stoltenberg had to say yes secretary general stoltenberg announced that nato has decided to expel seven diplomats out of the russian mission and block accreditation procedures for three more in addition it will force russia to reduce by a third the size of its mission here that's the second time that nato has forced russia to downsize the first time was after crimea was annexed in two thousand and fourteen so that means that a maximum twenty diplomats will be able to staff the russian mission after today and what impact is this likely to have on relations between nato and russia. it remains to be seen what moscow will say about this it is planned that there would be a nato russia council coming up in the near future discussions were underway as to the agenda and the date and i suppose it's very possible russia will say that it doesn't want to speak to nato now if it's going to take what it will consider of a very hostile acts like this but secretary general stoltenberg was very careful to say that he hoped that dialogue would continue he pointed out that nato considers it important to k

along correspondent terry scholz was at nato headquarters for that announcement from mr stoltenberg she joins me now from our bureau in brussels good evening to you terry so we've got seven russians expelled three accreditations request rejected how will this hurt vladimir putin and the policies that the west has condemned. that remains to be seen because as you've heard russian diplomats say they're denying that this is going to hurt them even as it's very clear that they are surprised as constantine von eggert said earlier at the unity that both european union governments and nato governments have shown and that's what nato secretary-general stolzenberg said today he said the same that he thinks moscow has been surprised by the unity and what i found very interesting in his comments was his mention specifically of the fact that downsizing the russian mission here by a third he says will hurt russia's capability to do intelligence work in those countries where it's been expelled now it's not a very diplomatic thing to say that representatives of another country are spies but this was c

stoltenberg speaking during a rare visit to baghdad after the iraqi prime minister authorized further nato operations against eisel but the premier's willingness to allow foreign troops to remain in the country is in stark contrast to the views of parliament last week lawmakers called on the government to set a timetable for the withdrawal of all foreign forces who are currently six thousand five hundred foreign troops stationed in iraq more than half of them are u.s. personnel australia has the second largest contingent followed by italy former u.s. congressman ron paul believes there's no justification for the continued military presence in iraq. the people of iraq have spoken their legislative body voted and said that we ought to leave and i think that's a grand idea the president speaks for our government as well because they're in collusion and they depend on each other i wish that the american people would wake up and say enough is enough fifteen years and we were been longer than that in the afghanistan. because of the disruption and the chaos in iraq al qaeda has moved in so t

stoltenberg was speaking during a rare visit to baghdad after the iraq e. prime minister also rawest for the nato operations against arsenal but the premier's willingness to allow foreign troops to remain in the country is in stark contrast to the views of parliament last week lawmakers called on the government to set a timetable for the withdrawal of all foreign forces well there are currently six thousand five hundred foreign troops stationed in iraq more than half of them a u.s. person know a strain has the second largest contingent followed by italy and former u.s. congressman ron paul believes there's no justification for the continued military presence in iraq. our governments whether they are of the democrat party republican party they are generally in dorsey's the idea that we have this moral obligation to straighten everything out and they use it as an excuse but there's always other reasons for doing this there's a group of people who see some secondary gain and there's a lot of property being made in oil is important all these things it's just ti

diplomatic thing to say that representatives of another country are spies but this was clearly what stoltenberg was alluding to in his comments this afternoon you know this is an important point and we know that russians are already working at nato headquarters but even before today's announcement they were being killed on a tight leash if you will tell us about that. yeah not as tight as some would like to see but yes in fact there is a russian mission inside nato premises and i've covered the building for so long that it doesn't surprise me anymore until today i got so many questions why does russia have you know a representative mission inside inside nato's nato to nato territory inside nato headquarters it does sound surprising now now that i think about it so what this will do is is further restrict the number of people who can work there after the annexation of crimea in twenty fourteen nato told russia it had to downsize this mission from fifty people to thirty people so that was a pretty big cut now today they've told them they need to reduce it even further from thirty people to a maxi

head of nato yen stoltenberg says the alliance plans to maintain its military presence in iraq as long as it has the approval of the country's government. they do all of the wrong if we are invited to the government wrong. the reasons why we are planning for scaling up our training. quest from the iraqi government. the second we have no intentions to stay longer than necessary will stoltenberg a speaking jaring erev is it to bang down after the iraqi prime minister authorize further nato operations against meisel but the premier's willingness to allow foreign troops to remain in the country is in stark contrast to the views of parliament last week lawmakers called on the government to set a timetable for the withdrawal of all foreign forces well there are currently six thousand five hundred foreign troops stationed in iraq will inhofe of them are u.s. personnel australia has the second largest contingent followed by italy former u.s. congressman ron paul believes there's no justification for the continued military presence in iraq. our governments whether they're of the democrat party

