e.u. development funds every here. i start business with you. more dream international. journalists discuss the topic of the week after germany's longest political deadlock in post-war history a new governing coalition is finally taking shape can it deliver on its promises and how weak. that's our topic this week on quadriga join us. next. is going to. you know who today nothing would change you know the banks pay a fine and so was the language of the bank more money. for speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for mines beat the germans mute and so close in its tracks of noise and culture in germany. us american keep music takes a look at germany it is increasing use of their traditions every day lives and language can just come out of my mom's i'm sorry so i'm going to carry on good show and. pick up the trick of going to g.w. dot com the german. by buying. the countdown is on fox britain's withdrawal from the european union. office next attacks. dealing with it. while politicians doing their. own reporters are seeking answers in the year ahead of his fis

e.u. development funds every year and that's it for your business. the athletes are raring to go and there's full any going on in and around the olympic village of course we're talking about tomorrow's start of the winter olympics say in south korea and that harm is here from our sports plenty of sports that we have to get prepared for also a lot of drama has already played out even the olympic athletes from russia as they are going to be known at this live picture of desire to get the drama started with some courtroom drama ahead of the games they you know they're still trying to fight their way into these games all right now the court of arbitration of this four sport turned down the appeals of thirteen a russian athletes an additional forty seven russians will find out on friday if they can participate well meanwhile the olympic flame has a couple more obstacles to overcome before it reaches its final destination. the olympic torch his journey is almost over with the opening ceremony just around the corner the olympic flame took a spectacular ride

e.u.'s efforts to develop europe's capabilities in this field we need to keep open all the options which will enable the u.k. and the e.u. to collaborate in the most effective way possible the u.k. hosts much of europe's cutting edge capabilities on space and we have played a leading role for example in the development of the galileo programme we're keen for this to continue as part of our new partnership but as is the case more widely we need to get the right agreements concluded which will allow the u.k. and its businesses to take part on a fair and open basis it was the tragic massacre at the one nine hundred seventy two olympics here in munich which subsequently inspired british foreign secretary jim callaghan to propose an intergovernmental group aimed at coordinating european counter-terrorism and policing. at the time this was outside the formal mechanisms of the european community but in time it became the foundations for the cooperation that we have on justice and home affairs today now as then we can and must think pragmatically and practically to create the arrangements that put th

e.u. budget will also guarantee a good strong policy of less developed countries require continuing to support our e.u. a structure of still considered to be of benefit to all member countries so that whatever challenges there all of our can be tackled that is again a question of its own internal logic that it is the way we understand this solidarity is not a one way street. it is up to every single member country never to lose sight of being responsible for the home which also includes we must make sure we maintain our joint values which after all is what the european union is based on in makes it even more original tomorrow's meeting or informal meeting of the type to seventy heads of state and government we will also look at how to promote your ally dialogues among the citizens that is one way in which we try to get. more into the day to day awareness of people i think that's a very important thing to do as the former government we had a dialogue with european citizens which was not want video enlightening but we also need to advertise the european idea we need to try to get people in fizzy

e.u. so what we're going to develop until been official basis what we're seeing has been the goal of our country and we've exerted after it sort of kills but the task of actually getting this partnership growing i firm partnerships which would gather and see us and the mutual raisin ability to compete is not yet implemented it's not our fault bookings over the course of the last decade we have not found the golden middle in terms of dealing with other countries. you know it's in the ninety's up with most they believed that russia was that kind of a pew child who should be according to western standards now there's this irrational mate about this global russian threat and the traces of which i found almost anywhere from backstage to the catalan referendum however both stereotypes are mistaken and they be speak of the lack of common sense and understanding of our country's history we also underscore that at the e.u. we see their eyes a number of those who are ill at ease due to the abnormal situation in our relationships and incredible acts spirits are now acknowledging that the demonstration of u

across europe are safer because of this cooperation and the unique arrangements we've developed between the u.k. and e.u. institutions in recent years so it is in all our interests to find ways to protect the capabilities which underpin this cooperation when the u.k. becomes a european country outside the e.u. but in a new partnership with it. to make this happen will require real political will on both sides i recognize there is no existing security agreement between the e.u. and a third country that captures the full depth and breadth of our existing relationship but there is precedent for comprehensive strategic relationships between the e.u. and third countries in other fields such as trade and there is no legal operational reason why such an agreement could not be reached in the area of internal security . however if the priority in the negotiations becomes avoiding any kind of new cooperation with a country outside the e.u. then this political doctrine and ideology would have damaging real world consequences for the security of all our people in the u.k. and the e.u. . let's be clear about what wo

