>> this is france 24. these are the headlines. gives a midnight deadline to vladimir putin to explain how a nerve agent develop by the sooner union struck down a former russian double agent. that man and his dollar are still in critical condition. an explosion strikes the convoy of a palestinian prime minister as he makes a trip to gaza.

no major industry -- industries -- injuries. said it hash army encircled the syrian town, 700,000 people are now under siege in the town controlled by kurdish militia. up, a brightening global economic outlook comes with warnings over a looming trade war. showop graffiti artists off their skills in costa rica. that's coming up. now, our first top stories from paris. genie: the british prime minister has openly suggested moscow was behind the attack

last week on a former russian spy on british soil. she said the nerve agent used to attack the former double agent and his daughter was developed decades ago by the soviet union. she has given him until midnight tonight toto explain it. speaking that when you go, the russian foreign minister said russian is not to blame for the poisoning of the x russian spy. the u.k. is refusing to give russia access to examine the marriage a -- nerve agent used. >> the country being questioned has the right to access the substance in question, to carry out its own analysis. it does is what we asked for. as soon as the rumors started being spread by every member of the british government. we received an incomprehensible

response, which comes down to the fact that these legal requests have been refused. to get the latest, let's go to london. this is now a new request from russia, to get evidence. what is thatatesponse lilikely o be? as s you said, this i is a new requestst. itit doesn't change anythingng. i think it gets the response that we have not had so far publicly from the government. it's very clear that the clock is ticking. there is a ticking clock set by the prime minister herself and she made it extremely clear there was an ultimatum given to moscow, midnight london time

tonight to explain itself. whatever answer would be forthcoming or not, there would be a decision made about what action too take. shshld there b be no credidible response, wewe will conclude ths unlawfulounts to an use of force by the russian state against the ununited kingdom. that leaves options open in thee name of sanctions. the incident that took place on sunday, two people w we targeted. r russian turned british spy. his daughter was visiting him. theyey are fighting for their lives. they are in critical condition in hospital. the first policeman to rest of ages gravely ill, but in less danger.

genie: you mentioned sanctions. measures of promisesed vladimir putin does not, with an explanation before midnight tonight. what might those measures be concurrently? > let's s see what comeses of the national security meeting as we speak. she's being briefed as the prime minister was for yesterday by the minister of a defense in the minister of foreign affairs. we will see what comes out of tomorrow m morning. she will chair another onene afr the deadline has passed. if there has been a satisfactory respsponse from the russianans, there is quite a vast array of possible sanctionsns. one is thehe expulsion of diplomats. it could go all the way up to the ambassador. k know about a total

breaking off of ties with russia. there is a freezing of bank acacunts, of a assets. travel bans uncecertain russssin toizens, making it hararder come to the united kingdom to do business here. what she w wants is the e suppof alallies. it''s been f forthcoming from te u.s. secretary of state, forthcoming from the french president. i understand the foreign secretary forced johnson is feeling quite boisterous by some of the resplendent -- support he's been getting today. story, aeaking developingng story. there is a lot to lose for the russians. genie: thank you for that.

also, france spoken out on the situation as well. if use of a military grade nerve agent is an unacceptable attack. the, a convoy carrying palestinian prime minister was hit by an explosion as he was making a rare visit to gaza. the hard-line party has called it an assassination attempt. .ilitants are to blame three of the vehicles were damaged, but the prime minister was unharmed. he went on to inaugurate a sewage plant project in the northern part of the gaza strip. we are covering the story. we are joined from there. has there been any confirmation that this may have been an assassination attempt? >> i think the facts speak for themselves. convoy was 200 meters into the gaza strip when the attack

occurred. we have heard from five top , this was an assassination attempt. even how mas has expressed concern. thomas is being blamed currently by the president. they are investigating. i don't think there is any doubt this is intentional and i don't think it was serious. what follow-up might there be? genie: there is a very fragilele relationship between the two sides. we can alreready see in a war of words this morning. they are blaming each other. they say they are surprised they are blamed when they are doing the investigating. it could be someone within how mas that opposes the reconciliation talks.

it could be one of the groups that operates in the gaza strip. these negotiations, along stalled between the two parties, are given a renewed focus by the attack. the prime minister says he will continue with the talks. they have been dragging on for a long time. we have seen opponents within gaza from the attack. we have to see whehere it goes. relations are not at a high point. we are not as optimistic as it were six months ago when we spoke about the issue. genie: thank you. syria haveies in begun evacuating sick and injured civilians from the rebel enclave. the suburb has been under siege since the war broke out seven years ago. it's been the target of nonstop airstrikes for the past three weeks. more than 1000 civilians have

a month.ed in under the opposition fighters are prepared to defend the city to the end. in northern syria, turkish groups have surrendered -- surrounded a t town occupied by kurdish melissa. civilians have fled. conservatory for human rights say they have been forced to leave. we have the details. can, fleeing however they around 2000 civilians of been trying to escape, caring whatever they can with a turkish offensive underway. according, they have been surrouounded with rebel forces. .t's the latest phase it's been underway since january 20. it aims to flush out the protection units. it''s considered an extension of its own outlawed workers party.

areas wereritical under control. we will soon be cleared of terrorists and people will be safe. 1100ve cleared an area of square kilometers for terrorists. luke: those who have managed to escape have headed to a neighboring district under the to sod.of forces loyal to sod. this has left one road out of the town.

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alison sargent is with me. you're going to start with reaction to the british prime minister. she believes russia's behind the

popoisoning of a former doububle agent. media declares there is no evidence that russia is implicated in this. take a look at this article. can accuseg you russians of anything.

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