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this is news coming to live from berlin germany feeling the heat over the planned gas pipeline with russia the u.s. and france are putting pressure on him to put the brakes on a new russian state owned gas linked north stream too is a major rift between allies also on the program. a princess enters the race to be the country's finest so the surprise move. against the rules.
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but of course still has to decide if she can draw in next month's clothes. and a woman director's look and the. international film festival is still in force for. the kindness of strangers it's the first of several friends both women directors. here in germany plans for a pipeline supplying russian gas have been thrown into doubt under pressure from france the e.u. is expected to vote today to impose tougher regulations which could court construction that's already underway and u.s. senators have passed a resolution calling on germany to scrap the nord stream to project critics say the
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pipeline will make germany dependent on moscow and undermine european security that leaves a key part of germany's energy strategy under threat. construction of the north stream two pipeline is a ready well underway but the face of the project lies in the balance e.u. members have not yet agreed on how to proceed and germany and france in particular appear to be at odds over regulation this is what's at stake the pipeline will transport gas from russia to germany via the baltic sea the project in its current form is operated by russian state energy company. and that's exactly what critics including the united states and seemingly france object to. the dependency from russian gas will increase dress achille with us near a pipeline and that's the reason why they construct that. contradicts obviously the european goals not on the of the energy union but in the future we will see less
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gas demand because of climate policy and there's a reason why this pipeline is completely on the economic hole and friday european lawmakers will decide whether to extend the block's energy rules to gazprom if they do so the company would no longer be allowed to both operate the pipeline and handle sales meaning the project in its current form at least could go up in smoke . and floor let me join our correspondents huns brand here in berlin and max one in brussels starting with you france is essentially going to be voting against germany which is quite unprecedented why is it taking this step. i think it's safe to say that france has never been exposed to the comfort level with the north stream to project but they always stuck with germany in the past this is about to change apparently there are a number of reasons that are imaginable although the french have not explained
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officially yet one of the reasons of course is that this was a bilateral project between germany and russia it was never an e.u. project and some of the e.u. countries especially in the east are very uncomfortable with poland or the baltic states because they fear increased russian influence in the european union and they don't want that maybe there are commercial interests at stake at the same time because france could profit from liquefied natural gas coming in from the united states it's planning to build terminals so that could bring money to france and let me add here though that we really need to be slow in judging this because we haven't seen the final text and the french stressed the foreign ministry on thursday that they were still negotiating possible modifications to that text so there might be something that soften the blow as for germany and their house in but not critics of this project described this as a pipeline for poutine but this has been underway for quite a while what is at stake for gemini. yes indeed it's been
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a project that's been in the planning and the execution obviously for several years and germany has been pushing it through with quite a strong diplomatic effort a quite a strong commercial effort as well for germany the reasoning behind this is that germany wants to increase its supply of gas from what it regards as a reliable supplier that has partly to do with the fact that germany is getting out of nuclear power and out of coal fired power stations and the alternatives that is renewable energy such as solar power and wind energy i'm not quite as reliable as others and the slack from that is likely to be taken up by gas fired power stations so that's one reason that german needs more gas they also commercial interests in this germany i think is hoping to become a hub for gas distribution for the whole of the european union and the german government so far has seen all of this. primarily as
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a commercial venture and has in fact in some sense not seen the political dangers that it holds as well and the u.s. ambassador jim new vision again has also been talking about this issue he says and no one stream to make me dependent on russia and therefore is a security risk i just responded to that allegation let's take a listen to what she had to say. will we become dependent on russia because of this gas pipeline or i say no if we diversify at the same time. and he will expand its gas terminals with regard to liquefied gas. this that means that we don't want to make ourselves depended on russia and that any circumstances. but russia was a source of gas during the cold war and it will remain so today without as entering into one sided dependence. so i asked me how much on still
