project. the. one person. in all middle of the room sit. in the real news room. as the double agent. and his daughter begin to recover after last month's attack unsold spray his niece from russia is refused a visa to britain. to come to the speaks of the former director general of the international organization for the probation of chemical weapons about this kind of how 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 i do structures to tell me that i should resign so your management style is not agreeable to washington.

u.s. blocks the u.n. security council move to instigate the death of the protesters on the gaza border after at least nine palestinians were killed in a fresh round of violence including a journalist washington will not be on a military base in garner the country's president makes the announcement following mass protests as the u.s. and other countries seek ways to become more entrenched in africa. for their welcome you watching r.t. international this saturday afternoon it's just gone two o'clock here in moscow in our top story as poisoned double agent so basically a pal recovers from last month's attack on him and his daughter in the british city of his niece victoria a russian citizen has been declined a visa to visit her sick relatives. the tourists going to powell says she was not

surprised by the decision and knew she would not be granted a visa she's questioned whether the british authorities now have something to hide if they are preventing a relative from visiting. looks at her story imagine your cousin and uncle are hospitalized and in critical condition you'd likely freak out and rush to their sides this is victoria script all surrogate screwballs nice to do just that she has a russian citizen needs a u.k. visa but she was denied we have refused the visits visa application from that tourist proposal on the grounds the ramifications 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 or you know us with us so you're not a minor. not of my list of potential users are. you yet you know we. live in the. newly.

more. me of the world that you said the doctor told me in august the book is called all of. the wrong it touches me and we're going to come to a yes no money and yes we don't know if this leak 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 that toria 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 in 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 experience cripples 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. or so basically powell and his daughter were found unconscious on a park bench in the city of cells three a month ago british officials later revealed the pair had been poisoned by a military grade a nerve agent of a type that used to be produced in the soviet union at that time that prompted some harsh words even from the prime minister to reason may he said subjected to such a powerful nerve agent may never recover but as we see now both are out of a coma and in a stable condition while the recovery of this group else has raised questions about

how they managed to survive after reportedly being poisoned by such a strong nerve agent we discussed this issue with the former director general of the international organization of the prohibition of chemical weapons jos 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 this boys 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 or just a bizarre new there is a brazilian diplomat and is the first elected director general of the international chemical weapons body although there's been much speculation into the reason as to why he quit his seat just as he was leaving his post it did come to light that he upset washington by encouraging iraq to become a member of the p c w which would mean iraq having to destroy all of its chemical

weapons that was apparently is an obstacle to the u.s. intention to engage in military action in iraq in an open letter supporting be starting many activists demanded to put world peace ahead of us you know that truism with his jersey 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 in my last term to enlarge the membership of all of the organisation 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 the plans are ready 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 you doctor 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 he was particularly against being the a.b.c. deputy head john bolton here who at the time was the undersecretary of state for arms control and international security affairs he's now been appointed as u.s. national security adviser and will shortly take his post with danny says his intention is to make iraq a member of the a.b.c. stood in the way in the u.s. ambitions i got a phone call from john bolton from washington the first time i had contact with him and said that i was 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 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 the day i don't owe it to you i was elected by acclimation by all the member states of a good decision it's only you you out there see if they are challenged 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 any agreement with my government and then they said ok so they will be retaliations and appear to to to 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

prepared my family's is my family is is a whale what's going on to spear to fix the course it was so go ahead he was a little bit shocked that he left his not a man you can have a dialogue with. now at least ten palestinians have been killed by israeli gunfire . on the gaza border on friday after thousands of protesters station massive and patient protest a wave of rallies broke out at the end of march and awe supposed to last for weeks like a journalist who gadhafi was in the middle of the protest. when now maybe one hundred meters only far away from the fence you can see the crowd you can see the protesters that lie then hundreds of thousands phylis unions 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 aren't i hear too pretty to take on the injuries that we're now. hear it from days really i mean that by live but it's and i mean and it tear gas canisters. this is one of the injuries that was injured just right now from go out for a book and at the tear gas and then it's crowded ambulance and. the medics are trying to save the injuries. that i have and palestinians are very close to the fence and no are getting out way back because the butt israeli army i have are shooting everyone who's getting near to the funds. this guy is squarely of the tires the

palestinian youths have been flying 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 suited. the palestinian protesters. thousands of hundreds of palestinians have been here since the morning and we saw palestinian protesters burning flags and israeli flags and also saying slogans against the israelis and the american sense that

morning tension is running high right now and palestinians are still in the field instead near the fence that was a local journalist in cadabby there reporting well several journalists were injured during the protest one of them later died from his wounds yes i'm a target here work for a local t.v. production company garcia health officials said he was shot while filming close to the border he was wearing a jacket marked press and was holding a camera the israeli military hasn't provided any specific comment on this matter saying it fired only those who called instigators of the violence with a spokesperson for the i.d.f. posted on twitter though saying rioters attempted to cross the security fence and set off explosive devices in attempted terrorist attack the un says the use of live ammunition by the israeli forces was unnecessary and could amount to a breach of the geneva convention and 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 serious injury unjustified unlawful recourse to firearms by law enforcement result. may amount to willful killing and grave breach of the full stinney convention fourteen of the fifteen members of the un security council did back a call for an independent investigation into the deaths during the protests in garza it was brought by only one nation the united states the palestinian ambassador to the un called the u.s. action very irresponsible but i believe all those who defend those over tomorrow it's 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 ok we're looking at live pictures now from jerusalem where thousands of worshippers have gathered to witness the holy fire ceremony it is celebrated on the great saturday a day before orthodox easter a fire is said to pay when greek and armenian patry arks are praying on the place believed to be jesus christ saying they are praying alone and the place is completely locked so that's why it is impossible to find out the origin of the fire as soon as the fire appears though the wish to wish to say i will light their candles from it and spread it fast between each other these live pictures then from to reduce. the the. state here in moscow still to come to this hour mass protests in ghana provoked the government to make

