this is deja vu news live from bergland as collating tension between russia and the u.k. the russian foreign ministry hits back at london's response to a chemical attack on exabyte on british soil we will ask the british m.p. about prime minister to recent days decision to kick twenty three russian diplomats out of the country are also coming up to fourteen million displaced people that is the human cost that syria's civil war enters its eighth year we look at the situation one family who fled their home for one of the country's last remaining

rebel strongholds. plus it is now officially the happiest place on earth and no we are not talking about disneyland find out which country has talked to us happiness ranking this year. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us the u.s. says it stands with britain and its just feud with russia over an assassination attempt on a former double agent london says the kremlin is behind the poisoning of service for paul and his daughter with a nerve agent now moscow is heading back saying that the u.k. has no evidence it's also calling prime minister to resign may's decision to expel twenty three russian diplomats irresponsible. 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 be 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 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 at britain for a 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 they will be a response and it will be sufficient and corresponding to what we have heard from the british prime minister that. while most go contemplates its response police in the u.k. are working to establish the events which led to the attempted murder. and for

more we're joined now by conservative m.p. tom toucan hat the chairman of the parliament's foreign affairs committee he is in westminster in london thanks so much for joining us this afternoon and lou. as we've just heard there britain has announced serious punitive measures against russia is this not a little early considering that there is no proof of russian involvement or do you know something that we don't. there is proof of russian involvement this is a russian defector who's been threatened by the president on several occasions this is a russian made weapons grade nerve agent made in a laboratory in moscow which has not been confirmed by british intelligence and ratified by american and french this is a very clear pass and we know in germany for example of russian information operations and indeed espionage operations that have been extremely active in

recent years we know of the invasions of ukraine the destruction and murder of several hundred people in m.h. seventeen aircraft over ukraine yannick sation of crimea the occupation of georgia the attempted murder of the montenegrin from as i can go on this is part of a very long pattern of russian aggression and it's got to stop so it's not just about this one specific incident russia for its part it has actually just responded to this and i just want to bring and what sergei lavrov just had to say and he said the russian response will come very soon he promises us that he also said that your ak accusations are absolutely borish if british diplomats are expelled from russia do you care sorry what is borat bush. is it a sign. in the u.k. straits what is borish is to allow a chemical that although it's left three people in hospital and thirty people seeking medical treatment had it you know been on the london underground for example would have killed hundreds of people and to use it next to

a children's playground where i had the children then it would have killed thirty or forty children this is this is a completely unacceptable war i can't buy a violent and deranged regime that is weakening and lashing out this is a corrupt dictatorship that has to stop i'd like you to respond also to something else that russia has said in response to your accusations russia has implied that theresa may is trying to look strong in front of her own people to distract from political problems at home is this true you know what is true is that the president of russia is knows that he has completely failed to rebuild the a russian economy he stole it hundreds of billions of dollars off the russian people he and his acolytes and even his cellist has got assets of a few billion dollars and he didn't get that for recording rights got more money than elton john his son in law just had to hand over two billion dollars his only qualification was to be the son in north of the president or rather the accidental this is

a man who has looted the russian people and destroyed the russian economy over twenty years and he knows it and so what he's doing is he's lashing out and he's trying to hide it by playing a hyper nationalist called we know this schoolbook we read this play before we've seen the movie we've seen it in sadly we've seen it across europe of all we've got to stand up to it because the alternative is if we do not step up to it now we will be forced to stand up to it in the future and when it comes to standing up to it we know that both the united states the french have come forward to back britain and its accusation accusations toward moscow how much is britain the overlying on its allies at this precarious time because we know for example in the united states when it comes to u.s. foreign policy that has often been shall we say in flux recently. the united kingdom has always relied on her allies we have been a very strong international player and not exactly will the kremlin is trying to undermine what they're trying to do is to destroy the multilateral system that has kept us safe for seventy years that has kept us working together so we are working

with our allies we're working with countries like a stone year in germany and france and sweden we're working with the united states with the finalized community of canada and australia are we working with nato and we are absolutely stunning together on this because we know that we are stronger than assailing russian regime it's a weakening state it's barely capable of deploying its military anymore as we saw in the role the second rate troll of that went through the english channel that calls itself the russian aircraft carrier we are seeing a failed regime and a failing government and it's a tragedy because russia is a great country and should have a great leader and instead it's going to be for a lion a woman to point to where it's india time to them had conservative m.p. for tonbridge and malling joining us from westminster in london we thank you so much for your perspective this afternoon well we had to syria now where seven years ago today security forces began a violent clampdown on mostly peaceful protests against president bashar al assad

