this is deja vu news live from berlin an alleged russian hitman goes on trial in the german capital the man is charged with gunning down a former chechen commander in a berlin park last year german russian ties are already tense this trials outcome could make them even worse also coming up u.s. president trump stops talks on a stimulus package for the u.s. economy congress failing to agree on how to prop up businesses and consumers as the fed warns of unnecessary hardships for americans plus.

legendary guitarist penny van halen dies after a long battle with cancer considered one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time he founded van halen the band of the charge from the seventy's and they. i'm dr thomas good to have you with us today we begin with a case that is straining relations between berlin and moscow a long awaited trial opened in berlin today of a russian man charged with a contract killing order to parent lead by the kremlin the 55 year old is accused of the daylight shooting of a former chechen commander in a park here in berlin. welcome to the capital of spies the german spy museum and berlin recently added this so called to god mode and to its exits the

man in the advertisement is still at it contract killer in crash of. this case has all the ingredients of a political thriller in august of last year the russian citizen to vote in crises of travelled from moscow via paris and torso to berlin under false identity. to have a porsche his victim on the bicycle in a small park in berlin the victim was a change in exile seeking asylum in germany who was killed with 3 gunshots from close range. chris because then allegedly threw his gun and bicycle into the kneebone river and tried to escape but was caught shortly afterwards he was arrested and has been silent ever since. but that's a special situation that in this case we have the suspect we have the person who is accused about murder so we have evidence we have the fingerprints we have pictures

if you compare it was a screen or was a not only case we didn't have any person that we can question so i think this is a quite unique situation right now according to investigators state on question of smallville fun indicates that the crime was carefully planned they say they have found links to the russian that runs association of the domestic intelligence service if they speak which several investigative journalists believe is just a cover. we can see that that in classical of the killer started visiting their speed training centers as early as spring 2019 security. employees are prepared for special operations there. as the day of the murder approached he communicated more and more often with the f.s.b. employees. towards the end it was almost every day. the victim

is in her ear had fought on the side of the rebels in the 2nd set or moscow had designated him a terrorist. this man was on our wanted list he's a fighter a cruel and bloodthirsty person. the kremlin denies any responsibility for the attack non of germany's 17 inquiries received a response it must to request full legal assistance were answered in the adequately say the german authorities then install into what's moscow is sharpening. the federal government reserves the right to take further measures in this case before. the german federal prosecutor may have brought charges against that in classical but politically just says that in reality the russian state is in the dark. let's go to the court where this trial is now underway and.

good day to you could you tell us more about the prosecutor's case against the defendant. well all indicators point towards russian responsibility in this murder this is no ordinary murder trial and here in berlin to suspect traveled to germany under a false identity with a russian passport and right after his arrest he was assisted by russian officials from the russian embassy who visited him in jail also we had in a report russia declined germany's. requests for assistance in the investigation and rest a geisha seems to have found out that the suspect ties with a russian intelligence services ok will be looking at the evidence for that of course this trial that's already very strained german russian relations doesn't.

he does a relations are very strained indeed between the 2 countries especially seems that a murder in broad daylight here in the center of barely last summer. travel to moscow to talk to sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister and try to talk it through to case better russia still hasn't offered the systems assistance in the case and hike a must say they won't rush out that eve ties to demur to russian ties to the murders were to be proven that germany would take action so we can imagine for example sanctions against russia and that's not forget that germany holds the e.u. presidency up until the end of this year and that this might also mean that germany will be influential in e.u. sanctions against russia if russian ties are proven in that case there certainly is a lot at stake in this money well what do we expect to happen in that courtroom

where you are today. well as far as we know today will hit with see the prosecution being read out there will be no. no weakness witnesses are called to testify today we not sure that the defense will make its statement today or tomorrow but as i said this is no ordinary trial here it's really rose international. attention because really will determine the future of german and russian relations and walk much more about that trial as it moves forward emmanuel for now thanks very much. independent media has been coming under immense pressure in russia over the last few years journalist say draconian laws and heavy handed intimidation stop them from doing their job like in the case of. a news website editor

