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

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

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

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

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

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

officials including u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson and i think people can see this is a classic russian strategy of trying to conceal the needle of truth in a haystack hold more you sound of the station poisoning of surrogates creeping is not the case but the latest in a pattern of recluse behavior by the russian state. that behavior goes back many years while boris johnson's language has become his rhetoric has become more and more intensified events on ravel despite the world really still waiting to see evidence of proof of russia's involvement that the u.k. has been talking about boris johnson has spoken of what he believes that there's enough evidence that russia over ten years not only was involved in the delivery of nerve agents for assassination but also creating an stockpiling novacek we do know that this moscow has said that russia believes that u.k. slovak czech swedish and possibly american lives were closely studying novacek since the ninety's now while russia's guilt is really being pushed

the u.k.'s prime minister expels twenty three russian diplomats from britain in retaliation for the kremlin's alleged involvement in the poisoning of a former russian intelligence agent and his daughter despite police having declared no suspects. to speak no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr scruby and his daughter under the vienna convention the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as declared intelligence officers and russia says the u.k. still has no to replied to its offer to help with the investigation or its request for access to the chemical used in the incident moscow earlier rejected a midnight ultimatum.

earlier the u.k. prime minister driesum may said that britain will expel twenty three russian diplomats and suspend all. meetings now with russia it comes in response to the poisoning of the ex russian intelligence officer and his daughter the city is solved with all things about as the investigation into the instant continues with more from london next. well the british prime minister has said that russia is culpable of attempted murder and among the measures that the u.k. is now taking is the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats they are suspending high level contacts between the two countries the russian foreign minister's visit to the u.k. has been cancelled and no british officials including members of the world family will be present at the world cup in russia taking place this summer may has said that russia's response to the deadline that was given by midnight last night was a distain given the gravity of that unravelled mr speaker it was right to offer russia the opportunity to provide

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

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

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

well yes i mean i don't think people in the u.k. realize that lloyd's bill annual bill for lawyers both in-house and external is over a billion pounds now when you look at their profits when you look at their turnover when you look at their assets that's a totally disproportionate amount of money to be spending with lawyers and it says a lot about the way they conduct themselves they know they know they're going to get sued by the regulators they know they're going to get fined and they factor into the balance sheet and there's a bigger budgets there will be legal opinions by the regulators such to regulate but don't get me going on we don't have a regulator in this country it's called the f.c.s. in the wonderful andrew bailey who hopefully now scuppered his chances of taking over from carney but you know the f c a's toothless they're frightened of r.b.s. they're frightened of lloyds they've even said publicly we can't afford a legal action with these banks so that's something that's got to be looked at but you mentioned theory i'm

the u.k. . received support from the us from france and . the u.k. wants to know why russia boys and this man and what russia is saying that the that we are denying that we poisoned him and this is all that they're saying. they're not saying that there is an investigation that the investigation is not completed that the results of this investigation have not been given to any courts. that the u.k. is part of the on this is a shoo in for the prohibition of chemical weapons and that is why they need to file an official request to the organization regarding this matter they're not saying that russia has expressed. the that. the u.k. needs to file this official request and that we base our actions on an international document ratified by the u.k. the u.s. and all of the countries that are so worried about what's happening right now. they told us we are not going to talk to us and this is a direct violation of the international convention. because when you. are going to do something. that was good

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

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

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

u.k. last week. and americans prepare for doomsday by purchasing survival equipment and underground bunkers and continue to fear a north korean nuclear attack. you can go to our to dot com for more on those and other stories coming up next though takes a closer look at the scandal dominating headlines the recent poisoning of a russian a former double agent in the u.k. . hello and welcome to cross talk or all things considered. it appears and highly likely these are the words used by u.k. prime minister pinning blame on russia for the poison attack on a former russian intelligence officer turned british claims are made and threats of course without evidence. crosstalk in the poison attack in britain i'm joined by my guest alexander macarius in london he is a writer on. legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com also in london we have charles shoe bridge he is a security analyst and a former u.k. army and counterterrorism intelligence officer and in brussels we cross to an

