we can speak to the great britain defence ben o'connor who joins the great britain defence ben o'connorins us the great britain defence ben o'connor who joins us now. congratulations firstly on that. for those who don't know ice hockey, how important a step is theirs for the sport here? it is huge. it is massive in the game. we want gold medal a year ago to this day in belfast to move up to this division and we came into this division as the lowest rank seed. everyone was writing us off and we were just happy to be there. we went and showed everyone what we are about and getting the gold model piyush chawla medal. you did it in some style, it was so dramatic at the end. were down and you had to come back to get that gold to level it up. then the shoot out. yes, we needed one point out of the game and we we re needed one point out of the game and we were down 2—0 going into the third period. great britain have scored! 15 seconds to go in the game. i think we havejust lost scored! 15 seconds to go in the game. i think we have just lost the audio to ben o'connor there, just as he was expla

he was convicted in 2006 for spying for great britain. after being amnesty in 2010 he lived in the united kingdom will maintaining his russian citizenship. periodically, his daughter visited him. according to the version spread by the british, russia did not forgive his treason and decided to eliminate him. given that there was no threat that this individual representative for russia, a number of questions begged to be asked. first of all, if we speak very cynically, why did we have to wait eight years and decided to do this two weeks before the presidential elections in russia? and if you weeks before the world cup? why was even released from the country? why eliminate the individual through the strange, dangerous , andeople around him highly public method? knows crime novels, for example the midsummer murders, a well-known british to of very clever ways of killing someone. however, those who thought to the man and his dollar supposedly chose an extremely toxic chemical. the most risky and dangerous method possible. but they didn't even

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the provisions of the that article russia is ready to would be ready to respond to it request by great britain within ten days just a few words instead of all this london so i would put forward a completely absurd twenty four hour ultimatum obviously we rejected it no one in under no circumstances. can talk in this way using this tone with russia in this ultimatum which was transmitted to boris johnson orally to the russian ambassador in london before to me the foreign secretary made clear there are only two possible scenarios eyes of the russian state has attempted murder on the british soil using it to become a weapon or russia lost control would stockpile of nerve agents the foreign secretary of the russian and best of the to explain which of the two possibilities was to them for how these russian produced nerve agent would have been deployed in salzburg. the what could be just twenty four hours we were given a muscle what was that. because of the range of questions that the british side put to us there were no other questions it says you were. looking to move from a base down today and bas

held an open debate on the letter of the prime minister of great britain to reason me. that letter contains horrific and unsubstantiated accusations against russia in the use of chemical weapons on the territory of the united kingdom a representative of the united kingdom. promised us at the time to brief the security council on the course of the investigation regularly however that we didn't have any such briefings. so being as it may we will brief you in detail. so it has been a month since you in the british city of solsbury. the russian citizens to get screwed powell and his daughter yulia were found unconscious. and these have chemical weapons if this did indeed take place is a threat to nonproliferation and as such it is a topic that deserves to be considered by the security council especially since we do have quite a bit to say and we do have some questions to ask our british colleagues so what do we know about the crime and its victims. sergei's group who was convicted in two thousand and six for spying for great britain who after being amnesty in two thousand a

this is a litmus test a litmus test of whether great britain and its allies are true to their word. if you. if you just as last time if you bury this litmus this statement which is a litmus test if you turn if you kind of turn its substance inside out its meaning it will once again be further confirmation of your of your dirty games thank you very much. you have been listening to the russian ambassador to the united nations say who launched into over a half an hour as the string attack on the u.k. i am particular the prime minister's version of events as to what happened in the spy poisoning case we are now going to be listening to the bush ambassador to the un karen pearce to rest on take requests from the council to me very seriously and i'm pleased to be able to update the council on some development but i'm also pleased to be able to provide the intellectual clarity that our russian colleague has called for and i will stick in my statement to the facts following the poisoning on fourth of march and soulsby of say again usually is. the u.k. has flown one of the most comprehensive

