merkel and mr putin the two have been forced somewhat close. said together because of a rift between american donald trump and europe over the iran nuclear deal and tariffs and of course additional u.s. sanctions on to russia has become a sort of marriage of convenience the pair have clashed on numerous issues but of course they do also agree on some mrs merkel has said this is a working visit don't expect much from this meeting that has been her message although she did say that the dollar go relationship with russia is necessary to keep communication going not surprising perhaps given the amount of hot topics on the agenda syria being the one as the country moves from an active battlefield military phase to negotiations about spheres of influence and the interests of various actors mrs merkel said the talks on syria could bring. some progress between the various differences of trump the one it set for that will be one of the topics very much will engender in this meeting. he says his thoughts can enter a meeting on syria between germany franc

tariffs russia has been affected by sanctions mrs merkel has been criticized for being overly reliant on russian gas imports indeed the nords dream to part from project was also something that was discussed news headlines questioned what could really come out of these bilateral talks which side could gain watson who would come out on top in negotiations but as the day here draws to a close and the limousines pull up to take this back to their residences mrs merkel will take this as an opportunity to consolidate her position as a european leader capable of negotiating with russia and putin while the russian president will view this as a chance to take steps to bring russia out of its isolation through those sanctions and find common ground with one of his oldest political colleagues. but before meeting marco putin paid a quick social visit to austria the russian president stopped off to attend the wedding of the country's foreign minister. oh. thank you. it was really great the ceremony took place it's a venue art in austria steria state some slums the foreign minister for inciting put

berland mrs merkel or mr altmire that have issues with tariffs trump and trade at the moment in turkey well they've seen a much tougher reaction in fact on sunday while the german economy minister was speaking to sunday newspapers over the weekend president ed the one we're speaking to must crowd saying that if this trade war wasn't well backed down from from the u.s. side then well turkey could start looking for allies and friends elsewhere who you know. we will respond to the one declaring war tree to the whole world. new markets finding new corporations and allies. at the crux of the problem between and washington is the pastor andrew bronson now he's been in custody for two years in turkey so far there's a deadline set for release of last wed in state that wasn't met and when that wasn't met on friday trump brought in new tara fs against turkish exports of metals now that means twenty percent tariff on. being exported from turkey into the united states and fifty. percent all stale now what that scene is on monday the turkish lira dropped to a record low against the us dollar and th

iran nuclear deal that's something else that mrs merkel mentioned today germany's commitment to that deal and the importance of keeping up the dog there as well as but actual trade mr putin mentioning the thousands of german companies present in russia and russian companies in germany stating that trade had gone up by around twenty two percent in recent months and years as well as we said earlier through mrs merkel's knowledge of russian mr putin is lot of the german that relationship has always remained cool deal with both leaders hoping to take something out of this meeting mrs merkel to reinforce her position. as one of the leaders of europe in the go shares with russia and mr putin in taking those steps to ending russia's isolation through those sanctions. the former while we don't know each other well enough but i'm amazed by her ability to listen to. this because there was so little sister who does know that the russian president likes to drink german beer and sometimes there is a possibility that we can make exchanges i have also gotten very good smoked fish because. i know fr

tariffs russia has been affected by sanctions mrs merkel has been criticized for being overly reliant on russian gas import it did have points on which they did agree syria being one of the key ones both of them agreeing that emphasis on humanitarian assistance was the key to solving the conflict version of the letter she would certainly should cities it's important to do move for the humanitarian situation in syria and most importantly bring aid to its people and who loses areas where a few jews can return from abroad and the issues are going to use this from my end there's this we have to do humanitarian catastrophe in syria there may be less fighting now but that doesn't mean we have peace until we would have. the iran nuclear deal which of course the united states recently pulled out of was another point upon which they could agree with mr putin emphasizing the importance of maintaining that international deal sanctioned by the united nations security council the nords dream to part from project was also something that was discussed as the day here draws to a close and the limousi

