One of islams most important sites blown away in a matter of seconds. Supposedly by Islamic State. It is if at first you do not succeed, try again. U. S. Senators debate a new form of health care presented by republican to repeal and replace obamacare. And what investors on wall street make of it all. Good to have you with us. It is not often that we can report on an upbeat meeting of European Union leaders but that is exactly what happened tonight in brussels. This is the first summit since brexit talks began earlier this week. The british Prime Minister just announcing citizens from the eu will be allowed to stay in the u. K. After breakfast. The german chancellor Angela Merkel tonight speaking with a new sense of optimism. It may have all to do with the man from france. This is the first summit with the newly elected president macron. Correspondent all eyes on inaugural macron, emmanuel macron. On the european stage, leaders are already relying on him to infuse new life into the eu. Germany and france are working very closely together, we are trying to find the highest possible amount of common positions. Its our two countries do not agree, europe cannot advance if our two countries do not agree, europe cannot advance. Germany and france worked together very closely in preparing for the summit. Our conclusions show creativity and the spirit to make quick process in reforming the European Union. Correspondent it seems as if the eu is back on the rise. Member states are expressing unity and voters have been showing their support in national elections. The economies are growing but it is just of the migration crisis where the eu has yet to agree on a common approach. British Prime Minister theresa may already seems like an outsider here. While the eu stance together, she is under pressure to soften her stance on brexit after her election defeat at home. May announced a new suggestion. Today im going to be setting out the u. K. Plans on how we propose to protect the rights of eu citizens and u. K. Citizens as we leave the European Union. It will also be important issues like counterterrorism. Correspondent brexit is not the priority in brussels. German chancellor Angela Merkel has set out her priorities clearly. Talking about the future of the eu first and then about britains withdrawal. The scale of the summit suggests just that. The leaders will talk about brexit for dessert. Brent max, brexit for dessert, i guess theresa may just added something a little sweet to the menu . Correspondent she did, although it is quite clear how sweet it actually is. She apparently promised other leaders that note eu citizen living lawfully in the United Kingdom would be forced to leave after breakfast. Some details of this the deal are emerging. At least five years before a certain cutoff date, there might be a grace. A grace period. It might depend on the details who gets to stay and who doesnt. But from the side of the u. K. , there is a certain amount of goodwill. Brent we know the eus main concern is the future of the union postbrexit. Have leaders decided on anything . Correspondent they are trying to make progress on specific topics that people believe are very important for eu citizens and that they had identified last year. The first one being security. No one comes into the European Union without a better system of intelligence. Establishing a better exit and entry system so you can and decide who is entering and exiting the European Union. That is something the eu does not effectively have at the moment. They also decided to extend economic sanctions on russia for another six months because of russias involvement in the u. K. And crisisv in the ukraine crisis. Brent thanks very much. Now to an icon of the islamic world lost to history. Islamic state militants have blown up the iconic building located in mosuls old city, a symbol of the city for more than eight centuries. Is claims that u. S. Airstrikes destroyed the mosque. There is a fierce battle to undertake iraqs second strongest city. Correspondent they were two of mo mosuls most famous landmarks. Now it hahas beenen destroyed be isIslamic State gro. The u. S. Military purportedly shows the moment the mosque was blown up. This is all that remains of the site. On thursday, smoke was still rising from the area where the mosque usesed to be. The iraqi army was and 50 meters of the mosque when jihadist soldiers set off the blast. Initiaially Islamic State leadership released d a statemet claiming it t was a u. S. S stri. The alnuri mosque hohold significicance forhehe is jihadists. Their leader declared himself highly claiph there. Since then, iss flag has flown from the top. The fight to free mosul from is has beenoioing on for r eight months. Coalition forces have back to the last of the fighters into a narrow part of the old city in the streets around the ruins mosque ruined mosque. Brent im joined by an iraqi journalist. What have you heard, who blew that up . Correspondent i think that is criminals have blown up this mosque because it makes sense for them. They do not want to give the iraqi army the chance to send pictures of the liberated mosque. This is the center of their power. They did it before in different areas in mosul with other mosques. It is the way that they would think, the way they behave and to be honest many generals and the iraqi army have told me they expected that to happen. That is why they were very careful coming to the mosque because there are many casualties that could die. Brent it could be