news to live from berlin harsh words from germany's president for the world's power frank falter steinmeyer accuses the u.s. russia and china of stoking the global mistrust and putting narrow national interests over international cooperation. and don't trump's long promised wall is taking shape along the us mexico border nearly 200 kilometers have gone up so far opponents say the burial will cost the reversible cultural and ecological ecological damage. a michael thanks for joining me a laundry list of conflicts and uncertainty over the west's role in the world are dominating the munich security conference some 3 dozen heads of state along with top ministers and security experts have gathered in southern germany the west's dwindling influence on global security has even spawned a new term west listener. the who's who of international politics. with plenty to discuss. the german president frank steinmeyer spent much of his keynote speech deploring the decline of internationalism and of european unity he had harsh words for russia china and the us. under the been that our closest ally the uni

steinmeyer on its counterpart who kenyatta paid a visit to the institute of science and technology work kenyatta was eager to show his country's enthusiasm for vocational education starring mara praised his own country's dorji cation system that combines theoretical training with practical training at companies. he also made it clear that africa's continued economic development is in europe's own interest. steinmeyer says germany's full development hopefully if again you're encompasses about half a 1000000000 euros let's talk about that with said on a call who's in nairobi. first of all why is germany so keen on pumping all that money into nigeria into kenya rather. well kenya is basically basically germany's biggest trading partner east africa and it is the biggest economy in the region so what basically became clear over the last few days is that germany seems to see kenya as a stabilizing force in the region so for one thing they are there fighting terrorism for example in somalia and in kenya as well and they're also like germany a refugee hosting nation so investing in kenyans and

commemorations going on in the city of dresden you just heard the german president francois to steinmeyer addressing specially invited guests from britain's prince edward has joined the guests. as you see the president is being given a standing ovation as he comes down and shakes hands with some of the special by trees. 75 years ago on this day that fire bombing of the city of dresden started for 3 relentless days. thousands of people lost their lives and since then there's always been a historically debate whether that attack was justified. with me on the studio i have john beric the analyst and joining me now from dresden is our correspondent kate beatty let me start with you john it was a wide ranging speech the president touched on many aspects historical as well as contemporary but what 1st of 4 do you make of the tone of what he said. when i would pick others in particular 2 points in the speech which receive particular poor applause also from the audience. the 1st one was when he talked about the events of dresden these appalling events of the destruction just being instrumental is

live from for the cost words from germany's president for the world's superpower frank felt the steinmeyer accuses the u.s. russia and china of stoking global mistrust and putting narrow national interests over international cooperation also coming up the u.n. warns of a humanitarian crisis as the fighting in northern syria intensifies take a look at families torn apart by the conflict. going to die and the plane is up on the on the it's very close we hear from one syrian refugee in germany to his family to safety. and english giants matches the city of fine 30000000 euros and banned from europe's champions league the 2 seasons city were found guilty of breaching spending. math and how to welcome to the program a laundry list of conflicts and uncertainty of the west's role in the world dominating the munich security conference some of 3 dozen heads of state diplomats and security experts have gathered in southern germany the west wind link influence on global security is even spawned a new turn. oh who's who of international politics. with plenty to discuss. the german president frank stei

the german president from fall to steinmeyer has urged germans to defend democracy in a speech during events commemorating the 75th anniversary of the destruction of dresden in world war 2 the allied bombing campaign killed some 25000 people and left the city in ruins. the british prime minister boris johnson has fired several ministers in a major cabinet reshuffle and in a surprise move the finance minister. has quit reports indicate he refused an order from johnson to fire his top advisers. this is due to the news from berlin don't forget there's more at our twitter feed or our website t w dot com and you can always get to views on the go download our on from google play or from the app store that gives you access to the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for breaking news and if you're part of a news story you can use that app to send us photos and videos. off next we have our business news with stephen beardsley i'm brian thomas will be back at the top of the hour thanks so much for joining us. good on the good. boy. to the point of strong opinions cle

