this is. political infighting over. finally. coalition partners the social democrats agreed to support a new immigration policy. we'll have all the details also coming up. more exposed to the

day when they. say there could be a connection to the recent poisoning of a former russian spy his daughter in the same. brazilian. team including the magical. we'll look ahead to tomorrow. against. it's good to have you with us after weeks of wrangling that brought the german government almost to the brink of collapse all three parties in coalition agreement on how to combat illegal migration. your coalition partners and social democrats

said this evening that a good solution has now been reached on this is a dramatic change in tone earlier the s.p.d. had criticized proposals put forward by miracles conservative alliance those proposals included transit centers to hold in process asylum seekers on germany's borders with austria. let's go now to our political correspondent thomas barrow he is standing by outside of the german parliament the bonus talk going to be to you tomasso the meeting was much shorter than had been expected and obviously successful what can you tell us about this agreement. that's right brant i mean the members of the grand coalition have no money spoken for a long time on previous occasions so it was indeed a bit of a surprise that this time they managed to solve this issue rather quickly of is he talking about these issues that you already mentioned the idea that there will be

no specific camp something that the s.p.d. had been against in the past and also mentioning something that for the s.b.s. particularly botha namely that the grand coalition will present a policy proposal a new immigration law so obviously all these issues that were discussed right here behind me managed to convince the s.p.d. but also the other two parties of the conservative bloc i mean now we do have a deal like this on going after all these weeks and weeks of difficulty sky at least breathe a sigh of relief and we've seen some dramatic turns here in policy directions haven't we it's almost three years ago the social democrats they were strongly against central ideas of today's agreement why does their attitude to beard appear to be changing now. well in the one hundred because the situation is different now to the situation as it was at the height of the refugee crisis there are fewer migrants coming to germany but on the other hand

a far as the s.p.d. is concerned this is not the same type of centers than what they had rejected in the past what they said for example now off that the agreement was reached is that we're not talking about building a new sand does such but rather asylum procedures will be carried out in a mall rather quickly in santos by the police that are already there so they will not have. asylum sent as they had been rejected before a transit center as they were called so this is why the s.p.d. believe that this is in a way different to what it was in the boston that's the reason why they agreed to to this deal with the conservative bloc and you know that these social democrats have agreed to merrill's migration policy what will the german chancellor what will she do next well the thing is for all this to work for this deal to actually be implemented germany now needs to have some sort of agreement administrative agreements with other countries in the e.u.

because if they want to return migrants to certain countries and they have to agree with those countries where the migrants are going to be sent to and that is easier said than done obviously they have to try and reach those agreements with different countries last week they already mentioned of the german government that they had agreed for example with greece but they still have to agree with other countries and that is a very big challenge a challenge that will mainly rest in the of interior minister jose will fall though he himself said that ultimately it will also be on the american hostages side as agreements or other political correspondent thomas bear on the story for us tonight here in berlin thomas thank you. well tonight british public health authorities are warning people not to touch anything that may have been discarded by someone else it comes as british police confirmed that two people poisoned by a noble choke nerve agent were exposed to the substance by handling a contaminated object now the incident happened near the city of solsbury it is the second time that the city has been at the center of

a nobody show poisoning in march the former russian spy sergei scruple and his daughter were allegedly attacked at his home in the town on this is about thirteen kilometers from the house where the couple involved in this new case were found britain's health minister says this poisoning looks like an unfortunate after effect of the earlier incident counterterrorism police are now leading the investigation in trying to determine what happened this is the british couple at the center of a new mystery surrounding an english town charlie rose lee and dillon sturgis were exposed to the nerve agent of each elk they were taken ill at their home in maine spray on saturday after visiting the town of cells the previous day the couple are now in critical condition at salisbury district hospital it's the same clinic that treated former russian spies second a script paul and his duty yulia after they were neatly killed by the same type of

night of agent britain but i got to talk firmly on russia today the u.k. as to thirty's in moscow to share whatever they know with british police the eyes of the world are currently in russia not least because of the world cup. it is now time that the russian state comes forward and explains exactly what has gone on. but russia pointed the finger straight back at britain in a familiar war of words but as i am but it does. mean we call on british store and force mint buddies not to follow the dirty political games initiated by some forces in london and to start cooperating with russian law enforcement bodies in this investigation but all credits in the organ the. prime minister to resign may held talks with angela merkel in berlin simply said her thoughts were with the victims to see two more people exposed to the north the chalk in the u.k. is obviously deeply disturbing and the police i know will be leaving no stone

