there were disagreements we'll go live to washington for more also coming up charges for the suspect accused of monday's toronto van attack like many a see it faces it multiple counts of murder and attempted murder after ten people were killed and fifteen injured and as the syrian conflict enters its eighth year an international fund raising drive begins today in brussels but can this attempt make any difference. i'm bored god it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with french president in washington he has just held a joint press conference with u.s. president donald trump on the second day of his state visit to the u.s. capital ahead of the press briefing the two men put on a show of unity their agenda contained tough topics which they don't necessarily agree on but as their white house meeting got underway mr trump pulled out all the stops to welcome the leaders are seen as his closest contacts in europe. at the press conference following those talks lavished praise on france for its help in global challenges including attempts to halt north korea's nuclear weapons program

freedom or a record of jobs are coming. across america people and chase washington is about to experience the biggest protest in the country's history african-americans on them. mounding the civil rights. just before midnight dr martin luther king jr arrives in the capital it is the high point of a life of activism for the baathist preacher from atlanta georgia. a quarter of a million people have come to washington to hear him speak. he will share his training a dream of an america without racism. martin luther king is the undisputed leader of the civil rights movement and as far as against racial discrimination has told his followers to be unafraid to exhaust only means at their disposal and above all to never use violence. for african-americans in the southern states the situation is dire. in mississippi alabama and georgia white racists are terrorizing blacks. as bombing homes lynching innocent people and murdering schoolchildren all because of that a leaf in as a period of the white race. on his way to the hotel came stops at the lincoln memorial where he will deliver his s

on steel and allen medium a meet rising trade tensions between washington and beijing while the current temporary exemption runs out on may the first germany's vice chancellor or live shots says he's optimistic a solution can be found all the same chancellor angela merkel will travel to washington next week to make the case with her own personal touch. all of shoals had to wait more than an hour to get accepted into the white house what else to do but take a stroll with the german ambassador in front of the famous building eventually the german finance minister met us vice president pence schultz didn't disclose details of the chat not a good sign it seems there's been little to no progress on an exception for the e.u. on steel in alimony and tariffs which the. mine all i can say is that i think the officials here understand that we need the european union speak with one voice when it comes to trade issues i believe that this is a good development it could lead to good results of the by talking to loosen common cause i knew at the spring meeting of the international monetary fun

this is. a tough talks for. washington out of japanese leader he's on what is being billed as a working meeting with u.s. president donald trump it's expected to be short also told straightforward also on the program. leaders of north and south korea. to confirm that commitment to a nuclear free korean peninsula book will actions follow works. also coming up writing about migration and balance for us african literature festival many feel for us of taking stories of displacement and exile two of them will join us in the studio. pulling together again at last album recall two huge songs for a virtual tour a t.v. special. welcome to the program. germany's chancellor angela merkel has arrived at the white house for talks with president trump the two leaders are set to discuss the iran nuclear deal u.s. trade tariffs on berlin's military spending this is the chance of a second visit to washington since mr trump took office on her first since she was reelected germany's chancellor in september. so far chancellor merkel has been unable to establish anything like a good personal rapport

innocent men women and children ok let's get the very latest now from washington we're joined by did abuse claire richardson here in the studio we have analysts and journalists yakob oh i see morning to both of you thanks for being with us i clarify to start with you president from said earlier that the u.s. was prepared to continue strikes and toll syria as he put it stop its use of chemical weapons but the fence secretary james madison saying this could be yet let's give a listen to what he said. that will depend on mr assad should he decide to use more chemical weapons in the future but right now this is a one time shot and i believe that is send a very strong message to dissuade him to deter him from doing this again. what's the strategy here is the intention to keep damascus and moscow guessing about what washington's intentions are. hi brian well the immediate goal is to punish assad for these chemical weapons attacks and to send a strong message that the international community will not stand by as a government gases its own people it's not clear however what the long term

leadership role french president tomorrow mccraw has just completed a state visit to washington the first foreign visitor to receive such an honor since donald trump took office and he rocked congress with a speech in which he defiantly challenge president trump's position on climate change free trade and the iran nuclear deal so is mccraw about to eclipse angela merkel both in europe and international. oh medical who's leading europe that's a question on quadriga this week and to discuss that question i'm joined here in the studio by matthew carney chief europe correspondent for politico matthew argues that mccall wants to leave europe but com could leave europe but one of. those there with us is plus got a view she is both an old time to journalist for the french magazine the plan and she argues that i'm going to medical used to be cold the queen of europe now in monaco mccall seems to be the new king and the woman through to the coast in galilee who's based here in berlin reporting for those who died so i too she senses in germany's interest to support france not just in its efforts to