berland mrs merkel or mr altmire that have issues with tariffs trump and trade at the moment in turkey well they've seen a much tougher reaction in fact on sunday while the german economy minister was speaking to sunday newspapers over the weekend president ed the one we're speaking to must crowd saying that if this trade war wasn't well backed down from from the u.s. side then well turkey could start looking for allies and friends elsewhere who you know. we will respond to the one declaring a war of trade to the whole world. new markets finding new corporations and allies . at the crux of the problem between and and washington is the pastor andrew bronson now he's been in custody for two years in turkey so far there's a deadline set for his release of last wed in state that wasn't met and when that wasn't met on friday trump brought in new tara fs against turkish exports of metals now that means twenty percent tariff on. being exported from turkey into the united states and fish. percent all still know what that scene is on monday the turkish lira dropped to a record low against the u

berland mrs merkel or mr altmire that have issues with tariffs trump and trade at the moment in turkey well they've seen a much tougher reaction in fact on sunday while the german economy minister was speaking to sunday newspapers over the weekend president ed the one we're speaking to must crowd saying that if this trade war wasn't well backed down from from the u.s. side then well turkey could start looking for allies and friends elsewhere. we will respond to the one declaring a war of trade to the whole world. new markets finding new corporations and allies . at the crux of the problem between and washington is the pastor andrew bronson now he's been in custody for two years in turkey so far there's a deadline set for his release of last wed in state that wasn't met and when that wasn't met on friday trump brought in new tara fs against turkish exports of metals now that means twenty percent tariff on many in being exported from turkey into the united states and fish. percent all stale now what that scene is on monday the turkish lira dropped to a record low against the us dollar an

merkel to reinforce our position as one of the leaders of europe when they go she is with russia mr putin in taking those steps to ending russia's isolation through those sanctions. and hawkins there but before meeting merkel mr putin did pay a quick social visit to austria the russian president stopped off to attend the wedding of the country's foreign minister and the ceremony taking place in the vineyard in austria styria state some slam the foreign minister they were inviting mr pease into the wedding but it seems the russian president did have a good time even dancing with the bride and many try to guess what president he'd given the happy couple it was in fact a painting an ancient oil press and also a traditional russian samovar. now with the syrian army reestablishing control across the country efforts are underway to rebuild a shattered nation in the latest in a series of reports you goshdarn of travels to the city of aleppo to see how locals there is slowly picking up the pieces. much of the city of aleppo is still in ruins reviving it to its former glory is a task of garg

the two leaders do you have history together merkel has been a fierce critic of mr putin in the past she has criticized him they have clashed on numerous issues not nonetheless in recent times the have been drawn together into a sort of a political marriage of convenience both countries have had a rift with trump with america they've suffered from economic tariffs russia has been hit with sanctions with more to come from the arctic states as a result of the knowledge of scandal and merkel being criticized by trump for being independent over dependence and fact russia's captive because of gas supply speaking off the last of the north stream to pipeline it will also be on the agenda that's a project that's been going ahead despite both criticism and try to see finally ukraine that's been a thorn in the side of russian german relations over the last four or five years they will discuss the minutes for three months and peacekeeping proposals in that region as well. as very much been a stalwart as other leaders have come and gone she's remained and maintain that relationship with mr putin

the other two leaders have clashed on multiple occasions mrs merkel has been a fierce critic of mr putin over the years nevertheless in recent times though they have been pushed closer together by circumstance into a sort of marriage of political convenience if you will this has been caused by a rift between the u.s. donald trump and europe with both countries falling victim to trump's economic tariffs russia being pressed by sanctions of the u.s. more to come on the back of the chalk screwball poisoning scandal and merkel being a target of criticism by the u.s. president for being so called captive to russia because of russian gas supplies the latter will certainly be something discussed on the table as the north north stream to part from project pushes ahead despite both criticism and controversy now last the ukraine an issue that's been a form in the side of russia u.s. german u.s. relations since twenty fourteen will also be on the agenda the implant implementation of those minutes accords and peacekeeping operations something that will be discussed now the two leaders do have histor

