this is d.w. news live from berlin and nato calls for cooperation from russia in the poisoning of russian dissidents alexina of all me germany is certain now that the politician was poisoned with the toxic nerve agent produced in the soviet era nato says that the case for acquires a joint international response. also coming up signs of life beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in beirut kids rescue workers a new urgency if anyone has survived for a month after the explosion it would be

a miracle and schools and universities in india may be shot by thousands of students have no choice but to line up and take competitive entrance exams despite india's enormous coated 1000 case load of vocal and illegal uproar is raging plops it was 5 years ago today that thousands of migrants left budapest in hungary on foot to reach germany d.w. was there we will ask our head of news about an event that changed the course of european history. oh. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program nato has called on moscow to cooperate fully in an investigation into the poisoning of russian dissident alexina vali the alliance has just ended a special meeting convened to discuss the case. don't know vali who is seen here

investigating corruption in sir siberia excuse me shortly before he fell ill he's in a coma he's being treated in a hospital in berlin germany says that it has evidence that he was poisoned with a nerve agent that dates from the soviet era the nato secretary general yes called the case a serious breach of international law that demands an international response made all of us it really looked russia on hans christian it must. the russian government must fully culprit we do we're going to station 4 to prove. actual international investigation those responsible for this attack must be held accountable break to justice let's get more on that we're joined by day correspondent teri schultz standing by with a view from brussels terry you followed a special meeting of nato allies on the poisoning of kremlin critic alexina vali

what is their main response to russia. well there is very early in this process as you know it's just been a few days since germany positively identified the substance that poisoned a listing of all me as nova chuck which as you mentioned was produced in the soviet era so it's far too early for nato allies or anyone else to firmly point a finger at the kremlin or anywhere else for responsibility what nato and of course the european union as well are hoping is that by putting pressure very early on the kremlin that it will cooperate that if it was not involved it will want to prove that and so it will participate in an investigation and come clean about what it knows about stocks of nova talk what it may have known about anyone who may have been trying to attack alexina volney and simply say yeah we're all on the same side here and wanting to find out what happened you also had the opportunity to ask the

1st press question directly after his statement what did you ask him. well i took my question from there just dozens and dozens of comments on my twitter feed asking why does nato have anything to say about this it was not on a nato territory it was not a citizen of a nato country and so nato should just stay out of this and it's a domestic russian issue so i asked secretary general how he defended nato taking an interest in this case because this is a violation of international law national more. chemical of. chemical agent which is why relating. chemical weapons on the fortnight when we see that it. is attacked. is trying. this nonsense nation talking against of course it matters

for a world that believe. the move individual liberty. that's the view of stoltenberg and nato terry you know for for its part the kremlin has countered denying any culpability in this case given all of this what are the next steps that we could see the military alliance taking. less time that it was proven by the united kingdom that russian nationals used nova chuck to attack a former russian spy sergei scruple and his daughter there in salisbury nato expelled 7 russian diplomats nato russia has a mission at nato which surprises a lot of people and it has been downsized partly in response to this last no but chuck attack so what nato wants to do is again hope that russia will participate will come clean on its nova talks stocks but i would say that that's probably. a 4 lauren hope so they will be discussing the allied governments along with the

european union what other forms of pressure they might take on the kremlin to cooperate in an investigation nato doesn't have sanctions but european union governments do and this is where germany will play a key role it's currently the rotating president of the european union as well as the place that is treating alexina volney so we'll see what happens next they are taking such an early stance in hopes that russia will cooperate there's more to come teri schultz following all of it for us from brussels thank you. let's have a look at some other stories making news around the world. attalia media are reporting that former prime minister silvio berlusconi has signs of pneumonia the 83 year old was hospitalized in milan on thursday night after being diagnosed with cove at 19 a few hours ago his party said that his condition was no cause for concern. the trial has opened in portugal of

a hacker whose revelations of the murky financial dealings of brockton european soccer through pinto admits that he was behind the exposé is published in the football deeks website he insists that he is a whistleblower who is unveiled corruption in the sport. at least one person has died in a blaze off of the super tanker off of the coast of sri lanka the indian and the sri lankan natives are trying to prevent the fire reaching the oil storage area of the vessel they say that no one has so far leaked out of it. well it's been a full month since the massive explosions that ripped through beirut killing at least 190 people but at this very moment a rescue workers are trying to save someone who they believe may still be alive under the rubble signs of life have been detected a couple of meters to how. rescue work continues detection

