europe is the main victim of america's economic policies europe is the main victim of america's espionage and yet it's precisely europe that's insulted one of the presidents of south america it's unprecedented what the spanish government has done we latin american citizens you're all slaves the slaves of that elite that kneels down before the cia before the u.s. empire no it's ridiculous. we've also received a reaction coming from the russian foreign ministry which was also far from her happy about how things pan out for the bolivian president so if you suck or somebody out there you are at peace with that as we showed you to the failure of european states to give permission to the aircraft of the bolivian president to fly through their airspace and is forced landing of this special flight in vienna the following should be noted the activities of france spain and portugal could hardly be regarded as friendly towards we live here as well as russia from where president mirrors was traveling after his visit to moscow moreover the refusal to grant the right to fly the aircraft could have enda

for cash outflow from europe in general. except maybe for. the. banks yes europe the european banking system to be heard by and by the action since people feel. believe that for this happened cyprus happened in spain portugal italy. but it's time for a short break and in the second part of the show will we'll talk about their. chances dunaway. what defines a country's success. faceless figures of economic growth. for a standard of living. i'm used to the tundra to my dear. uncertain grade i ran away from the boarding school with my friends round to the tundra. the tundra is just miskito so. i don't know how people can live there to get in there no t.v.'s in the tents how can i send my child to boarding school that i won't be able to sleep at night after that. they enter a life without knowledge of how to do basic things they don't get that in school. i would rather i asked questions for people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my fellow larry king now right here on r.t. question more. welcome bac

but europe turning? wow. if turning europe is undeniable and you would know it if you just listen to these conference calls and hear what the companies with boots on the ground have to say. this is the big story about earnings season so far as no one is talking about it. given that i read through the calls, on the beach yesterday, we were all jibbering about family and today when they prattle about royal baby names that makes me a geek. harlan in washington. >> man, that conference call, up 9.4% friday and it doesn't even pull back hardly a little bit. what am i to do? increase my position? wait for a pullback? or is this got a lot left to go? >> you don't come in up this big. i like the stock. a lot of things are going on with the super bug thing we told you about. let's go to frank in florida, frank. >> yes. thanks to viewing cnbc, especially your one hour show, my wife and i are enjoying a wonderful retirement at the top of the world community in ocala, florida. >> i'm loving that. i love ocala. horse coun

into europe it's not collapsing we have slow growth stagnation in europe we have and the u.s. and the u.k. picking up we have economies that were doing very well until recently struggling particularly in places like brazil and india as rising interest rates mean that their dependence on external finance causes them some problems i think actually normalizing. and the fact that the g twenty is a pretty orderly place that it should normalization. normalisation and other things going on with the normal things but still we think that we think that the global economy is going to move out of what we call twilight this stagnant level of growth that's not fast enough to reduce unemployment into what we call daylight which is the rate of growth that is launched up to start reducing unemployment around the world particularly as we've seen in the u.s. so we think that there are some signs of hope in green shoots as a. company representative i mean kind of reflecting i want to say here do you see when you look in your companies in this market emerging market still i mean do you see these k

in europe. in frankfurt, the dax was down. over in the u.s., shares are also slightly down. the euro is currently trading at $1.297 seven. >> before we go, berlin's spring summer fashion week kicked off, and whatever they lack in big labels more than makes up in showcasing some hot talent and fashion design. >> hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected to flock to the show. fashion parties often go deep into the night. >> stay with us. we'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest from egypt here on dw. >> see you later. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> echoes of the cold war. there is growing anger in europe over allegations of bugging the eu officers by the united states and washington is being forced to provide answers. why with the u.s. by on its closest partners? can the damage be repaired? this is "inside story." >> hello, and welcome to "inside story." i'm stephen cole. it reads like

