roberts. so. breaking news in r.t. moscow's envoy to the chemical weapons watchdog the p c w says russia has provided evidence that the us produced and painted not be choke the chemical said to have been used to poison. and his daughter the news comes as britain admits neither it nor the a.b.c. can confirm the origin of the nerve agent despite the barest of claims it was highly likely moscow and also took on the mission to establish the facts behind the alleged to make chemical attack in syria comes under fire as it enters the enclave . i welcome you watching r.t. international start this hour with breaking news because russia says the

organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons cannot identify the country all of of origin of the nerve agent used in the poisoning we're now joined by new theory a cheater who's in london for us to talk more about this directly just sum up then what we know so far it's made today. what we're seeing really is a barrel of accusations on both sides following this o.p.c. w. meeting which was held and behind closed doors at the headquarters in the hague many of the delegations during that me that session were tweeting their statements and actually we got a steady trickle of what was going on even though it was a closed meeting including extracts of what the u.k. representative to the a p c w was saying. with regards to russia what was said was apparently that they had carried out brazen a brazen this information campaign and attack the reputation and expertise of the

o.p.c. . in the full statement and from what we can decide from the british side there was confirmation that there was no information about the source of the nerve agent used during the attack and we can have a quick listen to the british representative to the p.c. debate that. neither d.s.t.o. was analysis nor the b.c.w.s. report to densify as to control of the origin of the agent used in this attack. the explanation for what happened in salisbury the russian state response ability to believe that only brusha had the technical means operational experience and the motive to target the scribbles. and as you can expect there has been a response from russia. a rather strong response i might point out from the russian representative the o.p.c. w sure he's released

a statement and he's effectively outlined what he calls eight lies that he says have been circulated by the british authorities in charge of that scriptural case including i will read some out to you now that russia has not been answering questions from the u.k. his response to that has been that russia has. answered all the questions that the as i asked regarding solsbury secondly apparently experts pin the blame on russia novacek could only have been produced in russia and he has responded to that too saying that to russia provided proof that novacek was produced and paid into it in the us as a chemical weapon back in twenty fifteen there's a couple more that i want to read out apparently russia refuses to cooperate russia has been inventing version to distract attention and russia's claim to be targeting dessert is living abroad so he did make some bold statements there he also said that he had been waiting for clarification from the bits to back from the brits to

back up their claims and says that instead that the british still continue to bring up what he calls false claims less of a quick listen to what he said. we did for a long time counting on all british colleagues to provide some proof any sorts of facts for their strong statements the british side continues to spread absolutely on founded. the new and sometimes bizarre versions of what happened. now to clarify today there has been no definitive independent effort and that categorically points to the fact that that nerve agent came from russia or indeed that the kremlin ordered that attack but the british delegation there has repeated the government's line that it is highly likely that moscow was behind that attack and the reasoning that they've given is that no one else has the means or the motive to do so so it seems that that lack of definitive proof is still from the

russian perspective being widely ignored. ok thanks certainly doing that was artie's due to there for us in the u.k. but experts to tell us they're not surprised that the probe did not identify the origin of the agent. my understanding under the chemical weapons convention it wasn't deeds the job of the o.p.c. to try and establish where these weapons come from but it's very difficult if they are claiming it came from some former soviet abara tree then they do need to allow the russian government have access to some of the thump of to try and test it see if they can find the strain that it might have come from but having said that as i mentioned before. it's been established that the formulae for these agents have been out there they've been published in a book that was still available allison up until a couple of weeks ago it can determine the look border tree from which any say in

the near region any given their region or substance was produced because even if they can determine the border to that does not mean that the border tree in the country the country and which the border tree is located is responsible these nerve agents could be saw him but obviously in this case they have not been able to even determine the level of to which this particular new region was produced so this just adds more of it to the narrative that's been spun. well the source had been in the spotlight on wednesday in syria as it came under fire while trying to enter duma is force the watchdogs mission to postpone a probe into the alleged chemical attack in the city on april the seven point we're joined in studio and i by out easily to try to tell us more about this. then just outline for us what's happening on the ground in syria at the moment hello well the story with p.c. w mission the voyage to syria has been that ironically in this case all signs are

united in the sense that everyone at least is saying that they want the inspectors to get to the bottom of this nobody expected the chemical watchdog's mission to syria to be a piece of cake and there you have it the staff aren't even being able to get to the site of the alleged chemical attack i just want to break down how it works on the ground for you first the u.n. security squad gets to the area to inspect whether it's safe to work there and it has been arranged between the local authorities and also the russian military that are acting there at this point that at a certain stage the un squad is being a supported by the syrian troops and a different stage by russia's military police so the security staff were there on this trip so to say and then had a certain point according to an official statement by the o.p.c. w.

