we're joined now by rice correspondent josh smith who's in seoul josh why is washington now targeting countries with the shipping links to north korea well over the past several years western intelligence agencies have accused dozens of countries of helping north korea to dodge international sanctions last year however some major countries including china finally cracked down and reduced significantly shipments of things like oil into the country and now washington says that these ships and some of these companies overseas are one of the north korea's last lifelines and ways around the international sanctions that have increased pressure on the government there. donald trump has been warning of a phase two that he says could be very unfortunate for the world if the nissan actions don't work as he hinting at military intervention that is certainly the question that comes up now here in south korea the winter olympics are winding down and this was an event that officials here had hoped would possibly lead to a broader political breakthrough possibly leading to direct talks between jiang

news why from berlin tonight washington and many people around the world are asking what is inside that secret memo the f.b.i. says it has grave concerns about the accuracy of a classified memo on the russia investigation but the white house has confirmed to us president trump will release the memo on friday also coming up german lawmakers approved new regulations to reunite asylum seekers with their families or unions will resume in august but there's a cap on the numbers and poland backs controversial legislation making it a crime to suggest that poles were complicit in the holocaust the move has angered israel will get reaction from the sun in these untold center. plus china closes more virtual tunnels under its notorious fire wall starting today people and companies will have to use state approved software will take a look at the consequences for doing business in china and a court it reverses lifetime bans for dozens of russian athletes accused of doping but it is still not clear whether those athletes can take part in next week's winter olympics. it's good to have you. with us we

planned to shortly unveiled new aggressive sanctions against the north and said washington could not allow pyongyang to quote hide behind the olympic butler as threatens the region. for more of the story let's bring in jason strother he's a freelance journalist in seoul jason i'm trying to picture this washington's most second most powerful the official sharing a stage with high ranking north koreans at the olympics can we expect to show. i don't think we can expect a showdown nor do i think we can expect a handshake of course leading the north korean precession is the sister of ruler kim jong moon kim go junk but i. sure as much as south korean president moon j.n. would have liked to have had an environment where perhaps the u.s. and north korean officials could have informal talks there is no indication from either side that either is really eager to speak to each other or pence came out swinging before even landed there for even gets theirs to south korea is promising but u.s. vice president new sanctions on the north what could that entail. well he was quite vague on that and i h

this is live from berlin tonight washington and many around the world are asking what is inside that secret memo the f.b.i. says it has great concerns about the accuracy of a classified memo on the russia investigation but the white house has confirmed u.s. president trump will release the memo on friday also coming up poland backs controversial legislation making it a crime to suggest that pows were complicit in the holocaust the move has angered israel will get reaction from the simon wiesenthal center and a court reverses lifetime bans for dozens of russian athletes accused of doping but it is still not clear whether those athletes can take part in next week's winter olympics. i bring golf it's good to have you with us in the united states the f.b.i. has condemned plans by the white house and house republicans to release a secret memo the memo alleges that the f.b.i. abused its surveillance powers when it investigated donald trump's presidential campaign the agency contests the documents accuracy while democrats say its release could undermine the investigations into russian inter

and can washington prevent another government shutdown that could come down to immigration policy we speak to a congressman who consult was once an undocumented immigrant. hello and welcome i'm terry martin good to have you with us germany's two biggest political parties have finally agreed on a deal to form a coalition government they made the announcement yesterday in berlin after another grueling game of give and take more than four months after the country's election but both chancellor angela merkel and her social democrat counterpart say the agreement is the only way to guarantee german stability. after a marathon thirty four hours of negotiations it was old strained smiles for the would be coalition partners with the working compromise achieved relief from the chancellor. it been about sort i am convinced that the coalition agreement we have worked on together can be just that the basis for a solid and stable government that's what our country needs and it's what the world is expecting from us of. expectations were high especially among martin childes his social democrats the

