this is data appears light from the trump tighten the screws on russia the us president says he will impose fresh sanctions in response to allegations that moscow meddled in the twenty sixteen presidential election at the same time the u.s. joins other nations in supporting britain in its standoff with russia also on the program. to back as prime minister resigns amidst a corruption scandal the political crisis was sparked by the not a journalist investigating allegations of fraud by businessman with the government ties. to gets very cold in winter and has one of the world's highest suicide rates the u.s. says it is the happiest place on earth which countries that stay with us to find out.

i'm still going to welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump is to impose new sanctions against russia in response to allegations that moscow meddled in the twenty sixty us presidential election washington has named five organizations and nineteen individuals who will be affected the u.s. has also signed a joint declaration with france and germany supporting britain and its standoff with russia trump was asked if he thought a russia was also behind the poisoning of a former russian spy in britain. was behind this question is will be i did something that should never ever happen and we're taking it very seriously as i think there are many others. well as well as the united states france germany and nato has also rallied in support of britain nato secretary general ban stoltenberg said we don't want another cold war but we will defend our allies the british

government used to expel twenty three russian diplomats of the poisoning of a former russian double agent in the english city of salzburg moscow denies any involvement and is threatening retaliation. british prime minister theresa may paid a visit to salisbury the medieval city in the west of england shaken by a nerve agent attack on former russian double agent sergei streep and his daughter yulia. may visited the restaurant where the poisoning took place and has put the blame squarely on moscow. well i'm pleased to be able to come down here to salzburg to speak to people who responded to this terrible incident that took place and as you know announced in the house of commons yesterday the action that we're taking we do hold russia culpable for this brazen brazen acts and despicable acts that's taken place on the streets of was is a remarkable city where people come and visit and enjoy. thank you very are nato

secretary general young excuse mask out of trying to destabilize the west and issued a warning we do not warrant a new cold war are we do not want to be dragged into a new on choice but let there be no doubt made the world the fam all our allies against any threat. mase international allies are standing by here the u.s. france and germany joined britain in blaming russia calling the attack the first offensive use of a nerve agent in europe since the second world war russia has responded by saying it would be absurd to carry out an attack on foreign soil ahead of the presidential elections and the fifa world cup moscow accuses britain of dishonesty and

withholding information. in which i can't tell you the motives of a british colleagues but i don't think they are on assistance. if they were britain would answer the questions we've been asking and would follow the procedures of the chemical weapons convention this is. the incident in. moscow promised swift retaliation to britain's decision to expel russian diplomats . well it's all starting to feel very cold war this is a. chief political correspondent. and only showing and moscow and cos and knob and no washington welcome all cost and phenomena that start with you president trump seems pharma now in his support for britain's position against russia why the turnaround. well it seems that british prime minister to reason may

has managed to impress on president trump the importance of this matter for the u.k. and she also has been able apparently to convince the u.s. president that the evidence that russia was behind this poison attack on former double agent in england on british soil was very convincing and you're right the president trump in the past has often been rather cautious or even reluctant to blame russian president putin for anything made be meddling in the u.s. elections or other misdeeds that seems to have changed on as we've seen he now says it looks like russia was behind this and he is taking it very seriously and indeed will come to those charges regarding the u.s. elections shortly. that let's come to let's talk about this joint statement that who was saying what was a joint statement of the u.s.

and britain and it quite clearly states that they see a violation of the chemical weapons convention and a breach of international law we also take from this statement that this is seen really as pretty much of a watershed moment because it marks the use of chemical weapons for the first time on european soil since the end of the second world war i'd say this is the second watershed moment that we've experienced we saw such need to many times angela merkel come out with very strong language also putting in this into historical perspective when we saw the accession of crimea by russia and this is also something by the germans particularly well here in europe by pretty much holding this up together and maintaining those sanctions towards russia this is a pretty strong statement it comes very close to these nato allies actually declaring that there has been some kind of attack that stops delivery stop sort of that nobody has an interest of further escalation and the big question is how will russia now right. act and how will be the e.u.

reaction come next week when we see foreign ministers meet and also a summit. summit coming up i was it was interesting the e.u. reaction because france and germany in the u.k. there but no e.u. response to should we should necessarily read anything into well this technical reasons because simply the twenty seven member states they're also a lot of member states who don't really want to see their country on the state and pretty these countries here are the core of the west let's just recognize this the western bloc is back really in terms of stating their common position at the same time you have countries particularly greece. and hungary who have very close ties with russia and who are kind of playing a game between the e.u. and the potential they see in russia they have no interest of having the signatures on this paper and getting all sides that this is been the problem of the european union since day one really getting everyone behind any kind of foreign policy statement is always really pushing it but let's go to moscow then really show in

russia making enemies of all over the world tell us about the latest russian response. well we don't even know what what russia's response will be to may's measure as we've been kind of waiting for a clear response on not all day in the morning the foreign ministry spokes woman said that it wouldn't take long for there to be a response the kremlin spokesperson miti of his golf said that putin would be the one to make the final decision on what the response would be but there have been very sharp words from russia we've been hearing that this is all a political show that these accusations against russia are crazy and also city lover off today accused the u.k. of not following the correct diplomatic protocol he said that the u.k. was not responding in a very gentlemanly way as it as it might be expected from the u.k.

