this is 60 miles outside vienna. he excelled in school with special talents in languages, literature and history. he was most drawn to science however any left at age 19 for medical studies in 1925 at the university of vienna. vienna was in great turmoil at the time. it had been the cultural capital of europe at the turn of the 20th century, the birthplace of modernism. then after defeat in world war i, the metropolis suffered severe political and economic crisis. three children flooded cnn's institution in the city's child development professionals rushed in to help. vns founded one of the most progressive social welfare systems in the world. it was renowned as the vns system and had an army of highly trained social workers and of course i meant psychoanalysts and psychiatrists who are donating their time to help these children. one waiter in its efforts was clemens won pk. you probably never heard of him but he was one of the most prominent people in vns. he headed the children's hospital and turned it into an inte

let's talk about vienna, the first timea let's talk about vienna, the first time a european city has. we've been asking people at home to tell us what makes any city liveable, what about you? food, if you can get good food in any place, that's number one for me. you're a political —— political and social stability, is that important to you? not if the food is good. crime? are we talking about the number of fast food places available? manchester saw the biggest improvement of any european city, rising 16 places to get to 35 and its ahead of london in the rankings. australia has been top, melbourne, has been top for a long time and it's been booted off by vienna. i've been to vienna and it is beautiful, stunning. crocs, are you a fan? unlike vienna, stunning, crocs are not. they are announcing their closing the last factory but crocs will still exist, what is the story in a0 seconds? their closing their last factory but it's not going to be the end for crocs -- it's not going to be the end for crocs —— they are. how can you have no factories and stay on? there are many other producers

simon baptist explained how vienna beat melbourne to the top spot.en a reduction in their crime rate, so it is the safety score that has gone up and melbourne saw an improvement in the number of music concerts that it has, but because the crime criteria is acting number, vienna tipped over this year. looking at or —— osaka and tokyo, why have they done so well? they are the exceptions because the top cities tend to be less densely populated, less congestion, less pollution, but they have such good infrastructure, they can combine the populations with a high score and the improvement in public transport has moved them up. not only did melbourne lose its top spot in the index, australians are not as happy as well as they used to be according to one study. is despite strong economic growth, wages have been stagnant. phil mercer reports. prosperous, safe and funny, australia is seen as the place to be for the good life. —— sonny. there has not been a recession here since the early 1990s. and as for economic growth at over 3%, it is the envy of the world.

this bird's eye view of vienna is destined to remain unique. in this week's serious living outside the box we take a look at some homes that really stand out from the crowd and make it on the series with a report from the city of constance in south west germany i think it was huisken lives in a very narrow house which partly with this own hands he explains why he chose this on usual bidding. the streets are narrow here in need of book the oldest part of constance and right here in the middle of it is the house that was her skin bought in twenty eleven. the sky. the houses the remeasure three meters and when it if i measure it from here it's two meters. and here i have a good meter more. than i reach the end of my nose but those are the x. journal measurements inside it's even smaller places before. but nonetheless he fell in love with the property right away there was this whole story as i was walking through the house i knew that i would achieve something that i liked. always had a soft spot for tiny houses and this was the real high point in

and here's the scene just about ten minutes ago at the vienna metro. jason kessler and his small contingent of people arriving back here agn, being surrounded by police andco ed out to the parking lot at the vienna south metro, where presumably they've got into their vehicles and hd home. i asked jason kessler how he would respond to those who say his demonstration today was failure, particularly when you look at those small numbers. t was a he believes success, that it showed they could demonstrate here peacefully. but no doubt critics are going to seehis much differently, as a day in whi the white nationalists were drowned out, both literally by this weather and figuratively by the counterprotesters. back to you in e studio. you said it, julie carey. counterprotesters have been ridrowning out fat activists so far today. news 4's darcy spencer h been speaking with demonstrators who have been denouncing hate. she joins us live at lafayette square with reaction. >> reporter: that's right. i've been with the counterdemonstrators for the last several hour

