russia expels twenty three british diplomat mirroring the same steps taken by the u.k. in response to the kremlin's alleged poisoning and the foremost spy and his daughter . thousands of civilians continue to leave the stricken syrian region of eastern guta as the united nations welcomes the fragile six days ceasefire in the rebel held city of duma. and an afghan couple who named their son donald trump say they've been forced to move away from their hometown because of a fierce backlash from neighbors and relatives.

a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me the key erin good to have you with us this hour. russia is to expel twenty three british diplomats as relations between the two countries continue to plunge to a new post cold war lows it comes in response to an identical move by the u.k. following the kremlin's alleged poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in the south of england now dearest picks up the story. we all thought tensions could not get much worse between russia and the u.k. but how wrong we are to be so hopeful the controversial story that's dominated the international media headlines with endless discussions and debates has of course been the poisoning the father and daughter the scribbles for measures have already been taken by london expelling twenty three russian diplomats from the country and now russia has retaliated the u.k. ambassador was summoned to the foreign ministry in moscow and the results of that conversation are as follows twenty three british diplomats same number as russian

diplomats being surveilled from the u.k. have just one week to leave russia in addition moscow's revoked permission for britain to operate a consulate general in st petersburg moscow has also stated that the government could take further action if britain takes any more unfriendly moves towards russia here's how the u.k. ambassador reacted we gave russia the opportunity to explain all the material. we asked russia to clear the material but that it will keep you up and i think the problem with what he's noise. in the old superstition moscow today has denied any involvement in the attempted murders of survey and scribble and russia's representative to the chemical weapons watchdog explains how russia has never run another top program that's the nerve gas allegedly used in the poisoning since the collapse of the soviet union. russia has no connection to what happened in

salzburg as far as novacek is concerned the russian federation i stress that the russian federation has never had a research program under such a code name moscow says that it has made many attempts to cooperate with the u.k. investigators they requested a sample of the nerve agent that was apparently refused moscow says that they made numerous attempts to help with the investigation those requests were also refused and as a consequence russia has just launched its own investigation in. the case of u.b.s. republish she is a russian citizen exactly how when and if they will be able to proceed is still unclear as they will have to have some element of cooperation from the british authorities to complete an investigation so diplomacy really is at an all time low with threats and accusations flying from each camp the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson even went as far as accusing president putin himself of ordering the murder of power stating it is overwhelmingly likely that

putin was behind the poisoning and moscow responded saying that those comments were shocking and unforgiving so as the world watches and endlessly debate who's to blame what we really want to know is how this diplomatic spat will get now they are today. we can now go live to a briefing from the russian defense ministry on the situation in syria is eastern ghouta let's listen in its own thirty nine people have been evacuated from a good. liberal you in the areas of humanitarian and proper structure has been established to help transport people russian serious men. medical assistance that we could have all this is. what it is now possible to observe people living used. through c.c.t.v. cameras and. broadcasting live on the website of the

russian defense ministry and the russian t.v. channels. certain. groups. are ready to. surrender and leave lay down arms and we will. but they are waiting for instructions from their patrons and broad. we want to avoid unnecessary casualties. three humanitarian convoys did deliver a humanitarian aid to eastern gooda delivering four hundred forty five tons of food and other necessary items after leaving medicines to morrow in their town the duma and the other humanitarian convoys by the un. twenty five heavy trucks will arrive. the operation to their kids civilians and provide community are in need. are others who are surely most by the russian reconciliation center together

with the syrian government. representatives of the un and monitors from other international organizations are present. little or what is the russian reconciliation center does similar at your job in other parts of syria for example there is a humanitarian corridor set up together by russia iran and turkey. who are. all done and the lives deescalation area that you three thousand eight hundred in six people have been evacuated to aleppo province in those sort of just west of the you friday. twenty three people eight hundred religions so twenty three thousand eight hundred forty one people have been returned to their homes in the city of study here where the russian coordination center for assisting local population is located twelve thousand people returned i

would like to emphasize in particular we're going to see continuing attempts by the militants to stage provocations using chemical weapons you noted to accuse government forces of using. chemical weapons against civilians what we already told you about provocation preparations for a provocation is no good. and you know we know that in the area but done for. us and struck to see a repeat of several groups of militants just teach provocations with chemical weapons in southern syria in early march these groups of somebody were just moved area. the city where the so-called free syrian army deployed to be prepared to stage a provocation you know with explosives and poisonous substances

