this is d.w. news live from berlin a united front u.s. joins britain in blaming russia for poisoning a double agent and his daughter in britain the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack on two people and the united kingdom using a military grade nerve agent. the british prime minister theresa may announce she would expel twenty three russian diplomats a move not seen since the cold war will have expert analysis also coming up. as slovakia's political crisis heats up prime minister robert feed so says he'll step

down but that move is unlikely to stop public anger over the murder of a journalist who was investigating government corruption. and the fourteen million displaced people that's the human cost as syria's civil war enters its eighth year now we look at the situation facing one family who fled their home for one of the country's last remaining rebel strongholds. plus what's in your bottled water new research shows it probably contains micro plastics is this a new public health threat in the making well ask our environment correspondent. and football has a way of bringing people together so who will be honored as this year's german football basters for their outstanding contributions to the sport.

our brian todd thanks for being with us the u.s. is back in britain as it retaliates against an assassination attempt on a former spied london says it was the kremlin that was behind the attack and in response prime minister theresa may has ordered the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats russian made nerve agent was used on sergei script all and his daughter in the city of salzburg. until recently britain's prime minister to resign may had to tone being accused of not being hard enough on russia on wednesday she got her redemption standing before parliament may and equivocally accuse the kremlin of attempting to murder a former russian double agent living in the u.k. what followed were a series of punitive measures against russia 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 this will be the single biggest expulsion of over thirty years and it reflects the fact that this is not the first time that the russian state has acted against our country. with russia u.k. relations now soured london is rallying its allies for support. he used donald tusk has said he believes the attack was most likely quote inspired by moscow and will table the matter at an e.u. summit next week but it was at an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council that britain got its strongest backing yet here the united states stands in absolute solidarity with great britain the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack on two people and the united kingdom using a military grade nerve agent. russia though is sticking to its script denying any involvement in the poisoning the kremlin has now promised to hit back of britain

for their response will follow i don't think it's necessary to look for a right word to describe it whether it's symmetrical or mirror it but there will be a response and it will be sufficient and corresponding to what we have heard from the british prime minister. while most who contemplates its response police in the u.k. are working to establish the events which led to the attempted murder. for some analysis this morning we're here with sara pargo on an expert on russia from the think tank german council on foreign relations good morning thanks for being with us we just heard there the russian's going to retaliate how's it likely to respond to the biggest expulsion of russian diplomats since one thousand nine hundred five so far it's of course speculation but i guess we will see a russian expulsion of british diplomats inside russia the further measures will also depend on what britain will do accept the expulsion so if there may be any phrase that's a. may see further pressure on british investors and russia but we'll see i guess

in the coming hours. the house as indicated in my expel british media shut down all media outlets from britain in russia is that a possibility that would be a possibility and that would actually fit quite well into the russian. internal me yesterday g.s.a. tried to push out for a meteor to secure their media production there and like single information market they control over that information market in russia ok now for its part russia says this assassination attempt needs to be thoroughly investigated that it has not up until now final evidence so she said it's highly probable so if course from a constitutional law point there are not a proper it on the list on the other hand we saw numerous cases of such do use murders of russian in in the u.k. and of course the u.k. needs to act on this to prevent further measures especially as in this case also

british citizens were affected by this attack ok that is a big point the attack also affected british citizens of course potential poisonings there now britain right now is isolated from europe we have a bracks a looming it's true maze ties the united states are weak does britain have the power to retaliate against russia no definitely not it would be would be helpful it would be the case if there would be a transatlantic or at least a european approach so far no european countries they would follow britain in the sanctions and i don't think it's likely to happen but what we may see is upholding consensus on the sanctions because what we saw in the last months is the european consensus on the sanction towards russia came into fact after after the crimea next station started to fall apart so what we may see said the essential will be a poet in the upcoming months and that's all the would do all europe would do to

