well it's really a new low in the whole history of these british russian relations have been strained really further since this screen paul case earlier this year the russian embassy had at some point treated. with the temperature going on minus twenty three zero something like that showing that the russian u.k. relations are really bottom however now it's believed that there is new evidence and the case for the u.k. to actually you know charge these two are suspects is going to be another nail in the coffin of the u.k. russia relations really the u.k. might hope that there might be more international support against russia now that there seems to be more evidence and concrete names that they want to charge. the u.k. russian relations are really at a very low point the russian embassy for example said it really shows that there really is a different page when it comes to the screwball case they just gave out a statement i believe it was yesterday where they said well no one said we don't we're not able to break any consular access to to this revolt and british authorities are just hol

in the house of commons the british prime minister claimed the two men are russian military intelligence officials this is speaking repeatedly asked russia to account for what happened in saul's re in march and they have replied with obfuscation and laws this is including trying to pass the blame for the attack on terrorists onto our international partners and even on to the future mother in law. they even claimed that i myself invented. british prosecutors say they won't ask russia to extradite the man but they have obtained european arrest warrant. the kremlin denies it played any role in the poisonings. all right let's get you more on this story want to cross over now to london to the mosque who is standing by a bigot as we have just been reporting the suspects have already returned to russia soon after the poisoning took place what chance do the british police have of ever getting their hands on these two men. well the british government has concluded that actually a formal arrest warrant is going to be futile we know this from the case of alexander litvinenko who was killed here in

well british russian relations have really gone from no to no and the cost is since the death of alexander litvinenko the former russian spy here along with a screen pollack case the u.k. has already extradited to reason may has already extradited twenty three russian diplomats who they say cover up the russian spies other allies western allies have followed ex and expelled sorry russia russian diplomats so clearly it's really a very antagonistic relationship and it's not likely to get any better off than this our correspondent bigamous on the story for us tonight in london thank you. theories some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world france and britain have struck a deal to end the so-called scallop rumors in the english channel tensions over fishing rights boiled over in late august with several british and french ships ramming each other in this in bay french fisherman and accuse the british of unfairly catching scallops in the area german chancellor angela merkel is standing by her previous comments condemning anti migrant protests in the eastern german c

well british russian relations have really gone from no to no and the cost is since the death of alexander litvinenko the former russian spy here along with the screen pollack case the u.k. has already extradited to reason may has already extradited twenty three russian diplomats who they say a cover up the russian spies other allies western allies have followed expelled sorry russia russian diplomats so clearly it's really very antagonistic relationship and it's not likely to get any better off than this a corresponding big moss on the story for us tonight in london a big thank you here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world in iraq hundreds of protesters in basra have said fire to the city's main government building it's the second day of violent protest over the lack of basic public services on tuesday six people were killed and dozens more wounded in clashes with iraqi security forces there and why he says it is moving its embassy back to tell will be just months after opening a mission in jerusalem paraguayans former president a ratio card test and

on little rock thank you so much for your company everyone british prosecutors have charged two russian men with the nerve agent attack on former russian spy sergei screwball and his daughter earlier this year the british government believes the suspects are members of russia's military intelligence agency and that their operation almost certainly received the seal of approval from the kremlin. these are the men british prosecutors have charged with conspiracy to murder alexander petroff and roussillon bosher off our russian citizens although police believe their names are probably aliases. the men are accused of attempting to murder a former russian double agent surrogate scruple and his daughter yulia with a military grade nerve agent a police officer was also hospitalized following the attack in march in the english city of souls free. another couple also fell seriously ill after coming into contact with the nerve agent police believe through this bottle of perfume one of them dawn burgas later died. of the british. british justice that's what we will fight for. the international com

birgit: well, british/russian relationons have gone from low o lower in the past few years. nce the death of the former russian spy here in london, and now with the skripal case. the u.k. has already, theresa may has already extradited 23 russian diplomats who say they were coverups, russian spies. other allies havave followed, expelled russian diplomats. so, clearly it is really a very antagonistic relationship and it is not likely to get any better after this. brent: our correspondent birgit maass on the story for us tonight in london. birgit, thank you. here are some of the other stories nonow that are m making headlines around the world. france and britain have struck a deal to end the so-called scallop wars in the english channel. tensions over fishing rights boiled over in late august with several british and french ships ramming each other. french fishermen had accused the british of unfairly catching scallops in the area. german chancellor angela merkel is standing by her previous comments condemning anti-migrant protests in the eastern german city of chemnitz. after

