it was. as an emerging emergency un security council meeting russia's resolution on the investigation of syria's alleged chemical attack fall short of the required majority one america's counter proposal is then vetoed by moscow which accuses washington of reluctance to conduct an independent probe you have already appointed the guilty party you don't want to hear anything you don't want to be investigation . is just discharged from hospital following last month's nerve agent attack exceeding doctor's initial assessments that she may never recover.

this is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow on cape partridge thank you for joining us the u.n. security council has held an emergency meeting in new york at that meeting both russian and u.s. proposals on a mechanism to investigate syria's alleged chemical attack failed to pass through washington's resolution was vetoed by moscow while two consecutive russian proposed drafts then failed to get the necessary minimum votes over the details that's cross live now to our team head of morgan in new york hi there caleb so can you tell us the latest. well when the meeting concluded there was no resolution of the countries that make up the fifteen member body that lead the united nations had not come to an agreement now representing russia and the benzion of the russian federation he spoke and he basically pointed out that russia's resolution would have mandated that the o.p.c. w.

chemical experts that are on their way to syria actually visit the site in duma and actually visit the site where the alleged chemical attack took place and get to the bottom of what exactly happened not simply assign blame but determine what went on in duma furthermore russia was willing to provide military escorts and basically make sure that the chemical experts were safe when they visited the site now in a benz it was quite clear about the threat that vetoing this resolution pose that how the world is in kind of a dangerous situation as we see it clear disagreement over syria and how to move forward this is the representative of the russian federation speaking to the u.n. security council but you will most of that was. because this is something that says a lot to us and worries us a lot it's not clear to us why they voted against the resolution maybe the u.k. ambassador has given an answer to it they simply should have said they were against it because it was russia's resolution you say we are good at playing games but i

would say you are good at threatening you and your threats to syria were yes a lot. now nikki haley representing the united states when she spoke us she criticized an urge countries to vote against russia's resolution because she said that it gave russia too much power and as she put it put them in the driver's seat that was her logical and our argument and benzema characterized the u.s. resolution as simply recreating the gym and now nikki haley's said that the russian rez resolution well this is what she had to say about it nikki haley. the resolution puts russia and the assad regime itself in the driver's seat for making arrangements for the fact finding mission investigators were just supposed to trust with the same government who says everything about the duma attack was fake will work in good faith with the o.p.c.

deputy now russia's medical experts and chemical experts have visited the site of the alleged chemical attack in duma and they are saying they just don't see the evidence they're not finding traces of the chemical they're not finding victims in hospitals or dead bodies and there furthermore they're not finding any eyewitnesses that say they saw an attack take place now interestingly we have heard from heather nauert the spokesperson for the u.s. state department and unlike nikki haley and some of the other forces she is not ready to say who is to blame for this attack she says that the state department united states does not know who carried out this chemical attack this is heather nauert of the u.s. state department now we do know that some sort of a substance was used a chemical was use we're just not sure at this point today exactly what was what used. now at this point chemical inspectors from the o.p.c. w.

chemical experts technicians are on their way to syria but the fifteen member body that leaves the united nations has not agreed on what their mission will be both resolutions the one from russia and the one from the united states have been defeated they've been vetoed so it's pretty clear that there is not unity in the international community about what the o.p.c. w will be doing now every country agreed that the use of chemical weapons was unacceptable and they also agreed that there needed to be an investigation to determine what exactly happened however the nature of that investigation that was the point of disagreement and there was not a resolution at this point there is not a unified agreement and there is not a resolution that's been passed by the fifteen member body of the united nations security council which leads the united nations. we have a position of stone caleb moore been to new york thank you very much indeed thank you. pull these other pictures from inside duma the scene of the alleged attack russia's military and chemical experts searched the area but couldn't find any

traces of banned substances and neither did i find any patients treated for chemical poisoning in tunis hospitals this is lead russia to claim the reported chemical attack is fake and has been staged. well to discuss this issue further we are now joined by former u.s. diplomat jim thank you very much indeed for joining us on a quite a night that i mean now i mean what can we expect now from the u.s. now that the u.n. security council meeting has failed to adopt a course of action. it's stuck clear over the last day or so the word from the white house from the all the u.s. government spokesperson people seems to be that a decision was imminent and military action itself might be imminent the same pattern as we saw a year ago over the. incident on the other hand there's been a report today that some kind of high level meeting between military experts russian and american is supposed to take place next week according to the report we