help out britain so so far it's speculation but i guess yes because if there is no final evidence and i think states like germany will be a little luck tend to impose measures as long as there's no final evidence but it also will depend on the on the answer. if the russians and also what they're stating on. the likeliness or and what they gonna do to investigate this case ok now the us is back in britain as we've been reporting nato military alliance is calling the poison in quote the first offensive use of a nerve agent in europe or north america since the alliance was founded that's very strong are we seeing a return to the type of tensions and divisions we last saw in the cold war you. know so it's not a new cold war because we have big differences here jim the cold war time you had a really structured country based on an ideologically so we don't have that now but

that doesn't mean that the current situation is in danger that maybe is even more dangerous because we have more stakeholders the situation is much more complex and you obviously have to have a rush that is willing to risk a lot on the international or on the global stage to push for its place on this stage so it may be even more dangerous than thirty years before and that's why we have a strong sign by nato by tossed by european union to push back to prevent. this dangerous situation sarah parcak an expert on russia from the german council on foreign relations thanks so much for your insights today it's to slovakia now where prime minister robert feed so has offered to resign following sharp criticism of his handling of the investigation into the death of journalist john could see are discovered what he said were connections between tops a lock in alterations in the italian mafia in his fiance were murdered as he was

preparing to publish the findings now that killing sparked massive anti-government protest. this luxury apartment complex in bratislava is the product of a massive fraud suzanna petka is one of the journalists who exposed it. this also happens to be the address of prime minister robert feed so. peckover discovered that his government had helped the building contract to daunce millions of euros in taxes and penalties. this is only one of many cases that reveal corruption at the highest levels. bedcover keeps glancing around nervously the journalist researched this and other scandals together with her coworker jan could see ak and he was shot dead in mid february by a person still are known. since the murder of yan could siac seen here at a journalism seminar in twenty seventeen things have started changing and slovakia

on march the ninth tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the government and the rampant corruption in the country. to prime minister robert feed so is doing his part just spread fear at a press conference he called the journalists dirty prostitutes. it came as no surprise to so sanna petka she worries that the politicians rhetoric could encourage someone to attack reporters once again. just a few weeks earlier petka first car had mysteriously caught fire why she was driving. she pulled over thinking at first it was a mechanical problem. but then she met with an informant in a shopping mall and. suddenly the parking garage called and told him his car was on fire but we ran down there and i saw his car was burning the same way mine had. after that the informer never contacted me again. at the time i didn't

think much of it and didn't go to the police but now i think it was meant as a warning to me. and they both. had given is determined to press on she feels she owes it to her friend and colleague john could siac and his fiance martino course not over. those men on us after these murders i'm hoping things will finally change. the state has been stolen from us all of our. institutions are corrupt and dysfunctional. that's what led to these tragedies where we thought such things were no longer even possible in twenty eighteen that is missing close enough for the. sins of some announced that. they happened in a european union member state suzanne appetitive up points out the murder of

journalist a young could see i.q. is not just of concern to slovak's patel in all of europe. now for some of the other stories making the news at this hour slovenian prime minister miro care are as resigned after the country's supreme court and all the referendum that approved a one billion euro railroad project. said he was frustrated by attempts to undermine his government's projects center left party trails and polls ahead of an election expected in june. a suicide bomber has killed nine people and wounded twenty seven others near low horror in pakistan officials say the explosion occurred at a police checkpoint outside an annual religious gathering the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility you are all some has won the diderot sled dog race in alaska the norwegian and his team of dogs arrived in the city of nome after covering about seven thousand five hundred kilometers and nine and

a half days the editor odd bills itself as the last great race on earth it's to syria now where that country's civil war's entering its eighth year and there's no end in sight what began as an uprising against president bashar assad on this day in two thousand and eleven quickly descended into a complex armed conflict involving several regional and international powers the united nations says up to fourteen million people have been forced to flee the fighting while some have managed to escape syria many families are living as internal refugees in our next report we looked at we meet a family rather who left aleppo two years ago for an uneasy existence in one of syria's last rebel strongholds. musri is fifteen years old and he's already supporting a family of six his father was killed in an airstrike now fuad sells vegetables and

