this is deja vu news live from her leg the united states issues a stark warning to north korea's leaders and if war comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed kim jong un says his nation is now all fully fledged nuclear power after its latest missile launch will be live

with our correspondent in seoul also coming up. here in berlin the action this morning moves to the presidential palace as negotiations take place to form a new coalition government president spine meyer will be hosting talks between the chancellor and the leaders of the social democrats. and giving hope to would be migrants at home if they see a future for themselves there maybe they will make the dangerous journey to europe that is at the heart of the summit between leaders of the e.u. and the african union. also coming up are women gaining a quality in politics says four hundred female political leaders meet in iceland. talks to iran's vice president for family affair fares he believes the ruthlessness of man is at the heart of many of the world's problems.

i'm brian thomas welcome to the show the united states has warned north korea that it will be utterly destroyed should tensions over the country's weapons program break out into actual war now north korean state media claims this photo shows pyongyang's latest missile test launch just two days ago observers say it was north korea's most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile to date and that the rocket could hit any city in the u.s. including washington d.c. the trump administration is also threatened new sanctions is pressing china to cut off its oil supply to north korea america's ambassador at the united nations nikki haley delivered this stern reprimand to the north korean regime the dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war not farther from it we have never sought war with north korea and still today we do not seek it if war does

come it will be because of continued acts of aggression like we witnessed yesterday and if war comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroying the nation for the very latest let's bring in jason strother joins us from the south korean capital seoul jason strong words from the u.s. ambassador at the u.n. there are they likely to have any effect in pyongyang. well you know we've seen ever since donald trump became president earlier this year that there has been a were a war of world words going on between pyongyang and the united states and he insults lobbed at the kim jong un regime by president trump have been met by similar fiery rhetoric coming from north korea so i'm sure that in within the upcoming days if not hours we will hear some or some kind of response

from pyongyang about what's been said at the u.n. security council i can am president has been calling on china to do all it can to isolate north korea or kind of leverage does beijing have right now well china certainly does have some leverage over north korea as nikki haley said today in new york much of north korea's crude imports come from china however there is perhaps a false belief that china has some sort of magic pill that will resolve the whole problem with north korea. has shown many times that it will not do as beijing once it to do of course beijing has numerous times condemned north korea's provocations whether it be missile launches or nuclear tests but that has not deterred the kim jong un regime and at the end of the day china does not want a collapsing north korea it wouldn't want to see

a south korea backed by american forces on its border so there's a limit to how much china is willing to do ok well the u.s. is warning that if china does not cut off its oil supplies to north korea that it might take matters into its own hands now what my washington be talking about what are its options right now. well i think this is a game that the trump administration has been playing all along it always raises the stakes without being too explicit about what it might actually be talking about whether it's trump saying that you know the u.s. will handle north korea's recent i.c.b.m. test. i think that the u.s. at least wants to portray the notion that it could take preemptive military action in hopes of getting more movement here in the region and jason thanks so much for that from seoul thank you well u.s.

president don trump has fired back at the british prime minister theresa may after may's office criticized the president for retreating anti muslim videos from a british far right group on twitter drum trump said made should not focus on him but quote on the destructive radical islamic terrorism that's taking place within you know i came to trumps also facing criticism from american muslim groups they accuse them of sowing division and putting muslim lives at risk. at a brief of some of the other stories making the news this hour hundreds of fosse and croatians held a vigil for the convicted work criminal slobodan shock after he killed himself with poison at a u.n. court in the hague he was instrumental in attempts to set up a croatian state within what is now bosnia-herzegovina and removing muslims from the region a judge upheld his twenty year jail sentence for crimes he committed during the war

in the former yugoslav. police in pakistan say gunmen have opened fire on worshippers outside a mosque in the capital islamabad they say three or four attackers on motorbike shot of members of the shia community after evening prayers at least one person was killed several others were injured. one of america's most famous morning t.v. news personalities has been fired for alleged sexual misconduct matt lauer host of the popular today show it n.b.c. meanwhile prominent u.s. public radio host garrison keillor is also been let go for alleged inappropriate behavior killers hosted a popular radio show since the one nine hundred eighty s. well pope francis has wrapped up his visit to myanmar without publicly addressing the country's muslim refugee crisis the catholic leader included his trip with a mass calling on his audience to make themselves heard but the part of himself has come under criticism from human rights groups for refraining to speak out over the

