attack in the british city of salisbury. which appear to target former russian spies a is screwball and his we tnty three russian andter has this is often expelled from the uk next tuesday's. and retire true measures on o expected from moscow russia denies any involvement in attacks all days ago. and suggested the british

government stage it in order hyster. is seeking other old say the british foreign secretary boris johnson seems to point the finger of blame squarely at the kremlin. we hav nothing against. the russians are there is virtually no russophone the. as a result of what happened all quarrel. all pouring is recruiting current. and with his decision. and we can get overwhelming that was also y have you in london now explains. anglo russian relations now it it and let was at ica. they all at the lowest ebb in decades. some have you been described as being in the deepreeze they could hardly get worse but i think they are going to get. possibly e worse we've had since sunday the fourth

of march and this attempted cleaning it now considered attempted murder of say gates f allixty six years old. a double agent faster russian and turned british agents and his daughter that was visitin him nearly all thirty three years old fighting for their lives as we speak still. in hospital in salisbury. is we've had of course the police investigation we had an ultimatum given by a british of all of relationsn the two countries not complete diplomatic. breaking of ties. an sunday looks the biggest measures the expulsion of twenty three individuals who are

diplomats accredited diplomats at usembassy here. describedy t may the prime minister as andi clad intelligence offices. the new line home not by the way ishat the russian ambassador in london has id that there's twenty three that were ven a week. by. the british government to leave on leaving next tuesday and we have as you say a war of rds of weather is the defense secretary. telling russia to shut up and go away. old boys johnson really targeting the russian president vladimir putin but making an important distinction these measures are against targeted individuals in russia notes he said against the russian

people. yeah minute exist for all of that wasn't enough there is a second case it is as a re. that few hours ago the british police announced that actually this is now a murder investigation is name is because like you scoff. he was convicted of various foods. crimes in rusa various times and came over to united kingdom so he's a he became. a prominent critic o president putin and what is interesting is. that he apparently had compression to the neck according to the special. a motive investigation on the british movies i have to point out and being criticized in the cost of the possibly not. investigating things may be asully as some think that they should have. good moving on from that interesting that nickol like usual of was a business partner and close friend of

another russian. prinent critic. exiled here in the uk a sudden boris berezovsky respond hangs a few years ago in his ball thrown in his home. i'm as when you add that to the fact that road him secretary said that they wld be a reinvestigation of fourteens scribes this measures. but they are not going to be re tizens. you can imagine of the that is real fear among certain russian diss here the fullness of the

european union. the french president as you will see results from brussels by june. press the macro is counting on the support of the german sounds the in achieving those reforms is what he had to say. if you do. phone rings in it all the items you could look for many years europe has waited forgerman relationship to move forward and. sense with the strength it has always been able to find jury each phase of european construction. we already. hittingays so it's it's the phases of force. six months ago on a proposals. will discussed extensively since if also met indispensablethat we will be able to build disney projects together. please sit on him move it. the first residents seeking that will probably pulls of james andres at the elysee palace. wet the french president received a germa sa. uses update.

to days authorizing to form a government and income from chancellor of germany and america decided to come straight head to the a is a puzzle to meet with a menu and mac one officer. of the six months how avoid at the top of germany on the international stage ham angela merkel has been impacting in order. to across the coalition which would permit have to rule and indeed she is coming back here. in a position of less and less a strength in if you will as you have to make compromises specially on the european. politics. indeed i know michael has made quite clear what his ambitions were of for europe in t of brexit in the face of of the rise of your skeptic policies across

europe the latest version of . which has ah o convenient schools is a to o walk a tight line having rt of our own policy at the sea is you. being on a lesser a more euro skeptic align right now not once in germany at to commit to spending more money as far as europe is concern. of course another a should go see that was addressed by both leaders was that of the attack in sunday's brie in the ukecause he is saying that they would stand. alone site in the uk and i know michel specifying that falls and fulfill his obligations as his of asians as far as

the if you and commitment against chemical weapons. are concerned a angela merkel stressing the fact that it was a good thing called in to have that the jesus safety two thousad fifteen iran nuclear deal which the us president donald trump. has threatened to abandon. president trump gave world leaders until mid may to fix what he called the terrible fools in that deal over more w speak now to our correspondent in vienna anthony at mills of course a. generous where the iran deal was brokered a was the thinki behind these proposed new sanctions. well there's a sense that. disappoints the harsh rhetoric from. president trump. united states is not ready

