a van driver rams into a crowd in the german city of minster killing two people and injuring twenty before taking his life. victorious group out of the niece of former double agent surrogate asked the british prime minister to let her see how poisoned relatives after being denied a visa. a former head of the global chemical weapons watched on talks to r.t. about the script al case and describes how he was forced from office for opposing the iraq war i got a phone call from john bolton from washington said that i do structures to tell me that i should resign for said your management styles of the group are to washington . and journalists voiced concern over a plan by the u.s. department of homeland security to monitor the work of news outlets.

this is r.t. international broadcasting to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. a driver has killed two people and injured twenty more after crashing a van into a crowd in the german city of minster the suspect then took his own life artie's peter out of our reports being confirmed three people including the driver have died after a vehicle plowed into people who were sent to the cafe in months to the driver we understand took his own life that's what we're hearing from the authorities at the scene that has been confirmed by the interior minister of the state of north rhine-westphalia where this took place another twenty people or so been injured in this incident as well six of those who describe. this being in

a critical condition the authorities have named the main suspect behind this the person that took their own life at the wheel of that vehicle is a forty eight year old man i say they've named him he has only been named locally as he gains are that's a common practice here in germany of only given the first name and the first letter of the last name when there is an ongoing inquiry a forty eight year old german national who is described in the media as having a history of mental illness his place of residence his flats currently being searched by authorities as they try to determine a motive for why this incident took place really terrifying scenes if you can imagine it's been a it was a glorious sunny day on a saturday afternoon this is a very popular place in munster very popular with with locals with tourists alike a popular restaurant cafe where people were sat outside there would have been a lot of people there because it was really stressful day i was working i heard a loud bang and screams and then the police arrived and everyone was sent on sight

i didn't see much of the police review and people running away screaming the official response from the german government has been as follows we heard from frank told the president of germany described this is a discussing act of violence while chancellor angela merkel said that everything imaginable was being done to clarify the facts as well as to provide support to the victims and their relatives she said that she was in close consultation with the interior minister horst the offer as well as other cabinet members to try to ascertain what led up to this tragic event that's taken place in the city of munster. the niece of former double agent sergei scrip our has written to the british prime minister asking to be allowed to travel from russia to the u.k. the tory a scrip hours visa application had been rejected as she looks to visit her uncle and cousin yulia who are recovering from a nerve agent poisoning. yet i believe the. government should probably resign now

because they have nothing to say anymore as soon as i saw the refusal i said that i would drop truth and address the us we have been through hell we couldn't sleep at night with anxiety for. the whole family was exhausted i cannot describe the relief and happiness when we heard of the. main thing i want now is to see them in person so i can tell grandmother her son and read. about my visit. now this is talking about a political scandal but at the heart of the scandal people our family needs to be together we want to see our relatives and support one another it's a basic human desire to be close to those you love it's a difficult time and i'm sure you can understand that i will put together all documents missing from the application and. tricks from seeing my loved ones my passport is still there disconsolate i ask you personally consider the decision to

refuse my visa with this person who voted to pick tourist. spokes person for the u.k. home office said victoria strip hours application was rejected because it failed to comply with me question rules however some british media have suggested the application was blocked because the government feared she was being coached by the kremlin others claim the russian government is using victoria scrip as a pawn in a political game russian foreign ministry spokeswoman marie as a heart of a dismissed these claims as absurd reports are now coming in setting and then sources in british organizations the foreign office there are various theories some even say she was denied an answer because allegedly things that week terrorist group also because it is organized by the kremlin that's absurd speaking on russian t.v. victoria scrip i'll describe her phone conversation with her cousin yulia who's now recovering in the u k. much of

