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i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming out. of her job on the lovely although seven years of fighting a bloodshed dispossession and fail to plough missi you look at the war in syria from its beginnings until today. you know labor moves its headquarters 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 their concern over the gravity of the situation the united states for its part made a very clear plan to stand by its ally while russia continued to deny the charges the united states stands in absolute solidarity with great britain the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack on two people and the united kingdom using

a military grade nerve agent the last of it it could be done use a thorough interested in finding the truth lost they guided by something else the using propaganda war to influence the public which is very easy to influence and not well educated the u.k. has asked the o.p.c. w. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons to validate the findings of their investigation the russians say they're happy to cooperate but they won't respond to alternate arms the u.k. says they'll continue to keep the international community apprised of progress in the investigation. as we mentioned britain's order of the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats correspondent aren't the phillips has more. there was an air of inevitability to the private a says i'm not surprised given what she calls the contempt with which russia has responded to her demands for explanations of what the british authorities say was a hit so mr speaker is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian

state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr script and his daughter and for threatening the lives of other british citizens in salzburg including detective sergeant nick daly this represents an on more full use of force by the russian state against the united kingdom she told. parliament she's expelling twenty three russian diplomats alleged to be undeclared intelligence offices they have a week to leave she said the u.k. will suspend all high level bilateral contacts with russia and cancel a planned visit by foreign minister sergey lavrov ministers and the royal family will boycott russia's well cup in june and she said the government would freeze russian state assets if there's evidence they may be used to threaten the life or property of u.k. nationals or residence the opposition labor party leader jeremy corbyn was supportive up to a point his spokesman later refused to say the russian state was definitely at

fault if the government believes that it is still a possibility that russia negligently lost control of a military grade nerve agent what action is being taken through the o.p.c. w. with our allies i welcome the fact the police are working with the o.p.c. w. . and has the prime minister taken the necessary steps under the chemical weapons convention to make a formal request for evidence from the russian government under article nine point two from russia itself the message remains consistent speaking before teresa mayes announcement the foreign minister was characteristically dismissive would you stay with mr little move we will demand be application of international laws and we see no argument from our partners and without demonstrating concrete facts they'll be responsible for attempting to deceive the international community. so that the

russian embassy in london they'll be packing their bags and low russian relations at their lowest point since the cold war but even now britain needs to keep open some lines of communication with moscow on so many issues from iran to north korea britain can't afford to ignore russia. the measures which have been announced here would have been largely anticipated by the russians what would really hurt them would be further multilateral sanctions involving other western countries for that to happen britain needs to convince its allies that this is not just a bilateral spanx between london and moscow but an issue which has the potential to threaten the security of many western countries to be phillip's al-jazeera westminster in central london. to a whole as in moscow where the their reaction to the international community's reaction to them to continues to come out so what what's the latest we're hearing

jonah. well we haven't yet been given concrete details of how russia intends to respond to these diplomatic expulsions there is a sort of protocol here if you like tried and tested in past incidents of this kind of a sort of mirror for tat response where diplomatic expulsions are concerned so twenty three russian diplomats packing their bags in london are quite likely to be met with twenty three british diplomats packing their bags imminently here in moscow we've just been listening to a live press briefing by the foreign ministry spokeswoman marie has a hard over we thought she might outline the measures to be taken she didn't she referred once again to these accusations against russia as being crazy she referred to the reason may's response as hostile and she said that countermeasures were being worked out to be announced imminently she said further that britain was refusing to comply with its obligations under the convention against chemical

weapons in terms of which russia believes that britain needs to supply clear evidence a sample of the nerve agent used russia would then have ten days to respond she said no information is being provided by london for russia to be able to get to the bottom and bottom of what has happened here she called it a political show with the u.k. using all mechanisms at its disposal including the un and the security council at the u.n. to do what it can to tarnish russians image on the world stage that's where we stand at this stage in terms of moscow's reaction ok so it seems that the rhetoric seems to be getting amped up and amped up there are still other potential responses that the u.k. could have besides just the most visible thing obviously which is this as you said this tit for tat expulsion of the diplomats what else. could potentially be in the u.k.'s arsenal. well look the reason may

outlined a basket of measures. involving not just diplomatic expulsions as you say but a raft of measures involving anti espionage she wants to cut down russia's ability to spy to conduct intelligence gathering on u.k. soil permanently she said she wants to look into russian assets to the extent that they may be connected with criminal activity and possibly have the assets seized she wants to look at cargo in coming russian cargo private aircraft incoming she wants to have much more scrutiny on russians coming into the country these are all measures the will of the russians to the extent that they are applied and they will of course be waiting to see how rigorous the u.k. is in applying these measures and key to that how rigorous they are in looking into the financial and accounts and assets of key powerful influential russian figures many of them who have parked an awful lot of money over the years in the united

