brent: this is dw news fly from berlin. standing ovations from the u.s. congress. secretary-general jens stoltenberg appeals for unity in an address to the u.s. congress to mark the alliance's 70th anniversary. he says there will not be a new arms race with russia. across the political divide, british prime minister theresa may holds talks with opposition

leader jeremy corbyn, trying to break the bricks it deadlock, trying to avoid the chaotic exit from the eururopean union. a player for juventus becomes the target for racist abuse from fans at an away match. the player himimself is now drawing criticism as well. we will tell you why. i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs and the united states and around the world, welcome. secretary-general said that the alliance is not seeking a new arms race or a new cold war with russia. he did call for greater effort

and deterrents for countries to increase their defense spending. he had a joint meeting with both chambers of the u.s. congress for nato's 70th anniversary. >> one, a piece of the berlin wall. the idea is to keep ideas in and people out. the other one is a twisted steel beam from the north tower of the world trade center. a memorial to the ordinary people going about their business on an ordinary day when the unthinkable happened. a memorial to the 2977 people that lost their lives on 9/11. a reminder of how all of our lives stood in the united states

in its hour of need. [applause] brent: that was the head of nato jens stoltenberg speaking to the u.s. congress earlier today. our bureau chief, alexandra von nahmen miss alexandra von nahmen has been following events on capitol hill. she sent us this report. alexandra: the address to congress seems to go down well with the american congress, especially when he prays the role, calling america the backbone of the alliance. his address was to show that the alliance has been beneficial for partners on both sides of the atlantic. the fact that the u.s. has benefited from nato is something that the current u.s. president tends to forget when criticizing the alliance. brent: he is the head of the

munich security conference. she asked, does nato need t to change the way it seeses itself? >> i think the future will put two nato in terms of new challengnges, how can nato deal with, react to the new role of china? what role can nato take for all nato members in managing new technologies? when we think about defense and security in the past,t, we talk about the number of tanks. in the next 10, 15, 20 years, the questionon will be no longer about the number of tanks. the question will be artificial intelligenence, resilience agait cyber attacks, the ability to conduct cyber operations.

it will be all about technology. are we equipped to handle that? can we compete with china? should there be a nato role? >> is president trump's persistent call for increased defense spending hoping or hurting the cause? >> as far as my own country is concerned, there is an issue. we should not react to a perceived american demand for us to spend 2%. what should happen in germany is that we should examine ourselves , what in our view, are o our needs to defend our orders, our nation, our people, our alliance commitments. then we should come out with our needs instead of reacting to something which others arare dedemanding from u us.

this debate, trump criticizing germany for not doing enough, is actually not very helpful. on the other hand, maybe it has been a necessary and useful wake-up call for many germans who have become a little complacent with the post unification pereriod of peace we have enjoyed in the center of europe. brent: that was at the munich security conference earlier today. british prime minister theresa may reached across the political divide today. she held talks with jeremy corbyn in a new push for a compromise on bricks it -- brexitit. she will asksk the europeann unn for another delay beyond the april 12 d deadline. she wants to avoid crashing out of the eu withouout a deal nextt week. talks with labour have angered

brexit hardliners. they fear that a compromisise could lead to the u.k. seeking economic ties with the european union once it leaves the european union. for the next installment of our brexit saga, our correspondent is standing by in london. both sides this meeting constructive. i guess we will have to take them at their word. what comes next? >> both sides say they have shown some flexibility. now they have both sides negotiating teams meeting later tonight and over the course of tomorrow. the hope is that they will find some mutual ground and they will move towards each other just a little bit. there is mutual ground they could work with. both sides really do not want the freedom of movement of people anymore.

both sides in general want brexit and both sides want to avoid no deal. labour wants to move more towards a customs union. it could seem like there could be some mutual ground that they could rally towards so that lab our would get behind may's deal and bring that through parliament. brent: theresa may has always said that a custom deal would be out of the question. that would deny the u.k. the right to conduct its own trait negotiations. now she is turning. she is willing to talk about that with jeremy corbyn. that will make some of the tories very angry. >> it has made them very angry. today, we have heard rhetoric that it was a grave mistake for

may to meet with a marxist and anti-semite like corbyn. we have seen two ministers resigning. there was a motion drawn up in parliament by some of her mp's that wanted to see her salary cut in half and stripped her of control of the brexit process. a lot of it is risking this move to find a compromise with corbyn to split up the conservative party. brent: how does his own party feel about the head of labour recognizing with the head of the conservatives? >> some really want to see a compromise. they want to move past this political standstill of the past couple of years. they want to put their fingerprint on a softer brexit.

