this is g.w. is live from germany expelled russian diplomats i managed to not apply this was the victim of a chechen rebel commander gunned down in broad daylight in the. german prosecutors suspect russian or chechen state involvement moscow says it will retaliate also on the program nato baiters wrap up a contentious anniversary meeting with

a show of unity agreeing that china presents and with new challenges even if frustrations i divisions within the audience remain. on the death of us. in 3 months spots that the fight about the pressures facing south korea's synopses. i'm phil gal welcome to the program a suspected murder plot is fueling renewed tensions between germany and russia it began with the killing of form a chechen rebel commander. here in berlin oldest shot twice in the head as he walked to a mosque german authorities have not expelled 2 russian diplomats over the killing believing russian intelligence to be responsible moscow denies involvement and says it will retaliate for the expulsions. this decision could mark

a new escalation in relations between russia and western countries german chancellor angela merkel has defended the expulsion of russian diplomats after germany's federal prosecutor general said evidence points to russian state involvement. i'll be meeting the russian president next week and then i will let you know whether i have spoken with him and how that goes and we've taken this measure as you know mainly because we have seen that russia is not supporting us in investigating this murder and of course i've spoken with allies about this through bilateral contacts. that. in august a georgian national was shot in berlin in broad daylight soon after the assassination suspicions arose that the russian intelligence services were involved the victim was a formal rebel commander in the early 2000 he fought against russia in the 2nd chechen war this is specter the killer is a 49 year old russian currently in custody moscow denies any involvement in the

killing. the investigation is underway in germany we don't have anything to say because we don't possess any information relation to this incident have to the russian authorities these are absolutely groundless assumptions. germany's interior minister. told reporters the investigation was ongoing. could spill on soon that was in germany there was a criminal process that deals with this kind of thing and in the case of a crime of this magnitude and with this background i can anything to be attorney general that he has taken it all noise that say something about the significance of this crime including his political background it was the bit or 2. pieces of britain's. but mosque is still refusing to cooperate in the investigation criticism of russia in the west is getting louder. let's get more on this from d.w.

political correspondent must really on a curse like russian journalist and political commentator constantine agate welcome both let's start with you maximiliano so selim tell you that in congo she really killed 3 months ago so why are these diplomats only just now being expelled so the german foreign ministry gave a statement today saying that they declared 2 russian diplomats persona non-grata that's diplomats speak for them being expelled all of this services here in germany and having to return to russia and the german from ministry says that they've come to this decision because after continuous efforts trying to get the russian authorities involved in the investigation of the killing off. congress really that they didn't get these supports by the russian authorities and therefore decided to take this diplomatic step. without looking at german federal prosecutors taking

over this investigation why is that significant yes so the german federal prosecutors take over investigations when they consider a case of imports hands and of national matter of national security and they consider that in this case because they say they have indications that there have been potentially russian authorities or russian forces involved in the killing of the chechen man. let's go to constantine. constantly why would russia want to kill this man. well russia since quite a long time since probably well 15 or even more yes pursues a policy our policy of selectively offing those it doesn't like that was actually 1st practiced in the united arab emirates when former president of

separatists government of chechnya also accidentally zenin khan young got to be and was assassinated in the gharana and i think that because of mr congress it is participation in a war against against russian forces in jest and because of his late up in georgia and other places ukraine including against russian interests as it seems was the case that he was a target and i think these sort of signal killings if you wish is nothing new in russia us in all i think the german things they are pretty effective and so they're meant to pass it off a lot of my putin's a spokesman he says russia knows nothing about this case and i'm played no part i mean what do you think. well you do not expect them to say the did it right i think the that is the reaction is pretty much predicts ago there's going to be told in

iowa live in these it is quite different from what it used to be in other cases like this crito case in the u.k. because that said suspect seems to be in the hands of german police now so how russia is going to extricate itself through these circumstances we'll see what i'm sure of is that there's going to be reciprocal expulsion over probably 2 german diplomats very soon probably tomorrow because that is a classic russian. practice of retaliated and to protest in such circumstances so much similarly kosher that. the relationship between german germany and russia is complicated it's hot it's cold it's how is this likely to affect that yes side german russian relations specially germans take on russian times foreign policy as was been a tightrope walk so to speak so on the one hand that has historical reasons if you