what do you see in europe? >> we're in 12 countries in europe. users.ion germany, switzerland, belgium. those markets are the stable markets for us. they are fine. euros.selling 30 for 30 in europe, it is a roughly inexpensive product. we are somewhat protected. i think your buzz going to be fine. -- i think europe is going to be fine. >> for us, i think we have a great story. when we look across western europe, we have between 6-14 channels. we have been able to grow our business 20% in the last two years. most of those countries are either flat or in recession. we do not expect things are going to turn. we can continue to grow our business internationally, in markets where not only in western europe, but around the world they are flat or in recession, if the economy does turn, we can see real substantial growth beyond what we are seeing now. the demand for broadband is going nowhere but up. we are at 35 megabits on average. 50 megabits on average. it defies the broader macro trends. >> we launched the paramount channel in spain. we are doing we

it is a good thing for europe. that will challenge a lot of telecom companies because roaming is not the biggest activity. it is a very, very positive -- >> you had a disclosure on this as well. >> yes. i'm the backer of one european to the objective is to end roaming within europe, yes. >> you're pushing for that. okay. thank you very much for that, yanek. he's staying with us today. >>> still to come on the show, amid a wave of uk earnings, a miss to be unilever as the company struggles to perform in the united states. we'll bring you the full interview with the company's ceo paul polman. that's coming your way. [ male announcer ] i've seen incredible things. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, faraway places don't seem so...far away. ♪ [growl] suddenly, faraway places dwe used to live with

while europe's unemployment problem continues to deepen fiscal debt saw hitting record highs head to our website at r.t. dot com for an in-depth look at europe's economic challenges and still to come on the program later this hour escape its vicious cycle of street bloodshed we report on a nation that's been polarized by politics with supporters of rival groups facing off on streets and squares across the country. wealthy british style sun. spot on the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. i would rather ask questions for people in positions of power instead of speak on their behalf and that's why you can go larry king now right here on r.t. question more. welcome back in egypt relentless battles between supporters and opponents of the ice did president mohamed morsi all raising the specter of civil war going to tax high. been reported in and around cairo the situation remains chaotic making casualty figures hard to verify protesters have

hello and welcome to worlds apart europe and america have been the locomotives of the global economy for more than five decades but as they struggle to emerge from the crisis the question is whether the rest of the world should assist down with their recovery or use that weakness to catch up and get it had to discuss that i'm now i'm joined by host and killed three of the secretary general of the organization for economic cooperation and development mr grier thank you very much for your time what is your response to this question should the current weakness of the developed economies be treated as a global challenge or rather as a blessing in disguise. it's obviously a challenge because what happens to europe or tompkins to the united states what happens to japan. is has consequences all over the world but the good news is we're getting stronger numbers from the united states we're getting somewhat stronger numbers from japan europe is still flat or negative and we're getting very very strong numbers from countries like china like india and others which are helping to get this recove

also ahead for you this hour monsanto's beating a retreat from europe america's biotech giant drops its bid to grow new genetically modified crops in the u. after widespread protests and resistance from the anti g.m. lord we've got more on that story in a few minutes. a u.k. think tank has warned that nationwide wealth inequality is set to skyrocket over the next few years unless the government rethink its policy of slashing welfare the fabian society predicts that david cameron's economic strategy will cause the wealth gap to widen even more than it did during the 1980's and in the in half the time when margaret thatcher was in power they branded the situation the speeded up action replay of thatcherism earlier we spoke to the author of the reporter economist i would read who said the country's economic recovery is being pursued at the expense of the least well off in society. obviously the u.k. house a pretty hearty deficit in the public finances and we've been told that the austerity measures that the coalition government has introduced are kind of necessary to get the public finance

in europe. in frankfurt, the dax was down. over in the u.s., shares are also slightly down. the euro is currently trading at $1.297 seven. >> before we go, berlin's spring summer fashion week kicked off, and whatever they lack in big labels more than makes up in showcasing some hot talent and fashion design. >> hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected to flock to the show. fashion parties often go deep into the night. >> stay with us. we'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest from egypt here on dw. >> see you later. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

