business e.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 russia's foreign minister dismisses as blatter and germany's foreign minister says berlin no longer knows what to make of washington's policy who's also on the program. germany's social democrats trying to rally their rank and file ahead of a party vote that will determine the country's next government. and

a huge shock at the winter olympics as a snowboarder takes gold in skiing that and more of the best action from date coming up. welcome to the program i'm michel henery thanks for joining us we begin with the munich security conference taking place at a time when alliances that kept the world stable for decades are now under strain for its part germany is aren't sure about the direction that the united states is taking in syria the u.s. and turkey support opposing sides and in europe there is brics it 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 nolen its second day the conference is taking place under tight security a mirror image of global uncertainty. for us european said 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. and appeal against nationalist uni lateral isn't 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 us 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 have 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 that can only be strength in unity. chief political correspondent melinda crane has been covering the munich conference for us she sent us this wrap up of days of the day's highlights 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 the 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 is soon defeated the battle against jihadism could take at least a generation and the clashes came between the 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 due to at the munich security conference on melinda crane. in

a few days rank and file social democrats look at their ballots for a poll that will determine germany's next government they're voting on whether they're part of should accept the coalition deal its leaders hammered out with chancellor merkel's conservatives we caught up with party bigwigs in hamburg where they were working to sell the deal to a skeptical party base. the past few weeks have been hard for your going canal the social democrat is still undecided about backing another grand coalition at the party's first regional conference he's looking for new ideas of ottawa's and i have very low expectations as is often asked before there are good reasons to support the coalition with but also just as many good reasons to oppose it this is going on as if you're going to die getting. he's exactly the kind of member of the party leadership needs to win over here in hamburg along six hundred fifty s.p.d. member showed up to learn more after three hours behind closed doors participants

called the discussions constructive and critical. review over the last few weeks they've been some fundamental concerns about how we're coming across and there are a wide range that is part of government the interest would continue to suffer if you for your art. some s.p.d. members believe that criticism of the grand coalition should have been taken more seriously and it's a real shame this is really just a publicity event. but as the s.p.d. leaders rush to their next meeting with members we're going to nail says he likes what he heard. it's. not as easy as i was because i think the party leadership will step up its efforts significantly in the future one more social democrat leaning in favor of the grand coalition but almost half a million others will soon have their say. day

at the winter olympics in a major shock in alpine skiing and history in cross-country and on the ice can explain the sport joins me here in the studio to tell us more yanick welcome let's start with that will triumph in the ski jumping yes i mean first of all every time i watch this event i'm just left speechless and not really sure how the athletes just themselves off these big jumps and what possesses them to start in the first place but in this event. who got the gold he did defend his title from the social lympics four years ago but it did look like germany's andreas valley was the one that was going to grab his second gold of the olympics stuff picked him to the top of the podium and with the final jump of the event as well so big. kind of final. and there were more thrills and spills in the short track speed skating yes indeed now kind of is. the one to win this event and

a first called him at his very first olympics for the twenty one year old. he got a little bit lucky he was late in from the start so it was a lot of skill involved as well but as we say there was a bit of mayhem on the final lap i think it was three skaters out of five actually crashed on this fall. on a lap and you know gerard that he crossed in gold. yeah this crash as we can say pretty brutal and it shows they have this. but the south korean world champions. he was able to actually pick himself up the quickest and he crossed of bronze achievement from him especially after such a brutal crash while crashing and then getting up and he had a great story in the south and what about this incredible story we've been hearing about the skiing super yeah that was probably one of the biggest upsets in lympics history out of the austrian was top of the lady bode ever own was congratulating

her down at the bottom of the slope but there was still one right to left and that was the czech republic's. and she's a specialist snowboarder we have to remember in snowboarding you go down the hill so i don't whereas in skiing this event you've obviously got one scale an h. and you go in front on so does while it's still in the snow it still requires agility and balance they are very different disciplines and it's not easy to cross . the desk and went down and absolutely surprised everyone everyone was shocked she . school one hundred for the second and she didn't have a clue that she had the ability to even win this event she's special snowboarder so she had no idea and when she went down the bottom she got down the bottom and she picked her up saying how to deceive and happen she had no idea that she was it was possible and so huge upset there and really great to say and she has a chance now to get a second gold in her actual snowboarding event so that's pretty cool it's such a thrilling day and i'm sure there's more to come yet expect from that sports thank

you very much. the point is that the show with pablo foley elliot's follows after the news with all of the goals from the weekend so far could run away leaders byron munich get the better of struggling wolfsburg despite a misspent altie find out in just a few minutes. and the gems of this year's european cinema are in the spotlight as berlin star studded annual fill dust of all gets into full swing sarah harmon has been taking 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 pear 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 won. and in it is a below 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 and eagerly anticipate the 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 maher 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 it's really chilling christiane petzold is on home turf here 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 so to look forward to you are really just getting started we've got a whole week left of berlin alan 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 harmon at the berlin film festival thanks very much. they say that a dog is 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 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. you know but we have to leave it on the burner here only do it live it only don't want or oh i can't stop smiling at that one

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