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 park bench in the southern city of salzburg. saulsbury police have cordoned off part of a park where former russian spy sergei script and a woman identified as his daughter were found critically ill on sunday

counterterrorist specialists have now been assigned to support local police the rushes on to determine exactly what unknown substance made the mill it was after dining at a local restaurant that scruple was found violently ill on a nearby bench by a local resident. and then the man start throwing up it was where it was in like no municipal freezer. that you can see that he was visually for and what a story it was uneven is just the voters just come poor enough is around. the kremlin has denied any knowledge of the affair the spokesman called it a tragic situation and said moscow was willing to cooperate in the investigation but hasn't yet been asked to do so said a script was a colonel in russia's g.r.u. military intelligence he was arrested in russia in two thousand and four and convicted of spying for britain two years later in two thousand and ten script was

freed is part of a high level spy swap the trade included the now prominent russian agent anna chapman who tried to cozy up to u.s. power brokers spree paul and his daughter are still in hospital where doctors are working against the clock to find out what has made them ill our correspondent very good mostest tracking this story for us from london and joins us hi barbara i there have been some developments in the story tell us more. well we now know that it was the alleged spy and his daughter were who are pretty in critical condition also they are still in hospital. trying to find out what it is that poisoned them apparently what is the substance that made them so critically ill this is of course crucial for them to find out if there is any treatment for them we also know that two police officers had also been admitted to

hospital they are now apparently out of hospital and the police told to saying that that the general public is apparently not not harmed. and who is. this a former russian agent. so from all we know he is somebody that used to spy for the he used to work for the russian intelligence services but was then but was then imprisoned for spying for britain he was then in a sort of cold war style prisoner swap exchanged and was subsequently since two thousand and ten living here in the u.k. apparently from media reports with his wife and also with his daughter now they're also meet new media reports were saying that not only has his wife died fairly recently but also that his son died in the recent visit to russia now these are unconfirmed reports but it is certainly

a very very interesting case and how was britain now reacting to all of this. well the obvious comparison and what's really on people's mind is the case of alexander litvinenko he was somebody who also used to work for the russian intelligence services however he then became a harsh critic of the kremlin and then came here to london and had of asylum here in london he was poisoned in central london. not very far from where i am at the moment and he died in two thousand and six of university college hospital which is also just around the corner were now in which which was at the time the seed of a huge media interest from all over the world there was an inquiry held into his death. and that found out that the most likely vladimir putin was to be held responsible for his death which was caused by polonium at the time and indeed there

was a trail of polonium all over london and this is something that a lot of london as i think can still remember our data is very good masa with the latest from london thank you becker. now some other stories making news around the world uncertainty is mounting in italy after sunday's election failed to establish a majority for any single party leaders of both the euro skeptic five star movement and the anti immigrant league are now buying to rule the country there are unlikely coalition partners in forming a government could take weeks of negotiations with other parties. a senior u.n. official us said meehan mars ethnic cleansing of will hinge on muslims is ongoing that after he visited refugee camps in bangladesh cox's has our district hundreds of thousands of for him to have fled to bangladesh since last august when man maher forces launched a crackdown on their communities. japan has appointed its first female commander of a navy squatter it is a moving object encouraging more women to join the country self defense forces. was

inaugurated into her new role on board the warship should be commanding a squadron of one thousand of which only thirty are when the. south korean officials say the north has agreed to hold a summit in late april that would include the leaders of both countries south korea's national security director said the knowing you'll have offered to cut back on its nuclear weapons program if it receives security guarantees of a south korean delegation has returned home a day after meeting with north korea's kim jong un in pyongyang it was the first time kim met with south korean officials since taking power. story now with their one botch and asian affairs expert at the bertelsmann foundation that's a think tank here in berlin and i thank you very much for joining us again in our studios so north and south korea have agreed to a summit in april do you think this is real progress. i think it's definitely progress if you consider that a couple of weeks ago we were talking about a real threat of war on the korean peninsula that is far off now because they're