also open their ports the issue is being discussed at an informal meeting of defense ministers in vienna. italy says it won't accept migrants like these any more if other you member states don't share the burden currently as part of the u.s joint naval mission in the mediterranean no less operations severe rescued migrants are brought to italian harbors despite rims objections it's only ones of the e.u. countries to take on their share of migrants if not they could close their waters to operations sophia's ships. the e.u. is feeling the pressure the issue of how to share the management of migration flows that is not an issue for one single country is a common european issue this is why we have a european union operation at sea and this is why i believe that even if it's a very difficult discussion. it would be good if member states considered taking more responsibility the three year old mission is supposed to clamp down on people smuggling and illegal migration across the mediterranean but it has also rescued people off to live in coast and to live it them to italy around fifty thousand

garrett traveled with this group of organizers from vienna to washington, d.c. garrett, what did you hear at the vienna subway station and the organizers of this rally? >> reporter: hey, david. i apologize for the audio issues here. we are in the middle of this protest and in front of the cops and in front of this protest. geoff laid it out pretty well. kessler says this is goabout fr speech, not about race. but he needs to tell his followers that. i interviewed several people here to attend this rally, including someone who said they believe that white americans are the founding stock of the united states. and that everybody else is somehow less than that. these are folks who say that they have backgrounds with storm front, the kkk web organization. i mean, the idea that this is not a racist rally is undercut by what some of the attendees themselves are saying. the question of what you're going to see and hear today, that is all of a sudden to me, at least, a very big open question, because there's almost nobody here representing the unite to right portion of t

chopper 4 first over the breaking news in vienna on browns mill road. kind of see in the center of the shot right here that vehicle is stuck basically in the middle of about a 200-yard b closure ofwns mill road. the road completely flooded out right now. now, it looks like swift water crews were planning to put a bottom of re at the the screen, but now they have removed that and are trying to move to the other side. and t reason why, the water on the south side there is moving a lot faster than the north. so they will reposition that boat and w theyl hopefully get this driver out of their vehicle. they are still inside of it. so we'll continue to follow thil g as we can. reporting live from chopper 4, eun, back down to you.br >> , thank you for the update. it is hard to imagine how the driver even drifted that far out. >> in the middle of e flooding area, that's crazy. our coverage continues on the ground with adam tuck near street station. >> adam, how are the flooding there? >> reporter: it's definitely gone down in the last hour orhi so, is good news

well european defense ministers are meeting in vienna today for the second day of talks and after trying to as announcement operation sophia is likely to be the number one item on the agenda we have our correspondent barbara basell there covering the talks for us in vienna barbara good morning to you operations of fear was supposed to help stop people smuggling and prevent further deaths at sea why is it lee pushing to have this changed. it's really just want to except to the both of the other european countries anymore who are involved in the mission sophia it's simply one's to keep his harvest totally closed not only for n.-g. o. vessels we have already seen that all commercial vessels who are not allowed to disembark. harbors anymore ports anymore if they have migrants and ports but it also wants to close its harbor now for the other european countries for their military vessels and that is the next step in the escalating war between italy and the other european countries the point is and what it should be wants is for other countries france for instance or spain who are me if much fa

in vienna, jewelulie carey, new. >>> the man arrested today, accused of spitting on officers is donaldgeorget according to fairfax county police. he is charged with simpleas ult. >>> new tonight, metro's largest union wts metro's g.m. fired. the union accuses paul weiedefed of lying about how they would be transported. the idea of speci trains for them caused a huge controversy in the days leading up to the tlly. a shorte ago metro released a statement to news4, quote, the kessr group traveled from vienna to foggy bottom on a regularly scheduled train together with other passengers, media, and law enforcement. they were escorted by police onto the rear of the train, and police rode i that railcar, end quote. metro says that was done to protect the safety of everybody onhe train. stay with news4 and our nbc washington app as we follow the aftermath from today's rally and much larger counterprotests. the city, police, and metro facing a lot of questions about how they handled everything. >>> meanwhile in charlottesville, today, an tpouring of love and support for heather heyer's mom. sus

