suspects accused of carrying a chemical weapons attack on british soil and. charge these two russians with the nerve agent attack that almost killed. earlier this year. says the suspects are agents of russia's military. also a growing international chorus warns the syrian and russian governments not to launch an attack on rebel held it. doubling down threatening to retaliate

if syrian forces use chemical weapons. it's good to have you with us britain has called a special meeting of the united nations security council for tomorrow to update the evidence that london claims proves russia was behind a nerve agent attack earlier this year british prosecutors have charged two russians with the poisoning of former spy sergei script all and his daughter back in march the british government believes the suspects are members of russia's military intelligence and that their operation had the approval of the kremlin. these are the men british prosecutors have charged with conspiracy to murder. alexander petroff and. are russian citizens but police believe their names are probably aliases. the men are accused of attempting to murder former russian double

agent. and his daughter yulia with a military grade nerve agent. a police officer was also hospitalized following the attack in march in the english city of salisbury. another couple also fell seriously ill after coming into contact with the nerve agent police believe it was through this person bottle don sturgis of salisbury later died. of british soil they will face british justice for. the time we want them to see what we have managed to achieve to the. british police have released closed circuit t.v. images of petrol of and bullshit off arriving at london's gatwick airport two days before the script polls were targeted. this image of the man was taken at salisbury

train station a day before the attack. and this at the same station on the day of the poisoning. moments later they're seen on closed circuit t.v. walking through the city police say traces of the nerve agent were also found in their london hotel room where they stayed that weekend. in the house of commons the british prime minister claimed the two men are russian military intelligence officials mr speaker repeatedly asked russia to account for what happened in souls three in march and they have replied with the scotian. this is including trying to pass the blame for the attack on the terrorists on to our international partners and even on to the future mother in law. they even claimed that i myself invented. british prosecutors say they won't ask russia to extradite the man but they have obtained european arrest warrant the kremlin denies it played any role in the poisonings. are for the story now we want to go to our very own she is on the

story for us tonight in wonder good evening to you you know we just heard the head of u.k. counterterrorism saying this crime was committed on british soil the suspects will face british justice but we also heard that the suspects returned to russia after the poisoning so what chance do the british police have of ever getting their hands on these suspects. well the british government the authorities have concluded that it's futile to ask for a formal extradition request from russia for the two suspects because they know from history that russia is very unlikely to cooperate with their relations with russia over this case australian and they are relying on the e.u. arrest warrant so if it's ever the case that these suspects who travel into the e.u. then they could be the charges that they could then be extradited to the u.k.

and let's talk a little bit about this perfume spray balls. britain says that it poisoned dawn sturges and her partner in a separate incident is a connection being made with their arms to the script all case well yes the prime minister has said it has a statement that this was the most like the box that there was used to the perfume bottle was used to smuggle the nerve agent into the u.k. and also the delivery method of putting it spraying it onto the door handle off of this way paul's police are independently off that asking for more advice dowson citizens anybody who has come has seen the box how does know anything about this curfew bottle because they're looking for further evidence or so clearly this is the crucial piece of information that was is new not police have said for a long time they don't know the link between the two cases but now they have

disclosed that this past few months listening and there are some british lawmakers say that this attack this poisoning is war and wind behavior and when you hear that you know you have to wonder what does this mean then for the future if there is one of british russian relations. well british russian relations have really gone from no to no and the cost is since the death of alexander litvinenko the former russian spy here along with the screen pollack case the u.k. has already extradited to reason may has already extradited twenty three russian diplomats who they say a cover up the russian spies other allies western allies have followed expelled sorry russia russian diplomats so clearly it's really very antagonistic relationship and it's not likely to get any better off than this

