to contact south korea regarding the right time for talks and sending a delegation to the peeling chuang winter olympics. we need to keep back in south korea's government welcomes north korea's response to yesterday's offer to restore the public communication channel who would discuss practical affairs regarding yesterday's offer to hold south and north korea talks. graham on webb is a research fellow at the rajaratnam school of international studies in singapore joins us live from there good to have you with us so first of all do you see this as a new beginning in relations between the south and north potentially. possibly i think there's a lot of hawk in the ear of the new foreign hawk is a warranted one because we've had a very difficult year and twenty seventy with no regulus not being from the north koreans of any offering of olive branch or sorry towards the other side and now we've seen a letting up until things have happened very quickly and clearly boresight are trying to capitalize on europe on the opportunity to try and set up the best possible stage in order for them to talk

to contact south korea regarding the right time for talks and sending a delegation to the peeling chuang winter olympics or they would each agape park in south korea's government welcomes north korea's response to yesterday's offer to restore the public communication channel who would discuss practical affairs regarding yesterday's all for self and north korea tour. after years of crackdown on the opposition and social media his government says it will release all political prisoners and also says it will close its notorious michael i would prison and turn it into a museum charges will be tropper off for the prisoners under prosecution and pardons to all of those who are already convicted in serving sentences protesters and rights groups had been calling for their release accusing the government of arresting them on trumped up charges. norway is banning weapons exports to the united arab emirates over its participation in the war in yemen the member of the saudi like coalition fighting hit the rebels in the country the coalition as imposed a blockade on yemen leading to widespread food s

used to try and justify total ban of the complete russian olympic team from the rio games in the chuang games when in fact the international olympic committee and the international sports federations would simply not of the view that a collective punishment should be or should have been imposed upon russian athletes . so there we have the i.o.c. concluding that the mclaren report's goal was to achieve a blanket ban against the russian team and the email goes on to say that that was something specifically that the i.o.c. was against that they wanted to be able to go after individual athletes found to have been using doping but want to force them into a corner and put them on the path of getting the blanket bans and then also further lamented the lack of cooperation between the two are going to say sions and it really shows a pair of potentially disturbing divide between those two huge anti-doping organizations such a complicated story isn't it but luckily we have an expert in the studio with us as alan moore sports radio host at moscow's capital f.m. thanks for coming in shed some more l

ceremony now several experts and officials have suggested that they could do so again that the pyung chuang games and could even compete as a single nation. on thursday the presidents of south korea and the united states agree to postpone their joint military exercises during the olympics which has led to this sporting opportunity by next week north and south korea may well have settled on a deal that could see sport replace military tensions at least for a while. now let's take a look at a rather unconventional take on a winter sports top ski is teamed up with motorcyclists in the italian alps for the first of a bike and ski night race first off skiers hurtle down the slope in a race against time when they reach the folks in that things get on usual once a scare arrives then most likely team mate fires up the engine drive straight up the runway to clock in the overall time a joint swiss italian team took first place at the event attended by almost four thousand spectators. coming up on a d. w. here at the top of the hour you can always get the latest on our website dot com. the city. has n

used to try and justify a total ban of the complete russian olympic team from the rio games in the chuang games when in fact the international olympic committee and the international sports federations were simply not of the view that a collective punishment should be or should have been imposed upon all russian athletes so there we have the i.o.c. concluding that the mclaren reports goal was to achieve a blanket ban against the russian team and that the e-mail goes on to say that that was something specifically that the i.o.c. was against that they wanted to be able to go after individual athletes found to have been using doping but want to force them into a corner and put them on the path of getting the blanket bans and then also further lamented the lack of cooperation between the tour going to say sions and it really shows a pair of potentially disturbing divide between those two huge anti-doping organizations such a complicated story isn't it but luckily we have an expert in the studio with us as alan moore sports radio host at moscow's capital f.m. thanks for coming in i mean one sh

korea's president said that his country is ready to negotiate on letting north korea join next month chuang a lympics hosted by the south but he stressed that north korea's nuclear issues will be a major point in any talks north korean leader kim jong un had raised the idea of joining the olympics in his new year's speech in the same speech he also issued fresh threats of attacking the united states. a member of germany's parliament and leading figure in the far right party may face charges of illegal hate speech for her angry tweet on new year's eve beatrix one store where anted at police in the city of cologne for publishing a new year's greeting in arabic she said that they were trying to appease quote barbaric gang raping muslim hordes of men. twitter swiftly deleted that post and also froze her account for most of new year's day a new german law requires social media to delete hate speech within twenty four hours or face fines of up to fifty million euros and we have team coverage let's bring in our political correspondent who is standing by in our parliamentary studios and we're also

flag during the upcoming winter olympics the north will now send twenty two athletes to the pyong chuang games the international olympic committee president thomas by praising the agreement calling it a milestone in a long journey the two koreas will also form a single team in women's hockey and will have a korean folk song as a common anthem. now officials from both countries have been meeting throughout the week to discuss peace efforts but the seeming reproach men between the careers hasn't convinced the u.s. president who said he's not sure talks can lead to anything meaningful this week the western allies of the one nine hundred fifty s. korean war gathered in canada for separate talks on the current crisis and they all seem to agree that tough measures will be the only solution forward the pressure campaign will continue until north korea takes the sciences steps to do nuclear i think it could be not is to send out a very clear message we want to intensify that pressure disclose that included cutting off diplomatic ties to his north career we spoke to human rights lawyer. who think

