we will go back to berlin acid is angela merkel and boris johnson appear. —— as soon angela merkel and boris johnson appear. —— as soon as angela merkel and boris johnson appear. —— as soon as angela merkel. one thing we are hearing from jeremy corbyn in the last few moments, he has invited the leaders of other political parties and senior lawmakers to discuss old tactics to prevent a no—deal brexit. that meeting will take place on august the 27th. an invitation from jeremy corbyn, leader of the opposition, two other political parties and senior lawmakers to attend a meeting on august the 27th to prevent a no—deal brexit. another breaking story related to ryanair, they have lost their high court bid to stop the pilot strike. that is correct. the pilot strike is due to go ahead from midnight tonight. they have been fighting in the high court, ryanair, to been fighting in the high court, rya nair, to block been fighting in the high court, ryanair, to block the pilots in the uk from taking part in the fight —— in the strike. they won a case in dublin today to stop irish pi

the irish backstop, angela merkel sees it as irish backstop, angela merkel sees itasa irish backstop, angela merkel sees it as a real red line for various reasons. first, she wants to protect the integrity of the eu's single market. she also grew up behind the iron curtain and she doesn't like walls and she doesn't want a hard border in ireland. and there is also being whispered in the corridors of power here some scepticism as to whether simply taking the withdrawal, the irish borisjohnson —— backstop withdrawal, the irish borisjohnson — — backstop out withdrawal, the irish borisjohnson —— backstop out of that withdrawal agreement would be enough to get that agreement through parliament this time round. what you can expect to see today is mrs mckay to defuse some the tension starting to build up some the tension starting to build up between the two sides. mr johnson's do or die rhetoric has rather alarmed and bemused people here in berlin. there is a huge concern about what he has had to say about a no—deal brexit, the threat of that sends a shiver down the german spine

partly because angela merkel and emmanuel macron we re angela merkel and emmanuel macron were quite polite to him, they didn't treat him as any kind of pariah, they did not dismiss him as a clown, which is what many british people might have feared. because of that picture of him hanging, suspended... on the zip wire. frankly, he had an undistinguished career as foreign secretary. he did not earn the respect of other countries particularly. but he seemed to get on quite well with emmanuel macron. and there is a sense among these world leaders that he is somebody they can deal with. i think they did find theresa may quite hard work. some would say that she's not quite as personable, worm and charismatic as other people have been or perhaps borisjohnson might be. a couple of minutes left. let's talk about the weather. we may be in a lovely air condition studio in bbc hq. a lovely air condition studio in bbc h0, but a lovely air condition studio in bbc hq, but it a lovely air condition studio in bbc h0, but it is still gorgeously worm outside at the middle of the night. and it is not going an

he said that 30 days angela merkel. he said that 30 days angela merkel was talking about is a month of useful time, now in the sort of two months there are running up to the brexit date in which negotiations could happen and some sort of progress could be made to identify a way of dealing with the irish border in the future but that is very different to promising any changes right now to that withdrawal deal. mr macron made some strong comments before meeting mrjohnson, talking about, he said if the uk thinks the alternative is to do a trade deal with america, that will come at a price and leave the uk is a vassal state of america so he's pretty dismissive. the only difference i think you see between the french and germans is a difference of tone. angela merkel hoping for some sort of solution, mr macron to be more willing to be much more blunt. how will this go down in westminster? there are some interesting body language between them today, boris johnson and emmanuel macron, is a strong and long lasting handshake. it

boris johnson is meeting with angela merkel. he is trying to convince the german chancellor to reopen negotiations over britain's withdrawal from the eu. he is demanding the eu scrap the so-called irish backstop, the plan to include a hard border with ireland. johnson and merkel have excess optimism that britain can reach a negotiated deal to leave the eu, but johnson has insisted that britain will depart, deal or no deal, on october 31. reporter: "no brexit," protesters shout, as british prime minister boris johnson arrives in berlin. for the first time since he took office a month ago, he met with german chancellor angela merkel. his goal, to reopen negotiations on brexit. prime min. johnson: we in the u.k. want a deal. we seek a deal. i believe we can get one. we can do it. [speaking g german] i believe is the phrase. [laughter] prime min. johnson: but clearly we cannot accept the current withdrawal agreement. reporter: johnson wants to scrap the backstop, a clause to prevent the return of c checks f ththe irish border. the e

