grow at least nine people have been killed in confrontations with security forces since tuesday the tactical name has more. it's. storming and torching a government building. blocking the entrance of a key port fed up iraqis are demanding the attention of a government they say is failing them that there's not a diet there is no more trust in anyone neither new leadership nor any party. security forces responded with tear gas iraq's prime minister says he didn't order security forces to fire real bullets a martini all but the who wants to create a rift among our security forces after all the sacrifices we made to get rid of terrorism who wants to take us from bad to worse to create rifts among our citizens in order to put basra under threat many of iraq's human rights commission reports

nine people have been killed and more than a hundred wounded including security force members of. the protesters who were injured were peaceful they don't have rifles pistols or any guns they only have banners and signs this occur the forces use excessive force. anger has been simmering for weeks in basra and other cities in southern iraq considered the shiite muslim heartland of the country the region is oil rich and the port is vital for imports and exports. despite the oil revenue iraqis complain they're forced to live with the daily indignities of unclean water and no electricity government corruption and unemployment are also high on the list of protestors grievances and i'm up and down i don't want but why are the police humiliating i'm from busta asking for my rights. the ministry of transportation is appealing to protesters not to target the port and other public facilities it says

are connected to their. frustration it seems protesters have succeeded in forcing the government to listen to their grievances now they want action natasha going to zero. zero zero zero still ahead thousands of white workers go on strike in south africa saying their back colleagues have an unfair advantage. of course in the state of ranger refugees in bangladesh as the international criminal court rules it can't prosecute me in law for war crimes. hello there we're seeing plenty of cloud and rain over many parts of china at the moment the satellite picture showing plenty of cloud in the north at first but then

you see this line of thunderstorms develop and that's gradually tracking its way towards the west so for whom and i'll say growing share we're going to see plenty of wet weather over the next few days and you can tell from the dark blue colors that we're expecting some of this rain to be very very heavy all of the wet weather though gradually retreat southwards as we head into saturday so more of us should get away with some drier weather including shanghai twenty eight degrees and this should be more in the way of sunshine here over the towards the west and for many of us across india it's fine that's in the western parts on up into pakistan as well but you can see plenty of cloud in the east that's also affecting us in bangladesh and nepal plenty of what weather here at the moment and they'll be plenty more over the next few days some of the what this weather is likely to be on friday you can see quite a well defined circulation here so in hong strains for the eastern parts of india that gradually despond as it works its way westward so slightly less heavy rain as it works its way west on saturday meanwhile here in doha still very humid and no changes over the next few days so staying hot humid plenty of moisture in the air

or temperatures topping out around forty or forty one degrees at the moment. i've struggled. on the steady increase on the saddest thing for all of pleasure internet stuff but i'm there also as an initial tenant on the islands from where i'm still an intimate look at life in cuba to be clear if you meet me down all the time it during a meeting was a lot of fun to watch the last one of my cuba on just zero.

and one of the top stories on our. senior officials in the trumpet ministration a denying that the anonymous author of a new york times article about the president opinion piece published wednesday describes a revolt inside the white house. from says it's prepared to strike syria if government forces used chemical weapons in a major operation to retake the last rebel stronghold. and protestors in the southern iraqi city of pasto have set a fifth government building in light as anger over a lack of jobs and called public services continues to grow. britain's ambassador to the united nations has been briefing the security council on the nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. two russians have been charged with attempted murder british officials say was the work of moscow's military intelligence and occasions which the kremlin has denied on diplomatic ties to james bays joins us live now from the u.n.

