i'm show business i'll see you then. ukase prime minister exposed twenty three russian diplomats from britain in retaliation for the kremlin's alleged involvement in the poisoning of a former russian intelligence agent and his daughter despite police having to clear no suspects to speak there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr scrooge powell and his daughter under the vienna convention the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as undeclared intelligence offices russia reacts to britain's mergers calling them unacceptable and unjustified while promising a tele trade response. in other news tonight human rights advocates call on the u.s. congress to reject donald trump's new pick for cia director over her involvement in

the intelligence agencies torture program. good evening just to annoy him here on this wednesday the fourteenth of march here in moscow watching r.t. international my name is kevin and first this hour tonight the news dominating our coverage again coming from the united kingdom. and it's where the promise to treason may said britain will expel twenty three russian diplomats and suspend all showed you a bilateral meetings with russia it comes in response to the poisoning of an ex russian intelligence officer and his daughter in the city's souls as the investigation into the instant continues from london and i can report well no the british prime minister has said that russia is culpable of attempted murder and among the measures that the u.k. is now taking is the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats they are

suspending the high level contacts between the two countries the rush. foreign minister's visit to the u.k. has been cancelled and no british officials including members of the world family will be present at the world cup in russia taking place this summer may has said that russia's response to the deadline that was given by midnight last night was a distain given the gravity of events that are rubbled mr speaker it was right to offer russia the opportunity to provide an explanation but their response has demonstrated complete disdain for the gravity of these events. they have provided no credible explanation that they could suggest they don't control the then the agent no explanation as to how this agent came to be used in the united kingdom no explanation as to why russia has an undeclared chemical weapons program in

contravention of international law. the leader of the opposition jeremy corbyn had to ask the british prime minister whether or not any official requests were sent to russia whether any evidence was provided to russia or any of the box and that the response was a bit unsubstantial the prime minister taking the necessary steps under the chemical weapons convention to make a formal request for evidence from the russian government 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 turfs has a resolution trace analysis been run on a sample of the nerve agent and has that revealed any evidence as to the location or which production all the identity of its perpetrators we gays the russian government the opportunity through the day of march that my right on befriend the foreign secretary delivered to the russian ambassador here in london earlier this

week to do just that they have not done so there is a consensus across the but then she is off this hour. i am really sorry that the consensus does not go as far as the right honorable gentleman. could have taken the opportunity as the u.k. government has done to condemn the culprits in the series. russian embassy here in london has said that the steps taken by the british government are unjustified unacceptable and shortsighted also saying that they did deterioration of ties between russian and the u.k. lies on the british government and that ultimatums don't work with russia everything what is. acceptable with the suit is. a key issue. we believe that the you know i do keep them will be international and

none of them under this obligations be here. giving the weapons they have to present the request to the organization and to consider this within a few days this is the international law and of course we're not ready to. to talk you know we will be ultimately the actions taken by the british government became really a crescendo of over a week of the spy saga in raveling where we saw what could have been a potential local incident unravel into a huge international diplomatic standoff. in london ok here in moscow done holkins a correspondence been across this old days the details are coming thick and fear is . a muted response so far basically from moscow very critical but muted nothing concrete back yet when judge expected what's expected do you think laws and think

it will be too long before the reason official response was exact matches from moscow of course from the u.k. government side as we heard from prime minister. reason may it appears to be an open and shut case there's no other culprits no other possibilities other than the hand of the kremlin being culpable in this attempted murder case now the russian foreign ministry as they initially said a few days back i have no knowledge of this they've denied involvement in this tragic incident they've made it clear that they view this as an act of provocation and that measures will be quick to be taken let's take a listen to what they had to say earlier. then of completing its investigation using established international formats and instruments including those in the framework of the a.p. c.w. which we were expecting the british government chose confrontation with russia is obvious that by opting for unilateral nontransparent methods of investigating this incident the british authorities have once again tried to unleash an indiscriminate and the russian campaign what they're referring to there was

a statement by foreign minister sergei lavrov as well who called on the u.k. to launch a joint investigation into this incident to provide any details to russia so they could have a joint investigation here through the o.p.c. w that international organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons he said that no such request officially had been received by the russian side from the u.k. counterpart this is what he had to say just earlier today. with which. 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 filing the official request the u.k. continues to pull political stunts. it's important to bear in mind just how quickly events have moved this incident happened on the fourth of march in just under ten days later we're seeing the biggest diplomatic route between russia and the u.k.

on thirty years twenty three diplomats expelled is the worst point in three decades for u.k. russia relations as we said earlier there's no official comment as to what exact measures will be taken but this statement from our foreign ministry they have made clear that countermeasures will be coming soon whether that's the day tomorrow we don't know but certainly this is the last we're going to hear of fear at some of the start of what is a very serious diplomatic incident. hawkins things earlier the studio we spoke to ken livingstone the four maryland and he told us he believes judgment should only be made about this after the police finish their inquiry. well we are at the beginning of our local election campaign and the tory party is very far behind in the polls so i think the way this has been exploited in the media and this coverage of our prime minister taking this strong and stable stand up against putin and russia may very well and this may be a big part of it politics is

a dirty old gain and i think the simple ways it's been a mad rush to make all these decisions we should be waiting for the full police inquiry to come out with a report but you have to ask one thing if russia wanted to kill this man they could have killed him when he was a prisoner in russia why have they waited this long and why use a chemical weapon that makes it definitely is so russia is behind this the many simpler easier ways of killing someone without leaving all these fingerprints all over it the circular burkett how this turned them from a local incident to what is now an international stand off tonight. on sunday march fourth a couple of found slumped on a bench and so was pre reporters arrive at the scene for what was thought to be a local incident but soon after a global media frenzy unravels exposure to an unknown substance and so comparisons

