On record. Im brian thomas great to have you with us u. S. President donald trump has arrived in london where hell be marking natos 70th birthday with other leaders of the worlds biggest military alliance 2 days of talks will be dominated by finance differences on how to approach russia and the Cyber Threats posed by chinese 5 g. Telecom companies President Trumps expected to continue to pressure allies to spend more and to back plans for a space based nato force. Well while the president is taking a more conciliatory approach to nato Member States are at odds over key issues 70 years after his formation the unity of the alliance is under growing strains. Nato performs on an impressive scale at exercises like this united and with clear leadership but the political reality often looks different better quarrels occur frequently the latest on target asked french president emanuel macron he criticized me to his brain dead in an interview with british news magazine the economist a damaging political slap in the face just before the meeting in london. In my promised very media savvy and knows how these things were and he knows how to make his voice heard. That the timing before the meeting in london was chosen deliberately or it could look at. The french president s remark was mainly aimed at turkey for its military operations undertaken without consulting nato partners turkey is a geo strategically important nato member but has just stepped out of line with its offensive in Northern Syria nato the only major western military alliance was paralysed to intervene another problem turkey has entered an arms deal with russia buying a Strategic Missile defense system. More experts have agreed for months and even years that theres a problem with the alliance. Problem dollars. A problem that u. S. President donald trump has exacerbated time and again americas withdrawal from syria surprised the alliance showing that the most powerful until my most reliable nato member is acting without consulting its European Partners well known are problematic now we have a problem with the americans a problem in the west with Transatlantic Relations why the americans see the europeans need us to problem not a solution to. Nato secretary general yen stoltenberg is under pressure hes seeking a clear commitment from all members 1st Strong Alliance for stoltenberg its also a budgetary issue last years we have seen that have started to increase again more troops more exercises more investments stoltenberg also try to get mccrone on board during a short visit to paris but without success frances president repeated his criticism. That there probably needed to be a wake up call and im happy that i was able to spark a debate and that we can now think about our strategic goals. As a key strategic but stoltenberg did receive support from barry lynn german chancellor of america defended nato. And isnt of this time we depend on this Transatlantic Alliance and thats why its right for us to work for this alliance and take on more responsibility. 70 years since the Defense Alliance was founded the Global Security situation is much more complex than it was during the cold war so what lies ahead to find out lets go live to our correspondent Terry Schulte the summit for us in london good day to you terry we just heard in our report there are a number of problems can confronting nato if you could take one what is the Biggest Issue confronting the alliance right yeah. Well it depends on the day and that is probably the biggest problem that there are so many tensions within the alliance that we havent even been focusing in recent months on the challenges coming from outside the alliance the threats to nato allies we have been talking solely in the last few weeks about these comments by president mcclellan that nato is brain dead before that its whether the u. S. Will pull out of europe the u. S. Pressing european allies on their defense spending so all of these are internal questions and thats pretty frustrating for secretary general stoltenberg who of course wants to portray nato as as an alliance that is unified and ready to face the external threats so really its these internal questions that are the biggest problem the alliance has at the moment including today here in london ok to a new external threats one is chinese 5 g. Telecommunications another one a den of 5 by you and still is the threat in space space as a new battlefield lets take a listen to what the nato general secretary had to say about that nato has no intention to put weapons in space we are the offensive alliance on the approach will remain fall in line with International Law but making space on the operational domain will help us in short of all aspects are taken into account to ensure the success of our missions ok success of the mission how does nato want to secure the new battlefield space where discussions on that right now terry. There at a very early stage in fact that decision will only be formally endorsed here by leaders tomorrow so were at the very early stages and what he wants to emphasize of course is that nato which doesnt even have weapons will not be putting weapons in space what countries do with with their Space Missions are all National Decisions so nato isnt going to do anything in space but it was time it was overdue to declare space as an operational demain because as many experts have pointed out if somebody else if a Hostile Force control space theres very little you can do on the ground to have effective war fighting techniques so this was long overdue just like declaring cyber was as the last operational domain and if i were still in berg i would focus a lot on space because youre at such an early stage that theres very little to disagree about at this point ok we have 2 days of talks there in london what can we expect to come out of them. Well its very interesting because you know everyone is calling this a summit unless you know better its not called a summit its called a leaders meeting and that is because there is so much tension every time these heads of state and government get together that nato planners fear that if you call it a summit if you say theres going