Maduro says it is not coming in and growing protests to sway the loyalties of troops in forcing his barricade and over two weeks after contact was lost with his flight over the English Channel arjun time soccer star and many are no solid is confirmed dead after her his body was pulled from the planes wreckage with the fact that a tragic story as an inquest continues. Welcome to the program in germany plans for a pipeline supplying russian gas have been thrown into doubt under pressure from france the e. U. Is expected to vote today to impose tougher regulations which could haul construction and u. S. Senators have passed a resolution calling on germany to scrap the north string to project critics say the pipeline will make germany dependent on moscow and undermined European Security that leaves a key part of germanys Energy Strategy under threat. Construction of the north stream two pipeline is a ready well underway but the face of the project lies in the balance e. U. Members have not yet agreed on how to proceed and germany and france in particular appear to be at odds over regulation this is whats at stake the pipeline would transport gas from russia to germany via the baltic sea the project in its current form is operated by russian state and or g company problem. And thats exactly what critics including the United States and seemingly france object to. The dependency from russian gas will increase dress achille with a pipeline and thats the reason why they construct that. Contradicts obviously the european goals not on the of the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of Climate Policy and this is the reason why this pipeline is completely on the economic hole on friday european lawmakers will decide whether to extend the blocks energy rules to gas problem if they do so the company would no longer be allowed to both operate the pipeline to handle sales meaning the project in its current form at least could go up in smoke. Well now in just a week from now the worlds most important conference on International Security starts in the german city of munich and i am pleased to be able to welcome now the head of the Munich Security Conference and former german ambassador to the United StatesWolfgang Ischinger mr singer thank you so much for joining us this morning its a pleasure good morning and now now id like to begin with one of the big stories today as weve heard france set to oppose germany on north stream across and also canceling his joint appearance at this years Munich Security Conference how worried are you that cracks are forming in the relationship between france and germany right now. Well lets lets keep the facts straight. We were planning i had invited. Prison my corps and chancellor merkel to appear together actually i tried that already a year ago a year ago it didnt work because there was a german problem chancellor merkel didnt have a government fully formed. Last february so this plan fell through at that time i was hoping very much that this year we could go forward and. We could go actually a week ago not yesterday. The ellies a told us that president michael was not going to be able to come as planned and the reasons that were given to us had to do with the need of the president of france to entertain his National Dialogue and to worry about domestic issues rather than go abroad for this particular conference so for us this is unfortunate but. Not a big tragedy but but i mean what do you think it says though about the state of affairs here in europe because i mean you had previously welcome to this as a way of showing that europe is not falling apart on you highlighted the domestic issues in both countries were you wrong. Well no i mean look frieds even if president michel isnt going to speak himself in munich we will have plenty of other senior representatives of the french government in munich to explain french positions. There will be a huge american delegation and congressional delegation they will be half a dozen german ministers said red cetera so i think the purpose which i which is important to me the purpose to demonstrate in munich that the European Union is alive and kicking that purpose can still be maintained we will have plenty of european is because from germany from france from a number of other important european apologies for that interruption there that was an interview that i conducted earlier with Wolfgang Ischinger former german ambassador to the United States and head of the Munich Security Conference lets get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world the sister of thailands king princess obama has announced her intention to run for Prime Minister in Upcoming Elections in march but members of a promilitary party are objecting to her candidacy saying that it violates the electoral law banning Political Parties from using the monarchy for campaigning the c. E. O. Of amazon jeff bezos has accused the publisher of the u. S. Tabloid the National Enquirer of trying to blackmail him phase of the ledges that the company am i threaten to publish intimate photos that he allegedly sent to his girlfriend it is the latest twist in the weeks long battle between bezos and the company. And four women have accused former kosta rican president and nobel peace laureate oscar i. V. s of Sexual Misconduct the allegations come after a peace campaigner filed a criminal complaint against him earlier this week has declined to comment on the new allegations. Over a dozen european and latin american countries have called on been a swallow to hold free and Fair Elections to solve its deepening crisis after some five hours of talks in the coalition of countries warned against a rash intervention in venice. And a senior Foreign Policy chief frederica mogilny said that the group was committed to finding a peaceful democratic way out of the power struggle between president Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader. That statement coming as trucks carrying u. S. Humanitarian aid arrived at colombias border with venezuela the bridge into the country remains blocked by the military president Nicolas Maduro said that the shipments are part of a