what does this tell us about the current state of the union in in washington. well the political system in washington is in a deep crisis this system depends very much on the readiness of members from both parties the two main parties in congress to compromise for the moderates to come together because there's always been this element of some members on either side of the aisle not going with the party line because here in the us and then most of parliaments are not so much dependent on the party or the party leadership they are dependent on the voters back home in their constituencies so they have always been some members who voted against the party line this is why the system depended on moderates from both sides working together and to compromise and these days there are less and less moderates and more and more ideologues and that is why the system gets nothing done or very little done ok thank you cause indeed it has cost and phenomena in washington. so gridlock in washington and trouble over wall street shares have dropped dramatically again that's true t

and children will bring you the latest developments in syria's civil war also coming out students in washington stage a lie and outside the white house to demand better gun control laws in the wake of last week's florida school massacre. and football firing munich at the champions league trail tonight the german giants have a tricky home game against special touch turkey. i'm sumi so much content good to have you with us the united nations say the syrian government must stop targeting civilians in the rebel held on klav eastern hometown . the london based syrian observatory for human rights says that government air raids on eastern home to close to the syrian capital damascus has killed nearly one hundred fifty people since monday hundreds more were injured in the suburbs has been under siege by regime forces for more than four years. knew all that deadly assault on eastern hunter comes as fighting looks to set to intensify on another front as well this time in the country's north on the border with turkey the turkish president has a temporary one. says he plans to lay siege to our freedom that

michael cannot in washington thank you. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world a turkish course has reversed its decision to release the national head of amnesty international from detention the original decision was made yesterday but successfully appealed by the prosecution human rights activist attached to a time to kill each has been in jail since june on terrorism charges which he denies. the u.n. special envoy on human rights in me in my eyes said that military operations against the hinge of muslim better hold banks and genocide in the seven hundred thousand range you have fled to bangladesh since the army crackdown after last year's attacks by insurgents. kenya's high court has ordered the government to end its shutdown of three private television stations the outlets were taken off after they covered opposition leader rather dangerous self-proclaimed presidential inauguration on tuesday journalists say they've been sleeping in the news rooms to avoid being arrested outside.

the students have vowed to continue protesting for gun reform their next stop is in washington d.c. in march. so. the funeral service was held on tuesday for fifteen year old peter weighing he died while bringing others to safety during the shooting youth across the nation are not giving up in the fight for their lives. now to some other stories making news around the world at least five thousand people have been cut off by landslides and hundreds of tourists stranded after a powerful storm battered new zealand's south island the storm was the tail end of cycle in quito which tore through several pacific nations last week. in bahrain a court has sentenced human rights activist now be over a job to another five years in jail for job and criticize the saudis involvement in the many civil war on twitter he's already serving a two year sentence for voicing criticism of the bahraini government on t.v. . the u.s. state department says north korea canceled a planned meeting with vice president mike pence apple last minute he was supposed to hold talks with government representatives during

presidents cost and what once again on display at the unveiling office painting washington's national portrait gallery. one welcome i'm. we begin in south africa where the ruling a.n.c. party is confined that it's still scandal tainted president jacob zuma to step down but party leaders have not yet agreed on a time frame and not giving time to respond to the party's decision to recall him from office we'll get some analysis from our correspondent in just a bit but first let's take a listen to what the a.n.c. secretary general had to say just a few minutes ago. this. space . tourist. we have. to respond when we call or what do. you expect to do. let's leave it there is the. joining me now in the studio is did obvious correspondent christine christine this sounds like a complete fudged new deadline or time frame and the secretary general of the a.n.c. saying let's leave it to jacobs yeah a lot of frustration and then this and to the follow up humanae of that came from that statement journalist pressing the secretary general. to indicate as to how much time the president could potential

george washington abraham lincoln and john f. kennedy among those displayed on the walls of the museum if you look at the portraits of the presidents one glaring fact stands out they're all white men well not any more barack obama is the first african-american to have his poor traits in the galleries hall of presidents this image of the former first lady michelle obama will be on display by a couple of the first occupants of the white house to have their official portraits painted by black artists barack obama's portrait. is renowned for painting people of color in the style of the old masters he didn't follow all of obama's suggestions try to negotiate was greater. artistic integrity would not allow him to do what i asked. smaller ears. struck out on matters well. the artist says he was deeply moved by the experience of painting the former president this is our ability to say i matter i was here. the ability to be the first african-american painter to paint the first african-american president of the united states is absolutely

