the president say he's fired because they didn't. and the cia director mike is set to take over at the state department. for her role in the cia's torture program. also ahead on the program this hour that british prime minister is expected to. the poisoning of a former double agent. rejected a ultimatum to question the origin of the nerve agent. to block change we technology. security.

could be defined. in future generations. here in moscow this march to forty my names you know neil alone welcome to our to international our top story. fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson appointing incumbent cia director mike pump aoe to the position instead he announced the surprise reshuffle on twitter the president later explained his decision to reporters saying he did not see eye to eye on a number of issues. with the sleazy. and you look at iran i think terrible.

i want to record something. felt different so we're really think. we have a very similar story for us as. well correct very good i like rex a lot really a bit. i'll be thinking the record over. the rumor is that tillerson was heading for the door and have been circulating for months in the news with reports of disagreements with the president rex tillerson will remain in the job until the end of the month a millionaire businessman will then affectively step away from politics. leadership down off has more now on mike pump a zero they new face of american diplomacy and also his successor at the cia gina hospital. bork's nesting in washington my ponytail the new diplomat in

chief of the iron fist to lead america's state department has had the president under his spell for a while already the to see eye to eye on normal stove rethink the issue that sunk to listen diplomatic korea. was. very good relationship. whatever was. trump and pompei all share common spite towards iran and north korea both of them like to call torture enhanced interrogation and they are fans of the n.s.a.'s warrantless bulk data collection where they stand on whistleblowers is one of the few things that trump and don't pay or don't quite agree on well they have to differ on something. it's time to call out wiki leaks for what it really is a non-state hostile intelligence service up and abetted by state actors like russia . i can't think of a thing that has put america in a better position as

a result of this deal we're a year out from the agreement and every single action the iranians have taken has been bolder and starker than the ones they took before the agreement. a very real danger. i hardly ever escape a day at the white house without the president asking me about north korea and how it is that the united states is responding to that threat it's very much at the top of his mind they are ever closer to having the capacity to hold america risk with a nuclear weapon this is the man elevated to america's top diplomat and descending with them is his former deputy gina hospital will be the first woman to lead the cia with all bosses impending departure she worked undercover and in secret for years she clearly likes being out of the spotlight and it could be for a good reason. she was one of the tortured chieftains at the cia in two thousand to

asp all round the operations of an agency black site in thailand where two terrorist suspects were tortured one of them was nearly killed during these so-called interrogation agents slammed his head against the wall water boarded him deprived of sleep and kept him in a coffin like box and it was the hospital reportedly who later gave the order to destroy the tapes which recorded the torment along with other evidence given trump's pledge to keep the guantanamo bay operational and he's advocating of waterboarding everything falls into place it seems now the state department and the cia will have plenty in common you know in hansing not just interrogation techniques a diplomatic routine to eat off well both appointees will now have to go through a senate confirmation hearings before it taking office however there have already been calls on congress from rights groups to reject both nominations human rights

watch says the track record of pompei one hospital demonstrates that both are likely to endorse abusive practices with john kerry who was the first cia officer to expose the agency's use of torture and to later serve jail time following the revelations ses appointing gina hospital as head of the cia isn't one of trump's finest decisions. this is one of the worst moves i've ever heard of at the cia when i sort of quit believe it because you know has bush should be in the dock at the not in the director's office at cia dina has all i has blood all over her hands she's the godmother of the cia's torture program the president is certainly a fan of torture he's come right out and said so and the only thing that's stopping them from returning to this torture regime is one piece of paper called the mccain feinstein amendment it was an amendment to the national sense authorization act

that specifically banned it exactly the kinds of techniques that tina has will was overseeing. britain's prime minister treason may is to chair a national security council meeting later on wednesday where she is expected to come up with reprisals against russia may earlier gave moscow an ultimatum to give a credible response to the origin of the nerve agent used to poison former double agent service cabal and his daughter in the city of seoul sprit russia declined to respond saying it had nothing to do with the incident and the investigation into the poisoning is still ongoing but authorities believe the pearl were deliberately targeted with a nerve agent first produced in the soviet union traces of the substance were at the tech to the restaurant where the two ate before they were taken ill and find unconscious on a nearby park bench moscow says it has no connection to the incident and if the

