this is you know we're news live from berlin germany fights international criticism over a key energy project chancellor angela merkel plays down claims that a gas pipeline to russia will undermine western security the u.s. wants it stopped and now france says it could halt construction at a european level also coming up a tense standoff over humanitarian aid at the venezuelan border so for claimed interim president one why don't says an on the calls on the military to define it

waters not to allow the foreign aid into the country we asked our correspondent what's at stake plus the curtain goes up on this year's verlyn film festival there are seventeen films in competition this year including the kindness of strangers by director lone scherfig well have a preview of that and there are many other treats leaving the silver screen out of this year at a theater near you. our way of art thank you so much for your company everyone. well we begin right here in germany where chance of america is being forced to defend a key infrastructure project from international criticism while the nord stream two pipeline is due to start pumping later tissue. delivering russian

a gas to germany critics including the us say that will undermine european security while the american ambassador to berlin even went so far as to slam the project in an exclusive editorial for the or d w news while now france could halt construction at an e.u. meeting tomorrow recognize that the pipeline will give russia too much leverage over germany and the west. come in an opportunity could well be become dependent on russia because of this gas pipeline i say no if we diversify at the same time. gemini will expand its gas terminals with regard to liquefied gas. this that means that we don't want to make ourselves dependent on russia and that any circumstances . but russia was a source of gas during the cold war and it will remain so today without us entering into one sided dependence you can get in our right well joined now by claudia comfort's an energy economist at the german institute for economic research and

were in berlin and correspondent in brussels the raise a very good evening to you both barbara let's start with you in brussels this last minute announcement coming from a pair is that it could support new e.u. guidelines extending the block's control effectively over this controversial project. what that mean for the deal the north storm to deal. it would mean in fact for the north rim to deal that in the project becomes much more complicated it would not necessarily kill it off immediately but it would of course is sort of put stones in its way what this means is and what this is about is really is sharpening in tightening of european role in the rules with regards to gas delivery and force even projects i would side of the european union to sort of

separate the two sides of the business that is the delivery this is ply side of gas and on the of on the other hand the organization of the operation of the pipelines of the sort of network and that's the basis of this now if that would be enforced to do in the north stream to deal it would mean legal complications it would mean political complications it could still probably be saved somehow but not very quickly and it would mean that the project becomes much more cumbersome art professor kamber it is a comfort to hear in the berglund want to go to you next how important is this project for europe's energy supply it's not very important because so we have turned to transpose routes and not only the existing pipelines which could be used but in the future more liquefied natural gas will play a crucial role and many european countries have to increase infrastructure regarding the liquefied natural gas terminals and that's very important and germany

should do that too in order to diversify gas in porous and in the future the gas demand will decline because of climate goals but also we will have an increased share for noble energy and this is the reason why we don't need this pipeline. we're going to go back to you in brussels france isn't the only critic of this project who else is against it and why. european eastern european countries have been against it for years and particularly their sort of hostility were towards it increased dramatically after the russian intervention in ukraine and then show and other european eastern european countries said no look at this you pandering to president putin directed at berlin and do you see what he's doing politically you know this is sort of completely unwise this is against our security this is against our interests and you should not do this and particularly of course it. is

about this was a german which is to kill project that nobody else would profit from because what it would do would undercut the income from the gas transit that is so important to ukraine so it is a sort of like a double bind situation in berlin is always defended and says no it's not really that bad and we're not reliant we've heard on the america but the criticism has been there is throughout now there's a conference germany's chancellor angela merkel said today that her country won't be reliant on a russia line for gas but that it will diversify its suppliers how we list it is that. what is on the realistic of germany is increasing the liquefied natural gas infrastructure we don't have a terminal right now or the other term and that's we could use but to be honest the dependency from russian gas will increase jessica lee with us new or pipeline and that's the reason why they construct that and contradicts obviously the european

