this is the w. news live from berlin joe biden declares a return to multilateralism. americans back. the u.s. presidential race or a new commitment to the transatlantic alliance addressing the munich security conference he promises close cooperation to tackle a host of pressing issues also on the show one year on germany pays tribute to the victims of a racist attack in the city of hama german president from my urges a publicly jewish night against a right wing extremism. and in the united states and another celebrity couple is

farting waves following months of speculation reality t.v. star kim carr dash and files for divorce from africa kanye west the split ends one of the most high profile marriages of the past 7 years. a warm welcome to our international viewers i'm marrying a state. joe biden has made his 1st major global appearance as u.s. president addressing the munich security conference he declared a renewed commitment to the transatlantic alliance promising to work closely with european allies to tackle major challenges such as the covert 1000 pandemic and climate change after 4 years of fraying transatlantic ties under the trump of ministration biden is trying to rebuild relations but there are important areas

where washington in europe do not see eye to eye. when the west talks amongst itself the us president has the 1st word and he delivered what his partners in europe wanted to hear america is back the transatlantic alliance is back and joe biden was clearly about america's core mission. for most prepared gather for a long term strategic competition with china tricky for germany whose economic recovery from covert is made in china it angela merkel says she's ready to take on the challenge with a no to be softer tone and you know how the new look. over the past 2 years china has gained global power and we have to set something against that as a transatlantic alliance and as democracies and that's why the question of not just china and russia getting vaccines to developing and other countries is very

important. and the fixings then there isn't $51.00 but a man i might call rooms that america's interests were no longer always the same as europe's and spoke about his favorite theme of european sovereignty. 0 been union its key members. have to be part of the solution of their own security french and german interpretations of sovereignty may remain different yet both share the relief over the new u.s. administration. so you can from what you know the signs from multilateralism are a lot better today than 2 years ago and that has a lot to do with the fact that do biden has become president of the united states and starting from the merely just in some of the munich security conference will have the whole world back up a diplomatic table this preview set the tone from the west undermine democracy

doesn't happen by accident we have to defend it fight for it strengthen renew it. we have to prove that our model isn't a relic of history. it's the single best way to revitalize the promise of our future. but that comeback of the west under u.s. leadership is by no means. well for more i'm joined now by a european heart he's the foreign policy spokesman of the christian democratic party here in germany welcome mr hart do you believe that hires between europe and the u.s. can be fully restored or is some of the damage that we saw under the trump administration permanent. we have a totally new and different mood in the transatlantic operation now and i believe that joe biden states to this commitment to my to have risen and to europe

as a drum somebody's partner and what we heard yesterday. we appreciate it very much but we also know about a lot of talks we have we will close together and plan that we were up close together and security issues but we also have to go close together in facing a bitrate and political challenge from china and russia and this is maybe more complicate than to only continue the policy that we have for example with obama and it's great to set us right so you mentioned and the contentious issues where the u.s. and europe perhaps are still wide apart how can they bridge their differences though and things like china where defense spending. in defense spending i think we came in a huge step forward and president by yes they mentioned that europe is 3 much more that we did before germany's now which is 1.6 percent of g.d.p.

in defense expenditures in $21.00 and this is much more than one point want to be at us before but we also have to think about how we can strengthen the islands within the opium bill and i agree with the president my caution that germany has to and europe has taken a stronger role in nato but i disagreed concerning territory and the defense and embedded to terence because in that field we don't need autonomy we don't cover a sion and close. relation to us because in defense especially in terence one plus one it's more than 2 and nato is survive foster longest military power and therefore we don't need separation or double it adopted costs in europe and in nato. he also mentioned climate change that was a major topic at the munich security conference now than to the us is returning to the paris climate agreement what does europe expect the u.s.

