october when the allegations were first reported he's denied having non-conceptual sans sex with anyone britain and the european union have laid out plans for a two year transition period palling the u.k.'s brags that exit from the e.u. the deal includes british concessions which will allow it to stay in the single market and customs union until the end of two thousand and twenty the deal does not remove the uncertainty surrounding britain's long term status but it does provide businesses and residents with breathing room for the next three years. a rare sight the two chief brags that negotiators were all smiles and feel of mutual compliments it might be to air the to call it a breakthrough but it is hoped it will prevent a so-called hard break that what it will do you have ever as a life or a transition period until the end of twenty twenty thanks to concessions from the british. during this transition period person will no longer participate in each

decision making because it will no longer be a member of the e.u. as of march thirtieth twenty nineteen but it will continue to benefit from all the advantages the single market and the customs union and it will abide by all of. you not sure unique unions and industrial associations throughout europe have been sounding mornings about the m. pact of a heartbreak that monday's deal provides for a twenty one month transition period when g t's an expert barriers will not be applied after britain leaves the e.u. next year. businesses. decisions all rushed through contingency plans based on guesses about the future the. one key issue that remains unresolved is the border between ireland an e.u. member a northern ireland which is part of the u.k. nevertheless there's strong hope that the other twenty seven e.u. leaders will endorse the transition deal later this week. an airstrike on

a school shelter in syria's eastern good time has killed at least fifteen children and two women and that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights it says the strikes came from russian planes this comes as thousands of civilians have fled the besieged on clay well for more now i'm joined by our correspondent who's monitoring the situation from beirut and what can you tell us about the current situation in eastern guta oh the situation is pretty miserable eighty percent of every red head of clear has already taken over by that's been the scene since it seems that really the regime seems electricity bubbling would be getting desperate also civilians thought that what must not be living in miserable conditions because it's not since it was seated it was. absolutely the bomb being there all sort of moved to the warehouse and is in the basements there are hardened in there and at least the bowling of the school actually sat is not

a surprise to sit at it last year was it a little holmes damascus and seen many places boat but if he may have used that i doubt by the internet but not this is an absolutely depressing story that some are because this basement this baby. was in a school actually and children if it started in the basement so they were sort of trying to continue their education even ahmed and slowly and this if incident just place. the youngest citizens. and child thank you so much for an out of correspondent there talking to us from beirut. european court of human rights is set to rule later today in the case of two turkish journalists who were detained in the wake of the failed two thousand and sixteen military coup in turkey one of the two men shocking was released from

detention on saturday weeks after turkey's constitutional court ruled that his rights had been violated by his imprisonment. room. release journalist said. it was that easy. but i can't say i have regained my freedom. these twenty months in prison were very difficult. and when i got out i left thousands of people behind to have nothing to do with terrorism or the coup. i believe that turkey will not be free as long as they are not. that that's all i have to say thank you. now the seventy four year old is not entirely free though because he is required to stay in turkey under house arrest and met matt out of time is still behind bars although turkey's constitutional court also ruled that he must be released from

detention he's one of around one hundred fifty media representatives who've been imprisoned in turkey for and they are just the tip of the iceberg fifty thousand people have been arrested in the post-coup crackdown in one hundred fifty thousand have been fired or suspended from their jobs are istanbul correspondent yulia han sent us this report on how the purge is destroying people's lives. we will resist that's what these demonstrators are shouting in eastern rules qatar district for more than a year they have come here at least once a week to protest their dismissals. the two julep takes part as often as she can the sooty two year old who used to work with istanbul's development agency until she was sacked in january twenty seventeen she still remembers the last day of her old life very well. so well. it was on

a friday night i was sitting outside with my friends we heard the news that the government had sect thousands of people by a new decree. they published a list with all the names on it we had to look to find out if we knew anyone. and then i saw my name i felt so terrible your whole life is ruined just because your name is on a list i was furious and told them i will be back and demand justice. you be to jail it says she has nothing to do with terrorists she thinks she was sacked because she is a leftist unionist a critical voice. better by no means an isolated case since the failed coup attempt in summer twenty sixteen up to one hundred fifty thousand people have been sacked or suspended from their jobs many of them have even been jailed they were civil servants teachers doctors professors once pillars

