this is the wu news live from berlin poland's prime minister visits the german capital and he's explaining a lot today this after warsaw makes it illegal to say poland murdered jews in the second world war and then tells its citizens abroad to stoop on critics will get more from our correspondent also coming up. a spotlight on security top defense ministers diplomats and world leaders gather at the munich security conference to assess the biggest threats facing the world. and south africa's new president gets

to work after the optimism of his inauguration cyril ramaphosa will be laying out the challenges facing the country today in his state of the nation address. plus the berlin film festivals first animated opening feature. because of the verdict on wes anderson's aisle of dogs and there's a look at the starring role being played by the meet to campaign at this year's festival. i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to the show the polish prime minister is here in berlin today for a visit that was meant to ease tensions with western neighbors instead it will be explaining the country's new policies not only as poland told its citizens abroad to report any criticism of the country to its embassies it also stands accused of

whitewashing its role in the holocaust with a controversy all new law. in warsaw history is never far away. it's a city built on the ruins left by more than five years of brutal nazi german occupation during world war two more than seventy years on and poland's present government worries that memory of the war is blurring inside and outside the country. particularly when it comes to the fate of poland's three million jewish day shifting the blame for nazi crimes committed on polish soil to the poles themselves and downplaying christian poles support for their persecuted jewish battery is when president obama mistaking referred to auschwitz as a polish death camp back in twenty twelve he it's a rule no. a government sponsored p.r. campaign seeks to redress that imbalance youtube ads targeted it uses in europe in israel seek to open foreigners eyes to poland's war record.

more controversially a new law makes it a criminal offense to attribute nazi crimes to the polish nation its critics fear it could effectively criminalize open discussion of the holocaust rendering stories of individual polls collaboration off limits the new legislation has drawn stiff criticism from israel and the u.s. but for now the government seems unimpressed. by the bench of who you are this law will protect the polish nation and the polish people from false accusations it's just like the laws against holocaust denial is going to go on your holocaust. but for this m.p. from poland's governing party the present lore is not the end of the line when it comes to addressing his country's troubled past the g.a.m. say it to the present day germany has still not paid poland war reparations to poland lost twelve million of its citizens and fifty percent of the territory no

one has made amends for this. carolyn of the guru is an expert on historical memory and poland's jewish community she says the law was rushed through in a hurry and is dangerously vague it is visible that the government did not expect such or such a reaction that the law was actually poorly prepared and that they werent able to foresee the consequences. we head toward only surviving pre-war synagogue before the holocaust the city's jewish community numbered some three hundred thousand people today fewer than ten thousand remain but how is the new law being received here people do not feel restrained as such but people feel is there a place for me in poland today and it's a harbel statement for me to say the poles suffered horribly during world war two there were fantastic euros of the righteous among the nations the best people in

the world and you also have individual poles and sometimes even groups of poles that collaborated with the germans and led to the murder of jews all those statements are true and in a democratic free poland we need to be able to say them openly without any fear of being prosecuted in court. is booming leaving of a few a physical reminders of the war on the city streets but the memory shows no sign of fading quite the opposite as the question of who and what to remember comes to dominate poland's politics. and not only at home but now abroad as well let's bring in the author of that report. nick is the polish government prepared to prosecute citizens living abroad who do not share its view of world war two history. good morning brian well that is the big mystery around this law that's just come into effect the example that you're

always given when you ask the supporters of this bill why they needed was this famous for quote by barack obama back in twenty twelve about polish death camps obviously. with this low or without it they're not going to get barack obama they the u.s. not been extracted if they tried to get him so i think this is more about symbol politics this is about. showing that they won't stand for it this is about perhaps trying to get within poland to prevent schools and university researches or to discourage them from dealing with these topics and internationally as the voluntary we spoke to said to start a debate rather than actually to bring people into prison which actually following them i can't know what's behind the push to get poles living abroad to turn in their fellow ex-pats for expressing a different opinion or being critical of poland but