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meco say germany bought gas from the soviet union during the cold war why is that become such an issue now. well that's all obviously it's true germany did buy the russian old soviet gas during the cold war and there was never any real problem with that supply we have to see that behind the criticism of the united states and donald trump is very much involved enough as well there is also an american commercial interest the united states are producing a huge amount of gas and need markets for that and hope to find such markets in europe but i think what is really focused coming into focus now is the political dynamics in the geopolitical don't mention the natural concerns the status of ukraine a lot of gas is going through that country at the moment if it goes wrong to ukraine the longer through ukraine that means that russia has a lot more possibility to put pressure on you crying and obviously that's been a flashpoint of disputes of fighting between them not exactly fighting but the
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diplomatic infighting between russia and the united states and the west in general with sanctions having been imposed on the on the russia because of the situation in ukraine and max in brussels talking about diplomatic in find the german french alliance is thought to be the engine of the e.u. and macklin mccrone just signed this big treat you the new india friendship which you covered for us what with this disagreement over over this north stream to mean a full relations between the two countries. it's definitely not in the spirit of that friendship treaty because that treaty says that they try to be on the same page for important you decisions this is one of them they're not on the same page having said that we need to be a little careful with the assessment here because and always remember this was never met the pipeline actually the chancellor initiated this and would agree with that i'm sure is what was god showed up and medical sort of stuck with it because she seemed to be feel obliged to that now there are people here in brussels that
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are saying not openly but as a maybe medical won't be all that mad if she finds a way out of this pipeline project but even if that is the case still we can be sure that this is going to stick with us for a long time because the pipeline is it is half built so even if the authorities the political authorities say ok let's skip the project you can be quite sure that someone is going to open up a case at the european court of justice because so much money has already been invested and the sway of the european commission over pipelines that originate in other countries outside of the european union is quite simply legally disputed. max hoffman in brussels and hans brand in a button thank you both very much for your analysis. now the chairman of the upcoming munich security conference of wolfgang ischinger has been
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following the debate in the west over the nord stream to project he dismissed signs of a rift between france and germany after french president in london mccraw canceled a planned joint appearance at this says conference with a new american singer insists the european project is still strong and the absence of the french president doesn't worry the head of the munich security conference even if president michel isn't going to speak himself in munich we will have plenty of other senior representatives of the french government in munich to explain french positions. there will be a huge american delegation and congressional delegation there will be half a dozen german ministers etc etc so i think the purpose which i which is important to me the purpose to demonstrate in munich that the european union is alive and kicking that purpose can still be maintained good knowledge.
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in times where it may appear that the european project is faltering fishing i made a strong plea for european unity for me it's very important that we demonstrate is specially to the anglo-saxon community that. the impression that may be created elsewhere that because of breck's it the european integration project is about to crumble that that's wrong actually popular support for the european union in most countries is up not down. and beyond europe with the recent standoff between the us and russia if the i.m.f. missile treaty is she warned of a new politics of rivalry. we have enough in common between even russia and the united states to try to work together to
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put cooperation to put integration. above. the kind of rivalry which seems to be the motto of twenty nine hundred and we will need to talk about that next week and in munich we'll have some pretty tough hard talk i hope in order to clarify what the priorities of responsible leadership need to be in twenty nineteen. that was issued by the chairman of the munich security conference talking to do. now let me bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the world british prime minister to resign mabel holds talks with irish counterpart. in dublin later may is seeking changes to the so-called backstop a plan to avoid a return to a hard border in ireland the backstop is the main sticking point in the brics it may go through issues. over a dozen european and latin american countries have called on venezuela to hold free