that's right he just arrived there steinmeyer and to some of the people have been yelling at him in the crowd what are you going to do about right wing extremism in germany and so i mean the emotions are very high here some people are very very upset just about an hour ago another man had iterate again some of the journalists here yelling at them saying that they are partly to blame for all of this perhaps referring to the fact that some of the more right wing oriented parties get a fair bit of coverage in the media all right and as you're reporting we're getting the latest pictures of president steinmeier who is about to leave flowers near the crime scene so get the reception hasn't been all that welcoming. yeah that's right i mean he just got a little bit of sporadic applause just now but very little again many people here just don't think that germany the german government rather is doing enough or doing the right steps let's say to rein in this this this this sort of tide of right wing extremism seen a full. time migrants and to immigrants sentiments that it does occur from time to

the symbol of the tryst and bombings they formed a human chain chairman president frank vowed to steinmeyer joined in this show of unity the message to the thousands of people gathered in the city's main square never forget. when we join hands with our neighbors then we confess. we want to take responsibility together for peace among people at home and throughout the world. over a period of 3 days british and u.s. planes dropped nearly 4000 tons of explosives on interest in the attacks killed some 25000 people and totally wiped out the city's historic center what happened in dressed and has been seized on by the far right to portray germany as a victim as an earlier ceremony steinmeyer said crime shouldn't be compared there's a very hard. to say clearly today anyone who still cults the dead of dresden against the dead of auschwitz anyone who tries to downplay german wrongs anyone who tries to falsify historical facts we must stand up to them as democrats and contradict them loudly. out she'd be just question management thanks john meyer went on to warn of threats against democracy. the far

china and russia as he opens the munich security conference on faulty steinmeyer accuses them of stoking global mistrust and putting national interests over international cooperation also coming up delegates at the conference will focus on the international community's failures in syria you don't you look at families torn apart by the conflict. we're going to die and the planes are bombing us the army is very close as the syrian government offensive against it live province intensifies we talk with a syrian refugee in germany desperate to get his family out of harm's way. and in soccer you wait for banns manchester city from champions league competition for the next 2 seasons for breaching its spending rules will get reactions and look at what's next for the english club. i'm called aspen thanks for joining me a laundry list of conflicts and uncertainty over the west's role in the world are the top issues at the munich security conference which kicked off this afternoon nearly 3 dozen heads of state diplomats and top security experts are coming together for the annual gathering in southe

the president forgot to steinmeyer stunned sad and angry i wonder is the political establishment. in the face of these acts but they certainly look pretty helpless here tonight you also call this a brutal act of terrorist violence and you also put it into a series of individual incidents we've seen here is the killing of by to a regional politician who was pro migration last summer then there was this attack in the eastern town of holland on a synagogue in october where 2 bystanders died because the attacker was not able to get into the church and we heard today the head of investigators association here in germany draw parallels to the christ church attack even he called on everybody there to actually rise to the responsibility that comes from this to stand together in solidarity and to also step in in daily life whenever an individual or minority whenever their dignity is being challenged by somebody else so he's really calling on society to really pull together and oppose this not just here with this extreme terrorist incident that happened tonight but also to take this into da

lout went and she'd be just like management 3 steinmeyer went on to warn of threats against democracy the far right alternative to germany the 3rd biggest party in germany's parliament plans to hold its own event in dresden. we are also experiencing in our country how anti semitism and racism are beginning to poison public life again how states governed by the rule of law and democratic institutions are being scorned if elected members of parliament and mocked and ridiculed in the parliaments in which they said this is an attempt to destroy democracy from within. dimock o.t. for. thank you. kristen the physical scars have long since healed the psychological ones are taking longer. and take a look at today's events and indeed the events that come right with correspondent to live any of on how much time he was interested in and attended today's ceremony and. hoffman is here with me welcome both let's start. with you leo do you hear a bell tolling talk us through today's events. exactly i'm standing in front of the lady the historic own could which was completely destroys during the bomb

steinmeyer reportedly struggled with writing this speech how to balance remembering those killed by the allies while at the same time acknowledging nazi atrocities. and if you see when we think back to the history of the bombing was in our country we remember 2 things we remember the suffering of the people in german cities and also the suffering germans inflicted on others. over a period of 3 days british and u.s. planes dropped nearly 4000 tons of explosives on kristen the attacks killed some 25000 people and totally wiped out the city's historic center what happened in dressed in has been seized on by the far right to portray germany as a victim. said crimes shouldn't be measured against each other there's a very hard it can be i wish to say clearly today anyone who still cults the dead of dresden against the dead of auschwitz anyone who tries to downplay german wrongs anyone who tries to falsify historical facts we must stand up to them as democrats and contradict them loudly. out went and she'd be just like man a diamond. i try my own when storms are born of threats against democra

