several syrian troops are reportedly killed in what's said to have been a missile strike on the country while some media reports pointed the finger at the u.s. washington has denied any involvement. this comes just two days after an alleged chemical attack and serious. claiming the lives of dozens the u.n. security council set to hold an emergency meeting on the matter. was. that you can see here the french. police moving from break up environment. even a cameraman from marty's video agency finds himself in the middle of.

the news. and his daughter reportedly offered new identities for u.s. intelligence. would like to return home. from moscow with me. today thanks for joining us on the program start with breaking news from syria of course where a number of people have reportedly been killed in a large scale missile strike on the government's biggest military air base that's according to the country's state media the number of casualties is still unclear this footage was released by syrian state media reportedly shows the moment of the attack it's claimed the airfields missile defenses destroyed eight rockets still

apparently hit their target. some media outlets were quick to point the finger at washington saying it could be behind the attack the pentagon though has denied those claims they've said the u.s. was not conducting military operations against syria at the time now they're in question has previously been targeted two months ago israeli fighter jets bombed. lebanese media's claim several israeli military planes were seen entering syrian airspace around the time of monday's attack there have been no comments from israel so far at least on the castell to discuss the latest i'm joined life. surely a professor dean at the gentle school of international affairs thanks for joining

us good to have you on the program conflicting reports of course on who could be behind this strike washington's denied any involvement israel's refusing to comment so far on the way what's your take on this. daniel as you know the israeli fighter jets have been striking syria periodically for the last seventy years but usually did say that the object to east to destruct the supply lines of his boat and no four iranian allied militias in syria where this attack has come right after an impending what looks like an impending u.s. me sends frank in a possibly french me sense break in response to want to be eligible to chemical weapons attack by the c.t.m. state in dumont so if that is really exciting mark it means that we are not being dragged into one of the core of the conflict and it's not revealing what he's moloney don't really fear these release the saudi and the us as well as france are

the most hawkish parties in this conflict are looking to somehow our end of the stadium stayed in a crucial one one song lyric as you know on the jaish of the song group has been operating and we have to really look at what is the history of the jaish al islam could this group be student control of tomorrow they're supposed to have thousands of fighters there it's a hard leggy how this group has been financed and backward most only really in the past why don't you stop don't why don't belong to much to be restored to state control of the fighting that's going on and me and my no way to actually islam in or put into me and me in two thousand and sixteen except that they were behind a chemical attack in a liquid proceeds so they're very much capable of doing these things and i think it's too premature to judge to jump to conclusions and to make this a pretext but i think sweeney our friends are the worst and i retired next date and

of course we can only speculate on the source of this missile strike is what an israeli spokesman spokeswoman rather declined to comment when asked about these these actually have a solo of course they they did launch attacks as you say before what response to expect from the russian government to this incident. well you know the thing is that i think the israeli involvement in the war has deepened and that is a matter of great concern and i think the most important thing is a diplomatic solution weird the saudis work on their proxies on the ground and lead toward me escalation of this whole problem that does not been achieved so far because the company mohamad been so much on continues to believe that he must account for the iranian influence in the region as part of the u.s. goes and the russians who i think they should be working closely together pretty soon from mentioned just a week ago that he wants to pull out of syria and then he has had enough of it and

then suddenly there was a new turn and now it is this and that big seems to be pulling was back in in a big way and in short the clearly needed it so if you look at the timing and the sequence of events as well as the major objection islam as a group i think it is for harvey to simply blame the state for in research or dagger there may be responsibility on many sides but the cheap is not a one sided war are definitely not a one sided chemical warfare that's been going on so i think we must be clear headed about these i think it should be guided parkland looking but it's important and president trump right now it's very important to build confidence between the two leaders and i think that remains even though the status of richmond's have been at odds with each other and we must prevent any kind of funny too like situation that they need in libya remember in libya and two thousand and eleven and france and britain would be the one thing and obama administration was so-called leading from behind and they're saying according to responsibly are we going and not going to be a leg eviction well remember already seven years

