this was heiko maas' first ever appearance. why did he ever choose to focus on this?liver: because heiko maas strongly believes that climate change, as we are witnessing it, is a major threat for the world and peace and security in particular. he believes it doesn't get enough attention. neither in the united nations, nor elsewhere in the world. we observed a strong speech of the german foreign minister at the united nations today. one of the most striking moments was when he showed features -- showed pictures photographed from space, the international space station iss. you could clearly see the effects of climate change and the drought of 2018 across europe. it doesn't need a lot of fantasy to see how this could play out in the future if no solution is found very we have heard other speeches at the united nations, warnings and reports about refugee crises of the future we cannot imagine nowadays, of millions of people from sub-saharan africa that would have to flee as a result of climate change, famine and starvation. the german take on this is only the internationa

heiko moss a stop in washington d.c. was in part to try to salvage a disintegrating nuclear treaty between the u.s. and russia but it was also part of a short goodwill tour that he's on promoting germany's brand of multilateralism and affirming the country's position as a negotiator on the world stage especially as germany prepares to recede to one of the coveted seats on the un security council this means for the next two years germany is going to be playing a much bigger more prominent role on the world stage but most of his visit was really to show one key thing that even as ties at the top levels of various countries strain and break the ministers and secretaries of state can still work together as are heard there from germany takes up its nonpermanent member of the u.n. security council the beginning of the year and berlin has big plans for what it wants to achieve in the security council. this is the fifth time germany has had a place on the u.n. security council and other teen years in the diplomatic hot seat mean

heiko moss a stop in washington d.c. was in part to try to salvage a disintegrating nuclear treaty between the u.s. and russia but it was also part of a short goodwill tour that he's on promoting germany's brand of multilateralism and affirming the country's position as a negotiator on the world stage especially as germany prepares to recede to one of the coveted seats on the un security council this means for the next two years germany is going to be playing a much bigger more prominent role on the world stage but most of his visit was really to show one key thing that even as times at the top levels of various countries strain and break the ministers and secretaries of state can still work together it's to turkey now where human rights groups believe some seven hundred children are in prison after their mothers were convicted of what activists say or mostly political grounds one such child is the two year old near us his mother is a kurdish activist jailed on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda murals lives with

flashpoint between russia and ukraine two months ago the comments came as germany's foreign minister heiko mosse visits moscow. more than twenty leading figures from german politics sports business and entertainment have appealed to the u.k. to abandon brecht's it the open letter appeared in today's times newspaper and among the signatories are the new head of uncle america c.d.u. party a k k as she is known under great crump current the head of germany's social democratic party and very analysis and green party leader robert harding it reads after the horrors of the second world war britain did not give up on us it has welcomed germany back as a sovereign nation and a european power this we as germans have not forgotten and we are grateful should britain wish to leave the european union for good it will always have friends in germany and in europe but britons should equally know that we believe that no choice is irreversible our door is always will always remain open europe is home we would miss the legendary british black humor but more than anything else we would miss the british people

well the political opponents or however quick to condemn the attack foreign minister heiko mosque tweeting violence can never be announcer to political arguments regardless of the target or motive there is no justification for it whatsoever anyone who commits such a crime must be punished the leader of the social democrats meanwhile andree on alephs at this to say the a of d. is a political opponent of our tolerant and peaceful society but those who fight the party and their politicians with violence betray our values and jeopardize our coexistence i strongly condemn the attack on frank magnets and gem of the green one of the fiercest adversaries tweeting i hope the assailants are caught and prosecuted swiftly as no justification for violence even against the if you fight hate with hate hate always wins. sticking it with washington's unpredictable treatment of its ally. size turkey has rebuked the u.s. national security advisor after he called for the protection of kurdish fighters in syria turkish president russia tiber to want scolded john bolton after bolton seemed to make their protect

well the political opponents were however quick to condemn the attack foreign minister heiko mosque has tweeted that violence can never be an answer to political arguments regardless of the target or motive there is no justification for it whatsoever anyone who commits such a crime must be punished the leader of the social democrats meanwhile andrian allah sat this to say they have he is a political opponent of our tolerant and peaceful society but those who fight the party and their politicians with violence the tray our values and jeopardize our coexistence i strongly condemn the attack on frank magnets and gemma's de mer of the greens one of the a fierce as adversaries tweeting i hope the assailants are caught and prosecuted swiftly there is no justification for violence even against the if you fight hate with hate hate always wins. all right now to the story of a brewing diplomatic to between the european union and the us after the trump administration downgraded the status of brussels diplomatic mission in washington while this step seen as a slap in the face for europe was exclusi

