soil britain so far has failed to provide any evidence of russia's guilt of the last london is blaming russia for the attack and over twenty countries have expelled moscow's diplomats in solidarity with the u.k. in response russia's taken similar moves against those states that are my colleague andrew farmer discussed the consequences for moscow's relations with the u.k. with our correspondent right against the this is part of russia's response to the mirror response for every russian diplomat expelled from great britain the united states and two dozen or other countries most of them either need two states or countries that are seeking to do in nato for every russian diplomat expelled russia is expelling one of those countries diplomats from russia in the case with great britain twenty three diplomats have been expelled. it doesn't end there russia has also lost the u.k. to reduce its diplomatic staff in russia by an additional fifty this is the number of russian diplomats in great britain and the number of british diplomats in russia same to establish parity this is i suppose you coul

in great britain. getting in to break it open and there is a big question for us for russians why what is happening or such kind of kid thinks poisoning only in great britain. what is this soil what is there in great britain that killed people that russian people because the last person it's been here if he was there helen dolan done well after freeing mean from then. from that. i rest ok he was absolutely clean when he when they left their country and now it has no. no. for they are as as i'd. have. met he could it all right matthew goodwin a look i want to ask you a question about about britain's response and whether russia has miscalculated here but it just occurs to me we now i could see do you think a campaign of russian with a misinformation and obfuscation aimed at a british and us audience is now. i think that's likely that certainly consistent with russia's past action what we've heard even during this conversation is a lot of talk about international relations a lot of talk about the russian

do you think that britain this response has been robust enough. well. expectations or said quite high with mrs may speech on monday then measures that for a modern announced on wednesday expulsion of. some diplomats in effect that the official delegation of britain will not go to a world cup are at this point largely symbolic probably in a couple of days it's difficult to come up with effective measures so the jury is still out on what written will do about it. we hear heard in the news and the cost death in the u.k. is also being printed. another putin critic mixing untimely and the police at this stage and not linking the two cases you link them. i don't have enough information to link found etc i'm not a big fan of conspiracy theories so given this outbreak of death amongst prominent russian critics of the regime in london i wonder are you worried well i have known towers that russian security services can carry out an assignation and part of the world including the u.k. which probably has a large number of security agents so i don't think anything c

politics or for the great britain very friendly with russia so i think it is going on the same. trends in our relations i think that it's no good but it's not our troops ok it's not your choice barbara the british prime minister met with her security team met today to discuss more possible measures against moscow what could just possibly be. there's a number of measures that are being discussed one is for instance to restrict to travel for certain people from russia certain people from the circle of flooding refuting the president there is also talk about seizing russian property if it is explained if the owners here in britain cannot explain where the money came from and also of course to tighten rules against money laundering because it is well known it's been known for at least a decade that britain is regarded as one of the worldwide capitals of money laundering and there are billions of russian money spent on sort of floating around for lodging around london and a commentator here in one of the big national newspapers wrote to britain has to sort of wean itself off its love

theresa may has made clear that britain's response to this russian action and any action that britain might take in retaliation will only be decided after a meeting of the national security council next week. the council normally meets on tuesday. that is the norm, so we will wait to see what they decide. at one level, this is a tit—for—tat expulsion of 23, the same number as was expelled from london. on the other hand, it has gone further with that consulate closure in st petersburg and perhaps most important of all in some respects, the closure of british council operations in russia. the british council is the scientific, cultural, educational software our department, if you like, the agency which teaches thousands of russians english through its classes. it does a lot of outreach and is seen as a real way of spreading britain's idea of democratic values across russia. so that is a serious blow. and because of those extra moves, we will have to see whether britain thinks it has to go a bit further in its action. james, thanks. police have launched a murder investigation after t

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 russia though is sticking to its script denying any involvement in the poisoning the kremlin has now promised to hit back of britain. soon after the united kingdom announced unfriendly actions against russia were tallaght tory measures can be expected as we said on wednesday. but there are currently under consideration and will be taken in the near future just on the whole to study people to bring it to vision. while most who contemplates its response police in the u.k. are working to establish the events which led to the attempted murder. and for more we're joined now by conservative m.p. tom toucan hot the chairman of the parliament's foreign affairs committee he is in westminster and london thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. as we've just heard there britain has announced serious punitive measures against russia is this not a little

