Action was a title race in full swing mentioned bob barr continue their excellent form to prove they remain a force to be reckoned with at the top of the tape. Hello and welcome to the program im nick spicer Foreign Ministers from major world powers met in munich to push for peace in libya germany and the United Nations want to end Foreign Military support for libyas warring parties an agreement struck last month in berlin has been repeatedly violated with multiple breaches of an arms embargo and increased fighting now representatives at the meeting are pushing for a permanent cease fire German Foreign minister laid out a key step following the meeting. Whats important now is to establish transparency and ensure that anyone who intends to violate the arms embargo knows they wont escape unnoticed and the fun of. It should be clear to all breaking this embargo means violating a Un Resolution which will not be without consequences. And lets bring indeed a new Political Correspondent simon young in munich simon the German Foreign minister was talking about consequences should anyone break this embargo what does he mean by that. Well i think he primarily means that theres going to be more focus on this from the International Community this meeting today of Foreign Ministers from the region and has produced a pretty blandly worded statement i would say in which they describe the situation on the ground in libya is deeply troubling and deplored the violations of the arms embargo but whats been announced essentially that e. U. Foreign ministers will meet to discuss libya as a top priority tomorrow monday and theyll be more talks under the umbrella of the un in geneva probably featuring representatives of both the warring factions in libya within the next 10 days or so so its more talks about talks really in terms of what consequences could be achieved well the e. U. Wants to get together and do more monitoring of the arms embargo and of course they might even get to the situation of reinstating the maritime controls in the mediterranean which at the moment are not really happening. Sam you talk about talks about talks and i think i can answer this question how significant were the discussions on libya today did they amount to much. Yeah i mean as i say i think its its important that when youve got these are top level officials here in munich for the security conference they come together and take the opportunity to issue some kind of statement show that the International Community ease on this but in terms of a breakthrough i dont think weve seen that the u. N. Deputy envoy on libya said that the truce in libya hes hanging by a thread in the embargoes or jokes are his words much more strong than those that were in this statement agreed by the Foreign Ministers. Ok libya of course is not the reason why all the ministers came to attend the Munich Security Conference in that meeting some big splits were on display over the leadership of the western world and the transatlantic relationship lets take a closer look. From the opening moments of this years conference the tensions between europe and the us were front and center. Saying stuff abandoned to our closest ally the United States of america under the Current Administration rejects the idea of an International Community and ups. Great again great again if necessary also at the expense of neighbors and partners that was a preview of starkly different visions of the european u. S. Alliance depending on who you ask its either on life support or in good health. And happy to report that the death of the Transatlantic Alliance is grossly over exaggerated french president Emmanuel Mccraw insisted that europe must become more independent of the us. Soon there will but if we have no freedom to act then we have no credibility in Foreign Policy and we cant be a junior partner to the United States of america. German foreign minister heiko tried to reconcile the 2 sides. We will have to do more for our security but i think it would be a mistake to pit europe against the u. S. Were in a Security Alliance together that works nato but it needs reform and were discussing that now while westerners argued over whether their influence is on the decline russias foreign minister Sergey Lavrov had a different concern. This is through before our eyes the system of agreements in the field of strategic stability and nonproliferation is being destroyed the threshold for using Nuclear Weapons is being lowered the regional crises are multiplying. Outside the venue thousands of protesters were a steady presence many of them environmental activists who said the conference downplays Climate Change as a security issue. Back inside the big speeches overshadowed multiple meetings on the sidelines all addressing major challenges that arent going away anytime soon. Think you could hear that youve covered a few of these conferences quite a few what do you think people will remember this one for. Well i think you saw it there is this battle really between in particular the United States and the european representatives over what the west is all about what it really means what state it seen and we heard the german president frank morris saying of the world were moving further and further and further away from peace every year and hes very worried about the future of the west the americans in the form of my pompei or the secretary of state coming back saying no the west is winning. Role pushing his ideas for a more independent europe and we heard indeed this morning again from your simple role of the e. U. High representative on Foreign Policy saying europe has to learn to speak the language of power but the question is what will be backing up that power is there really any military base behind those words that got passed go is of cooperation mechanism but it really remains to be seen whether europe wants to go forward and become an independent force in terms of defense and Strategic Policy given all the threats china russia and many others have been mentioned here the other thing i think important agreement on the sidelines of this conference. On afghan peace in a Movement Towards peace the peace deal the americans have got an agreement of sorts anyway with the taliban and the Afghan Government in the form of afghan president garni ease giving modest star support i should say to that and says that hell be pursuing that in the coming weeks so they have actually been some some Significant Developments here in munich this year. Thanks for that. Time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. More than 30 civilians have been killed in saudi led air strikes in yemen it taks appeared to be retaliation for the downing of one of riyadhs warplanes the rebels said they brought down the tornado aircraft incidents come of that intensifying fighting between the rebels and forces of the saudi backed government. An 80 year old Chinese Tourists has died from the corona virus in a hospital in france is the 1st fatality in europe and just the 4th outside of china where around 1500 people have died as well as there are taking drastic steps to combat the outbreak with a court threatening the Death Penalty for people who hide symptoms dramatic video of lava flow and then ash call him billowing into the night sky above mexicos pople cut a pedal volcano the 5th largest mountain in north america erupted again on saturday for the 2nd consecutive day living up to its reputation as one of mexicos most active volcanoes and one of the most powerful non tropical storms on record has slammed into britain storm dennis is battering the u. K. With torrential rain and Hurricane Force winds and forecasters say the Severe Weather could last until monday the storm has been blamed for at least 2 deaths thus far and has also disrupted travel across the u. K. A close call for passengers touching down in haiti through our night as he got it is going to go hes going to go around. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled due to the strong winds with widespread travel disruptions felt across the u. K. The persistent rain has left this town in wales unrecognizable after its river burst its banks. A strong current slapped it harms and swallowed the countryside communities had little time to prepare. Or try to keep a level had steak a professor came back you know and you can only do what you can do at the end of the day night she will just say what hes going to do so theres not much he can to just talk its. The flooding was expected to be worse this time around following storm sierra with rain falling on already saturated ground. Conditions are expected to ease in the coming days as communities begin to assess the damage. In sports the late basketball star kobe bryant has been honored by the n. B. A. After theyve named an award after the former l. A. Lakers player the prize for the most valuable player in the annual allstar game will now carry bryants name event sees the top players in each season face off in an exhibition match ahead of the game this year as captain slow bron james and dennis i think both paid tribute to bryant who was killed in a helicopter crash. And we turn to football now and the late bonus league game on saturday glad were looking to stay in touch with the top 3 by beating relegation threatened distal dorf a saw that hadnt lost as welcoming a new man at the helm as it turned out the visitors proved way too good for the hosts. There was unbeaten in 2 outings since becoming just pulled off coach but it was visitors who struck 1st the onus off mon opening the scoring in the 20 seconds minutes i fancy footwork from young frenchman marcus. 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Hoffenheim spurred and the spoils down frankfurt on friday night 2 games to come on sunday cologne take on and my need shall. This is of course to be w. News up next is shift living in the digital age it takes a look at fake videos dont forget you can get all the latest news around the clock on our website and if you dont need a comment on the sparser thanks for joining