this is the w.'s line from the u.s. president donald trump holds back on his threat to bomb syria yesterday you made it same as if a missile strike was imminent today he says only that he'll make a decision fairly soon also on the program. and the world's biggest carmaker replaces its chief executive material inside to have a teams takes over as v.w. restructures its management in the wake of the cheating scandal.

israel remembers the holocaust the blood of six million the european jews by the nazis the president of israel the presidents of israel and poland a lesbian you all knowledge of the living of the most notorious death camp in auschwitz but this year there was tension. i feel gail welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump says decisions will be made fairly soon about how to respond to the suspected poison gas attack in syria fears of a confrontation between the west and syria's main ally russia has been growing since he said on wednesday that missiles will be coming here's what he said today. they're we're looking very very seriously very closely at that whole situation and . we'll see what happens folks here see what happens it's too bad that the world

puts us in a position like that but you know as i said this morning we've done a great job with isis we have just absolutely decimated isis but now we have to make some further decision so that we may truly sir thank you all very much i think . elsewhere russia's military assets the syrian government has taken complete control of the eastern ghouta the last rebel stronghold near the capital the region includes the town of duma the site of i suspected poison gas attack at the weekend people are being evacuated from the town. convoys of buses and making their way out of duma carrying out of the town rebels and their families and with them their hopes of victory against the syrian government this is what's left of eastern ghouta after years blockaded and bombarded by syrian government forces people here too scared to enter the buildings. i'm not like that when i look around all the

apartment entrances are blocked because of the mines inside i can't get in everywhere i see wires and things that trouble me. as smoke rises over duma russia says the area is now under the control of the syrian government but it is russian military police who are patrolling the streets in line with a surrender deal struck with the rebels at the weekend. moscow has broadcast pictures said to show resident celebrating says the situation here is normalizing. i mean i don't know i very well thought for several international powers these images of saturday's suspected poison gas attack in june give no hint of normalcy. the u.s. britain and france are considering military action in syria in response to the alleged attack syria's allies russia and iran have threatened to retaliate if they

do so with turkey israel and other regional powers also involved the u.n. has warned this conflict could spiral out of control. as u.s. warships make their way to the region there are mounting questions about where this crisis will lead. now regardless of u.s. french and british decisions or germany's chancellor angela merkel has ruled out german participation in any missile strike on syria. would germany were not is obsessive hate and item our civil military action but i want to stress again that no decision has been made on this but we acknowledge and support that everything has to be done to signal that this use of chemical weapons is unacceptable mr. president about your mccraw of france says he has proof that the syrian government carried out last weekend's chlorine gas attack wisdom across

didn't say whether france was planning military action but said he had spoken several times with the u.s. president about the most effective response. carrier and land based french jets would likely play a central role in any strike against syria coordinated by nato allies the us britain and france. for the french president emmanuel mccall he could just be a question of when mccaw insists he has proof the acid regime used chemical weapons against its own citizens in the town of duma and he says france wants to remove syria's chemical weapons capabilities. france will not allow an escalation or anything that could damage the stability of the region but we cannot let regimes do anything they want especially not crimes against international law. on the streets of paris opinion is divided on whether france should take part in any strike on syria. the syrian dictator is inflicting on his people is frightening as far as

france is concerned an intervention is legitimate and he wants. the russian should say clearly to assad now you must stop and you should get out then we would avoid a conflict badly if we strike the russians will be obliged to respond. there will never be strikes. because france and europe are scared of russia. the russians provide us with gas. we don't. britain's royal air force would also likely join a strike on syria all the indications are that the syrian regime was responsible and we will be working with our places stylised on how we can ensure that those who are responsible are held to account how we can prevent it the humanitarian catastrophe that comes with the use of chemical weapons in the future the continued use of chemical weapons cannot go unchallenged british ministers have been holding a special cabinet meeting to discuss joining possible military action against syria

the prime minister would not need the approval of parliament to give the go ahead for strikes. so how about decisions from the united states germany under france britain there at the end that cabinet meeting has finished let's find out what they're thinking of the new york times is london correspondent is stephen castle welcome steve what did they decide. well which it lasted two hours alone reaching and at the end of it the statement that was put out was a slightly open statement. said it was highly likely that the assad regime was responsible to be chemical attacks it talked about the need to take action to did deter the future use of chemical weapons and also about coordinating international response with france and with the united states he didn't specifically mention military action at all but there again of course it didn't rule it out and i think the conclusion probably of this rather open statement is that perhaps the key

