also coming up after two days of dramatic did some markets gain ground today things to be encouraging words from italy's prime minister designate carlos acosta reality says new possibilities have emerged to form a new government the two main populist parties are back at the drawing board to work out a possible compromise for a new government. i'm working off it's good to have you with us we start off with a stunning story with a bizarre twist a story that we've been reporting all day well known russian journalist who ukrainian authorities claim was shot and killed in the capital kiev yesterday showed up alive and well i the press conference today. appeared with the head of ukraine's security services who said that bob change those death was staged as part of the special operation to preempt

a real plot to murder the journalist officials also screened a video that they say showed the arrest of a ukrainian man allegedly involved in that murder plot. all right we want to get both sides on this story this evening i want to bring in our emily sherman she is in the russian capital moscow and nick connelly is in kiev for us this evening nick let me start with you this is an extraordinary turn of events today he emerged alive and well and he said that he had no choice but to fake his own death while getting brant yes this is been a story is going to kept us gossiping all day he's version of events and the authorities here say that this was necessary to be able to. prove the organizes responsibility for this it was their connections to russia so by carrying out this attack. allowing the appearance of stacking up they were hoping to provoke

the organized religion with this alleged attack to incriminate themselves basically and they say that they now have that evidence and they have detained someone they say ukraine sits and they say is the organizer of these attacks but they've yet to prove that direct links to moscow but they say they have that proof ok so we've we've got one person who is in custody tonight emily let me ask you from the get go russia has denied any involvement does the kremlin feel vindicated tonight. well i salute lee think they do and we've seen some official statements come out as well from the foreign ministry for example they call this whole thing an anti russian provocation they also called it propaganda that was used to confuse the entire international community and also we've heard some statements from parliamentarians including the head of the international affairs committee the

onion slutsky he said also called this an a provocation and he also compared this case to the script paul case the poisoning of a former russian spy in england which the international community accused russia of and which russia has always denied this whole thing really plays into the russian narrative. going forward and in this case as well they can always say look you know you accused us before and this turned out to be this very strange twisted plot and even going forward if there are some links that the ukrainian side presents in this case russia will certainly use this whole for oil to plot today this whole twist of events to kind of show that the ukrainian side isn't very legitimate in. you cover the story in the daily basis russia is constantly saying that there are

plants around the world particularly in the west to discredit it do you think that regardless of the arrests that are made by ukrainian officials that the crimean is going to stay on this message and say we have nothing to do with it everything that's being reported is not true. i mean obviously brant i can't say what they will say but if i were to guess i think that they will likely stick to this plot and i can only assure you that i've heard the words russophobia campaign cited in all kinds of cases from doping to the screen fall case i just mentioned to the the chemical weapons attacks in syria. which were reportedly carried out by the syrian side a close russian ally so i think they will stick to that narrative that this is a russophobe account and. reporters without borders today condemned the bob go

operation they've called it a pathetic stunt would you say this is evidence that ukraine is losing the public relations battle. well but this is a very interesting story because on the one hand you have internationally a lot of pushback against this stunt a lot of frustration as you said there were calls without borders but also the overseas media freedom saw coming out with very strong words against this lots of international leaders who expressed their condolences will be seen now feel like they have egg on their face we even saw ukraine's foreign minister talking about this on the floor of the united nations in new york yesterday internally though this is playing very well they've had a lot of support from commentators who aren't necessarily always on the government side seeing the example of a successful operation for ukraine's security services at the moment i think they think still the ukrainian authorities think they can get more good out of this than bad they say they still have more evidence to provide as to the connections between

this plot and russia they say this wasn't the only killing that was being planned they say up to thirty others were in the spotlight over this so so far in kiev it seems like they still think this is a winner we heard from the president's not saying that this was. a birthday for ukraine is it worth it ukraine's finally been able to protect itself and citizens so one of optimism from ukraine's leaders tonight yeah it's amazing the two you know completely opposite narratives that we've got in this story tonight our nick connelly on the story for us in kiev and really sure when on the story in moscow the both of you thank you. but here's some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world european union officials have been holding last minute talks with u.s. trade officials in paris in an attempt to stop washington from imposing new terrorists the e.u. has threatened to retaliate if the u.s. imposes the tariffs on european steel and i would many the trump administration is

