it's a tough reality to deal with. as the double agent. daughter begin to recover after last month's attack in salzburg his niece from russia is refused a visa to britain and. also this hour r.t. speaks with the former director general of the international organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons about the screwball case and also how he was pushed from his seat because he was against the u.s. invasion of iraq i got a phone call from john bolton from washington who said that. to tell me that i should resign said your management style is not agreeable to washington. also this hour the u.s. blocks a u.n. security council move to investigate the deaths of protesters on the gaza border after at least nine palestinians were killed in a fresh round of violence including a journalist. and washington will not get

a military base in garner the country's president made that announcement following mass protests comes as the u.s. and other countries seek ways to become more entrenched in africa. morning welcome to r.t. international live from moscow i'm daniel hawkins wherever you are today thanks so much for joining us here on the program that was poisoned. recovers from last month's attack on him and his daughter in the british city of solsbury his niece victoria who's a russian citizen has been declined a visa to visit relatives victoria scruple says she was not surprised by the decision and knew she wouldn't be granted a visa she's questioned whether the british authorities have something to hide or if they're preventing a relative from visiting. looks into the story imagine your cousin an uncle or hospital. and in critical condition you'd likely freak out and rush to their sides

this is victoria script all surrogate scribbles nice to do just that she as a russian citizen needs a u.k. visa but she was denied we have refused the visits visa application from victoria on the grounds that her implication did not comply with the immigration rules victoria says she saw it coming just before the no from the u.k. there was this phone conversation allegedly between the script all cousins. to us we just fell out of mine and. not in my list of potential users are. you know yet here we. live in can you just really get the. order to. me of the use of the book not just the book of course almost. all of the. we know you're doing

it which is really going to a yes moment yes we don't know if this leaked recording is real but it's been shown played and quoted by everyone what could victoria mean by i know perhaps something london doesn't want anyone else to know anyway forget feelings sympathy human things victoria was obviously on a kremlin mission to reach the u.k. that's what you read in the papers in britain croman pawn get it reports are now coming and setting and then sources in british organizations the foreign office there are various theories some even say she was denied an answer because london allegedly things that week terrorist group also because it is organized by the kremlin that's absurd as long as the british authorities are in top of the whole screwball case and they have the facts what the media says might be irrelevant but basically officials haven't shared any facts that will make you scream russia did this russia did that to now that visa thing the pawn so when did

speculation like this become a new british tradition like talking about the weather. and his daughter were found unconscious on a park bench in the city of salzburg a month ago british officials later revealed the per had been poisoned about what they described as a military grade nerve agent of a type previously produced in the soviet union at the time that prompted some harsh words from the prime minister to reason may she said those subjected to such a powerful nerve agent may never recover as we see now although both are out of a coma and in a stable condition a little coverage of the script has raised questions about just how they managed to survive after being reportedly poisoned by a nerve agent of such strength we discussed this issue with the former director general of the international organization of the prohibition of chemical weapons shows a stunning. from my point of view. after additions of sixteen years of course i

believe the decision by the u.k. he was premature you can decide in twenty four hours what type of poison was used and where it comes from why didn't he call immediately do you see w. and why didn't the opposite w volunteered to take action because this is the role of doing decision immediately to go and identify and allies the victims take the blood samples and allies and try to identify because they have the capability to do that there are experts from all countries it's committee of people that are very expert very capable of doing this work so i was surprised and to see that it was so premature decision to identify the poison idea to find the source of the poison without giving a chance to the specters though the international going to which is after all the the national organ with the mandate to do this type of job many questions related to the use of this poison for example how do you control and limit the use of the

spores into only two people if it's know of a truck as the announced it was it's not something that will not affect much mini more people. even those who use the guys the poison gas. now it was thought he was a brazilian diplomat he was actually the first elected director general of the international and chemical weapons body load there's been much speculation into exactly why he quit his seat let's take a look into that story just as he was leaving that post that was revealed by encouraging iraq to become a member of the organization meaning it would have to destroy all its chemical weapons he appeared to become an obstacle to the u.s. intention to engage in military action in iraq an open letter supporting bustani many activists the model to put world peace ahead of us resume is usable studies

