Families torn apart by conflict. Going to die on the plains of the army is very close as the Syrian Government offensive against deadly province intensifies were told with a syrian refugee in germany desperate to get his family out of harms way. Also on the program antarctic temperatures are beach record highs will take a look at the far reaching effects of. The icy continent. Happy birthday your. Father master video sharing site has it all started 15 years ago. With an elephant. Im filled welcome to the program. A long list of conflicts sounds uncertainty over the wests role in work in the world those are the top issues of the Munich Security Conference which has just started World Leaders and top Security Experts have gathered for a i know meeting in southern germany on everyones mind or in syria where government offensive in italy has triggered a full blown humanitarian crisis another issue is the concern of the wests shrinking influence on Global Security its even spawned a new term west listeners in his opening speech german present from delta steinmeyer had some critical words on this issue and on the role the United States has adopted in international relations. And our closest ally i mean start with the United States of america and its Current Administration rejects the very concept of an international community. And. States that needs to every country it believes should look after itself and put its own interests before well as us as if everyone thinking of him self meant that everyone is being considerate great again but even at the expense of neighbors and. Thats what it appears like its the. Political editor at the Munich Security Conference linda crane welcome what do you make of the german president s harsh words about the United States. Well it must be said that those words came at the end of a list of 3 countries that began with russia continued with china and then named the u. S. By name basically the president of germany accusing all 3 of putting National Interests 1st as you said of transgressing International Norms and rules and of undermining International Institutions and he where on though to say some pretty selfcritical things about germany as well saying we often consider. Ourselves to be particularly good europeans but the fact is we too tend to put our own interests 1st and we could use a great deal more humility curiosity and the ability to see things through the perspective of others and basically he said to this me 1st point of view and an approach that essentially sees your strengths as my weakness and vice versa leads all of us to become less secure and he named 2 particular crisis that illustrate that the Nuclear Proliferation in the world is the destruction of International Arms control architecture and then secondly the Climate Crisis and he said unless we Work Together we are not going to solve either one of those as well as other challenges the mission is a new security conference was spawned a new catch phrase with Wesley Snipes what is that. Well 1st of all im not sure quite how far this phrase is going to go if you talk to people here they all kind of raise their eyebrows over this term pickups because in a way its an almost cute designation of something that is very serious indeed namely the sense as the german president put it that there is no longer a we when we talk about the west that all Transatlantic Community of north america and europe no longer sees itself as a community and as a group that must act in concert to solve International Challenges and its its basically about the idea that the consensus on multilateralism which has been a recurrent topic here in munich for the last 5 years that this consensus has in a sense reached a new low point precisely related to nations putting their own interests 1st but that it absolutely impedes our ability to face some very very grave to. As in to stay with us in this regard take a close look at this notion of west look at one of the wests agencies nato. The biggest deployment of u. S. Military might to europe in a quarter century is heading this way for nato as defender 20 exercise 20000 american soldiers and 13000 pieces of equipment should give the enemies pause and allies confidence. One or more one way. Through showed up real all reliable loyal portals within the nato framework but that reinforced military framework risks being undermined by weakness on the political side increasing apathy across the Alliance Regarding its most fundamental values collective defense what if nato has the weapons but it doesnt have the will a recent survey by the Pew Research Center indicates that across 16 nato countries fewer than 40 percent of respondents would want their militaries used to defend the Baltic States or poland in case of an attack by russia the Munich Security Conference has coined a new term to describe this kind of ambivalence less listening for those wistful about west listening this geopolitics expert shot islam has some advice move on the west has had its wonderful moment it can still matter i think europe Still Matters definitely but it will have to work in coalitions and and alliances with countries outside the comfort zone so we would have to work with the indias of this would with russia with china with the straight you would you plan and not just rely on this once very strong Transatlantic Alliance french president emanuel mccaughan has seized the stage to position himself as a disruptor france has a moment to lead. It can lead in rhetoric it can lead in ideas or can lead to its actions not actually know yet which way its going to go it is a Nuclear Country as a state in the Security Council they can do therefore what no one else can. And it can do that on the house. But while the west deals with its identity crisis kremlin tactics are working better than never warns retired u. S. Army general ben hodges people to lose confidence and trust in each other in their own institutions in the alliance thats those where theres competition news and. I think that we have to compete hodges praises the massive defender 20 exercises for making sure the military side is ready waiting for political cohesion to make it come back. On to melinda crane that melinda typically of the real business of a gathering like the Munich Security Conference is conducted offstage behind the scenes what do you think is going on. Well there are there are a couple of perennial topics in here and then a couple of new ones as well one of the current is ukraine always something that is very important as leaders from the region come together this conference as you said offers the opportunity for national leaders. Other important global actors to come together behind closed doors to talk about how to make progress for example in trying to bring peace to east ukraine so thats thats as i said a perennial here but there are a couple of new topics as well that will be of great importance 1st of all libya germany in january hosted a Major International meeting of all the players who in one way or another are involved in the conflict of libya trying to get agreement from all of them to cut off flows of arms and Financial Support to the warring parties there and theres been some concern about the follow up or lack of follow up to that meeting another meeting will be held here on sunday bringing in even more concerned parties as a very very important step for how to get this agreement in principle that way. Agreed in berlin in january how to give that real some real tooth and claw is Going Forward so that that situation can possibly be mediated and then finally syria russia turkey both represented here there will be