reporting facts. russian foreign minister said russia will close the u.s. consulate in st. -- st. persian. -- st. petersburg. >> there are two purposes for these areas. the government to government exchanges, they are typically in the nation's capital. when look at st. petersburg and other places in russia, you're really talking about business commercial. will it be a detriment to commerce and russia? absolutely. if i were american going to be a vacation to st. petersburg and the consulate was closed and i didn't have the kind of capability if something goes wrong, i would think again about taking that vacation. that's exactly what's going to happen. russia is going to lose business including the tourist business in massive amounts as a result. most people that we're kicking out are spies, we already knew it. >> that's interesting. what does this do for keep track. our people are doing important work too. they're keeping eye on some things. i don't know how much access they have information in russia. they tend to kill their journalists over there. we do need some eyes on the ground there. what does this do for our a

country is dispelling 60 russian diplomats enclosing the american consulate in st. petersburg. we have reaction for moscow and washinington. tears of joy, on a return to pakistan. the nobel prize e winner says it is a dream to come bacack for te first time since s she was a by the taliban in 2012. >> absolute. it hurts. brent: australia's band cricket captain accepts the blame for a scandal that has shaken the world of cricket. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it is good to have you with us. tonight, the long-awaited strike back from russia. moscow says iy is -- it is expelling 60 diplomats enclosing the u.s. consulate in saint petersburg. the move is a tit-for-tat response to washington's move to expel russian diplomats. it all follows the poisoning of a former russian spy on british soil. authorities in the u.k. say the victims were poisoned at their home using a nerve agent, and that moscow was behind the attack. the kremlin has strongly rejected any involvement. i want to go now to yuri, our moscow bureau chief. good evening, yuri. why did moscow tuesday consulate in st. petersburg to cl

closing america's consulate in st petersburg for bringing a reaction from washington and moscow also coming up a homecoming it brings tears of joy as malala yousafzai returns to pakistan the nobel peace prize winner says it's a dream to come back for the first time since she was shot on a school bus. back in two thousand and twelve. it's good to have you with us tonight the long awaited strike back russia says it will expel sixty u.s. diplomats and close the u.s. consulate in st petersburg the move is a tit for tat response to washington's decision to expel russian diplomats that's following the poisoning of a former russian spy. paul and his daughter on british soil the authorities there say the script holes were poisoned at their home using a nerve agent called novacek and that moscow was behind the attack the kremlin has strongly rejected that allegation. i want to go now to yuri rachet a our moscow bureau chief good evening to you yuri so why did moscow choose the consulate in st petersburg to close. well some because brooke it is the second capital of russia the u.s. consulate t

expelling sixty u.s. diplomats and closing america's consulate in st petersburg we'll bring you reaction from washington and moscow also coming up tears of joy for him along the yousafzai as she returns to pakistan the nobel peace prize winner says it's a dream to come back for the first time since she was shot by the taliban in two thousand and twelve and. i'm sorry in an absolutely fit the state of. israel years band of cricket captain steve smith excepts the blame for a ball tampering scandal that has shaken the world of cricket. golf it's good to have you with us tonight russia is striking back exactly as expected the kremlin expelling u.s. diplomats and closing the u.s. consulate in st petersburg the move mirrors washington's expulsion of russian diplomats following the poisoning of former russian spy sergei script all and his daughter in britain british prime minister to resign may and much of the west now. say that moscow was behind the poisoning the kremlin denies. moscow hit back with a simple tit for tat sixty u.s. diplomats are to be expelled from russia matching the

st petersburg and the british council which promotes uk culture abroad will now be forced to end all activity in russia. moscow says the language coming out of london was a factor in deciding what sanctions to announce. translation: the british prime minister insults us and threatens us. her foreign and defence secretaries insult us. they talk to russia as if they are drunk in a pub. so what the uk got from us today is the result of this loutishness and their groundless accusations. not so, said theresa may. russia's response does not change the facts of the matter. the attempted assassination of two people on british soil, for which there was no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable. relations between moscow and london have not been this fractured since the cold war. the expulsion of 23 british diplomats, that was expected. that is traditional tit—for—tat. but the shutting down of the consulate and the activities of the british council, that feels like a challenge to the british government. and the russians have said that if britain responds w

