chemical weapons c.w. announces a fact finding mission to syria experts on the ground the latest chemical attack. of. violent standoff continues between police and environmentalists for a second day in france barricades and. tear gas. is this charge from hospital following last month's nerve agent attack exceeding doctors' initial assessments that she may never recover.

international law it is also convened a special meeting of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons o.b. c.w. has sent technical experts to examine this substance with which the former russian double agent and his daughter were poisoned but their best the geisha will be technical. experts have arrived in london to analyze the substance used in the alleged poisoning of. a script this will only allow them to distinguish the chemical formula of the substance the o.p.c. w. technical secretariat doesn't have the mandate to verify the u.k.'s allegations by the way the investigation into the case is still ongoing in the u.k. . allies insist that russia was behind this russia denies any such thing and says that this entire fair is politically motivated there's been no investigation no trial no evidence only accusations which have taken a turn for the literary rather like the beginning of crime and punishment really crime and punishment. i know many wise to treat all of ours at this point. where all the confidence about the identity of the culprit the only question is whether he will first confess or

kinds of of being careful there the russians say that they destroyed their stockpiles of chemical weapons under opie c.w. supervision is that verifiable. and i mean i think we have to assume that they in other countries that have nuclear side biological and chemical weapons did not destroy them it would be surprising if they destroyed every sample of this as it would be surprising if countries other countries that didn't develop these weapons destroyed their sample as well i mean again it's ordered what the russian government is doing here is simply trying to cast doubt on the british narrative which is the russians that launched the attack and so every time you throw up a different kind of story oh we got rid of all of it or in for this other country or it might be important down you just you're throwing up more distractions and russia says that it will accept the results of international investigations into this substance no future do you think that will happen. well i'm going to be interesting to see i mean. whether these things are all traceable i mean it might be. seems to be it is quite clearly a

international chemical weapons watchdog the c.w. is to meet on this case in the coming hours. to get the facts straight on this whole situation and we hope a final conclusion will be reached there as to what happened. president putin's remarks came during talks with turkey's leader in ankara due to its.

live from washington thanks for joining us this of course will happen off to the global chemical weapons what the c.w. said it was unable to identify the exact source of that agent used. just a little bit more about that on the discussions at the u.n. as well. yes well the british ambassador was the first to speak and even though the o.p.c. w. didn't assign blame or like you said specify the origin of the this chemical agent she declared that russia was behind the crime now in her own words quote there is no plausible alternative explanation than russian state responsibility for what happened let's take a look at what she said. no the d.s. tails analysis no the b.c.w.s. report identifies the control lab of the origin of the agencies in this attack there is no plausible to in this of the explanation for what happened in souls breathe and russian state for sponsibility but believe that only brusha had the technical means operational experience and the mates of to target the script files now the british representative proceeded to accuse putin of personally being involved in the attack. president putin

moscow's envoy to the chemical weapons watchdog the a.p. c.w. says russia has provided evidence that big u.s. produced and patented not the choke the chemical said to have been used to poison. and his daughter the news comes as britain admits neither it nor the a.p.c. can confirm the origin of the nerve agent despite the barest of claims it was highly likely moscow and also took on the mission sent to establish the facts behind the alleged to make chemical attack in syria comes under fire as it enters the enclave. i welcome you watching r.t. international start this.

involvement and would never have any involvement in the use of a chemical weapon meanwhile experts from the global chemical weapons watchdog the c.w. are arriving in syria to investigate the alleged chemical attack zain a hole that has more from neighboring beirut. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons their inspectors are going to head to begin their work on saturday of course the town where these sites are the site of the alleged chemical weapons attack these inspectors are are to investigate exactly what happened and come up with their findings but there are already questions on whether or not they will be able to find exactly what happened because some there are some concerns that the evidence has been tampered with simply because there is a new authority on the ground when this alleged attack happened the rebels were in charge of the town and now it is in the hands of the russian military and the syrian government and it's not just that clearly this mission this fact finding mission its mandate is to determine whether or not a chemical weapons attack actually happened but in its mandate it cannot apportion

