position absolutely irresponsible and simply doesn't understand british britain's position and what seems to be happening here is that russia is increasingly falling back settling on a position to do with correct procedure correct obligate obligations being fulfilled in terms of the chemical weapons convention membership of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons in terms of which russia believes a sample of this nerve agent must be submitted to the o.p.c. w. all members to the convention must have time to consider it and russia must have ten days worth of time to give its considered response britain essentially has jumped the gun as far as moscow is concerned it stands ready to cooperate with any investigation but it won't be dictated to that is russia's position currently as we await further details on what its concrete response may be. well from moscow to salzburg the british prime minister to resign may has been to souls with the sites of the attack last week she thanked the rescue teams there who attended the scene in that city in the west of england circus cri

all the better but britain has to britain has to do something they have they can't they they will go it alone if they have to to resubmit will have to take action against russia what that action is you know we can only speculate the in the response of the united states has been mystifying to say the least. the sarah sanders the white house spokesman said you know. britain they didn't criticize russia didn't support britain right that is to me standing history on his head when are when we're were more supportive of our oldest adversary than we are of our oldest ally of president trump speaking of the u.s. reaction president trump has been more than willing to give me a put in the benefit of the doubt when it comes to the allegations of course of russian interference in the twenty thousand u.s. election do you think you'll do the same with this with this attack you really have leisure time he already has he already has. i mean i think if it were any other person who was president of the united states do you think they wouldn't go to the go to. go to the support you know go to the side

britain's data protection watched obvious seeking a search warrant for the company accused of misusing information gathered from millions of facebook users cambridge analytical is a political consultancy based in london but is owned by a u.a.e. linked company it's accused of gaining unauthorized access to the data of fifty million facebook users the firm worked for donald trance presidential campaign and breck's it in the u.k. it's also been tied to a social media campaign to discredit catarrh in the ongoing gulf crisis the journalist has secretly recorded executives who boasting about their ability to sway elections use of the scandal what to ms forty billion dollars off the value of facebook shares a monday letter on a honda reports. many of us provide information online perhaps with a little thought about how it might be used and who it might end up with the scandal involving facebook might make many of us reconsider. cambridge analytic is accused of misusing the data of millions of facebook uses a whistleblower who worked at the british based data mining firm says the information w

britain take this case against moscow to the u.n. not pronouncing russian diplomats will be expelled over the poisoning of a former spy russia says it wasn't involved. from coast to coast students in the u.s. walk out of class to demand change a month after a school shooting in florida. got a one day some friends and i wrote on a wall still to dr ross and seven years on we revisit one of the protesters who said to help trigger syria's war plus. a mentor thomas at the opening of sydney's b.n. ali this year is the first ever to have an artistic director from asia i'll be explaining why that's significant and what it says about broader changes in australian society . welcome to the program moscow has told the u.n. security council of accusations by the u.k. that it's behind the poisoning of a. former russian spy and his daughter unfounded britain requested the emergency meeting in new york just hours after prime minister to resign may order the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats the u.s. called on the security council to hold r

that will cover a period of almost two years off britain leaves the e.u. formally and that is due to happen in march of twenty nineteen. it with the news out from london much more still ahead yemen central bank runs out of money after a deposit promised by saudi arabia is seized by its coalition partner the u.a.e. . i'll tell you why tunisia's revised inheritance laws is causing concern for women's rights activists. and then later in sport russian authorities stress that english football fans will be safe choose world cup. syrian opposition fighters have surrounded one of the last rebel enclaves near the capital damascus in an evacuation deal with the government thousands of fighters and civilians are now living the town of harasta an east and good government forces have been bombing the area heavily for more than a month but other rebel factions are still holding on to two separate pockets of territory including duma the largest town any some guta one of them is just agree to a cease fire those leaving harassed a fleeing north to adlib province which is b

a warning from britain after russian former spy and distorter are found unconscious in southern england and saudi arabia rolls out a massive p.r. campaign in london as the crown prince heads to the u.k. . and i'm sorry small have all the day's sport including the latest from the champions league as holders around madrid close in on a spot in the quarter finals. hopes are building for a breakthrough in peace talks on the korean peninsula after a delegation from the south a successful meeting with north korea's leader they say that kim jong il in agreed to meet his south korean counterpart in the next month and this willing to talk about getting rid of his nuclear weapons from seoul here's a bright. delegation arrived back in seoul clearly delighted the mission had achieved all its objectives and more most importantly an apparent commitment from north korea to denuclearize under the right conditions that. north korea made it clear that there will be no reason to possess nuclear capability is if there is no military threat and also north korea's regime security is guaranteed the two sides

