us more about israel and germany's relationship and what sets it apart well what sets it up potts sumi is essentially its history and that's something that german politicians have stressed on and on various occasions that's something that i'm good i'm a coal also mentioned as a pot of germany's reason of state the right of existence to to israel that's something that germany's foreign minister heikal mohs also stressed in his inaugural speech saying that he entered politics because of our states he then also went to israel a few days later even if you look at the coalition agreement the new coalition agreement of the german government there's a chapter on israel where the israel and relationships with israel i described is a pillar of german politics so you can certainly say that their relationship between germany and israel is very important some even describe it as unique it has

i'm sumi so much going to good to have you with us a german prosecutor as i ask the court to order the extradition of former catalan president carlos pushed him on to spain pushable is currently jailed here in germany after being arrested as he crossed into the country from denmark last month he faces charges of rebellion in spain over catalonia failed bid for independence it is unclear when the german court courts will rule on whether to buy should be extradited this is what a court spokeswoman had to say. ticked with the statutory offenses listed in the european arrest warrant namely rebellion and misuse of public funds correspond to the offenses under german law of high treason and misappropriation. we came to the conclusion that there is a correspondence. the decision about what happens next in particular whether to issue an extradition warrant is now down to the swiss because don't hire regional coolant or german prosecutors say there are equivalent charges of rebellion and misuse of public funds here in germany but carl's push to moms legal team contests that i spoke to have both

i'm sumi so much going to get to have you with us a german prosecutor is seeking the extradition of former cattle i'm president carlos bustamante to spain first of march currently in jail in northern germany he was arrested as he crossed the border from denmark last month he faces charges of rebellion in spain over catalonia failed bid for independence the separatist leader has been in self-imposed exile in belgium since declaring catalan independence after all. referendum last october. and more on the story now with our political correspondent hans brunches with us and in our studio here a public fully aaliyah's who's been covering the spanish angle of this story good to have you both with us hans let's start with you what grounds do german prosecutors say they have to seek the extradition of pushing on to spain here. well this is all happening on the basis of a european warrant of a race that was issued by spain and this warrant lists to reasons why i've pushed upon should be extradited to the one reason is rebellion or sedition the other reason is the misuse of public funds both of thes

what would it mean if he does, joining me are sumi, eliot and leslie.ing you as an opponent of the iran deal, you said in the first segment, north korea is probably dreaming about getting a version of jcpoa. and that is the iran deal. isn't it fair to say that if what you're trying to get north korea to sign is something probably not even close to the iran deal, because the iran deal doesn't allow iran to have any nuclear energy program that could lead to a nuclear weapons program. it would seem bizarre when you're trying to get north korea to do some watered down version of the iran deal, to tear up the iran deal. >> i don't think so, i think if trump stays in the iran deal which he won't do. then kim jong-un says i can get a deal like that that does not cause me to abandon anything, it just means i pause for a while. and i think like the president does, it's a very bad deal. if the president gets out of the deal, the message to kim jong-un is, i'm not going to do what the president views as a weak deal like that, you are truly going to have to denucle

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well essentially sumi what sets it apart it's the history of the whole of course is something that is embedded in germany's political culture it is something that has been stressed by politicians not only now but also in on other occasions as well in fact angela merkel the german chancellor said that israel's right to exist was part of germany's reason of state so that just explains how important and even some would say how unique the relationship in the relationship is between germany and israel if you look for example at the current coalition agreement there's a chapter on israel stating precisely this importance if you look at germany's foreign minister high costs he said in his first speech as foreign minister that he had entered politics because of auschwitz and then afterwards announced a visit to israel so it is certainly a very important and as i say some would describe it as a unique relationship between germany and israel so mr klee an important friendship relationship as you said thomas but how would you describe ties now probably good but with potential there have been som

time sumi so it's gonna good to have you with us israel is celebrating seventy years of independence according to the hebrew calendar that anniversary began at sundown on wednesday to honor the moment founding father david ben-gurion announced the state of israel into existence the following year saw the jewish state of bitter odds with its arab neighbors bus prime minister benjamin netanyahu told crowds in jerusalem that real seeds of peace were beginning to sprout in the region . in a blaze of fire the menorah the symbol of the state of israel comes to life. was. with a colorful ceremony the country marked its independence day. seventy years since the jewish state was founded in the middle east israelis celebrated the country's economic and cultural accomplishments. the event also marked israel's memorial day a fleet of drones in the night sky formed the star of david over jerusalem to honor those who died for the country. prime minister benjamin netanyahu that an honorary torch to remember those killed in his speech he issued a warning to the world that israel would defend itself