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

in the u.k. well let's get some more reaction now from craig murray he's a former british ambassador to inspect a stand off the broadcaster and human rights activist and he's got a very interesting take on what's going on so you good afternoon to you craig look we keep hearing during way that russia is guilty of this attack but you say when you look closely at the language used by the british government to back up these claims it's deliberately vague and misleading can you just explain what you mean. yes the language used has been very careful the formulated because the scientists that the u.k. . porton down which handles chemical weapons who refused to save this nerve agent was made in russia the british government put him on the heavy pressure to say this was made russian business evidence it's made in russia so in the end the formula was agreed with the nerve agent of a type developed by russia. what does that mean it's very interesting because the nato communique said it was overtopped develo

meanwhile police in the u.k. are investigating the death of a russian exile in london he's understood to be nicholai glu scoff a friend of the now deceased russian oligarch boris berezovsky was granted asylum in the u.k. in twenty ten after serving an earlier five year prison sentence in russia for fraud he was reportedly found dead his home in the british capital late on monday night well given the current political turmoil between london and moscow the western media has been quick to link the case to the poisoning of the former spy and his daughter in school spree and why london's metropolitan police say a country of terror officers are looking into the case quote as a precaution because of associations he heard british authorities say there's no evidence of a connection. security analyst and former u.k. kuntar terrorism officer charles chute bridge believes it's far too early to attribute blame for the poisoning according to the legal system for example in the u.k. if it was a person being accused of a crime t

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

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

welcome back as well as welcoming a saudi autocrat u.k. prime minister to resign me this week faces the wrath of the largest trading block on earth after her speech in london on friday and she has to face a divided governing party in the british parliament today on breaks it so what does her apparent disdain.

called for all to u.k. to be taken off her as a result of the poisoning good to see that you are still in business thanks to the police for. russia demands that the u.k. prove or apologize for its accusations of the poisoning of former double agent and his daughter in the city of salzburg amid the escalating conflict prime minister to resign may he's convening a national security council meeting on tuesday to discuss a response on the stand hawkins has been following the standoff. so far over the last fifteen days it's very much been a predictable different tit for tat the expulsion of those russian diplomats and the british diplomats likewise from moscow what we do know in terms of the wider fallout the support u.k. has received chancellor merkel one major european power leader has been in consultation with the polish prime minister mr. mori work where she has condemned russia and avoided russia provide proof of what she describes as its involvement in this case proof of its innocence this is what she had

security analyst and former u.k. kuntar terrorism officer charles hsu bridge believes it's far too early to up tribute blame for the poisoning. according to the legal system for example in the u.k. if it was a person being accused of a crime they would be entitled to know what the evidence is against them and of course to be able to use their own scientists for it came to a court of law to challenge that evidence perhaps to show that actually this material this a chemical agent could have been produced elsewhere for example we know that. in the ninety's the united states itself was helping to clean up plants not in russia but in his backyard strong where this material was allegedly produced and so that's just an example of how this material could have come from anywhere in fact that there are so many very many questions still outstanding over this matter and of course it's massively premature for the government to be saying to rush or any suspect you've got to forty eight hours to respond or else we're going to take

could have taken the opportunity as the u.k. government to start condemning the culprit in this year was. the prime minister of colorado overwhelming body of the house of commons with a nod of the government all the foreign office what available to be interviewed on this program what you can stand to stand on the wall of some the house of commons itself with a time have a well asked domestic and international commentators about their reading of the current crisis. they're not ones out. on the flu so often i don't want to have snakes on the definitions and i'm by any. means somehow. taking the city. down. and yet when you play. only think i'm. moving right now i think. oh yeah nice beach yeah i. mean this just really miss one meaning the left just like you know the deep. he's just numb tokyo find it he's going to go. him. at. his work with because. combination of. very artful policy. where he's established great relationships with food and a killer an american mistakes i think in dealing with russia that this relationship between