a lot of first i was happy that you were called on but it was clear that she was not speaking the words she was being prompted. that would invite you to discharge she was told yes you can talk every which meant that she was you know she had the number dialed it was very obvious that you couldn't remember all nine figures of my number. so his daughter were found unconscious on a park bench in the city of seoul spree on march the fourth british officials later revealed the pair had been poisoned with a military grade know the agent called novacek a type which was first developed in the soviet union at the time prime minister's a reason may said those subjected to such a powerful nerve agent may never recover both out of a coma and in a stable condition. former head of the global chemical weapons watchdog the a.p.c. w. says there is a strict protocol to follow when toxic agency used and according to joe saber stony the u.k.'s actions were surprising from my point of view. after

a distance of sixteen years of course i believe the decision by the u.k. was premature you can decide in twenty four hours what type of poison was used and where it comes from why didn't they call immediately drop the c.w. and why didn't the opposite w volunteered to take action because this is the role of doing decision immediately to go and identify and allies the victims take the blood samples and allies and try to identify because the have the capability to do that there are experts from all countries it's committee of people that are very expert very capable of doing this work so i was surprised and to see that it was so premature decision to identify the poison idea to find the source of the poison without giving a chance to the specs as though the international going to look which is after all the the national organ with the mandate to do this type of job in many questions

related to the use of this poison for example how do you control and limit the use of the spores into only two people if it's know of a truck as the announced it was it's not something that will not affect much many more people rob and. even those who use the guys the poison gas. bust on the lead the o.p.c. w. for five years from one thousand nine hundred seven to two thousand and two just as he was leaving his post it emerged he'd upset washington by encouraging iraq to become a member of the organization that was apparently viewed as an obstacle to the u.s. intention to engage in military action in iraq in an open letter supporting bustani many activists demanded world peace was pretty ahead of us unilateral ism is based on his account of what happened when i became director general there were eighty seven members and when i left there was

a hundred and fifty something countries so and in my last attempt to enlarge the membership of all of the organisation was convincing iraq and libya for example to join in and when i announced this to member states it was a shock to the americans i believe. because they had plans already to take some action military action against iraq according to recent i had it was obvious that. during the first iraq war everything had been destroyed and there was nothing left for iraq to to be accused of still possessing. chemical weapons the accusation was that my management style was not agreeable to the americans they managed to put together a conference that was illegal for the convention and that conference was the one that ousted me for the lack of support one man was particularly opposed to bestow

money being chief of the o p c w john bolton was then the undersecretary of state for arms control and international security affairs he's now been appointed as the us national security adviser and will shortly take up his post was danny says his intentions to make iraq a member of the o.p.c. w. stood in the way of u.s. ambitions i got a phone call from john bolton from washington the first. i mean i had contact with him i said that i did structures to to tell me that i should resign from the organization and i asked him why he said your management style was not agreeable to washington to dick cheney the vice president cetera said no way i don't accept that so he came to the hague and you keep to my office and he said you have to resign and i give you twenty four hours this is what we want and i said no way i don't have any reason to doubt it to you i was elected by acclimation by all the member states of a good musician it's only you you got to see if they are challenged my management

style and they said but then again i tell you we have already discussed with your government that you should resign i said i don't know of any agreement with my government and then they said ok so they'll be retaliations and appear to do to accept the consequences we know where your kids are and the moment mice kids were in new york the studied united states one of them is american for that matter was born in new york is a brazilian american and i had another daughter in london. and i said i'm not prepared my family's is my family is is a whale that's going on six prepare to face of course it was so go ahead he was a little bit shocked that he left his not a man you can have a dialogue with the. orthodox christians have begun celebrating easter sunday and harry moscow a service has been held at christ the savior cathedral earlier in jerusalem the

holy father was knit at the church of the home settled her in this condition it goes back to invite french where the flame was brought to moscow will be carried to churches throughout russia artie's checking they go is following the main easter vigil in the capital. it's really a beautiful atmosphere here in the heart of moscow behind me is the cathedral of christ the stayed. here in the ten minutes running up to midnight the bells will ring literally ringing in the easter holiday which is of course the most important and largest holiday in the faith it's considered the holiest day of the year there are hundreds attending the service in the cathedral behind me including putin and the prime minister and his wife they are listening to a service that's being led by the head of the russian orthodox church orthodox church that's patriarchial now celebrated today in the orthodox faith because they follow a different calendar where many celebrated easter a week ago but apart from a difference and dates many of the traditions are the same eggs and other

