process the russians have not been truthful in coming out in saying that all of the chemical weapons have been destroyed and we also heard just a few hours ago at the united nations security council nikki havey the u.s. ambassador saying that it is fifty incidents of the use of chemical weapons have been recorded by the president bashar. assad's government but according to other activists on the ground at least two hundred reported incidents of chemical weapons use since two thousand so it is one of those areas that we have seen repeatedly heard that there is a red line that the international community would not allow this to happen but this isn't the first time that syria has been hit with missiles by the united states it happened last year as well but it did not achieve the desired results and we heard the pentagon saying that it is much significant in size and scale the operation they just carried out a couple of hours ago but they're seeing that but they expect that the assad government is going to surrender its use of chemical weapons it's going to stop using chemical we

discuss the spiraling diplomatic crisis caused by the poisoning of a former russian spy in the u.k. . this is al jazeera live from london also coming up a german court allows consular only as former president carlos pushed him on out on bail and so they decide on extraditing him to spain meanwhile brazil's wildly popular acts president lula is tell he must go behind bars over a corruption conviction. and zimbabwe's a money maker is put under the spotlight after human rights campaigners say the tobacco industry is rife with abuse. the un security council is meeting to discuss the fallout from the poisoning of the former russian spy service cripple and his daughter the session has been called by russia which is seeking to undermine britain's case that moscow was responsible for last month's attack in salisbury eunice cripples health has improved rapidly but her father remains in intensive care lawrence lee reports. first the good news scriptural is on the mend the police in london issued a statement from her in which she said i woke up over a week ago now and i'm glad to say my stren

several countries have expelled russian diplomats over the poisoning of former agent sergei script and his daughter and version one irish can warn that the current standoff threatens to reach cold war levels. but if . washington has become fixated with the fight against a nonexistent so called russian threat this is reach such proportions an acquired such absurd characteristics that it's possible to speak of a return to the dark times of the cold war. we have two cars on the following developments we will be talking to non-slip in london shortly but first let's go to russia correspondent roy hallums who's live in the capital moscow for us on the intelligence chiefs comments echoing abbay echoing the sort of wide of russian government sentiment towards this poisoning case. well you always get tough rhetoric this event is basically a forum for the russian syllabi keil the kind of security minded individuals the bosses the barons of the defense ministry and security apparatus they come together and they use the this moscow conference on international security to give their version of the

states and had this message for president assad's russian an iranian allies what kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men be judged by the friends they keep no nation can succeed in the long run by promoting rogue states brutal tyrants and murderous dictators. it's just over a year since the signing gas attack in syria provoked an american military response this was a joint operation the french and the british joining the americans. tonight france the united kingdom and the united states took decisive action to strake the syrian chemical weapons infrastructure. clearly the astride regime did not get the message last year u.s. defense secretary says he was convinced of syrian involvement in the suspected chemical attack just hours before the operation was given the go ahead but i am confident the cherian regime conducted a chemical attack on innocent people. in this last last week yes absolutely confident of it and we have the intelligence level of confidence that we needed to conduct the attack. but it's going to trump address the country there were s

expelled russian diplomats over the poisoning of former agent. and his daughter in russian we have two correspondents following developments we will be talking to don slee in london shortly but first let's go to russia cost on the droid chalons he's live for us in moscow and so what is the russian government saying what very. well the mood here the moscow conference of international security has been i think relentlessly and see weston so far that's not surprising seeing is this is an event put on by the russian defense ministry and it basically gathers all of these defense and security big wigs in the russian moments and i was them to present their view of the world's to a gathering of of international like minded people i suppose generals and security chiefs and across the planet now some of the most strident comments did come from the risk in the head of the foreign intelligence service here in russia now he said . the u.s. is basically become fixated on a fight against a nonexistent so called russian threat and that this is reach so ridiculous proportions at absurd characteristics

retaliation for the united states expelling the same number of russians it's all part of a dispute over a nerve agent attack on an ex russian spy and his daughter in the united kingdom british authorities say russia was behind the poisoning but moscow denies the accusations and has requested an urgent u.n. security council meeting lawrence lee has more on the investigation under way in london who tried to kill the scruples weeks on from the incident there remains no determining piece of evidence that puts beyond doubt the question as to who was behind this. of course the samples taken from the scene that help british scientists determine what's the poison was but that isn't the same thing it was not a choke they said but don't ask us which country it came from because it isn't our job we are one hundred percent certain that this is from the north the chalk family of nerve agents a military create nerve agent who provided that information to the police and to the government and that's really been our role in the us it's not for others to advise on who me who made the nerve agent or where i

