bishan of chemical weapons who are here writing in in the u.k. today let's see what their assessment is that's the proper procedure that the u.k. has to follow. the chemical weapons treaty and i you know i just have to say that. i find the right the russian position about what has happened to this not to talk absolutely bizarre increasingly bizarre you know we're told one that they didn't make any no bitch whatever there's one position that they take i think that the russian ambassador to the e.u. said that second they say miss they did but all the stocks have been destroyed and the third thing is is yes they did but all the stocks have been destroyed except some which escaped to other countries like sweden and the czech republic and slovakia and america. and maybe the u.k. you know i think they need to make their mind up about this and. of course if they if russia if the with the putin regime can clarify or explain what has happened then we are all ears and we're only too willing to listen so their british government and prime minister are off t

events like that happen inside the kremlin but this time the state of the nation has moved to an exit bishan call that's not inside the kremlin and just outside it it's called the money as in we've been told that the reason for that is that mr putin wants to make it more interactive with things being shown on the big monitors that will be installed there and i'll tell you what that is quite unusual for a formal speech like that and that's intriguing because i don't remember seeing the president giving some visual presentation mr putin loves showing some knowledge with numbers so probably we will see that on these monitors and also hear him talk about the economy a lot with real incomes having fallen across the country that people will be expecting some announcements on how to reduce poverty while the business community will be looking forward to hearing about specific steps that can be made to help the country would cover from recession of course whenever the russian president is speaking he's always going to talk about international issues and with things not getting easier when it comes to

more time but this year the state of the nation as the address is also known as moving to and exit bishan hall which is just outside the red brick walls it's called the money edge and we've been told the reason for that is that mr putin wants to make it more interactive with things being shown on big screens at this venue and this is quite unusual for a formal speech like that as well as being quite intriguing because i don't really remember the president giving such visual presentation of course of a lot of our putin loves show and some numbers killed so perhaps we are going to see a bit of that with again some of these numbers being shown on the screens but also we are expecting him to talk about the economy a lot and with real incomes across russia having fallen again we understand that the people will be expecting to hear some announcements on ways to reduce poverty now the business community will be looking forward to hearing about some specific steps that can help the economy recover from recession and vladimir putin never whenever he's speaking of course he brings up international

that has been discussed in rebel in connection to this poisoning to the organization for the prague bishan of chemical weapons which russia is also a part of but it's not providing a sample to russia despite requests and messages multiple times from russia throughout this past week to be able to analyze this nerve agent and try to assess what exactly it is and we do know of course the foreign ministry in russia has been saying they would like to know what the substance is we've heard from foreign minister sergei lavrov said russia that russia will definitely retaliate in connection to the expulsion of the twenty three russian diplomats certainly a quid pro quo scenario is sort of traditional in these kinds of scenarios but he did underscore that russia will continue to use diplomatic language so at the moment germany france america and the u.k. have no issued a joint statement on the poisoning which they say was highly likely to have been carried out by the kremlin furthermore it requests that moscow provide the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons with information about th

that's understood to be have been used against her fallen his daughter to the organization for profit bishan of chemical weapons which russia is also a member of and despite it having asked for the sample to be provided to moscow as well so we could take a look at what it is and analyze it that's not happening but it's going to the organization and we do know that theresa may is meant to be going to soulsby later in the day to meet with members of the public and with all of this going on we do know that of course russia and the foreign ministry have been saying that they would still like to have seen the original of the substance being talked about and of course russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said that moscow will definitely expel british diplomats which is normal the normal route to take a quid pro quo kind of scenario usually in situations like this and this will happen very soon so a lot is going on here and we're obviously still going to be watching the story that is continuing to unravel we appreciate that that's not death and to see a chicken in london speaking to his life. now

has been discussed and revel in in connection to this poisoning to the organization for the proud bishan of chemical weapons which russia is also a part of but it's not providing a sample to russia despite requests and messages multiple times from russia throughout this past week to be able to analyze this nerve agent and try to assess what exactly it is and we do know of course the foreign ministry in russia has been saying they would like to know what the substance is we've heard from foreign minister sergey lavrov said russia that russia will definitely retaliate in connection to the expulsion of the twenty three russian diplomats certainly a quid pro quo scenario is sort of traditional in these kinds of scenarios but he did underscore that russia will continue to use diplomatic language so as it stands the latest is germany from the u.k. of no issued a joint statement on the poisoning says that it was highly likely to been orchestrated by the kremlin it requests that moscow provides the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons with information about the novacek nerve agen