the bavarian radio orchestra and the vienna philharmonic syndicate two of his favorites. the serious least i know a lot less you have. evolved from out of that out of that it out faith but out but out what i. thought i. used to lead. on the necessary pieces. this was doing it's all. i got out of that i loved it. and then i've done stein and stuff mama kindred spirits like mama bernstein delighted in extremes his shop incident was matched by an overwhelming emotionality . of the sciatic. mahler being jewish being a conductor being a composer not always being accepted having difficulties in life. i think the comparison is good with leonard bernstein when another person and i would discuss mauler i felt as if i was speaking to a composer that's what the fascinating part is i was thinking why do i get so involved. so that. rick after i finish a movement of him i was simply i'm out of breath and drenched. and shaking. my stomach is up in my throat somewhere why not just stand there in the time in let all this happen by itself. and i realize i conned. the morsi kamala's in vain

of the top ten now aside from vienna and copenhagen and i've been on those being two european cities this top ten is entirely canadian japanese and australian melbourne in second place had been number one for seven years toronto in tokyo tied for seventh place these cities all make the list because they score highly on stability health care culture education infrastructure those sorts of things here's the bottom ten and of the one hundred forty cities it is damascus in syria which is considered the worst which is actually interesting because damascus has been largely protected from the brunt of syria's war if i can put it that way other places down here in bangladesh lagos nigeria kharaj the port moresby as in papa new guinea all these places it is crime civil unrest and war which play a part in pretty much every one of them we wondered though also about the world's big cities you know the ones that people traditionally dream of living in chose three of them paris at nineteen london a lot further down to forty eight new york in fifty seventh place all round as cultural hubs and excit

defense ministers meeting in vienna and joins us now from there barbara the meeting has just wrapped up i understand were the ministers able to find any common ground . absolutely none terry other than they say that the mission's afia is important for the security and the securing off the external borders of the european union which may be true however. it's in the position of italy actually puts this mission in doubt it runs till the end of the year but as things stand now the naval vessels of the other european countries participating in sofia could not disembark in you more in italian ports from next week on if something if an interim solution is not found or if they don't sort of circumvent the problem that means they can't really pick up any more migrants in the mediterranean in the mediterranean for the next weeks and months so the situation is really it's runs in circles the states of head and heads of state and government will have to deal with the dublin. regulation any more again they will have to sort of figure out an interim solution we've been there before terry numerous

defense ministers are meeting today for a second day in vienna also talking about operation sophia barbara bezel is covering the joint talks and joins us now from the austrian capital barbara operations appears currently achieving its aim of reducing people smuggling and preventing further deaths at sea why is it pushing to have a changed. it's really wants more of this. mission that's the point behind all this and it's a really high stakes gamble because the atmosphere here among the defense minister is quite partisan and because they feel blackmailed by italy to not allow you a fellow european naval vessels to enter your ports after they have maybe rescued a couple of hundred migrants at sea that is that's a pretty drastic step that really is an escalation of the ongoing battle off it's only against sea rescue against it taking in. for instance they've already done that what it's really really is to more or less completely end the sea rescue off migrants off the european union in front of the libyan coast and that's what all this is about what barbara is there any prospect of the defense

the agenda let's go right to our correspondent barbara vai so she is covering the talks for us in vienna today hi barbara so operation sophia was supposed to prevent people smuggling and further deaths at sea why is it only pushing to have this changed. italy has such an ultimatum to the european union and that runs in fact tomorrow so defense ministers are under quite some pressure to come up with a solution however so far things seem to be quite intractable it's only doesn't want to accept the vessel itself its european neighbors which are engaged in emissions of fear anymore in their own harbors they say somebody else should take up france for instance or spain or whoever malta and sort of relieve it from the burden to have having to take in all those migrants not the point is that the figures have as we all know gone down dressed to kill you this year so this is a political issue it is not really any more about thousands and thousands of people arriving in italian ports but it is it an issue that the interior minister. is pushing day and night he wants to completely close off italy's

