breaking news this hour russia's defense ministry says syria's rebel groups are planning on carrying out a number of provocation using chemical weapons. moscow expels twenty three british diplomats mirroring the steps taken by the u.k. in response to the kremlin's alleged poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. and an afghan couple who named their son donald trump say they've been forced to move away from their home town because of the fierce backlash from neighbors and relatives. a warm welcome you're watching r.t.

international with me thank you aaron good to have you with us. now russia is to expel twenty three british diplomats as relations between the two countries continue to plunge to a new post cold war low 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 in a day or two to 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 sailed 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 to the opportunity to explain the material. where the material but it will keep you up mostly for. what he's noise there for you in the old stuff and still moscow today has denied any involvement in the attempted murders of seven and scribble and russia's representative to the chemical weapons watchdog explains how russia has never run another chunk 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. in the case of you list of palace 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 so basically powell stating it is overwhelmingly likely that putin was behind the poisoning and moscow responded saying that those

comments were shocking and forgivable so as the world watches and endlessly debate who's to blame what we really want to know is how bad this diplomatic spat will get in a day or tutor r.t. says the u.k. blames the kremlin for the incident that london's allies have throwing their weight behind the claim to and although the police investigation into the poisoning is still ongoing britain's politicians have been quick to take action and stuck in very good report. issue threats impose sanctions and cancel your plans to attend the world cup now there's no time to explain the stuff means are made of literally concrete proof a full in transparent investigation no time for that the european council isn't hanging around double tusk is calling everyone in to discuss what nobody is certain about to push this issue and the next. charging forward on the most likely inspired by moscow front no time to be sure even australia is backing teresa mayes

compelling case against russia innocent until it gets interesting the strength is in solidarity and supports the united kingdom and the u.k. defense secretary isn't overly keen on hearing out the defense frankly russia should go away churchill just after that gavin williamson announced forty eight million pounds will be invested in a new chemical weapons defense center why because russia of course the defense secretary is also going to deliver with anthrax vaccines for troops what does that have to do with the script poisoning no time to explain and it took france no time at all to change its mind on action and initially skeptical and calling it too soon to blame the kremlin paresis the to agree on and impose new sanctions on russia. if you don't. use a so the plan is solidarity with the u.k. which apparently includes deliberately aborting a russian stand at the paris book fair what we're seeing is a whole lot of act first and ask later and frankly we should take more time to find

the answers a couple of hours ago the british foreign office said that the country's national security council will meet next week to consider britain's next steps we're closely following the ongoing developments and we'll keep you posted when more details of much later in the program we're going to try to connect with our correspondent for more details stay tuned for that. highly likely that russia was responsible. and i'll tell you from our breaking news this hour russia's defense ministry says militant groups have been armed with chemical weapons in syria to stage provocative chemical weapons attacks to frame it the syrian government we will bring you more details on that later in the program now russia's defense ministry says over forty four thousand people have now managed to escape from eastern guta for humanitarian corridors is that 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 describes life under insurgent rule. i was thinking. about maybe the militants who are living with us next to a harness and 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 the darts 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. the south africa had that in my case the aid was given only to certain groups most of the medical aid was sold it was from humanitarian agencies and the un and was distribute you didn't do so under the supervision of our government but the militants were selling it thank you. thank you. thank you thank you thank you thank you. 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 un special envoy to the country has welcomed the briefcase fire in the city of duma in eastern go to stephanie mr also renewed calls for an end to the hostilities across syria. further meetings have been taking place

since. being between the russian federation enjoy a shift in the last few days on the outskirts of duma the result of this engagement came your project to be doing the government russian military in jerusalem forward to have continued to largely hold for the six day no talk that for this is for a halt because there's been a police one good news i'm all very you know. you think that it was seized by rebels in late two thousand and twelve and since two thousand and thirteen has been under siege as the syrian army tries 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 despite the advances many civilians that are still living in dire conditions political analyst and author phyllis bennis told us the

