this is. britain expels twenty three russian diplomats in the fallout from the poisoning of a former double agent prime minister gives them a week to leave russia says it will retaliate calling the move i'm pressed on company crude provocation also on the program. a new german government finally takes office in the six months after the election chancellor merkel is sworn in for a fourth term. school students across the united states walk out of class calling

for tougher gun laws i'm remembering the seventeen people killed at a florida high school four weeks ago. also coming up what happened to the money one of the biggest diamonds in the world was discovered there was joy all round about the small town minus from founders left wondering why they have seen no cash. in the murky world of trying to. be. a scientific community mourns the loss of one of its super heroes so stephen hawking. his legacy. welcome to the program. britain's imposing fresh sanctions on russia after it failed to meet a deadline to explain a poison attack against a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k.

here in germany chancellor merkel has said the european union will support the u.k.'s position moscow says it will retaliate calling three's a maze move an unprecedentedly crude provocation. may announce the measures after russia nor the deadline to provide an explanation for the attack she said moscow's failure to cooperate showed what she called a disdain for the gravity of the events her conclusion when it came was unambiguous so mr speaker there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr script pile and his daughter and for threatening the lives of other british citizens in salzburg including detective sergeant nick daly she said the steps against moscow would include the freezing of some russian assets and this is special of high level contacts be the headline move though was what will be the largest expulsion of russian diplomats from the u.k. in more than thirty years under the vienna convention the united kingdom will now

expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as undeclared intelligence officers they have just one week to leave the russian embassy in london described the measures as unacceptable unjustified and shortsighted the ambassador said moscow wanted to see samples of the nerve agent used in the attack and accused london of failing to stick to international rules on such matters first we want to see the simples full stop without the samples the official procedure of the organization all the provisions of the chemical weapons were not going to for i think that britain should form the international. has ties with russia now looks set to enter a new deep freeze the u.k. is looking to its allies for support the e.u. is donald to scale says he believes the attack was inspired by moscow and promised to discuss it at an east summit next week. let's get more on this now from quite

impale who's in europe chatham house think tank in london and correspondent emily a show and joins us from moscow welcome both we'll start with you quentin pail who are these twenty three people that mrs may is kicking out. well we haven't had a precise list yet as she said they are under cleared intelligence agents and i'm a little surprised if you light that the list is so short and i think that the stuff at the russian embassy is probably in the order of ninety euro hundred and i would think a jerky of those would have links to russian intelligence services so i think she could have been tougher but as it is it's certainly intended to be a big gesture i only fear for her sake it's not going to look quite as strong as she wishes it to i why why would it why why might this affect the weekend well they. they've been building up expectations in britain ever since

these poisonings happened and the media is in full cry in the expectation of sort of drastic action clearly on the russia today television channel is one suggestion and maybe a really radical clamp down on all the russian money laundering that has been going on through the city of london for years well it's not clear if that's going to happen or not she left it quite a she said we're going to tighten up on people who are guilty of human rights violations there's a lot of russian money coming through london that might not look like human rights violations but he's certainly dirty money and early show in moscow russia says it will retaliate since the kremlin saying how. yeah there has been a foreign ministry statement and they called the measure is unprecedented and they

called them a crude provocation as well they also said again that these accusations against russia are false and that the u.k. is clearly opted for a further escalation excuse me as collation of tensions and they also said they will respond with their own measures soon we don't yet know what measures they mean but specifically the statement also mentions those twenty three russian diplomats and in previous cases when russian diplomats were expelled including from the u.k. russia has reacted with a tit for tat tit for tat there and has expelled diplomats as well so we'll have to wait and see what the foreign ministry decides decides there but it looks like to her top and of course russia continues to deny any involvement and accuses britain not just of russophobia but also of ignoring international agreements. yes absolutely they are responding by denying any involvement and they also said