of society they were suddenly declared to be enemies of the state often with very little explanation why. sociologist byrom arizona law law also lost his job during one of the purges he used to teach at the university of. now he lives in istanbul and documents the names and stories of those who get sacked the pictures of math arrests that were broadcasted on turkish t.v. still shock him. oh sure he'll no. prosecutors. have to prove that not a criminal there are terrorist but in our case in my case only in our case we have got to prove that we are innocent those who are being accused of. being a member of this organization called. we cannot stand the

charges and source in this crash most hostile stigma some of them commit suicide some of them near their home these days so that they can. they they become invisible invisible at another place so that they can. move be. they made in life everything is here who putting two official figures some four thousand turks who were dismissed after the coup attempts have since gotten their jobs back one of them agreed to give an interview but anonymously because officially is not allowed to talk about his case the primary school teacher says he was suspended for about three months and relatively short forced break compared to many other cases. overnight i suddenly got my job back. and of course i was very happy.

but i don't believe it had anything to do with justice. i'm still being investigated the market for weeks i didn't get paid but i had psychological problems. and who knows already said maybe i'll be sacked again the threats still exist. back to the two jail and into not cancer waiting for her she used to have a flat meet until assured wife but she moved out because she was afraid to get into trouble with you for her self. friends who suddenly turn their back lets loose is something better had to get used to. be talking. about that that will crumble i know that many people like me say dalia's so-called civil death penalty but i don't want to accept this while i try to resist for the rest of my life i will fight for everyone who experiences injustice and unlawfulness recorded and i hope to get back

my job in the meantime only if we resist can we keep the hope of life and that's why the to jail it is leaving for the next protest one year ago she had a well paid job as a civil servant she has become an activist fighting to get back to life. report from the w.'s junia hahn in the ball well over to christophe now and europe hasn't given up hope of getting an exemption for a new u.s. tariffs it seems indeed terry a compromise over the threat of fish fresh tariffs on steel and aluminum could be reached during this week that's according to germany's new economy minister peter altmire he is still in washington for talks with the u.s. secretary of commerce wilbur ross and afterward she said it is still possible to reach at least a provisional solution that can avoid a decline into a heavy trade conflict new u.s. tariffs are set to come into effect by friday. he's only just arrived in office but

the newly minted german economy minister is already faced with a difficult mission pitter all meyer must avoid a trade war with the united states. this. there's a lot at stake here jobs in germany and europe the trade relationship with the united states as well as the trade architecture of the whole world should take two or in the event in. the new tariffs come into force on friday and in some ways the german and european steel industries could simply sit back and relax after all steel and aluminum make up only a very small proportion of european exports to the us and yet the e.u. will be the trading partner to be hit hardest by the new taxes. the e.u. as a whole all twenty eight countries would have six point five billion dollars worth of steel and aluminum exports affected by the new tariffs it's followed by china with an export volume of around three billion dollars germany would pay taxes on

a total of one point seven billion dollars worth of such exports each year making it the country most affected from within the e.u. . some experts warn that the new tariffs might herald the beginning of a cascade of others which will spread across further sectors and countries the european steel industry fears that europe may soon be flooded with cheap steel imports it being an alternative cheaper dumping ground. the people's congress in beijing has come to a close with a call to control financial risk without the railing the economy trying to maintain that it doesn't want a trade war with the united states and for sizing that no one will emerge the winner it's hoped that china can reach a negotiated settlement of all disputes with the u.s. chinese president xi jinping appointed a u.s. educated economist to head the national bank the congress takes place during a threat of higher import tariffs to the united states a key trading partner. for more let's bring in katherine yang she's

a investment director for equities at fidelity international and she joins me from hong kong good to have you on the program catherine china's premier urges the united states not to act emotionally on trade has we had any signs from beijing as to how it plans to deal with the us president donald trump and the prospect of a possible trade war if we look at the recent tariff that were announced by the us so steel an aluminum am when we put it in terms of total production it's actually very very small sara batted zero point one percent of total production still wise it goes the us about two percent for aluminum and so whilst the impact is minimal in terms of these two industries it could be the beginning of a dialogue or discussions about other sectors and tax on both sides so in fact a big risk for the market is these ongoing trade discussions in the united states many companies have urged president trump to refrain from slapping terrorist

