british scientists admit they're unable to identify the source of the nerve agent used to poison a former spy and his daughter in the u.k. after weeks of the u.k. and its allies squarely blaming russia. we. verify the to say source but we provided scientific information to the government. we now learn the britons ruled out a joint investigation with russia into the script describing the idea as the latest from a meeting of the international chemical weapons in a live update coming up. on the news from r.t. this hour an american photojournalist who was once held by al qaida in syria says he was betrayed by the f.b.i. claiming he was used by agents to track the terrorists instead of trying to rescue

. the fourth of april want to call him brian this is your news from r.t. international the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. has just wound up its meeting on the scribal poisoning case the u.k. delegation says a russian proposal for a joint investigation is perverse they also claim that the idea is part of a russian diversionary tactic we're going to go to the hague in a few minutes time and speak to our correspondent who's been following what three to four hours of talks will catch up with him a little bit later meanwhile we spoke to a former u.n. chemical weapons inspector in iraq a couple of hours ago he believes that it's almost impossible to determine the origin of the nerve agent. there is no one hundred percent assurance that you can determine the region so for chemical everything that we know about

a chemical comes from its composition so the chemical is never a hundred percent pure they come from production at every stage reactions produce some byproducts and these byproducts can hear re to the final chemical no matter how hard you try to purify it every after every speech so by the view about the those impurities you can tell what the technology was used to produce that chemical but if you have to board troops in different countries of the war. that produce the same chemical with the same technology with the same regions you have more chance to tell exactly which sample came from which were tree russia follows exactly by the procedures of the convention so on the thirteenth of march russia requested the u.k. to provide russia with all the formation and good intent these were supposed to

deliver that information. do you keep failed to do that so now russia group western executive council to provide all information the next step. is supposed to do right now is to. make sure that the executive council requests that the u.k. provides all the information about scruples issue because. the executive council is obliged to do that so why wouldn't the u.k. provide the world with the same information it's not clear this reason is much more coalitions to the cabinet or for me especially towards the johnson in how the really established fault of russian federation in. right let's bring you right up to speed now let's go live to the hague where the o.p.c. w.

meeting has now concluded after a few hours of talks peter all of us there hi there peter bring us up to speed on what can you tell us this hour. hello. well what we understand is that the russian permanent representative to the executive council alexander shogun issued a proposal this morning now that was for what is being called a. joint constructive and civilized investigation joint investigation along with other members in the united kingdom that has been rejected out of hand by the u.k. side we saw that in a tweet coming out from the u.k. representatives to the o.p.c. w. just behind me they said that offer was both perverse and designed to be diversionary now that was also followed up just a short while ago by a statement from the e.u. now that was delivered by the bulgarian ambassador here who said. that well the

e.u. doesn't agree with the proposal that was put forward by russia that russia did not provide information to the united kingdom when it was requested to do so that russia responded with insinuations from the foreign ministry from the foreign minister himself it was a very strongly worded statement that was put out by them and ultimately saying that they were concerned that russia would reject the o.p.c. w. out of hand now this is a very different outcome to war certainly had been proposed by russian president vladimir putin ahead of this meeting we can say what they have to say you know. what was the amazes me how fast this anti russia hysteria has come a prout's we're calling it o.p.c. w. meeting to get the facts straight on this whole situation which we have. proposed at least twenty questions for their consideration we hope a final conclusion will be reached there is to war happened in but of course we're

interested in a comprehensive investigation. well there has been some support for the russian proposal we saw messages coming out of the meeting which was closed to the press which is why we've been getting information in this way just drips and drabs coming out of what's been going on there was a tweet from the russian delegation it said that fourteen countries in the open c.w. had supporters russia's proposal however. they said quite a few did not we also heard before this meeting started there was a statement from a senior member within angola merkel's political party in germany the christian democratic union party's deputy chairman in fact. let's chat he said the onus for proof was now starting to lie with the united kingdom he said that. nato members nato allies of the u.k. have gone along with them and taken action against russia based on the words of the

united kingdom the following the news coming out of porton down just on tuesday evening that they couldn't find any chemical link between the poison that was used to attack the script. russia that's. now lay with the united kingdom to provide proof for why they were making that allegation however that was followed up with a statement from the german government proper from the german cabinet in berlin we heard a message saying that the german government stands with the united kingdom in their take on events and how things have developed we've also heard from alexander stein who is the european commissioner an e.u. commissioner who said that the actual role of paul down was to identify what nerve agent had been used not where it came from and therefore it fell outside of there are. to do that and it wasn't particularly a failure on the side of the united kingdom more information certainly be gleaned

