Germany at loggerheads of the moment security worldwide faces a number of challenges and threats they are topping the agenda as diplomats defense ministers and World Leaders gathered today at the Munich Security Conference. And south africas new president gets to work after the optimism of his inauguration Cyril Ramaphosa said to lay out the challenges facing the country in todays state of the nation address. Plus warsaws troubled remembrance of us past as opposed Prime Minister comes to berlin to meet the chancellor look at accusations the country is whitewashing its role in World War Two. Because layover not just that much for lend International Film festival last night the opening film wasnt animated feature also different this year the starring role played by the me to campaign against sexual violence. I brought in thomas a warm welcome to the show relations between turkey and germany remain at an historic low that despite a meeting between chancellor all america all and the turkish Prime Minister been ali elder im the imprisonment without charge of german journalist and its huge oil in turkey has been straining ties while turkey says germany is harboring leaders of twenty sixteens fails to well be talking about the bilateral relationship after this report. Turkeys Prime Minister was confronted by protesters outside the chancellor rhee and berlin there calling for an immediate end to Turkish Military operations in Northern Syria as well as for the release of the jail german turkish journalist dennys huge a. Sense of only oh i think its just incredible how in turkey people who are simply interviewing dissidents are being persecuted with fascist methods. Everybody should be angry about this they should be outraged and protest. Sign or importance. Thats something the german chancellor is funny people to do right although she has spoken of a souring of german turkish relations during her meeting with the older him machall also made it clear that germany insists on the rule of law especially in the case of dennys you joe. Has now been held including in jail for more than one year without charge. And thats why i have pointed out once again today that this case is of particular urgency for us but of course so are all the other cases. The turkish Prime Minister had little new to say about the usual case on wednesday he already hinted that things were changing for the better and that the matter is now for the courts to handle. Of course every negotiation means hope before i came here there was a question during an interview and my answer was if it comes to a negotiation then there is hope i repeat that now. But the meeting between machall and build a room has also revealed that both sides are still miles apart. And we cannot believe this is a sign that there is interest on both sides to improve german turkish relations once again in our common interest. And probably also based on common values but at the moment it is not that easy. Even so germany and turkeys close cultural and historical ties mean the two governments will have to find a way to continue working together. Just how are they going to do that joining me now in the studio is our colleague nina haas of the morning you know its not just the dennis you joe case weighing on relations as you know the two countries dont just have cultural and historical ties they have very strong economic ties as well so it is in their interest to get back to a situation where they can at least talk again and the fact that. The Prime Minister of turkey met is the beginning of a sign that things are beginning to look out because for a year now. Tensions have been so strong that they would only the two countries for the. We meet on the level of Foreign Ministers and germany claims that some six are in jail in tech at the moment for political reasons and then theres this scandal about tech u. S. Military action in syria where techie is using german tanks to attack. His citizens and so a lot of things on the table ok lets pick up with those turkish tanks provided by germany they fit into the relationship between turkey and the United States also at a low point right now can all americans somehow mediate between washington and ankara to ease the tensions between the two in syria well theres conflict would need now would be a strong european voice thats right and europe would have to play an active role because its not just the u. S. Its also russia thats involved in this conflict and so traditionally this would be a way europe also because its graphical location is of course the mediator in in conflicts like this a gemini carnegie is in such a weak political such situation you have to remember we still dont have a new government for months after the elections and so uncle macko is also waiting for the s. P. D. And im going back as potential Political Partners in government to make this decision about whether or not they actually want to enter the new coalition and until they do that she cant really be active she is part of the acting government of course her policies at the moment on the miss it ok so this is one of the International Repercussions of a lack of a coalition deals like nina thanks very much yeah good of you politics wont germanys fractious ties with turkey are part of the larger tensions within nato right now especially over the ongoing conflict in syria as weve been discussing now thats one issue certain to come up at this years unix security conference the very in capitals preparing to kick off the annual high profile event. Later today its deployed four thousand Police Officers to secure the venue the three day forum brings together defense ministers World Leaders security yes experts and what some call the davos of international security. And Political EditorMichelle Acuff there is following the conference for us on the ground in munich good morning michelle who are some of the