it lives earning twenty euros a month that leaves no time to go to school. i have to provide for the whole family i read from morning to night to make ends meet . warplanes are approaching again. is used to the sound of sirens. shouted to us every day. did live is the last province in syria to be controlled by islamist rebels two million people live here many of them fleeing the syrian government's assault on aleppo. musser and her nephew fu escaped after wafa as husband died in an airstrike and she lost her three sons in the fight against government troops. now mainly women and girls are left they lead

a meager existence for wafa musri the seventh anniversary of the uprising against president assad is not a happy occasion when the fed will lessen the risk if it has nothing to celebrate it was celebrating when the uprising began because we had reasons why then in the fall of a hurry full of millions her to the streets for our freedom but the regime responded with violence but i've lost so much well i mean i've been away i do believe that. the government sent in tanks to crush protests in twenty eleven. the civil war escalated across the country. aleppo was beseeched in twenty sixteen and was cut off from food supplies amid constant shelling. and her family got on a bus evacuating civilians. there were no horny but they brought us here on the

green buses but we don't feel safe here either it doesn't feel like a home and we didn't know it and there was no what carol we've taken a good metaphor. now the family's new home is under fire from the syrian government and russian forces. so have no. jets and tanks have been shooting every morning and evening for days the little bit where am i supposed to go and that therefore i won that battle. this time there's no way out. and his family can only hope that this seven year war will finally come to an end. this is still to come on the show school students across the u.s. have been protesting walking out of class calling for tougher gun laws and remembering the seventeen people killed at a florida high school four weeks ago. but

a possible trade war is worrying economists and businesses in the european parliament has been debating retaliation gerhart that's right bryan off the president trumps announcement of hefty tariffs on element even steel imports the european union is still trying to formulate a response retaliates or tariffs have been discussed but in reality everybody knows that this trade war only knows news's but what are the alternatives. in the debate about tariffs the europeans were united on at least one thing nobody wants tariff tensions with the us to escalate into a trade war i think there are good reasons which. we'll at the end of the day accept. each we don't want a trade war instead we should concentrate on trading conditions trading blocks like mind. for years goods and services of travel back and forth between the usa and

europe according to well established trade rules nobody questioned the fairness of the arrangement until donald trump suddenly announced he was going to raise tariffs on steel and bellamy m he said existing trade arrangements were unfairly stacked against the usa let's look at the statistics around twenty six percent of goods exported to europe from the usa tax free in the other direction almost half the good sense stateside from europe tax free on average in the e.u. levies five point two percent on american goods while the usa levies only three point five percent that's what donald trump is calling a bad deal europe now has to respond to that accusation. well the president. of. tolerance between the e.u. and the us. i can understand. we are not happy.

that is the reason why if you recall we started trade negotiations this is if we should go to the talks now. make trade just a president. but that may be easier said than done while on the european side there's still hope that a last minute deal can be struck to avoid trump's tariffs on steel and bellamy on the other side of the atlantic they are already making noises about the next layer of import tariffs for example on european cars. after months of negotiations germany has a new government since wednesday and the business world is focusing on one man in particular shorts the new minister of finance many open questions will the social democrat continue the policy of nicely balanced books that is predecessor and force and more importantly will he continue to demand fiscal discipline from spendthrift eurozone members. have something to work with he's the new guy in charge of

shots seen here on the left is leaving his position as america come back to step into the shoes of. securing his time as finance minister became known for his face fiscal discipline his ability to save billions of euros and balance germany's budget for the first time since one thousand nine hundred sixty nine but his stingy policies also attracted a wealth of criticism and sparked tension within the coalition government. sure bliz hardline stance on austerity during the euro zone financial crisis was heavily criticized especially in greece but years later the greek economy does appear to be recovering and surely is taking the credit for it revised you know this is a this is proof of the top policy to stabilize the year i've been a success here the reason is that we've managed after eight years of crisis in the