u.k. house grounds to believe the nerve agent came from russia it should share the evidence for moscow has received no access to the substance or the investigation reporting on a case that has spiraled into an international diplomatic crisis here so unless the see a church into. in just over a week an incident in a quiet city in southern england snowballs into the biggest international spy scandal in years pushing ties between russia and the u.k. to breaking point on sunday march fourth a couple are found slumped on a bench and souls bury reporters arrive at the scene for what was thought to be a local incident but soon after a global media frenzy unravels with accusations allegations and speculation moving at the speed of light exposure to an unknown substance and her comparisons to the two thousand and six death of alexander litvinenko march sixth the u.k.'s counterterrorism police take control of the investigation the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson has this to say while it would be wrong to prejudge

the investigation i can reassure the house that should evidence emerged that implies state responsibility then her majesty's government will respond appropriately and robustly. russia says it has no information and offers to help in any way it can but this part of events is much less exciting for the media than the spy story unfolding before them by wednesday march seventh police confirm the use of a nerve agent downing street remains cautious in finger pointing it being too early to explain what actually unraveled but that approach will soon make a swift exit these headlines leave little to the imagination long before any conclusions are drawn russia is being vilified the dots have been connected in the eyes of the world press details of the kind of punishment russia could face range from diplomatic expulsions to measures connected to the world cup to be held in russia the summer on march twelfth amidst a media hype and under pressure to take

a tough stance from her government british prime minister theresa may is expected to provide clarity the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against and to the script how this highly likely comes with a pre-determined conclusion can be no suggestion of business as usual in relation to our interaction with russia mr speaker this action has happened against a backdrop of a well established pattern of russian state aggression and ultimatum is given to russia come clean or else while russia asks for proof evidence and facts we're waiting for the united kingdom to respond to a request that we filed in accordance with the very same convention about the necessity to provide us with the substance in question and the necessity to make the whole investigation open to us but the clock keeps ticking and the deadline set for russia to explain itself is wednesday march fourteenth all the while here's the u.k.

police where of course getting many questions regarding how and where the nerve agent was actually administered i called comments on that at this hour we're not declaring a person of interest or a suspect at this time in a court of law this would at least mean a time out in the world of political game play apparently means very little and as i said you're going to r.t. london. meanwhile kuntar terror police in the u.k. are investigating the death of a russian exile in london he's understood to be nicholai glu scoff a friend of the deceased russian oligarch boris berezovsky. was granted asylum in the u.k. in two thousand and ten after serving an earlier five year prison sentence in russia for fraud he was reportedly fined did not his home in the british capital late monday night given the current political turmoil between london and moscow the western media were quick to link the case to the poisoning of the former spy on his daughter in salzburg and while london's metropolitan police say country of terror

officers are looking into the case quote as a precaution because of associations he has and british authorities say there is no evidence of a connection or security analyst and former u.k. counterterrorism officer charles shoot bridge believes it's far too early to attribute blame for the poisoning or into the legal system for example in the u.k. if it was a person being accused of a crime they were being taught to know what the evidence is against them and of course to be able to use their own scientists for it came to a court of law to challenge that evidence perhaps to show got actually this material this chemical agent could have been produced elsewhere for example we know that. it's not in the ninety's the united states itself was helping to clean up plants not in russia but in his back is thrown where this material was allegedly produced and so that's just an example of how this material could have come from

anywhere in fact that there are so many very many questions still outstanding over this matter and of course it's massively premise you're for the government to be saying to rush or any suspect you've got to forty eight hours to respond or else we're going to take action in other words take some punishment against you. with accusations that russia is highly likely to have been behind the poisoning of the former spy it seems there are a series of phrases to use if you're not exactly confident in the evidence at hand . the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against to the script so how likely is it the twenty eight hundred eleven is going to be compromised by russia it's really likely that they will be doing something we just don't know how much and when whether. in the high confidence assessment that was released this past october the intelligence