that they would be willing to cooperate with the investigation the foreign minister sergey lavrov said today that britain has provided no access to the facts in this investigations or to the samples that may have been samples of this nerve agent that may have been involved in employed in the poisoning and lover after they also went further he called this part of russophobia campaign and that's very much the rhetoric that we've been getting out of russia also from other politicians it's very much seen here this whole case as part of an anti russian campaign that the west is waging and that's good this is kind of part of a pattern that we've seen often with accusations against russia russia usually takes this three pronged approach that we also saw for example with the doping scandal it denies the accusations that it questions the kind of investigation or the facts of the investigation and also it usually portrays the accusation as part of an anti russian campaign that's exactly what we're seeing here clinton people in

london i wonder why britain has chosen to react so strongly this time when the evidence against russia seems circumstantial when russia poisoned alexander litvinenko in london twelve years ago the evidence was much stronger but britain's reaction was much more muted. i think they took a long time in the litter in yanker murder case to get absolutely on top of it and be quite sure what had happened whereas in this case it's happened extremely big quake clear do that. was a former russian spy that worked for the british he was supposedly here in safe keeping so to speak and so day four there was a huge media response and political response and this is a moment when the british government is feeling very shocked that for it all of the brick sit negotiations with britain to leave the european have left the british

government looking very weak and as a result i think they really needed to take strong action the question is will this go down as being seen as a strong enough for the popular press quentin pale in london five care only show in moscow or moscow thank you to apologise for some of the sound quality in that interview. take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world the turkish president says his military is within hours of capturing the kurdish enclave of freedom in syria has launched a campaign to drive out to kurdish fighters that it considers terrorists up to three hundred fifty thousand civilians are believed to be trapped there and hundreds of thousands more in the surrounding region. philippines president margarito deter robbery go to turkey has announced plans to withdraw his country from the international criminal court as follows its decision last month to investigate drugs more which has saved thousands of suspects killed by police

present a target accuses the courts of being used as a political tool against his country. really united states democratic caught up mom holds a razor thin lead in a closely watched and gresham ill election in pennsylvania with the results are still too close to call has made a surprise a strong showing in a republican stronghold of republican candidates rick second the votes he seems a litmus test for donald trump's republican party ahead of midterm elections in november. now here in germany months of political gridlock came to an end as anglo-american was sworn in as head of a new coalition government as he took the oath of office from the president for gun show into the front of lawmakers who had earlier now really voted to reelect as chancellor inauguration comes after a near six month struggle to form a government she secured her fourth term after finally convincing conservatives and the center left social democrats to come together for another grand coalition.

the bonus top vote was tighter than expected while dr. doctor i'm glad he has the necessary majority of at least three hundred fifty five votes and has been elected chancellor according to article sixty three paragraph two of the constitution. do you accept the result. yes mr president i do. with that merkel was officially elected to a fourth term chancellor and it's her third time in a grand coalition the social democrats. it took a while for america to win over the s.p.d. but in the end the junior partners offered their congratulations. to the chancellor remains the chancellor and that's cause for happiness and i think this is good news for the citizens of our country and good news for europe. who do not history.

but at least thirty five members of merkel's coalition failed to support her in the end her margin of victory was nine votes including her own in a parliament of seven hundred nine deputies that's hardly a dream start to the latest medical government. husband. put in a first appearance at such an election and merkel's next cabinet is also new in many respects the numerical government is noticeably younger and includes more women than previous ones its main priorities. we need to ensure domestic security and the welfare of society we need to figure out how to positively tackle the challenges of global competition. after the float merkel was sworn in by german president. one hundred seventy one days after germany's national election last september the country finally has a new government. let's get more mr mcchrystal

spray gator welcome christopher six months of political hide playing now she's back in everybody must be breathing a sigh of relief over the bow in the stock very much so on the government benches smiles everywhere chancellor merkel herself beaming as she was sworn in. some of her new ministers absolutely and clearly thrilled to finally be taking up their posts it has after all taken one hundred seventy one days i don't know whether you know this phil double the previous record i mean i mean if you do german coalition negotiations as you do know do take a long time traditionally but you know this is absolutely unprecedented german politics jumping through all sorts of hoops two rounds of coalition negotiations party conferences the entire membership of the social democrats voting on the final coalition agreement now everyone is sworn in the work of government can begin but despite all of that thirty five members of base coalition did not vote. i'm going