the iron curtain went down and europe was unified. your inspiration for freedom and independence is now linked to the european project. >> the maximus freedom and peace, and that is the maxim for lithuania as well, located on europe's eastern frontier. once to use its presidency to improve relations between the eu and other eastern european countries. >> the partners are so important for europe because they are our neighbors, and we would like to see democracy develop here, security, and human rights protection. >> an ambitious agenda for a small country, but lithuania is a trailblazer, the first baltic country to hold the eu presidency. >> to sports news now. in tennis, the world number one has scraped into wimbledon men's final after the longest simmie internal meant history. -- the longest emsemi in tournament history. >> a 205-colombo and -- 205- kilometer leg, he triumphed in a sprint finish. >> the german rider finished just behind him, and an italian writer came in third. >> stay tuned to dw. we have more news coming your way.

while europe's unemployment problem continues to deepen fiscal debts are hitting record highs head to a website at www dot com for an in-depth look at europe's economic challenges and still to come in the program this hour county escape its vicious cycle of street bloodshed we report on a nation that's been polarized by politics with supporters of rival groups spicing off on streets and squares across the country. right from the scene. first street. and i think you're. on our reporters going to. be a mole. on law. welcome back now in egypt relentless battles between supporters and opponents of the president mohamed morsi are raising the specter of civil war going to tax have been reported in and around cairo the situation how to remain chaotic making casualty figures hard to verify the protesters have blocked several major roads and dozens of vehicles have been smashed and torched on monday the army intervene to prevent thousands of islamised demonstrators from storming courage to risk where which has been occupied by anti morsy crowds for weeks journalist mohammed sabri thinks the mi

in europe. in frankfurt, the dax was down. over in the u.s., shares are also slightly down. the euro is currently trading at $1.297 seven. >> before we go, berlin's spring summer fashion week kicked off, and whatever they lack in big labels more than makes up in showcasing some hot talent and fashion design. >> hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected to flock to the show. fashion parties often go deep into the night. >> stay with us. we'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest from egypt here on dw. >> see you later. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> hello and welcome to "newsline." it's wednesday july 3rd. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. the president of egypt is standing his ground. even as he continues to shake beneath his feet. mohamed morsi delivered a televised speech refusing to step down and vowing to protect his democratically elected his opponents have been . gathering in the hundreds of thousands, demanding the islamist leaders res

it is in the south of europe? whe let's harness the best and capture the best sites and make them therefore the most cost effective sites of energy delivery and this is an important aspect also of the energy transition in europe. >> on a broader front, the trading situation that you see for semens, how difficult is it at the moment? there was a little disappointment in the most trading update about paring down of expectations going forward. what are the main drivers of that? the ongoing eurozone crisis? >> we have nothing now say in this regard. what we try to highlight is that we have very limited tailwind in the world. so the macro economic environment continues to be slower than many anticipated 12 months ago. it is -- of course it is europe. but i'm also optimistic. when you talk about in terms of, yes, we have slower growth environment, yes, it is more volatile, but big industrial companies who are operating globally who are operating in innovative markets and who are innovation leaders will always be there.

europe stagnated. the whole crisis over the euro has really made europe a very -- europe, a very large parts of the world economy, a drag on the rest. because the world is so joined up, that affected just about everything else. >> so you're basically basically saying -- pardon me for interrupting -- you are basically saying that low growth rates are the reason behind this. do you think there are other reasons behind it as well? what about protectionism, for instance? >> on the protectionism front, i would not say we have a completely clean state -- slate, but going back to the great recession and looking at where we are now, things are being quite remarkable. there have been quite a few incidences of market opening that we have been able to record. why trade has not been hit by protectionism in spite of contracting, i think we have to understand some of the longer term trends of the world economy. much more interdependency, a share of imports and exports that is higher than it has ever been, the share