goals not on the of the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of climate policy and this is the reason why this pipeline is completely on the economic hole economists claudia comfort and correspond above are these all thank you thank you. all right now to some of the other stories making news around the world. british prime minister theresa may and european commission prisoners include younger have pledged to continue talks about the u.k.'s withdrawal from the european union but younger once again refused to renegotiate the terms of the drawl. france is recalling its ambassador to inly amid mounting tension after italy's deputy prime minister met french vest protesters who are pairs as also angry about a string of critical comments directed towards president in my year on my columns government by at least two deputy prime ministers. swedish police say

a norwegian air plane bound for france with one hundred sixty nine passengers on board has returned to stalk homes arlanda airport after receiving a bomb threat the plane was evacuated and is being searched by bomb defuse alecks birds among the passengers are members of the national swimming team. germany's anti trust watchdog is cracking down on facebook moving to restrict the social media giants ability to collect data in the country well as they already say they cannot gather information from third party sites without the consent of the user while more evidence now that facebook's business model could be under threat. it is a long awaited decision three years that's how long it took germany's federal cartel office to decide to clamp down on facebook's data collection the question was whether obtaining data from activity on social media widgets on third party sites could be considered under a competitive behavior is being used as

a given is it was for fans in the whole conclusion is that facebook can collect data on its platform that invited them and facebook facebook can also continue to gather data on its other services like what's up or instagram or one third party sites. but they may in the future collect. such days out only with a user's explicit consent. indy's it's. very clear eyed british. like in most countries facebook is the leading social media network in germany it has more than thirty million users and the second most popular social network instagram with some seventeen million users is now also owned by facebook that leaves the competition far behind. the decision to restrict facebook's data collection in germany is the latest in

a long line of walls for the company that began with a major privacies gondolas last year since then authorities around the world have been turning the heat up on the tech firm facebook has already responded to the move by german authorities saying it will appeal the decision. now they say a picture is worth a thousand words but that's not always true when it comes to movies for years activists have been campaigning for digital symbols that represent a broader range of people and experiences and this week in official emerge update will give smartphone users even more inclusive options and you get the social media editor carl last minute here to show us some of the changes take it away well i don't know are you a big m o g user and these are kind of fun there's more than three thousand of them now and this organization that manages in modi's called unicode they just approved a new update that will give us some two hundred more and just here's a few of what we can expect from the moji updates soon you'll have

a modis for things you didn't even know you needed i mean we're talking about onions and garlic my favorite waffles we've got underwear banjos ballet shoes so lots of useful maybe not so useful modi's depending on your point of view but the biggest news here is that this update includes several emotions that represent the disabled community as you can see these are some of those symbols we're talking about things like wheelchairs prosthetic limbs guide dogs sign language just to name a few here and you know disabled activists they've really been campaigning for those images for years and said hey look we make up about fifteen percent of the population but before this update there was really nothing that brought presented our experiences so that should change with this update to these modi's will now be available later this year around september october and inclusion it is important what other new images are being talked about or do you expect if you get that we've seen activists really pushing for these emotions that are more diverse the represent people around the world so we're talking

a different skin colors there was a headscarf emoji that came out recently so we're seeing even more diversity with this latest updates and this is just one example this the most the holding hands of mojo if you use that one now it's available in seventy new combinations so that ensures. couples of every gender and every skin tone those are represented now you know i did know this anyone can essentially propose their own a mode for inclusion and there was another successful campaign this year and it led to a new emoji actually the bra presents ministrations so this is a drop of blood and this was from a girls rights group in the u.k. they lead this movement to combat the stigma surrounding menstruation and you know i'm oh geez i'm not going to solve maybe the larger issues but this is kind of one take that we're seeing here one feminist writer looking this period a mode you might not seem like a big deal but it is there is the stigma and the shame surrounding ministration it can have a damaging effect on girls' lives so in a mode you won't solve the issue but it will least start a conversation so i think a lot of these will be useful for

a broad range of people personally when i want waffles in the morning it's nice to have that waffle mode. of oh gee do you use the most are overused the most i think i overuse a lot of them oh geez i might annoy my friends maybe a little bit too old to be using the modis i don't know but we have more options now we have three thousand you can pretty much have an entire conversation with just a motor car and thank you so much for that i greatly appreciate it karl asman social media editor all right next up we are going to shift our attention to venezuela to that country's political crisis and the tense standoff over a convoy of humanitarian aid to stranded on the country's border venezuela's government led by an equal i smother it all has ordered the army not to allow it into the country the aid has been organized by the united states and venezuela's opposition who want to see mother little removed from power what the aid convoy stranded now at the border venezuela's military has to pick whether to obey a government orders or let the through we have this report.

