this is g w news live from berlin a contract killing here in the german capital carried out on the orders of the russian government prosecutors say the kremlin ordered last year's murder of a georgian man in a berlin park. threatens to retaliate germany moves to punish russia for the murder also coming up tonight german chancellor angela merkel outlining ambitious goals for the upcoming german presidency of the european council including a coronavirus recovery package and a bigger budget to get the european union through what she calls the biggest crisis

in its history plus explosive allegations against donald trump a new book by former national security advisor john bolton claims the us president asked china to help him win reelection in november. and the coronavirus pandemic crippling kenya's tourism industry is forcing people to find new ways to make ends meet. i'm burnt off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome german federal prosecutors have filed murder charges against a russian man suspected of gunning down a former chechen rebel fighter here in berlin last year they say that moscow ordered the killing the alleged hit job strained relations between berlin and moscow last year it prompted germany to expel 2 russian diplomats russia's

ambassador to germany says today's murder charges are groundless and he says the kremlin will retaliate if berlin takes new actions against russia over the murder. it's an assassination that has shaken russian german relations to the core last year and late august a former chechen rebel salim khan congress feeley was gunned down in the heart of berlin shot twice in the head in broad daylight the suspect fled on a bicycle but was caught soon afterwards a russian according to his passport soon after the murder suspicions arose that the russian intelligence services were involved congress feeley was a commander in the 2nd chechen war against russian troops until 2005 and the us and moscow that made him a terrorist. this man is on our wanted list putin said he's

a fighter a cruel and bloodthirsty person and just one of the attacks he killed 98 people. most of. moscow has always denied any involvement in the killing what relation does this incident have to the russian authorities these are absolutely groundless assumptions. at least 2 attempts have been made and congress released life before he moved to germany and 2016 hiding from the russian secret service his family followed believing they were safe here on the coast and we were warned something could happen at some point but i never thought such a brutal attack could take place so easily here in germany where the security services the police and the law are among the strongest in the world. i say. the contract killer is known as modern k. arrived in germany shortly before the attack using

a fake identity now germany's federal prosecutor has gathered enough evidence to charge him with murder but the accused man they say was acting under orders from the russian government. for more now i'm joined by roman to broker a thaw in moscow he is the editor in chief of the investigative online newspaper the insider roman welcome to the program your paper put it as your paper has played a key role in researching the alleged murderer here named in the documents as vadim kay alias body us what evidence have you found what evidence is there to link him to the russian state. so we analyzed cellphone data hopefull budget crisis of a. case in this prosecution documents and we've found that actually he visited. bracing bases training bases of f.

is bad we should use russian intelligence russian secret service and was trained on this. basis like days before he left for friends. and then the border. and we also found a lot of cell phone data that leaves him with a high ranking officers both veterans and real office us and also we found that one of his murders in russia and he was guilty over at least 2 murders when he killed 2 russian businessmen in 2007 i believe and 2013 so at the 1st. the 1st move there were as. he made together with do are the fs better officers also yet do much to my dealings with

too many links in the obviously he had a record the german federal prosecutor says that he carried out the kill either because he was looking to make a lot of money or he shared the motive of his clients to kill a political and the series i mean is there any indication who may have contracted him to carry out this killing. actually i think both of this is wrong because what we see is that 'd huey over da was suspected in the 2nd murder and i suggest that he was actually caught by police so this war is a part of the deal so he could spend the rest of his life in prison but as an alternative is working for office better. as agent abroad so for him it is of course. very nice choice because here or east's my celeste's even now in indictment reason that he might be better

than in cruel russian reason so now he is a pedant here words there in moscow ok that's an interesting. pair of choices there you know we've seen russia being accused and being linked to many attacks on alexander litvinenko on the script poles the russian hackers have attacked the german parliament the bundestag the german chancellor angela merkel she was spied upon. does russia think that it can get away with these things is it think that he can act with impunity well i think it's pretty remarkable that's going to cause him to think so because he really gets out of all this situation without any problems so yeah there were some sanctions especially after screwball case but i don't think that this is really bothering him because. 1st of all he

wasn't even immobilized popularity inside the concrete while explaining that russia is surrounded by enemies and everybody is trying to sanction us hates us etc so his loyalty inside the country. was even growing up to all this caucus with the best right now he's like he didn't pull us up are a good bet for him but not because of this ok so yeah if the sanctions that would be a very strong political race. would be a super strong also believe it will play some role it but it must be much tougher than it is right now from johnny ok roman the broken top editor in chief of the insider and investigative online newspaper in moscow a roman we appreciate your insights and your time tonight thank you thank you germany's chancellor angela merkel has outlined the challenges that she hopes to

tackle when germany takes over the european union's rotating presidency beginning july 1st in a speech to the german parliament today merkel said the cogia 1000 crisis tops the list calling it the european union's biggest challenge ever merkel says that the crisis has exposed the european union's fragility she's calling for more solidarity bigger budgets and rescue funds to help speed europe's recovery out of the pandemic . a relaxed meeting quickly turned serious chancellor merkel says the e.u. faces the greatest challenge in its history economic freefall unemployment industrial bankruptcies and rising debt and all of this just weeks before germany takes over the rotating e.u. presidency. kind of countries accusing is no country can overcome this crisis alone we can only made it if we work with each other and for each other our