account of what happened when i became director general there were eighty seven members and when i left it was a hundred and fifty something countries so and in my last attempt to enlarge the membership of all of the organization was convincing iraq and libya for example to join in and when i am no system member states it was a shock to the americans i believe. because they had plans already to take some action military action against iraq according to fruition that i had it was obvious that. during the first iraq war everything had been destroyed and there was nothing left for iraq to be accused of still possessing. chemical weapons the accusation was that my management style was not agreeable to the americans the managed to put together a conference that was illegal for the convention and that conference was the one

that ousted me for the lack of support. well there was one man specifically who was particularly against me being the o.p.c. w. had as john bolton who at the time was the undersecretary of state for arms control and international security affairs is now been appointed the u.s. national security advisor he will shortly take his seat so there was thought he says his intention is to make iraq a member of. that in the way of u.s. ambitions i got a phone call from john bolton from washington the first time we had contact with him it said that i do structures to to to tell me that i should resign from the organization and i asked him why he said your management style was not agreeable to washington to dick cheney the vice president cetera said no way i don't accept that so he came to the hague and you keep to my office and he said you have to resign and i give you twenty four hours this is what we want and i said no way i don't have any reason to doubt it over to you i was elected by acclimation by all the

member states of a good musician it's only you you out there sees the challenge my management style and they said but then again i tell you we have already discussed with your government that you should resign or said i don't know of any agreement with my government and then they said ok so they will be retaliations and appear to do to you to accept the consequences we know where your kids are and that moment two of mice kids were in new york the studied united states one of them is american for that matter was born in new york is a brazilian american and i had another daughter in london. and i said i'm not a peer my family's is my family is is a whale what's going on to spear to fix what it was so go ahead and he was a little bit shocked with that and he left his not the man you can have a dialogue with. at least ten palestinians have been killed by israeli

gunfire. on the gaza border this comes after thousands of protests the stage a massive and to corruption. protest a wave of roddy's broke out at the end of march and i suppose the last several weeks local journalist and could audie was in the middle of the action. we're now maybe one hundred meters only far away from the fence you can see the crowds you can see the protesters flooded then the hundreds of thousands phylis immunes have been here since the morning. tensions are running high right now and the israeli army started to shoot randomly . more palestinians are getting injured why that ambulances are already here too pretty to take on the injuries that we're now injured from days already i mean that by live. and i mean nation and get your gas

canisters. this is one of the injuries that was injured just right now our friend up. for a book and at the tear gas and there it's cross ambulances and on the medics are trying to save the injuries. and palestinians are very close to the fence and no are getting out way back because the by israeli army are every hour shooting everyone who's getting near to the funds. this guy is squarely of the tires the palestinian youths have been trying since the mining and at the same time the israeli army have been throwing tear gas canisters and targeting the palestinians here the funds.

as you see the palestinian protesters are running away from the tear gas canisters that were thrown just right now and the protesters. so these are unexploded to gas canisters that are being targeted and shooting on the palestinian protesters her. thousands of hundreds of palestinians have been here since the morning and we saw palestinian protesters burning view as flags and israeli flags and also saying slogans against the israelis and the american sense the morning at tension is running high right now and palestinians are still in the field and still near the front. or the number of those injured continuing to grow palestinian medics are struggling to cope but according to marie elizabeth

ingress from doctors without borders we don't have enough human resources drugs in disposable so we try our best to give a super autism mr o'hara's so for our walk unique so where we give some specialized nursing friends injured people and we try to find surgeon because we are in need of surgeon and we try to open more facilities in order to give you support because it's a lot of people or is not on your question a one day last several months from some of them because they will have extended fixator they will need several surgeries so it's not only a question of when they last or not tell you our best to increase the number of human resources and get their city of beds we are more wary during the next the most efficient use of fifteen of may we have more injured because mr harrison's ahead of us if it isn't guess i will not be able to continue to manage to do agre jobs is the last days that you should continue exactly to not be perceived anymore . and several journalists were among the casualties during that protest one of them