isn't it my want to see what the russian response is we haven't had much reaction of course it's still very early days do you think. we're going to have this sort of this information campaign that people in the us have been warning out there sort of working on two fronts here on the front on the ground inside syria but also the media front they're trying to get information out before perhaps the russians get in and get their version of the story out. you know i want to read you wanted to watch about russia today and you know other other voices of the kremlin as they are accused of being by western media i think i would care more for example at the position of china right i mean i have actually listened carefully to what the chinese ambassador said at the united nations security council yesterday as well as last week in the last few days and i think it's very important to see how china is in fact standing behind russia on the question of syria and you know china of course is a major player in today's world and will be if russia decides to take any action of course the chinese ask

but the syrian government says it won't be intimidated and its russian allies claim to have shot down most of the incoming missiles. into the program but it's over nine hundred g.m.t. that's new and in damascus you're watching al-jazeera english extended coverage of the u.s. led military action against bashar al assad it's the biggest intervention to get by western powers against syria's government since the war began more than seven years ago now the u.s. britain and france have hit regime targets with the barrels of airstrikes from ships and the fighter jets in response to a suspected poison gas attack last week u.s. president donald trump announced the operation and explosions were heard in syria's capital damascus now the government's key allies of responded with anger russia has warned that there will be consequences iran says it's a clear violation of international laws as dawn broke in damascus regime supporters gathered to cheer for president bashar al assad syrian. officials have described the military action as brutal and american british french aggression. now all of t

words with trump it says there's no proof a chemical attack occurred on facebook the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman posted smart missile should fly towards terrorists and not towards the lawful government which has been fighting international terrorism for years it will be met . and it will be met forcefully for days trump has been meeting with top military leaders and advisors. clued in on wednesday with defense secretary general james mattis we're still assessing the intelligence ourselves and our allies were still working on this. there are also reports of a u.s. navy carrier task force led by the u.s.s. harry truman is sailing towards the region trumps also been conferring with world leaders like french president bakr all and british prime minister theresa may. it's an astonishing and confusing wrapping up of rhetoric for a president who said just a week ago that he wants to get out of syria what is clear is it appears the united states is determined to hold those responsible for the suspected attack accountable can really help get al-jazeera at the white house let's go to

in duma now the brits say that they're not being allowed to go by the russians and the syrians and the u.s. delegation to the o.p.c. w. has already said things that perhaps russia has been tampering with the scene in duma so we're having pushback to both of those accusations from the russians the russian delegations the o.p.c. w says that this accusation from the u.s. side is basically just you know the u.s. trying to undermine the integrity of the fact finding mission before it's even got to the site and made any assessments and against the u.k. allegation well the foreign ministry here is said that actually the reason why the delegation is being delayed is not because of anything the russians are doing but because of the airstrikes that were launched by the united states france and the u.k. over the weekend so this fact finding mission o.p.c. w. which of course was bitterly contentious from the start is continuing in out of acrimony it's also worth noting i think what do you know that this area doomer that was supposedly we were told anyway by the russians and the syrians complet

sanctions against several russian government officials and companies. finally. for dialogue has arrived for. release from a german prison and calls on the spanish government to hold talks. sentence of twenty four years and prison for former south korean president park geun hye convicted of abuse of power bribery and coercion. to begin with the vents on the border between gaza and israel where three people have now being killed as the israeli army continues to shoot and take a protesting palestinians at least two hundred and fifty people have been injured with seven left in a critical condition over the past week at least twenty one people were killed and more than one thousand four hundred injured half of them hit by israeli gunfire tens of thousands of palestinians are holding a six week long protest in tent encampments along the fenced border the u.n. says there's a strong indication that the israeli army has used excessive force hoda abdel-hamid joins us from gaza so one of the death toll just seem to keep rising hour by hour what's happening. well it certainly is a situation of sort of

