this is. wanted for murder accused of carrying a chemical weapons attack on british soil today the u.k. charged these two russians in connection with a nerve agent attack earlier this year that almost killed a former spy. and his daughter. the prime minister to resign saying the suspects are agents of russia's military intelligence and that the kremlin knew what their mission was also coming up a growing international mourning the syrian government not to launch an attack on

rebel held province in syria the u.s. now threatening to retaliate if syrian forces use chemical weapons and germany and turkey find themselves on the same side as they lob a bloodbath in the turkish forces are already at the border preparing for what could likely be another wave of refugees fleeing the fighting. it's good to have you with us britain has called a special meeting of the united nations security council for tomorrow to discuss the evidence that london claims proves russia was behind a chemical weapons attack earlier this year british prosecutors have charged two russians with the attack on former spy script all and his daughter back in march the british government believes the suspects are members of russia's military

intelligence agency and that their operation had the kremlin's approved. these are the men british prosecutors have charged with conspiracy to murder. alexander petroff and. are russian citizens but police believe their names are probably in the iss. the men are accused of attempting to murder former russian double agent. 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 salisbury. another couple also fell seriously ill after coming into contact with the nerve agent police believe it was through this person bottle don sturgis of salisbury later died. his. first british justice for. the international community. at the

time we want to see what we have managed to achieve today but we need further help british police have released close circuit t.v. images of petrol of and bullshit off arriving at london's gatwick airport two days before the script polls were targeted. this image of the man was taken at salisbury train station a day before the attack. and this at the same station on the day of the poisoning. moments later they're seen on closed circuit t.v. walking through the city police say traces of the nerve agent were also found in their london hotel room where they stayed that weekend. in the house of commons the british prime minister claimed the two men are russian military intelligence officials misspeaking repeatedly asked russia to account for what happened in seoul's ri in march and they have replied with. 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. they even claimed that i myself invented. british prosecutors say they won't ask russia to extradite the man but they have obtained european arrest warrant the kremlin denies it played any role in the poisonings. it's more the story now we want to go to our very own she is on the story for us tonight in london good evening to you you know we just heard the head of u.k. counterterrorism saying this crime was committed on british soil the suspects will face british justice but we also heard that the suspects returned to russia after the poisoning so what chance do the british police have of ever getting their hands on these suspects. well the british government the authorities have concluded that it's futile to ask for a formal extradition request from russia for the two suspects because they know

from history that russia is very unlikely to cooperate with them their relations with russia over this case are strange and they are relying on the e.u. arrest warrants so if it's ever the case that these suspects would travel into the e.u. then there could be the chance that they could then be extradited to the u.k. and let's talk a little bit about this perfume spray bottle. britain says that it poisoned dawn sturges and her partner in a separate incident is a connection being made with their arms to the script all case well yes the prime minister has said it has statement that this was most likely the box that there was used to the pope bottle was used to smuggle than they did into the u.k. and also the delivery method of putting it spraying it onto the door handle off

of the screen calls police are independently off that asking for more advice dowse considers and anybody who has come has seen the box how does know anything about this person bottle because they're looking for further evidence or so clearly this is the crucial piece of information that was is new now police have said for a long time they don't know the link between the two cases but now they have disclosed that this past few months list a link and there are some british lawmakers say that this attack this poisoning is war and wind behavior and when you hear that you do you have to wonder what does this mean then for the future if there is one of british russian relations. well british russian relations have really gone from no to no and the cost is since the death of alexander litvinenko the former russian spy here along with a screen pollack case the u.k.

has already extradited to reason may has already extradited twenty three russian diplomats who they say cover up the russian spies other allies western allies have followed ex and expelled sorry russia russian diplomats so clearly it's really a very antagonistic relationship and it's not likely to get any better off than this our correspondent bigamous on the story for us tonight in london thank you. theories some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world france and britain have struck a deal to end the so-called scallop rumors in the english channel tensions over fishing rights boiled over in late august with several british and french ships ramming each other in this in bay french fisherman and accuse the british of unfairly catching scallops in the area german chancellor angela merkel is standing by her previous comments condemning anti migrant protests in the eastern german