just heard o.p.c. investigators are on their way to duma maybe there is a sliver of hope that the attack will be held off until some cooler heads prevail but my fear is that the exact opposite will occur that the attack will be launched in order to prevent a neutral investigation by the o.p.c. w. let's remember unlike the previous alleged chemical weapon uses in syria where the the spot of the alleged attack was held by the jihad it's who prevented an investigation here we now have the syrian government in control of duma and opening the doors for the international inspectors to come in and make an impartial investigation let's hope that takes place and also in the meantime the u.s. state department they don't they don't know what chemical weapon was used but as you said considering that military option i mean why is it this rush to strike. i think the rush to strike is to precisely prevent a real investigation let's be honest about this kate this has nothing to do with

the alleged use of chemical weapons this has everything to do with a geo political agenda that wants to put the iranians in a box wants to confront the russians and syria that is really upset over the thought that the effort that's been going on for seven years by western powers that our local friends like like saudi arabia has failed and that the assad government will remain in power they've been seeking a pretext to try to change that maybe to kill assad and that's what this is what they have fashioned dog the remember the russians been warning for weeks against the provocation of this sort and then right on cue right after president trump says we're getting out of syria this happened so this really has nothing to do with the truth or falsehood of the allegations about duma so on that basis then i mean the prospect of washington holding off on taking action in syria into at least the i.p.c. investigations taken place is unlikely that there's only one man who could make

that happen and that is president trump the guy in a sense who started this whole thing by about a week ago saying we're getting out of syria dioecious finish we have no further business there that provoked this huge reaction across the political spectrum from the neo conservatives to the liberal interventionists of the democratic party say no we can't have that something's got to be done well as it turns out what got done was this provocation duma can he stand against that his recent words indicate that he's been flipped maybe not maybe he'll actually will put the brakes on and say hold on let's see what's going on and of course if he does that he'll be the the accusations will be redoubled against him that he's just a puppet of lucky reputed let's also have an isn't that what they the british ambassador had to say they had tough words for russia to be telling the us to offer as a nation is just have a quick listen to what she had to say convincingly thousand feet question has crossed a line in the international. i mean what you mean by that line among what do you think. kate with all due respect britain has even less

credibility at all this than the united states does let's let's remind everybody of the scruple affair that's been playing out over the last few weeks that they are making these accusations for political reasons the same way that the that nikki haley and the washington authorities are again it has nothing to do with the truth and falsehood of whether or not chemical weapons were used in duma or he who you use them and has to do with their political agenda in syria i'm not as well let's also listen to what he said she said the u.n. has proved its uselessness let's have a listen yesterday i said that history will record this moment when we either lived up to our responsibility as a security council or showed our complete failure to protect the syrian people today we have our answer well jim what do you think of that claim then

for seven years the so-called international community that she's referring to has been supporting these a vicious jihad groups trying to overthrow a secular government that would massacre all the olla wide so would best secure all the christians that's her idea of defending the syrian people this is this is beyond this is beyond bizarre this this is really really reprehensible that somebody would distort the realities in syria in that way this has nothing to do with with the defending the syrian people and has everything to do with boarding a geo political agenda of overthrowing the legitimate government in syria worrying time zone jim jets just former u.s. diplomat many thanks for your thoughts thank you. thank you well despite the obvious tension between the russian and american envoys before the meeting they still exchanged a friendly kiss they also talked for a while with vaseline of n.z. assuming unwilling to let nikki haley go the chart ended with a handshake. meanwhile the e.u.

organization for the safety of an obligation has issued an alert it says all flights in the mediterranean area within the next seventy two hours should exercise caution in planning to possible air strikes in syria russia's federal air transport agency also informed the country's airlines of possible danger in the area where european power has in germany and france have also issued their own statements on the situation blaming russia for its alleged obstruction of the investigation itself internationally russia has served in preventing opportunities to examine things ascertain which consulate see we don't see this approach as constructive satisfying it can't continue like that because any more on who can't go and the decision would take will not affect syria's allies but if the decision the stake in it will of course target syria's chemical capabilities. doctors in schools we have confirmed poison double agent sort of a script followed his daughter you are rapidly getting better details on that after