here we haven't got the definitive answers or what will be done next we could have expected from this meeting but there we are expecting to hear from the russian side in a few hours time of course be on top of that and anything else that comes out in the interim from this as the eyes of the world look here to the hague for answers on what befell the script miles and soledad really united kingdom and what would be done next in the investigation certainly haven't seen any conclusive answers to those questions as of yet. it's not over yet though but thanks for piecing together what you could out of that at the hague for now peter all of us thanks for that you're. right we're also hearing that the u.k. foreign office is denying that boris johnson said that the military lab in porton down told him that russia was responsible for the script poisoning now let's go live to westminster our correspondent and us to see it there i know that if my

memory is deceiving me then it seems all rather contradictory what's coming out of where you are. well colin certainly the plot seems to think in as now a game of he said she said is unraveling in london this comes as the foreign office indeed has denied that u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson had confirmed that experts at porton down confirm to him that russia was behind this crew paul incident now this comes following of course yesterday's huge developments where we saw the chief executive of porton down say that while they have determined that what was used was a military grade nerve agent however they were not able to determine the source of where this came from and afterwards a video of boris johnson giving an interview prior surfaced that certainly garnered lots of attention where he says that there is no doubt left for him after talking to those same experts that russia was behind the incident let's take a look at that. we. verify the precise source

that we provided to the scientific information to the government but you have not been able to establish. that this was in russia as i said it's our job to provide eight you know the scientific evidence that i think for the particular in their view is that it's not our job to see where actually was manufactured typically you will not tell you to look cool to say where it is from we haven't yet been able to do that but when i look at the evidence i mean the people whom important they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy so i said are you sure and he said. well to this today the foreign office has released a statement where they say quote the foreign secretary was making clear that porton down were sure it was not a chocolate point they have reinforced what the foreign secretary said then and what portadown have said recently is fully consistent with what we have said

throughout it is russia that is putting forward multiple versions of events and obfuscating the truth and. quote now the lib oratory itself has also tweeted saying it is not and has never been our responsibility to confirm the source of the agent now all of this would have been fine and well if there wasn't a tweet that was released by the foreign office on the twenty second of march and about this tweet the russian embassy here in london has tweeted just now asking why would the foreign office delete this tweet from march twenty second and the key here is that the message of this tweet reads quote analysis by world leading experts at the board tory at porton down made clear that this was a military grade novacek nerve agent produced in russia and indeed we checked and double checked and triple checked that tweet is no longer around so certainly this is going to be continuing to raise lots of questions in london because again of the seriousness of the allegations that have been made and now these. very

contradictory statements that are being released and it has to be said that even the labor party have now said that they're basically challenging boris johnson to explain himself on this matter so but a backpedaling going on all the tweets been deleted so somebody done a screen grab of a cached version of something to put out there. westminster thanks very much. takes an in-depth look at the conclusions reached by the british politicians and the media. scotland yard said it first they need. this was a professional assassination attempt whoever did it made sure to leave as few traces as possible and it was a geisha of this complexity and size will understandable take some time and we ask for the public's continued support and patience the media didn't need much time pundits for when the whole boring you know investigation part but that's the media no surprise they need their ratings politicians they only needed

a week is highly likely that russia was responsible between the poles russia culpable culpable culpable for the attempted murder is k. is culpable our quarrel is with putin's kremlin and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision what's remarkable is the detectives silent technical experts silent no details at all asking for a sample of the nerve agent perhaps so far nothing instead downing street gets down to the punishment with its allies keeping the whole innocent until proven otherwise likely is good is guilty. we are with doubts that russia is responsible there is no plausible alternative explanation needed to one hundred diplomats expelled by britain myths allies and russia diplomatic relations hate rock bottom and then we get the chemical expertise

from britain's own laboratory we have not verified the precise source you have not been able to establish at porton down that this was made in russia as i said it's our job to provide eat you know the scientific evidence that identifies what the particular nerve agent is you'd think that would at least. slightly embarrassed those shouting loudest about russia's guilt now really it comes down to one particular job certain scientists now porton down say their job is to work out what the substance was never stablished that it is not a chaka matter is by definition of the translation of the name which means newcomer part of a program in a soviet union in the late seventy's and eighty's the movie trucks dozens and dozens of different nerve agents have been synthesised not just by russia the head