i'm sumi so much gonda good to have you with us central berlin is on shutdown this morning as emergency services diffuse a massive world war two bomb the british bomb was uncovered on a building site near the city's central train station a german authorities will evacuate thousands in the surrounding area and halt rail services at the central train station seven decades after the end of the second world war germany still finds more than two thousand. thousand tonnes of unexploded bombs and live ammunition every year and most are on earth or on construction sites . let's go right to rebecca ritter she's standing by for us after the scene hi rebecca good morning so we understand that the the evacuation is starting now give us an idea of what's happening that's right good morning sumi so i'm standing here in front of the bomb site i'm not sure if you can see it behind me but the police and the bomb disposal unit have a rived we're still we still haven't been evacuated but as i'm talking right now there's a couple of police vans coming here we are set to be evacuated from this site any mome

i'm sumi so much gondo welcome to the show. the global chemical weapons watchdog o.p.c. w is holding a special meeting today to discuss the nerve agent attack on a former russian double agent in britain the kremlin has demanded an apology from the u.k. for saying the poison came from moscow they argue britain's failure to track down the source of the nerve agent proves the accusations are baseless in an interview with salva british foreign secretary boris johnson said there was no doubt in his mind that russia is to blame if you argue that their source of base north edge and is russia how did you manage to find that out so quickly that's driven by says samples of the case when i look at the the evidence from the people from from porton down the we. may have the samples you do and they and they they they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy myself i said are you sure and he said as they died but the porton down laboratory chief executive has countered that he's come out to say his scientists only identify the nerve agent and not where it came from we in terms o

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i'm sumi so much gone the good to have you with us the former catalan separatist leader carlos push tomorrow is today facing an uncertain fate he is currently in prison here in germany after being detained while crossing the border last week but a few hours ago a german prosecutor asked for him to be extradited to spain to face charges of rebellion it is now up to a regional court in germany to decide whether to grant the request. for the former counsel lonely. for now. remains behind the walls of this detention center in northern germany. and that's likely to remain the case after prosecutors in the state of schleswig found spain's extradition request to be legally admissible. tech whether the statutory offenses listed in the european arrest warrant namely rebellion and misuse of public funds correspond to the offenses under german law high treason and misappropriation. we came to the conclusion that there is a correspondent. just over a week ago had traveled to finland from his self-imposed exile in belgium to attend a conference and meet makers. facing arrest by finish off dorothy's he tr

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i'm sumi so much going to have to have you with us russia has invited an international chemical weapons watch star to inspect the site of an alleged chemical attack in syria this is us president donald trump threatened imminent military action and were sponsored to with aid workers in the town of duma east of damascus a poison gas was used to kill dozens of people in an attack over the weekend moscow is said it found no evidence in the syrian government denies any responsibility. did these bombs dropped on the last rebel held area near the syrian capital damascus contain chemical weapons the answer could be cause for escalation in the conflict there most of all between the united states and russia. the two global powers faced off at the united nations security council in new york. russia's obstructionism will not continue to hold us hostage when we are confronted with an attack like this one the united states is determined to see the monster who dropped chemical weapons on the syrian people held to account yet. i call upon those slandering the regime to move forward with the assumption

yes that's right sumi the evacuation is underway we have been moved away from the bomb site where i'm now standing about eight hundred meters from the bomb site just on the edge of the evacuation zone on the on this side of the bell in central station which you can see behind me. the train station has been completely shut down all routes have been diverted and basically the city around the bomb site is in lockdown we're back with mention the thousands of tons of bombs are discovered every year what makes this different. well the size of the bombs to me as you as you say it experts people do dig up world will memorabilia world war not memorabilia story about world war explosives often however this this sheer size of this one is what makes it so different and its proximity to the city so it's a five hundred kilo bomb and it is so close to central berlin that had to evacuate lots of the city as i just mentioned the central station one of the city's main hospitals charité is also had certain buildings surrounding it evacuated as well as the the armed forces building has had to forces hosp

so you news for now sumi will be with you at the top of the next hour and of course you'll find all our stories online a t w dot com thanks for watching. this month in germany is a strong country. that we have achieved so much we can do this and if something henderson says we must overcome it. going where it's uncomfortable global news that matters w made for mines. from the freedom and. freedom away from behind the counter game ends of pennsylvania. freedom wave of. problems. that freedom or a record of jobs are coming. across america people and chase washington is about to experience the biggest protest in the country's history african-americans on them. mounding the civil rights. just before midnight dr martin luther king jr arrives in the capital it is the high point of a life of activism for the baathist preacher from atlanta georgia. a quarter of a million people have come to washington to hear him speak. he will share his training a dream of an america without racism. martin luther king is the undisputed leader of the civil rights movement and as far as against racial discriminat

