this is news live from berlin russia slams the mass expulsion of its diplomats as a very unfortunate and very unfriendly move the u.s. and more than twenty western countries unite to kick out scores of russian diplomats a quart made of action in response to the poisoning of a former spy on british soil. also coming up germany keeps katla independency to

push them on in jail as he awaits a decision on whether he will face extradition we'll go live to our correspondent outside the prison. and see already owns presidential election runoff gets the green light to go ahead this saturday the vote was that initially delayed due to fraud allegations. plus brazil get a chance to heal the wounds of a football and trauma against germany the two sides meet in berlin tonight in a world cup warm up match for the first full strength encounter since two thousand and fourteen when germany destroyed brazil seven one in the biggest football upset of all time brazil grace the painful memories. to the program it's said to be the largest. elective expulsion of russian diplomats

in history in a show of solidarity with the u.k. the united states sixteen european union members and several other nations are ousting more than one hundred russian diplomatic staff this as part of a burst spawn's to the poisoning of a former russian spy on british soil now moscow insists that there is still not enough proof of its involvement and warns that it will take action against what it calls a provocative gesture. behind the closed curtains for diplomats are clearing their desks but out in front of the russian embassy in berlin the ambassador remained defiant. we still haven't heard any evidence we keep hearing the words great probability which of course does not convince us at all stanley via start of the road using. we are of course very disappointed by this decision and we are obviously not happy that our

partners are taking part in this provocation by the english authorities. to. lynn says it's responding not just to the attack on former russian double agents saikai stripped out in the u.k. but also to a major cyber attack on the german government's computer network. british investigators believe that x. intelligence officer script and his daughter junia were poisoned with novae chuck a soviet era nerve agent the two were found unconscious on a park bench in the southern english city of souls pray on march the fourth they remain critically ill in hospital. that's an e.u. summit in brussels last week all twenty eight member states condemned the attack the expulsion of russian diplomats by fourteen a u. countries was a coordinated action they say all evidence points to russia and this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence offices in history. i have found great

solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond over the past three weeks as we have confronted the author martha soulsby incident. continues to maintain its innocence it is valid to retaliate in kind and warned western governments that the expulsion of russian diplomats was a mistake. and we have the view from russia and the e.u. now joining us is a correspondent you know drugstore choice in moscow and about reger is standing by with the latest from brussels good morning to you both me and i'd like to begin with you because we heard words of warning there from russia what sort of retaliation might we expect from the kremlin. while russia typically responds with to for tat measures to expel an equal number of diplomats sometimes after a delay of several days the russians point of view still is we have nothing to do

with it we have nothing to do with cells so we don't understand why you want to punish us the kremlin spokesman dmitri perscribe that president putin would make the final decision about how moscow is going to respond here and if we look at it from the e.u. perspective here burnt i mean the fact that not all member states have decided to take part i believe at the moment if the sixteen who in fact are opting in to take these measures does that say anything about how unified the e.u. is a miss. the glass is half full and the european union of course stresses that the glass is how food because all the big players are on board france germany italy spain poland all the big countries will expose at least some diplomats only a few small countries not to participating notably austria which has special economic interests and also agrees which has more or less close if you logical ties

to russia and some other countries do not participate but here in brussels. the e.u. institution the kind of proud that it was a that they were able to put together this concert action also together with the united states and this is also very strong as the transatlantic symbol that the u.s. and canada are involved and even also ukraine which is not that you member but is of course is affected by russian actions so all in all in brussels this is being seen as a huge success absolutely and also adding to that list australia and canada as well i mean just you know another sign that russia is more and more isolated internationally mia where you are in. russia how is that likely to play domestically should putin be worried. no i don't think putin is today trail i was trying to carry my road today as you know