mrs. merkel's immigration policy has created a situation where we have knife attacks, and my cold here is absolutely right about this, carried out by people who would not be here otherwise area -- otherwise. so there is a cause here in the cause is the mass immigration brought about by mrs. merkel. >> where do you get your numbers for knife attacks allegedly perpetrated by foreigners? under website there is a map of germany completely covered in knives, but if you ask state criminal investigation authorities, situation is not as uniform as you depict it. >> all we have to do is look at what has happened. before chemnitz we had we spot in -- wiesbaden. now we are getting new knife attacks. of course there are many things that are only in local or regigional newspapers, but these are all attacks carried out by people who shouldn't actually be here. that's how you interpret the discontent on the streets of chemnitz? is it just about this attack, or was there more to it? >> i think there's mor

merkel has been one of president putin's fiercest critics in the sport that the recent times the two leaders have been pushed closer together into a political marriage of convenience both have been affected by american economic tariffs russia has been hit by u.s. sanctions with more to come on the back of the north shock scandal and merkel has been criticized by trump as being a russian captive because of gas supplies the latter will be a key topic with the north stream two pipeline project pushing ahead despite criticism and controversy at last the ukraine which has been a saw a thorn in the side of russian german relations since twenty fourteen would also be discussed the implementation of the minsk accords and peacekeeping operations as well despite their major differences of course they do have common ground on leave iran nuclear deal on bilateral economic issues as well and through also michael's knowledge of russia and mr putin's knowledge of germany they have always maintained at least the cordyline nation. the former well we don't know each other well enough but i'm amazed by

this is of course the second meeting between mr putin and mrs merkel in the matter of months her last visit to russia came back in may where they took part in but actual talks this is their first but actual talks in germany for quite some time the shots it has been quite blunt with a message don't expect results has been the message so far quite pragmatic with what can be expected saying this is a normal working visit nevertheless though the media has already been speculating what can be gained from this meeting who will come out on top and can headway be made on the key issues there one of them of course being the syrian conflict which is coming to simmer down at least the military front differences though do remain among global leaders this will be viewed as an opportunity by michael to try to make some headway that you have with some of them and he says that's what's going on and a meeting on syria and between germany france russia and turkey could be useful if needs to be well prepared that's the reason why there is no date for it yet but we're working on in prepared three meeting

and france have come and gone chancellor merkel has remained a stalwart. she will take this opportunity to reinforce our position as a european leader mr putin will take this opportunity to take steps towards ending russia's isolation through those economic sanctions and despite their major differences of course they do have common ground on leave iran nuclear deal on bilateral economic issues as well and through. russia and mr putin's knowledge of germany they have always maintained at least the relationship. while we don't know each other well enough but i'm amazed by her ability to live through. this because it is known in the russian president likes to drink the german beer and sometimes there is a possibility that we can make exchanges toast i've also gotten very good smoked fish. angular from time to time since a couple of bottles over the. germany years not only stop off on saturday before he gets there he's paying a social visit attending the wedding of austrian foreign minister. and businessman of all. the ceremony taking place at a venue in austr

how effective they want to carry him red tape like to do with mrs merkel and the only two time state and government in the last twelve years one decision was was about a financial crisis and she bumped. billions into the banking system stating things this is the second decision she made during the twelve year reign was in two thousand to say ok people sleeping on a train station stick and car but after that she lost control and. or right wing parties and left to make a mistake especially in germany i see her do much work to do sentiments of people we are able to take many more if it's not a problem because we are a rich country but we have to take care of people who are already in germany first and then we can say. my purpose but asylum should be obvious be separate from that because there is no limit to the human rights you know john a lot has been said since you last spoke there and i can read your mind this far away that more europe is not the solution juxtaposition when our friend roland had to say go ahead john. i wanted to come back to that point in response to the question you