in the 2nd world war joining in a human chain today german president trying to alter steinmeyer lead the tributes the honors the 10s of thousands who were killed but he also urged germans today to stand up against far right extremism also coming up tonight china's deadliest day yet in the corona virus outbreak a surge in deaths and infections due to new reporting methods that's what china claims is the virus now a greater threat to china and the world a greater one than we thought plus extreme vacations gone too far one of the 2 german men who 1st crossed antarctica on foot 3 decades ago is sounding the alarm about mass tourism on the frozen continent and in german soccer bundesliga side here's a berlin cut all ties with you're going to klinsmann the former world cup winner quit as heads coach just a few days ago will have more on what's become a nasty football divorce. our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome to day germany marked the 75th anniversary of the bombing of dresden one of world war 2 smokes controversial moments as the war neared its an

this is something that was repeated in the opening remarks by the german president from fall to steinmeyer saying that we do need to be more inclusive as we look at security concerns because they are global and so this is what i've heard from the african leaders saying that more needs to be done on the continent but at the same time admitting that they have to take the mantle and leave that conversation right that's the money at the munich security conference for us thank you. reports from south sudan allege pollution from the oil industry is causing birth defects miscarriages and severe illnesses the documents obtained by the a.p. news agency show that the. the government and the 2 main chinese they had oil companies have been away at that for years rather than content nation from drilling could be causing serious health problems but little has been done to clean up the mess the government says there is no firm link between oil waste and any health problems 6 fingers on each hand a sworn kidney at the front foot and a missing limb baby pink my aquia was born like this. i was shocked the 1

reined in tighter laws and that's what they want i mean german president was here last night as steinmeyer and people were yelling at him what he going to do to protect us and i mean he's under the gun but all the politicians are under the gun right now no pun intended that they have to really do something and as get some new laws and ok our thanks so much from our friend susie for us in han i will have much more throughout the day from our pod there and the entire team here at the w. . was we've heard the killings shaken how the city has a population of about $100000.00 with a wide range of ethnic backgrounds that confederation of kurds and germany has confirmed that several of the dead had kurdish georgians we met with some family members of those killed. many members of the kurdish community have gathered at this cultural center on the outskirts of hama in shock and in solidarity with the family who lost their eldest son on wednesday night the grieving mother and father of the victim needed medical attention they haven't slept since they learnt about the death of best son farah at one c

help the refugees to earn an income and become less reliant on 8 so far the success is limited steinmeyer it is clear that this region is still struggling to provide basic food security and that both germany and the international community still have a role to play here. the west african country of togo is generally conservative and as one of the know was wrong in the world when it comes to gender equality on women's rights but if female is breaking down the barriers well their way of life worked in a country where women have little say in both public lives and in the home. married off early serving their husband that could have been chris tough luck both story as it is for so many women into but she decided otherwise and became an artist she only recently married at the age of 34 into a good it's considered late but always said she was married to her 1st husband could wait. this out. into a good woman is the painter as that soon. these are even my mum so that only people who smoke and do drugs like i do. with a rock crystal hopes to empower other talk with these women her paintings depic

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the german president frank steinmeyer spent much of his keynote speech deploring the decline of internationalism and of european unity he had harsh words for russia china and the us. and the been that our closest ally the united states of america under the current administration rejects the idea of an international community. great to get great again if necessary also at the expense of maybe. fittingly enough it was a former u.s. secretary of state from another era john kerry who made a plea for reviving international cooperation snow country can solve the problems we face of climate change cyber warfare nuclear challenges extremism disease all of these things require cooperation if we didn't have the united nations would have to invent it so people do just stop playing with people's fears protesters gathered outside the hotel where the conference is being held they said social problems and climate change should also be considered major security issues i said he's kind of the. house kind of but i know you cannot exclude climate protection from the security issue because it's a huge issue. and wa

china and russia as he opens the munich security conference from coulter steinmeyer accuses them of stoking global mistrust and putting national interests over international cooperation also coming up delegates out.

