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this is news live from berlin tackling global security threats world leaders are gathered here in germany for day two of the munich security conference british prime minister theresa main stresses the need for good times with europe after brags that long germany's foreign ministers to europe and the u.s. should look to their historical ties we'll talk to our correspondent on the ground for the latest also coming up. dennis you down in berlin the german turkish journalist was released after spending a year in
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a turkish prison and in this video published on twitter you jail thanked his supporters but he expressed regret for the many jailed journalists he's leaving behind. hello and welcome i'm mary and i haven't seen it's good to have you with us during . security in the european union after bragg's it and transatlantic ties in the trump era those were the topics dominating a second day of speeches at the munich security conference here in germany german foreign ministers the goblin hill and british prime minister to resign may were among the leaders that took to the podium to outline global security challenges and their vision to fix them in the event is considered the most important annual gathering of security policy makers from around the world. standing by for us in munich is mission to krishna our chief political editor. so the german foreign
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minister is in my gob to get was the first leader to speak this morning and he expressed concern about u.s. foreign policy under the trump administration let's have a listen to what he had to say. perhaps this explains why we germans are sometimes eritrea today when we look across the atlantic. that we are no longer. to recognize america these days. we measure america by deeds by words by tweets. all right michelle was so speaking there what kind of policy then does gum pale want to see from the trumpet ministration. well before you went into that comment praised america's traditional role of also defending interests of its allies in europe now that is something the united states also general
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a master who we heard here has recommitted to at the same time he criticized that there was a global architecture there is this not just perceived but actual withdrawal of the united states from many regions in the world and he said that others would move in quite specifically china would move in to broaden out its concept for the world singling out china of course as in his view the only country that really has a long term vision and he basically criticized that neither the united states has this nor does the european union also he back to the iran nuclear deal once again which has been once again criticized by general mcmaster as something that is deeply flawed while this is seen something as something that is a model really for resolving conflicts for the future so both sides are quite a way apart on that issue at the same time we've heard the almost usual rhetoric here of recommitting to nato and to this alliance of defense on the other big
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topic of course was bragg said and british prime minister theresa may spoke earlier let's have a listen to what she had to say. the u.k. is just as committed to europe's security in the future as we have been in the past europe security is security and that is why i have said and i say again today that the united kingdom is conditionally committed to maintaining it. all right arisa mistaking their mission how was the british prime minister's case for a new security partnership with the e.u. greeted by the audience in munich. already what she knocked out was seen as a. if and that was one of the first things that britain signaled is that security would be off the table when it comes to renegotiating its relationship to the european union post rex it and what we really heard today is him opting out what
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would be lost if they couldn't be any agreement found that this close corporation is vital both for british security interests also for european security interests which raises the question why does the map or doubt if everybody is aware of it anyway while there is some kind of clue to that in a comment. was asked about this later on the european commission president said that he would certainly want to see a separation of security issues and other issues in those negotiations of a postbox agreement so some question marks at least more to be discussed all right michelle and i krishna reporting from the munich security conference many thanks indeed now to some of the other stories making news around the world a pakistani man has been sentenced to death in the case of a six year old girl who was raped and left to die in a garbage dump her murder sparked violent clashes between angry protesters and police prosecutors said the attacker confessed to killing eight girls in total u.s.
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president donald trump has been meeting survivors of wednesday's school shooting in florida which claimed the lives of seventeen people even sit at a hospital and praised medical staff for their work following the massacre the f.b.i. has come under heavy criticism for failing to properly investigate a tip off about the gunman. a magnitude seven point two earthquake has hit southern and central mexico there have been no reports of casualties or major damage so far but some towns have opened emergency shelters in preparation the tremor comes just five months after a major quake devastated the capital mexico city. now german turkish journalist denis new jail has arrived back in germany after spending a year in a turkish prison news of his release came yesterday as six other turkish journalists were jailed for life over alleged involvement in twenty sixteen's
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failed coup attempt german politicians have reacted with relief at the news but you jel still faces charges of spreading terrorist propaganda in turkey. touching down at the apple it done as your child was once again on safe ground freedom at last after one long year in prison the german turkish journalist spoke his first public was in a video posted on twitter last night. i think everyone who supported me all here three hundred sixty seven days if i remember correctly my lawyers my people my friends from the president his campaign my family the german government for its efforts and of course most of all through my beloved elect. and it was his wife who was the first to embrace him outside the prison walls.