a lot of cost in it and here there are much bigger players like iran and russia and war so i don't think we should allow the school be generated even further into complete chaos and what fear it's really important that we take a measured response and forward those accountable for these acts told to justice but not that are through raining on the homicides are these kind of things. because these. are matters of our wants and of course you said important not to jump to premature conclusions either all know that alleged chemical incident or all this strike of course a full of us to geisha will reveal what parts you perhaps multiple parties were behind both of these incidents surely a professor and dean at the school of international affairs thanks for giving us your take today this morning on r.t. . well the attack on the airbase comes as an emergency un security council meeting is set to be held later today it was called by russia of course following reports of that chemical attack in the enclave of eastern which is

claimed to have resulted in multiple casualties a controversial activist group cues the syrian government of using chemical weapons in juba russia's defense ministry has slammed the story as fake and he says it's ready to send in chemical experts to prove it the u.s. has already called for the syrian government and russia to be held accountable aussies but i guess if a small. east ghouta is almost over ninety percent has been liberated by syria's government the army of islam nuestra the al qaeda affiliate mists they've lost opting to take the busses to rebel territories.

the vast majority of rebels surrendered and negotiations are underway for the handover of the last rebel stronghold on the cusp of victory as is now tradition asaad guus against all reason and logic he's won this battle and launches chemical weapons at civilians according to his enemies he can't help it united states continues to use all efforts available to hold those who use chemical weapons in syria and otherwise a cannibal the regime's history of using chemical weapons against its own people is not in dispute. russia warned repeatedly that this may happen they had intelligence

a month ago that rebels were preparing to stage these attacks why not if they can't fight if they can't win why not try to provoke an international intervention it's worked before that is not to say we're jumping to conclusions. meanwhile rebels are continuing to leave b.b.c. zone play able to use the units are under a deal brokered by russia the last group has finally agreed to be evacuated to the north of the country we spoke to some volunteers of the red cross who worked in duma where they were previous reports of chemical attacks in the area. there was one case i faced on january thirteenth at six am reports came in about the strike and the use of chemical weapons six people were hospitalized we examine them and found no problem with the airways they were just scared but took measures to calm them down and put them on a drip and there was nothing that could confirm the use of any poisonous substances

nothing pointed to it and it was impossible to talk about it even after analysis of blood and close. to my work there were also cases on january twenty second twenty fifth during the medical examinations nothing was found people had the symptoms of panic and fear but not poisoning we calm them down and assured them that everything would be all rights but give them oxygen and said it will make them feel better we'll support them on drips case the thing that we're poisoned the troops will help them in reality it was my pores and nothing even close just a day after reports of the latest chemical attack in much some u.s. officials have called for tough action against the assad government that the spiked nervous the geisha being conducted so far. complete utter disaster to leave before the fight and have we learned i think what when what happens when you leave too soon we pulled our troops out of iraq isis came back to me i would destroy

a city or force i would create safe zones in syria where people can come back to their country from surrounding area and live a better life train up syrians to take on assad so we can negotiate and geneva from a position of strength or a year ago the us turned such calls into reality as president from. attack on a syrian base for the reportedly deadly chemical attack in italy province no investigation was conducted at the time but washington said jets carrying a chemical substance took off from the base. we discussed the situation with that max abrams assistant professor of public policy in a department of political science he thinks conclusions shouldn't be drawn only on reports of one activist group. the key determinant for tracking civilians is we camps when governments are losing in battle when it looks like regime change is imminent the structural conditions in this scenario are the exact opposite the

assad regime hasn't been a secure oh i think it makes absolutely no sense for the assad regime to jeopardize all of its when all of the incentives go in the opposite direction that the rebels would want to hear just kind of an attack on the regime i don't think that we should be the source suspects strictly of the of the so-called elements of these armed. him partial readers if you will have a political agenda independent evidence certainly needs to be gathered. over the last few hours police have been clashing with protesters in a french town near the city of not official offices and now using crowd control weapons to break up an environmental score to scamp. so there.