as much as i believe in comeback sumi i this is a done and dusted. already done and dusted well that's not a very good prospect for a row of but it will look like barcelona will pull that out there early mottaki from dint of you sports thanks for bringing us that. reminder now of the top stories that we're following for you here on new german carjacking folks wagon says it is considering replacing its c.e.o. much smaller as part of a management shakeup the new board is due to meet on friday for consultations. accusations have been flying over suspected poison gas attack in syria president assad's regime has invited international chemical weapons experts to inspect the alleged site of the attack russia says it has found no evidence that it actually happened. u.s. president donald trump has reacted with fury to a raid on the office of his personal lawyer by the f.b.i. has called it a witch hunt designed to undermine his presidency. and a facebook boss mark zuckerberg is due to appear before u.s. lawmakers on capitol hill today he say says a grilling ov

i'm sumi so much gonda good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump has confirmed that cia director mike pompei all travel to north korea and met leader kim jong il on he tweeted that the secret trip went quote very smoothly the u.s. leader is currently at his mar-a lago resort in florida hosting another key stakeholder in the north korean nuclear arms race japanese prime minister shinzo abi. after welcoming shinzo abbe and his wife donald trump wasted no time in addressing one of the main issues on their agenda north korea the u.s. president revealing a breakthrough in relations between washington and pyongyang were also a story talking to north korea directly we have had direct talks very high levels remain high levels with north korea. and i really believe there's a lot of goodwill a lot of good things are happening to see what happens as i always say we'll see what the response has now confirmed that cia director and secretary of state nominee mike pompei oh met with north korean leader kim jong un last week. a stunning turn

i'm sumi so much gonda good to have you with us. central berlin is on shut down this morning as emergency services diffuse a massive world war two bomb the british farm was uncovered on a building site near the city's central train station german authorities have evacuated thousands in the surrounding area and halted rail services at the central train station seven decades after the end of the second world war germany still finds more than two thousand tonnes of unexploded bombs and live ammunition every year and most are on earth on construction sites. let's go right to rebecca ritter she is following this story for us at the scene hi rebecca good to see you give us an idea of what's going on i can hear at the moment. rebecca can you hear me all right it looks like we're back i can't hear us at the moment but i will try to get factor a little bit earlier rebecca ritter's there reporting for us for now though we're going to move on to our next story here in berlin though one of the suspects in a legit anti-semitic attack has now tur

i'm sumi so much going to get to have you with us central berlin is all shut down this morning as emergency services diffuse a massive world war two bomb the british bomb was uncovered on a building site near the city's central train station german authorities are evacuating thousands in the surrounding area rail services will also be halted for several hours at the central train station seven decades after. the end of the second world war germany still finds more than two thousand tons of on exploded bombs and live ammunition every year and most are on or just on construction sites . and rebecca rivers is standing by at the scene for us hi rebecca the evacuation is already underway what's the situation right now where you are. the typically the area. we're back with lisa been to ration and now i'm standing right in front of the main central station here in believe as you can see probably see behind me there's a couple of cars have gone past the basically the area where you can desolate it's it's like a ghost town quite strange i mean you can see even here the police blocking the roads righ

i'm sumi someone's got to go to have you with us french president a man on the call has condemned a rise in authoritarianism in the e.u. and urged europeans to defend their democracy mccall was outlining his vision for the future of europe in a speech to the european parliament in strasbourg he said the e.u. was failing to address the fears and concerns of its citizens and that change is long overdue. he should read don't think there is doubt in a number of european countries and month after month these doubts seeing others call our foundation this into question the fundamental there seems to be a sort of european civil war national selfishness and egotism taking precedence over what unites us focus accusingly. did he use max hoffman has been following him i know i'm not constant in stress for us hi max we're here to say a sort of european a civil war those are pretty strong words that think should be directed at specific member states what do you make of that. they seem to be directed towards the east member states like hungary with the prime minister viktor orban who have chosen a more