there was a tragedy in a shopping mall yesterday we still don't know how many people died there is their numbers like one hundred forty eight people who died in the fire many children among them this is a time of mourning here in russia to expel russian diplomats and the knowledge and the knowledge that there will be additional sanctions against russia on a day when russians are praying and hardening their loved ones this is just not smart i think it was a huge mistake so to put more pressure on russia in a time like that will bring putin and the russian people even more together. and we know that but definitely likes playing the contrarian they're playing the victim of the west's aggression we saw that very much also in the election recently burned over to you what is the west's strategy here because as we heard there was also the announcement that we can expect further action against russia after this is this really an effort to to make russia pay for this or are these you know more symbolic gestures. but this is actually

a measure to increase the pressure on russia to at least play along with the international investigation going on into this nerve agent attack in great britain if you look at it it's still a low scale it's not a diplomatic war in the eyes of the european union because the expulsion of diplomats does not mean that the embassies closed or that you're not talking to each other anymore these people who are exposed exposed are low key spies most of them. this is the first step on an escalation ladder but do you council president already announced that there is more to come from russia does not give in and does not play along and he's also mentioning sanctions new sanctions but they're all already sanctions in place because of the and exhaustion of print media and the russian role in the ukraine conflict and to get sanctions working you need unanimity in the european union european union that might be much more difficult

than this and we know that that's often controversial as well as it can be a double edged sword there and also hurt some e.u. nations as well to inflict the sanctions or with the latest from brussels there and you know drags the arch with the perspective from moscow thanks so much to both of you this morning. well in other news north korean leader kim jong un is rumored to be in china on a visit but there has been no official confirmation from authorities on either side japanese media reported that a train similar to you know one that was used by north korea's previous leader is reported to have arrived in beijing earlier today. well meantime polls have opened for day two of voting for egypt's new president incumbent leader abdel fattah el-sisi is expected to win easily with his only challenger and the little known. other hopefuls have been either forced out or

arrested in the run up voting will end on wednesday. and russian investigators say that blocked fire exits could have contributed to the high death toll in a massive fire at a shopping center in siberia which killed sixty four people the blaze broke out on the fourth floor of the complex in the coal mining city of kemah rogo on sunday. a german court has ordered spain's most wanted fugitive to wait in jail as it decides whether he will be extradited catalan separatist leader carlos pushed him on was detained in northern germany on sunday while en route to belgium where he's been in self-imposed exile he's wanted by spanish authorities over his role in catalonia as unauthorized independence vote. detention has sick knighted and catalonia supporters of the film a leader brought traffic to a standstill at the region's food with the rest of spain. despite the protests madrid this isn't backing down in the pursuit of its most wanted man. but if.

you look at the name. i'm sitting many times. you know those people currently on trial and those in prison and i'm not being punished for their ideas. but for not obeying the law. michel. live. in boston lonna make his station a partial strike to protest the arrests of independence leaders chanting for freedom. freedom extradition push to months detention in germany has put palin in a tell a key position and prosecutors say not to expect an immediate decision this is kind of. this is not a question of hours but something that needs to be examined very thoroughly and accurately a decision should not be expected before easter. the german regional coach will now

have to decide whether the charges against bush to mount in germany. and standing by for us now outside of the prison where pushed him on is being held in knowing one star is our correspondent yulian bono welcome to you in we just heard there that a german court has ordered that pushed him on remains in custody so what is likely to happen next walk us through it. well this order by the judge yesterday was just really the opening off this whole extradition process ball is now in the courts off the public prosecutor in the federal state off she is because time with this prison is located and the office has to check whether the conditions for an expedition to spain are actually given one crucial condition would be that the crime that she's being charged with in spain also qualifies as a crime in germany so if the public prosecutor does indeed decide that this is the case it would then the regional course in this same federal states

issue an extradition order and a decision by that course is not expected within this week. it could take a few days and a lot of people especially in spain especially you know in barcelona where he has from supporters there they have been critical about the german government saying that our land should stay out of the matter do they have a point. well i think belin is being very careful to indeed stay out of the. speaker for the jungle stuff stuff inside but has said that spain is a democratic states and due process should take place so i think in berlin. politicians in berlin are really careful not to appear to be interfering in this mustn't let the legal process run its course yulian what is the most likely case scenario now for pushed him on and what are his options if the court rules in favor