headquarters in new york so what is the u.s. u.k. hoping to get out of this u.n. security council meeting. well they're presenting the same evidence that was already presented to the house of commons by the british prime minister but ambassador karen pearce has the opportunity to present it among the international community and in the un security council where of course russia is a permanent member so they're looking i think to call out russia in public and to get international support they've already got some of that as a security council meeting started some of their closest allies from germany the us and canada all came out and said they supported the conclusions of the british inquiry so far what we've also heard from karen pierce is not just about this case but the much wider implications for the whole international system they work in

a parallel universe where the normal rules of international affairs in that it this is a direct challenge back in president to the rules based international system which has kept all of this safe including russia since one thousand nine hundred forty fine in the face of such behavior the international community needs to continue to defend the laws norms and institutions that safeguard our citizens against chemical weapons and safeguard them against the threat of hostile foreign interference this is why the british prime minister yesterday set out the importance of using transparent multilateral mechanisms to identify and hold the line actors to account . well i asked ambassador pearce at the start of this meeting what she expected from her allies and from the e.u. because remember the u.k. cannot impose sanctions itself on russia right now as

a member of the at least for the next months before the supposed start of bricks it they are a member of the use of that would have to go to european meeting to decide that also of course there are the close allies of the u.k. like the u.s. which already taken quite a tough line with regard to the salzburg case we're going to hear in the next few minutes from the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley and in a couple of speakers time we've got bolivia speaking right now we're going to hear i think the most important speech of the day and that is from ambassador vasoline the benzema who is the russian ambassador to the united nations he avoided reporters on the way in he decided not to speak straight after the u.k. wait to hear what all the rest of the council have to say but i expect to hear a very strong rebuttal from him in the next few minutes lauren james bays thank you very much indeed yemen's government has given his the rebels twenty four hours to

send a delegation to peace talks in geneva threatening to leave if they don't turn up in time it's still unclear if the rebels will attend the negotiations meanwhile a protest has been held in the army city of ties ahead of friday's u.n. led talks oppressed as a calling for the warring parties to address the plight of thais as residents they've been living on the siege for three years through civil war bridles talks will be the first between yemen's government and he rebels since twenty sixth. that's our journey even before the start of the geneva talks to who these claim they have the right to control and govern yemen their claim is rotten and puts pressure on the international community to deal with them what kind of peace can we have with such a group that does not believe in the rights of other people. a south sudanese military court has found ten soldiers guilty for their role in an attack on a juba hotel and twenty sixteen a local journalist was killed and five foreign aid workers were rapes the case was widely seen as a test for south sudan's ability to hold its soldiers to account sentences ranging

from four years to life in prison were handed down to the soldiers each rape survivor will also be paid four thousand dollars by the government the ugandan pop star and opposition politician bobby wine says no amount of brutality will stop him from fighting for democracy why we're speaking in washington d.c. he's been receiving treatment for injuries he sustained when in custody wine and thirty two other activists were arrested in kampala three weeks ago after stones were thrown at the president's convoy he was released on bail but still faces charges of treason the military denies that he was assaulted in custody. he had to symbolize the resilience of ugandans to tell them that we still stand for justice equality freedom and dignity for everybody we represent the power of the people. ugandans have always been wanting freedom

they've only been wanting to be the masters of their destiny. wondered to live in a country where media is a sub once and the people at the true must us and that is what we advocate for we advocate for people power we need our power let's go straight back to the u.n. security council and listen to the russian ambassador to the u.n. who promised to provide new information on the investigation of the so-called descript affair. we carefully also examine the statement of their prime minister the u.k. trees and may in the british parliament on this topic. now to be frank we very much hope that today we'd hear something convincing that sheds light on this mysterious incident unfortunately our expectations were not met once again. in our today's statement we heard the same the same repeated lies.

on the so-called double agents as a reason for as a legitimate murder by russian special services and children's services about training of russian special services in the handling of toxic chemicals about the development of military grade chemical agents in russia about cyber attacks about attempts to engineer and overthrow in macedonia and a lot of other and from. i'm not going to. go through the list of this whole unfounded and mendacious cocktail of facts similar insinuations that were heard from the british prime minister yesterday.

