And even if they lost using fraud they won anyway. The outspoken opposition figure has organized numerous anti kremlin protests has been arrested several times for civil disobedience and even attempted to get on the ballot to run for president in 2018 his bid was blocked by the courts not only has suffered physical and verbal attacks in recent is. Pressure is now growing on the German Government to stop a major project being carried out with russia the controversial gas pipeline north stream too which has previously been criticized from many sides including e. U. Partners and the us. There are voices in germany already calling for a complete stop of the project this i believe would go too far but we have a situation with mr nobody who is hospitalized just a few 100 meters from here from the German Parliament and we have a german russian project this pipeline and business as usual is simply not an option german chancellor Angela Merkel said last week that not all news poisoning and not stream too must remain separate issues on thursday ive actually made it clear how the e. U. Response will ultimately be decided following moscows next steps. The happiest unfastened. Commented extensively yesterday on what were doing now and in the next few days and that of course depends a lot on the russian governments response but i have nothing to add today. Since we. Now all eyes are on moscow as the world waits impatiently for a response to questions that only russia can answer. This case providing another problem for relations between moscow and lets explore that with your teen is a green member of germanys parliament and sits on its Foreign AffairsCommittee Welcome to t. W. What should germany be doing about it valli affair if i can put it back that. The 1st step is to use clear language thing russia in the case of no ground the the International Law was violated 2 times one time by killing or attempted killing of an opposition that while it all standards inside the European Legal system debt russia is paranoid and tacky. It violated International Law by using a weapon of mass destruction then it is simply from britain in should have been destroyed for a long time. So lets explore that. Germany says it has evidence that novacek is used i havent heard anyone say that they have evidence that this was used by russia. It is used in russia and that this weapon of mass destruction not a truck is a variable not for a 1st time in russia that is violating International Law ok let me let me rephrase the question and it happened in russia we dont yet have a smoking gun do we we dont yet have any want to make the connection that says the kremlin ordered this hit. But in tears in the responsibility of the russian government who have all International Obligations under the sea would you and these standards have bit the perception and statute the use of no chalk and our chemical agents and this is the 1st problem russia is facing the 2nd it is now how many have done a lot to disclose the system of corruption what he caught cooked in feeds and we have seen by his own videos how a for more Prime Minister made leader the excell Prime Minister has used europe to for Money Laundering their money really are in real spirits and companies and shares of farms and so on ok and thats muscular and european answer to that crooks and thieves his requests is made im so upset this is this is probably however lets presume then that russia was behind this this will not be the 1st time that russia has taken this sort of action against a political opponent so why is this case so apparently important to germany. Some time something if the last drop. Brigade comes to bearer and after the killing of diverse and it turns out that killings of Diverse People its journalists opposition members in russia after they have done it killing in the middle of bernard then use that response and where the german. Actually is making the Russian Military intelligent responsible. This is the last drop and then it happened just the same just to be clear you have to ask that anything as far as youre concerned this has become a big issue for germany not because of no than the valley case but because of the other suspected cases that preceded this and this is just as you say that the last drop in the barrel the last straw so its not just about in the valley. Its not in your number never around we have a specific row he has disclosed this system of corruption of blackmailing people is system there also hurts the unit track for example off Foreign Investors in russia so we ask often times you are interested rest russia instead of our economic and political relations to germany then you have to organize the rule of law inside russia this is not going to question your own citizens its also a question for Foreign Investors and couldnt so this return for just 400 to one on the issue of Foreign Investors and Foreign Investment in day lets turn to the issue of nordstrom this is the massive gas pipeline between russia and germany so far the chancellor is looking to separate than the valley issue from nord stream to growing political pressure on her to stop the project what do you believe she should do. On monday mrs merkel visited her constituency on the art of lou and she explained if you want to complete. North korea to the sum put truth is to get to truth because i think north korea is a backed against the european climate goes back to the bitter truth is they have all license and they need it is nonsense project but it is illegal crude act to stop illegal project where 8000000000 euros where in the vast if you took the on going and bathroom and a gret more than t. Digit 1000000000 investment the question is writing off a compensation so its not that easy right to start an eagle project without compensation so i think you cant chance my have to answer your question i think we should concentrate on real and tough measures against did those who are blame by now found me as troops and thieves here and in doing their Money Laundering in western europe i thank you very much for your time youre going to take a green member of germanys a bundestag what can explore this further with the russian opposition politician and former Energy Minister of the Russian Federation of letting it be enough and now works for alexei in the valleys Anticorruption Foundation and joins us from moscow welcome to w. Clearly based in the valley and your organization have made many enemies in russia who do you believe is responsible for his poisoning. There is only one person can be named is whether or putin because will he be older or more than 20 years in power as socalled power vertical where actually nobody dares