European council. The coronavirus recovery package and of bigger budgets to get the e. U. Through what she calls the biggest crisis in its history. Come to the Program German prosecutors say the killing of a georgian man in berlin last year was ordered by the russian states the German Government says its taking the prosecutor statement seriously and that it may take further steps against moscow over the matter including imposing sanctions the victim was a jaw georgian citizen of chechen ethnicity who fought against Russian Troops in chechnya he was shot dead in broad daylight in the german capital last august following the prosecutors statement the Russian Ambassador to germany was summoned to the Foreign Ministry here in berlin. So what effect will the matter of on relations between berlin and moscow did i. Put that question to constantine for nazis a member of the German Parliament for the opposition green party. Mr fernald attorney general has brought charges in the case of the murder of the ex chesham fighter. And what does this mean for german russian relations is this a new stress test well i guess these are very serious accusations. The court will now listen to the case and find out d what it will judge in the end and after that we see what the case is right now we know the opinion of the. General internally but its the deciding question what the court is saying in the end. Federal minister of state does not rule out a tightening sanctions against moscow which reaction do you think should follow from germany and from the e. U. Well i think we should seriously look on the background of this case as our security agencies. Intelligence services should try to figure out the whole background of the story from my knowledge. Apart. In the case the general attorney made now. And then germany has to decide what sanctions are necessary but i think its something where you dont move on to the normal schedule its a serious accusation and if. Country is organizing murdering someone in another country. Thats a very serious incident so far the russian government has denied all guilty and isnt cooperating how do you deal with it. While i guess thats something that all started as. To decide but. If those actually are true and if the court is approving what the general churn is saying then it has to lead to consequences you cant just ignore such and serious incident. For this on the russian side of things im now joined by chief uli the shadow what has the reaction been in russia. Well we havent heard any official reaction so far we have contacted both the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the leadership in chechnya but we havent heard back from them yet them about we can expect russia to definitely deny any involvement in this milada that has been moscows line so find it seems unlikely that they will change calls for moscow congo she was primarily a terrorist that means the whole story is being told in a completely different way than russia the state controlled media here have been turning to the Victim Congress really into a criminal named Congress Really in particular his past as a separatist fighter fighting against the Russian Forces in the 2nd chechen war is being highlighted here. Russian president Vladimir Putin has listed Congress Really alongside chechen fighters who has claimed responsibility for some of russias worst terrorist attacks put in cold by the way congress a fighter very cruel and bloody who told against russians sovereignity officials in moscow have sat they had to wanted to seek mr congresspeople extradition from germany to Russia Germany for its part in december last year accused russia of being reluctant of its in its efforts to cooperate russia once again consequently cold of those accusations strange and untrue. Relations between russia and germany are not great as it is what effect will this have on those. Well 1st of all the nation has been compared to the poisoning of sid against the power in the United Kingdom with an f. B. I. Agent that as this nation caused a decrease in the relations between london and moscow as for killing of Congress Really in germany in december last year germany already kicked out 2 Russian Diplomats after german prosecutors sat 1st investigation suggested that moscow could be behind that killing russia however cold of the accusations from german prosecutors groundless and hostile in a tit for tat step russia ultimately expelled the german diplomat so i know when it comes to russian and german relations generally the traditionally close relations are all of the damage to not only by congress from the killing but also by several hacking attacks on the german bundestag which believes it was carried out by russia just this me german chancellor Angela Merkel south that russia had even target of her she said she had concrete proof of outrageous spying attempts she has also told of the alleged russian involvement in the sedation killing a disruption of cooperation and trust w. s. Thank you very much for. Germanys chancellor Angela Merkel has urged the e. U. To agree on a Pandemic Recovery package for the block before the end of july but home made the call as she laid out for the bundestag her vision for germanys e. U. Council presidency which begins july 1st she said europes with Coverage Plan will be limited in time and will involve borrowing on International Money markets out of the economic fallout from the pandemic lock down is the biggest challenge the e. U. Has faced in its history. The pardon me you have. Painted the pandemic has also made it clear that europe is dependent on other countries when it comes to medicines and protective equipment the situation has laid bad deficits in terms of sourcing stocking and distributing medical supplies and yes it is also exacerbated