just yesterday we found out that the courageous british investigators published the photos of to assess individual suspected in poisonings here again you ascribe it precisely this is provided by the british authorities as a sensation as a turning point in the investigation. these individuals supposedly have russian last names and citizenship. with well known degree of certainty highly likely it is stated that they then that they work for the russian intelligence services at the same time and it is assumed immediately that the names provided are aliases. furthermore unlike the previous unsubstantiated provocation of a similar type of an ink oh affair the british side does say that to attempt to obtain extradition of these two individuals it does not intend

to do so from russia nor do they intend to cooperate with the russian authorities and why should they even try. that does not enter the plans of london game several delegations today when the statements caught on the russian side to cooperate with the united kingdom. well everything is exactly the opposite we have been calling london to cooperate rather than london calling us to cooperate and london has been refusing us this cooperation. for london needs this story for just one purpose to do to unleash a high and disgusting anti russian hysteria and to involve other countries in this is syria now the number of inconsistency and unresolved issues in connection with the new british so-called quote unquote evidence is off the charts for example on

the photos provided by london of the suspects where they're shown going through the same identical corridor supposedly in the in god would care board that time indicated corresponds down to the second. according to information stated by trees a made in the suspects found themselves next to the house of st paul the approximately at noon on the fourth of march where is earlier and in all police reports it was stated that this group was left their house that day early in the morning and never returned. so how would it be possible for them to do to to do to enter into contact with a contaminated door handle of their house. it's difficult to consider convincing that the suspects use the a regular container of a perfume bottle to transport the mythical no the chalk as follows from the

a public reports of be experts in particular and the ems bring incident this substance is so toxic and dangerous that to transport it it would be necessary to use specially protected containers otherwise the person transporting the substance would would definitely suffer. themselves madam president in russia there is a very popular joke about a character named the elusive joe. now he's elusive not because no one can catch him. but rather because no one needs him no one is even interested in looking for him now i have the strong feeling that we have been provided with two such elusive joes which supposedly were acting on orders from moscow perhaps some of you are convinced by this spectacle but i believe that this new

episode of this is just as invented and just as produced out of thin air as pretty as the previous episodes. are british colleagues have taken a very comfortable position when they have issued a verdict the guilty party russia has been declared their real names of the suspects are known real names although supposedly it is well it is known that they are. they work for the g r g r u how it's possible to determine this without knowing their names is a mystery for us we are called to cooperate as i said it's actually we who have been calling london to cooperate and london from the day one has refused to cooperate british the british ambassador was called into the ministry of foreign affairs in russia where. in response to a request. to request. the ambassador refused

to provide russia. the british authorities rather bassett has said that the british authorities have refused to provide russia information that the suspects were supposed to provide to the embassy when they applied for their visa this includes thing or prince were using which it would be much easier to identify them than using a photo from the internet there's nothing surprising about this. in this post truth world that is being created by western colleagues the world of delirium and fake news is quite enough in order to issue a verdict and either and even start to punishment now of course london is not intend to take this case to its conclusion is not it's not interested now since we're here once again to hear. information from london let us just make

in broad strokes recall what actually happened since the moment of the attack and salisbury on the fourth of march there are two russian citizens that were exposed to a mysterious nerve agent. they're being held somewhere and in breach of all international legal and humanitarian norms they have not been given access to russian consular services or even their close relatives this is a fact we have all we've seen is a television statement by us group pall which raises many questions and suspicions that she's being the subject of serious moral and psychological pressure. there are also there's also a letter in the form of an ultimatum demanding that it knowledge that it is guilty of the of the attack against group there are also several letters from russia to great britain with proposals to take part in the investigation and with a very convincing list of concrete specific questions which have remained unanswered. and lastly there are the conclusions of all b.c.