of porton down refused to clarify whether his own lab oratory had its own stockpile while the snow we have anything like that would ever have come from mars or you know leave the four walls of our facilities we deal with a number of very toxic substances as part of the work that we do we've got the highest levels of security in controls the nuvi chalk formulas have been available in public books for nearly a decade now and pretty much any specialist with solid knowledge of organic chemistry can create it you're going to jewel's if it's really a novacek we're dealing with it's not a real problem to synthesize that kind of nerve agent all the necessary components easily available in the open market this is just does not require sophisticated procedures any specialist an organic chemistry would be able to make it. the fact

that the experts can't determine the russians did it doesn't mean that u.k. authorities will change their mantra it is our assessment that russia was responsible for this brazen and reckless act and there is no other plausible explanation remarkable how quickly things escalated and all. that faith based highly likely assessment. online the british foreign secretary is being accused of playing dangerous allies point in his news interviews over the past month with calls for him to resign or be sacked for spreading false information russia's always strenuously denied involvement in the poisoning despite frequent accusations against the country and even the president russian presidential spokesman dmitri pascoe. have to apologize for his inflammatory statement the case foreign ministers have been blaming vandermeer putin will have to look at noise of the colleagues and he will have to apologise to russia somehow this is a classic russian strategy of trying to conceal the evil of truth in

a haystack lies at the station for him i believe this is a resigning matter because he didn't just join in the chorus of blame russia he lied on national television on the broadcast of the b.b.c. he said i have spoken to. the very guy who made the statement on behalf. and he said guy told him that it was russia that did it it could only have been russia that did it this was what's known a mistake it was a lie. summit between russia turkey and iran is underway right now in the turkish capital and show you some the latest pictures that we've got from ankara where the main focus is a peace settlement for syria's seven year conflict president putin arrived the day

before the gathering to separate talks with his turkish counterpart on teasingly of the trunk is that first of all on tuesday we listened to vladimir putin and dawn here in ankara and i'll tell you what they sounded like they totally know what they're doing together in syria as if all the conflict obstacles on the ground are easy to overcome cease fire violations ankara's all of ranch offensive in the north to syria and the kurdish resistance to what the message is that everything can be sorted every general powers even if they're backing opposing sides genuinely work together if words are followed by specific actions on wednesday as you were saying the president of turkey and russia will be joined by his son will mani the leader of iran and the three guarantors of the peace process in syria will come

together again they do that once every few months to have a look back at what's been done and also to think of the next steps in soon we will hear what the trio will have to say about that a party that's not been working with the trio but still remains in syria is no surprises here the u.s. but lately the americans have been sending mixed signals about their future role in the war torn country and their presence in syria will become another syria like very soon very soon very soon we're coming out of saudi arabia. is very interested in our decision and i said well didn't you want to say maybe you can have to pay there still are some children some areas where they are. there are present. that we will have to continue to operate on coming back to what we back from the trio what we will most likely hear is the leaders of russia turkey and iran praising each

other for the commitment but we as journalists will definitely be looking forward to hearing something about the future role of america in syria they might say something about that they might not soon will find out we'll keep you posted on what happens now while many cities in syria lie in ruins after years of fighting some are trying to make the best of it. video agency has been following a pocket going through their paces in aleppo. was established nearly four years ago i missed the crisis and brutal war in the country but it trained under difficult circumstances. facing many problems due to a lack of facilities like the inventory training and what not any injury means we

have to stop for two or three months. rather a few professional parker trainers we're using the other facilities on the internet to contribute to the movement and its experience. an american photojournalist says he feels betrayed by the f.b.i. after he spent seven months held by terrorists in syria he claims the f.b.i. used him to track them to how they instead of trying to rescue him ok the paid off my discover card me that's what it takes to fool the f.b.i. and the immediately started to look at me as. the lead to see. agent means you prudy she admitted this to me but i'm sure if there are some time went by they realized that it wasn't me and by that point they were buying so many laptops tablets which created an intelligence gathering dream come true for the f.b.i.

