our position of the use of chemical weapons is restorably condemning any user chemical weapons by any state or actor. use of chemicals and weapons is acceptable and constitutes a serious validation of the international law. this said, we hope the necessary and independent investigation will be conducted and also vetted on the salisbury incident. including but under exchange of information on the basic privileges of chemical weapons commission in bringing those responsible to justice. we believe cooperation between russia and the uk in good faith is very critical to ensure that this is who we are not get out of hand and undermine even further relations between countries. in this regard we are hopeful and trust that given the very justified concern of the uk, all concerned will provide full cooperation for that. the matter will be addressed in a fair money. also in way that would help the concerns of the president. >> i thiank representative of ethiopia for his statement. i now give the floor to the representative of china. >> thank you, mr. president. china has noted the recent poisoni

now a few words about the chemical side of it. in the russian federation, no scientific research or development work was carried o out. since a whole number of countries implemented programs on creating new types of agents in particular in the united states and the soviet union and in line with a decree by the russian federation in 1992 the soviet developmental war in russia was stopped in the 2,017th of russian federation completed the destruction of all stocks of chemical weapons and this has been verified by the entity and chemical weapons. by the way, the united states has not to date destroy the chemical stockpiles. in the 1990s the special services moved to a name well known and found the documentation was taken out of country and continues including in the u.s. and the uk. they are creating new chemical agents that are classified in more than 200 open sources. the identification of the substance used in the incident was carried out in the scientific. this is the place that was the basis for the development including the che

this is the place that was the ofis for the development chemical weapons, including the chemical weapons of this kind. the most probable source of origin for this typical. other countries have, since the end of the 1990's, been carrying research on these kinds of weapons, including the u.k. here. not chemists let me quote the opinion of a professional chemist. "to be perfectly confident in stating this is not any other kind. what we callhave control standard in order to prove that is the exact compound, it needs to be compared to the standard. isthey state that this gas -- it has a set standard for this substance. they have the connection and the formula. this is the most important point in this whole story. " , thaty are convinced means they have the samples of this and they have the formula for this. they are capable of manufacturing that. mr. president, we are living in a very special time. eyes, a credible things are happening. replacing the presumption of innocence with a presumption of guilt is taking place. this criminal law principle is being transferred. haley is ansador experie

the ones on chemical weapons. all of the necessary investigations on this kind of attack and to undertake all of the necessary measures in this regard to have a special responsibility in maintaining international peace. to continue acting in line with the united nations and undertake very clear and sincere steps in order to build a world free of chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction. and we're called here with resolution 2325. the resolution underscored the need to put an end to the proliferation of all kinds of weapon chemicals who are a danger for international peace insecurity. thank you. i think the -- i think the representative of kuwait for his recommendations. >> think you very much mister president. the republic of equatorial learned of the incident of the attack using a chemical nerve agent and we hope that this will be truly investigated and the results of those investigations will be public and and they will face justice. with regard to the development of the russian federation in the event t

have been used at any time since nine hundred forty six to produce chemical weapons chemical weapons were to be verifiably destroyed and production facilities destroyed or converted subject to approval within ten years of entry into force of the convention. russia completed destruction of its declared stockpile in september twenty seventh in ten years later been required by the convention in five years the on the single five year extension period russia did not declare agents or production facilities associated with them as it was a required to do under the convention no development facilities were declared yet we know from testimony by the russian scientists deville mir zani off that navi chocks were developed as part of the soviet union's offensive chemical weapons warfare program and inherited by the russian federation. such facilities associate with that program should have been declared under the c.w.c. . even today a russian politician has said that russia has destroyed the navi chalk nerve gas mr president from all of this we can conclude that russia is in serious breach of th

weapons including the chemical weapons of this kind we want to. the most probable source of origin for this chemical ali countries which is have since the end of the ninety's have been carrying carrying carrying out intensive research on these kinds of weapons including the u.k. but we're not chemists here. let me just quote the opinion of a professional chemist. for the british specialists to be perfectly confident in stating that this gas is in of a chalk kind of gas and not any other kind of event they need to have of the what we call control standard with the governor in order to prove all the vatican is the that exact compound it needs to be compared to this to a standard and if you want to if they state that this gas is another child kind of gas well that they have priority means that they have a stat standard for this substance in other words they have a collection and they have the formula. and this is the most important point in this whole story in other words if the u.k. is so firmly convinced this is and this this is a no big joke then

