this is g w news live from berlin a british military lad says it cannot prove the nerve agent used to attack 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 that you were upset because to go to god so i said are you sure i need to lose my dog so was an international watchdog leads to discuss the attack we ask how certain we can be a father the origin of the nerve agent. also coming up deciding the future of syria

the leaders of iran turkey and russia need to discuss the next steps for the country and in seven year conflict. in punitive tariffs on soybeans on over one hundred other products that's beijing's answer to tariffs the u.s. government imposed on chinese imports the traits about between the economic superpowers is. also on the show celebrating the civil rights icon. there to her very. fifty years after the assassination of martin luther king in memphis tennessee we'll take a look at his legacy and the state of race relations in the u.s. today. i'm sumi so much gondo welcome to the show. the global chemical weapons watchdog o.p.c. w 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 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 in an interview with salva british foreign secretary boris johnson said there was no doubt in his mind that russia is to blame if you argue that their source of base north edge and is russia how did you manage to find that out so quickly that's driven by says samples of the case when i look at the the evidence from the people from from porton down the we. may have the samples you do and they and they they they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy myself i said are you sure and he said as they died but the porton down laboratory chief executive has countered that he's come out to say his scientists only identify 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 create an air feature. we know or 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 we'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 age doesn't of a 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 and 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 has had such a knock on effect with the russian expulsions for 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 open spot by coming out in public about this it has not helped the government's case with russia yet after the lab statement thanking the russians now demanding an apology how are the u.k.'s allies reacting because they have put their support behind the british government's accusations of russian involvement. that's right we already had a german government spokesman saying we've broken still despite these latest remarks and it could well be that these european governments other international governments the u.s. government has seen that 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 to confidently draw the conclusion that they will stand alongside the u.k. on this and the 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 to sow their own information program and so their own seeds of doubt on the russian government has come up very strongly today saying this proves what we've been saying all along that there is no evidence that russia was involved i corresponded kitty logan covering this story for us from london thank you kitty now to some other stories making news around the world a woman is shot and injured three people at the you tube headquarters in northern california before fatally shooting herself police have identified the suspect as nassim down a vegan activist blogger who accused youtube of censoring her videos at thirty say they are still investigating a motive. a dutch lawyer with russian ties has become the first person to be sentenced in the u.s. special counsels russia pro alex vendor swan was handed

a thirty day jail term and ordered to pay a twenty thousand dollars fine he admitted to lying to robert muller as investigators about his contacts with an official in donald trump's campaign. thousands of people have gathered in rio de janeiro and other cities in brazil to call for former leader. silva to be put behind bars facing a twelve year prison sentence for alleged corruption the demonstrations come on the eve of a supreme court hearing to appeal the charges. drawing up a blueprint for a post-war syria that's the focus of a summit between the leaders of iran turkey and russia underway today and a radiant state media reports that the three countries agreed that preparing for the return of displaced syrians is important to the peace process president reza paper to one is hosting russian leader vladimir putin and a rainy and counterpart has been the honey for the talks in the turkish capital uncle rough the three nations have emerged as the power brokers of syria's seven year long civil war they are seeking to speed up the peace negotiations and bolster

their sphere of influence in the country all three nations have large but also competing interests in the outcome of the syria conflict. syria early 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 ends 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 latakia 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. 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 state. did abuse dorian jones is in

covering the three way summit there today between russia iran and turkey a dorian we're hearing from a rainy and state t.v. that the three leaders have said is important to prepare for the return of syrians displaced by the conflict but since the last time these countries met six months ago are there any developments that make that prospect within reach. well it is these creation of these what's called the conflicts across syria this is whereby syrian rebels on their families will be moved and there is a ongoing ceasefire this process is racked with controversy because the syrian regime says that that ceasefire will not apply to islamic terrorist groups as they call them now who those groups are is a deep point of division between them ask us and that is a key issue of discussion but these comp the conflict zones are taking shape and they will ultimately be seen as a place where refugees from the syrian conflict will be allowed to return about is

very important for turkish president urged one turkey hosts around three million refugees in turkey and it's an issue that's becoming deeply unpopular among the country and i think one will be pushing hard for the return of those refugees and this will be seen as important step forward also in the talks today is also the creation of a new syrian constitution that is seen as providing the framework for a post conflict syria about issue still remains very contentious as all the partners attending this meeting do have different views on the future syria meanwhile dorian on the ground the rebels in syria are facing the expected fall of their last stronghold outside damascus in eastern guta and that would be a huge turning point in the conflict how is that factoring into these talks. but i think that is seen as part of this ongoing process towards a final settlement in syria the rebels and their families are being moved to b.c. conflict zones close to the turkish border and the the removal of culture from the

conflict will simplify the map of syria and all parties who are looking for an end to this conflict want a simplified map of syria to make a deal the ending of this conflict possible. washington has been noticeably absent they're not encouraged us president recently announced a withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria what does this mean for how the rest of the war might play out. well washington still has a card to play its back in the searing kurdish militia the waikiki which controls around a third of the country and wall us president donald trump and said they are pulling out of syria the pentagon has reportedly being strengthening only this week its presence among this kurdish militia and these supporters militia is seen as giving the u.s. leverage but the key point here is the turkish president one has declared this group as a terrorist organization and it's vowed to destroy it and it is understood to present one has pressed it in his meeting with the iranian and watching counterparts for an expansion of its ongoing military operation against the militia

inside syria to other areas where u.s. forces are also present that brings the prospect of a possible conflict between turkish and u.s. forces. during jones following the summit for us today and during thank you very much you're watching the 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 lifeless cut short we'll 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 is continuing to ask the late right sumi earlier today beijing announced additional terrorist on one hundred six u.s. products around fifty billion dollars including cars and soybean and that's a clear message to the white house because more than half of u.s. soybean exports go to china meaning that farmers most of whom voted for u.s.

