i. the blame game over the poisoning of a formal russian double agent in the u.k. generated more questions than answers this week the british foreign secretary is being called. the russian accusations the british lab tests the use said it was unable to identify the source. meanwhile doctors say both the former russian spy and his daughter are no longer in a critical condition a close relative who's been refused a visa to visit britain and for some reason may. put together documents missing from the application and. seen my loved ones. in the headlines at least ten palestinians are killed after israeli forces used live ammunition against demonstrators in gaza. and this is really dangerous

to see. one of the largest u.s. media groups comes under fire for telling its. promo against fake news. weekly or not international live from moscow. thanks so much for joining us this hour a war about his ations has been raging this week over the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter a british military laboratory admitted it could not identify the source of the nerve agent used although the government has consistently claimed it was a direct link to russia. takes up the story. it's a right old kid on drugs on the one hand you skip the trial screamed guilty and jump to the punishment part on the other your own guys come out and say hold on

there's no evidence and i was his by were living experts at the defense science and technology laboratory at porton down made clear that this was a military grade nobby choke nerve agent produced in russia we have not verified the precise source you have not been able to establish that this was made in russia as i said it's our job to provide you know the scientific evidence that identifies for the particular nerve agent is there to be clear you're not able at porton down to say where it is from we haven't yet been able to do that well that's embarrassing alright keep calm first goo back on your word and just to be sure delete any old tweets then that riposte experts who say the opposite of what you said our experts have precisely identified in their region as navi chuck it is not and has never been our responsibility to confirm the source of

the agent now pretend that nothing happened which is hard to do in the end to that really the brits ended up having to explain themselves and conveniently scapegoated the poor fellow who transcribed the briefing one of the tweets was truncated and did not accurately report her master's words we removed this tweet you remember what i said about scapegoating he really did but barge johnson himself had said almost the same thing said it's on video you argue that their source of novacek is russia how did you manage to find it out so quickly when i look at the the evidence i mean the people from from porton dollars. they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy myself i said are you sure and he said there's no doubt wouldn't want to be in their shoes right about now yet they did

find a way around it a simple statement saying that boris johnson didn't mean it like that with the foreign secretary said then and what putin donna said recently is fully consistent with what we've said throughout having taken things so far so fast they can't afford to do a u. turn this investigation could end in two ways with proof of russia's guilt or with an uncomfortable silence and hope that everyone forgets until then boris keep doing what you do every day are you ready for the big break on the. russian not sure. if. you russia. was also but at a rate of criticism on twitter from britain's main opposition labor party over boris johnson's assurances that russia was behind the poisoning on one commentator

johnson's notorious german t.v. interview asking if you wanted to delete that as well others stressed the need to double check the evidence while labor m.p. chris williamson called some downright dangerous he claimed incidents being used as a diversionary tactic seems to me the government were indulging in political point scoring particularly boris johnson who raced ahead of the evidence and used this terrible incident not so much as a smoking gun but more than a smokescreen really it was a very convenient wasn't for the government to use this as a way of diverting attention from their own difficulties of a. policy let's be absolutely clear before we start raising international tensions in this way this is huge implications for more sensible to take a measured approach and be clear about the evidence all the evidence. well surrogates kripalani his daughter were following conscious sort of park bench in the city of solsbury on march the fourth british officials later revealed the pair had been poisoned with a military grade nerve agent named chuck

a type which was first developed in the soviet union at the time prime minister to resign may so those subjected to such a powerful nerve agent may never recover their total scruple is the nice of the former double agent she's been trying to get to the u.k. to visit relatives her visa application was rejected she since written a letter to the british prime minister. i cannot describe the relief and happiness when we heard the you're there and sergei were alive now the whole world is talking about a political scandal but at the heart of the scandal are real people we want to see our relatives and support one another it's a basic human desire to be close to those you love and to difficult times and i hope that no bureaucratic tricks will prevent me from seeing my loved ones i ask the key and you personally to reconsider the decision to refuse my visa with this pact in who victorious cripple. overcurious cripple says she was not surprised i knew she would not be granted a visa she's questioned whether the british authorities have something to hide if