city of chemists after talks with the czech prime minister in berlin today medical is said the demonstrations are quote very clearly revealed hate german far right leaders have accused americal of exaggerating in time market violence in the city. well a growing international course is warning the syrian and russian governments against attacking province in what may be the final showdown in the seven year syrian war the united states has urged the assad regime not to resort to chemical weapons while the united nations is warning of a potential bloodbath and the province is the last major stronghold of the rebels and it is home to about three million people. with nowhere left to go civilians and struggling to find ways to keep their families safe having

witnessed a massive military build up over the last week this father is preparing for the worst. but making protective masks for my children and others in the area because people fear there will be a chemical attack. in this densely populated region others are seeking safety underground of. most people in this village have a cave connected to their house. these caves were abandoned during the truce that lasted six or seven months now people are again preparing for an offensive and stockpiling food inside so if an attack takes place we can go into the. fearful residents are bracing for bloodshed as the syrian government masses its troops on board as the first strikes hit the rebel enclave on tuesday

syria's ally russia released footage purporting to show russian warplanes attacking what it calls terrorist targets but human rights groups say several civilians were killed. international calls amounting to avoid an all out onslaught and an ensuing humanitarian catastrophe. or earlier we spoke to professor daniel serwer he is director of conflict management at johns hopkins school of advanced international studies in washington d.c. he gave us his view on the looming fight for it and america's role in the conflict . i think the international community can do very little now it's up to moscow from terror on to restrain damascus and i don't see either one is willing to sacrifice much in order to do that iran seems to be wanting the fight in include russia might prefer restraint but if the fight begins i expect them to

support the us has played a pretty strong role in defeating the a sonic 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 i'd be surprised if a full fledged salt occurs before friday but i won't be surprised if the person next week so. i haven't seen anything yet that would stop it. that was professor daniel serwer speaking with us earlier from johns hopkins university in washington d.c. where the german foreign minister says that berlin is working with turkey to prevent what he called a humanitarian catastrophe in syria's region made the comment after

meetings with turkey's foreign minister and with the turkish president aired a one in un career moss also said that germany is working with turkey to improve relations between the two countries also on the agenda was the release of seven german citizens who were detained in turkey on political charges after the failed two years ago. let's get you johann she is following this story for us in the estate both good evening to you julia eclipsing these bilateral talks is this countdown to this major offensive in hope to three million people i mean what have the two min what are they said about this impending military campaign. well when it comes to the current situation in syria in italy of the two ministers up basically on the same page they agree that a major offensive on it has to be prevented as you already mentioned because it

could lead to what they call a humanitarian catastrophe millions of civilian lives are at risk and turkey especially fia's another wave of refugees trying to cross its borders turkey already hosts more than three million refugees from syria this number could go up by another million or even more so this would be a huge financial burden of course for turkey so i guess ankara was not on happy to hear the german minister say that bertalan is considering to boost its humanitarian assistance to countries like turkey should such an offensive really happen the turkish government has released we know of two promenade german journalist from prison but seven other germans are still in detention on political charges how likely is it you that the german foreign minister will be able to secure their release. well he repeatedly said he would openly talk about such human rights issues here in turkey he also said he mentioned these cases germany

says these people are in jail here in turkey for political reasons turkey on the other hand says it needs to go off to what it calls terrorists or terrorist supporters and its judiciary would come up. with an independent decision on this matter but i guess here there is much more going on behind the scenes than we actually know or the two ministers would talk about in a press conference and briefly before we run out of time julia you know we know that much of how you go to one is facing an economic crisis in his country relations with the u.s. have soured does this mean that no one needs better relations with turkey with germany more than ever. well i don't think he would publicly admit that but yes i think that's part of the explanation why turkey is seeking to mend ties with europe and especially with germany's seeking to reanimated an old friendship so to say and watching the language of the two ministers today the turks minister said he is thrilled to cooperate with germany and this is of course

a completely new tone after the crisis between germany and turkey last year so it's almost as something like a charm offensive we're seeing right now all right you'll be on the story for us in istanbul you thank you for watching the w. news live from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day and to see that. germany state by state. most colorful. goldline clear. the most traditional. find it all at any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany by state. d. w. dot com.