the prime minister of great britain theresa may released a statement. this evening, i authorized britain armed forces to conduct strikes to deter syrian's use of chemical weapons. we are acting together with american and french ally and went on about the chemical weapons attack that kill would 70 people including young children in circumstances of pure horror. and the attack should surprise no one. mike has new information in the israeli bureau tonight. >> reporter: we are hearing from arab tv, the first wave latested 15 minute and they are reporting that at least two structures were hit downtown damascus and one much them identified as a scientific research center and as you git into the potential of propaganda. you have to be skeptical with the scientific research center. watch that and see how that develops. they are talking about chemical targeting facilities that can produce or support chemical weapons. in am skeptical with that bit of information and that is a identification of the target hit. and also goes along with what we are hearing that the c

part of russia's response to the tat mirror response for every russian diplomat expelled from great britain the united states and two dozen odd other countries most of them either nato states or countries that are seeking to join nato for every russian diplomat expelled russia is expelling one of those countries diplomats from russia in the case with great britain twenty three diplomats have been expelled but it doesn't end there russia's also. the u.k. to reduce its diplomatic staff in russia by an additional fifty this is the number of russian diplomats in great britain and a number of british diplomats in russia the same so to establish parity this is i suppose you could say a punitive measure for great britain's role in this entire affair it was london that launched this campaign that went to these countries and convinced them to kick out russian diplomats and russia sees this is unjust and unfair because there's been no evidence no proof of russian involvement in this attempted assassination attempt in great britain and this tension is extending elsewhere to isn't it i mean we had an i

and great britain is required to offer us that corporation.y the way, it's funny that yesterday at the session on the executive council of the opcw, several allies of great britain called on us to cooperate with the british side. probably very words... there wasn't enough time to brief them in advance about what to say. we have prepared a draft statement of the security council before the meeting. it's very simple. this is a litmus test of whether great britain and its allies are true to their word. if you, just as last time, if you bury this statement, which is a litmus test, if you, kind of, turn it substance inside out, its meaning, it will, once again, be further confirmation of your dirty games. thank you very much. studio: the russian ambassador to the united nations. very much in his stride as he criticises britain's approach to investigating this novichok nerve agent attack on the skripal family in salisbury a couple of weeks ago. this meeting of the security council called by russia to discuss that chemical attack. let's speak now...

russian federation let's listen in and debate to you on to the letter of the prime minister of great britain to reason may know that letter you can retain is horrific and when the new uncivil stanch accusations against russia in the use of chemical weapons on the territory of the united conspirators the new representative going to be shall be the united kingdom you know much who give us the promised us at the time to brief the security council on the course of the investigation regularly however we didn't have any such briefings. so removing as it may we will brief you in detail we thought you wouldn't use of has been a month. in the british city of solitary this is not by any russian citizens or good script and his daughter yulia were found unconscious but i mean you know he needs to be said to chemical weapons if this did indeed take place here it is a threat to nonproliferation and as such it is a topic that deserves to be considered by the security council especially since we do have quite a bit to say and we do have some questions to ask our british colleagues of mine and so what do we

or there abouts because they want parity for the same of number of russian diplomats to be in great britain and great english diplomats to be in in russia that is also punitive because russia believes it was great britain that whole and russian histeria this campaign that led to the expulsion of russian diplomats from two dozen or so countries countries in the world so this is this was also punitive and. if nothing else to save face i'm sure that nobody will be showing any apologies. the u.k. government concluded that it was highly likely that russia was responsible for this reckless we haven't seen anything but highly likely as of yet we have concluded that mr scruby pro and his dogs were poisoned with a nazi shock a military grade nerve agent of a type developed by russia to britain if britain is so confident that it was not a truck gassed the now means they have the chemical formula that samples and the ability to produce it the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack on two people and the united kingdom using a military grade nerve agent. we demand the material

not such happy news for great britain ‘s women in tennis.up ii in tennis's fed cup after being beaten by japan. johanna konta had beaten naomi osaka in straight sets to give great britain a 2—1 lead overjapan but when heather watson lost to kurumi nara, the tie went to a deciding doubles. the top two british players took the first set, but lost to meeyo katto and makoto ninomeeya. the defeat means britain will remain in the europe/africa zone and haven't played at the top level for 25 years. ronnie o'sullivan came through a tough opening round match to beat stephen maguire at the world snooker championship in sheffield. resuming this morning trailing by three frames, he came back to win it 10—7. o'sullivan is hoping to add to his five world titles, the last of which he won back in 2013. an equally tight match in the afternoon between ali carter and graeme dott, they were tied at 8—8, until carter, through so many challenges in his personal life came through and was pretty happy about it as well. these are live pictures from the crucible. kyr