chemical weapons. and feign or by joining the o.p.c. w in twenty thirteen that me and. all of our chemical weapons stockpile was destroyed and one of them are with the corporation it with the open c.w. . what that the chemical weapons should have taken out of a country and disposed of which was monitored by the specialists. of this organization. call it the sea of cut the invitation out of all these allegations against the syrian army many of the syrian government are based. on lies. at the word adore and a lot of. on statements that he followed lies made by lee west and it was presented to the sure you want. nancy ali and she she's sure to destroy the reputation and it hurt the syrian army that is resisting servant groups and this fighting and has been fighting terrorists groups for over seventy years in maggi him on. a house of their information has a bizarre me here is based on the reports. that they claim they have received mr owen and has sources. and from the terrorist groups that they themselves have been the financing. and. largest on their lobbying and have white house and that's why i believe and i would lay it is a terrorist organization financed by the us. and with the

does not know when they can deploy their chemical weapons inspectors to do mother sites that alleged chemical weapons attack will be c.w. saying any deployment will have to follow a security clearance from the united nations so really raises a lot of question about the fate of of this mission now neither the u.n. nor the o.p.c. w. blamed any particular side for that shooting incident but too much is under the control of the russian military as well as the syrian government both both of them confirming a few days ago that they quote fully liberated the area from terrorists now both moscow and damascus have been accused by western powers of trying to prevent the inspectors from reaching the site and to delay and hamper their work accusations that both both moscow and damascus have denied but there really concerns about whether or not there is still hard evidence because it's been what twelve days now since that suspected chemical weapons attack will the evidence be still there some western nations even accusing russia of tempering with the evidence and another question is will the witnesses and survivors or doctors that

destinations and the findings will be shared with countries that are members of the chemical weapons convention while the c.w. added it will consider future steps including another possible visit to doomer the foreign ministry as expressed concerns over alleged attempts by the experts to limit the amount of sites visited and interviewed witnesses as well. last week unconfirmed reports of the incident were used as a justification by the u.s. u.k. and france to launch missiles against syria the u.n. special envoy for the country has said peace efforts have to be relaunched now following the u.s. led attack we never expected it to be. in very very potentially danger of do peace and security is what happened last week. and it's not looked after now for cheap in geneva group or the three countries the u.s. the u.k. and france have not only bombed the magic chemical facilities in syria but also bombed the geneva peace process and meanwhile the un security council has gathered for informal meeting in a secluded farmhouse in southern sweden the secretary general until you get out as stress there could be no military

namely that the allies are now calling on syria to declare all aspects of their chemical weapons program to the o.p.'s c.w. that there needs to be a destruction of the remaining chemical weapons and stockpile as well the united states calling on syria to allow the o.p.c. w fact finding mission to investigate the attack in duma and also the there should be an allowance for humanitarian aid to reach civilians so clearly the united states feeling that there is a necessity for a very strong response from syria in terms of compliance this is something that the united states says it is demanding in conjunction with its international partners including the united kingdom and france. leverage is the c.e.o. of political risk consultancy strategy and is a former white house national security council official she says the president is using military strikes on syria to boost his campaign ahead of this is election that is the absolute number one priority for president trump to distinguish himself from president obama president trump i would say about about three weeks ago firmly pivoted here in washington toward his

peaceful future strikes also take place before investigators from the international chemical weapons watchdog the earthy c.w. start there for him to get the alleged poison gas attack in duma so far the experts are still expected at the scene later today. all thanks for joining us on r.t. international will be continuing to bring you all the latest on our breaking news story in the coming hours for now we're going to take a thirty minute break but we are and stand by for a briefing from the russian defense ministry and we'll be going live to that as soon as it starts so do stay with us if you can. this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. i'm bart chilton and coming up we'll talk a bit about brazil the economy and the imprisonment of the former president we'll have that coming up real soon plus m.b.'s saudi arabia's crown prince mohamed bin solomon nearly three week trip to the united states is over what did he do it who did he do it with r.t. correspondent trinity chavez will tell us plus says the u.k. and you consider their trading relationship author and commentator steve keen j

