ben: you're watching "d.w. news" live from berlin. united in condemnation. the u.n. security council issues a unanimous statement criticizing north korea's nuclear test. it says it will prepare further measures against the regime of p'yongyang for the destination of a hydrogen bomb. and germany's interior minister

said the handling of sexual assaults at new year was unacceptable. and charlie hebdo publishes a provocative edition a year after muslim extremists murdered many of the satirical magazine's staff. i'm ben fajzullin, thanks for joining us. the u.n. security council has unanimously condemned north korea's claims that it tested a hydrogen bomb. the council is promising to take measures to punish the regime, after seismic activity near the korean peninsula indicated a test. the 5.1 magnitude tremor centered on a nuclear facility northeast of the capital. experts say data suggests detonation of a device less powerful than an h bomb. >> residents of p'yongyang

celebrated as news of the nuclear test was broadcast on state-run television, the nations' fourth nuclear test. >> as of today, january 2016, at 10:00 a.m., north korea's first hydrogen bomb test was successfully tested. >> tremors from the man-made seismic event could be felt in china. the magnitude 5.1 quake captured on this roadside camera. the detonation comes two days before leader kim jong un's birthday, seen by the west as a serious provocation by the communist regime. governments were quick to condemn the test. >> the north korean nuclear program and nuclear tests are

serious threats to peace and stability on the korean peninsula. they are an attack on the worldwide nonproliferation regime. the united nations secretary general ban ki-moon condemns the action, and he was followed by the security council. it said it would start work on further sanctions. north korea is already under strict u.n. sanctions because of its weapons program. it tested its first nuclear device in 2006. the latest test suggests that sanctions are doing little to deter them. ben: north korea has been trying for decades to develop long-range nuclear missiles and expand its arsenal. the aspirations have sparked international sanctions. key dates leading up to today's nuclear test. >> north korea's nuclear ambitions can be traced back to

the 1960's. under kim il sung, the country joins the treaty in 1985. kim jong il took power and a month later north korea agreed to dismantle its nuclear program. eight months later, it admits to a secret nuclear program. george bush said it's part of an axis of evil. the following year, 2003, north korea withdraws from the n.p.t. and officially reactivates its nuclear facilities. this leads to sanctions and six-party talks with the u.s., south korea, china, japan and russia. but in 2006, north korea conducts its first nuclear test. three years later, a second test. in 2012, kim jong un becomes supreme leader and conducts the country's third test a year later. by 2015, north korea says it has long-range ballistic missiles which can reach the u.s.

mainland. now, one year later, it tests its fourth nuclear device and claims it's a hydrogen bomb. ben: the background for you there. the analysis, starting with shihoko goto, an analyst from the wilson center in washington, who joins us, an expert on the region. first of all, shihoko, could you tell us what reaction is coming out of the region itself? we heard from germany. we've also heard about the security council's measures. shihoko: well, we are seeing in the region, is that of unity and this is the actually silver lining in what's happening in north korea. we don't know exactly what kind of capability north korea has right now but it is clear that its aspirations to become a serious nuclear power is still strong and that that has led to international condemnation and

unity amongst some of america's biggest allies in the region, namely japan and south korea. ironically, this has actually antagonized china. the united states and china have had this military rivalry over the past few years but when it comes to north korea today, it is that of a united front. ben: tell us what is china's role? shihoko: well, china has been essentially north korea's only ally in the region. it has -- china has strongly supported the viability of the p'yongyang regime but it has strongly condemned any efforts for north korea to pursue its nuclear aspirations. north korea has obviously defied that aspiration so there is a schism between north korea and china and now north korea is isolated.

it's really isolated itself from the international community, including china. now, as we look forward, what we can look to is how does this play out in terms of military alliances. what china does not want is for the united states and its allies to continue to build up its own military presence in the asia pacific region but given the circumstances in north korea today, that is probably most likely going to be the case. ben: what about the united states? you're sitting there in washington. what sort of pressure can it bear? shihoko: the united states, president obama and john kerry in particular, has already come out with a statement strongly condemning the activities of north korea, is actually in the united nations as i speak trying to come up with a united front on this, as well. we will see coordination, as stated at the beginning, there had been coordinated efforts in

the form of the six-party talk but that has been in the wayside the last few years. will we see a new form of six-party talks, can there be a united front? will there be a coherent effort by these countries to have a common policy? that's going to be difficult, though, because right now we know we do not want a nuclearized north korea. how we do that is difficult. ben: shihoko goto, thank you very much. and now to an expert on nuclear matters. we'd like to clear up whether or not we're dealing with a hydrogen bomb, if we can get stefan up on the screen for us. what do you think? what's your analysis of the situation? >> well, from the information

available right now, it appears this is not what was tested in north korea. there are several kinds of weapons that can be considered a hydrogen bomb. it's not the big one we're talking about. there's so-called layer cake design which is basically upgraded fission weapon which can increase the yield of the fission weapon but is very bulky and not deliverable and the other possibility is a boosted fission weapon which incorporates a small amount of fusion reacts which can make the fission reaction proceed much faster and make the whole device potentially smaller and more deliverable than the first bulk