venezuelan soldiers keep watch at the barricades and the t.n.t. does bridge border crossing president nicolas maduro has called aid supplies offered by the united states a form of foreign intervention he's ordered the soldiers to turn the assistance away but the soldiers have also been given another order by one the opposition leader who last month declared himself venezuela's interim president. and. i give a direct order to the armed forces allow the necessary humanitarian aid to enter to take care of your family. that is put the focus on the military personnel at the border and their commanders which president will they obey. pedestrian bridges at the border remain open venezuelans can still cross to buy goods they can't get at home but many who have no money to go shopping in neighboring colombia don't

understand why the aid shipments are being stopped. i am asking you to please open the border. let the food pass. it's like you say you really love been a swale or if you really feel something inside of you me if you love your family your children and you should to love them then you need to love us venezuelans as well i'm asking you please open the border mr maturer. do or has dismissed the us aid offer as a political show in the capital caracas supporters signed a petition that's to be sent to washington telling donald trump to keep his hands off of venezuela. make him are not bad we want to see if got our rights and interests because external forces are attempting to seize our national wealth by.

had a military rally on wednesday when they were called on troops to show patriotism and unite against the u.s. . by the us empire by the president of the united states of america mr donald trump. as you know. for now the border troops still appear to be following the orders of nicolas maduro there are concerns this aid standoff could escalate. and help explain what's at stake i'm now joined here in the studio by correspondent ophelia harm cerruti who has just returned from the region who has reported for us from venezuela as well always great having you here what is so threatening about aid well it's not the aid itself it's where it's coming from it's the u.s. and mr munder all is sure that our arcus trading a military intervention in his country and he things because of the interest they

have in the big oil reserves in manila he keeps denying there's a humanitarian crisis and so he has said that as well as our no beggars to be accepting this what are you hearing from your sources about what's unfolding right now along the border well we know the blockade is still on the convoy though has left the capital bogota with thirty to forty tons of humanitarian aid and it's about to arrive in the bordering town but that makes the urge for this blockade to end even even more urgent because well it has to eventually will probably just there. right yeah exactly so what's so striking about this power battle at the heart of the crisis right now in venezuela is that mr garrido is not democratically elected yet he enjoys widespread

international support why well it was surprising how quickly he was boxed by all of the country starting by the u.s. and then other. european countries but he's a first phase that is backing the opposition it was divided for too long the opposition that's why we didn't have a strong candidate for the elections last year and he's being recognized as the only chance to finally we can muddle and this humanitarian aid is a test for him if he manages to get it in it might show that is weaker than we ever thought. this is being said by the us why is washington getting involved in the domestic affairs of venezuela because especially taking into account the role that the us the checkered track record of the us in south america how do people feel about the potential prospect of a military intervention by the us donald trump has said was a was

a possibility yeah well we saw it in the report there are people in the middle of that feel threatened to believe that the us is trying to intervene military but it's also true that it is very very urgent and people are wasting time medicine is not coming in and so it has been widely criticized in the region as well not everyone is backing why do we so protests as well in argentina recently from labor unions against what is happening but we will see the next days are going to be crucial in venezuela our people i mean you were there i've got thirty seconds of power people doing right now in venezuela. by myself it can't be denied people are starving they're eating from the garbage it's really a humanitarian crisis and it will have to finally end otherwise the exodus will continue and the neighboring countries will be threatened by this as well. be used