later died from his injuries mortada worked for a local t.v. production company gaza health officials said he was shot while filming close to the border was wearing a jacket marked press and holding a camera israeli military though hasn't provided any specific comment on the matter they've said it fired only those the squad instigators of the violence a spokesperson for the i.d.f. posted this on twitter they said rioters attempted to cross the security fence and set off explosive devices in an attempted terrorist attack the u.n. says the use of live ammunition by the israeli forces was unnecessary and could amount to a breach of the geneva convention an attempt to approach or cross the green line fence by itself certainly does not amount to a threat to life or serious injury that would justify the use of live ammunition the killings and the injuries. do actually point to an excessive use of force and in particular lethal force and that's in a situation where there was no threat of death or or serious injury the unjustified

unlawful recourse to firearms by law enforcement resulting in death may amount to a willful killing and grave breach of the fourth geneva convention of fourteen of the fifteen members of the un security council back to call for an independent investigation into the deaths during the protests in gaza it was blocked by only one nation that was the united states the palestinian ambassador to the un called the u.s. action very irresponsible i believe all those who are defenders of human rights particularly in the west this is a blatant case of committing a massacre against you know. hundreds of civilians killing some of them and enduring large number of them and those responsible need to face justice because this is a crime against humanity on mass protests in gonna provoke the government to make a stand against the united states so we'll have more on that story as well as other

stories after a short break. the tech sector that's leading this rally we've seen for the past five or six years requires the logistics on a global basis to work in perfect sync so there's going to be a fallout if some countries are going to go to war with each other but they can be trade wars which can be cyber wars that means that platforms that require precise thinking fall out and drop out and crashing in different areas so their revenues have got to suffer as a result. we try to deconstruct all of these manipulative dichotomies showing the world that it's a religion and it's a peaceful religion and it's possible to be a practicing muslims who believe that the koran is the word of god and at the same time and member of secular societies it is possible.

welcome back swati international the u.s. will not be given a military base that's according to the president of the west african nation you officially announce that on thursday going to has not offered a military base and will not offer a military base to the united states of america with statement comes off mass protests in gone a couple you can see them there against the military deal with the united states the demonstrators were worried such an agreement would give washington too much influence over the country sovereignty. looks at how the u.s. and some other nations have been trying to gain a stronger foothold on the calls i don't. uncle sam is wooing africa boasting about

their strong historical bond a family tree washington's key argument is seven thousand strong. scattered all across the continent the impression this mob makes is unambiguous africa is no one's playpen but america's this impression is wrong though in fact many african nations prefer relations are not secured by the u.s. dollar and ghana is the latest country on the u.s. troublemaker list and for washington it couldn't have come at a worse time the pentagon understands hearts and minds are there for the taking external actors may diminish u.s. influence by undermining our development and diplomatic efforts in africa nonetheless as the strategic environment becomes more crowded and competitive are engaging with external actors like china and russia will continue with an open and clear discussion of intersecting interests and differences beijing's clearly

stepping on americans tollways in africa chinese firms have invested billions of dollars into the continent's infrastructure their contribution has been the catalyst for a continental free trade area somewhat equivalent to the european union but much bigger soft power has got washington in a twist with sales pitches attempting to undermine china's expansion in africa partner with. good governance to meet long term security and development goals. this stands in stark contrast to china's approach which encourages dependency using opaque contracts predatory loan practices and corrupt deals rex tillerson then washington's chief a mystery went on a charm offensive to africa back in march his trip coincided with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov his visit and a clear sign more school is fos to do business with africa to their diplomatic

marathon across the continent set off from the same hotel in. but there's no indication whether rex tillerson managed to tip the balance of power during the visit after all why would anyone listen to a man who was shown the door the day he returned to american shores if i were a betting man i would bet the united states would lose the competition not only with china but with russia and turkey perhaps even with friends and i say that because in part united states has a very arrogant attitude that it takes towards people from africa and that's just set aside which is a united states does not have the economic or right answer wherewithal to compete with china in any case then finally there is. nation on the african continent with regard to u.s. interference in the internal affairs of african continent all in all i would say that united states prospects in africa going forward are rather poor. a modern

day slavery is on the rise in the e.u. according to a report by the council of europe and some countries labor exploitation has overtaken sex trafficking we spoke to petty nestore of a who was involved in commissioning that report. there is an increase in the number of people who fall victim to this not enough and now there are a number of countries where labor trafficking emerges as the main farm in the u.k. a party girl cyprus a few other countries there are more victims of labor trafficking now being in a defined and a section so this is a new trend and the report is actually talking about this. report covers the period starting from january twenty seventh and mentions forty seven countries margaret workers are mostly at risk with male victims found in sectors like a girl two and hospitality women in the west the corker work roma people and homeless children are also allegedly being exploited the report calls for countries

