and the u.k. and is based in berlin but moves a lot around europe understand because see john tree summations on a one day tour of the u.k. here just one year exactly before bragg's is supposed to finally happened what is so why is she doing this to her she's trying to reassure people that breaks it is going to be in their interests and she's going to all of the four countries of the u.k. she's starting in scotland then going to northern ireland northern england in south wales to try to reassure everyone in those places that bright city is going to do something good for them that's what she's at least trying to set out to do today and to show that the u.k. will stay together through the brics a process that's fault that's what. well it sounds like something a good thing to be doing given that what the country is is about to be headed into to break that she's trying to reassure the nation that's what leaders supposed to be doing why is she starting in scotland where she's going to a textile company

this is where as the prime minister puts it somebody attacked the u.k. authorities say the nerve agent was made in russia the question is who deployed it a rogue element for the russian state. mr speaker this attempted murder using a weapons grade nerve agent in a british town was not just a crime against the script miles it was an indiscriminate and reckless act against the united kingdom putting the lives of innocent civilians at risk officially moscow says it has nothing to do with the incident a russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said made a statement was a circus show put on for parliament russian state t.v. went even further if the problem was crushing if you think about it the only ones who would benefit from the poisoning other british in order to feed the russophobia that's why you are all saw for the. people in salzburg who are near where the attack took place have been told to wash their clothes the russian ambassador will be summoned to say whether his government was responsible refuse answer fails to allay suspicions that the kremlin was b

this is deja vu news live from berlin as the u.k. ramps up its investigation into the poisoning of a former spy foreign secretary boris johnson in an exclusive the d.w. interview points the finger at the kremlin somebody has to be responsible somebody has to be accountable and we in the u.k. think looked at the. evidence points the evidence for culpability points to the russian state johnson's comments come as diplomats expelled by the u.k. leave the russian embassy in london and head back to moscow also coming up china's president president xi jinping delivers a fiery nationalist speech of the people's congress in beijing vowing to protect every inch of chinese territory is it a veiled threat to taiwan will get expert analysis the united nations accuses turkey of massive human rights abuses following a failed coup in two thousand and sixteen a report says uncorrect tortured and killed political opponents turkey says the u.n. is sympathizing with terrorists. and also coming up a sad day for conservationists the world's last mail nort

this is across europe and of course in the u.k. we'll be watching those negotiations carefully dr winter that's right now transition deal was meant to come businesses down but with just twelve months left investors are confused by bricks that economists confounded by it business leaders frustrated they point to u.k. data which is less than perky last year the euro zone's economy expanded more than two percent but in the united kingdom g.d.p. rose just one and a half percent this year the british economic growth is expected to slow. to less that one point five percent because of the weaker forecast investors have switched their cash out of pound sterling its value dropping fifteen percent since the break said referendum that's making u.k. imports more expensive pushing up consumer prices at three percent that is the highest in five years brits have had to borrow to maintain their lifestyle expectations u.k. households debt amounts to one hundred fifty percent of their income now that's the second highest rate after canada of any adv

reaction because france and germany in the u.k. there but no e.u. response to should we should necessarily read anything into well this technical reasons because simply the twenty seven member states they're also a lot of member states who don't really want to see their country on the state and pretty these countries here are the core of the west let's just recognize this the western bloc is back really in terms of stating their common position at the same time you have countries particularly greece. and hungary who have very close ties with russia and who are kind of playing a game between the e.u. and the potential they see in russia they have no interest of having the signatures on this paper and getting all sides that this is been the problem of the european union since day one really getting everyone behind any kind of foreign policy statement is always really pushing it but let's go to moscow then really show in russia making enemies of all over the world tell us about the latest russian response. well we don't even know what what russia's res

support of britain's standoff with russia over the attempted murder of a russian former spy in the u.k. mr trump was asked if he thought russia was responsible for that its act. was behind this mr president it looks like it i spoke with the prime minister and we are in deep discussions at a very sad situation it certainly looks like the russians would be i did something that should never ever happen and we're taking it very seriously as i think are many others. or the british government is expelling twenty three russian diplomats over the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter in what's being called a quiet english city moscow denies any involvement and is threatening retaliation. british prime minister theresa may paid a visit to salisbury the medieval city in the west of england shaken by a nerve agent attack on former russian double agent sergei streep and his daughter yulia may visited the restaurant where the poisoning took place and has put the blame squarely on moscow. well i'm pleased to have come down here to soulsby to speak to the people who responded to