specifically on chinese imports has that resonated in china. at this stage with the whole process regarding the national people's congress the n.p.c. with us being in china in terms of the earning season there's a lot of domestic focus what is interesting though is with some of the struggling state enterprises what we call s.-o. we there's some mixed ownership reform going on and it's sort of being highlighted that the chinese are very open to foreign entities actually taking part in this makes ownership reforms so you could begin to see more news flow which could benefit u.s. companies as well as other foreign companies beijing has appointed several new leaders for the finance and economic cabinet including a new head of the people's bank of china gang receives parts of his education in the united states is the right person for the job

it was very much expected by the market so no big surprise if we look at his background he has a very strong academic background so he went to the university of peking in china and then actually went to the university of illinois spent about a decade in china before starting the u.s. before attending to china he's been with the central bank the p.t.o. c. since nine hundred ninety seven more recently as the deputy governor so a lot of alignment and consistency regarding prudent monetary policy is expected in the foreseeable future and now that these several new figures have been appointed from your perspective how will china's economy and capital market develop. in terms of what the government is really focusing on there's also been the appointment of a vice premier who again has got good u.s. trade relations so it's likely to well there was likely to see more of him and

regard to trade discussions but he's also been appointed as the head of the financial stability and development commission and this new regulatory body which with established last year is going to really be forging ahead with financial regulation so in order to see growth continue albeit at a slower pace we do need to see a better regulatory framework and that is likely to be the case this year catherine yang of fidelity international joining me from hong kong catherine thank you for your insight and we'll have more on the national people's congress and some more analysis with terry coming up later in the show for now facebook shares have taken a big hit on the stock market shaving off more than thirty billion dollars of the value of the company the nearly seven percent tumble marks the stock's biggest drop in four years behind it is the recent controversy over cambridge and the little guys and that's buying a fifty million facebook customers which hasn't turned sparks demands for increased

regulation for large tech companies and of course there is the issue of trust with some users already volleying to stop using the social network. labor is suspending its self driving car program after one of its vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian in arizona the vehicle was an autonomous mode at the time of the accident an operator sat sat in the driver's seat the accident occurred in temple one of four american cities where the ride hailing giant has been testing the vehicles who has invested heavily in autonomous driving which it considers key to its future business model the accident marks the first time a pre-destined has been killed by a vehicle in autonomous motor. and specter terry now an attack on some of germany's best known soccer players that shocked the country last year that's right christophe very disturbing of the trial of a man accused of bombing the team bus

a bonus league aside budokan has heard testimony from players as well as the coach at the time a german russian man is accused of bombing the bus when it was on its way through a champions league game against monaco last april then coach told us two who told the court he fell out with the club after top brass agreed to reschedule the match for the next day he said his squad were in a state where they were unable to play players who testified on monday agreed with the whose assessment. you're watching t w news still to come an exclusive interview with british foreign secretary boris johnson we asked why london is so certain moscow's behind the nerve asian attack on a former russian spy. china's leadership shake up will take a closer look at president xi jinping is with a new team and where they'll be steering the country. all that and more still to come here on t.w.

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program thank you some days ago you sad that it is extremely likely that putin personally gave the order they used the nerve agent to attack their former doubles by mr scruby part what they have as evidence you and the british parliament to support this judgment well i think it's very important first of all to show that we think the the cope roots for this are not the russian people not russia we have no quarrel with with russia. i love russia and i'm it's you know i have russian ancestry so if that's not the issue these are issue is with the kremlin and with the russian state as it currently is and the reason i said what i did was because if you if you look at the. the stuff that's being used it's a no beach rock agent according to our scientists at porton down there very good

begin to get the a p c w in the or organization for the prohibit of chemical weapons is coming in today to look at the sample that we have of of the nerve agent you also have to consider that a script of the guy that they attempted to assassinate is somebody who's been identified as a target for liquidation and that i've read in a putin has himself said that traitors i.e. defectors such as mr script how. should be poisoned so it's a. russian only nerve agent this is about do you have any it's solid evidence that putin directly ordered it because what you say that is the most direct accusation of russia's lee that ever right well i'm afraid you know he's in charge of the clattering train as we said. in the u.k.

