for the red nuclear deal german chancellor angela merkel says both nations stand behind the twenty fifteen agreement despite the u.s. pulling out earlier this month is in china for talks with top government leaders we look at michael's high stakes diplomacy also coming up italy's president gives decepticon take his approval to become prime minister political know all those charged with leading a government of extremes is this the beginning of europe's next crisis to bring you the latest from. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program in beijing german chancellor angela merkel says both china and germany are committed to standing by the arrest and nuclear deal had a joint news conference merkel and else continued support for the deal it was recently abandoned by washington despite being signed by several nations in two thousand and fifteen michael was welcomed by the chinese premier league and will meet with president xi jinping during her two day trip before landing in beijing merkel said she will also focus on human rights and discussing international trade to speakers. well h

german chancellor angela merkel demands equal market access and better protection for tech companies who set up shop in china as medical visits beijing for two days of high level talks. and italy's president gives the country his approval to become prime minister country as a political novice will lead a government off extrude so is this the beginning of europe's next crisis. i'm so me so much going to good to have you with us we start with breaking news from the netherlands where a team of investigators say the missile that brought down the malaysia airlines flight m.h. seventeen need me for years ago came from a russia based military unit the passenger jet was headed from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it was blown out of the sky over eastern ukraine all two hundred ninety eight passengers and crew were killed russia has always denied involvement in the downing of the jet schieffer let's get the very latest on the story with barbara vessel who is covering the developments of barbara tell us more about the investigators findings. now what's actually not new that this was a russian m

government. angela merkel is meeting vladimir putin this friday. the two leaders are in sochi. germany's chancellor has limited contact with her russian there are newut frictions over old wounds, notably moscow's takeover of the crimea. and making way for a new generation of filmmakers in cannes. femaletlight on young directors this year, though the selection is still heavily male-dominated. ♪ the two in italy's political spectrum have agreed. -- withr has agreed plans to cut taxes and boost welfare spending in a direct challenge to eu spending rules. our correspondent joins us from brussels. how is the eu seeing this ?nlikely eurosceptic coalition plenty inthere is agreement here in brussels to make people very uncomfortable. you have one known entity and one unknown and the. the larger party is this new movement. the front person is luigi demaio. he has been very -- he has made a lot of efforts to reassure the european union this is not a eurosceptic already. they will not do anything toward brussels. on the other hand, you have the northern league, the party that has been

to more trade german chancellor angela merkel demands equal market access and better protection for tech companies to set up shop in china this as merkel visits beijing for two days of high level talks with italy's president gives. his approval to become comprised minister is a political novice who will lead a government office extremes is this the beginning of europe's next crisis and we'll bring you the latest from rome. and in football germany is getting ready to defend its world cup title. still has to decide who will make the trip to russia competition is intense and one of the biggest dilemma is whether goalkeeper manuel neuer is up to the task. so much going to good to have you with us we start with some breaking news coming in from the netherlands or a team of investigators say the missile that brought down the malaysia. airlines flight m h seven to me nearly four years ago came from a russia based military unit another passenger jet was headed from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it was blown out of the sky over eastern ukraine all two hundred ninety eight passengers and cre

that in china as well. on the agenda in beijing, where german chancellor angela merkel is holding talks with chinese president xi jinping. she'll be pushing china to open up its economy more to foreign investment. but she may also find a natural ally against the increasingly protectionist policies of president trump. the two sides have a huge trading relationship. germany's trade with china jumped to an all time high of $218 billion last year, making china its biggest trading partner and outstripping its trade with the us which was worth $201 billion. that figure was therefore seconds. german carmakers are among the big winners. they are now the biggest foreign players in china with almost 21% of the car market. for luxury cars it's more than two thirds. but germany wants to see china allow more foreign investment. critics say china is allowed to buy up big stakes in german firms, but not the other way round. this year the boss of chinese carmaker geely became the biggest shareholder in daimler, the owner of mercedes—benz, in a $9 billion deal. they have been talking very much on free

angela merkel is in china for talks in korea is just the latest issue that's being sprung on berlin and beijing by an unpredictable white house we'll bring you up to speed on day one of the chancellor's visit plus investigators say the missile used to shoot down quite over ukraine four years ago came from a russian military unit all the two hundred nineteen people on board were killed denies any involvement in the attack. it's good to have you with us u.s. president has canceled a highly anticipated summit with north korea's leader kim jong un trump blamed the decision on quote open hostility from pyongyang but the collapse of the talks will likely also raise questions about the hawkish attitude from within the white house which were seized upon by kim jong un in the meantime trump has conceded that an opportunity for peace may have been missed. based on the recent statement of north korea i have decided to terminate the planned summit in singapore in june twelfth while many things can happen and a great opportunity lies ahead potentially i believe that this is a tremendous setback for