and say for example the u.k. has been honing it skills in the death by chemicals business since shakespeare's macbeth busted blatant englishness the cia james bond shakespear one thing all of my theories have in common is an insane age of conspiracy we're not taking them seriously neither should anyone but when it comes to russia and proof well we've already heard the d.n.a. arguments in the election meddling scandal the story corps practices of the russians who typically. genetically driven to co-opt. protrude international law as being substituted for hashtags ash tag russia did it. highly likely. well highly likely is indeed the term that britain its allies use in their joint statement to conclude that a mosque was culpability for the poisoning the also want russia to tell the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons about the nerve agent which was thought to have been used just all not point one norden graffiti artist has hit out at russia's side its embassy in london at the ses that dine at the r

and i tack by the kremlin on u.k. soil for downing street it seems the case is all but closed russia is the culprit no questions or other. as the prime minister taking the necessary steps to make a formal request for evidence from the russian government given the gravity of the accusations at official request seemed like a reasonable last but last crew though says no such requests were forthcoming we haven't received any official request from london we've told britain we're ready to respond if they file the request instead of filing the official request the u.k. continues to pull political stunts moscow also said it would cooperate in a joint investigation within o.p.c. w. parameters it seems this offer was unacceptable to the u.k. government. has a high resolution trace analysis been run on a sample of the nerve agent no answers from to reason may on that but the prime minister believes there's already enough evidence to make it highly likely. this was an attack ordered by the russian state guilty as charged mr scrip

finalize the investigation that has not been stopping u.k. officials including u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson really at the forefront of some of the language has been using against russia saying that russia is the bad guy and there is no discussion there let's take a listen at a comment he made earlier today in brussels i think you can see this is a classic russian strategy of trying to conceal the needle of truth in the haystack hold more you see on the stage. well boris johnson's language has become his rhetoric has become more and more intensified events on ravel despite the world really still waiting to see evidence of proof of russia's involvement that the u.k. has been talking about boris johnson has spoken of what he believes that there's enough evidence that russia over ten years not only was involved in the delivery of nerve agents for assassination but also creating an stockpiling novacek we do know that this moscow has said that russia believes that u.k. slovak czech swedish and possibly american labs were closely studying novacek since the ninety's

u.k. in every instance but real chemists us. there was the one consensus seems to be that even if it's not particularly easy to make the ingredients for making this alleged chemical agent of very very easy to come by and so therefore it's conceivable that anybody with some training at least anywhere in the world could have made this unless we have more evidence and we haven't got that evidence to pin it on russia as yet you know alexander reading your article that i mentioned at the beginning of the program and you gave you elaborate on the case of lindh linfen yank oh and. the results of the investigation way after the political storm and at its impact here and they found that they couldn't determine where it came from in a number of issues here but the storm had already passed ok the impression had already been made you know it was the putin did it ok that was that they're looking for that moment right now i surmise probably this is going to happen again but it will be far from the public view it will be like an appendix in hi

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

spy thriller in a standoff between the u.k. agents and russians the show is marketed using the slogan diplomacy is overrated the slip about some. gas that was undetectable like a truck through it. is a coincidence. this is. the first thank you for finding dr mark of course again we're off to be taking another tour for ourselves t.v. and cinema have made the. secret service is poisoning people plot an international feature after all even the most british of all agents james bond has also found himself amid some talks and driven storylines. so are we having a case of blatant bone business here but this is of course all fiction it didn't happen in reality you avoid the culprits with the tainted record the one that stands out is the cia one of the key targets cuba has of late come undone t. fidel castro among the hundreds of alleged assassination attempts were cigars laced with poison and their contaminated pen so could these cells brew poisoning be blatant american this one could stretch this logic beyond any reason and say for ex

london security analyst and former u.k. counterterrorism officer charles bridge believes it's far too early to attribute blame for the poisoning. according to the legal system for example in the u.k. if it was a person being accused of a crime they would be entitled to know what the evidence is against them and of course to be out to use their own scientists or it came to a court of law to challenge that evidence perhaps to show that actually this material this a chemical agent could have been produced elsewhere for example we know that. it's not in the ninety's the united states itself was helping to clean up plants not in russia but in his back is thrown at this material was allegedly produced and so that's just an example of how this material could have come from anywhere in fact that there are so many very many questions still outstanding over this matter and of course it's massively permit your for the government to be saying to rush or any suspect you've got to forty eight hours to respond or else we're going to take

