plan. clinton sixty eight. a little. this week t.w. . this is. from berlin tonight suspects accused of carrying out a chemical weapons attack on british soil u.k. prosecutors charged these two russians with a nerve agent attack earlier this year that almost killed a former spot and his daughter u.k. prime minister theresa may says the suspects are agents with russia's military intelligence also coming up

a growing international chorus warns the syrian and russian governments not to launch an attack on the rebel held it live the prophet says the u.s. is now threatening to retaliate if syrian forces use chemical weapons and germany and turkey find themselves on the same saw it as they walking to prevent a bloodbath in the turkish forces are already at the border preparing for what could likely be another wave of refugees fleeing the fight. it's good to have you with us britain has called a special meeting of the united nations security council for tomorrow to update the evidence that london claims proves that russia was behind a nerve agent attack earlier this year british prosecutors have charged two russians with. poisoning

a former double agent surrogates cripple and his daughter your back in march the british government believes the suspects are members of russia's military intelligence and that their operation their mission of the approval of the criminal . these are the men british prosecutors have charged with conspiracy to murder. alexander petroff and. a russian citizens but police believe their names are probably aliases. the men are accused of attempting to murder former russian double agent sergei script 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.

british so they will face british justice that's what we will fight for. the international community obviously. have 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 scripts 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 insoles

free in march and they have replied with. this 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. 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. are for the story now we want to go to our very own she is on the story for us tonight in wonder 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 their relations with russia over this case australia 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 there's a connection being made there and to the script all case well yes the prime minister has said and has statement that this was most likely the box that there was used to the post box that was used to smuggle that baited

into the u.k. and also the delivery method of putting it spraying it onto the door handle off this way paul's police are independently off that asking for more advice douse considers and anybody who has come has seen the box how does know anything about this curfew in buffalo 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 to disclose that this powerful model is the link and there are some british lawmakers saying 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 low to no one the cause two years since the death of alexander litvinenko the former russian spy here along with the screen paul case the u.k. has already extradited to reason may has already extradited twenty three russian diplomats who they say were coverups russian spies other allies western allies have followed extremely expelled sorry russia russian diplomats so clearly it's really a very antagonistic relationship and it's not likely to get any better after this our correspondent on the story for us tonight in london big thank you. well here's 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 brewers in the english channel tensions over fishing rights boiled over in late august with several british and french ships ramming each other in the sin bay bridge fisherman had accused the british of

unfairly catching scallops in the area german chancellor angela merkel is standing by her previous comments condemning the anti migrant protests in the eastern city of chemist's after talks with the czech prime minister in berlin today michael said the chemist's demonstrations quote very clearly revealed hate german far right leaders have accused me of exaggerating entire mind by a once in the city. paraguayan says it is moving its embassy back to tell of egypt months after opening a mission in jerusalem where of wives former president or a c.e.o. card has an israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu inaugurated the building with much fanfare but paraguayans a new president mario abdel benito has opposed the move israel says that it will now close its own embassy in paraguay. with a knife more countries are warning the syrian and russian governments against attacking it live province in what may be the final showdown in syria's seven year

war the united states has urged the assad regime not to use chemical weapons while the united nations is warning of a potential bloodbath it is the last major stronghold of the rebels it is also home to about three million people. with nowhere 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 under ground 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 caves. fearful residents are bracing for bloodshed as the syrian government masses' its troops on. the first strikes hit the rebel enclave on tuesday syria's ally russia released footage purporting to show russian warplanes attacking what it calls terrorists 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 i'm joined by the journalist and author christine helberg she has reported extensively from inside syria and her third book explains how the syrian conflict became the geo

political crisis that it is now christine is going to have you back here at the big table so how close are we seeing a humanitarian crisis in. i think we are predict will be a very big attack on the days already. to come i don't think this is preventable and coming along with this is the humanitarian catastrophe because people don't have anywhere to go anymore from a clip that took this border is closed and i think we will see hundreds of thousands of people trying to reach there and then. they will be there under heaven and waiting for tents you say you don't think this conflict or this fighting is preventable yet in two days we're going to see this major summit between iran turkey and russia russia. is that just a lot of you are talking no action i don't think that this will happen if they because russia in the first place has always has never been able to stop president assad when he was really decided to conquer an area and we have seen these tactics