difficult dinner date with angela merkel. i referred -- on prime minister johnson's difficult dinner date with angela merkel. the president likened jay powell to a bad golfer who cannot fight. kevin: cannot make it up. the president continuing his attacks against fed chair jay powell, arguing he would like to see rate cuts sliced lower and he would like to see them do something to compete with china. the president, according to treasury department officials, argued that president xi jinping has something president trump does not. that is a central bank he can factor into. when you look at it from a broader standpoint, as the debate continues on to whether or not there'll be an economic recession, the president heading into the 2020 reelection cycle by attacking fed chair jay powell, who he nominated. david: thanks. we will talk to about that problem with china. in the meantime, let's turn to ben on tax cuts. we had president trump say he is thinking about tax cuts, including capital gains. could he do that? ben: it would be v

merkel, who borisjohnson leaders, including angela merkel, who boris johnson is leaders, including angela merkel, who borisjohnson is going to meet today, self interest will drive these leaders to reconsider their position on the role of the backstop and the withdrawal agreement? yes. there will be obviously, and you alluded to it already, there will be some industries which will be more affected. for example, 14% of cars produced in germany are being sold in the uk market. and other industries will be more specifically affected. but overall, the impact on the german economy of a new deal will be much more limited than the impact on the uk economy. let's widen this out and look at more of the impacts on the uk of a no deal. as chief economist at kpmg, i am sure you have done a lot of work on this. we all saw the yellowhammer link to on no deal impacts at the weekend. what is your current thinking about best and worst case analysis of the impact of a no deal in october the 31st? the first thing to bear in mind is that there are still quite a few unknown unknowns where we don't know what wi

angela merkel is sticking to the eu script. i don't think anybody here or indeed further afield in germany expects boris johnson to walk away from today's meeting with mrs merkel‘s blessing to reopen that withdrawal agreement and take out the irish backstop, for all sorts of reasons, chief among them that for mrs merkel the backstop is a bit of a red line. she grew up behind the iron curtain, she doesn't like walls or borders, she doesn't want a hard border on the island of ireland, she wants to protect the integrity of the eu single market. there is also some scepticism behind the scenes in berlin that actually taking the backstop out would necessarily guarantee the withdrawal agreement even making it through the house of commons after all. either way here in hamburg they are going to be keeping a very close eye on proceedings today. that is because borisjohnson's threat of a no—deal brexit has sent a shudder down the spine of economists in this region and further afield. hamburg as a region exports and imports 6.5 billion

he has another message for angela merkel as well, it isa message for angela merkel as well, it is a message more about his collea g u es it is a message more about his colleagues in westminster, naga. he will say don't listen to the anti—no deal dissidents, don't assume they can block a no—deal brexit, don't assume that they can delay brexit beyond 0ctober assume that they can delay brexit beyond october 31, he is talking about some of his former colleagues, the former chancellor phillip hammond amongst others. he is saying, don't hedge your bets and don't wait until parliament resumes in september and see what it does. as prime minister i'm determined to leave in october the 31st so if you wa nt leave in october the 31st so if you want a deal then please compromise on the backstop. as far as angela merkel is concerned, she was happy to say, look, we will work desperately hard to avoid ever implementing this, it is an insurance policy against a hard border in northern ireland. but as for borisjohnson, border in northern ireland. but as for boris johnson, he border in northern ireland. b

but angela merkel has her redlines, and the irish backstop is one of them. in hamburg, they come and they go. but germany has never altered its brexit course. you really get a sense ofjust how close germany and britain have been. they've traded through this port for centuries. germany wants to keep britain close, but it values europe and the single market more. and those hoping that this country's soft spot for the british can translate into more brexit concessions may be disappointed. and even as it seeks to prevent it, this city, this country, is steeling itself for a painful farewell. what is striking when talking to people in hamburg and further afield is their sadness at britain's decision to leave the eu. it's not just about economics for germany, although germany is determined to keep britain as a closed trading partner and some would argue it needs to and it is an important trading partner and that is why the meeting with borisjohnson is likely to be relatively warm, despite not having any constructive outcome, it is suspected. it is worth pointing o

the first trip to berlin to see angela merkel, he appeared to sign up angela merkel, he appeared to sign up to the idea that the uk would propose alternatives to the irish backstop in the brexit divorce treaty in the next 30 days. the problem is the eu thinks those alternatives will only emerge in the next few years, not the next few months which makes we think they will stick to the backstop that is in the deal at the moment, which borisjohnson are so critical of. next, the plainest of a head to paris to speak to the french president, emanuel macron. we had a briefing today from officials in paris where they said their central scenario, not quite the most likely scenario, not quite the most likely scenario, but high on their agenda is the uk reading on the 31st of october with no deal. at that point, the french see the uk would become a third country which means border controls between the eu and the uk. they also see the uk would still be liable for its financial obligations to the eu. —— they also say. let's speak now to dr daniela schwarza, director of the german council on forei

