Believes of the nation state he thinks this company can do a whole lot better and a good deal for him is one way he benefits many rich people off and i dont think that should be encouraged especially this time the press he says hes going to take advantage of it look i think everything with the trade deal is on the table when you when youre dealing in trade everythings on the table. Also coming up china has trying to erase all memories of the Tiananmen Square massacre 30 years ago but in hong kong the Lessons Learned in 1900 are as alive as. We teenagers we found that the government tried to cleanse our unique culture try to pass our language try to class identity as a Hong Kong Hong kong and we dont want that to happen and we dont want hong kong just to be calm and like in the to see tea in china. Or to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world well we begin the day with bricks and britain seen through the donald trump lens of the moment even before he became us president double trump made it known that he thinks britains departure from the European Union brechts it is long overdue in fact he has repeatedly criticized u. K. Prime minister teresa mayes brigs it policies accusing her of being weak and slow in a go she asians with europe or today on day 2 of his official state visit to the u. K. Trump stood next to theresa may and praised her handling of brechts it even saying that shes done a better job than he could have done to resign mays reaction simply repeating how important that u. S. U. K. Relationship is and will remain this was however in the transatlantic turnaround for trop later in the day chief city or nigel for raj one of the reason fiercest critics met with the u. S. President and then he tweeted about it the message when it comes to brag that both men are on the same page. It was a date the special relationships u. S. President donald trump and the outgoing pushed Prime Minister to reason may on stage together for probably one of the last times for the past 2 and a half he is the president and i have had the privilege of being the latest guardians of this precious and profound friendship between our countries as with our previous ss when we have faced threats to the security of our citizens and our allies we have stood together and acted together that included cooperation to stop iran getting. Weapons and encouraging nato members to pay more into the alliance and a big part of that special relationship is trade. As the u. K. Makes preparations to exit the European Union the United States has committed to a phenomenal trade deal between the u. S. And the u. K. There is tremendous potential in the trade deal i say probably to get even 3 times of what were doing right now tremendous potential. But in the streets around the british Prime Ministers residence there was a less than friendly welcome for the us president i. Was. I. Was. They went to pay a horrible. Standards on us in britain. And its all because we look as if were going to be so reduced by threats that. We cant see it cuts to accept. But i pray its not going to happen. The crowds are smaller than for Previous Anti trump protests but its trumps policies not his promises that cause the most upset almost every single thing thats wrong has done is unamerican and im pleasant and nasty and i think america deserves a better leader. Climate change womens rights gay rights. Control hes done absolutely nothing. Everyone knows that the british Prime Minister is on her way out and it will be up to her successor to make sure the special relationship remains milk or deal. But lets talk about that special relationship to do that im going to have the big table by been building from for them she is european correspondent with the economist its good to have you on the show i want to ask you has it become clear if it were not clear already how. Porton the u. S. Is too bright says britain yes it is maybe the most important relationship that britain has with any ally in the and of course at the time where the country is deeply divided of approximate and where this uncertainty over its leadership this very special relationship is even more important than in the past so brights it means that britain needs america more than ever. To some extent yes 70 when it comes to trade because of course the hope is that they have. A phenomenal and mr thomas was trained to queen and following britains exit from the European Union but of course the details off such a treaty with the need to be negotiated and can we trust donald trump he has the changes his mind about trade deals all the time and look at nafta and whats happening right now with with mexico why should the u. K. Trust mr trump when he says you know were going to have this great trade deal theres no reason why the u. K. Should. I mean the u. S. Is an incredibly important path now for the u. K. At a cost of 80 percent off british exports and 11 percent of its imports the biggest single trading partner of course the European Union as a holistic but as you say it tends to change mr trump hence the changes mind trade agreements and the same could happen to britain too how do you explain what we saw today you know trump has trashed theresa may over briggs many times hes tweeted terrible things about her negotiating skills then today he says shes done a better job probably than he could do after then he leaves and he goes meets with the chief brigadier you know some people said brooks