the secrecy if this is such an open and shut case. as that revealed any evidence as to the location of its production all the identity of its perpetrators hundreds of offices as you would expect him to work around gathering evidence to identify those response we're not declaring a person of interest or a suspect at this. how does committing a heinous act on foreign soil on the eve of a presidential election and months before the much discussed world cup knowing the diplomatic fallout benefit the kremlin 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 if they waited this long and why use a chemical weapon that makes it definitely is so russia is behind this that very old to think that the president of russia is sitting in his office deciding who to

kill somebody who is no threat in that basically now retired in britain i would guess that mr putin has got more important things to do than that but the reason maine says russia has been given a chance to disprove its guilt until proven innocent despite many unanswered questions the mass expulsion of diplomats the freeze on the high level talks for tat action approaching means the diplomatic damage has already been done and it's too late to undo. spanish capital has seen violent riots tonight as people protested the death of a senegalese migrant was. thirty five year old man died of a heart attack while running away from a police inspection of street vendors witnesses said he's being chased by officers on motorcycles in response around one hundred. took to the streets burning garbage

bins throwing bottles and clashing. riders also reportedly burned a bank building a good mayor said the city would investigate death and respond accordingly. well a well known ukrainian m.p. is accusing tops of fishes of being involved in a shooting massacre that took place during the two thousand and fourteen made on uprising events there led to the overthrow of the country's government after nine years she went public with her incendiary claims she was interned accused of plotting a terror attack on ukraine's parliament building the subject is a former helicopter navigator who was sentenced to twenty three years in jail in russia after being found complicit in the murder of two russian journalists in eastern ukraine she was later pardoned and exchanged for prisoners of war subchannel was initially hailed as a hero in ukraine when she returned from russia before facing increasing criticism

to nikki and discussed the scandal with our very own in india to their stories had so many twists and turns and this is yet another one that yes. well basically ukraine's general prosecutor has asked and called for her immunity to be stripped in order to arrest and the reason for that is that they claim that she is behind organizing a terror plot and her intentions apparently were to blow up parliament using grenades now this call immunity happened after she spoke out at a press conference and she made some very bold accusations indeed according to her she's claiming that a number of m.p.'s ukrainian m.p.'s were responsible for organizing sniper fire that's both sides of the crowds about means the parties and the protests the twenty fourteen mass protests and those protests of course but the trick of the government being overthrown. so that's what she's saying little bit of a situation let's have

a listen to what she's saying but you did do you think i said that i sort of ran people with weapons were coming out of people who are in parliament and people who gave orders who committed crimes who would always look for a scapegoat the prosecutor general needed to become the prosecutor so that he's crimes against the ukrainian people are never investigated but these are extraordinary accusations are very bold words indeed and a complete u. turn of course she's gone from hero to enemy of the state we can take a quick look at what her profile is. your precondition you. really.

should begin your. first two years in a russian prison a ukrainian pilot is back so quite a significant moment for the polish the president and the ukrainian nation so many she's a hero country ukrainians release will only reinforce that. she was previously accused of being complicit in the killing of two russian journalists and served time there and she was also part of a prisoner of war swap and during that swap actually she was met by president parsing south. and she has enjoyed a very successful political career but she doesn't have that support now what is

interesting is that her whole story has come on to the north for a lot of international media attention but will this new turn attract as much attention as she has had in the past. over to florida now where four people have been confirmed dead after a newly installed pedestrian bridge crossing a road collapsed and a number of the vehicles are still trapped under the bridge and emergency rescue teams continue to search for people buried in the rubble because for the collapse has not been determined so far the bridge was installed less than a week ago at florida international university university said the method used in the construction was supposed to reduce risks to workers and pedestrians and minimize traffic destruction. u.s. central command has admitted it does not know how resources it gives to the saudi led coalition are being used in the conflict with yemen does sit com track the

purpose of the missions that it is refueling what targets it strikes and the results of the mission sen we do not ok reuters recently reported on a saudi coalition air strike in late february that killed five civilians is centcom able to tell whether a u.s. fuel or u.s. munitions were used as part of that stright. so no i don't believe we are ok. well last month a group of u.s. senators introduced a joint resolution on yemen it aims to limit the president's power to wage war without an authorization from congress and to cut america's support for saudi arabia disentangling it from saudi involvement in the yemeni civil war the vote on the resolution is to be held soon. well in two thousand and seventeen the u.s. and saudi arabia signed an arms deal worth almost one hundred ten billion dollars

has been described as one of the largest arms sales in american history meanwhile here are pictures of the aftermath of the saudi led coalition's latest air strikes in yemen a dozen air raids have been carried out against of the airport destroying most of the planes war broke out in yemen three years ago with the saudi led coalition bombing campaign against who the rebels i mean thousands of civilian lives and now the u.n. describes the situation as the worst manmade humanitarian crisis in modern history . i've.