hinges humanitarian military in crisis francis heads to neighboring pakistan in a few hours where more than six hundred thousand range of muslims have led to escape violence in the and more. more on the story let's bring in correspondent boston harvick he joins us from yang gong about the end of what's been the response to the closing service by the park. yes to the service of the closing service took place in the cathedral right behind me here in the center of yangon and it was it addressed young people there were maybe a thousand people here maybe a bit more of the church was the church courtyard was full there were a few people outside as well people are still coming out of the church as you can see there behind me and people who are the young people who were at this church

service they were really excited to see the pope many of them you could see by the way they dress many of them belonging to ethnic minorities in this country many of them traveled a very very long way to be here to take this opportunity and see the pope in person and the pope told the young people that they were the good news of this country and that they shouldn't be afraid that they should follow their faith and then at the end he passed down the aisle shaking everyone's hand and you could see it in the expression of the faces of these young people that they were excited somewhere in disbelief they couldn't they couldn't believe that they had actually had the chance to to meet the pope and to see him up close because that's something that we've been hearing here throughout that that people wanted to take this opportunity never thought in their lifetimes this would happen this is the first ever visit of any pope to me and mar so truly historic visit and the people on are that brian boston

as the pope leaves me and more now what message will stick out most for the people there. well on the one hand the pope came here to spread the message of peace to spread the message of reconciliation between religious groups and i think that's something that will that will stick with with the people that's what the people said yesterday at least at this mass service where with one hundred fifty thousand people they said that's what they will take home on the other hand of course there has been criticism because as you said the the the pope didn't mention the ruins or crisis didn't mention the rohinton by name and there's been questions if that tarnished his moral authority because of course the international community expected him expected him to to say this expected him to speak out on behalf of the ranger as he has done in

the past he decided not to do so he'd been warned he'd been cautioned in the run up to this visit that he shouldn't do it because it might deepen the divide between the religious groups in this country there might be a backlash even for the christian community by the government by the military maybe even by parts of the population he decided not to do it now maybe when he heads out to bangladesh brian he's going to is going to meet some. of the refugees there and everyone's waiting to see if he's going to find more or if he's going to find it's going to speak out and if he's going to find any words that directly address this crisis in in the border area between me and mark and bangladesh right boss in harvey for us there in front of that church in young dawn thanks very much for being with us. all here in berlin the pressures on the former representing the state and knowing just what to say as during tuesday's meeting

with queen elizabeth. since becoming german president eight months ago congo to steinmeyer has shaken many hands. as a buddhist with the above all the president represents the federal republic of germany what other roles ascribed to him related to domestic policy of lesser importance on how evil filled his duties which topics he addresses and prompting debate on certain things for example are all part of the job only very rarely can the player not give role in domestic affairs but it kind of goes as it should. but one night about a week and a half ago everything changed the business friendly f.d.p. party dropped out of coalition talks with the conservative alliance and the greens . suddenly germany's political stability was thrown into doubt now as head of state steinmeier has to take the reins. of talk the mandate of

forming a government is an important one and perhaps the most important one the voters gave to the parties in a democracy and this mandate remains wendy's of talk polite. for days the german presidential palace has been the center for exploratory talks aimed at forming a new government all the country's leading politicians have been summoned chancellor angela merkel the head of the social democrats martin shorts and members of the greens and the f.d.p. . steinmeier has to set aside any residual loyalties to his former party the social democrats instead he has to draw on his experience as foreign minister and play the diplomat today he has to leaders of the former grand coalition to work out whether a new grand coalition could be viable to be tied to the parties in question know each other but i don't know whether they always appreciate each other at least this

