breaking news the czech republic earlier this evening admits producing and storing the type of nerve agent that was used to poison a former spy and his daughter in britain despite earlier refuting russian claims that it could have been one of the countries which handled the substance. least weight of migrant center were a group of refugees had to aggressively forced officers to release an asylum seeker earlier this week. and russia's foreign minister says that if israel really does have evidence that iran is violated twenty fifty nuclear agreement it should therefore immediately hand that evidence over to the u.n. chemical weapons watchdog. hello good morning this is art international that tell one i am live from moscow with me kevin knowing first that breaking news in from the czech republic in the last few hours president milos examined there is confirmed that the country has been involved in producing the type of nerve agent believed to have been used to poison the former russian spy service case cripple and his daughter in soulsby wilcher u.k. in march bill it's small amounts of

republic and the us now it has to we have to be clear that the czech president did say that. it was held in the country in a small amount and has been destroyed however this is key given that previously czech ministers had denied this possibility russian claims that the czech republic is one of the four countries most likely to manufacture the nerve agent used to poison surrogates propound his daughter a holy unsubstantiated and highly speculative. the russians crossed all boundaries when this novacek agent could have come from the czech republic that is a lie now if you remember the u.k. was saying that it could only have been russia behind the attack or to use theresa may's term quote highly likely and this was along with the wider picture with british official saying that russia had a history of similar incidents that it had been behind that it could only have been russia to have a motive in this case as well as a handful of other accusations that had led to westminster to point to moscow and of course what unraveled was a major diplomatic standoff bringing ties between ru

republic and the us now it has to we have to be clear that the czech president did say that. was held in the country in a small amount and has been destroyed however this is key given that previously czech ministers had denied this possibility russian claims that the czech republic is one of the four countries most likely to manufacture the nerve agent used to poison surrogates propound his daughter wholly unsubstantiated and highly speculative. the russians crossed all boundaries when they said the novacek agent could have come from the czech republic that is a lie now if you remember the u.k. was saying that it could only have been russia behind the attack or two used a recent mase term quote highly likely and this was along with the wider picture with british official saying that russia had a history of similar incidents that it had been behind that it could only have been russia to have a motive in this case as well as a handful of other accusations that had led to westminster to point to moscow and of course what unraveled was a major diplomatic standoff bringing ties be

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czech republic and the u.s. among others and of course now with this admittance from the president of the czech republic it is a big development to this is especially given that previously we have heard czech ministers deny this possibility russian claims that the czech republic is one of the four countries most likely to have manufactured the nerve agent used to poison her problem his daughter wholly unsubstantiated and highly speculative the russians crossed all boundaries when this novacek agent could have come from the czech republic that is a lie. well to be clear the president of the czech republic did say that it was a small amount of nava chalk and that it had since been destroyed however it's going to be interesting to see how the international community reacts to those statements if they react at all because of course if you remember just the fact that the russian name nava chalk was being thrown around along with allegations being made here in the u.k. saying that it could only have been russia behind

novacek was produced and tested in the czech republic it was a small quantity though we know when and we know where it was done it would be hypocritical to pretend that such a thing never happened the president of the czech republic saying that nava child had been produced and stored in the country could of course be seen as quite a considerable development since it reiterates the point that russia has been making throughout the script saga for all of this time saying that it could have been produced in a number of countries including the czech republic and the us now the president of the czech republic did say that this was a small amount and that it had been destroyed however still this is important given that previously we have seen ministers of the country deny this possibility russian claims that the czech republic is one of the four countries most likely to have manufactured the nerve agent used to poison surrogates kripalani his daughter wholly unsubstantiated and highly speculative. the russians crossed all boundaries when the. agent could have come from the czech republic tha

was produced and tested in the czech republic it was a small quantity though we know when we know where it was done it would be hypocritical to pretend that such a thing never happened but. let's go live now to london to see a true canal who has got more details for us say good afternoon to what extent does this cast died on the claims russia must have been behind the poisoning and what a small school actually now is saying. well union. hall saga with these latest revelations certainty takes a new turn with the czech president saying that his country had produced stored and later destroyed not a child because this is an allegation and something that russia has been saying all along that there are other countries that had those capabilities among others it's named the u.k. slovakia the czech republic as well as sweden as one of the possible some of the possible countries that had those capabilities so we are now seeing moscow waiting for the others to come clean as well. i want to remind everyone that it was london and drags the czech republic into confrontation with russia is because of

