have done in the u.k. there's been a number of other deaths including the death of alexander polygyny who is a a russian whistleblower loop blew the whistle on a massive f.s.b. financial scam and he dropped dead at the age of forty four in front of his house in weybridge surrey the police refused even investigated as a murder and so from from my perspective and from for the perspective of lattimer putin. this is a country where. assassinations can be carried out without any consequence and that i believe was a huge policy failure which has led to the situation we're in right now with mr script on his daughter hold hang on for dear life in a sold for a hospital bill you've become an enemy of law to be a person you're not russian of and you've received death threats does what happened in salzburg a few days ago give you pause for thought are you safe in britain. i don't believe in safe in britain at all if you look at this situation as as i said they can go around the russian government and go around killing

have done in the u.k. there's been a number of other deaths including the death of alexander polygyny who is a a russian whistleblower loop blew the whistle on a massive f.s.b. financial scam and he dropped dead at the age of forty four in front of his house in weybridge surrey the police refused even investigated as a murder and so from from my perspective and from for the perspective of lattimer putin. this is a country where. assassinations can be carried out without any consequence and that i believe was a huge policy failure which has led to the situation we're in right now with mr script on his daughter hold hang on for dear life in a soldier a hospital bill you've become an enemy of law to be a person you're not russian of and you've received death threats does what happened in salzburg a few days ago give you pause for thought are you safe in britain. i don't believe in safe in britain at all if you look at this situation as as i said they can go around the russian government and go around killing

as the u.k.'s prime ministers expelled twenty three russian diplomats from britain in retaliation for the kremlin's alleged involvement in the poisoning of a former russian intelligence agent and his daughter that's despite police having declared no suspects to speak there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr and his daughter under the vienna convention the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as declared intelligence officers and human rights advocates call on the u.s. congress to reject donald trump's new pick for cia director of a revolver into the agency's torture program over the years. very good morning there just to midnight here in moscow this early thursday morning you're watching our two international with me kevin the escalating diplomatic crisis of the surrogates crippled poising is reaching new heights this morning just a few hours ago the u.k. accused russia of breac

mr president the u.k. is proud to have been one of the states which played an integra role in drafting the chemical weapons convention a landmark piece of international law. we are therefore dismayed that russia has suggested that our response fails to meet the requirements of the convention. article seven of the convention calls on state parties to implement the convention under their own legislation the united kingdom was enacted the chemical weapons act in order to fully comply with this obligation that legislation together with relevant criminal law is now guiding our investigation into this incident as the convention was designed. this was an attack on u.k. soil under the convention we have the right to lead our response engaging the o.p.c. w. and others as appropriate. on the eighth of march the u.k. formally notified the o.p.c. w. technical secretariat that a chemical attack had taken place on u.k. soil but the russian federation has complained that we are not using article nine of the convention on

u.k. prime minister to resume pinning blame on russia for the poison attack on a former russian intelligence officer turned british claims are made and threats flaunted of course without evidence. crosstalk in the poison attack in britain i'm joined by my guest alexander macarius in london he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com also in london we have charles shoe bridge he is a security analyst and a former u.k. army and counterterrorism intelligence officer and in brussels we cross to any much shown she is a former british intelligence officer and writer or across time pros in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate alexander macarius i'd like to go to an article that you just recently wrote in the title is very telling to resume neta now demands russia provide prove itself innocence and that's a very curious form of jurisprudence isn't it isn't that backwards what she's asking go ahead. well that is exactly what

used by u.k. prime minister to resume pinning blame on russia for the poison attack on a former russian intelligence officer turned british spy claims are made and threats flaunted of course without evidence. crosstalk in the poison attack in britain i'm joined by my guest alexander make your us in london he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com also in london we have charles shoe bridge he is a security analyst and a former u.k. army and counterterrorism intelligence officer and in brussels we cross to any much shown she is a former british intelligence officer and writer or across time pros in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate alexander macarius i'd like to go to an article that you just recently wrote and the title is very telling to resume the now demands russia provide prove itself innocence and that's a very curious form of jurisprudence isn't it isn't it backwards what she's asking go ahead well that is exactly