a street sign this likely to get under the russian president's skin in washington d.c. the street outside the russian embassy has been renamed after one of putin's slain enemies it's a trolling tactic the u.s. has used before to needle foreign rivals. and broad thomas a warm welcome to the show a la day after a temporary truce fails to take effect in syria a fire. adding rages on as those the war of words between the u.s. and russia a top u.s. general has accused russia of quote behaving like an arsonist and a fire fighter in syria general joseph adl lashed out after the planned daily ceasefire collapsed the u.s. state department is also slammed moscow for backing the syrian government russia is certainly not hearing to the cease fire they're not adhering to the cease fire because they continue to sponsor and back bashar al assad's government that is tragic as a result of that we are seeing innocent civilians and you've all seen the video many of you are parents you have seen the children who are suffering and dying you've seen the innocent people doing that the world h

carolyn issue more reporting for us there from washington thanks very much. well let's turn now to some of the other stories that are making news around the world the united nations says that around ninety people are believed to have drowned off the coast of libya after the boat they were in capsized three survivors said most of those on board were from pakistan more than two hundred fifty people have died in the last month trying to cross the mediterranean most of them headed for italy. police in kenya fired tear gas at opposition protesters after they barricaded a main road in nairobi protesters are demanding that kenya's three main t.v. channels be allowed back on the air in compliance with the high court order government shut the channels down on tuesday after they planned to broadcast the mock inauguration of opposition leader raul odinga. the father of three young women who were abused by larry nasser tried to be. discreet doctor in court randall margrave's had asked the judge for five minutes alone with nasser she refused and then more graves lunged to

and for more let's bring in carolina chinmoy who is following the very latest from washington d.c. and carolyn i want to begin by talking about these student activists because they have really been imploring lawmakers to do something we have seen a series of very very passionate pleas in the past few days what has been the reaction from washington. well speaking about the president donald trump he spoke oh with a senator on friday we probably kind of all a billion traduced with a democrat a senator or a democrat and this is bill and. how state and federal governments report offenses that could prevent people from buying a gun but we have to remember that donald trump a ran for president as a pro-gun candidate and tied himself to the n.r.a. to the national rifle association throughout the whole presidential campaign so this kind of questions always arise after such a tragedy sarah what is congress going to do is there going to be a legislative response or not experts say that people are not now nor really shocked anymore after such tragedies we have to remember this is the thirteent

russians been plotting to interfere in the twenty sixteen presidential election we will go live to washington. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us the turkish german journalist denis you chel has been freed after a year in a turkish prison but on the same day six turkish journalists have been jailed for life for their alleged involvement in the failed coup in twenty six. as for you child he is free for now but he is still facing charges in turkey accused of spreading terrorist propaganda and prosecutors are seeking a jail term of up to eighteen years as part of what has been a major crackdown on free speech in the country for the time being however his supporters in germany and his family are celebrating. and you know what germany's foreign minister was the bearer of good news and yeah i think yes it's a good day and then issued a challenge free speech on its way to estimate the point from the speaking at a press conference at the headquarters of dennis you tells a lawyer of the german daily developed gabriele told reporters that you just release was a victory for dip

these students are from washington d.c. and not from florida nevertheless they felt compelled to head to the white house to protest they wanted to stage a lion to show their solidarity with the seventeen people who were killed at stoneman douglas high school they say they're fed up with the government's lack of gun control oh in the wake of the school shooting my friend whitney and i decided that we wanted to do something about it on the politicians to saying that they're so i put a dent in their family but they're not doing anything about it and my friend when i believe that something needs to be done. many of the protesters criticized us president donald trump bake you some of simply blaming others and evading the real issue of gun laws and they concerned about how much influence gun lobby groups have on the government. oh. thanks to you we need to stand up to the n.r.a. we need to do what's right for kids not guns. trump arrived back in washington later monday after visiting victims medical personnel and first responders

