it was. russia's defense ministry says it has reasons to believe that militants in syria are planning to carry out false flag attack using chemical weapons. moscow expels twenty three british diplomats nearing the set of the step taken by the u.k. in response to the kremlin's alleged poisoning of the foremost spy and his daughter . and an afghan couple who named her 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're watching r.t. international with me mickey erin russia's defense ministry says rebel groups have been armed with chemical weapons in syria and are planning to stage a false flag attacks as a pretext for the u.s. to carry out airstrikes. representatives of the russian armed forces have said they have intimation reason to believe that the united states it's al qaida based in syria has been preparing squads of rebels fighters to stage a chemical provocation a chemical weapons attack in the south of syria in doubt which borders jordan and israel they've been provided allegedly as when used twenty tons of nori this one is dead today does disguised as disguise this cigarette packs and this attack is imminent the third's officials have said that this attack will be blamed on the

syrian government and will be used this excuse by the united states and its allies to strike adverse shall assad to his government and his military directly. the provocations mentioned will be used as a pretext the united states and its allies to conduct airstrikes against military and state infrastructure in syria we're seeing that such strikes are being prepared by warships in the mediterranean the red sea and in the persian gulf at the same time speaking in past a nice segue a lover of the russian foreign minister said that the syrian conflict is beginning to look less like a proxy war than a direct confrontation resume really of the hornets. there are u.s. special forces on the ground they are no longer denying this because they are accompanied by the british french and special forces from other countries it's not a proxy war anymore but rather

a direct involvement in the war 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 and we understand that we should not engage in armed conflict with them representatives of the russian armed forces 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 called the wars of aid of god 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 at the aid for good for civilians in need they also say that armed groups in east ghouta as well as islam is to express their desire to leave to leave east ghouta of.

other locations once this month as they give the green light. well these are the latest pictures from one of those humanitarian corridor with crowds of people are using it be a scape route to reach government control areas of a forty four thousand people have managed to flee from go to so far is the biggest single exodus since fighting escalated last month the first to make it to safety were children women and the injured according to the russian defense ministry they were given basic supplies when they reached the government controlled side of the corridor or here's how they described life under militant rule. i was thinking. that maybe the militants were 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 dogs 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 look at our children their feet hungry and without clothes but the militants showed no mercy. 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 distributed in ghouta under the supervision of our government but the militants were selling it

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 u.n. special envoy to the country has welcomed a brief cease fire in the city of duma in eastern guta steffen dimmest there are also renewed calls for an end to the hostilities across syria. further meetings have been taking place since. between the russian federation jaisha in the last few days on the outskirts of duma the result of these engagement it can you. 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 at least one good news i'm all very. instinctive 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 if there are any small pockets regaining control of much of the region despite the advances many civilians 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 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. russia is to expel twenty three british diplomats and relations between the two countries continue to plunge to a new post cold war 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 they were cheered 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 for 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 could see for us of the opportunity to explain all the material. we asked russia to clear the material but that it will keep the receipt for. what he neuer that they'll be able to sit and still moscow to date is that i doubt 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 russia spokesperson for the foreign ministry however side of the states had the opportunity to develop similar nerve agents following the breakdown of the soviet union was

a scientist who developed various aspects in the sphere left russia by chance western countries waited for them and they took technological expertise. them after this soviet scientists continue do work in some western countries and long side the u.s. the u.k. slovakia sweden and other states all of these can be seen openly in sources now 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 into the case of your list of polish 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 this diplomatic spat will get the dealer to dealer r.t. or says the u.k. blames the kremlin for the incident at london's allies have thrown 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 as jacqueline vehicle reports. issue threats impose sanctions and cancel your plans to attend the world cup now there's no time to explain the stuff mediums are made of literally concrete proof 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 ready to put this issue of 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. should go away should 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 they're skeptical in calling it too soon to blame the kremlin paresis the to agree on and impose new sanctions on russia. if you don't. there's anybody so the plan is solidarity with the u.k.

which apparently includes deliberately avoiding 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 now a couple of hours ago the british foreign office it 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 with more details stay with us for that. after the break we take you live to red square for the start of our presidential election coverage they with us for that.