traditional foods are eaten in order to break the fast that they've been following in the run up to easter and of course midnight services such as the one that behind me are being attended by russians all over the country. the president have gone a has been forced to limit military cooperation with the u.s. after mass protests that story and after the break. when trying to deconstruct all of these manipulated i caught series showing the world that islam is a religion or any it's a peaceful religion and it's possible to be a practicing muslims who believe that the koran is the word of god and at the same time be a member of secular societies it is possible. to buy too many clubs over the years so i know the game inside guides. football isn't

only about what happens on the pitch to the final school it's about the passion from the families it's the age of the super money just kill you narrowness and spending to get to the twenty million one player. it's an experience like nothing else not to because i want to share what i think of what i know about the beautiful guy a great so well more chance with. the base it's going to. come on. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or

rejected. so when you want to be president. or something i want to listen. to going to be press was like them before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the ones in the house. or in the city. welcome back here on saturday a fire broke out on the fiftieth floor of trump tower in new york donald trump tweeted that the blaze had been extinguished earlier clouds of black smoke could be seen coming from several windows according to bystanders the flames spread rapidly the president's office and penthouse are located on the twenty sixth floor though he and his family are currently in washington d.c. . now in syria the

evacuation of civilians and militants from eastern guta has been suspended according to the russian defense ministry that's after one of the militant groups which had previously agreed to leave the enclave violated the agreement the district has been under a syrian army blockade since twenty thirteen after it was captured by rebel groups the rebels have used the district as a launching point to shell residential areas of damascus causing numerous civilian deaths syria based journalist mohammed ali gave us the latest on the situation. according to the russian ministry of defense militants obstructed the deal of their evacuation with their families from doing many eastern we'll talk to in northern syria they also according to syrian officials and military source blocked for the ins from accepting from via humanitarian corridors an open gunfire at demonstrators and side who are calling on the militants to leave of course this comes after

a sub for members and senior commanders are. turned against this evacuation deal reached last week over there inside duma and those senior commanders actually ousted the other commanders officials who were negotiating with russia on this deal after of course such developments the syrian government forces stepped up their military actually attacks and started a new ground offensive against militants enjoyment in order to militarily get rid of there was militants and particularly of course. however before the deal was violated it to prove pretty effective thousands of people civilians militants and their family members used the corridors to leave the district.

building. that was going to be for. the president to have gone or announced on thursday that the u.s. will not be offered a military base in the west african country. no has not offered a military base and will not offer a military base to the united states of america but a statement comes after mass protests in ghana's capital accra against the military deal with the us the demonstrators were worried such an agreement would give washington too much influence over the country's sovereignty artie's ecostar of looks at how the u.s. and other nations have been trying to gain a stronger foothold in the continent. is wooing africa boasting

about the strong historical bond a family tree washington's key argument is seven thousand strong. scattered all across the continent the impression this mob makes is an ambiguous africa is no one's playpen but america's this impression is wrong though in fact many african nations prefer relations not secured by the u.s. dollar and ghana is the latest country on the u.s. troublemaker list and for washington it couldn't have come at a worse time the pentagon understands hearts and minds are there for the taking external actors may diminish u.s. influence by undermining our development and diplomatic efforts in africa nonetheless as the strategic environment becomes more crowded and competitive are engaging with external actors like china and russia will continue with an open and clear discussion of intersecting interests and differences beijing's clearly stepping on americans tollways in africa chinese firms have invested billions of

dollars into the continent's infrastructure their contribution has been the catalyst for a continental free trade area somewhat equivalent to the european union but much bigger soft power has got washington in a twist with sales pitches attempting to undermine china's expansion in africa partner with. good governance to meet long term security and development goals. this stands in stark contrast to china's approach which encourages dependency using opaque contracts predatory loan practices and corrupt deals rex tillerson then washington's chief a mystery went on a charm offensive to africa back in much his trip coincided with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov his visit and a clear sign more school is fos to do business with africa to their diplomatic marathon across the continent set off from the same hotel in the opiah but there's

