i. the blame game over the poisoning of a former russian double agent in the u.k. generates more questions than answers this week the british foreign secretary is being called to account for russian accusations as the british tested the nerve agent you 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 them has written to to reason. these are scared that i will find out something more. yes they try to make me cry but am i right. if i fail here i will go to. use at least ten palestinians are killed off the israeli forces using live

ammunition against gaza. and this is really dangerous towards the sea and one of the largest u.s. media groups comes under fire for telling its t.v. presenters to read a script to promote a fake news. that welcomes the weekly on our team to national just go on that may day here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour the war of accusations has been raising this week over the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter a british military laboratory admitted it couldn't identify the source of the nerve agent used although the government has consistently claimed it was a direct link to russia. looks at 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 portadown made clear that this was a military grade nobby choke nerve agent produced in russia we have not verified the for say 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 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 the chalk is russia how did you manage to find it out so quickly when i look at the the evidence from 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 four and six he 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. russian action. if the. russia.

there's also been a parade of criticism on twitter from britain's main opposition labor party over boris johnson's assurances russia was behind the poisoning one comment on johnson's notorious german t.v. interview asking if he wanted to delete that as well other stressed the need to check evidence while labor m.p. chris williamson called shorts and downright dangerous and claimed the 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 the 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 far more sensible to take a measured approach and be clear about the evidence and all the evidence. a surrogate screwball and his daughter were found unconscious on

a park bench in the city of salzburg on march the fourth british officials later revealed the pair had been poisoned with a military grade nerve agent named chaka type which was first developed in the soviet union at the time promised that the reason may said those subjected to such a powerful nerve agent may never recover but is the nice of the former double agent she's been trying to get to the u.k. to visit her relatives a visa application though was rejected she's since written a letter to the british prime minister just for a few new people but now the whole world is stuck in about a political scandal down the heart of this scandal are real people who put together all documents missing from their placation and i hope that no bureaucratic tricks will prevent me from seeing my love once i ask the u.k. and you personally to reconsider the decision to diffuse my visa they are scared that i will find out something more that he will tell me something yes they try to

many please me not the crime one but m i five i will fight to the end if i fail here i will go to the u.n. . some british media outlets have suggested the application was blocked because the government feared she was being coached by the kremlin others claim the russian government's use in victoria screw up our as a pawn in a political game over tory herself says she was not surprised that having her visa request rejected she's questioned whether the british authorities have something to hide by preventing of relative from visiting in an exclusive interview to the video agency victoria claims that in a phone conversation her cousin was being prompted. the child at first i was happy that he called but it was clear that she wasn't speaking her own words she was being prompted you can hear it in the recording but there's a 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 or russia has called an urgent meeting of the un security council over the scrabble case the russian ambassador said the whole affair had become a theater of absurdity likening it to a fictional level. this paper has just been picked up what's in it so the queen i haven't opened it yet so the word that i've been with it seems to be a letter written by the prison a dude to somebody are they the prisoners come by having us in other the judum. no they're not so the word that i please your majesty is of the may i didn't write it and they come provided there is no mames signed to them if you didn't sign it said the king that only makes them other words you must have meant some mischief and that the jury can see the devoted to the king so what about the twenty's by the day

nor most of the queen sampson's first verdict after. vomiting that remind you of anything as a. very good quite true alice in wonderland that is sometimes i believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast say i think that's they quite see it's my russian colleagues best. every fairy tale needs a good ol fashioned. allowing mesh and scientists into an investigation when they are the most likely kept the traces of the crime insoles be would be like scotland yard in fighting game professor laurie archie. draw like the beginning of crime and punishment where all confident about the identity of the culprit the only question is whether he will first confess or

because. what is once you saw last night among boris johnson mentioned just they have skis crime and punishment saying that the novels mean intrigue was whether the culprit would confess before getting caught the novel by the way is not about that at all it's not a detective story it's serious work of philosophical literature i would advise boris johnson to read other works of the stay of scheme or at least learn the titles. other headlines today at least ten palestinians were killed by israeli gunfire on the gaza border on friday this comes after thousands of protesters staged a massive and occupation rally.

we're now maybe one hundred meters only far away from the fence you can see the crowd you can see the protesters flooded and a hundred of thousands phallus in years have been here tensions are running high right now as the israeli army started to shoot trend in your palestinians are getting injured why the ambulances are already here to british take on the injuries that we're now the injured from days really i mean that 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 alibi for both bullets and at the tear gas and then 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 view 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 with many more wounded during what's being called the great march of return several journalists have also been injured