this was a pretty extraordinary headline yesterday this letter that had been sent to e-mail sent to poles living in germany and indeed in other countries by the respect to polish embassies and seems to be like something straight out of the head on playbook. there's been talk from senior figures here of poles duty's to stand up for poland potence good name internationally the. most senior figure in the ruling party talks about historical counter-attack and i think there's a real feeling here or at least that's the the line they're pushing that poland has being badly treated internationally in terms of its reputation that it's commit its contribution in world war two and its history its track record has been misrepresented and this is the way they see this is a chance to right those wrongs their opposite their opponents in poland would say that this is actually just a cynical ploy to rally support to create

a sort of patriotic talking point to distract for their issues. ok nic thanks so much for that bring us up to date on what is a story i'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more of in the days ahead. now global security is in the spotlight at the munich security council which opens today that includes some of the biggest challenges facing the world right now from syria to north korea the very capitals preparing to kick off the end you will high profile event it has the ploy four thousand police officers the three day forum brings together world leaders top diplomats and military experts from nato the e.u. and the u.n. to discuss global security policy. and interviews chief political editor michele a customer is following the conference on the ground for us in munich rachela what are the main issues set for discussion. well the big question is what does it take to maintain international security to also set a new framework following this past year particular of the trump presidency in the

united states last year this was all about this kind of soft election what would the trumpet ministration do this year it's clear that the united states is withdrawing from several regions in the world and that really puts different power plays on the map here now we will hear at the beginning from germany's defense minister also to fund the line and her french counterpart and anybody who expected it german french key note pointing towards the future will soon realise that germany of course here is still stuck in the process of forming a new government so that really isn't expected to produce something really completely new on the political landscape but the big question of what is nato is contribution in the future what does it take for nato members to strengthen nato overall and what does a nato members turkey and the united states now potentially facing each other in syria mean for the alliance and more cooperation so

a lot of questions on the table ok michelle what do participants where you are there in munich consider the biggest threats right now to global security. it's the uncertainty that there are more conflicts that there are complex conflicts and that the united states have withdrawn as a power broker in many regions and one issue where we might be able to see some kind of progress is on the question of ukraine where the so-called normandy form might actually meet on the sidelines as he said it would be towards that that might actually happen this evening and the big overarching question is security is still a question for the battlefield or has this not already completely moved to the digital age and that is partly by the fact that we have high high members of companies like alphabet the parent company of google but also microsoft is sitting around the table with security but it's almost obvious security experts

to talk about security of the future in the digital age michelle thanks so much for now much more over the next three days from. now for some of the other stories making news this hour a vigil in parklane florida has paid tribute to the seventeen victims of wednesday's high school shooting many of the people attending called for stricter gun controls authorities say the nineteen year old used a semiautomatic rifle to carry out the second deadliest school shooting in american history. a major rift has opened up in australia's fragile coalition government as the deputy prime minister refused to resign over an affair with a female staff member barnaby joyce blasted prime minister malcolm turnbull's condemnation of his behavior as inapt joyce is a married father of four who had an affair with his former press secretary who is now pregnant. it is the first day of the chinese a lunar new year in sunny beijing thousands of people visited

a towers temple to pray for good luck many also taking part in other customers that are supposed to bring good fortune like throwing coins at a bell underneath a bridge. well south africa's new president cyril ramaphosa will be giving a state of the nation address later today is expected to lay out his plans for reviving the country after the jacob zuma europe now he's already promised to tackle corruption one of the key issues that brought down his predecessor but with the country's economy struggling he could face a tough job living up to all the optimism of his inauguration i didn't plan. now. paul said on that in part we got some of the thanks the moment the nation had been waiting for the new leader promising a break from the past was the issues that you have just issues that have to do with corruption issues of how we can straighten out all state owned enterprises and how

we do with states. is issues that are on our radar screen and i would try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of south africa thank you very much. and on the streets there was jubilation as south africans welcomed their new president. to glory and people who people because they've got. to get on the boil that is my new place. today's day i'm like i'm rich this is the happiest day of my life. has gone out in who did the use offsets that think it's graeme opposed his political career spans more than four decades he was a close ally of nelson mandela and played