a day after her home was objecting to a police search she took her protest to the local police headquarters with tragic consequences as we hear in this report. a death that sent shock waves through the city and through russia in need of good hundreds of mourners came out to remember the journalist. who lit herself on fire here last week. in us live in equals freedom of speech this sign reads. and at her public memorial service anyone who wanted could say a few words in the journalists. sorry that we didn't save you didn't keep you safe. worked with even us live in up she remembers her colleague as being fiercely independent despite working in a country where media censorship is commonplace. it's

hard to approach the authorities and ask questions now but you're always asked she asked uncomfortable questions you couldn't. she upset p.r. officers because she didn't try to safeguard anyone's reputation she always collected the facts to reveal a full picture of thievery corruption and human rights violations. her supporters say was under near constant pressure by the authorities she had to pay several fines for her work at the independent media outlet she founded and just before herself in the. nation security forces searched her home over a case against opposition activists. home was searched on the same day the opposition politician things the authorities wanted to silence us live in the.

i think she definitely meant her death to be a political act a final political act it was a final attempt to get through to people but she seems to have felt that the classical tools she had a media outlet her facebook page that wasn't enough for her they didn't get her the reaction she wanted. the governor of the region has expressed his condolences 1st live in those death and promised a full investigation into its circumstances. meanwhile the bench where she let herself on fire outside a police building has become an improvised memorial to the independent journalist. would like to add that the funeral of arena is taking place today. let's turn now to some of the other stories making the news this hour new clashes have broken out in kyrgyzstan's capital bishkek following sunday's contested elections officials

nullified the results of the poll overnight and agreed to nominate a new prime minister opposition groups took control of most government buildings tuesday after storming the area. at least 14 people have been killed dozens more wounded in an explosion in the town of bob in northwestern syria witnesses say a large truck bomb went off in a crowded area near a bus station the blast also damaged a number of buildings. facebook has banned from its platforms all accounts that support the q and on conspiracy movement the social media company says the move is part of its efforts to clamp down on misinformation ahead of the u.s. election huon on promotes stories alleging u.s. president trump is waging a secret war against an international pedophile ring. while staying in the u.s. president trump says he's ending negotiations for a new congressional pandemic relief package which was likely to include aid for

unemployed workers airlines and small businesses the dow jones industrial average closing $400.00 points lower last night that after the president tweeted he didn't structed his representatives to quote stop negotiating until after the lose the election. democrats and republicans in congress have been struggling to reach an agreement divided over on the price tag and exact priorities u.s. unemployment remains stubbornly high with industries like the airlines industry taking an especially hard hit. unexpected tweet came just hours after the u.s. federal reserve chair urgently appealed for exactly this type of aid from congress powell warned that without further help the u.s. would enter a recessionary downward spiral spiral with tragic outcomes here's some what he had to say the burdens of the downturn have not been evenly shared the initial job losses fell heavily on lower wage workers in service industries facing the public

job categories in which minorities and women are overrepresented combined with the disproportional in from. ok we're joined now. here we go we're joined now by arthur sullivan from our business team here in the studio and by chelsea delaney our financial correspondent in frankfurt good data both of you arthur prison trump has called off the talks with the with the democrats how badly is this going to affect unemployment right now well the situation with unemployment has been bad for quite some time and has been looking quite worse so the initial economic recovery from the 1st wave of the pandemic the early months of the year has been slowing and a lot of the economic and job data suggest that new jobs are not being created and that some of the layoffs are becoming permanent so this obviously this latest news means that there's more delays for businesses for large and small businesses and for have souls and individuals who need money to plug some of the gaps whether

that's in their household income or to try and you know pay some of the bills that obviously have accumulated for businesses that are struggling and in the middle of the pandemic so it delays that it causes further uncertainty hands on care whether some of these businesses particularly for example in the airline industry whether they would be able to recall some of the 10s of thousands of workers who they've had to temporarily layoff so it's just more uncertainty and delay is not their friend in a situation where they've been just a bit talking about people the individuals this is the $1200.00 trump check a lot of people dependent on that as well as other programs it's various things brian so there's since the end of july the initial wave of coronavirus packages that congress passed back in march since the end of july that has no longer been available in many instances particularly jobless benefits and federal supplements to jobless benefits so it's a range of measures really that is needed to be restored as quickly as possible. let's get the reaction now from frankfurt how of markets been reacting to this news . there's been a lot of volatility because this was really