chemical weapons there was no direct just mention though probe into the chemical weapons incident has yet been carried out and according to the russian military a team from the global chemical weapons watch told the a.p. c.w. will start work in the syrian town of too much on wednesday well meanwhile many britons oppose the rush to military action a poll by the mail on sunday newspaper found more than half believed to reason may should not have ordered the bombing without the approval of parliament but we asked people in london for their views. it was an emergency situation where there was no room for maneuver if you think this is not an urgent it could've waited one two days more at least i don't think it's something she should have made a decision on the house of general principle going into war. i think this particular instance it was in a war situation. discuss it i know you're coming you know pick anywhere are you shooting much more consideration than everyone else know when it's important decisions like this everyone should have a say like i do think parliament represent everybody knows that you are actually discussing doing it then you just immediately this is not a constitutional dictatorial sure b

rejected a draft proposal by russia for a joint investigation of the meeting of the chemical weapons watchdog reopen the c.w. brussels also accused russia of being unwilling to cooperate reporting from the hague here's our europe correspondent peter all of us. well the special meeting of the o.p.c. w. got on the way on wednesday with russia's permanent representative tabling a motion to say inclusive unified in what was called a constructive civilized investigation this was dismissed out of hand by both the united kingdom eighty years representatives we heard from the british side they referred to russia's proposal as perverted and of the ten to divert attention away from the investigation if they also when told to say that it was in poor taste for russia to put this forward on this day saying it was one year since the chemical weapons attack on a town in syria which left over one hundred people dead the u.k. accuses the assad government of carrying out that attack and accuses russia of covering up and stopping an investigation into that he said it was content for the lives that were lost that russia puts t

suspected chemical attack eleven days ago the head of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or open c.w. says it's now unclear when the team will be able to enter the duma arrived in damascus on saturday they'll determine if a chemical attack happened but they won't assign blame then a holder has more from beirut. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons confirming what a u.n. official told us earlier and that is the u.n. security team that entered tomb on tuesday came under small arms fire the o.p.c. w. also confirming that during their visit to one of the sites an explosive device was detonated now there were no injuries but the security team left the duma and right now the o.p.c. w. does not know when they can deploy their chemical weapons inspectors to do my the site of that alleged chemical weapons attack still b. c w saying any deployment will have to follow a security clearance from the united nations so it really raises a lot of question about the fate of of this mission now neither the u.n. nor the o.p.c. w. blamed any particular side for that shooting incident

from the russian foreign ministry that they may not accept the findings of the global chemical weapons watchdog the opi c.w. when they are published however long that may take the russians a said you know they they want this to be a transparent process by which they mean they want russia to have some sort of involvement to be allowed to sort of make their points within the o.p.c. w. in the u. and security council we can expect them to have perhaps get some support from the chinese in previous events of a similar types of conscious or you know other other diplomatic spat between the east and the west what we tend to get is rival motions a motion table by the russians a motion table by one of the western countries in this case all part of the u.k. and each of them being voted down or vetoed by the other we might see something similar this time or a challenge in moscow thank you. now brazil's top court has ruled that former president louise and osceola to sell them start serving a twelve year prison sentence for taking bribes. to stay out of prison until he exhausted all possible appeals in august luna was fo

chemical weapons facilities so the o.p.c. w.'s findings are not going to trigger another response but definitely if the opi c.w. finds that indeed a chemical weapons attack actually happened it will be damning for the russian and syrian government's the un special envoy to yemen says he's drawing up a framework for talks to end the three year civil war which has led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis martin griffiths insists all sides are prepared to negotiate an end to the fighting tens of thousands of people have joined protests in armenia against the parliament's choice of former president. as the prime minister says you see at a step down this president earlier this year at the end of his term limit protesters though see his appointment as prime minister a post which was strengthened under the new constitution as a way for him to retain power. a surge an ethnic violence in eastern them across the republic of congo has forced more than one hundred thousand people to flee their homes just this year the government says it's now in control but many of the splay say it's still not safe to return. lease in n