the break. same downstream you know they were all the feel of upstream you had better off because all the garbage and everything flows downstream and in the financial world if you live in proximity to where the money is being printed the could kill you the fact is meaning that you get first use of that money and then compounds on a rate be you get a compound rate of return based on first you time is on your side your downstream time is working against you because you end up with a savings account paying zero percent or you have no wages or you're behind the inflation curve. join me every first week on the alex i'm i'm sure and i'll be speaking to give us the world of

politics. i'm sure i'll see you. welcome back doctors in the inner city of souls we have now confirmed the year script power has been discharged from hospital following last month's nerve agent attack she's asked for the media to respect her privacy her father said gay is also recovering at a slower rate. we have no discharge from salzburg district hospital yuliya has asked for proof from the media and i want to reiterate a request her father has also made good progress. on friday i announced he was no longer in

a critical condition. although he's recovering more slowly at the new year we hope that he too will be able to leave hospital in due course when the souls very hospital has issued that short statement confirming that you a script file has indeed been discharged and they said that this isn't the end of her treatment but it marks a significant milestone report suggests that she left last night that she's been taken to an undisclosed location where she can be safe from the media the foreign secretary boris johnson has tweeted saying congratulations that is wonderful that you out of hospital and his to have a full and speedy recovery and there's already been reaction from the russian embassy here in the u.k. saying that we congratulate you on her recovery but we need urgent proof that what's being done to her is being done according to her own free will now the medical recovery that you scripts are and to a lesser extent her father have made is being presented as nothing short of

extraordinary given the severity of the nerve agent that they were said to have been exposed to five weeks ago. were found slumped on not park bench in seoul's glory and very soon afterwards the british government announced that they had been poisoned with a deadly nerve agent one that the government laboratory have porton down had identified as not of the chalk and throughout the media scandal and the in searing diplomatic fallout the medical notes this for the script files was catastrophic grave many cameras. called weapons experts were saying that they wouldn't survive and media reports in the first few days some of them even jumped the gun saying that the script had been murdered and when she pointed the finger of blame at moscow the prime minister to reason may was also pessimistic when talking about the

script pal's condition sadly late last week doctors indicated that their condition is unlikely to change in the near future and they may never recover fully but despite the hospital releasing this statement saying that us has been discharged the story here is already being spun in a particular way it's being spun in a particular direction again some of the media reports here now and keen to make one thing clear to paraphrase a b.b.c. report from this morning the idea that yulia and her father again to make a full recovery is wrong they're going to be permanently damaged by what's been done to them. or the script as was said to have been exposed to a poison from the nabi chan class of nerve agents developed in the soviet union although it was never called by that name this group of poisons who said to cause permanent damage to death and is believed to be the most deadly set of substances

of its kind british foreign secretary boris johnson claimed governments porton down military live oratory had managed to trace the agent back to russia something later denied by the labs chief when i look at the evidence from the people from from portland the were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy myself i said are you sure and he said there's no dart but typically you will not tell you to look all down to say where it is from we haven't yet been able to do that we also spoke to a pig from the foundation for strategic research who believes this type of nerve to move agent is extremely damaging. is supposed to be very toxic highly toxic five to eight times more toxic than then the x. which is already very very toxic so a small amount should have killed mr creep out for sure but what is still very. difficult to assess today is how do you know the joke was delivered

to the victim so before we know exactly how the navi joke was delivered to the victim it's very difficult to assess the amount of the chemical agent that was in contact with the victims. protesters have been burning barricades while police are fired tear gas near the french city of not as a standoff with environmentalists continues for a second day officers have been trying to evict protesters from their camp where they've been for a decade artie's challenging bensky was caught up in the action. you can see that we just had to gas fires into this campus trying to move this out demonstrators away and that's because just in the foreground but difficult to see behind some of the smoke or some of the structures that some people have been living in some protesters have been living on this site since two thousand and eight they say is their land and they won't stay and we've been speaking to one young mother who's got a fifteen month old son who's been living here for seven years and this is what she

told us about her thoughts on losing her house which looks like it's next in line to be demolished i think i'm pushing away any kind of review emotional attachment to the buildings right now maybe a cry later question me where all in this together and create crushing a building on those on the side especially in building on the sides i think i apprenticed on the lawn i think i cried. for me it just means that we have less buildings for all of us together and that's the shame i don't think i want to particularly attach a sentimental attachment to these buildings i happen to live in have a fifteen month old child who lives here as well and he's not here right now because. because there's some horrible people there and take as us well the tear gas is continue to rain down here on day two and just behind me you can see that they're actually just soaring down a tree anything that they can do they're bringing doors in or anything they can do to barricade themselves in from the police to defend this land this land that they

say is that learn to defend. my. if i am to. the to me it was iffy about. it it was police or just about a hundred meters down in the distance and ready for waiting whether they going to charge for the. if.