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and fair elections to solve its deepening crisis this comes as a bridge into the country from colombia remains shots to humanitarian aid venezuelan president nicolas maduro says the shipments are part of a u.s. led attempt. the sea of amazon jeff bezos has accused the publisher of the u.s. tabloid the national enquirer of trying to blackmail him bezos alleges the company i threatened to publish intimate photos he allegedly sent to his girlfriend it's the latest twist in a week long battle between bezos and the company turning now to thailand where the sister of thailand's king has announced she would run for prime minister in upcoming elections in march princess will campaign for a party loyal to the country's ousted former prime minister some critics objects to her candidacy saying it may breach election law in thailand political parties are
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not allowed to use the monarchy for campaigning who really impressed her royal title titles in one thousand nine hundred seventy two after marrying an american but she's still widely considered a member of the royal family the election commission is set to decide on the case by next friday. and for more on this story i'm joined now from bangkok by panel one only is a senior correspondent for reuters there like component of the role is a very important in thailand but it seems that not allowed to take active part in the political process there does the princess fit into all of this well it's certainly very unprecedented i mean never since the end of absolute monarchy in one thousand thirty two house members of the immediate royal family of thailand taking place. taking part robert in any political role let alone in the
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electoral process so this i'm shocked at all that. we're going through a process made clear to resolution be a posting when it's frabjous you want to do this out of the kitchen and out of the will want to exercise it has a right as has the rights as a normal thai citizen to take part and be nominated as promising candidate but there's a law in the country against criticizing the king and anyone doing so is imprisoned if the princess is allowed to take in these elections next month will it apply to her as well. well. let's just stay low only trouble is king queen parent reaches this country so this last hour the princess to one of the many to him however first the royal family there's . a treat in this respect by the shows and by that time
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this is quite extraordinary circumstances so many of political observers as well as many of the coalition themselves are wondering how things will proceed since in a democratic system there are robust debates criticisms there are you know the actions that that that will require treatment equal madness among everyone involved dried up on one shot one senior correspondent for reuters in bangkok thank you very much thank you you're watching the news coming up ahead football in million no sun as for means identify following a plane crash in the english channel as tributes pouring and we look back on a tragic story. lines underlying truths in the kindness of strangers the film opened this is billy not a film festival. now for us to
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a lack of digital learning in germany holding back students that's the question many are asking german school was a lag behind when you compare the digital educational equipment to that of other european countries but according to the latest world wide tests on student performance school of the pisa germany still ranks within the top twenty globally for math reading and signs germany's federal government aims to invest five billion euros in tablets and high speed why five schools but look at governments up pushing back. and maurits what's known as digital natives but they spend most of their time in a rather analog and wiring and their school and the wireless connection is spotty and the computer room not exactly the most modern three student reps think this has to change and. got to be possible for each school room to have digital media
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we need computers that are capable of uploading graphics and complicated darter and of course we need teachers who know how to use these computers. him and it has been called german schools like badly behind when compared to international equivalents that was supposed to have changed. the german government wants to spend an extra five billion euros on digital technology in schools but the sixteen individual states don't want any interference in school policy so while federal and local governments debate issues the students must wait for their technology to be upgraded school lessons the traditional way this school needs more than just new equipment before digital media can become a proper subject. when we are most concerned about is that there isn't enough staff available that is capable of using digital media to get time you know and that means of course more than short term help we need new long term staff
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positions to be created we need someone in charge of tech support on the staff. up until now there were a few teachers who could take things into their own hands the eighth grade math class has just begun using tablets once in a while it's a pilot project the students are creating their own digital math book but every day school lessons don't include discussion of project yet. we don't do this kind of thing enough we should have projects like this in other subjects as well and we don't use digital media enough especially considering that we all have cell phones they could also be used in class we don't even have books everything's available on an i pad. but with only thirty i pads for more than six hundred students that won't be happening any time soon until more funding is made available for tech it's back to the blackboard and germany's old school education system. joining me now is he heads the o.e.c.d.
