this is the news live from berlin a crime of attempted murder with a nerve agent the german chancellor i'm going to merkel says there is no direct kremlin critic i'd say not only was poisoned russia's leaving office dition figure remains in intensive care in any in hospital the german government says he was poisoned with any nerve agents in london and washington are all demanding answers from moscow also coming up. the image that shocked the world 5 years ago this

picture of a syrian toddler who driving down the mediterranean sea while trying to reach europe sent shock waves around the globe we find out what happened to our own cordless phone. also want to show germany moves to tackle the problem of everyday racism with a new parliamentary committee on diversity and equality as the country's far right minority becomes ever more vocal to meet on t. corona demonstrations. yes welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel is demanding answers from moscow after the german government confirmed russia's leading opposition figure was poisoned testing by a military to bar a tree found alexina vallone was attacked with a chemical nerve agent from the deadly group developed by the solver. it's military

in the 1970 s. and eighty's now valmy has been fighting for his life in a medically induced coma here in berlin after falling ill in siberia last month moscow has repeatedly disputed allegations that novell me was poisoned. for years alexei navalny has been fighting to rid russia of what he calls crooks and thieves are new most the united russia party has always won for 20 years and even if they lost using fraud they won anyway. the outspoken opposition figure has organized numerous anti kremlin protest has been arrested several times for civil disobedience and even attempted to get on the ballot to run for president in $28.00 he his bid was blocked by the courts. but now lies in an induced coma at a berlin hospital clinging to life german chancellor angela merkel calls the suspected poisoning attempted murder. alexina only if an accident of all me is the victim of

a crime he was meant to be silenced and i condemn this in the sharpest possible manner and the name of the entire german government other chefs the. volunteers when a president vladimir putin's fiercest critics drumming up a vocal and growing opposition against police 20 year grip on power nobody has suffered physical and verbal attacks in recent years the attorney an anti-corruption activists fell ill on a flight from the city of tomsk in siberia on his way to moscow last week it's believed someone poisoned his team before he boarded a plane the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing to save his life the german government says testing carried out by its military proves that the soviet era nerve agent of a child was used without a doubt. we expect the russian government to explain itself over this incident these are very serious questions now that only the russian government can

and must answer. and. russia is set to hold regional elections next month devonian his allies had been campaigning to get their candidates elected but for now his family and friends are holding on to hope that not only pulls through let's cross over to our washington bureau for more on reaction from the u.s. and deeds over new cars fondant. is joining us we've seen and heard germany's response to the apparent poisoning of. me but what about the united states how has . the latest developments been received there. that's right pablo in that report there we heard strong condemnation from angola markel we've also heard strong remarks from boris johnson and other world leaders and we would certainly expect a similarly sharp reaction from a sitting u.s. president unfortunately we haven't heard that directly from donald trump as of right now a few hours ago though the national security council did tweet that the u.s.

is deeply troubled and called the poisoning of alexina a completely reprehensible they also say that the united states will work with its allies and the international community to hold those in russia accountable interestingly we also heard from former national security advisor john bolton who either quit or was fired pending on who you ask he tweeted that trump should demand answers from moscow and as you'll remember he was one of the hawkish figures in the trumpet ministration when dealing with the russians but again trump hasn't directly said anything yet and this lack of response may not be surprising given trump has been reluctant to criticize russia in the past but at the same time we have to remember that the u.s. did join an international effort in 2018 after the poisoning of former russian spy a survey screwball and his daughter washington did impose sanctions on moscow and expelled dozens of russian diplomats what about the democratic presidential

candidate joe biden he was speaking earlier today in wilmington delaware what did he have to say. and biden did take questions actually from the press today and was mostly domestic issues however when deval need 1st fell ill biden was quick to slam trump for being weak on russia this has been a widely held belief by democrats throughout the trump presidency as we know and it started with the alleged russian interference in the $26000.00 election which trump continues to downplay and dismiss more recently the president brushed off reports that russia had placed bounties on u.s. soldiers in afghanistan and biden has repeatedly said that he would be much tougher on putin and other autocrats if he were the commander in chief that trump is more than happy to cozy up to offshore terry leaders and pick fights with allies which has hurt america's standing in the world to be front and center on days like today pablo. correspondent following this story for us from washington thanks for the.

