opted to flunk corrected on this correct. as there's only two ways mr urban for inviting us and can see the veterans because my going to describe it as learned a three to five not but it does not mr i think he did make it to be not and this is argued inside kind he invites you. i know unsolicited by of course the stuff ons begin. so there is no evidence that the state behaved improperly during the criminal trial against a pharmaceutical company go in and tell. a key player in the country going trial is north rhine-westphalia as justice minister joseph nye but the trial began in may in one nine hundred sixty eight zero leap brinkley's approaches that are sort of foundations really abishai but you but so i don't want to give you sad i said i'm going to present fun and alice could not them these really forgotten suburban therefore becoming justice minister berger acted as criminal defense lawyer for the main defendant. in the archives contained files showing that he was

a defense lawyer for herman frets a former director of growth until the company that manufactured com to get the bias on and discovers a memorandum from the arkan prosecution service two days prior to becoming justice minister. still a lawyer wrote to the public prosecutors in his opinion all questions concerning his client have been answered and that there is nothing to stop the case being dismissed. dungeness there i'm. really in and down there was this one view and they had an outside how this bit of the odds according to records were appeared in person the next day to meet the prosecution and to discuss dismissal of the case the judges in the county go on trial if a personal injury and involuntary manslaughter the defense demands that the case is dismissed a trial in which the pay. and succumb to gun children who only committed to

participate as spectators leading the prosecution now is justice minister. he is no longer allowed to interfere in the proceedings. however after two years in office writes a letter to a defense lawyer who is also involved. the letter was addressed to eric schmidt lush and then to the defense lawyer for one of the growing until defendants did calling the justice minister writes while leafing through in the evening i found something about the submission of evidence. was the minister of justice unlawfully interfering in a criminal trial and giving legal advice to a defense lawyer. we show it to the author of the thesis and ask how he evaluates the letter in regard to the state's role jaring the trial.

is that it is guns i don't want to fuck at us like anything but i kind of answered . not to really had to toss him to. go to an. untagged. until he could do it and take his concept in contact. via imaging bot so decent side point i need him for one don't stop it. i'm not dead. not. until they go to. the university of glasgow. history professor rae stocks conducts research at the faculty of corporate history. professor stokes is an acknowledged expert on twentieth century german business history. he read the doctoral thesis on the federal state government's role he also knows about the letter annoyed by a good job. in his time as justice minister this is. a

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in london british victims of the active ingredient in counter gun have teamed up and formed a group called solidify trust. to bias aren't presents his findings from the german archives. letters files and minutes outlining the role politics played during the criminal trial against the manufacturer grown into these documents shed new light on what happened fifty five years ago. it isn't just british that it might survivors who are convinced they find allies in all british political parties. in feb twenty fifth in an unusual debate takes place in the british parliament. for which mr michael moore thank you mr speaker for over fifty years philip him either side been campaigning for justice particularly from the german manufacturers to

know that over one hundred fifty m.p.'s of signed an open letter to the german chancellor would the prime minister add this to his busy agenda today so that we might get a decent and fair settlement for all concerned. i have on behalf of a constituent as he raised this issue not only through the european parliament but also with german authorities now certainly reflect what the old gentleman says. more than one hundred fifty british m.p.'s from all political parties have signed a letter to the german chancellor. unlike germany britain does have a tradition of rebellion when dealing with that in mind the active ingredient in going together. the four hundred sixty six members of the thalidomide trust and not just fighting for compensation. they want those responsible for their disabilities to be held to account nick deliberate is one of them the thinks they have almost succeeded who have which ties and to whom and with his chart to explain. the

connections to german politicians as well as representatives of the european parliament if they hadn't ended the trial as they did in the early seventy's then the evidence would have been available to the victims to use in their future actions against and others and in particular the u.k. survivors action in the seventy's would have undoubtedly have been and it in a much more favorable fashion to to the claimants as it was they didn't have the evidence they had to settle for a much bigger discount in the amount that they should have got than would have to bow to being the case if this evidence being available got a proper settlement and that's what. they're after now. the british lawyer thinks evidence of that confidential meeting is crucial it took place in july nine hundred sixty nine at the ministry of health and bone. senior management from country guns manufacturer were invited to discuss the settlement of the counter gun case according to a note from the ministry. and the goal of the meeting is to reach

a legal agreement with the company as to how country victims can be compensated. when the parents association of the deformed children hears of the plans and hand asks to see details of the meeting the ministers say is under no circumstances will the association receive any details as advice is explicit because art in document the. or. no one. signs all over how kind of all are. doing for. the dish to fill half a century later in the summer of twenty fifteen a meeting between british that it might victims and representatives of the german government took place at germany's embassy in london i think they heard the concerns we had they obviously refute the fact that they interfered in the criminal trial but they've never actually answered individually the documents that we put to