has backed britain's assessment. responsible for the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in southern england more than a week ago the british government is. using a military grade developed in russia moscow has denied any involvement. investigators are trying to find out why it bangladeshi airliner crashed in the capital killing at least fifty people the u.s. . banga airlines flight from dakar missed a runway at kathmandu airport and burst into flames in the field and the united states is calling for an immediate ceasefire in syria's rebel held eastern ghouta if some bastard to the united nations says the u.s. will act alone if the international community doesn't want to my thousand people have died since the syrian government stepped up its offensive in eastern gota last month. the number of civilians being killed in syria has soared by forty five percent since the creation of so-called four deescalation zones made last year a report by the charity save the children found thirty seven people are dying every d

britain's prime minister has undertaken a day long tour of all four countries in the u.k. at the start of the countdown to leaving the e.u. this time next year the reason they says that she's committed to making briggs it a success but many britons nationwide don't want divorce from europe here's our u.k. correspondent on a beach ellipse. she didn't vote for brett's it to put on a rapid tour of britain starting in a scottish textile factory the prime minister urged the country to embrace the idea of leaving the e.u. i believe that we can negotiate a good agreement which is terrorists free in this friction is trade is possible so we maintain those markets in the e.u. but also that we open up markets around the rest of the world breaks it provides us with opportunities. but who's this campaigning against brick sit outside downing street boris johnson or maybe not but his impersonator and these protesters believe bret's it can be stopped with a second referendum on the final deal from the because she ations between britain and the e.u. says will a student just speaking for a

aside from meeting britain's queen elizabeth and political leaders the crown prince and his delegation which includes several government ministers is due to meet the head of the bank of england and business leaders as well current saudi trade with the u.k. has estimated that's around eight billion dollars a year the british government is expecting the saudis to increase that took ten billion dollars annually mohamed been some man will receive a warm welcome at downing street by a british prime minister in need of money as she struggles with bricks it negotiations but across the road protesters will gather among them several members of parliament to the mts the visit they believe the ideals and principles of freedom and human rights should not be forsaken no matter how much the saudis are willing to invest in the u.k.'s economy. and i just see it up from the. top for a short break here not a zero when we come back on a historic discovery in australia the oldest message in a bottle ever recovered but what's the message plus. if you are a victim of sexual abuse it's ok it's not your fault

she didn't vote for breck's it to put on a rapid tour of britain starting in a scottish textile factory the prime minister urged the country to embrace the idea of leaving the e.u. i believe that we can negotiate a good agreement which is terrorist free in this friction is trade as possible so we maintain those markets in the e.u. but also that we open up markets around the rest of the world breaks it provides us with opportunities. but who's this campaigning against breck's it outside downing street boris johnson or maybe don't put his impersonator on these protesters believe bret's it has to be stopped with a second referendum on the final deal because she ations between britain and the e.u. is will a student just speaking for a generation that voted overwhelmingly to stay in business one direction for a few. in five to mobilize and try to persuade parents and grandparents many of the like minded back to back to back just not sure anymore and it's not the right deal i'm not sure i'd direction from here but all the older generation persuadable i travelled from london to the english mar

also join britain france and germany in condemning russia for the nerve agent attack in the u.k. . after three weeks of heavy bombing five years of siege and seven years of war thousands of syrians stream out of eastern ghouta. and why bottled water might not be as good for you as you think. i'm far as spall be here with all the sporting clued in the latest from the europa league a word tournaments favorite at the let it go much red have booked their place and the order final. united states has announced sanctions on russia targeting nineteen individuals and five entities for trying to influence the twenty sixteen presidential election the trump administration says it will keep tough policies in place against russia until moscow changes its behavior but both republican and democratic politicians say president trump needs to do more our white house correspondent can really help get reports. last july the g twenty summit when u.s. president donald trump met with lattimer putin he said it was an honor to meet the russian president yaser ninety eight and in august when the u.s. congres

which britain and its allies accuse the kremlin of being behind. has more from moscow. well we've been waiting for several days only for russia to come out with its response to all these diplomatic expulsions the western nations processing of the moment and on thursday evening in moscow we did get some clue from a lover of the russian foreign minister about what these are going to be let's listen to what sergey lavrov had to say mutable. sort of girl in the new there will be myriad measures but not only stopping at that the u.s. ambassador is invited to our ministry where my deputy will deliver him the content of these retaliation re measures against the united states they include the explosion of a similar number of diplomats and they include our decision to withdraw our consent to the operation of the united states consulate general in some petersburg as for the rest of the countries everything that concerns the number of people who would leave the russian federation from diplomatic missions is also mirrored said well jon huntsman the u.s. ambassador to russia was sum