this is deja vu news live from berlin as the u.k. ramps up its investigation into the poisoning of a former spy foreign secretary boris johnson points the finger at the kremlin. has to be responsible somebody has to be accountable and we in the u.k. think that the. evidence points the evidence or culpability points to the russian state consonance comments come as international chemical weapons experts begin analyzing the nerve agent used in the attack. also coming up europe's human rights court condemns turkey over the killing of two journalists it's the court's first such ruling in connection with turkey's crackdown on anyone suspected of having links to a failed coup attempt two years ago. and a sad day for conservation as the world's last mail northern white rhino dies in kenya only two females remain can anything be done to stop the species from becoming extinct. the old man. i'm sumi so much kind of good to have you with us in the u.k. international weapons inspectors have begun analyzing the talks and used to poison a former ru

from berlin tonight the u.k. response to a chemical weapons attack on its soil britain is expelling twenty three russian diplomats and the fallout from the poisoning of a former double agent prime minister to resume a gives them a week to leave russia says it will retaliate calling the move an unprecedented and crude provocation also coming out. students across the united states will walk out of class calling for tougher gun laws and remembering those seventeen people killed at a florida high school exactly one month ago today. and a new german government finally takes office nearly six months after the election. is sworn in for a fourth term. it's good to have you with us tonight the united nations security council is holding an emergency meeting on britain's fresh sanctions against russia in the poison just spying affair the united states ambassador nikki haley says that russia's crime and she is calling it is worthy of the security council action britain has acted after russia failed to meet a deadline to expl

the u.k. and its allies and the kremlin had said before that putin will actually be taking the final decision on what measures to level in response to what the u.k. has leveled at russia so we'll kind of have to wait and see to find out more details. ok so we're looking at a number of options here but in terms of measures so far britain has expelled russian diplomats and announced a royal ojt cot of the soccer world cup which takes place in russia later this year but there is talk of other retaliatory possibilities including a cyber attack here's what a british expert has had to say about this. is a number of tools at its disposal in the sphere of cyber warfare the u.k. house offensive cyber capabilities on war much expense expected these have put t's against russia in the eventuality that it's needed the obvious option or an obvious option would be to target a launch cyber attacks against and has no organizations within russia that are responsible for information warfare disseminating fake ne

the u.k. and the u.s. wants to testify as they launch a vista geishas into the scandal but what about those affected most you you and me the users are social media editor jared reed is here to walk us through the facebook minefield and it is a minefield shared how have users been reacting to this frankly stunning reports well of the house delete facebook is actually trending on twitter not on facebook but it is trending people sort of going this is incredible i've had enough of facebook and i'm going to shut down my account we have to keep in mind some people are going to delete their facebook account but i'd wager probably the vast majority are not going to do that and a friend of mine some this out really well in a post on facebook today he said facebook's become this controlling thing that i just can't seem to quit and so now i'm stuck in his unpleasant situation where i feel dependent on this platform that i don't like anymore and i don't trust anymore and i think a lot of people feel that way it's pre

chemical weapons experts in the u.k. are testing samples of the toxic substance used on the street piles the results will not be known for at least two weeks. here's some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world harvey weinstein's former company has filed for bankruptcy months after the oscar winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assault weinstein was fired as chairman last october when the allegations were first reported he has denied having non consensual sex with anyone authorities in texas are investigating the fifth bombing this month in the state's capital allston the latest blast occurred when a parcel exploded at a fit x. distribution facility near the city police suspect a serial bomber is behind the explosions which have killed two people and injured several. police in france have questioned former president nicolas sarkozy over allegations that his two thousand and seven election campaign accepted donations from libyan dictator moammar gadhafi a former gadhafi associate claims

understood the whole thing as a diplomatic declaration of war towards russia russia insists that the u.k. has no evidence that is indeed the dilemma that london is in all right our moscow bureau chief you're a shadow on the story for us tonight from there you're in thank you very much we want to take this story now to the u.s. capital washington d.c. our correspondent claire richardson is there working that angle of the story for us going to you claire or so was the u.s. government expecting what happened today brant it's hard to imagine that they would not expect some sort of retaliation as soon as the white house announced that it was expelling russian diplomats we heard from the russian foreign minister that there would be some kind of retaliation what's interesting here is that this is exactly tit for tat we're seeing sixty diplomats expelled in exchange for the sixty that the u.s. kicked off they've also been given a week to pack their bags and get out of the country and it makes sense that we're seeing a tough response from russia because this was the toughest action we've seen fro