its your big daddy nigel for raj how do you explain all of that its difficult to explain that trump tends to be often very in. Pressed by people who he needs and the need to be off the its very complementary about them weve seen that with president obama he used to say terrible things about president obama and then once he met him he was really chom to him and i guess the same assassin today but that doesnt exclude the president President Trump criticizing miss may tomorrow or even before tomorrow yeah i mean it was interesting seeing driesum a react to his is compliments today and she didnt you know she didnt take the bait she kept kept pounding the idea of the special relationship between the u. S. And the u. K. But you know every Prime Minister has said that absolutely i mean she knows how divisive mr trump is dont forget that 2000000 people signed a petition to prevent mr trump from coming to the u. K. Thats a huge inflatable figure of mr trump and then the baby trump and nappy that and i think there was even a Crowdfunding Campaign to have an even bigger trump a month reduce or tells me that it will stay out today. I dont think in my producer maybe me if im wrong but they couldnt get it in the year because some someone stamped sabotaged 7 times you could say why this big show for donald trump is it because of the the desperation surrounding rights. Or is it because of the anniversary of d. Day anniversary. A mixture of i mean dont forget the invitation was made shortly after mr trump was elected and then his visit was delayed several times because of the protests and the resentment against mr trump in the u. K. But of course once you and by the head of state of your most important ally you dont go back on the invitation and of course all these other factors play a role too. And it was a state visit with a lavish banquet and all the rest of it but certain things like this leave Buckingham Palace didnt happen nor right in the gold carriage and central and so he didnt get all the all the goodies that sometimes head of States Office by the British Government if we didnt have that looming it breaks and were not in this equation do you think im just im wondering if theresa may for example im wondering if she would have. Behaved differently because i mean i think people around the world looking at what happened today in london have to scratch their heads and say how can she smile when she has i mean diplomacy yes but how can she is if the past nothing in the past happened well 2 things one is said and this very fragile moment and british history of dont forget that 1st of all countries deeply divided of approximate 2nd for mrs macy ought to thomas these are sort of almost her last days in office so i think she simply doesnt want to upset the apple cot and not create more tensions more problems and just get the state visit over with what about the u. S. President giving his opinion of who would be a good Prime Minister a good successor to resubmitting well thats normally not done and really express and he did that standing beside her today at the press conference absolutely and repeatedly he expressed a preference for Boris Johnson us and lead us a feature of Prime Minister that is not diplomatic and i think through critic teeth mrs may was smiling about it but of course its deeply embarrassing for her do you think i mean i know you talked to a lot of people here in europe about the transatlantic ties do you think at the end of the day will the special relationship between the u. K. And the u. S. Will it be stronger or weaker because of Donald Trumps presidency. I think its been a strong basically ever since america was founded ever since the very start of this country. And i think it certainly remains strong mr trump managed to weaken us yes a little bit far moment but i think you know this is the special relationship to speak of and one president knows that the new leaves in red are european correspondent with the economist and its good to have you on the show for your insights thank you for inviting me. Or the world is remembering what happened on this 4th of june 30 years ago want to yell and square in beijing the world except china that is beijing has never released an official number of fatalities from the massacre of prodemocracy students in fact beijing has done everything to raise the tragedy from history china is usually silent about what happened unless others such as the us or the e. U. Invoke the elements where to argue how the communist party retain the ignores human rights of its own citizens the almost reflex of response of the Chinese Foreign ministry stop interfering in our internal affairs while in Mainland China the square crackdown cannot be found in history books or on the internet in hong kong memories have been kept alive today tens of thousands gathered for a vigil in Victoria Park on kong is the only piece of chinese territory where people are allowed to publicly remember what the rest of china is forced to forget. Or the memories of the elements where were still fresh when britain to go she added the conditions of its the end over of hong kong to china back in 1970 the u. K. Insisted that the right to assemble and protest be protected we met up with to hong kong dissidents who have found asylum here in germany they like many others in hong kong say china has been steadily chipping away at those rights. There the 1st time calling refugees to be granted asylum or a wanton