a russian t.v. channel claims it's interviewed a syrian boy seen in. the mouth of a chemical attack a child and his father give their account of how it unfolded that day in. the u.k. and russia trade fresh exchanges at the u.n. over the. case. all the international chemical washed the all region of the nerve agent. and a new trend among refugees in germany migrants who are increasingly claiming to be terrorists so they're arrested and ultimately avoid deportation back to their countries.

every hour this is a national live from moscow from everybody here a very warm welcome to q. . and a correspondent from the russia twenty four t.v. channel claims to have found a syrian boy seen in footage said to show the aftermath of an alleged chemical attack in an interview which cannot be independently verified the child and his father recall how events unfolded in duma on april the seventh. breaks down the new accounts. these harrowing scenes panic fear terror soaked trembling children screaming adults and strange as it may seem many of them had no idea about what was going on. we were in the basement my mother told me that we had run out of food and wouldn't

have anything to eat until tomorrow i heard noises outside somebody was charging that we had to go to the hospital so we went there when i came in some people grabbed me started pouring water all my had. eleven year old ass and dia was one of the apparent victims in the white helmets video here he is after being drenched and sprayed he was found in duma and interviewed by a russian war correspondent. he's fine if a little confused and that's me in the video that's me. yes as were many other kids any child would be terrified ergo the panic which the white helmets were there to film he was eventually found though by his father who was none the wiser. i didn't hear anything about the chemical

attack i was outside but i didn't notice anything further my family was in the hospital. it does make sense a poisonous gas would be invisible you'd imagine everybody would want to take precautions especially when you're hungry and they give out food at the hospital. i went to the hospital walked up stairs and found my wife and children i asked them what had happened and they said people outside was shouting about some smell and told them to go to the hospital at the hospital they gave dates and cookies to the kids one of the doctors who was reportedly on shift at the time seemed surprised by the sudden influx some people come to. people in what. they say had.

symptoms the doctor and others did however say that some people came in complaining about difficulty breathing which is common when an explosion destroys a building. for example there's a lot of dust makes it difficult to breathe and especially affects people with asthma. people from the white helmets told us about the use of chemical weapons but we saw no sign of that if chemical weapons were used against those people our medical staff would have also been affected we've sent a request to the white helmets to comment on this but the received no answer yet what we have seen is more and more witnesses coming forward to say there was only panic and no evidence of chemicals and we heard an explosion and somebody said it was a chemical weapon we ran to where the noise came from and started pouring water over

the people but the seemed to be ok then walked away without any help people are so confused somebody started pouring water over people's heads saying they had been a chemical attack i was at the spot with my wife and daughter but none of us experienced any symptoms of chemical poisoning it's remarkable how these scenes convinced three countries to launch cruise missiles at syria especially remarkable when you realize that so many of the people here had no idea about what was going on only that someone shouted about chemicals the u.s. and the majority of european countries say a chemical attack did happen in the town of duma citing their own intelligence sources they accuse the syrian government of deploying a toxic agent over the area which at the time was held by rebels american british

and french militaries they hit syria with an airstrike in retaliation targeting a number of facilities which they claimed were related to a chemical weapons production and development. meanwhile allegations of a chemical attack and now being questioned even by some in the western media a british journalist robert fisk visited duma and was unable to find any witnesses a counterterrorism officer says he's also seeing signs of backtracking on accusations. journey to get in on the ground robert fisk is a notable person i'm thinking of that he. attended by syrian government employees and so on he spoke to ordinary residents and to medical staff who none of whom confirmed the idea that there was a chemical attack we're already i think saying i'm detecting science myself that there is a slight backtracking amongst government statements rowing back slightly saying well actually we weren't completely clear that's why we we were lying on social media we were lying on activists on the ground and that's why we only carried out