, brett weaved his magic to give great —— great britain that important victory.t does that mean? it means that great britain need just one point from their final match against the hosts, hungary, in order to get promotion and get up to that elite level. it is still a big ask for pete russell's side, but they have given themselves a wonderful opportunity and now they just themselves a wonderful opportunity and now theyjust have to go on and ta ke and now theyjust have to go on and take it. and you can follow that matt on radio five live sports extra and the bbc sport website and app. richard johnson has been named champion jockey for the third time in a row at sandown park. johnson was runner up to ap mccoy on sixteen occasions but has now won the title every year since 2016. he could only manage second place on the final day of the season but did win the cheltenham gold cup on native river in march. it was one of the highlights of this season. congratulations. staying with horse racing and seven time cheltenham festival winning jockey nina carberry has announced

at the poisoning of us former russian spy in great britain has cost at diplomatic scandal. calling for a united global action against moscow but are all countries really on board with the british version of events murder fussell former minister of national defense of austria is with me today to discuss all this. as russia newest exchange diplomatic expulsions over the poisoning on the x. y. in britain some european countries are refusing to be drawn into the scandal making a dent in the u.k. claim global support is there a danger of the incident growing in some more than just a diplomatic row and how it can further escalation. there fast lobban former minister of national the sense of austria welcome to the show great to have you with us today. so austria refused to heed the call of u.k. foreign minister boris johnson to expose russian diplomats over the ex spy poisoning case mr johnson called for a united global action and your country right now i imagine must be injuring a lot of pressure for not being part of it. well there was one third of you members who declared with

they were developed in many countries including the united states and in great britain. the forest johnson in response to a question from georgia vella directly confirmed that great britain does have some pools of that substance important down should also the baton school rebuild don't use computers continuations so we have there the russian ambassador poking some holes in the u.k. story there i'm referring to an interview that daughter bella conduct conducted with orus johnson. is he quoting johnson correctly here what's really interesting about that statement is it ties in very neatly with what russia has been saying all along it claiming it had nothing to do with this attack and it says stance national community how can you be so sure that this attack wasn't ordered by other act as other foreign acts as even if peace is to be in his reference to say that many countries could have developed this new agents including great britain it appears even to be pointing the finger at great britain which you had from a number of officials now he was using as evidence that intervi

great britain are ranked 24th in the world.t. everybody was inspecting them to go straight back down to where they came from having had promotion 12 months ago in belfast. for them to go off and do what they have done, which is win a gold medal, and be the first team in the history of the sport to bounce from the third tier to the second tier, to the top tier, and winning gold medals on this occasion, isjust phenomenal. this is the sort of result which will resonate with people who don't necessarily follow ice hockey. what could it do the sport in britain? it is a great sign that i'm here talking about it for the sport. there are a lot of people who play in the uk. over 8000 players registered with the governing body. lots of people go to watch it. but it has been difficult to convert those younger players into superstars. there is a great story for great britain, they gave an 18—year—old, liam kirk his international debut. he will be scouted in all likelihood. they are starting to produce talent that can go on to the world sta

working with great britain, working with the u.n., to continue to pursue some kind of strategy here that will ultimately result in assad stepping down. because we can never have a stable syria as long as assad is still there. 400,000 people killed. 5.6 million displaced. no, we can't allow assad to remain in power, so we're going to have to work on a strategy to gradually move him off, working with russia, working with others to try to reach that end. secondly, we're going to have to develop some kind of political approach that allows the syrian people to make the decision about what their future will be. that's the only way we're going to find any kind of stability for the future. otherwise, we're going to continue to pay a price for the chaos that is syria. >> so he has been obviously -- next question, you say that, and of course you were one of the very few in the obama

great. britain. the murderers could be from the same neighborhood. is unbelievable so you can identify you know you're going to show you yes oh my nieces and my son no no because from aleppo. jacob lives just across the road from the victim he is also a drug dealer. what happened today doesn't surprise him. it was that most people of my age looked up to him to do with his street life i.e. handy so you can see when she was in the boat you know but what you do home was. like. well you. know. in the black neighborhoods like this for. forty percent of children live below the poverty line. unemployment is twice as high as in the rest of the city. these inequalities have created racial tensions. on the other side of the town in this upmarket area tarina stopped by want to. be doing the piece about. she's giving him grief for talking to white journalists. he would say that's then. you have the right but i mean they have done so well in terms of bringing more of a mild. case. oh my ok i'm sure that where they are. you helping him bring more white people in t