for several years you know all the opposition had areas have been retaken by the same strategy so around the areas around the city starve it bombed it and then conquered it and then the people were put in front of the choice between either stay on and submit to the assad or leaving to it being expelled to it at this tense is not there anymore and russia will not stop bashar assad from all this is the last huge battle he has president putin has invested a lot of money militarily as well into keeping him in power and this is important before you know sealing this diplomatically yes he will lead also well then that bashar al assad would say ok i'm not going to have russia one hundred percent behind me i'm going to pull out the chemical weapons if i have to do you think you would do that. no president assad for him is very important to take the whole of syria and to politically cleans it the idea is that he will not leave people there

who stood up against his rule by peaceful means or by military means the idea is not fine against terrorism you know we talk about extremist groups that they're right to hate a sham is an important and influential group that's right but the find is not against these terrorist groups we've seen this in different knots he was always punishing the civilian population for living in an area that he decided to position so you don't you don't give the chances are good that he would resort to chemical weapons this time i mean we've seen it in the past yeah i mean it's everything is possible you know talk about chemical weapons we've seen the assad regime using them several times we have seen international investigations the proof this especially when we talk about the attack last year in april of two thousand and seventeen that was international proof by the o.p.c. w. and the u.n. saying that yes it was the assad regime that was studying at that time with more than eighty deaths so this could be repeated we don't know and i think this is really not was talking about it until it happened and it's for the people this is

not the major threat you know major threat is that aerial bombardment of the area and this is what happened elsewhere and this is what people are really. looking at from outside what it looks like is we've had seven years of nightmare in syria for the people on the ground it's been almost everything's been in vain because bashar al assad is going to stay in power there's going to be no political change and there are going to be more people who are refugees in turkey for example is going to seal the border and says we don't want you to come over here nobody cares for syrians really i mean everybody is busy with his own interests turkey for example is very busy with kind of controlling kurdish autonomy in the north east of syria this is the major idea now of president out of one and he will be ready to accept bashar assad staying in power and the assad regime is. it's border is it would prefer the assad regime at its border rather than the p.y.t. these fighters of the living close to the pick up time so everybody agreed to the

fact that bashar al assad will stay in power so he's going to win he's going to win this war won militarily this doesn't mean that he can win the peace because he would need to rebuild the country he would need a lot of money and this is really a piece of the great he will keep on voting see me up i fear which means that people don't i'm not allowed to say anything his prisons are still filled up with people as they are and the only thing that europe should do really right now is not to normalize relations with this machine to help the activists in the first place that's not for democracy or when wise or their dignity in the first place that by the way inside it because they were expelled from all these are other areas that's right they were forced they're able to forcibly expel to live and they you know they found at these underground schools they founded libraries women sent us you sent us they all being there and i think the last thing that europe should do they work with these people they give them money so they are kind of responsible for these people if you take them out to bring them to safety of the you also have the material for a fourth book now considering the way things are going to develop in the next few

months christine help is always good to have you on the show thank you thank you. were germany's foreign minister who ma has been in turkey meeting his turkish counterpart and the turkish president richard. after that meeting he said that germany is working with turkey to prevent that she managerial catastrophe in the province. was in the capital of turkey ankara to improve relations between the two countries they've been strained in recent times also on the agenda was the release of seven german citizens detained in turkey on political charges after that failed coup in the country two years ago. our let's go now to defuse your johann she is following this story for us in your stable 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 men what are they said about this impending military campaign when it comes to the current situation in

syria in it live the two ministers up basically on the same page they agree that a major offensive on egypt has to be prevented as you already mentioned because it could lead to what they call the humanitarian catastrophe millions of civilian lives are at risk and turkey especially if the is 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 prominent german journalists from prison but seven other germans are still in detention on political charges how

