this is due to abuse live from her leg an attempted assassination in britain using a nerve agent produced only by russia long themselves a midnight deadline for answers western allies for our laying around the british prime minister who says it was highly likely russia was behind the poison attack against a former russian spy who defected we'll go live to our correspondents in london and moscow also coming up. civilians in eastern jews are under pressure from syrian troops as the u.s. says it is prepared to act to help them we talk with unicef which says twenty

seventeen was the deadliest year so far for some of the most at risk civilians in syria children. and public anger over the mafia style killing of investigative journalist john jude c.x. threatens to topple the slovakian government or calls for snap elections us corruption allegations and golf the prime minister's office and our correspondent follows an e.u. teen sent to investigate. there's been a real crunch match in the german bund as lagos cologne were left bloodied and beaten by brave men in a relegation dogfight that may just have rocked the carnival club of their last chance to stay off the top flight when. i brought her warm old. the show britain has issued

a midnight deadline for russia to explain why a deadly nerve agent produced only in russia was used in an assassination attempt western allies are voicing their support for the british demand the former russian spy sergei script all and his daughter remain in critical condition more than a week after being found unconscious in the city of salisbury. 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 or 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 house 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 defeat the russophobia that so are you are all software be. 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 behind the attack with theresa may has promised a robust response although she did not say what that would be. let's bring in our correspondents now bagot mohsin london and emily share one in moscow good morning to both of you bag if we could start with you why is britain so very certain that russia was behind the poisoning of sergei script ball and his daughter . well prime minister mays said the drug has

produced this military grade nerve agent in the past and she says it's either the russian state itself that's responsible or it is could be a rogue agency is basically the russian state has lost control over these very dangerous substance so both scenarios make in her eyes in the eyes of the british government russia responsible they also took several days to find out about it and had the best military agency in the country for several days analyzing the substance of the very so that russia is behind it and really the clock is ticking right now for russia the kremlin has until midnight tonight to deliver a full explanation what's the kremlin saying so far well there was almost an immediate reaction yesterday. from the kremlin after trees made a speech the foreign ministry's spokes person might be as the heart of

a call her speech to parliament a circus she also said that this was all part of an information campaign against russia which she described as fairy tale so rather a strong reaction there from the foreign ministry and earlier kremlin spokesman did meet because of course also strongly denied russian involvement he said that he pointed out that this it all happened on british soil with someone working for the british secret services so russia is strongly denying all this at the moment you know begged we just heard the response there from from russia now maybe must decide very quickly what her next moves are what are her options in light of what the crumbs. well the reason may has given the kremlin time as emily said till tonight to explain what happened and otherwise she will lay out her next step tomorrow wednesday in the house of commons

now she has if you if you options she can for example expel the russian ambassador this is something that happened after alexander litvinenko was killed another former russian spy who was killed on british sold russian diplomats were expelled so this is an option there's also talk about the so-called magnitsky act which would mean asset freezes visa freezes so sanctions basically targeted against russian officials who are deemed to be involved in this case theresa may will try and not do everything by has self she will try and do this together with allies together with the e.u. and also with nato. and way we just heard about the left and yank ok so this is not the first time that russia is being linked to the death of former agents in britain as. no that's true there and there

are strong parallels to the case of alex on that he was killed in two thousand and six and british investigators found that the russian government was most likely behind that assassination as they call it which the kremlin though has always strongly denied now it's interesting that yesterday the foreign ministry spokes person who i mentioned before money has a the heart of a she also mentioned that case and she said you know it's strange that the british investigators haven't gotten to the bottom of of the death of various russian citizens on british soil including so it seems here that russia is kind of using its usual strategy which is to absolutely deny all the accusations and also to kind of undermine the investigation under undermine the evidence in this case they also said that no one has asked them to help with the investigation and they also have

been framing all sorts of accusations against russia as part of a western anti russian campaign so it seems that they're following their usual playbook there and also that russia is likely to keep denying these accusations big astri's may looks for answers from russia she's also looking for support from britain's friends and allies what does she want to see there. well britain is going to leave the e.u. but the reason why has made clear that she is in this case the relying on her european allies she has spoken to him on a call from france also she's been talking to to the u.s. to secretary of state rice to listen and very have assured that support know how far this is going to go they're going to look before and sanctions and supports to reason they are on the biggest maybe on a u.n. scale that seems to be that we have to we have to see about that but certainly