a key role in south africa's transition to democracy later overlooked by mandela brehm opposed to focused on his business interests said to be worth around three hundred sixty million euros now in the top job in farming to tackle corruption there are many challenges ahead. south africa is rich in resources but many live without electricity or running water health care and schooling remains rudimentary in much of the country eight out of ten nine year olds are illiterate unemployment remains alarmingly high more than two thirds of young people a job less. a look has been lost and it's going to take several years to recapture lost ground without a doubt. but hopefully hundred new leadership especially in the realm of course we would story who invest some of that lost ground and in the longer to the sky's the limit with this country. the task of reconstruction has now

begun. to change and yes south africa's near leader who set out his plans in more detail in a speech on friday evening. this is the interview news still to come on the show wes anderson's new film isle of dogs opens the berlin film festival was it a pedigree picture or a mater of a movie our film critic has the very. first assigned a look at our crypto currency markets make some waves yep saudi arabia central bank has signed a deal with the u.s. based cryptocurrency ripple which was designed especially for banks and global money transfers the program will allow banks in saudi arabia to use ripple software to settle payments and into and out off the country it is its first cooperation with a central bank other banks such as u.b.s. and santander are already cooperating with the startup from silicon valley. and

staying with money hyperinflation has hit them as a way of cash is increasingly short supply that is bad news for everyone aside from a few tech companies that have been able to carve out a niche amid the crisis. this is the kind of scene you can expect if you're hoping to access cash in venezuela soaring prices have led to shortages in paper money and long lines at a.t.m. . but the country's hyper inflation has produced some surprise winners in the business world small tech companies offering shoppers mobile payments one of them is very cold its founders has been its way less economic crisis has sped up what was already a burgeoning trend. we saw in twenty ten and twenty eleven that other tronic payments were going to be a trend globally. in

a moment that what's happened is that it's accelerated in some countries for various reasons so perhaps our economy will become cashless before that of denmark effect which put more effort into a minute in the market. last year the company saw a thirty fold increase in customers those availing of the service say it's made shopping easier. to make that point that i've made that i think that for me personally it's very practical to pay with people because it enables transactions all the way that the only thing missing is more information about how to manage the art and it's technology. that's you know all that it is but that things are looking at the money going. out to developers in venezuela usually don't need too much starting capital salary expectations among coders are no electricity and data costs

next to nothing still the boom in mobile payment ups is a result of the bust in nearly every other sector of the economy. almost all over the world again like food is not just a trend it's grown into a massive industry every supermarket now. days as a section that's off as a wide variety of damocles grown vegetables gannett need and organic eggs but where are these eggs coming from and what makes them organic a lot of effort for one and the use of mobile chicken coops. when temperatures drop below freezing farmer rathod and spreads out a carpet of hay for his chickens. we put down the straw to coax out the chickens that way the birds feel more protected but you know they think. they prefer to stay close to the coop actually farm or out and once to

lure them across the ice to the greener pasture the farther they roam the better it's a real problem if the more than one thousand chickens only congregate in one place . the area around the chicken coop is contaminated with feces and parasites which can make them sick we're not allowed to use preventative medicines like antibiotics when raising organic poultry so you have to think of ways to reduce the risk of disease that's why the mobile coop comes in handy. every two weeks the farmer uses his tractor to move the coop that way the fields can recover and the chickens aren't left scratching and pecking around in soggy soil. everything looks good here if they're running around and a lot of moisture or it's really wet outside and there's no green grass that can irritate their feet which increases the risk of inflammation and fissures but

that's not a problem here looks good. small mobile chicken coops have been around for a long time but for about two years the company farm o.b.o. has been building large scale mobile coops that house up to thirteen hundred organic chickens the birds lay their eggs in shelf next boxes then they're collected on computer controlled conveyor belts like in larger barns but c.e.o. fance vets hope doesn't want to build the mobile coops anymore. you can build anything but then it's not really fully mobile. anymore we've gotten away from the real purpose of having mobility. but for it still pays automatic feeding and thermostat control make his organic operation economically viable. by manual labor costs must be kept in check otherwise it isn't feasible that unfortunately is a problem in the organic sector we have to maintain