just yet said. the throw out this deal to seal decisis it rit stuff the leader of the us delegation trump's policy chief ron hope all in the meeting today in a. press briefing was at pains to. underscore that while at the same time say if the deal is remain in place and the united state needs to come to someorm of an agreement tvil pappasritain jkie and franz on a sort of a supplementary agree that address issues made it and son says in its day. but the light outside of the mainframe work often you

this. those issues include d it's france even eight almost. remote in hand out. of. those three. how was it deal is fine? now how do we thi it is a wrong might respond to that move. anthony. well the leader of the iranianelegation. chassis. on three. let the feelings of told us. on our or media at the end of the for of all wro. on a box of course the since his that on the basis that it looked toeview ts de. up on even ask sent to

and. also it all day howeve. in fact. stat tom's freeman is. that three you power in germany and france com at remains at it. last year. as a whole then a month at a ae case a wants to be visit. as say spilled and all what pulled off of an inch agreements is also played outhe cin al the united states. at

last. you race in a deal. mostly all. all some form of everything. with iran i was out of the is far from. okay will he very much developed a from a vienna across all mass email thank you so much. the former south african president jacob zuma was charged with corruption today because of his role in arms deal dating back several years. the seventy five year old projects the allegations against him. totally faces sixte charges rating to seven hundred and eighty three instances of wrongdoing well is alzheimer's chief prosecutor had to say. consideration of the matter. my mother knew. legal process weeks also sexual prosecution. mister zuma. under charges listed. in the indictment. sold on the consumer. saudis chief prosecutor speaking of that will from

all we can cross the lethal low voter and who is an africa alice the senior research consultant at the institute for security studies. joins us from pretoria thank you so much for joining us. presumably none of this comes as a major surprise to anyone. that unit south africa. but just how serious all thes charges facing a jacob zuma. these charges good evening this charges already very serious i mean it'siding on full circle now in fact sixteen years since he'srmcr shopping shank was charged with. corruption and. charged with corrupting jacob zuma in fact and the judge at that timeound that there was a corrupt relationship bween shopping shake hands in what was then knock president at the time. but at the end and show me shake was saying to jail for fifte years young he served two of those soul

so is the fallout also you know more than an eight guy. this is being hanging on asd to ptponend get the charges droed and the of course. he was president's and now. he said he drag ona very long time seval years probably. because the alms deal also. has a lot of otheeoe foreign

companies of he will probably also managed to seoul as he's done in the last couple of years. bucks yes we've got we've already seen behind bars i think. that really reminds state you see. is there a feeling of the new leadership the in in south africa is managing to deal with this. historic issue all of corruption in the managing to. turn t paeady o those. donkey is. at lst as faas corruptions instead of the g authority by the police. beings the the the is this ads roundup or opon around the gro family. and some people have been josh

even zuma's often hapn. the of peopleho being ashot strong allegations authority in rebels as canada day offeo that. being accused of corruption as well. so it's it's. at the moment aro because it is kind of for canton providing until elections next year have adf corruption hanging over their heads. okay well thank you so much for sharing that with us. lethal of the voucher and at the is the chief security saris in. pretoria thank you very much indeed.

if you're in france the former lead singer of the rock group no while disease is a back in the headlines beth home called dar was released from prison bactw e serving a four year sentence beginning of his girlfriend. will now freeman he's been embarking on nationwide tour disposables alison sergeant now explains. is not exactly receiving a red carpet welcomes everywhere he goes. even outside every concert venues since is for began. protesters french musician. should be back on stage after serving time in prison for killing his girlfriend.

former front man of rock group. easier was sentenced to eight years in prison in two thousand andhree. after he beat to death his girlfriend about three times in your own during a fight in a lithuanian hotel room. well contact admitted to hitting times in young he's always insisted her death was an accident. he was released on parole in two thousand and seven after seg four years of his sentence. although. the protesters say regardless of time served its wrongful plot amanda found guilty of a woman murder. we have a responsibility to society and we don't want. to. rations haven't been enough to dissuade loyal fans. contact has been playing to full houses with nearly every concert on his door already sold out. everyone says we come to support a murder. the will see him as an artist to stay is that i don't support what he did i support the artist

that's all. several. hoping to ease the tension. his participation in summer festival. still proster have promised to follow the musician on the rest of the store which includes in paris at the end of may. it is time now for sure the business news stories a lot to caesar's a. in this year with me to honor a whole comes richest man is a. giving up he's he's retiring awfully easy is hanging up his shoes indeed cleaning eight as saying is a for many policy on the reins of is. a hundred billion dollar empire to his eldest son easy nine year old will step down as chaman ofhuhiso ande catching haseen doubt the warned buffy's of asia and he's a personal wealth is estimated at some thirty four billion dollars. constantly for agle name has been finding out about the man who began his empire making plastic flowers.