do you think that britain this response has been robust enough. well. expectations or said quite high with mrs may speech on monday the measures that i'm on announced on wednesday expulsion of. some diplomats in effect that the official delegation of britain will not go to a world cup are at this point largely symbolic probably in a couple of days it's difficult to come up with effective compressive measures so the jury is still out on what written will do about it. we heard in the news that nick like bush coughs death in the u.k. is also being treated to another putin critic meeting untimely and the police at this stage i'm not linking the two cases are you link that. i don't have enough information to link them. i'm not a big fan of conspiracy. so given this outbreak of death amongst prominent russian critics of the regime in london i wonder are you worried. well i have known towers that russian security services can carry out an assignation and part of the world including the u.k. which probably has a large number of security agents so i don't think

do you think that britain this response has been robust enough. well they expectations or said quite high with mrs may speech on monday the measures that i'm on announced on wednesday expulsion of. some diplomats in effect that the official delegation in britain will not go to a world cup are at this point largely symbolic probably in a couple of days it's difficult to come up with effective measures so the jury is still out on what written will do about it. we heard in the news that nick like bush cost death in the u.k. is also being treated. another putin critic mixing untimely and the police at this stage i'm not linking the two cases are you like the. i don't have enough information to link them. i'm not a big fan of conspiracy. so given this outbreak of death amongst prominent russian critics of the regime in london i wonder are you worried well i have no doubt that russian security services can carry out an assignation and part of the world including the u.k. which probably has a large number of security agents so i don't think anything chan

diplomats after western allies accused it of attempting to murder a former russian spy in britain in a joint declaration yesterday the u.s. joint france germany and britain indirectly blaming moscow for last week's attack using a nerve agent it comes as washington separately announced sanctions against russia for allegedly meddling in its elections. british prime minister to reason may is one of the few visitors to salzburg these days traders in the cathedral town say tourists and shoppers are staying away in the wake of the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei script and his daughter yulia mae visited the restaurant where the chemical attack took place and put the blame squarely on moscow. it is right that the u.k. government reacts in a robust way to what has happened here in seoul bring that is exactly what we've done i've announced that we will expand it be expecting twenty three russian diplomats who declare that intelligence offices will have an impact on the intelligence network the we all the measures will be taking britain's allies are showing their support france

if britain goes further, which they have hinted they might, russia will respond. you could see the whole thing ratcheting up and already it is a febrile atmosphere between the countries — the relationship is absolutely at rock bottom. but at least they say they want to maintain some kind of relationship despite everything that has happened — they don't want to break the relationship completely which is critical. because then it would leave a very precarious situation between the countries. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins explained to me the impact of russia's response. i think it hurts because the russians have gone a little bit beyond that. by closing the consulate in russia's ancient historic previous capital, the historic city, st petersburg. that is an escalation from the russian side and, so, i think almost more important, perhaps, the forced closure of british council activity in russia. this is really significant, because the british council fosters people to people links, it provides education in english language to thousands upon thousands

right and britain isn't just on the march it's taking violent murderous action. a neo nazi group called national action applauded the mother and the mother of a young woman member of the british parliament just before one o'clock today jo cox and painful in spending with a touch of knocking first. i'm now very sad just cause she has died because also for instance. other alleged members are charged with planning the brutal killing of another woman m.p. . and two british soldiers said to be from the same nazi group face serious terrorism charges. fascism and far right extremism street violence and confrontation isn't new in britain it dates back to at least the one nine hundred thirty s. when oswald mosley is blackshaw structed to major cities today's encounter nations are no less deadly. this is the story of how began how it developed revealing the major players and exposing the secret past the leader of the latest street movement. last year of the young woman labor m.p. joel cox was cruelly mobbed up in the course of her public duties in burstow west the mother o

and france britain and the u.s. sent embassy workers instead a crimp spokesperson reacted to the u.k. decision by saying that it showed unwillingness to hear russia's aunts as to its questions that moscow to date has denied any involvement in the attempted murders. and so this diplomatic spat that has gone on for a while now looks to continue to go on for some time the former russian officer who was jailed in russia for handing secrets to british intelligence you moved to the u.k. in a spy swap in twenty turn three weeks ago when his daughter were found critically ill in salisbury u.k. police expect their probe of the alleged poisoning to take months however british politicians very quick to pin the blame on moscow or britain's foreign secretary and his latest statement here. russians as ever responded with. distortion and delay and that is their tactic. of cyber warfare this information middling in european election campaigns to say nothing of election campaigns or a general feeling that russia is going to be moved