winter olympics of the north well now sent twenty two athletes to compete in three sports of the chuang games international olympic committee president thomas bach praised the agreement calling it a milestone in the long and a long journey and the two koreas will also form a single team in women's hockey for the first time in olympic history and will also have a korean folk song as a common anthem officials from both countries have been meeting throughout the week to discuss peace efforts but the seeming reproach made between the koreas has it not convinced the u.s. president who said he is not sure talks can lead to anything meaningful also this week the u.s. and allies of the one nine hundred fifty s. korean war gathered in canada for separate talks on the current crisis and agreed more pressure is the only solution. the person. decides to do i think that could be no is to send out a very clear message we want to intensify that pressure discord that included cutting off diplomatic ties the reason those career. we spoke to human rights lawyer erica and he says washington fears dropping

international paralympic committee has announced that russia will be barred from participating at the chuang winter paralympics in march the i.p.c. announcement was made on monday in vaughan but they were going to zation did say it would allow some us thirty five clean russian athletes to compete as neutrals a similar policy has already been implemented by the i.o.c. for the upcoming winter olympics russia was banned from competing after allegations of state sponsored doping dating back to the two thousand and fourteen sochi winter olympics. a reminder now of our top stories that we're following pop singer bruno mars has swept the grammys winning six awards but white roses were the recurring theme many stars displaying them in a show of solidarity against a sexual misconduct and a shocking report that german automakers may have funded diesel emissions tests on humans raises more disturbing questions about the country's current history. we'll have more news at the top of the hour but we leave you now with some pictures of a panda for a living in the snow in a while like in northwest china enj

south to contact south korea regarding a right time for talks and sending a delegation to the kyung chuangwinter olympics. the decision was welcomed in seoul a day after the government there proposed high level talks amid a tense standoff over north korea's misawa nuclear programs but the u.s. government wasn't impressed. we want to take any of the talk seriously if they don't do something to ban all nuclear weapons in north korea we consider this to be a very reckless regime we don't think we need a band-aid we don't think we need to take a picture we think that we need to have them start nuclear weapons and they need to stop that now. in his new year's speech kim jong un warned the u.s. he had a nuclear button on his desk. that prompted donald trump to continue his apparent mockery of a president he's nicknamed little rocket man in a tweet the u.s. president wrote i too have a nuclear button but it's a much bigger and more powerful woman his and my bottom works north korea has been punished with unprecedented sanctions by the u.n. over its weapons programs the u.s. has warned of more mea

to contact south korea regarding the right time for talks and sending a delegation to the peeling chuang winter olympics. in south korea's government welcomes north korea's response to yesterday's offer to restore the public communication channel would discuss practical affairs regarding yesterday's offer to hold south and north korea talks. or graham on web is a research fellow at the institute for defense and strategic studies in singapore he says expectations for any positive outcome shouldn't be high. i think there's a lot of hope and the the new found hope is a warranted one because we have had a very difficult year in twenty seventy with you know regulus not being from the north koreans of any offering of figleaves olive branches sorry towards the other side and now we've seen a letting up and so things have happened very quickly and clearly boresight are trying to capitalize on europe on the opportunity to try and set up the best possible stage in order for them to talk to each other i think we need to have a very modest expectation or what's in store for the upcoming dialogue nex

south to contact south korea regarding a right time for talks and sending a delegation to the kyung chuang winter olympics. the decision was welcomed in seoul a day after the government there proposed high level talks amid a tense standoff over north korea's missile and nuclear programs but the u.s. government wasn't impressed we won't take any of the talk seriously if they don't do something to ban all nuclear weapons in north korea we consider this to be a very reckless regime we don't think we need a band-aid we don't think we need to smile and take a picture we think that we need to have them start nuclear weapons and they need to stop it now. in his new year's speech kim jong un warned the u.s. he had a nuclear button on his desk. that prompted donald trump to continue his apparent mockery of a president he's nicknamed little rocket man in a tweet the u.s. president wrote i too have a nuclear button but it's a much bigger and more powerful woman his in my book in works north korea has been punished with unprecedented sanctions by the u.n. over its weapons programs the u.s. has warned

border truce village of puntland joam the north has promised to send athletes to the games in junk chuang of the south but the talks are limited to the north's plan to send an arch troop including singers dancers and an orchestra. and u.s. president donald trump says he is not a racist trump was on his way to a dinner when a reporter asked about disparaging remarks he reportedly made about haiti and africa the us president told the journal's quote i'm the least racist person you'll ever interview. you're watching t.v. news still to come in the bundesliga of rock bottom cologne faced a crucial ryan derby against. we'll see who earned have bragging rights. but first palestinian president mahmoud abbas says israel is to blame for allegedly jeopardizing the landmark oslo peace accord the agreement was signed in one thousand nine hundred three had a ceremony with u.s. president bill clinton been and yasser arafat in ramallah on sunday abbas and projected the u.s. as a mediator abbas shied from completely abandoning a two state solution though and did make a call for violence abbas also had str

relations with south korea and suggested the north may send a delegation to next month's pyongyang chuang winter olympics. like iran's president hassan rouhani has met members of parliament to discuss how to handle anti-government demonstrations since thursday protesters in various parts of the country have taken to the streets to complain about the country's economic and human rights situation. a massive fire has destroyed hundreds of cars in the city of liverpool in northern england the blaze broke out in a multistory car park next to an arena where a horse show was being held police say no people or animals were hurt. welcome to the model city. foundation come up guy once who should take hang head down his farmland has given way to shiny glass buildings. india's first so-called smart city was built on his fields around the clock there are people working here for customers all over the world and up. like. fifteen years ago this was all just fields now an entire city has been built on land that i used to farm. here in macau parts of our city we now have people working in twenty six i tea