to the two thousand and six death of alexander litvinenko march sixth the case counter-terrorism police take control of the investigation the case 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 your majesty's government will respond appropriately and robustly russia says it has no information and offers to help in any way it can 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 the british prime minister to resign may is expected to provide clarity the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against and use the script. this highly likely comes with a pre-determined conclusion and the deadline set for russia to explain itself is

wednesday all the while here's the u.k. police where of course getting many questions regarding how or where the nerve agent was actually it was i can't comment on that at this hour we're not declaring a person of interest or a suspect apostol 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. else the u.s. president's opted for a major shake up on capitol hill when the new face of american diplomacy will be the incumbent cia director mike pompei or with whom donald trump says he has good chemistry. very good relationship for whatever reason example. whatever was. right. was. it my pompei are now preparing to take the reins of the state department his position at the cia will be filled by gina hospitals she's a veteran intelligence agency controversially played

a role in the organization's torture program you go down off takes a closer look at the appointments and their implications hawks nesting in washington my ponytail the new diplomats in chief of the iron fist to lead america's state department has had the president under his spell for a while already there to see eye to eye on normal stev rethink the issue that sunk to listen diplomatic career trump and share common spite to wars 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 the stand on whistleblowers is one of the few things 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 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 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. i will be the first woman to lead the cia with your boss's 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 and

two 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 a 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. both appointees who have to go through senate confirmation hearings again and before taking office who is not of the woods yet for them but rights groups have called on congress to reject both nominations human rights watch

says that given the track record pumper and hospital are both likely to endorse a beauty of practices i spoke to john kiriakou he was one of the first cia officers to expose the agency's use of torture who later served jail time following the revelations he told me appointing gina hospital as head of the cia isn't all the trumps finest decisions. this is one of the worst moves i've ever heard of at the cia when i sort of acquitted believe that because you know has bush should be in the dock at the hague not in the director's office at the 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 fence authorization act

that specifically banned it for if it exactly the kinds of techniques that you know has will was overseen my pump i will take over from the current secular state rex tillerson at the end of this month reports that donald trump have been considering stocking a top diplomat had been cycling if a month due to the numerous disagreements often seen publicly of a government policy to the sins removal was announced on twitter by the president in the end of the abrupt move has got others on the social network now sharing similar stories of rejection to in fact it's need them to come up with a new word. now

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get it right when canadian activists is being detained in france and banned from entering britain lauren southern was held at a british border pointing the u.k. home office told us she was being banned for distributing racist material in the town of luton last year one of the posters said a gay god official described the twenty two year old as a threat to the u.k. public policy therefore southern says she was interrogated in the french court under the u.k.'s terrorism act i got a knock on the door from the kent u.k. police who handed me this form and that's when things kind of went sideways it's the schedule seven terrorism act and they said you need to read this you are being

brought in to be questioned under the terrorism act other right wing activists are being barred from britain for similar reasons as martin selmer an american commentator brittany pettibone this month detained for three days two before being deported selma had been shed jewel to speak at a free speech conference in london's hyde park. we were banned last weekend from entering the u.k. for various reason for meade was because i wanted to give a speech about freedom of speech on speakers corner and for me i am an american conservative commentator and i simply wanted to enter the u.k. of course i was going to watch martin speak but i was primarily going in to do some interviews i wanted to interview tommy robinson who is outspoken against islam and they essentially labeled him a far right leader who incites racial hatred and that's why they didn't want me to enter to interview him so a huge crackdown of censorship but not only you know them banning us but also on

the internet right now as we're seeing on platforms like you tube and twitter fans are caused in some quarters supporters are saying that while right wing activists are being banned radical islamist preachers have been allowed to speak freely and known terrorists are spoke to a load entry into britain the bit ridiculous if you look at us that both of us are as i called i'm acceptable characters for you if you pose a threat to the court again piece of the local communities wired to say the very same country let's radical muslim extremists just freely enter the country they have all these muslim grooming gangs but still we are the main threat and we are kept out of the country i think is just ridiculous. nexus who can turn toward somebodies presidential election in russia or introducing you to some of the voters choosing who they want in the kremlin and the candidates vying for their support so to speak to members of russia's vast agricultural industry to hear what farmers want for the future.

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on a platform aimed at boasting russia's economic growth with three terms already under his belt he's got a lot of experience of course but critics accuse him of not being tough enough on corruption still here are some excerpts from recent interviews and speeches on where he stands on the biggest issues facing russia and the wider world. that you deal that we want to make our country bright moving forward into the future because our ancestors really actually what you really have here our kids are living here and our children and grandchildren will live 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 it should treat your partners with respect and then you will be respected but 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 development of the country to concentrate only on problems can even be dangerous because that might lead to destruction we need construction at the investor touched . but i see you guys 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. oh we'll work as hard as i can if of course the voters give me a chance to serve one. cause for profiling all the presidential election candidates here and out international will bring you more of those over the next few days as

well as hearing more from russians nationwide about what will win them over come polling day on sunday. and in. 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 were the previous standards not the highest ranks of the catholic church help conceal the accused priests from the police and justice system to that if that's known as the i and then i think you'll hear that it used to stay out in.

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