They just turn 3 pm this saturday in moscow my name is kevin i mean this is our international q war welcome to you 1st story then today political disunity in the west is dominating this years Munich Security Conference where officials from around the world are tackling the biggest questions in International Affairs among those addressing. This saturday with the u. S. Secretary of state my pompei and also frances president mark wrong bit of a small war of words from there peter all over our europe correspondent across the capital for is slightly differing views of the side of the Atlantic Pete on how the west is fairing right now yeah. Well thats right the security conference started on friday with german leaders the german president franco. And foreign minister. Saying that the role of western nations on the world stage changed at this had been brought about by the United States abandoning its obligations on the International Stage on saturday the french president Emmanuel Mccall addressing the conference said that europe needs more defense autonomy so that its able to act independently from the United States. In when youre born or deported we can see that there is a certain weakening of the west that has been observed that 15 years ago we thought our values would be universal values that would always ruled world i think were facing the hour of truth here we have a lot in common with the United States freedom and so on and so this is why we fight together numerous wars but its not quite what america wants we need to develop our own strategy. Pushing forward the United States his point of view was secretary of state mike pompei o he rejected the idea that the wests relationship with the wider world needs to evolve. Happy to report that the death of the Transatlantic Alliance is grossly over exaggerated. The west is winning we are collectively winning the west is winning freedom and democracy or winning or winning the west will win lets keep at it lets keep winning. But according to secretary problem peo the woes of the world can be blamed on the usual suspects russia iran and china. Are way another Chinese State backed Tech Companies are trojan horses for chinese intelligence. Russias different disinformation campaigns try to turn our citizens against one another. Iranian cyberattacks plague middle east computer networks. For secretary of state pompei o and the secretary of defense u. S. 60 defense that is mark s. But both engaged in quite a bit of china bashing during their time at the podium here at the Munich Security Conference they were followed to that podium by the chinese minister for Foreign Affairs wang he described the claims made by the United States partners as lies that they always say the same thing wherever they go and that these accusations werent based on facts although still plenty to come from here in munich on saturday including an address to the conference by the Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov will be keeping an eye on all of the latest as it happens here in munich and of course ill bring it to you when ill take or i pay for your thoughts about 2 hours time we think is no peter all of are immune from the so the news from the french president also offered his thoughts on the economic penalties imposed on russia beginning in 2014 and also identified several areas to where theres scope for said for grade. Cooperation with moscow. I dont think we should lift the sanctions im just saying that the sanctions and counter sanctions didnt really work out we europeans suffer as much from the sanctions as the russians do in our Strategic Dialogue with russia we must take the opportunity to thaw frozen conflicts address cyber issues and talk about space and the militarization of space we also need to be able to talk about addressing conflicts like syria i am not pro russian or pro anti russian i am just pro european if you look at the geographic facts we need to build a Security Architecture based on mutual trust. Well lets get a view from the heart of europe or phones of political analyst im the founder of the brussels based think tank the sippy Foundation Hello there nice to see on the program to what extent is the west experiencing as we call it a crisis of identity right now especially after brets in everything experiencing a gradual fragmentation is that overblowing is it still as united as it was. Was certainly the brics it has weakened the european external auction considerably and the e. U. Used trying to find a new role in the few ration of the world which is no more the one of the post the 2nd world war so now we are not in the division of west and the rest and sort of imposition of International Order based on the agreements of shelter this is over the world these multipolar there are powers which are reclaiming their rule like china and russia. The same level like the western countries so this is something difficult for the utopian union of the cheese. Structure created. Over so test to redefine its reason to exist in its aids is it possible to go on is reason to exist is it is it over for europe or not as it sees it is probably over because their model is no more defendable in the current set up of the worlds diseases need for europe because europe still as the lets say the capacity of proposing it is a reach can be of interest to the east and to the west but certainly no more fun of freedom and liberty and democracy against the rest. My poem peo said there is a glue the glue is the west together he said is defined by geography as well though as respect for individual Freedom National sovereignty Free Enterprise except in funny ways for us to say that any nation could be western you agree. To a certain extent it is true although the way he spelled it out is quite. 