is something in france which is very damaged. this imbalance is also reflected within europe itself. this is the subject of fall creates this play i am europe which started last nor did a staged at the beginning of the year. not be in. the year that. we are now. so not only france is in crisis what is no day's vision of europe. it's a place where people come together because they have something to say to each other not just because they want to trade things i cannot make arguments are not enough it's not enough to say that france alone wouldn't be able to negotiate free trade agreements that's a bad argument i think people need to have something to dream about. dublin is building the future on the banks of the river liffey. for many years the docklands area was poor now it's a lively business hub where many i.t. giants have their european headquarters multinationals were drawn by low corporate tax rates and flexible labor laws now they declare their worldwide revenues here and save billions but they've also brought money to the c

italy and france commemorate the artistic genius of leader -- leonardo da vinci. the italian master lived out his final years at a chateau in france. i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs and the united states and around about, welcome. brent: we started venezuela where president nicolas maduro has called on the military to fight anyone involved in a coup. juan guaido called for a series of strikes hoping to force madero from power. guaido called this the final thing to do before ousting the door. this left four people dead. guaido declared himself venezuela's drum president -- interim president of venezuela. of move supported by united states and germany. oscar, i want to to start with the news of this arrest warrant that has been issued for leopoldo lopez. what do we knonow beyond that? oscar: he was surprisisingly fre onon tuesday during this coup attempt. he is now at a spanish -- the spanish embassy as a guest. they want to put them back in jail. this is a bit complex to analyze in a traditional manner because juan guaido is recognized but -- as president by

it was in that spirit that the presidents of italy and france gathered at divin she's tomb in was france. it's on the and it's on safety this renascence period was an extremely important time in the friendship between italy and france when you're in a sense jenius came to france to spend the rest of his life at the invitation of a young french king as an awful sea davinci spent the last three years of his life at the chateau duplo to say and died here in fifteen nineteen at the age of sixty seven but his legacy in contemporary europe has few equals south africa's olympic running champion custer's ammonia is being urged by supporters not to quit this after the menu posted a cryptic tweet hinting that she may just do that quit or sport or wednesday so when you've lost your appeal of an international track and field rule that will force certain women to lower their testosterone levels withdraw. cassis many as recent treat has as many wondering about have future she posted this a day after she lost her appeal at the court of arbitration for sport knowing when to walk away is wisdom being abl

it was in that spirit that the presidents of italy and france gathered at given she's tomb in was france. it's on the and it's on say did this renascence period was an extremely important time in the friendship between italy and france when rene soames jenius came to france to spend the rest of his life at the invitation of a young french king as an awful city davinci spent the last three years of his life at the chateau say and died here in fifteen nineteen at the age of sixty seven but his legacy in contemporary europe has few equals. full is just over a month before the women's world cup kicks off in france and there is word that the best women's player in the world will not be competing that's right adda huggy bear the winner of last year's coveted by award was left off the norwegian team's roster that's wrong. place for a french club that has spoken out against her whole federation over frustrations with the state of the women's game in norway the national team coach says her bags absence is by her own decision. here's a reminder the top story that we're following for you but it's w

populists also had a good night winning the votes and france the u.k. italy and poland now farai to nationalist parties had been predicted to surge to success all across europe but things didn't quite work out that way. france's marine le pen was one of the far right leaders celebrating last night victory over the party president emmanuel mccall was razor thin but hugely symbolic she say's it means things will have to change in france in future. she was a soft cheerless she believes he can get out of the situation where she finds himself tonight the failure to defeat the team is experienced with a reach and which she will play recklessly with the saying it will not work that is not what the french people expect. in britain and to european leader nigel farrar she also said the success of his party showed not just that britons want to leave the e.u. but that they also want politics to change fundamentally. but the most significant victory of the night went to materials salvini is far right party in italy. there when went beyond all expectations salvini sa

