this is d. w. new is live from berlin tonight a german court stuns a spanish prosecutors by refusing to extradite catalonia as former leader judges have freed carlist which tomorrow on bail and say that he should no longer phase of rebellion charges in spain but he could still face extradition for corruption charges and international law expert will tell us why also coming up. all issues her first state but one month after she and her father were attacked with a nerve agent no one answered no she says that she's recovering well as britain and

russia square off at the u.n. security council over the poisoning. of the long. sierra leone swears in its new president you only yes ma the video but he had his defeated opponent says that he will challenge the election result. plus the downfall of the brazilian icon former president luis. loses his bid to avoid prison while appealing a corruption conviction the decision by the supreme court looks likely to end his political career and it deepens divisions in the country.

i bring golf it's good to have you with a german court has dealt a blow to spanish authorities and their hopes of trying former catalan leader karla's for rebellion judges said that they would not extradite on the charges which can carry sentences of decades in prison he could still be sent home to face a lesser charge of misusing public funds a move which would bar spanish authorities from trying him for another crime the court also agreed to free which tomorrow on bill pending a decision on that lesser charge. want to pull in our correspondent now thomas sparrow he is on this story for us good evening to you thomas spain of course wants to see germany extradite waged a mob does today's decision does it politicize this case or could it actually have the opposite effect. friend the case was already politicized since the very moment

when mr put him on to was arrested in the northern german state of stress because there's no doubt about that in fact after he was arrested the case was described as a legal one but at the same time as a political problem or a political dilemma for german authorities and this is still the case now with this issue and that we're talking about it just makes this situation perhaps clearer from a legal standpoint but certainly politically it's a very important and very challenging situation for german authorities and mr we know now that he is due for release on certain conditions what exactly or day one of them you already mentioned the seventy five thousand euro bail that's one of the key conditions but he also has to report once a week to german authorities he's not allowed to leave germany so those are certain conditions that have been announced by the german court after that announcement that we are just talking about those are the conditions that will apply for mr

porter in the next few hours in the next few days when also he announces what his next plans will be in terms of what more do we know about the chords reasoning in its decision today. the whole case hinges on whether charges in spain are in some way compatible to the charges in germany where there's a comparison between the two countries and specifically when we told me about rebellion the courts decided that that was not the case that in germany the comparable charge would include violence which the court decided what to call it believed was not the case admission of mr put him on situation and that's why they decided that rebellion would not be pursued however on the other charge the. misuse of public funds they still believe that that could be the case that they could be comparable charges in germany and spain and that's why the court has also indicated that it will continue its investigation to decide whether it will extradite mr push

them and on this specific case now the court has also said that if they did that if they extracted made to push them on on that specific charge of misuse of public funds then mr ford a month in spain would not be able to be charged under rebellion so this is a very important development when it comes to the possible extradition of mr putin once indeed a blow to the spanish prosecutor's attempts to get him extradited on those rebellion charges indeed our correspondent thomas barrow on the story for us tonight here in berlin thomas thank you ok we want to take the story now to barcelona i'm joined by nico krishi is a professor of international law he has assisted in the defense of former cataloged leaders including corliss point before the u.n. human rights committee mr krishna's good to have you on the show what does this ruling mean for madrid are the charges of rebellion that it's seeking or are they now with actively off the table. while out at the office

able border police among the here they will not have him extradited it is x. not alone on charges of rebellion and is going to court can try him then only for the abuse of public funds which carries much lower prison sentences. in erie and where the government in madrid had already publicly declare their powers that the government had not used public funds or the organization of the referendum so it is very likely that each other will lead on a national basis anyhow so this means that even if a person was extradited he will not be convicted in a serious way and that will be the a major blow without a need obviously that the other case. that's a huge change a huge turn in the bench in this story and what does it mean then for the political future of mr which tomorrow and and for his cattle on allies.

