commission and e.u. council president speaking in brussels just a little while ago now this summit is set to continue into friday there's a working dinner on thursday evening where we're expecting to resume aid to be lobbying e.u. leaders to get them on side with britain's version of events that led to the poisoning of of those two people in the cathedral city of solsbury at the beginning of this month. thanks for that update peter that's peter all of the reporting for us thank you now the spat between the two countries follows the poisoning of former double agent and his daughter in salzburg as peter was saying there it was a nerve agent that was used in this case ex russian officer good script power was jailed in russia for handing secrets to british intelligence he moved to the u.k. in a spy swap in two thousand and ten u.k. police expect the probe into the attack to take as long as months but that didn't stop u.k. politicians straight away pinning the blame on moscow. british foreign secretary is amo

s expelled twenty three russian diplomats in response to the incident i welcome the fact that the e.u. council disagrees with the united kingdom government's assessment that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the attempted murder that took place on the streets of seoul is free and that there is no principle alternative explanation russia for the strike that russia poses respects no borders and as she says it is a threat to our values and she's right here in the new council we are standing together to oppose those values barnaby phillips joins us live from brussels where this seems that the is now throwing its weight behind the u.k. . yes i think this has been a big success for british foreign policy act what could have been a testing time of course the context is that of brics it despite the fact that britain is in the process of leaving the e.u. it has pulled off quite a coup and shown that the rest of the e.u. the remaining twenty seven countries will show solidarity i mean it's all about language at these sorts of meetings jane but if you recall what the e.u. forei

the e.u. dampened britain's dreams of frictionless trade post breaks it. e.u. council president donald tusk said britain needed to present a realistic solution for the future of the irish border and other questions once the u.k. leaves the bloc is he rebuffed several demands by british prime minister theresa may including special treatment for british banks actually. lindt chocolate is more popular than ever. swiss confectionery linton lonely sole revenues climbed to a record three point four billion euros in twenty seventeen profits also rose which the company attributed to bigger harvest of cocoa and sugar. the i t v berlin opened its stores this week in the german capital the world's biggest tourism trade fair showcases ten thousand tourism and travel businesses from one hundred eighty six countries and regions chancellor angela merkel kicks off the show at a gallon tuesday for the first time the i t b s official partner region is a german state mecklenburg for partner and in the north east of the country. the baltic beaches of the i.t.v. partner region are

the e.u. dampened britain's dreams of frictionless trade post prexy. e.u. council president donald tusk said britain needed to present a realistic solution for the future of the irish border and other questions once the u.k. leaves the block is he rebuffed several demands by british prime minister theresa may including special treatment for british banks and. mint chocolate is more popular than ever. swiss confectionery linton lonely soul revenues climbed to a record three point four billion euros in twenty seventeen profits also rose which the company attributed to bigger harvest of cocoa and sugar. the i t v berlin opened its stores this week in the german capital the world's biggest tourism trade fair showcases ten thousand tourists and travel businesses from one hundred eighty six countries and regions chancellor angela merkel kicked off the show at a gallon tuesday for the first time the i t b s official partner region is a german state mecklenburg for partner and in the north east of the country. the baltic beaches of the i.t.v. partner region are thr

council president on interest could only say that is highly likely that russia is behind the attacks with the nerve agent there is for him no other plausible explanation but there's still no real evidence for some of the countries nevertheless this is the biggest concerted effort diplomatic effort the u.s. undertaken in such a case and this is also a show of solidarity for the british despite the fact that britain is leaving the european union in the brics it pro says and it's not excluded that there's still more to come sanctions against russia could be prepared in the next weeks do we get that in brussels thank you may drag us origin claridge's and simon young thank you as well. spain's most wanted fugitive has spent the night in a german jail as a german court decides whether to extradite him back to spain catalan separatist leader khaled putumayo was detained on sunday while traveling through germany to belgium where he's been in self-imposed exile is wanted by spanish authorities over his role in catalonia so an authorised independence vote the rest is angered many catamounts wi

