this is d.w. news live from berlin the u.s. and iran trade verbal blows as the munich security conference draws to an end iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif condemns the was policy on iran accusing washington of ignoring his country's right to self-determination this after u.s. vice president mike pence demands a tougher stance on iran from europe also coming up the most senior catholic cleric to be defrocked in modern times the vatican expels a former ins u.s.

cardinal from the priesthood over sexual crimes against adults and children his expulsion comes as the church prepares for a summit on the sex abuse cases. plus the golden bear goes to israel director not bottle of peter wins the top prize at the berlin international film festival for his drama centenarians about leaving once homeland will bring you all the berlin nala highlights. thanks for joining us i'm married to evanston. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has delivered a defiant speech at the munich security conference he condemned calls from washington for the european union to abandon the iran nuclear deal and he accused the u.s. of trying to exercise undue influence on the middle east his remarks rounded out

a contentious conference where german chancellor angela merkel and mike pence also advanced opposing visions on iran and the direction of their nation's foreign policy what it has to do more iran's foreign minister mohammad shot sorry for sharply criticize the u.s. and dismissed vice president mike pence this recent demand that the e.u. withdraw from the nuclear treaty with iran under mr pence repeated this course when he and again to be demanded that europe must join the united states in undermining its own security and breaking to talk because. but german foreign minister assured his iranian counterpart in direct talks in munich that germany and the you want to stick to the agreement as long as iran does the e.u. wants to enable trade with iran but to reach suggests that europe has to do more.

europe. needs to be reading to get it. if it wants to swim against the dangerous part of us unit after this i european leaders are already feeling the pressure from the us and mike pence of the n.t. during the security conference. the time has come for our european partners to stop undermining u.s. sanctions against this murderous revolutionary regime. chancellor mackler refused to withdraw from the treaty germany feels that it is the only way to money iran's nuclear program his movie had it was like my do we help our common cause our common aim of containing the damaging or difficult influences of iran by withdrawing from the one remaining agreement couldn't even hold on or do we help it more by keeping the small anchor we have in order to maybe exert pressure in other areas. and

welcome the european commitment but called for more action he added that the nuclear treaty is appropriate and the best that can be achieved how much longer can you we spoke earlier to ian bremmer president and founder of the eurasia group we asked him about the fallout from the widening rift between the e.u. and the us. the fallout is that the europeans are increasingly acting in a transactional way that if they want to work with the americans want to work with them they're going to have to get something in return if they don't then they don't so i mean it's not the trust the common values the common strategy that of course was president when the transatlantic relationship came together after world war two it's really gone now and i think that what you see on display at this munich security council is a feeling of human failure both collectively in being able to respond to global challenges like climate and cyber and unwinding geopolitical order but also

a very deep fragmentation of the transatlantic order you mentioned iran and russia but clearly the i and after eighty clearly. u.s. withdrawal from syria perhaps get us there and trade issues i mean pretty much everything that vice president pence was talking about on go and merkel was talking about there was no overlap between those two speeches that's quite something it's unprecedented here at the going to security conference. that was ian bremmer president and founder of the eurasia group speaking to w earlier today now u.s. president donald trump has threatened to release captured fighters from the so-called islamic state if europe does not take them in this comes after trump's shock december announcement that the militant group had been defeated and that u.s. troops would be withdrawn from syria in a tweet to trump called on britain france germany and others to quote take back over eight hundred isis fighters that we captured in syria and put them on trial he

said the alternative is quote not a good one in that we would be forced to release them. pope francis has expelled former u.s. cardinal theodore mccarrick from the priesthood the move came after vatican officials found him guilty of sexual abuse against adults and minors mccarrick is the highest ranking catholic cleric to receive this sanction in modern times the announcement was made just days before the pope post a church summit on preventing child abuse. the punishment handed down to this american cleric is unprecedented the former archbishop of washington theodore mccarrick soliciting sex from aspiring priests and abused at least two minors between one thousand nine hundred seventy and one nine hundred ninety. he had already been stripped of his status as a cardinal last july in itself a bombshell for the church father bad haagen caught the vatican you say the move is a good thing. is that question right there are churches law is quite clear in this

regard the problem in the past was that it wasn't applied the issue was covered up people look the other way now it simply gone through official channels with a very prominent figure it's not a papal decision but it really should be. the. last summer pope francis ordered an investigation into mccarrick the vatican reached its verdict on january eleventh mccarrick of peel's where rejected beginning this thursday leaders of bishops conferences from around the world will meet with pope francis for four days in rome on the agenda abuse in the catholic church and how to protect children critics accuse the pope of doing too little too late in dealing with allegations of abuse victims of charge the vatican with not paying enough attention to their claim was. the pope's decision to dismiss the eighty eight year old former cardinal from the priesthood has sparked a heated discussion on social media wondering whether the move goes far enough.

