28/05/2017 World News Today

A warning from Germany's chancellor following a tense G7 summit -

she says Europe can no longer fully rely on other nations.

British Airways resumes some flights after a massive computer failure -

but delays continue and thousands of passengers remain stranded.

We've been in the line for about five hours now.

We've no idea how long we're going to be here and

we are getting no communication from the staff.

Less than a week after the devastating terror

attack in Manchester, thousands turn out for

And that first handshake between Trump and Macron, the French

President says his bone-crushing technique is no innocent gesture. We

will find out more later. Hello and welcome

to World News Today. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel

has called for European unity in the face of Brexit

and the election of Donald Trump. Speaking at an election rally

in Munich in Southern Germany, she said the events of the past few

days had shown that the Europeans could not necessarily

rely on other nations. TRANSLATION: We Europeans must

really take our fate Of course, in friendship

with the United States of America, in friendship with Great Britain

and as good neighbours, wherever that is possible also

with other countries, But we have to know that we must

fight for our own future on our own, And that's what I want to do,

together with you. Her comments follow the G7's failure

to commit to the 2015 Earlier the German leader described

the talks as "six against one", calling the summit in Sicily very

difficult and very unsatisfactory. Instead she described

the relationship between Berlin and new French President Emmanuel Macron

as a priority. We can talk to Damian McGuinness in

Berlin. He seemed dramatic remarks for Angela Merkel? They were pretty

forthright comments. There are a couple of things going on here. On

the one hand, the European Union feels a certain amount of anxiety

about Brexit. That was a big blow to the EU when the referendum took

place last year. Also, Donald Trump is a leader that European leaders

find quite difficult to deal with. We saw this at the G7. By the end of

the weekend, there was still no agreement over the Paris climate

accord. Donald Trump is still not clear about whether he's going to

sign up to that or not. In the face of those challenges, what Angela

Merkel seems to be saying is that this is the time where the EU can

pull together. Partly because there is a sad note of optimism in the EU.

One being that growth is returning to the eurozone. The other is that

Emmanuel Macron is the new President in France and is very much a leader

that Angela Merkel can deal with. They have similar values when it

comes to free trade and border controls, and when it comes to the

liberal values and the wider sense of the term. Angela Merkel feels she

can work together with Paris. She is also politically strong. She looks

like she's going to win a fourth term in September. If you have this

jewel Franco German motor back on the road again, that is good news

for Europhiles and people that support the EU. Has there been any

reaction to the comments yet? There was a certain amount of astonishment

that they were so direct. It's quite unusual for her to speak in such a

direct manner. She was very passionate when she was speaking at

this beer tent. It also has to be borne in mind that we are entering

the pre-election season. Toy said an extent, the comments were aimed at

German voters. -- to a certain extent. She was setting herself up

as somebody who would stand up to Donald Trump, who is not popular in

Germany. To a certain extent, she's thinking it is going to win his

votes. Also, it is about boosting defence spending in Germany. That is

another thing she is keen on pushing for to get the spending on defence

up to 2%. All of this is about her pushing her domestic agenda and

saying that the EU needs to be stronger and stand on its own feet.

With me is Thomas Kielinger, a German journalist

He is the London correspondent for Die Welt, which is

Thank you very much for coming in. I am just reading one of your

colleagues, Jeremy Cliff of the Economist, saying that her comments

were recorded for a full minute, it is worth bearing in mind the

context. It is always good in Germany to be speaking on behalf of

European Union becoming more strong. That is the basic creed of hers and

most Germans. If you think it is helpful for the German public to

hear her say these things, I think she is grievously mistaken. To cast

aspersions on the security link that we have with Britain and the United

States, this point in time, when there is enough criticism to be had

about the American President, some unhappiness in Germany about Brexit,

fair enough. But you should not, as leader of a friendly government,

speak in such doubtful language about essential links. Obama seemed

to see her very much as the leader of Europe. They had a very strong

relationship. Trump, very different from the outset. There was that

first visit of hers to the US. If there is any kind of rift, what does

it mean between Germany and the US? We are all very unhappy about

President Trump. But the nature of the strategic relationship

transcends any present government or any President of the United States

that we might be facing. But it does depend on trust and personal

relations? But you can't they say it and make it look like it is almost

over. Trump is still a work in progress. We still have to hope for

better days yet. He still may be able to learn and his advisers might

tell him. The language he uses is, for as commentators and others that

are saying these things, it is not for her as a head of government. Who

is she replacing the relationship with Britain and America with?

