russian double agent sergey st paul in the u.k. but also to the cyber attack on the german government's computer network. it wasn't an easy decision for us to expel the russian diplomats but the facts and evidence point to russia. investigators believe that x. intelligence officer said pollin his daughter yulia were poisoned with novae chalk a soviet era nerve agent the two were found unconscious on a park bank in the southern english city of saulsbury on march fourth they remain critically ill in hospital at an e.u. summit in brussels last week all twenty eight member states come damn the attack the expulsion of russian diplomats by many e.u. countries is a coordinated action they say all the evidence points to russia. back in london the british prime minister welcome the joint move and this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence offices 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 but moscow continues to insist it's in a sense it has to respond in kind and wa

russian double agent sergey screen pahl in the u.k. but also to the cyber attack on the german government's computer network. it wasn't an easy decision for us to expel the russian diplomats but the facts and evidence point to russia. investigators believe that x. intelligence officer said paul and his daughter you leo were poisoned with nobby chalk a soviet era nerve agent the two were found unconscious on a park bank in the southern english city of saulsbury on march fourth they remain critically ill in hospital at an e.u. summit in brussels last week all twenty eight member states come damn the attack the expulsion of russian diplomats by many e.u. countries is a coordinated action they say all the evidence points to russia. back in london the british prime minister welcome the joint move and this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence offices 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 but moscow continues to insist it's in a sense it has evolved to respond in

that destroying what little remained of us russian ties. i would add that all the responsibility for ruining russian american relations is on the united states of america and i say you know my father i mean i mean there's lots of extremes there right destroying relations all the blame is on the u.s. can we talk about this really now being the new coal who well in rhetoric yes this is true but what is actually quite noticeable an interesting is that the responsibility for the in serious deterioration of relations between russia and the united states but also you know russia and europe is to really put two states into the west in general this isn't. a correct portrayal of what has happened because one has to go back to two thousand and twelve to the beginning of the third term by putting us president fled clear that day he launched a vicious anti western campaign with the nationalist underpinnings this is really the basis lies for the deterioration of relations and not what you claim but obviously we will be hard pressed if we ever get him to

but hundreds of years since petersburg has held symbolic value for us russian ties it was here in seventeen i.c. that the u.s. opened its first mission in russia but its diplomatic presence in the city will soon end moscow kicking out scores of western diplomats as a tit for tat retaliation over the poisoning of a former russian double i joined in britain it means more than one hundred fifty diplomats from over two dozen countries will be out of russia. so everything will also be reciprocal in terms of the number of people from the diplomatic missions who will be leaving russia. and that is all for now. a reciprocal move it may be but it's one the u.s. says russia cannot justified because moscow is at fault russia is responsible for that horrific attack attack on the british citizen and his daughter once again they have broken the chemical weapons convention it was a banned substance that they have used no we take this matter very seriously former russian double i gin surrogate's cream parlor and his daughter yulia were found slumped on a park bench in the city of souls brienne early march

know right now you have russian they are saying that i know that americans the two hundred nuclear bombs that are stored in here up ever since world war two. i know that they. used to be a lot more yet i know that americans are great so you know russians lab are always saying hey you know we see this as a clear violation of nonproliferation principles do you think this worries do you think this concerns are justified. it is certainly correct from the russian point of view that the united states ripped up that in a ballistic missile treaty i regretted that i opposed to the. first book was on why they ballistic missile treaty was still a good thing for us. obviously the book to deal with the day was not. was not a. now honestly u.s. missile defenses have first approximation no capability against russian nuclear forces we have about fifty that doesn't really matter you know and they're right it's all about the perceptions of the west and sas and it's about the perception of what it what direction it may be going in the future because it's only our strategic long long in the future. so as i say we do need to regulate these things and we do need to understand each ot