if they entered into if they intercepted these laptops and tablets which i know that they did and then delivered them into the hands of archive it did not really matter if i was with them or not well i mean molar was gone by the time i discovered all this change told me he's basically he's a coward he ignored me ignored my emails he ignored my message on facebook. my train was attempting to cross the syrian border into turkey when he was captured by al nasra which at the time was affiliated with al qaida he spent months in different rebel held prisons in aleppo then in twenty thirteen he managed to escape becoming the first westerner to do so he's written a book about his ordeal cold the dawn prayer describing the nightmare of his captivity. i write in syria eighteen days before my abduction during the time i was photographing the war from the free syrian army side i was the air force intelligence and come out to bell which were two of the most dangerous parts of

aleppo at the time and on new year's eve after i got the photographs i went there for i was on my way out forty five minutes from the turkish border when i was abducted by the on the front ok i'm in syria i didn't want anybody coming to rescue me there was no way you can land seals in the areas that i was in one prison yes it was out of the country every other one was in a lot so there's just no way to fly black boats low enough we were not going to get shot down so i didn't want anybody coming to get me but i did want them doing the best that they could to keep me safe and none of that was done. a trade war between china and the united states is spiraling beijing's announced the battle introduce reciprocal tariffs on american goods like food products and calls worth around fifty billion dollars a year the chinese foreign ministries also condemned the recent u.s. move to impose a nothing on thirteen hundred of its product. to ensure the release of the terrorists on the united states side it was

a typical unilateralist and trade protectionist approach in this regard of china saw them represent stations and with no basis in fact that the chinese side strongly condemns and firmly opposes this washington's tariffs cover construction machinery consumer electronics and medical devices. economist richard wolfe told us that the united states could pay a high price for president trump's economic decisions all of this destruction of the world trade is the theatrical mr drop this is about domestic political theater it's not a solution to the underlying economic problems of the united states the chinese have all kinds of economic leverage on the united states and my guess is if you keep provoking them in the way that mr trump thinks is useful for him politically they will look at all of their weapons. pilots from russia's pacific

fleet getting in some extra air time in the skies over the far east of the country they're practicing nighttime midair refueling for the first time. twenty eighteen world cup kicks off in russia and eleven weeks legendary danish goalkeeper manchester united star peter schmeichel is one of otto guides through the tournament and he's been checking out the host cities first on the list his nizhni novgorod which is about four hundred kilometers east of where we are in moscow.

it's. all come to nice to know that at stake a brand new arena that was free from serious action when brayfield plays argentina just one of those six games being played in this magnificent arena and i can promise you it won't be on snow it will be on grass of course for what it's all be all about i'm peter schmeichel and i'm about to find out. the first thing you need to know about nice and all go to is that it was respected as it used to be called about thirty years ago to sleep the off limits the foreigners and the reason for that was. the gas car factory. in the second world war the factory was forced to produce military equipment and

the course of that they got completely flattened by german from. the us how hard you have to call it. amazingly enough it took only one hundred days for the local community to completely rebuild the fund and it was then for that without the running of the city became a restricted zone i'm just going to go. see until the house because. this is now a multibillion dollar oberoi and around twenty thousand people work here used to be a long haul not to be five times longer but then these fellows are right. i think it's everyone's lunch you know and now i'm on my own. the factories mind i'm completely on my own. i could actually now make my own coffee and no one would

know but. i just came from the factory where they produce the cars and i'm driving a good sale next slice absolute denies you know i'm a big boy i like the big choice i needed a little bit more and i know they've got exactly what i'm looking for. it's a raisin the sun set out in full this it raises money from icy conditions like this so it is still leaves a little bit of pull over the place and it's also set up a professional job of us and on the professional side of. what i'm getting that.

this child is a fun ride but it's so difficult. i need a bigger cock a a big. a big whatever. but an easy a job. so that see what this is. a good and i've got no feeling. i think it's much easier to be a cold people than a rally driver. if i was to have it plays in a valid scene. this would be my job my place she told vehicle drive it. was really good fun. i really enjoyed that and how can you not a what i also like to do is to do a little bit of culture and want to find was this museum exhibits twelve thousand

pieces of russian historical and amongst them this one and i really like this this is the kind in speech he was credited for being one of the pie in the as abstract. so nothing abstract about this i'm going to take move right back to the russian roots we all know this you know this is called oklahoma it's everywhere and russia come see me before and then she probably seen it with this it's so common that even fisa are using it on their official from the.