France? Very good, we should have good relations, improving relations

with France. But this is early days. Again, we have to see what Macron is

going to do. She is throwing the baby out with the bath water. In

terms of Brexit, some who were hoping for a soft Brexit, they are

wondering if there is any chance, post-German election later this

year, of some sort of reform within the EU? That is the $100 million

question, if the EU will be able to reform itself. To keep the UK in?

Yes, keep a friendly relationship with Britain. We know that she is

unhappy about Brexit, lots of people are. Probably the majority of

Germans don't want to see Britain leave. That is not to say the world

is going to collapse around our years. Britain is deeply embedded in

the security architecture of Europe. She is a reliable member of Nato. To

cast aspersions about this special link, simply because Brexit is going

to happen, strong or weak, is not for her to say. I think she will

live to regret having said it, I am sure. Interesting to talk to you.

Thank you very much for coming in. British Airways is warning

of further disruption for passengers as it tries to return to normal

at Britain's biggest airport. A major IT failure on Saturday saw

all flights cancelled and thousands of passengers around

the world stranded. The airline says it's now running

a near-normal service from Gatwick airport just south of London -

but at Heathrow, there are still big delays,

especially on short-haul flights. Our business correspondent Joe Lynam

has the latest from Heathrow. For some BA customers, it's been

a long, uncomfortable night. Bleary passengers this morning,

still hoping to catch their plane. Even free bottles of water

at Terminal 5 failed It's a lot of moving

around, standing in lines I think it's too big and they don't

know what to do with it and it seems We've been in the line

for about five hours and we have no idea how much longer we will be

here and we're getting no Sarah Booth and her family should be

on holiday in Budapest but instead she is stuck having lunch

at a pub near Heathrow. She was told by BA to come

to the airport, only to find We only travelled based

on the fact our fight was still running and we had been

told by BA to make sure all flights were running,

before we left home and we did that. Malvern in Worcestershire

and my sister and her family have Now they're probably

going on holiday in the UK instead. We had really been looking

forward to it because we do But it's not as bad as it could have

been because other people probably BA passengers in Rome have been

told it might be Tuesday Some travelled by train from Naples,

after spending hours on a plane there yesterday

which never took off. We've been booked on a flight

from here to Barcelona, and Barcelona to London

but the Barcelona fight has been delayed an hour and so we have 30

minutes to get the connecting flight in the hope we get back

to London tonight. Otherwise we have got

to wait two days. As thousands of people wait

in a packed Heathrow, dozens of flights have

already been cancelled. And many more will not depart

as the airline struggles to reset its global network

after a major power failure. Some passengers have been

told their flight is cancelled online and then get the exact

opposite message when they call This problem looks set to persist

for far more than just a few hours. Anti-terror police have been

carrying out more raids in Manchester in the last few hours,

following Monday's bombing The victims of the attack have been

remembered in church services across the city,

while thousands of runners have been taking part

in the Great Manchester Run. In the centre of Manchester, people

ran in remembrance and in defiance. Holding this race in the streets

just days after an attack here was in itself sending

an important message. We're here to run for Manchester

and to show that we're not scared This simple act of gathering

together after a bombing that left so many families grieving expressed

a sentiment that only a few could Do something to say

we need to hate less. Do something through

courage and through pain. Do something for someone

that you care for. Do something to help