does not know when they can deploy their chemical weapons inspectors to do mother sites as that alleged chemical weapons attack will be c.w. saying any deployment will have to follow a security clearance from the united nations so really raises a lot of question about the fate of of this mission now neither the u.n. nor the o.p.c. w. blame to any particular side for that shooting incident but tomorrow is under the control of the russian military as well as the syrian government both both of them confirming a few days ago that they quote fully liberated the area from terrorists now both moscow and damascus have been accused by western powers of trying to prevent the inspectors from reaching the site and to delay and hamper their work accusations that both both moscow and damascus have denied but there really concerns about whether or not there is still hard evidence because it's been what twelve days now since that suspected chemical weapons attack will the evidence be still there some western nations even accusing russia of tampering with the evidence and another question is will the witnesses and survivors or doctors tha

chemical weapons facilities so the o.p.c. w.'s findings are not going to trigger another response but definitely if the opi c.w. finds that indeed a chemical weapons attack actually happened it will be damning for the russian and syrian government's u.s. president almost tom says american officials have been conducting direct high level talks with north korea to try to arrange a summit with the north korean leader kim jong un was speaking during a meeting with japan's prime minister shinzo abi is visiting the president at his mar-a lago resorts in florida have also said he's given his blessing to south korea to try to end its war with the north korean president is preparing to meet kim jong un later this month meeting with kim should told him a. un special envoy to yemen says he's drawing up a framework for talks to end the three year civil war which has led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis martin griffiths insists all sides are prepared to negotiate an end to the fighting. tens of thousands of people doing protests in on me against the parliament's choice of former president sir g. sardi's c.n.n.'s prim

c.w. finds that indeed a chemical weapons attack partially happened it will be damning for the russian and syrian government u.s. president almost tom says american officials have been conducting direct high level talks with north korea to try to arrange a summit with the north korean leader kim jong un was speaking during a meeting with japan's prime minister shinzo abi is visiting the president at his mar-a lago resorts in florida have also said he's given his blessing to south korea to try to end its war with the north korean president is preparing to meet kim jong un later this month from seoul meeting with can shed in a. u.n. special envoy to yemen says he's drawing up a framework for talks to end the three year civil war which has led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis martin griffiths insists all sides are prepared to negotiate an end to the fighting. tens of thousands of people doing protests in on me against the parliament's choice of former president sir g. sardi's c.n.n. as prime minister he stepped down as president earlier this year at the end of his term that meant lots

to name that the allies are now calling on syria to declare all aspects of their chemical weapons program to the o.p.'s c.w. that there needs to be a destruction of the remaining chemical weapons and stockpile as well the united states calling on syria to allow the o.p.c. w fact finding mission to investigate the attack in duma and also the there should be an allowance for humanitarian aid to reach civilians so clearly the united states feeling that there is a necessity for a very strong response from syria in terms of compliance this is something that the united states says it is demanding in conjunction with its international partners including the united kingdom and france. ok we're just hearing now from turkey lines coming in saying from the foreign ministry saying that they welcome these u.s. led strikes on syria as appropriate that's from turkey as of course a nato ally of the u.s. heavily involved itself in the syria war on the support on the side of the rebels hillary mann leverett is the c.e.o. of the political risk consultancy strategy and is a former white house national security official she sa

area that means there is there was no need to use any extra force including chemical weapons that we already had on. the c.w. so set two months well obviously where in no position to verify what you say we're going to wait until the o.p.c. w. makes its decision although of course britain says it definitely was a chemical attack which is why they took their action you presumably believe it's a violation of the un charter does that give her the syrian government the right to attack britain because of in the name of the u.n. charter in terms of self defense. yes i mean the result of that presumably because the. britain and france and. now we call of the french pulled out of the white house hope that he that us in violation of international law on the eve of the of the chemical inspection team ironical to damascus i mean before they start working before they start inspect inspection they just at that yes this is we don't live in a jungle it's you know the earth and the. whole world is not only united states and everything else is just the backyard certainly in the past twenty four forty eight hours the israeli

