former spokesman for the o.e.c.d. the organization of security and cooperation in europe he's on skype from sydney in british columbia thank you for your time as this breaking news develops michael rory explain there a few scenarios of who could possibly be behind this in your mind what's the most likely outcome. thanks for having me well you know tim for them to say you know it's the fault of the cranes i think it's not. the standard line if you will of the russian playbook to me it looks like this was an internal operation for the past few weeks and months. has been critical of some of his colleagues other deputies in that so-called d.n.r. parliament i he controlled the t.v. station and we're pretty much humiliated and their colleagues so i think come kind of the writing was on the wall that perhaps his dates were numbered and you know i i was talking to a colleague earlier and we always referred to as a kind of joke as someone who's like a cat with nine lives because in twenty fifteen he narrowly survived. sniper bullet injury to his left leg lower leg and then also a few months ago

why the arrests and how searches were carried out at all the organization for security and cooperation in europe has condemned the belorussian authorities actions as excessive action is me and the previous bellerose has been under the authoritarian leadership of alexander lukashenko for twenty four years the opposition is severely restricted on a list of one hundred eighty countries reporters without borders puts belarus near the bottom in terms of press freedom at least one hundred journalists were arrested in the past year alone dozens were convicted if the six recently arrested reporters are found guilty they could face up to two years imprisonment. while here in berlin a new bike lane has made cycling more fun more more hazardous depending on how you look at it literally rather than a straight or gently curved line this one is all about curious and tight angles. berlin is on a quest to make the german capital more bike friendly that this new bike lane seems to have missed the many more. i have never seen a bike lane like this. it's really difficult to stay in the leg but it's also par

arrests and how searches were carried out at all the organization for security and cooperation in europe has condemned the belorussian authorities actions as excessive action needs to be on the pre bellerose has been under the authoritarian leadership of alexander lukashenko for twenty four years the opposition is severely restricted on a list of one hundred eighty countries reporters without borders puts belarus near the bottom in terms of press freedom at least one hundred journalists were arrested in the past year alone dozens were convicted if the six recently arrested reporters are found guilty they could face up to two years imprisonment. we have some sports now and tour de france winner thomas received a hero's welcome when he returned to cardiff wales thursday a sea of supporters lining the streets near the city's castle was thomas in the winner's yellow jersey did a victory lap for thousands of fans a ceremony to recognize as a chinese achievement follows he's the first welshman to win the tour de france a thirty two year old. himself still has state of disbelief. mind bl

arrests and how searches were carried out at all the organization for security and cooperation in europe has condemned the belorussian authorities actions as excessive action is when the premier bellerose has been under the authoritarian leadership of alexander lukashenko for twenty four years the opposition is severely restricted on a list of one hundred eighty countries reporters without borders puts belarus near the bottom in terms of press freedom at least one hundred journalists were arrested in the past year alone dozens were convicted if the six recently arrested reporters are found guilty they could face up to two years imprisonment. now for some of the stores. around the world. moscow says it's considering retaliating against the new sizes from. washington and the u.s. state department announced the punitive measures in connection with the poisoning of former double agent sergers and his daughter yulia britain the u.s. and britain say russia was responsible the kremlin denies any responsible. u.s. authorities say a fifty one year old man has been arrested on suspicion of

group protests in a country already deeply divided. the organization for security and cooperation in the europe. slamming journalists including dw's correspondent. says the move is excessive. ♪ >> i'm brent goff, it is good to have you with the spirit tonight, 50 people most of them under the 15, have been killed in an airstrike in northern yemen. the children were traveling through a crowded area in the southern province. they were on their way to summer school. they coalition at launch the attack said that they were targeting rebel positions. they said it was a legitimate military action. they are facing condemnation for these latest civilian deaths. for more on this airstrike, i am joined by a middle eastern personnel of security affairs. these are dramatic pictures and the story is genetic. survivors are saying that the rockets intended target was the bus filled with schoolchildren. based children paying the price of a proxy war? >> yes, it is not the first time that the saudi's have hit civilian targets. they've hit funerals, markets, and now, a school bus. it is nothing new.

u.k. say that russia was responsible the kremlin denies that. it's like the organization for security and cooperation in europe has criticized the belorussian authorities a detention of several journalists calling it excessive bellerose has confirmed that it is holding six journalists including paul you from the w's russians are. yet another search this time at the independent belorussian and russian language news organization t u t dot b. why it's accused of tapping into the fee based state run news agency without authorization among those arrested as. a correspondent for deutsche of ella during a raid of his flat police confiscated computers tablets telephones and memory sticks by cost he was working as a media analyst and had commented on recent searches of independent news organizations. his wife told i.t.v. he suspected of having unauthorized access to information. authorities say their investigation is still underway they say the state run news agency has been unlawfully accessed more than fifteen thousand times in the past two years. according to the owner of the t u t dot b.-y. website this coul

fifteen. thousand. in the country deeply divided over the. city. and the organization for security and cooperation in europe. of several journalists including. it says the move is excessive. it's good to have you with us tonight the red cross says that fifty people most of them children under the age of fifteen have been killed in an airstrike that hit a bus in northern yemen the children were traveling through a crowded market in rebel held. and it's thought that they were on their way to summer school the saudi led coalition that launched the attack said that they were targeting rebel positions and they said that it was quote a legitimate military action but the coalition is for. in condemnation from for these latest civilian deaths and for more on this airstrike i'm joined now by steinberg he's a middle east analyst from the german institute for international affairs and security affairs good was good to see you again these are dramatic pictures the story is dramatic survivor saying that the rockets intended target was the bus that was filled with school children i mean are these children paying t

parliamentary presidential elections you've invited the o.s.c. e the organization for security and cooperation in europe to monitor these elections as we did before. as you did before and the ransome of europe and the parliament as you rejected their criticism out of hand when they said to you that the vote last year had not lived up to the standards of the s.c. and the council of europe your president said i do not see hear or acknowledge reports by the o. s. c.e. observer mission so why bother to invite them once again when you are going to reject any criticism no i don't object to criticism and we have been in whiting or e.c. or e.c. order and the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe to monitor the elections in turkey every single elections when there is a local elections actually a council of europe it again or observes the elections last year some of the members of this at the committees unfortunately participated to campaign or. prop ekk party if d.p. including under who go who is a german policy you don't like what they say you accuse them of being pro peace or ok so the observe