way they'll have a chance to share their reservations also how prepared they are to form a coalition again. couldn't. the presidential palace as a base for exploratory talks. are still has a lot of work to do as chief mediator. so where are those talks headed we're joined now by our political correspondent chris first brigade morning christopher what or what can we expect of these talks there well it's the first time of course that the leaders of a prospective grand coalition sitting together at the same table a grand coalition between chancellor merkel's conservatives and martin schultz is social democrats i expect the main thing that's going to happen today is that frank delta steinmeier the german president will remind everybody sitting at the table that their responsibility is to nation first and party second so essentially he'll be increasing the pressure on these people to find common ground and establish the

basis for germany's next government and they've been hearing a lot of that nation first party second over the last few days and we've now the conservatism and the social democrats the government together already in a grand coalition voters toss them out they're going to be back perhaps what would be different this time around well i think there will be a lot of can continue you know they have been in government together for eight of the last twelve years so for instance in terms of foreign policy it'll be a government that will remain firmly pro european for instance we'll see the conservatives i'm sure pro-business. pro growth is they've always been we'll see the social democrats pulling more towards strength in workers' rights raising pension payments that kind of thing that's all fairly traditional. one thing that i think will be slightly different is both parties are under pressure to contain immigration both parties lost a lot of support to the far right in september's federal election so you see

migration being a main issue again during during these talks absolutely you know the the bavarian allies of chancellor merkel they have a regional election next year they're under a lot of pressure to. at least seem to be stronger on capping immigration so that will have a pole in these negotiations but also the social democrats. you know are under pressure from workers to make sure that immigration is should we say the right kind of immigration and not too much of it ok when can we expect a functioning government to give us kind of a timeline here or a schedule of sorts well i don't expect it quickly the record length so far in german post-war history eighty six days we're going to break that record these two parties these two sides know each other well that will help but negotiations are tough both as i say are under pressure having lost

a lot of support at the last federal election don't expect a government i think before next march at the latest at the earliest at the latest i would say. we're not going to have a government before christmas ok chris for spring gave thanks very much for today the actress of the welcome. and we will be taking a closer look at what to expect from those coalition talks in the presidential palace at bellevue later in this program this is the w. news live from bill and still to come on the show giving would be migrants hope at home if they see a future for themselves there perhaps they will make the dangerous journey to europe now that at least at the heart of the summit between leaders of the un the african union will go live to abidjan with us on this now underway. well united states republican party is split about donald trump's tax cuts that's right bryan it's a cut to the tune of one point five trillion dollars over

a decade and many even in his own party are uneasy about it now senate republicans have put forward new demands to cut the proposed tax rate even further from twenty two percent down to twenty percent critics say mainly the rich would benefit the bill was passed in a house vote two weeks ago and the senate is set to vote on the measure thursday night president trump promoted the legislation at an event and charles missouri on wednesday saying the plan was rocket fuel for the u.s. economy and that u.s. economy continues to expand at a faster writes the government's just posted a three point three percent rise for the last quarter that's the quickest in three years and that's just by the nation being hit by two big hurricanes business investment is up and a strengthening economy would warrant continued reading faces but analysts have slashed for the fourth quarter growth estimates due to a slowdown in complete consumer spending and sluggish wage growth. trade

ministers from g. twenty countries are gathering in berlin today to try and avert an all out trade war over still down jobs on the threats german trade minister on it it simply says wall that chances for an agreement as slim especially since the us did not send an envoy. the amount of steel being produced in the world far exceeds demand and production doesn't appear to be slowing down for years now the steel industry has had a problem with overcapacity some manufacturers have been forced to do with they can to sell their steel including selling it at dumping prices other steel makers are now reacting. u.s. president donald trump has already threatened to impose tariffs on steel from europe and from china the world's largest producer of steel. as

a result of the situation more and more steel companies are merging to stay afloat while that my rescue company jobs are usually lost since germany's biggest. announced it was to merge with indian steel giants talked to some workers in germany. after working seven straight days a slag operator gets four days off. began his career at thirty eight years ago but now he's afraid he'll lose his job. they're going to close the. we're fighting to keep our jobs. thousand jobs here in duisburg and another two thousand and more talking over four thousand jobs. then you have to wonder who those four thousand will be. has signed a letter of intent to merge that steel business with tata steel competition from the u.s. and china has made the market highly competitive. that joining forces will make

