visit the city . the destroyed town of dumas is. fated revolution rules up no after seven years of fighting and with the last of the rebels gone the government is trying to win back its people meeting their most basic

stands for what the european union values are and what the benefits are for citizenship for his citizens this was a highly anticipated speech max the french president's vision for the future of europe from what you heard what is that there's been. you know he didn't really get into the details here but of course he it is something where you're a european countries are more integrated for example he still stands for the reform rather deep reform of the euro zone although he did not talk about a european finance minister anymore so that might be a result of the risk of resistance coming from germany it is a european union that secures borders and gives its citizens not only the benefit of security but also the feeling to be safe that was a very important point that he mentioned so it's something overall that we've heard before but presented in rather enthusiastic way received in a slightly less enthusiastic way right now actually also touched on the situation in syria let's listen to what he said cooperation that killed three countries intervened and let me speak frankly this is for the of

union where everybody should be able to give their input new ideas for the european union so you can tell this is not really new stuff here but a time still the speech was very strong especially when he said things like he does not want to be part of a generation of sleepwalkers he wants to be part of a generation that really firmly defends democracy on foreign policy max he touched on syria let's listen to what he had to say about the situation there. quatrains hold out till three countries intervened and let me speak frankly this is for the honor of the international community we made sure that we did this within a legitimate framework in a civilized way there were no human big tims not a single human victim. we destroyed three sites where chemical weapons were being produced or processed she make remarks about current comes across particularly agitated even angry why do you think that is. all right it looks like we have lost our signal to our correspondent max foster when he was reporting there for us from stross for let's move on to some other news some other stories that are mak

union he wants everybody to debate in the european union in town hall meetings for example but also online and find what unites the union and what separates the union use all this to go forward and then you know although the ideas weren't really new he did have some very strong moments for example when he said i don't want to be part of a generation that sleepwalks through life i want to be part of a generation that really fights for democracy and he also touched on syria max let's listen to what he had to say their cooperation that killed three countries intervened and let me speak frankly this is for the of the international community we made sure that we did this within a legitimate framework in a civilized way that where no human victims not a single human victim. we destroyed three sites where chemical weapons were being produced all processed sheik. came across as particularly agist agitated and even angry why do you think that is. you know he really got worked up there and that was sort of a surprise well first of all he got a lot of flak because of the syrian invention last

election and friends of basically what he's trying to do is give the rest of the european union a dose of the medicine that he invented himself now max before i let you go on thursday president michel heads to berlanti meet which chancellor angela merkel what's the status of the franco german relationships that that is meant to drive reform in europe. they seemed like the dream team just only a couple of months ago. and the possible situation you know both shook hands even hugged and showed their unity and that was important because in the past of the past years the german french relationship wasn't that good but if you look at what's at stake we're talking about you know a reform of the euro zone we're not talking about reinventing the european union if you compare that with the challenges that for example for me to all the french president back then and he will call the german chancellor back then had this is much smaller and given that they're having a whole lot of trouble agreeing on something just to give you an example. call always said he wanted a european finance minister for t

it was the last chance to arm grammatical they're speaking what should the european union look like in the future and a landmark speech french president today pitched his vision for the e.u. speaking to lawmakers in the european parliament in strasbourg he made an impassioned case against the rise of populism in europe urging europeans to defend their democracy mccann said the e.u. was failing to address the fears and concerns of its citizens and that change is long overdue you don't think there is doubt in a number of european countries and month after month these doubts seeing others call our foundations into question the fundamental there seems to be a sort of european civil war national selfishness and egotism taking precedence over what unites us to secure the max hoffman has been following present my current speech in strasburg for us max is this present a con to the rescue. well they used to be like that layla at least a year ago when he got elected and many felt that he rescued friends from the right wing populist of money in lieu pen but those days at least on the european lev