elizabeth and i work at. this is it only news live from berlin as the u.k. ramps up its investigation into the russian spy poisoning scandal foreign secretary boris johnson points the finger of blame squarely 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 speaking exclusively to d.w. news johnson's comments come as diplomats expelled by the u.k.

leave the russian embassy in london and head back to moscow also on the show the united nations accuses turkey of massive human rights abuses following a failed coup in twenty sixteen the report says ankara tortured and killed political opponents turkey meanwhile slams the u.n. says it sympathizes with terrorists and it's a sad day for conservation as the world's last meal northern white rhino dies in kenya only two females remain the last hope against the species extinction. well mark thanks for your company everyone. diplomats expelled by the u.k. are heading back to moscow and they have left their embassy now in london while this is international weapons inspectors have. gun analyzing samples of the nerve

agent used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the city of solsbury russia has hit back hard at british allegations that it is behind the attack the kremlin condemns all accusations demands to see evidence or an apology. a bitter farewell for russia's expelled diplomats in london followed from the diplomatic standoff as russia demands proof or an apology the british military is carrying out forensic tests on the car used by sergei scruples daughter after she came from moscow to earlier this month. hours after yulia st paul arrived in salisbury she was found unconscious on this bench alongside her father scientists at this bio chemical weapons facility say they were poisoned with a nerve agent nova chop this finding is now central in britain's case against russia but direct link to putin remains elusive. correspondence on

a number of us sat down with british foreign minister boris johnson you have any solid evidence that poor have directly ordered it because what you say that is the most direct accusation of russia's leader that ever if 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 have 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 around him have stanched lee deny 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. chemical weapons experts in the u.k. are testing samples of the toxic substance used on the street piles the results will not be known for at least two weeks. all right and you can wash the w.'s entire interview with the british foreign secretary boris johnson by going to our website at d.w. dot com let's find out where things stand right now joining me from london is the barber of asal and in moscow we welcome to your report a political analyst and professor for competitor comparative excuse me politics in moscow a very good day to you both a mr bush i want to start off with you if i may we heard the british foreign secretary there speaking earlier today that we use he thinks that beyond a shadow of a doubt that russia was involved in this a spy poisoning scandal how is that playing out in the moscow with today make of it

. well the situation is very bad and with don't like it no good for our relations with great britain and other western countries we don't believe boris johnson we don't believe terrorism terrorism may be accused russia of having no evidence they investigate is going on and it will take is they say several weeks or months and. having no evidence that they accuse russia. in your usual double standard policy. when lit within couples day in london it was the same situation and still we hear no.

results of that investigation so we will wait. someone will find. the results and. if we hear of any. relation to it we'll take measures but i'm not even certain i mean it's terms are saying i'm sorry if i just may interrupt you for a second this is a an army grade nerve agent that was well made in russia so there is some link there is there somebody else who manufactures this type of talks in. these never guess maybe one hundred chips in any country because. as we know the formula is well known it is present in the internet. and we have no stockpiles of chemical weapons in our country so

we reject these accusations ok that's very clear barbara want to go to you in london moscow asked london to back up its claim with evidence why are british authorities so reluctant to share the proof. because it is going to take quite a while and people here are experts who even speak of some months until they really can be sort of like a trail of evidence that is presented police is still working on how the poison got into the car that the scripts were using how they then ingested it was it of powder or was it gas was it a liquid all this is not quite clear and it is very very difficult much more difficult than in the case of litvinenko where as i may end of final report was published here in two thousand and sixteen and the people who poisoned litvinenko where identified in person is so it's

a quite different case to to sort of really find the traces of this nerve agent is much more difficult and the experts are going to need time to do this and that's the reason why you know sort of hard evidence has been presented so far but as we heard have heard from boris johnson and to resume a the prime minister has reiterated that today all fingers point to moscow it's the only place russia is the only place where this particular type of navi chalk has ever been produced now right now at this juncture juncture mr pasha how poisoned are relations between russia and britain i mean does moscow care about any backlash possible repercussions. i think the relations between russia and the great britain poison told radio because the british council is to be in its presence is being

reduced in russia for ten years and. who for diplomatic relations. limited know. and their. politics or for the great britain very friendly with russia so i think. it is going on the same. trends in a way relations i think that it's no good but it's not our troops ok it's not your choice barbara the british prime minister met with her security team met today to discuss more possible measures against moscow what could those possibly be. there's a number of measures that are being discussed one is for instance to restrict to travel for certain people from russia certain people from the circle

