several syrian troops are reportedly killed in what's been a missile strike on an airbase in the country while some media reports of pointed the finger at the u.s. washington's the mud. this comes just two days after an alleged chemical attack in syria's eastern puter forcibly claimed dozens of lives the un security council is set to hold an emergency meeting on the matter. of. the. chaotic scenes near the french city of najaf police movement of break up on environment. even a cameraman from marty's video agency finds himself caught in the middle of the action.

also this hour for. his daughter was simply offered new identities by u.s. intelligence. believes you would like to return home to moscow. welcome swats international live from moscow with me wherever you are today thanks for joining us this hour and we start with breaking news now from syria where a number of people have reportedly been killed in a large scale missile strike on a government military air base that's according to the country's state media for updates i'm joined live now. in the studio really not clear so far what exactly is happening who is responsible what do we know so father and mourning well first of all it looks like. the month of april for the second year in

a row things are getting increasingly complicated in syria last year after a chemical attack in the il a province the u.s. president donald trump fired tomahawk missiles against a syrian government army base in the province now this time as you were saying their largest military air base was hit by a missile strike that was reported by the syrian media but this time the americans are saying it is not os according to a statement by the pentagon it says at this time the department of defense sorry the department of defense is not conducting air strikes in syria but we also got reports from the lebanese media which are saying that the missiles were coming from the direction of the mediterranean sea through lebanese airspace and another news outlet from lebanon saying that unknown jets have entered syrian airspace from

lebanon and they are speculating that these jets could be from israel now what may back this up in one way or another is that this particular air base in the homs province previously has been targeted by israeli jets but when the military representatives from that country were asked whether they know anything about it they said we're not going to comment on that for now also we don't have the reaction of the russian ministry of defense to that it's early in the morning here so perhaps they're going to come up with some statement a little bit later so indeed the situation is getting complicated and all of this is happening right after the chemical attack that you mentioned allegations of a chemical attack the blame is being penned on the assad government which damascus denies and has again we all know russia called it a provocation and vladimir putin has been more warning the international community have. about things like that possibly happening when he was meeting with the

presidents of turkey and iran last week did the picture likely to clear up as the day goes on and as of yet what we can be sure of is of course there will be a fallout from this one that diplomatically about what's happened over the last few hours there with the latest thank you we discussed the matter with us surely a professor and dean at the jindal school of international affairs. as part of the u.s. goes and the russians go i think they should be working closely together christian from mentioned just a week ago that he wants to pull out of syria and then he's had enough of it and then suddenly there was a u. turn and now it is this and that big seems to pull the worst back in in a big way and in short the bill even there so if you look at the timing and the sequence of events as well as the nature of usually slam as a group i think it is full heartedly simply blame the state for in research america it may be responsibility on many states but the army chief is not

a one sided war are definitely not a one sided chemical warfare that's been going on it's really important that he take a measured response and forward those accountable for these acts to justice but not reading out on homicides of these kind of things because this inability to meet the matters of our most. well the attack on the airbase comes as much and so u.n. security council meeting is set to be held later today it was called in response to an alleged chemical attack in eastern goose which claimed dozens of lives allegations once again to come from controversial activist groups at the white helmets russia's the french ministry has slammed the story as fake and is very to send in chemical experts to prove it washington said there's going to be a big price to pay for damascus parties but i guess the of has the latest. east ghouta is almost over ninety percent has been liberated by syria's government the

army of islam nuestra like it is in the mists they've lost opting to take the buses to rebel territories. the vast majority of rebels surrendered and negotiations are underway for the handover of the last weddle stronghold on the cusp of victory as is now tradition assad goes against all reason and logic he's won this battle and launches chemical

weapons at civilians according to his enemies he khan to 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 i mean the perceived play evolved east and due to rebels are continuing to leave the last group has finally agreed to be evacuated to the north of the country we spoke to some doctors who worked in do work during 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 examined them and found no problem. they were just scared and i knew when to do it there and it was impossible to talk about it even after analysis of blood and clothes. during my work there were also cases on january twenty second of february twenty fifth in the medical examinations nothing must. people have the symptoms of panic and fear but not poison. u.s. officials have called for tougher action against the assad government as a result of the incident. of a rock isis came back in may i would destroy assad's air force i would create safe zones in syria where people can come back to their country from surrounding area. a year ago the u.s.