downloaded tyrol a professor of international law at georgetown university in washington thinks that by feigning ignorance the u.s. is trying to escape the legal consequences of its actions. there are crying a few minutes crimes of war crimes against humanity trying for that are being committed in the war on the americans and the us being not accomplished in this case the us supporter of this coalition. for the us to admit that yes we know what is happening i would choose a more likely thing it is. it has consequences legal consequences in addition to the us law that prevents the recipient countries of us weaponry to use it except in self-defense. committing

war crimes and crimes against humanity self-defense so there are legal liability both internally and internationally. for just a few days left for the candidates in russia's presidential election to try and win over voters and well they're making appearances in nationwide t.v. debates one such event on wednesday made the headlines for all the wrong reasons though after descended into an ill tempered shouting match. robbery machine would have news putin or anybody from annoy ya by disputing. the it's nice to make you. feel this way and. only write your absolution i producers here is a chance to feel like they're actually in the city of so much or just yeah she was really my does this really mean ya see i'm really the only one of these are you telling me is the real you is

a loser and you really are you. sure are you seriously. going to ga percentage of over thirty. yet here. is the year for our hearing you live the color of the mazak you or any of superheroes here in miami all right thing . so we want to know if you just received so much money to use your chances would overshadow your story of the sport or. do you know what as we continue our profiles of the candidates here is a closer look at one of the people who was right in the thick of that on the air exchange. is the leader of russia's liberal democratic party and has run in every presidential election except one since they began in russia in one thousand nine hundred one wants to introduce a progressive income tax system instead of the current flat rate and also pledges to tackle poverty unemployment and illegal immigration his critics though say he is

pandering to easy populism and that his party often votes in line with the kremlin in parliament anyway here is where he stands in his own words. it would seem to me we must be strong and the president should be taught with such a foreign policy that will make everyone scared of others is that make him respect as usual and no one will dance to close russian schools that are still fresh russian language i will move death to stop our journey six lawmakers turkeys and no one will dare to kill our ambassador because i will do everything to make russians and our language respect your. yes i choose to go on russian citizens to be proud of our country not be proud of sausages or smart phones is disgusting there are hewing overnight to buy a new phone it's not that's not what price even though i promise all military officers new ranks at the new no one will be left without flags and you'll get them

immediately you know my waiting there's lots of vacant flannel when you will increase pensions for all veterans and you give bonuses free to restrict the i will protect all of us the away and we will be proud of our country. does not see that we need to have a strong army out of that know what actions here do to be friends with somebody who are we going to be friends we know it's going to nato forces that are boarders it will take you five minutes to fly to st petersburg to get a ball in seven minutes to moscow to the moscow that's our genuine enter afghanistan they are planning to destroy our country and they won't stop and you'll whimpering i think you will travel that to get a shingle visa i will get better economy by your kind of economy and he told him you're sorry if they bomb the hell out of us tomorrow that we're security is the first. these people shouldn't even be allowed to serve as an ordinary civil parties yes i knew and they

want to become president i thought that's a disgrace and it would change a lot of so and you weren't see this political garbage at the net imagine when you make it brought up you are profiling all the presidential election candidates here r t international over the next few days and from saturday night our special election coverage kicks off on red square and continues right through polling day as the results and reactions commit. internet giant google has landed a major blow against bitcoin after it announced ads for the crypto currency would be removed from its platforms bitcoins valuation hit a low for march on thursday trading at under eight thousand dollars following an eleven percent drop in twenty four hours here is how google explained the ban we don't have a crystal ball to know where the future is going to go with cryptic currencies who's seen enough consumer harm or potential for consumer harm they did scenario they want to approach with extreme caution or google's ban will come into effect in

