london and moscow are trading more than just insults in the wake of the poisoning of a russian spy in england with a soviet era nerve agent russia now says it will expel twenty three british diplomats after london made a similar move moscow says the british consulate in st petersburg and the british council cultural organization will also be shut down. because it will try to breach and send messages to russia summons for an urgent meeting he was informed that twenty three british diplomats have a week to leave the country it's russia's reaction to britain expanding its deployments earlier in the week. in london british prime minister to resign may stay in russia was in flagrant breach of international law russia's response doesn't change the facts of the matter the attempted assassination of two people on british soil for which there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable. the kremlin has fiercely denied being behind the attack which involved a military grade nerve agent that british officials say was developed in russia russia has also said it wil

on the streets of moscow russians were split over the country's actions. but there must be retaliatory measures so that we are respected so i support our side taking action. this is very bad i think they should be peace on earth especially now times when we see such problems everywhere. people should live to be happy and also war is bad. moscow announced the measures just ahead of a presidential election which president vladimir putin is expected to win comfortably. and voting in that presidential election is already underway and russia's far eastern regions although the raul with the u.k. has threatened to overshadow the vote internationally it's unlikely to have any effect on the outcome as we just heard president vladimir putin is expected to win another six year term but the kremlin is concerned about the possibility of low voter turnout with tomorrow's result largely a foregone conclusion many russians don't see the need to cast their ballot. well one could say it's the end of an election campaign that hardly happened no one expects any surprises on s

and beyond james bays thank you very much indeed for a choses for in the russian reaction in moscow. well in the west it's called tit for tat in russian governmental circles it's called the principle of reciprocity and that's what we're likely to see in the coming days with russia essentially responding to all of these diplomatic expulsions with its own set of diplomatic expulsions of the countries that have chosen to act against moscow the russian foreign ministry is putting together a list of options basically and they will supply this list to vladimir putin and the presidents will make his decision about what happens next now this i think has taken russia by surprise i don't think that it anticipated that the united kingdom what with these difficulties with the united states at the moment because of the trumpet ministration and of course its difficulties with the e.u. over brics in negotiations i don't think moscow thought that london will would be able to assemble such a broad coalition of allies essential but i also think that actually potentially russia feels that it's got off r

is expelling thirteen russians and moscow says it will respond she has britain see reports from washington. the trumpet ministration had said it would expel russian diplomats if its allies also did so in a coordinated action and on monday that coordination was revealed countries across western and eastern europe and canada joined the us in the expulsions the british prime minister expressed her gratitude international solidarity following what the u.k. alleges was a russian nerve agent attack on a former russian double agent and his daughter in an english town this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history. i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond over the past three weeks as we have confronted the aftermath of the soulsby incident the russian ambassador to the u.s. expressed his concern the deal would she would never say union leaders that they meet again what the united states of america is doing today they are destroying

you can really call it an international scandal and i think that in the kremlin here in moscow and in the russian foreign ministry there are very concerned about how to get out of it the fact that the kremlin hesitated before taking the counter measures obviously meant that moscow was simply not to prepare out there was a certain speechlessness about how quickly the west reacted and there's a degree of diplomatic confrontation is just very high and that comes at a very wrong time for russia and for russian president putin just one day before the presidential election yuri thank you for your analysis. and we'll come back to you as we stay in russia when the country's eastern regions voting in the presidential elections is already under way although the route with the u.k. has threatened to overshadow the vote internationally it's unlikely to have any effect on the outcome president vladimir putin is expected to win another six year term but the kremlin is concerned about the possibility of low voter turnout with tomorrow's results largely a foregone conclusion many russians don't see the need to c

international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate partridge. the twenty three russian diplomats expelled by london have arrived in moscow this comes during the ongoing spat between the u.k. and russia or over the poisoning of former spy or surrogate scruple well these are the pictures from the new cobra port in moscow a total of eighty russians have now left the british capital these include family members of the expelled diplomats and other stuff is probably boyko reports on the latest in the standoff. is twenty three diplomats and their families so close to one hundred people who were waved off by the remaining embassy staff in the u.k. they boarded a russian government plane bound from moscow and the russian ambassador to the u.k. alexander yes convention he is school them to the airport this is what he had to say take a listen with the three diplomats means forty percent reduction. and that's the word for a new embassy that's why they will be doing these in the issue of visas is becoming a little bit more complicated these days you know to work here in the u.k. but