climate court and washington's decision to recognize to restrain with the capital of israel trump and macro also discuss the upcoming summit with north korea with regard to the war in syria from the facts macro for france joining the u.s. and britain in strikes often alleged chemical attack earlier this month however the outer consulting with syrian crisis differs macro favorite pushing for a new solution to end the war troubles addressed his exit plans. i would love to get out i love to bring our incredible warriors back home they've done a great job we've essentially. just absolutely obliterated isis in iraq and in syria. after a day with a big agenda the leaders rounded things off with an official state dinner at the white house. let me now cross over to washington where a senior correspondent gaston phenomenon is standing by the french president look role as i mention is about to address congress in about twenty minutes from now what can we expect from his address. well we can expect the president mccraw was once again point out that there is a longstanding friendship between

nuclear deal despite the smiles and the handshakes there were disagreements we'll go live to washington also coming up. charges a twenty five year old suspect in connection with monday's toronto van attack manasse and faces multiple counts of murder and attempted murder after ten people were killed and fifteen injured and as the syrian conflict enters its eighth year and international fund raising drive begins in brussels can it make any difference . it's good to have you with us there was pageantry there was mikey's mo at the end of it also rather unclear agreements on the subject of iran's and white house talks french president conceded that the west's nuclear accord with tehran has shortcomings but he suggested it could be a stepping stone to a wider agreement that just might fly kate the hawkish u.s. president donald trump well before briefing the press on their talks trying to put on a show of unity there. it contains some tough topics in addition to the randy zero but as their white house meeting started mr trump pulled out all the stops to welcome the leader seen as his closest c

there is another problem here and one of them across an anglo-american both went to washington to convince of course. president trump to not to the deal because it's not only their part of the european like foreign policy legacy but it's also one of the very few successful multilateral approaches and it works so far apparent now the problem is trump call and merkel have both offered to donald trump to look into the deal to come up with kind of an amendment a new deal and they have therefore also gratified american unilateralism in the name of preserving multilateral decisions and this is i think a very difficult case here that's why many in europe say we have to give something to trump in order to save the deal support him in rolling back iranian influence in the region for example but others say if we do this then we will dig deep we will become like lose our credibility in the middle east and also with the iranians one in two about the timing of this revelation and we heard people immediately saying that it is this information is being revealed to persuade donald trump to decide

washington and will ask what is this mean for robert mole those russia investigation also coming up students across the u.s. walk out of class to mark the nineteenth anniversary of the columbine high school massacre but congress in the white house is still have not acted to tighten gun control so is anyone in the u.s. capitol listening this time around and a blast and then should have happened in seventy years ago today experts defused an unexploded. bomb in the heart of berlin the danger was so high that tens of thousands. plus the end of a sporting a premier league soccer club arsenal announcing that coach arson of england will step down at the end of the seas if he's been in charge for more than twenty years. i'm brinkerhoff it's good to have you with us there have been three official investigations two still running into possible campaign collusion between donald trump and the russians tonight and a lawsuit to that list the democratic national committee is suing president donald trump's campaign leaders the russian government and weiqi leaks the democrats contend that all three conspired

president. really have over us president dogwood truong is in washington on his first state visit since truck took office and both men have referred to the u.s. france relationship as special but even more so they say their personal relationship is something special or they began with trunk telling reporters that the iran nuclear deal is insanity tough talk but nothing new there well then try. went into private talks and when they emerged while the plan b. which macron had said does not exist suddenly appear trump sounded as if he is willing to let the iran deal stand as long as a new deal is negotiated to add on to the existing one now that left a lot of unanswered questions but it did expand on one burning topic in paris washington and even here in berlin that budding bromance between trump and macro own i want you to take a look and listen to what the two men said today about each other repeatedly mr president they're all saying what a great relationship we have and they're actually correct it's not fake news finally but we do have a very special relationship we have to make th

london mccrone feels french people in washington will be expecting the two leaders of wrong to vote. hello and welcome i wanted to achieve. a man who plowed a van into pedestrians in toronto canada is due to appear in court later on tuesday ten people were killed in a busy street in the city center at least sixteen others were injured the suspect fled the scene but was arrested a short while later after a standoff with police to run to police are earning praise for their restraint and professionalism in not firing a shot. stood next to a battered rental van and appearing to point a weapon and the suspects in the terrans have attack place closed in on him within half an hour of the incident this tense exchange was captured by a possible by. the officer was praised for his bravery and for not shooting when others might have pulled the trigger now police will be able to question the suspect named as twenty five year old alec massey an authority say his act was deliberate but his motive unclear they sought to play down terrorism links on the basis of all of the lobel information at the