kingdom will there be moved to seize some of those assets that is important because of course those people can in turn apply real pressure on vladimir putin and that's the sort of thing that makes the kremlin sweat but for the time being all of those measures are just on the table potentially russia but we'll be waiting to see how they're applied before it desired how it may respond ok and i'll thank you very much for that update from moscow. a syrian red crescent aid convoy is due to arrive in the rubble hell part of eastern gooda in the coming hours the u.n. says fighting has subsided into a deal with the main rebel group there that allowed about one hundred fifty people who need medical attention to go to the capital damascus at least three hundred civilians have left eastern ghouta and the past few days as by government and russian forces continues at least thirteen people were killed in the latest attacks on eastern ghouta syrian forces are making advances nearly a month after stepping up their assault they've been cutting off sections of rebel

held territory today thursday marks seven years since the syrian civil war began with peaceful protests against president bashar al assad whose family had ruled for more than forty years at the start of the uprising a group of children. graffiti on a wall in the southern city of daraa some sas name was one of the boys involved and this is his story. my name is some and i'm twenty one years old i was fourteen when the revolutions in the arab world started we used to follow the news on t.v. one day some friends and i wrote on a wall it's your turn doctor or security agencies threaten my father with the arrest of all members of our family if i wasn't handed over to the police within twenty four hours they also told him if he did hand me nothing would happen except to sign a pledge not to write words like that again instead myself and twenty of my friends

spent three months in prison and we suffered all forms of torture and had nightmares our families did everything for us to be released when we were eventually returned to our families other people welcomed the release near the alimony mosque by protesting and chanting against the regime after that i joined the free syrian army i fought battles and i've been injured i got married and have two daughters i live a normal life but this will always be my way either to be a martyr or to achieve victory but we will never retreat so you know her joins us from kazakhstan's capital which is hosting talks on syria's war. and i know there have been to varying degrees talks going on in sana for quite some time on and off . but it doesn't seem to have made any real difference in what is happening in syria what is the latest with these talks. well asked them

a is not about finding a political solution asked is about reducing the violence and improving the humanitarian situation on the ground today working groups are meeting to discuss prisoner exchanges the search for the missing no syrian representatives here basically it is the united nations involved in these working groups asked in the last year agreed to deescalation zones across syria a number of rebel held areas designated as the escalation zones but most of these zones live for example in eastern like you mentioned earlier they are war zones today they are battlegrounds they are not in any way deescalation areas in fact the conflict is only worsening as of late in recent weeks according to save the children civilian casualties increased by forty five percent the displacement rate the highest in four years and that was in the last quarter of two thousand and seventeen so the situation on the ground worsening and these so called the

escalation zones if you ask anyone in the opposition all they have done really is given the pro-government alliance a lifeline because it froze the conflict in some parts of syria last year and allowed it to gain a foothold or regain a foothold in the east of the country close to the iraqi border so the situation really worsening and is there any reason to think that there is something on the horizon that could be a pivot a break of any kind or just just saying this is going to be the status quo for for some time to come. well on friday the foreign ministers of iran turkey and russia they'll be holding a meeting here in the capital and they're going to prepare the agenda for the summit next month this relievers they'll be holding a summit in istanbul but we have to remember the last time these three leaders met putin rouhani and erdogan it was in the what they were talking about then was a post war syria post conflict. they were even suggesting a peace conference which was held eventually in sochi but but that peace the peace

that they're promoting or championing is not being accepted by the opposition and no longer on the table political transition for example is no longer on the table what is on the table is just rewriting the constitution but keeping the government in place this is of course is it's not accepted by the opposition it's not just that this loose alliance these three countries yes they have common interests and they have been cooperating at least that's the picture we are getting but at the same time they have all made it clear that they have differences and that they have different interests so the situation is quite complicated after the time being you know and people are worried that following eastern we're going to see a stepped up campaign in the rebel held areas of and possibly in the south of the country so you know her life for us an astonishing thank you the director of kottaras government communications office says qataris now stronger under the seas shakes a you've been told a seminar on the gulf crisis that new partnerships have helped the country prosper