largest nuclear sites well it's outside the mark the birth of britain's weapons of mass destruction program now located on the river clyde in scorned britain is of course extorting weapons all around the world some believe the brics it may lead to a spiraling of u.k. weapons dealing so we caught up with a member of britain's arms export control panel outside parliament story in people in letham is also on the u.k. international development select committee pauline thanks so much regularly on going underground after a long in the green outside parliament so we're. do you say to people who are warning the british public that post bricks it is dealing is going to twenty eight percent two point nine billion pounds with their licenses agreed to june twenty sixth any connections you are having to do deals with with a repressive talk receivers because we need the deals because we're leaving europe no there's nothing to say we have to do a deal we give licenses to allow companies to export and they're very stringent they regulate it so there's no reason at all why this anything to do with s

a disappointing day for great britain. they leave these games without a medal, a real shame, because it was going to play a big pa rt because it was going to play a big part in the medals target that was set for them before the games, and will put a lot of pressure on the rest of paralympics gb to step up and find medals elsewhere. that's all from sportsday. coming up ina that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are martin bentham, home affairs editor at the london evening standard and jason beattie, head of politics at the daily mirror. good to have you with us. let's bring you up to date on what the front pages are already saying. the telegraph claims the nerve agent used to poison sergei skripal and his daughter yulia may have been planted in her suitcase. excuse me. it pictures a british nuclear—powered submarine, deployed in the arctic. the metro has the headline putin the pariah after britain gained

every single plane that britain had, was up in the sky. and the foreign secretary used the opportunity to push forward britain's current battle with russia — fought this time over the airwaves, blaming vladimir putin personally for the nerve agent attack in salisbury. 0ur quarrel is with putin's kremlin, and with his decision — and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision — to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the uk, on the streets of europe, for the first time since the second world war. that is why we are at odds with russia. today, president putin visited a medical centre in st petersburg ahead of sunday's elections. his spokesman issued an angry statement, accusing mrjohnson of a "shocking and unpardonable breach of diplomatic etiquette." the kremlin confirmed that some british diplomats, based here at the embassy in moscow, would be expelled, an announcement officials said could come at any moment. a response to the uk's decision to expel 23 russian intelligence officers who will leave london n

looked very isolated and this is also something that's good because britain is far more isolated. and i think the british position in the world is far weaker because it's withdrawing from . so i think getting this statement today was. really words that are with me and here in the studio was this an easy decision for berlin well first of all those were very strong words coming from not only berlin but also france the u.k. and the united states and if you consider the usually very diplomatic tone of she called this attack worrying she called for maintaining the dialogue that was the initial response to this attack and this is the sound of anglo-american that we usually no no if you look at the sound of that although the wording of that letter in comparison there we're talking about an attack on the sovereignty of the united kingdom the first use of a chemical agent in europe since the end of the second world war that russia is very likely behind it because there would be no other logical explanation and what that will mean is certainly and in a breach of international law not only t

forty four years of the joining the european union britain's ambassador to the e.u. delivers the breck that notification left in brussels the u.k. for when the trigger optical fifty two leave the european club. so. sick spacious. there notification from the figure. fifty. britain is now officially. twenty nine two thousand and nineteen. june two thousand and seventeen. backfires for to resubmit a new government is fresh on. this government of the country through the crucial. that begin in just ten days. they begin with a huge compromise britain's press secretary david davis agrees that trade talks will have to wait until sufficient progress has been made on the. citizen rights and the irish border we want to find a solution without. any kind of border but the u.k. offers no solutions and only draws red lines david davis is told the u.k. will not be allowed to cherry pick the u.k. it wants to take back control wants to adopt it own stand outs and regulations. but if bush wants to have these dogs recognized early indeed this is simply impossible. the british prime mini

in 2010 he was and that over to britain as part of a spy that over to britain as part of a spy swap. the russian government says suggestions it was involved are com pletely says suggestions it was involved are completely untrue but the murder in london in 2006 former russian spy litvinenko means suspicion is almost inevitable and the ramifications are huge. if russia is behind it, they are taking this to a whole new level. it is in fact the declaration of war. experts here have been trying to work out whether toxics su bsta nces were trying to work out whether toxics substances were used to try to kill former russian agent and his daughter, now in hospitalfighting to stay alive. later we will go live to moscow talking to a journalist who has been following the story of sergei skripal since 2006. the us state department is imposing new sanctions on north korea, after formally accusing it of using a deadly nerve agent to kill kim jong—un‘s estranged brother. washington said the use of vx nerve agent to kill kim jong—nam showed contempt for universal norms against the use of chemi