opportunities for their highest level representatives to meet behind closed doors and talk about it credibly inflammatory conflict so plenty of stuff going on off stage as well as on. The course of the day for now though melinda crane at the Munich Security Conference thank you. Speaking of syria think government offensive in a province is leading to ever greater numbers of refugees people trying to get out of libya heading for the nearby a border with turkey the u. N. Estimates that 140000 have fled their homes in the last 3 days germany is already home to hundreds of thousands of syrians fleeing the conflict im thats happened over the last 9 years those with family members stuck in the war zone feel powerless to protect their. Checks the news from syria on social media all the time where did the latest bomb fall who or what was hit while he is in safety here in germany the rest of his family are in mortal danger and. He is desperately worried. For whatever heat or drink i think of my children do they have anything to eat or the ill do they have a warm blanket or. His sons mohammad and 9 and 10 years old he had to leave them with their grandparents and he thought it too dangerous to flee with them if the internet is working he calls them several times a day or a little hello how moody or how well you know whats going on. Its cold then bombing and the plane crashed we were where we were at the. Very narrow village get us out of here. Come and get us. I want to but i cant we need to get passports for you and lots of other things i can bring you over here. Lead going to die the planes are bombing us the army is very close. And the only adult member of the family lets us show his face. People are suffering especially the refugees its chaos i dont know whether im coming or going. Everybody is heading north camping in the olive groves sleeping in the open unprotected even though its bitterly cold. The United Nations estimates that more than 700000. 00 people from it to profit and said fled their homes many are heading towards turkey but theyre not being allowed in the refugee camps overcrowded its freezing and theres a lack of Drinking Water and food there is no going back for them because most of their towns and cities are being bombed out and they are facing is that humanitarian situation this is why an immediate cease fire and its way is the only solution Going Forward. But theres no sign of that and the fighting continues to come would do anything he could to rescue his children from danger but he cant all he can do is follow events from berlin. Nobody notices people see me and think im doing fine but inside i die a 1000 deaths every day and my heart goes out to my children and to all the other children. Now to some more of the days news u. S. Attorney general william barr has blamed president trumps tweets for making his job impossible on wednesday the president tweeted in praise of mr bass hunting for a case involving a former president ial advisor roger stone. Following the collapse of talks between volkswagen and a Consumer Group representing hundreds of thousands of german diesel car owners v. W. Says it has offered an out of Court Settlement of 830000000. 00 directly to the consumers the german car giant says the talks are failed because of the disproportionate fee demands from the Consumer Groups lawyers. Spains coast guard has rescued 86. 00 migrants travelling from north africa including a baby born at sea the newborn and its mother were taken to hospital and are said to be doing well. Into leadership of the French Film Academy has quit over control to see evolving disgraced Filmmaker Roman Polanski is nearest the film received nominations for the academys forthcoming ceasar awards the french polish director fled from the us after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of a teenager in 1970. 6 Health Care Workers in china have died from the corona virus as the death toll climbs to nearly 1400 their deaths expose the risks facing medical staff on the front line of fighting the outbreak or authorities have Just Announced a 5000 new infections another uptick tributed to new diagnosis criteria. In the fight against the new coronavirus they are at the front line for Chinas Health workers the battle is taking its toll more than 1700 medical staff that have been infected with the virus now named as covered 19 for an unlucky few of them the infection has proved fatal. Chinese officials and hospitals have repeatedly spoken of a shortage of protective equipment including face masks the government now says its working to improve conditions for health workers. With which i was and saying where is the National Health commission is highly concerned about this issue and we have issued technical guidelines for the prevention and control of infection of the new coronavirus within the medical institutions under special notice on the virus Infection Control for key areas and the fever departments of key hospitals. Through these documents we have imposed special requirements on enhanced sing the personal protection of the medical workers the really good no longer. The World Health Organization said a spike in chinas reported cases this week was partly due to a new method of diagnosis and didnt indicate a wide epidemic but experts warn that the new infection figures show theres no sign the outbreak is nearing its peak critics say the now drastic measures were implemented too late. As china released a song designed to boost morale the nation is hoping to antiviral drugs its scientists are testing will prove promising. But preliminary results wont be ready for a few weeks in which time many more lives could have been lost. Well after the holidays january ever scientists in antarctica have reported that for the 1st time since records began temperatures have risen above 20 degrees celsius and they warn that if the trend continues it could have dramatic unforeseeable effects on sea levels the news of the record temperature coincided with a big break in the ice on pine island an iceberg 300 square kilometers an area calved from a glacier last weekend. Giant blocks of ice have always broken off antarctica as ice shelves but in places like pine island the losses are speeding up scientists are worried there are 4 warning of even larger events as Climate Change drives higher rates of thaw on the frozen continent. A new study says if temperatures continue to go up in antarctica global sea levels could rise by up to one and a half meters by the year 2100 at chiles escudero base on King George Island the ice and snow pack has melted almost entirely this year. Its the 1st time we see a lack of snow that is so impressive it really caught our attention we left some sensors installed weve seen temperatures over 13 degrees just so you know in the last 40 years ice loss in the antarctic has increased 6 fold and as it continues to melt the warm temperatures are also having an impact on wildlife like chinstrap penguins populations of them have plunged dramatically we did find one colony an Elephant Island that had a very large colony that declined about 77 percent. Of the tremendous loss over a very short period of time and with january of 2020 setting new heat records theres no sign the melt is going to slow anytime soon. So your truth is 15 today we internet giant was set up by 3 former colleagues at pay pal to give people a place to share clips on why a decade and a half later it has more than one and a half 1000000000 users every month and brought in 15000000000. 00 in ad revenues last year alone so heres a look at how it all began. Here a. 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