biala gassed at frankfurt airport city managed by for a part. time. basis v.w. news live from berlin a state sanctioned murder in the german capital prosecutors say that the kremlin ordered last year's killing of a torch and man in a central berlin park the government says it could take further steps against russia over the matter. also coming up the german chancellor outlining her goals as her country prepares to take over the presidency of the european council to include

a coronavirus recovery package and an expanded budget to get the e.u. through what she calls the biggest crisis in history plus sending rice by sea and leaflets by air the anti north korean propaganda campaign that's got pyongyang to take drastic action we'll hear from an expert on korean relations on why it's happening now. i'm sara kelley welcome to the program german prosecutors say that the killing of a georgian man in berlin last year was ordered by the russian state the german government says it is taking the prosecutor statement very seriously saying that it may take further steps against moscow over the matter including imposing sanctions the victim was a georgian citizen of chechen ethnicity who fought against russian troops in

chechnya he was killed in broad daylight in the german capital last august following the prosecutor statement the russian ambassador to germany has been summoned to the foreign ministry and burlap. and for more on this i'm joined now by roman country ranko from russia service tell us because that the german government is considering what we've heard are quote further steps against moscow over the matter what could that look like well that's a $1000000.00 question 1st it's a complicated case and it took the german prosecutors almost a year to investigate it so now we have the indictment and now with the german government has announced we could consider further steps 1st you have to think about how did germany handle such cases in the past and we almost have no experience with that the only comparable case is the poisoning or via screwball circus crippled in the united kingdom a few years ago by russia and then we had

a joint european response and at that time germany expelled for russian diplomats in this case germany has expulse to russian diplomats so far but not in connection with the case itself but. for for russia not cooperating enough on the investigation that was where the german government the government said in december so now i think we could see more. russian diplomats being sent home we could probably see some russian officials maybe from the secret service has to be put on a certain list and they will not be allowed to travel to germany but i think germany might try to get a european response to. several countries in a joint action expel russian diplomats something like that but i don't think that germany will go as far as imposing economic sanctions on russia because it's a very very sensitive issue and crisis of its and nonetheless and potentially major

consequences here for for german and perhaps also e.u. russia relations the murder happened now back in august 29th we mentioned that but now these german prosecutors have come to these conclusions why did it take so long . well there are several ravan reasons i think the number one is it's a very very sensitive case and the prosecutors tried to use every possibility and. draw no hasty conclusions because they know very well that this might have political consequences those are just 2 of the time they needed and then there are several other reasons for example this suspect was not struggling under his own name so the german prosecutors for 1st had to establish his real name and russia was not corporate funds or just like i said this took some time to establish the facts and one other reason is of course that the suspect is

not telling is not corporate corporate it with the police with the investigators so he is not giving any details he is just being silent and this of course makes it more difficult to investigate roman government go from his freshest service thank you so much for putting this dramatic announcement into context for us well germany's chancellor angela merkel meantime has urged the e.u. to agree on a pandemic recovery package for the block before the end of july merkel made the call as she addressed the german parliament to lay out her vision for germany's e.u. council presidency which begins july 1st she said europe's rescue plan will be limited in time it involves are going on international money markets merkel added that the economic fallout from the pandemic lockdown is the biggest challenge the e.u. has faith in its history. let's get more now we are joined by chief political editor mckayla cosigner she is at the german parliament in berlin where she has

been following the story for us mikaela it's all about the money isn't it. it always is when it comes to the european union forging those deals but of course this time is it's completely different it's all under the impression of corona and the economic fallout and there's more and more focus shifting towards that that's also something i'm going to make clear here in the parliament in her speech today that that will very much have to be the focus of getting everybody around the table and helping europe the european union not back to the status quo before covered 19 but actually leaping forward into a more digitized future result all ground words but in the end it will be the leaders who meet in a video conference tomorrow we don't really expect to see any kind of deal on the budget there or the recovery fund yet but when it comes their 1st physical meeting

there's a growing awareness that they need to get the money distribution after the way to think ahead in the to the months and years to come very big questions for the future of the european union anglo-american calling for more solidarity within the union in these challenging times let's have a listen and then get your reaction. on the missing. plane to me we must also admit that the pandemic has revealed how fragile the european project still is the 1st reflex is including our own when national and not entirely european this was as good as some of the reasons may have been above all unreasonable. then i would buy. that only because a global pandemic requires concerted international action and mutual support it's. a call for action there are a call for support michele how damaged is the e.u. due to the coronavirus pandemic. but is his faith

