this is d.w. news live from berlin accusations fly over an alleged poison gas attack in syria moscow invites international chemical weapons experts to inspect the alleged site of the attack saying it's found no evidence it actually happened this has president trump threatens to strike syrian military targets. the office of president trumps personal attorney is rated by the f.b.i. trump blushes out calling it a witch hunt to undermine his presidency. and chancellor i'm going there cold holes for top ministers away on a two day were treated can a trip to the countryside put an end to their infighting and focus their priorities

. i'm sumi so much going to have to have you with us russia has invited an international chemical weapons watch star to inspect the site of an alleged chemical attack in syria this is us president donald trump threatened imminent military action and were sponsored to with aid workers in the town of duma east of damascus a poison gas was used to kill dozens of people in an attack over the weekend moscow is said it found no evidence in the syrian government denies any responsibility. did these bombs dropped on the last rebel held area near the syrian capital damascus contain chemical weapons the answer could be cause for escalation in the conflict there most of all between the united states and russia. the two global

powers faced off at the united nations security council in new york. russia's obstructionism will not continue to hold us hostage when we are confronted with an attack like this one the united states is determined to see the monster who dropped chemical weapons on the syrian people held to account yet. i call upon those slandering the regime to move forward with the assumption that there was no chemical weapons attack. no russian troops have been deployed in syria at the request of illegitimate government of a country we already conveyed to the u.s. side that armed force under false pretext against syria could lead to grave repercussions. aid workers say chlorine gas killed at least forty people and injured many more in duma the u.s. and its allies want an investigation into what happened there but the u.s. may go further than an inquiry history will record this as the moment when the

security council either discharged its duty or demonstrated its utter and complete failure to protect the people of syria either way the united states will respond. that response could look like this last year following another suspected chemical attack u.s. president donald trump ordered cruise missile strikes against a syrian air base. trump says military options are again on the table and action of some sort could come soon. khaled yacoob always is a specialist on syria and he joins us here on g.w. thank you for being in our studio with us donald trump is threatening more forceful action what do you think that means what are his military options judging by the last time the military option was an attack that was merely a slap on the wrist of. not only the civilian population of cd of the sunni

population have been targeted by the world war two type from bought bit by russia the seat in the old so let's not lose let's not forget to get on we can see you know the suspected chemical weapons has been again used so unless you have a really forceful response of epic proportions assad would not be deterred russia would not be the new it would be it on what would be that really forceful response something that would hurt the base of the the you loyalist beast of betty jean the security apparatus the secret police the alawite elite forces of energy where they can feel some pain like that being they have been inflicted against the sunni population only then when they be suppressed heard he can have a second calculations but as long as his base is not he doesn't kid now the latest incident that is a listen to this attack from this response rather from donald trump is this alleged chemical gas attack in duma now russia says that this was fabricated the u.s.

says that's not the case this is something that really happened what is the evidence and we either to look at democratic governments and believe all these they will cut the governments they are the states france russia germany are deceiving its population and saying these repeated chemical weapons attacks in syria are invented or do you think that variable is themselves have been hitting themselves or to be that he would give the good weapons attack and killing themselves or killing the population or do you believe the rough. i mean it's up to you but remember that russia wrote the book historically all this information this one from months it's being literally wrote the book but russians themselves are actually now calling for the international chemicals weapons watch stock to come in to actually look at the site where this attack is said to have taken place what do you make about a new idea that they now control because easy the wife of the evidence and the middle east there is a proverb saying killing killing someone and then marching in this funeral and this is exactly what you are saying what about this latest escalation that we've been

seeing in eastern guta and duma does it threaten the security across the region as well i mean the security of the region has been vastly threatened by the mean the the undemocratic military regimes in syria and elsewhere and the unwanted. without any repercussions of killing masses of civilian population this is what it is the security of the region not isis not the causes of this which are these the these thirty six theory and if there are these use in that region that nobody in the west want to deal with i mean look about three hundred years ago edmund burke responding to another atrocity you on your show one of the boy thousands of swords were drawn this is the age of sofas that is he said self is theirs and calculators and this is what you are saying get out of bed calculations no more latino values so you're saying now is the time to act doesn't look like the syrian regime is about to finally win this conflict he's winning in certain areas that easy but remember the best ideas the east of euphrates the oil reserve water that we

preserve water of syria on the pro-u.s. kurdish militia and you have other areas in the solved and the north yes i said this controlling territory but look at the whole map of syria the goal is a pop with four to be your audience for the russians so that it is winning but you know what that's an addition all right. a serious specialist with us here on thank you very much for your insight. u.s. president donald trump has called an f.b.i. raid on the office of his personal attorney disgraceful the f.b.i. acted in part on a referral from special counsel robert mueller miller's conducting an investigation into russia as a legit meddling in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. presidential election. president trump was blindsided by news of the raid on his longtime attorney's office and he didn't hesitate in publicly venting his anger at a meeting with military leaders an issue he called to discuss syria so i just heard