animal who kills his people and enjoys it will trump tweeted after an early a warning from the russian ambassador that any u.s. missiles would be shot down washington has been threatening military action after the alleged chemical attack russia's defense ministry has called it a fabrication saying there's no evidence of poisonous substances but you put your. but you get there peter which i want to stress on the ninth of april the day after the alleged chemical attack in duma russian military specialists in the area of radiation chemical and defense and also medics arrived in the place of the silage chemical weapons incident they took samples of the soil and collected the remains of the so-called use of chemical weapons their expertise was conducted and it showed the absence of chlorine or poisonous substances well world health organization says that more than five hundred people have been treated in duma with symptoms suggesting the use of toxic chemicals they include difficulty breathing and disruption to the central nervous system the u.n. health agency says this is based on reports

rebels were in charge of the area and now the russian pull in military police has been deployed and russia and the syrian government insisting time and time again that they are not responsible for this attack in fact the russians even accuse the u.k. of staging this operation this chemical weapons attack so it is still not clear some believe that the o.p.c. w. is sending this mission was staving off the possibility of strikes but clearly that did not happen i was wondering just maybe finally what the reaction locally in the region is going to be or has been and we've seen anything coming out of the governments around here because president trump did say that he acted with the support of his allies he did specifically mention cancer and other countries. well yes at the end of the day people are worried the situation in syria could spiral out of control many many players involved in this conflict international regional players each one of them stakeholders in this conflict and so there was a real big fear that this could lead to a wider confrontation you're talking about two alliances

american draft resolution as the day was the council continue to splinter a russian proposal for an investigative mechanism fails to get the mind votes needed to pass the u.s. not even needing to veto and an explanation of how it differed in two ways from the u.s. led resolution the key point is our resolution guarantees that any investigations will truly be independent russia's resolution gives russia itself the chance to choose the investigators and then to assess the outcome there's nothing independent about that. the tone of discussion was no less a serb big than in previous sessions the russian ambassador repeating his assertion that the us and its allies were seeking a pretext to take unilateral action against the syrian government. if you take the decision to carry out an illegal military adventure and we do hope that you will come to your senses well then you will have to bear responsibility for you so. what you're trying to do is plant a resolution that has been on the show for a long time in order to find a pretext in the course of the session all members expressed support

control following the departure of last rebel fighters but russian military police have been deployed to the time rather than regime forces under a deal between russia and the armed josh all islam cast a lopez reports. a deal to surrender and leave over the last week thousands of opposition fighters and civilians have fled duma to rebel held areas in northern syria about twenty thousand people have gone to the northern province of it live for many the pain of defeat is overwhelming. those on the opposite side of the war celebrated the evacuation the last rebel stronghold in eastern guta now under government control is covered and probabl and i'm up. all the entrances are closed there's mind inside i can't go in i can will not to go anywhere you can see the wires and other troubling things they told me to wait a couple of days until the street is cleared. the evacuations out of duma are a major victory for syrian president bashar al assad and his ally russia many of the city buildings and roads have been destroyed there have been weeks of intense bombings. the takeover may hav

that's what this job . u.k. poisoning victim and daughter of a russian spy us cripples says she is recovering and her strength is growing day. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up brazil divided on the fate of former president lula after the supreme court rules he will be sent to prison for corruption. a lebanese american businessman who could have new information about russian interference in the u.s. presidential election. once an island paradise now declared a cesspool philippine president want to get to terra tayshaun stay on the island of barak i. the daughter of a former russian spy poisoned in the u.k. has made her first public comment since the nerve agent attack just over a month ago issuing a statement through police in london yuli a script described the entire episode as somewhat disorientating but added that she is recovering and has strength is growing daily just hours earlier russian state t.v. reported that yulia called her cousin and it said she would just judge herself from hospital soon she's been receiving treatment since b

against several russian government officials and companies former south korean president park geun hay is found guilty of abuse of power bribery and coercion and sentenced to twenty four years in prison an argentinean football is rocked by a child abuse scandal of two of its most famous clubs. we begin on the israel gaza border where at least eight palestinians have now been killed as the israeli army continues to fire live ammunition and tear gas at protesters seven hundred eighty palestinians were also injured with several said to now be in a critical condition it's a week since demonstrations first began to mark palestine's annual land day an act of resistance against israeli occupation and land seizures charlotte ballasts reports. palestinian words meet israeli bullets in gaza. from behind the border fence israeli snipers have palestinians on these sites they shoot tear gas in life fire and rubber bullets. but still reeling from the bloodiest day in years this was the area where last friday israeli snipers shot seven hundred palestinians twenty one would die. a week later they're back