obviously so that different scenarios you might if you like said i did and you might be in grade five detention in spain while there is this procedure going on prior to the sentencing and then obviously there is a complicated situation which he might be in prison or maybe he's going to be released. as if the remains in germany or maybe later on if he's not extradited might return to belgium. to his soul by style. you will likely see leading the independence movement. in power are not known sharon because he's a prevents him from being reelected as president of the regional governments which he had been elected and to be able to be lection. but. then to be the bigger head of the independent mr chris let me also ask you just briefly mr

frist about we understand is accusing spain of violating his civil and political rights what's the reasoning behind that. well a lot of their concerns different various questions one is always a general question all the charges brought against him and other members all of the government as well as it was. it have all been galleons addition. which could be better to prison for twenty five years not being. they all are at and they. are in group but eventually and i'm british already by the. by other means. by that is the. because they should be protected by people who. mr chris we unfortunately we're out of time there we'd like to talk with you

a link another time but we appreciate your time tonight on the program nico creech joining us from barcelona thank you thank you very much. what a day in the u.k. police released a public statement from yulia scrip all she and her father the former russian spy sergei square all have been in the hospital now for one month they were both attacked in solsbury with a nerve agent that scientist have confirmed is the soviet era poison known as know each of the u.n. maintains or the u.k. rather maintains that moscow was involved in the poisoning a claim that the kremlin denies in a sign of solidarity with britain many western countries have expelled dozens of russian diplomats well today at the un security council in new york the russian ambassador said that russia has told the u.k. that it is playing with fire it is no more than a month since our guy and his daughter uli how were poisoned with a deadly chemical agent on british soil kicking off

a diplomatic war of words dissent from ation claims and counterclaims that is showing no sign of letting up. on the room all day long. i don't know a russian broadcaster aired what it claimed was a telephone chat between you and tucker cousin but whether it was genuine or not. even the t.v. station would not say when it came from is another matter. victoria script hour later said she believed she was speaking with her cousin. it was not me who contacted her she phoned me herself when the phone rang i thought it was a call from a british number i thought it was a call from journalists it was. back in solsbury where this international poisoning scandal began police guarding the hospital beds of the former russian spy enters daughter issued a statement in her name. my strength is growing daily said the

entire episode is somewhat disorientating and i hope that you respect my privacy at the same time raising concerns of his own russia as we are responding ambassador. was on the offensive we have a lot of suspicions and you know if you take the. last ten years so many russian citizens. died here in the u.k. under very strange circumstances russia insists it had no part in this attack and has said it will accept the results of international investigations so long as they're held in film view of the public. well at this hour the u.n. security council is meeting to discuss this poisoning case moscow requested the session after the world's chemical weapons watchdog yesterday rejected moscow's demand for

a joint russian british investigation into the script all poisoning i asked our moscow correspondent yuri was shadow what russia is trying to achieve right now. well as the russian ambassador to the u.k. alexander you could then call we just saw him in that report sounds the moscow would accept the results of international investigations but only if the process was transparent and if other countries were involved he said he wanted to know which experts who were involved in the testing of the nothing agent moscow probably now tries to get as much information as possible about what's really going on with the investigation and it's doing this on the highest possible political stage of the un security council russia is obviously going to demand transparency and evidence hot clear evidence not sanctions not because ations but evidence moscow feel it's been pushed against the wall and insists it's absolutely in a sense where we've had a couple of things happen today

a couple things said today. rather bewildered ring if you will let's go through those the russian ambassador to the u.k. today talked of russian citizens who apparently died under very strange circumstances in the u.k. in the last decade. what does this tell us in central getting out of hand. why would the same brand of the latest developments even place into the hands of the russians from the very beginning crush the has a complaint to that it had been completely lucked out both from the investigation and from access to the two poisoned russian citizens all of those speaking in the name of russia when happy at least publicly that russia wasn't even informed about strip holland his daughter when doing some even assume to that they to what not to poison russia now seems to be trying hard to beat everything to get any attention and to be accepted not as a bad criminal who doesn't deserve

