post. this is the w. news live from. germany renewed their vows the two countries signed a new patterns of friendship and it reenergize the european union at a time of crisis but is there any substance amid all the symbolism also on the program the taliban go in just one of its deadliest attacks in months detonating a car bomb that's a military base in central afghanistan killing dozens from the country's intelligence agency. out with netflix to hollywood studios the

video streaming company's movie aroma received ten nominations and another new force in hollywood marvel sees its black comedy nominated for best picture b w film go to be here to give us the lowdown. i'm so gail welcome to the program. germany and france have signed a new treaty aimed at deepening cooperation french president emmanuel back on german chancellor i'm going to america who are committed their countries to increasing cooperation on security issues and foreign policy both said they hope the trees he would reinvigorate the e.u. at a time of crisis. a signature and a kiss sealing a promise of peace turning old post into fact today france and germany renewed that post-war pledge in a new friendship treaty signed in often home of the medieval. united much of europe

shall make all the previous elizee treaty and to heal the wounds of the past the new signs of our one aims to meet future challenges by strengthening cooperation and of 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. maybe table should be made. president. said both nations wanted to improve political dialogue military coordination and life for people living along the common border. so the unity solidarity cohesion these are the key points of the treaty europe would not survive where we're 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 that this space travel migration and monitoring the economic and digital change. in a marriage. building a new french german economic zone and improving the free movement of labor off 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 corporations but for merkel and mcchrystal today's treaty goes far enough for now. quite clearly german chancellor angela merkel and french president mano my call

wanted to do nothing less than make history here in our home today as germany and france renew their vows of corporation within the european union they want to demonstrate that that franco german engine is still working and they're putting that target pretty high when they say they want to coordinate deeper on defense on security on the economy and those transport of regions sewing that europe can do this too but first and foremost this was a highly symbolic act especially in these times with brags that nationalism and trump donald trump the u.s. president and danger in what the european union stands for so them signing this treaty supporting multilateralism the german french friendship going in together is a sign to the world. mechanic or an afghan national some of the other stories making news around the world for ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko

has announced that she will be a candidate in march as presidential elections opinion polls show her as the favorites to win because to machine code was jailed for two and a half years over a gas deal with russia in what was largely seen as a politically motivated conviction. a moscow of course is ruled a former u.s. marine detained on suspicion of spying will remain in custody pending trial paul wayland's lawyer says his client was tricked into taking possession of a flash drive containing russian state secrets. they have been violent protests in the venezuelan capital caracas after authours was arrested a group of soldiers who'd been hoping to provoke a coup against the country's president nicolas maduro. protesters took to the streets to back demands from president to step down police responded with tear gas . mexico has begun to bury the victims of friday's explosion at an

illegally touted gasoline pipeline the death toll has now risen to ninety one after more victims died in hospital authorities have opened an investigation into the incident misstate of. french police say they have to tape american singer chris brown after a woman who filed a rape case against him and two other people the woman claims she met simms to brown and his friends at a paris nightclub earlier this month before going with them to a hotel. and dozens of people have been killed in a taliban attack on a military base in afghanistan there are conflicting reports about the death toll ranging from 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 down shot in wa province not far from the capital kabul it 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 detonated inside the compound and officials say several gunmen then stormed the base opening fire at soldiers before being gunned dian themselves. it was around six o'clock there was a very big explosion and i thought they had been an earthquake 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 to 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 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 it's hiding

the truth. so as to avoid further worsening morale among afghanistan's already shattered security forces. but today is a big day for hollywood and for film lovers three nominations for this year's academy awards are out expert scott roxboro is here to fill us in welcome. who got the most not that it's a competition but it really is a competition here and there's two films leading the pack both attend nominations the first is this is. 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 this is the first time that a netflix film has been nominated for best picture so a lot people have been looking at it for that reason it's going up against another really amazing. 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 it's there is the incredible how to live your coleman as queen and with rachel weisz and emma stone 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 the film i like to go and see. you see any trends in this year's nominations i mean remember the last couple 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 nonwhite 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 to be made but the oscars will definitely look a lot different this year. being as we are in both in which you talk about germany which has a chance foreign films go yeah a slim chance for 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 tip 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 perot. take a look at some sports starting with football on the plane carrying cardiff city in

new signing a million or a salary is missing last week the twenty eight year old argentinian became the premier league sides most expensive signing when he left a french club nor police sources say there is a search for a private plane that disappeared from the radar over the english channel last night on route from north to cardiff sell it didn't show up for tuesday's training session at cardiff prompting fears for his safety or superstar footballer cristiana rinaldo has pleaded guilty to tax fraud in spain a thirty three year old eventers and portugal for what signed autographs after leaving court in madrid in a deal he had with the court to agree to settle the case by paying nineteen million euro five and accepting a suspended jail sentence the fraud charge that dates back to his time playing for real madrid. russia has avoided a new ban from the world anti-doping agency despite missing

a deadline of the end of december to hand over data from its moscow liberal tree water was able to collect the data last week risotto that's russia's anti doping agency was reinstated in september on condition that water was given access to these days that result was suspended in twenty fifteen after a state sponsored doping scandal in russian sport. so clearly being an international marathon is not for everyone but imagine running one marathon a month as an amateur with no sponsorship and still during a full time job or less exactly what to japan's you can be a cow or you cheat does but after studying the athletics world by winning last year's prestigious a boston marathon he's finally decided to focus solely on his sport. yukiko is known as the citizen runner in japan the thirty one year old never stops running and can be seen doing what he loves to do in the streets and in the city park of

his hometown on a daily basis today he's run in about eighty races including marathons and half marathons all over the world winning the boston marathon last year was his first major marathon victory becoming the first japanese winner since one thousand nine hundred eighty seven it was his seventy night under the two hour twenty minute mark since then he's added a few more marathons to that record all while maintaining a full time job at a high school his love of running isn't about collecting medals it comes from within. i simply like running since i like travelling it gives me such a pleasant feeling to go all around the world while running you know for me it's perhaps the only meaning of running i think many of the runners would answer they run for the olympics championships but for me i just won't because i want to participate in as many competitions as possible. she is leaving his job to focus entirely on running and even if the olympics isn't his motivation with tokyo twenty

twenty coming up and more time to train citizen runner could be selected to run for his country possibly becoming japan's first olympic marathon winner since two thousand and four. has reminded our top story this hour france and germany have signed a new friendship treaty aimed at strengthening that relationship and that country's role in the euro to prevent us things and increased cooperation of security and foreign policy. i don't forget you can always get the w. news on the go just download from google play from the apple still get back to of the basics news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and also use it to send you some photos and in yours. else as will happen he says from the world economic forum and davos in just a moment i'll be back at the top of feet on a full seven you can always get the latest news and information around the clock on

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