2 words that are still the world because the fact is it is true is that the neo liberal approach is the one governing go all over the planet so. Different to the accents within the liberal approach that there can be a more nationalist one or a more globalist one and it is the same confrontation of positions that existed already after the 1st world war between the 198930 we are still blocked index position and sound clear if the globalist approach continue to exist and one example is the United States itself i mean there are theyre proposing a more national is the approach we had a man who are chronically iran has been talking in a in a pragmatic way youve even said yourself that maybe the future for europe is not as rosy as it used to be and of course looking at ties to tear rating or not going so well with america at the moment reason europe could be a bigger future between European Countries and russia manual necron seem to be suggesting that was a way forward to agree. Well the mccrum proposal is really a dish in the weaker position of world the gold these times so. Certainly europe to open talks to all powers in the world is the only way to exist so to china russia and the United States and be a sort of a neutral police dealing with all these larger powers but the europe that exists only. To one camp of the hours or so that you are ok europes lets say the american or the russians this is this is wrong approach in my opinion here big old world but in very many ways a small place to political analysts power of photos cameras so on the line to give us your view on this ongoing meeting in munich was coming from a preshared it well what theyre trying to look for unity with an outside wasnt. So much unity as you can see the German Riot Police using brute force against protesters overnight in munich as members of the anti for movement convened outside that security Conference Venue 7 could be seen aggressively pushing offices going to see the pictures for yourself while others hell fire crackers and wave flags to say Sergey Lavrov the foreign minister for russia is like youd be speaking there in a roundabout 2 hours 5 oclock moscow times 10 past 2 now and what happens will go across to it and see what he has to say. Next. One of the biggest digital defense contracts in American History has been put on ice Online Retail giant amazon is taking on the pentagon in court after washington gave the 10000000000. 00 deal to rival microsoft the lawsuit argues that donald trump was biased in his decision against amazon supreme jeff bezos in a feud between them stretching back to trumps 1st president ial campaign. He wants political influence so that amazon will benefit from it if i become president oh do they have problems theyre going to have such was my view is thats not an appropriate way for a president ial candidate to behave or using the Washington Post for power so that the politicians in washington dont tax amazon like they should be taxed finally tracked by donald trump will still reserve him a seat on the blue origin rocket send donal to space so sorry to hear about the news about jeff bozo being taken down by competitors reporting i understand is far more accurate than the reporting in his lobbyist newspaper the amazon Washington Post. At the end of last year bezos stressed the importance of the military project with the pentagon but next todays caleb maupin reports hes now hindering the deal one by microsoft. Remember when jeff bezos called out his tech rivals for not stepping up to the plate when the country needs protecting in my view is this big tech is going to turn their backs on the department of defense this country is in trouble this is how were going to do it we are going to support the department of foods this country is important the Silicon Valley tech giants love to walk hand in hand with the pentagon but their employees not so much google workers protested a Program UsingArtificial Intelligence for drones and microsoft employees have voiced their concerns about a 10000000000. 00 contract with the pentagon to offer Cloud Services but lucky enough for the department of defense amazon led by jeff bezos americas richest man has stepped up to the plate they say amazon is happy to do business with the pentagon were going to continue to support the duty this is a great country and it does need to be defended so it turns out that when amazon didnt get that contract and microsoft got it instead they as ows was angry he took it to court citing bias from donald trump the preservation of Public Confidence in the nations procurement process requires discovery and supplementation of the administrative record particularly in light of president trumps order to screw amazon the question is whether the president of the United States should be allowed to use the budget of the department of defense to pursue his own personal and political and but the irony is that jeff bezos with his legal action has double crossed the very same entity he swore to protect as a result of the lawsuit the entire program which the pentagon says is necessary for National Security has been put on a hold the military brass is on have. Were disappointed in the ruling and believe the actions taken in this litigation have unnecessarily delayed implementing department of defenses modernization strategy and deprived our war fighters of a set of capabilities we need the Us Department of defense says it will lose 5. 