decisions have not yet been taken in washington and london may be waiting to see exactly what the united states has in mind before committing fully to it the united kingdom has a beef with russia over the script our poisoning is that likely to make teresa mayes life any easier when it comes to persuading a parliament of the need to take military action. well as you say that the context is very difficult strain one with russia and that may strengthen her hand although of course people will be very worried about the risk of an escalation and i think this comes back to the central point. it doesn't appear very clear so far whether the u.s. intends just a rather symbolic strike which britain could join i suspect relatively easy or well something which is a bit more ambitious which would raise the risk of a confrontation with russia and i think that would be

a much more. difficult. operation for britain to join given that trees may will probably at some point have to go to parliament and in parliament she has no overall majority really yes at domestic considerations will weigh heavily not only have parliamentary majority but also the the shadow of the memory of the last iraq war exactly i mean that is really scar british politics the iraq invasion of two thousand and three and consequently when david cameron i asked parliament for approval to bomb syria in two thousand and thirteen parliament refused so we we've got a very difficult situation to reason out all the one hand she will very very definitely want to join in and support the united states very important for her internationally to solidify the transatlantic relationship particularly in france

is getting involved it will be embarrassing for her if she can't join in on the other hand if this is something very risky very ambitious then she has runs her own risks home with parliament if she tries to join such an operation saving castle of the new york times in london thank you. international chemical weapons are washed of the o.p.c. w. has confirmed that a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent the case has sparked that for tat diplomatic expulsions between russia britain and many other western countries with london accusing moscow of being behind the attack of so and his daughter euro. the highest levels of nerve agent were measured on the door of sergei scree pires house in solsbury the independent experts called in by the british government took their own samples the former russian double agent and his daughter yunior were found slumped on this park bench in the city at the beginning of march inspectors from the

international watchdog o.p.c. w. also had blood samples from the script piles and a police officer he was also affected tested in four different laboratories and they confirmed the conclusion of the british authorities is accurate while the report did not explicitly name novi chalk the body said the agent used was of high purity. scientists based at the british defense research laboratory important down quickly identified the substances novi chock a highly toxic agent developed in soviet russia even though the watchdogs report made no assessment as to who was behind the attempted murders the british government feels vindicated british foreign minister boris johnson issued a statement saying there was no doubt what was used and no alternative explanation as to who was responsible says it will not accept the report's conclusions as long as russian experts do not have access to the samples london is now planning to

bring this repast case before the u.n. security council again. those are some of the other stories making news around the world funerals have been held in algeria for many of the two hundred fifty seven people killed in a plane crash shortly after takeoff on wednesday both of the victims were soldiers and family members the accident is the worst aviation disaster in algeria's history or thor's of declared three days of mourning. police and police in somalia say a bomb attack was killed five football fans at a packed stadium in barrow a port town in the city's south where this is say the bomb was buried in the sandy floor of a stadium when a local match was taking place al shabaab militants have claimed responsibility for the attack which also seriously wounded a number of people. violence in gaza has left two people dead and that these were more injured palestinian medical officials that an israeli airstrike killed a hamas government and wounded another and this ready troops later shot down close

to the full. for human rights group amnesty international says the number of reported judicial executions around the world fell during twenty seventeen but the group is warning that the number of people put to death by the state is not known some countries treat executions statistics as a state secret china for example but many others carry out executions in full view of the public. iran responsible for carrying out more than half of the world's known executions last year that's according to amnesty international's latest figures in dozens of those cases that meant public execution in iran drug trafficking and blasphemy are among those crimes punishable by death. at least five people were executed in iran for acts committed when they were still under eighteen . just four countries responsible for eighty four percent of all recorded