e.u. will be a very positive development in the future kiran cannon good to talk to you thanks very much thank you very much indeed now an international summit for iraq's reconstruction was held this week thirty billion dollars was pledged to rebuild the country after the defeat of eisel but the iraqi government has estimated that reconstruction will cost a lot more than that i doubt that hammy to breaks down the numbers force. for fifteen years conflict has laid waste to iraq roads schools hospitals industry even entire cities are now in ruin millions of people live in poverty the government of iraq worked with the world bank to assess all this damage and count the cost of rebuilding the country they concentrated on the areas that were most affected in recent years of conflict they came up with a staggering figure one hundred four billion dollars in total losses since the u.s. led invasion in two thousand and three damage from the war against isis alone is estimated at forty five billion now to breakdown seventeen point four billion is needed to rebuild homes this is a priority as about three

e.u. of our cross-investment and trading relationship, but it's also true with the developing country as well 300 people -- 300 million people have been lift out of poverty in china, and comment on the political system or the human rights in china, but those people are now consumers. and they're purchasing. so, i think that the critical opinion is that we have to explain to people that there is no way forward that does not involve creating more wealth and sharing it more equally across the world. how we as individual countries respond to the challenges which that throws up -- it does throw up challenge. we should not hide that. but that's a national policy response. you can have more progressive tax system. you can have higher tacks to pay for more public services or lower taxes and you can choosing not to have that. that's a political choice in our own political space. we in europe clearly are very attached to a model of social justice and social welfare, universal health care, universal access to education, these underpin our system. i'm not saying it's dish think it's the best system for u

e.u. hopes that improving security and development in the soil will help stop the growing refugee crisis in the region stem human trafficking and reduce what they call the threat of terrorism then. premier the e.u. contributed first of all back in june with an initial figure of fifty million euros about sixty million dollars that's money was made allies for the creation of the chief five cell group today we announced a doubling of that figure to help increase its strength but the most important figure which i am pleased to be able to share with you today is that we've been able to mobilize support worth four hundred fourteen million euros or five hundred ten million dollars which goes well beyond expectations. the g five joint military force was launched last year by the leaders of burkean a fast so chad needs jail mali and mauritania to combat growing filings in western africa its mission is to stop cross border attacks from armed groups including boko haram and crackdown on weapons and people trafficking its five thousand troops will work alongside un peacekeepers and french soldiers alre

e.u. will be a very positive development in the future kiran cannon good to talk to you thanks very much thank you very much indeed now an international summit for iraq's reconstruction was held this week thirty billion dollars was pledged to rebuild the country after the defeat of eisel but the iraqi government has estimated that reconstruction will cost a lot more than that but add that hammy to breaks down the numbers force. for fifteen years conflict has laid waste to iraq roads schools hospitals industry even entire cities are now in ruin millions of people live in poverty the government of iraq worked with the world bank to assess all this damage and count the cost of rebuilding the country they concentrated on the areas that were most affected in recent years of conflict they came up with a staggering figure one hundred four billion dollars in total losses since the u.s. led invasion in two thousand and three damage from the war against isis alone is estimated at forty five billion now the breakdown seventeen point four billion is needed to rebuild homes this is a priority as about thre

we hope not just to extract it but to develop an entire production chain and process it ourselves. as a nation we want to do it on our own terms. with an e.u. . outside of town as a factory for rechargeable lithium batteries it's a major step forward for the country. now it's looking for international partners to help develop the industry without them trying to take control. bolivia has passed a law that says foreign firms may retain no more than a forty nine percent stake in any joint venture. was being we're looking for a partner with experience who is also able to keep up with the rapid innovation in energy storage technology. that's our strategic goal. we want to be involved not only in supplying batteries for electric cars but also renewable energies. and here you know. of course there's a lot of foreign interest in the huge deposits of lithium in the salt flats of all uni china is particularly keen. a state owned chinese engineering company is already here it's building a plant to make potassium chloride fertilizer. and the plant happens to be close to the lithium pools. it is a heard of from news servers. but if a measure from my fr

this is developing news live from berlin russia and the us clash long nato and the e.u. search for unity at the munich security conference the us national security advisor claims there is indisputable evidence that moscow interfered in america's election a claim russian's foreign minister dismisses as blather and germany's foreign minister says berlin don't longer knows what to make of washington's policy also on the program. the turkish german journalist then as you child says he's glad to be free after a year in a turkish prison.

