it's going to. my . this is art international with me jacqueline virgo bringing you your live news update thanks for joining us this hour we start with breaking news as president about to strike syria with smart missiles warning russia that if it wishes to protect syria it better get ready although in a follow up tweet he called for an end to the arms race and said relations with russia don't have to be this way the russian foreign ministry spokesperson responded on facebook to trump's message saying truly smart missiles should be targeting terrorists and not the government that is fighting them adding that the u.s. missiles could destroy any evidence of chemical weapons use in syria smart me south must be striking the positions of terrorists not the legitimate government that has

been fighting the international terrorism on its territory and by the way worthy of the c.w. experts warned that those missiles my destroy all the evidence of chemical weaponry used on the ground or they just want to quickly hide the evidence of the provocation by those smart missile strikes so the international experts want to have any proof to look for for more on the latest on the situation in syria i'm joined live by our team is either one of now here we have these. interesting comments coming from trump on twitter i guess would be no surprise to anyone that he is again using that platform to get his message out there so let's just break down what he said and what that means basically what the judging and looking at what he's been tweeting is he's in a mode clearly an emotional person in these spilling that over his twitter feed because if you look at the first tweet that he made he promised a strike you promised an imminent strike in syria and then after that suggests

literally how many like thirty almost just forty less than forty minutes later he's tweeting russia and the u.s. should work together and he finishes the tweet with saying stop the arms race the question mark and it's an interesting take on his side because russia never promised to strike anybody in syria except terrorists this is this was something that was. brokered by the united states this was something that was proposed by the united states especially i mean the only deep attempt to resolve this through diplomacy was made at the u.n. security council and the u.s. and russia put forward their rivaling resolutions as to what should be done in syria and neither passed because russia vetoed the americans the americas resolution and america vetoed russia's so that had already been followed by a barrage of threats coming from washington saying that it is ready to launch missiles towards syria and world russia had russia said well ok we'll shoot those

down and have a listen would you have a look at i don't want to discuss such questions whether this or that will happen or not we just hope the parties will avoid steps which can become a provocation and destabilize such a shaky situation you know so this is russia's president spokes person. talking about that people should come to their senses and that they should talk it over first and you know not speculates not not make any more threats because there has been a bundle. all of those you have to wonder what happened what conversations went on between trump's first and second tweet there how he went from get ready to stop the arms arms race as a question saying russian needs us to help them with their economy where you know what kind of conversations went on in the white house that made him then tweet that out as well saying let's be friends because that's why for the most part we've seen coming from trump that working with russia would be good having a good relationship with russia would only be

a productive stance for america and then it comes to get ready russia and this all comes after what we heard at the u.n. security council as well a lot of threats coming from them as well i believe that was yesterday. yes it was yes it happened yesterday and there was again a barrage of accusations but you know when you mention that thing about russia needing the united states trump saying that russia needs the united states to help grow their economy looking at the atmosphere this latest trend the united states seem to be getting into more and more trade wars like the you already have a trade war with china the world the brink of a trade war with europe until they until trump announced that europe would not be subject to new tariff tariffs that it is going to oppose import tariffs so for all we know this could be another threat against russia because not so long ago russia was slapped by the u.s. sanctions over these and we've seen russian markets plummeting you know the biggest

most being like fifty percent russia's aluminum giant losing fifty percent so this could be a threat really but going back to the situation in syria this has been far from a rational discussion really and the bottom line is trump is tweeting about a potential clash military clash between two nuclear nations. exactly which is extremely frightening but it's not really clear whether or not he will move forward on that and it's also not clear who is going to be with him on that decision as we mentioned earlier a government spokesperson from france has said that they still have not made any decisions on whether they will be taking action against syria at this point already and just in general there's just been some some outliers saying maybe there should be an investigation first cracked yes indeed that was what the russians resolution of the u.n. security council was about to let the o.p.c. w. the u.n.

chemical body do its job onsite produce some results some conclusions out of their investigation and then make the decisions as to who and in what ways should be punished excuse me and you'll be c.w. experts will only set to get on the side of the attack in the syrian city of duma by the end of the week judging by trump's tweets that the strike could be launched any minute now we do know that a fleet of a u.s. aircraft carrier is heading towards the mediterranean company by some destroyers and also u.s. as donald cook will be joining in joining in it in the mediterranean from what we know apparently that fleet is set to reach the mediterranean as early as thursday and so this is when we could expect the strikes if i mean maybe maybe even earlier really so that's what we know about the strikes and we know that this whole action is based on very few facts i should say because where where did this where did this

