this is d. w. news coming to you live from berlin as the u.k. intense applies its investigation into the poisoning of a former spy foreign minister boris johnson points the finger at the kremlin somebody has to be responsible somebody has to be accountable and we in the u.k. think that the. evidence points the evidence for culpability points to the russian state. since comments come as international chemical weapons experts begin analyzing the nerve agent used in the attack also coming up britain and the e.u.

agree on plans for a two year transition period after breaks it will provide the security that businesses and services have been looking for. and facebook shares done after work some call a data grab on millions of users who go to the frankfurt stock exchange to assess the damage. plus with the european court set to rule on the case of two jailed turkish journalists were to stumble with a look at how that country's crackdown on the media and civil society is affecting thousands of block its. fellow i'm terry martin good to have you with us. we begin in the u.k. where international weapons experts have begun analyzing the talks in years to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the city of solsbury says russia hits back

british allegations that it is behind the attack moscow is demanding that britain provide evidence to back up its claims but police in the u.k. say their investigation is likely to take months. the daughter of ex russian spy sergei script travelled home in this car after returning from moscow and here this month now the british military has made day for forensic tests iris after you the script of returned to seoul spree she was found unconscious alongside her father on this band's. scientists at this bio chemical weapons facility say they were poisoned with the never agent know the chalk this finding is no central to britain's case against russia but a direct link to pitch in remains elusive correspondent john and i sat down with british foreign minister boris johnson to have any solid evidence that poor then

directly ordered it because what he said is the moth the wreck of ferocious lee that ever is 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 a new member 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 cope ability. both putin himself and those arranged him have staunchly denied these allegations. sooner or later these unsubstantiated allegations will have to be answered they will either need to be backed up with something with some evidence or they'll need to apologize. to you for truth.

chemical weapons experts have arrived in the u.k. to test samples of the toxic substance used in the script the results will not be known for at least two weeks. well let's bring in our correspondent emily sure when in moscow for more emily president putin's first public denial in this poisoning case came shortly after his reelection on sunday was the timing significant well let me and putin himself mention the timing of this whole case in that first public denial he said that it was unthinkable that russia would do something like poisoning. before the presidential elections and before the upcoming world cup of course we don't know it's important to point out that we don't know at this point at this point that it definitely was the russian government that's behind this poisoning there's an ongoing investigation going on but interesting lee

whether it was russia or not the. political scientists here in russia after the election have been discussing the fact that this case definitely could have health people health putin with his record result it could have helped push people to the polls and in fact some of the people i have been speaking to said that they actually decided to vote because of this ongoing case and because of the sort of anti western campaign as people see it here that the west is waging the on to russian campaign excuse me that the west is waging against russia and the fact that putin kind of kept out of this whole case during the campaign is also interesting he kind of kept out of the political mudslinging that was going on in the run up to the presidential elections and now he's charming and. ok you know this investigation as you pointed out is ongoing how has the kremlin reacted to reports that the poison used against screwballs his daughter was no bit chalk that's

a nerve agent developed by the soviet union well they have denied any links to know the chalk from the beginning and from the beginning they've also demanded that the u.k. provide russia with samples of this nerve agent that sergei screwball and his daughter were poisoned with and over the weekend once again we heard the foreign ministry spokesperson mighty as the heart of a she said that there never was research or production of an agent code named nova chalk and she said that happened didn't happen either in the soviet union or in russia and insead instead she said that nobody took was actually produced in the west by a group of russian chemists who were brought to the west in the one nine hundred ninety s. so that's that's the kind of newest official version that. is presenting there

and putin also chimed in after the election he said that if it had been a military grade nerve agent then people would have died on the spot and he also pointed out that russia destroyed his its chemical weapons. under the under the watchful eyes of observers so there has been basically a full out denial of any link to nova chalk here in russia it was our correspondent emily sure would talking to us a little while ago from moscow and you can watch the w.'s complete interview with british foreign secretary boris johnson about the poisoning case interviews online t w don't come. now some of the other stories making headlines around the world today an airstrike on a school shelter in syria's eastern has killed at least fifteen children and two women that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights it says the strikes came from russian planes they says thousands of civilians have fled the