they're preventing a relative from visiting however some british media on the other hand have suggest that the application was blocked because the government feared she was being coached by the kremlin others claim the russian government's using victorious cripple as a pawn in a political game and while victoria herself claims in a phone conversation she had with scruple cousin was being prompted. pachelbel i trust that was happy that you were called but it was clear that she was not speaking her own words she was being prompted you can hear it in the recording but at the start she was told yes you can talk which meant that she was being guided she had the number dialed for her because she obviously couldn't remember all nine figures of my number. and other headlines at least ten palestinians were killed by israeli gunfire on the gaza border on friday this comes after thousands of protesters staged a massive occupation protest. when

now maybe one hundred meters only far away from the fence you can see the crowd you can see the protesters flooded then one hundred of thousands phallus in years have been here tensions are running high right now as the israeli army started to shoot tran dimitar palestinians are getting injured why the ambulances are already here to protect take all the injuries that are now the injured from days when the army by live bullets and i mean nation and to tear gas canisters this is one of the injuries that was injured just right now from the alley for

a booklet and at the tear gas and there it's cross ambulance and on the medics are trying to save all the injuries 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 on the palestinian protesters thousands of hundreds of palestinians have been here and we saw palestinian protesters burning viewed as flags and israeli flags and also saying slogans against the israelis and the americans. a wave of rallies began at the end of march with organizers claiming the last four weeks during the past seven days more than twenty palestinians have been killed many more have been wounded during what's being called the great march of return it's not only the protesters who've suffered several journalists as well

have been injured in the clashes and one of them later died from his wounds. tiger you can see on the screen there worked for a local t.v. production company garza health officials said he was shot while filming close to the border and died later in hospital in this photo you can see he was wearing a jacket clearly marked press the israeli military hasn't directly commented on the matter only saying it fired at those it called instigators of the violence and a spokesperson posted this on twitter said rioters attempted to cross the security fence sunset of explosive devices in an attempted terrorist attack. fallout as well fourteen of the fifty members of the un security council back to call for an independent investigation into all the deaths during the protests it was brought though by one nation the united states at the u.n. says the use of live ammunition by israel was unnecessary and could amount to

a breach of the geneva convention we discussed the issue with a human rights expert from palestine and an israeli analyst. no record that mentioned that there was fire from the palestinian side there was a few who could cross the fences to hang the palestinian flag on the fence and on leave and the order they were only throwing stones or burning a real than the border if there is razor thin. with americans the inquiry commission to come to gaza to investigate of the killing of the twenty nine b. will and the injuries have been here some of them were actually hamas fighters and some us dollars and most of those who were killed last week well among them was people who are paid by hamas. and actually work for hamas as their own list so what do they want to organize terror attacks against israel and and what israel's.

doing that i think it gives them. over to the states where one of the largest local broadcasting corporations is facing a backlash over a promotional announcement warning against fake news presenters on dozens of its channels were made to read out the exact same scripted message. sharing of biased and false news here you can call to comment on the social media. recently or agree with you first fortunately the series of receive the. commission and control. for you and this is really dangerous for drivers to see the sinclair group which is known for its conservative stance owns almost two hundred stations across america it reaches about forty percent of all u.s. households now the broadcaster claims the project serves no political agenda

however the initiative has drawn anger across the mainstream media critics are saying the message supports donald trump's claims some popular outlets are spreading fake news here's a tweet from the president himself he stepped in to defend the sinclair group who are telling news organizations what to say and do is an accusation we've heard before. explains russian media as a beacon of honesty truth and integrity we work hard to maintain our outstanding level of work unlike foreign outlets who lie i love. well stop my mind. about spicy with irish that's the assumption many in the west make about russian media fully controlled broadcasts with anchors and correspondents forced to read a prepared script no details left to chance so much of it is state funded after all but in the us where so many channels are corporate owned it must be different right