boobytrapped. This is what the minaret look like before the explosion. You say the explosion that took place proves Islamic State was behind it. Correspondent if there is a airplane that attacked that mosque, we would see an explosion coming from up from the dome but what we saw was from the right and the left. This is very typical. The materials that were used in the last mosque that was blown up, yoyou will see t the same techniquque of the explosion an, again, they do not w wt to givee theieir chance to have new pictures o of the liberated mose because it will toughen their supporters. Brent what is the condition of Islamic State . They are losing territory by the hour . Definitely, we are talking about the last regions of the whole city. They have been defeated, they captured that area and they want to die. Before they want to dive, before they want to die, they are going to bring many more people with them. The goal of them, just destroy the area. Do not give any chance for the Iraqi Military to come into the city. There is no way for them to flee far away from the city. This is the last square meter in the whole city. Brent as always, we appreciate you coming in and giving us your insights. The survey in britain has found many highrise buildings have similar cladding to those used in the london power fire. The siding on the Grenfell Tower aided the blaze that killed 79 people. Many are angry, saying the government has been too slow to risk on. Correspondent people in britatn mourning those killed in the infeferno that engulfed in the 3 story building. The b blaze in the london borouh of kensington and chelsea were britains worst sisince world wr ii. In the aftermath of the fire, Prime Minister theresa may said it would be sometime before the true cost of the tragedy was clear. Mr. Speaker, what happened in the early hours of last wednesdaday morning wiwith one f the most unimamaginable tragages our cocountry has the in many years. As of this morning, 79 people have been confirmed dead. With work still ongoing to to cover the bodies to discover the bodies. Correspondent the cladding that was added to the outside of Grenfell Tower over a decade ago is common. A number of apartment buildings have already been identified. Leader Jeremy Corbyn has criticized the conservative government and local counsel saying the tragedy did not come out of the blue. The Grenfell Action Group wrote it is a terrifying thought and the Grenfell Tower Group Believes only a serious event will expose our landlords. Correspondent i think country looks for answers, local people who mobilized to help the survivors who lost to their homes. And brith h pop a artists has joined the effort, releasing a a version of the simon and garfunkel tune bridge over troubled w waters to o raise my for thee victims. Brent we are going to have more on those troubling building results across england coming up later in the day. Youre watching dw news. Still to come, Senate Republicans unveil their new Health Care Bill. That and more in 60 seconds. Brent welcome back. You are with dw news live from berlin. British Prime Minister theresa may has for the first time given a guarantee that eu citizens living in britain will be able to study. Until now, they had refused to give such a pledge, saying any agreement would be part of formal brexit negotiations. The word is out, u. S. President donald trump has said that he did not record conversations with former fbi director james comey, whom trump fired back in may. On twitter, trump said he did not make or have any recordings of conversations with mr. Comey. That is an apparent contradiction of this tweet tr ump wrote where he appeared to suggest the existence of such recordings. Comey was fired as he was investigating possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia in last years election. Our washington correspondent is on this tonight. Where does his admission, does it hurt the president s credibility . Correspondent lets say if its a certain pattern of behavior. It fits a certain pattern of behavior. By now the president has lost all of his credibility outside of his supporters. About 35 of americans support him according to the latest polls and those people not only support him but enthusiastically support him as we saw yesterday. Otherwise, if you look at the general public, i think he has lost the credibility contest with former fbi director james comey. Thats according to most polls i have seen. Comey was confident and convincing when he testified in congress a few weeks ago. He had details of all his conversations with the president and he set in this hearing, he said he felt takes with confirm his side of the story he felt tapes would confirm his side of the story. Now trump has said he has no memos or take. Memos or tapes. Brent after weeks of secret talks, Senate Republicans have unveiled their proposal to replace obamacare. President trump says the legislation will require negotiation and he has called for a bill that has heart. The legislation proposes to cut medicaid and removes the tax hike on higher earners that were used to fund obamacare. Democrats are deeply opposed and even some republicans are unsure of their support. The vote triggered immediate protest outside the office of republican majority leader mitch mcconnell. Lets go back to carston. What is your take on this, why is it so complicated in the u. S. To establish a viable Health Care Plan and to get both houses to pass it . Correspondent because there is no consensus in this country what