must answer the russian government must fully cooperate with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons an impartial international investigation those responsible for this attack must be held accountable i'm brought to justice thought we are joined on nato correspondent teri schultz in brussels terry you followed the special meeting of nato allies in the poisoning of kremlin critic not only what is their main response to russia well their heart nato isn't saying at this very early stage that russian officials or the russian government is definitely responsible for the poisoning of alexina volney what they are saying is that the soviet and then russian government is responsible for any stocks of nova took the nerve agent used to poison of all me and that therefore it must come clean on where those nerve agents are being stored what you know who might have access to them and that it needs to you know participate in an international investigation that you know if russia wants to say it's not responsible it needs to help find out who is terry you have the opportunity to ask. the 1st questio

the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons that is where germany has chosen to send the information it says says shows that alexei navalny was poisoned with another chalk nerve agent. and of course that widening remit of the o.p.c. w. no doubt going to be a factor in the next few hours or days or for now peter oliver in berlin thank you . next the u.k. government speaking accused of threatening peace in northern ireland and any hopes of reaching a trade deal with europe it after downing street said it would override parts of the brics a deal struck with brussels to ensure there wouldn't be problems when the transition period ends on the 31st of december but the move prompted a stern warning from the e.u. just be demagoguing you need to respect the rule expect the u.k. to move the commitments the negotiated and signed up to last year it's less lugo to citizens droids to northern oil and any attempt by the u.k. to undermine the agreement would have serious consequences. against this hostile backdrop an 8th around of e.u. breaks it talks with london has become saskia taylor

the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons to provide their results that should be coming in the next few weeks or so. for now this morning the next new accusations of meddling are being thrown at russia ahead of the us 2020 presidential election the washington post claimed the top secret cia assessment insisted letterman put himself is probably conducting a smear campaign against the democratic party presumptive nominee joe biden the paper named no sources though says could taylor digs deeper. 2020 year old foss but despite all its twists and turns there's still been time for a touch of the stuff we assess the president vladimir putin and the senior most russian officials are aware of and probably directing russia's influence operations into denigrating the former us vice president supporting the us president and fueling public discord ahead of the u.s. election in november what's this allegations of russian meddling in u.s. elections well given how convincing incredible the previous ones have been we must take a look at this unseen top secret cia report so top brass krem

must answer the russian government must fully cooperate with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons an impartial international investigation. those responsible for this attack must be held accountable and brought to justice for going to join the nato correspondent teri schultz in brussels terry you followed the special meeting of nato allies in the poisoning of kremlin critic not only what is their main response to russia. or heart nato isn't saying at this very early stage that russian officials or the russian government is definitely responsible for the poisoning of alexei navalny what they are saying is that the soviet and the russian government is responsible for any stocks of nover took the nerve agent used to poison of ali and that therefore it must come clean on where those nerve agents are being stored what you know who might have access to them and that it needs to you know participate in an international investigation that you know if russia wants to say it's not responsible it needs to help find out who is and terry you have the opportunity to ask the ins 1st question aft

the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons they have samples that were taken from alexina valmy we should expect to hear from them in the coming weeks. or the process is very low comes in this morning from i will let you go we are all over there your correspondent. the go right to the top the washington post claiming to themself is behind a smear campaign to end joe biden's chances in november as u.s. presidential election could tell it breaks down the so-called top secret claims. 2020 year old foss but despite all its twists and tons there's still been time for a touch of this stuff we assess the president vladimir putin and the senior most russian officials are aware of and probably directing russia's influence operations into denigrating the former us vice president supporting the u.s. president and fueling public discord ahead of the u.s. election in november what's this allegations of russian meddling in u.s. elections well given how convincing incredible of the previous ones have been we must take a look at this unseen top secret cia report so top brass kremlin offic

must answer the russian government must fully cooperate with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons an impartial international investigation those responsible for this attack must be held accountable and brought to justice thought we are joined by our nato correspondent teri schultz in brussels terry you followed the special meeting of nato allies in the poisoning of kremlin critic what is their main response to russia or heart nato isn't saying at this very early stage that russian officials or the russian government is definitely responsible for the poisoning of alexei navalny what they are saying is that the soviet and the russian government is responsible for any stocks of nova took the nerve agent used to poison of all me and that therefore it must come clean on where those nerve agents are being stored what you know who might have access to them and that it needs to you know participate in an international investigation that you know if russia wants to say it's not responsible it needs to help find out who is terry you had the opportunity to ask. the 1st question after a state