a limited strike so that already i think preparing the ground for the possibility at least that port isn't particularly helpful for example it may actually find that there were no trace of chemicals of chemical warfare a team from the chemical weapons watchdog v o p c w came under fire in syria on wednesday while trying to enter the town of duma they are in the country to investigate the alleged chemical attack on april the seventh. has the latest development. firsts i just want to break down the process for you how it works initially the u.n. security team is meant to be sent on the ground to assess whether it's safe to work there and the agreement has been that at a certain stage they must be escorted by the syrian troops in a different stage by russia's military police so the security staff apparently they were on this initial one her trip to put it this way and

according to an official statement by the o.p.c. w. they came under small arms fire and then also an explosive device was detonated and that was the reason why they had to retreat and go back to damascus we understand from the statement from the u.s. in army that the exchange of fire happened when it was specifically the syrian army and charge of providing security for that squad. in the seventeenth of april while securing the u.n. reconnaissance mission in the city of duma a skirmish you could between the syrian security service figures and the office of from the syrian security service was slightly wounded in an exchange of fire previously washington and london were pointing the finger at russia and their allies syria for what they called trying to hide facts and also hamper the mission of the chemical watchdog in syria why drop ration to conceal the facts of

the attack is underway supported by the russians their whole goal in this is to try to cover up of course it's not up to the un and the o.p.c. w. to judge who this attack came from but what it is worth asking is whether the russians and the syrians are genuinely helping them out on the ground and if the answer is yes that might put london and washington in somewhat awkward position here chemical weapons expert at rice university james toll says any attempts to cover tracks will prove fruitless be very hard to clean the area up from any trace of the residues of a nerve agent i mean this this is if it's probably dispersed by a nation state attack on people it's going to be all over on walls and buildings and if it was a chlorine attack the chlorine will be gone but no nation state in my view would ever use chlorine it is a very inefficient gas to be used that makes no sense to drop

a chlorine so under out of any aircraft. any terrorist group might might a fix a bomb to a cylinder and try to blow it up but a lot more people are going to get hurt by the munition rather than by the chlorine it has to be properly dispersed so nation states don't use chlorine. russia's ambassador to the united nations has a lashed out at the u.k. over its handling of the script poisoning case. traded accusations with the u.s. and u.k. reps during a highly charged session after moscow was once again denied access to the whole probe russia has a proven record of conducting state sponsored assess the nation including on the territory at the united kingdom. they keep saying that russia has a proven record of assassination proven by whom these are western partners don't listen to us and don't hear us they don't need facts in ited states agrees with the

u.k. the assessment that russia is responsible for the chemical weapons and sells very whether that is in their direct act or irresponsibly losing control of the agent which could be worse good luck it will scorn your p.c. w. report has nothing that would help person to incriminate russia so what is more important the c.w. has confirmed that no virtual can be made in any loop or a tree with the right equipment and there are such laboratories in the us and you can't the formula has been known since one thousand nine hundred eight if you look at google peyton's and search for novacek you can find more than one hundred matches in the us alone was more than a month on from the script all poison ink and questions over the source of the nerve agent used in the attack do remain on the u.k. says neither its military lab nor the global chemical watchdog has been able to identify the country that produced the ancient india today reports. we've seen an awful lot of tit for tat and actually the accusations are coming from both camps

now from the brits and the russians now the o.p.c. w. held a session behind closed doors at their headquarters in the hague it appears that there was confirmation from the british side that there was no information about the source of that chemical agent that was used in the salisbury attack that's a quick listen to what was said. as analysis of the o.p.c. w.'s report i did too far as the country. of origin of the agent used in this attack there is no proof alternative explanation for what happened in salzburg the russian state responsibility russia has responded because of those leaks and by releasing a rather strong statement the first being are with them to you that russia has answered all the questions that they've been asked to by the u.k. with regards to solve three and secondly russia provided proof that novacek was

produced and payton tidd in the u. s. as a chemical weapon back in twenty fifteen. russia will not accept any national or international results of any investigation without access to full information including materials from the british probe without consular access to our citizens and most importantly without the obligatory participation of russian experts in all actions to establish the truth is all that happened in saul's on march the fourth so to clarify the situation today there is no definitive independent evidence that basically points to the fact that the thought came from russia or indeed that the kremlin ordered that attack inside of three and so from the russian perspective this lack of evidence as they see it is being widely ignored by the wider community . former m i five agent unemotional it says that even though the u.k.'s position has weakened somewhat london is are highly unlikely to backtrack on its allegations