reason may is trying to get some support and as far as we know that she she has got some support also by nato secretary general but he's also said that nato takes this issue very seriously since reason may is already on the case and drumming up the support there good mosque for us in london emily sure will in moscow thanks very much to both of you for all of that now for some of the other stories making news at this hour mexican prosecutors of rest are man who allegedly played a role key role in the kidnapping and murder of more than forty student teachers in two thousand and fourteen authorities have put in eighty thousand euro bounty on his head the murders took the country by surprise and plugged the government into crisis over its handling of the case new york's metropolitan opera has fired its longtime conductor james levine after an internal inquiry found what it called credible evidence of sexually abusive conduct it opened the investigation in

december after four men accused levine of abusing them decades ago but he denies the accusations he was regarded as the best conductor in the united states. argentina's park authority has released dramatic pictures of the collapse of an ice bridge to countries. you know glacier the phenomenon takes place around once every four years it attracts thousands of tourists the glacier in the patagonia region is a unesco world heritage site. well the united states has warned it is ready to act in syria if needed to end chemical attacks and in human suffering is a push for a new thirty day ceasefire in eastern guta u.s. ambassador nikki haley told the u.n. security council that the ceasefire approved two weeks ago has failed and circulated a new draft resolution calling for a thirty day truce in the rebel enclave these people say the world has abandoned

them like many others in eastern guta they're living underground the conditions a dire but they have nowhere else to go. all are living in fear of the next attack the schoolteacher also from eastern guta illustrates the challenges people are facing. thinking. about are. the people of this. health left because it's no longer. outside the violence shows no sign of abating the rebels but also civilians and children are still being targeted by syrian government forces the ceasefire agreed by the un security council last month has failed the u.s. says it knows who is responsible. today we know

that the russians does not keep their commitment. today we see their actions don't match those commitments as bombs continue dropping on the children of eastern go to the u.s. also says it's prepared to act if russia does not commit to a new cease fire but moscow says it's fighting terrorism and is within its rights going to diminish the syrian military is ongoing counterterrorism operation is not in contradiction with the un resolutions the government of syria has every right to try to remove the threat to the safety of its citizens. another from this causing concern in the town of afrin in the northwest of the country thousands of people have started to flee turkish forces and their allies troll christ as part of that effort to clear the area of kurdish forces. for more on the situation let's bring in fran a crease of the unicef representative in syria he joins us from the town of pterosaur

in the east of syria good morning to you thanks for being with us today we just heard about the increasing threat in afrin as turkish troops there tighten their grip on the city of just how much are civilians and children at risk in africa and good morning thank you for having me in the. b.m.x. to get the children i'm not seeing as you mentioned that are so elite and deal enough you've got concern about the situation of. the children being q.r.p. main but also about the situation of it would it. be and there is no. relation even new face forward and what that what he says ok now the united states has indicated that it is prepared to act in eastern duty if there is no ceasefire one that holds is blaming russia for that what are the u.s.'s concerns for that area.

in anything. oh you know for you know so we're very concerned about. it that people that children are just money they get back and it involves being. spacemen out of course in the children to be kill out of course and their children to be main articles and children. but it's a mental issue that we have to stop immediately so we asked all the parties that they. apply to a situation of hostilities the yellow around to get access to all the children and all the families and the people and deeper meet everybody to move should be which ok now you're going to zation unicef has raised the issue of child soldiers in syria there's been concerns that islamic state for example might be trying to raise an army of child soldiers how widespread is the doctor nation and no one terry training of children in syria showed this is

a very concerning issue. last report of a particular unit out informant that all depart this in conflict in syria and it went to. all parts of conflict how do you see children children even at the age of twelve or thirteen yes paula not only support activities but also in combat. you can find some of the enabling and the checkpoints or some of any points it's a way to spread. feeling is that he's going out we don't see everything and so we can ask to all the parties to make clear that those have to be released doctors are not children for the kind of the day for being sick and weak and any any other group or any other forces and they have to. be very treatment to incorporate into let's say you can. say unicef representative in syria thank you so very much for joining us tonight. pressure will get hard here now in from deal