expected to announce its decision on friday. so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for an attack on the afghan interior ministry that left one policeman dead a ministry spokesman said the raid had been thwarted and seven attackers killed a series of deadly attacks in kabul this year has killed and wounded hundreds of people greek labor unions called a twenty four hour general strike until demonstrations in many cities to protest planned new all sterile measures today strike affected schools hospitals and transportation services greece's largest bailout ends in august but all stare at the programs are expected to continue for at least two more years. and now to italy markets that were alarmed over the political stalemate have calmed down after prime minister designate carlo called directly said that new possibilities have emerged for forming

a government no details have come out yet but the two main populous parties are said to be trying to work out a compromise that would be acceptable to call to rally and the italian president and the president scuttled their last attempt to form a government last week. one step forward two steps back just as it looked like italy would finally get a government it all fell apart the new prime minister designate color counter-rally is bouncing between parliament and president simply trying to wrangle together a temporary cabinet meanwhile on the streets of rome confusion and disappointment abound. i am worried by the direction things are moving in it seems the extremist against europe. we see there's a sense of confusion right now because there are serious problems to resolve which have more to do with italy on the problems of italians than the wider problem of europe. and the politicians who are trying to help

people have their hands tight because the stronger political forces when. she populist party is a five star movement and the league made better than expected gains in the election but were unable to form a government some reports say they're now trying to find a new power sharing compromise but more than anything new elections look likely. you know you did look as if i want to say two things we still want to go back to the polls as soon as possible but we are willing to collaborate including with the president. we want to be coherent but collaborative in order to resolve the current crisis it's certainly not a crisis we caused. the euro skeptic stance of these two leading parties has rattled markets over fears of a possible it's a legs it from the e.u. . it was almost word for is tonight in rome she joins us now good evening to you

barbara. i mean it's amazing what we've seen happen in just a few days now these populist parties are said to be back to square one italy's five star movement giving it another go what in the world has changed. everything everything changes every two hours here because we started out as a this morning and then we're going to be to see what are we talking about what we saw was sort of the parade of the main actors in this. comical opera in rome marching between the palaces the palace of keiji behind me where the prime minister is residing at the pub lots of where the president is sitting which is just ten minutes up the road and parliament which is just a few steps down and so they've been making the rounds and talking behind closed doors in trying to figure something out and then every two hours they say we are going to have new elections and they said no country really is going to step down and they finally say let's give it more time let's not rush and he seeing you know

no hurry and in no hurry with no real solutions what we do know is that at the center of all this you've got your skeptics and you've got pro european union forces that are apparently you know walked in the horns how divided vote is the country. the country is of course divided however the populace are absolutely having the upper hand be under no illusions there they are will be winning the same maybe they will when this game this week or maybe if new elections come up in the fall but it will happen because it didn't majority in the country has really decided they want to wipe out the old political class they were nothing to do and he won't be social democrats was that is coney and the likes they want somebody else and the two populist parties are embodying those different and new forces and people really want this and they're going to vote for them again so it will even either be now or it will be if it later and what we also see is

a power struggle between the leg of the right wing extreme party and the the five star movement which is sort of more like it mixed bag and that is winning that battle full power because they have the stronger people and was meant to salvini they have somebody who is a very experienced a demagogue and who is really catching the mood in the country and he is winning the fight for the soul of the italian people yeah i heard one commentator today say how do you say draining the swamp in italian are all pervasive on the story tonight enroll barbara thank you. we've been hearing a lot about how germany is gearing up for the world cup but what about their first group opponents mexico now they had an officious start to their preparations with a friendly draw against wales but they have a good world cup pedigree and their evergreen captain could set a remarkable record next month in russia. his first world cup was back in two

thousand and two now rafael marquez is looking at making it to yet another. if mexico coach won carlos a sario names marquez in his final score at least the thirty nine year old could become the only player to have caps in his country at five world cups. he's a man with an extraordinary career and i would say as a human being an example as well. as decision will be about what he can contribute to the team on the field because off the field i think there is no debate that he is the player that can contribute the most to. a serious side will likely pose the biggest threat to germany in group ash they were dour goalless draw in a friendly against wales on tuesday wouldn't have had anyone quaking in their boots contract frankfurt's german cup winning defender carlos south saito is confident his country will find form at the right time since. i have always those who don't

believe mexico can have a great world cup. they shouldn't even try to support us at the end of the day everything is in our heads. right thing one of our mistakes has been setting our own limits. mexicans are capable of doing great things. mexico have made it to the knockout stage in the last six world cups because in one of the toughest groups in russia continuing that trend will surely be an achievement. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more bold news followed by the day to see of the. stories that people the world over information may provide to the p.m.'s they want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter today and in touch and follow us.