thesis so should the czech republic now be doing a thorough investigation as to whether there could have been any link into the script was poisoning ins in salzburg of march absolutely they should be. and in fact given that the czech republic is a member of nato and has been a member of nato for twenty years and. the other nato powers and he the u.k. and the united states should be very actively pursuing this matter with the czechs because this is a this is a very serious business and they leveled very serious charges not allowing for any doubt whatsoever that the russians were the ones who manufactured this age and depending on who you talk to we've had a number of russian eminent scientists and foreign as well saying well there are at least twenty labs around the world that could have made this kind of thing but now we're hearing the czech republic may be in on it as well the russians said numerous times that other countries could have been involved in making novacek should the un chemicals watchdog now ask those countries to look closer into those claims. absolutely they should.

headline stories in the czech presidency as his country develop. a nerve agent similar to the. former russian intelligence officer and his daughter in the u.k. . also ahead in the program this hour there are conflicting claims about the u.n. chemical weapons watchdog. was. its chief. one hundred. days of. demonstrations a long border with israel enter there are six. hundred thirty two journalists killed during the great march return protest campaign but the debts of the journalists failed. from the u.s. state department spokeswoman. freedom day. we urge accountability for the murder of journalists in baltar mexico russia and. i don't have to have all the details of. china interfere. with us military operations in the foreign office and directing blinding lasers at a church. live from our international news center in moscow this is r.t. good to have your company my names you know neal our top story the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. has published a statement clarifying comments from its own director general who claimed that up to one hundred grams of nerve

russian claims that the czech republic is one of the four countries most likely to have manufactured the nerve agent used to poison sergei script on his daughter a holy unsubstantiated and highly speculative. the russians crossed all boundaries when they said the novacek agent could have come from the czech republic that is a lie. novacek was produced and tested in the czech republic it was a small quantity though we know when and we know where it was done it would be hypocritical to pretend that such a thing never happened to be there might be now we expect answers from other countries that as we said had and still have the potential to develop normally check well russia says the revelation undermines the u.k.'s case but in a statement to r.t. the british foreign office repeated its claims that only russia has the technical means operational experience motive to target the scruples separately there's been confusion in the probe being conducted by the international chemical weapons watchdog with the director general of other o p c w stuff being unclear seemingly over how much nerve a

czech president claimed his country. stored in similar to that used in the souls poisoning. meanwhile there are conflicting claims of the u.n. chemical weapons watchdog about how much of the toxic substance was actually used its chief sings it was up to one hundred grams get a spokesperson say said was significantly less. so ahead two journalists head to court in the u.s. to fight their inclusion on the trunk but ministrations so named phyllis jews for their alleged terrorist sympathies also with. the. demonstrations along the border with israel enter their sixth week dozens of palestinians including this one thing killed during the great march of perturbing protest campaign. around the clock across the world this is our team international from the team and myself you know me welcome to the program our top story the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. published this statement clarifying comments from its own director general who claimed that up to one hundred grams of nerve agent were used to poison surrogate script in march let's listen to the d.g. first. wou

president who was produced and tested in the czech republic it was a small quantity that we know when and we know where it was done it would be hypocritical to pretend that such a thing never happened so there you have it and then mission from at least one country saying that yeah they have produced and experimented with no each of class agents delivering a blow to a key element of the u.k.'s case no more can it be claimed that the substance could've only come from russia right wrong that two didn't dent the narrative the media gave almost no attention to the announcement and those who did cover it pointed out what they called siemens pro russia stance because let's face it in today's climate being pro russia means you're on reliable something else we saw this week was the u.k. national security advisor disclosing the fact that no suspects have been identified in the poisoning but given the fact that the case seems to be based on the assumption of guilty until proven innocent many outlets ran that statement alongside the line that police were urgently reviewing the security of other d