that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorney is a good man. and it's a disgraceful situation it's a total which trump attorney michael cohen came under scrutiny after he had made it to making a one hundred thirty thousand dollars payment to an adult film actress just days before the two thousand and sixteen presidential election stormy daniels alleges she had a sexual relationship with donald trump in two thousand and six she said cohen paid her to keep silent trump has denied the allegations. the raid was based in part on a referral from robert muller who is heading a separate investigation into suspected russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election it's unclear if there's a direct link to muller but that didn't stop trump from also attacking the special counsel's inquiry to say an attack on our country of the truce absence of the

terror chord what we all stand for. why don't i just fireballer well i think it's a disgrace what's going on and we'll see what happens but i think it's really a sad situation where you look at while lawmakers on capitol hill warn the president to allow the miller investigation to go ahead without political interference the latest f.b.i. raid suggests there could be more legal trouble in store yet for donald trump we do with respect. not some other stories making headlines around the world yulia screwball has been discharged from the hospital and is at a safe location script all and her father survey and x. russian spy were poisoned with a nerve agent and britain last month it is unclear exactly when she was released some media report it was late on monday. facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg will appear before u.s. lawmakers on capitol hill later today where he's expected to face a grilling over data privacy issues this amid revelations that data belonging to some eighty seven million users was improperly accessed by

a political consultancy cambridge analytical and used to help put donald trump in the white house. north korean leader kim jong un has made his first official mention of possible talks with the u.s. according to state media came reportedly met with top party officials and discussed the prospect of a dialogue president trump has agreed to meet him as soon as next month no date or venue has yet been set. germany's chancellor angela merkel has gathered her cabinet today for its first close meeting to set the government's priorities for the next four years the today were treated taking place outside of berlin in the state abundant blog and some of the most pressing issues on the table include drafting a new budget performing germany's refugee policy and minimizing the damage to the country's auto industry in the wake of the diesel emission scandal. and let's bring in our chief political editor michelle accrue for she's covering the cabinet meeting for us hi michelle so this is a two day close to a treat outside of berlin why is that what is the chancellor hoping to achieve here

. well in this and she's trying to achieve actually a team in the cabinet that has seen the first four weeks of its new existence with a lot of infighting particularly between the c.s.u. ministers that conservatives are very insistent part of angela merkel c.d.u. party horsy a war for the new interior minister striking a more aggressive tone in terms of migration here in germany particularly on the issue of family reunification of migrants here in germany those who have less asylum status now that has become a bone of contention between the two sides in this old new coalition those social democrats who are so reluctant to go into yet another government and i'm going to tackle c.d.u. c.s.u. lots of infighting so far there's a lot of intellectual work on paper one hundred seventy seven pages of that coalition agreement and in

a way she will hope to set the clock to zero again and really get started with a cabinet that stops fighting with each other and gets down to work then michelle and that infighting has been splashed across the headlines here in germany why have we seen such contentious dialogue and what are the main points of contention here you mentioned migration is one of them. well first of all this was almost a forced political marriage particular for the social democrats who really initially didn't want to go into yet another term in office and that c.s.u. minister i just mentioned tossed the will for his use you party has a regional election to contest this coming autumn and migration is the big issue that's part of the c.s.u. last dearly to the far right if tea party in those past general elections here and migration is the overarching issue so he has to be seen to be tough on migration to regain that political territory for his own party and at the same time he was the

warning voice from day one of what became known as the migration crisis in twenty fifteen at one point criticizing the german chancellor accusing her of breaching german laws now he's somewhat toned down his message since then but there's no doubt the cus you. is running on migration profile issue michelle i just briefly if you can given all that how united do you think this government is going to be behind the chancellor. knows it has to because the larger issues at stake were expecting the nato secretary general here also the head of the europe commission yorker and there are big issues beyond me that all sides know they need to also make some headway on their use chief political editor covering this cabinet meeting for us thank you michele. to a bit of football now and in monday night's bundesliga match leipsic locked horns with leverkusen with the brace for champions league qualification heating up

a winner when jump into fourth place and a light six saboteur fire from the game's first goal in the seventeenth minute they were christened keeper and they know had no chance here but the leverkusen responded just before the break kai however levelling the score and after the restart leverkusen put the match away scoring two more goals for one the final score the victory moves leverkusen up to fourth in the table on track for that coveted final champions league. and in tonight's champions league quarter final barcelona are in italy's capital to face roma the catalan club hold a four one advantage from the first leg but coach our nest of advance day isn't resting on his laurels he said it would be a mistake to think they were safe but roma will have to pull off a massive upset to deny barcelona and their superstars a place in the semifinals. right some very big changes at the top of europe's

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