them more formidable and allow them to become more specialized for instance with flat steel production aside shuttering plants in germany the works council feels undermined by plans to base the new entity in the netherlands where they have no representation. there are a number of new developments never seen before. the measures involving job cuts and other changes but this fifty fifty joint venture is entirely different. colleagues are really worried because there's no way to know even a hint of what our future is going to look like. horsed zimmerman who's three years away from retiring feels the best years are behind him his brother tomas who star united in the hope that the blast furnace is in duisburg and other german factories will keep firing for

a long time to come. and that's only a business it's back to broad hard the crisis on migration very much in the focus right now addressing the root causes of the crises that create refugees and containing migration is at the center of a summit underway in ivory coast capital abidjan it's our more than eighty african and european leaders are on hand to address issues that include things like high youth unemployment. which younger date these two can spell the beginning of a new life initially john had wanted to try his luck in europe but halfway into his journey into his ear he gave up and returned home to ivory coast the international organization for migration gave him a small amount of start up money for his chicken farm. shocking fish should be more of these initiatives to stop young people leaving africa that's his message to the heads of government reason just a few kilometers away. but like to see them spending more money on young people

there are so many unemployed young people many of them are highly qualified and have plans and ideas something has to change. the topic of migration is high on the agenda at the african and european union summit german chancellor angela merkel said the issue is tied to the fight against people trafficking. in recent weeks there have been shocking reports from libya detailing how african migrants have been sold as slaves. at the theme i know that in a highly emotional element to the issue. so i think there is a common interest in stopping illegal migration and instead offering legal ways for people from africa to be educated and study in europe africa. humanitarian critics say there are far too few legal possibilities for migrants but

most n.g.o.s are excluded from discussions at the summit and alternative summit for n.g.o.s was cancelled by the ivory coast security services without reason khadijah khanate was one of the organizers she thinks the official summit is undemocratic. it him it will then you need something like this is good for the governments but not for the people here i really don't think that that concerns will be heard at the summit. even these young artists are not allowed to cross the cordons they say the summit will do nothing to help them young people will continue to try their luck elsewhere as long as those in power and africa continue to ignore them. so can the summit make a real difference for young africans let's go straight to did abuse max often he joins us now from abidjan max what's it looking like are there some concrete proposals for making life better at home. european member states are

pledging about forty four billion euro within the next years to help the situations in different african countries although many leaders insisted that they had to check very thorough lee what exactly they would invest and what they would try to help those african countries with it so that's one part and the second part especially the german chess i get america mentioned which is on the african side good governance for example macro said that the young generation that's getting stronger and stronger in the african countries would help would hold their governments accountable for good governance and for fighting corruption of course those are tunes that we've heard over and over again in the last decades but participants here and of egil insisted that this time it's different it's a real new start between the european union and the african union a max things are different on a lot of levels the world was shocked at the scenes of african refugees on sales slaves in libya and apparently there's a push on right now to address that. bryan you're right about that there was an

emergency meeting called by the french president in one room our call on the topic last night and apparently the plan of some of the european member states now is to evacuate at least some of the migrants that are stuck in those terrible camps in libya the official libyan government is on board and wants a grant access to those camps and then some of the migrants would be flown back to their countries of origin others depending on their status might be flown to european union countries or other countries in the world you can see the details and still really need to be worked out but in the new way mccall said that this plan would be put into action within the next days or weeks so there is some urgency to do something about the situation on the european and on the african side briefly if you could max out what about the calls for a legal path for african migration as i getting any support there is a lot of support especially the germans are talking about legal migration for the

sake of education in the european union but the chancellor when we asked her said that this would might be open also for qualified workers or other workers again also in need to work out the details here but legal migration seems to be in the cards ok macsoftware faurisson abidjan at that summit thanks very much thanks. this is deja vu news live from berlin we're back after a short. day strength in numbers and collective intelligence small's of sticklebacks always manage to follow. yet a single one on its own can't do that. so how do songs develop such capabilities. research his have found