to call today so i'm guessing that this is a sign of things to come it's a bit old menace in indeed i think it's an indication of the fact that this fourth term of office for chancellor merkel will be more fragile more fractious than her third term in office you know there are grumblings on the back benches essentially and discontent among some members of parliament. entering you know non wanted coalition essentially. i think it's also an indication though that chancellor merkel's once unchallenged all forward he is damaged her standing is damaged she still come on huge respect abroad but here in germany you know her fortunes are beginning to wane. you know somebody said that the political careers must end in failure but let's not write her off yet stay with us we'll take a look at the new governments to do list and they will come back to you. the moment

it became official it took months of painful negotiations to get to this point then with one stroke of the pen this week chancellor merkel fired the starting gun for the new coalition to start work on its long political to do list first there's europe. french president manuel mccaughan wants to work with germany on ambitious e.u. reforms but there may be trouble ahead while germany agrees in principle to his plans for a new e.u. finance minister merkel conservatives are strongly opposed to the eurozone having its aim budget. and if that doesn't keep the german government busy enough in europe there's always breaks it time's running out for a deal with the u.k. due to leave the bloc in just a that a year's time. next up u.s. german relations u.s. president donald trump has unnerved germany by raising the prospect of a trade with europe his threatened tariffs on steel and aluminum could hit the

german economy hard merkel wants talks about managing transamerica first ambitions may prove tricky. then this defense germany's signed up to be part of a new e.u. defense union which could pave the way to for many european army but first the german armed forces are in need of modernization a new report has found that facing dramatic personnel and equipment shortages. and that is domestic concerns germany is lacking behind when it comes to digitalisation the coalition is promising to invest billions on a national broadband upgrade by twenty twenty five tackling air pollution is another high priority german cities have won the right to introduce bans on the once polluting diesel cars but what will that mean for germany's all important auto industry. finally refugee policy. possibly one of the most contentious issues facing the new coalition after. the success of the far right a.f.d.

party in last year's election expect germany to get tough on immigration the coalition's promise to keep the annual intake of new asylum seekers below two hundred twenty thousand. so chris of a spring day there which is this total plea of problems will this government tackle first or chancellor merkel has already been sending out a few signals today as close as soon as friday so in a couple of days she's going to be in paris having a very long chat with the french president in modern michael who of course has been waiting for months for a. formal response or an in-depth response to his wide ranging proposals on how to reform the european union so that's a priority. has also signaled that she's going to be looking at trade relations with the u.s. very quickly you know that is a fire that needs to be put out straightaway see she's talked about talks with

washington. she's looking to obtain an exemption on those import tariffs that we've seen president trump imposing so no doubt she'll be investing a lot of energy there and domestically i think you'll see one or two of her new ministers clicking into action quite quickly first and foremost horsey who for the new interior minister is of course one of her internal rivals within the conservative block very much an opponent decision to let in so many refugees back in twenty fifteen he's made it very clear that as the person overseeing germany's immigration regime he's going to be much tougher we're going to see foster repatriation of rejected asylum seekers and one of the reasons for all that of course is that aimed at taking the wind out of the sails of the and hima gratian party the far right after a they all turn to for germany and merkel herself has been very explicit she said today all rain is to make the f.t. small and get that party back out of palm which is a pretty crass statement

a party political statement coming from an incoming chancellor well chris for spring break thank you you're welcome. you're watching data life about it still to come a school students across the united states will walk out of class calling for tougher gun laws and remembering the seventeen people killed at a florida high school four weeks ago we'll hear from students marching in the washington. clash of the titans chelsea was champions league champs of play buffalo tonight with the aggregate score but i was told what all will preview what should be a riveting much. of it is the global turmoil over his trade policies u.s. president to donald trump has found a new top economic advisor it's not crystal crystal kober but you can tell us who it is i feel very comfortable here with you. but the may which has been paddled in the last couple of days is now confirmed u.s. t.v. commentator and konami analyst larry kudlow says that he has accepted the offer to

