this is the w. news live from berlin now let's say in the valley was poisoned according to the german shots analysis shows that a military grade nerve agent was used to poison the leading critics of the kremlin the bomb the remains in a coma in the berlin hospital also coming up a verdict of not guilty in slovakia much watched case that toppled the government millionaire business tycoon mario cops not was alleged to have or that the death of a reporter looking into his guilt dealings with the government.

and got off as welcome to the program leaders from around the world of back the german chancellor's call for us from moscow after the government confirmed that russia's leading opposition figure alexander volley was poisoned the laboratory of the german military found that he was attacked with a deadly nerve agent which was developed by the soviets in the 1970 s. moscow disputes the allegation. for years alexei navalny has been fighting to rid russia of what he calls crooks and thieves. and you know the united russia party has always wanted for 20 years and even if they lost using fraud they want anyway. the outspoken opposition figure has organize numerous anti kremlin protests has been arrested several times for civil disobedience. even attempted to get on the

ballot to run for president in $28.00 teen his bid was blocked by the courts. but now he lies in an induced coma at a berlin hospital in critical condition german chancellor angela merkel calls the suspected poisoning attempted murder. alexina. let's say now about me is the victim of a crime he was meant to be silenced and i condemned this in the sharpest possible manner in the name of the entire german government. never found me is one of president vladimir putin's fiercest critics drumming up a vocal and growing opposition against putin's 20 year grip on power amounting has suffered physical and verbal attacks in recent years the attorney an anti-corruption activist fell ill after boarding a plane in siberia headed for moscow on august 20th it's believed someone poisoned his tea before he boarded the 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 a soviet era nerve agent no overt shock was used to. back the russian government to explain itself over this incident there are very serious questions now that only the russian government can and must answer with. russia is set to hold regional elections on september 13th in the valley and his allies had been campaigning to get their candidates elected but for now his family and friends are holding on to the hope that never pulls through. so a bit more about this and what it means for german russian relations we're now joined by a. he's a senior member of the foreign affairs committee of the german parliament for germany's opposition party f.t.p. mr lumps of pressure is now growing on the german government to stop a major project being carried out with russia the controversial gas pipeline north stream to north stream to have to be stopped. well i believe with this is going

to be the most lively discussion that we're going to have here in political circles and according to our position we cannot have business as usual so we will advocate a moratorium concerning that project until the russian government is prepared to cooperate with investigators to clarify what has really happened there in tomsk to mr not only because this is what the world is waiting for answers from russia on this terrible incident do you think that a moratorium is likely to get is it likely that you can get in the majority of the political pressure. there are voices in germany already calling for a complete stop of the project this i believe would go too far but we have a situation with mr novelli who is hospitalized just a few 100 meters from here from the german parliament and we have a german russian project this pipeline and business as usual is simply not an

option so i believe the german government will have to come up with concrete specific proposals as to the future of our relationship concerning the project north streets too as well. many observers called narcos statement yesterday watershed moment is russia no longer a reliable reliable partner what does that mean for german russian relations. well knowing the chancellor having observed her for many years and having worked with her now for 3 years here in the parliament having seen the wage that she operates in that she communicates it has to be said very clearly the german government's statement yesterday not only involving the chancellor personally but also her leading ministers even the federal president has been informed was unusually strong and i think it marks a major break with russia marks a major break with german russian relations when one looks at the past one should know and i think that's important for international viewers that germany and russia

are interlinked on many levels historically culturally economically in a way that few other countries are and against this backdrop the statement yesterday was truly remarkable. if you can the chance i will speak to turn his part as nato and the e.u. about this case you expect a joint response here. i do expect a joint response from the european union and nato as an opposition party we have called on the government not only to bring this to the european union and nato ever we believe it should also be discussed in the framework of the o s c e the organization for security and cooperation in europe the council of europe and even the united nations because russia has signed many documents that would allow free democratic discourse free democratic activity on its own territory the russian constitution promises that as well and we believe it is absolutely important to hold russia to its own obligations in all international fora. soft thank you very

much thank you. to slovakia now where an influential businessman has been cleared of the murders of investigative journalist and his fiance who is now over cold handed down the verdict just a short time ago in the murder case against mario young who was shot dead with his fiance at their home near bratislava in 2018 the killings led to mass protests and the resignation of slovakia's prime minister. because one of our love is or joins us from outside the courthouse in broad slava where the acquittal was announced barbara you've been following this case for the past 2 years hoping the surprise is today's not guilty verdict. it was a huge surprise and there was an audible gasp going through the of servers assembled here in front of the courthouse because of corona access was really

limited because the had been so some rumors that there was no unity among the sri judge's ruling on this case but in the end we saw the presiding judge emotional like almost in tears behind her face mask when she was reading the verdict because she had been the one who had wanted a guilty verdict and the 2 at joins had said no we don't see there is enough evidence there head of course being some doubt among legal experts about the quality of the evidence but one of the laws of the families here had said when talking to the press there is always in a case like this only circumstantial evidence of course you look at all the pointers you look at all the evidence that has been collected and you want to have a video. with marty and caution a really sort of talks to the hitmen personally so the 2 judges join judges in the end found it's not good enough and the families of course were deeply disappointed