from berlin i'm terry martin today german chancellor angela merkel prepares for her first real showdown in parliament as lawmakers need to discuss the budget and a host of other controversial issues lawmakers in germany are taking off what's said to be a contentious debate you're seeing chancellor merkel entering the parliament there . now the result of this. and one welcome this is the w. news i'm terry martin joining me in studio is me now our political correspondent because we're going to be talking about a bonus talk debate that's happening live today here in the german capital lawmakers are kicking off what set to be a contentious debate on the country's budget and the result could resonate beyond germany's borders you are looking at live pictures from inside the german parliament now with the debate set to get underway shortly german chancellor angela merkel is confronting a host of forty issues with debt defense and e.u. spending high on the agenda you're seeing the leaders of the opposition the main opposition party there just now. they will also be. the king the chance

kuala lumpur when it was blown out of the sky. and german chancellor angela merkel visits trying there for two days of high stakes talks their interests appear to align over trade feuds with the u.s. and the wrong new group nuclear deal. i'm so mean so much going to get to have you with us north korea has blown up its only no nuclear test site according to reporters after the north invited a handful of international as well as journalists from south korea to the testing grounds in the remote region to witness the demolition independent nuclear weapons inspectors were not present north korean leader kim jong un pledged to close the test site after an historic summit between the korea in april. let's bring in journals josh smith who's standing by in seoul hi josh now we haven't received a visual evidence of this demolition but what can you tell us about these explosions. so what we've heard from the journalists on the scene there is that over the course of several hours today the north koreans took the media in just briefly into the mouth of some of the tunnel showed them that there were

will china and europe react to washington's latest ploy germany's angela merkel is in china for talks with korea just the latest issues from being sprung on girl and in beijing to find an unpredictable white house we will bring you up to speed on day one american says it. and investigators say that the missile be used to shoot down a flight m.h. seventeen over a crane four years ago from a russian military doing all the few hundred and ninety eight people on board died in the crash of the moscow tonight as any involvement in the attacks. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has canceled a highly anticipated summit with north korea's kim jong un planned for next month trump blamed the decision on quote opening. hostility from pyongyang now that is despite goodwill gestures from the north korean side including the reported closure of a nuclear test site commenting on its decision trump warned against committing quote any foolish or reckless acts and said that the u.s. would continue to exert maximum pressure on king on kim jong un's versioning to begi

politically the german chancellor angela merkel and the chinese president xi jinping and yet when they look towards washington they both see the same puzzling president donald trump it is ironic that the cantankerous and callous style of donald trump may be forcing germany and china to cozy up together in ways that would not have been imagined just two years ago but that is how you can read the agenda of miracles visit to china this week she is looking to xi jinping to help secure the global order constructed and mail neglected by the u.s. and that includes free trade and a rejection of protectionism germany and china have always had a complex relationship a relationship that is now being trumped. relations between china and germany are nowhere near as fluffy spacings representatives at berlin zoo that's despite china's president xi jinping and german chancellor angela merkel discovering more and more common interests since the g twenty meeting in germany last year. u.s. president donald trump's exit from the iran nuclear deal is only the latest in a series of u.s. policy turnarounds t

know. the fall. but the. german chancellor angela merkel is on an official visit to russia with iran and u.s. sanctions topping discussion. but it's not all about politics here and saw she as multiple and putin cemented their day. disagreements room thinks. both sides of the european commission triggers never before used legislation created more than two decades ago to shield e.u. companies from the impact of u.s. sanctions on iran and the former russian bicycle script power he was poisoned by nerve agent in the u.k. in march she was discharged from hospital however moscow says it's still being denied access to him in violation of international rule. hello good evening welcome it's six pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international. now german chancellor angela merkel is in the russian black sea resort of sochi where she's being meet where she has been meeting in a few hours ago the two leaders held a press conference and answered questions from journalists well we're trying. to get even to you so what else did the two leaders have to say. andrew hello again well i can tell you

