this is d w news live from berlin the u.s. and iran trade verbal blows and the munich security conference draws to a net 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. the german president follows in his footsteps of one of the country's most famous explorers to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the galapagos islands.

welcome to the program i'm mary and i haven't seen. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has delivered a defiant speech at the munich security conference he condemns calls from washington for the european union it to abandon the iran nuclear deal and accuse 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 forty pounds today 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 which mr pence repeated discourse. 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 suggests that europe has to do more or. less europe needs to be willing to get rid. 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 at the best that can be achieved how much longer. earlier we spoke to an 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 i mean it's not the trust the common values the common strategy that of course was present 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 in the transatlantic order you mentioned iran and russia but clearly the i.n.f. treaty clearly. u.s. withdrawal from syria from afghanistan trade issues i mean pretty much everything that vice president pence was talking about uncle and merkel was talking about there was no overlap between those two speeches that's quite something that it's unprecedented here at the going to security conference. and that was ian bremmer president and founder of the eurasia group speaking to d.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 he was 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 put them on trial he said the alternative is quote not a good one and that we would be forced to release them. let's get you up to speed now on some of the other stories making news around the world. japanese prime minister shinzo amin nominated u.s. president donald trump for the nobel peace prize last autumn only after receiving a request from the u.s. government that's according to the asahi newspaper the record followed trump's claim on friday that he had nominated him for his efforts to ease tensions with

north korea. saudi crown prince mohammed bin saul mon has begun a tour of asia in the pakistani capital islamabad after his arrival he signed investment agreements worth some twenty billion dollars pakistan hopes the deals will provide welcome relief for its teetering economy prince mohammad as leader due to visit china and india. 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 douma west of the capital harare rescuers are continuing their search saying up to seventy gold miners are 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 out during the night residents were asleep more than two hundred homes were destroyed authorities said the cause of the fire was being investigated. the

great german explorer and scientist alexander from home bold is perhaps most famous for his expeditions to the galapagos islands in the pacific well now in germany as president and my are is following in his footsteps as part of a south american tour of steinmeyer use the occasion to draw attention to plastic pollution which is threatening the unique and fragile ecosystems on the island's. volunteers searching for plastic garbage every day they clean the beaches of the galapagos they show the german president plastic bottles that. made it all the way over from china from across the ocean. nature's interconnectedness means garbage from the other side of the planet can threaten the paradise here. steinmeier says he wants governments to make better efforts to deal with the issue

of plastic waste. in the. event you continue this way than by whether you will have more plastic in the oceans than fish that's why we must change our thinking missing to. it's the first official visit to the galapagos islands by a german president steinmeier is following in the footsteps of the legendary german researcher alexander from home bought more than two centuries ago home both studies took him to latin america where he recognized the destructive effect humans can have on their environment plastic is just one example thrown out elsewhere it's threatening the ecosystem here. accumulates in fish sea lions and seals eat the plastic garbage and that's how it returns to the food chain. in the not. understanding the world in order to preserve it that's what who saw it here in ecuador the researcher climbed a volcano to take measurements and gained insight into nature in one thousand and

two he set off from this hut to explore the artists on a volcano. a powerful president is retracing as he voices support for protecting the environment. already by the way but as they go soccer now where hanover has recently appointed coach thomas dog gave us team supporters a much needed boost last weekend with a win against another of this season's relegation regulars at nuremberg but this time they were bowled over by a rampant hoffenheim side. the sun is finally back out in germany and the warmer weather had been this league of fans in good voice after his heroics of the bench against dortmund last weekend yulia knuckles man rewarded forward 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. the brazilian six goal of the season out a lot so an unforgivable 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 dahl 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 the demon mary couldn't convert the rebound. doll side worth finally put out of their misery in the a.t.f. minutes a move down the right hand side ended with a cross to shots who laid the ball off perfectly for karen demi by. i think three

nil scoreline flattered her over for whom keeper s.-o. was the only good performer yet again and while knuckles man was full of the joys of the german spring doll could hardly believe his eyes. i was really shocked by how anemic we looked in certain situations give us and see to it. these are tough times for hanover but hoffenheim still in the hunt for a european spot. all right let's have a look at the bonus think a result so far on match day twenty two frankfurt and bloodbath share the spoils as it had to berlin and braman as we just saw off and haim dominated hanover leipzig beach to cart votes for it had their way with mines shock and freiburg share the spoils on friday by a munich squeak packed past work and now underway later crews in versus dozens dorf and monday sees number take on leaders darkman. well if marathons weren't

tough enough already the tartu marathon an annual raise held in the stone and takes things one step further with competitors battling it out on cross-country skis sunday's competitions saw around ten thousand participants take on the sixty three kilometer aslaug through the picturesque forests of southern dystonia and the winner of the men's race finish schiro nicole kos kaila completed the course in a time of two hours thirty one minutes and eight seconds a new course record maria great things of sweden won the female event. to ecuador now where scientists are celebrating the rediscovery of the marsupial orange 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 should cool rainforest region thought to be home to thousands of undiscovered plants and animals the latest finding has through conservationists. wants to see an animal no one else has seen for over a long period of time maybe years or decades it is like the most exciting thing but you can experience as a field biologist it's. really a lot more work that's right it's the first time some experts have ever seen the species unlike most other frogs the horn to 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. they're up to date now on d. w. news coming up after a short break is shifty w.'s technology show but before we go we leave you with pictures from the german town of lau thing in which has cracked the world record for the largest ever meeting of smurfs a total of two thousand seven hundred sixty two blue heads were counted at the event proof of the enduring appeal of the sixty year old cartoon series thanks for watching. i am oh.

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