sanctions targeting russia's north stream to gas pipeline to germany berlin saying it about state interference in domestic affairs. and another inspector breaks ranks from the global chemical weapons watchdog the o p c w saying its final report on the alleged attack in the syrian city of duma distorts the fact. that joining as you're watching the weekly here are not internet. russia's investigative committee has released the identity of the gunman who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal security service building in central moscow on thursday evening the shooter was 39 year old you have guinea minute off who lived in the moscow region he killed an f.s.b. officer before being shot dead him self another officer later died in hospital 5 of the people including one civilian were injured investigation into possible motives is the long going here is a quick reminder of what happened that evening. because usually when you get to the end we heard strange sounds we needed to realize that we should hide it then we heard someone in the street shouting go back go back. to us and that's when

celebrations of the past year the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall on november the 9th 1909 the division of germany was finally over we want to celebrate this event once again with a check in special. because tigger rides his bike along the berlin wall trail. new coach road rage follows the former course of the inner german border between syringes and hazard and we go to leipsic where peaceful demonstrations in autumn 989 sparked the collapse of the g.d.r. and the end of the division of germany. look a state is still it has to answer the lin at the moment park this is the board of the to the east and west and once ran. in 989 it was transformed into a local day creation and. today i ride along the former border between east and west berlin on this bike following the line of the berlin wall i would like to see what remains of the history of the division of the europe germany and berlin so i'm starting here in moa park going through the brandenburg gate and then all the way to the east side gallery let's go. my 1st stop on the bergen war trail is the memorial site on burma washed ass and. it's the 1s

sanctions targeting russia's nord stream 2 gas pipeline to germany with berlin saying it amounts to interference in domestic affairs. and another inspector breaks ranks from the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w saying it's a final report on the alleged attack in the syrian city of duma distorts the facts . are broadcasting live to read for our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r.t. . and russia's investigative committee has released of the identity of the gunmen who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal security service building in central moscow on thursday evening the shooter was a 39 year old man year old who lived in the moscow region he killed and have a speed officer before being shot and killed himself and another officer later died in the hospital 5 other people including one civilian were injured and the investigation into possible motives is still ongoing here's a quick reminder of what happened that evening. with recently means it's the end we've heard. 3 sounds we needed to realize that we should hide it then

lash out at us sanctions targeting of russia's nord stream to gas pipeline to germany with berlin amounts to interference in domestic affairs. inspector breaks ranks from the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. saying its final report on the alleged attack in the syrian city of june distorts the facts. all right broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us as we recap the week's top story. russia's investigative committee has released to the identity of the gunmen who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal security service building in central moscow on thursday evening the shooter was 39 year old. man need who lived in the region he killed in f.s.b. officer before being shot and killed himself another officer later died in the hospital 5 other people including one civilian were injured the investigation into possible motives is still ongoing here's a quick reminder of what happened that evening. because usually when you get to the end with her it's 3 sounds we needed here realize that we shou

sanctions targeting russia's north stream 2 gas pipeline to germany the berlin saying it amounts to interference in domestic affairs. and another inspector breaks ranks from the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w saying its final report on the alleged attack in the syrian city of duma distorts the facts. you're watching the weekly here on our team a recap of the biggest stories from the past 7 days thanks for joining us. russia's investigative committee has released the identity of the gunman who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal security service building in central moscow on thursday evening the shooter was 39 year old you get 8 men year of who lived in the moscow region he killed in f.s.b. officer before being shot dead himself and another officer later died at the hospital 5 other people including one civilian were injured in the attack the investigation into possible motives is still ongoing meanwhile we spoke to these suspects neighbors and father. living in very secretive and also going to some kind of strange eastern accent he used to tell me that he liked sho

sanctions targeting russia's north screamed to gas plant in germany berlin saying it amounts to interference in domestic affairs. and another inspector breaks ranks from the global chemical weapons watchdog w saying its final report on the alleged attack in the syrians.

