Top job france and germany clash over who should become the next president of the European Commission. And africas football stars grabbing in the spotlight that is the africa cup of nations gets underway in egypt we report on the issues beyond the stadiums democracy activists have denounced egypts hosting of this turn. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us chinese president xi jinping has arrived in north korea for his 1st state visit their talks with his host kim jong are likely to center on changs Nuclear Program now that after a summit earlier this year between kim jong un and us President Donald Trump ended without any agreement and with china backing sanctions on the north and that strain ties between those 2 countries. Its been less than 6 months since his handshake kim jong un has visited china north koreas closest foreign ally many times over the years. She jinping on the other hand is the 1st chinese leader to travel to pyongyang and well over a decade. We are ready to work with the new p. R. K. To continue to Carry Forward the fine tradition of china d p r k friendship and promote the Continuous Development of exchanges and cooperation between the 2 countries in various fields relations between the 2 authoritarian countries have been strained since north korea began amping up its Nuclear Weapons test. Beijing supports denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and recently backed the raft of International Sanctions against. These talks aimed to relieve tensions. The u. S. Will be watching closely a summit between kim and u. S. President donald trump in february broke off without an agreement even south korea said it is hoping talks between she and kim will move things forward opening up the chance of renewed negotiations on the norths Nuclear Program. A lot to talk about there in lets go to the region now im joined by david. In seoul good morning can you tell us what kind of message are the 2 leaders hoping to send with this meeting. Well the message is definitely a very harmonious one both countries are already putting a lot of emphasis on their friendship which they actually quite complicated you mentioned that its really an ambivalent and complicated relation but really they try to be very harmonious place something both with this is the korea north korea north korea china friendship tower and also to break the historic ties both were fighting in the korean war which started 66 years ago and both sides need each other and china needs north korea because it wants stability in the region and of course north korea needs china because its the economic lifeline of the country and without china they basically could not survive. In this meeting it comes just ahead of the g. 20 summit now how is that factoring in to this visit yet not i would say the timing is really crucial and i would really say that this summit is also a signal from xi jinping to would trump because trump needs china to pick his strategy of maximum pressure of keeping the sanctions if china wanted to it could easily open up the border and stuff Economic Cooperation again with north korea and then counter that strategy but of course china and china stephanie very worried about the u. S. Trade or and and the china will use that as a leverage in discussing trade well with trump and they will meet soon at the g. 20 summit in japan ok you mentioned the sanctions against north korea from china so that makes this a very important meeting for pyongyang. Yeah actually this also like a practical outcome that north korea expects from the summit and that is food delivery food aid because north korea had a really bad harvest the worst in a decade and 10000000 people depend on foreign aid but of course the Bigger Picture is that kim jong un needs a diplomatic back up and by china. China to not be involved in for the end strategy of the nuclear nuclearization on their terms basically saying that they have a step by step approach not not the big deal that trump expects but rather you know giving concessions step by step and of course they hope that china for that and also will support them ok a lot of stake from both sides thanks very much for that update. Lets preview now and some of the other stories making the news this hour around claims that the countrys revolutionary guards has shot down a u. S. Spy drone and says the incident happened in the Southern Province of arms so gone but the u. S. Military says none of its aircraft were operating over iran despite heightened tensions between washington and tables on the. German media reporting that several of the countrys politicians including the mayor of cologne. And we had a record are facing murder threats from far right extremists. Police are also confirmed the threats to record who was previously wounded in a knife attack 4 years ago earlier this month approached immigration conservative politician was killed a suspect is being held in connection with that case. Sudanese protesters have staged an overnight rally in khartoum as they press their demands for the military to hand over power to civilian government marchers call for justice for victims of a crackdown earlier this month the armys offering unconditional talks but protest leaders want soldiers to withdraw from cities 1st. Now the United Nations says a Record Number of people worldwide have been forcibly displaced this year by war persecution or violence the number of displaced people around the globe now totals 71000000 thats 2000000 more than last year this figure includes Asylum Seekers refugees and the