communist party leaders head of time in the opening session china's premier league cut the growth target to its lowest in nearly three decades a lower projection is partly due to a tariff war with the united states. at least said beijing would continue to push for a resolution to that dispute. should. we will continue to push for trade talks with the us china two years to the principles of mutually beneficial cooperation when development and we'll continue to advocate fair consultations to solve trade disputes we will earnestly carry out the promises we make and will resolutely protect our legitimate rights and interests. and our very own china analyst clifford coonan is with us here in the studio good morning clifford so you've spent a lot of time in china you've attended a lot of these people's congresses as they were let's talk about what we just heard there from the premier league he says china is looking for a win win solution in its trade disputes with the us while defending its interests does that sound to you like china is ready to make concessions. it's very hard to say i mean i

the money that the premier league clubs had in that time so i do think the cash is an issue no doubt about that but i do think it comes down to good management as well and i think client has struck the bull in the off season they didn't support nico that was the new signings and i do think that they can make that step up to once again compete against these top european clubs it must've been a pretty great moment for the liverpool coach and german coach yet definitely i mean obviously he coached bruce edwin for a long time and played against munich in total clashes and also that famous champions league all german final in two thousand and thirteen which he lost so this was a bit of revenge for i think he would have really enjoyed it and he is obviously aiming to win the champions league with lupul and we saw in the post match interview had a lot of he was especially with the second half performance from his team a second off and it was really happy not only because you wanted to will because of how we played football at home but sure it was how strong we look i'll be defended even in

with less than one hundred days to go before the tournament kicks off in june. premier league football club full men have fired their coach clough do you run the agree with the team's battle against relegation looking increasingly bleak omen only hire the italian coach in november but a terrible run of form saw the london club win just five points in twelve matches and they are currently ten points from safety on the average is best known for leading leicester city to an unlikely premier league title in twenty sixty. two tennis and roger federer is just two matches away from winning his one hundred title on the a.t.p. tour ever saved to set points in the first set tiebreaker in his match against martin in dubai in the dubai championships the swiss player then took the second set six four to book a place in the semifinal. well we're going to take you to rwanda now where the sport of cycling is this week transforming villages and cities all on the route of the tour de rwanda it's an eight stage race that winds from lake keep to some of the highest mountains in the country after five stag

will fly the flag for the bundesliga against portuguese side benfica a premier league side the us no will do battle with italian club napoli and chelsea have been shown was laughing a prague and one spanish side is guaranteed a place in the semifinals as vieira play a valiant thea. it is a reminder of our top story at this hour forty nine people are dead and dozens more wounded not shootings at two mosques in the new zealand city of christchurch police say an australian man and his mates of twenty years has been charged with murder and would appear in court on saturday should forty two opposed to the viking extremist manifesto online before the attacks minister just said the describe the terror attack as an unprecedented act of violence in the country's doc used moments of experience. coming up next here on day w. nears a boeing says a software fix is on the way for its seventy three seventy max eights jet set of three lights after last weekend's deadly crash time for the hostile force in just a month. of news at the top of the hour a good day. what secrets lie behind these men. f

premier league chang issued a warning. well. we face a complex and serious situation as well as challenges foreseeable and otherwise that are greater in number and in size. we also announced market reforms aimed at leveling the playing field for chinese and foreign companies this is a bid to diffuse u.s. complaints has made delegates more optimistic that the trade dispute with the u.s. could soon be resolved the only issue is that you and the u.s. is starting to get used to each other i think there is growing trust between the people and the governments of both countries. china has announced a further increase in defense spending up seven point five percent on the previous year with this china hopes to strengthen its military allowing its troops to train under more realistic conditions. and force them out of this i'm joined by maximillian ken friend from the marketo institute for chinese studies welcome max now how important is this national people's congress because the same national people's congress last year abolished presidential terms making being president for life well i

of the opening session premier league cut the growth cut the growth target to its lowest in nearly three decades we'll have analysis on what that means for the world's second largest economy in just a moment first this report beijing's new airport it's said to be the world's largest when it opens later this year china's leadership often uses political advances an occasion to flaunt its successes to the media. and it's a welcome distraction china's economy is burdened with the consequences of its trade dispute with the u.s. municipalities and state run companies are struggling under high levels of debt addressing china's national people's congress premier league chang issued a warning. well. we face a complex and serious situation as well as challenges foreseeable another was that are greater in number and in. size. also announced market reforms and leveling the playing field for chinese and foreign companies this bid to diffuse u.s. complaints has made delegates more optimistic that the trade dispute with the u.s. could soon be resolved jointly. and the u.s. is starting to get used