is in full swing there are three teams that have simply lacks consistency living whose former coach heiko hellish paid the price for unsteady results he was removed from his post op to match day seventeen the face of bosh has taken over the dutchman who coached dortmund in twenty seven seen his tossed with bringing a stable hand to the club lead because he couldn't win more than two straight in the first half of the season despite that are ninth and within shouting distance of the europa league qualification. right at the beginning of the season and we've got the ups and downs on the end we finally got to get the money started to work hard and take the chances brooklyn turned the olympic stadium into a fortress in the opening half of the season even by you could pick up points in the capital but think of the current. spot. the. truck passed the gifted critical points to teams in the lower half of the table their young squad still has plenty to learn i don't know this i think personally i think this is just a concentration thing. while no one expected the wounds to be so far off the table

gets paid to bosch the dutch coach is back in the bundesliga for the second time placing heiko heloc at the helm. which had some scratching their head in wonder probably because his short stint at dortmund didn't exactly boost his reputation. there was too short far too short and the people really didn't get to see the truth peter budge. not to mention that hellish won his last two matches and didn't do that poor of a job. still the boss is one i'm satisfied with halle style of play and sitting in ninth place at the break bush's first test was against third place glass no light feat even for a star studded leather goods in sight that includes germany international sky habits and yulian palms plus he's been far off of last season soaring for. these quick young players are a big reason bosh was brought in he's worked wonders in similar conditions in the netherlands now he'll have to do it at leverkusen as attack minded as ever bush had by lee and karim ballarat the switch wings and head brands of habits as offensive midfielders behind striker kevin fall out. in the first half it looked

the german foreign minister heiko said berlin is supporting opposition leader one kwaito who declared himself venezuela's interim president on wednesday germany is calling for fresh elections claiming the cholas majeure as presidency lacks democratic legitimacy well kwaito has won the support of the u.s. and other regional powers met do is being backed by venezuela's military as well as russia china and iran this jean we leads brazil's first and only openly gay congressman.

dr gaza heiko togo. seeking to counter the rise of chinese might japan looks to russia to help finally settle post will grudges. to result. from nineteen forty five over an island chain but will japan's american allies look kindly on a g. seven member striking deals with. could result in a territorial dispute bring russia closer to japan and even if the politicians do think the rebels. voters let them find a compromise. dr gonzo he called tall go a messenger and former negotiator in the curio islands talk welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us the hottest topic of the day for japan and russia prime minister abbott has sworn on his father's grave to do his best to put an end to the dispute around the cure what do you think has he asked too much on the issue with the potential failure on this front lead to his downfall as the leader of the country do you think he's staked too much on the issue. as you know travis and president putin may. present a few and far as i. choose the two sites t

bragg's a plan setting aside fifty million euros for any contingency and a german foreign minister heiko must says that berlin is also stepping up preparations for a hard drugs it. we are prepared for every scenario we will continue and step up our planning for a chaotic breaks it. all throughout her tenure theresa may has promised to deliver on the results of the two thousand and sixteen regs at referendum but now fulfilling those promises seems to be in doubt artie's i sallied reports. government document has been leaked outlining how long it will take for legislation to pass the. lethal rise to the holding of a second referendum the so-called people's vote regarding the u.k.'s decision it's a review of the elite you know this document as dramatic by civil servants and it was handed out to and police during meetings between downing street officials government officials and those members of parliament and it's a one page of a memo and it says that it would take around seven months for that legislation to be drafted and to pass and then another twelve weeks for the electoral commission w

munich security conference we've heard the same mantra over and over again we're hearing it now from heikomust and the question is how exactly does germany plan to do that and so i was just you know struck the skepticism is present not just internationally but here in germany as well and what has to probably happen is that there has to be a title shift in terms of education of the german public because one of the biggest barriers to germany. you know being more powerful is that it doesn't carry a big stick so it has economic might but it won't engage in military action that it won't do that because of massive political resistance in germany but the times are changing ok we'll talk about our point in just a minute but first of all christopher christopher from marshall what. to what extent is the veto power of the p five of the hearts of many of the problems that face the you know it's a patience of the security can. so you know of course that is a very. powerful measure which they can take and of course i would say when i when i advocated for germany putting pressure also on china or on rus

dismissal of a bilateral agreement was also echoed here in germany as well where the foreign minister heiko must describe the idea of a bilateral agreement a little opaque and saying that would have no effect on what had already being negotiated with the commission the chancellor angela merkel was also weighing in on breaks that over the weekend saying she'll do everything in our power to make sure that there is a deal before that march twenty ninth deadline the reason for her quite serious reaction comes down to jobs because depending on who you speak to there's potentially millions of german jobs that rely either directly or in directly on trade with the u.k. and they could be put well very much at risk if there's no deal breaks if the chancellor said that she will work tirelessly to find a solution otherwise history will judge we have to pursue this separation process responsibly so that in fifty years people won't shake their hands and say why we're in the able to find a compromise of this all comes as the great and good of german politics business one death less ticks all put their nam