clear solidarity with great britain on the one hand but. did not decide to over sanctions. auster is one of those nine countries. but does it feel like you are being pressured because you are not united with a great britain on this no i do not see of course the question was i think. probably the british presentation held high plausibility otherwise all the members of the you would not have decided to make. your lattimer's declaration but in the question of the sanctions opinions different because of course there was no clear proof on the one hand and on the other hand still also was to question whether it was very reasonable to react with sanctions under braking the dialogue between russia and the western countries. as one of those countries that is firmly convinced that it is necessary and will be less a series to keep up this dialogue and to talk. about all the matters security matters between russia and the west and the former swedish foreign minister carl bildt said austria's position is incompatible with e.u. membership while former alaskan foreign minister artie's see

great britain. and 876 is for jamaica. >> jimmy: yeah, that's right. there you go. how did this come to be? how did you guys get together? how did you hook up? >> i met him on tinder. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: but were you guys just in the same studio, or are you friends? >> you know, it was a couple of years ago i went onstage with him. >> he just walks onstage. >> yeah. >> during "roxanne." >> jimmy: what? [ cheers ] during "roxanne?" >> i thought it was sean paul. [ laughter ] >> but -- >> we had a good rapport, and then, i had a a track that i called -- which was the first single. and i asked him to come on it. and he came -- he walked in singing it. and i was like -- and then he did -- >> jimmy: but you just -- as you said -- >> people we realized our voices really blended. >> they do blend. >> and we had such fun with that. >> jimmy: and you recorded the album in new york and jamaica?

give this to me it's a day the russian military authorities released more evidence that proves a great britain was involved in the organization of these provocative act in eastern guta spiritual forces for your particular. meeting of the united nations the faceoff continued with recriminations flying back and forth the u.s. envoy scolded her russian counterpart and i'm in awe the silly of how you say what you say with a straight face i really really. she told the syrian delegation that the u.s. was still considering a military response meanwhile britain's envoy rubbished the russian claims she left the meeting. this is great task it's a blatant lie it's some of the worst piece of fake news we've seen from the russian propaganda machine. chemical weapons inspectors have arrived in damascus in search of answers but the looming threat of being thrown into a global conflict hasn't stopped families flocking to the city parks. and. crazy trump has lost his mind the syrian people do not get scared under the leadership of president bashar al assad and our hero army lerman with we're not afraid because

they were developed in many countries including the united states and in great britain. the brim with morris johnson in response to a question from georgia vella directly confirmed that great britain does have some pools of that substance in ports and down she also had to put it on school in rebuttal don't use computers continues so the russian ambassador to the u.n. they're referring to our interview with the british foreign secretary boris johnson during which johnson stated that the u.k. has a sample of the nerve agent now we talk. was the russian ambassador quoting or interpret johnson accurately well the thing is it wasn't entirely clear what boris johnson meant so understand this fully i think we're going to have to have a quick listen to exactly what it was that he had to say and then and then look at the russian tepper taishan say that technically. you argue that their source of they snuff edge and novacek is russia how did you manage to find it out so quickly that's driven possessed samples of these when i look at the evidence from the people from from porton do

it was a time to wait it was a time to ask questions to great britain government first to scotland yard of course it was a russian government do after to take a position because now we act and after we sink we punished and after we judge. and we judge people before any any prove any inquiry any studies or is not g.e. major die hard of diplomacy. good to talk to you thanks for your time today that was. he was an advisor to the former french president nicolas sarkozy thank you thank. you watching out international will going to be back with more nice and. join me every first week on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sport i'm sure i'll see you then. now falling for the white helmets footage of an alleged chemical attack in syria u.s. led military strikes on the country and strikes on the country on saturday but that's despite promising to pull american troops out of syria and remove the u.s. from the conflict altogether just before the attacks now there are reports too of a new so-called arab force being assembled in the event of a us withdrawal

