venue is one of the most hotly debated construction projects here in germany my colleague david leavitt's has been following the story welcome david first of all. tell us about the controversy surrounding the building it's. ok robin brace yourself for a little bit of time travel here because the home blood form is partially a reconstruction of this of the baroque city palace of the german emperor is located at the heart of berlin now the allies did bomb it in world war two it could have been saved but no socialist east germany had other plans they tore it down and put up the palace of the republic in its place that's their parliament and cultural center hideous yes but also kind of great in its own way i think. you are right with hideous well you know a lot of people were still yes it is but still a lot of people were sad that it got torn down to put up this new version of the city palace because the point is why create a historical replica. of a building instead of maintaining an actual historic building ok but that's all done and dusted this forum is well underway in the replica or i sh

israel's human rights record towards palestinians i'll be discussing this with my colleague david leavitt's in a minute but first the new song. being messy basim business i'll be boss of about the most of the most about the business i mean by some a lot. of other means like i so i take the obstacles in my life i think the obstacles of this year and i faced them with with all right let's do this like you see him leaving me and i'm like oh right. and that's his distinctive style and music have into both founds and critiques the song . is about tackling challenges head on since she one nasty is your vision song contest in lisbon. victory with this song toy change when i think. one hundred eighty degrees different i was a bruise artist the singing and basements and i did my new kristoff at home. whoever. who i wouldn't have been mentioned in in twelve months. to become this. way and israel the right to host the c.s.u. a vision for the first time in twenty years the grand finale will be hosted in tel aviv instead of the internationally contested city of jerusalem but that hasn't stopped calls to

what's happening on the ground from our very own david leavitt's. bonnets made for inspire a foam and dresses embellished with bubble wrap and the work of a dutch artist whose turns packaging into renaissance cost two. but of course we get underway with the burden and something which precedes the actual opening film the so-called march of the gladiators that's the introduction of the jury to the international press seventeen films are in the competition for the golden bear and this year the president of the jury is none other than the french star juliette binoche who had this to say about there being a lot of female directors in competition this year. well when i spoke with the to have he said to me i'm very happy that we have seven films of women directors this year and he said i didn't select them because they're women because they're great films so i think that it's a step forward. and now let's have a look back at the illustrious career of juliette binoche herself. very few people in the film world have built a body of work as dynamic and multif

titian and talking to a man on the scene david leavitt's. it's winter here in northern europe the days ashore the nights are long and it's dark further north you go so the danish capital copenhagen has come up with a bright idea of an annual light festival to chase away the winter blues modern technology and talented light designers transformed the city at night into a kaleidoscope of light and color. lighting up the darkest weeks of the year in winter copenhagen turns into an open air gallery for light art installations by artists from denmark and many other parts of the world turn the danish capital into a tourist attraction in the cult isn't to. give them or shows more job at the theory. that they see in the book they're like and i really like it this time of year it's good to get out out see the lights and see the city and you know anything like this just a wonderful. danish night artist muds vegas hopes to beat the winter blues with eternal sun down the installation shines from sundown to sunrise in the port of copenhagen it's made up o

carpet at this year's world in film festival are due to use it charlotte charleston pill and david leavitt's guys what's going on behind you. a bit of the iconic opening night of one of the takes that into the belly not it is kicking off with the world premiere the kindness of strangers british director nora share from the back. to. her rocker thank you so much for your company everyone german charles unger america is being forced to defend a key infrastructure project from international criticism the north stream to pipeline is due to start pumping later this. here delivering russian gas to germany but critics including the u.s. say that will undermine european security now france as waited in to distribute it says it could halt construction at an e.u. meeting tomorrow unusually french presence in many ways mccall has also canceled a joint appearance with the americal at the upcoming new nic security conference. for more on the story let's turn to cover of itself from brussels and keep the here in the studio in berlin want to go to you first barbara if i may brussels is there a link i don't