and said that they didn't find any traces of chemical weapons for its part russia is accusing the united states of trying to undermine the credibility of the c.w. because it carried out air strikes targeting damascus has chemical weapons facilities without waiting for the findings of the opi. w. but the u.s. and its allies said they have proof a chemical attack actually happened of course without providing any evidence so the war of words continue between russia and the united states but clearly. we're not expecting any more airstrikes at least not until the syrian government is accused of carrying out yet another chemical weapons attack we heard the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. say the u.s. is locked and loaded and ready for a strike the u.s. is planning to impose new sanctions on russia for continuing to support the syrian government's use of chemical weapons awesome tense and vaster to the u.n. nikki haley says they'll target companies involved in syria's alleged chemical weapons program so you will see that russian sanctions will be coming down secretary will be announcing those on monday if he hasn't already and they will go directly to an

but they say that they have proof that a chemical weapons attack actually happened so it's not clear really the effect of this fact finding mission this open c.w. mission after it releases its findings and say that away from the chemical weapons attack and its chemical weapons attack i'm going to go to now i'm hearing that the rebels have all been cleared out. yes the last remaining fighters and their families people who were supposed to leave us part of this evacuation deal they left yesterday with the syrian army declaring victory officially declaring victory actually the victory last sunday when. that addressed the rebel group agreed to surrender and evacuate the area undoubtedly this is a victory for the syrian government eastern just at the doorsteps of the capital damascus and already in the pro-government media they're talking about the future of offensives that the army is gearing up for future offensives to clear yet more territory and among those areas will be in the southern countryside to damascus some pockets of territory they are controlled by i still like the district of. because well as to dom one so we understand that the army

chemical weapons in syria there was a very strange also very shocking because russia had very very high reputation in the world of chemical weapons let me ask you specifically about the role that the c.w. can play in all of that because unlike national governments unlike national delegations it is actually constrained by its own convention it has to follow the procedure all of these be seen as following the procedure. how much does god allow for political influences to be exerted on the. scientists surveyed question. w. was. invented organization that would be purely technical. but . the structure or for office w. allow some politics so. consists of conference of state parties hundred ninety two countries the executive council and the technical secretariat there are people who do the technical work so inspectors. technical assistance and so administration administration but they do the work. executive council consists of forty one. state parties and that's exactly the area where politics could be brought the last events especially the situation is all bring in. a situation in the use of chemical weapons in syria brought more politics in the situation the difference from my point every

c.w. find no evidence of chemical weapon use in that area the next line will be russia tampered with and sanitized and sprayed afrikaner around the site before a p c w could get there when i spoke to people in junior doctor medical staff in the same hospital in the medical point that received victims on that night they all also told me exactly the same thing as people are now hearing in the hague and also when i went outside and spoke to civilians only seven hundred metres away from the alleged attack they were also all saying the same thing to me that there was no chemical weapon attack. the u.s. is going to expand its fight in syria that's according to the defense secretary james mattis that was said to be a response to the growing danger coming from i saw that contradicts president trump's recent statements saying that he'll withdraw u.s. military forces soon but they've always been arguments about why they should stay. to stay for several reasons stabilization and assistance in the vital north and northeast protection of our allies the primary mission in syria which is to defeat and destroy is

c.w. find no evidence of chemical weapon use in that area the next line will be russia tampered with and sanitized and sprayed afrikaner around the site before a p c w could get there when i spoke to people in duma doctor medical start in the same hospital in the medical point that received victims on that night they all also told me exactly the same thing as people are now hearing in the hague and also when i went outside and spoke to civilians only seven hundred meters away from the alleged attack they were also all saying the same thing to me that there was no chemical weapon attack. although that with the latest headlines in just a the half an hour meanwhile for more on all of our stories sketch was he dot com. i've played for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside guys. football isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money billionaire owners spend spend each religion twenty million on one player. it's an experience like nothing else not to because i want to share what i think of what i know ab