russian intelligence, his relatives said, but under his own name. he would not have been hard to find. tom symonds, bbc news, salisbury. in moscowssian government has vehemently denied any suggestion of involvement and promised to cooperate with the inquiry if asked. a foreign ministry spokesman accused boris johnson of making "wild" and "preposterous" statements and the russian ambassador in london accused the british media of trying to demonise russia. 0ur correspondent steve rosenberg reports from moscow. it sounds chillingly familiar. russia under suspicion of planning and executing an attack, 2,000 miles away, in britain. in 2006, the target was former russian agent alexander litvinenko, murdered in london. the man britain believes poisoned him is andrei lugovoy. today, he dismissed claims that moscow had attacked sergei skripal as propaganda. translation: why do they say he was poisoned? perhaps he poisoned himself or had a heart attack. you talk about propaganda, but what about alexander litvinenko? the inquiry in britain into his death found that you had poisoned him, probably on the orders of vladimir putin. translation

moscow? it's not only a mistake, it's worse than a mistake because it's stupid. or it's done on purpose, it's a provocation, they want the russiansovoked. criticism of russia, too, by nato. it agrees moscow was behind the salisbury attack. all others agree that the attack was a clear breach of international norms and agreements. this is unacceptable. it has no place in a civilised world. tonight, russia is feeling increasingly isolated, and in a new cold war it blames on the west. police say several people have died after the collapse of a newly—built pedestrian bridge in the us city of miami. a major rescue operation is under way. the bridge, weighing nearly 1000 tons, was opened last saturday, as our correspondent gary 0'donoghue now reports. scrambling to rescue the trapped and injured, after 950 tons of the newly—installed pedestrian bridge crashed down onto the road below. a number of vehicles were crushed as the bridge came down shortly before 2pm. the emergency services dashing to help those pinned under the concrete. the footbridge had only just been completed, designed to take students from the florida international univ

if you look back to the litvinenko case, they felt played by the russians, played for time inviting the police to moscowtish officials wanted to keep up the momentum and they will be encouraged by the way that has gone with allies today and they will hope the russians will be on the back foot as they work out how to respond. once again, thanks very much. and thanks very much from the white house. in syria, thousands of people are fleeing the rebel—held enclave of eastern ghouta, as government forces intensify their offensive. doctors there have been sending out desperate messages, saying they are overwhelmed by the number of casualties. president assad‘s forces have now retaken large parts of eastern ghouta — the last rebel stronghold near the capital, damascus. this report by our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, contains some distressing scenes. thousands are fleeing parts of eastern ghouta, tredging into an uncertain future that looks better now than the deadly present. in this war, half syria‘s population has fled or been driven from their homes. these people are among the latest. many families will

from moscow if they want to hoof out some. rich russian ex-pats moscow won't care about that at all i think i think obviously the only thing that the u.k. could conceivably do to her russia in response to this is to turn to the european union and say look as a block and a continent we need to stop importing russian gas because it's the mainstay of the russian economy and that would genuinely hurt russia but obviously moscow knows that at this point in time the u.k. is in the middle of leaving the european union and so the chance of the u.k. getting european support anything major. as a strategic goal like that is almost nil and so in that sense it also moscow particularly well because it can then portray the u.k. as trying to be threatening but actually failing and might itself could go well in the upcoming election. yes i mean and i think it is a theory now this that has been doing the rounds really more or less since it started how can it be that this poisoning happened with a direct link back to moscow about a fortnight before the russi

ok a developing story for you this hour the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has said moscow will expel british diplomats in response to britain's decision to order out twenty three russian embassy staff in london over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in the u.k. eleven days ago moscow denies any involvement lavrov. added that moscow had stopped paying attention to comments from britain after the u.k. defense minister told russia to quote go away and shut up live now to moscow and our correspondent lawrence lisa lawrence the tit for tat thing has now well and truly kicked off when do they start packing their bags. well the i mean they haven't said so and in fairness what's the level of said today is only really repeats of what the russian ambassador to britain was on the. had said several days ago and it's entirely to be expected it's a normal procedure when there's when there's a scandal of this sort and one side expelled diplomats the other side to do exactly the same it's called tit for tat the reciprocity so so so that's not new it was an iteration of so