out with the cost. Do something for someone

that you're there for. Do something for someone

that you've lost. Yet this attempt to return

to normality exposed what has become at least for the moment

the new normal. Armed officers and extra security

are now an obvious presence, here to offer reassurance,

but they're also a reminder of what happened in Manchester

less than a week ago. Yes, I was a bit nervous,

I'm here with my husband. If anything else could have

happened, you know.... I've got children at home,

so I did think twice, People paid their respects

all along the race route. And at services nearby

in Manchester Cathedral. Today we remember Megan Hurley,

Elaine McIver, Courtney Boyle, There, the names of each one

of the 22 people killed On shirt after shirt,

people wore yellow ribbons to show solidarity and sympathy

for their families. We weren't going to come today

but we thought we're not We're going to come

and have a great day Lay some flowers.

The kids are going to have fun. Trying to move on in Manchester does

not mean forgetting. And this is a city still in need

of support and reassurance. there is much more ahead. We are

joined by a body-line which expert to find out more about that

handshake between President Trump and his new French counterpart,

President Macron. In the biggest international

sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken

part in sponsored athletics events The first of what the makers

of Star Wars hope will be thousands Taunting, which led to scuffles,

scuffles to fighting, fighting to full-scale riot

as the Liverpool fans broke out of their area,

and into the Juventus enclosure. The whole world will mourn

the tragic death of Mr Nehru today. He was the father of the Indian

people on the day of independence. The Oprah Winfrey show comes

to an end after 25 years The chat show has made her one

of the richest people on the planet. Geri Halliwell, otherwise

known as Ginger Spice, has announced she's left the Spice

Girls. She's the one with the bounce,

to go, the girl power. Standing alone, Europeans can no

longer fully rely on other nations. The warning from Angela Merkel

follows a tense G7 summit. And a second day of chaos riles British

Airways passengers after a major computer failure on Saturday.

The French president Emmanuel Macron has admitted that a much

talked-about ultra-firm handshake with President Donald Trump

at the NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday was not

Mr Macron said in a newspaper interview he wanted to show that

France would not make little concessions, even symbolic ones.

Judy James is a body language expert and author

of The Body Language Bible, who regularly teaches

Let's have a look at the handshake between Macron and Trump. Mr Macron

holds on, it seems, for longer than necessary. If you just watch very

carefully. What do you think is going on? You can see the term

camped over the top. He has his hand and he can't get away. His fingers

try to slide out. He also has the eye contact, so Trump asked to look

away first. Power posturing politics, in the crudest form. Which

Macron has admitted? EU yes, sad, but amusing to watch. Macron and his

team know the power of the image. We have seen them at the Nato summit.

Macron, scene to go to Angela Merkel to greet her in a group, rather than

President Trump? That is the equivalent of shaking hands and

going like that at the last minute. You think I am going to you, I am

going to make you wait. This is alpha behaviour. You get the

original alpha male, the toughest character, and the young

whippersnappers. We are watching the great handshake when he moves over

to him. These younger guns that we have seen, Justin Trudeau in Canada,

almost parodying the Trump gritting. We saw the Canadian leader meeting

him in February. What is he doing? I think he had seen that Trump does

this famous grabbing and yanking handshake. He got out of the car, he

got very close, so there was no room for manoeuvre. He does what is

called a power Pat, looking like the senior politician. I think he was

watching him, like a footballer watches a fellow footballer. It is

difficult, you never know which one he is going to pull out of the bag.

