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where all the world leaders as the world economic forum gets underway in switzerland join me been pursuing that the full business team here in davos. full color and welcome i'm on with a great to have your company germany and france have signed a new treaty aimed at deep in cooperation between the two nations. american and french president in modern mccraw but their names to the pact at a ceremony in the west german city of austin under the agreement the two countries would step up corporation in a number of key areas including security and foreign policy met the said such an accord was vital especially at a time when populists were given strength in growing up. both leaders also said they hoped the pact would reinvigorate the e.u. at a time of crisis have a listen. we live in very special times so for the first time

a country is actually leaving the european union the united kingdom well it might have less or less and is under pressure be it in climate issues trade be it in the acceptance of international institutions all the way to acceptance of the united nations seventy four years a human life after the end of the second world war what seemed to great solid what seemed to be a matter of course is being called into question again unity solidarity cohesion these are the key will words of the treaty was signed. in europe would not survive if we were no longer united regard for the new french german responsibility for your business is to give it instruments for example when it comes to defense security case migration. and addressing environmental and digital

transitions. joining me now from arkin is the political editor. and our brussels bureau chief a max welcome to both of you and there's a lot of symbolism at the event and he has started town of afton but both leaders had a very clear message as to why it was important for them to reaffirm the friendship of the two countries didn't their. yes i mean we heard the german chancellor say that these are very special times what she was talking about there of course is that multi-lateralism is under attack the way of doing politics internationally of course with the united states who weren't mentioned here by name trump wasn't mentioned by name being very much at the core of these uncertain times and we also heard the german chancellor that say that it's now necessary to fill this agreement with life and also of course in monaco might call pointing

towards what has already also been achieved between germany and france and absolutely money through my call pointed out the special responsibility that germany and france have towards the european union actually and you already said that specifically mentioned some threats from the outside a changing world bragg's nationalism in different countries also within the european union of course he also has to address the yellow back home that is extremely important for him as well and he's saying that united europe could act as a shield towards all those threats that both emphasized the importance of the german franco relationship as a motor of the european union but as he was saying max they also talked about the way forward for the e.u. and what stood out for you. first of all we have witnessed the signing of the german french treaty here but on top of it. you had three officials

of the european union also speaking so everybody here very determined to make it clear that this was not a. treaty but something that was supposed to be. forwarded by the way the president the european council made it very clear that he thought this was extremely important also mentioning countries of eastern europe german french and absolutely crucial to the batsman of the european union everybody here said it everybody knows it but as we said we have the words sixteen pages but it will need to be filled with light. and we should have what can you add to that. well absolutely i mean we saw the german chancellor say it has to be filled with concrete projects and i think that's also why we see such a mixture here this goes from special funding for cross border cooperation we're talking about schools we're talking about education learning languages design and wanting become completely bi lingual that's the region also where the german

foreign minister actually incidentally comes from and then there's a lot of talk about taking european defense through this very agreement and then the two countries in terms of their military traditions and the way they view their ministry strategically could be further hot so redy france and germany have to prove that they can master european integration also with a very very different. to lead the way for at least some more solidarity in europe because nobody here really has the illusion that there's a completely into gates' europe that europe will actually find its feet in terms of defining joint foreign policy joint defense and joint so that. migration anytime soon and the next big thing you mention the eastern european nations how is this franco german or french or pretty going to go down with some of the smaller countries in the e.u. they often feel that their concerns on neglected by big countries like germany and

france. absolutely and i mean it's always been the classic problem in france and germany that engine doesn't work everybody complains because they're not giving enough energy enough roadmaps towards the european union but if it works all the small countries complain because they feel like they're being left out that will not change that is structurally within the european union much more dangerous is that from eastern european perspective france and germany are perceived as a structurally different model especially when it comes to topics like migration and this will certainly not stop as long as we have those two leaders in modern michael and i'm going to back so max on a bluff is better chief and we share a political editor thank you both very much for talking to us from behind. the big surprise mentioned several times at today's signing so let me draw in our

