this is news alone from berlin is the west winning or is it weaker well it depends on who us get the munich security conference to. be to report that the death of the transfer. is proceed over exaggerated. when i look at the world as it's being shaped and that's the theme of your conferences here there is indeed a weakening of the west looks you know u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o n french president emmanuel paint a very different pictures of the western life so we have the latest. tranche

announces the 1st death from the coronavirus a chinese tourist dies in a french hospital as the global death toll surpasses 1600. and in football her to berlin were back in action in the bundesliga this time with a new coach alexander neary stepping up to take the reins against born after you're getting plainsman shock departure. a michael glad to have you with us world leaders and policy makers are wrapping up the 3rd and final day of the munich security conference the crisis in syria and support for nato are major topics but the conference has also seen leaders give opposing views on the strength of the western alliance. president emmanuel mccall

has said europe should increase its independence after calling for his to teacher dialogue over the role of france's nuclear weapons in european defense e.w. spoke with the german foreign minister heikal masamune he said maccollins comments could prompt europe to take a more critical look at its own role in the transatlantic alliance as if it we will accept the invitation to the strategic dialogue we believe that we 1st need to decide within europe how to meet the increased demands in the future we will have to do more for our security but i think it would be a mistake to put europe against the us. as it were in its security alliance that works nato but it needs reform and we're discussing that now we want to bolster the european side of nato and to do that we 1st need to reach consensus in europe that dialogue that the monoid mccrone has proposed complaisant if it can roll in this

that's why we will take part. in them to give you chief political correspondent melinda crane is covering the conference for us in munich she joins me now melinda hello there's a clear debate about the current state of the transatlantic alliance and your specific role what are you hearing from delegates about the best way to move forward. essentially from the european delegates at least more of both the conferences and titled west lessness this year and we've heard a number of european leaders here decrying what they see as declining western transatlantic cohesion in large part because of the united states unilateral american 1st approach and saying that the west is also at risk because there's a last agreement on the values of multilateralism and liberal democracy than there has been in the past but what one european leader after another has said is that in

view of this. essentially limbo state of the transatlantic community we must strengthen europe we must have a stronger european collective security and defense policy also a european foreign policy and we need to work together to talk about the strategic direction of europe going forward that essentially was president macro's offer here yesterday to the germans the germans have given mixed answers about about that i think to some degree because they're concerned about looking as if they are trying to strike out on their own separately from the united states so there's a lot of emphasis here by german speakers that we need to strengthen the transatlantic bond while at the same time europe does more for its own collective foreign policy and defense as you know the conference will end today what can we expect from today's developments. well it's interesting because in past security

conferences i've been to a large number now this was always the day of the middle east but in fact a lot of the discussion of the middle east has been pushed on to the sidelines of the conference and today the conference will actually be talking about the euro vision in the sense of how to strengthen the. european societies from within so they will talk about how to fight inequality how to give european citizens a greater sense of european identity and participation and also what to do for europe's neighborhood meaning the country's on its flanks both its eastern flank and its southern neighborhood how can they better integrate these countries and also what kind of promise can they hold out for countries like north macedonia that have been waiting for a long long time to get talks on european accession so that's the main topic on the agenda for today deja vue chief political correspondent melinda crane thanks so

much melinda germany's foreign minister is also working to secure a lasting cease fire in libya a fresh peacemaking process was initiated in berlin last month and a follow up is set to take place on the sidelines of the munich security conference while foreign powers are busy bolstering opposing sides in the conflict many libyans hoping to see concrete progress towards peace. education is just one of the casualties of war. but with the french and cease fire in place schools in libya's capital tripoli are beginning to reopen their doors for now at least. this man though general highly for hafter has been fighting hard to take this city.

with the help of his cell starved militia he already controls most of this oil rich nation a nation that's been in chaos since the 2011 nato backed up rising the toppled colonel more gadhafi it's partly because of oil that russia and turkey have waded in on either side of this conflict with turkey behind fire as russia's un backed government and russia supporting hafta moscow has denied past reports that it sent to mercenaries to reinforce the general's fight is but last month turkey confirmed it had deployed troops to help alsa rise in tripoli despite a un arms embargo. in a bid to break the deadlock germany hosted an international peace summit in berlin but the cease fire and arms embargo that followed that january meeting have