the assassination attempt as part of an alarming increase in the use of chemical weapons. last year, the north korean regime use the nerve agent to publicly assassinate kim jong-un's brother in a malaysian airport. in syria the assad regime continues to kill its own people with chemical weapons years after we passed resolution 2118 to remove the threat. when the security council created a mechanism to investigate chemical weapon attacks, that mechanism was targeted. when it began to shine a spotlight in assad's role of killing his own people. the growing concern in this dangerous and destabilizing activity is russia. russia failed to ensure that syria can -- when they found assad liable for chemical attacks. russia used its veto to shield aside five times last year. it is also provided cover for syria at the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. russians complained recently that we criticize them too much. if the russian government stopped using chemical weapons to assassinate its enemies, and if the russian government stopped helping his syrian allies to u

schedules of the chemical weapons convention, which controls chemical weapons around the world. —— thethan one of its predecessors but there are also issues about the way that it is created which may make it slightly more, one could say easier to use, easier to transport than other chemical weapons. different nerve agents have different properties, and the novichoks as well as the more traditional nerve agents have a variety of subspecies, which are often selected for their properties, such as whether they are remain stuck to a surface, to be a contact poison. so it is quite clearly possible that some of the novichoks will fulfil the criteria that you would want for this sort of assassination attempt, such as being assassination attempt, such as being a co nta ct assassination attempt, such as being a contact poison it can be spread on a material, spread on a service, spread on an object, then the target handles it, the material enters through the skin. the prime minister has been speaking today about the role she sees potentially for russia here, and the finger is pointing in that dir

britain accuses russia of breaching the convention on chemical weapons at the merchant sea meeting of the un security council while russia protest it's being considered guilty until proven innocent. we've known for years that for you in order to determine the guilty party no investigation is needed today the best kind of proof the suspicion that comes as the u.k.'s prime minister now is expanding twenty three russian diplomats from britain in retaliation for the president's alleged involvement in the poisoning of that former russian intelligence agent and his daughter despite police having declared no suspects to speak there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr script file and his daughter under the vienna convention the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as undeclared intelligence officers. and also this morning in other news human rights advocates call on the u.s. congress for jet donald trump's new pick for cia director over her involvement in the intelligence ag

welcome back to the summit statement on the measures to be taken against russia on the chemical poisoning of the scruples received overwhelming and cross party support in the commons and i welcome the prime minister's statement her conclusion about the culpability of the russian state is an immensely serious one and that in addition to the breaches of international law or of the use of chemical weapons but also there's a cult continue disregard for the rule of law and for human rights must be met with unequivocal condemnation here as the prime minister has stated the attack couldn't miss a script and his daughter was an unlawful use of force by the russian state against the united kingdom and i say that i and my party fully support the prime minister of state immediately great clear that almost unanimously across the house there is support for my right shoulder my friends proportionate and right response to this crisis nearly unanimous support for the prime minister's position in the house of commons our some commentators they're not of the same degree of certainty to look further into th

now the use of chemical weapons has been banned by the united nations for decades of reports of chemical attacks continue to emerge an arms control treaty called a chemical weapons convention was signed more than twenty years ago to outlaw their production stockpiling and use one hundred ninety two countries signed and agreed to the terms and one thousand nine hundred seven toxic chemical substances are subject to different regulations even though they can be used to develop chemical weapons they are not prohibited outright by the convention several human rights groups have found evidence of the use of chemical weapons such as in syria but they say their response has not been strong enough to make it a terror at my can of reports are another briefing of the security council about the crisis in syria. and further reports of the use of chemical weapons in the complex this time in the besieged enclave of kuta then also knew these stunning allegations of the use of. underlying the ongoing debate an overall king international law the chemical weapons convention which essentially outlaws the p