outcry shows no sign of disappearing. >> in football, premier league powerhouse manchester city is being investigated for possible breaking financing monitoring rules. they are related to officials discussing the source of revenue from sponsorship deals tied to club owners in abu dhabi. it found guilty, the club could get a champions league ban. here's a reminder of our top story at this hour -- a german court is handing prison sentences of up to 10 years to four men accused of operating a vast child pornography platform on the darknet. one of the men was also found guilty of sexually abusing two young children. coming up next is "the day," and a world news update is at the top of the hour. you can get updates around the clock on our website, dw.com. have a good day. ten year bond from politics. control to france before i'm james creed and now if the verdict is in in that the trial of the accused brussels jewish museum killer. at french meant made an image was found guilty of killing four people. in may twenty fourteen and he now faces a life sentence the case has got a huge amount of te

chinese premier league chang warned that china would resolutely pulls any separatist scheme. what it typically is seeking the independence of taiwan he went on to say this we will implement the military strategy for the new era stranded military training under combat conditions and from your protector and our sovereignty security and development interests we will further implement the military civilian integration strategy and speed up efforts to make innovations in defense related science and technology. and joining us for more. yang from what used to share a bureau in taipei wm good to see you let's just begin with taiwan first what does the new action be in the this it pleased military spending that's been announced. so experts in taiwan have pointed out the importance for the island to actually alight better its defense policy with distracting. position because it's impossible for time one to focus on matching its defense budget with china because some of them have actually pointed out that china's twenty nine hundred defense budget is sixteen times more than ten ones defense

serbian midfielder who had struggled for four years in the premier league but he said that night that was the best game of his life and then he scored a spectacular goal himself early in the second half three no up pulled back one goal to make it three one but then finally the dutch scored another one for one to win overall five to three on aggregate in this game and it was just amazing high stakes game very exciting in your opinion would you say real we're too weak or too strong both i mean ryall were struggling for the reasons i just gave but also i aks of amsterdam has a pedigree and they created total football. back in the seventy's and they were trying to emulate that again in this game france in this case it was for the second dortmund there were hoping for a wonder for some sort of miracle they didn't get it one well that they they copied i axes strategy take the game to them you know so they took the game again to tottenham hotspur and they created chances tons of chances eleven shots on goal in the first half mark royce was everywhere in this game and they couldn't score that

considering the vast differences in money available to say premier league clubs in the top spanish clubs and teams in the bundesliga there is a gulf but i think if dortmund and in manage themselves well in terms of buying good young players as they've done in the pos they can compete again with the top clubs it just takes good management and i think it would just take a couple a year maybe two seasons or so ok it would be all up to money that that's not going take it's not all down to money i think not only can overcome the cash ok now let's talk about you're going to top you must've felt very good about this victory yet obviously as a form of dortmund coach who often battled by munich in the bundesliga and and lost by munich in the champions league final in two thousand and twelve he was ecstatic sued to finally get one of his old rivals and it's looking like a fluid pool again the through the quarterfinals they're looking strong they had a very great second half and you're going club off to the match was particularly praiseful of his club especially in the second half when i won the ma

premier league side asimo will do battle with italy's and napoli chelsea have been drawn against slavia prague and one spanish side is guaranteed a place in the same is vieira al will play for that year. football's world governing body fifa meet in a special session later to vote on sweeping changes to world football a top of the agenda is a plan to extend the next two world cup in qatar to forty eight teams fee for president giani in fan tino wants to increase faith as revenues further changes at include an expansion of the club world cup and a new global nations league. fifo is planning big changes first qualifying national teams will take part in an expanded world cup possibly sooner than expected instead of forty eight teams in the tournament in two thousand and twenty six that expansion could start as early as two thousand and twenty two in qatar through the more they might be a new global nations league that could be similar to europe's new nations. in club football they could also be an expanded club world cup reporter florian ballot asked the head of the germany which tea