russian capital. in russia, at least the weather is showing signs of a thaw. after the long winter, moscown uk russian relations, you can feel the chill. britain's expulsion of russian diplomats has sparked anger with theresa may. prime minister may is destroying international law and is destroying international relationship. of course, it's the end of her career. it's the end. it's a show. that was a political show. and this is not... it's not serious, it's not for the serious politician. and this was the show on russian tv while mrs may was announcing sanctions. commenting live, andrei lugavoy, the man britain believes poisoned former russian agent alexander litvinenko in 2006. moscow refuses to extradite him. as for kremlin—funded english language channel rt, theresa may has left it up to uk regulator ofcom to decide whether it can keep its uk licence. what do you think the chances are of rt being censored in the uk? i hope rt‘s not censored in the uk, because i really would not like british media, including you, you are a very nice man, a gentleman, to be expelled from russia, which is

they boarded a russian government plane bound from moscow and the russian ambassador to the u.k. alexander yes convention he is school them to the airport this is what he had to say take a listen with the three diplomats means forty percent reduction. and that's the world already embassy this why there will be doing these in the issue visas is becoming a little bit more complicated these days you know to work here in the u.k. but this is the new reality is this is the different level of. the major problem for us you know all this. is that we don't have any evidence no evidence presented to us and for the time being you know we don't have a need for a mission aboard the police and the diplomatic expulsions are all part of this fall out between the u.k. and russia following the poisoning of sergei script and his daughter in souls very over a couple of weeks ago now over two weeks ago last week to resume a blamed the kremlin for the attempted murder of the former double agent and his daughter she said it was high. likely that the noisy child agent originated in russia and she announ

hundred day mark on tuesday events were held across russia with an official ceremony here in moscow. russian football officials world cup volunteers and fans all got together to mark the milestone with more on the tournament and the buildup here is daniel hark. it's a pretty chilly snow covered day here today in moscow but of course the world cup will take place in the heights of moscow's warm summer it seems so long ago now that russia won the bid to host the fee for world cup but as time has moved closer to the event it's really flown by and today marks the first mark one hundred days till the start of football's biggest festivals preparations have been well underway twelve stadiums across eleven cities from khazan in the east to kaliningrad in the west and fifo officials have been keeping a close eye on those preparations on those developments so far so good from them it's been a thumbs up this is very important for fee for and for the local organizing committee to make clear to everyone and every fan around the world that the walkup is going to be an inclusive event an open event a welco

diplomats moscow is going to do the same and they will definitely expel more americans after washington is kicking out more than sixty russian diplomats that being said moscow has the konami interests germany and the e.u. are still very important trade partners so i don't think that russia is interested right now in making a bad situation worse but really gets it in brussels what do we learn from the fact that only hof of a you countries have backed this move. that means of the other is still in doubt if these measures are really necessary and really effective and that's why e.u. council president on interest could only say that is highly likely that russia is behind the attacks with the nerve agent there is for him no other plausible explanation but there's still no real evidence for some of the countries nevertheless this is the biggest concerted effort diplomatic effort the u.s. undertaken in such a case and this is also a show of solidarity for the british despite the fact that britain is leaving the european union in the brics it pro says and it's not excluded that there's still more to come sanctions against russia cou

russian troops are very visible around the war zone. moscow fire power to break into rebel strongholds. 0n the front—line, around eastern ghouta, most of the troops were syrian, but the russians were there, alongside them. russia is now the most important foreign power in this war. president putin was given equal billing with president assad in this position. the russians are preparing for the day after. it looks as if the end game is approaching for the armed opposition in eastern ghouta. elsewhere in the country, rebels still control territory, though not nearly as much as before. and fighting goes on, it's particularly fierce at the moment up near the turkish border. syria's war is changing, but it's not ending. jeremy bowen, bbc news, damascus. after months of growing tensions on the korean peninsula, north korea's leader, kim jong—un, has hinted he is willing to start talks about dismantling his nuclear weapons, if his country's safety can be guaranteed. he's agreed to meet the south korean leader at a summit next month, the first meeting