humanitarian crisis will be felt right across the middle east. 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 in lebanon for instance as 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. now the name donald trump probably isn't one you would expect to find someone cold in afghanistan i think exactly what one couple decided to call their child as a sign of respect to president chavez policy facing a fifth backlash from both family and the community. there. was a last one but before my son was born i was reading about donald trump's background and his policy i thought his policies the best and this made me call my son of. those i wanted more and more from when i name my son donald trump behavior all my

family and my parents change because of pressure i left my village for a couple of my close friends also distanced their stats they asked why did you name your son donald trump wasn't there any other name. but him or her of course we are very happy to name our child after the best politician and i hope he will become a politician like donald trump i gave my son this name to make him lucky and i hope to see him as smart in mindful as doing and i will never change. the u.s. campaign against al qaeda and the taliban in afghanistan has been ongoing for the past sixteen years has started under george w. bush has part of the so-called war on terror the latest un report on the country is

a sobering one document ing of a ten thousand civilian casualties last year alone speaking in the afghan capital this week the u.s. defense secretary said america is no longer seeking a military solution. all were people. who would keep a record deal we gave the record so we gave out a military victory the victory will be would be all right good that we gave. 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 whole what is actually about from the point of view of the us 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. a basically in the pocket of the us and dependent on the us for security and so on. waging the war was one means of doing that and now there's this chinese pakistani peace initiative that's threatening the war seriously i mean and bringing stability to the country. money after this break. what politicians do you should. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. some want to be rich.

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hello welcome back and back to our breaking news story now russia's defense ministry says militant groups have been with chemical weapons in syria to stage a provocative chemical weapon attack to frame the syrian government we can now cross live to our correspondent mike gassy as he was at the conference and now joins us live with the details nor i can you bring us up to speed. well just half an hour ago two representatives of the russian forces warned that there's a provocation on its way in syria they say that at the out military base which is which is held and which is held and sponsored by the united states a group of syrian rebels fighters grillers have been trained to stage

this provocation and they've been provided with as many as twenty tons of chlorine as well as detonators disguise this cigarette packs now these chemical attack or provocation is a jew to be held in the south of syria with told that by the russian by the representatives of the russian armed forces that this will happen in the south near the dead eyes city in the south of syria bordering. bordering jordan they say that the united states is now preparing it soon response to this chemical attack by stationing a weapons platforms that cruise missiles platforms ships in the mediterranean as well as in the persian gulf to attack the syrian government and the syrian forces the russian foreign minister. also had his comments about syria turning

not so much a top proxy war put into a direct probably cation. amusingly of the hornets spetznaz of there are u.s. special forces on the ground they are no longer denying this they are accompanied by the british french and special forces from other countries it's not a proxy war anymore historical provide rather a direct involvement in the war it is a slow we condemn their illegal presence on syria's territory the u.s. led coalition is not legitimate from the u.n. point of view either we are pragmatic people systems and we understand that we should not engage in armed conflict with them. aside from this they also talked about the situation in east ghouta from which they say forty seven thousand civilians have fled in the last several weeks they say there's a huge operation humanitarian operation underway three corduroys of aid have gone

into guta as well and they say the u.n. the u.n. representatives on the ground in the scooter have praised the russian and syrian efforts in relieving the situation there providing food and other aid for. the fist of aliens in need they also say that armed groups in east ghouta as well as ease limits of express their desire to leave to leave east ghouta for it live for other locations once their sponsors give the green light. ok more and thank you for their status as our correspondent and cast yes we will be bringing you more details on this breaking news story in the coming hours that day stay with us for. now this time on sunday russians will be coughing deserts in the presidential election that choice will decide who gets the kremlin's top job for the next six years. it will.

close as a day though is of course the day of election silence campaigns campaigning stops and news coverage of the candidates on their manifesto is not allowed so until the polls close on sunday evening we won't be able to tell you much about those vying for the russian presidency but what we can tell you about are the people who will be deciding russia's future so let's meet some of the voters.

