the generation that ends it for good malaria must die so millions can live. cut. this is you know we'll use live from berlin that call for help saudi women in germany who say the flood of us at home claims they're still not safe so are you going to seek an asylum in germany allege that they're still being threatened by their families and they claim the country's embassy in berlin is complicit also coming up the start quickly warning from vladimir putin you know who has taken

a combative tone with the west in his annual state of the union style speech but he also promises russians improve living conditions as polls show in full in popularity for the longtime president plus calling it quits just three close to politicians from britain's ruling conservative party defect to the newly formed independent group citing its a recently disastrous telling a break there is yet another blow to the embattled prime minister who's traveling to brussels to make the case for who breaks the deal again. mark thank you so much for your company everyone we began with a story that you may over call the case of the saudi teenager who barricaded herself in an airport hotel room last month to escape her family while we're off

the holiday was also really given asylum in canada but she's not the only woman who has fled from this deeply conservative country a number of saudi women have now come to germany to seek asylum but they claim they're being threatened by their families and they allege that the saudi embassy here is helping their relatives. they fled from saudi arabia to germany here they hope for safety and freedom but these women still live under threat from their family. i thought i was safe that the psychological warfare of the violence and oppression would be over but i still feel like they could get me. the women offer to talk to us only on condition of anonymity we have changed their names and voices. l. say shortly after arriving in germany they received threatening messages from their families. before i knew my family knew i was in germany in one city all of that in

full so they're threatened me with medication can animate that i am sure of that through their connections with the saudi embassy and through the saudi embassies connections and it spies that are everywhere they can get information but i do not know the kind of information and what they know exactly in my heart of no way you talk to me a thing my little motley was. some activists claim that the cases of murder and russia l. are part of a wider patent. you have people are followed we have people breaking into apartments and the families back home always know exactly what is happening these patterns are repeating themselves and we just ask ourselves does every family do this individual year and pay someone here in germany. that would take a huge effort or could someone else be behind us and the suspicion is of course that maybe the saudi embassy is the one starting all this. we spoke to several

parties dealing with saudis seeking asylum abroad they suggested that the saudi embassy could be directly or indirectly involved trying to get refugees to return we reached out multiple times to the embassy in berlin efforts to contact them over the phone and via e-mail came to nothing. but still the question why would saudi authorities help families trace women who flee abroad. underside radius concentration it's citizens government their mana king the king their absolute obedience in return they tell the men that they can have complete control over their women so when a saudi woman needs her family this out or just will go out of their way to ensure that she's returned because not doing so means that people themselves may start to question why their own beauty and to the king and why they don't have their own.

else a turning back is impossible they fear they might be tortured or even killed. are joining me now is stuff on terra firma atheist refugees relief he co-founded the organization and they are supporting both women that you saw featured in that report good day why is your organization supporting these women did you reach out to them that they reach out to you. we started with when we made connection to run ahmad she's a saudi activist atheist activist and she was active in the atheist arab network and this is how we started and women now reach out to us because they don't feel represented by religious organizations so that they express a desire to leave their religion is that why why you're involved in this case. yes they all say they are atheist they're humanists they don't want to be involved with any religion whatsoever is that also the source of their reason why they have fled

their country. yes it's very hard to. disguise that you're not believing anymore because you don't follow prayers are strictly anymore you don't pass the strictly anymore and the family gets suspicious and the state gets also suspicious maybe or they will report the state and there's a death penalty on leaving islam and saudi arabia and twelve other muslim countries what have these women told you about their conditions back home. these are different stories i mean sometimes they have somebody in the family that supports them and tries to disguise what's going on or they sometimes that you even have a family that's not that religious but then they don't you know then something changes and somebody else gets the guardianship and then things start to get dangerous for them or they really come from

a very conservative family where they're always in fear that the family might find out that they are reading. non-religious or stuff online or that they are you know interested in other fall for loss of fees or human ism because this could have very. hard consequences for them let's talk specifically about these women that are featured in a report that we aired our earlier they allege that the saudi embassy here in berlin is complicit with their families do you have evidence of these allegations that they are making. i mean i was involved when for example do you know i really was in money land i was speaking with the with the embassy here in germany and i was calling the airport and. the end of the story was that family members came to the airport and took her back and specifically believe that i want to talk about