u. S. Led chua tapped. This is where their journey ends on the colombian venezuelan border desperately needed humanitarian aid is aboard these trucks but the gates into the crisis stricken country have been sealed on the other side venezuelas military still largely loyal to president maduro has been ordered to prevent any shipments crossing the border next to the soldiers anxious citizens wait and hope for food and medical supplies to be let through yet the point that sooner or later that bachus going to open and the humanitarian aid will rife the people affinis will at hyatt tired of being hungry. And my mother died nearly two weeks ago the doctors were unable to operate on her we had to find all of the medical supplies and equipment ourselves even a burial its impossible theres not enough money to bury the dead and you and i let hundreds of kilometers away in the capital kerrick us president maduro denies there are any humanitarian problems at all going even further he said the american aid shipments were a ploy for an invasion. Also bit too little because of our immense Oil Resources many roles and other great wealth the critics are pushing an International Coalition led by the imperialist government of the United States that sold that they can militarily its hot in venezuela under the false excuse of a humanitarian crisis that does not exist. But International Pressure is mounting a meeting in europe why ministers from more than a dozen european and latin american countries are calling on madeira to hold free president ial elections and allow humanitarian aid into venezuela. This is what the aide looks like on the colombian side of the border bridge these venezuelan refugees or rely. On a Community Kitchen to get them through the day. Of the british newspaper of assad reports that Prime Minister theresa may is preparing to agree to a new package of workers rights after brags that the move would see the u. K. Match the e. U. On certain provisions concerning workers according to the sun may has proposed the changes to lawmakers in the Opposition Labor Party in a bid to get her withdrawal deal passed through Britains Parliament reported maneuvering in london comes after a trip to brussels where leaders stonewalled her request for any changes to the divorce deal. And he breaks it demonstrators in brussels risk getting run over to relay their message to the british Prime Minister as she headed for new talks with evaders but thursday brought no progress. In a you Commission Head john clarke repeated that he would not grant mays request to renegotiate the Withdrawal Agreement as an e. U. Commission spokesman explained. The work to the political. May says new negotiations are vital to prevent a hard border between the republic of ireland and e. U. Member and Northern Ireland part of the u. K. The e. U. Wants to keep close ties with belfast but london says thats unacceptable except for a limited time. The time remaining to reach some kind of agreement is limited to no matter says the german chancellor from photographers in todays time can be both long and sure it depends how you look at us she proposes both teams meet once more to go over my think we can find a solution without renegotiating the divorce still. That was a rare piece of good news for the british Prime Minister talks are due to continue to the end of the month. When a film of the government has revealed the first findings of a two year basic income trial researchers saying that providing a basic income did not spur the unemployed to find work in january of twenty seventeen two thousand unemployed fans became the first european citizens to be given a guaranteed basic income a wage that would be paid regardless of whether or not they worked there was also dont requirement that they see work last year the finnish government said that they would not extend the trial to the wider public and that the first findings from the highly publicized trial seem to back up that decision. The body of the the head has been recovered from the wreckage of a plane in the English Channel has been confirmed as the footballer in. The twenty eight year old arjun time was on his way to wales to sign for cardiff city when contact was lost with his flight now his familys worst fears have been realized. After nearly three weeks of pain and uncertainty the search for a million a salon is finally over British Police identified the body recovered from the wreckage of the plane off the islands of jhansi as a law. The twenty eight year old arch in time had been missing since january twenty first when his plane disappeared in route from france to wales shortly after he had left his father a voice message saying he was so scared that they were about to crash the plane now confirmed to be that of salon pilot david it but soon was discovered in the English Channel earlier in the week had been to his body is yet to be found. So i was headed to wales to join new club cardiff city after they broke their club record signing him for months both clubs have paid tribute to the striker and argentinas president mockery offered his condolences via twitter to silence family after the confirmation. The discovery provides closure for salas family but theyll have to wait until an interim Police Report scheduled for february twenty first for answers on why the crash occurred. Quick reminder now the top stories were following for you the e. U. Is expected today to pass tougher regulations that could halt a planned gas pipeline between germany and russia the u. S. Is also pressuring berlin over the project warning that it could undermine European Security chancellor Angela Merkel says that the criticism is unfounded. And the first trucks carrying humanitarian aid for venezuelans have arrived at the colombian border the military has a wrecked and barriers to prevent the food and medicine from entering the country president Nicolas Maduro denies there is a manic tearing of the crisis and says that the shipments are part of a u. S. Led to attempt its. Youre watching news im sarah kelly in berlin with a whole lot more coming up after a short break. 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