they will award it 70000 euros each for the death of their child that might even seem like a sort of cynicism because what they really feel is that justice has not been served for their children not in this court here not in the 1st instance even though they vote and they will be fighting on for their children let's hear what the mother of much you know question of i had to say that was a way to go if i wanted to stand at the graves of the children telling them that justice has won has been done but now it seems that it has not they're lying in the dark ground and here everybody is just doing whatever you. have to to bury motional stay in there from the mother while the victims so what's next for the main defendant business tycoon mario unconscience you freeman. he is not a free man and that might be just some sort of meager consolation because he will

remain in jail he's been indicted on a heavy fraud case and there are further cases related to corruption and fraud that are running against him and they will come in the future some people here say in slovakia he might actually never be free to walk again but there is a big difference for being really indicted for this murder or just staying in jail for economic offenses the president off slovakia she has just tweeted that she was shocked as she it would take her some time to understand this judgment this ruling and that she hoped that it would go to the next instance and further likely be shed on how this came about so there is a general sense of discontent but what does this verdict mean for the fight against corruption in the slovakia it isn't completely and totally bad

omen because of course this this case around caution he's just one of the oligarchs who had been operating was impunity here for years there are others and this whole morass just hasn't been uncovered there's so much more investigation that needs to be done so many more people that really do need to go to jail for what they are for the offenses they have committed here in the last years but it will this will make it very difficult because if the burden of evidence is supposed to be so heavy if it has to be so ironclad it will be difficult for the new government to sort of make these cases and bring them to court and it is somehow disheartening for everybody here in slovakia bob is a reporting from thank you very much paula. time now for a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world germany has added the cannily islands to its list of coronavirus hotspots that means all of spain is now considered

a high risk area for german travelers infection rates have surged across spain since lockdown measures were lifted in june. typhoon may sir cause been lashing the korean peninsula the storm made landfall in the south hitting the 2nd largest city of tucson killing at least one person and also brought flooding to north korea and in japan rescuers are searching for a ship that capsized and sank carrying 43 people and thousands of cattle. hollywood actor dwayne johnson says he and his family have all made a full recovery from cope with 19 star known as the rock says everyone is now healthy after testing positive more than 2 weeks ago but he says beating the virus was a challenge. i'm going to turkey where violence against women including my husband in recent years to try to sell off male family members or friends cultural norms and many communities dictate that what happens in

a family stays in the home bought more and more turkish women osp eking out. the friends describe her as a fun loving young woman. this was the image techie was left with of the 27 year old student and i'll go to camp on july 16th ex-boyfriend strangled her to death and then found her body. was in a photo commemorate her and her favorite. now her friends beth and lane are set here without still numb with grief and in constant fear of becoming the next victim of violence against women. can't get him back maybe tomorrow they'll be announcing my death it starts right from the very 1st 30 seconds encounter they say you can't go there alone. you mustn't wear this or that

you can't meet so and so on and on and on and the mind that's just another form of violence that the brutal murder you know can see can understand wave of protest nationwide against the rampant violence against women and. their forty's and many communities responded with violence sending policemen to beat the protesting women . the number of women met each year in taki has more than doubled since 2012 now turkish women are no longer keeping signed their membership my god who knows friends are also taking to the streets every week in the hind town no longer will they sit by and do nothing as violence against women steadily rises but pro-government policy journalists like suck my gosh and protect don't. see the problem so much in a piece of men as in the istanbul convention on combating domestic violence turkey's them government signed and ratified it in 201231 of the december called

whatever happens inside the 4 walls of the family's home to stay there. this convention is incompatible with our faith our culture and our traditions. for years lawyer took has been representing the victims of domestic violence i'm a survivor as she's often seen the abusers appeal to the court for leniency and sympathy. this woman has done this or that ruined my male pride in a stain my father that's what motivated these actions. something in their entire defense on it what to the man and go to cannes hometowns how important to them is the protection of women. gun violence before i have to confess but it's important for everyone to understand each other and get along. it's only the roots of the violence line or bringing. that has to change anything missy

getting. magic simply not good to concerns agree quite so not just a change in this country until it does the protests will go on. when i joined turkey correspondent from istanbul in the report we heard about the brutal murder of people in that sense shock waves across the nation but it's not an isolated case how widespread is violence against women in turkey. physical violence psychological violence against women and so called femicide it's all chronic problems here in turkey and many actually say it's getting worse now the government does not publish reliable statistics but according to one well known rights group more than 470 women were murdered here in turkey last hear of by their partners their relatives that's the highest figure in a decade and for 2020 affected by the coronavirus roque downs at these numbers are

expected to be even higher now many women here i've talked to tell me they've had enough of it they are scared that they are going to be next so they are trying to raise attention on social media they are widely sharing the stories of victims and survivors in are demanding justice and they're trying to take to the streets now this has become more difficult in recent years he in turkey as the government has severely restricted basic rights and freedoms but these protests do happen we've just recently seen that here in istanbul and if you go to these protests you can really feel how much fear and grief is out there but also anger anger at the government's failure to act to better protect women and to enforce existing rules and regulations but in the report we also heard about the istanbul convention that's a treaty designed to protect women from violence so if rates of violence and abuse are actually surging as you say why is there no debate in turkey whether to destroy

