ok i am only sorry that the consensus does not go as far as the right on the boat. i. thought i. could have taken the opportunity as the u.k. government has done to condemn the culprit but i see if. they stick to it. i mean speaker it it seems to me without access to those information that the choice of this particularly bizarre and dreadful way of killing an individual is a deliberate choice by the russian government to put their signature on a particular killing so that other defectors are left no doubt that it is the russian government that will act if they're disappointed in any way by their

actions now in the light of that the only sensible question that the leader of the opposition us was what consultation we proposed to have with nato the other european countries with the american government about positive i should and it could be taken to prevent this continuing defiance of international law all with the defiance of all the rules on testing the possession of chemical weapons it's not just a question of expressing anger about soldiers repeat this she's actually a serious threat to the safety of the west and with old nation to we all do something together to actually start getting the russians to do something as opposed to simply ignore us well ok right right on with iran and good friend is absolutely right and that's why. why we are not only talking to our allies

bilaterally but their wills i understand it be a meeting of the nato council tomorrow at which this issue will be considered as the president of the new council has said we will be putting this on the agenda of the european union council meeting at the end of next week and my russian woman learned friend is absolutely right while we rightly initially focus on the use of this nerve agent here in the u.k. and its impact on us here in the u.k. this is about the illegal use of chemical weapons by the russian state and it is about an illegal program to develop in developing those chemical weapons by the russian state and we will leave no stone unturned in order to work with our allies to ensure that we respond appropriately to that young black bird. thank you mr speaker and let me thank the prime minister for advance a tougher statement as the prime minister has stated the attack on mr script and his daughter was an unlawful use of force by the russian state against the united

kingdom mr speaker that has to be a robust response to the use of terror on our streets yeah we must start in a measured way to assure that we will simply not tolerate this behavior and then this regard i welcome and associate with those of us in these budgets with the measures to continue here in this state is it a it. organization matter i commit my party to working constructively with the government. i am assured the house will join me with extending signs to the police and security services who are working round the clock on the recent case in salisbury this is because it has been warming to see our closest friends and allies across europe expressing solidarity and support your our friends globally.

join with us by standing up to this abuse of state power by russia here and i look forward to discussions in the united nations the united nations must speak with a clear and unambiguous clear voice. mr speaker the fact that we are expelling the largest number of undeclared intelligence officers in over thirty years is welcome under the desire to examine what can be done from a ledge of perspective to defend against hostile state activity here as someone who has previously supported the so-called measures i am pleased that the government is signaling action on the syrian and let me commend the actions of bill botha who have had the opportunity to meet previously someone has been personally but massive risk and has stood up to the effects of russian state power here this is because financial sanctions are welcome and we must redouble our efforts against any money laundering by the was responsible it must be clear to the russian authorities that

we will not tolerate activities that infringe international law here whilst we support the p.m.'s actions we will continue to scrutinize them carefully and we must ensure proper scrutiny of any new proposed legislation to hear our sots or with those in russia who have suffered from abuse of state cover there is no don't that that is what we are seeing and doing saul we look forward to time for we can engage positively for a time of peace and cooperation but the only response today must be a robust one towards a crime whether and to russia it. and i can i. can i misspeak i can i was going thank the rice on the gentleman for not just the tone of his response but for the comments that he has made. and i can i reassure him that have. course any legislative proposals we bring forward will have to

scrutiny in this in this house and i thank him for his constructive offer to work with the government on this on this issue because it is a matter that should concern us across the whole house and i reassure him that although i have made reference to a number of allies who has spoken in support of the united kingdom in this others have to canada australia for example have also been very clear that a robust response is appropriate to this and once again i welcome the comments made by the right on which oh yeah sure ian duncan smith mr speaker may i commend my runnable friend for her strong leadership here and in rising to this challenge as others have shown and they also too in positions of leadership have risen to the challenge i'm only sorry that others in such positions have fallen well yeah can i ask in the conversation she is due to have with allies and she's quite right to do she may raise with the german government the issue of the north stream to pipeline that they are engaged with with the russians which will cut revenues from