internally displaced now to mark un World Refugee day we report on one of the groups affected the range of muslims from me and maher after a crackdown by the in mars military some a 100000 of them fled to bangladesh life in refugee camps there is harsh for them especially for the elderly you know mothers that we were in the field the soldiers with chasing people and shooting people who could run managed to escape but those who couldnt run were killed. There was fighting rape burning of homes thats why i fled here. All the time they were many older rowe hinge on life has been a near constant flight from violence the stories of those who did not manage to escape survive only with their relatives. And that other than when the soldiers came and set houses on fire my parents were inside they werent able to move on their own they were bedridden we couldnt take them with us when we fled my parents died when the house was to just. Living in a refugee camp can be an unbearable experience for the elderly it can be even worse over the past several months the Human Rights OrganizationAmnesty International interviewed nearly 150. 00 displaced or injured aged 54 to over 90 years old. The aid workers concluded that humanitarian aid hasnt done enough to address the needs of older refugees in camps in bangladesh and this older man was able to reach a designated age friendly clinic but such places are rare in the camps for the elderly food medical and sanitation facilities are often difficult to reach. Researchers documented cases of older patients foregoing medicine because they cannot manage the challenging terrain to the health clinics. Amnesty says charities and donor governments have created a system intentionally or not in which the old really are invisible. Earlier debbie is on your curler spoke with the u. N. High commissioner for refugees grandy he appealed for more International Cooperation nearly 71000000 people worldwide displaced all refugees a high increase in numbers compared to last year what other reasons. The main one is the inability to resolve conflict to put an end to wars all wars chronic wars new wars new crisis unless this is addressed to gether unanimously by the International Community and we will continue to see these figures rice how should the World Leaders address the situation by working together. We have seen that even in the crises that have caused the worst humanitarian problems like syria like libya like yemen we have not seen unity on the part of the International Community unless there is a unity in the Security Council where germany sits and tries to encourage a tissue in it in other fora unless there is this unity of intent we will not solve conflict and we will continue to inflict the consequences of conflict on millions of people that make these very difficult choice to leave behind everything that they hold dear and go into exile. About half of the refugees are children what impact does it have on their lives that they have to grow up in a situation like this and isnt that a dramatic element of this whole situation children do not make choices they just leave because its dangerous for them and the dangers are multiplied by their fragility by their exposure be it to disease be to hunger especially in some situations be it to exploitation and abuse which sadly we see in many of these conflicts and another thing that i think is very important education you know being on the move being in exile makes it reduces your chances to get a good education and we can only imagine what generations of children without education may meet so we really need to act on all these things at the same time. A huge number of people are refugees at the same time in countries trying to close their borders what is your message to those governments this is the result of the political manipulation that has been made of this movement of people forced movement of people presenting there must threats presenting them as people that are coming here to steal our jobs and to threaten our security instead of presenting them us people the need of solidarity and so. Board and instead of being strategic in trying to address the root causes i agreed that we want to put an end to this phenomenon and i also believe that 71000000 is it because figure but when you look at the world 7500000000. 00 people it is a manageable figure it can only be managed by working together by the dramatizing this whole issue of refugees and migrants and by being strategic about looking at the root causes if we stop working in that manner and not continuously put back the issue into the political domain we will make progress for the people affected and for all of us high commissioner thank you very much. This is deja vu news still to come on the show india baking in the grip of another severe heat waves we look at whats set to become the countrys longest hot spell on record. But 1st European Union leaders are meeting today to try to resolve whats become a thorny issue at a crucial juncture for the bloc who will lead it a summit in brussels today is looking at candidates for europes top job the president of the e. U. Commission this issue has created friction between the 2 leading nations france and germany lets go straight now to brussels and our correspondent garrick mathis following this for us good morning to you can you tell us more about this powerful top job and why it has become so contentious. Bryan you always have a tug of war when it comes to the top job in the European Commission for a number of reasons really because everything comes