a fair investigation but as an equal partner. a very good point there's also that telephone conversation allegedly with julius cripple and her cousin which was broadcast on russian state television today we're going to be looking at that tonight in the day our moscow bureau chief you were shot on the story for us tonight yuri thank you very much. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world bollywood superstar zelman khan has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing endangered indian animals a court convicted selman khan of illegally poaching blackbox while filming back in one thousand nine hundred eight mr khan who has always denied the charges is among the top ten highest paid actors world wine italy's president said geo. says that two days of crisis talks have produced no breakthrough in efforts to form a new government more talks are planned for next week the deadlock follows

inconclusive elections the antiestablishment five star movement and the far right league party won the most vote but every fused to work together. for our right javier is here now some stirring words again from berlin for facebook that's right it's not the first time and it probably won't be the last time brant today the german justice minister called facebook at network of entrance parents see that's following wednesday's declarations of facebook that acknowledge that the data misuse that we know affected users was not for eighty five million users or was not for fifty million users but rather for eighty seven million users that were affected mexico burke has yet again apologized and as always promised solutions. it is potentially the worst privacy scandal involving any social network and facebook has admitted its role on its corporate blog in a post the social media giant revealed changes to its privacy policy it also

released figures about where users affected by the cambridge analytical privacy scandal came from the us was the most affected but millions elsewhere are among those whose data may have been improperly shared after the u.s. uses in the philippines indonesia the u.k. and mexico are among the most affected wouldn't focus enough on preventing it and thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm as well and that goes for. foreign interference election beach in addition to developers and data privacy when you take a broad enough view of what our responsibilities and i was this huge mistake it was it was my mistake that marc second berg will have to answer for in front of leading lawmakers in the u.s. on april ten and eleven the social media giant c.e.o. will be testifying before the u.s. congress he will likely talk about how facebook uses and protects user data and its

plans to limit user data accessible to other companies. and of course facebook being a heavyweight on the new york stock exchange there have been reactions right there let's talk her financial correspondent in new york so fishermans q.'s joining us hi sophie it's good to see you well we saw the facebook stock recovered today two percent in part of the trading session so does that mean that more exact words words were enough to calm down investors. well that is exactly what it looks like at the moment it has been a bumpy ride for this stop it dipped into correction territory and facebook shares have fallen more than sixteen percent since three parts of the scandal surfaced in march but now the stock seems to be slightly recovering for the first time really since march and maybe let's see what some dacha bank and wrote in a note to the content and to limerick of that of burke's message gets the first optimistic outlook for the company in weeks so the comments to reporters of

a sack of work seem to have successful and suggests that it has not seen any meaningful user or advertiser impact so analysts seem to think that the worst is likely behind facebook when we believe in god to bank and also if we believe in what that could work is say and do not forget investors like to play the game of buy low and so high so some people might have simply seen a an opportunity to buy at a relatively low price here so if you look at the broader market we've seen some crazy movements in the last few days is this the new normal should we get used to that. yes all of these huge swings are mostly due to the back and forth and trade war concerns right now they seem to be easing after comments from after the us thinking of a willingness to reach a trade compromise with china but also after justin trudeau statement that they

would actually be moving forward in the renegotiation of nafta shares of boeing for example let the dow jones higher so it seems all the know that the people here are in an optimistic mood right now at the moment but it doesn't mean that these concerns are all from the table so fisherman ski in new york thank you very much for the analyses. and sophie was telling us this concern is not off the table because now china is challenging the united states at the world trade organization the country has filed a request for consultations which could be the first step towards a full blown legal challenge at the w t o's dispute settlement body the reason is washington's planter's that fifty billion dollars of tariffs on chinese imports the u.s. justifies the duties by alleging that beijing is stealing intellectual property and to golgi. to south america now when argentinos current president modi

supermarket he came to power he vowed to bring the country back on track on many fronts including the economy he ended subsidies and public services introduced by his predecessor saving money but causing higher costs of living the president now wants to make up for it by investing billions in infrastructure but for many argentinians the benefits of his presidency are coming far too late. our huge construction site in the heart of women's ariz main commuter rail service to san martin line is being modernized public transportation in the argentinean capital is widely considered to be miserable little has been done for many years now that's going to change. the current government has approved investment on the order of eleven point four million dollars. and i'd say the main items are

