checked it on occasions that he'd been poisoned he was transferred to treatment and then 2 days later medics here say mister they found he's still in that he used to come out but stable germany has condemned the poisoning and demanded a response from russia moscow says it has yet to receive official information from him about the diagnosis and his german foreign minister hi come because. i don't have a high cost but we do have t.w. political correspondent kate brady welcome kate so let's go through this then what is germany done that how is germany clarifying that mr nifong the boss the de poison. well this was a special toxicology test that was actually carried out by a special german military lab which actually focuses on chemical weapons and focuses on ensuring the safety of of citizens and military against chemical weapons so this was done in consultation with with the showers

a hospital here in berlin when of only is currently being treated ok so this poison this is novacek tell us about it and it did we've heard it's name before in the last year arson. we certainly have the nobody is a soviet era. chemical and what drove the nerve agents and as you say we have heard. just in the past couple of years this is exactly the nerve agents and all the chalk that was used against the former russian spy says your script and his daughter in the u.k. back in 28. now so we have a poison and i we know it's our military grade poison germany says it's germany talking about demanding urgent clarification from russia over there so what is the kremlin saying. well the kremlin so far has said that it hasn't been informed of these latest test results and hasn't been informed of a confirmed poising with the novacek nerve agents against novelli but as we were

hoping to hear from the german foreign minister he just said in the last hour that the the russian ambassador to germany was indeed invited yet again today for more urgent talks to the foreign ministry here in berlin and here is we requested again by the german government to give a very urgent clarification and for moscow to give an urgent clarification on the background of this poisoning but as we know so far russian doctors to have said that no vonnie in fact wasn't poisoned. himself what sort of conditions he had in the valley. well the latest update that we've had from the sheriff's a hospital is that he is still in an ingenious coma but he is now in a stable condition but of course this is going to be a very long recovery for an avanti so there's lots of shouting between.

moscow what's what you think will happen next. so we've already had an indication of what might come next 1st germany and the rest of the e.u. as well wants a response from russia from moscow and then the foreign minister heikal mass has already said that germany will be working with its you partners and also nato partners to decide on an appropriate and joint response once they do indeed cover spawn's from russia itself but we are also expecting german chancellor angela merkel to speak to the media in within the next hour or so that might also give us a bit more of an indication as to where germany might go next thank you for that a political correspondent to kate brady. more than 5 years ago islamists attacked the paris offices of satirical magazine charlie hebdo under jewish supermarket 3 assailants murdered 17 people before being shot dead by

police 3 others including the wife of one of the alleged gunman fled to syria days before the attack a court in paris today began trying them in their absence along with 11 other suspects the magazine was targeted because it had published cartoons the visa mc prophet mohammad which most muslims say have prohibited. lewis has been speaking with the widow of one of the victims maddie's wilensky is still traumatized 5 years ago her husband george was killed in the islamist attack on shall yet he was a cartoonist at the magazine and the love of her life. my life was turned upside down its absence the absence of his gaze that accompanied me for 47 years. this absence has caused me to fall ill with cancer and i have regular nightmares and

some of them i become my husband and live through his last moments facing the kalashnikov so beth and i have. mary's is one of the plaintiffs in the court case she's hoping the hearings will provide her with some. men that when they. do coupons are. best seen on a decision i need to understand as best as i can what was in the mind of his assess intially squash. i think comes here. is there any additional information could help me get closer to what my husband went through the moment he got killed or more men. the attack put france on high alert the terrorists were on the run for days millions of people then took part in a huge demonstration of unity in the face of this attack on press freedom the

slogan. went global. but since the attack on shall you have those news room behind me here defending the freedom of the press in france has become more difficult especially with the rise of populist politics and an increasing distrust of the traditional media. challis of door has continued to operate from a secret location the magazine still regularly receives threats its editor in chief says the internet has made things worse. nowadays when people real critical comments on social media they immediately take them personally they often threaten us and in very violent ways you're also less at your shoes you're right satire and press cartoons are supposed to upset people and before provoking that cartoon culture is increasingly getting lost. do this song.