a major shock to investors who had basically heard over the past week nothing but positive statements from both republicans and democrats about the prospects for a deal we heard from trump himself other white house officials but also democrats like nancy pelosi that they were all very committed to getting this deal passed and they all really solve the need for doing this before the election so people are definitely having to rethink some of their investments right now we have seen a little bit of a bounce back today on markets the dax here and frankfurt is basically flat and u.s. futures have recovered a bit after trying to change course slightly overnight and said that he could be open to a standalone deal for things like another round of $1200.00 'd stimulus checks or also some one off payments for for the airline industry or small businesses so that doesn't entirely cushion the blow of a large still still large scale stimulus but it's that it has helped a little bit traders are of course analysis tracking this very closely in frankfurt

when they when they look at what's going on in washington right now what do they make of the reasoning behind the move. it's awfully hard for traders for politicians really for everybody to see what trump has to gain from walking away from stimulus talks just a few weeks before the election that could certainly. not well with a lot of voters who are struggling right now what trump aside is that they want to focus right now i'm getting there supreme court nominee confirmed these also said that democrats are not really willing to budge on the overall level but it also does look a little bit like an election strategy he said that if voters vote for him he would be able to pass a massive stimulus right after the election whereas democrats if they win the white house if they went to congress they would have to wait until january so there would

be a couple months where a stimulus wouldn't be possible for democrats are this is incredible implications for the economy for politics in the u.s. but what about globally is or is it too early to say what kind of impact it's going to have well i would say it stephanie important to stress that the moment this is a u.s. problem the nature of this pandemic means every country is fighting its own budget whether that's in terms of infections or the economic issues a touch of the pandemic but the same time it's important to remember brian the united states remains the world's largest market for imports so when people are struggling in america whether that's households individuals or businesses that's not good for the global economy so obviously you know the large exporters germany china they would be looking to see that the u.s. gets its house in order so to speak ours or sold them here in berlin chelsea delaney for us in frankfurt following this thanks so much to both of you today. well in the u.s. democratic candidate joe biden says that he and president trump should not have a debate if the president still infected with the coronavirus trump are due to hold

their 2nd televised debate next tuesday the president said that he's planning to attend even though he's currently still contagious the illness has spread through trump's inner circle top aides stephen miller is the latest to test positive many of the nation's top generals are now isolating as well. as the u.s. gets ready to vote in just a few weeks now many in india are paying close attention over the past decade thousands of indians of flocked to the u.s. many of them applying their gills in the country's flourishing i.t. sector but there coronavirus pandemic and the administration's clampdown on visas have many in india concerned about the future w's the mission wall has been finding out why. it's an election on the other side of the world but opinions on it abound on the streets of delhi. and if you go one from. the 4th part that doesn't matter.

and people with 4 feel at any one so from my perspective i think on tumblr to be a better president so i hear the job within the definitely we'd better put india and he would be better for the us as well to serve it comes. with the presence of for us that relationship with india should be much much better but for some here the result of that election so far we could be life changing neely's jog nick a software engineer at google lived in the us for 6 years when india started canceling flights amid the could on a crisis in march he rushed home to his family now despite about it riza he no longer feels confident about returning to silicon valley tanks too confusing restrictions on immigrants from the current administration. leases decision to return will hinge on whether trump is reluctant i am very but it is. a 2nd person didn't see it all because. who's to say what other laws will come in and i

can't just go by and have. my life bacon away from me again. his sister simran wants to study design in the us but they are both putting their plans on hold until they see the outcome of the election. some see advantages to a continued tom presidency under the shah a government exporter sees immense value for his whole sector interim stuff starts on china the will be really good it is for sure there will be imposed on china chinese goods and chinese exports and the movement that happens to fill up the guy there have to be so didn't. andy's. dream big plays with india and us and those potential treaties he believes could be boosted by trump's comment i believe that india's prime minister in a dream to more. from now indian will cause he will put that on hold.