again what the united states of america is doing today they are destroying what little remained of us russian ties i would add that all the responsibility for ruining russian american relations is on the united states of america. sloma however a different tone was struck on twitter the russian embassy asking the public for suggestions on which u.s. consulate to now close in russia u.s. officials said there expulsions weren't just about standing with the u.k. but about curtailing russia's covert operations against u.s. national security they presented all of those being expelled from the russian embassy the seattle consulate and the u.n. as part of a pool of some one hundred agents moscow currently has in the country administration officials here said that with these expulsions some forty russian spies would remain in the u.s. but that russia's covert operations would be severely curtailed in all three statements from the white house the state department and the u.s. is u.n. mission there was unequivocal agreement with the u.k. that russia was behind the chemical weapon attack something that d

us. russia has responded to it for tact in the ongoing dispute over the poisoning of a former russian spy the kremlin has announced it's expelling sixty american diplomats and shutting the u.s. consulate in st petersburg this comes after nations around the world kicked out russian officials in response to the poisoning of sergei scrip all and his daughter in britain many western countries hold russia responsible moscow has denied the allegations. for hundreds of years since petersburg has held symbolic value for us russian ties it was here in seventeen a she that the u.s. opened its first mission in russia but its diplomatic presence in the city will soon end moscow kicking out scores of western diplomats as a tit for tat retaliation over the poisoning of a former russian double edged in britain it means more than one hundred fifty diplomats from over two dozen countries will be out of russia. everything will also be reciprocal in terms of the number of people from the diplomatic missions who will be leaving russia. with people with these and that is all for now. a reciprocal move it may

it's thought to be the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history in the us the russian consulate in seattle washington has been closed and sixty russians across the country have been ordered to leave including twelve diplomats attached to the united nations in new york more than fifty or be expelled by other countries most of them in europe ukraine which is embroiled in its own conflict with moscow expelling thirteen russians russia denies the allegations and describes the expulsions as that provocative gesture she had returned to 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 expulsion of russia

it just occurs to me we now i could see do you think a campaign of russian with a misinformation and obfuscation aimed at a british and usaudience is now. i think that's likely that certainly consistent with russia's past action what we've heard even during this conversation is a lot of talk about international relations a lot of talk about the russian election we've not actually had any credible response to the specific threat that is. or the sorry the specific issue that is at hand which is how did this happen if it did not indeed originate in russia and that's the question that the russians have to answer and they can talk about say we are and they can talk about putin's election but how did a high high grade military agent get to the point where it is being deployed on the british ordinary street something not that that's the question they need to answer not international relations so i think there will be a very strong and concerted inconsistent response from the u.k. and u.k. is allies and that will continue for some time to come and fabrice a very quick answer from you please because we're almost out of time if ru

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think about less than 1% of exports and 1% of imports come from russia but of course there are useful russian, quite useful for russia in the russia is also bp has a big share in their fuel company. you don't want to be like america... know, and the dissidents there, they were asked why didn't you move to london and set of new york and one of the things he said was because of what is going on in london. it is a lot of madness. it is underground. we need to get it sorted. what the sunday times, the same thing, but their headline is blackout threat to britain as pretty hits back. —— vladimir putin. the national cyber security centre which is part of gchq, the security services, are warning there could be a russia and cyber attack on the systems, the national grid, the computer systems, which were actually cause them to dysfunction and they could put the lights out and basically i think this is a timely warning that they should actually used their defences against cyber attacks and indeed gchq is actually giving advice as to how they should boost their defences andl how they should boost their d

easy it is let's do this again if you like snow and the russians like snow you are aligned with russia or if you want lots of money and all of us have lots of money you are susceptible to russian influence it's all nonsense but who cares it's about getting the keywords out there about confusing and confounding not explaining or investigating he words people key words the russians everywhere iraq marked an unwanted anniversary this week we spoke to survivors of torture at the infamous abu ghraib detention facility later in the program. what whole existence to do something to. be put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be present. for something i want to be honest. it's a going to be pressed to say what before three in the morning can people that i'm interested always in the waters of my call. fundamentally the united states and russia are have been for decades two scorpions in a bottle each capable of destroying the other but only at the price of being destroyed itself. said well these weapons were overcome u.s. missile defenses u.s. missile defenses were totally ineffective against russian f