so kind of strong words all around from the russia they're definitely escalating this war of words that's that's kicking that's taking place at the moment. bearing in mind only that russia has elections on sunday. i think it's hard to directly connect the two of course the rhetoric that we're seeing. is part of an ongoing rhetoric that we've seen from russia russia has has been timed of peddling this this narrative all along that everyone is against russia that all these measures are part of a russophobe campaign i can't tell you how many times i've heard that word in the last few days from various politicians various media outlets and of course that might unite people behind putin but in a way it's strange because putin doesn't really need the extra support polls were

showing that he would have taken seventy percent of the vote anyway and that turnout was probably going to be fairly high as well so this is kind of strange but it does fit in with the overall russian narrative that we've seen ahead of the elections close a phone number in washington the latest news out of washington is that the u.s. is now imposing a separate sanctions on russia because of its meddling in u.s. domestic affairs. among other things yes the u.s. has in fact slapped you sanctions on five russian entities and nineteen individuals most of them connected to the russian intelligence community for a number of attacks on u.s. interests the treasury secretary the finance minister of the us the even the new chin mentioned in particular russian meddling in the us elections but also destructive cyber attacks on u.s. computer systems and intrusions targeting critical infrastructure which means

control systems that run american factories and the country's electricity grid so of course the russians are interfering with the electricity grid in particular is something that worries the americans about as much as russian interference in the u.s. elections the authorities say they have have affected companies to kick the russians out of their systems but that of course only applies to those systems where russian interference has been detected the sanctions are focusing on financial matters so those entities and individuals will be denied access to the u.s. financial system that might hurt some of them who have international interest but if it is enough to deter the russians from further interference and further attacks is an open question well let's put that to emily show in moscow what response from the kremlin if any set of sanctions. well there

has been a response from the deputy foreign minister city gave you he said that russia is calm about these new sanctions and that they're preparing their response to these new sanctions as well we don't know what that response will be interesting lee russian state t.v. kind of has kept calm so perhaps russia is a little bit rattled by the timing of this but it does in a way play into this this whole narrative that i mentioned before the fact that all these accusations against russia are being grouped into one by the u.s. certainly fits in with this idea of an overall western anti russian i mean i want to show with in moscow psychic cost involved in washington thank you. it was we've got it thank you as well. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world in syria the siege of eastern tutor looks like it's coming to an end a monitoring group says more than twelve thousand civilians and i live in the area

and crossing over into government controlled territory the exodus began after syrian regime forces advanced overnight seizing the eastern half of the key town of how morea from rebels. tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the hunger hunger its capital budapest the demonstrators in the year so-called peace march are supporting the country's president viktor orban ahead of parliamentary elections in three weeks at the same time several smaller opposition on this are being held across the city. back here is the embattled prime minister robert feed so has resigned over his handling of the inquiry into the murder of an investigative journalist just a feat so it was forced to step down after his coalition partners threatened to force a snap election will be replaced by the current deputy prime minister peter pellegrini vacuous government has been plagued by protests since the death of journalist could siac and his fiance were killed as he prepared to publish the results of his

investigation into alleged links between top slovak politicians and the italian maffia. he's editor in chief of the slope newspaper s.m.d. welcome to d w so robert feet so stepping down but he's staying in politics is he likely to be investigated either over the corruption allegations or the murders of young could see his fiance. i don't think that he is going to be investigating that exactly for the reason what you just suggested that he staying in politics and the changes are just cosmetic changes because that they're barely greeny he sex us or is a softer verification of a better fit so and in fact they are preserving these 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 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 the 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 are like more advanced right now and the are working on different stories different story lines and that these the murder actually brought together the journalistic community and almost every day there is a new story reveals more and more aspects of the matthioli scene slovakia and i think it would at least in our pressure on on the investigators to do they over and

i also feeling that that the fact that there is a new prime minister doesn't mean that you know there will be political stability in the country because of you and hanukah how the police and how independently the police feel today over i say thank you we wish you well i thank you for joining us about about to go. thank you. this is dave w.'s life from above it still to come it's freezing it winter has one of the world's highest suicide rates but the u.s. says it is the company's place to hear from me happy i'm boss is a problem because. i don't serve and it's not just. another blow for breakfast britain another one could cause money could germs could very well be filled britain's third biggest company or consumer products juggernaut uni lever will abandon its london corporate headquarters and make rotterdam its sole illegal home the move is a blow to prime minister teresa mayes government

a year out from breaks it unilever said the choice to end eighty eight years with two parent companies one in the netherlands and one in great britain was not linked to bricks it the maker of doves and ben and jerry's ice cream launched a review of its deal headed structure in twenty seventeen after it forced off a takeover from kraft tines the move would simplify fi the company's structure improve its corporate governance and help and able to take over deals. ok so some point to bricks it others say it's got nothing to do with it let's find out what conrad boson has to say about that in a frag call about what other people they are saying about the move. well monica despite the tweets from her majesty's government that this has nothing to do with bricks it of course everyone here is linking this to bricks it. you know this has been a blow for to resign may and her government and her efforts to keep investment in

