recycling. in transport to. find out what you can do today. i've. i've. this is d w news live from bahrain south korea's former president is found guilty tommy janay convicted in a corruption case that's been gripping the nation for months now. saying the court has sentenced her to twenty four years in prison we'll be going live to seoul in just a minute also on the program russia and britain facing off at the united nations the war of words between the two countries intensifying over the poisoning of

a former russian double agent and his staunch. and hungry decides national elections this weekend could see migration hardliner president viktor all been coasting to a fourth term in office has been to the capital budapest for more. than a year. hello and welcome once crystal springs thanks for joining us alstad south korean president park geun haye has been sentenced to twenty four years in prison on a conviction including charges of abuses of power coercion and bribery in a verdict being broadcast live on korean television the court ruled that part colluded with friends to receive tens of billions of dollars in kickbacks from companies such as samsung part was impeached and arrested back. can march twenty

second change of scandal has prompted months of massive street protests. joins us now from seoul the korean capital of south korean capital jason strother who's been following this verdict for us jason good to have you with us what is. or what has president park geun hye being convicted on exactly give us more detail on the charges that she's now being found guilty off right well former president pock who is the the first south korean president to have been impeached was found guilty of sixteen of the eighteen charges that were brought up against or primarily she was found guilty of pressuring some of the country's largest conglomerates like samsung to give millions of dollars to a very close friend of hers and the judge said that even if president that not explicitly pressure the heads of these conglomerates just by mere fact that she is

was the president was a nothing to cause some degree of concern or fear for these conglomerates and pretty much do whatever the president asked them to do what about public the public's feelings in south korea they support it. right well the spite maybe some of the images we've seen of flag waving protesters the majority of south koreans are in favor of having the book thrown at former president pock when she was taken out of office in early two thousand and seventeen her approval ratings had been in the single digits and that led to the election of the progressive moon j.n. who is now president and who has also ushered in this kind of detente with north korea something that would not have happened with pocket power of course she still has her supporters those are mostly conservative activists or people who remember

her father of the late dictator paf telling he she still has their support and she's now facing twenty four years in prison is that an appropriate sentence. well the prosecution was asking for thirty. poc and her legal team who she doesn't even speak with you remember she did not attend the trial today they have a week to appeal today's ruling we can expect that some an appeal will be issued but we have to remember almost every south korean president since one thousand nine hundred eight has been in broiled in corruption charges and some have been found guilty of those indictments but they've never spent the time that was ruled in prison they've all been let off very early or not spent any time in jail at all so it remains to be seen if president will serve out the entirety of those

twenty four years and considering she is a woman in her mid sixty's that basically is a life sentence ok jason many thanks for that jason strother reporting from seoul. thank you and the other big story of the day the war of words over the poisoning of expired circus crippling his daughter is escalating at the united nations security council the russian and british ambassador is facing off last night in a blistering exchange over the alleged nerve agent attack london is sticking to its accusation that moscow is the chief suspect for that attack russia denies any wrongdoing sara guy on u.s. proposal for weeks the british government has accused russia of trying to kill them . the kremlin is using the u.n. to go on the offensive. we're going to have what it comes to we've told operators colleagues you're playing with fire and you'll be sorry i don't think the british

investigators are grateful to the british government for their hasty and unequivocal statements and conclusions. in along in blistering speech moscow's envoy reached for alice in wonderland to argue that it was russia who were the victims of a sloppy rushed and dishonest blame game normalcy of the quim sampson's first verdict afterwards britain's envoy was unimpressed firing back with a posh each of her own there's another very good quote from alice in wonderland this is sometimes i've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast so i think that's the quote that suits my russian colleague best it is the latest in a diplomatic war of words death and for mission claims and counterclaims that is showing no sign of letting up. i'll go on air earlier

a russian broadcaster eared what it claimed was a telephone chop between you. and her cousin. but whether it was genuine or not even the t.v. station would not say where it came from is another matter. victoria scrip hour later said she believes she was speaking with her cousin in hospital yes 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 who were. back in solsbury where there's an international poisoning scandal began police guarding the hospital beds of the former russian spy and his daughter issued a statement and her name my strength is growing daily the entire episode is somewhat disorientating and i hope that you respect my privacy. is not only a victim she is

