>> this is "dw news" from berlin. his the cold war poised for a replay? the u.s. says it will pull out of a key u.s disarmament pact if russia does not stop violating it. and deutsche bank horse -- post a profit for the first time in

years, but is it enough to stave off a merger with a viable lender? plus, a lebanese movie about a boy who rebels against the life he has been forced too lead,d, d it's a favorite to win the foreign-language oscar. and as bauhaus designs turns 100 years old, we look at how the style is inspiring a new generation of architects in nigeria. i'm crawl messman. thanks for joining us. the u.s. is withdrawing from a key arms treaty. mike pompeo announced the u.s. will suspend compliance with the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty with russia tomorrow on saturday and then withdraw completely from the accord in six months if moscow

does not in the alleged violations of the pact. president trump says he wants to begin talks to agree on a n n arms treaty. >> it is the end of months of speculation and tension. secretary y of state on papale s signaled thatt the arms-control treaty was has helped keep european's safe, could soon end. >> if russia does not return to full and v verifiable compliance within the treaty within this six-month period, the treaty will terminate. >> this is the weapon that the u.s. is talking about. a missile system washington and many experts believe has a range of more than 500 kilometers, which would mean it is a violation of the ins treaty, but the kremlin says it never intended to violate the agreement. a russian foreign ministry spokesperson says the ultimatum is part of a strategy to dodge

its international legal obligations. for many european countries, the end of the treaty brings back memories of the cold war and stokes fears of a new arms race. german chancellor angela merkel called on both sides to continue talks. >> for us, it is clear that russia has violated the treaty, and that is why we must talk to russia. on behalf of germany, the foreign minister and myself will do everything to make talks possible a again in the next six months. >> the agreements between the u.s. and former soviet union that all land-based nuclear missiles with a range between 500 and 5500 kilometers. it marked an end of instability during the cold war. experts fear the end of the treaty could not only further damage the transatlantic relationship but also threatened the future of other arms-control agreements.

>> now to break down the situation after that announcement from the u.s. secretary of state, our moscow correspondent spoke to the defense analalyst in moscocow. >> to u.s. secretary off state hahas just said russia has six months to return to compliance with the i inf treataty. do you think there will be any movement? >> neither the united states nor russia s seem to have thee politicacal will or desisire to maintain inf. ththat means basically it is doomed, bubut both sides are vey active right now pushing the blame for the demise of the inf on each other. this p pushing of blame by russa and america is mostlyly for the benefifit of the europeans who seem t to be the party that isis going to lose the most from the

demise o of the inf. >> is ththe likely to be a n new arms r race betweenen the russid e u.s.? >> there will l be no o immediae arms race. russia has m msiles it c can deploy now legally --- well, not now, in six months legally when the treaty is gone. it makes perfect sense for russia to do t that. it is basically more or less the same cruise missiless t tt russa hahas d deloped f for its surfae ships and submarines. it makakes perfect sense foror russia to dedeploy some of these missiles on land watcherers. the uniteded states onon the otr side does not hahave any missils it can deploy on land, so there willll be no immediate arms rare after six months, but the e arms race is s going to take -- takes time because it is a v very extensive and time-consuming and effort cononsuming prorocess to

produce e new weapons,s, but the possibility ofof a big war i in europe wasas very muchh prereset during the cold war and the possibilityy will be real in the miming yearsrs. >> when the e gean foreieign mininister met w with his cocounterpart in n moscow, he sd ththere could be talks on wideng arms-control treaties to include countries like china. do you think russia could be open to that? >> right now everyone knows that is not possible. china is not going to surrender its weapons. use ago, there was even in the united nations a joint declaration for r america and russia, that there should be a kind of international i inf.. china said no wayay and right n, russia is not going to go againsnst china.