u.k. prime minister teresa mayes allegations that moscow was behind a nerve agent attack in england are quote insane. you know leave or quarter some london to rotterdam this comes at a crucial point in the u.k.'s brics it because she asian. and duty honor country an increase in the number of women joining the afghan police ranks. turkey has no intention of handing the city of a frame back to the syrian government once us forces have captured it the turkish government says it expects to clear a fraying of kurdish fighters the very soon thousands of civilians are leaving the city after turkish troops and free syrian army fighters encircled the city turkey launched a military assault and january to clear syrian kurdish forces that control the region get more from alan fischer who's live from gaza on the turkey syria border so allan fels all this supply supposed to play out turkey saying that we are going to basically take over part of another country. well clearly the serbians would normally

u.k. government has done to condemn the culprit but i see if. they stick to it. i mean speaker it it seems to me without access to those information that the choice of this particularly bizarre and dreadful way of killing an individual is a deliberate choice by the russian government to put their signature on a particular killing so that other defectors are left no doubt that it is the russian government that will act if they're disappointed in any way by their actions now in the light of that the only sensible question that the leader of the opposition us was what consultation we proposed to have with nato the other european countries with the american government about positive i should and it could be taken to prevent this continuing defiance of international law all with the defiance of all the rules on testing the possession of chemical weapons it's not just a question of expressing anger about soldiers repeat this she's actually a serious threat to the safety of the west and with old

and u.k. must be able to attract and employ the people they need and we are open to discussing how to facilitate these valuable links. ensure an ongoing dialogue, data protection arrangements and maintaining the links between our people, these are the foundations of the unique and unprecedented partnership. it will need to be tailored to the needs of our economies. this follows the approach of the e.u. as taking with its trade agreements in the past and with its own single market as it has developed. the e.u.'s agreement with ukraine sees is aligned with some areas and not others. the e.u.'s agreement with canada contains provisions to recognize each other's testing on machinery and its agreement with south korea is not. the e.u. is it taking a tailored approach. on fisheries, the commission has been clear that no precedent exists for the sort of accepted wants from the u.k. every free-trade agreement has varying market access depending on the interest of the country involved. if this is cherr

it's of the u.k. on the streets of europe for the first time since the second world war that is that is why we are at odds with russia. on a separate murder probes begun into the death of another russian in the u.k. businessman nicholai glue scott was found dead in london on monday he was a close associate of prominent putin opponent boris berezovsky who was found dead in the u.k. in twenty thirteen tens of thousands of people have joined anti-government protests in civil they're demanding an early election to end a political crisis triggered by the murder of a journalist the president of cyprus says he's ready to resume peace talks with the breakaway northern region because anastasio adi's told our jazeera he would jump at the first opportunity to discuss the issue with a north leader must offer a conjecture investigators say it's unlikely there will be any more survivors after a bridge collapsed onto a busy highway in the u.s. state of florida at least six people were killed on thursday when the bri

last week and from entering the u.k. for various reason for me it was because i wanted to give a speech about freedom of speech on speakers corner and for me i am an american conservative commentator and i simply wanted to enter the u.k. of course i was going to watch martin speak but i was primarily going in to do some interviews i wanted to interview tommy robinson who is outspoken against islam and they essentially labeled him a far right leader who incites racial hatred and that's why they didn't want me to enter to interview him so it was very interesting why they suddenly are deciding to crackdown it seems like a court unaided attack on conservative media that's what it really seems like to me that it's a huge crackdown of censorship but not only you know them banning us but also on the internet right now as we're seeing on platforms like you to been twitter well the bones of course going or in some quarters with supporters saying that while the right wing activists are being rather kill islamic preachers have been

news live from berlin as the u.k. ramps up its investigation into the poisoning of a former spy foreign secretary boris johnson points the finger at the kremlin. has to be responsible somebody has to be accountable and we in the u.k. think good. evidence points the evidence of culpability points to the russians to. johnson's comments come as the international chemical weapons experts begin analyzing the nerve agent used in the attack. also coming up europe's human rights court condemns turkey of the jailing of two journalists it is a court's first such ruling into an action with turkey's crackdown on anyone suspected of having links to a failed coup attempt two years ago. and a sad day for conservationists the world's last male northern white rhino dies in kenya only two females remain can anything be done to stop the species from going extinct. the man. i'm swimming so misconduct to have you with us diplomats expelled by the u.k. have left russia's london embassy headed back to moscow this as international weapons in

