line. this is do the news live from france and germany every new their vows the two countries have signed a new pact of friendship ended reenergizing the european union at a time of crisis but is there any substance amid all the symbolism also on the program the taliban gorge is one of its deadliest attacks in months. a military base in central afghanistan killing dozens from the country's intelligence agency. the oscar nominations are out with that netflix taking on the big hollywood studios

the video streaming company's movie called received ten nominations while another new force in hollywood model saw its black panther film nominated for best picture is film good to be here to give us the look. i'm phil gale welcome to the program germany and france have signed to do treaty aimed at deepening cooperation french president emmanuel mccraw german chancellor i'm going to machall committed their countries to increasing cooperation on security issues and foreign policy both said they hoped the treaty would read and figure out the e.u. at a time of crisis. a signature and a kiss sealing a promise of peace turning old into france today france and germany renewed that post-war pledge in

a new friendship treaty signed and often home of the medieval empire first united much of europe shall make all the previous treaty and to heal the wounds of the past the new signed in our one aims to meet future challenges by strengthening corporations and when the ones we combine as part of our joint systems for collective security germany and france commit ourselves to offer help and support including military support in the event of an armed attack on our respective territories. these trees. president cross said both nations wanted to improve political dialogue military coordination and life for people living along the common border. any. sort of unity solidarity cohesion these are the key points of the treaty europe would not survive were united it would die. germany and france have

a responsibility to create the tools to realize true european sovereignty we don't need it in defense and security to space travel migration and monitoring the economic and digital change. in munich. and new french german economic zone and improving the free movement of labor of the goals of the treaty they may ultimately help the french president in his struggle with protests by some french people who feel forgotten by the political elites. the so-called yellow vests even made their presence felt in our. the parliaments of both countries wanted even more intense corp but for merkel and today's treaty goes far enough for now. welcome both let's start with you max hoffman germany and france already have

a friendship tracy why do they need a new. it was the idea of french president call the germans not necessarily would have said that they thought this was a great idea two years ago but the money remark all started so forcefully for example with his speech at the saw in two thousand and seventeen and for him this was a priority well it's a fact also that the old treaty is fifty six years old so as the german chancellor said today not necessarily adapted to our times and so this is how it came about so we had a tough and what's going to change is that. sixty eight years of war. well that's the big question now and what is remarkable is that it goes from big concepts like sharing defend offense like anti terrorism to rather small issues like border corp which of course is a big deal in the european context but it breaks down to learning languages. which

borders france becoming the first bilingual state here in germany even so there will be a track record that is for sure but it was in it when it comes to big concepts like france actually standing in declaring as its own foreign policy to see germany take on a permanent seat in the u.n. security council that is a tall order and time will tell and probably the next couple of governments in both countries will tell whether these lofty aims will indeed be filled with action so much so what's in this for the you know this is a bilateral deal between germany and france does the e.u. benefit from it. you only functions really when the german french. is in full force to agree on something then in the past it was usually. not a huge problem to get the rest of the e.u.

to agree to this this might have changed with the rift we've seen between western european countries and eastern european countries but still if you don't have friends and germany agree then you can't really agree on anything they're the most important economies now with the british leaving the european union so this is extremely important at the same time of course it's also a certain danger and that is what the e.u. officials today here in the town hall that you can see behind us. they said this needs to be an initiative that is in the broader context of the european union and that's also what i'm honoring my call and i'm going to underline here but not everyone seems to think this is such a great idea tell us about the opposition to this. and indeed in germany. as well in germany will have the far right a.f.d. cry foul saying that this is just an attempt to see german taxpayers' money being used basically being shifted across the border and on the french side we heard from

mocking the pen and the phone us you know concerns that this is an attempt spreading its influence into france with more german speakers than even going beyond that so you can see that those populists and clearly this is also response to populism as we heard it. today crying foul over an agreement and with others like the green party in germany and the liberal blogs saying that this is simply not ambitious enough so a lot to prove to all sides that this really adds value not just to the bilateral relationship but also to europe as a whole lot of what you. touched on it. outlined the opposition within. countries but outside germany and france lots of countries are going to look at best. idea of being bullied by these two major powers within your . germany and france can't really get it right if they don't do anything at all

that everybody else complains that they're not doing enough if they do too much than everybody else feels bullied like i said before you need in the european union you do need the german french engine and it doesn't you know between the small countries and the b. countries that's not necessarily the biggest risk we are seeing anymore it's between as i mentioned earlier between eastern europe and western europe that's much more important the smaller countries have had their fair share in the past so i don't believe this will have huge opposition because they also know if we want to go forward if we want to resist you know what's happening with gregg's it for example or nationalism we need those two on the same page. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko as not she will be accountability in much as presidential elections opinion polls show she is the favorite to win. two and