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germany's conservatives and social democrats have governed the country with relatively little friction but after the s.p.d. stinging election losses in september the party initially ruled out continuing their coalition with shouts of michael's conservatives but after the failure of talks with other parties germany's president has now called on the social democrats to rethink that position today all americans conservatives and s.p.d. leaders will come together at a meeting hosted by the german president for a while to steinmeyer but there is no guarantee they will eventually agreed to another grand coalition who would obey our reports on the likely sticking points expected during those talks. the two get along well and respect each other and call on to foreign ministers. if it were just up to the c.d.u. chief and the former leader of the social democrats negotiations for the grand coalition would be rather straightforward but many s.p.d.

members are still reeling from the poor election results they now want the conservatives to pay a high price for a new edition of a grand coalition one of the core demands is that the state spend more money on social welfare programs. in a bid to combat old age poverty the s.p.d. wants to increase state pensions using tax funds and they want to limit temporary work contracts something the conservative alliance is opposed to. there's also disagreement when it comes to refugee policy the s.p.d. wants to allow close relatives of refugees in germany to join them but so far the c.d.u. c.s.u. has blocked this plan the social democrats in turn reject the demand by the conservatives for an upper limit on the number of refugees allowed into germany the s.p.d. and the conservatives have few differences when it comes to foreign and e.u. policy gabriele would like to remain foreign minister and even conservatives agree

that they sometimes abrasive has been an effective foreign minister. the only difference is that the s.p.d. sympathizes with the french president's ideas on e.u. reform such as a called money european finance policy the conservative alliance rejects many of my close plans but say they're still waiting to talk there's no guarantee that a new edition of the grand coalition will succeed but on at least say negotiations should not take as long as recent talks between the conservatives and two of the smaller parties after all yes of working together have led to a certain family oddity. so could we see some quick results today for more of these talks of spring in venice on a veteran journalist discovered berlin politics for decades good morning to you thanks for being a warning that thank you for having me do you see germany in the end having a repeat of the grand coalition that voters actually kicked out well it will be high noon at eight o'clock in the evening today for anglo-american lend the two

other party leaders involved the whole day over from the bavarians just a party says you and montrose from the of social democrats because for the first time they go there together and they have to make it clear what they really want to the german president and my r. . and d.n.c. to do to your question is we will both probably have a grand coalition a rerun of the past four years ok the espy's put out some some big possible sticking points though some preconditions as on the whole well but that's a normal process i mean they think they are strong position right now although they are the real losers they have been the real losers in the last elections and they only have twenty percent of the. share and that does not really give them a very very strong position but it's as i said it's a very normal process you make demands and the other side will call to make demands

and in the end you have to come together that's that's the way it goes and they do know each other very well absolutely they have been. together for eight you twice and the grand coalition now now germany has a caretaker government officially right now and there's a lot of concern in with germany's european partners that the anchor of european stability is breaking loose you've covered german politics for decades now has germany ever been this unstable. well the short answer is no. but it is not as unstable as the rest of the world right now obviously the things. that we do have a working caretaker government and the most important thing is both parties pro european and so the rest of the world and especially europe can relax about this i mean there may be some differences about money how to spend it how to give it to

other european countries they will have some debates but basically both parties pro european pro nato there may be some differences when it comes to russia. the sanction question and things like that that my may make a difference we'll have to see that but overall when it comes to foreign policy the you will see continuity ok so you think there will be an agreement we will see a grand coalition sometime in march perhaps sometime sometime in march maybe. it will take a while ok now but but let me jump in there wouldn't this this new grand coalition the grand coalition two point wouldn't be a weak one. how powerful would it be i mean it's the number of seats it has and parliament isn't like the last time around none about it but it's enough i mean if they if they find common ground and i do think in the end they will have enough

votes to to govern in a stable way what we will see in the next weeks is some struggle within the s.p.d. . the party base is basically a lot of people in the party base especially the young ones are against a new grand coalition and therefore the party leadership will have to make a strong effort to get these people on board. it's important point out yesterday's don't to vote on this right yes absolutely and there is a there is a there's there's no guarantee it goes through them. very true. though just the open question right now how would the bed go how would the s.p.d. base react just as a such a special of the young people they say we don't want that anymore but my guess is it's an educated guess that in the end after a lot of back and forth even the party base will follow the leadership and we will see a new grand coalition and not we will not see new fresh elections ok we'll see the