maker to deal breaker you could say u.s. president trump vetoes a massive tech takeover again that's true burna for imposing steel on terrorists rather and steal an elementary em u.s. president donald trump a stop the proposed mega acquisition of u.s. chip maker qualcomm by singapore based broadcom again citing national security concerns trump's order came despite broad comes insurance's that it would move to the united states by april or is about china's potential influence and rising u.s. protectionist sentiment hung over the takeover bid from the start the deal would have been worth one hundred seventeen billion dollars well president on the drums import tariffs are quite unpopular with u.s. trading partners around the world that's hardly surprising but there is one corner of the us from where you hear nothing but praise for trump all u.s. correspondent alison of phenomena hopped into a japanese rental car and drove the three hundred fifty miles from washington to

the home of u.s. steel industry the u.s. state of pennsylvania to find out why people that she or he import barriers even though it might also hurt other industries in the u.s. . well the steel service center of a family business owned by chris pagani the company sells supply riots still tailor made for customers and their. products that will soon cost more because of presidents from imports. in the short term and they're going to create higher prices as higher prices of it. transferred down to my customers just right down the line. like many others chris is concerned about rising prices and they put ten a show steel shot at it and still he's convinced president trump made the right decision but i'm happy that it's going to happen yeah absolutely it's going to

boost domestic production and it will put people to work in this area. i think two plants already are slated to come back online and that's not bad you know so i'm happy that it it's happened in the long run chris began he grew up in this region that used to be the heart of the american steel industry people here still hold that for additional sas and in fact one in seven of the nation's steel workers still live in this region one of them is called so rich as the president of the local union don't the united steel workers union in west midlands has been calling for tariffs on foreign steel for decades he's dream came true when he was invited to the white house and i says well you guys are going to be lined up behind a president and. i care and no way i'm going to be standing behind the president maybe outside of the white officer stop but. so they put it together and they put

a plan together and it happened and what they saw i was so excited i was in awe you know what i mean what a what a great author i was so humble. scott doesn't believe that the tariffs will necessarily lead to a trade war and eventually harm other industries in the u.s. if you buy a car and you buy an appliance india buy it and it's a consumer knowing that it's going to go up a couple dollars or still pennies a palm and maybe it will be up on your or stops on a car knowing that it will stimulate the economy is for's in our area you know it create jobs and it stores up positive who could argue that fact so i say it's wall street propaganda that's what i say and steel workers in pennsylvania do not expect miracles but they say they are grateful that at last someone in washington has taken up their concerns and is trying to save their industry. european steel ship to the u.s.

will eventually on the same exemptions state business canada and australia that's according to the vice president of the european commission funston a month he is hopeful costly to attack trade dispute with key customer usa cumbia votes to the months made the comment at a gathering of european steel executives in the german town of dealing in the home of one of germany's being still produces well concerns over the potential tariffs have been mounting. steel has been dealing ins life blood for over three hundred years here over five thousand people are employed by the steel mill that dillinger . and many are worried about their jobs american tariffs would have real world consequences here in sa and that mills parent company to the first components to u.s. manufacturers like the automotive industry. is doing is a huge mistake with his tariffs dillinger exports a lot to the u.s. troops going to have second thoughts about all of this being.

it's not ok you can't make any progress with him diplomatically it requires drastic measures you have to do to him what he's doing to us then we'll get a better deal. economic reprisals are on the agenda as industry managers politicians and employee representatives discuss the future of the european steel industry but the president of the european commission says they are a tool of last resort and hopes to find common ground with the us. we want to make sure tariffs aren't put in place we want things to stay the way they are there's no reason to introduce tariffs that's our position the people here argue trumps tariffs shouldn't target e.u. produced steel which they say is high quality and few other countries can supply. the message from politicians industry leaders and workers here in delhi and was very clear we produce the best steel in the world and we do it in line with

international routes but despite the confidence they know it's hard to argue with donald trump over policy. coming out of brussels the european union stating that europe would not give in to what it calls trade bullies our correspondent has caught up with the french economics minister who had all the. minister you are very concerned about a potential trade war with the u.s. what do you say the e.u. has the necessary leverage the determination to avoid such a scenario yes i'm deeply convinced that we have as european the leverage and i think also the determination to own to the last decision of the president trump we have to do our best to avoid any kind of trade war between the u.s. and the e.u. because it would lead nowhere and it would make only loses but we have