to sneeze with his permission save on the 2nd murderous attack on a major putins political opponent no one else could have done it there is 0 possibility that such a parisian could have been carried out without personal prudence permission so lets presume your rights. And is behind this. And acts in a valley has been a thorn in his sight for many of us so if this was posted why do this now. All this very simple if yr least you forgets Boris Nemtsov the other russian Opposition Leader was murdered more than 5 years ago in moscow just a year plus ahead of the upcoming federal parliamentary elections with the news that you hear from russia today is Approval Ratings are at historic lows hes losing control in the russian regions one by one on the you probably heard of wild 2 months of extreme large protests in the far east regional. You see this bill or a situation where you have like a real mess uprising against terror and dictatorship in a very close proximity to russia all the savan sexually make bujumbura nervous about the upcoming next years parliamentary complain getting read over for his Major Political opponents just a little bit ahead of parliamentary elections is what he did before ok i think this was obviously the Old Fashioned hes chosen though so given your suspicions presumably you had you well they involvements of the German Government and today the International Attention its bringing. Yes we do and i think its important to carry out an independent International Investigation of what happened because right now even as we speak to my colleagues at the scene of one isnt a Corruption Foundation are preparing for a Court Hearing scheduled for tomorrow where we have filed a complaint against the total in the action in denial to open the criminal investigation in russia russian authorities blatantly deny the need to investigate what happened to alex and on so given everything that we know and given that the potus states mr nevadas health i guess its good to have your suspicions confirmed but based news about this poisoning doesnt it scare you. Oh look fear is not something we really prefer to talk about after all what happens you either continue doing what youre doing or you dont simple as that if we are continuing if we continue working and getting engaged in our opposition activities means that we made our choice so we prefer not to talk about fear its not a were not scared but look we have to carry all we have millions of supporters who are are eager to see us carrying on and finally making russia free and democratic country we cannot and will not let them though i thank you for joining us a lot im a milf im a Anticorruption Foundation police here in germany have discovered the bodies of 5 children and apartments in the western city of sawing and the children were aged between one and 18 years old that mother suspected of carrying out the cannons before fleeing the scene with another of her children. More on this from v. W. Correspondent nina welcome nina so a German Police saying they found these that children while more can you tell us. Well apparently the Police Received a phone call from the grandmother of those children who said that her daughter had killed 5 of her children and that she was out of the house and possibly with another child of hers possibly trying to kill herself the police say that the woman was 27 years of age and the police later then found the woman to have climbed onto the tracks had just sort of Central Station where she tried to kill herself that didnt happen she survived with severe injuries but the police did find the dead children in the flat installing and there they were 3 girls aged 12 and 3 and 2 boys age 6 and 8 and there is no information as to what the motive was and no information as to what actually caused the death the investigations are ongoing there are apparently some 40 Police People on the ground and were hearing also that the interior minister of north from this failure is going to give a statement on the incident later you know as a thank you. Oh well take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world will start in hong kong where of course has found a multimillionaire media owner and prodemocracy activist jimmy line not guilty of criminal intimidation he was charged over a confrontation with a journalist from a rival newspaper in 2070 cases not related to his recent arrest and home construct new security law. Typhoon my sack has been lashing the Korean Peninsula the storm made landfall in the south hitting the 2nd largest city of busan killing at least one person it also brought flooding to north korea and danger part rescuers are searching for a ship capsized boat that capsized and sank carrying 43 people and thousands of cattle. For instance powerful businessman has been acquitted of the murders of investigative journalist a young could see her countrys fiance but. Prosecutors allege that marian ordered the killings which led to mass protests and the resignation of slovakias Prime Minister the verdict surprised the family members and observers in Court Prosecutors say they will appeal. That happened on a dark day in february 28th. An assassin killed 2 people in their own home just outside the slovak capital. The victims Investigative Reporter yan could siac and his fiance martinez. There were immediate suspicions that the murder motive lay in could see x. Work. He was one of the best investigative journalists in slovakia and he said he was 27 he was always a very cheerful and modest guy always when he found some interesting story he would just smile and tell us about it. The end could siac have been on the trail of mafia connections massive fraud and endemic corruption reaching into the highest circles of slovakias government and he was investigating this man maggie and kitchener the prosecution claimed that the business tycoon built his empire using threats bribery intimidation and political connections they argued he was the mastermind behind the couples death well could snare and another suspect were cleared on thursday the 3rd defendant was found guilty for his involvement in the murders killings that send shock waves throughout slovakia thousands took to the streets in the wake of their deaths demanding an end to cronyism and corruption. Of the main bargain to really light up the whole uprising of the government and theyre. Criminals and we dont want to accept it anymore. We are the protests force then Prime Minister robert feet so and his cabinet to resign. But even then the changes were of little comfort to yes colleagues. Yes we saw more but i would hardly turn everything back 2 years if you can and martina was to live their lives were