the same thing european idea. most beyond any can stand up to european fantasy and contribute to something important on how to succumb the p.c. of. the future as europe starts september 2nd on d. w. . to get out of. paying farewell to a glacier why iceland is mourning the loss of a massive ice sheet and warning that it is time to pull the emergency brake on climate change i'm sumi so misconduct in berlin this is the day. the morning. this is the 1st economic place here that supported the careful tax place or i feel sad and i feel good at this moment to be wrapping up the bridge

a generation probably close to a 100 pleasure some of these are good to the last century. but if the critics are scientists if you see them happening we will see all computers disappear in the last day there are 200. 50. to 2 of them circling the. druid's roof pettishly the ability to be seen the way we are working on challenges and i will build up my couch and will cost me. a loss and that's why i didn't get enough sleep international cooperation among the president to scale. also on the day 5 years of conflict in eastern ukraine and there is still no end in sight to the fighting today a new push from the french president to bring russia and ukraine back to the negotiating table. we have to reinvent an architecture of security and trust

between the european union and russia and france will play its full role and you are. a warm welcome to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world tonight the german chancellor angela merkel is in iceland for talks with nordic leaders talks that will focus on the need for action on climate change now chancellor merkel was welcomed in the icelandic capital reykjavik where her counterpart prime minister cut dr reminded everyone about the high price that her country is paying for global warming. climate change is something that my government is prioritizing very much and we had actually here yesterday and i started just close here to see if ceremony where we actually go others because we have the 1st release you are disappearing in iceland for. right now the glacier the prime minister was talking about as we can

see behind me except the ice is all but gone now to get an idea of the transformation here's an aerial shot of the glacier sitting on top of the oak hall kaino and this photo was taken by nasa back in 1906 and if we take a look at this 2nd picture here this is what oak looked like just a few weeks ago so over the past 30 years the glacier has almost entirely melted away iceland officially declared it dead in 2014 were so pleased to have him here my son wants to bring awareness to the fate of oak glacier and the future of the rest of its glaciers so as we hear the country mark the passing of the massive ice sheet the prime minister a climate researchers journalists members of the public attended and they fixed a bronze plaque to a boulder in the former glacier on it was a letter to the future of this is what it says oak is the 1st icelandic glacier to lose its status as

a glacier in the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path this monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done only you know if we did it now the former un human rights commissioner mary robinson now a campaigner for climate justice was also at the ceremony. i feel very humbled to be here to be off because this is an occasion for iceland but in fact it's also for the whole world we're marking the death of a cliff here did we ever think that we would be doing this. one man who might have known what happened before most people is axel sun is an icelandic photojournalist who was spent the last 35 years photographing the world's remote arctic regions his book the acquittal documents the spectacular and rapidly vanishing glaciers of his homeland. and he joins us for more from reykjavik good to see you how do you feel

personally about oakland sure vanishing. this is the reality and we just accept it and i think it's. what happens when it's when it's gone it's likely to get the attention and i think . more and more people will start to say. you probably wish that i'd go as you probably wish right now that i got the same attention when it was still there i mean you have been photographing the glaciers how do you remember this glacier and the glacier landscape in general. it was like a couple of the guys and these days it was like a night and other news was 15 square kilometers was gone and if you take a stab as it was a very famous one with stories john is a sense of whether it was in i think now it's $10.00 it was 22 square kilometers some you know one thing to be something like that so they're going fast

and i grew up underneath in the south coast and i was measuring it as a kid and the reverse and so i've seen it happen. and been burning in the arctic for about. 4 years since so i've seen them up and see how that changes and i think it's waking up ready more and more and it's very important to document things by both life and people and living out again and everything's taking and to show the world right now that incredible to hear you've had such a personal experience with these glaciers as you said he spent decades photographing the arctic why and what have you learned in that time. to respect nature to respect the planet when i was unlike an agreement with the hunters the they're getting fewer and fewer because the ice is spinning to there they have to hunt down the ice is sort of so when you look. lived in