unturned in their investigation in relation to what has happened. police now say test samples from the two patients have revealed that they were exposed to the nerve agent after handling a contaminated item officials do not believe the pair were deliberately targeted police have cordoned off places the couple visited in the hours before they fell ill including a church community center the british government is urging members of the public who visited any of these areas recently to wash their clothes and wipe down any personal items as a precaution. well i'm now joined by allister hay he is professor of environmental toxicology of the university of leeds in the u.k. professor we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us this evening investigators in the u.k. they believe that this case involves nobody left over from the poisoning of the script back in march is it possible to make that week.

it's possible yes it seems the most likely on the basis of the evidence but it's at a little bit of some eyes i suppose because trying to establish an identical fingerprint of the chemical as not being done yet it seems more likely given that is no reason to talk at this couple that it was possibly something left over from the previous incident will would be nobody would it not have broken down by now i mean how long does it remain active when it's you know exposed to the environment. we really have very little. to help the system than all the jokes you know which all family of chemicals will be in the environment all this particular one will be all know they are eventually degraded by water at the rate at which they break down various hugely with some being less consistent than others but there's actually precious

little day terror around on the not the choctaw chemicals but we know from the fact that the chemical was very persistent in the bodies of the script of that they were unconscious for such a long time because the chemical didn't break down that this is a chemical that is pretty resistant to break. and therefore suggesting that it's probably pretty persistent in the environment as well if we are talking about the same batch of moving trucks that was used in the earlier incident back in march of what does that mean about efforts to decontaminate the area authorities have told us that they cleaned the area where the scruples were failed completely i mean how sure can they be that these areas now are safe. well i think we can be pretty sure that the areas that they say were cleaned will be collating because they would have some people to check that there isn't any agent present what the authorities did

here is a very logical approach they looked at where the script falls went off to they left their house and they used. routes as the basis for working out where it was likely to be contamination and that is absolutely sensible and i'm sure they felt that they had dealt with everything here so this latest incident is a huge surprise to everybody and of course a tragedy to well how difficult is a professor to make and to handle no veto nerve agents i mean are we talking about something that could be made in a in a lab that doesn't belong you know to a state actor i mean is this something that is easier to produce than we had originally thought. very competent chemists would be able to make the chalk type chemicals and the formulae of the set being published and that

of course is the guide that competent chemists require but really it was this state of the material used against the spirit holds the fact that it was so pure suggesting that considerable resources are being devoted to its production and refinement and that is something much more likely to occur at the state level then it any other. so the implication of the u.k. authorities case is that it points to some study well professor had these poisonings they occurred very close to britain's porton dalan defense isn't it possible that the british military is testing they are and that these cases are connected to the lab and not to the russian state well i have no evidence to suggest that that is the case at all and fact i think an

important would be horrified at the suggestion the u.k. defense of archery is inspected by the organization for the prohibit of chemical weapons inspectors twice a year say ditto audit of everything that it has it has to do this by lol and the idea that the u.k. would be involved in any of this testing of course it suggested by the russians that u.k. might well be doing this and you can understand why russia might suggest this but there is absolutely no evidence that i am aware of that would support it at all allister he professor of environmental texaco toxicology at the university of leeds in the u.k. professor we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you that's still a very welcome nice to talk to you good night it's. to the war in syria now where the government and russian forces have renewed their bombardments on rebel held areas in the south of the country waves of airstrikes and shelling have pounded the

city of garage in the most intensive bombing campaign in the two week old offensive the fresh assault comes a day after russian talks with rebels down on wednesday following the bombardments syrian rebel to go she eight years and russian military commanders every portly resume didn't go she ations on a final deal to end the fighting in the province and to hand control back to the government. now the areas in question here in southern syria are some of the last rebel held areas in the country take a look at this map we can see that the rebels which are marked here in green and we can see how they have pushed back from the city of draw the government now controls the red areas their goal is to drive the rebels from the strategic border areas with jordan and the israeli controlled golan heights the black area is still controlled by so-called islamic state opposition activists say that scores of civilians have been killed in the offensive and the u.n.