the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons so russia should have already declared any stocks that have has of nobody took and it is also responsible for securing any of those stocks and so that is what nato says russia must come clean on where is its over took who has access to it and how could someone have gotten gotten the supply of it to poison alexina vonnie ok there was a press conference after young stoltenberg issued his statement what did you ask him. well i passed on a question that i'm getting a lot on twitter and that is from the critics of nato saying anything at all they want to know why would the alliance have anything to say about a russian citizen being poisoned on russian territory so that's what i asked the secretary general because this is a violation of international law on international norms it's the use of a chemical of the use of a overunity chemical nerve agent which is violating probation over in use over chemical weapons and matters for nato and when we see that the illegal alteration in russia is attacked. is tried there's not as a nation of time t

the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons so russia should have already declared any stocks that have has of nova check and it is also responsible for securing any of those stocks and so that is what nato says russia must come clean on where is it's over took who has access to it and how could someone have gotten gotten the supply of it to poison alexina vonnie there was a press conference after yet still to issue his statement what did you ask him well i passed on a question that i'm getting a lot on twitter and that is from the critics of nato saying anything at all they want to know why would the alliance have anything to say about a russian citizen being poisoned on russian territory so that's what i asked the secretary general. because this is a violation of international law on the international norms it's the use of chemical of that but it's a use of overunity chemical nerve agent which is violating probation over any use of chemical weapons and matters for nato and when we see that the opposition will titian in russia is attacked. there's not as nation a time against

the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons so russia should have already declared any stocks that have has of nova check and it is also responsible for securing any of those stocks and so that is what nato says russia must come clean on where is it's over took who has access to it and how could someone have gotten gotta know the supply of it to poison alexina vonnie there was a press conference after yet still to issued his statement what did you ask him well i passed on a question that i'm getting a lot on twitter and that is from the critics of nato saying anything at all they want to know why would the alliance have anything to say about a russian citizen being poisoned on russian territory so that's what i asked the secretary general. because this is a violation of international law on the international norms it's the use of chemical of that but it's a use of overunity chemical nerve agent which is violating probation over any use of chemical weapons and matters for nato and when we see that the opposition cultish and in russia is attacked. is tried to there's not as a na

is hoping or demanding that russia will work together with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the opi c w because nobody chalk is in fact a declared chemical weapon and that also was a feature of the foreign policy chief statement yesterday evening as he said this is an international crime in other words the use of no each off even on russian soil if it is in fact possible to prove who was accountable for that would amount to an international crime against which europe would want to take action so some of the actions that of course are being considered sanctions against russia further sanctions many people say this is the biggest test that the e.u. has faced in its relations with russia since occupation of crimea of course sanctions are already in place for that last time nova chalk was used against the former russian spy sergey script all in the u.k. and 2018 the russian diplomats were expelled in a concerted action by e.u. countries that case was a little different because the use of nova chalk did occur on foreign soil nonetheless as i said it is a prohibited action so thos

must answer the russian government must fully cooperate with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and the impartial international investigation those responsible for this attack must be held accountable and brought to justice thought we are joined by our nato has funded and teri schultz in brussels tell you follow the special meeting of nato allies in the poisoning of kremlin critic not only what is their main response to russia. or their heart nato isn't saying at this very early stage that russian officials or the russian government is definitely responsible for the poisoning of alexei navalny what they are saying is that the soviet and the russian government is responsible for any stocks of nova took the nerve agent used to poison of all me and that therefore it must come clean on where those nerve agents are being stored what you know who might have access to them and that it needs to you know participate in an international investigation that you know if russia wants to say it's not responsible it needs to help find out who is terry you have the opportunity to ask the ins 1st

