there are 18 members of — czech republic saying? there are 18 members of the _ czech republic saying? there are 18 members of the russian _ czech republic saying? there are 18 members of the russian diplomatic| members of the russian diplomatic corps in prague who are now packing their bags. they have been given 48 hours to leave. the authorities say those 18 are the members of the embassy that they have identified as members of russia's security services. eitherthe members of russia's security services. either the gru or the svr. they are on their way back to moscow within the hours that come, but this comes at a very delicate time for relations between russia and the czech republic. tomorrow, the deputy prime minister was due to fly to moscow to discuss the reordering of the vaccine against covid. that is now not happening. there were also plans to modernise a nuclear power station and that is under question now because relations between russia and the czech republic, this is perhaps their lowest since the fall of the iron curtain

the czech republic will face consequences after a prior. to it was expelling 18 russian diplomats the czech republic is blaming russia for a huge ammunition explosion in 2014 explaining more to be earlier r t. well it's been a tough week for diplomacy and more generally a period of increasing tensions 1st off that the u.s. would be expelling 10 russian diplomats for alleged election interference then poland for sport and sent back to moscow 3 russians now its neighbor the czech republic has followed suit. 18 russian diplomats to leave check soil within 48 hours the czech republic will expel 18 employees of the russian embassy there is a reasonable suspicion of the involvement of officers of the russian secret service the g.r.u. in the explosions at the ammunition depot. so check intelligence claims that it has evidence that those 18 russians were somehow involved in the tragic explosion that happened on checks in 2014 now just quickly that explosion claiming 2 lives took place at a military ammunitions. is located around $330.00 from to sou

the czech republic, 2014. an explosion at an arms depot leaves two people dead, damages nearby homes and sends smoke rising from the ruins. following years of investigations, the czech authorities allege these two men were behind the blast. alexander mishkin and anatoliy chepiga, also known as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, the two russian intelligence officers the uk says in 2018 carried out the poisoning of a former russian agent on british soil. announcing the news on saturday, the czech foreign minister said 18 russian diplomats would now have to leave the country. translation: as foreign minister of the czech republic, _ i made the decision to expel all personnel at the russian embassy in prague, identified by our secret services as officers of russia�*s secret services. within 48 hours, 18 staff of the russian embassy must leave the czech republic. the czech prime minister said the two suspects were members of the gru, russia�*s military intelligence service. a senior russian parliamentarian c

be in the larger picture behind this diplomatic crisis in the czech republic or between the czech republic and russia is the timing peculiar because the russian intelligence services are being linked to a huge ammunition depo explosion back in 2014 in the czech republic no why has it taken so long to make this move. well. in my view it is at least possible that the depot explosion has virtually nothing to do with russian interference of g.r.u. and that the czech republic knows about it at least we have to assume this possibility that it has just been used as ammunition against russia at this convenient point of time because the evidence has not been presented and if we look at the media reporting we see that also prime minister under this once he said they have found an active vocal evidence and at a nother point he said that there is reasonable suspicion that the russian secret agents were involved so what is right now is that is just a suspicion or is there evidence before such evidence has been presented in a convincingly way we have to assume that we are dealing with yet another diplom

and now link to an explosion at an arms depo in the czech republic. striving for an education the community of deaf students in afghanistan succeeding in a time of. we begin in south asia the new at the center of the pandemic infections in india a still surging with daily cases reaching record numbers as reported more than 261000 new cases in the past 24 hours and $1500.00 deaths with a highly contagious variant of the virus suspected india has been helping other nations as the world's largest vaccine manufacturer it's running out if its own supply so now it's delaying exports and will prioritize immunizing its own population. thailand has also seen a rapid rise in cases more than 1500 a day anyone who test positive is now being transferred to hospital or supervised isolation with no at home corns in allowed tony chang is asked a nearly built field hospital in bangkok this one's going to open tomorrow they've got 350 beds here it seems like a lot but bangkok alone announced 357 new cases day so in effect this could well be filled within the next 24 ho