this is the day of the news coming to you live from berlin chancellor angela merkel marks a historic milestone on the road to german reunification she joins hungry as the do it big top or bottom to remember the date 30 years ago when the border between hungry and austria was opened allowing thousands of east germans to make their way to the west and ultimately ended in a divided germany we'll go live to our correspondent that also coming up the iranian oil tanker detained in georgia has seen 20 national water as with a new name 6 weeks after it was captured by british special forces. and on the united nations annual awards humanitarian day we look at the war of the white helmets in syria saying the victims of a brutal civil war. hello and welcome i'm of the. we started hungary where president viktor orban is hosting german chancellor angela merkel this hour the 2 leaders on the city of szell prong where hungary borders australia they're attending events to commemorate a pivotal moment in the form of the i'm cut and 30 years ago on this day in 180900 unexpectedly allowed hundreds of e

angela merkel and victor came here. a picnic in this hunt giving city and it led to the terror and down of the cold war barrier in europe. >> the picnic became the scene of thehe biggest breakout of people in east germany sincecehe construcuction of the wall. >> dubbed the pan-european picnic, it was organized on t te austrian border. eastermans c crossed the border and escaped frereedom in the we. an estimated 70,000 had fled via hungary. this was seen as a keyey factorn the e fall of ththe berlin wall. >> i would like totohank the people of huhungary from the bottom o of my heartrt on n thef hungngary's natitional day. germany will not forget this. >> as merkel and her counterpart celebrated this moment, it was clear that the relationship between the two has strained in recent years. >> the hungarian police are standing at the southern border. the m migrant flood is not over. >> we have differed on people's right to stay here was they arrive. these people have a right to stay. >> they hold very different views on how

the german leader, angela merkel, has given boris johnson the german leader, angela merkel, has given borisjohnson on his first foreign trip as british pm just 30 days to come up with a solution to the most problematic part of the brexit deal. estherjohnson has called it a blistering timetable but says he is more than happy with it. wa nt says he is more than happy with it. want european leaders to change the agreement reached with his predecessor on leaving the eu, in particular the so—called backstop, an insurance policy to make sure there is no return to a hard border in ireland. another prime minister arrives in berlin to demand more concessions on brexit. prime minister, are you hopeful of a deal? it's a familiar tune, but this time the deadlock is stark, and it's boris johnson receiving the red carpet, here to tell the german chancellor that the deal hammered out between theresa may and the eu must change. 0therwise, mrjohnson insists, the uk is leaving with no deal at the end of october and claims there's nothing mps can do to stop it. berlin would not have been surprised to

yesterday mrjohnson met the german chancellor, angela merkel, in berlin. she challenged mrjohnson to find a workable alternative to the backstop in the next 30 days. the prime minister said he was more than happy he was more than happy with what he called that blistering timetable. in a moment we will talk to iain watson in westminster, but first to our europe correspondent damian grammaticas in paris. just tell us a bit more about what sort of reception he is going to get from emmanuel macron, because the comments he has been making head of the visits don't exactly sound promising. mr macron has been sticking to his guns, and he has done for two years now. just around the corner here at the elysee palace, they are preparing for the arrival and police have closed off all the streets and mrjohnson will be greeted by mr macron in the courtyard there. there will be a formal ceremony, much like he had in berlin yesterday. but as you say, mr macron delivering a very simple message. renegotiation is not possible. removing the backstop is not workable. the reason

germany's chancellor angela merkel is in the capital of iceland reykjavik for a summit of nordic leaders a climate change and methods of mitigating it is a big part of that agenda transamerica the nordic government leaders agree that climate change is visible in their countries and also in germany. 6 european leaders and one common goal. german chancellor angela merkel joined the leaders of denmark finland iceland norway and sweden to discuss how to better tackle climate change you know violence stuff we all agreed that climate change is becoming visible not only in the nordic countries but also in germany it's not only that the 1st glazier have to be mourned here in iceland but each one of us can say that we have had very unfamiliar weather conditions the price of doing nothing will certainly be higher than the price of action doesn't suffice to say. merkel was the guest of honor of the nordic council of ministers in iceland the country is planning to become climate neutral by 2040 a decade before germany and the region has high ambitions it wants to become the most sustainable in the w

berlin on wednesday and angela merkel. thursday, the french capital and emmanuel macron. and boris johnson is clear he wants movement on the backstop. thousands of protesters have rallied outside a subway station in hong kong that was attacked last month. assaultedailants supporters of the particular qasim movement in july. at least 45 people were moving -- wounded. the attack a suspected been carried out by local gang members. hong kong has been in turmoil after anger over and extradition bill spiraled into a larger anti-government movement. a britishgn to free consulate official detained in mainland china has wrapped up. friends and supporters are calling on the international community to help exert pressure on china. we have this report from hong kong. >> he disappeared on august 8 as he was returning from mainland china. atis an investment officer the scottish development international section of the british consulate and was on a one-day business trip. he is the holder of a british overseas passport, which china does not recognize. now his family and friends are call