sinclair broadcast group which owns almost two hundred television stations and broadcast on around six hundred channels proudly proclaims in its mission statement that it provides stories that make a difference the key to our success is concentrate. on all platforms well and its recent promos there's not much of a choice or a difference it seems our readers are misrata libya is just sort of our treasure valley communities deal pass a loss christmas communities eastern i was communities with mission communities we're extremely proud of the quality balance journalism that c.b.s. news produces but. yours was very. very plaguing our country as you can see anchors from different channels reading the same script there which was by the way leaked to some media outlets and it looks like they only had to fill in their names. and i'm the responsibility is to servo northwest communities. and if you look closely you'll notice an absence of

certain colors in their wardrobes that's no accident they were given specific instructions on how to dress in order to look neutral the goal is to look a political neutral nonpartisan professional black. females should wear yellow gold magenta sign devoid of direct blue or purple because everyone knows that magenta is the color that gives you and your bias away apart from these promo sinclair also distributes what's known as must run segments to their stations so while the propaganda finger is so often pointed at russia it looks like we actually have quite a bit to learn. starting with my wardrobe. coming up the what helmets have accused the syrian government of carrying out a chemical attack in rebel occupied duma the accusation comes off the most of it was liberated by syrian government forces we'll have more on that story offer this short break.

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welcome back to r.t. international another controversial syrian activist group the white helmets has accused the syrian government of carrying out a chemical attack in the rebel occupied town of duma following those unconfirmed reports the u.s. has already called on the syrian government and its backers including russia to be held accountable delegation comes as syrian forces have liberated around ninety percent of the eastern beauty enclave which was occupied for years by multiple rebel and terror groups thousands of syrians have returned to their homes in the liberated parts always think uter a move made possible under a deal between the syrian government and the groups that used to occupy the enclave while the agreement has so divisions within some of the militant groups many have

backed the deal it's provided a safe passage up for them and their families. are among the factors leading to the deal were negotiations between russia turkey and of course iran on syria the latest meeting between the leaders of the three countries on wednesday the russian president cited intelligence reports which showed attempts by some groups to destabilize the peace process with possible false flag attacks involving a chemical agent. our joint strategic goal is to eliminate the terrorists who keep trying to destabilize the situation on the ground and sabotage the peace process they are doing this in every way possible we have obtained undeniable evidence of planned provocation by the militants with the use of chemical agents. our correspondent was following that summit in ankara it's got more now russia iran and turkey a plan to provide a future for syria. the three guarantors have met here at anchor us presidential

palace there's absolutely no doubt about the three countries commitment to what they're doing together though they're all here with their own different emissions library on keep saying that his country won't tolerate any artist militias in northern syria so the so-called grandchildren continue no matter what the iranian leader hassan rouhani says that external powers although he did specifically mention the u.s. and israel trying to use terrorists on the ground to reach some of their own goals for to iran is strong foothold in syria is a strong message to tel aviv and some of its other regional adverse rees lot of our putting proudly speaks of russia's evacuation efforts and. which have paid off then something that wasn't planned to happen and suddenly appeared on encourage the

journalists to ask questions and we heard one that we've been waiting for for two days about america being back and forth over its future role in syria and here's what i mean by that will become another syria like very soon very soon very soon we're coming to saudi arabia. is very interested no decision and i said well didn't you want to say maybe going have to pay we are in syria fight isis and that is our mission and the mission isn't over and we're going to complete that mission so it was the first one to jump in iran's hassan rouhani couldn't miss his chance to throw a punch at washington on. the u.s. says one thing one day and then a completely different thing the next so we cannot trust the words and actions it seems they want to benefit from syria as much as possible a lot of our putin didn't seem to be impressed either with u.s. officials not being able to make up their minds about their future presence in

syria all he said was you should go and ask the people across the atlantic and all mr aired on once to say to the americans stop funding and arming the kurds. well doesn't seem washington's quite ready to give up on its kurdish allies in syria in favor of its nato ally turkey any time soon this exclusive footage was obtained by really video news agency from the ground in northern syria it shows an american military base with u.s. made military equipment stationed there a reporter spoke to the kurdish fighters at the base here's what they had to say about the purpose of the set up. at the heart of the base was established for the coalition a year ago to counter the turkish threat the americans are protecting the front here so they will be ready if you insult. the american said there will be coordination between us and they would intervene at any moment and repel any attack

