this is deja vu news to live from berlin harsh words from germany's president for the world's power frank falter steinmeyer accuses the u.s. russia and china of stoking the global mistrust and putting narrow national interests over international cooperation. and don't trump's long promised wall is taking shape along the us mexico border nearly 200 kilometers have gone up so far opponents say the burial will cost the reversible cultural and ecological ecological damage.

a michael thanks for joining me a laundry list of conflicts and uncertainty over the west's role in the world are dominating the munich security conference some 3 dozen heads of state along with top ministers and security experts have gathered in southern germany the west's dwindling influence on global security has even spawned a new term west listener. the who's who of international politics. with plenty to discuss. the german president frank steinmeyer spent much of his keynote speech deploring the decline of internationalism and of european unity he had harsh words for russia china and the us. under the been that our closest ally the united states of

america under the current administration rejects the idea of an international community. great again great again if necessary also at the expense of maybe. fittingly enough it was a former u.s. secretary of state from another era john kerry who made a plea for reviving international cooperation no country can solve the problems we face of climate change cyber warfare nuclear challenges extremism disease all of these things require cooperation if we didn't have the united nations would have to invent it so people to just stop playing with people's fears protesters gathered outside the hotel where the conference is being held they said social problems and climate change should also be considered major security issues and cities and i'm not so much that's not. how it's kind of but i you know you

cannot exclude climate protection from the security issue because it's a huge issue. and war is definitely not climate neutral. mistreatment i designed the conference continues until sunday with debates over the role of nato and the conflict in syria likely to dominate. some more on this i'm joined now by chief political editor. in munich the halo we understand u.s. secretary of state mike defense secretary mark asked for and nato secretary general u.n. stoltenberg will speak in a public forum today what can you tell us about the agenda. well the expectations that is that they are expected to map out what still the west consists of because no country like the u.s. no other country stands as much for what is considered to be the west also western values but also that vital nato pact that is so driven by the united states that

we can expect to hear what the united states want to see from that. allies once again which will be more defense spending but when mark esper here had a press conference with the german defense minister on friday we could already sense what that means that could mean responsibility and engagement shifting more towards the other partners that will certainly listen out for that and then we'll be able to hear from french president on germany's defense minister also get the opportunity to react to that where germany sees itself we heard from fighter steinmeyer there being something like a moral conscience of the united states the united nations but where germany really wants to engage more. what else can we expect today. well everybody's really listening out for that speech by french president in my call who already mapped out his ambition for a stronger

a european defense capabilities reaching out to european partners to share also in nuclear weapons by france we expect to hear some more details from him what she visions there also listening out for some kind of u.s. reaction on that and of course the german defense minister will be on stage pretty fast after that so be very interesting to hear what the germany would even entertain the idea of going down that road to germany shares has a stake in the u.s. nuclear capabilities but is known to have no further ambitions in that because that is politically also very contentious here in germany well as you well know typically the real business of a gathering like the munich security conference is conducted offstage behind the scenes what of any substance has been going on there. is really one has to

stress that the meetings that happen behind closed doors and that we don't even learn about up. probably pretty much at the core of what the added value to international diplomacy and security is but we do know that there has been an agreement with the taliban to have a cease fire although it's somewhat unclear when that is supposed to start that is supposed to give some breathing space to have a u.s. brokered lease deal for more stability and peace in afghanistan and also understand that concrete steps on the horizon in terms of how to progress in ukraine the process of here that there's a new paper circulating what the next concrete steps should be there so that's really what the music your t. conference is about in the end to where you're stuck often some progress is made here. got it michelle yellow closeness thank you so much will be certainly hearing

more from you later on today. now to other stories making news around the world. the death toll from corona virus in mainland china has risen above 1500 a hospital specializing in traditional chinese medicine and rouhani at the center of the outbreak has been ready to take hundreds of patients the virus has now also reached africa with egypt reporting its 1st case. the u.s. is raising tariffs on aircraft imported from the european union the hike from 10 to 15 percent is part of a long running dispute involving america's boeing and europe's airbus the world trade organization has declared european subsidies to air bus illegal allowing the u.s. to impose tariffs. u.s. defense secretary mark asked for has justified diverting nearly $4000000000.00 from other programs to fund a border wall with mexico president donald trump says around 200 kilometers of the