that triggered a devastating and a bloody war the numbers are staggering hundreds of thousands have been killed and the u.n. estimates that fourteen million people have been displaced some areas like a state who to have been bombed into ruins as government forces fight to drive out rebels the battle for this enclave has become one of the most brutal campaigns of the war the situation is dire as those trapped there wait desperately for food and medicine and many families like those in our next report are living as internal refugees and fear that they will have to move on again they have banned in the lefkow and twenty sixteen and are now living in it live one of the last rebel stronghold in syria. 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 a gun. is used to the sound of sirens. that shoot at us every day. it live is the last province in syria to be controlled by islamist rebels two million people live here many of them fled the syrian government's assault on aleppo. musser internet few food 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 then to decide what lesson from this is how the fed has nothing to celebrate it was celebrating when the uprising began because we had reason to worry then in the fall of the hurry i love the internet to the streets for our freedom but the regime responded with violence but i lost so much well i mean i've been away i knew when i was. the government sent in tanks to crush protests in twenty eleven. the civil war escalated across the country. aleppo was besieged 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 committed metaphor.

now the family's new home is under fire from the syrian government and russian forces. so had. jets and tanks have been shooting every morning and evening for days where am i supposed to go in the for when the through. this time there's no way out. and his family can only hope that this seven year war will finally come to an end. and let's get more now on the situation in syria i am joined by hello thorning schmidt the c.e.o. of save the children and former prime minister of denmark thank you so much for joining us thank you for having me. we've just seen the story of a teenager who has been displaced by the war and is now supporting a family of six in syria what does this do to such a young person and how common are stories like these. they're very

very common we're seeing new levels of horror in syria right now this is a war that's lasts for seven years and now we're seeing that this is being taken to a new level reassessing reckon numbers of the displacement the girls the girl we heard about here two hundred fifty children are displaced every day we're seeing new numbers of casualties which are also breaking the record second we are seeing bombardments of places where children should be safe schools and hospitals and the fourth thing we're seeing which is also looks like a new weapon of war is the aisle of axis for humanitarian help for these people meaning food and medical supplies so the people stuck in right now they are experience new levels of horus we save the children have asked these people what

they're seeing and the experience you got from this young girl here is one of many other stories that we hear inside syria we hear so many of these stories from civilians coming out of the country but how have you seen the years of war in the region affecting children specifically. well we are seeing that when war moves into. children live which is basically urban sones is the children are the ones suffering the most and we don't hesitate to call call this new kind of warfare the novice humanitarian access bombing of schools and hospitals place that should be safe for children people being forced to flee where they live this is actually a war on children and that's what is that reason why this is this is happening with impunity it seems that nice new levels of horror such just happening and we are as we speak creating a new normal for what is acceptable in terms of war also seeing unit and

resolutions being passed and not being abided by at all it was promised in the latest resolution that people could get free of recent boots and come out of recent go to to be treated if they were severely ill not one person has yet been come out ill from priests and groups or so we're seeing new levels of horror and rework that this will create a new level and we are asking the into new international community so once again get together and try to step in let's talk a little bit more about those new levels that this new normal that you're talking about because we know that your organization you provide aid you raise awareness but the war is now entering its seventh year we have seen countless imagery coming out of the country all of it pretty horrifying do you feel that the world has become desensitized to the plight of civilians in syria. it in a sense we have there is a tendency when these horrors leave our t.v. screen screens we kind of hope that things have gone better but the thing in syria

is that things are actually getting worse now and that's why we can save the children we are trying to to bear witness of the people who are in there we can't work directly on the ground in syria we work through populous it is extremely difficult work for our partners working in that but we are supporting them and we are asking people inside syria mothers fathers and children what they are seeing and that's why on this horrific anniversary of the seventh year of war in syria we are trying to shout again to the world and make the world aware that we are seeing new levels of horror inside syria because it is targeted at how and where people live this is just a suburb of damascus it's very densely populated and that is why these horrors of war become intensified when on top of that you have increased denial of humanitarian access into these people bombings of the of the health services and

hospitals bombing every second day of the health service in there you can just imagine the horrific situation inside east and go to right now and our job is to shout for these children and shout for these families and ask the world to step in and stop the horrors this is a war in children as an end it has to be stopped when we thank you so much for joining us this afternoon to tell us a little bit more about those efforts about the horrors especially coming out of eastern go to hell a thorn in schmidt's seal of save the children and the former prime minister of denmark we really appreciate it. you're watching t w news let's get a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world. so baki is prime minister robert few so has offered to resign from office this after criticism for the handling of a probe into the death of investigative journalist john could see. he and his

fiance were murdered as he prepared to publish his findings on links between tops of akim politicians and the italian mafia. a suicide bomber has killed nine people and wounded twenty seven others near the horror in pakistan officials say that the explosion occurred at a police checkpoint outside of an annual religious gathering the pakistani taliban have claimed responsibility for that attack. you're watching t.v. news still to come on the program it is now officially the happiest place on earth and no we are not talking about disneyland find out which country has topped the un's ranking this year. but first gary hart is here with more next more happy news it's about the new man that everybody in the finance world is watching in the german government and that is all of so it's the new minister of finance there are many open questions about him will the social democrat continue the policy of nicely balanced books that is conservative