withdraw from the istanbul convention. well that sounds ironic especially if you consider that this international agreement has been forged here in istanbul nearly a decade ago that's why it's called the istanbul convention it was back then hailed as a major achievement for women's rights it was signed by 45 countries turkey was in fact the country the 1st country to ratify it even before germany and france and now we're seeing a new debate coming from within the ruling party present in one's ruling a.k.p. whether turkey should withdraw now it's not a new debate as we heard in the report for years conservative politicians and pro-government media have been urging the government to scrap that treaty they argue that it threatens traditional family structures daveed promote quote immoral lifestyles or ideology now this is really grounded in anything the treaty says but

this piece of paper really has become the target of populist restore extent all humans and now it seems everybody is waiting for president it on himself to have a final word on this so what you mentioned. is his party and the debate that's going on right now what role does the government and policy play. well talking of prison adam himself he has for example publicly condemned the murder of can argue to him that many say he's otherwise remained silent and now he's delaying a decision on that istanbul convention because he knows there is no consensus within his own party there isn't even consensus within his own family one of his daughters is in fact on the board of a rights group that has been defending this convention according to a latest poll more than 60 percent of people here in istanbul do think that convention is extremely important for defending women's rights so if he really goes

for it if he withdraws turkey from that treaty then there is going to be major outcry domestically here in turkey but also abroad and it's probably also pushing turkey even further away from the european union. the hard reporting from istanbul thank you jim. all this week we're looking back to the summer of 2015 when a wave of migrants fled war and poverty in their home countries heading for europe many never made it one image shocked the world like no one syrian toddler alan cody's body was washed ashore in turkey thousands of others also perished on the job and cody's team up as co-founded the kurdi foundation to help refugee children around the world our reporter on spoke. to mukherjee thank you for taking your time to speak to t.w. it's now been 5 years since the pictures of your nephew and kurdi went around the

world what is that photo meant to you. you put it in that photo there is no word i can describe it to anybody except family and we. began to know it was the wake up call to the world leaders but it was my wake up call and that's why. you know i go and take any opportunity across the board and i use my board and urge every citizen to stand up from their side and be the voice. of the of the people who. need our help and have no voice. to talk about a wake up call do you feel that that wake up call has prompted more humanity in the discussion around migration. if i want to take you back to

september the 2nd 2015 and on almost. one year later is that the of course that image at dutch millions of people is heart across the globe including politician who hold the picture deeply to their heart and would they have to. years and that i. and moved them to do something and every country watch it every country was moved and they start to help those suffering people and welcome them and they're hard for me it was. it's sad when i was see i saw the picture it was circulating and people talking about it it's really hurt us but in the same time we said if it's going to bring positive effect in people on move them to help the others who are being called in and crying out to the world for many years it was something we take

a deep into our hearts and and give us a little bit of comfort and. yes it's most people and i really have a spatial thanks to. every person in every country is the people who made all this happen is that people who poured their hearts out to work on those refugees and their country this is this is something i seen it's until now that people are still unwilling to do something to help others and that's why you know we need to why i am today you know i look at the situation. there in the 5 pierce accord the politician the war the leader they went back to their business they forget about the suffering of the people and you know the situation is getting worse everywhere we turn you know you want me to talk about

i can't even watch the news what's happening you know people i mean from e.p.o. . taking the same journey people are droning. if you want me to talk about when we watch the news in what's happening in yemen. the image of those songs is like starving from hunger you know how can any human being watch those kind of in news and close their eyes and turned back and say well it's not my problem you know cody thank you very much for speaking to us. sports now international international football returns in europe this week despite the coronavirus pandemic the nations league kicks off with germany hosting spain in one of the standout games. it's 10 long months since germany last played there was meant to have

been a european championship in june but that will now take place next year because of the coronavirus germany can instead ease their way back in stock up against spain in the nation's league a tournament designed to give countries competitive football when otherwise they will be playing friendly's. obviously felt quite different to join up with the national team the last few months was strange for everyone in. the tournament is starting its 2nd edition with portugal the inaugural winners last year changes have already been made to what many fans see as a complicated competition for you a 1st glossy video does its best to explain the rules but it remains a 2nd tier tournament offering a back route into the 2022 world cup the revamp is good news for germany they were supposed to have been relegated after a poor nations league displays followed their 2018 world cup debacle demotions were

scrapped and now germany are on the up after easily qualifying for the euros fans are not allowed for the spain game but general manager all of the bill told the w. that germany could still puts on a show. play also the difference. next . will have to. do with. nicklaus sooner and levi sunny there but by munich's all the germany stars are rested for the game after their champions league heroics the coronavirus destruction means the match is taking place before the new blunders league season starts the football world hopes normality can return soon. this is the w. news our top story the german government says it has solid proof the president

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