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 relationship with nato is still in pardon but he also like on the other hand he said no matter what because you rely on the us for ever we can maybe rely on nader forever be also have to strengthen our own. alliance within europe that's very important for him and it was also very clear today that france is ready to take the lead there i mean we have to remember that france is now the only remaining nuclear power in the european union since great britain decided to lease the e.u. . mccraw wants to spend $37000000000.00 euros on nuclear defense until 2025 and it's also clear that he will view status of by going to within the e.u. when it comes to budget talks and she will clearly make that we will come a clear that francis ready to take the lead there the president micro also had the united states in his sights when he talked about europe's need for digital sovereignty yet it

mccraw wants to spend $37000000000.00 euros on nuclear defense until 2025 and it's also clear that he will view status of going to within the e.u. when it comes to budget talks and he will clearly make that he will come a clear that's francis ready to take a look at their present macro also how the united states in his sights when he talked about europe's need for digital sovereignty yet it's actually not only like that conventional a new car ones that he once he wants europe to to work more in the us assess your passage to more an additional field he wants europe should become more independent from from china and from america and he really wants europe to do to do their own projects there and yes to become more independent. less dependent on other nations where it is trust in paris thank you. for a new exhibition here in germany called linda mccartney the sixty's were more than a cottage not easy access to the beatles a because she was mars one of the fab 4 but she was already photographing the rock sing along before she married the pole in 1989 now a retrospective off her work as a

is grossly over exaggerated french president emanuel mccraw insisted that europe must become more independent of the us. soon there will but if we have no freedom to act then we have no credibility in foreign policy and we can't be a junior partner to the united states of america. german foreign minister heiko tried to reconcile the 2 sides. we will have to do more for our security but i think it would be a mistake to pit europe against the us. we're in a security alliance together that works nato but it needs reform and we're discussing that now while westerners argued over whether their influence is on the decline russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov had a different concern. this is through before our eyes the system of agreements in the field of strategic stability and nonproliferation is being destroyed the threshold for using nuclear weapons is being lowered to regional crises are multiplying. outside the venue thousands of protesters where a study presents many of them environmental activists who said the conference downplays climate change as a security issue. back inside the big sp

secretary of state on peo and french president a minimal mccraw very different pitches of the western alliance also i'm sure. france announces the 1st death into europe from the coronavirus epidemic a chinese tourist dies in a french hospital as the global disk tulsa past and 1600. past powerful storm dennis batters britain with high winds and torrential rains it's the 2nd deadly storm in a week to hit the u.k. and officials are warning dangerous conditions could last until monday. a matter how it thanks for joining us on the 2nd day of the munich security conference world leaders have laid out opposing views on the health of the western alliance early on saturday u.s. secretary of state mark. rejected claims that his country is backing away from its role as a global leader. day 2 of the munich conference one of the main speakers u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh he began by contradicting a thesis put forward the day before by german president func father steinmeyer lee winning that the united states rejects the international community and quote. here this morning to tell you the

christian woman sentenced to death of blasphemy in pakistan has met with french president emmanuel mccraw after she was offered asylum in france bibi who has been living in canada since had quit a last year said she needed time to consider the french. muslims in india's capital new delhi health friday prayers and a heavy scrutiny security after a week of deadly violence the religious riots have claimed at least 38 lives clashes broke out early this week over a new citizenship law that is widely viewed as. the court of arbitration for sport has found chinese so much so and young guilty of a serious doping offense in that he destroyed his own blood samples and 2018 the reigning olympic champion will now be bad for 8 years for breaking anti-doping rules which will probably end the 28 year old's international career. soon young says he's innocent and the guilty verdict handed down by the court of arbitration for sport is unfair the chinese olympic swimming champion plans to appeal the decision to quote let more people know the truth the truth is youngest roid blood samples after testing autho