ukraine and eastern europe and give russia an unparalleled ability to bully those countries in the future if russia is as we now believe a rogue state could she please try and persuade our allies in europe and elsewhere not to treat with them and make them better off here but i think my right honorable friend and i say to him that i think one of the things that we will be discussing with our allies is how we can ensure that the robust message about the act that has taken place on u.k. u.k. soil is consistently given and continues to be given by all our allies as regards north stream to this is a matter that is regularly discussed at the european union council as my friend would i suspect imagine yvette cooper and i welcome the prime minister's statement conclusion about the culpability of the russian state is an immensely serious one and that in a dish. today breaches of international law or of the use of chemical weapons but

also there's quote continued disregard for the rule of law and for human rights must be met with unequivocal condemnation. and i welcome both the measures she's taken to downgrade the intelligence capability of the russian state has but also in particular the work that i know i understand has started with the united nations it is important to expose russia and what they are doing within the united nations and to build the broadest possible support against them can she say a bit more about what she is tape doing on that front it is very good i also think the right of the lady for the strength of the sake of the she has just made which i know is representative of many of the right honorable and honorable friends in the back then she is opposite we are taking this matter to the united nations we will

find the foreign secretary has already spoken to the u.n. secretary general about this issue it will be part of the open discussion that is taking place tomorrow that is the start of a process of looking at this issue as i say in as i indicated in response to my right honorable and learned friend member russia if this is not just about the incident that has taken place here in the united kingdom it is about this use of chemical weapons is illegal use of chemical weapons that has taken place and the role of the russian state in the development of chemical weapons contrary to international law. as mr speaker no reasonable person can possibly doubt that the russian government is behaved with arrogance with inhumanity and with contempt not least in failing to respond to the prime minister's deadline where we treat surely would have died if he'd. had known it was innocent of this

yeah in welcoming the prime minister's expulsion of twenty three diplomats really intelligence agencies will i ask her to make it clear that any retaliation in kind by the russian government will be met by further expulsion possibly including even the ambassador who spends so much time coming to talk to us in this place mooning the poor state of anglo russian relations and will she accept that russia traditionally respects strength and despises weakness and that the time has come to recognise the two per cent of g.d.p. is not only half to spend on defense when we are reverting to the sort of adversarial relationship when we used to spend a much higher proportion of g.d.p.

in ensuring that this country was well the fair here. can i think will friend for his remarks as i said in my statement in response to his first point there are other measures we stand ready to grow at any time should we face further russian provocation on and on the other point that he made of course as we have been looking through our national security capability review and our modernizing defense program review what we are doing is ensuring that all the variety and diversity of threats that this country faces we have the resources and the capability is available to deal with those threats but of course as those threats diversify not all of them will be responded to by what is conventionally normally considered to be defense so in some cable. kayla's trying to get a handle on the situation now and cross live to us to see a child killer who's been following the speech for as honest as see clear talk us

through the meeting so far please. well let nikki there we have it to recently has made her statement where she's laid out the measures that the u.k. now plans to take against russia she said that russia's response and ignoring britain's ultimatum and deadline to come forward and basically admit that they are behind the poisoning of sergei screwball which russia of course has refused to do saying it had nothing to do with that case theresa may has described that as a disdain given the gravity of the events that have a gravelled and she has called the russian state culpable in those events now she's listed a series of measures that the u.k. is going to be taking including the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats from london she said they have to leave within one week and she's described this as the biggest expulsion of diplomats in terms of numbers in thirty years there will also be a series of other measures taken including new legislative powers given to the u.k.

