online. this is you don't even use live from berlin suspects are revealed in the case of the poisoned spy british prosecutors charged these two russians with attempted murder by using a nerve agent against the former spy sergey script all and his daughter prime minister theresa may says the suspects are agents of russia's military intelligence agency also coming up a growing international chorus warns the syrian government against a looming attack on rebel held a live province the u.s. now doubling down threatening to retaliate if syrian forces used chemical weapons and so bad that we had to leave our car behind and jump on the motorbike and you know d.w. news finds a way to get through this massive traffic jam outside

a nigerian port we look at one truck drivers are having to wait for weeks to unload their goods. on little rock thank you so much for your company everyone british prosecutors have charged two russian men with the nerve agent attack on former russian spy sergei screwball and his daughter earlier this year the british government believes the suspects are members of russia's military intelligence agency and that their operation almost certainly received the seal of approval from the kremlin. these are the men british prosecutors have charged with conspiracy to murder alexander petroff and roussillon bosher off our russian citizens although police

believe their names are probably aliases. the men are accused of attempting to murder a former russian double agent surrogate scruple and his daughter yulia with a military grade nerve agent a police officer was also hospitalized following the attack in march in the english city of souls free. another couple also fell seriously ill after coming into contact with the nerve agent police believe through this bottle of perfume one of them dawn burgas later died. of the british. british justice that's what we will fight for. the international community obviously the government of the time we want them to see what we have managed to achieve today but we hope british police have released c.c.t.v. images of petrol from bosher off arriving at london's gatwick airport two days

before the scripts were targeted this image of the man was taken at seoul's pre-trained station a day before the attack. and this at the same station on the day of the poisoning moments later they're seen on c.c.t.v. walking through the city. police say traces of the nerve agent also found in their london hotel room where they stayed that weekend. in the house of commons the british prime minister claimed the men are to russian military intelligence officials. mr speaker repeatedly asked russia to account for what happened in sorcery in march and they have replied with obfuscation and lies this is including trying to pass the blame for the attack on the terrorists on to our international partners and even on to the future mother in law if you read your script out they even claimed that i myself invented novacek. british prosecutors say they won't ask russia to extradite the men but they have

obtained european arrest warrants the kremlin meanwhile has denied it played any role in the poisonings. all right let's get you more on this story want to cross over now to london to mars who's standing by a bigot and as we have just been reporting the suspects have already returned to russia soon after the poisoning took place what chance do the british police have of ever getting their hands on these two men. well the british government has concluded that actually a formal arrest warrant is going to be futile we know this from the case of alexander the yankee who was killed here in london and the british government had also for russian suspects to be extradited that has never happened so that when each on stay concluded is a european arrest warrant so if they ever travel abroad that they could be called in other e.u. countries and could then in this case come come to the u.k.

and stand trial. talk to us about a very notorious perfume spray bottle britain says it poisoned don burgas and her partner is a connection also being made to the script case when it comes to this perfume bottle. well the connection was made by the prime minister has a statement she said that this was likely the bottle where the knife agent was smuggled into the country with an old say the method of delivery of the nerve agent at the door handle off the script halls the police meanwhile still also appealing for anybody who knows more about this plot who was seen at who has the books to come forward so clearly this is a really very important piece of information and for months the police will be looking for the link what is the actual link between this group halts and then the other couple that was in contact with a nerve agent and now they have released this information and would like to know

even more about it so we're getting conclusion where does this leave british russian relations. british russian relations were already rock bottom off of this group of his even before after the murder of alexander litvinenko of this creep paula case the u.k. has x. extradited expelled twenty three russian diplomats other countries have followed also expelled russian diplomats now the question is are they going to be most sanctions as the u.k. aussie allies foremost sanctions but definitely a new low in these already not very good relations household all right to be good must reporting from london thank you let's get you up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. u.s. secretary of state my comp aoe is in pakistan where he's held talks with the new prime minister imran khan bump aoe is also set to meet the country's powerful

military chief ties between washington and islamabad have plummeted in recent years over u.s. accusations that pakistan is doing too little to fight terrorism. and emirates airlines passenger plane was briefly quarantined at the new york's kennedy airport after some passengers fell ill on board the u.s. centers for disease control says about one hundred people on the flight from dubai are being evacuated on the new york counterterrorism police tweeted the incident appeared to be a medical situation. here in chance under american law is standing by her previous comments condemning anti migrant protests in the eastern city of chemist's after talks with the czech prime minister in berlin americal said the chemist's demos quote very clearly revealed hates german foreign leaders have accused america of exaggerating and migrant violence in the city.

