russia's defense ministry claims extremist groups in syria are planning to frame chemical attacks to give the us a pretext to strike the assad government. that is rebel control of the syrian area of eastern crumbles and over forty eight thousand civilians flees treif humanitarian corridors. and moscow exposed twenty three british diplomats mirroring the step taken by the u.k. in response to the kremlin's alleged poisoning of former spy saturday screwed up and his daughter.

thank you for watching the news headlines here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow and kate partridge. russia's defense ministry says rebel groups in syria have been armed with chemical weapons and are preparing to frame attacks as a pretext for the u.s. to carry out airstrikes against bashar al assad's government what i guess he of as the details representatives of the russian armed forces have said they have information reason to believe that the united states it's as talent base in syria has been preparing squads of rebels just fight as 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 glory in this one is dead today does this guys does this guys this cigarette packs and this attack is imminent the feds officials have said that this attack will be blamed on

the syrian government and will be used this is the excuse by the united states and its allies to strike at bush al assad to his government did his military directly then leave. the provocations mention to be used as a pretext for 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 a hornet's splits now 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 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 carnivores of aid have gone into guta as well and they say the u.n. the u.n. representatives on the ground in east new to have praised the russian and syrian effort in relieving the situation there providing food and at the aid. to civilians in need they also say that armed groups in east ghouta as well as islam itself express their desire to leave and leave east good to live for other locations once their sponsors give the green light. well r.t.

has requested comment from the u.s. military on the russian general staff claims and are still waiting for a response meanwhile at the briefing russia's military chiefs disk drive to the city and civilian evacuation from eastern ghouta as an operation unique in its scale of forty eight thousand people have managed to flee so far in the biggest single exodus since fighting escalated there last month russia's defense ministry says the first to make it to safety net children women and the injured were given basic supplies when they reached the government control side of the corridor is how they described life under military rule. i think it was. about to be the militants who are living with us next to a ha this 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. through the door 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 i. said i forgot my hat that in my eyes the aid was given only to certain groups or so most of the medical aid was sold it was from humanitarian agencies and the un monitors 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.

thank you you thank. we are fighting terrorists our children are dying from hunger. our father got lost while we were no way here we don't know where she lives we were shot down we don't know which way to go i mean even cats don't eat the brand that we have to baguio is congress without meals for several days. every year the special envoy to syria has welcomed a brief cease fire in the city of duma in eastern stuff under mr also renewed calls for an end to the hostilities across the country that was echoed by un humanitarian coordinator allie aus. we are cooperating well with the russian 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 is. in desperate conditions and they are housed in different shelters in. and 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 why formula for that is secession of hostilities over do not to continue. over eastward but to continue ability to send convoys and medical assistance into east. and people are allowed to leave. without any obstacles and the same applies to our freedom by the way because we have the same situation in freedom with civilians leaving on the duress and on the threat of. the military and that is totally unacceptable.

was seized by rebels in late twenty twelve and since twenty thirteen it's been under siege as the syrian army tries to recapture it the assad government has succeeded in regaining control of most of the region and driving the militants into three small pockets but despite the advances here land there live from the red cross says many civilians are still living in dire conditions there was a great and can't point was the we entered together with this you know that it hasn't and the un would work twenty six thousand people in the main town of duma or prison mr malvo was with that convoy and he spoke to the people he found exhaustion and the spirit of thirty years would actually start stop being after a few sentences people hiding in basements for fear of the fighting three families who would skate years with with law yes people hungry but what we need is indeed to

be able to go soon as possible which we don't call it quits but those remains he said yes that would at the same time as of today together we did see an aggregate we have emergency aid to the people who have fled quite now. in two camps close to damascus regime the ground is catastrophic when you have large numbers of people being all it does seem like you don't care what you need these and these what things to fall into place but certainly everybody is now willing and so it's good if you believe that we that. russia is to expel twenty three british diplomat and says relations between the two countries continue to worsen it comes in response to a similar move by the u.k. following the kremlin's alleged poisoning of former spy a surrogate powell and his daughter in the southern english city of salzburg r.t. has no direct 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 been the point being 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 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 but we could be for the opportunity to explain all the material . we asked russia to clear the material but that it will keep you up and i think.

