this is live from berlin dead man walking yesterday he was declared a murdered man gunned down in kenya but today russian journalists are condy. turned up alive and well at a news conference is a supposed killing was faked the foil and actual. we'll get the latest from kiev and moscow also coming up after three days of dramatic dips markets gained ground today thanks to be courage and words from italy's prime minister designate carlo

called the releases that new possibilities have emerged to form a new government the two main populist parties are reportedly back at the drawing board to work out a possible compromise and mexico gets ready to make waves at the world cup we take a look at how germany's group why bulls are shaping up and how marquez could make history. it's good to have you with us so we start tonight with the story of murky political intrigue and it has a stunning twist from today here's what's happened yesterday a prominent russian journalist was reported to have been shot dead in the ukrainian capital kiev authorities there blamed russia because the dead man go was a strong critic of the kremlin but today he showed up alive and well at a press conference the head of ukraine's security services explained that bob

change those death was staged to foil a real plot to murder him. back from the dead journalist. enters a press conference held by the ukrainian intelligence service the alleged attack that had supposedly left him dead staged i want to apologize to my wife for the hell she's gone through over the past two days. on tuesday evening ukrainian police . had been shot dead outside his home in kiev. and the russian born journalist has been working as a presenter in ukraine since last year. prior to that he worked out a newspaper critical of the kremlin he left russia after receiving threats the news of his apparent murder appeared plausible. intelligence agency said staging his death was necessary in order to arrest the actual people behind the assassination plot according to ukrainian intelligence that's what happened on wednesday this man

is said to have received forty thousand dollars from russia to plant goes murder in ukraine. they presented documents with the photo from my passport this photo is only available in my passport and at the russian passport office. and that made it obvious that this information came from russia still listed for the most are your. plans for the assassination of some thirty people had reportedly been made. now some but it's just the suit it mainly involves journalists opposition figures and writers who publicly criticize the russian leadership. a russian foreign ministry spokeswoman wrote it was good news. but the whole story appears to be a propaganda tool. all right we want to get both sides on this story this evening i

want to bring in our emily sherburne she is in the russian capital moscow an economy is in kiev force this evening nic let me start with you this is an extraordinary turn of events for the day he emerged alive and well and he said that he had no choice but to fake his own death walk. 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 organizers responsibility for this it was their connections to russia so by carrying out this attack or. allowing the appearance of the stack coming out 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 then 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 absolutely 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 tonight 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 had nothing to do with it everything that's been reported is not true. i

mean obviously brant i can't say what they will say but if i were to guess i 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 paul case i just mentioned to the the chemical weapons attacks in syria. which were reportedly carried out by the syrian side a close freshen ally so i think they will stick to that narrative that this is a russophobe account and. reporters without borders could. go operation they've called it a 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 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 present start saying that this was. a birthday for ukraine is the word that 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 completely opposite narratives that we've got in this story tonight our nick connelly on the story for us in kiev emily sherman on the story in moscow to both of you you thank. fears about the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a senior north korean official has arrived in new york city for talks aimed at salvaging a possible summit between kim jong un and us president gul drunk last week drunk cancel the meeting set for june twelfth in singapore but now the white house says it expects that summit to go ahead greek labor unions have called a twenty four hour general strike and they held demonstrations in many cities to protest new austerity measures the strike affected schools hospitals and transportation services reeses last bailout ends in august but programs are

expected to continue for at least two more years belgian authorities say the man who killed three people in the city of the age yesterday had killed another man the day before so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for the incident of the attacker had a history of petty crime and drug offenses and may have been radicalized in prison he died in a shootout with police. we're now to italy markets that were alarmed over the political stalemate have calmed down after prime minister designate carlo called to really said that new possibilities have emerged for forming a new government and the details have come out yet but the two main populous parties are reportedly trying to work out a compromise that would be acceptable to call to really end the italian president now the president scuttled their last attempt to form a government and that was just last week yet. one step forward two steps back just

as it looked like italy would finally get a government it off fell apart the new prime minister designate conduct that early 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 extremist against europe. and 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 with the politicians who are trying to help people have their hands tight because the stronger political forces when. they go. to 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'll exit from the e.u. . our very own barbara visa was on the story for us tonight in rome she joins us now good evening to you barbara so 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 off this comical opera in rome marching between the palaces the palace to keep the behind me where the prime minister is residing at the pub not so 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 oh we're going to have new elections and they said no catherine he's going to step down and they finally say let's give it more time let's not rush and he's saying you know no hari 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 held divided by zero 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 win this game this week or maybe if new elections come up in the fall but it will happen because they did majority in the country has really decided they want to wipe out the old political class they were nothing to do anymore with social democrats was paralysed 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 that they are 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 being spanked and that is winning that battle for power because they have the stronger people and with material 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 heard one commentator today and say how do you say draining the swamp in italian are all pervasive on the story tonight in roll barbara thank you. all right helen is here now keeping a keen eye on the financial for well in italy brian thank you very much of course it was we've just been talking about the political limbo in the country continuing with financial markets with a oh a sister ical about the situation one a day on that's because the markets a factoring in less of a chance of a new elections now the last one cheese day of course they were huge analysts now putting that down to an over reaction different and more forgiving day today there will the yield on ten year government bonds edging away from yesterday's four year highs european central bank officials are uprooted is saying that the e.c.b. sees no reason to intervene for now with no signs of into bank stress among lenders