action also coming up germany's chancellor goes to washington to raise the iran nuclear deal after talks of the white house i'm going to moscow says the deal to slow down the wrong nuclear activities that recognizes it's not sufficient so what leverage does she now have. and a terminally ill british toddler out beyond the needle back. alfie evans had a rep brain disease judges agreed the doctors who do the life support should be withdrawn to get his parents to bring you the full story. i'm kind of a home free thanks for joining me the international community is praising the leaders of north and south korea for working to formally end the stage of war between their countries now this comes sixty five years off to the end of fighting in the korean war and friday's historic summit north korean leader kim jong un and south korean president said they would sign a formal peace treaty by the end of this year and work towards a nuclear free peninsula and they insisted they don't wish to repeat the mistakes of the past. an extraordinary moment in korean history after decades of hostilities

the german chancellor goes to washington to save the iran nuclear deal offered to talks at the white house i'm going to marco says the deal has slowed down iran's nuclear activities that recognizes it's not sufficient so what leverage does she have now also coming up. the leaders of north and south korea praised for committing so peace at their historic summit will they avoid the mistakes of the past. and a terminally ill british toddler at the heart of a legal battle has died out. a rare brain of these judges agreed with doctors that life support should be withdrawn against his parents wishes to bring you the full story. from helena humphrey thanks for your company in washington a german chancellor angela merkel has held talks with u.s. president donald trump now it was the second face to face meeting between the two americas first trip to washington since being reelected she's trying to persuade him to stay in a landmark nuclear deal with iran which he has threatened to pull off it was just one issue a differences between them a proven difficult to bridge. as chancellor merkel met

there were disagreements we'll go live to washington for more also coming up a court charges a twenty five year old suspect in connection with monday's toronto van attack alec admin aasia faces multiple counts of murder and attempted murder after ten people were killed and fifteen injured and as the syrian conflict enters its eighth year an international fund raising drive begins today in brussels can it make any difference so. i bring it's good to have you with us tonight in washington or in french president manuel has just held a joint press conference with his u.s. counterpart u.s. president donald trump it's the second day of macaroons first state visit to washington since trump took office now ahead of the press briefing the team and put on a show of unity their agenda contains some tough topics which they don't necessarily agree on but as their white house he got under way mr trump pulled out all the stops as you can see there to. welcome the leader seen as his closest contact and. honor. well at the press conference following those dogs lavished praise on for hints for i

leadership role french president tomorrow macross has just completed a state visit to washington the first foreign visitor received such an innocence donald trump took office and he rocked congress with a speech in which he defiantly challenge president comes position on climate change free trade and the iran nuclear deal so is mccraw about to eclipse angela merkel both in europe and internationally. mccrone oh medical who's leading europe that's a question on quadriga this week and to discuss that question i'm joined here in the studio by matthew carney chief europe correspondent for politico matthew argues that mccall wants to leave europe but calm while medical could leave europe but what. also with us is his person all think i'm the journalist for the french magazine the plan when she argues that i'm going to medical used to be cold the queen of europe now in money well my call seems to be the new king and the woman who tunes or coasting family who's based here in government were hoping for the suit dodge inside to who she says is in germany's interest to support friends not

washington d.c. for tough talks with the u.s. president donald trump merkel landed in the u.s. capitol late last night during a three hour meeting today the leaders are expected to discuss the iranian nuclear deal u.s. steel tariffs and the war in syria it is the german chancellor second visit to d.c. sense trump took office i'm now joined by custom phenomena in washington coston trump gave french president mccraw a very warm welcome this week full of pomp and circumstance how are we expecting him to greet the chancellor today when i believe he would be friendly and polite even though there was a story in the washington post here just a few hours ago that trump allegedly said to some advisors that he's not looking forward to american visiting him but i believe the two won't show it's it's clear that america doesn't have the same kind of. chemistry with trump mccraw apparently has but i think she's comfortable with the fact that she doesn't go to a state visit that this is a working visit she's a very sober. person she's not into pomp and circumstance for her it would be most i

