this is good news coming to you live from berlin outrage as the scale of the tragedy in the siberian shopping mall inferno becomes clearer hundreds of protesters take to the streets in cattermole hold demanding answers look for the say sixty four people died in the blaze most of them children president putin blames criminal negligence also on the program russia condemns the mass expulsion of its diplomats by the u.s. and other western countries and warns of harsh response to calm more political fallout from

a spy poison attack london blames almost go. plus brazil gets a chance to heal the wounds of a footballing against germany the two sides place hope in berlin tonight an old world cup warm up match for the first full strength encounter since twenty fourteen when germany destroyed still seven one of the biggest football upset of all time in brazil erase the painful memories. following terry martin good to have you with us. in russia the number of people killed in a massive fire at a shopping center in siberia now stands at sixty four today russian media has reported forty one children are among the dead russian president vladimir putin visited the scene today and clare a national day of mourning on wednesday he said criminal negligence was to blame

for the high death toll the blaze broke out on the fourth floor of the complex in a coal in the coal mining city of kemah on sunday. let's bring in correspondent cola dos scheme he's at the scene in siberia how are people there coping with this terrible tragedy. people are extremely upset. to talk to so really. we. are told that you would install an investigation you wouldn't get until he would get an answer to the question who would actually have cute he's nice ok so people are angry but presumably are also very sad many children were were killed in this why were so many children among the victims.

the shopping is the shopping mall. cherry was known to be one no doubt. one of the most popular places in the us here carol so before the farther south of the building children were watching the movie in the city much so that's the reason ok the residents understand i've been protesting against way that authorities there are handling this case so what are those residents most angry about. the have thousands of people who are prone to see the full season the syrians cameras and russian officials with the shopping mall fire that killed at least sixty four people. forty one of them are children who have actually during the. whole decoupled the reason for the answer from the

officials but. there was no dialogue between the local authorities the people who were protesting in the square so. people wouldn't know more information about how the violations victims and about the people who had president putin has blamed criminal negligence for the the high number of deaths how the residents there responded to president putin visit to the scene today. yes actually blocking her feeding. him. and he did not want to go during morning to the scandal he had the meeting. with people and it was to go off to work to have meetings. and usually. during these. meetings he tossed out the media. that people not to trust the unofficial

information. actually. the. whole process so. the nation the. national day of mourning for the victims tomorrow in russia d.w. correspondent. be their. area thank you. for staying in russia moscow has vowed to respond harshly to the mass expulsion of russian diplomats by the u.s. and other western allies ireland is the latest country to join the coordinated action that's seen washington and many a member states announce they'll kick out almost one hundred forty russian diplomatic staff the move is partly a show of solidarity with the u.k. after the poisoning of a former russian spy on british soil but the kremlin insists there's has been

a rush to judgment. 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 vs. 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. and. burn lin says it's responding not just to the attack on former russian double agents circa script 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 pile and his daughter yulia were poisoned with novacek a soviet era nerve agent the two were found unconscious on a park bench in the southern english city of soulsby on march the fourth they remain critically ill in hospital. at an e.u. summit in brussels last week all twenty eight member states condemned the attack the expulsion of russian diplomats by fourteen e.u. countries was a coordinated action they say all evidence points to russia and this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence officers 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 aftermath of the soulsby incident moscow 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. on this developing story let's bring in. out of mind he's

a specialist in russian and european affairs and a non resident fellow at the university of kele's institute for security policy thank you so much for being with us this morning on the news russia has threatened a harsh response to these expulsions what should western powers be bracing for well i don't think that the response is going to be all that i think it's just going to be the usual a tit for tat so they will be expelling diplomats from the united states and from european countries canada and australia and i think it is should be pretty much the end of it give us an overview of where things stand right now in relations between russia and the west because on the face of it it looks pretty bad how bad is it well it is really more tense situation than it has been for quite some time in some ways more tense than during the cold war even though at the time at present

it's more at the rhetorical level of but nevertheless and i think the is the root causes of that can be found in fundamental shift of policy that putting him back to phone when he was elected to for the third time to the office of a president because he took a fundamental decision to actually conduct a much more strident aggressive policy towards the west based on the nationalist. foundations and this is the they are these that of affairs that we are living in now and it is still continuing in this type of policy. were you surprised that washington decided to expel sixty diplomats a significant number given how donald trump has phased out a mere putin in the in the past well hazari praised him but the his not as it is in a critical about him that's true in fact he who went as far as the congratulating him despite the advice from the security advisor and to from also the.

foreign ministers from regulating on his recent actions that's right yeah ok so you have to that is that it isn't a surprise but it is even more surprising that as far as i know he actually took the lead to actually call european leaders to urge them to adopt strong measures that that actually is a big surprise when the u.s. was explaining why it was expelling the sixty diplomats it linked it only in part to what happened with the poisoning and the u.k. it also mentioned that there are other aspects from its point of view that it finds problematic is the u.s. and is washington or washington or more moscow on a confrontation of course now well at the rhetorical level as i said yes i don't think that is going to spill over in any way into the military sphere but it is very important what they were just saying i think that these measures both by the

united states and also by european countries are not to be understood simply as a reaction to the poisoning but it's a much broader context in which these measures and also the rhetoric has been the proceeding and you know that we saw it with the statement by the german government that it was based not just on the the measures not just based on the poisoning him but also on the cyber attack against the internet facilities for the german government but even beyond that i think it's there is. bonds against this is strident anti wisdom diplomacy conducted by putin does that since two thousand and twelve so there's a lot more at play here than we trust the poisoning of a former russian spy now i understand that either is also considering further measures against russia what options does that even first of all it's difficult to

say whether when tusk said it whether he was really the only you because it takes a unanimous decision for sanctions ones to be taken so i think he was thinking more in terms of those european countries that have not adopted any measures that they may be following suit i don't think that the quality of these measures is going to be increased honest out of might a specialist in russian and european affairs in a nonresident fellow at kiel university's institute security policy thanks so much for talking to us this morning and no news for now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today kim jong un is rumored to have visited beijing reportedly traveling this train sources in the chinese capital confirm a senior north korean official had been in town but did not say who it would be kim his first visit since coming to power in two thousand and eleven and comes ahead of

meetings with south korea and the u.s. . facebook boss mark zuckerberg has turned down a request to appear before a british parliamentary committee lawmakers want to questions are over how it came to pass that millions of users details got into the hands of the london based political consultancy cambridge analytical. germany's world cup preparations crank up a notch today with a hotly anticipated friendly against brazil here in berlin a win for the hosts germany it would mean a record equalling twenty three games in a row without defeat of brazil are hoping to erase memories of a seven one thrashing by germany in the two thousand and fourteen world cup take a look. the prospect of a record equalling result hasn't persuaded you hakim 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 and one nine hundred eighty. germany will start without several key players among them are country. music on thomas miller. but one stalwart was desperate to start the game. berliner boyd 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 like to be playing the game. despite their experimental lineup germany will be confident they could make history against the brazil side who are missing superstar forward neymar and to

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