Prime minister praises the European Union as the peacemaker europe still maintained with briggs that looming he calls on the e. U. To ensure britain almost its pledge is on north not them. And as part of our coverage of the first year of the all terms presidency washington correspondent will be telling us what its like to be on the front line of his war against what he calls the Fake News Media. Hello and welcome my name is Christopher Spring a good to have you with us north and south korea have agreed to march under one flag at the Opening Ceremony of next months Winter Olympics the two countries have also agreed to send a joint womens Ice Hockey Team to the tournament if the International OlympicCommittee Approved that idea its all a small step towards less tension in the region but it wont be the first time the two koreas have marched together. The two thousand and three World University games they into the stadium under the socalled Korean Unification flag since two thousand they. Marched together at three olympic games. Were going to get some analysis on all this now from his most live from berlin for University Korea expert at the university and from a Sports Correspondent they are talking and as i want to start with you why is north koreas leader kim jong un using the Winter Olympics as a way to deescalate tensions with south korea well i think its pretty easy to answer that was a very Good Opportunity for north korea to get into a dialect direct dialogue again with the outer world we know that south to north korea was increasingly isolated also due to the sanctions and all the brutal cations from north korea from the United States so they were looking for an opportunity to reopen the communication channel and this was the perfect opportunity because there was an open invitation by the liberal president of south korea to join the olympics or get into that in more depth in a second i want to ask lima first you know this isnt the first time that the two koreas have used sports in a sense to bridge their divisions give us a little bit more about the history of that is what makes this so unique is that this is the first time that we see a unified korea an olympic team and the emphasis really should be on olympics because in the past they have sent joint korean teams to Major International sporting events we saw it in one thousand nine hundred one in japan at the world table tennis championships and the womens side actually went on to win the championships and that same year they also sent a joint soccer team to the future a youth championship in portugal if you guys want to take a guess but they made it as far as the quarterfinals so they can be quite the sporting threat if they unite force this thats right theres a saying about unity of producing strength. Has this all got anything to do with the fact that kim jong un the north Korean Leader is such a big sports fan. Well it could be but i dont think in this case we know that hes a big fan of basketball but of course we could speculate whether it was his idea to have a joint Ice Hockey Team and then we could think about whether this was a really good idea from the side of south korea to agree on having a joint team because this is very not practicals such short nor does notice to have a joint team playing at the olympics ok. Talking about the Ice Hockey Team lima do you think the i. O. C. Should approve that well if they follow the olympic spirit they own charter they own values and ideas then you would think that they would approve it because if you read the olympic ideas and values its all about peace its all about bringing people together its about forgetting your differences and uniting people they really big on bringing people together but that speaks on one thing that the distinction needs to be made that this by this is the first time that we see a joint Korean Olympic Team this will not be the first time that we see two koreas joining forces and marching together at an Opening Ceremony we saw that in two thousand in sydneys four years later in athens as well as in the turin at the winter games so the really revolutionary thing is this joint womens eyes ok tim thomas. Still dont quite understand what is going on in kim jong uns mind is this about isolating or separating if you want washington from seoul in other words driving a wedge in relations between south korea and the United States or rather would say its south korea functions as a kind of proxy by going through by opening now a new dialogue simple a Good Opportunity through south korea they will they think they will be able alternately. Being talking to the u. S. And thats what they actually want they want to talk to the u. S. They want to have the guarnteed that they wont be attacked by the u. S. And maybe even a peace treaty and thats the first step to go into that direction so its just the first step on a very long ladder it is ok Dennis Muslim from berlin for university and a limo tucker from g. W. Sports many thanks to both of you. Were going to catch up now at some of the other stories making news around the world in chile a pope francis has denounced the use of violence in the countrys struggle over the rights of its Indigenous People his comments made during an open mass referred to recent violence including the burning of churches in the countrys south thats where indigenous groups have been pushing for the return of their land. In ethiopia thousands gathered outside the capital that is about to cheer Opposition Leader mir a good do you know as he was released from jail is one of several hundred prisoners to walk free as part of the governments pledge to quote widen the democratic space the move comes after months of antigovernment protests. And palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has lashed out at the United States in an emotional speech in cairo he described Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel as quote sinful and he also said washington have disqualified itself from the role of peace broker. Turning to germany now where a chance to go battle has been holding talks today with australias new chancellor sebastian colts the meeting was under close scrutiny for any signs of discord between the two leaders corpse heads out a controversial coalition