president darrell to skin the e.u. commission president jiang claudio good took to the stage to field questions from journalists well they didn't really have many answers when it came to what type of action the e.u. would be to. against russia to march for all sorts always just to come back to an issue intrude. were decided to convert to an issue in october. and wonder we are never coming back were discussed some of the earth doing so couldn't in the brief come back to the question. this is where the british prime minister might have a problem because she wants a united statement that it may have to be a message that's much more watered down than london would have wanted a number of countries coming out and saying they need to see more evidence if they're to come out in criticize russia anymore or to level stronger criticism or stronger to take stronger actions against russia now they're expected to the scarse the issue of what to do about the scrip i'll kiss over a working dinner on thursday evening they'll be back in

doesn't total toast fest fourteen e.u. nations are expelling the russian diplomatic staff of the united states this removes sixty russia says it will respond in concert also on the program spain's most wanted man proposed to face a german judge exiled castellan separatist leader collins pushed along is facing possible extradition to spend most of the past month couple boss alone remains on edge after a night of violent crimes. three days of post enough begun in egypt's presidential elections with president al sisi over something to win many view the votes as a sham so the size of the turnout will be closely watched. i'm still going to welcome to the program. britain's prime minister says it is the largest expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history countries around the world are to expel russian diplomats following the poisoning of a former double agent in britain sergei script and his daughter remain in critical condition in hospital after the exposed but nerve agent in the english city of solsbury earlier this

summit in brussels drumming up support for a united e.u. message against russia has been what she's been about on thursday she had strong words entering the this summit we can hear what you have to say right now russia staged a brazen and reckless attack against the united kingdom when it is tempting to the murder of two people on the streets of seoul spring i'll be raising this issue with my counterparts today because it's clear that the rough.

it was a clear breach of international norms and agreements and donald told the president of the e.u. council said i expressed my full solidarity with pm theresa may in the face of the brutal attack inspired most likely by moscow i'm ready to put the issue on next week's european council so we will we will be doing that. but i say to the right honorable gentleman this is not a question of our diplomacy of what diplomatic support we have around the world this is a question of the culpability of the russian state. and he said that we should be trying to build a consensus it was clear it's clear from the conversations i've had with our allies that we have a consensus with our own eyes it was clear from the remarks that were made by pat benches across the whole of this house on monday that there is a consensus across the butt benches of this house. i am only sorry that the consensus does not go as far as the right honorable gentleman. i. could do could have taken the opportunity as the u.k. government has done to condemn the culprit in the sea of the russian. troops to carry. out speaker

s expelled twenty three russian diplomats in response to the incident i welcome the fact that the e.u. council disagrees with the united kingdom government's assessment that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the attempted murder that took place on the streets of seoul is free and that there is no principle alternative explanation russia for the strike that russia poses respects no borders and is a threat to our values and she's right here in the council we are standing together while pollsters values. protests are taking place in paris capital lima head of the swearing in of the vice president martin his car to replace president pedro public a chance to step down on wednesday. those are the headlines the news continues but first it is a look inside story. lost and. found and see. reveals how one charity is giving pakistan's lost children new chance and luck. are saudi arabia and the united arab emirates buying influence in the white house the saudi crown prince is reported to have boasted that he has donald trump's son in no it is pockets and leaked documents allege

council summit where the poisoning of a former russian agent in the u.k. is expected to be high on the agenda let's find out let's cross live to our teams peter always been following this event for us good evening peter so what's been said so far. well brags that taking a backseat for to reason may at least in the opening exchanges of this european council summit in brussels she was all about drumming up support for a united e.u. message against russia she spoke entering the conference entering the summit she was very strong in what she had to say certainly pulling no punches she has put her cards firmly on the table. russia staged a phrase.

council asking for white south africans quote return right to return to europe unquote so how will this plan impact south africans on both sides of the fray here with us to discuss the issue mean to play say is associate professor of law at northwestern university and see shanae in go bass a is an industrial sociologist welcome to the stream both of you want to start with this tweet we got from a member of our community skip a twenty three who says it's not like black people were compensated when whites got the land this is a correction of the wrong about it was done in the past does she say do you see this in the same way that this is attempting to address the wrongs of a party. well in short there is an absolute need in south africa for legitimate land restitution where there have been and where there is evidence of black individuals who've been dispossessed historically that's not in contention for for anybody in this country the issue becomes the means and language group creation without compensation is essentially giving the complement the. little power to confiscate property from

