off a series of high level visits today relations between the two countries have soured in recent years over human rights and other issues germany s foreign minister will meet turkish president ever to one in uncorrelated today i am the agenda for the german government is the release of seven german citizens from turkish jail they re being held on political charges after the failed coup two years ago turkey will be looking for support for its weakened economy the lira has tanked and recent weeks. now some other stories making headlines around the world british prosecutors have accused two russian men with a nerve agent attack on former russian spy circus cripple and his daughter in the u.k. the suspects are being charged in absentia with attempted murder and other crimes police say traces of nova truck were found in a london hotel where the men stayed in march. u.s. secretary of state by pop pale is in pakistan where he is due to meet pakistan s new prime minister imran khan and the co
to also make some headway on their views chief political editor covering this cabinet meeting for us thank you michelle or the daughter of an ex russian spy has been the star discharged from the hospital in the u.k. and taken to a secure location. and her father circus cripple spent two weeks in critical condition after being exposed to a nerve agent in the english city of solsbury last month london blames moscow for the points and it is plunged relations between the two countries to their lowest point in decades. at one point it was feared uli a script all would die in this hospital now after a steady improvement in her health doctors have deemed her well enough to leave. we have now discharged from salisbury district hospital i also want to take this opportunity to wish her well this is not the end of her treatment a significant milestone five weeks ago yulia and her father were exposed to a nerve agent identified by the u.k.
this let s figure out a compromise let s somehow sit down together and find a way forward so if that bridge is now burnt and hardline it will come into the office of foreign minister the feeling of being in danger on the international scene will rise of course and speculation also on where the trump white homes is going to go after this it s extremely sort of disquieting some concerns being raised there in brussels our correspondent barbara basal with the reaction there thank you barbara now to our top story of britain has issued a midnight deadline for russia to explain why a deadly nerve agent developed by the soviet era military was used in the fascination attempt from here in germany a conservative ally of chancellor merkel says if russia doesn t provide answers there should be a joint western response the former russian spy circus cripple and his daughter remain in critical condition more than
acts of relief in these dozens of sick and injured leave under a deal with russia and more medical evacuations are expected today. and the u.s. government kills an attempt to take over a major semiconductor maker of qualcomm the trumpet ministrations site national security concerns and washing the twenty one billion dollars hostile bid from a single port based rival broadcom. and sumi so misconduct good to have you with us britain has issued a midnight deadline for russia to explain why a deadly nerve agent developed by the soviet era military was used in an assassination attempt from here in germany a conservative ally of chancellor merkel says if russia doesn t provide answers there should be a quote joint western response the former russian spy circus cripple and his daughter remain in critical condition more than
attack took place have been told to wash their clothes the russian ambassador will be summoned to say whether his government was responsible for if it sounds or fails to allay suspicions that the kremlin was behind the attack we must theresa may has promised a robust response although she did not say what that would be. like humans we have our correspondent alex forrest whiting has been following the story for us hi alex thanks for coming back in the studio for us how can britain be so certain that russia is behind this poisoning well this nerve agent has been examined at the bar trace at porton down by government scientists and they have confirmed that it was developed in the seventy s and eighty s by the soviet military for the soviet military is part of the cold war strategy as far as they know it has never been used before but it is extremely toxic so i think has been