this is d w news live from berlin hackers infiltrate some of germany's most sensitive networks the government confirmed reports of a cyber attack on computers in the defense of foreign ministries there were some clear what dates it was done with german media saying a russia backed group is to blame. also and russian president vladimir putin has laid out his vision for the country he says he will have the problems he writes and keep enemies at bay with an impressive new nuclear arsenal. on the beast from the east savages europe siberian cold front plunges the confidence into

a deep freeze bringing snow and transport chaos and some of the lowest temperatures for years. i'm still going to welcome to the program authours is in germany say hackers of infiltrated sensitive government networks believed to belong to the defense and foreign ministries media reports say the attack has been going on for more than a year and today a parliamentary committee said it might still be going on security agencies are said to have detected the breach in december and allowed it to continue in a controlled manner while the mom is it the group with links to the russian government thought to be responsible. the interior ministry has given very few details so far just a brief statement sources say russian hackers have been trying to attack the government they planted spying software that could have tapped sensitive data the

hackers apparent targets were the foreign and defense ministry as they searched for information about russia and ukraine lawmakers are now asking why they heard nothing in their intelligence briefings even though the agencies apparently knew about the breach of a government to have said nothing possibly for months which is what we have to clarify it's completely unacceptable we're waiting intelligence on the reason something i cannot make sense of this is a clear violation of the law that says get stronger first night we see germany is clearly not well prepared for cyber attacks it can't be interpreted in any other way as russian hackers appear to be going and i have the foreign and defense ministries fatah defense minister i don't always. cyber attacks against german authorities are nothing new insiders say the government server is attacked more than a thousand times a day the government already sounded warnings about russian hacking last year.

yes we have noticed that time and again chairman parties german politicians and individuals have been subject to cyber attacks by the hacking group a p t twenty eight or other collectives that we would associate with russian service providers. i would like to take the opportunity to again make unmistakably clear that germany does not tolerate spying activities or intelligence operations of any kind by any country. that came after a twenty fifteen cyber attack against the german parliament a hack allegedly controlled from moscow it said this new breach could have been even more sophisticated and dangerous but this is a real threat a virtual war is taking place against germany possibly with the help of russian intelligence services we now need clarity. but for now you the government is remaining tight lipped about this latest attack even as parliamentarians demand

answers. has worked in i.t. security at germany's foreign office he's now head of international cyber security policy at germany's new responsibility foundation think tank welcome to the w what did you think of the foreign ministry cyber security when you were there well the cyber security is maintained by a couple of people there and then they have an additional protection mechanism which is provided for by germany's federal office for information security so i do security there is quite good but you can never have enough working united security and have you to establish new security mechanisms and improve the overall security there so i think that can always be improved so it was quite good wasn't good enough well apparently if we have to believe the reports it just came out it wasn't good enough to fend off their tech us in this case but then you also have to think

that these kind of attacks at some point will always go through so you never have one hundred percent security. this site was a part of discovery december and allowed to continue in this controlled manner to find out more about the attackers what do you think of this approach where right now we don't really know what it means to let it go in a controlled manner but in general that's a yes it's a rather usual approach in how you implement counterintelligence measures because you want to see what the attackers are after and maybe even figure out who the attackers are and by cutting it off directly when you see it you might not have enough time to basically get those information so letting it go on a bit further and try to get your own information out of it but basically protecting your crown jewel from being stolen after your relevant as a security agency that's pretty much standard china and russia often blamed for these sorts of attacks is germany likely to be doing the same thing to others well i met some people who basically said they hope so and i actually would think that

our federal foreign intelligence services are is doing the same thing after all we're talking about f.b.i. on r.c.s. bio knowledge is centuries old and has been conducted always so now it's been moved together with the digitization to the cyber domain and i think it will defer to federal intelligence will do the same thing they always did and this group this i.p.t. it twenty eight that is thought to be associated with this. what do we know that well we do know for a fact that this group is behind. a large number of operations high profile of operations across the world and what we suspect and that's always a question of when can you say that you really know about it is that they are somehow affiliated with the russian government. good to us for her picture thank you so much for joining date of live thank you. for

a while in russia vladimir putin has used his annual state of the nation address to warn global powers that they must now reckon with russia's military might as well as boasting of his country's new generation of what he called invincible nuclear weapons was deputed pledge to carve poverty in six years and improve the environment he's seeking an unprecedented fourth presidential term elections due in seventeen days time. russian politics look to change in twenty eighteen for years president vladimir putin has relied on an aggressive foreign policy to stoke his popularity but his speech presented a new emphasis on domestic issues opinion polls say russians biggest concern is the spiking poverty rate workers' earnings are following and the economy is growing too slowly. we need our economy to grow faster than the world economy. when you find no it's not an easy

