this is d.w. news live from berlin a contract killing in the german capital tarried out on orders of the russian government prosecutors say the kremlin ordered last year's murder of a georgian man in a building pock moscow threatens to retaliate if germany moves to punish russia for the murder also coming out explosive allegations against donald trump a new book by a former national security advisor john bolton claims the u.s. president china to help him win reelection in november. and chancellor of moscow outlines ambitious goals calming german presidency on the european council they

cleared a coronavirus recovery package and just to get you through what she calls the biggest crisis in its history. welcome to the sorry german federal prosecutors have filed murder charges against a russian man suspected of gunning down a form of chechen rebels fighting in berlin last year they say moscow ordered the killing the alleged hit job strained relations between both in moscow prompting germany to expel 2 russian diplomats now russia's ambassador to germany says the murder charges are groundless. 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. 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 in congress family's life before he

moved to germany and 2016 hiding from the russian secret service his family followed believing they were safe here in the small town with of can 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 the last important question they say we see the contract killer is known as modern k. he 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. or what evidence is that link the alleged hit man to the russian state will we put that question to moscow based journalist roman top occult although he is the editor in chief of the investigative online newspaper the

insider so we allies so they don't buy. this prosecution documents and we follow that actually. is that. ration basis training bases or half as bad we should use russian intelligence russian secret service so he was trained on this. basis like days before he left france. and then the broader. and. also violent look so on they. leave him with that hiring king has backed off a serious war that runs 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. 7 i believe 2013

so the 1st nor. the 1st nor the wars. he made together with do are the f.s.b. officers so yeah too much too many links with fs bit. a book by donald trump's former national security advisor his 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 trumpet ministration has been trying to prevent publication of the book that alone has already made it a bestseller and excerpts of it have a p.d. in 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 you roaded the very

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 by more american crops which would benefit us photos from also encourage she in his mass detention of mostly muslim weaker people in camps the book says bolton said trump seemed 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 brokered this is highly classified that's why is they just highly classified information that he did not have approval but come out now very loud and very strong so i'm 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. social media giant facebook has removed by president donald trump's reelection campaign in the u.s. the ads feature a symbol of red inverted triangle that was used by nazi germany for political prisoners facebook has repeatedly been criticized for its hands off approach to fact checking and political speech but the company says these trump campaign

messages violate their policy against court. organized hate. for some of the other stories making news this hour the u.s. supreme court has ruled that president donald trump cannot reverse a program that offers protections for undocumented migrants who come to the u.s. as children they commonly known as dream is a program and active in 2012 on the former president barack obama was a target of the trumpet and destruction. brazil's 19 epidemic continues to spread according to the ministry of health the country will soon top 1000000 confirmed infections and 50000 deaths brazil is home to the world's worst outbreak outside of the united states. the european court of justice has ruled out a law in hungary requiring n.g.o.s to disclose their foreign dharnas is illegal the court said the law breaches the e.u.

used fundamental rights critics say the legislation aims to silence any opposition to the government. german chancellor angela merkel has outlined the challenges she hopes to tackle when germany takes over the e.u.'s rotating presidency on july the 1st in a speech to the german parliament merkel said the code 19 crisis top the list calling it the e.u.'s biggest challenge merkel said the crisis had exposures the brocks blocks fragility she called the wall solidarity bigger budgets and risky funds to help speed europe's recovery from 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. 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 planned a rescue package worth 750000000000 euros saying this is a way to fight populism and european division but the far right party says this summer 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 fend it the business friendly f.d.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. over the past decade the number of people forced to flee their homes around the world has almost doubled more easily jades of conflict political and religious persecution or climate change a new u.n. report says more than one percent if humanity is affected by force displacement that may not sound like much but it amounts to almost 80000000 people have been operation with little being done to tackle many of the root causes fewer and fewer very safely are able to return hard. hours waiting in line just to get something to eat in a refugee camp how many are what it is from south sudan millions of people all around the world are in the same situation and their numbers are growing political persecution force and climate catastrophes are forcing people to flee their countries. in the past year

a total of nearly $18000000.00 people fled their homelands that's an increase of almost $9000000.00. 3 quarters of all refugees are taken in by a neighboring country like this family from syria now living in lebanon. but they've lost all hope of going back any time soon for years home has been a makeshift camp in the become valley. turkey has taken in the largest number of syrian refugees totaling 3600000 colombia is now home to 1800000 minutes whalen's pakistan has taken in 1400000 afghan refugees and uganda 1400000 who fled conflict in south sudan and germany has taken in 1200000 refugees. the number of internally displaced people has risen by more than 4000000 this refers to refugees who have fled their homes and sought safety in other regions of

our own countries usually the capital. last year more than half a 1000000 people left their villages in the west african state of the kenya faster to flee ethnically motivated violence and attacks by islamic extremists. issachar sourdough go left his village in the north of the country and now lives on the outskirts of the capital who are going to go. housing as overcrowded and there's no electricity water or toilet. gonna love it well no you got up us and go back home and we planted crops. when the harvest was good that we could stockpile a lot of produce. back then we could never have imagined we'd ever go hungry let alone not live in our own village. the situation in refugee camps has worsened since the onslaught of the corona pandemic 1100000 ethnic ranger fled to neighboring bangladesh from myanmar so far 3 cases of coronavirus and one of the

overcrowded refugee camps have been recorded and one man has died. physical distancing is impossible here aid organizations trying their best to uphold the most basic hygiene regulations but it's an endless struggle. it's a reminder for our top stories this hour russia's ambassador to germany says moscow will react if berlin takes punitive action against russia over the killing of a form of church or revolt former chechen rebel invoking last year on thursday german prosecutors accused moscow of having a stallion concourse really murdered in broad daylight in a park in the german capital. chancellor angela merkel has been outlining her goals for germany stint as european council president to the blondest charge she said the coronavirus pandemic has revealed the emus fragility and that a stimulus package was a top priority to ensure the blocks features security. you're watching

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