this is d.w. news live from berlin is this the end of arms control washington is expected to announce it is withdrawing from a q nuclear missile treaty discussions to save the pact as a failed there are now global fears of a new arms race. also coming up millions of syrians hungry and living in tents in the bitter cold the u.n. sounds the alarm over worsening conditions in it led to the war torn countries finally rebel strong. plus in sports it is crunch time in the asian cup for time winners japan are facing off against first time finalists qatar the guitar surprise

everyone to reach the final they are facing controversy about some of their star players ahead of the big showdown. i've seen you so much god it's good to have you with us washington is expected to announce that it is pulling out of a key arms control treaty the u.s. and the soviet union signed the intermediate range nuclear forces or i.n.f. treaty in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven that agreement aimed to eliminate a whole category of nuclear missiles now the americans say a new generation of russian cruise missiles violate the pact an accusation that moscow denies now last week parts of the controversial weapon system were on display publicly in moscow but not the missiles themselves russia accuses us of also violating the. treaty with other weapon systems in an interview with the u.s.

is lead to arms control negotiator said that the us was suspending this treaty to force russia's hand and allow washington to start developing the type of arms banned by the pact will suspend it and then a six month clock runs if you will during that time russia still can get back into compliance but it frees our obligations under the treaty so we suspend our obligations with the intent to withdraw if we don't get back in compliance but we have abided by the treaty for the entire time and by suspending their obligations that we'll be able to do the research and development of similar systems that russia now has fully fueled in in the field. let's bring in our correspondent emily show and who is standing by for us in moscow hey i'm really what is the one of the reactions you're seeing there today in moscow well it seems that moscow's very much bracing for the u.s. exit from this treaty which which they basically say at this point is unavoidable

we heard from the deputy foreign minister today that he thinks it's basically a done deal and russia all along as well as today has been condemning the u.s. exit from this treaty today the foreign ministry again said that this is a huge blow to international arms control and of course from russia as well we've heard recently and all along denials that moscow is actually violating this treaty you just mentioned that kind of show and tell session that we had just over a week ago where russia again said look does not violate the i.m.f. treaty in fact it only flies four hundred eighty kilometers and not the five hundred kilometers that would mean that it is under that treaty so we were seeing a kind of condon condemnation of the u.s. very strongly and also again these these denials from moscow we've also seen moscow saying that the u.s. has been negotiating in bad faith what does that mean. well

absolutely that's been the accusation all along as well russia said that they were there was a meeting between russian and u.s. officials in mid january and after that russia said again you know the u.s. really isn't listening they are speaking to us in the language of ultimatums that's an accusation that russia likes to level at the u.s. that they are not open to dialogue at all and in fact this has been a done deal for the u.s. for a long time of course with this show and tell session as i mentioned they're trying to present this image of transparency and now they're also saying moscow is still open to looking for solutions and it's actually the u.s. that has decided to leave this treaty yet another international treaty that the u.s. is leaving that's very much the accusation from moscow here there's a lot of speculation that washington's move is actually really aimed at china which

isn't bound by this treaty doesn't have to follow its rules and is apparently building medium range missiles is that view shared there in russia. well it's a bit of a mixed bag in some ways when it comes to china on the one hand we've seen from russia this kind of pivot to asia or this attempted pivot to asia they even had joint military drills with china last year of us talk but military experts said that in fact that was very much also russia not only presenting a united front with china but also kind of trying to see what the military there is up to so and of course some people say that this the u.s. leaving this treaty actually plays into russian hands putin himself has said repeatedly even as early as two thousand and seven that if china is not included in this arms treaty then russia would leave so he had been threatening to leave years

before the u.s. announced that it was considering it so some people say that this decision actually plays into russian hands the russian side can essentially say look the u.s. is leaving condemn them for that and still kind of have their cake and eat it too. sure when reporting for us from moscow thank you very much emily bell the german foreign minister has weighed into the dispute saying that the responsibility to save the treaty lies with russia. or deny and without that you can missile treaty that would be less security but we recognize that this treaty has been violated by the russian side and that joining the last sixty days unsuccessful attempts have been made to clear up the accusations more transparency and more information. in say far as this is a treaty between two signatories and that one is in violation of it the treaty is de facto suspended. all psychotic is that. well if the treaty now collapses