aside from meeting britain's queen elizabeth and political leaders the crown prince and his delegation which includes several government ministers is due to meet the head of the bank of england and business leaders as well car inside the trade with the u.k. has estimated that's around eight billion dollars a year the british government is expecting the saudis to increase that took ten billion dollars annually mohamed been some man will receive a warm welcome at downing street by a british prime minister in need of money as she struggles with bricks it negotiations but across the road protesters will gather among them several members of parliament to the mts the visit they believe the ideals and principles of freedom and human rights should not be forsaken no matter how much the saudis are willing to invest in the u.k.'s economy. and i just see it up from the. time for a short break and i'll just say that when we come back. if you are a victim of sexual abuse it's ok it's not your fault a lawyer has playoff gymnasts becomes the first man to accuse a jailed u.s. doctor of sexual abuse mo

also britain receiving warm words whether they push for further e.u. sanctions against russia remember there are already sanctions in place since the annexation of crimea in twenty fourteen well i think that will be a lot more difficult and a lot more ambitious for the british to pull off and i don't think realistically they will even try in till we hear back from those o.p.c. w. investigators that boris johnson was alluding to there and we'll have to see whether they come up with a verdict that can be interpreted as damning to the russians meanwhile marty just one more tiny development to morrow in london choose day those twenty three russian diplomats who were expelled are due to leave the country within the one week time deadline given to them by the british prime minister last week all right down to me thank you for that barnaby phillips live in london now let's go to moscow and our correspondent there lawrence he saved starts off what everyone thinks could possibly be his last term in office with a full blown diplomatic growl under way is he going

britain's prime minister tourism a is turning the country to mark one year before the u.k. officially the european union but pro european groups often referred to us remain as all refusing to give up hope of staying in the u r u k correspondent barnaby phillips reports. she didn't vote for breck's it put on a rapid tour of britain starting in a scottish textile factory the prime minister urged the country to embrace the idea of leaving the e.u. i believe that we can negotiate a good agreement which is terrorists free in this friction is trade is possible so we maintain those markets in the e.u. but also that we open up markets around the rest of the world brics it provides us with opportunities. but who's this campaigning against sit outside downing street boris johnson or maybe not but his impersonator and these protesters believe bret's it can be stopped with a second referendum on the final deal because she ations between britain and the e.u. will a student to speak. for a generation that voted overwhelmingly to stay in business one direction for if you begin fighting to

france germany and britain issue a rare joint statement blaming moscow for a nerve agent attack also ahead after weeks of intense and strikes thousands of people stream out of syria's rebel held enclave. and what's in a water bottle a surprising finding prompts the world health organization to conduct a review. and i'm far a smile and be here with all the sport on a tanzanite of europa league action as arsenal look to ease the pressure on under fire boss arsene wenger lay down his face eighteen land with a place in the quarter finals on the line. they don't she states has announced sanctions on russia targeting more than a dozen individuals and groups for trying to influence the twenty sixteen presidential election and it's warned more sanctions will follow against government individuals while our white house correspondent kimberly how kate is in washington for us came day any more details on who these sanctions are against some just the justification really as to why now. right ok so in terms of who these individuals are and the entities five groups that are being named by the unite

with a diplomatic dilemma britain says it's ready to act but if this crisis escalates western unity could come under great strain. but barnaby the initial u.s. reaction was perceived as being slightly opaque to the french and the germans are not happy so how much international support does missy's may have here. but i think that this is going to be a really interesting test peter of britain's continuing clout and weight on the international scene in the era of rex it and of course in the era of donald trump rhetorically in terms of what the british heard yesterday they would have been satisfied the comments coming out of nato out of paris out of berlin and eventually out of washington were undoubtedly supportive but of course words are one thing action quite another and if you look for example at the e.u. sanctions against russia in the wake of the occupation of crimea in twenty fourteen well frankly it's been quite a struggle to keep the e.u. to stick to those sanctions over the years the british and darkly have been very much at the hawkish end of the spectrum but other countries

hello more than twenty countries have now joined britain expelling dozens of russian diplomats over the poisoning of the former spies scruple and his daughter in the u.k. it's thought to be the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history so in the u.s. the russian consulate in seattle washington has been closed and sixty russians across the country have been ordered to leave including twelve diplomats attached to the united nations in new york more than fifty are being expelled by other countries most of them in europe almost all the countries say the russians they are expelling are actually spies ukraine which is a broiled in its own conflict with moscow is expelling thirteen russians moscow says it will respond in kind she over town see reports from washington. the trumpet ministration had said it would expel russian diplomats if its allies also did so in a coordinated action and on monday that coordination was revealed countries across western and eastern europe and canada joined the u.s. in the expulsions the british prime minister expressed hope gratitu