estimates that more than three hundred thirty thousand people have fled the fighting. all right let's talk a little bit more about what's going on in syria to do that i'm joined by the journalist in the middle east expert daniel it's good to have you back on the show you know i'm here to say that a lot of people watching thought that the fighting in syria that this conflict had been if not resolved at least the fighting had stopped that is not the case are we looking at a new humanitarian crisis yes and i think the humanitarian crisis as of a stop that's been going on. probably less news about its writing going on in this part and the war has also been going on in this part actually this is one of the very few areas in syria as you as you just said where the war has started like in the very beginning of the war that's where it started and it went on have a sense so this military operation is no end game for the war in syria but is just like another bit that the syrian regime and its allies are trying to conquer and it's sort of of course it touches very sensitive ground the israeli border the

indian border the humanitarian situation there but also the united states are involved in this was actually a part of syria whether the u.s. and russia agreed circumstantially on a deescalation on which of course of the syrian regime and the russians time to finish their work elsewhere before they and i would do this in here the united nations has urged jordan to open its borders and to take in. more refugees jordan has already said it can't handle any more where these people going to go. well eventually i think some of them are going to go to jordan but i think also we will see a lot of internally displaced people and maybe one of the results of these negotiations with the russians and the syrian regime might be if they take them in i don't want to talk about the conditions under which they have been taken in as internally displaced those who want to highlight the fact that there are certain areas around and in the south refugee camps which are basically in no man's land neither jordan

or the syrian regime nor the americans really feel responsible for that and of course the plight of these refugees gives rise to the hardest groups to militias vigilantes the criminal gangs mafia smugglers whatever you can make what about israel in all of this we know that israel is threatening to get involved if syrian forces get too close to the one nine hundred seventy four cease fire longing to go on heights but you've got these displaced syrians flocking to the border. are they safe they are only what happens if they cross that border. cynically one could assume that for the syrian regime and its allies this is not such a bad scenario to push refugees into israeli territory or at least disputed territory under israeli control and this comes just a few weeks after province have been in it and now has said publicly that the world should face reality eventually that this is israeli territory so if this is the case and it's going to be under but under israeli control is he said forever then

he would be the one. take care of this because was the point you cannot oblige jordan to take in refugees and not israel. and i think this is also part of the very cynical calculation of the syrian regime i'm not so sure about the russian position here because so far the russians have played the role as as as a guarantor of also israeli interest but they have not been fully successful with that so i think you have to. bear in mind that the feel of the situation the golan heights is also it's not so easy for refugees to get in there when they are being fended off. but i think the international community stands accused because they haven't found a solution for this and we knew we knew that this would go this would happen there was no no doubt that it would happen and that would have happened this way you predicted it and not myself the united nations did everyone seen it come down you know it's as always we appreciate your insights thank you very much thank you for having me. well here's some of the other stories that are making headlines around

the world one body has been recovered dozens of people are missing after two boats capsized in rough waters off the thai tourist island of ok most of the missing are thought to be chinese tourist authorities say eighty people have been rescued so far but the search operation has reportedly been suspended for the night in the united states as. chief of the environmental protection agency has resigned the e.p.a. administrator has come under fire for alleged ethics violations and spending habits he is reportedly under investigation in a dozen separate federal probe. at least nineteen people are dead after a string of explosions ripped through a complex of fireworks warehouses in central mexico and initial explosion happened mid afternoon and spread to other warehouses the town is known for its long tradition of making fireworks but also its history of deadly accidents. are no accidents here but some explosions obvious now talk about a change of guard in a german company that's right brenda it's not only pruitt resigning today the boss

of german steel giant is stepping down to german media is reporting that he's a nice leaving before he gets fired american activist investor paul singer recently bought a stake in the company with the aim of forcing easing are out according to the news magazine. the move comes shortly after to certain announced a deal to merge its european steel business with indian rival. to the other topic that is keeping us busy this week the trade dispute between the world's top two economies is showing no signs of letting up with just hours to go until china and the u.s. imposed billions of dollars worth of tariffs on each other the question is not only how this will impact business but most of all what will happen next. u.s. tariffs on chinese goods go into effect on friday. the twenty five percent levy will apply to a host of technological products the value of the measures thirty four billion

dollars china's response a range of tariffs on american goods also worth thirty four billion dollars also from friday and this could only be the beginning washington as a ready threatening further action prompting china to accuse the u.s. of fueling a trade war. move on to new notion that the u.s. has again threatened to impose new tariffs on the five hundred billion us dollars worth of chinese products. not only that it's also made this kind of threat to other countries and regions. here far smaller leaks of the issue. and further escalation could have profound effects european companies operating in china fear they could end up on the front lines of the trade battle and there are also concerns that the dispute could slow global growth.