of an extradition. but i think at this point it is really not so easy to say what the outcome of this will be and how the court will decide if it's indeed decides for extradition then pushed him on could launch a constitutional complaint with the highest court in germany that would be one option and then the other option would be he could apply for asylum which the federal republic of germany that's latter option however is highly unlikely to be accepted julian bono with the latest from nine months there outside of the prison where carla's pushed him on is being held awaiting a decision about whether he might be extradited back to spain over his role in catalonia as an authorized independence vote million thanks for your reporting. you're watching news still to come on the program it is called a football friendly but there is much more at stake here brazil come to berlin to

conquer the demons of their seven one defeat by germany at the twenty fourteen world cup but will the defending champions show the many love. probably not right monica i don't think so also no love for facebook these days. you know i'm not on facebook but for different reasons the very different race and of course in the wake of facebook's data scandal some high profile companies. suspended ties with a social network amid the controversy involved now earlier this month it was revealed that facebook allowed a researcher from a british consulting group cambridge analytical to use data collected from fifty million users without their consent later this morning britain's house of commons will have a hearing on that very issue while the us federal trade commission confirmed it is investigating facebook facebook stock plunged to further depths on the news following last week's decline. hash tag delete facebook has

a new supporter and musk the billionaire tech maverick has now we did the pages of his company's tesla and space x. but that's by no means the biggest low for facebook big advertisers are jumping ship like firefox creator mozilla and speaker manufacturers so knows the privacy scandal is expanding rapidly politicians the world over are raring to take action against data breaches. in the future we're going to monitor companies like facebook much more closely as well as punish data protection violations quickly severely and seriously. on friday these images of a police raid on cambridge analytical went around the world the company reportedly misused the data of fifteen million facebook users to target election ads to influence the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential vote the federal trade commission's probe raises the threat of billions of dollars in penalties for facebook. impending diesel bans in german

cities could shift to the problem of evolution to other countries and that is because many german diesel own us selling their old vehicles to used cars d.l.'s then resell them particularly in eastern europe and experts fear that even african countries may soon experience rising diesel pollution a second hand to german cars find their way south across the mediterranean. smog in poland it's not just the coal heating that sends large amounts of microscopic pollution particles into the atmosphere many cars in eastern europe are older diesels in germany on the other hand there are strict emissions limits it's possible that soon only new diesel cars will be allowed in german cities many car owners are selling their older diesel is now just secondhand dealers they're not willing to let cars that still hold a significant resale value get scrapped their then. sold on through partners in

eastern europe. the number of exported used diesels climbed from around one hundred ninety seven thousand in twenty sixteen to two hundred thirty three thousand in twenty seventeen that's an eighteen percent rise exports to eastern europe grew particularly strongly the export of sixteen thousand older diesels to ukraine in twenty seventeen was more than double the tally for the previous year sales to albania kosovo romania the czech republic and poland also rose while western european countries are going to be introducing even stricter emissions levels in the coming years most countries to the east changing their laws environmental groups are now ringing below. we have no pollution tax for cars which makes romania a haven for old and polluting cars authorities do not encourage or support healthy alternatives and the government doesn't actually fight air pollution so more and

more older diesels are ending up in for example the rumanian capital book arrest the diesel air pollution problem is being profitably shifted beyond germany's borders. spanish authorities are lauding the arrest of an international criminal mastermind his gang used some of the most sophisticated technology to run hundreds of banks around the welt their cyber heists netted a million dollars each on average. it's a major breakthrough for the police in spain after a three year investigation they have arrested the mastermind of an international criminal gang. it stole as much as one billion euros according to spain's interior ministry the group operated in some forty countries using technology to change account balances and instruct cash machines to issue the money.