besieged play as the u.s. battles an opioid drug epidemic president donald trump has called for a drug dealers to receive the death penalty trump was speaking in new hampshire state hit hard by the national opioid crisis attorney general jeff sessions was on hand to emphasize that his department of justice has made the drug epidemic a priority for and south korea's defense ministry has announced plans to once again hold joint military exercises with the u.s. next month the regular drills had been postponed for the winter olympics. and the world's last mail northern white rhino named sudan has died in a kenyan conservatory for the forty five year old adam or was euthanized after his degenerating muscle condition worsened only two females of the northern white rhino

species remain sudan's daughter jean and not jean's daughter to. britain and the european union have laid out plans for a two year transition period following the ukase 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 now the deal does not remove the uncertainty surrounding britain's long term status but it does provide businesses and residents with some 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 brags that what it will do however is a lie for 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 either you 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 of the single market and the customs union and it will abide by all. if you're not sure unique unions and industrial associations throughout europe have been sounding mornings about the m. pact of a hard brags that monday's deal provides for twenty one month transition period when g t's an expert barriers will not be applied after preston leaves the e.u. next year. businesses. decisions all rushed through contingency plans based on this is about the future the. one key issue that remains unresolved is the border between ireland and the 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. you're watching d.w. news still to come fifty thousand arrested one hundred fifty thousand lost their

jobs how turkey's crackdown on the media and civil society is destroying lives. but first china's national people's congress closes out its annual full session later 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 leave you her a close ally an advisor to she was promoted to beis premier overseeing large parts of the financial industry and young show due who has run the communist party's anti corruption unit will now run the national supervisory commission that's a new body that will have broad power to investigate public employees meanwhile the current chung the country's prime minister was reappointed to his role but is

widely seen to have been sidelined by the congress. chinese leaders have also used the national people's congress to address the growing tensions over trade with the us crystal terry the chinese premier has appealed to washington not to act quote emotionally and avoid to disrupt ing trade over steel technology and other disputes he promised that beijing would open up wider imports and investments and that's something said no one can emerge the winner in a trade war the premier made no mention of a possible chinese response in the event that president president donald trump raises important berries he said he hoped all parties would act rationally. well for more let's bring in catherine yang she's a investment director for equities of stability 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 prospects of a possible trade war. if we look at the recent tariffs 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 sarah batted zero point one percent of total production still wiser goes the us about two percent back alley many 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 tariffs on both sides so in fact the 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 he 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 as are in the u.s. before attending to china he's been with the central bank the p.b.'s 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 in and regards 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 that's one yang of fidelity international joining me from long kong catherine thank you for your insight. a compromise between the united states and the european union

over a new u.s. import tariffs could be reached during this week as according to germany's economy minister peter altmire he's in washington for talks with the u.s. secretary of commerce wilbur ross he said it's still possible to reach at least a provision or a solution that can avoid triggering a trade conflict new u.s. tariffs on steel and aluminum 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. must avoid a trade war with the united states. 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 innovate 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. now facebook shares have taken

a big head shaving more than thirty billion dollars off the value of the company the nearly seven percent tumble marks the stock's biggest drop in four years behind it as the recent controversy over cambridge and let me guess the last spying a fifty million facebook customers which hasn't turned sparked demands for increased regulation for large tech companies and of course there's the issue of trust with some users already evolving to stop using the social network. well let's bring in our financial correspondent genoud in milan here now a big chunk of market value wiped out the chief information officer stepping down and years of stress the roading sounds like quite a crisis over of facebook. indeed and it's just more evidence of a widening fall out as a result of this data misuse scandal which we know is just the really the latest in scandals the seemingly born out of facebook's business model now the fact that the chief information officer alec stannis seems to be on his way out highlights