common goal has to be to overcome this crisis as a community with long term solutions merkel defended a plan to rescue package worth 750000000000 euros saying this is a way to fight populism and european division but the far right if tea party says this sum is too high and these crises won't be solved by spending massive amounts to help companies out of debt no to 9000000000 euros in transfers and liability risks the german people's money should not be spent rescuing europe friend yet the business friendly f.t.p. party wants structural reforms and if i were to be malicious i'd say this support is not going to the people actually suffering from the pandemic it's going to the countries that are the least competitive and have the highest reform deficits it's the germany you presidency will be one to focus on climate protection america has also said fighting climate change tops her agenda along with digitisation so that

europe can become stronger and more independent as we've just been hearing the plan for moving the european union forward. resulting romani discussed further with the german foreign minister today. or distorts our god i don't think germany has to sacrifice anything to save us europe is a huge benefit to us. a large export nation like germany profits when people prosper in europe. that's why we want to make sure the countries that have been hit hard by the coronavirus like italy and spain will be helped to recover quickly from the crisis that's not only good for those countries in europe it's also good for germany. the enormous financial assistance from germany has surprised many and you know is this a new germany what sort of role are you taking on yeah. we know we have a huge responsibility in europe and we have the council presidency in the 2nd half

of the year and we've decided to make a contribution to reigning in the conflicts that we've seen between north and south we want to find a solution to that we've made a proposal with france and i believe it will be the basis for consensus within the european union and that's the direction we want to go during our presidency. like on some of them survived again war i mean is that it doesn't seem like europe can depend on the united states anymore after the announcement that it is pulling troops out of germany what do you expect from donald trump before the u.s. elections go but i'm like i'm a survivor i think the u.s. election has its own rules but regardless of who's in the white house europeans and americans are united by a shared values namely liberal democracy and freedom more cartier defy it. that is not the case with other regions in the world so there is still more that unites us than divides us even if relations are complicated at the moment. in the

moment. i can't imagine that the us in the long term would be interested in us uncoupling our security arrangements for the copper to be had and if our nation to stop more dog will power. that was the german foreign minister there heiko moscow here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the european court of justice has ruled that a law in hungary requiring n.g.o.s to disclose their foreign donors is illegal the court said the wall breaches the e.u.'s fundamental rights critics say the legislation aims to silence any opposition to the government. every state in de ishi media has been inaugurated as burundi's new president is taking office 2 months earlier than planned after the sudden death of former president pierre new. constitutional court announced last friday that the new president would take charge

immediately. the work of a group of north korean defectors is raising tensions between north and south with the land border closed the defectors are turning to the air and sea to send messages and medicine to the north supporters say their efforts are raising awareness about the plight of people there but critics say the group's plans are complicating efforts to promote dialogue between the 2 koreas he wus frank smith reports north korean defector pa has been sending rice and medicine to north korea in plastic bottles using ocean currents for 4 years now following pyongyang's recent complaints south korean officials have found to stop such activities but poc is undeterred by the kind of hate it when even 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 son and. joan knows brother pock song 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 chris presidential compound show this stark division in public opinion over how to deal with north korea some advocate a hard line 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 and to implement the deals he made in 2 landmark summits with north korean leader kim jong un in 20 teen which included suspending cross border propaganda. now. i'm no matter what kind of non-governmental organization is involved in the south korean government can stop them and the south korean government should stop them from sending fly ass to north korea and should implement the punishment on declaration sometimes an even handed that was. after north korea tuesday blew up the joint liaison office in case 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 south korea to stand up to north korea. who will kill in the home of his if we kneel north korea will continue to move in the same direction

. if we stay strong 50000000 people can be free from threats. we need to have the confidence of a sovereign state. i think i think. as the tension simmers and despite warnings police will interfere still plans to monitor the tide and send that writes to north korea. a book by donald trump's former national security advisor is rattling washington and the white house among several explosive claims made by john bolton is that president trump asked china to help him win reelection in november the trump administration has been trying to prevent publication of the book and that alone has already made a bestseller excerpts of its have appeared already in today's u.s. newspapers. these pages contain claims which could rock u.s. foreign relations and significantly affect the u.s.