just to give you an example of how important the detention is in twenty thirteen this group managed to access practically every bank in russia one of the benefits gained in cyber attack were about one million dollars on average. media many banks and authorities in several countries worked together to snare the gang leader so the arrest is being celebrated around the world. but isn't the only capital struggling with getting its app up and running the new mexico city airport could also run into difficulties is leading presidential candidate. wins the election in july because he wants to abandon the thirteen billion dollars project the airport c.e.o. warns of the cancellation would cost more than half that amount. it's the biggest

public construction project in the country but the face of the thirteen billion dollar airport being built here depends on the outcome of mexico's upcoming election its biggest opponent this man andrus manual lopez obrador and leftists who's currently leading opinion polls he's called the deals behind the project corrupt threaten to scrap construction if elected he's since softened his stance calling for a review first but his outlook has left the company responsible for building the airport on the defensive. armor plated against corruption it's been built abiding by the law it's all public transparent it's a glass box through which any citizen can see what's happening in real time where the beard was looking. and. the stakes couldn't be much higher counseling the airport would cost six billion dollars and tens of thousands of jobs making public trust an invaluable. more business in the next hour sara is crunching some

numbers now. and as monica mentioned i'm crunching those numbers here with mark meadow joining us from our sports desk we're talking about seven one right mark because i mean that was the painful score by which germany beat brazil a long time ago tell us a little bit more about what we can expect as they face off again yeah the playing in a frenzy tonight but it's bigger than your average friendly given the. oversea brazil what revenge from two thousand and fourteen especially. absolutely especially considering that germany beef them on brazilian soil when they were at home let's have a have a look at i think what we can call a rivalry right. i. july eighth two thousand and fourteen i nation weeps.

i. dream of a whole new world title don't. you know that i'm actually happy that we have this game because i don't want to take the ghost of the seven month defeat to the world cup. they keep. replacing coach louis philippe scolari with carlos don't go after the debacle didn't change things for the next which in two thousand and sixteen did following the appointment of chichen brazil have won fourteen games out of eighteen losing just once with joy and passion. he knows what he's doing for she notes why brazil won their qualifying group convincingly and have developed as a team. that's why i think he can give this team a clear identity. someone shot from. the trauma of two thousand and fourteen

is a mortal eyes nick up about on a beach. but so too are the hopes of the street artists a world cup win in russia will go some way to raising that seven one scoreline from the brazilian collective memory. and that seven one scoreline i mean that was at the world cup semifinal so that one really mattered but today is just a friendly and it is but it still matters obviously it's good for brazil this game has come now not say during a world cup can you imagine them playing germany again another will cup semifinal with the seven one right in the in their minds so they want to kind of exercise that goes said away although we heard the coach talking about in the press too much but that was all they really said they didn't want to talk about someone they want to move on this is an important game anyway because the last friendly before the world cup squads need to be an absolute really is a warm it's more than your average friendly it also might play a little bit into brazil and that germany is going to play a second string side just testing out their squad players and we can actually hear

now how germany are preparing for the game and also see that they've got something to play for as well let's take a look. the prospect of a record equalling result hasn't persuaded you walking loves to play it safe in stark contrast to the full strength squad he chose for friday's clash against spain the germany coach will test a string of second tier players in the capital. a win or a draw against brazil will see the world champions much their unbeaten run of twenty three games set under you in one nine hundred eighty. germany will start with several key players among them our country to music on thomas miller. but one stalwart was desperate to start the game. berliner on board saying. it's something very special for me as a child i dreamt of playing in the olympic stadium against brazil even though it's

just a friendly match it still means a lot to me because it's here in my hometown i'm delighted to be playing the game. despite their experimental line up germany will be confident they could make history against the brazil side who are missing superstar forward neymar and to a painful memories of the two sides last meeting still fresh in their minds. also want to see some french players as well as definitely i think we're going to see. the reserve strikers i don't think both of those players can go to the world cup so it might be a straight fight between them tonight so we might see some goals i think. playing at left back left back and then probably left on side i think he's got a realistic chance of getting in the actual first eleven for the world cup because you're going to actually hasn't played much the series and so yeah. running down the terrorizing the brazil defense but i still think brazil might win actually when