vision of a new young united europe german chancellor angela merkel delivering a speech praising that vision for forming. kong laying out his vision for the future which rests on a number of pillars including. a policy of european sovereignty remaining united and not just for. money concluding now perhaps most appropriately with the european union and beethoven's not. the charlemagne prize presented today to french president emanuel. let's get some more analysis on what we've just seen transpire over the past few hours the deputy political editor of the there has been following the latest developments here with me in the studio what did you make in particular of his acceptance speech but it was a message of being self confidence that the european project the european union is the way ahead we saw a ceremony that was slight young conventional. younger pop artist. performing a song which is. the kind of promised happiness and that had a message and it says well basically not follow those who promise you the promised land and liberty has to stay behind and this was also seeping through i

angela merkel visits china, we take a closer look at beijing's geopolitical ambitions. president xi jinping has established himself as china's leader for life, and he seems determined to transform his country into the dominant global power. it's already challenging the u.s. as the world's biggest economy, and now china is extending its strategic and commercial influence through the creation of a giant trading network known as the new silk road. so, our question on "quadriga" this week is, "the new silk road: china's route to europe?" and to discuss that question, i am joined by three excellent analysts here in the studio, beginning with bernhard bartsch, who is a senior expert on china for the bertelsmann foundation. he believes that "time to balance china's influence in a reasonable way may be running out." so with us is andreas kluth, editor in chief of "handelsblatt global." he was once based in hong kong, and has for many years followed the rise of china. andreas says that europe should stop being naive. "china has a plan for economic domination of the eurasian landmass and seas

. merkel's say to macron, let me get back to you. brent: is there something real and they say there is merkel-macron magic at play? many are asking for that. she is doing her best to come up with a response to the e.u. reform proposals by emmanuel macron. she says a german answer will be ready in time for next month's au summit -- e.u. summit. she made this place during a debate on the budget, but not all lawmakers are in favor of that magic, and they don't like the idea of contributing more german money for brussels. reporter: it was money time for angela merkel and the bundestag. discussing her proposed budget, she talked about both how much she wants to invest in germany and whether her government is willing to fork out more for the e.u. emmanuel macron once additional investment in the bloc, but merkel is cautious. >> it would be pretty difficult to put more in the e.u. budget and more in the eurozone budget while maintaining stability criteria. we will be talking to more. reporter: for the far right populist afd, there is no dilemma. they say merkel is simply wasting german mon

mincing his words in german chancellor angela merkel also has been talking about the iran nuclear deal she again criticize u.s. president donald trump for we know again on the agreement merkel told the german parliament that the deal which sorry iran give up its nuclear weapons program was far from perfect but she said dialogue with tehran would achieve much more than walking away from the table in this new bout me actually there are more issues to discuss like the ballistic missile program it or the influence of iran and hizbollah in syria. there are other questions as well hm. but the one question we have to answer and that we already have answered in opposition to the united states is there a stronger level of dialogue if one abandons the deal or is the dialogue stronger if one remains in the deal. we believe that by not leaving the iran deal it will be easier to continue talks which we must do ladies and gentlemen because the ballistic missile program is a great danger most specifically for israel. chance of america speaking there and to give us a political correspondent brood

and president vladimir putin. not in attendance was angela merkel. the new silk road project intends to do much more than revive the old trade routes. with an investment of $900 billion, china wants to build an almost global trade network with roads, railways, ports, and airports. it would connect china with central asia, africa, and europe. but alsot business, about establishing influence and political power. in germany and most other eueuropean countrieses, there is still a feeling g of mistrtrust. the u.s. does nonot sign a declclaration. a adherey china does not to e environment a and sociall standards.s. china is advancing west, but who will be using the new silk road? kirchner, who will be using the new silk road, and is it a threat or opportunity? ruth: i think it's a bit of both, really. it's an opportunity for a lot of countries that desperately need investment, both in asia, central asia, and some parts of europe, and of course come in africa. peter: that all sounds very benign. ruth: the idea as such i think it's been nine and perfectly understandable to actually improve t

chancellor angela merkel is on an official visit to russia with iran and u.s. sanctions topping discussions it's not all about politics here and saw. and cement their decades long friendship and vowed not to let disagreements room thinks . i'm former russian spy said he was poisoned by you know the agent in the u.k. in march he was discharged from hospital says it's still being denied access to him in violation of international law. who could use the money this is on international. at least eight people have been killed in a shooting at a high school in texas police have found explosive devices in the area let's go live now to a correspondent stateside. more ping kelly take us through then the details of this tragedy police well between eight and ten people are dead at santa fe high school roughly thirty miles south of houston texas now we understand the school went into lockdown around eight am shots were heard and at this point the school is being evacuated students are being taken to another nearby high school where they can be picked up by their parents and family members at this point