a tent on the ice and on the ocean and you look up and see the stars and you start to realise that we're just a little moved up in this billions of stars so then you start to think everything over again there and you have to face your kids events it's later on when questing comes when for when what when did you do anything and so to me it just photographing is showing what's happening is very important but it's hot and. it's very expensive to do that that has to be the books. well you're certainly not the only one right that we've also seen other artists like all of our lesson trying to draw attention as you are to the disappearing pleasures do you think that i can really play an important role in bringing awareness to what's happening i think so i think of just taking over the show that will not promote this. is they have to do

i was flying with all of the deeds you found out the place at times 20 years ago and you know like $42.00 of them and now we really do is really doing it i'm playing with and by plane and and then go on most of it it's we just we are searching for it we're out there not to have you have to figure out you know they were just looking at the mountains as well and i think it's going to be a remarkable thing like everything he's doing so it's. great honor to work with him so yeah it's i think awkward would have to stand up and take over the show were the not saying to stop that we are turning into bombs out of nothing like that but it's just there are also opportunities but the art world is the real war is i think it's even worse than but the politicians have to make the decisions and the ones who do will be the greatest on the planet right now i want to ask you because you're someone who's grown up in this landscape but for people we have viewers around the

world and for people watching elsewhere why is it important to keep these glaciers a lot. it's hard to keep them alive because they lack the sundress otherwise you have to paint your roof white or you know the street sitting to something like that i don't know but they respect the sunlight and then they're gone and there's the next black sand and that just keeps you know that's you know it's a very serious part of it as a gracious and and the i wanted to go and when it is gone then and there's a good story there is there is what keeps the $500.00 bill. so let's move on with the 2 or something we can all read a message there to all of our viewers around the world at photojournalists ragnar axels and a joining us from reykjavik thank you so much for speaking to us thank you. meanwhile another sign that glacier is not the only ice sheet at risk 2

kayakers in alaska went out to explore alaska spencer glacier and get a closer look and they certainly did not just as they paddled over a wall of ice crumbled on the crashed into the water sending chunks of ice and a huge wave their way was a close call for the 2 men and they got soaked and suffered minor bruises but they say they were lucky to be alive. right still to come on the day born in a war zone now a chance at a new life why some european countries are taking back children whose parents were islamic state fighters i did a mistake i came here my children are here if i have to sit 20 years in prison and i have to pay for it even the money for that i stay in prison i would to go to her 2 years in prison really her life here is psychologic more attesting one time.

but 1st our rare meeting in the mediterranean french president is hosting his russian counterpart vladimir putin at his summer holiday retreat off the french coast this is no vacation the 2 leaders have plenty of issues on the agenda especially trying to find a solution to the conflict in eastern ukraine here's what they had to say as things got underway the only night while in close collaboration with presidents alinsky and chancellor merkel we would have to consider the opportunity of a new so much like the normandy so much with information we managed to do it like that going forward it would have also. been fighting going to the bible to talk with president michel about my latest contacts with the new ukrainian president and with them you know there are things that are worth talking about and to give grounds for cautious optimism in the face of quest i don't know if the news the. government forces have been battling russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine

for 5 years now to pull diplomacy hasn't worked but ukraine now has a new leader the french president is trying to restart peace talks using something called the normandy format it brought together germany france ukraine and russia for negotiations on stopping the fighting but as the war has stretched on those efforts have lost steam could this be a chance for a fresh start. a mother says goodbye to her dead son. he's one of 4 ukrainian soldiers killed in the east of the country in the 1st week of august. it was the single biggest death toll in the ongoing conflict with pro russian separatists in almost a year the response of ukrainian president brought him as alinsky was immediate he called russian president vladimir putin and begged him to use his influence to stop more ukrainians from being killed but he went to step further and call for a new round of international peace talks. i would also like to talk to

anglo-american in the nearest future even today if there's time and to agree on an emergency meeting we should stop telling each other that the normandy format meeting should take place at some time this year how many more people will die this year. ukraine's leader supported by emmanuel france is pushing to revive the talks known as the normandy format as a way of ending the simmering conflict. these came about in 2014 when the leaders of france germany ukraine and russia met on the sidelines of the 70th anniversary of the d.-day landings in normandy france the 4 way discussions helped to seal an agreement between the warring parties in 2015 this reduce the fighting but small scale clashes have continued. the result is that since the start of his to taste an estimated $13000.00 people had died.