the czech republic, 2014. an explosion at an arms depot leaves two people dead, damages nearby homes and sends smoke rising from the ruins. following years of investigations, the czech authorities allege these two men were behind the blast. alexander mishkin and anatoliy chepiga, also known as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, the two russian intelligence officers the uk says in 2018 carried out the poisoning of a former russian agent on british soil. announcing the news on saturday, the czech foreign minister said 18 russian diplomats would now have to leave the country. translation: as foreign minister of the czech republic, i made the decision to expel all personnel at the russian embassy in prague, identified by our secret services as officers of russia's secret services. within 48 hours, 18 staff of the russian embassy must leave the czech republic. the czech prime minister said the two suspects were members of the gru, russia's military intelligence service. a senior russian parliamentarian called th

the czech republic is briefing nato and e.u. allies about suspected russian involvement in a huge explosion and its link 2 men charge 1st separate poisoning attack in the u.k. 3 years ago the ammunition blasts killed 2 people in 2014 with russian intelligence now implicated the czech republic is expelling 18 russian embassy staff czech police say 2 men who were there before the blast had russian passports in the names of alexander petroff and. of those were the aliases used by the pad accused of poisoning the former russian spy. and his daughter yulia back in the united kingdom in 2018 well russia has denied any involvement in either incident we'll have reaction from the u.k. in a moment but 1st bennett smith in moscow. this is the biggest dispute between the czech republic and russia since the end of the communist era in 1989 the czech prime minister says the circumstances are unprecedented and scandalous it goes back to an explosion of the nomination store in 2014 about 330 kilometers to the south of prague in which 2 people w

she in for a change here for the czech republic let me remind you of the president you will resent it. considered to be a also file. alben lee often expressed sympathy for the idea or by the russian big scene now of course the president has to you know be patriotic actual that the prime minister bobbish says that you know the president is behind him even though you know you martin explanations from russia on what happened i didn't see this evidence it has not been presented really to us so what i can assume is that it also is just handy to present them as the suspects because they have already been presented they were already in the mind in the consciousness of public. due to the case and this case in itself has never been really. explained before such evidence has been presented in a convincingly way we have to assume that we are dealing with yet another diplomatic crisis between the western european and also america of course indirectly involved partners and russia and there is just the geopolitical rearmed which offers us really explain agents. or russia's federal security service

republic has followed suit. 18 russian diplomats to leave check soil within 48 hours the czech republic will expel 18 employees of the russian embassy there is a reasonable suspicion of the involvement of officers of the russian secret service the g.r.u. in the explosions at the ammunition depot. so check intelligence claims that has evidence of those 18 russians was somehow involved in the tragic explosion that happened on checks in 2014 now just quickly that explosion claiming to lives took place at a military ammunitions. is located around $330.00 climb to southeast of the capital prague now would support around 10000 kilograms of ammunition including medium range missiles were kept for years at the corps has remained unknown though one point a version was floated around that negligence at the site was to blame now though almost 7 years on the czech republic has apparently determined that moscow is behind it why it's taken so long to reach that conclusion or indeed the fact that the investigation is still technically ongoing was not something that was touched upon in that announcemen

republic and i now asked him the following steps as a foreign minister of the czech republic i decided to deport all workers of the russian embassy in prague who are clearly identified by secret service as members of russian secret service as we are and g o u 18 workers of the russian embassy need to leave the czech republic in 48 hours. let's go to our correspondent ben smith who is live for us in moscow ben and so talk us through exactly what is happening here who are these 2 russians. well this is the biggest crisis in relations between the czech republic and russia since the end of communism in 1989 and it goes back to an explosion at an ammunitions depth of about 3 nominations store 30 kilometers southeast of prague back in 2014 now the czech security services say alexander petrova and russia one that is 2 men traveling under that identity spent 6 days in this area up to and including the day of the explosion and it says these 2 men are wanted in connection with that explosion these 2 men of course have been named subsequently by the british security services as alexander michigan

and the others who are critical of russia but of course the czech republic gains from. the american aid and american intervention and so on because they see the united states as the strong partner and they are then see themselves in a position now where they are they're basically weak towards the. towards russia because they. have in fact engaged in this explosion reduced dollars the number of 18 and this is not the 1st time it's been going on for a few years and now this. these difficulties between the czech government and most would not be doing the job president. there's an issue when i look at statements from foreign ministry and i've been doing this job for quite a while martin it is usually diplomatic it's usually tightly scripted and we know that nothing is put on on paper or are said very easily but this seems to rock the russian foreign minister seem to think washington is pulling all the strings here how likely is that. well it should smirk to say that most who are there thinks that washington is behind all this because biden has come out with some very strong