them. the british m.p. simon hall was also present at the german embassy meeting. those really i think two hobs the first half i thought was very positive so clearly the mood music coming out from officials on the on the german side of the table as it were it was very encouraging that they wanted to have a dialogue they wanted to see this brought to a conclusion we had to leave as we had to go back to the commons to vote and then the notes following that seem to suggest that they slightly dried up like clapham and it was very much we're not going to get involved this is the only meeting we're going to have to discuss this effectively that's the end of the news i think if there was anything which came out of the meeting which we had at the embassy in july of last year is that there had been a long debate point as to whether the drug which had been taken by british mothers had been manufactured in germany or had been manufactured under license in the u.k.

and it is now very clear out that the german officials taking tided the point that the thirty five trust in the u.k. has been making for many a long year that there was no vide manufactured in the u.k. and that which was taken by british mothers or expectant mothers had been manufactured in germany. this is no that's just a little mite victims receive decades too late since the one nine hundred seventy s. people affected both a little might have only been able to file compensation applications with the german government anyone who does file an application must renounce all claims against the manufacturer. many european victims say they have received little or no compensation at all. the federal ministry of family affairs declined to be interviewed. nor would it comment on the meeting with british consequent victims of the german embassy in london. it stated

only that the country can trust fund grants financial support when claims are grounded. christie and or tell also apply for support. yeah and a clarification having been asked and it's kind of one as. i and boxer bring back. oh my no question in english to become yeah and it's good bye to how it's one of one armored. to get in of my macbook. air and dozens of the east ass baskets book. shop at the office of a new get this book. that he has but i think i'll put it we spend a third of our lives in our beds our beds are important and for it to be turned down on that basis is utterly ridiculous and so it's abundantly clear to me that applying to the call to go isn't going to be

a solution for us at all and so therefore for us to be subjected to a ridiculous system of bureaucratic system at this point in our lives it's not going to meet our needs all we need is money that we can use in the ways that we know that will suit us best. the formosa little manufacturer no longer considers claims from the victims of the drug to be the responsibility. the. side. want to. of course with onion clarke. and hang it isn't hard to get you double tough and they're fun to put up for when tiger seeded water. of i know him from life and. supporters not played by grown until but the federal government. one of many who was applications to the german counter gun foundation were denied this lorraine mercer sometimes i think hell

because. back on point. when i move in. some of the late complications are only now becoming apparent merson need supplementary oxygen just to be able to breeze there is a fund in germany connected to the court against gift which allows the later might is to apply to it for financial assistance there's also a fund that's been set up by agreement to apply to that but you could apply to them saying you wanted some more money but you have to prove first of all you've applied to a little more trust to get some money and they have said no you've applied to all the charities only applied to local government gets distance when you've been rejected by everybody you can then green and tough they would like to quote some money

towards your. financial assistance but you're not really aware that because green hasn't made it public to the little writers outside of germany in fact the company established a private foundation. however goonan told does not want to talk about it nor do they want to discuss how application decisions are made they say they don't want to provoke him for. we believe general government should be responsible for paying for those i met health goals that we or have only for a moment get that money remains to be met. in great britain so robert nelson is a well known judge has written to the german federal ministry of family affairs. the purpose of the letter was to bring home to the german government the problems that the flu the mother's face and the shortfall in finances that we felt they had

in the amount they got and the amount that they would in fact need i wrote it to the relevant minister and there was no reply as such. for decades parents never knew what was going on behind their backs during the criminal trial they were only allowed to be spectators. the thalidomide manufacturers defense strategy was to convince the prosecution to agree to dismiss the case. they knew that they didn't just have the regional government justice minister on their side but the federal government too however the dismissal of a criminal case requires strict conditions these according to the prosecution service were not met. the american political soap opera widely known as russia gate appears to have no

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to have your company this i think this is all. a russian journalist and kremlin critic said to have being killed. his apartment on tuesday is actually alive it was initially reported on the budget was killed at the front door of his flat. and this is the join me earlier in the studio with the details just this morning we saw a lot of finger pointing headlines across the media blamed russia officials are quick to say that russia was the mastermind behind this operation but today's picture is now completely different there was clearly no murder as russia has been saying all along much to the conclusion of everybody arkady by gemco is alive and well in fact he appeared at a press conference together with the head of the ukrainian security services jointly they said that all this was done to foil some russian plot that was tipped

