this is news live from berlin the right thing to do british prime minister to receive a defense her decision to launch strikes on syria may also with use of the country's government and moscow of trying to cover up the alleged chemical attack in duma but for his opposition says that means approval of airstrikes may have broken the law we have the latest from london also coming up i think is morally unfit to be president who talks about and treats women like they're pieces of meat who wants.

to learn about matters big and small and him since the american people believe that . after being fired by donald trump the former f.b.i. director james comey lashes out at a publication of his new book which details the bents surrounding his firing. i thank you for joining us british prime minister to resign may has faced questions in parliament over her decision to authorize this past weekend's airstrikes in syria this after britain joined france and the united states in bombing three alleged chemical weapon sites in syria following a suspected poison gas attack in the town of duma opposition m.p.'s said that may should have consulted them before carrying out the bombing but she insists that quick action was essential and in the interest of her country. statements of the prime minister. to of after the strikes the questions and there are many

first british prime minister to resign may was forced to explain why the u.k. joined the u.s. and france in attacking syria without getting parliament's prior approval we have acted because it is in our national interest. it is in our national interest to prevent the use of chemical weapons in syria and to uphold and defend the global consensus that these weapons should not be used will should that justification fail to satisfy her opponents i believe mr speaker the action was legally questionable. and on saturday i. just members to calm down because this intense debate underlining the dilemma faced by western governments. saturday strikes on three syrian

sites led by the us are intended to signal that the use of chemical weapons won't be tolerated. it's the o.p.c. w.'s job based in the hague to answer another question what exactly happened in duma earlier this month. dozens of people reportedly died here on april the seventh for to show the victims many of them children suffering and struggling for breath after the suspected chemical attack the o.p.c. inspectors is set to access the alleged attack sites on wednesday but since saturday had been blocked from doing so frustration surfacing at the watchdogs emergency meeting. this was also that you will see fasten for allies to set out on a case in the organization that is designed to. make very very clear that the russians have blocked diplomats who travels for us russian foreign minister sergey lavrov denied there had been any obstruction and insists there was no chemical

attack. meanwhile of the your monday syria strategy was back on the table but with diplomacy appearing to stall and more sanctions on moscow a possibility to use foreign policy chief. conceded an end to the conflict had never felt so distant. more now let's bring in our london correspondent standing by with the very latest so bear get the u.k. and france they appear to have had broad backing from the e.u. for these airstrikes but theresa may is facing some opposition at home so how important to may is this support coming from the european union really when it comes down to domestic politics. well it was something that she definitely stressed when she here in the house of parliament gave a statement basically defending and explaining what she did and she did say she stressed that she did speak to other european leaders that she. could to do notice

and also justin trudeau from canada that she had this international backing because she wants to be seen as somebody who doesn't just acts alone but who actually acts on her own the consensus it was a chance for her to come across as somebody who is just saw as if she said parliament holds me to a conscious but the decision is my decision alone i am the prime minister and i have decided that this was necessary to further humanitarian catastrophe and i think she made a fairly strong statement here in parliament today absolutely many strong statements there she talked about the grading and deterring syria's chemical weapons capability but she had to defend charges that the u.k. wasn't acting on the behest of the u.s. president donald trump what did she say in that regard. well she was as a fairly provocative question you know at what point did you the donald trump tell

you that you needed to do this and then she. he said in very strong was that he did not and that this was how decision alone but of course here in the u.k. people are sensitive they don't want britain to be the u.s. disputable as they did accuse tony blair at the time of the iraq war of being george w. bush's pool so it's it's something that you know that's still a very alive in the in the british psyche so she was very strong to say no this is something that i decided because i wanted to make sure that it's not normal to use chemical weapons not in syria and also not here on the streets of london as we have seen recently were in this screwball case were former russian spy was attacked with a nerve agent and britain assaulting russia to account for that. because we've been talking a lot about the politicians what they make of us how they have the how they've been framing it but when it comes to the british people what they think was it right to

take part in the airstrikes. well it was quite interesting that before the strikes happened there was of course speculation that something might happen so there will pinion polls and the majority of british people at this time said no and i think many of them if so it wasn't right and i think many of them still had the iraq war in their minds which is something that really has. you know it has really branded itself in the british psyche but now retrospectively another opinion poll says the majority of they said that it was actually right to do this and i think the reason mase coming across to say it's really something that's targeted it's something that's a one off it's not something that try to get regime change and try to make the complicated situation in this region region even more complicated i think this is something that the british people have have trusted her and that they that she has