correspondent in london barbara visit and in brussels our correspondent terry shows standing by starting with you now barbara jim in france as we just heard have signed up this new friendship. a clear sign of boosting the alliance have these developments being viewed in london. they are of course. on the mills of the hard line breaks cheers because they have for years been peddling the mist that a european union is on the way to a totally integrated super state where nation states would in the end disappear and be that of course the whole thing is under the control of france and germany that the franco german alliance is something that leaves britain out in the cold and that is one of the reasons why they have fought and they are still fighting so strongly for a break that there is nothing for us there look at them they're doing it by

themselves and britain somehow needs to sort of take its own fate in his in its hands that is what the brakes choose here say and so the event in affan just sort of reinforces their opinion and meanwhile tourism is still looking for a way to break the deadlock what's the latest on that. well from hollande is trying to take control very strongly rather several amendments have been tabled and proposals have been made that will be voted on next week and the point is to avoid and sort of make a heartbreaks it's impossible and there's a good chance that this might go through in the house that there might be a majority forward and then if no other consensus can be found till the end of february the second step is to ask the e.u. for all of the timing till the end of march of probably ask for more time till the end of the year so it's a two step process and it looks at the moment rather likely that parliament could

be successful with it could be successful with it and it could in the end undermine to reason may's plans and tell me in brussels have people digested what terrorism they have to say about a so-called plan b. and what have been the latest reactions from there today. yes people have been digesting it and definitely still coming up hungry when it comes to what treason may said yesterday the european union feels like she didn't bring anything new peppered with questions at today's european commission briefing spokesman margarita chena said look we're still waiting for something new to come from london so i really don't have a lot of answers for you on the supposed plan b. he was pressed further particularly on the increasing likelihood in many of you that there will be a no deal bret's it and he said look when it comes right down to it if there's a no deal brooks it what we're talking about is a hard border in the on the irish border and that seemed to shock some people that

it was said so bluntly and it may be a commission strategy to say look we're getting very close to march twenty ninth now you need to come up with a plan london but as far as brussels perspective nothing new has come from treason may in this latest speech teri schultz in brussels and in london thank you both very much for your commentaries. let me now bring you up to date with some of the news. of the stories making news in the world a moscow court has ruled that a former u.s. marine detained on suspicion of spying will remain in custody pending trial for whelan's lawyer says his client was duped into taking possession of a flash drive containing russian state secrets. begin violent protests in the venezuelan capital caracas that's after authorities arrested a group of soldiers hoping to spark a coup against venezuela's president nicolas maduro protesters took to the streets to back to moscow madigan to step down police responded with tear gas.

zimbabwe's president emerson one count one has arrived back in harare after breaking off a foreign tour he's been under growing pressure to return home after a brutal security crackdown authorities killed as many as twelve protest has been arrested hundreds more. turning down to afghanistan an attack on a military base in central afghanistan has killed scores of people the taliban has claimed responsibility for this latest high casualty strike on afghan forces and they are conflicting reports about the death toll ranging from at least sixty five to well over one hundred the violence in my done shot and valid doc province comes despite increased efforts by the united states to negotiate an end to the country's seventeen year old war. part flattened after a car loaded with explosives cost three military checkpoint and data needed inside

the compound and officials say several gunmen then stormed the base opening fire soldiers before being gunned down in themselves. it was around six o'clock there was a very big explosion and i thought they had been. very strong. it's the latest and want to speak come near daily assaults by the taliban who have been stepping up their attacks on government facilities in recent months under terror to by the harsh winter. this time the taliban were able to breach the compound security barriers by using a vehicle they had captured from the afghan military some of the engineered were taken to local hospitals for treatment more serious cases were sent some fifty kilometers away to the capital kabul. the government is facing accusations that it's hiding the truth death toll so as to avoid further worsening morale among

afghanistan's already shattered security forces are joining me now from kabul is gentleness ali and the if you only what is the latest on this attack and why did the taliban dogood this particular intelligence base. well the intelligence agency just put out a statement released. numbers of their forces were killed in this attack. and again that's going against all of the other numbers what we've been hearing so for instance last night when i was asking people i have heard from different sources different numbers fifty i have heard eighty i had heard more than one hundred twenty i had heard all within a few hours span so we're still not entirely certain looked exactly as tall as obviously we know what the government is saying but there are other sources saying that it's higher as to why intelligence unit would be the most likely to be targeted it's because the intelligence agency has a very bad reputation amongst the top of on there have been numerous reports by my