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 heading for europe many never made just one image in particular was devastating syrian toddler cordy's body body was washed ashore in turkey thousands of others also lost their lives on the journey and the many perilous sea crossings are still claiming 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 const in a rubber boat but the boat capsized. and his brother and their mother reihana drowned only abdulla cordie survived.

the capsized after people stood up. i held my wife. 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. look i'll never forget holly's words when he said to me papa don't be afraid. the image of a little all and dead body made headlines around the world the refugees desperation and their feet now symbolized by a tiny corpse 4 years later we set out to make contact with his father. now lives in terror beyond any iraq's kurdish region we were unable to travel to iraq because of the coronavirus pandemic. kurdish television has also covered up do it according speight and has revealed some good news look already 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 on to 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. new baby it's a great gift he has named him. let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world the trial has opened in paris a 14 suspects accused of aiding the 2015 terror attack on

a satirical magazine charlie at 3 assailants murdered 17 people before being shot dead by police the magazine was targeted because it published cartoons of the prophet mohammed japan's coast guard has rescued one person from the sea off its coast during a search for a missing livestock ship the rescued crew member said the vessel capsized and sank amid strong winds and rains from typhoon my sack it was carrying dozens of crew members and 5 of coffee. tesla c.e.o. elon musk has met with german ministers in berlin to discuss the carmakers collaboration with a german biotech company tesla is providing with some of the technology it needs to produce a potential covert 19 vaccine must also briefed politicians about progress on a giant tesla factory being built near berlin. well images

of demonstrators attempting to storm the building in berlin recently have brought racism in germany into sharp focus back in may a special cabinet committee was formed to tackle the issue its no match for the 2nd time inviting several antidiscrimination organisations to take part they say the government has so far been too hasn't. the future as soraya go most would like to see it black scientists and astronauts on the covers of news magazines she says such images are long overdue but many barriers still must be broken down got some help and assistance from germany has a racism problem germany like many other societies has structural racism and discrimination. we see that throughout many institutions. in institutes. each one teach one is among several anti discrimination organizations

that have drawn up a list of demands for change more than 100 points including a call for a new ministry and thus in the state. the ministry would be responsible for a comeback to various forms of racism and discrimination as well as coordinating efforts across society. in the best of tonight a ministry charged with creating a more open society the alliance claim tackles islamophobia in germany. they say every day racism is on the rise. and but i think that's ultimately mission of us as we see a lot of anti muslim racism in areas like flat hunting and in the job market the only support many people have is from specialist advice sentence which can help them demand their rights to equal treatment. to do it so that's not to go judy

cohen of the violence protection network says racism exists in many areas of society but is particularly prevalent in rightwing ideologies there are programs designed to help extremists change their ways but colin feels they need to do more and women can talk to an elephant you need to actively ente into a dialogue with extremists it's the only option they can happen if for example someone in their social circles contacts us family friends schools or whoever or we can get involved once a person has committed a crime done to. some praise the government for tackling the problem but others remain critical fear. many important topics have not been touched on a tour of things like development aid or health issues for example. the cabinet committee aims to publish its 1st results by the end of october. says these will show if the government is all talk or ready for real change. astronomers

have detected the biggest cosmic collision observed since the big bang to stutter black holes formed when a star collapses crashed and merged into one the collision took place some 7000000000 years ago but the shock wave has only been detected now because it happened so far away the black hole it created has a mass of 142 times that of the sun and is being termed an intermediate black hole size never before observed researchers say it could help them unlock the mystery of have super massive black holes were formed. and a reminder of the top story this hour the german government says it has unequivocal proof spec kremlin critic alexina valmy was poisoned with a no we chalk a nerve agent chancellor angela merkel has described the incident as attempted murder and an attempt to silence mr novotny and is insisting the kremlin has