showing austria's foreign minister waltzing with russians the blood of your puts in is embarrassing vienna. to. thank you for your company authorities in southern india a struggling to cope with some of the west floods over a century well the three hundred people are dead and hundreds of thousands have been displaced rescuers in the state of kerala a stepping up efforts to bring food and water to the many people still stranded by the high water more rains are forecast for the coming days. with much of the state underwater thousands across carol are still waiting for rescue ten days of relentless monsoon rains have brought chaos to this popular tourist destination. landslides and bridge collapses have left many areas cut off boats and helicopters the only way out but rescue is not always possible the flow is very. very difficult to go towards that. you can give into the way there is to provide food and water to them so that they can at least in the water receives a nationwide drive is underway to send relief equipment to karen or. our neighboring state to suffering a lot i need to give you

on the bbc news website, vienna has been named the world's most liveable city. first time a european city has topped the rankings. and, finally, they've been called the ugliest shoes ever made while millions of others love them for their comfort. now the makers of crocs, the foam clog shoe, have announced they're closing their final factory, although the brand denies that it's the end of their famous holey footwear. so let's begin. with me is james hughes, chief market analyst at axi trader, a brokerage firm. we will get onto crocs soon, all of oui’ we will get onto crocs soon, all of our kids wear them. let's start with

kessler's group got here to the vienna metro station about 2:00 in the afternoon. they got on board an orange line train and they were all in the rear car. or a few minutes, police officers did block riders from entering parts of the station, although the train was not completely, that rail car was not completelye. privat some journalists onboard with kessler's group. once thehe train left station, it was reopened and people could get in. we were told that transit officers did advise passengers to move to thet front of the train to avoid kessler's group and then when they arrived at foggy bottom,ll the passengers were asked to exit first and thenolice escorted kessler's oup off the train. we reached out to metro and they say police made the final decision on how to safely g kessler's group to the rally. quote, they were escorted by police o to the rear of the train and police road in that rail car and others to the safety of everyone onboard the train. the train stopped station to allow any customers to enter and exit. not good enough says one d.c. council member.

institute for international economic studies he joins us now from vienna we appreciate your time so much so the landscape now compared to what it was pre two thousand and fifteen before this agreement is different this time it is clear that china seems to be lining up with the ron russia is even the e.u. is saying let's not do this so how does that indicate to you that things might play out a little different this time because iran is not as isolated as it was before. well to my understanding. in two thousand and twelve when the sanctions the sanctions were intensified and it was the coalition of countries china russia european union many other countries and us and it was very effective and since then or much before that the iranian economy somehow diversified its trade linkages and investment linkages to more ease to china to india more recently to russia so iran's trade agreement with european commission to improve its trade relations with russia and other countries in central asia so the only loss was the european union trade relation that after d.j. soup it was somehow increased

foggy botto vienna metro, freedom plaza, lafayette square. our broadcast starts at 6:00, but we'll go on the airthefore if necessary. keep it tuned into nbc4 for complete coverage of the white supremacist rallynd >>> it is going to be a long night in charlottesville. take a look athis video coming in just behind me. a line of police is what you're seeing back there in riot gear. standing by, students and activists rally on campus. several groups demonstrating tonight. there were some tense moments with demonstratorshouting at officers, but so far no physical confrontations. earlier in the day, police arrested three men in and around the secure zone downtown. one man i charged with trespassing, another being drunk in public, and a third man had razors on him, which are on the prohibited items list. and police kept a watchful eyeh on group of demonstrators, they carried white pride sign silently marching through the streets. >>> we have breaking news out of college park. the university of maryland football coach d.j. durkin now lo paid leave. t

most other western european nations in fact if we look at the script poisoning case just recently vienna was one of the few russian capitals not to expel any russian diplomats over that but while it's certainly a private affair well vladimir putin is in austria at this wedding it's very much a business affair later in the day for him it's unlikely we're going to see any pictures from that wedding of lot of media putin on the dance floor beginning into the night because around six pm he's due to be here in berlin where he'll be meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and. a fresh case thought police brutality has made headlines this time involving an eighty seven year old woman she was tasered by an officer from the u.s. state of georgia while cutting flowers. she died she got shot like we have never really told her about stun guns or tazers and so she doesn't know what that is when she you realize what happened she is touching her heart. syrian born martha alba shar was cutting down the line from in after school club across the street from her home the facilities employees called th