president are most likely to be hit. the take effect. before the frump administration had rolled out its own list of proposed chinese imports to be hit with terrorists thirteen hundred products worth roughly fifty billion dollars would be subject to an added import duty of twenty five per cent now the list includes various industrial components for airplanes like launching gears turbines flight data recorders and even tires the medical and pharmaceutical sectors is also affected with extra terrors to be put on defender later and many medicines interesting you know mobile phones which constitute about forty percent of u.s. imports from china are exempt from the longest with the u.s. government likely to be fearing an outcry among consumers or higher prices for their favorite gadgets now let's bring in our markets men only bartz in frankfurt and our correspondent andrea hang in singapore welcome to both of you andrea let me

start with you president trump just tweeted the u.s. is not in a trade war with china would be back to differ. oh i think that china is trying very hard to avoid saying the exact same words as well but according to the ambassador to the will treat amazing ition on in washington are the chinese embassy in washington by me there is a chinese saying it's only polite to reciprocate and it seems that's what exactly what it's doing i see was that they've been some truth china prefers to be seen as being on the responding end rather than taking the charge on attacking the us with these tariffs and it plans to do so in equal measure speculation is pointing to as boeing jet liners and soybeans as next on the list for china only parts of frankfurt how's this new level of escalation going down on the markets. not very well as soon as the message came that china was retaliating also on many products

and with a volume of fifty billion the market went down it was holding on quite well until then and many export heavy shares which there are many in the german market and also in the european market are most effective people do fear a trade war a lot of people here also read reticent to use the word in order not to pour oil into the fire but they do fear escalation with this president now we see china imposing its own set of tariffs but all the other ways that the country put could put pressure on the united states. it has one powerful tool which i don't know if it will use it because it might hurt china itself as well it's the biggest creditor of the united states the united states has an incredible amount of debt it's benchmarked at it's a benchmark levels for the financial markets worldwide so it's an important issue and if china decided to signal to the united states and to the world market well in

retaliate we could just buy less u.s. debt and that's force up the price for this for the bonds for example treasuries then the u.s. and others could be in trouble it's not doing that yet but there have also already been certain leaks that i think probably have been leaked intentionally in order to say that well that would be a possibility and back over to you is there talk in asia about using this leverage. i think that's an very interesting question and you would think that china would start planning on doing that but right now any negotiation between the two big economies does not seem apparent at the moment though as some a lot of traders and analysts in china and asia are hoping that the u.s. will hold back on firing more shots into the territory china's ambassador to the won't trade organization does cleveland declare that this is what the u.s.

is doing is a clear violation of. rules and rather than take the lead on action is hoping that the w.t. all will take will be the one to take action on the u.s. remember china does want to appear and be taken seriously as the next global leader in iran and to do so it needs to play by the rules and it doesn't intend to have that image tanishq at right now given the very may tense situation between the two countries and rang in singapore and only parts reporting from the frankfurt stock exchange thank you to both of you to slovakia now where the recent murder of journalist young girlfriend has sparked outrage courts have been investigating corruption which is running deep in the country and it's fueled by billions of euros from the european union money that's supposed to foster economic growth regularly attracts violent criminals who for example take over large areas of

arable land a reporter sent us this exclusive report your i bet ash was badly beaten up along this track he brought the printed smartphone pictures with him as evidence a competitor 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. and. we're only interested in getting their hands on that you 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 so to see those who 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. this is the corrupt swamp that journalist on court siac was investigating before he and his girlfriend were shot dead. a tragic wake up call for slovakians in the city of caution demonstrators now rally in the streets every friday they are protesting against state corruption and bribery since court siac 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 have their rights accepted to where or when we don't see corruption you or i bet ash won't 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. the united states is marking fifty year or so since the assassination of martin luther king so me and christopher commemorations are taking place in the u.s. today 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

trouble maker icon martin luther king jr is 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 call unaided 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. her 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. when 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're experiencing i think fifty years after after martin luther king is actually quite similar to what most of the king would see during the last few years of his life which in one thousand nine hundred seventy talked about that he is witnessing this american right here and so we contrast this dream with this lake where we begin to see an america that really has a do history a history of racial progress in races progress races 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 a song with one of the old civil rights leaders and he was saying that if my grandchildren have to fight the same vice that i had to fight. why did i why did i do what i do has my live and then and thing and that was so slate to me 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 disenfranchise so we went through a period where thing carson ration rate for african-american males in particular but it's also been 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. we have more of the legacy of martin luther king on our website dot com we just have one sports item for you in the champions league quarter finals bar in munich

came from behind to secure an away win against the via i.v. i gave the spanish hosts a lead in the first half but byron levelled the score before the break thanks to an own goal from his to snub us and tiago completed byron's comeback with a diving header after halftime handing the bavarians a crucial second away go ahead of the return tie and later this month. are matter now of our top story at this hour the leaders of turkey iran and russia saying it's important to prepare the ground for the return of syrians displaced by conflict in their country the three presidents are holding a crisis meeting in ankara to discuss the conflict. thank you for watching everyone back at the top of the hour.

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