turned such calls into reality as president trump launched the missile attack on a syrian base following a reported deadly chemical attack in. no investigation was conducted at the time washington post said jets carrying a chemical substance did take off from the base. and we discussed the latest situation with max abrams assistant professor of public policy in the department of political science. determined for attacking civilians is weak when governments are losing in bad all when it looks like regime change is the structural conditions in this scenario are the exact opposite the assad regime has simply not secure. 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 this kind of an attack on the regime i don't think that we

should be. strictly. on the so-called. of these are the. 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 we can go live now to charlotte dubin skewes near the sea charlotte i'm just difficult for you to breathe to talk there give us an update on what's going on if you can hear me charlotte. yes i can he done or what's happened is in the last hour we've been pushed about two hundred meters further away from the field that was the front where the police were and i just wanted to just look around me and you can see all of the smoke and that is because it literally has been raining down with tear gas today in not to

down the line and we are surrounded it is incredibly difficult to breathe we keep being moved on by that gas is actually chlorine at my skin because it hurt so much and the people here opera peds they are also firing projectiles in the direction of the c.r.s. in to the police and they just understand that one of the c.r.s. offices has been injured by one of this project as has been taken to hospital we've also seen some of the protesters here injured as they've been involved in those clashes with the police the tear gas just all around us i mean it looks like we are covered in smoke if you look behind me there's a follow up in that in the background of the scene some of the zionists passing me in the last few minutes with piles of rocks in their hands with the aim you expect of throwing them out towards the police as they try and defend this territory colleagues in the video agency were also caught up in tear gas. take

a look at what happened to them. because you. already. there are. the tension is really rising here now as the saudis seem to be grouping together if you take a look around me you can see what they've done they've set up tents they're determined that they will stay here they're offering refreshments and they've been calling for people to come and to help them for the moment we hearing in the background shots going off we know that there are fires the roots of block desire they say that this is their land they will do everything and the government has told the c.r.'s they have to get them out but it is expected this standoff could last for days. it doesn't seem like it's going to resolve anytime soon the situation does it will

come back to you when there's any more action near the city of not solid. well as the tornado of media speculation over the squabbles continues to swirl is that we reporter that's. being offered new identities by u.s. intelligence says both the former russian double agent and his daughter appear to be recovering following of course that nerve agent attack last month in the english city of salzburg a family relative however believes there would be no reason for you to buy a home in moscow victorious copal spoke exclusively to the ripley video agency after she was the noid a visa to the u.k. yes it is a very i ask the u.k. and you personally to reconsider their decision to refuse my visa and they are scared that i will find out something more that he will tell me something yes they try to manipulate me 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. meanwhile the british foreign secretary boris johnson has a brand that the opposition labor party leader the kremlin's useful idiot soft jeremy called refused to blame russia outright for the poisoning and he said he takes a closer look at johnson's recent statements. boris johnson's been caught out a fair few times in his role as british foreign secretary sometimes doing the wrong thing at the time saying the wrong thing and this time his blunders have taken the form of the written word is 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 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 from 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 not exactly stream ists but to follow boris is logic the kremlin is simply willing to

kill someone in person off the 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 and 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 lottie spoke earlier to james tor a chemical weapons expert believes it's extremely easy to make and if the structure of the chemical is publicly known. 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 and the toxicity profiles are known so so many people can make nerve agents they know what structures to go to go to work 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 that 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 particular laboratory. national will have more latest headlines just off of the right.