on our front line this is the crux of the of the conflict between the two nato powers the u.s. and turkey the u.s. is manipulating trying to use the kurds as a tool for its own interests and meanwhile the meanwhile turkey wants to crush the kurds for you know for various reasons the kurds are being manipulated i think and we'll see how it plays though. in other headlines hunger ins are heading to the polls to cost their ballots in a parliamentary election this sunday the current prime minister viktor orban has already cost his vote put in polls predict all one's conservative ruling party called feet ish will grab the majority of the seats in the country's parliament renewal the latest from hungary's election throughout the day. people in a district of paris claim their lives are being ruined by gangs of young migrants

they say drugs thefts and fights on the streets make it dangerous to live there shot a dubious he's been speaking to some locals. as you exit the metro in much of paris is. the first thing in a groups of young men. locals claim. mostly africa they say they form gangs and generally wreak havoc theft is common and it's clear even the police this area that's popular. within minutes were offered advice from an officer. to see police stopping the men and searching their banks. the locals say terrorized by a group of around sixty juveniles migrants from morocco but because they teenagers

the police rarely do anything more than give them a caution before letting go again. with knives the time of night when the kids don't. like fights except the. roof like the. it's like yeah you know it's. like. it's. like you know it would be. yeah yeah yeah. this is part of the gang he was referring to they look like young children but local say they've had enough of them fifteen hundred have signed a petition for action those who know the area say residents are taking precautions

. and. future. but the bulk of the slope of the city. to. the city past slights it to you with the hope of the teacher allocated seven hundred here is the new center it's trying to at least sold off the streets but it seems almost no interest in the fees at the support it seems they prefer to live on the streets surviving on the mystery apartments summit devinsky. price those are the headlines this hour from myself on the team here at all t. thanks for staying with us so you get at a moscow time for more headlines from around the world.

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already had its toll on russia's relations with europe prompting nearly two dozen countries at britain's urging russian diplomats home but as the british narrative continues to unravel can this rush to judgment pave the way to a more measured policy down the line well to discuss that i'm now joined by eric jones director of european and eurasian studies at johns hopkins university professor jones it's great to talk to you thank you very much for your time well thank you very much for having me on your show now we are in the midst of this really unprecedented u.k. russia rao a rally that has already the entire world involved just witnessed pretty heated exchanges of the united nations security council the other day and if you put the political posturing aside what lies between russia and the u.k. both geographically and economically and to some extent politically is europe is it clear to you at this point what stance europe is going to take in this whole

controversy well i think i think it's pretty clear that europe has been united in its russian policy particularly since about two thousand and fourteen. and europe has been united particularly in response to this incident so i don't i don't suspect that we're going to see deep divisions emerging in europe either around this issue or or in russian policy more generally a lesser of a substantial material reason for that to happen now you said that europe is united and from what i know it's only about two thirds of the e.u. countries that actually showed still a direct hit with the u.k. which is not a small number by any means but at the end of the day expelling one two or even four diplomats like germany for example is more symbolic than practical joe many after doing that actually approved both the construction and the alteration of the second and those stream pipeline so i wonder if there is perhaps a bit of a gap between what the european leaders say on russia and the what they actually do

so ok but but there's a big gap between what we mean by russia and when what we mean by the russian government right so the particular conflict the screwball conflict is not a conflict between europe and russia per se it's a conflict between european governments and the russian government over what they believe in europe to be russian government actions in a particular european country now does that mean we're going to shut down all relations with russia as a country no but does it mean that we're going to change relations with russia as a government yes and in that context expelling diplomats is not just a symbolic gesture it's a very practical gesture to signal displeasure from one government to another well but if it's a very practical gesture i wonder how does it actually address day this rather fusing chemical weapons in europe because i would think that even that was indeed the case of the european governments blood the narrative that the u.k. government is now trying to put forward would call for military action don't you think that.