from the peninsula plus. russian officials are working with the syrian regime to deny and to delay these inspectors. the rhetoric between the u.s. and russia over a suspected chemical attack in duma and. sunny. teaching a better life to children who have never known peace and devise a part of the philippines. has a new president and the six decades of castro roll. on and on thursday succeeding eighty six year old raul castro. reports from having. a historic moment without the store except chapter but with a similar script. under-supply president raul castro passed on the baton to his chosen successor. is clearly not the governing alone. or going to the generational for dell and raul remains intact comment army general role castro will remain the first secretary of the communist party and as such will lead the major decisions of our country now and in the future. he is canelo is a communist party cato cording to castro has passed all the tests of loyalty to the cuban revolution. but the real end of the castro era will take another three years from the safe it was probably when the e

the diplomats out in retaliation for the united states expelling the same number of russians there has been a host of tit for tat expulsions involving other western countries to where they follow the nerve agent attack on a former double agent and his daughter in the united kingdom the british government accuses russia of involvement which the kremlin dinoire its. the poisoning of surrogate and you're stripper has also come to an international security converse in moscow now foreign minister sergei lavrov opened the second and final day of the summit the shares focuses on syria but they'll also be discussions about the situation on the korean peninsula lavrov criticized the west for how it handled the scriptural case let's get more this from roy chalons who joins me now our correspondent in moscow of course the russians have a lot to say on thursday in moscow. yeah well that's been our atia of fairly anti western rhetoric for the last two days in moscow coming from the chiefs of various spy agencies intelligence agencies security agencies and whatnot and of picked up the baton earl

chemical weapons experts say a russian former spy on his door so we're poisoned in the u.k. with a very pure type of nerve agent. a man once tipped as a future chinese president becomes the latest casualty of president cheese corruption cracks. u.s. president dilma trump says he'll be meeting his top advisors on thursday and promised a decision on military action against syria fairly soon a day after warning russia to get ready to cede that he'd never said when an attack on syria would take place adding it could be very soon or not at all where u.s. allies are considering their positions the british prime minister to resign may's help in the barge and see cabinet meeting and vowed to help coordinate an international response french president manuel mccomb said france needs more information before deciding whether to strike but he's no has no doubt about the syrian government's killed experts from the global chemical weapons war stokely o.p.c. w are on their way to damascus to investigate the alleged chemical attack on duma and they'll start work on saturday well alan fisher has been fol

council meeting asked for by the russians of course giving a very methodical justification as far as the united states is concerned as to what she believes the u.s. and their allies. in terms of evidence and what they need to do in terms of speak shortly in the security council let's join my kind of he's. in the u.n. lots of moving parts to the story throughout the night on the day mike just paint a picture for us as to what we can expect to see and hear in the next sixty minutes . well so this is the fourth of militancy session of the security council on syria this week this one as you mentioned has been called by russia russia is likely to continue to defend bashar al assad continued to insist that claims of a chemical attack in syria last weekend while false that they were made up the u.s. says likely to continue its attack both on russia and on the assad government insisting that some kind of mechanism has to be put into place by the united nations giving some kind of body that will create an accountability for such chemical attacks this is something that the u.s. tried to do ear

river that's according to a russian official well that country is a military police have now been deployed to take over security moscow's have i'm sure that those in the one order in duma well general was previously held by syrian rebels fighting the assad government it's one of the largest towns and eastern good which has been under siege since two thousand and thirteen fighting escalated last november the u.n. says eighty thousand civilians fled to government held territory in damascus in march and some twenty thousand rebels and civilians have been evacuated to rebel territory in the northwestern province of idlib under deals with as hard as ally of russia. for the syrian government took control of their march to an agreement with russia and the armed group. the deal says only russian military police are allowed to enter the city after the evacuation and not observing and government forces are crossing points will be open to commercial movement as soon as those military police enter the city the agreement also guarantees that those who wish to stay in the city want to be prosec

one. u.k. poisoning victim and daughter of a russian spy says she is recovering and his strength is growing day. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching algis there also coming up brazil divided on the fate of former president lula after the supreme court rules he will be sent to prison for corruption. eleven he's american businessman who could have new information about russian interference in the u.s. presidential election and bollywood star is sentenced to five years in jail for poaching in. our top story this hour the woman at the center of a spy poisoning raul which has caused the worst diplomatic crisis between russia and the west since the cold war has spoken out for the first time yulia script paul who was poisoned alongside her double agent father sergey in southern england last month called the whole episode disorientating but said she is recovering and his strength is growing day well it's. first the good news scriptural is on the mend the police in london issued a statement from her in which she said i woke up over a week ago now and i'm glad to say my strengt