but he is paying us a visit in our studio in washington tonight chris thank you very much we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us. thanks rob. well here in germany lawmakers have reached an agreement on the contentious issue of reuniting refugee families the new plan allows the close family members to join asylum seekers here starting this august but their numbers will be limited to a maximum of one thousand per month now the deal is part of a larger plan to end months of deadlock between chancellor angela merkel's conservatives and the social democrats as they seek to form a new coalition government. that asylum seekers made their voices heard outside the german parliament it could be a very long time before many of them see their family again in march twenty sixth in the german government halted family reunions for hundreds of thousands of refugees with so-called subsidiary protection is that as less than full asylum. family reunions for this group were set to begin next month thursday's vote delayed that until august but is then set to restart on a limited basis germany's g

barack obama has unveiled a colorful large scale portrait of himself at the national portrait gallery in washington and on are given to all u.s. presidents the former first lady michelle obama also one build a portrait the obama's chose two african-american artists to do the artworks. ukraine deports one of the government's biggest opponents sputnik. saakashvili says he was kidnapped i'm sorry lead this is the day. anti corruption campaigner and former georgian president mikhail saakashvili was at this kiev restaurant when masked men with guns seized him and he was flown to poland is lawyer says it was illegal. it's a kidnapping or not a detention because the detention should be based on either report decision or other official proceedings and that was not the case unfortunately it looks like an illegal attempt to deport michel from ukraine. hard to recuperate.

dozens of students staged a so-called dian in front of the white house in washington d.c. they're calling on u.s. president donald trump to act after seventeen students died in last week's school shooting in florida parents and teachers were also present to demand stricter gun controls. in mozambique at least seventeen people have died after being buried in a landslide of garbage authorities say heavy rain caused a mountain of trash in a dump in the capital to collapse on to surrounding houses officials believe more bodies could still be buried under the debris. i knew and he brags that party has launched in britain renew is hoping to capitalize on uncertainty over to pressure the u.k. government into stopping the process of leaving the e.u. the party is drawing inspiration from france's governing party. the war. a new alliance is born in syria and the web of war gets all the more complicated reports say that president assad's forces are teaming up with kurdish militia to push turkey out of the border enclave in offering that hat that it invaded last month the former head

for more let's bring in our washington correspondent alexandra phenomenon alexandra what we have here is basically dozens of pages in this indictment detail in this russian operation to influence the u.s. election what are we to make of it. this is the first time we are getting such details information about how russians allegedly tried to interfere in the u.s. election in twenty sixteen how they tried to undermine the public trust in the us political system and the special counsel has indicted stare russian individuals and three russian entities and among them is one russian oligarch you've given the free goes in who is well known here in the united states he is said to be a member of the kremlin kremlin's in their circle and he was saying sions by the united states in twenty sixty four he's rolled in russia's aggression in eastern ukraine and now he's in houston of funding the russian meddling in the us election now when we look at the special counsel's investigation i mean this is really the crux of the crime that he was charged with investigating here is russian meddling in the tw

however with this latest round of sanctions while washington says it remains open to some kind of talks with north korea if they are interested in coming to the table these latest sanctions certainly set a tone that makes many people worried. after amazing on saturday in china the international olympic committee said it will resume discussions on sunday about whether the international athletes of russia will be allowed to march under their country's flag at the closing ceremonies the i.o.c. has alleged so russian oscillates to compete but only under an olympic flag at their case is all the more difficult they say that two russians have been caught doping in china the first a courier who had his medal stripped on the second a ball pleasure who had missed it taking a banned substance. to point to think of football now and evolve spirit travel to minds on friday nights with their new coach bruno love the dia the visitors had multiple opportunities to put the game away but lines had other ideas the wolves use it by cologne netted the game's first gold problem center of the box at the six mi