june and follows a similar move by facebook earlier this year social media platforms still allow some financial ads but cryptocurrency are strictly off limits bitcoin now faces being cut off from two of the world's biggest advertising sellers but whether that will halt the crypto mania is up for debate as stories like these keep reeling in new investors chris saying thousand dollars into big calling in twenty fifth st he's now to get into twenty million dollars a turn of three hundred fifty dollars to twelve thousand he says that twelve thousand turned a six figures in a year he became a millionaire at twenty four but there is a flip side to the crypto currency and it has been implicated in scams and that is perhaps why google and facebook are concerned financial commentator try to boil says the real reason for opposition to big coin is that it threatens the financial status quo i think it's a bit of a p.r. exercise going on. you know

a lot of financial services companies cross the world and. particular on credit cards. so there may well be a bit of pressure from the u.s. government because pick corn of course is a real threat to the existing financial system conversation that hasn't really been how the government regulatory level which is regulation and education big corners here to stay in cryptocurrency are here to stay big banks are saying it's a bubble but the same time they're investing in some of them. not because and in particular so we need to find a way of cryptocurrency fitting into the existing payment system for fear of currencies and also to educate the public bitcoin is not a speculative currency it's supposed to be a replacement for the existing payment system so you can't be in it for the short term because of these bubbles and also the speculators are adding to the bubble but once the regulators around the world realize that it is here to stay and one way or

another has to fit into the existing system that sort of thing is going to continue and it's like the internet it's it's very difficult to stop especially across borders so we have to find a solution and we have to educate people that does it for me i'll be back with headlines in thirty three minutes stay with us. with. the. new model not new google. combination of shipping very artful policy to try where he is the status of great

britain the good. in america the stakes. russia. this relationship between russia and china to become. quite a lot can be quite. quite difficult to do under. the wreck still assumes ouster is head of the state department lead to the end of the iran nuclear deal interesting debate we'll talk about that and more with the former ambassador to the u.n. bill richardson on this edition of politics. taking on larry king is a terrific piece in politico which suggests the ouster of rex tillerson is the head of the state department and likely replacement by my pump

a zero could lead to the end of the iran nuclear deal secretary tillotson reportedly thought the cost to withdrawing from a commitment that was made alongside our allies to be unacceptable but we'll do more hawkish in arden critic of tehran's hard line islamic regime might pump a zero push donald trump to kill the controversial nuclear deal on that note let's start with bill richardson former democratic governor of new mexico former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. he is in santa fe new mexico lots to talk about bill let's get right to it do you think rex tillerson leaving and pump a zero coming in could killed iran nuclear deal. i'm concerned about that larry the answer is yes because i've seen director pump statements on the iran deal and i think it's in the best interests in the united

states to stay in the deal and work on iran on other issues they're bad on terrorism on israel on many other issues but my big worry about the iran deal if we get out of it and the decision has to be bathed made twelve it's good to adversely affect a potential deal with north korea because the north koreans are going to say if an american president can get out of a deal and we sign a deal with the u.s. what makes it sure that a president will keep his end of the bargain and the united states gets out so i'm worried about that i think we should stay in the iran deal but yes i think that pompei o is much more hawkish on the iran issue than tillerson was who thought we should stay in the iran deal and advise the president and i don't think the president like that now the top ten zero zero zero and does the world of diplomacy but he's long cold be a randy zero disastrous how does he now become

a diplomat that's. well that's the worry i have i think he's very qualified first in his class that west point he was a member of congress you know i was a member of congress i think that's a plus my worry is there's a difference between cia intelligence stuff and being a diplomat i think he's got a. diploma see is about people larry it's about relationships it's not metrics it's not over flights of. of intelligence activities and so i worry that if he reflects the president too much he was very blunt who tweets on foreign policy when he shouldn't who makes personal insults of leaders i worry that that's going to carry over with pompei oh i don't think so i think he's smart enough to adjust and my hope is that at the state department that he

recognizes he has a bunch of diplomats that are good that are unhappy with rex tillerson zz management changes and then he reaches out to our diplomats our experts on a genre latin american africa on the middle east on europe and makes them feel comfortable and that the state department takes the lead in the negotiations with north korea we have no strategy we have no apparent game plan for the very tough negotiations are going to come with north korea there's no question in your mind that we should remain in the u.s. in the iran deal. we should remain because first iran is complying secondly there are inspectors out there making sure that compliance happens it's for fifteen years we want to probably extend it i think the president would like to see with the europeans an agreement on missile activity