diplomatic expulsions sixty u.s. envoys were told to leave the country and the consulate in st petersburg is being shut down while schools also demanding access to u.v. a script paul was poisoned in the u.k. together with her fall there are former russian double agents or russia's relations with the west on a downward spiral. also coming up german arms makers fueling the bloodshed in yemen loopholes allow subsidiaries of german defense contractors to directly supply munitions and entire weapons factories to the saudi led coalition. in saudi arabia looking out the latest reforms announced by the conservative kingdom of the country's leaders more in tune with people. on the secrets to life long loan for couples talk about what kept their romance going for over five decades and a new german documentary that's just had its premiere on the big screen. hello i'm terry marchin good to have you with us. russia has responded to it for tact in the ongoing dispute over the poisoning of a former russian spy the kremlin has announced it's expelling sixty american diplomats and shutting the u.s. consulate

expulsion of sixty u.s. diplomats and the closure of the american consulate in st petersburg now this is after more than twenty countries expelled russian diplomats with the u.s. ordering out the most r.t. correspondent greg as the takes a closer look. promised russia has responded tit for tat for every russian diplomat kicked out from the two dozen or so countries one of their diplomats will be kicked out of russia almost all of those countries by the way either nato members or hopefuls the united states though may have to charter a jet sixty evidence diplomats have been ordered to leave russia the same number kicked out by washington over the us consulate in st petersburg is being closed down in response to the closure of russia's consulate in seattle and mirror spawns no more no less and again moscow has called on the united states to stop it is proposed to u.s. authorities inciting in fueling the smear campaign against our country to rethink and curb their reckless actions destroying bilateral relations the sum up russia which denies any role in this poisoning says never before have

ordering sixteen u.s. envoys to leave the country and shutting the u.s. consulate in st petersburg the move comes amid controversy over a poisoned former russian spy and his daughter or russia's relations with the west on a town where a spiral. also coming up the secrets for lifelong loans for couples talk about what kept their romance going for over five decades in a new german documentary just had its premiere on the big screen. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us arms produced by a german company are fueling the war in yemen the conflict has killed more than one hundred thousand people in displaced three million others the fighting is often described as a proxy war and many countries have become involved both directly and indirectly exploiting loopholes in export laws of german weapons maker has been supplying arms to members of the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen. south africa some fifty kilometers east of cape town a huge tightly guarded compound. the watch towers carry the blue logo of tongue germany's biggest defense corporation but here in south africa it is called a

actions of a few clothes in a consulate in st petersburg of course which used to be the embassy when before they go to lucian so that's a very sad move but of course in a sense you're supercold i'm closing down the you russian consulate in san francisco you know it's united states not good but nevertheless it's going to come down no i think that we can see there's no reason for it to stop in the way that both. in london is being escalated and in you know just. north korea in the korean north korean american they get down to talk next week these things and sometimes. they certainly don't have any but given the momentum behind this case given the fact that we've had eighteen months of so-called gusher gate in the meddling in there i don't think so. so it's actually a nato summit coming up all these meetings so all of this is going to be. high and high so this isn't going to go away so yeah it's a no steaming ahead in the polls over seventy percent. say security for him now or how is that we're going to react to his six more years. to fix first thing of course is to try to deal with som

told to leave the country and the consulate in st petersburg is being shut down schools also demanding access to yulia sprit fall who was poisoned in the u.k. together with her father a former russian double agent for russia's relations with the west on a downward spiral. also in the show tibet's spiritual leader the dalai lama marks his sixtieth year in exile reports on the fierce loyalty commands china's efforts to isolate him and prospects for the future. and the w.'s funny chart his in saudi arabia looking at the latest reforms announced by the conservative kingdom or the country's leaders no more in tune with the people. following terry martin good to have you with us. russia has responded tit for tat in the ongoing dispute over the poisoning of a former russian spy the kremlin has announced it is expelling sixty american diplomats and shutting the u.s. consulate in st petersburg this comes after nations around the world kicked out russian officials in response to the poisoning of surrogates group paul and his daughter in britain but the western countries hold russia responsible f