we'll take you to washington for the showdown between america's president and its intelligence community plus a warning from germany's chancellor as she has a fresh coalition talks i'm glad meryl says there are still major differences between cross party and potential partners the social democrats that's next week's deadline for for any of government drawls close to find out what germans think of this protracted political horrible goes it's going to go. to the same courtroom drama at a sentencing hearing for disgraced u.s. doctor larry nasser in just watch the father of three of his victims being tackled after he launched at the former gymnastics doctor who abused his daughters. and sarah harmon welcome to the show it's good to have you with us and the united states are. controversial memo critical of the f.b.i. and the justice department has been released and speaking at the white house u.s. president donald trump confirmed the document had been declassified it alleges the f.b.i. used bad evidence when it applied for a fine as a warrant to buy on a member of the trump campaign during th

and possibly shake down a presidency tonight the white house confirming tomorrow washington and the world will get the memo plus doping for the gold and olympic ban on twenty eight russian athletes overturned justice or free passes for cheaters i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. we've waited for this for a long time in twenty cases the evidence collected was found to be insufficient this may have a serious impact on the future of fights against. that at the early game.

barack obama has unveiled a colorful large scale portrait of himself at the national portrait gallery in washington and on are given to all u.s. presidents the former first lady michelle obama also unveiled a portrait the obama's chose two african-american artists to do the artworks. our financial markets in for an even bigger shakeout a strong rebound on both sides of the atlantic signals the volatility is here to stay but some experts say the downward swings could grow also coming up rebuilding iraq a country in ruins the war ravaged state seeks billions of dollars in reconstruction funds but is anyone listening. and don't lose the plot kenya's latest reality t.v. shows a government backed attempt to boost the country's farming sector. this is your business update i've gotten on free in berlin good to have you with us now global stocks rallied on monday from asia to europe and even the u.s. where the last couple of weeks has proved a roller coaster ride with wall street stocks down ten percent officially entering a correction this week trading got underway there with the dow jones leaping by four

however with this latest round of sanctions while washington says it remains open to some kind of talks with north korea if they are interested in coming to the table these latest sanctions certainly set a tone that makes many people worried last amazing on saturday in the international olympic committee says it will resume discussions on sunday about whether the international athletes of russia will be allowed to march under their country's flag at the closing ceremonies yosi has allowed some russian operates to come peace but only under an olympic flag their case is all the more difficult to russians have been called doping in. the first a courier who had his metal strips the second a bobsledder who had missed it taking about substance. to the bones they going to fall for travel two minds on fighting ice but their new coach bruno love a day at the visitors had multiple opportunities to put the game away but mines had other ideas the wants to use it back over next as the games first go home and center of the box at the six minute mark you just came from what i am one nil paulsberg and

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is also a mixed bag american vice president pence is touring the region ahead of the games he said washington is open to talking with north korea but he also had an unwanted present until four pm yang let the world know this we will continue to intensify our maximum pressure campaign until north korea takes concrete steps toward complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. to that end i'm announcing today that the united states of america will soon unveil the toughest and most aggressive round of economic sanctions on north korea ever in the world maybe coming together for the winter olympics but the gulf between washington and north korea is as wide as ever. stories making news around the world the former prime minister of bangladesh has been sentenced to five years in jail for corruption the court in the bangladeshi capital dhaka found the seventy one year old swindled funds from a charity into her personal accounts. eight people have died and three others are missing after a road collapse in southern china local media report that a sudden leak inside a subway station construction

the washington w. news more coming up at the top of the hour thank you for joining us. you know what special. football made in germany. unimpeded access to education and college and the same opportunities for everyone. a central go.