equipment as they continue their search for any signs of life. on thursday off to noon this team from chile with the help of their rescue dog flash and specialist scanning equipment discovered the posts under the rubble of this collapsed building. others quickly joined the search. rather feel about this and i indicated there's a pulse of 18 beats a minute that along with the temperature sensor means there's a possibility of life according to the senses sensors that all. but by midnight fear that a wool could collapse meant the hard work was briefly suspended after protests from some members of lebanon's civil defense team resumes the search.

rescue is are still hard at work even using their hands to remove the depor e. a pulse was again detected on friday morning but it did drop from 800 beats per minute to just 7. the likelihood of finding any survivor is slim but these search and rescue workers are refusing to give up. one month to the day after an explosion at the city's port destroyed most of central beirut the people here desperately need something to give them hope. and i spoke earlier with correspondent basel already in beirut i asked him if there was still a glimmer of hope. unfortunately it seems. hope to find survivors. decrease in

a few moments ago the piece they wrote some other having the shoes but it seems that the audience cannot indicate there is no survivors and even there is no human body it seems that the whole day from since beginning there was wrong info about these issues unfortunately this is what the latest news after this moment buxton to the rescue works in progress as you can see behind me the old view tissues in the g.b. team these children need to be found that work in progress state to actually hope maybe so they are going to follow their lead. and. that is so disappointing and of course we hope that those ascension exactly are indeed incorrect we understand it was a fact of how this came about we understand that it was a wreck you thought about the tech to the possible presence of the 3rd driver so how did that develop. flash the name of the dog one of the most

shameless dogs now in lebanon and it's photos went viral on social media all these 30 days you can see behind me they are going to do to follow up. if you're going to do the work you need to have some photos with the dog. then to put to the tree did you walk into your area just to follow up. that you damage done day before or so some signal on their machine and they sent. the dog or people think they got the signal that's what they told they believe that there was. a possible human body they believe in the 1st place that might make it look a human body is a made up human body for a dog so that's what he told you there you were start to develop beginning but unfortunately as i mentioned before hopefully hopefully we are. right but it's

still. going through and just. really there with a view from beirut at that scene there they have they have been hoping to find some sign of life here there with the latest developments for us so we appreciate it. now hundreds of thousands of students in india desperate to get into top level universities are being told that they must go ahead with competitive exams that's despite the country's massive problems with the coronavirus pandemic safety measures are in place but students there worried that a few days after the college tests they might also need code 19 tests. and examinations joining a pandemic are never. mind schools and colleges remain closed as india records the highest daily rise in cases in the load these students are appealing sort of to show that test. yes and it's testing like never before. mosques assigned at the

exam center constant sanitization and repeated calls for social distancing from the city but i use my parents i'm students here are reassured by these measures these see they cannot afford to lose any more time into the pandemic all the candidates are trying hard. because as all the measures were taken so that is going to get better than before the ban when they. could have conducted this exam and. they pushed it to july and now because they can't afford any more delays yet not everyone has been listened to about that many of the competitive advantage every year in india have faced default position this time students have protested online against the risk they fail they are being forced to take and have even approached the supreme court all of the students took to social media to trend the hard drives against exams and quit while the supreme court has rejected their demands didn't say forcing them to appeal for the exams is cruel it's probably

a good while an aspiring doctor is expected to travel one just to kilometers next week to the test center she hasn't stepped out in 5 months and a steady fight to do so she her dream was over social media that another exam led to dozens of 19 deaths. i know many students whose parents are asking them to skip exams this year it is far too risky to go for them nothing is decided for me either my family is scared they don't know whether i should go for the 6 i'm not. opposition parties have taken up the cause as well as they accuse them or the government of being and i student protesters insist they do not want the exams cancelled but simply postponed until it is safe for a vote on the. floor. of the. and the the pedants. goes or petition for government all of the you can only question the but i may

