Begin the tour of the middle east with stops in jordan and iraq is hoping to reduce tensions with iran. And the womens world cup off to a flying start for the tournament hosts well look back on a big time paris and look forward to whats coming today too. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program the United States and mexico have reached an 11th hour deal to crack down on migration from Central America earlier the white house threatened to slap tariffs on mexico if it failed to stop record numbers of migrants from traveling through the country to the u. S. Border the deal appeals to 4 appears to fall short of a key u. S. Demand that mexico except a designation of safe 3rd country that would have forced it to permanently take in most Central American asylum seekers. Hes known for the art of the deal but returning to the white softer his trip to europe u. S. President donald trump was uncharacteristically tight lipped about how he talks were going. After 3 days the tower of strumpets threatened were now indefinitely suspended. People crossing into the u. S. To seek asylum will be rapidly returned to mexico while their applications for asylum are processed in turn mexico will allow these individuals to enter for humanitarian reasons in compliance with its International Obligations that matthew malice in mexico we take on the president it is to. Increase enforcement to carry it with our migration that is going mental this National Guard mexico even priority to the soudan border. On the border with guatemala chicks are being stepped up while these measures were enough to avoid the tariffs the details are not yet finalized the United States and mexico have agreed to continue their discussions and nines the final conditions in the next 90 days. For more on the story im joined by luis rose there shes from a Research Fellow at the institute for latin american studies lisa thanks so much for coming in so the dispute between the u. S. And mexico seems to be settled down for now where does this leave the 2 countries. This leaves the 2 countries i would say not in a better position than they were 2 weeks ago when these trade threat started. The 2 countries have managed in a way to save face but its really not in a better position mexico has avoided the shame of accepting to become a 3rd safe country and has also managed to squeeze seen its plan for a new integral Development Plan for Central America with no commitment to that from the u. S. As to the amount of money that the u. S. Is ready to invest and the u. S. Has managed to press mexico to enforce a need to rise border. You know not not better off than they were about 2 weeks ago but what options does mexico have to address this issue and try and not really reignite these tensions between the 2 countries the options i would say in the short term are very clear it has to apply the measures that it has promised you with regard to the deployment of the National Guard but in the mid term. I think that the options are to establish alliances with other actors to try to be less dependent on the u. S. Economy so that these threats are less harmful for mexico in the future and under that deal the mexico is agreed to deploy an extra 6000. 00 troops to its border with quite a model of what effect would that have on the migration issue and the flow of migrants one has to consider that the economies of mexico in the south and guatemala are quite well integrated to a degree that guatemalan workers come over to mexico to work there so this is 1st of all going to make life very difficult for those people who depend on them and try. Border livelihood and i dont think that its going to stop the flow of migrants in the long term because the problems that cause migration in the northern triangle of Central America are not yet addressed thats mexicos plan but we will see if it gets implemented yeah i wanted to pick up on that you know what are the problems that are driving people to migrate through through mexico into the u. S. The problems are connected to political instability to very corrupt governments in duress in go out there. To instability you know to bother to widespread criminality and violence that threatens young boys and young men and pushes them to any grade as the only way to save their lives so very deep seated problems and those without solving those problems theyre not going away. These issues likely to be resolved by these measures that mexico has put again no absolutely not it will only make migration more difficult it will increase the cost of migration it will increase the cost of the smuggling industry of migrants if you doesnt address the root causes of migration that are very connected to political and Economic Issues seem Central America its not going to stop migration in the long term louisa pedros a Research Fellow at the institute for latin american studies here in germany thank you very much thank you. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world the u. N. Says the number of venezuelan refugees has now reached 4000000 its one of latin americas worst ever humanitarian emergencies more and more people have been fleeing the socialist country with little sign of a solution to its political and economic crisis. In budapest rescuers are preparing to try to raise a sightseeing boat that sank in the danube last week 9 people are still missing after the vessel collided with a cruise ship 19 people already confirmed dead in the disaster. And 130 meter tall skyscraper has gone up in flames in warsaw its unclear why the blaze broke out on the upper stories of the building which was still under construction the fire took hours to contain with dozens of firefighters brought into the battle it. Turkish president Richard Erdogan has served as best man at the wedding of possible soccer star as a personal will quit the German NationalTeam Last Year i made a public rout over his turkish roots which came after a photograph of him with drew criticism. Germanys foreign minister heiko musses arrived in the iraqi capital baghdad on an unannounced visit will be made of the countrys leaders to discuss the escalating