this is the w. news live from bunning the standoff deepens russia says it's to expel twenty three british diplomats this emitter theory inside the kremlin off to the u.k. passing the blame to president putin over the poisoning of the former russian double agent and his daughter on british soil but have the latest from moscow. also coming up more than one hundred fifty thousand civilians fleetingly syrian city of free this is turkish forces shelled the city observers say more people have died in

an strikes today. plasticky director all b f b i andrew make a business fire to the dismissal comes just before mccabe was due to retire was his removal politically motivated we'll have full analysis. i'm helena humphrey thanks for joining me the dispute over the poisoning of an expiry britain is deepening russia says it will expel twenty three british diplomats in a tit for tat response to measures that the u.k. has taken against mosco over the case well the british ambassador to moscow nori bristow i was summoned to the russian foreign ministry earlier here's what he said after that meeting. russia. is a friendly place. we lived with

him thank you thank you. thank you thank god thank. god we would. say i found against an attack. all right well i'm joined now by our nick is the moscow correspondent for britain's daily telegraph nice paper and it both countries that you know expecting twenty three diplomats from each side is this the end of diplomatic ties between the u.k. and russia. no not yet and 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 expelled 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 ages countries despite the diplomatic tensions in russia in recent years all right 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 ball is back in the u.k. score it's 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 is only fair because russia has only one consulate in the u.k.

whereas the u.k. has two consulates in russia. but nonetheless this would be seen as an escalation this is unprecedented even went the russian cut u.s. diplomatic staff by seven hundred fifty five people over the sanctions adopted last year they still didn't shut down the consulates any u.s. consulates directly so this is quite a strong roots of russia and certainly. beyond 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 of course name 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. a search and rescue operation is underway off to a boat carrying more than twenty people capsized in the aegean sea at least fifteen people including four children have been confirmed dead the migrants were trying to get to greece from turkey the bodies were recovered off the greek island of i go to niecy near the turkish coast several months several managed to swim to the coast and dorothy's. a monitoring group says more than one hundred fifty thousand

people have fled africa in a north east in syria over the past few days this is turkish troops and syrian opposition fighters ramp up their assault on the city and turkey is trying to take over affray now in the surrounding region from kurdish militia they view that militia as terrorists now those fleeing have described a terrifying situation for. a harrowing exit s. thousands fled out free in on friday alone as turkish forces stepped up their violent assault on the kurdish enclave families climbed mt alarm on the outskirts of the city desperate to reach safety as they abandon their homes. all of this we have been suffering from mortars for a week people died what can we do we fled we left everything and fled with nothing but our clothes we have nothing and i'm

a puppy about. these refugees escaped a looming siege of the city heavy shelling and severe water shortages but other civilians may be trapped. the u.n. said it was concerned that kurdish fighters were preventing people from leaving we have received reports that only those civilians who have contacts within the kurdish authority or the kurdish armed forces have been able to leave. but even they have to make a treacherous path through risking shelling and explosive hazards only to reach checkpoints manned by government backed armed groups. turkey's campaign to purge afrin of kurdish militia has left the city in ash and rebel president ever wants says his troops won't leave until africa is captured. all right now to some the other stories making news around the world at least two people have been killed

and several more injured in a car bomb attack in the afghan capital kabul the taliban has claimed responsibility the bomb a targeted a global security company officials say all the victims were civilians is the fourth suicide attack in the city in three weeks. tens of thousands of people have protested in slovakia for the third consecutive day demonstrators according to snap elections they say prime minister robot government will stay in control despite his resignation on thursday so step down following public outrage over the killing of journalist coochie ak and his fiance. skiis but first a jump for their lives from an out of control ski lift it's a mountain resort in georgia a malfunction caused the child to run backwards at high speed firing passengers into the air at least eight people were injured. when the former deputy