merkel and she made the same mistake that many people do it was also in our discussion here now that we mix migration issues that. you know to uphold the asylum the right of assad and which is a human right and we have to upload to those who need it we cannot make step issue with migration now what i do agree with is that what we see at the moment at the mexican border as problem is set up by deep state or by some people who want to make mr trump act and mr trump is not on your because he remembers what happened to two this is mark of an injury suddenly at the refugees coming in and this was advertised as the bucket route by the media not to beginning up this year sometime in spring i watched a program on c.n.n. there was a colleague on the report a colleague on the on a bus tour from central america to watch the. u.s. border and reporting from it and advertising it kind of saying out as a way to go to the united states of course you can instigate and obviously this stuff trump is facing because now i'm not see these crying children and parents being arrested of all that i don't thin

merkel viewed this as an opportunity to find some common ground he says that's what's going on and a meeting on syria between germany france russia and turkey could be useful it needs to be well prepared there's the reason why there is no date for it yet we are working on an prepared three meeting of ari dreiser's and afterwards who will decide whether such a meeting makes sense but to do this have previously clashed on multiple occasions mrs merkel has been one of president putin's fiercest critics in this though in recent times the two leaders have been pushed closer together into a political marriage of convenience both have been affected by american economic tariffs russia has been hit by u.s. sanctions with more to come on the back of the north shock scandal and merkel has been criticized by trump as being a russian captive because of gas supplies the latter will be a key topic with the north stream two pipeline project pushing ahead despite both criticism and controversy at last the ukraine which has been a soft thorn in the side of russian german relations since twenty fourtee

berland mrs merkel or mr altmire that have issues with tariffs trump and trade at the moment in turkey well they've seen a much tougher reaction in fact on sunday while the german economy minister was speaking to sunday newspapers over the weekend president ed the one we're speaking to must crowd saying that if this trade war wasn't well backed down from from the u.s. side then well turkey could start looking for allies and friends elsewhere who. we will respond to the one declaring a war of trade to the whole world. new markets finding new corporations and allies . at the crux of the problem between and washington is the pastor andrew bronson now he's been in custody for two years in turkey so far there's a deadline set for his release of last wed in state that wasn't met and when that wasn't met on friday trump brought in new tarrasch say against turkish exports of metals now that means twenty percent tariff on. being exported from turkey into the united states and fifty. percent on stale now what that scene is on monday the turkish lira dropped to a record low against the us dollar

mrs merkel will have two turn her attention to this side of the country. what we can say with certainty is that chemnitz really illustrates a dramatic cultural shift here in germany will stop the things we've heard said quite openly here on the streets, the language, the sentiment, the arguments, would have been completely unsayable in public in germany just have been completely unsayable in public in germanyjust a few years ago will. jenny hill, thank you. a technique known as gene editing has been used to correct dna errors in a small group of dogs that have a genetic muscle—wasting disorder. scientists say it's a significant step towards making an effective treatment for?the condition duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is fatal in humans. it mostly affects young boys — who tend to live only into their 20s or 30s. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. part beagle, part king charles spaniel, these young dogs all have duchenne muscular dystrophy. the condition mostly affects males in both dogs and humans, and it gets progressively worse as th

merkel and mr met ron are they actually lacking the political will the public support to create a new world order. i would disagree with my colleague daniel gross a little bit we have seen over the summer some very market debates particularly in the public on things like defense spending and the future of german defense policy there's been a very nuanced debate on whether germany might have to consider getting a nuclear weapon now that's the united states is retreating from the security architecture in europe now that came out to on the side of a clearly of no but what we're seeing in a lot of the. a lot of the questions that have been put to the german public that the german public is actually ahead of its political class they see that it could be important to invest more in german and in european defense spending they're very aware now after a prolonged debate within the german press and within the german media of of the need for an integrated european defense policy so i think there is some movement there but again i would point to the fact that that movement might not be quick eno