a case to answer. to this is the interview news don't forget you can stay up to date with our website t w dot com you can also follow us on twitter and instagram for me and the rest of the team here in berlin take care seems simple. life on earth you want to cling to and. try to coincidence. or is untouchable happened good it's a good bit like winning the lottery. birth or unique storks september 18th on t w. these

images of the refugee crisis and left a deep and lasting impression on our members. been met we know this picture nearly everyone does it kind of today 5 years on we want to find out what has become of the people in these pictures. my old job back to her dad i am a low. blow. pat you started it's a bit every time i see the picture i feel happy because i know that on that day i could help her surprises me time and again that we've got part of contemporary history of. the village i can lock near bodrum mentality anyone who visits the beach can understand why a tragedy happened here in 2015. the greek island of course seems to be

under stone's throw away. just before the start of the civil war damascus in 2011. the kurds are a middle class syrian family one of them abdullah is a headdress and by trade. in 2011 his wife hanna gave birth to their 1st son garnett 2 years later they had another boy his name was allowed. to mistake the civil war and 2012 the family moved to go beyond the town wherever hannah comes from but even here they want all safe from the i ask. abdullah initially moved to turkey on his own to find work with the family joining him later life in istanbul is odd because he couldn't find work as

a hand so he helped out on construction sites. he put together a plan and decided to take a boat to europe where his brother. september the 2nd 2015. alan curdie 2 years old lies drowned on the beach of acholi. abdullah a car they had paid human traffickers more than $3000.00 euros to bring his family by rubber dinghies to cause. alarm dies his brother gonna fall drown. and so does his mother ronna. only abdulla cardi survives. the boat capsized because people were standing up i was holding my wife's hand you know a lot of life jacket and we tried to keep our children afloat but we couldn't. first galli died then. and there and i'll never forget gottlieb's words to me when

he said. daddy don't be afraid. the photo was published around the world the picture of alan gave her some water abstract refugee crisis a face a body that of a dead 2 year or child. 4 years later in or some 29000 we began our research for this film. we selected 5 instantly recognizable images from the refugee crisis with the goal of discovering what became of the people and their families. our 1st photo was the dead child on the beach we found out that our arms aren't. has lived in canada for over 20 years and works as a hairdresser. in 2015 she was interviewed in front of her house and vancouver.

gets. the best see a good life at. 2 weeks ago got lips it did and i knew by. then. we arranged to interview tea mccurdy vive internat. she remembers september 2nd 2015 vividly. she works as well as the phone calls from. finally he get a phone somebody actually just sister angel gives him a form and so he can call the family so i start talking to him the 1st 4 minutes 1st or. i was to turn him it's all my fault.

by the current. or i need to stop. and i said to him i said it's all my fault and he said to me i know you're the best sister who the world you tried to hope. before. many people who oppose of innocent people or dying but the world were silent and to that image of my nephew alan kirby

that's when it's full of people. all church 1000000 people is heart. and this from there so. we need to hope. team occurred 8 ounces that her brother abdullah now lives in abbeville in the kurdish region of iraq need to is willing to speak to us if his sister comes as well literally to iraq that we subsequently planned harm fortunately wasn't able to take place. 2015 a few hours before i am curdie died 1700 kilometers away. it is september the 1st but this time more and more people are on the balkan route and many know only one destination.

i carried her that alone. on the same day thousands of refugees arrived at munich central station and were welcomed with montreal's big talented after all their exertions they were greeted with a promise i'm teddy bear asked. what is the story behind this picture. this is the woman from the photo today nicole called. who's there i was handing out cuddly toys to the children they were so happy they came to us and gathered around us and they were happy because someone was there to give them something they could enjoy what you can call it works in this christian travel agency which is close to the train station back then the whole team spontaneously hometown to particularly

her colleagues pedro ganser and andreas patroklos when their comically give her a colleague came in who was pretty upset we have to do something there are so many . people at the main station who've just arrived by trade i so on don't know the meeting so we finished a meeting and went around the office connecting many of our shopping summon. voices i'm very proud that we were there at that moment and that i'm part of this company that helped and acted with humanity at the right time. they organized food and water hundreds helped including this young man. this is him today andreas a driver for the munich subway there's a photo of him was in many of the newspapers. sense of being away for 72 hours smiling all the time every time i see the picture i feel happy because i knew that day that i could really be of help to be looked into it's one of the worst

