there's a lot. of the torture during. 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 u.s. 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 out the most senior catholic

cleric to be defrocked in modern times the vatican expels a former u.s. cardinal from the priesthood over sexual crimes against adults and children has exposed the expulsion comes as the church prepares for a summit on sex abuse cases. thanks for joining us i'm married i haven't seen. 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 or a 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 of iran's foreign minister mohammad javert 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 underage mr pence repeated the scores when he added gently demanded that europe must join the united states in undermining its own security and breaking its obligations 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 serif suggested europe has to do more or. europe needs to be ridding to get rid.

if it wants to swim against the dangerous part of u.s. unit after this. european leaders are already feeling the pressure from the u.s. 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 his 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 levy 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 hold on or do we help it more by keeping the small anchor we have in order to maybe exert pressure in other areas. on syria welcomed the european commitment but called for more action he added that the

nuclear treaty is appropriate at the best that can be achieved how much longer and to the chief political correspondent linda crane has been following the conference in munich she sounds out for us what has been a rather fracture a security conference this year munich security conference title asked the question who will pick up the pieces of an international order that splintering no clear answer has emerged here many speakers did say that multilateral cooperation is essential to address the great crises that the world faces but what really was notable here was polarization just one example the german chancellor spoke on saturday morning making a strong appeal for international diplomacy and cooperation to resolve transatlantic tensions and she called for a vision of security the poorest human welfare first and prioritizes not just spending on arms but on economic development and on on environmental sustainability the u.s. vice president chose to eat. nor doubt if you will shortly thereafter the fire

styles of germany for its natural gas pipeline deal with russia and the european allies who are seeking to have all the iran deal with iran to convey though it would be short of u.s. leadership that basically amounted to putting a storm pressure on nato allies to up their defense spending at the conference over big moves spoke on issues that are said that he was chastising world leaders for too often coming here to talk about each other rather than with each other proceedings of the last two and a half days or about. u.s. president donald trump has threatened to release captured fighters from the so-called islamic states if europe does not take them in this comes after trump's shock december announcement of the militant group had been defeated and that u.s. troops would be withdrawn from syria in a tweet 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 and that we would be forced to release them pope francis as 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 the same shit in modern times we announced it was made just days before the pope hosts 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 ninety 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 for the bad hearkened caught the vatican you say the

move is a good thing. i was just getting regular church law is quite clear in this regard the problem in the past was that it wasn't applied the issue was covered up people looked the other way now it's 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 that claim was a routine. now the pope's decision to dismiss the eighty eight year old former cardinal from the priesthood has sparked

a heated discussion on social media with some 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 percy to 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 is under supervision 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. all right let's get you up to speed now on some of the other stories making news around the world search teams in zimbabwe have recovered twenty four bodies from a mine that was flooded after heavy rains eight people were rescued from the tunnels

near the town of west of the capital harare rescuers are continuing their search saying up to seventy gold miners were trapped after a dam wall collapsed. at least nine people have been killed in a fire that swept through a crowded slum in the bangladeshi port city of chittagong the blaze broke down during the night twelve residents were asleep more than two hundred homes were destroyed authorities said the cause of the fire was being investigated. us military planes carrying freshmen a tarion 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. says he intends to defy the blockade by having volunteers bring in the next week. in serbia thousands of people turned out for anti anti-government protests across the country crowds in the

capital belgrade rallied outside parliament and repeated calls for president alexander to resign accusing him of stifling democratic freedoms. began in november after an opposition leader was attacked by unknown assailants. all right but in this link a soccer now where hanover has recently appointed coach thomas dog gave his team supporters a much needed boost last weekend with a win against another of this season's relegation regulars nuremberg but this time they were bowled over by a round it tough at home side. this is finally back out in germany. france in good voice off the bench against dortmund. last weekend yulia knuckles man rewarded forward ishak belford ill with a place in the starting line up in just the fourth minute hoffenheim launched a counterattack and the defensive disaster allowed joy in turn to drive through on

goal and put hoffenheim ahead i the brazilian six goal of the season owed a lot to an unforgiving really poor header from union. but the strike it was ruthless in punishing hanover's creaking defense if ten minutes later it was two nil. man of the moment bellfield finding the net via the crossbar. there was a stroke of luck about the goal with the ball appearing to come off bell fidel's back but hoffenheim were good value for their lead going into half time. the situation was looking grim for thomas dole's side and things didn't improve early in the second half. nico schultz charged into the box and was only denied by a combination of. the woodwork medina mary couldn't convert the rebound. doll side worth finally puts out of their misery in the eighty of minute a move down the right hand side ended with a cross to shots who laid the ball off perfectly for care and demi by. i think

three nil school and flats at hanover for whom keep the esso was the only good performer yet again and while knuckles man was full of the joys of the german spring dull could hardly believe his eyes. i was really shocked by how anemic we looked in certain situations to give us and see to it. these are tough times for hard over but hoffenheim still in the hunt for european spots. are at let's have a look at the bonus league of results so far on match day twenty two frankfurt and share the spoils as it had to berlin and braman as we just saw hoffenheim dominated hand over leipsic beach that current was boric had their way with vines shelf and freiburg share the spoils on friday byron munich squeaked past alex burke's now underway laver couzin versus distal dorf and monday sees nuremberg take on league

leaders dortmund. to ecuador now where scientists are celebrating the rediscovery of the marsupial horned frog last seen over a decade ago and considered extinct a colony of the frogs was found during a recent expedition into an endangered rain forest their habitat remains under threat from deforestation but there is now hope that the species can regenerate. this species believed extinct found hidden in the canopies here in ecuador chicago rain forest region thought to be home to thousands of undiscovered plants and animals the latest finding has thrilled conservationists. wants to see an animal no one else has seen for over a long period of time maybe years or decades it's it's like the most exciting thing back that you can experience as a field biologist it's there's really a lot in the works of this ride it's the first time some experts have ever seen a species unlike most other frogs the horny female keeps its embryos in

a pouch on her back during gestation an evolutionary marvel for scientists deforestation is a threat to this species and many others doctors are now breeding the frogs at a conservation center where the first frog legs are due to hatch in april. a leap of faith that they will one day thrive again in the wild. and before we go we leave you with pictures from the german town of allowing in which has cracked the world record for the largest ever meeting of smurfs with a total of two thousand seven hundred sixty two blue heads counted dresses characters from the belgian comic franchise fans party to the smurfs theme song proving the enduring appeal of the sixty year old cartoon series into. the air oh.

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