and we must extract it. >> berlin, of course, is divided at the end of world war ii but berlin is 110 miles inside of the east german zone. khrushchev is threatening to force the integration and take over west berlin and kennedy says to him, berlin is part of our western commitment and world war ii. don't challenge us there. >> after two days, the talks end. >> kennedy did not do well. he allowed himself to be caught in an ideological argument with khrushchev. he'd been warned against it. he did it anyways and khrushchev bullied him and pushed him around. >> khrushchev has made the first move in the chess game. and the president knows it. as he leaves, he says, it's going to be a cold winter. >> kennedy thought there might be a basis for dealing with the soviets. instead he gets the berlin crisis. >> in july, 1,000 east germans escaped into west berlin every day. now in august, they're coming out at the rate of 2,500 a day. as a result of khrushchev's threats and demands. east germany is being bled of its best-trained people. >> i went to berlin to cover the bureau and the nbc news de

the berlin wall is the symbol of that past. it was built to divide europe, o keep people in and ideas out. in face of division, nato allies stood united in defense of freedom, democracy and human dignity. in 1989, the wall was brought down by peaceful protests, by popular movements, and by the bravery of countless men and women across central and eastern europe. will y, all those who enter this building will pass this memorial. they will understand that freedom will never be defeated. and that nato will always defend the values on which our reliance is founded. so, chancellor merkel, you were in berlin the very night when the -- when the wall came down. we welcome you here to brussels to the new nato headquarters and the floor is yours. lease. chancellor merkel: your majesty , secretary general, dear colleagues. nato's new headquarters will be the future point of reference of nato, a modern building like the building of this headquarters is a reference to the future. however, if we are to find convincing answers for the future,

chancellor merkel, you were in berlin the night the wall came down. we want to welcome you to the new nato headquarters. chancellor merkel: your majesty, secretary-general, dear colleagues, nato's new headquarters will be the future point of reference for nato, a modern building is a reference to the future. desker, if we are to find for the future, it is good to remind ourselves of what we have achieved in the past and what we can build on. this fragment of the berlin wall durings the history that the cold war had left its mark on nato for many decades. this wall also symbolizes something that has been a determinant factor of my life for many years because i lived on the eastern side of the wall. that is the division of berlin, and expression of the fact that, if we stand firm, as did nato, if we can rely on our friends across europe, then we can bring down a wall and make it something to be remembered. our alliance is united in the importance tohe cooperate and insist on freedom and we also are united in the trust that it is not isolationism and the

will it be comets or the local boy who lead berlin -- thomas or the local boy who lead berlin? ♪ sara: thanks for tuning in. leaders of the world's seven top industrialized nations, the g7 have wrapped up their first day of a summit on the isld of sicily. coming together on issues ke trade and climate change, that is being difficult. when it comes to the fight against terror, they pledged more to do --they pledged to do more to cut off the lifeline of terror. >> they went for a relaxed walk in the small sicilian town and a day into the normally well meetd not get a joint declaration off the ground. >> it was a very constructive and honest atmosphere. that is the really advantage of these g-7 meetings. you get close together and can quickly change of use. i would not say it was confrontational but it was very likely and productive -- lively and productive conversation. correspondent: trade and climate change are the thorny issues on the agenda. trump continues to make no comment on either trade or the climate treaty but instead reached an agreement with the japanese climate mi

it is good to be back in berlin. i have to say first of all that not only do i love this city but one of my favorite partners throughout my presidency is sitting next to me today, chancellor merkel and her outstanding work. not just in germany but around the world. like smalltalk gave way to serious reflection. tight security wasn't the only shadow the bombing cast over the gathering. >> the deterrent strategy berth in the cold war had its dark side. it prevented conflicts from escalating. both sides were attached to life itself. that is not true of terrorist groups. they are ready to sacrifice their own lives to destroy those of others. as we saw in manchester. >> terrorism and war preoccupied the people invited to pose questions. >> why did a christian and nobel prize laureate authorized drone attacks despite civilian casualties? >> obama gave a frank response. >> in some cases i know for a fact that action that i took's might have resulted in civilian casualties. often as a consequence of error. >> defending new r