it was me the policemen are trying to push everybody away a tactic we've seen earlier in the day where the utilized by getting rid of all of the sadness or the activists i was well the protesters are so desperate to hold on to this ground there's one person behind me who's actually just grabbing at a small pebbles and mud to be able to fling that at the officers we actually saw some people flinging mud directly at officers yes they were just going to try and get a little bit closer than you might be able to see somebody there one of the scientists activists threw in projectiles this is bottles glass bottles plastic bottles as well as bricks towards the c.r.'s and there you can see where it was getting so things thrown back at them that would be some tear gas going off there don you can hear it's quite loud it's prey larry and that to

a gas can reach really far probably about one hundred fifty meters when it is fired the police the c.r.'s have a lot of work to do if their aims to raise or this entire site is to take place it's unlikely it's going to be finished today because the ziad resistance is very strong but we know that the force of the police is also that around two and a half thousand gendarmerie are here and that the government is determined this will be once and for all the end of sant. facebook chief executive mark zuckerberg has been testifying at the u.s. senate on the data breach scandal that affected millions of its users samir khan has been following the hearing in washington. right now as dr bird is addressing claims that before the senate that cambridge analytic used the platform to obtain its users data about eighty seven million users which is apparently used to influence the us election what was unusual about this particular hearing is that

there was one witness testifying before nearly half of the senate there was a lot of chatter up to the hearing but it looks like it didn't exactly live up to expectations. so appalling apologized several times before the hearing and then he issued an apology while he was giving his opening statement we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake and it was my mistake and i'm sorry i started facebook i run it and i'm responsible for what happens here one would expect senators to grill zuckerberg with a number of tough questions but that didn't happen more these people have eighty seven million people users concentrated in certain states are you able to figure out where they're from do you think we need consistent promise or protections for consumers across the entire internet ecosystem have you heard of total information

awareness you know i'm talking about you know i do not ok this is what is facebook doing to prevent foreign actors from interfering in u.s. elections as we discussed in my office yesterday the line between legitimate political discourse and hate speech can sometimes be hard to identify can you discuss what steps that facebook currently takes when making these evaluations would you be comfortable sharing with us the name of the hotel you stayed in last night. no. i think you're genuine i got dead sense and conversing with you you want to do the right thing you want to enact reforms. i'll be back at the headlines in just over half an hour meanwhile for more on all of our stories.

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mark zuckerberg as he testified in washington d.c. to a panel before on the senate side of the capitol regarding data breaches user privacy and the two thousand and sixteen election is opening statement mr zuckerberg once again apologize gave a version of what went wrong at facebook and outlined it tempted at least to outline planned remedies mr zuckerberg will testify again on the house side tomorrow before the commerce committee and we'll be following the story of the story closely as the week goes on. and the congressional budget office or c b o says the us budget deficit is ballooning to the massive tax cuts signed into law in december in the just released daniel report from c b o the budget deficit the amount the government spends in excess of revenues is predicted to increase to eight hundred four billion dollars this year the fiscal year eighteen which ends on september thirtieth the new number is up from six hundred sixty five billion dollars last year fiscal year or f y twenty seventeen republican supporters say

that recent tax cuts will ultimately pay for themselves although some disagree the c.b.l. forecast does not consider any economic impact of the current trade disputes between the united states. and imports of the u.s. from mexico have increased in the first quarter of the year by five point three percent to six hundred thousand vehicles vehicles imported from mexico now account for fifteen percent of all u.s. auto sales the news comes as u.s. mexican and canadian trade negotiators continue to meet an effort to renegotiate the north american free trade agreement or nafta ministration officials had previously suggested that announcement of an agreement in quote principle on a new nafta would be ready for this week's summit of the americas in lima peru which starts this friday now we have an announcement will not occur and the white house has announced the president will no longer attend the summit but will send vice president mike pence. and chinese president xi jinping said in a recent speech that china will.