for their safety and security. police investigating the murder of a businessman in london have begun contacting other russian exiles in britain to discuss their personal safety. a man's been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women were shot dead at a house in st leonards in east sussex. the beast is back for a brief visit. forecasters say snow could cause problems in large parts of the uk this weekend. also in the next hour: could it be an irish dream on st patrick's day at twickenham? they need to beat england this afternoon to achieve just their third ever grand slam. and in half an hour here on bbc news, the travel show meets the woman who lives all alone, in the smallest town in america. good morning and welcome to bbc news. russia has announced it will expel 23 british diplomats from moscow in retaliation for london's actions, following the nerve agent attack in salisbury on a former russian spy and his daughter. the announcement came after the uk ambassador was summoned to a meeting at the russian foreign ministry in moscow, they confirmed in a statement that 23 british

death of another russian exile in london — they say there is nothing to link it to the poisoning in salisbury. police activity continues here at the home here in new malden after what was initially called an unexplained death has now been labelled a murder. an 18—year—old is convicted of attempted murder following a tube bombing in west london — it's emerged ahmed hassan was on the government's anti—radicalisation programme, prevent. is the beast back? snow, high winds and sub—zero temperatures could mean disruption in parts of east and northern england, especially. the former south african president, jacob zuma, is to stand trial on 16 charges of corruption in connection with an arms deal. also this hour... rescuers in miami say there are no more survivors following yesterday's bridge collapse. at least six people died. authorities now say the focus is on recovering bodies buried beneath the rubble. and this time lara croft returns to the big screen, find out what we thought of that as well as all of the other top cinema releases. that is in the film review... good evenin

another russian exile is targeted in london — police say there is nothing yet to link his death to the attack on sergei skripal. police respond to a shooting east sussex tonight — the iraqi teenager, found guilty of the parsons green tube bombing, was on the government's anti—radicalisation programme at the time. and on newsnight, it's been britain versus russia this week. so is it a problem that this country has long welcomed many wealthy russians to london, including friends of putin? we'll ask, what is it that first attracted us to the oligarch billionaires? good evening and welcome to bbc news. a man has been arrested tonight following a shooting at st leonards on sea near hastings. natalie graham is in st leonards—on—sea for us. tell us more about what has been happening. this has been the scene ofa happening. this has been the scene of a major police operation, it all began about 730 when there were reports of a double shooting at a property just down the reports of a double shooting at a propertyjust down the road in st leonards. this is the main coastal road in this par

conversation with the mayor of london sadiq khan on his rocky relationship with president trump, the problem with populism and why he's come to america with a word of warning for big tech. ♪ >>> "amanpour" on pbs was made possible by the generous support of rosalind p. walter. >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in new york. still no word from north korea about the potentially historic meeting between kim jong-un and president trump. three days after trump accepted kim's invitation which came through south korean officials. seoul says pyongyang's radio silence probably means it's approaching this matter with caution, but if the summit does happen by the end of may north korea is bound to be looking closely if mr. trump abandons the iran nuclear deal which he calls a disaster as a way to test the water before it jumps into any kind of nuclear talks. i'm speaking with wendy sherman, the lead u.s. negotiator on the iran deal for president obama and the special north korea adviser under the clinton administration. and she joined me from london. wendy

based in the london bureau started digging into something called libor. it's an acronym that stands for the london interbank offer rate, and most people have never heard of it, but it's really important. [audio difficulty] it's the thing that determines the interest rates that many of us pay on our mortgage, our credit card loans, auto loans, student loans. it's what determines the interest rates you pay if you're a big company and you borrow money in the bond market. it's the interest rate you way if you're a town or a city that borrows money. so this is -- it's often referred to as the world's most important number, and it touches trillions and trillions of dollars of financial contracts all over the world. it's a big number. libor's set every today around lunchtime in london by a group of the world's biggest banks. and it's done in a way that, with the benefit of hindsight, seems really arbitrary and inefficient and kind of stupid, but it made a lot of sense at the time. basically, each bank estimates theoretically how much it would cost them to borrow money from another bank. and th