executions last year iran saudi arabia iraq and pakistan but the country suspected of being the world's leading executioner is china. it's thought to have put thousands to death last year more than the rest of the world put together the because data on the death penalty there is a state secrets exactly how many is a matter of speculation. but not counting china twenty seven thousand so the total number of executions worldwide fall by four percent from the previous year. i mean the city international says that reaffirms the global trend towards abolition of the death penalty last year a further two countries guinea and mongolia joined the one hundred four who have now abolished capital punishment for a second year in a row the us did not feature among the top five global execution is slipping from position seven to eight this is due in part to ongoing legal challenges of the use

of lethal injection. but as litigation and several states progress is that because the executions. there watching the dublin years lie from still to come israel has been marking its holocaust remembrance day the president. commemorations of the most notorious nazi death camp auschwitz but there was tension bullock's plane was . a new chief executive. as the big business news thank you very much for the need we're talking about five rumors had been circulating since the beginning of the week and now it's official how about d.s. as the name he will lead to what is supposed to be a new era one where the company can keep its record performance while restoring confidence and its damaged reputation. has a new man at the top with immediate effect the w.'s new c.e.o.

is. he's been with the company for three years now he's been tapped to kickstart the next phase one that will see the company betting big on electric cars if it falls behind in the race it could lose ground in critical markets like in china and news of d.c.'s new position is going over well with many employees. of the steps with about the fourth stand. and was at the meeting. i can only say great job at v.w. so far folks when this new totally. absurd year the company now plans a massive restructuring program in china and in six other business branches. the program to better structure the company and make v.w. more manageable. and what's to become of moola sources say who remain with v.w. until twenty twenty he had been earning ten million euros a year and both sides seem unwilling to break his contract. of course

a big story especially for the auto industry let's cross over to the city of vives floor where the company has its headquarters our correspondent stephen beardsley is standing by and has been following the board meeting for us thank you for joining us stephen now we do know that i have that d.s. is not a new name to fox wagner he has been in the company for a few years what can you tell us about fox arts new c.e.o. . the word around decent course is that he's a numbers man that he's a cost cutter and that comes with implications of course for unions especially here in germany who would fear job losses for any more strict cuttings from volkswagen. came from b.m.w. almost three years ago as you said hadiya and he came two months before the diesel scandal hit folks wagon and at the time that he arrived it was said that he had his eyes on the top position that he now it's been confirmed will take over but that of

course he came at the wrong time his star fell a little bit especially as he got into a little bit of heat with the unions for his cost cutting tendencies. we've heard that since then of course he's been very close to some of the families that are the biggest stakeholders and movers behind volkswagen and that he's sort of ascended back to the top we don't know exactly what his stamp will be on volkswagen but we look forward to hearing more about it hopefully tomorrow now let's take a look at the bigger picture here stephen because we know that fox martin has been doing pretty well actually under the now former c.e.o. the company had record profits and especially here in germany analysts and the press have been consistently saying that this move came as a big surprise so why such a big change and why now. it's a fascinating question and i think that's the question that everyone wants answered hopefully tomorrow when we do have the official introduction of the changes. as you

said miller has been seen as downing of as having done a very good job by all objective measures like in stock is back up record sales record profits its position in china is solid its position in the u.s. has improved and it's in many ways back to where it was almost its reputation we will see but consumers haven't lost their taste for volkswagen's are still buying and has also led ford on electrification efforts which is a big deal for volkswagen's investing heavily in nuts and of course he under mueller at the biggest fears of what volkswagen could face through the diesel scandal never came to fruition forty to sixty billion euros in penalties was what was expected when this first broke and it was only twenty five so far of course it's not over so why now one one of the worthy here most often is that this was wanted by both sides there was a push for a change the idea that these scandals behind volkswagen is part of it but also that

miller himself was ready to go this is a very difficult job for him he didn't necessarily want to leave porsches what everyone will tell you he was happy there at the top a c.e.o. and this is been a very stressful two and a half years you can imagine being the face of volkswagen at its lowest moment so what we're hearing is that this was a mutual agreement it is not necessarily a bad thing a firing but it was time to try to move on from diesel gate and speaking of moving on from diesel gate you just mentioned it's not really over yet there is still legal action not only in the united states but especially here in europe where we haven't seen any real consequences yet so can the company just close that chapter and leave behind just like that. yeah i think of course not and i think anyone would tell you that i mean obviously as you know from a legal perspective you do have ongoing cases you look at the u.k. which is mounting an enormous class action lawsuit in the u.s. there's still issues in europe as you said there's still massive questions and then there of course the the effects the second tier effects including this new outlook