the czech republic, 2014. an explosion at an arms depot leaves two people dead, damages nearby homes and sends smoke rising from the ruins. following years of investigations, the czech authorities allege these two men were behind the blast. alexander mishkin and anatoliy chepiga, also known as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, the two russian intelligence officers the uk says in 2018 carried out the poisoning of a former russian agent on british soil. announcing the news on saturday, the czech foreign minister said 18 russian diplomats would now have to leave the country. translation: as foreign minister of the czech republic, i made the decision to expel all personnel at the russian embassy in prague, identified by our secret services as officers of russia�*s secret services. within 48 hours, 18 staff of the russian embassy must leave the czech republic. the czech prime minister said the two suspects were members of the gru, russia�*s military intelligence service. a senior russian parliamentarian cal

the czech republic, 2014. an explosion at an arms depot leaves two people dead, damages nearby homes and sends smoke rising from the ruins. following years of investigations, the czech authorities allege these two men were behind the blast. alexander mishkin and anatoliy chepiga, also known as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, the two russian intelligence officers the uk says in 2018 carried out the poisoning of a former russian agent on british soil. announcing the news on saturday, the czech foreign minister said 18 russian diplomats would now have to leave the country. translation: as foreign minister of the czech republic, _ i made the decision to expel all personnel at the russian embassy in prague, identified by our secret services as officers of russia's secret services. within 48 hours, 18 staff of the russian embassy must leave the czech republic. the czech prime minister said the two suspects were members of the gru, russia's military intelligence service. a senior russian parliamentarian called

well one casualty of a different matter grifters a check nuclear power plant the czech republic says it's now planning to bar the russian state of tomic nuclear farm ross artem from bidding for the construction of the facility and back in january a chinese company was all all of a sudden just excluded from the project of the remaining bidders include french south korean and american corporations well let's get details on this now and cross live to the independent journalist martin summers coming on the program today good to see you martin the czech authorities are saying they're excluding russia from the nuclear power plant project because it's a security threat and do you think we should take that explanation of face value or perhaps there's something else going on. well the fact that they're excluding is clearly a political decision. it was a commercial decision and they would all be seen as many different it is as possible in order to get the 1st through leaks so there's clearly politics involved it but not not not just russia apparently recently in january a chinese company that

from being involved in the bidding process for this new nuclear energy facility in the czech republic how much of this is politically motivated do you think. this is a joke that the chicks are then to be sure but you will next begin to be that shill . investigating this explosions in joined in the discovering explosion the engine behind it that let's go let's go back in in another story you probably remember the russian bear. in afghanistan and maybe all this in the us don't know that but it was all over the place in the american media some to middle discovered that the persons who were giving money to have just a daily burn to kill americans in afghanistan and see if this was needed in the daily burns of their old reason to kill americans the this was the question but on t.v. in the us on the world there is and it was or it was all over the media but it was also essentially denied by the pentagon the pentagon said on more than 2 occasions we cannot corroborate these reports but the media went on a blitzkrieg with that one. person they were seeing out in this. well that and time that

the czech republic let me remind you that there czech president or examined is considered to be also file and openly openly expressed sympathy for india or by the russian be seen now of course the president has to. be patriotic so that the prime minister bobby says that you know the president is behind him even you know demanding explanations from russia on what happened i don't see this evidence it has not been presented really to us so what i can it's you is that it also is just handy to present them. suspects because they have already been presented they were already in the mind in the consciousness of public. due to the case and the script in itself has never been really. explained before such evidence has been presented in the convincingly way we have to assume that we are dealing with yet another diplomatic crisis between the western european and also america of course indirectly involved partner and russia and there is just the geopolitical real which offers a real explanation. russia's federal security services detain 2 men who it's claiming the prosecutor in belarus plans al

