visit to get your news live from a british military lab says it cannot prove that the nerve agent used to attack a former double agent screwball and his daughter came from russia but that directly contradicts what the u.k. foreign minister told you in an interview there you were upset because you go to go so i said are you sure and he said i lose my dog so as an international watchdog meet to discuss the attack we ask how certain we can be about the origin of the chemical weapons. also coming up big changes are taking place on the ground in

syria seven year war the rebels are being forced to leave a key stronghold near damascus and a critical summit on the country's future is getting underway in turkey. unitive tariffs on soybeans and over one hundred other products that is beijing's answer to tariffs the u.s. government has levied on chinese imports the trade dispute between the two economic superpowers. among the victims farmers as well as workers in the auto industry many of whom voted for u.s. president trump. and celebrating an icon fifty years after the assassination of martin luther king we look at his legacy and ask african-americans today if society has changed for the better. i'm sumi so much gonda thank you for joining us. the global chemical weapons watchdog is holding a special meeting today to discuss the nerve agent attack on

a former russian double agent in britain the kremlin has demanded an apology from the u.k. for so saying the poison came from moscow they argue britain's failure to track down the source of the nerve agent proves the accusations are baseless and in an interview with g.w. british foreign secretary boris johnson said there was no doubt in his mind that russia is to blame you argue that their source of edge and the choke is russia how did you manage to find that out so quickly that was driven by says samples of the case when i look at the the evidence from the people from from porton down the the board of they have the samples you do and they they they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy myself i said are you sure and he said there's no dogs but the porton down laboratory chief executive has spoken out countering that he's come out to say his scientists only identified the nerve

agent and not where it came from we. in terms of our rule were able to identify it as an overture. to identify that it was a military could read near future. we know verify the precise source but we provided the scientific information to the government who have then used the number of other sources to piece together the conclusions that they've come to. let's get more on the story now with kitty logan a correspondent covering this for us in london hi kitty we hear a clear contradiction there this must be putting the british government under pressure. yes it has and it's come to an awkward moment full of the british government it if you listen to the interview carefully from yesterday if you look at the context of it they do explain in that interview that while they identify the nerve agent does not chalk and they also believe that that came from

a state that they're not exactly saying the source of it but that's not their position to do so and the government is saying the british government is saying well look we had other factors that came into play here there were other sources of information the problem is they can't tell us what those are the sources of information are and that is playing into the hands of russia it's playing into the hands of the conspiracy theorists and the doubters in the attack insoles great why aren't they telling us what those other sources of information are. they likely fact is that those sources are intelligence sources they may even be russian intelligence sources who they don't want to expose that's the theory behind this they may have been shared with other governments that cannot be shared with the public but there is a cool now from the public from many people here saying well we do need to know the facts we do need to know what is behind the government's decision that has had such a knock on effect with the russian expulsions with the international outcry and

important down it's very much sat on the fence because it is not suitable institution it's the job of the lab to identify the nerve agent and not to go any further so it's put itself in a rather awkward spot by coming out in public about this it has not helped the government's case in the autumn it's with russia and after the lab statement their kid a russia is now demanding an apology how are the u.k.'s allies reacting because they have put their support behind the british government accusations of russian involvement. that's right we've already heard the german government spokesman saying that they stand with britain still despite these latest remarks and it could well be that these european governments other. government the us government has seen some of this intelligence and this is pure speculation but it may well be the case that they have seen a lot more information than the public has and they will too confidently draw a conclusion that they will stand alongside you carry on this problem is the

government is finding itself in its many things that they could divulge that would put the public mind at rest but they won't and the russians are playing this are they are using this confusion if you like and the doubts that there is over this incident so their own intervention program and so their own seeds of doubt and the russian government has come up very strongly today saying saying all along that there is no evidence that russia was involved our correspondent kitty logan covering this story for us from london thank you kitty now to some other stories making news around the world a woman has shot and injured three people at the you tube headquarters in northern california before fatally shooting herself police have identified the suspect as of the can activist blogger who accused youtube of censoring her videos and cutting her earnings on the platform authorities say they are still investigating the motive. a dutch lawyer with russian ties has become the first to be sentenced in