ministry is claims about that change now though the czech republic was also one of the e.u. states which expelled russian diplomats as retaliatory measure back in march we got more reaction to come on this when we go live to london in a few minutes time in the program. german police occurred at a major rate of migrant center in the south of the country after scores of asylum seekers forcibly prevented the deportation of a togolese man on monday the group reportedly attacked officers and their vehicles before helping the individual to escape here's our europe correspondent peter oliver. well if we start on monday with the incident and kick this all off it started when police in the southwestern german town of. gartin but important book arrived at this refugee center with the intention of taking away a twenty three year old man from togo who is about to be deported now as they arrive to do that crowds of people start arriving saying he should be set free those crowds got bigger and bigger we're hearing one hundred fifty plus refugees surrounding the police in their car that wa

novacek was produced and tested in the czech republic it was a small quantity though we know when and we know where it was done it would be hypocritical to pretend that such a thing never happened the russians crossed all boundaries when they said the novacek agent could have come from the czech republic that is a lie another example that made headlines here in london of course was when scientists from the porch and down the board tory said they could not identify the source of the nerve agent used in the attack while previously before that we saw boris johnson talk about how he has been reassured by the desire. theme of war tori that russia was behind the attack we have not verified the for say sort of storage of to see where that actually was manufactured so typically you're not able at porton down to say where it is from we haven't yet been able to do that but when i look at the the evidence from the people from from porton down they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy myself i said are you sure and he said there's no doubt and of course the last but not least we saw ru

are they still visible today in the czech republic?i think the czech republic looks completely different today. it's this beautiful past ral place. if you talk to people of a certain age, they will remind you of how terrible it was. and i think there is such a different feeling in west europe to eastern europe in terms of how they saw the u.s. role in the cold war. we tend to be very self-critical of our role. and the eastern europeans have a different attitude. they were, you know, they felt left behind and they also felt that the united states was one of the few countries which continuously was at least expressing a desire, you know, for them to become free. >> mark crarme, another key player, of course, is chinese leader, mao. >> chine had been plunged by mao into the cultural revolution in 1966. and that was a very harsh time for china. there had been millions who died in starvations, of fa means caused by mao's policies in the early 1960's. but what happened in the cultural revolution in some ways was even more traumatic for chine

are they still visible today in the czech republic? guest: they the czech republic is different today. what you talk to people of a certain age. they will remind you how terrible it was. i think there's such a different feeling in western europe to eastern europe in terms how they saw the u.s. role. we can be very self-critical of our war in the cold war. east europeans felt left behind. host: mark kramer another key player is chinese leader. guest: china has plunged into the culture resolution in 1966. that was very harsh time for china. there has been mills who died in starvation of famines caused by policies in the early 60's. what happened in the culture revolution in some ways even more track with chinese society. there was fewer people who died and often through ritual torture andhumiliation. it was an extremely violent and chaotic event in china. he was already by this time in his late 70 east. he seem to look on the culture culture resolution as way to rejuvenate that spirit. >> elizabeth cobbs behind us. did 1968 change congre

small amounts of money truck were produced in the czech republic we know well and we know where it will be critical to pretend that such a thing never. however politically moscow has been cast very much as the unequivocal perpetrator of the soul's bre attack to reason may said that it was highly likely that russia was behind the attack on the script take a lesson. called salute about the identity of the culprit no other country has a combination of the capability the intent and the motive to carry out such an act . alternative explanation yet but. this is. close even clearer to forgive. the plausible explanation that's what the politicians have said but the head of the government here in the u.k. that was analyzing and identifying the sample of the nerve agent used in the attack porton down the head of that government lab hasn't been able to confirm the origin of the nerve agent itself used in soulsby and now some news outlets are saying that these revelations show that a whole wrong of countries have had a sample of this nerve agent for nearly two decades now and as one of the newspape

said in an interview that the czech republic had also produced and stored albeit a slightly different strain of nerve agent to the one used in souls very in significant amounts take a listen to what he had to say. small amounts were produced stood in the czech republic we know well and we know where it will be critical to britain so should things never hurt. however politically moscow has been cast very much as the unequivocal perpetrator of the soul's bre attack to reason may said that it was highly likely that russia was behind the attack on the screen take a lesson. called studies about the identity of the culprit no other country has a combination of the capability the intent and the motive to carry out such an. alternative explanation but. this is. close even to give. the explosion that's what the politicians have said but the head of the government here in the u.k. that was analyzing and identifying the sample of the nerve agent used in the attack porton down the head of that government lab hasn't been able to confirm the origin of the nerve agent itself used in soulsby and now