russian state. the essential tradecraft used by russian intelligence today is very similar to that used in the cold kgb to the present day with a lot of ease and accuracy. professor mifsud too did not respond to newsnight‘s attempts to contact him. but has always denied that he is a spy. when approached by italian newspaper la repubblica, he said, "secret agent? i never got a penny from the russians. my conscience is clean. all i've done is to foster relationships between official and nonofficial sources." three years ago, the government introduced shared parental leave, which gave couples the option of splitting 50 weeks of leave entitlement between mother and father. a charter for new dads to take more responsibility for rearing baby. but some old habits have persisted. take up of the shared leave scheme is very low — about 3% of eligible couples. the vast majority of couples are sticking to the traditional leave system — maternity, with a side of paternity. the subject has been analysed by the house of commons women and equalities committee — we'll discuss it shortly, but we went to luton to spe

the russians did more to us government. losed our consulate general in st petersburg and they have closed the british council. so we might decide for example to close down the russian conseil general in edinburgh. i think it is unlikely to ta ke edinburgh. i think it is unlikely to take it that far but there are options out there. the other point is we have various measures on the financial front, the government is committed to support the so—called magnitsky act and we have a unexplained wealth orders that will hit russia and —— russians in europe and how will the russians react to that? is their anxiety over the question of security of energy supplies, i am thinking of gas supplies, i am thinking of gas supplies from that part of the world ? the russians have been supplying gas to large parts of western europe through the coldest part of the cold warand through the coldest part of the cold war and they have never carted off. i think the risk to gas supplies is very low unless the crisis takes on a much more extreme form th

there be no credible response, we will conclude that this action amounts to an unlawful use of force by the russian against the united kingdom. mr speaker, this attempted murder using a weapons grade nerve agent in a british town was notjust a crime against the skripals. it was an indiscriminate and reckless act against the united kingdom, putting the lives of innocent civilians at risk and we will not tolerate such a brazen attempt to murder innocent civilians our soil. the russian ambassador summoned to the foreign office for an explanation and handed an ultimatum to respond by midnight tomorrow. not much chance of consensus between red and blue at home. mr speaker, we need to continue seeking a robust dialogue with russia on all the issues currently dividing our countries, both domestic and international. rather than simply cutting off contact and letting the divisions rather than simply cutting off contact and letting the tensions and divisions get worse and potentially, even more dangerous. a serious moment on both sides, though. i hope the whole house will be able to come together behind firm

murder of hundreds of dosh and other citizens in the russian attack on the mh seventeen and even today as we're talking we're seeing russia supporting the use of chemical weapons and bombing of civilians by the hazard regime so we're seeing a very hostile very road russian regime that is using violence as a state policy and is using murder as a as a means of influencing outcomes. that's conservative m.p. tom two can have two chairs of the british parliament as foreign affairs committee not vladimir ashcroft is the london based executive director of the anti corruption foundation which is a russian a not for profit organization is a longtime associate of russian opposition leader. outspoken putin critic critic alex like the valley. received political asylum in the u.k. in twenty fifty welcome to day doubly do you have any doubt that russia was behind the attempt on circus krypton's life. well definitely the choice of poison is highly sophisticated nerve agent or interruption of russia i think it will be some time until we know for sure whether it was their own agent when it was it was ordered from the top of russian leadership or whether it

if the russian government stopped using chemical weapons to assassinate its enemies, and if the russian government stopped helping his syrian allies to use chemical weapons to kill syrian children, and oppression cooperated with the organization for the prohibition of comic weapons by turning over all information regarding this nerve agent, we'll stop talking about them.

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our response must be robust it must also remain true to arthel use as a liberal democracy that believes in the rule of law. many russians have made this country their home abide by our laws and make an important contribution to our country which we must continue to welcome but to those who seek to do us harm my message is simple you are not welcome here. this is because let me turn to our bilateral relationship as i said on monday we have had a very simple approach to russia engage but be aware and i continue to believe it is a new. not in our national interest to break off all dialogue between the united kingdom and the russian federation but in the aftermath of this appalling act against our country this relationship cannot be the same so we will suspend all planned high level bilateral contacts between the united kingdom and the russian federation this includes revoking the invitation to foreign minister lavrov to pay a reciprocal visit to the u.k. and confirming they will be no attendance by ministers or indeed members of the royal family at this summer's world cup in russia finally mr speaker we will deploy a range