as expected that europe could be facing a new nuclear arms race like it did in the one nine hundred eighty s. back then with missiles from both nato and the eastern bloc deployed nearby germany became the frontline of the nuclear arms race as a result hundreds of thousands of west germans protested the deployment of american nuclear weapons in their country it is fabienne funded by travel to the southern town of hype on where american medium range missiles were based in the eighty's here in this clearing in southern germany american nuclear missiles were stationed during the one nine hundred eighty s. the only building left of what used to be the us army vul tied to base this barrack number nine zero one american soldier larry nichols was stationed here in the eighty's when one of the worst situations imaginable actually occurred on january eleventh one thousand nine hundred five a person two missile exploded one thought it was a nuclear explosion it was

a shocker i mean we're talking about a nuclear weapon carrier or rocket motor and for something like that happen here in hype of the cold war. the whole world was alarmed three u.s. soldiers died sixteen were seriously wounded nichols created the memorial in their owner he never got over his fear of nuclear weapons you didn't know exactly what was going to happen but you knew what you had. and what you were capable of doing and that was frightening yes. it was only after this accident that the people of had were informed that nuclear missiles were stationed directly in their vicinity it took another three years for the missiles to be removed after the i n f treaty was agreed on the title was the first base in germany to remove and destroy its nuclear missiles he's

a bishop knows the story from her parents and from her high school classes she's a member of the local green party and actively involved in protests against nuclear armament we have as recently i'm terrified by this i think that there's nothing more important than keeping world peace in particular that no new nuclear weapons are employed also that is he countries as possible have nuclear weapons so that accidents are less likely to happen. she meets larry nichols the former soldier are. both worry that history could repeat itself. from greyhound has said that he wants to back out of the nuclear missile treaty what's your opinion on this. new u.s. missiles nichols is unsure how he feels about that america america in a very very difficult situation at the moment and my opinion is that everyone. with a listen surely in the one nine hundred eighty s. there were massive demonstrations against u.s.

missiles across germany including here and. he's a bush would attend a protest march if there were one today to adelphi i would definitely go out and demonstrate it's very important to me that peace remains our top priority i would definitely go out and join a protest for this cause. back at the former of all tied a base the old u.s. soldier and the young pacifist share the same fear that the arms race between russia and the u.s. will start up again and no one will have learned from the mistakes of the past. let's catch up now on some other stories making news around the world the u.s. senate has voted to oppose president trump's plans to withdraw american troops from syria and afghanistan the sixty eight to twenty three vote came on an amendment to a bill on middle east policy it was pushed by senate republicans who are increasingly critical of donald trump's foreign policy u.s. customs officials have seized almost three hundred kilograms of federal know and

mother and fed him and at the u.s. mexican border the illegal drugs were hidden under a truck load of commerce official said a border agents hunch led to the bust of the nogales arizona border crossing. india's government is presenting an interim budget that's expected to include expensive farming subsidies and middle class tax cuts observers say prime minister narendra modi hopes that the measures will shore up political support ahead of general elections later this year party lost in three regional polls in december. the u.n. humanitarian chief has appealed for funds to help millions of syrians living in tents or unheated buildings in severe winter condition mark local appeal to the un security council comes amid rising concern over the plight of some three million people in it live province the last major stronghold of the syrian opposition. really cold there seeps through the cracks on china and does his best to insulate

but there's only so much he can do to protect his family from the rain and storms. his three children do their best to ward off the freezing temperatures they've been living here for over a year. the family was forced to flee their village of hamas when government troops under the assad regime began bombing they lost everything you know here we live we sleep we cook and wash in this tent there's no harder life than here my son has a bad case of bronchitis but we can't afford any medicine we can't afford any food either. to be honest we have nothing well and that is the only god can help us we have absolutely nothing no oil no coal nothing to eat and drink nothing. for weeks the weather has been an inclement mix of rain in storms this refugee camp in northern syria has become a mud bath fifteen hundred people fled here from other parts of the country to escape violence. but there's no sign of any aid organization and there is

a severe lack of blankets clothes heaters food as well. and now there is also a rising fear of a military offensive directed toward the last rebel stronghold in syria will push out that we are afraid of everything up with rain and wind when it hits a tent but also attackers coming from who knows where but that is how they go with something. more and it live has become more likely since the salafist jihad this militant group to rural shampoo took control early january these are rare images of an otherwise closed society the extremists with close ties to al qaeda were meant to withdraw to a buffer zone and take their heavy arms with them those were the terms of the cease fire agreed upon by russia and turkey instead moderate groups were beaten back and forced to flee. islam has become a city state ruled by sharia law hundreds of opposition members are thought to have