let's start with brexit and in the guardian, angela merkel giving the pma30 guardian, angela merkel giving the pm a 30 day deadline to a vote and a no deal. is this an olive branch or an ultimatum? most people interpreted it as an ultimatum. she alluded to the fact it would be great if a deal could be struck and we know the sticking point here is around the irish border and what happens with northern ireland and the republic of ireland. boris johnson is quite optimistic in his approach, given what the french have said. macron believes the most likely outcome is no deal. but boris thinks he can conjure up something inafew thinks he can conjure up something in a few days. those mps who voted against a hard line, that the only way a house that would be feasible as if britain could decide to withdraw from such an agreement unilaterally and if there was a time limit. gap and possibly strike a compromise are elements but this is the first such meeting with boris johnson as prime minister and one of the biggest voices in the eu.” wonder whether or not if he will find such a diplomatic welcome w

merkel had a violent or old germany u.s. talks and there's been a flurry of activity with trump touching on a number of key issues including the middle east peace process and iran more on that in a moment now on the dispute with china the u.s. president had this to say. it's a really good jobs i think we're probably in a much better position now that. we're going to that something meaningful and i don't think it would have gotten here without having to go through this process and maybe i'm wrong but i think we're probably in a stronger position now to do it a fair deal for everybody. so we have a very meaningful goal let's go straight to be. standing by covering the g. 7 summit for us hi gary good to see you we've heard as we said the u.s. president talking about a number of topics today let's start with china it does appear that he might be opening the door for a number of possibilities tell us more about that. exactly that would be of course good use any a deescalation in the tit for tat tariff war between the 2 largest wo

before their dinner, angela merkel said the two leaders had a lot their plates to discuss — the mood between them seemed warm, but without a big shift in the coming weeks by one side in this stand—off, the uk is likely to be leaving the eu without a deal. and we can talk to ben now. what realistically are the chances of an alternative to the backstop? world, reeta, for which the eu has dismissed borisjohnson‘s world, reeta, for which the eu has dismissed boris johnson's demand that the withdrawal agreement to be reopened and the backstop is scrapped, but after his dinner this evening with angela merkel here in berlin, a downing street source said there is a glimmer of light where there is a glimmer of light where there was not the day before. i think number ten is encouraged by what they were hearing from the german chancellor, the fact that she has invited new ideas about how the uk might want to solve the northern ireland backstop, she has invited them to come forward with plans. i think they are encouraged by that. the problem is, for several years now, three years, the uk has

merkel his go to reopen negotiations on brics it we in the u.k. want a deal we seek a deal and i believe that we can get what we can do this shop windows i think is the is the phrase but clearly. clearly. we cannot we cannot accept. the current. agreement johnson wants to scrap the backstop a clause designed to prevent the return of customs and security checks along the irish border the new however has ruled out renegotiating the existing bricks agreement in berlin merkel said johnson the challenge of finding a solution quickly to fix up the said look the back of them has always only been a last resort if we don't need that last resort and if we're saying that we might find this agreement in the next 2 years perhaps we will find it in the next 30 days why shouldn't we be starting from bottlenecks both merkel and johnson seem optimistic that a solution can be found in berlin however no solution has yet in that action and time is running out if no side moves the u.k. may had for a no deal exit at the end of october. get ever used chief political edi

you have germany and angela merkel. he's gone straight to the capital of germany, berlin, and said we have two talk this out. there are people who make motorca rs two talk this out. there are people who make motorcars in germany they don't want no deal more than anybody else. yet they talking about maintaining the integrity of the single market. and they've also given their backing. the integrity of the single market the backstop is all about the border. this border, the brits have said we are going to put troops and police, the irish have said we are going to put troops and police, the only people who are going to put troops and police are brussels. brussels doesn't have an army. brussels doesn't want to be blamed for this and she is trained very ha rd to blamed for this and she is trained very hard to ensure that europe doesn't get blamed. —— trying very hard. what you're going to see when borisjohnson meets hard. what you're going to see when boris johnson meets emmanuel macron, macron has been playing a much mor