the u.k. government concluded that it was highly likely that russia was responsible for this reckless act we haven't seen anything but highly likely as of yet we have concluded that mr scruby pro and his daughter were poisoned with a shock a military grade nerve agent of a type developed by russia. if britain is so confident that it was not a truck gassed then that means they have the chemical formula samples and the ability to produce it the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack on two people and the united kingdom using a military grade nerve agent. we demand that material proof be provided before making any accusations against us in this high profile case. we requested the russian government to provide an explanation by the end of tuesday the thirteenth of march on how this russian produce nerve agent could have been deployed in salzburg. they provided no credible explanation goodwood we are ready for open and constructive cooperation within the framework of the o

no not the end the u.k. embassy in moscow will remain open but it should be said that this is an escalation in the diplomatic spat that's been going on the u.k. of course it's twenty three russian diplomats and said it would take measures to curb russian corruption in the u.k. but russia goes a step further you're not just expelling twenty three british diplomats as was expected but also close in the consulate in st petersburg russia second largest city and also shutting down the british council cultural organization which has been very active in russia promoting the u.k. russia were all year of culture last year for instance and trying to build bridges between the two countries despite the diplomatic tensions in russia in recent years or so those are the measures and it from the foreign ministry we haven't heard directly from putin yet what can we expect from him. well i think that russia will this is the this is the big answer that russia has promised and now really the the ball is back in the u. case cour

say for example the u.k. has been honing its skills in the death by chemicals business since shakespeare's macbeth busted blatant englishness the cia james bond shakespeare one thing all of my theories have in common is an insane age of conspiracy we're not taking them seriously neither should anyone but when it comes to russia and proof well we've already heard the d.n.a. arguments in the election meddling scandal the story corps practices of the russians who typically almost genetically driven to co-opt. perpetrate international law is being substituted for hashtags ash tag russia did it as tag highly likely. it is r.t. international polling stations have just opened in moscow for the country's presidential election but with russia's spread across eleven time zones in some regions the vote has already been in full swing for half a day now just a moment we can go live to call in bray and a dear a tutor from our special studio right in the heart of moscow. because it is decision with our coverage of the russi

u.k.'s defense secretary results to be undiplomatic language as tensions between london and moscow increased over the poisoning a form of spying games for powell and his daughter while the investigation into the poisoning has so far produced no concrete evidence and u.k. police say it could take weeks more to establish a suspect. more than five thousand people leave syria's militant controlled enclave of eastern guta with many more expected to escape to safety by the end of the day. also ahead small claims that the arab underworld and berlin is undermining the city's police force with criminal plans infiltrating its ranks. a very warm welcome you're watching on c.n.n. international with me mickey air and our top story this hour the u.k. as defense secretary has told russia to quote shut up and go away over moscow's alleged poisoning of former spy sergey script and his daughter as the diplomatic fallout over the incident continues. it is absolutely atrocious precious and outrageous will refe

the eu says the u.k.'s red lines limit what can be achieved, bu w the u.k. stits the most ambitious free-trade agreement in history. customs is one obvious challenge. the futuref fishing another. the aim is to reach a broad political agreement by october, but detailed trade negotiations will have to continue long after as left. is brexit on track? there are two big warning signs. firstly, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. in other words, failure to reach agreement on one issue couldbr g the withdrawal deal crashing down.ly secoit is far from clear whether the government has a majority in the house of commona to win appfor the brexit it wants. there is just one year left, but there is still a long way to go. jane: chrimorris from our reality check team looking at where the brexit process stands. it has been eight months since violent protests in charlottesvill virginia, opened up a national debate over whether confederate monuments should be removed. in new orleans, 4 statues have been dismantled, and mayor mitch landririeu hasen a book examining

the u.k. expelled a large number of soviet diplomats and a lot of commentators have said that was really the shot in the in killings hero of the soviet espionage nest in the u.k. and then it never recovered do you think that this expelling this expulsion of these thirty two diplomats could it have the same effect on russia's espionage efforts in the u.k. . well it will have some impact i mean it espionage is quite different now i think you know it's not always the these guys on the ground who cloak and dagger thing a lot of espionage the electronic. things of the internet and you probably can that's going a camera in a way that we look at it ninety seven so this will certainly damage teligent russia . but i don't think it will cripple. rights for looks based on a professor of strategic studies of sin and university carsten phenomenal correspondent in washington and here in the studio over salat gentlemen thank you very much we appreciate your insights tonight. so far britain has expelled russi