pictures of me. as well as being one of the best because it's just these photos. we brought to help us from trying to 15 back together again for the 1st time in 5 years they tried cancer and raised to mom and behold the bourse who was on the city of munich's crisis committee at the time dog time go see. the. series so good to see you know to put on some weight. you were never that's what. rudy boschwitz still has his hefty notebook from back then but this is my to do list from one of the crisis meetings here for example 1690 beds and 1500 seats all of which we set up in time. is a management consultant he didn't hesitate to get involved. but it was probably one of the most intense periods of my life. we were working 2022 hours continuously

every day. strange rounds collided with people from munich cancer improvise constantly for example many. refugees have never had access to or even heard of sparkling water. to give us one but i remember every time one of them opened something carbonated they flinched because they were unaccustomed to it so we responded immediately calling radio stations and spreading the word on facebook only stand still water or if they didn't know about sparkling water it scared them to death when they opened up you just marched toward your script. how many refugees arrived. the numbers today show in 2015 there were almost 750000 asylum applications after that the numbers dropped significantly. not all of them stayed in germany some were deported but others left voluntarily to

other countries or back to their countries of origin. today the munich helpers so sometimes labeled as station clappers by internet critics they on the other hand believe that they showed the world a new side of germany as a front as workers toil i thought it was really great that we germans achieved without chanceless stated that people can come here. and that made me feel rich he shrugs a fruit. but only a few of those who helped are still active today nicole composite child of priorities have changed does she believe that the welcome culture would be repeated today. not in the same way it won't happen again i don't think anybody really wants it either has it all happened in a fairly and i wouldn't it kind of way. hundreds of thousands of people were given

shelter bought the current stuff we can do this we haven't done it quite that and this is partly do you know to the lack of good will but due to the many regulations that exist in germany. people are only allowed to work under certain conditions god particularly the afghans who only have a temporary mission to stay they're constantly in danger of suddenly being put on the next plane to kabul you can't really get involved in a country if you're constantly afraid of being deported. september 25th hungry redirects thousands of refugees towards austria. uncle americal allows them to enter germany the arms leave you manage so many things we can do this and if something stands in our way it must be overturned there. shortly afterwards another special photo turns out. the 1st registration facility down the contact point for thousands of refugees the chance to love pays

a visit on september 10th. be with uncle americal a young refugee family chancellor. this is the man who took her soundly on a smaller mani he still lives in berlin today originally from damascus when he had just finished school in 2015 his parents decided to send him to germany where he would be safe from the war. he shows there's a photo of his mother. here but i'm here for i live here we were when i we could not for i left home she cried so much she knew i was never coming back missed me that needed it so i didn't know i was 18 years old and i thought it's like a trip i'm going there and that it's safe there and when it's ok to return home i'll see my mother again but unfortunately not so and this picture everyone's seen

it of with mrs merkel it has had so much influence on my life although many people i've met through it can again. be full of a selfish he didn't know who uncle americal wants. as modern monny back home he was never interested in politics and didn't watch the news. all that changed on that day in berlin. as it gong i was doing shots and all to all she got out of the black card shop this with a lot of security and funk mission to the us all i wanted to do was make a selfie. and i didn't know who she was rescinded only later everybody told me that it was mrs merkel germany's leader it's all ok and then soucie. how proud are you you know as in my mother back home you don't have that kind of possibility as is and nobody wants to take a picture of all assad anyway because it's so bad there but here in germany my heroine is mrs merkel there's a because she has given

