Im michael okwu thanks so much for joining me a laundry list of conflicts and uncertainty over the west 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 dwindling influence on Global Security has even spawned a new term west listening. The whos 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. And the been that our closest ally the United States of america under the Current Administration rejects the idea of an international community. Great again 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 didnt have the United Nations would have to invent it so people need to stop playing with peoples 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 and cities and nothing. Else kind of but i know you cannot exclude climate protection from the security issue because its a huge issue. And war is definitely not climate neutral. Mistreatment id buy the conference continues until sunday with debates over the role of nato and the conflict in syria likely to dominate. The german president s words fell on mostly receptive ears with numerous participants be moaning the decline of cohesion within the Transatlantic Community a decline for which the organizers of the security conference even coined a new term west meaning the lack of will or ability on the part of north america and europe to promote complex Multilateral Solutions to difficult problems amongst those problems Climate Change and Nuclear Proliferation came in for the most frequent mention but few participants held out hope of a new initiative to revive cooperation on either ultimately it may be the bilateral meetings on the sidelines. At this conference that deliver more in the way of results for example a reduction of violence agreement that was affirmed here today after a meeting between the u. S. Secretary of state the u. S. Secretary of defense and the president of afghanistan if the taliban can prove that they are able to reduce violence over seventys time then the Afghan Government says it is willing to sit down for peace talks that could pave the way for a drawdown of u. S. Troops now to some of the other stories making news around the world the death toll from corona virus in Mainland China has risen above 1500 a hospital specializing in traditional chinese medicine in rwanda at the center of the outbreak has been ready to take hundreds of patients the virus has now reached africa as well with egypt reporting its 1st case. The u. S. Is raising tariffs on aircraft imported from the European Union the hike from 10 to 15 percent as part of a long running dispute involving americas boeing and europes airbus the World Trade Organization has declared european subsidies air bus illegal allowing the u. S. To impose tariffs. In thailand more than 200 Buddhist Monks prayed at a Shopping Mall to remember victims of the soldier who went on a shooting rampage on friday the gunman killed 29 people before police shot him dead the mass prayer was held before shots reopen for business. Thousands of farmers have been staging mass protests in spain against what they say is a crisis in the Agricultural Sector farmers claim supermarkets have kept food prices too low to cover the cost of production spain is 1. 00 of western europes biggest agricultural producers. Now police here in germany have arrested 12 men following a series of raids targeting members of the far right network the men are suspected of planning attacks on politicians Asylum Seekers and muslims the raids are part of a crackdown by german officials an individual suspected of promoting far right extremism investigators raided this house near oxburgh as well as 12 other locations in 6 german states the federal Prosecutors Office has accused 5 men of forming a right wing terrorist group 8 others are accused of providing them with support on friday afternoon the federal prosecutor ordered the detention of 12 of the men they allegedly exchanged information in chat groups. Informants who according to our information in these chat groups they discussed killing a politician or carrying out an attack on a mosque but the plans were not concrete they did not state names and locations where the attacks would be carried out. On the interior minister of north rhinewestphalia said one of the men charged was a Civil Servant in his state the man was immediately suspended. Anyone who has anything to do with this should know that our intelligence agencies are on their trail there is no where these people can feel safe not even on the internet. The 12 suspects are to be brought before a judge at germanys high court on saturday the judge will then decide whether or not to issue arrest warrants u. S. Defense secretary mark casper has justified diverting nearly 4000000000 dollars from aircraft and other programs to fund a border wall with mexico President Donald Trump says around 200 kilometers of the border fence has been finished the president ignored criticism of the shift in funds and talked instead about how much was being built as well as making claims about people trying and failing to climb. Went to arizona where construction is in full swing cutting through conservation areas and heretic sites. 