council asking for white south africans quote return right to return to europe unquote so how will this plan impact south africans on both sides of the fray here with us to discuss the issue mean to play say is associate professor of law at northwestern university and see shanae go bass a is an industrial sociologist welcome to the stream both of you want to start with this tweet we got from a member of our community skip a twenty three who says it's not like black people were compensated when whites got the land this is a correction of the wrong about it was done in the past does she say do you see this in the same way that this is attempting to address the wrongs of a party. well in short there is an absolute need in south africa for legitimate and restitution where there have been and where there is evidence of black individuals who've been dispossessed historically that's not in contention for for anybody in this country the issue becomes the means and language group creation without compensation is essentially giving the complement the. little power to confiscate property from and

council we are standing together while pollsters fondues it appears the intelligence on the attack she says she's shared with european colleagues has convinced them that the british assessment is correct beyond is an undisputed we had a long discussion but reached a broad consensus that all evidence points to russia big link to this attack and there's really no other explanation all member states agreed with this point of view and we will monitor the situation to see what happens next the british have shared their information with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and we will await their that. the e.u. has recalled its ambassador to moscow for consultations in brussels over the script . russia's foreign ministry which is trying to convince the wells that russia is the injured party here is protesting had the way things are going. the way of us we'd be great to that instead of referring to international law the european union has preferred to go on the path of another on t.v. russian campaign instigated by london police transoceanic these with an obvious goal to p

council asking for white south africans quote return right to return to europe unquote so how will this plan impact south africans on both sides of the fray here with us to discuss the issue mean to play say is associate professor of law at northwestern university and see shanae in go bass a is an industrial sociologist welcome to the stream both of you want to start with this tweet we got from a member of our community skip a twenty three who says it's not like black people were compensated when whites got the land this is a correction of the wrong about it was done in the past does she say do you see this in the same way that this is attempting to address the wrongs of a party. well in short there is an absolute need in south africa for legitimate and restitution where there have been and where there is evidence of black individuals who've been dispossessed historically that's not in contention for for anybody in this country the issue becomes the means and lembit appropriation without compensation is essentially giving the complement the. little power to confiscate property from and

council we are standing together while pollsters fondues it appears the intelligence on the attack she says she's shared with european colleagues has convinced them that the british assessment is correct you know on this and i noticed with you that we had a long discussion but reached a broad consensus that all evidence points to russia big link to this attack and there's really no other explanation all member states agreed with this point of view and we will monitor the situation to see what happens next the british have shared their information with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and we will await their that. the e.u. has recalled its ambassador to moscow for consultations in brussels over the script . russia's foreign ministry which is trying to convince the world's that russia is the injured party here is protesting have the way things are going. the way you ever think we'd be great that instead of referring to international law the european union has preferred to go on the path of another on t.v. russian campaign instigated by london police transoceanic a

i welcome the fact that the e.u. council has agreed with the united kingdom government's assessment that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the attempted murder that took place on the streets of seoul is free and that there is no political alternative explanation that russia or the threat that russia poses respects no borders and as he says it is a threat to our values it is right here in the council we are standing together to oppose those values. to be phillips joins us from brussels barnaby says race seems that the e.u. is now throwing its support behind the u.k. right. it does seem that way yes to resume a got unanimous backing from the other twenty seven e.u. countries at a time when this was going to be always a serious test of british diplomacy because we're in the middle of brecht's it and in that context how much sway does britain still have with the remaining e.u. countries and also to dish lee jane britain has always been more hawkish if you like certainly tougher on russia than many other

council we are standing together while poles those findings it appears the intelligence on the attack she says she's shared with european colleagues has convinced them that the british assessment is correct me on this and understood here we had a long discussion but reached a broad consensus that all evidence points to russia big link to this attack and there's really no other explanation all member states agreed with this point of view and we will monitor the situation to see what happens next the british have shared their information with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and we will await their that. the e.u. has recalled its ambassador to moscow for consultations in brussels over the script . russia's foreign ministry which is trying to convince the worlds that russia is the injured party here is protesting at the way things are going. the way of the thing we be great that instead of referring to international law the european union has preferred to go on the path of another on t.v. washing campaign instigated by london elise transoceanic allies with an obvi