mary's wilensky is trying to maintain her husband's legacy in her own way. i am pursuing one of his projects a european house of satirical empress cartoons this is how i continue his fight for press freedom. but. she will also keep publishing her husband's cartoons so that his spirit lives on. the court in paris and told us what went on today. well this 1st day of the trial is really to establish the setting what we've been hearing today is how the accused introduced themselves and then the lawyers were talking about you know details like do we have to wear a mask do we have to go to another part of the building etc this is very important i mean this is not the this trial is very important for the victims' families and

the those who survived the attacks they want to know as many details as possible to understand what happened in 2015 so that helped hoping that that could maybe leave yet their pain now 5 years on as they've been telling me one recent poll showed that more than 50 percent percent of the french think that that blasphemy should not be large here in france and that journalists shouldn't insult any religion that's obviously not what the people from charlie i think because they think we should we are insulting everybody and that should be allowed because it's a thought provoking process. baseless and paris fell take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world will start in both kerio where i'm sick government protesters clashed with police in the capital safina opponents accuse the prime minister having links to all the gods and are calling on him to resign they staged the biggest demonstration in nearly 2 months

of day protests with or as they say several people being detained and dozens injured. emanuel says he will support iraq in its fight against the islamic state terror group the french president is the 1st foreign leader to visit baghdad since a new government to took office in may. she cabinet secretary i know she he days. officially entered the race to succeed abyei as prime minister of japan he says he will stick to the prime minister's economic reforms if you wins these favorites to take over from our very who's standing down because of ill health. and all this week we're looking back to the summer of 2015 when an unprecedented wave of migrants fled war and poverty in their home countries and headed for europe many never made it one image made headlines around the world series talk about cookies body washed ashore in 10 thousands of others also perished on this journey

in the parable sea crossing is still claiming the lives. the tragic exodus of the courty family ended at this beach near the turkish village of. the mother father and their 2 children were trying to reach the greek island of kos in a rubber boat but the boat capsized. little alan his brother holly and their mother drowned only abdulla cordie survived. the boat capsized after people stood up. i held my wife sound. and we had life jackets and tried to keep our children out of the water but it didn't work holly died for us to learn. i'll never forget holly's words when he said to me papa don't be afraid i don't know. the image of little alan's dead body made headlines around

the world the refugees desperation and their fate now symbolized by a tiny corpse 4 years later we set out to make contact with his father during our research we 1st came across an ant team according to live in canada for more than 20 years. or so. and to that image my nephew currently that swing. coach 1000000 in heart. and then this and now from there sorry. enough is enough we need to. court he said that her brother now lives in her be and iraq's kurdish region we were unable to travel to iraq because of the coronavirus pandemic. kurdish

television has also covered up. and has revealed some good news. he has once again become a father he remarried 3 years ago. i was very surprised when the new baby was born i couldn't believe it it was a shock. i didn't know if i should be happy or sad or if i should cry. i have no idea what happened to me. when you lose your own child and i hope it never happens to you. it's a strange feeling if you've already lost a child and then have a new baby. thank god i'm doing better. i'm happy about this new child. the new baby is a great gift he has named him. so

what is a situation like for refugees of a stays a former british of foreign secretary david miliband is president of a international rescue committee which provides support for refugees and displaced people in more than of 40 countries welcome to day w how much has changed for syrian refugees since the world was shocked by that picture. with you over the last 5 years i think everyone knows that the number of syrian refugees has growth about 5 and a half 1000000 syrians are now living outside the country i think it's also well known that the majority of those refugees remain in turkey lebanon and jordan in really quite grim circumstances the poverty rates are very high and then the additional complication of code it is into the head with health services with

education services i think the 3rd thing obviously is that countries like germany not only germany but significantly germany have resettled some of the most vulnerable syrian refugees you know well the w that 1600000 asylum seekers trying to claim asylum in germany in 201516 not all of them were from syria obviously but those that have managed to show that they deserve refugee status they do have a well founded fear of persecution and have in very large numbers learned the german language integrating that community started getting jobs their kids into that school so for that group i think there has been some light at the end of the tunnel but obviously the a ridge mating problem is that the war in syria burns continues to burn and that and long as that's the case they'll continue to be more refugees coming out of syria and you talked about the coronavirus of a pandemic how does does that complicate matters for these desperate people.

