and i asked alastair hay professor of environmental toxicology at the university of leeds in the u.k. who might have had access to the kind of toxin found in the vollies blood gunna phosphate pesticides are not difficult to get hold of but the more toxic nerve agent type. like the nova chocked that is military grade material and nobody is really going to have access to that unless you are a superb chemist with very good facilities. these are chemicals which block messages from you know to muscle. type chemicals and other nerve agents are highly potent so you only need very small quantities to poison and kill someone so if you are trying to poison someone trying to disguise it maybe in t. as in this instance possibly then you want something that is highly toxic that you can only only need to give in small amounts to bring about what you're trying to achieve so these are likely to be. difficult at this stage to say but i suspect it's going to be something that's very potent and only obtainable from a very restricted circle and that was alastair hay professor of environmental toxicology

well gavin, this was outlined by the fifa deputy general secretary alastair bell, talking to the bbc it relates to a meeting that took place between the fifa president, gianni infantino, and the swiss attorney general. and basically it was set up for gianni infantino to ensure the swiss

for alastair's family, fear and hope. >> we love him., and if anything goes wrong, i'll regret it till my dying day. but at the end of the day, i believe that feelings have to be tempered with facts and with evidence, and i think the risk is vanishingly small. >> reporter: scientists are divided over how to trial a coronavirus vaccine. but one thing is not in question. this pandemic only ends when they succeed. raf sanchez, nbc news, oxford. >>> and coming up for us, speaking of the pandemic, football season's right around the corner, except in those places where they're not going to be playing football this season. that story after this. >>> on this last night of the week, the last thing before we go tonight, the arrival of football season is always a dicey time for us giants fans, but i digress. this year it's the debate over safety, and this one isn't theoretical. it's easy to comprehend where it comes to football. imagine a sport where plays are called in a huddle of large humans breathing hard. imagine you're a down lineman and your

superstar allister macleod of gold money dot com allister welcome thank you for asking me bax all right alastair 1st of all i might want to say of course max and i are investors and gold money dot com because we love the company and you do a lot of great research so we're having you on here to discuss some of your research and the solutions to the issues though when you look at gold and you look at the fact that it's sort through $2000.00 do you agree with what goldman sachs who is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the can tell you in a fact all of the sort of money system they say that.

let's speak professor alastair hay, a toxicology expert from the school of medicine at the universityeds. it is very good to have you with us, professor hay. first of all, how will the german medical team establish whether alexei navalny was poisoned or not? they will be taking blood and you're in samples from him and subjecting them to be the most wide—ranging screening process possible. —— you're in samples samples. they will be looking for families of chemicals and if they identify any of these they will do more specific tests. it is long process when you don't really know what they're looking for. it is better for them to identify a chemical if they can because this can then lead to more specific treatment. they have been some questions over how and whether i should say a toxic substance will still be detectable. yes, i think if it was something that was highly toxic there is a good chance of still finding it but of course it varies hugely according to the individual substance. some are present for a very short period and some have really quite extended stays in the body, so they

include in south korea singapore and of course the us every device has its own unique features and alastair for its high rate of autonomy as a work. because i show him this for his own use it is intended for use in places of mass gatherings such as and of course train stations sports events as well as in russia's national security systems. and will stay with technology because the pentagon is working on a chilling project for robots not only to. the fighting but also make life or death decisions on the battlefield senses will link land sea space and cyberspace forces making a split 2nd choice say the who and where to shoot the systems the joint or the main command and control with jad sainty one could also replace even senior military stuff there are huge concerns to a way of excluding humans from decision making especially if the technology fails we put the issue up for debate. or is really a simple fact. and i know that there is new technology out there that you know has complicated it somewhat closing with and destroying the enemy through fire and maneuver. there is such a thing as too m