and. Now feel safe in germany they were threatened with a prison sentence in the homeland for having taken part in an antigovernment protest. As a fairy story set things actually because i think no one wants to leave their home country and never go back. And. But anyway we we thing that. We must do it is because reese we should let the let the whole road know what is happening in hong kong. Look back to 2014 many young people took to the streets of hong kong calling for Civil Liberties and more democracy both sides became violent. Gray warming and ellen lee were also there they later found at their own movement hong kong indigenous they are fighting for hong kongs independence from china. We teenagers we found that the government tried to cleanse our unique culture try to pass our language try to class our identity as a Hong Kong Hong kong and we dont want that to happen and we dont want hong kong just to be calm and like any other city in china right you wont and were taken into custody in 2016 the accusation there where involved in violent riots one of their fellow companions was sentenced to 7 years in prison on the same charge but the 2 feel the punishment is disproportionate fearing what might happen the 2 fled to germany while on probation they lived in limbo for 6 months until germany granted them political asylum. I think the history of. That trip for me personally is quite encouraging because after i came to help with some. They told me that. When they were young they had never imagined east germany and west germany would be. Needed united reunion again but somehow its happened so. That those german told me dont lose my home because everything could happen both men hope for hong kong homeland where democracy and the rule of law prevail just like in germany. Or im joined here at the big table by barrett he is the head of asia programs with the German Council on Foreign Relations good to have you back on the show i want to ask you how responsible is germany in chinas ability to abuse human rights. In its own territory was total impunity. Well germany has done a lot in the past to engage in dialogue with china there were rule of law dialogues between both governments. Germany has always. Maintained diplomacy that was very tried but very effective was the pointing fingers but pointing out the problems in the managed to get people out of the country and in germany has at the same time maintain good relations and then and not tried to pressure approach which usually doesnt work with the communist party would you say that germany has found the right. You know the right balance the right mixture in dealing with china i think germany has done what occurred at this stage there because i think of a shoes that will come up in the future such as taiwan or just in hong kong where the need to be new compromise is also in for germany how to redo with that in return of course compromises read ready to accept but in the end of the day china can only change itself it has done that if you look at the time until 2008 there was very strong changes in Civil Society in prison china which abruptly changed after that time but but it has to come from outside the country from inside there from our governments are inside from outside we cannot change it would would we feel differently would germany look at china differently if china were not the worlds 2nd largest economy and if china were not an emerging superpower. Well this is a big problem china has and display chinas increasingly in competitor from competitor in technologies in trade you name it and of course people look much closer whats happening in the country in its own time the influence that comes with china do to influence International Decision making and influence internationally greenman is of course well oh so. Look because of look closer at because people think its a military and regime so that will have an impact on these agreements but so far this deal for the i know many times reported when the german chancellor Angela Merkel when she has visited china she always takes a Large Business delegation german Business Leaders with her we really dont hear about her taking. The say larger representatives from in geos that are working for human rights should she be doing that i mean is that i mean the image that we see there is that the head of germanys government is going to china with Business People they are not that not that shes going to china to talk about. Human rights abuses usually there are a lot of journalists coming with her and i think it would fit very difficult in the diplomatic protocol to have activists in the group but what germany is represented in in china was political phoned asians which were partly also with the party on on issues of reforms at the moment is that more difficult than it used to but we dont know whats happening in 510 years and might become easier again i remember back in the 1990 s. There was the thinking that we should engage with china what you know is that its the factory of the world and if we do that then democratic reforms will follow but that has not happened. I think it also wasnt supposed to happen the goal of the gauge been forced to to open up china and to convince china to become the greatest stakeholder internationally to engage with International Norms and and and to to International Standards and to some degree also n. G. O. S and others could get into the country and interact with Civil Society