accusation of a chemical attack these reports of a chemical attack come from they came from a group known as the white helmets they market themselves as the civil defense group these see there are saving lives the hope. get people out of from from the rubble after the syrian government's going to get a lot of international support as well don't do the almost think the u.n. . got nominated for a noble a noble peace prize and almost their documentary netflix documentary looking at their work also became a prize winning film so yes they do get a lot of support despite some while some experts who have been in syria some people who have worked in syria are saying that their reputation is a shady that it's marred because they do share a very clear anti-government stance they work exclusively in rebel held areas

that's what they're doing they do nor help save lives on the in damascus and government in government control controlled zones territories they also are accused of being income in cahoots with terrorist groups there are videos of them cheering together you know into mingling even working the one of the executive. of judge which part of nostra the video clearly shows some disturbing pictures shows a man shooting another man in the back of the head and then white helmets. volunteers are carrying the body away so this is what we know about this is the group which. came up with the allegation that the chemical attack took place the russian military then we know entered the city of duma and looked at what happened and they said that there was no way they could corroborate the accusation they said that we need them we need experts need actual chemical experts to work

the site and they also pointed out that there was not much sense not much point. to to attack the city of doom at that point because by then syria and russia and russia and the rebels which held the city of duma they had already reached an agreement and the rebels were moving out voluntarily they were moving out of the city of doom and the syrian government were providing them with the safe passage. different to a different area in the province of idlib i think so we could take their families with them civilians were being evacuated as well so it seemed like a done deal it seemed that the city was already in the hands of the syrian syrian armed forces so why attack a town which. is already there is so there's that and i think we do have a guest indeed we can discuss the situation the situation there right now we are joined live by amara walker off director of the british think tank northwest now if

you can hear me what do you make of trump's rather aggressive first tweet and then the second that followed shortly there after saying there's no reason for such bad relations with russia are those a bit contradictory. it might be evil but the first tweet is clearly describing or clearly described the whole thing has turned into this is not about preventing the usage of heinous weapons like the chemical weapons this is not about proving with the chemical weapons were used or not or by whom this is about the united states stamping or fourteen and saying i could strike wherever and whenever i want because so in a sense it's a classic game of chicken the russians unlike what happened last year in after on in the aftermath of the hunchy hoon chemical incident. last year there was a bit of cooperation the united states told russia we're going to bomb in this place in effect telling them if you have any personnel over there please get them

out now we're hearing that. you know mounting a certain type of defense the black sea fleet has been put on alert there are news that they are the the russian the russians are jamming u.s. drones today we've heard news that a russian envoy to lebanon said that we're going to shoot down missiles and attack their sources so this is about challenging the united states to do it and the united states being trump trump being its president is with the first tweet tweet to responding saying oh yes i'm going to do it i'm capable of doing it but then probably somebody told them look this is pushing this a bit too far we're not so sure about our allies our allies in france and the u.k. perhaps are having cold feet about this and starting questions about what evidence do we really have obviously for example in the u.k.

the prime minister there is a me if anything goes wrong a british. plane shot down or a british soldier killed or whatever the first thing you're going to be asked in the parliament is that on what basis did you actually go has there has there actually be an echo. or not what precautions did exist it's like a career ending debacle and that's why probably somebody phoned him and said mr president can we be a little bit smoother and that's why the second tweet has come out presumably this talk of the you've mentioned that not every u.s. ally could be on board with the united states mentioning trees in may and the tourism a could be have been having cold feet so to speak let's say we are indeed seeing reports that neither of you the u.k. nor france are on the same side with the united states here that they want more evidence that they haven't been convinced to go go on with the strikes with their own based on the based on the evidence the united states have shown them if donald

trump if the u.s. military does hit syria what do you think their reaction will be the u.k. and france. i don't think they will join but not only will they won't join until for example they wait for a certain investigation the o.p.c. w.t.v. is heading to damascus loom and as we understand now. we think that should do united states decide to go alone in conducting such a strike then the strike would be less. effective that would be probably cause you know it's sort of cosmetic type just like the. last year exactly the same time after or in the aftermath of. this is about telling the russian or telling the world that we can actually strike should there be allies then we're talking about perhaps a more comprehensive operation a more unified front and that would give them other options but the rhetorical

hating from the other front from russia or from syria is that they are going to. you know oppose this and have all the right in the world to attack or defend themselves attack who ever is attacking them have a this doesn't have to be only by shooting down missiles in airplanes it could be also retaliating on the sources so this has obviously force and we've heard the russian ambassador at the u.n. yesterday appealing twice for those people to his colleagues from france the united kingdom and the united states to think twice about it because there will be. some retaliation and consequences we've also have had russia responding saying that a strike could in fact the story any evidence of a chemical weapons attack do you think that's a just concern and if so why would a strike be carried out then anyway. well i think they're just about is in him at the moment and they clearly have the upper hand on this we've seen video of russian