for russia, it's very important to have close cooperation with china. in this cooperation, china is the more dominant nation. >> anothther democrat has announced his candidacy for the 2020 u.s. presidential election. that would be cory booker, a u.s. senatator from new jersey. before that, he e was the mayorf the city of new work. he joins a rapidly growing crowd of candidates seeking the democratic party's nomination. a strong earthquake caused buildings to sway in the capital mexico city, hundreds of miles away. the the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5. at least 60 people were killed and attacked by boko haram militants in eastern nigeria

according to amnesty international. the united natioions says tens f thousands of people have fled to neighboring cameroon because they fear for their. judges at the international criminal court have ordered the conditional release of the former president of ivory coast who was cleared last month on charges of crimes against humanity. the conditions involve him residing in an icc member state ahead and the prosecution appeal of his acquittal. germany's largest lender, deutsche bank, has reported a profit for last fiscal year, and it is the first time the bank has been in the black since 2014. according to its own numbers, deutsche bank made about 340 million euros in profits, slightly lower than analyst expectations. >> it is the first results for deutsche's new ceo, but unfortunately, the troubled lender is not out of the woods yet. the fourth quarter was a rocky one, but despite the turbulence,

deutsche into the year with a tidy profit, a solid step forward after it's loss in 2017. >> our return to p profit demonstrates the deutsche bank is on the right path. down we need to take the next step. we will continue to cut costs in 2019 and invest in growth. but it's hard to see where that growth will come from. deutsche faces difficulty in traditional ball mark k seven bt -- trarational bulwarkrks. last autumn, offices were raided as part of a money-laundering investigation, and they faface rerenewed scrutiny in the u.s. over business dealings with president trump.

>> the eu and japan have created the world's largest free-trade zone that could save european countries billions in duties each year. the sides have agreed to remove almost all terrorists on trade in a move that will affect some 635 million people. it has been described as the world's largest free-trade agreement. it's caps on of these on agricultural and industrial products and opens up the service sector and procurement. [indiscernible] facing harassment and prison sentences because of their effort to raise awareness of a local garbage dump that they say is making them sick. the waste is trucked in from the russian capital, and authorities seem to want people to keep quiet about it. >> in the early hours, secret service agents stormed this apartment.

they rifled through the per loins of the 32-year-old office worker and her six-year-old daughter. >> they came at 6:00 in the morning. six men. they went through all my personal possessions. they were looking for anything illegal. it was h horrible. very discomforting. humiliating. all this just because i am fighting for our rights. >> this is not the only time the secret service has confiscated computers, hard drives, mobile telephones, and credit cards. the same thing happened to 14 other activists. one of them was even taken into custody. they have one thing in common -- they are protesting moscow's disposal of most of its waste and they believe landfill guidelines are not being followed. they fear for the health of their family and friends. >> someone does not like the fact that we and other activists are demonstrating against the waste disposal and building of a

new plant. some of us have houses only one kilometer from the waste disposal zone where trash is continually being dumped. >> in the evening, activists meet in a cafe. lawyers advise them. they disiscuss their next steps. they refuse to give up, despite the secret service's attempts to scare them. >> it's all connected to protests against garbage dumps. it has been a problem for a while and no one seems to be solving it. while we were shooting this report, we, too, were shoot away . the police took our passport details. >> it came out of nowhere. the police have put one activist behind bars. they have confiscated the computers of 14 activists. the activists have been pushing back against mountains of

garbage being brought from moscow to this small town. truckloads of trash from the capital every single day. the activists and thousands of residents were and are worried about the health of their families. >> the world's biggest annual human migration is under way right now. more than or hundred million chinese are on the move to ring in the year of the pig, which begins on february 5 -- more than 400 million. dw boarded the train from beijing. >> it's the start of a long journey home. all these people are hoping to board the train headed west. the lunar new year sees millions leaving beijing for the western provinces. inside, trains are overcrowded. not everyone has a reservation, forcing some passengers to get created.

this 25-year-old engineering student is going home to see his parents. it will be the first time he has seen them in a year. >> spring fesestival for the chinese is like christmas for westerners. it is a holy day and everyone reunites with their families, so it is really important for us. >> like many chinese, he only gets to see his family once a year. parents and children often lived far apart and travel expenses are high. and it's no short journey. outside the barren landscape of the province. inside, these girls are killing time, but they are in high spirits. they are in beijing for a dance bu performance. now they are headed home and looking forward to the holiday. >> we want to have fun. the last thing i will do is my math homework.