thanks for taking time on a sunday to speak to us russia's claiming the czech republic is just using this story to bury revelations about a coup attempt in belarus how do you see it. well. how could i say this story in the czech republic is ludicrous i mean 767 years ago russian agents and by the way they must be james bonds because russian shame sponsors because there were you know in solve spring 2018 they were in prague in 2014022 so to score then you know make an explosion that this completely cross frankly this critical case you might think that there is something better because it's fun as counterespionage you know all the asians are both astonished by the brits so it's a story of spots but not to to put them in prague as well and expel 800 diplomats but i mean come on this is really close i have reservations that's personal i have reservations about belarus i'm not sure because mr lucas shango might do the same in the sense that he doesn't have much support i think not multi even in moscow and don't it was good for him to say i'm also under attack so at some it's possible it's

has said the czech republic needs to react morsy. check officials are now considering excluding russian corporations from an upcoming bid to build new reactors at the ducal vanny nuclear power plant choosing a contractor for the build has become a symbol of geopolitical allegiance for the czech republic. prague will lay out its grievances at a meeting of e.u. foreign ministers on monday another sign of growing international anger at russia's actions abroad. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making. headlines around the world. israeli forces have clashed with muslim worshippers angered by coronavirus restrictions as they observe ramadan in jerusalem's old city israeli police fired stun grenades and deployed water cannon to disperse crowds on a popular public plaza. doctors for jailed russian descent alex in the valley say he could be close to death based on medical tests received from his representatives the 44 year old is on a hunger strike he says authorities aren't letting his doctors treat him for back pain and nu

has said the czech republic needs to react wolfie. check officials are now considering excluding russian corporations from a not coming bid to build new reactors at the ducal vanny nuclear power plant. choosing a contract to foot the bill has become a symbol of geopolitical allegiance for the czech republic. its grievances at a meeting of e.u. foreign ministers on monday another sign of growing international and at russia's actions abroad. let's take a look at other stories making headlines around the world doctors for jailed russian dissidents say he could be close to death based on medical tests received from his representatives a 44 year old is on hunger strike he says authorities aren't letting his doctors treat him for back pain and numbness in his legs. security forces. hundreds of protesters in the south and city of dowry meanwhile in uniform government of national unity as south-east asian leaders to give it a seat at the crisis talks next week and not to recognize the belief that seized power in the faber we call. scientists

you may wonder what does frog have to do with all this well we have to understand that the czech republic is a close u.s. ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague well with the situation growing increasingly tense we got reaction from a number of experts starting with their thoughts on the depo blast in the czech republic in 24 dean and why it's only been spoken of. number 7 years ago and that's been brought up now and then lee attended coup in in bill. that's been linked as well because the west see. it was illegal and he's been talking about new elections and so on unti

you may wonder what does frog have to do with all this well we have to understand that the czech republic is a close u.s. ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington kit be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague we have to try to go talking to my colleagues you know neal earlier now with the situation growing increasingly tense we got reaction from a number of experts starting with their thoughts on the depo blast in the czech republic in 2014 and why it is being spoken of now. that was 7 years ago and that's been brought up now and then lee attended coup in it in bill. that's been linked as well because the west see nego

this story in the czech republic it's ludicrous i mean 767 years ago russian agents and by the way at venice beach aim spawns because so russian change sponsors because there were you know in seoul spring 2018 they were in prague in 2014002 to sow discord and you know make an explosion that this completely grew to cross its sentence thoughts that you know it will be a film very soon this story about the nation didn't go off to check army which is not the 1st in nato it's a small army and it's not clear or dead poles you know you know it's just your mission they exploded this sounds like demonizing russia you know as much as they can now. as requested by biden's white house that has expelled 10 russian diplomats one of the interesting aspects of this story is true alleged russian agents for who or what became public at the time the script hope always knows in britain where people who thought the church were doing were going to rush in 2000 so it's very all this information the subject we were sold was already moving we were. 2 years ago when you know come so there's an element. which i

has said the czech republic needs to react wolfie. check officials are now considering excluding russian corporations from a not coming bid to build new reactors at the ducal vanny nuclear power plant choosing a contractor for the build has become a symbol of geo political allegiance for the czech republic. prague will lay out its grievances at a meeting of e.u. foreign ministers on monday another sign of growing international anger at russia's actions abroad. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. scientists say one of the world's largest icebergs has melted away so-called a 68 iceberg had a surface area of nearly 6000 square kilometers and weighed approximately 1000000000 tons after it broke away from and article in 2017 but satellites show the formation is virtually gone now broken into countless small fragments. china in the united states have issued a joint statement pledging cooperation to tackle climate change it follows a visit to shanghai by u.s. climate envoy john kerry is the 1st of