are nowhere near close to a deal. angela merkel is due to meet with vladimir putin today to talk trade in the iran deal after european leaders present a united front against donald trump. rome on the radar. the central bank is monitoring spiking yields. >> we have to monitor the situation. it is a change from what has been happening recently, the problems of italy are known by everyone. ♪ anna: good morning. it is on 6:00 here in london. this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." friday morning. let's have a look at these markets. there is an talk around the trade conversation in china. this is in messier asia-pacific ack -- this is the msci sia-pacific index. war? why are trade we not seeing equity markets react more? will the chinese do that? to?would they try a lot to discuss. why does trump remain doubtful? lots to talk about here. , we have seeneld it moving up at 3.12. just checking in on that. at levels not seen since 2014 on the brent price. i've got nymex in here but the brent price touching $80 a barrel. global stockpiles dropping. in certain about supply -- concern about

merkel talks business with president xi jinping amid growing trade tensions with the us. and this is what the markets are doing in the first few minutes of trade. european car—makers have taken a hit, down about 2%, following the warning that they could be hit with new tariffs. and we'll be getting the inside track on the toy industry. after a big player like toys‘r'us collapsed, how are some of its smaller rivals faring and turning a profit in a changing industry? we'll speak to the boss of the entertainer. as a string of high street restaurants bite the dust, today we want to know are meal delivery apps hurting your favourite restaurants? are you eating in much more than you eat out? let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. lots to get through. we start in the us where global trade tensions could be about to shift up a gear. the trump administration has launched a national security investigation into car and truck imports. it could lead to new us tariffs similar to those imposed on imported steel and aluminium back in march. to do that,

the u.s. and its allies including german chancellor angela merkel as he prepared to transfer power to a man who intended to undo every major achievement that carried obama's signature right joining me to go through this first glimpse into those heady final days of the obama presidency a familiar face here it was fun no arduous it's good to have you back on the show for people who don't know you were a member of the two thousand and eight two thousand and twelve obama campaign's your political campaign strategist now in berlin right here. let's just talk about what you thought when we read about this because the book comes out next week . there's a quote that's getting a lot of headline play where you they've got obama saying to his aides maybe we were wrong and maybe were wrong i mean whenever you see a former staffer said it right the inside version of history ben rhodes was part of it for the entire eight years he was there for pretty much every major foreign policy decision that barack obama took from osama bin laden to the. cuba negotiations to the drawdown in afghanistan so on so

is now in custody for service hour an hour to a german chancellor angela merkel is on an official visit to russia with iran and u.s. banks in the discussions but it's not all about politics here and saatchi house merkel and the cement their decades long friendship and vowing not to let disagreements room things run former russian spy who was poisoned by nerve agent in the u.k. is discharged from hospital however moscow does say still being denied access to him in violation of international rule. can you watching r.t. international now let's start with the news that a papal have been confirmed killed in a shooting at a high school in texas let's get the latest now from california and here in the united states four scallop just run through then what do we know. well at this point the reports are indicating that eight people are dead but the death number could actually be as high as ten the ten number is not yet confirmed but at the moment it appears what happened was that around eight am at santa fe high school which is about thirty miles south of houston texas a shooting began peop

a lavish ceremony and often in western germany german chancellor angela merkel was in attendance and then with a speech praising beijing for reform here. in his address mccall warned against the rise of nationalism in europe let's listen. going to the temptation in difficult times is yes you need to be nationalistic to know is ourselves everything and to think that on a national level it's even easier to musta challenges the man to five minutes of around a day. because on the european level it is still nascent and fragile but we have heard the alarms ring with bricks and on the loose but we are also going to hear it in the italian elections and in the hungary and behold and everywhere in europe was to me the french president speaking a short while ago and we have a correspondent back radar joining us now from aachen where the ceremony took place so what were the other key points back that the french president had to make because it was quite encompassing the speech. the french president did it delivered for clear messages he said that the europeans should or shouldn't meet they h