started because he failed to see that the mural in east london was anti—semitic and it plainly is. it is nothing to do with israel. that is what christine shawcross said. she didn't even see the pace will post that was involved. —— facebook post. the pace will post that was involved. -- facebook post. having said that, there was a piece in the times, they have done their own poll where 80% jeremy times, they have done their own poll where 80%jeremy corbyn is the greatest thing since plastic rain wear. the headlines continued. they refer to this as a so—called hate factory. both john and i are somewhat sceptical about this. i don't think it is a strong storage in the sunday times. it is a story about 12 senior staff working for aid jeremy corbyn who are apparently members of groups on facebook who are responsible for terrible anti—semitic and misogynistic, violent and abusive comments. as far as we can see, no evidence that those 12 members have done it, no evidence thatjeremy corbyn knew about this or condone this in any way and yet we have a headline that exposes his hate fac

. but of course what you ought to be implying as a result of this is to cut off the city of london, the property market and financial system generally to dirty russian money and that is something they don't want to do, because... so this political model that britain is following, are they enjoying it by the sound of it? i think particularly borisjohnson as foreign secretary and gavin williamson ‘s coming out with these sententious things, if the worst we can do if we we have had a chemical weapons attack on our soil was to push out press releases and make statements either on our own with our allies... this is kind of about testing in britain and those kinds of things. absolutely, that is exactly right. what the russians are trying to do is use our western free societies as a means of undercutting our societies and they have mostly succeeded. is this to strengthen his power domestically? to divide and rule? i think it is both of those things. it is to distract domestic russian attention from the failures of the russian economy and the failures of domestic governance in russia and also

key london based even urging market index. also coming up a haven if it weren't for all the tourists now authorities in thailand say they have had enough shutting down the country's most famous big. this is the w. business live from berlin i am going to head off as welcome for twelve months time today britain will formally leave the european union there will be a transition period sure bus day will be out while many welcome it more of worried about the economic consequences because the numbers are not in favor of britain leaving the e.u. as a closer look last year the euro zone's economy expanded more than two percent but in the u.k. g.d.p. rose just one and a half percent this year british economic growth is expected to slow even further that we can economic outlook is also weighing on the currency the pound it's velo value has dropped fifteen percent since the briggs's referendum of june twenty sixth seen week a currency makes exports more competitive but imports more expensive and that has an impact on inflation which has risen more than three percent its highest point in five yea

operating in the area. coming up, we will discuss how london's top officials are luring big tech to the city despite brexit. that is next. if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio, listen on bloomberg radio app, and on sirius xm in the u.s.. this is bloomberg. ♪ planning to sell off telecom powers in france and portugal, the company is targeting 13,000 tower sites into countries in the first half of this year to dispose of assets and cut debt. the portfolio is the largest .ver come up for sale in europe the company announced it has begun exclusive talks to sell its international wholesale voice to your business in france, portugal, and the dominican republic. record levelscted of investment for venture capital last year to help fuel its tech economy, and its leaders are hoping that 2018 builds on that. just last week, the london mayor spoke at sxsw to outline his ambitions to make his city a global tech hub and let's get to caroline hyde in london for more on how london is bringing in big tech. thank you very much, and i will speak to the man whose job is to do just that.

into the death of another russian exile in london, they say there is nothing to link this to the poisoning in salisbury. an 18—year—old is convicted of attempted murder following the tube bombing in west london. ahmed hassan was on the government's anti—radicalisation programme, prevent. on the face of it, he was engaged in the programme but coming back to his devious nature, he kept it very secretive nature to what he was planning as nobody around jim knew what his plot was. is the beast back? — snow, high winds and sub—zero temperatures could mean disruption for travellers. also this hour — rescuers in miami say there are no more survivors following yesterday's bridge collapse. at least six people died. authorities say the focus is on recovering bodies buried beneath the rubble. and in 30 minutes... the right road ahead? the transport secretary and sister will checks at dover after brexit. inside out south—east asks how the plans stack up... —— insists there will be no border checks. —— insists there will be no border checks. a murder inquiry has been laun

death of a russian exile in london counterterrorism police are looking into the incident they do not believe that it's linked to last week's nerve agent attack on a former russian spy the body was found in a suburb of southwest london the british media have identified the man as nikolai glues called he was a former associate of russian oligarch borza barrows off city who himself died in mysterious circumstances at his home near london five years ago. they joining us now from london is our correspondent of it so good evening to you tess so so what do we know so far about the investigation into coffs death so he has been found yes of the night probably by its doctor but these requests have not been confirmed there was a report that he had traces of strangulation on his neck and that even the name has to now not been consent police so we have to wait in the met and requests of needless to say that he lived a very quiet life it was nice he came back two weeks ago from an operation on his leg with an kratos so he didn't seem to have the easiest periods of his life but right now. i'm tell