this case though is there evidence of the of the saudi embassy being complicit red relatives in saudi arabia to try and influence these women to bring them back to saudi do you have evidence of that. i mean we had another case where somebody really went to the embassy and was talking with them a woman and but she didn't go back to saudi arabia but the saudi embassy definitely tries to make them come back all right stefan painter from atheist refugees a relief thank you so much for joining us and his annual state of the union stahl addressed russian president vladimir putin has made a thinly veiled threat directed at the united states putin used part of his address to say that moscow will respond to any u.s. deployment of a shorter intermediate range nuclear weapons in europe by targeting not just the countries where they are stationed but the united states itself but well he took

a combative tone with the west putin reached out to his domestic audience missing russians improved living conditions. it's one of the most important domestic political events for the russian president in his fifteenth state of the nation address but amir putin promised a raft of measures to improve economic and social conditions for his people above all families should benefit putin promised them tax breaks as well as better child care. but what are the. thanks to the many years of joint efforts and the successes we have achieved as a result we can now heavily invest in our country. people should already notice how things are getting better. the russians are certainly hoping things will improve incomes have fallen since two thousand and thirteen putin's popularity has cratered there have been protests against pension reforms that raise the retirement age then

there's foreign policy putin sees the us withdrawal from the i.n.f. treaty as russia's most crucial issue. in the russia does not want to be the first to place these missiles in europe. and use reduced and stationed in europe to continue and the us has not denied doing this and. that would intensify the international security situation if you go through the process putin once again cast himself as the country's patriarch appealing for the solidarity of the russian people in difficult political times and i'm now joined here on the set by sara gong a russia expert with the german council on foreign relations a very warm welcome the president used his address to tell to the new weapons that are at russia's disposal and also some barely veiled a warnings directed at the united states were you surprised by that no not at all so they were lation the

west so what's yes have always been a big issue and also in domestic just cautions in russia and for the presidency if a footnote so. it was not as a surprise that he touched upon that and also not a surprise that he touched upon that in a pretty aggressive manner pretty aggressive manner i mean it mr putin criticised the u.s. for a pulling out of that major nuclear arms treaty this month how did he exactly address that specific issue so for us to eat accused the ass of breaking the i.n.f. treaty before russia did so but that is also quite interesting because he sat you that the u.s. did it first so you kind of also admit it that's russia also kind of did it and it was as i sat in a quite aggressive unclear manner even though not really often naming the other side so who accused who he accuses now of course this address targets a domestic audience that's that those are the people who are watching and the

intended audience of what was the main message that president putin tried to get across to russians so it couldn't faced decreasing approval on trust right throughout the last year or two unpopular reforms inside russia so his message that he wanted to got to ordinary russians is that he's aware of their everyday challenges of their everyday problems and that he takes care of them now russia's playing a very pivotal role in a number of key global areas asserting its powerful in a very meaningful a way power that comes with a have to be a price tag how supportive are russians of these foreign policy endeavors of moscow massive are supportive and they agree with the foreign policy chorus of putin with a strong man chorus but still as truth be that as we see with this approval rise throughout the last year it's not enough it's not sufficient anymore to secure high approval ratings for putin inside russia and that's

a problem for him why do you think that there has been a fall in popularity rates among russians when it comes to president putin so we had to. reforms in the last year and in the spring which is mainly which were mainly an increase of that our time and age for russians and also increased off what so that's something that touches really the life of ordinary russians that were very unpopular we saw big protest in straight of a lot of fresh in cities and that was and that was. people thought that that is a bad step leading to to decrease livingston as a foreigner asians and that's why you became less popular so russia expert with the german council on foreign relations and thank you for sharing your perspectives with us. i want to sign now about some of the other stories making news around the world. and morocco police of clash with teachers protesting for higher wages and promotion opportunities please be teachers with bhutan when they try to walk