. >> more and more die trying to reach europe. >> international creditors agree to more bailout funding for greece. the standoff is continuing in cairo at this hour. at the very spot where at least 50 members of the muslim brotherhood were killed by soldiers. the military says troops only opened fire after republican guard headquarters -- at the republican guard headquarters after "armed terrorists tried to storm it." the political arm has called on people to rise up against the army until ousted president mohamed morsi is returned to power. >> dozens of people died in the early-morning shootout. doctors at this nearby hospital could hardly keep up with the number of victims. >> touring early-morning prayers, people came and told us what happened. he have seen more than 100 patients with gunshot wounds so far -- we have seen more than 100 patients with gunshot wounds >> it is still not clear what started the bloodshed. >> we were praying at dawn when the army came with armored personnel carriers am a tanks, and troops. they locked the door and threw bombs and other devices. the mosque h

national sovereignty and does leave the country to be a colony of the greatest in our alarms raised over europe and being nothing short of washington's puppet. and also this hour changing all began to celebrate says the former egyptian leaders fall from grace and are rested as the standoff between the islamists and the army results in new clashes. and welcome to aussie twenty following years life from moscow. ptomaine story. latin american countries a saving of a day a year's decision to ground and reportedly at such a job caring they believe in president over rumors whistleblower edward snowden was on board almost the entire continents running to believe his cause autism makes. things are not looking so good for the diplomats european diplomats accredited in latin american countries some of them may actually be expelled in particular those working in believe the that will be more clear after the emergency summit of they want us to organization which unites most of the latin american countries which will be held on thursday some statements will be produced there but following this nightmare fli

china and korea try to imitate them america and europe cry bravo. meanwhile back in russia military artists are losing their grip on the audiences. young people especially soldiers they seem to me to differently. the russian musical army has been fighting for eighty five years now will it stay in tune with the times and window with a younger audience is up to date or has the time come to give up the fight and defeat. find out on our team. exactly what happened that day i don't know but a woman got killed. years later is when i got arrested for. for a crime i did not do. we have numerous cases where police officers lie about polygraph results. innocent people to confront the police officers don't beat people anymore i mean it just doesn't happen really. in the course of interrogation why because there's been this is like meant no because the psychological techniques are more effective in obtaining confessions than physical abuse and they were off taking they could do what they wanted they can say what they wanted and there was no evidence of what the

in europe, for instance. the story of bad loans hasn't gone. we see more misses -- more beats in spanish banks, but if you look at the bad loan story, still highlights they're rising. still continued caution in europe. in the united states if you're selective, there are some financials there where they perhaps met the majority of their loan losses there. and also have an improving housing market. financials is an interesting opportunity there. in the tech space, for instance, in the united states, some of the larger names have missed. and i think just expectations were just too high there. but also there is some interesting stories in the united states, particularly with clout and keating, not necessarily google but those companies involved in building out infrastructure for the -- storage companies. >> it is amazing, facebook's performance after hours. i mean, up 20%, 30% by the time they close. up 31% during the session. there seems to be huge -- if you're in the tech space and you sort of beat expectations

. >> more and more die trying to reach europe. >> international creditors agree to more bailout funding for greece. the standoff is continuing in cairo at this hour. at the very spot where at least 50 members of the muslim brotherhood were killed by soldiers. the military says troops only opened fire after republican guard headquarters -- at the republican guard headquarters after "armed terrorists tried to storm it." the political arm has called on people to rise up against the army until ousted president mohamed morsi is returned to power. >> dozens of people died in the early-morning shootout. doctors at this nearby hospital could hardly keep up with the number of victims. >> touring early-morning prayers, people came and told us what happened. he have seen more than 100 patients with gunshot wounds so far -- we have seen more than 100 patients with gunshot wounds >> it is still not clear what started the bloodshed. >> we were praying at dawn when the army came with armored personnel carriers am a tanks, and troops. they locked the door and threw bombs and other devices. the mosque h