we're lucky boy even though it's simplistic moscow today has denied any involvement in the attempted murders of survey and yulia 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 and 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 which 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 so. in 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 barack this diplomatic spat will get the dealer to do r.t. . well ralph trapper is a former member of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons he says it should be possible to identify where the substance used in source break was produced still different questions whether it's an obvious shock agent or not 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 work in chemical defense on camera protection will have looked at these chemicals but they've 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 between those people who actually understand the science and the underlying technologies doesn't help with the discussion of these issues so i do a lot that there's going to be a way. these things can be brought into a context that could people can actually talk people from russia as well as from from the u.k. and maybe other countries and discuss the technical findings and details in some detail to clarify what can actually be agreed upon scientifically what is not what is not known or what was speculation not assumptions well since the u.k. blame to the kremlin for the poisoning london's allies have or so back the plane and though the police investigation is still ongoing britain's politicians have been quick to take action as are happened to their 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 full in transparent investigation no time for that the european council isn't hanging around double tusked is calling everyone in to discuss what nobody is certain about ready 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 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 that 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. well earlier australian journalist and filmmaker john pilger said the west's campaign against russia's image is meant to excuse their own actions this is a catholic constructed drama it's part of the propaganda campaign that is building building now for several years in order to justify the actions of nato britain the united states towards russia this is extraordinary you so you have an attempted murder. you have a crime scene and you have no evidence but you but you have not and neither do you have a motive why on earth would russia on the eve of the lexer and all the staging the

well the well for one to destroy if you like it's international law with which such a crime makes sense but there's plenty of motive on the outside this is part of a carefully constructed drama in which the media plays a role that government plays a role. the foreign ministers of sweden and the czech republic have firmly rejected russian claims they possessed nerve agents want to know their child and we'll bring you more on this issue as it develops. highly likely that russia was responsible. after the break we'll have a special coverage of russia's presidential election. what

politicians do you sometimes think. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president if you. want something want to be preached. to the right to be this is what the three of them want to get. interested always in the why. they should.

welcome back not voting in russia's presidential election is underway in the far eastern regions of kamchatka by the pacific ocean and shook up that by the ontic the ballots were delivered to the country's remote regions by a variety of means including helicopter and all across.

and in just under five hours people in moscow will be heading to the polls and special coverage began earlier with cabin reporting from a studio in red square. by their high old cheerleader i see in moscow the time just before the big election though 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 about walking around despite this our russian citizens spending eleven time zones of the casting their votes on

sunday as they make their choice for the candidate will take the kremlin's top job because for the next six years as a moment election silence is being observed to give people twenty four hours this. think it through think either one of vote for that means campaigning a stop to news coverage of the candidates and the manifesto is not allowed however close on sunday evening we can talk about that we can tell you about who's vying for the russian presidency and we can tell. about the people who are going to go in the many many many many thousands hundreds of thousands or all in russia's future so let's meet some of those voters again there.

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your desire for. this because you can choose to look at and you might choose to. probably just swim was supposed to put. 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 foyer our team is going to be bringing the best coverage when those polls close of course. 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 parcels this looked in on so many centuries of change in this place and we're looking forward to seeing what happens tomorrow will bring you the very best coverage throughout the day stay with us.

protesters across spain were out in force on saturday demanding better pensions one of the biggest marches took place in catalonia around thirty thousand c.d.'s citizens made their way through the streets of boss alone criticizing spain's ruling party for inadequate pension increases many have complained last year's riots of one point two five percent isn't in line with the rate of inflation. russian boats are being blamed for issues ranging from swaying elections to spreading fake news but apparently now they've set their sights on hollywood the director of the most recent episode of star wars says the russians have been trying to influence the direction of the french us.

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a signpost it would be an indication that quantum computer it 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 three. 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 they're determining what it is so here's a succinct tweet from mines fiction and he says crypto is considered property by the i.r.s. money by the treasury department commodities by the c. f.t.c. and securities by the f.c.c. in before.