German federal prosecutors have filed murder charges against a russian man suspected of gunning down a former Chechen Rebel fighter in berlin last year they say that moscow ordered the killing the alleged hit job strained relations between berlin and moscow last year prompting germany to expel 2 Russian Diplomats russias ambassador to germany says todays murder charges are groundless and that the kremlin will retaliate if berlin takes new actions against russia over the matter. Its an assassination that has shaken russian german relations to the core last year and late august a former Chechen Rebel salim khan congress feeley was gunned down in the heart of berlin shot twice in the head in broad daylight the suspect fled on a bicycle but was caught soon afterwards a russian according to his passport soon after the murder suspicions arose that the Russian Intelligence Services were involved congress filipe had been a commander in the 2nd chechen war against Russian Troops until 2005 making him one of moscows most wanted terrorist. This man is on our wanted list putin said hes a fighter a cruel and bloodthirsty person and just one of the attacks he killed 98 people. The most the with. Moscow has always denied any involvement in the killing what relation does this incident have to the russian authorities these are absolutely groundless assumptions. At least 2 attempts have been made and congress released life before he moved to germany and 2016 hiding from the Russian Secret Service his family followed believing they were safe here with us can we were warned something could happen at some point but i never thought such a brutal attack could take place so easily here in germany where the Security Services the police and the law are among the strongest in the world. Cornish. The contract killer is known as bottom k. Here arrived in germany shortly before the attack using a fake identity now germanys federal prosecutor has gathered enough evidence to charge him with murder but the accused man they say was acting under orders from the russian government. Of joining us now is public sense bouquets a member of the German Parliament with the Government Conservatives and more crucially a member of the Intelligence Oversight Committee mr sensible were looking rather bright as an act of state sponsored terrorism in the sense of germanys capital how should germany respond. So i think 1st its a very unique situation of that our federal prosecutor said in his papers in his announcement that its clear evidence that the orders come from russia that this killing is been ordered by russian authorities so we have a very unique situation here and i think when i look back to the case of screen i think there has to be a very clear reaction diplomatic reaction that makes clear that we dont accept such a situation such a killing in germany in the European Union and i think also we have to make clear that we look very close very sharp to russian buildings like embassies and other institutions here in europe we will of those of them with our intelligence the Russian Ambassador today said that russia will respond to any kind of action that germany will take what kind of response from russia to expect. I think helpful would have been different response then by i mean cooperation in making quite clear what happened last year in autumn about russia didnt help was finding out whos behind this killing what about the density of the suspects so this would be a real reject reaction i expected so i think we are now the ones who are reacting on this targeting killing. Sensible member of the German Parliament with conservative party thank you very much for this. German chancellor Angela Merkel has outlined the challenges she hopes to tackle when germany takes over the e. U. s rotating presidency on july 1st in a speech to the German Parliament merkel said the code 19 crisis topped the list calling it the e. U. s biggest challenge ever. The crisis are exposed the blocks for gelati she call most of the dirty bigger budgets and rescue funds to help speed europes recovery from the pandemic. A relaxed meeting quickly turned serious chancellor merkel says the e. U. Faces the greatest challenge in its history economic freefall unemployment industrial bankruptcies and rising debt and all of this just weeks before germany takes over the rotating e. U. Presidency. Kind countries accused is no country can overcome this crisis alone we can only made it if we work with each other and for each other our common goal has to be to overcome this crisis as a community with Long Term Solutions merkel defended a plan to rescue package worth 750000000000 euros saying this is a way to fight populism and European Division but the far right f. T. Party says this sum is too high and these crises wont be solved by spending massive amounts to help companies out of debt no to 9000000000 euros in transfers and liability risks the german peoples money should not be spent rescuing europe friend yet the business friendly f. T. P. Party wants Structural Reforms and if i were to be malicious id say this support is not going to the people actually suffering from the pandemic its going to the countries that are the least competitive and have the highest reform deficits that the germany or presidency will be one to focus on climate protection merkel has also said fighting Climate Change tops her agenda along with digitisation so that europe can become stronger and more independent. Some of the other stories making headlines 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 in the law breaches the use fundamental rights it takes say the legislation in hungary aims to silence any opposition to the government. Interest in daiichi near has been inaugurated as blondies new president he is taking office 2 months earlier than planned after the sudden death of former president. Constitutional Court Announced last friday that the new president would take charge immediately. The work of a group of north Korean Defectors is raising tensions between. North and south with the land border closed the defectors a turn into the air and sea to send messages and metz and to the north supporters say that efforts are raising awareness about the plight of people there but critics say the groups plans are complicating efforts to promote dialogue between the 2 koreas frank smith reports. North Korean Defector park has been sending rice and medicine to north korea in plastic bottles using ocean currents for 4 years now following pyongyangs recent complaints so korean officials have vowed to stop such activities but park is undeterred. And i dont know why the government is trying to stop this no they should say that there is nothing they can do because this is a nongovernmental group activity. I think it would be wrong to suppress such organizations because of what was said by north koreas kim. Im confused whether i live here in seoul young on and. Joe knows brother pox on hack has been sending leaflets critical of the kim regime by balloon over the border for more than a decade the 2 brothers fled north korea some 20 years ago in call for south korea to push back against pyongyang critics though argue that actions like theirs only provoke north korea. Activists like those gathered here today outside the blue house so chris president ial compound show this dark division in Public Opinion over how to deal with north korea some advocate a hardline approach while others like most of those gathered here today favor renewed efforts at engagement and peacemaking. This civic group is calling for president mungy end to implement the deals he made in 2 landmark summits with north Korean Leader kim jong un in 2018 which included suspending cross border propaganda. Now. Im no matter what kind of Nongovernmental Organization is involved in the south korean government can stop them and the south korean government should stop them from sending fly ass to north korea and should implement the pun declaration from london on the e. U. Hand in that was. After north korea tuesday blew up the joint Liaison Office in gay song just inside north korea south korea offered to send an envoy a move which was rejected by the north defector who is against any further attempts at appeasement and wants south korea to stand up to north korea. Who has if we need it north korea will continue to move in the same direction. If we stay strong. 50000000 people can be free from threats. That we need to have the confidence of a sovereign state. Tension simmers in despite Warnings Police will interfere park still plans to monitor the tide in send bottles that writes to north korea. A new book by Donald Trumps former National Security advisers rattling washington the specially the white house among several explosive claims made by john bolton is that President Trump china to help him win reelection in november the ministration has been trying to prevent publication of the book and that alone as already made it a bestseller excerpts 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 engage 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 insure his win the election suggesting china by more american crops which would benefit u. S. Photos trump also encourage she in his mass detention of mostly muslim week of people in camps the book says bolton said 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 and 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 d thing that he did but he broke the law the 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 so 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. Some sports news now English Premier League club chelsea announced the signing off to more than a from c. For a fee of 53000000. 00 your posts that makes him the most spence of german player ever strike enjoying his best season to date havent scored 32 goals in all competitions so far and i will remain as i have allowed 6 for the rest of the bundesliga season and link up with his new team mates in london in july. Before i let you go like to introduce you to the newest star of sanjay goes do in california a 2 month old pygmy hippo named coby the youngster and his mother mabel have just moved from the zoos maternity area to its main kidney if though its an april echo he became the 1st of his species to be born of this ilk and more than 30 years in the Group Language spoken in west africa his name means 1st book. And thats it from me on the news stream here that were not at the top of the hour thank you very much for watching. Beyond. That. Were all about the stories that matter to you. Whatever it takes