all over europe so in the debate between security and. privacy it is clear that the united states government went way too far in the direction of security and privacy that was put on the table by mr snowden should be should include the license to conclude that this is because this is a political matter and that he should be hosted as it was silent so why would france on the view risk a continental scandal just for the chance to catch a my. on wanted by someone else by another country was the logic here. well i think that the logic is the logic of the geneva convention. a political asylum seeks a silent to be defended against the violence eventually violence or prosecution in his country in this case the united states europe should be hosting this person because he is a political silent in the in the sense of the word and in the sense of the convention of geneva that's why there is no other reason he should be safe guardians in europe instead of being chased all over the world because the world has. to confront the united states and mr ani

europe is the main victim of america's economic policies europe is the main victim of america's espionage and yet it's precisely europe that's insulted one of the presidents of south america it's unprecedented what the spanish government is done are we latin american citizens your slaves the slaves of that elite that kneels down before the c.i. a before the u.s. and no it's ridiculous we've also received a reaction coming from the russian foreign ministry which was also far from have happy about how things pan out for the bolivian president suzy because somebody out there you are at peace. with that as we showed you to the failure of european states to give permission to the aircraft of the bolivian president to fly through their airspace and is forced landing of this special flight in vienna the following should be noted the activities of france spain and portugal could hardly be regarded as friendly towards we live here as well as russia from where president morales was traveling after his visit. moreover the refusal to grant the right to fly the aircraft could have endangered the safet

while europe's unemployment problem continues to deepen fiscal. hawley's head to our website. for an in-depth look at europe's economic challenges and still to come in the program this kind of egypt escape its vicious cycle of bloodshed we report on a nation that's been used by politics with supporters of rival groups fighting off streets. across the country. calling. it comes. to. choose the stories that impact the. speech. i. again now in egypt relentless battles between supporters and opponents of the president mohamed morsi are raising the specter of civil war going to tax have been reported in and around cairo the situation remains chaotic though making casualty figures hard to verify protesters have blocked several major roads and dozens of the calls have been smashed and torched on monday the army intervened to prevent thousands of islamised demonstrators from storming cairo's to risk where which has been occupied by anti morsy crowds for weeks journalist mohammed sabri thinks the military's gearing up for tougher measures to curb the unrest i the muslim brotherhood are

is just showing how much and the real security decisions for europe are taken in washington and. europe is a do to partner in the western alliance as it is always been over the past six years i mean this is not nothing new. of course that is a matter of being accountable to their respective electorate to to show that they have some word to say and some dignity to defend so with they will probably try to raise their voice but at the end of the story there will be a political settlement of all this matter so that it was the european countries so dependent on washington that they do whatever they all stem so are we talking about it can only call my station here what do you think. the history since world war two shows that there is no real autonomy when there are real stakes where the western values or interests which means the american ones are. endangered we have seen it in the world types of military interventions around the world whenever it has been necessary at the end even reluctant states have been forced to go and follow the united states and those who didn't follow have bee

driven by a 13% contraction in europe. in europe, they were outperforming really the cost sector, the market shrank by 7%. in terms of outlook, we had a good surprise. they did not cut their forecasts for europe this year, still planning contraction of up to 5%, the same forecast at the beginning of the year, which means the cost of the carmaker believes the situation in europe will gradually improve towards the end of the year. we have two surprise, one for international safety, other for the outlook for the end of the year in europe. over to you. >> stephan, thanks for that. >>> bring up today's global markets report. certainly weighted once again to the upside. only around 40 odd stocks in negative territory. it is sunny, hence the color of my suit. as far as individual bosses are concerned, ftse 100 today is up about another percent adding to the 1.1% gain yesterday. 74 points higher. ibex up half a percent with the cac as well. number of individual stocks worth looking at. lmvh adding to italian luxury to its line. 80