merkel and mr mccann are they actually lacking the political will the public support to create a new world order. i would disagree with my colleague daniel gross a little bit we have seen over the summer some very market debates particularly in the public on things like defense spending and the future of german defense policy there's been a very nuanced debate on whether germany might have to consider getting a nuclear weapon now that see united states is retreating from the security architecture in europe now that came out to on the side of a clearly of no but what we're seeing in a lot of the. a lot of the questions that have been put to the german public that the german public is actually ahead of its political class they see that it could be important to invest more in german and in european defense spending they're very aware now after a prolonged debate within the german press and within the german media of of the need for an integrated european defense policy so i think there is some movement there but again i would point to the fact that that movement might not be quick enoug

merkel and mr mccann are they actually lacking the political will the public support to create a new world order. i would disagree with my colleague daniel gross a little bit we have seen over the summer some very market debates particularly in the public on things like defense spending and the future of german defense policy there's been a very nuanced debate on whether germany might have to consider getting a nuclear weapon now that's the united states is retreating from the security architecture in europe now that came out to on the side of a clearly of no but what we're seeing in a lot of the. a lot of the questions that have been put to the german public that the german public is actually ahead of its political class they see that it could be important to invest more in german and in european defense spending they're very aware now after a prolonged debate within the german press and within the german media of of the need for an integrated european defense policy so i think there is some movement there but again i would point to the fact that that movement might not be quick eno

merkel once and called it a decision said be a shock to us to manage it down and people said why don't we manage with ourselves first of course there is a right wing and nationalistic. parties are coming up because they take voter sentiment serious leftists to do that and especially to germany baptists have failed completely and that they stood amount of border as like. there were no borders and no states which is of course not true there are states and beneath states of course and otherwise we have a mickey no one wants to live in imo you must think those of us also brainstormed america government because she lost cultural journey you know the the interesting thing is that with these waves of migrants or asylum seekers who are never term you want because it seems to me most of them that's majority of for economic immigrants here but you know they don't really come in on the layer jets do they to germany they don't mean they don't fly into airports they kind of walk through the continent you know that's what makes me feel really bad for the. the italians ok i mean if germany wants thos

sounds familiar that's because it is it's based on the existing dublin agreement that was suspended by mrs merkel and twenty fifteen as a result of the refugee problems that year the german government has portrayed the deal as a breakthrough in the current immigration crisis a similar pact is also being made with greece and there was never any doubt that this agreement with spain would go ahead as spain has recently become the new preferred route for asylum seekers attempting to reach europe and there are fears that it will be yet another transit point for migrants to reach germany germany is also working with its lee to agree a similar deal a challenge given the immigration stance from politicians now in its government so in a diagonal al-jazeera the syrian army is threatening a major assault on the last major rebel held stronghold dozens of civilians have been killed by intensifying as strikes there a bombing targeted parts of ellipse city and spilled over to areas in western aleppo flits have been dropped warning people to accept government. aid is continuing to arrive to the indonesian

mrs merkel has placed a strong focus on african diplomacy in recent years, and has called on countries to do their bit in stemming the flow of migrants to europe, an issue over which she faces criticism at home. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: why the national trust is returning a popular tourist spot in wales to mediaeval times. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange glowing disk that is brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it'll take months and billions of dollars to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clock maker, john vernon, swung the pendulum to set the clock goi

well it is rather early to determine whether chemnitz will have real political ramifications for mrs merkel, though let's return to our top story and the memorial service forjohn mccain. to discuss senator mccain's work fighting for human rights in vietnam, i spoke earlier to hoi trinh. he's the executive director of voice, a non—profit organisation that works for the protection of vietnamese refugees and democracy in vietnam. i think that senatorjohn mccain, notjust help vietnamese refugees but in his life, he helped a lot of human rights defenders in vietnam. if i may read two sentences from his letter that he wrote, that he co—wrote with senator ted kennedy at the time, 15 years ago when i first contacted both of the senators for the work that i was doing in hopes of resettling the last of the vietnamese boat people in the philippines. it reads, "our nation has a continuing obligation as part of our history and heritage to maintain a strong refugee resettlement programme for needy groups and that obligation is especially strong for refugees from vietnam." it speaks volumes of