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 here was summoned to the foreign ministry. the meeting inside lasted just minutes, as officials handed over a list of names and informed britain of the additional measures russia was taking. the ambassador emerged to underline why relations with russia have plummeted to this new low. we will always do what is necessary to defend ourselves, our allies and our values against an attack of this sort, which is an attack not only on the united kingdom, but upon the international rules—based system on which all countries including russia depend for their safety and security. the russian sanctions were then made public. the decision to expel 23 british diplomats was expected after britain expelled 23 russians from the embassy in london. shutting down the british consulate in russia's second city of st petersb

russia and also closing the british consulate in st petersburg. st petersburg is a key city, the second city of russia, with a big population. that will have an impact, particularly on russians who want to visit britain and get visas. it will be much more difficult for people based in st petersburg. so strong measures by russia, but of course, britain had a range of measures as we heard from the prime minister a few days ago. the question now is, where does it go from here? is that it, or is this going to escalate? indeed, and some people have spoken of the relationship between the two countries now as being at a post—cold war low. what is your assessment of where we are? there is no doubt that that is the situation. the whole relationship has plummeted in recent years, and this is the worst i can remember it being. the kind of language being used by ministers and senior diplomats from both sides is really extraordinary. it has reached a real fever pitch. we have to see how this plays out now. richard, thank you. our news correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn is outside the foreign

. i was the director of the british council in st petersburg from 2005 to 2008 and there was a campaign of intimidation and harassment against us intimidation and harassment against us by russian authorities as the bilateral relationship to the uk and russia was already very bad at that stage and then in the middle of a door that was the assassination. there was a stand—off. we refused to shut down and in the end they took action which forced us to do so. it sure does the ruthlessness of the russian regime and the fact that they will just not stop, they stop at nothing and unfortunately for the russian people because the british council has actually constructive agenda, building intercultural dialogue, helping russians to learn english, education projects, the arts, creative industries and it has no political agenda whatsoever. it's a real tragedy now that they shut down in st petersburg back in 2008 and now they are shutting a stone in moscow as well and i just feel very sorry for all those russian people, many of them younger people, who valued the british councils services

. american diplomatic staff are leaving the u.s. consulate in st petersburg ahead of its official closure on sunday comes amid an escalating standoff over the poisoning of a former double agent in the u.k. . police fire water cannon and tear gas against protesters letting off during a demonstration over the expulsion of environmental squatters in the french city of not. this is our team to national great to have you with us. more than a dozen palestinian protesters have been injured on the gaza border on saturday just one day after seventeen people died and more than a thousand were in clashes with israeli soldiers the u.n. secretary general's now calling for an independent investigation into the deaths of journalists at the scene. so today is the second day of protests demonstrations and praise for the palestinians dollar stimulus from all over the gaza strip are coming to march through the fence and as you see we can still see this israeli soldiers night is trying to target all of the all of the protesters who are coming near the fence palestinians protesters are holding palesti

was. russia expels sixty u.s. diplomats and shuts the american consulate in st petersburg copying washington's move over the scriptural case and the state department says it reserves the right to respond further. sources close to wiki leaks say the ecuadorian embassy has brought julian assange has internet access to stop him tweeting about catalonia and designer vivienne westwood says you must get online. it's really important that he's got access to the world by all the exposure that she manages to do. and netflix news is threatening to boycott the online entertainment giant as it appoints former president obama's national security advisor to its board of directors. is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. russia would expel sixty u.s. diplomats and close the american consulate in st petersburg emulating washington's move over the script poisoning case foreign minister sergei lavrov announced the retaliatory measures against the u.s. and pledged a mere response to other states that have deported moscow's diplomats. retaliat