the head of nato again stoltenberg says the alliance plans to maintain its military presence in iraq as long as it has the approval of the country's government they do all of the wrong if we are invited to the government iraq and the reason why we are planning for scaling up our training is this quest from the iraqi government. the second we have no intentions to stay longer than necessary stoltenberg was speaking during a rare visit to baghdad after the iraqi prime minister authorized further nato operations against terrorists but their premiers willingness to allow foreign troops to remain in the country is in stark contrast to that of the parliament last week lawmakers called on the government to set a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign forces now there are currently about fifty two hundred u.s. troops stationed in iraq italy house the second largest contingent with about fifteen hundred posts in l. and then followed by the united kingdom a former u.s. congressman ron paul believes there's no justification for the continued military presence in iraq. our governments whether t

foreign secretary boris johnson, stoltenberg had harsh words from , who the u.k.uses of having carried out the attack. >> with the attacks in salisbury, it was the first use of a nerve agent on alliance territory. it showed total disrespect for human life and was an unacceptable breach of international laws and rules. mark: stoltenberg added "russia will continue to seek to divide us but nato allies stand united and we will stand in solidarity with the u.k.. the joint chief's chairman visited afghanistan today to evaluate the military campaign there and make sure new american advisory teams are uncharted. he says he wants understand the goals for the coming months as of the u.s.-led coalition can develop ways to measure progress in the fight against the taliban. european union and britain have agreed on a large part of the treaty that will govern the u.k.'s approach or from the bloc next year. so far, there has been no breakthrough on keeping open the irish border. have a workable and practical solution to avoid the border and protect the corporation. the eu and u

saying that there are costs and consequences for its behavior as secretary general again stoltenberg says seven diplomats will leave your guys ation and that russia's nato mission will be reduced from thirty to twenty. facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg will testify before congress following his website's mass data breach the announcement comes after the whistleblower at the heart of the cambridge analytical scandal gave evidence to british m.p.'s about what he knew christopher wiley said data gathered on lawfully was used to manipulate people in the u.k. to vote to leave the european union summit now calling for the brics referendum to be declared null and void a train which is rumored to have been carrying north korean leader kim jong un has left beijing but there's still no official word as to who exactly has been visiting the chinese capital city was brought to a standstill while a large motorcade was filmed driving through the streets. russia's defense ministry says thirteen thousand syrian rebel fighters and their families have left eastern ghouta over the past three days they are

s action after the soulsby nerve agent attack secretary-general yen stoltenberg says they're reducing the size of russia's nato mission from thirty to twenty australia island moldova and belgium of also join the list of nations expelling russian officials taking it to twenty six stoltenberg says nato has measures the result of a series of russian actions of course what triggered this was the souls attack but it is part of a broader response by nato allies to a pump down of an acceptable unacceptable and dangerous behavior by russia. we have seen the illegal an exceptional chromium we have seen this of the stations of eastern ukraine we have seen cyber attacks we have seen the hybrid tactics we have seen russia are investing heavily in modern military equipment and their willingness to use military force against neighbors or russia has continued to strongly deny any involvement in the salzburg attack the foreign minister sergei lavrov promised a strong response to the mass expulsion of diplomats and criticized both the u.k. and the u.s. the future use of the words will still we will re

saying there are costs and consequences for its behavior secretary general again stoltenberg says seven diplomats will leave the organization and russia's nato mission will be reduced from thirty to twenty. facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg reportedly plans to testify before congress following his website's mass data breach the announcement comes after the whistleblower at the heart of the cambridge analytical scandal gave evidence to british m.p.'s about what he knew christopher wiley said data gathered on lawfully was used to manipulate people in the u.k. to vote to leave the european union russia's defense ministry says thirteen thousand syrian rebel fighters and their families have left eastern ghouta over the past three days to heading to italy which is the only on the remaining rebel held area in the country evacuations a part of a deal struck between rebels and the syrian government ally russia and a train which is rumored to have been carrying north korean leader kim jong un has left beijing but there is still no official word just to who exactly has been visiting the chinese capi