♪ brent: this is "dw news," live from berlin. france's new president emmanuel macron calls for a historic reconstruction of europe. macron was in berlin for a summit meeting today with german chancellor angela merkel. they both agreed to work for what they call deep reforms to the european union. we will have analysis. also, investigators at the u.s. state department say the syrian government has built a crematorium to hide mass killings. they say as many as 50 bodies are put inside every day. we will go to washington for more. iran per touring for -- preparing for a presidential election. we take a look at the islamic republic's jewish minority and their push for greater rights. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. tonight, a shakeup for the european union. the leaders of the two nations known as the engine of europe, president emmanuel macron of france and chancellor angela merkel of germany, agreed the european union needs deep reform. macron called for what he is calling a historic reconstruction. he was visiting berlin just one day a

berlin. , trump lashes out at germany and promises changes to relations. that is after angela merkel questions america's reliability as a ally. now the german chancellor is talking trade with india and china. also, coming up, police in germany are detaining a teenage asylum seeker after he tells his mother he is planning an attack in berlin. this soccer coach is out just days after leaving his team to victory in the german cup final. ♪ >> i am sarah kelly. welcome to the program. thank you for joining us. the white house has painted a rosy picture of u.s. relations with germany. that is despite donald trump taking to put it to rail against the country's trade surplus. it was in response to remarks made by angela merkel about no longer being able to live on allies like the u.s.. sean spicer claims that relations are as great as ever. >> i think the relationship that the president has had with merkel, it is unbelievable, he has a lot of respect for her, they continue to grow the bond they had at their talks at g7. germany is an important american ally. sar

here'sjenny hill with the view from berlin after the meeting. angela merkel and vladimir putin have an interesting relationship. he speaks some german, she speaks some russian. they have very different outlooks on the world, but bayer said nevertheless to have a rather grudging respect for one another, despite the very fractious nature of so despite the very fractious nature of so many other subjects which will have been on the table. the most important subject for angela merkel certainly was the situation in the ukraine, and while she said today that they very much differ over their view of how that conflict began, they are at least united in their desire to perhaps see a ceasefire, perhaps see the terms of the minsk agreement met. mrs merkel was a real leader in getting that agreement signed in the first insta nce agreement signed in the first instance and she is at the forefront of the continuing sanctions over russia's involvement in the conflict. perhaps a little bit of an agreement in that we now know that the so—called normandie format,

. >> our berlin correspondent joins us now. enthusiasm in berlin for the newly elected french president. francois see this for hollande or nicolas sarkozy. >> a great reception for manual -- whereere he hundreds gather together for the movement that is pro-european. shouting let's go. i think that summarizes the feelings that germans have about this new franco german alliance that the french president macron is going to breathe a new fresh air into the -- and he is very popular here. of course we saw angela merkel very warmly welcoming the french president and saying she hopes it is going to be a trusting and close relationship. angela merkel is a woman of very measured words. she is not wrong when she says it is a critical time for europe. they realized it was a close shave and they may have -- they risk losing a close ally in france have marine le pen become president area i think they realize they can't take this french partnership for granted anymore. >> there was one issue on the table, the issue of eu treaty reform, somet

brent: welcome back with "dw news" life from berlin. it's being reported that two brothers and the father of the suspected manchester suicide bomber had been arrested. when brother was allegedly planning a terrorist attack in the limiting -- libyan capital tripoli. authorities also confirmed they are investigating a network that supported the manchester attack. u.k. has raised its terror threat level to critical. u.s. president donald trump and the first lady have landed in brussels after meeting with pope francis at the vatican. the two men had traded birds during trump's show campaign last year but at this meeting they exchanged gifts. the president is on the nine-day overseas trip. javier is here now with the business news. reporter: it's a story that is just starting to develop. we have to keep in eye on that. despite efforts by the white house, voices saying donald trump is hiding something regarding his ties to russia are still very loud. house democrats are now asking germany's deutsche bank to provide information on credits give

