you. know. this is g.w. news live from berlin is the cold war poised for replay. the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the honor of treaty effective february second. and the u.s. says it will call out of a key nuclear disarmament pact in six months if russia doesn't stop violating it we'll have reaction from washington and moscow also coming up germany's biggest lender deutsche bank posts an annual profit for the first time in years but is it enough to stave off a merger with

a rival lender and. israel gears up to host this year's euro vision song contest but the event is already mired in controversy. i'm carl massa thanks for joining us the u.s. is withdrawing from a key arms control treaty it will first suspend its compliance with the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty the i n f with russia tomorrow that would be saturday secretary of state on a zero said the u.s. would then withdraw from the accord in six months if moscow does not end alleged violations of the pact president donald trump says he wants to begin talks on a new arms control treaty. moscow has responded by saying that it never in.

tended to violate the treaty a russian foreign ministry spokesman said the u.s. move was part of a strategy to daunt its international legal obligations earlier g.w.s. moscow correspondent emily sure when told us more about the kremlin's reaction the foreign ministry actually said that they reserve the right to respond i think this is more likely to be a response to the rhetoric we heard on the u.s. side and just the russian rhetoric as it were russia really doesn't respond well to the language of ultimatums and i think they're making that clear with this harsh response the other thing i think is just basically a testament to how bad relations have gotten we've heard a lot of anti u.s. rhetoric in the build up to this decision head of the decision today russia was accusing the u.s. of not sticking to its international obligations of not being open for dialogue at all and i think what we'll continue to see in these next six months when the withdrawal the withdrawal period is basically both sides continuing to trade

accusations and let's get more perspective on this joining me from washington d.c. is kingston reef he's the director of the arms control association a nonpartisan organization that promotes arms control policy now as we heard the trump administration it says it will pull out of the treaty in six months completely if there's no progress on arms control from the russian side how worried are you about the. withdrawing from the i.n.f. treaty at this time and in the manner the trump administration has chosen to do so is a kind of productive and self-defeating own goal in my view withdrawing from the treaty will do nothing to bring russia back into compliance with the agreement and greatly increases the risk of unleashing a new missile race that would reduce the security of our allies in europe in our forward deployed troops in europe unfortunately as has been the case with the trump

administration's withdrawal from other international agreements the administration has no viable strategy to constrain russia from developing and deploying additional intermediate range missiles in the absence of the treaty and in the absence of the treaty russia will be free to deploy additional missiles without constraints the united states has no military need or rationale to deploy intermediate range missiles in europe it has a significant advantage in treaty compliance air and sea launch missiles that it can bring to bear to counter russia if need be and democrats in congress as well as allies in europe are unlikely to support the deployment of u.s. intermediate range missile systems in europe the trump administration did not exhaust all diplomatic options and it tend to save the treaty and such options i believe were still available so overall i think this is an unwise decision that

will reduce u.s. security in the security of our allies he mentioned other diplomatic options what other options were there on the table what would you have liked to seen the trump administration do. so first of all i think the only way that one could first see resolving the compliance concerns that both the united states and russia have raised about the other's implementation of the treaty is if the two sides acknowledge the concerns of both sides the trumpet ministration has been unwilling to acknowledge some of the concerns that russia has raised particularly pertaining to the deployment of rome in romania and soon in poland of missile defense interceptor launchers that russia believes violate the treaty so i think the united states. needs to if it's serious about saving the treaty needs to acknowledge the russian concerns and for its part the russians need to go further in addressing u.s.

concerns and the united states with been in a better position to continue to put pressure diplomatic economic and even military pressure on russia to reach turn to compliance with the treaty while continuing to remain a party to the agreement. kingston raef the director of the arms control association joining us from washington d.c. thanks very much thank you back in the nineteen eighties nuclear missiles were stationed in the communist east by the soviet union and in allied occupied west germany the us that left many here fearful of nuclear war hundreds of thousands of west germans protested against the deployment of nuclear weapons in their country. funded mock travel to the southern city of heilbronn where american medium range missiles were once stationed here in this clearing in southern germany american nuclear missiles were stationed during the one nine hundred eighty s. the only building lift of what used to be the us army vul tied to base this pyrrhic

