Richard the german chancellor Angela Merkel she had high hopes for the summit that was originally planned for today and can she still achieve them. Yeah its very unlikely that shes going to achieve what she wanted today but its good to think about what this day was meant to be september the 14th they were supposed to be not meeting by Video Conference like this there was supposed to be. A real in person summit between the entire e. U. And china taking place in the german city of lights with all of the leaders of the e. U. Countries present now that was supposed to be a kind of crowning achievement where they would sit down and actually sign this investment treaty that was the german hope that that would be one of the highlights of germanys current presidency of the European Union and we see it hasnt come to that a tour and they seem very far apart as weve just heard from georg and that really is just shining an entirely new light on germanys entire approach to relations with china that
Employees. And. Their plans everywhere well see how South Koreans are deciding to take. Home. Im british prodigy welcome to day. Glad you could join us much away to talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government began over the weekend in doha with the question of a ceasefire hanging over the delegates the Afghan Government is pressing for a template he halted violence possibly in exchange for more prisoners being released the militant group. Of 8 of its longstanding view of the country should be run according to islamic law how that square with the rights of women and minorities and a democratic form of government yet. He wants more on the. So far. All eyes are on doha the wealthy qatari capital is the stage for historic peace talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government. The stakes are high so to expectations we have been waiting for this moment to get afghans to talk to each other were ready to help or prepare to help if help is needed. Also ready to help u. S. Secretary
Mens community in moscow. Were going to take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world will start here in berlin where doctors treating russian Opposition Leader alexei the valley say his condition has improved and that is now able to get out of bed he peed in a medically induced coma following what the German Government says was poisoning with a nerve agent not be chalk well it also says a specialist labs in sweden and france have confirmed the diagnosis. Russias main program lin party united russia is claiming a clear win in sundays local elections that the opposition candidates did make some gains the votes hes seen as a key test for president putin was overshadowed by the poisoning of alexei in the valley. By dance the Parent Company of a Popular Video sharing app a tick tock says its chosen oracle is its new u. S. Technology partner that it wont sell the apple part with its source code President Trump has threatened to ban take talk unless its chinese Pa
Locals are pointing to Climate Change to trump the flames the fires on poor forest men. Golf is good to have you with us we begin tonight with ties between china and europe german chancellor Angela Merkel says that European Union trade with china must be conducted on a level Playing Field merkel another e. U. Leaders met with chinas president xi jinping today for a wide ranging talks on trade Climate Change and the coronavirus pandemic the original plan was for a major face to face summit on an e. U. China Investment Agreement but progress on that agreement which has been under discussion for 7 years has stalled with the e. U. Pressing china to open up its markets for sed. A quick wave for the cameras instead of the pageantry of normal summits the video call brought together they used top officials plus german chancellor under americal representing the evas rotating presidency and chinas president xi jinping were participants than originally planned but not fewer problems and the e. U.
Styles. To learn more, visit cspan. Org the president s. Available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook. Nationalpublican convention opened in charlotte, North Carolina on monday. Here is the roll call of the states as delegates nominate renominate President Trump and Vice President pence. The convention will reconvene. We will now proceed to our next item of business, the renomination of donald j. Trump for president of the United States. [applause] use] four more years. Four more years. [chanting] four more years. Four more years. Ronna it is music to my ears. Before we begin, i would like to remind the delegates of the rules that require each candidate for nomination for president of the United States demonstrates sufficient support prior to the presentation of the name of that candidate for nomination. The chair wishes to inform the delegates it has been furnished evidence of sufficient support of the candidate who will be presented for president of the United States in compliance wi