by iran let's separate that keep the iran deal pressure iran on the missiles stop shooting these missiles do something about supporting terrorist groups like hezbollah. be more conscious of israel say they're not going to destroy israel their involvement in syria and yemen is very negative negotiate that separately but stay in the agreement ok on wednesdays senator rand paul of kentucky the republican announced that he will oppose the nomination of my thumb peo pointing out that his previous support of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding against enemy combatants also his support for the iraq war will this visit never again well i believe that pump l. will be confirmed because. a senate will always give any president flexibility on

their top nominee secretary of state defense treasury i think pump ill will be confirmed there will be some like rand paul and some other democrats that are very concerned about that interrogation technique i think senator mccain also i'm concerned about it. torture is not right it's not fundamental to american democracy it's wrong but indiana larry i think because of the negotiations with north korea the fact that we need a team in place to start those preparations that he will eventually be confirmed but it's going to take some time it's going to take sometimes for pompeo to get briefed get up to speed. with the state department with our foreign policy he's a smart man and he knows intelligence cia stuff which is international obviously but i think in the end he will be confirmed ok senate pose also opposing the nomination of gina has bill to replace pump as head of the cia paul said to really

appoint the head cheerleader for water boarding to be the head of the cia how do you turn somebody who did that to be in charge of the cia to read of or gooey during waterboarding is appalling is see in trouble. i think that will be very contentious i think it's going to take much longer for her to. get confirmed than pump a zero because you're going to us have most democrats opposing her nomination because of the torture issue because of some of that activity that happened extensively and there will be some republicans i think senator mccain holds the key he's very concerned about her appointment but willian fact vote against her rand paul is one republican there may be others i believe the big fight will be on her

nomination and i think palm pillow will get confirmed ok british prime minister to resume may on wednesday expelled twenty three russian diplomats after the country thing two bricks plane how are russian made now the nerve agent poisoned the former double agent and his daughter in the u.k. does this. this attack she says represents an un use of force by the russian state against the united kingdom expect benighted states to join in that condemnation. my hope is that we join are fully that the president himself say that we support the recent mase action it's pretty incontrovertibly all evidence that russia nerve agents participated in this and so my hope is because the relationship with britain is so important and we've had some setbacks

with them on a number of tweets and videos that the president commented on and the fights the president has had with some of the leaders in the u.k. that we stand behind our main ally and say we support teresa mayes action and britain's action and not dilly dally you know the president has this weird relationship with russia with putin where he doesn't want to take them on and this is i think an opportunity to do that and do the right thing you've been in north korea you've met with them what are your concerns event me about meeting with john . well my concerns first is that we won't have a national security team preparations for the meeting secondly my concern is that we're expecting too much in the first meeting that. yes denuclearization of north korean weapons is on the table but they're not going to do that certainly not at

the first meeting i think it's important at the first meeting between the two leaders that establish trust a process of negotiation but there are a lot of issues besides denuclearization larry that i believe. merit a lot of attention we got three american prisoners there we need to get them out we've got the remains of our soldiers from the korean war we need also to curb some of their chemical weapons to syria their nuclear and missile material that they export her financial gain and for terrorism so there are a lot of issues my worry is that kim jong un the north koreans are very disciplined i've been go shared with them they're very relentless they don't think like we do it's not a quid pro quo they they think everything they do is correct and it comes from the day a day from the cult of personality so i think we've got to be very careful and prepared

and have a plan and have the secretary of state lead with the department of defense i don't know who's going to be negotiating with the negotiator for north korea retired tillerson is out. you know there's talk about replacements on the national security team rumors so i think we need to get in order a team to negotiate. and is then the according to negotiate as i've talked to you have to have three meetings you can't have the top two leaders be the first meeting is that true. yeah i think it makes sense for a pre meeting to take place between it could be the national security advisor the department of defense or somebody the president appoints a special negotiator to set the meeting so it's a success so it isn't just a meeting where both leaders are shooting from the hip so yeah there and that's

what i worry about the president said well we're going to meet in may before may well you know that's sixty days away we don't have a secretary of state i think it's important if it's the laid thirty days fine but do it right and have some pretty meetings so that it isn't just the two leaders having it out when we don't have an agenda we don't have a strategy we don't have a point. as. what they're going to ask for is one they want the end of the korean war or the armistice agreement to disappear because that's a state of war two they're going to want our withdrawal from south korea our military troops we're not going to do that but you know maybe there's a compromise there third there want to they're going to want an end to the sanctions the sanctions have been biting them and.