differences in the economic and budgetary situations of e. U. Member countries as well as that there is also the fact that while the pandemic has affected everyone some have been more affected than others the medical and economic consequences of the crisis have deepened inequalities within the European Community the pandemic has shown us our europe is vulnerable and thats why i am saying and i really believe unity and solidarity in europe is now more important than ever. Or correspond with the money has been following the story for as a matter of how damaged is the e. U. Due to the covert 19. Well during her speech chance of anger america say thats not in the interests in the European Union came 1st when the outbreak began and that was very and reasonable and that in fact that the house shown how unprepared the European Union was to face such a sudden terry crisis together in unity and this is a unity now will depend on the agreements about money some e. U. Countries a preferred to give away subventions to countries western effected others want that money to be lent and in fact the economy collapse she reminded the grandest challenge in the history of europe and i got americas say thats a destroyer matic state of the e. U. Economy required immediate access action. The chancellor also pointed to a number of forces inside the e. U. That will be working against unity to see me. She didnt mention that she did say that the risk thats run between some of the e. U. Member states politically profit to end to Democratic Forces radical authoritarian moments and also during her speech as she was booed by the far right and she actually addressed the a of d. D. L. Tendency for germany saying thats they are waiting to create social anxiety and insecurity and that only about working towards a Sustainable Development in all regions of europe the e. U. Will be able to work against a populace and radicals. Political correspondent. Thank you so weve just been hearing chancellor merkels plan for moving the e. U. Council forward and securing the unity of the germanys foreign minister heikal must respond and home are huge more details. I mean even if what is germany prepared to sacrifice to save yet if i were to start. I dont think germany has to sacrifice anything to save us its a huge benefit to us your benefits germany a large export nation like germany profits when all is well in europe thats why we want to make sure the countries that have been hit hard by the coronavirus like italy and spain will be helped to recover quickly from the crisis thats not only good for those countries and europe its also good for germany. Where its all good for georgia not the most if you know much Financial Assistance from germany has surprised many countries in europe is this a new germany. I mean yeah. Of course if im told you know we have a huge responsibility in europe weve decided to make a contribution to reigning in the conflicts that weve seen between north and south. The. We want to find a solution to that and weve made a proposal with france and i believe it will be the basis for consensus within the European Union and i need. Your one. And thats the direction we want to go in during our presidency survive thank you for i mean you know that youre at least to be able to depend on the United States that seems to have changed since the u. S. Announced it was pulling troops out of germany 14 expect now from donald trump before the u. S. Elections by congress or by a car of. The us elections have their own rules. But whoever is in the white house europeans and americans share common values and some of the. More common values are liberal democracy and freedom and that is not the case with other regions in the world there is more that unites us than divides us even if relations are complicated at the moment. Moment. Should hear opinions expect that theyll have to start managing on their own. And then next if nobody says i lie in. The car boat if i dont think well have to manage on our own the United States also has an interest that is closely tied to europe in terms of foreign and security policy. But maybe the u. S. Will not be the protective shield that it once was for europe and that will lead to us having to do more for our own security that there will have to be a european pillar in nato and we are having that discussion. Not to give those or did just. Fine when they come militarily independent. If they got it does open i dont want europe to become militarily independent. And i want us to realize our security interests as an ally in nato with the United States that is also in the interests of the u. S. And i will always push for that. Because i think there are many in nato who see things the same way and i cant imagine that the u. S. Would be interested in uncoupling our security arrangements in the Long Term Support of copper to be defined as. You wish i can tell us we see launched year political vacuums can europe fell when. I was a vicar. We cant fill every gap where the u. S. Is pulling back you look at. Question. If i already taken on a lot of responsibilities its always about security but also diplomacy and its very important that both are present. Because in the end wars need peace treaties and they need political and not military Solutions Mission or military men a staff of thank you for the interview my pleasure. Now to some of the other stories making news this hour the European Court of justice has ruled that a law in hungary requiring n. G. O. S to disclose their foreign donors is illegal the court said the law breaches the use fundamental rights critics say the legislation aims to silence any opposition to the government. There is a she mia has taken over as burundis new president is taking office 2 months earlier than planned after the sudden death of