♪ brent: this is "dw news," live from berlin. tonight, defiant and denials from the white house. >> no politician in history -- and i say this with great charity -- has been treated worse or more unfairly. brent: but donald trump's words do nothing to quell the latest scandal, allegations he pressure the fbi director to end an investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. also tonight, the transgender u.s. soldier and was a lower chelsea manning is released -- and whistleblower chelsea manning is released from prison 28 years early. has the german army been infiltrated by right wing extremists? ♪ brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. did u.s. president donald trump go too far? tonight, some lawmakers are asking whether trump is guilty of obstruction of justice after a media report claimed he pressure the fbi director to drop an investigation into his former national security adviser, michael flynn. the director of the fbi, james comey, was later fired by trump. lawmakers say they want come

theid he expect the size of crowd he saw in berlin when he traveled to west berlin. >> no, he was so moved by that that he actually took the speech that had been written and threw it out and gave unpaid extemporaneous speech. when he talked about, we are all the ller -- berliners, that was based on how moved he was by half a million people in the square and seeing the wall. today as part of the symbolism of his legacy, the john f. kennedy library has a part of the berlin wall in our museum. >> had he lived he would have been 100 years old today. born on may 20 ninth, 1917 in brookline, massachusetts. i'm joined by the director of the jfk library foundation which does what? >> we work with the national archives. all of the presidential papers are owned by the presidential archives. we work with them to help amplify and share information. we coordinate the profile. president obama received the profiles encourage award. he had worked on education initiatives in partnership with the national archives. go back to june of 1963, the same month he traveled to west berlin. he gave a speech on

the love is flowing in berlin these days. as long as you leave out the nasties and don't talk about neutralization of debt. that is still off. other ideas like investment fund for the eurozone might be among the first things that can be pushed into being. we already have the roadmap. ministers meeting for the first time. the scheduled meeting to talk about these issues in june, the agreement reached in july. work can start seriously after the german elections in september. never before have we been at a point where the performer for eurozone was so much, so close to coming into being, so close to reality. >> these ideas create what the french president had been promising during his election. he has to get those reforms through. >> he needs to. his political fate is tied to it. he needs to drive the risk and reform french by their hair out of there, but zone. he has the plans. we know more or less what they are. he has to push them through. it depends on how quickly and well he manages to do that. how big he is in the majority

we hear from more voices at the private equity conference here in berlin. roberto: we did not get the u.s. election, we did not get brexit. i don't think we're going to get anything else in the short-term. i think we need to stay calm. stay focused. ♪ ♪ jason: welcome back. i am jason kelly here in berlin at the superreturn international conference. on stage and in the halls, there has been a mood of cautious optimism, and part of the caution comes from concerns about regulation that may be headed for private equity in europe and back in the united states. i asked pam hendrickson, the coo of riverside what that might mean for her investments and firm going forward. pam: when you think about some of the things that need to happen or that might happen, it is really hard to get things done. things do not move quickly. no government in the world short of a dictatorship can really move things along quickly. so let's talk about border tax. that came out and now there is a deluge of people going wait a minute, you can't do that. mary barra of general motors go

from berlin. another german shoulder -- soldier arrested, accused of putting together a neo-nazi hit list. he was hard of a right-wing plot to kill politicians and blame refugees for the crime. he is the third suspect arrested in the last few weeks. also, choosing the moon. south koreans have elected moon jae-in to be their new president. he has made promises washington says could strain of the ce between north korea's nuclear ambitions. is see the man to bring peace to the peninsula? in jakarta, a court finds a christian governor guilty of blasphemy, making it a test of religious tolerance in a muslim majority country, indonesia. i am brent goff, it is good to have you with us. he was responsible for the hit list of people to be murdered. that is why police in germany are claiming tonight, following the latest arrest in the case of a suspected far right terror cell inside the german army. authorities suspect the lieutenant helped another officer in a plot to assassinate top politicians and then b