german chancellor angela merkel faces a rough weekend with key regional elections at least 2 german states are expected to boost the strength of the country's far right f.t. party. i'm like a local welcome to the program we begin in hong kong where thousands of protesters are gathering for the 13th straight weekend in defiance of an official ban on protests and strong warnings from police that marchers risk being prosecuted police have fired tear gas at crowds outside the government headquarters they've also used water cannons with blue dye which stained protesters some of whom had lobbed petrol bottles today's march began in a stadium and was called a religious gathering an attempt to circumvent a ban on protests. it follows the arrests of key opposition figure heads including joshua wang who has since been released today also marks the 5th anniversary of a decision by china's ruling communist party against full democratic elections in hong kong. for the latest we're joined on the line by our correspondent in hong kong shelly charleston pill charlotte thanks again for joining us the situa

the headlines: warm words, but a warning too — angela merkel tells borisjohnson he's got 30 days to avoid a no—deal brexit. you've set a very blistering timetable there of 30 days, if i understood you correctly. i'm more than happy with that. "appalling and inhumane" — critics condemn white house plans which could see migrant children detained indefinitely. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. also in the programme: president trump calls denmark's prime minister "a nasty woman" and cancels his trip after she says greenland "is not for sale". more allegations about prince andrew's links with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. buckingham palace says "any suggestion of impropriety with minors is categorically untrue." live from our studios in london and singapore, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's midnight here in london, 7:00am in singapore and 1:00am in the morning in berlin, where borisjohnson began his first foreign trip as prime minister. on thursday, he goes to paris. mrjohnson wants european leaders to change the deal agreed with his predecessor theresa may. the eu re

merkel has called on both germany and france to compromise on drugs. but i was in hong kong are running into the night they gathered in the train station to commemorate an attack on demonstrators in july earlier protests were held outside the u.k. consulate to demand the release of a worker detained on the mainland. an extra $1000.00 security forces have been deployed to bust up for protests continue to spread since monday demonstrators accuse the indonesian government of mistreating ethnic foreign students set of pilots as more. police reinforcements have been sent to the west papuan it's a controlled protests that have turned violent government buildings causing parts of in airports have been destroyed. the police have been accused of racism after 43 when students were arrested for disrespecting the indonesians flag on independence day. there were reports one flag was set alight outside a dormitory after being held for hours the students were released without charge. the government regrets the burning of the indonesian flag the incident is under inve

merkel. or boris johnson has got his heart cut out for him brady after that press briefing today he has some homework to do there's an acceptance there and there's also an air though that this is also about political point scoring because if it comes to the crunch if person dials leave the e.u. in the hardbacks it on the 31st of october he will need to be able to pin the blame somewhere and that could well end up being in paris and brussels all right our chief political editor michelle acuteness speaking to us thank you. let's get a roundup now some other stories making news around the world the u.s. government has unveiled a new rule that lifts a legal barrier limiting the amount of time children of migrants can be detained department of homeland security secretary. on wednesday and now that the so-called flora's agreement that limits the detention of children to 20 days will be allowed to expire. pro-democracy demonstrators in hong kong have staged a protest at the suburban train station wh

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this is borisjohnson's first foreign trip as prime minister and right now he and angela merkel are in the chancellery behind me trying to thrash out what seem to be large differences on brexit. borisjohnson insists the withdrawal agreement needs to be reopened, angela merkel says it isn't possible, but these are significant talks because they are significant talks because they are happening face—to—face between mrjohnson and the german chancellor, one of europe's's big power brokers, and when they a few moments ago, angela merkel said, with wry understatement, they had a look on their plates to discuss, but she sounded positive about trying to find some solution to the irish backstop. when boris johnson arrived, he was given the 4000 whistles welcome. another prime minister arrived in berlin to demand more concessions on brexit. it isa it is a familiar tune, but this time the deadlock is a stark, and it's borisjohnson the deadlock is a stark, and it's boris johnson receiving the deadlock is a stark, and it's borisjohnson receiving the red carpet, here to tell the german chancellor

prime minister barak's johnson and the german chancellor angela merkel merkel says all european union members have a united position they're willing to hear solutions and they want the u.k. to accept a deal but they're prepared for any scenario johnson is urging the e.u. to compromise and make changes to the northern irish backstop the u.k. is due to leave the e.u. at the end of october. we in the u.k. want a deal we seek a deal and i believe that we can get what we can do the shop and us i think is the is the phrase but clearly. clearly. we cannot we cannot accept the current withdrawal agreement. well donna king is joining us live from berlin dominic the u.k. may want a deal or at least boris johnson may want a deal but it's going to be an uphill struggle to get one from anglo merkel and the rest of the european union is not. well so it would seem interesting phrase ology used by boris johnson there that german phrase via shuff and thus we can do it of course that was the phrase that angular merkel used several years ago now referring to the refugee crisis that then pertains here in

