this is d w news live from berlin russia and the us clash one nato and the e.u. search for unity at the munich security conference the us national security advisor claims there is indisputable evidence that moscow interfered in america's election a claim russian's foreign minister dismisses as blather and germany's foreign minister says berlin don't longer knows what to make of washington's policy it's also on the program. to turkish german journalist dentist says he's glad to be free after year in a turkish prison but he expresses concern for the many other journalists still

behind bars. and live from the red carpet of the berlin film festival all how all the glitz and glamor coming up for you later on the show. welcome to the program i'm michel henery it's good to have you with us. we begin with the munich security conference taking place at a time when the alliances that kept the world stable for decades are under strain for its part germany is unsure about the direction that the united states is taking in syria the u.s. and turkey support opposing sides and in europe there is a great sit and the rise of right wing populism. less armament fuel wars protesters want to make their message loud and clear to world leaders

attending the munich security conference and now in its second day the conference is taking place under tight security a mirror image of global uncertainty. for us europeans it must be clear that in order to maintain our values our prosperity and our security in the world of tomorrow we have to stand united in. an appeal against nationalist unilateralism protectionism and for a joint european defense policy in a time when established security structures are under strain the war in syria tensions between the u.s. and russia disagreements between key nato allies and within the european union breaks it for example is raising questions about the future of defense policy without britain but prime minister theresa may try to allay fears calling for a new european security deal. europe security

is security and that is why i've said and i say again today that the united kingdom is conditionally committed to maintaining it europe discord on the inside a united front on the outside it may be a far off dream but a european defense union is underway even if some view it as competition for nato. yes we want to emancipate ourselves but not against nato or the united states. the message from unique for europe there can only be strength in unity. his chief political correspondent linda crane has been covering the munich conference for us she sent us this wrap up of today's high lifes. the day began with an appeal ended with a warning and in between there were some clashes the appeal was made by germany's foreign minister who expressed concern about what he sees as potential u.s. disengagement from europe and said it's time for a european moment urging e.u.

member countries to coordinate not only security policy but also foreign policy the warning came from intelligence and defense officials from the u.s. europe northern africa and the middle east all of them saying even if the islamic state assume defeated the battle against jihadism could take at least a generation and the clashes came between u.s. and russian officials in the wake of friday's indictment of thirteen russians for allegedly interfering in u.s. elections the russian foreign minister. said that those. were blather the american national security adviser said the u.s. will expose and go after any attempt to use cyberspace to subvert democracy that was day two at the munich security conference i'm willin to create. also in munich turkish prime minister banal of the era issued

a strong defense of his government's right to defend itself he said turkey was a constitutional country where the rule of law is strong and said no one has the right to question their government he also said relations between germany and turkey are improving this a day after encore released a turkish german journalist after a year in prison a free man once more after a year in custody speaking from berlin. said he'd been held hostage by turkey he didn't mince words describing the turkish justice system just as my arrest had nothing to do with justice and the rule of law my release also has nothing to do with either of those. in a tweet you chance that he's now left germany and his with friends it's not clear what triggered the journalist sudden release some have speculated it could have been a weapons deal or an agreement to join the e.u.

customs union german foreign ministers denied those claims and there is no quid pro quo there is no deal neither clean one nor dirty. but even as you chill was set free six other journalists were sentenced to life in prison for allegedly trying to overthrow the turkish government among them are the brothers mehmet and. there are still over one hundred journalists in turkish jails just like tens of thousands of government opponents. my releases left a bitter aftertaste i left behind a cellmate with whom i was together for the past two months he's a turkish journalist who was jailed merely for doing his job. he and many other journalists have been imprisoned for doing nothing more than practicing their profession. five germans still remain behind bars in turkey presumably for political reasons he chose that his own release won't be the

end of their story. to learn more about those journalists who've been sentenced in turkey you can read our interview with ahmed alton sister saw them on our website just go to www dot com. now some of the other stories making news around the world three suicide bombers have killed at least twenty people and wounded dozens in northeastern nigeria the blast occurred at a busy fish market just outside mica dairy the capital of borno state the city is the birthplace of the boko herat extremist insurgency. a military helicopter crashed and so in mexico as they prepared to land killing at least thirteen people including three children and injuring fifteen others it was carrying officials surveying damage from a powerful seven point two magnitude earthquake in the hawkeye state including the country's interior minister and the region's governor who were both survived.