there was a lot of music made of trees and also spoke to introducing german president prime closer steinmeyer who walked a very fine line between commemorating the victims of the while at the same time stressing germany's responsibility for the war. from. the president was a pains to talk about the far right and its approach to these events 70 years ago it is interesting that something addressed and where. has had so having so much success and what role a tell us why that this is a thing for them for the far right well i think i would put it in the. president's words there was a very strong moment during his speech where he used all his moral authority as the president of this country outlining that there can never be and must not must must never be. history in this country and this being used by the far right that can never and must never be a comparison between auschwitz and racism for example. figures of the right far right here in germany that were playing the numbers for example just before this common ration today saying oh there were probably even more than 100000 people being killed a

words for the united states china and russia as he opens the munich security conference profile the steinmeyer accuses them of stoking global mistrust and putting national interests above international cooperation also on the program and toxic temperatures reached record highs as scientists warn of dramatic and unforeseeable effects of warm up on the icy continent. i'm phil gal welcome to the program. a long list of conflicts and uncertainty of the west's role and the world of the top issues of the munich security conference which started this afternoon weld leaders and security experts gathered for the annual meeting in southern germany on everyone's mind is the war in syria where government offensive in it lead has triggered a full blown humanitarian crisis another concern is the west's when dealing influence on global security it's even spawned a new term west lessness german president trying as opening speech contains some critical words on this issue and on the united states attitude to international relations. unknowns i think that the been our closest ally the united states of america u

over the fruitful jaques of so many of our fellow citizens the german the president from culture steinmeyer joined other political leaders to lay wreaths at the scene of the attack to see said that he stands with all those who are threatened by racist hatred and he added you are not alone. i'm boring it's good to have you with us it has happened again germany is reeling tonight following the deaths of 10 people in another far right terror attack a suspected far right extremist with a gun walked into 2 bars in the western city of han l. near frankfurt he targeted people of color and he shot them execution style the suspect is a 43 year old german man police are naming him toby as are now he is reported to have later shot and killed his own mother before turning the gun on himself. the morning after in hand. residents woke up to speculation that far right extremism motivated attacks in their neighborhood the severity of the incident is being felt far beyond the city strong condemnation from the german chancellor. racism is poison heat. and this poison exists in our society and it is to blame

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 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 mccord peo also disagreed over one of the main themes of this year's conference that 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 the west looks you don't this idea of what's in this list as the core theme for this year's conference and i'm sure to there many of you who would call yourself a realist. but let me give you an idea of what's real the west is

are gathering at the brandenburg gate where moments ago the german the president of franklin to steinmeyer visited the scene of the terror attack in qana he laid flowers and observed a moment of silence and we expect that he is going to attend an address a commemoration a service that will be held at. how know what any moment now but to right right now what you see are pictures from berlin where a memorial event will take place at the brandenburg gate in the center of city people are already gathered this country is rattled by this latest hate crime and people are turning out to show their solidarity with the victims and to say that they condemn this particular hate crime all right so the vigil taking place i have here with me in the studio as we're showing you these live pictures did you chief political correspondent mikaela kirshner this is really rattled the political establishment also germans absolutely and people we're seeing gathering there. the ones who simply won't stand for it they don't want to see anything like this happening in many of their bases saying this isn't me this is

confrontation i don't know what is what we're seeing on the european side of both in terms of funk steinmeyer speech yesterday that was very inclusive seeking cooperation but also from a man. whom grace that speech is pretty wanting to work productively constructively but also knowing of course that there is a competition in terms of democratic systems and he certainly sees a europe as a region that needs to be more emboldened in actually mapping out where differences also argue that very close partners across the atlantic most to teach a cure are also capable of defending itself and defending its own interests in a whole range of areas and quite apart from the public statements and maybe posturing there are a lot of closed door meetings and meetings like this and you have any reports of progress on some of the major world issues. what i think that most concrete one that was also respond to here by the american secretary of defense was the progress in afghanistan where we understand that there is agreement with the president and also the taliban to reduce the violence aiming towards some kind