rights organization saying that you know in intelligence prisons people are. taken in imprisoned without proper evidence that they are that they are tortured that there are many many issues with the way that the intelligence units operate and the way that their jails and particularly treat people dead that they are exactly basically detaining. intelligence unit has always had a very sort of negative connotation to the top. and i do want to implications does this attack have the u.s. in the city on peace talks for the valley by the taliban representatives have been meeting u.s. media it is in got that. so the u.s. is very adamant you know there's a very determined to get out of almost on it seems if you look at what trump has been saying i mean since two thousand and eleven he's made no secret that he has no

interest in this war that he doesn't like this war that he wants out of this war you know the information about leaked about a month ago about you know to us wanting to withdraw at least half of its troops all of this shows that the u.s. is preparing to leave in one form or another so i think that the talks will continue as long as the taliban are really just talk to the u.s. i think the u.s. will continue to talk to them because of the fact that they just want out of this war and we seem in the past with the exception of the three day each ceasefire this has always been that the situation of the war where one side usually the government will say that they want peace but they continue you know to attack taliban targets and go after targets you know they continue with the war just as they have and the taleban when they briefly open their office in doha two thousand and thirteen did the same thing they set out right they said we would be willing to discuss peace but that doesn't mean that we're going to stop fighting and he and the thief

a journalist in kabul thank you very much for that update you. sad news from the football and was now a plane carrying if you cardiff city signing emily onil saga is missing according to media reports in britain and france the twenty eight year old argentinian became the premier league sides record transplant last week when he left french club known to police also say that there is an ongoing search for a private plane which disappeared from the radar over the in this channel last night or route from no want to contest sana didn't show up for tuesday's training session at condit and the club finesse he was on board. joining me now from the deadliest fourth desk is chris having to guess what can you tell us about this developing story any new details well just tracing his last

known steps. he sayd his record contract with cardiff city in cardiff was saturday we know he definitely returned to france because around twenty four hours ago he posted a picture with his former teammates from not and we have the photo here and in the caption it says show which translates to translates to the last goodbye which clearly is an unfortunate situation france authorities confirmed he indeed did board the plane he was also seen at the airport by journalists french journalists as well so everyone right now including his family and friends are involved in an unbearable wait for news because he is feared dead unfortunately that's if he hadn't even attended his first training session with the new club you know that's right the red flags went off when he didn't show for training you know today tuesday and the chairman club chairman from cardiff city mehmet dominic came out

and said we're very concerned by the latest news that a light plane went missing over the english channel they are awaiting confirmation to find out you know concretely what transpired a close friend of solid did come out and say he was fulfilling a dream of playing in the premier league and he couldn't wait to start playing for cardiff city because in a sporting sense they're battling with relegation you know but in a bigger sense this is a tragic story considering he was only twenty years old and. yet you have to hope for the best but unfortunately people are thinking the worst has happened chris hanton first phyllis's thank you very much for bringing us up to date on that developing story ok. and staying with news from football and football great christiane over nada has pleaded guilty to spanish tax fraud the event to portugal for what signed autographs after leaving the court in madrid because your three year old agreed to settle the case by paying nineteen million euro fine and

accepting a suspended jail sentence the four charge comes from kiss time playing for real madrid he's also been accused of rape in the united states and out again he denies . it over now to helen and the annual meeting of the was economic forum has got underway in davos switzerland that's why i'm richard you know this year who is not attending is actually as interesting as who is that notable dropouts include us president donald trump u.k. prime minister to resign may and french president and manually back on are those who all that were issued with a warning from the international monetary fund which cut its global growth forecast for this year to three point five percent meanwhile delegates are having to get to grips with the theme of this year's gathering globalization four point zero so we sent our reporter in davos to find out exactly what that means here in the middle of davos not everyone is toeing the globalization line during the world economic