and the russians should then arrest them and. hand them over to the britishat the moment though so far as i can see on the minister of foreign affairs twitter feed in the russian embassy twitter feed in the u.k. the babson no mention of this was so ever and. the reason may is going to speak the british prime minister in the house of commons shortly about this and the next thing is going to be what the russians have to say in return all right lawrence leave it there for now thank you very much of a come back to you sinister reason may makes us say thanks very much let's go live to rory chalons his in moscow for say the russians been quite quick to respond haven't they saying that they have no knowledge of these men but as lawrence has just pointed out these are aliases anyway. well certainly the british police believe these are aliases i mean standard espionage tradecraft is that if you're sending agents overseas to do something like the british are accusing these two men of doing then it would be very unlikely for them to be traveling under their real names r

well british russian relations have really gone from no to no and the cost is since the death of alexander litvinenko the former russian spy here along with the screen paula case the u.k. has already extradited to reason may has already extradited twenty three russian diplomats who they say cover ups the russian spies other allies western allies have . expelled sorry russia russian diplomats so clearly it's really a very antagonistic relationship and it's not likely to get any better off to this our correspondent because moss on the story for us tonight in london thank you. it may be the final showdown in the seven year war in syria the united nations is warning of a bloodbath if syrian and russian forces move to take the west rebel held province . about three million people live there many of them refugees from elsewhere in syria the u.n. has called for diplomacy between the major players to avoid a bloodbath and the u.s. has warned syria not to use chemical weapons on friday the leaders of iran russia and turkey are due to hold a summit that could determine the course for an offensive. w

update members on the investigation into the nerve agent a poison in case earlier british prosecutors charged two russians with the attack on firmer former spy sergei scrip oh and his daughter in march the british government believes the suspects are members of russia's military intelligence agency and that their operation have the kremlin's approval. these are the men british prosecutors have charged with conspiracy to murder. alexander petrol and it off a russian citizens but police believe their names are probably aliases. the men are accused of attempting to murder former russian double agent sergei script and his daughter yulia with a military grade nerve agent. a police officer was also hospitalized following the attack in march in the english city of salisbury. another couple also fell seriously ill after coming into contact with the nerve agent police believe it was through this persian bottle don sturgis of salisbury later died. british soil i will face british justice that's what we will fight for. the international community obviously. have the time we want to see what we have managed to achiev

responding to the russian dinars the russian ambassador we heard earlier utterly rejecting the claims by the british government that russian officers were behind a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter using novacek he said that these were same repeated lies and they were unfounded and mendacious cocktail of facts and this was all designed to unleash hysteria against russia he was also demanding. beg your pardon let's just listen in while a united kingdom takes the fall again i want to make very clear that the united kingdom shares that position about bolstering the international prohibition on the use of c.w. i was asked a number of questions madam president so with your permission i will respond briefly i was asked about the investigation i would just like to recall for colleagues that in the united kingdom the police are independent of government the investigation has been independent the one into the merger of two in sturgis which is ongoing is independent we believe it is methodical and comprehensive i was asked about inconsistences madam president in the evidence identify

security council over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter on british soil russian ambassador to the u.n. bens here accused the u.k. of using the nerve agent attack on surrogate and u.s. cripple to spread what he called disgusting anti russia hysteria british officials say it was the work of moscow's military intelligence which the kremlin has denied mexican authorities say they found at least one hundred sixty six human skulls and a man.

and that continues to allow the russians to say it is it is in grossly unfair of the british side to make that jump and that link between between novacek and the russian side in that it means that the russians can continue to deny it and as they've suggested in the past they put out on their own media that it was the british authorities as a cover for blaming the russians and clearly past evidence if you think back to the living in cote case who was poisoned the two people who identify the by blood by the british side is having done that were then went back to russia and the feted one of them became a member of the duma the russian parliament and so based on other british side knows that there's no point trying to get these people extradited because the russians simply won't do it and just one last point there has been a saying pictures have. made. an interview and interview after she was released from hospital do we know anything about the health or what do we know about the health of her father. well they're both out and they're both seem seems to be recovering. and i'm jus

responding to the russian dinars the russian ambassador we heard earlier utterly rejecting the claims by the british government that russian officers were behind a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter using novacek he said that these were same with pete it lies and they were unfounded in mendacious cocktail of facts and this was all designed to unleash hysteria against russia he was also demanding. beg your pardon let's just listen in while the united kingdom takes the fall again i just want to make very clear that the united kingdom shares that position about.