divisions within facebook's ranks as to how to respond to such crises now reportedly stainless was known as an advocate for more transparency of flagging more security issues so that the users could be protected of more disclosures around the russian interference issue in the us elections but he often met with resistance as management preferred to keep a tight lid on the information to protect facebook's image now of course that that has proven counterproductive as the information of course becomes available elsewhere and facebook loses control of the narrative now we've seen those shares drop quite significantly amid growing criticism of facebook's response was rather weak facebook hasn't said much other than to say that it's launching an internal review and that it will reserve it real comments until then but arguably the lack of forthright communication is what's making this worse for them. staying with tech and trouble a driver who were car hit and killed a woman in arizona how will that affect the company that considers autonomous

driving key to its future business model. well this is the first time a pedestrian has been killed in relation to autonomy driving so you can imagine that this will bring on more regulatory scrutiny for not just for her but for all auto companies moving into the south driving space perhaps there could be more barriers to testing for example which could have knock on effects on market really so perhaps that could be in that cell driving cars might come later than anticipated. in frankfurt thank you. and the specter terror now in the legal fallout of the failed coup in turkey two years ago. the european core. 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 shot heene alpine i was released from detention. on saturday

weeks after turkey's constitutional court ruled that his rights had been violated by his imprisonment. the seventy four year old. mccall i'm extremely happy to rejoin my family 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 i'm sure you did a book buddy about it the seventy four year old is not entirely free though because he is required to stay in turkey under house arrest and mehmet is still behind bars although turkey's constitutional court has ruled that he must be released from detention is one of around one hundred fifty five media representatives who have

been imprisoned in turkey and they are just the tip of the iceberg when you look at the whole picture fifty thousand people have been arrested in the post-coup crackdown and one hundred fifty thousand people have been fired or suspended from their jobs our istanbul correspondent yulia han sent us this report on how the purge is just choying people's lives. i. we will resist that's what these demonstrators are shouting in eastern rules katan district for more than a year they have come here at least once a week to protest that dismisses. the to jail and takes part as often as she can it's thirty two year old who used to work with the stumbles development agency until she was sacked in january twenty seventh she still remembers the last day of her old life there really 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 for example for me to jail it says she has nothing to do with terrorists she thinks she was sacked because she is a leftist unionist are a critical voice. better by no means an isolated case since the failed coup attempt in the 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 by rum arizona law law also lost his job during one of the pages he used to teach at the university of. now he lives in istanbul and documents the names and stories of those who get sacked you can the pictures of mass arrests that were broadcasted on turkish t.v. still shocking. maybe also the law. prosecutors. have to prove that you are a criminal there are terrorist but in our case in my case or 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 sourcing this crash last horse will stick with some of them commit

suicide some of them live their whole lives status so that they can. be they become invisible invisible at another place so that they can. live beaut. it is you who putting two official figures some four thousand turks who were dismissed after the coup attempt 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 a 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. still being investigated. for weeks i didn't get paid. and i had psychological problems. and who knows maybe i'll be sacked again the threats still exist. back to the two jail it at home her cancer waiting for her she used to have a flatmate until sure why but she moved out because she was afraid to get into trouble with the authorities herself friends who suddenly turned their back that's also something better had to get used to it. by a couple i know there are many people like me they die a so-called civil death 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 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 two geniuses leaving for the next protest one year ago she had a well paid job as a civil suit and she has become an activist fighting to get back. that report from our istanbul correspondent johann just a quick reminder of our top story before we go weapons inspectors have begun allies in the talks unused to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the english city of salzburg that says russia hits back at britain demanding it provide evidence of claims that moscow is behind the attack. you're watching the news we have more for you at the top of the next hour and meanwhile you find all are stories online at www dot com thanks for watching. going.

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