first sketch of what that might look like later today venice thanks so much for being with us thank you for having me lawler news now and rival palestinian groups fatah and hamas say they have agreed to postpone the handover of power in the gaza strip until december the tenth now that transfer was originally scheduled for tomorrow friday as part of a reconciliation deal in that ending a decade of hostility between hamas and president abbas as fatah movement which runs the west bank palestinians living in gaza have had to endure years of hardship and are hoping for better days ahead like the two young women you're about to meet to yearn to get out and experience the world beyond gaza. asthma and such a how the a twenty one from gaza. it's a beautiful day and the twin sisters are heading out to make another video. on you

tube then known as the holy twins. video. with more of. the culture people food traditions the subjects are diverse their mood always positive a dedication to making the world a better place. and considering how depressing life is here it could come across as naive or as propaganda for the radical islamist group hamas which until now has governed the territory but that would miss the point entirely asma and such are well aware how hopeless life can feel on the poverty stricken strip of coast and how much it can stink literally the local electricity crisis means surge here flows directly into the sea. being. twenty years.

like i had enough although. it was you yourself. thirsting first for yourself first and then and then. how are you do was standing for that thing. you want to. go on for whatever her dream was. their dream is to ride along the beach what might seem simple is a pretty crazy idea for women and girls as macho islamist society. and such are studying architecture their father is a university professor education is a recurring theme on the channel they emphasize it's important especially for women

. and like many young women they love shopping too but it's worth noting that their family is both well off and not involved in politics at all. that said the twins blame israeli politics for the squalor in gaza and they accuse the palestinian hamas and fatah groups of expediency and a lack of interest in the widespread suffering. in their port of gaza video they simply have to feature this photography exhibition. there are thousand photos on display documenting life in the ten years since hamas seized power and israel imposed its blockade. it's called to look a thousand miles and a fasten tears of those dreaming of freedom. the twins like the title because although they might appear to be extremely positive they are only too aware how

closely linked joy and sadness are. they're still haunted by these images. the most recent war in gaza was in the summer of two thousand and fourteen. sodje had just finished school the long carefree summer months may have. but then came the bombs. a life lived in constant fear traumatised them. if this work for me was. i turning point in my life i was always carrying a philosophy or an idea to join those all of the school but after that i gave up. because i myself. and i cannot like the. photographer better is a kindred spirit for them he too is an irrepressible optimist determined to find

beauty in the darkest of experiences the three convinced that at least when it comes to out the struggle for survival as a gift it nurtures creativity. i can carry the i'm really happy you know yeah i'm very you know my like every post i think. despite their apparent extroverted nature particularly as must the two young women regularly take time out to meditate it's a way of focusing inwards and away from what is happening around them. and. then you are. until it becomes possible they'll keep sending their videos about gotham into the

world. well our last months. following what's happening right now in reykjavik they no doubt are the questions being asked there are women gaining equality when it comes to political leadership over four hundred female political leaders from around the world are meeting in iceland right now to assess how much progress is being made on equality not only in politics but across the board new research suggests that men's earnings for example are rising much faster than women's and the proportion of women represented a national parliament stands at less than a quarter. our correspondent sheila governor's there in reykjavik covering that meeting for us michelle good morning to you the research would indicate progress on equality is stalling right now does the summit think it is a man's world. well it clearly is that the

statistics really speak for themselves you mentioned a couple yourself but only five point six percent of heads of government in this world are actually women with the women being half of the population less than twenty percent partake in actual government minister ial posts for instance that's just simply not good enough i mean that's not a surprising message coming out of here but it is a very complex issues getting to the heart of what this glass ceiling is in individual political context in different cultures and i had the opportunity to speak to the most powerful woman in iran muslim a car about this very issue she said yes women do sometimes also have different priorities but when you listen closely to the interview we're about to play you can also hear that she sees the way men strive for power directly linked to the very conflicts you also saw in that report to the potential for conflict