a saying and i'm very proud of that happened off that store so by disease. she has given me and many others here the possibility to stay and begin a new life here and i noticed that when i was following him after the selfie with the chancellor his life changed abruptly he was invited on to talk his picture was in the headlines at the same time he started learning german and his refugee center because he wanted to study but then in early 2016 the photo appeared on the social media sites of right wing groups he was portrayed as a syrian terrorist. but they posted that a terrorist had made the selfie with mrs merkel met on online right wing conspiracy sites he was accused of being the brussels terrorist or the assassin had by chai plots in one of the a.f.d. state associations connected him and his spouse the pixilated photo with other terrorist attacks shot you know i always thought why did i make this selfie i

didn't need it at all and i'd be left in peace and that's not the case i never alone not even today in a. modem on a sort of refuge at a friend's house. he was threatened personally and was bombarded with hate comments for 2nd time his selfie photo was abused it is sided to take judicial action against facebook with legal and this time he was alleged to have said a homeless person on fire in a bar in some way he wanted to prevent facebook from further distributing the photo . although he lost the case he doesn't think the fight was in bangor maine as vicious as the lot of it was important to me that people should know the real story who are we i ever saw what are syrians trying to achieve you can actually show there are of course people who have done long but that's not even a one percent so what about the others this list what are you to do you the rest of us want to study to integrate the learn the language quickly and gain

a place at university where i did not speak they can go and ask modern mani has managed to achieve this for almost a year now he has been studying media communications he feels comfortable at the university despite the fact that it is difficult studying in german and not his mother tongue and let them figure it out in the church took so many people supported me in the beginning and how to find the right classes and such but it was difficult for me when i started because everything is online on the internet made a smart feel i got lost several times yard. of a. model mani often visits the bundestag now that he has learned german he is interested in the country's politics. so far he hasn't managed to meet uncle immaculate down. cars or shop bestial made us smile i tried to contact her several times for another had this but it hasn't worked out ok and it's difficult. as which

would diminish him a beautiful image but i would be happy to talk to her personally but shit's nothing fair because i have learned german after 5 years in the shop 0 feet and have so many topics that interest me. and so many questions the the music was absent this. he has had a girlfriend for 6 months on a jarosz from the ukraine who studies at the same university the 2 mad sort of pressures parted she was unaware that he was the man in the medical salvation. service i'm interested in the 4th the 3rd that's really how he didn't tell me his story right away obviously you know once and part marla gets off from i met him we met a few times and our been through that and then one night he told me his story or some other comment on feeding him there mr good how he came to germany and what obstacles he had to face the start so that all fussed at alice i find it pretty special and i'm very proud of what he has achieved by that i said yesterday or to

learn german he's had a job i know he studied and then martin super but i'm sure he will finish his studies and he very successful and then nothing further to that. now do you think. as if in 5 years ago we can achieve this week looks like we can wash out gerson ali i've done it i had many plans many of which are behind me now i have achieved it but. for chancellor angela merkel voter also had consequences fighting people to germany washee still in control of the situation even now she rarely speaks about this time she receives recognition abroad and refugees on the balkan routes carry medical pictures with them but critics accuse her of using photos like the selfie to ensure that the stream of refugees increases for now mrs merkel you have clearly

misused your government mandate with this step down you can do this stuff with us thank. our political opponents she became. a target of ever more harsh criticism leveled in the autumn of 2015 even more refugees started arriving at the end of october for small town of veg shite in low above area might the headlines in a single day the australians transported 1000 people by boss to the border the man found himself in a hopeless position. i says hotel it's totally irresponsible of the austrian authorities to transport so many people over the border crossings or when they know that we don't have the infrastructure to deal with the matter there are children in the buses so have you no option but it is a hand outside in the cold right it shouldn't be happening also except. for the federal border guards this was an unprecedented situation they requested

reinforcements from the barbarian riot police. this photo was taken on that day a long line of refugees behind a police vehicle leading the line behind the van was this policewoman. we managed to find her and they are foreigners from ports book she is still with the riot police and clearly hasn't forgotten that day. if it's in the i always find it amazing i was talking about it with some friends the other day i went home turned on the t.v. this and exactly that scene was shown as we were moving across the landscape with the refugees and in retrospect it always surprises me that we were an integral part of contemporary history and the wisest is interesting enough it's exactly that picture i always have in mind when i think of the situation back then one of the