also coming up tonight we take you to the berlin film festival my colleagues and david leavitt's are at the bell and hi guys. and their french cinema icon catching to nervous here for the world premiere of her latest film it's called farewell to the night and it takes a deeper look at terrorist recruitment we'll have that for you and to other world premieres coming up. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the promise that justice will be served in an exclusive interview with g.w. news venezuela's opposition leader one why those says that the people responsible for not allowing humanitarian aid into the country will be put on trial says refusing the aid while people are dying of hunger and a lack of medication is tantamount to a crime against humanity or that accusation is aimed directly at president nicolas maduro madeira accuses the u.s. of using the shipments of aid as a trojan horse part of an imperialistic plan to invade the country why do says that is a convenient conspiracy theory that will not distract from the ha

extremely pleased that she is now getting this accolade this year ok thank you so much bill david leavitt down at the red carpet at the berlin allan thank you. the day is fairly done but don't forget the conversation as always continues online you can find us at com you can also follow us on facebook twitter instagram all the social media sites find again at sarah kelly and take so much for joining us here on the day to get a good one. quadriga international talk show before journalists discuss the topic of the week next week the delegation will host a conference on sexual abuse by clerics pope francis is trying to restore faith in his sacred institution can he do it join the as we discussed the catholic church's darkest secrets one point three. quadriga next on d w. crimes against humanity. civilians become witnesses. their recorded images travel around the globe via social media. digital investigators combed through the flood of images. online sources charge to reconstruct what happened and to substantiate claims. of crimes. in forty five minutes on t.w. photographic. crimes against hum

the berlin international film festival where as you can see my colleague charlotte pale and david leavitt's are on the red carpet guys what have you got. hey there yet another world premiere today could this be the winner of the festival's top prize bat and growing speculation about why a chinese film was pulled out of competition. all that more coming right up thanks guys. but first u.s. vice president mike pence today lashed out at some of america's closest traditional allies accusing european countries like france and germany to bust sanctions against iran in a speech to a middle east security conference in the polish capital warsaw mr pence called on europe to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal the talks in warsaw are led by the u.s. and israel who want to push a more aggressive stance on iran delegates from more than sixty countries including a number of arab nations are taking part but several countries including france and germany chose not to send high ranking delegations well let's listen in now to those comments from the u.s. vice president mike pence sadly. some are leaving your

of competition at the berlin international film festival and charlotte tells them hill and david leavitt's are down on the red carpet they got a sneak peek in fact of today's world premiere it's called so long song what do you guys think. hey sarah you know what i think we may have a winner here from director one show and you know if it doesn't happen i'm not only going to be surprised i'm going to be disappointed and i might be angry but what do you think should be there either we both really love this stuff i mean talk about saving the best for last we've seen sixteen all sixteen films in competition now and for me this was the one that really stood out this was the one that should go home with some prizes on saturday night with a top awards are had out if not the best film of director at least shorty for best actor for the lead actor in a film this one really blew me away and it ticks all the boxes it's emotional it's political this is a three hour long drama covering thirty years of recent chinese history and it does that through the story of one family through their tragic loss of the

to talk about the legendary a logger felt with me here in the studio is said david leavitt's from our culture desk david good to see you rumors of him not being well were swirling around for some time yet this test come as a shock it does come as a shock even though he was eighty five years old it comes as a shock because it's hard to imagine of colorado as a mere mortal and this man was a legend he was an icon. and not necessarily of this world he once said i'm very down to earth i'm paraphrasing is that i'm very down to earth but not this earth and i think that really is true now he was renowned for his work ethic a lot of very talented young designers who only barely could keep up with the collections that they had to do i run us through some of the things that he did you know something that's really amazing about karl lagerfeld is in terms of his fashion he was really a sad. made man yes he grew up in a wealthy family in germany but he basically followed his dream his own path to paris he without ever having gone to fashion school won an international prize for his designs and bec