you may wonder what does frog have to do with all this but we have to understand that the czech republic is a close u.s. ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague with the situation growing increasingly tense we got reaction from a number of experts starting with their thoughts on the depo blast in the czech republic in 2014 and why it is being spoken of now. another 7 years ago and that's been brought up now and then lee attended coup in it in bill. that's been linked as well because the west sea negotiating coup is illegal and he's been talking about new elections and s

republic. i mean 767 years ago russian agents and by the way they must be james bonds because russian james bonds because there were you know in. 2018 they were trying to thousands. to do so discord and. make. this sounds like demonizing russia you know as much as they can now. as requested by biden's white house the russian foreign ministry though is saying that these announcements and these steps that are taken by the czech authorities could only be a deliberate attempt to somehow distract the attention of the media and the international community from another story which is now in the news here in eastern europe it looks like when it's actually supported by facts that the west need it to cover up the importance of the information published by both russia and belarus not just a conspiracy but an actual plan for a constitutional clue we need to speak about it so a coup was allegedly being planned against the leader of what more do we actually know about this this is a story apparently that was

republic let me remind you of the czech president you will examine is considered to be a role so far. all personally all but the expressed sympathy for the idea or by the russian be seen now of course the president has to. be patriotic so that the prime minister bobby says that you know the president is behind him even you know demanding explanations from russia on what happened i don't see this evidence it has not been presented really so what i. can assume is that it also is just handy to present them as the suspects because they had already been presented they were already in the mind in the consciousness of public. due to the case and the case in itself has never been really. explained and before such evidence has been presented in a convincingly way we have to assume that we are dealing with yet another diplomatic crisis between the western european and also america of course indirectly involved partners and russia and there is just the geopolitical rearm which offers us really explain agents. russia's federal security service has attained 2 men who it's claimed were plotting a

the czech republic let me remind you of that czech president meal resentment is considered to be also file and openly openly expressed sympathy for india or by the russian big scene now of course the president has to. be patriotic so that the prime minister bobby says that you know the president is behind him even you know demanding explanations from russia on what happened i don't see this evidence it has not been presented really to us so what i can it's human is that it also is just handy to present them. suspects because they have already been presented they were already in the mind in the consciousness of public. due to the case and this group case in itself has never been really. explained before such evidence has been presented in the convincingly way we have to assume that we are dealing with yet another diplomatic crisis between the western european and also america of course indirectly involved partner and russia and there is just the geopolitical real which offers a real explanation. the f.b.i. has revealed it had previously interviewed the gunman behind this week's mass sh

what is the link between salisbury and what happened in the czech republic? and what happened in the czech reublic? ~ , , ., republic? when this explosion ha--ened republic? when this explosion happened in — republic? when this explosion happened in 2014 _ republic? when this explosion happened in 2014 it _ republic? when this explosion happened in 2014 it was - republic? when this explosion i happened in 2014 it was assumed republic? when this explosion - happened in 2014 it was assumed to be an accident, killing two people and only under the salisbury poisoning that investigators started to go back over some pieces of the puzzle and re—examine them. one of the things they found was an e—mail requesting access to the arms depot, which blew up with the names of two people who wanted to visit it and when they looked at the pictures attached to the passport scans requesting that access, they could see these were the same images as the men who were alleged to have carried out the salisbury poisoning. they entered the czech republic using the same cover nam

this story in the czech republic it's ludicrous i mean 767 years ago russian agents and by the way they must be changed vaughn's because so russian change sponsors because there were you know in seoul spring 2800 they were in prague in 20140022 so to score then you know make an explosion that this completely grew to cross its sentence thoughts that you know it will be a film very soon this story about the nation didn't go off to check army which is not the 1st in nato it's a small army and it's not new clear or dead poles you know you know it it's just your mission they exploded this sounds like demonizing russia you know as much as they can now. as requested by biden's white house that has expelled 10 russian diplomats one of the interesting aspects of this story is true alleged russian agents for who were what became public at the time the script hope was news in britain where people who thought the church would do instant were going to rush in 2000 so it's very all this information the subject we decided was already known we were to service and 2 years ago when you know come certain