with australias far right is also himself been a vocal critic of michaels migration policies the two leaders were hoping to find Common Ground on improving the protection of europes borders. The youngest government leader in europe meets the longest serving one and its not just age that divides these two its Austrian Foreign minister Sebastien Cortes sharply criticized on the limb ackles refugee policy now however even the german chancellor favors setting a limit on migration could says that he sees other e. U. Countries moving in austrias direction adopting positions he was criticized for two years ago. As in austria we made. A disproportionate contribution we have the second highest number of Asylum Seekers relative to our population after sweden so i believe no one can accuse us of not showing solidarity on the contrary but if we want to solve the migration issue that it wont succeed via distribution but instead with aid on location and that still inadequately functioning e. U. External Border Protection that we urgently need. Merkel stressed that its not human traffickers who should decide who comes to europe. Its totally clear that we want to reduce illegal migration and strengthen europes external borders. But also strengthen the partnership with the countries of origin that in turn means that we must find new ways of working together with those countries settlements when it comes to questions of resettlement on board all phases of cooperation. But then the. Differences remain vienna feels theres been excessive focus on the use of quotas for purposes of distributing refugees entitled to remain in the e. U. Austria in the past and sympathized with Eastern European countries that refused to abide by such quotas. Merkel feels thats wrong. You know evil john ch the new austrian government on its actions and thats what ive told the chancellor i believe thats what counts c h the tone of the two Leaders Debate may have been less harsh than in the past but relations between the two neighbors remain complicated. Our chief Political Correspondent linda crane has been taking a close look at that press conference belinda what sort of atmosphere did we see between macklin calls has this first meeting between the two helped to smooth things over. Both were certainly and pains to downplay their differences but the words that you just heard from the chancellor certainly were measured and implied a kind of they held warning that germany would be watching austrians actions on the other hand both did say that they see a good basis for working together before he traveled to germany the chancellor of austria said that germany is a very valued partner for austria that he views americal as a very experienced politician and he said you know neighbors will always have differences and the fact is we see other e. U. Move countries moving in austrias direction and the chancellor for her part said that she saw very few divisions between the two but there were a couple that were evident in relation to both policy toward the European Union their courts would definitely like to see a lot more frugality while the chancellor said that she can imagine a need to invest more in indebted southern members of the eurozone and certainly there were a few disparity the discrepancies on asylum and immigration. Melinda or immigration on refugee policy all the divisions chamberlain in vienna as strong as they have been in the post. Both leaders were trying to indicate that theyre not for example both stressed to their agreement on the need for stronger protection of e. U. Borders on the need for clear measures in the area of Development Policy to try to encourage people to stay in their own countries and not travel to europe and also on the need for resettlement of those who come to europe and perhaps dont have a right to stay to stay but where there was a clear disagreement was again on the issue of quotas that European Union member countries should fulfill in terms of how many refugees they do take in of those. Who are intitled to stay there mr court said that he still thinks the issue is very much over emphasized whereas the chancellor said that she expects e. U. Member countries to abide by their obligations so i think that is one point where germany will be watching austrias actions as she said. But again there were. Clear indications that the chancellor of austria is right when he says that other European Countries are moving in austrias direction as you know germanys two biggest parties signed up last week to a paper that could provide the basis for negotiations on forming a grand coalition between them and there they agreed to an aspirational upper limit on the number of refugees that germany might be willing to accept that is exactly what austria did last year so in that respect the chancellor of austria is right when he said there is an evolution in german policy toward perhaps a more stricter look at immigration ok melinda always good to talk to you linda crane there our chief Political Correspondent. Still to come on this program the irish Prime Minister called on the European Union to ensure that britain pledges on Northern Ireland when it leaves the bloc we any closer to finding out how that border will work to bring support. And with us President Donald Trump still waging war on what he calls fake news watch is life like working on the journalistic frontline a special report on that coming up from washington correspondent. For Business News for you rather funny Business News happy news the biggest source of risk this year so i think the question is what could. Even. Kind of. Answer. Anything from an enterprise its politics. To. The biggest risk factors for. What happens if harvests fail say due to the effects of Climate Change like too much rain or drought or due to diseases that can destroy todays low diversity crops that could trigger conflicts over a food mass migration says the World Economic forums latest global risks report. The experts call it stream weather events and natural disasters the biggest risk factors for twenty eighteen in terms of likelihood and impact the next most probable risk Cyber Attacks and data fraud and the failure to mitigate or adapt to Climate Change. 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