do you believe the chemical weapons attacks in syria are fake news . of course firstly the syrian government destroyed its chemical weapons long ago but. we know about the militants plans to simulate chemical attacks by the syrian army and the us that on the. part of me. after we took. all the attempts that have been made repeatedly in the recent past and all the accusations we used to consolidate the efforts against use poison in your the cockpit of glory. it was asked of them no matter we are aware of these goings on and they are not interesting which is a good one wants to say boring since the beginning of the year there have been at least for at least four chlorine based chemical weapons attacks in syria our secretary of state teller sen just said that russia bears the responsibility for this given your earlier promises to rein in chemical weapons attacks in syria your response. yes because of talk and when you my can see that firstly we have nothing to do with this and secondly we demand a full investigation as for crimes return to iraq or please

britain accuses russia of breaching the convention on chemical weapons have been emergency meeting of the un security council while russia protests it's being considered guilty until proven innocent. as the u.k.'s prime ministers expelled twenty three russian diplomats from britain in retaliation for the kremlin's alleged involvement in the poisoning of a former russian intelligence agent and his daughter that's despite police having declared no suspects to speak there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr and his daughter under the vienna convention the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as declared intelligence officers and human rights advocates call on the u.s. congress to reject donald trump's new pick for cia director of a revolver into the agency's torture program over the years. very good morning there just to midnight here in moscow this early thursday morning you're watching our two international with me kevin the escalating diplomatic crisis of the surroga

breaching the chemical weapons convention on an emergency un security council over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. but it was highly like russia was responsible. we haven't seen anything but highly likely as of yet the british prime minister revealed. expelling twenty three russian diplomats even though police are yet to announce any specific suspects. claims that the underworld is undermining the city's police force with criminal infiltrating it's run. the final frontier from the u.s. military as. a space force. in from around the world. international good the of your company our top story the u.k. government has accused russia of breaching the international a chemical weapons convention the statement came out an emergency meeting of the un security council called by london over the poisoning of russian double agents. and his daughter in britain last week. the u.k. government concluded that it was highly likely that russia was responsible for this reckless act we haven't seen anything but highly likely as of yet we have concluded that mr scruple and his daughter were

, safety, security and safe discussion of the current chemical weapons .tockpile, and nuclear chemical i think that relationship will grow stronger as we look to other agencies that also have a role to play in this area. thank you. >> i have additional questions of them will go to the second round. thank you all for your testimony. >> thank you for being here today. my question is for you. you talked about the need for exquisite access and you begin to discuss the extent to which we are trying to get information in a difficult and challenging area. some of the most difficult i think in which we operate. can, inxtent that you an open setting, can you talk about why you think what we're doing now will be more effective in that regard, in particular an area collected?-- connected to nonproliferation i understand their other responsibilities and offices for that phone you look at the north korean threat, and i'm not talking about whether you have to take reaction there, but looking at nonproliferation issues there, how you feel we are in a better position today to be able to ensure we actu

it's about the use of chemical weapons, illegal use of chemical weapons that have taken place and the role in the russian state in the development of chemical schweppes contrary to international law. >> mr. speaker, no reasonable person can possibly doubt that the russian government has behaved with arrogance, with inhumanity, and with contempt, not least in failing to respond to the prime minister's deadline. well, which it surely would have done if it had known it was innocent of this. in welcoming the prime minister's expulsion of 23 diplomates to intelligence agencies, will i ask her to make it clear that any retaliation in kind by the russian government will be met by further expulsions, possibly included even the ambassador who spends so much time coming to talk to us in this place, bemoaning the poor state of anglo russian, and that looks at strength and despises weakness and time to recognize 2% of gdp is not enough to spend on defense when we are reverting to the sort of adversarial relationship, where we used to spend a much higher proportion of gdp in ensuring that this cou