predecessor vulcan sharp it was so famous for and more importantly will he continue to demand fiscal discipline from spendthrift eurozone members. i think that. he's the new guy in charge of all of shots seen here on the left is leaving his position as mayor of hamburg to step into the shoes of the. procedure in his time as finance minister 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 spoke tension within the coalition government choiceless 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 is taking the credit for it devised you know dozens of this is proof

of the talking policy to stabilize the year right has been a success here the reason is that we've managed after eight years of crisis in the eurozone despite some doubts to keep the euro stable. odo so it's quite a good conclusion for me in the open this is all for me. and that's what of stores now it's. one thing he's already revealed is that he'd like to keep the balance budget brought about by his predecessor. well markets buying that what reception can all of shows expect in the financial world let's cross over to comrade booze instead of buying our frankfurt office what's the word there how do people see all of shoals. people i talked to here in frankfurt financial district reminded me that hauberk in germany's north is a very important financial center as well as a city with

a long history of merchants and with a long tradition of rather conservative politicians coming from the social democratic party you know. is a man of the center very much he's not a left leaning socialist so most people in the financial world believe that his approach to fiscal policies will not differ very much from the one of his predecessor of course as always when a new government gets in place there are a few business lobby groups complaining that the approach is not tough enough not pro-business enough that some of the social policies that the grand coalition has decided on are too generous but other pundits say well this money that the grand coalition has decided on will directly go in the pockets of german households which will probably spend it which is good for the economy so the

overall reception i would say of all offshores and the new government in the financial world is positive let's get to work is what people want to see well there's another new man we should have closer look up donald trump's a new economic advisor larry kudlow the washington posed called him the man who was quote more publicly and consistently wrong about the economy than any person alive and close to people in front for the agree. many people here do kudlow of course is well known to the financial world because he's a commentator for the business t.v. channel a c n b c where he has proven to be very entertaining he's what's called a reagan supply sider a fan of the tax cuts and the policies of the reagan era and you're right he also has a reputation of being very often wrong when it comes to predicting economic developments

some of his most famous mishaps were in two thousand and seven when he absolutely didn't see the financial crisis coming his appointment now has sparked and reignited concerns about a trade war kudlow told c. and b. c. that he thinks that to see if china has earned a tough response not only from the united states that he would like to see a trade coalition of the willing and i can tell you this is wording that doesn't really result well here in europe you can imagine and thank you very much call it goes in there in frankfurt for us germany's black area lost tons of reported record results for the third year in a row the carrier landed an operating profit of three billion euros for twenty seventeen that's up seventy percent from the previous year net profits soared one

third of both the passenger and the cargo business gained altitude lost tons are also managed to settle a pension dispute with its pilots and both are part of its bankrupt rival. but management inspects and lower profits for this year. six months ago iconic toy store chain toys r us far from bankruptcy in the u.s. now the retailer has announced it will close all seven hundred thirty five of its u.s. stores it's truly an end of an era and will affect thirty three thousand employees across the country toys r us also said it will shut down all of his one hundred stores in the u.k. as well as sell off its canadian and potentially all its international business toys r us was formerly the largest toy retailer in the u.s. but in recent years it's increasingly struggled to keep up with online competition and that's all your business child images died a little bit where an understanding thank you so much but there is some reason to

be happy because now every year the u.n. releases a study ranking the world's countries by happiness and surprise surprise the nordic countries dominate the list once more finland is now officially the world's happiest nation up from fifth place last time around the study looks at factors such as life expectancy income social support and corruption the finns talked to neighbors like norway and denmark who were also in the list top five while germany was fifty. i see days long winter nights and a wide social safety net is it the stuff of happiness the finns seem to have at least some of the answers. will our politics said economics i think we have the basic stuff he's quite good in finland so it makes a great like base and why it's why we're doing so good here to be able to follow

through we have all the services that we need here daycare is nearby and the parks as well we can play and slide down hills if we want just like here see the last. that sounds strange are we friends really that happy with running on the list in. the study also says being happy seems to be contagious it found a high correlation between the happiness of citizens and that of immigrant newcomers. but what explains those countries with less fortunate rankings like the us which fell for places to number eighteen. i think it's the general uncertainty and political unpredictability people don't know what to expect in their future i don't know that's my guess but. for now the finns and their nordic neighbors know what their future likely holds more sterling scores on quality of life indexes even if their heat and texas don't always play along. you

can have everything that's all we have time for here in news before we go just a quick reminder of our top story the u.s. and other international allies are backing britain as a for tally it against an assassination attempt on a former spy london says the kremlin was behind the nerve agent attack in the city . and prime minister theresa may has expelled twenty three russian. you're up to date i'm sorry kelly in berlin thank you so much for joining us i hope to see you can see.

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