washington correspondent michael nigga. michael if the memo is released on the allegations against the f.b.i. off on to have substance how is that likely to affect the motor investigation. well it is important to note that there is no deal that there is no direct link between the memo and the more investigation but it's also important to note that of course democrats and many others think that the goal the ultimate goal of this of this affair is to undermine the f.b.i. and the credibility of the miller investigation which is of course probing a possible collusion between the trump campaign and. russia and so and some say even that the ultimate goal of this of this whole affair is that that not just to undermine the f.b.i. and the investigation but to ultimately lay the groundwork to get rid of all or. talk to us about the timing there were democrats and republicans on this committee that sends this. memo so why is this coming out now. well that is a very interesting question because the timing is very curious because we all

the world maybe coming together for the winter olympics but the gulf between washington and north korea is as wide as ever. while a pass is meeting with moon and urged during that meeting to. for him to take a tougher line while earlier he spoke to journalist jason strother in seoul and we asked him if this puts moon in a difficult position. this was one of the hallmarks of moon's presidency ever since he took office just less than a year ago you know after a very. rhetoric filled year in two thousand and seventeen where we saw all most daily diatribes going back and forth between washington and pee on young president moon has succeeded in bringing north korea to the punch on the lympics and frankly it's been a real reprieve ever since kim jong un announced his intention to join the games however now talk of the sanctions a new sanctions we don't know what exactly the trumpet ministration might have in mind that i'm sure is not going over well here in seoul who just i believe president just wants everyone to come the pm jiang and play nice for the next few weeks jason strother there rep

plan to shortly unveil a new aggressive sanctions against the us he said washington could not allow young young to poke hide behind the of a banner as it threatens to reach. let's bring in journalist jason strother who is standing by and so hi jason mike pence is promising new aggressive sanctions as we heard against the north what could they entail a ride well there's no word from washington what and what new sanctions could be but we could expect that the u.s. would go after more foreign companies that are doing business with north korea now of course here in south korea seoul has been bending the rules in regard of sanctions allowing some north korean officials to arrive here as well as a north korean boat to transport its orchestra here however if new sanctions are imposed against the regime following or even during the olympics it would certainly be a blow to south korean president moon j.n. who's really tried to bridge the gap here and bring north korea into the fold could this announcement from pence then throw this entire process the start that we're seeing into doubt. i don't thi

and our washington correspondent carolyn is on the story so carolina what more do we know about these reports. well we are not that match the white house is still on lockdown and to the vehicle to the barrier at the big question of the big fear of course if it is if it is if this could have been a potential attack to the to the president to the white house the driver is being taken into custody and the secrete secret service is already investigating this this man the driver they will be of course looking through his documents we don't know much more about the driver but they seem to think that there are no bombs in the car in the vehicle because the security team that's what we saw is already touching the vehicle they're looking inside they're looking underneath the vehicle without major security measures so risk level it seems. right now but these are the details of the last minutes we don't have much more information about that yeah and what we do know though is that this is of course not the first such incident there have been attempts like this before and we know that there is a v

dozens of washington d.c. teenagers calling for gun reform staged a so-called die in outside the white house they demanded action from lawmakers following last week's school shooting in parklane florida that claimed seventeen lives and one of the country's worst mass shootings on record. a peruvian court has ruled that former president alberto fujimori can face trial for his role in the killing of six presidents in one thousand nine hundred two this comes after fujimori recently received a pardon for a twenty five year jail sentence he was serving for corruption and human rights abuses. i knew and he brags that party has launched in britain renew is hoping to capitalize on uncertainty over bragg's it to pressure the u.k. government into stopping the process of leaving the e.u. the party is drawing inspiration from france's governing party. in damage control the central bank's governor under investigation for bribery while the u.s. to accuse a lot fewer lender of money laundering. electric dreams come true for

ankara they discussed improving ties strained recently over their policies in syria turkey opposes washington support of the syrian kurdish militia ankara considers the group an arm of the bankers stand worker's party or p k k. i declare all ram oppose as been sworn in as south africa's new president his election comes a day after jacob zuma resigned amid intense pressure from his party to step down or face a no confidence vote graeme opposer was elected without a vote after being the only candidate nominated in the parliament. u.s. director wes anderson's isle of dogs has opened the berlin film festival the movie is about a japanese city that deports dogs to a garbage dump island during a canine flu outbreak it's among nine hundred films vying for the coveted golden and silver bears will be awarded on february twenty fourth. children running for their lives as a gunman armed with an assault rifle tears through their high school in florida tonight more than a dozen families mourn their dead and a deeply divided nation once again clashes over gun control i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the d