the u.s. special council's russia probe aleksandr swan was handed a thirty day jail term and ordered to pay a twenty thousand dollars fine he admitted he lied to robert miller's investigators about his contacts with an official in donald trump's campaign. thousands of people have gathered on rio de janeiro's and other cities in brazil to call for former leader of movies in us here lula da silva to be put behind bars doesn't us facing a twelve year prison sentence for alleged corruption the demonstrations came on the eve of a supreme court hearing to appeal the charges. the presidents of iran turkey and russia are meeting to discuss the crisis in syria it comes as rebels are facing what could be a game changing setback the loss of eastern go to a key stronghold near the capital damascus the russian military says it expects a negotiated rubble of baccy way should from the enclave to be completed in the coming days buses carrying fighters and their families have been leaving the main

town of duma bound for the rebel controlled north and as peace talks between turkey russia and iran begin those nations have large but also competing interests in the outcome of the syria conflict. syria heard twenty eight hundred. seven years of civil war and still no end in sight there are too many interests involved this war goes beyond the assad regime fighting rebel groups. major foreign doctors are playing their part too. these are the main ones they regularly supply weaponry and personnel to those they believe can help to meet their own geo political and russian president vladimir putin is one of president assad's closest allies russia has provided military support to assad since twenty fifteen since then the syrian government has managed to recover lost territory with the aid of russian airstrikes putin wants to strengthen russia's military presence in the region reduce american

influence and keep radical islamists out of power the russian air station near lattakia is now a permanent fixture on the tarsus marine base russia's only such base in the mediterranean is being enlarged. president hassan rouhani of iran is another assad supporter after all iran has no intention of losing one of its closest allies in the arab world from day one to run a support to damascus with advisors weapons and troops syria in return grants around a much needed route to the hezbollah militia in lebanon larger this man on the other hand would like to see assad out of power turkey has supported various rebel groups from the start and since january has had its own troops in syria one of president aired ones goals is to push back kurdish groups that gained influence in parts of syria by supporting u.s. operations against the so-called islamic states. dorian

jones is in ankara covering the three way summit there today between russia and iran and turkey hi dorian good to see you these three have emerged as the main prop power brokers in the syria conflict what are they looking to achieve in these talks . i think he area of talks will be these the conflicts that have been created across syria in the last year whereby syrian rebels and their families are moved to the zones where a ceasefire is then in force them for many of those are believed to be moved to the conflict zones close to the turkish border but this policy is extremely controversial because according to syrian regime this ceasefire only covers those who are considered legitimate rebels as opposed to ones who are considered islamic terrorists and they say they will be continue to be targeted. only disagrees on who are considered islamic terrorists and that is expect to be

a key issue of talks but by and large all sides do seem to agree that this is a positive development this policy as it is helping to create a map of water a post conflict syria would ultimately look like and on top of that they are also talking about a future syrian constitution that is going to provide the framework of a future syria and again that is an area particular contentious given that are all those attending the summit today have very different views on what a future syria would look like now at least they recognize they have to work together if they can achieve a end to the syrian conflict and ultimately achieve their regional goals even though many of them are contradictory while doing you said they have conflicting interests in syria and one of them is especially the future of syria's president bashar al assad how is that factoring into the tux. well i think there saudis are a major issue of contention particularly is iran is committed to staying in power and turkish president heard one has made it clear that he wants him out moscow is

seen as more flexible on the issue but i think all sides recognize that is the kind of issue they have to deal with further down the road for now at least they want to keep momentum going on achieving an end process a move towards receiving and finally achieving an end to the conflict then the status of assad could possibly be dealt with but for sure it is a major issue of contention with all sides now the u.s. recently announced it's withdrawing its troops from syria and president trump is not taking part in the summit today what influence does washington still have in syria. while the united states do have one key card to play they do are backing this syrian kurdish militia why peachey which controls around a third of syria now that was in basically to support them in the war against the islamic state that increasingly is seen as providing the u.s. leverage in syria despite the words of president trump that they are leaving syria we're getting reports of the pentagon are currently reinforcing this kurdish militia in northern syria and this militia has been targeted by turkey who they

consider as terrorists and in fact they have been carrying this offensive against syrian kurdish militia and present heard one is expected to press the russian and rainy and presidents to get consent for an expansion of that operation which ultimately could bring turkish and u.s. forces into conflict. jones covering the talks for us in and correct today thank you dorian. you're watching d.w. news still to come the u.s. is marking the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader martin luther king half a century after his life was cut short we take a look at his legacy and the state of race relations in the u.s. today. but first the trade dispute between the u.s. and china continues to escalate kristoff that's right sumi only a couple of hours ago beijing announced additional terrorist one hundred six u.s. products including soybeans and cars worth around fifty billion dollars now the chinese government is sending a clear signal to washington by including soybean more than half of u.s.