more than half a century ago but even this pales in comparison to a chinese construction firms in bishan in south africa to build an eighty four billion dollar city. with. hundreds of millions of dollars worth of aid education investments and a chinese t.v. channel for the african audience beijing is going all in here it's soft power strategy has already made china second most popular destination for african students and its military is in africa to last year china opened its first overseas base with a facility in djibouti the same year it held joint drills with tanzania chinese soldiers have already been here for a few years it's peacekeepers have been involved in missions across central africa so is it really that much of a surprise that some african nations prefer the chinese way over america's sweet talk the chinese has been front and center in providing us with roots this country . developed op team occupy city in this regard so we're working very hard to go over and we believe that walking to gether would bring about more charlie beneficial relationship china has become successful

it is an affront to the prophet bishan on the use of chemical weapons and it is an affront to the rules based system on watch which we and our international partners depend we will work with our allies and partners to confront such actions wherever they threaten our security at home and abroad and i commend this statement to the house yeah. thank you mr speaker i would like to thank the prime minister for advance site of her statements and their echo absolutely her words about the service of our emergency and public services the attack in solsbury was an appalling act of violence nerve agents are abominable if used in any war it is utterly reckless to use them in a civilian environment this is attack in britain has concerned our allies in the european union nato and the u.n. and their words of solidarity of strength and opposition diplomatically our response as a country must be guided by the rule of law support for international agreements and respect for human rights so when it comes to the use of chemical weapons on british soil it is essential that the government works. with the uni

but the problem is what will you be able to see after it during soviet times you are excited at the bishan. ten years in russian school and eleven years in the stone in school why it was there was so many russian lessons that they just needed this extra year due to the in the proper way that their own language is still not language now always children do not have the support you endure in the town but they're still known as children children are learning some fun things like i don't know programming computer whatever else our children are learning i don't know geography in a still nowhere when that only a little it's not easy and in fact if we look at these our tests you know what it's because our tests then we see is that still no answer from a student school i do much better that you're going from national schools. than are normal i hear your point about it not being normal there and i pulled up here because this is something that you are working on especially for this year is certainly an m.e.p. end to latvian members of the european parliamentary minding european parliament of the topi

forward if this meeting does take place this will be the fulfillment of a long held north korean and bishan to meet with the united states on equal terms and it will be a personal achievement of kim jong un his father didn't achieve it his grandfather didn't either if he has a meeting with donald trump in the coming weeks he will have fulfilled that long held goal of donald trump has heralded the meeting is great progress but says sanctions will remain until now agreement is reached javert hansie has more on the reaction from the u.s. . here in the u.s. this development is being presented through the prism of donald trump himself there is little discussion about all the efforts of south korea or china behind the scenes for example the white house presenting this as a victory for donald trump's policy of maximum pressure on north korea his opponents in the media are already worrying he will be played by north korea's already giving north korea a propaganda coup you just don't say yes to a meeting with north korea in a matter of weeks however it seems perfectly reasonable for the white house

defense science and technology laboratory at porton down accredited by the organization for programme bishan of chemical weapons o.p.c. w discovered that they had been exposed to a nerve agent british police officer nick bailey was also exposed and remains in hospital in a serious condition hundreds of british citizens have been potentially exposed to this nerve agent in what was an indiscriminate and reckless act against the united kingdom we have deployed our military to secure and decontaminate numerous sites the police continue an exhaustive wide scale investigation through those investigations we have concluded that mr scruple and his daughter were poisoned with a navi shock a military grade nerve agent of a type developed by russia it is not a weapon which can be manufactured by non-state actors it is so dangerous that it requires the highest grade state laboratories and expertise based on the knowledge that russia has previously produced this agent and combined with russia's record of conducting state sponsored assassinations including against former intelligence officers whom they re

the minimum and presidential says you're not ready either and we are ready to morrow to end the eco bishanaccording to the international consensus and agreement still more we are ready to sit and to sign there is no need by the way for a further negotiations because we know visa v the maximum and the minimum for us it's very. ending they could vision started in one thousand nine hundred seventy and fayned and agreed that agreement on the issue of the few g.'s the out of initiatives is a roadmap for all of that if there are additional moral i was as i told you and then it was issues of first in my blood department was promising at the time but after after that initial of what i've been anyone who started to become a close to those ideas you would find him here facing that just because of the scan that is of course i'm sure and like what's have been with with with all not of and civil and she alone ok going to the gallery what i mean is that there is a lot of but until now we is sort of waving you can think what's behind you going in the truth she went out of town thank you very much for bei

