w. . this is deja news live from berlin is the cold war poised for replay. the united states will therefore suspend the subjugation under the treaty effective february second and the u.s. says it will hold out as the key nuclear disarmament pact completely in six months if russia doesn't stop violating it also coming out of germany's biggest lender deutsche bank holds an annual profit for the first time in years but is that 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 masterman thanks for joining us the u.s. is withdrawing from a key arms control treaty secretary of state mike pale announced that the u.s. will suspend its compliance with the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty the i.n.f. with russia tomorrow will then withdraw completely from the accord six months of moscow does not end alleged violations of the pact president donald trump has said he wants talks to agree on a new arms control treaty. it's the end of months of speculation and tension secretary of state mike pump a.o. has officially signaled that the arms control treaty which has helped keep european

safe could soon end if russia does not return to fall in verifiable compliance with the treaty within the six month period by verifiably destroying its i n f violating missiles their lodgers and associated equipment the treaty will terminate this is the weapon that the u.s. is talking about the russian built as a c eight a missile system washington and many experts believe has a range of more than five hundred kilometers which would mean it's a violation of the i.n.f. treaty. but the kremlin says it never intended to violate the agreement a russian foreign ministry spokesperson says the u.s. ultimatum is part of a strategy to dodge its international legal obligations for many european countries the end of the i.n.f. treaty brings back memories of the cold war and it stokes fears of a new arms race the german chancellor angela merkel called on both sides to continue talks still insist god

a threat is it clear that russia has violated the treaty and that's why we must talk to russia on behalf of germany foreign minister haiku must and myself will do everything to make it possible again and the next six months. the agreements between the us and the former soviet union banned all land based nuclear missiles with a range between five hundred and five and a half thousand kilometers that marked an end to decades of nuclear instability during the cold war. experts now fear the end of the i.n.f. treaty could not only further damage the transatlantic relationship but also threaten the future of other arms control agreements. 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 nonpartizan 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 that. 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 and 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 or 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 and you mentioned other diplomatic options what other options were there on the table what would you would like to see in the trump administration do. so first of all i think the only way that one could first see resolved mean the compliance concerns that both the united

states and russia have raised about the other's implementation of the treaty is if that you sides acknowledge the concerns of both sides the trump administration 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 where the been in a better position to continue to put pressure diplomatic economic and even military pressure on russia to reach turned 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 now to some of the other stories making news around the world the number of weather related deaths during this week's deep freeze in the u.s. has risen to twenty one so-called polar vortex began moving out to sea on friday easing its grip on about a dozen states that have endured days of record breaking cold a new concern now flooding as the area begins to thaw out. at least sixty people were killed in monday's attack by boko homerun militants in northeastern nigeria as 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. germany's largest lender deutsche bank has reported a profit for last fiscal year it's the first time the bank has been in the black since two thousand and fourteen according to his own numbers deutsche bank made around three hundred forty million euros and profits slightly lower than analysts expectations. it's the first results for deutsche is a new c.e.o.

christiane's a ving and unfortunately for saving the troubled lender isn't out of the woods yet the fourth quarter was a rocky one but despite the turbulence 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 do you look at it convince on its merits and 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 here. 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. germany's biggest lender still seems to dancing from one scandal to the next last autumn voyages 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 don't you post the savings didn't comment on profit projections for this year or on a possible merger with germany's second largest bank come it spanned. the e.u. in japan of created the world's largest free trade zone and it could save european countries the billions and duties each year the two sides have agreed to remove almost all tariffs on trade in a move that will affect six hundred thirty five million people so-called jephthah has been described as the world's largest free trade agreement it scraps levies on agricultural and industrial products and opens up the service sector and procure. 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 talkie is here from sports to talk more about that alema look 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 favorite 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'd be powerhouses south korea then japan and they conceded just one goal tournaments and you know the st 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. it was a pretty stunning so he was kind of the star of the show 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 beauty in. 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 bowls 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 expect to see this go on in not a future highlight reel 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 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 in and 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 to talk sports thanks israel is gearing up to host this year's your vision song contest in may the annual celebration is rarely a stranger to controversy and this year the discord is caused by israel's human rights record towards palestinians to appease critics organizers have moved the location from the contested city of jerusalem to tel aviv a protester say that that's not enough and now the show meant to bring nations together looks like it's heading in the opposite direction w.'s tanya kramer sent us this report. i'm not sure. who that is was eurovision song contest thriller last year in lisp own and she was the public's favorite with an unusual outfit and distinctive song toey to change her life

musician. why one hundred eighty degrees different i was a blues artists singing and basements and i did my little priest off at home who ever have who i wouldn't have a mentioned in in twelve months. to become that perfect everyone is where the right to host this year's contest for the first time in twenty years. in may comes from all over the world are expected to come here to tel aviv where the song contest is being held but despite the enthusiasm 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 of the singers to israel to the show and no one canceled 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 letters experience criticism herself on social media and on stage but she prefers to focus on her music and has just released her second single . you're watching news coming up next on business africa illegal trade is brisk as

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