secretary of state like pump aoe and french president and that no mccraw type very different pitches of the west and a lot speak also on the show. france announces the 1st day in europe from the coronavirus epidemic china's tourist dies in a french hospital as the global dispels apostles' 1600 officials from china insist the outbreak will soon be out. and in football had to been put back in action in the bundesliga this time with a new coach alexander nuri stepping up to take the reins against had a born to go can klinsmann's shop to patch. a math anyhow and thanks for joining me on the 2nd day of the munich security conference world leaders have laid out opposing views on the health of the western alliance earlier today u.s. secretary of state mark pump a.o. rejected claims that he's country is backing away from its role as a global leader. day 2 of the munich conference one of the main speakers u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh he began by contradicting a thesis put forward the day before by german president func father steinmeyer winning that the united states rejects the int

take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world french president emanuel mccraw he's calling for a more coordinated european defense strategy in a wide ranging speech he said he's country's nuclear strategy front should be in a position of leadership and opposed to bret's its european defense system britain's exit from the e.u. leaves from sas the blocks over the nuclear. australia's east coast has welcomed its heaviest rainfall for nearly 20 years the downpour has helped put out some of the country's devastating bushfires and of course relief for farmers battling a prolonged drought but the rain has also caused flooding and the risk of landslides the death toll from the corona virus outbreaks now more than $600.00 so far nearly all of the deaths have occurred in one month china despite their raw viruses rapid spread many experts are calling for calm that warning that while the outbreak is worrying the global danger from flu is just a serious influenza viruses can cause some symptoms similar to the novel coronavirus including sudden onset of fever and coughing as

the french president has vowed to battle what he calls islamic separatism and france manual mccraw made the claims while campaigning ahead of next month's local elections are to charlatans he reports from paris it was a long awaited speech from president outlining how his presidency will rally against a political islam. we can advance in a credible way to fight against a political ideology this islam is separatism which is incompatible with freedom and equality incompatible with the indivisibility of the republic and the necessary unity of the nation. 1st in the firing line is foreign interference not gone has vowed to end a program that allows countries such as old jewry and turkey to send moms and teachers here to provide services without supervision this scheme in place since the 1970 s. allows those foreigners to provide language and cultural lessons to help children maintain a link with their country of origin around some 80000 children attend these classes every year. i'm not comfortable with the idea of having women in many schools of the republic who can teach without the educat

scandal but lensky was arrested for posting explicit video and messages that brought down president mccraw preferred pick to be the mayor of paris reporting from there charlotte do bensky. your 3rd pub lenski is a political refugee here in france but it seems even he is too hot to handle with these latest allegations even members of my own party and are calling for him to be sent back to russia if you get this guy out he's a political refugee he behaves like the 1st thing to do would be to put him on a plane streets of russia and he will see with mr putin if you can do this kind of crap this comes after the latest scandal involving pawlenty ski this follows the dissemination of videos and photos on the internet last week of benjamin cleaver a key ally of the president back on his former spokesperson now linsky and his partner were taken by the police and they were questioned in regards to those videos questioned into invasion of privacy and broadcasting videos of a sexual nature without the permission of the person who is in those videos the interior minister here in france has said he sho

president mccraw involves to battle islamic separatism in france as he bids to win both in next month's q local elections. and the suspected shooter believed to be behind the killing 9 people in western germany is found dead at his home authorities have launched a huge manhunt for 2 to drive by shootings and cars in the town of you know. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour russia and the u.s. have traded violent accusations at the u.n. security council as turkey with western backing warns it's a matter of time before it intervenes militarily in syria's. it's like the end of the world breaking point babies freezing to death amid it live push these people are begging the world to listen to their plight and so i ask how much longer will we tolerate these headlines that will live there that were called the united nations security council meetings cold that often when militants were marching towards damascus with the full backing of some western states playing the card of suffering civilians and a longstanding truce ever

well let me ask you now about russia another issue that divides member states president mccraw of frogs thinks. that russia is a viable security partner for the e.u. do you well with russia year we have a principle to follow but to guide our relationship we have to continue saying that we support ukrainian integrity and the best way of containing the russian influence on the eastern part of europe is to support ukraine economic and democratic development the sanctions are there they will not be lifted or knows that his son change of direction attitude but on the other hand we have to engage selectively with russia you have because we share common concerns commenee issues can we talk about the arctic policy without engaging with russia of course not can we can we discuss the. energy autonomy or security without talking with our a big provider of gas there's so many issues in which we have to talk with russia to engage and to reach an agreement that we have to have a 2 sided policy libya. brand new u.n. security council is in place calling for a ceasefire you said back in january when the