sanctions targeting companies and bought in russia's nord stream to gas pipeline to germany berlin and brussels say that america should mind its own business foreign minister sergey lavrov added that russia will respond to washington's no. we're looking very closely at the us crossing a crucial age of foreign policy as it starts imposing sanctions which russia has already become accustomed to against its own allies we can see the intention to make europe by american liquefied gas and thus to slow the development of the continent's economy to undermine its capability of competing with the u.s. in the global markets washington has decided that even the closest nato allies don't deserve mercy if the us geo political and commercial ambitions are at stake. the german government has regretfully taken into account that sanctions against north stream to end took stream initiated by the us congress they think german and european companies and tons amounts to interference in our domestic affairs. the pipeline is being built from russia to germany through the baltic sea and will supply enough gas

sanctions targeting companies involved in russia's north to gas pipeline to germany berlin and brussels say america should mind its our business foreign minister sergei lavrov added that russia will respond to washington's move and convince the north stream to as well as turks stream will be completed so extremists that for launching just 2 or 3 weeks will respond to sanctions but in a way in which we will not harm ourselves but we will definitely respond of course we will keep in mind when developing our relations i'm surprised that politicians reach such decisions which give no credit to high profile political figures the german government has regretfully taken into account that sanctions against north stream to and turks stream initiated by the u.s. congress they think german and european companies and are tantamount to interference in our domestic affairs. the pipeline is being built from russia to germany to the baltic sea and will supply enough gas to power almost $30000000.00 households. the sanctions target companies involved in building the last remaining leg of the pipeline th

move has angered germany a longtime ally. berlin rejects the idea that washington can legally impose sanctions on 3rd parties. next come up we have long been against extraterritorial sanctions we have the same problem with iran in my opinion the only solution is to hold talks very decisive talks. letting these extra territorial sanctions take effect. despite the anger in berlin germany is not planning any action against washington that's not the case with russia the other partner in the pipeline president vladimir putin has threatened retaliation moscow has made it clear it will go ahead and finish the project whatever the united states does. alright let's have a look at some sports now and it's the final weekend of bundestag of matches before german soccer takes its annual winter break on friday hoffenheim dortmund 21 scored 1st ashraf by kimi cross from our you got to make it one nil in the 17th minute of 9 had to wait until late in the match to reply that i mean in levelled at the score in the 87th minute and under a bridge score

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news live from berlin germany expels 2 russian diplomats over an alleged murder plot this was the victim a former chechen rebel commander gunned down in broad daylight and they berlin park german prosecutors suspect russian or church and state involvement moscow says it plans to retaliate also coming up nato leaders wrap up a contentious anniversary meeting in london with a show of unity they agreed to spend more on the fence and they agree that china is the new major risk but the divisions within the military alliance remain and frustrations with u.s. president donald trump they were laid bare for the world to see also coming up the death of a 3rd k. pop star in 3 months sparks a debate about the pressures facing south korean pop celebrity. i'm brant goff it's good to have you with us a murder investigation here in berlin is now a full blown diplomatic storm between germany and russia it began with the killing of a former chechen rebel commander shot twice in the head as he walked through a park here in berlin on his way to a mosque german authorities have now expelled 2 russian diploma

move has angered germany a longtime ally. berlin rejects the idea that washington can legally impose sanctions on 3rd parties. next come up we have known been against extraterritorial sanctions we have the same problem with iran in my opinion the only solution is to hold talks very decisive talks with against letting these extra territorial sanctions take effect 6. months when. despite the anger in berlin germany is not planning any action against washington that's not the case with russia the other partner in the pipeline president vladimir putin has threatened retaliation moscow has made it clear it will go ahead and finish the project whatever the united states does. now at 60 is since the antarctic treaty was signed in 195912 nations pledged to use the southernmost continent for peaceful purposes only and specifically the scientific research the treaty has resulted in a sea research stations being threatened and to cut the thousands of scientists from all over the world. several monitoring the rapid increase in temperature in th

this is news coming to you live from berlin tensions flare between russia and germany as moscow expels 2 german diplomats to the move is linked to the apparent assassination of a former chechen commander in a berlin park last summer germany or 2 russian diplomats to leave the country last week. also coming up the controversial gas pipeline that's causing a rift between the united states and germany us says it's a tool of coercion political leverage for russia. and it's being called the u.k.'s most important election in a generation prime minister boris johnson has been pulling out all the stops to win over wavering voters but his lead over jeremy corbin's opposition labor party has been narrowed. following terry martin welcome to the program russia is expelling 2 german diplomats in retaliation for the expulsion of 2 russian diplomats by berlin last week it's also do with the killing of this man a former chechen commander in berlin last summer he was gunned down in a public park german prosecutors believe russia was behind the killing and russian diplomats were expelled because berlin