until the signal comes from the next american president. here in germany the number of new coronavirus infections recorded tuesday was over 2800 a surge in cases here in berlin has prompted the city to announce new curfews for bars and cafes as well as for the rules for gatherings groups. and went out onto the streets to find out how people are reacting. welcome to germany's new coronavirus flashpoint berlin after months of staving off the worst of the pandemic the german capital has become the frontline in the country's fight against the coronavirus half of all of germany's high risk areas are located here in this city including the district of new to. gatherings with little sign of social distancing are a common sight here most of the new infections are among young people under the age of 30 they're more likely to shrug off the infection but the disease is spread is

also picking up pace among the old forcing berlin city government to take action there introducing new restrictions from saturday compelling bars in stores to close at 11 and limiting alcohol sales as well as the size of private gatherings not everyone supports the changes. yes you can just say much it's a hard question i think it's actually cruel to bars are open so long but you have to maintain social distancing and i think as long as people do that it shouldn't be a problem to sit in the bar until late at night. you know i think the same i think everyone can keep themselves in check regardless of how much alcohol they drink at least i can keep a grip on myself so i don't understand why others can't do that. and on. many support the new measures. of a man up big vision you need to balance your own sensibilities against a virus that puts others lives at risk you can feed the mention in that case i

think the measures are justified the. warning system is flashing red and that's forced the government to take action and while most people we've spoken to say they support the restrictions that still hasn't stopped the spread of the coronavirus here in the german capital. we have some sports for you know prosecutors have searched the offices of the german football association as well as the homes of current and former dea f.b.i. officials on suspicion of tax evasion. 6 people are suspected of falsely declaring income from stadium advertising between 20142015 as income from asset management leading to an invasion of 4700000 euros was of taxes. and an italian racer who through part of his go cart at a rival during a world championship finals apologised and says he's leaving the sport after luca barry crashed out of the final on sunday he waited by the side of the track for his

rival paolo the police go to drive by and then hurled his carts bumper at him amazingly no one was hurt partings governing body is investigating the incident is behaviors prompted former formula one champion jenson button to call for a life ban. the legendary rock guitarist and songwriter eddie van halen has died after a long battle with cancer together with his brother alex in 1972 he formed the band that later became known as van halen 10 years after their family immigrated from the netherlands to pasadena california and hamlin became one of the world's top selling bands with songs like jump. eddie van halen was born in amsterdam in 1955 and he moved with his family to los angeles in the early 1960 s. he started life as

a musician of the piano but later as switched his ambitions to the guitar the rest is history eddie and his older brother alex from van halen in the 1970 s. they had a distinctive style with and it is the infamous guitar solos and frans van de vliet evolved his flamboyant taken the wrong. they appeal to people from all age groups. younger fans don't even know we have 11 other records i saw with. which was i want to buy. so it's not for the money because every $1.00 of the money will go out i am all the hold rock band released their 1st album in 1978 which shots into the top 20 on the american billboard charts making it one of the most successful debuts of the decade. eddie van halen is pioneering that shows the technique and him the place he broke school of fame alongside the likes of jimi hendrix and eric clapton

in 2000 every just poll in the popular us music magazine voted him the greatest guitar player of all time. let's get your modern now of our top stories at this hour the trial of suspected russian good man it's opened in berlin the 55 year old allegedly gunned down a former chechen commander of a park in the german capital during broad daylight last year trials outcome friends to further deter it already strained taz between berlin and come. down president trump has called off to go see asians with democrats on the stimulus package aimed at bolstering the pandemic stricken economy i'm told after the election the move came after congress failed to agree on a 5th grown of ours aid program the federal reserve for new and necessary hardships

as a result for america. this deed of years live from berlin don't forget there's always more of a website and other social media feeds as well i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks larry. from.

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