make sure you don't want to. bring factory starting march twenty fourth on do you double your. business d w news live from the standoff deepens russia says it's to expel twenty three british diplomats this image period guide the kremlin off to the u.k. personally blamed president putin over the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter on british soil we'll go live to moscow also coming up russia prepares for sunday's presidential election there

might be a done deal to putin that can he get the voters to turn out in the numbers he wants . plus former deputy director of the f.b.i. and you make a big fire the dismissal comes just two days before mccabe was due to retire was his removal politically motivated we'll have full analysis. her. time at home free thanks for joining me the dispute over the poisoning of an ex spa in britain a steepening russian says russia says it will expel twenty three british diplomats in a tit for tat response to measures the u.k. has taken against moscow over the case and the british ambassador to moscow bristow was so mendip to the russian foreign ministry earlier here's what he said after that meeting. if russia doesn't. make.

itself twenty. three miles away. you. would. sail. against it. all right well i'm joined now by our nick is the moscow correspondent for britain's daily telegraph newspaper and it both countries that you know expanding twenty three diplomats from each side is this the end of diplomatic ties between the u.k. and russia. no not the end the u.k. embassy in moscow will remain open but it should be said that this is an escalation in the diplomatic spat that's been going on the u.k. of course it's twenty three russian diplomats and said it would take measures to

curb russian corruption in the u.k. but russia goes a step further you're not just expelling twenty three british diplomats as was expected but also close in the consulate in st petersburg russia second largest city and also shutting down the british council cultural organization which has been very active in russia promoting the u.k. russia were all year of culture last year for instance and trying to build bridges between the two countries despite the diplomatic tensions in russia in recent years or so those are the measures and it from the foreign ministry we haven't heard directly from putin yet what can we expect from him. well i think that russia will this is the this is the big answer that russia has promised and now really the the ball is back in the u. case courts i think that the british government will come under pressure now to retaliate once again because russia has especially up the any russian of course

claiming that this only fair because russia has only one consulate in the u.k. whereas the u.k. has to cost less in russia. but nonetheless this is be seen as an escalation this is unprecedented even when the russian cuts u.s. diplomatic staff by seven hundred fifty five people over sanctions adopted last year they still didn't shut down the consulates any u.s. consulates directly so this is quite a strong roots russia and certainly all eyes will be on the u.k. government now as you say to pullback in britain's courts now where do you think it could go from the british side or perhaps is that a potential solution on the table to deescalate these tensions. it's hard to see these tensions deescalating or going away anytime soon britain has made it very clear that it doesn't see any explanation besides. russia and russian

government involvements behind this group are poisoning allies in the west including the united states have backed that stance and so that will be walked back what could potentially happen russia has a consulate in edinburgh in scotland. that could potentially closed as a response to this measure although it remains to be seen how exactly the will frame this and will respond to this and it can learn from the daily telegraph the moscow correspondent there thank you very much indeed. and there's now less than a day to go until russians vote in presidential elections although the row with the u.k. has threatened to overshadow the vote internationally it's unlikely that will have any effect on the outcome president vladimir putin is expected to win another six year term but warning the kremlin is the possibility of low voter turnout which

mars results launch a foregone conclusion many russians don't see the need to cast their ballot. i wish one could say it's the end of an election campaign that hardly happened no one expects any surprises on sunday when up to one hundred nine million registered voters go to the polls the presidents of the world with. every one of us cares about the destiny of our russian fatherland pressures that's why i'm asking you to cast your ballot on sunday just west make use of your right to make your choice not about the future of our beloved russia but i see plenty of putin is worried that people choosing to stay away from the polls could weaken the legitimacy of his presidency the kremlin would like to see a voter turnout of seventy percent with seventy percent of the ballots cast or put in. a lower voter turnout could strengthen the position of kremlin critic alexina

vonnie even though he's not allowed to run in this election he could claim a moral victory from a low turnout where we really were calling on people not to vote this procedure is no election it's only a race between putin and the candidates he's personally selected. since a victory for putin is all but a foregone conclusion some russians say they don't see any need to cast their ballots you know i'm not folk. in the end pop music and glitzy ads may not be enough to persuade everyone to go to iraq teenager has been found guilty of attempted moment to stay in control despite his resignation on thursday night so step down following public outrage over the killing of a journalist a young crazy act and his fiance. skiis were forced to jump for their lives from an out of control scheme if there's a mountain resort in georgia

a malfunction caused the chairlift to run backwards at high speed flinging passages into the air at least eight people injured. now the f.b.i.'s former deputy director andrew mccabe has been fired just two days before his expected retirement and mccabe had played a crucial role in investigations into russia's alleged meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. election the justice department says it dismissed mccabe off to an internal f.b.i. investigation found that he had leaked information to the media and mis said investigate his about his actions mckay has denied the allegations and says he is being targeted as part of a white house attempt to discredit investigations into the trump administration. well here to give us some analysis is all former washington correspondent maya sure you did good to see maya and we've got more time on turmoil in washington and your mckay has been fired donald trump appears very happy about it one of the reasons

that have been given for his dismissal is about extra notes here because this is a story with a lot of layers today that we have to dig into so on the surface here as you said he was he was fired on the recommendation of the f.b.i.'s office of inspector general that's an internal watchdog and he's basically accused of bias of not being an impartial actor in the cases that he was overseeing and the statement was difficulty from the attorney general jeff sessions says that he made unauthorized statements to the media meaning he's a leaker which is something that we know trump has often railed against and that he lacked candor under oath sarah huckabee sanders the white house press secretary said he was a bad actor and we know that trump is very happy about this he said that this is a great day for democracy in a tweet he called mccabe a choir boy and that he knew about corruption at the highest levels of the f.b.i. so from the trump side this is definitely

a good thing it is not actually the first time that donald trump has openly criticized andrew mckay so tell us about the background that has led to this latest firing he's been on the the warpath against mccain for many months now we should say that this this firing is somewhat symbolic because mccabe who was the acting deputy deputy director of the f.b.i. has been on leave since january and was just trying to run out the clock until his retirement which as you said was supposed to be two days from now. mccain himself came out in a very lengthy statement a pretty extraordinary rebuttal against the trump administration saying that he was being targeted because of his involvement with what this administration always seems to circle back to the firing of former and. the i directed james komi last summer we know that feels like it was centuries ago but the this is a theme that you know i mean up in this administration and i'll just read out a little bit of the his statement here he said that he was being attacked on his

credibility and it's part of a larger effort to slander me personally taint the f.b.i. and law enforcement and intelligence professionals more generally and we know that trump has been attacking the f.b.i. are a lot since this investigation led by special counsel robert mueller started up after james comey was fired again a lot of letters to settle these. as russia investigation komi they do attract from the trumpet ministration and mckay has said that he's his firing is part of an ongoing i mean quite an ongoing war against the f.b.i. has he said anything else exactly who said he's being singled out and treated this way because of the role he played the actions he took and the events quote the events i witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of james komi now this seems to be the key statement here hinting that he might know something about the the circumstances surrounding james komi is firing and that could make him

a very interesting witness for the robert mueller investigation and we're very sure to see something interesting coming out of that sums to what he says now he is out of the f.b.i. to w.'s mohnish way to thank you very much for your analysis. all right time for some sports news now and when does legal football the relegation battle hots up this weekend the fiber where looking for a win in friday's game to over secure their safety but then used got would be in a tough position the visitors have not lost a game since new coach typhoon cool cut came in and they're going for an unlikely european spot we're going to. just thirty minutes i broke the back of the half time through this it just wasn't a strike but gomez was a week fifteen minutes from the end of the gods and i was beaten and nine of the

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