this is day that we do is live from germany's president has harsh words for united states china and russia as he opens the munich security conference. accuses them of stoking mistrust and putting national interests above international cooperation also on the program on talk take temperatures reached record highs the scientists warn of dramatic an unforseen evil effects of warmer weather on the icy content. and in. fact thinking consistency is

a to remain in the mix of the top of the table will be put to the test by resurgent 1st on friday. i'm phil gallo welcome to the program a long list of conflicts and uncertainty of the west's role in the world of the top issues at the munich security conference which started this afternoon world leaders and security experts gathered for the annual meeting in southern germany on everyone's mind is the war in syria where government offensive in has triggered a full blown humanitarian crisis another concern is the west wing influence on the global security it's even spawned a new turn west last this german president frank. opening speech contains some critical words on this issue and on the united states his attitude to international relations it's been just as ardent sick and i would like to be able to say that we

as a community of nations have learned lessons from history for eternity after 945 after 989. of it but i fear that we are currently becoming witnesses of an increasingly destructive dynamic in world politics. we find we pulled back into the classical security dilemma which you will recognize more mistrust more album and resulting in less security these are the inevitable consequences they don't miss chief political correspondent melinda crane is that welcome melinda what sort of reaction has there been to the general president's words. well we heard nancy pelosi the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives a short while ago on stage and she complimented the president on his speech and in general it must be said that those words about the u.s. followed equally frank words accusations against russia and china

a sensually for the same thing for putting their own national interests 1st for undermining international institutions and transgressing international rules and norms with the german president saying that taken together what that represents is essentially a 0 sum view of the world meaning of you in which one nation's strength is another nation's weakness and she went on to say that basically all of us lose out when countries take that approach that both the weak and the strong lose because we are increasingly unable to work together to solve problems that only can be solved internationally that and he cited for example nuclear escalation and climate change as 2 examples of that but lest it be thought that he was only critical in regard to the u.s. russia and china he also had some fairly self-critical things to say about germany

saying that many germans think of themselves as the best of all possible europeans but that the fact is that germany also often puts its own interests 1st and that germany could use more humility. more curiosity and more ability to see things from the perspective of others and he also pointed out that germany's identity is absolutely tied in with europe's and that europe represents the only framework in which germany can position itself in the world and the only answer to germany's history and geographical challenges and tell us about west lossless into this comes phrase that is emerging. yes a catch phrase but how far this catchphrase is going to go i'm not quite sure because if you talk to people here there's a lot of eyebrows brow raising about this new term perhaps because in some ways it almost sounds too cute for something that is very serious indeed but the idea behind it is the notion as the german president said at the beginning of his speech

that whereas in the past the transatlantic community would have used the term we to speak of their consensus but that's increasingly no longer the case precisely because a country like the us seems to be putting its own interests 1st and he said that only if we can restore this sense of a community that it makes sense and is absolutely necessary to address problems multilaterally only then will we be able to confront the challenges of the 21st century as i said mentioning climate change as one of those challenges that absolutely requires that systemic multilateral approach but not only that stay with us and we're going to take a closer look at this notion of west listeners by examining one of the west's key agencies nighter. the biggest deployment of u.s.

military might to europe in a quarter century is heading this way for nato as defender 20 exercise 20000 american soldiers and 13000 pieces of equipment should give the enemies pause and allies confidence. one more one more one way. to show both real reliable loyal portals within the nato framework but that reinforced military framework risks being undermined by weakness on the political side increasing apathy across the alliance regarding its most fundamental value collective defense what if nato has the weapons but it doesn't have the will a recent survey by the pew research center indicates that across 16 nato countries fewer than 40 percent of respondents would want their militaries used to defend the baltic states or poland in case of an attack by russia the munich security conference has coined a new term to describe this kind of ambivalence west listening for those wistful

about west listening this geopolitics expert shot islam has some advice move on the west has had its wonderful moment it can still matter i think europe still not just definitely but it will have to work in coalitions and and alliances with countries outside the comfort zone so we would have to work with the indias of this would with russia with china with australia which upin and not just rely on this once very strong transatlantic alliance french president emmanuel mccaughan has seized the stage to position himself as a disruptor france has a moment to lead. it can lead in the right or it can lead in ideas or can lead to its actions and actually know yet which way it's going to go it is a nuclear country as a state in the security council they can do therefore what no one else can. and it can do that. but while the west deals with its identity crisis kremlin tactics are

working better than ever warns retired u.s. army general ben hodges causing people to lose confidence and trust in each other in their own institutions in the alliance that's that's where this competition is and. i think that we have to compete hodges praises the massive defender 20 exercises for making sure the military side is ready waiting for political cohesion to make a comeback. so melinda crane typically the real business of a golfing like the munich security conference is conducted offstage behind the scenes what's been going on. well a big headline there u.s. officials have confirmed following a meeting between the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of defense marcus work and the afghan president a shot behind me that there will be an agreement on so-called reduction of violence between the u.s.