council said i expressed my full solidarity with p.m.t. reason may in the face of the brutal attack inspired most likely by moscow i'm ready to put the issue on next week's european council so we will we will be doing that. but i say to the right honorable gentleman this is not a question of our diplomacy or of what diplomatic support we have around the world this is a question of the culpability of the russian state a into it. and he said that we. should be trying to build a consensus it was clear it's clear from the conversations i've had with our allies that we have a consensus with our own eyes it was clear from the remarks that were made by backbenchers across the whole of this house on monday that there is a consensus across the butt benches of this house. i am only sorry that the consensus does not go as far as the right on the agenda to it was. was. was was. very could could have taken the opportunity as the u.k. government has done to condemn the culprit in the seat of the russian was.

i welcome the fact that the e.u. council disagrees with the united kingdom government's assessment that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the attempted murder that took place on the streets of seoul is free and that the reason no poolesville alternative explanation that russia for the strength that russia poses respects no borders and as he says it is a threat to our values this is right here in the new council we are standing together to our pollsters found these. black lives matter protesters have closed a highway in the u.s. city of sacramento over the police shooting of a twenty two year old the police shot stefan clarke at least twenty times on sunday in his grandmother's backyard the police have been responding to calls that a man had been breaking into cars initial reports of clark was armed with a gun but only a cell phone was found at least fourteen people have been killed in a car bomb attack in the somali capital mogadishu the armed group takes credit for the blast that took place near a

security council summit where the poisoning of a former russian agent in the u.k. will be high on the agenda with more. well to reason they would have been looking to the summit around two weeks ago thinking break that and crucial break that deadlines were going to be negotiated here all of that still on the agenda put russia and the fallout from the attempted murder of his daughter yulia the former spy in the cathedral city of souls be certainly taken president to read the late trying to drum up support for a united statement condemning russia and she had some very tough words as she entered that summit in brussels russia staged a brazen and reckless attack against the united kingdom when it is tempted to the murder of two people on the streets of seoul spring i'll be raising this issue with my counterparts today because it's clear that the russians threat does not respect the wishes and indeed the instance insoles was part of a pattern of russian aggression against europe and its near neighbors from the western balkans to the middle east where we understand to re

council we are standing together while poles there's fondues it appears the intelligence on the attack she says she's shared with european colleagues has convinced them that the british assessment is correct beyond is along a disputed we had a long discussion but reached a broad consensus that all evidence points to russia big link to this attack and there's really no other explanation all member states agreed with this point of view and we will monitor the situation to see what happens next the british have shared their information with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and we will await their that. the e.u. has recalled its ambassador to moscow for consultations in brussels over the script . russia's foreign ministry which is trying to convince the world's the russia is the injured party here is protesting at the way things are going since really. the way you have to think we'd be great to that instead of referring to international law the european union has preferred to go on the path of another on t.v. russian campaign instigated by london police transoceanic

council president on interest could only say that is highly likely that russia is behind the attacks with the nerve agent there's for him no other plausible explanation but there's still no real evidence for some of the countries nevertheless this is the biggest concerted effort diplomatic effort the you have undertaken in such a case and this is all it's a show of sort of t.v. for the british despite the fact that britain is leaving the european union in the brics it pro says and it's not excluded that there's still more to come sanctions against russia could be prepared in the next weeks do we get that in brussels thank you may drag storage declare bridges and simon young thank you as well. aspirants most wanted fugitive is back in jail as he waits to hear whether a german court will allow him to be extradited katz alliance a separatist leader calloused putumayo was detained on sunday while travelling through germany to belgium where he's been in self-imposed exile is wanted by spanish authorities or his role in catalonia as an authorized independence vote. push the most attention

countries so the council agreed immediate actions including withdrawing withdrawing the e.u.'s ambassador from moscow and today eighteen countries have announced their intention to expel more than one hundred russian intelligence officers from you know. this includes fifteen e.u. member states as well as the united states canada and the ukraine. and 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 salzburg incident and together we have sent a message that we will not tolerate russia's continued attempts to flout international law and undermine our values european nations will also act to strengthen their resilience to chemical biological radiological and nuclear related risks as well as bolstering their capabilities to deal with hybrid threats we also agreed that we would review progress in june with foreign ministers being tasked to report back ahead of the next counc

