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the german chancellor, angela merkel, has issued a stark warning that europeans must take their destiny into their own hands. speaking at an election rally, mrs merkel said that europe would remain friends with america and the uk, but that it could no longer completely depend on them following the election of president trump and brexit. caroline davies reports. a loud reception and a giant pretzel, angela merkel received a large warm welcome campaigning in munich, but the german leader had less warm words for america and britain german and europe can no longer rely on you. translation: we europeans must really take our fate into our own hands. of course, in friendship with the united states of america, in friendship with great britain, and as good neighbours wherever that is possible, also with other countries, even with russia, but we have to know that we must fight for our own future on our own, for our destiny as europeans, and that is what i want to do together wi ....
i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is off this week. he s in france but he s not hanging out with the new french president that s what vladimir putin s been doing today. the two leaders had a get to know you meeting at versailles. and you really have to wonder how cordial it was given that days before the french election mr macron accused moscow of interfering in his poll. at a tense press conference, vladimir putin insisted any implication of russian meddling was rubbish. from paris, lucy williamson reports. despite the sweltering weather, this meeting held a touch of frost from the start. at the entrance to france s versailles palace, the two leaders greeted each other with brief handshakes and small grin smiles. two hours later after their first meeting, the mood was, if anything, even cooler. france and russia have backed different groups in the syrian conflict. emmanuel macron said that while france did not want to destabilise the syrian state they wer ....
and london. you re watching bbc world news. it s newsday. it s 9am in singapore. 1am in london, and 8pm in washington, where president trump has finally signed his replacement executive order on immigration. it reimposes travel restrictions on six muslim majority nations. but the new order omits iraq, offers protection to people that already have green cards, and removes an indefinite ban on syrian refugees. even so, new legal challenges are expected, as nick bryant reports. there was applause when president trump signed the first executive order, but it caused anger, chaos and confusion at america s airports as the travel ban on entrants from seven mainly muslim countries was hurriedly put into effect but the us courts blocked it opening the borders, delivering an embarrassing rebuke to president trump. so today he signed a revised ban with unusually little fanfare. the washington press corps not invited to witness it and this photograph ta ken instead by a white house ....