military police. you know personnel or officers heading towards the alleged chemical attack. place this was reported by an activist in duma clearly has got nothing to do the syrian government so you could argue that this is in their favor the opposition's favor so he was reporting it and it clearly shows that the russian personnel the officers were heading there without any chemical warfare gear no gas masks no special suits obviously they don't think that anything has happened and he was thinking you know what it is up stairs it's just go upstairs they obviously know that nothing has happened and by itself this shows that there is no trace about the of this whatsoever for them to be concerned personally about. so that the evidence isn't there but probably the russian defense minister for a mystery come remember who actually issued that tweet is just teasing the

americans that you know now are you going to be overwhelmingly striking so that nothing is left to search for. just the bottom line here is there could be a confrontation between the united states and russia how real is that possibility in your opinion. where we think that's real especially if the likes of britain and france decided that this is the time to confront russia or we need to know that this is not about syria nor or understand on and say no but we need probably to take into consideration that this is not about syria or chemical warfare this has been brewing for the past few years with confrontations in the ukraine with you know the latest script case in britain and those states the west in general. see russian influence is growing on a daily basis basically in the middle east which is such

a critical area and they need to confront that they need to show the likes of saudi arabia the likes of qatar they are a dependable oh i am but they shouldn't order the emir's and sheikhs of that of those wealthy nations shouldn't really go to moscow you know strike or gas the use and what have you economic you know deals and they should rely on the united states for their survival so this is about influence this is not about syria or chemical warfare and in that sense yes there might be a confrontation but russia is in such a powerful situation now in syria least with regard to the legitimacy of their presence there because it's basically illegal there are there are in order there has been there have been sorry agreements formal agreement signed between the two governments syria and russia. you know tap into whatever resources needed let alone them betting on the winning horse in this whole equation which is the syrian state

the syrian people who have no interest whatsoever in tech field or islamic radicalism so the united states is losing ground they have a bad hand play and you know. regime be they will get out are stronger said but you know at the moment of madness anything can happen. now in his tweet evolving to fire missiles at syria trump said you know that russia about to shoot down any enormous fire missiles aimed at syria get ready russia pulling in russia there into the whole thing to think that's because of the comments from the russian ambassador to lebanon saying that u.s. missiles would be shot down or do you think that the start was coming either way. no this is we think this is turning into a game of chicken and the main interest now of the united states is to till they have been put somewhat into a corner by the russian contra threats their main interest at the moment is to

assert authority over what they believe is their own over forty in the world and that the can strike wherever and whenever they like so they might through in whatever sophisticated missiles just to tell the russians and the rest of the world that they can do it this has got nothing to do with any situation on the ground it's just about telling the world that they are still supreme amar director of the britain think tank no thank you so much for joining us today and adding your comments to this breaking news story thank you very much for having a year ago america dozens of missiles at the show you're out airbase in syria it led to several civilian casualties and sparked anger in certain quarters.

right now washington's reportedly deploying an aircraft carrier group to the middle east and europe replacing another already there other alarming signs have also appeared that seemed to flag up the possible action against syria the air safety bodies issued an alert saying all flights are on the mediterranean in the next seventy two hours should exercise caution now a war of words has broken out on tuesday at the u.n. security council that's after three resolutions over the latest alleged chemical attack in the country were shot down in the u.n. security council. could someone clearly explain to me why this alleged chemical attack was necessary for the massacres especially foremost all militants were not doing. today they vetoed for the sixth time a resolution condemning assad for chemical weapons attacks on his own people the

real only you have already a point to guilt in such cases bush in the wrong. way we are not able to support the text it would be like. and identifying that and doing nothing to put it out to the unfortunately american partners and colleagues a real investigation whose stating that a potential strike against him ask us would be ungrounded russia put forward a resolution that would require experts from the chemical weapons watchdog to carry out onsite investigations of all suppose of incidents contrary to washington's proposal russia also rejects the notion they should be tasked with attributing blame they got shirts you would never know us delegations of they made one more step towards confrontation as a project after the vote which doesn't have the full support of the un security council members this text is nothing more than an attempt to renew the joint investigative mechanism in syria which investigated

a previous chemical attack jim became a puppet in the hands of the asshole forces and was disgraced as a judge the sovereign states and spars of a lack of credible proof. terms decisional to lash out at syria last year saw his popularity surge at home and that's a pattern that seem history repeat itself. but he ran the flag in fact and increased popular support of the president during war accompanied by reduced criticism of governmental policies. any nuclear missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace in the caribbean. the use of terrorism and its holding hostages. political to me.