towards the royal palace in the capital bought multiple injuries have been have for . swiss bank u.b.s. has been fined a record three point seven billion euros by a french court for helping wealthy clients evade taxes prosecutors say the bank helps clients can see you assets in switzerland from french tax authorities will several of the bank's top executives also receive fines for their involvement. saudi arabia's crown prince has held talks in delhi with indian leaders following his visit to papa stalin saudi official same olive and some on hopes to play a diplomatic role in deescalating attentions between pakistan and india will tensions have flared after last week's attack in indian administered kashmir. three members of britain's ruling conservative party have resigned they are joining the newly formed in the pen group in

a joint letter m.p.'s and out soon grae heidi allen and sara while still blamed prime minister teresa mayes handling of brags that for their decision also he campaigned to remain in the european union and they are joining now in labor m.p.'s who quit their party to launch the independent group earlier this week meanwhile prime minister theresa may has said she is sad it by the decision while one of the defectors and explained her wesen for leaving the conservative party take a listen. the right wing the hardline anti e.u. could squad that if destroyed every leader for the last forty years now running the conservative party from top to toe they of the conservative explosive or defections there in london in joining us now from the u.k. capital is our correspondent barry get a mass bigot it is like we are watching the fragmentation of the british political

landscape unfolding in real time well yes for sure because they are following a labor m.p.'s who have said that their party is just going too much to the left so both parties in the conservative party and in the labor party we have a lot of center ground m.p.'s and those are not the only a defect and they're not the only ones who are unhappy those who have to fecht it we have many more m.p.'s on in both parties who will be moaning that their respective parties are going to march to the edges that labor is going to much of the hard left and we have had honest ruby saying that parties in the grip of the n.t. europeans more right wing extremely conservative m.p.'s and and also members so it's shift to the extremes and those are trying to move the landscape more to the center ground why is this happening right now barrett.

well the conservative m.p.'s have been working together with labor m.p.'s on the people's vote campaign so really this is coming to a crunch on the issue of bragg's that we have on other underlying issues that labor has been really had a big problem with anti semitism in the party but with the conservatives it's really about drags it and the fear that prime minister treason may is listening too much to those who are really desperate to leave the e.u. at any cost and other risking that the u.k. could crash out without a deal at the end of march in just a few weeks time and they just say that their conscience cannot allow them to go with the government and to go with a party that they say is just not listening to common sense and is just driving the country to the edge and they say well even if we sort of toppled they have a huge risk that they might just not be elected in the next general election

because they have no party machine behind them but they say they just could not well participate in this process any longer and just want to try and do something new and move the discussion more towards the middle of british politics begad mass reporting from london thank you. next to the frozen expanse of the antartica an hour of germany's southern most workplace is celebrating its tenth birthday today all it's a part of the world where temperatures can drop to maine fifty degrees celsius and there's no sun for three months of the year but here any research station that resembles a spaceship on stilts one cook a doctor several engineers and technicians live and work together running experiments on the frozen continent. into the great white yonder antarctica the world's biggest expanse of ice and the seventh continent in places

the ice is four kilometers thick more than two dozen countries are conducting research here at about eighty research stations. germany's noir myers' three is one of them the antarctic offers a unique environment the world's greatest quantity of fresh waters here frozen solid neumeier three sits atop sixteen hydraulic stilts they keep it from sinking into the snow to be crushed like some of its forerunners. here outside the temperature is minus fifty degrees celsius that doesn't stop the researchers though they measure the sounds of the antarctic ocean and movements in the earth using seismometers. they also collect data on the atmosphere including information on gases that escape into it and contribution to climate change and they observateur weather the whole year round. but knowing

why or three days are numbered the ice on which it sits is sliding towards the ocean but until it heads out to sea the station will keep on delving into the secrets of the ice. tributes have been pouring in for karl lagerfeld the influential fashion designer and the creative head of the fashion house he died in paris at the age of eighty five a spokesperson for his karl lagerfeld brand says his body will be cremated without ceremony all during a career spanning nearly seventy years say you are going designer was one of them was well known names in the modern fashion world famous for his designs as well as his colorful personality. her. car like a failed in one of his five you know public appearances last november the star of

