this is d.w. news live from berlin tackling global security threats world leaders are gathered here in germany for day two of the munich security conference and british prime minister to resign may stresses the need for good ties with europe after brands it while germany's foreign ministers say it's europe and the u.s. should look to their historical ties soon we'll talk to our correspondent on the ground for the latest also coming up denis you jel touches down in berlin the german turkish journalist was released after spending a year in a turkish prison and this video aired on twitter on the shelf thanked his

supporters going to express regret for the many jailed journalists he's leaving behind. hello and welcome to the program i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. security in the european union after bragg said and transatlantic time is in the trump area those were the topics dominating a second day of speeches if in munich security conference here in germany german foreign minister gabriele and british prime minister to rescind may were among the leaders that took to the podium to outline global security challenges and their visions to fix them the event is considered to be the most important annual gathering of security policy makers from around the world. standing by for us in

munich is mission of the krishna our chief political editor. so the german foreign minister is in my gob 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 irritated when we look across the atlantic. that we no longer. recognize america these days. we measure america by deeds by words by tweets. all right michelle so the governor speaking there what kind of policy then does gun care want to see from the trumpet ministration. before he went into back home and basically praised america's traditional role of also defending interests of its allies in europe now that is something the united states also general masuk 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. 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 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 and the other big 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 your 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 erisa may staking their mission and how was the british prime minister. as 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 given 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 here is home mopping out what 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 he map it out if everybody is aware of it anyway well there is some kind of clue to that in a comment applies on food 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 for now german turkish journalist dan as you jel 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

failed coup attempt german politicians have reacted with relief at the news but you jealous still faces charges of spreading terrorist propaganda in turkey. touching down at butlins take a at port denis your child was once again on safe ground freedom at last after one long year in prison the german tarkus journalist spoke his first public words 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 pretenders campaign my family the german government for its efforts and of course most of all my beloved elect. and it was his wife who was the first to embrace him outside the prison walls.

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. turkish judiciary is not independent at all now prosecutors are seeking up to eighteen years imprisonment for you child but they opted to free him ahead of a trial german diplomats escorted him from jail. had pressed for your child's release. because pay for him and his wife. we know that there are also other cases of people perhaps less well known who

remain in prison in turkey and we hope that that legal proceedings will also be resolved quickly. as you charles release was announced a court in the same building sentence six other journalists to life in prison without parole. among them the prominent brothers as men it's an homage but it's accused of being involved in tuckey's failed two thousand and sixteen coup attempt . and that is 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 and murders sparked violent clashes between angry protesters and police prosecutors said the attacker confessed to killing eight girls in total. u.s. president donald trump has been meeting survivors of wednesday's school shooting in florida which claimed the lives of seventeen people who visited

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. well meanwhile a u.s. grand jury has indicted thirteen russian nationals and three russian companies for allegedly meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election the charges are part of the probe into alleged ties between donald trump campaign and russia russia denies trying to sway the poll and president trunk says his election campaign did nothing wrong fake news is how donald trump seen here with the russian president vladimir putin in the homburg brazil was dismissed accusations that his campaign colluded with russia during the race for the white house the thirty seven page indictment sets out on the alleged conspiracy by named russians hiding behind hundreds of thousands of fake online identities to smear trump's opponent history

clinton sama said to have held political rallies in the u.s. while posing as americans. the defendants allegedly conducted what they call 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 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 trolls are also likely to target november's midterm elections according to the combined heads of the american intelligence agencies. to sports now and they're calling it one of the biggest shocks of the winter olympics a check snowboarder has won alpine skiing super g.

event her name is esther laeta and she took the fast super g. course head on lead a guy has won world snowboard gold twice but after her final run down the chuang course she found herself winning skiing gold one one hundredth of a second ahead of defending champion and of eight austria american skiing icon lindsey vonn seemed in line to challenge until a massive error at the bottom left her tired first sixth place. japan's using rouhani has become the first men's figure skater to defend his a lympics singles title in sixty six years high news record setting short program made him the favorite going into the long program the twenty three year old led a one two japanese finish as compatriot took silver well it's day three of berlin's international film festival the berlin allah nine hundred films are going head to head for the coveted golden bear unless nine to

there was a lot of buzz surrounding the new film starring robert pattinson damsel is a new take on an old classic the western our correspondent charlotte chelsea pill went to check it out. wherever robert pattinson goes so did his army of that myra's hundreds of screaming fans braved the cold to get a glimpse of the hollywood heartthrob and his costar me of a she coughs up thoughts this waiver sept wasn't echoed by the critics at the opening press conference this applause was the most they could muster. pattinson plays a hapless cowboy who with the help of his miniature pony butterscotch and box on a mission to find the woman he loves with a heavy dose of slapstick damsel appends cliches of a classic western at every turn. never more so than with brushy costas feisty female lead prompting some to credit the film as

a feminist westen an accolade that ties in neatly with the topic that everyone's talking about hashtag meeting sort of sort of thing i think is part of like a growing kind of consciousness of changing the way that women are seeing the more you see kind of empowered or female characters that have a really strong voice and or know who they are or who are challenging expectations that are you know deeply ingrained in culture. the better it is she coughs those characters far from a damsel in distress bhansali not stepped a missed opportunity in a climate of crying out for complex female leads selling a gun toting independent woman as a novelty in a weston already seems pretty outdated but in the context of the need to movements this too you don't mention a look at them and it feels even more jarring so if you're looking for a relevant and challenging take on gender you are bound to leave feeling

disappointed turn a blind eye to this and you will find things to like and with pattinson seen as never before is guaranteed to draw the crowds. you're up to date now on d w news will be back again at the top of the hour.