the far right in britain isn't just on the march it's taking violent. action. and the own nazi group called national action plotted the mother and the mother of a young woman member of the british parliament last year. just before one o'clock today joe coughs and paid for in spending for the tots and knocking cluster. are now very sad because she has died because also for instance. other alleged members are charged with planning the brutal killing of another woman m.p. . and two british soldiers said to be from the same nazi group face serious terrorism charges. fascism and far right extremism street violence and confrontation isn't new in britain it dates back to at least the one nine hundred thirty s. when oswald mosley is blackshaw structed through major cities today's encounter nations are no less deadly. this is the story of how it began how it developed revealing the major players and exposing the secret past the leader of the latest street movement. last year of the young woman labor m.p. joel cox was cruelly mobbed up in the course of her public duties

diplomats after western allies accuse it of attempting to murder a former russian spy in britain in a joint declaration the u.s. france and germany backed britain and directly blaming moscow for last week's nerve agent attack in the city of salzburg. british prime minister to reason may is one of the few visitors to salzburg these days traders in the cathedral town say tourists and shoppers are staying away in the wake of the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei script and his daughter yulia mae visited the restaurant where the chemical attack took place and put the blame squarely on moscow. it is right that the u.k. government reacts in a robust way to what has happened here insoles break that is exactly what we've done i've announced that we will be expecting twenty three russian diplomats. intelligence officers will have an impact on their intelligence network the we all the measures will be taking britain's allies are showing their support france germany and the united states have signed a statement repudiating russia and president all trump says he thinks moscow probab

the situation is new with a negotiation is not so easy in this country and britain is. definitely. has has to find the solutions with the european union and for the time being i don't see any results from the from the negotiations and they have in order to divert the attention from the bridge that they have to see to present something to the public that could move to it and there's a great possibility to launch this into russian complain and to russian attack and so this is this is this is this is in the area which was written in london but . but from my point to you this is a very short side it's in the area because in the long run. britain have to explain what is behind all these things and souls very i think they have to explain what they're doing in this secret chemical laboratory which is eight miles from from the from the source very. where were the investigated the substance based on their information on the samples based on the certain standards the have and this i think this would be the question that they have to clear it for i. in the organization for proliferation of th

britain has a land border with the e.u. why can't we do that for britain and france all the rest of the eat it why can't we have this easy fluid border that the british want to have in an open dynamic trading relationship with the e.u. you think this is border engine earring going on here that we're seeing it's a battle over a very particular and quite complicated subject that we've discussed and i but it's crucial to the bigger picture of how the the great britain eventually ends up having a relationship with the european union and the british want that to be as fluid and as open as possible and that they haven't really accepted the e.u. position which is no you're leaving our customs union on our single market and you've got you've got to then accept that will be a border where you're going to have to make customs declaration for example and may your vehicles may be pulled over for checks. what do you say brussels seems willing to redraw borders if it comes down to it is that true of all its. you mean in the sense friend

well, britain, france, germany and the united states have issued a joint statement saying they believe russia is behind this attack, chemical attack, on british soil. if that is the case then expelling 23 diplomats does not look to me as an adequate response. jef, the us has its own issues with russia at the moment, but as you observe events in london how do you think theresa may has handled it? how hasjeremy corbyn handled it? i think if this is the last of it from theresa may it is not enough in political terms, in global political terms. if there are going to be interesting uses of chemical agents in russia by british agents or other kinds of complex sanctions, perhaps on russian oligarch money, or cyber attacks, or other kinds of things which might be in the same league, or doing something more serious then i think ok, let's see. it takes a while to put those things in place and she cannot do it all in the first day. it's a traditional retaliation to expel diplomats. i think it is fine enough for now, she's not a particularly strong prime minister. slightly stronger looking, but i

has thrown its support behind britain in its route with russia. there's been a major shift in the foreign policy agenda of the white house donald trump has introduced his new point man on national security matters while saying goodbye to the man he will replace the u.s. president tweeted i'm pleased to announce that effective ninth of april john bolton will be my new national security adviser i'm very thankful for the service of gen h.l. mcmasters done an outstanding job and will always remain my friend john bolton is a former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. he's been an advocate of military action on north korea and iran and wants the white house to take a tougher stance on russia in a twenty fifteen new york times opinion column he called for air strikes on nuclear facilities in iran bolton released a statement a short time ago saying it's an honor to be asked by president trump to serve as his national security adviser humbly accept the offer the united states currently faces a wide array of issues and i look forward to working with president trump

border to keep britain in the e.u. because the british side is trying to use the border question as a blueprint perhaps for the bigger relationship because after all if we if we can work out a fluid very open easy border between the parts of britain that the only. britain has a land border with the e.u. why can't we do that for britain and france all the rest of the eat it why can't we have this easy fluid border that the british want to have in an open dynamic trading relationship with the e.u. you think this is border engine earring going on here that we're seeing it's a battle over a very particular and quite complicated subject that we've discussed tonight but it's crucial to the bigger picture of how the the great britain eventually ends up having a relationship with the european union and the british want that to be as fluid and as open as possible and then they haven't really accepted the e.u. position which is no you're leaving our customs union on our single market and you've got you've got to then accept that