or the s's the fall of basketball star dirk nowitzki has received germany's highest civic honor in a ceremony in berlin germany present from the steinmeyer awarded him the order of merit for his sporting achievements as well as charity work with see retired in april at the age of 40 after playing 21 seasons for the dallas mavericks in the n.b.a. in 2007 the german was voted the league's most valuable player and later led the mavericks to an n.b.a. championship in 2011. so congratulations to him now you are watching the dubbed in news here's a recap of the breaking news story that we're following for you this man from georgia was gunned down in broad daylight in a burning pot last summer. now germany has expressed to russian diplomats in connection with the killing german prosecutors suspect russian or church and involvement in the killing. coming up next on news asia. on death row in china but innocent iraqis to form a managed to regain deaf. and be the one to tell the last launch of democracy into itself the same possible under prime minister that in the more these hindu nationalist government. that a

move has angered germany a longtime ally. berlin rejects the idea that washington can legally impose sanctions on 3rd parties. come up we have long been against extraterritorial sanctions we have the same problem with iran. in my opinion the only solution is to hold talks very decisive talks with against letting these extra territorial sanctions take in fact. despite the anger in berlin germany is not planning any action against washington that's not the case with russia the other partner in the pipeline president vladimir putin has threatened retaliation a moscow has made it clear it will go ahead and finish the project whatever the united states does. massive bush fires are raging across australia is new south wales state with 2 blazes around sydney burning at sea levels and the sea services have now also confirmed that 2 firefighters died on thursday night high temperatures and strong winds have created catastrophic conditions with firefighters battling more than $100.00 fire as across new south wales several roads heading out of

authorities talked about initially he was very well connected in the islamist scene both here in germany here in berlin where he attended mosques that were connected to that scene also in the western part of germany he was part of the islamist scene when on the that he had connections to islamists in france and belgium and also in libya and tunisia back in his home country so he was very well connected internationally ok now the german security services have been coming under a lot of pressure somebody are claiming there's been a cover up of key details in this case what's that all about well it certainly happened is that there was a lot of back and forth between the federal authorities on the one hand and the authorities in the various federal states where on his armory was active away a way where he was being observed at times we know that there were a number of informants close to him that were. run by various agencies of the german security system but these information the information that came from these people was not really coordinated between these various agencies and in the end here in berlin

the team myself you know neal hello and welcome to the program we begin with breaking news from berlin germany. to the russian embassy employees persona grata in connection to the murder of a georgian national in august russia has denied any state link called the expulsion substantiated. artie's nikki are and joins me live in the studio for a little bit more on what we know at this stage in the keys so we do know 2 embassy workers expelled or not came from german foreign ministry statement what more was was said in the well like you just said what we know at this point in terms of the russian embassy in berlin have been expelled and declared persona non grata and that's amid the news that germany's attorney general is reportedly going to be taking over investigations into the murder of this chechen asylum seeker and then this comes in response to what is believed to be a dissatisfaction with the level of involvement or cooperation that russia has offered in this murder investigation but it's also being seen as an indication that may suspect some level of involvement for all of the russian stat

network build outs germany is also wrestling with the issue beijing says it will retaliate against berlin if walk away is banned in germany. top story the currency in ghana under pressure again let's now get some more information from my cycle it says our correspondent in iraq it's the 25th year of depreciation of gone us currency how will people in ghana ordering people cope with that situation it's very difficult for gagnon's really businesses and individuals for businesses to struggle really to be able to make a profit because they need to access a lot of foreign currency to import the group bringing to the country and for local individuals the house to really contend with high prices of products because the country really imports a lot and doesn't exports much so really it's a struggle inside difficult time for many gun ians who really have to deal with this high as it was actually with that depreciation of the local currency and i said what were the governments towns of measures and the house they were. the government's counter measure has been for example to show that people call it

then russia has expelled 2 german embassy employees and comes a response to a similar move by berlin germany accused russia of not cooperating with an investigation into the murder of a children national well russia has it would be to be denied that calling the accusations groundless today the german ambassador received an official notice of protest over the explosives all the 2 russian diplomats a correspondent on course would join us live with the latest next hour john is that 30 minutes. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy going for indication let it be an arms race is all off and spearing dramatic to follow only closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical of time time to sit down and. when there is only johnson. and i just got out of prison for. 41 years. i'm 72 years old now i got arrested for to some i. feel like just everything was taken out of. my work in the hospital but it was. meant to snow man that looks a little bit like me. about high. homicide on 2 cars. now. we're tough in the. us so you're goi

this is the news live from berlin germany expels to russian diplomats of an alleged murder. victim was a former chechen rebel commander comes down in broad daylight in a bourbon pocket german prosecutors suspect russian or kitchen state involvement moscow says it will retaliate also coming up. fresh ammunition for u.s. democrats in their drive twin peaks' president trump legal scholars told u.s. lawmakers the trump committed impeachable offenses by pressuring ukraine's president for his own political guy and. contentious meeting in london with a show of unity sacred to spend more on defense and china. but divisions within the alliance remain and frustrations with the u.s. president when light. thanks for joining us a murder investigation here in berlin is now a full blown diplomatic storm between germany and russia it began with the killing of a former chechen rebel commander. really he was shot twice in the head as he walked to a mosque german or thora things have now expelled 2 russian diplomats over the killing believing russian intelligence to be responsible moscow denie