. diplomats and close the american consulate in st petersburg emulating washington's move over the script poisoning case foreign minister sergei lavrov announced that retaliatory measures against the u.s. and pledged a mere response to other states that have deported moscow's diplomats. include the expulsion of the same number of u.s. diplomats and withdrawal of our consent for the us consulate in some petersburg as far as other states are concerned we will always give amir a response as it promised russia has responded tit for tat for every russian diplomat kicked out from the two dozen or so countries one of their diplomats will be kicked out of russia almost all of those countries by the way the nato members who hopefuls the united states though may have to charter a jet sixty evidence diplomats have been ordered to leave russia the same number kicked out by washington over the us consulate in st petersburg is being closed down in response to the closure of russia's consulate in seattle and mirrors spawn's no more no less and again moscow has called on the united states to stop

moscow earlier today, to be told that the us consulate in st petersburg would be forced to close. russia is still denying any involvement in the chemical attack. live to moscow for the latest, from our correspondent steve rosenberg. well, what happened in moscow today was no surprise, but it is significant. in effect, the mass expulsion of western diplomats following the expulsion of so many russians by so many countries, and what it does is increase the divide between russia and the west. the diplomatic pressure has been unprecedented. russian diplomats expelled, foreign ambassadors recalled, after the salisbury attack. it was never a question of whether moscow would respond, but when. tonight, russia expelled 60 us diplomats for the 60 russians america had ordered out. translation: as we speak the us ambassador is visiting our ministry, where my doug beattie is informing him of the measures. they include the expulsion of the equivalent number of diplomats. russia is also shutting the us consulate in st petersburg, staff given until saturday to vacate the building and there will

embassy in london. shutting down the british consulate in russia's second city of st petersburg, though, is an extra step. and the british council, which fosters cultural and educational ties with the russian people, will now be forced to end all activity here. targeting the british council will affect russian citizens, though, not their government. it helps stage british cultural events here and promotes language learning. its work was restricted, though, a decade ago after the last crisis over the poisoning of alexander litvinenko. now sergei skripal, anotherformer russian spy, has been poisoned, this time by a nerve agent. theresa may has blamed russia directly. the attempted assassination of two people on british soil, for which there was no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable. it is russia that is in flagrant breach of international law and the chemical weapons convention. the response by the foreign ministry here in moscow is robust and it does go beyond the measures announced in the uk. given the mood and the language here in recent days, moscow

closing america's consulate in st petersburg we'll bring you reaction from washington and moscow also coming up tears of joy for malala yousafzai as she returns to pakistan the nobel peace prize winner says it's a dream to come back for the first time since she was shot by the tele body back in two thousand and twelve and the story of an absolutely devastated this. is her kids australian cricket captain steve smith exegesis of the blame for a ball tampering scandal that has shaken the world of cricket. it's good to have you with us tonight the long awaited strike back from russia moscow says that it is expelling sixty u.s. diplomats and closing the u.s. consulate in st petersburg the move is a tit for tat response to washington's decision to expel russian. diplomats and it all follows the poisoning of a former russian spy sergei scruple and his daughter on british soil the authorities in the u.k. say this cripples were poisoned at their home using a nerve agent called nova joke that moscow was behind the attack the criminal and has strongly rejected any involved. i want to go now to e

in st petersburg. translation: british prime ministers insult us and her foreign secretary in saipov, they took to russia as if they are drunk in a pub. us officials investigate allegations a company mishandled facebook users' data in an effort to support president trump's election campaign. thousands of civilians flee violence in syria — aid agencies say almost 250,000 people have been driven from their homes this week. and the campaign to clean up mount everest begins. 1,200kg of waste left behind by tourists and climbers is airlifted from the world's highest mountain. hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has hit back against the uk in the escalating dispute about the poisoning of a former double agent. the british ambassador was called in to the foreign ministry in moscow and given a list of measures that moscow intends to take in retaliation to british actions against russia, which london holds responsible for the attack. steve rosenberg reports from moscow. he'd been expecting the telephone call. and today, it came. britain's ambassador was summoned to the foreign ministry, a