hoping to reign in the violence the nomadic group met a number of times but the process has been stoled since 2016. now the french president is hoping to oversee efforts to restart the normandy format and to persuade brahimi putin to join the process and resume peace talks. let's talk about this story now with gustav grethel he's a senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations and acting director of its wider europe program which looks at europe's strategic policies with eastern neighbors the stuff thank you very much for joining us here in our studio what do you think of this meeting of michael hosting glad to meet putin doesn't really pave the way for fresh peace talks over have to cease of fresh normandy talks have been in the pipeline for the last month their priority really gonna. happen or will they bring something about. the deep overtures to

told which was said on pretty much gets put in new fresh and outs he suited all last of the station raised west or new peons that the europeans are eager to strike some sort of deal with him. and that's you wong or he is about to win which is a bad sign you have to give food to the impression that it will get worse if you continue since. i think there are now giving the impression that he cannot sort of a talk or deal on his way which will be an acceptable due to the ukrainians will have basically lead to the same stall may constraining so you're saying this is the wrong strategy for you're saying it's at least the wrong cavaleri to wrap it in discussion of sort of europe leans how it's euro star city folks who we have to bring back. we we have as if it was our guild's that there is

a war in eastern ukraine was started by the russian federation is thought of putin . said this is this is sort of the impression the kremlin wants to have it the russia is indispensable that he's in spends double that only if you're opposed to him. and his interests i'm get to his terms there will be peace because that let's be honest the tough talk the tough words between these 2 sides haven't worked until now so maybe this is the only way to get everyone back at the table. well of fish from france and fulton they're the run brother bear some tough lines on russian meddling in french domestic affairs as on on ukraine. the tough lines of their all their stump the fighting to stop the war from being a war that was faultless tanks and now it's basically sitting over the teary test contained the problem is that you can last in the only ended if you

introduce a kind of peacemaking force that has an expected to come on that the russians are those who block faults in the u.n. security council to get them on that for for next 60 missions so the the prologue am how do you convince putin that he needs to give up his weight what's the pressure behind it if you just start to dial out the roses. he wills nall feel unscientific to give way if we look at the fact that this conflict has been going on for 5 years now what has really just not worked when it comes to efforts at bringing peace in this region. to to leave implementation to to the conflict parties and especially it hasn't worked to have these kind of continued this kind of hand on. hands off approach which was the russian system putin has been comfortable in in taking credit for. and he stamped

further to d.s. to escalation but when it comes to escalation in the escalation usually comes from the separatists the so-called separate few side effects often so while you know these us have prevented he's up there of course in the line of command. of the russian army so he is in a comfortable position he sort of can be the peacemaker at the same time he's the escalator. here and the responsibilities need to be clear addressed ok well it certainly is rare that western powers invited lie to me putin for a visit and in a way as you said these era tones expressing perhaps and bringing russia in from the cold i want to play you something that we heard from him on why not call little bit earlier let's listen to that. you could get one if you need to devote his regina's issue depends on the ukrainian crisis in a very simple way to do it on the other hand he couldn't i also hold out hope with that as part of his recomposition of an architecture of security intro situated we can clear up many of the misunderstandings and that have arisen between the