bret it's a threat i think directly because we now have data showing that there are about 500 cases in northwest syria that's one part of syria that is outside of control it's in rebel held and some of those rebel groups are out affiliated to al qaeda but we also know that there's an absolute minimal amount of testing going on so the test positively rates 30 percent so there's a direct danger to those people from co but there's an indirect danger from the economic consequences of the crisis which are obviously severe at the u.n. clearly unicef a warning about the dangers of more people big push into extreme poverty in the refugees and displaced people as a result of war in the forefront of that and i think there's also an emerging danger which is of a wider health crisis that people are schedule go to health centers health centers the close of the flow of medicines especially into places like syria has been interrupted because you all know that the crossing points from iraq are being closed in to syria as

a result of russian and chinese vetoes of the humanitarian resolutions and so you've got quite a perilous situation in war zones around the world as a result of code in the mind as a result of the conflicts that predate them so 5 years ago then we had this migration of millions of people from places like syria and afghanistan and causing europe its latest massive crisis. the object of speculation but if this happened next year would europe handle it any better as it has learned any lessons. yes i think number one europe now has an entry and exit system so everyone who arrives gets documented on the lease gets documents that didn't exist in 2015 secondly there's a very important decision coming up on the 23rd of september about whether or not the european union adopts a new reset the migration and asylum framework a common set of standards set of sched responsibilities and a update of the approaches that will ensure that europe is able to do

a better job if the crisis returns whether from syria or from anywhere else that includes legal routes to safety through refugee resettlement for the most vulnerable but also fast processing where germany has frankly led the way it takes 8 to 10 weeks to process an asylum seeker in germany i mean working from the united states although we're a global organization we're founded by german by einstein but we're headquartered in the us in the us if you're an asylum seeker from el salvador and guatemala it takes 3 or 4 years to get your case a process so i think that there's an important step that europe could take to ensure that it does prepare itself for future crises of data if you would when the coronavirus crisis is taking the world's media attention away from the migration crisis we had a situation at the start of the year where turkey which is home so more than

3000000 refugees opened its borders to europe and let them out in the horrible scenes of violence and all the rest of it. how are things than now. i think is the fairest thing to say turkey remains the home for 3500000 refugees there are tensions in the south east of at the border with syria there are also issues in the turkish european relationship and this brings us to the fundamental point that one can manage the refugee issue better but if one really wants to address it then there is a crisis of diplomacy in the war zones of the world that needs to be addressed europe's relationship with turkey has gone backwards in the last 10 years and obviously the various efforts to tackle the civil war it would rest the civil war in side syria have not worked and there is a wide a crisis of diplomacy i think that affects many of the countries that are the main

source of a refugee flows i'd also add that the breakdown of international law when it comes to the persecution of minorities for example in myanmar which led to a 1000000 people flowing from myanmar burma into a neighbor neighboring bangladesh is an enduring source not just of pain for those who are involved 'd but of instead instability in these areas i should thank for joining us david miliband president of the international rescue committee. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world covered 19 pandemic is plunged australia into recession for the 1st time maybe 30 years your figures show the economy shrank by 7 percent in the 2nd quarter its largest decline on record the country's treasurer said the road ahead would be long hard and bumpy . the pope francis has held his 1st face to face audience for 6 months about $500.00 worshippers had temperature checks or wore masks in order to attend a scaled down event at the vatican. the korean potential is on high alert as

typhoon my stack approaches more than 300 flights have been canceled in south korea and japan is coast guard is searching for a cargo ship that sent out a distress call during the typhoon early on wednesday. for the british film festival opens today the 1st major film event to roll out the red carpet since the start of the pandemic many stars will miss it because of travel restrictions but there but there are still some big names in town like cate blanchett there straight actress is the president of this year's jury tilda swinton arrived ahead of the opening ceremony. benes. as is rarely been seen with only a handful of 2 ists but the most this city's annual fan festival opens today for its 77 sedition along with pic caution every measures so show these dancing

mandatory mask wearing and temperature taking to global pandemic and international travel restrictions are so mean that fewer hollywood stars will be in attendance d.c. at a festival has done better in terms of gender parity with 8 out of 18 films in competition directed by women to many reach the competition category with jeff on high and says and tomorrow the entire world a drama about political radicalization you born. and raised in. demo cot to show once it's in the start getting didn't dance alternatives are going to design taking up on the direction displaced to be dashed on and on cue the series is must get in here all next. month. another competition fan to look out for will be wife of a spy from direct tokyo she caressed. a story of love in walton japan during the 1940 s.