the berlin wall is a symbol of that past. it was built to divide europe, to keep people in and ideas out. in face of the division, nato allies stood united, in the face of freedom, democracy and human dignity. in 1989, the wall was brought down by peaceful protests, by popular movements, and by the bravery of countless men and women across central and eastern europe. each day, all those who will enter this building will pass this memorial. they will understand that freedom will never be defeated and that nato will always defend the values on which our reliance is founded. so, chancellor merkel, you were in berlin the very night when the wall came down, and therefore, it's a great honor to welcome you here to brussels, to the new nato headquarters, and the floor is yours. peace. >> translator: your majesty, secretary-general, dear colleagues, nato's new headquarters will be the future point of reference of nato. the modern building like the building of this headquarters is a reference to the future. however, if we are to find

host: did he expect the size of the crowd that he berlin when he traveled to west berlin? guest: no, he was so moved by that, that in june of 1963's speech, he actually took the speech that peter sorenson had written and really threw it out and gave an ex-tremprains speech. so when he talked about we are all berliners, that was really based on how moved he was by the roughly half a million people in the square. and actually today, as part of the symbolism of his legacy, the john f. kennedy library in boston has part of the berlin wall in our museum. host: we are reflecting on john f. kennedy, because had he lived, he would have been 100 years old today, born on may 29, 1917, in brookline, massachusetts. joined by be steven rothstein, the director of the john f. kennedy library foundation, which does what? guest: so we work very much with the national archives. all the presidential papers are owned by the national archives, 13 presidential libraries. we work with them to help amplify, share information. we also coordinate the profile in courage award. just a few short weeks

♪ sarah: this is "dw news," live from berlin. a rupture in transatlantic relations. german chancellor angela merkel was down on her warning that europe can no longer rely on the united states. her foreign minister goes even further, accusing donald trump of weakening the west. also coming up, french president emmanuel macron tells a vladimir putin that he is open to approving economic ties with moscow. he also warns his russian counterpart that he will not overlook human rights abuses or the use of chemical weapons in syria. and british police released new pictures of the manchester bomber one week after he killed 22 people in the city. that, as intelligence services launched an internal investigation into whether they could have prevented the attack. ♪ sarah: i am sarah kelly. thank you for joining us. german chancellor angela merkel has reiterated her warning that europe can no longer rely on some of its closest allies. although she did not explicitly mention donald trump, other members of her government did. her foreign minister chastised trump for weakening the

let's talk tojenny hill in berlin. i guess some of the reforms won't go down well with the chancellor? exactly so. they have raised eyebrows here there has been talk about the so—called euro bonds. the electorate is unlikely to support the idea of german money going to sort out the debts of countries whose economies are performing less well. there were always going to be differences. but i think obviously for the cameras too, but there was a real sense of warmth in the welcome that emmanuel macron received at the chancellor. unusually for such a meetings, there was a crowd outside singing and danc dancing. a friendly beginning. but as angela merkel commented, there is magic in every beginning. what you sense is despite talk of agreement on road maps for europe, there are a lot of differences to overcome. there have been over recent years through the eurozone crisis, because germany keeps its eyes on the bottom line and of course france have had a more liberal attitude to money and they would be happy to weaken the eu

the portion of the berlin well -- berlin wall along with the remnant of the world trade center towers. the last time you mentioned article five collective the inense clause was invoked 2001. mark: the complex will feature pieces from the berlin wall as he said and the world trade center. he led a moment of silence. we had a moment of silence in the u.k. at 11:00 earlier today as well. what is fascinating about this speech is donald trump did not shy away from the 2% to spend -- defense spending issue. we know he had an issue with the amount of money nations spend on defense, the idea is that they should spend at least 2% of gdp. he said many nations are not actually spending that. , estonia,t year alone greece, poland and the u.k. met that target. the u.s. led the defense 2016, note of 3.6% in something he was shying away from, calling on nato members to up their spending. vonnie: it became elector, it was pretty astounding that he was saying each nation needs to contribute. then he did appear to go off script. this is the interesting part. he said i never asked once what the new buil