heightening its defense strengthening legal powers for sanctions sanctions following violations of human rights monitoring and tracking travelers coming to the u.k. if they are seen as a potential threat targeting russian money that she is described as being taken to the u.k. by the corrupt elite freezing some russian assets in terms of those that the sea is questionable as well as there will be no officials coming to the world cup held in the summer in russia this summer and she has said that all the high level communication is now going to be suspended between the two countries let's take a listen to more details when she said about the speaker is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr and his daughter under the vienna convention the united kingdom will now

expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been. identified as undeclared intelligence officers they have just one week to leave so we will suspend all planned high level bilateral contacts between the united kingdom and the russian federation this includes revoking the invitation to foreign minister lavrov to pay a reciprocal visit to the u.k. and confirming they will be no attendance by ministers or indeed members of the royal family at this summer's world cup in russia well the opposition leader the leader of the labor party jeremy corbyn raised some questions in terms of whether or not the u.k. government had provided russia with some facts that its been asking for whether or not a formal request for evidence and sample and the sample that russia had asked for had been met whether there was any conversation with the russian government about all of these events and he said that it's essential to maintain dialogue with the russian federation and to those questions theresa may didn't quite give an answer

let's take a look. as the prime minister taken the necessary steps under the chemical weapons convention to make a formal request for evidence from the russian government under article nine point two. how has she responded to the russian government's request for a sample of the agent used in the souls return to run its own tests. has a resolution trace analysis been run on a sample of the nerve agent and has that revealed any evidence as to the location of its production all the identity of its perpetrators and can the prime minister update the house on what conversations if any she has had with the russian government and while. and while suspending planned to high level contacts does the prime minister agree that it is essential to maintain

a robust dialogue with russia. well look theresa may to all of this had to say that it's not a question of u.k. diplomacy this is a question of russia's keeper culpability now to be clear again russia throughout this whole week of this story snowballing into an international scandal has been saying it has nothing to do with the situation it's been asking for samples of the nerve agent from british officials so russia could inspect it it's been asking for an official request from britain to partake in this investigation and to give answers but the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov earlier today said that no such official request has ever been filed to russia and that it would have been responded within ten days if one was sent let's take a listen to the russian foreign minister. with. the who we haven't received any official request from london based on its own obligations in accordance with the chemical weapons convention we've told britain we are ready to respond if they file

the request instead of finding the official request the u.k. continues to pull political stunts. well oh now that's to recently has laid out the steps that the british government plans to take in connection to russia and this spy story that has been unraveling we're going to be waiting to see exactly what russia's reaction is going to be which of course will come shortly but to take a look back at how exactly this spiraled from a potentially local incident to into a major diplomatic saga let's now go to our report. 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.'s 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 the majesty's government will respond appropriately and robustly russia says it has no information and offers to help in any way it can 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. the script and ultimatum is given to russia come clean or else while russia asks for proof evidence and facts where of course getting many questions regarding how and where the idea was actually administered i called comments on that this is why we are not declaring a person of interest or i suspect at least in a court of law this would at least mean a time out in the world of political game play apparently it means very little and as i said you're going to r.t. london. ok we're going to bring you more analysis and insight on this breaking news story in the coming minutes and hours that will also expecting a statement to be released by the russian foreign ministry very soon so do stay tuned for that russia's ambassador to the u.k. has said he believes the british government is acting inappropriately and needs to meet its obligations under international law there is everything to what it.

feels acceptable to the city to keep the we believe that the you know i do keep the will be international and none of them under this obligation to be here. feel given the weapons we have to present the request to the organization and we're happy to consider this. this is the international move and of course we are not yet ready to. to talk to you we are the ultimate. in other world news now the u.s. president has altered for a major shake up on capitol hill the new face of american diplomacy will be the incumbent cia director rectum might pump a zero with him the donald donald trump says he has good chemistry i'd like to

pull whatever. whatever was. the word says was. when my pumpin are preparing to take the reins at the state department his position at the cia will be filled by gina house bill she's a veteran intelligence agent who controversially played a role in the organizations torture program on tuesday coast on of now takes a closer look at the appointments and the implications. orks 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 most everything the issue that sunk to listen diplomatic career trump and pompei all share common spite towards iran and north korea both of them like to call torture enhanced interrogation and their

