from chief executive to chief suspect us prosecutors have charged the boss martin. for his part company is false if occasion. they say he knew about the test cheating and went along with. also coming out on this world oppressive. journalist while reporting. tonight we take the pulse of the media around the world. and

a show of sporting solidarity teams from the two koreas stun crowds at the world table tennis championships with a display rich in political symbolism. good to have you with us it is the scandal that just refuses to go away u.s. prosecutors have charged volkswagens former c.e.o. . for his role in the diesel gate scandal they say that he conspired to mislead regulators and violated the u.s. clean air act. down just days after the news of the emissions cheating broke back in september of two thousand and fifteen the company has admitted to fitting about eleven million diesel cars with illicit devices to pass pollution tests and

is the highest ranking person to be charged in the case questions remain as to who knew what and when he. are questions that maybe our financial correspondent in new york can help answer good evening to you yet the u.s. prosecutors apparently believe if i understand this correctly that venter cornu a lot early on in that he's charged with conspiracy and fraud in connection with this scandal can you tell us more about these accusations. well first of all it's very unusual i'm working on wall street for about twenty years and i've never seen it that the c.e.o. of former c.e.o. of a company the size of wagner has faced similar charges that said it is not unusual that u.s. prosecutors stot know and then work their way up the rings last year to

a former managers have been sentenced to prison terms here in the u.s. and probably they have helped the to form the case against martin been to court. yes v.w. has already paid billions in penalties in compensation to consumers venter corn has resigned i mean what does this indictment mean for him now well i mean first of all he probably will not book his next summer vacation here in florida and it is pretty unlikely that the german government will extradite margin of intercourse in that respect to maybe and nothing will happen to him personally but for sure we have to wait and see how the whole case plays out and if we look at overall they had to rebuild their reputation in the months and years and actually that rather well and i'm not sure if the sales of good will really drop in

your future because of this case that is i have to repeat really highly unusual all right our correspondent on wall street yes thank you very much. for the legal quagmire engulfing us president donald trump deepened today after the white house was forced to explain in consistencies in its account of the handling of accusations by the porn star stormy daniels last night drum's lawyer rudy giuliani told fox news that trump did know about hush money paid to the actress and that he had provided the money himself trump had previously denied that he knew anything about the payment which took place during the twenty sixteen election campaign. another day of presidential duties overshadowed by the scandal around porn star stormy daniels on terror alleged to faff with donald trump

for legal aid rudy giuliani made an unexpected disclosure about a payment of one hundred thirty thousand dollars to daniels and just where it came from that money was not campaign money sorry i'm giving you a fact now that you don't know it's not campaign money no campaign finance violation so they follow the through law for follow through over the president repeated that contradicting trump's initial denial that teen you anything about the payment your very. first day however confirmed on twitter that the money was reimbursed to his personal lawyer he wants more tonight be a fat saying such agreements were very common among celebrities and people of wealth in a white house briefing on thursday spokeswoman sarah saunders said trump didn't initially know about the payment to stormy daniels and only find out about it later

. all right we've tried to get our heads around this let's go to washington our correspondent carsten phenomena is on the story for us going to evening to you karsten all right the latest in this story now is that u.s. federal investigators reportedly wiretapped the phone lines of trump's personal attorney michael cohen the move was part of an ongoing probe into russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election it's a what to digest and yet trump is still standing tall in the midst of all of this how do you explain this. it is very hard to explain but it is a fact that actually the approval ratings for the man from have gone up over the last few months in spite of all the scandals in spite of all the controversy around him and yeah clearly hard core of his supporters they stand by their president no matter what and we we know that trump says the payment was made through

a retainer not from the campaign but you know he initially denied that there had been any payment at all until mr giuliani said on television last night that he did know about it so what does that mean. it's a good question clearly on the trump when asked about this just a few weeks ago so after the story broke and was widely discussed he was asked by a journalist on board of. force one if he knew anything about those payments and he said flat out no that doesn't seem to be correct now and another thing that is also interesting is that yes giuliani and trump both said this was no compay money but giuliani himself in another t.v. appearance this morning said that of course this was connected to the election because the presidential debates were going on and mr cohen apparently was concerned this could damage mr trump's chances and so he did pay the porn actress