even though toxic chemicals can be used to develop chemical weapons they are not outright prohibited by the treaty several human rights groups have found evidence of the use of chemical weapons such as in syria but they say the response has not been strong enough to tear into the support for mike hanna. another briefing of the security council about the crisis in syria and further reports of the use of chemical weapons in the conflict this time in the besieged enclave of kuta then also knew the starting allegations of the use of gas underlying the ongoing debate an overarching international law the chemical weapons convention which essentially outlaws the possession production and acquisition of chemical weapons and it's signed by one hundred and ninety two states and this is the attack that galvanized negotiations that led to the contention thirty years ago saddam hussein ordered a chemical attack on the kurdish. in northern iraq the negotiations on the chemical weapons convention were already going on in one nine hundred eighty eight at the time of the whole attack and the the mome

chemical weapons from iraq he reminded the council and pointed out that it at this point now we have the united kingdom coming was simply a letter and that there seems to be a history of rather unsubstantiated allegations against different countries regarding chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction from the united states and the u.k. this is the russian representative responding to the words from the u.s. and the u.k. was even when we were living in a very special time in front of our eyes incredible things are happening the process of replacing the presumption of innocence with the presumption of guilt is taking place this criminal law principle is being transferred into international relations envoy halley as an experienced chemist has talked about crimes committed by russia we've known for years that for you in order to determine the guilty party no investigation is needed today the best kind of proof is suspicion that it is no longer necessary to show to the council why to us with an unknown white substance in it it's enough to send a letter displaying an egregious attit

it's about the use of chemical weapons, illegal use of chemical weapons that have taken place and the role in the russian state in the development of chemical schweppes contrary to international law. >> mr. speaker, no reasonable person can possibly doubt that the russian government has behaved with arrogance, with inhumanity, and with contempt, not least in failing to respond to the prime minister's deadline. well, which it surely would have done if it had known it was innocent of this. in welcoming the prime minister's expulsion of 23 diplomates to intelligence agencies, will i ask her to make it clear that any retaliation in kind by the russian government will be met by further expulsions, possibly included even the ambassador who spends so much time coming to talk to us in this place, bemoaning the poor state of anglo russian, and that looks at strength and despises weakness and time to recognize 2% of gdp is not enough to spend on defense when we are reverting to the sort of adversarial relationship, where we used to spend a much higher proportion of gdp in ensuring that this cou

the continued use of chemical weapons by the steering regime and isis. china's expansion of its strategic nuclear force. russia's return provocative statements regarding nuclear strike capabilities. and the likely responsibility for the attempted assassination of a former russians by in britain using a highly lethal nerve agent. technological advances lowering barriers to entry for a range of adversaries around the world. we maintain unique capabilities to address these and other wmd threats and achieve the national defense strategy objective to dissuade, prevent and deter adversaries from acquiring, parental rating or using weapons of mass destruction. we enable more lethal and resilient force by degrading wmd threats, water rising key wmd capabilities and ensuring the department's policies and plans comprehensively account for wmd threats. dod strategic approach to encountering wmd missions focuses on three lines of effort. preventing acquisition, containing and reducing threat and when necessary responding to crises. dod seeks to prevent acquisition o

or point in the british allegation is the nature of the chemical weapon. in the movie a choke. type of food. that was developed and produced in the soviet union during the. course of the program went on into the early ninety's when the soviet union had broken off. the allegation that the british it's unusual in the sense. that to the best of our knowledge was never put into delivery systems this is what we call being raised have with or because of its. nature and the fact that only one country actually difficult to is the foundation for the type of allegation now after all these political wrangling and the mutual expulsion of diplomats the u.k. actually did what russia requested it to do and the pursued the formal channel the o.p.c. experts have already visited salisbury to collect the samples and we are now being told that they need about two weeks to run the tast what's your bast gas as to what we can expect from the analysis. well my guests in terms of the results will be either that we have confirmation of the british assertion that the agent used india to hutto was over ch