tonight at ten: britain expels 23 russian diplomats after moscow fails to explain the chemical attack in salisbury. as the investigation widened today the prime minister announced a series of sanctions against russia and cut off all high level contacts with moscow. they have treated the use of a military grade nerve agent in europe with sarcasm, contempt and defiance. russia has again denied being involved and has demanded to be shown proof of a russian link to the nerve agent. the russian diplomats being expelled have a week to leave. we'll be asking who they are and what impact their departure will have. also tonight: i'm very proud that i have been able to contribute to our understanding of the universe. an extraordinary scientist who inspired millions — tributes pour in from around the world to professor stephen hawking who's died at the age of 76. students across america walk out of class — a month after the florida school shooting — in the largest protest against gun violence for years. and what's in our bottled water? a special investigation discovers hundreds — even thousands

russian capital. in russia, at least the weather is showing signs of a thaw. after the long winter, moscowg. but in uk—russian relations, you can feel the chill. has sparked anger with theresa may. and is destroying international relationship. of course, it's the end of her career. it's a show. that was a political show. and this is not... it's not serious, it's not for the serious politician. while mrs may was announcing sanctions. former russian agent alexander litvinenko in 2006. moscow refuses to extradite him. to decide whether it can keep its uk licence. what do you think the chances are of rt being censored in the uk? if rt is censored in the uk. today to moscow. that the west is against russia. the territory vladimir putin annexed from ukraine. uk sanctions may help the kremlin leader rally support. tonight, moscow is showing no signs of buckling under british pressure. russia is promising retaliation soon. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. and he was also director for russia at the national security council. at the national security council. asked him what impact such expulsions

they boarded a russian government plane bound from moscow and the russian ambassador to the u.k.alexander yes convention he is score said them to the airport this is what he had to say take a listen with the three diplomats means forty percent reduction. and that's a world for a new embassy that's why there will be doing these in the issue of visas is becoming a little bit more complicated these days you know to work here in the u.k. but this is the new reality is this is the different level or at least. a major problem for us in all this. is that we don't have any evidence no evidence were presented to. yes and for the time being you know we don't who we need from. the diplomatic expulsions are all part of this fall out between the u.k. and russia following the poisoning of script and his daughter in souls very over a couple of weeks ago now over two weeks ago last week to resume a blamed the kremlin for the attempted murder of the former double agent and his daughter she said it was highly likely that the noisy child nerve agent originated in russia and she announced a raft of

russian federation. today, our ambassador in moscow was informed by the russian government of the action they are takingevious behaviour, we anticipated a response of this kind and we will consider our next steps in the coming days, alongside our allies and partners. but russia's response doesn't change the facts of the matter. the attempted assassination of two people on british soil, for which there was no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable. it is russia that is in flagrant breach of international law and the chemical weapons convention. i repeat today that we have no disagreement with the russian people. many russians have made this country their home, and those who abide by our laws and make a contribution to our society will a lwa ys a contribution to our society will always be welcome. but we will never tolerate a threat to the life of british citizens and others on british citizens and others on british soilfrom british citizens and others on british soil from the russian government. we can be reassured by the strong support we have received from our friends and

russian spy and his daughter the team from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons is only expected to identify the substance british prime minister theresa may continues to point the finger at moscow but russian president vladimir putin has demanded the u.k. provide evidence or apologize and what's being hailed as a major step forward in breaks in negotiations the u.k. has been granted a twenty one month transition period out of the european union it's designed to reduce any sudden shocks when the u.k. leaves the block next march and means it will effectively remain as a non-voting e.u. member until the end of two thousand and twenty the u.k. will be able to negotiate trade deals with the rest of the world during the transition but there's so no agreement on the question of the irish border sonia gago has more from london. much goodwill between the u.k. breakfast secretary david davis and the chief brecht's at negotiator michelle bond yeah a lot being made about the fact the progress that has been made that means coming to the agreement on those two main issues there one which would include the rights for european union citizens to be able to have enjoyed the same rights as e.u. c

russian spy and his daughter the team from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons is only expected to identify the substance british prime minister theresa may continues to point the finger at moscow but russian president vladimir putin has demanded the u.k. provide evidence or apologize meanwhile the russian president appears to have softened his tone towards the west a day after he secured another six years in office his victory received a muted reception abroad with many international leaders slow to congratulate him but at a meeting with the candidates he beats putin said russia doesn't want an arms race and will seek to resolve its differences with other countries lawrence lee has more from moscow. the russian president spent monday basking in the warm glow of his record breaking success he had said he wanted to reach out to his opponents and build bridges abroad meeting with all the bees and candidates his language could hardly have been more conciliatory. we must vote and we will give necessary attention to further strengthening the country's national defense capability but i want to tell you now that no one is going to accelerate any kind of arms race issues if we plan to