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 bone peo 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 often 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 one 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 him is his former deputy gina hospital will be the first woman to lead the cia with her 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 torchy chieftains at the cia in two thousand to ask bell ran the operations of an agency black site in thailand where. two terror suspects were tortured one of them was nearly killed during these so-called interrogation agents slammed 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 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 both appointees will now have to go through senate confirmation hearings before taking office however rights groups have called on congress to reject both nominations human rights watch says that given their track record pompei and house bill are both likely to endorse abusive practices john kiriakou who was the first cia officer to expose the agency's use of torture and he later served jail time following the revelations there's appointing jeana house well 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 heard it i couldn't believe it because you know has bush should be in the dock at the hague not in the director's

office at cia do you know 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 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 fence authorization act that specifically banned it it exactly the kinds of techniques that you know has bill was overseen my pompei i will take over from the current secretary of state rex tillerson at the end of this month ok we're not going to take you back live to westminster where the british prime minister to resign may is now speaking lecithin and i'm carrying a range for somebody to provide a briefing to me as the member of parliament as to precisely what happened. can i say screw my old friend i'm very happy to do that as he will be aware that the police investigation does continue and we cannot say where that investigation is

going to take the place in terms of their further inquiries but i will ensure that he is provided for the b. fing as a member of parliament chris bryant i completely support everything that the prime minister has said today. the truth is that undock who to the russian federation has managed to combine all the worst facets of communism and all the worst facets of rampant capitalism all wrapped up inside a national security state which keeps its people paul and kills his political. and i just ask about the russian ambassador because since he arrived here seven years ago alexander yacob and co he has repeatedly lied to parliamentarians he has tried to get the speaker to stop debates on rushed. happening in this house he has tried to interfere in the internal elections of this house and surely to god it is time we now told him that we will order our affairs in this country not him and he

can go home. well i just say to the right honorable gentleman is absolutely right we will order our affairs in this country and we will not be told what to do by russian ambassador and i fully expect the house will follow it is to ensure that it is not possible for next on a party such as to interfere in elections in this house and i also say that it's a brave man who tries to tell the speaker of the house of commons what to do understand anything down here i must say for the avoidance of doubt he got absolutely nowhere with me you can be sure about. out of. business because it is noticeable that the length and breadth of this place has completely supported not just the wise words of the leadership of the prime minister but also a thorough and actions with a notable exception of the front bench of the opposition which a shameful note but mr speaker turned it to be

a question asked by film of an ex that democracy is a fundamental british value and that has been long held conserves that russia has been seeking to undermine and interfere in it if those concerns now turn to evidence will she take equally robust action against russia to ensure that our great british democracy continues to be protected. but i'm very happy to give the assurance to my right on the girlfriend of the action that we take we recognize the first duty of government to safeguard the nation and we treat security and integrity of our democratic process is as of everything else in this country very seriously. in terms of dissent from ation that is used by the kremlin we know that they persistently use this to say stabilize perceived enemies and managing this is

a long term priority for the u.k. we'll continue to work not just as the u.k. but work with our international partners on efforts to work to counter this. roberts about alongside many colleagues in this house i speak on behalf of my heart in calling for a robust and immediate response. sources inform us that russia is the u.k.'s biggest weapons grade nuclear substances export market this is despite several attempts at a moratorium on depleted uranium by the european parliament and the united nations will the prime minister confirm whether the u.k. still exporting nuclear substances to russia and if so surely this should be among the very first sanctions imposed. by playing the honorable lady for the remarks that she's made and for the support that she has given from her party for the actions that the that the government is taking what we have been talking about today of course is the use of a nerve agent of a chemical weapon on u.k. soil and the blatant flouting of the international rules based order and the legal

structure around those use that use of chemical weapons by the russian state. it's because when not my sir you're a two minute and my right i'm from was home secretary i became aware both of outstanding determination and dedication and commitment expertise first purity services and the police that deal with counterterrorism she knows as the house knows that that is late problem please but of course this event hundred new. doctor or luke and. we hope you'll. live to our correspondent honesty a check and a has been listening in on this ongoing session in parliament and as i see it can you talk us through the meeting so far please. well let me make it we saw the reply that theresa may has given to the russian government hey obviously has said that.