still be able to postpone your. examination for time b. these students however intend to get on with their parents they see their good you have will have to be formed within this new nominee. and from more aware joined from delhi by the author of after a portrait of your correspondent initiatives funimation we have to mention that some students say that they're eager to get on with their lives take these exams others more cautious who is in the majority. this is why and it's really difficult to say that with any kind of shot or to be glad to be do have hundreds of thousands of students stepping out every day including today to continue giving these exams all of the political thought might or 2000000 students like specter will be able to do different sets of exams and these students out of the unit in these tests and doesn't see it went away with it but on the other hand you can also not ignore the fact that there have been

a dip in the number of people are turning out for these exams that have been massive on my daughter's opposition but he's happy can have a try as well thing to do with students for the last moment just to leave the supreme court once again rejected the opposition to west indies exams did exams being conducted does one of my ho about in us all it all straight now why it's not a random india or the indian government and this even the students and parents are insisting i must want this thing ok so it's a highly contentious issue no easy answers there and when we look at the broader population india fast approaching the 4000000 mark when it comes to corona virus infections yet in most places the lock down is being lifted how much support does that have. well against iraq india and some to walk among all easing restrictions and what exploiting it i'm not pieces and this does have rights of

course if you step out in a city like new delhi like now who was actually counts out and about displayed in just watching the pool and being mobbed and people have repeatedly said that they have to learn to live the crew and i just it is definitely locked up with the diamonds each of the 300000 also it is important to keep in mind that critics say that indian army banned the octagon despite chopping up testing that testing is not a mouth that maybe even debts are behind the cockpit so there is definitely a need to be extremely cautious because india cannot definitely see the clothes in their tools to compete they may should dress well with a view from delhi thank you here watching d w native still to come on the program. a german conductor refuses to pause for a pandemic and celebrates beethoven's birthday in south korea. but 1st all this week here on news we have been marking the 5th anniversary of

a decision that could change or excuse me would change the course of european history on this day in 2015 thousands of migrants who had been stuck in limbo in a station in budapest set off on foot for the german border for them it was the start of a new route to the heart of europe for the european union it was a challenge to its core principles by the end of 2015 more than a 1000000 people have sought refuge in the e.u. with many making the long trek from turkey across greece and the balkan countries all the way to the german border. and i'm joined now here in the studio by head of news max max welcome to the program you were in budapest 5 years ago you covered the story from the very beginning what impressions from maine with you the most i thought about that a lot this week of course there are the obvious memories you know the

demonstrations in front of the station that's the name of the train station in budapest the violence also from the authorities the heat it was 35 degrees without any clouds the people trying to get on those overcrowded trains and i think we're seeing footage that we shot back there 5 years 5 years ago but you know one thing really stuck out and it's something that's not obvious because it's not representative for what happened back then after those days were done and everybody was completely exhausted there was sort of a little piece settling in families huddling together laughing playing games and with the sun setting after those hot days it really gave you the impression i think you know the kitchen is a little too much here but it was some a peaceful moment and it just showed you that despite all the obstacles that these migrants have to overcome there was still a lot of hope in them that they were heading to. a better life tell us a little bit more about the picture that the media painted at that time because i

mean you felt it in the media this sense of urgency that these people that they needed help was the coverage too one sided on the part of the plight of the migrants i mean what were there enough questions about the government's decision to open the borders ultimately i was part of that coverage of course and i can tell you that it was very very hard to be balanced on the ground because what we saw was . there in authorities playing games clearly playing games with with migrants trying to pick them off on the fringes arrest them bringing them to camps not providing any information the uncertainty was actually the hardest thing for all the migrants because they did not know whether they would be able to proceed whether they could take a certain train and if they could take that train where the train was going there were unscheduled stops and all that having said that of course we could have reflected more on what happened in the back was the communication between the

united states also from germany sufficient were they on the same page or was hungry left alone in the cold did we communicate enough saying that hungry is not only the one dairy and government but also it's people that tried to help in those situations you can always do more in that respect but i can tell you for this segment right here on this show we've reached out to hungary north or is over weeks tried to get them on this show right here take a stance tell them their position they all refused and in the meantime i mean you you were speaking with so many people on the ground you had access in that way one of the one sound bite in particular stood out and i'd like to play it right now this was a moment where essentially you asked one asylum seeker if he was getting aid from the hungry and government have a list of all. not a single no we're trying our best to take. slaves of the streets. and here and here everyone. if you could make one

