this is good news live from the explosive allegations against donald trump a new book by a former national security advisor john bolton claims the u.s. president to china to help him win win reelection in november also coming up german prosecutors say it was the russian government that ordered the contract killing of a georgian man and the girl in. moscow threatens to retaliate if germany moves to punish russia for the move. and chancellor merkel outlines ambitious goals for the coming german presidency of the european council they include of coronavirus

recovery package and a big hit to get the e.u. through what she calls the biggest crisis in its history. welcome to the show 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 not the president asked china to help him win reelection in november the trumpet administration has been trying to prevent publication of the book and that alone has made it a best seller excerpts of it have been appearing in u.s. newspapers. these pages contain kinds which could rock u.s. foreign relations and significantly affect the u.s. presidential election in november the. it was written by john bolton who said he

saw donald trump in gage in fundamentally unacceptable behavior that eroded 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 u.s. voters trump 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 in 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 said 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 a lot of very simple i mean as much as it's going to be brokered this is highly classified that's why is it is highly classified information that he did not have approval but come out now very loud and very strong sermon 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. or for his part donald trump has denounced the book as pure fiction earlier we spoke to james kirchick a foreign policy analyst and a visiting fellow at the brookings institute institution and we asked him if some of the criticism against john bolton and his. motivations was legitimate there are

many things many things you can say about john bolton or criticize him for the notion that he doesn't believe in things and you can disagree with the things that he believes in but the notion that he doesn't genuinely believe in things and pursues policies that he believes to be in the american interest that's not something that i think even john bolton's worst enemies would accuse him of i mean the man deeply deeply believes in a certain vision of the world which is why frankly i find it. a little surprising that he went into the administration in the 1st place i'm not really sure i mean i would like to ask him you know what do you think you are getting into because someone who has john bolton's track record of beliefs on american engagement of the world on taking a very robust posture towards american adversaries like russia and china and what not and it was very clear during the campaign in 2016 that you know don't trump is

not going to be someone who really agreed with john bolton on a lot of these issues and so i'm so much surprised that john bolton seems surprised or maybe he's feigning surprise on the shore james kirchick u.s. social media giant facebook has removed by president trump's reelection campaign the ads feature a symbol a red inverse a triangle that was used in nazi germany for political prisoners facebook has repeatedly been criticised for its hands off approach to fact checking and political speech but the company says these campaign messages violate their policy against organized tight. here's some of the other stories making news this hour australian prime minister scott morrison says the country is under a cyber attack from a foreign state. he says all levels of government critical infrastructure and essential services are being targeted marson described the attack us sophisticated and malicious declined to name the culprits. and with brazil's covert 19 epidemic

continues to spread according to the ministry of health the country will soon top 1000000 confirmed infections and 50000 deaths brazil is harm to the world's worst outbreak outside of the us. a german run ship has risky 90 people from a sinking being in the mediterranean some people aboard the sea watch 3 are being treated for chemical burns off to being contaminated by a mix of fuel and salt water on board the small boat it's unclear where the migrants will be taken. that. german federal prosecutors have filed murder charges against a russian man suspected of gunning down a form of chechen rebel fighter in berlin last year they say that moscow ordered the killing the alleged hit job strained relations between berlin and moscow last year from germany to expel 2 russian diplomats 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 the 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 wishing truly 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 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. the contract killer is known as vitamin 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. german chancellor angela merkel has outlined the challenges she hopes to tackle when germany takes over the use rotating presidency on july 5th in a speech to the german parliament merkel said the 19 crisis top that list calling it the e.u.'s biggest challenge merkel said the crisis had exposed a broad blocks for jealousy she called for more solidarity bigger budgets and rescue 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 plan to erase q package worth 750000000000 euros saying this is a way to find 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 and yet the business friendly f.t.p. party wants structural reforms. 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 or 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. the work of a group of north korean defectors is rising tensions between north and south with the land border close the defectors attending 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 a complicating efforts to promote dialogue between the 2 koreas. use frank's me. north korean defector. who 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 to stop such activities but poc is undeterred. i don't know why 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 you. i'm confused whether i live here in seoul young son and. john knows 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 chris presidential compound show this dark 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 2018 which include 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 punjab declaration sometimes on the e.u. hand in that was. after north korea tuesday blew up the joint liaison office in gay 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 has if we need it north korea will continue to move in the same direction. if we stay

strong and 50000000 people can be free from threats. that we need to have the confidence of a sovereign state. as the tension simmers in despite warnings police will interfere still plans to monitor the tide in sindh bottles that writes to north korea. and these are our top stories this hour former u.s. national security advisor john bolton's memoir contains explosive allegations about u.s. president donald trump including that he asked china to help him win reelection in november trump has denounced the book as pure fiction is it ministration is seeking to block it on the grounds that it contains classified information. and russia's ambassador to germany says moscow will react to take punitive action against russia over the killing of a former chechen rebel invoking last year on thursday german prosecutors accused

moscow of having their limb con complex feeling in the broad daylight in the park in the german capital. this is the news from the building there is more now web site t w dot com great thanks so much. on legal and i'm to complete the 2nd season along with. the planet on the brink of disaster we did a long in-depth interview with experts about one question how do you change the.