there is some positive reaction to this from labour. others are pointing jeremy corbyn towards a second referendum. others are s saying that this ia trap. do not go for it. brent: thank you. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the german cabinet has passed a draft lot that would strip german nationals of their german citizenship if they fight for a terror group like the so-called islamic state. it would not affect minors. the european union has launched action against poland over its controversial judicial reforms. the european commission finds that judges can be punished simply by acting independently. warsaw is already subject to

unprecedented proceedings by the eu that could see poland losing its voting rights in europe. celebrations in algeria as president abdelaziz bouteflika announced his resignation, which has been officially confirmed. there have been weeks of mass demonstrations, amending that the 82-year-old step down. tonight, venezuela's self-proclaimed president is challenging authorities to arrest him, after being stripped of his parliamentary immunity. he has been engaged in a power struggle since nicolas maduro since january when he proclaimed himself president. it was a move that was immediately recognized i the united states, germany, the european union, and other countries. >> this is the constituent assembly of venezuela. it was set up by nicolas maduro

and 2017 to rewrite the country's constitution. many venezuelans consider it illegitimate. it is these lawmakers loyal to maduro that have elected to strip the self elected leader of his parliamentary immunity. cheers and applause followed the decision. the constituent assembly's president says that the body unanimously voted to have the supreme court from a ban on leaving the country. for allegedly accepting funds illegally. he is not backing down. >> they think by continuing to threaten us with rates, this qualification, kidnapping, by

persecuting my political party, our unity, our fellow legislators, that they are going to stop us. they are obviously wrong. they are showing their face, like always. we are going to do it until we achieve freedom for the country. >> earlier on twitter, he said that efforts to arrest him will be met with force, hinting international support. or that 30 countries recognize his self-proclaimed presidency. last week, the auditor general's office announced that it stripped him of the right to hold office for the next 15 years. brent: it has been almost 15 months since the allegations of sexual assault against harvey weinstein launched what would be called the metoo movement.

in mexico, the movement has been almost nonexistent until now. our reporter has the story. what has changed? >> in the last year and a half, the metoo has been limited to some the film industry. that is until last week when a mexican activist named anna gonzales published a accusations on twitter against a young writer. she wrote that this man has a huge list of women to come out that he beat them. do not endorse the beaters. this is what started it all. gonzales expressed her voice for a need for a metoo campaign in mexico, specificallyly for writers. the response was immediate.

the twitter accounts that have come up, metoo for musicians, the film industry, academia, and so on. women have been using these platforms to post about workplace bullying, to accusations of sexual misconduct by celebrities. brent: there are some not so pleasant consequences. >> on monday, a mexican rock star committed suicide after being accused of sexual misconduct against a young woman. she was 13 at the time, more than a decade ago. her anonymous letter was posted to one of these twitter accounts on sunday. she said that he told me that i should go back to his house. he want it to teach me how to kiss. he told me things that were increasingly disgusting and sexual.

just one day later, he posted his suicide letter to twitter before posting his own life. he wrote, i will say this categorically, this accusation is false. i will lose my job, as it relies on my public credibility. i life is over and there is no way out. my death is not a declaration of my guilt, it is a declaration of my innocence. other women have been posting similar accounts against him. the question that many people are asking themselves is why he chose to take his own life rather than clear his name going through the leaders -- legal system. brent: what happens now? >> at least one mexican state has come out and said that they will investigate abuse within the journalism industry after

this revival of metoo in mexico. many women have said that they do not trust the legal system in mexico, which is why they decided to stay anonymous in n e firsrst place. mexico has a real problem with gender violence. the u.n. general assembly estimated that nine women are killed every day in mexico. two in five women have experienced sexual violence, huge numbers. the and admitted he of these twitter -- anonymity of these twitter accounts is important. now, the women behind the journalism twitter account, they said they will pursue some of these stories with the consent of the accusers. brent: terrible situation all the way around. thank you very much. appreciate it. sports news now. another incident of racist abuse

in the top tier of european football. this time, it was aimed at italian league leaders juventus. 19-year-old moise kean was the target. the incident came after a high-level antiracist meeting in london. people who critics say have done little to combat ugly racism in the beautiful game. >> listen carefully. monkey chants from the host fansns. juventus' teenager moise kean had to play through the abuse. he aimed his goal celebration of the opposing fans. it is the reaction of his own teammates that have left many wondering if it is not just the fans that are in need of education. he came under fire for his postmatch comments.

