russia's defense ministry says it believes that extremist groups in syria are planning to stage false flag chemical attacks to give the us a pretext for striking the government. that says rebel control of syria's eastern. over forty eight thousand civilians flee the stricken region through humanitarian corridor. also this hour moscow expelled twenty three british diplomats mirroring the step taken by the u.k. in response to the kremlin's alleged poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. says i want. my son donald trump the behavior of my family my parents. because of pressure i left my village for. all who. say they've been forced to

move away from their hometown because of a fierce backlash from neighbors and relatives. to live with me. now in moscow wherever you are welcome to today's program russia's defense ministry has said rebel groups have been armed with chemical weapons in syria they say they are preparing to stage false flag attacks as a pretext for the us to carry out airstrikes against bashar assad's government one of the details. representatives of the russian armed forces have said they have intimation and reason to believe that the united states it's as talent base in syria has been preparing squads of rebels fighting is 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 years twenty tons of norene this one is dead today this disguised as disguised as cigarette packs and this attack is imminent the fed's officials have said that this attack will be blamed on the syrian government and will be used this is an excuse by the united states and its allies to strike at bashar al assad his government did his military directly then they provoke us or 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 on 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 put rather a direct involvement in the war it will 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 representatives of the russian armed forces also talked about the. situation in east ghouta 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

effort in relieving the situation there providing food and at the age of fifty civilians in need they also say that armed groups in east ghouta as well as easily missive express their desire to leave to leave east. other locations once their sponsors give the green light and we have requested a comment from the u.s. military on those claims made by the chief of the russian general staff no response and when we do hear back now at the briefing russia's military chiefs describe the civilian about creation from eastern as an operation unique in its scale over forty eight thousand people are rising of managed to flee from the region so far it's being labeled the biggest single exodus since fighting escalated there last month russia's defense ministry says the first to make it to safety were children women

and the injured they were given a basic supplies when they reached the government controlled side of the code or here's how they described life under militant rule. thank you. thank you. that may be the militants who are living with us next to our hardison inside them they would open a road in monks' 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 they 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.

thank the south africa 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 didn't do so under the supervision of our government but the militants were selling it thank you. thank you thank you coming with a gold plated terrorists our children are dying from hunger. our father got lost while there were no way here we don't know when families were shot and they don't know which way to go and live in it wouldn't have done to brad that we have to kill is congress without meals for several days for right. now the u.n. special envoy to the country has welcomed a brief ceasefire in the syrian city of duma anything guta stuff and i'm a store also renewed calls for an end to the hostilities across the country that

was echoed by early that he the organization is main humanitarian coordinator on the ground. we are cooperating well with the russians center for the conciliation to organize humanitarian convoys and also to assist people who are leaving east duma so we're looking at more than twenty thousand civilians were leaving. in desperate conditions and they are housed in different shelters. around damascus so they need everything they need blankets they need mattresses they need food they need medications they need protection they need to feel comfortable being made to feel secure a lot of teams are working around the clock with them together with. the syrian out of the cross and i.c.r.c. and of course we are cooperating with the government my formula for that is secession of hostilities over do much to continue. over the east of control ability

to send convoys and medical assistance into east. and people are allowed to leave. without any obstacles and the same applies to freedom by the way because we have the same situation in freedom with civilians living under duress and under threat of. of the military and that is totally unacceptable. eastern ghouta was seized in rebels in late twenty twelve since twenty thirty and it's been under siege as the syrian army tries to recapture the area the assad government has now succeeded in driving the militants into three separate small pockets you can see on the map there they regain control of much of the region despite the advances though many civilians there are still living in dire conditions. from the red cross told us more about their plight and what aid workers can do to alleviate the crisis. and there was a and then one point. we entered to get there with. you when we're

going to six thousand people in the main town of our prison mr malvo was with that one boy and he spoke to the people you found exhaustion and the spirit of thirty years would actually start starving after a few sentences people basements of. three families who would skate years with lies people hungry but what we need is indeed to be able to go like i said as possible which we don't call the boys by those remains. i don't see them as of today together with this unit i got that we have emergency aid to the people who have fled quite now. in two camps close to damascus situation on the ground is catastrophic when you have large numbers of people being all it does seem like you don't care what you need there isn't these what things do