it was in that spirit that the presidents of italy and france gathered at given she's tomb was france it's only on its own say this renee stone's period was an extremely important time in the friendship between italy and france when you're in a sense genius came to france to spend the rest of his life at the invitation of a young french king and see given she spent the last three years of his life at the chateau do close say and died here in fifteen nineteen at the age of sixty seven but his legacy in contemporary europe has few equals. tolerance can watch you alone cohen has murdered woman's body guards just days before his coronation the king is a three time to go see he's forty to hold a fourth wife and a surprise this time and that was shown on hold tight each other you create a screen. this was some weights we're now a relationship that love was a rumor few years now it's official the king annoying seeing his queen with sacred water this elaborate ceremony was broadcast to the entire country and it was watched by leaders of the country's ruling military and other royal family mem

france and germany join forces to make their mark on the battery cell market for electric vehicles production is currently concentrated the hands of just a few mainly asian companies. plus first she was his bodyguard now she says queen talons came marries the deputy head of his personal security forces just days before his official coronation. i'm sumi so must come to thank you for joining us. the destructive force of cycle in canada starting to become clear a week after a tour through mozambique the government has confirmed that the death toll has reached forty one but that number is expected to rise a many parts of mozambique are inaccessible with remote areas and small islands still waiting for aid supplies our correspondent our travel to ebola an island in the north of the country that has been especially hard hit. we are onboard an eight flight headed towards the vacation island of now for the first time we get an aerial view of the massive destruction up till now flights have hardly been possible due to the strong rain. i've never seen anything like this there's an entire village just c

it was in that spirit that the presidents of italy and france gathered at divin cheese tomb in was france. if you don't know and it's all say this renee sounds period was an extremely important time in the friendship between italy and france when rene soames genius came to france to spend the rest of his life at the invitation of a young french king don't often see given she spent the last three years of his life at the chateau do close to say and died here in fifteen nineteen at the age of sixty seven but his legacy in contemporary europe has you equals. the not commemoration comes amid the largest spike in the country's mostly violence for decades experts say part of the reason is that members of the holocaust and are facing so a new project has come up with an innovative way to keep those memories alive and call number and tell us welcome come i mean how do you keep passing these memories on from generation to generation and it's not easy to keep those alive and so the idea here is to use something like instagram to tell the stories of the holocaust to a younger generation and you can

and nigel farage is padi is the top party in britain so it's only france and england it is a sign of a europe which is changing. a federation. we see there salvini positioning himself clearly he we know he wants to be the head of this new nationalist walk he wants to form for europe is italy going to be the springboard now for the creation of that national's front. well brian much has held venia has definitely become a point of reference for other nationalists across the e.u. and this when there is a boost for nationalism at the european level it's also a boost to he's a plan of creating a pun european alliance of like minded parties but there are still some questions that are being raised about this alliance the 1st question is a 1st for how are these the parties that are on board to going to work together when they are a nationalist party is by definition they stand for their national interests and some of these interests are in conflict or they have also different affiliations for example towards a russia so how are they going to work together how are they going to show a united f

nodule for august 1st so italy france england it's the sign of a europe that is changing. but despite his success it's unlikely that salvini will be able to fulfill his dream of working with other nationalists to turn the e.u. on its head from within the populace in other countries did not do as well meaning the far right will still be in a minority in the european parliament. and they're also divided among themselves hungary's anti immigrant leader viktor orban netted more than 50 percent of the vote but disagrees with other populists on a range of issues even so analysts say would be no longer possible or why the europe to go back to business as usual given the gains made by such parties. austrian chancellor sebastian courts and his government have been ousted after opposition parties joined forces in a vote of no confidence the motion was backed by lawmakers from the far right freedom party in coalition with courts until last week it was a spectacular reverse for a leader who only last night was celebrating victory for his party in the european elections. i said sebasti

difficult to see what is actually going on and that will remain so for quite some time now speaking of france we got the results and most successful party it seems for the european elections will be a marine le pen's us some room on us and now you your job is also to find a positive message about these alerts what is your positive message in the face of numbers like that. i finally can't quite impressive becoming here with 22 members so my calls party yes as a 1st they will be joining or we will create a new group with them and the other family that i find to be very promising and when you look at the turnout i think that's probably the best message this early in the evening that we seem to be about 50 percent that's amazingly good news because that's a backing for our european democracy which would be up from about about 7 percent up from 43 percent and why do you think is that is that necessarily good news or might it not be turnout for the right wing populist what i think is because sense an effort has been done a big effort has been done to get the vote counts saying not saying to people