paris his christmas lights set a mini. fame that he gained over a lifetime of pioneering and the wall of fashion it takes something special to stand out. and the legend of like a failed. at the chanel flagship store in the french capital they miss him already eternal admiration read one tribute. at london fashion week the duchess of cornwall joined others in paying her respects to fashion royalty the. best place on the. outside to his presence is everywhere and salt. about want to death will mean for sure now. how do i write i don't know what i should say but it's. true we missed him keep it

up take a class and be closer as we will with the classic chanel. cape eclipse and you have to be like a knicks streak style prayer having something to say you have made but you know pretty sad news for you is going to it's already close friends and family. benetton the struggling it's how we in brand that could do with like a felch my dish touch remembered him too as they showed off their latest collection that he is having yes i will keep very close to my hoss is the example of a mountain who knew how to be in the extraordinary artistic director excuse the father of all artistic directors just. many will try but few will leave a legacy like col like i found. well karl lagerfeld to was a very outspoken person known for his sometimes what it was characterized as such

a mystic and racist commentary and appears that even in twenty nineteen a fashion world is still embroiled in controversy at this year's london fashion week one brand in particular has landed itself in hot water and. is here to discuss a further oh of the branding question burberry what they do well it started with actually an instagram posts from a model named liz kennedy she was part of the burberry show in london she didn't actually model the garment in question but she did post this and as you can see here she said suicide is not fashion it's not glamorous nor edgy and since the show is dedicated to the youth expressing their voice here i go ricardo t. she never in a burberry it's beyond me how you could let a look resembling a new style. from a neck out on the runway how could anyone overlook this and think it would be ok and she added let's not forget about the horrifying history of lynching either now she made this comment because as you can see there we are t.

she actually he's the burberry a creative director he was dedicating this to the youth of today now it's a whole with a noose hanging off it so now what's happened since is burberry have said they're deeply sorry for that the stress to talk to top has caused and they've removed it from their autumn winter collection along with all images featuring the look is pretty shocking to see also if you like thinking or not go anywhere don't think that's the fun stuff the thing and the i mean what's also mind boggling is that isn't the only fashion house that landed itself into hot water talk to us about some of the other your options in recent weeks and months we just have to go back to last week gucci well known italian brand they have to withdraw a polo neck jumper from its shops after social media can see it here users said it resembled black face if you're not familiar what with that term it was a form of sort of theatrical makeup that was used mainly by non black performers

they were painted black am essentially and became popular during the nineteenth century and contributed to the spread of racial stereotypes and let's not forget that this month is black history month in the united states so gucci got into a lot of trouble they apologize for that this is now looking at pravda and it was highlighted that this is what we're seeing here which is like a sort of a kirin it was part of their line of goods called prada mania they had to pull it after it also resembled black face and they apologized for it and then finally just several weeks ago the fashion director of brazil and actually in just the past few days she had to step down. made a yes and after photos which are what we're seeing here resembled. essentially a brazilian slave and master theme called move commas and it was you know it got into it was incredibly controversial to consider that this you know was deemed sort

of something that was acceptable and so she has subsequently stood down on apologized for actually releasing photographs like this is so crazy if i may use the word for an industry so obsessed with ought to x. i mean their tone deaf and blind when it comes to their soul and it's just weird now in addition to racism that's not the only issue plaguing the industry no you're absolutely right and as you just mentioned there it's not the only one and hayley hasselhoff yes daughter of the famous david hasselhoff we're seeing are here now she's a plus size model and it's very successful in that she is an advocate for big fashion brands to basically diversified the type of models that they use in their fashion shows and there's a protest as we're seeing here which was led by her and organized also by a retailer simply b. which focuses on sales women's fashion and sizes plus twelve to thirty two

and what they want to do is they want to give women everywhere the confidence to be who they are so the idea is to basically diversify the kind of models that we're seeing so between the racism and the lack of sort of plus size models it's not been yet another bad week close a. long way to go public full of or they need to diversify not just on the runway about also decision making positions for now thank you so very much and thank you for spending this part of a your day with the news africa is up next. hey

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