>> a song to wish everyone a happy new year. then it's time for lunch. apart from singing and eating, there is not that much to do. perhaps some exercise in the aisle. for some, it is a chance to catch up on lost sleep. gifts are a big part of the new year ritual. after six hours on the train, he reaches his destination and is ready for the festivities to begin. he looks forward to the food and fireworks. the year of the pig rings with it plenty to celebrate. >> i'm very happy and excited. finally, i am with my family. i really miss them. home is always the warmest place on earth for me. >> at home, his dad is waiting.

for him, the journey is over, but millions of others are still on the road and looking forward to a festive time with their families. >> football's asian cup has come to a close with qatar the in crowd the new continental champions after they beat japan in the final. qatar had never even been in a final before, so house apprise the you to see them take on the title? >> like you said, no one expected this, let alone win by a score lineup 321 against pretournament favorites japan, but i have to remind people that it's football and this is the stuff that dreams are made of and could target their fairytale ending. huge celebrations in doha right now. they expect it to last the entire weekend and it was not an easy journey for qatar. they beat powerhouses south korea, then japan, and they

conceded just one goal in the tournament. you know the saying defense wins championships, but i have to point out that it was their flair and attack that caught the attention of all these fans. >> apparently the first goal was pretty stunning. >> a job dropper. i'm telling you. there is a reason why he stole the limelight in the 12 minute. when that goal came, it was an acrobatic overhead kick. it was a beauty for him. those pictures do not even do it justice, but it was a beauty. it makes him the tournament's top goal scorer of all time. he broke the previous record that was set in 1996, and it's ghlight reels of the top goals of 2019 and beyond.

>> the asian cup does not get as much coverage as some of the other regional cups, right? how would you rate the success of the tournament overall? >> it was for runs a lot more -- it was for once a lot more inclusive. that means smaller teams like the likes of vietnam, the philippines, thailand usually struggle to qualify but were able to participate. on the ahead hand, it was a bit disappointing because favorites beat pretournament favorites had quite a disappointment. >> now to the big screen where portraying extreme poverty in an authentic way can be a big challenge for movie directors, but a new lebanese film is up to the challenge. it is the story of a boy who takes his parents to court for bringing him into a world of extreme hardship.

the film is nominated for the foreign-language oscar. >> a lebanese director found her main actor in the poorest neighborhood of beirut. he was seveven y years old w whs family fled the war in syria. he has never been able to go to school. >> it was a collaborative process. they needed to really capture his truth, so it was an ongoing process the whole time of adapting to his personality, to his way of telling things. >> it's a fictional story told against a very realistic backdrop. zane plays a boy estimated to be around 12 years old. his desperately poor parents had no money to register his birth.. he winds up in court writing agagainst t his fate. >> [speakingng foreign-language

>> born into a world of suffering without the slightest chance of getting out. in flashbacks, the film shows the miserable conditions zane and his siblings grow up in. his parents deal drugs to eke ouout a living and make ththe children work as well, but once again realizes that his parents are forcing his 11-year-old sister to get married, he runs away from home in a rage. on the odyssey that follows, he meets another undocumented illegal immigrant, but she gives him shelter and shows him tenderness and caring, but one day she does not return home and zane must look after not only himself but her baby, too. it is a heartbreaking film, shocking in its authenticity, which gives it almost documentary-like quality.

>> how did we get to this point? how did we get to the point where we allow such injustice toward those kids that you find everywhere around you? i decided to just tell that story and make you as if you would maybe look when you decide not to look. >> being seen has changed the real zane's life. he and his family have been able to resettle in norway. >> i'm going to go to school there and have a new life, a better one. >> zane's real story has ended well prorove his appearance in a film that gets under your skin.

