this is due to a news life from berlin back from the brink of death the poisoned daughter of an ex russian spies speaks out in a statement by a british police units for pulser she's recovering well after the nerve agent attack on her and her father what will her testimony mean for investigators in the mountain diplomatic dispute between london and moscow also coming up brazil's a former prison luis enough to lead the civil loses his bid to avoid prison while appealing a corruption conviction the decision by the supreme court looks likely to end his political career and deepens divisions in the country and combat even

a national sweep to the u.k. puts a new tax on sugary drinks this week a hit in the wallet and to improve people's health across britain. and little rock is great to have you along everyone always start off in the u.k. where there's been a development in the poisoning case of sergei screwball and his daughter yulia a short while ago she issued a statement via british police confirming she's awake but disoriented after the attack that left her critically ill her statement came immediately after recording released by russian state television purporting to be a conversation between yulia script all and her cousin britain and russia fighting to control the flow of information about the case and what's become a full blown diplomatic crisis let's take you now straight to the russian capital

to get reaction there from our very own you are shadow who is in moscow yuri tell us a little bit about this recording that aired on a russian the state television this phone conversation allegedly between yulia scribble her cousin. well it seems a little bit strange to that right now just hours ahead of the meeting in new york at the u.n. security council that is expected to discuss russia's role in the affair so right now the daily talk show sixty minutes on the russia state broadcaster russia one or i.c.i. dean presented a recording of the conversation between the u.s. compile and her cousin victoria who lives here in moscow at the beginning of the program the presenter stressed that victoria scream herself had allegedly given the death recalling which allegedly took place on the previous evening so yesterday evening however during this conversation or the alleged conversation here this cripple sat of that everything was fine everything could be solved everything was

recovering everyone was recovering and that all of a life one should came to the question about at irreversible things and she could soon leave the hospital if you were doing know how they came by that recording at all that she was she where they were that she was being recorded while if this is allegedly given to the presenters that the russian t.v. yesterday evening ok let's move on now because there's been another development where you are a bus carrying u.s. diplomats has left the u.s. embassy here in moscow part of that massive diplomatic fallout about this case let's take a look at how that took place for. departing on bad terms sixty american diplomats pack their bags and board buses at dawn there leaving the u.s. embassy in moscow the latest diplomatic expulsion in the wake of the spy poisoning crisis a large number of russians have also been ordered out by the u.s.

and other western allies which accuse moscow of orchestrating an attack on surrogates cripple and his daughter yulia in the u.k. in march using a nerve agent. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov claims the attack was staged to justify the expulsion of its diplomats. been a while since we've seen such a blatant mockery of international law diplomatic ethics and basic decency. i will point out that we will continue responding adequately to unfriendly moves but at the same time we want to find the truth hurts you. on wednesday russia failed in its bid to become part of the investigation into the poisoning it was voted down at a meeting of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons in the hague britain's representatives said it would be perverse to allow the alleged attackers to carry out the investigation but russia says the u.k.

cannot ignore its questions about the legitimacy of its claims. if you are the u.k. does continue to have the backing of much of the international community that however isn't putting off russia it continues to push through even after yesterday set back at the o.p.c. w today russia is taking its case to the un secretary council a security council excuse me a session what are they trying to achieve. well the on the one hand russia loud and clear denounce at this time spare and see and clarity russia wants to see evidence hard to clear evidence not assumptions no accusations but evidence on the other hand moscow was also asked to prove that it had nothing to do with a poisoning only this demand came from london and should be fulfilled within twenty four hours then moscow sat how can we prove something we didn't do and why we have presumption of innocence the one who accuses should bring evidence and not the accused and that is moscow's claim to international law and that is why moscow now

is going to use the highest possible political stage the un security council to state its arguments and to sit insist once more on its presumption of innocence russia feel strongly isolated internationally because and nearly all members of the european union shoulder so there it is with you cannot with russia moscow feels it's been pushed against the wall and insists it would be absolutely in a sense to use your shadow at reporting it from moscow russia thank you. all right we're going to shift our attention now to brazil where that country's former president luis in a circle of a silver have been eyeing a political comeback as the front runner in upcoming fall national elections well instead it's likely headed to jail since the nation's top court has narrowly denied his request to remain free pending an appeal for a bribery conviction is the biggest name yet to be toppled by prosecutors in a massive anti corruption investigation that has shaken the nation. after