security council discussed the incident at an emergency meeting last night britain's allies pledged their support but russia is demanding material proof kristen salumi has more now from the un in new york. the united kingdom laid out its case for blaming the russians and got full throated support from its strongest allies in the council including the united states france and sweden other council members were reluctant to point the fingers at russia but expressed their concern over the gravity of the situation on the united states for its part made a very clear plan stand by its ally while russia continued to deny the charges the united states stands in absolute solidarity with great britain. the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack on two people and the united kingdom using a military grade nerve agent the last of it a good bit of the news stories are interested in finding the truth lost they guarded by something else they using propaganda war to influence the public which is very easy to influence and not well educated the u.k. has asked the o.p.c. w. the orga

leaders giving their full backing to britain's prime minister adopting a statement on these the sorcery attack. yes that's right so you'd have to say diplomatically things have gone very well for britain here cording to leo varadkar of the irish teashop the irish prime minister of britain presented its evidence to reason may presented her evidence intelligence evidence when the e.u. twenty eight sat down last night it seemed that that evidence carried some weight and it moved both him and mccraw of france present mccraw france to everyone around the table let's let's change the language that let's make it tougher then as you've said they've also agreed to recall the e.u. ambassador and what's interesting is we're hearing from european heads of government that they will look at the possibility of taking similar unilateral action in the coming days to that which britain to expelling russian diplomats from london diplomats who the british say were intelligence operatives in plain english spies and the british have been urging e.u. partners here to take similar measures that would disrupt r

will interact in a twenty one month period after britain has for me left the e.u. at the end of march twenty nine hundred right up to the end of twenty twenty that period that agreement was hammered out and the seems to be a degree of unity around it barnaby phillips thank you very much indeed russia's ambassador to the u.k. has dismissed accusations that russia was behind the poisoning of the former double agent and his daughter has just in the u.k. already had the nerve agent and its chemical weapon reserves is it going incidence that this chemical weapons facility is only morals from this incident how did doctors just so what until got to administer to the victims. russian experts or personal how quickly the british authorities managed to the nerve agent. and how this correlates with squadron to yours official statements there and i'm quoting investigation is highly likely to take weeks or months to erode conclusions. well the police officer injured in the sols brain nerve agent attack has been discharged from hospital detective sergeant nick bailey was exposed

we will not weaken our resolve we will stand firm britain takes his case against moscow to the u.n. after announcing russian diplomats will be expelled over the poisoning of a former spy russia says it wasn't involved plus. from coast to coast students in the u.s. walk out of class to demand change a month after a school shooting in florida. mourning the world renowned physicist to unlock the secrets of time and space stephen hawking dies at the age of seventy six. and in charge of all the president's men the top job for tiger woods as this comeback picks up momentum. moscow has told the u.n. security council that accusations by the u.k. that it's behind the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter are unfounded britain requested the emergency meeting in new york just hours after prime minister to resign may order the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats the u.s. called on the security council to hold russia accountable for what it described as a chemical weapons attack so again your script remain in a critical condition in hospital after being targeted at the milit

between britain and the e.u. will a student speaking for a generation that voted overwhelmingly. to stay in business one direction after you begin fighting to try to persuade parents and grandparents many of the like minded back to back to back just not sure anymore but it's not the right deal i'm not sure i'd direction from here but all the older generation persuadable i traveled from london to the english market town of spaulding seventy percent voted to leave the e.u. the challenge for those trying to stop bricks it is to change people's minds in towns like spalding and that still feels like an uphill struggle there is a measure of ensure. that i don't think you can. go on to this get only birds back in london not much sign of rallying round another group sets off on a battle bus tour around britain supported by some big names in british politics i accept that whatever happens in terms of any effort. to stop it which is take it to a different course in the first roy said so it's very difficult but i think millions of people believe the country's made it so. this is just come o

as britain takes action over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter.

but britain's data protection watchdog and others want proof the data was wiped britain's information commissioner is seeking a warrant to search cambridge and lifted his computer services and facebook wants proof to its hide a digital for in six version to find out how the data leak happened and to make sure the doubt it was destroyed but that response might have come too late facebook's share price fell almost seven percent on monday wiping nearly forty billion dollars off its value and the company's chief of security alex de moss is reportedly to leave facebook because of internal disagreements at how facebook should deal with its role in spreading disinfo mation this theft of data happened over four years ago so it's very surprising to see them be so reactors at a proactive politicians in britain and the u.s. want facebook's chief executive mark zuckerberg to appear before them to respond to the mess of facebook data breach and the accusations against cambridge analytic widening it has been a year without anyone thinking that's proper where. is the moment we think that's where the