doubly experts that on the fourth of march in solsbury a nerve agent was used and that the origin the origin from which country was it came was not possible to determine it was not possible because as a matter of principle it is not possible to determine this probably that is the end of the actual facts of the case everything else is just a con conjecture created by the very rich investigation and use of food and research phobia of the official lawn and london authorities now given the obvious contradictions in the investigation which has been fuelled by leaks to the media our british colleagues simply disregard these spawning new even more absurd versions i'm not going to list them all and your time is too valuable i just want to say that half a year later almost it's still not clear why russia would want to poison the script policy or why it would want to do this in such

a strange sophisticated and illogical way we were told that there was a gel was was applied to the door handle now teresa mayes said that supposedly the suspects brought with them a perfume bottle and their mom there are lots of such an inconsistency. however a lot of unsubstantiated conclusions of these abound that apparently moscow is responsible and this led to concrete sanctions now this theater of the absurd the only one who is one whose gain from this is nina ricci company which has received a lot of free advertising. the fact that the british authorities still haven't no evidence that russia is responsible for its solves very or any kind of a clear version of what happened i think everyone is already convinced of that and we have lost all hope of actually. finding the truth there are those who are guilty

so for us the only issue is what kind of ploys london will invent in order to avoid a truly serious rather than a politically motivated investigation of the case in the sense the quote unquote sensation that was sensational disclosures that were provided to dare part of the crude strategy pursued by london and by the way. we have no problems with the rank and file. british citizens who we have a great deal of sympathy for and we like them very much as you could saw during the world cup the problem is with the government that is trying to mislead the world community and their own citizens madam president now i'd like to shift to more official language and as a summary state the following the russian federation categorically rejects all unfounded. all all all unfounded accusations regarding

its involvement in poisoning with toxic chemicals in april twenty eighth in the city of solsbury of russian citizens there again yulia scripts which were once again repeated by the prime minister of tourism in parliament on the fifth of september we call them british on the british side to. be to moderation we confirm our readiness to conduct consultations in coordination with bilateral khans consular consultation from the second of to december one thousand nine hundred sixty five and the european convention on mutual legal assistance on criminal cases from the twentieth of april nine hundred fifty nine we demand consular access to the illegally detained russian citizens once again with full responsibility we state that. these statements by official london that only russia supposedly. has or had technical means practical experience and motives to carry out such an

act with the use of chemical substances as completely unfounded and only. to mislead the international community the russian federation has never developed never produced and never stockpiled toxic chemicals which in in the west have been named no the choke the very word no the choke and the information about the structure and mass specter of the chemical compound. started appearing in foreign specialized scientific literature and applied databases. after with information provided by sylvia defectors who had only a very indirect connection to the soviet military chemical weapons program furthermore such developments were conducted in a whole range of other states including great britain the united states and other western countries and and the laboratory that the ministry of united kingdom

important down was involved in these kind of this kinds of research and development . there there there are volumes of specialized literature in the west about this work the last circumstance is of particularly important to understand what happened . what happened there regarding the script palled case that has been produced by london against russia and the following incident and i am very the russian federation would like to make an appeal to all states with all responsibility and to to. support the appeal to the government of the of the united kingdom to begin consultations with the russian federation in the framework of the convention on that prohibition of chemical weapons and the two aforementioned conventions in conclusion madam president. from the statement of london what is absolutely clear is that. already back in may it had all the in from information that was presented yesterday with without determining the list

of suspects and determining the fact that they were in salzburg there would have been no reason to search the tell where they stayed. obviously if all of that if all this so-called evidence were as important as its claim to be that they would have been published four months ago even before the tragic events in ames barry. from all this it follows that we can make only one conclusion downing street is what is govern not by the interests of justice but by other real reasons and motives which we already mentioned the incident on the fourth of march became a very useful pretext to unleash anti russian hysteria and was used. in time to undermine our authority as a member state it will be c w. on the eve of the staging of the use of chemical weapons in the syrian city of duma today we are witnessing