headliners speakers and the big topics at this conference. Well certainly all those tensions that you mentioned are very well represented here germanys defense minister on that line and her friends counterpart. Are set to open curity Conference Today so were expecting to hear some kind of keynote speeches particularly on a european. In terms of defense but also in relation to nato as a nato secretary general here is as well we have also from the middle east a very strong showing we have been a minister and yahoo the israeli Prime Minister set to talk here on sunday and both the saudi and the iranian Foreign Ministers are here so plenty of potential to tackle those crises that are becoming more because that is one essential headline here that tries these are becoming more theyre claiming movie terms and particular becoming more complex so all the people you would need to get round the table will be here in munich the question is will they actually meet head to head and what kind of discussions will go on in the background traditionally the one bit of progress that we almost see as of traditional conference is on that ukraine issue we have the Russian Foreign minister here in form and say here it is anyway is here anyway france is represented and the ukrainians saw it with ukraines president Petro Poroshenko we expect to see some meeting there this evening how much progress will actually happen how much of that will become public. Michelle what can you give us some background on why this annual event is such a magnet for the Global Security elite. Well because it gives an opportunity not just to showcase what you want to see in the headlines but also to have bilateral talks in this hotel here behind me without much public noise because simply everybody is here but whos not here and other North Koreans and that of course is one very important crisis here but there certainly is a sensibility also on the american side not to be left alone in the room with north korea so to say this is a very very thorny issue indeed that needs much more diplomacy outside of this forum but what is very interesting is that we also see the top leaders here and voices of Companies Like alphabet the Parent Company of Google Microsoft is also here the whole question of data and Artificial Intelligence is becoming more prominent on the question of security so security no longer just happened in the battlefield it happens in every day life also in relation to information and that will also be discussed here ok certainly a lot to discuss over the next three days michelle cover for us in munich and well have much more for you from the Munich Security Conference later in this program now to some of the other stories making the news today a vigil in parklane florida has paid tribute to the seventeen victims of wednesdays High School Shooting many of the people attending all for stricter gun control authority say the nineteen year old suspect used a semiautomatic rifle to carry out the second deadliest School Shooting in u. S. History. Police in new york city say a former High School Teacher there and his brother ive been arrested on federal bomb making charges it reportedly stockpiled more than fourteen kilograms of explosives in their shared apartment investigators say the two paid High School Students to break apart fireworks to extract the explosive powder through him. A major rift opened up in australias Fragile Coalition government as the deputy Prime Minister refused to resign over an affair with a female staff member Barnaby Joyce blasted Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbulls condemnation of his behavior as inapt joyces a married father of four who had an affair with his former president terry she is now pregnant. Its to south africa now and that countrys new president Cyril Ramaphosa will give a state of the nation address today is expected to lay out his plans for reviving the country after the jacob zuma era hes already promised to tackle corruption one of the key issues that brought down his predecessor but with the countrys economy struggling he could face a tough job living up to the optimism of his inauguration i didnt plan. The only. Post. That paul said on that in part we got some of the thanks the moment the nation had been waiting for the new leader promising a break from the past was the issues that you have its issues that have to do with corruption issues of how we can straighten out our state owned enterprises and how we do with states kept is issues that are on our radar screen and i would try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of south africa thank you very much. And on the streets there was jubilation as South Africans welcomed their new president. To glory and to the hopi because they got a new president. To put on the floor that is my rule but it is also i will be able to. Do days that im like im rich this is the happiest day of my life. Has gone out in who fit the dreams offsets that. Graeme opposed his political career spans more than four decades he was a close ally of Nelson Mandela and played a key role in south africas transition to democracy later overlooked by mandela from a person focused on his business interests said to be worth around three hundred sixty Million Euros now in the top job involving to tackle corruption there are many challenges ahead. South africa is rich in resources but many live without electricity or Running Water health care and schooling remains rudimentary in much of the country eight out of ten nine year olds are illiterate unemployment remains alarmingly high more than two thirds of young people a job less. A lot has been lost and its going to take several years to recapture lost ground without a doubt. But hopefully hundred new leadership especially in the realm of course that we will store clawing back some of the lost ground and in the longer the skys the limit because