all. the u.s. the u.k. and france carry out airstrikes against the syrian government in response to an alleged chemical attack in eastern good at the convention came just hours before international inspectors were due to arrive to investigate the claim. the united nations security council holds an urgent meeting on the attack and rejects a russian draft resolution calling for an end to aggression against syria. u.k. prime minister praises the joint military operation against assad's government as limited targeted and effective. and in other news russia's foreign minister claims the international chemical weapons watchdog may not have correctly identified the nerve agent used to poison the screwballs and england last month.

are broadcasting live coverage from our studios in moscow this is our trash launch on thomas certainly glad to have you with us now american british and french forces have pounded syria with missile and air strikes and 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. was.

well the u.n. security council has rejected a russian draft resolution calling for an end to the aggression against syria it happened during an emergency session which was called by moscow in the wake of the strikes so you would be cheered the day is a said day it's a sad day for the world for the u.n. for its charter that has been brutally violated and for the security council decided to be treated. 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 o.p.c. work on the ground now that's the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons which is in syria right now the russian ambassador flamm 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 if you're stupid it is not says we're already used to the fact that when down to full jeweled political 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 broadly cation deceitful accuse asians and punishment is this how you want international affairs to be conducted no this is hooliganism in international relations. the u.s. ambassador nikki haley deflected all criticism and defended the coalition's airstrikes altruist it so same rhetoric we've all heard before let's take a look at exactly what haley 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 in or awful 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 russia's military says an evacuation of the syrian city of duma by militants is now complete the development means that the area where last week's alleged chemical attack took place is now under the control of government forces the evacuation was part of a deal brokered by russia and syria which guaranteed passage out of the city for

the rebels in exchange for safety for civilians there meanwhile people in two of syria's largest cities damascus and aleppo have rallied together against the u.s. led military action you can see flags being waved in support of the syrian government and even some russian flags as well as what residents in the capital had to say. this strike to does not break you shall make you stronger we are standing steadfast to syrian people feel of will in our staff that. we condemn and denounce this is sold in our country we say you leave assad the line of assad will not be. that said these people who were steadfast for seven years with a strike from an ignorant blind drama. as for donald trump in his first to tweet after the attack us allies and said the results could not have been better called the strikes perfectly executed despite the syrian and russian military saying most of the missiles had been intercepted by defense systems here are the three sides

washington claims it targeted in syria and which it believes were capable of producing chemical weapons among them is a research facility located in the capital damascus and the city of duma where the alleged chemical incident is said to have taken place now these are pictures from our ruptly video agency reportedly showing the aftermath of the strike on the research facility the syrian government says it was nothing more than a civilian scientific center here's how donald trump described the pretext and the attack itself on syria. very terrible regime these are not the actions of a man. they are crimes of a monster instead so today the nations of britain france and the united states of america have martial their righteous power against barbarism and brutality. and the pentagon pushed ahead with the military action despite the us defense

secretary earlier admitting that evidence on the alleged chemical attack was still being looked into. i am confident the cherian regime conducted a chemical attack on innocent people. we are very confident that chlorine was used we are not ruling out and right now we have the intelligence level of competence that we needed to conduct the attack where. i believe there was a chemical attack and we're looking for the actual evidence the the o.p.c. do this your goodness ration for the chemical weapons convention and we're trying to get those inspectors in if we get them and we will not know who did it they can only say that they found evidence or did not. or earlier my colleague khalid bray discussed moscow's reaction with correspondent to go to. 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 to 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 doom of 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 he is what how blood him are 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 the legitimate 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 putin mention the o.p.c. w. investigation there any concerns the 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 over the o.p.c. w. were hit or damaged now the body has issued a statement it's 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 a number of countries including china and iran have condemned the strikes beijing called them a violation of international law we spoke to world affairs commentator and along about of the operation and the reaction to it he told us that domestic factors may have played a role in motivating president trying to launch the attack. i think that this is a limited calculated. and costly orchestrated

one time attack. on and warning note at the back of it all is the pushback from the united states and the west against the increasing russian influence in syria. and of course that this comes to a convenient time for president as he faces the in the. elections the white house says it is confident the syrian government did use chemical weapons against its own people that believe however still appears to be based largely on media and geo reports this conclusion is based on descriptions of the attack in multiple media sources the reported symptoms experienced by victims videos and images showing two assessed barrel bombs from the attack and reliable information indicating coordination between syrian military officials before the attack well some of the groups that originally made the claims and which first circulated the images showing the aftermath of the supposed that attack have dubious reputations

and one of those is the self-styled civil defense a group the white helmets although it has been widely praised in the west for its rescue work its members have repeatedly been accused of having links to extremist groups. another source of the claims is the lesser known syrian american medical society or sams it is funded by u.s. aid which works closely with the state department sams is banned in multiple countries and has been accused of interfering in domestic politics and promoting regime change and the russian defense ministry analyzed one of the videos purporting to show the aftermath of the alleged chemical attack in duma it says it managed to identify some of the people who were filmed one claims to be a medical student who was working in the hospital the victims were brought to here's what he had to say about the incident. plus 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 floors caught fire and all the injured from that building were brought to our hospital. that 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 the 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 medic can be seen was picked up by a number of news outlets and treated as evidence of a chemical attack by the security analyst charles shoebridge told us that given the lack of clarity surrounding the incident the us and its allies should have waited before striking syria. we've got