soybean exports go to china that means that farmers most of whom voted for u.s. president don't trouble mostly likely to be affected negatively beijing is yet to announce when the terrorists take effect. now before the administration had rolled its own list of proposed chinese high tech imports to be hit with new terrorist the list of names thirteen hundred separate products with a total value of roughly fifty billion dollars now the items would be subject to an additional import duty of twenty five percent the list includes various industrial group ponens for airplanes like launching gears rotors turbines flight data recorders and even tires the medical and pharmaceutical sector is also effected with extra terrorist to be put on the federal leaders electra medical instruments and many medicines to terrorist follow through on president trump campaign promise to crack down on what he calls chinese trade abuses what's interesting though is

that mobile phones which constitute about forty percent of u.s. imports from china are exempt from the list with the u.s. government likely to be fearing an outcry among consumers over higher prices for their favorite gadgets not for more on this let's cross over to our markets correspondent ali bartz in frankfurt only the fact that the u.s. is not slapping extra terrorists on consumer goods can't really call markets today can it. no it can't it's good news for people like apple of course or something but it's not not really an issue that's calming the markets as soon as the message came that china is retaliating in kind with the tariffs on one hundred six products the market went down here before that it was holding on a little just slightly negative but now you see export heavyweights like this and crop the steel company or a volkswagen and b.m.w. losing quite substantially the market's not tanking but it's taking this seriously

and we're reading statements now by representatives of german business that germany could be caught in the middle in this fight between two of its three largest trading partners there is a serious concern that this can have repercussions and the market in europe across europe is also down on this news so china does want to strike back with tariffs of its own but other other ways to put pressure on the united states. they certainly are the united states has huge debt it's treasuries are also a benchmark for debt and for financial markets worldwide and the chinese have a hold on that because of their large trade surplus they have to go somewhere with their money they're not sticking it all into their own economy they're buying u.s. treasuries and that's keeping interest rates relatively low for the united states and in a comfortable position for worldwide markets if the chinese should decide to use

this as a pressure instrument in order to raise the cost for the united states that it could have not only dire consequences for the united states but also for worldwide markets that is part of the concern part of the serious nervousness that i'm registering here in the market only bartz reporting from the frankfurt stock exchange ali thank you so much. to slovakia now where the recent murder of journalist young. siac and his girlfriend has sparked outrage have been investigating corruption which runs deep in the country and is fueled by billions of euros from the european union money that's supposed to foster economic growth now regularly attracts violent criminals our reporter sent us this exclusive report former your i bet ash was badly beaten up along the struck he brought the printed smartphone pictures with him as evidence that competitors sent a group of armed thugs cut down his rapeseed and drove the fifty eight year old off

the land he had leased state owned fields he'd farmed for decades his rival obviously had good connections to the local authorities his leasehold was canceled from one day to the next and transferred to his attacker there's a lot of money at stake. most likely were only interested in getting their hands on the e.u. subsidies. better ash says organized crime gangs in eastern slovakia are taking over huge areas of arable land to become eligible for millions of euros in e.u. subsidies every year he says he knows of thirty other farmers who contribute away by violence and blackmail so far you're right paresh is the only one brave enough to come forward and talk about it publicly the police and justice ministry have been informed but slovakian authorities remain unresponsive. they have so much power and influence they can manipulate the police they exert

influence over administrative authorities and also manipulate the agency which distributes you subsidies won't really know. this is the corrupt swamp that journalist unquote was investigating before he and his girlfriend were shot dead. a tragic wake up call for slovakians. in the eastern slope at city of caution demonstrators now rally in the streets every friday they're protesting against state corruption and bribery since korczak was murdered a steady string of corruption cases has been emerging into the open. in this public discussion amongst academics a lot of the participants insist that although slovak is a condom is booming the rule of law in the country is weak. and it's about changing the atmosphere about turning slovakia into