now the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow will expel british diplomats it's in response to the u.k. ordering out twenty three russian embassy staff over the poisoning of a form a double agent and his daughter in england last week moscow denies any involvement so you lever off added that moscow had stopped paying attention to comments from britain after the u.k. defense minister told russia two quotes go away and shut up john all joins us live now from moscow so jonah they're saying this will happen soon or do we have any idea what soon means. no look still not giving a definitive outline of moscow's response to britain's chucking out of twenty three diplomats lavrov made these comments as well on thursday saying yes i'll do it and i'll do it soon i promise you that and of course his ministry has already promised an equal and opposite reaction as is fitting with diplomatic protocol in these circumstances diplomatic expulsions are usually met with a mirrored response that may well come now after the election on sunday beyond that his comments at this conference in syria in

made european countries hostage to it and the russian policy for showers is following the russian reaction in moscow. well in the west it's called tit for tat in russian governmental circles it's called the principle of reciprocity and that's what we're likely to see in the coming days with russia essentially responding to all of these diplomatic expulsions with its own set of diplomatic expulsions of the countries that have chosen to act against moscow the russian foreign ministry is putting together a list of options basically and they will supply this list to vladimir putin and the presidents will make his decision about what happens next now this i think has taken russia by surprise i don't think that it anticipated that the united kingdom what with these difficulties with the united states at the moment because of the trumpet ministration and of course its difficulties with the new over brics in negotiations i don't think moscow thought the london will would be able to assemble such a broad coalition of allies essential but i also think that actually potentially russia feels that it's got off r

alexander litvinenko in london, has accused british media of unfairly pointing the finger at moscow. russiansjumping to conclusions. it is not a russian problem. it is the uk and the us. it is not about russia. britain gives shelter to people and then you get problems because russians are hiding behind this so—called reddish one of justice. they are always having problems. these people are problems by themselves, usually criminals or people who betrayed their motherland orare people who betrayed their motherland or are working against it. so of course they would create problems. and look at the history of relations with pertinent russia over the past 200 years. every time something happens which written always blames russia. first stalinist russia now communist russia and now modern russia. that is the cane dashed the kind of thing that britain plays. we also have such habits and anything happened we point the finger at america and usually by the way, we are right. yuri felshtinsky co—authored the book ‘blowing up russia' with alexander litvinenko — who died in london in 2006 after drinking

the ambassador headed into work, to tell embassy staff about the russian sanctions. moscowey are a response to british provocation, and russia has expelled 23 british diplomats. the uk had expelled 23 russians over the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the authorities here are shutting down the british consulate in st petersburg and the british council which promotes uk culture abroad will now be forced to end all activity in russia. moscow says the language coming out of london was a factor in deciding what sanctions to announce. translation: the british prime minister insults us and threatens us. her foreign and defence secretaries insult us. they talk to russia as if they are drunk in a pub. so what the uk got from us today is the result of this loutishness and their groundless accusations. not so, said theresa may. russia's response does not change the facts of the matter. the attempted assassination of two people on british soil, for which there was no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable. relations between moscow and london have not bee

and foreign ambassadors was summoned to the russian foreign ministry as moscow announced the expulsionof fifty nine diplomats from twenty three countries it's the latest round of the standoff over the course of a former russian double agent. you're watching news from berlin well coming up at the top of the hour don't forget you can always get the latest on our web site that is dot com. thanks for your company and. they make a commitment. they find solutions.

we don't have clear evidence that the moscow is behind this attack in newquay meanwhile boris johnson as we just heard claims smoke russian response is that is enough to link moscow to the poisoning do you think you should be taking a more diplomatic approach considering its position. yes i mean when you make these claims this kind of of statement you want to have a fight you want to crease the palm he want to to be put. under pressure and those this is the fine this is the real point why you don't try to underlies what happened and why don't you try to ask moscow for explanations you merely point to moscow said you are guilty and telling that ninety ninety nine percent moskos is guilty this is not enough to say that is hundred percent guilty and if we recalled what happened in iraq with saddam hussein what happened with the olympic games recently some kind of a creationist that seem to be certain without doubts that and then at the end they were not at all reliable and i guess this should suggest a more cautious approach from all parts involved involved in this in this case now there are now calls for russia to provide t