france great britain apologies to just top priority you won the elections of course you'd germany is obviously different but you know i come from six only and we also don't number one party there so in my mind it is the number one priority. and we try to convince people to focus on that priority and not to focus on. other priorities let's say climate change because we don't think that that is as urgent mycenaean come from the h.d. thank you very much for talking to us sumi back to you all right thank you very much max. now polls close are earlier in france one of the key member states and marie le pen has once again proved to be a thorn in the side of the country's main stream party's national rally achieve just over twenty three percent of the vote that's ahead of president manuel mcconnell centrist party that won just under twenty two percent that then said the expected result quote confirms the new nationalist globalist division in france and beyond her party is now calling for the formation of a powerful populist group in the european parliament now the penetrance her supporters

the men were seized in neighboring brittany on may the 1st was touring an area france's longer advised travelers to avoid amid fears the hostages would be handed over to jihadists and mali french president manuel micro gave the green light special forces to raid their captain's camp. that raid left 4 kidnappers dead as well as 2 french commandos so to speak to people from alone on cello. the team also stumbled across the south korean and another american hostage managing to free them both. jihadist groups of long been active across to kenya fast in mali and the violence seems to be spreading france has some for now hof 1000 troops in the region to combat the threat and most locals back their presence. i'm joined now by thomas shiloh regional director for the sa hill at the con aga now a foundation here in germany is based in bomb a co mr schiller thanks for joining us were these people very unlucky to be taken hostage or were they foolish to be visiting the area. good afternoon from the. onset your question or answer your question a little bit with luck because. the area of move from m

the man was seized in neighboring brittany on may the 1st was touring an area france's long gun laws travels to avoid amid fears the hostages would be 100 over to china had to say mali french president manuel micro gave the green light to special forces to raid that captain's camp. that raid left 4 kidnapped instead as well as 2 french commandos centric to hear from. the team also stumbled across the south korean and another american hostage managing to free them both. jihadist groups of long been active across picking a fuss over in mali and the violence seems to be spreading france has some for no hostile reason troops in the region to combat the threats and most locals bug presence. governments in europe are coming under fire from aid groups off to one of this year's deadliest shipwrecks in the mediterranean involving migrants at least $65.00 migrants drowned off the boat capsized off the coast of sin is e on friday this nation navy was able to rescue 16 people survive the said most of those on board the boat from bangladesh they had deposited from libya on thursday. and head of t

it was in that spirit that the presidents of italy and france gathered at given she's tomb was france it's a don't know and it's all say this renee songs period was an extremely important time in the friendship between italy and france when you're in a sense genius came to france to spend the rest of his life at the invitation of a young french king will see. given she spent the last three years of his life at the chateau duke lola's say and died here in fifteen nineteen at the age of sixty seven but his legacy in contemporary europe has few equals. quick lot of football at barcelona have beaten liverpool three nel in the first leg of the champions league semifinals there is open the scoring for the spanish hosts in the twenty six minutes and lino massi scored the second fifteen minutes from time and he struck again just seven minutes later the second leg will take place on in liverpool on tuesday that will decide who will face or tottenham in the final. his reminder the top story this this weds president nicolas maduro the army to fight off raku plotters following the vicious weeks o

government to meet to discuss who will take over from commission president john put juncker but are france and germany heading for a showdown over the issue plus a big surprise in german football outsiders union berlin make their way into the bundesliga for the 1st time in the club's history all the details of last night's nerve racking playoff match against good god. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the austrian world's summit on climate action is underway right now in vienna organizers are urging world leaders to stick to the agreements outlined in the paris accord and publish new commitments by next year it is the brainchild of former california governor arnold schwarzenegger also in attendance is the swedish climate activist to to embark. she hasn't fired tens of thousands of young people around the world with her fridays for futures strike and in her speech she had a stark message for the r.t. . during the last months millions of children have been school striking with the climate gaining lots of attention for the climate crisis but we children are not leaders. nor other scienti

if you don't affect you there is a kind of missed opportunity between france and germany the germans were at one point more european than the french there's too much of an economic discrepancy between france and germany germany is the 1st economic power in europe so europe is less vital for germany than it is for france and that's quite sad. it's now down to another in chief donald to ask to try to come up with an acceptable nominee for the next commission president but with germany and france at odds over the process this won't be an easy task. this is dave up next business africa with ben facility so get back at the top of the top of the day . where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and if you newspapers when official information as a journalist i have worked on the streets of many cantrips and their problems are always the same 14 social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press and. we're gonna fall.