not worth the changes that were happening here we should be the ones who change things through democratic means like elections we should be changing the system it should not take the murder of 2 young people that are going to be anybody who already thursdays verdict yet another shock for many of the couples colleagues and loved ones. Of course in the United States has ruled that the Controversial Surveillance Program run by the National Security agency and exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden was unlawful and possibly unconstitutional mr snowden fled to russia in 2013 after revealing that the spy agency was behind a sweeping global surveillance obvious to data on millions of people around the world including prominent World Leaders the revelations fuel debates over mass surveillance and the rights to privacy. Really. W. Reporter. Is here with more welcome to remind us what the n. S. A. Did. What we maybe should on should should is what they did not do they this the they collected phone records for millions of people in america they collected Text Messages they spied on people by harvesting their daughters sometimes stealing dasa from the big take joins from Google Facebook microsoft and apple they tap fiber up to 5 fiber optic cables they spied on more than 100. 00 World Leaders including the german chancellor Angela Merkel not just goes back to the Bush Administration but of course it continued through the Obama Administration as well ok so theres about ground and so relate this to todays court ruling yes of course all of this was revealed in 2013 by Edward Snowden when he exposed its top intelligence people in the u. S. Up until then had said that they did not collect any information on americans off the words they argued that the spying was necessary to prevent terrorist attacks and one case that was always or was brought up was. To show that the. To use as evidence that the spying had indeed helped was a case of 4 somalians were convicted of aiding a terrorist group now this latest court ruling by a an Appeals Court in the u. S. Has found that the evidence collected by the n. S. A. Through this program was not relevant to the conviction and so there is no known evidence that this program ever stopped any terrorist attacks ok so where does this leave Edward Snowden and indeed the n. S. A. So it was known as you know hes in russia there is no. Theres no indication that he will be pardoned because of because of this ruling and he said he wont come back to the u. S. Until as the charges against him would be draw now he tweeted about this he said i never imagined that i would live to see a courts condemn the n. S. A. s activities as unlawful and in the same routing credits me for exposing them not trump a couple weeks ago did float the idea of a pod and but some people say that thats more likely to be in his personal interest to kind of back up his claims that obama spied on him the n. S. A. For its part they shut down this program in 2015 and his Successor Program seems to have been abandon of course the n. S. A. Continue to spy thats their job using other methods and im sure there is enough theres nothing of information as to fill several spy novels if you like a lot else saka thank you. To turkey where violence against women including murder has been surging over recent years the perpetrators often male family members or friends cultural norms in many communities dictate that what happens inside a family home stays that but an increasing number of turkish women are now speaking out. The friends describe her as a fun loving young woman. This was the image techie was left with of the 27 year old student. On july 16th exboyfriend strangled her to death remember her body. Flowers and a photo commemorate and her favorite. Now her friends baffin and layla sit here without still numb with grief and in constant fear of becoming the next victim of violence against women. Cant hear them back maybe tomorrow theyll be announcing my death it starts right from the very 1st 30 shots encounter they say you cant go there alone. You mustnt wear this or that you cant meet so and so on and on and on and my thats just another form of violence that the brutal murder of an arkansas can understand wave of protest nationwide against the rampant violence against women and. Their fortys and many communities responded with violence sending policemen to beat the protesting women. The number of women met each share intact he has more than doubled since 2012 now turkish women are no longer keeping sign that maybe my doctor knows friends are also taking to the streets every week in the hind town no longer will they sit by and do nothing as violence against women struggling bryant says progovernment Party Journalists like my gosh and project dont see the problem so much in abusive men as in the Istanbul Convention on combating Domestic Violence takis them government signed and ratified it in 2012 is their poor innocent. Whatever happens inside the 4 walls of the familys home to stay there. This. Invention is incompatible with our faith our culture and our traditions and the names that were. For years lawyer took has been representing the victims of Domestic Violence im a survivor as shes often seen the abuses appeal to the court for leniency and sympathy. This woman has done this or that my male pride in a stain my are thats what motivated these actions charset something in their entire defense on it what to the man and go to town saying how important to them is the protection of women. Gun violence before i have to confess but its important for everyone to understand each other and get along. The roots of the violence line or bringing shell vote has to change on the. Murder victim punahou to concerns agree or not has to change in this country until it does the protests will go on. I mean reminder of our top story at this hour russia has rejected claims that it was behind the badge poisoning of Opposition Leader alexei in the bombing a wednesday jeffrey said it had proof that mr laval may have been dosed with the nerve agent not the shock of the phone. Im necessarily beat up to focus on the new york with a look of the people rebellion going on in the battle groups ill be back at the top ill be tough tough good. Im going to. Be a law suit against fear. Bellerose the peaceful a mass protests are continuing despite the arrests use of force and threats from issue to meet artists in minutes to cool. Rangers leap into creatively tell the regime you cant intimidate us any harm some peace on earth. Next on g. W. How does a virus spread. Why do we panic and when will all the. 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