eurozone and despite some doubts to keep the euro stable. or do so it's quite a good conclusion for me to finish this off for me. and that's what the absolute now it's all left. one thing he's already revealed is that he'd like to keep the balance budgets brought about by his predecessor. after a decade of growth in the early two thousand there seemed to be only bad becoming bad news coming from the brazilian economy recently especially after the financial crisis nepotism and corruption were rife the economy was shrinking but finally things are looking some year again as the world economic forum meets in sao paulo this week lists report growing investor confidence in the world's eight flanges economy. this is south paolo known as brazil's financial center but the swish looking high rises can't conceal an uglier reality in the past

four years brazil has experienced its worst economic crisis since world war two. four families have been affected by unemployment and rising inequality has left many people behind campaigners say the government needs to act to protect those at the bottom. we need much deeper investments in education in our health system in public security we need the reform of the state so we need a vision that will actually include the ones that are exploded today brazil's economic and political situation is high on the agenda at the world economic forum on latin america currently underway in sao paolo the country's president michel t. mer maintains his country is on the right track. but as. you know the brazilian government is taking all the necessary measures to ensure the country returns to solid growth. the economy has in fact

been on an upward trend over the past few months at fox starting to brazil bosses have been increasing the number of shifts on offer in january and february of this year the company sold thirty seven percent more cars than in the same period last year inflation has come down and it's become easier to get loans consumer confidence is skyrocketing it's when you look at the graphic goods like you'd be because he came sharply down over the last couple years are no sharply coming up i knew three of the traffic in the showroom close miking is planning to invest one point seven billion euros in brazil by twenty twenty it's the biggest investment in v.w. to brazil's sixty five year history and other companies are following suit this year the economy is expected to grow by around two percent but experts say that if that growth is to be sustainable it needs to be felt by everyone not just those at the

top. students across the u.s. on mobilizing against guns run as that story that's right there are not only teachers high school students and their teachers in many locations in the u.s. have been walking out of their schools to protest gun violence calling for stricter gun laws in washington d.c. for example students marched to the white house and held a seventeen minute silent bill vigil a minute for every victim of the mass school shooting in florida last month the obvious claire richardson has this from washington. they're sick and tired of fellow students being gunned down while at school these young demonstrators at the sandy springs friends school in maryland are some of the tens of thousands of students who took part in a nationwide walkout to demand tougher gun control measures. we reckon i should have. i could tell.

that. we are sending this message in solidarity with schools across the nation and i think it's so powerful that schools can go out and do this and have this message be a nationwide message that we're sending students in the d.c. area also had the chance to take their message right to congress's door seventeen year olds and a good man helped organize transporting dozens of classmates to the capitol by bus many of those school shootings are happening and many of them could have been prevented. if citizens didn't have their hands on assault rifles for example or if there had been a stronger record check or if the gun laws that were in place had been forced. to arrive to this scene in the heart of washington student rallies demanding action from their lawmakers including tougher background checks before someone can purchase a gun and a ban on assault weapons like the one used in florida i. i. i. it's going to a month since i've got my house. i just school in parkland florida and today

students across the country are channeling that grief and rage into protests by walking out of school and holding seventeen minutes of silence for the seventeen victims who lost their lives there are seven thousand children have died from gun violence since the school shooting at sandy hook in two thousand and twelve but this time there has been a stronger backlash partly in thanks to vocal student survivors but congress still has been reluctant to budge is something everyone in america would go screw to. the fear that they might get shot on any given day orange has become the color of their movement for ana it was an emotional day at the capitol. i know that i know more than the people when they say the reception on but it's another thing to like see it in action and to like yes see everybody really show up and be as enthusiastic and passionate as we were we're hoping we can display it i think.