is deepening russia says it will expel british diplomats in a tit for tat response to measures the u.k. has taken against moscow over the case the british consulate in st petersburg and the british council cultural organization well also be closed. that it will go to reach and send messages to russia summons for an edge meeting he was informed that twenty three british diplomats have a week to leave the country it's russia's reaction should britain expanding its diplomats earlier in the week. in london british prime minister to resign and russia was in flagrant breach of international law russia's response doesn't change the facts of the matter the attempted assassination of two people on the british soil for which there is no alternative conclusion. the russian state was culpable. the kremlin has fiercely denied being behind the attack which involved a military grade nerve agent that british officials saying was developed in russia russia has also said it will shut down the activities of the british council a government backed organization for cultural and scientific cooperation. on t

member and northern ireland which belongs to the u.k. . are you want to go now to our correspondent barbara these oshie is following the story for us tonight from london good evening to you barbara so we've got the d.m.k. getting this transition period that it wanted. is that a reason for the brits it hears to celebrate. the prince of tears don't celebrate down honestly client one and leave the brits here you can see that it was nit picking to criticize now and deal for extra time for britain was present negotiations only natural for us came out and centuries i'm a should step down over it because this was shot and killed and more or less treason and of course the scottish government said they felt betrayed bad london overfished really writes so there are a lot of people who are sort of not to happy was this however of course to pejorative fun to killie in business greatly relieved just because of the i'm gaining some time getting some time and a little bit of certainty but what remains uncertain is the future of the irish border the borde

and the u.k. a woman came to both of you let me start with you beatrix exactly one year ago you said you had been weeping with joy on learning about the british yes vote are you still as happen today. i was just making a comment on that i think it's a good idea to have the people make a decision and then follow that decision this is what's happening i think this is still a good democracy is always a good idea to have and this is what's all about it has been a democratic choice there has been a huge debate on breaks it or not no breaks it and then the people took the decision and i think that's always a good thing i think we should also you can get just a well you find your joy was about the fact that britain voted yes or that in fact the decision was made i think it was both i mean i think i fought for me personally and i think it is a good example now that we can see we still see it's a year ago u.k. is still existing it's not sunk in the in the in the ocean it's not a wall came over us this is a

any kind of border but the u.k. offers no solutions and only draws red lines david davis is told the u.k. will not be allowed to cherry pick the u.k. it wants to take back control. and regulation. but if. it's. really. simply impossible. the british prime minister with a charm offensive in a high profile speech he promises that the u.k. will honor its financial commitments in full. sense of the e.u. its profound national interest and that. while they are waiting for the u.k. the e.u. acts in november two thousand and seventeen the e.u. agencies based in london are relocated to the continent to. voting. we selected. to be the new seat of the european mix since agency and paris to be the new seat of the european banking geishas october two thousand and seventeen and there is still not been sufficient progress the european parliament votes against proceeding to the second phase the breakthrough comes only in december went to recent major greece to a backstop solution for northern ireland pave the way for face to suffic

s live from berlin as the u.k. ramps up its investigation into the poisoning of the former spy foreign secretary forced johnson in an exclusive g.w. interview points the finger finger at the kremlin somebody has to be responsible somebody has to be accountable and we in the u.k. think that the. evidence points the evidence or culpability points to the russians to johnson's comments come as diplomats expelled by the u.k. leave the russian embassy in london and had back to moscow also coming up china's president xi jinping delivers a fiery nationalist speech at the people's congress in beijing vowing to protect every inch of chinese territory is it a veiled threat to taiwan look at oxford announcing. and a sad day for conservationists the world's last male northern white rhinos dies in kenya only two females remain can anything be done to stop the species from going extinct. i'm serious about going to thank you for joining us diplomats expelled by the u.k. have left russia's london embassy headed back to moscow this

and a little later on today u.k. prime minister to resign may is due to visit the city of salisbury where the nerve agent attack was carried out we will continue to keep you updated here on t.w. but in the meantime we'd like to head to syria where it looks like the siege of rebel held eastern could be coming to an end a monitoring group says that at least seven thousand civilians are now leaving the area and crossing over into government controlled territory footage from a state run broadcaster that you're watching here it purports to show hundreds of residents leaving the town. as the syrian army closes in it comes seven years to the day since security forces violently cracked down on a protest against president bashar al assad beginning the war hundreds of thousands have been killed since then and to the u.n. estimates that fourteen million have been displaced and many families like those in our next report are living as internal refugees and fear that they will have to move on again they have banned and aleppo bac