waste not want not that's eve she cruise macia every week he sells his rather unusual wine at vienna's big open air food market most people struggle to guess what the beverages made. it has a very interesting flavor and aroma the initial taste is a little strange for wine drinkers but then again some body is like it's like that the seat tastes different light on refreshing and it's not too strong. i notice the banana in the after taste. but nana wine is popular in parts of africa if she is from the democratic republic of congo when he saw the amount of fruit that gets thrown away in europe he started buying up overripe bananas. so by this department and people stop buying bananas as soon as they get brown sponsors start becoming sweeter huge that they get thrown away. and rather than let you go to waste we buy them and make something new from the market was noised to us. he pays ten euro is for a crate of bananas which is half the original price even his wife makes three to four batches of banana wine every year. first the bananas are peeled and the strings are removed so the wind won'

the austrian capital vienna has been ranked as the world's most livable city.t is the first time a european city has led the annual survey by the magazine economist. the yes secured an almost perfect score of 99 points out of 100. each year, 140 cities are ranked by living centers, crime, stability. australia jobs to second place after being voted the most livable city for seven years in a row. is a yellow your favorite city? brent: -- is vienna your favorite city? brent: i don't know if i want to live there. berlin is a great city. the russian government has withdrawn funding from one of the country's most prominent human rights organizations. a group called for human rights is led by an activist who is now fighting to keep it afloat. among those most worried about the group's survival of the people it helps. these include teenagers arrested for criticizing the government, and their distraught relatives. reporter: this demonstrator fears the worst, cononcerned moe youth will be accused of what the government calls extremist activities. protesters in moscow fie

most other western european nations in fact a real look at the script poisoning case just recently vienna was one of the few russian capitals not to expel any russian diplomats over that but while it's certainly a private affair while vladimir putin is in austria at this wedding it's very much a business affair later in the day for him it's unlikely we're going to see any pictures from that wedding of lot of me appeared on the dance floor beginning into the night because around six pm he's due to be here in berlin where he'll be meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and. now another case of police brutality has made the headlines this time involving an eighty seven year old woman she was tasered by officers in the u.s. state of georgia cutting flowers she died she got shot like we have never really told her about stun guns or tazers and so she doesn't know what that is when she you realize what happened here is touching her heart syrian born. was cutting down the lines near an after school club across the street from her home in the facilities employees there called the police repo

>> so their plan is taso mble at a metro station in vienna just a few miles from here, vienna virginia, about 20 or so of jason kesler's followers showed up there and got on a metro train, a subway. so they should be arriving soon in an area not far from here. their plan is to then march here to lafayette park. >> sreenivasan: let's talk a bit about his protestors r his marchers versus the hundreds that are you seeing behind you. >> as rtsaid our re are that there are just a couple of dozen of white nationalists, kesler's followers who will make their way here. meanwhile there are hundreds of people behind me and thousands throughout the rest of washington d.c. and it's not just local people. i was in charlottesville yesterday. so many people i spoke to there said they would not miss the protesto come here and jason kesler in person. have i spoken to folks from new jersey, from new york, from north carolina, even. so folks have come from not just this area but l over the region for this protest. >> sreenivasan: you have done t lot of reporting on different extremoups and white aspremac

it's that ride on the metro from vienna to foggy bottom thatas metro officials so concerned. this was the scene last august inth charlottesville whee unite the right rally went from confrontational deadly. >> now the white supremist group is coming here planning to hold a real ouide the white house next sunday. d.c. council member jack evans who is also chairman of the tro board says police and metro officials are worried about the possibility of violencef the white supremist and counterproteers clash. we have groups that will be clearly at odds with each older. we w like to keep the groups separate. metro.ant incidents on >> the plan is for the white supremist to meet v at thay in tree station sunday afternoon and then take metro to foggy bottom where they will march downnsylvania avenue to the white house for the protest. evan says one idea being considered is providingaieparate for the opposing groups. >> we're tryingo see how can we keep the groups separate so we don't have any incidents but at t same time not put in place different programs thatd coul be problematic for

