this is news coming to you live from berlin another couple apparently holies in with a deadly nerve agent on british soil police say the pair are in critical condition after they were exposed didn't know which was developed in the soviet union the police don't know if the incident is linked to the attempted assassination of a russian spy and his daughter with the same substance just months ago also coming up next phase of the trade dispute between the world's biggest economy strength and the u.s. are about to impose thirty four billion dollars worth of tariffs on each other in

just a few hours. and the spy in the cab take a taxi in china and your all new camera to see how authorities use the latest technology to find out who you are and where you're going. for terence hits the streets of moscow to find out who fans think is the star of the turn. on who was. going to compete if there is a best it's the word of the this period off when. flo i'm terry barton good to have you with us british police have confirmed that two people who fell critically ill near the market town of souls were poise. with the

same nerve agent nova truck comes just months after a former russian spy and his daughter were also attacked with a deadly poison in the same town british culture terrorism police are leading the investigation and cites the couple visited have been cordoned off the english time of amesbury now at the center of a major police investigation officials say that a british couple taken at their home were poisoned by another choke nerve agent. paramedics were called after the woman collapsed on saturday morning a friend of the couple was with the man later in the day started out so firmly it was like as if it is rocking against the organ but as i read in the press. it's the start of sweat lace driven so it's something that i would be less sure that. the couple are in a critical condition at salisbury hospital just a few kilometers away it's the same hospital that treated former russian spy

surrogates creep and his daughter you just four months ago after they were nearly killed by the same kind of nerve agent. counter-terror police say leading the latest probe. we can confirm that the man or woman happy to expose to the nerve agent of a truck which has been identified as the save more lives were contaminated both and so ok so we are not in a position to say whether the nerve agent was from the side perhaps the scribbles were exposed to the possibility that these two investigations might be linked is clearly a large big forty four. detectives are investigating how the couple came into contact with a nerve agent they say there's nothing in the past background to suggest they would have been deliberately targeted. police have cordoned off places the couple had been before falling ill including a church community center. the u.k.

government has called a meeting of its emergency committee to discuss this second mysterious poisoning in the south precarious. must cross over to london now where did all these biggest mass is standing by force what's the condition of the couple who were poisoned and what do we know about them there is really not a good idea that we know about so we know that they're in critical condition in hospital and if we think back to this group how case it was due to the well apparently she ingenuity of the doctors at the hospital that they found out so quickly that they were suffering from this navigation and that they could actually administer the right medication now they know. hopefully this time what struck them even though initially it was thought that it could have been drugged but then fairly quickly hopefully the doctors would have would have thought

that it could be the same nerve agent and would have had the experience from last time to help them but in critical condition in hospital it's an incredibly strong strong voice and for all we know the couple is not in any way related to this new policy so really just. in in salisbury or who lived near salisbury who somehow came across this nerve agent at least this is what we know and what the speculation is so far and figure this incident comes just four months after the strip mall case another poisoning in solsbury how are the people of salisbury reacting. well they are understandably quite nervous and worried i mean in their quiet town in the south of england you have four people being struck down with a chemical nerve agent is really something that is quite unheard of and after the

this clip ok is the author of cordoned off many areas they could have many areas in salisbury and of course would have to be be known as meticulous as they could but that now months after the original case somebody or two people who were seemingly unrelated just members of the public who were always said to not be in the in the bigger danger the authorities have maintained are still maintaining that there is no big risk for the wider public but it does now it looks like to remember all of just the public have come in contact with this it's definitely something that's worrying and that must be also worrying to the british government now aside from the fact that the same nerve agent was involved in both these cases have police established any clear links between this latest poisoning case and the script. you know the police have not confirmed anything like that they have said that they have additionally to the local police they have got one hundred counterterrorism

officers who are actually working on the case and trying to establish whether it is the same batch and whether as the speculation has been it's something that has been discarded by the by the perpetrators. well in the in the way that that it was unsafe so that people could have come across that there is a park for example in salisbury that the couple visited that house where the area has been cordoned off so the police are still. where exactly and how exactly the couple came across this batch biggest thank you so much for the update. there in london. now to some of the other stories making news around the world today officials in thailand are warning that rescue workers face a race against water to extract young soccer team who spent twelve nights in a flooded cave water is being pumped out round the clock reducing the flood level