>> our next story is about how house, a design style that originated in germany 100 years ago. it's characterized by the model form follows function with buildings and objects defined by claim lines and an absence of unnecessary flourishes. bauhaus was revolutionary at the time it has influenced architects around the world. one major example can be found in nigereria at a a university initiated by a bauhaus cofounder. >> the campus for the university is open, area, and well suited to the tropical climate, and it makes a statement for the bauhaus. open in 1962, 2 of years after nigeria gained independence, the university became a symbol for fledgling democracy. back then, modernism was progressive. todaday, do the ideasas bauhaus stood for have a future? can they still provide answers to the question -- how do we

want to live? for example in nigeria's largest city, which changes by the minute. this architect and child of modernism studied in london. yet the university remains an inspiration for her. >> when we had modernism come in in the years of early post-colonialism, the architects were modernists and that is the architecture that has formed the structure of the city and the early modernism of the 1940's, 1950's, and 1960's still today influence architecture. >> she has returned to her homeland. she lives and works in legos. she loves the city's wild and creative side. legos just grows and grows. it is africa a popular --

africa's second most populous city. nigerian architects are creating their own design language, one that seeks to meet the challenges of every day life. increasingly, their focus is on megacities. >> what was considered as african tended to be within the rural empire and not necessarily urban. we need to be realistic and design more appropriate for the city we live in now. we have to face the fact that in a city of -- some people say 18 million, some say 22 million -- we need to live in smaller and smaller spaces. >> like this new ultramodern and upmarket district. phase one of the project is already complete. architecture must adapt to changing lifestyles. >> we need to be forward thinking. we always need to reflect on how living in a city is evolving and changing. the whole world has changed.

living in smaller and smaller spaces, being more practical. the demographic has changed how people live. the family unit is being redefined. we need to make sure we produce an architecture that reflects that. that is what bauhaus did. >> functional, economic, space-saving. >> this is a standard two-bedroom apartment. it is really about, i think, efficient living. >> apartments like this one are still a rarity, built for millennials who are not home much. >> everything has a purpose. there's no ornamentation in this property. we have used plain or lines and color to really accentuate the form, and i think it has been quite successful. >> it is a stark contrast to other aspirational districts popping up with their pompous colonial style structures, ornate pillars and decor.

she considers them a passing fad. >> fashion as always. based. there's no guarantee this building in another 10 years will not be an eyesore because it has too many bits. buildings need to be timeless. bauhaus style is timeless. buildings cannot afford to be fashionable. >> this university is timeless. the architectural milestone is a building with character, so africa is also part of an international exhibition project that celebrates the bauhaus school, its legacy, and its capacity for promoting transcultural exchange. a new generation of nigerian architects meet here, looking for answers to pressing questions and t to discover how the bauhaus remains relevant today. >> what has made bauhaus so vital to this day and keeps it that way is that it follows very basic ideas posinguestions

like how we want to live in the future. >> a reminder of the top story we are following for you right now -- u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo says the trump administration is suspending its participation in a key nuclear disarmament pact with russia and the u.s. will withdraw completely if moscow does not end alleged fight relations of the pack within six months. president trump says he wants a new treaty. you are watching dw news from berlin. don't forget, you can get the latest news and information around the clock on our website. that's ew.com -- that's dw.com. i will be back in a few minutes with "the day." stay tuned. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

presidents next week . good evening the united states to pull o out of a nuclear missile treaty withh russssia that dates back to the cold war the secretary of state mike pompeii said the u. s. would suspend compliance. with the intermediate range nuclear forces. to and then witithdraw completely in six months time the i. n. f. as is nine banned the development of short and intermediate range missiles from washington is accused moscow violating the papacks with impmpunityy. all thehe response tonight from the russian fororeign ministry as being at the u. s. is quite