outlets and from their bureaus here the washington post c.n.n. the associated press a bad sort of raise this issue but if the indian newspapers are anything to go by in terms of of what the reception is here you might think that that he's actually being received with open arms you have got the times of india from a few days ago and you see here there's a full page ad on the front page of the times of india sort of advertising that ship and if you just go into the second page here. an image of donald trump jr on and it's saying you know chump is here and advertising that potential chance to have dinner with him which a lot of people are raising as an issue that you know essentially advertising access to the president's son exactly i'll just let let me ask you this question what what signals are the world's biggest democracy is he sending to other countries i mean i think the signal that's being sent is that business is a major priority and so that's why you've got the charm family which which obviously donald trump sr is the president of the unite

well mark is here with some business in washington is preparing to implement a reciprocal import tax that is how president u.s. president on a trump refers to he has announced that taxes will be levied on companies from countries which impose customs duties on u.s. products was unclear however which countries would be affected by that levy but he stated that he'll say more about the mutual tax this week also announced his four point four trillion dollars budget plan for the coming fiscal year and one point five trillion dollar plan to modernize the ailing u.s. infrastructure. trump hasn't announced to though fresh sanctions against russia just yet but washington is expected to do so anytime soon in response to moscow's alleged meddling in the twenty six thousand u.s. presidential bout and those fresh sanctions would primarily target russia's financial institutions which are key to the country's massive arms export business with billions of euros and therefore crucial for the russian economy. weapons have traditionally been a booming business in russia. last year russia export a twelv

going for member of the german bundestag with the greens joining us tonight from washington d.c. thank you very much. all right over to your now another punishing day for investors that's right this week has really taken by surprise brant volatility has plagued the markets all week following a brawl itself on monday european shares closed in negative territory and thursday's session ending a short lived rebound germany's dax was europe's worst affected closing down two point six percent in new york the dow has stayed in negative territory since the opening is currently about two and a half percent down analysts citing higher treasury bond yields as the catalyst for thursday's rollercoaster u.s. markets have been under pressure all we can worries the fed may accelerate interest rate hikes if inflation rises suddenly that could cut into corporate profits. to trade now and some good news depending on whose side you're on germany's trading partners constantly complain about it's high so plus the country ships out a lot more than it buys in but exports have reached a record high yet a

that resonates of but the crowd these young americans will now be hoping it makes it all the way to washington was a search and rescue teams in iran have suspended until daybreak efforts to find a passenger plane that crashed and mountainous terrain earlier today state media say crews were encountering blizzard conditions sixty five people were on the plane . absent relatives gathered at the airport feared the worst as they waited for official word on the fate of their loved ones they asked so many airlines plane reportedly came died in interior near the city of yes suge in iran sag ross mountains. iranian media reported per visibility and blizzard conditions were hampering efforts of american sea services trying to locate the wreckage planes like these make up iran's aging fleet which for over forty years old preachers have struggle to maintain and modernize due to impose sanctions president has son ronnie has ordered the transport ministry to investigate the crash and coordinate rescue efforts with passengers families actions for. now just some of the other stories making news around the wor

we are here for you whatever you need whatever we can do to ease your pain let's get moved to washington correspondent carson phenomena. kasten. there is a suspect in custody what do we know. well we know that he is a nineteen year old former student of that school a gun lover who liked to show off his fire and bragged to bollock killing and in the very disturbed a troubled boy some neighbors said his mother had died last year and he had lived with another family which allowed him to keep his guns in their homes there were also a few incidents where you apparently posted some troubling commons on social media and still he purchased that fire that he used in this message a military style assault rifle and a ar fifteen he purchased that legally because there was no criminal records that could have been have against him so we know that he had these problems still he had those firearms but after all it seems that nobody still expected that this would happen it came sort of out of the blue as it does so often these cases we're into the second month a v yeah by my reckoning this is the eighth