mrs merkel always want to never give anything away until she has to peter out my as one of her most trusted cabinet members so what he says can pretty much be taken as the word of berlin berlin of course is usually in lock step almost all the way with brussels and this could be taken as the the line that the european union is taking that they're not happy about these tariffs that have been put in place but the e.u. so far hasn't been is hardly hit as turkey has by the tariffs that have been put in place there over the weekend where we had missed out my speaking to the german newspapers president ed the one in turkey was addressing crowds saying that if the u.s. continued with their economic policies then perhaps and crew would have to look elsewhere for allies and friends couldn't do you know. we will respond to the one declaring war tree to the whole world my new markets finding new corporations and allies. well the main book between uncreate and washington lies with the jailed pastor andrew bronson he's been in the cell for two years or he's been in the house arrest sorry for two

sounds familiar that's because it is it's based on the existing dublin agreement that was suspended by mrs merkel and twenty fifteen as a result of the refugee problems that year the german government has portrayed the deal as a breakthrough in the current immigration crisis a similar pact is also being made with greece and there was never any doubt that this agreement with spain would go ahead as spain has recently become the new preferred route for asylum seekers attempting to reach europe and there are fears that it will be yet another transit point for migrants to reach germany germany is also working with its league to agree a similar deal a challenge given the anti immigration stance from politicians now in its government on a diagonal. an anti fascist rally is taking place in the u.s. city of charlottesville the scene of white supremacist violence that killed an unarmed protesters last year this time peaceful demonstrations are being held amid tight security the city is under a state of emergency ahead of planned rallies on sunday. i do as many as four hundred right wing protests as

sounds familiar that's because it is it's based on the existing dublin agreement that was suspended by mrs merkel and twenty fifteen as a result of the refugee problems that year the german government has portrayed the deal as a breakthrough in the current immigration crisis a similar pact is also being made with greece and there was never any doubt that this agreement with spain would go ahead but spain has recently become the new preferred route for asylum seekers attempting to reach europe and there are fears that it will be yet another transit point for migrants to reach germany germany is also working with italy to agree a similar deal a challenge given the anti immigration stance from politicians now in its government so nick i i go. i thought to come on this program then by way of supreme court honors whether to overturn last week's election results. and a quarter of a billion dollar rolling chemical dime on fantasy forced to pay out of the week keller. allen the big shop attentions returned to the caucasus you can see the white cloud here and also turkmenistan the far north of iran

sounds familiar that's because it is it's based on the existing dublin agreement that was suspended by mrs merkel and twenty fifteen as a result of the refugee problems that year the german government has portrayed the deal as a breakthrough in the current immigration crisis a similar pact is also being made with greece and there was never any doubt that this agreement with spain would go ahead as spain has recently become the new preferred route for. seekers attempting to reach europe and there are fears that it will be yet another transit point for migrants to reach germany germany is also working with italy to agree a similar deal a challenge given the immigration stance from politicians now in its government sunny diagonal al-jazeera government protesters have been rallying for a second day in rumania the after more than four hundred demonstrators were injured in violence of police on friday thousands of people have gathered in the capital bucharest against the ruling social democrats many of them are remaining experts who've returned home to protest against corruption. in peru hundred

has to do with the geopolitical settings, with what is happening in italy, and also with macron and mrs. merkel understands she needs to take it manage of the spirit whether it will go far enough, i am pessimistic. >> it has been assumed that the current prime minister will not run for reelection. the next governor will be elected by the 20 -- by 2019 i believe. how much can the claim to influence the economy when there are so many restrictions on what they can do a special orderly inspections on economic measures? finger in ther wound. not very much. there will be an overwhelming push to say look, we will have short-term growth. frameworkpost program is predicated on curtailing greece's options for doing that. does not mean the next government cannot do much. it means they cannot really do much by way of a short-term boost. the big challenge for new government would be lowering the new tax and social costs and indirect labor costs that are quite massive increase. you can do something carefully if you do it in dialogue with the creditors. the other big thing, and where the programs have