fission weapons. ben: thank you so much for that. moving on to other news. german police face growing criticism of a mass sexual assault in cologne on new year's eve. hundreds of people have protested against the police's failure to stop the attacks by gangs of men in the city center. police have yet to make any arrests. chancellor angela merkel says she's outraged and wants the attackers brought to justice. more than 100 female victims and eyewitnesses have described the assailantss as men of arab and north african appearance. >> the increased police presence around the cologne cathedral is an attempt to prevent more incidents of sexual assault like those that occurred on new year's eve. many women here don't feel safe after what happened. >> i was shocked that so many men could brazenly assault women all at once like that. it's an outrage. i never imagined that something like this could happen in

cologne because there are so many people here. >> i think it's horrible that women can't celebrate new year's eve in germany without something awful happening. this is really bad. we're not living in the middle ages anymore. i'd like to be able to move freely in the city and enjoy life as usual. i see no reason to protect myself. that would be capitulating to the people responsible for what happened. >> so far, over 100 criminal complaints have been filed, three quarters of which involve sexual assault. the police have investigated a number of suspects thought to be involved in the incident. >> the police and the women attacked on new year's eve describe the groups of peretrators as young men who appear to be of north african or arab origin. as investigations continue, police are installing surveillance cameras and more

lighting to increase safety at cologne's main public spaces in the center of town. ben: d.w. correspondent thomas sparrow joins us. we hear the measures police are taking but it's the criticism of what they didn't do, just take us through what people are saying. thomas: ben, they are criticizing first and foremost the police, said at the beginning, that celebrations had been safe and friendly. they obviously had to change their mind on that very quickly. people are also criticizing that they reacted too late. i mean, the events happened nearly a week ago and we still know very little concrete information on who was behind these assaults and whether the people there were organized in any way. even interior minister criticized the police. he said police can't work like this so definitely police there

is under a lot of criticism. ben: any sort of justification coming from police? thomas: the head of police in cologne said he was not planning to step down. he said he was needed now more than before, not only in light of the recent events but also because cologne is preparing for its carnival in a few weeks. what police have also said is that they are going to step up their presence when there are major events like carnival, for example, they're also going to use video surveillance in order to know exactly what is happening in major public places like, for example, around the train station where the events unfolded nearly a week ago. ben: interesting stuff. as we know, about a million people come to cologne for carnival so another huge event. tell me, are there details emerging yet about the alleged suspects? there have been no arrests. thomas: there have been a lot of pieces of information. we heard from regional

authorities, westphalia, where cologne is located, they have been able to identify three suspects. they did not give any information on who the suspects were because they did not want to interfere with the investigation. we heard from police in cologne they have been able to identify four suspects, all men, two of them from north africa who were detained shortly on new year's eve because they were found to be pickpocketing. that's the information we've got. so some say three. other people are saying four suspects here so very little concrete information there. ben: thomas sparrow bringing us up to date. thank you very much. here's a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. iraq's defense minister al-abadi said the army will launch an offensive to recapture the city of mosul from the islamic state. he was speaking during the commemoration of iraq's military in 1921.

police in southeast turkey have clashed with protestors who were demonstrating against a curfew. ankara started military operations against militants. three kurdish activists reportedly died in the fighting. in just one minute, we'll have more news for you. don't go away.

ben: welcome back. you're with "d.w. news." aur top stories. the unisecurityu.n. security cos unanimously condemned the latest north korea nuclear test, calling it a clear violation of security council resolutions. it says it's immediately beginning a response. ban ki-moon called the test profoundly stabilizing for

regional security and police in cologne have stepped up their presence to reassure a shaken public after germany's interior minister said the handling of sexual assaults at new year was unacceptable. it's almost one year to the day that islamists opened fire at the offices of charlie heg bow in paris. 12 were killed in the attack. eight of the publication's employees were among them. the magazine is marking the anniversary. >> charlie hebbo is marking the celebration with a cover portraying god with a blood stained bow. >> this really had an impact on us, not only french people, but everyone who wants freedom, who wants a republic and democracy aroud the world. the vatican has criticized the

cover, saying it offends all faiths. the special edition features past caricatures by the murdered cartoonist, and the column by patrick palu, whose main profession is emergency doctor. though away during the attacks, he was a first responder afterwards. >> i think the cover is great and very humorous. the killer is still at large. it's the belief in the religions, it's the gods. i'm certain that in the history of mankind, religion has claimed more victims than cancer and it's continuing. the cover is extremely philosophical. >> thursday marks the anniversary of the attacks. friends and relatives of the victims have asked there be no official commemorations so they can mourn in peace. >> a lot has changed since the attacks a year ago. here at the headquarters, the

former headquarters of charlie hedbo in the heart of town, things have changed, too. the building has been renovated and new clients have moved in. all that is left to commemorate the 11 that died here is a memorial plaque unveiled by the french president recently. what has not changed is the determination of the staff of the paper to continue their work, to continue to criticize religious institutions, to defend secularism and proveicate. for all those who doubt that attitude, they have left a message on page three in the latest issue. here, the chief editor says, we'll continue to have fun together for a long time. ben: to business news. oil prices have fallen sharply. analysts say the downswing is back on. the cost of crude has slipped to under $35 a barrel. it hasn't been that low in well over a decade.

