this is d. w. news coming to you live from berlin the next russian spy almost critically ill creating a forensic mystery in the u.k. police deepak decontaminate site where he was found unconscious after exposure to an unknown substance from media reports say he's a former intelligence official also spied on russia for britain. also coming up a relief mission cut short they get through syria's eastern goutam but more airstrikes pound the play even as the trucks are being unloaded. and the u.s.

president gives a warm welcome to visiting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and donald trump says he might travel to jerusalem to open the u.s. embassy himself there in may. follow on terri marchant good to have you with us police in england are retracing the steps of a former russian spy who is reported to be critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance authorities remain tight lipped about the investigation they've only confirmed two people a man and a woman were found unconscious sunday on a park bench in the southern city of seoul spring they say there's no known risk to the public. a crime scene that could be straight from a bond movie. police donned hazmat suits as they decontaminate the street where the

former russian spy a great pal and a woman had collapsed the substance that has made them critically ill hasn't been identified both or to use the treating it as a major incident and have even closer nearby restaurant as a precaution a passive bind said it looked like the pan had taken drugs. on the bench there was a couple. an older guy and a younger go she was sort of let in on him it looked like she passed out maybe he was doing some strange hand movements looking up to the sky. i felt anxious and felt like i should step in but to be honest they looked so out of it i thought even if i did step in i wasn't sure how i could help emergency services rushed by those people to soulsby hospital where they remain in intensive care police are also guarding the former spy's home as the investigation continues.

this has not been declared as a counterterrorism incident and we would urge people not to speculate however i must emphasize that we retain an open mind and we continue to review this position the focus at this moment in trying to stop this what has caused these people to become critically ill and we are working with partners to prioritize this diagnosis . sixty six year old. was granted refuge in the u.k. after spy swap in two thousand and ten. he's been sentenced in russia to thirteen years in prison for spying for britain or for the very latest let's bring in our correspondents bigot mohsin london the air until tonight in moscow berger let's start with you tell us what you can about what happened to the former russian spy and the woman he was with on that park bench in salzburg.

the police haven't really released any more information but what we know is that they're treating the whole case with most caution while they're saying that it's not a terrorist incident they also for more information from members of the public to come forward and the general way that this case is handled with all the workers who are dealing with a cell wearing protective a uniform in many places within the city center and salisbury where this incident happen are cordoned off it really reminds you of the case. who was a russian spy and who was killed on british soil so so uppermost precaution at this point in time. you now aaron in law what can you tell us about sergei screen this former russian agent who has fallen ill and. well what we know about second st paul so far is that back in two thousand and four

he was arrested by the f.s.b. now that's russia's state federal security service the agency that took over after the k.g.b. and they accused him of being basically a double agent for the british secret service and intelligence services he had been a member of the g.r.u. which is russia's military intelligence service and according to investigators here in russia he developed a relationship with british intelligence back in the ninety's and over the course of that relationship he had actually given information to western intelligence services about russian agents serving both abroad and even some of his partners and coworkers here in russia now when he was arrested he actually confessed to the crime and of course that led to his conviction and him serving a rather lengthy jail term we also know that in two thousand and ten he was exchanges part of expiry exchange with western powers and since then he's been living in basically a quiet life in england. to you bill gates in london how are people in england

reacting to this so you mentioned the live in the anchor case in two thousand and six or parallels being drawn. yes for sure parallels are being drawn to this case just because they are so obvious alexander litvinenko it was somebody who had worked for the russian intelligence services he had then turned to be a harsh critic of the kremlin and had fled to london and had sought asylum and gotten asylum here in london however in two thousand and six he fell ill he was poisoned by polonium that he had gotten from drinking some tea with some russian acquaintances and in fact there was a whole trail of polonium that was standards covered in london and his widow marina litvinenko for long and hard to get an inquiry which resulted in the judge saying that probably alexander litvinenko was killed because of the mere putin order that however that was an inquiry nobody ever went to jail buzz feed news which is a u.k.