. w. and the united states delegation that the russians are stopping the o.p.c. w. from actually going to the site in duma and also the americans are saying that perhaps the russians have already tampered with the area now this is getting pushback of course from moscow the russian foreign ministry and the kremlin both saying that it is groundless say that the russians are stopping this mission the o.p.c. w.'s russian delegation says that actually this is just an effort from the united states to undermine the integrity of the mission before it's even started and of the russian foreign minister says i can guarantee that russia has not tampered with the site his deputy the reactor cough says that it's actually up to the united nations to give the final go ahead for this team to visit duma it's worth also saying i think that you know this is an area doomer that we've been told by the russians for days now is completely under their control and syrian government control that all the terrorists as they put it so being cleared out but we heard on russian news wires earlier on today the f

. announces new sanctions against several russian government officials and companies . and searching for grace's gold why zimbabwean mine is of finding themselves in a legal battle with the former first lady. a come to the program our top story at least eight palestinians were killed on friday after israeli troops fight live ammunition and to gas and protest as a long gaza's border with israel or than one hundred people were injured several of them now in a critical condition so weeks's demonstrations first began to mount palestine's anya landay an act of resistance against israeli occupation and land siege is hard to abdel-hamid has more from gaza. i asked over and over again why are you going there you've seen what happened last week i mean the bullets used by these really high velocity bullets we were in the hospital a few days ago and they're actually the it's not just the wounded they mainly at people nevertheless the many young people said we have nothing to lose at this date one young man was telling me i am sixteen i finished school i dropped out of school because simply it w

we believe it is an effort to conduct their own staged investigations russian officials have worked with the syrian regime we believe to sanitize the locations of those suspected attacks and remove incriminating evidence of chemical weapons use security concerns delayed the inspection a u.n. risk assessment team says it came under fire as a try to clear away for the inspection days later inspectors are still waiting to go in the u.n. says discussions are taking place in damascus to ensure the o.p.c. w team can go in safely and as quickly as possible i think you could understand the ju-ju. the volatility of the situation the dangers involved we don't want to telegraph what will happen but the discussions and planning is ongoing thank you more than forty people were reportedly killed in the alleged attack almost two weeks ago syria and its strongest ally russia have denied the use of chemical weapons they also refute hindering the investigation was going to. its absolute rubbish a lie that russia prevents inspectors from entering duma we don't know what made them think that from the b

to ended last november back to back russian vetoes so that body went away what the u.s. is attempting to do is get a body in place that can both investigate and also apportion responsibility for any such chemical attack now you mentioned the o.p.c. w. the organization for the prevention of chemical weapons they have the effect finding mission that will be investigating the chemical attack alleged chemical attack in go to however important to note that the fact finding mission and the o.p.c. w itself does not have the mandate to account responsibility to say who did it this is something that has always been a problem the o.p.c. w. would refer back to the security council of the security council would then take a decision and vote on it a divided security council very difficult for the council to agree on attribute responsibility in this type of case so this is the important difference between the body that the u.s. is proposing in this coming resolution and the existing functions of the united nations and international protocols for controlling the use of chemical weapons al

the presence of iranian and russian troops complicates the choice of targets there is a real risk of direct confrontation with the russian military. negotiations on the issue of continuum between your audience and the russian federation i've seen all levels military political and governmental level. i. have a conclusion that russia and america fall in themselves in the real deadlock they're facing a dangerous period. begin who are. the so-called de confliction hotline that the u.s. and russian militaries use in syria to prevent a direct clash is being used the kremlin however is not saying what is being discussed we understand that turkey and nato member is acting as a communication channel between the western alliance and russia there are behind the scenes efforts to try to deescalate what is being described as a dangerous crisis a crisis that can lead to a confrontation between the united states and russia as well as a showdown between iran and israel. just days after syria russia and iran accused israel of attacking an airbase in the syrian province of homs iran's top advisor to t