joined by michael hughes who's the senior economist at sea of humanity in london michael welcome to the show one year of the triggering article fifteen what can we say of how briggs it is already affecting the u.k. economy well you summed up the numbers quite nicely just a few a few minutes ago gephardt and you talked about the fact that the european economy without the forms u.k. economy and that is only true. contrary to the predictions of doom and gloom the work came out the fall the brics referendum economic growth actually hasn't been that bad and let's not forget here that the u.k. economy has expanded for twenty consecutive quarters it's been expanding since two thousand and twelve the economic recovery here is much more mature than say for example the economic recovery in europe so i think we are slightly ahead of you in the economic cycle which would i think reinforce the reasons i think why the european economy is probably growing at a faster right but certainly i think there are there are obviously negatives inflation you mentioned it is slightly higher it has pressed down on

was granted a stay of execution. and as break that news london face it could lose its top creative talent. base is your business update on how to humphrey invited good to have you with us as promised u.s. president donald trump has slapped tariffs on china in response to a trade deficit which he has termed out of control and allegations of industrial scale intellectual property theft the levies on steel an ottoman image you to come into force tomorrow meanwhile the european union and six other countries have been spared the same fate for now at least they have been granted temporary exemptions u.s. trade representative robert light told a senate panel that trump has authorized a quote pools in the tariffs while talks are underway to find a more permanent solution argentina australia brazil canada mexico and south korea will also be exempt from the twenty five percent tariffs on steel imports and ten percent tariffs on the menu. while the same cannot be said for china the world's second largest economies facing levies on products coming into the united states worth up to sixty billi

the death of another russian exile in london. police are guarding his house. they say there is nothing to link his death to the poisoning of the former russian spy, sergei skripal. with mr skripal and his daughter still critical in hospital, the foreign secretary blames vladimir putin for the attack. our quarrel is with putin's kremlin and with his decision. we think it overwhelmingly likely it was his decision. cunning and devious — how police describe the 18—year—old convicted of attempted murder, following the london tube bombing. it's emerged ahmed hassan was on the government's anti—radicalisation programme at the time. former south african president jacob zuma is to stand trial on 16 charges of corruption, in connection with an arms deal. biting back at britain — warnings over snow and high winds as freezing temperatures return. also this hour, rescuers in miami say there are no more survivors following yesterday's bridge collapse. the authorities now say the focus is on recovering bodies. and footage is released of the first polar bear to be born in british cap

this is business live from bbc news with rachel home and david eades. leaving london — consumer goods giant unilever says it's moving to a single headquarters in the netherlands. live from london, that's our top story on thursday, 15th march. love it or hate it, the maker of marmite and dove soap says the decision wasn't made because of brexit but out of a need to simplify the business. also in the programme... counting on kudlow. us president donald trump brings in a tv commentator as a top economics advisor. on the markets, europe is open and rising, as expected, albeit cautiously. and the oscar goes to... the man who'll be giving us the inside track on special effects. bladerunner 2049 won the academy award so we'll speak to the company behind the silver screen magic. also the question for you, we want to know, does it bother you there are plastic particles in your bottles of water? let us know. just use #bbcbizlive. would you buy that water? hello and welcome to business live. unilever, which is one of the world's biggest consumer goods manufacturers, says it's abandoning it

death of another russian in the u.k. earlier this week business was found dead in london on monday police have confirmed the cause of death was compression to the neck was a close associate of prominent bhushan opponent boris berezovsky who was found dead in the u.k. in two thousand and thirteen tens of thousands of slovak ins have turned out in the capital bratislava to demand early elections they are angry at the failure of political leaders to address high level corruption slovakia's prime minister abbott feet so resigned on thursday following the killing of journalist young could siac that's it for myself and the team here in london counting the cost is next. al jazeera. where ever you. alone has a secret this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week are all knowing russians getting all they bargained for as putin heads for reelection. also this week saudi aramco puts its i.p.o. on ice and keeps the financial world guessing about the fate of the world's biggest stock market listing. plus open for business the push to r