news outlet also has had a recent investigation and they link as much as fourteen death here in the u.k. they linked to russian interference where they had established that u.s. intelligence services had treated some of these death off russian citizens in the u.k. or some of them were in the citizens as suspicious but nothing happened so a lot of speculation about russian interference but at the moment this is only speculation the police has not released anything to this matter ok so a lot of speculation in england about possible russian involvement or what's reaction to the story in russia. well so far the official reaction has been rather muted in the last hour we've seen a statement by the kremlin where they described the incident in england as a tragic incident but they said they can't actually comment on the events as

they've all unfolded so far they've basically said that they they haven't actually been approached by him than either for help so right now they're taking a very wait and see approach ok until. i get lost in london thank you both very much. check on some of the stories making headlines around the world today officials in the u.s. state of florida passed a bill to create new restrictions on rifle sales and allow some teachers to carry guns in schools move comes in response to the deadly school shooting in the state last. senior u.n. official has said myanmar's ethnic cleansing of revenge of muslims was ongoing after revisited refugee camps in bangladesh's caulks bazaar district hundreds of thousands of for him jeff led to bangladesh since last august when myanmar forces launched a crackdown on their community. and north korean leader kim jong un has welcomed delegates from the south to come on yang for the first time since he took

office in two thousand and eleven the visit is aimed at easing a standoff over north korea's nuclear ambitions john yang's state media quoted kim jong un as saying he wants to advance times with the sun. while the last twenty four hours have been the deadliest for civilians in the syrian rebel held enclave of eastern good since the recently established un backed cease fire at least sixty eight people have been killed and several hundred wounded as government war planes resumed bombarding the enclave the russian military has now offered rebels and their families safe passage out of the area but a rebel spokesman has dismissed this calling it a policy of forced displacement on monday and aid convoy was allowed into the area but deliveries have been suspended due to continued military action for more now we're joined by alan mcdonald he's from save the children and joins us from the jordanian capital amman alan the red cross has finally managed to get an aid convoy

into eastern ghouta how significant is this. well it's a very good step is the first aid convoy in many weeks and it's put in food for thousands of people but it is only a small step it's a small amount of food that will last a few weeks for a fraction of the population inside there are more than three hundred fifty thousand people that say and three for twenty eight thousand this is very welcome but it is certainly a drop in the ocean it's also extremely worrying extremely concerning vets and the medical a lot of the medical supplies were taken off and there are thousands of sick or injured children and other civilians in insides who desperately need treatments whether they've been. bombed in the last few weeks or all previously or with the suffering from long term illnesses. and they need this

treatment as a matter of life or death in many cases and we've spoken to a lot of doctors in eastern goods who have to. they have to use bandages and needles and basic equipment several times on different patients you know despite the dangers just because they don't have enough supplies it's really extremely crucial that gets in how likely is it that more aid convoys will manage to get into eastern. i think it depends on the security situation and. the cease fire that was announced by the u.n. security council last week is not is not how there were a few days where it got the answer that yesterday was. the was they civilians in some of the shelling and deaths that we've seen since that's announcement so the fighting is ongoing the convoy that came in yesterday had to turn around and will

finish early because there was so much shelling going on because they really depends on the security situation aren't partners from save the children. inside to manage to do by one distribution of. winter clothes and blankets for people in shelters but it was very very small it was just for a few hundred people and. the distributions that have planned to have to be canceled because of the bombing and the shelling that still going on. ellen thank you very much for talking to us i was in mcdonald there for a must save the children in the jordanian capital amman u.s. president donald trump says he may be is that israel to attend the opening of the new american embassy in jerusalem and make trouble speaking during talks with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white house the two went out of their way to make a show of unity. a friendly welcome for the

israeli prime minister in washington from a u.s. president who sees only to eye with him on the middle east and believes the chances for peace a good what better if we could make peace between israel and the palestinians and i can tell you we're working very hard on doing that and i think we have a very good chance and the the biggest difficulty that anybody said you look over twenty five years nobody could get past number one gerosa they couldn't get past that we've taken it off the table so this gives us a real opportunity to peace but troops move to relocate the u.s. embassy to jerusalem has a groove a two tensions with palestinians and many others in the region reacting angrily to last december's decision. in the oval office netanyahu praised the move and repeated his view that iran is the greatest threat to regional security that iran has not given up its nuclear ambitions it is came out of this nuclear deal in

boulder and rich is practicing aggression that we were included on our own borders . and i think we we have to stop this country that churns the few if you go to america you're wrong must be stopped that is a common shock. talks between the two leaders focused on concerns of iran's activities in syria and on trump's push to change or abandon the twenty fifty nuclear deal with tehran. just reminder the top story we're following for you here today on d.w. news are russian spy is reported to be critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance in england media reports have identified him as sergei sprit paul and and texans diligence officer convicted of treason in russia twelve years ago. and don't forget you can always get to w. news on the go just download our google player from the apple store that will give

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