your office oversees the chemical denuclearization program. can you update us on how this work is progressing? we understand there have been some contract issues. >> yes. we have two facilities, one in pueblo colorado and another in bluegrass kentucky. our biggest challenge right now, the bluegrass facility is not up and running. it won't be until next year. the pueblo facility, there we have had some problems with the throughput, if you will, of the neutralization and hydraulic treatment process. as a result, we haven't actually been dismantling or destroying the munitions since last august. we are hoping that facility would be up and running by july. as it stands right now, given all the other things that we are doing, working very closely with the contractor, we still believe we will be able to meet the december 31, 23 deadline. >> thank you. my last question is for mr. oxford which has to do with the rapid development and fielding. what have they learned from the rapid delivery capability? >> think the biggest issue is that they really und

do you believe the chemical weapons attacks in syria are fake news. of course firstly the syrian government destroyed its chemical weapons long ago. we know about the militants plans to simulate chemical attacks by the syrian army and their source that on the. part of me. after you took. all the attempts that have been made repeatedly in the recent past and all the accusations we used to consolidate the efforts against. you and your the cockpit of glory. it was asked of them number two we are aware of these goings on and they are not interesting. because one wants to say boring since the beginning of the year there have been at least four at least four chlorine based chemical weapons attacks in syria our secretary of state teller sen just said that russia bears the responsibility for this given your earlier promises to rein in chemical weapons attacks in syria your response. yes because of talk and when you my can see that firstly we have nothing to do with this and secondly we demand a full investigation as for crimes returned to iraq or pleas and at

russia breaching the chemical weapons convention on an emergency un security council session over the poisoning of a former spine and his daughter. the u.k. government concluded that it was highly likely that russia was responsible for this wreck but we haven't seen anything but highly likely as of yet the british prime minister reveals her reprisal moves expelling twenty three russian diplomats even though police are yet to announce any specific suspects. also ahead in the program more claims that they are all new world in berlin is undermining the city's police force with criminal infiltrating its rights. the final frontier frontline for the u.s. military as donald trump suggests a space for. your churning in from right around the world this hour welcome to moscow and to r.t. international my name's o'neill our top story the u.k. government has accused russia of breaching the international chemical weapons convention the statement came out an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council called by london over the poisoning of russian double agents surrogate and his daughter in brit

security council holding the vials of powder that he said were chemical weapons from iraq he reminded the council and that there seems to be a history of rather unsubstantiated allegations against different countries regarding chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction from the united states in the u.k. . we are living in a very special time in front of our eyes incredible things are happening the process of replacing the presumption of innocence with the presumption of guilt has taken place in this criminal law principles being transferred into international relations and boy haley as an experienced chemist has talked about crimes committed by russia we've known for years that for you in order to determine the guilty party no investigation is needed today the best kind of proof is suspicion it's no longer necessary to show to the council why tubes with an unknown white substance in it it's enough to send a letter displaying an egregious attitude too real to sovereign state from there on the russian ambassador went on to call for a thorough investigation of the incident and dete

w the official chemical weapons the u.n.organization is debunked all your theories and and that you have been accusing their reporters of being isis supporters and the guardian haven't published as i understand any anything from you to rebut their claims there is a columnist there is a name a month ago and. he fancies himself a scientist but he doesn't ever talk about science in this column i should say we like george will be on this program he said that the get go on oh i i would i would actually let me suggest that you have monbiot and me on the program love to do that we certainly do but go on anyway. so he makes these accusations against me and he makes a claim about they my somehow being a sympathizer to isis and he has no idea what he's talking about he talks about the o.p.c. w. report this is the u.n. report and the fact of the matter is that report has serious problems and the russians have raised questions about those serious problems and without saying that i'm a supporter of the russians or not i can say that the

accuse russia breaching the chemical weapons convention. u.n. security council session over the poisoning of a former spy until his daughter the u.k. government completed but it was highly likely that russia was responsible for this reckless and we haven't seen anything but highly likely as of yet the british prime minister reveals her reprisal moves expelling twenty three russian diplomats even though police are yet to announce any specific suspects. also in the program more claims are of underworld in berlin is on. mining the city's police force with criminal infiltrating it's right. on the final frontier frontline for the u.s. military as donald trump suggests a space force. around the clock across the world this is r t international from the team myself you know neil welcome to the program our top story the u.k. government has accused russia of breaching the international chemical weapons convention the statement came out an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council called by london over the poisoning of russian double agents surrogate

