i. think that. the u.s. the u.k. and france carry out strikes against the syrian government in response to an alleged chemical attack in eastern turkey the intervention came just hours before international inspectors were due to arrive investigate the claims. other developments the united nations security council holds an urgent meeting tonight on the attack and rejects a russian draft resolution calling for an end to aggression against syria. the u.k.'s prime minister lourdes the joint military operation against assad's government has limited targeted and effective. and also breaking tonight's russia's foreign minister claims the international chemical weapons watchdog may not have correctly identified the nerve agent used to poison the script files. last month.

good evening ten pm saturday night here in moscow kevin zero in this is r.t. international one story dominating the overnight events in syria and the ramifications from that american british and french forces pounded syria with missile strikes the attack took place in the early hours of saturday morning and came in response to allegations that the syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians claims which a u.n. watchdog is still yet to investigate.

well the latest developments tonight the u.n. security council rejected a russian draft resolution calling for an end to the aggression against syria so america can was following that emergency session which was called by moscow in the wake of the strikes with three votes in favor eight nose and four abstentions the security council shot down russia's draft resolution now the draft resolution would have condemned the coalition's aggression as a violation of international law and it would have demanded that the west stop attacking syria it also would have urged the council to provide conditions for the work on the ground now that's the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons which is in syria right now the russian ambassador slammed the u.s. for violating international law and using the security council to further its own interests saying that western countries don't need any investigations to carry out their own will. but it would be stupid it is not says we are already used to the

fact that when doubtful geopolitical policies conducted countries or aggressors blame asad lately they trying to shift responsibility onto russia because according to their interpretation it cannot control the dictator all of this has been based on the scheme of what's been tried and tested provocation deceitful accuse asians verdict and punishment is this how you want international affairs to be conducted now this is wholly can is an international relations. the u.s. ambassador nikki haley deflected all criticism and defended the coalition's airstrikes as altruistic so same rhetoric we've all heard before let's take a look at exactly what healy had to say a large body of information indicates that the syrian regime used chemical weapons in duma on april seventh there is clear information demonstrating assad's culpability the pictures of dead children were not fake news they were the result

of the syrian regime's barbaric inhumanity now haley dismissed russia's sentiments as part of a grand russian descent for mation campaign and then she moved on to the question of assad's culpability which she seemed sure of saying quote we are loaded if assad used chemical weapons once again which obviously hasn't been confirmed yet the british ambassador echoed halley statements adding that she will not take lessons international law from russia so it looks like nothing has changed those who carried out an attack based on rumors of chemical weapons use claim to have evidence but never actually present that evidence meantime people into syria's largest cities damascus and aleppo a rally together against the u.s. led military action you see in the screens there now flags being waved in support of the syrian government even some russian flags in there amongst it is what residents in the capital had to say. this strike to does not break you shall make you stronger we are standing steadfast the syrian people feel of will in our stad

that. we condemn and denounce this assault in our country we say long leave assad the line of assad will not be shaken these people who were steadfast for seven years nor a strike from one. drama in this moment as for donald trump in his first tweet after the attack he's going to u.s. allies and said the result couldn't have been better trump called astroids perfectly executed despite the syrian and russian military saying that if most a. the missiles have been intercepted by defense systems well here next are the three sites washington claims it targeted in syria which it believes were capable of producing chemical weapons among them is a research facility located between the capital damascus in the city of doomer where the alleged chemical instant initially said to taken place now these next to pictures from our video news agency reportedly showing the aftermath of the strike on that particular research facility the syrian government says it was nothing more

than a civilian scientific center but is no donald trump described the pretext and the attack itself on syria. very terrible regime these are not the actions of a man they are crying of a monster instead so today the nations of britain france and the united states of america have martial righteous power against barbarism and brutality neither the u.s. president nor the british premier sort approval of course from lawmakers before launching the combined assault on syria a number of republican senators have hit out of donald trump's decision saying that he should have consulted congress first. clipped a little bit later on let's move on from the earlier my car repair and we can now let's take a listen to that i haven't read france's or britain's constitution but i wrote ours