was that. you don't think you. know. i don't know how. the protestors belong to the so-called movement which comes from french zone to defend the standoff against the construction of a new airport in has been ongoing for more than four decades now for more on this we're joined live by our correspondent charlotte dubin ski who is very close to all the action short of looking like. actual action has been heating up there certainly over the last few hours what's the latest. yes it has we have seen some clashes

between the police and the protesters the zionists as they known here in north sudan the land we've had a gas being fired off by the place in these artists themselves have been following fire protect us and throwing bottles at the barriers just take a look behind me down and you can see some of the c.r.s. case. ready and waiting there are to stand still at the moment but the whole point is that they hit on the government's orders to expel the saddest there's a group in the far part of this field if you might be able to see them over there trying to protect the entry to one of the areas where many people have lived many of these artists have lived on this land for many years they say the land belongs to them the government says no it doesn't we've decided we won't build the airport and now you have to leave and they were given notice several months ago well at times it's been feeling like tear gas has been raining down on us here and our colleagues over at artie's video agency who caught up in that tickets.

because you. already feel like they are. well most of the main roads into this area were blocked off by the police from around half past two three o'clock local time this morning and it's incredibly difficult to get into this so now at the moment it seems like the police are just waiting for the decision to move in this is a standoff but it feels incredibly tense and we are seeing clashes and we have already seen some people injured in those clashes between the protesters and the police here not heard on the land. from not will come up to if there's any updates from the scene. it's been reported that. are being offered new identities by u.s.

intelligence starts as both a former double agent died his daughter appear to be recovering after the nerve agent attack last month in the english city of solsbury her family relative victorious believes that would be no there would be no reason for you to buy a home in moscow due to personal ties victoria spoke exclusively to the up video agency after she was denied a visa to the u.k. . yep it is a very i ask the u.k. and you personally to reconsider their decision to refuse my visa they are scared that i will find out something more that you will tell me something yes they try to many please you not the crime one but m i five at first i was happy that you were 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 we while the british foreign secretary boris johnson has branded the opposition labor

party leader the kremlin's useful idiot in a sunday times column that we call been refused to blame russia for the poisoning and he says southey takes a closer look at johnson's recent statements. boris johnson's been caught out a fair few times that his role as british foreign secretary sometimes doing the wrong thing the time saying the wrong thing and this time his blunders have taken the form of the written word as after a series of unfortunate events at the u.k. foreign office having to delete the old tweets and post new ones boris johnson felt it was time to get the facts in the script case straight once and for all. boris writes that britain's porton downs chemical weapons lab the tide densified the substance used have been developed by moscow well we remember the porton down interview slightly differently we have no verify 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 eat you know the scientific evidence that identifies for the particular and their future is typically you will not tell you to look cool down to say where it is from we haven't yet been able to do that. within the last decade russia has investigated ways of delivering nerve agents probably force us to nation and as part of this program has produced and stockpiled small quantities of novacek hold your horses the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has confirmed the destruction of all chemical weapons in russia actually the elimination of weapons that the last facility to hold such chemicals was in fact a knowledged by the international watchdog last year. boris writes that russia has an obvious motive for targeting sic a script oh well that appears this obvious motive has zero value russia knows the double agent wasn't of any importance off to me having to be part of the spy swap. he was handed in to britain as

a result of exchange so why russia and even. a man that is of any importance or that is of any value it's unimaginable why not take the death of one spy into another that seems to be the fem favorite for boris the fate of alexander litvinenko murdered in london in two thousand and six demonstrates the kremlin's willingness to kill someone in this country the russian duma has actually passed a law that allows the assassination of extremists overseas first of all it's never been proved moscow was behind slip an anchor's death and secondly former spies are not exactly stream ists but to follow boris's logic the kremlin is simply willing to kill someone in person often listing these facts boris comes to the same old conclusion that only the russian state has the means motive and the records to carry out this crime a lengthy and thorough investigation carried out by the best scotland yard