nodule for august 1st equally france england it's the sort of a europe that is changing. but despite his success it's unlikely that salvini will be able to fulfill his dream of working with all the nationalists to turn the e.u. on its head from within populist in other countries did not do as well meaning the far right to still be in a minority in the european parliament. and that also divided among themselves and to immigrant leader viktor netted more than 50 percent of the vote but disagrees with all the populists on a range of issues even analysts say would be no longer possible. to europe to go back to business as usual given the gains made by such parties. and we can talk about all of this now with yosef yarning from the european council on foreign relations here in berlin he joins us in our studio yoseph thanks for being with us as we said the right wing populist they didn't see the surge that was expected by some but they did have their strongest showing yet and parliamentary elections in europe and we have a graphic here that shows where in europe and to what exte

artist and inventor leonardo da vinci france's amount of coal and italy's. are meeting in the our valley the town of m. boss event doesn't show of unity after the worst diplomatic crisis between rome and paris since world war two michael announced a joint commemoration in march in an effort to mend fences with italy as populist coalition party leaders have repeatedly sparred with the liberal french president. our minds are not our top story here on d. w. the death toll in mozambique following cycle in kenya has now reached forty one a week after the powerful storm hit some parts of most of the are still inaccessible and others are waiting for aid supplies. coming up next conflict south thames about in interviews u.s. republican jim risch head of the senate foreign relations committee that's coming up in a few minutes on d.w. don't go away. the phone. into the conflict zone with tim sebastian. i'll be challenging those in power asking tough questions demanding. as conflicts intensify i'll be meeting with kid players on the ground in the centers of. cutting th

countries was realistic poland and france leading that statistic. and the sentiment was much higher among people planning to vote for far right parties like someone else in ireland france or the of one of the of the dutch law here in this country and surprisingly a lot of young people also feared for the european peace in france and netherlands 4 out of 10 young people's were afraid that conflict conflict could break out and now people also were also given a bunch of words to choose from to express how they felt about life now many europeans that they felt optimistic but in france for example most people said they were afraid in hungary and greece the most. commonly chosen word was stressed so some quite depressing results no to say that nobody asked nobody asked us in britain a bit shocked what is behind all this pessimism well there's a paradox when it comes to. people's feelings towards european union their statistics show that the e.u. has not been this popular since 1903 now much of that should be a reaction to the uncertainty around rex it for

nodule for raja's 1st italy france england it's the sign of a europe that is changing. but despite his success it's unlikely that slovenia will be able to fulfill his dream of working with other nationalists to turn the e.u. on its head from within the populace in other countries did not do as well meaning the far right will still be in a minority in the european parliament. and they're also divided among themselves hungary's anti immigrant leader viktor orban netted more than 50 percent of the vote but disagrees with other populists on a range of issues even so analysts say would be no longer possible or why the europe to go back to business as usual. given the gains made by such parties. the changing dynamics of politics in the media have been brought into sharp focus race and they asked some world leaders can test the legitimacy of journalists on their work this is one of the subjects being debated at the annual global media for hosted by that which started today in bonn in western germany one of the forums standout voices with japanese president german president fra

a court in france has ordered the hospital to resume give you food and water to a man who has been in a vegetative state for more than a decade 42 you. had him being has been completely paralyzed since a motorbike accident in 2008 his wife had campaigned for him to be allowed to die but his parents contested the decision splitting the family and the nation. the french media swooped as vast as parents prepared for what was to be their final goodbye with their son resulted doing that killing him that killing him that monster's. paid for a long battle to prevent this happening. but not everyone in the family shares their view and some were clearly relieved that apply for the said i said this is the 1st time i've told myself it's going to happen and everything is being done to make it happen i'm just so i'm quite serene and ready for it to end. doctors began shutting down 42 year old vests only on bell's life support but the battle wasn't over yet a paris court then ordered doctors to resume treatment it's the latest episode in a bitter legal battle that's divided lamberto family since a