i welcome the fact that the e.u. council disagrees with the united kingdom government's assessment that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the attempted murder that took place on the streets of seoul is free and that there is no poolesville alternative explanation that russia or the threat that russia poses respects no borders and as he says it is a threat to our values it is right here in the new council we are standing together while poles there is found these demonstrators in the u.s. city of sacramento have marched to protest the police shooting of unarmed twenty two year old the police shot stephen clarke at least twenty times on sunday in his grandmother's backyard but he said they feared he had a gun when they confronted him after earlier reports that a man had been breaking into cars there but only a cell phone was found. now on saturday tens of thousands of students from across the u.s. will converge on washington to demand gun reform organizers say the march for our lives demonstration whic

is threatening council measure as if european steel production is affected by the terrorists it says it will retaliate with tariffs on u.s. products including motorcycles and whiskey we would not sit idly while our industry is hit with on for measures that were thousands of european jobs at risk the e.u. is reacting firmly and commensurately to defend our interests consumers will be the biggest loses of course. in the u.s. the terrorist will mean more expensive compass and elsewhere more expensive u.s. products. all right let's talk a little bit more about this i'm joined now by evan annette since she is general manager of the american chambers of commerce in germany and she joins me in the studio now good to have you here with us and i would like to start with with a more general question i mean what's it like for the american chamber of commerce in this day and age to represent companies well since we are the voice of transatlantic business obviously there are a couple of difficult issues especially when it comes to trade on the other hand the demand is so much higher now for analy

security council summit where the poisoning of a former russian agent in the u.k. is of course going to be high on the agenda with more is peter oliver. well tourism a would have been looking to the summit around two weeks ago thinking bragg's it and crucial break that deadlines were going to be negotiated here all of that still on the agenda put russia and the fallout from the attempted murder of his daughter yulia the former spy in the cathedral city of solve certainly taking president to reserve trying to drum up support for a united statement condemning russia and she had some very tough words as she entered that summit in brussels russia staged a brazen and reckless attatched against the united kingdom when it is tempting to the murderers to people on the streets of seoul spring i'll be raising this issue with my counterparts today because it's clear that the russians threat does not respect the waters and indeed the incident insoles was part of a pattern of russian aggression against europe and its neighbors from the western balkans to the middle east where w

security council summit where the poisoning of a former russian agent in the u.k. is of course going to be high on the agenda with more speed to all of. well tourism a would have been looking to the summit around two weeks ago thinking break that and crucial break that deadlines were going to be negotiated here all of that still on the agenda put russia and the fallout from the attempted murder of surrogates go to file his daughter yulia the former spy in the cathedral city of soulsby certainly taking president to reserve may trying to drum up support for a united statement condemning russia and she had some very tough words as she entered that summit in brussels russia staged a brazen and reckless attatched against the united kingdom when it is tempted into the murder of two people on the streets of seoul spring i'll be raising this issue with my counterparts today because it's clear that the.

e.u. leaders including european council president condemning russia for its alleged role in poisoning a form a double agent in the u.k. . the son of libya's former leader moammar gadhafi runs for president we speak exclusively to saif gadhafi sloyd. and the situation you have in libya now is the result of the destruction of the state institutions toppling the regime over time back to its roadmap with the become a democratic state. good to have you with us this hour. this is r.t. international. public services across france ground to a halt on thursday during a nationwide strike over labor reforms thirty percent of flights to and from paris were canceled many schools were closed and must say in leon around ten thousand people took to the streets while in paris there are twice as many in the capital and elsewhere that were violent clashes between protesters and police. at. her. new role they put up one of you know we are not here to be violent we're here to protest democratically against the

two e.u. white sections next week you have a council a european council or the e.u. leaders including to decimate and i think you actually can make the call to make basically a new package of sanctions against russia under nato side i didn't means dismiss a situation of collective defense she has a yourself to seize and use of force by russia against britain this is a case of self-defense under article fifty one of the un charter which could be the prelude to also invoke nato as collective defense grills article five it doesn't mean there's going to be good not to let it military response but it means is a clear statement not on your story very pretty but the readiness to act the question and the bottom line is if we don't act what is going to prevent russia from doing that again in the future you know if you can give me a short answer if you would just on the e.u. for a moment how united will the response be given that some of the states in the in the east of the former soviet bloc countries who are naturally a wary of the big neighbor neighbor to the east well yes