community made very clear that this was activity directed by the highest levels of the russian government. what russia was doing when it comes to side with not only that interference not proven in the american presidential campaign referendum last year we did have the evidence for that. the conclusion that the russian state was probably involved in the merger with mr. is deeply disturbing. the on lowing technology blocking is it not only making waves in the banking world it could also be the foundation of our future cities just to surmise block chain is where a sense of data such as financial transactions are held on

a network of computers instead of one central area not potentially makes such info more secure and easier to verify well for artie's online series crypto liam miguel francis santiago has been meeting some of its biggest proponents in silicon valley and finding out how it could see whole new type of city being built in perth to recall. the detent the world's leading conference on. brought all the stars a block chained together once again this time in silicon valley we caught up with our friend from singapore founder of ever coined nico matsumura the view from silicon valley is absolutely amazing i mean i'm talking to general partners venture capital firms their renegotiate their lp agreements krypto all that want to have custody there started by a trust or a wall it's it's unbelievable what's happening here you know i think as well we're starting to see the movement of institutional break capital some very very large institutional capital sorry interesting for the i think that's really positive we also got to take on crypto from the original manufacturer of the mouse trap who

apparently has been crypto and mining for five years now but most people think that bitcoin is like the corner in is the essence of the watching in reality the block change the magic and that will affect i think in the next ten or fifteen years virtually every major industry from pharmaceuticals to law enforcement recordkeeping accounting everything will be tied into that the bitcoin is really more of a symptom or a child of the blogging the botching is the mother i think if the banks allow us to survive and are not too threatened by the competition i think we're going to do very well imagine a city that's operated by block chained to college what could a place like that show the world currently brocken crystal roast beer is a detainee and block him down are under negotiation with the puerto rican mayor for the purchase of several thousand hectares of land for the creation of such a place the idea is to expose the power block chain on a global scale by taking a place that's been devastated by natural disasters and help that we build with and

block infrastructure the first step is rebuilding what is there by using better technology more sustainable energy renewable resources and just really bringing green light to the place that exists i think is to find our ability to build something new and bring all of that he says that we have. our surroundings not change see the local governments or the local population and million yet build a new type of city stay tuned for border crypto a unique block chain city built together with the puerto rican government which will showcase the world the full scale of what crypto can do to post devastated states i'm miguel fastened. on more from california after the break hundred cell demonstrators have been gathering in several locations as president trump makes his first visit to the state and it saw huge over opposition to his mexico border wall.

plate for many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the families it's the age of the superman kill the narrowness and spending to get to the twenty million and one player. it's an experience like nothing else going to because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful guy great so well paul chimes with. the base he's going to. show the same wrong but all wrong just don't call. me you won't believe you have to shape out these days to come out ahead and engagement equals

betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when you choose to look for common ground. you're back with our to international ninety minutes into the program on his first visit to california since taking office donald trump as inspected prototypes for one of his most controversial campaign promises a wall along the us mexico border the president was met with both protesters and supporters of the plan well there is friction between trump and authorities in california he asked the state's governor for being soft on crime and illegal immigration while the justice department is even suing california over its laws hundreds of demonstrators against from gathered in beverly hills rallies were also

held in san diego on the mexican border city of tijuana. because of this well he's making it more humane he's separating families. it's all part of the town right now. and we're saying. we don't. want your racist politics of california. i love it. there's going to be a lot they can they can try and stop it all they want it's a federal issue california can't do squat about it. ok next in the program us we've done towards sunday's presidential election here in russia we're introducing you to some of the voters choosing who they want in the kremlin and the candidates vying for their support today we speak to members of russia's vast agricultural industry to hear what farmers want for the future.

of those in the promotional items to come down to the. north. to look into the poor . or the cultural center was. to start to use its the best of the new strategy. that's.