merkel oi’ is no indication that angela merkel or the german government in general would change their position, which has always been to support the eu's line on this particularly when it comes to the backstop. angela merkel doesn't feel it is her position or her prerogative to even discuss changing the backstop. that would be seenin changing the backstop. that would be seen in germany are spurring ireland under the bus which germany has long said it would not do to an existing member of the eu. mrs merkel is open to changing the agreement looking forward , to changing the agreement looking forward, so the political declaration, she is open to the idea of what sort of alternative arrangements could be put into place when it comes to avoiding a hardboard on the island of ireland. she has said she looks forward to more details on that. but so far, germany has said they do not see the concrete details that would avoid a ha rd concrete details that would avoid a hard border, and until that happens they are going to stick to the backstop, which of course is the thing mrjohnson says he want

order of events yes so as we see that he is that still next to the german chancellor angela merkel has been received with full military honors and he will watch that for a few moments and then in around 15 or so minutes the 2 are expected to walk through the chants 3 and make their own statements in front of the media and a few just a very few questions from the press before they have official i lateral discussion over the dinner said that is what we are expecting over the next few hours so clearly a big issue for you carrie big issue in the e.u. not so much here here in germany the challenge for house already outbreeding goes here to this withdrawal agreement the british prime minister insists that the buck stop which is part of it has to go what does if there's any point in the truth about it we are going through all of these motions yet and it's a good point to make i think from the point of angle america she wants to to show that obviously europe the e.u. is doing everything it possibly can to make sure that there is a smooth breck's if in fact earlier today she talked about a fric

carley: fox news alert, president trump has a bilateral meeting with chancellor angela merkel, it is starting right now >> we talked about a lot of different things and a lot of really wonderful things, i think it's great two days, so thank you very much. [inaudible] >> that's why we are here and we will continue the productive talks. i'm confident that we can do good things together. >> no doubt, we also had a good g7. coming to a close some time this afternoon we will be doing press conference, i will be doing one later, you're doing a press conference, i hope so. we will be doing after the first conference back to the united states. okay, thank you. >> mr. president, tariffs on german cars? >> i hope not. we will come to some conclusions, we talked about new trade deal between not just germany, between the union and ourselves and i think we are having good discussions, i hope not, i really hope not. >> any conclusions on isis fighters in syria? >> we talked about that a few minutes ago, we captured thousands of isis fighters, they are captured. they are in various locations, predo

angela merkel's 30 day challenge. the german chancellor gives boris johnson a month to find a brexit solution, though francis says a no deal is -- france says a no deal is most likely. >> if we approach this with sufficient patience and optimism, as i say, we can get this done. silence onbreaks its the unrest in hong kong, as the city faces an earnings recession not seen since the financial crisis. good morning and welcome to "bloomberg markets: european open." the three-day moves on the 10 year yield, just up and down, up and down. yesterday's spike was after we got the minutes. at first it looked like they were not telling us much, then it was a little bit confusing. markets still expect a cut. now you have the yield going back down, as we await all of this pmi data in the u.s. sorry, pmi data in europe. it looks like it is affecting the u.s. treasury yield as well. take a look at the futures across europe. we have futures that are for the most part in the red. dax futures down about 0.4%, as are cac futures. ftse f

borisjohnson boris johnson and angela borisjohnson and angela merkel are now discussing the differences face—to—face over dinner. the first of many to come. ben wright, bbc news, berlin. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. president trump has increased his attacks on denmark, after its prime minister called the us president's interest in buying greenland "absurd". denmark looks after greenland's defence and foreign affairs. it was one of several issues president trump has commented on, as nick bryant reports. its resources rich and strategically well—placed, and america's property tycoon president has long seen greenland as a prized piece of geopolitical real estate. but even though he jokingly promised in a tweet this week not to build a trump tower on this barren landscape, the danish prime minister described his interest in buying its territory as "absurd." so no longer did the president see the funny side, and announced via twitter that he'd cancelled next month's visit to copenhagen. i thought it was not a nice statement the way she blew me off, because she's b

we have seen come in the last week, although angela merkel will not be the saviour, her language on with opening the agreement has been a lot softer than donald's i think he does have a point here and negotiation power with tosca now. i think the letter to task will be pretty powerful, really but with emmanuel macron and definitely angela merkel shifting ground. it's move on from that and into a story in the daily mail. car park shark still pray on cancer patients this is five years after they urged hospitals to provide free parking. half a decade now and it's really terrible story and people are extremely ill, cancer patients, people with kidney dialysis, people who are terminally ill, people who have to spend a lot of time in hospital at the parking themselves or their relatives are spending a lot of moneyjust to go and see them. what i did not understand what this story is it's notjust understand what this story is it's not just parking understand what this story is it's notjust parking charges, it's that if someone fails to pay their parking fine and they get swooped on by sharks the