the luxuries that europe cannot and the danger for britain is not that we will be left behind europe but europe would be left behind by the rest of the world. on these matters, across europe whether it is the united states where the eurozone, these aspects of competitiveness needs to be addressed. in many cases, i think the measures are to be taken by individual members. countries have known a flexible labor market. the difficulties of recent years , we have been able to increase , youth unemployment much higher than we would like is still much lower in other countries. a reflection of our labor market. also a reflection of domestic as a focuses such have been made on apprenticeships. and there are some changes that have been proposed. in the european investment bank, there are discussions around making it easier for medium-size enterprises to access some of the funds associated with employment. something that something across europe. -- we want the discussions over easter that resulted in unacceptable proposals for everyone. lessons need to be learned. ofwas very interesting to me b

now finally across europe, we talked about excessive heat across central europe last week, t this time across the east. i want to show you this video. people in southeastern europe are still feeling some intense heat. a thermometer in the romanian capital of bucharest showed up to 41 degrees. authorities are advising people to stay indoors and drink plenty of water. now in serbia, many people headed to a lake. authorities had switched on the misters, but while many were soaking up race, emergenys, eme workers reported an increase in those arriving with heat stroke. we have a frontal system which is driving cool air from the west. so temperatures in bucharest, 39 on tuesday, but that could go down to 29 degrees on wednesday. however, the heat is expected to rebuild across the west once again, so it looks like the hot conditions could be for parts of europe. that's it for now. here's the extended forecast. >>> there's one more story to share with you before we go. baseball players and fans in new york gathered to give a heavy hitter a high profile send-off. the yankees held a retirement

it is artie's peta all of the reports europe remains resistant. here in europe we're hearing a resoundingly no when it comes to genetically modified crops so much so that the american g.m. giant monsanto has decided that they are not going to do any more business inside the european union that currently monsanto provides g.m. seeds to farms in spain in portugal to grow corn the other thing is that corn isn't the corn that european consumers want they want things like this organically grown or conventionally farmed that's what they want to see on their plates at home now monsanto had been in the process of applying petain and more licenses inside the e.u. this was to grow things like more corn as well as sugar beets and soya beans now they've decided that since there really isn't a market for these products in countries like here in germany as well as france some of the the most vocal anti g.m. countries around the world as well as the amount of red tape and hoops that they would be made to jump through five fish oils that's prompted them to say fo

so that if you look at the map of europe for instance you find that the eastern part. which is part of the unit green. has infrastructure but they still the nineteen fifties and sixties. no faster a connecting let's say greece austrian german and if such a train were to be built there are lots of us train guess who would benefit the most would be greece and. it will be germany because it's interesting because doing it and that kind of investment would be mutually advantageous for the whole of europe all we need to do is simply allow the you're going investment bank to go ahead and make that investment you have been investing in what bank can make the best and wants to make the best me but we still have you know we have a silly rule in europe where every investment has to be called financed by the national government we only have about thirty seconds left but who is era do you have with this modest proposal are you making any tread treadway whatsoever right now. very interesting story on the one hand behind the closed doors theories that interest you the most repulsive

he has been europe's longest- serving politician, at the post for the past 18 years. bosnia is remembering the srebrenica massacre. >> it is the single worst atrocity committed in europe after the second world war. in july 1990 five, bosnian serb forces stormed the town, slaughtering thousands of muslim men and boys. one of 400 victims have now been reburied. their remains were only recently identified. tens of thousands gathered for a memorial service near the massacre site. >> a mass prayer in the cemetery just a few kilometers outside srebrenica. mourners gathered once again to remember the 8000 bosnian muslims massacred by serb forces in 1995. now 18 years later, more victims have been laid to rest. 409 men and boys, including one infant. the task of exhuming and identifying the dead has been a long and painful process. emily's were bussed in to say their final goodbyes. >> i'm burying two brothers-in- law today. altogether, i have terry seven. i had area my own brother here, too. i cannot understand how anyone can do all this killing. i cannot understand at all.