somebody has to be responsible somebody has to be accountable and we in the u.k. think that the. evidence points the evidence or culpability points to the russian state and as it did in the case of alexander litvinenko and you remember the trail of polonium lead back very clearly to the russian state and in the end. mr putin is in charge and that is you know that i'm afraid he cannot escape responsibility and culpability why did he make a statement without waiting for the outcomes of the investigation that you are conducting right now and i'm going to you about their present government where we are giving the samples obviously to the organization to the technical experts are coming today and by the way i have great confidence in them let them that decide what they make of them they will look at the most they will who is the best possible the bar trees but i'll tell you the reason for wanting to to get on with

it is because we have such bitter experience of what happens with russia with putin's russia russia with with the russian state under putin when we have a problem like this twelve years ago we had the assassination in london of alexander litvinenko and at that stage this was an extraordinary event we had and with polonium and the u.k. proceeded within minutes and slowness and we decided to work with the russian judicial system to to try to extradite mr cove to mr lugovoy who were strongly suspected of having been responsible and in the end we just got a sort of sneering sarcastic refusal to engage with our judicial process and we felt it was very important to take this.

decision to get on to show that if you are going to use recklessly to use nerve agent of a kind that hasn't been used in europe since world war two if you going to do that in ensues brea in will catch up then you've got to face some some diplomatic consequences and that's why we sit down together you argue that their source of far they snuff edge and novacek is russia how did you manage to find it out so quickly that's driven by says sample something where we are i we are interrogated very closely as you can this is a very i mean let me be clear with you i am. i wanted when i became foreign secretary almost two years ago one of my objectives was to try to reach out to

russia i really did and i went to see sergey lavrov in in moscow against the advice of some people by the way who said it was a totally futile venture but i wanted to appeal is i you know i genuinely think russia is an incredible country a fantastic place and it pains me to see the way things of have got between us and so i am genuinely distressed by by what has happened but when i look at the the evidence i mean the people from from porton down the the the bar of me have the sample to do and they and they they they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy myself i said are you sure and he said as they died so. we have very to do alternative but to take the action that we have taken but i must say the difference between this time and what happened twelve years ago with

alexander litvinenko is also that there is much more sympathy in the international community for more understanding of the kind of behavior that russia has been engaged in in the last few years and rather the table here in in brussels talking to all the other european countries as there's hardly anybody who hasn't experienced directly or indirectly some kind of you know. disruptive behavior is understandable but in an interview on sunday you mentioned that you would like to have a constructive cooperation with russia on that easy how do you see it having accused put in that directly well yes and you know what is the prime minister said on i think monday of of last week a week ago we we gave him a choice we said look. this stuff is not a check if if there's a rational explanation of how it is escaped your stockpiles

and how it has come to be used on the streets of we'll join soulsby then come on let's let's let's work together and get to the bottom of it. if on the other hand it does no explanation we can only conclude it's the agency of the russian state and we got there was we were treated with the sort of satirical lots of sarcastic tweets and trolls here but there have been and i want to say is that they would like to have them access to the u.k.'s materials will you allow this access to rush well i think in the first instance if i can maybe respectfully say to the to the to the kremlin detectives i think we will we will trust to the technical experts of the organization of the prohibition of. weapons who are here writing in the u.k. today let's see what their assessment is that's the proper procedure that the u.k.

has to follow. the chemical weapons treaty and i you know i'm i'm just have to say that. i find the right the russian position about what has happened to this not to talk absolutely bizarre increasingly bizarre you know we're told one that they didn't make an individual ever this one position that they take i think that the russian ambassador to the e.u. said that second they say miss they did but all the stocks have been destroyed and the third thing this is yes they did but all the stocks have been destroyed except some which escaped to other countries like sweden and the czech republic and slovakia and america. and you know maybe the u.k. you know i think they need to make their mind up about this and. of course if they if russia if the with the putin regime can clarify or explain what has happened then we are all is and we're only too willing to listen as the british government

denied russian diplomats access to us compiler who is a russian national well yes what are the reasons behind this decision i hesitate to sound protective of let me just say that to the best of our knowledge. agents of the russian state have just tried to assassinate both you descript our and her father so i think it's our it's our job to present to protect them as far as we can harm so they're british government and prime minister off ah the united kingdom of heaven and some measure a say and you know go into exparel twenty for you have already expired by different diplomats from very then and you've got a symmetrical reduce here once what other measures measures have gone to take what will be the targets of these matters i understand that some of them are nonpublic you must understand. it's name server or the we don't want to do this out of any particular i don't take any joy in this time that i'm not as i