become the white house's new top economic advisor kudlow previously served in the reagan administration as argued relentlessly for tax cuts and a smaller government he's succeeding gary cohn who left the post in a dispute over donald trump's decision to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum now european council president donald tusk has criticized president trump's plan to slap those very import tariffs on steel and aluminum he quipped that the president should make trade not war at a meeting in helsinki with the finnish prime minister you ha c.p.l. am tosca told reporters that the two sides should be aiming for greater cooperation or trumpets justify the tariffs on national security grounds but the e.u. believes they are an economic safeguard measure in this guy's task asked trump to deliver on his promise to exempt real friends from the terrorists. and in donald

trump's brewing trade dispute with the world another front is opening up according to several reports the u.s. government wants to impose tariffs on up to sixty billion dollars of chinese imports in the near future beijing authorities have warned they would take appropriate action. if you introduce a product in china you'll be holding a copy of it two years later says ian yang head of intel in china china has long faced criticism for its handling of intellectual property rights technology firms save money on expensive research and development by copying western products and undercutting prices a practice that threatens western companies and jobs u.s. president trump now plans to take action by slapping huge import duties on products from the technology and telecommunications actors. the foreign ministry in beijing is threatening to retaliate. or. china resolutely opposes any kind of unilateral protection is trade measures if in the

end the united states takes actions that harm china's interest. china will have to take measures to firmly protect our legitimate rights and treat. the possibility of a trade war with europe is also on the rise. but not because of intellectual property theft. instead europe's cried focuses on import duties on steel and aluminum that the u.s. plans to introduce next week. is not excluded it would have to be. but proportionate response but donald trump is committed to his policy of america first his trade policies in recent weeks have rubbed many people the wrong way competitors as well as partners. thought official intelligence is already a growing part of our lives i'll be back later with a story of how our lives could eventually depend on it but now back to phil

christopher thank you. so high school students across the united states have walked out of their schools to protest against the gun violence and call for stricter gun laws in the capital washington students marched to the white house and staged a seventeen minute silent protest one minute for every victim of the mass shooting at marjorie stoneman douglas high school last month students arrive as have dedicated themselves to fighting for stronger laws and have been joined by others around the country i did of these washington bureau chief alexander for nominee is there in washington at the walkout i spoke to her a short while ago. yes we are here on the capitol hill were approaching still on the way and this is of course i am short on the walk outs today because students wants to press their lawyer makers to tighten gun control and i'm joined from maryland and good men hi thank you for being with us why is this important for

you to be here today. i think first and foremost it's important for me to be here because i can there are a lot of people that either because there's too much on the line with their school on national doesn't support them they can't or because they're too far away but you know people across the country are speaking out today and i think it's really important for me to use. as someone who you know is only in danger as much as every student is in danger and not targeted and why because of. my research my second socioeconomic status. to be able to use my of my relative safety and my voice to make this happen i also think it's really important that we're here. today even though we've got out like in addition to being out here two weeks ago and again next saturday because i think that. the consistency in student effort especially in the wake of parco is something that we've needed for

a long time on this issue and we haven't seen in the wake of other issues are you hopeful that's politicians are going to listen to you because it's not the first time that there is a movement for stricter gun control laws i am hopeful. like i was saying i think that consistency. is really crucial i think is building momentum that has been able to be felt for a long time because of the exposure fatigue and the desensitisation that people feel towards issues of gun violence because it happened so often but i think right now in the wake of parklane like like we're out here continuing and like bringing this consistory that is showing up every few weeks not letting him. both for parkland and for like every other. like shooting of innocent people in this country thank you and i thank you very much for being with us and have sat students here are determined to keep up the pressure on their lawmakers to gun control in the u.s.

i was wonderful normal in washington thank you. but never stop with football i'm going wednesday so late to champions league last sixteen fix churchill to travel to bosler previous clashes between these two european heavyweights have packed a punch with the good school poised to wallow today's match looks like being another thriller chelsea will be hoping to recapture the spirit of the title just a few years ago. when former chelsea striker didier drogba announced his retirement from football on monday fans of the blues were minded of a better time in two thousand and twelve the london club won the champions league trophy now chelsea are stuck in fifth place in the english premier league and face an uphill battle against barcelona it will take more than a defensive masterclass from antonio contrary to see them through. we must stop the game we've great concentration and to stay with the water on the beach in every