We can see Macron and Trudeau, some funny images on their Twitter feeds

of them in this gorgeous part of the WorldCom in Sicily, having a bit of

a bromance. Even between the two of them, the one that gesticulates the

first it looks the more powerful. Trudeau is beating Macron. There is

even fighting between the young whipper snappers. I would love to

hear their side of the story. We also want to look at a famous image

of Mr Trump pushing past the Prime Minister of Montenegro. Do you think

that was deliberate? Do you think you just didn't care? You must have

no cameras were trained on him. I think this is in his DNA. He feels

he has to fight for the space and power. We know he is the boss, but

he still had to slap the guy on the arm, push him out of the way. What I

love after this, you does this pruning. I have won again. His chin

goes up, he buttons up his jacket. It is quite sad that he doesn't seem

to realise he has got the job. He still seems to think I have to prove

that I am the boss everywhere. That must go back to some childhood

upbringing. He grew up with very strong entrepreneurial father and

grandfather. He feels he has to prove himself. He might be the boss

in the White House, but he doesn't seem able to hold his wife's hand on

all occasions. This is arriving in Israel. Tries to take his wife's

hand and she flicks him away. She flicks. Couples usually do signs,

tiny manoeuvres, to speak to each other. You would expect her to drop

her hand. He puts his hand back, and flicks like a naughty boy. Who is

the more dominant? We have felt sorry for her, but I think she is

tougher than she thinks. Also in Italy, coming to meet the Pope? The

hair was to important. He managed to hold Theresa May's hand? He grabbed

it, she might have swatted him if she had known that is what was what

got to do. It ended up looking like they were holding hands. The senior

women on the political stage, and the men still, well, they... After

it out. Thank you for coming in. I am trying to get my body language

strong. Germany's Angelique Kerber became

the first women's top seed to lose in the opening

round of the French Open Makarova was a 6-2, 6-2 winner

in one hour and 22 minutes and it leaves Kerber's number one status

in the balance. Both Simona Halep and Karolina

Pliskova have the chance to take top spot for the first time with good

runs in Paris. Of course I am disappointed that the

clay-court season was not so good. At the end, maybe it is good that it

is over for me. I don't know, I think I will go back home, I will

maybe do a few days rest, or a few more days. I don't know, I don't

know what I will do now. For sure, I will think about what the best

preparation is for grass now. Better news for Petra Kvitova,

who won her first match back since being stabbed

during a burglary at The 27-year-old Czech who's a two

time Wimbledon Champion defeated It was a nice and really

heart-warming welcome. My team was there, my family was there,

everybody that helped me through the difficult times. I'm happy with the

game, of course. It wasn't only about the game today.

Sebastian Vettel has extended his lead in the Formula One

drivers championship after winning the Monaco Grand Prix for Ferrari

The German started behind his teammate Kimi Raikkonen

on the front row of the grid, but was able to overtake

during their only pit stops mid-way through the race.

Vettel has finished first or second in every race so far this season

and with nearest rival Lewis Hamilton coming home only

Dutchman Tom Dumoulin has won the 100th edition of the Giro

d'Italia overhauling all of his main rivals with a stunning ride

He's the first from the country to win the race and it's his first

Sitting in fourth place in the overall standings before

the final 29.3 kilometres into Milan, Dumoulin was second

fastest in the time trial with the three ahead of him

His final margin of victory was 31 seconds over Nairo Quintana and 40

ahead of last year's champion Vincenzo Nibali who

It's really crazy. I cannot describe it with words. It's incredible. Such

a nerve-racking day. I was super nervous from the beginning of the

day. I needed to stay calm. I almost couldn't. But I did it. I had good

legs and I just went for it. Sweden's Alex Noren has won

the European Golf Tour's PGA Championship with a blistering

course record 62 in the final He overturned a seven shot deficit

to win his fifth European Tour title in 11 months finishing off

with an eagle on the 18th to end up on 11 under par winning by two shots

to pick up the first prize of more India have beaten New Zealand by 45

runs after chasing down a revised target in their rain affected game

at The Oval in South London. The match was warm up ahead

of the ICC Champions Trophy which gets under way

in England on Thursday. New Zealand were dismissed for just

189 from their 50 overs. India easily reached their revised

Duckworth Lewis target of 85. Fernando Alonso has dropped out with

21 laps remaining, due to engine failure. Everything on the website.

My children are going to be delighted with that Indian cricket

victory. The Swedish satirical

drama The Square has won the prestigious Palme d'Or,

the top prize at the The film is inspired

by the arts world and stars The Cannes jury president described

The Square as a rich masterpiece that tackles what he called

the horrific dictatorship That it from me. Thanks for staying

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