wish where to go and what to do what with that the. well be open the way for us let us go where. i helped i hope to go. i wish to live there i i. it's universities i love study. that was a message that we heard from from many people on the ground at that time tell us a little bit more about the different approaches from from different governments and how would you analyze this particular strategy and retrospect i'm just sort of hung up on what the young man just said because i remember now seeing those pictures again he actually called me from from a prison later because we exchanged numbers and he took him a long time to make it to germany if you ever made it so even after we left these people have to stay there back to your question sorry i derive is that. the

decisions that were made back then. opened a rift in the european union between east and west and back then we thought that viktor orban could only go this far because in the end the big countries like germany and france would bring him back into the loop but that has never happened in fact he gained some allies over the years and this is still the single strongest reason within the european union for discord this is something that was potentially extremely dangerous and still is to the european union and if you think back sara it started it did not start the a in germany but it gave it a huge boost it put migration as one of the dominant topics on the table and this is the case up until now of course we have corona but that you has not solved this problem it's trying to keep migrants away from the european union but what happens with them once they make it to the e.u. this is to the state unresolved remain such

a polarizing issue head of news thank you so much. well this year marks the 200 and 58th birthday of the composer a big event beethoven special events are taking place around the world most of them virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic it is forced to music lovers to improvise but one german my astro made sure that the beethoven festivities planned in south korea would go ahead as planned. to bring beethoven to music lovers this man is willing to do just about anything christoph poppen 2 weeks of state sanctioned quarantine and those south korea ended up scaling back the festival celebrating beethoven's 250th birthday pop and says he has no regrets. we have performed very have gone through and through believing. that that.

we can really deliver to the people due to the qubit $900.00 situation few could attend schools premier symphony hall concerts will be broadcast christoph poppins visit came at a particularly difficult time for so korea a month ago the country appeared to have the code 19 pandemic under control the last 2 weeks have seen a resurgence still the music played on. in concert poppen conducted much of beethoven's work with the aid of sheet music he extolled beethoven's unique a motional commitment beethoven i think he was 100 percent himself in every 2nd when he was composing and he was fighting for every note and that's what we feel in his music and that connects with a musician and author as a listener in a different way. well concert goers kept 2 seats apart performers also maintain

covert 900 protocols wind instruments faced glass partitions in beethoven however pop and suggested one could find inspiration. music can really really give something to the people because it gives energy music can console can give comfort and give hope and especially doing that and more important than ever. from the conductor's podium in this stage in south korea beethoven's music has provided some temporary antidote. and cultural life and berlin is also making a cautious comeback as coronavirus restrictions are lifted with a return to open air concerts that are normally a fixture of the summer calendar which. the city's much loved to follow to hosted its 1st performances with the 6 months in

6 months excuse me with back to live a gig headlined by one kaiser a star of german lager is a virus protection measures still applied of course and intended supposed restricted to just a fraction of capacity. i'm sarah kelly up next how to fight coronavirus anxiety.

negative news reports disturbing images death of a democrat 27 feet of horror the news inspectors need not tell from the constant stream of bad news that leads to stress and anxiety. what can we do about it. and good. next on t.w. . board.

cadogan years ago german chancellor angela merkel who made a famous claim visited us when germany opened its borders to refugees 5 years later we take an in-depth look at what happened then and. what followed and the consequences that most still facing today. are topic on daily news. didn't beethoven in villages took to get to didn't mean to do. might he be the. rock block. the romance of stolen beethoven. was to a sort of conscious always played the word salad with the biggest composer of all

time i can't even begin to imagine a world class horn player sellers on the musical journey of discovery. world without. mr september 16th on t.w. . hello and welcome to in good shape today from the museum for coming to in berlin the good old days may have been good for many reasons that back then it was not easy to stay up to date with the news you had to buy a newspaper or wait for the evening news to find out what has happened in the world today we see and really about everything immediately and practically

