people and projects that are changing around are meant for the better and it's up to us to make a difference and let's inspire each other. to do it for good farming magazine. d w. this is d w news march from berlin believe it or not u.s. president donald trump said he agrees with the u.s. intelligence agencies assessment on russian meddling in last year's u.s. election his comments in vietnam come a day after he said he believed russian president vladimir putin when he said that

russia did not meddle that comment drew anger from leaders back home also coming up . hundreds of thousands take part in a pro independence rally in barcelona it comes one day after catalonia separatist parliamentary speaker has released from jail. a far right show of force in poland as the country marks its independence day thousands of radical right wingers at ultranationalist take part in marches in warsaw overshadowing the official celebrations. plus a first for the arab world the news of a dobie opens its doors to the public drawing thousands of international visitors the billion dollar project promises to act as a bridge between east and west through the medium of art. with.

hi michelle henery welcome to the program. u.s. president donald trump has sought to clarify remarks he made about russian election hacking at a news conference in vietnam trying to distance himself from remarks humor he made on saturday in which he suggested he believed russian president vladimir putin when he said there's been no russian meddling and last year's election his comments have come under fire from republicans and democrats back home truck that was put in the vietnam as part of his official asia tour. bus band and the military guards at the st the lightest carefully choreographed encounter on donald trump's diplomatic tour in hanoi trump met his vietnamese counterpart. but before arriving in vietnam the president tweeted out a tirade against north korean leader kim jong un and slammed quite high it isn't food for criticizing his meeting with vladimir putin yesterday. trump had been

mocked up to saying he believed the russian president when he denied meddling in the u.s. election today he clarified those remarks and signaled a potential end to his feud with the intelligence community i believe that he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the election as to whether i believe it or not i'm with our agencies especially as currently constituted with their leadership i believe in our intelligence is our intelligence agencies i've worked with them very strongly in my not baby and they rekindled relicense him he was asked if he could be friends with kim jong un i think anything's a possibility. strange things happen in life that might be a strange thing to happen but it's certainly a possibility if that did happen it would be a good thing for i can tell you for north korea but it would also be good for lots of other places that it would be good for the world. champs next stop is the philippines and the asean summit there he hopes to bang the drum for tried but

schisms over russia and the conflict with north korea threaten to drown everything out. the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy is due to visit kind of limits today head of elections triggered when madrid dismissed the regional government meanwhile hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets on saturday to demand the release of officials jailed for back in the region split from spain the protest organizers also help to keep up the momentum for independence as the spanish government aims to quash it. i know a familiar sight in barcelona huge crowds of independent supporters on the streets of the catalan capital there demanding the release of jailed separatist leaders and former catalan ministers. we have ten political prisoners in catalonia among them a vice president and the majority of our ministers there are also representatives

from civil society we want to tell the world we want freedom for our prisoners and freedom for catalonia because the media. after catalonia has referendum madrid dismissed the region's government former ministers and separatist leaders were taken into custody on charges of sedition others fact about including former catalan president karl has pushed him over madrid has issued a european arrest warrant that could see him extradited to spain he says madrid is wrong to prosecute him and his former ministers. you know to be treated like a criminal like a drug trafficker like a pedophile like a serial killer i think this is abuse this isn't politics this is using the courts to do politics. it will. push them all has called on the european union to intervene. the civil war it is very disappointing to see that the european union that we are all part of they can respond to situations

of poland and hungary but cannot respond to the situation in cup lonia stop trying to get a lawyer the situation came to a head on october the first as catalans went back to vote in what madrid called an illegal referendum they were met with scenes like these. many catalans where i raged madrid's heavy handed approach may well have boosted support for independence . the question why is whether that support has waned and whether separatists will triumph in catalan elections next month. spanish prime minister mariano rajoy wants to convince voters to choose pro unity parties he set to visit barcelona on sunday for the first time since the referendum to launch his party's campaign. the drama in catalonia continues tens of thousands have joined in a march and poland's capital warsaw that was organized by the far right the march

took place on poland's independence day and brought together polish nationalists as well as far right groups including some from across europe it was first staged in two thousand and nine but participation has grown in recent years amid demands for poland to take an asylum seekers' something the government refuses to do. they are a mix of patriots with small children angry citizens and right wing extremist many were demonstrating against an open and diverse poland simply against immigration. tradition rising to religion we have been neither russian ised nor germanized. get a minute of our new flag has the highest meaning for us. saturday sawfish or celebrations marking the ninety ninth anniversary of poland's independent. president spoke at the event but someone else is pulling the strings in warsaw the ruling nationalist conservative law and justice party but. we reject all

