In syria russia warns there will be grave repr cautions of the u. S. Takes military action against syrian targets say an attack or a country that shows shesh in the attack or what we all stand for the president says hes the victim of an unprecedented which after f. B. I. Agents raided the offices of his long time personal attorney. And also on the show china promises a more open economy in the midst of a major trade dispute with the United States the chinese president pledges to find a win win solution but will china put its money where its mouth us. Im brian thomas a warm welcome to the show british media reporting. At this hour that million script all has been discharged from hospital and taken to a secure location she and her father sergei script all of a former russian double agent were poisoned with a nerve agent in britain last month both were in Critical Condition for weeks the apparent target of the attacks are going screwball remains in hospital right now relations between russia and the west have plunged to their lowest in decades over this attack britain is accusing russia of masterminding it moscow denies any involvement. Lets go live now to the reserve. Correspondent in a london first off or is a weeks after this poisoning now the patients have been released a dramatic recovery following an attack by a nerve agent yes indeed and the British Government has expressed great relief about the recovery. And here for the state least not discharged yet and not. Very Good Condition is for as we know but they are not dying from this chemical weapons attack which is. Wonderful news to everyone of us so hopefully to the relations between the two countries what do we know about sergei screwball the former russian spy the double agent hes still in hospital do we know if hes going to make a similar recovery. Well as far as weve heard from the hospital doctors. Both of them cannot expect to be. Perfect for recovery in the foreseeable future. You really ask the band was to these three seems to be in Good Condition but she has been taken to a secure location and we dont know exactly how she is rather received sixty six. And might have been exposed. Closer to the nerve agent. Is still in hospital and that it has not been said that he will be discharged so soon but for the past days we have heard reports that hes. Getting better every day of her so how is this a new development likely to affect the poisonings diplomatic fallout and the harm its cost relations between london and moscow. Well it certainly has not changed the position of the British Government who holds the russian government responsible for i. E. Attack it is a. Nerve agent which is not easily found on the. Market of weapons so it will not be a simple recovery of the diplomatic relations that s to fear of International Drama has moved to syria now with the chemical the chemical attack there and the Un Security Council which is the stage for the next development which illegal use of the duals government again only allowing biggest states and i think maybe this group by case we move a little bit down in importance for the moment and we see a big clash between america and russia over this syrian. Chemical attack on the weekend tess i thank so much for that tessa fisk of its for us from london thank you well were going to talk now about that report and that news that tessa just mentioned u. S. President donald trump has promised us was a swift and forceful response to the alleged chemical weapons attack in syria aid workers in the town of duma east of damascus say poison gas was used to kill dozens of people in that attack last week the Syrian Government and its main backer russia are denying any responsibility for this attack was discussed in the u. N. Security council where russia and the u. S. Traded harsh words over the incident. Did these bombs dropped on the last rebel held area near the syrian capital damascus contain chemical weapons the answer could be cause for escalation in the conflict there most of all between the United States and russia. The two global powers faced off at the United NationsSecurity Council in new york. Russias obstructionism will not continue to hold us hostage when we are confronted with an attack like this one the United States is determined to see the monster who dropped chemical weapons on the Syrian People held to account yet. I call upon those slandering the regime to move forward with the assumption that there was no chemical weapons attack. Sukarno Russian Troops have been deployed in syria at the request of the legitimate government of a country we already conveyed to the u. S. Side that armed force under false pretext against syria could lead to grave repercussions. Aid workers say chlorine gas killed at least forty people and injured many more in duma the u. S. And its allies want an investigation into what happened there but the u. S. May go further than an inquiry history will record this as the moment when the Security Council either discharged its duty or demonstrated its utter and complete failure to protect the people of syria either way the United States will respond. That response could look like this last year following another suspected chemical attack us President Donald Trump ordered Cruise Missile strikes against a Syrian Air Base trump says military options are again on the table and action of some sort could come soon. And talk about where this is headed im joined by marcus carr mideast analyst from the