of a barracks and attacked offices but somewhere i saw one. german chancellor angela merkel has again criticized u.s. president dollar trump for his decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal maclin made the comments during a speech to the german parliament she said it was wrong for the u.s. to ditch the fact that she said trans atlantic dies wust be able to endure all disputes move yes but there are more issues to discuss like the ballistic missile program it or the influence of iran and hizbollah in syria. there are other questions as well. but the one question we have to answer and that we already have answered in opposition to the united states is there a stronger level of dialogue if one abandons the deal or is the dialogue stronger if one remains in the deal we believe that by not leaving the iran deal it will be easier to continue talks which we must do ladies and gentlemen because the ballistic missile program is a great danger most specifically for israel. that we now drawn up a little correspondent thomas ferals been listening to that budget debates here tell us f

german chancellor angela merkel demands equal market access and better protection for tech companies who set up shop in china. medical visits beijing for two days of high level talks also coming up italy's president gives his approval to become prime minister contains a political novice who will lead the government the extremes is this the beginning of europe's next crisis and bring you the latest from rome. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel is in china hoping to strengthen trade ties between the two countries acol is seeking greater market access for german companies and better protections for foreign companies operating there. who's on a two day visit to china it told. that close cooperation between the two sides was essential she'll meet president xi jinping later today michael spoke at a press conference earlier. if once we are pleased with the announcement about the opening in some areas for example the area of finance and also the possibility of the joint ventures to exceed fifty fifty ownership i think german friends will make use

angela merkel was in attendance and delivered a speech praising micron's vision for reforming here. and for more let's bring in a correspondent who is standing us or standing by right there with the latest from iraq and where this ceremony took place a little bit earlier today so back to walk us through the key points that the french president mccrone covered in his speech. the show on monday of the road had a clear message for all europeans not only for the petitions who are gathered here he said to europe shouldn't be weak you're to europe shouldn't be afraid to and europe has to act and has to act quickly this is your bill be prepared to fend off nationalism within its own borders and it should preserve the literalism in the road and this was a clear message maybe across the atlantic to u.s. president. and the german chancellor replied that she would be willing to join but crawl in is afoot to give some hope to europe. to implement reforms and to make europe function better in the future she also laid out the reasons that made him worthy of the prize that made him a war they wer

the nuclear deal german chancellor angela merkel says both nations stand behind the twenty fifteen agreement despite the u.s. pulling out earlier this month. in china for talks with government leaders we look at michael's high stakes diplomacy also coming up italy's president gives his approval to become prime minister political novice charged with leading a government of extremes is this the beginning of europe's next crisis we bring you the latest from rome. and germany's getting ready to defend its soccer world cup title coach walking live still past and who will make the trip to russia competition is intense and one of the biggest dilemma is whether goalkeeper manuel neuer is up to the task. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program german chancellor. both china and germany are committed to standing by the iran nuclear deal which was recently abandoned by washington merkel who's on a two day visit to china told a pro. that close cooperation between the two sides was essential to solving the world's crisis the german chancellor is also seeking greater market access for germa

. chancellor angela merkel could it threat towith germany's trade relationship. tom mackenzie joins us from beijing. what is the chancellor hoping to achieve from the's, which comes at a tenuous time? tom: it does, and chancellor , it is kicking off in central beijing behind me. she will be meeting with president xi jinping and one of her priorities is going to be to ensure that any trade deal between the u.s. and china is not to the detriment of german companies. course, china will increase its imports of things like agricultural product's, services, and energy from the u.s. chancellor merkel will be keen to make sure that doesn't include -- mean german companies lose out as the result of the trade deal between washington and beijing. well, she will be pushing for increased market access. berlin shares some of the concerns of washington around market access and cybersecurity and this industrial policy china has for automation and ai she will be pressing chinese counterparts for reassurance on those issues. in terms of the market access, china will be re-it rising that it has taken steps to

capital while german chancellor angela merkel arrives in beijing on a four—day trip to china. and finally, on friday, the world's most expansive data privacy law takes effect and i'm talking about the general data protection regulation orgdp are. general data protection regulation or gdp are. any business that processes the personal data of european residents must comply with the new law. a visiting professor at lse says the meetings this week — a volatile time that we live in. lse says the meetings this week — a volatile time that we live inlj look at these meetings as part of that. the korean meeting is not explicitly about trade, it is about the summit with north korea's leaders next month so this is about stage management and management around that. the germany and china one is about trade and about geopolitics. china is the largest trading partner that germany has and it's a relatively new development, only in the last two years that that has happened so in many ways germany has happened so in many ways germany has pivoted from the us to china on that front and it makes s