in less than two weeks many of these students will be back to join forces with the survivors at the park when a massacre and what they hope will be an even bigger protest march for our lives. gives sports is now in the champions league joining byron munich in the last eight or so lona thanks to another star performance from little messi the argentine forward scored twice and set up a goal for them in the three no win over chelsea messi also set a personal milestone joining real madrid's christianne over naldo as the only player to reach one hundred champions league goals now barcelona went through four one on aggregate after a one all first leg draw that was in london. this is the interview news live from berlin still to come on the show what's in your bottled water new research shows of probably contains micro plastics should you be worried we'll talk to our environment correspondent. and how is putin's power tied to the russian orthodox

church will be looking at that question as we count down to sunday's presidential election in russia. all of latin much more straight ahead. a weapon in the fight against smog cobblestones scientists and researchers from all over germany are at work using construction materials to filter out emissions from the air can be clean right at the pollution source. is it a breath of fresh air for choking cities. what does russia's youth hope for colors freedom of expression fear of the status. quo good only reporter julie travels through russia before the election. she needs

the poor and the rich those who support the presidents of those who oppose him and investigative journalism. showboats our series this week on d w news. for the race for immortality has begun. leading neuroscientists are researching ways to replicate the human brain. androids are taking over physical labor. the human brain is deciphered. usually. you enjoy with artificial consciousness or the number one item on the market. transferring the human mind into an avatar the successful immortality is ripping each. one trying to. remember you can that's when you have votes from the planet

and the nature of the thing we're going to. bring factory starting march twenty fourth on g.w. . welcome back there was interview news these are our top stories the u.s. is back in britain as it gets an assassination attempt on a former spy london says the kremlin was behind the nerve agent attack in the city of souls for a prime minister theresa may as responded by expelling twenty three russian diplomats. so machias of prime minister robert feed so has offered to resign that in response to a political crisis triggered by the killing of a journalist who's been investigating government corruption his murder has sparked massive anti-government protests. well water

everybody needs it but increasingly this is how people are getting it in plastic bottles now do these bottles contaminate the water they hold a new study shows that bottled water can contain micro plastics and the health implications are largely unknown just to get an idea of the scale of this issue ten years ago the world drank two hundred twelve billion liters of bottled water the latest figures show that number has nearly doubled in the meantime the biggest market is china last year consumers there's thirty seven billion dollars on bottled mineral water the u.s. was next with twenty three billion dollars in third place mexico and it is a global business with many players the french company dannon has. the largest shares followed by coca-cola and this was food giant nestle but consumers appear to be drinking more than just mineral water the latest study by order of the media revealed a global average of three hundred twenty five particles per leaders so what are they what are these particles are they harmful we'll talk to our environment

correspondent after this report. most people think of water is clean and pure but research by the nonprofit organization media suggests that the bottled kind often contains microscopic plastic particles. researchers analyzed bottled water from a total of nineteen locations in nine different countries the results came as a surprise. every brand of bottled water that we looked at had plastic every single brand. the occurrence varies kind of kind of dramatically and certain brands had much higher counts then than other brands. the highest concentrations of plastic particles were found in nestle's pure life brand of bottled water. the indian brand bisleri had about half as many particles per liter

as did germany's carol steiner and which is owned by the french food giant known. nestle and carol steiner have rejected the study's findings. there narco us is a research at the light plates institute of freshwater ecology he says it's not yet clear whether micro plastics of the kind found in bottled water are harmful to humans. steam yaman fun we're just starting a research chemists biologists and toxicologists still need to conduct tests we don't even know what kind and size of micro plastics are to be found in the environment and in the food chain. as long as we counter certan that we don't know what we're talking about this is the tip of the iceberg of this icebergs micro plastic contamination appears to be widespread but what effect it might have in the long term is not clear it's most likely liable to do far more harm than good. well

just how much harm and who's most at risk for more let's bring in sanya dame from d.w. environment good morning sagna you know this is a very disturbing report we're looking at this morning an estimated four hundred billion liters of bottles of bottled water consumed worldwide are we looking at a public health threat. well as mentioned there's a real gap of knowledge around the impacts on public health so we know that larger piece of plastics impact marine life sea birds in our oceans we see these images of them being caught up and it does impede their digestion but plastics they never really biodegrade they just break down into ever smaller pieces and in doing that they can enter our systems and we don't know how deep and there's really concern that toxic chemicals that can hitchhike on to these plastics can enter our bodies but again it's not known to what extent our body's eggs are absorbed this ok now the fact of the plastics are not biodegradable is very disturbing what do we know