moment of the game and to no date. there are moments that we have to suffer because the eyes not only for charity but the for every team and it play against barcelona you must be prepared to to suffer a one all draw in the first leg gives messi and co the advantage because of the away goals tiebreaker the catalan club would even progress if the score stays nil nil but it's unlikely barcelona will take that gamble is for me to get a bucket of what it was a moment of what i know is that chelsea are a team that can score at any time it's with them what i don't know is what the courts will do whether they will arrest early or so bad it also depends on how they do in cannes out that was good for now the result we got in the first leg gives us an advantage it's going to be what it will be hard to maintain that at them to fifty to seventy percent of the us if you know with neither team willing to go quietly barcelona's come you know is said to be the stage for another champions league classic. they don't use life above and still to come

a renowned physicist stephen hawking has died at the age of seventy six he'll be remembered as much very sympathized voices for his groundbreaking yet theoretical what will take a look back at his life and legacy. or how about a lot of the days of walter's in just a moment to. the. book . living without water in lima. the slums in peru as capital are cut off from the city's water supply. local residents are fighting for survival. who's responsible for the situation and how did it happen. living without water drought in peru and. in forty five minutes on d w.

what does russia's youth hope for colors freedom of expression fear of these dreams . for getting the job you would order if you leave the shadow travels through russia before the election. he makes the poor and the rich those who support the president those who oppose him and investigative journalists. showboats our series this week on d w numerous. earth. home to those of species. a home worth saving. those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world. by deals that protect the climate boost green energy solutions and reforestation. is. people you cannot protect the floors.

interactive content teaching the next generation about environmental protection. using all channels available to inspire people to take action and we're determined to build something here for the next generation. global the multimedia environment series on d.w. . student news live from above and i'm from britain's prime minister theresa may is to expose twenty three russian difference in the route over the poisoned by a guy just a week to leave in the biggest expulsion of russian diplomats for thirty years. not a scientific community is in mourning for the loss of one of its brightest star a world renowned british physicist stephen hawking has died his family says he passed away peacefully in a sleep in the early hours of wednesday will be remembered for his groundbreaking work on black holes in general relativity he also defied expectations living for

more than fifty years with motor neuron disease to seventy six years old. on this you can imagine the entire world seems to have been tweeting and posting their memories of stephen hawking social media as gerrard reid has been looking through the welcome jarrett he seems to be one of those rare people who was universally loved yet he was and it's been really incredible to see this wave of admiration and sadness for a man who you know not only changed the world but as you said was so loved around the world and his death has been the number one topic on social media worldwide today the map that we can look at here is called a trends map the red dots here represent where it was being talked about so you can see it concentrated in europe a lot but also around the world millions of people paying their respects to this man who made science really popular and social media has been flooded with images like these quite beautiful in

a martial art. to professor hawking and his iconic mobility chair flying into the universe that he helped us all understand so much about and while we're talking social media it's really interesting to point out that he was a star in china he joined way bar which is china's version of twitter and twenty sixteen he had five million twitter followers followers and off to his desk the chinese hash tag hawking pasta had something like half a billion mentions are really just staggering stats and not just a physicist a pop culture icon as well yeah he was really love for his appearances on all sorts of t.v. show you see columns comedies where he poked fun at himself and opened himself up to new generations of fans he appeared on the simpsons something like a dozen times voicing himself he had a cameo in future drama where he was falsely accused of inventing gravity and in stock trek the next generation he sat down on the holy deck to play poker with two

other greatest minds albert einstein and isaac newton he appeared on the big bang theory to ridge incidentally is one of the most popular shows here in germany the stars of the shard posting this photo to tweet us saying thank you for inspiring us and the world plenty of people sharing that sentiment today and is more on our website d w dot com thank you so much. you're watching d.w. news live from berlin still to come sierra leone's peace diamond locals were promised to share in the wealth of the government hasn't paid up we'll bring you an exclusive report. on a book about the norway massacre of twenty eleven perpetrated by i'm just playing because while the european cries for understanding take a look at the sea of science dad's an exhaustive account one of the. crystal skull but is back with some extremely intelligent home appliances for your i don't want my fridge knowing what i'm thinking and. that's the way you got to