news, all the latest business news — live from singapore. german chancellor angela merkel heads to china to strengthen relations, as trade tensions loom... first uber and aianb disrupting their industries, now food apps taking a bite out of profits in the big apple... good morning asia, hello, world! it is thursday, welcome to this edition of their asia business report. angela merkel, the german chancellor, is on a two—day visit to china. she will discuss trade relations between the two countries, both of whom are targets of criticism from president trump. the two countries have reached their highest level of trade in 2017, they say. she is with the heads of volkswagen and siemens. shanghai, for a long time, had nothing but high taxes. they have trade finance from the us and the us pulling out of the iran nuclear deal? yes, germany and china have had a great relationship. angela merkel has been a leader of a country in europe far longer than anyone else. she is a reliable partner. under pressure from the right to endure a fourth term. she is under pressure on issues like immigrat

states in recent months. german chancellor angela merkel is in the russian black saves a lot of sochi where she's been meeting with vladimir putin a few hours ago that it is held a news conference and answered questions from journalists among the mounties lipitor. it didn't seem at all especially at the very beginning like two political wobbles internationally i mean we're meeting here and saatchi when angola merkel stepped out of her limousine vladimir putin was standing there with roses and that was just when the newly reappointed russian prime minister dmitri medvedev was walking out of the building and the chancellor wished him good luck in russian and . then later during the press conferences both leaders kept saying how you know political differences can stop them and their countries from being partners if not friends fifty one sort of you we have strategic interests to maintain good relations with russia and maintaining dialogue is crucial i want to underline that if we want to overcome issues we need to conduct dialogue there are many topics where we're united. germany is one

aus door handle of their house in cells very. german chancellor angela merkel is in the russian black sea resort of sorts she was she's meeting with. the few hours ago that it is hold a news conference and answer questions from journalists among them for us. it didn't seem at all especially at the very beginning like two political wives internationally i mean we're meeting here and saatchi when angola merkel stepped out of her limousine vladimir putin was standing there with roses and that was just when the newly reappointed russian prime minister dmitry medvedev was walking out of the building and the chancellor wished him good luck in russian. then later during the press conferences both leaders kept saying how you know political differences can stop them and their countries from being partners if not friends fifty one sort of you we have to teach it interest to maintain good relations with russia and maintain dialogue is crucial i want to underline that if we want to overcome issues we need to conduct dialogue there are many topics where we're united. germany is one of our ke

their house in cells very. german chancellor angela merkel is in the russian black sea resort of sort she was she's been meeting with vladimir putin not easily patrol has details. it didn't seem at all especially at the very beginning like two political watchers internationally i mean we're meeting here and saatchi when angola merkel stepped out of her limousine vladimir putin was standing there with roses and that was just when the newly reappointed russian prime minister dmitri medvedev was walking out of the building and the chancellor wished him good luck in russian so. there would be the music then later during the press conferences both leaders kept saying how you know political differences can stop them and their countries from being partners if not friends fifty one sort of you we have strategic interests to maintain good relations with russia and maintaining dialogue is crucial i want to underline that if we want to overcome issues we need to conduct dialogue there are many topics where we're united. germany is one of our key trade partners we just started by german good

also coming up angela merkel heads to china to see how they run that tech firms can she meant their recently rocky relationship. i'm daniel winter and this is your business update they call it g.d.p. ah the general data protection regulation put simply a new set of e.u. rules on data now the likes of facebook google or amazon will have to tell us what possible danger of ours they hold and we could even have it deleted they could face millions in fines if they don't but what about small firms butchers bakers and bookshops all they are also required to follow the new regulation but without the same resources of multibillion dollar empires of the hefty tome of g.d.p. rule book is hard to understand. a stuffed of paper. of the new e.u. data rules have chamber of crafts president stumped because it's from the heart of course it's heavy stuff is an admission a very euro vote tells us to keep cool the flood of information is more confusing than helpful the law wasn't really aimed at trades people. for brussels to create here that applies equally to social media giants as it does to small w