look the russians of ours for fingerprints harmless right of the two suspects the british say they'll hand over nothing and then complain that the russians are being helpful contradictions. the meticulous and painstaking search is under the unlikely it is impossible to guarantee that there are no other materials present at the schools for you know all the experts advise the evidence to date does not suggest any long term health risk from short term. contact with low level it's agent so which is it might be a tad confusing for locals in salisbury everything's fine and safe but it isn't so we don't pick anything up and routes are only at the stuff that we travel to so-called vulnerable areas in sweden where some of linking immigration to a spike in crime before fifty hundred it's stated in sweden in the country has skyrocketed the spike in shootings this year already violent crime has moved right up the least of the issues swedish parties are pledging to tackle the head of the general election we went to two c.t.'s making some of the worst criminal headlines . model in southern sweden h

clearly in the public interest to charge alexander petroff on a ruslan culture off to a russian nationals britishprosecutors named two russians they believe were behind the nerve agent poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. this is al jazeera live from my headquarters in doha saudi back to book also ahead peace talks on the war in yemen are scheduled to begin engineer that but they are last minute snags and israeli court says the government can go ahead with the demolition . in the occupied west bank and in the u.s. . between social media and. those stories in just a moment but first some breaking news at least twenty people have died and been injured in twin explosions in afghanistan it happened in a wrestling gym in the western part of the capital kabul bring in jennifer glass on the line from the afghan capital jennifer what more do we know about these twin blasts both only as you said at a restaurant enter the neighborhood it's called barky it's a largely shia neighborhood in western kabul the first blast that was inside that right there the second blast appeared argot first responders a

british government. but again the russians denied involvement, pouring ridicule over the findings of the british government'sre's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. these are the pictures the government believes show russia's responsibility for the first use of chemical weapons on european soil in decades. two russian military intelligence officers, alias alexander petrov and ruslan borishov, flying to britain in march, —— flying to britain in march, taking the train to salisbury, laying a trail of deadly nerve agent on orders ministers say from the very top. all of which british diplomats in new york said was reckless and malign behaviour by one of the five permanent members of the united nations security council. one p—5 member has undertaken a pattern of behaviour which showed they tried to murder the skripals, they played dice with the lives of the people of salisbury. they work in a parallel universe where the normal rules of international fair are inverted. russia said neither its military intelligence organisation known as the gru or president putin here on the past visit to its headquarters

have not included the russians in the investigation as the russians have basically demanded since the beginning the british position has been why would we do that when it's russia that is our prime suspect here but this is being used by the russians as a way to say that essentially they are being kept out of things that they can't believe any of the evidence because they can't see it themselves and that's the message that we've heard today as well it came from the russian foreign ministry nor is a car of of the spokesman there says once again we urge the u.k. side to switch from public accusations and information manipulation to practical cooperation through law enforcement agencies we also heard from europe who should call for is the current eight he says this is all very confusing the doesn't quite understand what the british authorities are trying to do with all this information you can understand it so again we have a denial for something that the russians are going used all of it's not just the script files of course it's lots of other aspects that have been taking place in international affairs over

british and russian officials clash at the un, several countries support the uk's conclusion that theproved the poisoning of a former russian spy. they played dice with the

the british concluded the two men are officers of the russian military intelligence service. k. the british had the suspects on cctv from their arrival at gatwick airport to their travel to the vicinity of the skripal‘s house on the day of the attack and finally their departure from heathrow back to moscow. every one of us in this room and listening around the world should be chilled to the bone with the findings of investigation. as for the subsequent poisoning of charlie rowley and the death of dawn sturjess, the prime minister said we re sturjess, the prime minister said were these two within our jurisdiction there would be a clear basis in law for their arrest for murder. this is how it's done. this is how individuals who commit murder and their heinous crimes are exposed, how nations that defy the international norms are held to account and how the memories of those injured and killed and the service of the first respondsers are honoured. it falls on to do our part. raer this the russian government has offered only denials and counter accusations. anything to deflect atte

the british government has identified two russian nationals as responsible for the use of the nerve agent on british soil and the attempted murder of a british citizen and his daughter. critically the british have ad also concluded that the two -- have also concluded that the two men are officers of the russian military intelligence service. this was not, as prime minister may said, a, quote, rogue operation. this was a highly planned, purposely driven attack. the british had the suspects on cctv from their arrival at gat wick airport to their travel to the vicinity of the skripal's house on the day of the attack, and finally their departure from heathrow back to moscow. every one of us in this room and listening around the world should be chilled to the bone with the findings of this investigation. as for the subsequent poisoning of charlie rowley and the death of don strugis, prime minister may said it well. quote, were these two suspects within our jurisdiction there would be a clear basis in law for their arrest for murder. this is how it's done. this is how individuals who commit mur

with our up to then he was say, by the would british secret service as an outside consultant on russianrganized crime. and that's what probably brought him to this assassination, because at the time he was investigating for the british and the spanish law enforcement, the doings of russian organized crime all over europe including spain. and spain appears now as a particularly soft spot of mr. .utin that is his biography in a few words, but he was a very honorable and honest guy with a lot of idealism, and that's the evolution of a very important conversion from being part of the system to going against the system. host: let's talk about details of the legal claim. just did ac council report on pushing back against russian propaganda and one thing they said in the report was that it's often difficult in the united states to bring such a case. how strong to think this legal claim is? what is the response thus far case do and how solid a you think you have? i wouldn't have signed on to the case if i didn't think it had merit. defamation is a difficult course thinkion certainly, and i it i