German Institute for International Security affairs good morning longers what do you think will donald trump authorize military action against targets in syria i think the he is two options very limited strike like. The. Military attack a chemical weapons attack last year where u. S. Forces. Military members of syria or we could see more extended to the military campaign which could take a couple of days but what. Has the difficulty compos possible confrontation with Russian Forces on the ground and the greater problem is what is the political aim of this military campaign because the United States has announced exactly last week on the go one week ago that it would leave syria military times ok now how would russia respond to any possible merit in military action i mean there is a big difference between a limited air strike like we saw last year or a Larger Campaign water rushes off its difficult to say i think russia so far has avoided the direct military confrontation was insisting on the conflicting the military can paint of the United States and russia and syria in particular in spades so its difficult to say this but i think its pretty obvious that russia would not would not withdraw its political and military support for the assad regime you know russia has also come out and said it was israel that was a big. In the air strike yesterday morning that we talked about on the air base. In syria the Syrian Government airbase do you see israel expanding its role in syria alongside the United States and on behalf of the west i think israel has two major goals first to contain iran and the reigning influence as well as the hizbullah influence in syria to avoid a direct move to go to a military confrontation if the syrian is ready to board at the Golan Heights and secondly to keep the United States engaged in syria politically as well as militarily and therefore think that its been maybe clear signal to the United States the Israeli Attack on the syrian base a clear signal to the United States do not withdraw your forces from syria keep in gate help us to contain iran ok there are a number of other very big players in the region of course inside syria or iran is among them it has no terry assets you mention the Golan Heights just across the border there how would a rand respond to military action by the United States in the days ahead i think it depends on the on the on the kind of the response of the United States if its limited as good like one year ago i think it doesnt bear a means very much military campaign which would really weaken the military infrastructure in syria would would maybe change their behavior but at the end of the day i think it depends on the Political Program of the United States in the syria if the United States would return as a political act a bit could really contain in their own iranian influence ok now i know its not just iran and russia turkey has signed an agreement with them theres the three of them are cooperating right now in syria what would it do if america launched a Larger Campaign for example inside syria i think. Turkey is so fast satisfied so put it this way its to satisfy the interpreter terms and has occupied certain parts of syria which belonged to the ultimate empire in a one hundred years ago and has left open the option that it wouldnt return them to syria maybe not and makes them in legal terms but to keep them under their political and military control ok marcus time for us there as we look forward to how the u. S. Is going to respond if it will respond to the alleged chemical attack in duma thanks very much monkeys lets take a look at some of the other stories making the news this hour colombian authorities arrested a former fort rebel leader for Drug Trafficking he says andras was arrested on an american warrant for allegedly smuggling large amounts of cocaine into the u. S. You know faces extradition and that could strain the fragile peace deal the colombian government struck with fark rebels and twenty sixteen. At least six people have been killed nine others wounded in an attack in western afghanistan many of the victims children Officials Say explosives were planted near a mosque inherent problems no ones claimed responsible. And democratic republic of congo five rangers and their driver have been killed in an ambush at the National Park the director of the park which is home to endangered mountain gorillas as attributed the attack to militia fighters over the last two decades more than one hundred fifty rangers have been killed protecting their guerrillas and the four. Or how is here now a key speech from the chinese president amidst continued fears of a trade war that started the message from she really could be characterized as mole george or less trade war more openness from the worlds second biggest economy that is the promise of the chinese president xi jinping has been making that on a global stage for quite some time and it is that message that he reiterated from the balfour ajor its called the asian equivalent to davos but the question remains will china and up putting its money where its mouth is. Anticipation for chinese president xi jinping speech at the ball well forum have been building for weeks amid an exchange of punitive trade blows between the worlds biggest economies she chose a conciliatory tone he pledged lower tariffs for vehicles improved access to the Financial Sector and stronger intellectual Property Rights well mcclory to work cold