food malaria must die so millions can live. this dude of the news live from berlin it looks like i mean the other head is about to roll germany's biggest carmaker volkswagen boss mathias may be heading for the exits as the company says it is considering that further involving its leadership structure we'll see if we can decipher that management speak also on the program. accusations fly over suspected poison gas attack in syria

a presence assad's regime invites international chemical weapons experts to inspect the sites of the alleged attack russia says it has found no evidence that an attack even. germany's chancellor takes the top ministers away on a two day retreat but kept a trip to the countryside and there infighting and focus their promises. i'm focused on welcome to the program big changes appear to be underway at europe's largest carmaker has released a statement saying that turnover at the very top of the company could be in store including a new chief executive to replace mathias miller the group board the shuttle to meet on friday reports are mounting that mathias modest success that will be the current head of the v.w. brand. green in the job since twenty fifteen of the company has paid billions in compensation in the aftermath of the diesel gate scandal actually selling more cars

than ever. will get more from stephen because they. d.w. business while stephen diesel gates is a couple a years ago why does he have to go now why does the big man have to go. well thought think there's a lot of questions and speculation about this why this moment there's no one scandal that's happening that sort of roiling the press like there was in january with the monkey testing mueller has been the face of recovery from diesel gate you could say even though it's not out of the clear yet it has as you said continue to make record profits it's continue to do very well consumers have not fled it so why change it leadership now that is one of the big questions it's well known that mueller was not happy being at the top position i folks walk and he was of course formerly with porsche. part of volkswagens group and he was quite satisfied there

a lot of insiders say and so he was of course the face of a very very difficult period for volkswagen and he was the target of a lot of the criticism that volkswagen and that in a way the entire german car industry especially especially the diesel industry was facing so do we expect. to leave the company or will he be shunted sideways that's also one we don't have any word yet just like we don't have any official confirmation that this is taking place we have a lot of strong insider sources saying that this is what's going to happen we don't know exactly where miller is going to go and i think that will be one of the questions moving ahead as well. ok tell us about d.c. he comes with something of a reputation doesn't he does his reputation is that of a cost killer a cost cutter he's known as a numbers man he can be ice cold when it comes to balancing the books for volkswagen if you're looking at the future if you're trying to put diesel gate behind you this might be the guy that you want there now in terms of bringing

a younger perspective or anything like that for miller that's not really in the books here he's fifty nine b. a little b. sixty five in june they're both about the same age. same generation they've had the same experience in the german auto industry to both very experienced very worldly so it's not going to change in that manner but in terms of just cleanly cutting the books focusing on the numbers has a lot of its plate right now it's trying to really kick off its electric car operations its investment in china it's doubling down on all of these areas in needs to move forward with especially as diesel becomes more and more. sort of the unwanted car model in europe and elsewhere briefly the markets seem to be reacting quite positively to this news that's right and again i think in the shadow of diesel get in there again there still is that shadow of diesel gate there's a lot that still is going on still can happen i think restructuring is probably

seen as a very positive thing as perhaps v.w. saying let's close this book let's move forward and let's focus on someone who's going to take us to the future stephen bisley thank you so much. to the conflict in syria where russia has called for international with chemical weapons was shocked to inspect the site of an alleged poison gas attack america's threatened to respond to the attack with the military action opposition activists say gas was used to kill dozens of people near damascus at the weekend they blame the syrian government which denies any involvement. did these bombs dropped on the last rebel held area near the syrian capital damascus contained 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 religious image 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. let's hear more from data because phones and you're a shutter in moscow welcome your a so we have doctors aid workers in mali is in the area saying that chemical weapons were used russia says not based on what. well it must go into it rejects any responsibility or russia's evidence is there the others have no evidence according to the motto show us first that we are really to blame and then we'll defend ourselves the same strategy old tactic by the way they had in the case of the poisoned russian agents strip out in the case russia's

u.n. ambassador the. sad that he's country had sent by the way investigators to do mark over the weekend and they found no evidence for potential use of chlorine in a alleged attack also russia emphasized that experts from the united nations good and verify the use of chemical weapons. so between reactions to this attack u.s. sanctions to punish moscow's interference in the twenty sixteen election and u.s. reprisals for the u.k. a nerve agent attack it does look as though u.s. russia relations have reached a new low why it's absolutely but meanwhile if there were plenty of flaws in the russian american relations at least on their rhetoric level field here in moscow after the victory of donald trump there was of course some hope he could improve the situation between the two countries either the russian politicians were blue eyed or they simply didn't want to believe that the relations