to do as its next steps. i think the president has to do a lot of work to convince people that not elected by the last presidential elections that climate change is also a chance for several projects and u.s. economy and we as europeans have to. make sure that our treaty deal politics that was up on the law and. announced and brussels it's not against a trade relations to true u.s. and canada some of us may be afraid might be afraid that potentially with screen deal there's also some protect against the just on the european are kind of the i think we have to convince americans that we will not use a green politics to. bend more intense and fair trade between

us and europe and this is for example something where we. the problems i detest it's i think and therefore we have to walk out on the people you can hire and foreign policy spokesman of the christian democratic party thank you. germany is marking a year since 9 people with immigrant backgrounds were killed in a racist attack that shocked the country the victims were gunned down in the western city of homs by a far right extremist who later turned the gun on himself now after a year long investigation relatives of the victims say they still have more questions than answers. the bells of one else churches ringing out and remembrance of the 9 that lost their lives but for friends and family of the victims they still deal with the grief

daily. basis on young here today it's been exactly a year since my son and 8 other young people write that he became victims of a racist terrorist attack and to launch locks were. on the night of the 19th of february 2020 shots rang out in the heart of how no. man entered 2 bars and opened fire killing 3 people before getting back into his car and driving to the other side of the city. there he entered a cafe and killed 6 more. it took just 12 minutes to kill 9 people in just 7 others. the right wing extremist targeted people with immigrant backgrounds people he viewed as foreign. was it in the bunker to put it kids weren't foreigners.

they were lovely helpful kids brothers and sisters parents and friends they were citizens of this country and out of nowhere they were from this world that made it . among those attending the memorial was german president frank. he acknowledged authorities had made errors and failed to protect the victims but he called on the public to take a common stand. as the president of this country i'm standing here before you to ask let's not allow these evil attacks to divide us that we must not overlook the evil in the heart of our society their hatred exclusion and indifference. but let's believe in the better spirit of our country and the power of unity. because some mitten and.

for many friends and relatives of the victims there is still too much unknown about the events of a year ago and they want to see more done to combat racism. 3 ality t.v. star and businesswoman kim carr dash in has filed for divorce from rap artist kanye west after nearly 7 years of marriage the split follows months of speculation of their relationship and broken down amid the rapper's increasingly bizarre public behavior the couple are among the most famous stars in the world and are followed by millions of fans on social media. as well it was the celebrity union of this century. the rap artist and fashion mogul kanye west and kim kardashian and the star of the successful reality t.v. series keeping up with a car that she and. the media dropped the pair. and watched the twists and turns

of their lives together as obsessively as the couple's legions of dedicated fans. and yes you. cheering the marriage the flamboyant rapper reveals that he was bipolar and struggled with mental health issues. he launched a last minute presidential bid a few months before the u.s. election last year. didn't strongly back or discourage her husband's presidential bid but in a long statement she also compassion and empathy following his there up to behavior in a social media posts last july she said he is a brilliant but complicated past some and has to deal with the pressure and isolation that is heightened by his bipolar disorder. then rumors of their marriage being on the rocks grew louder u.s. media says the divorce is amicable. let's bring in intertainment journalist k.j.

matthews who joins us from los angeles hello to you k j so how surprising was the news of their split. well unless you've been living under a rock it's not surprising at all they've been having problems for the last year as you may recall as they just stated he ran for president a failed presidential bid or during that time he criss crossed the cross the country and did a couple of campaign stops and during one of the stops he seemed to quiet kind of have a breakdown and talk about his 1st child and how there was talk or he thought about blogging the 1st child and that was really the 1st time that i think a lot of people saw that they have serious problems in a relationship and even subsequently after that he took a trip to their home in wyoming and stayed alone away from home for probably about a month or 2 so people really begin to see that there were a lot of the cracks in their relationship. and they do have millions of followers

what makes the couple so intriguing can you believe that keeping up with the car dash has been on the air for your teen years it will in next month when the last and final season think views but ever since it came on the air we were just captivated by them because they lived their entire life in front of the camera every single one of them and we really didn't have access to a family like that before the card as you came along and they were willing to show us do darlin show us our when we were there aren't the facts let you get all. that was entertainment journalist k.j. matthews joining us from los angeles thank you so very much thank you. they're up to date now on d.w. news album back again at the top of the hour with more news for you stay tuned for arts and culture news that's coming up next and of course don't forget you can get loads more information and all the stories on our website that's at d

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