war mentality in zero sum game thinking are Old Fashioned and outdated isolationism will only create walls only by sticking to Peaceful Development and cooperation can we truly achieve win win and multi win situation for all of the us was not specifically mentioned opening up the chinese domestic market and better protection for intellectual property are two of its key demands markets were cheered by she seeming efforts to smooth over relations between the worlds biggest economies and the promise of more liberalization within china but observers caution against preemptive celebration china has made similar commitments before but has shown little action whether the current tension with the us increases the likelihood these promises will be implemented remains uncertain. Our financial correspondent daniel corp is at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange for us so daniel all the right noises there from the president she better best is buying it whats been the reaction on the Trading Floor to that key speech. Good morning and an hour from frankfurt direction is indeed so far at least very positive after the major indices an age where were gaining this morning were seeing a similar situation here and frank for but also at the other european markets this morning lets first talk about the blue chip index thats we are seeing a plus this morning of one percent and we heard it in the report china is thinking about opening their market more for Foreign Investors a trader here on the Trading Floor told me a little bit earlier that even though the u. S. Was not mentioned they feel that this could also mean less possibility off a trade war between china and the u. S. A big plus by the way also this morning for the german carmaker volkswagen the market in china for them extremely important and weve heard of theyre also thinking about having lower tariffs on car imports from other countries as well all right thanks to you stay with us because we will be coming back to you in just a moment but first according to reports the u. S. Justice department will give the green light to german pharma giant buyers take over all of monsanto that just a few weeks off the potential deal was given the ok by the e. U. Commission by tends to buy the u. S. Agricultural colossus for sixty two billion dollars u. S. Officials have insisted that by divest additional assets as part of the deal before now goes smoothly the mega deal will be the biggest ever take over all of a u. S. Company by a german one. Back over to daniel in frankfurt daniel so this merger appears to finally have the green light all round despite so many concerns. Yeah exactly it seems that the merger is finally now a done deal were still waiting though for the official confirmation and yes there have been many concerns mostly many feel that by i will from now on some even say an absolute monopoly in this area so until the very end it was not clear if the merger. Would get the approval from the u. S. And also e. U. Authorities this was very frustrating also for shareholders because of all this issue the merger has been taking much longer than origin lee planned also a buyer had to make quite some concessions some of their division had to be sold through the s. F. Here in germany so far the merger has been mostly one thing for buy a very expensive we have to see if all those synergies that theyre hoping for at the end will really pay off all right Daniel Cooper for us at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange all financial correspondent there thank you very much indeed. Tuesday got off to a slow start for many here in germany with warnings strikes among Public Sector workers including airport employees striking security grounds soft menu morris planes have failed to take off or at ports are affected frankfurt munich the cologne bohn airport and they meant defense reloads had to cancel around eight hundred flights affecting about ninety thousand passengers or the nationwide strikes also have all local channels but workers Nursery School teaches them the message is clear they want better pay calling for a six percent increase. Was over to brian and now im pressure is mounting on us president once again helena and this time its a whole new level actually u. S. President called an f. B. I. Raid on the offices of his personal attorney quote disgraceful the f. B. I. Acting in part on a referral from special counsel Robert Muller a more years of course conducting an investigation into russias alleged meddling in the twentys sixteen president ial election. Documents seized at Michael CohensManhattan Office contain what his lawyers said a Privileged Communications between cohen and his clients those clients include u. S. President donald trump the f. B. I. Has read prompted a furious response from trump. So i just heard that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys. Its a disgraceful situation its a total which. An attack on our country and its an attack on what we all stand for. Michael cohen came under scrutiny after he admitted to making a one hundred thirty thousand dollars payment to adult film actress Stephanie Clifford clifford who goes by the name Stormy Daniels alleges she had a sexual relationship with donald trump in two thousand and six she said cowen made the payment in return for her silence trump has denied knowledge of the payment it isnt clear if the rate is directly linked to the mother investigation into suspected russian med