question of arms control so that could be a sign for progress coming up on arms on that arms treaty heiko must travels to kiev later for talks with ukraine's foreign minister one presumes that tensions between the russia and ukraine behind jens as well yes absolutely and when it comes to ukraine also had a concrete suggestion he suggested or he proposed a written proposal to lover off today put that forward to the russian foreign minister about observers french and german observers on the current strait who would observe that the sea and make sure that the current strait remains open and that was a suggestion that we actually saw last year as well but this was being put into writing but judging from judging from the reaction from the russian side today tensions are likely to continue between ukraine and russia love roath did say he was open to observers but his tone when it comes to ukraine was rather negative throughout to say the least a million sure would be in moscow thank you. so they can look at some sport on the bones as they can returns from its winter break this weekend league le

well we discussed the standoff with modern turkish politics expert heiko and our attack and political analyst use of aaron. and totally disappointed from what is going on from their perspective maybe bolton is not representing president because president from the same something else and bolton is saying something goes from turkey's perspective there is no distinction between p. and p. why the from their perspective this is a terrorist entity and they want to clear this whole corydoras the whole syrian corydoras from this entity and this is a huge headache for them this is a very pressing national security matter for turkey so it's not like it has a second decision national security is paramount to the country's health now we look at what bolton saying and especially right before he comes to meet with the turkish officials and he basically crosses a red line when he's in israel the night before he comes to turkey and i don't understand what he was expecting in negotiations with turkey today but he definitely was expecting what he got in turkey is not going to bow down to the u.s. . pro

ball is in the british court we must wait and see what the reason may is able to come up with but as heiko maass the foreign minister said yesterday you know compromise is already happened it's already in the deal that's been a great he said and you know if there was something more that could have been offered it would have been i think politicians here are still a little bit shell shocked by the size of the opposition in london to this deal so what we're seeing there is a bit of rhetorical wiggle room but here's an idea of what some of the other politicians are saying this is the you german finance minister all of shots in the tradition get their pick in particular of course the focus in future must know be on the remaining twenty seven each member states they have shown in the last two years that they can act cohesively and achieve a lot together. so you know the idea of ai keep the twenty seven together and that's more important than trying to find this in the sea of majority in favor of some version of brecht's it you know it's the reason why doesn't seem to be able to find still a sol

now with the new directions in german foreign policy a moment ago you heard german foreign minister heiko ma setting out berlin's position on the venezuela crisis he's been visiting the us to mark the start of germany's two year term as a member of the u.n. security council in an exclusive interview with the w.'s all over solid explain how the un role would be a springboard for a new phase in german diplomacy. in this little germany has assumed a seat for two years on the united nations security council what are your plans. first of all it will take an active role in managing the crises and conflicts are being handled by the security council. and they include syria yemen ukraine and now venezuela. this is an important task and it's clear that people have expectations of us expected to take responsibility and that's something i wanted to restate i call it from that there are important topics of her own that we would like to put to the security council for the climate and security is one of those issues that is not getting enough attention and the connection between climate change and secur

feel safe in and i think the canadian government prime minister trudeau simply did the right thing heiko judges amy amman have rejected an appeal by to right his journalists serving seven year prison sentences well known and child so who were convicted of breaking the official secrets act by reporting an army massacre of range of illegitimate therefore to say they were framed by police who gave them classified documents right has condemned the really. the has mall from bangkok. the high court in yangon announced that it had rejected this appeal in the afternoon on friday they said that there was not enough evidence that these two gentlemen were innocent so they were saying that the conviction was upheld and also is when it comes to how long they would spend behind bars they were sentenced to seven years back in september there was a possibility with the appeal that that sense could be reduced but the court's on friday the high court in yangon saying that there was a suitable punishment of seven years because of the severity of what this case was about that it threatens to harm national s

the german foreign minister heiko mass said berlin is supporting opposition leader juan kwaito who declared himself venezuela's interim president on wednesday germany is calling for fresh elections claiming nicolas maduro as presidency lacks democratic legitimacy well kwaito has won the support of the u.s. and other regional powers met do is being backed by venezuela's military as well as russia china and iran this scene we'll ease brazil's first and only openly gay congressman.

