furthermore mike pompei was timing seems to be a little bit off the travel ban has just been expanded to include several african countries so you're not welcome in america but me sure to give u.s. officials a hearty welcome not the most winning message. the government expresses its dismay at this unfriendly acts which runs counter to the administration's pronounced policy of constructive engagement to address past wrongs with west africa struggling to protect itself from terrorist groups the usa may have sealed its alliance with military aid however that military aid is being scaled back the usa is also reducing other support in the region. we have spoken with the us about the need for that presence in the area we hope that the americans will continue to help us in security training and intelligence. also do you remember a certain leader who referred to african countries with some rather profane words well there's still no apology on that there are 54 countries that make up the continent of africa 54 places president from considers to be countries as opposed to describe some immigrant

secretary of state mike pompei 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 fine father steinmeyer what really winning that the united states rejects the international community and quote . here this morning to tell you the facts i'm happy to report that the death of the transatlantic alliance is grossly over exaggerated that may be but the morning's other main speaker was not so sure french president emmanuel mccaw said europe must become more independent of the us soon they don't 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 mccourt i'm prone peo also disagreed over one of the main themes of this year's conference but the west is losing global influence. when i look at the world as it's being shaped and that's the theme of your conference this year there is indeed a weakening of

mike pompei 0 is on a goodwill tour of the african continent trying to convince nations that they have no better friend than the good old us of a. that is their business to the bikers going to the missions going to delete posts with your guess. is that their business is sure to the whole sure as well during our meeting i congratulated both the president and the foreign minister on the newly discovered energy reserves off the coast american firms like cosmos energy hell burton baker hughes are all helping to develop these resources so that they benefit the senate good senegalese people not foreign actors now my pompei o has been the us secretary of state for some time however his interest in africa seems to be quite new but perhaps that's because his trip to africa isn't really about africa it's about competing with china it's tempting to accept easy money from places like china. but what good is it if it feeds corruption and undermines your rule of law but that ship has sailed china is already very well in bedded in africa it's the continent's largest trading partner not to mention the

but that's one side of the debate from the french president there while mike pompei of the u.s. secretary of state well emphatically rejected claims that the relationship between western nations and the world needs to evolve. i'm happy to report that the death of the transatlantic alliance is grossly over exaggerated. the west is winning we are collectively winning the west is winning freedom and democracy are winning or winning the west will win let's keep out let's keep winning for secretary pompei oh the world's woes can be blamed on the usual subs suspects russia iran and china. by the way another chinese state backed tech companies are trojan horses. for chinese intelligence. russia's different disinformation campaigns try to turn our citizens against one another. iranian cyber attacks plague middle east computer networks while the talks so far here in munich 2020 has been. developing and of valving their relationship with the rest of the world the united states it's interesting to point out their 2 main representatives that have spoken so far might pompei or the secretary

call a very good phone call i know bad phone calls it's a phone call where many people i think mike pompei a was probably on the call was mike mike pompei always on the call of many people who are on the call i know that many people they even have a printout bringing up an old favorite word of mine the apprentice day have a print they have people on these calls and i know there are many when i speak to the head of a nation and they have many people i mean there are some that you think they're just in the case of ukraine he's a new president seems like a very nice person by the way his whole thing was corruption he's going to stop corruption we even have a treaty 200-1999 it's a treaty signed treaty that we will work together to root out corruption in ukraine i probably have a legal obligation mr attorney to report corruption but they don't think it's corrupt when a son that made no money that got thrown out of the military that had no money at all is working for $3000000.00 up front $83000.00 a month and that's only ukraine then goes to china picks up one and a half $1000000000.00. i think

secretary of state mike pompei o n france's president mccrone reporting from the bavarian capital our europe correspondent peter all over the. security conference started on friday with german leaders the german president franco style and my on foreign minister heiko mass saying that the role of western nations on the world stage has changed and at this is being brought about by the united states buttoning its obligations. the international stage show on saturday the french president emmanuel mccall addressing the conference said that europe needs more defense or ptolemy so that it's able to act independently from the united states in a more europe will move to put that we can see that there is a certain weakening of the west that's has been observed that 15 years ago we thought of ronnie's would be universal values that would always ruled world i think we're facing the truth that we have a lot in common with the united states freedom and so on and so this is why we fight to give the numerous was but is not quite what america wants we need to develop our own strategy putting forward t