be supported by the chemical analysis to discuss that i'm now joined by john. they had all of the trench a research initiative dedicated to the future of disarmament mr sanders it's great to have you on the show thank you very much for your time thank you now correct me if i'm wrong you fully bagged the british authorities in their version of events you called the russian foreign ministry is response to the allegations absolutely pathetic the response that included the call on london to initiate formal o.p.c. w procedures. and yet when the british authorities did just that you said that this was exactly what these to be done putting aside your clear political preferences do you find it encouraging that both sides announced seeking international expertise. the core point in the british allegation is the nature of the chemical weapon the agent name of the movie choke movie chilkoot is a type of nerve agent that was only developed and produced in the soviet union during the nine hundred eighty s. implausibly the program went on into the early one nine hundred nine

chemical weapons. the prime minister said on monday either this was a direct direct -- or the russian government catastrophically damaging nerve agent allowed to get into the hands of others. our e response must be both decisive and proportionate and based on clear evidence. if the government believes that it is still a possibility where russia negligently lost control of the nervely agent i welcome e fact that the police are working with the opcw and has the prime minister taken the next under the chemical weapons convention to make a formal request for evidence from the russiann government under article ix. how has he responded to the russian government's request for a sample of the agent used in the salisbury attack? has high-resolution trace analysis been run on a sample of the nerve agent and has that revealed any evidence as to the location or the production or the identity of its perpetrators and can the prime minister update the how some are how some are conversations of any she has had with th

weapons program to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. it is as we only strangers have expressed before a matter of huge regret that our country's diplomatic capacity has been stripped back with cuts of twenty five percent in the last five years. it is mr speaker. it is mr speaker. the right honorable gentleman must be heard will be adequate opportunity for colleagues on both sides of the house to put questions members must be her germy go up and i couldn't understand a word of what the foreign secretary just said mr speak about his behavior demeans his office i. was. his in a moment. it is in moment such is the case that governments realize how vital strong diplomacy and political pressure are for our security and national interest the measures we take have to be effective not just for the long term security of our citizens but secure a world free of chemical weapons so can the prime minister outline what discussions she has had with our partners in the european union nato and the un and what willingness the was to take multilateral acti

from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. reports the foreign ministry spokesperson said a number of things firstly he reiterated that russia could have in no way benefited from the attack moscow says they consider this to be a terror attack secondly they stated that the u.k. refused to cooperate with russia which is against the convention on prohibition of chemical weapons and he mentioned the attack could have been orchestrated by another party but then clarified that russia is not pinning the blame on anyone and asked that his words not be distorted let's take a quick look. we see that the british authorities are becoming ever more nervous and it's clear why the clock is ticking they have backed themselves into a corner they will eventually have to provide an increasing number of unanswered questions we expect from london and from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and official account of developments regarding the scruple case we need comprehensive conclusions and detailed confirmations a spokesperso

russia's defense ministry claims extremist groups in syria are planning to frame chemical attacks to give the us a pretext to strike the assad government. that says rebel control of the syrian area of eastern inclusive crumbles just over forty eight thousand civilians flees through humanitarian corridors. and moscow expels twenty three pushes diplomats mirroring the step taken by the u.k. in response to the clintons alleged poisoning the former spy's said and his daughter. kate partridge and you're watching the latest headlines here at r.t. international thank you for joining us. russia's defense ministry says rebel groups in syria have been armed with chemical weapons and are preparing to frame attacks as a pretext for the u.s. to carry out airstrikes against bashar al assad's government. because the of the details. representatives of the russian armed forces have said they have intimation and reason to believe that the united states it's as talent base in syria has been preparing squads of rebels fighters to stage a chemical provocation a chemical weapons attack in the south of syr