they came under small arms fire plus an explosive was detonated an officer from the syrian security service was slightly wounded in an exchange of fire in the city of. well as you can see this is a statement by the russian military that you just heard they have confirmed they confirmed that such an incident took place and judging by the fire exchange was happening when the syrian forces war in charge of the security of the calm. so as the being further reaction to the to this then we heard there from the russian perspective what is anyone else said well we haven't heard about any reaction from the west specifically to this incident when we're talking about this particular fire arms exchange and also the explosion but previously the russian side has been blamed by all kinds of international players for hampering this

process and for not allowing the inspectors to reach the alleged site of the chemical attack the syrian regime has reportedly been attempting to conceal the evidence by searching the factories from duma to ensure samples are not being smuggled from this area underwire operation to conceal the facts of the attack is underway supported by the russians i think we've seen that the russian government and the syrian government their whole goal in this is to try to cover up their goal is to try to deflect attention so if they could put this back on us they would certainly like to do it. well as you can see some harsh words from the worst being said in the build up to this but right now or be asking questions how the area where supposedly. it's been rebuilt liberated from the rebels and also if the syrian troops were actually is courting the u.n. security see team how come there's been such

a strange and such clashes and again as i'm saying the old p.c. w inspectors weren't even able to start their work and to get on their way to that area because the u.n. security team failed to establish that the place a safe shoe a very fragile situation ok thanks e.d. that was a drink there with the thank you. ok well we're joined now to get more reaction here tom and he's the director of the central to your political studies you're a continent and i think he's on the line now. there is a man you're very welcome thanks for coming to r.t. this evening look russia had been blamed hadnot for delaying access to the site of the chemical attack but given today's news it does appear there are genuine safety concerns doesn't it for the a.b.c. . good afternoon. i think. the. squabble was about. the mission to determine who

made on not. weapons attack is on your pretext for just put it in a car or. jumper to karate vary between great powers and they use these arguments to advance to be our narrative but. let's be frank i think you really never arrive to any conclusion who behind these attacks or did they take place what i'm looking at as an expert in jumper ticks and isn't it an analyst when i saw a red french narrative to justify the strikes in syria is very poor they from an office in paris they claimed a valid but some evidence looking at social media video

picture us from paris they were not in the ground and they decided from these so called evidence to strike because it was it boarded you can miss each actually. the truth about of this event is is not to the must important. in the crisis is who is going now we know that communication war in. given what you just said i mean do you think that this investigation will prove one way or the other whether the sec amoco weapons were used i think. if they would be. like very easy evidence we were know already but the this started to strike we vote any evidence and we vote with the approval

or of the security council. so it means they decided we vote to wait to have approved so. in the end we'll never arrive to an agreement on who. did this comical attack and he didn't dig place but what is important is more ways going are we narrative to to try to. show let's let's yes i think these strikes where from the west. compensation for if they all fade or to mickey arisia changes syria soon and where does this leave the peace process do you think pm manual. well you mean the peace process to stop the lies the situation yes need to find a peaceful solution to the syrian conflict yes according to the french president in

my call he say develops on television but they did the strikes to as a warning as a message and no they would like to go to the security council to. even agreement between grid power was to go on but i think. if the strikes were missing to try to get again invade negotiations seize france u.k. united states where are eliminated from the book process of the future of syria because journey of a process he's very is blocked and the us stand up process is on the move and that's was i think the reasons for the strikes but i don't think they are going up succeed because a russian forces bashar assad uranian they are on the ground on and they want to retort on the ground and doom we've resenting myside as