really it's just for the. one by one go in this some of the games tonight great games spain versus argentina what a juicy friendly that is and also england italy and russia will co-host against france france really need to win because they lost the last friendly so so much action to follow market thank you so much for telling us walking us all through it will see if that prediction is indeed correct i hope you going to be back tomorrow morning we'll hold you to it. you're watching the news now still to come on the program a rescue mission that is illegal if you will need activists defying the law to save the lives of refugees where the winter passage across the alps. and sierra leone's top port decides the nation's presidential runoff will go ahead on saturday reason to cheer for opposition supporters their candidate yuli a spot of bio is now out the paper. cut. don't forget in the meantime you can

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a journey that seems impossible to x. have crossing the alps on foot in winter at night thousands of people are quietly risking their lives to do just that asylum seekers hoping to get a foothold in europe most are l. equipped local villagers and frowns fines or even jail terms to help because it is illegal for private individuals to aid asylum seekers but the activists say that their obligation toward people not the law. thirty six forty or if you hear a call for help from some refugees is coming in. there are four of them. that just crossing the border not clear if we need to hurry over miss going to see about birth she always brings up the alpine rescue worker felipe's annette he helps refugees at the french italian border together with two neighbors superficial refugees will be caught by the border police the police to. refugees often hide

near the mountain pass that motion may have. the helpers are bringing them warm clothing so they don't freeze to death nor usually they come from over them so i don't book you it's a lot of what a lot of opinion on our border police snowmobile talk about all the other element i thought of these volunteer rescuers risk up to five years in prison and fines of up to thirty thousand euros already for the money. was that it was a risk we willing to take when it's on the course we saw it scary these people's lives are more important to get people to agree to sit on. more and more refugees are taking trains from the south of italy to the country's north from there they set out at night heading for the border. about fifteen migrants have arrived at the station of bottleneck for those who have already survived the horrors of the libyan refugee camps and the mediterranean

crossing the danger zone point crossing is not a deterrent but what's it to continue on foot which way are you going. through that way over towards france we've had enough of it in the city that we can't get papers. it's thirty two kilometers to the mountain pass at eight hundred meters elevation there's a border patrol outpost where police have emperor red cameras the helpers find for refugees who've already crossed. to france as usual other volunteer helpers are checking to see if the police are in the vicinity they tell felipe's a neti the coast is clear. the volunteers will bring the freezing refugees to bring on song a town twenty kilometers from the border after two or three days they'll continue onward to somewhere else in france or to northern europe the volunteer helpers know that if they're caught with refugees in their car they could face

a prison sentence but for them helping people takes precedence none of the volunteers have been arrested yet although some have been interrogated at the police station so are the volunteers actually participating in human trafficking no no no of course not we're going to take money which is what traffickers do you think that we're providing emergency assistance is so that people don't freeze to death you're able to kill you got this you're. about two hundred residents of ground including some doctors are taking part in the effort the mayor has made this community center available as a refuge he also pays for food meanwhile two thousand undocumented migrants have passed through here but of the other movie v.a.d. they show up at our doorstep it's an ethical imperative for us to take the men to give them a place to regain their strengths who falls. in with their well indeed a problem is related to their legal status or poor your the poor sick leave. but

that's not the first issue that we could have is a silk with those up for me at all support i could still another community owned houses sheltering mamadou a migrant from mali mother who filmmaker marion show is helping him two years ago mamadou satellite sparked a wave of solidarity at just twenty six mamadou lost both feet his friend who was then twenty four lost both hands because it happened when they tried to cross the nearby cauldron to show. pass which was closed. we were wearing sneakers it was night when we arrived at the mound so we couldn't even see the road . the snow went up to on it then we realized the tunnel was closed so we had to climb down the snow covered mountainside to make the crossing of it took all night mamadou had to leave his friend behind he went to get help and barely made it to