director of the f.b.i. andrew mackay passed been fined he's the latest top official involved in investigations into allegations of russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election to be let go the justice department says it fired mccabe after an internal inquiry determined improbable hevia during his handling of an investigation into hillary clinton from a cape has rejected the allegations that he says he's being targeted as a crucial witness into whether trump tried to obstruct the russia investigation. and here to give us some analysis is all from a washington correspondent shrader meyer good to see another firing in washington what's the tally of the body count seems to be racking up here another one bites the does this is the twenty fourth person wowie fourteen months of the trouble ministration to either resign or be fired we had tillerson. just a couple of days ago hope hicks the former communications director last week or two weeks ago who can remember so that she was stepping down it really does seem to

just be a the people are just running out the door being pushed out the door you know revolving door with a now it's andrea capes reasons of being given for his dismissal so as you said he's the deputy director of the f.b.i. for now former deputy director of the f.b.i. and this is a very layered story that i'll try to try to simplify for people of the reason that was given by the f.b.i. and by the justice department was improper statements that he made to the media in connection with another investigation. the real reason that it's very easy to read a political motivation in this which they are of course denying but he was very close with james komi who served under james comey the former f.b.i. director who we have to remember trump let go last summer in connection to come is refusing to shut down the rest of the russian vesta geisha and into possible collusion between the trumpet ministration and the trump campaign at the time i

should say and the russian government so a lot of moving pieces here and mccabe himself has pushed back against these allegations saying he made these improper statements that was the official reason why he was like oh yeah we know that mccabe is furious about this can you tell us more about what he said he's released a very long and rather extraordinary and blistering statement that we can take a look at here he is said the crux of it here is that he said i am being singled out and treated this way because of the role i played the actions i took and the events i witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of james komi this attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally but to taint f.b.i. law enforcement and intelligence professionals more generally just part of this administration ongoing war on the f.b.i. and the efforts of the special counsel and. continue to this day and that statement about james comey is really a crux there indicates that he could perhaps be

a very key witness in this ongoing special investigations a stinging statement does he have a point there is donald trump eliminating critical voices one by one well if we look at us specially the tillerson firing a couple of days ago it does seem to be that he is taking out these voices in his administration that sort of work counterbalances to put it simply the yes men who are around him and replacing them with people who are much more amenable to the president's outlook on his administration on the country on foreign policy which for people who do not support trump is of course a very concerning move because it looks like he's trying to consolidate more power so mccain is speaking out like this seems to be him signaling to robert mueller who is reading the special investigation come talk to me i can tell you things absolutely. thank you very much for your analysis it will be interesting to see what comes out in the days and weeks to come. but it does make

a football now in hamburg face a crucial game in their battle to beat relegation and later against how to bad how big a seven points adrift in the relegation zone with time running out now with a new coach at the helm the club has to rouse itself from the doldrums old and first of abundance league relegation. it was a warm welcome for hamburg's new coach kristin tits is concentrating on the positives despite the club's relegation plight. and we're not interested in what's happened this week is a new start and that's what we're focusing on through. tate's is a relative unknown he's never played or coached at the top level in germany until now but the have big bosses hope his qualities will shine through. he started in a diligent and meticulous way. getting stuck into the details of various things and he's a very ambitious person. ambition alone will not be enough for hamburg. the team

needs to start scoring goals so far they found the net just eighteen times in twenty six games so what's the grand plan to make hamburg more prolific. if the fifth we want to have more possession. so that we have more control of games . and through that we want to create more chances to go on to. hamburg's last win was an emphatic three no victory over half and heine the problem that was way back in november faily it's a bit hats about linwood extend their winless streak to fourteen games. and we want to put a team out there who can win us this game. there's still time for hamburg to save themselves just about but a win this weekend is essential if the folks back stadium is to host top flight football again next season. reminder of our top story now russia says it will expel

twenty three british diplomats who said the closing of an expiry in britain deepens the crime and furious after british foreign secretary boris johnson directly implicated russian president vladimir putin in the case yesterday. and watching the news on humphrey thanks for watching. the race for immortality has begun. leading. neuro scientists are researching ways to replicate the human brain. enjoys far taking over physical labor. the human brain is deciphered. new enjoys fun with artificial consciousness are the number one item on the market. the transfer of this unit.