would only get worse it's astonishing how quickly the new law seems to be reached given that only a week ago moscow and washington agreed on a potential summit meeting of mr putin and mr trump and the u.s. capitol in the very next future but these plans seems now to be outdated and how is this control the server of these alleged chemical weapons how is this playing out in russian media how much of the picture russians getting. well look all this happens at the time when moscow has big financial difficulties and that is the real problem of the russians are facing now that this is the really . used number one here the ruble collapsed since yesterday because of the new us sections the accusations in the case of the poisoned russian double agents are just people and his daughter in the u.k. are still on the table but in the russian media of course we see a very different picture this article of any miss from the best is getting closer

and moscow has now one reasonable more to defend itself this is the well known rationality. euro shatter in moscow thank you now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump has called an f.b.i. raid on the office of his personal moral disgraceful yes b i searched the offices of attorney michael cohen was saying it was acting on the referral by special counsel robert muller who is conducting an investigation into russia's alleged meddling in the twenty sixth u.s. presidential election. saying in america facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg will appear on u.s. lawmakers on capitol hill later he's expected to face a grilling over data privacy issues this amidst revill revelations that data belong to something like eighty seven million users was improperly accessed by a political consultant say cambridge analytical and used to help put donald trump

into the white house north korea's leader kim jong un has made his first official a mention of possible talks with the united states according to state media fortunately met with top party officials and discussed the prospect of dialogue u.s. president trump person agrees to meet him as soon as next month no date or venue has yet been set. now germany's chancellor angela merkel has recovered her carpet for a two day retreat to hammer out the details of a government program over the coming months the meeting is taking place outside berlin some of the most pressing issues on the table include drafting a new budget reforming germany's refugee policy and minimizing the damage to the country's car industry in the wake of the diesel emissions scandal. d.w. a chief political editor of the hill i know is that welcome became what's the chancellor hoping to achieve over the next couple of days. well the biggest achievement she could really secure here is to actually get her cabinet to act as

one team less than a month into the full term that she's now serving as german chancellor she already has a team or a lot of infighting on her hands particularly that issue of migration and particularly the union of family members who have secured silence in germany with members who are still abroad has become a bone of contention almost traditionally between the social democrat coalition partner and his cd you particularly see is union and with haas the will for the former c.s.u. leader now being the interior minister here in germany he also has an agenda to push after all there are elections coming up of the various a lot of domestic politics here playing into this and a cabinet that isn't quite often running with all those pressing international challenges that we've seen over eighty. three in the background syria of the united states just to name

a few yes there is an international dimension to this meeting with the nato secretary general and you commission president. are also invited. absolutely and this clearly is setting the tone that there are greater challenges to face that it's not just although this is a big task about securing prosperity here in germany also quelling fears of many people who are concerned about their jobs in a more digital future but that their largest to teach issues at play particularly with install some back who already met germany's foreign minister in berlin ahead of coming here and of course his own told you he will be only too happy it to talk about that first big chapter of the coalition deal that somewhat marks the really the script for this upcoming government and how germany wants to flesh that out and what kind of response there will be to this grand vision mapped out by a man on the call the french president so something a lot to talk about and

a lot of headway to be made for people out there to see some concrete results we can occur for fags so much for joining us. to sports in the monday night's abundance they get much leipsic score locked horns with leverkusen in a battle for fourth place may fourth but champions league spot by six marcellus sob sob it's five home for still seventy five percent cheaper bad play no had no chance there because in responded just before the break a car had bets leveling the score but there's a school to morrow after every stop looking beyond doubt for the final score but victory moves there because into force in time for the coveted champions league but . i just want to remind you our top stories at this hour german car giant felts falcon says it is considering replacing its chief executive of tires motor as part

of a management shakeup v.w. board is due to meet on friday for consultations. and accusations have been flying over suspected oil. gas attack in syria president assad's regime has invited international chemical weapons experts to inspect the allied sites off the attack russia says it has found no evidence that an attack actually happened. that's it your update i'll have more for you at the top of the hour of the. it's all happening don't you live coming. your link to news from africa and the world your links to exceptional stories and discussions anyone will come to their views after getting programming from phone to meet phone users easy to our website the demo that comes next africa joined us on facebook t.w. africa.