the u.k. expelled a large number of soviet diplomats and a lot of commentators have said that it was really the shot in the achilles heel of the soviet espionage nest in the u.k. and that it never recovered do you think this expelling this expulsion of these thirty two diplomats could it have the same effect on russia's espionage efforts in the u.k. . well it will have some impact i mean an espionage is quite different now i think it's not always the spies on the ground who cloak and dagger thing a lot of espionage the electronic. things of the internet and you probably can that's going ambra in the way that we look at it ninety seven so this will certainly damage teligent russia. but i don't think it will cripple. rights for looks based on a professor of strategic studies of sin and university carsten phenomenal correspondent in washington and here in the studio over salat gentlemen thank you very much we appreciate your insights tonight. so far britain has expelled russian diplomats and anno

from berlin tonight the u.k. answer to a chemical weapons attack on its soil the u.k. expels twenty three russian diplomats in the fallout from the poisoning of a former prime minister to resume a gives those diplomats a week to leave the country russia says it will retaliate calling the move unprecedented and crude provocation also coming up a new german government finally takes office nearly six months after the election chancellor americal is sworn in for a fourth term. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us tonight britain is imposing fresh sanctions on russia after it failed to meet a deadline to explain the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. twenty three diplomats will be expelled as well moscow has vowed to retaliate calling maize move unprecedented and a crude provocation by here in germany the chance that i'm going to go says that the european union will support the u.k.'s position and in new york the u.n. security council is about to debate the situation. may announce the measures after russia nor the deadline to provide an ex

u.k. data, shows the u.k. benefiting from global growth upswing and brexit has not happened yet, borders are still open and there is still the customs union and single market. the alpha, the u.k. specific factor, is negative. you see the u.k. gdp growth at the lower end of the g7 economies where it stood at the top four years ago, five years ago. productivity grew -- growth has lagged. this is not happening in the u.k. the idiosyncratic factor remains negative. tom: this is a good jump off point to an interesting chart in the bloomberg, trade weighted sterling. 1992-1993,ortant, the search facet nature that's sarcastic nature of the sterling weaknesses. it is an amazing triumph of sterling stability to see where we are. which way does this break as brexit occurs? do you assume weaker sterling? all relies on the nature of the brexit we will have. the central scenario is we will have eventually a relatively soft brexit, which means sterling will go on a trade weighted basis. on the upside. i do not want to overe

the u.k.'s defense secretary results to diplomatic language as tensions between london and moscow increase over the poisoning of former spy surrogates cripple and his daughter. the investigation into the murder is yet to produce any concrete evidence with u.k. police saying it could take weeks still to establish a suspect. that. iconic ukrainian lawmaker. claims top government officials were involved in organizing the deadly my down square shooting in kiev in twenty forty. eight pm thursday night here in moscow you're watching out international hello my name is kevin oh is he with the latest thirty minute live update and first we have a significant development to tell you about from the syrian enclave of eastern ghouta more than five thousand civilians now are said to have escaped the rebel controlled area of a humanitarian corridor that was established by russia and syria these are the latest pictures from that area russian defense ministry center for reconciliation in syria believes up to thi

the u.k. at the crossroads laura thank you so much for being with us explain third of the high and for our viewers and then we get in the details what is your report say well we look at the past years in which the u.k. supposedly had a recovery from the crisis they've had positive g.d.p. growth ever since two thousand and ten but a closer look so the growth has been somewhat modest and living standards for most people have actually declined ever since really so since a crisis living standards have declined now you've mentioned something in the report called the palmer ratio and use that to sort of as a gauge explain what the palmer ratio is and what does it mean in terms of where the u.k. stacks up so the palmeri so looks at income inequality and it looks how much the top ten percent of earners make as compared to the bottom ninety percent and it's actually in the u.k. something that's been going up in the eighty's a lot going up means that the wealthier have a larger percentage of wealth exac

u.k. police were of course getting many questions regarding where the nerve agent was actually it was i can't comment on that at this hour we're not declaring a person of interest or a suspect at least in a court of law this would at least mean a time out in the world of political game play apparently it means very little thank you for watching out international tonight not a handle on this may be following all might the deepening crisis over the surrogate scruple affair between the u.k. and russia as our news bulletins continue and keep up to date as well on our sites twenty four seven r.t. dot com now for me kevin owen saying thanks for watching i was pretty sure it in our programs continue in your part of the world but after this break. hello and welcome to cross talk or all things considered i'm peter lavelle it appears and highly likely these are the words used by u.k. prime minister to resume pinning blame on russia for the poison attack on a former russian intelligence officer turne