by around a centimeter per hour but heavy rains are in the forecast and could jeopardize the complex rescue operation. in the u.s. police have detained a woman who climbed the pedestal of the statue of liberty the protester had been part of a demonstration against u.s. immigration policy police took the woman into custody after a four hour standoff that forced the evacuation of liberty island on the fourth of july national holiday. german chancellor going to akhil and her interior minister will spend today trying to win support both of home and abroad for their compromise on migration policy that they hammered out earlier this week that deal followed a bitter dispute that threatened to bring down the government it calls for so-called transit centers near germany's southern border with austria to hold asylum seekers already registered elsewhere in the u.

those not entitled to settle in germany could be too poor to speaking in a t.v. interview chancellor merkel said the transit centers will hold asylum seekers for a maximum forty eight hours it's hoped that the sites will help curb illegal migration into germany medical social democrat coalition partners have yet to agree on the plan they have said they will not support closed processing centers. aside from domestic hurdles medical also has to negotiate deals with e.u. countries that will be affected by the new policy today she will meet with hungary's prime minister viktor orban who in the past has been one of the strongest opponents of uncle america's migration flimsy for more let's cross over to melinda crane now she's our chief political correspondent and she's been covering this story intensively over the past few days melinda what can we expect of the chancellor's talks with viktor or bot. they were surely will not be easy or

harmonious the herb on and chancellor merkel were absolutely bitter opponents back in two thousand and fifteen when hungry closed its border to migrants suspended the dublin agreement that is supposed to regulate migration to and within the european union and that was back then that uncle americal said essentially to him i as an eastern european lived behind a wall too long to believe that building walls solves anything so these two long long bitter opponents but in fact she will be looking to try to convince mr orbán to enter into some kind of agreement with germany to take back migrants who have been registered in other european countries mr orban said yesterday however that hungary would not think about signing any kind of bilateral agreement with germany until austria had done so so again we're looking at a kind of domino game here where each domino depends on the one ahead of it

and and basically the question is whether hungary will be willing to take back any refugees at all given the fact that many do cross through that country ok so the chancellor is talking to the hungary and later today later today germany's interior minister also you hope for is travelling to b.n. or to meet was about in course austria's chancellor and now mr de hope and needs austria's cooperation to make his borders scheme work is he likely to strike a deal. that's right and the key problem that there is that migrants who have been registered in another european country and then try to enter into germany those are the ones germany wants to send back but there are a number of countries like italy that say hey we're not going to accept anybody anymore so what happens to those people germany is currently saying look we just sent those over to austria austria has been saying since this new compromise deal

was announced wait a minute we are not simply going to take on the burdens that germany doesn't want to carry so again a very tough deal there for mr as a whole for to try to present to austria the c.d.u. c.s.u. proposal also be the topic of another meeting today with the social democrats a third party in chancellor his governing coalition they've expressed deep reservations and we expect the social democrats to go along with proposed moderation policy briefly if you can well it is to them that the chancellor said in that interview look any migrants held in these transit centers will only be held for forty eight hours because the s.p.d. is made it clear they do not want to see refugees held for weeks on end in closed centers but the fact is the alternative terry is the same alternative we saw during the dispute between the varying conservatives and the chance of those conservatives otherwise if the s.p.d. doesn't agree we could see the government fall and we can would then see new elections all of these parties are very worried about the rise of the far right

party the a.f.d. nobody wants new elections for that reason so yes we are likely to see them go along implications in this dispute thank you so much melinda our chief political correspondent linda crane there you're watching d.w. news still to come. miss in the night i think he's amazing. but these may mean the last work out for them. will be catching up on the world cup in moscow but first over to helena could the u.s. be backing off from one of its trade disputes with the e.u. we might be seeing an olive branch coming from the world all the diplomacy which certainly gives the impression at least that the united states is looking for a way out of the latest terror spat their ambassador to germany invited representatives from the likes of b.m.w. and dimed a meeting hey richard grenell said the white house would be willing to accept