country is the task of reconstruction has now begun. To change in s. F. Africas new leader will set out his plans in more detail in a speech on friday evening. Well the polish foreign minister is here in berlin today for a visit that was meant to ease tensions with polands western neighbor instead hell be explaining why his country has called on all our citizens living abroad to denounce the countrys credits now this comes right after a dispute between poland and israel with Walsall Warshaw accused of trying to whitewash its history. In warsaw history is never far away. Its a city built on the ruins left by more than five years of brutal nazi German Occupation during World War Two. More than seventy years on the polands present government worries that memory of the war is blurring inside and outside the country. Particularly when it comes to the fate of poland three million jewish dead shifting the blame for nazi crimes committed on polish soil to the poles themselves and downplaying christian poles support for their persecuted jewish combat treats when president obama mistaking referred to auschwitz as a polish death camp back in twenty twelve he its a rule no. A government sponsored p. R. Campaign seeks to redress that imbalance you tube ads targeted it uses in europe in israel seek to open foreigners eyes to polands war record. More controversially a new law makes it a criminal offense to attribute nazi crimes to the polish nation its critics fear it could effectively criminalize open discussion of the holocaust rendering stories of individual poles collaboration off limits the new legislation has drawn stiff criticism from israel and the u. S. But for now the government seems unimpressed. By the bench of who you are this law will protect the polish nation and the polish people from false accusations its just like the laws against Holocaust Denial on the go on your holocaust. But for this m. P. From polands governing party the present lore is not the end of the line when it comes to addressing his countrys troubled past. It to the present day germany has still not paid poland war reparations to poland lost twelve million of its citizens and fifty percent of it territory no one has made amends for this. Carolyn of the guru is an expert on historical memory and polands Jewish Community she says the law was rushed through in a hurry and is dangerously vague it is visible that the government did not expect such or such a reaction that the law was actually poorly prepared and that they werent able to foresee the consequences we. Head to warsaw is only surviving prewar synagogue before the holocaust the citys Jewish Community numbered some three hundred thousand people today fewer than ten thousand remain but how is the new law being received here people do not feel restrained as such but people feel is there a place for me in poland today and its a harbel statement for me to say the poles suffered horribly during World War Two there were fantastic euros of the righteous among the nations the best people in the world and you also have individual poles and sometimes even groups of poles that collaborated with the germans and led to the murder of jews all those statements are true and in a Democratic Free poland we need to be able to say them openly without any fear of being prosecuted in court. Is booming you can have a few a physical reminders of the war on the city streets but the memory shows no sign of fading quite the opposite as the question of who and what to remember comes to dominate polands politics. And not only at home but now abroad as well lets bring in the author of that report. Nick is the polish government prepared to prosecute citizens living abroad who do not share its view of World War Two history. Good morning brian well that is the big mystery around this law thats just come into effect the example that youre always given when you ask the supporters of this bill why they needed was this famous for quote five back in twenty twelve about polish death camps obviously. With this low or without it theyre not going to get barack obama they need the u. S. Not been extracted if they tried to get him so i think this is more about symbol politics this is about. Showing that they wont stand for it this is about perhaps trying to get within poland to prevent schools and university researches or to discourage them from dealing with these topics and internationally as the voluntary we spoke to said to start a debate rather than actually to bring people into prison or directly following them i dont know whats behind the push to get polls living abroad to turn in their fellow expats for expressing a different opinion or of being critical of poland but this was a pretty extraordinary headline yesterday this letter that had been sent to emails sent to poles living in germany and indeed in other countries by the respect to polish embassies and seems to be like something straight out of the head on playbook. Theres been talk from senior figures here of poles dutys to stand up for poland potence good name internationally the. Most senior figure in the ruling party talks about historical counterattack and i think theres a real feeling here or at least thats the the line theyre pushing that poland has being badly treated internationally in terms of its reputation that its commit its contribution in World War Two and its history its track record has been misrepresented and this is the way they see it this is a chance to right those wrongs their opposite their opponents in poland would say that this is actually just a cynical ploy to rally support to create a sort of patriotic talking point to distract for their issues ok nic thanks so much for that bring us up to date on what is a story im sure were hearing a lot more of in the days ahead. This is the news still to come on the show its an exhibition about a grey and boring daily routine