meanwhile the attempted murder of a former spy and his daughter in the u.k. leaves russia increasingly isolated chemical weapons experts are heading to the u.k. to test samples of the nerve agent used in that attack we'll get the latest from london. plus an update on the drama in the bundesliga like the hosts of runaway leaders byard munich and beat the barrier for the first time ever we'll bring you the highlights. i'm sumi so much going to good to have you with us a lot of your putin has been reelected to a fourth term as russia's president final results given more than three quarters of the vote his biggest victory yet many say putin's win was a foregone conclusion that's after his most serious rival opposition leader alexina volley was banned from the race. that was. precious currency and future leader vladimir putin was met by jubilant supporters when he made a brief appearance near moscow's iconic red square. sure thank you for your support. this victory demonstrates how much we've achieved in the last years under very difficult circumstances. this vict

president donald trump elected now the u.k.'s data protection agency has social warrant to search cambridge analytic is headquarters and its investigation whether the company illegally collected the facebook data this comes after a former employee spilled the beans on the company's tactics he says people were asked to download a facebook app weak secretly stole private data about the user and their facebook friends i only need to engage their fifty thousand seventy thousand one hundred thousand people a really big dataset really quickly and it scaled really quickly we were able to get upwards of fifty million plus facebook records in the span of a couple months and that's how one of the biggest ash breaches in facebook's history came about. facebook's mark zuckerberg has been dodging the media for days british lawmakers have summoned him to appear before a committee and accuse facebook of misleading them at a previous hearing the hashtags delayed facebook and where is trending on social media amid calls for the internet giant to

news live from berlin as the u.k. ramps up its investigation into the poisoning of a former spy and foreign secretary boris johnson points the finger at the kremlin. somebody has to be responsible somebody has to be accountable and we in the u.k. think that the. evidence points the evidence for culpability points to the russian state. johnson's comments come as diplomats expelled by the u.k. leave the russian embassy in london and head back to moscow. also coming up europe's human rights court condemns turkey over the jailing of two journalists it's of course first such ruling in connection with turkey's crackdown on anyone suspected of having links to a failed coup attempt two years ago. also coming up a sad day for conservationists the world's last mail northern white rhino dies in kenya only two females remain can anything be done to stop the species from going extinct. and facebook under fire over its links to the controversial political consultant the cambridge analytics it's alleged to have illegally obtained a

so in that period the u.k. will have to follow all the rules of the e.u. but has no voting rights in other words it will be a rule taker and the interesting thing here is that basically the u.k. has given for the transition period it's crossed all the redlines it's set itself so the jurisdiction of the european court of justice will apply for that transition period all the e.u. citizens who arrive in that period of time will be treated as though they have arrived before the transition phase and also in fisheries no taking back of control ok now garrick so why this change of heart from britain right now. i think the simple answer here is that the cliff of threats it is coming closer and closer we're almost just one year away from it now people are basically asking if i want to sell a car from the u.k. into the e.u. after march next year will it still be possible will the legal standards be applied people have been thinking about booking through flight tickets will they will let be still be possible so a lot of questions here pushing the u.k. government real

and the u.k. would like him to go if you let me start with you beatrix exactly one year ago you said you'd been reaping the joy on learning the british yes vote are you still as happy today. i was just making a comment on that i think it's a good idea to have the people make a decision and then follow that decision this is what's happening i think this is still a good democracy is always a good idea to have and this is what it's all about it has been a democratic choice there has been a huge debate on breck's it or not no breaks it and then the people took the decision and i think that's always a good thing i think we should also you can be adjusted glad you find your joy it was about the fact that britain voted yes or that's a fact a decision was made i think it was both i mean i think i fought for me personally and i think it is a good example now that we can see we still see it's a year ago u.k. is still existing it's not sunk in the in the in the ocean it's not a wall came over us this is alwa

well britain's prime minister is on a whistle stop tour of the u.k. because today marks a year until bracks it means that's right until britain leaves the european union to resume a is visiting england scotland wales and northern ireland to drum up support for her government's breaks it strategy she says that britain will benefit from leaving the e.u. she's pledged to maintain the country's integrity. the overall economic situation is not the only worry in a post briggs u.k. trade unions in britain fear a significant decline in employment rights once e.u. standards are no longer the wall i will correspondents visited a concerned union leader. well the worst case scenario is that man's out as a kind of single pool on the edge of. competing on the basis of evacuation. pranks. and from the same grazing and the general secretary of the team say which is the brand of organize ation trade if they come. from a brick set represents a real risk to workers jobs their livelihoods and their rights let's be brave let's think big i let's look at. the prime minister

more about what's been said yes this is actually pretty strong stuff we have here france germany the u.k. and the united states basically saying that this is a breach of international law calling on russia to really stick to its international commitments not just. against the use of chemical weapons but there's also restoring reference here that this is the first time that chemical agents are actually used on european soil since the second world war and this pretty much puts us into cold war rhetoric here pretty swiftly it also talks about a pattern of irresponsible russian behavior now we don't know exactly what is meant by that but in context with that nato statement of from mr stalls in back the nato secretary general there who talks about meddling potential interference attempts to destabilize western countries this is more than just a hint of being in for something in further destabilizing entire country something russia flatly denies here so this is really really a strong message and it stops sort crucially of invoking article five these are all nato allies but it doesn't invoke na