former president here know who owns these are these Constitutional Court or announced last friday that the new president would take charge immediately. Indias hold funerals for some of the 20 soldiers killed in clashes with chinese troops in a dispute that border region in the malayan mountains both sides are working to deescalate tensions after mondays fine to beijing has not released any reports of casualties. The u. S. Supreme court has just ruled that president raul donald trump cannot reverse a program that offers protections for undocumented migrants who came to the United States as children commonly known as dreamless socalled dhaka program was and acted in 2012 under former president barack obama and the Trump Administration had argued it was unlawful. For a book by Donald Trumps foremost National Security adviser is rattling washington and especially the white house among several explosive claims made by john bolton is that the president s trump asked china to help him win reelection in november trump ministration has been trying to prevent publication of the book and that alone has already made it a bestseller and excerpts of it of it have already appeared in todays u. S. Newspapers. These pages contain claims which could rock u. S. Foreign relations and significantly affect the us president ial election in november they were written by john bolton who said he saw donald trump in gage in fundamentally unacceptable behavior that eroded the very legitimacy of the presidency. Top of the books list of bombshell claims that trump asked chinese president xi jinping to ensure his win the election suggesting china find more american crops which would benefit us photos from also encourage she in his master tension of mostly muslim week of people in camps the book says bolton says trump seemed to give personal favors to dictators he likes while being ignorant of basic Foreign Policy facts such as finland being a country and having Nuclear Weapons in an exclusive interview with a. B. C. News Martha Raddatz bolton said this hearings when youre dealing with somebody like putin who has made his life understanding russias strategic position in the world against donald trump who doesnt enjoy reading about these issues or learning about them. Its a very difficult position for america to be in trump not only said the book was full of lies he also phoned fox news channels hannity show to say this terrible terrible thing that he did but he broke a lot of very simple i mean as much as its going to be brokered this is highly classified thats why is stage is highly classified information and he did not have approval but come out now very loud and very strong sermon now waiting to see if this book might prompt further investigation into the president its also likely to be a factor in this novembers president ial election. Companies like Google Facebook and amazon do big business in europe but hardly any taxes here now the u. S. Has pulled out of talks with france britain spain and italy aimed at agreeing tax rules on Digital Companies the u. S. Says instead it wants digital tarts to be part of a broader talk organized by the organization for Economic Cooperation and development the o. E. C. D. France is a pioneer when it comes to the Digital Services tax and the main driver behind finding an International Agreement its outraged about the u. S. Withdrawal. Its a provocation against all the partners at the elysee a day we were just centimeters away from a deal on the taxation of digital giants and this is a time when the digital sector is the only sector in the world to profit hugely from the Coronavirus Crisis sun chips also a provocation against everyone in the world who believe that it is perfectly legitimate for big tech to pay its taxes but he lives up to the us cites a lack of progress in the talks together with the pandemic as being behind his decision however its already showed limited enthusiasm about the tax which will mainly affect us Companies Like google amazon and facebook. On thursday the e. U. And mounts that it would introduce the Digital Services tax even without the u. S. On board should no International Agreement be found by the end of the year. Well our financial correspondent in new york joins us now the u. S. Wants the talks to be a part of an overhaul of the International System what are they looking for. Well i mean in general it is highly unusual ways so that the head of the treasury is the the new chairman basically just lowder of order a letter to the european officials and letting them know that there wont be any deal any time soon so the interesting thing is its not so much that the United States will lose tax revenue what actually the europeans try to do is that the Big Tech Companies do not or dont avoid paying taxes in europe was going to a low paying tax countries like ireland for for example and just to give you one number and put this whole thing into perspective the big 5 u. S. Tech companies are sitting on around 550000000000. 00 in cash that is about 100000000000. 