conflict there ever ends so all of those calculations have to be made this is a major challenge for britain as it seeks to exert its muscle its remaining muscle on the global scene of course in the era of rex's and in the era of donald trump as well barnaby let's just pause for a second and just for anyone joining us here on al-jazeera just recap what we're looking at right now misses me in response to what jeremy corbyn the labor party leader was saying she said this was about the culpability of the russian state we have a consensus she said we have a consensus across the party from backbench the backbench she did take a pop at jeremy corbyn by saying it was a shame this is what she in effect said it was a shame that mr korb and was not on board when it came to that consensus but to pick up on the point that barnaby was making there is a consensus she says at the un within the european union because the french and the germans are involved in this as well and there will be a meeting of nato tomorrow here's what mrs may had to say at the beginning of her address to the parliament. we have ha

i want america first for the american people i want britain first for the british people and i want friends first of all the french people. the arena plan hopes exercise in leap frogging will help bring support back and allow us to form alliances with other parties to change or how to steer a. a presidential election in sierra leone look set to go to a runoff vote a national election commission or so far released fifty percent of the results let's take you to sierra leone omnivorous is in freetown first so fifty percent counted this it definitely a runoff. well it's in looking increasingly like this election is heading for a runoff right now fifty percent of the vote have been announced and the leading candidate has five hundred sixty six thousand votes and he's followed closely by somebody who spoke scored. four five thousand six hundred forty five hundred sixty four thousand plus which means that he's only a difference of less than two thousand votes between the two the third candidate is some a for some hundreds of thousands of votes behind the second candidate so the third and fourth ca

and britain has pushed india to form new strategic partnerships. i think that is not a consequence of our or what is happening in the voucher system today especially with britain reeling under. its all its problems if you are or do partners with the united states or. you know you. look and see the united states and they're all crimes is now looking like the biggest. but there is a very big market there in there as. it is you're all underground but this is not just. defense partnership it is also civilian partnership and there's a lot more origin that is going in the body lines in the debate or some media so i think this is a meeting of minds and it is that's has been. very unlikely to be ever since the seventy's and eighty's so it is no surprise here it is good to see that this relationship is. far more robust thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the talian city of florence in a rally against racism demonstrations included african migrants calling for just says after the shooting of a senegalese street vendor earlier this week he wa

warning britain not to threaten a nuclear power the u.k. has given russia a deadline of the end of tuesday to prove it was not involved in the nerve agent attack against former double agent sergei script out and his daughter moscow's so far refusing to cooperate with the u.k. in its investigation our correspondent on a b phillips report. is this the lull before the storm the british government says it's looking at ways of responding to what it believes is now outrageous act by russia this is part of a pattern of behavior by that putin and his regime and you'll seeing this reckless support for the use of chemical weapons all the way from syria to the streets of. our country. being encouraged by the determination of our friends to stand with us except that friends aren't so predictable these days the american president shortly after sacking a secretary of state who was highly regarded by the british government says it sounds to him as if russia was involved in the nerve agent attack but in moscow the russian foreign minister said britain was

one thing clear from the very beginning the united states stands in absolute solidarity with great britain the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack on two people and the united kingdom using a military grade nerve agent dozens of civilians and first responders were also exposed. the last of it a good bit daniels alone and used we are compelled to make the following conclusion the truth is the last thing the british authorities are interested in finding they are guided by something else which they using the same propaganda war of recent is and the trying to influence the public which is easy to influence and not very well educated or at will so russia continuing to deny any involvement in this case what happens next as far as the international community is concerned well the united kingdom's deputy ambassador jonathan allen said that his country had referred the air findings to the o.p.c. w. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons an international organization for them to study it and independently confirm what they are saying that they believe t

for britain's meteorological office has issued red warnings throughout the country meaning a risk to life as the siberian storm front is set to collide with storm heading north from the atlantic snowstorms of this a varity are highly unusual in europe at this time of the year and it affected countries all the way from the far north down to the mediterranean it may look pretty but these storms have been highly disruptive and dangerous all over the continent flights were cancelled and airports closed from switzerland to island with thousands of homes were left without electricity and people were advised to stay at home dozens of people mainly rough sleepers have been reported dead across europe even venice the city of canals didn't escape the big freeze it's historic buildings and monuments blanketed in white the waterways still flowing just about and in parts of croatia a road maintenance team even used explosives. to remove the piles of snow. with more gales of blizzards expected over the next couple of days the worst may not be over yet. al-jazeera london. britain's prime minister t

at midnight deadline from britain to president putin to explain how a russian military nerve agent poisoned a former spy and his daughter in the u.k. and i'm tatiana phantasm all the day's sports the seven time grand slam champion venus williams comes out on top of the fifty fifth to rivalry all of the latest from indian round later in the part. of the palestinian prime minister. i mean how has escaped unhurt after a bomb exploded as his convoy was travelling in girls and no one has so far claimed responsibility but the presidential spokesman has blamed hamas it's denying any link in condemned the bombing as well as palestinian leaders hamas accuses them of having ready accusations. what's been done today on the beat crossing will make us more solid i confirm that we've had contact with the president and three cars have been detonated but this will make us more solid and we will see you guys again i'm travelling to morrow and they will be back to gaza no matter what the risks. are let's go live now to our correspondent imran khan he is in ramallah in the occupied west bank and emraan tell u