allister macleod of gold money dot com allister welcome thank you for asking me facts all right alastair 1st of all i might want to say of course max and i are investors and gold money dot com because we love the company and you do a lot of great research so we're having you on here to discuss some of your research and the solutions to the issues though when you look at gold and you look at the fact that it's sort through $2000.00 do you agree with what goldman sachs who is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the can tell you in effect all of the sort of money system they say that the u.s. dollar is days are nearing an end and how they determine that in their reports is that. the gold price so do you see those $2.00 as being related and are they a little bit too doing gloom and that the u.s. dollar is ending soon the answer to that is yes they are related but i would put it slightly differently from the way goldman sachs describes it there was a day earlier in this year when everything changed it was rather like you know the tide stopped going out and started coming in all from how the p

superstar alister macleod of gold money dot com allister welcome thank you for asking me bax all right alastair 1st of all i might want to say of course max and i are investors and gold money dot com because we love the company and you do a lot of great research so we're having you on here to discuss some of your research.

reasons dominic came there with all the latest from berlin thank you very much dominic and professor alastair hay is an environmental toxicology ex-pat and he says the substance likely used on the valley is a notorious nerve agent not easily accessible to the general public those are the preserve generally of governments the nerve agent there are a variety siren and reading of the names here now sour and taboo on like the compound the x. that was used on the north korean leader's half brother in malaysia and killed him and those substances are all what you would find within government they're all strictly regulated and there shouldn't be any in general circulation not a truck type chemicals also fall into that category they're ones where you would expect it to come from some government source very unlikely for an individual to have it although it is not beyond the ability of competent chemists with good facilities good protection in their laboratories for the person making that substance for them to be able to make it. the afghan taliban is claiming responsibility for a car bomb explosion whi

professor alastair hay is an environmental toxicology expert he says at their most deadly these substances are notorious nerve agents those are the preserve generally of government the nerve agent there are a variety sarin and reeling off some names here and now seren tabun like the compound the x. that was used on the north korean leader's half brother in malaysia and killed him . those substances are all what you would find within government they're all strictly regulated and there shouldn't be any in general circulation not the truck type chemicals also fall into that category they're ones where you would expect it to come from some government source very unlikely for an individual to have it although it is not beyond the ability of competent chemists with good facilities good protection in a laboratory for the person making the substance for them to be able to make it. so has hair on al-jazeera and talks in mali failed to secure a transitional government but military coup leaders agree to one key demand. and leaving everything behind california residents pack up as hundreds of fires bu

putin collapsed on a plane on thursday after he drank a cup of tea at tomsk airport a professor alastair hay is an environmental toxicology expert he thinks the substance that was likely used on the valley isn't a tourist nerve agent that's not easily accessible to the general public those are the preserve of generally of governments the nerve agents there varieties are in reeling off some names here now sarin taboo on the compound that was used on the north korean leader's half brother in malaysia and killed him. those substances are all what you would find within governments they're all strictly regulated and there shouldn't be any in general circulation not the truck type chemicals also fall into that category they're ones where you would expect it to come from some government source very unlikely for an individual to have it although it is not beyond the ability of competent chemists with good facilities good protection in their laboratories for the person making that substance for them to be able to make it search and recovery efforts are underway in india to find at least 18 people

the memoirs of alastair urquhart of the gordon highlanders, on his arrival at ban pong, thailand in 1942struggled to see how i could possibly make it through dense jungle. i looked at the rice that barely covered the bottom of my mess tin, wondering how long it would be before i had the chance to eat it. it had already begun to ferment in the heat. all i wanted to do, was eat it, lie down and let death take me. the thought of a march through thick jungle, in darkness, was overwhelming and i sobbed quietly to myself. ours is a "today" dearly ransomed in blood that freely flowed "yesterday" a sacrifice, the whole this tennis court was too poor to contain gallantly lay they their lives down what price, what price a soul for the fair kohima to her, 0 faithful dead, you can never, never die while you live on in our hearts and generation to generation repeats the story of your sacrifice may the skies never close over you may the rains woo you softly, the mountains be hushed before you may you rest in eternal peace the fourteenth army in burma was the largest army under british command in world