a photographer who documented east germany in the nineteenth while thirty five agents of the infamous Stasi Secret Police spied on him day and night. Mark is here now and theres a more ammunition out there for us protectionists certainly for a particular person sitting in the white house brian he wont like that at all the European Unions trade surplus with the United States widened last year a fact thats likely to intensify u. S. President on a commitment to crack down on what he calls a quote very on the failed relationship so just how big is the gap lets take a look at the numbers in twenty seventeen the e. U. Exports hit three hundred and seventy five billion euros worth of goods to the United States but it received goods with only two hundred and fifty four billion euros leaving it with a trade surplus of close to one hundred twenty one billion euros thats an increase of close to seven percent compared to the Previous Year and the data comes a month after the e. U. Warned donald trump that any attempts to curb imports from the bloc would be met with retaliation. While one e. U. Country thats doing particularly well at the moment is france its Unemployment Rate dropped below nine percent for the First Time Since two thousand and nine adding wage to efforts by president call to liberalize a rigid labor market the rate fell to eight point nine percent in the Fourth Quarter of last year from nine point six percent in the previous three months that is the steepest drop since the two thousand and eight financial crisis. The latest fault points to a major shift away from average unemployment levels of ten percent or more over recent years the figures can be seen as a boost for president emanuel whose first move as president was to allow firms increased flexibility to hire and fire staff now the government remains cautious. I believe that the results notably those regarding employment. Will need two years before we can say how these policies will bear fruit. This morning new unemployment figures were announced and i want to say once again i will not comment. Mainstreet is more upbeat though with the French Economy now creating jobs at its fastest pace since two thousand and seven for me has just returned from australia its encouraging and pleasant to come back to a country where unemployment is falling. Today with all the networks with everything there is you search for a job online and you find hundreds of places offering things. However twenty percent of young people are still reported does out of work in france a low that rate is also sharply down. Saudi arabia central bank has signed a deal with us based cryptocurrency ripple which was designed especially for banks and to global money transfers the program will allow banks in saudi arabia to use ripple software to settle payments and into and out off the country it is its First Corporation with a central bank other banks such as u. B. S. And suntanned there are already cooperating with a start up from silicon valley. When its a whale has said hopes on crypto currency hyperinflation there has a hit to the country hard cash is increasingly short supply bad news for everyone aside from a few Tech Companies that have been able to cough out a new amid the crisis. This is the kind of scene you can expect if youre hoping to access cash in venezuela soaring prices have led to shortages in paper money and long lines at a. T. M. But the countrys hyper inflation has produced some surprise winners in the Business World small Tech Companies offering shoppers mobile payments one of them is victor its founder says venezuelas economic crisis has sped up what was a ready a burgeoning trend. We saw in twenty ten and twenty eleven that Electronic Payments were going to be a trend globally. Whats happened is that its accelerated in some countries for various reasons so perhaps our economy will become cashless before that of denmark which put more effort into a minute in the market. Last year the company saw a thirty fold increase in customers those availing of the service say its made shopping easier. To make that point that ive made that i think that for me personally its very practical to pay with people because it enables transactions. The only thing missing is more information about how to manage the hour and its technology. That if i did that because i dont get the money coming. Up developers in venezuela usually dont need too much starting capital salary expectations among coders are no electricity and data costs next to nothing still the boom in mobile payment ups is a result of the bust in nearly every other sector of the economy. And brians got a sports update for us now a very important. There were important wins for the two german sides. Action in the first leg of their last thirty two ties leipzig storming to a three one win at a tally and League Leaders now play with. Netting twice dortmund were also in the goals beating three two at home thanks to a double from new scoring hero five. This is the debate is live from berlin still to come on the show it is ten years since costco unilaterally declared independence from serbia the w. Goes through the divided city of misrata to find out whether a decade has been long enough to forge a new nation. That much more straight ahead here in. Takes it personally with the wonderful people and stories that make the games so special. For all truth. In sixty minutes on d w. W true diversity. Where the world of science is at home in many languages. On top of. Our innovations magazine for in asia the us from every week and always looking to the future d w dot com of science and research for asia. Scholars civil. The pain still tangible. The suffering for god. For cities edge but. They have survived but do they also have a future. I really understand people who say they do want to stay here. But i also admire people who want to stay here and who decided