the e.c.b. also sees each of these crisis primarily as a political one. off until chorus one of so fishermans he is in new york sophie how is all of this playing out on u.s. markets. yeah well it should not come as a surprise helena but wall street is back on the green track we could see a turnaround in stock prices on wednesday and yes there was this moment of shock as opposed to reaction something that we have observed many times before when there are political news that are not directly impacting american investors like the breakfast for example and then we see the markets recover out of quickly you must not forget then that it's to do asians like these investors simply create their own buying opportunity by letting stocks drop and then they go back and purchase a pet in the rally or afterwards trends quickly and exit italy from the e.u. is probably the worst case scenario but if and when this might happen is not

bothering investors on wall street too much at least at the moment all right let's move on that and look at some other news it seems amazon's invading the last bastion of brick and mortar stores. yes so it is a pretty exciting development for amazon and for consumers a scary one for competitors amazon has been trying to get into the market for groceries on different ways first with that delivery service amazon fresh and then with buying the whole foods market chain and now with opening their own and his own goal stores consumers walk in put everything they need into their backs and leave no need to check out instead they are being charged online in their amazon and that is something to a secret new a i take knology that is able to identify people and track their movements and is on is planning on opening at least six more stores this year alone

and the exciting question is are these simply stored for branding making the stuff of amazon more interesting to investors or is amazon planning to actually implement . this new technology in the whole foods market phase. thoughts a fisherman ski on a wall street good to talk to you as ever. where european officials have been trying to hold back the u.s. from hiking tariffs that and o.e.c.d. ministerial meeting in paris today and it is their last chance to defuse the trade dispute and prevent a trade war now both sides have their lists of targeted good strong up the organization for economic cooperation and development repeating its warning against imports while at the same time as cutting this u.s. growth forecast. the clock is ticking it's just a matter of days now before the u.s. start slapping tariffs on european steel and aluminum imports. that's unless an agreement can be found before friday. with pressure mounting e.u. and u.s.

delegates met for talks on the sidelines of the o.e.c.d. summit in paris. e.u. trade commissioner o.c.d. amount stroom said retaliatory measures including a trade war would be on the cards if negotiations fail. our future course of action will depend on the nature and the severity of measures imposed on our exports by the united states and the injury it does to our industry. and that could mean tariffs on many u.s. products including cranberries peanut butter orange juice motorcycles and whiskey. branded a d w exclusive our correspondent in paris lisa lewis caught up with germany's economy minister paid out my ear at the conference and she asked him our favor in a you u.s. talks on trump's tariffs could hurt the german and e.u. economies. first of all we should not speculate second.

the european and the german economy are very robust so i do not believe in the immediate effects but what the should try to avoid. and this was repeated by the french president as well in his speech today is a commercial for a commercial board that would. would go on for months and for years would of course undermine trust in european and american markets it would make. products more expensive for the consumers and therefore does is what we want to avoid it it's not in the first place about short term effects it has got to long term developments and we will have the exclusive interview with pays out law in its full entirety for you in the next edition of the business. now for watching this

could be a nightmare in the philippines authorities have literally trashed hundreds of luxury motorbikes which were smuggled into the country some of the best known to will browns in the world were destroyed a bulldozer pounded in trampled something hundred forty thousand dollars worth of easy riding in the social thing stopping display was ordered by the philippines government aid in the hope of just tearing sloppiness. back i have to bright now for the business of returning out to where it rightfully belong and this is actually right now here in berlin the government has promised a review of whether looted cultural artifacts should be returned to their countries of origin just as greece is demanding the return of greek artifacts from the british museum to athens so but in city in nigeria is demanding the return of braun sculptures that are currently in museums in london vienna and right here in berlin here's more. scepter for the new

royal sculptures eric began making such objects when he was just a child he comes from a family of bronze artists and learn the techniques from his father this tradition goes back to the thirteenth century in his home of been in city in southern nigeria has ancestors started producing plaques and sculptures for their king. so we use. these to do. artists produced thousands of these valuable objects over the centuries but painting city is museum on the has a few of them in its collection most were looted in one thousand ninety seven when british soldiers invaded the royal palace. collectors and museums in europe then

purchased them at art auctions. nigeria is now pushing for their return negotiations have been happening for the past eight years according to theone by the museum's director but there's been little headway europe says that more intensive research is needed to determine the origin and acquisition of the artworks. one thousand just. to set this in low for the deposit go but when you look to the so whatever afterwards through and the. goats in the open if i got it last show. from it it isn't there was an uptick in the first there was a book about when i was a. giver what our sources. those critical of their return have

a different argument they say the bronzes are now part of world cultural heritage and would be better preserved in large international museums than in a nigerian province but artists like nike davies o'quinn de view such arguments with cynicism she's the owner of nigeria's largest private gallery her mission is fostering the younger generations talent and those young artists often cannot travel to europe and the country did not even get it would be sad to say i want to draw on cd trade so my question to you that you seem to bridge is was in the south so we want to fight to make sure we get it back. eric and his colleagues in beni and city have also never seen their ancestors' masterpieces in european museums but they say there is a positive side to the debate over looted nigerian art it's a confirmation to the world that africa is rich with sought after cultural

treasures. well we've been hearing a lot about how germany is gearing up for the world cup but what about their first group opponents mexico well they had been in also spacious start to their preparations with a friendly draw against wales but they have a good world cup pedigree and their evergreen caps and could set a remarkable record next month in russia. his first world cup was back in two thousand didn't they now rafa had a mock has is looking at making it to yet another. if mexico coach one carlos a sorry or names marquez in his final scores list the thirty nine year old could become the only player to have cats 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. 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 of the team. 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 collar south saito is confident his country will find form at the right time. i have always said that 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 has 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. and here's a reminder of that top story we're following for you in

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