previous presidential elections it sounds like the kremlin is going to considerable effort to galvanize fodor's but we've also been hearing reports of regularity around the country are you seeing any of that. there has been some official confirmation in some of the government agencies that there was now officially some ballot stuffing in the moscow region there have also been videos circulating online of ballot stuffing but the only official confirmation has been on that one case and the head of the election as well as the independent election monitor told us said that there were over a thousand complaints about irregularities in part that it has to do with the pressure that we mentioned that employers are putting on on their employees to go out and vote to take a picture with their ballot showing that they have voted correctly and will but will have to wait and see what election monitors say at the end of the day how serious some of those violations have been and i'm sure it's going to be exciting no no matter what happens i'm really sure when in moscow thank you very much. russia and britain

the foreign secretary and fodor ‘s office coming out with details this morning claiming that they havenerve agent and using them and developing techniques to carry out assassinations. those are the words of the foreign office this morning. borisjohnson spoke to the andrew marr programme on bbc one this morning. we actually had it in the last ten years that russia has not only been investigating the delivery of nerve agents for the purposes of assassination but has also been creating and stockpiling it. that was a direct like i was given? but you will get that and that is the tactics we have come to expect from russia over the last few years. it is fairto from russia over the last few years. it is fair to say over the last few yea rs it is fair to say over the last few years the russian state under vladimir putin has run a campaign of misinformation of muddying the waters if you like. the classic example is ukraine, russia denied being involved with going into crainey with its soldiers. it has denied being involved in the war in the ukraine. in terms of the position of labour and the go

gridlock as fodor's mainstream and antiestablishment mainstream voters antiestablishment party. markets closing in two hours time and we have where stocks are trading with abigail doolittle. we are in rally mode and we are looking at volatility. around the time of the open this morning after the first

gridlock as fodor's mainstream and antiestablishment mainstream voters antiestablishment party. and without markets closing in two hours time and we have where stocks are trading with abigail doolittle. we are in rally mode and we are looking at volatility. around the time of the open this morning after the first half hour of trading cap major averages down more than half a percent but are looking at major averages up 1% or more and a reversal, especially for the dow. this follows the big decline last week, so a lot of uncertainty for investors, including the trade talk that scarlet is talking about, plus the fed remains on the radar. let's like at volatility for the s&p 500 ranges. about thewas all small grind higher. we had the s&p 500 finished higher last year, 19%, at a yellow line is the 20 day average. look at these huge intraday ranges. volatility tends to bring volatility and it suggests that it may continue. we have this risk on tone relative to stock major averages trending higher. these are high dividend yielding defensive, so it is a of america and enterprise are hig