a stand against the us that story persisting just after the break. that's. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. most somewhat want to listen. to going to be press was like before three in the morning people. i'm interested always in the waters about our. quest to. apply for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside out it's. football isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money just kill the narrowness and

spending to get to the twenty million one player. it's an experience like nothing else on to because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful guy a great so will transfer. the case it's going to. again there are fourteen people have been killed after a bus carrying members of the kenya ice hockey team collided with a truck in canada on friday evening police say the bus has been carrying her was carrying twenty eight people at the time of the fourteen survivors three is said to be in a critical condition place to become boat broncos rage from sixteen to twenty one they were heading to a playoff game when the tragedy happened the president of the team has released a statement saying the broncos family is in shock as it tries to come to grips with this incredible says. the u.s.

will not be offered a military base in garner the president of the west african nation officially announced on thursday. ghana has not offered a military base and will not offer a military base to the united states of america that statement comes after mass protests in garner's capital against the military deal with the us the demonstrators were worried that such an agreement would give washington too much influence over the country sovereignty artes you go shoot down of looks now at how the u.s. and some other nations to have been trying to gain a stronger foothold in the continent. 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 mouse makes is an ambiguous africa is no one's playpen but america's this impression is wrong though in fact many african

nations prefer relations 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 try and his 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 a clear sign more school is forced 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 i say that because in part united states has a very arrogant attitude that it takes towards people from africa and that's to set aside which is a united states does not have the economic run answer where 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. ok let's go back to jerusalem now and some live pictures from there where thousands of worshippers have gathered to see what witness the holy fire ceremony we can see they are now lighting the candles from a supporting cast between each other and he celebrated on great saturday the day before the books instead of the five paid when drinking i mean praying at the

place believed to be jesus christ saying i prayed alone and the price is complete not to choose one. is impossible to find out your region of the five of these live pictures anyway come to life from truth. were. modern day slavery is on the rise in europe according to a report by the council of europe in some countries labor exploitation has overtaken sex trafficking we spoke to one of the authors of the report there is an increase in the number of people who fall victim to this women often not now there are a number of countries where labor trafficking emerges as the main farm in the u.k. or to girls cypress a few other countries there are more victims of labor trafficking now being in a defined section so this is a new trend and the report is actually talking about this what the report covers

the period starting from january twenty seventeen and mentions forty seven countries migrant workers are mostly at risk with male victims found in sectors like a culture and hospitality and women in domestic or curry work roma people and homeless children are also reportedly susceptible to being exploited the report calls for countries to improve their laws as well as work with n.g.o.s and businesses is clear mr over again. so really the these are people who are they come from countries in europe countries where the canonic problems currently make a lot of people unemployed and the problem is often they have debts they have example accumulated debts in order to travel talk to another country. or they've paid some fees to the agency which employed them their passport is taken the way they're not paid the salary never promised or they're not and anything they're made to work very long working hours there are

a lot of people who are from within the european union countries who moved to other kind of disabled areas going to spain or mania streatley but they're also people come from countries in africa and asia and latin america so to tell you transnational phenomena. so that's how things are looking so far today here in r.t. but before we go we've got time to show you a cute story from kazakstan about the rescue of a baby squirrel. without

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remiss if i didn't occasionally talk about the most powerful state in our lovely country the one with the largest budget the one people ignore half the time and then when they talk about it they look terrified like my loser jobbers. they're all worried i get fired you know what i'm talking about israel. well if you've been watching independent outside the mainstream news then you know that a week ago there was an absolute massacre in gaza israeli snipers simply opened fire on thousands of unarmed palestinians killing at least eighteen and wounding well over a thousand videos been released of snipers shooting protesters while they were simply you know walking around or praying but if you turned on the mainstream corporate media in the in the rare moment they covered it we had to really look for these

videos try and find their reporting on it in the rare moment they did you get a more vague mysterious view of events the european union is calling for a transparent investigation this after the deaths of seventeen palestinians in clashes with israeli troops on friday deaths of seventeen palestinians but how did they do who know was it a job and you. cation like a like a rorschach massacre you know it's a rorschach occur it was crazy nobody does nobody knows how they died maybe maybe maybe they were playing pickle ball and things got out of hand you know maybe maybe they ate some bad raw oysters at the gaza seven eleven they should have known never eat the oysters that are sold next to a home is can and are right everyone knows that everyone knows that by the way pepsi almost actually awful don't care hundreds of palestinians will be on the rats that took place on the gaza border hundreds were who did in the un rest by

walk by who they were they were just wounded they were they were wounded you know like there's other things just happened like a like a rainstorm or sleeping with your wife says. have you don't know she was slept with that's all you. know you know it's troops who are confronted with gunshots with fire bombs and burning tires as alleged terrorists attempted to quote infiltrate israeli territory so when the burning tires a prankster at baxter but you know i wouldn't sound is going to be like oh if we had murdered a few dozen pranksters in a way we stabbed them scallywags it was quite scary if you notice both of us and israel use the term terrorist to mean anyone we want to shoot or bomb but we're not you know we are not.