last years developed into an important finance center for the region many customers from russia or bellerose for example now use latvian banks as they believe their money is safer inside the e.u. . but let's be as good reputation took a serious hit this week when it's top money man central bank governor good muslims have edge was accused of soliciting one hundred thousand euros a month in bribes. on tuesday he was temporarily suspended from office although he refused to resign and continues to deny the charges. have been targeted by a coordinated campaign of some letting in commercial banks in order to discredit the latvian state. the bank scandal has morphed into something of a political thriller after latvia's defense minister accused russia of pulling the strings on the scandal behind the scenes at the end of the week however that accusation was withdrawn again due to lack of evidence. the european central bank is now also under pressure as a member of its governing council rimsha bitch has access to sensitive e.c.v. information and europe's most powerful financial authority is also being called upon to respond to a second crisis at latvia's largest private bank a b o v wh

e.u. is supporting a scheme to turn appear in national park interest ski resort activists say those behind the development are offshore companies involved in tax avoidance largely with force. european skiers enjoying the winter sunshine in the results have been scoped may or may not know there was a unesco world heritage sites the beautiful ancient forest here supposedly protected by bulgarian and international environmental laws the plans to expand the skiing area by cutting down far more of the forests has been enthusiastic lee backed by the government is economically lucrative but condemned by environmentalists as the rate of nature some of the trees are a thousand years old the bears and the wolves could lose their habitats if we allow this to happen in the national park then these skiing projects can start in all our national parks we only have three plus in our nature park so we will open the pandora box and this will be the end of protected areas in the area. it's as much about how controversial it is the protests against the scheme of being held in cities all over europe and beyond it's also claim

e.u. . in brussels boosting development was a key topic at the meeting with leaders from the african region but the main issue on the agenda was security the european union has pledged to double its funding so the g five said held joint force. a partnership of five so hell countries mauritania burkina faso mali share and chad founded to counter terror and immigration in the area. really today we are raising support for the g five joint force to which the e.u. was the first contributor last year we pledged fifty million euros and today we pledged another fifty to enable it to get into action. in the. security is a public good what we're doing in the sahara is not just to defend our countries it's for the world security. i think it's normal that the international community should show solidarity with thousand this fight for. other international donors such as the u.s. and saudi arabia have also pledged financial support together all partners have raised more than four hundred million euros exceeding the meetings expectations until now the sahara region has relied heavily on european countries

e.u. delegation from russia thank you for the talks we had today and i hope it will continue. we do agree or develop will not know will take two questions need you from both russian in the media will start from our guest if. so i think. we could. ask you to put as regards. austria supports the idea of standing on the e.u. peacekeepers so why is russia is still refusing to have the un peacekeepers working on the border between russia and ukraine as we've said just . as you know. russia was it was russia's initiative for sitting at the u.n. . in the south east of ukraine it was russia. initially. it was initially proposed by. the president of ukraine and. all. could do was support publicly supported. a resolution to this but then later later it was your opposed to extending this mission. to the entire territory even though initially we were speaking of ensuring the safety and security of observers the dividing line of the deal the line of separation of the fighting for the fighting parties and actually initially ukraine proposed arming. the observers in order to provide security we agreed but they alw

e.u. . in brussels boosting development was a key topic at the meeting with leaders from the african region but the main issue on the agenda was security the european union has pledged to double its funding so the g five said held joint force. a partnership of five say hell countries mauritania burkina faso mali share and chad founded to counter terror and immigration in the area. lives of already we are raising support for the g five joint force to which the e.u. was the first contributor last year we pledged fifty million euros and today we pledged another fifty to enable it to get into action. in the. security is a public good what we're doing in the sahara is not just to defend our country it's for the world security. i think it's normal that the international community should show solidarity with thousand less fight. for us other international donors such as the u.s. and saudi arabia have also pledged financial support together our partners have raised more than four hundred million euros exceeding the meetings expectations until now the sahara region has relied heavily on european cou