a similar picture. the statement by theresa may on the fifth of september to took place sort of on the eve of the new political season. and. regarding the and and and regarding the situation in aid live and the provocation that is being prepared there by the fighters there are together with the white helmets. which we have warned about more than once we will circulate to u.n. member states the relevant materials on the topic of today's meeting thank you very much madam president. i think the president from the russian federation i shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the united states. this morning the security council addresses the use of chemical weapons for the first two times today as we have previously the united states expresses its unequivocal

condemnation of the use of chemical weapons in salisbury or anywhere else we stand firm in defense of the international norm against the use of these horrific weapons and we stand firm with the british people it's easy to express outrage of course we do it every day in this chamber what is difficult is finding solutions and today our british friends and colleagues are providing us with a master class on how to stop the spread of chemical weapons they are creating accountability for those who use chemical agents and providing vital support for the international norm against the use of these deadly illegal weapons the british government is pursuing accountability for this attack in the only way accountability can truly be accomplished in accordance with the rule of law british

investigators have conducted a full and fair investigation of what has been determined to be the attempted killing of sergei annual us scruple and detective nick bailey. the investigators have linked to these crimes with the chemical agent that poisoned charlie raleigh and killed dawn sturges. prime minister may went into great detail about each step of this investigation hundreds of detectives have analyzed thousands of hours of c.c.t.v. footage and thousands of documents some things we knew already british investigators had already concluded russia was responsible for the exposure of hundreds of people to a deadly agent on the streets of cells very now thanks to the careful methodical work of the british authorities no one should have any doubt it is actually amazing

to see the clarity and undenied billet of the results the british government has a den of five two russian nationals as responsible for the use of the nova nerve agent on british soil and the attempted murder of a british citizen and his daughter critically the british have also concluded that the two men are officers of the russian military intelligence service this was not as prime minister may said a quote rogue operation this was a highly planned purposely driven attack the british had the suspects on c.c.t.v. from their arrival at gatwick airport to their travel to the vicinity of the screwballs house on the day of the attack and finally their departure from heathrow back to moscow everyone of us in this room and listening around the world should be chilled to the bone with the findings of this investigation as for the subsequent

poisoning of charlie rowley and the death of dawn sturgis prime minister may said it well quote. word these two suspects within our jurisdiction there would be a clear basis in law for their arrest for murder this is how it's done this is how individuals who commit murder and their heinous crimes are exposed this is how nations that defy the international norms that keep us all safe are held to account this is how the memories of those injured and killed and the service of the first responders who cared for them are honored it now falls on us to do our part rather than accept responsibility for its actions the russian government has offered only denials and counter-accusations anything to deflect attention and distract from its guilt the russian denounce have followed

a familiar script from crimea to m.h. seventeen to the dawn boss to the killing of let being go the list goes on and on and the song is always the same russia is somehow never behind these incidents but no one's buying it the most recent british action ensures that russia doesn't get away with this brazen attack in direct response to russia's use of chemical weapons in the salisbury incident the united states has announced additional sanctions against russia and together with our nato allies and other partners one hundred and fifty three russian officials were expelled around the world in response to the attack on the screen poles on u.k. soil while this incident was unsolved barry who is to say it could have happened in paris or amsterdam or addus but we must now help our british friends

find the two russian suspects they have a den of fide and bring them to face justice in the united kingdom. better yet why doesn't the russian government turn these two murderers over to british authorities. we must fight and win the broader battle against impunity for chemical weapons use this is a day for explanations from russia and solidarity with our colleagues in the united kingdom thank you. in his name to nikki haley there the u.s. representative at the u.n. responding to the russian dinars the russian ambassador we heard earlier utterly rejecting the claims by the british government that russian officers were behind a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter using novacek he said that these were same with pete it lies and they were unfounded in mendacious cocktail of facts and this was all designed to unleash hysteria against russia he was also demanding. beg your

pardon let's just listen in while the united kingdom takes the fall again i just want to make very clear that the united kingdom shares that position about.