simon hall was also present at the german embassy meeting. because really i think meeting in two hobs the first half i thought was very positive 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 a classroom and it was very much we're not going to get involved with this 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 t

for german embassy staff have to leave russia the same number of diplomats berlin has expelled. the united kingdom is being hit harder the crisis began on british soil by the poisoning of sergei screwball and his daughter in salisbury britain holds russia accountable for that and has convinced twenty five western nations to expel a total of one hundred fifty russian diplomats out of solidarity with its position . is the use of a chemical weapon on the streets of the united kingdom that is threaten the lives of a number of people in my country we also questions of the russian state and we have still not received adequate poem since to those questions russia has emphatically denied any involvement and is demanding evidence from british authorities. for more on this we're going to constantine fun egg out in moscow constantine so both sides have now expelled diplomats is this the end game or are we seeing more moves being strategize shall we say i think it's the letter option i think that both sides will be looking at but they're going to do we've seen a reply from the kremlin to th

for german embassy staff have to leave russia the same number of diplomats berlin has expelled. the united kingdom is being hit harder the crisis began on british soil by the poisoning of sergei scruple and his daughter in salisbury britain holds russia accountable for that and has convinced more than twenty five western nations to expel a total of one hundred fifty russian diplomats out of solidarity with its position . is the use of a chemical weapon on the streets of the united kingdom that has threatened the lives of a number of people in my country we also questions of the russian state and we have still not received adequate of answers to those questions russia has emphatically denied any involvement and is demanding evidence from british authorities. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the pakistani nobel peace prize winner manana uses made a brief visit to her home town of mingora in the swat valley it's part of an emotional return to pakistan for the first time since he was she was shot six years ago by a taliban militant. voters in sierra leon

reporter four german embassy staff have to leave russia, the same number of diplomats berlin has expelledthe noted kingdom is being hit harder. the crisis began on british soil by the poisoning of sergei skripal and his daughter. britain holds russia accountable for that and has convinced more than 25 western nations to expel a total of 150 russian diplomats out of solidarity with its position. >> the use of a chemical weapon on the streets of that united kingdom that has threatened the lives of a number of people in my country. we are asking questions of the russian state and have not received adequate answers to those. reporter: russia has denied any involvement and is demanding evidence from british authorities. maya: for more on this we go to constantine in moscow. both sides have now expelled diplomats. is this the end game, or are we seeing more moves strategized? constantine: i think it is a cause. -- pause. the u.s. administration reserves the right to reply to russian expulsions because they think they are adjustable. they say they are completely unjustified, but i think it is a

board german embassy staff have to leave russia the same number of diplomats berlin has expelled the united kingdom is being hit harder the crisis began on british soil by the poisoning of sergei screwball and his daughter in salisbury britain holds russia accountable for that and has convinced more than twenty five western nations to expel a total of one hundred fifty russian diplomats out of solidarity with its position . is the use of a chemical weapon on the streets of the united kingdom that has threatened the lives of a number of people in my country we also often questions of the russian state and we have still not received adequate instance to those questions russia has emphatically denied any involvement and is demanding evidence from british authorities. for more on this we're going to constantine agate constitute what i got in moscow constantine both sides have now expelled diplomats is this the end game or are we seeing more moves strategized i think is a pause and judging by the statements of the u.s. administration for example that they consider they rather reserve the

well fool the german government has told the russian embassy here in berlin that four of its people of course a leave within the next seven days and it says that this is intended as a strong signal of solidarity with the united kingdom and of the determination that an attack on germany's partners and allies cannot go without a response at the same time the german government has stressed that it remains open for dialogue with moscow it doesn't want to cut off old toys and it's also linked to this action interestingly with cyber attacks which the german government believes have been carried out against german government computer systems sourced in russia as it says so a comprehensive response very much in line with what the british government has been asking for so for diplomats gone from germany sixty going from the united states a clear richardson what's washington saying well phil this is the toughest action the trump administration has taken against russia and a major turn from what we've seen up until this point trungpa been criticized of course for not being tough enough on russia

after eight people were killed twin assaults on the military headquarters in the french embassy in marketing. german chancellor angela merkel's center left rivals the social democrats have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new grand coalition with her conservatives it turns months of political uncertainty domestication into russian interference in the election of donald trump has reportedly been widened to include the united arab emirates the new york times says investigators have been questioning george neda an american lebanese businessman who's an adviser to the crown prince of the you. speak with the headlines but stay with us sara knowledge is there one o one east is coming up next. for the first time in a decade there's a palpable fear of nuclear war in asia. with north korean missiles landing close to japan's shores relations between the two countries are colder than ever. and japan's korean community is feeling the chill more than most i'm steve in this edition of one of one east we explore life in japan under north korea's nuclear shadow. when this sonic blaze across japan people have just

americans living in paris there are also protests in several german cities organized by americans demonstrators gathered outside the u.s. embassy in central berlin to call for more restrictions on gun sales. investigators looking into a hostage taking and shooting incident at a supermarket in southern france have discovered homemade explosives at the site of the attack they also found a handgun and a hunting knife all that the latest on the investigation from our correspondent in paris in a moment but first tributes are being paid to the policeman who offered himself as a hostage colonel. has died of his wounds in the hospital his first place is with a woman who is being held captive inside the store. outside the police station where bill trump was based in the town of local people have been paying tribute i don't know i haven't slept all night since what happened yesterday he was marvelous he was a hero obviously the military the police officer i have huge respect for them. and . on the radio comes mother spoke of the policeman's commitment. because he was someone who has since he was born gave everything for the homeland he w