presidential election in november they were written by john bolton who said he saw donald trump engage in fundamentally unacceptable behavior that's a wrote it the fact the legitimacy of the presidency. top of the books list of bombshell claims that trump asked chinese president xi jinping to insure his win the election suggesting china find more american crops which would benefit us photos from the also encourage she and his mast attention of mostly muslim week of people in camps the book says may bolt and such trump seem to give personal favors to dictators he likes while being ignorant of basic foreign policy facts such as finland being a country and having nuclear weapons and an exclusive interview with a.b.c. news 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 set the book was full of lies he also phoned 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 so the now waiting to see if this book might prompt further investigation into the president it's also likely to be a factor in this november's presidential election. and for more now i'm joined here by my colleague. so let's talk about this book i mean these are damning accounts but let's consider who's right in here john bolton he's not exactly the most

popular person in washington he's a controversial figure and so. what are his loaded senior it's a great question you know. bolton accepted this position well into trump's presidency so you kind of have this is like he must have know what he got himself into that he and from did not see eye to eye on policy you know bolton is a hawks hawk he's a man who's kind of record developed this reputation after decades in washington of you know as a great appetite for blowing up stuff he's supported the war in iraq he's been trying to push trump to you know attack iran direction from clearly did not want to go. and so that raises a lot of questions like why do you take a job in the 1st place but he's also someone who very much believes in you know the greatness of america and rightful greatness. and i think that is something that he clearly did not see trump and body we hurt the accounts there of you know cozying

up to to autocrats to curry political favor and really as he as bolton has said you know he trump he saw him as someone who put his own political interests and getting reelected ahead of country and i think that is something that really you could imagine really irking or rubbing both in the wrong way of course you could argue to the bolton but bank account and before that is done for you by waiting to come up with as defined during the impeachment hearings what's been the reaction in washington though that's exactly been one of the reactions democrats i mean you would think that they would welcome a book ask explosive at this one this close to the election but really what they've done instead is come out and accuse him of putting profit over country bolton had the chance to speak out of the impeachment trial back in you know in february

beginning of the year and then he refused back then he even threatened to sue if they. if they asked him to to testify if they issued subpoena. and really that really rocked adam schiff who was the delete prosecutor the wrong way this is what he said bolton staff were asked to testify before the house or trance abuses and did they had a lot to lucian show real courage when bolton was asked he refused and said he'd sue if subpoenaed instead he saved it for a book bolton may be an author but he's no patriot. republicans not surprisingly also not very happy with the timing of this book. danse given his deputy communications director tweeted there's nothing worse than a disgruntle arrogant egotistical an all around mr ball warmonger who gets fired from their job and goes to write a book with classified information while being taped millions of dollars for it and someone change or 2 to once was fired. the problem with that line is still on the

one hand why no white house is accusing bolton of lying at the same time they've been going out of their way to stop this book from being published there is no such thing as a classified lie and so you know suggestion that there might be more to bolton's accusations that the what he says and despite what you think of him there merely want you i mean it's obvious to you that bolton is not afraid of any legal action that could be coming from the president because he's going full steam with this book thank you very much there were forces were out of time teachers always thank you tourism provides a livelihood for more than one of the half 1000000 people in kenya the coronavirus pandemic and the lock downs have been devastating for the communities living around kenya's national parks some people are switching their focus away from tourism altogether. for these women cleaning the river is the only job they can do at the moment due to the coronavirus pandemic there is no tourism and businesses have

a standstill nothing on their re-initiate to clean up he paid each woman $5.00 a day as part of this effort to restore the ecosystem of the national by messiah consensus. this is the most important 'd watershed in this part of the mara the local community relies on this water for they are used for cooking cleaning and even also the livestock and wildlife unfortunately the river is heavily polluted because of the activity all. areas upstream are tourist comes all the way to that area and his wife co-founded the conservancy located right next to can his famous muslim are a national park national by is run by the local messiah community and like other nature reserves wildlife people and livestock exist here side by side a balance that is supposed to help the community preserve its traditions but also

help protect wildlife and then vironment and the biggest problem facing wildlife today in kenya is not actually poaching as people might actually think of it it is the lack of space and that space is with communities so communities have to be the center of conservation. this area always belong to the community but with the creation of the conservancy the people pull down the fences and work to restore the land was only after 2 years wildlife was able to return to sustain this they rely on funding from donors as well as tourism tourism make up about 20 percent of the conservative income and this is supposed to be the peak season but the rival of the corona crisis has made it clear that relying on tourism only is not the answer. one national i have managed to refocus on its conservation activities they have also had to provide food aid in communities of the mara region many of the people here because guides rangers in hotels also local jewelry to

tourists the entire regions main source of income has been derailed additionally local markets have been closed disrupting trade in the area. everything has been. come difficulty getting food is a problem that this is all around us i just look down at home and can't leave the room. for the people here it's a lifeline and it could be another year before tourists actually start returning to the region so we need. a paradigm shift in their conservation movement to find out other are alternatives to sustain the important work that is done in conservation. while the effects of the pandemic have devastated the region well there are hopes that this change will also give people the chance to build more resilient communities. well now let me introduce you to the newest star of the san diego zoo in california a 2 month old pygmy hippo named

a koby the youngster and his mother mama lou have just moved from the zoo's maternity area to its main pygmy hippo hip habitat in april of hope he became the 1st of his species to be born at the zoo in more than 30 years in the language which is spoken in west africa his name means 1st born. and cute hippo. as well we'll be right back with the day stay with us.

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