handle of their house in cells very. german chancellor angela merkel is in the russian black sea resort of sochi where she's been meeting putin. has the details. it didn't seem at all especially at the very beginning like two political wives internationally i mean we're meeting here and saatchi when angola merkel stepped out of her limousine vladimir putin was standing there with roses and that was just when the newly reappointed russian prime minister dmitri medvedev was walking out of the building and the chancellor wished him good luck in russian so you get. the message then later during the press conferences both leaders kept saying how you know political differences can stop them and their countries from being partners if not friends fish to all sorts of you we have to teach it interest to maintain good relations with russia and maintain dialogue is crucial i want to underline that if we want to overcome issues we need to conduct dialogue there are many topics where we're united. germany is one of our key trade partners we just started by german goods in higher volumes which

problem here. emmanuel macron and angela merkel went to washington to convince mr. trump not to do certify the deal, because it is not only part of the european foreign-policy legacy, but wanted if you successful multilateral approaches, and it worked so far, apparently. the problem is that trump -- mark on and merkel have both offered to donald trump to look at the deal and come up with a new deal, gratified american unilateralism in the name of preserving multilateral decisions. this is a difficult case here. that is why many in europe say we have to give something to trump in order to save the deal, support him in rolling back iranian influence in the region. others say that if you do this, we will become -- lose our credibility in the middle east and with the iranians. brent: i'm wondering about the timing of the revelation. we heard people immediately saying that the information is being revealed to persuade donald trump to decide a certain way. you could look at it that way. what about perhaps to support a decision that has already been made? daniel: not so sure if this decis

directions so we are caught on our t.v. washington d.c. . the german chancellor angela merkel is visiting the russian city of software where she is expected to sit down with president vladimir putin. has are standing by and such a right now to follow developments a good one if you're just after eight in the morning where you are now merkel and president they will have a lot to go through today don back. story good morning well angola merkel is getting together with vladimir putin basically just days after donald trump said goodbye to the irradiating nuclear deal that you've been talking about just before that and it is a good reason i guess for the two leaders who both what's the deal to be there no matter what to have a conversation about it and added to their usual ukraine syria agenda. i think it's not right to can you actually cancel a deal that was agreed upon that was unanimously approved in the u.n. security council should diminishes confidence in the international. donald trump's deal exit almost automatically meant that american sanctions against iran war coming back and

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german chancellor angela merkel discovering more and more common interests since the g twenty meeting in germany last year. u.s. president donald trump's exit from the iran nuclear deal is only the latest in a series of u.s. policy turnarounds that of course she and mackel closer the fact that merkel made her china trip the subject of her weekly podcast highlights beijing's importance in such testing time is she not shown that in germany except the rules of the w t o nevertheless we'll discuss reciprocal trade issues that exist questions of intellectual property and we want to strengthen multilateralism. german industry is almost as worried about chinese efforts to acquire the technical know how as it is about trade barriers but only almost we are already in a trade conflict we don't want this conflict is escalating one good thing is that it brings us together china and germany china and the european union that we speak together about how can we progress free trade germany hopes that china will use its economic clout to stop the u.s. from further undermining the very free trade it used t

program thanks for joining us german chancellor angela merkel and russian president vladimir putin have rekindled hopes of peace in eastern ukraine at talks in the russian city of sochi putin said that diplomats on both sides would look again at options for deploying a multinational peacekeeping force in the region who also said that the pair had discussed how the iran nuclear deal could be staged following the u.s. withdrawal merkel said the removal of property rights from syrian refugees by president assad was a concern. let's get more now on this summit we are joined by our correspondent emily sure one who's standing by with the latest from sochi where it has just taken place so i'm really what were the key takeaways from their comments. well sara to me the key take one of the key takeaways today was the atmosphere of the talks it seemed rather open almost relaxed you could tell that the two leaders have been working together for years that they know each other really rather well and even greeted americal with flowers today and both said that there were constructive talks today despi

germany's chancellor angela merkel has addressed the iran nuclear deal speaking earlier on friday chancellor merkel suggested the united states you national withdraw from the deal undermined confidence in the global order but she added that america's withdrawal was not a reason to call into question the entire transatlantic partnership is the most sort of few i agree that there are lots of other worrying issues to talk about when it comes to iran to fight with israel the ballistic missile program iran's role in syria well correct pots and log however i think it is not correct to pull out of a deal that has been agreed on that has been voted for unanimously in the u.n. security council. that violates the trust in the international order. it's german chancellor angela merkel now the united nations children's fund is warning that hundreds of thousands of children in the democratic republic of congo at risk of death from starvation unicef says fast action is needed to provide four hundred thousand children in the province with food clean water and medical supplies because of the short