yesterday mrjohnson met the german chancellor, angela merkel, in berlin. she challenged mrjohnson to find a workable alternative to the backstop in the next 30 days. the prime minister said he was "more than happy" with what he called that "blistering timetable". our europe correpsondent damian grammaticus is in paris ahead of the talks. around the corner in the alleviate they are preparing for the arrival. mrjohnson will be greeted by mr macron, there will be a formal ceremony like they had in berlin yesterday but mr macron delivering a simple message, renegotiation not possible, removing the backstop not workable, he said the eu would not have holes in its borderjust because mrjohnson doesn't like the backstop and he added that the backstop and he added that the backstop is there to protect peace in ireland and at the eu would not jeopardise peace in ireland because that was also peace in europe. he said those who play with that art forgetting their history, implying that was dangerous, so he is saying that was dangerous, so he is saying that mrjohnson,

merkel made it clear that climate friendly aviation can be a competitive advantage. then here in noir if we invest in new technologies in focus on modern aircraft with low noise levels and low emission engines the aviation industry can accept it and demand in competitiveness can be security. because one policy the german government wants to promote is the use of hydrogen powered aircraft the opposition green party is calling for higher taxes on jet fuel but the industry sees threats to its competitiveness. is this of year it's important that the german aviation industry can compete and therefore we say we need internationally agreed aviation policy not national unilateralist. the german transport minister opposes any new taxes but he is considering raising the existing aviation tax. i agree with the aviation industry that we can talk about adjusting the levy which means we could use the extra revenue to invest in new technologies in mauritania look even. the government wants conferences like this one to take place regularly in the future the next one is set for 2021.

merkel ahead of bilateral german u.s. talks now there's been a flurry of activity with trump touching on a number of key issues including the middle east peace process and iran will have more on that in a moment now on the dispute with china the u.s. president had this to say there's a really good job that i think we're probably in a much better position to know that any time during the negotiation that's. i don't think it would have gotten here without having to go through this process and maybe i'm wrong but i think we're probably in a stronger position to do a deal a fair deal for busy everybody. so we have a very meaningful goal his immigration let's go straight to be. matters is standing by covering the g. 7 summit for us hi karen good to see you we've heard as we said the u.s. president talking about a number of topics today let's start with china it does appear that he might be opening the door for a number of possibilities tell us more about that. exactly that would be of course good use any a deescalation in the

the german chancellor there angela merkel leaning in. as the g 6 plus 1 it was described given how far apart mr. trump's administration is on many issues like climate change, multilateral trade in the face of tightening world economy and new election around the corner here state side, how might any of these pressures sway the president's america first tune in this summit? >> reporter: the president has not shown any situation of being swayed at all and it is not clear that the leaders gathering here will be in position to do that. angela merkel's economy in germany is showing negative signs at the moment. boris johnson, the new british prime minister, he sounds strong on the world stage because he is talking tough with a hard deal brexit, but he is facing a possible vote of no confidence in his government. so he is not particularly in a strong position. the italian prime minister of course arrives here having just handed in his resignation. the government in italy that he sort of balances the left and the right sides is weak. president t

leaders to reopen the green meant he still says yes and angela merkel and the e.u. brussels still says no. approach to these talks obviously she's she's hosting the british prime minister so she's not going to turn around and slap him in the face but she's she's been very open very diplomatic very always talking about the fact that she's open to be persuaded she's open to hearing we're hearing very different things from friends who are who are saying that they are preparing now for a no deal. when there can be no change from the the withdraw agreement under merkel being much more open while holding her line. yes in fact i've been talking to advisors in the background in the past who said that in germany the patients and she endless when it comes to avoiding a heart breaks it from what we've heard out of paris from the french president in monterrey mark or so far that patient simply isn't at home in paris he actually was against perspiring the bricks in the 1st place asking kind of what for you need to know what you for spoiling it for and this once again seems to be

well german chancellor angela merkel has joined mccall in calling for brazil's finest to be on the agenda of the group of 7 summit that starts on saturday france is hosting the summit in the coastal city of bear it's an activist there drew a link between the blazes in the amazon and inequality saying global poverty is another kind of fire that threatens the world security is high in there it's what promises to be a challenging summit in addition to brazil's fires just g 7 leaders face a range of thorny issues including migration u.s. iran relations and international trade. or more what we can expect from the g. 7 summit i'm joined now from barrett's by my colleague a org matus good to see you georg now we know the french president of money way back on german chancellor angela merkel both want the brazil fires on the g 7 agenda could the summit's realistically do anything to address this crisis. but it will be very interesting to see and the big question of course is will the summit speak with one voice one voice being really a big wad on the summit where there's so much disagreement now g