interview u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson. thank you very much for the interview and welcome on the program faces some days ago you said that it is extremely likely that putin personally gave the order they used the nerve agent to attack their former now both by mr screen part what they have as evidence you and the british parliament to support this judgment well i think it's very important first of all to show that we think the the cope roots for this are not the russian people not russia we have no quarrel with with russia. i love russia and i'm its you know i have russian ancestry so if that's not the issue these are issue is with the kremlin and with the russian state as it currently is and the reason i said what i did was because if you if you look at the. stuff that's being used it's a no beach rock agent according to our scientists porton down there very good begin to get the a p c w in the or organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons is coming in today to look at the sample that we have of of the nerve agent

interview u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson. thank you very much for the interview and welcome on the program faces some days ago you said that it is extremely likely that putin personally gave the order they use the nerve agent to attack their former now both by mr screen part what they have as evidence you and the british parliament to support this judgment well i think it's very important first of all to show that we think the the cope roots for this are not the russian people not russia we have no quarrel with with russia. i love russian on its you know i have russian ancestry so if that's not the issue these are issue is with the kremlin and with the russian state as it currently is and the reason i said what i did was because if you if you look at the. the stuff that's being used it's a nova truck agent according to our scientists at porton down there very good begin to get the a p c w in the or organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons is coming in today to look at the sample that we have of of the nerve agent

the u.k.'s defense secretary has told russia to quote shut up and go away over moscow's alleged poisoning of former spy service we paul and his daughter as the diplomatic fallout over the incident continues it is absolutely atrocious treacherous and outrageous what russia to it and sold three we have responded to thought frankly russia should go away should sure to look we've certainly raised eyebrows because it begins to feel a little bit surreal when this kind of language starts being used in this kind of language comes into play especially if you're expecting to be taken seriously certainly in the world of diplomacy in the u.k. has plans to provide a sample of the nerve agent that has been discussed and rubble in in connection to this poisoning to the organization for the prague bishan of chemical weapons which russia is also a part of but it's not providing a sample to russia despite requests messages multiple times from russia throughout this past week to be able to analyze this nerve agen

the u.k. had their record bad record while aiding international war and misleading the international community which include invading yugoslavia seventy eight days of bombing europe and libya under the false pretexts. and supporting because you create. and then i would like to quote president ronald reagan's who frequently referred to the russian prover trust but verify. history shows that britain's statements must be verified. we demand full transparency of the investigation and full cooperation with russia and we. all c w. so this is the end of my remarks and i'll be happy to answer your questions. please . ok i was not wrong or it sounds like you may only was i was. right. i was actually i knew i was mad as well thank you. i am authorized to see that moscow considers this kind of statements made under the level of the foreign secretary in any way unacceptable and totally irresponsible. the bridges go on with this free to make a decision about its dissipation in the world cup but nobody has

the u.k. slovakia sweden and others teats all of these can be seen openly in sources now moscow says that it has made many attempts to cooperate with the u.k. investigators they requested a sample of the nerve agent that was apparently refused moscow says that they made numerous attempts to help with the investigation those requests were also refused and as a consequence russia has just launched its own investigation into the case of your list of polish she is a russian citizen exactly how when and if they will be able to proceed is still unclear as they will have to have some element of cooperation from the british authorities to complete an investigation so diplomacy really is at an all time low with threats and accusations flying from each camp the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson even went as far as accusing president putin himself of ordering the murder of so close to a pile stating it is overwhelmingly likely that putin was behind the poisoning and moscow responded saying that those

and the u.k. was even will salute him and we are living in a very special time in front of our eyes incredible things are happening the process of replacing the presumption of innocence with the presumption of guilt has taken place this criminal principle is being transferred into international relations and we hate lee as an experienced chemist his talk about crimes committed by russia we've known for years that for you in order to determine the guilty party no investigation is needed today the best kind of proof is suspicion and it is no longer necessary to show to the consul why to use with an unknown new art substance in it it's enough to send a letter displaying an agreed use attitude towards a sovereign state. from there the russian ambassador went on to call for a thorough investigation of the incident and determine exactly who is to blame and what happened and he called for this to be done through the existing international mechanisms to find out who is absolutely responsible and he reassu