host: did he expect the size of saw in berlin when he traveled to west bern i recall? moved by he was so that, june of 1963 speech, he the speech that was written and really threw it an extemporaneous speech. e talked about, we are all in berlin, that was really based on how moved he was by the roughly million people in the square, plus seeing the wall. today, it is part of symbolism of his legacy, john library has part of the berlin wall in our museum. host: reflecting on john f. because had he lived, he would have been 100 years old born may 29th, 19sdlt 79 in brookline, massachusetts. oined by staeft steeft, dire -- steven rothstein, director of library.f. kennedy guest: the papers are owned by archives, we ial work with them to amplify, share information and coordinate courage award, a few short weeks ago president obama received, civics education and other initiatives with and in close partnership the national archives. host: let me also go back to the same month he traveled to west berlin, he gave rights.h on civil he was assassinated before president lyndon john

we have more from berlin. if you are looking for a morning coffee, there are few better places than berlin's trendy cafes. if you like to check your e—mails while sipping a large hey, you might find wi—fi hard to come by. —— latte. a new law means that wi—fi owners could be asked to pay up if it is used by others to download illegal content. i have never heard of anyone being sued for illegal downloads. but to make sure, we have got liability insurance. confusion could be one of the reasons why so many could be one of the reasons why so ma ny cafes could be one of the reasons why so many cafes do not offer wi—fi. german politicians never admits an opportunity to talk up the digital economy of the country. so the fact that cafes like this can lack wi—fi is something of an embarrassment. a new law is moving through german parliament set out to fix this. not all campaigners are happy with legislation. it is a good thing and a bad thing. the good thing is that it tries to review the section about lia

this is live from berlin. today is the last day of campaigning for far right marine le pen and centrist mack brown -- macron. we go to paris with the very latest. > with every step, my feet sank into the earth. >> we will hear how they're are coming to terms with their new lives in the south. plus, president trump calls the republican health care bad -- health care bill, a big big win. democrats say that the fight is far from over. we will get the latest from washington. sarah: it is good to have you with us, i am sarah. today is the final day of campaigning ahead of sunday pot's election in france. emmanuel macron and marine le pen have offered starkly different visions for france from the campaign that has been watched very closely across europe and around the world. right now, macron has a 20 point lead. >> the last day of the campaign was a tough one for marine le pen on the visit to the famous cathedral in france. protesters gave her a hostile reception. the reaction was harsh, she accused the supporters

or takes part in a women's summit in berlin featuring ivanka trump. the chancellor can draw on vast reserves of political capital. .artin schulz cannot how much of an advantage does that give merkel? peter: a huge advantage, you have already said, but we talk a lot about the social democrats mantra of social justice. what is the message angela merkel is whispering in the ears of german voters that makes her so persuasive and so apparently unbeatable? matthew: i think it will be the same slogan she has used in her past reelection campaigns, which is, "you know me. you can trust me. i represent stability. i represent the status quo," which is why i have my doubts. not for ideological reasons, but i wonder how many germans feel they are about to slide into poverty. given the chance again in north rhine-westphalia, the left party, which is to left of the spd, did not even get into the state parliament, which to me was also a signal that maybe these issues are not resonating, even though they do not necessarily have a clear program, but the cdu does not ha

central character, but it's the character that holds all of the story together because although the berlin wall does play quite a large part in this novel, but very few of my characters are allowed to go to berlin and i found as i was writing sometimes they needed to go off to london and to germany and i had to keep bringing them back for the story. it had a technical purpose that was very useful. but it has also got a sort of moral purpose in a way because it is enclosed at the very beginning of the story. mr norris is laying out the landscape and the wall is being built and it is in a way a prison. yes. there is a moment in the book when mr norris, the landscape designer, is talking to his friend the architect and they ask each other, "is this a paradise we are making here or is it a prison?" and i wrote that rather sort of off—the—cuff as you do in a long book, it's just one line. it's the theme of the book. afterwards i thought, yes, that is what it's about. it's about inclusion and of course it's about all sorts of other things like falling in love and having children and dying an