of attention here in europe, especially in germany. how much public attention is the case getting where you are in the united states? >> well, snowden relations are still a big issue here in the u.s., but when you hear the politicians' views, nearly all a degree that he is a traitor -- the media in washington and new york have been very quick to agree with the white house. there are only a few that consider him to be a human rights activist or at least tried to understand his motives. >> thanks so much. in europe, the tiny baltic state of latvia has it -- has received a green light to become the 18th member of the eurozone. >> despite the eurozone's current troubles, membership would bring benefits for latvia, including increased foreign investment. >> neighboring estonia has enjoyed similar positive developments since it adopted a currency in 2011. >> recently, the eu monetary affairs commission has had few opportunities to praise the euro, but these coins symbolize independence and strength. the country's success sends a signal to th

edward snowden asylum in europe. >> give them asylum in europe. >> yeah. they say he's fighting for our freedoms. >> yeah, i don't think so. i think i would be very shortsighted. lots of politicians say lots of different things, but edward snowden should be returned to the united states for crimes against the country, releasing important intelligence information, and this question of, you know, countries, you know, conducting intelligence operations, human intelligence, signal intelligence, it is all part of every country's national interest. we had a secretary of state in 1929 shut down u.s. intelligence gathering operations. he famously said gentlemen, don't read other gentlemen's mail. this was in 1929. i think the united states and the world, maybe it would have been a better place had we kept those operations going and could foresee what was going to happen in 1930 better. it is a vital national interest for every country to do intelligence gathering and will not stop. >> fair point. tony, thank you. tony fratto joining us from washington. >>> if you

the iron curtain went down and europe was unified. your inspiration for freedom and independence is now linked to the european project. >> the maximus freedom and peace, and that is the maxim for lithuania as well, located on europe's eastern frontier. once to use its presidency to improve relations between the eu and other eastern european countries. >> the partners are so important for europe because they are our neighbors, and we would like to see democracy develop here, security, and human rights protection. >> an ambitious agenda for a small country, but lithuania is a trailblazer, the first baltic country to hold the eu presidency. >> to sports news now. in tennis, the world number one has scraped into wimbledon men's final after the longest simmie internal meant history. -- the longest emsemi in tournament history. >> a 205-colombo and -- 205- kilometer leg, he triumphed in a sprint finish. >> the german rider finished just behind him, and an italian writer came in third. >> stay tuned to dw. we have more news coming your way.

so that if you look at the map of europe for instance you find the eastern part. which is part of the unit green. has infrastructure but they still the nineteen fifties and sixties. no fast lane connecting. austrian german and if such a train were to be built that's a super fast train guess who would benefit the most would be greece and. it will be germany because it's interesting because doing it and that kind of investment be mutually advantageous for the whole of europe all we need to do is simply allow the you're going investment bank to go ahead and make that investment you know investment banks can make their best and wants to make the best me but we still have you know we have a silly rule in europe where every investment has to be called financed by the national government we only have about thirty seconds left but who's era do you have with this modest proposal are you making any tread treadway whatsoever right now. it's a very interesting story on the one hand hind closed doors there is a great you know interest you the most imposing when the cameras are

and europe. what is your role in coordination with the trade rep in trying to make sure that europe speaks with one voice throughout these negotiations which is the only way we are going to end up getting a product. >> thank you senator. you are right that on one hand it's a bilateral trade agreement between the u.s. and e.u. but obviously a trade agreement between the united states and the 28 member states if we are able to be successful. so we do have an interest in the european position remaining clear and remaining cohesive. we have a role to play at the state department through our 28 embassies and continuing to help make the case along with our colleagues in ustr to leave these negotiations for a trade agreement that will increase jobs and will reduce barriers. we need to be coordinated in the way we use our public diplomacy and the way we work with business groups on both sides and as i have said in some of my calls to meet some of you in advance of this hearing i also hope that we will ha