a witness and her food recovery may yet prove vital in the search for the truth. ok let's get more on all this now from that child from phil who is with me in the studio that this is a fairly puzzling episode you know this appearance of script all the daughter of sergei first on russian t.v. as we just saw in what appears to have been a telephone call with a cousin and then a statement on her behalf from the u.k. police what what what is all this about what impact could it have left on of course is hoping to listen very closely to what you he has to say as was mentioned in that report that she's not just a victim she's also a witness and this is a case where there's still a big lack of information and lack of certainty about exactly what has taken place there the u.k. of course saying that it believes that russia is responsible in some capacity and yet has provided safe on the rails making gun evidence yet that that's taken place

russia meanwhile denying it there's a lot of uncertainty about exactly what's going on has so it hopes presumably that yulia will be have to shed some light on not ok well let's all to try and shed some light on another area of confusion exactly what the british foreign secretary boris johnson told us t w news a few days ago before we get into the detail of that the russian ambassador in the united nations security council meeting last night said something quite remarkable about that let's listen to what he had to say live if you could when you know he could get to know each other is not was copyrighted by russia in spite of the obviously russian name the one who is a name that was invented in the west for a line of toxic substances which is nothing new but what experts and scientists. they were developed in many countries including the united states and in great

britain. the brim with morris johnson in response to a question from georgia vella directly confirmed that great britain does have some pools of that substance in ports and down she also had to put it on school and we believe the number is completely continuous so the russian ambassador to the u.n. they're referring to our interview with british foreign secretary boris johnson jury in which johnson stated that the u.k. has a sample of the nerve agent not be chalk. was the russian ambassador quoting or interpret chain johnson accurately well the thing is it wasn't entirely clear what boris johnson meant to understand this but i think we're going to have to have a quick listen to exactly what it was that he had to say and then the look at the russian temper taishan so that they could quickly. you argue that their source of a snuff edge and novacek is russia how did you manage to find that out so quickly

that's driven possessed sample something else when i look at the the evidence from the people from from porton down the the border they 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 there's no dark. i would view it that asking they have to. reply they do what's not clear though is exactly what is meant by samples did boris johnson mean in his onset that the leopard laboratory in the u.k. has samples seized from the crime scene and has been investigating those ole was he reaching father and saying actually the abort tree had previously had samples in its possession rushes jumping on that ambiguity to feed it is not it if the hay i other countries of the act is could have been responsible for this other people may be in possession of this agent indeed if the report report down had it others might

have it it's very unclear that there is no evidence to suggest that that is indeed the case but it's very cleverly trying to pick holes in it in that ambiguity that boris johnson left there in his interview so hopefully it remains fascinating but ambiguous and confusing to w. shell the child some people helping us to understand parts of it thank you charlotte. we're going to turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world a judge in brazil has issued an arrest warrant for former president luis nasr who got a silver in order to get through the twenty four hours to surrender to police and ice off a twelve year prison sentence for corruption on thursday the country's supreme court refused a bid from houla to remain free until appeals against the sentence exhausted. original court in germany has ruled it will not be considering an extradition of congress which the moment on the charge of rebellion which comes alone prison sentence in spain he could however still be sent home to face

a lesser charge of misusing public funds the former counsel and leader has been granted bail rather pending a final decision on the lesser charge. south africa's former president jacob zuma is appearing in court this morning on charges of corruption and fraud the case centers on a two billion euro contract to modernize south africa's armed forces back in the late one nine hundred ninety s. zuma denies any wrongdoing. and watching to dublin you still to come on this program is hungary and is prepared to cost the vote for a new government this weekend well victor all bans anti migration rhetoric secure him a fourth term in office. that's coming out later first donald trump doesn't seem to think much about deescalating the trade spat with china christophe over in fact mr trump has doubled down on a possible trade war with china the u.s.