in the u.k. somebody has to be responsible somebody has to be accountable and we in the u.k. think that the. evidence points the evidence or culpability points to the russian state and as it did in the case of alexander litvinenko and you remember the trail of polonium lead back very clearly to the russian state and in the end. mr putin is in charge and that is you know that i'm afraid he cannot escape responsibility and culpability why did he make a statement without waiting for the outcomes of the investigation that you are conducting right now and i'm going to you about their present government where we are giving the samples obviously to the organization to the technical experts are coming today and by the way i have great confidence in them let them that decide what they make of them they will look at the most they will who is the best possible the bar trees but i'll tell you the reason for wanting to to get on with it is because we have such bitter experience of what happens with russia with putin's russia russia with with the russian state under putin when we have a pr

the u.k. is digging out and bracing for more the extreme cold gripping europe has brought more than three days of unusually heavy snow to the british isles up to fifty centimeters of snow are expected in some parts airports and public transit are suffering from major delays and closures roads are shut people are stranded hundreds of vehicles have gotten stuck on roadways even all wheel drive ones have been no match for the treacherous conditions as one four by four driver found out it's quite hard to describe really there's a kind of apocalyptic sea and there's no emergency services no criticism of roads i mean there are hundreds of trucks you know cause this is everywhere. cost of owning cars scored extraordinary emergency services and even the british army are carrying out rescue operations though a gas shortage warning has been lifted residents have been stocking up on other essentials the wintry weather has taken many in the u.k. by surprise but for some it's just a matter of preparation s

we're seeing that the u.k. is not intending to send high level officials at all to russia not to the world cup the royal family is not going to go to the world cup so we see quite a lot of measures and of course the u.k. also wants to rope in the allies it's looking for it's looking for support with the western allies it has the support of the e.u. they have said they stand in solidarity with the u.k. as has nato now it's of course a question of what's going to follow are there any more sanctions that can be agreed with other allies so there is more to come and that's for sure and that's going to determine of course then also the russian reaction. as we heard there there's a series of measures that are being taken by the british government how harsh are they likely to be seen in russia. well the british government is clearly sending a signal to russia and as bigots said this does of course show that relations are deteriorating but from the russian point of view i think these resists reaction could have been muc

we begin in the u.k. where international weapons experts have begun analyzing the talks in years to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the city of solsbury says russia hits back british allegations that it is behind the attack moscow is demanding that britain provide evidence to back up its claims but police in the u.k. say their investigation is likely to take months. the daughter of ex russian spy sergei script travelled home in this car after returning from moscow and here this month now the british military has made day for forensic tests iris after you the script of returned to seoul spree she was found unconscious alongside her father on this band's. scientists at this bio chemical weapons facility say they were poisoned with the never agent know the chalk this finding is no central to britain's case against russia but a direct link to pitch in remains elusive correspondent john and i sat down with british foreign minister boris johnson to have any solid evidence that poor then directly

of course what is the future relationship between the u.k. and the e.u. is it something like a fairly loose relationship that's defined by a trade deal where britain effectively becomes another country for example like canada or is it something that's a little bit closer where britain may be stays within the customs union and is not then free to determine its own trade deals so this these are choices that have to be made within the next month really because it's about october time when this new relationship needs to be agreed in order to then paulson's course rant go well go to all the e.u. countries and others to go to the u.k. they'll get mass in london thank you. that's what you're up to date of yourself a good day you're watching data. you use google to research a health problem. or a health. interview or consult doctors online. barkan all this replace a visit to. j.p. and what about data protection we take a closer look at online health care in good shape next. why do elephants need. does a plastic model turn into a paving stone why do algae make it

in the u.k. straits what is borish is to allow a chemical that although it's left three people in hospital and thirty people seeking medical treatment had it you know been on the london underground for example would have killed hundreds of people and to use it next to a children's playground where i had the children then it would have killed thirty or forty children this is this is a completely unacceptable war i can't buy a violent and deranged regime that is weakening and lashing out this is a corrupt dictatorship that has to stop i'd like you to respond also to something else that russia has said in response to your accusations russia has implied that theresa may is trying to look strong in front of her own people to distract from political problems at home is this true you know what is true is that the president of russia is knows that he has completely failed to rebuild the a russian economy he stole it hundreds of billions of dollars off the russian people he and his acolytes and even his c

