we are now joined by kristen handle thing expert for the bertelsmann foundation christian welcome. to you a playing a bigger role in international affairs at this point germany stepping up and hosting the conference is the e.u. now prepared to helping force the weapons in boggo and the agreement face an international place to stay out of the conflicts just say the new e.u. special representative for the foreign policy mr bush has announced before that conference and believing that the e.u. should be ready to play also an extra vote in the country itself there where there where there were 4 european leaders and the commission. and the council re presented with within the leader conference today in berlin and this shows that the e.u. after a years of in a e.u. conflict about libya and you see france and italy have contradicting interests in libya on on economic fields and so so the e.u. was paralyzed and turkey and russia stepped in so it's really time now that the e.u. and its direct neighborhood like to be shows diplomatic and political strength and be ready to help on the ground c

now joined in the studio by christiane high notes and experts on the middle east with the bertelsmann foundation thank you for being here we also chief correspondent chief political correspondent. i'm sorry chief political editor you were at that press conference mikhail i want to start with you what did you make of it and this outcome is this outcome from the conference satisfied. well the dems government in the days leading up to this major conference didn't really want to set out a benchmark what would actually make this a success for international observers getting these kinds of leaders the top level all around one table in itself can be seen as a diplomatic success success at the same time going back to herself so that she was aware that this wouldn't solve the problems on the ground overnight but the very different parties with very different interests in libya in this very rich country seemed to have agreed in the same room that they want the fighting to end that they want a ceasefire to take place leaves only the warring parties general of the 4 huffed and the leader of the un backed go

and sorry question hundreds of the bertelsmann foundation thank you so much you both. for our now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world protesters in lebanon have once again clashed with security forces it follows riots on saturday that left hundreds of people wounded lebanon is currently without a government and its economy is in ruins protesters are calling for a new government that's free from the old guard who they blame for the crisis. more than 70 military personnel have been killed in an attack on a training camp in yemen yemen's internationally recognized government has been fighting hooty rebels in a 5 year civil war state t.v. in neighboring saudi arabia said who the rebels carried out that strike. protests several as across iraq south and in its capital baghdad demonstrators sealed off streets with burning tires and outrage at the government's slow pace of reform the youth dominated rallies are demanding an overhaul of the ruling system they've spread now across shiite majority areas since october. aerospace company spac