a speech in london this afternoon. our economics editor kamal ahmed is here. an important part of the economy, of course. absolutely, so a big issue for us these brexit negotiations will be financial services. they employ over 2 million people across the uk, not just employ over 2 million people across the uk, notjust in london, and we have a trade surplus with the eu with about £20 billion a year so, for us, it is a very important part of the brexit negotiation. philip hammond this afternoon is likely to say that any free—trade deal should include a good deal on financial services, maintaining access between the eu and britain. so far, the european commission has been pretty negative on this idea. michel barnier, the chief brexit negotiator for the commission, has said there has never been a free—trade deal including financial services done by the eu with a third country, which is what we will be. butternut donald tusk press conference we have just seen tusk press conference we have just seen that norman was talking about, he did say that a free—trade deal would look at al

retailers . and british dutch giant you know libor shut down the london head office operation informing urged h.q. in the netherlands we ask you britons to play. turkey says it may not hand back the city of afraid to the syrian government once its military operation there is over the turkish government says it expects to clear afraid of kurdish fighters very soon thousands of civilians are leaving the city after turkish troops and free syrian army fighters encircled the city turkey launched the military assault in january to clear syrian kurdish forces that control the region get more now from alan fischer who's live from gaza on the turkey syria border what type of pushback might turkey expect from from this destruct liberation. well this is certainly a step away from previous turkish positions they've always said that they recognize the syria as syrian sovereign territory they insisted that this was just a security operation the intention was to push the country militia the y. p.g. east of the year free t. as well away from their border now is perhaps the syrian government have got ot

at his home near london on monday — he had been a critic of vladimir putin. in a separate development, the british foreign secretary accuses president putin of being behind the recent nerve agent attack in the uk. we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the uk, the streets of europe, for the first time since the second world war. it's emerged that an iraqi teenager found guilty of a tube train bombing in west london, was on the uk government's anti—radicalisation we look at how people are being punished for bad behaviour. hello and welcome to bbc world news. police here in the uk are treating as murder the death in london of a russian exile and businessman. nikolai glushkov, who was 68, was found dead at his home on monday. a postmortem concluded he'd suffered ‘compression of the neck‘, suggesting he'd been strangled. his death comes just a week after the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury. police say there's no evidence at the moment to link the two cases. it comes as the britis

diplomats in london followed from the diplomatic standoff. as russia demands proof or an apology the british military is carrying out forensic tests on the car used by sergei st paul's daughter after she came from moscow to earlier this month. hours after yulia st paul arrived in south bree she was found unconscious on this bench alongside her father scientists at this bio chemical weapons facility say they were poisoned with a nerve agent know the chop this finding is now central in britain's case against russia but a direct link to putin remains elusive. correspondence on a number of us sat down with british foreign minister boris johnson you have any solid evidence that putin directly ordered it because what he said is the most direct accusation of russia's lead that ever somebody has to be responsible somebody has to be accountable and we in the u.k. think that the. evidence points the evidence for culpability points to the russian state and as it did in the case of alexander litvinenko when you remember the trail of polonium led back very clearly to the russian state and in the

london fears it could be left behind when it comes to attracting creativity and finding the right place to install solar panels can also be a challenge well japan may have the answer. this is a business i'm christopher welcome to the european union expects presidents from to announce that the bloc will be exempted from fresh tariffs on steel and aluminum that's according to the european commission earlier germany's economy minister peter altmire had voiced similar hopes he and the e.u. is trade commissioner had to travel to washington earlier in the week to make the case for e.u. steel producers the white house has said the terrorists will take effect beginning friday. and it's not just u.s. allies in europe that are on the edge of their seats over the threat a few are just arabs the united states is expected to announce hefty penalty charges against chinese goods as punishment for allegedly stealing intellectual property of u.s. companies all told the tariffs could affect up to sixty billion dollars of chinese exports every year beijing is bracing for an announcement from u.s. pr

