we will commemorate the berlin air lift this even. first i want to recognize our cosponsors for this event. deutschelandier. did i say that right and the allied museum in berlin where our vice president, our exhibitions and programs vice president anna slaver is on the advisory board. anna. i would like to thank you all for your support and coordination in organizing this even this even. at the moment, i would like to introduce the director of the allied museum in berlin. he is in charge currently of the museum which is moving currently from berlin to a hanger at the former airport in berlin, temple hof. a huge complex built in the nazi era. his academic career brought him to washington, d.c. he was a research fellow at the united states holocaust memorial museum working. his latest publication in 2016 dealt with the memorialization of democracy, the history of democracy in museums in memorial sites across germany. without further ado, i would like to welcome the doctor. he
berline commemorates the anniversary of the american airlift which saved its west german inhabitants from a russian blockade. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it s 8am in singapore and 1am in london where the premier league season finished on sunday. if you haven t watched the matches already, you may want to turn away at this point. the title was manchester city s again after a 4 1win at brighton. they were pushed all the way by liverpool, who ended the season a single point behind. our sports editor dan roan reports. champions again, after a title race like no other. they had been pushed all the way, but manchester city s domination of the english game continues, after a dramatic last day of an unforgettable season. earlier on, the league leaders had arrived at brighton knowing a 14th straight league win would see them become the first team to retain the title for a decade. fail, however, and up at anfield, r
of the crippling blockade. president trump says the us is right where we want to be with china he s just tweeted again that the us will be taking in billions of dollars in tariffs. on friday mr trump said that tariffs on $250 billion of goods coming into the us were being paid by china. but his economic adviser larry kudlow has been forced to contradict the president, admitting that it will be american businesses and people that will pay. chris buckler has the latest from washington. president trump did double tariffs, in fact, more than double tariffs, on some $200 billion of goods imported from china into the us but he was also forced to admit that some of the conversation is actually just covered the same old ground. there was no breakthrough and at the heart of this disagreement are issues about how china forces foreign companies to operate in the country, rules and restrictions about intellectual property, forcing the sharing of information on technology, for example
of the crippling blockade. and the future s bright. counting down to the eurovision song contest and it promises to be better than ever. hello and welcome. president trump says the us is right where we want to be with china. he s just tweeted again that the us will be taking in billions of dollars in tariffs. on friday, mr trump said that tariffs on $250 billion of goods coming into the us were being paid by china . but his economic adviser larry kudlow has been forced to contradict the president, admitting that it will be american businesses and people that will pay. chris buckler has the latest from washington. the white house of course is going to focus on the message that trade talks are continuing and if you listen to larry kudlow today the white house economic adviser, he was pointing out and playing up the possibility of president xi jinping and trump meeting injapan in the 620 and trump meeting injapan in the g20 summit where they could discuss some of these i
of the crippling blockade. and the future is bright. counting down to the eurovision song contest, and it promises to be better than ever. president trump says the us is right where we want to be with china. he has just tweeted again that the us will be taking in billions of dollars in tariffs. on friday, mr trump said that tariffs on $250 billion of goods coming into the us were being paid by china. but his economic adviser larry kudlow has been forced to contradict the president, admitting that it will be american businesses and people that will pay. chris buckler has the latest from washington. the white house, of course, is trying to focus on the message that trade talks are continuing. if you listen to larry kudlow today, the white house economic adviser, he was pointing out and playing up the potential of presidents xi and trump meeting next month injapan for a 620 summit where they could discuss some of these issues. but actually, larry kudlow was also forced to admit