in the e.u. actually uniting force severely damaged after. that initial reaction was national suddenly countries would no longer allow the free travel of goods people but particular those medical goods and after all those are the benchmark policies of the u. that kind of national even nationalist reflex was something the e.u. was designed to overcome well it simply didn't at the moment of crisis and there's a big concern that this plays into the hands of populists of right wing extremists even who have no interest in a united europe so that's the historic backdrop to it and now it's really up to the leaders to hammer out how money distribution will take place and what solidarity means in the end does it mean loans or free money. and there's a number of forces to to put it mildly working against that unity can you fill us

in in terms of what angle america pointed out specifically. yes she said that europe must be united also towards its she called them strategic partners meaning of course china but also the united states is a trade war brewing there and as donald trump is becoming increasingly under pressure head of elections we expect that to heat up well the worst nightmare for the european union is to get caught in the middle to become the battleground in an all open trade war and that's something the e.u. must avoid but it can't if it continues to not have a common stance on key issues like the relationship towards china russia and the u.s. so these are strategic questions that simply have to be resolved to make sure the use voice is heard even when it comes to its own future chief political editor.

thank you. and let's turn now to the korean peninsula where the work of a group of north korean defectors is fueling a rising tension between north and south with the land border closed the defectors are turning to air and sea to send messages and medicine north. north korean defector pocked has been sending rice and medicine to north korea in plastic bottles using ocean currents for 4 years now following pyongyang's recent complaints so korean officials have vowed to stop such activities but pock is undeterred. i didn't know why and the government is trying to stop this now they should say that there is nothing they can do because this is a nongovernmental group activity. i think it would be wrong to suppress such organizations because of what was said by north korea's kim. i'm confused whether i live here in seoul young. journos brother pox on

hack has been sending leaflets critical of the kim regime by balloon over the border for more than a decade the 2 brothers fled north korea some 20 years ago in call for south korea to push back against pyongyang critics though argue that actions like theirs only provoke north korea. activists like those gathered here today outside the blue house so it creates presidential compound show this dark division in public opinion over how to deal with north korea some advocate a hardline approach while others like most of those gathered here today favor renewed efforts at engagement and peacemaking. this civic group is calling for president mungy end to implement the deals he made in 2 landmark summits with north korean leader kim jong un in 28 teen which included suspending cross border propaganda. now. i'm no matter what kind of

non-governmental organization is involved the south korean government can stop them and the south korean government should stop them from sending fly us to north korea and should implement the punch on declaration sometimes an even handed that was. after north korea tuesday blew up the joint liaison office in gaye's song just inside north korea south korea offered to send an envoy a move which was rejected by the north defector who is against any further attempts at appeasement and wants so korea to stand up to north korea. if we kneel north korea will continue to move in the same direction. if we stay strong on our 50000000 people can be free from threats. that we need to have the confidence of a sovereign state. as the tension

simmers and despite warnings police will interfere park still plans to monitor the tide and send bottles of rights to north korea. and in the united states a book by donald trump's former national security adviser john bolton is threatening to up and washington and the white house the trumpet ministration has been trying to prevent publication due to some explosive revelations. these pages contain claims which could rock u.s. foreign relations and significantly affect the u.s. presidential election this autumn they were written by john bolton who said he saw tramping gaijin fundamentally unacceptable behavior that eroded the very legitimacy of the president say. top of the books list of bombshell claims that trump asked chinese president xi jinping to insure his win the election suggesting china by

more american crops which would benefit voters trump also encourage g.e. in his mass detention of mostly muslim week of people in camps the book says bolton said trump seemed to give personal favors to dictators he liked while being ignorant of basic foreign policy facts such as finland being a country and britain having nuclear weapons and an exclusive interview with a.b.c. news is martha raddatz bolton said this hearings when you're dealing with somebody like putin who has made his life understanding russia's strategic position in the world against donald trump who doesn't enjoy reading about these issues or learning about them. it's a very difficult position for america to be in trump not only said the book was full of la nice he also called into fox news channel's hannity show to say this terrible terrible thing that he did but he broke the law the very simple i mean as

much as it's going to be broke at this is highly classified that's why is sage's highly classified information that he did not have approval but come out now very loud and very strong some and now waiting to see if the book might prompt further investigation into the president.