tensions between iran and the u. S. Began his tour of the middle east in jordan and will also visit the United Arab Emirates and iran is aiming to salvage the Iran Nuclear Deal which has been under threat since the u. S. Withdrew from it last year. Earlier i spoke to add none tabata by iran expert and head of germanys compo center i asked him how much influence mas has when it comes to keeping the deal afloat. I think we have to be realistic here germany germanys position itself might not be so sure to really influence the situation in the way that it is that we can safeguard the agreement but i think if the foreign minister who must speak on behalf of the e 3 and own conditions a Strong Political message from the heat really from the European Countries france germany and Great Britain running that can be important and that will be an important signal to try and see what can be done to save the euro agreement the u. S. Has impose new sanctions on iran yesterday and iran is refusing to talk to the u. S. Could germany be n. A. T. O. s. What were seeing right now is that there are various countries various heads of state coming to the fore conveying messages messages back and forth between tehran and washington and we are seeing Prime Minister abbott from traveling to europe on next week as well and i think the entirety of the interlocutors may help to deescalate the situation to some extent so i think it will not be just on. To mediate here but it will be on a lot of people who have been stepped in and try to deescalate the situation right there u. S. Has stationed warships in the arabian sea to detail what they call irans aggressive behavior whats at stake here i guess a lot is at stake i mean we can everybody who ever it starts thinking about what the implications of a Armed Conflict or even a small incident between the iranian and american troops in the region would be and what escalation potential that made that me on fall everyone knows that this has to be prevented and i think this is why we have seen so many different officials from Different Countries both in the region but also but also outside the middle Eastern Region trying to make sure that there are some messages sent back and forth between tehran and washington to try to deescalate and to prevent at least in the 1st step some sort of war military action and in the longer run try to paves on ground pave the way for direct talks between the 2. At least expert at best buy speaking to us a little earlier was in sports news now on football transfer rail madrid have confirmed the signing of eden has its shell see for a fee reported to be around one 100000000. 00 euros the belgian forwards signed a 5 year deal with the spanish giants bringing to an end a 7 year spell at chelsea the 28 year old won 2 premier League Titles to Europa League and the a fake up during his time at the west london club. On the womens world cup is underway and joining me to go over the start of the tunnel is max merrill from they dont use force much thanks for joining me tell us about the opening game well the hosts france kicks off in style were going to south korea 45000 friends in attendance in paris and quite a performance from them to put a stamp on this woman early on lets take a look. So the french play is in paris it was a night of immense national pride. They didnt have to wait long to take the lead 9 minutes in some time tested by reset how to open up. Thumping the ball into the back of the net via the underside of the cross bar to make it. Smaller volley was disallowed after the video ref just centimeters. But front soon made it to nil anyway thanks to a powerful header from sent. Me to 87. 00 talent above the Korean Defense and had an easy time out corner as she repeated her feet to make it 3 male just before half time the 2nd half produced only this slight highlight from. The dream goal from the captain to round off a dream start to the tournament for the hosts. So. The front settling then how can i win a tournament on heim solti thing well it would be the very 1st one but this is probably the best chance theyve ever had and yesterdays game was a she step in the right direction its a fairly open field at this world cup theres quite a lot of teams that could be seen as favorites germany usa and england among the many teams that are in with a shout of the title but from so unique in that they are probably the only team that really embraced that favorites tag coach said after the match they hope that this before it strikes fear into their opponents hearts and it certainly would have done i think and she admitted that they all favorites and they are expected as hosts to go far in the tournament and we saw some clever play that mean as mentioned the report when did another towering sends back they targeted her make use of that advantage in terms of height scoring 2 goals and impressive performances on the wing from. Gianni who i think were going to see a lot more of in this tournament and in the group that fronts are in south korea. Already out of the way no way im not geria not posing too much of a threat they have a real chance to win it on tie thing lets tell us whats whats coming up on day 2 well 3 games today the next one will be germany and china thats kicking off in just a few hours germany of course outside favorites they do have some really experienced players but 15 of their squad its their 1st world cup tournament germany all reigning olympic champions but a lot of new players and the new coach martina fostex limbo whos only been there for 6 months later on in the day spain south africa could be an interesting one is neither team of favorites but certainly dark horses and could surprise at this tournament and spain have the youngest coach and his woman to hold her village just 37 and then later on the close of the day norway nigeria norway outside favorites lady 2 and playing without either hagberg whos the worlds best player ballon dor winner whos taking a stand against injustice well lots of exciting games coming up next medal thanks for the input thank you. 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