and the taliban now this agreement which is going to essentially require the taliban to prove that they can reduce violence across the spectrum from roadside bombs to other forms of attack over a 7 day period this agreement has been a precondition for the afghan government to agree to all afghan negotiations about a peace proposal now as you know the u.s. and the taliban have been negotiating for a while but the afghan government hasn't been involved in those talks and it said it 1st wants to see proof that the taliban can deliver on this weeklong reduction of violence explicitly not being called a cease fire that would be essential a step more now if this does in fact take effect and the taliban proves it can do it that would be. prelude to those all afghan talks and that in turn would be a great prelude to the u.s. withdrawal of forces something that u.s.

president donald trump would very much like to be able to demonstrate to the voters come november and the u.s. election thank you for that melinda cry at the munich security conference. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world says it has offered an 830000000 euro out of court settlement to owners of its diesel powered of models in germany the offer follows the collapse of talks between the german car giants and the consumer group representing hundreds of german car owners the company says those talks failed because of a disproportionate failed demands of the group's lawyers. u.s. attorney general william barr has blamed president trump's tweet for making his job impossible this after the president tweeted in praise of mr bowers 111 case involving former presidential advisor well just responding to mr goss criticism the president has not tweeted that he has the legal right to interfere in criminal

cases. teenage climate activist gratitude for his place praised young people for keeping up their protests but her valentine's day message for older generations 6 was much less friendly accusing them of mounting empty words and not taking the climate crisis seriously she was attending her 1st fridays futures probe protest in her home country since last may. scientists. say temperatures there have risen above 20 degrees celsius for the 1st time ever this follows the hottest january on rec orders now warning that if the trend continues it could have dramatic and unforeseeable effects on sea levels. the news of the record temperature coincided with a big break in the ice on pine island an iceberg 300 square kilometers an area calved from a glacier last weekend giant blocks of ice have always broken off antarctica as ice

shelves but in places like pine island the losses are speeding up scientists are worried there are 4 warning of even larger events as climate change drives higher rates of thaw on the frozen continent. a new study says if temperatures continue to go up in antarctica global sea levels could rise by up to one and a half meters by the year 2100 at chile's escudero base on king george island the ice and snow pack has melted almost entirely this year. it's the 1st time we see a lack of snow that is so impressive it really caught our attention we left some sensors installed we've seen temperatures over 13 degree you know in the last 40 years ice loss in the antarctic has increased 6 fold and as it continues to melt the warm temperatures are also having an impact on wildlife like chinstrap penguins populations of them have plunged dramatically we did find one colony on elephant

island that had a very large colony the decline about 77 percent. tremendous loss over a very short period of time and with january of 2020 setting new heat records there's no sign the melt is going to slow anytime soon. sports and they blunders make a process and have been the german jaclyn high team present one minute hopeless the next they're patchy formis threatening to derail their title challenge after losing to leverkusen last weekend faith badly need 3 points tonight in a form from 1st come to town. things unraveled in a flash for dortmund after being $32.00 up later cruising level it was. then grabbed the winner himself just as she minutes was.

one of dortmund's big name signings it was a better home debut. despite a stunning 1st goal. i. was disappointed randy a game like that when you're ahead after 80 minutes if you want to win it. i don't think we played too badly. i think we played well for 80 minutes and for 2 minutes we were a bit passive. 70 is something dortmund can't afford against and trust frankfurt after a dismal december the eagles have come flying out of the winter break unbeaten and 4 in the league they were queuing up to score as they thumped ochs berg last week i know the pressure is on the hosts. giving and i think don't have to win against us if they want to reach that goal of the championship maybe to challenge for the title and we want to continue our run what it's and that's why i think it will be

a very very interesting game since this is the interest of the party that i with european football in their sights frankfurt will be confident that they can inflict what could be a fatal blow to dortmund's title ambitions i m x. l fans has business news africa have occurred at. birth. home. of species. worth saving. yes those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world. music. loosed solutions and the 1st official. secrets.