e.u. system there. for more let's bring in t.w. correspondent ikhlas connelly who joins us on the line now from ukraine's capital kiev with the very latest and nicholas we've heard reports of some dramatic developments tell us what more you know about this mysterious case. proceeding fairly well we're just outside president or sinkers presence in this direction here there are hundreds of people out protesting on a very very cold evening there was a fight between. god and the president in the face of this before the dear old. carol but it's certainly been a day full of drama here because you don't seem to be. drawn. right downtown p.s. without much warning. he's rushing for main roads trying to kill it leaving the country but it turned out it was too late by the time they got there he was already on a private plane heading for the difficult to remember why so many people from out extremely the state that's the district if you can in the distance it while the poor law had to come in illegally get involved some of. the pretext ukraine government even them in place that you care to leave it appeals. to them. yeah they say that they have deported him but he claims that he was kidnapped who is to be belie

e.u. of our cross investment and trading relationship, but it's also true with the developed, with the developingcountry as well. i mean, 300 million people have been lifted out of poverty in china. one can comment on the political system or the human rights in china, but those people are now consumers. i mean, and they are purchasing. so i think the critical point is that we have to explain to people that there is no way with forward that does not involve creating more wealth and sharing it more equally across the world. how we as individual countries respond to the challenges which that throws up -- and it does throw up challenges, we should not hide that it throws up challenges -- but that's a national policy response. .. universal access to education, healthcare, these underpin our system. i think it's the best system for us but you have a different model, but i think the key point is to drive home that actually we are benefiting from this globalized exchanges and it gives us greater margin of maneuver to make policy choices at home than would otherwise be the case. >> i don't know how many p

e.u. countries in the way and we depend upon the workers and labor force from from other european countries. i think we see a more optimistic picture looking at the developments in europe than we had just a year ago and the economy is looking better and unemployment is the creasing and there hasn't been any domino effect. the reason why our model will not be a good fit for u.k. now is that we have the four freedoms including the movement of labor and part of the reason for u.k. wanting to leave the european union was not to have a free moment. neighbor so i think. for obvious reasons this will not be your case model because we also need to implement all the regulations for the single market with less decision making power than u.k. has today. so i think they want to have the first freedoms and the single market regulations and a mission perhaps and just say here opinion and i don't know. what that interview was part of the special series a road to brag that and let's bring in our brussels correspondent garrick for more on the story hi carol you have been speaking to the norway's e.u. affairs minister and also to other politicians what advice do they have for

e.u. and presumably reversed to double. regulations what's that going to mean for china then for china with those rising. anti-globalization atmosphere and everywhere and the china different needs of friends and especially from the developed of the world and the most like the for the for china at that time is the u.k. who is sure is cheering go go that you go with china so both countries have the intrinsic a need to move out of the warm relationship with each other but the for china's review listicle point is that it's abuse the youth in a civil i think a more definite more important then the u.k. it's not only because of the g.d.p. because of the trade because the e.u. is actually is the only power in the world cup here but china to bareness more aggressively united states in fact or china has started a tool negotiate with the you about a bilateral. investment agreement from a very early stage but at the thus the progress is for the moment slower than expected or a generation thanks very much for being with us thank you now scientists in the west have long disputed the therapeutic value of traditional chinese medicine but it seems the ancient craft is gaining popularity at home and abroad it's even been hailed by xi jinp

e.u. is supporting a scheme to turn the period national into a ski resort critics say those behind the development are offshore companies involved in tax avoidance now lawrence lee has a story. european skiers enjoying the winter sunshine in the results have been scoped may or may not know they were the units to world heritage sites the beautiful ancient forest here supposedly protected by bulgarian and international environmental laws the plans to expand the skiing area by cutting down far more of the forests has been infused yes tickly backed by the government is economically lucrative but condemned by environmentalists as the rate of nature some of the trees are a thousand years old the bears and the wolves could lose their habitats if we allow this to happen in theory national park then these skiing projects can start in all our national parks we only have three plus in our nature part so we will open the pandora box and this will be the end of protected areas in the area. it's as much about how controversial it is that protests against the scheme of being held in cities all over europe and be