a situation where again with the timing of the strike. if you like from politically all of one message is first of all from the perspective of the i.p.c.c. inspectors going in on the ground on saturday that was well signposted in advance and again the fact that the strike has taken place just before that well. america france and britain are interested in waiting for the results of that investigation which might have proved or shown that they had was or was not a chemical incident this is where as people can say this is an affective strike i would have very very grave doubts that 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 mess the audience particularly the media in britain of course treason by a very important like elections coming up coming up we'll look at the roles played by britain and france in the syria strikes plus russia says crucial details were

overlooked about the nerve agent used in this group all case both of those stories short breaks to us. to. put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. so would you want to be president. some want. to go on to the press this is what the three of them will be good. interested always in the water. so. something happens in this case it was the chemical attack on civilians in syria and then the public in the media are waiting for the response i think it's very clear now that if president trump said that there is going to be

a response then it will be i just think that our expectations in a way that this american response will be so severe that it will be a game changer i think this is not the case it will again be messages and very careful calculation by the americans not to deteriorate into a clash a direct confrontation with russia. and welcome back this is international and the prime minister theresa may has praised the results of joint military action taken against syria 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 at their bases in the region in the early hours of this weekend more of this from europe correspondent in paris and i sally and. we've heard from two reason made this morning she's been holding a press conference here in london at downing street and confirming that for. parts and that they launched a series of air strikes how successful those strikes have been remain to be seen

we're seeing reports from the russian foreign ministry that the fast majority of those of those strikes were shot down 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 just regime change for the 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 coughlin he's the labor party leader and he called into question how legally sound these asteroids parliament should be consulted problem it should be let's 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 the strikes haps she has about two thousand and thirteen votes in her mind when david cameron wanted to also go to war with syria but. lost the

parliamentary vote and how she was looking to avoid a similar in defeat there are a number of m.p.'s not just in the labor party but there are in her own conservative policy her own. potential even getting ready to rebel against her about this attack on syria polls in the country which show that a vast majority of people are in support of this military action in syria so remains 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. actors in accordance with our responsibility but the use of chemical weapons in syria is an acceptable 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. has hired analysts of the photos of testimonies and videos from a 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 money fact should 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 this is a major mistake for us and that is one of many mistakes we've made since two thousand and eleven we never saw making mistakes in interfering in foreign countries affairs we see today the consequences of military actions in iraq where we were wise enough to avoid action and in libya the intervention whether. any un

agreement or reason lucian seemed to me like something that might have serious consequences for the french people and france itself french should have remained independent and act with caution and waste but we didn't why because i have this feeling that every french president wants to have his own small war also some reaction from neighboring country luxembourg this morning suggesting the strikes can only be conducted based on a un security council resolution which clearly they do you know. people around the world expressed their disagreement with the actions of the u.s. and its allies in syria on saturday anti-war marches took place in both american and european cities in the u.s. protesters gathered in front of the white house in washington d.c. they were holding signs and banners opposed to the u.s. led bombing of syria some protesters quoted the words of civil rights activist martin luther king jr as the u.s.

commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of his death just last. week while in the french city of thousands of people voiced their dissatisfaction with president. decision to participate in the u.s. strikes on syria left wing leader. also took part in the demonstrations in berlin people walked out to protest in front of the u.s. embassy waving syrian flags and banners reading hands off syria anti-war protests also took place in the greek capital athens protesters there so the alleged chemical attack only served as a pretext for western intervention. here we go we have gathered today to condemn the imperialist intervention from the us a great britain and france against the nation of syria it is obvious that the reason the chemical weapons is just a pretext what is hidden are major economic interests for some of the resources of the area. russia's foreign minister has claimed the international chemical weapons

watchdog the o.p.c. w. may have misidentified the type of nerve agent used against the screen pals in england last month and the as more. key information may have been a metes by the u.n. chemical watchdog from its analysis on the agent used in the poison attack against the script of the house according to moscow findings from a designated laboratory used by the a.p. c.w. allegedly show another agent a toxin could be that during the a.p.c. devaney's investigation samples were given to four labs for an independent study and it's now claimed one in switzerland found traces of the substance the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is questioning why the presence of bass that wasn't mentioned. the analysis is more consistent with the use of the poisonous substance . none of these facts and nothing at all about these that was mentioned in the final report which was presented to its executive board we request that the a p c w

explain why such information and the conclusion of this because the burra tree was emitted from the final report the toxin besides it's extremely harmful side effects include confusion lead fission and the loss of motor function this can happen an hour after exposure with severe symptoms lasting up to forty eight hours the toxin was festivities by the u.s. army back in the fifty's and officials say it was never produced in russia or the sapient union instead of including these findings by the swiss up the u.n. chemical watchdog focused on confirming the u.k.'s analysis this too has prompted many questions from russia where the foreign ministry stressing up to twenty other countries could have produced the notorious novacek chemists have also questioned the potency of no recheck saying the consequences could have been much worse for the victims. even the symptoms that for those 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 mr creep out for sure but again it's very difficult to assess and evaluate this kind of question before knowing exactly how the product was delivered power has since been discharged from hospital but a father still remains that now in a stable condition moscow has repeatedly are slanted for joint investigation and after a series of specific questions about the case they have been refused but with new findings beginning to surface and many questions still unanswered the case continues to unfold we spoke to a former u.n. inspector in iraq chemical weapons specialist dr tom wood can he said the more details come to light about this compound resignation the more questions are raised about london's account i believe that the u.k.

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