conversation with london's mayor. his message to uber. and bloomberg technology is livestreaming on twitter. check us out at 5:00 p.m. in new york in 2:00 p.m. in san francisco. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: sxsw is in full swing, attending the tech conference as the mayor of london drums of business for his city. he had stern words for companies like uber, saying they have to play by the rules if they want to do business in london both. they also explained why london is the place to be when it comes to technology. sadiq khan: there are a number of reasons why startups, tech giants come to london. one of the main reasons is access to talent. we are invested in the next generation and have the skills for the jobs of tomorrow. second is the capital. london is the cultural capital of the country, political capital and financial capital. thirdly, our ecosystem. the proximity of culture, creativity and tech, politics, politicians, regulators and finance means -- explains why 40% of the world's companies have the european headquarters in london. 40%, number two by the way, is paris with 8%. so, l

allegations was found strangled in his home in london these attacks are both a chilling echo of the murder of alexander litvinenko in two thousand and six the russian spy was considered a traitor after settling with his family in britain he too was poisoned our reporter met with his widow who talked about how other exiled russians now fear for their safety. it's a difficult time to be a russian exile in london marina litvinenko is a critic of the kremlin her husband alexander was killed in london by russian agents and now another friend of hers has been murdered. is a person i knew very well and. i just can't just believe . who wanted his this and why he was killed. off was a russian businessman who's fallen out with the kremlin now police are investigating who killed him in his house in south london. litvinenko shows us a list on the website of the russian embassy in london the kremlin had accused of fraud and wanted him to be tried in russia. and they gave a list the names of people who they want to be extradited and that's just list. of it's a leg humor but with all this what we

toll on the health service and other bodies. sayrts from london meantime the saudi aramco ipo is unlikely to go ahead this year. the financial times say u.k. officials were told by their counterparts during the visit of crown prince mohammed. he said london remains in the race to host the international portion of that listing but riyadh have yet to make a decision. the timing of the ipo is unimportant they say. >> i don't believe we are heading any deadlines, and as far as i am concerned, between december 31 and january 1, there is no value loss for the kingdom. line,on't see that pushing that line you referred to as being significant in the decision-making process. ramy: elon musk set a space exploration market aimed at mars could make short test flights as early as next year but admitted his forecast on project completion times are sometimes overly optimistic. last year he announced spacex was designing a market -- a rocket that could travel anywhere on earth in an hour which would be the basis of a mission to moon and mars. the debut of black panther in china has now pushed th

financial markets. live from london, that's our top story on wednesday 7th march. mr cohn has been seen as a moderate voice in the white house, so his departure has dealt a big blow to business leaders hoping to prevent the us president igniting a global trade war. also in the programme.... harleys, levi's and bourbon — why the european union is targeting classic american goods as it prepares to retaliate against those us tariffs. and all that makes investors nervous. in asia markets dropped sharply and this is how europe has opened. and we'll be getting the inside track on the start—up siblings who made it big — you may not have heard of the collison brothers but their payments technology has made them billions — they are now among the youngest self—made billionaires in the world. also tomorrow is international women's day and to mark the occasion mattel has launched a new set of barbie dolls — this one behind me is nicola adams the olympic boxing champion. nicola says she is honoured. so we want to know who would you nominate for your barbie role—model? let us know.

from london to rotterdam and this comes at a crucial point and the u.k.'s brics it negotiations plus. i'm andrew thomas at the opening of sydney's b.n. ali this is the first ever to have an altruistic director i'll be explaining why significant what you say is about rule to change its. society. britain russia have exchanged strong words at the un security council is the u.k. accused moscow of poisoning a former russian spy and his daughter in england but received support from its allies on the council including the u.s. its ambassador to the u.n. called the suspected attack a defining moment emergency meeting came just hours after britain's prime minister theresa may expel twenty three russian diplomats the biggest expulsion since the cold war christen salome has more from the united nations headquarters in new york . the united kingdom laid out its case for blaming the russians and got full throated support from its strongest allies on the council including the united states france and sweden other council members were reluctant to point the fingers at russia but expressed thei