sawyer news for now sumi is up next of the top of the next hour thanks for watching. those funds germany is a strong country. that we have achieved so much we can do this and do something henderson says we must overcome it in the. going where it's uncomfortable global news that matters t.w. made for mines. the c.e.o. of facebook is under enormous pressure as he makes his way to a congressional hearing called by u.s. lawmakers. facebook has been harshly criticized since news broke of the enormous abuse of its data by cambridge analytical. senators have been questioning mark zuckerberg about his company's carefree attitude toward its customers data and possible manipulation of the u.s. electoral system through the use of such data. zuckerberg performance was contrite and apologetic we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake and it was my mistake and i'm sorry i started facebook i run it and i'm responsible for what happens here. although zuckerberg came across as well prepared and willing to accept criticism he wasn't making any

particular treat agreement seems to stick all right andrea hang in singapore thank you so much for this and sumi is going to tell us a little bit about saudi arabia and its new reforms harmonically saudi arabia is known as one of the world's most conservative countries but things might be changing there and there's a reason for that oil falling prices have hit the oil rich kingdom very hard now crown prince mohammed bin salman has unveiled an ambitious program of reforms that's known as vision twenty thirty it's aimed at transforming the kingdom's economy now these reforms include diversifying the economy reducing its dependence on oil also creating new jobs and making the country less reliant on foreign workers now saudi arabia also wants to attract more foreign investment into the country and it has also taken a few steps towards social reform it has made a start in lifting some of the oppressive restrictions on women for example a driving ban for women will finally be removed later this year our reporter funny for char travel to the capital riyadh and to jeddah to look at what this vision for

i'm sumi so much going to have you with us the global chemical weapons watchdog is holding an emergency talks in the hague on the suspected poison gas attack in syria earlier this month the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or o.p.c. w. is holding a closed door session as inspectors from the watchdog visit sites in dumas they will collect evidence and interview witnesses to determine whether banned chemicals were used in the attack on july seventh dozens of people including children were killed allegedly with a poison gas. allister hayes an expert in chemical warfare he was involved with analysis of chemical weapons in iraq and he joins us from leeds in the u.k. alastair thank you very much for being on our program experts as we said are going to be investigating the site tell us more about the process of searching for evidence of chemical weapons usage and how certain they can be. well if the inspectors get full access and there's been no interference with any of the evidence they have a very good chance of finding things they will be as you said earlier talking to v

i'm sumi so much going to good to have you with us the daughter of a former russian spy has been discharged from the hospital and taken to a secure location some five weeks after both she and her father reports and yulia and circus group all were exposed to a nerve agent in the english city of salzburg last month both were in critical condition for weeks the apparent target of the attack survey screwballs remains in the hospital the case has plunged relations between russia and the west to the lowest in decades britain is accusing russia of masterminding the attack moscow denies involvement the hospital treating yulia her father and a police officer who was also exposed to the nerve agent held a press conference a short while ago. all three had been exposed to a nerve agent nerve agents work by attaching themselves to particular enzymes in the body which then stop the nerves from functioning this result from symptoms such a sickness nations. our job in treating the patients is to stabilize them and showing that they can breathe and the blood can continue to circulate we then need to to use

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i'm sumi jo misconduct good to have you with us the global chemical weapons watchdog is holding a special meeting to discuss the nerve agent a time. on a former russian double agent and britain moscow has demanded it join the investigation into the attack a move britain has announced as perverse in an interview with. sofa last month british foreign secretary boris johnson said there was no doubt in his mind that russia is to blame you argue that their source of north edge and the choke is russia how did you manage to find that out so quickly does britain possess sample something else when i look at the evidence from the people from from porton down the the border a have the samples you do and they they they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy why so i said are you sure and he said there's no dar so there's little doubt enforcement johnson's mind but chemical weapons experts have failed to back up the foreign secretaries assertions that is complicating an already murky situation. this is porton down the lab in britain at the center of the investigation into the poisoning of thi

directed at certain member states to the east what did you make of that yeah i do agree with that sumi especially countries like hungary where you have prime minister viktor orban that he was already leading his country into the sort of authoritarian democracy that michael rejected in his speech here in front of the european parliament in strasburg he's a defender of liberal democracy so that was a clear message to the east but not only to the east also back home to france we shouldn't forget who we're dealing here with the money remark all made of his program actually to fight for liberal democracy to promote the european union in a positive way on apologetically against you know penn who of course is one of the most successful right wing populists of europe and it seems like he wanted to prescribe the rest of the european union here. of what made him successful last year and he was laying out his vision for the future of europe max what is that vision. yeah here it gets a little more complex of course he touched upon number of subjects as all the heads of state and government that so