britain's prime minister has laid out more details on what kind of trading relationship with the u.k. the u.k. will have where the european union once it withdraws from the block trade the mayor's been under pressure to spell out exactly how to avoid a hard border in ireland while also satisfy the demands of competing factions in her own party the parker reports from london. a rallying cry for bricks it from the british prime minister to resume a fourth major speech on britain's departure from the e.u. in which he set out the government's vision on future trade ties with europe this is a negotiation and neither of us can have exactly what we want but i am confident that we can reach agreement we both want good access to each other's markets we want competition between us to be fair and open and we want reliable transparent means of verifying we are meeting our commitments and resolving disputes may suggested the u.k. would mirror some rules break away from others to ensure a continuation of frictionless trade with the e.u. she suggested setting up a system to mutually recognise each o

since being appointed heir apparent britain is saudi second most important partner for arms sales and security with british companies selling billions of dollars worth of military equipment so the saudis the u.k. government which is preparing for post breaks its economy em's to boost the amount of trade in other sectors to. its why prime minister to raise a may in foreign secretary boris johnson have both visited the saudi capital recently may's government sees it's in the u.k. has interests to do more business with the saudis and to have an even closer relationship with riyadh. critics are opposed to that and there's major opposition to been some man's visits as well as how britain has cozied up to the saudis opponents accuse the saudis of killing thousands of civilians in yemen as well as committing widespread human rights abuses at home the leader of the opposition labor party jeremy corbyn has called for a halt all weapon sales with several other members of parliament also against m.b.'s his visit i think most people in this country and many following terry's probably majority all

if the whole of britain is no longer in a customs union with the e.u. after breaks it many experts warn that means border checks between northern ireland and the republic of ireland as an e.u. member and that could endanger the good friday agreement which brought peace and power sharing to the north. on wednesday to resume a told parliament no prime minister could accept what the u. draft text was proposing but she remained committed to avoiding a hard border the foreign secretary and i and i'm absolutely committed to ensuring that we deliver on no hard border between northern ireland and i that's the position of the u.k. government it's the position of the parties in northern ireland it's the position of the irish government and it was what we agreed in the december agreement at that joint report it comes as a letter to the british media suggests foreign secretary boris johnson downplayed the dangers of a hard border something he's rubbished if i may respectfully say so i think the the particular problems around the irish border are being used politica

warning britain not to threaten a nuclear power prime minister theresa may has given russia till the end of tuesday to explain how a soviet era nerve agent was used in an attack against a former spy in the u.k. . are in critical condition in a hospital but so far moscow has refused to cooperate with the investigation bobbie phillips reports. is this the lol before the storm the british government says it's looking at ways of responding to what it believes is not rageous act by russia this is part of a pack of behavior by the putin regime and you'll seeing this reckless support for the use of chemical weapons all the way from syria to the streets. in our country. being encouraged by the determination about friends to stand with us except that friends aren't so predictable these days the american president shortly off to sacking a secretary of state who was highly regarded by the british government says it sounds to him as if russia was involved in the nerve agent attack but in moscow the russian foreign minister said britain was being obstructive refusing to give russia samples of the

britain accuses moscow of using the nerve agent navi chalk in an attack on sergei scary pilot and his daughter who are still critically ill in hospital moscow denies the claims and has retaliated by forcing the same number of british embassy staff to leave russia on a b. phillips reports an abrupt farewell to colleagues and to london some people diplomats and families are believed to have left the russian embassy for those on their way and those left behind this is not being a happy day. to hold a reception for those leaving a few days ago the mood appears to be. being expelled would resume their diplomatic careers elsewhere so the diplomats and their families have left they will argue that their lives have been cruelly unnecessarily disrupted the british government argues that the spying capacity of embassy has been severely weakened the british prime minister lead a national security meeting the outcome britain's borders have been tightened against those who threaten it other measures against russia are being considered. will be discussed at this week's summit meanwhile the expelled

britain's home secretary on the road says a police officer who was harmed by a nerve agent is still in a serious condition but he is now able to talk to the officer who was first of the scene when former russian double agents and his daughter were found unconscious on sunday. let's get more now on top story for you reports of another chemical attack in syria. as a volunteer with the white helmets he joins us on skype from it live in syria. just take us through what you think is going on there right now today and our chemical weapons being used once more. thank you for. there is no difference between the final solution. adults and here is. what the assad regime and the government that. what the. syrian is them going on there are like a massive stimulation can we sieging four hundred thousand civilian the right only their basic human needs and them all kind of coupons yesterday and i was the. most horrific night ever they used. not just the bombs and. i want to. situation because it's it's like two thousand and thirteen when the assad regime used chemical bonds on the border. with what w