been arrested perhaps it is no wonder that people here are hesitant to criticize to reroll sham an occupation by the syrian army would probably be the greater of two evils. if government troops were to. we would fight back more to take our weapons i think turkey or europe. we have no other option but to defend ourselves a certain war is coming. the provincial administration is under the control of terrier al shaab the chief administrator criticize the fact that western countries like germany discontinued their aid for that very reason. citizens have to suffer dealing with things like. the more they will flee abroad the little people always look for safe places where they will have bread to eat. that aren't getting here they will look for it elsewhere. it is a struggle for power being fought on the backs of the vulnerable according to the

united nations one point six million people in the labor dependent on aid for basic food supplies it is a question of survival for many of them survival in the last rebel bastion in syria . residents of a russian town south of moscow are facing harassment and even prison sentences to raise awareness of a local garbage dump they say is making them sick the waste just trucked in from the russian capital and authorities seem eager to keep people quiet about it. in the early hours secret service agents stormed. his apartment they rifled through the belongings of the thirty two year old office worker and her six year old daughter. saying they came at six o'clock in the morning six men. they went through all my personal possessions they were looking for anything

illegal it was horrible very discomforting humiliating all this just because i'm fighting for our rights. this isn't the only time the secret service has confiscated computers hard drives mobile telephones and credit cards the same thing happened to fourteen other activists one of them was even taken into custody they have one thing in common they're protesting moscow's disposal of most of its waste in the city of colombia and they believe landfill guidelines are not being followed they fear for the health of their families and friends. someone doesn't like the fact that we and other activists are demonstrating against the waste disposal and the building of a new waste containment plant we're fighting for our houses some of us have houses only one kilometer from the waste disposal zone where trash is continually being don't. in the evening the activists meet in a cafe lawyers advise them. they discuss that next steps they refused

to give up despite the secret service's attempts to scare them and this was just simply it's all connected to the protests against garbage dumps it's been a problem for a while and no one seems to be solving it. and you know most of this while we were shooting this reporting called week to wish you the way. of those of us the police took our possible details of. it came out of nowhere the police have put one activist behind bars they have confiscated the computers of fourteen activists the activists have been pushing back against mountains of garbage the dump being brought from moscow to this small town truckloads of trash from the capital every single day the activists and thousands of residents were and are worried about the health of their families. reporting there for us now

germany is the largest lender to back has reported a profit for the last fiscal year the announcement marks the first time that the troubled bank was in the black since two thousand and fourteen according to the bank's numbers start a bank made a profit of around three hundred forty million europe's the positive numbers are slightly below analyst expectations but still market turnaround in the bank's fortunes began race speculation about a merger with germany's smaller but many say it would still be too small and too weak for competition. our financial correspondent is listening in at banks annual press conference for us in frankfurt i spoke to him earlier and asked him about the talk about possible merger with comments back. yeah that's that's an issue that has come up because deutsche bank's performance really isn't measuring up to international standards if you compare it and especially in german politics german finance minister all of shoals seems to favor that idea of creating

a national champion one big national band bank that can. compete in the international game but it is it is very unlikely that putting together two week banks will actually create this kind of national champion investors don't like the idea the bank itself doesn't like the idea its plan is to come to its own strength instead on the one hand you have a bank reporting a profit for the last fiscal year but it's also facing a number of scandals how is this all infected affecting investors. well. c.e.o. christian saving has inherited a lot of these scandals a lot. came before he even took office earlier last last year but of course there is still a risk in in the books they addressed this here at the press conference actually today going through the various scandals that are still on the agenda that is the.