flow of weapons from the czech republic through a. garion arms dealer to ukraine that you know the height of the war in ukraine. but of news that came to us last hour out of egypt state media reporting at least 8 people killed in a train derailments is the 1st pictures we're getting almost 100 other people injured it happened as the train was traveling near the city of 2 north of cairo just weeks as well after 19 people died when 2 trains collided in soho province south of car. the coronavirus pandemic now in south asia is emerging as the new global epicenter with infections across india still searching and daily cases reaching record numbers how high well 261005 100 cases in the past 24 hours 1500 deaths on top of that with a highly contagious variant of the virus suspected india is also the world's largest vaccine manufacturers so exports are being delayed because they say want to prioritize india's domestic population there are rapidly rising cases too in thailand 1500 a day there more than that actually so now anyone who tests pos

as regards to czech republic as well as in the recent past regards the u.k. great britain actually and. no one can prove that russia actually was trying to intimidate someone or was trying to do any harm to anybody so i think that in the end though the day russia feels a self like a victim awful the propaganda and awfully. hostile actions of the western countries ok so i think of a great to get your through your views on the shore thank you so much for joining us from moscow and talking to us here on al-jazeera appreciate it and just as we were speaking there we have now learned via the foreign ministry in russia that they are expelling 28 czech diplomats that's 20 checked it limits are being expelled from russia as human retaliation for the expulsion of the 14 russian diplomats these 20 must leave the country by april 19th that's the r i a news agency citing the russian foreign ministry more on this of course as it comes in for now though gyptian the egyptian health ministry says at least 11 people have been killed in a train rail mintz the only 100 others h

the czech republic today made its move essentially just the day after the u.s. imposed sanctions on russia how much of a connection or otherwise do you see there. well must be some connection after all one of the interesting aspects of the story of 2 alleged russian agents who were became public at the time the script was news in britain where people who thought the church were doing identified russia in 2001 of the time. will also be interviewed on russian t.v. so it's very all this information that some czech media are saying was already known we were 2 services 2 years ago when you now become sort of so there's an element all politicization behind it i'm sure because we always cases that are inherently. political diplomatic issues you know go just. simply responds to events sort of what consequences. it does raise questions about how strong all the reports go how close. all these explosions and we are. still want to come or they sometimes over this. potential much more attention to russia in his place where ukraine is a potential bomb program but also it a pl

the story in the czech republic is ludicrous i mean 767 years ago russian agents and by the way they must be changed bombs because russian changed bonds because they were you know in salzburg in 2018 they were in prague in 2014 to do so discordant. make an explosion that just completely ludicrous it's. going to it will be a film very soon this story about the. dead of the czech army which is not the 1st in nato it's a small army and it's not clear or dead poles and you know it's just not your mission they exploded this sounds like demonizing russia you know as much as they can now. as requested by biden's white house that has expelled 10 russian diplomats. a number of global deaths from 1000 past 3000000 at the weekend with a particularly disturbing 20 fold surge in new infections since last month in india meanwhile in europe daily new cases have stabilized somewhat after a 3rd wave of infections and u.s. pharmaceuticals giant pfizer has hike to prices on future orders of its anti corona virus vaccine potentially sending the cost more than 60 percent higher to some $23.00 a dose it c

you may wonder what does frog have to do with all this well we have to understand that the czech republic is a close u.s. ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague with the situation growing increasingly tense we got reaction from a number of experts starting with their thoughts on the depot blast in the czech republic in 2014 and why it is being spoken of now. that was 7 years ago and that's been brought up now and then lee attended coup in it in bill. that's been linked as well because the west see. it was illegal and he's been talking about new elections and so on and s

much of the crystal meth that's consumed in germany comes from the czech republic here czech police carry out a drug raid meth is also produced in other countries. they're flooding the market. in. dutch drug gangs are pushing into the european market filling the gap left by check drug operations that have been busted. it is meet me this isn't smuggling it's a sophisticated highly profitable business and dutch police sees only 5 to 10 percent of total production and that gives you an idea of how much is actually on the market and. crystal meth is easy and cheap to produce and the profits for dealers can be enormous. believe it want to discover still here we see a typical meth lab. it can produce 20 kilograms over a 2 day cycle. and on the street a philo of meth sells for 600000 check crowns and cougar. and that's just over $23000.00 euros so 460000 euros for that in just 48 hours the average price per gram is $65.00 euros crystal meth normally $10050.00 so we've reached the point where people at all levels of society are using this drug in one's lucas has just become is a bit comes amid. t