and of potentially crucial local elections in france next month president mccraw has a mutiny on his hands and as m.p.'s from his own party abandoned ship the french leader is also seeing his public popularity new lows reporting back from paris. in 2017 emmanuel mark calls you into power in france promising a new kind of politics with breakneck speed he set up a new party in power to a political new piece he went on to secure a majority in the national assembly but less than 3 years later the wheels already coming off the bus of important elections he's facing problems on several fronts firstly his government and many of its policies have proven them popular take pension reform which has sparked huge protests across the country. those changes haven't only every day citizens even his own m.p.'s have questioned the plan. the desire for reform and the speed imposed have taken precedence over the government's ability to listen and consult with the fringe she's since left isn't the only one to have done so the only move party has suffered several high profile resignations and defections m

remain spectators in any new arms race was that a criticism of nato he actually mesereau president mccraw actually said that trust on the ties remain very important for the european union so the relationship between nato and the european union and france of course remains very important but what he said as well is that europe has to take a bigger and a more important role when it comes to defense so we didn't really see nato as 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 yes he wants europe to get more active. he also said that europe 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 also says that there's a crisis of multilateralism that's not the 1st time he says that he has repeatedly said that but in this in this speech here at the economy. the fre

mccraw he witnessed in 1903 shankill road bombing which claimed 10 lives. it was one of the most devastating attacks perpetrated by the iranian the years of the northern ireland conflict. 25 years on the memory is still in people's remained the heart is still there and the loss of people who have lost loved ones is filled our. former member of the ira alex maskey is an honorary speaker at this memorial event for fallen irate fighters . he has turned his back on the ira a politician who belongs to shin fein a party dedicated to the reunification of violent he supports peace building work and flatow rejects the prospect of an irish border as a result of bragg's it. will see as an attack on the priest process we certainly see it as the prospect of undermining the peace process and it has made the presence of trying to reestablish our institutions here all the more difficult so people here of are angry about drugs that i'm able not to brag that sitting on a. hard border is a red flag for many here. for a great needs to be our little respect that that takes away

world leaders that they cannot remain spectators in a new nuclear arms race in a wide ranging speech mccraw spoke of a new geo political landscape in which the e.u. must rely less on britain and nuclear power in a post for exit world instead he called for the e.u. to develop closer ties with ukraine and appointing to russia's growing influence my call said that france and germany in alliance with ukraine were now were sponsible for europe's future let's listen to some of what michael had to say. most. europeans must now collectively realize that in the absence of a legal framework. we could find ourselves exposed to a new conventional nucular arms race well on our own soil. we cannot confine ourselves to the role of spectators. it's unacceptable for europe to return to being the theater of confrontation between external nuclear powers. 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

video online but in those decision to drop out of the race represents a major blow them to emanuel mccraw whose party is suffering a crisis of confidence going to next month's local elections as we've been reporting let's go live to perish because across as we focus from all the development charlotte what's happening here. well this is following the dissemination of these videos and these photos which are are fairly. benjamin cleaver hasn't said that these are authentic but it is being portrayed in the media here in france that several of his aides say that he recognized the videos as being take and that's why he withdrew his candidature from the paris may all race so quickly let's have a listen to what he said. when i announced my candidacy for mayor of paris i knew how harsh political life was for every year my family and i had been subjected to defamatory statements lies anonymous attacks the release of private conversations and death threats yesterday we reached a new level when an internet site relayed despicable attacks calling my private life into question. well the reaction from t

manu mccraw political woes grow worse as a key ally of the french president now drops out of the paris merril breaks only the leak of a sex tape. and a last minute legal intervention could eventually see a killer and a rapist released back onto the streets of britain as 25 violent criminals have the deportations to jamaica block. it is not my responsibility to pay for it for a national to commit crime in my country many of these people they commit just.

president emanuel mccraw on pause for an end to so-called islamic separatism and some friends 13th ahead of next month's local elections. u.s. house of representatives speaker nancy pelosi boards europe and the security risk of working with huawei but fails to mention her own purported role in the last u.s. to valence a call to go to new leaders will ask people who.