must ensure the russian government must fully cooperate with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons an impartial international investigation. also responsible for this attack must be held accountable brought to justice. the kremlin has dismissed the conclusion reached by german doctors saying it has received no proof from berlin that nobel it was poisoned. we listen to these lofty and pompous statements from our western colleagues with a certain amount of skepticism we will see what facts they provide about the behavior itself in the public sphere such of noxious and arrogant demands in the time that our western colleagues are using but i don't think they can provide anything other than fake evidence so far as are all of which were developed he is still in a coma in a barely hospital and faces a long and uncertain road to recovery the nature of poisoning means answers will be hard to come by nato and the european union have not yet decided how they will react as they try to untangle the issue of standing up for someone who was not attacked on their soil. let's get a check now of som

that say a laboratory a military laboratory that certified by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the o b c w the german chancellor said that this was an attempt to silence alexei novelli and a crime against fundamental values both the german chancellor angela merkel and german foreign minister. have called for and says in what happened to election of army. it's an informant soon it is obvious that one of the leading opposition figures in russia has been poisoned as specialized aboard 3 of the armed forces came to a clear conclusion that aleksey never in the was poisoned with a substance from the north beach a group he's the victim for crime someone tried to shut him up. we demand an investigation into the poisoning of aleksey now while we condemn this boy's name and in the near future will hold consultations and how you can adequately respond to weight loss would depend on russia's response to the case. yes sir peter about what's being said in germany but there's been a global reaction hausner with statements from several countries. that's right angle of merkel in her press confe

the russian government must fully co—operate with the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weaponson. those responsible for this attack must be held accountable and brought to justice. here the foreign secretary, dominic raab, called the poisoning utterly deplorable. he is insisting on the full and transparent investigation. the kremlin says it will investigate but it complains it has not been shown any evidence of poisoning. translation: our specialists are carrying out checks, investigative actions. if there is a confirmation of the presence of poisonous substances, there is no doubt an investigation will be launched. we are asking everybody to rely on the facts. there are disturbing echoes here of what happened in salisbury more than two years ago. a novichok nerve agent developed in soviet laboratories was used to poison the former russian kgb defector sergei skripal and his daughter. britain blamed it on to a russian military intelligence officers. moscow denied responsibility. then there was alexander litvinenko, another former kgb officer. he died in a london hospital in 200

must answer the russian government must fully cooperate with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons an impartial international investigation those responsible for this attack must be held accountable and brought to justice thought we are joined by our nato correspondent teri schultz in brussels terry you followed that special meeting of nato allies in the poisoning of kremlin critic now bonnie what is their main response to russia. well dear heart nato isn't saying at this very early stage that russian officials or the russian government is definitely responsible for the poisoning of alexei navalny what they are saying is that this soviet and then russian government is responsible for any stocks of nova took the nerve agent used to poison of ali and that therefore it must come clean on where those nerve agents are being stored what you know who might have access to them and that it needs to you know participate in an international investigation that you know if russia wants to say it's not responsible it needs to help find out who is terry you have the opportunity to ask you. first

present in samples taken from alexina valley we've also heard that the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons is starting its process to verify. those results that have been taken we heard from stephens i bet on monday he's the german government spokesperson basically the voice of angle a miracle he said that look bora trees in france and in sweden had now confirmed the presence of novacek in those samples taken from mist in the valley. clarification on the nevada only case the federal government has involved the o.p.c. w. in the analysis of evidence in addition to other international laboratories have confirmed that a nerve agent from the group was the cause of the poisoning well is that information comes in the we're also getting news from over in russia in the city of on square alexina valmy was 1st treated from the senior toxicologist at the hospital where he was 1st treated saying that alexei navalny did not present to them when he 1st arrived with symptoms that would be welts into she would see from somebody who had been poisoned with novacek with another chalk nerve agent it's hard to

alexina valley to provide immediate and full disclosure of the nova chuck chemical weapons program to the o.p.c. w that's the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons based in the hague in the netherlands and calls for an end to acts of harassment against oppositions of the russian government the action from the e.u. it wants to see is further restrictive sanction measures against russia and russian officials also for the calling off the ending of the nord stream 2 gas pipeline project now on choose day the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs yossef barel that's basically the e.u. foreign minister was talking to any peace saying that that wasn't in the remit of the powers that the e.u. institutions had that would come down to the individual member states who are involved in the project to make that decision if they were to call it off or not but what we're hearing from the e.u. commission president is that it's well action against russia needs to be taken and 2000 that advocates closer ties with russia i say that the poisoning of an exchange. with an advanced chemical agent is not a one off. we have seen the pattern in