accept the film when your fridge is smarter than you because the realizes you're running out of milk and sends a shopping list to your smartphone that's what we call artificial intelligence that's quickly conquering many aspects of our lives from smart factories to smart home and cars with the rapid growth of the digitalisation artificial intelligence could soon also play a big role in health care. heart surgery is precise work down to the millimeter. an operation on this vital organ costs thousands of heroes and often takes several hours. providing each patient with customized treatment is the dream of teachers kuno from the heart center in berlin he and his team recovering large amounts of data that artificial intelligence will be able to use to work out treatment suggestions for future patients. so you cannot. it's kind of similar to weather forecasts from lots of information flows into the

computer which generates a prediction and a weather simulation for the next few days we use simulations like that to treat individual patients. we don't have the capacity in the clinic to run a simulation on the computer for each case and this way the work is broken down for you doesn't let's you want was first not often so lawson. one of the heart centers partners is software company thousand shapes. the i.t. experts specialize in the research of artificial intelligence in medicine so they know the potential. individual use you want personalized treatment will be available in the future and it's already possible and they're able to fill a luxury product was looking for the artificial intelligence will help to turn this luxury product into an every day products. i've talked spoke to. germany's digital association but com says the process is not going fast enough.

it's calling on the government to put more funding into research on artificial intelligence. they don't believe it will lead to job losses. you can often also consistency begins we think all sufficient intelligence will actually create jobs so for all of use of force that shouldn't be seen as a replacement. the human beings but rather as an assistant for example to help us create better more advanced treatment options. to enable their research and development of ai com is asking the government to provide at least four billion euros over the next four years. now let's talk some more about this with philip lawrence he is with the foundation noir new responsibility i think tank here in berlin focusing on technological change and its impact on society welcome to w. philip now the late stephen hawking warned that thinking machines could end the

human race should we pursue artificial intelligence nevertheless well as a matter of fact stephen hawking was one of the scientists that signed an open letter to the un in calling for a ban on the for autonomous weapons that are indeed or could be powered of fuel by the use of artificial intelligence so there are certain risks to this technology ok there are risks but surely there can also be improvements is intelligence artificial intelligence improving our lives already well as lots of trust in the economic potential of this technology artificial intelligence is considered to be a key and enabling technology for other kinds of products and used cases so it's thought of as a as a platform that is enabling. products or business models to give us some examples. just take a look at autonomy's very codes at the improvements that we see on the road now in

the u.s. these sorts of technologies wouldn't have been possible without a new algorithms powered by deep machine learning one of the key and core technologies are officially televisions now your research particularly looks at the impact of artificial artificial intelligence on the labor market so how long until the robots have risen to power. has been introduced in the manufacturing sector since the late sixty's that would say so robots are already there what is potentially new is that besides manual labor now cognitive labor cognitive routine tasks are automotive all through the use. of artificial intelligence so cognitive skills competence tests within job profiles can be automated that is a new dimension again what does that mean as an impact on the labor market if you look to the future well there is still a strong risk discussion whether artificial intelligence will reduce the demand in

labor or if it will enhance already existing job profiles consider the fact that goldman sachs for instance is able to automate one hundred forty seven steps or tasks that are due to perform in before an i.p.o. so these are jobs that already show vast amount of qualification but they are in the realm of artificial intelligence so we're we're basically talking about a change in the services industry not so much in the manual labor industry there will be certain changes in the manufacturing sector as well as machines are going to be connected to the cloud and data is fueling artificial intelligence but there will be lots of shifts and changes in the service sector which we don't see yet but these are about to come philip braun's of the new responsibility foundation giving us him his thoughts on artificial intelligence philip thank you so much for your visit here in the studio thank you much. now to a money trail linked to one of the biggest uncut diamonds in the world nearly one

year ago the so-called peace diamond was discovered in sierra leone the government promised to pour some of the profits back into development projects but the small town miners who discovered the precious stone say that's not the case the w.'s adrian krishna has this exclusive report. foreheads traveled for an hour through the jungle of sierra leone and the more wanted to show us the mine that is known the world over and more as head of the nearby village one year ago diggers found a huge diamant the so-called peace diamant himself held it in his own head. was just put it was i was so happy we all wear the diamond was so big and the people here were happy because they thought now we'll see some money. seven hundred and nine carats no one had ever seen a diamond bed large five diggers walking four pastore were the ones to find it