removing all call import tariffs if the european union did the same that's according to a report by german business daily handles that donald trump has come under pressure from american business leaders saying an increase in import tariffs would hurt them as well as to what more about this now with our financial correspondent contact who's and joins us in frankfurt connaught how likely is it that all tariffs being removed that could be a solution to easing these trade tensions well both sides who took part in this meeting seem to like the idea of the american ambassador who talked on behalf of the trump administration and the bosses of the german auto makers but it's also very likely that a solution to this trade dispute in the end will be a bit more complicated than just scrapping all tariffs on cars there are a lot of different parties involved different interests and involved and it's

likely that at least a few of those interests will have to be taken into account before the europeans and the americans can sign the deal on car tires so that it does sound like quite a tricky process that if those existing tariffs really were to disappear to be lifted it's who would benefit the most. well what i can tell you is that the german comic has liked the idea they have set so in the past and look german automakers a big produces in america b.m.w. produces more cars in the united states than it's selling there of course b.m.w. would be happy to export cars from the united states to other countries with lower tariffs or with no tariffs at all so it's very likely that the german auto makers see themselves in the position to be able to benefit from such a move of scrapping car terrorists and would that be in accordance with rules from

the world trade organization. a very tricky question that all the diplomats are sort of fretting about right now there is a rule in the w t o w t o call the most favored nation rule which basically means that if one nation gives an advantage to another nation it has to give the same advantage to all of the other members of the w cio so it's likely that china at will at least will try to take part in this discussion i'm sure that it was in for us at the frankfurt stock exchange thank you so one hand potentially an easing in trade tensions between the united states and the european union it does not seem as if china will be afforded the same treatment that a fresh round of tariffs all going into effect between china and the u.s. on friday experts saying we can then really talk about a full blown trade will now while one side punishes the other the consequences

could chip away at both economies and the paychecks of chinese and american conceive this. these car enthusiasts in beijing regularly meet up to take their jeeps for a spin the vehicles were imported from the united states. paid to france seventy five size and u.s. dollars for his that's around thirty thousand dollars more than it would cost in the u.s. but the price tag could rise further when the next set of u.s. tariffs comes into effect. for. this euro tensional buyers made change their minds due to the price hike. this restaurant in beijing will also feel the effect of fresh tariffs it serves pork ribs imported from the us there especially popular among americans living in the chinese capital. manager charles

a pilot fears that higher prices could drive customers away of course he could start buying ports from chinese farmers but for now that appears to be ashes the question domestic calls it just doesn't taste. really to support this method better . as fears of a full out trade war grow china's foreign ministry striking a defiant tone. for. china has a ready made preparations. as long as the united states issues a so-called tariff list china will take necessary measures to firmly protect its legitimate interests. of. those who already own jeeps in china will probably be doing their best to keep their vehicles in top shape to spare parts will also be taxed higher from friday. persons biggest carmaker jackie when lounge area has ruined it may have to rethink

billions of pounds of u.k. investment if britain leaves the e.u. single market the firm's forty thousand in. always in britain would also face an uncertain future. says the so-called hard brags it would cost it one point two billion pounds a year making it all profitable to stay in the u.k. in recent weeks some of the biggest companies operating in britain have criticized the government's regs if strategy. they were to terry now for a story which might make you want to be on your best behavior at all times always want to be on your best behavior. but in the car it's not always clear especially in a taxi here to take you to actually used to be anonymous but that's a thing of the past in one chinese city where thor and his are installing facial recognition systems in cabs it's part of china's push for increased surveillance with one camera for every eight citizens but as a reporter but he is building a found out system still has its quirks.