e.u. is supporting a scheme to turn the national park into a ski resort to say those behind the development are offshore companies involved in tax avoidance lawrence lee reports. european skiers enjoying the winter sunshine in the results of band scope may or may not know they were in the us to world heritage sites the beautiful ancient forest here supposedly protected by bulgarian and international environmental laws the plans to expand the skiing area by cutting down far more of the forests has been infused yes tickly backed by the government is economically lucrative but condemned by environmentalists is the rate of nature some of the trees are a thousand years old the bears and the wolves could lose their habitats if we allow this to happen including national park then these skiing projects can start in all our national parks we only have three plus in our nature parks so we will open the pandora box and this will be the end of protected areas in the area. it's as much about how controversial it is that protests against the scheme of being held in cities all over europe and beyond it's

e.u. nor nato procedures because the abilities but also the us habitudes that have been developed in this framework shell benefits both organizations. this acuity of europe is in device visible. it's not just by the e.u. or nato this is the wrong debate we need to concentrate on the threats of today and of tomorrow. to do that so we need to enable those who wants to act and can act so let's look into the future let's look at the new possible areas of confrontation space and cyber these are areas where i intend to spend a lot of money on and it is important that we should be able to master these technologies because they are really the future capabilities that we know that i have such a renowned audience of strategic in front of me here so i think we should even try to look beyond the horizon it's not enough to prepare the wars of tomorrow we have to think off there was the day after tomorrow one example that is very dear to my heart is the safety of environmentalists safety and security not surprising from a nation who. had the has the motto make our planet great again. but we must really

e.u. and nato are meeting as part of the kabul process in the afghan capital let's bring in tony berkley he is live in kabul one in twenty can we expect any significant developments anything new coming out of this. well actually very very little new but it is quite notable that this is the first time the president danny has mentioned this in public previous presidents president karzai for example said similar things but i think it's walking towards a more positive direction in afghanistan at the moment there are sticking points of course is what he said the taliban do not recognize the afghan government they wreck say they are puppets of the americans they say they will only deal directly with the americans the americans say they will only deal with the taliban with the afghan government on board so there are lots of stumbling blocks of course the constitution is another one because the taliban are against many aspects of the constitution present danny said that see a line in the sand and that should not be crossed particularly when it comes to the women's rights but there have been signals in the last i think couple of weeks which suggest that things are moving

e.u. countries in the way and we depend upon the workers and labor force from from other european countries. i think we see a more optimistic picture looking at the developments in europe than we had just a year ago. and the economy is looking better and unemployment is the creasing and there hasn't been any domino effect. it with less decision making power than u.k. has today. so i think that want to have the four freedoms and the single market regulations then they maybe should perhaps than just stay in the european union and not our. u.s foreign affairs minister there rather norway's or an e.u. norway's e.u. minister well now the report you've just seen is part of the d w series road to bragg's it tell reporters laws scholten sic not to send big muscle travelling around europe and the u.k. trying to understand the full impact of the upcoming divorce between britain and you more special coverage. all their home page that's dot com. now the winter olympics in south korea are end in durance tests not just for the athletes but also for the spectators along the tracks and in the stadiums it's a harsh winter with minus with temperatures well below zero so it's n

e.u. needs to develop a joint foreign policy agenda to counter a growing assertiveness from countries such as china and russia. a military helicopter has crashed in southern mexico killing thirteen people and injuring fifteen others it was carrying the country's interior secretary and other officials inspecting damage from a powerful seven point two magnitude earthquake a helicopter landed on its side crushing of van. kosovo is marking a decade since independence from serbia prime minister. says two thousand and eight marked a new beginning for its ethnic albanian majority one hundred seventeen nations have recognized kosovo but its sovereignty remains fiercely contested by serbia. at the. air buses soaring again the airplane manufacturers pinning its hopes on the a three twenty one neo are based on the mid-range a three twenty one family this new craft can fly over seven thousand kilometers thanks to the addition of a third fuel tank the narrow body plane has only a single aisle but can still carry up to two hundred forty passengers. it also costs a third less than regular long haul aircr

e.u. back then but it quickly spiraled out of control. yes a big anniversary today before i leave you ongoing police operation to tell you about just coming in the developing story maybe patel belgian police have locked down a suburb in brussels amid reports of a possible government lies look like blocked off shops and for you no information about any actual shots being fired or injuries so far the area's been investigated as the primary school and it was the scene of a shootout in two hundred sixty incidentally when three police officers were injured in the state's close to a primary school about three hundred fifty pupils there is called foyer in. brussels there so keep an eye on that could be a domestic really don't know what's happening you can say cross it instantly don't call along with all the rest of our news as well for now thanks for watching this live update with me kevin though in we are international we're really proud.