first the pastor brought the diamonds to the district chief then together they personally delivered the diamonds to the president of sierra leone this was rare usually diamants us smuggled out of the region in december there was an auction in new york that raised six point five million dollars forty percent should go to the past or sixty percent to the government the government promised to spend part of the money to support the village and the district. the diamond was quickly labeled peacetime and because it was supposed to be a game changer changing the way things work here instead of a few people who get the profits from the diamond the whole community was supposed to benefits but things turned out the other way. back in the village there is no electricity no hospital not even paved street one of the three teachers in the village show us the school where two hundred children are taught this is just it is

not it is not a school this is just a part of the young not even a school building look at it it's supposed to be a school as long as we are living in conditions like this that diamond shouldn't leave the country they'll have a great time in america with a diamond but what about us. god should punish you all. hundred more the village head shows us where the new school was supposed to be built but there's nothing to see no construction no development but the pastor and the chief the traditional leader here in the region promised us progress they told us to find a piece of land and cleared in the name of the government but we haven't heard from them since we did that. in the provincial capital we were able to interview the chief he is on the government payroll he assures us though that he has not received any money from the diamond but he is certain the government will invest one million

dollars in the region patience is required. reason to give all hope right now. to law that shows like this for example. body and office. and so on and so forth but i knew reason to believe that. in sierra leone's capital freetown we tried to interview government officials but no one would speak to us we were unable to get in touch with the pastor as well apparently he has billed for our houses in the meantime. inquire do they are still waiting waiting for school for electricity for a medical clinic they are waiting for justice and hoping a new diamond will surface sometime soon for and especially phil and they

look at russia as upcoming general election yes for you so much kristof yes it happens all sunday critics say it's going to be a no surprise poll since vladimir putin is all but guaranteed to clinch another six year term russian media carry little government criticism in fact reporters without borders rank russia one hundred forty eight out of one hundred eighty countries for press freedom so in part three d. w.'s series russia votes we look at some of the difficulties faced by russian journalists. reporter pavol new coolin dared criticize the kremlin's policies in syria now he risks his freedom video i open the door to armed police officers and two plainclothes secret service agents were standing there. dimitri scored

a boo top was an editor at a state owned t.v. station until his employer fired him now he's breaking his silence. everything is centrally controlled with notices and bans state television cannot show that the state has problems. because. the two used to belong to different political camps now both are in danger. in moscow only a handful of journalists like mccool and are willing to investigate and address taboo topics human rights violations harassment in the military terrorism the secret service first noticed nickel in when he interviewed a russian member of i.a.s. they accused him of justifying terrorism is a journey they took forty copies of this magazine as evidence. but it doesn't mention syria or terrorism. and apparently their only reason was that my brochure that dealt with completely different topics had

a black cover. score to boot off it was a news editor at the state owned broadcaster rosia one day he says his boss was drunk and beat him up when dmitri tried to take his boss to court he was fired. apparently the station wanted to cover up the incident dimitri feels betrayed and has started to fight back against a system he once supported. as an editor i get these so-called stop lists of people in topics we want to. to report on. their example when people were protesting against we remained silent for nearly two weeks it was only towards the end of the second week that we were allowed to mention the protests but we had to dismiss them as harmless child's play we weren't even allowed to mention the name of a political opponent no barney and we weren't allowed to report to the demonstrations even though they were happening in one hundred two cities. on march eighteenth

russia is set to go to the polls many expect the outcome to be rigged but there will be little mention of that on state controlled media where the election will be portrayed as honest and fair ponens claim governmental agencies suppress any criticism of the system. for example from those or as a supervisory agency that makes our lives difficult. and critical articles. and they claim it's to protect children. even for younger generations with television is the most important source of information to fifty four percent of the viewers between eighteen and twenty four prefer news from c a one. but insiders say the russian state controls almost all broadcasting stations and uses them as an important propaganda tool and their power expands beyond mere reporting. when i show it first my lawyer didn't believe

just how powerful my station was she thought i was exaggerating but when the court rejected our case for the fourth time she started to realize something was very wrong with. the way agencies treat us journalists how they deny us access to courts arrest us at protests search our homes. it all goes to show how little regard the state has for us. in the past years the situation is only worse and it's so bad. everybody who decides to take up this job can expect to be murdered someday. as different as new coolants and scored a boo top's experiences are they both seem to show two sides of the same coin the same principle play along keep your mouth shut or find a different job as the saying goes in russia either you're with us or against us.

