this is deja vu news live from berlin more sanctions against russia over a nerve agent attack in britain. the u.s. imposes new sanctions on russia for illegally using a chemical weapon against surrogates for paul and his daughter how will this affect president trump's efforts to improve relations with moscow one of the very latest from often to. also coming up. bell are also arresting journalists among them d.w.

correspondent paul you have a cough scheme could this be the beginning of a crackdown on the media. also in the show the high ranking turkish naval officer who has been branded a terrorist he's been caught up in the purge following the attempted coup two years ago now he's being forced to live in exile as feeds exclusively to g.w. . i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show the united states a sitting russia with new sanctions and a connection with the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter in britain the state department says it is convinced moscow was responsible the former russian spy service cripple and his daughter yulia are believed to have been sco exposed to nobody that's a powerful military grade nerve agent in the english town who sells for it they spend we. recovering in hospital from that attack back in march britain has accused

russia of being behind the attack which the kremlin has vehemently denied. just last month two other people came across the container believed to have been used to transport the poison one of them died. more on this story i'm joined by our washington d.c. correspondent stefan seema good morning to you stefan why are these sanctions coming now has there been new evidence against russia as the evidence from dop against moscow for your question and the answer will might disappoint you because so far nobody has actually aware or state department white house or trumpet who's tracing as a whole has not come out with exactly that saying that there is new hard evidence it is fair to assume that what british intelligence and british authorities communicated to us still holds and don't forget congress u.s. congress had asked the trump administration within two months time to determine

if russia violated international law and you know it took the trumpet administration or the u.s. government more than two months actually two and a half months plus to determine and to make this determination and this is why those sanctions are following suit right now they will be rolled out into trenches and are expected to implement to be implemented around twenty second of august ok now twenty second of august is the date for these sanctions but there are more even tougher sanctions in the works right now can you tell us what they look like. right though so this sanctions package comes into trenchers the first one is what we're talking about now and that targets so-called dual use technologies those are technologies which could be used in civil to civil purposes and military purposes by russia which just sold by the u.s. to russia however those permissions to export those technologies would have been

approved on a base to base. on of. basis when it happens. but is it fair to assume that this will be denied the second tranche is actually the one which could really hurt russia even more because this targets exports and that could actually even involve flights from era flights from russia to the united states yeah and that installment could sanctions could hit the russian oil industry hard as well now a step in the trumpet administration had been embarking on its own form of detente with russia is that now over or is it done and dusted. well that's a really really tough question a really good one though too because he is the thing while the mean while the trump administration place some say some say hi paul with the with russia right now following the he and the u.s. seen as miserable performance largely miserable four months of mr the president of

mr trump in helsinki trump himself the president himself. many observers still recognize are striving to warm up relationships with russia and with putin you are aware that there is standing invitations which then have to be had to be pulled back by then we were renewed so publicly from the president himself nothing against putin all russia of course insists that he is the toughest president ever in terms of the relations with russia in terms of sanctions but again this is a two to tale story here in washington d.c. when it comes to this ok we'll be following the cell as it progresses and moves forward stuff and for now thanks very much. it's the bell ross now where police have arrested a number of journalists on suspicion of illegally accessing information from the country's state run news agency local rights groups are saying the arrests are part of a government drive to muzzle independent media among those detained is d.w.

freelance correspondent because he is apartment and men's was searched for two hours by police d.w. has launched a protest with some bastard here in berlin demanding his immediate release the arrests followed the police search of a number of private news outlets reporters without borders told e.w. quote that the raids on the confiscation of computers and other devices suggests that these arrests are political. our moscow correspondent emily sure once following the story for us emily the german government has also protested these arrests what's the latest on correspondent ali because he and his colleagues. well brian a lot is still unclear at this point what we do know is that several journalists were detained as you said in the past few days in belarus and all of them were from independent media outlets and one of them was w.'s. ski.

