Independence from china look at the latest from our correspondent if the tears. Are thanks for joining us leaders of a deeply divided group of 7 leading industrial countries are meeting in the french resort of its french president Emmanuel Mccall has been welcoming Global Leaders in the picture a seaside town but efforts to reach consensus looks set to founder over thorny issues including global trade Climate Change and Irans NuclearProgram Divisions are so deep that for the 1st time in more than 40 years there is to be no joint communique at the end of this g. 7 summit. Meanwhile thousands of people marched in mt g. 7 summit protest some 30 kilometers away from various environmental groups took to the streets with french antigovernment protesters and basque separatists the demonstrators called for more action on a range of issues including Climate Change the gap between rich and poor and boosting support for migrants riot police were deployed to prevent demonstrators from reaching garretts protesters say they want more influence in tackling the problems facing humanity bluebeard should you. The goal is to tell the g 7 leaders that it is possible to create another world the solutions that exist for the future of the planet must not be taken by a small group of people it is time for our leaders to finally listen to what the people have to say shed leave. And if i know what those leaders are saying on the big issues im joined now by i did abuse Garrick Matus in its york its the 1st time in 45 years that theres not going to be a communique at this summit why is that. Was one of the precaution airy measures the french president has taken in order to make sure that something comes out of this g. 7 meeting he knows very well that donald trump did not sign the declaration at the last g 7 meeting in canada and so this time around he has even taken another precautionary measure if you want and broaden the agenda to such a degree including topics of inequality the environment climate and bringing them all on so that the number of things can be discussed in a way he wants to paper over the cracks that are clearly there between the big 7 there when it comes to subjects like world trade like iran or like the climate. So theres a lot of papering over but no real end goal of a communique why bother meeting. Course its worth an effort to find the smallest common denominator if the g 7 is not the meeting for the richest most influential western powers then what is and so the french president tries to find that common denominator. Of diplomats here told me that hes been working. On the question of the Iran Nuclear Deal for instance he had a 2 hour lunch with President Trump where he suggested that despite an embargo an american embargo on exports from the iran particularly on oil that some oil could be sold to european nations. Clearly with tough conditions for iran they need to follow continue to follow the Iran Nuclear Deal return to that the things they have agreed to and also they have to calm things down in the gulf so its things like that he wants to achieve by using dialogue with the leader so lots of personal meetings the french president has set up here at the g. 7. So i wonder what a meeting between President Trump and president michel might be because before president trouble for the summit he had some threatening words for the meetings host mr mccall its take a listen frankly i dont want friends going out and taxing our companies very unfair and if they do that well be taxing their wine or doing Something Else will be taxing their wine like theyve never seen before i dont like it thats for the fact that its not for french the fact that theyre taxing french wine georg how likely is donald trump to follow through on that threat. Well the e. U. And particularly francais clearly take that threat seriously instance donald the outgoing president of the European Council here announced that they would respond in kind if those threats stiff trump would follow up those threats you could never know of course whether hes serious whether hes bluffing but diplomats here told me that in a personal meeting between trump and mark hallmarked wrong try to convince the american president s that he cannot compare apples and pears because often all trump is threatening to throw those taxes on frons is this wine which is the 2nd biggest export from from france to United States in retaliation for a heavy levy the french president has put on american tax giants and the french president made clear its not just american tax joins but its all tech giants clearly the biggest one being amazon being facebook so the ones coming from america ok mattison there is thanks for that. The g 7 is also pressing for more action on the wildfires raging in the amazon rain forest french president a man you had met coal has threatened to block a trade deal with brazil and other south american countries if brazils government fails to fight the fires it has already sent in the army to tackle the blazes but opponents say thats too little too late. From the streets of sao paulo and rio in brazil to cities in mexico career and argentina people across latin america are calling for action to save the rain forest. Lawn literally the green lawn of the world as we know it is burning its our home its our future and its infuriating that nobody is doing anything. Automatically then we make ourselves aware that something must be done look at the politicians have to make this a priority or simply we the human race will become extinct. Allowing that this is the boys who all of us from all over latin america and we have to do something and you know its all of you yes you shouldnt just be are simply. This is what is causing so much fear and anger wildfires have been exacerbated by accelerating deforestation experts say theres a direct link between the cleared areas and the focus points of the heat this year some places are believed to have been started by farmers to create new grazing areas after brazils president pledged to open up more of the rain forest to agriculture if you can a more than a young beautiful commodity a lot of animals died in the fire. Of the jungle the forest is burned its complicated i dont even know what to say its difficult. President jet your bowl scenario initially blamed n. G. O. S for starting the fires but with no evidence he now says hell send soldiers