consulate in st petersburg will be withdrawn. and the british council in russia is to be closed. the statement ends with the warning that any further actions of an unfriendly nature towards russia will be met with retaliation. speaking outside the russian foreign ministry after his meeting, the uk ambassador to russia, dr laurie bristow made this statement. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. ijust had a meeting in the russian ministry of foreign affairs. this crisis has arisen as a result of an appalling act in the united kingdom, the attempted murder of two people using a chemical weapon developed in russia, and not to cleared by russia to the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons, as russia is obliged to do. earlier this week, the prim minister set out in parliament a number of measures that we took and are taking to defend ourselves against this kind of attack. we gave russia the opportunity to explain how the material got to salisbury, and we asked russia to declare that material, that capability to the organisation for the provision of a chemical weapons. russia

leave russia the same number kicked out by washington though when the u.s. consulate in st petersburg is being closed down in response to the closure of russia's consulate in seattle and mirror spawns no more no less and again moscow has called on the united states to stop it is proposed to u.s. authorities inciting in fueling the smear campaign against our country to rethink and curb their reckless actions destroying bilateral relations the sum up russia which denies any role in this poisoning says never before have we witness such mockery of international law it is also convened a special meeting of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons would be c.w. has sent technical experts to examine the substance with which the former russian double agent and his daughter were poisoned but their best the geisha will be technical. o.p.c. w. explosive arrived in london to analyze the substance used in the alleged poisoning of surrogate ambulance grupo this will only allow them to distinguish the chemical formula of the substance the o.p.c. w. technical secret syria doesn't have th

to close the british consulate in st petersburg and then of course we have more nations ready to impose sanctions in solidarity with the u k. against russia between flying accusations threats and diplomats being declared persona non grata the question becomes when will this tit for tat and and who will be last standing this is a carefully constructed drama it's part of the propaganda campaign that is building building now for several years in order to justify the actions of nato britain the united states towards russia this is extraordinary you so you have an attempted murder. you have a crime scene and you have no evidence but you but you have not and neither do you have a motive why on earth would russia on the eve of the lexer and all the staging the the world the world cup want to destroy if you like its international law with which such a crime would make sense but there is plenty of motive on the other side russia being effectively pushed into a corner with these actors asia this is part of the propaganda campaign i can tell you that i'm a journalist who spent almost all my

leaving the u.s. consulate in st petersburg ahead of its official closure on sunday the move comes amid an escalating standoff over the poisoning of a former double agent in the u.k. and police called the force are springing up in european cities that women are calling for a boy course with this summer's fifa world cup in russia we look at the group behind the campaign. hello welcome is five pm here in moscow you're watching international palestinian protesters have returned to the gaza border a day after seventeen people died and over a thousand were injured in clashes with israeli soldiers the u.n. security general is now calling for an independent investigation into the deaths local journalists and gadhafi has been following the clashes so today's a second day of protest demonstrations and praise for the palestinians palestinians from all over the gaza strip are coming to march through the fence and as you see we can still see this israeli soldiers nightmares trying to target all of that all of the protesters who are coming near the fence and palestinians protesters are holding

moscow chosen the consulate in st petersburg to close. well we can only guess at issues we just not get it didn't go over or he was stuck somewhere in the far east i think one of the reasons maybe if you live in st petersburg and unique if these are for the u.s. and you have to go to the general consulate there look it's possible to go to law starts about four hours by train so this is not too complicated if you live somewhere in the far east and you need ten hours by flight and for that reason maybe it's just there are easier for people who need a visa for us to come from petersburg to moscow i was a breach is that of a russian foreign minister sergei lavrov of course the united states wasn't the only country to expel russian diplomats so well what can those other countries that now expect. well you mentioned it at the very beginning it's going to be a text locked out so germany expels for diplomats what jimmy will accept it will have to do to talk to what was going to happen to germany i think tomorrow maybe not tomorrow not today that a lot is going to announce that for german diplom

they are ending the agreement for a consulate in the key city of st petersburg to be opened to operate. effectively stopping the operation of the british consulate in st petersburg. now, after the meeting, the british ambassador to moscow came out of the foreign ministry here in moscow and made some comments, and in particular he said that britain had had to act after the poisoning of the family. we always do what is necessary to defend ourselves, our allies and values against an attack of this sort, which is an attack not only on the united kingdom but upon the international system which all countries, including russia, depend for their safety and security. now, what russia has also said, which is really important, is that if britain now ta kes really important, is that if britain now takes further measures against russia, moscow will also take further measures. it is the potential for this tit—for—tat to really ratchet up. back to you. richard, thank you very much. we can talk to our political correspondent, he was then a london newsroom now. nikki, good to speak to you. —— w