that comes as the u.k.'s prime minister expel twenty three russian diplomats from britain in retaliation for the kremlin's alleged involvement in the poisoning of a former russian intelligence agent and his daughter that is just by police have been declared. and human rights advocates call on the u.s. congress to reject donald trump's new pick for cia director over her involvement in the intelligence agency's torture program. now the incomparable union o'neill my colleague is in the studio next hour to update you on today's top stories but first the escalating war of words between russia and the u.k. over the poisoning of a russian double agent that is up for debate next on stay with us. hello and welcome to cross talk or all things considered i'm peter lavelle it appears and highly likely these are the words used by u.k. prime minister to resume pinning blame on russia for the poison attack on a former russian intelligence officer turned british claims are made and threats of course without evidence. crosst

prime minister theresa may outline the u.k. response in parliament expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats and the limit by natural contacts with moscow later today the u.n. security council will discuss the case in new york tonight oh to as promised to help you change during the ongoing investigation here is some of what the prime minister had to say earlier in the house of commons. there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr script. and for threatening the lives of other british citizens in salzburg including detective sergeant nick beatty this represents an unlawful use of force by the russian state against the united kingdom. under the vienna convention the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as undeclared intelligence officers they have just one week to leave this will be the single biggest expulsion for over thirty years and it reflects the fact that this is not the first time that the russian state h

have done in the u.k. there's been a number of other deaths including the death of alexander polygyny who is a a russian whistleblower loop blew the whistle on a massive f.s.b. financial scam and he dropped dead at the age of forty four in front of his house in weybridge surrey the police refused even investigated as a murder and so from from my perspective and from for the perspective of lattimer putin. this is a country where. assassinations can be carried out without any consequence and that i believe was a huge policy failure which has led to the situation we're in right now with mr script on his daughter hold hang on for dear life in a soldier a hospital bill you've become an enemy of law to be a person you're not russian of and you've received death threats does what happened in salzburg a few days ago give you pause for thought are you safe in britain. i don't believe i'm safe in britain at all if you look at this situation as as i said they can go around the russian government and go around killing

the u.k.'s defense secretary has told russia to quote shut up and go away over moscow's alleged poisoning of former spy sergei scrip hall and his daughter as the diplomatic fallout over the incident continues. it is absolutely atrocious treasures and outrageous will refer to it and sold very we have responded to it for entry. should go away it should sure took we've certainly raised eyebrows because it begins to feel a little bit surreal when this kind of language starts being used in this kind of language comes into play especially if you're expecting to be taken seriously certainly in the world of diplomacy in the u.k. has plans to provide a sample of the nerve agent that has been discussed and revel in in connection to this poisoning to the organization for the prague bishan of chemical weapons which russia is also a part of but it's not providing a sample to russia despite requests and messages multiple times from russia throughout this past week to be able to analyze this nerve agent to tr

the u.k.'s prime minister expels twenty three russian diplomats from britain in retaliation for the kremlin's alleged involvement in the poisoning of a former russian intelligence agent and his daughter despite police having declared no suspect. to speak is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr scruby and his daughter under the vienna convention the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as declared intelligence officers and russia says the u.k. still has not replied to its offer to help with the investigation or its request for access to the chemical used in the incident moscow earlier rejected a midnight ultimatum to answer questions about the origin of the nerve agent use. human rights advocates called on the u.s. congress to chill rejects donald trump choice to be the new cia director over her involvement in the intelligence agency's torture program. a warm welcome you are watchi

twenty three diplomats returned to russia after being expelled from the u.k. in a diplomatic row over the poisoning of a former spy. president welcomes the saudi crown prince to washington and pushes for a new arms feel. under it is a very wealthy nation and they're going to give the united states some of them well hopefully. the hash tag delete facebook is trending as people express their anger over revelations about the social net which call this thing of use it a. great to have you with us this hour my name is neil harvey. you're watching international . the twenty three russian diplomats expelled by london have arrived in moscow is the latest pictures from moscow's vnukovo court a total of eighty russians have left the british capital including family members of the expelled diplomats and other stuff these police reports from london on the latest in this standoff. is twenty three diplomats and their families so close to a hundred people who were waved off by the remaining embassy staff in the u.k. they boarded a russian government plane bound for most go a

u.k. and russia the standoff ongoing this breaking news on that as a speaker as a u.n. security council emergency meeting taking place in new york it was called earlier by britain and the u.k. within the last hour accused russia of breaching the international chemical weapons convention in new york recently across all this mopin. again as you'd expect. a heated response from britain there the rights or wrongs of it nevertheless this happened on british soil how serious are these allegations being put russia and where do you think it's going to go tonight. well it's a tense scene here at the u.n. security council now this is an emergency meeting of the fifteen member body that leads the united nations and it was convened by britain and we it began with the u.k. ambassador and he made some very strong statements about russia he essentially accused russia of carrying out what he called an unlawful use of force this is the u.k. representative. as the president for more of this we can conclude