britain's alliances through its relationships particularly in nato if britain is going to want to send a message it's going to have to be. one of solidarity right in which it's made clear to moscow that it cannot. take these kinds of steps versus one country in the european or the north atlantic community and still maintain a working relationship with the rest a bit so there is no effective international response has to be done in cooperation with european and american and there are unilateral responses that are available to london they are not likely to be sufficient to change russia's cost benefit calculation. but with that in mind when you look at the general climate we see a very much in russia that is very much emboldened on the international stage is anyone really going to be in the mood to take action against russia well i think we're going to have to wait and see you can color back to something like image seventeen right where very much relieved haven't lost a large number of their citizens in disaster or they got their evidence or a ducks in a row and they did a lot of diploma

russia and britain have expelled twenty three of each other's diplomats over the row with both sides considering further retaliatory measures from secretary powell as johnson says international experts will conduct further analysis on the poison. helps us to understand how the stockpiles of novacek gone missing and how some of it could have turned up on the streets of wilcher in this way or else i'm afraid we will be forced as a problem to set in the house of commons to draw the conclusion as we did in the case of alexander litvinenko that the trail of culpability leads inexorably to the kremlin. coming up on the news hour new dash cam fortune shows the moment a newly built pedestrian bridge collapse in miami killing six people as the us to base is gun laws we visit school which has been quietly arming educators for years and roger federer accent's is on base as well as he closes in on a wreck or title at in time miles joe will have all the details coming up in sport . in syria's north western african region how about to fight on after the main town was taken by turkish forces and th

warning britain not to threaten a nuclear power promise to theresa may has given russia a deadline of the end of tuesday to prove it was not involved in the nerve agent attack against former double agent and his daughter moscow is so far refusing to cooperate with the u.k. in its investigation on a b phillips reports. is this the lull before the storm the british government says it's looking at ways of responding to what it believes is now outrageous act by russia this is part of a pattern of behavior by the putin regime and you'll seeing this reckless support for the use of chemical weapons all the way from syria to the streets of the. country. being encouraged by the determination of our friends to stand with us except that friends aren't so predictable these days the american president shortly after sacking a secretary of state who was highly regarded by the british government says it sounds to him as if russia was involved in the nerve agent attack but in moscow the russian foreign minister said britain was being obstructive refusing to give russia samples of the nerve agent so th

britain's foreign secretary boris johnson says the u.k. will respond quote robustly if moscow is behind the suspected poisoning of a former russian spy powell and his thirty three year old daughter yulia are now in intensive care after exposure to an unknown substance it was found unconscious on a park bench in salzburg sixty six year old script has been living in the u.k. for the past eight years after being freed from prison and a russian spy swap the kremlin has denied any involvement and he joins us live with the latest from seoul's prison eve i guess they really need to know what this stuff was that caused this. yes that is the biggest question all we know so far is that they were affected by some form of contamination some form of poisoning according to the member of the public that first spotted them on this bench over there the end of our shot you can see the benches obviously still covered with forensic tent they were found frothing at the ballston in the woods of the witness they were found in the semi paralyze state before they

britain's prime minister is laid out more details on what kind of trading relationship the u.k. will have with the european union once it withdraws from the block to resume has been under pressure to spell out exactly how shell of void a hard order in ireland while also satisfying the demands of competing factions in our own party we've barker reports. a rallying cry for bricks it from the british prime minister to resume a fourth major speech on britain's departure from the e.u. in which he set out the government's vision on future trade ties with europe this is a negotiation and neither of us can have exactly what we want but i am confident that we can reach agreement we both want good access to each other's markets we want competition between us to be fair and open and we want reliable transparent means of verifying we are meeting our commitments and resolving disputes may suggest that the u.k. would mirror some e.u. rules and break away from others to ensure a continuation of frictionless trade with the e.u. she suggested setting up a system to mutually recognise each other'

and britain has pushed india to form new strategic partnerships. i think that is not a consequence of sorrow for what is happening even after system today especially with ritter reeling under. its own hips are the ones that programs are for you partners in the united states or are you know you know that if they don't get the degree let going to school in the united states and difficult ramses not looking like the biggest. but depends on trying to market that india as. it you're all going to go this is not just. defense partners are but is also civilian partnerships and there's a lot all that is going in the body and i'm sorry but i mean they did it or soviet and so i think this is it meeting on mine is and i mean it is perhaps has been well i would guess i'm able to and i did he's going to be ever since the. seventy's and eighty's so it is no surprise here part of it is good to see that this is the relationship it in a far more robust. women in palestine as struggling to find work despite being among the some of the region's most educated thirteen

