The rogue nations possible summit with the United States plus trade tensions escalate the u. S. Is expected to apply higher tariffs to steel and aluminum from the e. U. After last minute talks fail in paris europe says it will retaliate. And the all out fight to stop a bola congo deploys an experimental vaccine to stop its latest outbreak the police the virus and some drug tested only on animals could also be on the way. Welcome to the Program Great to have you with us. We begin with a tale of murky political intrigue with a stunning twist at the end heres what happened on tuesday a prominent anti kremlin journalist arkadi by go was reported to have been shot dead in the ukrainian capital kiev authorities there blamed moscow but bob tango turned up alive a day later a shock that provoked worldwide relief and anger now ukraine faces many questions over the elaborate setup. That from the dead. Twenty four hours after he was reportedly gunned down journalist arkady enters a press Conference Held by the Ukrainian Intelligence Service alive and well his apparent death and elaborate ruse to expose and alleged kremlin plot to kill him even his wife was in the dark. I want to apologize to my wife for the hell she has gone through over the past two days forgive me please but there was no other option. And incredulity at the t. V. Station where i had been working in kiev as the russian born journalist made his dramatic grandparents the joy of his return was shared later by the ukrainian president there but. I think millions of people off the celebrating this is your birthday my heart beat so hard as i watch the reaction in the news room i knew about the operation but no one else in the administration was a wedge and im certain that it had to be that way. So now we will celebrate your birthday again as yes because of the. Reports that had been gunned down outside his kiev apartment emerged on choose the evening Ukrainian Security agencies said that though this killing had been a necessary part of a sting operation they reportedly arrested this man on wednesday off to noon he said to have been paid forty thousand dollars to organize and kill them in ukraine but especially journalists toasted the resurrection of the slain colleague the bizarre incident has set off a war of words between kiev and moscow and white a concern among the International Community over ukraines fake news of ruses mission isnt as its nice of you isnt this you. So lets now try and make some sense of this were joined here in the studio by chris gentrify he is our Eastern Europe expert and correspondent Emily Sherman is standing by with the latest from moscow welcome to you both a question id like to begin with you because this is a huge blow to ukraines credibility isnt it looks like ukraine now has to try to explain and to justify the killing the fake killing the midst of a ground this would be a very to do as things stand now ukraine seems to have played with politics and with emotions in an unprecedented way here in germany many of service if one can still trust your cranium authorities and the government ever since ukraines confrontation with russia started in early two thousand and fourteen this wall in Eastern Ukraine goes along with the wall of words with the propaganda battle a battle of accusations and fake news and good or was looked like as if russia would be winning that war because of its massive state propaganda its message on slaughter of the state media against Ukraine Ukraine always claimed that they are on the right side and that they are defending west and values but this stance now seems to be seriously questioned absolutely so lets now find out what exactly russia has been saying in the wake of all of this emily id like to turn to you because i mean from the very beginning russia denied any involvement. What is the line now. Well in a sense russia has been vindicated here there was a statement yesterday from the Foreign Ministry calling this whole thing an anti russian provocation and they also called it propaganda that confused the whole International Community and the other thing thats interesting sara is that people here and politicians as well have been comparing this whole case with the poisoning of former russian spy screw politics england and the russia has always maintained that they didnt do that despite the accusations from the International Community and people are comparing this case kind of saying look in this case the accusations ended up in this very confusing ruse so whos to say that any of the other accusations against russia are true so this whole thing is really playing into the russian narrative playing into russias hands and it looks like Going Forward as well no matter what the evidence is that russia that ukraine presents against russia russia will be able to kind of say will look at this whole story it was so absurd and ridiculous and in fact the Foreign Ministry yesterday also in a statement the spokesperson predicted that things will get even crazier so it seems that russia there is sort of preempting any evidence that ukraine may present a program present against it Going Forward and you wonder if theres something that we dont already know one thing that we do know that has been admitted by go was that his wife didnt even know that he wasnt actually dead that he was indeed alive and christian id just like to ask you i mean you know that perhaps shows also the the line of thinking