Legendary guitars that even alan dies after a long battle with cancer considered one of the greatest rock the cars of all time he founded band hail the band of rock the charts in the seventys and eightys. Im brian thomas good to have you with us today we begin with a case that is straining relations between berlin and moscow a long awaited trial has opened here in berlin of a russian man charged with the contract killing apparently word by the kremlin of a 55 for year old hes accused of the daylight shooting of a former chechen commander in a park here in berlin. Welcome to the capital of spice the German Spy Museum in berlin recently added this so called to god murdered to its exits the man in the advertisement is still there to contract killer classic off. This case has all the ingredients of a political thriller in august of last year the russian citizen to vote in quest of travelled from moscow via paris and torso to berlin under false identity. Prescott is alleged to have of porsches victim on a bicycle in a small park in berlin the victim was a church in exile seeking asylum in germany he was killed with 3 gunshots from close range chris because then allegedly threw his gun and bicycle into the kneebone river and tried to escape but was caught shortly afterwards he was arrested and has been silent ever since. But thats a special situation that in this case we have the suspect we have the person who is accused of murder so we have evidence we have the fingerprints we have pictures if you compare it was a screen or was a not only case we didnt have any person that we can question so i think this is sort of quite you need to do a show right now according to investigators state on crescent of small fun indicates that the crime was carefully planned they say they have found links to the russian that runs association of the Domestic Intelligence service if a speech which several investigative journalists believe is just a cover. We can see that virgin classic off the killer started visiting a very speed Training Centers because earlier spring 2019 security. Employees are prepared for special operations there. As the day of the murder approached he commune. More and more often with f. S. B. Employees. Towards the end it was almost every day. The victim the same can 100 shia had fought on the side of the rebels in the 2nd set or moscow had designated him a terrorist. This man was on our wanted list hes a fighter a cruel and bloodthirsty person. Or we truly the kremlin denies any responsibility for their attack non of germanys 17 inquiries received a response it was to request full Legal Assistance were answered in the to quickly see the German Authorities there in stone to whats moscow is sharpening. The federal government reserves the right to take further measures in this case before. The German Federal prosecutor may have brought charges against that in classical but politically just say that in reality the russian state is in the dark. Lets go live to the court where this trial started today and it appears the manual shahs a good day to you amanda well can you tell us more about the prosecutors case against the defendant. Well all indicators point point towards russian ties to this murder of a suspect traveled here in germany under a false identity boats with russian passports oh so when he was arrested he immediately received support and was visited by russian officials from the Russian Embassy here in berlin and as we heard in the report he was in the days prior to the murder in touch with Russian Intelligence Services so thats the case against him there was a very short session here in court today which already ended where the prosecution was read out and tomorrow the session will resume with witnesses coming to testify here in ca there are 7 Co Plaintiffs in that case. These proceedings calm as the relations between germany and russia are very strained. Dauber is train and also not least because russia declined to assist the german investigation there were 17 requests as weve heard into a report from the German Government towards russia also foreign minister travel to russia to try and talk with the outside there so thats a case thats a really strained a relationship and this comes these trial comes at a time where there the tensions are at their peak between the 2 countries was to say nevada these oppose on the case and just as the organizations sort of prohibition of chemical weapons confirmed that alex they have on the russian open and to apply to me putin has been poisoned we see nerve agents and not be charged this is a nerve agent which was developed by the Russian Intelligence Services back into as seventys so tension really have really rise in between germany and russia with all the states with all this in mind how might the German Government react should the court agree with the prosecution that russia was behind the killing. Of should those ties be proven to exist between russian authorities and thats murder then germany would probably most likely take action the foreign minister i can say that he would wait until the verdict until until he will germany with make a decision but thats not forget thats germany. Holding the e. U. Presidency up until the end of this year and will also be wanting and willing to implement to impose sanctions against russia perhaps thats a european level and this could for example take the form of economy sections much more on this trial of course as it moves forward among the well for now thanks very much. Lets get you a brief down some of the other stories making the news at this hour new clashes have broken out in kyrgyzstans capital bishkek sundays contested parliamentary Elections Officials nullify the results of the poll overnight agreed to nominate a new Prime Minister opposition groups to control of most of the governments buildings on tuesday after storming the compound. Prosecutors