russian service which he wrote for has been in touch with his wife and he was detained yesterday after giving a critical interview on an international radio station that broadcasts to read out to bella reuss about those other journalists who were detained and at the moment it seems that he's in a kind of state of limbo because in in bella reuss the law stipulates that you can actually be arrested without an official charge for up to three days before a charge is then leveled at you and you're then put into pretrial detention so it seems that he's in in a kind of legal limbo and a lot is still unclear brian is the government in belarus saying anything else about these the allegations against the journals have been arrested. well in the case of. the authours actually gave no official reason for their arrest

and. his wife told g w that authorities initially said when they came to search the apartment that they were actually just searching the address. that address as a whole that they weren't actually directing the searches at the journalist directly and initially because he was treated as a witness in this case rather than as a suspect in this case against journalists in belarus authorities did however say that it was connected to the arrest of other journalists and bella ruse and they are accused of on lawfully accessing information on the state news agency which essentially means they are accused of not having a proper subscription to that news agency now because self has said that he hasn't recently used that resource at all ok what is the state of all press freedoms in belarus today or are journalists able to go out and do their jobs without fear of

retaliation without fear of arrest. well the short answer brian is no has been ruled by authority in the leader of exxon the real question since one thousand nine hundred four he's been known or been called europe's last dictator and reporters without borders ranks press freedom in the country is really really low on their world press world press freedom and x. . rays one hundred fifty fifth out of one hundred eighty countries so really not a good rating and even though the belly. of the authorities in belarus say that this case has nothing to do with press freedom human rights activists disagree and because he's wife as well has said that this is a move against independent journalism in belarus only showing the story in belarus from moscow for stories are still very much though. it's to argentina now with our

country senate has rejected a contentious bill to legalize elective abortion lawmakers voted by a margin of thirty eight to thirty one against the measure after some fifteen hours of difficult debate the bill would have legalized abortion up to the fourteenth week of pregnancy thousands of anti-abortion activists cheered the news outside the congress in buenos aires but many of the bills backers launched an angry protest before police dispersed them would tear gas. over some of the other stories making the news today a powerful aftershock has struck the indonesian province of lombok these six point two magnitude tremors the strongest of hundreds of aftershocks that have hit the area since the deadly quake on sunday officials say the death toll from sunday's quake has now risen to two hundred twenty seven tens of thousands of people remain homeless. hundreds of migrant workers in southern italy have staged a march to bring attention to their poor working and living conditions of protest

was sparked by the death of sixteen farm workers in two recent road accidents activists say the trucks used to transport tomato pickers through the fields are often overcrowded and unsafe. japan has been marking seventy three years and see us atomic bombing of nagasaki and the closing days of world war two u.n. secretary general antonio terrorists laid a wreath a tribute to the victims the bombing took place three days after the u.s. targeted. and killed some seventy thousand people there. while it is just two years now since a coup in deposing turkish president wretch of tire burdwan fail as a result turkey purged its military of thousands of personnel alleged to have taken part in that coup turkish military officers working as diplomats at nato headquarters in brussels were recall to ankara for questioning some of the mirth

used of terrorism and arrested on the spot many are still behind bars in this exclusive report teri schultz meets a turkish officer who was caught up in the perch. peaceful days with his family are something former turkish naval officer jeff tokio wasn't sure he'd ever happen again after president ratchet tie a pair to one accused the then lieutenant commander and most other officers stationed at nato of supporting the two thousand and sixteen coup takeo was imprisoned but escaped several months ago and returned to brussels where he tried to stay under the turkish government's radar until now i decide to talk on behalf of me. for those who can't meet the press at the journalists who can't meet their lawyers you know that they are in prison and they can prove their innocence i have to be helpful took a as ordeal began three months after the coup when he was lured from brussels back

to under the guise of an urgent meeting instead his former turkish military colleagues had him arrested and thrown into jail for more than sixteen months turning him overnight from a high ranking international diplomat with nato top security clearance to a so-called terrorist one of almost two hundred thousand people swept up in the massive purges ordered by air to one after the coup attempt top player was accused of being a follower of exiled islamist leader to the glen whom heir to one blames for instigating the coup he was also charged with insulting air to one on twitter the officer says the claims are absurd that he has no religious or political ties and never had a twitter account at that point a prosecutor even brought up his nato appointment as an allegation against him being pro less than me to be prime in turkey you know. he fled while on a temporary release from prison and awaiting trial took says he witnessed terrible