here doesnt it i mean remind us of who is why would somebody have wanted him dead does the scene plausible here so he needed to do this sort of the option group is a freelance journalist writing for russian language outlets which are all in opposition to president putin and his. But it was a member of a Small Community of excited russian journalists writers academics was living and working in kiev right now and within that community there are plausible fears that the russian state and its agents might be chasing them even in exile even abroad where a number of prominent killings of russian in kiev in the past three years and none of that cases was of a result so if. He might have few he has feared for his life this sounds plausible but why did he play his role in such a fake plot to be quite honest i dont know about his motives perhaps its the quest for his motors needs to be a question for color troops or logical analysis the absolutely you know its still to be determined actually who might have been behind this but you know when we talk just broadly speaking i believe we look at relations between russia and ukraine of course they have already been very tense how is this incident likely to impact the diplomatic situation. Well there as you say relations between ukraine are ready pretty much at rock bottom and this is hardly likely to make things better but for the russian side and we can see this from reactions here as well the russian side certainly feels vindicated even before this big reveal that showed that actually botching co wasnt dead after all russians Russian Politicians were saying that ukraine was kind of a failed state that it couldnt protect its journalists and now the Foreign Ministry spokesperson in a Facebook Post lot late last night said that ukraine now has really shown its true face and that the west has to wake up to the reality that its just a dream that the Ukrainian Democracy can be a success so ukraine has really kind of lost its legitimacy over this whole this whole ruse on the International Stage and it seems that russia certainly knows that and is willing to use that Going Forward and only share when and moscow and christian turbot joining us here in the studio thank you so much to both of you for helping us try and make a little bit of sense out of all this we appreciate it the Russian Media are reporting that foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has met with north Korean Leader kim jong un office n. P. R. Moscow says the purpose of the visit is to discuss bilateral relations as well as international and regional issues it is the Russian Foreign ministers first visit to north korea in almost a decade the trip comes less than two weeks before a planned historic summit between u. S. President donald trump and north Korean Leader kim jong un had previously canceled the summit. Thats going on to correspondent Jason Strother who has been following the story for us from seoul welcome to you jason why is moscow pushing for this summit to take place. Right well we saw a lot of mir putin urged the United States to keep on moving with the summit after President Trump originally called it off last week but the fact of the matter is russia has waning influence here in northeast asia its been more or less sidelined its not its not a central player in the Korean Peninsula standoff like it used to be during the cold war lets say and i think the probe into russias alleged meddling in the u. S. Election in two thousand and sixteen has also added to that why the u. S. And why washington and moscow havent worked more closely together north Koreas NuclearWeapons Development and while moscow also wants to see tenet and. Decrease here on the peninsula but really its about trying to have influence once again in the region and you know in an effort to have that influence chase and we have these reports coming in today that lavrov has apparently raised the issue of International Sanctions against north korea while and today what is the message there from moscow. Russia wants north korea open for business russia has always had economic interests with north korea whether it be sharing ports the coal trade other Mineral Resources russia once the develop its far east and having the better economic relations with north korea is central to that so right laughter all has reportedly said today in pyongyang that peace on the peninsula denuclearization cant be accomplished without sanctions being lifted but really i think that just reflects moscows own economic interests in north korea and we have to mention of course this visit it comes amid a flurry of diplomacy that is centering on these plans for the kim jong un summit how likely is it because there have been selling questions surrounding at how likely is it that the summit will indeed go ahead jason its looking better than ever right now but of course we have not had any official confirmation from the white house that it is absolutely happening again on june twelfth in singapore right now we have north koreas. Kim jong chill in new york city meeting with mike pompei o hashing out details of the potential summit we have negotiations going on in singapore and we have had american a north korean envoys meeting in north korea this week theres a flurry of diplomatic activity but it seems now that both the u. S. And north korea are really trying to make the wheels turn in order to get this meeting underway Jason Strother