have searched the offices of the German Football Association as well as homes of current and former dea f. B. I. Officials that on suspicion of tax evasion 6 people are suspected of falsely declaring income leading to an invasion of 4700000 euros worth of taxes. Facebook is banned from its platforms all accounts that support to cuban on conspiracy movements social Media Company says the move is part of efforts to clamp down on misinformation ahead of the u. S. Election on promote stories alleging that President Trump is waging a secret war against an International Pedophile ring or u. S. President trump as abruptly ended talks on a new congressional democrat leave package which was likely to include aid for unemployed workers airlines and Small Businesses the Dow Jones Industrial average closing 400 points lower on that news after trump tweeted that he instructed his representatives to stop negotiating until after the election. Democrats and republicans in congress have been struggling to Reach Agreement divided on the price tag the priorities us unemployment remains stubbornly high with a number of Big Industries hard hit. While the president s unexpected tweet came hours after the u. S. Federal reserve chair urgently appealed for exactly this type of aid from congress he warned that without any further help the u. S. Would enter a recessionary downward spiral with quote tragic outcomes heres some of what he had to say the burdens of the downturn have not been evenly shared. Initial job losses fill heavily on lower wage workers in Service Industries facing the public job categories in which minorities and women are overrepresented combined with the disproportionate effect of coated on communities of color and the overwhelming burden of childcare during quarantine and Distance Learning which is falling mostly in women the pandemic is further widening divides in wealth and economic mobility. There lets go live now to our financial correspond Chelsea Delaney in frankfurt good to see josie out of investors in the markets been reacting to this development in the u. S. Its actually been a rocky day here for european markets we have weve really seen stocks swinging around and and messrs clearly arent sure what to make of of trumps threats the initial reaction when trying to treat tweeted this yesterday was a very steep sell off and markets and vespers had really been betting on a stimulus before the election and all of the signals that we had gotten both from republicans and democrats is that even though they were still issues that they were working on they were all very committed and recognize the need for a stimulus like this so it was definitely a bit of a shock but we also have seen more tweets from trump over the past couple of hours where he indicates that he could be in support of one offs fills the things like very support for the Airline Industry or another round of 1200. 00 stimulus so thats actually not a full trillion dollar stimulus like investors had wanted but it has helped cushion the blow slightly and market theres a lot of hope right now for that stand alone 1200. 00 check for individuals but in frankfurt were the traders saying there about the reasoning behind the decision to cancel these talks on the much needed stimulus. Investors are having a bit of a hard time explaining why the term but want to do this it doesnt seem to benefit him and many ways he said that right now they want to focus on getting their Supreme Court nominee confirmed and that hes trying to place the blame on democrats for not being more willing to negotiate but its certainly doesnt look good to voters that the u. S. Is still out about 10000000 jobs through the crowd a virus that many people are still struggling really need this money and it doesnt seem like there will be help for these voters before the election joseph thanks so much for that from frankfurt well legendary rock guitarist and songwriter Eddie Van Halen has died after a long battle with cancer together with his brother alex in 1972 he formed the band that later became van halen 10 years after their family immigrated from the netherlands to california and hell begin one of the worlds top selling bands with songs like jump. Eddie van halen was born in amsterdam in 1955 and he moved with his family to los angeles in the early 1960 s. He started life as a musician at the piano but later switched his ambitions to the guitar the rest is history eddie and his older brother alex formed van halen in the 1970 s. They had a distinctive style with and it is the infamous guitar solos and frans van de vivre on his flamboyant taken the wrong. They appeal to people from all age groups. Younger fans dont even know we have 11 other records i saw with fire if we get a taste of each one and decide which one they want to buy. So its not for the money because we want to. Buy em all the hard rock band released their 1st album in 1978 which shots into the top 20 on the american billboard charts making it one of the most successful debuts of the decade. Eddie van halen is pioneering that your technique and him a place in iraqs hall of fame alongside the likes of jimi hendrix and eric clapton in 2000 every just poll in the popular us Music Magazine voted him the greatest guitar player of all time. This is deja vu news live from berlin our brian todd is up next in our documentary series doc film were going to take a journey through albania and one of the countrys last remaining trains and dont forget you can always get the latest news and information around the clock at our website for now though from the entire news team thanks rick. And you hear me now oh yes we dont need you and i last years german chancellor i will bring you an angle a man called and youve never caught our surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really. Want. To talk to people who follow along the way maurice