and france britain and the u.s. sent embassy workers instead a crimp spokesperson reacted to the u.k. decision by saying that it showed an willingness to hear russia's aunts as to its questions that moscow to date has denied any involvement in the attempted murders of scribal and so this diplomatic spat that has gone on for a while now looks to continue to go on for some time. there will be former russian officer was jailed in russia for handing secrets to british intelligence he moved to the u.k. in a spy swap in twenty ten three weeks ago and his daughter were found critically ill in salzburg u.k. police expect their probe on the alleged poisoning to take months however british politicians were quick to pin the blame on moscow britain's foreign secretary has become the latest to launch accusations. russians as ever responded with denial distortion and delay and that is their tactic. the cyber warfare this information middling in european election campaigns to say nothing of election campaigns elsewhere the general

diplomats after western allies accused it of attempting to murder a former russian spy in britain and a joint declaration the u.s. france and germany backed britain directly blaming moscow for last week's attack using a nerve agent. british prime minister to reason may is one of the few visitors to salzburg these days traders in the cathedral town say tourists and shoppers are staying away in the wake of the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei script and his daughter yulia may visit at the restaurant where the chemical attack took place and put the blame squarely on moscow. it is right that the u.k. government reacts in a robust way to what has happened here in seoul break that is exactly what we've done either now so that we will explain it be expecting twenty three russian diplomats who intelligence officers will have an impact on the intelligence network the we all the measures will be taking britain's allies are showing their support france germany and the united states have signed a statement repudiating russia and president all trump says he thinks moscow probably ca

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today notting hill is expensive one of britain's most exclusive on cliffs. the rich the famous and the fashionable live eat and shop. at the time of the notting hill race riots it couldn't have been more different this area was one of grimy crumbling tournaments owned by slum landlord charging the rock rents. the young carpenter who was stabbed to death right here in golborne road in notting hill was obviously not britain's first victim of racially motivated murder but he was the first to address national attention. the first the big boy would never know it a symbol of resistance to race. at the time notting hill was a hotbed of white nationalism oswald mosley is union movement and colin jordan's white defense league had this seeding with a racial tension. we feel that you cannot have colored immigration on the scale in which you're having it today without sooner or later having breeding that must lead ultimately to a briton we feel that if we have population in the future that must mean the downfall of the civilization and culture of our country which we ho

britain is no whether you like it or not i happen to like it. a multi-racial country. but even if you don't like it it's too late to do anything about that as well first i don't agree that it's a multi racial country integration hasn't taken place to a significant extent and it's for this reason i don't really have noticed but on television advertisement over the last year or so every single advertisement involving people has got black people in it and asian people in it as well as whites and particularly insidiously in my view they're showing including in furniture and bedding advertisement. black and white couples. in we are insidiously being caught that they're hoping that nature will follow out and that if they create an illusion of an actuality of integration and race mixing and miseducation that that's how the public will follow it when the bricks has indicated that they're not the national front trying to give itself a democratic really standing in local and national elections without success. it's part of the overwhelming rage and anger felt by many black on mu

we have to see now how britain will react. there is going to bea britain will react. there is going to be a meeting of the national security council in london next week, at which they will discuss the next steps and whether they will see these measures of closing the british council and the consulate as being an escalation of the situation between the two sides. those next steps a re between the two sides. those next steps are interesting, because there is clearly anger on both sides. but some commentators are making the point that which is not in anybody‘s interests to cut off dialogue totally between the two countries. and it is notjust commentators, but the actual sides have been saying that, which is extremely important. if you cut off all relations, event becomes a very precarious and volatile situation between the two countries. it seems that the moment that neither side wants that to happen. the retaliatory measures on both sides seem to be calibrated to avoid that at this stage. richard, thank you. meanwhile, the metropolitan police have appealed for anyone

is saying, they are saying that britain's claims are groundless. porton down is an isolated facility on salisbury plain that has operated since the first world war and it is that expertise built up over a century that is the foundation of its world—class reputation for testing chemical weapons. the team from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons was invited here by the government. they are expected to spend up to a week talking to scientists and others involved in the investigation buzzed up involved in the investigation buzzed up the process will be very rigorous, they are the professional body. they are investigators from the un, very experienced operators and they do this all over the place. they have been to syria many times to investigate chemical weapons. for two weeks experts have been filmed taking what looks like samples from across salisbury. it has not been made public whether the nerve agent in board was delivered at a powder, liquid or otherform. the team that has arrived at porton down will be crucial to confirmin