stephens i bet the government's official spokesperson saying that the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the o.p.c. w. based in the hague had started their process of verifying germany's claims that nova chalk a novacek nerve agent it being used to poison alexina valmy is desired but went on to say that those findings it being backed up by 2 separate laboratories one in sweden and one in france. the board's reason france and sweden have carried out their investigations and confirmed the german evidence that means we now have 3 laborious research working independently from each other which of all reached the conclusion that the substance that caused the poisoning of mr know miley was a nerve agent from the knob group. russian president vladimir putin and his french counterpart emmanuel micron held a phone conversation to talk about the ongoing alexei navalny case in not conversation the russian president said that unfounded claims against russia were inappropriate and that the information that dated the evidence that russia requested must be shared with moscow also he said that russian do

probe that's including the united nations the european union the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and others all to be on side with that and it talks about blocking the construction of nord stream to the gas pipeline that takes russian gas or will take russian gas under the baltic sea directly into germany earlier this week we heard from u.s. it bottled the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs saying that wasn't within the remit of the e.u. institutions to do he said it would be up to the individual member states that are involved in the project if they were to council out call it off block it in any way or just temporarily suspend it however we have heard from the e.u. commission president saying now is the time for action and to those that advocates closer ties with russia i say that the poisoning of alexei navalny with an advanced chemical agent is not a one off. we have seen the pattern angela and then ukraine and syria and south ferry and then election meddling around the world and this pattern is not changing and no pipeline will change that well moscow is still sayi

would like to see russia in that investigation work with the organization in the prohibition of chemical weapons because in fact no the chalk is a prohibited substance so this is is a violation of international law now the last time that nobody chalk was used namely to poison the former russian spy sergei script all the poisoning that occurred in 2018 in the u.k. afterwards there was a response by a number of e.u. member states taking concerted action to expel russian diplomats this case is a little different because it did occur on russian soil but as i said this is a violation of international law another possible and quite likely response would be sanctions e.u. sanctions currently apply to russia because of its occupation of crimea but we might see additional sanctions imposed as well sanctions sanctions are very much a part of the international discussion right now domestically german politicians are urging merkel to abandon the nord stream to project which is now nearing completion actually that would bring natural gas from russia to germany can you fill us in on why this project is taking

trying to force the russian side to deal with all this through the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons that is an international body that germany says has all the findings but the russian top diplomat told his german colleague that this shouldn't stop the russian and the german governments from talking to each other bilaterally in or outside the o.p.c. w. now moving on to how the issue is being treated by the european union i can tell you that on tuesday the and the volley health incident that's only being described as nava chalk poisoning by either countries has made all the way inside the walls of the european parliament but just as an example of how russian diplomats are trying to knock on all kinds of doors in europe i can tell you that just before the emmy peas began debating the matter russia's mission to the european union came up with 9 blocks of questions flagging and consistencies and how berlin sees this matter some of them include what is the law or the rationale behind the kremlin or the russian authorities alleged plan or scheme to poison the like saying a volley with nov

laboratories all together that have identified those samples also the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons is involved in its own investigation and taking samples from aleck's in the valley to try and verify the claims that he was poisoned with a novel nerve agent now stephens i spoke to the press on monday morning he told them that yes these extra tests had been carried out further to laboratories. boards recent france and sweden have carried out their investigations and confirmed the german evidence that means we now have 3 laborious reads working independently from each other which of all reached the conclusion that the substance that caused the poisoning of mr know was a nerve agent from the not betrayal group. well the chief toxicologist in the russian city of squids 1st treated alexei navalny has poured scorn on math saying that mr novelli did not present with the symptoms that you would have if you had been poisoned with a nerve agent or not a chalk nerve agent for that matter these new this news coming out of germany is unlikely to placate russia moscow wants to see the data from t

institute to german military look oratory which is certified by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the o.p.c. w. those tests and being double checked they come back positive the only heart nor the chalk in his system now i'm going to merkel described this as an attempt to silence alexei in the valley and called it a crime against the fundamental values of society the german chancellor and the german foreign minister both calling for ounces it's an informant soon it is obvious that one of the leading opposition figures in russia has been poisoned as specialized laborde 3 of the armed forces came to a clear conclusion that alex enough money was poisoned with a substance from the norwich a group he's the victim for crime someone tried to shut him up they are following up with the sleep we demand an investigation into the poisoning of aleksey now while we condemn this boy's name and in the near future will hold consultations and how europe can adequately respond to it it will also depend on russia's response to the case. and picked these claims from germany obviously going to cause rip