france's number three in the european parliament. right-wing populists had a good night, winning both in france, the u.k., italy and poland. far right and nationalist parties have been predicted to surge to success across europe. things did not quite work out that way. >> france's marine le pen was one of the far right leader -- >> he joins us in the studio. thank you for joining us. the right-wing populists did not see the servers they expected, but they have their strongest showing yet and parliamentary elections. we have a graphic that shows where in europe and to what extent voters opted for these parties. in italy, the u.k., poland and hungary, over 30% of voters went for right-wing populist parties. hearing that figure, how important will they be in terms of affecting policymaking in brussels? >> they can create some trouble. they will put pressure on the majority in parliament to stick together. the european parliament is not like national parliaments. discipline is not tied. deputies come from different backgrounds. you usual

european party in france and nigel farage is party is the top party in britain so it's really france and england it is a sign of a europe which is changing. europe that is changing federico what's the sense where you are has salvini victory in italy meant that italy will now be the contrary that will be forming the new pan assholes front in the european parliament. well brian that's certainly what some of the really would like this big win for him is a win for nationalism at the european level and for his project of building a pan-european alliance of nationalist parties in the new european parliament however there are still some questions concerning this alliance and how much it will really be able to matter in the new european parliament the 1st question regard to how these these countries these parties that have committed to this alliance are going to be able to work together to show a united front when they have a conflicting interest in some respects they have they have different i feel the asians towards russia for example so how are they going to be able to work together and t

cape town also coming up. 3 of the 4 tourists rescued from kidnappers in work enough aso arrived in france to be welcomed by president michael the freed hostages say thanks to fallen heroes paying tribute to the french commandos who were killed in the daring raid that freed them . and a deadly attack in a luxury hotel and pakistan gunmen shooting one person before being killed themselves a group of separatist militants has claimed the assault. on the welcome to the show. south africa's governing african national congress has secured a 6th straight term in power but with a diminished mandate with all votes counted the a.n.c. has been declared the winner with 57.5 percent but that's its lowest share since the end of white minority rule 25 years ago the party has been battling corruption scandals a sluggish economy and record unemployment even so it was far ahead of its closest rival the opposition democratic alliance which trailed at just under 21 percent the president there around one post of the a.n.c. was speaking just a short while ago in pretoria following the announcement of those offi

if it there is a kind of missed opportunity between france and germany the germans were at one point more european than the french there's too much of an economic discrepancy between france and germany germany is the 1st economic power in europe so europe is less vital for germany than it is for france and that's quite sad. it's now down to another evil chief donald to ask to try to come up with an acceptable nominee for the next commission president but with germany and france at odds over the process this won't be an easy task. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a favor to become britain's next prime minister a conservative m.p. of boris johnson is being taken to court or the allegations that he lives to vote as head of the 26th referendum the case is over they believe campaigns claimed that britain would save $350000000.00 pounds a week if it left the e.u. the private summons against the country's former foreign secretary was bored by it was broken by business with mom's. chinese telecoms company huawei has asked a us court to overturn legislation barrin

the men were seized in neighboring brittany on may the 1st was touring an area france's long gun violence travels to avoid amid fears the hostages would be handed over to jihadists and mali french president manuel micro gave the green light to special forces to raid that captain's camp. that raid left for kidnappers dead as well as 2 french commandos so to speak to people from. the team also stumbled across the south korean and another american hostage managing to free them both. jihadist groups of long been active across to kenya fast in mali and that's island seems to be spreading france has some 4 and a half 1000 troops in the region to come but the threats and most locals bug that presence. governments in europe are coming under fire from aid groups after one of this year's deadly its ship wrecks in the mediterranean and well being migrants at least $65.00 migrants drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of tunis the on friday that's in is in navy was able to rescue 16 people survivors that most of those on board of the boat were from bangladesh they had departed from libya on