than accuses russia of breaching of the convention on chemical weapons at an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council while russia protests it is being considered guilty until proven innocent we've known for years that for you in order to determine the guilty party no investigation is needed today the best kind of proof is suspicion. that comes as the u.k.'s prime minister expels twenty three russian diplomats from britain in retaliation for the kremlin's alleged involvement in the poisoning of a former russian intelligence agent and his daughter that is despite police having declared no suspects. and human rights advocates call on the u.s. congress to reject donald trump that new pick for cia director over her involvement in the intelligence agency's torture program. we're broadcasting live reports that is moscow this is art international i'm sean thomas really glad to have you with us all right the british government has accused russia of breaching of the international chemical weapons convention that came at an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council called by london o

choose russia breaching the chemical weapons couldn't finish in an emergency u.n. security council session over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. the u.k. government. said it was highly likely that russia was responsible for this. we haven't seen anything but highly likely as of yet. british prime minister of. twenty three russian diplomats and even though police are yet to announce any specific suspects. also ahead in the program claims. on the world in berlin is undermining the city's police force with criminal infiltrating its ranks. the final frontier. for the u.s. military as well trump suggests a space force. live from moscow to the world this is our international thanks for choosing us for euro news update this hour my names you know neal our top story the u.k. government has accused russia of breaching the international a chemical weapons convention the statement came out of an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council called by london over the poisoning of russian double agent surrogate script and his daughter in britain last week. the u

for the prohibition of chemical weapons. weapons. the prime minister said on monday this was a direct act by the russian state or the russian government must -- lost control of the potential catastrophically damaging nerve agent and allotted to get into the hands of others. our response must be both decisive and proportionate, and based on clear evidence. if the government believes that it is still a possibility that russia negligently lost control of the military grade nerve agent, what action has been taken to the opcw with our allies? i welcome the fact the police are working with the opcw and has the prime minister taken the necessary steps under the chemical weapons convention to make a formal request for evidence from the russian government under article 9.2? how has she responded to the russian governments request for a sample of the agent used in the salisbury attack to run its own test? [shouting] has high resolution trace analysis been run on a sample of the nerve agent, and has that revealed in evidence as to the

attacks there was soon discounted even in mainstream media those chemical weapons attacks allegationsmore generally and they are routinely broadcast as fact on media and nato nations joining me now is professor emeritus of science technology and international security at the massachusetts institute of technology theodore postol who has cast doubt on media certainty about syrian government chemical attacks on can shake and in the suburbs of damascus professor thanks so much for coming on going underground even this week as as the queen was welcoming the prince from saudi arabia the mainstream state mandated b.b.c. corrected or appeared to correct a suspected report of a suspected chemical attack in ghouta in the suburbs of damascus people finally starting to apply more scrutiny to these media reports of chemical attacks it's extraordinary how inaccurate reporting has been. i should say before i say anymore i am a big advocate for the press and its role. in our democracy and i'm totally in despair over the way the press in the west. in the united states and i have to say also the u.k. y

have you seen any evidence that the so the regime has used chemical weapons. we haven't seen any of that evidence yet to. hear more on this from r.t. correspondents americana joins me live from washington d.c. and we heard it there not for the first time the pentagon admitting that they've had no evidence of chemical attacks. yes the pentagon touched on a wide range of issues at the press briefing today but the fact that she admitted the u.s. hasn't seen any evidence yet is rather unexpected well at least coming from the department of defense but of course she castigated russia for quote enabling assad to kill his own citizens and allowing him to use chemical weapons and then right after that she said quote russia has made a lot of promises with respect to syria except i can't seem to figure out what she's talking about when she referring to syria's chemical weapons arsenal which doesn't even exist according to the o.p.c. w. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons but even though russia initiated the effort it wasn't russia's sole responsibili

weapons but yes it is true other bartlesville have looked at the same chemicals are some of the chemical structures have been. in the public for for several years more than a decade and of course those of arteries that work in chemical defense on camera which actually looked at these chemicals will have also try to make them to analyze some to be able to detect them in the environment. or just from the fact that you find a certain chemical you can only draw so many conclusions what the u.k. be in a position to positively identify and not to talk type substance there would there be any indications for example as to where it was produced. it's two different questions whether it's not a truck agent or not yes and then the question is where did it come from now that it's a forensic question that can only be answered by bringing a range of factors together you can look at the actual coming if you have a sample that contains impurities or that contain certain signatures that make it possible to trace the chemical back to the raw materials or the intermediates that are useful to the chemical pr