nato's secretary-general jens stoltenberg says that seven russians attached to the military alliance will be expelled. this follows the expulsions of more than 100 russian diplomats from 20 countries. also coming up, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg has reportedly agreed to testify about an unprecedented data scandal. the british parliament summoned him to do to same, but he said thanks but no thanks. and russian president vladimir putin blames what he calls quote, criminal negligence for a shopping mall fire in siberia the left scores dead. but protesters are demanding answers amid rumors of a cover-up. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. tonight, there is more fallout from a nerve agent poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. london is accusing the russian government of masterminding the attack, which has left sergei and julia skripal fighting for their lives. 20 sovereign countries, including britain, the u.s., germany, australia and many eu members have since said they are expelling more than 100 russian diplomats in response. nato joined th

stoltenberg had to say in this announcement today. hi terry what secretary-general stolzenberg said is that seven diplomats in the russian mission to nato will be kicked out of the country that means their accreditation will be withdrawn and belgium will be asked to withdraw their right to live here three other people will have their accreditation procedures suspended which means they will not be coming to nato to join the russian mission the other thing they did was downsize the russian embassy here at nato the russian mission by ten people to a maximum of twenty this is something that's been done before after the annexation of crimea nato also kicked out a number of russian diplomats and told russia that they would have to downsize from fifty to thirty people so a third of those people will now be gone as well he says this is necessary to show russia as you heard there that there is a cost for its behavior ok well obviously nato is trying to deliver a message here what impact is this development likely to have on relations between n

s action following the souls we know of agent attack secretary-general again stoltenberg says they are reducing the size of russia's nato mission from thirty to twenty australia island moldova and belgium of also join the list of nations expelling russian officials taking it to twenty six stoltenberg says nato has measures are the result of a series of russian actions and of course what triggered this was the source for an attack but it is part of a broader response by nato allies to a path of unacceptable unacceptable and dangerous behavior by russia. we have seen the illegal annexation of crimea we have see in the east of the station of eastern ukraine we have seen cyber attacks we have seen the hybrid tactics we have seen russia are investing heavily in modern military equipment and the willingness to use military force against neighbors or russia continues to strongly deny any involvement in the soulsby attack the foreign minister sergei lavrov promised a strong response to the mass expulsion of diplomats and criticized both the u.s. and the u.k. . but you to use in your words the

stoltenberg, the secretary general of nato, speaking at a meeting and basically talking about russia'stabilizing tactics in europe, through overt and covert means. the question about hybrid warfare. he basically pointed the finger directly at russia, saying that there is a blurring of the line between peace, crisis and war and that this is destabilizing and dangerous, and he made no bones about it that it is very much, this is very much russia's influence. he considers what russia is doing a serious violation of the norms and rules that are important for the security of all of us. and he says that he is basically ready to provide support, ready to provide support to the u.k. in facing off with russia in this scandal. i will also mention that the u.s., the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley, giving the strongest language yet. we heard donald trump wishy-washy in his response, on the side of the u.k., but not explicitly condemning russia, but nikki haley saying that russia is responsible for the attack and is sayingng that we take no pleasure in criticizing russia, but then adding

of the uk's stoltenberg waso you think russia's underestimated the west response. probably in a as definitely has underestimated the westerern respond but i thik ththere was a a kind ofof ay job he here because russia also under estimated the response. of the westt after the downing of anan age seventeen alluded on us in july. two thousand and foururteen that's what's tht was basically at a point when the sanctions of the west's started. and these sanctions are still on. in terms of what happens nenext here's you feel there will b be a big a factt feln moscow by these explosions. i don't think so welll at ease expulsionss are meant. to be a strong signal and. on the other hanandt their nonot to the maxaximum at ae wewestern countrieses couldo in terms of punishing. russia i think expulsion of deployments. basically i its a strong signal in thee languauage of. diplplomacy t it stitill remains withihine framework of diplomacy. and it is why the response of moscow will be quiet for siebel at a will expel in the. near future the same amount as a number of western at it

the second we have no intentions to stay longer than necessary stoltenberg was speaking during a rare visit to baghdad after the iraqi prime minister authorized further nato operations against isis but the premier's willingness to allow foreign troops to remain in the country is in stark contrast to the views of parliament last week lawmakers called on the government to set a timetable for the withdrawal of all foreign forces now there are currently about a fifty to one hundred u.s. troops stationed in iraq italy has the second largest contingent with fifteen hundred personnel there followed by the united kingdom a former u.s. congressman ron paul believes there's no justification for the continued military presence in iraq. our governments whether they're of the democrat party or republican party they're generally in dorsey's the idea that we have this moral obligation to straighten everything out and they use it as an excuse but there's always other reasons for doing this there's a group of people who see some secondary gain and there's a lot of profit to be unmade and oils and poor

