A new German Government finally takes Office Nearly six months after the election. Is sworn in for a fourth term. Its good to have you with us tonight the United NationsSecurity Council is holding an emergency meeting on britains fresh sanctions against russia in the poison just spying affair the United StatesAmbassador Nikki Haley says that russias crime and she is calling it is worthy of the Security Council action britain has acted after russia failed to meet a deadline to explain the poisoning of the former spy and his daughter in the u. K. Last week now among the saying twenty three diplomats will be expelled. Moscow has reacted angrily it has vowed to retaliate calling Prime Minister to resign mays move unprecedented and a crude provocation. May announce the measures after russia nor the deadline to provide an explanation for the attack she said moscows failure to cooperate showed what she called a disdain for the gravity of the events her conclusion when it came was unambiguous mr speaker there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr scrip owl and his daughter and for threatening the lives of other british citizens in salzburg including detective Sergeant Nick beatty she said the steps against moscow would include the freezing of some russian assets and this is special of high level contacts be the headline move though was what will be the largest expulsion of Russian Diplomats from the u. K. In more than thirty years under the Vienna Convention the United Kingdom will now expel twenty three Russian Diplomats who have been identified as undeclared intelligence offices they have just one week to leave the Russian Embassy in london described the measures as unacceptable unjustified and shortsighted the ambassador said moscow wanted to see samples of the nerve agent used in the attack and accused london of failing to stick to International Rules on such matters first we want to see the simples full stop without the samples without the official procedure of the organization all the provisions of the chemical weapons were not going to for i think that britain should follow the International Law as ties with russia now look set to enter a new deep freeze the u. K. Is looking to its allies for support the e. U. Is donal to this says he believes the attack was inspired by moscow and promised to discuss it at an east summit next week. Or earlier i spoke with anthony glu sees director of the center for security and Intelligence Studies at the university of buckingham in the u. K. I asked him who are the twenty three people the Prime Minister is kicking out and why were they selected. I think we can very safely assume they were selected by britains Security Service the m i five and they were selected because of that titles people need to know they have basically two sorts of intelligence offices who operate in Foreign Countries those who are attached to an embassy legally and those who are independent of the embassy said called illegals now all of the illegals in the embassy some of those people in the embassy will be normal diplomats doing that open source diplomatic activity but some will be secret intelligence offices and senate m i five our Security Service will have a good idea of who they are so mr glees are you saying that these twenty three people they may be listed of diplomats but theyre actually doing espionage in the u. K. Yes i think thats absolutely right before they leave the United Kingdom in a week we will have to be satisfied that none of them was in seouls three and involved in the attempted assassination of mrs grey fox and his daughter usually because it is possible that some of them may have been what if if we know so quickly that twenty three people are suspected spies in the u. K. Why are why werent they kicked out a long time ago why are they in the country right now. Ok its a very good question in the real world of International Politics every single country houses intelligence offices in its embassy we do it in the United Kingdom you do it in the federal republic and the russians do it in russia the question really is if they cross the line and do things that seriously damaging to the National Security of the country that they are in and when that happens a decision as to be taken to expel them i think we can expect the russians to stop expelling british diplomats any moment now so what weve got to tonight then is weve got the u. K. Expelling diplomats who are really spies and weve also got a royal boycott of the summer world cup in russia this summer would you say that this punishment fits the crime. Well i think it i mean them that other things to reason may have said i think there is explosion there is a seizure of russian assets in the u. K. Which is a very important measure that checks on acra flying into the United Kingdom from russia and there is a suggestion that the royal family will not go and look at the world cup of course its up to fifty to decide whether the england team should go and play in the well and indeed whether any European Team should go in the well should play in a well cup in russia in june and july my own feeling is that this is such a serious matter a Prime Minister the british Prime Minister has said with a probability that borders on certainty the russian state is to blame for this attack him people fighting for their lives British Police officers seriously injured five hundred people in souls pre woke up yesterday morning saying they too may be contaminated by this vile nerve agent this is in effect. An invasion through chemical means of british soil and that has to have very serious consequences for that was anthony glees director of the center for security and Intelligence Studies at the university for joining us earlier from oxford. In the United StatesHigh School Students across the country have walked out of their schools to protest against gun violence calling for stricter gun laws in the u. S. Capitol washington students marched to the white house and staged a seventeen minute silent protest a minute for every victim of the mass shooting at Marjorie StonemanDouglas High School which happened last month today students of ivors a dedicated themselves to fighting for stronger laws and have been joined by others around the country. Where the w. s Washington Bureau chief alexander phenomenon is at the student walk alibi spoke to her a short while ago. Yes we are here on capitol hill were approaches truly still on the way and this is of course i am for. The walk outs today because students wants to press their lawyer makers to tighten gun control and im joined by a student from maryland and good men hi thank you for being with us why is this important for you to be here today. I think first and foremost its important for me to be here because i can there are a lot of people that either because theres too much on the line with their school doesnt support them they cant or because theyre too far away but you know people across the country are speaking out today and i think its really important for me to use my for village as someone who you know is only in danger as much as every student is in danger and not targeted because of. Socioeconomic status. To be able to use my and my relative safety and my voice to make this happen i also think its really important that were here. Today even though weve got out like in addition to being out here two weeks ago and again next saturday because i think that. The consistency in student effort especially in the wake of parker is something that weve needed for a long time on this issue and we havent seen in the wake of other issues are you hopeful thats politicians are going to listen to you because its not the first time that there is a movement for stricter gun control laws i am hopeful. Like i was saying i think that consistency. Is really crucial i think is Building Momentum that hasnt been able to be built for a long