he's meeting with angela merkel in berlin and notably lies in the appointment of a french ambassador to berlin as macron's diplomatic advisor. >> let's go to india where the horrific rape and murder of a young woman once again put in the spotlight of women's rights in yained. >> let me quote the words of the mother, she says, i would ask everyone not to give birth to daughters to avoid this day i'm seeing. these are the harrowing words of the mother of a 20-year-old indian woman gang raped and murdered in really, really horrific manner i'm not going to detail, of course. but it was allegedly perpetuated by her jilted lover after she reportedly refused his marriage proposals, this all took place in the state of the capital delhi. the girl's mother is demanding the death penalty for those responsible but it comes days after the man involved in a 2012 bus rape were sentenced to death and it's actually a state minister for women for dedicated special separate tribunals to be created for a, quote, speedy prosecution of cases involving sexual assault against women. >> to wrap it up, someth

from berlin. tonight, making history and making promises. donald trump is in israel where he has become e the first sittig u.s. president to visit the western wall in jerusalem. he has also had tough words for iran to my promising the israeli prime minister that tehran will never have nuclear weapons. we will bring you latest from our correspondent who is traveling with the u.s. president. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. u.s. president donald trump is in israel. it is following a two-day visit to saudi arabia. he has become the first sitting u.s. president to visit jerusalem's western wall, one of the most sacred sites in judaism. he spoke of a, quote, rare opportunity to bring peace to the middle east, dubbing a peace accord the ultimate deal. trump also had tough words for iran, promising that tehran will never have nuclear weapons. reporter: in a visit heavy in symbolism, even the plane ride was unprecedented. donald trump arrived in israel on probably the first ever direct flight between saudi arabia and the j

what we have here is -- [inaudible] >> in berlin and it went on and on until the 42nd. murdered.ported and in this album we have, it's a replica, exact replica of the album with all the, you know, what we can find here, mr. president, is things like this, you know, don't forget me. she was sent to austria and murdered. you can see photographs in the hopes to fulfill life and what life can bring with them. the love, beautiful life, believe in god, don't be afraid of death. >> in the midst of the killing and murder still hope, still love. positiveking in a way at the world. this is the exact replica of the lady. we have here, mr. president, how this album came to us. all the family members, father, mother were murdered in auschwitz. and one sister survived. she was sent to australia as a young girl and survived. after the war, a cousin of the family came back to berlin and a neighbor was good and he kept some pictures of the family throughout the war. and he was giving it back to the family and this is the way the album came back to the family and here we have with us the

harry was born in berlin. kristalnacht, harry and his family fled berlin to antwerp. later fearing he would be selected for forced labor, harry moved the family to brussels, where they separately went into england until liberation. harry and esther are also museum volunteers. i would now ask congressman brad schneider to stand by the sixth candle. the sixth candle will be lit by marcel and ray. marcel and his family moved from paris to vichy france after the french citizenship of his romanian born parents were revoked. his family blended in with the local population, attended church, and survived there until liberation. ray was born in poland. following the german invasion, ray and her mother escaped to a nearby ghetto, then joined a group of partisans, surviving there until liberation. both marcel and ray volunteer at the museum. thank you, all, very much. [applause] >> please rise for the prayer for the dead. it will be chanted by cantor tom king, followed by a survivor of the holocaust from romania. he will lead us in reciting kaddish. [singing in hebrew] >> suzera

next up, jenny hill, our correspondent in berlin. well, there was a warm welcome for monsieur macron at the bundestag, notjust from mrs merkel, but, unusually for such events, a crowd singing and dancing outside the talks. on paper, this looks like a warm and friendly relationship, but as mrs merkel herself put it, paraphrasing a german author, "every beginning has magic to it." the two leaders have pledged to create a road map for europe, they want to further integrate not just the eu but the eurozone and they both said, crucially, tonight that they are prepared to look at european treaty change in order to make that happen. so far, so good, but it's worth, of course, emphasising that there have been real difficulties in the french german relationship. once, of course, that underpinned the european project, it was a real axis of strength, but as the two economies have very much diverged, that has become much more tense. in recent years, is worth arguing that come reidy, arguing that, really, britain has become more of an ally in the