states france germany and nato has also rallied in support of britain nato secretary general ban stoltenberg said we don't want another cold war but we will defend our allies the british government used to expel twenty three russian diplomats of the poisoning of a former russian double agent in the english city of salzburg moscow denies any involvement and is threatening retaliation. british prime minister theresa may paid a visit to salisbury the medieval city in the west of england shaken by a nerve agent attack on former russian double agent sergei streep and his daughter yulia. may visited the restaurant where the poisoning took place and has put the blame squarely on moscow. well i'm pleased to be able to come down here to salzburg to speak to people who responded to this terrible incident that took place and as you know announced in the house of commons yesterday the action that we're taking we do hold russia culpable for this brazen brazen acts and despicable acts that's taken place on the streets of was is a remarkable city where people come and visit and enjoy. thank you very are na

the head of nato yen stoltenberg says the alliance plans to maintain its military presence in iraq as long as it has the approval of the country's government lead to all of the wrong if we are invited to the government iraq and the reason why we now are planning for scaling up our dream disease quest from the iraqi government. the second we have no intentions to stay longer than necessary stauffenberg was speaking during our revenue to baghdad after the iraqi prime minister authorized further nato operations against i still but the premier's willingness to allow foreign troops to remain in the country is in stark contrast to the views of parliament last week lawmakers called on the government to set a timetable for the withdrawal of all foreign forces now there are currently about fifty to one hundred u.s. troops stationed in iraq italy has the second largest contingent with approximately fifteen hundred and there followed by the u.k. a former u.s. congressman ron paul believes there's no justification for the continued military presence in iraq. our governments whether they're of the

nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg says the alliance is deeply concerned.united nations report claims two singaporean companies have violated sanctions against north korea. tens of thousands of farmers in the western indian state of maharashtra have ended their protest after marching to the state capital, mumbai. they were complaining about prices and land rights but have called off the protest after meeting state ministers. that story is popular on bbc.com. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times reports that the ministry of finance has admitted to altering documents linked to the 2016 sale of state land to a nationalist school operator. it says the revelation could have implications for prime minister shinzo abe. the times reports that he has apologised but that he strongly denies any involvement in the decision to sell off the land. there's another apology in the south china morning post which covers the poor showing by some opposition politicians in hong kong's legislative council by—election. it describes the loss o

chancellor merkel to president trump to president macron others have also expressed their support again stoltenberg the nato secretary general said we stand in solidarity with our allies in the united kingdom and those responsible for those both those who committed the crime and those who ordered it must face appropriately serious consequences the nato council has expressed deep concern at the first offensive use of a nerve agent on alliance territory since nato is foundation and allies agree the. it was a clear breach of international norms and agreements and donald told the president of the e.u. council said i expressed my full solidarity with pm theresa may in the face of the brutal attack inspired most likely by moscow i'm ready to put the issue on next week's european council so we will we will be doing that. but i say to the right honorable gentleman this is not a question of our diplomacy of what diplomatic support we have around the world this is a question of the culpability of the russian state. and he said that we should be trying to build a consensus it was clear it's clear from the con

headquarters in brussels three others will have their accreditation blocked they to secretary-general yen stoltenberg says russia has underestimated the unity of the alliance her minister meanwhile sergei lavrov says russia will respond adding that many countries had been forced to expel diplomat. richard nixon you are in spite of a story we will respond on down to only because nobody wants to tolerate switchboards behavior and we won't either we know this is the result of colossal pressure causal blackmail which is now unfortunately the main tool of washington on the international arena. iran's revolutionary guard has denied accusations by saudi arabia that it is arming hoofy rebels in yemen on sunday who has filed several missiles across the border targeting saudi arabia's capital riyadh michelle fragments killed a person and injured two others iran has often been accused of sending weapons to the youth is but a report by the iranian news agency tells them quote the revolutionary guard is saying yemenis are capable of producing their own weapons. teachers in zimbabwe are threatening to storm the of

hoping for support from the other twenty seven countries and also burst also will be meeting again stoltenberg their head of nato while t. is in brussels in a moment we'll hear from boris johnson but first let's hear from federico mcgreevey the e.u. head of foreign policy issue went into that meeting this absolutely clear is our full sort it out if you will you know to condemn and our extreme concern about what has happened there is really acceptable we i've been very heartened already by the strength of the support the buco use getting in respect of the incident. bringing today's technical experts from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons arriving in the u.k. to take the sample. mean trying be a russian grew increasingly absurd. with only the focus of the investigation obviously is solved where the crime happened but the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons arrives on monday at some stage i mean what can they do or say that the authorities in britain haven't already done. well they will collect samples and this is according to the british foreign office the