and david leavitt's will join us from where it's all happening. the red carpet the legendary international film festival we'll be taking you to two world premieres two european dramas competing for the top prize bear. we begin the day with the world's richest man facing off against america's most notorious tabloid last month the national enquirer published a steamy messages between amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos and his lover the billionaire wants to know how the paper got its hands on those that text messages and now he's revealed what he says happened after that . prove a tabloid scandal or a politically motivated attack jeff bezos has accused the publisher linked to president donald trump of blackmail in a post published on the website media. last month after the amazon c.e.o. and his wife announced that divorce the national enquirer published intimate messages revealing an extramarital affair eager to know how the paper came to possess these messages has also hired private investigators he suspected it was driven by dirty politics his suspicions gre

screens over the next ten days and charlotte's tell some tell david leavitt's die. on the red carpet welcome both look at you looking so glamorous now you seem disappointed last night after the opening film the kindness of strangers how we think about today. movies you know what i did to really pan the movie yesterday i have to admit but it couldn't kill the red carpet mood here at the belly not all the stores all the glitz the glamour i will say that today we all saw we actually saw some movies that were good that we're pretty excited to tell you about right it really does feel today like the festival is well on the way we saw three films they there were three prime yes we had three and mazing right cop is behind us that say that it's truly kicks off now yeah with some media hard hitting topics well let's talk about some of today's we see hard hitting the films that will start with the french offering by the grace of god. yeah this is a really difficult film to watch folks that case it really does tackle very very difficult issue head on and that is the issue of th

film festival gets underway with a film premiere my colleagues charlotte shelves until the david leavitt's are at the bell and alla hi guys. hi lay on the red carpet on the evening day of fallon's night injury international film festival and we're going to give you a first look at today's world premiere the kindness of strangers by award winning director lone scherfig and of course we'll tell you about the hollywood star getting everyone here really excited. but you our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day going nowhere thanks to that brags blockade the british prime minister was in brussels today trying yet again to convince e.u. leaders to renegotiate their withdrawal agreement to start the u.k.'s departure from the european union now keep in mind breaks it will begin in less than fifty days and after two years of talks there is still no deal or next week theresa may will return to parliament and she's supposed to present a revised gregg's agreement as it stands tonight the only agreement that may's conservatives will say yes to is one

festival kicks off today and i'm now joined by my colleagues are charlotte sell some phil and david leavitt's down at the red carpet guys looking glamorous what is special about this year's berlin ali. well the films of course they are there are seventeen mean these competing this year for that really coveted golden bear and the ballon ana is known to attract the best of the movie was that we are really looking forward to those but of course there's one issue that i do really want to focus in on and that is the number of female directors who are competing in this year's ballot not the seven of the films the directed by women out of seven teen in competition and of the four hundred films that are being shown here in total one hundred ninety one of them are directed by women this is the last year under director due to cost like last year and i made me two he said he wanted to see fifty fifty and we're we're almost there we'll say way more than the venice film festival in the cannes film festival last year and of course the jerry as well the region and headed by none other than should yet be no

and david leavitt's at the london film festival all the read call for good fun. to something completely different the future of us is pristine it's free it is on shaky ground yet again australia's quantas airlines has cancelled an order for eight of the super jumbos the airlines are reportedly also plans to the same that the plane was was billed as a great way for caris of dramatically increased passenger numbers and into a class bus and or less half a billion dollars each few. it's the largest passenger plane in the world the a three eighty is the pride and joy of the european aircraft group air bus but as orders for the a three eighty kept plummeting the group was forced to reduce annual production from thirty to just eight aircraft this year and those eight have yet to be delivered quantas dropping the planes represents a four billion u.s. dollars loss for the european aircraft manufacturer and it's raised doubts about the future of the a three eighty itself the australian airline ordered the jets in two thousand and six but since then they've switched to ligh

seems to david leavitt's of the details of the latest contenders for the top. competition is at the international. peace for you a perm ears will bit me because. i'm so welcome to the program. but as well as opposition leader and self-proclaimed of president. has accused the government of nicolas maduro of failing to protect the fans well people's rights to life he told the d.w.p. it amounts to a silent genocide the country is suffering from shortages of medicine and basic supplies more than one hundred tons of u.s. aid is waiting in neighboring colombia the president ordered the military to block the supplies from entering the country describing the night as a trojan horse and part of a u.s. plot to overthrow his government was in fifty countries have not recognized his venezuela's interim president he's repeatedly called on the military to switch sides and did so again speaking to lose. a bit of we will always appeal to the conscience of the armed forces ask that they pick the constitutional side we have been very clear with the armed forces that they have to

