and investigative journalist. this week on. this. talk of the united nations the u.s. joins britain in blaming russia for poisoning a former spy in his daughter in 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 today british prime minister theresa may announce that she will be expelling twenty three russian diplomats who were also suspected of being spotted also coming up students across the united states walk out of class

calling for tougher gun laws remembering the seventeen people killed at a florida high school four weeks ago today and a new german government finally takes office nearly six months after the election. warning in for a fourth term. it's good to have you with us tonight the united states is getting tough talking tough with russia at the united nations at a special meeting of the u.n. security council u.s. ambassador nikki haley is condemning russia for what she calls the crime of using a nerve agent against a former spy and his daughter in a quiet english city russia was responsible she said and must account for its actions. the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack

on two people and the united kingdom using a military grade nerve agent if we don't take immediate concrete measures to address this now solsbury will not be the last place we see chemical weapons used. earlier britain's prime minister to resume a announced a package of sanctions against russia including expelling twenty three diplomats from london moscow reacted angrily it has valid to retaliate in cold the moves by the prime minister unprecedented and a crude provocation. may announce the measures after russia ignored a deadline to provide an explanation for the attack she said moscow's failure to cooperate showed what she called a disdain for the gravity of the events her conclusion when it came was unambiguous so mr speaker that is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr scrip owl and his daughter and for

threatening the lives of other british citizens in salzburg including detective sergeant nick davey she said the steps against moscow would include the freezing of some russian assets and this is special of high level contacts be the headline move though was what will be the largest expulsion of russian diplomats from the u.k. in more than thirty years under the vienna convention the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as undeclared intelligence offices they have just one week to leave the russian embassy in london described the measures as unacceptable unjustified and shortsighted the ambassador said moscow wanted to see samples of the nerve agent used in the attack and accused london of failing to stick to international rules on such matters first we want to see the simples full stop without the samples without the official procedure of the organization all the provision of the chemical weapons were not going to for

i think that britain should for the international law as ties with russia now look set to enter a new deep freeze the u.k. is looking to its allies for support the e.u. is donald to scale says he believes the attack was inspired by moscow and promised to discuss it at an east summit next week. for. director of the center for security and intelligence studies at the university of washington in the u.k. and i asked him who are the twenty three people that the prime minister is kicking out and why were they selected. i think we can very safely assume they were selected by britain's security service the m. and five and they were selected because of that titles people need to know they have basically two sorts of intelligence offices who operate in foreign countries those who are attached to an embassy legally and those who are independent

of the embassy said called illegals now all of the illegals in the embassy some of those people in the embassy will be normal diplomats doing that open source diplomatic activity but some will be secret intelligence offices and m i five our security service will have a good idea of who they are so mr glees are you saying that these twenty three people they may be listed as diplomats but they're actually doing espionage in the u.k. yes i think that's absolutely right because before they leave the united kingdom in a week we will have to be satisfied that none of them was in seoul's three and involved in the attempted assassination of mrs craig and his daughter yulia because it is possible that some of them may have been what if if we know so quickly that twenty three people are suspected spies in the u.k. why are why weren't they kicked out a long time ago why are they in the country right now. ok it's a very good question in the real world of international politics every single

country houses intelligence offices in its embassy we do it in the united kingdom you do it in the federal republic and the russians do it in russia the question really is if they cross the line and do things that seriously damaging to the national security of the country that they are in and when that happens a decision as to be taken to expel them i think we can expect the russians to stop expelling british diplomats any moment now so what we've got to tonight then is we but the u.k. expelling diplomats who are really spies and we've also got a royal boycott of the summer world cup in russia this summer would you say that this punishment fits the crime. well i think it i mean them that other things to reason may have said i think that his expulsion there is a seizure of russian assets in the u.k.

which is a very important measure that checks on acra flying into the united kingdom from russia and there is a suggestion that the royal family will not go and look at the wellcome of course it's up to fifty to decide whether the england team should go and play in the well and indeed whether any european team should go in the well should play in a well cup in russia in june and july my own feeling is that this is such a serious matter a prime minister the british prime minister has said with a probability that borders on certainty the russian state is to blame for this attack him people fighting for their lives british police officers seriously injured five hundred people in seoul spree woke up yesterday morning figuring they too may have been contaminated by this vile nerve agent this is in effect.