she really was able to bring her point across. absolutely and you know in the meantime we know that the e.u. that is calling for russia to join in on the efforts to revive the political process in syria but of course you know there are there are a lot of tensions not only when it comes to big you versus moscow but in particular when it comes to london versus moscow right. well yes for sure i mean this is really an absolute low point in the u.k. russia relations which has to do of course with the attack on the screw paul that i mentioned before i was recently in the in the russian embassy and really such strong words against against the u.k. and vice versa the temperature's the russian embassy in the u.k. has some point three to it at the moment with the temperature between the two countries at minus twenty. a bit slack has ticked but at the same time it's probably true. better get mass in london thank you. let's get

a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world government in nigeria have kidnapped a german engineer near the northern town of kano police say that attackers on motorbikes ambushed a vehicle carrying construction workers and killed a police escort before abducting the man nigerian authorities are hunting the assailants german officials have not yet commented. russian authorities have been blocking access to messaging app telegram that's after a court banned the service for refusing to allow security services access to private conversations moscow says it needs that information to monitor potential terrorists the apps creator pavol door off called the ban an attack on russian privacy rights and dozens of protesters have been injured in clashes with police in the armenian capital they are furious over former president sergei sarkozy john's bid to maintain his grip on power sarkozy on ended his second and final

presidential term last week but he will likely keep his influence of parliament elect same prime minister on tuesday. a judge in new york has adjourned a hearing about what will happen to materials seized by the personal seized from rather the personal lawyer of u.s. president donald trump last week the court is deciding who will review the documents and devices taken from michael cohen in f.b.i. raids they are believed to contain incriminating information on trouble. and that hearing comes one day after former f.b.i. director james comey launched fresh attacks on the u.s. president saying he is morally unfit now komi has been speaking in an interview on american t.v. as part of a public publicity campaign for his new book which is being released on tuesday ahead of the t.v. interview trump blasted called me on twitter calling him quote a slime ball. it's all out war between the u.s.

president and james komi. in a publicist he blitz for a searing tell all memoir the former f.b.i. boss launched an intensely personal attack on trump who was your impression he had impressively hair that looks to be all his i confess i stared at it pretty closely and my reaction was let's take a look at what time in the morning star was too long as it always is he looked slightly orange up close with a small white. half under his eyes but message was serious trump poses a danger to the us system of government he calls the president a liar obsessed with spins going on i don't think he's medically unfit to be president i think is morally unfit to be president of the bits a feud between the two men started last year when komi confirmed that the f.b.i. was investigating russian links to the trump campaign weeks later komi was fired by trump the stakes between this clash of the titans are now sky high if trump isn't

dices for trying to cover up possible campaign collusion with the russians mr koizumi is likely to be a star witness and he says he cannot rule out that the russians have compromising material on trump these are more words i never thought i'd order a better president states but it's possible and i wish i wasn't saying it but it's just it's the truth trumps response to k. means attack has been a vitriolic series of tweets branding komi a slimeball he describes him as always ending up badly and out of whack he's not smart and he will go down as the worst f.b.i. director in history by far the last may trump fired komi triggering the rush for investigation nearly a year later the probe is getting ever closer to donald trump and now came his words to further wounded an increasingly beleaguered president he is morally unfit meantime in the monday night bundesliga game on. and freiburg faced off in what

amounted to a relegation six pointer mites were in the playoff spot while fiber where just three points above them and fifteenth both sides desperately needed the three points to make some progress toward staying in the top flight next season. mind set the lions share of chances in the first half and threaten to gain here just before the break daniel brzezinski shot saved by alexander strolled off the referee though decided to check the video replay for handball because the whistle had blown fribourg had already left the pitch and sure enough mark oliver camp had handled the ball on its way to the keeper penalty pablo de blasio stepped up to the spot and hammered the volley in one nil for mines the first time in bundesliga history that a goal was scored after the half time whistle and minds weren't done yet in the seventy eighth minute shrugged off tried to clear the ball but it was intercepted by robin crays on who laid it on to deploy just to make it to deal with the help of the post

a brace for debussy and that's how it ended two nil for a minute she grabbed three huge points in the battle to beat the drop. and in tennis novak djokovic has shown signs of returning to form in the first round of the monte carlo masters the former world number one has struggled since undergoing elbow surgery but made quick work a fellow serbian dusan lodge of it in the french open warm up tournament djokovic has won the monaco title twice before and booked a short as he started his clay court season with an easy six love six one victory the next time he plays is on wednesday. a quick reminder now the top stories that we have been following for you here at d.f.w. in the british parliament prime minister theresa may has defended her move to launch air strikes in syria and accuse damascus of and moscow of trying to conceal facts about an alleged poison gas attack but russia says weapons investigators will

be given access to the attack site in question on wednesday. and with that you're up to date now on news i'm sarah kelly and you so much for watching have a good evening. to. learn german with. any time any place. with or with jo jo and her friends. are you going to get to the museum spritz you saved.