a polite country where where people had their rights except where every don't see a corruption you're i'd better give up the fight for his fields he hopes the current protests will bring about change he doesn't expect help from the e.u. fighting corruption is a sovereign task for slovakia authorities. back to sue me and the united states is marking fifty years since the assassination of martin luther king in crystal commemorations are planned for today in the u.s. to honor martin luther king the civil rights leader was killed by a white supremacist in memphis tennessee at the peak of his influence we look back now at how king changed life in america for good. activist dissident troublemaker icon martin luther king jr as a towering figure in american history his life his work and his death. forever changed the way the us review race civil rights and equality. king was born into an

america where slavery was a recent memory segregation was the law of the land and poverty gripped most of the african-american community. on december first one nine hundred fifty five police arrested activist rosa parks for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man in montgomery alabama as was the law her actions spurred king to lead a boycott of public buses in the city which lasted for over a year. he continued to organize and lead marches for voting rights labor rights and desegregation across the u.s. championing nonviolent tactics inspired by mahatma gandhi in india. this culminated in august one thousand nine hundred sixty three when king led the famous march on washington and delivered his iconic i have a dream speech.

the speech and the march propelled the civil rights movement forward in one thousand nine hundred sixty four the u.s. congress passed the civil rights act which outlawed discrimination based on race religion sex or national origin in the united states the same year king was awarded the nobel peace prize but he wasn't done yet. he continued to organize peaceful protests and marches which are often met with violence from authorities and prosecco geisha nests. in one nine hundred sixty eight king was helping organize sit ins against economic inequality when he was shot and killed in a hotel room in memphis tennessee he was only thirty nine years old king's legacy still reigns over civil rights debates from the south african anti-apartheid movements to the modern day black lives matter and pro-gun control marches political change makers all over the world use king's teachings and writings as inspiration even fifty years after his death. and we asked some african-americans for their thoughts on the legacy of martin luther king and

the state of race relations in the u.s. today so i think what we are experiencing i think fifty years after after among the king is actually quite similar to what the king was seeing during the last two years of his life in which in one thousand nine hundred seventy he talked about that he was witnessing this american my dear and so we contrast this dream with this nightmare we begin to see an america that really has a dual history a history of racial progress in races progress racist progress that he was challenging during the last few months of his life we have to be concerned about losing rights that we thought we had fought for the saw with one of the civil rights leaders and he was saying that if my grandchildren have the fight the same fights that i had to fight why did i why did i do what. has my living been in thing and that was so slate to me but i feel like king would be very alarmed and i think

that he might feel like many of his struggles were in vain because the masses of black people in america remain educationally politically and many ways in terms of disenfranchised so we went through a pirie. where things car separation rate for african-american males in particular but it's also been the creasing for women as well and that not only means that these individuals come out of prison with a record that makes it hard for them to provide economically for their families poverty is a significant problem in the united states for all poor americans but it disproportionately affects african-americans so that's an area where we haven't made progress and we face a crisis in the states and that's a crisis that's unique because for the first time in fifty years we have people in office particularly the presidency in the congress and senate that have

a different view of where america should be and they have an idealized view that america would be best off if it were more euro centric and of course that's hostile to the whole business of equality and advancement which dr king gave his life. and we have more on the legacy of martin luther king on our website w dot com. to some sports now and the champions league last night byron munich and real madrid prevailed in the first leg of their quarter finals tonight liverpool host manchester city the all english clash puts together two of europe's most high profile coaches in club and pep guardiola it also promises to be full of goals. magister city's march to this season's premier league title is nearly complete they lead the table in england by a country mile and single season record for points wins and goal difference are

well within reach the only team to get the better of them liverpool in a high scoring thriller of a loss but city's coach seems to remember with some fondness. well i think. the game i'd watch is third in the game here with us for three years so we cannot deny the both teams try to play so we got to both teams more schools more goals are scored in the premier league this season so far and by far the liverpool forward mohamed salah has been the team's goal machine this season and the fans at anfield know that they'll need him and the other boys in red to be at the top of their game to get past city that it's a big game against. one of the best teams in europe if not the best team in europe in a moment so. that's nice to be honest it's we are not

coincidently and in the qualifiers we qualified for that too so. we are there and yes b. b. and city. few weeks months ago. but we knew before the game that it's possible it's only i believe it difficult to do it. city have heard a lot of praise this season mostly from vanquished opponents they'll want to turn liverpool back into one zero on wednesday. you're watching news reminder now of our top story the presidents of iran turkey and russia are meeting for their second summit in six months to discuss the crisis in syria are expected to focus on speeding up the peace process and strengthening their influence in the country. thank you for watching.

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