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welcome back while russia is to choose its presidents on sunday and right now we can go live to kevin open at our special studio in the center of moscow. yes. welcome to our building top special coverage of the russian presidential

election live from the heart of the russian capital of mine it's almost ninety degrees here at the moment think i've given up counted anyway we're here in the iconic red square we've got some great coverage lined up for you or come from a show of the coming days when the rest of the team be down here russian citizens spending eleven time zones of the casting their votes on sunday as they make their choice for the continent will take the kremlin's top job for the next six years this saturday though is a day of election silence i just want to show you around really first of all there's not a lot we can say campaigning is stopped and news of the candidates and the coverage of the money isn't allowed so until the polls close on sunday evening we're actually not going to able to tell you much about those vying for the russian presidency but we can tell you is that the people who are going to be deciding russia's future so without any more do let's meet some of the voters.

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a little any store bought simple as you out so you need your little money. who treated her beautiful new funny so she and we can go to the all moon skies which i mean i've spoken to the chimney united states could do that if i could only more really want. me. to thank you for the passage and the love it or that the deep into the writing don't quite see cause he's looking. the chance to say no to. the chief was no secret that wasn't my truthful capuchin could lead to all these if i don't see fit and able to continue for a minute to try to put if he's going to be someone who could have said i mean what all of the reports that you've already you need to. remember among the disputes and that's not good because in addition to being an alternate to the false what do you feel you know everybody thinks that if you know authority from congress you will feel it is but it's a new someone gets the nod from boca raton and you think. so

as i say there's not a lot we can say the moment other than to tell you the polls open locally across all of russia's times i generate a clock in the morning to close at eight o'clock in the evening so we can actually talk about. nine o'clock tomorrow evening of course when the polls close in the living graphic cetera there are a total of eight hundred nine million people registered to vote in this election because there's a six presidential election this one in the russian federation that since it was established in one thousand nine hundred one is a big deal a lot of eyes are watching this vote we are fairly across it nikki you've got to look forward with me for all that coverage tomorrow but also by catch up with me again next hour. that's ryan thank you for that kevin i will be joining kevin there in there tomorrow on red square not looking forward to the cold temperatures but i'm sure

the excitement will keep us warm well now let's move on to the news of the day the name donald trump probably isn't one you would expect to find someone cold in afghanistan but that's exactly what one couple decided to call their child as a sign of respect to president chimes policy facing a backlash from both family and the community. earlier. the 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 after. those i wanted more nor for when i name my son donald trump behavior rolled my family and my parents changed because of pressure i left my village for a couple of my close friends who also distance that i suppose from that they asked

why did you name your son donald trump wasn't there any other name. but him or her of course honest and we are very happy to name our child after the best politician and i hope he will become a politician like donald trump as well i gave my son this name to make him lucky and i hope to see him as smart and mindful as doing and i will never change his name. but u.s. campaign against al qaeda and the taliban in afghanistan has been ongoing for the past sixteen years is dotted under george w. bush as part of the so-called war on terror the latest un report on the country is a sobering one documented over 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 he. would keep a record over you would already know were you out of military victory the victory will be with you it will be. 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. waging the war was one means of doing that and now there's this chinese pakistani peace initiative that's threatening the war seriously aiming at bringing stability to the country. and the best homes that woman until recently known as the youngest self-made billionaire hit the headlines for a while even being told this beckoned month however she is again back in the spotlight but for the wrong reasons as a fraud who raised around seven hundred million dollars using an elaborate scheme meanwhile the rapid rise and fall of her company are tracked at some powerful people as the mirror 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 were a nose 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 and 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 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 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 mattes 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 what it all turned out to be a sham hole was got into legal trouble but matt is still sits comfortably as the secretary of defense samir khan r. t. washington d.c. . about with more news at the top of the out fear that.

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of the real one the real suppose if his bitcoin ever moved the million bitcoin that he mind that's an excellent point it would be a safeguard it would be a signpost it would be an indication that quantum computer had hacked into the because of protocol in a significant way what about all quantum computers are here are we in danger is it all happening is unraveling it's tweet i saw from stacey her birth and oh that's very. crypto is already quantum whoever looks at it observes whatever they want to see and this is in response to all of these regulators in the u.s. you know we have more regulators in the united states that we have intelligence agencies and they all want in on bitcoin and cryptocurrency and they're determining what it is so here's a succinct tweet from mind.