about the impact of micro plastics on human health right now. well plastics are everywhere and they're from the most remote reaches of the ocean too and arctica also micro fast six now or media the same group last year released a study showing how micro plastics are also prevalent even in tap water you can imagine if it's in tap water it's in also a lot of other things indeed studies of educated it's in beer bread even honey we're releasing plastic into the environment on a scale never seen before in history and the impacts on our health and on the ecosystem health are really still not known ok now this sounds extremely worrying as you mentioned because this plastic waste is all around us is this the tip of the iceberg are we looking at a potentially much larger threat well i think that in the long run as as was mentioned it could only do more harm than good i mean plastics don't

biodegrade and really i think said it's comes down to the consumer and there's plenty of that consumers can can do to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem so you cannot buy toothpaste or facial scrub with micro beads a major source of micro plastics is synthetic fabric so you can wash your fleece jacket so microfiber blankets on a low spin cycle and there's really a growing movement to reduce the use of plastics and markets are even responding to the supermarkets are pledging to tackle the problem their plastic free supermarkets even plastic free aisles that you can choose to shop there and something even as simple as bring your own bags to the grocery store there's plenty that you can do to be part of the solution ok what else can we do to minimize micro plastics in our diets that's that's very important of course. you know interestingly this study by orde media it also in last year they found the micro plastics in tap water and

the irony is that the tap water the prevalence of plastics in tap water was even less than in bottled water so you think that you're consuming something pure and in fact you know it might be more contaminated than what is coming from the tap. so i think basically going to the. you know go going to the basics getting back to the basics and in fact also reducing your consumption of things that are even wrapped in plastic because that plastic packaging releases tiny pieces as well into the plastic itself and chemicals that we may be absorbing so if you want to go as plastic free as you can even in your own bodies then well i would recommend eating organic and as unprocessed and homemade as you can do ok so it's time for us basically to review everything from how we eat to what we wear sun you're from did

of your environment thanks very much for all of that information all week we've been looking at the big issues and russia's presidential elections coming up on sunday president vladimir putin is of course expected to cruise to victory extending is eighteen year rule preserves board for putin's presidency has come from the russian orthodox church her critics say the relationship has become too close and the lines are blurring the division between church and state we take a look now at the issue in our series russia votes. saying isaac's cathedral may be famous but it's also controversial officially it isn't a church it's a state run museum but that could change soon st petersburg's local administration plans to transfer control of the building to the russian orthodox church

a decision that has made many people angry. seven epic shot and eating machine men have been protesting against the measure for over a year now they're preparing to take to the streets of their hometown again even as poster reads the constitution separates church and state the two women feel the orthodox church has stopped respecting that. if they even though. this is part of a larger phenomenon in russian society the church is interfering more and more in everything in the army in schools in the government in local parliament everything that's in even though officially there is a separation of church and state here and i did in the us about this like it's just one of the bussing eyes ex cathedra all is the final stronghold in the battle for our state because the constitution says we live in a secular country and that's what i want school so that's the one who has become the color of this movement to protect st petersburg skyline armed with balloons the protesters are fighting for their city despite the freezing temperatures there are

balloons read the cathedral must remain a museum. ahead of the upcoming elections and the other protesters want to show the government that the churches influence in russia has gone too far. the russian president on the other hand makes a point of showing his close proximity to the orthodox church it's seen as a pillar of bloody near putin's russia but the increasing influence of the church is divisive here. it all started with pussy riot a few years ago the punk bands protest against the lack of separation between church and state got the women sentenced to two years in a prison colony and insulting the feelings of believers became a criminal offense in russia. the allegation is becoming increasingly common the production of wagner. was labeled blasphemous and bound.