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motion of the my. property to be true indeed to my sanity to and able to continue for my nature to trust that if you stood in the storm you could have said i'm in the hall of the reports that you've already in each. member monthly magazine and that's met with president bush visiting and i was moved to the place where did the beef you know we break it down give us that we knew from going to go through the move forward is that it's a new framework it's a repeated moment from both the boss and you told him if we can. elizabeth holmes a woman until recently known as the youngest self-made billionaire hit the headlines for a while even being called the second mark zuckerberg however she is again back in the spotlight but for the wrong reasons as a fraud who raised around seven hundred million dollars using and i love scheme meanwhile the rapid rise and fall of her company attracted some powerful people as

america can now report. secretary of defense james mattis has more than america's would be enemies to worry about he's caught up in a lobbying scandal for faulty blood testing machines elizabeth home c.e.o. of tech company there are a noce nk was charged with fraud by the security exchange commission and forced to pay five hundred thousand dollars for lying to investors through our nose had promised cheap and fast blood testing using a new app we'd like to see a world in which every person gets access to this type of basic testing and the types of tests that are done are ones that provide insight into the onset of disease in time to do something about it but it was all a scam instead of using cutting edge technology it used old fam some equipment and even lowered its prices to appeal to investors and that wasn't the only way holmes brought in clients she also had some political clout secretary of defense james madison sat on the board of directors and unwittingly turned out to be instrumental

in negotiating with the department of defense in two thousand and fifteen wall street journal first revealed the issues however mattis wasn't convinced serranos had demonstrated a commitment to investing in and developing technologies that could make a difference in people's lives including for the severely wounded and ill i had quickly seen tremendous potential of the technologies the runnels develops and i have the greatest respect for the company's mission and integrity when a military regulatory expert had some questions about it maddux wrote this in an email. i have tried to get this device tested in theater asap legally and ethically this appears to be relatively straightforward yet where a year into this and not yet deployed when it all turned out to be a sham holes got into legal trouble but modest still sits comfortably as the secretary of defense samir khan r. t. washington d.c. . you can have us them that they stories by following us on social media on the

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complex. i'm actually retired so we're going underground on st patrick's day coming up with a show for the u.k. lords international relations committee tells us to raise a mate as north all the angles on the response to the atrocity in wiltshire in the southwest of england and his cold war rhetoric freezing diplomacy in britain we speak award winning author and rolling stone journalist maybe about how the russian hysteria would lead us to a nuclear winter plus the consultant editor for the would rather be a road daily mail andrew pesce predicts the fallout from will try will lead to the

end of jeremy goldman's political career. coming up in today's going underground but first british labor leader jeremy corbyn didn't even use one of his questions a prime minister's questions to goad minority government leader to raise i'm a into war because of weapons of mass destruction you want to dance is about a financial statement on monday the n.h.s. is clearly in crisis so why wasn't there a penny extra of the n.h.s. in yesterday's statement by the chancellor the prime minister told corbin to look at the arguably blairite labor party in wales perhaps you might look to see what the labor ensuring. that the latest on. the latest on your data shows about my looking at twelve hour waits in any that's three point four percent of patients waiting over twelve hours and when compared to one point three percent in england he wants to talk about

meeting targets he should talk to and they have a government in wales cool been would hear nothing of it any chance england abandoned it psion he targets until april two thousand and nineteen it's a bit rich for the prime minister to be scammed. me about why i was she was she said fine didn't come here anything but was it scaremongering he talks about scan on bring in wales i'm just pointing out the facts about what it was and that's why we do see why we do see people in wales often trying to actually get treatment in england rather than in not rather than in wales people the dying said colvin people are dying because of overcrowding and long waits in our hospitals i think the prime minister should get a grip on it and ensure the n.h.s. now has the money that it needs to deal with the patient the mandans and then called in reference to everyone's favorite scientist.