this is deja vu news live from berlin an attempted assassination in britain using a nerve agent produced only by russia. london's that's a midnight deadline for asterisk the british prime minister says it was highly likely the kremlin was behind the poison attack against the former russian spy. also on the show of mafia style murder sense a chilling message to slovakia stern says. i think it changes the whole way you think about your work. and pretty much everything in life if something like this

happens public anger over the killing of investigative journalist. friends to topple the slovakian government. and a real crunch match in the german bundesliga cologne left the bloodied and beaten by braman in a relegation dog fight. i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to 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 have voiced their support for the british demand the former russian spy sergei strip mall and his daughter remain in critical condition more than a week after being found unconscious in the city of salzburg. 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 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 parliament if you think about it the only ones who would benefit from the poisoning other british in order to defeat the russophobia that's why you are all software. 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. or thank you for the very latest on this let's bring in our correspondents spirit mass in london and emily share one in moscow good morning to both of you back if we can start with you know why is britain so certain that russia was behind the poisoning of sergei skip and his daughter. well the reason. the u.k. took some time took several days to analyze the substance and it's got the best military experts on the case and she said that it is very likely it was either russia or that russia lost control it's also a military grade agents and something that she says is only being

used in russia. amyloids you last go to the clock is ticking for for russia the kremlin has until midnight tonight to deliver a full explanation was have been saying so far well looks pretty unlikely that the kremlin will meet may's deadline so far we've been hearing very strong denials coming from the russian government the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman the heart of us said yesterday that this speech that may made to parliament was part of a circus show see it she also called it part of a an information campaign against russia which she referred to as fairy tales and earlier kremlin spokesman also strongly denied any links. with russia of this case and he pointed out that this case had taken place on british soil and that city was actually working for the british secret service secret services so

a strong denial there from from moscow ok big in light of this response from the quote kremlin treece i'm a most quickly decide now her next move in this is there what are her options right now. well the reason i ask what's also some pressure on myself because she said that there is a deadline which ends tonight and on wednesday she's going to make a statement in the house of commons estimates what she is going to set out now she's got some options in her own hands where for example she can make changes to and she money laundering bill which is already being passed from the house of commons where she could have new more more possibilities to freeze for example assets of russian oligarchs or people who are somehow connected to this crime also visa freezes all this is a possibility she could also of course go down the diplomatic route when alexander

litvinenko another former russian spy who then lived in the u.k. and was murdered in london when when he was when he was murdered by the russian state as as britain then concluded there were expulsions of russian diplomats so this is something that she could do she could for example expel the russian ambassador even though that would make it then tricky to you have to leave a dialogue with the russian government and of course she's going to try and go to her allies or western allies and talk about something that they can do together sanctions for example we just heard about the lisbon yank go case there this is not the first time that russia is being linked to the death of former agents. no absolutely and russia took a very defiant stance on those precedents the foreign ministry spokesperson also

mentioned. she accused british investigators of not getting to the bottom of as she said several mysterious murders of russian citizens on british soil and she particularly mentioned the yankel case which the kremlin has always denied being links to so that's a rather defiance downs there from her and also there was a statement from a duma deputy on the voice who is in parliament and he actually is one of the prime suspects in the case he actually got into parliament after that case was opened in two thousand and seven he became a member of parliament and he said that may speech was irresponsible and hasty and that the situation was following the same playbook as previous cases and that even the fact that he made a statement this prime suspect in the litvinenko case is of course showing moscow's very defiant. stance on this this whole issue emily show in force in moscow and big

mosque for us in london many thanks to both of you for joining us this morning we have some breaking news coming in an explosion has reportedly struck the convoy of the palestinian prime minister as he made a rare visit to the gaza strip the prime minister rami doll is understood to be safe and is attending an event as planned the palestinian presidency has blamed hamas for the explosion which is called a targeted attack is usually based in the west bank. now for some of the other stories making the news today the united states has warned it is ready to intervene in syria if necessary to end what it called in human suffering there u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley made that statement as you push for a new cease fire in rebel held eastern ghouta where fighting rages on. investigators in nepal have retrieved the flight data recorder from an aircraft

that crashed katmandu airport monday with ortiz are hoping it might help them identify the cause of the accident the u.s. bangla airlines flight crashed on arrival from dhaka at least forty nine people were killed. 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 you know the accusations levine was regarded as the best conductor in the u.s. it's to slovakia now where public anger over the murder of an investigative journalist is threatening to topple the government done coup siac and his fiance were shot dead at their home near brother slava the capital last month. last unfinished story was about the italian mafia and its ties to top slovakian politicians this murder has triggered

a wave of protests and the pressure is mounting on slovakia's prime minister robert feet so on monday his interior minister resigned and e.u. lawmakers will be taking up this political crisis barbara vai's all followed an e.u. fact finding mission to slovakia and sent us this report it was in this house that journalist chick and his partner martina with home. neighbors come every day to light candles they are still shocked by what happened in their quiet village defect 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 the 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 good joke

and again the same government that is facing more and more allegations of corruption lead the investigation 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 but we can see that a lot of people are also very nervous and the country is clearly divided. a. civil society is taking to the streets this weekend saw the biggest demonstration in the history of the country the protesters shouted out out was feed so and shame shame the government of their own wards are free men also and so we don't want to accept it anymore they want to basically change the situation 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 its diffuse but still wants to speak up we didn't ever expect something like this to happen in year two thousand and eighteen and the e.u. member state. i think it changes the whole way you think about your work your arms . 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 his care 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. family has any issue there are other members which would like to help

and i hold 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 go the president clearly wants more he wants a complete changing of the guards. to the bundesliga now monday night's game between braman and cologne was a fierce battle to escape the relegation zone anything but the feat for cologne would have lifted them off the bottom spot in the tables but they face the side that had only lost once in their last six. cologne are used to getting their nose bloodied on the road but against fellow relegation strugglers braman it proved particularly painful and co phelps men opened the scoring in the thirty third minute as me last welker bitch calmly slotted home after

a corner. cologne responded in the second half as form of braman strike a cloudy open sorrow set up asako for the equaliser. i but the parity didn't last long as january signing milosz restored brakeman's lead. cologne battled on but to no avail and the ninetieth minutes maximillian egleston made it three one for the final score. the hosts moved closer to safety in thirteenth place. while colognes chances of avoiding relegation and now finished than ever. thought to be a drug saying goodbye his announce his retirement from professional football the ivory coast striker has called it quits at the age of forty and most recently played for us side phoenix rising but made his name in france before moving to

english club chelsea there he won numerous fro fees including the premier league f.a. cup and champions league he also kept in his country netting sixty five international goals which makes him ivory coast's record score. i'm brian thomas for the entire g.w. news team thanks so much for being with us. stories the people of the world over information they provide to the kenyans they want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch and follow us.