this is deja news live from berlin the usa hitting russia tonight with new sanctions over a nerve agent attack in britain the u.s. state department accuses the kremlin of breaking an international chemical weapons ban with an assassination attempt on a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. we'll go to washington for the latest also coming up. mornings about climate change

as a record drought turns vast areas of get into a dust bowl the country's worst dry spell in fifty years and across the globe it raging wildfires in extreme heat and scientists raising the alarm they warn that rising temperatures could irreversibly disrupt the earth's climate turning our green house into a hog house and lawmakers in argentina are voting on whether abortion should be legal the issue has been highly controversial and divisive in the homeland of pope francis'. golf it's good to have you with us the united states says it will impose new sanctions on russia in connection with the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in britain the. department says that moscow

used a chemical weapon in violation of international law all former russian spy sergei screwball and his dog are believed to have been exposed to a military grade nerve agent in the english town of solsbury back in march they spent weeks recovering in the hospital britain has accused russia of being behind the attack which the kremlin vehemently denies in july and see whether people came across the container believed to have been used to transport the poison one person . for more on this now i'm joined by our correspondent in washington. stefan so what more do we know about these new sanctions and do we know does the u.s. have new intelligence. this question first is no indication so far that this is the reason or the reason for. those

sanctions and determining that russia indeed. violated international law this is possible but again no mention so far from the authorities from the from the state department or the white house that that could be a reason however. will go in effect august twenty second come into trenches one of the most important of those is certainly the and i quote ban on granting licenses to explore exports sensitive national security goods to russia that's going to be the one says the administration which will hurt russia the most and that's assuming he will be the first one to go into effect on august twenty second we know that the u.s. president could have been acted in these sanctions a long time ago there are some critics who are going to say that he's doing this to prove that he is not in the pocket of lead or mere putin are you hearing that in washington. well yes that is that is what you hear here every day with the ongoing russia by special counsel bob moore this is the talk on the

street every day didn't some degree and to to some degree at least you're absolutely right congress demanded from the white house from the trumpet ministration in march right after the incidents in salisbury that it determines if russia violated international law all the trouble to missed ration took it sweet time it was determined now and that's two and a half months after the deadline congress actually set for this determination to be happening so of course you could say and some say this year in washington if course democrats say that that the timing for the action now much closer to the midterm elections is at least suspicious or the correspondence to fund seems on the story for us tonight in washington stefan thank you. well germany has wrapped up a deal that will send migrants who had been registered initially by spanish authorities

back to spain spain has become the main entry point for refugees crossing the mediterranean the u.n. says more than twenty three thousand migrants of innards so far this year many more than italy or greece the deal with spain allows german authorities beginning on saturday to reject those refugees who have already been registered as asylum seekers in spain german chancellor angela merkel wants to reach similar agreements with austria italy and greece. authorities in belarus have arrested several journalists on suspicion of hacking the computer systems of the country's state run news agency local rights groups say that the arrests are part of a government drive to muzzle independent media now among those detained is correspondent. because his apartment in minutes was searched for two hours. has watched a protest with the belorussian ambassador here in berlin demanding because deeds

immediate release reporters without borders told the dubey that the arrests were quote an attempt to intimidate the leading independent journalists the organization also said the raids in the confiscation of computers and other devices are just that the arrests are political australia's most populous state new south wales is gripped by its worst drought in decades wildfires are raging in portugal spain in the united states and a heat wave is scorching parts of asia and right here in europe the impact of the blistering temperatures is visible from space take a look at these images which we received from the european space agency they should the united kingdom turning from a familiar green just a month ago to a park just brutal. this was twenty seventeen and this is the country just. desperately in need of water. the searing temperatures

a new study warns that the earth could be entering a period in which its eco systems or irreversibly disrupt. it's been more than fifty years since the state of new south wales in australia has seen a drought like this farmers pray for rain as their crops and livestock die some are forced to shoot starving cattle well others face the prospect of having to simply abandon their land. on the other side of the world a similar story the french of those mountains are simply too dry about half of this farmer's corn crop has already died in the us record temperatures are fueling the worst wildfire in california history the twin blazes dubbed the mendoza scene a complex have exploded to cover an area the size of los angeles in less than two weeks. scenes like this are likely to become the new normal according to an