to end to terror a little solace standards of human rights across you're also slipping my guest in vienna is michael flood the director of the agency full fundamental rights does he believe you up is doing all you can to protect human rights conflicts so for. g.w. . there's something mysterious going on in the french city of. our iran next reporter megan leave visited the house of magic. a tribute to the late magician a very. and a museum full of surprises. good things in sixty minutes. bursts hope to millions of species a home for saving. as much as those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like to use has encountered the climate used green energy solutions and reforestation. they create interactive content teaching the next generation about environmental protection and were determined to build something here for the next generation global ideas the multimedia environment series on d. w. . from the treatment of migrants to freedom of expression to end to terror alerts us then that's of human

their so-called granny raven vienna central square is already legendary. be kept that's when the chore ladies who've decided not to sit around at home waiting for death would getting involved in shaping this country but c o o o o o o established in november twenty seventeen the grannies against the right were spurred into political action after the far right party f.p.o. join the coalition government they have a special song about chancellor sebastian courts in which they caricature him as a big bad wolf oh. yeah boy. that is our stars cloud sticky root deuced carlos the billy joel surnow. o.r.'s oh our souls well this guy says if ted that's too oh. oh oh. sixty six year old barbara borean was one of their first members. she says being older has its advantages. or must have annoyed grandmas have the time and space to get well organized and use our creative resources. so we can go out in public and hit the streets loud and proud. off to play. together with the others bourrienne hopes to counteract the political shift toward the right regarding refugee polic

most other western european nations in fact if we look at the script poisoning case just recently vienna was one of the few russian capitals not to expel any russian diplomats over that but while it's certainly a private affair while vladimir putin is in austria at this wedding it's very much a business affair later in the day for him it's unlikely we're going to see any pictures from that wedding of lot of media putin on the dance floor beginning into the night because around six pm he's due to be here in berlin where he'll be meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and. a fresh case of police brutality has made headlines this time involving an eighty seven year old woman she was tasered by officers in the u.s. state of georgia whilst cutting flowers she died she got shot like we have never really told her about stun guns or tazers and so she doesn't know what that is when she you realize what happened here is touching her heart. syrian born martha alba shar was cutting down the lines near and after school club across the street from her home the facilities employees called the pol

other western european nations in fact if you look at the script power poisoning case just recently vienna was one of the few russian capitals not to expel any russian diplomats over that but while it's certainly a private affair while vladimir putin is in austria at this wedding it's very much a business affair later in the day for him it's unlikely we're going to see any pictures from that wedding of lot of media putin on the dance floor beginning into the night because around six pm he's due to be here in berlin where he'll be meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and. a simple mistake in a news report has caused uproar on twitter while covering an opposition rally in nicaragua where c.n.n. wrongly accused a photo of a pro-government demonstration and that sparked a big reaction online some users noticed a flag in the background belonged to the country's ruling party moreover the demonstrators actually holding portraits of place officers allegedly killed by the opposition some of the people in the photo even chimed then saying that it was a pro-government rally against terrorism.

well the personal invitation was extended while the russian president was in vienna back in june on well business on a business trip to the austrian capital for part of a stop off on route from moscow to here in berlin where i'll be sitting down for business talks with chancellor angela merkel this is a rare social appearance though from vladimir putin in western europe he hasn't appeared much at all since well since twenty fourteen and a deterioration in relations over the ongoing situation in ukraine the austrian foreign ministry say that this is a private event that they'll be no journalists they'll be no politics however the german chancellor sebastian curt's is also going to be in attendance and you can expect that him and president putin will speak some point austria has been well warmer in relations to russia of than most western european nations in fact if we look back to the script poisoning case vienna was one of the few. european capitals that didn't accept there were any russian diplomats over that incident. staying long it's unlikely that you'll see vladimir putin in any of