. out of competition nathan crossman's documentary about comments activists quite a turn back to premiere thursday. in new york and i'm sorry. i don't. know mind. being. on it's opening day to festival but an actress to the swinton with a lifetime achievement award the competition runs for 11 days on september 12th will find out who will take home this year's coveted golden lion. but scott drug spread from d.w.i. culture is very so welcome scott so how are things different that 2 other years in these times of pandemic. yes well i'm sure you could

see right away one of the main differences i'm wearing a mask of course like everybody else here required one of the safety measures that will you wear masks inside also the most but also outside around the festival area as as a precaution but of course you can just look around here and see if other major difference from venice film festivals past i mean i'm right here in front of what usually is the red carpet and on a typical opening night. this would be packed with film fans 60 waiting and screaming out for 4 of the stars that will be crossing the red carpet but this year for safety they put up a wall to block. fans from crushing and crushing the stars and asking for asking for autographs is just one of the many security measures that have been put into place this year but it's hard to a hard to fault the film festival for this i mean without these measures this past fall wouldn't even be taking place ok so let's talk about the films that it's

opening a wave and italian film what we know about this yet this is a interesting film set in the 1980 s. it's a marital drama about a couple that's been together for some 30 years but the relationship is starting to fall apart because the husband has started relationship with a younger woman not too unusual story perhaps but what is unusual is that this is an italian film opening the venice film festival which hasn't happened for 11 years so it's quite a quite a special event for the industry here but i think what's most important is the fact that the director. has said that he specifically wanted to bring the film to venice as a symbol as a as a as a sign to the industry here but also to the industry around the world that we can start seeing movies again the festivals film festivals can start happening again and this whole the whole film industry which has really been on its knees since the

start of the krona virus kind demick maybe can start to get back up again ok so tokyo search the other highlights from the next few days. yeah well one of the big differences this year is because the hollywood studios and big streamers like netflix haven't sent their films to venice because they're holding back a lot of movies until theaters in the u.s. really opened up again we have a very european film festival compared to many festivals past so that means that the real highlights are the europeans and i really just pick out a couple i mean. the film that's not a comp a film it's not a competition but is open the the horizontal horizontal horizonte sidebar called apples it's a. great movie that is about a pandemic but a very different one this pandemic causes amnesia and it's really sort of a fairy tale about memory and about how technology has as changed our lives and

then there's also a german film screening next week that really excited to see called and to more of the entire world which is about the dangers dangers of political extremism which i think you'd agree couldn't really be more topical right scott roxboro in venice thank you you're watching day w. news long from let me take you back to our top story the german government says it has proof that russian opposition leader lacks in the valley was poisoned with a military chemical nerve agent novi chalk well this is a result of the latest test from burden sharing a hospital where he's being treated he fell ill on the flight from siberia to moscow last month and was rushed to hospital. where russian doctors rejected allegations that he'd been poisoned he was transferred for treatment 2 days later the medics here say he said now and into stick but stable so germany has condemned the poisoning and summoned and demanded

a response from russia but must go says it's yet to receive official confirmation of any diagnosis by his german foreign minister i comb us. yes for all time we strongly condemn this attack we will now promptly inform our partners in the e.u. and nato and share with the new information we will discuss with them in the next few days how to take appropriate action. we haven't even. tried out of. we're expecting to hear from german chancellor angela merkel and the next few minutes we'll bring that to you live we can ahead of that we'll catch up with a w. political correspondent kate brady welcome kate so tell us about this german clarification because a few days ago germany said yes he was poisoned now they say yes it was poisoned and it was not a chalk. they are indeed and this was

a special toxicology test that was actually carried out by the german bundestag the german military and was carried out at one of the top specialist labs in this actual this department within the military focuses on chemical weapons in the protection all citizens and the protection of the of military against chemical weapons and said i said this backs up and provided more insight into the tacit already being carried out i mean ok let me just interrupt you there we'll go now to the child's room where we'll hear from the german chancellor i'm going to. mr foreign affairs defense of the of the interior of justice and the head of the chancellor's office concerning new insights in the case of mr novell the and we discussed. as to what to do with these inside.