transportation and water. because. of the. the government is trying to win approval from citizens because it's coming under heavy criticism the cost of living has exploded since president reseal mockery came to power back the opposition has misgivings. that the problem is we're not creating the economic conditions to be able to pay off the debt and the infrastructure program is running up. without them. but the country desperately needs infrastructure to be modernized millions of residents of one is aries will be happy when things start to work better. but changes may not be fast enough to help the incumbent government when elections are held in twenty nineteen. and we'll see if argentina has a change at the top and speaking of changes at the top somehow for sierra leone

president the right javier in sierra leone a narrow election victory has propelled you only yes model to the presidency is defeated opponents. has said that he will challenge the result b.-o. once ruled the country at the head of a military junta but at his swearing in he promised the country that he is a changed man. sweeping out the old voters in sierra leone have voted for change in the country's presidential election. the former opposition leader julius model below narrowly won a second round vote and was quickly sworn into office who was the only manner. here here here here very soon was. here. did you. hear you. during the campaign criticize chinese infrastructure projects for not delivering economic benefit. he

promised to review mining agreements and introduce free schooling. montevideo is not an unfamiliar face in sierra leone two decades ago he took part in a coup and ruled the country's military junta for several months. voters seem to have accepted his apologies for the who describes. the way to run looking for you a good one knows under proper charge this is who are you reporting for. and i hope what i will reveal about his message to the m m do is what the. international observers have said they were satisfied with the election outcome but losing candidates some more of come are a from the former ruling party a.p.c. says he will challenge the result alleging fraud. was formed the whole view. that those reserves do not citrix the many concerns really is better but i

want the must see balance the fear or the. fraudulent put that rids is an order that's ready to lead it says. it was the country's first presidential election since thousands were killed in a devastating a bola outbreak and a deadly mudslide in the capital freetown many in sierra leone are hoping that a change in power brings a change in fortunes. it is no secret that brazil's former president. has been eyeing a political comeback as the front runner in upcoming national elections this fall instead he may be headed to prison but they talk court has nearly denied his request to remain a free man while he appeals a bribery conviction. the supreme court ruling is deepening divisions in brazil over louis enough case some here in sao paulo say the decision to reject his bid to

stay out of jail was a step in the right direction this is the supreme court's decision yesterday was a good one it shows that justice still prevails against a really powerful person. it's now very likely that lula will be behind bars within days even as his party valve's to fight his imprisonment and claims he will still run for reelection later this year some are still questioning whether he will in fact go to prison. this is also a huge equal if i'm not sure whether he will go to jail not yet but it wasn't just him i think this should be done to a lot of other politicians to not just him don't or it's not. under list presidency from two thousand and three until two thousand and eleven brazil sorts largest period of economic growth in three decades millions were lifted out of poverty but after he left office a corruption investigation alleged that top level politicians and clued in lula and

then president dilma rousseff had received bribes in exchange for awarding state contracts i has claimed the charges are an attempt to thwart his bid for president in october. victim of the largest judicial hunt that a president has ever seen. i despite the corruption allegations latest opinion polls suggest that luna would win the. election by a wide margin but after the supreme court's ruling and what the prospect of a prison term little faces big hurdles to a political comeback. or earlier we spoke to washington post journalist marina lopez in sao paulo about how lula is seen by the brazilian people he is cass's the mastermind behind the question. scheme here in brazil so the mood of the stream league kinds the country is divided about whether he should be in prison or not now

i think the legitimacy of the election his supporters will claim that this is the wider plot to disqualify him and the workers' party they are saying that the that the elections are fragile and because of this and eight claim that they will continue to run a lot of brazilians though do you see this is the start of a new chapter in recently history that is going to be less corruption is what passed. i first break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around for that.

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