the foreign affairs committee of the u.k. parliament he spoke today about the investigation into the. death. well i don't know whether it's not time because then it's all part of a part of the same incident but it certainly it certainly echoes doesn't it that we've got a pattern of russian violence and we're talking about the united kingdom at the moment of course because of the dramatic piece of aggression in salzburg that could of course have killed hundreds of people thank god it didn't but we've seen it all over all over europe and and possibly further afield and we've certainly seen the attempted murder of montenegrin prime minister only a year or so ago we've seen the invasion of ukraine the murder of hundreds of dutch and other citizens in the russian attack on the mh seventeen and even today as we're talking we're seeing russia supporting the use of chemical weapons and bombing of civilians by the hazard regime so we're seeing a very hostile very road russian regime that is using violence as a state policy and is usin

it is right that the u.k. government reacts in a robust way to what has happened here insoles break that is exactly what we've done either now so that we will be expecting twenty three russian diplomats who declare that intelligence offices will have an impact on their intelligence network the we all the measures will be taking britain's allies are showing their support france germany and the united states have signed a statement repudiating russia and president all trump says he thinks moscow probably carried out the attack. nature's top military commander sees this as part of a wider passon of russian misbehavior at sea on land and in the year russia's increasingly modernized military is operating at levels not seen since the cold war at the same time russia is using indirect activities to advance its strategic objectives throughout europe along its periphery in the middle east and beyond russia has demonstrated a willingness and capability to use political provocation spread different decision from asian an

script all and his daughter yulia in the u.k. is due for testing an international team of weapons experts has arrived to test samples of the nerve agent which was used in the attack the nerve agent is known as no vigil a the u.k. alleges that russia is most likely behind that attack. turkey is not letting up in its campaign against the kurds in northern syria turkey's president air to watch valid today to expand his military offensive in syria turkish troops have seized control of the city of afrin but it has left one hundred fifty thousand people displaced turkey views kurdish militants in the region along its border with syria as terrorists says he wants those militias entirely eliminated from the border. this is what victory looks like turkish forces and turkish backed syrian fighters are swarming into africa and they're armed to the teeth according to ankara it won't be the end of the fighting. will go on to mount beach and co bonnie we will continue until we completely clear this corridor of kurdish held areas. and if necess

be one hundred percent on this but at the same time they want to show absolute solidarity with the u.k. and look for the balancing act in the final declaration but we do know for example that i get a makeover in winter and i call the french president and also the recent made prime minister of the u.k. already met and said yes full solidarity and we want to send a clear message to russia but what exactly that message will be will have to wait. all right our very own max hoffman at that eve summits and in brussels max as always thank you very much. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world german lawmakers have authorized more troops for afghanistan the maximum number of german forces on the ground will rise to thirteen hundred the expansion was approved because of the deteriorating security situation in the country the bundeswehr enough going to stand as part of the nato led mission resolute support which provides training and assistance to the afghan army. prosecutors in ukraine have detained a lawmaker or not is some change go on suspicion of plan

the u.k. is digging out and bracing for more the extreme cold gripping europe has brought more than three days of unusually heavy snow to the british isles up to fifty centimeters of snow are expected in some parts airports and public transit are suffering from major delays and closures roads are shut people are stranded hundreds of vehicles have gotten stuck on roadways even all wheel drive ones have been no match for the treacherous conditions as one four by four driver found out it's quite hard to describe really. sixty. emergency services. i mean there are hundreds of trucks you know because this is everywhere. you know cost of burning cause. emergency services and even the british army are carrying out rescue operations though a gas shortage warning has been lifted residents have been stocking up on other essentials the wintery weather has taken many in the u.k. by surprise but for some it's just a matter of preparation so it's a hard way nothing's on your doorstep but nothing so it just

now we've heard the u.k. and russia criticize each other heavily in the wake of this case what are the implications for u.k. russia relations do you think. well i think the united kingdom needs to be very measured. very careful in the sort of rhetoric and sort of steps that the eaves in any sort of response to what may or may not have taken place. on the other hand united kingdom unfortunately does not have a great deal of force that we can use to dissuade all. the russians because the russians are up to. all sorts of sanctions for what's happened in eastern ukraine and an expression of growing near. the united kingdom could think about expelling russian diplomats closing down russian cultural centers who commands asians. and. sanctions against news organizations in the same way that foreign news organizing sanction in russia. and we have a matter that's not going to be anything so it's going to who's a great deal of threat because if they have because they simply have no leverage over a moscow can you tell u