nothing subtle about it at all, there are special offers, incentivise, price lists and menus, it is alastairdifficult. there are things they can block, they have the technology, i know neither of them are giving nothing, i know there is stuff going on, but it is far, far, far too easy still to be able to find drugs, but also for drugs to find you, for children and teenagers, because of the way the algorithms work and the social connections work on social media platforms, they can be finding themselves encountering drug office and should deals and that level of exposure to drugs without ever looking for it. let encountering drug offers and judd field. the social media platforms are hugely wealthy and i would imagine they have the best tech brains on the planet working for them, it is difficult for us all to understand, the piece talked about three months, there are 11 of us, three of them lost children to drugs that have been bought on snapchat, two which is 13, been bought on snapchat, two which i513, 116 been bought on snapchat, two which is 13, 116 -- the been bought on snapchat, two which

workers like lauren, who is a nurse facilitator, alastair, a researcher, and violet, a clinical assistantout across the country. we've got 39 nhs organisations involved, we are reaching 250,000 staff. let's go, come on. it has taken off so much that the companies... now on bbc news, we've been taking your questions today on exam results. earlier, my colleaguejane hill put those questions to our education correspondent sean coughlan, and chief executive of ucas, clare marchant, in your questions answered. as you might imagine, we've had an awful lot of questions about exams. and here to answer them is sean coughlan, the bbc‘s education correspondent, and also clare marchant, the chief executive of ucas, which operates the university application process. a warm welcome to both of you, and clare, thanks for being with us on a busy day for you by definition. let's start with the question from sarah. this might be a query for both of you. "a child i know was predicted three as and got them in his mocks. however today, he has been given a, b, b. that means he can't go on to do medicine at the u

have a problem with sorry i'm sorry to interrupt you and with us i'm sorry for interrupting you alastair but i do want to ask you about the major environmental consent you touched on that area is there actually a way to dig a hole in the ground and mine gold without damaging things. well sort of i mean if you look at the at the plant site actually it blends in ready pretty well now as long as this is underground that shouldn't be too much of a problem in one sense the real problem comes loken cost mining where you literally change the the appearance of the landscape but with this i would have thought that there shouldn't be too much destruction. but you know we're up against this environmentalist i mean the 1st application they were talking about. removing the gold from the or using a process known as cyanide leaching and of course you mentioned cyanide poisoning. that is a no no so they take about a house and they're going to use other mates but you know it really is you've got environmentalist really dug in on one side and that's what they've got to get out alice i do want to ask you b

i'm joined now by alastair sim, director at universities scotland, which represents scotland's 19 higheror clarification on the detail, to make sure the additional funded places that we can welcome more people to university are going to be fully funded and that there will be relaxation of the rules that at the moment actually cap us on the number of scottish students that we can ta ke of scottish students that we can take in. we really need this to be fully funded. we need students not just to come into university but to be supported to succeed, and that means that every student deserves to bea means that every student deserves to be a student that willie is getting the full funding for this and we will be looking for absolute clarification on that for the scottish government. how much more money do you need to ensure that all those people who are now eligible for university place gets it? we are still really working through the numbers with the scottish government, and with the funding council. roughly, though? roughly, the figure is being quoted to me so far is possibly around 4000 peo

alastair lamont reports.he moment celtic‘s champion league dreams came crashing round them for another year. this increasingly familiar tale and the manager didn't hold back. we seem to have made the same mistakes as we did last year. just poor, come four goals, you have to get your mentality right. get your attitude right. if you don't wa nt to your attitude right. if you don't want to be here, leave. let us work with players who want to be here. something you can maybe understand is that agents are in players ears, you could understand that if they wa nt to you could understand that if they want to make a move somewhere else, but really at the end of the day, if it is affecting results and it is affecting the manager and the way that he kinda spoke afterwards, then it celtic football club that shouldn't happen. no should repeat its champions league failure, you could argue. this will also hit celtic financially. the group stages we re celtic financially. the group stages were worth over £30 million for them