well as the russian foreign minister attends the annual security conference in munich this weekend wehad a chance to speak to him just a bit earlier we covered a range of issues from the situation the ongoing chaos in egypt to the conflict in the middle east and a many other issues as well his interview is coming up next in our spotlight show here on our. again a welcome.

now we see that it was well the start treaty that started the reset process also on the table at the munich security forum was another initiative backed by moscow the building of a unified anti missile defense system which includes russia the united states and the european union all sharing the responsibility for the safety of the others according to so you are better off maintaining a balance is essential for everyone security and he stressed this is a unique chance to work together. an agreement to discuss the possibility of a joint anti missile shield doesn't automatically mean russia is ready to join the program which is being drafted without its participation was the idea of take it or leave it doesn't work here if we don't work together russia will have to compensate like it or not an emerging imbalance. getting rid of old cliches and received dividing lines that's the message was by most here in germany a country which learned from bitter experience what being divided is all about. a lot remains to be done to irreversibly overcome the accumulated historical clichés phobias this is. t

the unrest in egypt is being widely discussed in munich where world leaders have gathered for an annual security conference and other highlight of the meeting will be the exchange of documents on the recently signed start treaty between russia and the us which will officially put it the deal into force you've got to push it off as more from munich . it is the second and probably main the conference will already heard a speech by the un secretary general ban ki moon the german chancellor angela merkel britain's prime minister david cameron and we're expecting the statement by the russian foreign minister silvio of it all is expected to focus on russia's proposal to build up a legal document which would ensure european security and also is expected to outline russia's proposal for a unified anti missile defense system which would include russia the european union and the united states with sharing the responsibility for the safety old the other is another event also quite a we did here it is the meeting of the quartet on the middle east which includes russia the united states the united n

when you look from the former soviet this meeting in munich is fast becoming a major stage for people to look forward among other issues dominating the talks were the current unrest in egypt the peace process in the middle east iran's nuclear program north korea frozen conflicts and for the first time in forty seven years cybercrime the security there was that's the nickname this conference has been given by some sense it's a great opportunity for world leaders and top level politicians to share their views on key contemporary issues and many say every year this forum reveals the true direction of global politics for the near future and this time in the case of russia and the united states for the next decade you've got this kind of arty munich. that a day when pops from the university of canton britain says the train marks a real milestone in russia u.s. relations. the reset has often been dismissed as just nice rhetoric with little action but now we have a concrete outcome of the research in us russian relations and i think both sides want to build on this indeed missile defense has

strategic arms reduction treaty between russia and the us has come into force at a special ceremony at the munich security conference the treaty aims to limit the nuclear arsenals of both countries to fifteen hundred warheads are going off as more. words put into action a historic exchange of ratification documents and the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is officially in force and when it comes to the button that has worried the most over the years the one that would unleash nuclear destruction today we take another step to ensure it will never be pushed. to last for the next ten years the treaty said to reduce the number of nuclear weapons on both sides over a third and an outcome which would have appeared impossible even a decade ago i think we will be presented with a for this historical moment the green light has been given in a.

secretary of state have now exchanged at the start treaty ratification documents they did this in munich just now and it's the last step in finalizing this nuclear deal the pact was signed by the russian and the us presidents in april of last year the ratification took almost a year with the deal having to be approved on both sides of the atlantic the key reduction treaty will see russia and the u.s. cut their nuclear arsenals by a third and next hour our correspondent who is in munich will bring you more details. right now top of the business news do stay with us. welcome to our business program i'm sure on a key. rising prices on crude oil and energy are the main obstacles to global growth says world renowned economist joseph stiglitz he also warns that the recovery from the financial crisis will be slow and painful unless the world addresses pressing economic problems and one of the main challenges for russia he points out is the high exchange rate. one of the problems that almost all resource rich countries have. is the change rate it's very high and a high exchange rate it's very ha

but first, she must go to the munich security conference. it took some guessing, according to sources close to the meeting. there was a lot of discussion and arguing before the wording was correct. but to be honest, it does not take us much further forward. it just calls for the democratic process that the west has been calling for about 10 days now. >> if you look at what is happening on the fringes. the eu is a bit divided over this. david cameron is criticizing the violence, but they're less gaudy is saying that mubarak is a wise man in -- but the italian president is saying that mubarak is a wise man. >> if he had his way, his statement would have said what a fine man president mubarak is. yes, what people here are saying is that it is all very well for washington to produce a statement. that is one statement. but here, despite being the foreign policy chief, she can only act as the servant of 27 european leaders. there are 27 years. they're very close, but it is a matter of getting the wording right. this statement is a compromise. but a

when you look from the former soviet this meeting in munich is fast becoming a major stage for people to look forward among other issues dominating the talks were the current unrest in egypt the peace process in the middle east iran's nuclear program north korea frozen conflicts and for the first time in forty seven years cybercrime the security there was that's the nickname this conference has been given by some since it's a great opportunity for world leaders and top level politicians to share of their views on key contemporary issues and many say every year this forum reveals the true direction of global politics for the near future and this time in the case of russia and the united states for the next decade you've got this going off munich. coming away soon it's no joke in moscow as skiers and there are thousands slide into the capital to see a survivor just shapes and sizes from across the country test their mettle of an annual ski marathon find out what attracts them a couple of minutes. former u.s. president george w. bush has canceled a visit to switzerland citing security co