to discover their assets frozen in response to what washington calls a breeze in pattern of malign activity including meddling in the twenty six u.s. election also coming up showdown at the gaza border israeli troops again fire at palestinian protesters killing at least seven people and injuring hundreds more. also catalonia separatist leader walks free from a german jail judges refusing to extradite karla's puts them all on rebellion charges and releasing him on. i bring golf it's good to have you with us add another blow to the already bad relationship between russia and the west the u.s. has struck at russian president vladimir putin's inner circle imposing the trump administration's toughest sanctions yet on seven of the richest. washington saying that the move is in response to what he calls russia's line activity around the world including its intervention in the twenty sixteen u.s. election. one of the most striking editions to america's sanctions list is not in the putin son in law korea. he's vice president of russia's biggest petro chemical company c bore and worth an est

attack in syria and even as the u.s. deploys its warships in the region washington puts off a decision on striking back for that suspected attack now this is russia says any u.s. military action will trigger war also coming up a huge shakeup at v.w. have that disease takes over as c.e.o. the new man is a toff wants to reshuffle major brands and prepares the auto giant for the future. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us international inspectors are on their way right now to the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in syria now this as a mark shift in tone emerges from washington the white house saying no final decision has made on how to respond to the suspected attack now fears of a confrontation between the west and syria's main ally russia have been growing since president trumps comments that missiles will be coming. to destroy its u.s.s. donald cook and u.s.s. puerto have been positioned off the syrian coast but if and when those get the order to strike it's not yet clear. after this bellicose tweet in which he threatened syria's ally russia that missiles will b

the news live from berlin america meets trump the german chancellor goes to washington to survey the iran nuclear deal after talks at the white house anglo-american says the deal has slowed down to ron's nuclear activities or recognizes it's not sufficient so what leverage is any dishing out going forward also coming up with. the leaders of north and south korea are being praised for committing to peace at their historic summit but will this time be any different we'll get reaction from seoul. and it's that time of the year again the relegation dogfight is nearing its climax in the bundesliga five teens are fighting to beat the drop in we give you the lowdown on which teams still have hopes of staying in the top flight. and be quite awesome welcome to the program we begin in washington where german chancellor angela merkel has held talks with u.s. president donald trump it was the second face to face meeting between the two and merkel's first trip to washington since being reelected she's trying to persuade trump to stay in a landmark nuclear deal with iran which he threatened to

is the w. from planning madhumita trauma the german chancellor goes to washington to save the iran nuclear deal he talks of the white house i'm going to buckle says the deal to slow down the wrong nuclear activities but recognizes it is not sufficient it's what leverage does she have now. also coming off the leaders of north and south korea are praised for committing to peace it's a historic summit with a void in the sanctity of the park. and a terminally ill british child left the hospital legal battle. the as it had a red brain disease judges agreed with doctors to launch the flu should be which will against that parents be sure we'll bring you the full story. i'm helena humphrey good to have you with us in washington german chancellor i'm going to moscow has held talks with u.s. president donald trump it was the second face to face meeting between the two in merkel's first trip to washington since being reelected she's trying to persuade trying to stay in a landmark deal with iran which she has threatened to pull out of it was just one issue where differences between them approv

at washington saying its trade war with china is vain and pointless. refuses to be drawn into the dispute in europe should be permanently exempt from steel tariffs germany's vice chancellor says he's optimistic the european union will be granted an exam ssion scholtz making the comments after a meeting with vice president mike pence the temporary exemption to tariffs on steel and other metals expires on may the first german chancellor angela merkel will travel to washington next week to post only make the case for an exemption we've been told his meeting yesterday was delayed leaving him to stroll along the fence in part of the white house for about an hour let's go over to our washington correspondent for the nominees in front of the international monetary fund which will get to in a moment the spring meeting with the i.m.f. and world bank under way right now constant good to see that tell me first of all if you think europe will be spared the worst of this trade war between the u.s. and china roll over like shoulder so we're going to have to wait a little longer to find out. i t

chancellor goes to washington to say you are wrong you kids heal up to talks at the white house are going to members have to deal to slow down the wrong nuclear activities that recognizes it's not sufficient so what leverage does she now have. and it's that time of the year again the relegation dogfight is nearing its climax in the buddha's needa five teams a fine thing to think the drug please give me the lowdown on the u.s. still has her. home free thanks for joining me the international community is praising the leaders of north and south korea for working together to formally end the state of war between the countries now this comes sixty five years off to the end of fighting in the korean war of friday's historic summit north korean leader kim jong un and south korean president moon j.n. said they would sign a formal peace treaty by. the end of this year and work towards a nuclear free. insisted they don't wish to repeat the mistakes of the past. an extraordinary moment in korean history after decades of hostilities and the threat of a nuclear confrontation can john on a moon j in em