stormy daniels and did his job by this mr giuliani said so even though this might have been campaign money it could still be a violation of campaign regulations our correspondent has a phenomena on the story for us tonight from washington a story with more twists and turns today carson thank you. reporters without borders says that hostility towards the press is growing worldwide often encouraged by political leaders even in democratic countries in its latest report the watchdog classifies the situation in seventy out of one hundred and eighty countries as bad or very bad you see the colors there in red and orange china and iran remain among the world's worst countries for journalists in china all media are subject to strict censorship foreign journalists can be closely monitored is estimated that at least fifteen journalist and forty bloggers are currently in police custody iranian media are also strictly controlled by the state

journalists can face harsh and even violent reprisals if they dare step out of line of one hundred eighty countries iran rate one hundred sixty fourth on that press freedom list and then there is turkey while the state there does not completely control the media there are very few remaining independent outlets thirty five journalists are reportedly jailed tonight in turkey more than anywhere else in the world journalists here in europe also face an increasing threat to free reporting the investigative journalist. was shot dead in slovakia back in february you know he had been covering corruption and the mafia has role in the country and in malta the anti-corruption blogger deafening korea on the lead sia was killed when a bomb placed under her car was detonated just outside her home back in october two thousand and seventeen she had been

a longstanding critic of the government three minute been charged but authorities have not identified who ordered her murder reporters without borders it says that her death lifts the veil of judicial harassment and intimidation that journalists face in the country. now the council of europe has recently appointed a special roughage here to monitor the ongoing murder investigation gilead's he is son andrew says that malta has managed to escape extensive scrutiny from european institutions. the response from the european commission on malta off for example was much we in the response towards. and there are many reasons for this the first is that. the governments are less sophisticated in the rhetoric they're more conservative they target minorities sexual minorities ethnic minority is refugees the multis government is more sophisticated in those other foods if it somehow

sticks through. european refugee policy liberal rhetoric then into the scape of the scrutiny that's directed towards central and eastern european countries if you let the smallest member states get away with this level of impunity this level of institutional failure and he said you're sending an extremely negative example to larger member states which might be tempted to stretch the limits of acceptable behavior within the european union and that was definitely the lead see a son andrew there speaking about the political environment following the murder of his mother here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a rally on the greek island of lesbos to say that it's of violence on thursday as protesters attempted to overturn why it police buses the demonstrators had gathered in the main port to voice their anger about the european union migration policy

that has left thousands of migrant stranded on most books hopes are growing in washington that north korea might imminently release three americans as a goodwill gesture. there we go kim jong il was arrested in two thousand and fifteen for allegedly spying for south korea the other two men tony kim and kim hawks all were detained last spring and accused of hostile acts yes. there was goodwill to at the world table tennis championships in suite where teams from north and south korea were due to things off what transpired was something special. they will counter is two separate korean teams each vying for a place in the world championships semifinals this is a special time for north south relations and after the purse for peace from that

leaders last week it was time for politics to meet ping pong i think. there are three. three. people who really got. the media kind of like if you go to sleep you know. i think. i thank. you for. a historic moments and perhaps a first in the history of international sports amidst tournament's macheath. and i wondered if we could make a joint team and whether i could join the team and now it has really happened and i feel very proud i did not want to go up to that because it's a great honor and the tie can be part of the joint team which will become part of

history that all our. tournament organizers heralded the move even if it wasn't quite in keeping with the rulebook we informed all the teams and they agree it's so if they do another korea we will not do that. so we've we all feel i think very happy that we have a small side in the process for you reunion of korean teams off of korea as both countries. to fingers for peace oh pats even a v. for victory in one nine hundred ninety one a unified korean team played in this tournament from the stumps and they won it shocking defending champions china in the final history is a mess ice. are different ball now of late to go madrid to are through to the europa league final after knocking out arsenal diego costa scored the only goal of the game seconds before the break up they to go will face either salzburg or mar say in the final that game is all square and has gone to extra time all right

quickly here's a reminder that top story we're following for you prosecutors in the u.s. in charge the former c.e.o. of folks why did mark inventor born for his part in the company's fault of occasion of the missions data prosecutors say that he was aware that the company was cheating on diesel in missions tests in europe the big news for all of us in berlin thanks for the company. the blessing. and a curse. for suppose nature and inescapable. monsoonal the tropical jungle force which can you. hear the song.