now finn tech continues to make a big gains more on that now with the i could see that's right hyla and these phone tech companies seem to be showing the old business elite how it's done these days because why a car to the very infirm specialized in online payments is such a nudge germany's second biggest lender commence bank out of the blue chip index ducks today it's the latest sign of plucky fin techs out shining traditional banks why a college makes software for cashless and contactless payments the company started out process income payments for gambling on the web sites and now some of the biggest names in business are using their services. but munich airport chinese travelers are known as avid buyers of luxury goods just before departure. since recently they've also been able to pay with early pay or we chat chinese payment

systems. this watch merchant process is the transaction through the wire card company. germany's wire card takes a one point six percent commission for the service. on the phone thanks to begin with it looks relatively easy and at all a trader has to do is integrate a little software like that you also have to look very closely at the security angle when you hear about how much they target stowing we have to look after the data that means we have to make the corresponding tests in the data centers and get it all set up of this i am. and why a card is growing along with it the company employs five thousand people once these i t specialist at its headquarters are discussing their expansion plans for the u.s. and a short while ago why a card acquired a transaction banking provider in india. to boom an online retailing is boosting wild card profits all over the world as retailers line up for the company's

software solutions. in capturing the three in the c.f. i think we've always known very well that we need to move into markets are going to expanding rapidly we have to offer solutions where the customer only needs one partner and by focusing firmly on that approach then i think we've got a good point as to the direction to take on that which was the key and individualized online casinos also use wire card companies come in for some criticism for that because online casinos are accused of having a lax attitude to money laundering. fund and books but until then we support gambling we support needed gambling operations that's why it's a perfectly reasonable link to have in our value added chain. cementing its market position why a card also offers a host of other services including risk management call centers and customer

loyalty schemes. quite a watershed moment that today in frankfurt how important is this actually for comet sponsor being kicked out of the docks or any real life effects or is it purely psychological. well if you listen to martin silk and he's the c.e.o. of canal spunk talking recently he seems to. put up a brave front and suggests that it's mainly psychological the role of the canal spanx germany's second largest for the economy for business here in germany won't change if the share is no longer in the docks he says and customers won't notice it yes but we should know a little bit better because of course it has an effect on the share and that's also on the effect of the canal spunked being able to finance itself through the issuing of the new shares for example because going out of the docks out of position where

many portfolio managers investment professionals have to have the come out spunk in their portfolio if it's in the dax that's an advantage and that lowers the cost of financing and if it doesn't have to be in the portfolio because it's not in the docks and it's a disadvantage in the commencement ceo's has not to be worried to today's developments said a hostile light on the german economy on the whole if you look at the five most of special companies in the u.s. you find relatively young names like amazon google apple topping the list but if you look at germany most of the top five founded before one thousand nine hundred eighty is german industry the german economy really ready for the change that seems to be coming. that's a big worry here in germany and it is a big discussion the chancellor was here at the stock market yesterday and she talked about digitalisation and so did the other speakers it's necessary to get more drive into that here in this country but you know it's hard to change horses

in mid swing if you will because germany has been so successful in industry over the past centuries over the past decades and many people say today's strengths are tomorrow's weaknesses germany has to get going on. digitalize in everything from from cars to machines it's on the way but it seems when you look at the united states there's a big black leg there a long way to go for the german business thank you very much willie barton frankfurt. for take it or leave it that's was donald trump told the canadians in the latest round of nafta trade negotiations canadian prime minister justin trudeau replied that he was holding out for a win win deal rhetoric aside both parties have agreed to head back to the negotiating table today and with good reason the deal covers trillions of dollars worth of trade prime minister trudeau didn't seem too concerned despite the