likely is it you will hear 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 the press conference and briefly before we run out of time julia we know that much of how you are 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 on the story for us in istanbul you know you you think. argues also you know with business news fin tech making big gains that's not good for the banks that you and i usually do business with that's true brand the old economy is starting to feel the heat come out spunk germany's second biggest lender is said to be pushed out of the blue chip index dax by phin take start of wire cart a company which has only been around for less than twenty years now come out smart for its part was founded in eight hundred seventy and has been with the dax from the beginning its longevity is something it shares with most of the valuable german

companies in the index take a look at the top five german companies on the decks by a market value they're hardly spring chickens most of them were founded in these nineteenth century with the exception of s.a.p.'s software provider for business now in the us most of the leading companies were founded in the past few decades and most are technology firms the outlier warren buffet's conglomerate berkshire hathaway founded in eight hundred thirty nine now it seems like in germany the tables are starting to turn with newbies like why are cars showing the old elite how it's done these days. but munich airport chinese travelers are known as an 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 why

a 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 trade a has to do is integrated in software like that you also have to look very closely at the security anger 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 on this i am. and why a card is growing along with it the company employs five thousand people one of these i t specialist at its headquarters are discussing their expansion plans for the u.s. . understand why they go why a card acquired a transaction banking provider in india. to boom an online retailing is boosting why a card profits all over the world as retailers line up for the company software solutions

. the caption let's say in the c.s. i think we've always known very well that we need to move into markets are going to expanding rapidly john but 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 deal and in the big lies cementing its market position why a card also offers a host of other services including risk management call centers and customer loyalty schemes. now the head of twitter jack dorsey says this company was caught off guard and ill equipped to deal. with the millions of fake accounts spreading lies and disinformation and of the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential elections testifying before the u.s. senate dorsey also said he believes it's time to question the fundamental incentives that are built into social media platforms facebook's chief operating

officer sheryl sandberg's said her company was also slow to act in dealing with interference in the elections but it's now cracking down on fake accounts and hate speech. now for more let's bring in our wall street correspondent and scored against top notch social media executives admitting that things went wrong in the past but they're supposed to improve how did that go down on wall street we saw a lot of especially when it comes to the stock of twitter a bit lost about six percent in value facebook lost about two percent and is down since its all time high from early july by a good twenty percent what they're hearing showed is that it is difficult and probably also costly to make the necessary changes to facebook for example said that they're using more artificial intelligence to prevent fake content so it's not an easy task it's a costly task and that's probably why wall street reacted in

a negative way now google didn't send any representatives to the hearing despite being asked to do so what did investors make of that. well first of all congress wasn't too pleased by google not sending one of their top executives they offered to send it top lawyer but that was not good enough for washington and that's why they placed an empty chair next to it sheryl sandberg and jack dorsey so we will see if that was a wise decision from google to not send a top executive to stock also traded lower but not as much as facebook or twitter one senator had said before that he wanted to ask google questions about their chinese business and this has nothing really to do precisely that was what was baited here on wednesday in washington social media giants in the crosshairs put

her hands quarter reporting from new york dan thank you. for european soccer is launching a new competition starting tomorrow the nations league now the aim is to get rid of meaningless friendlies but the tournament is complex so here's a rundown of how it works try to keep up here all fifty five european teams are competing the competition runs on and off for the next three months now teams are going to be split into four leagues eight to di and grouped into three. or four now it ends with promotion and relegation between the leagues and the group winners in league a playoff for the title next june for qualifying spots for euro two thousand and twenty or a program to germany's still haunted by that world cup debacle in russia face world champions france in their opening nations league game tomorrow.

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. i'm going for in the design a huge percentage been described. by. finally visitors to the tiger on safari park in crimea got more than they well bargained for when one of the wyatts decided to literally get on board take a look at this footage shows the lion known as feel good look at that climbing onto the open side bus and over the driver before turning its attention to the other passengers of the clip of course has gone viral and it shows that cats can get in the mood for

a cuddle. really i just wouldn't try that at home. but if you've got to like these. amazing what you really. always feed your cats and a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you british prosecutors have charged these two russians with the nerve agent attack on former spy sergei screwball and his daughter prime minister theresa may said the suspects are agents of russia's military intelligence britain will update the un security council on the investigation after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around for that.

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