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you child was held in istanbul's high security syllabary jail with months in solitary confinement. the correspondent for devotes newspaper was detained a year ago on allegations of spreading terrorist propaganda. until yesterday no formal charges have been brought against him nothing to explain why he was kept under pretrial detention for more than a year of course. he's not independent at all. now prosecutors are seeking up to eighteen years imprisonment. but they opted to free him ahead of a trial german diplomats score to ten from jail german chancellor angela merkel had pressed for you child's release. because for him and his wife all this in the system we know that there are also other cases of people perhaps less
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well known who remain in prison in techie and we hope that their legal proceedings will also be resolved quickly. as you charles released was announced a court in the same building sentence six other journalists to life in prison without parole among them the prominent brother mehmet and. those accused of being involved in techies failed two thousand and sixteen coup attempt. to the united states now where a grand jury has indicted thirteen russian nationals and three russian companies for allegedly meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election the charges are part of the probe into alleged ties between donald trump's campaign and russia russia denies trying to sway the poll and president trump says his election campaign did nothing wrong. fake news is how
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donald trump seen here with the russian president vladimir putin in hamburg brazil was dismissed accusations that his campaign colluded with russia during the race for the white house the thirty seven page indictment sets out an alleged conspiracy by named russians hiding behind hundreds of thousands of fake online identities to smear trump's opponent hillary clinton sama said to have held political rallies in the u.s. while posing as americans. the defendants allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the united states with the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general among the accused or this man you have kenny precaution once a humble sausage stand proprietor and convicted mafia member now he's known as putin chef and the owner of one of st petersburg's most exclusive restaurants
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precaution is said to have helped fund the so-called troll factory an internet agency in the same city alleged to have been behind bogus social media postings this indictment serves as a reminder that people are not always who they appear to be in the. indictment alleges that the russian conspirators want to promote discord in the united states and undermine public confidence in democracy we must not allow them to succeed. trump himself is not named in the indictment but took to twitter in response the russian activity began in twenty fourteen he says before he declared he would run for president the trump campaign did nothing wrong no collusion nonetheless the president remains under investigation for possible obstruction of justice. and shadowy russian meddling in u.s. affairs remains a pressing concern crawl's also likely to target november's midterm elections
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according to the combined heads of the american intelligence agencies. all right it's been an eventful day eight so far at the winter games and chung we saw history on the ice in a major shock on the ski slopes. force and joins me now to break it all down so alina let's start with that big upset in the women's super tell us what happened so it was definitely one of the biggest upsets in the history of the winter games so what happened. there catherine she's a twenty two year old from the czech republic she's a two sport athlete her main sport is actually snowboarding and he seals skis those are not even that she had to borrow them from somebody what else and she was really seen as a threat people didn't realize how good she was and at the end because i really thought when it comes along and she just knew everybody away. and
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until today it's really interesting because you can even see the shock in her face she was surprised she thought it was a mistake but until today she thought that she was the best snowboarder but it turns out she's the better skier so some hidden talents there for sure well and what about in men's figure skating we hear we saw history being made tell us about we did an all saints to that man over there when you he's the first man to win back to back titles in the men's figure skating that has. been done for the past sixty six years and just look at him he's elegant he is a medic he is magic on ice and he actually was even struggling with an ankle injury he's had that since november was so he knew he had to push himself and at the end it was a one two for japan and they also took so silver and is also a special day because javier hernandez who took bronze that's the man on the right and that's the first time that an impi gold in figure skating for spain and you see
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all those we need those we need to prove we're going to get the bad but there's a reason why you see all the stuffed animals and i don't know i have to ask what is it with all those winnie the toys so those actually harmed you the japanese figure skaters that was because you know that won gold that's his lucky charm and there was so much but because of sponsor and branding reasons he's not allowed to bring them with him on the ice so a lot of fans now always bring them with him throw him throw them on the ice and they all go to a good cause actually he donates all those we need to put stuffed animals to charity is all he'll make a lot of kids happy after that performance and yeah i mean i don't know i wonder if those good luck charms had anything to do with him winning the gold i mean athletes can be very superstitious indeed and it certainly didn't hurt. to talk if indeed only as far as thank you so much. a quick reminder now of our top story day tuesday munich security conference is underway here in germany and british
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prime minister theresa may and germany's foreign minister is it my god via among today's notable speakers the annual three day conference is seen as one of the most important events on the diplomatic calendar. they're up to date now on d w news will be back at the top of the hour. g.w. turned diversity. where the world of science is at home in many languages. on top of a program to go on the river be sure you can you tell us that our innovations magazine for any show of ours from the free week and looking to the future on d w dot com science and research for.

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