to look at a bit of the. gold. the but. this is the w.'s lie from berlin the international diplomatic into france gathering known as the munich security conference gets underway dozens of heads of state and numerous foreign ministers past and present are in attendance the host to germany says it wants to double down a nation's commitment to the international border and multilateral cooperation with the u.s. president donald trump prepares in the next hour to declare a national emergency to get the money to build the border wall with mexico congress has offered him some funds but only a quarter of what he had demanded india's prime minister narendra modi blames

pakistan for a massive car bombing and threatens our crushing response to the attack killed dozens of indian term military police in the disputed region of kashmir. and a sign of unity at a meeting with the international olympic committee in switzerland delegations from north and south korea have made official their desire to jointly host the two thousand and thirty two summer games. i'm swimming so much conduct's good to have you with us germany's defense minister was enough on the line and her british counterpart kevin williamson have kicked off the munich security conference it's a three days of high stakes debate in closed door meetings the event is bringing together an unprecedented number of international decision makers including the largest u.s. delegation ever a multitude of international. organizations are also represented including the

international monetary fund the world bank and. while the german defense minister as we said kicked things off emphasizing the importance of partners cooperation our correspondents with us here in mexico with us here in studio and simon young is over in munich let's listen first to what the defense minister german defense minister had to say about the importance of nato and cooperation. partnership makes it stronger and it increases our sovereign national because in our partnership interests are consistent with our values and well to assume. the world is zero sum game. and we see the opportunity for growing together and two minds prospering together in those partnerships.

this is widely decent gentleman need to remains. our first choice when it comes to our security. right simon let's come to you first we heard it was lost on the line there saying nato remains our first choice and we heard gavin williamson also say nato is the bad rock of our security again remind us why is it so important to reiterate that commitment it would seem obvious that nato is an important part of security. well i think because some have in recent years begun to question whether nato does have the aunt says of course in particular president trump in washington has raised doubts he suggested that nato is no longer fit for purpose that it doesn't to answer the challenges he's particularly concerned of course about what he sees as

a failure by the european allies to pay their fair share of defense spending he wants to hold them to their commitment to increase that to two percent of g.d.p. germany for instance is one of many countries that haven't reached that target but the german defense minister staying here again today you know that germany is on its way it's getting there europe needs to do more she said the americans are right to criticize us in that way but she wanted to make the case for a much wider vision of what nato is about as a defender of values of human rights of human dignity so she was really whitening the vision of what the defense community needs to do it doesn't just need to be about cash capabilities it needs to be about values and democracy as well she said max i want to ask you about what simon just mentioned you know we heard was left on the line talk about the return of competition between great

powers and distinguished nato from other alliances that exist in the world and and talked as simon said about values and interests but also about fairness what was she getting at from your perspective while she was obviously contrasts thing the nato. treaty and two other alliance they're currently being left by china and russia for example the belsen vote initiative that's currently built by china and the rayson union that russia is building up and what she was doing she was contrast thing nato against these two alliances in the sense that these are not that nato is not aligned that there's some dominance she. thank you when the lines of equal partners of equal member us are these aligned that was the lead by russia and china and led by a dominant power and now gavin williamson has also actually been speaking about nato as we said and also talk about the importance of nato despite britain leaving the e.u. as we know when just six weeks time let's listen to his comments. now as we continue

to face an increasingly dangerous world we know that nato. guardian for all of our security so for the sake of our values and frames we will continue to need in nato will continue to build our alliances with close friends like jim will continue to do european security will continue to step out into the world protecting our friend defending our interests standing up for our use. all right so simon very clear that the german and british defense ministers are on message sharing the very same message share that nato is key but we have again read the call for more enjoyment spending in acting from e.u. states there's a very large in fact the largest u.s. delegation ever at the munich security conference there at this weekend we know that these are bilateral talks that happen at the conference and happen behind closed doors are also really important will we see them talks precisely on this

issue with the u.s. where there's been so much friction. well i think that certainly will happen if you're how publicly it will happen remains to be seen but you always get a major russian delegation here in munich and as you say the largest congressional delegation from the u.s. this year and indeed vice president mike pence it will be here as well so he'll have an opportunity to meet his russian counterpart sergei lavrov they've got a lot to talk about both countries have said they're pulling out of the. their nuclear forces treaty that really is one of the cornerstones of the sort of post-war post cold war security order in europe so that is an absolutely massive focus here gavin williamson was saying there was again this idea of a a values driven nature but he had a slightly different emphasis as well one of his key messages of course is that