european union and russia do people feel this is because they want to pick up on that many misunderstandings and there are a lot of tensions with the talk about you know french accusations of russian interference they don't lections the attic station of crimea where do things stand right now between the 2 you have a lot of conflicting issues but we don't have misunderstandings there's no misunderstanding on crimea it's for the russian. russia thinks it has a legal right to annex countries. and we have a position that we don't think anybody has the right to annex other parts of this country just to misunderstandings from sort of thief different situation and russia on on legal terms signed up to the treaties and when sions that forbid this kind of fray the same as with russian intervention french domestic professed. in the direction government says it doesn't do this a they say they don't use triple triple. we have

a sort of we not only state that we have we have i was sort of brought this forward in the open seat before all this was a several trials that are now going on the dying for us and subsurface suspects and your offices and this is not a misunderstanding it's a different world it's yes it's a very different both pursuing policies and the things we cannot see deflates 1.5 rulebooks we can say we have this rule we signed up for it. if we don't enforce it's. then basically we we end up with on a key so instead of talking about misunderstandings. and the 3 stooges bring together we need to talk about rules and violations and consequence oh it's certainly a lot to talk about we have a chief 7 summit coming up later this week russell a senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations thank you for

sharing your insights with us. meanwhile there's a debate here in europe over citizens who have gone to syria to fight for the so-called islamic state and how to handle their families germany has now announced it is taking in 4 children born to former islamic state fighters who are german citizens kurdish authorities have handed the children to a german delegation in syria at the border crossing with iraq after the meeting the children were seen being driven away that they've been living in the i'll hold camp in the country's northeast which is holding more than 70000 women and children it is the 1st time germany has agreed to take an eye of children from syria. and germany's foreign minister heikal masa just so there may be more to follow. this is for lish just a few tortured its most welcome that for german children who had been in custody in northern syria were able to leave the country today. and will advocate for other

children to also be able to leave syria from this group so this essentially concerned small children and their accommodation is anything but optimal and ultimately they cannot be held responsible for their parents' behavior that's why we want to help there. more than 100 children of german parents remain in syria belgium was one of the 1st european countries to take in orphans of i.a.'s fighters we take a look now at how belgian officials rescued children from a terrible condition at camp at a camp in northern syria. children absolutely exhausted starving sick injured children of a war not of their making. and there stranded here in no man's land with the kurds in northern syria. a refugee camp meant 410000 people now shelters 73000 because no one wants them

these people might belong to i.a.s. but heidi to power of the belgian children's protection center child focus says that's no excuse for the terrible situation at the camp the courts are very clear that they do not have enough resources to take care of all these international flooring women and children who at a certain point were members of. isis so that's very clear they also feel that the international. coalition is leaving them a little bit a little behind. after much debate the belgian government decided to send a small group of experts to syria. among them is heidi to power. her assignment to find belgian children in syria to build reporter with them and then bring them back to their home country. in the end it's 6 out of nearly 50 children

orphans. so they are eager to give the children back the only thing is they say a lot of countries are not contacting us are not talking to us so that that's one thing and the other thing they say of course a lot of countries. have the now the demand that only the children can come back not the modest the kurds categorically reject this they don't want to separate mothers from their children and they no longer want to be responsible for these women to have to care for them. the kurds had suffered massively at the hands of ins. people who belong to my ass have to live under strict surveillance in a separate area of the camp and with good reason why. the moderate and especially runaway women and children are greatly terrorized by asked loyalists

they fear for their lives. i did a mistake i can hear my children right here if i have to sit trying to years in prison and i have to pay for it even the money for that i stand for than i would to go 30 years in prison really here is psychologic more tests and one time on the. people in the camp who do not submit to i ask are punished torched and women and children are killed. we have to realize that there is a caliphate developing within the camps in north eastern syria and this is it potential danger for the children who are there and for the women who turned their back on isis they will come back illegally now out of scope with. possibilities of attacking our society so for safety reasons yes for safety reasons

we have to get them back the experts say it's the only way to keep an eye on them. that's it for the day but as always the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at u.w. news or smuggling at don't forget to use our today i'm saying something and thank you for watching.

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