international research team's latest study they call the trend hothouse earth i said. when the climate is much warmer than it is today three to four degrees warmer than it already is four to five degrees warmer than in the pre-industrial climate. international climate targets aim to limit the earth's warming to two degrees celsius but scientists now think even that is too high setting in motion processes which could create a domino effect such as glacial melting researchers argue that without putting in place specific human made climate protections the seas could rise by up to sixty metres so how to curb greenhouse gas emissions scientists say we need to cut industrial carbon travel less by plane and car and eat less meat they say already the earth is on the brink of irreversible warming with severe effects like those in australia the government there has announced

a multi-million dollar relief package for farmers but with dry conditions forecast to continue that may not be enough. there is some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the hundreds of migrant workers in southern italy have staged a march to bring attention to their poor working and living conditions the protests were sparked by the death of sixteen farm workers in two recent road accident activists say the drugs used to transport tomato pickers to the fields are often overcrowded and in disrepair. the democratic republic of congo has a long standing president joseph kabila will not run in the upcoming election that's according to a government spokesman the announcement ends months of speculation could be the second term officially ended twenty sixteen but he had to but he had refused to step down now he has chosen former interior minister rahman zani to represent the ruly a.m.p. coalition in the. zimbabwe's main opposition party says that it will formally

challenge the results of the country's presidential election nelson and his m.d.c. party narrowly lost last week's poll to president emerson and the zanu p.f. the result sparked protests that were met with deadly force by the military. commission has dismissed allegations of fraud police in the u.s. state of florida say a herd of cattle helped to corner a flu suspect now these pictures show the bove deputies pursuing a woman after she crashed and allegedly stolen caller the callous to a nearby road where police were able. a rest and other patients. third lawmakers in argentina are currently discussing a divisive bill to make abortion legal the debate comes ahead of a key vote on the draft legislation is expected to stretch into the early hours of the morning it's

a controversial decision with fiercely polarized campaigns for and against thousands of demonstrators from both camps gathered outside the senate building today pro-abortion campaigners have strong support from younger people opponents have the backing of the powerful catholic church in june congress's lower house passed the draft legislation with a very narrow margin this time it is widely expected to fall short of the votes necessary to pass it into law. all right our ethics and religious correspondent martin is following the abortion debate in decision force in argentina it's good to have your the b. table martin so what are we going to see when the debate is over how do you think this is going to pan out it's hard to say i mean the lower house debate started said the same way it was everything indicated that no vote would actually when the ended actually imposed itself i mean that yes impose itself so it could happen here too in argentina women are struggling for where they've been struggling for decades

for their rights of illegal abortion what does this tell us then about women's rights in the country right now well i mean argentina is the record of ferdie progressive sexual sexual morality or sexual politics. track record i mean including gay marriage in including things like selective gender assignment and so on and so forth this particular gays it's when the doesn't quite cleanly across the lines or through the lines that usually we have debates about of origin's which is a woman we discern set of rights and then a disposable former but serial some sort of which the questions that she have the right to suppose of. it's very much across the board not only on the right but also on the left idea that it's really about the competition between two different sets of rights the fetus for the baby and the woman the issue here is that abortions are happening and what are g.-string to use to side whether how we said that they're

going to deal with the reality that he's already taking place. in poll numbers and do we know what the people think is there a majority backing legalization we have a fairly uniquely country i mean also because the country itself is actually divided geographically into some very conservative areas and very progressive arias so when a site is with actually voted or move in a very different direction and. nonetheless i mean the problem is also that it is in those states which are further away from the center where most of the cases and the lack of state infrastructure makes this case more and more severe. time and of course there's the factor of you know the pope being from argentina as well our ethics in religion correspondent martin jack as always mark thank you very much. of firefighters in england have released video of a rare fire tornado they were forced to tackle take a look at this happened on tuesday at a plastics factory the phenomenon is caused by thermal currents of warm air rising

from the ground and drawing in fire and ash in the process this one worked its weight well up into the clouds of smoke as firefighters work to contain the blaze. leicestershire fire and rescue service shared the video on social media that one was hurt in the fire you don't want to meet one of the six. in the european championships two of the world's best swimmers continued their dominance in the pool sweden sarah skills strove to retain her european title in the women's one hundred meter freestyle. stream's has held the european crown in the event since two thousand and twelve and in the men's fifty metre breaststroke britain's adam also retained his title it's petey's third gold champion of the championship for him. is a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you the united states has announced a new sanctions on russia in connection with the poisoning of

a former russian spy and his daughter in britain the state department has said that moscow used a chemical weapon in violation of international law you're up to date with the news for all of us here in berlin thanks for the company will be back at the top with more the story. his reputation. plenty arsonist believed. tyrants. the roman emperor nero. to be just get bad press. and historians are reexamining his case elite rethinking the

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