facing the u.s. congress. the tree officials or russian military police have also been deployed to take over security russia says bell and sure there's no one in the town. joining us live from moscow for more on this so what more do we know about how this this deal is going to be implemented. well the deal was basically brokered as far as we know on sunday and it was essentially a surrender deal whereby josh. the groups that it would be occupying this area of east in the last remaining rebel stronghold in this damascus suburb basically agreed with the russians that it was going to evacuate its fighters and families to a part of syria or further north and the deal as it was articulated was that then this part of the country this part of southern syria would be handed over to the syrian government but that it would be russian military police that would be deployed on the ground to keep law and order and that's what's the russians are saying is happening now they say the starting from today thursday russian military police are going to be on the streets of duma and the russian sort of the

. britain and russia trade barbs at a u.n. meeting over the nerve agent attack on a former russian spy. hasn't sake of this is al-jazeera live from doha also coming up brazil's former president is given twenty four hours to turn himself in and start his prison sentence for corruption plus. this journey coming up women are raped at levels that nobody has ever seen before donald trump revives his campaign rhetoric calling mexican immigrants rapists. and a german court rejects an extradition request for collatz put him on and grassley asked the catalan leader bail would soon be freed from jail. you're playing with fire and you'll be sorry the warning to britain by russia's ambassador at the un in a heated security council meeting over the nerve agent attack in southern england at that meeting came only hours after one of the victims a union screen powell spoke publicly for the first time since the poisoning our diplomatic editor james bays reports from the united nations a greeting between the british and russian ambassadors but it was clear when the meeting started that is where the cold

times well and from the russian ambassador at the mill you're afraid in that there was no chemical attack at that syria was not responsible even if there was an attack this is what he had to say the slogan that but there is doña that when you there is no credible confirmation of this our specialists are no traces of toxic substances the residents of duma know nothing about such attack all information about has been provided by anti-government forces who have an interest in such a development of events we have waited justification to believe and information to believe that what took place was a provocation with the participation of certain countries intelligence services would. and certainly a touch of confusion creeping into this ongoing argument with a russian general a senior russian general alleging that yes there was a chemical attack he said but it was not carried out by syria he maintains he quotes witnesses as saying that britain was in some way behind the attack the british ambassador has reacted very very strongly to this calling the allegation bizarre and reiterating tha

decision is washington's uncertainty has allowed syria and the russian allies to move men and machinery and protect important weapon systems and whether any military action would put american troops in syria even greater risk alan fischer al jazeera washington mike hanna has more now from the united nations where a meeting on syria has been held. the security council held a closed door session on syria this called by bolivia to discuss what it called the rising rhetoric however the russian ambassador vasoline the bends here came and spoke to the media after the meeting he said the immediate priority was to avert war when asked whether he meant war between russia and the us this is what he had to say we can look exclude any possibilities unfortunately because we saw with messages that they're coming from washington they were very big because. they know we're hopeful i wish there was work through proper channels of these two virtually any dangerous individuals development. and yet another security council meeting on syria will be taking place friday this has been called by russia which is

this is out of their life and also coming up the daughter of a russian former double agent who was poisoned in the u.k. along with her father has been released from the hospital. china's president sends a veiled message to the u.s. in the latest move to prevent a possible trade war. a former fark rebel leader as arrested on drug smuggling charges in colombia raising concerns about the country's peace process. as president says all options are on the table including military. reaction and response to a suspected chemical attack in syria on saturday british prime minister theresa may in france as men will mock on have echoed similar sentiments saying assad's government and its backers including russia must be held to account for now from our white house correspondent kimberly halkett. u.s. president donald trump says he wants someone to pay for the suspected chemical attack in duma on monday he convened his cabinet to discuss it it was an atrocious attack it was horrible when you are studying that situation extremely closely we are meeting with our military and everybody else. will b

united states is striking at russian president vladimir putin's inner circle with another round of sanctions the hit list includes seven of the country's most influential businessmen white house says it is responding to what he calls an ongoing pattern pattern of harmful behavior is our white house correspondent kimberly how could it. for weeks relations between the united states and russia have been deteriorating but this time for russian president vladimir putin it's personal and friday the administration of u.s. president donald trump announced its third action in as many weeks against key allies of putin including his own son in law what we would like to see is the totality of the russian behavior change the new u.s. sanctions target thirty eight russian entities seven all of guards are named including putin's personal friend oleg deripaska he's the billionaire founder of em group the largest operator of siberian power plants there a pasta made headlines last year for his reported links to paul mann afford trumps former presidential campaign chair seventeen senior russian gover

. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera life and also coming up the daughter of a russian former double agent who was poisoned in the u.k. with her father has been released from the hospital. they arrest of a former far probably her on drug smuggling charges in colombia reignites charged divisions over the country's peace process. and two decades on from the deal which sealed peace in northern ireland serious political divisions from a. u.s. president says he'll make a decision soon on how to respond to a suspected chemical weapons attack in syria donald trump insists all options are on the table including military action dozens of people were killed and on saturday syria's main ally russia denies that ever happened or now from our white house correspondent kimberly. u.s. president donald trump says he wants someone to pay for the suspected chemical attack in duma on monday he convened his cabinet to discuss it it was an atrocious it jack. it was horrible when you are studying that situation extremely closely we are meeting with our military and everybody else. will be making som

of that body ended in november following a series of russian vetoes to extend the mandate so we are going to be hearing very shortly from the u.n. envoy for syria staffan de mistura a long afternoon ahead in the security council it would appear and mike what options are on the table given that this isn't the first time that we've seen this sort of attack allegedly happen. well we've heard from the u.k. ambassador on her way into the security council chambers saying that all options are on the table this is rare coming from the british ambassador she did however stress too that the preference for the u.k. is to get an investigation going and investigation by the p c w and its fact finding mission that would be the first step in the favored step by the u.k. and its allies as well however the you can best said to that she was working closely with the allies on the security council we also heard from the u.s. ambassador awhile back about the possibility of the u.s. taking unilateral action following such a chemical attack that was a statement she made back in march so there are a range

ali refugee camp in uganda a russian ambassador has warned that any u.s. missiles fired into syria would be shot down the russian envoy to lebanon also suggested the launch sites would be targeted the u.s. senate's allies are considering strikes in response to an apparent chemical attack near damascus on saturday which they blamed on syria's government at least forty people were killed in the rebel held town of duma rory chalons has more from moscow and base of leave this ambassador was directly referencing comments that were made by the russian chief of staff gerasim of nearly a month ago when the russians first started warning that they were picking up intelligence that's the united states was planning some kind of false flag operation using the rebels and chemical weapons to basically pin the finger of blame on the assad government and thus justify launching strikes against damascus and its. its facilities so yeah the russians been saying this for some time but when the grass or offer made those comments he also said that there would be a russian response there is a difference t

the that's according to the reuters news agency quotient of russian official well that country's military police have also been deployed security says it will ensure there is no one in the town. previously held by syrian rebels fighting the government it's one of the largest. which has been under siege since two thousand and thirteen. last november the u.n. says eighty thousand civilians fled to government held territory in damascus in march some twenty thousand rebels and civilians have. to rebel territory in the northwestern province of idlib under deals with assad and his ally russia well the syrian regime took control of an agreement with russia and. the deal says only russian military police are allowed to enter the city after the evacuation and not syrian regime forces crossing points will be open to commercial movement as soon as those military police and to the city the agreement is that those who wish to stay in the city will not be prosecuted or forced to serve in the syrian military and the release of all pro-government presidents helped in. so the news that's coming o

the u.s. treasury department announces new sanctions against several russian government government officials and companies are on the wrong. wrong south africa's former president jacob zuma remains defiant outside court after appearing on corruption charges over a multi-billion dollar arms deal. form a south african private a former south korean president park geun hye is found guilty of abuse of power bribery and coercion and sentenced to twenty four years in prison. we begin at the border between gaza and israel where five palestinians have been killed as the israeli army continues to fire live ammunition and tear gas at protesters at least seven hundred eighty palestinians have been injured with seven said to be in a critical condition it's a week since demonstrations first began to mark palestine's annual land day an act of resistance against israeli occupation and land seizures charlotte reports. palestinian words meet israeli bullets in gaza. from behind the border fence israeli snipers have palestinians on these sites they shooting a guest in life fire and rubber bullets. bu