a 1st hand and what do we learn from all this the world is bad was in conflicts everywhere dictators send criminals hatred and violence terror persecution and displacement and death and epidemics it 247 feet of horrible news it's definitely not healthy here's an example. on april 15th 2013 in the boston marathon was under way when suddenly 2 homemade bombs exploded near the finish line the terrorist attack killed 3 people and injured hundreds in the aftermath many people suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms including panic of dogs insomnia and depression. a study found that some of these people had only been exposed to media coverage of the attack in a few cases their symptoms were worse than those of eyewitnesses. terrorism war

poverty crime disease disasters all over the world there are tragedies and accidents that make us afraid. we used to read about what goes on in the world or hear about it on the radio. now it is news reaches us along with a vivid images in often a gruesome detail. studies show how bad news makes the heart rate and skin conductance rise more than good news does. more research is needed into the impact. on our house. today i'm talking to his who have been here a little. something terrible happens even very far away and people surf the web obsessive for news why are we so addicted to a few of the decisions now we are truly addicted i wouldn't necessarily agree with that statement why. do you think there's always an element of comparison at work.

didn't insist on this specially because of social media i would constantly engaged in some form of comparison if bad news also gives us an opportunity to compare and contrast. compared to terrible things going on in the world you might feel something like a sense of relief. and class your english might feel put aside at the moment but in comparison to all the disasters out that it might seem more bearable it doesn't take the cash let's look at the story that has affected us all in 2020 the novel coronavirus causing covert 19 we've spent the last few months consuming news about deaths infection rates bottlenecks in medical care and restrictions in public life the virus is like a specter an invisible threat that it's making its mark on our daily lives and that scares a lot of people. crises often trigger specific fears and diffuse anxieties

and they can spread from person to person. when people see pictures of empty supermarket shelves or reports of a travel ban they might stock up on goods and buy much more than necessary by the way the english squirrel stockpile in germany its hamsters this is really a god as empty shelves signal things are going to get really have nothing to eat. it's called squirreling away supply because that's what squirrels do to get through . i wonder if you think not in terms of the historical development of humankind it's been an important signal for us to. you don't stock up you might not survive. so the panic buying can be seen as an act taken in an attempt to reduce anxiety. our distant ancestors probably also focus to be on top of things to stay in control . nowadays watching the news day and night is perhaps an attempt to regain

control of the trouble is it tends to boost anxiety t.v. news takers are said to be particularly unsettling it's a good idea not to watch the news all the time but to check in just once a day and to maintain a critical distance can what they're saying be true does it make sense. to sources of information that a serious reliable and honest half truths fake news weird claims are punishes they can get on the all skin. if your sketch you are more easily duped. you get. when you're frightened of something you perceive and everything connected to it much more vividly when others who want afraid of it your sister situation your might be more liable to take new information to heart and fall for claims that are actually absurd. when the

well just feels bad and bad a change of perspective can help is there another way to think about what's going on the friends and relatives have interesting ideas. debating the issues reflecting on other interpretations can sometimes help to deescalate the tension and restore a measure of composure. but i think under the law if you're standing in line at a store and someone does not observe social. distancing or i.j.n. rules what do you do. in times like these people's personalities tend to show through more clearly because you know all their different varieties i say it's extremely important to stay call you and deal with such situations defensively. as a cause for. another helpful idea is to think about the time after the pandemic when you could go out with friends again. both go on holiday. you can

start thinking about where you want to go. if you really can't muster the energy to think of a brighter future that could be a sign signori if clue and fear could dominate get help in the moment and. as much if you're always worried and brooding and that is taking over your daily life. if you can no longer pursue the normal activities of daily life and you decide you can't sleep in your consumed by anxiety to get there with course there are very good reasons to be concerned if you feel you aren't functioning properly then it's time to seek life. does this mean for me. and don't forget humor if you can manage a laugh you might feel like there you can't really force it just think about the mad rush to acquire toilet paper we all headed out early in the crisis. can you afford it the toilet paper craze was basically