. hi and welcome back to sara's music today we're at the barbican center in the heart of london and as part of the sound unbound festival this weekend every corner of this huge building is full of music and other really cool events. this is the main consequence of the boppin center and the home of the wonderful london symphony orchestra to start off the festival they are treating us to some john williams. huge we have a fantastic bird's eye view over the lake fired up here i love it as head of music of the papa kid what is the idea behind this weekend's assign them bound is a weekend of sixty call to over four hundred fifty performers and then on to the weekend is really about shine people that classical music has my boundaries it is limitless i'm really the something for everyone so often there are so different calls it's going on at once and people have to make choices and they have to choose their journeys and everyone is having their own individual experience of this everyone is taking the own journey through this and this was incredibly exciting for us and i saw a tweet cooling

sector. emily: coming up, our conversation with london's mayor about sxsw and his message to uber. bloombergsten on the . this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: whatsapp is throwing a new curveball into india's market. they are launching a new payment service where users can transfer money together. fire after the paper currency disrupted markets. india's payment markets could be worth $1 trillion in five years. in the u.s., sxsw was in full swing. they attended a conference in austin, texas. the mayor of london attended to drum up business for his city. speaking to bloomberg, con had stern words for companies like uber, saying they had to play by the rules if they want to do business in london. the mayor also explained why london is the place to be for technology. >> there are a number of reasons why tech companies and startups and tech giants come to london. the main reasons are access to talent. we have a talented population in london. we are investing in the next generation to have the skills for tomorrow. second is the capital. london is a place to come to an it is the political c

russia was behind the poisoning of double agent so to get a script out in the u.k. it takes london's claims at face value. when the u.k. tells us that they have proof that they know russia was responsible we have every reason to believe. there are other groups there i have i've not personally seen there were of them. where you can go to follow on those latest headlines up next to cross talk examines whether donald trump's cabinet is readying a war with iran. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle there is an issue probably the only issue that unite. many of the most powerful individuals surrounding donald trump and the issue his hostility directed at iran there is every reason to believe these same people will translate their hostility into action even military action the war cabinet is mobilizing. across talking trumps war cabinet i'm joined by my guest russian mohammad ali in london he is a journalist and documentary maker with press t.v. also in london we have some a humvee he is editor in chief of the international interest as well as a geo

from london and joins us hi barbara i there have been some developments in the story tell us more. well we now know that it was the alleged spy and his daughter were who are pretty in critical condition also they are still in hospital. trying to find out what it is that poisoned them apparently what is the substance that made them so critically ill this is of course crucial for them to find out if there is any treatment for them we also know that two police officers had also been admitted to hospital they are now apparently out of hospital and the police told to saying that that the general public is apparently not not harmed. and who is. this a former russian agent. so from all we know he is somebody that used to spy for the he used to work for the russian intelligence services but was then but was then imprisoned for spying for britain he was then in a sort of cold war style prisoner swap exchanged and was subsequently since two thousand and ten living here in the u.k. apparently from media reports with his wife and also with his daughter now they're also meet new media reports were s

very latest let's bring in our correspondents bigot mohsin london the air until tonight in moscow berger let's start with you tell us what you can about what happened to the former russian spy and the woman he was with on that park bench in salzburg. the police haven't really released any more information but what we know is that they're treating the whole case with most caution while they're saying that it's not a terrorist incident they also for more information from members of the public to come forward and the general way that this case is handled with all the workers who are dealing with a cell wearing protective a uniform in many places within the city center and salisbury where this incident happen are cordoned off it really reminds you of the case. who was a russian spy and who was killed on british soil so so uppermost precaution at this point in time. you now aaron in law what can you tell us about sergei screen this former russian agent who has fallen ill and. well what we know about second st paul so far is that back in two thousand and four he was arrested by the f.s.

sharanjit leyl in london. stephen hawking, who's died at the age of 76. what's in our bottled water? brands. good morning. glad you could join us. of a nerve agent to poison a russian spy and his daughter. russia was to blame. to parliament to say what she planned to do about it. it's the most dramatic action against moscow in thirty years. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. to provide an explanation. for the gravity of these events. with no new answers. since the cold war. in europe with sarcasm, contempt and defiance. murder of mr skripal and his daughter. against the united kingdom. so the uk will retaliate. who have been identified as undeclared intelligence officers. they have just one week to leave. norjust an act against uk. on which we and our international partners depend. of the royal family will go to the world cup. with possible new laws to crack down on hostile states. to accept the culpability of the russian state. and based on clear evidence. in dorset today, the lorry that removed the skripals' car, seized. were found, still sealed off. in a diplomatic t