importance of a trade agreement with the u.s. three quarters of canada's international commerce is with its southern neighbor but he said he didn't want to deal at any cost. we will not sign a deal that is bad for canadians and quite frankly not having a chapter nineteen to ensure that the rules are followed would be bad for canadians chapter nineteen of the trade agreement as a mechanism to resolve disputes through our betray ssion tribunal's so far the white house has refused to give ground president trump wants things done his way on his way to the golf course on the weekend he used twitter to threaten that he would stop talking to canada in that case canada would no longer be party to the north american free trade agreement. and that's all your business especially if you so much a good heart and we shift our focus now to syria where it may be the final showdown in the seven year long civil war in syria the united nations is warning of a bloodbath if syrian and russian forces move to take the last rebel held province

of idlib about three million people live there well many of them refugees from elsewhere in syria the first big influx came back in december twenty sixth seen after government forces took control of aleppo then in two thousand and seventeen the last rebel fighters left the city of homes and in march twenty. third in east of autumn more convoys headed to live now the u.n. has called for diplomacy between the two major between the major players to avoid a bloodbath and the u.s. has warned syria not to resort to chemical weapons on friday the leaders of iran russia and turkey are due to hold a summit that could determine the course of the offensive. dark clouds warn of an impending catastrophe the first strikes on adlib region were reported on tuesday these images posted by activists show bombings in villages

close to ellipse city several civilians have reportedly been killed the syrian observatory for human rights says russian warplanes carried out the attacks on behalf of its ally syrian president bashar al assad. his regime is preparing its forces ready to close in on one of the last enclaves of rebel resistance. the united nations wants the assault to stop before it reaches the city of it live and its three million residence. we cannot at war and it because it's fin to the brim with the internally displaced which have been yes we have been for sanity know at the end hopefully of this the worst or generation civilians hoping to flee to the nearby border with turkey may be met with force turkey has moved military hardware to block another mass influx of refugees. meanwhile in it live a lesson in patience schools of carrying on with classes full some parents keeping

their children close as they await the unthinkable. such scenes of normality could be erased off to friday when regional powers a jew to hold a summit which may decide the fate of the people of a glib rebels and children alike. all right i'd like to welcome now professor daniela server he directs the conflict management program at johns hopkins school of advanced international studies in washington a very warm welcome professor i mean this is starting to feel like a deja vu we've seen this before massive offensive is announced un warns of a bloodbath offensive goes ahead and the world moves on for the nearly three million people in this area what can the international community do because words like bloodbath they're meaningless at this stage i think the international community can do very little doubt it's a lost gotten care on the restrain damascus and i don't see either one is

willing to sacrifice much in order to do that iran seems to be wanting to fight in it with russia might prefer restraint but if the fight begins i expect them to support. us president donald trump has warned president assad not to quote recklessly attack the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley said this let's take a listen i'll continue our conversation at the other what you are saying is the president saying to iran russia and assad don't go there we're not going to accept it it's not ok what you're saying from us and the fact that the security council wants to talk about it is do not let a chemical weapons attack happen on the people of it led. it's a strong warning but what does it mean i mean all the rest is fair game massacre

torture just don't gas your people. at least that is what it means that i don't expect them to use gas at this stage they have sufficient manpower to go into it live with conventional force. i think the americans have a very weak position here one that could. be their demand that chemicals not be used might be satisfied but i don't think they have much influence over whether a conventional attack occurs right now let's talk about the role of the us in this theater because it's played a very insignificant role up to now do you see that role may be changing in the near future. i do not i would describe it is entirely in significant the u.s. has played a pretty strong role in defeating near samik state especially in eastern syria but the president clearly wants to get out the americans are looking for some sort of

resolution that will enable that to happen it probably won't happen right away but i do expect eventually that the americans who would drop. do you expect me to we now and friday for disaster to be avert it. predicting events of this sort. is difficult i'd be surprised if a full fledged sult occurs for friday but i won't be surprised if the person next week so. i haven't seen anything yet that would stop it professor daniel directs the conflict management program at johns hopkins university sir thank you for weighing in i thought. and the situation in syria is likely to be on the agenda as german foreign minister heiko mosque meets with his turkish counterpart and uncorrupt before leaving mas call turkey an important partner for