to do likewise incidentally boris johnson will also be visiting the nato secretary general young stoltenberg of course he's also based in brussels and tried to get solidarity there as well but just a short time ago the e.u. foreign policy chief federica morgan really had this to say on the way into the meeting with the e.u. foreign ministers this subsequently clearly is our full sort it out if you will united kingdom and our extreme concern about what has happened there is really an acceptable. to be the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons arrives on monday what can they do that the authorities in britain haven't already done. well i think. perhaps the most important thing they can do so is convince people around the world where the truth lies in the dispute between britain and russia they are a respected international body they are coming to give independent verification they're a group that recently you recall won the nobel peace prize i think back in in twenty fourteen it was and so they will take these samples and they presumably will try and come to some sort of assessm

chancellor merkel to president trump to president macron others have also expressed their support again stoltenberg the nato secretary general said we stand in solidarity with our allies in the united kingdom and those responsible for those both those who committed the crime and those who ordered it must face appropriately serious consequences the nato council has to express deep concern at the first offensive use of a nerve agent on alliance territory since nato is foundation and allies agree the attack was a clear breach of international norms and agreements and donnel towards the president of the e.u. council said i expressed my full solidarity with p.m.t. reason may in the face of the brutal attack inspired most likely by moscow i'm ready to put the issue on next week's european council so we will we will be doing that. but i say to the right honorable gentleman this is not a question of our diplomacy or of what diplomatic support we have around the world this is a question of the culpability of the russian state a into it. and he said that we. should be trying to build a consensus it was clear

be sent home the a creditor nation of three others will also be blogs nato secretary general yan stoltenberg said russia underestimated the unity of the alliance moscow has promised a strong response to the explorer potions the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said there were a few independent countries left in europe. with you to use in your words to the story we will be down because nobody wants to talk about behavior and we won't tell you we know this is the result of colossal pleasure coastal blackmail which is now unfortunately the main tool of washington on the international arena some of ships ins are facing a campaign of intimidation and bribes to push them into voting in the presidential election local officials and security forces are threatening voters with confiscation of goods and other disciplinary measures unless they cast their ballots it's part of an effort to boost turnout saw the third and final day of the vote which president has sisi is certain to win facebook boss mark zuckerberg will reportedly testify before a u.s. congressional committee next month over the soc

pointed at president putin combined with the very strong language used by nato secretary general yan stoltenberg in the united kingdom where he said what happened in sewell's really the sunday before last was part of a pattern of reckless action by the russian government that's very serious and that's a language that serious talk i mean we have seen that really across the board among western allies but you know russia for its part let's look into the argument that it is making because it continues to deny any involvement arguing that they would not do so especially so close to sunday's election how do you see that line of thinking i mean is this a valid argument that needs to be considered. i don't think so i think part of the trouble i'm in the present crisis is that what the russian leadership saying there's no relationship actually to the real world in which diplomacy has to take place people may remember that they accused juries of may when she made her first statement in parliament of acting like a circus clown that's simply denying they even understand what the british are talking about th

stoltenberg accused moscow of trying to destabilize the west and issued a warning. we do not warrant a new cold war. and we do not want to be dragged into a new arms race but let there be no doubt nato will defend all allies against and the threat mase international allies are standing by here the us france and germany joined britain in blaming russia calling the attack the first offensive use of a nerve agent in europe since the second world war russia has responded by saying it would be absurd to carry out an attack on foreign soil ahead of the presidential elections and the fifa world cup moscow accuses britain of dishonesty and withholding information. in which i can't tell you the motives of our british colleagues but i don't think they are on assistance and. if they were britain would answer the questions we've been asking and would follow the procedures of the chemical weapons convention. moscow promised swift retaliation to britain's decision to expel russian diplomats . but it's all starting to feel very cold war this isn't it let's get more from the w.'s c