prime minister johnson has gone to angela merkel and emmanuel macron. angela merkel sent him back saying, we are happy to discuss alternatives, but you need to come up with those to the backstop. look. in many ways, it is a u.k. issue. the backstop is there because we have not figured out what the future relationship between the u.k. and the european union is going to be. if the u.k. wanted to remain in the customs union or a single market, you would need a backstop. if it chooses to be outside, there isn't any technological solution for it. you're going to end up with a hard border. if we knew what the end game was, we would not need this today. i do not since there was any progress other than, look, if you have a solution, we are prepared to listen, but you have to come up with it. really jumped on that slim possibility there less be a deal, at least prospect of no deal. you see that in cable. short-term resistance level, 122 in yesterday's session, jumping more than 1%. we also saw gilt yields backup. in your world of credit, a number of people are s

german chancellor angela merkel faces a rough week with regional elections in 2 states which are expected to. be. a welcome to the program as in hong kong have begun targeting some of the most prominent pro-democracy activists protest leaders joshua walking and i can remember serbs arrested by police today and then released on bail 3 pro-democracy lawmakers were also detained as part of this crackdown on a protest movement that has seen violent clashes hundreds of arrests and the recent arrival of troops from mainland china. emerging from court defiant. joshua long and agnes child present themselves to the waiting media with a message for china and the world. we show no surrender and i urge international communities to send a clear message to a presidency sending ships or using emergency order this is not the way out we will continue our fight no matter how they are rest of course who us. the pair were arrested early on friday and charged with organizing and participating in an unauthorized assembly those charges related to a demonstration back in june when protesters blockaded police hea

merkel. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world a turkish police refused. to disperse protesters in the city of back here after the ousting of 3 opposition party mess a turkey placed a match for state officials in 3 major south eastern cities accusing them of crimes including spreading terrorist propaganda. the syrian opposition forces have withdrawn from the strategic town of conscious and the country's last rebel held province syrian government should somehow i said to move forward to move towards the town. which has been hit by tens and strikes over the past few days. and indian spacecraft launched last month has begun to open a little attempt india's 1st moon landing on the 7th of september if successful this will make any of the 4 countries do so after the united states russia and china. germany's chancellor i'm going to macros in the capital of iceland reykjavik for a summit of nordic leaders climate change and mitigating it's a big part of their

the braces caucus taking off german chancellor angela merkel is convinced an orderly departure from the e.u. can still be negotiated with britain that's what was said after a meeting with british prime minister boris johnson in berlin on wednesday but how can it be done. for the 1st german national aviation conference to discuss what the industry can do to help fight global warming. and iran is renaming its turn see cussing for zeroes. but will that help ordinary ordinary iranians struggling with the effects of international economic sanctions. this is the w. business in berlin welcomed when i met boris johnson the public focus was all on the brakes it back stop and political will but on the line that talks was the question void destroying one of the most important trading relationships in the world both merkel and johnson no germany is britain's most important trading partner in europe and the u.k. needs germany more than germany needs the u.k. with the threat of recession looming not does not want to see further pressure on the trading relationship tens of thousands of german jobs are

merkel. hunts against people from ethnic minorities and as we saw there in the report of mohsin who was formerly the chief of germany's domestic intelligence agency he questioned the validity of some of those videos which in the end every saluted in him standing down from his position and that was a huge political debate right in the hearts of. government and that's something that we're still even feeling the aftershocks of today and the verdict kate comes at a sensitive time for the region it certainly is a sensitive time on monday it will be the 1st anniversary of the killing and of course also the the rallies the far right extremist rallies there and sears and also the counter demonstrations as well but in a week's time we're also seeing some state elections in the state of saxony that's where kennett's lies the far right alternative germany posse a.f.d. they are expected to do extremely well in the polls they're already polling almost neck and neck with angela merkel's christian democrats

merkel was speaking there what did she have to say. monica well i'm glad americal arrived by helicopter she landed just metres away from where i'm standing now on board with her were the economy minister of. transport minister and i asked scheuer now of course i'm going back to has a very busy day today she came to life safe to talk about the future of german aviation and she's ready on her way to meet british prime minister forrest johnson to talk about the future of europe in her address she reiterated the economic importance of the aviation industry which employs 850000 people in germany she also made reference to the industry's own responsibility for talking climate change and she did reference germany's weakening economic outlook as well and said that industries now had to fight us for economic growth so if i understand you right it's not just about flying is it. absolutely not i think if there's one thing that industry leaders and lawmakers here can agree on is that flight shaming is not a good idea i actually was talking to tran