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 happened here at the height of the cold war. the whole world was alarmed three u.s. soldiers died sixteen were seriously wounded nichols created the memorial in their honor 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. it was only after this

accident that the people of had been 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 a treaty was agreed on the title was the first base in germany to remove and destroy its nuclear missiles he's a bishop title 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. 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. in the one nine hundred eighty s. there were massive demonstrations against u.s. missiles across germany including here and. these of us who would attend the protest march if there were one today to rid off here 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 volatile 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. now a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at least sixty people were killed in monday's attack by boko haram militants in northeastern nigeria

that's according to amnesty international the united nations says tens of thousands of people have fled from the city of run to neighboring cameroon because they fear further attacks judges of the international criminal court have ordered the conditional release of the wrong bag both former president of ivory coast he was cleared last month on charges of crimes against humanity the conditions involved residing in an i.c.c. member state ahead of a final prosecutions. it's the first results with his new c.e.o. christiane's a ving and unfortunately for saving the troubled land isn't out of the woods yet the fourth quarter was a rocky one but despite the violence dosha ended the year with a tidy profit of three hundred forty one million euros a solid step forward after its seven hundred thirty million euro loss in twenty seventeen. in the given so it's a return to profit demonstrates that deutsche bank is on the right path now we need

to take the next step will continue to cut costs in twenty nineteen and invest in growth would like to see it invokes to invest you. but it's hard to see where that growth will come from deutsche is facing weakness in its traditional bull walks of investment banking and wealth and bond management. and germany's biggest lender still seems to dancing from one scandal to the next last autumn deutsche is offices were raided as part of a money laundering investigation and is facing renewed scrutiny in the u.s. over its business dealings with president donald trump. maybe that's why doors should last saving didn't comment on profit projections for this year or on a possible merger with germany's second largest bank comet's bank. presidents of a russian town south of moscow are facing harassment and even prison sentences because of their efforts to raise awareness of the local garbage dump they say is

making them sick the waste is trucked in from the russian capital and the authorities seem to want people to keep quiet about 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. then 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. now 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 moskos disposal of most of its waste in the city of 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 dumped. 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 the garbage dumps it's been a problem for a while and no one seems to be solving it. you know most of it while we were shooting this reporting columnar week two which shooed away. the police took our possible details. 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 being brought from moscow to this small town truckloads of trash from the capital every single day the activists and thousands of residents were all worried about the health of their families. now israel is gearing up to host this year's euro vision song contest in may the annual celebration is barely a stranger to controversy but this year the tension is up a notch israel's human rights record towards palestinians is the focus of a movement to boycott the event to appease critics organizers move the location from the contested city of jerusalem to tel aviv but protesters say that's not enough and now the show meant to bring nations together looks like it's heading in

the opposite direction tanya kramer sent us this report. and that is where as eurovision song contest. she was the public's favorite this an unusual outfit and distinctive song toey it changed her life as a musician. what a hundred and eighty degrees different i was a blues artist a singing and basements and i did my new priest off at home whoever have who i wouldn't have been mentioned in in twelve months. to become that perfect to everyone is where the right to host this year's contest for the first time in twenty years is. in may funds from all over the world are expected to come here to tel aviv where the song contest is being held but despite the end of the us and that's being caused to boycott the events hosting the grand finale in

tel aviv rather than in jerusalem a city with internationally contested status has deflected some of the controversy several international artists and celebrities have started petitions to stay away from the event accusing israel of piloting palestinian human rights and its military occupation a lot of people demonstrated in all sorts of countries with in england and ireland against sending some singers to israel to the show and no one cancelled which is surprising having said that we have three months to go i'm pretty sure it's going to be loud very loud i mean a lot of demonstrations experience criticism herself on social media and on stage but she prefers to focus on her music and has just released his second single sauces about.

d.w. reporter all our stock has been following the eurovision controversy at least this year's controversy joins me in studio to walk us through it just tell us more first of all about this call for a boycott i mean your vision has always tried to touch it perceived to be nonpolitical but as you said before you know that every year there is there was all the causes yes but as you go you know you remember russia and ukraine if you just back and then just last week during the french national final of the show. we had protesters storming the stage with placards denouncing israel and then finally now this week a letter an open letter was posted on the guardian asking for the british public broadcaster the b.b.c. to boycott the competition for. info you know and to try to move the

competition out of israel the letter was signed by more than fifty british cultural personalities i mean they include that in just on the vivienne westwood we have musicians like peter gabriel roger waters who you might know from pink floyd to film directors mike lee can life so you know respected and and treasured artists who have signed this letter and and you know i mentioned the french final earlier every every country has to participate they have their own national final and the british foreign is known as you decide and so in this open letter they've used this name to get their political message through you know they rights the b.b.c. should consider that you decide. it's not a principle. principle extended to the palestinians who cannot decide to remove israel's military occupation and live free of apartheid now the signatories are you know asking the same his to the singers are safe and u.k. show to look inwards and see if they want to. have this on their conscience oh well

