Pyongyang threatens to test new missiles every week. Has hungry hungrys populist government met its match . Fallout in budapest. Welcome to the program. Britains Prime Minister has called a snap general election of the eighth of june. Theresa may wants a strong mandate as she negotiates the withdraw from the European Union. Her surprise announcement contradicts promises not to seek another vote while britain is polarized by brexit. A surprise announcement from downing street tuesday afternoon. Britains Prime Minister giving notice of what commentators call a policy uturn. Division in westminster will risk our ability to make a success of brexit. It will cause damaging uncertainty. We need a general election now. We have at this moment a oneoff chance to get to this done while the European Union has a negotiating position. This reverberated through parliament. Jeremy corbyn expressed his support. I welcome the opportunity to stand up against this government and its a failed economic agenda which has left our schools underfunded and so many uncertain. We want to put a case out there to the people of britain of a six id that cares for all of the society that cares for all and a brexit that works for all. Her decision is about one issue. Briggs at means brexit means brexit. We are going to make a go of it. Quite she came to power on the issue filling David Camerons shoes. She was appointed as Prime Minister without a public vote. Analysts see this as a shrewd calculation. There will be focused on her performance in scotland if the Scottish National party increase, it will be a stronger mandate for a Scottish Independence referendum. What can a country want to be is going to be at stake in this campaign. Whether we want that to be a country the future of which is directed by moving to the right. Opinion polls indicate conservatives will win a clear majority on june 8. Lets cross to the u. K. Where we are joined from london by rupert myers and by colin talbot. Welcome. Is it fair to say that theresa may took most people by surprise with this announcement . Some of her ministers were not informed. It is a surprising announcement. Its one i dont think a lot of people were prepared for. We do know that even senior members of government, they were just finding out. You say her motivations are straightforward. Tell us and a few sentences what is the motivation . Theresa may has a slim governing majority. When it comes to the big issue of negotiating brexit and bringing it back to parliament they are rebels and her party who can cause trouble for her. When she looks at the polls, she can win now and have a massive majority. She can push the negotiations through. If she goes to that negotiating table with the momentum with the british people and the eu unable to say you are facing reelection , and to twist our arm with the threat of that. This way she avoids that and she walks into the negotiations with a massive majority. If this election goes away. What is your take . It was heavily authoritarian. What do you mean by that . The language was heavily authoritarian in the sense that she talked about how the country must unite behind her, behind a briggs it. 48 of the country voted against it. So i think trying to force those people to accept brexit that her version of briggs it, is obviously trying to push people in a direction a lot of people dont want to go. She tried to say the couple of days ago that the country was united around briggs it. I see little sign of that. Do you think that will change . Do you think change is in the air . I dont particularly. The polls are in her favor. They are based on if you like business as usual politics. The thing that has changed is a new cleavage in british politics between leave and remain voters. It has been clear in a lot of elections that the liberal democrats in particular have done well by being the National Party opposed to brexit. Whereas the brexit vote is split between youth camp, the conservatives and the house and labour party and jeremy corbyn. I think part of her political calculation is she can win back a large chunk of the youth cap voters ukip voters. She may well lose some seats to the liberal democrats in areas where they were strong before. What do you think . She has a full house. This isnt being forced on her. The facts are she is an immensely popular Prime Minister leading a pop party that has a nex historically. She would be mad to not take this opportunity now. The british people back her decision to call this general election and their likely to reward her for this. I dont think it is a gamble. I think it is a nobrainer. Colin, i want you to weigh in on that. Rupert is exaggerating the polling evidence. Even the most recent polls have been the most unfavorable. She would end up with a 100 seat majority. It is clearly no gamble. It is clear that she will win the general election. The question is how much. There is some fraying around the edges. This election has been framed around the issue of brexit. She has framed around that. We will be electing a government for the next five years. Things like selective grammar schools, i suspect we will see more of that when it is published by the conservative party. They will be pushing through a lot of policies on the back of a majority in this election. Where the policies wont be debated properly. The focus will be so much on brexit. Turkey has extended its day of emergency in the wake of sundays constitutional referendum. The move comes as the main opposition demands the result the a novel amid concerns of widespread vote rigging. Have called on turkey to investigate claims more than 2 million ballots may have been manipulated. The ballots that led to the razor thin margin of victory for the ruling party are under question. The opposition is outraged by the electoral boards referendum day decision to allow ballots without an official stamp. The supporting electoral board has not fulfilled its duty. The port isnt receiving its power from the people. The law or the constitution. Rather a specific center. The Political Authority. Power ceived from a specific Political Authority is not power. His power plans to formally challenge. More than 2 million ballots may have been manipulated. We call on all actors to show restraint to launch transparent investigations into these alleged irregularities. Even you layered these that observers believe the stifle the democratic process. It was a vote held amid emergency. The turkish president rallied his supporters and maintains international monitors are not to be trusted. We wont see or hear the politically motivated reports. We continue on our paths. This country has seen the most accredit election not ever seen in the u. S. Country. The protests have begun. Showing erdogan and the rest of the world some turks will not give up on democracy without a fight. Other stories making news, police in france have arrested two men. Suspicion of planning an imminent attack. They are young french nationalists. Security has been tightened in the runup to the election. Aid agencies resed 9000 people from the mediterranean over the holiday weekend. Rescued, 36,000. An increase of 10,000. Officials say called weather contributed to the surge in arrivals. A suspect in the st. Petersburg metro bombing has denied charges of planning the attack. He said he followeorders without realizing he was taking part in an act of terror. The train bombing killed 14 people. Officials plan to ban all street food stalls along major roads by the end of the