to create something to be gaining in peace time who are the people making it possible what needs to happen if tolerance and reconciliation or to stand a chance of. Darkness citys after war starting march tenth on t w. Welcome back your news our top stories right now german sounds are all america has pressed the turkish Prime Minister to grant an imprisoned german journalist a swift and fair trial dennis huge oil has been behind bars in turkey for a year without being charged. And some of the worlds top diplomats defense leaders and military experts are new for that citys annual security conference kicking off today the syrian war and north korea will be discussed at what some call the davos of international security. Ten years ago the small european country of kossovo unilaterally declared its independence from serbia europes youngest country was once part of the former yugoslavia a union of different ethnic states that tensions between those states eventually grew and that led to a series of wars in the one nine hundred ninety s. And the breakup of yugoslavia now serbia and initially retained control of the majority ethnic albanian territory of cost of zero but kossovo began pushing for independence serbia responded with a military crackdown and that in turn triggered nato military intervention Serbian Forces subsequently pulled out of kossovo after more than two months of nato bombing now on february seventeenth two thousand and eight cost of those two Million People declared independence most western countries recognize the new state but serbia and russia condemned the move and still do not recognize kossovo as an independent country. More than half of the population in kosovo is under thirty that includes. The cost of dany and is about to finish a bachelors degree now this Young Country is celebrating its first ten years of independence from serbia and i did belong to the first generation of university students. The twenty one year old is disappointed in the country sleet a ship fighting corruption and bringing justice and so on i think they feel to met all the requirements im supposed to build it is that they said they could do it so thats particularly evident in north and kosovo this sports sense its brand new but the Swimming Pool remains empty it is i think an e. U. Investment huge money was invested in here and its not open yet no one has a clue and no one has ever said a word of whats happening. Right next to the Sports Center is me twelve its a bridge the e. U. Comes a lot of money into this city its still deeply divided a large part of the country circ minority lives north of the bridge the albanian slave south the war between the ethnic groups and its almost twenty years ago but relations are still straight. I feel like im still in south metre its uncle i go up there at the square well thats where it starts that a little bit fear of insecurity and a little bit of fear and a feeling that you dont belong in here when you see the flags waving the mayor of north meet with put up the serbian flags the serbs also build a wall here a year ago though theyve torn it down since it sent a clear signal to their neighbors. This new roundabout financed by the e. U. So far only leads in one direction so its not know if it would be normal there would it wouldnt be divided ethnically by a bridge. Bridges are used to connect people not to divide them. Who lives in the surf part of the city of greece the social worker tries to bring together young a bains and serbs he thinks the problem stems from serbias government which controls the local politicians and refuses to recognize kosovos independence crime is rife in north. The police are seen as largely ineffective most of the cause here dont even have Registration Plates because certain nationalists dont recognise the plates from independent kosovo. Allowed people to drive without license plates the serb enclave doesnt punish these violations nor does it recognise the cost of a Justice System it is not safe place to say there is lots of incidents you know if they mention the problem with the court this issue because they have a lot of cases to live evanovich wanted to change the us he was a moderate political also he fought against the albanians in the course of a conflict he later pushed for reconciliation he was shot dead outside his office in january. His murder shocked many people in north me told me as well as in the other day in south but no one was really surprised. I call mr b. He was a serb trying to be on both sides of the bridge. And they but that doesnt work. Ten years of the course of those independents it seems there is still a very few people trying to build bridges between the serbs and the other thing. And joining us on the studios to have your correspondent Frank Hoffman to put that report together for us is just back from the tributes good morning frank you know looking at this report it is so much highlights the divide between serbs ethnic serbs and albanians is kossovo effectively partitioned look brian questions of geography have brought that much harm to that rage and i would like really to go into that what we can all see is the question whether this country is a Multiethnic Society its a and that was a big the great promise at the beginning of the process after the war that that brought a certain independence already twenty years ago after the nato bombing that ten years ago we had independence and the great promise was a Multiethnic Society where the overall majority of more than one nine hundred ninety five percent of a baby and accept them and minorities maybe more than in other parts of the balkans and this is not happening we have to say and theres a sad enough ok and you have one individual over avan of a tempting a serb attempting to reach out and be a bridge between both communities and individual we heard your reports and its not possible who was behind