to continue along with. the resolution of the crisis. i have therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. its president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated the. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. united states and around. have prevailed. tonight i ordered. new jersey. if you.

i think. became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment. the french president emanuel mccrone has been calling for a tough response on syria following the reported chemical incident but at the same time we have heard that the representative of the french government has said that a decision has still not been made when it comes to taking action against syria and also the idea of a tough response is not a view that's shared by all politicians in france showing a lack of unity. one knows perfectly that in war time the first victim is truth what happens on the ground is almost unknown to us the chemical attack which evidently took place is abominable we must condemn it but we still have to find out who committed it so it sounds a lot like an excuse for the united states of america and their allies to get back in the game and to engage in an armed conflict i think that currently france is contributing to the creation of the we creation of a certain form of the cold war with russia it's pointless because it doesn't

benefit france or its economy or international relations to lead the u.s. seeking to stir up a conflict with russia last us around. to discuss this further i'm not joined live by our love now at the end of the day we still have very little information when it comes to the chemical attack the alleged chemical attack that took place on saturday so what information do we have and how sound is that at this point well as to the facts we do have one fact that the allegation was put forward by the white helmets a group which itself the market itself sells markets itself as a civil defense group so they do not have an official title so to speak but they see these youths and they help get people from under the rubble of the work exclusively on rebel held territories the myth that they have and strong and stance so basically this is basically they are not an impartial group this is what i'm trying to say also with the have been criticized despite having large support in

the west they have been criticized by people who have worked in syria saying that they are in cahoots with some terrorist organizations there you have it so after they put forward that allegation that the chemical attack actually happened in the syrian city of duma the russian military moved in to have a look they couldn't find any traces of any chemical weapons being used no victims ok we're not professionals you know we need some professionals we need some actual experts on the ground and this is what pretty much the russia's position has always been about also the russian military you have pointed out that there wasn't much sense to carry out an attack in the city of duma because the rebels were already moving out of there because it was part of the agreement reached with the with the government the government stops bombing the city and the rebels move out safely the government provides them a safe passage so the city was pretty much taken by the syrian forces so why launch

an attack and the chemical one especially against it so the united states says that . it has intelligence information. corroborating the allegation put forward by the white house let's all go with that intelligence wasn't even able to provide the state department with a chemical and exact a particular chemical which apparently was used in the city of duma have a listen 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 with used so some sort of substance that's all they have at this point and yet we already have donald trump saying you know the missiles are on the way so it really does feel like the fears that action is going to be taking place before an investigation could possibly be coming true at this point well indeed this is very very this whole situation is very very far from a rational discussion and the united states could very much because of that the

united states could very much be alone on this because we've heard reports of the u.k. and france. nord being just ready to jump in on this so they've been saying that the reports have been saying that trees are my end and when i need more evidence to show for the fire that the chemical attack i actually took place because the real danger here is a direct confrontation between the united states and russia while facts are being overshadowed by emotions. thank you so much for that update i'm sure you'll be staying across this for us for the rest of the day now during that to say security council meeting the u.s. ambassador nikki haley proclaimed russia's hands are covered in the blood of syrian children and out of that shaming russia with pictures of those kids hasn't worked in the past artie's their patrol go take a look at the pictures of the children the u.s. envoy chose not to show. to shame the russians all u.s.

officials think they have to do is say one word kids embarrassing raising their own kurds in the blood of syrian children who are not being streamed. through their hoops victims. return for you see mrs haley said it out loud they're used to telling the world about kids russia's friends killed with the latest chemical attack call like always the american media were there to spread the word these images are so disturbing the children the families in such distress what you see on their mouth has to be thrown that's a sign of a chemical attack hundred thick images of syrian children fighting for us accusing russian and syrian president assad ruined children's lives thousands of graves that weren't meant to be dug so early stories from war ravaged parts of the middle east will make you cry and all of them must be told but i can't help asking why for u.s.

officials or journalists these agonizing stories from mosul iraq or rocca in syria don't exist. no on some channels you'll never see their stories maybe because there scars are how america's top military man puts it a fact of life civilian casualties are a fact of life civilians will get caught in the crossfire civilians will get hurt civilians will get killed if you want to liberate your towns and cities it comes at a price the responsibility for civilian casualties in iraq and syria lies with isis that is on them not on us we are the good guys and munitions people on a battlefield know the doing.