00 to 7000000. 00 every month the program is delayed users changing as a pin in a way that serves as pocketbook is not necessarily or base ervice pocket book is not particularly a surprise i think theres a debate to be had on the degree to which these social media Tech Companies and Search Companies are able to sway the assuaged opinion change Public Opinion restrict debate these are big issues that i think the balance when people think about it or theres going to be a drive i believe a populist drive to lessen the power of big tech the cuts across the political spectrum well apparently for the worlds richest man the country only needs National Security protection when hes getting a share of the Defense Budget kaleb up and r. T. New york. Theres been a major put to the french equivalent of the oscars we can report the entire academys quit just 2 weeks before the issues are glittering ceremony or paris correspondent shallow due bensky tries to explain why. This years award season has been plagued by allegations from a lack of diversity in the candidates weve been using that has sag over the last couple years has to go so why this year the oscars they have a new house a asters wider than ever do a lack of the fairer sex hollywood is stuck in the 1970 s. The criticisms a may have been like water off a ducks back of the boards of the british and american academies but here in france they take it its hard to weeks before the french oscars are due to take place the entire board has resigned. To honor those men and women who made cinema happen in 2019 to find call and ensure that the festival film remains just that a festival the board has an animist we decided to resign this collective decision will allow complete renewal of the board this is as they are known here in france of come under fire off it was revealed that convicted child rapist and fugitive from the us Justice System polanski had topped the nominations list the director who fled to france in the 1970 s. Received the nords for his historical drama officer and disposal i. Do so since only like. Some of the composers. The film has received rave reviews from the critics and even got a standing ovation for its premiere at the Venice Film Festival but feminist groups have picketed some of those premieres after they found out that it this is up and they would feel to celebrate an abuser like polanski is to support the system of a punitive for male violence and silence the voices of the victims the riaa would then deepened when hundreds of actors directors and movie producers and personalities demanded profound changes this is academy they were unhappy off to a female director and the female writer was snubbed in an open letter to the academy they did not state it as being dysfunctional with the screws tightening the board took the decision to disband but even that decision has come under fire imagine what happens next new college of voters with all male selfesteem opacity and sexism who will eventually stop cheering the rapist peter criminals on the run so how has it gone down here in paris but is a film more important than those who make it its the 1st time with 3 kids i believe the story of polanski is real. Its existed for 30 or 40 years dont they have anything to do except protest is there nothing else in france now really. Most of it in my opinion the 2 figures are United Artists and men season indulge so he should assume the consequences of his actions that youre extreme and this is to me this is a board resigned great for them and maybe these resignations can fix the issues and this is what im hoping for the act is the answer for the direct is for everyone. I think he has an artistic side beyond comparison with other artists from the human point of view its not good what he did but its past and we cant make the aspects. I watch this is a much more to come on the program after the break well look at the debate that erupted at the university of virginia over who should be using a multicultural room on campus when the stories lined up. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this spirit Dramatic Development that only im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. To the past the university of virginia in the u. S. Has come of a sharp criticism online after one of its students claimed too many white people were using a Multicultural Community center on campus videos posted on social media where its garnered nearly 4000000 views partly theres just too many white people in here the space for people of color so lets be really harmless they are the space that youre taking because it does make some of us feel see how comfortable when you see 2 anyway could one hear. The whole point of multiculturalism is for diversity that includes all cultures but the university of virginias new Multicultural Student Center is apparently just for people of color thats not multiculturalism thats racism imagine if you white person stood up and announced there were too many black people in the room and the mc other white people uncomfortable how is this not considered racism to many white people so this is why so many of our ancestors fought and died for freedom and equality just so we can have a blacks only area really well bit more but this center was opened in late 2016 with a view to supporting underrepresented marginalized communities but conservative students say the video documents a clear case of racial into