a half years over a gas deal with russia and what was largely seen as a politically motivated conviction. moscow course was ruled as a former u.s. marine detained on suspicion of spying will remain in custody pending trial all whelan's lawyer says his client was tricked into taking possession of a flash drive containing russian state secrets. french police say they have detained american singer chris brown after a woman found a great case against him and two other people claim she met brown and his friends at a paris nightclub earlier this month before going with them to one hundred tell. dozens of people have been killed in a taliban attack on a military base in afghanistan there are conflicting reports about the death toll range of thirty six to well over one hundred but afghan officials have confirmed that many of those who died were members of the country's intelligence agency the attack took place in my town shot in war that province not far from the capital

kabul comes despite efforts by the united states to negotiate an end to the country's seventeen year war. part flattened after a car loaded with explosives past three military checkpoint and data needed inside the compound and officials say several gunmen then stormed the base opening fire at soldiers before being gunned down in themselves. it was around six o'clock there was a very big explosion and i thought there had been an earthquake it was 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 buy 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 injured were taken to local hospitals for treatment more serious cases were sent some fifty kilometers

away to the capital capital. the government is facing accusations that its hiding the truth death toll so as to avoid further worsening morale among afghanistan's already shattered security forces. straight to kabul that my would join. a welcome to day doubly people are going to look at this and ask themselves how the taliban got past security security on a military base to carry out such a devastating attack. this is always going to be the question people ask it's unfortunately not the first time that an attack like this has. happened what is interesting about this attack is that eight the attackers were allegedly wearing uniforms and intelligence agency and also that they had a military humvee in their possession this is worrying because in two thousand and

seventeen and also two thousand and eighteen there were several reports of incidents where military humvees were used by the taliban and other groups to stage attacks and this is a big deal because people always one you know you hear that they get. what bins and uniforms and things like that but how are they getting humvees how are they able to have packed them full assault full of explosives and then bring them into these kinds of places and these questions never really get fully resolved and i think that's what really angers people. and comes as the taliban is actually taking pot and u.s. back to peace talks in qatar so what message is being said here. i think we're told on are being very obvious with their message they're saying that ok we have agreed to restart negotiations with you because for a while you know the did stop them with the negotiations with the u.s. what they're saying is basically we're going to negotiate with you but we're not

going to give up our fight we're going to keep fighting and really keep trying to win this war it's a way of saying we're not you know our morale hasn't decreased we don't feel like we've already lost this war. so that sort of the move that they're playing at this point. the taliban now house control of about half of the country why is the government being so unable to stop. so that comes from reports from the special rest again investigator general for reconstruction that figure and that includes control and influence so it's not necessarily one hundred percent control of the area and there are several issues with this seem so many districts districts that i've been to myself where even within kabul within the province of your district where within the district center there is a government presence at ten fifteen kilometers outside of that it is under opposition control my own charge of the provincial capital that is where the attack

happened is a great example. is under government control but several of the districts in that province are out by government control and you will not see the soldiers on the road you will see. areas where they were landmine explosions and things like that because of this very problem and one problem is obviously that even areas that the government does control even major cities there isn't necessarily security there aren't basic services and these are all things that you can take advantage of ok thank you so much for joining us in kabul. president. back in the country to deal with the economic crisis and security crackdown that he broke off so sinking much needed foreign investment and scrapped plans to attend this week's adopt of world leaders had come under increasing pressure to return after twelve people reported dead and hundreds arrested in

a security nationwide protest by fuel price rises. privilege was found here the reports now bob wins are coping with the country's worst economic crisis for a decade. these michigan took a ticket and his wife mavis sits down at their area home to plan what they should buy it is a difficult task his monthly salary is a teacher barely covers the expenses for a week their father of seven is dead benteke he is struggling to buy medication or nice salary of less than equivalent of a hundred u.s. dollars a month i don't remember when i lost by didn't. because you can't budget. you you just. you you are. the. civil service like mission irish do

they want to raise their wages paid in us dollars to question them from the economic shocks regularly hitting zimbabwe early january doctors in the district that went on for more than a month. now teaches at three twenty in mission white walkout the government of president emerson and sees the quantum means to act just in that they have not forgotten the awakened sort of government is putting in place there but digital media has to push its way because. the food review post for living adjustment package. is effective. in the context of the current budget. by unions

a few negotiations and not being taken seriously the government offered it ten percent salary increase is of a pro but unions every jetted. we could see a government that is moving in or even if the gun for those without. ongoing economic crises is one of the biggest challenges facing the new administration after the departure of longtime president i robot the prices of basic goods have more than tripled since october fuel is in short supply motorists are spending days cue week end zimbabweans like me ship to could take us thirteen to doubt whether the economic growth promised by the new government will become a reality. not to where all the money is at the moment they are going on the world economic forum in davos switzerland alpha's the business desk has

a prize for you if you can find it. definitely thankfully our doubles team has found. only this year's meeting is dominated by fear over trade disputes international relations concerns the world economy could tip into recession a plethora of crises has kept several world leaders away this year u.s. president. british prime minister is a may and french president. found reds jam and off the world economic front close she opened the gathering by urging delegates to focus on the future he hailed a number of young global leaders at the meeting and said it was time to listen to the young. and that's what we do right now we're talking to general de maloney she is covering that for us so let's go straight over to she's not alone there lawyer. i'm not alone gary hart in fact i'm joined by the prime minister of georgia prime minister mahmoud todd's the prime minister welcome thank you for joining me on the