we have become quite used to seeing the sort of behaviour from the russian embassy, even in this countryin the us, the russian embassy in the us is holding a twitter poll, from what i understand, asking people to give them ideas on what to do next, or which us mission to close down in russia, i think, which us mission to close down in russia, ithink, the which us mission to close down in russia, i think, the story says. we are still waiting to see how russia reacts. but as joe was just saying, it is such a concerted effort, i think we can expect that something similar is going to happen. quite what they are going to do will be very interesting to see, particularly because it is felt that many in the putin government and the putin administration, didn't quite expect this from trump. and even last week when we were talking about all of this and thinking theresa may was going to get people together behind her, and rex tillerson, if you remember, he resigned and we realised he already knew he would go when he expressed his support for theresa may. we were not sure in this country how the us

security council and the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats from britain the us france and germany along with the u.k. have issued a joint statement blaming moscow for the poisoning of the former spy surrogates cripple and his daughter in the u.k. let me a putin's expected to win a fourth term in sunday's presidential election and he's been talking about russia's weapons capability this month in his state of the union speech two weeks ago he said that new nuclear missiles that could penetrate any u.s. defense system of being developed the united states has been sending mixed messages on how to deal with russia president donald trump has repeatedly been ambiguous but others in his administration say that russia should be held accountable the united states stands in absolute solidarity with great britain. the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack on two people and the united kingdom using a military grade nerve agent dozens of civilians and first responders were also exposed russia says the accusations are insane and that britain is refusing to cooperate wi

russians named in the indictment. according to mueller, this man yevgeny prigozhin helped bankroll the cyber operation used to interfere in the 2016 election. prigozhin is a powerful russian oligarch whose close association with the russian president has earned him a nickname "putin's cook." >> it's not true that you don't know the individuals who are accused of conducting this. one of your good friends is actually accused of helping conduct this. his name is yevgeny prigozhin. you know him? >> i know that person. but i wouldn't consider him one of my friends. this is just twisting the facts around. he is a businessman. he is involved in the restaurant business and some other business. but he is not a government official. we don't have anything to do with him. >> after you heard that he had been indicted, did you pick up the phone and call him? >> like i have nothing better to do. i've got so many things to do and so many problems -- >> he's your friend. he's just been indicted. did -- didn't you hear what i said?e he's not a friend of mine. i do know this person. but i wouldn't list him among my friends. wasn't i clea

russian citizens that's what i see. the question now is whether the crisis will move beyond teeth for tat measures. for more let me join. in moscow miller drugs what could you tell us about these expulsions what more information do you have. well the latest is i just heard that the russian administration off the german basket or we've got high off on foot to come to the foreign office i think they will tell mr french that for german diplomats have to leave the country within a week well we knew that all this is going to happen it's not really a surprise. so this is obviously these expansions are a reciprocal move matching expulsions of vashon diplomats from the u.s. does this not restore diplomatic equilibrium or should we expect further punitive steps well the fee for world cup starts in two and a half months i think i don't think that the russian that russia is now interested in making a bad situation worse at this moment the kremlin is going to wait and see what the white house and what down the street are going to do british prime minister i'm a made it clear that there could be further sanctions against russia if this is the case you can be pretty sure russia

russian trace in this high—resonance event. a month after the floida school shooting, students across the us walk out of their classrooms to demandhter gun controls. and ten plastic particles per litre — growing concerns over many brands of bottled water. hello. the white house has backed britain's decision to expel russian diplomats in retaliation for the nerve agent attack on sergei skipral and his daughter. the us said it was a "just response" and america stood in solidarity with its closest ally. 23 staff at the russian embassy in london have been given a week to leave the uk. but the kremlin continues to deny any involvement in the attempted murder. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. it was right to offer russia the opportunity to provide an explanation. but their response has demonstrated complete disdain for the gravity of these events. the midnight deadline came and went, leaving a morning with no new answers. theresa may went prepared 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 eu