forum most stores are inundated with products from around the world but the shop window continues to display exclusively swiss souvenirs. for a few days every january davos becomes a truly global village it's populated by people from around the world who come here to network but globalization is facing growing obstacles. powerful nationalist politicians across the world who are openly attacking free global trade but many economists remain unperturbed. very focused on steel and automobiles but that's the old globalization but the new globalization is much more involved in an answer transaction services data and that is going very strong so i'm not terribly worried about globalization going into reverse or somehow or other dying no i think it's alive and well very well so the consensus here is that new rules are needed so

that fewer people lose out in the future some at ten days of the davos gathering however say the whole system needs a reboot we see the number of global billionaires increasing and increasing and increasingly dominating the global economy and that needs to change so it will be clear real systemic change to address inequality and unless we do that we're not going to be able to create either globalization with the human face the talk seems to be going in the right direction this january but some forum participants are ready for actions to speak louder than words. and senior business editor ben visit in is at the forum in davos he joins me now good to see that ben of course the forum is officially now into full swing we're expecting some three hundred fifty sessions to take place that one of the main challenges that delegates will be trying to get their heads around. so many sessions so many

delegates thousands of world leaders and c.e.o.'s and they're all trying to get to the bottom of what's going on with global trade breaks that is causing such a fuss we still don't know what's going on and what's going to happen come march that so soon global trade is at a real huge intersection right now as far as the trade war goes between the united states and china i talked to the president of the forum and i asked him if he thinks we're going to get a solution sometime soon he said he hopes for maybe a breakthrough next month when the u.s. and china are meet but they maybe so things are looking very pessimistic and we've also got brazil's new nie at elected in leadership or sonata he'll be making his that well his debut on the world's stage with a speech very soon what can we expect from that ben. yeah he'll be filling the boots of mr trump here mr trump made

a huge fuss last year everyone was wanting to see his speech and there are heaps of him bence's who also want to hear. those that are aware of what he has to say about privatization tax cuts a whole lot of liberal economic reforms he wants to want to take to his country although he is a very far right leading leader very similar to this trump in many ways another interesting country here is mexico it's dealing with huge trade tensions that have a migration crisis a wall and i recently spoke to. morrow who is the trade secretary here's what she had to say. well the way in which you are dealing with global trade tension says by not getting into the same trap of protectionism we do not believe that protectionism is the solution to any problems that the trade may or may have bringing we believe that open trade i rule space trading system and

also the efficient operation of trading activities will bring benefits to the people we believe that the trading system has to be more responsive to the needs of people and that's why we are trying to work on imagine that that has three pillars in mexico diversification inclusion and innovation and we know that trade is an engine for growth and will continue to support it and talking about protectionism a wall something you didn't want to pay for mexico will never pay for the wall as we have always stated mexico believe seen building richest mexico believes in creating connections among peoples among countries among industries and we will continue to work with us where we have established a very strong relationship with a number of factors and we hope that the u.s. also understands that mexico is a friend mexico is a partner and. mexico is the source of strength for the u.s. and the world just briefly migration how is that affecting mexico considering the

amount of migrants who are not only traveling through mexico to the u.s. but then staying in mexico well migration is. a trend that has always happened basically the u.s. is any way gratian country it's a country that was made out of immigrants mexican migration to the u.s. has really slowed down in the last five ten years you see a negative flow from mexico to the u.s. it's more mexicans that come to the to make it from the u.s. to mexico what we have right now is a crisis of this survival of central american countries and central american people who are fighting to for their lives and they see in the us. a way of surviving and they have to go through mexico but mexico is not the source of immigrants and mexico is not a problem for the u.s. . secretary thank you very much for your time thank you same here thank you for the . our coverage from our team on the ground in davos throughout the week

a on me now for a reminder of our top stories the leaders all frogs in germany have signed a new friendship treaty and strengthening their relationship and its role within europe under the agreement the two countries will step up cooperation on a range of issues including security and foreign policy this only took place in the west and often. the taliban has attacked the minute you base in central afghanistan as long clear how many people have been killed one report said the death toll could be as high as one hundred eight. when you're watching the news live from berlin on q. and a humphrey thanks for your company.

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