britain will continue to play a role in european security even after it leaves the european union a lot of people have been concerned that that might not happen but he said no will remain a stable partner we'll do our best and incidentally on european defense cooperation he said we welcome that we would like to see e.u. countries going forward of course he's talking about joining together germany and france you know they've got this scheme of a european army for the future well you know he's saying. we like that kind of idea because it means there are more capabilities and you can do more. max i want to ask you about this question of european defense cooperation this is a refrain we've heard over and over from the german defense minister but also from a german leaders many german leaders that europe needs to take its own defense at security into its own hands we heard this that last year has made a security conference as well has this really materialized have we seen real progress on that front not per se progress that we see more of

a debate or distinguishing understanding of what's different parts of your one so was quite interesting to see in her speech or so on the line was actually explaining that surprise the united kingdom and germany are taking votes in the nato and hans forward presence and nato mission there was introduced after the ukraine crisis to kind of put more presence forward in the baltic countries and poland and both the united kingdom and germany are doing efforts running there and or soften the language saying in her speech it's both the united kingdom typhon jets and the german you're a fighter jets and that already explains one of the big problems we currently having in europe there's too much difference in the different military to capabilities they're not streamlined so we're using different. jets equipment and that's what's the big. challenge for european military. alliances to kind of have a streamlined joint force because so many different countries are using different

equipment ok so that's one of a hick ups for european defense of the issues that we heard simon just mentioned that could because this is a big picture conference talking about the various security challenges in the world right now what do you think are the most important that will be discussed this weekend especially for germany the host well what we have heard already from a german defense minister was the fonz and i we also would like to hear probably from the other german speakers who are calming in the upcoming days is how they're going to keep pushing the message of promoting multilateralism the german chancellor angela merkel has said she wants to kind of talk about that on their. unique he could secure conference in the upcoming days i have already heard it's on the line giving a sort of the first part of that promoting alliance promoting multilateralism and giving a clear statement in the theme of the munich security conference of fragmentation the world that this is an option how to defend saving the liberal world order that is very much a defining this year's conference ok our correspondents next question here in studio and simon young down on the floor there in munich thank you both we'll talk

to a bit later. and don't forget g.w. is offering virtually nonstop coverage of the munich security conference on our website to go to w dot com you'll find a live stream and updates and we'll of course be tracking major news from the conference right here on you throughout the three day gathering let's move on to some other news now where the white house says that within the hour u.s. president donald trump will declare a national emergency to get enough money to build a wall along the mexican border congress approved only a quarter of the funds he wants for that wall and the national emergency declaration which we will broadcast live will give him direct access to funds that the president has agreed to sign a funding bill approved by congress which will avert another federal government shutdown senators in the chamber which despite u.s. lawmakers efforts to come to a compromise trump's decision sets the scene for a constitutional conflict the border security bill had support from both sides of

the aisle and easily passed its first hurdle of votes in the senate but not before senate majority leader mitch mcconnell dropped a bombshell he said the president would be bypassing congress to fund his controversial us mexico border wall leader mcconnell i've just had an opportunity to speak with president trouble and he would say to all my colleagues are going to cater he's prepared to sign the bill he will also be issuing the national emergency declaration at the same time. and i've indicated to him that i'm going to prepare go to support the national emergency declaration conference democrats members of the senate were quick to condemn any possible use of executive powers to build a wall if president trump decides to go forward with a disaster declaration will be making a tremendous mistake declaring a national emergency would be a lawless act a gross abuse of the power of the presidency and a desperate attempt to distract from the fact that president trump broke his core

promise to have mexico pay for the wall the border security bill then went to the house of representatives where it also easily passed the bill will now go to the white house for president trump to sign it off on friday house speaker nancy pelosi warned that any attempt by trump to sidestep congress could have major implications for the future. a democratic president can do that democratic committee president can declare emergencies as well so the precedent that the president is setting here is something that should be met with great ease and dismay. while lawmakers showed a willingness to cooperate on keeping the government running they remain deeply divided on the border war and any executive order to fund it is almost certain to land trump in a lengthy court battle with lawmakers of the constitutional powers. not to some