the hospital. limits and given him a new doctor came and said we have to undertake your feet. i could hardly bear it was supposed to be. more committed to get him out afterwards people started this rescue initiative which operates around the clock so that no one else gets lost we don't want mama story to repeat itself. all the volunteers feel helping is not a choice it's an obligation they'll continue to risk arrest until france finds a way to ensure the safety of these refugees. and we're going to stay on the subject of refugees heading toward europe in fact top officials have met with the turkish president to discuss a deal to stem migration and to europe hosting the gathering which included turkish president ret of type as well as the european council president donald tusk and european commission president. two years ago turkey agreed to take back refugees who had set out for e.u.

countries from turkey and exchange for billions of euros to house them the meeting came amid rising tension between ancora and several e.u. members european council president donald tusk said it ended with no sign of progress. we have common interests that special uncomfortable aviation of the region but when it comes to concrete solutions we did in the chief and the kind of concrete compromise today but i still hold that. it will be possible in the future. some realism coupled with some hopeful optimism for the future let's bring in correspondent barbara baseball who has been following that summit in varna in bulgaria where you know the e.u. and turkey have met and barbara you know there have of course been so many harsh words between the e.u. and turkey in recent months so it's no surprise that there was also a tense atmosphere as well at the summit. it was

a really fraught atmosphere because everybody hoped that there would be some sort of assault maybe however if you looked at the turkish newspapers right before this meeting they were insults again and again against america the german chancellor and likening her to that c. and there were the usual sort of insults the bizarre to nazi germany so that was not really the sort of atmosphere that would lead to some sort of getting together and sort of to get too warm a feeling so the atmosphere remained really tense president and was combative and even though there was of course some diplomatic soft soap spread around it in general it was a very very tough a very hard edged meeting. despite that barbara did anything substantial come out of it. became absolutely nothing substantial out of the we've

heard donald tusk is the president of the european council and hugh speaks for the member states and he really reflected their opinion there is at the moment nothing good to say from the european side to turkey and the list of complaints is long of course it's about cyprus it's about to the detention of some still of some e.u. citizens it's about neva real relations to greece and soldiers that have been incarcerated in turkey and so on and so on the list is really long human rights breaches and so the your opinion uni. looks at turkey and says you want to be a member state we don't see it and that was a rather clear message even though president already insisted on sort of still wanting to join the european union and we have a short clip of the fact of that insistence about pushback from president ever to one himself i just want to quickly play it and then get your reaction there after. her because most of the measures that we have taken to fight against terrorism and

military operations will continue as long as necessary until the threats eliminate . turkey and the you are long term and prominent partners it would be a mistake for europe that claims to be a global power to keep turkey outside of any expansion policies. so everyone seeming to imply there that he still wants to join the european union but the e.u. will want to see some changes first doesn't it. do you really does want some changes and he eluded of course of the criticism from the european side against the military action and the turkish troops in african and in syria that he answer to that they are terrorists and what i'm doing is completely justified and stop criticizing me europe constantly criticize turkey and i don't want that anymore and you have to you have to stop was that i am so he really didn't take

anything at all on board he stands you know he sort of stays with his business course and demands at the same time from the europeans to sort of change their opinions into comedy him which is absolutely not going to happen not under the circumstances because he is he has gone on such an undemocratic course the heads of the european union made that quite clear that of course there can be no progress at all in the accession talks and so there is no movement it is more or less the relationship has become a sort of like a frozen conflict almost right will still talk to each other. but they talk talk over each other's heads nothing happens and one of the reasons why they need to still keep talking to one another because ultimately they do need each other there's this create key agreement between the e.u. and turkey back in twenty sixteen with regard to you know the migration crisis it helps stem the influx of migrants into europe turkey really playing a very key role there was was anything with regard to that deal discussed at this summit barbara. yes there was discussion about the deal and