know you are talking about what i mean as we we say. have expelled twenty three. diplomats probably spies masquerading as diplomats and there are other things that we are going to do and in particular yes we know we're tough me off our borders we have plenty of alls which allow us to crack down on money in the u.k. that has been illicitly organics plant. well explained well thought is right that is money that's been in this the or corruptly obtained we can do that we have the national crime agency the national economic crime unit can can do that but i must and they are they will get all that work but i must stress to you that the u.k. is a. country under the rule of law and i can as a politician say you know go after that person's cash do this do that that's not how it works or you're not going to develop and you least like the one that was

developed by the united states the so-called clear criminalist well we are sharing obviously we share intelligence we share information we do share lists of people with with friends and partners or around the world but we operate under that you know what can you say that it's a matter for. the the criminal law enforcement agencies to determine whether there is a case to answer but mr johnson can you say right now that all officials who work for mr putin include an eager show while of he has a little u.s. property in land then that he will be deprived of his property and the officials like him i think the most the the worst thing i could do not given the work that's going on is to get into individual names of cases because all these individuals have as you know deep pockets and very powerful moya's and i think i'm sure that almost anything i said about anybody would be taken to be prejudicial any case but

i will i will try to do that in another way so you referred to some russian businessman as related to point and so they might be punished what criteria will be applied in determining that one businessman is related to putin and the other is not well again i think you are inviting me very very rightly or inviting me to go for. into the detail of such cases that i think it would be wise for me to do because all such legal actions are open to challenge under our system and it's very important that there should be no there should be no sign of political bias or interference and there won't be. he said that the e.u. felt a lot of support from the european union and the united states the think that these countries will take any radical madness for example they will free. russia

from their united nations security council or impose new sanctions while laughing well i think that because in order to i think. in order to change the composition of united nations security council you need a unanimous vote of the security council looked at the record likely to vote in that way so you know i think. we've already been very strong and what we want to do is to work with our friends and partners. sharing intelligence countering does information mounting defenses against cyber warfare tracking the money trying is as we were just discussing to crack down on people who may be this detained that wealth there is all sorts of work that is not going on but the objective i must stress this point you get to be is not to punish the people of russia at all the objective is to try

to show that we care deeply about the kind of disruptive and dangerous and reckless behavior reckless with human life that we've seen from russia and that we want to put pressure on the regime. to find a new path and they can find a new path and that can be cause for hope but there won't be cause for hope if we simply allow this kind of thing to happen to johnson thank you very much thank you . and that was my colleague shannon. russian service talking to boris johnson the british foreign minister. now china's nationals people's congress closes out its annual full session today after announcing a series of sweeping changes to the government and its roster of power players president xi jinping was appointed to another term as president after congress ended restrictions on term limits for the post. her

a close ally and advisor to she was promoted to beis premier overseeing large parts of the financial industry by the way young show due who has run the communist party's anti corruption unit well he will now run the national supervisory commission a new body that will have broad power to investigate public employees meanwhile elite current shown as the country's prime minister has been reappointed to his role but is widely seen to have been sidelined by the congress here's primarily taking his oath of office on sunday. i pledge my allegiance to the constitution of the people's republic of china. to safeguard the authority of the constitution. fulfill my legal obligations be loyal to my country and the people. to be committed an honest in my g.t.

yes now to accept the people supervision and work for a great modern socialist country that is prosperous strong democratic culturally advanced how money some beautiful. i leak a chance take this. we're joined now in studio by professor ever hot sun schneider from brilliance pre-university his next part in chinese and eastern asian politics good morning to you professor thanks for coming in smart now we just saw a premier trying they're taking his oath of office swearing an oath of loyalty to the party and the people stand simply but given president xi s newly elevated status was the premier not really swearing loyalty to him both both to the country to the constitution to the party and of course to the party's supreme leader it is unimaginable that he jumping as a new newly reelected president would appoint all people of his personal trust

around him with one exception the premier so the two of them are close enough to work together and of course because john also voted for president xi jinping well the president does have a different status now this particular president a couple things that have changed what do you make of his new elevated exalted status there's a lot of talk about western commentators about xi jinping the region of the status of which formerly had was held by by miles of don't i'm not sure whether this is the right perspective what but he didn't bring god during this national people's congress is a mandate a mandate to bring china back into the lead of leading nations of the. and on a global scale to continue economic development to do everything needed to make china strong again and we know that slogan from the other side of the pacific this is what he god and this is what he will have to work for not only in five years but for the next ten years i'm not sure where that this is