border fence have been finished the president ignored criticism of the shift in funds and talked instead about how much was being built as well as making claims about people trying and failing to climb and. went to arizona where construction is in full swing cutting through conservation areas and heritage sites. 9 meters tall a rusty mix of steel pillars and concrete transport a wall is growing longer in arizona's organ pipe national monument. a heartbreaking scene for conservationist kevin dahl he's worked along the us mexico border for years and the records when the border it was little more than a symbolic walk this vehicle very well here was just an old cow fence with 3 strands of barbed wire the 3 part series friends would say they call it head to this restaurant across the street order their lunch and they meet him at the fence and get their lunch. rules protecting historical and cultural sites will wave to

build the will now there is nothing to stop contractors destroying the park's history you can see that they're using a steamroller to compress this 60 foot swath and they're doing it right next to quito but he knows springs this desert oasis where people have lived for millennia and now it's protected by the park service except they are destroying an archaeological site by doing this right here we know this is an archaeological site there are people buried there. dolphin is the wolf solid nature could also hurt the region's unique does that wildlife. desert animals have to roam far to get water and the flow of genes the interaction between the animals which is really important to keeping a healthy population welcome to be completely stopped at this wall. rather encroaching as you county residents have organized and you will protest kevin dahl is among the demonstrators activists have held regular protests and say whoa construction has gone ahead without local engagement laken joe doll has been

campaigning for months. so the trumpet ministration has pulled out all the stops in order to build this wall they have waved more than $41.00 and vironment culture resource protection laws and all of the laws that would normally have been cast aside for this project and now trump has stolen billions of dollars from the military in order to build these walls it's actually was quite easy to climb over and i shimmied up those behinds myself lots of videos have come out of people climbing over these walls proponents say the wall will stop illegal immigrants and drugs but the price is steep an estimated $12000000.00 per kilometer we're not at war with mexico they're a valued trading partner and here at the border we're very friendly with mexico we have a we know people have family on both sides drug cartels know how to go under through and on top of walls they've done it forever. people who want to work they're going to get here and if it's not through this desert it's going to be through the ports

of entry. despite demonstrations and few political logical and cultural damage. is taking shape still visits the border but it's rapidly changing from the dynamic area he remembers building a quick mint is omnipresent and shows no sign of falling silent. 16 children have died in a fire at an orphanage in haiti the home outside the capital port au prince was run by a u.s. based nonprofit group authorities say the blaze may have been started by candles used during one of haiti's blackouts. shock and sorrow outside the building that was home to more than 60 children half of the victims were babies or toddlers. were free to go so i would count as a teacher i'm here to help the children i'm like a father to them are gentle what happened there was nothing i could do for you when

i arrived i saw of the 15 corpses describe those. rescue workers said they could have saved more lives but lacked bottled oxygen and the ambulances needed to transport all of the injured children to a hospital. couldn't get to the top floor so we could take some children who were conscious to hospital unfortunately some of them couldn't get the treatment they needed. the home was run by a u.s. based nonprofit religious group that lost its operating license because of unsanitary and overcrowded conditions and insufficiently trained staff but in this desperately poor country there are hundreds of such care centers for children placed there by parents too destitute to support them. police here in germany have the rest are 12 men following a series of raids targeting members of the far right now work the men are suspected

of planning attacks on politicians asylum seekers and muslims the raids are part of a crackdown by german officials an individual suspected of promoting far right extremism. investigators raided this house near oxburgh as well as 12 other locations in 6 german states the federal prosecutor's office has accused 5 men of forming a right wing terrorist group 8 others are accused of providing them with support on friday afternoon the federal prosecutor ordered the detention of 12 of the men they allegedly exchanged information in chat groups. and for months according to our information in these chat groups they discussed killing a politician or carrying out an attack on a mosque but the plans were not concrete they did not state names and locations where the attacks would be carried out. on the interior minister of north rhine-westphalia said one of the men charged was a civil servant in his state the man was immediately suspended kido did

anyone who has anything to do with this should know that our intelligence agencies are on their trail there is no where these people can feel safe not even on the internet oh internet the 12 suspects are to be brought before a judge at germany's high court on saturday the judge will then decide whether or not to issue arrest warrants. to sports now european football's governing body away for has banned english side manchester city from champions league competition for the next 2 seasons that's because of quote serious financial fair play breach its way for us said in a statement from your league champions manchester city who are coached by water were found guilty of having falsely inflated their sponsorship revenues have also find man city 30000000 euros the club says it will appeal against the decision.

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