he joins me from berlin. he does not seem to be a man in a hurry to take his foot off the monetary easing gas. >> definitely not. i think that was his main message. he kept his cards close to his chest. at the same time, he sounded actually dovish. making it clear that if there are any tweaks they will only be words. there is no announcement of tapering and forget about rate hikes. so the risks are now balanced? the risks and outlooks are balanced. the ecb has been and will continue to follow a gradual path. risks is time to call the to the economic outlook balanced. at the same time, inflation will probably drop again and as linchpinld us, the new in the monetary policymaking are wages. pickup oft seen any wages. i think there is no need for the the brakes. back?what is holding us >> i think it is the outlook gap. it is the damage that has been done to the labor market and the eurozone. if you take a country like germany, going into the ninth year of economic recovery with record high employment, even here w

central character, but it's the character that holds all of the story together because although the berlin wall does play quite a large part in this novel, but very few of my characters are allowed to go to berlin and i found as i was writing sometimes they needed to go off to london and to germany and i had to keep bringing them back for the story. it had a technical purpose that was very useful. but it has also got a sort of moral purpose in a way because it is enclosed at the very beginning of the story. mr norris is laying out the landscape and the wall is being built and it is in a way a prison. yes. there is a moment in the book when mr norris, the landscape designer, is talking to his friend the architect and they ask each other, "is this a paradise we are making here or is it a prison?" and i wrote that rather sort of off—the—cuff as you do in a long book, it's just one line. it's the theme of the book. afterwards i thought, yes, that is what it's about. it's about inclusion and of course it's about all sorts of other things it's about enclosure and of course it's about all sor

matt: and i'm matt miller here in berlin. risk let's put up the radar and show everybody where we are on the overnight session, the asian trading day higher on equities. the msci asia-pacific of 5.8%. of by .8% for the price of a barrel of crude. were indiana and will get more from manus shortly on the program indiana. the russians talking about the option for a further extension. so these facts very much in focus and is the move in the dollar, a little weaker on those sentiments. concerns about inflation lead to questions about what happens thereafter. matt: that was interesting to me, we saw treasuries yesterday actually get on up, which at that was fascinating, after the notes came, the minutes came out , we saw note get off. right now are looking at 2.25% as the yields on the teen your climb back up a little bit today. fallen by 1.3% yesterday. maybe stabilizing today. then you see the renminbi right now down a little, but it had gone up yesterday as well. for is how many you can buy a dollar, more than you could buy a co

chris rider from our transport team in berlin. let's get to our top stocks stories around the rest of europe. for that, nejra cehic. telecom is the best performing industry on the stoxx 600. on top, vodafone. fourth quarter organic service record in line with estimates, up 1.5 percent. the market seems to be focused on the promise to increase free cash flow this year. and continue growing its dividend. we look at the vodafone reaction, up 3.8% this year -- right now. the highest since november and the end of january. elsewhere in the space, not such sfr, this move for seems to be following a report in the french paper which said sfr had filed a suit at the paris tribunal of commerce. fiber-opticit over coverage, according to the report. btg, thehe downside, pharmaceutical company. this one called higher at the open but is down quite significantly, worst performer on the stoxx 600 and among pharmaceuticals. falling after four-year results, the most since november. all right, thank you for that. in about 30 minutes, we will get you

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the bbc‘sjoe mellor has been following the events in berlin. it's tempting to read a lot into this, there have been two east asian leaders here and this comes after a week where tensions between the us and germany have never really been higher. of course these visits are planned a long way in advance and it's true to say press officers of either delegation if you take a look at the trade numbers between china and europe they are improving as years go by. europe is the number one export market in china is the number to market after the us. of course. it's particularly important for germany because germany of courses and export orientated economy, its economy is largely reliant on selling its very high quality made in germany products around the world and it slowly but surely running out of consumers, especially if the us turns towards protectionism, donald trump has spoken about banning german cars from being sold in the us, germany needs to find new people to sell its cars to and india, china both booming markets in both markets it would like t