welcome says sophie shevardnadze that the poisoning of a former russian spy in great britain has cost at diplomatic scandal u.k. calling for a united global action against moscow but are all countries really on board with the british version of events murdered fossil aben former minister of national defense of austria is with me today to discuss all of this. as russia newest exchange diplomatic exposure with the poisoning of. some european countries are refusing to be drawn into the scandal. in the. global support is there a danger of the incident growing more than just a diplomatic row and no further escalation. there fast lobban former minister of national defense of austria welcome to the show great to have you with us today. so austria refused to heed the call of u.k. foreign minister bars johnson to expose russian diplomats over the x. spy poisoning case mr johnson called for a united global action and your country right now i imagine must be enjoying a lot of pressure for not being part of it. well there was one third of you members who declared with all the others a clear solid

european governments they are standing by britain's version of events or analysis remains the same great britain is explain to us in great detail why russia's responsibility is very probable and why there is no plausible alternative explanation and we agree with great britain's assessment yulia is now reported to be recovering from the attack sergei her father is still in critical condition and relations between the west and russia are now at their lowest point since the cold war. and a key logan is in london for us to talk about awkward how are british authorities dealing with these discrepancies yes this comes at a pretty bad time the u.k. government which is already under pressure about the missiles brain incidents the government has been out today trying to explain the context of these comments explained hold down is simply a lab where the scientists made the evaluation that this was not a top of agent that it did was originally produced in russia where they didn't say the precise source was russia but unfortunately or as johnson as we've heard there has been on the record in the past saying

european governments they are standing by britain's version of events or analysis remains the same great britain is explain to us in great detail why russia's responsibility is very probable and why there is no plausible alternative explanation and we agree with great britain's assessment yulia screen is now reported to be recovering from the attack sergei her father is still in critical condition and relations between the west and russia are now at their lowest point since the cold war all right in other news now the leaders of iran turkey and russia have met for a summit on finding a political solution to the syria conflict presidents a rich of tired to watch a host of russian leader vladimir putin and iranian counterpart hasan rowhani for talks in the turkish capital ankara all the three nations have emerged as the power brokers of syria's seven year long civil war and addition to peace they are looking to bolster their influence in the country all three nations have large but also competing interests in the outcome of the syria conflict. syria early twenty eight hundred. seven years of civil

boris johnson in response to a direct question of bella directly confirmed that the great britain does have samples of that substance important down. all right i'm joined here in the studio by my colleague charlotte chosen phil's charlot the russian ambassador i mean that was amazing they're referring to an interview the boris johnson gave to d.w. in which he said the u.k. does have a sample of the nerve agent novi joke i mean what does that mean yes that's quite right it's extremely significant that out of course came up in the u.n. security council appears that russia is really trying to grab on to this statement that boris johnson said in an interview in a way it sort of undermines britain's argument that it could only really have been russia that was behind this attack russia that it's not responsible and and other countries it's blamed for this let's have a quick listen to exactly what boris johnson had to say. you argue that their source of. edge and novacek is russia how did you manage to find that out so quickly that was driven by says sample something else when i look at the t

great britain's match againstjapan, games in hand. games in hand. great britain's match againstjapan, the first up was heather watson. the hosts were one up. these are the players to get to the world group two. the next level of competition. the team haven't played at that level for 25 years. the british 11, johanna konta, fought back for her side. but levelled the tie. all the action can be caught on the bbc sport website. i think throughout the whole match she did an incrediblejob of rising to the occasion and she definitely used the energy of the crowd, who have been great for them. adding she did a greatjob of using that and made it hard for me out there. i knew it was not going to be an easy match. i knewi knew it was not going to be an easy match. i knew i would have to earn my way to get an opportunity to come through as the winner today. lost after to the final of the european challenge cup. they beat newcastle 33-12, challenge cup. they beat newcastle 33—12, scoring four tries. gloucester will play cardiff blues for the frenc

it has many busy day in london and the first person to cross the finish line was great britain's davidhe was up against competitors but it was david weir that was successful. then it was the women's race, it was surprising in that event because it was vivian cheruiyot from kenya. she's the 0lympic cheruiyot from kenya. she's the olympic champion. not the case wishlist on the road, but she paced brilliantly and actually won the race, with her team—mate bridget finishing just behind her. lots of people would say the highlight of today was the men's elite race, we got to see mo farah competing. this is the second time he was doing his marathon, trying to beat the british record and he did it. finishing in third position behind kenya's eliud kipchoge. a brilliant performance by mo farah, he pasted well and when i caught up with them here's what he said. i'm pleased with that. today was a big, big marathon as you know, london marathon doesn't just have local guys it has everyone in it. eliud kipchoge, myself, daniel, say many guys, and to come away with said i'm pleased. it would be nice to

