as i fear russian politicians are blaming the united states for what they say is the undermining of global security by withdrawing from a nuclear arms control convention secretary of state mike compay announced washington will stop observing the i.n.f. treaty on saturday and withdraw from the accord and six months the us says a new russian missile has breached the treaty moscow has denied the allegations. last week's down collapse was paid tribute by brazilian rescue workers who

scattered flower petals from the air over the disaster area ten helicopters released a shower of rose petals to honor the one hundred ten people confirmed dead and the two hundred thirty eight still missing. the world's biggest free trade agreement came into effect on friday the jeff the deal between japan and the e.u. eliminates ninety four percent of japanese and ninety nine percent of european tariffs on imports in the future the rate will rise to ninety nine percent on both sides. the number of weather related deaths during this week's deep freeze in the us has risen to at least twenty the polar vortex began moving out to sea on friday leading to rising temperatures flooding is now a major concern as the area begins to thaw out.

welcome to news from the world about some culture i'm robert merrill i'm glad to have a look at what's coming up today. netanyahu one loss is your vision song contest has released a new single and she's responded to calls to boycott this year's competition big held in home country of israel. when you write from being shed you spread darkness. capernaum lebanese movie about a young boy born into a world of extreme poverty is hot favorites of the foreign language osca. and giants of the renaissance a multimedia exhibition and like seeing celebrating leonardo da vinci.