but this has on settle so the was economically this france's finance minister bernard a man said that no one should be in any doubt about the high stakes involved in the dispute have a listen. resample there is no greater threat to world growth to your standard of living to the standard of living of everyone listening to us than a trade war between china and the united states because it means that trade tariffs will go up if you are goods will circulate around the world won't be able to circulate around french goods as easily around the world and jobs will be destroyed trade will destroy jobs in france and in europe and in this area to europe has to unite to resist that. and the. french minister of economy and finance with me in the studio and i'll have stephen beard see my colleague from the news business desk and correspondent muchas building joins me from beijing. balcombe to both a few welcome to you as a lot is in beijing and let me talk with you though stephen now we can't look at the french a minister had to say that the stakes are very high in this trade dispute washington has

dutchman france to my man speak some language as he once more social justice german monthly by is calling for secure europe help for example by european f.b.i. denmark's moderate best star is standing for self-confident and women's rights left wing equal who from budget is a trade unionist and this pointing for social rights the germans got hellos promoting a european climate friendly future the czech republic xians idealism favor of the e.u. but once more sovereignty for individual nation states they are all committed to the european union but what are the biggest challenges what solutions do they need to offer for the future the fragmentation between member states a lot of distrust which we have which has increased over the past years between member states also between national capital and brussels liberal moderate of a stogie and social democratic plans to moments are the only candidates who have already had some experience as a minister is that an advantage for. it isn't as if you have had experiences at national level because in many cases the national political parties are not reall

the final day of voting with $21.00 countries taking part today including some of the biggest germany france italy spain and poland results are expected this evening e.u. citizens across the block up and voting from thursday with some 427000000 people eligible to cast their ballot. the european parliament that emerges from this vote will go on to elect the next president of the european commission that person will succeed john claude junker whose 5 year term is coming to an end and europe's top job so the stakes are high let's take a look at the candidates. i will do everything to defend this year i think we as greens take the battle hard to propose rather. we have work to do migration is an opportunity we've reduced minimum wage to every member state they're all running for the e.u. commission president's job margaret divest are off for the liberals scott for the greens monthly to be about for the conservatives funds to moments for the social democrats young conservative reform the candidate. is for the party they are the 6 leading candidates but hang on a minute who all day and does anyone

well as many had predicted but now with this massive win for martin depends on someone though not in france they really have their victory there they're they're called you know that the flags of their victory out there and it seems that they will dead depending on how you categorize them well beyond 100 seats they will be able to make life a lot more complicated for the other factions in the parliament i think the most important thing we have to remind ourselves here is that it does not mean that the right wing populists will take over the power in the european parliament but it will be just more complicated for the already established parties so the liberals the greens the conservatives and the social democrats to form an alliance to form a majority up until now it was enough for the social democrats and the conservatives to work together to get a majority that will no longer be in the imax stay with us ever because of course they have a lot of said bad comes out on top and also be critical who gets the most prominent job that's up for grabs in these elections our president of the european

the man received in neighboring b'nei on may the 1st touring an area france's longer advised travelers to avoid amid fears the hostages would be 100 over to jihadists and molly french president manuel micro gave the green light special forces to raid that captain's camp. that raid left 4 kidnappers dead as well as 2 french commandos centric to appear from. the team also stumbled across the south korean and another american hostage managing to free them both. the forces have been in. the operation. they were about 15 cannot be soldiers in attendance but there was also collaboration in terms of intelligence which led to the success of the alteration. jihadist groups of long been active across but kenya faso in mali and the violence seems to be spreading france has some 4 and a half 1000 troops in the region to combat the threat and most locals back their presence. we still need to increase our efforts to strengthen security with good collaboration between africans and other countries abroad to really find a solution and bring all these evil spirits far away i mean if it's because they we