hannah konta willie great britain fed cup tea m konta willie great britain fed cup team onjapan and heumber one isjoined by heather watson play next week. the british number one is joined by heather watson to play the singles side, and one for britain was a kid a place in the world cup was to have an featured in since 1993. —— would secure their place. what's more, man city boss pep guardiola has been charged with improper conduct at the bank sent to the stands during yesterday's champions league quarterfinal defeat to liverpool. uefa have also charged liverpool at their fireworks are set off the objects thrown inside of the etihad stadium. some good news and cricket. heather knightley are among with the five cricketers of the year, all three were in the national side captained by night which beat india do win the world cup last year. at six cimajimmy india do win the world cup last year. at six cima jimmy carter and shai hope complete the list. they also become the first woman to feature on the front cover of the publication. it means a huge amount to me. personally, but the thing i f

host: we've have another caller from great britain as well.orma is joining us from hastings, england. caller: i would like to ask your guest about something, the term we keep on hearing, news and fake news and perhaps i can ask her a question on something that relates. having lived in the middle east maybe she can say. many years ago i lived in brighton and i went to the library -- in britain you can read the newspapers. i went in there because i wanted to read different versions of the daily broadsheets. one article was saying that in afghanistan, where the russians were in afghanistan at that moment, the cia was helping the against thettle fact that the russians were in afghanistan. host: we will give our guest a chance to respond to both viewers from great britain. i would like to respond on a couple of points. one is that i should point out that i am retired. i retired before this and ministration came into office. i have not, as an active diplomat, had to learn to adapt to tweeting as a means of signaling our foreign policy. it is challen

great american dynasty. ♪ >>> america's new ambassador to britain, joseph p.nedy, faces a cameraman as he's about the depart for st. jameses court. >> when president roosevelt sends joseph p. kennedy in 1938 across the atlantic to be the ambassador to the united kingdom, he was a star, a celebrity. he had run a studio in hollywood. and he was already a success in business and politics. he was among the top 20 richest men in america. it was big news. >> the rise of joseph kennedy is as remarkable as it is seemingly unstoppable. >> joe kennedy came from an irish family, and they worked their way from the bottom to the top. they were outsiders. >> his grandparents came during the great potato famine of the 1840s to boston. so the family is just two generations removed from the peasantry of ireland. >> mr. joseph kennedy, the american ambassador, left the palace to present his credentials to the king. >> having an irish catholic in that job, it was just like the perfect victory in the struggle of my grandfather to feel accepted. >> and as for me, i'm delighted to

dividing the united states would allow great britain to dominate the western hemisphere. wanted to hold back until they believed that they could guarantee a confederate victory. >> men of the army of virginia, gather 'round! >> with britain on the rebels' side, the union would be lost. desperate for a win, lincoln calls on the aggressive general john pope to take on lee. >> i have come to you from the west, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies. and i will pursue the enemy until he is defeated. [ laughter ] >> the problem is, when pope comes in, right, he's like, "oh, yeah. i'm a genius who's been winning battles in the west while all you easterners have been blowing it." that doesn't go over well with the troops. >> pope takes a hard-line stance against the rebels, ordering confederate property seized, crops destroyed, and guerillas executed, enraging lee and the south. ♪ >> amen. >> thank you for coming, general jackson. this miscreant pope... >> [ huffs ] >> ...may be a different sort of beast from mcclellan, but his army is just as large. if we permit him