actors inside chinas of its of of that they consist of so there were a lot of exchanges about how to change the rule of law inside china her hotel room for them for labor presentation well to some degree is has worked but you have to see also what triggers a counter response as in the moment the main the insight the party the entrenched factions inside the party which brought development of the social demand to a standstill but that doesnt mean that this changes inside the party and Different Things and now that will change would you would you say that china is in a position today to be as as easily influenced by by germany the outside world. Just as it was 20 years ago i mean its not is it i mean it is it is incredibly strong now why does it and it doesnt need to be influenced by other thought. I would argue that china is mainly influenced by its internal development and problems which dominated into internal and external agenda and that is to begin with that it has of course not gotten to the Development Stage that it wants to it has kept to get over the middle income trap it has to develop technologies that it can be a big player so in reality china at this stage is much weaker than most commentators were we when you Say Technology though i think about Artificial Intelligence and we know that china leads the world in facial Recognition Technology and using technology to control people not allowing technology to be a tool for the people is are you concerned that were headed for a future where china will be so strong that it will be able to dictate the of the paradigms that we live in when for example with Technology Well 1st of all these technologies have been around china has been buying these. Technologies from other countries and improved them but you should forget that and china so far than very little indications of mum that china is trying to export its own governments model is not the case so i think if other countries adopt these kind of technologies and methods its really the matter whats wrong in those countries because into more kristis they have to defend their own democracies at home but with the residue was done. With the German Council on Foreign Relations was very good as always we appreciate your insights thank you very much. Well when he ran for president. Never labeled himself as for europe or russia for that matter selenski won the election well today he was in brussels to meet with the European Union and nato allies he needs both the e. U. And nato is he trying to reinvigorate efforts to bring peace to Eastern Ukraine Ukrainian Army has been fighting russian backed separatists there since 2014 his efforts are being watched closely by the more than 2000000 displaced people who have fled their homes in the region. Nikolic reports. And its ministry until 5 years ago this was a place where the people of the region came to pray and enjoy the view. When conflict broke out in 2014 city he just quickly became a place of refuge for thousands fleeing the fighting for a time refugees outnumbered the locals 10 to 1. 5 years and some of those refugees are still here around 200 people have found home in the ministry taking the place of pilgrims who once came here in large numbers its mainly the elderly and Single Parents who havent been able to move on. Is one of them and thats the beauty. Of a sudden they were how it says around where we lived and they were firing but we waited for a few days before finally leaving. I thought would only be gone for a short while so i didnt even take much with me but i was wrong it all seemed ridiculous i couldnt believe it was happening to me even once i got here. Without the free food and accommodation provided by the Ministry Says she wouldnt be able to make ends meet back and she worked in the Family Business but the war has scattered her family one of her sisters is living in russia while her mother stayed behind and then yes. Look at the camera survey say hello to grandma. Before the war religion wasnt a big part of aloneness life taking part in daily worship isnt compulsory for those living on the street but it has become 2nd nature and a source of hope alona tells us. Of a bull me if i want peace i want to be able to bring up my kids we didnt understand the value of the life we hadnt done yet until weve lost it at leisure. Its. Over there is almost on the governor say she continues online or find us on twitter either at u. W. News or you can follow me at t. V. Dont forget to use our hash tag of the day and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day well see that everybody. In the thick of it agriculture is in crisis. Climate change land speculation and harmful pesticides are threatening the livelihoods of countless farmers more genetic engineering more organic farming or even know about. Whats the future of agriculture made in germany next d. W. It was the beginning of the end of the 2nd world. June 6th 1944. Allied forces landed on the beaches of. Insights into a historic event caught on by the cameras of british soldiers. Memories of. W. Their super shot so many eyes themselves away super secretive then youll hear the jingling his points and super rich definitely around 20000000000 more or less. How do germanys wealthiest people live why do they keep such a low profile we have a snoop around to catch a glimpse. Of the good little top of the world the disc life of the super. 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