on a former russian spy in the english city of solsbury the novacek was produced and tested in the czech republic it was a small quantity though we know when we know where it was done it would be hypocritical to pretend that such a thing never happened to be more actual there might be now we expect answers from other countries there as we said had and still have the potential to develop normally chuck. russia says the revelation undermines the u.k.'s case but statement u.k. the british foreign office repeated its claims that only russia has the technical means the operational experience of the motive to target the scruples separate has been confusion in the probe been conducted by the international chemical weapons watchdog to the director general another o.p.c. w. stuff being unclear over how much nerve agent may have been discovered the o.p.c. w. would not be able to estimate or determine the amount of the nerve agent the blues used in solsbury on the fourth of march twenty eighth in the quantity should probably be characterized in milligrams. for research activities or protection you

russia says the revelation by the czech president undermines london's case but in a statement to r.t. the british foreign office repeated its claims that only russia has the technical means operational experience and motive to target the script powells we've heard from former u.k. intelligence officer charles schumer bridge really for quite some time we've had confirmation that actually the central plank of the u.k. government's claim to only russia could produce this was actually likely to be untrue and this of course admission from the czech president is further confirmation of that short on many of the or stylish when we first saw this interview appeared with the chief of the view one can look at that and say well ok it's very easy probably to make a mistake in the middle of an interview and say grams when in fact you meant milligrams but that is actually contradicted by what the i.p.c.c. selves have said make sure into what was the reasoning behind the chief actually saying something that appears to be not just a mistake but at least officially untrue certainly it was grassed upon

what the czechs are saying today proves to be correct then it really has exploded the entire british american thesis i'm sure there are many there or stylist when we first saw this interview appeared with the chief of the a.p.c. one can look at that and say well ok it's very easy probably to make a mistake in a bit of an interview and say grams when in fact you meant milligrams but it's actually contradicted by what their p.c. to be adam's salves have said make sure what was the reasoning behind the chief actually saying something that appears to be not just a mistake but at least officially untrue so it was crossed upon by headlines in the west that said that this was further proof that such a huge substance i see huge amount could only come from the states of course to boasted a case that this might be russia. palestinians have been continuing that anti occupation rallies along the gaza border over the course of the past week the area has been indulged in black smoke from burning tires they protest the great to march of return last spill weeks and the number of fatal as he said bee

small amounts of were produced in the czech republic we know well and we know where it will be critical to britain such a thing never. however politically moscow has been cast very much as the unequivocal perpetrator of the soul's bre attack to reason may said that it was highly likely that russia was behind the attack on the script take a lesson where all called for news about the identity of the culprit no other country has a combination of the capability the intent and the motive to carry out such an act there is no calls at all alternative explanation yet but. this is. close even likely able to forgive. the bill explosion that's what the politicians have said but the head of the government here in the u.k. that was analyzing and identifying the sample of the nerve agent used in the attack porton down the head of that government lab hasn't been able to confirm the origin of the nerve agent itself used in salisbury and now some news outlets are saying that these revelations show that a whole wrong countries have had a sample of this nerve agent for nearly two decades now and as one of

what the czechs are saying today to be correct then it really does explode the entire british american thesis i'm sure many of the or stylish when we first saw this interview appeared with the chief of the. one can look at that and say well ok it's very easy probably to make a mistake in the middle of an interview and say grams when in fact you meant milligrams but that is actually contradicted by what their p.c. selves have said make sure what was the reasoning behind the chief actually saying something that appears to be not just a mistake but at least officially untrue so it was grasped upon by headlines in the west that said this was further proof that such a huge substance assume huge amount could only come from a state of course to boast of our case that this might be russia. have been continuing that anti occupation valets along the gaza border over the course of the past week the area has been engulfed in black smoke from burnt tires the protest dubbed the great march of return last for weeks and the number of faith talent sees have been mounting. lucky. i got to do it to think