thank you. well to football the premier league powerhouse manchester city is being investigated by your wife of a possible violations of financial monitoring rules this after leaked documents about the club's business were published by german magazine der spiegel the possible violations of financial fair play rules are related to man city officials and that deceiving us by disguising the source of revenue from sponsorship deals tied to the club's owners in abu dhabi if found guilty man says he could get a champions league ban. and an unlikely set of symbols is making a splash in thailand's popular culture not the iconography like swastikas and images of a family available as fashion items since the nazi regime murders six million jews during the second world war those symbols of a band or restricted in many countries but in thailand it's a different story. in thailand he's become a designer dictator here in the markets of bangkok nazi symbols are in vogue and hitler is the rock star of fascist fashion it's a trend that's creeping into pop culture like this swastika t. shirt worn by

recent outcry shows no sign of disappearing. in football you wife is investigating premier league powerhouse manchester city full possible violations of financial monitoring rooms this after leaked documents about the club's business with published by german magazine der spiegel the possible violations of financial fair play rules are relates to man city officials allegedly deceiving you i thought i disguising the source of revenue from sponsorship deals tied to the club's owners in abu dhabi if found guilty the top could get a champions league back. it reminded the top story at this hour a german course in a seven hundred prison sentences of up to ten years to fold man but use of operating a fast child pornography platform on doc now is one of the men's also found guilty of sexually abusing two young children. coming up next here all day dublin is the day i'm still world of age is at the top of the column on school she gets out of dates around the clock on the website that's t w dot com i'm good today. earth home to millions of species a home worth saving. on those are big changes and most

premier league powerhouse manchester city is being investigated by europe's governing body for football you a for possible by aleisha a financial fair play rules this after leaked documents about the club's business were published by german magazine der spiegel the possible violations relate to allegations that man city officials deceived people a foot by disguising the source of revenue from sponsorship deals if the allegations are proven to be true manchester city could be banned from the big burly champions league target. well we've got business for you coming up next monaco what you're up. tumbling stock markets in asia terry and the reason investors are in. is peeled of course by shockingly weak chinese exports data exports fell more than twenty percent last month so that's really shocking and that of course is related to the u.s. china trade route which is still not result and there are indications that the two sides may actually not be as close to a deal as previously hoped so that's coming up in business and much more also women's day by the way let's not forget but i want to jo

premier league latest but to disco believes all is not lost. in the trees and walls and of course where outside is clear outside as we have a chance and it would have to be a special diet of almost any but we want to make it just that when i'm on. among cities a ray of talent. a former player and goal scorer two weeks ago. he and his team the cliff favorites but coach is taking nothing for granted after several short comebacks in all the champions league ties. didn't expect to happen for example to be on the grid. so as not to good examples because every games could do different. ones with one goal in the first minute many things can happen in. addition based on recent form city should be able to win with himself playing in midfield in a room full of surprises the biggest miracle yet to reach the quarterfinals. of all time at fighting championship star conor mcgregor has been arrested in miami for allegedly smashing a fan's phone as they tried to take a picture of him the irish mixed martial arts fighter is being charged with strong armed robbery and misdemeanor criminal mischief

obviously compete with the cash in the premier league or with the top spanish clubs that that's a given and it won't change but by have shown in previous years they've never had the cache of the top teams in england they still manage to compete and that's down to good management and as i said byner in transition they need some time to gel and they will do and they will be back to their best through making good signings and good coaching and goldman as well they are now the trent team in transition and i do see one of the cubs returning to the top of european football ok back to liverpool byron game byron as you mention the new coach from some older players but this was a crowning moment wasn't it for liverpool coach jurgen klopp one hundred percent i mean obviously he had some great battles with fine as dalton coach and he obviously lost the final in two thousand and twelve to be on the champions league final so this was an act of revenge for him and he was absolutely ecstatic with the victory understandably so especially with the second half when liverpool really turned on the sc

in a game between he bernie and ranges in edinburgh in the scottish premier league so for all of these incidents to happen on one weekend for it's really quite worrying now there are of course no fences in british football grounds between the stands and the pitch but the authorities are going to have to find a solution for this kind of thing to stop happening but they will want to dumb tom going for us from those worst us thanks very much. all that stuff gardell first will be here with business news looking at the economic fallout of the ethiopian airlines crash also be assessing economic costs of the fukushima disaster hit new song for that much more straight ahead i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks for being here. this morning to talk more. women for internet activists one mission. to go. against repression and smiling it's going to target the social media. their messages for spring like a modifier. the norm in new york changed the world to come. digital morris. displacement is going to. go to the new general max you tube channel. goldmine of storage. with exclusi