money laundering issue with the bank there is still with something connected with the panama papers where we saw a raid last year in the fall of last year that also that the bank also felt in its in its earnings because that was missed opportunities and then there is the comics scandal all of these were addressed it was pointed out that they have been there for a long time but that doesn't really see a risk there a financial risk it doesn't see its own wrongdoing trying to calm investors there of course overall what was the feeling you got there at the press conference how is deutsche you're framing its performance in twenty eighteen and is it realistic. christians say is it being made a really strong appearance you know appearing very confident and saying that against all odds the bank has managed to reach its goals mainly by cutting costs but the bank has also lost some of its income through that you know despite cutting

six thousand jobs for example and so the stakes weren't or the stakes were high but the goals weren't high to begin with and so really a performance isn't that great especially when you compare it internationally. me to three hundred forty millions in profit if you compare that to j.p. morgan they made thirty billion that's one hundred times more and that just doesn't do what you've been just can't compare all right our financial correspondent paul courson let's for us in frankfurt thanks so much. for it now and football's asian cup draws to a close today with japan taking on qatar in the final or japan are regulars in the later stages for guitar this is uncharted territory it is ranked ninety third in the world and have had to deal with plenty of controversy in the united arab emirates as well but now they could be on the verge of glory and we have ed became

bridge from v.w. sports with us to talk to us more about the asian cup these two teams are you surprised to see them in the final what i think everybody surprised to see could tell they were among the pre-tournament favorites like you just said there with ninety third ranked in the world but that surprised everybody and they've made it to the final against a very tough japan so it will be interesting to find out what happens there now they haven't actually conceded a single goal. in the lead up to this final which is astonishing. but of course they get set to host the twenty twenty two world cup and a lot of people question their suitability as a host for that world cup because they don't have much football heritage and people wondered whether they could actually compete at their own world cup but i think it showed a lot of people at this tournament that they can compete and they and they have the ability to take on some of the big sides and get good results now to give us a bit more background information about this final my colleague ali moody has prepared a short course let's take a look at that now. guitar players are getting ready for the biggest game of their lives the team has reached the asian cup final for the first time ever for

a country preparing to host the world cup in twenty twenty two it's a chance to prove they belong on the biggest stage in football. this is what reaching the final meant to football fans back in doha. more than just a sporting success the semifinal victory over the u.a.e. had political connotations to the tournament hosts have been involved in a blockade of qatar. and the result sparked fury inside the stadium guitar players were pelted with shoes and plastic bottles after they scored and at the end of the game. we manage quite well the emotions during the game and on the players the performance in the in the game that that was the most important u.e.a. have since lodged an official complaint alleging two of guitars players are ineligible for the national team that include star striker on the way as alley he's

the top scorer at the tournament with eight goals already but he and his team mates face their toughest challenge yet in the final. japan has won the trophy four times more than any other country and while their form has been unspectacular they have been efficient enough to deal with every opponent they face so far. is that. we're going to have to play an excellent and excellent game who want to compete against them but we are right at this point the players are confident and we're going to try to arrive well they've overcome hostile crowds and beaten some of asia's top teams to get this far another victory would see guitar make history. so ed we heard there about accusations being leveled against two qatar players what's behind these accusations so you know what united arab emirates who host the tournament actually lost to qatar in the semifinal they claim to be in possession

of documents which prove the ineligibility of the two players just mentioned there in the reports now there's no question even going into the tournament the two players weren't born in qatar we knew that already there from there they were born in sudan and iraq but it's all registered the players claiming that their mothers were born in qatar which made them eligible to represent the country at the tournament however you claim that they have documents which prove that the mothers were also born in sudan and iraq respectively now that has cost a bit of a shadow on this final going into it nothing's been proven yet. and qatar actually the f.a. haven't actually commented on these allegations but like i say is slightly suspicious and would be interesting to find out what comes of this ok so that's the controversy surrounding qatar what about japan you see them as the clear clear favorite here what going into the tournament they were certainly among the favorites they have a scored absolutely bursting with talent some internationally known names as well but they haven't really hit form in this tournament just yet but it just just goes

to show you that even without hitting top form they've managed to drag themselves this far and all and i think a lot of mutuals looking at this are going to think that japan are going to add another asian cup victory they've already won four and i think of the favorites for this one as well they're edge of pond taking on a qatar in the asian cup final and mccrae and cambridge friendly to the sports thank you so much and you. now bahraini footballer and refugee hakim is facing extradition proceedings in thailand bahrain wants him to return home to face vandalism charges all r.i.p. who fled bahrain in twenty four chain of them was later granted refugee status in australia was a recipe on his honeymoon in bangkok in november rain a sentenced him to ten years in prison for allegedly vandalizing a police station human rights groups are calling for his release saying he has been on lawfully imprisoned by thai authorities alarabiya will appear in bangkok's criminal court on monday. for a minor in our top story here on the us is expected to announce its halting compliance with a key nuclear arms treaty the trumpet ministration says

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