don't be stuck. with. someone you've got. to because what you. did was the only thing. for both of. them you thought. they were there. yes they're. not but much of the. thoughts of some russian farmers one that candidates where profiling today is hoping to secure

his fourth term in charge incumbent president vladimir putin is running as an independent this time around on a platform boosting russia's economic growth with three terms under his belt he has a lot of experience but critics accuse him of not being tough enough on corruption here are some excerpts from recent interviews and speeches on where he stands on the biggest issues facing russia and the wider world. we want to make our country bright moving forward into the future because our ancestors really actually when he lived here our kids are living here and our children and grandchildren will live there we'll do everything for them we'll be happy. unless you're sleeping so we have our own principles we do not let anyone interfere in our internal affairs and don't interfere ourselves that's our principle you

should treat your partners with respect and then you will be respected it's a qualm. when you can get they don't have a program of development for our country what i appreciate about them is they talk about the problems as indeed a good thing and that should be done but there's not enough for the positive developments on the country to concentrate only on problems can even be dangerous because that might lead to destruction we need construction at the investor. but i see that in the russian not only has to secure a place in the top five biggest economies in the world but also to boost g.d.p. per capita one and a half times by the middle of the next decade that's a hard task but i'm sure we can do it. we will work as hard as i can if of course the voters give me a chance to serve one term. or we are profiling all of

a presidential election candidates here in our to international bringing more of those over the next number of days as well as hearing from russians nationwide by what will win them over a come polling day sunday. this is. the church secret indeed catholic priests accused of sexually abusing children can get away with it quite literally i like to call this the do graphic solution so what the bishop needs to do then he finds out that the priest is is a perpetrator is simply moves him to a different spot where the previous standard is not the highest ranks of the

catholic church conceal the accused priests from the police and justice system to that end of the zone as the end and then i think you'll hear that it just is out and. it's felt. for a world cup twenty eighteen coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question and by the way who's going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous is a huge tournaments and the huge amount of pressure you have to be the center of the power with you and we'll show you all the great grit you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get down going left go.

alone. and i'm really happy to join that for the thousand in-field world cup in russia meet the special one come on top of. me to just read the review p.r.t. teams latest edition to make up a bigger need to just say look. at what politicians do. they put themselves on the on the big get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to be brits. that's a good way to be for us that's what before us three in the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters of our. quest to.

i'm absent and say we're going underground amidst the music of austerity ahead of st patrick's day on saturday the u.k. which relies on the russian federation for energy supplies and the usa for its special relationship continues to threaten moscow with everything from banning free speech to cyber warfare not that any of that will arguably be of much use to the british people whose fortunes were described optimistically in the past twenty four hours by a british chancellor and his spring statement coming up on the show have years of successive labor tory and liberal government policies strangled britain in a choke hold as the u.k. government doggedly vows to continue austerity measures whatever mainstream commentators may say we broadcast going on the ground reports on the damage done to subsidise u.k. financial institutions all the civil war going up on today's going underground but

first tonight they'll be a going underground special to examine teresa mayes defacto war with russia even u.k. mainstream media has been quick to recall how margaret thatcher used the four clones all malvina swore to restore her popularity at home after catastrophic economic figures in an eerie echo of ronald reagan's lackluster support for thirty u.k. foreign office protestations of having backing for a war from washington appeared when donald trump fired the u.s.a.'s top diplomat rex tillerson after he seemed to back to raise them a bit if the whole war with russia is merely a deflection from a stagnating economy what else has to raise i'm a go to hide let's examine what arguably had to be hidden educate chancellor philip hammond spring statement delivered in parliament in the past twenty four hours a poll. elements baying for revenge on moscow for the so-called highly likely russian attack in england here is senior producer peter bennett's extended report

which asks just why a political class might have decided on policies directly impacting the most vulnerable in british society how much of our lives it dictated by post poll approach schools and policies coming from the building behind me and its near liberal decisions are made on all the hoff by select few how can elected members of parliament accurately represent the diversity of british society i speak is activist on the front line campaigning against tory government and local councils and working class issues striving to get the most vulnerable in society a seat at the table of power chris fairly is the founder and c.e.o. britain has class a grassroots charity stablish to tackle the institutions at the center of britain's class problems. a working class kid from luton i went to comprehensive schools all my life are going to see just sort of statistically in the sense of you know if you throw enough work in class.