to help but theres no sign of that yet either this as the rain forest continues to burn and protesters continue to send their distress signals. Time to take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. Russia has test fired Ballistic Missiles from 2 submarines in the barents sea president Vladimir Putin ordered the russian navy to respond after the u. S. Tested a new missile which had been banned under a now defunct arms treaty. Around 35000 germans have taken part in an anti racism march in the eastern city of dresden the demonstration comes a week before elections in the federal states of saxony and brandenburg the far right alternative for Germany Party is set to make significant gains. Some 20000 ukrainians most of them soldiers and their families have taken part in an unofficial independent state parade in kiev the countrys new leader of a lot of mirrors alinsky canceled the traditional military parade for financial reasons some marchers held photos of loved ones killed in the countrys 5 year war in the east with russian separatists. U. S. Health Authorities Say a person in the state of illinois may have died because of v. A. Being as part of a wave of lung illness is linked to the cigarettes no exact compound product could be pinpointed as the cause for the respiratory illnesses but nationwide nearly 200 cases apparently connected to babying have been reported. A standoff between riot police and protesters in hong kong has descended into violence tens of thousands of antigovernment demonstrators began their 12th weekend of protest peacefully marching through the industrial tong area but they were soon stopped and chased by squads of riot police armed with batons and tear gas protest leaders have criticized Hong Kong Police for what they say is an over forceful response to the ongoing demonstrations our correspondent charlotte pill is in hong kong and has been following the protests there charlotte you watched protesters get dispersed earlier today are they regrouping again. Now im on the main road right now where one of the clashes unfold and im sure you can see just behind me that the remnants of that clash is still that there are still barricades along this street this is usually an extremely busy thoroughfare through hong kong very quiet tonight dr is aware of the clashes that took place here earlier on the sea evening now from what we can tell protesters and police have largely dispersed but we did see another very violent day of clashes today for the 1st time in over a week tear gas was back on the streets of hong kong from what we can tell it was fired in several locations we were at one spot where hundreds of people gathered around a Police Station and what we saw was a number of the protest is throwing bricks stones plastic bottles at Police Police then sent out a warning using the flags that they often put up saying if you continue we will use force and then we saw them charging at those protesters sending them scattering and the tear gas was then fired so it has been another violent day here in hong kong markedly different to some of the protests that we saw earlier this week which what launched the people and how would you characterize the Overall Police reaction to the protests. For the protest the protesters themselves say that police have been extremely heavy handed in the treatment of the demonstrates is one thing that they pointed to in particular is one protester whos i was damaged by a rubber bullets a lot of the protesters that weve seen since have been covering that eyes with my patches in a market solidarity with that particular protest another arima circulating on social media and several images as well suggesting another protest today was hit in the eye with a rubber bullet we cant confirm that ourselves but it certainly will inflame a lot of the the anger here among protesters aims at the police here in hong kong ok Charlotte Charleston pil reporting from her. Thanks for that. To learn how to feed fresh food to astronauts in outer space scientists have successfully harvested vegetables and herbs in a pioneering project in antarctica the german lead knowing my research station was used to simulate the harsh conditions of life away from planet earth. This is what the 1st green house on the moon might look like it could soon be providing 6 astronauts with a steady supply of fresh vegetables engineers have been using a similar high tech container in the antarctic to test whether or not the idea could really work. When we dont use soil the roots are suspended in the air in a plastic box and sprayed with nutrients or greenhouses in the class a greenhouse doesnt have any windows we eliminate the plants with the lights and we control the environment the temperature the humidity and so on. The greenhouse container could produce up to 270 kilograms of vegetables including cucumbers tomatoes and radishes fresh vegetables are vital for astronauts on the year round missions pollution come on you cant endlessly freeze fresh food you can preserve fresh fruit indefinitely tomatoes roped off a full 5 at most 6 weeks they really have to be grown locally and then right away thats why a greenhouse is so important. 8 countries are involved in the project and nasa is now taking part 2 researchers hope they will be able to present their 1st prototype of a real space greenhouse in 5 years time its time for sports now and in friday nights bundesliga action dortmund came away with a win against a plucky promoted side cologne thanks to 3 late goals. Cologne got the scoring started in the 20 no its minute and Dominic Drexler put his head to good use dortmund waited until the 2nd half to come alive jayden sound show firing in a rocket after 70 minutes then ashram kimmie put them in the lead to stay just a few minutes from time. Out of the 3rd in injury time to round out the 31. 00 scoreline. And youre watching news live from berlin coming up next is reporter with a look at the eastern german city of kenneths ahead of saxony state elections thats after the break stay tuned to george allen dont forget you can always get the latest news information around the clock on our website at state of new dot com thanks for watching. Thanks. Betty. Surely screw africa and the world or link to exceptional stories and discussion on the use of these each and i would say d. W. Dot com slash 3 com join us on facebook g w for