and london. correspondent emily a show and joins us from moscow welcome both we'll start with you quentin pale who are these twenty three people that mrs may is kicking out well we haven't had a precise list yet as she said they are under cleared intelligence agents and i'm a little surprised if you like that the list is so short that i think that the staff at the russian embassy is probably in the order. and i would think the geography of those would have links to russian intelligence services so i think she could have been tougher but as it is it certainly tended to be a big gesture i only fear for her sake it's not going to look quite as strong as she wishes it to i why why would it why we might effect be weakened. well. they've been building up expectations in britain ever since these poisonings happened and the media year is in full cry in the expectation of sort of drastic should clearly the russia today television channel is one suggestion and maybe a really radical plan on all the russian money laundering that has been going on through the city of london for years well it'

let's get the very latest on the story now with our correspondents beth moss in london and erin tilton in moscow good to see both but let's start with you or tell us more about what has happened to this a former russian spy and the woman that he was with on that park bench and solsbury . well we know that the police are treating this very seriously and although they are saying it's this point in time not a terrorism incident they also appearing to the public to come forward with information and everything is sealed off basically it reminds people here in the u.k. of what happened in london with alexander litvinenko this other perilous being drawn somebody kremlin critic who was poisoned here here in london and at this point in time there is no official of official analogy or the police are not saying that it's got anything to do with russia or you know the that is something that they could link the kremlin to but of course this is what people will be wanting to find out more about you know people are speculating indeed berkut erin coming to you we saw a report a little bit about this f

again we've got a former spy critically ill this evening let's go over to london now to our correspondent bearded maass bigots we want to start with you but i am being told that the the press conference is starting now so let's go in and listen to them. and good evening ladies and gentlemen on ten persistent chief constable craig holden. gets the afternoon approximately a full fifteen pm will shipley's received a call from a member of the public who is concerned for the welfare of two people. the two people among a sixty six and a thirty three year old woman were found unconscious in a bench in the multi-user of souls which city center. police officers as well as colleagues from the ambulance and fire services attended the scene and coatings were put in place. the pair who we believe are known to each other did not have any visible injuries and were taken to salzburg just ticks hospital. they are currently being treated for suspected exposure to an unknown substance. both are currently in a critical condition in intensive care. because we are still in the very early stages o

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in milder air and by the end of the night, ten, 11 degrees in cardiff and london but cold in scotland and cold enough for pockets of frost. as far as the weekend goes, you will see spells of rain, turning milder as the weekend goes on. brisk winds, particularly on saturday and often a lot of cloud in the sky. saturday looks like this. rain pushing across northern england and into northern ireland and scotland. there could be snow across higher parts of scotland but as the milder air works in, snow will turn back to rain. rain across wales in south—west england, perhaps lingering into the first part of the afternoon. it will be cloudy, but on the mild side, particularly eastern england where it could reach 15 celsius. another band of rain moving get across southern counties of england could be heavy, with under mixed in perhaps. and rain not far from the east coast. further north west, lighter winds, more from the east coast. further north west, lighterwinds, more sunshine. that is the latest weather. that is all. so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc

trumps war cabinet i'm joined by my guest russian mohammad ali in london he is a journalist and documentary maker with press t.v. also in london we have some a humvee he is editor in chief of the international interest as well as a geo political risk consultant and in los angeles we cross to john rainwater he is executive director of peace action. in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate russian let me go to you first in london we have mr bolton coming in as a national security advisor to donald trump we have pale leaving the cia going into the state department and there are others in the around trumpet have an intense intense hostility towards iran we also know that a. little bit a year ago we had bolton addressing would be. possessors of power after there is forced regime change and by the end of two thousand and nineteen it's very public and we can talk about those people who are what is your are you concerned that there is a concern. planning effort for a significant action against iran including military go ahead rochelle in london it's

pakistan at nine, america 18, london 30, and back to pakistan about nine years ago. and along the way i have become ago. and along the way i have become a mixture of things. sol ago. and along the way i have become a mixture of things. so i can't think of myself as just pakistani or just british orjust american. i am a mixed up kind of creature, a hybrid. and that is what i mean by mongrel. it's a term that we tend to think of as kind of negative. yes, i mean, do you wear that badge with pride? i do, i think mean, do you wear that badge with pride? i do, ithink that is something we should all wear with pride, because everyone is a mongrel, actually. we are descended from all sorts of people, and we have travelled and we have mixed throughout ancestry, but also in our own lives. but it is such an interesting statement, everybody is a mongrel. because of course, most people don't want to think of themselves as mongrel. indeed, the notion of longing, having a clear identity, having a group, a tribe that is yours, that is something that is yours, that is something that seems today, and th