against russia they sort of backed themselves into a corner and i can't see how they can they can rescind what they've already said because particularly not only did they expel twenty three russian diplomats that actually immediately before the o.p.c. w. had even had a chance to examine the so-called evidence but they encouraged a lot of their nato partners to do the same thing so they can afford diplomatically to row back from this position particularly very vulnerable diplomatic time for britain with breakthrough looming so i'm not quite sure what they can do apart from to keep scapegoating russia but i suspect rather sadly this is going to sort of languish in the conspiracy theories category for anyone who questions this very thread their official narrative that britain has pulled together. thousands of wives and children or former islamic state fighters in iraq are being sexually exploited and refused that's according to a report from amnesty international because they consider me to same as an islamist

fighter they will rape and return me they want to show everyone what they can do to me to take away my honor i can feel comfortable in my tent i just wanted door to lock and walls around me each time to say to myself denied is the night i'm going to die the amnesty report was based on interviews with almost one hundred women staying at a camps in iraq and we asked the aid worker mohammed sort of girl and radio host john gaunt for their views on how family members of extremists should be dealt with . people should be treated fairly we need to find out if these people are associated with cherish if they are associated with terrorism then to office far as i'm concerned we need said the strong message out we've got to be careful with this situation nothing iraqis are going to treat these people with respect but by the same token they've got to but the protection of the majority of citizens first we're talking about these. this is just an hour long for us to pay attention of

what we can do in the post i said so if the ministry has this will be with us we ask for join we ask for the u.n. to to send transparent independent team on station to have to look into making sure those camps regardless of the how the member of isis previously were not of how we can make sure the cycle of violence to not continue because the last ninety two room or the children though tomorrow they're going to take arms against the government that abuse them and become so is not a matter of already known as the i. as a tool to their reaction interviewed ninety six people for them said they'd either been raped you'd seen rape you've got to be careful these people are desperate of course that i want to be in these camps i understand this but you've got to look at it in its totality and like i say i'm not condoning the way by not condoning. any way shape or form but the iraqi government have got

a first and foremost protect the rest of the citizens these people are accused of being associated with islamic state the report stated perceived those people associated with isis this is not this is not this is not the army this is an idea this is an internal displaced camp where people have lead from isis to be safe on the counter this is not a month this is not being instigated or being questioned by the police this is how the been treated this is how they get treated and become and this kind of camps build again and build another isis and this is we're concerned about. most hours after the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see you then.

i think obama the durand line never fulfilled his his threats i suppose are predictions. on the other hand i also don't support trump president trumps you know unilateral actions either but i'm in favor of multilateral responses not unilateral action we all hope for the syrian people that we can find a good resolution of this in fact we can develop democratic processes in syria and elsewhere in the middle east as well as time goes on.

thanks for joining us clashes with police have broken out on a six day of mass anti-government rallies in the armenian capital demonstrators are angered at the former president's bid to take over the seat of prime minister. of. security in the city has been tightened as thousands of demonstrators tried to block the main streets and reach government buildings a video footage shows police arresting protesters heaviest clashes so far code on monday which left forty people injured and we understand around you have been detained so. has served as the president since two thousand and eight but stepped down this month due to the term limits set out in the constitution but he was since nominated for the post of prime minister the parliament approving his candidacy on tuesday the opposition claims is refusing to surrender power.