the portrayal of an affair between tsar nicholas the second who was canonized by the russian orthodox church and a ballerina in the film matilda also caused a scandal to the church itself sees its influence as historically justified after all during the soviet union religion was suppressed churches were destroyed or repurposed and priests were killed. in today's russia orthodox christianity has become an important part of the national identity. to. be returns russia to its normal state which could not in my little we see getting our church property back as a restoration like a story of justice. to. the protesters outside st isaac's cathedral disagree they say this building belonged to the state and not the church even before the russian revolution that the listeners if you'd like to

be much interested surveys show that most st petersburg want the building to remain a museum. we want to protest to emphasize that our government is secular that no single religion is privileged in this country and that a state museum belongs to everyone here no matter what religion they are using the word if you wasn't in the midst of. the local government has so far refused to hold a referendum on the issue perhaps because it could provoke too much of a conflict ahead of this summer's elections so for now. now the fate of st petersburg is most important to get the drove remains up in the air at least until after polling day. and with more from russia did abuse your shadow has been out interviewing the candidates taking on a lot of their putin in sunday's election this army talk to the ultra nationalist lot of german all ski he's a man known for his fiery rhetoric but generally program one stuffs.

it's your sixth. at this point. how can something like that. do you get bored of interviewing people. it's work but it's the most responsible and worthwhile work there is. you've got to be in it to win it. you said to that the russia needs an elected monarchy are you saying you want russia to be ruled by a desire that goes by the name of. russia achieved a tremendous amount as a monarchy. we should have kept the monarchy just like great britain denmark holland sweden and norway. but as an alternative we could like the monarch now and change our country's name to the russian empire and the president would then be called supremes. that can do that as a candidate foreign relations can to be an afterthought russia has come to that and

in ukraine what are the next steps is that he needs to be taken. one way or the other ukraine. to take the western part of hungary the carpathian mountains romania will table. and will take the whole of. ukraine has no future. i can't imagine ukraine welcoming those statements what needs to be done to improve relations yes. there is an anti russian regime in control and that's the point. so you think ukraine is to blame for everything that not politics. ukraine is your lame with its anti russians very western and unconstitutional. ukrainians will crack and will have to build them up again. in other regions. the west has punished russia for the illegal annexation of crimea so. back and if

so what needs to be done. i like the situation we have today the sanctions are strengthening our domestic economy. turning to america when president trump drank champagne in celebration but then relations with the us time better to be straight did you celebrate too soon. we celebrated trump's victory. predicted it so i just celebrated my own correct prediction. one that was the point. it's a good thing he hasn't improved relations. of these concessions have gotten us. are you saying that the better. it's better when the west regards us as an enemy

and restricts us everywhere sanctions sanctions and more sanctions that's when we rise up and grow faster. but you are the first presidential candidate i've met who once he's country punished. more but rather that the west is incapable of anything else and that's its mistakes but it's advantageous for russia if the west would a treat just the same way as ukraine working together would be. we would have softened a long time ago except that everything being degraded. instead we're getting stronger at that and that will help us destroy the west so it doesn't need to feel with us. so you want to destroy the west. it's interfering with humanity america germany how's germany harm your committee. harming russia. is ruling over europe but why germany is russia's most. important economic partner. we doing need

it don't buy from us we won't buy from you if you didn't buy gas we'd have more gas pipes and if you didn't buy oil you would be cheaper for us. watching. this and not march eighteenth eight pm of election results should be clear at that point what can russia expect at the end of this election they have a bit of it's not so much yet. i could win. the next morning the entire country all one hundred fifty million people and into the streets with a smile on their face and rejoice. sanctions will end of the two to three months. europeans and americans will tow the line me and i'll take the world to the brink of war i'll say do what i say or go hide in a bunker. which sounds like a great dictator. why do you want to interfere with us we don't interfere with you . now why do you want to say how we russians should live. crimea is russian

territorials russians live russians also live in donbass that we gave you germans the chance to unify. you pays for the privilege that has me ten times less than you should. europe should be trembling not even if i don't we don't much a taste of the regime in russia will force you to stop trying to teach us about life we russians when be ordered about by us. are the words which you need occasion to. think you put the interview that interview pleasure. well sports connect people across borders especially football the world's most popular sport since twenty thirteen individuals have made outstanding contributions to international understanding and been honored as german football the german foreign minister ministry rather than go to institute and this institution. behind