. >> today, the russian military authority released more evidence that proves great britain was involved in the organization of this provocative act in eastern europe. the face-off continued with incrimination slime back and forth. the u.s. has scolded its russian counterpart. >> i am in of how you say what you say with a straight face. i really am. >> she told the syrian delegation that the u.s. was still considering a military response. britain's envoy claims that the russian envoy met the meeting. >> this is grotesque. it is a blatant lie. it is some of the worst pieces of fake as we have seen from the russian propaganda machine. quest chemical weapons inspectors have arrived in damascus in search of answers. this hasn't stopped families flocking to the city's theme parks. >> crazy trump has lost his mind. the syrian people do not get scared under the leadership of a sawed. we are not afraid because when it is needed, we carry our weapons and fight with the army are. syria's government has turned up the heat, involved by his russian ally, it has issued a warning that it will defend it

great britain must win their doubles match against japan britain must win their doubles match againstjapan in this the final doubles match. as you can see at the moment, it is all square in the final set. after an embarrassing exit from mark selby, ronnie o'sullivan has plenty to do if years to avoid a similar fate. he is currently 3—6 down. live pictures now. ronnie o'sullivan lost the first four frames yesterday and desperate to try and get back into this one and avoid the fate of mark selby. live coverage across bbc tv and radio today. that is all from the bbc sport centre. plenty to feast upon on the bbc website. you can watch the snooker and the london marathon. also the fed cup. can heather watson and you're one can't turn things around. —— johanna konta. the queen celebrated her 92nd birthday with a concert at the albert hall last night with performances from sting and kylie minogue. there was a broad range of music from across the decades and across the world, organised by the royal commonwealth society. andy moore reports. # ..unusual to go out at any time. sir tom jones kicked of

and number of all those who cooperate very actively with the government of great britain produce how many and you at least three year of them starting with the white helmets and some others including so-called syrian human rights observatory based in london those people musters of producing for fifty cations in terms of shooting of something that didn't happen this is evidence that this is a little britain created a no no no this is what you said we have evidence but you know it was directly involved the british officials are using all these as the basis for the military attack as do the others that's not quite the same thing that you're spokesman said is it is that you said we have never exactly the proof that britain was directly involved in organizing organizing this provocation how did it organize in this way i do believe that something happened in duma why do you think something at all was there and it was not something that was developed in computers of those people within volman of the british. the first question is not evidence is it minister we haven't seen any evidence on y

elections and then after that he poisoned a great britain spy. going to invite him to the white house for a sit down. isn't that normally reserved for friends? >> that's right. the critics say you're allowing president putin to have the optics of the white house as the background. that he could perhaps be in the east room with president trump for a news conference. or we would have the photos of him seated with president trump in the oval office. all of that would convey a normalization of a relationship that does not seem to be normal right now. the white house though has said that there are benefits to the two sides talking. we heard a lot about that last year when the president met with president putin in germany. they had a brief aside in vietnam last fall. there's benefits to talking. the question is what are this deliverables? what would you get out of this meeting and would there be a stronger relationship coming out of it. >> shepard: benefits in talking. dangers in normalizing the abnormal. thanks, ken. >> thank you. >> shepard: the envi

and a great way to finish the race. but we can see how britain'sd let's see what lily partridge had to say after finishing eighth in her first partridge had to say after finishing eighth in herfirst london marathon. we will catch up with her in a moment. for now, it is mo farah. heading to the finish line. in third position, incredible achievement for the british athlete. 3,000, 5010,000m british record—holder, he has now completed his second london marathon in the bronze medal positions. it does look like he has completed the british record, so exhausted at the end. let's take a look at lily partridge and her reaction, the first british lady to compete in the elite race. let's see how she felt at the end of the race. i felt much more in the last two miles. that was more to do with how i was feeling as opposed to it being, i don't think that's the hotter in the last two miles. i wanted to run under two point 32 to qualify for the european. sojob done. i got a top ten position and it gives me something good to build oi'i it gives me something good t

today the russian military authorities released more evidence that proves that great britain was involved in the organization of this provocation in eastern. this is a great test it's a blatant lie it's some of the worst piece of fake yet seen from the russian propaganda machine. with a vengeance but with a difference the mechanisms of the safeguards to manage the risks of escalation that existed in the past no longer seem to be present. so russia says it has proof that last weekend's poison gas attack in syria was staged on orders from britain the russian defense ministry says london told the white helmets rescue group in syria to fake the gas attack in the town of britain has described the accusation as a place to lie. chemical weapons inspectors are expected. on saturday. it is almost a week since their cries shocked the world suffocated syrian children gasping for air among the hundreds of victims of a suspected poison gas attack allegedly carried out by their government backed by russia. now comes the explosive claim from moscow that the attack was the work of britain. to make sure t