forms of submission and this is what we're doing here we want a poem that is proud independent and strong and it's a sentiment welcome among the far right the committee for the protection of democracy also held a demonstration there a pro european organization but their rally was considerably smaller than dot's of the nationalist. mission us you know that the two ideologies nationalistic on the one hand and modern on the other their ideas about the future have completely drifted apart and no one is trying to reestablish a connection between them. problem. amid calls for more patriotism from poland's government nationalist sentiment is growing. in one year poland celebrates its one hundred year anniversary on the country's surely not going to celebrate quietly. now to some of the other stories

making news around the world thousands of palestinians have attended a memorial ceremony in gaza city to mark the anniversary of the death of yasser arafat the palestinian president died in two thousand and five he signed the night in ninety three oslo interim peace accord with israel but led a deadly uprising after the subsequent talks broke down. toxic smog has envelop large parts of pakistan meteorologists say the pollution is caused by dust the burning of crops and emissions from factories more than ten people have been killed in road accidents linked to poor visibility upcoming winter rains are expected to bring some relief. the un climate change conference currently underway in bonn is the first major opportunity for governments to discuss the implementation of the paris. climate accord but it's also an opportunity for protesters to draw attention to issues they believe are being overlooked germany

has recently said it will comply with tougher restrictions on coal fired power stations after initially threatening to take the issue to court but for some that's not good enough. more than two thousand climate activists made their way through bone on saturday for the protesters most of the blame for global climate change lies with the burning of fossil fuels such as brown coal it was on the move in we should be happier with less leave it was not necessary then we don't need this extra production. there are twelve power plants in germany that still run on brown coal they will be heavily affected in twenty twenty one when strict new european wide regulation on coal comes into effect german states with coal industries want the federal government to challenge the european union's plans and reject the coming regulation deadline i know much about him is not possible for us currently there is no alternative for the production it's

a reasonable price of all the jobs that will be lost and you know my forwardness and could there be job losses experts say a number of plants are likely to close. but the environment ministry says the power companies futures lie in their own hands. room after each of the farmers just have to assess if they want to apply for exemptions for some of their individual plants then they would just have to open some prove that it is economically essential i personally don't understand the philosophy of i'm just a money. back and bone of the climate conference those opposed to the brown coal industry say they're hoping to find new allies for they find. we think there is a growing chance that there are more and more decision makers in berlin who are saying yes we need to move away from franco in germany not just for climate protection reasons but also to protect the health of citizens. for now the energy giant he is playing it cool the firm says ultimately the exact costs of the coming

industry changes are not yet known sports now and there is joy and to african countries and despair and several others that after the continent's final two spots of the twenty eight hundred world cup were decided alternately needed against libya was a draw to finish atop their group and they got it is headed to russia next summer they'll be joined by morocco who beat ivory coast to nil to which their first cup finals since one thousand nine hundred ninety eight the loser is one of the world's most famous museums and now it's opened a branch in abu dhabi thousands of visitors attended the opening and a spectacular building designed by french architect. the building like the museum itself attempts to combine eastern and western influences it's the kind of museum it's the first a museum of its kind it's region here's more. they're queuing in the thirty

degree heat and are now name from the somewhat cooler paris is already pulling a crowd in the arab world for the opening of the louvre abu dhabi the five thousand tickets went quickly like the arts many visitors have come from europe but the local seem to like it. we've been waiting for more than ten years so we're very proud to have an institution like this here the europeans took our artifacts and so the arabs are ok with taking the name at least and create also museums and bring part of the art back and also some european art so i think it's actually quite a good thing and. it's precisely what the rich immersive he wants the orient and the rest of the world comes together in arts grand historical qur'an editions vinci's belfair on the air by way where a sculpture fountain of light. the shakes have left the structure of this arabian leave rhetoric frenchmen star architect john nouvelle in time spans one hundred

eighty meters as designed it invites interpretation. just looking at this new thinking about how they did this based on like the palm trees the print of the palm trees at so creative like you know it's connecting that culture and modernise them together so it's really nice to see that. i'm there celebrating this in their own way as artistic expertise and name recognition come as a price the emirates has spent around one point five billion euros on the overall project including loan fees for the arts from the original in paris it gives a stronger exposure in terms of cultural associations with with france and with europe i think it's fantastic that the louvre opened a new branch in the middle east it's for a limited time though the name louvre can only be used for thirty years in six months they want to the opening has been long and ostentatious now it's time to see

whether this temple of high art can help bridge the arab and western worlds. it looks incredible i'd love to go that's all for now and be sure to tune in for more news at the top of the hour in the meantime you can log on to d.w. dot com for more around the clock news updates thank you for watching. united against climate change. big challenges for the twenty third u.n. climate conference in bali.