policy in africa secretary of state mike pompei and makes his 1st visit to the continent plus find out how some weird and wonderful designs in philadelphia a problem people to imagine a very different reality in the future and that stands. welcome back it's time to take a look at the weather across the americas this time now in north america who have got an area of low pressure developing across parts of the upper midwest sunny standing towards the great lakes we've got snow on its northern side there so temperatures hovering just one degrees from minneapolis further south is largely rain and that system is expected to move it northward and eastwards into the ohio valley cheering the course of choose day for the north course eastern parts of color some heavy snowfall is likely for a time out across western parts of the u.s. it's looking generally find some francisco there a bright day and highs of 18 degrees heading down into the caribbean is a largely fine picture we've got one or 2 showers for particularly the dominican republic and also down through parts of costa rica and panama bu

secretary of state mike pompei of the u.s. secretary of defense mark esper and the afghan president got only met and agreed on what's being called a one week long reduction of violence agreement now as you know the u.s. and the taliban have been carrying on negotiations for some time with the aim of eventually getting a framework it daring in which the u.s. can begin to withdraw its forces but the afghan government hasn't been party to those negotiations it had said that its precondition for an all afghan agreement that could set the stage for a peace process and then for eventual u.s. withdrawal is exactly this this reduction of violence where the taliban will commit to showing for one week 7 days that it is able to reduce violence across the board apparently specifying roadside bombs direct attacks attacks by its proxies that it will commit to that and thereby. essentially create a precondition under which the afghan agreement might be willing to sit down with the taliban so certainly that is movement and that happened right

troops within 14 months if the taliban sticks to its parts of the deal the us secretary of state's mike pompei you flew in for the signing he says the agreement is a crucial 1st step towards peace this agreement will mean nothing and today's good feelings will not last if we don't take concrete actions our commitments and promises that have been made when it comes down to it the future of afghanistan is for afghans to determine. the us taliban deal creates the conditions for afghans to do just that. here's our take here's our take on what steps by the taliban will make this agreement a success. first keep your promises to cut ties with al qaeda and other terrorists . keep up the fight to defeat isis well the taliban's chief negotiator said the agreements marks a new chapter in afghanistan's history. we are committed to this agreement to enforce a also we want as a political force to maintain with our neighbors positive relationships with all the afghan nation has been suffering for the past 4 decades we have suffered tremendously and i hope that with the withdrawal of all foreign forces from a

secretary of state mike pompei o n french president emmanuel paint a very different pictures of the western life so we have the latest. tranche announces the 1st death from the coronavirus a chinese tourist dies in a french hospital as the global death toll surpasses 1600. and in football her to berlin were back in action in the bundesliga this time with a new coach alexander neary stepping up to take the reins against born after you're getting plainsman shock departure. a michael glad to have you with us world leaders and policy makers are wrapping up the 3rd and final day of the munich security conference the crisis in syria and support for nato are major topics but the conference has also seen leaders give opposing views on the strength of the western alliance. president emmanuel mccall has said europe should increase its independence after calling for his to teacher dialogue over the role of france's nuclear weapons in european defense e.w. spoke with the german foreign minister heikal masamune he said maccollins comments could prompt europe to take a more critical look at its own role

secretary of state mike pompei was held talks with the president of belarus alexander lukashenko in minsk washington is seeking to increase its influence in the former soviet republic at a time when relations between belarus and russia are strained pump a it was the most senior u.s. official to visit the country in more than 2 decades. the messaging service whatsapp has stopped working and millions of smartphones worldwide phones with older operating systems are no longer supported as of february 1st the facebook own company says it's necessary for ensuring data security a system update is required for affected users. president donald trump's peace plan for israel and the palestinians has started meeting resistance in cairo on saturday the arab league rejected the proposal saying it as too favorable for israel meanwhile palestinian president mahmoud abbas has cut all ties with israel and the u.s. including security relations many palestinians had already been protesting across the occupied territories the plan for seize a small demilitarized palestinian state in exchange for israel holdin

secretary of state mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of defense mark s. work and the afghan president bashar conny that there will be an agreement on so-called reduction of violence between the u.s. and the taliban now this agreement which is going to essentially require the taliban to prove that they can reduce violence across the spectrum from roadside bombs to other forms of attack over a 7 day period this egremont has been a precondition for the afghan government to agree to all afghan negotiations about a peace proposal now as you know the u.s. and the taliban have been negotiating for a while but the afghan government hasn't been involved in those talks and it said it 1st wants to see proof that the taliban can deliver on this weeklong reduction of violence explicitly not being called a cease fire that would be essential and a step now if this does in fact take effect and the taliban proves it can do it would. the a prelude to those all afghan talks and that in turn would be a prelude to the u.s. withdrawal of forces something that u.s. president do