germany despite the recent problems and he indicated he would address the issue of seven german citizens being held in turkey they were detained on political charges after the failed military coup two years ago. we had now to west africa where the port of the mega city of lagos is one of the most important in that region but massive congestion on roads leading to the port is hampering its operations a recent seventy two hour security drive to clear up the traffic jams around it has made little progress thousands of trucks still wait for up to four weeks to get into the port and our correspondent agent krishna now filed this report from lagos . breakfast on the side of the road is nothing new for this truck driver. segment is stuck in yet another traffic jam near the port in lagos.

that's five days that's why we've been stuck here for five days nothing's moving it's very stressful it's the only thing we can do is eat sleep and wait. papa is well known for its traffic jams but in the past few weeks the situation has worsened due to a strike at the port truck drivers often have to wait for a month to get in and the entry cost of a port for their vehicles has quadrupled. businessman kevin in ben ali has come to have a look at the situation for himself he exports goods from nigeria. normally to three years ago we could do two three containers a month i mean a week now we're down to if you're lucky one in two three weeks sometimes four weeks so the kinds of complain then you can get as much product out of the country and it's just it's it's a disaster you know it by noise says the bad stage of the roads the lack of ports in nigeria and mismanagement are to blame for the situation. that macedonia is due

and from my assumption is some people probably benefit from it being the way the travel get so bad that we had to leave iraq i'll be i'm and jump on a motorbike many of the exact trailers told us better place a good open secret that if you're right some of the security forces who are in charge of a range of the traffic you can jump the line. several institutions are responsible for traffic traffic police union representatives regular police even the military but they don't consider themselves part of the problem. there are just too many containers and the port authority isn't opening up the port to let them in. so every day there are more and more the major issue is the road so we have begging the government to help to reduce the traffic. so. we

wanted to talk to the relevant ministry in the capital abuja but no one would answer our questions. segun things it'll be three weeks before he sees his family again that's the earliest he'll be able to deliver his goods he's hopeful though in twenty twenty lagos is set to get a brand new port. now european football is launching a new competition starting tomorrow the nations league the aim is to get rid of meaningless friendly's but the tournament is complex so here's a rundown of how it works stay with me all fifty five european teams are competing the competition runs on and off for the next three months then teams are split into four leagues from eight to deep and grouped into three or fours it ends with promotion or end relegation between the leagues and then point number four

the group winners in a league a playoff for the next the title next year while for qualifying spots for euro two thousand and twenty are up for grabs in germany face that world champions of france in their opening game tomorrow and. live is a fan of the new format. this year we're playing against the neverland's and friends to top opponents so i think the nations league is a good thing you can qualify for the final four you can also get relegated this is a competition and competition is always good for the players that's why we're taking it and personally i think it's good to so i'm going for the design a huge percentage finda scoot. right a supporter tennis and referee on the doll has screens to into the semifinals of the u.s. open after a five set test against dominic the u. of austria well the defending champion got off to a dreadful start but managed to outlast team in

a match that ended at two in the morning and lasted nearly five hours. dominic team couldn't have asked for a better start the austrian punishment all in the first set to hand the defending champ what's known as a bagel a six nil thrashing. in the sweat you rainer of flushing meadows no tall fullback in a topsy turvy and counts on the doll took the next two sets to pay the wife a victory only for team to once again calls him serious problems in the fifth and final set doggedly survived five break points before he went along with a routine smash to hand a doll victory in the top right just after two i am it was game over in the epic confrontation. and before i let you go just a reminder of the stories that we're following for you this hour british prosecutors have charged these two russians with

a nerve agent attack on former spy surrogates for paul and his general premise of treason may have said suspects are agents of russia's military intelligence agency plus the united nations has warned of a bloodbath in syria is the problem says russian and syrian forces appear poised to launch an assault on the last rebel held stronghold the un security council is due to meet on friday to debate the crisis. thank you so much for spending in this part of the day with asylum rock n roll in the news continues at the top of the hour see that.

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