that's not just britain taking action against russia across the atlantic the u.s. announced new sanctions this time over moscow's alleged meddling in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election white house correspondent kimberly how could a ports on washington's latest measures last july the g twenty summit when u.s. president donald trump met with vladimir putin he said it was an honor to meet the russian president days or ninety eight and in august when the u.s. congress passed legislation to sanction russia iran and north korea trunk grudgingly signed it into law but failed to sanction moscow for alleged meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. election until now on thursday the us treasury sanctioned twenty four russian entities and individuals including two russian intelligence agents for interfering in the twenty sixteen presidential vote the announcement coming just as the white house issued a joint statement with the united kingdom germany and france blaming russia for the nerve agent attack in the u.k. leaving a former russian spy and his daughter comato

britain rolls out the red carpet for saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin song and critics on the. images that show the world plastic pollution dominates the agenda at the world summit in mexico. and i'm far a small we here with all this sport on a tanf night in the champions league as tottenham looked to complete a comeback against eventis and book a place and the quarterfinals. he's still in government is intensifying its a real bombardment of east and appears to have captured more territory on the ground the number of people killed in the rebel held on cave on wednesday has risen to sixty three that's one of the highest day tolls to. de un is describing the situation in the sector as a catastrophe despite the daily international condemnation nothing is changing the tens of thousands of civilians inside they all play a warning some people may find images in this report from say the holder distressing. civil defense volunteers are appealing to the u.n. security council to make this stop they are calling what is happening in eastern huta a bloodbath. rescuers are responding to cri

pais in britain that big power really is being i was to get things out into the open under parliamentary privilege to terms of actually doing something about it there's a limit there so what we're talking about here is very little damage and how far does that hurt someone like bradley wiggins or my foreign who's been mentioned or indeed sebastian coe a slightly different issue with him that was more about the politics of how much does it hurt that their reputation is being damage when you consider just how poisoned the sport of cycling in athletics has been everyone has to live with suspicion but these accusations when you go into the detail are quite done me so these are men far and we consider being held up as heroes particularly around the london twenty twelve olympics in britain and beyond well now their reputations going to suffer a lot yeah we're going to see how that goes down for the finale wedding thanks very much for unraveling that for us what about. the story of russian doping has also been a big hit at the oscars. icarus five six faced the scandal and led to the countries in

its own conflict with moscow is expelling thirteen russians and moscow says it will respond she has britain see reports from washington. the trumpet ministration had said it would expel russian diplomats if its allies also did so in a coordinated action and on monday that coordination was revealed countries across western and eastern europe and canada joined the us in the expulsions the british prime minister expressed her gratitude international solidarity following what the u.k. alleges was a russian nerve agent attack on a former russian double agent and his daughter in an english town this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history. i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond over the past three weeks as we have confronted the aftermath of the soulsby incident the russian ambassador to the u.s. expressed his concern the deal would she would never say union leaders that they meet again what the united states of america is doing today they are destroying what little remained of us russian ti

an undercover investigation by britain's channel full secretly taped a cambridge analytical executive appearing to boast about the firm's ability to sway elections by entrapping politicians in compromising situations. and conducting fake news campaigns something facebook's accused of enabling and failing to tackle effectively sony diag al-jazeera london. can go it is a senior fellow at the center for american progress and he says further breaches of facebook user data can be expected. think the most alarming thing to learn about this particular incident with facebook is that it's probably not unique from what we've learned for the last couple of days from whistleblowers and investigations is that facebook has basically built its business model from two thousand and seven on words about allowing app developers to use its platform and its services to design that harvested data from facebook users and the manner in which this particular incident with the app that was designed by the cambridge university professor and then that. information was transmitted on to cambridge analytic the pol

is due to withdraw is designed to reduce any sudden shocks of britain's departure will give the u.k. the freedom to negotiate and sign trade deals with the rest of the world immediately but it's still no agreement on the question of the irish border with the u.k. with distant to europe's back up plan of keeping northern ireland in the customs union sunday ago as well. much goodwill between the u.k. briggs's secretary david davis and the chief breaks of negotiator michel barnier a lot being made about the fact the progress that has been made that means coming to the agreement on those two main issues there one which would include the rights for european union citizens to be able to have enjoyed the same rights as e.u. citizens already living in the u.k. if they are to enter the country during the transition period this was something that had been resisted initially by the prime minister to reason may she had thought about saying that they should perhaps have different residency rights considering that they would enter the country knowing that the u.k. would eventually be leaving the e