a flight even if the president there is also talk about seizing russian property if it is explained if the owners here in britain cannot explain where the money came from and also of course to tighten rules against money laundering because it is well known it's been known for at least a decade that britain is regarded as one of the worldwide capitals of money laundering and there are billions of russian money spent on sort of floating around for lodging around london and a commentator here in one of the big national newspapers wrote britain has to sort of we itself off its love for russian money and that is the main problem behind that is britain has sort of tolerated this accumulation of russian wealth unexplained welsh wealth and of course of people off sort of dubious backgrounds for so long that now it finds it really hard to sort of crack down on it you know

reporting from london and in moscow europe are shot political analyst thank you so very much. all right now in other news a turkey has accused the united nations of sympathizing with terrorists after the u.n. released a damning report into human rights abuses by uncorrupt well the report accuses on crow of conducting abuses including torture and killings under a state of emergency following the failed coup in twenty sixteen. any is the spokesperson for the un high commission on human rights nearly one hundred sixty thousand people arrested during an eighteen month state of emergency one hundred fifty two thousand civil servants dismissed many totally arbitrarily. teachers and judges and lawyers dismissed or prosecuted journalists arrested media outlets shut down and websites blocked clearly this excessive states of emergency declared in turkey have been used to severely and arbitrarily curtail the human rights of

a very large number of people well leveraging our image around on signing for the un's high commission on human rights speaking earlier well as we heard authorities fired more than one hundred fifty thousand people in their crackdown on dissent in our correspondent filed this report on one former civil servants fight to get her life back. we will resist that's what these demonstrators are shouting in istanbul skaar tunnel district for more than a year they have come here at least once a week to protest their dismissal. be to jail it takes part as often as she can the city 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 there re 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 for example if you be to jail it says she has nothing to do with terrorists she thinks she was sacked because she is a leftist unionist 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 there was suddenly declared to be enemies of the

state often with very little explanation why. sociologist by ram arizona 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 shocking. maybe almost. prosecutors . have to prove that you are a criminal or terrorist but in our case in my case or even 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 states so that they can. be they become invisible invisible at another place so that they can. move the news. they made in life everything is here back to the to jail and it whom her cancer waiting for her she used to have a flat meat until sure why but she moved out because she was afraid to get into trouble with you for a teach yourself friends who suddenly turned their back that's also something that you had to get used to. it talking sense or less about that there were 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 they get it and i hope to get back my job in the meantime i'll only if we resist can we keep the hope of life. and that's why due to jail it is the leaving for the next protests one year ago she had a well paid job as a civil servant she has become an activist fighting to get back through life. all to of the people the activists have been making a case for in turkey received a favorable ruling today from the european court of human rights on that court condemn turkey for detaining the two birth journalists in the wake of the coup attempt the court in strasburg france joined a recent ruling from turkey's constitutional court saying that the rights of saying a piii pictured here and colleague member at a house on all time were violated a court sided infringements on the parent's right to freedom of expression as well as their right to liberty and security and our very own

a maxell hofmann has more from the court to strasburg you can't really get much higher than the european court of human rights in europe at least because this is the guardian of democracy and human rights for the whole continent not only for the european union and they highlighted again the situation in turkey and let me let me explain that again because you really have to savor that the constitutional court in turkey which is the highest court in turkey ruled that those two journalists should be released then a lower court said no we're just not going to do that so you can't really be much more outside the rule of law than in this case and of course this was an easy verdict for the european court of human rights this it here this is not in agreement with article five the right to liberty and security and also it is a violation of article ten the freedom of expression so they basically followed the constitutional court of turkey here and this of course is significant. max hoffman

there reporting from stroudsburg well with a threat of a trade war looming how on a chinese leaders have used the national people's congress or just growing tensions over trade with the us there so i may have it later faced with the prospect of courage if china maintained that congress that it's still open for business now the higher gigi's on imported steel and many and go into effect on friday and perhaps a last ditch attempt to avoid the beijing insists that it will she treat chinese and international companies just the same. life can be tough full foreign companies in china there's little security for intellectual property and technology transfers are regularly demanded of all who want to do business there those are the main complaints but they are having none of it at the end of the annual parliament session and during the current trade conflict china's premier spoke of his country's welcoming economic culture or china will continue to safeguard free trade

and the reform and open up policy which is our basic state policy if there were any change a tool to china's open door policy it would just be to open it wider china's economy has been so integrated with the world that closing our door would block our own development. furthermore all companies in china should receive a fair chance and everyone foreign businesses included should work to the same rules china sees itself as a pioneer of free open trade but is that just talk only recently the federation of german industry complained about the communist party's tightening grip on businesses in china exactly the opposite of beijing stance or at least its official one. well china may have been vocal about the merits of its economy in a bid to avoid days peters' of terrorists but other countries in the region have taken a different approach japan for example has refrained from loud criticism in the