off a couple of months ago that someone wanted to kill him and that somebody is now in custody and has been arrested as well that being said it will have to wait and see what kind of evidence if any that they have to prove that this was a plot at all as the reaction from moscow i presume because they have been big city blamed for some involvement well russia is now in the standard fuel ria being falsely accused of killing journalist russian foreign ministry spokeswoman as well has said that it's great news is alive that the whole operation of some is somewhat of a propagandist nature she called the scituate situation a masquerade and we've also had some strong words from reporters without borders they called this whole stage operation pathetic and regrettable regardless of what motives kiev say that they were pursuing they also say that it was very dangerous for a government to play with it but even if we look at the media reaction worldwide it

simply being one of confusion let's take a look what on earth is showing is very much a developing story we're obviously still getting information but it definitely is a very very bizarre one and certainly the russians will be quite angry at the fact that they've been accused. killing this man but in reality he is very much still alive as we're seeing now becky who is eight choking in this will certainly only agrees to the middle of the fake news conspiracists and didn't one of the twists is that cave in says that this was about falling as you said a russian plot to kill this journalist and it's not the first time is it that the russian government's and been accused of trying to knock off journalists but also tennis have been killed in ukraine recently a.v.'s and in many cases fingers were quickly to be pointed at russia but it tends out that moscow didn't have anything to do with them let's take a look at a few of these examples. so

back to the current unexpected situation here but with this latest bizarre twist now we're left questioning how much credibility we can actually put in camps where it's most of auntie's going underground show afshin rattansi things the way some media outlets covered budging because faked death wanted to run public trust in their reporting. it is at first sight bizarre i'm going to say journalists of course make mistakes i've made my share of mistakes but even in that clip from c.n.n. which is our becky anderson the anchor there doesn't respond to the news that they've

been reporting all day about a russian journalist death is being nonsense by saying we have to check a bit better in the way we do our journalism and the twitter lines of all the mainstream that so that famous phrase the so-called mainstream media saying russia is to blame for this how could they do this now they'll be people questioning their media whether they're going to be told the truth but certainly today's events are going to be they're going to be quoted for days months to come certainly during the world cup as a knee stories about russian involvement in murder in provocation in killing in who knows what else moscow is about to be accused of. it's been a huge response to the bizarre story around on social media here are some examples .

was. the new budget commissioner has apologized amid

a backlash over his recent remark that italy should take its key from the markets when deciding whether to vote for populists and that's my expectation is that the coming weeks will show that the markets government bonds and the economic development of italy could prove to be so drastic that this would be a possible signal for voters not to vote for populists and the left all right. let's go uncertainty in italy has shocked the financial markets worried about italy's possible exit from the euro one of the leaders of italy's failed coalition notice that no such measures were ever in their program. for you to doubt if the markets are worried italy could leave the euro that's because someone has been saying this government wants out of the euro despite that never having been our plan. when the euro skeptic coalition failed to see a form of government its latest claim pressure from the e.u. on these peter oliver has more on the role brussels is played in italy's ongoing political crisis. on sunday night when sergio mounts the relative italian president

vetoed the proposal of a euro skeptic for the role of economy minister he essentially scrapped a coalition between the populists of the five star movement and league and north but what he also did was he said essential center talian voters back to the polls he sent the markets crashing down and he sent accusations flying that the e.u. had put a bit of pressure on him to do just that well it also saw. the e.u. budget commissioner say that this down toilet downturn in the markets was a message to italian voters for next time that if they vote with the euro skeptics then well they will see financial troubles on the horizon well mr has rode back from those comments now but he was also criticized at the time by some of his closest allies donald the european council president sean claude younker the european commission president all saying this isn't the type of language you should

be using as a member of the commission from the populist solve norden and the five star movement well they were outraged by mr ting his comment saying that he was the type of person it viewed italy just a place to go on holiday or sensually these comments from they played right into the hands of the euro skeptics because they're now getting ready for new elections which could come as soon as september they can now say to their voters look we said last time they were trying to take your sovereignty away look what they did when we try to put in place a government in italy so it was ultimately left to the european commission president to try and smooth things over between the populists and euro skeptics in italy and the commission in brussels it's a his fate does not lie in the hands of the financial markets regardless of which political party may be in power it's. really is

a founding member of the european union that has contributed immensely to european integration the commission is ready to work with italy with responsibility and mutual respect italy deserves respect as i said those elections in italy could come as soon as september and between now one polling day we're sure to be a lot of people keeping an eye on what comments are coming out of brussels with regards to which feet which direction italy should proceed in the future you know skeptic coalition failed to form a government after the italian president rejected their choice of finance minister who was seen as being anti european the president then appointed a pro europe prime minister fresh elections are now on the horizon and they've also been calls for a petition to change the constitution to have a directly elected president we spoke to m.e.p. for the five star movement. he believes there's a problem with democracy in the there was a lie with mr assad or now the minister was appointed the from.