in the clashes one of whom later died. tiger you can see in the photo work for a local t.v. production company gaza health officials say he was shot while filming close to the border and died later in hospital and this photo you can see he was wearing a jacket marked press the israeli military said it only fired at those it called instigators of the violence however a spokesperson for the i.d.f. foot posted on twitter he said rioters attempted to cross the security fence and set off explosives in an attempted terrorist attack all fourteen of the fifteen members of the un security council did back a call for an independent investigation into all the deaths caused by israel's use of live ammunition during the protests it was blocked by only one nation the united states we discussed the issue with an expert from palestine and a guest from israel. no record that mentioned that there was fire from the palestinian side there was a few who could cross the quinces to hang the palestinian flag on the fence and and

the order they were only throwing stones or burning wheels on the border every day is razor thin. with the 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 are still 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 terrorists so would really want to organize terror attacks against israel and and what israel should. doing that's. another headlines one of the largest local broadcasting corporations in the us is facing a backlash over a promotional announcement warning against fake news presenters on dozens of its

trials were made to read out the exact same script in message. this sharing of biased and false news has become a call to comment on the social media. recently are we with first unfortunately the series and receiving. the same. control. over you and this is really dangerous towards marcy all the sinclair group which is known for its conservative starts owns almost two hundred stations across america it reaches about forty percent of all u.s. households and the broadcast the claims the projects no political agenda however the initiative has drawn anger across the mainstream media let's take a look at the critics are saying that the message supports donald trump's claims some popular outlets are spreading fake news now donald trump the president himself was quick to jump in with

a tweet to defend the sinclair group however telling news organizations what to say and do is an accusation we have heard before jacqueline bouvier has this report russian media is a beacon of honesty truth and integrity we work hard to maintain our outstanding level of work unlike foreign outlets who lie i love. most of my morning. 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 pre-prepared scripts 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 the sinclair broadcast group which owns almost two hundred television stations and broadcast on around six hundred channels proudly proclaims its mission statement that it provides stories that make a difference the key to our success is concerned joyce's protecting them. 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 passed a loss christmas communities eastern i was. in communities we are extremely proud of the quality balance journalism that c.b.s. news produces but we just think you are the ones you stories are 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 greatest responsibility is to serve on 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 apolitical neutral nonpartizan yet professional black. females should

wear yellow gold magenta sign devoid red 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 all the propaganda finger is so often pointed at russia it looks like we actually have quite a bit to learn starting with my wardrobe what the hell that secures the syrian government of launching a chemical attack. after this short break. the

scruple saga is far from over but after eighteen e.u. countries send russian diplomats home it's already taking its toll on russia's relations with europe can this rush to judgment pave the way for a more measured policy in the future. welcome back to the weekly here on r.t.

russia's defense ministry has strongly denied reports of a chemical attack in syria's rebel occupied town of duma saying it's ready to send chemical protection experts to prove it's false the controversial syrian activist group what helmets accuse the syrian government of the attack claiming it killed dozens following the unconfirmed reports the u.s. has already called on the syrian government and its backers including russia to be held accountable the allegations of a chemical attack syrian forces have liberated ninety percent of the east. it's been occupied for years by multiple. rebel terror groups thousands of civilians have returned to their homes in the liberated parts of eastern guta a move made possible deal between the syrian government and the groups that used to occupy the area while agreement and so divisions within some of the militant groups many have backed the deal which it gave a safe passage out for them and their families. now among the fact is that led to the deal when you go between russia turkey and iran at the latest meeting with the

heads of state on wednesday the russian president cited intelligence reports showing attempts by some groups to destabilize the peace process with possible false flag attacks involving chemical agents. 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. all three leaders have once again confirmed their commitment to preserving syria's territorial integrity however each of the countries has its own views on how the situation in syria should be handled particularly the turkish leader has reaffirmed his starts again to the u.s. providing support for the kurdish fighters in the north and that some had conflicting reports from washington over whether america is planning on pulling out

of the country. it doesn't seem though that the u.s. is willing to give up on its kurdish allies in syria in favor of its nato ally turkey any time soon this exclusive footage obtained video news agency from the ground in northern syria shows an american military base with u.s. made military equipment stationed there a reporter spoke to kurdish fighters at that base here's what they said about the purpose of the set up. at the heart of the base was established for the coalition the year we're going to count at the time constraints the americans are protecting the front here so they will be ready if you sold. them any kind of 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 us and turkey the us 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 so. 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 and make it very dangerous to live there so doing ski's been arish has been speaking to some of the local residents. as you exit the metro in much of paris is eighteenth. 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 problematic within minutes

were offered advice from an officer. to see police stopping young men and searching their banks. the locals say terrorized by a group of around sixty juveniles migrants from morocco but because their teenagers the police rarely do anything more than give them a caution before letting go again. with knives one time at night when it's no. fights it's the. roof like the. it's like. you know it's. like. it's. like you know it would be. yeah yeah yeah it's.

easy. 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 . future. but the slope of the city. to. the city council tried to deal with the problem the teacher allocated several times during this new center trying to sell off the streets but it seems most no interest needs support it seems they prefer to make the streets surviving on the mystery upwards.

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