a missile is not good enough to convince the forces of the. russia and us out and russia and iran to let's western powers again in the negotiation i think is a mistake you know who there are calculations your ok we'll pay here manual thank you very much for coming to r.t. and giving his time a saving that was pm on your time and director of the euro continent center for political studies thank you you thank. well the reports of the alleged incident emerged on april the seventh meanwhile more questions have been raised over this footage filmed by the white helmets rescue group in a local hospital where the video purports to show the aftermath of that chemical attack however our sister channel r.t. arabic visited that very hospital in doomer talking with doctors and residents and they described what happened on the seventh day proclaiming they saw no toxic

agents use their. people from the white helmets told us about the use of chemical weapons we saw no sign of that but if chemical weapons were used against those people our medical staff would have also been affected. people poured water it's really good thing that we had been attacked with chemical weapons on them and somebody from outside shouting about the chemical attack don't know who that was we heard an explosion and somebody said it was a chemical weapon we run to where the noise came from and the started pouring the water over the people but they seemed to be ok then walked away without any help

that put a little confused somebody started pouring water over people's heads saying there had been a chemical attack i was at the spot with my wife and daughter but none of us experienced early symptoms of chemical poisoning meanwhile even some western media are now calling into question the allegations of a chemical attack that after the british journalist robert fisk aired his to do and wasn't able to find anybody who could confirm the use of chemical weapons however washington and its allies still have no doubts about it the u.s. bridge. none france chose not to wait for the official probe before launching air raids against syria in the early hours of saturday that is despite much of the publicly available information on the alleged attack coming from controversial activist groups such as the white helmets and also the syrian american medical society both groups are thought of being funded by the west including by western government organizations for so far no group are meant to be conducting an

investigation has visited the site of the alleged incident as noted the c.w. has postponed its probe planned for wednesday today while the world health organization is not on the ground there so far. there's a thing we have it's called intelligence gathering the united states has excellent intelligence gathering other countries do as well so i would ask you should the united states and her allies wait around for bashar al assad to use more chemical substances on is people should we wait around for that formal investigation that could take months and months this is you know actually scandalous that the u.s. has launched a strike based on insurgent tied social media sources well this is exactly what defense secretary jim maddest said at a briefing several days ago where he didn't have solid intelligence on any chemical attack and do know what he did have were social media reports people saying stuff

on the internet and who were those people the same people that state department spokesperson heather now what's referring to there the syrian white helmets which has been funded to the tune of at least twenty three million dollars by the state department. meanwhile sunday's promise by the u.s. envoy to the u.n. of new sanctions against russia has left many guessing what form they could take however despite nikki haley's pledge no restrictions have actually been unnamed stand on top u.s. officials are now trying to pin the blame for the mess on ambassador haiti self-will r.t. samir khan joins us live now to talk a bit further about this so what's the latest it sounds a confusing. well i'm basser haley has found herself in a bit of a riot after she prematurely announced that trump would introduce another round of sanctions against russia over its alleged support to the syrian government. russia's sanctions will be coming down the secretary will be announcing those on

monday if he hasn't already and they will go directly to any sort of companies that were dealing with equipment related to assad and chemical weapons use and so i think everyone is going to feel that at this point i think everyone knows that we sent a strong message and our hope is that they listen to it now haley said the sanctions were supposed to come by monday but monday passed and still those sanctions and that forced other u.s. officials to clarify the confusion or miscommunication we first heard from heather nauert the state department spokesperson who said that the trumpet ministration is considering sanctions let's take a look. sanctions are always under consideration that is something that the administration of the internet agency level has under consideration and that is still under consideration at this time but we have not seen that we are ready nothing that we are set to announce at this time and then we heard from larry

kudlow trumps chief economic advisor who said that the administration was considering sanctions and nikki haley was simply confused regarding the matter. is done a great job she's very effective in bessemer there might have been some momentary confusion about now beyond that the u.s. embassy in moscow informed the russian government that no sanctions would be imposed anytime soon so we're hearing very different statements from every tentacle of the u.s. government but in the strangest twist nikki haley shot back of kudlow her own colleague saying quote with all due respect i don't get confused then kudlow called her and apologized but after this debacle it looks like there is either confusion over these sanctions or confusion over whether or not nikki haley is accurately representing the white house white house sentiments. ok well thanks for that samir that was our cesar samir a card in the u.s. for us. following the weekend bombing raids in syria