hill is far from can tie and france has its hands fighting many militant groups across several countries. at least one person has been killed in an attack in the port city of to watch are in southwestern pakistan reports say at least 3 gunman entered a luxury hotel and opened fire killing one security guard a military spokesman says all guests have been evacuated a group called the below just on liberation army has claimed responsibility for the attack. for more let's speak to journalists are still on peshawar our son thanks for joining me what's the latest is the situation still ongoing. well it is going to have on going up the woman does you mention the 3 gunmen attacked a 5 star hotel enough they managed to enter the hotel and of the right after they were engaged by the local guards industry one man has been killed so far and the clearance operation is taking place on the baluchistan liberation army has claimed the responsibility of this attack but at the clearance is yet to be made and the clearance operation is on the wii and all the foreigners who were there present in the hotel ha

but france and germany should be heading for a showdown over the issue also on the program social media the leader of germany's conservatives appears to call for limits to free speech after he says people should boycott posse. plus human rights watch accuses egyptian forces of committing widespread abuses and war crimes against civilians in. the country is the worst insurgency in isolation since it has documented crimes including torture and extrajudicial killings one of the reports that. the big surprise in german football is outside was. reached the bundesliga for the 1st time in the club's history to go into details of last night's relegation match. welcome to the program. and you had government to beginning the search for a new generation of a you senior bureaucrats following last week's parliamentary elections want to keep job up for grabs is that of commission president which is currently held by sean told you german chancellor angela merkel is backing a fellow german concert conservative but she is at odds with french president emmanuel mccraw over how confident should be chosen

for france to moments from the social democrats it will be even more difficult the dutchman's s indeed group came in 2nd with a total loss of 40 seats even if he managed to form a coalition with the greens liberals and the left party he would still fall short of a majority in parliament. it is the 1st time in 40 years that the big center right and center left groups aren't able to control a majority of seats in the european parliament so some think she might come out as the winner my gate the best denmark this serving competition commissioner didn't run as an official candidate during the campaign however after her liberal alliance made strong gains she made clear that she is up for the presidency. in the end it will be up to them the leaders of the member states will choose their nominee for the job and it might be somebody nobody has on the list just get. through this with brussels bureau chief. max is that yet consensus around the successors. of anyone to have a chance at all france and germany will have to agree and coming in to this informal summit here in brussels call it didn't

to refit there is a kind of missed opportunity between france and germany and the germans were at one point more european than the french there's too much of an economic discrepancy between france and germany germany is the 1st economic power in europe so europe is less vital for germany than it is for france and that's quite sad. it's now down to another e.u. chief donald to ask to try to come up with an acceptable nominee for the next commission president but with germany and france at odds over the process this won't be an easy task. a quick check. now some other stories making news around the world the us pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson has gone on trial in the multi-billion dollar lawsuit brought by the u.s. state of oklahoma prosecutors say that the company deceptively marketed opioid painkillers and downplayed the risk of addiction the outcome of the trial could affect negotiations in thousands of similar cases across the country. the chinese telecoms company while way has asked a u.s. court to throw out legislation barring government agencies from buying its products

election. 3 of the 4 foreign hostages rescued from a militant group and burkina faso have arrived in france the 4th an american woman is being repatriated separately the tourists were freed in an operation carried out by french special forces 2 soldiers were killed in the overnight raid in the west african country france has about 4 and a half 1000 troops in the region is leading an effort aimed at fighting jihadist insurgents which is considered a relative success so far but at a cost $24.00 french soldiers have died since 2013. $100.00 silent but it did terrible cost 1st patrick peak and then lawrence lessig will ya step off an army plane dignitaries led by french president of the great dumb. it's a 2nd meeting with a head of state today still shocked and exhausted the men were scooted to became a fast size presidential palace choking back tears take thank the soldiers who freed them including those who died. to the families of the soldiers and to the soldiers who lost their lives to free us from this hounded if we wanted to offer condolences right away. the man was seized it became a fas