continued to be violated. his or his. own one stay the un security council passed a resolution calling for a lasting cease fire in libya with the adoption of this resolution the security council sent an important signal for peace in libya reaffirming the concrete commitments of all participants of the conference. it is crucial for libya that we are able to send this signal of unity but with russia or abstaining this was hardly a show of unity for these students in tripoli though anything that stops the fighting is worth it. now to other stories making news around the world more than 30 civilians have been killed in saudi late airstrikes in yemen the attacks appear to be retaliation for the downing of one of riyadh's warplanes who the rebels said they brought down the top tornado aircraft the incidents come amid

intensifying fighting between the rebels and forces of the saudi backed government . the 2nd storm in a week in hit britain on saturday's storm dennis is battering the u.k. with terentia will rein in hurricane force winds the severe weather could last until monday the storm has been blamed for at least 2 deaths and has disrupted travel across the u.k. the. hundreds of protesters have gathered in moscow to express their opposition to russian president vladimir putin's proposed changes to the constitution those changes would grant extra powers to parliament and are widely seen as an attempt by putin to extend his power beyond the end of his presidential term in 2024. china is reporting a drop in new coronavirus cases for the 3rd straight day beijing says the decline shows that country's efforts to control the spread of the disease are working this comes after france announced the 1st fatality from the corona virus in europe

bringing the death toll outside mainland china to for the virus has claimed over 1600 lives so far. no panic in paris despite the news of europe's 1st death from coated 19 the official name for the corona virus the french health minister announced that an 80 year old had succumbed to a lung infection and a hospital intensive care unit surface till the patient was a chinese tourists from who by a province he was admitted to be shot hospital in paris on the 25th of january and treated in complete isolation from his condition deteriorated rapidly when they got there the health minister has said 10 other people with the virus were doing well for a said to be cured at the munich security conference global measures to contain the corona virus were discussed. and most of all we're concerned about the potential

have this virus could rake in countries with weaker filesystems. on friday egypt reported its 1st case the 1st appearance of corona virus in africa but the overseas visit has so far displayed no symptoms will follow it was up to house them almost all to the health ministry and w.h.o. coordinated to implement all measures of the young patient was taken to a specialist quarantine hospital in an ambulance which was disinfected. egypt says it's fully prepared should there be more cases but some health officials expressed concerns that the virus could easily spread in the country's crowded cities. yet a football in the late bonus legal match on saturday glod buck powered their way past dusseldorf running out for one victors on the road. jonas hoffman

opened the scoring for gladbach in the 22nd minute but erik tony bagged the equaliser for dusseldorf 7 minutes later god both looked serious in the 2nd half the floor still making it to one and then captain shingled increased their lead in the 77th minute before throwing a new house hit the target to complete the ground for a side bursting with confidence. earlier on saturday hurt a bear lane kept off it to mulcher as week with a win over last place potter born it was just days ago head coach you're going klinsmann unexpectedly quit the club over differences with management but the victory should go a long way to cleansing the palettes of fans and supporters desperate for a change in fortunes. just a week ago heritage system alexander nori couldn't have expected to make his return to head coaching but then yogen plans mum shock the club by resigning nor his side

looked determined to shake off the negative headlines in their relegation battle with powder book. with just 10 minutes played santiago out to sea bar across from deep and belgian bomber dead big boy rose above the rest to head home. one nil hair to. the visitors looked to have doubled their lead just 8 minutes later but heritage debutant material is still with chalked up to the start young tech was real to handle the ball in the run up to the play. despite the setback nori squad headed into the half time break with a comfortable one nil leaving but staking out with the one nil win would simply be too easy for heritage given this week's events people who know us time deflected dennis or bennie's title shot into his own net. 11. but klinsmann's quitting also overshadowed positive news at heritage a number of big january signings including cumia who wasn't just the way he did

when his 1st goal was ruled off his 67th minute back you'll counted giving the visitors a lead in his 1st ever appearance for berlin. it ended 21 delivering alexander nori his 1st win in 21 games as head coach and his return to the dugout and starting the post klinsmann era on a high. carnival celebrations are gearing up around the globe as christians countdown to the start of lent on the french riviera festive festivities opened in nice with a parade to set to a fashion theme floats featured such industry giants as u.s. vogue editor anna wintour and the late chanel designer call lagerfeld there was also a nod to the to mull tryst world of french politics with an appearance by president emmanuel methyl and 1st lady sheet. this is deja news up next world stories with a look at the 75th anniversary of the bombing of dresden during world war 2 some of

the last remaining witnesses speak about the wars of lasting effects you can get all the news around the clock on our website that's dot com i'm michael okwu thanks so much for joining us. on. day to use from me. is for you. as for how. great open is for her. is for them.