kind of Health Care System the u. S. Should have and what role the state should play in it. If you look at the situation in europe, there is a wide consensus that health care, Health Insurance is a basic need, almost a human right and the state should be there to either provide that health care directly or at least regulate the system heavily to make sure that everybody or almost everybody is covered. There is no consensus like this here. There are those americans, democrats who think they want Something Like a european model and they think obamacare, even though it might not be perfect was a step in that direction but there are many other americans, not just republican politicians but many ordinary citizens who think health care is individual, everybody should take care of himself and the state should stay out of it. It should not force people to buy Health Insurance or subsidize those who could not afford health care otherwise. These two philosophies are clashing and the result is a mess because the old system, obamamacare, is not working properly and the new system is a deeply unpopular and might kick millions of people out of health care. Brent our correspondent on the story in washington. Thank you very much. Lets get the economic angle on that story. Thank you very much. Well, of course, that Health Care Bill has been longawaited. Lets find out how it is playing out on the markets. Jems, what are investors making of it all . We had quite a reaction on wall street, Health Insurers and hospital operators, all of those traded to the upside of the dow industrial average. Johnson and johnson and Unitedhealth Group where the biggest winners among blue chips. I do not understand why because it is wide open if this initiative will get anywhere. It is a very in plan from the new administration. They want to have the votes in the house before the fourth of july. If that will work for the house will pass that is a big . That os is a big question mark. Foxconn said it will spendnd billions of dollars to set up operations in the United States. That set up a flurry of lobbying by state leaders working to attract the biggest contract manufacturer of smartphone and other devices that some the, apple and blackberry brand use. Foxconn factories in the u. S. , is that a win for from for trump . Im not sure if foxconn made this decision because of the charm of u. S. President donald trump. It is a global trend that industries try to bling Global Supply industries try to bring their business back to the u. S. Foxconn already said do not expect to have as nearly as many people working in this new factory as have worked in china. We have the trend of much bigger automation. Labor is not the decisive factor anymore and t therefore it might make economimic sense to have te supply chains in asia but bring some of them back to the United States. He as seen this in other industries as well and im sure foxconn thought about it way before donald trump got elected president of the United States. Correspondent our financial correspondent, thank you very much. Now it cost billions, but today no one has been held accountable. Now Media Outlets are reporting the u. S. Has issued International Arrest warrants for five managers. Thats after the extradition of five men on conspiracy to commit fraud and environmental harm in the diesel scandal. Heres our financial correspondent with more. Correspondent this is a developing story we are following at the Stock Exchange and we are learning from german media that interpol is searching for four people or five people actually working for full flag in. We are talking about forormer hd of vws quauality management and the others who were involved in developing the diesel motors. They are asking that those employees be deported to the United States. Full flag was heavily involved in this diesel scandal. It had to pay almost 3 billion to t the u. S. Goverernment but h this move, it is getting to a new level. Germany is not usually deporting german citizens to other countries so here in germany they would most likely be safe but if they go on vacation to italy or another country, basically they could be arrested and in the United States they could face up to five years in jail. Our financial correspondent in frankfurt. It is not going to be a very berry brexit. The strawberry is under threat. Harvesting will be a lot more expensive in the future. 95 of Seasonal Workers in the u. K. Are from elsewhere in the European Union. Demandnd is on the rise but with brexit the amount of Foreign Workers are set to decline. Brits will have to import the strawberries from abroad to feed their growing appetites. And if imports are taxed, prices could search even further. Surge even further. Brent the top story we are following, britains Prime Minister theresa may has for the first time given a guarantee that eu citizens living in britain will be able to stay after the u. K. Leaves the European Union. Until now, she refused to give such a pledge, saying any agreement will be part of formal brexit negotiations. After a quick break, i will take you through the day. Stick around for that. We begin in the United States where there are signs that rebel republicans could hold up the key p Campaign Pledge to repeal and replace obamacare. Ted cruz and rand paul say they will vote against the bill that was unveiled today. It would reveal almost all of the Affordable Care act, removing the requirement for people to have Health Insurance and
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