president milan stehman said that the czech republic had produced and stored albeit a slightly different strain of the nerve agent to the one used in souls brave but nevertheless that country shouldn't be hypocritical about this blue small amounts of were produced in the czech republic we know well and we know where the critical to britain such a thing never. however politically moscow has been cost very much as the unequivocal perpetrator of the soul's bre attack to reason may said that it was highly likely that russia was behind the attack on the script take a lesson where i called for news about the identity of the culprit no other country has a combination of the capability the intent and the motive to carry out such an act there is no poolesville alternative explanation yet but. this is. close even clearer to forgive. the global explosions that's what the politicians have said but the head of the government here in the u.k. that was analyzing and identifying the sample of the nerve agent used in the attack porton down the head of that government lab hasn't been able to confirm the o

will learn from for example from the from the czech republic from the president of the czech republic this certain amount of snow he choked was produced in czech republic today you probably have seen. the publication five times then. a dozen of the nato countries they also produced in the joke so basically the thesis of prime minister to resign me that russia is the only country that was kibble of doing things. was wrong and that what we said that any country who has advanced leps could produce this. substance so this so-called nerve substance and this is just a confirmation of our point of view and now we hear now we see more and more details on that matter and as i said czech republic is the good example and the other thing was quite interesting. prime minister may said. almost next day. when she was talking you know at the parliament that it was done by the russian or russian bear whatever that was called and then two months later the national security advisor mr said will. when he was making this speech on the records in the . defense comedian of the house of commons he said that

was produced and tested in the czech republic it was a small quantity though we know when and we know where it was done it would be hypocritical to pretend that such a thing never happened. and want to now expect answers from other countries that as we said had and still have the potential to develop the chalk. all right russia says the revelation undermines the ukase case but in a statement to r.t. the british foreign office repeated its claims that only russia has the technical means and motive to target the script was separately there has been confusion in the program being conducted by the international chemical weapons watchdog the director general and other o.p.c. w. staff have given conflicting views on how much of the nerve agent was used the o.p.c. w. would not be able to estimate or determine the amount of the nerve agent the booze used in solsbury on the fourth of march twenty eighth in the quantity should probably be characterized in milligrams. for research activities or protection you would need for instance five to ten grams or so but even in solo spree it looks like th

russia says it is waiting for other nations to admit they manufactured another child up to the czech president says his country produced and stored a nerve agent similar to that used and it's all very poisonous. u.n. chemical weapons watchdog contradicts its own chief or earlier said up to one hundred grams of no child was used to poison a former russian spy and. i did not want to hear about all oh i'm not. dozens of palestinians demonstrate on the israel gaza border for a sixth consecutive friday and on that way to live fire and tear gas from i.d.f. soldiers. two journalists mounted a legal battle and us against their alleged inclusion in the government killing they say that they are wrongly suspected of having links to terror groups. or i broadcast my direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international and john thomas certainly glad to have you with us now russia is urging foreign powers to declare whether they have produced of the novel nerve agent in the past comes after the czech president admitted his country manufactured a substance similar to that used in the poisonin

age from the tower which guards the bridge he looks out on prague with its population in his day of czechs germans and jews three peoples three languages three souls a magic mixture often fruitful often frightful we need look no further than religion. yon hoose a fundamentalist a leading player in the drama for religious and national renewal an unbending preacher who delivered inflammatory diatribes against the moral decay of the clergy and the holy alliance between church and crown for all those whose privileges depended on the system a dangerous fellow so it was that in spite of being given a safe conduct he was summarily arrested and burnt as a heretic by the council of constance in fourteen fifteen the result was that the movement for reform became a revolution but the underlying conflicts remained yet it was more than two hundred years before the second act of the drama took place. the place rock county the year sixteen eighteen the twenty third of may i remember it as if it were yesterday from this window to hated arch catholic imperial emissaries were thrown to land more or less sof

the russians crossed all boundaries when they served the novacek agent could have come from the czech republic that is a lie fake news right so imagine the czech foreign minister's face when the president then comes out and says this bill novacek was produced and tested in the czech republic it was a small quantity though we know when and we know where it was done it would be hypocritical to pretend that such a thing never happened really remarkable just to think britain was so sure it was all so we singularly exclusively russia is highly likely that russia was responsible we do hold russia culpable culpable culpable for the attempted murder you argue that their source of the chalk is russia how did you manage to find it out so quickly i look at the the evidence when the people from from porton down they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy myself i said are you sure and he said there's no doubt only russia it could only have come from russia said the guy over there to boris johnson hundred percent guaranteed go ahead sanction russia you can probably guess what happened nex