market unfairly or today the e.u. responded european council president donald tusk took trump's own words and turned them around saying trade words are not easy and that there are no winners or this comes amid yet another stunning resignation from within the trump white house the top economic adviser to the president gary coleman announced late yesterday that he is quitting cohen is known for his adamant opposition to terrorists his departure stoking fears that the u.s. president will make good on his tirades and start a trade war. motorcycles jeans and whiskey could all be about to experience higher charges in europe trump has repeatedly said he will levy penalties of twenty five percent on imported steel and ten percent on aluminum imports putting thousands of e.u. jobs in jeopardy the president argues that the tariffs are a matter of national security but today european commissioner for trade cecilia monstre called the move deeply unjust find that assumption just should clear european states. because it's not relat

market unfairly were today the e.u. responded european council president donald tusk took trump's own words and turned them around saying trade words are not easy and that there are no winners or this comes amid yet another stunning resignation from within the trump white house the top economic adviser to the president gary coleman announced late yesterday that he is quitting cohn is known for his adamant opposition to terrorists his departure stoking fears that the u.s. president will make good on his tirades and start a trade war. motorcycles jeans and whiskey could all be about to experience higher charges in europe the e.u. announced today that they will slap tariffs on stashing u.s. products if president donald trump moves ahead with his proposed import taxes trump has repeatedly said he will levy penalties of twenty five percent on imported steel and ten percent on allen minium imports putting thousands of e.u. jobs in jeopardy the president argues that the tariffs are a matter of national security but today europ

market unfairly were today the e.u. responded european council president donald tost took trump's own words and turned them around saying trade words are not easy and that there are no winners or this comes amid yet another stunning resignation from within the trump white house the top economic adviser to the president gary coleman announced late yesterday that he is quitting cohn is known for his adamant opposition to terrorists his departure stoking fears that the u.s. president will make good on his tirades and start a trade war. motorcycles jeans and whiskey could all be about to experience higher charges in europe the e.u. announced today that they will slap terrorists on stashing u.s. products if president donald trump moves ahead with his proposed import taxes trump has repeatedly said he will levy penalties of twenty five percent on imported steel and ten percent on allen many an import putting thousands of e.u. jobs in jeopardy the president argues that the tariffs are a matter of national security but today eu

market unfairly were today the e.u. responded european council president donald tusk took trump's own words and turned them around saying trade words are not easy and that there are no winners or this comes amid yet another stunning resignation from within the trump white house the top economic adviser to the president gary coleman announced late yesterday that he is quitting cohen is known for his adamant opposition to terrorists his departure stoking fears that the u.s. president will make good on his tirades and start a trade war. motorcycles jeans and whiskey could all be about to experience higher charges in europe the e.u. announced today that they will slap tariffs on stashing u.s. products if president donald trump moves ahead with his proposed import taxes trump has repeatedly said he will levy penalties of twenty five percent on imported steel and ten percent on alan minium imports putting fallon's of e.u. jobs in jeopardy the president argues that the terrorists are a matter of national security but today eur

market unfairly or today the e.u. responded european council president donald tusk took trump's own words and turned them around saying trade words are not easy and that there are no winners or this comes amid yet another stunning resignation from within the trump white house the top economic adviser to the president gary coleman announced late yesterday that he is quitting cohen is known for his adamant opposition to terrorists his departure stoking fears that the u.s. president will make good on his tirades and start a trade war. motorcycles jeans and whiskey could all be about to experience high a charges in europe the e.u. announced today that they will slap terrorists on stashing u.s. products if president donald trump moves ahead with his proposed import taxes trump has repeatedly said he will levy penalties of twenty five percent on imported steel and ten percent on alan minium imports putting fallon's of e.u. jobs in jeopardy the president argues that the terrorists are a matter of national security but today