and nowhere in it is presidential authority to strike syria the president needs congressional authorization for military action as required by the constitution. strikes are an act of war atrocities in syria cannot justify departure from constitution which vests in congress power to commence war. once the people had an opportunity to to have a boy there is no way that they would have approved an attack on syria we do not know whether chemicals were use or whether this was just a power occasion and if they were used we have no earthly idea who years them. but we do know just logic away there was no motive what so ever for syria to do it the battle for doma was over and so the idea that at that precise

point. gas would be fired as it is it's childishly absurd. macauley culkin brought discuss moscow's reaction with a chorus but he goes down off well president putin has condemned in the strongest words as to what happened these strikes conducted by the u.s. the u.k. and france he said that they targeted not just to the military facilities but also civilian infrastructure as well as saying that this goes against and in violation of all international norms and in fact it wasn't sanctioned by the u.n. security council has also said that as pretext for the strikes the u.s. and its allies used a fake used a staged chemical attack he said that in a statement he said that he did not believe that the chemical attack took place that in fact the russian military that entered the city of duma the sites of the chemical incident could not find any traces of the of any toxic agents or anything

of the sort not even any eyewitnesses of the attack could be found apparently so here's what how vladimir putin described the situation right now the organization for the proof of chemical weapons has deployed its specialist on a fact finding mission. but a group of western countries cynically ignored this launching a military attack without waiting for the results of the investigation russia emphatically condemns this attack on syria where russian servicemen are helping villages government fight terrorists with its actions the united states only exacerbates the humanitarian disaster in syria bringing suffering to civilians essentially abetting terrorists who have been tormenting the syrian people for seven years and provoking a new wave of refugees from this country and the region in general mr poe to mention the o.p.c. w. investigation there any concerns that that might be in jeopardy now yes of course

because the o.p.c. w was supposed to begin its mission in syria on the ground in syria its investigation on saturday at the u.s. launched its strikes literally hours before with that investigation was supposed to kick off so obviously a lot of questions were raised by whether or not that mission is jeopardized whether or not any objects of infrastructure that were supposed to be examined by the experts of the o.p.c. w. were hit or damaged now the body has issued a statement in a rather brief one literally just two sentences outlining the current state of events and they are saying that they will be going forward with their mission in syria no details as to whether or not they feel affected in any way by the strikes . the white house said it is confident the syrian government did use chemical weapons against its own people but believe however appears to be based largely on

media and n.-g. o. reports. this conclusion is based on descriptions of the attack in multiple media sources the reported symptoms experienced by victims videos and images showing to assess to barrel bombs from the attack and reliable information indicating coordination between syrian military officials before the attack the fact some of the groups that originally made the claims and which first circulated the images showing the aftermath of the supposed attack do have dubious reputations one of them is the self-styled civil defense group the white helmet although it's been widely praised for its work in the west it's members of repeatedly on the ground been accused of having links to extremist groups another source of the claims is the less in their own syrian american medical society or sam's it's funded by usaid which works closely with the state department sam's abandon multiple countries and has been accused of interfering in domestic politics and promoting regime change

the russian defense ministry analyzed one of the videos now than purporting to show the aftermath of the alleged chemical attack in tumour it says it managed to identify some of the people who were filmed in that video crucially one claims to be a medical student who was working in the hospital he says that those victims were brought to his way to say about the incident but my name is. i am a medical student i work in the e.r. department of dumas central hospital on april eighth a building in the city was bombed the upper floors were destroyed and the bottom floor is caught fire of the injured from that building were brought to our hospital . the residents from the upper floors were suffering from smoke inhalation. and that is what we treated them for based on the symptoms they exhibited during treatment some person came in i don't know who that was and said that it was

a chemical attack people got scared a fight broke out relatives of the victims started pouring water on one another others began to give inhalers for asthma the children even though these people were not medical professionals we did not see any patients exhibiting symptoms of chemical poisoning the video in which the made it can be see was picked up by a number of news outlets and treated as evidence of a chemical attack but security analyst charles shoe bridge builders given the lack of clarity surrounding the instant the us and its allies surely should have waited before striking syria. with a situation where again with the timing of this strike. if you like from politically all of one message is first of all from the perspective of the o.p.c. deb you inspectors going in on the ground on saturday that was well signposted in advanced and again the fact that the strike has taken place just before the suspicion that america france and britain are interested in waiting for the results of that investigation which might have proved or shown that there was or was not