9 meters tall a rusty mix of steel pillars and concrete trumps board a wall is growing longer in arizonas organ pipe national monument. A heartbreaking scene for conservationist kevin dahl hes worked along the Us Mexico Border for years and he recalls when the border was little more than a symbolic maka this vehicle barrier was here was just an old cow fence with 3 strands of barbed wire by park Service Friends would say they call ahead to this restaurant across the street order their lunch and theyd meet them at the fence and get their lunch. Rules protecting historical and cultural sites will wave to build the will now there is nothing to stop contractors destroying the parks history you can see that theyre using a steamroller to compress this 60 foot swath and theyre doing it right next to cuba hugo springs this desert oasis where people have lived for millennia and now its protected by the park service except they are destroying an archaeological site by doing this right here we know this is an archaeological site there are people buried there. Dolphin is the wolf solid nature could also hurt the regions unique does that wildlife. Desert animals have to roam far to get water and the flow of genes the interaction between the animals which is really important to keeping a healthy population welcome to be completely stopped at this wall. Rather encroaching as you county residents have organized and you will protest kevin dahl is among the demonstrators activists have held regular protest and say whoa construction has gone ahead without a local engagement lake and joe doll has been campaigning for months. So the trumpet ministration has pulled out all the stops in order to build this wall they have waived more than 41. 00 and vironment culture resource Protection Laws all of the laws that would normally have been cast aside for this project and now trump has stolen billions of dollars from the military in order to build these walls its actually was quite easy to climb over shimmied up those behinds myself lots of videos have come out of people climbing over these walls proponents say the war will stop Illegal Immigrants and drugs but the price is steep an estimated 12000000. 00 per kilometer were not at war with mexico theyre a valued trading partner and here at the border were very friendly with mexico we have a we know people have family on both sides drug cartels know how to go under through and on top of walls theyve done it forever. People who want to work theyre going to get here. If its not through this desert its going to be through the ports of entry. Despite demonstrations and fears of irreversible ecological and cultural damage chums Major Campaign promise is taking shape kevin doll still visits the border but its rapidly changing from the dynamic area he remembers the wind of building a quick moment is omnipresent and shows no sign of falling silent. Cysteine children have died in a fire at an orphanage in haiti the home outside the capital Port Au Prince was run by a u. S. Based Nonprofit Group Authorities Say the blaze may have been started by candles used during one of his frequent blackouts. Shock and sorrow outside the building that was home to more than 60 children half of the victims were babies or toddlers. To gus i work here is a teacher im here to help the children im like a father to them ah general what happened there was nothing i could do when i arrived a soul of the 15 corpses described the. Rescue workers said they could have saved more lives but lacked bottled oxygen and the ambulances needed to transport all of the injured children to a hospital. It would leave you couldnt get to the top floor so we could take some children who were conscious to hospital unfortunately some of them couldnt get the treatment they needed. The home was run by a u. S. Based nonprofit religious group that lost its operating license because of unsanitary and overcrowded conditions and insufficiently trained staff but in this desperately poor country there are hundreds of such care centers for children placed there by parents too destitute to support them. Well turn a sports now european footballs governing body away for has banned english side Manchester City from Champions League competition for the next 2 seasons thats because of quote serious financial fair play breaches wafer said in a statement premier League Champions Manchester City who were coached by Pep Guardiola were found guilty of having falsely inflated their sponsorship revenues wafer have also find man city 30000000 euros the club says it will appeal against the decision. In the bundesliga as friday night game dortmund cruised to a dominating 4 nil victory against frankfurt moving up to 2nd place in the table veteran defender lucas check the Party Started with just over half an hour gone then Jayden Sanchez added another early in the 2nd half golden boy early in holland set a record by netting his 8th goal in his flock 1st 5 bundesliga games just a few minutes later and Rafael Guerrero rounded out their school line with a quarter of an hour left. A video of an astronaut reuniting with her dog after spending nearly a year in space has gone viral prompting smiles and damp eyes around the world Christina Cook came home this week after 328. 00 days on the International Space station. Her pet little drowned dog known as l b d was obviously delighted to see her again. I am not sure i was more excited glad she remembers me after year cook wrote when she posted the video on social media. And a reminder of the top stories were following for you the Munich Security Conference has opened with a warning from the german president frank falter she finally told World Leaders that a lack of unity in the west is fueling global insecurity in a separate development u. S. Officials at the conference announced a deal with the taliban that could lead to peace talks. 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