to feel your homes thank you. on out to madagascar are and fish the island lies off the coast of east africa and is surrounded by some of the continent's richest fishing stocks for generations a traditional community known as the visa so has fish the waters of the indian ocean but they say the arrival last year of chinese fishing trawlers off the coast now threatens to disrupt the already fragile balance between man and see. the fisherman and a cow holes in his net. the small community in southwest america has been fishing like this for generations but now their way of life is under threat. several huge chinese fishing trawlers started casting their nets of the shore of on a pound last year the local fisherman with a small wooden boats can't compete with his industrial fishing operation has been like it's bad for us it's tough competition because the chinese nets

a huge. helping catch many fish as for me i'm just using a small net i can't get that many fish. and they fear it will get much worse under a deal struck between the madagascar development agency and chinese investors three hundred thirty chinese high tech boats will be delivered to madagascar and fisherman supplied free of charge they will replace their traditional wooden boats to increase the fisherman's haul part of the fish will be sold locally the rest will report by the chinese allegedly at a favorable price. sounds like a good deal but it has provoked an outcry among the fishermen here they fear that industrial scale trolling will result in overfishing and efficient stocks diminish their livelihoods will be at risk he still continues so if this goes on with all

these trawlers coming here. with where will the fishermen go they have nothing else them fishing up there is. a community that makes its living from the sea is settling into an uncertain future. the burial in allah is vax the sixty nine film festival kicks off today and i very happy that i'm being joined by charlotte telson pill and david eleven down at the red carpet for you guys good to see what is so special about this year's l and all of. the betting on it is one of the most eagerly anticipated festivals in the while it's a lot of people are going to be watching some of the films that are on display this year there are seventeen me these competing for that golden bat the top prize here at the festival but i did just want to zoom in on

a one thing in particularly the especially different about this year and that is the number of female directors who are in competition there are seventeen female directors competing for that coveted golden bad that's more that it can last year is more than that that it really is an impressive number right so about half of the films in competition are directed by women of the four hundred movies that are being shown in total at the belly not also just under half are directed by women that's one hundred ninety one films and this is sort of the parting gift of film festival director tito costly gets his last year at the festival he said he wanted to get it to fifty fifty and we're almost there well this really is one of the big themes of the babineau there isn't it's all about inclusive see and divesting and that's what they're trying to achieve and they're also trying to do it in the jury itself the panel that's going to be judging the films that's all stage and about and jury president this year is none other than the one and only juliet you know she know her from shock and awe from the english patient certainly and she's

leading up a very gender balance jury and quite a jury with one of germany's top stars also supposed john leo who just won the foreign language oscar last year for his movie fantastic woman. and she was talking a little bit about all of these wonderful female directors and saying that it's not just about a quota but the they are really great directors who deserve to be here yet if we're talking about women in film of course we also have to mention the me too movement at the huge movement that was sparked by revelations about the sexual assault of actresses in the film industry now juliette binoche the jury president as we mentioned she was asked about that in the press conference that she gave she worked extensively with harvey weinstein of course on two of her massive films so she was asked about her relationship with him and what she thinks about the allegations that have come out about him he could see had problems.

as a producer he was wonderful most of the time. and i think he was a great producer and that we shouldn't forget even though it's been difficult for direct some directors and actors and specially actresses i want to see peace to his mind and let justice do what he needs to do. now you were both just had a preview of tonight's opening film the kindness of strangers without spoiling anything for us tell us more. well you know we want to spoil it for. you but we actually aren't allowed to tell you our opinions because it's a world premiere coming out but we can tell you it's a little bit like love actually bill nye in fact is back but this time it's a little bit tougher it's a lot more dramatic it's about bringing together people who are living on the margins some of them on the streets of new york city those topics people on the

margins it is that topic that the director really does deal with a lot in her film she's the danish director of course the opening film of course it's a female director as well having is you in a shout the she's extremely critical claims not just in denmark but internationally as well she's been nominated for three i cademy awards really is considered a huge honor that she's opening the festival this year and this movie is about she said it's a it's a love story but not just about romantic love it's about the love between mother and children or a nurse and her patients for instance and even though it's not meant to be a political film officially this is a very political festival it's bound to get that read especially since it takes place in the united states and terry president did say that the jury was going to be looking for a humane film and humane times aren't charlotte telson phil and david leavitt's at the berlin film festival guys thanks so much.

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