with alexander szell again russia's permanent representative to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons are very welcome to the program that we understand that a letter has been sent by russia to the german representative to the o.p.c. asking for clarification on the knob on the case have you had any response to that . thank you very much for coming so it was closer to being with the. big number 2 on your question yes we sent a letter to the permanent representative got the job with the review or it will be article 9 corridor of the will. we requested the germans to grow does it with. the mission it will want. it exalts of analysis. samples moment tickle sample so in the in one war that all the materials are in the relations with these look. at this in time i have told it to my personal letter to the committee director general of the office you don't believe your $700.00. the breach of the human will to go on will not to the johnson task to make these people fall all member states on the chemical weapons so organisation. we took the steps of one of the reasons because of a boy with took

said that europe is looking for russia to work together with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons in this investigation that may be unlikely and in fact a number of servers say that we are unlikely to see the kind of thorough investigation from russia that the european union is calling for so where are we heading then is the question well probably toward a discussion of sanctions now russia and russia is already under you sanctions following the occupation of crimea but clearly sanctions could be ratcheted up we also saw a concerted european response after the poisoning of the former russian spy sergei scriptural in the united kingdom in 2018 with the same nerve agent used here against a volley in that case russian diplomats were expelled from european countries so sanctions very much on the table something that we've also seen come into focus is the north stream to project which plans to bring russian gas to germany it's nearing completion completion german politicians some of them opponents are urging markel to abandon the project could we see that only men. not only opponents i

moscow tonight silence a stark contrast to the alarm sounding at the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the o.p.c. w band earlier this year today the agency said the ploy of a joke in any form to harm someone cannot be treated lightly in a statement issued today the agency said under the chemical weapons convention any poisoning of an individual through the use of a nerve agent is considered a use of chemical weapons such an allegation is a matter of grave concern. mark michael bloom is a toxicologist in 2018 he led the o.p.c. w.'s mission to the u.k. following the movie choke attack on the former russian spy sergei scribal and scruples daughter he joins me tonight from homburg it's good to have you on the day we're not just talking about poison here or we're talking about a banned chemical weapon but what difference does that me in the investigation of alexina of all these poisoning i think that is no big difference whether it's a note the chilcot testicle north h. or even the going to fester it's best to side it's well there is a difference and still tried it as a military nerve agent

of on these test results to the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. instead. the test results have been handed over to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons russia is a member of this organization or that diplomatic spot between perlin and moscow is heating up over what happened to alexina valmy the german ambassador to russia was summoned to the foreign ministry in moscow and what cheese heard how russia is far from happy and what it sees as accusations coming towards it about the alleged poisoning of alexei navalny a strong protest was made to the ambassador over the unfounded accusations presented by the government of the federal republic of germany against russia in the context of the illness and hospitalisation of russian citizen alexina of only and the obvious use of his situation by berlin as an excuse to discredit our country on the international arena the g 7 leaders have also issued a joint statement in which they talk about the confident poisoning of alexian of ali the statement also calls up for action from moscow the russian foreign ministry not particularly happy with that they say that the main obstacle

moscow tonight silence a stark contrast to the alarm sounding of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the o.p.c. w band earlier this year today the agency said deploying of a joke in any form to harm someone cannot be treated lightly in a statement issued today the agency said under the chemical weapons convention any poisoning of an individual through the use of a nerve agent is considered a use of chemical weapons such an allegation is a matter of grave concern. market like a balloon is a toxicologist in 2018 he led the o.p.c. w.'s mission to the u.k. following the movie choke attack on the former russian spy sergei scribal and scruples daughter he joins me tonight from humber it's good to have you on the day we're not just talking about poison here or we're talking about a banned chemical weapon but what difference does that make in the investigation of alexina of all these poisoning i think that it's no big difference whether it's a no he took a classic you know if age or even the dawn of frustration as decided. well there is a difference and still tried it as a military nerve age