that in fact is the only part of the relationship between turkey and the european union that does function because it does work and are doing all this accuses the e.u. of not having paid the last three billion euros they have promised from the e.u. says yes we did pay it all but we did pay it to the refugees directly we pay for their livelihood but this sort of relationship and this agreement is carrying on and also most praise for honoring it in fact to particularly by the book area and prime minister he said there are no refugees arriving at my borders any more and also the e.u. problems another three billion it was sort of keep on the support of syrian refugees in turkey and so that part works but that is pretty much all it's is if we were segmented off the rest of the misunderstandings and misgivings and the criticism from the european side who says to yes we do need you to a certain extent but you just have to play more according to our rules which she

absolutely will not do so we're at a standoff fazel with the very latest from there in bulgaria where the e.u. summit between the e.u. and turkey has concluded thank you. you're watching news still to come on the program a russian town says this is rubbish for the last six months moscow has been tracking its garbage there looks at the risk that locals face if they refuse to get dumped on anyway. more. but first sierra leone's top court has ruled that the west african nations presidential runoff can go ahead this coming saturday the vote was originally scheduled to take place today but was delayed after the ruling party filed suit claiming that the opposition had engaged in fraud during the first round earlier this month we'll talk about the election with our correspondent in freetown in just

a moment but first his report about the court's decision. for. heavy security on monday outside the supreme court of capital. in freetown worried about an outbreak of riots as the country's future press on the verdict pos inside. the country's presidential runoff election be held on to say entirely tense crowds gathered outside a say a wait at the ruling. it's what the opposition had been hoping for the green light for the vote to go had a splash and. many sierra leonean still not have a lot of trust in the you to show system they fear that the government could have influenced the judges but now that the court ruling came out in the elections will go ahead there's a lot of her leaving the country especially on the site of the opposition party.

but the choice was short lived just a few hours later the country's high court approved the election commissions for christ to delay the runoff until saturday they say that a vote on tuesday is no longer logistically feasible and while some locals pressed a decision many here are fed up with waiting. this close just because of this election so some of us allow parents are just be out so let us go to school. but they'll still have to wait another week until schools open again. they're hoping that the election drama who finally come to win

now and. let's get more now on that election drama africa correspondent adrienne crease joins us from sierra leone's capital freetown welcome to you adrienne and i'd like to first and foremost begin with a claim here that you know the ruling party is claiming that the first round of the election was rigged can you just walk us through why that is because usually it's the opposition accusing the government no. that's absolutely right that's absolutely right and that's also what's interesting we happened shortly after the first round of the election that was rather the opposition politicians who complained about what happened they complained about intimidation they complained about government officials trying to pay people to vote for them in front of polling station i was myself in the first round in front of one polling station where allegedly shortly before i came to try to bribe people to vote for the governing party but then afterwards when it's turned out that the

opposition party is slightly ahead of the government the whole story changed a little bit and the governing party is now obviously afraid of losing the second round of elections and this is why many observers believe they are trying to delay the second rounds yeah and you know with the opposition saying that the delay is a tactic on the part of the incumbent there do they have a point. well they have a point somehow although it's very difficult to get evidence for that's like as i said in the first round of the election the major opposition candidate julius might have you was slightly ahead of the candidate of the governing party of some ira. and many people believe that now that there are no other opposition candidates allowed to to run for this election many of their supporters would rather vote for the opposition candidate the only one remaining then for the governing party so he has a point and he has an advantage for this next round of elections yeah tell us

a little bit more about that that lead to i mean you know no out right when or as you mentioned in the first round but how strong might that leave now be for him. well it's definitely a stronger one than before has been a heavy critic of the current administration has been criticising the way they handle the economy syrian has been having a double digit inflation rate for example he also criticised every infrastructure projects that were commissioned by the government for example a new app was here saying that this is something that the that the country currently doesn't need is just too expensive for the country and his major point has been the fight against corruption he claims the government has not been doing enough and we sat down with earlier and this is what he set. to say that it is actually. to our development in national food to even our national to do this character of this country we have the necessary laws what was. the.