a bipartisan group of u.s. senators is unveiling a new legislation aiming to limit the white house's power to continue its global war on terror for too long congress has given presidents a blank check to wage war we've let the nine eleven and iraq war heroes ations get stretched to justify wars against multiple terrorist groups in over a dozen countries from egypt to the philippines our proposal finally repeals those authorizations and makes congress do its job by weighing in on where when and with who we were at war the proposed legislation there would require the president to give congress forty eight hours notice ahead of any new military action congress would then have sixty days to review that move doesn't set a limit for any military action however it does include a congressional review every four years the proposal also expands the presence of thora to take action against al qaeda isis or the taliban but not

a state the current war powers have been in place since nine eleven and have been used nearly forty times in fourteen different countries we discussed the proposed overhaul of the former u.s. congressman ron paul. it more or less is defining things slightly differently but in one slow up i think the effort to go to war i don't think it really repeals their war powers resolution but it does say that congress gives the present the authority to go to war against radical violent groups like al qaida and isis and maybe taliban but they say not i country. i really don't think it's going to pass. we'll see i only welcome the debate but i think they'll wake up and find out it's not doing anything and that when they pass these resolutions most of the time things here worse this whole idea that you can fight radicals any place in the world that's what they're doing already it just

gives more authority to the type of policy that we've been following and getting us into trouble. washing out international jewish men wearing traditional keeping caps have been attacked with a belt by an arabic speaking youth on the streets of berlin one of the victims managed to film needs didn't. know you know so this was going to situation it is just. i mean i suppose but really what we have is an incident whereby two jewish men who were wearing the traditional. yarmulke on their heads were pursued down the street by a group of three people who attacked them with a belt they shouted the. arabic word for them as they pursued them and in response we do hear one of the. of those that was attacked who was actually filming

at the same time saying whether i'm jewish or not you've got to deal with this there's a lot of focus on the police here in germany at the moment to get a result in this case the. the whole incident is caught on film we have a clear view of the perpetrators for all the alleged perpetrators face. but also because this isn't the only incident this isn't a stand alone moment if we look back just to last month there was a case where by a jewish primary school student on saying that she was jewish was told that well you should be beaten and killed for that there's also been incidents whereby a israeli born ballet dancer in the show in a big area of the city was well over his staff were harassed at a restaurant that he set up saying that they should be burned or gassed all of these things of course fitting into the the worst descriptions of anti semitism war

we have right now is a lot of focus on the authorities to find the perpetrators in this particular incident as he said we do have that video footage and what we also heard from heiko massa's the reasonably newly appointed foreign minister of germany while he was visiting israel last month he did say that anti semitism was a shame that has become unbearable on germany so you can imagine not only is there a lot of public pressure on the press on the police to find these perpetrators there's also going to be rather a lot of political pressure as well. page of all of the reports now you watching our company to saving more from us in half an. hour long. you never know what's around the

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greetings and salutations what is this talk watchers i leave for a few days and suddenly we are back to bombing poor people in syria again not that this is much of a shock to anyone who's been paying attention last friday united states president donald trump along with u.k. prime minister theresa may and the president of france emmanuel mccrone unilaterally attacked the sovereign country of syria despite not being threatened molested or attacked by the war torn country in any way. the attack consisted of

more than one hundred missiles at alleged chemical weapons storage and researches facilities near the syrian cities of damascus and all and while some war hawks like republican senator blood stained cotton praised president trump's actions declaring the butcher of damascus learned the two lessons tonight the hard way weapons of mass destruction won't create a military advantage once the united states is done with you and russia cannot protect its clients from the united states are you wrestling over him others were not so pleased like senator lindsey graham who feels that short term death and destruction just doesn't send the right kind of message i fear that when the dust settles this strike will be seen as a weak military response and assad will have paid a small price for using chemical weapons yet again and senator graham is not alone many of the neo liberal cons in their news media parents were very disappointed that president trump didn't use the.