a chemical incident this is where as people can say this is an effective strike i would have very very grave doubts from even from the western perspective this was effective in any way other than sending a message and that message is largely must be said i think in america too trumps to message dick audience particularly the media and in britain of course has a very important local elections coming up the u.k.'s prime minister trees of maize praise the joint military action she called the strikes a limited targeted and effective measure and outlined why britain believes assad's government used chemical weapons. i cannot tell you everything but let me give an example of some of the evidence that leads us to this conclusion open source accounts allege that a barrel bomb was used to deliver the chemicals multiple open source reports claim that a regime helicopter was observed above the city of duma on the evening of the seventh

of april and reliable intelligence indicates that syrian military officials coordinated what appears to be the use of chlorine in duma on the seventh of april we judge it highly likely both that the syrian regime has continued to use chemical weapons since then and will continue to do so british and french jets could be seen taking off from and landing back at their bases in the region in the early hours of saturday morning with a view now from europe correspondent shot to do better ski in paris and he's in london. we've heard from to reason made this morning she's been holding a press conference here in london at downing street and confirming that four already f. jets took part in that they launched a series of air strikes how successful those airstrikes have been remains to be seen we're seeing reports from the russian foreign ministry that the vast majority of those all of those as strikes were shot down and so it's reason may not speaking

to the success of them but very clear to make it to make the point that this is not an attempt at regime change but merely in her words trying to deter any future use of alleged chemical weapon we've also been hearing from the opposition the leader of the opposition jeremy corbyn he's the labor party leader and he called into question how legally sound these asteroids parliament should be consulted problem it should take a view on this but instead the strikes were launched last night parliament is in session on monday she could have come to parliament on monday to discuss the whole situation instead it strikes haps she has about two thousand and thirteen vote in mind when david cameron wanted to also go to war with syria but lost the parliamentary vote and perhaps she was looking to avoid a similar embarrassing defeat there are a number of m.p.'s not just in the labor party but in her own conservative policy

her own french m.p.'s who potentially were getting ready to rebel against about this attack on syria she has received support from the foreign secretary johnson however he's been on twitter saying that he welcomes the news of u.k. military strikes against what he says all major chemical weapons facilities in syria and saying that the world is united in its disgust of the use of these weapons against. civilians polls in the country which show that a vast majority of people are not in support of this military action in syria so remote to be seen exactly how damaging politically this could be for two reasons what we've actually been hearing from the french foreign ministry on saturday morning let's listen in directly to what he had to say about france taking part in this coordinated action by the u.s. france the u.k.

acted in accordance with our responsibility but the use of chemical weapons in syria is unacceptable because it's a violation of international law and basic human rights morning france also released a document outlining its case for why it believes that a chemical attack took place and why it believes that the assad government was behind that attack it says it unless it has had analysts of the photos of testimonies and videos from do you know where the alleged attack took place and it says that after analyzing it has a high degree of confidence that this was not manufactured all recycled and it says that the symptoms they believe all characteristics of chemical weapons there's also been criticism here in france from some opposition leaders including marine le pen she's the leader of the national front here in france she took to twitter on saturday morning to say this she said that this action in gauges of france in an

unpredictable and potentially dramatic consequences and she said that france loses an opportunity to appear on the international stage as being an independent and balance of power also some reaction from neighboring country luxembourg this morning suggesting the strikes can only be conducted based on a u.n. security council resolution which clearly they do not have. right now the big breaking story. russia's foreign ministers claim the international criminal weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. may have misidentified the type of nerve agent used against the scruples in souls bring the last month and the reports to that service get up to speed with the findings of the reports by the a.p.c. it's a live at their analysis on the chemical attack on the script that happens on march the fourth now in this report it's the a p c w confirm the composition of the navy