the jury well but also strong gives a good talking to side for joining us national itself david leavitt's thank you. this is dave w. news lie from above and up next part of the fascist prime minister ashok assad it speaks exclusively to duck and she says that the people of bangladesh do have freedom of speech it move the country i'm sorry love world's press freedom index. also coming up in a very short clip i stay tuned for that don't forget you can also get all the latest news on a special on our web site that's don't call yourself good to go for. the odd. good. interview. exclusive she has seen a very reluctant prime minister. she talks to delimit her and she's. the first future. place time to take one step further and the same. time to smash the. clock for the troops. to overcome down dreams and the next play it's time for the double play coming up ahead of me minus folks. listen. to what's coming up on the go to sleep so much movement in the philippines get this info on the sentence itself here going to the list on second look at what all that means for the type of clicks going to sle

and david leavitt's are standing by with details on the latest contenders for the top prize the golden bear. the competition is heating up at the berlin international film just we've got sneak peek for you up to world premieres will they make the cut. i'm sumi so much going to it's good to have you with us venezuela's opposition is renewing its push to bring in humanitarian aid from neighboring countries in defiance of the government and the military now the country is facing dire shortages of medicine and basic supplies and more than one hundred tons of u.s. aid is still waiting in the colombian border city. but president nicolas maduro has ordered the military to block the supplies from entering venezuela he. says this aide is a trojan horse and part of a u.s. plot to overthrow his government now the opposition leader and self-proclaimed president of venezuela one by dole has repeatedly called on the military to switch sides and he did so again in a one on one interview with news though told our correspondent oscar shanker that model should start putting people's needs first he also

s i'm in a safe and david leavitt's are down at the red carpet in downtown and welcome both what's going on. thank you. hey feel we're outside the world premiere of i was at home but by german director i'm going to shine like she's part of what's called the berlin school of this group of filmmakers that emerged at the early ninety's right after the fall of the berlin wall and brought german center cinema to international acclaim now she's probably the most obscure most art house of them this was a hard film to watch for me if it had a plot and i don't know if i would describe it as such but it had a plot it comes out very small pieces we see a young boy come home after an unexplained absence he's covered in dirt we never find out what happened to him but it could be explained by the death of his father which we find out later in the story really a snapshot of a family who's going through a rough period there's moments of joy in bonding the mother with her children there's also some rough patches some outbreaks but really it's hard to follow i would say as a plot yeah that's because there

hour and our very own child a child some pill and david leavitt's at their bella nala red carpet where there is a lot of action going on in the and the backdrop catch up with you soon guys thank you for now. now a sadly british actor and five time oscar nominee albert finney has died at the age of eighty two his career spanned five decades but he was best known for his nine hundred sixty three starring role in the film tom jones in his later career he appeared in big budget action films including the james bond thriller skyfall. you're watching the news coming up next andy w. africa south africa's a serum opposed has just delivered one of the most important speeches of his presidency months ahead of a vital general election we take a look at the state of the rainbow nation. and as tens of thousands of nigerians flee an upsurge in brokaw rom violence we'll hear from the experts warning of a looming humanitarian crisis. these stories and more coming up which proceeds will go out in just a moment i will aarav that's all for me for now i'll see you at the top of the hour so get you can get

i let's cross over the pop some of plants now the hoss of the band and my clearly david leavitt's is the mixing with the styles but you were at the press conference david what can you tell us. well first of all robin let me just tell you that the jury is right behind me right now including the one and only as you get the notion and she is just as radiant in person as she is on the silver screen i know it's hard to believe now earlier at the press conference they were talking about this gender parity at the bally nala which is quite unique to this film festival you won't find it can you won't find it at venice of the four hundred films in total one hundred ninety one of them are directed by women and should be at the most is leading quite a jury this year she's got to sunda who know one of germany's top stars and so bust early oh who just won last year's oscar for best foreign feature they were talking a little bit about what they're looking for in this year's film and the belly not only you know it's a very political festival they were talking about the cruelty of global politics and