to be a communique it gives President Trump in particular too much of a spotlight to cause problems to make it a scene about defense spending or whatever else he wants to he wants to use it for at the moment so it is called a meeting it is only 3 hours long and the document that they hope will come out of it is not called a communique because everyone has these horrible images of President Trump withdrawing his signature at a g. 7 in canada so what they are hoping for and it is not by no means clear this will happen is a document giving general areas of agreement that the europeans are going to spend more that there are going to be new war fighting plans in place that theyre coming up with a strategy on china and that space will be declared an operational demain those are some of the issues they hope will have enough general agreement that there can be a paper signed at all ok well see what happens at the end of this conference was called that terry thanks so much for that live from london. All powerful storm has made landfall philippines typhoon is whipping up waves bringing drenching rains and winds topping 150 kilometers for hours now heading towards the capital manila now this typhoon is knocked out power in a number of provinces more than 200000 people have fled to safety as a result. Knows International Airport has suspended its operations and organizers of the Southeast Asia games have had to cancel thats. A preview now on some of the other stories making the news this hour in chile dozens of students have staged protests at subway stations around the capital santiago they jump turnstiles help commuters avoid paying for tickets anger over a fare hike triggered the still ongoing mass demonstrations in chile with protesters highly highlighting that countrys widespread and you call us. Authorities in mexico are hunting down Cartel Gunmen behind an attack which left 22. 00 people dead the attack occurred in the own close of the u. S. Border dozens of gunmen sprayed houses in the city all with bullets government workers and Police Officers were among the dead. The climate activist aggressive tune berg is set to arrive back in europe after crossing the atlantic by boat the catamaran carrying hers preparing to dock in the portuguese capital lisbon the 16 year old has spent a number of weeks attending climate protests in the u. S. She refuses to fly because of the Carbon Emissions involved shell be traveling on to the u. N. Climate summit in the spanish capital dritte. Well at that Climate Conference weather experts are warning that the past decade is almost certain to have been the hottest on record the annual assessment of the earths climate by the World Meteorological organization paints a bleak image of vanishing vanishing ice devastating heat waves and encroaching seas now one main goal of the Climate Summit is ensuring that the worlds biggest economies like germanys become a Carbon Neutral in 30 years by 2050. The focus right now is on who will launch real action against Climate Change last year a new record was set with humans pumping more gigatons of Greenhouse Gases into the environment than ever before now at the u. N. Climate conference in madrid spain delegates from around the world are expected to get clear on exactly how theyll take action moving forward. U. N. Secretary general antonio could terrorise said the war against nature must stop do we really want could be remembered as the generation that burden to bear being the sands. Why would the planet burns. And the pressure is on the last 5 years where the warmest since humans began recording temperatures extreme weather events are more common sea levels continue to rise to dangerous new levels. Of pollution in the atmosphere and in our oceans is devastating ecosystems. But so far most countries are still heading in the wrong direction Scientists Say the vital markers of Climate Change are predicted to rise not fall in the coming decade emerging economies are burning more coal and the us one of the largest producers of Greenhouse Gas emissions pulled out of the Paris Agreement the u. S. Delegation says that will change. Unfortunately we are having to fight our way through a bit of a. Blockade by the fossil fuel industry but that will not prevail meanwhile europe is setting its sights on leadership the new head of the European Commission ursula vander lyon said europe is prepping to blaze the trail to an economy that prioritizes eco friendly innovation is to be a climate which will come to an end 2015 the European Green deal is europes new Growth Strategy it will cut emissions while also creating jobs funded lion said the e. U. Wants to create a transition to climate neutrality that is irreversible with plans to invest one trillion euro in the next decade to make europe the 1st climate neutral continent in the world the race is on to see who can create leadership that finally brings results. We have some force now and megan rypien oh and lionel messi of one footballs prestigious bhalo indoor award after being recognized as the best male and male player your rippetoe triumphed after leading the u. S. To world cup glory of course argentinas you know messi won the award for a record 6th time after guarding a guiding barcelona to another Spanish League title. Hes now want to head of his rival for seattle and although. Now as winter sets in in the Northern Hemisphere lets take you to hawaii where the warm temperatures and cloudless skies there are the perfect backdrop for the top surfers in the world theyve been taking on the big waves in the bands world cup of surfing this is veteran kelly slater his lungs the event 21 years ago on the 47 hes still on the top. Just and this ride despite the wipe out help them put him into the 4th round and in contention for the title another time. That was a beautiful ride this is deja vu news live from berlin im brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for being with us and rita will be with you again at the top of the hour. Welcome to the book is the game here. We have plenty to talk about in. This country. 3 more. Little we have. Lets have a look at some of the covenant books so you dont want to miss. P. W