00 more than the g. D. P. Of austria so they clearly could afford it now the e. U. Says with out an agreement it will just go ahead and unilaterally impose additional tax by the end of the year are we looking at a new trade war just in time for the u. S. Elections. This simple answer is yes so if europe goes ahead unilaterally it was those texas then we probably will see some rich allegation from the Us Government donald trump already earlier threatened that he might impose tariffs on french imports of up to 100 percent but what we also see it was this whole topic is that those Global International institutions the World Trade Organization or knowledge do you always see d they are clearly losing power and the Us Administration the current Us Administration has made it more than clear what they think about those global institutions yes with the Election Campaign underway any chance of an agreement with 140 always e the countries i dont think so and that what the letter from made pretty clear they do not see any agreement whatsoever within the calendar year 2020 and caught in new york thank you very much tourism provides a livelihood for more than a 1000000 and a half people in kenya and Coronavirus Travel restrictions have hit the industry hard its been devastating for the communities living around Kenyas National parks every company and organization has to try to make the best of this bad situation for example by switching the focus away from tourism altogether. But these women cleaning the river is the only job they can do at the moment due to the coronavirus pandemic there is no tourism and business is that a standstill nothing on their initiated the clean up he pays each woman 5. 00 a day as part of this effort to restore the ecosystem of the national im a psycho and 17. This is the most important d watershed in this part of the mara the local community relies on this water for their uses for cooking cleaning and even also the livestock and our wildlife unfortunately the river is heavily polluted because of the activity of. Our burn areas upstream the tourist comes all the way to that area and his wife cofounded the conservancy located right next to can his famous muslim our National Park natural law is run by the local Messiah Community and like other nature reserves wildlife people and livestock exist here side by side a balance that is supposed to help the community preserve its traditions but also help protect wildlife and then vironment and the biggest problem facing wildlife today in kenya is not actually poaching as people might actually think of it it is the lack of space that space is with communities so communities have to be the center of conservation. This area always belonged to the community but with the creation of the conservancy the people pull down the fences and work to restore the land was only after 2 years wildlife was able to return to sustain this they rely on funding from donors as well as tourism tourism makes up about 20 percent of the conservative income and this is supposed to be the peak season but the rival of the corona crisis has made it clear that relying on tourism only is not the answer. One national i have managed to refocus on its conservation activities they have also had to provide food aid in communities of the mara region many of the people here because guides rangers in hotels also local jewelry to tourists the entire regions main source of income has been derailed additionally local markets have been closed disrupting trade in the area. Everything has become difficult getting food is a problem there this is all around us i just look down at home and cant leave the room. For the people here its a lifeline and it could be another year before tourists actually start returning to the region so we need. A paradigm shift in their Conservation Movement to find out other are alternatives to sustain the important walk that is done in conservation. While the effects of the pandemic have devastated the region well there are hopes that this change will also give people the chance to build more resilient communities. Before we end the show id like to introduce you to the newest star of San Diego Zoo in california a 2 month old pygmy it oh cold coby theyve done so and his mother mabel have just moved from the zoos maternity area to its main pygmy depot. A protocol he became the 1st of his species to be born at the zoo in more than 30 years the Group Language spoken in west africa his name means 1st for. You washington w news is a reminder of our top stories this hour russias ambassador to germany has been summoned after german prosecutors say the kremlin had ordered the killing of the georgian man in central berlin last year the village government says its taking the matter seriously and may consider sanctions against russia in response. Chancellor merkel has been outlining her goals for germanys stint as European Council president to the police car she said the coronavirus pandemic have revealed the e. U. s for gelati and that the stimulus package is a top priority to ensure the flaws future security. And thats it from me on the news stream here in berlin good for you at the top of the hour and theres more news on our web site e. W. Dot com please do follow us one answer on twitter ask. The washington w news conference. The food. Is no longer allowed in belgium the morning more people are rising up on that scene the art historian is fighting against the romanticization of her countrys Colonial Heights and for confronting repression she is demanding more equal rights and respect for all knowing people together with many others focused on europe. Next sunday w. O. O. Ws crime fighters are back africas most successful radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate speech all of the mention of sustainable charcoal production. All of a sows are Available Online and of course you can share and discuss on africas Facebook Page and other social media platforms. Crime fighters tune in now. My smiling. Face he. Didnt she painted me. I close my eyes glued them tsunami. My arms and. I know im so deluded. The secret. Starts july 3rd d. W. Hello and a warm welcome to focus on europe protests against Police Brutality and racism are taking place across the continent activists want europe to come to terms with its colonial past and they are targeting the very symbols of the colonial era in the british city of bristol protestantism down the statue of a slave trader into the river the belgian king leopold
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