the e.u. donald tusk the president of the european council he announced these collective measures saying that the e.u. agrees with the u.k.'s assessment that it was quote highly likely that the kremlin was behind the poisoning of sergei and yulia script how so well over a dozen states have pledged their support to the british prime minister and they are expelling scores of russian diplomats from capitals across the e.u. to resume a spoke in parliament earlier and she was clearly rather pleased with the support from brussels and from the u.s. canada and the ukraine for that matter take a listen to what she had to say i have found great for the geraghty from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond over the past three weeks and today eighteen countries have announced their intention to expel more than one hundred russian intelligence officers from. this includes fifteen e.u. member states as well as the united states canada and the ukraine. and even though moscow de

the e.u. donald tusk the president of the european council he announced these collective measures saying that the e.u. agrees with the u.k.'s assessment that it was quote highly likely that the kremlin was behind the poisoning of sergei and script how so well over a dozen states have pledged their support to the british prime minister and they are expelling scores of russian diplomats from capitals across the e.u. to resume a spoke in parliament earlier and she was clearly rather pleased with the support from brussels and from the u.s. canada and the ukraine for that matter take a listen to what she had to say. great for the geraghty from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america nato and beyond over the past three weeks and today eighteen countries have announced their intention to expel more than one hundred russian intelligence officers from and. this includes fifteen e.u. member states as well as the united states canada and the ukraine. and even though moscow denies the allegatio

the e.u. donald tusk the president of the european council he announced these collective measures saying that the e.u. agrees with the u.k.'s assessment that it was quote highly likely that the kremlin was behind the poisoning of sergei and script how so well over a dozen e.u. states have pledged their support to the british prime minister and they are expelling scores of russian diplomats from capitals across the e.u. to resume a spoke in parliament earlier and she was clearly rather pleased with the support from brussels and from the u.s. canada and the ukraine for that matter take a listen to what she had to say 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 and today eighteen countries have announced their intention to expel more than one hundred russian intelligence officers from. this includes fifteen e.u. member states as well as the united states canada and the ukraine. and even though morse code denie

two e.u. white sections next week you have a council a european council in all the e.u. leaders including to decimate and i think you actually can make the call to make basically a new e.u. package of sanctions against russia under nato side i didn't means dismiss a situation of collective defense she has a yourself to seize the full use of force by russia against britain this is a case of self-defense under article fifty one of the un charter which could be the president to also invoke nato as collective defense grills article five it doesn't mean there's going to be good not to let it military response but it means is a clear statement not on your story verity but the readiness to act the question and the bottom line is if we don't act what is going to prevent russia from doing that again in the future you know if you can give me a short answer if you would just on the e.u. for a moment how united will the response be given that some of the states in the in the east of the former soviet bloc countries who are naturally a wary of the big neighbor neighbor to the east we

e.u. white sections next week you have a council a european council in order the e.u. leaders including to decimate everything he or she can make the call to make basically a new e.u. package of sanctions against russia on the nato side i didn't means dismiss a situation of collective defense she has a yourself to seize the full use of force by russia against britain this is a case of self-defense under article fifty one of the un charter which could be the prelude to also invoke nato as collective defense grills article five it doesn't mean there's going to be not to let it military response but it means is a clear statement not on your story verity but of readiness to act the question and the bottom line is if we don't act what is going to prevent russia from doing that again in the future you know if you can give me a short answer if you would just on the e.u. for a moment how united will the response be given that some of the states in the in the east of the former soviet bloc countries who are naturally a wary of the big neighbor neighbor to the east well yes i th

president to skin the e.u. commission president claude good took to the stage to field questions from journalists they didn't really have maybe answers when it came to what type of action the e.u. would be taking against russia in march but also always just to come back to an issue we. decided to come back to an issue didn't october. and wonder we are never coming back were discussed. during. so it couldn't in the british come back to the question and you. will be back in brussels on friday for more of this european council summit and we'll see if we see that united message coming throughout friday the round between russia and the u.k. follows the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in seoul sprayed with the use of a nerve agent so i guess scrip hour was jailed in russia for handing secrets the british intelligence you moved to the u.k. in a spy swap in twenty ten u.k. police expect the probe into the attack to take months but that didn't stop produce politicians from immediately pinning the bla