to or think about our response to the decisions of president trump i think that there are a set of on susan responses on the table the first one is to have countermeasures to explain to the united states that we're ready to take the same kind of decisions to answer to a decision of the trend and we also have to think about the answer and of homework of the w.g. all of the g. twenty so it's a longer term negotiation you are looking at not shortly slapping tariffs on your u.s. products you're right because you know if you want to be respected if you want to be lessened by american in nutrition we have we european countries to be strong we have to be united and we have to abide by our common and by common values we believe in muti to terrorism we are all the view

that's protectionism is not the right on search through the difficulties that we have with the overcapacity in steer and we have to explain that very clearly to our american friends including by taking the necessary measures to respond to do the last decision of the transom. thank you very much and thank you thanks mr. our correspondent go into the french economics minister and that's business news it's back to brian we have this is now a former member of the nazi s.s. it became known as the bookkeeper of auschwitz as died at the age of ninety six in two thousand and fifteen auster governing was sentenced to four years in prison for being to the murder of thousands of people at the auschwitz concentration camp he came to public attention years earlier for his efforts to persuade holocaust deniers that they were wrong burning didn't personally participate in the holocaust but counted the money taken from those arriving at the camp he died before he could

begin this sentence the fashion designer in other news who bear the given. who many saw as the very essence of french style has died at the age of ninety one he was recognized for his elegant designs especially for those he created for audrey hepburn and some of the most famous films. dishes on she's seen here gracing the catwalk at the end of his last fashion show in one thousand nine hundred ninety five was part of an elite group of french fashion designers. to master the games and it's timely she designs he was an expert tailor and had an eye for perfect line. she ran she came from an artistic critic background and his family had high hopes he would become a lawyer. however the pull of fashion design saw him moved to paris at the age of

seventeen he founded the house of she's on she in the french capital in one thousand nine hundred fifty two and the rest as we say is history. the man himself famously pioneered the ready to wear the top black dress. designed audrey had burns iconic outfits in the one nine hundred sixty one film breakfast at tiffany's and he collaborated with her throughout her career. he had an a list client base for decades jackie kennedy wore one of his designs to the funeral of her then husband u.s. president john f. kennedy in one nine hundred sixty three. in a statements the house of schieffer on she described its founder as a gentleman who symbolized parisians chic and elegance for more than half a century. this is still to come on the show to get

reporters murder sparked some of the biggest protest slovakia has ever seen the government under pressure to clean up corruption and the e.u. investigates that's up to. the ranks of russian multi-millionaires keep on growing and their. shy about showing off but what's happening with those left behind the next report in our russia vote series looks at the widening gap between russia and for. the leaders of germany's biggest political parties sign on the dotted line and bring an end to almost six months of political uncertainty we'll see what's ahead for the new grand coalition government. but don't forget you can always get interviews on the go download from google player from the apple store gives you access while the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for breaking news you can also use it up to some dos

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a new thirty day cease fire. or here in germany the new government is preparing to take office after the country's main political parties signed a much anticipated coalition agreement this document sets out the program agreed between conservatives and social democrats the ceremony marks the end of long and difficult negotiations party leaders and their agenda would address the concerns of germans who feel left behind. it took them six months to finally agree on this coalition all three party leaders made it clear today that they want the government to last the full term the signed agreement is one hundred seventy seven pages long one hundred seventy seven pages of political policies for germany. the hierarchy in the new government is clear the leading figure is still on the american following a long run up to the new government's formation she promises things will now

continue at a good clip. i think everyone feels that it's finally time to start working a new start for europe a new dynamic for germany new cohesion for our country this is what we have set out to accomplish for the s.p.d. social issues and development are especially important the social democrats struggled for a long time with the question of their participation in a new grand coalition. few to go around the coalition in germany this did not start as a love match but. the cd see a series and s.p.d. although they are and will remain fundamentally different parties will still be able to work constructively together and probably. the third coalition partner the bavarian c.s.u.

