good malaria must die so millions can live. this is d.w. news live from britain's allies declare their support that standoff with russia prime minister theresa my visits old friend of a former russian spy an obvious daughter poisoned knights are the united states france and germany backing britain's position also on the program. of thousands of syrians flee for staged eastern guta government forces close in the battle for the

rebel held on claim has been one of the deadliest in the country seven year civil war. and the prime minister also back here resigns amid a corruption scandal a political crisis was sparked by the murder of a journalist who was investigating fraud by businessman with government times. i'm still go welcome to the program will start so we'll get to those stories in just a moment we'll start with some breaking news coming from washington the united states says it is imposing new sanctions against russia and response to allegations that moscow meddled in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election washington has named five organizations and nineteen individuals will be affected the u.s. also blames russia for ongoing malicious cyber attacks on the united states. now a top story we don't want another cold war but we will defend our allies the words

of nato secretary general yes shelton as countries rally in support of britain and its route with russia. the united states france and germany have all expressed solidarity over an assassination attempt on former double agent script out which took place on british soil but as prime minister to raise them a visit souls bravely southwest of england where the attack took place to discuss the situation with local investigators yesterday she announced the expulsion from the u.k. of twenty three russian diplomats giving them just a week to leave moscow continues to deny any involvement and is promising retaliations. so let's get more on this with the w.'s chief political editor mikhail. mikhail let's start with a joint statement tells more about what's been said yes this is actually pretty strong stuff we have here france germany the u.k. and the united states basically saying that this is

a breach of international law calling on russia to really stick to its international commitments not just. against the use of chemical weapons but there's also restoring reference here that this is the first time that chemical agents are actually used on european soil since the second world war and this pretty much puts us into cold war rhetoric here pretty swiftly it also talks about a pattern of irresponsible russian behavior now we don't know exactly what is meant by that but in context with that nato statement of from mr stalls in back the nato secretary general there who talks about meddling potential interference attempts to destabilize western countries this is more than just a hint of being in for something in further destabilizing entire country something russia flatly denies here so this is really really

a strong message and it stops sort crucially of invoking article five these are all nato allies but it doesn't invoke nato has responsibility to protect each other it's interesting these countries have rallied to bring support will the u.s. from germany. do we read anything into the fact the france and germany have declared unilaterally rather than as a as a bloc with the e.u. well it's simply difficult to organize for twenty seven member states to come up with a joint statement we can expect something though to come on monday when you foreign ministers need to also have a crucial e.u. summit coming up this will certainly be an issue that whatever. happens over this coming weekend with these russian elections coming up on sunday. of course expect that the new person to be reelected i mean that that's pretty much a given at this particular stage and then we're certainly going to see a reaction there how will this joint statement and everything that's happened over the last week i was unlikely to affect relations between the e.u.

and russia bearing in mind that there are already sanctions between us under a well i mean this is a very serious issue russia cannot simply move on neither can the e.u. and what is really significant about this joint statement is that german chancellor angela merkel france and also the u.s. i mean let's just remind ourselves that these sides were talking about a potential looming trade war just a week ago go now we learn that the west still exists will stand together and is putting its international credibility and its outlook on russia here on the line at the same time all sides are interested in maintaining dialogue with russia russia is key parties have pretty much recognized as to solving the big crises of our time including including the war in syria so considering that everybody has an interest not to escalate this situation this is really calling on russia that it has to respond to this because it could very interesting thank you. now to syria

where it looks like they have siege of rebel held eastern groups that could be coming to an end to a monitoring group says more than twelve thousand civilians and out leaving the area and crossing into government controlled territory that's just begun after regime forces advanced overnight seizing the eastern half of the key town. it comes seven years at the day since the civilian the syrian civil war began hundreds of thousands have been killed since then on the u.n. estimates fourteen million have been displaced. and while some of those people have managed to escape say that many families are living those internal refugees and the next report we meet a family who left aleppo two years ago for an easy existence in italy one of syria's the last rebel strongholds. throughout all musri is fifteen years old and he's already supporting a family of six his father was killed in an airstrike now vegetable family

i read from morning to night to make ends meet. her warplanes are approaching again. is used to the sound of sirens. shutters every day. did 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 when the fed well this is how the fed has nothing to celebrate it

was celebrating when the uprising began because we had reason to watch an angle of never heard of no return to the streets for our freedom but the regime responded with violence but i lost so much while i would have been away only 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 why don't 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 come a good metaphor. now the family's new home is under fire from the syrian government

and russian forces. so where will all jets and tanks have been shooting every morning and evening for days when there will be where am i supposed to go and that therefore i wonder through all. this time there is no way out. and his family can only hope that this seven year war will finally come to an end. about his embattled prime minister robert feed so has resigned over his handling of the inquiry into the murder of an investigative journalist as defense i was forced to step down after his coaching partners threatened to force a snap election will be replaced by the current deputy prime minister peter pellegrini slackers government has been plagued by protests since the death of journalist young could see a cancerous field say were killed as he prepared to publish the results of his investigation into alleged links between top slovak of politicians and the italian

mafia. he's editor in chief of the slovak at newspaper s.m.b. welcome to day w so robert thinks so is stepping down but he's staying in politics is he likely to be investigated by the over they corruption allegations all the murders of young could see i just feel inside. i don't think that he is going to be investigated that's exactly for the reason what you just suggested that he's staying in politics and the changes are just cosmetic changes because what they're pelligrini he sex s. are is a softer. or a better fit so and in fact they are preserving the political culture which will lead to street protests protests so they don't genuinely believe that this change actually changes the political culture and most more pressure on the police to really thorough investigate all the suspicions now your

paper jointly released a young could see acts of findings how far have or thirty's gone in investigating those links between the mafia and the government. at this point to be are not really receiving information from the police about the results of the investigation and i think that that the journalists were continuing here and. they they are like more advanced right now and the are working on different stories different story allies and these are the murder actually brought together the journalist community and almost every day there is a news story reveals more and more aspects of the matthioli scene slovakia the plea the police do they ever i say thank you we wish you well thank you for joining us about about to go. thank you. every year the united nations

releases a study ranking the world's countries by happiness and surprise surprise the nordic countries dominate the list finland is now officially the world's happiest nation up from fifth last time the study looks at facts as such as life expectancy income social support and corruption the friends top neighbors like a norway and denmark were also in the lists top five while germany was fifteen 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 party said economics i think we have the basic stuff he's quite good in finland so it makes a great like base why why we're doing so good here no that sounds strange but we friends really that happy with our name on the list you want to be

able to follow we have all the services that we need here the daycare is nearby. and the parks as well we can play and slide down hills if we want just like here. 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 four 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 but that's my guess. 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 indexes don't always play along. phil and it isn't just the world's happiest people it's also home to some of the

planet's most breathtaking skies the northern lights were seen advancing over the arctic circle overnight visible from the northern finnish city of frova near me and if you're wondering what causes it is that collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun and the atmosphere. just time to remind you of our top stories at this hour the brass british prime minister theresa may visit the city where the former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned britain's allies have declared their support in the standoff with russia the u.s. france and germany are all rallying behind britain. over yet you can always get the w. news on the go without op you can get access to all the latest news from around the world as well as pushed. on your phone for any breaking news you can also use it to send us so photos and videos downloaded from a google play all from the apple store as it's your updates. at the top of the.

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