with 23 russian diplomats considered to be spies in exile from the uk, the next move is this. moscowtinued its salver of defined attacks saying that britain has a boorish attitude and cannot be trusted. according to the russian foreign minister, they are even trying to distract attention from brexit. britain's defence secretary was equally want to. another nation has launched a nerve agent attack on your people, then we have every right to tell russia to shut up and go away. nato agrees with britain's assessment that russia was responsible for the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the prime minister's public visit there has assured that this attack and all of its ramifications remain very much in the limelight. here behind cupboards and screens, the investigation continues. in london and moscow and in other world capitals, a diplomatic war is on the way. so as we mentioned just earlier, the united states has imposed sanctions on 19 russian individuals and five groups — accusing them of cyber attacks, and meddling in the 2016 presidential election. washington says its aim is to counter

the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow will expel british diplomats that's in response to britain ordering out twenty three russian embassy staff over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in the u.k. last week moscow denies any involvement or off added that moscow had stopped paying . attention to comments from britain after the u.k.'s defense minister told russia to quote go away and shut up in a moment we'll go live to barnaby phillips who's standing by for us in london first let's talk to my colleague john hall who's in the russian capital moscow when this is may was talking about the twenty three expulsions from the u.k. she was talking about people engaged in espionage the identifying or labeling similar people in moscow john. peter they're absolutely be bound to be doing just that the foreign ministry and the kremlin of course they're not telling us the media about any of that a lover of the foreign minister has all but conceded that they will be diplomatic expulsions they're likely to be mirrored mirroring the u.k. expulsions when we'll hear ab

identify the substance british prime minister to resign may continue to point the finger at moscow but russian president vladimir putin has demanded the u.k. provide evidence or apologize. facebook's chief information security officer is stepping down the new york times says alex famous disagrees with the company's handling of revelations that russia use facebook to spread false information early a u.s. democratic senator sent a letter to c.e.o. mark zuckerberg demanding a response to allegations that data from fifty million users was harvested by a political consultancy firm a whistleblower who worked at cambridge analytic and says it was used to build a system which may have influence voters in the u.s. presidential election u.s. present donald trump has issued an executive order banning american citizens from using venezuela's new crypto currency the venezuelan leader nicolas maduro hailed the launch of the petro last month as a way to address the country's economic crisis but she says it's an attempt to circumvent u.s. sanctions and those are the headlines on al-jazeera what this is up nex

he congratulated russian women on international women's day. moscown but the kremlin is acting as if it's business as usual. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. a jury at the old bailey has been shown a video, of the moment a bomb partially exploded on a tube train in south west london. some of the passengers have been describing in court, how their hairand clothes caught fire, in the packed carriage, last september. thirty people were injured at parsons green station. ahmed hassan who's 18, denies attempted murder. june kelly has more. the moment when a fireball engulfed a packed train carriage. it left passengers burning and screaming in pain, the old bailey heard today. this is ahmed hassan, the teenager on trial for the attack. here shopping at asda the day before, and being asked for his id. he bought batteries and screwdrivers. hassan is an 18—year—old asylum seeker, and the following morning cctv showed him leaving his foster parents' home in sunbury, in surrey. other cameras captured his journey as he carried a little plastic bag, said to conta

russian diplomats is a coordinated response to a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy in britain which the west blames on moscow russia which denies the allegation describes the expulsions as a provocative gesture she have or transit reports from washington. the trumpet ministration had said it would expel russian diplomats if its allies also did so in a coordinated action and on monday that coordination was revealed countries across western and eastern europe and canada joined the u.s. in the expulsions the british prime minister expressed hope gratitude international solidarity following what the u.k. alleges was a russian nerve agent attack on a former russian double agent and his daughter in an english town this is the largest collective expansion of russian intelligence officers in history. i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond over the past three weeks as we have confronted the aftermath of the soulsby incident the russian ambassador to the u.s. expressed his concern the deal would she would never say union leaders that they meet again wh