. economic blockade has been in place since june of last year for arab countries accuse qatar of supporting terrorism which qatar denies you see that look it is a catalyst for accelerating economic development. oh economy actually google and diversified over the past you need to be adults have been established. new industries built from scratch within those borders to meet domestic demand. and good nationally. economic only been strengthened. one of the u.k.'s largest companies is moving its headquarters from london to the netherlands you know the worse announcement is likely to hit prime minister teresa mayes government hard as it prepares to leave the european union next month but the company insists the decision was not due to

bracks it the anglo dutch firm has been looking to consolidate its operations as part of a restructure so there you go joins us live from london so sunny what else do we know about this move to rotterdam. well this after a months long review of this century jewel headed company both based here in london for the time being and also in the netherlands as well the c.e.o. of the company paul polman has said that it is really about making the company more simplistic streamlining it to also make it sort of a more simpler set up there as well by moving old certainly letting go of the corporate h.q. here in the u.k. he went so you took pains to underline the fact that there would still be obviously manufacturing they've invested in manufacturing parts here in the country as well

and that is going to remain and most of its seven thousand three hundred workforce that it has here in the u.k. would be unaffected by this but really it is about consolidating the legal. h.q. of the company as well a lot of it also is believed to be down to the fact that when it did face off a hostile takeover last year by the u.s. food giant kraft heinz. will worries that its legal status here in the u.k. would not prevent any hostile takeover from happening so unhappy with that the netherlands has a tough has toughened laws regarding such takeovers as well and it also has been in talks with the prime minister of the netherlands as well regarding any tax issues that are in the company so basically what he did say that it wasn't much to do with brics it really that that is also another issue that has come up mr polman has not

really been. vocal fan of the hard brics that issue that has been talked a lot in the past few months richelle it's undergoing a life for us in london sonia thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera. we will not allow land grabs we will not allow a land invasion is of our friend south africa president as australia offers to help never publix a white farmers in nigeria promises in a military offensive to find one hundred ten missing schoolgirls. from flowing the island winds to an enchanting desert breeze. hello and welcome to international weather forecast the weather across europe splits nicely into three cold and snow across eastern areas fine across central

areas and then low pressure across the west and so we've got heavy rain associated with this frontal system across western parts of europe mild air pushing in with that mind temperatures well into double figures although we have got snow across the alps those central areas looking fine snow there across parts of ukraine and into russia as i move the forecast on by twenty four hours the central areas see the rain with some snow on the northern edge of that system across parts of germany even through into the low countries still cold nice moscow there minus eight and those western areas still looking fairly mild but that cold air will begin to push in as we head through the weekend so let's head across into northern parts of africa you see that cloud system extending across parts of morocco algeria and tunisia is here would like to see some showers developing with bruce wins for along the coast is looking fine twenty five the high in cairo for central parts of africa plenty of showers across east africa and towards the gulf of guinea some decent shower showing up some rainfall totals of quite impressive amounts being reported

in ghana for instance more showers are likely across west africa highs of thirty one in akra. the weather sponsored by qatar raise. the scene for us whether online what is a very nice time in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on set there are people that are choosing between buying medication and eating basis is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and has posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. now

watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now russia's foreign ministry says u.k. prime minister teresa mayes allegations that moscow was behind a nerve attack in england are quote insane the united nations security council discussed the incident at an emergency meeting on wednesday britain's allies pledged their support for russia call the accusations unfounded serious civil war has entered its eighth year the conflict was sparked by peaceful protests against president bashar al assad in two thousand and eleven u.k. based syrian human rights observatory says at least half a million people have been killed. one of u.k.'s largest companies is moving its headquarters from london to the netherlands but you know labor and sister decision is not due to bricks if it comes at a crucial point in britain's negotiations to leave the european union. south africa's dismissed an australian minister's comments that white farmers should get

special visas as they face quote horrific circumstances how my fares minister peter dutton says a civilised country like australia should help he cited reports of land seizures and violence south africa's government says no one is in danger president cyril ramaphosa has vowed to speed up the legal redistribution of land from wealthy whites to poor blacks. can say no that we will not allow land drips we will not allow lending invasions and those who are tempted to resort to such activities must be warned in advance that we will not allow would because if you see the go but up from being illegal it begins to violate the rights of the sold off we can citizens. and rental is historic sent for the refugee action coalition and president he says the offer of home affairs minister peter that highlights the australian government's racist attitude towards refugees i think i think the racism

of the coalition government a strike here is very very clearly on the sly that's exactly what it is it's astounding ypocras say and it is clearly you know races that we've often judged that if they're all you know white zimbabwean as a white south african farmers arriving in boats a mistrial there would not be mandatory detention that ethiopians going to sudanese when they're somalis when they're from iraq or afghanistan the attitude is very very different but you turned around they're expelled to europe and medicine it is astounding that this side of governments rices and i think that's been recognised internationally and how it's treated refugees a nap heated up was taken up another step to get this started that rice's money is not this is a this is a government that is in very difficult electoral circumstances in astrology and i would i would lose an election that will be an election in the next next few months i will lose it dramatically end up in. comments i buried i designed for domestic

political domestic political audience who died i have been teaching to the rices fight in australia for some time now and i've been you know criminalizing you know sort of sudanese refugees they've been references about you know african gangs a lot of there's been you know no substance so that in terms of the experience in the australian community that it's a thing of very very deliberate ploy to appeal to rice's vote in the context of a government which is declining in the polls and a desperate late feeling that rice is not to try and maintain some popularity. jarius president says there will be no rest until one hundred ten missing schoolgirls are found and is promising a new military offensive ahmed jabari visited the school and the school where the girls rather a ducted it's all family security forces will bring the girls home suspected local fighters kidnapped the students last month and a repeat of the abduction of two hundred seventy six girls from four years ago.