president has ordered officials to examine imposing an additional one hundred billion dollars worth of terrorists on chinese imports only hours before business leaders and investors around the world had welcomed signs of deescalation in the dispute. u.s. president trump proposed the latest terrorist in response to china levying tariffs and u.s. cars and soybeans that was also in retaliation to an initial round of terrorist washings and put on chinese products critics warned that an all out trade war could hurt the u.s. farmers worried this is the one thing that keeping an eye on what's happening out of washington what's happening with the markets that directly affects our lifestyle directly affects our pocketbooks and the way we plan for the following years are we going to pay all the bills the sheer horror we got to buy a new piece of equipment. you know do you get your kids you know a couple new pairs of shoes more than half of us lojban exports go to china so for

us farmers any escalation of this trade dispute means they'll while it's could be taking a direct hit but this is a spot that even the u.n. secretary general is watching closely. over the rules are the wars always the dead for those involved into the warranty for the international economy as a whole. we need to have the international cooperation wherever there is a problem that must be that will that must be the season start to move to overcome the problem so far there is no dialogue instead the tit for tat continues china's ministry of commerce has already announced countermeasures saying it's ready to fight the u.s. at any cost. but meanwhile china is challenging the united states of 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 o's dispute settlement body the reason is washington's initial plan does not fifty billion dollars and terrors and chinese

imports the years justifies the duties by alleging that beijing is stealing intellectual property and technology from u.s. companies. while the world is looking for solutions to the threat of climate change a dutch and our mental group has taken a more practical approach forced fossil fuels fuel companies to stop growing and shift towards renewable energy the first target is their homeland global player royal dutch shell they want to take the company to court and that's just the beginning. is it possible to force a big oil company like shell to steer away from fossil fuels dutch environmental group you defense he is at least trying they've given oil producer shell eight weeks to step up its efforts in developing renewables if nothing happens in that time they're taking the giant corporation to court. shell know that which already of the oil gas and coal reserves in the world need to

be kept on mind but still their c.e.o. told the world i'll mine everything i'm able to mine. the. shale is among the world's ten biggest carbon emitters the environmental group claims the anglo dutch multinational has been responsible for two percent of carbon dioxide and methane emissions since the dawn of the petroleum era and yet it plans on investing only five percent in renewables. shell knows that carbon emissions need to be zero by twenty fifty but the company is only aiming to reduce current emissions by half. shell says it believes climate change should be driven by government policy not litigation taking legal action against large energy companies is becoming increasingly popular nine american mean it's

a pallet he's including new york city have sued fossil fuel companies they are seeking compensation for climate change damages. people are hungry are going to the polls this weekend in a closely watched national election christopher has more thank you christophe prime minister viktor orban one of europe's loudest opponents of allowing in my france and seeking a fourth in power opinion polls showing his party in a comfortable lead that hungers complex electoral system makes the outcome actually rather difficult to predict you know your correspondent funny is in hungary at the moment to cover sunday's parliamentary election for us she sent us this report from the capital but have asked. hungary for hungary once the slogan mirrors the feeling so many fetus voters the governing party wallpaper the country billboards like this . it's been two and a half years now since the station behind me the kelty train station looked like

this it was packed with stranded refugees and although hardly any has been granted asylum here in hungary since then it remains the main topic of the governing fitness party. its leader prime minister viktor orban talks of an invasion by muslims he's campaigning with a message hungary first. i want to know are refugees to biggest concern of hungary and voters out of the elections when you go i care about the health care system for example it's in ruins i mean migrants wouldn't want to settle down here what's important to me is to make sure fi does doesn't win this election. a fee that. migrants there are very aggressive especially with women. we won't let that happen everyone. we meet a young journalist who has another concern. so i thought most media are controlled

by foetus there's lots of propaganda everywhere opposing liberal democratic voices receive less space. to be a reporter for the biggest leftwing paper. but it was shut down in twenty sixteen officially for economic reasons but former staff says its demise was the work of the government keen to silence a critical voice. in why did i don't see any political party in hungary right now that could stop fidel and opposition parties are not working together. we can to the outskirts of would have passed to meet with fittest supporters hungry first resonates well here. manager of an accountancy firm welcomes us his patriotism is clear for everyone to see he has three kids the family are devout christians i met them back in twenty fifteen when the migration crisis was at its peak what's changed since then. without them when there aren't that many migrants because the