as the prime minister is said the attack was an unlawful use of force by the russian state against the united kingdom. mr. speaker, there has to be a robust response to the use of terror on our street. we must act in a measured way to sure that we will not tolerate this behavior. in this regard i welcome and associate with these ventures on this i commit to wanting constructively with the government. i am sure the house will join me in extending thanks to making sure to run the clock. mr. speaker, it's alarming to see her closest friend and ally's expressing solidarity and support. our friends must join with us by standing up to this abuse by russia. i look forward they must speak with the clear and on ambiguous voice the fact that we are expelling the largest number of these and 50 years is welcome to send example of what can be done against hostile activities. someone who is previously thwarted i am pleased that the government is taking action. and i commend the actions of the opportunity to meet previously. here stood up to the effects of russian power the sanctions are welcome to w

us from massachusetts. republican line. caller: good morning. let me try to understand this. we have the russian state taking the spontaneous, 100% risk with zero benefit assassinating a washed up long out of service, retired double agent spy in a foreign country using a unique chemical directly traceable to a 30-year-old russian -- preceding the russian election? russiansow that the aren't yet involves -- are in the end results. routinely probe ask inebriated with vodka. give me a break. there is nothing in the story that is not similar to saddam's bio weapons and anthrax in a six-month timeframe for nuclear launch. this is ridiculous. this many other countries have much more motivation than the russians. thank you. host: your perspective? guest: to the timing, i think even this narrative, is not just couldn't that believes the west is trying to conduct imaging change. change, manyregime believe many are anti-russian. i think you cannot discount as to why this was done. the diaspora in london is quite large with a lot of money. from the russian leadership perspective, they are worried about the

us and half the e.u. supported britain's expulsion of russian diplomats they describe the nerve agent allegedly used and blame russia for the attack though without providing any proof the so-called evidence includes claims of previous malicious tippity by moscow these include cyber attacks alleged election interference and what the presentation calls the occupation of crimea. moscow denies any involvement in the poisoning and accuses london of waging a media campaign to blame russia but judging by the slides in the presentation the allegations were based not on proof but on what was deemed a highly likely assumption. you know while many countries have expelled russian diplomats in solidarity with the u.k. not everyone agrees with the move along with m.p.'s in neighboring ireland which show is also kicking out diplomats you're asking us to trust johnson and dare i say this might not be the wisest course of action and i saw in the irish parliament of drawing comparisons between the script. bombings carried out almost fifty years ago in which the u.k. government was suspected of involvement back then for cars ex

the us already has sanctions against many russian oligarchs., 19 individuals have been picked by the treasury. robert mueller, investigating russia's actions in the election, has helped this. one of these is someone has helped this. one of these is someone known has helped this. one of these is someone known as has helped this. one of these is someone known as putin's chef, owning a restaurant business up at close to the kremlin. what is interesting is that steve mnuchin says these sanctions are for meddling in the election, but also for the recent use of a military grade nerve agent to murder to uk citizens. ——2. he has gone further than donald trump has in pointing to this alleged attack by russians on a uk citizen as a reason for these further sanctions. in other business news, broadcom in singapore has reported better than expected earnings only a day after they were expecting to take over a us company, but were blocked by president trump. they upgraded to $5.2 billion in the first quarter, but no mention of the deal. wesfarmers is spinning

by virtue of using russian media as the doctor was pointing out in the beginning, russian -- influence of russian media over the moldovan market is 60% to 70%. even though recently implemented a law against russian propaganda, it's half measure. political talk shows and news from russia banned, not just russia ball the countries that have not signed transfrontier european charter. several european countries. but they have no broadcasting in moldova. that's a half measure as long as you have internet propaganda and propaganda through russian tvs through the entertainment channels, movies that also adds up to influence that russian is implementing. >> thank you very much. paul has -- everybody on this panel has -- we have a country represented that's nato member, a country represented in danger of a hot war, the most volatile country, and i think i'll be correct to say that paul will talk about two countries not often mentioned. almost overlooked as potential casualties or targets. and that's kazakhstan and belarus. both extremely important for various reasons, paul's chapter is on kazak