on diesel as a synonym for dirty instead of clean that's a big ripple effect as well of diesel gates so and then of course maybe the biggest issue here involved spoke and from what we've talked to what we've heard from people in the streets here is that of course there's the big cultural question within volkswagen as the culture the corporate culture really changed from a time when someone could deceive consumers about how much emissions their car was what was releasing and expect to get away with it how did that even happen in the first place that was one of mueller's biggest tasks was to change the corporate culture within volkswagen but that is a major undertaking for a firm as big as this and with as many employees but i think when you talk to employees here there's still this desire to know how will this not happen again how can we be convinced that this is not going to be the case in the future and it's going to be a big task and a big question to answer we'll see some official announcements tomorrow stephen beardsley following the story for us thank you very much. to some other news making

the business headlines today the world trade organization projects global trade will grow faster than expected this year but there's a catch speaking to the press w t o head over to us who handle said they expect a trade to expand by four point four percent this year however he warns if there were those addictions would go out the window if the u.s. and china make good on their threats of a to protest trade war encourage both sides to show restraint and find common ground through dialogue. the facts. on to the other headline french president emmanuel mccall says here is sticking to his ambitious reform plans even in the face of crippling rail strikes and other protests like all spoke with a t f one television network in his first interview in months so it was of course widely watched he said he was not deterred by the heavy resistance to his plans but asked people to remain calm and to be open for dialogue because popularity has

declined sharply since his election last spring he has initiated a series of tough labor reforms to create more jobs. so from the business doesn't expect to fill in a very sad anniversary he did have a thank you israel has been marking holocaust remembrance day when they remember the six million jews across europe murdered by nazi germany the presidents of israel and poland led commemorations at auschwitz the site of the nazis most notorious death camp recent polish legislation about the holocaust has caused controversy so there was some tension. a march in memory of the victims of nazi terror at the fronts the presidents of poland and israel more than ten thousand people including youth groups from around the world have come to auschwitz the route leads to the death camp birkenau earlier the young people visited the camp to familiarize themselves with the horrible details of what took place.

it's very sad to stand here knowing that my great grandmother stood and died here as well as my great grandfather an indescribable feeling. survivor's accompany the groups and recount their traumatic experiences edward most burgs mother and brother in law were killed here yeah they do have to remember what happened. in the war people for the dispute between poland and israel over the so-called holocaust law is causing uncertainty penalties could be imposed on anyone who blames the polish people or state for nazi war crimes israel fears polish accomplices may no longer be identified as a result. i would like to say once again with all my might that it was never the intention of polish politicians to create such a rule which would block bearing witness to the holocaust. the polish

constitutional court is currently reviewing the law the meeting of the two heads of state at this site of nazi terror could point towards an amicable resolution of the conflict. some breaking sports news newly crowned bundesliga champions botany munich are reported to have agreed terms with a new coach for next season according to germany's built newspaper and sport build magazine he is niko kovac the current coach of eintracht frankfurt played for by between two thousand and one and two thousand and three. now the president of the international biathlon the union has stepped down temporarily this comes after an investigation was launched into an alleged cover up of doping cases the now infamous twenty fourteen winter olympics in sochi norwegian and better burke has moved aside after austrian police raided the headquarters of the i.b.u. insults book on tuesday evening the world anti-doping agency says it has provided

information which prompted the raids. to row now on the moment to remember for fans of formula a racing that is the electric car version of four little and it's holding its first ever race in the eternal city pope francis took the time to bless a formula a car guy he said to be a big football fan at least for this week he's a racing fan you'll start to look at time to meet some drivers on their family members before the main event on saturday. is and i remind of our top story this hour u.s. president donald trump has promised a decision on syria very soon because of a confrontation with russia's main ally and with syria's main ally russia i think growing since wednesday when mr trump said that some missiles will be coming. on volkswagens our chief executive mcateer so stepped aside to make way for a new boss another side of it d.s. is the german car giants latest management shakeup in the wake of the diesel

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