year. Concerns of crowding and cleanliness. Regularly tops the best street food destinations. You are watching dw news. Still to come, britains shock election announcement. The latest investor announcements. That story and plenty more coming in one minute. We will be here when you come back. Every man knows a child needs food. Before marys meals came we had problems. That could have easily been us. Any one of us. Welcome back. R top story. Britains Prime Minister is calling for in early general election to be held. She wants to shore up support for the briggs at plan for starting talks on leaving the European Union. The financial world is looking closely at those election plans. Lets go to javier for more. It is a difficult situation to assess. The british economy appears to have weathered the brexit shock so far. Same month the country holds its snap election. The pound surged to a fourmonth hold. Theresa may called an early election in june. The conservatives have a huge lead over the labour party. The government begins a victory would strike brussels. Following the referendum the british pound fell sharply reducing consumer purchasing power and bolstering inflation. Consumer spending accounts for 60 of the economy. The retail data shows sales declined 1. 4 as prices rose and consumers tighten their belts. Inflation has been accelerating. Higher import costs have driven up food and clothing and boosted inflation. Analysts blame slower manufacturing on rising inflation. The purchasing managers slipped in the First Quarter of this year. The vote could weigh on the u. K. Mediumterm growth because of the expected increase in barriers to trade and immigration leaving the eu will impact the Financial Services sector which could face obstacles to cross financial activity. In Response Rate hopes to expand its trade and financial links with the rest of the world as it prepares for brexit. Earnings season continue with more u. S. Banks revealing First Quarterly results. Goldman sachs posted their figures this tuesday completing the picture of the two big to fail banks. Interest rates and trading for good for most lenders. Lets take a closer look. Bank of america profits grew toward a percent Goldman Sachs have the salt smallest. An astonishing 80 of 2. 3 billion. Analysts expected a better performance. Citigroup, j. P. Morgan chase and wells fargo revealed their numbers. They had figures of 17 , a lot thanks to higher trading revenue. This comes ahead of a change to dodd frank regulations. The figures could be used to weaken regulation. Taking a good look at those numbers is our financial correspondent on wall street. Lets talk to her now. We solve that Goldman Sachs results dragging down the markets a little bit. Is there a reason for concern. Goldman sachs is a big player and part of the dow jones. It had quite an impact. It fell short of expectations. Goldman sachs is unique. When you take a look at the competitors, bank of america reporting good numbers on tuesday. J. P. Morgan chase beating expectations. Banks with big trading expected to do well after trumps victory in november. The prospect of higher Interest Rates and lighter regulation all helped as well. Banks are still doing ok. The order may make it more difficult for them to hire foreigners. That was regarded as a risk for the tech industry. Is that an impression where you are . Definitely. The visas are issued by a lottery. This is what trump hates about this idea. They were supposed to be issued to highly skilled and highly paid Foreign Workers but the lottery does not take this criteria into account. They are used by Tech Companies in Silicon Valley to higher Foreign Workers, young graduates. Companies must prove people hoping to hire hard doing unique expertise. The issue of these visas did come up at trumps tech summit in november stressing its importance and bringing and retaining talent. Thank you for the analysis. That is all from the business desk. Back to you. The u. S. Vice president has reentered reiterated washingtons commitment to japan. With tensions rising over north korea, it was a chance to underscore americas commitment to tokyo. A dictatorship celebrating military power. It has helped ratchet up tension between the u. S. And north korea. In tokyo, mike pence reassured japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe washington wants a peaceful peninsula. Mike pence is on a 10 day to her tour. We stand with you in the defense of your security and prosperity now and always. The United States will continue to work with japan and our allies across the region to bring economic and diplomatic pressure to bear on tou until north korea abandons its nuclear program. The japanese support this. The japanese government has that with this unpredictable north korea. This is a country that has abducted japanese nationals in the past. Pyongyang has make clear it is not ready to compromise on its missile program. Mondays visit to demilitarize the zone provided another opportunity to repeat that. They were north korea is ready to strike the u. S. With Nuclear Weapons if provoked. Victor orban is facing stiff opposition to its government, around 10,000 people took part in protests. The government rushed for a law that threatens the survival of budapest central university. It is seen as a bastion of liberalism. For weeks students and supporters of the central you pann university have taken to the streets to protest the new law on higher education. The survival of the joint u. S. Hungarian institution founded in 1991 is under threat. It was founded by the hungarian born philanthropist george soros. He has hardly any say in the running of the campus. The government has branded him and arch enemy. It is not in our interest to have players in the background without been trying to disable our government on behalf of and financed by foreign agents like george soros. His organizations are fake. We will use any legal means to defy such attempts. That bodes badly for all of hungary. Adam taught in boston for 10 years overturned to teach at the Central European university renown for its highquality education. If the university cannot operate like this it is going to be a problem for students who will leave. They want International Education and cant get it at home. They will just study abroad and never come back. The authoritarian government wants to do away with the main advantage, earning a masters degree and phd. The new law calls for the university to open a main campus abroad. That would be an insurmountable burden an attack on the institutions independence. Selfgoverning institutions are a cornerstone of democracy. Great german universities go back centuries and have been freed to govern themselves. This is the value we are fighting for. I have no interest in staging a political confrontation with mr. Orb on. I could care less about his ideology. Im interested in defending this institution. Dw news from berlin. Thank you for watching. Reyes hell on earth in the heart of bogota. It has been dismantled but has left a complex legacy behind. Im elaine reyes in washington, d. C. , and this is americas now. First up Michelle Begue shows us how the clearing of bogotas most dangerous zone has shone a spotlight on the citys grave homelessness problem. Then, a tide of brazilian immigration flows in portugal. A return to the motherland and what it means for both countries. Reyes welcome to the show. When bogotas new mayor Enrique Penalosa took office in early
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