other stories making news around the world hundreds of thousands of students and adults in the u.s. have observed a moment of silence to mark the first anniversary of the shooting at a high school in parkland in the state of florida the killing of seventeen people at marjorie stoneman douglas high school sparked a push for school and gun safety reform in the u.s. . a new report estimates that four hundred twenty million children are living in conflict affected areas that's a fifth of all children worldwide the study was commissioned by the international charity save the children it also said the verified cases of what the report calls grave violations against children in twenty seventeen were the highest ever recorded. and the british prime minister theresa may says she's continuing to try and secure a revised deal with brussels on britain's exit from the european union on thursday may suffered another major parliamentary defeat after lawmakers voted against a motion supporting her approach to break that progress that m.p.'s in the prime minister's own party abstained from the vote saying she is moving in the wrong

direction. india's prime minister narendra modi has warned pakistan to expect what he called a crushing were sponsored to a car bomb attack on a military convoy that killed more than forty indian paramilitary police the bombing outside srinagar in indian administered kashmir is the worst attack in the divided region in decades india says it has clear evidence of pakistan's involvement. the first pictures from the blast site show confusion and devastation security officials say it was a kashmiri militant to rammed an explosive laden van into a bus carrying indian soldiers. the attack took place on a key highway on the outskirts a shrill nigger in indian controlled kashmir and the bus was part of a larger convoy at least five other vehicles were badly damaged in the blast police immediately launched an investigation.

but despite the inspectors caution authorities blamed rebels fighting against indian rule the militant group jaish e mohammad has claimed responsibility for the attack and local media has named the driver as. alias walk us commando a known militant indian prime minister narendra modi after observing two minutes of silence for the victims squared up to islamabad by suggesting pakistan was harboring those behind the deadliest bombing in three decades just that it is sad is that if our neighboring country thinks that it will succeed in creating instability through such acts and conspiracies in our country they should stop dreaming. that they will never succeed. but islamabad strongly rejected quote any insinuation that seeks to link the attack

to the state of pakistan without investigations whatever claims or accusations india in pakistan's tribal ties risk taking a dangerous new turn. spain's prime minister pedro sanchez has called a snap general election after his budget was rejected by parliament the poll will be on april twenty eighth and will be spain's third election in less than four years sanchez's budget was voted down parliament on wednesday his minority socialist government needed the backing of catalan separatist parties to get the budget of clearance but they withdrew their support in protest of the trial of cattle and politicians accused of sedition sanchez said he preferred giving spaniards their say instead of continuing without a budget. having a choice between two options to do nothing in continue without a budget or call an election and give spaniards the choice i choose the second option spain has to continue moving forward progress must continue from the basis

of tolerance and respect with moderation and common sense excluding inflammatory politics growing and generating quality jobs but if you couldn't write a time to return to our coverage of the berlin international film festival today we have our correspondents my ish waiter and scott roxboro out on the red carpet we have them on there they are what's going on down there guys. yeah well right behind this right now there's the red carpet for amazing grace which is not a competition film but really because a story this morning it's a documentary about a very special one it's about aretha franklin the singer and it was shot in one thousand nine hundred fifty two which recorded her famous gospel album amazing grace the footage from that time was put in a vault nobody saw it until now until it was been made into a quite impressive documentary it was quite an extraordinary film and i mean just

speaking personally as a detroit or of when when she died i was had the privilege and the honor of going to cover part of her funeral and it really captured the joy that people had when they heard her sing and her extraordinary talent there was also a similar feeling that was there at the funeral people who just happened to be a part of this historic event this momentous occasion to be in her presence so to speak to experience what this was like. my and scott you know we both we all i would say love a reason everything franklin's music what was this film actually like what did it show what did we learn from her life and her career. yeah well that's a bit different what's different about this film because it is a classic documentary it's shot over two days these two performances that she gave in a baptist church in los angeles and instead of doing talking heads and archive footage it just brings you into the church and they keep sure there are those those two

nights performance and so basically it's the experience of going through it's almost as if you are right there oh my god it was an hour and a half of just pure joy i came out of the film just bawling i was so happy and this is after so much really depressing and hard going films of the last two weeks of the ballad all of this was just a moment of joy a moment of hope and i see a quite interesting way to do a documentary that is a very organic very intimate way it was shot because you see the cameraman sort of running in and out of the shots things are sort of zoomed in and focused and like it's not only what they wipe out one more point that you have you want to see you know you really feel like you're you're there and it's a really extraordinary feeling and i was i was also crying within the first five minutes and the the sound quality and just the image that outfits that some of these people are wearing are fantastic really go see it as it was a really great x. one half hours that will just bring joy to you you know we've been looking at some of the images it does look pretty incredible guys from the light to the shadows