how is this letter playing out so far. i mean the b.b.c. they have reacted with a statement of their own they say the your vision song contest is not a political events and does not endorse any political message or campaign we do not believe it would be appropriate to use to b.b.c.'s participation for political reasons and we've found some directions online as well as social media scottish rights duncan hunter so we'll highlights that israel is not the first country with dubious human rights records when it comes to hosting your vision he asks can anyone remember whether mike lee vivienne westwood at. the b.b.c. to boycott your vision when it was held in famously human rights friendly russia and we also have reaction from one in the shrubbery who is a palestinian legislator and scala she writes the israeli occupation is nothing to sing about we salute the courage and integrity of all artists who do not want to be

complicit in israeli crimes so the b.b.c. is not budging and you know. but sides have arguments the b.b.c. they're saying either this isn't political but of course it is political i mean we've seen politics kind of creep into the music world in general before right especially over israel yeah i mean this is this movement called a b.d.s. stands for boycotts divestments sanctions they've been calling for a cultural or a course of history for a long time many high profile international artists have you know any reason to cancel their. their concerts including you know we have to mention a few london. lauren hill we also have artists who don't who don't support the movement so famously is trailing in the cave he a few years back he defended his tour two of his friends saying that it was an attempt to censor musicians so we'll see if any of the british contestants in this in the national british final. death will be aired on the fifth or the

eighth of february wait and see all right in the euro vision final in mainz around may this year the men all right. thank you very much thanks. and the world's biggest annual human migration is under way right now more than four hundred million chinese are on the move to ring in the year of the pig which begins on february fifth that means an estimated three billion trips by rail by road and by air as people head home to celebrate with their loved ones. boarded the train from beijing to home. it's the start of. one seven headed west the lunar new year millions leaving beijing for the provinces but inside the trains are crowded not everyone has a reservation forcing some passengers to get creative.

secured a seat the twenty five year old engineering students going home to see his parents will be the. spring festival for the chinese it's like christmas for westerners it is a holy day and everyone reunites with their families so it's really important for us. like many chinese. family once a year parents and children. and travel expenses are high. and it's no short journey. inside these girls are killing time they're in high spirits. now they're heading home. we want to have fun the last thing i'll do is my math homework.

everyone a happy new year. and then it's time for lunch. and eating there isn't that much to do. it's a chance to catch up on lost sleep. gifts are a big part of the new year ritual. bringing something for the kitchen. after six hours on the train who reaches his destination and is ready for the festivities to begin. he's looking forward to the food and fireworks the year of the pig brings with it plenty to celebrate. yet i'm very happy and excited finally i'm with my family i really miss them home is always the warmest place on earth for me not going to win. at home he's dead he's waiting for this so

you know the journey is over but millions of others a still on the road and looking forward to a fist of time with their families. football's asian cup has come to a close with a concert being crowned the new continental champions after they beat japan in the final and a limo talkee is here from sports to talk more about that alema look at qatar they'd never even been in a final before so how surprised were you to see them take on the title like you said no one no one expected this let alone win by a scoreline of three to one against pre-tournament favorites japan so that you know what i have to remind people this is football and football sometimes this is the stuff that you know dreams are made of and could talk get their fairy tale ending huge celebrations in doha right now they expect they expect it to last the entire weekend and you know what it wasn't an easy journey for qatar they beat powerhouses south korea then japan and they conceded just one goal all tournaments and you know

the saying defense wins championships but i have to point out it was could toss in attack that caught the imagination of all of these football fans now apparently the first goal from a leader was a pretty stunning that so he was kind of the star of the show yeah a jaw dropper i'm telling you it was and there's a reason why he stole the limelight in the twelfth minute when that goal came it was an acrobatic overhead kick it was a. it was goal number nine for him and it made him there you go those pictures don't even do it justice but it was a beauty it makes him the tournaments top goalscorer of all time with nine goals he broke the previous record that was eight that was set in one thousand nine hundred six and it's one of the best gold at the asian cup and i'd expect to see this go on in not a future highlight video of these top ten goals top goals of twenty nineteen and beyond to the asian cup it doesn't get as much coverage as some of the other

regional cops right now but how would you rate the success of the tournament this year overall it was a decent turn them in a good tournament i mean it was a poll once a lot more inclusive because the format had changed from sixteen teams to now twenty four that always means of course smaller teams like the likes of the philippines where does it tie a lead you know usually struggle to qualify they able to participate but on the other hand it was a bit disappointing because you know favorites beat pre-tournament favorites like japan defending champions australia and south korea just you know we had quite a disappointing tournaments thanks for wrapping up for us talking sports thanks. you're watching news from berlin don't forget all the latest news and information around the clock is on our web site that's dot com and coming up next eco africa that's the environment magazine thanks for joining me.

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