i think that's in the u.k. people at the moment don't know what they are facing in next here it will be a big problem. but also for fruits and french mills and no one on the dutch side knows whether the floral business will continue to blossom after breakfast either but one thing's sure trade in general will become more complicated once the u.k. leaves the e.u. . now let's see if things are going to come up roses in the egyptian election a good question day no three days of voting in egypt president joy like should have begun there's little doubt that the of those sisi will win a second term his only challenger as well as one of his supporters the biggest concern of egyptian authorities is that enough voters turn out for the vote to be credible. his victory may be assured but abdel fattah el-sisi needs the numbers to consolidate his authority with nearly sixty million eligible voters the former general is hoping his supporters will march to the polling stations and there's plenty of praise for the incumbent. po

we begin in the u.k. where international weapons experts have begun analyzing the talks and used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the city of saul's berry says russia hits back at british allegations that it is behind the attack moscow is demanding that britain provide evidence to back up its claims but police in the u.k. say their investigation is likely to take months. the military hauls away a car for forensic testing the same car used to pick up. daughter of x. russian spy sergei script from the airport when she returned from moscow at the beginning of the month hours after her return both father and daughter were found unconscious on this bench in salzburg the england. scientists at this bio chemical weapons facility say they were poisoned with the nerve agent novacek this finding is now central in britain's case against russia but a direct link to putin remains elusive. correspondent john a name still of us sat down with british foreign minister boris johnson have any solid evidenc

and the u.k. after brics it the president of the european council was all smiles today as he presented a draft of tough guidelines for future economic relations with britain he emphasized that trade will only be more complicated and costly after brics it. i fully understand. because i respect the. political objective. to demonstrate that. it could be a success and was a right choice. but. it is not our objective of. tusks trade deal also only office financial companies limited scope to offer their services in the e.u. single market british chancellor philip hammond immediately responded to say any settlement without the services deal could not claim to be fair and balanced. a busy day for you officials because it is official d. or p. and union is ready to strike back against donald trump's trade tariffs the list of counter measures targets typical american products but make no mistake they're highly targeted to hit republican politicians where it hurts the down to earth industries in their distric

seize those assets or ban these russians from the u.k. would be a significant blow to russia's alit another thing that was being discussed at the u.k. hasn't done is boycotting the world cup and i don't just mean the royal family but the actual england football team. when when it was said by theresa may that the royal family and the british would become of the world cup the response from the russian football union was well the important thing is that the england team is coming so obviously that's a that's another thing that the u.k. could do to really hurt russia but it hasn't so options on the table we'll see which ones they end of x. getting out of line and the pena turning left who is based in moscow thank you. thanks. well meantime we're getting some news in this hour of a police murder program valving another russian exile in the u.k. british counterterrorism police saying that nikolai cough was found dead at his london home earlier this week died apparently from compression to the neck they say that as yet there is no evidence to su

this is due to the news line from berlin a forensic mystery in the u.k. an x. russian spy falls critically ill police decontaminate the site where he was found unconscious after exposure to an unknown substance the media reports say he's a former intelligence official who also spied on russia for britain. also coming up signs of a further fall between north and south korea pyongyang signs on for a joint summit in april and says it might be willing to give up its nuclear program under the right conditions. really gets through to syria's eastern guta outside bombs the mission sure talk to nato organizers says the cop who was nowhere near what's needed. i'm simply someone's got to get to have you with us a british lawmaker says the mystery illness of a former spy living in the u.k. bears quote all the hallmarks of a russian attack media reports have identified him as a script hall an x. russian intelligence officer traded in a spy swap in two thousand and ten now police are racing to identify the unknown substance that sickened script all found unconscious on a pa

three british diplomats as a dispute over the point inning of a former spy and his daughter in the u.k. escalates even further. and early voting gets underway in russia's presidential election with a win for president putin looking likely can he get the voters to turn out in the numbers that he wants. and welcome to the program thousands of people continue to flee the rubble held damascus suburbs of eastern ghouta for the third day in a role backed by russian airstrikes syrian government forces have intensified artillery bombardments of the area russia's military says some three thousand people are leaving hourly for humanitarian corridor monitored by russian troops more than thirteen hundred civilians have been killed and thousands more wounded amid weeks of relentless fighting. the tide of human misery leaving the rebel held eastern suburbs of the capital damascus reached flood proportions on saturday as russian bombers gave air support to syrian government forces on the ground russia's military said some three thousand people an hour were leaving nearly forty five thousand in the la

