to return to being the theater of confrontation between external nuclear powers it's going to marina strauss who's been following a president back or speech there in paris welcome marina so what does the president wants european countries to do. actually a president to tell you sir that the world us dramatically changed with the last couple of years and we're seeing a crisis of mozzie lateralus and for example the us withdrawing from the i enough treaty from the our new deal and he says he has actually criticized his european partners the law a lot he said you have all been witnessing these prices but you haven't done anything you haven't put any money on the table that has to change we have to work more closely together regarding defense and i hear you really urge a serious european partners you member states to do more when it comes to defense so where would that leave nato. it's actually not bad so mr mccraw didn't repeat his nato's brained quotation remember he said that a couple of months ago in an interview he actually today used transatlantic ties are still very important that the rel

truly believe that a lot stronger africa will be the stronger we will be to let's go over to marina strauss our correspondent in as our bar has been following the talks for us closely . how does fall the line envisage a stronger africa. oh she was an equal partnership what i look at 1st mention peace is sex is ringback just your office my father here 'd i want to share some of it i can to say so many things i was meant to avoid investment is just speculation but i think that's what you said and i just want your penis here i'm the guy for all of the fees to feel freshen things over the commissions and justice and you can find out about the kind that says she said she was trying to for example i'm guessing the news that they're interested in more should pray over as they investigate or do you have an excuse is that something that you think is the help after all i know the africans are also interested in a better deal the e.u. has a stranglehold on the continent when it comes to try to that belief common to multiple processes to this by the way it seems that you know aren't the african countri

truly believe that not stronger africa will be the stronger we will be to fill let's go over to marina strauss our correspondent in out of the above has been following the talks for us closely. how does find a line in visit just stronger africa oh he was an equal partner one. pieces that is. here 'd and i'm here right now with the very same any development no whore in sight i think that was that and that's what he did here on . part of that he is you know where she's saying oh i think this. and you can find out without the kind that sick she said she was trying to for example i'm up stephanie is that i'm interested in more to them forever and say it's just a dinner you know of and if you suggest something like that you think it will help out. i know the africans are also interested in a better deal to you as a stranglehold on the continent when it comes to trite that silly stuff as a multiple processes to the father why does it seem that you haven't the african countries right to peek under the surface as mentioned earlier on that i'm listing this because it seems as artistic parents care if y

marina strauss has been listening in to my concert beach for us joins us from paris time marina we heard it might have a cause saying that europeans cannot remain spectators in any new arms race what did you make of that website at another a criticism of nato it actually was not a criticism of nato and that and that sounds because he mentioned that the trance and. the relationship between the e.u. and france and the united states is still very important he also said that europe has to build more trust with russia because of security reasons but what you also mentioned here in this more than one hour long speech is that europe has to take more care of itself that something he said repeatedly has repeatedly said and he says that europe has to take more responsibility when it comes to defense we also heard that she is pushing for an international arms control agenda that europe should push for that to explain how that should be done. yes you did he did explain that he said that the world has changed dramatically in the last couple of years that's also something he always stresses the crisis

here together and will have to align measures to be more proactive need to be gone as well in marina strauss in brussels thank you very much. let me bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the world the u.n. has released a report that accuses more than 100 israeli businesses of being complicit in violating palestinian rights by operating in the occupied west bank palestinian officials have broken the report i mean by israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has called this a shameful attempts to blacken his country's name. german media reports a conservative politician free mess is starting to run for the leadership of america's christian democratic party he's one of his fiercest critics in 2018 he narrowly lost to cut and bauer who announced on monday she would step down as party leader. it was 75 years ago today in the final months of the 2nd world war that british and american aircraft began bombing the german city of dresden in the days that followed warplanes dropped fire bombs that killed thousands of people many of them women and children fleeing the soviet ar

let's get more on that story now our correspondent marina strauss has been following for us in paris hi maria we heard the french president saying that the europeans cannot remain spectators in any new arms race was that a criticism of nato actually mesereau president my craw actually said that trust on the ties remain very important for the european union so the relationship between nato and the european union france of course remains very important but what he said as well is that europe has to take bigger and a more important role when it comes to defense so we didn't really see a nato is a moment here. that's what mr mcconnell said in an interview or a couple of months ago that was really not the why of this more than one hour long speech but yeah he wants europe to get more active he also said that your should push an international arms control agenda did he explain what he foresees there. well macross said that we have seen a massive change a very. a lot of change in the world in politics in defense when it comes to defense we have seen that in the last couple of years and he a

here together and will have to align measures to be more proactive you do have a consulate in marina strauss in brussels thank you very much. they've been having up to date with some of the stories making news around the world the un has released a report that accuses more than 100 israeli businesses of being complicit in violating palestinian rights by operating in the occupied west bank palestinian officials have welcomed the report but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called it a sham for the attempt to blacken his country's name. the united nations security council has agreed on a plan to end the war in libya it's trying to bring an end to years of conflicts between rival governments following the ouster of dictator moammar gadhafi the plan calls for negotiations international monitors and a separation of forces. and german media reports a conservative politician friedrich math is planning to run for the leadership of christian democratic party he's one of chance the americas fiercest critics in 2018 he narrowly lost to integrate. who announced on monday she would step down