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

i got a knock on the door from the kent u.k. police who handed me this form and that's when things kind of went sideways it's the schedule seven terrorism act and they said you need to read this you are being brought in to be questioned under the terrorism act the right we're going to have also been barred from britain for similar reasons as martin so and american commentator brittany the very words this month for three days before being deported some had been should go to speak at a free speech conference at hyde park corner we were last weekend from entering the u.k. for various reason for me because i wanted to give a speech about freedom of speech on speakers corner and for me i am an american conservative commentator and i simply wanted to enter the u.k. of course i was going to watch martin speech but i was primarily going in to do some interviews i wanted to interview tommy robinson who is outspoken against islam and they essentially labeled him a far right leader who incites racial hatred and that's why they didn't want

teaching terror a u.k. court convicts an islamic state follower who showed school children images of beheadings and was attempting to create an army of young extremists. but the media speculates about an arms race between russia and america after president putin reveals details of his country new cutting edge nuclear arsenal. and the party for freedom controversial leader fielder's comes under fire at home for promoting russia another one's relations during a recent visit to moscow. we'll be joined by my colleague union o'neill next hour for a look at the week's top stories you're lucky there but up next on arch international it is going underground but in the u.k. or ireland sputnik is heading your way with. i'm after a time say we're going underground with tourism a fighting for political life i mean the coldest of cold war u.k. rhetoric on ass strikes on syria and all the of elections it. quits early it's early leaving the european union coming up on the show venezuela held as british gas supplies are th

the u.k.'s prime minister expels twenty three russian diplomats from britain today in retaliation for the kremlin's alleged involvement in the poisoning of a former russian intelligence agent and his daughter despite police having to clear no suspects. to speak there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr and his daughter under the vienna convention the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as calm declared intelligence offices tonight russia reacts to britain's measures calling them unacceptable and unjustified while promising a talent tree responds. like seven kids call on the u.s. congress to reject donald trump's new pick for cia director of her volved went to the intelligence agency's torture program. good evening a.p. i went to the fourteenth of march watching r.t. international with me kevin owen thanks for your company the news this hour in this state of an update dominate

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

they have arrived in the u.k. this week they're collecting samples of the nerve agent used from the lab that's handling it here as part of an independent investigation into what happened and the results of that are expected to take at least two weeks well the u.s. state department has voiced its support for the expulsion of the russian diplomats it's also hinted at possible u.s. measures over the script ok so the understand and support what the british government has chosen to do in terms of kicking out. the russian diplomats from its country as i just said to leslie a minute ago we're not going to preview some of our activities but we're watching closely and we may be taking actions. through more on this we can now cross live to investigative journalist dave lindorff day thank you very much indeed for joining me i can now see you which is a good sign well as we just said the u.s. may take action against russia i mean do you expect them to follow through on that threat you know who probably would do something i me

foreign minister's visit to the u.k. has been cancelled and no british officials including members of the world family will be present at the world cup in russia taking place this summer may has said that russia's response to the deadline that was given by midnight last night was a distain given the gravity of events that are rubbled mr speaker it was right to offer russia the opportunity to provide an explanation but their response has demonstrated complete disdain for the gravity of these events. they have provided no credible explanation that they could suggest they don't control the then the agent no explanation as to how this agent came to be used in the united kingdom no explanation as to why russia has an undeclared chemical weapons program in contravention of international law. the leader of the opposition jeremy corbyn had to ask the british prime minister whether or not any official requests were sent to russia whether any evidence was provided to russia or any of the box and that the response was a bit unsubst