what ken livingstone said on this. we have the ex—mp tristram hunt calling for the london mayor and david miliband to launch a new party. the journalist, who i respect, ran a piece saying that in his view this could be the end of jeremy corbyn and the labour party as we know it. but set against that as we know it. but set against that a poll in the times said 80% of labour party supporters backjeremy corbyn and think he has handled the situation well. eddie izzard is a great supporter ofjeremy corbyn, i was looking back to comments he made on the today programme in on, at the time that the nec were voting, he saidi time that the nec were voting, he said i would urge the labour party to keep their eyes on the general election. he is not a huge supporter ofjeremy corbyn. that is why he wasn't elected, because he was on the the momentum slate, which organised jeremy corbyn‘s supporters to get them on to the nec. so so jeremy corbyn didn't want him. and now they have got him. now, the next story, i was looking atjeremy corbyn‘s twitter feed tonight seeing if there was any reaction t

london? it's been controversial but from tomorrow the video assistant referee could be here to stay on the biggest stage — we'll explain why. and katarina johnson thompson goes for gold at the world indoor championships in birmingham. stories when we and more success for britain at the track cycleling. good evening, plenty to come, including news on sir mo farah‘s future plans, but we start with the club farah is so fond of — arsenal. because it's been a terrible week for the north london club — back to back defeats to manchester city in the efl cup final and the premier league mean questions are once again being asked over the future of manager arsene wenger. patrick gearey looks at what's been another difficult season so far. arsenal's seasons seems stuck on a loop. for the second time in five days it was manchester city for the second time in five days it was 3—0. the sight, the feelings, the noises echo. especially in a half empty stadium. arsenal have lost seven matches since the start of this year. they are 30 points behind city in the league. the manager says the pr

russian government. police investigating the murder of a businessman in london have begun contacting other russian exiles in britain to discuss their personal safety. a man's been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women were shot dead at a house in st leonards in east sussex. the beast from the east makes a brief return. amber weather warnings are in place for large parts of the uk. also in the next hour: ireland are on the brink of a bit of rugby history. a win against england at twickenham would secure what would be only their third ever grand slam. they lead by m points to seven. and in half an hour dateline london takes a look at russia's presidential election, and considers what impact another six years of vladimir putin in the kremlin would have. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. russia says it will expel 23 british diplomats. the move is one of the measures in response to britain's decision to throw out the same number of russian officials following the nerve agent attack in salisbury. theresa may says russia's response doesn't change the facts of what

the london based colleagues here he wants to talk about the technological revolution vestment in london so i'll stay in where would you take us and that is very high tech. including pilots in. vehicles said you can part of the times vehicles are a good thing to pilot but we don't. and so. because it's very exciting in the underground the cheap system the. situation where you can use qantas payments are critical to get from cash but also their apps you can see your journey time you can plan your journey there as you can get across our city this year will be. across london you have to monitor the quality very different parts of the city and i could go on and give you a challenge. he. has a challenge. to his radically changing the way that cities won but despite all this change the way that we plan cities hasn't changed much in the last hundred years and the only way to actually effect that people. are emerging twenty first century city just east twenty first century tools tools like artificial intelligence makes reality sensors instead of things only using. it to plan a system whic

russian businessman in london contact other exiles in britain to discuss their personal safety. us authorities investigate reports that information from millions of facebook users was access by a data company. also in the next hour — beware the snow and ice of march. many areas of britain are hit by another wave of winter weather — with amber warnings in place. and in rugby — ireland beat england at twickenham and complete the grand slam for only the third time in their history. good evening and welcome to bbc news. russia says it will expel 23 british diplomats, in retaliation for the uk's decision to throw out a similar number of russians because of the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the kremlin also said it would close the the british council, which promotes cultural ties — and the british consulate in st petersburg. theresa may says russia's response doesn't change the facts of what happened. our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford reports. moscow took its time to respond. three days after london announced the expulsion of russian diplomats, britain's ambassador her