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welcome back to the program the hungary's prime minister viktor orban has led a victory rally in budapest that follows sunday's general election with almost all of those now in the ruling coalition has won one hundred thirty three seats in parliament that gives them a two thirds majority addressing supporters all win said the result gives him the opportunity to defend hungary trami are going to meet the lottery regarding the results so i can tell you dear friends that it was a big battle and we've gained a decisive victory we've created the opportunity for ourselves to defend this country. viktor orban. a fourth term he won widespread support for his hardline starts on migrants entering the e.u. he's refused to accept quotas for taking on refugees that prompted the block to vote shortly on whether to strip what a first of its e.u. voting rights political analyst. told us tackling immigration is proving

a vote. telling the truth or cement your duty of the people war as i understand the drive to defeat this campaign was a message change and decor and message is that the immigration must be stopped and divorce be not allowed for migrants to enter the hungary and territory that was fetus messaging of course i can expect further tensions between. europe be a uni on and hungary and government because or by has already said. leadership of the your european union on one t. sure implement you will measure us on immigration policy in.

their hunger the end got them and. ahead of this summer's world cup in russia the arsenal and england legend sol campbell has been visiting one of the host cities all grant he was the start fraction of a football festival which has been travelling around the country during his long career campbell perception three games for england was captain of the same he won the premier league twice and played in three world cups and managed to get a quick word in with him as well. i'm sure in the deaf in the. pit we rushed in but so far people being warm and open the park has been great it's a great set up obvious even to be slightly bigger with a big screen for the close to the water's edge but from a the gauge went everyone's happy russia will put

a fantastic show on just like sochi amazin they want it to be proper i think all the journos who report it the highest level and i mean you know it will break a lot of barriers down and i think probably surprise a lot of people back home in the world it's all been put together. in the first black captain to lift a cup probably the whole lot of people though that. is you know. captain if the cup and final and it's great to soak up those steps as old wembley steps and and have a little bit history as well. and politics should never mix and. the sport is the winner that's the main thing and that's what you've got to do so everyone has to do to kind of win the day regardless of what's happening above. above sport. allow it to happen because you have to just let it happen because that

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after a country it is time for one of your favorite episodes from the latest season of going underground coming up today for the u.k. village international relations committee little dolls tells us to raise

a mate as naught but will count all the angles on the response to the. the team will tour in the southwest of england and is cold war rhetoric freezing diplomacy in britain we speak to award winning author and rolling stone journalist matt taibbi about how and the russian hysteria would lead us to a new play a winter plus the consultant for the would rather me a road daily mail andrew pesce predicts the fallout from will china will lead to the end of jeremy cold and political careers oliseh more coming up in today's going underground but first british labor leader jeremy corbyn didn't even use one of his questions of prime minister's questions to go do minority government needed to raise them a into war because of weapons of mass destruction he wanted on says about a financial statement on monday the n.h.s. is clearly in crisis so why wasn't there a penny extra of the n.h.s. in yesterday's statement by the chancellor the prime minister told coleman to look at the arguably blairite labor party in wales perhaps you might look to see what

what the labor entering in when you see. that the latest on new day to the next on your data shows when i look at twelve hour waits in any that's three point four percent of patients waiting over twelve hours in wales compared to one point three percent in england he wants to talk about meeting targets he should talk to a neighbor government in wales cool bin would hear nothing of it any chance england abandoned its eye and he targets until april two thousand and nineteen it's a bit rich for the prime minister to be scam on me about why you are she's on she said fine until you get anything but was it scaremongering he talks about scan on bring in wales i'm just pointing out the facts about what. i know i am not right we do see we are not smart we do see people in wales often trying actually to get treatment in england rather than in not rather than in wales people

the dying said. people are dying because of overcrowding and long waits in our hospitals i think the prime minister should get a grip on it and ensure the n.h.s. now has the money that it needs to deal with the patient demands and then corbin referenced everyone's favorite scientist stephen hawking who died this week we started with professor stephen hawking and he said just a few months ago there is. there is overwhelming evidence that any chance funding and the number of doctors and nurses are in adequate and it's getting worse does she agree with professor hawking there was no answer from to resume about one of britain's best known scientists she had science on the mind though or revenge based on science one assumes britain would within hours veto the un resolution to investigate the atrocity in the south west of england well to take a.