to complement what heiko said, there's innovation on the anode side and on the electrolyte.e are seeing new chemistries, new materials that incorporate silicon in the graphite and on electrode side, electrolyte side, i think the most compelling and exciting advance is solid-state electrolyte. we could envision and a not-too-distant future and i will say how distant that is, a fully solid-state lithium ion battery which would be game change in terms of energy density, safety, eliminating the flammable electrolyte, and really reducing the amount of material used to protect the battery. >> so heiko, back to you. clearly in the united states we are an innovation leader when it comes to the automotive market but when you think about electromobility in particular, in many ways we are tied to catch up with some of our asian counterparts in this industry. i'm thinking china, korea, japan. what will it take for the u.s. to really emerge as an innovation leader in this space for the long-term? >> that's exactly the question. u.s. abuse industry needs to decide to want to be part of th

teen years in the diplomatic hot seat means taking sides on some tough issues as foreign minister heiko must recognize when germany was elected last summer. if you want to live up to this responsibility we don't want to shy away from difficult decisions we want to stand up and be counted five of the canon. diplomats of the foreign ministry in berlin have ambitious plans they want the un to react to know when conflicts develop such as those in syria or ukraine. and they want to use their seat in new york to prevent miss being stationed in germany in the event that the united states pulls out of the i.n.f. missile treaty. positions like means could require tough talk and a readiness to follow it up with action committee decision had started being a member of the security council means you don't always have time to hold a meeting in berlin or think things over you have to be clear in advance how you want to position yourself then you have to vote will have to say which side we're on the can then. perhaps the trickiest part of germany is un mission could be the european dimension with belgi

here in germany but also around europe could be hit very hard to be already received a statement from heiko mass the german foreign minister he says that he also does not appreciate these kind of commons and says that this pipeline project is very crucial for the european energy sector it's not the first time though that the u.s. ambassador has tried intervening. yeah you're right it's not the first time this is happening last year grinnell was also very clear in an interview and stated that german companies which would continue to do business with iran could face sanctions as well and just like last year investors are shaking their head here and are saying that they don't think that this is the job offer top u.s. diplomat to basically threaten companies here in germany and around europe you called your job in frankfurt thank you very much. and hundreds of flights to and from germany will be canceled on tuesday security personnel in frankfurt germany as biggest hub and some regional airports staging strikes to protest low wages the work stoppage will be for several hundred thousand passenge

of course will be talks with the european union again but the german foreign minister heiko amasses made it quite clear that there will be no new solutions on the table and the court in them talks not negotiations the negotiations on being reopened. but treason may will clearly be looking for stronger reassurances that she got then she got in the last joint venture from the head of the european council and the european parliament and that means essentially that it won't be enough it won't have legal standing giving more assurances about the backstop position on the northern irish border with the republic will not be enough in legal terms for the skeptics and for the brics it is so it doesn't look good here many of the m.v.p.'s who are meeting strasburg at the moment are saying look we've had more than two years to try and swear these diplomatic circles it hasn't worked so far we don't see that reason may returning here on have plan b. mission will change that so it's perhaps that small opening that we heard from the head of the euro group finance ministers but most of the politicians are

german foreign minister heiko must said berlin is supporting opposition leader one kwaito who declared himself venezuela's interim president on wednesday germany is calling for fresh elections claiming the presidency lacks democratic legitimacy well guede who has won the support of the u.s. and other regional powers met do is being backed by venezuela's military as well as russia china and iran this gene release brazil's first and only openly gay congressman announced on thursday he will be fleeing the country because of increased death threats made against him really said that the rate of violence against people has increased significantly since your balls in nuoro became president. pope francis is in panama to celebrate world youth day speaking before central american bishops on thursday he urged christians to welcome and integrate migrants and so serve as role models for the rest of society to overcome fear. greek lawmakers delayed the ratification vote on a name change for neighboring macedonia on thursday by a day as thousands of protesters opposing the deal gathered outside the a

german foreign minister heiko mass said berlin is supporting opposition leader one kwaito who declared himself venezuela's interim president on wednesday germany is calling for fresh elections claiming nicolas maduro as presidency lacks democratic legitimacy well kwaito has won the support of the u.s. and other regional powers met do is being backed by venezuela's military as well as russia china and iran this gene release brazil's first and only openly gay congressman announced on thursday he will be fleeing the country this week has of increased death threats made against him weili said that the rate of violence against l g b t people has increased significantly since your balls and morrow became president. pope francis is in panama to celebrate world youth day in the first address of the catholic church annual celebration the pontiff spoke out against corruption and urged public officials in the region to live simple honest and transparent lives. thousands of antigovernment protesters have taken to the streets in towns across to don riot police fired tear gas to break up some of the

german foreign minister heiko must said berlin is supporting opposition leader one kwaito who declared himself venezuela's interim president on wednesday germany is calling for fresh elections claiming the cholas matures presidency lacks democratic legitimacy well kwaito has won the support of the u.s. and other regional powers met do is being backed by venezuela's military as well as russia china and iran. pope francis is in panama to celebrate world youth day in the first address of the catholic church annual celebration the pontiff spoke out against corruption and urged public officials in the region to live simple honest and transparent lives. thousands of antigovernment protesters have taken to the streets in towns across or done riot police fired tear gas to break up some of the rallies at least one person was killed amid a worsening economic crisis the protesters are demanding an end to president omar al bashir three decades of rule. china's foreign ministry says it has detained a chinese australian writer on national security charges junking june who was living in new york was