we don't want another cold war but we will defend our allies the words of nato chief jens stoltenberg as ever more countries rallied to support britain the us france and germany have all expressed solidarity over an assassination attempt on former double agent sergei script all which took place on british soil a british prime minister to resign may visited the site of the attack the southern british city of solsbury to discuss the poisoning with local investigators her visit comes after she announced the expulsion of almost two thousand russian diplomats from the u.k. giving them just a week to leave. and moscow continues to deny any involvement in the attack and is promising retaliate. until recently britain's prime minister to resign may had to tone being accused of not being hard enough on russia on wednesday she got her redemption standing before parliament me and equivocally accuse the kremlin of attempting to murder a former russian double agent living in the u.k. what followed was a series of punitive measures against russia the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russia

s action following the soulsby nerve agent attack so gen yes stoltenberg says they're reducing the size of russia's nato mission from thirty eight to twenty australia arland moldova and belgium have also joined the list of more than twenty five nations expelling russian officials totenberg says nato has measures are the result of a series of russian actions of course what triggered this was the sole spring attack but it is part of a broader response by nato allies to the pantheon of unacceptable unacceptable and dangerous behavior by russia. we have seen the illegal annexation of crimea we have seen these the position of eastern ukraine we have seen cyber attacks we have seen the hybrid tactics we have seen in russia investing heavily in modern military equipment and the willingness to use military force against neighbors facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg is to testify before congress over his social networks role in harvesting millions of users data without their knowledge facebook and the data consultancy firm cambridge analytical at the center of a rout over the way personal informatio

and also that there had been a statement of support from nato from the nato secretary general and stoltenberg course that will factor into russian thinking russia is in many ways a kind of all. darkie so rich powerful people have close connections with the kremlin close connections with madam a putin if those people are going to be targeted by the u.k. as to reason may have suggest they would be that is going to have ripple effects that is going to be felt in moscow these are lots of these people have assets in the u.k. which stories may has just says just said maybe frozen maybe confiscated so rich russians having their assets seized in the u.k. is going to reverberate in moscow and moscow will come out with some kind of response yet. there are presumably mr putin won't actually talk on camera about this mr lavrov may but mrs may's language was interesting wasn't it she was talking about asking the u.p.c. w. the office for the prohibition of chemical weapons to verify or analysis i.e. everything points towards the russians as far as mrs may's concerned but she did not use the word evidence d

stoltenberg, who is running things is very thankful. he said it is incredible what's happened since we became involved. and i became involved by complaining because it was not fair. we were spending 85% of the money and frankly, food for everybody, but helps them a lot more than us. helps europe a lot more than us. we look at the military equation too. general mattis, it is very important for him and me to maintain the great relationships. at the same time we both want fairness and we view the trade and the military and to a certain extent they go hand in hand and a lot of progress has been made. i'm very proud of nato, because when nato when you see the kind of money that is pouring in, it was never going to come in, people were delinquent, countries were delinquent, they weren't paying. now they're paying. not all are paying fair amount. some owe billions and billions of dollars of money. they owe billions and billions from past years. they haven't paid it. that is not fair. they want us to protect and want us to be a good partner. th

nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg said the move would send a message to russia that there were "ons. 26 countries have also expelled russian representatives over the last two days. the french president, emmanuel macron, will lead a national memorial service today, in honour of the police officer who died in a supermarket siege in southern france last week. 44—year—old lieutenant—colonel arnaud beltrame was shot and stabbed after he traded places with one of the hostages. he was the fourth and final victim of radouane lakdim, who carried out several attacks near carcassonne on friday. victims of serial sex offender john worboys will find out later today if they have successfully challenged a decision to release him from prison. two of his victims and the mayor of london have argued that the parole boards decision to recommend release was flawed and should be overturned. worboys has served ten years of an indeterminate prison sentence. fans of sir ken dodd are expected to line the streets of liverpool later to pay their final respects to the comedian. sir ken died at the age of 90

here's nato‘s secretary—general jens stoltenberg. to russia's behaviour.are proportionate and in line with our legal obligations. of 23 russian diplomats. on monday the americans announced they were expelling 60 russians. they too were acting. for instance is expelling 13. canada will expel four. today it's expelling two. here's the country's prime minister, malcolm turnbull. undermining of international law and sovereignty of nations. what is still unclear. here's foreign minister sergei lavrov. to tolerate such boorish behavior, and we will not either. apologies into our ears. the main tone of washington on the international stage. correspondent steve rosenberg. ‘eurovision song contest 2018? of russian diplomats 2018'. to the number that shows how many diplomats they've expelled. the uk is in second place at 23. let's get more from the russian reaction. the foreign affairs committee. here he is on where this diplomatic tit—for—tat is heading. it may head to disaster. i don't know because we have not initiated it. we have not constructed this conflict. a