catch a cab in the southern chinese metropolis of shouldn't and like me you can expect to be watched taxes here are gradually gaining close circuit t.v. cameras installed above their rearview mirrors. but i think it's ok it improves safety for both drivers and passengers. more than half of all taxis are already c.c.t.v. monitored the pictures are transmitted live to the transit or thora t. here please can see which driver the vehicle is registered with and what's happening in it at all times using facial recognition software or thirty's can also later track what route a certain passenger took. you know what to the part we don't see passenger privacy is an issue. these are private vehicles but modes of transport that are available to the public and they're used by different people for that reason we've concluded

that there permissible. in china cameras watch over nearly or public spaces using surveillance software created by companies such as magazine the startup in beijing it's software can identify objects on mistreated and recognize movement patterns or faces the technology has long outdone the human eye on accuracy company spokesperson emily jen said. the security services system analyzes facial features and compares them with the database. as soon as a camera catches my features the system looks for my photo in the database and then automatically shows my name and all the information it has about me just last year and what it means to just isn't see china's authorities keep secret exactly who's data they enter in the database but regime critic jungly fun is highly likely to feature he's been surveyed for years. with as. they no longer send agents

to trail you the unpleasant feeling of having someone following you around has gone instead they use technology you hardly notice but don't let yourself be fooled this still there it's like in george orwell's novel nineteen eighty-four. yeah i want to know just how accurate this software is transit authority employee takes a photo of me and uploads it into the system. then images from six taxis of. mine is not among them. so for the world but all of them are foreigners this man looks a bit like you i think maybe we just need more data from foreigners to improve accuracy . even here in china surveillance systems are not perfect but the country is working hard to fix that.

sports now and there's just a day to go until the quarter finals of the world cup so cross straight over to moscow sports correspondent all over moody who's been in the thick of things so to speak only it is the excitement mounting there on the ground in russia as the later stages of the tournament near. yes certainly especially among the home fans with the host russia surprisingly still being in the tournament there's been a great sense of excitement throughout the competition but i think it goes off a notch at this stage the quarter finals i think of the point where all the teams left in the tournament think they really have a chance of winning it you know two thirds of the teams are out now. and they know they're only a couple of games away from the finals and it has been a little bit quieter here in moscow just in the last couple of days that's because none of the quarterfinal match is it taking place here and that's why i will be

heading to sochi on friday to bring you all the updates head of the the match between the host russia and croatia and as you say a lot of a lot of players a lot of teams have had to go home of course have been knocked out probably the biggest stars of the tournament lino messi and cristiano ronaldo have already returned home who are the standout players now in the spotlight. and i think it's an effect of this said you awfully that we're not although a messy have had over the last decade they've been so dominant for so long that we sometimes overlook some genuine stars in the game and i thought the france argentina much in the round sixteen was interesting as a kind of passing is the battle and it felt like between messi and killing a young superstar for france who just rich the argentina defense to shreds but there have been a lot of other big performers at the tournament so far as so we went out in a moscow to ask fans from around the world who they think the stars of the

tournament have been so far let's have a look at that. oh yes john john john a man is. obviously neymar is up and coming but then he doesn't need to dive all the time he's too much of a star not that much of a player right now it's not. the world cup of stars it's the world cup. the spirits off win and oh so it's a bit off like most obviously losing big stars is it's tough you expect them to win a world cup but they do have the teams that back them up i hope miss in the night i think he's let's have amazing january sure but he says maybe the last word kaffir game eager to compete if he is the best goalkeeper in the world it was great save shoot to put on the kicks and he was good to go on for four course.

bashi church i believe he was very good cast british michael was a very good goalkeeper. ok enough about the players what about the teams which teams are in shape to make the most noise in the final rounds of the chart but i think all the teams left in have to serve to reach this stage sometimes you get it where it seems kind of luxe their way through with you add to the group stage in the in the round of sixteen i don't think that's the case here i think you're a why they've been particularly impressive but all of the teams left in have shown what they can do at some point in the tournament. but we do have as well a good chance for the underdog seaward to go far in this tournament with all the favorites kind of being punched into one side of the draw you've got belgium for zille france year ago and that really gives

a chance for some of the teams that don't usually make it to the final to go all the way looking forward to it to all of them owed moody there in moscow thanks so much. just forgo a reminder of the top story we're following for you here today on t.w. news british police have confirmed that two people who fell critically ill near the market town of souls very were indeed poisoned with the nerve agent. this comes just months after a former russian spy and his daughter were also attacked with the same deadly poison in the same town. that's all your news for now i'll be back at the top of the next hour with more of course you can get all this news and information around the clock on our web site that's t w dot com thanks very much for. coming.

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