talking because the diplomatic process is coming back to life other than that on substance on the nuclear issue on the rocket tests i don't see any progress yet it's too early to tell all the south korean president lee j. and he's had a difficult because it is in a difficult position a balancing defensive measures but also diplomacy what do you think he is looking to get out of these talks i think is very eager to engage north korea i think they've come to the conclusion that engaging them is better than isolating them and he is in a very delicate position because washington under don't know trump has kind of taken the responsibility for security on the korean peninsula out of his hands and for a long time there were strong circles in washington who were arguing for a preemptive strike which would have horrible consequences for korea and so the

south korean government really wants to get back in the driving seat and we're hearing encouraging voices from the north the north also saying that it could be willing to scale back its nuclear program under certain conditions but should be skeptical of that i would be very skeptical of that they want to talk and that's what they've been doing for the last fifteen years or something they've always said that they would be willing to scale it back if they got satisfactory security guarantees and they can keep talking about that for ever and they have talked about this forever and use these talks as a cover to actually develop their weapon systems further i don't see any progress and any reason for north korea to make any concessions to the time when you said earlier that the u.s. essentially taken security over security essentially was in the korean peninsula what chance do you think that this diplomatic thaw that we're seeing could actually lead to the u.s.

and north korea getting back to the table together. i think eventually they will have direct talks it's what north korea has been wanting to do for a long time the u.s. has been very hesitant but actually there have been signs under the trump administration that they would be willing to sit down and i think that's going to happen eventually again whether that brings any progress and substance i'm very skeptical about that do you think they could also sit down with kim jong il i think they would eventually i mean it happened under the clinton administration didn't lead to anything but produced good pictures and board north korea time i think the essential issue here really is that this process is very much determined by what north korea is willing to do they are setting the terms here all right there one parchin asian affairs expert at the bertelsmann foundation here in berlin thank you very much thank you. for the last twenty four hours have been the deadliest for civilians in the syrian rebel held enclave of eastern ghouta 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 is 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. and let's get more with on macdonald from save the children in the jordanian capital amman allan thank you very much for joining us at the red cross says as we said it has to hold a delivery to east because of violence but at least some supplies could be delivered how significant of this. it's a positive step in that it's the first aid delivery we've seen for quite a long time but it's it's nowhere near a what's needed the aid that came in yesterday is going to reach a few thousand people there are three hundred and fifty thousand at least civilians

in these to goods or who desperately need this aid so what came in yesterday is include some food supplies that will last for a few weeks but it didn't include a lot of medical equipment and supplies medicine supplies that vitally needed for the sick children inside the area what do we know about how children in this district have been affected by this conflict. and a lot of the children that we've spoken to. and their partners in the area working with. pretty much living underground. shelter get mines in underground basements they sometimes go to school in underground schools it's too dangerous for them to come out because of all the bombing and then there was a brief improvement for a few hours a day with the last week. with the russian announcement but it was just a couple of hours

a day when the bombing has continued throughout the rest of the day the fighting and continued and in the past couple of days we've seen the worst fighting in civilian deaths since. the u.n. security council authorizes their. prize for cease fire in the area which just hasn't happened so it's been getting steadily worse for children with their wills. the child malnutrition rates that we see in these two groups are of the worst that we've ever seen in the syria crisis. people desperately need food and medicine. right alan mcdonald from the save the children joining us from the jordanian capital amman allan thank you very much. now to an unlikely tennis doubles match in california world number one roger federer and microsoft co-founder bill gates teamed up for a charity match to raise funds for federer's foundation the v.i.p. pairing in the match for africa went up against u.s. times projects often t.v.

host savannah guthrie and san jose and some rallies were definitely crowd pleasers the roger federer foundation to use the event to raise money to support children's education in africa. now belgium isn't known as a powerhouse in winter sports but the belgians did produce a medalist at the two thousand and eighteen winter olympics speed skater bart swings was received by king felipe on monday swims placed second in the men's mass start event and john chiang got to show the king a silver medal in the world palace in brussels that were medal win was just the sixth in belgium history and their first since way back in one nine hundred ninety eight. all right now to a real life hollywood crime oscar winning actress frances mcdormand has been reunited with her trophy after it was stolen out of post show party police have arrested a california man terry bryant and charged him with the best effort posted this video with the oscar trophy on his facebook page he boasted about taking the statue

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