david leavitt's down at the red carpet thank you both so much . i winder now of our top story that we're following for you at this hour u.s. vice president mike pence has called on america's european allies to pull out of iran the nuclear deal he was a speaking at a conference where the u.s. and israel are pushing for a more aggressive stance on iran. coming up next bangladesh's prime minister sheikh has seen a picture exclusively today w. bush insists that the people of bangladesh do have freedom of speech in the country ranks very low on the world press freedom index. that's coming up right next here on t w don't forget you can always go to our website every dot com for all the latest news and information around the clock or follow us on twitter our handle there at of unit thanks for watching. interview exclusive she has seen a newly reelected prime minister of bangladesh she talks to deal with her and she's emails first future interviews going. to insurers journey across the english channel. you can see a fuss you can think you know like guy co

welcome to arts and culture i'm david leavitt's and you are here just in time to see hollywood roll out that famous red carpet for the most glamorous evening of the year yes we'll be talking about this weekend's oscars. also on the show acclaimed artist and set designer philip through the whole folk will be here to shed some light on his illuminated paintings. and where architecture meets fashion the bauhaus inspired clothing of the berlin brand of hamas. this sunday it's the ninety first academy awards and the pressure is not just on the nominees last year's oscar ceremony got the worst t.v. ratings in the prizes history and it's been drama ever since leaving this year's show without a host now the big hollywood studios are also on pins and needles because if the netflix film rohmer cleans up the prizes that could shake up the whole industry here's our look at this year's top contenders. on the red carpet is rolled out for the ninety first oscar award ceremony two films with ten nominations each face off against each other mexican director fonzo carbone is perhaps in pole position with

a low and a very warm welcome to arts and culture i'm david leavitt's coming up on this edition the history of the female body in advertising yes sex sells for curators of an exhibition here in berlin are asking should it. then. and we're off to italy where a delicious recipe will give you a taste of a bell is it the beautiful country. but first it's a very special year for the netherlands two thousand and nineteen is rembrandt's year marking the three hundred fiftieth anniversary of the greats dutch painters death and amsterdam's rights museum is pulling out all the stops for the artist whose prolific seventeenth century self portraits some say laid the groundwork for what we see today on social media. a selfie with rembrandt the old self portraits tourists are paying almost to an artist they see as something of a role model i've been to his house and to do. and i've seen that in.

good authority that you use and banga in chief and we have some evidence of this from archive david leavitt roving reporter vacuum of twenty six thing would you care to comment you know what i can barely remember that i think i had something to do with my brain being rattled around but what i do remember is the vacuum was actually pretty fun the concerts were fun people were surprisingly friendly and given what they looked like amazing how unfortunately the festival is completely sold out the totality of the you could perhaps read a book perhaps even a german book i believe this is much more your style. ok jean kennedy thanks so much you're very right. now if you don't know what book to read next if you're a bookworm like i am we at d.w. are here to help each week we bring you a different wonderful book translated from german to english now this week's book is about something someone who does something i personally can't stand he talks in the cinema but in this case it's ok because he's actually just doing his job. the film explainer by get whole film on is based on the true story of the au

and hit in the studio as my colleague david leavitt's who trained as a ballet dancer but full journalism got to him. what makes this man john norma so special well this guy is seventy nine and he is still making work that is ambitious and fresh and strong and athletic it's contemporary and classic all at the same time and by the way this guy's contract with the hamburg ballet won't end until he's eighty four years old so he's a pretty incredible person and i actually heard him speaking german he's actually in america he's american but he spent most of his life here in germany which is why he felt more comfortable during the interview in german wow i haven't got that far right now what do you think anyway. his production well i love it because i think this combination of opera and ballet is so fantastic usually people are fans of one or the other this way it's like there's something there for everyone everyone gets to go home happy right and kudos to the opera singers for being able to dance a little and of course thank goodness that the dancers don't even try to sing because you don't wa