kosovo has been marking ten years of independence from serbia prime minister. so the country's break from serbia two thousand it meant a new beginning for its ethnic albanian majority one hundred seventeen nations have recognized kosovo but serbia continues to dispute kosovo statehood. pope francis has renewed the mandate of a vatican panel established to protect children from sexual abuse by priests francis has faced criticism for his handling of scandals involving pedophile priests he named nine new members to the panel which includes abuse survivors its initial three year term ended in december. and the gems of this year's european cinema are in the spotlight as star studded annual filled best of all gets into full swing sarah harmon has been taking in the days films for us and she joins me now live from the red carpet sara what have been

the day's highlights. well for fans who would stroll stood the freezing cold berlin weather the highlight was probably catching a glimpse of french actress isabel pair here on the french carpet now she's not a household name all over the world but here in europe isabelle care is very much a big deal she's been nominated sixteen times the most of anyone for a season our award and she's a real icon of french cinema she took to the red carpet wearing this amazing silver glittery pantsuit it was one part hillary clinton one part disco ball friends out here were really excited because a glimpse of her and she did take her time signing autographs and having a chat with people here who had lined up to see here now the film that she's here promoting is called it's her fifth collaboration with french director ben.

and in it is about the pair plays an older woman who's a prostitute who engages in a sort of psychological drama with a man half her age i don't want to give too much away but suffice to say there are a lot of sixty four year old women who are still getting cast as prostitutes she definitely is up for the challenge she's completely in her element and this is something that isabella pair fans know she's famous for these very sexy roles so if you like that kind of thing if you like dark french cinema this will probably be right up your alley. and sarah eagerly anticipated german film got its first public airing as well. that's right this is the first german entry in the competition category there nineteen films competing for the golden bear and today we got our look at transit from director christiane had sold and this is a story that's based on a book written in one thousand nine hundred forty four by the same name about a young man who is fleeing the nazi occupation and he makes his way to the city of

mar say where he's waiting to catch a boat that will take him to safety unfortunately things get a little mixed. up in march say the really interesting thing about this don't know is that it's set in modern day marsay and i have to say the effect of watching a story we're all familiar with someone fleeing nazi occupation set against a modern backdrop the iconic images we know so well is really chilling christiane petzold is on home turf here his is his fourth film at the berlin film festival he's a german filmmaker audiences really like this film and i think it's safe to say it's probably at this point a favorite for the golden bear and i definitely want to see that and what about you what else are you looking forward to seeing out there. oh my gosh there's so much subtler for and you are really just getting started we've got a whole week left of girl an hour and so many competition films yet to screen i mean it's probably a little early to start picking favorites but i can't help myself one film that's

not in the competition that i'm quite looking forward to seeing is called songwriter this is a biopic about the british singer ed sheeran and you know ed sheeran his music is everywhere and ed sheeran himself is actually coming to berlin to promote this film a lot of people are going to be hoping to catch a glimpse of him and this biopic is billed as sort of a look behind the scenes at his process as a songwriter as the film is called and that's something that we can be watching out for here it's not a competition category but it is quite a buzz the film sounds good sarah harman of the berlin film festival thanks very much. the bundesliga in that state twenty three is well underway so let's take a look at all the results so far this weekend leaders by are going to fought back from one nil down to wolfsburg to win two one thanks to robert lewandowski late penalty buyer leverkusen are up to second after

a two one victory at hapless hamburg chalker are knocking on the door of the top four after beating. often haim bottom side cologne drew one one with hanover and freiburg defeated vertebrae and one nil on friday night mines defeated her to berlin on sunday albert take on stood guard and glad back battle dortmund on monday night frankfurt face like sick. they're calling it one of the biggest shocks of the winter olympics a czechs nor border has won alpine skiing super g. event her name is estella deca and she took the fast super due course head on deck and has won a world snowboard gold twice but after her final run down the course she found herself winning gold one one hundredth of a second ahead of defending champion on a fight of austria american skiing icon lindsey vonn seemed in line to challenge until a massive air at the bottom left her tied for sixth place. japan's you zero

hanyu has become the first men's figure skater to defend his olympic singles title in sixty six years on use records and in short program made him the favorite going into the long program the twenty through old lead a one two japanese finish as compatriot shoma ohno took silver. they say that a dog is a man's best friend but we have a story about a dog in colombia whose best friend is well not human at all. it's a monkey. the wild monkey was nursed by the dog as a baby now the two are inseparable cabochon monkeys like this one are often sold for high prices on the black market but this little guy isn't going to let that happen to him he's got his own guard dog. on the floor and. if that doesn't melt your heart i don't know what will that's or news rock don't

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