the main reason is a supply glut and the row between key producers iran and saudi arabia. analysts say saudi arabia has been trying to squeeze out new competition by keeping production high to drive down prices. it has no problems staying in the game. it holds 16% of the world's known oil reserves and. iran is said to have a 10% share and could be selling a lot if western sanctions are lifted. it wants to sell a lot more. neither country can do without selling oil. it's just that the saudis can sit out the showdown longer than its rivals with a cushion of financial reserves. they still feel threatened by iran and quotes like this one. "we have tested our fields, tested our wells and they are operating well. we can export one million new barrels of oil to the market." experts say saudi arabia will do whatever it takes to protect its market share so it's anyone's

guess how that will impact opec, the organization of petroleum exporting countries. >> the opec oil cartel is no longer wielding the power it once did. since saudi arabia began flooding the global market, oil prices have declined sharply. demands by other opec members to cut production have fallen on deaf ears. russia is pumping a post-soviet record amount of crude. since the beginning of this year alone, the price of brent crude has fallen around 7%, despite rising tensions between iran and saudi arabia. >> we believe that taking steps to create tension in the middle east is not a sign of strength but of weakness. we have to counter these actions by taking wise and sensible steps but unfortunately our actions have not been met by an acceptable response from our neighbors in saudi arabia. the trend to escalate tension

needs to stop. but it doesn't appear that will happen. as iran returns to the global community, its influence on the oil market will increase but the saudis are likely to continue pumping large amounts of crude so they don't lose market share to their arch enemies. ben: to the annual global event for tech heads, the consumer electronics show. but strangely enough this time around, it's car companies stealing the headlines in las vegas. electric and self driving vehicles are all the rage, of course, but auto manufacturers are trying to muscle in on the competition from tech companies like google. they are hard at work on internet based mobility concepts and the auto giants don't want to be left behind. >> taking people's minds off its ongoing emissions scandal, volkswagen is presenting the vision of the future at the c.e.s. electronics fair in las vegas. >> please open the passenger door. >> ok, the passenger door is opening.

>> the new v.w. electric bus, the buddy, is connected to devices at home via the internet. and the car itself serves as a drop box where deliveries can be made using a digital key. dirty diesel engines with manipulated emissions levels are obviously not part of the vision. >> we are now creating a different and better company, a new volkswagen. we are in the process of redefining every aspect of volkswagen. we are renewing our thinking, our approach, our products and of course we are renewing our view of the future of mobility. reporter: but volkswagen is not the only visionary. ford wants to make its mark in the field of self-driving cars featuring a so-called electric eye. >> i can guarantee that we can make the car see much better

than any human being so from an intelligence standpoint, from an algorithm standpoint and a sensor standpoint, this car could see in all directions at all times. reporter: the new cars on display don't smell like motor oil and gasoline. they seem more like high-tech electric appliances. it's easy to forget that in the here and now, the gas powered combustion engine still rules the road. ben: netflix says its service is now available in nearly every country in the world except china, part of efforts to counter slowing growth in the u.s. the video streaming giant made the announcement at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. netflix has millions of subscribers in over 60 countries and is entering another 130 nations, looking at options to enter the chinese market. it started as a mail order d.v.d. rental company a couple of decades ago.

coca-cola is under fire in russia. they are facing criticism for failing to include crimea in advertising. furious ukrainians took to social media to vent anger and called for a boycott. coca-cola decided to withdraw the map entirely and blamed the marketing agency for the mishap. french composure pierre bones has died at the age of 90. he led a life-long crusade against traditional musical structure and style. his work took him from france to germany and america where he was musical director of the new york philharmonic. >> pierre bulez never belonged to the conservative classical music world. his career began with the southwest german radio symphony

orchestra. >> i started in 1951. when you consider how things were then and how they are now but we were new and we wanted to change the world. we were a generation that was pretty pugnacious. he famously shunned the baton, instead, conducting with his hands. he directed some of the world's leading symphony orchestras and ensembles, scooping 26 grammys and multiple honors, including japan's premium imperiela and france's order of arts and letters. he pioneered serialism and experimented with electronic music. in the 1970's, he founded the

institute for research and coordination in acoustic music in paris. throughout his life, he was fascinated by the relationship between music and the audience. >> i really only have one goal and that's very precise, to make modern music as well known as possible. reporter: it's a goal he fulfilled. the influence of pierre bulez on modern music is immeasurable. ben: that brings you up to date on all your world news. i'm ben fajzullin in berlin at "d.w. news." i'll see you next hour. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content an accuracy. visit ncicap.org.] awúwóóóóó

." this is "live from paris i am catherine nicholson. your headlines at 9:00 p.m. paris time. unanimous condemnation after north korea claimed to have detonated a powerful hydrogen bomb. we have more on this story and how the world is reacting, coming up for you. three suspects have been identified in a case of mass sexual assault on new year's eve. police are also exploring links to a known criminal gang. experimental, and pioneering