all right we are now going to speak to young scott about this at the new york stock exchange yes it's good to see you you know we speak about all these tariffs and how they will harm the economy but yet just a few hours before they enter into force we're seeing the markets up. the market has been haunted by the potential of a trade war by in the past couple of weeks especially in the second half of june blue chips drop by more than a thousand points so in that sense probably some of the news or the potential of this trade war has already been priced into the market so that is probably one reason why the market now is sexually recovering a bit where we've been up here on wall street in four of the past five trading days but depending on what countermeasures all those countries are taking it we will see if the market really remains that calm in the next couple of days and weeks and

years the federal reserve have also actually we've referenced this possible trade war and the risks it might carry we just got the minutes of the last meeting in june what the central bank has to say. is some regions certainly get more nervous about the trade policy saying bad business investment actually could be in the hold it and that this actually could cause a downturn in the u.s. economy so if there is some concern here on the nothern know what the federal reserve is saying that so far the economy is running hot maybe even too hot and that this actually could lead to financial imbalances and put pressure on the u.s. economy in the future so it is rather likely that even with the trade war going on that the federal reserve is going to continue to increase rates in the next couple of months we'll see what happens in just a few hours thank you very much scott in new york for the analysis. it's all for

business back to britain now and some world cup excitement. the first. quarter finals wasn't twenty four hours away and that's why i have got you got it straight here from our sports desk to talk us through it it's good to see you france against uruguay is first how do you see that go yeah i think this is a match very much between two teams with different styles you're required under the coach calls to bear is very organized he's been there twelve years he knows his team and he knows how to get the best out of them very much based on defense. and just say jimena in defense is that cole very strong attack is in luis suarez and it's in kabbani france on the other hand they are a bit more unorganized doesn't always best starting eleven he doesn't know his best formation and that in a way is holding this team back but they do have very special players such as.

greece middle of huge a group and so they do have the upper hand there and they off a bit but i think this one will be a close game going to see such a tight game who's likely to make the difference yes so usually i would say addison cavani of i think he's one of the most underrated structures in the world but it looks like he'll be injured which is a huge blow and so for me i think pay for france will really make the difference here he's only nineteen but he scored two goals against argentina in the last round and he's just got this role pace and ability that will really put fear into anyone's defense and here's what captain hugo lloris had to say about the french youngster. the whole world saw him showing in the game against argentina but he is very focused he stays true to his style and he still wants to enjoy himself together with his teammates. well tomorrow's other match sees favorites brazil against belgium can brazil handle the pressure after so many other favorites

dropped out yeah that's the big question and very same germany and spain pack their bags and go home but i think this brazil team is different have a little balance the one thing that stands out is their defense that they're very solid and that's usually a very on brazilian thing the money can save one goal sofa and then of course we have that brazilian flair in attack as well they have and continue as well stahmann name aso name is going to be very cane attack but he's also going to be cate in the de france because he does track back and work very hard for his taint and that's something that his coach teach i really wanted to highlight in his press conference earlier today and the way it's shaw with it's not just with people not just dribbling. moves and defensive transitions if you look you will see how much he's been participating on the group that use. i want to belgium can they stop name or can one of their stars shine him yeah i think it's going to be one of the latter

one yeah i think name was pretty tough to keep under wraps for ninety minutes and belgium of have been fairly vulnerable in defense but they have scored twelve goals in the tournament the most of any team so they do have a lot in attack and coach matson is a rabbet amount in the set is much allotting that is tame would be focusing on attack instead of defense in his press conference earlier today they rely on being able to score goals both were wrong no play football we're not a team that would rely on keeping clean sheets so trying to be defensively strong tomorrow you have to be perfect when you defend but we we defend we rely on almost we can do on the ball on open play which is nice and i'm brazil all right that's going to wrap up our world cup preview thanks very much now nick i'll be back with the day right after this for.

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