a later this will be used to accuse the government forces of using chemical weapons components for manufacturing chemical weapons have been delivered to the area. camouflaged this humanitarian aid convoys sort of. didn't natives camouflaged as packs of cigarette had been delivered to terrorists which were piled on those who are and these so-called white helmets or three peer tuesday. provocation imitating you or so you get us up at the. chemical attack to be near your. twenty container so chlorine have been delivered to the area of course which was all these provocations will be widely covered in the western media. he's probably cations you know will be

used as an excuse for the united states and its allies to them to launch material strikes against military and government to charge it seen syria. we've seen preparations for those air strikes under way you know western part of the mediterranean sea in the red sea in the persian gulf so groups of cruise missiles have been formed. so we have a question to me so you know. does the united states plan to support them with these attacks. terrorists and their allies. operating gooda. the general staff of the armed forces of the russian federation will continue to monitor the situation in the syrian arab republic. thank you colleagues. major.

russia and the minister of defense of russia had been widely criticized for the plight of people in the east. saying that they need help and they. spoke of delivering humanitarian aid to the people of eastern ghouta first eight items and other items of necessity as well as evacuating the wounded children and women but it was impossible because the militants used the civilians as a shield as a human shield not even letting the wounded in egypt leave the city and we have hundreds of documented cases of people being telling. their rhetoric to the cameras and the western media as well about the ravaging the militants as for the material aid from be internationalization it was all stored by the militants they didn't do anything to help them civilians as for the eastern. the plight

of people is by five seas. anything possible and they asked and they force people to come and join the ranks from to fight the army of syria i'd like to remind you that the same kind of acts were committed in the left. after the districts were liberated. arsenals and storage places and warehouses of food and drugs were found all expired militants took that for themselves while the people were starving that is why those representatives who want to make those militants look like a moderate opposition should realize that they are to be blamed in part for the material plight and price of people are leper liberated more than one year ago today is reviving come to normal live there are markets education institution the

hospital working absolutely normal thousands of people have returned to their homes in the aleppo and leave a peaceful life. but what about the rocker liberated by the u.s. coalition. old ruins no water supply no electricity supply no hospitals or education institutions working because some of them many of them were destroyed by the bombings and they are strikes on that so far what we see is temperature rising while all the bodies of these seized are still under the rubble and that deteriorates the disease control operations but they are neglecting this as well as the international organizations and u.s. led coalition turned a blind eye to all these problems no one can come to rocket today and no one knows who is managing this seat and who is to be responsible for the humanitarian

disaster there. heard about the number of people who have sex. for the left the east and. russia. was a result of many talks and negotiations succeeded in creating a favorable environment for securing tearing aid and help to the people of eastern ghouta today. how to help syria. under the auspices of that nation to resupply over four thousand and one hunger blankets and pillows to the people in need over. food and given to the people to prepare at least. something to eat russian transportation to have delivered over five thousand feet of those and other necessary supplies for basle people so that they can sleep normally for the very thing i had

a conversation with the russian present of these geneva and how groups of syria yesterday in that meeting. that group had a meeting and u.n. called in a to. deliver to report on the situation in the east in good a highly appreciated the work of the russian position throughout the whole mission in the preparation of the immaterial and during the the deliveries of material aid and items of necessity which people are not forced to leave the east and go to they are free to do that also no violations. in case of the. syrian official soldiers servicemen working in the area the u.n. says that many many people living in these to complain blame the militancy for many atrocities for taking away their food. and preventing the civilians from

living the. plays russian which conciliation center conducts a unique. operation in terms of scope and terms of its. need for the people who can least and do today as never was. highly important to help the people not only was mere words but with deeds real actions so you can all truckers through the mass media history of defense where. you can see the thousands of people fleeing the city but so far none of those who want to replace. openly declare that they want you to help really help them not just. by the u.k. now the u.s. wants to help but not helping they don't want to help of they don't want to help the civilians know and we created every possible condition for them to have