fall into place but suddenly everybody can go and so it's that if you believe that . now russia is set to expel twenty three british diplomats as relations between the two countries continue to plunge to new lows it comes in response to an identical move by the u.k. that followed the kremlin's alleged poisoning over for what spy and his daughter in the south of england there were tutor picks up the story we all thought tensions could not get much worse between russia and the u.k. but how wrong what we need to be so hopeful the controversial story that's dominated the international media headlines with endless discussions and debates has of course being the poisoning of father and daughter the scripts 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 held from the u.k. have just one week to leave russia in addition moscow has 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 be for the opportunity to explain all the material. we offer russia where the material but it will teach you what they think. what he's noir that they'll be able to stick moscow today does that idea any involvement in the attempted murders of survey and yulia scribal 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 the scientists who developed various aspects in the sphere left russia by chance western countries waited for them and they took technological expertise with them after their soviet scientists continue do work in some western countries alongside the u.s. the u.k. slovakia sweden and other states all of this 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 lost its own investigation. into the case of u.s. compilers 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 soco three power stating it is overwhelmingly likely that putin was behind the poisoning and moscow responded saying that those comments were shocking and unforgivable 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 now there are today r.t. . seems to be deepening for now we were joined by rolf trap of former secretary of the o.p.c. w scientific advisory board to discuss the attack he says that would fall corporation and proper dialog it should be possible to identify exactly where the substance use

than the incident was produced. two different questions but that's not the truck agent on oh yes and then the question is where did that come from now that it's a forensic question that can only be answered by bringing a range of factors together some of the chemical structures have been. in the public for for several years more than a decade and of course those of arteries that the chemical defense one can read which actually looked at these chemicals but have also tried to make them to analyze them to be able to detect them in the environment. just from the fact that you find a certain chemical you can only draw so many conclusions the lack of communication at the technical level in those people who actually understand the science and the underlying technologies doesn't help with the discussion of these issues so i do all that it's going to be a way where these things can be brought into a context people can actually talk people from russia as well as from the u.k. and maybe other countries to discuss the technical findings and in some detail to

clarify what can actually be agreed upon scientifically what is not what is not known and what was speculation not assumptions. since the u.k. blamed the kremlin for the incident. behind the claim as well the police investigation into the poisoning is still ongoing. been quick action. reports issue threats impose sanctions and cancel your plans to attend the world cup now there's no time to explain the stuff names are made of literally concrete proof a full in transparent investigation no time for that the european council isn't hanging around double tough is calling everyone in to discuss what nobody is certain about to put this issue on the auction those 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 and solidarity and supports the united kingdom and the u.k. defense secretary isn't overly keen on hearing out the defense frankly. should go 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 all poisoning no time to explain and it took france no time at all to change its mind on action and they're fully skeptical and calling it too soon to blame the kremlin paris is set to agree on and impose new sanctions on russia. who knows 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. well the foreign ministers of sweden and the czech republic firmly

rejected russian claims that they possess like agents were closely following those ongoing developments of course we'll keep you fully updated. highly likely that russia was responsible. for our special coverage of russia's presidential election staying with us just after the break.

what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want. to go right to be close it's like them before you know more people are. interested always in the last. six. welcome back to r.t. the voting in russia's presidential election is officially underway now at least in

the far eastern regions of russia come shot to and but it's were delivered to remote regions of the country by a variety of means including helicopter even pub across the russians could cost their votes here's a glimpse of that operation. i was just on the nine hours time people here in moscow as well we heading to the polls our special coverage began earlier kevin urban reporting from our studio on

red square in the heart of the capital. hi old city in moscow the time just before the big election i welcome to our special coverage of the russian presidential election forthcoming live from the heart of the russian capital here as you can see over my shoulder in the iconic red square to the few people wrote in about walking around despite this our russian citizens finding eleven time zones are because there are votes on sunday as they make their choice for the candidate the kremlin's top job because for the next six she is at a moment election silence is being observed to give people twenty four hours to.

think it through thinking the one a vote for that means campaigning a stop to news coverage of the candidates and their manifestos is north of however close on sunday evening we can't talk about that but we can tell you about who's vying for the russian presidency and we can tell you about the people who are going to go out in the many many many many thousands hundreds of thousands or a vote on russia's future so let's meet some of those voters again.

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because if you choose to. move and put in you might choose to food. just so it was supposed to put him through so many hopes so many aspirations as this huge country goes to the polls from eight o'clock in the morning let's just take a look over our shoulder at the iconic red square we've got a superset of four year our team are going to be bringing that best coverage when those polls close of course which will be nine o'clock in the evening moscow time we got full coverage coming up it's got a splendid view of coming in to see the tower there and same basil's this looked on on so the centuries of virtue of this place and we're looking forward to seeing what happens tomorrow r.t. will bring you the very best coverage throughout the day stay with us. now the name donald trump probably isn't what you would expect to find someone called in afghanistan of all places exactly though what one couple decided to call

their child as a sign of respect to president trump's policies facing a backlash from both family and the community. through their blood. odds. are the most fun but before my son was born i was reading about donald trump's bag round and he's policy i thought his policies the best and this made me cold my son of. those i wanted more and more 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 also distanced themselves from the us why did you name your son donald trump wasn't there any other name.

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