the number of terror related investigations in the german state of barton verdant book has skyrocketed recently although it turns out though it may not be what you expect investigates. as the number of asylum applicants coming here to germany decreases what we have seen is an actual increase in the number coming here saying that they were part of a terrorist outfit and it has politicians absolutely baffled i can't understand why someone would accuse himself of a serious crime in the hope of gaining an advantage in his asylum claim to particular reasons in the southwest of the country jump out because it's there that one hundred fifty nine people have declared themselves as members of a terrorist organization already in twenty eighteen if we jump back to twenty seventeen while three hundred people saying exactly the same thing why would anybody claim to be a member of

a foreign terrorist group well because maybe that investigation could be solved tomorrow but most likely never the investigations are proving to be very time consuming because they are almost always alleged foreign acts for example in syria iraq afghanistan or somalia if we look at countries like afghanistan which germany and all the e.u. nations have already referred to as a safe country to return to then you can see why people would come forward and say that they have information and would rather face a trial than deportation that you have a death or a cheese on suggesting this is the easy way out anyone who makes a false confession must understand that he is going to face criminal consequences all of which has its roots way back in the summer of twenty fifteen when angela merkel opened germany up to refugees peter all of r.t. . well this phenomenon is not just consigned to germany let's take a look at

a situation in greece hundreds of asylum seekers recently gathered outside a police station in the city of thessalonica for the very same reason many of you arrest has the opportunity to stay in the e.u. in the fastest way to get the necessary paperwork started geo political analyst rana roth for us believes the refugee crisis has been very costly for europe. we continually see the judicial system of the european countries is simply not true parents to the challenges of the refugee crisis is almost in the past years by and twenty seventeen it became clear that the german government has to employ over two thousand further judicial experts to deal with the increase in crime cases concerning. about all. terrorism also all these is exactly the burden on the german traditional system

it means a sharp increase in employment costs of the. form a movie star stormy daniels has find herself in the middle of a media storm over allegations she had an affair with donald trump years before he took office but now the story has a new twist she's released a sketch of a man she claims was hired to threaten her back and twenty eleven to keep quiet. can we take a look at that if you. will go. into your recollection is it is that the person that knew absolutely.

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. so when you want to be president i'm sure. some want. to go right to be close it's like the full story in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the lives of the. first six. welcome to worlds apart twenty years after the broad bishan of chemical weapons was introduced as an international norm serin and cloran a back as a means of warfare actual warfare on the battlefield if you believe the west or the

warfare of just information and duty skimming if you believe russia what is a force well to discuss that i'm now joined by paul walker director of green cross international environmental security and sustainability program dr walker it's great pleasure talking to you thank you very much for your time yeah nice to be here oksana to thank you for the invitation now you've been leading this program since its very inception i assume you care a lot about the nonproliferation of chemical weapons how would you describe this moment in time when we have a number of western countries accusing russia of not only shielding the alleged user of chemical weapons but also using those chemical weapons itself you know the whole the whole current situation is very troubling exxon or and i have been working on chemical weapons and there are nonproliferation and they're safe and sound and irreversible destruction for twenty five years since i first did. one of

the very first western american inspections in russia in a place called should sit in the cauldron all blessed this is back in one thousand nine hundred four we've all worked for universal laws the chemical weapons convention we have been nine hundred ninety two countries who have joined today the chemical weapons convention was only for outstanding and and we haven't had any chemical weapons use. really except you know back in the eighty's when saddam hussein attacked iran and we had in the mid ninety's when the terrorist group in japan i'm sure riccio tried to use sarin nerve agent in the tokyo subway was and so this this these latest occurrences in syria number one since since really two thousand and twelve accusations were made originally in late two thousand and twelve the syria was using chemical weapons but then syria joined the convention of course under pressure from the you know bilateral sides from russia and the united states and now this whole scribal assassination attempt in in england is

just very troubling their weekly meetings of the executive council in the o.p stubby trying to figure out what to do and what's true and who's to blame and course we all know that there have been a number of recent meetings just a couple days ago the last one of the u.n. security council as well now are you just mentioned that you worked a lot in russia you visited i heard you say that the you visited every single russian chemical weapons stockpile until it was destroyed last year the green cross has been a very active in russia he'd done enormous things in this country for for the environment the media in this new east west standoff you side fully and unquestionably with the west and narrative why did you choose dot position as opposed to let's say trying to be neutral as we would i argue expect from a representative of an international organization we we have been neutral we've

been very new to.