this is day eight of leaders live from berlin britain expels twenty three russian diplomats and the fallout from the poisoning of a former double agent temperatures oil prime minister theresa may gives them a week to leave the ukraine's largest diplomatic expulsions for thirteen years and also on the program. a new government that takes office at last nearly six months after the election and america will be sworn in for a fourth term. school students across the united states will walk out of class calling for tougher gun laws and remembering the seventeen people killed at a florida high school four weeks ago. i'm still gail welcome to the program. britain's imposing fresh sanctions on russia after it failed to meet a deadline to explain a poison attack against a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. moscow has pledged to retaliate so prime minister to resign my outline the u.k. she responds in parliament including the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats the withdrawal of an invitation to russia's foreign minister and a limit on bilateral contacts with moscow the case the s

former ambassador william patey that we support saudi arabia and britain has extensive interests and saudi arabia. military tree economic security interests so you often accused of having a system that has bred extremism but equally there in the forefront of the battle against people like al qaida. they keep us safe and according to tory m.p. a member of the committee for arms export control the saudi government isn't even all that repressive anymore. do you not think saudi arabia is a repressive regime it has been i think it's changing because they are now allowing women to drive they are changing the role of women in society they wanting women to get elected into parliament it is moving forward to a democratic society but another member of the british committee labor m.p. lloyd russell moyle has a very different view the argument is not that the sound is a bombing women in saudi arabia the argument is they're bombing the heck out of people in yemen you know kind so what they're doing for people in saudi is neither here nor there when we're talking about the arms now actually the fa

has also joined other countries supporting britain in its standoff with russia. and its wings is a freezing with knights of seem to go on for ever and it has one of the world's highest suicide rates in the u.s. says it is the happiest place on which countries are to stay with us and find. i'm full go welcome to the program. u.s. president donald trump is to impose new sanctions on russia in response to allegations that it meddled in the twenty sixth us presidential election his latest move targets five organizations and nineteen individuals united states is also signed a joint declaration with france and germany in support of britain's standoff with russia over the attempted murder of a russian former spy in britain mr trump was asked if he thought russia was responsible. who was behind this mr president it looks like it i spoke with the prime minister and we are in deep discussions a very sad situation it certainly looks like the russians will be hided something that should never ever happen and would take an adverse seriously as i think are many others. of the

forty four years of the joining the european union britain's ambassador to the e.u. delivers the breck that notification left in brussels the u.k. formally trigger article fifty two leaf the european club. so. six pages. if occasion. that there is a figure. of fifty. written sex it is now officially set for march twenty ninth two thousand and nineteen. by. june two thousand and seventeen. backfires for theresa may new government is fresh on. this government the country through the crucial. let's begin in just ten days. and they begin with a huge compromise britain's secretary david davis agrees that trade talks will have to wait until sufficient progress has been made on the. citizen rights and the irish border we want to find a solution without. any kind of. butt. the u.k. office no solutions and only draws red lines david davis is told the u.k. will not be allowed to cherry pick the u.k. it wants to take back control wants to adopt its own stand outs and regulation. but if bush wants to have each recognized automatically indeed this is simply impossible. the britis

britain expects some answers. the foreign ministry said he came to hear the russian protest against what russia calls the sordid attempt to discredit this country. strong language coming from moscow, and the strongest we have heard yet coming from the minister himself, sergey lavrov. he has essentially rejected the deadline. he said britain is violating the chemical weapons convention by only giving russia 2a hours to respond to the allegation of a chemical attack. he says there should be ten days to respond so unless the uk sticks to the rules, russia has no intention of doing so either, was pretty much the message from sergey lavrov. when i asked him directly if russia was responsible for the attack, he said that was nonsense. we heard as well from his spokeswoman later today with even stronger language. she said today, "who does britain think it is issuing ultimatums to a nuclear power?" so no sign of russia even meeting the deadline or backing down on its stance over this attack. our security correspondent gor

britain's foreign secretary says russian president vladimir putin probably personally ordered the nerve agent attack . by increasing. tension in germany's new government says the interior minister says islam is not part of germany and. disagrees. also the story of a martial arts champion plays in a trial for muslim women looks on a break at the world kickboxing sport previously considered off limits to female muslim athletes will hear about the barriers she had to overcome to breach the top . i'm phil girl welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel and french president emanuel agreed to start work on a roadmap for reform of the european union on the eurozone they met in paris just days after chancellor merkel was confirmed in office for a fourth term but difficulties in forming a coalition have delayed the talks the chancellor and president said they would have to reform if they would have reform road not ready for a u. summit in. well macsoftware discovering those talks in paris welcome max well we'll start with a nice to see shall we chancellor merkel spoken blowing terms