agent was in line with the findings of the united kingdom they said that the chemical was said to be not be chock type of nerve agent produced in the safe union they were unable to specify the origin of the source but during the analysis the a.p.c. w. gave samples of the nerve agent to four designated laboratories and russia has contacted one of these labs now a swiss the poetry house and legibly said that there were traces of another nerve agent in the sample they were given this talks and was called he said now attends out that these findings were excluded from the report published by the a p c w the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has been speaking on these findings. it is more consistent with the use of the poisonous substance. none of these facts and nothing at all about it was mentioned in the final report which was presented to its executive board we requested the a p c w explain why such information and the conclusion of the spears laboratory was emitted from the final report. now the

toxin base that is extremely harmful it can cause confusion lead vision and a loss of motor functions as well mulder fex can occur from one hour and most are very facts lasting up to forty eight hours now this toxin was never produced by russia or in the savior union to be said nerve agent was developed instead by the us army in the one nine hundred fifty s. now the swiss celebratory findings were excluded from the report published by the a.p.c. perhaps not even taken into consideration at all even if the substance is not be chocked the russian foreign ministry has said about twenty countries can produce this type of never agent now some chemists have even questioned the potency of the never agent saying that the consequences could have been more severe. symptoms that follows in minutes if it gets in the skin symptoms and can take from minutes. to be very toxic highly toxic five to eight times more toxic than the x.

which is already very very toxic so small amounts should have killed. for sure but again it's very difficult to assess and evaluate. question before knowing exactly how the product was delivered it's been well over a month now since healy and say gasquet power found unconscious on a bench insult uli has since been discharged but her father say remains in a stable condition in hospital but with these new findings the russian foreign ministry is mounting more answers now from the a.p. c.w. . yes. not nava chartwell doctora kins a chemical weapons specialist and former u.n. inspector in iraq delighted to say he's joining us here for a chat to try and pick this apart so nonscientific person the simplest account for us so we're now hearing this potentially is found that this agent called be

toxic in what we want to call it something that's not a novel chalk was used what's the relevance of that. well first of all we understand. there was a summary of the w. report released ford for public barty in that summary it was the detailed report would be released for the state parties of the convention so which means that all countries received a detailed report that's what russia see now basically i believe that russia so that detailed report in the lord from their report that swiss laboratory. beat. identified. for a chemical agent in the samples brought from salisbury ok now that is quite a big deal isn't it if you look at it it didn't make it into the initial headlines from the o p c w or we heard was it was a group of novacek agents not be said so why was that missing do you think in the

headline that was made public to everybody else. we have to remember that the u.k. actually invited the specialists for technical assistance so as soon as this is assistance first. the u.k. asked to do something the specialists and second there is a confidentiality agreement between the u.k. in. so which means that cannot release the information without authorization from the u.k. so always saying therefore behind the scenes in this detailed report that's available to everyone including the u.k. actually says be talks it was identified not so why isn't the newquay coming out and saying well. first of all i believe that the u.k. made a mistake. by releasing these detailed report to the other state

parties to the can be. why because the more information is released the more questions will be to duty just just to clarify as well it's only traces of this with oratory found along with i believe nova chucks as well so again it is it is it is it. of no relevance really if it's just a trace of something maybe i should be worried about the not doesn't inherently change anything what is really strange because. the death from bees that. is quite rare the lethal dose is very high but at the same time. actually affects the nerve system with human body so and. actually acts as a trippin like substances so from what we know we don't know very much of what

happened to the scruples just little snippets of come out of how they were found except from the police would do you say that maybe there's a higher probability in your scientific view that maybe it was something other than a novacek used on them or not that that was the question that was asked. and there was stated before do you care fishes all the time so just everything that we know about the symptoms the facts the agents is coming from the mess media and i promise you it was only got ten seconds but i want to ask you this when will who makes these that does russia have stocks of the united states. agents from the one nine hundred sixty two and one hundred sixty five visits russia you didn't have. in this arsenals ok so we got to leave it there were the time for a program phone thanks so much coming to see us doctor. you an inspector in iraq. a

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