this man in his business empire are worth one hundred billion dla. and now we catching the richest man in hong kong is calling it a day full movie. sorry. i will retire as chairman of my companies. off to the annual general meeting on may the tenth grade gigi them like she. his eldest son victor lee who has served as his apprentice for decades has been named as his replacement. we caching will continue to work at his chung kong group as a senior adviser and will remain at the helm of the li ka shing foundation. yell. well we trouble. in the future. i will act as the senior consultant of the group. a goal at the same time. ill a put all my efforts into the foundation's work. especially focusing on healthcare and education. michael you. mister lee began his career by making plastic flowers in the nineteen fifties and was rich enough to retire at age thirty. he then started diversifying his assets at

first buying into the hong kong property market and later investing in energy and telecom capital in europe and north america. at the time chinese state media call the move unpatriotic. but is support for the chinese establishment never wavered throughout his career. during friday's press conference li ka shing handed a recent abolition of cha's to term presidential limit saying he supported the move. in recent years mister lee aggressively by six in technology companies like facebook inside. during his career li ka shing's nickname superman thanks to his mastery in deal making. let's see gonna reporting that this is a check on the markets next in here in europe stocks ended the session in the green. or the main in this is closing the week up around three tenths of one percent they you can see on your screen the positive end of the week here in europe alvin united states it was a mixed picture the clothes. and as act ending the week

completely flat ne goesnt pcent. no fears or the us of a possible trade war weighing on investor sentiment. make the journey of a motor show closes its doors on nday in the tension in the air this year is palpable this is donald trump has issued threats of imposing tariffs on european cars. car makers say they will bring they bring rather value to the united states on according for all sidest. this. is. not just one of the ones you can add to the list. of closer. to see what will happen in terms of these discussions. in albania and any any. that is. that will be negative of customers ninety. the world today. which is like in the balls we cope with it. remain flexible job on. the issues

around this. bonuses at deutsche bank were four times higher for twenty seventeen andhen the previous year this in spite of the fact that german lander reported its third annual loss. that i stopped well managers will be for going pay outs this time around. bush michaelson ousted lost seven hundred and thirty five million euros in twenty seventeen more than the four hundred ninety s mon eight reported back in february. the company's chief executive defended the bonuses which way over seven hundred employees would be paid over one million euros john crane telling shareholders the bankds to invest in its employees. so they can provide the best solutions to their customer. in other news air india will start flying over saudi arabia flights to tel aviv ends a des long ban on using saudi airspace for flights down to israel. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu announcer ralph earlier this month in washington israel's national carrier meanwhile flies over r sea on its into

service to avoid a saudi and iranian airspace. at a sunday russians had to the polls to voteor the next president in the running the incumbent latimer pollutant. under his watch the quality of life in many has dropped this is what prices have fallen and international sanctions imposed on moscow have taken their toll. james for any reports now on how the economyt ande's minds as itt about. race is a small loss three agricultural town just seventy kilometers from the capital moscow. locals are worried about the state of the economy ahead of sunday's presidential election. they see little hope of improvements. it would be good if there were more jones and his ne iufring. collected poems a dying people have no way to work. so you broke the russians

got worse the court prosecutor everything is corrupt less sunflow his merger the criminal underworld including knows this. is necessary to change because of this is a maniac but it is yeah. changing the president is a soldier. absence of any real opposition hold opinion polls educate. is certain to win. even though living standards a rudy's during his. term as president. no all prices spend less rules rolling in the rushes energy giants. and inrnational sanctions of the annexation of crimea started to fights. the world bank says the country's poverty rates was thirteen point five percent to twenty sixteen up just over ten percent in twenty twelve. and says he wants to lift more russians out of policy is a promise he's made a full. pension reform for example is also hot topic and election time. but seldom if she realizes

concrete change after the votes. the question is whether the crime in canada revamp russia's economy to provide more funding for essential public services such healcare and education. james a

03/16/18 03/16/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] y: fropacica, this is democracy now! >> my father who was in his 80's was injured. i laid very still in the mud as if i was dead and i glanced at him. i saw him, but i'd cannot speak to him in fear they might hear me and shoot me. i wanted to yell at him to lay down and maybe they won't shoot agaiut him and shot half of his head away. amy: 50 years ago to