again what the united states of america is doing today they are destroying what little remained of us russian ties and i would add that all the responsibility for ruining russian american relations is on the united states of america. sloma however a different tone was struck on twitter the russian embassy asking the public for suggestions on which u.s. consulate to now close in russia u.s. officials said there expulsions weren't just about standing with the u.k. but about curtailing russia's covert operations against u.s. national security they presented all of those being expelled from the russian embassy the seattle consulate and the u.n. as part of a pool of some one hundred agents moscow currently has in the country administration officials here said that with these expulsions some forty russian spies would remain in the u.s. but that russia's covert operations would be severely curtailed in all three statements from the white house the state department and the u.s. is u.n. mission there was unequivocal agreement with the u.k. that russia was behind the chemical weapon attack something th

very well and quoted which is the russian federation reserve the right for the first use of nuclear weapons even in a conventional conflict when the russian state is at stake. that is blackmail. >> it is in the big question on everybody's mind is whether or not putin is serious and whether or not the russians would actually use nuclear weapons. i know there are different views on this but i think the risk that a truly what is quite significant and i think that's something we don't like to think about and we don't like to come to terms with. we are very complacent with the idea that the last time the world use nuclear weapons was a very long time ago and we lived in this peaceful standoff for a very long time. my three years on the armed services committee the single most writing thing i have ever done was get briefed on our nuclear command and control architecture systems policies. they ran us through an exercise. we got down and put on the headsets and we went through this exercise where our united states military prep just how they execute a nuclear strike. i went into

also coming up the axe body and his daughter poisoned in britain it's nothing to do with us say the russians british prime minister to resign manning is due to update in parliament at any moment. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. germany's new government is preparing to take office after the participating parties signed a much anticipated coalition agreement the document sense out of sets out the program agreed between angela merkel's conservative bloc and the social democrats it marks the end of long and difficult negotiations that have kept germany on edge the party leaders say that their joint program would address the concerns of those germans who feel left behind. it took them six months to finally agree on this coalition all three party leaders made it clear today that they want the government to last the full term the signed agreement is one hundred seventy seven pages long one hundred seventy seven pages of political policies for germany. the hierarchy in the new government is clear the leading figure is still on the america following a long run up to the n

us and half the e.u. supported britain's expulsion of russian diplomats they described the nerve agent allegedly used to blame russia for the attack the so-called evidence includes claims of previous malicious activity by moscow these include cyber attacks alleged interference on elections and what their presentation calls the occupation of crimea moscow denies any involvement in the poisoning it's made a formal request for the medical examination records of you and your script child who was a russian citizen russia also calls the expulsion of diplomats a baseless sanction but judging by the slides in the presentation the allegations were based not on proof but on what was deemed quote a highly likely assumption. while many countries of expelled the russian diplomats in solidarity with the u.k. not everyone agrees with the move. in neighboring. you're asking us to trust doris johnson and dare i say this might not be the why use this course of action and people in the irish capital about what they thought about the diplomatic relating to the script. i think it's a needless threats to our sovereignty by a man w

again what the united states of america is doing today they are destroying what little remained of us russian ties and i would add that all the responsibility for ruining russian american operations is on the united states of america what sloma however a different tone was struck on twitter the russian embassy are asking the public for suggestions on which u.s. consulate now to close in russia shepparton see al-jazeera washington. russia's foreign ministry says the u.k. has made european countries hostage to it anti russian policy challenges following the reaction in moscow while 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

su unfortunately i think there is a real danger that the whole structure of the us russian negotiated nuclear restraint that sort of regulated the nuclear arms competition for the last half century may collapse we are in a situation right now where we do have the new start treaty in place the two sides have just finished complying with all of its limits as of early february. there are inspections still taking place it's one of the only ways in which the nuclear stablish mintz of our two countries are still talking to each other and working together but in its current form it expires in early two thousand and twenty one both countries are charging the other with violations of various other arms agreements. and. given the very poor relations with countries it would be very difficult to get the two thirds approval needed under the u.s. constitution for a new treaty in the senate until some of those issues were resolved especially the charges of past foreign.