things while being held extreme physical and mental torture of people he's convinced did nothing wrong. now top korea does have a twitter account and he's using it to share these stories sparking a backlash from the government controlled media in turkey which call him a traitor i feel relieved with each to me and i know. the bad guys are afraid of it takei as family supports his risky decision even after everything they've suffered his wife miscued is nervous about telling their story but agrees it's the right thing to do other purged nato officers however feel they must stay in the shadows as threats from continue one of them tells me in a written statement he fears turkish intelligence will snatch to shut him up. long arm is everywhere they try to find

a live report on what we do and if they get orders they carry them out talk says giving way to fear emboldens the autocrats what use them courage is innocent people. being frightened or afraid so we are in the front we are on the right so we should be more part of the belgian government supports him on the same day you spoke with he received word that belgium has granted him refugee status protection from the government he thought he would serve all his life. to gaza now where the health ministry says israeli airstrikes have killed a pregnant woman and her young daughter in the gaza strip one hamas fighter was also killed the israeli army launched the attacks after hamas militants fired more than one hundred fifty rockets into israel injuring at least three israelis these

theories situation in the region has been tense since march that's when palestinians began staging their weekly protests along the gaza israel border. israel has warned hamas a. against any further escalation. while this exchange of fire in gaza comes at a time when it is increasingly difficult for gazans to live their daily lives along with israel's ongoing embargo president trump has now slashed u.s. funding for the united nations agency responsible for some five million palestinian refugees he questions its value after the state department said the agency known as on raw needed deep reforms our reporter tanya kramer went to gaza where some agency employees gone out on strike. the sit in congress headquarters in gaza city a few employees have even started a hunger strike all of them fear for their jobs among them as psychologists who are shot she will have to work part time for the next six months and they did have to

deliver senator craig's drawing us out in the street i'm thirty eight years old my husband doesn't work i have full kids and we don't have any other source of energy where should i apply for this job i want to get them back most of the anger is directed at the agency a hundred and thirteen people will lose their jobs with unemployment at more than forty percent in gaza work with the agency had been highly sought after the funding crisis is starting to bite after the u.s. slashed its support for on route back in january there is a ninety million dollars shortfall in its emergency fund which supports food distribution mental health and cash for work programs we're trying the best we can to prioritize the food distribution and that means we have to borrow some money and do less of the other two programs a number of our stock staff roughly a thousand staff are affected by this some of them will continue full time their

job some of them will have to move to part time so that we can fit into the budget the food distribution in how must control gaza the crisis over the agency which provides services normally supplied by state comes amid a tense political situation a ceasefire between hamas and israel remains elusive people here are very that the cuts in u.s. funding are only the beginning of a wider come pain to take the refugee issue off the agenda israel and the us accuse the un organization of the pet trading the refugee problem but people here say that without the little support they get this situation would be even worse. at the distribution center at the shotty refugee camp people come for their basic i. with the gaza strip sealed off by israel and egypt over eighty percent of the population are dependent on ate one way or in the other. every three months even mohamed picks up his family's ration of oil lentils floor and other items he's

a tailor but hardly finds work is a little all agency has reduced its own stuff so what will happen to people like me if i cut even slightly it will hurt. today i'm getting seven backs but if they cut it by half the quantity will not be enough. it will never be enough the food. like for him and his fellow two million gazans remains deeply uncertain. it's on to some sports news now and in tennis the big names encountered few problems in the second round of the toronto masseurs top seed rafael the dollar came a rain delay francis but mark or a book his place in the next round meanwhile second seed alexander remains on course to defend his title. alexander's ref certainly seems to be enjoying the hardcourts of north america fresh from defending his washington title the germans

looking good to repeat the trick in toronto. very seeded second here and he had a few problems getting past bradley clan is looming groundstrokes too much for the american. last year's very upbeat roger federer in the final here now he's safely through to this year's third round you said. you. were six. top seed rafa nadal in red had to wait to get on court for his match against ben wattpad heavy rain in toronto delaying play by almost an hour but when things did finally start the dark is in no mood to mess around. there's no shortage of love for rafa here he breezed through sixty two sixty three in just under an hour and a quarter a spaniard ensuring the toronto fans get to enjoy him for at least one moment which