through improved laws as well as work with n.g.o.s and businesses is personal struggle with more so really the these are people who they come from countries in europe countries where the problems currently make a lot of people unemployed and the problem is often they have debts they have example a community debts in order to travel to another country. or they paid some fees through the agency which employed them their passport is taken the way they're not made the salary never promised or they're not and anything they're made to work very long working hours a lot of people who are from within the european union countries who moved out because of the same bulgarians going to spain well mania streatley but they're also people come from countries in africa asia and latin america so to truly transnational phenomenon. and the role of huge joy in

blocking the promotion of currencies has been up for debate in russia countries trainer of commerce organize the round table inviting experts to make their suggestions on how to overcome the current barriers to go for some to go was there for r.t. . a roundtable was organized by the russian chamber of commerce on the subject of internet advertisements and its new found barriers for russian businesses including mass media and block change technologies the panel is hosted by her michel manco in an advisor to the russian president as well as russia's internet meet the marine chef the vice president of the russian chamber of commerce as well as russia's leading blocking lawyer alexander shot just this in the show that eluded to de groot the new sites that advertised on facebook are being blocked and this is a real challenge we're being vetted in the places where we feel at home with you because. you know that everything is there for the companies like facebook twitter google and yandex have said they would block any advertising connected to cryptocurrency eason i.c.'s but they've given no real justification for that they

are looking forward to just suffer some of that to get some companies consider themselves so big and powerful they can install leaders in america germany or anywhere else and you can't do anything if you don't pay them it is not a political issue you must get through to the good people who can't see what's going on should be aware that companies are setting their own rules on freedom of information by using the colossal amount of data that they control this is part of a chain of events that we saw with the facebook scandal when the corporation decided that it has the right to free trade people's private profiles for commercial and political goals. it seems the political and business leaders of the blace movement in russia have come together to weigh their options and create a structured and concise plan for a retaliation against the recent facebook and twitter limitations for both i.c.a.o. and russian media still more than a zealot solution. so what can be done by russia and other countries that have

gotten the same slant of their media and pop and blocking companies what could be the answer. to this if the foundations. the set up to pay for legal fees in the us and other jurisdictions to collectively sue those who violate the law stay tuned for the latest from the world of crypto on crypto him out of moscow russia miguel francis and thiago r.t. . finally this warming story from kazakhstan about the rescue of a baby squirrel. lots

all for the cell for myself on the team here at r.t.c. again in just over thirty minutes for more global headlines. zia's says harlan kentucky. overboard this move them boyce's the border industry fanny's.

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need you to get the ball going left go. alone. and i'm really happy to join that to for the two thousand infield the world cup in russia meet the special one come on top of. me to just read the review the aussie team's latest edition may go up as we go. to jersey look. this is being treated as a major incident involving attentive. administration of a nerve agent it is now clear that mr scrip khan and his daughter were poisoned with a military grade nerve agent of the type developed by russia this was attempted murder

in the most cruel and public way if russia is behind this is a brazen. war the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the hour to get said ok and to the script how can we just stop russia today broadcasting it's probably going to we need to continue seeking a robust dialogue with russia rather than simply cutting off contact and letting the tensions and divisions get worse and potentially even more dangerous we got into a big night tonight to clear up the matter of russia used radiological substances in its barbaric assault on mr litvinenko there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr screw kyle and his daughter and for threatening the lives of other british citizens in saul's ring including detective sergeant nick davies the united kingdom will now expel

twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as undeclared intelligence officers. welcome to going underground special on a historic day for london moscow relations in the wake of the atrocity in wiltshire in the south west of england in a moment we'll hear from the chair of politics society and political journalism at the university of sheffield professor peirce what robinson but now i'm joined by broadcaster i'm former liberal democrat member of parliament member no big limerick that's just start with what you thought of tourism is performance in the bus i was in parliament it was let's use the going why. today robust made it absolutely clear that she's pointing the finger of blame for the incident and saul's pre russia and not just at russia but at the russian state as she left no doubt at all that she's made her judgment a point when we still haven't had any legal investigation no formal inquiry but quite clear.