and the u.k. reach a deal on a transition phase but still no solutions for ireland and pressure grows on facebook to explain how a political consultant he got access to data on fifty million of its uses. thank you for joining us the syrian government has heavily criticized what it calls turkey's occupation of the town of affray in and is demanding turkish forces withdraw turkey says it now plans to expand its military operation to other kurdish held towns in syria victoria gate and be a report released images in a free food so much needed aid is starting to flow in the to say they were cathal to leave the town's infrastructure intact and have told civilians they can return to those who've already made it home there's a huge sense of relief not only job but i'm talking to the people of my village she lived i hope they can hear me returned joe village we're comfortable here there's nothing to worry about it's quiet now. the syrian government has criticized what it cools turkey's occupation of the to

and the u.k. and is based in berlin but moves a lot around europe understand because see john tree summations on a one day tour of the u.k. here just one year exactly before bragg's disposed to finally happened what is so why is she doing this to her she's trying to reassure people that breaks it is going to be in their interests and she's going to all of the four countries of the u.k. she's starting in scotland then going to northern oil. northern england and south wales to try to reassure everyone in those places that breaks it is going to do something good for them that's what she's at least trying to set out to do today and to show that the u.k. will stay together through the bracks process that's what that's what aim is well it sounds like something a good thing to be doing given that what the country is is about to be headed into to break that she's trying to reassure the nation that's what leaders supposed to be doing why is she starting in scotland where she's going to a textile company in

have done in the u.k. there's been a number of other deaths including the death of alexander polygyny who is a a russian whistleblower loop blew the whistle on a massive f.s.b. financial scam and he dropped dead at the age of forty four in front of his house in weybridge surrey the police refused even investigated as a murder and so from from my perspective and from her the perspective of lattimer putin. this is a country where. assassinations can be carried out without any consequence and that i believe was a huge policy failure which has led to the situation we're in right now with mr scriptural and his daughter hold hanging on for dear life in a soul's very hospital bill you've become an enemy of law to be a person you're not russian of and you've received death threats does what happened in salzburg a few days ago give you pause for thought are you safe in britain. i don't believe in safe in britain at all if you look at this situation as as i said they can go around the russian government and go aroun

the u.k. slovakia so. in other states all of these can be seen openly in sources now moscow says that it has made many attempts to cooperate with the u.k. investigators they requested a sample of the nerve agent that was apparently refused moscow says that they made numerous attempts to help with the investigation those requests were also refused and as a consequence russia has just launched its own investigation into the case of your list of polish she is a russian citizen exactly how when and if they will be able to proceed is still unclear as they will have to have some element of cooperation from the british authorities to complete an investigation so diplomacy really is at an all time low with threats and accusations flying from each camp the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson even went as far as accusing president putin himself of ordering the murder of so basically powell stating it is overwhelmingly likely that putin was behind the poisoning and moscow responded saying that those comments were sh

was granted asylum in the u.k. in two thousand and ten after serving an earlier five year prison sentence in russia for fraud he was reportedly fined did not his home in the british capital late monday night given the current political turmoil between london and moscow the western media were quick to link the case to the poisoning of the former spy on his daughter in salzburg and while london's metropolitan police say country of terror officers are looking into the case quote as a precaution because of associations he has and british authorities say there is no evidence of a connection or security analyst and former u.k. counterterrorism officer charles shoot bridge believes it's far too early to attribute blame for the poisoning or into the legal system for example in the u.k. if it was a person being accused of a crime they were being taught to know what the evidence is against them and of course to be able to use their own scientists for it came to a court of law to challenge that evidence perhaps to show got ac

law values living in the u.k. shouldn't be victims of this and off to her statement she warned anybody in the u.k. against any form of harassment against russian nationals that's especially she said in the build up city to the football world cup charlotte to chelsea thank you emily sherman in moscow thank you. here in germany chance for america has started work as head of a new coalition government she took the oath of office in the german parliament the bundestag but lawmakers voted only narrowly to reach elected to a fourth term. the german chancellor has been trying to form a government for nearly six months now the tough negotiations are over anglo american took an oath on the german constitution ishmael them i swear that i will dedicate my efforts to the welfare of the german people promote their benefit protect them from harm and do justice to will so help me god so volumnia what. her election as chancellor was closer than expected matters conservative and social democrat supporters actually had a solid majo