task but we need that to happen in order to solve our social military and infrastructure challenges. not. the speech also dealt with russia's new nuclear arsenal specifically a new missile that putin claims can penetrate u.s. defenses. russia was and continues to be the greatest nuclear power but nobody wanted to talk with us nobody wanted to listen well listen now. that demonstration of strength and power that clearly went over well with the audience aimed at mobilizing his supporters for the election just over two weeks away. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world european council president has arrived in london with britain's prime minister recep made

a wednesday mrs may have rejected an plan to allow northern ireland to stay in the e.u. customs union after bret's it mr tosk is not challenging britain to come up with its own plan to prevent a hard border in ireland after britain leaves the. germany's federal court has overturned the murder verdict in a case involving a death caused by an illegal race in central berlin a court previously found the two races guilty of murder but the federal court said intention to kill had not been proven and that the man should face manslaughter charges instead. the u.s. retail giant wal-mart has said it will stop selling fire arms and ammunition to people younger than twenty one years old the announcement follows a similar move by another retailer dick's sporting goods fresh debates about gun control have broken out after last month's deadly school shooting in florida. to slip back in the where police have arrested several italian businessman named by

a murdered journalist as having links to government corruption twenty seven year old who was shot dead at his home last week along with his fiance shortly after his murder the news website he worked for published his last unfinished article its claims have shocked the nation. journalists young could see x. final story was the most explosive in his short career it may also have cost him his life. the story details alleged links between the italian mafia and officials working in the prime minister's office. it was published by his colleagues days after the bodies of and his fiance martina kristen over were found in their bratislava home. ninety nine percent convinced that the murder is connected with his writings about a link between italian mafia and slovak in politics. could see a story name two officials who have now resigned pending an investigation one of them mario toskala

a chief advisor to the prime minister and other. chair of the state security department both have denied any link to the killings prime minister robert fitz so seen here with has cautioned against judging the pair without evidence he's offered a reward of one million euros for information about the murders slovakia's culture minister also resigned ashamed that something like this could happen in his country for the. culture minister i can't deal with the fact that the journalist was killed during my term in office. in brussels european parliamentarians held a minute of silence to honor the journalists who have gathered on the vid me that's . the truth with determination and didn't answer to anyone. the police to clear that he was almost surely killed to stop his investigation. incased could see x. grieving supporters want his work to be continued they marched in bratislava

demanding safety for journalists and an end to corruption could see acts reporting may now have more impact on slovakia than he could have ever imagined. according to the beast from the east a siberian weather system which has brought snow strong winds on the coldest temperatures for years across europe and the freeze is expected to continue. the wintery weather system has caused widespread disruption to public services and major travel delays like here at geneva as airport the busy hub was forced to suspend all flights for several hours after snowfall blanketed the swiss city overnight. heavy blizzards and biting temperatures are continuing to last year up from the far north to the mediterranean south a red alert has been extended as parts of britain face severe weather conditions.

but some have been enjoying the unusually snowy weather like these children in spain where hundreds of schools cancelled classes. in paris authorities urged commuters to leave their cars at home because of the treacherous roads many drivers were left stranded in their vehicles due to heavy snow on motorways. even reach the mediterranean was normally sunny nice blanketed in snow. meanwhile in denmark the wintery weather spelled trouble for this fishing boat. it got stuck in the frozen waters of the limbs in the north of the country. after the skipper was rescued is a vessel slowly drifted into the eggers and bridge breaking the boat's mast. sport now starting in football in brazil and paris and i'm sure my star neymar looks likely to miss up to three months due to injury the world's most expensive

footballer who signed for p.s.g. for two hundred twenty two million euros last year and undergo a surgery on a fractured matta tassel this week as team doctor said his recovery time to take longer than first thought that means that he's likely to face a race to get fit in time for the world cup finals which begin on the fourteenth of june for a three time surfing world champion mick fanning has announced that he's going to retire after this month's ricco prevent and his native australia the thirty six year old grabbed headlines even tried to fifteen after the start of a great white shark that was captured live on t.v. at an event in south africa these pictures have been watched more than twenty five million times on you tube it was attacked by another shock at the same event two years later despite those terrifying encounters funny quickly got returned to compete at the highest level of retirement is not shock related. just reminder of our top story at this hour germany's trying to determine the extent of

a cyber attack on its government ministers a russian hacking group is believed to have a broken into the high security now.