opens this evening leipsic is in the eastern part of the country and it's booked for a second in importance only to frankfurt. from a deal to suckle to desk can tell us more welcome so germany second most important book fair also awards one of germany's most important but prizes that's right this is the price for european understanding and right about right about now is being presented to norwegian journalist science step for her harrowing documentary novel one of us the story of and this brave it and the mask in a way as. wrote for many years from war zones from chechnya. afghanistan in this book she writes about a bomb attack. hometown and about the brutal massacre of young members of the norwegian labor party on the nearby island in twenty eleven now

a fascist terrorist and brave it through carried out these attacks. was also from oslo and had a similar upbringing that hence the title of her book one of us we met up with the offer in the norwegian capsule but first a reminder of those shocking events. oslo july twentieth levon eight people were killed when the right wing extremist does bearing brave it detonates a bomb outside a government building. brave then travel to the island of and killed a further sixty nine mostly teenagers who had gathered for an annual labor party youth camp. journalist that sat through the ten week trial what started as an article would turn into a five hundred page book. from the moment x.

they were. breivik entered the room it's you feel it it's kind of a fucker it's cold less so in a way the room was packed with conflicting emotions. for a few days i realized that this is not an article this is the whole book. the story of one of us does strike very close to home for zion that brave it for a time having lived only a few meters from her house. he comes out of the society he was on the surface a very ordinary person he went through the same school system we have the same experience so what made him into this warrior of you know believing that this country's being islamicized in the basement of the bombed government building a memorial to the victims the mobiles and cameras from the murdered children who

tried to contact their parents during the attack. privet himself denied that an interview her sources come from brave you stayed months police and psychiatric reports talks with friends and with the killers mother what emerged was the tale of an extremist loser someone who was rejected from childhood on and desperately sought recognition it was important to me in the book never to use a decorative surround him even the word of evil is not in the book is just his acts as what it did what he was thinking like when his calculating how many people he need to kill the get famous i just put it in his words i just i don't describe what i mean about them because god is supposed to work or the reader business zion starts one of us is an exhaustive account that confronts norway's greatest peacetime trauma. in canada you described

the book earlier as a documentary novel is it a completely factual account everything in the book is based on testimony on witness accounts but it is constructed in a very literary style does read at times like a novel. gets inside the minds of the victims she portrays in very vividly she said she wanted to bring them to life and the book is also a tribute to the victims she also puts us inside the mind of brave and gives us his thoughts but again everything is taken from what he himself said later to police psychiatry and in the trial so is a reconstruction a dramatization but it is based on quite meticulous research. work also looks at radicalization and uses the same bridge. says that breivik failed to change no way that no way has remained open and liberal society one that welcomes

refugees and migrants and book two sisters is based on the story of two somali teenagers. who come to know ways refugees they seem to be fitting in but in twenty thirteen they choose to leave safety behind and go to syria and become islamic state brides again say is interested in what makes youth reject liberal and democratic values book presents the facts and leave the reader to make up their own minds it's also the story of the father desperate search for her daughters who are still missing in syria so. that this evening getting the prize for european understanding thank you thank you. this is dated news is a reminder of our top stories at this hour britain's prime minister teresa mayes to

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this is g w news live from berlin tonight the u.k. answer to a chemical weapons attack on its soil the u.k. expels twenty three russian diplomats in the fallout from a poisoning of a former prime minister to resume a gives those diplomats a week to leave the country russia says it will retaliate calling the move on president and crude provocation also coming up a new german government finally takes office nearly six months after the election chancellor angela merkel is sworn in for.