latest from the united nations in new york has now been to royal challengers following the russian reaction in moscow russia has vowed to tally ation warry but could they have seen something like this coming. we have the russian response in this kind of situation is always to offer some sort of reciprocity as they put it so as james was saying there we are likely very likely almost certain really to see a kind of tipped tit for tat response from the russians here with expulsions of western diplomats from moscow they might well throw in a few extra measures just to keep everyone guessing basically the russian foreign ministry is putting together a list of possible responses it's going to hand that to vladimir putin and putin is going to make the final decision. it's come on a bad day for russia this because the country is already reeling from a horrible horrible fire in siberia which is kills upwards of sixty people in a in a shopping mall there. this fact is being highlighted by mary as a car as the foreign ministry spokeswoman now she says that rather than offering condolences and sympathies with th

the crisis started on british soil with accusations that moscow was behind the poisoning of a russian double agent in salzburg earlier this month the british foreign secretary calls the expulsions a turning point. and what will seem in these huge diplomatic expulsion is a desire to correct that and to say right russia enough is enough. russia denies having anything to do with the poisoning and insists the u.s. is coercing other states to join its lead. or the way to do this or that country tells one or two diplomats to leave as well whispering apologies into our ears. we know that this is the result of colossal pressure colossal blackmail which is now unfortunately the main tool of washington on the international arena ocean to let this little. and on the streets of moscow people also express belief their country is being victimized even more so he said i think the russians have annoyed everyone because they're secretive and don't share everything of course it's not possible to know who carried out the poisoning. you know i've said this book would i'm concerned that europe is treating

britain is expelling twenty three russian diplomats after moscow refused to explain how a military gradeerve agent was used on a former spy in salisbury. it's the biggest such expulsion for more than 30 years. the prime minister told parliament that the "undeclared intelligence officers" have just one week to leave. the uk has also cut off all high level contacts with russia and announced that government ministers and members of the royal family will not attend the world cup. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. the midnight deadline came and went, leaving a morning with no new a nswe i’s. leaving a morning with no new answers. theresa may when prepared to prime minister's questions, ready to prime minister's questions, ready to announce the biggest diplomatic action against russia since the cold war. they have treated the use of a military grade nerve agent in europe with sarcasm, contempt, and defiance. . there is no alternative conclusion other than the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of sergei skripal and his daughter. 50 the uk will retaliate. the unite

people are said to be missing it happened in the city of three thousand kilometers east of the russian capital moscow many of the victims are said to be children scientists say the fire started on the top floor of the full story building challenges has the latest for us from moscow. just put this in context this is now being talked about here is one of the four worst fires in one hundred years of russian history it seems like the blaze started near one of the kids loans on the top floor the fourth floor of this shopping mall complex and quickly spread through about one thousand six hundred square meters of the building the footage that is being taken by locals on their mobile phones shows thick smoke pouring out of the top floors with emergency services people trying to get access to the building on long ladders lower down in the building the kremlin is saying that it is being kept up to speed with what's going on to be true peskov the spokesperson for the kremlin says but he may pose in the president has dispatched the emergencies minister to camera to oversee the operation rescue in the aftermath w

moscow. because it is decision with our coverage of the russian presidential election live from red square in the heart. with capital now let's just get this out of the way early on the sun for you it's pushing minus twenty here in moscow right now but voting started a few minutes ago but think of the people in the very far east you know because for most minus thirty five seconds so we've got to be lucky have money so. we called in very lucky indeed and we've got front row seats we will bring you all the latest from the. election silence has been in effect since saturday meaning campaigning as well as news coverage of the candidates and then manifest. so until the polls close this evening we won't be able to tell you any more about those vying for the leadership of the world's biggest country but we can tell you a bios is the organization on the progress of the votes as it takes place nationwide now this year's election is being monitored by a record number of foreign observers there are over fifty eight hundred registered for this election as well as more than one hundred forty thousand obse

moscow promised swift retaliation to britain's decision to expel russian diplomats. well it's all starting to feel very cold war this isn't it let's get more from the chief political correspondent. and only showing and moscow and cost and fall down and no washington welcome all cost and phenomena that start with you president trump seems pharma now in his support for britain's position against russia why the turnaround . well it seems that british prime minister to reason may has managed to impress on president trump the importance of this matter for the u.k. and showed so has been able apparently to convince the u.s. president that the evidence that russia was behind this poison attack on former double agent in england on british soil was very convincing and you're right the president trump in the past has often been rather cautious or even reluctant to blame russia and president putin for anything made be meddling in the u.s. elections or other misdeeds that seems to have changed on as we've seen he now says it looks like russia was behind this and he is taking it v