. i. gave her as here now and germany's introducing some tough regulations to protect is key industries that's right and the target is very clear it's china for several years beijing has been on a mission to buy foreign companies that fit its made in china twenty twenty five strategy mostly market leaders and ten different key industries sectors like robotics or pharmaceuticals that strategy involves takeovers of foreign companies and countries such as germany and the u.s. now see then just real advantages at risk there are starting to fight china's massive buy outside the jail with ever stricter regulation. it's a move china won't like germany's government wants broader veto powers when investors from outside europe buy into local companies starting at fifteen percent stakes instead of the current twenty five the new regulations come after berlin effectively blocked a chinese company from buying

a twenty percent share in electricity grid operator fifty hurts chinese trade representatives claim they're being singled out however the sudden surge in chinese purchases is striking while the volume of chinese transactions in germany was comparable to low in the years before twenty sixteen it's accelerated quickly since then a sudden surge to twelve point six billion dollars in twenty sixteen was followed by a new peak of thirteen point seven billion dollars in twenty seventeen. and it's not only the size of the investments that are ringing alarm bells in berlin. many of them are focused on certain sectors. those ten key industrial sectors president z. wants china to become world leader in the acquisition of robot manufacture a cougar for four and a half billion euros last year falls into that category. and this year lee shoe

food c.e.o. of chinese carmakers easily acquired ten percent in germany. now germany is slamming on the brakes by planning tighter scrutiny of foreign investments but german industry representatives fear the government stricter controls could deter chinese investors and that's not necessarily good news after all investors also provide capital and create jobs. germany is one of the world's top travel destinations government statistics out today show tourism is stronger than ever people from inside and outside germany are visiting places like berlin in record numbers hotels recorded some two hundred fourteen million overnight stays in the first half of this year that's up four percent over last year which was already a record the number of foreign visitors grew even more up at least more than thirty eight million people visited germany from other countries that's up five percent.

let's bring in color of bruises from downtown from for one of those top travel destinations come out how did germany's become so cool as a troubled us the nation. well guess what i have to say if you take frankfurt for example a city that's often perceived to be a bit boring with all its banks it's also a big surprise to see how many tourists are coming here but germany has done a lot to become more attractive for tourists frankfurt is a very good example with its completely refurbished old town of center of the town but of course there's a flip side to it germany is also benefiting from the negative aspects of other places in the world as it's become more in secure to travel worldwide at least people perceive it that way many tourists choose germany as a travel destination a country that's perceived to be very safe to travel to also if definitely is and

you mentioned frankfurt but what other locations in germany benefit most and where the tourists coming from. well generally said it's the big centers that benefit most places like of course hamburg munich also frankfurt places that are well known in the world and that you can easily reach by plane by car by train also the fact that europe is growing closer together is playing a role you know we are seeing many people from spain here from italy who now want to find out what this european union is all about and speaking of the european union the e.u. has started to sponsor cheap train tickets for young europeans and this has caused a bit of a renaissance for those into rail tickets which allow youngsters to travel the continent by paying one price and then travel all over the continent for a couple of weeks this is

a big trend this year and this is also something that is being seen here in frankfurt interrail who'd have thought. in france thank you. industries go up and down and sometimes they die in no way one industry definitely seems to be on its way out and that's tobacco smoke in numbers in no way have hit historic low especially as younger consumers are increasingly priced out of the cigarette market. these drawers are well stocked and they will stay that way the product they're holding isn't very popular young people used to come in here for cigarettes they don't anymore. previously there were a few but now i don't really know anyone who smokes it's become uncool. i don't want to do it it's like people look down on people who smoke. and it seems the

government's anti-smoking efforts have paid off in no way cigarettes cost thirteen year olds for a pack the third highest price worldwide after australia new zealand and tobacco companies aren't allowed to advertise or even show their logo on their packs some companies have sued to no avail. we. don't want to be in the clutches of an industry that tries to keep pushing cigarettes. in many us circles and it's now completely unthinkable for one's friends and school buddies to smoke so i can't rule out we will go for zero percent . no more smoking in norway. worst choice after all. and a good trend. from more news coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime to check out our website. thank you very much for joining me in the studio.

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