program the. course of a tree in washington is john the chance and i'm going back a little past to meet u.s. president donald trump for a look ahead to a meeting the promises to be brief and far from simple. i'm still down welcome to the program the leaders of north and south korea have agreed to formally end the state of war between their two countries sixty five years after the fighting and it is a historic summit a kim jong un blue jay and said they would sign a formal peace treaty by the end of this year and work towards a nuclear free korean peninsula and they insisted they did not want to repeat the mistakes of the past. an extraordinary moment in korean history after decades of hostilities and the threat of a nuclear confrontation a new era of peace is declared on the peninsula. moments before the leaders signed to distort declaration which aims to end the longstanding conflict key points includes. replacing the armistice with an official peace treaty plans to denuclearize the peninsula the reunification of separated families and a follow up summit in the north this autumn a

fifty billion dollars this comes just hours after washington unveiled its own list of tariffs on more than thirteen hundred imported chinese problems. a woman has shot and injured three people at the you tube headquarters in northern california before fatally shooting herself a suspect allegedly had a website that railed against you tube for censoring her videos and cutting her earnings on the platform police officials say they are still investigating a motive. and thousands of people have gathered in rio de janeiro and other cities in brazil to call for former leader louise and lula da silva to be put behind darren's the facility is facing a twelve year prison sentence for alleged corruption the demonstrations come on the eve of the supreme court hearing to appeal the charges. presidents of iran turkey and russia are meeting to discuss the crisis in syria it comes as rebels are facing what could be a game changing setback the loss of eastern guta a key stronghold near the capital damascus under russian russian brokered deal buses carrying fighters and their families have been le

washington to save the iran's nuclear deal after talks at the white house germany's chancellor says that the deal has slowed down iran's nuclear activities but that it's not sufficient does this mean that she has given in to the demands of donald trump we'll go live to washington also coming up the leaders of north and south korea pledged to bring the korean war to an end but they also confirm their commitment to a nuclear free korean peninsula but will actions follow words and. we'll . forge performing together again at last we will record two new songs for a virtual tour and a.t.v. special. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us the german chancellor angela merkel has returned to the white house for her second visit since u.s. president. took office her first visit in washington with trump was marked by many all good moments but this time trying out of his way to ensure that merkel received a warm reception he greeted the chancellor by calling her an extraordinary woman and then the pair got down to almost two hours of talks that focused on irin trade border security and berlin's mili

i'm going to call both went to washington to convince of course. president trump to not to the deal be. because it's not only that part of the european like foreign policy legacy but it's also one of the very few successful multilateral approaches and it works so far paren now the problem is trump call and merkel have both offered to donald trump to look into the deal to come up with kind of an amendment a new deal and they have therefore also gratified american unilateralism in the name of preserving multilateral decisions and this is i think a very difficult case here that's why many in europe say we have to give something to trump in order to save the deal support him in rolling back iranian influence in the region for example but others say if we do this then we will dig. we will become like lose our credibility in the middle east and also with the iranians i'm warning two about the timing of this revelation and we heard people immediately saying that it is this information is being revealed to persuade donald trump to decide a certain way i mean you can look at it that way but

murder of innocent men women and children for the latest from washington we're joined now by care richard thin and in the studio we also have analysts and journalist khalid allies care presidents trump said earlier that the strikes would continue until the therion regime stopped using chemical weapons but defense secretary james mattis sad that it was a one time shot is there consensus at all and washington on the extent of america's military involvement in syria. well certainly the big question all week has been what is the long term plan for syria from the point of view of the united states and the goal here is certainly not about regime change we just heard trump say that this was in response to a chemical weapons attack and meant to send a message not just to the outside regime but also to other governments around the world that the use of chemical weapons against their own populations is not something that the international community will stand by and allow to happen of course these were banned after world war one precisely because they are so heinous because they have such devastati