wet and windy not just in britain through wednesday. wet and windy notjust in the new lynn area, chris you are close to this weather front delivering heavy rain. from northern ireland to wales and into the south—west. i suppose on that chart. the wind a real factor, the south—west. i suppose on that chart. the wind a realfactor, costs in excess of 60 mph through the isles of scilly. through the rest of the night, the rain pushes not out of northern ireland, but it will move into wales and southern england. underneath that cloud, up to9 england. underneath that cloud, up to 9 degrees. in clearer skies further east, up to 5 degrees. for the commute and the school run, really quite wet weather across the higher ground of wales. and so to into lancashire and the peak district and it just into lancashire and the peak district and itjust keeps come —— reining in northern ireland. before it stops, eastern slopes of those hills could have seen around 50 millimetres of rain. through the day, what is left of the weather front goes toward

standoff with russia over the attempted murder of a former russian spy britain blames russia for the attack in the english city of souls for a using the deadly soviet era nerve agent no which will. british prime minister to reason may is one of the few visitors to salzburg these days traders in the cathedral town say tourists and shoppers are staying away in the wake of the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei script and his daughter yulia may visited the restaurant where the chemical attack took place and put the blame squarely on moscow. it is right that the u.k. government reacts in a robust way to what has happened here insoles break that is exactly what we've done either now so that we will be expecting twenty three russian diplomats who declare that intelligence offices will have an impact on their intelligence network the we all the measures will be taking britain's allies are showing their support france germany and the united states have signed a statement repudiating russia and president all trump says he thinks moscow probably carried out the attack. nature's to

beyond 100 days has more on the fallout between britain and russia. more on the sentencing of a man found guilty of stabbing to a woman to death outside a supermarket in yorkshire, and as thousands of people take part in bbc sports report, we ask how young people can spot the difference between real and fa ke spot the difference between real and fake news. some breaking news coming in from fake news. some breaking news coming infrom miami, fake news. some breaking news coming in from miami, where it is reported that a bridge at the university of florida has collapsed. emergency services are on the scene and we will bring you more on that as soon as we get it. emergency services are 110w as we get it. emergency services are now at the scene and when we get more from miami we will bring that to you. now it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up on the programme: they call it st patrick's thursday — and irish eyes were smiling at cheltenham, but fell short of an historic green sweep. gareth southgate reveals his squad for engla

for the european union and britain and now they've agreed on a two year transition for the u.k. to complete its exit but there is still no guarantee that breaks it is a guarantee we'll get more from our correspondent in london also coming up no pull back at the border turkey promises to push on with its offensive against the kurds in syria now that the city of afferent has been seized and one hundred fifty thousand people displaced and western leaders greet vladimir putin's reelection as russian president with a ambivalence germany says it expects russia to remain a difficult partner with putin in showing. it's good to have you with us tonight we know that it will be a slightly longer divorce britain and the european union have laid out plans for a two year transition period following now the deal includes concessions from the u.k. which will allow it to stay in the siegal marketing customs union until the end of twenty twenty for business isn't ordinary citizens this is good news but for the future of brakes it itself the uncertainty remains. a rare sight the two chief negotiat

has joined other nations supporting britain in with russia. to take you through the day. more intrigue on international talk show for journalists discuss the topic of the week donald trump is imposing punitive tariffs on imported steel and aluminum experts say further measures are in the offing is this the first salvo in a trade war that's our topic this week on quadriga joining us. sixty minutes on. what does russia's youth hope for colors freedom of expression fear and dreams. the reporter of travels through russia before the election. he makes the poor and the rich those who support the president those who oppose him and investigative journalists. showboats our series this week on d.w. new research. germany state by state. the most colorful. the los angeles times. the most traditional. find it all at any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state on g.w. talk com. there's no doubt. that just another good day nothing could change you know the banks and you know why and so watch the language of the banks. speaking the truth global news that

well britain and america fairly actually manacled into support so saudi arabia. one of the most fanatic regimes gets plenty of support and as you mentioned others like gadhafi assad are secular so it depends on the timing one very interesting example is good afi so in the one nine hundred ninety s. the british m i six they were sending money to jihadi groups to try and overthrow gadhafi securely in the benghazi area of libya when it became apparent that they would not be able to do this eventually britain switched to supporting gadhafi again so having trained his or at least wired money to his opponents the british s.a.'s special air service with and training gadhafi forces then the situation reversed again because according to various statements on oil journals and with libya it's mostly about the oil good us he was not making reforms to the economy meaning he wasn't allowing british american french corporations to come in and fully buy up the state so the point britain switched again and started training jihadi. all the while while this was happening and then t