i've directed the army air force police state services department and the rest of the security agencies to find the girls wherever they are federal government to use all its power to see to the end of this insurgency and bring peace to the country. one of the main bridges in the iraqi city of mosul has reopened prime minister. at the rebuilt bridge more than a year after it was blown up during fighting between coalition forces and i saw all five bridges across the tigris river were destroyed. as you can see the old bridge is back in its original state it's even better now that's because the reconstruction cost is low it compared to other bridges and it's also important because it represents an artery to bring life back to the old city so this bridge had to be the first one to be reconstructed. one of australia's biggest

arches is celebrating a milestone for the first time it has an artistic director from japan curator. says that are her choices reflect sydney the modern multicultural city and her thomas went for a life. sidney's held a not be an alley almost every two years since one thousand nine hundred seventy three but some are critics say this year is sydney's twenty first represents a coming of age old libyan ollie's previous artistic directors have been west and other australian european or american this be and ali is the first with someone from asia curating monica to ocala who normally runs a gallery in tokyo sees the significance and how it reflects a broader changes in australia since the bee and ali began so this is not a zero but this is not europe either it's interesting to see the demographics of this country and city and how you have to. decide to see through the lens of the.

one nine hundred seventy three year of the first b. and ali was also the year the queen both britain's and australia's open sydney's new opera house the crowd in this old footage is exclusively white until nine hundred seventy three white australia was official policy that changed soon after and australia sent to become far more multicultural today more immigrants arrive from china and india than from any european country the art scene reflects that so that doesn't seem to rattle this be an erroneous and calculating something that is being percolating. and sort of babbling away since. since the late seventy's maybe eighty eight b.n. ali is showing out in six ten years across sydney chinese artist ai weiwei ways work in response to the global refugee crisis is the standout piece on cockatoo island a film a shipyard and one time prison in the middle of sydney harbor. unlike some

permanent galleries like london's tate modern which have been built within the shelves of former industrial buildings this has been a space is still very much roll the floors around even there a cracks in the windows and this old machinery it's still covered in dust ty artist has hung canvases from the ceiling of a formal workshop where ships were once made and repaired firth he talked with the cube. and good luck but she gave me this. even critics who don't like most of the b. and all these ott say the setting is dramatic even sometimes the most but now or or you know sort of piece can look quite interesting in one of these places it borrows from the interest of the buildings alan thinks the bee in all these ought suffers from being too commercial it's not as political as it once was but all this can reflect rather than campaign and this year's been ali reflects the changing face of

australia under thomas al jazeera sydney despite its harsh climate and dark winter spend when a storm rolls happiest country according to an annual survey or old happiness report one hundred fifty six countries on social support i think suspect and say social freedom and generosity and the absence of corruption and fenlon which came out last year asked in norway for the top spot for the country's take five of the top ten places. at the bottom. when i get a moment to visit our web site al jazeera dot com keep it here for the headlines. and we shall carry these are the headlines on al-jazeera russia's foreign ministry says u.k. prime minister teresa mayes allegations that moscow was behind nerve agent attacked

in england are insane that's a quote united nations security council lisc us the incident at an emergency meeting on wednesday britain's allies pledged their support but russia called the accusations and found it this is how russia has acted in every other carries where it is being cool flouting international law dinoire destruction and threats it is what russia does but we will not let such threats deterrence we will not weaken our resolve we will stand firm confident in our democracy rule of law and the freedom of our people we will stand by the values which is shared by the overwhelming majority of those in this council in this united nations and we are today to stand by. syria's civil war has entered its eighth here the conflict was sparked by peaceful protests against president bashar al assad

back in two thousand and eleven the u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights says at least half a million people have been killed more than half of syria's pre-war population of twenty million have been displaced. one of the u.k.'s largest companies is moving its headquarters from london to the netherlands but you don't lever insists this decision is not because they say it's part of a restructure it comes at a crucial point in britain's to go shay sions to leave the european union. south africa has dismissed an australian minister's comments that white farmer should get special visas as they face quote horrific circumstances home affairs minister peter dutton says a civilised country like australia should hope he cited reports of lancers and violence south africa's government says no one is in danger president cyril ramaphosa has vowed to speed up the legal redistribution of land from wealthy whites to for blacks. those are your headlines to keep it here on

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