policies work to keep them out they're not a work force the culture does not fit with ours and having them here doesn't help public safety because mr. area agrees that the issues such as corruption are problems in politics but he says they are nothing new for him the positives of the fittest government outweigh the negatives. we benefit greatly as a big family and years ago utility costs started to decrease that's also good for us. opinion polls but if it is firmly in the lead some in the opposition would consider it a victory if they manage to deprive over two thirds majority in parliament all agree hungary is heading for a fateful election. ok we're not going to go to the hunger in town of hold me theo. on the line with us the mayor of that town peter marchese who successfully won that town against fi denge the ruling party of prime minister

viktor orban in a recent local election as the marquis's i thanks for talking to us your town used to be firmly in the hands of the ruling party how did you manage to feed us in one of its strongholds. but people are fed up with corruption and intimidation so the feelings of the people hasn't changed any better in the country since my election but unfortunately there's one thing which is not common in the two days or in two days upcoming nationally and in my election on february tenth it's in my action there was only one candidate against it that's going to date so we got the fifty seven percent majority against the forty two percent. so what you're saying is that the opposition managed to unite behind one candidate. and united strength and that's the way that it was possible to be the fittest

candidate. absolutely and what is significant is that previously in this town there was forty two hundred wolves going for the opposition candidates combined. this time thirteen thousand people went to the polls went to the to do all that and they're not was much big so when there is a hope that we can defeat fetus then people will be a go to bills and they rebuilt and hence there is a chance for success. so i mean the opposition in hungry at the national level is very divided is there any. prospect of that kind of unity. occurring again elsewhere in hungry during the parliamentary elections on sunday. but in joint many independent civic organizations and the promoted spectacle that

of course we also wanted the park dietz to cooperate and if opposition parties did cooperate it would be a little almost certain victory for the opposition unfortunately so far there's not enough science hardly any that they would cooperate in two dates there's still a little time left but at least we devote there's revolted to cooperate and be encouraged. let's think will those two will for you'll be can do because there's to vote for socialist party or the cape but it is necessary in order to defeat the government spent. ok mark is a the mayor of hard me. is hungry a town where the opposition united to defeat the ruling. party many thanks for talking to us. thank you. turning to some sports news now the first leg of the quarter finals of the europa league were played last night arsenal

cruising to an easy home victory over c.s.k. moscow light edging possible say athletico madrid beating sporting lisbon to no last year rome winning four two against the celts book meanwhile in tennis germany are in the spanish if you're valencia for that davis cup quarter final time with spain well number one rafael nadal returning to action for the hosts he hasn't played since withdrawing from the australian open back in january. germany will be led by the number one player alexandre sweater who reached last week's miami open final you might remember and ahead of the time in valencia g w news has been speaking to six time grand slam champion boris becker he is now in charge of german men's tennis and he has high hopes for the. role of tennis off the parting with novak djokovic in twenty sixteen. i think i've had success as a coach in recent years and the association got in touch a while ago about taking on this post. it didn't really exist before hand. it

wasn't the head of men's tennis absolutely i said i was happy to do it to be given the honor the trust and responsibility on. the players responded really well. as did the coaches and i know. to go with now and jordan speak tops the most is leaderboard off to day one the american taking control of the moment with five consecutive birdies to complete the first round with a score of six under par compatriots tony finn and matt tied in second place two shots off the pace but the real story of the day belong to said joe garcia the reigning champion taking thirteen shots on a par five tying the worst of a score for a hole at the org us to show he's. a quick reminder of our top stories for you this hour former south korean president park geun hye has been sentenced to twenty four years in prison after being found guilty of abuse of power and coercion park

was impeached and arrested back in march twenty seventh cimino for a wide ranging corruption scandal revealing links between big business and politics in south korea. and the war of words over the poisoning of expiry script and his daughter is escalating moscow's ambassador to the united nations warning that britain is playing with. his british counterpart meanwhile reiterated her country's belief that the only suspect in the poisoning attack was russia. you're watching news in but then more from us at the top of the hour in the meantime to forget you can always get the latest updates from the web site that's dot com alternatively follow us on facebook and twitter thanks for watching and see you very very soon on the top of the our.

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