political we to support them to give them the freedom to design new freedom do to be able to prosecute his words like you and that is what i'm going to provide. in the current corruption index of transparency international sara leone has ranked its position one hundred thirty out of one hundred eighty countries this is definitely not a fantastic performance and a lot of people have the perception that things got worse and the past ten years when the a.p.c. the current governing party has been running the country we of course also confronted the government with it and their candidate come out and he actually said no it's not true it is not a big deal we're trying our best in fighting corruption but they said indeed some evidence that this is not the truth there are some cases where actually it was proved that corruption happened here and now voters on saturday as you mentioned they will have the chance to weigh in on that in sierra leone in the presidential

election adrienne creation with the very latest from the capital freetown thank you . well now to russia where residents of a town south of moscow say that they have had enough rubbish for the last six months their town has become a garbage dump for the capital moscow every day the town of coal not receive six thousand tons of waste some three hundred truckloads of forth police say that it is literally making people sick but there are risks to speaking out and did abuse new anthrax or itch went to the town to find out more about that. they come from sunrise to sunset even during the night. since last fall around three hundred trucks a day have brought toxic garbage to colombia a city around a hundred kilometers from moscow. there

are chunks of tar batteries canisters and car tires just lying around. up to six thousand tons of unsorted trash arrive each day the residents are alarmed and they're afraid the trash will swamp their city. together with her friends in reno founded a citizen run initiative to oppose the trash dumps. thank you many of the trucks drive through here often with trailers you think they're not always covered so the trash goes flying around the area. most of the trucks are actually operated to clean the tires as soon as they leave the trash dumps. but there isn't even equipment for that here the laws are often broken we're trying to figure out how to deal with it. about all. of the citizens feel abandoned by the political system they want to do something about it so they collect

signatures and organize demonstrations the government promises there will be a waste processing plant by twenty nineteen but residents don't think the situation will improve. they meet in secret some don't want to be recognized for fear of losing their jobs working for government organizations in the city. dimitri salumi of it and the reno were both at the meeting they're also afraid of retaliation. but they aren't willing to accept moscow simply dumping their trash problem on them. quickly. but. a lot of people are afraid to speak out. of going to the boy they say their opinions at home in the kitchen when only their wives are listening. but we have to be engaged otherwise they won't listen to us how will they know we don't speak openly. it's

a tricky situation though they know there might be repercussions they want to fight the poisoning of the environment and the threat it poses to their family because of . the remus family lives in a two room apartment in a prefab apartment building. she's had less time for her family in recent weeks because of her work fighting the landfill expansion her mother helps out by taking care of the kids. everything i'm doing is for my family. especially my daughter. we want this apartment for the view of the field in mclean now. now they're trying to take that away from us. all over to get there we really have fears that the landfill will expand quickly because it's cheaper for moscow to dispose of its trash here rather than separating it. what about the political situation the city administration is

a ten minute drive away but the residents don't vote for their mayor themselves. and twenty sixteen the governor in moscow appointed the administrator of the city. the issue of trash disposal is being highly politicized by a certain group remember the one that invited you here today i presume. their goal is to negatively influence people's attitudes towards power. we can't allow that and we won't allow them to. days later thousands of residents gathered to protest the landfill expansion in colombia. you have to complain right that we don't agree with our plan. here in the email addresses of the city council let me just throw in there because soaps are so good artists and. i work hard to live but we don't go to sundance that trash was just. going to hear what will happen in summer. select what they bring trash day possible. after three

hours the demonstrators slowly disperse. people listened to the speakers for alice many brought their friends partners and even their children with them. to the organizers mishap afterwards and they're relieved when there were no arrests the government stood back. to the. misfortune of the wrong a lot of people came to the rally we collected a lot of signatures. oh one day we'll turn them over to the russian president everything went very well. for me what you could have for some of. the expansion of the landfill site has caused heated debates on social media now the mayor is willing to speak with arena and her friends in their eyes the rally was a success. you're assuming that you do

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