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is directorate for education and he's desk with the german education system welcome mr i should just say they want more digital education the government wants to give it to them so what is the problem. i mean what the issue in germany is simply to consolidate and coordinate the different funding streams you have state teachers by generously you have local communities who are struggling providing the infrastructure and the federal government isn't supposed to invest in schooling i think that's really the issue i don't think it's a lack of funding as a whole germany spends quite generously on education it's the way in which the money gets channeled through the different layers so you're saying it's basically a funding question how much does julie's national government have over the edge of the same system compared with other countries. and it really varies you have you do have countries that operate quite somalia's germany as a kind of federal system the national government in germany has actually very
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little say over school so that those in financial terms and old terms of substance and but it's really a matter of of courtin eight in those funding streams and at the end of the day i do think that local communities the state and the federal government should all think how can we help students learn best and teachers teach best in schools become more effective and i think there's still some work to do so what could a potential compromise look like between the national government and the federal or state governments. well i think it could be any layer of any level of cooperation and terms of the federal government providing additional funds to the states to oppose course or to communities directly and we're not talking about huge amounts of money you know in the in the in the in the kind of over of frame of spending on education the money that is required to really provide a first class digital environment for schools is a tiny kind of fraction of the overall levels of spending so we're not talking
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about a major issue and there are plenty of countries around the world that have actually done that we live in the twenty first century and technology can make a huge difference it can provide provide access to the world's most advanced knowledge to every student that can buy new types of pedagogical environments it can personalize learning in new ways it can create a very different relationship among teachers teachers a much more engaged in knowledge creation and so on and obviously you know infrastructure is just a starting point when you talk about how you can actually train teachers and so on so that's actually quite a. significant task right slicer from the o.e.c.d. thank you very much for talking to you thank you very much the body recovered from the wreckage of a plane in the english channel has been confirmed that a footballer. the twenty eight year old time was on his native ways to sign for cardiff city when contact with lost with his flight now his family's west fears
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have been confirmed. after nearly three weeks of pain and uncertainty the search for a million and so law is finally over british police identified the body recovered from the wreckage of a plane off the islands of guarantee as a law. the twenty eight year old argentine had been missing since january twenty first when his plane disappeared in route from france to wales shortly after he had left his father a voice message saying he was so scared that they were about to crash the plane now confirmed to be that of salon pilot david it but soon was discovered in the english channel earlier in the week had been to his body is yet to be found. so i was headed to wales to join new club cardiff city after they broke their club record signing him for months both clubs have paid tribute to the striker and argentina's president mary sue mockery offered his condolences via twitter to sellouts family after the confirmation. the discovery provides closure for salas family but they'll
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have to wait until an interim police report scheduled for february twenty first for answers on why the crash occurred. and here and the german capital the cook will has lifted on the bulletin international film festival known as the. big names in german and out with a guy opening this serious festival almost achieves gender parity with seven out of seventeen films in competition directed by women the opening film was the kindness of strangers is attaining a full mistress an uncertainty in contemporary america. and nights to remember the film fans with the red carpet as the place to be for the stars at the center of all the attention french oscar winner and head of this year's jury should it be no. genius director known as staff which brought an international cost to the red carpet celebrating the work premiere also
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a movie that kind of strange its. lorna's share face food focuses on several characters who crossed paths in a restaurant in new york. and they were anyone since for years now. all the characters have suffered life shattering experiences clara escaping from an abusive cost spent mark just left kristen. the movie tells their story as they try to rebuild their lives possible only with the help of strangers. and i thought it would make since every day while we were working where the world seemed to be a tough place to be to make a film that had light and hopefully leaves the audience in a sense of. not just hope but also community. the
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kindness of strangers as long as shellfish through to movie to run in competition at the bill and fin festival where she's often under praise for her keen eye if okereke does. the sixty nine sparely not it kicks off with an unprecedented line up of female directors known as shafiq signs a light on people at the margins a perfect fit for europe's most politically charged infested the kindness of strangers is a curious makes of drama and comedy humor and sadness which doesn't quite seem to know which way it wants to go. or director alone to share fish it is no longer about the kindness of strangers but about winning over the barely knowledge you mean. he was in the news he has a recap of the top story that we're following for you there is expected today to pass tougher regulations that could forward a plan to gas pipeline between germany and russia the u.s.
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is also putting pressure on the over the project warning if the. undermine european security chaunce i love that the say is the criticism is on founded. up next dischord regard the topic under discussion is a big draw for the us and the rochelle from the i never state of the of. the.
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more intriguing international talk show for journalists to discuss the topic of the week various state of the union speech this week us president i'll try and vow that this country is prepared to outspend and out innovate other countries when it comes to intermediate range nuclear weapons could a new arms race stand store that's our topic on quadriga join us. next on d w. a space transmitter.
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