look back at the history of germany being said one time occupied by russia but at the same time then we have looking back at the last couple of years for example germany leading the sanctions on russia in the 2014 after the 2014 x. a sion of crimea and at the same time germany being very kind of engaging with russia when he was trying to bring both russia and ukraine back to the table after the ukraine crisis and force the minsk agreement together with the help of france but it's germany also when you look at the european landscape has to look in this case that we now have ahead of us how it can work with allies so if you know for example france was very interested to bring russia back to the table and to limit sanctions towards russia and the german chancellor angela merkel which we heard earlier today is very skeptical to still to what's russia and this of course bill now be the question how germany wants to continue this case political correspondent next 1000000 a kosher act and that constantine that i gotta thank you paul. nato

leaders are wrapped up a 2nd day of talks the same on the military alliance is 70th anniversary divisions between member states have surfaced over a number of issues and today national leaders adopted a joint statement that downplayed fears of disunity it said the organization had to look to the future together and that knowledge of the challenges posed by china's growing economic and military power the 1st day of the gathering tuesday saw the emergence of sharp differences between american and french leaders later secretary-general stoltenberg however said members had recommitted to the alliance his core defense goals and agreed to share defense spending more evenly. were very clear we stand together all for walking and walking for all our commitment to article 5 the collective defense goals are over alliance iran

plans on allies further recognized president the progress 'd we are making to achieve. sharing this is the 5th year. of rising defense investments in fact european allies and canada and that funded on $38000000000.00 us dollars and by the end all 2020 4 'd that figure to 4 $100000000000.00 'd us dollars this is president. of the 1st time china was discussed formally as a challenge at the debates months hoffman is at the summit for us and i asked him what the nato leaders concerns were about china. that's really the only new thing in this declaration everything else is stuff we already know reaffirmation of plans that had already been made and. the stance they have taken towards china is

beautiful and because they describe china as being a country of huge opportunities but also a few challenges and when they talk about challenges they mean the challenges in cyber space specifically the 5 g. network that is under development in many european countries and it's because it has something to do with china because some of the world leading companies and establishing those networks are from china mainly who are way the americans specifically are warning their european partners not to employ you away because they're worried that china will take advantage of it stealing data stealing information. it's often not sure some of the other stories making news around the world impeachment experts a testifying in a 2nd round of public hearings in the u.s. house of representatives the house judiciary committee is considering the evidence for possible grounds to h. president trump this comes a day after the inquiry into the president's alleged abuse of power and he's

dealings with ukraine's released its findings that the president might use new commission president. as she expects i thought an independent investigation into the mode of multiuse journalist because i want to can it's yeah it's kind of ironic and they say it was killed in a car bombing in 2017 reported on a high level corruption in multis politics on the economy. iran's president has on rouhani has called for the release of innocent people arrested in protests last month demonstrations broke out across the country the government raised petrol prices despite his announcement the president sent protesters will use weapons should be dealt with by fellow. pop is one of south korea's biggest cultural exports. death of a 3rd young celebrity in recent months has highlighted the tense pressures faced by k. pop stars the latest as actor char in ha who started his career as a paper

a pop performer and it seems likely that all 3 deaths were as a result of suicide the deaths have exposed the dark underbelly of south korea's entertainment industry with video bullying and video with cyber bullying and video pornography rife cleancut and baby faced the south korean actor cha in her began acting after a successful singing career he was found dead in his home in seoul aged just 27 years old the police have not revealed more details about his death his real name is leach a hoe and he was starring in the korean series love with flows and the banker before that he sang with a k. pop boy band fans of the performa are devastated. he was my age which made me sadder i think they might be in pain even though their lives look very glamorous or. taken the time cause hanging in there it is

heartbreaking and sad that young and talented celebrities have made a tragic choice. the agency found here i'll go that represented in ha made a statement mourning his death and they ask fans and the media not to spread rumors about his passing. the actor didn't experience the personal attacks and cyber bullying that k. pop female singers who harra and sally received. both women were subjected to vicious online abuse on social media the 2 singers died in unrelated events in autumn both deaths are thought to be suicide. and it's not just tragic deaths the wholesome image of the k. pop industry has been tarnished by scandal and crime last month 2 musicians was sent to prison for raping a woman and sharing a film of the act with members of the boy bands. with the 3rd death in as many

months the dayglo culture of korea's entertainment industry is revealing a dark side. this is day to be in years up next a southern africa confronts rising prices and food shortages as well on climate change is to buy even the best that will have us torn up he dove into business to africa more world news of the tough be out. on the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to celebrate alexander from humbugs 250. 4 and all for the discovery. expedition homeboys on d.-day. was the speech of his life perhaps his best certainly his most difficult chancellor helmut kohl.