britain is saying they support the czech republic. joe biden taking a tougher line then president prompted with the kremlin, john. ., ,., president prompted with the kremlin, john. ., , ., , president prompted with the kremlin, john. ., , , ., . john. yeah, so this is the two cited scored. john. yeah, so this is the two cited scored- the — john. yeah, so this is the two cited scored. the czech _ john. yeah, so this is the two cited scored. the czech republic- john. yeah, so this is the two cited scored. the czech republic says i john. yeah, so this is the two cited l scored. the czech republic says they might be behind and exploded that happened behind a facility in 2014 and we saw the world coming together again. this idea, this registerfor foreign agents has been kicking around for a while. remember last year when the intelligence and security committee came up with the russian report, and one of the criticisms and there was the government hadn't been building enough to tackle the aggression of russia, so this was suggested as one

this story in the czech republic it's ludicrous i mean 767 years ago russian agents and by the way at venice beach aim spawn's because so russian change sponsors because there were you know in seoul spring 2018 they were in prague in 201402 to sow discord and you know make an explosion that this completely grew to cross its tents thoughts that you know it will be a film very soon this story about the nation didn't go off to check army which is not the 1st in nato it's a small army and it's not clear or dead poles you know you know it's just not your mission they exploded this sounds like demonizing russia you know as much as they can now. as requested by biden's white house that has expelled 10 russian diplomats one of the interesting aspects of the story is true alleged russian agents for who were what became public at the time the script hopelessness and there were people who thought the church were doing were going to rush in 2000 so it's very all this information the subject we decided was already knew we were. 2 years ago when you know come certain so there's an element all which

understand that the czech republic is a close u.s. ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague. but you're saying with the situation increasingly tense some expos think the demonization of russia is the goal. this story in the czech republic it's ludicrous i mean 767 years ago our russian agents and by the way that they must be changed thongs because so russian change sponsors because they were you know not to to sow discord and you know make an explosion that's completely due to cross sense but once that you know it wil

were moving on to other news the czech republic is briefing nato and e.u. allies about suspected russian involvement in a huge explosion it's linked to man charged for a separate poisoning attack in the u.k. 3 years ago the ammunition depot blast killed 2 people back in 2014 russian intelligence now implicated the czech republic is expelling 18 russian embassy staff check police say 2 men who were there before the blast had russian passports the names were alexander petrol and bush of now those aliases were used by the pair accused of poisoning the former russian spy it's so gross cripple and his daughter yulia in the u.k. back in 2018 russia's foreign ministry says the czech republic's allegations are absurd also has promised to take retaliatory measures for the expulsion of its diplomats calling it a provocative move so let's check in with our correspondents rory chalons in london in a moment to take us through that link 1st of all it's been at smith in moscow more russian reaction what are they saying. this is the biggest dispute between the czech republ

and of course, russia doesn't just have tense relations with the czech republic. in the last week both the united states and poland have imposed sanctions on russia too. here's our correspondent sarah rainsford. it's been quite a week for russia's relations with the west. it is notjust the czechs who have been expelling russian diplomats, the americans and the poles have done it too. all of it is meant to change the way the kremlin is thinking, but moscow has mirrored all of those moves and more, and the political mood here feels increasingly tense. there is still of course that russian troop deployment to ukraine's border, and the sense that russia is one of what it might do if pushed. and russia is still insisting that it is the west that is aggressive, trying to impose its agenda inside russia, so there has been a real crackdown inside russia. and to top off russia's shaky global relations — many around the world are closely watching what happens to alexei navalny. navalny is vladimir putin's toughest critic and opposition, who was poisined with a nerve agent