a certain level of efficiency just to keep the business going. for it. that's why the audience organic eggs constable ten to fifteen cents more than those from large scale organic operations. well from chicken now to animated dogs bryant is shaping up to be a canine classic already berlin's international film festival known as the billion dollar kicked off last night and the opening film this year was wes anderson's dystopian animated feature of dogs tilda swinton and bill murray among the stars lending their voices to the characters in the story of a pack of dogs marooned on a bleak japanese island now this is the first time an animation has opened the berlin film festival. i bet he not only has never seen the likes of this before drummers drumming in the opening movie and director wes

anderson and been mary jump up to join in the music while when fans who have been waiting in the cold for hours while tilda swinton is busy signing autographs. it's not the first time that the west enders and finn has opened the band but one thing is the first opening the festival with an animated feature. i love dogs a second a disco piano future japan but the mc proportions outbreak of dog flu rips through the city of make a song. mayor kobayashi issues emergency orders. calling for at least the fodder to trash island becomes an exotic on. the isle of dogs scarlett johansson jeff goldblum and a host of other top class actors provided they are voices for the dogs and they seemingly took preparing for the jump very seriously ever i went with diet i just

started doing a lot of dry food and then just everyone throw something out of a board and i bark. yeah i got it but there's got to be a reason for me i'm not alarmed i'm the fin takers the issue of political corruption above all populists turning people against an entire specious and movie was a political meaning even though it wasn't planned that way to the island because. we've been working on this movie a long time the world began to change in the movie and we offset. it seems kind of right for the moment. so you know maybe there were tiny places along the way where we were getting new inspirations from real life that were finding their way into the movie. and now all of the movie has found its way to the berlin film festival in competition for the pristine. it's golden and their banners. and our very own star of this over screen is here with us now scott roxburgh of already you're out

and about last night how was it was great i mean billing can really do a good opening movie and this was this with this had everything that the stars we saw so many of them i was looking over the next row and it was bill murray jeff goldblum bryan cranston tilda swinton greg airwave i thought wow this is some of what i want to look at the job that i have you know it was just amazing and it's it was the exact right film because it's this is a big gray it's a cold the umbrella and have a film like this which is upbeat positive and and really a joy from beginning to end was was amazing i mean if i had a tail now i'd be wagging it ok like that in the film there were about to get to first i want want to talk about the me too movement and and that played an element there was a lot of debate before opening night about you know raising sexual where innocent you know sex crimes in hollywood elsewhere yeah i mean obviously the me to move was started with the allegations against producer harvey weinstein last year that is really dominated the conversation in the entertainment industry is started in

hollywood but has spread around the world also here here in germany it was a topic of conversation before the festival and it's going to be a top conversation throughout the festival there was a petition started just before the start of the belly nala to actually show solidarity with victims of sexual harassment abuse by symbolically changing the color of the carpet from red to black you might remember the grammys and the golden globes everyone were black symbols solidarity for victims of sexual harassment and abuse there were suggestions that do that to the festival itself decided not to they said they supported the idea but they thought it would be too symbolic gesture and they wanted to delve deeper into the issues and also try to find solutions which is what. a lot will going to be happening i mean there are a number of films. on the panel tonight so he'll not tonight but more and more on doing a panel on diversity and gender balance in cinema that's just one of the there's

all through the city throughout the next two weeks of the bell and i'll be a lot of discussion on this issue and also what concrete steps to be taken to change things so it doesn't just become a passing so concrete steps pacific push right now to exact a specific push how can the industry be changed ok we have a little bit talk about isle of dogs you loved it yeah i know your dog i am as well not just for dog lovers but definitely for dog lovers it's a beautiful film it's a wes anderson is one my favorite directors he's such a careful corky director and this film it's motion animation so these are our puppets handcrafted puppets that are then animated in in the film the story is sort of this crazy adventure tale. of dogs who are all sent to this trash islands basically to die and then one owner a little boy called atari. goes to the island and rescue his dog and they do so

actually rescue all the canine kind. but this movie is the details every little aspect the way the dogs talk the way they move the whole setting of the film in the backdrops and i can't really about any what doth love this film. because i'm not so much of the cat in this film i also support to be honest but but it's just that the light filled movie is a presence in the perfect start of the bell and all that and i'd highly recommend anyone to go see it can't wait to see it's got rocks froze over scott thanks very much. this is the debate is live from berlin wall more on the bell and all of course in the days ahead for now though thanks so much for being with us. to.

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