secretary of state mike pompei oh and french president emanuel called very different pictures of the western alliance we have the latest. france announces the 1st death in europe from the coronavirus the chinese tourist dies in a french hospital as the global death toll surpasses 1600. and in football we're back in action in the bundesliga this time with a new coach alexander noor is stepping up to take the reins against tata born after your conclusions men's shock departure. i'm michael ok thanks for joining me. in germany world leaders are wrapping up the 3rd and final day of the munich security conference support for nato and strategies for international conflict zones are major topics but the conference has also seen leaders present opposing views on the cohesiveness of the western alliance. from the opening moments of this year's conference the tensions between europe and the u.s. were front and center. saying stuff abandoned to our closest ally the united states of america under the current administration rejects the idea of an international community and ops. great again great

secretary of state mike pompei oh and french president emanuel my point paint a very different pictures of the western alliance we have the latest. french announces the 1st death in europe from the corona virus from a chinese tourist dies in a french hospital as the global death toll surpasses 1600. and in football thirds of berlin were back in action in the get this time with a new coach alexander nuri stepping up to take the reins against power born after your conclusions months departure. a michael thanks for joining me world leaders and policy makers are wrapping up the 3rd and final day of the munich security conference the crisis in syria and support for nato are major topics but the conference has also seen leaders give opposing views on the cohesiveness of the western alliance french president has said europe should increase its independence after calling for a strategic dialogue over the role of france's nuclear weapons and european defense . he spoke with the german foreign minister heikal mohsin munich he said much comments could prompt europe to take a more critical look at

us secretary of state mike pompei oh. i'm happy to report that the death of the transatlantic alliance is grossly over exaggerated. the west is winning we are collectively winning we're doing it together. so let's contrast that with what happened later in the day french president emmanuel back all saying the west is weakening and europe needs to stand on its own 2 feet. can you tell us what you know i have in mind is a leader that is suffering united under the take and acts such and in 10 years time i'd like to see europe that has enough leverage to act for and when it comes to policy is to technology migration in the defense feet in the world also in terms of climate protection environmental protection and a europe which has. relations with its neighbors russia and africa the middle east is an apology tour of years or having a little problem the same machine but. what does it not call mean by what he just said there. well as i mentioned to nick this of course is a role reversal the europeans have been trying to keep the

secretary of state mike pompei a won't say if the us administration will work with lebanon's new government instead he reiterated what the united nations has repeatedly said that any any assistance will depend on reforms like fighting corruption and tax evasion and supporting an independent judiciary lebanese politicians have the power for decades have repeatedly piss bownde implemented reforms that would weaken their hold on power but they are under increasing pressure the economy is collapsing lebanon is close to bankruptcy and iran's influence in the government threatens international isolation. beirut at least $24.00 people have been killed after unidentified gunmen attacked a church in northern kenya faso the attack took place on sunday during a weekend service in the village of it's the 3rd religious attack in the area in the past week. hundreds of flood warnings remain in place across the u.k. after some areas recorded the highest water levels in 40 years 2 storms have battered person in recent days 4 people have died in a week of surging waves and wind challenge snapped reports. han

there's always a stop and start scenario sobber to these events and of course we were waiting for mike pompei to arrive just talk us through what we know is going to happen. while in the last few minutes we've seen the pakistani foreign minister being followed by the turkish foreign minister and u.s. secretary of state on bail and in the hall where this ceremony will take place the afghan taliban delegation had arrived earlier and now it looks like they're just going through the formalities before they are going to do the actual signing as you said this is to been 10 years in the making after the 1st contact between. the u.s. government in 10 since 2013 a taliban political office here has been set up here in the city we're just going to stop you there while we listen in to the foreign minister of qatar mohamed bin up there a man let's listen in to what he has to he is the host of this signing ceremony of the coming generations in this novel country. this is the fact that it has taken the initiative of hosting the afghanistan day our conference last year. which lay the 1st cornerstone of a lar

secretary of state mike pompei i said the west is winning together the french president and then when the crunch of the west's influence that.