a marathon televised debate brazil's supreme court was deadlocked its chief justice commonly chia then cast the deciding vote rejecting the we said nothing to silver's bid for freedom while his conviction is appealed last year lou was found guilty of taking bribes and sentenced to twelve years in prison. brazilians are equally divided in opinion outside the court and he alluded protest is celebrated the court's decision. brazil i love you sounds one demonstrator. others were upset by the ruling. the sonar system is no different we are really worried for the future of our democracy in our fragile country that. by one we think history of institutional coups and impeachments he only knew our democracy is weak that we have started. under

lula's presidency from two thousand and three to two thousand and ten brazil saw its largest period of economic growth in three decades millions were lifted out of poverty but after he left office a corruption investigation and ledged the top level politicians including lula and then president dilma rousseff had received bribes in exchange for awarding state contracts. luna has claimed the charges are an attempt to thwart his bid for president in october. i am a victim of the largest judicial hunt that a president has ever seen. despite the corruption allegations latest opinion polls suggest that you would win the election by a wide margin but after the supreme court's ruling and with the prospect of a prison term faces big hurdles to a political comeback. i want to tell you now as some of the other stories making

news around the world. the defeated candidate in sierra leone's presidential elections america mara says the poll was marred by fraud a former foreign minister and he plans to challenge the results of his rival julius that may have been one of the runoff election with nearly fifty two percent of the vote. at least president says you're not that i love has begun crisis talks with party leaders in an effort to build a new government after inconclusive elections the antiestablishment five star movement and far right leake party won the most votes during the campaign party leaders that they would refuse to form a coalition together. israel has warned it will not change its rules on troops opening fire as fears grow of more violence breaking out on the gaza border eighteen palestinians were killed last week after groups threw stones and burning tires at soldiers another round of mass palestinian protests is expected on friday

. the world's largest social media platform facebook is under fire for a massive data leak involving even more users than initially thought it now says eighty seven million people may. may have been exposed in the cambridge analytic a privacy scandal the british firm use the information without users' consent to help us president donald trump's twenty sixteen election campaign. it is potentially the worst privacy scandal involving any social network and facebook has admitted its role on its corporate in the u.k. and mexico are among the most affected wouldn't focus enough on preventing abuse and thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm as well and that goes for. foreign interference election beach in addition to developers and data privacy when you take a broad enough view of what our responsibility is and that was

a huge mistake and it was it was my. mistake that mox like a bird will have to answer for in front of leading lawmakers in the u.s. on april ten and eleven the social media giants the goal will be testifying before the u.s. congress he will likely talk about how facebook uses and protects user data and its plans to limit use the data accessible to other companies. britain is looking to kick its sugar have it improve people's health the majority of adults in the u.k. are either overweight or obese which is awful and to various illnesses the government has launched a crackdown now on the national sweet tooth with a tax on sugary drinks that goes into effect this week the goal get people to shed some light. the scales are merciless but every player must get on and get weighed before each match. one and

a half killers lighter than last time zac is on the right track and so is the rest of his team. you get bonuses for losing weight so to to free lose weight they get one goal for. his access and plenty of bonus goals he's already shed fifty one kilos his story will be familiar to many overweight as a child he was bullied by the time he turned twenty he was in despair but then he found football and the pounds started falling off. if he used to do football sitting at home watching video t.v. and playing video games. like football it's sort of. a thing that. nowhere in europe has a spigot in obesity problem as the united kingdom type two diabetes has become an epidemic and the more excess pounds of fat

a person carries the more pounds sterling us spends on health care the cost of more than five billion a year. the tax on sugar was unveiled two years ago but only comes into effect this friday soft drinks with more than five grams of sugar per hundred milliliter will increase in christ the equivalent of an extra twenty one cents per liter at another seven cents to dance if there's more than eighty grams of sugar which celebrity chef jamie oliver was one of the key campaigners for the levy on fizzy drinks. and. it's a symbolic slap and that's what we want to do you know how fine a business can do so well be so prolific and have genuinely track marks on. the tax has also had an indirect effect on sugar consumption it's good the drinks manufacturers an incentive to reduce the amount of sugar in their beverages

less sugar no tax. coca-cola classic was the only plan not to follow suit and change its recipe instead it's bottles head and body must work together to lose weight and now that the food industry is playing ball two goals might get a little bit easier to reach. right that's all for us you've been watching them is only a little rock n roll and more news coming up at the top of the hour for now thank you very much for spending part of your day with us. who've been fighting for decades to be taken seriously in the world of what appears has come out. in stark county w. . the female super hero on a mission smart women smart talks smart station

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