his murder the first reply i had from people very close to him was saying republic will never know being there doing that reports spoke to many people and they say its probably not all people have in the side of the city theres no wall a grave and of people saying its not the abeyance its not the other group its probably all criminals or other be people behind being there many people told me its not even the locals there was a lot of force obviously act if that is what people say on the ground like you know a good number of us of our leaders. As possible leaders have connections to the former armed group the kalay the gospel Liberation Army can these people represent serbs. Thats not easy and its not happening i mean if i would be. Any minority in that country and i have leads as that were on the other side at the time i had difficulties to huff and in and pays you see them on t. V. Every day every evening in prime time news no i doubt it but thats not the only problem the main problem is that these people are still governing the country and the change of generation to generation change is still not happening there are many people who are outraged to the other side the other ethnic groups groups or groups but its their time to get power to get into offices and this is done whats happening thats the problem that ok you know serbia politically has staked a claim to bringing stability to this region can it do that alone doesnt need the you but it needs e. U. But its not in its neighbors that part of europe was always stable when it was integrated in a system yugoslavia what it was such an example but the e. U. Would be the example of the twenty First Century for that part of the world and that part of europe integration is necessary not only for serbia but for all of its Neighbors Without doubt that we have a long lasting stability that ok frank often thanks very much for being with us this morning frank and for your report as well thanks a lot thanks so much today. Well the new unix security conference starts today here in germany an annual meeting of World Leaders defense ministers and military experts assessing the worlds conflicts the focus is very much on the challenges facing europe right now well be going to our brussels correspondent just a bit first heres u. S. Vice president mike pence speaking twelve months ago at nato headquarters telling europeans what washington expects of them the president of the United States and the American People expect our allies to keep their word and to do more in our common defense and the president expects Real Progress by the end of twenty seventeen as secretary of Defense James Mattis said here in building just a few short days ago if youre a nation that meets a two percent target we need your help encouraging other nations to do likewise if youre if you have a plan to get there as he said our alliance need you to accelerate it and if you dont know it yet have a plan these are my words not his get one. It is Vice President pence there speaking very straight forcefully lets go now to our correspondent teri schultz and brussels terry its a year since the u. S. Told european allies they needed to document what they were spending on defense and demonstrate how they were going to increase it in the years to come up to that two percent level of g. D. P. That nato nations are supposed to be putting into their militaries how has that worked out. Thats right brian might pence and the u. S. Administration said nato allies must spend more and must tell how theyre spending that money so weve just wrapped up a nato defense ministers meeting where these written plans were shared for the first time and sixteen of the twenty nine allies did have their written plans thirteen did not but there are more countries joining that magic two percent club germany is not among them in fact one of the countries that has no intention as far as we know of spending two percent of its g. D. P. On defense everyone agrees that things are moving in the right direction including with germanys defense spending and donald trump takes credit for that but as well see the Munich Security Conference is going to be focusing on other effects of the trim presidency. Has the impetuous Foreign Policy of donald trump pushed the International Border to the brink of catastrophe or has the us leaders bullying been a blessing in disguise edging europe toward the selfsufficiency its a long known it means all of the above says ben discover belgiums Egmont Institute theres a strong i think among your member stance that somehow the need to pull together because because nobody is going to come on the surface the more directly opposed to european interest u. S. Initiatives are the more european auction youll see one of the most promising european actions has been the creation of pascoe permanent structured cooperation a pact and so far twenty five European Union governments pledging to finally its change information on capabilities make collective purchases and launch deployments pascoes cordon needed by the European Defense agency e. T. A. Chief executive or hey domestic challenges always come with opportunities and i think in the defense the main thats the case the European Union i think has got to the brink woke up i think we had to work on it but not everyones reassured by promises of more contributions and cord nation europes borders can only be protected by more combat ready forces and the will to use them warrants Atlanta Council senior fellow elizabethtown brought family if there are threats or an invasion. Into one of our countries can respond quickly and if were concert then the money and the wont. Matter whether they spend two percent one percent or ten percent will any of this matter if the u. S. And russia continue threatening Nuclear Escalation which to me entirely redefine where the brink is and how close we are today. Ok terry what