want to recreate the holocaust oh except at least 2 people in front of ministration mike pence and mike pompei you know who are even jealous called who actually believe all the jews have to be in israel so that the end times can begin in which the jews will be cooked up real nice. they believe all the jews will burn into hell that sounds a lot like you are trying to recreate history darkest hour if not recreated then at least look for inspiration. but trump also felt bad for the poor palestinians i was said by the fate of the palestinian people they deserve a far better life they deserve the chance to achieve their extraordinary potential palestinians have been trapped in a cycle of terrorism poverty and violence terrorism poverty and violence perpetrated by israel israel has restricted thanks ruthlessly everything about the palestinian life they won't let most material then only although they only allow them about 4 hours of electricity a day well then most of them leave for better medical care and the american government could put a stop to all of that if they wanted to trump saying he's sad

used the word to describe the countries now behind all the lights cameras handshakes and photo ops mike pompei oh really wants africans to believe that america is their best friend especially if they're trying to get close to china but i think. clearly quite concerned just like the united states are concerned that the chinese have taken a massive lead across the african continent for now as far as i know the chinese have already got hold in africa i think of mistrust the chinese worked with the chinese if you read the chinese and told access these access levels it was not because i because we're fearful of the chinese or of the dross that it's because of because believe that they wanted to choose their own destiny and chose a park which was not the united states for once the u.s. was the you. is trying to counter that for the u.s. to want to compete with that right now i'm afraid they're 10 years too late. the death toll from the corona virus has now reached more than $1700.00 people including 3 victims outside of chain china but beijing has condemned the rise of conspiracy theories over the o

well representing the united states has interests with secretary of state mike pompei oh he rejected out of hand claims that its western nations role on the international stage needs to evolve i'm happy to report that the death of the transatlantic alliance is grossly over exaggerated. the west is winning we are collectively winning the west is winning freedom and democracy winning winning the west will keep out. sexual state my pompei o and secretary of defense mark asked but i think quite a bit of china bashing while they were at the podium here in munich they were made to follow it to that same podium by the chinese minister of foreign affairs or ye he described those claims by the united states is well lies and not backed up by any facts hard to see those 2 delegations sitting down for dinner tonight in munich but the still a lot to come here at the munich security conference and continue into sunday we're expecting libya to fall into focus on the ongoing crisis in that country course all the news that comes from that i'll be bringing you here on r.t. the french president also of

state secretary mike pompei repeated washington's opposition the issue has sparked a massive rift between the u.s. and u.k. the u.s. vice president even hinting that it will put the trade talks at risk mike pence insists that he is worried about the security implications for britain from using while ways equipment. we are profoundly disappointed we just don't believe that that utilizing the assets the technology of while away is consistent with the security or privacy interests of the u.k. of the united states he spoke to former british m.p. george galloway the on the u.s. u.k. split over while way under their issues as the country develops new foreign policy ties after quitting the european union. we're always looking over our shoulder of the united states that's the nature of the special relationship but it doesn't require us to be slavish in the special relationship and to be fair to boris johnson not a phrase i often use he did stand up against from those bullying and bluster all over the why we have why we will be involved in a g. network not truly. comprehensively in a significant w

develop our own strategy putting forward the united states as points of view as secretary of state mike pompei o p rejected the idea that the rests relationship with the wider world needs to evolve happy to report that the death of the transatlantic alliance is grossly over exaggerated. the west is winning we are collectively winning the west is winning freedom and democracy are winning or winning the west will win let's keep at it let's keep winning according to secretary problem peo the woes of the world can be blamed on the usual suspects russia iran and china away another chinese state backed tech companies are trojan horses for chinese intelligence. rushes to fit this information to pace try to turn our citizens against one another. iranian cyberattacks plague middle east computer networks secretary of state pompei o. island the secretary of defense u.s. 60 defense that is mark s. but i think in quite a bit of china bashing during their time at the podium here at the munich. security conference they were followed to that podium by the chinese minister for foreign affairs huang he describe

also secretary of state mike pompei o asks do you think americans care ukraine. talking some real news i'm joined by my guest. is a political analyst an editor it interests me internet media project and in london we cross to marcus papadopoulos he's the editor of politics 1st magazine cross-talk rules in effect that he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to my.

want to recreate the holocaust oh except at least 2 people in front of ministration mike pence and mike pompei you know who are even jealous called who actually believe all the jews have to be in israel so that the end times can begin in which the jews will be cooked up real nice. they believe all the jews will burn into hell that sounds a lot like you are trying to recreate history darkest hour if not recreated then at least look to for inspiration. but trump also felt bad for the poor palestinians i was saddened by the fate of the palestinian people they deserve a far better.