calls this a grand coalition for the common people. the key words job security with the promise of full time employment a basic pension pension credits for stay at home parents and stabilization of pension levels. the opposition parties describe the coalition agreement in negative terms protesting the future government's program. that once when there are major gaps in this coalition agreement especially when it comes to future challengers above all. climate protection does not feature in it. mrs merkel has once again been able to use money as a lubricant to build up a coalition a coalition that refuses to sit in the clear course for the renewal of this country on this do it because i mean if there's one central idea in this coalition agreement then it spend money increase the powers of the state decrease free to make this could actually be the title of this coalition. on wednesday the point is

taught will take the final hurdle to forming a government on the america wants to be elected chancellor for the fourth time. their choice is almost certain and then the new government will be up and running at least that's what the chancellor promised. is to slovakia now where public anger over the murder of an investigative journalist and his say is threatening to topple the government young to siac in this fiance were found shot dead at their home near broad slava last month could see acts last unfinished story was about the italian mafia and its ties to slovakian politicians now this murder has triggered a wave of protests across the country mounting pressure on slovakian prime minister robert feed so on monday his interior minister resigned and e.u. lawmakers will be discussing the political crisis in the european parliament's for the very latest let's go now to brussels and our correspondent barbara vai's all

barbara just how concerned is the e.u. about the mounting political crisis in slovakia right now. particularly shocked and concerned of course about the murder of the uncouth because this was the second murder cold blooded killing of a journalist in the middle of europe within a few months we remember that something similar happened in october in malta and then we see almost a mirror on mirapex or in the case of soka where investigative journalists have uncovered as you said. of the highest government circles to organized crime in this case to one of the big crime families in italy the gaita and so we cease development that the european union had not been aware off and that it is now trying to grip and peed sort of further further things that could be slidin european values that everybody in brussels said really need to be maintained ok

this is very important of course maintaining european values now you've just come back from brother slava where the murders took place what are some of your impressions it is a country in uproar that's the overall impression and we could company in the merging see delegation that the european parliament had said on it sent on effect finding mission to broths love to fight find out what are the backgrounds and what is happening there. in this host the journalist. and his partner martina with home. neighbors come every day to light candles they are still shocked about what happened in the quiet village effect finding mission from the european parliament has also arrived to pay their respects this is really the moment where you realize this is what it's about . you know to to to work on

a world where things like this don't happen it cannot go without punishment but how much political will is there to find the murderers and the people who ordered the cold blooded execution of quick check and again the same government that is facing more and more allegations of corruption lead into seclusion the e.u. parliamentarians brought their questions to prime minister robert feed so but were evidently not convinced by his response there are so many allegations of corruption and fraud and criminal activity going around i mean there's so much smoke there's clearly fire that we can see that a lot of people are also very nervous and the country is clearly divided this. civil society is taking to the streets this weekend saw the biggest demonstration in the history of the country the protesters shouted out loud was feed so and shame shame the government of their ward off criminals and so we don't want to accept it

anymore. basically changed the situations going on here that put up with these them it's time they crossed the red line. in the newsroom of actuality where young could seek work many of the journalists are still afraid and don't want to be filmed much interchange a close friend of the week to share his diffuse but still wants to speak up we didn't ever expect something like this to happen in year two thousand and eighteen you member state. i think it changes the whole way you think about your work your ass and. pretty much everything in life if something like this happens. while the e.u. delegation and brought islam is trying to piece together the story of the murder new allegations of corruption are mooching increasing the pressure on the government president under a keystone has come to help from brussels he has emerged as the main political

player to question the prime minister and his allies. that if any member of the e.u. finally has an issue there are other members which would like to help and i hope that all questions would be answer very clearly and openly. kiska has called for new elections and for the government to resign the interior minister has not been forced to step down and he may not be the last to get the president clearly wants more he wants a complete changing of the guards in but. barbara you know there are a lot of unanswered questions here and so far no one has been charged everyone's denying any connections to the mafia and we heard the journalist saying there that everything's changed for how journalists work in this country or slovakian reporters can the government ride this out does it think it can just hope that this