now and premier league powerhouse manchester city is being investigated by europe's governing body for football you a for possible by a lay sions of financial fair play rules possible violations relate to allegations that man city officials deceived the way by just guys saying the source of revenue from sponsorship deals if the allegations are proven to be true manchester city could be banned from the big money champions league tournaments. and just reminder the top stories we're following for you here on d w news people around the world are taking part in rallies like here in india to mark international women's day indian women's groups have launched an eleven point plan to improve safety education health care women's representation in politics. five years after the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight m h three seventy relatives of the missing passengers are pushing for search efforts to resume try this foreign ministry heard demands from around thirty family members a two year long search for the plane was called all in january of two thousand and seventeen. coming up next it's

hold one goal lead it's a bleak situation against the premier league leaders but to disco believes all is not lost. of course we're outsiders clear outsiders we have a chance and it would have to be a special day but we want to make it just that. among city's a ray of talent says learoyd a former player and goalscorer two weeks ago and. he and his team are cliff favorites but coach is taking nothing for granted after several shock comebacks in other champions league ties. we didn't expect. would happen for example room madrid. not to put examples because every games could do different. ones. in the first minute many things can happen in ninety minutes in the position based on recent form city should be able to win with himself playing in midfield in a round full of surprises you need the biggest miracle yet to reach the quarterfinals. real madrid have reappointed finity and sit down as coach after sacking thank. sedan is due to take over training today his new contract runs until twenty twenty two in his usually successful first spell us coach sit down one three champions league titles

lead it's a bleak situation against the premier league leaders but to disco believes all is not lost. reason was and of course we're outsiders clear outsiders we have a chance and it would have to be a special day but we want to make it just that. among city's a ray of talent says learoyd a former shell good player and goalscorer two weeks ago in goals and. he and his team are cliff favorites but coach is taking nothing for granted after several shock comebacks in other champions league ties. i think we didn't expect the decision would happen for example room madrid. is not a good example because every game is completely different one hundred one goal in the first minute many things can happen in ninety minutes in this kind of position . based on recent form city should be able to win with himself playing in midfield in a round full of surprises you need the biggest miracle yet to reach the quarterfinals . of your minor now the tough story we're following for you after this hour prime minister theresa may has struck a deal with european union negotiators to resign revise the ter

opponents tomorrow england's premier league is contributed with four clubs that italy spain the netherlands and portugal round off the quarter finalist with one club apiece. misstate is one of five formula one titles in a row meanwhile ferrari have become a restless after more than a decade without wood in the championship with the knowledge with the others that it's also took former superstar driver mikhail schumacher five years before he collected five straight titles for ferrari that's still sticking with sebastian satele however considering he makes he made a series of mistakes behind the wheel last season he's under pressure. sebastian vettel is hungry for glory the ferrari driver feels it's high time his team won some silverware. it's going to be my fifth year together with a good area so i think racing for ferrari the expectation is always there to win and that's what we what we all want obviously we've i think come close some years bit further away some of the years but this season there have been changes that ferrari have the official presentation of the team's new car

facing in the next round now england's premier league has the largest presence with four clubs in the quarterfinals one club each from italy spain the netherlands and portugal round off the quarter finalist so. the top stories that we're following for you here in d.w. britain's parliament is due to vote today on whether to request an extension from the e.u. for the brags that deadline just fifteen days away in voting last night lawmakers backed a motion to out a no deal drags it. and ethiopian airlines has said the black boxes recovered from a weekend plane crash have been flown to paris for further analysis the u.s. has joined with nearly forty other countries to ground the boeing seven thirty seven max the plane model involved in the crash. coming up conflict zone attempts a bastion he sits down with marching home deputy chairman of the conservative people's party of estonia stay tuned for that. center of the conflict zone confronting the powerful my guest this week here in tallinn is martin helm a deputy leader of the conservative people's posse of a stony despite calling for black