what we're going to do is we'll about to launch a massive campaign in the german parliament with the help of the bush embassy naseby judicial inquiry in germany to find out the truth i mean where does that go but they've got to cut their guns cunto noise they got the call they got to see if the lawyers. as i've stated will definitely does it dog. in our will to give it up it would be a had just started with a bill that is landed outside it gives it up. or doesn't stop does there's no bones out of. by admitting that not everything was handled correctly back then the north rhine-westphalia state government intends to use the apology to close the file on the counter gun case. the victims are not satisfied with just the results of a dissertation and an apology they don't believe the scandal has been fully resolved. really feel betrayed and demand a new investigation. they want an investigation that includes their own personal experience and considers the files they've discovered in the german archives. i felt start stenger wonder that actually came from some mr absolute often about sort that he had been he docum

eight people were killed twenty assaults on the military headquarters and the french embassy in marketing the. german chancellor angela merkel's center left rivals the social democrats have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new grand coalition with her conservatives it turns months of political uncertainty the mastication into russian interference in the election of donald trump reportedly being widened to include the united arab emirates the new york times says investigators have been questioning george nader an american lebanese businessman who's an adviser to the crown prince of the you. you speak with the headlines but stay with a fair analogy there are one no one aced is coming up next. for the first time in decades is a palpable fear of the new you egypt. with north korean missiles landing close to japan's shores relations between the two countries are.

spain delivered to them and executed today german police have arrested the elected president of catalonia. at the request of spain to be extradited. the embassy says it blocked his internet access because a songe failed to on an agreement not to comment on political issues relating to ecuador or any other countries but sources close to weeklies told us there is no such agreement now songe took refuge in the embassy in two thousand and twelve after being accused of rape in sweden that's a case that was later dropped he says he fears being extradited to america if he leaves the embassy as he faces espionage charges there australian journalist john pilger says a lot more than that is currently at stake. this is about war and treatment speech this man as being the most basic rights freedom of speech it's part of. why the war is against no one and russia or it's one of them china is another but at the mood of the propaganda this is about the public's right to know and it's the public's right to know what both governments are doing the second this war is about a real. get the whole trade war we've got the prospect of a real war and lish this propag

colleagues in the by the german postal service and the police and all of the service people because all sorts of people were involved in ensuring that this post went smoothly. and now the embassy the motes. the number of people entitled to vote work four hundred sixty three thousand seven hundred twenty three and members of the social democratic party that's how many and all this number contains two thousand three hundred five members who are currently living abroad for starters why they were unable to take part in the postal vote expect rather have to much of a certified electronic voting option number of votes cast in total with the three hundred and eighty seven three hundred seventy one vote and thousand and one fourteen thousand nine hundred and forty three of these votes. the stuck in ballot . in there are various reasons for lock this and usually for more reasons but they meant that we couldn't count these votes as ballot which meant that at the end i three hundred style sixty three thousand four hundred and ninety four vote were valid and cast which is a seventy eight point three percent level of participation of the rank and file members of the s.p.d. . these yes i kn

embassy. is to stand. he was introduced as own pocket for me he was just a regular boy he spoke a german we were able to communicate like sporty clothes basketball attire n.b.a. gear bosc and i think he was one of the first people i knew who had an m p three player. a small i named peter i played. years later facial analysis concluded with ninety five percent certainty that the boy really was kim agrees and says he was confident but not brash despite the expensive gear. and pressures like that cost a hundred francs the night the trousers to the nike air trainers three hundred and he had lots of pairs i was a show off and i know he didn't fly on it he did not try to be anything special. i found him to be a well adjusted young man with mine you see. while the young kim jong un enjoyed his ninety's in switzerland starvation was killing countless children back home crop failure many fish and agriculture economic mismanagement but the regime always blamed its arch enemy the united states. in two thousand and one came jones' oldest half brother kim jong nam was arrested. the tokyo airport trying to enter japan on a fake

german government given for this action. well that's right terry you know for diplomats from the russian embassy in berlin to being sent home of about around one hundred in total and they've been told that they have to leave within the next seven days and of course like other governments the german government has said that it is acting in concert with its european and nato partners because it says you know the what it sees as an attack from russia cannot go unanswered and it says that this is a strong signal as it's described it in a statement today all of the solidarity among the european partners and of determination not to let russia get away with this so clearly pointing the finger at russia again for the chemical attack in the u.k. but the german government has also said at the same time that it continues to remain open to dialogue with moscow but the german foreign minister understand has spoken within just the past hour simon what did he have to say. that's right heiko mosque the new formosa he said that all the facts and evidence in this case point to russia as the source of the chemical attacks are very much backin

embassy in london thank you very much. let me now bring you up to date with some of the stories making news around the world a german court has sentenced and have gone refugee to life in prison for killing a teenage student in the city of freiburg far right groups seized on the case because the defendant came to germany to be convicted for attempted murder in greece critics say e.u. checks on refugees inadequate. former french president nicolas sarkozy has hit out at allegations he illegally accepted funding from the libyan dictator moammar gadhafi says there's no physical evidence of any wrongdoing he was placed under full investigation on wednesday for allegedly accepting millions from gadhafi for his two thousand and seven election campaign. observed a minute of silence to mark the second anniversary of the bombings that left thirty four people dead belgian prime minister. lead a reception memorial at brussels airport where two suicide bombers struck a similar ceremony took place at a metro station with attack and set off explosives. a sale just as the european union leaders gather have gathered for a busy today's summ