is all going to go away. robert seats of the prime minister is really fighting like a man obsessed for his life here and we see sort of his his movements and use really trying to sort of cling to power but on the other hand it seems that things are sliding fast now because the public anger is really strong and the positive thing in all this if i may say so is that very strong civil society is emerging in slovakia people don't want to take this. government has really crossed the red line now you saw the interior minister had to step down because allegations of corrections are coming so thick and fast that you can hardly follow what they're about but the basic pattern is that the the government has their hands in the till in their fingers in the till abusing and taking public money and putting it into their own into their own pockets and so we see it we also have now

a vote of no confidence demanded and parliament the junior coalition partner. for reforming of the government so really seem to be slighting and developing fossum slovakia barbara has done pretty well economically since joined the european union but but. little progress on fighting corruption. that seems to be one of the patterns that you see in some particularly eastern european states but also of course we saw the very similar pattern and malta countries are economically successful everybody says oh fine things are going well but the other side is that you always have to watch the development of state institutions the independence of the judiciary the police and there have been these have been sincerely undermined for instance in slovakia so what the rypien union is learning

painfully from this case is that you can't take your eye off the ball you really have to watch the political development of countries and you can't just say oh everybody sort of makes enough money things are fine if you want to keep the european union together and keep this sort of community of values of democracy you just have to do much more work than they have done in brussels so far barbara vessel following the story for us today in brussels thanks very much barbara well this sunday more than one hundred million russians will be voting in the polls in a presidential election lattimer putin is expected to glide to a comfortable when extending your rule his presidency though has seen the gulf wide between the country's rich and poor from billionaire oligarchs to impoverished world. part two in our series russia votes looks at the winners and losers under president putin.

on the outskirts of the central russian city of berg a house is in a state of extreme disrepair. the roof is in danger of collapsing on to. the bathroom in the apartment above us is falling apart don't touch anything you come down on our heads. what happens when the state turns a blind eye to poor housing conditions. just look at those roofs there's mold everywhere the building belonged to a state owned company that went out of business and no one has taken responsibility for the place. we're doing all the repairs ourselves no matter what falls apart even if the plumbing bursts we'll pool our money and look for someone in the area who can fix it the authorities are lifting

a finger. nearly two thousand kilometers away the contrast couldn't be greater for the last few years the russian capital has been a showcase for billions of euros worth of investment in renovation anyone with a well paying job in moscow can enjoy a life of luxury. maria who works in the russian parliament says she owes her success to president putin. president i'm grateful to the president that i have a job and that my parents are employed i'm proud of my country and its history. and that's why i fact president putin for helping russia reclaim a leading role on the world stage. back in. daria darn her neighbors have a very different take on russia's leadership they have since found out that their building was constructed illegally and has never been renovated. us now we're

really afraid. when our foreign sleep i think to myself hopefully i'll wake up on this floor and not in the neighbor's apartment below. i won't vote for putin is just playing to his own people. all the time life is getting worse and. make all their decisions about us we've lost hope. but people. in moscow hope things will stay the same business as usual her just fine. the more i hope that over the next six years the president will accomplish everything he set out to do maybe he'll work hard the main thing is that he builds on the principles he laid out at the beginning. of the footfall diamonds at the door she. is among the many winners in. anyone who has the means lives in

a kind of comfort bubble and they don't hesitate to show off their lavish lifestyles on social media. the number of russian multi-millionaires has risen sharply in the past year. and the department store at red square is the epicenter of their consumerism its proud display of opulence is the symbol of everything provincial life is not. away from the glittering facade on the other side of russia there's not much interest in the vote. citizens don't trust in the state to do anything on their behalf. good. luck given to the authorities send us back and forth what i've tried to get an appointment with the mayor or the governor but no luck. we see them with mothers grandmothers and children on t.v.