time because of the exposure fatigue and the desensitisation that people feel towards issues of gun violence because it happened so often but i think right now in the wake of parklane like like were out here continuing and like bringing this consistory that is showing up every few weeks. Not letting it go both apartment and ferry like every other. Like shooting innocent people in this country thank you and i thank you very much for being with us and have sat that students are determined to keep up the pressure on their lawmakers to type gun control in the us and as well as other phenomena reporting from washington heres some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world in the u. S. Democrat connor lam holds a razor thin lead in a closely watched Congressional Election in the state of pennsylvania with the result still too close to call lam has made a surprise strong showing in a republican stronghold over republican candidate rick so kone the vote is seen as a litmus test for Donald TrumpsRepublican Party ahead of midterm elections in november slovakias Prime Minister robert fico has offered to resign to resolve a political crisis sparked by the killing of a journalist and his fiance in late february you know so larky was thrown into crisis after the murder of young. Who wrote about fraud cases involving businessmen and the mafia with political talk. Here in germany chancellor im going to medical took the oath of office today for the fourth. And her conservative block has one say again formed a coalition with the social democrats just like the two previous government so you could say a lot or more of the same of the german president Frank Walters steinmeyer he spotted the danger here he went so far as to warn the Coalition Parties that they must now prove that there is something here new and different. After a nearly six month long wait germanys new government has finally been sworn in a new cabinet with a well known chancellor. On wednesday morning until americal took her oath on the german constitution the official start of her fourth term. I swear that i will dedicate my efforts to the welfare of the german people promote their benefits protect them from home and do justice to all so help me go out of amiya what. Her election as chancellor was closer than expected merkels coalition of conservatives and social democrats actually has a clear majority but her margin of victory was only nine votes. It fargas i ask you do you accept the result yes mr president i do. The conservative c. D. U. C. S. U. Bloc has now begun its third grand coalition with the social democrats who had long struggle to saying yes to this coalition but in the end the junior partners offered. British chancellor remains the chancellor and thats cause for happiness and relief i think this is good news for the citizens of our country and good news for europe. Really for some in spite of a close election result the months of tough negotiations to form a new government are over the far right left the opposition in voicing criticism as this means that to lose their partys struggles to join forces in order to somehow govern the country. Scandalous the contents of the Coalition Agreement with this the government has turned to bumpy starts. After the election german president. A hand at the chancellor her letter of appointment and then the same for her fifteen cabinet ministers. Praise for the new government. Come and welcome federal government its about time. The president called for more than just a repeat from merkel and her new ministers. A mere reissue of the old will not be enough to win back lost trust this government must prove it is new and different. A gentle reminder that the chancellor chose not to take his criticism because suppose at the formation of a government within his mandate framework and he has told us what is necessary i believe thats also reflected in what we have works out. At the top. One hundred seventy one days after the general election last september germany finally has a new government and. Is once again back in charge. Our im joined here at the big one l. By Jackson James he is the executive director of the American Institute for contemporary german studies at Johns Hopkins university and he is an insider you could say on both sides of the political atlantic jaggers good to have you back on the show so im going to marco she takes the oath of office today forty fourth term does she need to take stock of why it took so long for her to get through today well i think it was a definite problem reaching a consensus with the party in two parties her own by the way as well being a little bit at odds with each other and dont underestimate the internal squabble that is i still going to continue i think as this Coalition Takes form so she was put in a lot of Different Things together under one roof are to do this third grand coalition has a long long long to do list what would you say are the first things that it needs to tackle trust somehow trust from who trust from the german public in other words i think theyre going to have to figure out how theyre going to say this is three point zero weve got something new to offer and were going to get things done its not going to be more of the same thats a big sell and shes got a hired and very loud Opposition Party or two or three minutes and a reminder of that every single day thats one and number two i think is just say shes got some new ideas about europe and about the society at large and shes going to have to deal with these Foreign Policy to you know what these new ideas are well i think its probably going to be somewhere along the lines of were going to build a society thats. People have taken care of everybody this social to vision in society that i was worried about were going to address that. But i think the other problem is simply. That was the number one issue in the Coalition Agreement how are they going to change that how the mother to the social democrats their very poor europe so everybody was right the fact of the matter is is that whats going to be the operator operable station and theyre dependent on one guy who happens to be sitting in paris to make that happen and that is the course is mr crone there is some criticism that what were seeing with this third grand coalition is actually germany turning the clock back with the social democrats getting in there with a lot of power getting rid of the deregulation that we have seen under america is that possible because the economy is going very well now you have low unemployment you actually have economically very little reason to complain and yet you have this sense that something is not right thats the thing about this whole problem germany is not doing economically badly and yet people are still depressed or theyre uncertain of themselves and one wonders where that comes from and i think a lot of it comes from the fact that again i come back to the issue who do you trust and who do you think can lead this country in a way that gives a sense of upward as opposed to just simply status quo i have to ask you about what were seeing tonight in the u. K. With this poisoning of a spy basically a chemical weapons attack on british soil today the Prime Minister said that the russians are responsible for that this could be a nato event it could be what about im going to marry him she has she has the russian president s ears if she wants to do you think that. The u. K. Is going to need under americal i do i think the u. K. Is going to need everybody in this whole alliance and i think germany should be right square in front of that i think mccaughan will be i think everybody else should be question is will she be able to sell that to a public in germany but i think here she has to take the lead all right directions as always thank you well be talking to you on the day as well but. 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