about that redefinition there is there is a sense right now that we could be seeing a new Nuclear Arms Race you just spent two days covering u. S. Defense secretary james mattis at nato where the discussion was a lot about the future of Nuclear Weapons what did not us have to say specifically about the u. S. Position yes thats right there was a secret Nuclear PlanningGroup Meeting we dont know what happened there but we do know that allies were asking mattis about this new Nuclear Posture review that the u. S. Has just put out and matt has said that all allies welcomed the new position which includes things like developing low yield Nuclear Weapons that could actually be used even if the u. S. Or its allies are attacked in a nonnuclear way so while madison the allies welcomed it i know for a fact that many countries are very uncomfortable with this many european governments have said this openly including germany ok what about the progress on European Defense cooperation that you mentioned in your story there the u. S. Has always said that europe needs to get its act together so did did madison in any way knowledge the latest developments. Yes madison fact acknowledged it in rather a negative way and thats the funny thing the u. S. Has always pushed europeans to to get their act together to Work Together to not be divided so that they provide a stronger flank for nato cooperation now that the europeans have established pes go they have a Defense Investment Fund theyre saying were going to Work Together joint procurement to make joint deployments the u. S. Doesnt like it at all its very worried that if the europeans spend more on defense under the European Union mantle then those capabilities would not automatically be available for nato so now that the europeans are getting it together the u. S. Is saying we wanted you to do this but we want to have more input into into what youre doing with that money and its not just the u. S. To be fair canada iceland there are other countries that are not in the e. U. That have an interest in how the europeans spend their defense money ok well whats it looking like are europeans entertaining a future where there is no u. S. Leadership on Security Issues i think that would be hard to imagine it will always be the Largest Military in nato spending the most on of its own g. D. P. On defense so i dont think it could ever be. Transatlantic security relationship without the u. S. Obviously but i think that the term presidency has certainly given the e. U. Given european governments a taste of what its like to have europe have u. S. Leadership that theyre not always in sync with and as as some of my expert said if this is what it took to push europeans toward more selfsufficiency so be it but there are definitely going to be some transatlantic tensions to work out. Thanks so much for bring us up to date on the latest there from brussels. Well its that time of year again berlins International Film festival the belly nala began last night as ten days of screenings talks workshops much more the opening film this year was Wes Andersons dystopian animated feature of dogs Tilda Swinton and bill murray among the stores to lend their voices to the characters in the story of a pack of dogs marooned on a bleak japanese island now this is the first time an animation has opened the berlin Film Festival. I bet he not only has never seen the likes of this before drummers drumming in the opening movie and director wes anderson and been mary jump up to join in the music while in fans who have been waiting in the cold for hours while Tilda Swinton is busy signing autographs i am its not the first time that a Wes Anderson Finn has opened the band but one thing its the first opening the festival with an animated feature. I love dogs set in a disco pina future japan but in a good portion of this outbreak of dog flu rips through the city of. Mayer kobayashi issues emergency orders. Calling for a d. C. Voter to trash island becomes an exotic on. The isle of dogs Scarlett JohanssonJeff Goldblum and a host of other top class actors provided they are voices for the dogs and they seemingly took preparing for the jump very seriously ever i went with diet i just started doing a lot of dry food and then just there once was something out of a king. And i bark. Yeah but i got it by theres going to be a reason for me im not alarmed im the fin take us the issue of political corruption above all populists turning people against an entire speechless and movie with a political meaning even though it wasnt planned that way to the island because. Weve been working on this movie a long time the world began to change in the movie and we offset. That seems kind of right for the moment. So you know maybe there were tiny places along the way where we were getting new inspirations from real life that were finding their way into the movie. And now all of the movie has found its way to the berlin Film Festival in competition for the pristine. Its golden instead of the bears. And our very own star of the Silver Screen joins us now scott very good morning scott morning nice to see you again you were out about last night how was Opening Night was great i mean. You can say what you want about a lot of the films that go about a lot of they tend to do a good opening yeah this was a great opening film huge number of stars on the on the red carpet a great fun film ever got everyone up upbeat just just loved it and i can recommend this movie enough ok yeah looking forward to seeing of the trailers that. You know the fallout from the hollywood sex abuse scandal unfortunately has overshadowed this event as well as as you know vince and in hollywood in the u. S. On peoples mind and the effect of the hashtag me two was being felt at the belly what about the red carpet yeah there was a bit of a scandal before the festival opened because there was a petition