detectives military and come to expect it oh wait now if by the man becoming rather notorious for his gaffes or restraint we've also spoken to james tor a chemical weapons experts he believes it's extremely easy to make nerve agents if the structure of the chemical is no. it is not possible to know where a nerve agent has been produced whether it's whether some one country or another it's not possible to to identify that by to a certain country that there's many well published formulas of nerve agents and the structures are known to the toxicity profiles are known so so many people can make nerve agents they know what structures to go to go toward but the only way you could get the exact source is if the nerve agent were not very pure so if it were not very pure and you found at at a particular site the same impurities in the sample as you're finding it some other location then you could say there's a high probability it came from from that source but unless you've had samples like

that it's hard and if if it's made by a nation state that knows what they're doing and the purity is there then you don't have any impurities to mark against it would be very hard to to name it to a specific location or a particular laboratory. international more love updates for. you when you don't. see the. two are. not. claiming to know german did. you speak french.

continue. to try to deconstruct all 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 muslim if you believe that the koran is the word of god and the same time a member of secular societies it is possible. welcome back to the program from greece prime minister viktor orban victory rally in budapest following sunday's general election almost all of the ruling coalition has won one hundred thirty three seats in parliament gives them

a two thirds majority addressing supporters all one said no has the opportunity to defend hungary. trami are going to have the meeting to let me regarding the results so i can tell you dear friends that it was a big battle and we've gained a decisive victory but we've created the opportunity for ourselves to defend this country. viktor orban has been in power since twenty ten he previously served as prime minister between one thousand nine hundred eight and two thousand and two has his hardline stance on migrants entering the e.u. has caused friction with other member states hungary's refused to accept e.u. quotas for taking in refugees and all because government has also passed controversial laws on the judiciary and the media who political analyst attila t.-bone large told us organs and the moderate policies are what won him so many votes telling the truth or some majority of the people warts and to stand the drive to defeat this campaign was

a message change and decor and the message is that immigration must be stopped and divorce be not allowed for migrants to enter hungary and. the foetus messaging of course i expect further tensions between. europe be a uni on and. government because or been has already said. leadership of that your utopian uni on one. implement you will measure us on immigration policy in. their hunger the end got them and. it's a hundred years now since russia chose a new destiny revolution which saw the overthrow of the country's last royal family

to tell the story of the romanovs artie's lords who new interactive projects you can learn more about the family through a collection of about four thousand photos some taken by the family themselves over the next hundred days the life story of the royals will unfold on four different social media platforms each with their own unique content. so last year when we were preparing one hundred seventeen life a project about the russian revolution at nine hundred seventeen we struck absolute gold when we've discovered about four thousand faces of the roman a family in the states archive here in moscow yeah so it turns out that the romanov family will complete photo because they had their own cameras kodak sent from some very special brownies they even had a panoramic camera we have a project coming up which is so incredibly exciting we're going to use these images in a very unique way. so we picked up on this archive you thought you saw this and you got the opportunity not to publish it and tell stories. so we're creating what we're calling kind of

a social media picture positive well it's only running for one hundred days which is going to make it very condensed intense you don't have to follow every single platform all of these photos are not going to be pasted. to a you tube is going to be kind of music and facebook i think will be a little bit more lyrical to certainly be looking at a part of the family to a lot a lot of photographs of itself twitter would be factually driven the news driven and the star that you're used to and then of course there's instagram. to choose your network and then i get onto the. road i'm not one hundred. that's the headlines this hour for myself or the team here at all to join us at lot of moscow time for the latest updates. of.

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welcome to sophie and kill him sophie shevardnadze islam in europe has long been viewed with suspicion by the majority it is of not representing european values is that really true and can it be changed well i ask sharing one con denmark's first female. islam in europe is a magnet for controversy used by the right wing to stir fear with the folks feared by the people in the wake of their attacks and the refugee crisis too with the extremists inside the muslim.