an invasion through chemical means of british soil and that has to have very serious consequences. and that was anthony glees speaking with us earlier here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world slovakia's prime minister robert fico has offered to resign to resolve a political crisis sparked by the killing of a journalist and his fiance in late february so wacky it was thrown into crisis after the murder of young who wrote about forty cases involving businessmen the mafia and politicians. in the united states a democrat connor lamb holds a razor thin lead in a closely watched congressional election in pennsylvania with the result still too close to call lam has made a surprise strong showing in a republican stronghold over republican candidate rick so kone the vote is seen as a litmus test for donald trump's republican party ahead of midterm elections in

november. high school students across the united states have walked out of their schools to protest against gun violence calling for stricter gun laws in the capital washington d.c. students marched to the white house in staged a seventeen minute silent protest a minute for every victim of the mass shooting that took place in florida last month claire richardson reports from washington. they're sick and tired of fellow students being gunned down while at school these young demonstrators at the sandy springs friends school in maryland are some of the tens of thousands of students who took part in a nationwide walkout to demand tougher gun control measures. we reckon they should have. records of what. we are sending this message in solidarity with schools across the nation i think

it's so powerful that schools can go out and do this and have this message be a nationwide message that we're sending students in the d.c. area also have the chance to take their message right to congress's door seventeen year olds and a good man helped organize transporting dozens of classmates to the capitol by bus many of the school shootings are happening and many of them could have been prevented if citizens didn't have their hands on assault rifles for example or if there had been a stronger record check or if the gun laws that were in place had been forced. to this scene in the heart of washington student rallies demanding action from their lawmakers including tougher background checks before someone can purchase a gun and a ban on assault weapons like the one used in florida i i i i. it's been a month since a gun in my house. i just school in park lane florida and today students across the

country are channeling that grief and rage into protests by walking out of school and holding seventeen minutes of silence for the seventeen victims who lost their lives there are seven thousand children have died from gun violence since the school shooting at sandy hook in two thousand and twelve but this time there has been a stronger backlash partly in thanks to vocal student survivors but congress still has been reluctant to budge is something everyone in america would go screw to. the fear that they might get shot on any given day orange has become the color of their movement for an a it was an emotional day at the capitol. and i know that i know more than a people then i say to them every step but it's another thing to like see it and action and to like yes see everybody really show up and be as enthusiastic and passionate as we were we're hoping. displayed. in less than two weeks many of these students will be back to join forces with the

survivors at the park when a massacre and what they hope will be an even bigger protest march for our lives. some form. or another here in berlin chancellor. took the oath of office today for the fourth time and her conservative block formed a coalition with the social democrats just like the last government some would say more of the same well the german president today he spotted that danger and he went so far as to warn the coalition parties that they have to prove to the voters that they are new and different. after a nearly six months long wait germany's new government has finally been sworn in a new cabinet with a well known chancellor. on wednesday morning medical took her on the german constitution the official start of her fourth term. money off i swear that i will dedicate my efforts to the welfare of the german people promote their

benefit protect them from harm and do justice to all so help me god so volumnia what's his or. her election this chance herbals closer than expected merkel's coalition of conservatives and social democrats actually has a clear majority but her marginal victory was only nine votes. really for some in spite of a close election result the months of tough negotiations to form a new government are over the far right let the opposition in voicing criticism as to this means that two loser parties struggles to join forces in order to somehow govern the country. and that the real scandal is the content of the coalition agreement in this respect i would say the government has also earned a bumpy start. after the election german president. a hand at the chancellor her letter of appointment and then the same for her fifteen cabinet ministers the

president called for more than just a repeat from merkel and her new ministers. a mere reissue of the old will not be enough to win back lost trust this government must prove it is new and different view. one hundred seventy one days after the general election last september germany finally has a new government and. is once again back in charge. these scientific community is in mourning after the loss of one of its brightest stars renowned british physicist stephen hawking has died his family says that he passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of wednesday hawking will be remembered for his groundbreaking work on black holes in general relativity he also defied expectations living for more than fifty years with a dizzy hawkie was seventy six years old.

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