hope it may be let off the hook. japan is the world's second largest producer of steel after china and behind the scenes tokyo has been using its diplomatic skills to convince the u.s. of how important relations between the two countries are for example japan might exported steel to the u.s. it's also the number one buyer of american weapons such as the patriot defense system and fighter jets in fact lockheed martin is on the brink of signing a mega deal with japan so far the persuasion efforts appear to be working. on only one more there's a high possibility that japan could be exempted from u.s. tariffs on steel and a menu item basis as japanese steel and many in products contribute greatly to u.s. industry and irreplaceable. the e.u. meanwhile is using

a variety of tactics to convince donald trump to abandon his plans from threatening retaliatory measures to requesting talks germany's new economy minister was in the u.s. on monday for talks with his american counterparts. with goodwill on both sides i see a chance of getting a positive response by the end of the week. on tuesday and wednesday the e.u. commissioner for trade cecilia mouse strong will continue the discussions in washington it's not clear what the e.u. intends to offer the americans but donald trump has frequently criticized the e.u.'s high import taxes on u.s. cars and foods like meat. so let's bring in our financial correspondent jeannette joins me now from the frankfurt stock exchange genelle those tariffs are due to be implemented on friday are european companies they're bracing themselves.

yes but not because of their afraid of the steel and aluminum per se it's actually thought that the direct impact of such tariffs on the e.u. would be manageable but rather they're afraid that retaliatory measures in response to these tariffs could inspire a tit for tat spiral out of which there is no clear exit now for now the parties negotiating in washington would seem to be doing their best to strike a conciliatory tone but no one knows whether it will work in fact we have seen today that a key indicator of german economic sentiment w. slipped a few points to reflect a more pessimistic outlook as these trade tensions flare up. you know we've also got reports that bit more raids at headquarters b.m.w. and. has that had any impact on the share price or. indeed both because both companies actually did confirm raids on their facilities today but for different reasons now just for a bit of background five song set in twenty fifty and that it overstated the fuel

efficiency of some thirty six thousand vehicles and therefore the c o two values as well now authorities raided the headquarters and was growing today on suspicions that they were perhaps a little balling that figure that more vehicles could be involved and that would then constitute a market manipulation related offense over here and in b.m.w. is case it's that the raids were in connection with allegations about the use defeat devices and eleven thousand vehicles an allegation that b.m.w. denies now as to whether that's affected the stock performance although it has not we've seen the share prices of both companies both have gains of more than one percent as a trading day draws to a close and i can only conclude that perhaps after two and a half years of these all good related discussions. this is the new normal for investors now getting used to it sadly. first talk exchange thank you and.

i have to live now on a sad day conservationists absolutely a sad day for all of us because the world has lost the last mail northern white rhino died and i kenyan conservatory well caretakers made a decision to euthanize the white rhino after some decline has health well now the very survival of the species depends on the only two remaining females the life of a northern white rhino can be a lonely one sedan the last remaining male of the species has died aged forty five intensive poaching has significantly reduced numbers scientists even turned to dating apps for sudan in an attempt to raise awareness and enough money to pay for a nine million dollar fertility treatment. for the kenyan conservationists looking after sudan led the tributes only a couple of weeks ago they spoke of their hope as he tried to recover from an infected leg seven days ago we thought that we

knew would make a bad decision. because then one morning he would not be complete he was unable to write. that was seven days ago. after some medication that we give pain and i'm devoted he was able to stand up but give us hope and just maybe we would like to give him a chance at life while there are thousands of southern white rhinos still roaming the plains of sub-saharan africa no need to northern white rhinos remain sudan's daughter nudging and her daughter. with experts warning that the threat of extinction is dying more of a case of wayne instead of a conservationists hope it's no light sight for these gentle giants. are now it's a gonna where some women are dreaming of sporting success in the male dominated

game of rugby in doing so they're not only hoping to turn their country into a future rugby force to be reckoned with they're also breaking down traditional gender roles. more than one of these young women could be stars in the future but first things first the training is basic barefoot on a sandy pitch learning the sport for the first time. sun head only see rugby on t.v. before getting the chance to play they may be beginners but their goals are sky high as bruce who has to be the best of the athletes who feel inspired to. reckon heartsore fulfilled by good care. will have to look up on. the gun a rugby football association is focusing on muslim girls for a reason. cited today strongly schools in no doubt that oh they thinking about my play rugby rugby is not for ladies or gals for me

for everybody what i say mostly and everybody comes. with the help of world rugby get into rugby program gonna is making the sport no longer just a man's game. average body can play rugby well before i let you go i remind you of our main headline there right now russian diplomats expelled by the u.k. have just taken off for their flight back to moscow they've been kicked out of britain after the attempted murder of a former double agent which the government says bears the hallmarks of a russian poison attack. you're watching the daily news on little rock in berlin on behalf of the entire team thank you so much for spending part of your day with us. the bureau.

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