the country this time at least the government in the netherlands was more clever after this hostile takeover bid of the u.s. food giant kraft heinz last year the government in amsterdam or in doha the dutch government hard for the company to give up. because the netherlands is able to protect the company better against hostile takeovers there you go there you have a case of what's called regulation arbitrage at this while the u.k. is still a member of the european union. is i don't force into place that but if unit level leaves london it also leaves the footsie one hundred. that's very likely of course the company has said that it's now going to discuss with the index providers whether or not it might be able to stay in the footsie because the shares

will continue to be listed in london but according to the regulation which is in place at the moment as liquidity in the share trade in the share is already now more and tense of in amsterdam compared to london you need a liver would have to leave the forty one hundred and i cannot vision in frankfurt thank you so much. ok finally germany has a new government and the most important player for the business world. it's the new finance minister now there are many open questions like will the social democrat continue the policy of nicely balanced books that his predecessor followed to the letter and what's his stance on austerity well let's meet the man. what the demands on the form of olaf show seen here on the left is leaving his position as mayor of hamburg to step into the shoes of this man both during choice. during his

time as finance minister surely bill became known for his face fiscal discipline his ability to save billions of euros and balance germany's budget for the first time since nine hundred sixty nine but his policies also attracted a wealth of criticism sparked tension within the coalition government. choiceless hardline stance on austerity joining the eurozone financial crisis was heavily criticized especially in greece but years later the greek economy does appear to be recovering and sure is taking the credit for it. now it's shows his turn one thing he's already revealed is that he'd like to keep the balanced budget brought about by his predecessor. internationally schultze isn't wasting any time. he's due to visit paris on friday before meeting with representatives of the chief seven in point of sirees next week. if you think you are not happy

enough then maybe you live in the wrong parts of the world feel indeed thank you monica yes because the united nations because it has nothing better to do this time every year writes the world's happiest countries and the nordic countries have dominated the list again finland is officially the world's happiest nation up from fifth place the study looks at factors like life expectancy income social support and corruption the finns beat neighbors like norway and denmark also the list top five germany was fifteenth you see days long winter nights and a wide social safety net this is the stuff of happiness the finns seem to have at least some of the answers. will our politics said economics i think we have basic stuff he's quite good in finland so it makes a great like base why why we're doing so good here. that sounds

strange are we friends really that happy with our names on the list. will you be able to fall over 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 of. 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 u.s. 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 indexes don't always play along. so what have the fans got to be so

happy about. perhaps a clue us in she is finland's i'm to germany and i since you know. why finns so happy. i think it's a combination of very many things but the basics are very very good nordic welfare model we are having a free country very democratic country equality they're called education which is free for all it's similar equality for all as well. called health care system also very very. not completely free but with very very low costs and then maybe equality starts equality between men and women but equality in the society as well there is a hope and opportunities for people to sort of explore the possibilities and then

of course incredible nature and maybe this hour or so yes that's what we all like a good sort of is the thing to do fill in this when we were ok that the country has topped the list but to finish generally sort of walk around with big smiles on their faces all days of gotta get up and go to go to work miserably on a monday morning like the rest of us i think the latter very much so if you are walking especially when it is raining or when it's dark or so you you see people moving quickly from one place to the other but basically i think we are quite satisfied with life somehow this sort of welfare we have converted to well being or so and that sort of like i said small everyday things which makes us happy. and you sort of hinted at it the long cold dark nights when when people who have been there think of finland that's what we think of we think of long cold dark nights long cold dark winters solace and extensive alcohol. are these the keys to

happiness well maybe for some people and there are keys but on the other hand there are then very wide long summer nights and lot of a lot of festive honest and joyful people so if you are seeing people in the summer i think they are they are more outspoken more open and because it's warmer and so on but it is i think this sort of we can we haven't. possibility to enjoy some of the winter nice cold winter we ski here and. cross-country ski possibility or so of skating an incredible creative environment for children of course with white snow and so on and then you know in the summertime for instance very long are all wrong days where you don't sleep so much sand do you have great parties had. a choice and figure out am i for the holiday.

or serious that the country does have one of the highest suicide rates in the o.e.c.d. how do we square that bad picture the happiest country in the world and one of the high suicide rates in the world and that's interesting interesting question also might be that there is the sort of extreme source or like our weather is quite extreme might be that might be also sort of honesty of the people that we are assisting also very very accurate accurate also know the cause of the deaths might be that us where indeed it is we have we have been paying attention and there is a lot of work done in prevention as well you know our health system which is very cold well why do you free health system so we wish you well. and all the rest of it refers. to the finished ambassador to germany thank you so much thank you very much . ok. headlines now us president donald trump is to impose french sanctions on russia in response to allegations that moscow is not in the twenty

sixteen presidential election and the same time the u.s. destroyed other nations in supporting britain in its standoff with moscow. i think you're up to date so i'll have more for you at the top of the hour in the meantime of course there's always the web site that's still w dot com have a good. the good. times.

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