the initiative from the very beginning. the winners of the german football ambassador awards will be announced at a star studded gathering at the german foreign ministry in berlin thank the winner of the award in the player category is decided by the public. banking give their vote on line to one of eleven german players currently active abroad. the main award goes to a german coach abroad and is decided by a panel of football experts some of the nominees are relatively unknown have you heard of horst cleats or without him there would be no program to train coaches in south africa or monica's job who helped build the women's national team as a coaching kucha. the german football ambassador initiative primarily supports football development projects worldwide and focuses on fundamental sustainable

development the initiative steps into the limelight every year when the honors are announced aside from the players and coaches awards there's also the honorary award it came to the oscar for lifetime achievement previous winners include made us laugh kloza the top scorer of all time for germany and thomas hitzlsperger another outstanding figure in german football. well mathias frankel from date of you sports has been one of the key people involved in this award thanks for joining us this morning with ts can you tell us more about the competition and what are some of the goals well the good thing about the whole thing is. you think of football as big money and it's a means that you juice footballers to make a change the money that the money doesn't go to the players or to the coaches the money every player has to decide where to put the money and he puts it in the country where he normally works so if there's

a local initiative if he's playing in italy for example he. i would put it to a local initiative that helps to develop football so they have been football pitches been built in naipaul and we accompany knight loads of these coaches and all continents and found what good they actually did and so what i think is really it gives it a chance to show that german football is not only about world cup winners big money and stars it's also being an embezzler and helping to develop in other countries and helping out to give chances to kids to play all over the world with this football ambassador ok so it's an international award that helps people on the very most local level how are the winners decide well we have the coaches there's a jury and they will find us because there's loads of coaches all of the world that nobody of us know and coaches because they can help locally but the public vote that's the main thing for us now because we want people to get engaged and to

decide who's going to win this the players prize because we have players like murtha. has been playing for arsenal for like hundred fifty matches or so but he also has his own foundation for over a decade and health helps disadvantaged kids in his local town one of two to develop so there are players that are really interested in the whole field and we've a little trailer that shows you some of the plays some might be really involved in social engagement others just young and then freshened but the take a look ok. football is a broader more than professional athletes their ambassadors for germany. which player deserves to be german football ambassador for twenty eight. days eleven players have been nominated who will get their vote. maybe jennifer mascia she won the treble with leon she has the skills and she's always on the ball. texan's the

list in. leroy sonny he knows what he wants. a rising star in the premier league with a small weakness for self portraits. maybe his teammate into one he's the brains at man city currently one of the world's top teams. and he sure knows how to move his feet. or will let me look at the polls these days the veteran is in action in the j. leak. cold he's laid back always in a good mood and always hungry for more. who out of these eleven nominees is your german football ambassador for twenty eight team goes to foosball bush after done. and vote. ok we saw the website address there and you could go to that website by going to d w dot com and find out more about this award as well when will the winners be announced with

this on the eighth of may you can vote until the fifteenth of april and on the eighth of may there will be the ceremony in the foreign ministry and then they want to give in the last year we had the winning the players brought us and this year we'll look forward to whatever you decide on into when we'll win hopefully ok so go to the website dot com and go to the sports department there and you'll get all the information you need on how to vote yes definitely ok mathias thanks for bring us up to date good luck this year round well once extinct in the wild the horses of the mongolian step are back now that's thanks to an extensive recent reintroduction project and rangers regularly chasing off domesticated horse so no interbreeding occurs now the wild horses known as the talky have been genetically separate from domesticated horses for at least forty thousand years. they look like a stone age cave painting the wild horses among step more than thirty

years ago they were extinct in the wild but now there are more than three hundred roaming free an amazing comeback. so a lot of goal is to grow. to reach the five hundred. because researchers. at least five hundred. will be this. range is chased off domesticated horses to prevent cross breeding. the wild again horses are all descendants of around thirty which survived in zoos in one thousand nine hundred ninety two the first three tonys were flown back and released on to the step. today they're under active protection rain just bring them hay insult when the grass disappears in winter the

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