this is d w news live from berlin germany exposed to russian diplomats of an alleged murder. this was the victim a former chechen rebel commander it comes down in broad daylight in the german pop german prosecutors suspect or kitchen state involvement russia will retaliate also coming up. fresh ammunition for u.s. democrats in their drive to impeach president trump legal scholars tell us lawmakers the trump committed impeachable offenses by pressuring the french president. and night the latest wrap up by contentious anniversary meeting in london with a show of unity to spend more on defense and they worried that china is the new risk of divisions within the alliance from my own frustrations with the u.s. president with. a math anyhow that thanks for joining us a murder investigation here in berlin is now a full blown diplomatic storm between germany and russia it began with the killing of form a chechen rebel commander identified as zelin khan. he was shot twice in the head as he walked to a mosque a german authorities have now. expelled 2 russian diplomats over the killing b

here in berlin and a crime trail that may lead all the way to moscow today germany kicked out 2 russian diplomats a shocking move because the investigation of a shooting death here in berlin has quickly moved from the realm of the police to the world of politics earlier this year a former chechen rebel commander was shot in the head in broad daylight in a park right here in berlin the german government suspects a political hit job possibly ordered by but. this decision could mark a new escalation in relations between russia and western countries german chancellor angela merkel has defended the expulsion of russian diplomats after germany's federal prosecutor general said evidence points to russian state involvement of it in position a meeting the russian president next week and then i will let you know whether i have spoken with him and how that goes and we've taken this measure as you know mainly because we have seen that russia is not supporting us in investigating this murder and of course i've spoken with allies about this through bilateral contacts not that i can talk but why don't

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this is the deadly news coming to you live from berlin germany exposed to russian diplomats over alleged murder this was the victim a georgian man gunned down in broad daylight in a boiling pot bill and prosecutors suspect a russian chechen involvement we have the latest for you also coming up a divided nato searches for unity in london alliance leaders seek common ground at this 70th anniversary gathering there is agreement in one area that china resents new challenges for nato me get more from london. and the death of a good pop star in 3 months spots an intense debates among the pressures young celebrities face in south korea. i don't welcome. thanks for your company we begin with some breaking news at this hour germany has expelled 2 russian diplomats working at the russian embassy in berlin and this follows a decision by federal prosecutors to take over the case for georgian citizen killed in berlin in what this suspect russian or chechen involvement was that of the victim a national was shot dead in the park in central but in last august german prosecutors believe russian intellige

german foreign minister here in berlin has given out a statement saying that they declared 2 russian diplomats persona non-grata effectively expelling them from germany and from the services here at the russian embassy in berlin so far we don't know watch role capacity those russian diplomats had here in berlin the embassy right behind me but there are snout to leave the country and the reason the german forces more foreign ministry has been giving was that the german the russian embassy here in berlin was not helping in the investigation of the killing of the cheney and earlier this year here in germany and that they therefore considered these actions a little moscow what's the reaction being from the kremlin bullen's decision to expel 2 russian diplomats from here. well the kremlin has repeatedly denied any russian involvement in this murder and then after the expulsion of those 2 diplomats and we had a brief response from the russian foreign ministry they called the accusations founded and they also said that the expulsion was unfounded and unfriendly germany of leading this investigation in a politicized way is a rather strong accusations there a

think of being in berlin allows me that space on the fiction to have that distance away from a very vibrant v.t. conflicted jogger fee set the country so i think the distance being in germany being in berlin the spatially i think is very helpful for my state of mind ok i would just bowl and inspire you as well. as inspired me interesting ways it's been more. to be able to access these thought equal differences with its architecture with its european r.t.c. with its within modernity i think that being able to access that has been has been a video inspiration for me in my work i want to talk to you about bicycles because you feature them quite a bit different. and i know there's an interesting story concerning apartheid that sort of has to do with box of the story goes back many many years it goes back to the 2nd world war. and it's regarding this of african soldiers and the forms of compensation. will go with 2 soldiers who volunteered to fight for that had forces. were given different forms of compensation white soldiers were given land and soldiers of color black soldiers and guarded soldiers indian soldiers. were given bicycles. completely full so to me it's quite a yeah