the e.u. donald tusk the president of the european council he announced these collective measures saying that the e.u. agrees with the u.k.'s assessment that it was quote highly likely that the kremlin was behind the poisoning of sergei and how so well over a dozen states have pledged their support to the british prime minister and they are expelling scores of russian diplomats from capitals across the e.u. to resume a spoke in parliament earlier and she was clearly rather pleased with the support from brussels and from the u.s. canada and the ukraine for that matter take a listen to what she had to say. great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america nato and beyond over the past three weeks and today eighteen countries have announced their intention to expel more than one hundred russian intelligence officers from. this includes fifteen e.u. member states as well as the united states canada and the ukraine and even though moscow denies the allegation that it was behi

the e.u. donald tusk the president of the european council he announced these collective measures saying that the e.u. agrees with the u.k.'s assessment that it was quote highly likely that the kremlin was behind the poisoning of sergei and yulia script how to resume a spoke in parliament and she was clearly rather pleased with the support from brussels and from the us canada and the ukraine for that matter as great for the d'arcy from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond we think this is an unreasonable decision and this undermines russian german relations we find a regrettable they won't give us any evidence and we just hear this is highly likely the russian is responsible for this tragic incident we believe the you shouldn't fall for the british broad coalition all the talk about to use solidarity is laughable as the can only be sold in the fight against real threats but not in support of insinuations and even their morse code denies the allegation that it

the e.u. donald tusk the president of the european council he announced these collective measures saying that the e.u. agrees with the u.k.'s assessment that it was quote highly likely that the kremlin was behind the poisoning of sergei and yulia script how to resume a spoke in parliament and she was clearly rather pleased with the support from brussels and from the us canada and the ukraine for that matter is great for the diocese from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond we think this is an unreasonable decision and this undermines russian german relations we find a regrettable that they won't give us any evidence and we just hear that it's highly likely the russian is responsible for this tragic incident we believe the you shouldn't fall for the british broke all the talk about to use solidarity is laughable as the can only be solidarity in the fight against real threats but not in support of insinuations and even though morse code denies the allegation tha

president donald to skin the e.u. commission president claude good took to the stage the field questions from journalists they didn't really hope maybe the un says when it came to what type of action to take against russia in march we're all sort of always deciding to come back to an issue in june and in june we decided to come back to an issue did not talk and wonder we are never coming back were discussed. during. so it couldn't in the brief come back to the question and you. will be back here in brussels on friday for more of this european council summit and we'll see if we see that united message coming throughout friday i think the british government's reaction and behavior has been absolutely appalling now of course a serious crime has been committed as far as we know in that's people and his story . seem to have been poisoned but beyond that we really don't know much and that what we have seen in the british government is a terrible rush. to condemn russia actually in the evidence and it's very interesting may

two years ago turkey agreed to take back refugees who had set out for e.u. countries from turkey and exchange for billions of euros to house them the meeting came amid rising tension between ancora and several e.u. members european council president donald tusk said it ended with no sign of progress. we have common interests that special uncomfortable aviation of the region but when it comes to concrete solutions we did in the chief and the kind of concrete compromise today but i still hold that. it will be possible in the future. some realism coupled with some hopeful optimism for the future let's bring in correspondent barbara baseball who has been following that summit in varna in bulgaria where you know the e.u. and turkey have met and barbara you know there have of course been so many harsh words between the e.u. and turkey in recent months so it's no surprise that there was also a tense atmosphere as well at the summit. it was a really fraught atmosphere because everybody hoped that there would be some sort of assault maybe however if you looked at the

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the e.u. donald tusk the president of the european council he announced these collective measures saying that the e.u. agrees with the u.k.'s assessment that it was quote highly likely that the kremlin was behind the poisoning of a gay and script how to resume a spoke in parliament earlier and she was clearly rather pleased with the support from brussels and from the us canada and the ukraine for that matter as i have some great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond and even though morse code denies the allegation that it was behind the attack in seoul's worry the list of expulsions of diplomatic expulsions is extensive among the countries that russian diplomats are going to be departing from france germany poland lithuania denmark the czech republic the list continues however not all e.u. states have signed up to kicking out russian diplomats austria notably has announced that the russian diplomats there can remain and also vogue area has said