the czech republic is expelling 18 russian diplomats after russian agents were allegedly involved in a deadly explosion at an arms depot. and president biden is under pressure after he tries to keep donald trump's cap on refugees. good evening. eight days after his death, his royal highness prince philip, the duke of edinburgh, has been laid to rest at st george's chapel windsor, in the presence of her majesty the queen, and a small congregation of family members. the service, in line with the duke�*s wishes, was restrained, with no tributes paid, as the queen sat alone, a widow, after 73 years of marriage. the dean of windsor paid tribute to prince philip's �*kindness, humour and humanity'. ahead of the service, more than 700 members of the armed forces had take part in a military and musical tribute, before a nationwdie silence was observed. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell was watching the day's events. it was at windsor castle that they fell in love. it was wartime. the young lieutenant philip mountbatten spent his leave at the castle visiting the then—princess eli

republic it announced to him the following steps as a foreign minister of the czech republic i decided to deport all workers of the russian embassy in prague who clearly identified by secret service as members of russian secret service as we are and g o u 18 workers of the russian embassy need to leave the czech republic in 48 hours people have protested outside a police station in the u.s. state of minnesota for a 7th night against the shooting of a 20 year old black man former officer kim potter has been charged with 2nd degree manslaughter after fatally shooting dante rights during a traffic stop near minneapolis is prompted a debate about whether the charge goes far enough. the family of the man who killed 8 people at a fed ex facility in the u.s. city of indianapolis has apologized to the victim's relatives the 19 year old gunman later killed himself 4 of the victims were from the sikh community and this time again just want to reiterate that our public reporting is in the investigation has not confirmed a motive in any way shape or form. that being said it's very difficult for ou

republic is a close u.s. ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets of the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington kid be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow in the meantime the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague with the situation growing increasingly tense we got reaction from a number of experts starting with their thoughts on the blast in the czech republic in 2014 and why it's being spoken of. number 7 years ago and that's been brought up now and then the attendant coup in the in bill. that's been linked as well because the west sees. it was illegal and he's been talking about new elections and so on and to look for this and all this

body anything over 51015 or 20 kilograms is now produced outside the czech republic. not was i mean ixtapa. in some raids officers have seized up to a ton of crystal meth but this work often involves cross border co-operation with police in other countries. it works closely with european customs author already is and the european law enforcement agency europol. and there's a new factor that's complicating the effort. the news was that we mexican drug cartels are now setting up operations in the netherlands. here fleet which conducts an inspection tour along the czech german border. he explains that the mexican cartels have moved into the european market for crystal meth mostly because the czech government has cracked down hard on local drug dealers. freight lease department has been expanded over the past several years and they're making life difficult for those who produce and distribute crystal meth in the czech republic so the mexicans have stepped in to fill the gaps their network even includes some of the vietnamese immigrants who used to make their own meth. dut

much of the crystal meth that's consumed in germany comes from the czech republic here check police carry out a drug raid meth is also produced in other countries. because they're flooding the market. that's drug gangs are pushing into the european market filling the gap left by check drug operations that have been busted. it is me this isn't smuggling it's a sophisticated highly profitable business and dutch police sees only 5 to 10 percent of total production and that gives you an idea of how much is actually on the market and. crystal meth is easy and cheap to produce and the profits for dealers can be enormous. leaving one to discover still here we see a typical meth lab. well it can produce 20 kilograms over a 2 day cycle. and on the street a kilo of meth sells 460-0000 czech crowns cougar. that's just over $23000.00 euros so 460000 euros for that in just 48 hours the average price per gram is $65.00 euros crystal meth cut normally tattooed on fifty's we've reached the point where people at all levels of society are using this drug and so the good socialist because of it comes amid.

the latest headlines: the row between russia and the czech republic deepens. both sides expel diplomats as prague accuses moscow of spying. some of europe's biggest football clubs announce plans to set up a new super league, despite opposition from officials. after more than a year of being unable to leave their home country, the first flights of australian residents have left for new zealand. a two—way travel corridor. both countries say the bubble is only possible because they've generally been able to contain the virus. from monday, those in australia and new zealand can travel freely between the countries without needing to quarantine on arrival. but it won't be quite like pre—covid travel. passengers will be required to wear a mask on the plane. and at airports they will be taken through special green zones, so they're not in contact with other travellers. passengers must follow local guidelines. and they may be required to quarantine if there's an outbreak. shaimaa khalil reports. the international departures terminal at sydney airport has been busy

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