all the time but we can't get a minute with that when you are at least not. in this country full of contradictions the only thing that seems to count in this election is the promise of stability and the fear that russia could turn backward on itself. meanwhile the gap between rich and poor is growing steadily wider. although vladimir putin is all but guaranteed another six years in office seven other candidates are also running why even bother our moscow bureau chief put that question to boris titov he's a fifty seven year old businessman who's challenging by recruiting for russia's top job. but mr tito you were an entrepreneur then you became the russian president commission and to put their stripes now you want to be president yourself what. would be. president putin has the best chance of winning but with i'm running to show that there are other groups out there who have

a different point of view to those who support putin's politics. i'm clearly a human rights advocate who's been the president's camp. but i've also taken on the task of creating a more liberal society. more concretely about your goal of making society more liberal what exactly do you not to like. team of experts have done a lot to stabilize russia. and after the chaos of the ninety's it's been good for the country but it only works. when they were dropped and we had no alternative to make money. by contrast our model is competitive and market oriented. people from our small businesses who. are using this election campaign to promote your idea but you yourself don't want

to be the president. but it's my candidacy is a chance to prove that our economic strategy is the right one. and that we can influence the political power brokers in this country i. think they'll see it. they weren't going to the left back toward soviet economics. because if it doesn't go up again but we only have two choices. a planned economy like in soviet times we can move the country forward the. biggest. he has been bought you say you don't want to be president at all what kind of election is this if candidates who want to be president ah bart and to those who are allowed to don't want to be president at all he says that democracy. can do that there's only one candidate who's been able to convince the people that he's the one who can

maintain order and be a strong leader at home and on the world stage and the people will vote for him. more stuff of course no one will dispute it. and all the other candidates have to be realistic. at the same time we have to do all we can to get our points over with because that was a problem that should never take part in the election. when you're watching selection of only has a strange understanding of the law. he says the constitution is on his side. but the issue here is purely a political one. he's missing makes these elections incomplete with almost anything he would have got many votes his target demographic is too small. to have a studio correctly you are against him not being able to take part. from

a political standpoint anyone who represents a group in society should have the right to be a candidate and run against everyone else. do you feel sorry for him or you. might think he's a strong and courageous man but i have absolutely no sympathy for him. he chose his own party strong but i don't think he has any fear. politician. he doesn't have any good ideas he has a list of populist slogans and nothing else. what he's done very well is to communicate his ideas. to the people. he's very modern a politician who understands technology but. the process you organize across the country is proof of that but never only as a complete politician i have my doubts. back to your ideas you say you are no

politician but even so you are a presidential candidate so you must have an opinion on key issues in russian public for example is the crimea question which of course also affects of the economy as the sanctions were applied after the cranium unification as it's known here and russia or the illegal annexation as it's called in the west should this status of crimea remain as it is. my opinion is the same as it's always been from day one when crimea returned to russia and all stick by crimea belongs to us. now the situation there is frozen we can talk about creating a special economic zone to ease tensions about crimea has no place in international politics the former baltic states. countries became independent again. also become ukrainian again. or will never belong to ukraine there might be other solutions to the conflict but not that one. on march eighteenth at eight pm most of the polling stations i think closed at the situation is pretty clear what's your

prognosis who. will win i don't know what the result will be our target is to get more than five percent clear that hurdle will be very satisfied. by the. presidential candidates thank you for the interview. talking there too did abuse your ear shadow and new of course can find more interviews with putin's challengers throughout this week right here on. the bonus league is monday night's game between braman and cologne was a fierce battle to escape the relegation zone anything but defeat for cologne would have lifted them off the bottom spot of the table for the first time since september but they faced a side that had only lost once in their last six games. used to getting their nose bloodied on the road but against fellow relegation strugglers braman it proved

particularly painful. opened the scoring in the thirty third minute as bitch calmly slaughtered after a corner. cologne responded in the second half as former braman strike a club g.o.p. sorrow set up. for the equaliser. but the parity didn't last long as january signing. restored brakeman's lead. battled on but to no avail in the ninety minutes. made it three one for the final score. the hosts moved closer to safety in thirteen place. chances of avoiding relegation and now finish than ever. escape your modern out of our top stories at this hour britain says russia has until midnight tuesday to

explain why a deadly nerve agent produced only in russia was used in the fascination attempt western allies are voicing their support for the british demand moscow's denying allegations that it was involved. the united states has stepped up its pressure on syria and russia over the seizure of eastern ghouta u.s. ambassador nikki haley told the u.n. security council the united states from france to act if needed as a push for a new thirty day cease fire. but don't forget you can always get the news on the go download or opera google play from the store and i can see you access to the latest news from around the world as well as the push notifications for breaking news and you can also use that to send us photos and videos. and this is the live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the entire. news team thanks so much for being with us we're back again at the top of the hour hope to see the

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