1st tracks we made from the border directly through the a delicate lakeside landscape today. at the end of the war was this whole. outside the village here the people were supplied with the things that most needed . the alan johnson is the impression that i got was that they were incredibly exhausted i was i mean you have to imagine they were on the road for weeks sometimes months they were hungry it was cold it was already awesome and they didn't really talk very much i think. many refugees were particularly afraid of police officers she remembers because on their way to germany they often have very very bad experiences with the police. who hoped it would be form and you can sense the refugees insecurity as soon as

they see police uniforms and that's why i wanted to say with the good guys what we want to know what you always hear from. the events that they experienced back then enabled them to see their own countries in a different light. the south you know when this became absolutely clear in the days that followed the humility to war it's what we have here in germany and how free and easy we can live here. andrea foreigners working on a riot police exercise. if. she tries to encourage younger colleagues to deal with refugees without prejudices. doesn't mean always have to look at both sides it's easy to jump to conclusions and it's the same in the media to the pictures you have in your mind and for that there's always a person we hide everything and you always have to keep that in mind and. by the

end of 2015 the attacks in cologne on new year's eve fjords and confirmed fears and prejudices. over most of the perpetrators had been living in. germany for some time and did not come into the country with a wave of refugees the public mood started changing. the number of refugees alone caused fear. refugees were attacked. homes were but. a video from february the 18th 2016th abbas with refugees arrives in cost minutes only ask about it is received by an angry mob. bag. the name of the boss company sizer can also enjoy your travels. your club

just to serve in the memories of that night are not good we were all hungry we hadn't eaten since morning insomnia fatigue headaches and then what happened here it was a huge shock for us i don't think we'll ever forget it like that sanders and we're on the boss that night. a young couple from iran who now live about 30 kilometers away in 5 or after 5 years their parents are visiting from iran he was 22 and his pregnant wife 18 when one time to flee iraq their parents knew nothing about it at the time many thought that if i told my parents i wanted to leave iran i would have no chance. i thought about it but if i said i can't go on living there there would be other problems of them anything.

if i moved to another city more problems would come and so one night my wife and i left iran that is. that was in october 25th team saad i can masange power fly to greece 5 turkey they arrived in germany via the balkan route and applied for political asylum which one year later in november 26th team was granted initially they were accommodated in the municipality of mice and their 1st child back a boy was born in december 25th. 2 months later the young couple were taken to their new accommodation in classmates together with 20 other refugees. we have on we were tired very tired we hadn't even i had a child he was only 60 days old. we return with them to class nets to the place where they were supposed to find a new home to live in. the

bush hut here here is where the bus stopped. or already waiting while. they were tractors and cars and the people were making a lot of noise and we thought what's going on here what's happening. why are these people here why are they shouting i did much very little to a man he was german and arabic and our friend was able to speak english. called he explained that the locals didn't want us to live here. village we are here live bit . for farm fish and was also on the boss he used to be a development worker working all over the world. in afghanistan pakistan bangladesh . he helped also translates out on the bus. it's it is

you it has me in the cab they were shouting we are the people that's what i heard and when i looked around someone went like this and then it just kicked off the refugees were totally afraid about getting off the bus with the children started crying in the women started crying and the men were also close to the line you know . but you never knew when they might start throwing stones and leave on the unfairness by this of mice and. i am even today for pham fisher continues to process the events that happened back then . called home i didn't see it i was traumatized us so i do experience something like that in my own country especially having worked in so many other countries and then that i'd never experienced anything like it so it was a les paul. just to have

a full years later assad back and. return to the village in front of the refugee home. i know ubisoft made pez from haha i was talkin frontally voice lifting cars now it's for 50 years 4 years ago yes hello good day. you know i have 2 children now i have a daughter now daughter that's awfully we've learned german you have learned german i have work here now and even to created yourselves with us that counted when he see. yes and slowly we try to forget what happened to us here by what was well what happened he asked well don't talk about that anyone but me. it's difficult finding people and klaus needs to talk about giving.