a life long tenure but he may now have the time to fulfill the man that it is an obligation more than an honor ok let's look at the new vice premier interesting character there are you he's a close ally of sheet thing and he's in charge of economic policy which of course is very important for china's development what to expect from him well that's one of the core elements he's western trained he has been studying at harvard he knows what he's talking about he has all the experience together throughout his career which is a typical chinese phenomenon you have to prove in other positions that you are able to do the job and quite obviously he is close enough to the president to have his trust and to have the also personally the confidence to go through a very difficult stage of economic reform which is lying ahead of china teaching ping's endeavor is to bring china back to the level of economic achievement as we see it in o.e.c.d. countries that's quite a big step for the next five ten fifteen years and all his guys are held

responsible for that job ok moving on to someone who's dealing with corruption we've got young shall do he leads a powerful new anti-graft commission is china developing developing a new approach for dealing with corruption it's probably not a new approach it's a continuation of the approach he's u.p.a. has been trying to implement ever since he came into office corruption is a big problem in china and the party and its body leadership knows if we don't deal effectively with corruption people will get dissatisfied that will ruin possum. really our political stability which is something they have to prevent so they are working against corruption but at the same time they're using of course these anti corruption policies to get rid of people who don't follow the supreme leader's guidelines do you think that policy too will continue as a definitely maintaining power is the most important thing ok i want to talk for

a moment about how china is dealing with environmental issues we've had lots of reports here also on d.w. about their famous bouts of air pollution the country's been suffering with let's listen to what china's environment minister has been saying about that problem. it's aleutian control is a tough and protracted battle. pollution was not formed in a day or two and it cannot be solved overnight. more painstaking work is needed. i believe then we will realize the goals if we make persistent efforts. so painstaking work and persistent effort what does that translate to in terms of environmental policy it's almost the same problem as with corruption if the party doesn't deal effectively with the problem

of pollution people will get angry people will start protesting against government policies this is also a matter of political stability it is a matter of public health it is a met matter of credibility of the party being able to deliver which is the basis for its political stability and. the future of power so china's government will do everything necessary to prevent pollution from going on they will take harsh measures they would close down factories not only around in the area surrounding beijing but anywhere where it's necessary and they will try to prove that they are able to do the job if not they might run into problems and no one in the western perspective certainly has to tell china's government hey you have a problem with your pollution you but i take care of it they know and they're willing to go for it festers. from brilliance free in a versity thank you so much for talking with us this morning on the unions so i can thank you. german chancellor angela merkel has begun a visit to poland amid

a dip in relations between the two neighbors warsaw has been at odds with europe over migration as well as the rule of law in the country after controversial judicial reforms monday said she would be pleased at poland's talks with the fielded a solution to the standoff on rule of law issue. poland is traditionally one of the first countries german chancellor visit after being sworn in and sticking to their tradition talks with the polish counterparts come at a time of frosty relations between the two countries deep disagreements between berlin and wall so that after today's talks both sides but keen to underline what they have in common. we value the economic cooperation between the two countries highly it's x m p three the turnover exceeds one hundred billion euros. this is very important to me the german government as

a whole wants to foster and strengthen neighborly ties. polish president. visit comes just a day before poland has to officially respond to e.u. criticism of its judicial reforms another issue separating the two sides the north stream to pipeline and knowing direct gas deliveries from russia to germany by bypassing eastern european countries poland fears being cut off from russian gas macula made no comment on the issue preferring instead to focus on the need to have poland as a strong partner within the e.u. . is it what you want to give them the global situation we all understand that we can only make our voices heard if we form a strong alliance and raise our concerns together on the world stage. and this requires a certain sensitivity towards our respective sensibilities. visitors

a first step towards better relations between the two neighbors but many more will be needed. for you know just a quick reminder the top story we're following for you here today on the news weapons inspectors have begun allies in the talks in use to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the city of salzburg and says russia hits back at britain demanding it provide evidence of claims that moscow is behind the attack. and you can always get news on the go just download from google player from the apple store that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and also use the b.w. to send us photos and videos. to watch indeed news from berlin we have more coming up for you in just a couple minutes. forgive

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