this user said his dismissal was quote a necessary first step but catholics have a right to know who knew who enabled and who covered up for him at highest levels will the vatican close the books or pursue full truth another user wondered what's next for him if he's not going to face any prison time doesn't the church have a responsibility to use its authority to make sure he doesn't enjoy material riches is away from minors and that his conduct under supervision well meanwhile others say it's too little too late not enough says this user he now needs to be arrested and tried in a u.s. court. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. u.s. military planes carrying fresh military and aid for venezuela have arrived in colombia the food and medical supplies are being stockpiled near the venezuelan

border but caracas is blocking their entry into the country self-proclaimed interim president won by duo intends to defy the blockade by having volunteers bring in the next week. in syria and serbia rather thousands turned out for anti-government protests across the country crowds in the capital belgrade rallied outside parliament and repeated calls for president alexander who cheech to resign accusing him of stifling democratic freedoms the movement began in november after an opposition leader was attacked by an unknown assailants. then this has kicked off its annual carnival festivities with the floating parade down one of the city's famed canals the two weeks of celebrations will culminate on fat tuesday of march fifth the venice carnival dates back centuries and is famous for the stylized masks more and by revelers. berlin's international film festival of rounded out

yesterday evening with a hollywood style gala ceremony the top prize the golden bear was awarded to the israeli director nidal pede for his film about leaving home. the golden bear for best film groups to sunni members had died in that. city and then was directed by peter tells the story of an israeli man who moved to paris to escape the politics of his home country and discovers a whole new world of trouble from a piece of the film as a personal project. the silver bearer for best director went to germany. for i was at home but. about the return of a prodigal teenager. best male lead and best female lead went away on and young made the stars of so long my son a chinese film that was also a favorite for the golden bear but controversy over another chinese film had

threatened to overshadow the festival. we as members of the international jury at the betting that. regret that we were not able to consider one of the film selected to compete this here. that film is one second one second deals with the chinese cultural revolution it was pulled from competition officially due to technical difficulties but many suspected fell foul of chinese government censors charlotte shell some pill and scott roxboro have been following the festival the bell i know it's made its name as the most political of the festivals this year the jury went as far as to say they were looking for me these where the past will collide with the political and that was in evidence with all the films that won this year and i think it's a real tribute to ocoee director peter costello who said his goal in running this festival was to make the berlin carpet a place for political statements not for taking selfies the jury had

a fond farewell for a cost look who's directed the belinelli for eighteen years. we have a new surprise for you thank you. thank you thank. ben as the festival wrapped up it was time for khosla to join the winners one last time. all right time for a look at saturday have been mislead action and said carter having a dreadful season they're stuck down at the bottom in dire need of points but against top four side life ticket was not meant to be even though there was a new face on the street guy bench to help save the season. stuttgart were hoping that new sporting director thomas hitzlsperger would be the lucky charm against like sick but the home fans were disappointed just six minutes in use of pals and

scoring his eleventh of the season with a whole lot of help from a calamitous took up defense. but in contrast to last weekend's three no loss they should fight to get back into the game a careless handball from video bomb spotted by the v.a.r. gave stevens the chance to convert from the spot. his first goal since joining on loan in january. at the break hitzlsperger had reason to be hopeful effort and passion were clearly on display in the second half they had the first big chance sums jago us to see about thwarted by an excellent peter kulash he saved. instead it was light sick with the luck paulsen pulled his opponent down but was awarded a foul in his favor the resulting free kick converted accidently by muscles

a bit to one like sick with a big helping hand from the referee. around fifteen minutes from full time leipsic sealed the away when you sort of pulse and scoring his fifth brace of the campaign to make it three one it's the fiftieth goal still got sleep the defense has conceded this season. some just the boys showed fight and discipline but that was a mission to keep the shake up and do what they did up to most of the game but in possession they moved the ball up the pitch quickly so lots of positives the days of no but it seems for now coach michael find still will remain in his job alongside his respect to spite a run of six losses in seven games. let's get a quick look now at the but just think of results so far on match day twenty two had to berlin drew with a brain in hoffenheim dominated hand over those that live texted got results of all four had their way with mines shock and freiburg share the spoils of friday by a new nick squeaked past for work now underway frankfurt are facing bloodbath and

later on they fire crews and lock horns with disallowed or monday's he's number take on league leaders dortmund. you're watching news up next as do w. a reporter with an unusual love story that's up after a short break and there in evanston thanks for watching. i'm secure in the fire more than tired and in the end this is a me you're not allowed to stay here and more we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers we're alliance of. what's your story. on what numbers of women especially are victims of violence in terms of its. parts .