he said that kean incited the fans. i think that it is 50-50. we are the professionals. we have to set the example and not provoke anyone. >> he said that kean should not have celebrated in that manner. he was quick to point out a solution. >> there are cameras there for this reason. these people are films, they should be thrown out of the stadium. they should not be allowed to enter the stadium again. theyey should not be allowed to enter for their entire life. somebody makes a mistake, it is the end. >> sounds like a solution to a problem that affects all top-tier football leagues. on the same day, uefa was in london for an antidiscrimination conference. >> the only cause that mattered on the pitchch -- unfortunately,

the red and yellow cards of the referees. >> critics argue that there is a lot of service and fleshy videos it from those of the top. there is less action like stadium bans and point deductions that are needed to tackle racism in earnest. brent: explain to me, he is being criticized for how he celebrated a victory, a goal after he had been the target of racist abuse? >> i think that bonucci's argument was that you are kind of provoking the reaction. strangely enough, the opposing coach had a similar comment. it goes to show that in bonucci 's mindsdset, there isis a doube set -- double standard. christstian runn although has a

world-renowned goal celebration. this is a professional in his place of work. this is his office. to sit there and have to endure racial slurs every time you come near the ball is a disgrace. a former barcelona midfielder went to instagram and said that as well, aiming at bonucci, saying that if your teammate is saying that it should not happen, it is a disgrace. brent: the message is that if you are the target of this kind of abuse and you happen to be doing well on the pitch, keep it cool. the crowd is out of control. >> that seems to be the case. that is what half the people are saying. they stopped the action. that is something that the officials have been conditioned to do. the juventus head coach had an issue with that. he felt that you should not stop

the action to try to resolve the situation. he, as well, felt that the player should not have provoked that reaction from the crowd. it is just a sad reality. we have seen this quite often. he has gotten support. brent: he has gotten support. >> 2020 qualification is going on right now. one player was recently in a match against montenegro and he was on the receiving end of some racial slurs. he recently went to instagram, following his teammate bonucci. let me backtrack. bonucci tried to save face a little bit. he posted a shot of him and moise together and said, say no to racism. in a response, ryan sterling said that you can do nothing but laugh at that now. a lot of players who have

received treatment like this are echoing support for this young man. you have to consider his age, what it must be like. you are living your dream, but you are also living somewhat of a nightmare. brent: this is not a problem we are only seeing in italy? >> in germany, there was a fan that complained because fans behind him, he was with his daughter. fans behind him were screaming racial slurs at a player for the german national team that has african ethnic city, as well as a turkish player. we have even seen it in south america across the ocean. recently in bolivia, a stryker was lined up and he just lined up and walked off the pitch. you see he is walking off the pitch there. he addressed the press saying that my family and friends are watching this at home.

if i do not make a stand against it, it shows that i am tolerating this. that is the wrong message to teach the youth. they will look at what recently happened in italy to dish out some sort of punishment. it remains to be seen. brent: it is definitely the ugly , ugly side of the beautiful game. as always, thank you. a new exhibition of photographs portrays life with the chinese dissident and nobel laureate, the photos were taken by his wife, who was under house arrest for eight years. she was freed last year. now her work is on display in the taiwanese capital of taipei. >> pictures without color, faces without happiness. these photographs were taken.

as the wife of a prominent political dissident in chinana, the couple was often separated by prison bars. this was taken during the period when her husband was jailed in the late 1990's. >> i feel like it is the most ironic way. to evoke something as powerful as a political movement as the horrors of our world. >> i think it is the most touching for me. they are very sad and very angry. she cannot do anything. she cannot go out from this class. >> as an artist, she changed her entire life. she had an 11 year sentence for subversion -- inciting subversion of state power, a

charge often used against dissidents. he recalled the tough time that he endured. a disparate reflected in her works. >> it was a darkly feeling. you can feel children in this ward, never happy. if we use more imagination, you can feel, not anger, just sad. >> apart from these 26 pictures, several poems are also shown in this exhibition. the latest piece was written less than one year before her husband's death, revealing how exhausted she felt. she was not free of heavy state surveillance until she moved to berlin to start her new life. >> she wants people to think this. >> she said that she is still

grappling with depression. despite being physically free, she faces a long battle dealing with the psychological trauma of her experience. brent: the top story we are following for you, jens stoltenberg said that the alliance is not seeking a new arms race or cold work with russia. addressing the u.s. congress, he called for the alliance of members to increase spending on defense. we will be back to take you through the day. stick around for that. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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