a random event which just happened by chance and you know people don't go to the toilet more in a crisis it's just irrational. i didn't have to be the case that this would become the focus of so much attention not everybody talking and thinking about it it's stupid to stockpile toilet paper there's so much old paper to be recycled why on earth should there be a supply bottleneck it's just a rational. so the best thing is to try to keep the fire and thoughts of. researchers in qatar conducted a very interesting experiment test subjects were asked to read current news on the internet any news the result they mainly selected the bad news and ignore the good news so is it our own fault if we focus on bad news india and a record number of new coronavirus cases on sunday hundreds of elephants found dead in recent being described as nonstop bad news is the world really in such

a thoroughly terrible state a country in the region. with of course the current coronavirus pandemic is indeed an extraordinary global crisis. but if you take a longer term view you see there have been many positive trends infant mortality has never been lower. and the number of people killed in natural disasters has been averaging downwards and taught still we often get the impression things are just getting worse and worse myself included even though as a journalist i don't just consume news but i also help shape it. why are we more sensitive to bad news doesn't have something to do with the brain i'm on my way to see neuroscientist martin. she has researched precisely these questions.

that him for the brain process is negative news faster better and more intensively than positive or neutral news want to remember it better than the best in terms of evolutionary biology and processing negative information better than positive information has been helpful because in the age of the secret check tiger and woolly mammoth missing a piece of bad news might well mean that's it for you how. studies have shown that test subjects from different parts of the world be. more excited and then her as soon as they were shown bad news regardless of their looking in and culture. many media outlets use this effect to their advantage negative headline sell more companies and get more clicks. studies show that the media are publishing more and more of that news especially online. this isn't about how is it a problem if the media revel in bad news. and absolutely its worst and foremost it

makes us all have negative expectations so we go through life with the worldview in which we assume the world is worse than it really is. as i see to say it's just. was the impact that media reports can be extremely strong take the boston marathon bomb attack and 2013 for example some people who followed the news obsessive for more stressed and frightened than others who had been physically present. so what does this mean as us and also says my 1st of all it makes people less likely to take action you might think the realisation that we all have a worldview that's too negative would actually prompt people to become more active but many psychological studies have shown that that is precisely not the case and guide so i just what's more it can promote chronic stress we know that chronic stress can be a factor in many diseases including diabetes cardiovascular disease and mental

illnesses such as depression how can be depressed when you doubt it can trust. the coronavirus pandemic is a good example after months of bad news many people have grown weary of the crisis they feel helpless and wish things would go back to normal. it's just a journalist i have to consider whether i might be contributing to other people having a misguided view of. the world what can the media do better. journalists could ask themselves what now fast. in addition to the usual who what where when and why and they could pursue the matter further do more research and focusing on what can we do about it. is a horse it's still important to describe a problem but then go on to talk about possible solutions. ask people for their

ideas always keeping in mind the question how can we solve the problem. current. inspired by her research. perspective daily a constructive online magazine which compliments news stories with ideas for solutions but it's not just media outlets that could or should change we can all do something good for ourselves and our brain. and you don't have to reach for your phone or turn on the t.v. or radio as soon as you wake up you don't have to consume information nonstop and we can be more discerning in our use of the reflective top. it is also a good idea to choose media that are trustworthy and present the news in a responsible and sober manner. as a for the sake of your brain and your well being accessed the news wisely and you can also simply take a break from it all. if

you'd used to be hard to get news now we're subjected to a flood of news 247 how is that affecting us returns. i think we're not really able to process all the images or news with. an appropriate way emotionally mentally inspections of. the $100.00 leads to overstimulation of. also leads to something i find far more troubling thing in the kind of numbness and disengagement. from. consuming the news if this addiction to news gives us a thrill a mix of fear and pleasure. but to get that hit we need something bigger and bigger and. the size people find themselves drawn to seeking out or clicking on news that's more and more horrible goof from this was in the office feeling. many

studies have shown that people are more likely to click on say gone i mean it's an unpleasant stories about say a baby for you to match your baby for half of these doesn't this flood of news make us feel helpless in the face of all the evil in the world was because it's yeah. there's some truth in that. but it depends on the individual and their specific circumstances. on the impact that news will have is very individual and varies according to the person's mental and emotional framework. the intensity the volume and density and overdramatize ation of its extreme quality the daily use of scandal after scandal all of this can meld with or amplify a person's emotional or mental state in ways that can become very problematic in the.