. >> there is a kind of missed opportunity between france and germany. the germans were at one point more european than the french. there's too much of an economic discrepancy between france and germany. germany is the first economic power in europe, so europe is less vital for germany than it is for france, and that is quite sad. reporter: it is now down to another eu chiefef, donald tusk, to try and come up with an acceptablele nomineeoror the net commission president. but with germany and france at odds over the process, this will not be an easy task. sumi: turkey's largest city, istanbul, is preparing to redo its mayoral election in a few weeks. the country's electoral commission annulled the first vote after president recep tayyip erdogan's ak party questioned the result. now that same process is playing out elsewhere in turkey as other winning candidates are being prevented from taking up their new jobs. dw's julia hahn has been speaking to an opposition politician in the kurdish city of van who was elected mayor in march but is being kept out of o

arriving populist gaining support in many many countries of the you right now from the netherlands france germany austria-hungary italy you name it they are everywhere and it shows that the division is really growing and this is the fight between baby and all but is actually the symbol for a split in the. ride to bend to get in brussels thank you very much for that. now europe and often germany is a destination for many migrants and refugees but how those who made it here doing germany's council on integration migration assist released its latest report there was a surge in asylum applications in two thousand and fifteen and sixteen with more than seven hundred thousand applications in two thousand and sixteen and the number started following the following as you can see from this graph this good news by those who made it a third of all adult migrants and refugees arrived in two thousand and fifteen got city jobs within three years that's certainly good news let me now draw enough political correspondent hans grant who is standing by at up alimentary studios in but. let's first get some c

of france and germany appear to be headed for a showdown over the issue. also coming up teenage activist better to invoke says if we want to avert climate disaster we must all change the way we live she was addressing a special climate conference in vienna out for ghanaians to by former u.s. governor arnold schwarzenegger and a storm or raps on social media as the leader of germany's conservatives appears to call for free speech to be limited after you cerberus criticized the party. as a big surprise in german football outsiders you longer lead make their way to the bundesliga for the 1st time in the club's history but of all the details of last night's nerve racking relegation match against to. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program leaders are meeting today to begin the search for a new jouret generation of eve leaders following last week's european elections one key job up for grabs is that of commission president a role currently held by zhang called younger german chancellor angela merkel says that she wants a decision to be taken quickly but she's th

to fit in so there is a kind of missed opportunity between france and germany and the germans were at one point more european than the french is too much of an economic discrepancy between france and germany germany is the 1st economic power in europe so europe is less vital for germany than it is for france and that's quite sad. it's now down to another e.u. chief donald to ask to try to come up with an acceptable nominee for the next commission president fronts with germany and france at odds over the process this won't be an easy task. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world the chinese telecom company while way has asked the u.s. for to throw out legislation barring government agencies from buying its products it says that president trump's steps to essentially ban it in the u.s. are unconstitutional washington fears that while ways technology could be used to pass data on to beijing. also in the united states at least 11 people have been injured in a wave of tornadoes that struck kansas and missouri the twisters destroyed several houses and brou

in france navin lapan again beat the french president's party. hungary's viktor orban spelled it out for the icing good the migration issue by itself and the reaction of the people only real will reorganize the political spectrum of the european union for the traditional party families will not play the same role in the future as they have done in the recent years socialists and democrats party list can visit france to moment call for humility as his party lost 35 seats and stressed the need for cooperation among the so-called progressive so i will repeat my proposition to work with other progressive parties in this parliament to try and build a program that addresses the aspirations the dreams and also sometimes the fear is of our fellow europeans those progressive parties include the jubilant greens resurgent in germany and set to become a big hitter in the european parliament women and the liberal group also made significant gains their candidate might be to the style you're now has designs on the coming european commission president comes fro

jihadist groups of long been active across but in mali and the violence seems to be spreading france has some 4 and a half 1000 troops in the region to combat the threat and most locals back that presence. to britain we still need to increase our efforts to strengthen security that we have good collaboration between africans and other countries abroad to really find a solution and bring all these evil spirits far away i mean this is a bit too much but it was. the hostages and now heading home to their respective countries where they will be welcomed by political leaders and their families. i'm joined now by 2 must sell a regional director for the sa hill at the conway aga now a foundation here in germany is based in bomb a co mr schiller thanks for joining us where these people very unlucky to be taken hostage or were they foolish to be visiting the area. good afternoon from the. onset your question or answer your question a little bit with luck because. the area of move from. is considered since a long time is a very long time as a very dangerous one as a no go area if you look at t