no indication whether rex tillerson managed to tip the balance of power during the visit after rule why would anyone listen to a man who was shown the door the day he returned to american shores if i were a betting man i would bet the united states would lose the competition not only with china but with russia and turkey perhaps even with friends say that because in part united states has a very arrogant attitude that it takes towards people from africa and that's to set aside which is a united states does not have the economic right answer where i want to compete with china in any case and then finally there is. nation on the african continent with regard to u.s. interference in the internal affairs of african continents all in all i would say that united states prospects in africa going forward are rather cool.

the u.s. department of homeland security is recruiting staff to compile a database aimed at monitoring journalists around the world under the plan the government will track more than two hundred ninety thousand global new sources in more than one hundred languages including chinese arabic and russian who will also focus on so-called influencers on social media this comes as a low point in relations between the media and the trumpet ministration the president himself has gone as far as calling it a war as you know i have a running war with the media fake news media or press the crooked media is a failing biola garbage fake fake they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth well the us government's plan to monitor journalists has been met with widespread alarm maybe the trump homeland security forces would like dissidents to we're monitoring bracelets and submit themselves to tatsu to cool the

office of homeland security once the docs all the journalists in the country this isn't bad at all when you have a president who is called the prez the enemy of the american people i think in so understandably for people to be concerned when d.h. asked announces that they want to create a media monitoring platform when we while a spokesperson for homeland security has rejected suggestions the plan will compromise freedom of speech they claim media monitoring is standard practice while comparing critics to conspiracy theorists political talk show host brian crowd tree says the government is going too far. i'm a little puzzled why everyone can't look in their own mirror in the united states and realize we do have a media problem here a big think we've got to do something to dis incentivize fake news which is basically lying or creating a disingenuous presentation to the american people which is ultimately misleading as to the facts i don't think that that should be outlawed but i think it should be

frowned upon enough that society just doesn't tolerate it we've got to hold our media accountable to the truth whatever does that i'm for if we step one one bit over that line i'm vehemently against it. forma brazil president lula da silva has been arrested after being sentenced to twelve years in prison for corruption crowds of supporters gathered outside the police station where he's being held in the state of south. beyond the former leader gave a speech announcing that he would turn himself in and he was mobbed by a crowd of well wishes he trying to stop him to sylvan that brazil from two thousand and three to twenty eleven and left office with sky high approval ratings

his sentencing by the supreme court has triggered nationwide on rest kainat reports . little a disability the former president of brazil and he has been convicted of being involved in corruption involved in getting kickbacks some money scandals he's been convicted but his case remains in appeal however the supreme court of brazil has now ruled that he can begin serving his twelve year prison sentence for corruption they have ruled that he must turn himself in that by five o'clock local time in brazil he was obligated under brazilian law to turn himself in and begin serving his prison sentence however when that time arrived he had not done it however as we understand at this point he has surrendered to authorities in the lead up to turning himself in a little to civil was surrounded by thousands of supporters from the workers party and a metal workers union this is the political party that he and the former president dilma rousseff were both members of. was recently impeached and driven out of

office on similar charges of corruption however the supporters of former president lula da silva and dilma rousseff argue that the charges are politically motivated that this is simply an attack on the left wing of brazilian politics they say the court rulings are illegitimate and that the jailing of a little of the sylva is simply an attempt to prevent him from participating in brazilian politics in the future at this point we understand will to distil that has been arrested at the time he was supposed to. him self into authorities he was surrounded by thousands of supporters he has apparently turned himself in but the protests are continuing many in brazil do not consider these arrests to be legitimate and consider this to be a politically motivated move. and finally on a much lighter note a heartwarming story from kazakhstan about the rescue of a baby squirrel.

we'll be back in just over half an hour with the latest news but for more in the meantime including that story go to r.t. dot com.

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