a peaceful and safe life now they have the necessary math and food and every nest every item of first necessity which is why again we in the western countries and international organizations. you should start working you should deliver on your promise and finally start helping the people of the east and thank you for your attention. ok with spin listening in on the russian ministry of defense giving a briefing on the latest situation in east. even russia's defense ministry says that over forty four thousand people have now managed to escape from the region through humanitarian corridor and says the first people to be evacuated were women

and children and injured civilians they were given basic supplies when they reached government controlled territory here's how those who fled described life and the insurgent will. i was thinking. that maybe the militants who are living with us next to our hardison inside them they would open our old amongst the houses to be able to move they would not leave and we did not dare to say get out. while you know they fired at us they didn't want us to escape at all they fired at the carswell so that we couldn't leave. we had no food or water there are ten of us and we could not buy a kilo of flour we were starving we wanted to escape but they wouldn't let us be flat against their will so they fired at us and half of the people were shot at our

children their feet hungry and without clothes but the militants showed no mercy. i. said if i had that in my case the aid was given only to certain groups so most of the medical aid was sold it was from humanitarian agencies and the un and was distributed in goose or under the supervision of our government but the militants were selling it thanks. thanks thanks thanks. i don't remember the last time i ate we didn't have food in our village the militants took everything that the humanitarian convoys delivered. meanwhile the u.n. special envoy to the country has welcomed a brief cease fire in the city you do mine eastern ghouta seven day mr also renewed

calls for an end to the hostilities across syria prove that meetings have been taking place since. being between the russian federation in jail. in the last few days on the outskirts of duma the result of this engagement it can you. be doing the government russian military injury ships learn forward to continue to logically hold for that they know that for this is for a halt because there's been at least one good news i'm all very. it's think that it was seized by rebels in late two thousand and twelve and since two thousand and thirteen has been under siege but the syrian army trying to recapture the area the assad government has now succeeded in driving the militants into three small pockets regaining control of much of the region just by the advances many civilians there are still living in dire conditions political analyst

and author phyllis bennis believes that the harrowing situation goes far beyond the enclaves borders. there is no place for them to go the country of syria has been decimated by these seven years of war and people have been moved from one place to another looking for safety and not finding it those who have been driven out of the country are finding the gates of other countries closed against them most notably of course the united states which has prohibited refugees coming from syria all together in the context of the so-called muslim bans that donald trump has imposed but even the countries close are the countries right in the region who are already taking care of hundreds of thousands in some cases more than a million refugees in lebanon for instance is a very small country one out of every four people in that country is now a syrian refugee in jordan where there's over a million refugees but there's simply not enough water available so the

humanitarian crisis is is massive on a regional level certainly within syria is the most serious then on the regional level and on a global level the syrian refugees are facing a devastating future. more news after the break stay with us. join me every week on the all excitement and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sport i'm sure both of those i'll see you then. the good and the bad you need capitalism to work both winners and losers you can't

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the taliban will pay a price a military action is also designed to clear the way for sustained comprehensive and relentless operations to drive them out and bring them to justice the truth is this is not really about actually recognizing. the senselessness of this for what it's actually about from the point of view of the u.s. is trying to recruit the taliban as a proxy spoiler for the growing regional integration involving china pakistan and afghanistan and stabilisation that's going on the afghan government since the mid two thousand has been getting closer and closer to china economically and since the end of last year militarily as well the objectives always been to keep afghanistan destabilized weak and basically in the pocket of the u.s. and dependent on the u.s. for security and so on and they waging the war was one means of doing that and now there's this chinese pakistani peace initiative that's threatening the war

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consumer goods company is moving its headquarters out of the u.k. to the netherlands unilever says there will be a net loss of fifty jobs down from one hundred between the two current headquarter locations in the u.k. and in the netherlands while unilever c.e.o. was quick to say that the move was not related to britain's vote to leave the european you. and that denial may be of little political help to u.k. prime minister to resign may unilever stuck also will move from trading on the footsie one hundred in london to the euro stock index in amsterdam the multinational corporation markets aided markets a diverse set of food products soft drinks and personal care products under brand names including hellman's ben and jerrys lipton's and trust me to europe. the european union is preparing a so-called digital tax on tech companies that could raise over five billion euros annually according to the financial times the f.t. .