attacks washington has described the strikes as a one time shot. so president trump and u.s. military commanders are hailing the operation a success but questions about the u.s. strategy on syria remain w.'s aleksandra naaman has more from washington president still no triumph was very quick to declare success after the strikes against syria sweeting mission accomplished a phrase that invited unwelcome comparisons to george w. bush and he experiences in iraq four notes from some pain seems to be successful the you ask was able to send a clear signal to syria and its patrons and to avoid a direct confrontation with the russians and the pentagon is confident that it has crippled assad's chemical weapons program but the question remains what is exactly the mission and what is president's tromps strategy on syria and more and more lawmakers on both sides of the aisle demand answers criticizing the president's position as inconsistent and saying that the broader strategy is needed . allows you to use washington bureau chief alexandra fund naaman for more now we're joined by journalist on c

to washington during trump's presidency. it's expected that she would try to keep u.s. support for the germany back to iran nuclear deal other issues on the agenda during friday's talks are likely to be trade security and energy. so she's got more of what she going to be doing. hi brant and she's going to be here on was actually a very short trip and that's going to be all business and no frills she's going to be in the united states for less than twenty four hours at landing this evening local time and then her first engagements with the united states president donald trump will be tomorrow for a lunch she will have some things to talk about with him there and then she'll head over to the residence of the german ambassador before being a back on a plane to berlin by evening so if you look at this visit it obviously contrasts very sharply to that which we saw earlier this week of a french president. who really had a red carpet well we saw him get helicopter rides with donald trump he had a lavish state dinner and he was the first state visit of donald trump's presidency and so we'r

washington and pyongyang are communicating directly at very high levels. i bring coffee it's good to have you with the american. coffee giant starbucks has announced plans to close down all of its eight thousand stores in the united states for one afternoon the purpose so that its employees can attend training to prevent racial discrimination the company which operates thousands of stores worldwide is scrambling to prevent a boycott triggered when two black men were arrested at a starbucks in philadelphia last week the c.e.o. has already issued a full personal apology the two men had not purchased coffee but were minding their own business last week when a starbucks employee called the police to throw them out. images of the arrest spread over social media prompting starbucks c.e.o. to issue an unconditional apology and promised to make things right what happened in the way that incident escalated and the outcome was nothing but reprehensible and i'm sorry i want to apologize to the community in philadelphia and to all my starbucks hard this is not who we are and it's not who we're going

agenda north korea the u.s. president revealing a breakthrough in relations between washington and pyongyang. we were also a story talking to north korea directly we have had direct talks at very high levels really high levels with north korea. and i really believe there's a lot of goodwill a lot of good things are happening we'll see what happens as i always say we'll see what the response has now confirmed that cia director and secretary of state nominee mike plan peo met with north korean leader kim jong un last week. a stunning turnaround just three months ago trump and kim were engaged in a war of words sparked by p.r. yang's nuclear program and long range missile launches but the new year marked a new direction for the isolated country there was a thaw in relations with south korea with the north participating in the winter olympics and a joint korean talks move to end hostilities as well as talks of denuclearization. in early march jim offered to hold talks with washington to the shock of many observers trump except it. pompei a secret trip to pyongyang is further evidence t

their assets frozen in response to what washington calls a brazen pattern of malign activity ties between russia and the west take another nosedive also coming up showdown at the gaza border israeli troops again using live fire on palestinian protesters killing at least five people and injuring hundreds more and out on bail catalonia separatist leader walks free from a german jail a court refuses to extradite karla's put your hands on rebellion charges and releases him on bail. way iraq is a pleasure to have you with us all right we start off with the escalating diplomatic standoff between russia and the west in the latest twist the u.s. has now struck at the very heart of russian president vladimir putin's inner circle imposing some of its strongest sanctions yet on seven of russia's most influential oligarchy washington has also singled out a number of senior russian companies and government officials accusing them of malign ect. around the world well the sanctions target most notably three very close allies of putin to start off with his son in law carol sham aloft who you see

felgenhauer joins us from bosco the w.c. richardson is in washington french journalist and is a better mood today is in paris welcome to you or let's start with you pavel felgenhauer in moscow so russia says britain states this gas attack in eastern cooter how much of that statement do you believe. no i don't believe that. i believe that this is current well or. rather senseless you know and. well there are. things they overread most. over dr this is. who i mean that's my choice but that's the current style and i don't mean a russian proper. russian. diplomatic service they use the rank your arguments gutter and actually when russia has a point when russian officials are say normally no one now believes not much because they've been lying. and i. know you're wrong. keep it we saw. our president. and his of move on is about to move in paris president ma kroll says he has proof of a chemical attack into manhattan and why should we believe him any more we believe the russians well the russians have got a dog in this fight i mean their own ground the culture mustn't the troops they'