this is deja news a lie from berlin is the west winning or is it weaker well it certainly depends on who you ask at the new unit security conference. report that the death of the transit. is grossly over exaggerated. when i look at the world as it's being shaped and that's the theme of your conference this year there is indeed a weakening of the west. you don't u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh and french president emanuel my point paint a very different pictures of the western alliance we have the latest. french

announces the 1st death in europe from the corona virus from a chinese tourist dies in a french hospital as the global death toll surpasses 1600. and in football thirds of berlin were back in action in the get this time with a new coach alexander nuri stepping up to take the reins against power born after your conclusions months departure. a michael thanks for joining me 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 cohesiveness of the western alliance french president has said europe

should increase its independence after calling for a strategic dialogue over the role of france's nuclear weapons and european defense . he spoke with the german foreign minister heikal mohsin munich he said much comments could prompt europe to take a more critical look at its own role in the transatlantic alliance as a vivid and we would step the invitation to this strategic dialogue now 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 u.s. . as it were in that 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 manuel mccrone has proposed can play a significant role in this that's why we will take part in the discipline him.

chief political correspondent melinda crane is covering their security conference for us in munich and joins me now today is the last day of the conference what can we expect. well this was traditionally middle eastern day when the conference discuss the various conflicts in the middle east ranging from syria to libya and elsewhere interestingly enough this year that's been pushed to the sidelines we do have a big libya meeting later on today and today's talk will be about a euro vision and i don't mean the song contest and i also don't mean the discussion we had here yesterday about a stronger foreign policy and international defense role for europe but rather what europe can do to provide a stronger vision for its own people for its citizens and also for its neighbors now you might say what does that have to do with

a conference on security well the feeling here is that europe's peace and stability are threatened not only from outside by conflicts on its borders and internationally but also from within by citizens disappointment and frustration over rising inequality over political polarization the rise of right wing sentiments within european countries and the rise of ill liberal democracy also within the e.u. member states as well as as on europe's perimeter have got people here concerned and that will be the topic of the 1st 2 discussions today including how europe can offer a really promising prospect of enlargement to neighboring countries that have been waiting a long time for a clear vision forward and which are increasingly subject to corruption and even to state capture by powerful elites because of frustration about why. where that

european accession process is leading well we also understand the diplomats are meeting on the sidelines to discuss libya as you know fresh peacemaking process was initiated in berlin last month and many libyans hoping to see concrete progress towards peace here's an in-depth look for our viewers and then we'll talk again on the other side. education is just one of the casualties of war. but with the french and ceasefire in place schools in libya's capital tripoli are beginning to reopen their doors for now at least. this man though general highly for hafta has been fighting hard to take this city. with the help of his cell stop 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 top old colonel more gadhafi it's partly because of oil that russia and turkey have waited in on either side of this conflict with turkey behind fire as a 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 also rise in tripoli despite a un arms embargo. in a bid to break the deadlock germany hosted an international peace summit in belin but the cease fire and arms embargo that followed that january meeting have continued to be violated. please raise their heads. own wednesday

the u.n. security council passed a resolution calling for a last ing 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 berlin 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. melinda as we speak of roughly a dozen foreign ministers are represented representatives of international organizations are talking about ending the conflict in libya what kind of decisions might come out of those talks. well one of the main objectives on the agenda is how to get real adherents to the weapons embargo and and talk of

a cease fire that began in berlin were promptly violated as soon as that conference essentially came to and weapons were once again flowing to the various conflict parties in libya so today's meeting brings together an expanded circle of foreign ministers and delegations as well as non-governmental organizations to talk about how the. principle that they have all agreed to in practice namely that weapons shouldn't go longer flow to the warring parties how that can be enforced in practice one idea is to reinvigorate a mission in the mediterranean that had been aimed at trying to prevent human smuggling there with involving various european countries that would now essentially mutate into a mission that would interact dight weapons shipments to libya now this is a controversial topic but they will be discussing it here today and that will also

serve as a prelude for a meeting tomorrow of european foreign ministers in brussels to talk about the same issues so essentially all of this adding up to europe's intention to take a stronger role very much with germany playing a leading role as the host of that berlin process trying to really do something to essentially promote peacemaking on what is europe's southern southern flank. cranium you know for us thank you so much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world more than 30 civilians have been killed in saudi led airstrikes in yemen the attacks appear to be retell. nation for the downing of one of riyadh's war planes the rebels said they've brought down the tornado aircraft the incidents come amid intensifying

fighting between the rebels and forces of the saudi backed government. and. the 2nd storm in a week hit britain on saturday's storm dennis is battering the u.k. with 2 rental rain 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. . china is reporting a drop in new coronavirus cases for the 3rd straight day beijing says the decline shows the country's efforts to control the spread of the disease are working this comes after france announce the 1st fatality from the corona virus in europe bringing the death toll outside mainland china to 4 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 the patient was a chinese tourists from who by a proven since he was admitted to the shell hospital in paris on the 25th of january and treated in complete isolation 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 all these virus could rake in countries we use weak filesystems. on friday egypt reported its 1st case the 1st appearance of corona virus in africa . were followed on 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 in the late bundesliga match on saturday gladbach powered their way past dusseldorf running out for one vic victor's on the road hoffman opened the scoring for gladbach in the 22nd minute but eric told me bag the equaliser for to set off 7 minutes later look fierce in the 2nd half the floor stretched in don't making it to one and then captain stingel increased their lead in the 77th minute that's with florian now house hit the target to complete the route for a side bursting with confidence. back to the net. earlier

on saturday hertha berlin capped off the to mulcher as week with a win over last place pad a 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 hair assistant alexander nori couldn't have expected to make his return to head coaching but then you're going kinsmen 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 by a cross from deep and belgian bomber detrich boy rose above the rest to head home. one nil herit. the visitors looked to have doubled their lead just 8 minutes later but heritage debutant material goal was chopped off after 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 leave but sneaking out with the one nil win would simply be too easy for hair to give in 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 the lead in his 1st ever appearance for berlin. it ended 21 delivering alexander nor his 1st win in 21 games as head coach and his return to the dugout and starting the post klinsmann era on a high. this is t w news up next world stories with a look at this 75th anniversary of the bombing of dresden during world war 2 some

of the last remaining witnesses speak about the war's lasting effects you can get all the news around the clock on our web site that dot com michael o'keefe thanks so much for joining us. about. that. country. whatever it takes to get the running. cut explain further cut. the need for mines.