show. just now my first question is about russia now you've said in the past that russian presence in the breakaway regions of south ossetia because you have caused an economic drag on georgia now what is the way forward in your opinion where do you see possibilities for resolution but unfortunately russia continues to york by twenty percent of all our territory and this is the most painful challenge for my nation in the last six years we implemented a series of open forums which helped us to transform georgia in a modern european state to ease the rule of law there were a vibrant politico a life in enormous investment opportunities for all investors the major preconditions to invest in a country. of course the safety security predictability and stability

and georgia has demonstrated that you also have these challenges we can deliver safety and predictability and we can do it in a most sustainable way and therefore georgia is a major investment destination and the success of our economy policies actually is indicated in all major international rankings so we are we are trying our best to minimize those risks and at the same time creates an investment opportunities for all international investors in georgia. i know you've been also looking towards the west you've stated that e.u. membership in nato membership are some of your goals now you've also been saying that you've been trying to prepare your country's democratic institutions for when the time comes what does that mean concretely. well for us. joining nato and e.u. as a full fledged members these are the main inspiration saying this is peroration is are fully supported by majority of our population and we are very successful on the

spot and of course we don't have illusion that this can happen overnight but we have very successful over these past georges a leader in name. eastern european programs eastern partnership mainly at the same time once again in brussels last year nato us again stated that georgia would eventually become a member of nato so we are also looking at the process itself because the process itself yields very important results for georgia so we have the full commitment to two hours to ration is and we are sure that georgia will eventually become a member of the un nato. now briefly prime minister if you can georgia of course is at the intersection of the middle east asia and africa how would you say georgia's role is in the region economically speaking. well if you look at the map but your

journey is a natural candidate to become a regional hub we are the gateway for a landlocked countries and therefore the strategy of my government is to make georgia original for business trade finance logistics tourism and education and we are trying to implement a very creative reform to attract more investments in georgia we consider ourselves as a bridge from asia to europe to europe because we are the shortest link and we would like to facilitate to the growing number and growing willems of trade between asia and europe this is a reason why we are investing so much in our you for structure and i and i'm very happy to see in davos that we see more and more private companies who have this willingness to invest in georgia and participate in these very important programs and projects thank you very much prime minister thank you thank you. thank you and

that was prime minister todd see from georgia talking about making georgia into a regional economic hub and it's back to you go hard thank you jim donald i'm allowed and dolls. today is a big day for hollywood unfulfilled love as they nominations for this year's academy awards are out of the film expert scott roxboro is here to fill us in welcome as who got the most not that it's a competition but it really is sort of a competition here and there's two films leading the pack both with ten nominations the first is this is the corals black and white films that mexico in the one nine hundred seventy s. an amazing film it won the venice film festival last year interesting about this film though it was made by netflix and this is the first time that a netflix film has been nominated for best picture is a lot of people are going to be looking at it for that reason it's going up against

another really amazing film also was in venice last year called the favorite now this is a period movie but it's really unlike any period movie you've ever seen its stars the incredible how live you coleman as queen and with rachel weisz and emma stone all playing three horribly wicked women doing horribly wicked things how larry is nasty and for me the most surprising film of the year last year ok yes that's definitely on my list to go and see. you see any trends in this year's nominations and you member last couple of years the oscars a lot talk about diversity in on screen representation and this year there were a couple of snobs i didn't expect a crazy originations for example didn't get any oscar nominations but of the best picture nominations you've got five with no one white leads which which is which is quite impressive including of course black panther which has an almost entirely

black cast it got seven oscar nominations and of course it was also the most commercially successful film released in the united states last year so there's probably a lot of progress still be made but the oscars will definitely look a lot different this year ok being as we are in britain we should talk about germany which has a chance for. film looks good yeah slim chance of floor and five dollars mark he won the oscar back in two thousand and seven with the lives of others that you might remember he's new film is called never look away it's also all nominated for best foreign language film oscar it's a sort of sweeping period drama based loosely on the life of the german artist. a pretty impressive film but i don't really think there's any chance in this category i think roman is just going to take it all and quick to it for a personal favorite oh i love drama but the favorite for me is the best it's crazy weird funny strange and i say the most surprising film i saw last year good talking to you as if it's going to thanks so much scott ross from.

football a plane carrying kind of city's new signing a million or a solid is missing this according to media reports in britain france last week the twenty eight year old argentinian became the premier league sides most expensive signing and he left a french club no police sources say there is a search for a private plane that disappeared from the right over the english channel last night on route from no to some of didn't show up for tuesday's training session at cardiff prompting fears for his safety. so we have full coverage from all the ground at the wake. let me just remind you of the top stories the leader of france and germany have signed a new friendship a treaty and it's strengthening that relationship on next countries problems and more under the agreement the two that they will step up cooperation on a range of issues including security and farm policy. on the taliban has

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