and seoul thank you you thank. Lets get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world spanish m. P. s are debating whether or not to keep Prime MinisterMarianna Hoyo in power a no confidence vote was called after the horse in service of party was found guilty fraud Money Laundering and other illegal financial schemes refused to step down he says that he was unaware of his partys misuse of funds italys m. T. S. Talisman leader luigi demaio has resurrected a populist coalition that collapsed over the weekend the countrys head of the state has given the five Star Movement and the league more time to form a government in an attempt to stave off a snap election. A leading human rights activist in the United Arab Emirates has been sentenced to ten years in prison for criticizing the government in months or was found guilty of using social media platforms to harm the states reputation human Rights Groups have condemned the verdict. It is safe to say that it was a bad day at work for one valet car driver in australia he accidentally parked this portion of directly under another well call at a hotel in sydney the driver had to be cut out of the car but he walked away unharmed. It could not say the same for that car youre watching news still to come on the program congo looks to stop the spread of the lethal of both virus after an outbreak reaches a city of one million experimental drugs could be the answer to tell you why. I was standing here already seeing this car saying before it looks good the courtship but portia costa looks quite healthy just notice that really i think i dont well maybe because its black anyway im talking about President Donald Trump who is expected to go ahead with plans terrorism still an aluminum imports from e. U. Countries thats according to reports out of the United States now the news comes last minute talks between european trade officials and u. S. Secretary of commerce wilbur ross on the sidelines of the o. E. C. D. Meeting in paris failed to yield a deal the europeans left wednesdays meetings pessimistic about winning a third and final exception from the terrorists announced in march the terrace is slated to go into effect on friday the dispute has prompted french president and when i call to caution against a trade war. Correspondent. Following those talks in paris for us from what we hear those last ditch efforts to resolve the situation between the e. U. And the u. S. They have really failed. Well it does look like it although we obviously still awaiting the final decision the final confirmation by u. S. President donald trump but but i think its fair to say that the air is not exactly filled with optimism here and the specter of protectionism and a full fledged trade war is hanging over europe and the rest of the world obviously people are thinking they are want they want to think that even if the u. S. Imposes such terrorists that they will be able to prevent the situation from escalating i spake with a german economics minister peter yesterday and here is what he told me. First of all we should not speculate second. The european and the German Economy are very robust so i do not believe in immediate effects but what we should try to avoid and this was repeated by the french president as well in his speech today is a commercial for a commercial board that would. Would go on for months and for years would of course undermine trust in european and american markets are those with comments of the german economics minister yesterday after those obviously not very successful talks but lisa what exactly are the main sticking points why couldnt there be a deal reached. Well first of all they dont seem to agree on the method the e. U. Has been saying you know we are happy to talk but you first have to grant as an unlimited exemption from these student alan minium terrace and then we can start to talk about the details the u. S. Is saying and u. S. Secretary of commerce wilbur ross repeated that yesterday here at the o. E. C. D. Annual meeting they think you know why cant we impose the tariff and then we Start Talking and we try to find a deal in the medium or long term apparently it looks like the e. U. Has lost at least this battle all right so so what is next is is it going to happen will we have tariffs tomorrow because the commerce secretary wilbur ross is also quoted as saying that an escalation in this particular tit for tat tariff there could be in store is in no ones interest absolutely there no more talks planned here at the meeting everybody is waiting for us president to announce his decision and if you really does impose these terrors then i suspect there will be a short break in the contact Everybody Needs to take a deep breath is specially the e. U. If he does impose these tears but we can expect both sides to Start Talking to each other again in the medium or at least in the long term given that no side none of the two at once this situation to completely escalate all right lisa lu is there reporting for us from paris thank you so much and offer some reaction from the financial world here in germany canada who is now a man of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange can probably tell us twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on the minium that is the tariff that is looming starting from tomorrow what exactly does that mean for the industry in europe. Well it means that sixteen percent of the european exports