remaining eighteen will find out who they're facing in the next round and wins premier league has the largest presence with four clubs in the quarterfinals one club each from italy spain the netherlands and portugal round off a quarter final lists. our minds are not our top story here and d. w. britain's parliament is due to vote today on whether to request an extension from the e.u. for the breakfast deadline just fifteen days away and voting last night lawmakers back to a motion to rule out a no deal breaks or costs coming up focus on europe will call at how what turkey's construction boom is collapsing and how italy is turning the clock back on abortion rights those stories coming right up on focus on your stay with us. europe. what unites. us what defines. what binds the continent to cover the. answers and stories aplenty her. spotlight on people. go and. enter the conflict zone fronting the powerful my guest this week here in tallinn is martin helm a deputy leader of the conservative people. despite calling for blacks to leave the country feeling says he's not a racist when he se

opponents tomorrow england's a premier league is the highest contributor with four clubs and italy spain the netherlands and portugal round off the quarter finalist with one club each side is of one of five formula one titles in a row made while ferrari have become restless after more than ten years without a win bearing in mind that it took a former superstar driver mikael schumacher five years before he collected five straight titles a ferrari that's sticking with sebastian fattal however a series of mistakes of behind the wheel last season means he's now under pressure . sebastian vettel is hungry for glory the ferrari driver feels it's high time his team won some silverware. it's going to be my fifth year together with. so i think racing for ferrari the expectation is always there to win and that's what we what we all want obviously we've i think come close some years before that way some of the years but this season there have been changes a ferrari at the official presentation of the team's new car for twenty nine thousand pete of the sun a founder enzo ferrari was there to s

season but in the champions league there were no match for premier tottenham striker harry came and cove beach bird was here for the second time in two weeks on tuesday. but. the world's biggest companies are going electric at the geneva motor show currently underway in switzerland they're ruling out electric us to meet tough for european limits on greenhouse gas emissions that will go into effect in a year's time we take a look. the audi q four each trans world premiere an electric car industry tearing an image shattered by the diesel emissions scandal the english based company has been hemorrhaging customers to rivals b.m.w. and. he's a new c.e.o. schultz is giving top priority to electro mobility the q four goes on sale next year aggressively priced at forty thousand euros a bold attempt to conquer a sizeable chunk of the electric car market. for the twenty five that will be one third will be electrified meaning seventy percent is still not electrified by the way we look at the feedback from introducing our heater on we could be in for a surprise you know i think probably markets

tottenham are brilliant saying there's no real shame in losing to them their third in the premier league for a reason. and it was a very positive attacking performance from goldman yesterday they created a lot of chances for themselves unfortunately they won't be able to use them but it was better than we've seen from them in the blues league game recent times the stadium was rocking so i think there was still a positive feeling despite the defeat yesterday for dortmund and i think one thing this was a good is that now they can focus on the bundesliga because as we know they're under a lot of pressure from by munich who are level on points now on top of the because the yeah it's back to germany competitions for them and all eyes on the domestic table ok but look going back to last night matches it was even a bigger shock defending champion st you know riyadh. agreed she did last but not that they do is they were trashed at zero they really were put to the sword by x. yeah it's not going very well for real madrid at school at the moment they were beaten three nil by boss alona in the semifina

. communist party leaders and events at the opening session china's premier league chunk cut the growth target to its lowest in nearly three decades he also announced a rise in military spending. well with us in the studio is china. clifford coonan who spent a long time in china as a correspondent clifford the national people's congress you've seen this many times before they're often described as a rubber stamp parliament if that's the case what can we learn from watching their deliberations well in fifteen of these. parliaments they are indeed. decisions are made there which are already agreed weeks in advance however they give us a very valuable insight into how decisions are going to be made. into how the commies party's thinking and what direction it sees the world's second largest economy heading so that's a very useful indicator if not a great example of democracy in action all this talk about the economy is really center stage at this meeting chinese president xi jinping warned in january about a complicated and grim international conditions for the country's economy now the g.d

had the game of his life he had struggled for four years in the premier league at southampton but here it was the game of his life he said and then the spanish pulled one back but then the dutch gave them the death knell later on in the game four two one win for i.x. of amsterdam and and rail madrid are out so was this a case of rail being too weak or were i axed just that much better well both i mean i think the real madrid players at least four or five top players they know that no christian are and although it's they're not going to have the same kind of success and also the dutch decided to play what they originally did back in the one thousand seven hundred total football where everybody attacks and everybody defends they did that perfectly yesterday but i must say real madrid were gracious in defeat and in fact their german midfielder twenty crows had this to say about the match. it's disappointing to the of course we used to grow in this competition. but today we have to be on this to the beaches of two roads was was a bit dim in both games. at the end for real madrid there