museum but that could change soon st petersburg's local administration plans to transfer control of the building to the russian orthodox church a decision that has made many people angry. seven epic shot and eating machine men have been protesting against the measure for over a year now they're preparing to take to the streets of their hometown again even as poster reads the constitution separates church and state the two women feel the orthodox church has stopped respecting that. if they even though. this is part of a larger phenomenon in russian society the church is interfering more and more in everything in the army in schools in the government in local parliament everything that's in even though officially there is a separation of church and state here and i did in the us about this like it's just one of the bussing eyes ex cathedra all is the final stronghold in the battle for our state because the constitution says we live in a secular country and that's what i want school so that's the one who has become the color of this movement to protect st petersburg skyline armed with ball

permission for britain to operate a consulate general in st petersburg moscow has also stated that the government could take further action if britain takes any more unfriendly moves towards russia here's how the u.k. and bassett are reacted we grieve for the opportunity to explain all the material. we asked russia to clear the material but that it will keep you up and i think. we're lucky noise that they'll be able to sit and still moscow today it is denied any involvement in the attempted murders of survey and scribble and russia's representative to the chemical weapons watchdog explains how russia has never run another top program that's the nerve gas allegedly used in the poisoning since the collapse of the soviet union. russia has no connection to what happened in salzburg as far as novacek is concerned the russian federation i stress that the russian federation has never had a research program under such a code name russia spokesperson for the foreign ministry however side of the states had the opportunity to develop similar nerve agents following the breakdown of the soviet unio

measures the u.k. has taken against moscow over the case the british consulate in st petersburg and the british council cultural organization will also be closed britain says it will consider its response in the coming days today our ambassador in moscow was informed by the russian government of the action they are taking in response in lives of their previous behavior we anticipated a response of this kind and we will consider on the steps in the coming days alongside our allies and partners. but russia's response doesn't change the facts of the matter the attempted assassination of two people on british soil for which there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable it is russia that is in flagrant breach of international law and the chemical weapons convention i repeat today that we have no disagreement with the russian people many russians have made this country their home and those who are by and by our laws and make a contribution to our society will always be welcome but we will never tolerate a threat to the life of british citizens and others on

. diplomats and closing the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg. laura podesta is here in new york with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are approaching a situation similar to the cold war. that's according to a statement made by the u.n. secretary-general last night. but the white house says the action the u.s. is taking against russia is an appropriate response. tensions with russia reach new heights as 60 americans are ordered out of the country. the exact same number of russian diplomats president trump kicked out of the u.s. on monday. the decision came in response to the poisoning of former spy sergi skripal and his daughter yulia in the english city of salisbury. authorities blame russia for the attack. >> the message being sent is you cannot use a military grade nerve agent without a response. >> reporter: part of the response is president trump's decision to close the russian consulate in seattle. workers were seen packing up boxes and leaving thursday. in retaliation, russia said it would be shutting down the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg. white house spoke

number of american diplomats from moscow and st petersburg. it's the latest twist in the international dispute following the poisoning of a former russian agent and his daughter in salisbury. russia is still denying any involvement in the chemical attack. our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. the diplomatic pressure has been unprecedented. russian diplomats expelled, foreign ambassadors recalled, after the salisbury attack. it was never a question of whether moscow would respond, but when. the announcements came in tonight. foreign minister sergei lavrov said russia was expelling 60 us diplomats for the 60 russians america had ordered out. it's also shouting the us consulate in st petersburg. staff there given until saturday to vacate the building. and there will be other measures too. as i understand it russia plans to take the same unjustified actions against 28 other countries, countries that stood in solidarity with the uk. russia is further isolating itself following the brazen chemical attack. an attack that left sergei skripal and his daughter yulia fighting for their lives