the far right than britain isn't just on the march it's taking violent. action. a neo nazi group called national action applauded the mother and the mother of a young woman member of the british parliament just before one o'clock today joe cops and paid for in spending with a touch of knocking first. i'm now very sad to fall it's. because also for instance. other alleged members are charged with planning the brutal killing of another woman m.p. . and two british soldiers said to be from the same nazi group face serious terrorism charges. fascism and far right extremism street violence and confrontation isn't new in britain it gets back to at least the one nine hundred thirty s. when oswald mosley is blackshaw structed through major cities today's encounter nations are no less deadly. this is the story of how it began how it developed revealing the major players and exposing the secret past the leader of the latest street movement. last year of the young woman labor m.p. joel cox was cruelly mobbed out in the course of her public duties in burstall. the mother of

britain seeks an exemption from america's tough new tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium, as the eu says it may go to the world trade organisation. now on bbc news, samira ahmed presents this week's round—up of audience reaction on newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. the attempted murder of a double agent on british soil, did bbc news report it proportionately and fairly? and was the oscars ceremony an excuse for trivial gushing over celebrities or a welcomed dose of glamour? the week began with some news that could have come from a john le carre novel, described here at the top of monday's news at 10 by fiona bruce. a former russian spy is critical in hospital after a suspected poisoning in salisbury. sergei skripal, convicted of spying on russia for the uk, has been living in britain for nearly eight years. police in protective clothing have sealed the area after the russian and a young woman were found unconscious on a bench. we'll bring you the latest, as police and doctors race to establish if this is another example of a russian being poisone

our top story: britain waits for russia's response. with support from key allies over the nerve agent attack on a former spy, the uk prepares for what moscow says will be a ‘fitting' and ‘symmetrical‘ reaction to the expulsion of 23 diplomats. i'm lucy hockings in moscow, and as the diplomatic row continues, the people of russia are preparing to vote in sunday's presidential election, with vladimir putin hoping to win his fourth term in office two other main stories. a brand—new pedestrian bridge across a motorway in miami collapses, killing four people. we'll have the latest from the scene. and in a special report we speak to civilians in syria who escaped the conflict in eastern ghouta. and coming up in the business briefing, trading threats — raising tensions. fears of a global trade war set to dominate as 620 finance chiefs gather this weekend. we'll be getting the views of a trade expert from henley business school. plus, what could be in store for the commuter of the future! and why there soon won't be any excuse for be

did not attend were britain u.s. and france britain and the us sent embassy workers instead a comment spokesperson reacted to the u.k. decision by saying that it showed unwillingness to hear russia's aren't says to its questions that moscow to date has denied any involvement in the attempted murders of so kenya scribble the russian former intelligence officer and his daughter yulia were allegedly poisoned insults both of them remain in a critical condition and so this diplomatic spat that has gone on for a while now looks to continue to go on for some time. meanwhile the case foreign secretary secretary i should say boris johnson said that he believes that the script being leads back inexorably to the kremlin citing a number of allegations but claiming at the same time he doesn't want a new cold war. i want to be very clear that we do wish to engage in a new cold war and i do appreciate that i don't want i remember. the road so to walk. putin the way you see mocking thirty six. years i think the comparison with six i

earlier britain's foreign secretary, borisjohnson, accused russia of making and stockpiling the nerve agent used in the attack. scientists say they have achieved a breakthrough in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, after the results of an international trial involving stem cell transplants. the study showed an improvement in symptoms, and the progress of the neurological condition halted. now on bbc news, it is dateline london. hello and a very warm welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week we devote our attention to russia. russia abroad — after what the uk and its allies called the first offensive use of a nerve agent in europe since the second world war. and russia at home — as a presidential election is expected to deliver vladimir putin another six years in the kremlin. my guests this week: the former observer writer now political commentator adam raphael. jef mcallister, the american broadcaster, formerly the head of time magazine's london bureau. italian journalist and film maker annalisa piras, and russian political commentator, and former kremlin advisor,

russia has missed britain's deadline for answers on the poisoning of former double agent surrogate scruple and his daughter prime minister to resign may want to know why a soviet era nerve agent was used the kremlin says it won't respond without samples of the substance maze expected to discuss britain's reply when she meets her national security council later on wednesday to be phillips reports. is this the level before the storm the british government says it's looking at ways of responding to what it believes is now re just backed 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 of. in 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 wa