were supposed to have a big film in the competition today as one second it was pulled has this cast a shadow over the film festival and also chinese film. well we were absolutely shocked when we saw on our schedules that it had suddenly been canceled and the explanation as to why which was technical difficulties was a little bit shaky to us at best especially because the director johnny moo is very beloved here at not only the belinelli but in china he's considered their top director yet no i mean really tremendously shocking say the official explanations technical difficulties but talking to my contacts in china in the chinese film industry they say this is a clear case of censorship the film was about it was set in the boat the cultural revolution usually a complete non go no go area for chinese filmmakers but i mean he is the chinese filmmaker he's chinese almost the chinese government's official filmmaker he was allowed to do the opening ceremony for the beijing olympics in two thousand and

eight and these the go to guy for the chinese government when they want to really big representative film so everyone thought well if anyone could do the subject he can the fact that this film has been polled so late in the day suggests that even johnny who may be under censorship and that is a really really bad sign for the future of chinese free speech and chinese filming the right so that wasn't in the competition guys just very believe briefly if you can what looks to be in the running to win the golden bear what do you guys think. well i love the italian film puranas which is a very personal intimate film about a young gang of boys actually a gang sort of running through the streets of naples and their descent into the criminal underworld this film was really personal but also very low key political in that these boys that were in this film are not actors they were actually from these neighborhoods portrayed in the film and just you really felt close to them we felt for their lack of choices in life so i really love that process was a great film and really really really hit it dark but i think for the actual golden

bear my picture is the other chinese guy there are common in competition which the work was shown not so long my son it's a critique of china's one child. but also on the very intimate scale which may be allowed to get through the censors it's very very powerful really really moving it was really another coming my eyes now that i'm and i think that film also because of its political dimension probably is the best chance to pull up the golden bear tomorrow night all right maya and scott down at the red carpet thank you both. now north and south korea are first out of the blocks with their joint bid for the twenty thirty two olympics it will be the first ever joint summer games and their proposal underlines how much tensions have eased on the korean peninsula in the last year it is early days with other potential bidders yet to show their hands but the olympic movement is warming to the ultimate peace game. the two koreas marched

in the one flag at last year's prion chang winter olympics in south korea a joint women's ice hockey team also competed it was all part of a big following of sporting and political relations between the two sides now at a meeting with the international olympic committee in switzerland they have officially conveyed that they want to hold a joint summer olympics in twenty thirty two this is. the. the. believe. the e.u. are told to go through the e.u. . back is a big fan of the idea he already met with officials in north korea last year he took the sporting infrastructure in the largely secretive nation south korea says so with a base for its half of a twenty thirty two bid with north korean capital pyongyang expected to hold the

rest of the events there is still a lot to be decided. but the korean press got one snippet of news regarding next year's summer a limb. pics in tokyo. if you will. this is to. do. with the if you believe you. should. use these but there are critics of the bid despite improving relations even with the united states some i.o.c. members think kim jong un's country is not ready given its poor human rights record and years in the diplomatic wilderness. three lympics in a row are also already taking place in asia so the korean delegation has lots of

convincing to do. the bundesliga is back tonight byron munich visit all hoping to close the gap on league leaders dortmund they're expected to have goalkeeper money while neuer back after a thumb injury firing of one four of the last five games in all competitions the defending champs travel to oxford knowing that a win will cut the lead down to two points of least until dortmund play on monday. for minor in our top stories here and with a global diplomatic and defense governors of munich security conference is underway with dozens of heads of state and numerous foreign ministers past and present in attendance host of germany says it wants to double down on the nation's commitment to the international border and multilateral cooperation. and us president donald trump is preparing to declare a national emergency to build a border wall with mexico that is despite a bipartisan deal in congress that provides partial funding for the wall which the president has agreed to sign to avert another government shutdown. coming up next

a t.v. news asia with b. racial banerjee she will have more on the high tensions between india and pakistan that is coming up in just a few minutes. feeding

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