a corresponding big moss on the story for us tonight in london a big thank you here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world in iraq hundreds of protesters in basra have said fire to the city's main government building it's the second day of violent protest over the lack of basic public services on tuesday six people were killed and dozens more wounded in clashes with iraqi security forces there and why he says it is moving its embassy back to tell will be just months after opening a mission in jerusalem paraguayans former president a ratio card test and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu inaugurated the building with much fanfare but paraguayans new president mario of the we need has he opposed the move israel says that it will now close its own embassy in paris walk us through what tonight more countries are warning the syrian and russian governments against attacking it live province in what may be the final showdown in

syria's seven year war the united states has urged the assad regime not to use chemical weapons while the year when it is warning of a potential bloodbath it live is the last major stronghold of the rebels and it is home to about three million people. with nowhere left to go civilians and struggling to find ways to keep their families safe having witnessed a massive military build up over the last week because father is preparing for the worst. making protective masks for my children and others in the area because people fear there will be a chemical attack. in this densely populated region others are seeking safety under ground. most people in this village have

a cave connected to their house. these caves were abandoned during the truce that lasted six or seven months now people are again preparing for an offensive and stockpiling food inside so often attack takes place we can go into the caves. fearful residents are bracing for bloodshed as the syrian government masses its troops on board. the first strikes hit the rebel enclave on tuesday syria's ally russia released footage purporting to show russian warplanes attacking what it calls terrorist targets but human rights groups say several civilians were killed. international calls amounting to avoid an all out onslaught and an ensuing humanitarian catastrophe. well germany's foreign minister says that he is working with turkey to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in the province of mass had just had talks with his

turkish counterpart and with turkish president to want he's in on the road to improve relations between germany and turkey also on the agenda the release of seven german citizens detained in turkey after the failed coup in the country two years ago you are let's go now to defuse your johann she is following this story for us in a stable good evening to you julia eclipsing these bilateral talks is this countdown to this major offensive in hope to three million people i mean what have the two min what are they said about this impending military campaign when it comes to the current situation in syria in italy of the two ministers up basically on the same page they agree that a major offensive on egypt has to be prevented as you already mentioned because it could lead to what they call a humanitarian catastrophe millions of civilian lives are at risk and turkey

especially if the is another wave of refugees trying to cross its borders turkey already hosts more than three million refugees from syria this number could go up by another million or even more so this would be a huge financial burden of course for turkey so i guess ankara was not on happy to hear the german minister say that bertalan is considering to boost its humanitarian assistance to countries like turkey should such an offensive really happen the turkish government has released we know of two promenade german journalists from prison but seven other germans are still in detention on political charges how likely is it you'll hear that the german foreign minister will be able to secure their release. well he repeatedly said he would openly talk about such human rights issues here in turkey he also said he mentioned these cases germany says these people are in jail here in turkey for political reasons turkey

on the other hand says it needs to go off to what it calls terrorists or terrorist supporters and its judiciary would come up. with an independent decision on this matter but i guess here there is much more going on behind the scenes than we actually know or the two ministers would talk about in the press conference and briefly before we run out of time julia you know we know that richard how you are one is facing an economic crisis in his country relations with the u.s. have soured does this mean that no one needs better relations with turkey with germany more than ever. well i don't think he would publicly admit that but yes i think that's part of the explanation why turkey is seeking to mend ties with europe and especially with a germany's seeking to reanimated an old friendship so to say and watching the language of the two ministers today the turks minister said he is thrilled to cooperate with germany and this is of course a completely new tone after the crisis between germany and turkey last year so it's

almost as something like a charm offensive we're seeing right now all right you'll be on the story for us in istanbul you thank you for the new york times has published an op ed piece written by someone claiming to be inside the trump white house the anonymous author says that he or she is working to protect the nation from quote and a moral person well u.s. president donald trump he dealt with the lash out at that he has lashed out today at the latest tell all book about wife in his white house it's a work of fiction and means nothing he said today the book is by the watergate reporter bob woodward who says he stands by everything he worked. if you can judge woodward's new book by its cover the title still says a lot it portrays a president mired in ignorance and paranoia a president whose staff is constantly trying to protect the country and the wider world from his actions to avoid trump's bid to break

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