the security conference in munich will see russia and the us exchange the starter to papers signed by president smith that of an obama this document will provide stability and we can be confident that we want to see an arms race wellat least not in the next ten years and while it's quiet in the west of the arab east is a serious concern for russian diplomacy the unrest which started in tunisia spread over the region like wildfire the graver situation is in egypt where hundreds of thousands of people have been railing to force the long serving president out of office. hello mr and welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us well first of all i want to say that adds a lot of questions to you and our viewers our listeners read facebook and they also have a lot of questions which are more personal so what we start with politics of personal if you choose politics at all to. egypt israeli politicians claim that the overthrow of mubarak in egypt may lead to actual ms and that this may not be really a democratic process but the other way around and that it will threaten the peac

he funded black september, the group responsible for the massacre of the israeli team at the munich olympics in 1972 and in 1986 his agents attacked a berlin disco frequented by american soldiers. >> this monstrous brutality is but the latest act in colonel gadhafi's terror. >> reporter: president reagan order an air strike on his compound killing the leader's 15-month-old daughter. two years later, gadhafi retaliated by taking down pan am 103 over lockerbie, scotland, skilling 270 people including 179 americans. for years gadhafi refused to take responsibility for the bombing but that changed in 2003 when he acknowledged his role and tried to make amends. george stephanopoulos talked to him that year. >> do you think there will be an alliance between the united states and libya in your lifetime? >> translator: russia and america, they were enemies. now they're friends. we hope that one day we'll be friends also. >> reporter: today it is clear that will never happen. gadhafi has demonstrated yet again that he is an outlier intent on only one thing, maintaining power. tonight it's not clear t

the list he is connected to is brutal and bloody. 1972, the munich olympic massacre. same year, supplying weapons to the ira. 1986, the bombing of a berlin nightclub popular with american soldiers. 1988, the bombing of pan am flight 103. 270 kills. 1996, the massacre of 1,200 prisoners in eastern libya during an anti-government uprising. yet, that style has managed to distract the world. it's as if the role of bah foon was an artful cover. take his 2009 appearance before the u.n., when it looked league his igs lake from the world stage was finally over. he was given 15 minutes to speak. he took more than 0. and in the process, he tore up a copy of the u.n. charter. many were appalled but just as many were amused. he is fay lousily awkward in interviews. never looks anyone in the eyes and prone to long periods of silence. the u.s. assessment of the colonel was laid bear by wikileaks recently when it published diplomatic cables. he was called eccentric. and the cables note that he presides over a famously track shus family that is dysfunctional and powerful and marked b

they we've seen them before in the limpets the my favorite of all time much it was the one used at the munich games the summer games nine hundred seventy was it was a monkey colored substance so i don't think it could be like any other a number that we've got the sport coming up in a much. hello there welcome to the sport and these are the headlines. the drug finally ends all know the older winter part of the year off to be told sleepless in. the k h l semifinals back in the scar after another win over sparta. madi time is going to be number one after reaching the finals of the world match play championship. first the russians did it have only your behinds won a first title in over a year beating world number one power and i was the out speak in straight sets to play macarthur open in doha wozniacki was heavily favored against second seed to go into your but after making the final without leaving a set amount of the russian was pushed hard in the quarter and semifinals she stepped up her game against the dane taking the first set six ball if you take the second by the same score on this point

they spoke at the munich security council in germany last week. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: well, ladies and gentlemen, david cameron, among all those guests i would like to single out the host of yesterday's -- yesterday's dinner. actually it was luncheon and it lasted for six hours but we did get some success in the end. i'm very pleased to be at the munich security conference at a time which i think we would all agree is indeed a very thrilling one. the last decade of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century i believe one can safely say -- have in many ways completely changed the face of the world as we know it in the post-war period. at the beginning and we're more aware of this. and i need like to freedom and finall finally. the and the fall of the berlin wall that's perceived at this end and also the opening of the ronald reagan whom ronald reagan would have celebrated his 100th birthday i would like to remind all of you that he is one of the few to say this openly when i heard him and that i would like to remi

the scene is on the southern edge of munich's english garden. >> what's great about river swiffering is you can do it right here in the city. >> it's nice and empty at this time of year. in the summer you have to wait in line. >> the temperature's no problem because you're in constant motion. if you feel warm it doesn't matter if there's snow. >> surfers are the perfect moteef. he too is a passionate river surfer. he's been docking the exploits for years. when he takes photos he pays attention to every detail. he is always searching for new motifs. >> what you're looking for are great visual moments. if you're lucky they result in a photo of something never seen before. you also want to capture the feeling that surfing itself has, to recognize and convey that in a photograph. >> he wants his pictures to give this little known extreme sport a face. and the last five years, he's produced thousands of photos. now he's chosen his favorites for a photo book called "river surfing." it will be the first major photo documentation of river surfing in the world. still photos are a change of pac