of steel are in jeopardy this is the amount that the european steel makers i exporting to United States all of those products will become twenty five percent more expensive from tomorrow on and this will make make at least part of those exports uncompetitive in the United States but this is only part of the problem steel makers here in europe fear that a cascade will happen that much of the chinese steel exports and the chinese are majorly responsible for those worldwide over capacities and steel that part of those these chinese steel will now be offered on our european open markets and of course our very very low prices this has the potential to become a real big problem for us to make us here. But cannot if china and weve heard that many times really is the problem when it comes to steel overcapacity so why is the u. S. Targeting europe. Well it really looks like the americans want to get the europeans in line you know bully them into a corner so that they comply with the idea of America First and with the agenda that the americans have with china but whats more the americans in the past also have complained about protection is from the European Union side for example they think that the terrorists we impose the import tariffs here in europe on american cars are too high and recently wilbur ross the trade secretary also said that he thinks that the new e. U. Data protection rules might be a barrier for trade all this has been put on the table by the american. Administration in statements recently and i kind of was incensed that thank you so much. All right could there be a queue of when it comes to fighting in bhola thats what experts are hoping for monika the World Health Organization is waiting for congo to give the green light for more medications in the hope that it will combat the spread of the deadly a bowl of virus these drugs though they are unlicensed meaning that they have not gone through the full trials some have only been tested on Animals Health workers are already using an experimental vaccine to protect people in a remote part of congo where this most recent outbreak started and they say that they are optimistic. High hopes at this hospital and to kowtow after experimental treatment anabelle the patient is going home with me. At first i had a fever and headaches. And stopped eating i was weak. Finally i received the treatment and i felt like my old self again. Was you call me if you dont qualify. For the first time in the history of the ebola virus Health Workers are hoping to beat the outbreak with a vaccine now the democratic republic of congo is rushing to distribute more than seven thousand vaccines to areas where the virus has claimed a dozen lives in recent weeks. And we believe that it is deal doing being done according to the protocol and this is going to have to help the would because if we really could be proven that this is effective when on the large scale may be we would be in no way to controlling one to make that can do a lot of harm to humanity. Well the vaccine has brought hope to the d. R. See its effectiveness has not been proven and it is officially unlicensed medical professionals are hoping to learn from this large scale. Were trying to do now is to establish how effective is this vaccine do you need one dose or two doses to be protective and once youve been injected or vaccinated with this how long does up touch last is while. The World Health Organization is currently considering sending five additional unlicenced of all the drugs to the t r c some have criticized authorities of being too eager to prove the use of experimental drugs but the Central African country now facing its ninth of all the outbreak seems unlikely to turn down the opportunity to curtail another crisis. To french open tennis now in paris where all of the big names managed to navigate the second round on tuesday Caroline Wozniacki had an easy day the Australian Open champion blasted her way past Georgina Garcia in straight sets meantime germany is world number three alexander swear ive had a bigger challenge fighting back to beat dusan lodge of it in five sets and reached the third round he also had difficulty understanding a reporter from the english county of yorkshire of alyssa where you from. John i guess yorkshire in england. There were make a term in there on the fly coming just because. 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His teammates come from egypt armenia mali and cameroon and they practice together several times a week last year they placed fourth in an amateur city tournaments becoming somewhat of a family. Weve been playing together for so many years and weve got used to playing with each other and weve become friends. And see maximo started back in two thousand and twelve even though the crowds might be small. But as far as theres no lack of enthusiasm. There are minor now the top story that we have been following for you Ukraine Security officials have been. Added to staging an anti kremlin journalists jet and kiev they say that it was part of a sting operation to foil a real murder plot ordered by moscow russian officials have denied the accusation and called the setup a propaganda. And with that you are up to date now on news im sarah kelly and berlin thank you so much for watching i hope to see you against. Whom move. On. To. The. Center of the conflict zone confronting the powerful. 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