this is you get your news live from berlin a forensic mystery in the u.k. and next russian spy novels critically ill police decontaminate the site where he was found unconscious after exposure to an unknown substance near a bird sings a former intelligence official we've also spied on russia for britain. also coming up south korea's most senior delegation in a decade meets with the north korean leader kim jong un positive signals coming from those meetings about the global you ask the ongoing war. really to get through to serious eastern grew to the bombs come to the mission should we talk to an aide organizer who says it's the worst shelling seems of the cease fire was to take us back. i'm sorry so much got there good to have you with us investigators in england are retracing the steps of a former russian spy who was reported to be critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance media reports identify him as a circus cripple who's lived in the u.k. since a spy swap in two thousand and ten but authorities remain tight lipped they've only confirme

chemical weapons experts in the u.k. are testing samples of the toxic substance used on the street piles the results will not be known for at least two weeks. well more we want to bring in our correspondent barbara faisal she's on the story for us tonight in london good evening to you barbara moscow asked one to back up its claims with evidence but apparently those tests are far from done does that mean that the brits don't have any real evidence so far. no they don't really because as we heard the weapons inspectors need another two weeks to determine whether this type of navi talk is exactly the same kind that has been earlier earlier times sort of made up in russian labs and also the police finds it much harder to trace the way the took into the country then it was some years ago in the libyan and case because they're the polonium left sort of like clear trace evidence and eventually these traces lead back to two x. k.g.b. killers however this time it's much more difficult and what boris johnson the foreign minister h

this is g w news live from berlin tonight the u.k. answer to a chemical weapons attack on its soil the u.k. expels twenty three russian diplomats in the fallout from a poisoning of a former prime minister to resume a gives those diplomats a week to leave the country russia says it will retaliate calling the move on president and crude provocation also coming up a new german government finally takes office nearly six months after the election chancellor angela merkel is sworn in for.

it is right that the u.k. government reacts in a robust way to what has happened here in seoul break that is exactly what we've done i've announced that we will explain it be expecting twenty three russian diplomats who declare that intelligence officers will have an impact on the intelligence network the we all the measures will be taking britain's allies are showing their support france germany and the united states have signed a statement repudiating russia and president all trump says he thinks moscow probably carried out the attack. nato is a top military commander sees this as part of a wider pattern of russian misbehavior and see on land and in the year russia's increasingly modernized military is operating at levels not seen since the cold war at the same time russia is using indirect activities to advance its strategic objectives throughout europe along its periphery in the middle east and beyond russia has demonstrated a willingness and capability to use political provocation spread different decisio

legislation has forced the u.k. to act on plastic we recently saw a plastic bag charge come in in the u.k. in supermarkets that is because of an e.u. directive similar to what you have in germany where you have to pay a bit of money every time you use a plastic bag that's only recently been introduced in the u.k. so a lot of e.u. environmental legislation really hinges upon. a lot of u.k. legislation hinges upon what the e.u. has been doing ok so that use is showing leadership but what about germany germany is a big country and europe a huge economy it's so big still and we still have plastic bags in this country we use them quite a lot how do you rate this come from countries efforts to deal with plastic waste. so germany has been the leader in the pasta germany has been known for its good recycling but it seems like germany is showing a decline starting to fall behind some of the countries we see that germany is the biggest producer of packaging waste in the e.u. which is something that's quite alarming so coming

joining me now is aiden foster carter he's a korea expert from leeds university in the u.k. it and how surprised are you by the fact of the two koreas a holding this summit. well i got i have to my surprise i mean the thing that was the new news today of course just to have the date but early on i was quite surprised i was like many people i was pessimistic i thought that kim jong un and then they introduced a tactical thaw in his new year's address to the north korean leader of course for the olympics so once the olympics are over you get back to the same old threats which were a failure last year and they need care missile testing but the south koreans have taken their opportunity they had a successful high level visits and it looks like we're having a summit and of course the even most surprising about less such a prospect a month later all of a summit between literals korean leader and u.s. president trump something that's never happened before so we are way off i think in a new and more hopeful place tentatively but sooner or later it will have to sort of flesh help us

says it's responding not just to the attack on former russian double agents saikai script out in the u.k. but also to a major cyber attack on the german government's computer network. british investigators believe that x. intelligence officer script and his daughter junia were poisoned with novacek a soviet era nerve agent the two were found unconscious on a park bench in the southern english city of soulsby on march the fourth they remain critically ill in hospital. that's an e.u. summit in brussels last week all twenty eight member states condemned the attack the expulsion of russian diplomats by fourteen a u. countries was a coordinated action they say all evidence points to russia and this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence offices in history. i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and beyond over the past three weeks as we have confronted the aftermath of the incident. continues to maintain its innocence it is vowed to retaliate in kind and warned western governments that the expulsion of russian diplomats was a