look the russians have asked for fingerprints harmless rights of the two suspects the british say they'll hand over nothing and then complain that the russians are being held for contradictions by the meticulous and painstaking searches and although unlikely it is impossible to guarantee that there are no other materials present and missiles free of all the experts advise that the evidence to date does not suggest any long term health risk from short term one off contact with low levels of this agent so which is it might be a tad confusing for locals in salisbury everything's fine and saved but it isn't so we don't pick anything up and keep an eye out is that over or not and then of course there's the huge gaps in the investigation we don't know where the suspects disposed of the ritual they used to attack the scruples front door or where do all in charlie got the bottle the poison the. or is it if it is the same bottle that has been used in both poisonings they don't seem to know what happened to the container for months and months and now asking the public for help to identify these sus

there are many aspects of this case from, you know, from the poisonings, to the high politics of british russian relations and their response of the west and to the propaganda because it's clearly a case of russian efforts to change public opinion, both in russia in to the west and to the basic anti-american mode. marina? >> very good afternoon. thank you very much for being here with us. and i would like to tell why i am deciding to be involved in this case. [inaudible]. almost ten years we tried to get justice for my husband, and i believe in 2006 -- >> 16. >> 2016, i mean, we brought all information to public. it was a lot of evidence. it was a lot of statements of experts. it was absolutely clear who killed my husband. and it was not the -- [inaudible] -- it was very high probability putin was behind of this crime, and it could not happened without knowledge of -- [inaudible]. i try to remind what we achieved in 2016. but in 2018, after there was attempting poisoning, we started to receive all this propaganda style program from russia who tried to destroy what we did for the years and we bel

which called for this meeting calling out the russians and again presenting evidence that had been presented to the british parliament some twenty four hours earlier very say it is compelling evidence of the involvement of these two spots auspex who they say are russian agents but that also according to british ambassador karen pierce there are a wider wider aspects of this or to be brought into mind they work in a parallel universe where the normal rules of international affairs in thirty eight . this is a direct challenge back in president to the rules based international system which has kept all of us safe including russia since one thousand nine hundred forty fine in the face of such behavior the international community needs to continue to defend the laws norms and institutions that safeguard our citizens against chemical weapons and safeguard them against the threat of hostile foreign interference this is why the british prime minister yesterday set out the importance of using transparent multilateral mechanisms to identify and hold the line actors to account you might not be surprised to hear that

nations raises the alarm of a coming bloodbath if syrian and russian forces launch a final assault on it live prospects also coming up british prosecutors charge these two russians with a nerve agent attack on former spine surgeon screwball and his daughter prime minister theresa may says the suspects are agents of russia's military intelligence agency the german foreign minister hagel moscow's to turkey high on the agenda of the release of seven german citizens being held in jail they were arrested after the failed coup two years ago. also coming up in the next sixty minutes from start up to blue chip upstart wire card looks set to kick germany's second biggest bank out of the index of leading stocks to take a look at how financial technology is outshining traditional lenders. and a nation mourns the loss of its priceless treasure searchers sift through the ashes after a massive fire guts brazil's national museum of some promising finds him that all may not be lost for. i'm serious almost comical to have you with us it may be the final showdown in the seven year war in syria the united nations is warning of a bloodbath if s

and british police release images of two russians they believe are behind the nerve agent poisoning of a formal russian spy and his daughter. hello there been some sensible showers in pakistan and the other side that is insensible showers in turkey and they will be repeatable but if you're in between and chances are you are a say around or iraq there's nothing happening it's still fairly hot potential share around the caspian does exist as a turkey's from the light to get there but it comes through into lebanon or syria still dry dusty the breeze not particularly strong hinting at maybe something additional blowing down through the gulf for these much and it really sets to humiliate the qatar in particular attempts around about forty martyrs typical twenty seven in still suggests cloudy and drizzly weather in somalia which is what it should be it is there for the next day or so some sensible weather has happened further south we often jump from middle east get out towards southern africa here which is this time the is often just big blue skies but look at this they've already seen a si

our top story: british and russian officials will come face—to—face as the un security council discussesk attack, after theresa may said moscow agents were behind the poisoning. police and prosecutors announced they have enough evidence to charge the men over the poisoning in salisbury in march. lucinda adam has more. we now know the faces of the two russian men accused of the novichok poisonings. it is understood british police may know their true identities, but cctv shows them arriving in the uk under the names alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov. they are seen travelling to salisbury, where it is believed they used this fake perfume bottle to deploy the novichok nerve agent, which would later kill dawn sturgess and contaminate her partner, charlie rowley. theresa may said months of investigation show this was not a rogue operation. the men are officers of russia's military intelligence service, the gru. the actions of the gru are a threat to all our allies and to all our citizens. and on the basis of what we have learnt in the salisbury investigation, and what we know about this org