and the u.k. was even when we were living in a very special time in front of our eyes incredible things are happening the process of replacing the presumption of innocence with the presumption of guilt is taking place this criminal law principle is being transferred into international relations envoy halley as an experienced chemist has talked about crimes committed by russia we've known for years that for you in order to determine the guilty party no investigation is needed today the best kind of proof is suspicion that it is no longer necessary to show to the council why to us with an unknown white substance in it it's enough to send a letter displaying an egregious attitude towards a sovereign state from there the russian ambassador went on to call for a thorough investigation of the incident and determine exactly who is to blame of what happened and he called for this to be done through the existing international mechanisms to find out who is absolutely responsible and he reassured the securit

one of u.k.'s largest companies is moving its headquarters from london to the netherlands but you know labor and sister decision is not due to bricks if it comes at a crucial point in britain's negotiations to leave the european union. south africa's dismissed an australian minister's comments that white farmers should get special visas as they face quote horrific circumstances how my fares minister peter dutton says a civilised country like australia should help he cited reports of land seizures and violence south africa's government says no one is in danger president cyril ramaphosa has vowed to speed up the legal redistribution of land from wealthy whites to poor blacks. can say no that we will not allow land drips we will not allow lending invasions and those who are tempted to resort to such activities must be warned in advance that we will not allow would because if you see the go but up from being illegal it begins to violate the rights of the sold off we can citizens. and rental is histori

the u.k. expelled a large number of soviet diplomats and a lot of commentators have said that was really the shot in the achilles heel of the soviet espionage nest in the u.k. and that it never recovered do you think that this expelling this explosion of these thirty two diplomats could it have the same effect on russia's espionage efforts in the u.k. . well it will have some impact i mean an espionage is quite different now i think you know it's not always the these guys on the ground who cloak and dagger thing a lot of espionage the electronic. you can steal more things over the internet than you probably can that's going and run the way that we look at it ninety seven so this will certainly damage teligent russia. but i don't think it will cripple but it will make rights to look space in a professor of strategic studies or sin entered university carsten phenomena or correspondent in washington and here in the studio over salat gentlemen thank you very much we appreciate your insights tonigh

u.k.'s defense secretary results to diplomatic language as tensions between moscow and london increased over the poisoning of former spice or day script of his daughter. investigation into the mood is yet to produce any concrete evidence with u.k. police saying it could still take weeks to establish the suspect. and the iconic ukrainian lawmaker in addition claims top government officials were involved in organizing the deadly my down squares shooting in kiev in twenty four to. morning woman in post one of the morning of the city friday morning in moscow you watching out international live around the world with me kevin for this thirty minute update i stuff you company so we're starting with news from syria first of all the rebel held territory of eastern. guta the headline is coming from the russian defense ministry center for reconciliation no says eleven thousand civilians have been able to leave that hugely embattled area in the last day using a humanitarian corridor that's been set up

ok so emily there he's saying that the u.k. has refused his requests to have access to this evidence is this is an answer to teresa mayes ultimatum. i think that may be the russian answer for today it certainly seems like. his issuing his own sort of ultimatum to the u.k. they're demanding samples of the nerve agent that is believed to have been used he is saying that russia is willing to cooperate in the investigation if it has full access to this nerve agent and also to all the facts he also as we just heard pointed out that one of the people involved one of the victims is actually a russian citizen so that is another argument for russia being involved in the investigation going forward and in a way this is love of kind of putting putting the ball back in the u.k.'s court and this may was hoping for some kind of an admission or a concession i think that she is unlikely to get that tonight by midnight when the ultimatum runs out and instead we'll have to wait and see whether there is any response to this word and the response

the u.k. government creatures that it was highly likely that russia was responsible for this reckless we haven't seen anything but hardly likely as of yet. the british prime minister reveals her reprise on moves that expelling twenty three russian diplomats even though police that are yet to announce any specific suspects. also ahead claims that the arab underworld in berlin is undermining the city's police force with criminal clans infiltrating its ranks. as the final frontier front line for the u.s. military as donald trump suggests the essence baseball. very warm welcome you watching r.t. international with me becky aaron good to have you with us this hour our top story the u.k. government has accused russia of breaching the international chemical weapons convention the statement came at an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council called by london over the poisoning of russian double agents script powell and his daughter in person last week. the u.k. government concluded that it was h