vienna has been named as the world's most liveable city, knocking melbourne off top spot.e want to know what important things makes a city liveable for you 7 is it good transport? restaurants? culture, or green spaces? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. reports from afghanistan say the humanitarian situation is deteriorating for civilians caught in the latest taliban offensive. fighting has entered a fifth day in ghazni, where afghan government forces are trying to drive the militants out of the city. control of ghazni would allow the taliban to cut off southern afghanistan from the capital, kabul. officials say 100 security personnel and almost 200 taliban fighters have been killed in the battle. the us military, which is supporting the afghan government forces, says the taliban attack has failed. zia shahreyar reports. the battle for ghazni has been raging since last thursday. afghan forces have faced constant attacks by surrounding insurgents as they try to reach the city. now supported by american military air strikes and some ground forces,

terror low cost and debts of human rights across you're all slipping my guest in vienna is michael flood the director of the u.n. agency folks condiment god does he believe you up is doing extend to protect human rights conflicts so for next doubling. it looks like a bird. in flight. but it's not. a robot. a robotic device helps keep airports. explicit handle and reliable control lending the robot can be tricky to. sixty minutes w. . they make a commitment. they find solutions. they can strive for. africa come up with. stories about people of different shaping their nation play and their continent of africa. stories about motivational change makers taking their destinies to their new misplayed d.w. t.v. series food for. d w dot com or call. from the treatment of migrants to freedom of expression to end to tara let us down that's of human rights across europe slipping this week on conflicts in my guest in vienna is michael o. floody direct off the e.u. agency for fundamental rights that's he believes europe is doing all it can to protect human rights.

talk to them and understand whether the talking under the pressure or not and this is written in the vienna convention and the convention is signed by the united kingdom so they have two full few its international obligations ok it's true that there's no. conclusive evidence the british ambassador to the u n karen pierre said your country has the means and the motive that seem to be critical and the foreign office say that when you when you when you speak against these an allegation you are engaging in denial distraction and disinformation. i think this is according misleading statement because for example i want to quote the president of czech republic who said that certain amount of so-called novi joke was produced in czech republic and if you read the german press you will find that most of the.

standard back in june while vladimir putin was on a visit to vienna he's making this is part of a stop off on route here to lynn for an important meeting with german chancellor angela merkel it's rare social appearance though from vladimir putin in western europe in recent times since twenty fourteen and since relations between the west and russia took a downturn over the ongoing situation in ukraine we haven't seen much of them coming to places like austria like germany in fact on social visits that the austrian foreign ministry of says that this is clearly and should private visit. you know journalists in attendance that will be no politics discussed that's sometimes easier said than done especially when austrian chancellor. is also on the invite list almost certainly he will meet with vladimir putin at some point during the wedding it's unknown of course what they will be discussing there but when it comes to relate the relationship between austria and russia it's certainly been far warmer than most other western european nations in fact a real look at the script file poisoning case

is about well barbara is there any prospect of the defense ministers at least at that meeting in vienna reaching some sort of compromise arrangement that would allow sapir to continue. no it doesn't look like it and the german defense minister minister funded line more or less openly said that she doesn't really expect anything moving here they're just going through the motions and what they say is this needs to be solved at the level of the heads of state and government so they sort of pushing this issue on kicking the can again once more time down the road and say at their next summit they really need to find a. new position on distribution of migrants within the e.u. but then this is going to be made maybe october till then it's a the is really playing hardball and the political climate is really getting sort of more and more cold between member states here well whatever italy decides the migrants are continuing to come across the mediterranean of course as we all know italy's new government is hoping that other e.u. countries will participate in burden sharing and taken more migrant

other western european nations in fact if we look at the script power poisoning case just recently vienna was one of the few russian capitals not to expel any russian diplomats over that but while it's certainly a private affair while vladimir putin is in austria at this wedding it's very much a business affair later in the day for him it's unlikely we're going to see any pictures from that wedding of lot of me appeared on the dance floor beginning into the night because around six pm he's due to be here in berlin where he'll be meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and. that label news that tape from a tower i'll be back with the latest headlines in just save half an hour. take a snapshot camera. roughly once the show and some will leave for the. cool video this summer with the eastern. down on string and don't roughly don't t.v. crazy conspiracy that there were. under the bus forget about the back of the buses . because we want to rush. wonder bread and fake news to you that. your thank you. doesn't care if they're going to marry their comedy show where americans in america cover