online petition to change the red carpet to turn the red carpet black as a symbol of solidarity with the me too movement you might remember at the Golden Globes at the grammys people were black in solidarity. For victims of harassment abuse there was a suggestion that it also happened at the bella nala and as i say this there was a movement to try and get them actually change the color of the carpet to black berlin festival said they support the idea of the thoughts behind it but thought it would be too much of a symbolic course or a superficial gesture to do that as opposed to trying to make real changes and if you look at not just the films running the building all but also whats happening around the city during the festival there is a lot of effort to address the issues of harassment and abuse i mean tomorrow im on a panel where ill be talking about diversity and gender balance in the Film Industry and what people can do what they are doing worldwide really practical steps to take. And theres a lot of the those type of discussions happening in the round of the ballot and thats all things thats maybe a better or more significant thing to do than to just wear black or or make a symbolic gesture so the push is there to raise awareness. About it and the german culture minister last night made that a big point of her speech saying times up as which is another hash tag this movement and that we can accept the sort of abuse thats been happening sort of the history of the Film Industry ok lets talk about isle of dogs and lets get back to the film this is exciting stuff year for many people out there youre one of the first of seen it. Would you say its great i mean im a huge fan of wes anderson is one of my favorite directors this is just a delightful its a stop Motion Animation so its puppets that have been moved around or whatever but the whole style of the film is the light full it takes inspiration from a bunch of japanese movies but you dont need to know any of the film history to to really enjoy it and the story itself which is sort of an adventure tale about this island where all these dogs have been sent for quarantine to die essentially and then theres a young boy called atari who goes to rescue his dog and then he will save all dog namecalling but you have these incredible scenes where the dogs confront each other they all talk in english and the sort of have the same if you know wes anderson movies theres sort of a always a quirky sense of humor an offbeat sense of style and that really comes through i think its the light for movie im going to go see it again. My family my friends maybe what i could drag to the movies ok i cant wait to see it by itself thanks for the recommendations roxboro for us are really correspondent out of the red carpet over the next few days thanks very much to. When you see a black and white photo you might think its old record historical maybe but the photographer our old house vault has stuck to black and white to this day as hes done for decades color isnt. The exhibition austin or the real celebrates. His pictures for tre life in the former socialist east germany and it looks pretty gray. Pictures that show the young varnished truth of life in former east germany. Depression but also joy. The dominating color in those days was great but every day life could still be vibrant as the photographer of those pictures remembers. He lived in the socialist part of germany himself. But the people there managed to survive that we had for communism this comic called temp was doomed from the very beginning but the problem is there will always be someone who wants to leave the flock there will always be sheep who follow. Follow dale austin the released one hundred pictures of everyday life in german socialism that the photographer. Took in the one nine hundred eighty s. All in black and white on film a technique he uses to this day. You have to use your own imagination colorful photography is complete. Full of color meaningless black and White Photography meets us to compete with the nation. For. His pictures during the last years of former east germany they show a version of socialist life that the communist government didnt want to expose. I. Did it anyway and published his photographs in west german newspapers and magazines he was monitored by the east german secret police. Thirty five spies were on his back day and night. I didnt take these pictures for the world press but for myself. It was published across the border as they were forbidden in the east. That was my chance to show these pictures to the world even if it was illegal. With a bit of luck perhaps he did not end up in prison twenty eight years after the collapse of the berlin wall his pictures are now on display in berlin and will be shown all over the country. This is deja vu news live from berlin we have more on these and other stories that our website dot com for now though thanks so much for being with us. The book. The be. The big. Boobs. The book. The book the be. The best. The berlin stories let me get some special u. S. Dollars following the bailout. Thirty minutes. Following the briana merger in the morning. And the money from europe. This years Munich Security Conference takes place at a time of great insecurity international when it is willing to cover it all the Munich Security Conference on in the money. 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This is deja vu news live from berlin polands prime going to serve visits the german capital and hes explaining a lot today this after warsaw makes it illegal to say poland murdered jews in the Second World War and then tells the citizens abroad to stoop on critics will get more from our correspondent also coming up with a spotlight on security top defense ministers diplomats and World Leaders gather at the Munich Security Conference to assess the biggest threats facing the world