and use of chemical weapons the vast majority of countries signed up but described chemical attacks have not stopped there have been more incidents of men women and children being killed in large numbers dead from breathing in poisonous gas none of them had any wounds trauma or injury or sit down and i asked him who the near the syrian capital damascus president assad's forces killed more than fourteen hundred people in a chemical attack in two thousand and thirteen since then most of the syrian chemical weapons stockpiles have been destroyed but the assad government has been accused of using concentrated chlorine gas on opposition held areas doctors say at least eight attacks have been reported in syria this year. in iraq people like siberia say they can relate to what's happening in syria victims in both countries want the world to put words into action and stop more attacks some of the job aid as their. security and trade will be top of the agenda is truly a horse aside feast asia summit protests are expected because some of the latest tending cme have overseen crackdowns on huma

provocation a chemical weapons attack in the south of syria in doubt which borders jordan and israel they've been provided allegedly as when used twenty tons of nori this one is dead today does defense officials have said that this is attack will be blamed on the syrian government and will be used this is the excuse by the united states and its allies to strike at bush al assad his government did his military directly. the provocations mentioned will be used as a pretext to stop the united states and its allies to conduct airstrikes against military and state infrastructure in syria we're seeing that such strikes are being prepared by warships in the mediterranean the red sea and in the persian gulf at the same time speaking in past a nice segue a lover of the russian foreign minister said that the syrian conflict is beginning to look less like a proxy war than a direct confrontation on the hornets spetznaz of there are u.s. special forces on the ground they are no longer denying this article they are accompanied by the british french and special forces from other countries it's not

all points in the british allegation is the nature of the chemical weapon. most ritual move the chill cool type of food. that was developed and produced in the soviet union during the ninety's. the program went on. into the early one nine hundred ninety s. when the soviet union had broken up this is the allegation that the british may it's unusual in the sense that to the best of our knowledge movie choke was never put into delivery systems this is what we call being raised however because of its. nature and the fact that only one country actually difficult to is the foundation for the type of allegation now after all these political wrangling and the mutual expulsion of diplomats the u.k. actually did what russia requested it to do and the pursued the formal channel the o.p.c. experts have already visited salisbury to collect the samples and we are now being told that they need about two weeks to run the tasks what's your bast gas as to what we can expect from the analysis. well my guests in terms of the results will be either that we have confirmation of t

weapons convention by having this secret chemical warfare chemical assassination programme at some pointwe will get that independent inspection coming from the 0pc w but it's likely to be the next battle ground over credibility. they will look at samples, perhaps blood samples from the victims, and whatever their conclusions, they may be clear, they may be disputed, questions may be asked about whether the results were tampered with, that will be the next battle ground of the credibility. gordon, at the foreign office, thank you. scientists say they've achieved a breakthrough in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, after the results of an international trial involving stem cell transplants. doctors in sheffield were part of the study, which showed an improvement in symptoms and the progress of the neurological condition halted. around 100,000 people in the uk are affected by ms, as our medical correspondent fergus walsh explains. so nice to finally get out. it feels like my diagnosis was just a bad dream. before the transplant, louise willetts from rotherham had severe relapses, attacks

doing that about the chemical weapon as a scenario you know to target. the syrian government and to demonize the syrian government accuse it. to to build on that accusation in order to have more pressure on syrian government and. they are preparing now is a crank that the preparing for that scene are you well this week has also seen claims of a chemical weapon attack on do so this was reportedly carried out by the syrian government something damascus denies the issue of chemical weapon use in syria was raised in a recent n.b.c. interview with vladimir putin do you believe the chemical weapons attacks in syria are fake news. of course firstly the syrian government destroyed its chemical weapons long ago. secondly we know about the militants plans to simulate chemical attacks by the syrian army. since that on the. part of me. after to and thirdly all the attempts that have been made repeatedly in the recent past and all the accusations we used to consolidate the efforts against. boys when you're the cockpit look. at them now what we are aware of these goin