spoke with nato secretary-general yan stoltenberg and he said it's time for germany to take on a larger role in global affairs the role needed needs more german leadership nato needs german leadership are all in need germany to play. even more important role because germany is is the largest economy in. europe germany now has the largest offense budget within the european union the 3rd in nato after not the kingdom under knighted states so of course the german leadership is something we we welcome but that's part of the nato family and that's being part of a multilateral institution like nato and in uncertain times we need strong multilateral institutions like for instance nato and germany. is playing. an important role in. well let's take a look at some other news stories from around the world officials say at least 2 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck southern mexico a magnitude 7.4 events centered on the pacific coast in the state of will have it knocked out power in some areas but damage was mostly minor pavements wobbled hundreds of kilometers away in mexico