into play here over tonights dinner when your leaders will make that 1st step towards finding a new hat for the European Commission its party thats about Party Politics it is about the weight of countries in the European Union will be a french president for the European Commission will to be a german candidate who makes it into that top job and then finally theres also the personal considerations is that person qualified so all of this coming into play for this powerful job having said powerful yes the European Commission is the only institution that can start a legislative process so that can make laws in the European Union but at the end of the day it is Member States and its the European Parliament that always needs to approve such legislation so the Member States on the driving seat and that is why they have to work this one out ok were going to talk about some of this in a bit 1st lets take a look at at the candidates who are in the running the top candidates for that job of e. U. Commission president. They are lining up for the top jump in brussels and its anything but childs play who will make the race right now 3 candidates on the running to become the next president of the European Commission the news highs dump one of montanas politician might have it invest i guess she positioned herself as the liberal frontrunner and would be the 1st woman to serve as president of the European Commission the star go made a name for herself as a fierce Competition Commission are responsible for slapping google with a huge and to trust fine she enjoys the support of several heads of states but she might be putting the cart before the horse because not everybody in her own party is backing her the dutchman and social democrat plans to moments has strong support in the south of europe but his problem is the east as mice pres. And of the European Commission funds to moments as an experienced politician who speaks 9 languages but some Eastern European nations above all hungary and poland oppose him timmons had openly criticized both countries for flouting Democratic Values and last but not least the germanys months played his advantage Eastern Europe lyceum a lot more than his social democrat opponent for some months will be about doesnt have enough political experience to become Commission President a candidate must receive 21 of the blocks 28 votes veba is still far from that goal was really making this race so difficult france and germany disagree about who should get the job french president hollande doesnt want to be limited to the 3 candidates putting him at odds with german chancellor Angela Merkel if the 2 cant agree the carousel could change direction and a dark horse candidate could enter the race. We just heard about the deep disagreement between our goal and my call was 5. I think you said shut some light on to this german french talk of war and lets take a look at some of the objections the french president has against monthly dba who is the candidate that is supported by machall now the french president criticised about monthly data that he lacks the personal experience we heard that in the report just now secondly there is Party Political considerations because month of ybor is from the conservatives and michael is a liberal of course in what respect he would rather like to see a liberal heading the European Commission someone like mark to divest talk of the competition. Commissioner here in brussels at the moment however machall would rather see someone from the center right a conservative running the job and then finally there is a really tricky issue here which is cause which is the system how these candidates selected the European Parliament started the process this year whereby they would like to see a lead candidate from the European Parliament elections someone who has been running the can paint for the european elections which may but it is to see that person being selected for the top job in the European Commission and that is a process that the french president rejects hed rather like to see the states the people who are running the democratically elected representatives in brussels electing a candidate and he could see for instance someone who has not been the lead candidate Michele Dunne is so far the chief negotiator to become the future Commission President he would be from the center right so hes something someone politically and glum actually could support so itll be really interesting to see how leaders will work that out at the end of the day if you will need a german french agreement in order to solve this problem ok well see if that agreement is reached in brussels beginning with the summit today garrick thanks so very much for that. Its to india now that country is in the grip of a deadly heat wave with temperatures soaring in many parts of the country the monitors have hit 40 degrees celsius for 32. 00 days now the countrys Current Record hot streak lasted 33 days the state of bihar has been especially hard hit more than 180 people there have died as a result of this heat wave in the capital delhi where temperatures are so high that officials there have issued a red alert and his Health Minister is warning people not to leave their homes until temperatures fall. Even for indias dry season this is historic the capital delhi baking under record high temperatures resident looking to the heavens for help. Never experience anything like it it breaks all records only rain can save us but it doesnt become a big. But it dont be more the washed crowded hospital corridors and fans working over