also that we see in the middle east so let's listen in to the vice president of iran there. usually in the in the men severe you see that they're trying to get into power at any price by any means and that is what makes the world today so materialistic and we have so many conflicts and there's so much talk about war and conflict and the sales of arms and weapons that is taking. its toll on humanity today and that's because usually what is at stake is the fact that men want to get into power by any means at any price but it's different for a woman and woman they don't have that kind of an ambition they usually see things either. through activism it's important for them to object to have

a set of objectives and targets to reach those objectives and targets and to deliver properly being trustworthy is very important for a woman addressing the the sufferings and the pains of the people is very important usually for women and they don't seek power for power they don't seek power for their selfish interests i think that that is also an issue which maybe in some competitions and some. puts woman. may be difficult position because she doesn't want to compete for the sake of power she has loftier objectives now in your home country iran you are clearly the exception it's a very male dominated society many people actually take the view that women are more oppressed in iran how did you convince the men around you to actually support

you in your collective political ambition that's not actually the picture any longer i was the first spice woman vice pres. interview iran in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven during the president tammy's government he was the first president to appoint a woman vice president and i was the head of the party to the environment for eighteen years and also after that we had a woman minister minister of health. and now we have three women vice presidents in iraq what made the difference for those women that you're mentioning now. the difference was that well they i think what they did the efforts that they made the change they brought about the fact that. in many different areas not only at the level of vice minister is vice presidents or at the level of a government but also at the level of the public for example in councils in in the

cities in the urban areas in the rural areas educated women started appearing in started. they were voted for and they came into the scene and then the n.g.o.s the n.g.o.s in iran they made a great change and well the legal framework was there there's no obstacle to women's advancement in iran and i think that the women themselves they they took this opportunity for granted and they made a they took great steps strides in education now in our universities more than fifty percent of the students are woman about twenty seven percent of the professors are women in our universe we have so many women in sports now with olympic medals with you mention there's a academia sports civil society artists yes but when it comes down to politics

women are still widely under represented what you feel in your society needs to change i think that's the that's the competition the political the very fierce political competition that we have between the different parties and. the fact that we need more woman and i think that we have to work for more representation in the parliament we currently have sixteen women m.p.'s but that has to increase we're looking for a thirty percent. again. in now the government we have a decree by the president he has targeted thirty percent. of the decision making positions and the management posts in the government have to be allocated to woman by twenty twenty so that's an important target that the president has said we're also looking for a similar target in the parliament we hope that in the upcoming elections woman

will be able to occupy more than thirty percent of the parliament seats so the educated iranian woman is emerging in the society and there's a lot of hope for the future if there's just one obstacle you could remove for women in your country what with that being. the major obstacle is the cultural issues in the stigma sometimes and that has to be done through education there has to be a lot of education on the important role that women can play as mentors a scholar's as politicians the change that they can bring about and how well they can solve the current challenges that we have in our government in our society i think that changing those perceptions that is the the major issue that we have ahead of us. so we're changing perceptions culture and education no matter what the context the specific context

of women political leaders meeting here in reykjavik is these are the core issues they want to get out in their society and certainly throughout to many industrialized countries already but also in the middle east in countries like saudi arabia there's also already more than fifty percent of women in universities and yet you still see them don't see them in leadership posts that something everybody wants to tackle that's also something where women hope to get more momentum when it comes to men supporting their cause who of course would have to give up some of their power if women are ready to claim their stake on the political horizon globally but also in every individual country michelle what about some of the other parents we heard about the opinion there from iran what are some of the main obstacles from from others that you've been talking to at the summit to achieving equal opportunity well i also heard from countries

like for instance from the president of lithuania who said that really it was also up to women to have more confidence to believe in themselves and to just go out and do it because they are basically already doing everything so changing attitudes is also addressed women as much as it is men as whole societies and you might be right for asking that why are we here and break you while the first elected president head of state was elected here in nine hundred eighty she now is a national icon she was also here at this summit and her message was every father every boy knows that the girls in the family are just as smart as the boys michelle and dr. drew is not a reykjavik thanks so much for being with us from the summit michel. now we're taking you to vend the a tranquil little town and the black forest in the south of germany is where the

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