this says been verified by the relevant international entity namely the organization the probably bishan of chemical weapons by the way the united states is not to date destroyed of a chemical stockpile. middle of one nine hundred ninety s. the western special services moved to the west in number of zero specialists and their name a well names are well known and also some document documentation was taken out of a country and continue the war or in this in this area including in the u.s. and the u.k. . all of the positive results are that they've obtained creating a new chemical agents which who are some reason in the west are classified as novacek has been confirmed and reflected in more than two hundred open sources of nato countries and we do have the reference to that and we stand ready to provide you with them. with the z. identification per se of the toxic substance used in the incident was a carry out in port down which is a scientific center of the ministry of defense this is the place which was a basis for the development of chemical weapons including the chemical weapons of this

has been discussed and rebel in in connection to this poisoning to the organization for the prague bishan of chemical weapons which russia is also a part of but it's not providing a sample to russia despite requests messages multiple times from russia throughout this past week to be able to analyze this nerve agent and try to assess what exactly it is and we do know of course the foreign ministry in russia has been saying they would like to know what the substance is we've heard from foreign minister sergei lavrov said russia that russia will definitely retaliate in connection to the expulsion of the twenty three russian diplomats certainly a quid pro quo scenario is that sort of traditional in these kinds of scenarios but he did underscore that russia will continue to use diplomatic language. well germany france america and u.k. have now issued a joint statement on the poisoning which they say was highly likely to have been orchestrated by the kremlin it requests that moscow provide the organization for the prohibited prohibition of chemical weapons with information about the nova choke

it is an affront to the private bishan on the use of chemical weapons and it is an affront to the rules based system on what which we and our international partners depend we will work with our allies and partners to confront such actions wherever they threaten our security at home and abroad and i commend this statement to the house yeah i mean already. thank you mr speaker i would like to thank the prime minister for advance site of her statement and then i echo absolutely her words about the service of our emergency and public services the attack in solsbury was an appalling act of violence nerve agents are abominable if used in any war it is utterly reckless to use them in a civilian environment this is attack in britain has concerned our allies in the european union nato and the u.n. and their words of solidarity of strength and opposition diplomatically our response as a country must be guided by the rule of law support for international agreements and respect for human rights so when it comes to the use of chemical weapons on british soil it is essential that the government works

think lots of listing of resources have been wasted in the conflict over power when the israeli q bishan is expanding on daily bases and there it is communicating and achieving those goals while philistine infections are fighting over. this very little power all right mohammad that may thank you very much indeed interesting. south african leaders are launching what they hope will be the world's largest free trade area the rwandan president paul kagame is hosting the event in the capital kigali a continental free trade agreement seeks to include fifty five members of the african union and more than a billion africans on the continent but in a blow to the agreement expected to be signed on wednesday nigeria the continent's most populous country has pulled out let's go live there and let's speak to our correspondent there mohamed today how on earth can this get under way then without not only the the continent's most populous country but the largest economy in nigeria how can they get it under way without a bridge or on board. well martin yes this is a huge search box full of the signing of

what rinaldo has is that ambition it's tremendous bishan because in every match in every training session in every play if he has a penalty he will make the penalty the maximum concentration a player needs even in training and that's why he's different from the others. well you may not have heard of them but dollops hamlet football club in london has been going for one hundred twenty five years they should be enjoying a successful season on the pitch but instead they're fighting to stop their identity from being removed lee wellings reports on how the problems with their owners should serve as a warning to bigger clubs in england and beyond. tucked away in south london a football club that has served its community for one hundred twenty five years it was built by american property investors named but when the local council didn't agree to their plans the company suddenly kicked the club out of its heart and even stated their attention to remove permission for dollar charlot to use that. this should be much time for dollar football club with hundreds of people in the community poor thing i

what rinaldo has is that ambition it's tremendous a bishan because in every match in every training session in every play if he has a penalty he will make the penalty with the maximum concentration a player needs even in training and that's why he's different from the others. meanwhile league leaders barcelona made it thirty six matches unbeaten in the league with a two no victory over a. messy with the goal it's. a mess still valverde side now have an eleven point lead at the top of the standings that's after the second paste athletico madrid lost two one at video on sunday real madrid six three win inspired by christiana rinaldo puts them in the foot and that's all the sport for me more again later marty peter thank you very much indeed and that's so for this al-jazeera news hour don't go anywhere because i'll be back in just a minute or two with much more of the day's news there's a lot going on to stay with us. a scandal that's rocked the nation to its core and exposed hundreds of. brides just to show the most local movie t one and sometimes take a spy or a difference to blow up a perso